INSIDE: pf J 'Everyone... • Accent, 10-15 Oct. 4,1996 •Sports, 16-19 »f-|| will play../ •Opinions, 20-23 Volume 98 ipili Page 17 /ssue 2 'WESTERN FRONT Western Washington University Bellingham, Washington Vigil honors abuse victims Campus cops By Arlene Frazier flower bulbs and sing "We Will leaders, music and the dedication The Western Front Leave No Child Behind" in mem­ of the flowers was in recognition ory of the children in our commu­ of October being Domestic cited for radio Adorned with purple ribbons, nity who have fallen victim to Violence Awareness and women, men and children gath­ domestic violence. Prevention Month. ered at noon Thursday on the steps The lunchtime vigil, which The Whatcom County Domestic of Bellingham's City Hall to plant included speeches by community Task Force sponsored the vigil to dead spots commence this year's theme By Jesse A. Hamilton record. The appeal was denied "What about the Children? The Western Front because the problem still Communities Make the Difference exists in the system. in Ending Domestic Violence," in Even a police department Bill Ripple from the public honor of the victims and survivors can get a ticket. Western's affairs unit of the labor depart­ of domestic violence. campus police department ment explained the denial. Sgt. Tim Lintz of the discovered that the hard way. "If an employer is going to Bellingham Police Department, The Washington expose his or her employees began the ceremony by addressing Department of Labor and to a hazard, he's got to equip the 25-30 spectators with his con­ Industries fined them $1,190 them ... and protect them," cerns for children, society's ills in August for using an unsatis­ Ripple said. Although this and the intergenerational cycle of factory and potentially dan­ may be a serious violation, abuse. gerous radio system. Ripple said this is the first "When we go out on calls, we The citation posted on the time, according to his records, see the statistics of abuse —.the bulletin board in the police the campus police have been spouses and children," Lintz said. department lobby reads, cited. "Management did not estab- Gill claimed old, faulty "We talk to the men and we find v "out, many limes, they 'toO^wefe'" ^ish?«upervisert>r'en f0fCe..? a" radiO""equipment, whicrf^vas raised in an abusive family." safe and healthful working installed in the early seven­ Lintz likened attending to the environment. Dead spots in ties, is to blame. issues of domestic violence to pay­ radio communication to and "This all deals with a ing interest on a very large debt. from officers in the field degrading of radio coverage He stressed the need to come allowed the officers to be over the years," Gill said. The together as a community and pro­ exposed to potential bodily equipment leaves officers in vide non-violent role models to get harm." The citation classifies basements or behind certain ahead of our collective debt and this as a serious offense. buildings on campus without improve the life of children today Doug Gill, the chief of cam­ the ability to use their radios. Front/Christopher Luczyk and future generations. pus police, said his depart­ ment informally appealed this A solemn spirit spreads through the crowd at Thursday's noon •. costly black mark on their See Police, page 5 vigil at City Hall honoring young victims of domestic violence. See Vigil page 4 Student injures back in three-car accident By Jacob P. Henifin ing collision. The Western Front "Then the next thing I know I have glass coming over my back," she said. Western student Ken Hopf received "I looked over at the guy mowing the minor back injuries when a 1989 red lawn, wh"er£-1 turned around traffic had Honda CRX, driven by student Arica stopped."" she >aid. Mattson does not Mattson, plowed into his 1991 Suzuki remember much more beyond that. GSF 600 motorcycle on South College "I was in shock ... I was too stunned to Drive across from Buchanan Towers. think about anything; I was worried about Hopf was stopped in traffic when him and how he was doing," she said. Mattson struck the back of his cycle, shov­ Mattson received a $114 inattentive dri­ ing his front wheel into the hatchback of a ving citation. 1992 Subaru wagon in front of him. "She must have been going between 25 "The car launched my bike into the car and 30 (mph) ... my bike went into the ahead of me ... literally embedding my hatchback of a Subaru," explained Hopf. bike in the back of the Subaru," Hopf said After he got off the ground, Hopf threw in a phone interview. his helmet at Mattson's car yelling an After the impact, Hopf recoiled back expletive then layed down in the grass, Courtesy of Tim Kline onto the Honda's hood, slamming his head Mattson said. into the drivers side of the windshield and "I think I'm pretty much done riding," Arica Mattson sits in shock pondering the accident and damage to her 1989 was flung into the median. He was wear­ lamented Hopf at home with muscle-relax - Honda CRX when it piled into Ken Hopf and his 1991 Suzuki GSF 600 on ing a helmet. ants and dull pains in his back. South College Drive Wednesday afternoon, stuffing it into the back of a 1992 Subaru occupant Laura Krause, remem­ "That is as close to death as I care to Subaru wagon. Hopf received minor back injuries, was taken to St. Joseph's bers her fiance warning her of the impend­ come," he said. Hospital, treated and later released. Hopf was wearing a helmet. Campus Police Oct. 1, 9:56 p.m.: A person reported a fire in a trash can outside the southwest entry doors to Miller Hall. for students seeking master's Oct.l, 11:11 p.m.: Two females reported receiving a series of four United Way of Whatcom National Research degrees in the following academ­ harassing phone calls in their dorm room from an unidentified male. County relocates Council to Award Ford ic areas: health physics, nuclear United Way of Whatcom Foundation Fellowships engineering, criticality engineer­ County moved its offices to a ing, electrical engineering and The National Research Council probabilstic risk assessment. Bellingham Police newly renovated location donat­ hopes to award 20 Ford For applications or more infor­ ed by U.S. Bank of Washington. Foundation Postdoctoral Oct. 1, 8:35 p.m.: Unknown suspects threw eggs from an alley into Their new space is located on the mation contact Rose Etta Cox at Fellowships for Minorities in a (423) 576-9279. the backyard and onto a house located in the 2400 block of lower level of 220 Unity Street, a program established to provide a Elizabeth Street. The owner of the house suspects juvenile residents building also occupied by the year of continued study and and guests at a nearby house may be responsible. The owner's high U.S. Savings Bank Home and research for Native American Make a Difference Day school son said he has no idea who threw the eggs or why. Loan Center. Indians, Alaskan Natives, African City of Bellingham Major Americans, Mexican Americans Mark Asmundson declares Oct. 2, midnight: A store employee confiscated an ID card from a Survey says textbooks and Chicanos, Native Pacific October 26, 1996 to be Make a male attempting to purchase alcohol in the 2400 block of James help with retention Islanders and Puerto Ricans. Difference Day. USA Weekend Street. The employee said the male wasn't close to 21 years old and along with The Points of Lights Association of American The fellowship is open to U.S. looked nothing like the picture on the ID card. The male suspect left Foundation are working to pro­ Publishers concluded a 1996 fac­ citizens who are members of des­ the store on foot. The ID card was impounded for safekeeping, but mote a national day of good ulty and student teaching materi­ ignated minority groups, engaged not reported stolen. doing. als survey, which concluded an in a teaching and research career Asmundson urged citizens to increase over the last two years in and have had a Ph.D. or Sc.D. Oct. 2, 1:40 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of trouble with a get involved in their communities the value faculty and students degree for no more than seven customer in the 1100 block of Iowa Street. Police contacted the. by engaging in activites benifit- place on textbooks in academic years. employee who-stated two people were loitering around the business ing the community. work. The deadline for submission of and making other customers feel uncomfortable. The employee applications is January 3, 1997. requested that the loiterers be asked to leave the property and sub­ Eight hundred and forty-five faculty and 1,026 students in Nicaraguan sweatshop sequently, trespassed them on a permanent basis. They said they worker to speak Monday understood the provisions of the trespass and departed. freshmen and sophomore courses U.S. Nuclear Regulatory were randomly selected from two Commission hopes to The Cesar E. Chaves Student and four-year colleges nation­ Organization for Labor Solidarity Oct. 2, 10:40 a.m.: Two Sehome High School students were con­ award fellowship wide for this survey. is sponsoring Ana Maria, a tacted on the Bellingham High School campus. They gave conflict­ U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Fifty-eight percent of faculty Nicaraguan who is speaking on ing information to campus security as to their identity and which Commission (NRC) fellowship labor conditions in Nicaragua.