Western Front - 1996 February 23

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News: Accounting
department offers new
five-year CPA program.
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Accent: Photos Photiades
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brin9s ancient Greek culture
and language to Western.
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Sports: Vikings women
dominate in 76-53 PNWAC
contest against Seattle U.
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WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY FRIDAY — FEBRUARY 23,1996 VOLUME 95, ISSUE 11
Metcalf scores low on environmental issues
Press secretary rejects league's findings
By Bobbie Egan
Front reporter
"Not only has he failed to protect our
natural environment but, he has also been a
key figure in the most anti-environmental
initiatives ever put out," said Sean
Cosgrove, member of the Western
Endangered Species Alliance, about U.S.
Rep. Jack Metcalf's low-scoring environ­mental
report card.
The League of Conservation Voters put
out its annual National Environmental
Scorecard last week and gave Metcalf a
score of 15 out of a possible 100 points.
The league gave Metcalf, R-Langley,
"minus points" for voting to weaken the
Clean Water Act.
The league praised Metcalf formating to
refund renewable energy sources and for
rejecting controversial amendments to strip
the Environmental Protection Agency of its
enforcement power.
Washington Democrats fared better; Jim
McDermott received a score of 92 and U.S.
Sen. Patty Murray scored highest with a
score of 100.
The scorecard supports a trend in the war
between Republicans and Democrats over
environmental laws. The league rated 36 of
the 73 freshman Republicans in the House
at zeros. Among the low scores for
Washington's delegation are Randy Tate,
George Nethercutt, Linda Smith, and
"Doc" Hastings who all scored zeros. U.S.
Sen. Slade Gorton also received a zero.
The LCV has published the National
Environmental Scorecard since 1970 to
provide information on environmental vot­ing
of the members of the House and
Senate.
"This organization has nothing to do
with protecting the environment and every­thing
to do with protecting Democrats,"
said Chris Strow, Metcalf's press secretary.
Strow said the scorecard favors
Democrats and is unfair to Metcalf.
"The (conservation league) is something
that represents all Americans, not just lis
liberals who like clean air and clean
water," said Cosgrove.
In response to the conservation league,
Sean Cosgrove, WESA
the League of Private Property Voters
issued its own report card last week. The
group is made up of farmers, cattle ranch­ers,
lumber companies and mining associa­tions.
Metcalf scored a 93 percent from the pri­vate
property group, which based its rank­ing
on 15 House votes cast last year.
Coincidentally the group scored Murray
Rep. Jack Metcalf
and Gorton exactly the opposite of the con­servation
league's scorecard. . Murray
received a zero scoring and Gorton 100.
"The private property coalition is noth­ing
but a front group for farmers and lum­ber
companies. They're a private interest
group whose focus is to degrade the land,"
said Cosgrove.
Blood flows in Viking Union BBBB1BBBBMBB
By Caren Cameron
Front reporter
This week's campus blood drive, sponsored by
the Puget Sound Blood Center, brought in a total of
409 donors to the Viking Union. Many people faced
up to two-hour waits or were turned away on
Thursday, the busiest day.
Bob Brokke, the mobile supervisor for the PSBC,
said up to 30 people at a time had to wait for screen­ing.
He also had to refuse potential donors at ?:15
p.m., even though the blood drive was scheduled to
end at 3 p.m.
Front/Jesse Nolte
Liz Ellingson and Kristen Faubion give blood.
Brokke said most of the blood collected would be
used within one week, although the different com­ponents
can be preserved longer.
"We draw just enough so that it will be used up
before it expires," he said.
Over the years, more Western students per capita
have donated than have students at the University of
Washington, said Amanda Mitchell, a volunteer at
the "canteen," or donor recovery station.
Most of the donors on Thursday had given blood
before and few said they were nervous about the
experience. Many said the pre-screening prick of the
finger to test, hemoglobin and iron levels in the
blood was worse than the main needle inserted into
the arm.
First-time donor Mark Bieda said he wasn't fazed
and appreciated the care the staff took with him.
"They let you know what they're doing and when
they're doing it," he said.
Mitchell said he wouldn't recommend that people
with a fear of blood or needles donate.
Student donor Angie Viola has the blood type AB,
which occurs in less than one percent of the popula­tion,
she said.
She has given blood a few times a year for the
past four years. The first time she donated, she
walked around afterwards with her arm held out
because she wasn't sure what would happen.
Her advice to nervous donors: "Just look at some­thing
else and think of other things. Bring head­phones
or do visualization; it helps."
Student Gretchen Kramer had an appointment
right after her last donation, so she skipped the juice
and cookie table and said she ended up feeling
See Blood, page 4
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