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Group works to modify noise code ities are treated the same as complaints police say they have tough time enforcing city rule against an individual, even though they are corporations. police officers' and citizens' suggestions on as other sources. The PPAC suggests the city "eliminate By BRE!NDAeIIU~.J1 noise regulation enforcement. The Pullman Police Department responds the distinction between day and night com- Daily Evergreen Staff The Revised Code of Washington hands to nearly 100 percent of the noise com- plaints," chairman of the PPAC, Felix Moran, said. He said the PPAC designed It may be your next door neighbors on the ability to create regulations over to the plaints it receives, a secretary for Police Department of Ecology, which turns the Chief Ted Weatherly said. its recommendations after Bellevue's noise weekdays. authority over to the city. The department responds with an oral ordinances. It could be the big house on the corner Pullman's code includes a section on warning when the first complaint comes in. Bellevue's regulations were challenged in from Friday afternoon until late Sunday noise regulation that is patterned after the According to the city code, the police can court, Moran said, and were found to be night. Department of Ecology's master code. issue a $50 ticket when the second com- constitutional. It may even be you. The city code on noise regulations states plaint comes in. During the summer, meetings were held that during daytime hours (7 a.m. to 10 The Pullman Police Advisory Committee The process starts over again for night- with Pullman police officers to hear their p. m.) only amplified noise is regulated CIS a presented recommendations on dealing time hours (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.) and all questions and solutions to the noise prob- with noise violations to the City Council nuisance. Amplified sound includes noise noises are included. The tickets gradually lems. Some of the officers said that noise Sept. 8. from stereos, televisions, radios, car increase to $500 for "failure to comply." The PPAC spent the summer hearing radios and electronic instruments, as well Complaints against fraternities and soror- See Ordinance: page 6 Voting drive Soakin' Up sun strives for 1,000 By SCOTT SAlA Borderline Editor The national organization, Rock the Vote, is sponsoring a voter registration drive today and next week at the CUB. Co-sponsored by the student organization, Student Vot- er's Association, the drive will be open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The drive is being held in conjunction with next week- end's Fishbone concert at Beasley Coliseum. Information on voter regis~ration and the show can be found at the tables. The goal is to register 1,000 students by next Friday, SVA president Jeff Upthegrove said. He added that the deadline for anyone wishing to register to vote is Oct. 3. In just the last two days, over 250 people have been registered by the four student registrars at the tables, Upthegrove said. Another emphasis of the drive is to inform students that even though they are registered in other counties, they can re-register in Whitman county. Upthegrove said many stu- dents don't know this, and it certainly makes it much eas- Staff photo by Terry Thorn ier to vote in Pullman than dealing with absentee ballots. Education majors Kelly Clark, left, and her sister, Therisa, do a little studying in the sun Thursday. "It's their right - they live here three-fourths of the year," Upthegrove said. He also mentioned the possible influence students can have on local elections. With about 15,000 residents in Additions to hall promote health pullman, a student population of more than 16,000 defi- nitely can make a difference. By ALISON SHIlIWAlltIlF\( "We don't want Goldsworthy to be stereotyped as the jock residence hall, but the halls focus is on health and Next Wednesday, FOX will air a Rock the Vote special Daily Evergreen Staff wellness," she said. aimed at making America's youth more aware of. voting Residents of Goldsworthy Hall enjoy the added benefit of and the voting process. Speakers on the show Will Include Goldsworthy Hall and the Stephenson Complex are two having a home equipped with a sauna, hot tub and weight Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jason Priestley, U2, residence halls that offer themes to attract students who room. Because of this, the Department of Residence Life Spike Lee and Tom Cruise. are interested in the programs offered. Stephenson Com- and Housing has transformed the hall into a well ness hall. plex concentrates heavily on academics and provides extra As far as the concert goes, local promoter Todd Strong Lynn Freeman, Goldsworthy's hall director, said the said people attending the show can register there as well. programming to encourage and help residents achieve aca- change was made in an effort to make living in residence demically. The headliner of the show, Fishbone, IS a ska band with halls more focused for incoming students. Students new a brass section that plays all different types of music. to WSUwith an interest in wellness now will be offered a In addition to the sauna, hot tub and weight room, Seattle's iMiJ, who played at Saturday's Indian Sum.mer living situation specialized toward that interest. Goldsworthy also comes equipped with a full kitchen and Music Festival, will perform second. Strong describes Programming in Goldsworthy Wellness Hall will focus large rooms, Freeman said. The large rooms will be per- them as "punk rock along the lines of Jane's Addiction." predominantly on physical health. However, academics fect for aerobic classes, she added. The opener is Proper Grounds from L.A. - a Wild com- won't be ignored, Freeman said, because wellness bination of rap and metal. includes both the academic and physical aspect. See Hall: page 2 Student offers free sessions Lentil festival to honor sprouts By JASON SMITH'" of global language course Each participant turns in an application answering Contributing Reporter three questions about the Lentil Festival. The three questions are "Why do you like lentils? What do you By DAWN BOSWElL New to the 1992 National Lentil Festival, a Little Lentil King and Little Lentil Queen will be crowned like best about living in the lentil capital of the Daily Evergreen Staff this Friday in the Gladish Auditorium in Pullman. nation? And, why would you like to be the National Saluton! The pageant, organized by Kathy Jo Wachter, will Lentil Festival Little Queen or Little Lentil King?" You just learned your first word of Esperanto. It means "Hi." give the little people of the Palouse an opportunity to Each participant will receive a T-shirt. Esperanto, a language spoken all over the world, is now being get involved in the lentil festivities and make them The first Little Lentils Queen and King will be offered at WSU. more aware of the various lentil uses. awarded a banner, crown and trophy. The Queen Esperanto is the easiest of all languages to learn, Y~CA ~dmln- "The Lentil Festival is a family oriented weekend " and King also will be the Grand Marshals in the lit- istrative Assistant Mary Greenblatt, who IS an Esperantist, said. Wachter said. "This gives the little people a great tle Lentil Sprout Parade, which will be this Saturday "With only 12 grammar rules and only 60 root words, you can chance to be a part of the festivities." at 10 a.m. starting on the corner of Pine and Main have (a vocabulary of) 6,000 words," she said. "It's simpler than All first through sixth grade children who live in in front of the SeaFirst bank. They also will ride the Palouse region are invited to partiCipate. One girl along in a car for the grand parade starting at See Esperanto: page 3 and one boy Will be chosen as the first National Len- til Festival Little Lentil King and Queen. See Festival: page 6 Page 2 The Daily Evergreen SCHOLARSHIPS Hall: • Continued from cover INFORMATION FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS LISTED BELOW IS However, the sauna and the AVAILABLE AT THE OFFICE OF SCHOLARSHIP SERVICES IN hot tub currently are not working, STREIT-PERHAM HALL. UNLESS SPECIFIED, ALL SCHOLARSHIPS etFou and repairs are taking longer than LISTED ARE FOR THE 1993-94 SCHOOL YEAR. expected. The weight room has a univer- • Herman Oscar Schumacher - $500. Must be a male resident of Reprints sal gym, exercise bikes and free Spokane Couty, have completed at least one year of college, be weights. Freeman plans to do Christian and loyal to principals of democracy and support the programming on weight lifting to 00 Constitution of the United States. Preference given to orphans and show students how to use for$1 the financially needy. Application deadline is Oct. 1. weights correctly. Goldsworthy's health focus also • Harry S. Truman - Up to $30,000. Must be a college junior has affected Gannon. with established strong records of public and community service, The Well ness Hall filled up be committed to a career in government or elsewhere in the public quickly and people who wanted to sector, have outstanding leadership potential and possess intellec- be a part of the well ness program tual strength and analytical abilities (upper third of class) and be overflowed into Gannon Hall, likely to perform well in graduate school. Must be a U.S. citizen or Freeman said. a U.S. national. Applications available from the Political Science Goldsworthy's expected popula- department. Oct. 30 deadline. tion for this year was 300 people, while Gannon was supposed to be • Associated General Contractors - $1500.