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Klipsun Magazine, 1983, Volume 14, Issue 01 - May

Scott Fisk Western Washington University

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KlipsuN A M’S VIEW AHEAD The other day while enjoying the sun from the window of my office, I Copyright® I 1983 by Klipsun noticed a college student walking toward Bond Hall. She was wearing a white May 1983 Volume 14, Number 1 blouse wdth puffy shoulders, a red satin ribbon bow tie, a denim mini-skirt, white bobby socks and red, pointed tennis shoes. Under one arm was a book Editor Scott Fisk bag. Under the other was a teddy bear. Indeed, these times, they are a changin’. Managing Editor In a recent article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, University ofWashington Lori McGriff students asserted that college students today, besides being more conserva­ Story Editor tive, are more concerned about their owm problems rather than the ones ‘ out Jennifer Hahn there. ” More and more, students seek ways to change themselves to meet Photo Editor society’s acceptance — instead of seeking ways to change society to meet Albert Fields their own acceptance. Art Director The article claims the current economic climate is considered to be the Masaru Fujimoto main reason for this. Jobs, jobs, jobs: how to get one is the top priority today. Typesetter Most students want to do whatever is necessary to ensure they land a Shelley McKedy professional, high paying job. They want security in an increasingly insecure Business Manager world. Loren Landerholm So the pendulum has swoing, revealing how sharp of an edge it has. It goes Adviser something like this: college students a decade ago refused to be treated like Gerson Miller kids, to be spoon-fed an education wdthout question, to accept the ‘ system.” Staff Many students now seem to be willing to accept the spoon-feeding in order to Richard Bourcier be rewarded (or burped as I call it) with a job, security, et al. ‘Acceptance is the Jack S. Broussard key to success, ” my comp-sci friend told me. Dawn Dean It would be negligent on this writer’s part to claim that this frenetic Dana Grant job-search climate is a plot (originated by Ronnie and company) to program Roger Hayden today’s youth so they can be bent, twisted and melted if necessary to fulfill a Cheri Hoover vile and repressive high-tech-system’s needs. Perhaps such an idea is a little Laurie Jervis too paranoid even for my blood. John Klicker No, I wouldn’t call it a plot, merely another facet of “conservative realism, ” Casey Madison Kathy James which has always struck me as a gross contradiction of terminology. Anyhow, Chris McMillan college is no longer the self-proving grounds for well-rounded, liberal minded Bruce Moon (pronounced soft headed, depending on your political persuasion) individu­ Laurie Ogle als. Rather, college is a product research facility where students are the Debbie Romano products. Naturally, the best design wdll sell the fastest and for the highest Nori Shirouzu price. Specialization, once the feared dehumanizer of the technological age, Vicki Siggs is now the quickest path to a post-grad job. Jan Vickeiy Okay, so I’m a bit cynical about the whole state of affairs. At this point, Becky Webley however. I’m assuming the role of a weatherman—merely observing the Gordon Weeks climate around me. And it’s giving me an itch that I won’t be able to scratch Special Thanks To: until my diploma is buried deep in a trunk vvdth moth balls and mouse Cindy Boies droppings. Or like my brain-damaged high school football coach explained to Bill McNamara our team during the half time of a losing effort, "when you play vvdth a skunk Alice Fogg you wdnd up smelling like one. ” Hmmmm. Bill McGowm Newsweek, in its May 2 issue serves as a barometer for this climate change. Western’s Theater and Dance Department The On Campus ” section, timely for graduating high school students, shows Sue Hilleary campuses as places for making money, meeting God and other neat things. Dave Ellison The business section’s seven pages feature the growing generation of very Cover photo illustration confident student entrepreneurs on campuses across the country. Fifteen by Albert Fields pages later the obviously less important education section amounts to one article. Klipsun is a twdce-quarterly Skeptical? Yes, I’m skeptical of the attitudes of people entering college wdth publication funded with student or wdthout a teddy bear clamped tightly under their arms. The attitude “I’ll do fees and distributed without whatever they say it takes ” is not conducive for making deliberative decisions charge. Klipsun, Western concerning one’s education. Ultimately students should decide what and Washington University, Bell­ how they wdll learn. If not, they have no choice but to accept the spoon. B ingham, Washington 98225, 676- 3737. Printed at the WWU Print bysfiottfisk Plant.______

2 Klipsun, May 1983 W UBRARy ARCHIVES CONTENTS

BEHIND THE LOOKING GLASS: THE MAKE-UP OF THE COSMETIC INDUSTRY...... 4 By Jennifer Hahn The price paid for creating beauty . . . can we afford it? REFUGE FROM THE PAST GIVES HOPE FOR THE FUTURE...... 7 By Maseru Fujimoto A Vietnamese family is reunited and finds their new life in Bellingham filled with promise. THE PLIGHT OF TODAY S CHANGING MALE ...... 9 By Roger Hayden Is a new male emerging? And when will he arrive? FEATURES TURN OF THE CENTURY FAIRHAVEN: A BOOMTOWN...... 10 By Gordon Weeks George Hunsby recalls boardwalks, bootleggers and bordellos. DR. GIRR: THE FINAL ANALYSIS...... 13 By Cheri Hoover Whatcom's autopsy surgeon faces death, but focuses on life. A LITTLE SOUTH AMERICA IN ALGER ...... 16 By Jan Vickery Stand back si,cfeet. . . they're llamas. GOING WITH THE GRAIN...... 19 By Debbie Romano Fairhaven woodcrafter Ted Sherrer blends ingenuity with tradition to create wood excellence. ADVENTURES IN FANTASY — THE MIND GAMES OF TODAY ...... 21 By Chris McMiiian Slip into armor, draw a sword and slay a dragon in the closet—one knight's work in the realm of role playing games. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS: THE DEVIL S WORKSHOP? ... 23 By Kathy James Heavens no, but many say so.

YOU CAN TELL RY THE WAY HE WALKS...... 24 By Vicki Siggs Western Racewalker Tony Lingbloom strides for the 1984 Olympics. JEFF LEONARD: RASSIST SUPREME...... 26 By Nori Shirouzu A Western student’s power of musical diversion may lead him to fame. ETC...... 28 Student procrastination. Red Square rock, Fitness and Career Planning. STICKS, HELMETS AND MEN: LACROSSE AT WESTERN ... 30 By Bruce Moon With or without a coach, Lacrosse is the fastest sport on Western's Fields. Klipsun is a Lummi Indian word meaning 'iDeautiful sunset/'

May 1983, Klipsun 3 Editors note: By legal definition, cosmetics include, hair conditioners, sham­ poo, mouthwash, toothpaste, face creams, eye cosmetics, lipsticks, talcum, hand lotion, perfumes and 1 colognes. Every year, American women and men spend millions of dollars for cosmetics. The look is "understated sexy. ” One pearl earring dangles from the model’s ear lobe. As she writhes towards the camera, the pearl swings into a white arc. Red, wet lips exhale. Flash! The film zips for­ ward. The model, garbed in blue satin, lowers one bare shoulder to the camera. Looking towards the lense, she drops her stare, gold eye­ lids catch the spot light. Flash! Wine blusher flushes her complexion. Flash! Sable mascara frames and softens her eyes. Flash! Three weeks earlier, a cosmetic manufacturer typed a product idea and sent it to his chemists in the Bronx. While the chemists were mixing and testing, ad people were busy with the words and pictures, and graphics people were design­ ing the packaging. Finally, after one year, the pro­ duct is right, the pictures are right, the words are right. No one knows for certain when or why the art of applying cosmetics began. Some attribute the art to the kohl-eyed Egyptians of 3,000 years ago. Others believe primitive tri­ besmen, who colored their faces to distinguish their tribal status may have been our first cosmetologists. Today, cosmetic arts is a multibil­ lion dollar business. Carol Childress, in management training with Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., said the popularity of cosmet­ ics is as simple as basic psychology. "When you look better on the out­ side, you feel better on the inside." Ginger Loney, beauty consultant at Bellingham’s Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio said, "wearing cosmetics is a matter of taking pride in yourself. Applied correctly, cos­ metics will enhance beauty features and provide protection. ” "Even if I’m going outdoors to chop wood, ” Loney said, "I make sure I have on a double-duty pro­ ILLUSTRATION BY BILL McGOWN tection of a zinc-oxide based makeup. ”

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L Yet in spite of all the cosmetic pluses, some cosmetics remain wrapped in as many shades of con­ troversy as the colors and labels the industry sells. Part of the controversy revolves around cosmetic advertising. Some people say the dazzling array of tel­ evision and magazine ads are mis­ leading. Purchasers are promised youthfulness; the natural look, the clean look, the sexy look, the rich look and anything else they wish for, but with no guarantee of delivery. For instance, a perfume adver­ tisement in Glamour magazine, June 1982, begins: “Jovan introdu­ ces Andron. The first pheromone- based fragrances, scientifically created to at tract... capable of trig­ Gloria Vermeuien, owner of and beauty adviser at Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio in gering an intense magnetic reaction Beilingham, assists customer Sue Johnson. between the sexes.” One look at the makes the controversy behind interview wall be easier, a public ad copy—a nude couple embracing cosmetic advertising lucidly clear. appearance wdll be an event to look in smokey pink lighting — encour­ In "Behind the Looking Glass, " forward to or a mate wdll take more ages anyone to wonder if a small author Kathrin Perutz quotes Man- notice. To the public eye, the cos­ amount of the product on the skin del at a meeting with his new Rev- metic dreams are evident. But what will bring the opposite sex slinking Ion employees. "What you are now about the nightmares? closer. faced wdth, in this business, " Man- Some of the best kept secrets are In the same magazine, a few del wrote, "is the mysterious the ones cosmetic advertisements pages earlier, a two-page adver­ essence of woman—Freudian, if don't mention, said Carol Ann tisement for eyeshadow shows a you wdll—her ideas—her dreams— Rinzler in her book, "Cosmetics: long-necked model pressing a flesh- her fears—her fantasies—her What the Ads Don't Tell You. " colpred eye-crayon to her eyelid. hopes—her sex life—her youth. Rinzler may be right. Take a look in Her eyes are focused carefully on The nature of this industry is any five and dime, department the applicator. Her lips are parted dames—and the key to success is in store or in the traveling display case and glossed. The ad copy reads: understanding them. ” of your Avon lady, and you probably "It’s a whole new way to make won't find any trace or mention of eyes ... In a sexy new precision the animal populations which have applicator.” What was the "sexy been pushed to the edge of extinc­ new applicator?” A phallic-shaped tion, the scared or mutilated clien­ wand. tele, or the photos of the thousands Desmond Morris, author of But, advertising aside, many of test animals used to determine "Manwatching: A Field Guide to cosmetics are good for people. whether a product is safe for Human Behavior/' wrote, "Gaping Mixed with sunscreens, some cos­ humans. lip postures and the positioning of metics can retard aging of the skin Probably one of the worst cases in phallic-shaped objects that appear by blocking out harmful ultraviolet the history of American cosmetol­ as though they are passing between rays. Mixed with certain oils and ogy was that involving Hazel May the lips” are common devices em­ water, cosmetics such as body Brown, a recipient of an eyelash ployed by commercial advertising. lotions, skin creams and liquid and brow-dye—Lash Lure. On May But why the model's g/ossy lips? foundations (flesh-colored lotions) 17, 1933, Brown drove to a beauty Morris explained that some pur­ can retain the skin's moisture level. salon to have her lashes and brows port that the fleshier lips of human Mixed with pigments and dyes, colored. females evolved as labial mimics. cosmetics allow the wearer to art­ Within hours of the treatment. This is the reason that for thou­ fully present any look he or she Brown's eyes were draining pro­ sands of years lips have been artifi­ desires. fusely. An eye specialist was called. cially reddened with pigments, he Older becomes younger, scars Brown was referred to a hospital. said. Wearing glistening lipstick just tranform into smooth surfaces, Several days passed. A large ulcer adds an extra hint of genital blemishes disappear, lips look and several smaller ulcers devel­ lubrication. fuller, hair appears thicker and the oped on each eye. Within one Evan William Mandel, executive clientele feel their self-esteem month. Brown was totally blind vice-president of Revlon, Inc., climb. Maybe now, a difficult job with no hope of recovery.

May 1983, Klipsun 5 COSMETICS

More recent is the discovery of Accounting Office; listed 125 sus­ for the Protection of AnimalS; along cancer-causing ingredients in hair pect cancer-causing ingredients with a Britain-based group; Beauty dyes. In 1978; 2,4 diaminoanisole found in American cosmetics that Without Cruelty; claim that there (DAA); a coloring agent which had are sold across the counter today. are more than 80 synthetic fixatives been a mainstay of the hair-coloring Industry does not think there is that are just as good as the animal business for the past 60 yearS; was any cause for alarm; but one con­ ones. shown to cause cancer during sumer group is not so sanguine. She mentioned Dr. Najda Avalle; a animal tests conducted by the 'We re not satisfied with the pace leading world cosmetics chemist National Cancer Institute. of the FDA or industry efforts to and the 1980 president of the Inter­ On April 30; 1979; an article in alleviate the problem;" said Leslie A. national Federation of Scientists Business Weekly said, nitrosamines; Dach of the Environment Defense and Cosmetic ChemistS; who is another carcinogenic substance; Fund; a 45;000 member environ­ conducting experiments on one was removed from Max Factor's mental organization based in New alternative. Avalle is using crushed Ultra-moist Whipped Cream Make­ York. flower petalS; a waste product of up and several Avon and Revlon As if eliminating all the safety and perfume manufacturing; to pro­ products. The curious discovery health hazards were not enough to duce an oil which can be used as a about nitrosamineS; the article said; handle; there is another concern substitute for animal fat. is that they need not be deliberately facing the cosmetic industry. It is Although today more and more added to a product to be present. whether companies should con­ international cosmetic houses are They can form during processing or tinue to use animals for cosmetic changing to vegetable oils and normal shelf life. A product which ingredients. herbS; the acceptance of synthetic is safe in the factory; may become Margaret Allen; in her book; "Sel­ materials has only come recently. carcinogenic at home. ling DreamS; " (Simon and Schuster; Animals continue to be used as a Researchers now suspect that 1981) wrote some animals continue major ingredient source in every­ several more brands of shampooS; to be used even though they're thing from hairspray to body lotion. moisturizing lotions and liquid considered "threatened" species. make-ups may have nitrosamines "Spermaceti waX; " she said; in them as well. But they're not sure "which is taken from the oil of which ones. whales and used as a lubricant for Who is supposed to protect the lipstick; creams and soaps con­ cosmetic consumer? In general it is tinues to be used even at a time Besides the use of animals as the Food and Drug Administration when the very survival of the spe­ ingredients; the use of animals for (FDA); which surveys products mar­ cies is uncertain." health and safety testing is a fun­ keted by cosmetic industries. Musk secretions from the male damental problem facing the cos­ The agency; however; has limited civet cat are used in Chanel No. 5, as metic industry. It has also angered jurisdiction. Although drug and a fixative to help the scent last said and distressed a good number of chemical companies must supply Society for Animal Rights (SAR) in animal protection organizations. the FDA wdth extensive health and their booklet Cosmetic Tests on Beauty Without Cruelty; an safety data on their products; cos­ Animals. To obtain the musk oil international organization devoted metic companies are more or less SAR said; the Ethiopian cats are to educating people about "the exempt. kept in small cages in wood heated exploitation of animals for non- sheds kept at 110 degrees Fahren­ essential luxury items " and its heit. The musk is scraped from a international allies claim that Eli­ small sac on the male genital organ zabeth Arden; Helena Rubinstein; while the cat is held; with legs Revlon; Johnson and Johnson; 'Under current laW; manufactur­ spread; by a trap door in the bottom Gillette; Carter WalliS; Charles ofthe ers are not required to tell us any­ of the cage. Ritz and Max Factor; among several thing; " said Heinz J. Eiermann; "Ambergris—either coughed up; others; all use animals for their director of the Food and Drug or more often; extracted from the product testing; Allen said. Admin strati on's division of cosmet­ stomach of sperm whales—is a As an example; Allen quoted an ics technology. The agency doeS; popular fixative. So too are musk; internal Avon Cosmetics memO; however; possess one major wea­ most often extracted from a small dated Nov. 15; 1977. The memo pon: Once it determines a product pod in the abdomen of the male stated that the company used is harmful it can force a recall musk deer...and castorium...ex­ "14;561 animals for experiments in which is an expensive exercise for tracted from the Canadian or Siber­ under one year (1;037 catS; 165 dogS; any company. ian beaver;" Allen said. 6;308 guinea pigS; 2;624 hamsterS; But; wdth thousands of new cos­ She also said; environmental and 4;303 rabbitS; 56 primateS; 5 opos­ metics being added to the market animal welfare groups claim the kil­ sums and 63 ferrets." every year; some people wonder if ling is totally unnecessary. Two These kind of animals are used in recalls are enough to guard the international groups; the Interna­ a test; such as SIT; the Skin Irritation public's safety. In a recent publica­ tional Society for the Protection of Test; in which the animal's flank is tion; The United States General Animals and the World Federation shaved and the skin is rubbed with

6 Klipsun, May 1983 massive doses of cream or lotion; Allen said. The test is done under laboratory conditions in which the animal is restrained for long peri­ ods of time. “Lethal Dosage Fifty' is another experiment to test cosmetics/’ Allen said. LD-50 means force- feeding 100 animals with cosmetics—until 50 of them die. Animal defenders feel little is achieved fi'om such a test. Whp is likely to eat 20 pounds of lipstick they argue? “Another test under attack” said Allen; “is the Draize Test. It involves injecting large doses of shampoo into the eyes of rabbits. The eyelids of the rabbits are forced open for long periods; and the animals are held back by neck restraints. Rab­ bits are used because they lack tear ducts which would wash away the irritant shampoo. Cosmetic companies say that such tests are necessary if they are to insure that no damage or health threat occurs to people who pur­ chase and use their cosmetics. But continued public pressure has already sent one company looking for an alternative. In 1980; Revlon set up a $750;000 research project with the Rocke­ feller University of New York to look into a non-animal alternative to the Draize Test Allen said. It’s a small step; animal welfare advocates say; but it’s heading us in the right direction. Just where that direction points is uncertain. Increased public pres­ sure might someday make animal- based cosmetics obsolete. At pres­ ent this is far fi'om the actual After three years of separation; her family through letters for three situation. Thuy Nguyen; a junior at Bel­ yearS; anticipating that they would Although animal rights groups lingham High School; was finally join her here someday; she was believe we have the technological reunited with her family fi’om Viet­ never notified of the specific date. know-how to find alternatives to nam last February. The news came suddenly. both animal tests and animal Nguyen’s mother; Bay Dang, 47, She and her uncle waited outside ingredients; the bulk of the money arrived at the Seattle-Tacoma Inter­ the immigration office at the airport is directed away fi’om these areas. national Airport with her three for four hours until her family came DreamS; meanwhile; are peddled other daughters and a son. out. and sold. Some may point women “I’ll never forget the day; ” Nguyen “We just hugged each other;’’ she and men to higher self-esteem and recalled. “My uncle took me to Seat­ said; her eyes again filling with cosmetic renewal. Some; on the tle to see my family right after we grateful joy. “But it was a strange other hand; may take them chasing found out that they had arrived feeling because my sisters and through a dazzling array—a multi­ here. ” brother have grown up so big.’’ billion dollar maze—of products Although Nguyen; who came to The family stayed in a refugee whose promise; is only “cosmetic’’ the United States in 1979 with her camp in Hong Kong for six months after all. ■ aunt and uncle; kept contacts with before obtaining 1-94 formS; which

May 1983, Klipsun 7 REFUGE FROMTHEMSr

allow foreigners to enter the coun­ try. The forms are issued hy the Uni­ ted States Department of Immigra­ tion and Naturalization Service. When Nguyen’s father died of illness in 1980; her mother Dang decided to have a new life in; what she calls; ‘ the country of freedom. ” Dang explained her family was “middle class ’ in Vietnam; hut with the encumbering suppression from the new government after 1975; she didn’t find any hope there. “I think we re very lucly to be able to come over here. There are a lot of people still waiting to see their families and relatives; ” Dang said. Now the family lives together in an old house in Bellingham. From the State Department of Social and Health Services; they receive a Bay Dang with her family; Binh, 3, Thuan, 7, Thu, 18, Hoa, 9. monthly welfare check of $624; plus $132 worth of food stamps. A part of A maximum of $800 per month is published by the American Council the house rent is also subsidized by granted to a large household. for Nationalities Service; since April the department. The office also subsidizes the of 1975; more than 600;000 Indo- “My mother says the check is too immigrants; paying a part of their Chinese (LaotianS; Cambodians small to live on; but I would say house rent. Medical coupons cover and Vietnamese) refugees immi­ that’s enough money for uS; ” 16- medical costS; with an exception of grated to the United States. year-old Nguyen said smiling. dental treatments. Children under Last year; only 12;000 were She is the only person who 21; however; have their dental bills granted immigrant statuS; only 2 speaks English fluently in the fam­ paid by the department. percent of the total number of ily; but now her mother and 18- In order to maintain their bene­ immigrants since 1975. year-old sister attend English lan­ fits; the adult immigrants are “We have just 30 refugees still guage classes at Bellingham required to attend the English as a under the public assistance in the Vocational Technical School. Second Language program; spon­ county; ” Do said; meaning that While Dang is having a tough sored by the Bellingham School only 30 immigrants came to the time relearning English; (she hasn’t District. They attend the free pro­ county during the last 18 months. practiced since she was in school in gram on weekdays for an 18-month After the period of financial Vietnam); her children are quickly period and must fill out a monthly support from the department; they adopting the new language and cul­ report form to DSHS office in must support themselves. A ture; Dang said proudly. Olympia. majority of them find work Whatcom County currently has Do added; he believes the sup­ as dishwasherS; fishermen or 477 refugees; including a small port by the department sufficiently laborers. In the county; about number of non-Indo-ChinesO; such meets the immigrants’ needs. half of the immigrants are in as Bumanians and Afghans. There “ The first wave of immigrants their 20s to 40s. are 81 households with 299 came from Vietnam in 1975 as a “We have very few old refugees dependents and 91 single people. result of the fall of Saigon; ’’ Do said. here; ” Do said. “ Although those For 18 months the Refugee “ They were mostly military officials who are over 65-year-old can collect Assistance Program in DSHS pro­ and upper-class people who fled Social Security income. vides immigrants with monthly their countries. ” If immigrants stay in the country welfare checks; food stamps and But when the second wave of for more than a year; they can apply medical coupons; said Hue Do immigrants started in 1979; most of for U.S. citizenship. (pronounced “Way Doe ”); a case­ them who moved to the United “ I think it’s a good policy that the worker with DSHS in Whatcom States were poor farmers and support is cut off in 18 months. County. fishermen. Unlike people in the first They must get out and find a job;’’ A single person is given $288 per wave; they all moved here for “free­ said DO; who also immigrated from month; and a childless couple dom and a better life; ” he explained. Vietnam as a refugee in 1975. receives $365. Couples usually But immigrant numbers have “That’s the only way to make this receive less money because it costs been limited by the Reagan country their home. ” less for two people to share a admin strati on. Their second life in “ the country household; Do added. According to Refugee Report of freedom ” has just started.®

8 Klipsuri; May 1983 ^ Roger Hayden

In a world where assertive women and sensitive strong voice on men’s issues, said in an interview men call forth the plaudits and encouragement of with New Age magazine that the message given to their peerS; we wdtness the emergence of yet another men from women in the late ’60s and early ’70s was dimension of the new male: the "Iron John." that they preferred softer, more receptive men. Men today may face more challenges and com­ "They were saying, ‘We wdll sleep wdth you if you are plex issues than ever before. not too aggressive and macho. Non-receptive male­ Society’s insistence that men shoulder the major­ ness was equated wdth violence, and receptivity was ity of the world’s burden and, more recently, the rewarded. ” exploration by men into the "feminine ” side of their Bly said, however, that deep at the bottom of the maleness are very real and important issues. male psyche lives a “wdldman ” or “Iron John, ” who But those concerns have become almost cliche. men need to get in touch with. He believes that, Scott Michaels, coordinator of the Associated Stu­ through the generations, men have lost the “wdld- dent’s Men’s Resource Center in the Viking Union, man ” aspect of their identity. said many men were drawn into feminism out of Most men believe the release of their “Iron John ” both a need to survive and a desire to change. Men would bring disapproval by women. “ Even when whose wives and women friends started attending masculine energy would be life-giving, productive assertiveness training classes and ERA rallies pan­ and of service to the community, many young males icked and tried to change out of sheer necessity. step back from it,’’ Bly said. They viewed woman's new-found independence Relating this to Homer’s mythic tale, “ The Odys­ as a threat to life-long beliefs and values. The very sey,’’ Bly said, “ It was difficult for many young men foundations upon which their relationships had to distinguish between showdng the sword and hurt­ been built began to crumble. ing someone...They had learned so well not to hurt Other men, realizing the traditional macho image anyone that they couldn’t lift the sword, even to they were trying to live up to was more destructive catch the light of the sun on it! ” than helpful and perhaps destined for extinction Michaels said that the problem is that women, sought change on a more personal level. who have worked so hard for what they’ve gained But change is difficult. "It’s easier to go on drink­ recently, fear that “ Iron John ” is a part of the old ing Coke and wearing designer jeans and just go macho, patriarchal, controlling chauvinist. ” Some with the flow, ” Michaels said sarcastically. women reject and condemn this idea as sexist. However, the issues go far beyond that. Michaels said he is glad he can feel free to bake Men exploring avenues of change to non- bread and dance, but he also enjoys traditional mas­ traditional lifestyles often find themselves confixjnt- culine pursuits such as working on his car and prac­ ing the stereotype image of the "soft man. ” ticing martial arts. “Why not do it all? ” he asked. Many of the men who supported feminism over Despite much personal growTh and discovery, the recent years found themselves feeling guilty and enlightened male is still not whole and free. apologetic merely for being male and hence an Today’s progressive-thinking man out on the accessory to the injustices of a patriarchal society. frontiers of positive change is dealing wdth more They ended up assuming passive roles in their rela­ than just giving himself permission to stand over the tionships with women. stove or participate in a bcdlet. Now, some men are starting to feel incomplete He is doing more than contemplating the future of and wonder why. an androgynous society. Robert Bly, a leading American poet who has a He is struggling wdth the natural forces inside him.

May 1983, Klipsun 9 The Days of «i

Boardwalks &BordeHos

By Gordon Weeks Photos by Blair Kooistra

Turn-of-the-century Fairhaven was a town on the move. The teem­ ing wharf vitalized the small, but prospering economy. The sur­ rounding hills camouflaged a popu­ lation of loggers and moonshiners. The night life was legendary. When a ship pulled into port, the sound of its horn set the south end prosti­ tutes streaming down to the docks. George Hunsby remembers. He reminisces about the Chinese noo­ dle house on the Fairhaven wharf; he recalls how the Hindus were literally chased out of town on the rail. "The Galloping Goose/' the Happy Valley streetcar that kept everyone awake at night, is also still fresh in his memory. "He remembers things well, because he still hangs around wdth people on the south end," Marie Scott said of her 84-year-old brother. And aside from momentar­ ily confusing Fairhaven’s Thomas the murderer-turned-barber with Fairhaven’s Thomason the boot­ legger, the 73-year Fairhaven resi­ dent manages to paint a sharp pic­ walked off* one job and left the cookies or cake or some darn thing ture of the early years of Hunsby home in the middle of or another.’’ Bellingham’s southern community. 24th Avenue; and Black Mamie, the When Hunsby’s family moved Fairhaven celebrates its centen­ madame whose bordello was the from Lawrence, Wash., to Fairhaven nial this year, and Hunsby revives first stop on Hunsby’s paper route. in 1910, Harris and Donovan were the images of the once-bustling port "I don’t know how many girls she the only streets on the south end. through the cast of characters he had, ” Hunsby said. "There were Harris Street was planking from 21st assembles: Josephson, the crooked several of those houses, but I to the waterfront, and the road was real estate man who sold land on remember that one because she lined wdth small businesses. The top of the Chuckanut Mountains to lasted the longest. When we kids after-hour festivities of the growing local laundry workers; Happy Jack, grew up, she was still in business. town were pretty wild, Hunsby the drunken house mover who She always had something for me. recalled.

J 0 Klipsun, May 1983 FAIRHAVEN RECALLED

The grassy hill to George Hunsby’s left, in 1910, was the site of a tavern at 10th and Harris. As a boy he snuck in under swinging wooden doors. between reels by performing skits Iand singing on stage. Hunsby said he and his fidends would drag out a mat and wrestle to keep the patrons entertained when the films broke. "We’d get a few nickels, perhaps a quarter for our efforts," he said. Thomas, the town barber, was one of the area’s most notorious figures. Near the turn of the century, the man’s wife disappeared; Tho­ mas claimed she was visiting rela­ tives in California. Later, a suspi­ cious sheriff discovered the woman’s body under a stump near the couple’s home on Donavan Street. Thomas was convicted to life in prison, which in Washington was only eight years at the time. He rejoined the community as the town barber when Hunsby was 13 years old. "When a new kid came to the neighborhood, we always took him up to the old house to show him where the sheriff dug the body up. This was the way we initiated new kids. ” In the 1910s, Fairhaven’s busi­ ness district was fast approaching the tail end of a real estate boom that began two decades earlier. At the time, the town sported three canneries, two lumber mills, a shin­ gle mill, a glove factory, a flour mill, a laundry employing 75 to 80 women, a chain factory, a brewery, ( "those old German men made the best beer"), the Fairhaven and Southern Railroad and streetcars. The most famous car, the noisy, "Galloping Goose," now is a spagh­ etti diner on First Avenue in Seattle. "Every time she’d hit a joint on 'When I was a boy, there were still 'They were small and the ventila­ the rail, she’d rock,” Hunsby said of many saloons down here; and they tion was non-existent. People the car that ran until midnight. were in full operation/' he said. "I would come right from the fish "You could lay at night and hear can remember very well seeing men cannery in the summertime, having that thing click, clicking back and getting kicked out of the saloons worked all day wdth the fish, and forth. ” when they got overly drunk..seeing buy a ticket to get into the show. While the automobile has them getting pitched out onto the Most of the Slavonians were big gar­ replaced the streetcar > another street. ” lic eaters, and the air got so thick in popular Fairhaven vehicle disap­ The vaudeville stage was there you could cut it wdth a knife— peared from the south end scene. replaced by two silent picture it was terrible." "Another innovation we had in houses, side by side on 11th The audience would take advan­ those days that we don’t have now Avenue. tage of the 15-minute breaks is the funeral car. It was a big, long

May 1983, Klipsun 11 FAIRHAVEN RECALLED

car with a section in the center of because things weren’t any better books on the Fairhaven district the car for the casket and one sec­ elsewhere. And the foreigners were "The Birth, Death and Resurrection tion for the pallbearers; a section for so much better off here than in their of Fairhaven," parts one and two. the guestS; and also room for a native lands that they had no desire The books were written in the 197Os hand. The Slavonians^ in those to ever go back ” to help generate interest in the area days liked music in connection The coUapse of the lumber industry and to possibly generate growth. wdth a funeral; and there were lots in Fairhaven helped determine the But Hunsby said he sees little prom­ of bands in Bellingham then. You makeup of nationalities in the area; ise for another economic boost in could be sure that when a Slavo­ Hunsby said. the south end. nian funeral came off a band would "The Slavonians probably pre­ "I think it’s going to be very slow be hired." dominate today because they were progress; ” he said of current efforts All the labor in Fairhaven led to a good fishermen and hard workers. to revive Fairhaven’s business dis­ few labor problems^ Hunsby said. And the SwedeS; Scandanavians trict. "I don’t think it’s going to "The Bellingham Bay Improve­ and Norwegians were mostly log­ amount to anything until we get ment Company got the bright ging people. You found very few some new industry. If this area gets notion that they were going to Slavonians near a saw mill." shipping; then there will be busi­ employ Hindus from Canada Hunsby is the author of two ness coming in. ” ■ because there were so many of them there. They figured it would be a good chance to get cheap labor; so they imported several hundred of them. "But the white workers got all worked up about thiS; and it reached mob proportions. Some way or another; they comman­ deered a locomotive and boxcars. left: George Hunsby reminisces Then they made up a train dovm near the mill. They went in bodily about the past, remembering and took those people right off the boom days at Fairhaven that he job and sent them on their way back believes are gone for good, to Canada." below: The 84-year-old Predicting yet another boom in Southend resident has memo­ the business district; Fairhaven ries and photographs, and realtors slapped together groups of plenty of stories to tell. tall; narrow houses on Knox Hill; as well as a poverty row from Harris to Mill Street (now an upper-middle class neighborhood). But the white- painted houses were to turn gray and take the nickname of the Ele­ phant Houses—the boom was not to be. The Great Northern Railroad selected Everett rather than Fair­ haven; as its terminal; and Bel­ lingham realtors began wooing Fairhaven businesses to the north end. Just as World War I was begin­ ning; the expansion of Fairhaven was ending; though it would take the town two years to realize it. Through all thiS; Hunsby remained in Happy Valley; logging; working in the mills and doing road construction. "Everyone was so doggone poor; they couldn’t have gotten away if they wanted; there was nobody that had any money. There wasn’t any incentive to go anywhere else;

12 Klipsun, May 1983 The body floated into the break­ water, bumping against the rocks. Upon discovery several weeks later, the Blaine police pulled the bloated remains of a young woman out of the water and onto the sandy beach. She was in her late twenties. Police at the scene decided they needed some help in their investi­ gation and contacted Dr. Robert Gibb, deputy medical examiner for Whatcom County. In his first autopsy report, Gibb made several conclusions. First, the death was a homicide. Second, despite a serious head injury, the woman had died from asphyxia­ tion. And third, the woman's body had been wrapped in something prior to being put in the harbor. Using Gibb's conclusions and their own investigative clues, the police were led to a suspect, who later confessed to murdering his live-in girl friend, then dumping her body, wrapped in a sleeping bag and Icirge chains, into the harbor. Whatcom County Prosecutor Dave McEachran said the confes­ sion matched Gibb's findings so precisely that it was as if the mur­ derer had read the autopsy report before confessing. BY GHEn HOOVER In 1981 Gibb investigated a case where Mario Ortiz, 24, a Mexican PHOTOS BY ALOBIT FIELDS migrant farm worker, raped and then beat and stabbed a 77-year-old Lynden woman to death. When Gibb arrived at the wom­ an's home, he found the woman tucked into bed as if she was deli­ cately put there. After examining both the house and the body, Gibb determined that she had been dragged through all 11 rooms by her hair. He made this conclusion after finding rug-burn marks only on the above and right: Dr. Gibb, deputy lower section of her body and not medical examiner for Whatcom on her shoulders. Investigators also County, says autopsy work has found a large amount of the wom­ never bothered him. His job entails an' s hair in each room of the house. Later, Gibb performed an autopsy much more than performing on the woman's body to determine autopsies. the cause of death. Characteristic of all autopsies he performs, he first looked for bruises, scratches, wounds and other abnormalities on the body surface. He took spec­ imens fi"om the major organs to

May 1983, Klipsun 13 FINAL ANALYSIS

help document the cause of death. plays in situations that would upset "That’s why we won the war,” When the situation dictates; he the average person; he remains a Gibb said; smiling. "We had a better takes specimens from the edges of sensitive man. system of exchange. ” lacerations; gunshot wounds and The father of seven; Gibb is sur­ In 1953; he returned to Bel­ other abrasion areas too. rounded by life. At his comfortably lingham where he had attended In his office at Whatcom Pathol­ furnished home on Viewcrest Drive high school. In the 30 years since; ogy Laboratory on C Street in Bell­ in Bellingham; Gibb tends a citrus Gibb has held many positions and ingham; Gibb is surrounded by and flower garden. In his house received his quota of awards. In beakerS; microscopes and piles of grow grapefruit; lemon; banana and addition to his job as medical exa­ paper. The counters are stained orange trees. miner; he is president of Whatcom with purple and red dye used for He also has a solarium he built Pathology Laboratory and Blood staining specimens. onto his house and filled wdth gera­ Bank; and he is on the medical staff Gibb sits perched on a stoof and niums; hegoniaS; iriseS; orchids and of St.Luke’s General and St. Joseph describes life’s goriest scenes as if lilies. Hospital in Bellingham. he is describing last night’s dinner. In his living room; a cat named He is also on the consultant med­ Gibb said autopsy work has never "Goldie ” lies peacefully on a couch. ical staff of Skagit Valley Hospital bothered him. When he was in Gibb calls her "Killer ” because of and United General Hospital. He medical school; he used to study in the rodents she proudly keeps from has served as president of What com a morgue because it was the only his home. County Medical Society and place in St. Louis with As Gibb relaxes wdth his feet Washington State Society of air conditioning. propped up on a coffee table; he Pathologists. 'When you do an autopsy you are explains what led him to his pres­ Although cases as macabre as not examining a person. You are ent job. those mentioned are rare in What­ just dealing wdth a body. When I Before graduating from Washing­ com County; 60-year-old Gibb has look at a body what I’m really look­ ton State College (WSC); (now faced quite a few bizarre cases in his ing at is not a person but just the Washington State University) Gibb 30 years. As a noted expert in the house he lived in. was drafted into the Navy. After field of forensic pathology; many of 'The thing I criticize about our the approximately 60 autopsies he culture is we worship the physical performs each year require him to aspects of people—how they do testify in court. their hair or how many curves they "When a person dies, Although Gibb admits he enjoys have in the right places. When a the material aspect is "catching a crook; ” he remains person dieS; the material aspect is unbiased in the courtroom because all that remains; and that isn’t a all that remains, and his role is only to present the factS; person. This is really understood that isn’t a person." he said. on the autopsy table...the final "My job in the courtroom is to analysis. ” keep lawyers honest and to explain Gibb could even be described as the scientific factS; so they aren’t flippant. His associate; Dr. George completing his studies at WSC; he misused; and the jury isn’t con­ Lindholm; explained that some of interned at Yale University. His fused. I’m not there for either side.’’ Gibb’s comments might be shock­ internship paid only room; board Despite the inevitable frustra­ ing to an outsider. and four guest meals a week. tions that come with everyday life; For example; Gibb might be Gibb said this was a difficult Gibb is satisfied wdth the accom­ heard remarking that a person period; because at the time he was plishments he has made in the 60 stabbed 37 times looks like a "pin married and had a child. After stud­ years of his life. cushion; ” Lindholm said. "It’s a ying pathology at the Mayo Clinic in Sometimes; when what Gibb calls defense mechanism. ” Rochester; Minn.; he worked in the the "saddest part of society’’ gets to Gibb stresses that his job consists hospitals behind Army Mobile Sur­ him; he sprinkles the reality wdth of much more than dealing with gical Hospitals (M*A*S*H) units as a humor. "dead people. ” surgeon during the Korean War. "People wdthout humor are miss­ "There’s a startling misconcep­ He also ran a venereal disease ing what is going on in life. If you tion that pathologists spend all clinic in Korea. This proved indi­ don’t laugh at life it can overpower their time working wdth dead peo­ rectly profitable; Gibb said. "When you. You have to keep laughing at ple. The actual autopsy work is less people have VD they don’t want it humanity. I tend to come through a than 10 percent of the work I do. ” on their (hospital) records; so we’d bit flippant; but my life and my But to the eyes of the layman; make a trade. ” For instance; he said; work are a serious effort and a Gibb’s autopsy work is probably the the hospital he was working in was serious contribution. I think when I most fascinating; yet the most completely rebuilt after he and his leave this life it wdll be a better place repulsive. colleagues "helped” a master for my having been here. I have that Despite the toughness Gibb dis­ sergeant. much ego. ” ■

14 Klipsun, May 1983 above: “When you do an autopsy you are not examin­ ing a person. You are just dealing with a body. When I look at a body what I’m really looking at is not a person but just the house he lived in.”

above and right: The father of seven, Gibb is surrounded by life. At his comfortable Bell­ ingham home, he tends a citrus and flower garden.

May 1983, Klipsun 15 A UTILE SOUTH AMERICA IN Aicm BY JAN VICKERY mCfIDSBYDJmJACK

Fred Hermann is used to people tures, ” Hermann explained, "when stopping to look at his llamas. Dur­ Ben let her have it wdth a great wad. ing the summers people often line They (llamas) have two kinds of up along the roadside of Old High­ spit, ” he said. "The kind that comes way 99, to take pictures. from their throat, and the vile, green Usually Hermann’s llamas ignore kind that comes fi'om their the onlookers, but they have been stomach. ” known to spit in self-defense if they That’s the kind llamas can spit up feel threatened. to 6 feet. 'One woman was taking pic­ Hermann was looking for the

unusual when he came across Ben, his first llama, a year ago in Burling­ ton, Wash. At first Ben shared his pasture with a Hereford cow, (llamas get lonely if placed alone), then two months ago Ben got two new com­ panions, Crystle and Teddy. Ciys- tle, also called Mona because of a moaning noise she makes, is a spe­ cial llama wdth one blue eye and one browm eye. Teddy is a younger female, wdth the traditional brown eyes. Hermann chose Teddy because he wanted a white llama. Llamas come in a variety of colors, including black, brown, white, buff or any combinations of these colors. Spots and tri-colors are favorites among llama owners. they do have a difficult disposition about 4 feet at the shoulder; and Llamas behave as individuals; and their wool is not as fine as weigh between 350 and 400 extremely inquisitive individuals; purebred llama wool. Buying from a pounds. Males usually are larger with calm dispositions. They have a reputable breeder is the best than females and can "service" a strong herd instinct and can easily insurance. herd of 20 to 25 females. form attachments with people. To After the initial cost maintaining Females can be bred at any time quote Hermann; "they make good a llama is relatively inexpensive. In after they are 18 months old. They Mends.” the semi-mountainous regions of usually bear a single offspring; Purebred llamas cost between their native South America; llamas called a ciia; after an 11-month ges­ $750 and $5;000 for males and eat mainly coarse grasses. Any tation period. Hermann explained between $4;000 and $5;000 for North American pasture; supple­ how llamas reproduce. females. Crystle’s price was only mented by hay in the winter; will "They don't do it' like cows or $3;500. ”1 got a good deal on her suffice. By eating greenS; llamas can horseS; " he said. "They don't jump (Ciystle);” said Hermann. go for long periods without water. up or...; " he paused; "one llama; the Less expensive llamas are often Llamas are also amazingly hearty female...." He began again; "well; he part-breeds that have been crossed and easy to care for. Rarely do they tickles her front legs and she lays with guanacoS; one probable ances­ need a veterinarian because they down like a camel; then he lays on tor of the llama. Part-breeds don't tend to be disease resistant. top and they just let it soak 30 to 45 have humps as do guanacoS; but Adult llamas attain a height of minutes.”

May 1983, Klipsun 17 LIVING WITH LLAMAS

fi"om 3 to 8 pounds. their directions fi^om the person The raw wool then is sold to be leading them and to lead without hand woven. The wool’s fiber pushing or pulling. In the event that makes it very strong; warm yarn one person must lead more than that contains no natural oils. Since one llama; we also teach our llamas llamas come in a variety of colors; to follow one another in a tradi­ the wool usually isn’t dyed before tional pack-string manner; ” Biggs spinning. said. Llamas have a fleece with two While on the packing trip; llamas layers. The outer layer is a sparse; love to forage for food in the wilder­ strong silken hair^ while the inner ness. They eat bark leaveS; nutS; layer is a very fine wool. The length UvigS; grasS; berries and occasion­ depends on the last shearing and ally flowers. Biggs has had no prob­ can be fi'om 3 to 8 inches. lems with poisonous plants; Pack llamas aren’t sheared; their snakeS; tickS; cut feet or other wool acts as a cushion for the packs. dangers of packing in remote areas. At 18 months; llamas can be used For especially tender llama feet he for packing. Stephen Biggs of Mount uses leather booties. Shasta; Calif; uses his llamas for Llamas have feet similar to those commercial packing. He explained of camels; the fi^ont part consists of in Llama World; a trade magazine; two hard nails and the underside is that an 18-month-old male (usually like the pads of a dog’s foot. The two only males or gelded males are soft pads underneath make llamas used for packing) can carry 40 to 45 adept at walking on sandy or rocly pounds. AdultS; by contrast can surfaces. Occasionally llamas must carry 85 to 100 pounds. have their nails trimmed. 'Packing with llamas isn’t like When asked about llama feet packing with a horsC; ” Hermann Hermann said he used to trim Ben’s said; "Ifyou put an extra pound on; feet but since decided that the hoof they lay right dowm and they’re tip is constructed in segments and down until you take it off. ” For this will break off naturally when too reason Biggs suggests that you add long. Big Ben, 2, can spit six weight gradually until 25 percent of As llamas become more wide­ feet. Owner Fred Her­ the animal’s body weight has been spread; so do their uses. One sur­ mann is undoubtediy reached. veyor in Alaska; Hermann said; uses more proud of the $1.50 Biggs gelds his male packing lla­ his llamas to help pack delicate sur­ an ounce Ben’s wool sells mas at 2 years when they have veying equipment across rough ter­ for. attained their full size. Training a rain. Llamas also have been used as llama for packing requires "human shepherds to protect flocks of sheep contact especially on the head and from predators. legS; ” according to Biggs. In the United StateS; Hamas are Birthing takes little time and is Hermann was concerned with raised for their wool for packing usually uncomplicated; with the 20 overhandling Ben; "if they (the and for pets. Breeders have found to 30 pound cria standing on males) become too tame;’’ he said; that raising Hamas can be a profita­ wobbly legS; within the first houn to "they get aggressive; butting people ble business. Herds of several nurse. around with their chests. Training hundred are located in Oregon. Since cria can’t be sold until they llamas has no set rules; it takes a Llama importations fi"om their have been weaned at five or six feeling for the animal." natural habitat in South America months of age; most llamas are Biggs’ llama lessons include have been closed since the 1930s sheared to help pay for expenses. being led; kneeling to the command due to U.S.D.A. hoof and mouth dis­ Selling a llama’s wool will buy its of "kush ” so they can be loaded ease regulations. The U.S. Hama wdnter hay. Prices for llama wool wdth packS; and jumping into population is about 3;300 with an vary fi-om $1 to $1.50 an ounce at trucks or trailors. In actual field additional 200 Hamas scattered in wholesale and average about $2 an training; which is the best kind Mexico and Canada. ounce retail. Sheep woof in com­ according to BiggS; Hamas learn to Hermann intends to use his parison; costs 6 to 10 cents an carry packs across streams; nego­ back yard to assist Hamas in their ounce for complete fleeces. tiate slippery rocks and cross snow steady population increase. Teddy Adult llamas can be sheared and ice. is still too young to breed; but Ben every year like sheep. A llama’s Biggs likes his llamas to respond and Crystle are expecting their first fleece usually weighs about 4 wdthout physical pressure. "We offspring about this time next year. pounds. A sheep’s fleece weighs particularly like our llamas to take Hermann said he hopes it’s a girl.H

18 Klipsun, May 1983 GONG WITH THEGRAIN BlfDEBBIEMO FHOIDSBIf CASEY MADISON

Warmth and the rich aroma of South Carolina in 1972; and gradu­ an opportunity to start his busi­ wood are likely to be the first things ated with an ecological systems ness. During a street fair in Red you notice when you step into Ted degree from Western in 1976. In Square in September 1976; he Sherrer's Fairhaven Woodworks. 1975; he took one woodworking received a few orders. A Western graduate^ 32-year-old class fi"om the Northwest Freedom After that; he and a fiiend (who Sherrer stands sanding the surface University. has since left) decided to start a bus­ of one of his latest creations. Tall Jobs were difficult to find; but he iness. While at City Hall to get a wood planks lean against the walls liked the area. Coming from a mil­ business license; the cashier asked behind him. The floor is powdered itary family; he didn't have a home­ him to build a bookcase for the with sawdust. town; so he decided to stay in Bel­ office. Commenting on the warmth; lingham. Another reason he wanted Sherrer chuckled as he remem­ Sherrer says that his shop used to to stay; Sherrer said; was Bel­ bered her. be located in the Artisan's Arcade in lingham was inspiring and condu­ "She was terrifiC;" he said. "I got downtown Bellingham; but he cive to creativity. my first job as I was filling out the moved out because it was too cold. Sherrer finally obtained a job as a license. Then things just started ‘To be creative; you have to be carpenter's assistant when a res­ picking up." comfortable;" he said. taurant he was helping to remodel For yearS; the only permanent One of Sherrer'sworks; a shelving was short on tables. He offered to equipment the business had was a unit; will be featured in a book on make more. $12 Montgomery Ward's tablesaw innovative shelves and storage sys­ Two sleepless nights later; he had they bought at the Salvation Army. tems for craftsmen; he said. finished six tables. He still uses the They rented sanders and other Woodworking—both designing basic design for what he calls his needed tools. and building—is Sherrer's love. "trestle table." Sherrer likes to design his own He did the woodwork at La Crep- All of Sherrer's training in wood­ work. Even in his custom work; erie in Fairhaven and at Budget working has been "self-inflicted." which is the bread and butter of his Tapes and Records in downtown He reads trade journals and fi^e- business; he tries to incorporate his Bellingham. quents the library. own design. Sherrer came to Bellingham fi^om In a sense; Western gave Sherrer His theme in designing is simplic-

May 1983, Klipsun 19 WOODCRAFTER

ity; without "extraneous do-dahs. " "Design is holistic thought. It should all fit together/’ he said. He thinks of his business as more of a design service^ matching woodworking with the client’s wishes. Good rapport and personal exchange are important Sherrer said. Sherrer works with many types of wood—whatever he believes would be suitable for the work he is doing. Mahogany oak, walnut maple and many other types of wood fill his workshop. His love of wood goes well beyond what he makes with it. ISherrer likes to leave the "I like to leave the wood as natu­ wood as natural as possi­ ral as possible, though I will stain it ble. Even the most mun­ if the client insists, ” he said. "Even dane wood, he says, can the most mundane wood can be be beautiful. beautiful. ” He keeps hardware, such as screws and bolts, to a minimum. The screws he uses are usually located on the bottom or inside of a piece, where they won’t show. His shelving unit uses no hardware at all. "I never use hardware where a piece of wood will do as well. If I do use it, I use the highest quality in the most aesthetically pleasing way I can, ” Sherrer said. Sherrer hasn’t felt the impact of the recession—he has enough orders to fill the next few months. "Since the nature of the work doesn’t rely on volume, you don’t have to sell a lot to make a living, ” he said. He makes an average of $1,000 on most jobs, thus he needs only a couple of jobs a month to pay the bills and expenses. But it’s not all a pleasure. Being a woodworker requires a lot of patience, Sherrer said. There’s always a slight feeling of disorder, and no fixed paycheck. "You have to be real organized, ” he said, "and often you end up doing the grunt work, like sanding, when you want to be designing a new piece.’’ Still, Sherrer would not trade this business for any other. As he care­ fully works the wood into a compu­ ter cabinet, he looks content, half- smiling, as though this is where he belongs. He looks at peace with his work...with himself ■

20 Klipsun, May 1983 accessories such as figurineS; high quality dice and special notebooks BY CHRIS MgMILLAN are purchased. But these accesso­ It’s not what you might call an ries are not required to play the ordinary Friday night. A group of games. fnends have spent most of the even­ Despite the different types of ing wandering about a gloomy role-playing gameS; most follow the "dungeon/’ looking for treasure in same basic idea. The player creates the many rooms they encounter. and becomes a "character.’’ The As the Mends pause to plan their character is sent on adventures; next move; two questions are on with the player controlling its their minds: How much longer can actions according to the character’s they survive the attacks by the "personality ” and the information monsters that live within the dun­ given by a "game master. ” geon; and when will the pizza The first job for players is to arrive? create their characters. Although A knock on the door answers the the following example uses the second question. The first one; "Advanced Dungeons and Drag­ however; will remain unanswered ons” system of character genera­ until the game continues. tion; the same basic idea is used in This group of adventurers are most role-playing games. enjoying Dungeons and DragonS; Two new playerS; Christine and one of the many role-pla3ing games Bill; decide they want to create that have captured the public’s characters to search the under­ attention and imagination since the ground tunnels below the evil Cas­ mid-1970s. Unlike a traditional tle of Uktar. In order to start the game; role-playing games don’t game; they must "roll ” the dice to need playing boards; cardS; props define their characters’ basic abili­ or spinners. Players need only some ties. After throwdng several dice and paper; pencils; dice and a steady marking the dice scores on their supply of imagination to become character sheets; the characters an}Thing from a swashbuckling gain their basic abilities; .such as barbarian in the Dark Ages to a strength; dexterity intelligence; space pirate in the distant future. and charisma. The idea of role-playing games Let us pretend that Christine gets grew from war-gaming; where play an average dexterity and intelli­ ers controlled tiny figures that gence; but she rolls a high score in represented entire regiments. strength. Bill gets the opposite; high These figures were moved across a dexterity and intelligence scores miniature landscape in a mock and a low strength. These scores battle. tell the players what their charac­ In 1974; partners Gary Gygax and ters cannot do and determine how Dave Arneson brought war-gaming hard it would be for their characters to a personal level. The two to complete a certain task. founded TSR HobbieS; Inc.; and For example; let’s say that Chris­ began marketing Dungeons and tine and Bill are being chased Dragon S; the first role-playing through a building by a group of game. enemy soldiers. To escape; they run Since then; other companies to a roof and must jump across an have released games covering a var­ alley to the next building top. While iety of subjects; including science the jump is wdthin both character’s fiction; spy adventures; Westerns strength abilities; the roof is wet and horror. and requires some tricl^ footwork if Today; most role-playing games the characters want to keep their come in a boxed set that contains balance. everything you need to play. The set Because of its higher dexterity includes rules; numbered dice and Bill’s character has a better chance character sheets. Some also con­ than Christine’s of jumping safely tain an "introductory adventure. ” across to the next roof The ability Although prices range from $5 to or lack of is expressed in a "modi­ $20; the expense can climb when fier; ” which is added to or sub-

May 1983; Klipsun 21 tracted from the character's basic their characters; the game master; chance of completing the jump. or "GM; ” is busy preparing for the Modifiers can also express the con­ game. The "GM’’ is essential to all ditions surrounding the jump such role-pla}fing gameS; and acts as a as the slickness of the roof referee and a storyteller for the Once all the modifiers are taken players. He creates a world and into account the players roll dice to allows the players to interact wdth it see if the character makes it to the through their characters. other side or slips and falls to the To prepare for a game; a "GM’’ alley below. may simply buy a prepared adven­ After the basic abilities are set; the ture; or "module. ” A module sells player chooses his character’s pro­ for about $5 to $20; depending upon fession. This choice will determine the game being played. Or the "GM’’ the character’s skills and how it may take the more creative route "makes a living. ” and vmte his own adventure; filling The idea is to fit the character’s it wdth characters and dangers that basic abilities wdth a given profes­ wdll challenge; but not outright sion. For example; Christine’s char­ defeat the players. acter; wdth its high strength; would For example; Soya and Azard make a good fighter. Bill’s character; have just opened the door to a room wdth its average strength but high deep within the caverns of Uktar. intelligence and dexterity; would be The "GM ” gives the players a very better suited for a career requiring brief description; limiting it to what more cunning than brawn; like a the characters might "see ” if they thief quickly scanned the room. Up to this point; the players only The "GM’’ tells Christine and Bill have the bare outline of a character. that the room is a large dining hall They now must give it life by creat­ wdth many tables and chairs cover­ ing a name and personality for it. ing the area. He says there is a When a player begins to create per­ throne in the far end of the room; curtain and comes face to face with sonality; he must consider the behind which are drapes that run a sleeping; baby dragon. character’s abilities; profession and from ceiling to floor. The "GM" also What Azard does next deter­ how he thinks the character should mentions a large shadow behind mines if the dragon wakes up or react to a given situation. one of the drapes. stays asleep. Azard can always try to For example; Christine’s fighter; The players may now try to get a take the dragon by surprise; and Soya the Crusher; and Bill’s thief more concrete description by ask­ hope he kills it before it awakeS; or Azard the Light-Fingered; would ing the "GM ” more specific ques­ he may try to sneak away. Whatever respond differently if they were to tions; which the "GM ” may choose he doeS; the "GM" will act out the come upon a group of enemy soldi­ not to answer. The players can also part of the dragon; having it react to ers because of their different skills. set things in motion by having their Azard’s move. Soya; having a combination of characters walk around the room to Once the adventure is over; play­ strength; fighting skills; armor and; get a closer look. ers are rewarded for their actions. If if Christine so chooseS; a personal But; Soya and Azard decide to the players were smart; they honor to defend; would stand and wait outside the door; looking at the earned experience points; which fight. Azard; however; might not shadow behind the curtain. Soya enable characters to better their survive a direct confrontation. asks the "GM ” what the shadow is. abilities; or maybe gain a treasure; Instead; he would rely upon his The "GM ” says they can’t telf money or weapons. Poor actions ability to sneak around the enemy because it’s hidden behind the cur­ also are rewarded; in the form of and attack from behind. tain. Azard asks what it’s shaped injuries; lost equipment or the Finally; the character must be like and the "GM ” replies it looks "death" of a character. outfitted to face the adventures like a large; sleeping dog. Unlike traditional gameS; role- ahead. Each player is given Knowdng that the "GM ” isn’t playing games never end. As long as "money ” to buy his character’s going to volunteer any more infor­ a character survives; a player can clothing; provisions; weapons and mation; Azard says he’s going to continue to use it in an unending tools. Of course; the player must sneak in and have a look. Moving as quest for power and wealth. take into account his character’s quietly as he caa with the "GM ” Of course; few role-playing char­ profession when buying supplies. A rolling dice to see how quietly he acters will live forever. But when thief in noisy plate armor; although moveS; Azard makes his way to the one does die; all it takes is a twist of more protected; loses his ability to curtain. When he gets there; the the wrist and a roll of the dice to sneak about quietly. "GM" says he can hear deep; heavy bring a new adventurer into the While the players are working on breathing. Azard looks behind the role-playing world. ■

22 Klipsun, May 1983 from Bellingham public schools. "The referee (game master) was Students are not allowed to play real stringent about not letting us the game in the classroom or on get carried away,’’ Bernie Benson a the grounds. Bible study leader said. Candy Wiggum, from the Coun­ Benson’s group decided to stop seling Center echoed other profes­ pla}ang the game because it occu­ sionals in Bellingham and said she pied too much time and they did is unaware of any research on the not want to become stigmatized, he effects of role-playing games such said. as Dungeons and Dragons. "I’d rather reflect Christ than "It’s a research question, ” she somebody who plays games that said. "To know how it would affect everybody thinks are satanic.’’ anybody, you’d have to do pretty Evangelists, such as Bob Beeman extensive research. Even then it of California, denounce the game as would be uncertain, because you Satanic. In a recorded message, couldn’t control the variables.’’ Beeman associated the special She said the case against the powers given to characters, such as game is speculation. speaking with, raising or animating "You can’t argue with it. It could the dead, casting spells and pro­ (cause harm), but it might not. ” ducing out-of-body experiences, An instructor of TSR’s Dungeons with demonic power. and Dragons, Rick Gauger, of the He also questioned whether the Northwest Freedom University, said game is really make-believe and said the main benefit of the game is that that a person becomes whatever he it is educational. continually thinks about. "When kids play it, they do a lot of Director of Western’s Campus reading and writing, planning and Crusade for Christ Steve Overby, map drawing. Here’s a thing that’s said he has seen no evidence for potent enough to get sixth graders claims like Beeman’s, but agreed away from the damn boob-tube and that what people think about is doing these things, which we re try­ important. D&D- ing to get them to do anyway.’’ "What we put into our minds is He does not consider the vio­ what, to a point, will control us, ” thedevirs workshop? lence in TSR’s Dungeons and Drag­ Overby said. "There’s nothing ons as harmful as passively watch­ wrong with the game itself, it’s an By Kathy James ing television, he said. inanimate object, but the thing it Anyone can ascend to places "In my opinion, if you think read­ can delve into—that area of the filled with bright ethereal wonders ing books about violence or sadism spirit world—can be dangerous. I or descend to darkened damp dun­ is bad for you, then you’d probably believe in both a spirit world and a geons by reading about them. be justified in believing playing devil. ” Some, however, traverse these fan­ Dungeons and Dragons is bad for "It has some pluses—spending tasy realms by portraying elves, you. I don’t. I think sadism and time together, doing things half-ores or dwarfs in a world power games are a normal part of together, working, trying to get created by a master in the craft of being a young adolescent. It’s a nor­ through (the dungeon). The min­ making mazes, maps and creatures. mal stage to go through, sort of inev­ uses and the thing that I’m con­ One of the more popular of these itable. Dungeons and Dragons pro­ cerned with is the occult that role-playing games is TSR's Dungeons vides an outlet for it,’’ Gauger said. Dungeons and Dragons incorpo­ and Dragons, commonly referred to The level of violence can be con­ rates. I’m not saying the game is an as "D n D." It also is a game steeped trolled by the game master and to occult-type game, but there are in controversy. some extent by the players. The typ­ some things it delves into." Advocates emphasize educa­ ical 15-year-old will make his dun­ Gauger disagreed. tional benefits the game provides geons full of fighting, but dungeons "To me (the game) is a simulation for youngsters. Opponents criticize also can be filled with puzzles, of life itself and I’m a real rational­ the game’s usage of symbols also tricks and problems of logic or stra­ ist,’’ Gauger said. "I don’t believe in found in the Satanic Church (a pen­ tegy, Gauger said. The violence can any kind of religion or superstition. tagram with a circle around it) and also be taken out to some extent. "As far as I’m concerned, if you in witchcraft (an encircled trian­ In one group, since disbanded, believe in angels and demons and gle). Opponents also object to the the players and game master devils and that the earth was amount of time the game takes. decided they did not want to kill created yesterday, then you’re Dungeons and Dragons is the and plunder each other’s charac­ stupid enough to believe that Dun­ only role-playing game banned ters. geons and Dragons is evil.’’ ■

May 1983, Klipsun 23 YOUCANTHi Bimm NEVWLKS

BY VICKI SIGGS PHOIDSBYJOHNKUCKHI

Racewalking requires total body coordination and stamina. One heei must be in contact with the ground at aii times. By summer Lingbioom wiii be training 100 to 120 miies a week.

24 Klipsun, May 1983 meets that he or she wants to do best at, peaks towards those meets, usually towards the end of the sea­ son, and the rest of the season is inconsequential. Traditionally racewalkers work on upper body strength, but many walkers don’t use weights at all. Lingbloom does push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups. But "not a whole lot ” he said with a grin. Usually he does three cycles of each: 50 push-ups, 100 sit-ups and 15 pull-ups. "These are more con­ venient and I can do them anywhere. ” He stretches 15 to 30 minutes before starting and now is walking about 70 miles a week He varies his workouts between easy and hard, in reference to the pace he sets. On some days he even runs. Though conscious of the stares Racewalking, perhaps an oddity in He started racewalking in his he receives when training, it doesn’t the track and fietd world, could be freshman year at Fern dale High bother him anymore. Torry Lingbloom’s ticket to the 1984 School. At a state indoor track meet "Some people aren’t used to seeing Olympics. at the University of Washington, racewalkers yet, due to a lack of Bob Rosencranz, a racewalker, was exposure. You get some funny looks I impressed by his running style and while walking, but it’s just like run­ showed Lingbloom the basics of ning 12 years ago. People looked at racewalking. you funny then also. ” Around the With an intense look on his face, Lingbloom played around with college and in Seattle "racewalkers Tony Lingbloom focuses his eyes racewalking, but he only competed are a common sight ” he said. straight ahead, contracts his arm in two or three races throughout Right now Lingbloom says he’s muscles, swings his elbows hard high school. "Right after my senior not up to potential because of injur­ with every stride and hyper- year in high school I started train­ ies. Last fall he had a stress fracture, extends his legs, swinging them ing." Now he’s been walking off and the fifth metatarsal in his foot, and straight out while always keeping on for five years. before that a hamstring problem. one foot on the ground. "It’s just something I have a natu­ He’s just starting his track workouts To most people, racewalking ral talent for,’’ Lingbloom said. while the other track people started brings the image of strange body If you think racewalking is easy in Januaiy. contortions, kind of like a duck tiy walking with him. Don’t cheat— By summer he will be training 100 walk, an oddity in the track and use the legal form. The leg must be to 120 miles a week. Sixty percent of field world. straight when it passes under the this will be walking and 40 percent For Lingbloom it means a chance body and one foot must be on the running. That’s walking 20 miles a for the 1984 Olympics. After placing ground at all times. day at about a 10-minute mile pace ninth in the 1980 Olympic Trials in Walking involves the entire body. and running once a week at about Eugene, Ore., Lingbloom wants "You’re using your arms, your hips, a 7-minute mile pace. to do better at the 1984 trials. He is legs, feet, everything, ” Lingbloom His training will vary only some­ considered to be one of the coun­ said. Energy is transferred from the what as he advances from a 10- try's best racewalkers. upper body to the lower body, kilometer (college distance) to a 20- A student at Western majoring in which gives more power and allows kilometer international race. nutrition, Lingbloom has set a a person to go faster and to stay on Lingbloom’s big meets will come National Olympic record for the the ground. this summer. Until then all other mile walk. He has also attended an Lingbloom follows New Zea­ races are just for qualifying and invitation-only Olympic develop­ land’s National Track Coach, Arthur preparation. He said, "if I possess a ment camp and placed second in Lydiard’s workout format, which talent it’s sort of an obligation to the 10,000-meter walk at the builds a high mileage. This is a dis­ make the most of it. So far with walk­ National Association of Intercolle­ tance runner’s workout in which ing I don’t know if there’s a limit, giate Athletics national meet last long, slow mileage is done during but there was always a limit with season. off-seasons. A walker picks the running. ” ■

May 1983; Klipsun 25 Every Sunday w^hen night falls end in the competitive world of over the empty streets of Bell­ music. But like an actor, capable of ingham, Jeff Leonard picks up his any role the script calls for, Leo­ two-year-old, brown, custom-made nard flexes his style of music as fast electric bass guitar and drives as the time it takes to plug in a dif­ across town to the Leopold Inn. ferent bass. There the senior music major from Fridays and Saturdays, Leonard Western and his jazz-combo band, is a blues man. He tours western "Riff Raff," climb up on the orange Washington wdth a Bellingham- spot-lighted stage in the lounge. originated "blues/funk ” band, Leonard stands straight wdth his "Eddie and the Atlantics, ” appear­ "Toucam" fretless bass’ neck stick­ ing at various live spots. ing high in the air over his shoulder. Weekdays, he’s out of the spot­ His upper body moves back and light and into the classroom. As a forth, and his head nods against the student he spends an average of six rapid jazz beat. As his fingers shift hours a day practicing the bass. He precisely and confidently up and studies French horn as his second down on the bass neck, his right hand picks up rhythm. Jeff Leonard, at just 22, is A familiar scene indeed: an aspir­ ing jazz musician wdth a weekend at an intensive educa- gig in a noisy, smoke-filled joint; the tionai stage in his iife. type of routine that often leads a I musician into an unescapable dead

26 Klipsun, May 1983 instrument. He plays bass in the that people are often too easy to Jazz has more ground to be school’s 'The 12 o’clock Jazz Band ” conclude that some music is less covered in seeking what the perfect and plays French horn in "Wind valid than others. performance can be; he said. Ensemble.’’ Musical forms are like raceS; he Because of this endless possibil­ Occasionally Leonard performs said; and each has a different origin; ity to be "perfect; ” Leonard said; the at weddingS; conventions and even it is not that one is better than the jazz performance comes out differ­ beauty pageants. Leonard and his other. ently every time it’s played even fellow^ musicians from Western’s The wdde-spread idea that classi­ when the same song is played over music department recently per­ cal music is sophisticated; aca­ and over again. formed for the runners and specta­ demic; elegant and disciplined "I never know what I’m going to tors of the Seattle Marathon at one while jazz is sleazy; primitive and play; (especially for solo). I play and of the w^ater supply stations. undisciplined is stereotypical and express myself as my thoughts flow “The biggest crack-up/’ he wT'ong; Leonard said. within the framework of a tune. ” recalled; was when he dressed in "As a matter of fact ’’ he revealed; The experienced anticipation of red and green to entertain Christ­ "the great jazz musicians are as what note to hit next allows him to mas crowds at the frozen food sec­ well-disciplined as the great classi­ be “very spontaneous; ” and tion of Haggen’s supermarket in cal performers. ” because this anticipation is only Bellingham. Contrary to the common practice limited to two or three seconds Within both university and city of musicians—that once they find ahead of what is being played it walls Leonard’s popularity as a what their musical values are; they makes playing jazz even more musician blooms. "Jeff is open- are apt to specialize in one perform­ interesting and challenging. minded both as a person and musi­ ing style—Leonard still believes in Jazz is his life now. "I was fortu­ cian;’’ reflected his jazz instructor the "encounter of something new nate; ” recalled Leonard. "I had Syd Potter. "I think his future (as a that excites his musical instinct. ” never touched a bass until I played in professional musician) is promising ReggaC; a Jamaican-originated a high school combo band; but my not only because he is a talented musical style; is his most recent friends in the band were patient musician; but alsO; he is a decent interest. Its rhythm; which he des­ and wdlling to let me tiy. ” human being.’’ cribed as being exactly opposite of For the high school band; he pur­ Jay Weaver; drummer; who has the Western or American rhythm; chased his first electric guitar; played with Leonard in another struck the bassist. The Jamaican which he described as "junk’’ from jazz combo band at Western agrees; rhythm’s backwardness; he saiid; is a local music store’s dusty storage "Jeff is definitely the best jazz bass "new and exciting; ” because it over­ for $20. He bought a used amplifier player...with the knowledge of a lot emphasizes what is supposed to be for $45 the same day and then of musiC; classical to jazz. ” the weak beat in Western music. started to "pick ” Leonard; also considered to be This kind of new learning always NoW; five years after he acquired one of the best French hornists at helps to add subtle connotations to the first basS; Leonard is getting Western; pursues music wdth the his performing style; he said. ready to graduate "some time next sound intention to be professional. Four years agO; the French hor- year ” wdth a degree in jazz studies Yet; because the 22-year-old thinks nist came to Western wdth an inten­ and is planning to visit Europe or he still remains in an "intensive tion to major in classical studies Japan to further enhance his music educational stage in life; ” he throws and he remained in the major until studies by encountering the world himself into many forms of music to his sophomore year when he of ethnic music. refine his style and music. decided to swdtch to jazz bass. His Sunday night gig isn’t a dead "I try not to be prejudice about When Leonard discovered this end or even a struggle for survival; musiC; ” Leonard said. His belief: the new world of musical concepts; merely another coat of polish on solo worship of a certain kind of "free and spontaneous; ” in jazz the way to future fame. music only makes musicians bor­ from Western classes; his classically The final set at the Leopold ing; and open-mindedness opens trained mind was gradually ended wdth a heated battle of solos up their diversity and perspective attracted to its excitement. at 1:15 in the morning. in the performing style. Leonard; noting that he is still a Wiping sweat off his forehead; at "There is a real validity in all disciple of classical musiC; said the end of the night; Leonard forms of musiC; and it is important "playing classics is like fulfilling the downed a glass of ginger ale in one to be able to appreciate or at least already-prescribed definition of breath wdth the satisfaction of the recognize their existence...and if what the perfect performance is night’s accomplishment. possible; to learn something out of supposed to be; whereas there isn’t Another night is over. He’ll be them;’’ Leonard said. such a thing as a perfect perfor­ back at the Leopold tomorrow night "Musicians should develop a mance in jazZ; although; there are a after school. healthy respect for all styles of variety of perfect jazz per­ His study of jazz and music musiC;’’ Leonard continued; noting formances.” continues. ■

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is trying to wait until they are moti­ vated; Wiggum said. "The best way to get motivated is to start work Procrastination: a curable now/’ she said. "Once you get into it, it usually is lisease? Laziness is sel- not as bad; ” she said. "The best lom the cause and the thing to do is just start doing it. ” :ure involves overcoming She offered these other sugges­ ears and anxieties. tions for curing "postponeitis: ” • Think postively and come to i terms with your fears and expectations. • Make an outline for larger pro­ jects and break it up into smaller tasks. • Reward yourself with positive thoughts at the completion of each smaller task. ing how to use their time efficiently. A problem many procrastinators IF NOT NOW,THEN WHEN? "We have the basic tendency to have is they only value the finished BnURIMiieillFF take the easy way out" Wiggum product. The smaller steps also are said. The easy way out often seems accomplishments; Wiggum said. They beat the typewriter keys to be trying to forget about a project The causes can be many and until the sun rises and drag them­ or term paper until the last minute. almost always are complex; Wiggum selves and their papers^ which still The more anxiety a student has said. For some; procrastination may have wet white-out blotched from over a task the more likely he or she be a signal that the student does not page to page; to class. Today the is to procrastinate; Wiggum said. want to be in school at this time. For paper is due. Last night they started In the long run; procrastination others it may just be a question of it. only increases anxiety and fear. It discipline or overcommitment to These are the sufferers of "Post- also decreases a student’s potential classes; fiiends and work. poneitiS;” a common "disease" of to do his best; Wiggum said. But for most; "the night before college students according to Anxiety is often rooted in one of the paper’s due ” typewriter attack Western’s Counseling Center. They four causes—fear of success; fear of symbolizes deeper conflicts than can be cured; but it isn’t a question failure; a need to rebel and perfec­ just not enjoying the task at hand. of just conquering laziness or learn­ tionism. Depression; lack of disci­ ing time management skills. It goes pline and time limitations also may much deeper than that. play a part in this procrastination Just talkin’ about my salvation. Reasons for procrastination are process. Andrew Veit offers alternative morn­ as complex as individual personali­ Wiggum suggested a self- ing music to the delight of many Red ties. And to reach those reasons the examination process to help stu­ Square rock fans. His most hotly procrastinator must reach deep dents understand why they pro­ requested tune is “Psycho Killers into his or her fears and anxieties. crastinate. A student should first Laziness is seldom the cause; break down what things he pro­ Candy Wiggum; leader of the Coun­ crastinates doing and what things seling Center’s procrastination he doesn’t put off. He also should group; said. The term paper or the ask himself: Do I ridicule myself or studying has to be done sooner or label myself a procrastinator? later no matter how long the stu­ "A lot of people just self-label dent puts it off; she said. themselves. If you say that (I’m a Time management can be a prob­ procrastinator) enough times you lem; but usually; Wiggum said; isn’t will procrastinate; ” Wiggum said. the'root of the problem. "When stu­ She also recommended being com­ dents come to college they’re not plimentary of tasks completed and used to structuring their time;’’ she trying to keep a positive attitude said; adding that after the first quar­ about self-performance. ter;* however; they should be learn­ The mistake many students make

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top left: Co>captain Tuck Practice...members of the West­ club stops to listen to advice from Gionet mixes pain with ern Lacrosse Club know the mean­ the more experienced men who pleasure when playing, ing of that word perhaps better than take turns introducing; explaining right: Rob Cuomo shoots any other as they struggle to repair and demonstrating the details of over alert teammate Karl a slowly-started season. the game. Practice for them is unlike any “Snake” Nelson, below Learning the game seems to be other outdoor sport at Western. easier than learning whom to listen left: The mesh-faced Clad in mesh-faced helmets, to. Clearly many players want to helmets protect players armpads and large gloves, and teach. As novice players fire ques­ from the ball that often armed with netted sticks, they tions into the group; different travels 90 mph. strike images of rigid warriors from responses come from three levels of a mechanized, robotic age who experience: need never touch the ball with bare The first is an enthusiastic reply hands. But as practice continues, from a second-year player, on his high-speed passing patterns form way up. The next, from a third-year and they seem to melt into a blur, player, comes complete with a By Bruce Moon while exhibiting an athletic finesse demonstration. The final response only humans are capable of is the correct answer. It comes from Photos by John Klicker Lacrosse has been accurately a fourth-year player, modest, but named the fastest sport on two legs. guided by cumulative knowledge After the 10-minute warm-up of and wisdom. running laps around the field and At the heart of this learn-by- passing and shooting practice, the demonstration method are self-

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explains Rob CuomO; a second-year strike at the ball carrier’s arm or the player. “You just take it in stride; aluminum extension of his arm. learn as you go along. ” Players constantly practice con­ “It’s hard for the new^ guys com­ trolling the ball in the net pocket; ing in because they have no expe­ which is about 8 inches by 11 rience; ” Cuomo says. “Most of us inches. They keep the ball there by are ex-football players or soccer “cradling ” it, rotating the stick to playerS; w^ho maybe didn’t get create a centrifugal force. much of a chance to play in high In a game; only 10 of about 28 school.” members play at a time. RookieS; The club plays a game nearly just learning the basics of control; every weekend during spring quarter usually sit out their first season to in any given weather. Members play watch; Littlefield sayS; noting the it for different reasons. Most agree need for an experienced squad. it’s the game’s quick pace that He says most ofWestern’s players excites players and fans. are smaller than an average club’S; Cuomo says he likes the contact but that their skill; not size; is most “as long as it’s controlled. ” He important. Many schools they face recalls a particularly rough game; have football players staying in after which his back resembled a shape during the off-season. Never­ “road map ” of black and blue. theless; Western overcomes size Littlefield enjoys the running. with skill. When he has the ball; he doesn’t CuomO; an attackman; is 5T0" simply run; he prances. And as he and 175 pounds. “We need some weaves his way dowmfield; he leaves bigger guyS; ” he explains; describ­ behind hiih a junkyard of oppo­ ing his niche. “But if you’re really nents who have crossed his path; fast; you’ll play attack Ifyou’re kind but couldn’t stop him. of big and sloW; you’ll play defense. Gionet appreciates the team­ And if you’re crazy you’ll play work. He came back for a fifth year goalie. ” The fourth position is mid­ at Western to add a chemistry fielder. They tend to cover the minor to his political science whole field; helping fill in where degree; but also so he could play needed. lacrosse again. He says he wdll have The action is much like ice trouble leaving his fellow playerS; hockey; with netted inset goal and hopes that wherever he moves frames and sticks waving. The next a club wdll be nearby. defensemen; who use the longer; Few people know that field 72-inch sticks for better reach; are appointed co-captains Denny Lit­ lacrosse (in contrast to the Cana­ especially adept at prodding the tlefield and Tuck Gionet guiding dian “box lacrosse ”) is one of Amer­ attackers or midfielders; who use the offense and defense respectively. ica’s oldest-known sports gameS; shorter sticks to help conceal the “Somebody’s got to do it/’ shrugs believed to have been created by the ball. one player. “Denny’s been here four Iroquois Indians in what is now Littlefield says sportsmanship yearS; so.... ” Littlefield; a physical eastern North America. The Iro­ underscores every game; and that education major; says he’d gladly quois called it “baggataway. ” few games involve fights. turn over his position to a qualified; Some Western players tie feath­ “You already know most of your official coach. But the likelihood of ers to their helmets and wear war­ opponents; and by the end of the the team getting an official coach is paint to pay homage to the original game you know all of them; ” he doubtful. Indian players. The hat-like helmets says. He explains that at each Western’s club is neither an protect players fi"om the hard; solid game’s end; players break the com­ intramural nor a varsity sport. The rubber ball; which is slightly petitive tension with traditional club’s $1;300 per year budget causes smaller than a baseball and which post-game handshakes; and per­ the leadership; therefore; to be in a leaves the stick’s nylon-webbed haps some beer drinking at one of constant fluX; marked by a combi­ pocket at about 90 mph. the player’s homes. nation of handed-down seniority; Gionet says it’s a strange sensa­ Tom CoomeS; a second-year skills and know^ledge of the game. tion to see the ball coming head-on player; says players must be con­ This practice w^ell defines the term at his facemask and be unable to scious of both physical and verbal “player-coach.” It’s a necessity for move fast enough to escape its path. abuses. the club’s survival. The gloves and armpads help “You’ve got to be coof ” he kieS; “We’ve never sat down at a black­ deflect the onslaught of an oppo­ adjusting his sunglasses; “other­ board or been given a book;” nent’s stick; which can be used to wise you’re out of the game. ” ■

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