Car prowling in the night

FRIDAY
Issue
January 19, 2007
Issue 2, Volume 140
W e s t e r n
IN THE FRONT
FEATURES
W a s h i n g t o n
U n i v e r s i t y
Remembering Paul Roley
Deceased, retired history professor thought of as a true gentleman
Sarah Mason
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Students trek to Ghana
over winter break
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A&E
What’s Up! honors the
local music scene
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Former Western student and
Bellingham resident Jack Petree
still carries with him the respect and
memories of an influential history
professor he met 40 years ago.
Petree described professor
Paul Roley as a brilliant mind and
one of few remaining gentlemen.
Roley sparked Petree’s interest
in politics, inspiring him to start
his own business, Public Policy
Perspectives.
Roley, 79, died Jan. 10 of
health complications following a
series of strokes. He is survived
by his wife Joan Roley, three
children and many students such
as Petree, who were witness to
what Petree called a constant
search for truth.
“If I had to say anything
about him, it would be that he
was an active intellectual,” Petree
said. “He always thought what
was right, not just what people
expected or wanted him to think.”
Roley’s daughter, Megan
Davidson, a former Western history
student, said her father’s drive for
knowledge was also inspiring, even
to her son — who Roley bragged to
his students about.
“He would tell his students,
‘My young grandson knows all
the states of this union and you
should too,’” Davidson said.
After Dr. Roley retired
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OPINION
Guest
columnist
addresses
animal testing
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New dining area
established for
faculty and staff
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photo courtesy of Megan Davidson
Olivia de Leon
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A new dining area is now
available for faculty and staff
in the Viking Union.
Jen
Morgan,
catering
supervisor, said the purpose
of this new dining area is to
alleviate the crowds of people
trying to eat at the Viking
Union Market located on the
sixth floor of the Viking Union.
The market is primarily
used by students to eat, do
homework, and socialize with
friends. However, this leaves
little room for faculty and staff
to enjoy quiet breaks to eat lunch
or to socialize with co-workers.
The new lunchroom for
faculty and staff is located in
the Viking Union room 464.
It is exclusively for faculty
and staff and is open Monday
through Friday from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m.
Before the new dining room
opened, the Campus Dining
Committee, which is made up
of students, faculty, and staff,
did a survey concerning space
to eat for faculty and staff. The
committee asked questions
regarding whether there should
be a cafeteria or a dining area.
“A notable portion of the
surveyors were cost-sensitive,
meaning they usually brought
their lunch,” director of
University Dining Services Lisa
Paul Roley (left) and his wife Joan Roley, stand outside their Bellingham home.
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Car prowling in the night
Vehicle break-ins continue to threaten security of those who park on campus
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INDEX
Features......................... 6
A&E............................... 8
Upcoming..................... 9
On the Menu................. 9
Sports............................ 11
Sports Column............... 12
Opinions....................... 14
Frontline........................ 14
Viking Voices................. 15
Guest Column............... 16
Parking lots on campus are not
as safe as they seem.
“Vehicle
prowling
is
a
continuous threat to Western
students’ cars parked on and around
campus,” said University Police Sgt.
Bianca Smith.
Vehicle prowling is defined
by Washington state law as entry
into a vehicle with intent to commit
a crime. Smith said entry often
involves theft of personal property
and damage to the car.
So far in 2007 the Bellingham
Police Department has reported two
car prowls in Happy Valley, four
prowls in South Hill and six prowls
in the Sehome Neighborhood. One
on-campus prowl has been reported
to University Police, since the
beginning of the year.
In 2006, 65 on-campus car
prowls were reported, according
to University Police records. The
damages totaled $40,113, which
includes damage to the vehicle
upon the prowler’s entry. Seven
of the prowls involved damages
totaling more than $1,500, which is
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a 14 percent
from the total
Rec Center
damages done in 2005, which totaled
$35,314.
The parking lots on campus
where car prowling was most
prevalent in 2006 were the C lots and
lot 20, which are located next to the
water tower and the Lincoln Creek
Transportation Center, respectively.
Sixty-one percent of prowls
targeted Hondas, Toyotas or Acuras.
Hondas represented the largest
segment with 21 prowls.
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Cops Box
Campus Police
» Jan. 11, 12:00 p.m.: Police
responded to a call in Campus
Services where a suspicious male
was reportedly sending a sexually
explicit e-mail.
» Jan. 11, 12:00 p.m.: Police
responded to a 60-year-old man
needing medical aid after slipping
on the ice near Arntzen Hall.
The Bellingham Fire Department
transported the man to St. Joseph
Hospital.
» Jan 11, 8:57 p.m.: Police
responded to a report in Parking
Lot 27 where a driver’s side
window had been smashed.
Nothing appeared missing.
Western grad student Andy
Wiser plays fetch with
his dog Oly outside the
Communications Facility
Thursday afternoon.
photo by Mark Malijan
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>>News Briefs<<
Local police bust
internation money scam
Bellingham police arrested
two Canadian men on Jan. 13 in
connection with an international
money scam. James Jongkind
and Dan Duerksen, both 25,
are charged on suspicion of 1st
degree theft.
Police initially received
a complaint from a California
woman who said she was the
victim of fraud and had lost
$8,200 after receiving a phone
call in December 2006 from a
man who told her she had won a
lottery. To collect her winnings,
she would have to pay a 1
percent cash fee, which she sent
to a Bellingham address.
Police discovered that the
address offered postal drop
services and that the box the
victim sent money to was still
active and had just received
another package. The suspects
were arrested after they picked
up the package.
Health center urges
flu shots
Western Washington University
Student Health Center officials
Corrections for Jan. 12 issue
> In News section, page 2, the name of Paul Roley was misspelled.
His memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church
of Bellingham, United Church of Christ on Jan. 26.
> In the article “Inconsistency haunts Vikings,” in Sports page 8,
the name of the school the men’s basketball team lost to is Cal. Poly
State University.
> In the article “Remember his dream - celebrate MLK Day,” in
Opinons page 10, Ku Klux Klan was misspelled.
The Western Front regrets these and any other errors. Any
errors should be reported immediately to the Editor in Chief at
[email protected]
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urge students, faculty and staff
to get flu shots, as three Western
students have tested positive
for the Influenza A virus. Flu
vaccinations for students are
available at the Student Health
Center, with the cost billed to
student accounts. Faculty and
staff who have not received flu
shots are encouraged to contact
their family physicians. Other
hygienic measures can be taken
to prevent the flu which include
covering the mouth and nose
with a tissue
when coughing or sneezing
and washing hands often to
protect against germs.
IPE International
Opportunities Fair
On January 25, International
Programs & Exchanges will
host an information fair for
students interested in programs
that offer international content
and experiences. There will
be more than 40 different
booths providing information
about academic exchanges,
TESL instruction, volunteer
opportunities and international
focused curriculum at Western. The fair will be held from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Viking
Union Multipurpose room, and
is free and open to all students.
Free counseling available
in psychology department
As of Jan. 9, graduate students
in the psychology department are
offering free counseling under
faculty advisement. For more
information contact Lynn Graham
at (360)650-3184.
Compiled by Vince Masten
» Jan 13, 12:35 a.m.: Police
responded to two males urinating
in front of Old Main. When
approached, the two suspects
ran towards the woods, escaping
custody.
Bellingham Police
» Jan 16, 6:34 p.m.: Officers issued
tickets to three people at the
100 block of Magnolia Street on
suspicion of drinking in public.
» Jan 15, 11:44 a.m. Officers
responded to a man reporting his
apartment had been broken into
on the 4200 block of Wintergreen
Lane. Upon further investigation,
police found no break-in actually
occurred.
» Jan 13, 1:41 a.m.: Police arrested
a 20-year-old man on suspicion of
driving under the influence on the
100 block of Samish Way.
Compiled by Aaron Weinburg
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Watada takes a stand
Army Lt. who refused deployment to Iraq speaks in Bellingham
Steven Chea
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Drawing enthusiastic applause
and numerous standing ovations,
U.S. Army Lt. Ehren Watada
defended his decision to resist what
he called the illegality of the U.S.led war on Iraq.
Watada, who became the first
commissioned officer in the U.S.
military to refuse deployment
to Iraq in June 2006, addressed
more than 200 people at two
separate speaking engagements in
Bellingham Jan. 12.
The first took place at
Fraser Hall on campus and
was presented by Students
for a Democratic Society, an
Associated Students club. It was
followed by an appearance hosted
by the Whatcom Peace and Justice
Center at the First Congregational
Church of Bellingham, United
Church of Christ.
Watada told the crowd his
motives for refusing deployment
were justified because his duty
as a member of the military
is to follow orders only when
they are lawful. The Bush
administration’s declaration of
war was done so in a manner that
violated international protocol,
Watada said.
“I swear no loyalty to the
commander-in-chief, but to the
Constitution,” Watada said.
Watada was charged with
missing movement when he
stayed in the United States after
his scheduled deployment date,
as well as four additional charges
of conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman. He faces a
court-martial set to begin on Feb.
5, with a possible punishment of
up to six years in prison.
“I swear no
loyalty to the
commander-inchief, but to the
Constitution.”
- Lt. Ehren Watada
Watada’s speech at Western
was presented by Students for
a Democratic Society, that
supported Watada’s stance on
the war in Iraq when he first
refused deployment. Watada’s
efforts challenge a system of
democracy that is flawed, said
club member Karim Ahmath.
“Being the first commissioned
officer to step up and refuse
deployment is a big step,” Ahmath
said.
At the First Congregational
Church of Bellingham, Watada
was introduced following a
eulogy delivered by Doris Kent,
the mother of slain U.S. Cpl.
Jonathan Santos. Kent held
back tears as she recounted the
events of the morning when two
Army officers came to her home
to deliver the news about her
son. She praised Watada for his
campaign efforts.
Santos, 22, grew up in
Bellingham and was a 2001
graduate of Sehome High
School. He was killed in
Karabilah, Iraq on Oct. 15,
2004 when a suicide bomber
detonated an explosive device
near his vehicle.
Marie Marchand, executive
director of the Whatcom Peace
and Justice Center, had nothing
but praise for Watada and said
that he demonstrates courage
and sacrifice by taking a stand
while facing prison time.
“Just as Jonathan Santos is
photo courtesy of Gene Marx
Lt. Ehren Watada (right) talks to attendees of his speech Friday at the
First Congregational Church of Bellingham, United Church of Christ.
a national hero, Lt. Watada is a
national hero,” Marchand said.
President
of
Western’s
College Republicans and Western
junior Andrew Roberts saw it
differently and said he was not
convinced by Watada’s speech.
Because the U.S. Constitution
authorizes elected officials to
declare war, disobeying the
commander-in-chief
would
in effect be disobeying the
Constitution, Roberts said.
Roberts, who is studying
political science, said he
believes Watada has good
intentions and shares his
desire for peace, but disagreed
with his ideology, questioning
Watada’s call for the people to
challenge their government.
“If we all participated
in march rallies against
something, we would lose
order,” Roberts said. “We are
a republic, we elect the Senate,
the House and the president to
make big decisions.”
Watada said he isn’t too
worried about the outcome of
his upcoming court date as long
as his words reach people and
inspire them to be more active.
“I could win, I could
lose, but it doesn’t really have
anything to do with me,”
Watada said. “It has to do with
the American people.”
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Living up to the dream
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen and Western students read
to local children on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Kelli Waugh
THE WESTERN FRONT
Children
munched
on
Goldfish crackers and slurped
apple juice while listening to
stories about race and identity on
Jan. 15 at the Martin Luther King,
Jr. Read-In at Village Books.
Western student volunteers
read a variety of donated books
to small groups of children,
helping spread messages to the
community’s youth about the
importance of integrity, selfworth and respect — regardless
of skin color.
U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen
visited the Read-In and read the
children a book by bell hooks
entitled “Skin Again.” Larsen
interacted with the children on
a personal level about looking
past the color of their skin and
focusing on the importance of
the individual. He said he felt a
real connection with the kids,
having two young boys of his
own. “I think it’s important
for children to look beyond
skin color to find out who they
are and what they want to be,”
Larsen said.
Sean Ferris, graduate assistant
at New Student Services/Family
Outreach, helped coordinate the
event and saw a great connection
between the Western students and
the children.
“The students were talking
to the kids about messages
that music and the media are
sending out,” Ferris said. “They
were bringing to light important
issues of their generation.”
All books donated for
the event will go to Lummi
Tribal Elementary School in
the Ferndale school district.
The books will be used for
future service-learning projects
aiming to increase literacy and
the Washington Assessment of
Student Learning reading scores
in elementary school students.
“I think it’s
important for
children to look
beyond skin color to
find out who they
are and what they
want to be. ”
- U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen
More than 40 books were
donated at Northwest Indian
College last week, and additional
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U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen reads to children during the Martin Luther
King, Jr. Read-In Jan. 15 at Village Books in Fairhaven District.
book donations were collected
from the Associated Students
Bookstore and Village Books.
Michelle Vendiola, servicelearning project manager at
Northwest
Indian
College,
emphasized the importance
of donating books to Lummi
students. She also stressed the
significance of service learning
not just locally, but across multiple
communities.
“We’re working together
to bridge the two communities
by reaching out in a new way,”
Vendiola said. “It’s about
doing something positive and
promoting a day on, not a day
off.”
North: fate of new faculty and staff dining area to be evaluated in early spring
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The new faculty dining room in Viking Union 464 , empty during
lunchtime on Jan. 18
North said. “A lot of the results
showed that they were also
time-sensitive, meaning they
didn’t have a place to eat along
with having an actual break,
from a university standpoint,
the option for interaction and
collaboration between faculty
and staff is important.”
After
filtering
the
information obtained from the
survey, director of Viking UnionFacilities Jim Schuster, who is a
member of the Campus Dining
Committee, reserved a room for
faculty and staff dining.
A head count has been
taken twice a day since it
opened on Jan. 10 and the
numbers are still unsteady,
Morgan said.
The highest
numbers are approximately 10
to 14 people during peak hours
of lunch, which is noon.
“I really hope they keep
this because it’s so nice to have
a place available for faculty
and staff to sit down and chill
out,” said physical education,
health and recreation staff
member Kate Kairoff. “I love
the students, but it’s nice to get
away because it’s so crowded in
the market.”
The new lunchtime seating
will be tested throughout
the rest of winter quarter
and evaluated during spring
quarter.
“We will look at the
participation and overall cost
and determine if we will
continue to have this,” North
said.
The cost of the new
lunchtime seating area is being
covered by the University
Dining Services marketing
budget.
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New fall 2007 program to inform students of prowling threats
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“Nobody’s car is safe,” Smith said. “It
depends on who the prowler is and what it is
they want. Sometimes people want your spare
change. Unfortunately, a broken window
costs more than the 52 cents that was stolen.”
On a regular basis in 2006, University
Police placed plainly clothed campus safety
staff members in areas that had been prone
to prowling. The staff members were directed
to lurk around parking lots after dark acting
interested in empty vehicles. While University
Police were hoping Western students would
report the presence of suspicious individuals,
they never received a single report.
If Western students called in to report
seeing a suspicious person on campus, it
could be much easier for police to apprehend
prowlers, Smith said.
Students should
immediately report to the police if they see
a car with broken windows so that police can
respond immediately, she said.
Bellingham is a prime target for car
prowling because of the large number of
college students, Smith said. Many prowlers
target students because they are on the move
around the clock, leaving their vehicles in
various parking lots on and around campus,
and often at night. Smith said she has
investigated reports of car prowlers traveling
from as far away as Marysville and Mount
Vernon to prowl in Western’s parking lots.
Prowlers usually choose vehicles based
on what they can see inside the vehicle,
Smith said. While they are often looking
for electronic equipment, such as stereos and
amplifiers, some prowlers are looking for
items as trivial as spare change or pieces of
loose gym clothing. Because offenders try
to get in and out of a vehicle as quickly as
possible, operating after dark and in remote
areas, prowls are some of the most difficult
crimes to solve, Smith said.
“In the past six years, there have been
three or four occasions where I have actually
been able to catch someone in the act of a
prowl,” Smith said.
Prowlers don’t always take belongings
from their victim’s vehicle, Smith said. If they
don’t find what they are looking for, the car
is just left damaged. This makes it easy to
confuse a prowl with an act of vandalism, she
said.
“It has reached a
level where law
enforcement can’t
do much more,
it’s now about
prevention.”
- Allen Matsumoto
Sehome representative of
the mayor’s neighborhood
advisory commission
This is the problem South Hill
neighborhood representative of the mayor’s
neighborhood advisory commission Donna
Auer ran into recently.
“Two days ago, our passenger window
was smashed, with our door left half open,”
Auer said. “They didn’t even take anything.”
This is not the first time Auer has been
the victim of prowling. Her car, which she
parks on 17th Street, has had its windows
smashed in before, she said. In that case, the
prowler damaged her vehicle to take spare
change.
Allen Matsumoto, the Sehome representative
of the commission, said the commission is aware
that car prowling is also an ongoing problem in
the areas that surround campus.
“Some people don’t want to have to
park their cars in alleys,” Matsumoto said.
“I know a couple of cases where people are
resorting to leaving their cars unlocked with
nothing inside.”
Prowling is an issue that can be
mostly resolved by people taking everyday
precautions, Smith said.
For example,
students should make sure they remove
valuables from their vehicles, lock their doors
and remove spare change from sight, she said.
“It has reached a level where law
enforcement can’t do much more, it’s now
about prevention,” Matsumoto said.
Smith said University Police is in the
process of creating a program to implement
in fall 2007, which would educate students
regarding the issue of vehicle prowling.
The program would involve four separate
stages, including workshops where Campus
Safety staff members escort students around
campus and show them situations where cars
could be easily prowled. They also encourage
students to report any suspicious activity that
could be linked to this type of crime.
“Don’t be complacent,” Smith said. “If
you hear an alarm, call the police. It doesn’t
hurt to make the call.”
Tips on preventing car prowls
•Lock your vehicle
•Don’t leave valuables such as purses,
backpacks, spare change, MP3 players and
cell phones in plain sight in your vehicle
•Park in a well-lit area.
•Pay attention to your surroundings - check
out cars and people around in the area.
If you see a car prowl in progress call 911 or
University Police at 360-650-3555
These tips provided by the Bellingham Police Department
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Roley regrets
nothing
u ROLEY from 1
from Western 15 years ago,
he remained active in the
community, said wife Joan. She
met him 51 years ago while they
worked at Illinois Soldiers’ and
Sailors’ Children’s School.
Roley wrote bimonthly,
often political columns for
the
Bellingham
Herald,
Joan Roley said, as well as
broadcasting a radio program,
“Insights and Outrages,” with
a student who lived for a time
at the Roley residence.
“My parents were really
good about opening their home
to people who need a place to
stay,” Davidson said, explaining
that the Roleys occasionally
rented out a room. “For a while
our house was a revolving door
of college students.”
As an ever-active mind,
Joan said Roley even wrote
most of his own obituary which
read, “He has no regrets; neither
should you.”
A memorial service will be
held Friday, Jan. 26 at Roley’s
church of 40 years, the First
Congregational
Church
of
Bellingham, United Church of
Christ, and all remembrances
may be posted online at
www.paulroley.blogspot.com.
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On Ghanaian Soil
Annie Reinke
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third world country like Ghana was the last
place Western junior Kayleigh King ever thought she
would visit. But after Dr. Seth Feinberg, assistant
professor of sociology at Western, came to her sociology
class in spring 2006 to talk about a study abroad program
in the country, she wanted to change her way of thinking
about Africa. She decided to go to Ghana to do that.
“Africa was never on my agenda,” King said. “I don’t
know if it is for most people from the U.S.”
She said media coverage of Africa is usually
negative, on topics such as genocide, wars and AIDS.
Feinberg accepted King and 14 other students into
“Exploring Slavery, Colonialism and Racial Inequality:
Study Abroad in West Africa,” a program he created in
2004 while teaching at Montana State University.
Feinberg said the focus of the program was on the
historical legacy of colonialism, wealth extraction and
slavery in Africa. The program draws the connection
from its current environment to 500 hundred years of
systematic oppression by Europeans. Feinberg said
learning about Africa in a classroom couldn’t compare to
the experience students would have on Ghanaian soil.
The group was in Ghana from Dec. 18 to Jan. 4. One
day during the trip, the group ended up at an orphanage
where they met two children whose parents sold to
fishermen as indentured servants.
photo courtesy of Kayleigh King
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In back row, left to right: Western students Billie Sue Riggs, Alex Oh and Kayleigh King spend Christmas Day 2006 with
children in Bobiri, Ghana.
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Students participate in community service projects in Ghana
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“You read Roots and you read about slavery and
colonialism hundreds of years ago, but yet here in front
of you is a six-year-old with scared eyes who had just
been sold two months earlier as a slave,” Feinberg said.
“You can’t teach that.”
The group participated in two service projects,
including helping build a community center and
participating in an HIV/AIDS prevention presentation.
For the community center project, the group carried
pots of gravel uphill to the construction site.
Western junior Lauren Smith said halfway through
carrying the gravel, children who looked as young as
two-years-old from the village wanted to help.
“Little girls were carrying gravel in little pots
from the kitchen on their heads, which was adorable,”
she said. “And then these little boys, who had no fat,
were carrying, I’m guessing, close to their body weight.
They were amazing.”
Some nights the group stayed with hosts, and other
nights in hotels that cost approximately $12 a night.
Western alumna Taylor Church, who graduated
last quarter, said after their first two days in Ghana the
water ran out, which meant no more showers, no more
Comparing the Facts
Ghana
Population:
22,409,572 (2006)
Life Expectancy:
58.87 (2006)
Unemployment:
20% (1997)
Electricity Consumption:
5.081 kWh (2003)
Oil Consumption:
39,000 bbl/day (2003)
Cellular Phones:
2.842 million (2005)
Internet Users:
401,300 (2005)
United States
Population:
298,444,215 (2006)
Life Expectancy:
77.85 (2006)
Unemployment:
5.1% (2005)
Electricity Consumption:
3.656 trillion kWh (2003)
Oil Consumption:
20.03 million bbl/day (2003)
Cellular Phones:
219.4 million (2005)
Internet Users:
205,326,680 (2005)
Information courtesy of the CIA Factbook
fl ushing toilets and no washing anything.
“We were roughing it a little, but not in comparison
to how people actually live there,” she said, “I [came]
home and I [thought], ‘I have so much stuff, I’m just
going to box it up and send it somewhere else. I don’t
need it’.”
Smith said the trip was an opportunity to see how
most of the world lives.
“This is the first trip of many, I hope,” she said.
Smith said in the future she wants to do non-profit
work with aid and development.
On the last night of the trip, King said she was
moved to tears by a performance by African drummers
and dancers at the hotel. As animated drummers
pounded and things were fl ying through the air,
African men and women came out and did a traditional
dance that had been passed down through generations,
she said.
“[Watching the dance,] this is what AfricanAmericans were taken away from,” King said. “Because
you know, they took away the slaves’ culture, they
took away drums because it was a communication, no
dancing, nothing. To see how beautiful it is — it was
just devastating to realize that’s what descendants of
slaves were stripped of.”
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upcoming
Friday, Jan. 19
The Trucks, The Pharmacy, 10 Killing Hands,
Vincent Blackshadow
Fantasia Espresso, 8 p.m
All Ages $5
No-Fi Soul Rebellion
likes to interact with
their fans, which is why
they’re nominated for the
“Up Close and Personal”
Award.
Rob Reiner’s “The Princess Bride”
Underground Coffeehouse, 10:30 p.m.
Free
Laser Zeppelin and Outkast
Wade King Rec Center Student Recreation
Center, 10 p.m.
$6 Western student $10 general
Photo Courtesy of No-Fi Soul Rebellion
Saturday, Jan. 20
A Gun That Shoots Knives,
We Wrote the Book on Connectors,
The Wandering
Chiribins, 10 p.m.
21+ Free
Photo Courtesy of Click Pop Records
The Trucks are nominated for multiple
awards and are also performing.
Sunday, Jan. 21
Korby Lenker , The Bittersweets
The Nightlight Lounge, 8 p.m.
21+ $5
Photo Courtesy of by JJ Tiziou
Monday, Jan. 22
Spike Lee’s “When The Levees Broke”
Arntzen 100, 8 p.m.
Free
Photo Courtesy of Chad Fox
“Best Silver Platter” nominated band Racetrack.
The Braille Tapes are nominated in the “Best
Heavier than Heaven” Category.
Matt Costa, David Bazan
Viking Union Multipurpose Room , 7 p.m.
All ages $10 Western students $14 General
Bellingham magazine honors local music scene with annual awards show
Danielle Koagel
THE WESTERN FRONT
The sixth-annual What’s Up! Magazine Awards
Show is set to rock the Nightlight Lounge on Jan. 20.
The show was created by What’s Up! editor Brent
Cole to honor and recognize Bellingham’s local music
scene. The event will also feature live performances by
local acts Feed and Seed, The Russians, The Trucks, The
Mark and the Yogoman Burning Band, all of which are
nominated in one or more categories.
Cole expects the show to attract more than 300
attendees due to the ensemble of popular local bands
performing. The event is free in hopes of filling up the
500-person capacity venue.
The award show will feature some unconventional
categories, such as, “Best Smash Your Head on the Punk
Rock,” “Best Twilight Zone Soundtrack,” and “Best Pop
Will Rock Itself.”
Cole said he ultimately decides the categories,
nominees, and winners of the show with input from the
staff of What’s Up! and other respected musicians in
town.
Western students have their own favorites and many
mentioned that one of their favorite local bands was The
Russians. The Russians are performing at the show and
are nominated in several categories.
Western sophomore Sarah Lloyd said if she could
create her own category she would nominate The Russians
as the band, “Most Likely to Actually Make Bellingham
Kids Dance.”
Other student favorites included, Black Eyes &
Neckties, Cicadas, Racetrack and Pirates R Us.
Western junior Adam Hawn described Cicadas in
simply one word — mind-blowing.
Whats Up! Magazine
Awards Show
Featuring Feed and Seed, The
Russians, The Trucks, and the
Yogaman Burning Band
9 p.m. Jan. 20
The Nightlight Lounge
Free 21+
“I think Cicadas, The Russians, Yes Oh Yes, and
Racetrack would put on the best live show,” Hawn said.
Western freshman Gabrielle Fraley said she was
disappointed that the show was being held at a 21-andolder venue.
“My sister and I were really pumped to go to the
show until we found out she could get in because she’s
over 21 but I couldn’t,” Fraley said. “It’s really unfair.
There’s no reason it needs to be a 21-plus show.’
The show has been held at a 21-and-older venue for
the last six years.
“Because Washington liquor laws don’t allow us to
have a show with a mix of of-age and under age, we have
to chose one or the other,” Cole said. “If I make it all
ages, lots of music fans who like to see a show and have
a cocktail won’t come. The idea is that it’s a big party to
celebrate Bellingham music, so unfortunately the all-ages
side loses out.”
A handful of bands nominated are comprised of
Western graduates or current students, such as Pirates R
Us, The Contra, Black Eyes and Neckties and Snow Cuts
Glass.
Snow Cuts Glass has been playing in Bellingham
since 2003 and all three members are Western graduates.
This is their first year being nominated and are up for,
“Best Pop Band,” “Best Album,” and “Best Centerfold.”
“After playing music in town for four years, it feels
good to get some sort of recognition and get nominated
for three awards,” they said.
Cole said recognizing outstanding music and
musicianship in Bellingham is why the What’s Up!
Awards Show was ultimately created.
“As a music magazine, it’s our responsibility to
acknowledge those who are producing the best music,”
Whats Up! Awards Nominees
Best Axes of Folk
Robert Blake
Brother Mud
Matt Novak
Jenni Potts
David Strey Ney
Best Spinner
DJ F*
DJ Intlect
DJ Postal
DJ Shortwave
Yogoman’s Wild Rumpus
Alaska Chic
Racetrack- Go Ahead and
Say It
Snow Cuts Glass- The
Author and the Animal
Up Close and Personal
Black Eyes and Neckties
Cicadas
Megatron
No-Fi Soul Rebellion
The Trucks
Best Monkier
Good Monkey
Mysterious Chocolate
Pirates R Us
Project Mayhem
Yes Oh Yes
Best Exile on Twang Street
Kasey Anderson
Chuckanut Drive
Quaalude Country
Country Band
Red Wreckers
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
Best Newby
Emerald Bison
Karate Kitchen
Ladies of the Night
Ten Killings Hands
Yes Oh Yes
Best Silver Platter
Cicadas- Consult the
Bones, Disgusting Skulls
Megatron- I Believe in a
Thing Called Soul
No-Fi Soul Rebellion-
Best Heavier Than Heaven
Black Breath
Braille Tapes
Camarojuana
Cicadas
Emerald Bison
Best Booty Shakin’ Music
Acorn Project
Megatron
Savage Henry
TapHabit
Yogoman Burning Band
Best Twilight Zone
Soundtrack
Dandelion Junk Queens
Jill Brazil
Party Favorites
Pirates R Us
Project Mayhem
Best Smash Your Head on
the Punk rock
The Contra
The Cathoholix
Eightyfour
The Mark
The Russians
Best Highway Americana
The Brent Coalminers
Feed and Seed
Gallus Brothers
Quickdraw String Band
Prozac Mountain Boys
Best Rhyme and Beats
Educataz
Rec Rom
Stabbin’ Hobo
Surge and the Avenue
Rockers
Wilson Project
Best Rock ‘n’ Roll
Explosion
Black Eyes and Neckties
Brunette Sweat
Federation X
76 Charger
Sparrows
Best Skin in What’s Up
Analog Girl
Harrison Cole
Gallus Brothers
Snow Cuts Glass
Pirates R Us
Best Pop Will Rock Itself
The Love Lights
Racetrack
Snow Cuts Glass
The Trucks
Yes Oh Yes
Photo Courtesy of Fresh and Clean Media
When his skateboarding career came to a halt after an injury, Matt Costa picked up the
guitar and began his rise up the musical gaunlet.
Coasting to the top
Soft-spoken singer-songwriter Matt Costa
brings his diverse musical talents to Western
Olivia de Leon
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Known for his intriguing variations
of folk, ragtime, country and rock, Matt
Costa, 24, is bringing his strong and
simple music to Western’s campus.
“I find his music to be fun while
retaining the creativity that most pop
music lacks,” Western junior and Costa
fan Karley Densmore said.
Costa is from Huntington Beach,
Calif., and at the age of 12 he received
a skateboard and guitar but chose the
skateboard to enjoy under the sunny
skies of his hometown, Costa said.
At the age of 18 Costa was on the
verge of professional skateboarding
stardom, however a crushing injury
forced him to put his skateboard on the
shelf.
“I shattered my whole leg in a bad
skateboarding accident,” Costa said. “I
spent one year on crutches and another
year learning how to walk again, so
skateboarding was just out of the
question.”
During the recovery process, Costa
said he picked up his guitar and devoted
much of his time to writing and playing
music. He then invested in a four-track
recorder and discovered how to write
music on top of making his own music
,which gave him more room to cultivate
his talents.
A few months later Costa had
demos of his music circulating
throughout his friends and eventually
in Huntington Beach. The demo fell
into the hands of No Doubt guitarist
Tom Dumont, who offered to record
more demos with him.
Matt Costa
w/ David Bazan
of Pedro the Lion
7 p.m. Monday Jan. 22
Viking Union
Multi-Purpose Room
$10 Western Students
$14 General
“I started writing a lot of folk
and once I started working with Tom,
he helped me understand more about
studio work,” Costa said. “I started
playing with more instruments and
learning how things lay together.”
Costa has now worked with
numerous well-known musicians, such
as Jack Johnson and producer Phil Ek,
who has worked with Modest Mouse.
He also has toured throughout the world
in places such as Japan, Australia, and
Canada.
He say his album “Songs We Sing”
covers the themes of evil, love, nature
and poverty. Costa said these themes
are the roots of all things in life.
“Costa has a feel good, laid-back
style, similar to Jack Johnson, but with
more of a penchant for musicality in his
songs and diversity of moods over his
album,” Western freshman Samantha
D’Andrea said.
Costa said his ultimate goal in life
is to be an old man sitting on his porch,
being able to play songs and to tell the
stories behind them.
“When I saw him live last summer
he was a humble performer on stage
compared to a diva,” Associated
Students Productions Pop Music
coordinator and Western sophomore
Hunter Motto said. “Hopefully the
crowd will take away a personal
connection after the performance.”
Costa will be performing in the
Viking Union Multipurpose Room on
Jan. 22. at 7 p.m. Admission is $10
for students with Western ID and $14
for general admission. Tickets can be
purchase at the Performing Arts Center
Box Office.
Tuesday, Jan. 23
Subtle, Pigeon John
The Nightlight Lounge, 8 p.m.
21+ $8
Wednesday, Jan. 24
The Matt Peters Trio
Kendricks, 5 p.m
All Ages Free
Thursday, Jan. 25
Cicadas, The Americas, Stationary Legs,
The Braille Tapes
Fantasia Espresso, 8 p.m
All Ages $5
The Wilson Project, $Million$, Stabbin Hobo
Chiribins, 10 p.m.
21+ Free
Places to take a Date
1) La Fiamma’s – Wood-fire pizza, pasta, soup,
salads, and desserts in a modern setting. 200 E.
Chestnut St.
2) Boundary Bay – Bay view, large menu, and
local brewery. 1107 Railroad Ave.
3) Nimbus – On the 14th floor of the historic
Bellingham Towers Building, Nimbus serves
up fresh local seasonal ingredients. 119 N.
Commercial St.
4) Lemon Grass Café –Thai restaurant with a
traditional authenticity. Dinner comes with soup,
salad, and a bowl of rice. 111 N. Samish Way.
5) The Cliff House – View of the San Juan Islands
with a menu, specializing in steak, seafood and
vegetarian entrees. 331 N. State St.
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Friday, January 19. 2007
Late-night taste of Persia
Shahrazad offers Western
students’ authentic kabobs
John C. Davies
THE WESTERN FRONT
After Danielle Kazemzadeh opened
Shahrazad: House of Kabobs in April
2006, the restaurant’s Western-dominated
clientele kept asking her to keep the place
open late. She promised them she would.
So last fall, when students and late
night debauchery returned downtown,
Kazemzadeh kept her Persian restaurant
open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights until business slowed down, usually
around 2:30 a.m.
“The food is really good for late-night
— filling sandwiches that are good and not
greasy,” said Kazemzadeh, who is secondgeneration Persian.
On the first Thursday of winter quarter
a steady fl ow of red-eyed Western students
entered the restaurant. It was nearly 2 a.m.,
and though the place wasn’t bustling, three
or four tables were always occupied. The
conversations were animated. The two
Shahrazad employees, taking orders and
putting together the kabob fixings, listened
to music and joked around with each other
and the customers.
“If you’re looking for a place to go out
tonight, this is as good as it gets,” said Jim
Kazmire, a Western graduate. “The hunger
is gone once you come here. Most of the
people that come in here drunk are in for a
really good deal.”
Western senior, Top Rojanasthien was
in the restaurant for the first time. He said
he came in because it was the closest place
to the bars that was open.
“What I like is that the people are
treating me like a homie,” Rojanasthien
said. “If the food is half as good as the
service, I’ll be impressed.”
Western graduate student Patti Hoelzle
agreed. Hoelze, fresh from the Night
Light Lounge’s ‘80s night, was also in the
restaurant for the first time.
“I’m impressed with the service,” she
said. “I didn’t even know they were open
late-night, but I’m pretty pumped. The
people are pumped, nice and personable.”
Kazemzadeh said she caters her
restaurant to Western students because her
business is dependent on them.
During school breaks, she doesn’t
bother keeping the restaurant open late. She
said she sells approximately 30 sandwiches,
as opposed to the 200 when school is in
session.
Shahrazad is the only Persian restaurant
Top: Shahrazad employee Alex “Biscuit” Thompson cuts up a donner kabob leg lamb.
in Bellingham. It is named after the Queen
Below: Thompson serves some ground beef and lamb pita wrap.
of Persia who told the story, “1,001 Arabian
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Nights.”
When Kazemzadeh
decided fall quarter to
keep Shahrazad open
late it became one of
just a handful of latenight dining options.
Kazemzadeh said her
competition is Pel’Meni
a restaurant serving
Russian dumplings, Pita
Pit, and the Horseshoe
Café.
During its late-night
hours the restaurant
sells falafel and meat
gyros and chicken or
steak sandwiches. The
restaurant also has a
lunch and dinner menu.
Shahrazad: House of Kabobs
207 East Holly St.
Hours: Mon-Wed 11:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Thurs-Sat 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Closed Sunday
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Rivals prepare for shootout
Emotions run high for both teams
as Central visits hostile Carver Gym
Greg Applegate
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Photo courtesy of Mike Lycklama
Western sophomore guard Ira Graham drives past Seattle Pacific University senior guard Brian Lynch and
the SPU student section in the first half of the Vikings 80-65 loss in Seattle on Jan. 13. The Vikings trailed
56-53 with seven minutes remaining, but couldn’t recover from a 10-0 SPU run.
Buzzer-beaters, big shots
and broken hearts are words
that can describe past men’s
basketball games between
Western men’s basketball team
and rival Central Washington
University Wildcats.
“There’s an air of electricity
that surrounds this game,”
Vikings head coach Brad
Jackson said.
The Vikings, who play
Central at 7 p.m. Jan. 20 in
Carver Gym, are coming
off a loss to Seattle Pacific
University (SPU) on Jan. 13.
Western stands 2-2 in league
play and 8-6 overall. They are
tied with Central for fifth place
in the Great Northwest Athletic
Conference (GNAC).
Western sophomore guard
Ira Graham said after losing to
SPU, the Vikings are prepared
to take on the Wildcats.
“The chip is back on our
shoulder,” Graham said. “We
aren’t going to take nights off.
We ironed off our wrinkles.”
The Vikings have won 33
of their last 34 regular-season
home games and are 6-1 at
Carver Gym this season.
Central’s head basketball
coach Greg Sparling said
playing in Carver Gym can
make opposing teams feel like
it’s them against the world.
“It’s an opportunity for the
kids to see what a true college
crowd is like,” he said.
Central assistant coach
Tyce Nasinec said every game
counts but everybody on the
team gets a little more excited
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Robinson bounces back
Junior forward
plays major role
after missing last
season with injury
Questions
surround
future of
Seahawks
Casey Gainor
THE WESTERN FRONT
Western junior forward Krystal
Robinson is no stranger to rebounding —
she’s been playing basketball since the
sixth grade — but the biggest rebound
of her career may be the comeback this
season from a knee injury that kept her
sidelined throughout last year.
Robinson spent all but two games
last season watching from the bench
with a medical redshirt after she reinjured her knee.
“I hate watching,” Robinson said.
“Last year I felt like I was part of the
team but that I was kind of looking in
from the outside.”
She is no outsider this year.
Robinson, who averages 3.1 blocks
per game, is the top shot blocker
on the Viking team that leads the
Great Northwest Athletic Conference
(GNAC).
She’s been a force on defense since
she arrived at Western as a freshman.
She averaged nearly two blocks per
game, but this year she’s also begun to
show a flair for offense.
“The time off has helped her injury,”
Western coach Carmen Dolfo said. “I
think she’s a great shot blocker, but she’s
also really stepped up her shooting and
become a bit more offensive-minded.”
Robinson is averaging 11.4 points
per game.
“I feel like I’m playing the best I’ve
ever played,” Robinson said. “I have a lot
more confidence, because I know what to
do. I thought I was always going to have
the pain, but I feel really comfortable and
everything is falling into place.”
Robinson said she is playing painfree for the first time in the last two
years. As a freshman, she played in
COLUMNIST
Brady Henderson
has emerged this year as a crucial leader
on a young Viking team with a lot of
potential, and said she feels comfortable
in that role.
Dolfo said Robinson’s presence on
the court is valuable and the time off has
made her better prepared for this season.
“She’s definitely a leader and a person
who can get our team going,” Dolfo said.
Time is running out for the Seattle
Seahawks. With an aging offense,
several key players set to test the freeagent market and an improving division,
the Seahawks window to win the Super
Bowl is closing in a hurry.
Seahawks center Robbie Tobeck, 37,
retired after his 14th season in the NFL
and other veterans could soon follow.
Guard Chris Gray, 36, has said this season
might also be his last.
Seahawks fans know how devastating
the loss of an offensive lineman can be.
When guard Steve Hutchinson signed
with the Minnesota Vikings after last
season, running back Shaun Alexander
and the Seahawks’ running game
suffered.
With Hutchinson on the team
in 2005, Alexander rushed for 117.5
yards per game and a league-high 27
touchdowns. The absence of Hutchinson
this season, coupled with a foot injury,
caused Alexander’s numbers to plummet
to 89.6 yards per game and seven
touchdowns.
Fullback Mack Strong, 35, will play
in his second straight Pro Bowl this year
but told the Associated Press he does not
know how much longer he can endure
the grind of an NFL season.
With 23 players becoming freeagents in March, Seahawks’ management
has some tough decisions to make.
Free safety and team co-captain
Ken Hamlin and wide receiver Bobby
Engram are among the team’s top free-
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Western junior forward Krystal Robinson shoots over two Seattle University defenders
in a 77-56 victory by the Vikings on Jan. 6 in Carver Gym. Robinson is averaging 11.4
points per game for Western after missing most of last season with a knee injury.
her first 15 games before tearing her
anterior cruciate ligament in her knee.
She fought through knee pains as a
sophomore and played well. She ranked
14th among all division II players in in
blocked shots, averaging 2.5 per game.
She said she tried to play through pain
last year, but after two games realized it
was too much to handle and was forced
to take a medical redshirt.
With the pain behind her, Robinson
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Vikings remain focused on winning
league, heading deep into playoffs
u Robinson from 12
Robinson and her team have their
sights set on advancing into the playoffs.
The Vikings boast a 10-4 overall record
through Jan. 17.
The Vikings possess extra
motivation after last season’s earlierthan-expected departure from the
postseason, Dolfo said.
“I think any time you end your
season with a bad taste in your mouth
you want to come back and have a
stronger year,” Dolfo said.
Robinson said the Vikings got off
to an unsteady start this season, but the
team is ready to pursue a strong finish.
“I think we definitely haven’t
reached our potential yet,” Dolfo said.
“It’s kind of taken us a while to get
where we want to go. Our goal, like
every team’s goal, is to win our league
and we’re going to have to get better to
do that.”
Krystal Robinson
Age: 22
Hometown: Kent, Wash.
High School: Kentridge
Height: 6-2
Position: Forward
Notable: Averaging 11.3
points per game...Ranked 14th
nationally in blocked shots per
game (2.5) in 2004-05...Missed
2005-06 season with a knee
injury.
Henderson: Seahawks should focus
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Jackson: “Anything can happen”
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for this rivalry game. Carver Gym has
been a tough place to play for the past few
years, he said.
“We’ve taken a few lumps,” Nasinec
said. “But, we’re looking to return the
favor.”
The Wildcats — the coaches’ preseason
pick to win the GNAC — are 7-8 overall but
have won four of its last six games.
Central senior forward Lance Den
Boer is leading the Wildcats in scoring,
rebounds and three-pointers. Junior guard
Tyler Monk and sophomore guard Johnny
Spevak are also contributing — Monk is
second on the team in scoring and Spevak
leads the team in assists.
Vikings forward Lukas Henne said
inexperience could play a role in the
game. He said the Vikings need to avoid
making mental mistakes in a game of
this magnitude.
“Most of the other guys use that
energy and adrenaline to our advantage,”
Henne said.
Graham said he wants to use this
game to prove to the league, the fans
and themselves that the Vikings are
contenders for the GNAC title.
“It will be a spark plug for the rest of
the season,” Graham said.
The Vikings beat Seattle University
86-80 on Jan. 11 before losing to SPU 8065 on Jan. 13.
Aside from season statistics or team
records, Jackson said he has seen a lot
of unpredictable outcomes during these
games in the 22 years he has been head
coach for the Vikings.
“Regardless of how teams are faring
on a given year, it really doesn’t matter,”
Jackson said. “Anything can happen.”
Tickets for the game, which sold out
last year, are available at the PAC box
office until 5 p.m. on game day. Tickets
will be available after 5 p.m. at Carver
Gym. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
on improved defensive line, secondary
Western Vikings vs. Central Wildcats
secondary will prove paramount to
the Seahawks chances of repeating as
champions of their division next season.
agents. Kicker Josh Brown, who has
The Seahawks may have won the
been one of the league’s most consistent
division this season, but they didn’t do
and clutch kickers the past four seasons,
so convincingly. Plagued by injuries
is another crucial free-agent.
and inconsistency, the team finished
Without a first round
just 9-7 in the regular
draft choice, which the
season and 3-3 against
“The Seahawks NFC West opponents,
Seahawks traded to New
England for wide receiver
including two losses to the
must approach
Deion Branch, re-signing
2007 with a sense San Francisco 49ers.
players
like
Hamlin,
The division may be
of urgency.”
Engram and Brown is
soft, but young, talented
essential.
teams like the 49ers and
Another priority this offseason
Arizona Cardinals are only going to get
should be acquiring a proven run-stopper
better.
to bolster an undersized defensive line.
Providing an even greater challenge
The Seahawks run defense ranked 22nd
to the Seahawks next season is a tough
in the league, allowing nearly 127 rushing
schedule, which includes games against
yards per game.
Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia
Adding depth to the secondary
and Baltimore.
is also a must for the Seahawks, who
The Seahawks must approach
played both playoff games without
2007 with a sense of urgency to have
injured defensive backs Kelly Herndon,
any chance of winning a Super Bowl
Marcus Trufant and Jimmy Williams.
in the near future. The season might
Improving the defensive line and
have ended Sunday, but the clock is still
7 p.m. Jan. 20 @ Carver Gym
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Records: Western is 8-6 overall and 2-2 in the GNAC
conference. Central is 7-8 overall and is also 2-2 in GNAC play.
Rivalry history: Central holds the series advantage with 148
wins and 84 losses but Western has won the last four meetings and
10 of the last 12.
Players to watch: Central is led by senior forward Lance Den
Boer who is leading the team in points per game (17.3), rebounds
per game (4.9) and three-pointers (38). Junior guard Tyler Monk
is second in scoring for the Wildcats, averaging 11.4 points per
game. For the Vikings, senior forward Lukas Henne is leading the
team in points per game (19.6), blocked shots (26) and rebounds
per game (7.0). Sophomore guard Ira Graham is averaging 15.3
points per game and junior forward Brett Weisner has averaged
11.3 points per game in his first seven games since returning from
a knee injury on Dec. 19.
Statistics and records accurate through Jan. 17.
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the opinion of the
editorial board and not
week break plus a three-day weekend,
Be realistic with your class
the staff or advertisers
which is more than enough time to
expectations. If you have a harder
of The Western Front.
recollect your thoughts and prepare
class that deserves more study
yourself for the upcoming quarter.
time, then spend more time studying for that
Excess leisure time can cause some students
class. We all learn differently and each course
to become too comfortable with their time off.
and professor will present you with varying
They are gain a false sense of security.
challenges. If you need help, find out what will
Don’t be fooled by the relaxed start. Winter
work best for you and get the help you need to
quarter is shorter by a week than any other
stay on top of your work load. Try different study
quarter. What does this mean? There is the same
techniques, it might help.
amount of work, but less time to do it.
With the passing of Martin Luther King Jr.
Professors still need to teach the same
Day and with another three-day weekend on the
amount of material in their classes, so be
in February, maybe it’s time to stop and think
prepared for a heavy workload. The fewer times
about why we have these days off. The third day
the class meets means more work needs to be
off isn’t just for sleeping in, it serves a purpose.
accomplished than usual the next time the class is
Try to be productive on your time off. When
held. Don’t let yourself fall behind and make sure
is the last time you observed Presidents’ Day in
you don’t miss a class unnecessarily. Don’t be that
an honorable fashion? No, you don’t have to bring
student who feels completely unprepared by the
peace and love to the world, maybe your way of
time midterms roll around. Life doesn’t have to
observing means taking an extra shift at work or
be stressful if you plan ahead.
volunteering your time.
It’s hard to get back into everyday school
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life at first, but with willpower and class-success-
does it work?
C O L U M NI S T
Mary Andom
It’s rare in life that when
we are presented with a mindheavy issue, we stop, think and
evaluate.
Whether that misery is
broadcast in front of us on our
reality box or headlines from a
newspaper, in America we have
the luxury to fl ip the channel
and continue with our lives.
But for most of the world,
war is an everyday reality.
While I make the familiar
walk every morning through
the Fairhaven parking lot to get
to class, I come across every
political message under the sun.
Bumper stickers decrying the
war in Iraq, some poking fun at
Bush’s intelligence, others with
spiritual quotes about being
the change you hope to see in
the world. ‘Peace is Patriotic’.
‘Make Levees, Not War’.
I had seen countless
stickers and posters about the
war in Iraq, but an ordinary
sticker slapped on the back of a
magazine stand that read: 1+1=3
WAR+IRAQ= PEACE made me
stop, think and evaluate.
Does every war make sense?
Last week, U.S. Army 1st
Lieutenant Ehren K. Watada
came to Western’s campus
to speak out against a war he
believes is illegal. As one of
the first commissioned officer
to publicly refused deployment
to the Iraq War and occupation.
he faces court martial six years.
Watada and other U.S. soldiers
are voicing their discontent, more
than 1,000 military personnel
signed a petition Tuesday to stop
the troop escalation and bring
troops back from Iraq. How can
we fight a war in Iraq when our
own military doesn’t believe the
war is worth fighting?
There are millions of people
across the world who live in a
constant state of war. To date
there are 30 armed confl icts
around the world with a majority
of them in less-developed
countries.
“Does every war
make sense?”
Could you imagine for a
second what life would be like
in a war-torn country? The
debilitating fear that your life
is in constant threat, bullets
erupting overhead, massive
tanks rumbling past and at any
minute your life could end.
Survival is matched with
merciless luck.
And the true causalities
of war — civilians — live this
every day. Millions are maimed,
beaten, raped, dehumanized
and demoralized.
There are war zones in
America,
too.
Dilapidated
housing complexes that are
bullet-ridden with children
caught in the cross-fire, but there
isn’t much outcry.
I am the daughter of war
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OPINION
Has society lost it’s romance?
With the rise of technology, comes a loss of intimacy
Lisa Hust
THE WESTERN FRONT
If someone were to stand in a room and ask
how many people have a MySpace, a Facebook or
some other form of online personal Web site, the
numbers would be outstanding. If they asked that
same group of people if they have hugged, shook
hands, had or received any physical contact within
the last 24 hours, there would probably be much
fewer.
As of Jan. 12, there were approximately 148
million registered members on MySpace. That
is more than half of the population of the United
States at 281 million.
It’s a new era. With incredible advances in
technology, including instant messaging, text
messages and e-mails, the romantic period of longwinded love letters has disappeared.
A typical complaint of any college student is
procrastination, and many cases are due to Internet
distractions, be a massive multiplayer online game
(MMO), or a personal Web site.
Some students do avoid being sucked into
Internet sites, seeing them as unreal. They
recognize a Web site as personal self-expression
and not a way to get to know a person.
Yet, how many people have gotten upset
because they are not the first on someone’s top
eight on MySpace? How many people have broken
up with significant others online because it’s hard
to say, “I love you,” in typed characters?
Society is losing a sense of intimacy while
simultaneously
increasing
communication
efficiency. Relationships will develop into less
meaningful ones because emotion is blurred
behind a keyboard.
Are people so socially inept that the Internet is
their only tool for creating relationships?
Western communications professor Jason Lind
said in order to create meaningful relationships
a person has to reveal significant and personal
information about his or herself, in order to build
trust and intimacy.
Though personal Web sites may reveal
information about a person, the element of physical
contact is completely absent. It is impossible to
convey nonverbal expressions such as a wink or
a smile, with the same meaning in text. However,
people can have face-to-face conversations but still
keep the communication on a superficial level.
Without
face-toface
contact
it
is
almost
“It is
impossible
to
tell
if
a
person
impossible
is
how
he
or
she
describes
to convey
nonverbal themself. Putting personal
expressions information on a Web site,
such as a phone number, or
such as a
wink or a personal residence can be
smile, with dangerous.
Though personal Web
the same
sites
may be fun, are they
meaning,
really
the best way to meet
in text.”
new people and make
friends? Though this progression in technology
from letters, to e-mails seems natural, certain
precautions should be made for public sites, such
as avoiding putting too much personal information
for everyone to see.
Some may argue that this new communication
has helped bring people together. College students
separated from their families can communicate
via e-mail. Friends across the country can send
pictures through their phones, or leave messages
on the computer. This gives a sense of closeness to
family and friends miles away. Perhaps it’s too early to tell where
communication developments will go, and if email and text messages will really cause people
to lose ties or if they will help make relationships
stronger.
It is certain that people need friendships in
order to live fulfilling lives.
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Have you ever had anything stolen?
If so, what was it?
Sam Tjoelker
Kim Salerno
“A little Lego man with a cool
jet pack was stolen by fifth
grade best friend.”
“My sister used to steal my
clothes, I must be fashionable.”
Nicole Samuelson
Denali Wood
“I lend books to my friends and
never get them back, happens
all the time.”
“Yeah, a couple days ago,
presciption medication right out
of my locker.”
SOPHOMORE
Senior
junior
Freshman
Compiled by Nathan Seaburg
Pace yourself to not fall behind
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Utilize the extra time off
to catch up or get ahead in your
classes. This doesn’t mean all
work and no play. Allow yourself
that extra time to work out or to
be completely lazy. Burning out
is never a good thing.
This is your life and
managing priorities is a part of
growing up. Despite the slow
start into the quarter, treat it as
any other quarter. This quarter
is shorter, colder and the most
overwhelming, so don’t give
yourself a mid-quarter heart
attack when you realized you
slacked off too much at the
beginning.
The editorial board is
comprised of Editor-in-Chief
Nicole Lanphear, Managing
Editor Amy Harder, Opinion
Editor Ryan White and
advertising office representative
Kayla Britt.
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Friday, January 19. 2007
OPINION
The Western Front
Peace is a privledge
More discussion needed on
animal testing: pros and cons
u WAR+ from 14
GUEST
COLUMN
Unfortunately, opposition to
animal research is often based
upon ignorance. For example, the
David Leaf
Western Animal Rights Network
Biology
Professor
used the thalidomide scandal to
assert that animal research is not
relevant to human health. Thalidomide was a drug
developed by Grunenthal and marketed widely as
a sedative. From 1956 to 1962 thalidomide caused
approximately 10,000 birth defects, primarily limb
malformations. A perusal of Wikipedia reveals
that it was the failure to comprehensively test
thalidomide, not the irrelevance of animal testing,
responsible for the thalidomide scandal.
Fortunately for my generation, thalidomide
was not approved in the United States because
Francis Kelsey at the FDA was skeptical about
its safety. Grunenthal had shown thalidomide was
not harmful to adult rats, rabbits, cats and dogs.
However, she was concerned about thalidomide’s
effects upon pregnant females. Kelsey’s prior
research on an anti-malarial drug demonstrated in
rabbits that a drug safe for adults can be harmful to
a developing fetus. This understanding prompted
her to deny requests to market thalidomide until
the drug was more thoroughly tested. Would
testing thalidomide on pregnant animals have
alerted Grunenthal to its danger? Subsequent
testing of thalidomide showed that the drug caused
fetal malformations in rabbits.
Humans share core cellular processes with
other animals, thus basic research on animals
is relevant to human health. Consider the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine. According to
Alfred Nobel’s will, this prize is to be awarded
for discoveries which have “the greatest benefit on
mankind.” Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine
in 1995, 2001, 2002 and 2006 were awarded to
scientists who worked on fruit flies, round worms
and sea urchins and provided key insights into the
genetic basis of cancer and embryonic development
as well as discovering new therapeutic tools for
treating diseases.
However, one cannot use fruit flies to fully
understand the physiology of mammals. Hence,
many scientists study organisms such as mice. Not
all biomedical research on mice is guaranteed to be
directly applicable to humans. Indeed, thalidomide
does not cause fetal malformations in mice. But it
is worth noting that the Nobel Prizes in Physiology
or Medicine in 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2004 were
awarded to scientists who primarily used mice in
their research programs. Their work illuminated
how we learn, how we distinguish odors, and
discovered important molecules relating to heart
disease, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Nobel Prizes do not necessarily justify all
animal research, but they indicate the types of
important scientific discoveries that would be
missed if animal research was deemed to be
irrelevant to human health. The Western Animal
Rights Network should be commended for its
concern with animal welfare. But to engage in
a productive dialogue about animal research
one cannot be ignorant of the benefits of animal
research.
refugees. The war I talk about is
one most people are unfamiliar
with, for those geographicallychallenged students, you have
probably never heard of the
country Eritrea, a small nation
nestled in the Horn of Africa.
For 30-years a civil war
between Ethiopia ravaged my
homeland. More than 250,000
people died and hundreds of
thousands were displaced to new
and unfamiliar lands.
Sometimes my mother
opens up to me about life in
revolutionary Eritrea.
But she serves these stories
up with a reminder of just how
lucky we are to be in America
— a fridge full of food, the
access to an education and a life
free of struggle.
Political
and
social
instability continue to ravage
much of the Horn of Africa.
Border conflicts erupt between
Eritrea and Ethiopia, peace
comes and goes like the rain.
When Bush announced
earlier this month his plans to
send more than 20,000 troops to
Iraq, I was skeptical that adding
more troops to Iraq would pacify
the escalating violence.
The United Nations reports
34,452 Iraqi civilians have been
killed since last year, which
is three times more than what
our government has reported. I
rarely hear what the Iraqi people
want for their country, but rather
a misguided vision by Bush
to bring stability to a region in
turmoil.
It makes me wonder how
the Iraqi people will pick up the
pieces of their lives and finally
live in peace.
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