OP-ED SPORTS HUMOR How to cure WSU spikers set for Have you seen our writer's block I page 8 Vandal showdown I page 5 new comics? I page 7 e Se t. 25 1990 Establishedver1894 een Vol. 97 No. 26 HANGIN' AROUND WSU makes the switch pop served in the dining halls, Coke's out and Pepsi's in Devereaux said. "The bid was just for canned for WSU vending machines products," he said. By linda Tarr The dining halls serve Coke, but Staff Writer the contract for fountain pop will expire in july 1991. There is an Coca-Cola lovers will be out of option to extend the contract if both luck when they go to grab a soda sides agree to this, he said. from the campus vending machines Devereaux said the decision to soon. put Pepsi in the vending machines was striclty on a price basis. The contract with Coke as vend- Sealed bids were received from ing machine suppliers ran out this year, and Pepsi had a better bid, said Pepsi, Coke and Shasta, he said. Bruce Devereaux, assistant food The bidding companies were asked to name their prices and were services director. "The hard part is the to provide some vending machines along with their deals, he said. transition ...Pepsi drinkers will be In the past, only university-owned happy and Coke drinkers will be vending machines were on campus. disappointed," Devereaux said. Some university-owned pop ma- University Dining Services signed chines will still carry Coke products a five-year contract with Pepsi, he until Dining Services uses up the said. Coke products in stock, he said. "It (Coke) is about gone," he said. Although the contract is signed Dining Services has a truck load with the dining services, the con- tract does not apply to the fountain See COKE on page 4 Pulitzer TUESDAY • }¥EATlIER·· ~ With light S~nny fOdo . WInds th y. HIghs in The team of Seattle Times re- e uPPer 8 porters that won the Pulitzer Prize lows in th lOs, for their coverage of the Alaska oil 50s. e oWer spill is at WSU and will be speaking to communications classes this Sunrise: 6:38 a week. Sunset· 6. ·m. Reporters Ross Anderson, Bill . .40 P.m. Dietrich, Mary Ann Gwinn and Eric Staffphotoby Todd Pickett Nalder won the Pulitzer for national Angie Weddell, 3, hangs upside-down at Community Child Center in Pullman. reporting in April. The award was given for reporting on the oil spill as Down, but not out well as a series on oil tanker safety. After a scheduled power out- The group is being brought to age Sunday night, The Evergreen Microwaves may be OK'd by' RHA campus by Student Publications, has experienced difficulties with their highly sensitive (and heavily which produce The Evergreen and relied on) computer system. §y Kelly A, Shanaman each of the campus halls. In two weeks the committee The Chinook. Don Ferrell, Student With a delicate computer piece Staff Writer members will submit a policy to RHA to vote on. Publications manager, said he brings in transit from an undisclosed lo- Residents of WSU's residence halls may Wattage considerations for the microwaves award-winning reporters to campus cation, as well as a computer so students can learn from their soon be able to take their microwaves out of the closet will vary by hall. It is possible that certain older halls analyist bordering on the edge of if a policy allowing_their use is passed. on campus may not be wired to support the use of experience. severe emotional trauma, The Ev- "It's important for stu- "I'm excited that the administration is listening microwaves, according to Bill Zeller, director of ergreen hopes to have the system dents to be exposed to quality to the wants of our residents," said Residence Hall Residence Life and Housing. up and running in the very near journalism," Ferrell said. Association President Derek Brandes. Currently, microwave ovens are allowed in future. Although currently banned, many hall resi- the public areas of residence halls. Previously, Student Pub- The classified section of the lications has hosted Pulitzer winners paper was unable to be laid out dents already have microwaves in their rooms, "that's In addition, some residents have rented a unit from The Wall Street Journal, The with all of the new advertisements hoW we know that it can work wattage-wise in some that is a combination microwave-refrigerator-freezer. Philadelphia Inquirer and The which were added to the system. balls," Brandes said. The unit is.set up so that only one of its three parts can work at a time. The electrical current used by this unit Pittsburgh Press. Therefore, some ads may not have The RHA residence services committee is been retrievable at press time. currently doing research on the wattage capabilities of is much less than the standard microwave, Zeller said. See TIMES on page 4 University researcher helps heart attack victims use these cells to form blood vessels in tissue healing," she said. tion oflarge blood vessels around the damaged culture flasks. Schelling is working with the fibroblast area. These vessels bypass the damaged area IlY Linda Tarr By examining these cells, Schelling hopes growth factor, a large molecule on the end of and maintain the function of the heart, the Staff Writer to find a way to treat heart attack victims with the cell she found. press release said. blood vessel damage, she said. A WSU researcher has isolated cells that Isolating the FGF enabled Schelling to Schelling also wants to know how to inhibit Schelling is searching for a biochemical study how the cell makes blood vessels. may be useful for, repairing hearts damaged blood vessel formation. way to control angiogenesis, the formation of Schelling is trying to use the FGF to stimulate Inhibiting blood vessel formation will help by heart attacks. heart blood vessels. blood vessel production in heart attack victims "After a heart attack, part of the heart dies in cancer therapy, Schelling said. "We will know how to increase or decrease in two ways. and the blood can't get to it. It's important for blood vessel formation (if angiogenesis can The first is to promote formation of new Without the development of blood vessels blood vessels to regenerate and grow around be controlled biochemically)," she said. blood vessels in the damaged area of the heart, a cancerous tumor will be stopped at about the damage," said Margaret Schelling, who Controlling angiogenesis would also benefit according to a WSU press release. two millimeters in diameter. works in the Program in Genetics and Cell the healing of wounds and blindness caused "If blood vessel formation can be initiated Biology. by diabetes, she said. in these parts of the heart, damage can be Schelling said she has been working with Schelling found the cells that form blood "Blood vessels are helpful in healing ...they controlled," Schelling said. these cells, called coronary microvascular vessels in the heart and developed a way to support growth of new tissues and speed The second way is to promote the stimula- endothelial cells, for eight years. 2 The Evergreen Tuesday, September 25,1990 WSU, Pullman, Wash. Lawrence Seno Jr. LOCAL BRIEFS Director 01Admission WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY Announcements • All 1990-1991 Mortar Board members please contact COLLEGE OF LAW Katie-Michelle Bosch at 4-0628 or Sue Hinz at 5-4527 to give information on how you can be reached. • The Entertainment Committee will meet every Tuesday at 6 Will meet with prospective p.m. on third floor CUB. Call 5-3503. students to discuss admission • Dairy Club will meet every Tuesday at noon in Clark 122. standards and • WSU's Chapter of Amnesty International meets every Friday scholarship requirements. at noon in CUB 111. • wSU Synchro-Swim Club clinics will meet every Tuesday and September 26 Thursday from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Smith Pool. 10:30 a.m. - noon • Proctors are needed for the athletic department's study table. in room 107. Up to 3 credits of psychology 497 are available. Contact Deb Kouse, 114 Bohler for an application. • The YMCA needs students to provide leadership for the The Northwest's Oldest Law School. following positions: vice-president programs, PRfnewsletter, big Willamette University College of Law. brothers, youth and government, international friends and families, and volunteer bridge. Call YMCA, CUB 318-320, or 335-3915. Founded 1883 in Salem, Oregon. Call Willamette (503) 370-6282/Write Willamette Salem, OR 97301 • PETE needs volunteers!! The partnership in Equine Therapy and Education program needs volunteers to help sell concessions at Cougar football games and other fund raising events. Call Jerry at 397-3258 or leave a message at 5-1303. • Pre-law Club meeting Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in Todd 405. One officer position is open and elections will be held. Call Tim for more details at 2-1528. • Student Legal Services needs interns interested in law, communications, or finance. Apply in CUB 316 or call 5-9539. • The Racquetball Club will have its first meeting on Tuesday at 7 p.m, at the fieldhouse racquetball courts. • The Japanese/American Club will have a general meeting Wednesday at 7 p.m. in CUB B-25B. All Japanese and others interested in Japan and its culture are welcome. • Business interns needed for Wind Row II, a student magazine. Apply in Avery 355 or call 5-4832. • Washington and Idaho rape laws will be discussed by guest speaker Officer Nannette Kistler from the WSU police department on Tuesday from 12:10 p.m.