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$18M east wing to boast 105 beds, guarantee returning residents housing
Caleb Hutton I WF Reed said it was all a question of funding. The new beds in Buchanan Towers “Do we have the money? Do we need East come with a guarantee. [more housing]? Or can we just get by Unlike last year, University Resi with what we have?” Reed said. “I don’t dences will not have to limit the number think the Board of Trustees would have of students returning to on-campus hous approved it if there wasn’t a need, a de ing in fall, said Martin Reed, associate di mand.” rector of University Residences Facilities The entire project will cost $18 mil Management. lion and will include 105 beds in 25 suites. The building is about halfway done Most suites will have four beds, but with construction. the top floor of each tower will have an It will be the first new residence hall extra mezzanine, making room for five. on campus since the original Buchanan beds per suite. Towers was completed in 1971. - Buchanan Towers East will be three The addition is set to open in fall 2010. stories shorter and have 300 fewer beds “I think there’s a need for more campus than the old building, and it will measure residences, more beds,” Reed said. “If you two-thirds of the old building’s 100,000 asked 10 different administrators why it took photo by Carey Rose | WF Construction worker Jared Jutte examines and adjusts his instaiiation of a hot and so long, you’d get 10 different answers.’ see > ADDITION, pg. 7 coid shower valve in the new Buchanan Towers addition on Thursday, Feb. 18. AS candidates may receive $100 to finance campaigns After a vibrant discussion, AS President Matt Jarrell delayed the vote for next week on Feb. 24
Gina Cole I WF back up to $100 of the money candidates and relieve some of the financial burden of The debate was cut off by Jarrell, who for AS offices spent on their campaigns. If campaigning. However, some of his fel moved to table the issue until next week’s .' ' \ The Associated Students Board of Di more than 25 students run for office, the low board members expressed concern board meeting, at which point they hope rectors had what AS President Matt Jarrell total $2,500 available would be spread out over inappropriate spending, illegitimate to vote on it. The next AS Board meeting called a “delicious discussion” Wednesday evenly between candidates. use of student money and the potential for will be 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, in Vi night about a potential change to the AS According to AS Vice President for people to abuse the policy. A big point of king Union room 567. Anyone is welcome Elections Code. Governmental Affairs Morgan Holmgren, contention was who would determine what to come to AS Board meetings anytime. Members of the board sparred for 25 who came up with the proposal, reimburs counted as a campaign expense, how minutes about a proposal that would pay ing candidates would level the playing field that would be determined and when. see AS DISCUSSION on pg. 4 r,-«f . ^ » t •‘''-^ »■ - --3^^
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Work of art I At 3:26 p.m. University Police issued citations to two skateboarders who were skating on sculptures in Haskell Plaza. The two were warned against dangerous sculpture skateboarding.
Baked goods | At 11:41 p.m. University Police photo by Corey Rose 1 WF responded to four male Haiti Vigii | Katheryn Bark and Dylan Warmbert light candles for a procession from the Copper Hog to the Wild Buffalo In downtown Belling Western students who ham on Monday, Feb. 15. The procession and Common Market concert took place in lieu of the BeilIngJAM, which was cancelled this year after local business owners refusing to sign a contract allowing the event to take place. were allegedly doing doughnuts in their car in parking lot 15. ■ -
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“ photo by Jessica Bader | WF “It was less of a sit-down Students wrote notes to clusively to those who can afford Western sophomore Byron Starkey stands next to the capitol building on event and more of a getting- their representatives and met it,” Jobes said. Feb. 15 in protest of the budget cuts. the-attention-of-the-legislators with legislators to ask them to The legislative period ends “In the short term, financial aid will affect students more because the event,” Agosti said. oppose the bill. Thursday, March 11, 2010. All idea is the financial aid will eventually return," Starkey said, "in the long term, local tuition-setting will [affect students more] because there are Western junior Morgan Western senior Colin Wa- decisions about budget and fi ^:^; ■ -T .'•? - estimates that, depending on what amendments are made to Kilmer’s bill Holmgren, AS vice president for trin, AS vice president for Ac nancial aid cuts must be made and what goes through today, [tuition] could eventually double.” Governmental Affairs, said the tivities, said he was able to meet by this date. :
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There’s I’ve talked to students who come up with a general tem to all students despite no way you will ever know decided not to run because plate of things that people their financial back- # • -s-5 based on a receipt whether they can’t spend the money, can’t be reimbursed for. I re ground. We’re investing or not someone is using the people view it as a require ally suggest, that we be wary. in them. funds for campaign pur ment. Those who aren’t suc poses or for personal pur cessful [in their campaigns] Vergilio Cintron poses, and we’re not going can feel like it was a waste. Vice President of Business to be able to have a policy It could be experimental and Operations --r' ,1. that accurately reflects for this year anyway. Hav How do you control what that. There’s a possibility of ing guidelines might be too people use that $100 for? If misuse, but I think it’s an constricting and I’m wary Thought a fifth of Bacardi S'S? unlikely and small one, and of having them this early rum and said I was having worth the risk. on. We could do it this year a cocktail party to net : Ti and see how it goes. work with my constituents, I > then would I be able to get •■ m ■;! -a ^ . =? -.W • .-i ^ reimbursed for that? There "-C?; .1 - ~:M. C are no requirements here -C.' ____ >*«S*-3.3. r'” ~A- V p*. ^ -cr ^ f? w that say I couldn’t. . 1 r- ‘ I I i • ■* . % i ■'4- ■ i t i i \A#I^ C I % Q3Cf)‘if cas .. V? I VY I^C v‘ --^^r I • t It I I i « I CONFIDENTIAL "€i I > t Bring in BUY$ } Downtown Bellingham’s checkups, pregnancy testing, Ii I * THIS COUPON Win-Win Thrift Shop! STI testing and treatment, and i} DonatiGns of clothes emergency contraception (EC) i i for a 10% Discount or household items t I jRlr3Q( i gladly accepted. I ini i on All Items t isr—.. J- i i while supporting * r' r UC " ‘ 1224 N. 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Erosion problems plague the northern and early February were almost 11 feet, in place. But the rock is currently all the had taken out a significant amount of soil, end of Boulevard Park following a month nearly 1.5 feet beyond the shore. same size, leaving voids for the water to leaving as much as a foot-and-a-half drop of unusually high tides that ate away parts Western environmental science pro flow through and get to the soil further up between the edge of the grass area and the of the under-protected shoreline. fessor John Rybczyk said the unusual the bank and washing it out into the sound. rocky shore below.. Large-scale, long-term renovations height of the tides resulted from three Western environmental studies pro Before any construction can start, for the park are currently in the works, but things happening at the same time: a full fessor Andy Bach said he wasn’t surprised Harris’ plan must go through Sundin in will not be done in time to address the im or new moon, unusually low atmospheric at all by the erosion problems because the the Planning Department for approval mediate erosion problems. pressure over the coast and strong winds. park itself is built on fill. from other agencies—most notably the That is why Marvin Harris, opera The full or new moon means that “There’s a natural tendency to erode state Fish and Wildlife Department—to tions manager for the City of Belling tides would be higher anyway, Rybczyk there because it’s a pile of dirt where get the needed permits. ham’s Parks and Recreation Department, said, and the low pressure could add 1 to waves used to be,” Bach said. . ' The Fish and Wildlife Department is working toward a faster solution. 2 feet because there is not as much force needs to be involved because the project Harris said he hopes to have his plan holding the water down. The winds help could potentially impact the marine habi posted for public comment by the end of push the water up the shore, he said. tat around Boulevard Park, Sundin said. February and all construction finished be “It’s the perfect storm,” Rybczyk Harris' plan He said the department would be most fore the annual Ski to Sea Festival in May. said. concerned with making sure the materials The erosion problem stems from high The other big problem is the rock that Harris said his plan is to fill around used to fix the erosion problem would not tides reaching up past the park’s shoreline is meant to protect the shoreline, Harris and behind the existing riprap with small get washed out into the water. where the grass area begins. said. er rocks to close the spaces and slow down “Whatever is going in place, they Harris said the average high tide is He said the rock along the shoreline the flow of water. Engineering reports on want it to actually work,” he said. ?S£'- 7.7 feet and the shoreline is between 9 and is called “riprap,” and is angular rather the park’s shoreline pointed to the graded Harris said getting input from other 9.5 feet, but some tides during January than rounded, which helps keep the soil rocks being better protection than the cur agencies would also help limit the envi-' x' rent one-size-only riprap, he said. ronmental impact of the project. Steve Sundin, an environmental plan Sundin said he expects the permitting ner in the City of Bellingham’s Planning to be done by the beginning of March. Department, said they would use softball- “The sooner we can get out there, the and golf ball-sized rocks for the fill. better,” he said. The finished shoreline would look Harris said tide predictions for the similar to that of Marine Park in Fairhaven, coming months show much lower tides Sundin said. than those that caused the erosion prob Harris said the new filler rock will be lem, so he doesn’t expect it to get any transported from a quarry on Lummi Is worse before they can bring in the new land with a barge. The rock will then be rock. brought to the park by dump trucks and However, Bach said wave heights arranged using a small backhoe usually have been gradually increasing in the Pa used for trail work, he said. cific Northwest, and they may have just Harris also stressed the park would reached a point where they could be a remain open during the construction and threat to the park. the area most affected would be between The long-term renovations the park the path and the water. He said they would will eventually see include rebuilding the try to keep the path open. over-water walkway between the park and In the meantime, there is fluorescent Fairhaven, creating more gravel and sand photo by Carey Rose | WF warning tape cordoning off the eroded ar beaches, and constructing an over-water Sam Randell, A, spends time at Boulevard Park with his dad Ray Randell. "4-year-olds don't eas. walkway between the park and downtown know boundaries I guess/' Randell said as his son leaned on the rope. Harris said in some places the water Bellingham. Imagine a chemical-free lawn I / O without loud, smoky lawn ' " rob@cleana irlawnca re.com equipment. 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Butterworth said her par The bill would replace the ents won't let her take out loans current financial aid loans pro to pay for her college education. gram, which are government She said she is using scholar subsidized bank loans, with ships to pay for her Western edu loans directly from the U.S. cation. photo by Renee Davies | WF Department of Education, Hol She is unsure whether her mgren said. scholarships will be able to cov The Associated Students Board of Directors met on Feb. 17 to garner support for a federal bill that. If passed, would restrict private banks from Issuing student loans. “We like the idea of moving er her education next year. all of the federal loan support to Western students will see a to cut out on top of that.” about 27 hours per week in two The federal debt would be direct loans because that means tuition hike of 14 percent next Federally funded Pell Grants jobs. lessened with this bill since loan more money for the federal gov year, amounting to a $700 in would be raised from $5,500 to Tekola said she has five repayments would be paid back ernment and it means more low crease in cost per quarter, Hol $6,900 by 2019 if the bill passes, siblings, and her mother earns to the federal government, rather interest loans for students,” Hol mgren said. Sarah Ishmael, Western student enough money to keep them than private banks, Holmgren mgren said. Western is facing a budget representative trustee, said. comfortable. However, she said said. He said Western's student cut in the range of $3 .8 million “It makes a lot of small this prevents her from getting “It costs more to subsidize loans are already direct loans, so to $4 million, which is 6.5 per changes that improve the lives other kinds of aid. banks and then not get that mon students would not see a change cent of Western's operating bud of students,” Ishmael said. “I need loans to go to school, ey back,” Holmgren said. “But if in lenders if this bill is passed. get, he said. Western junior Tanesha 'cause my mom makes enough to you do it through direct loans the The bill would also allow ’ “You're looking at a 6.5 Tekola said she is using subsi support all six of us but she is the money goes to students; students all students to borrow more loan percent cut that is straight into dized student loans to pay for only person working and there's are repaying the federal govern money than what they currently the operating of the institution,” her education. 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Most suites will house four beds and will share a living space complaints, with [Buchanan and bathroom. ^ Towers] is that it’s so mas sive,” he said. “Right now, you likely do even better. floor of the old Buchanan walk down the corridors and “It looks quite certain, T Towers, new landscaping, new it’s just this real dark, tunnel think, that we’ll probably get walkways and a new bus stop. like experience.” LEED Gold, and we’re even The cafe will be run by For the addition, glass-en on the very high-end range of University Dining Services closed corridors will connect Gold,” he said. under Sodexo. the three towers to each other To score a high LEED Ebenal General is the con and to the old building. It is rating, the building will give tractor for the whole project. part of the project’s investment students easy access to com Originally the building in energy efficiency, helping posting and have more ef had a lounge and kitchen on the addition to take advantage ficient showerheads, among every floor, buf now alternat of natural light, Schmidt said. dozens of other environmen- ing floors will contain one or From the outset, achieving tally-conscious features. the other. a good Leadership in Energy Funding for construc Like the corridors, the and Environmental Design rat tion comes out of Western’s community kitchens and loung ing was. an important part of '^capital budget, which comes es will be enclosed in glass. the project, Schmidt said. from the state and is separate “When students get in LEED ratings are often from the operating budget. this building and they see the used to measure how environ Western’s 2009 capital bud views out of here and the kinds mentally friendly a building is. get was about $79 million. of spaces that it has, I would The original goal was to Also included in the proj imagine it’s going to be a very achieve a rating of Silver, but ect: a large new cafe that will popular place—a great place to Schmidt said the project will extend out from the bottom live,” Schmidt said. f 'V Mm Learning & COPY SBBVICBS fog to CXi^ Ifss Gender ^ (Ihiiticukuml SttMiim SOLOTION c fid ay 8 a ^ Need a Class? l2noon-*P-^ Independent Learning offers the flexibility to... ,(.0 . 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Co-owner in rheir own cars is they feel com l)holoOyCareyl!ooelWf his wife have a conversation Chris Wolker stands next to his cor outside the Wolld Famous Up &. Up Tave,n on Feb. 8. Andrew Ryser said he and fortable and make up the team lhat goes out 10 with him as they drive 10 1he1r " [Walker's] whole argument is that he isn't like to know why he isn't.'' Logan said she is frustrated that he "I understand it's [Yellow Cab's] livelihood, but drive custo mers home. home. Logan and her husband, Ron Wielcn is not following the rules and regulations One person drives the client's "We're creating some cool rela taking any compensation for the ride. ga. have owned and operated Yellow Cab that Yellow Cab hos to live by and he's I'm just one person, not a whole fleet. I've got no car. while the other follows in the tionships:• Ryser said. He's saying he takes tips. Is he truly a voluntary in the area for 17 years and feel invested cutting into profits from a l8.'1:-paying busi quarrel with them. If anything, I help with their car they arrived in, said Ryser. Ryser said he thinks ii's a service go1 the idea for Desig everyone needs. or are these tips really compensation?" in the community. They offer taxi service ness in the community. notoriously long wait times during the bar rush." Ryser '1.4n and have 40 to 45 drivers on staff. "He is taking business away from us. nated Drivers when he was handed a ''[Peoplel should think of us be Walker said he didn't bring his idea of It's tough enough as i1 is and if you ea1 b usiness card from a similar driving fore they go out," Ryser said. Deb Logan, a free t&Ai service to fruition until Novem away at the legitimate companies. after Chris Walker, company in Victoria, British Colum Ryser said they will have trained b ia. ano1her learn of drivers i n lime for President of Yellow Cab of Whatcom and Skagit ber 2008. when he found himself back in awhile we can·1 survive in that environ Free cab driver Bellingham for the second time. He had ment," she said. "So it isn't really about Ryser said he has spent more the summer, when they plan to start counties an old pizza car-topper and his roommate, him personally. it's about the concept of than $1.000 in the last four months standing by at weddings to drive a sign maker, made him the vinyl decal what he is doing." me. I've been followed numerous times;:. and other cab driver.1 around town. Also, if becoming bonded and insured as a people home. Taxicabs are a great way 10 get home thinking about ways we could make mon adorning the topper he adheres to the car Walk-er does not see it that way. Walker said. "Every time they do it. I ask Walker were lo get into an accident. lcenb~ for-hire vehicle in Whatcom County, Designated Drivers is planning to after a night of drinking. And even though ey;· Walker said. ··1 had the idea about the roof when he is driving. " I understand it's their livelihood. but them 'wha1 am I doing wrong here?' h 's worries Bellingham wiU come down hard and since Walker's free rides is not move into commercial office space in in it is a far safer and cheaper alternative to taxi thing and how 10 do it." He was in need of a job and was I'm just one person. not a whole Hee1. I've a war but I don·1 want the battle. I'm not on legitimaie cab companies such as Yellow an insured for-hire vehicle, Walker lhe Grand View Industrial Center Ferndale in the next few weeks. driving, it can seem like a frivolous ex• How is it that Walker can survive off having a hard time finding work. So, he got no quarrel with them. if anything I looking for world domina1ion in the tiu.i Cab, hesaid, is c heating the system. pcnsc when money is tight. Walker's Free of a free tax.i service? Well, he accepts started driving people and has been pri help them with their notoriously long wait business." ..As a person he seems like a nice guy ~It's like he is cheating,.. Ryser Ferndale is centra.l to the areas Rides, a one-man independent taxi ser tips and donations. But he isn·t running a marily living off of the donations from his times during the bar rush," he said. Logan al!lO takes .is.we with Walker's but as a cab driver he's JlOl doing it profes said. "(Walker] is trying 10 make 1he where Designated Drivers is mar includes the cities of vice. will take you home... if you can find business and he doesn't ha"'c a business passengers-some of whom have become Walker said he first started 10 not.ice lackof for-hireinsuraPcc:. She saidsnt-is us- sionally," he said. same amount of money. but he is not keting. which paying his dues.'" Blaine.i3irch Bay, Lynden and Bell= him. license, he said. rcgulars,....evcnfm:r. t's-lastcd a lot lon unfricndl t>eha"'lOl'Jl from,nYdlowutCab =-- ing-tftiMngkfin ~anompcs lo pho10 0,, JUie ffoo: j Wf Deb Logan, p1e11dant of 't'.ellow Cab ol Whatcom and Skagit countte1, pases with her dog, Sid, by one ol hfi company vehlcle1 on Feb. 5. 10 I ARTS & LIFE Friday • February 19,2010 I The Western Front Sounding ■ ill , -i- _v - \J I I Western [s Pan Pan seeks big break in Seattle music competition Adrienne Woods I WF n January 2009, Sarah Jems, a Western senior, was becoming restless with her band The Love Lights, so .she started a solo indie-jazz project called Pan Pan. The band will be competing in the semifinals of the ninth aimual Experience Music Project/Science Fiction Museum Sound Off! Competition at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, in Seattle. Pan Pan consists of trumpet, piano and flugel horn player Jems, 21; tmmpet player Natalia Oncina, 20; dmmmer Aus tin Richey, 20; tenor saxophone player Thomas Harris, 17; tmmpet and flugel horn player Andrew Bybee, 27; trombone player Luke Brockman, 24; and Coltan Foster, 20. Most of the band members are music majors at Western who met playing in some of Western’s ensembles. Brock man, however, is a music education student-teacher, and Harris is a high school student. photo by Renee Davies | WF The competition is for musicians 21 and under and is the FROM TOP LEFT: Pan Pan members Andrew Bybee, senior; Coitan Foster, sophomore; Sarah Jems, senior; Nataiia Oncina, ju- nior; and Austin Richey, junior, hang around a couch outside of the Performing Arts Center. largest underage battle-of-the-bands competition in the area. Because of the age cap. Bybee and Brockman will not “[Jems] really suits the show toward the audience, and it never be able to perform with the band. feels like you’re seeing the same show,” Anderson said. “[She] talks a The band members said this will not affect the band’s sound, Upcoming shows ; « . * lot to the crowd and lets the crowd interact.” because each of them can play multiple instmments. The band’s main influence is modem European jazz, and they Jems took the name Pan Pan from one of her favorite breakfast Friday, Feb. 19: compare their sound to artists such as Avishai Cohen and Beimt. foods: pancakes. Haiti reiief “We all have pretty strong jazz backgrounds,” Richey said. The Sound Off! Competition will be their first Seattle show. If 9 p.m. at Boundary Bay Brewery The band recently won two awards at the What’s Up! magazine the band wins the semifinals, they will go on to compete in the finals with -Talkdemonicf^he eostis $3. awards show: Best Newbie award, for best new band, and Best Twi March 6. light Zone Soundtrack award, for their distinctive instmmental sound. Jems writes all of the songs and brings it forward for the band to Saturday, Feb. 20: Jems said the band is always making an effort to improve then- create it. But as far as practicing goes, the band does not have a strict Sound Off! semifinais sound and shows. practicing schedule before an event. 8 p.m. at Experience Music “We’re adding live video projection and looking into adding dif “We usually get shows in waves, so we only need to practice a Project/Science Fiction Museum. ferent elements of art,” Jems said. few times and then we’re OK,” Foster said. $7 for students, With a new album out called “New Arms,” and a competition to Hallie Anderson, head coordinator for Associated Students Pro $10 for the general public. practice for. Pan Pan’s group members have their hands full. However, ductions Pop Music, booked Pan Pan to open for The Books during they are nothing but optimistic atfcut the future, , , fall quarter at the Performing Arts Center, and has seen the band per “We’re all pretty serious about this, and I know I’ll be doing Pan form multiple times. Pan for the rest of my days,” Jems said. . ' ^ WASHIMe:TON UHWlRSnY HOUSES FOR RENT EXCELLENCE IN TEACinNG AWARDS •Clean •Quality •Close to WWU Nominations Due April 2,2010 President Bruce Shepard has announced that two ‘‘Excellence in Teaching’' awards have again been made 2, 3, 4 & 5 bedrooms possible by The Western Foundation. A faculty member from the College of Humanities & Social Sciences or College of Sciences & Technol ogy will be chosen to receive the Peter J. Elich Excellence in Teaching Award, and a faculty member from one of the other Colleges (Business and Economies, Fairhaven, Fine and Performing Arts, Hu.Kley, and Woodring College of Education) will be chosen to receive an Excellence in Teaching Award. Nomi nations are solicited from alumni, students, or faculty members by completing the attached form. Letters of recommendation may be attached. The following criteria and policies are used for selection: No person shall receive this award more than once. ^ * Only winners will be announced; candidates’ names will not be publfshed. -I*' ■■ •■■■ . * Tenure is not a requirement, but candidates must be full-time faculty members. Visiting faculty are not eligible. If a nominee wishes to be considered, he/she will be asked to submit supporting materials to the com mittee. Nominees from previous years may elect to iremain under consideration for a subsequent year and resubmit supporting materials. The award is a teaching award, not a resetirch awaird. Submitted materials should relate to teaching. ^ Duri ng the consideration process, evaluations of current and previous classes may be sought: recom View homes at www.ebenalrents.com mendations Ifom students and colleagues may be sought, and a class visitation may be conducted. The committee may devise additional or alternative criteria. The committee will evaluate all the material and make selections according to its best judgment. • 2 Bdrm - -- Excellence in Teaching Awards Nomination Letters of recommendation or evaluations may be attached to this form. • 3 Bdrm Forms must be recei ved by April 2,2010. ^ ^ >* , -J, “ Faculty Nominee/Dept.: ______• 4 rm Nominator/Address: ______Signature of Nominator: - 4 bdrm Nominator (circle one): Alumni Student Faculty Call; 1 Faculty nominations for the Colleges of Humanities Social Sciences and Sciences & Technology .should ^ be sent to: Brent Carbajal, Dean, College of Humanities & ScKial Sciences, MS 9099. Nominations for ^ Bonnie - 360.319.1375 • David - 360.319.0898 I other Colleges should be sent to: Brian Burton, Dean. College of Business & Economics. MS 9072. • I ',1 ’ •■ -s>~ ^ •4*w«-^4ir~ _ '* jt fe'- * ■ - / itea/^H^ •j-:;’r-::-r-5'- Tv:.:H^''''^'-'=:-l. -."..X'--' . -a. . 3>.^# -^-^V=E3 ■■»>’ ■' ^r- ■'9V. westernfrontonline.net I Friday • February 19,2010 ARTS & LIFE I 11 ^■r-^^'f'" ...... , -o... • <--.'^- itSSSSS ■'v : -v. _ •• -5-. 5te»!.?:<..J5?S-' ■ ,-.i t: vs*'..: • , . * „ =5. . v-^- • ■ ^-' -V.-V■ . To read a Q&A about Benitez's -.;o..- ■ ' Vr-v"^- '■--jliiS? movie, "Tibet: Murder in the Snow," *J ** — :^£ 3 ,*■> gotowesternfrontonline.net -:■ X, ■' -r-- vT- : Brittany Forney | WF tfTo me, being such a sick little kid, climbing in the mountains seemed like walking on the moon,” Benitez said. “It seemed so foreign and so wild; it captured my imagination and ifThis is huge! We just witnessed a country, a government, murder refugees in cold blood. has pretty much held it to this day.” We just witnessed an act of genocide.” Benitez upheld a regimen of indoor swimming to strengthen his lungs, as the chlorine This was the thought going through Luis Benitez’s mind when he saw Chinese soldiers and other chemicals reduced the allergen content by making the air denser. The doctors also shooting at a group of Tibetan refugees trying to flee the country into Nepal at the summif of recommended higher altitudes, so he spent many summers in Quito, Ecuador, where his father Cho Oyu in the Himalayas. is from, and where the altitude is 9,000 feet and higher in surrounding areas. By the time he Benitez, a severely asthmatic “bubble boy” turned professional moun was 10 or 11 years old Benitez could start going outside, although he still taineer guide, is the central focus of “Tibet: Murder in the Snow,” a film had to be careful and live with his inhaler by his side. playing at the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival, covering the Sep Benitez conquered his first big summit, Cotopaxi in Ecuador, when tember 2006 incident. he was 16 years old. Cotopaxi is a glaciated, 19,340-foot peak nestled in Despite the asthma that kept Benitez isolated his entire childhood, he the Andes Mountains, and the second highest summit in South America. has gone on to triumph Mount Everest six times and holds the record for Benitez compared high-altitude mountaineering to someone trying ■«!»• - most consecutive Mount Everest climbs—four times in four years. to run a marathon while breathing through a straw. h%^s He has also mastered six of the Seven Summits, the highest mountains “When you grow up with an illness like asthma, you’re used to ■ .1-' ■ >^T Ife-*■-. . ’ ■ * ■. > ■ h on each of the continents. The remaining summit, Carstensz Pyramid in it; that’s what your daily life is like when you’re walking up a flight of z'-t^ • . ‘■ Indonesia, is on the agenda for this coming year, permit issues allowing. stairs,” Benitez said. But scaling mountains and guiding rigorous high-altitude expeditions Benitez holds high reverence to Mount Everest and personifies it as hasn’t always been an option for Benitez. Bom and raised in St. Louis, a “she,” based on the Buddhist belief that an all-giving, all-knowing god Benitez spent his early years mostly indoors, confined to his bedroom due dess lives on top of the mountain. to severe asthma and allergies. “Everest is a living, breathing mountain that demands a lot of re ' “It \Vas pretty fhuch’a childhood of isolation,” Benitez recalled. spect,” Benitez said. “[It’s] one of the most amazing, beautiful and dan Benitez said he maintained as normal a childhood as he could and had gerous places on the planet.” friends to play with, but he couldn’t do the same things they could. photo courtesy of Luis Benitez Benitez said his grandfather also played a significant role in expos Going outside was not much of an option, with the exception of win Professional mountaineer guide Luis ing him to the outdoors as soon as he was well enough. ter when pollen and allergen counts were lower. Benitez. “My mother likes to say, ‘We had a hard time getting you outside During his time of confinement, Benitez lost himself in the stacks of when you were a kid but once you could go outside, you never really came National Geographic magazines his dad collected in his home office. back inside,”’ Benitez said. Benitez said he was seven or eight years old when he stumbled upon a 1963 edition fea That statement has held true up to this point. turing the first American expedition to. Mount Everest. In that exact moment, he had found “It’s one of those things that you never know where life’s going to take you II his calling. Benitez said. r,-> *f9=^ -i'S V"-- :-'- '- President Bruce Shepard has announced that the Faculty Outstanding Service Award, which includes a $1,500 VVWU Foundation fund, has again been made possible by the VVWU Foundation. The award recognizes a faculty member who has made outstanding efforts to serve and enrich the intellectual vitality of the campus and the broader community. These service-focused contributions may include ser\^ice to the university, service-learning pro mxmmmi grams, outreach programs to the local and broader community, and service to the profes sion. ^;" V. The following criteria and policies are used for selection: READY TO SHARE • No person shall receive this a\vard more than once. • Only winners will be announced. Candidates' names shad not be published. ADVENTURES • Tenure is not a requirement, but candidates must be full-time faculty members. Visiting It: WITH SOMEONE faculty are not eligible. - . cppriAT+- • Nominees will be asked if they wish to be considered, and, if so, will be required to - .■ J,'r^ 'a^‘ O JL JLji Vt I/li.Ju a submit supporting materials to the evaluation committee. 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X-XWX ••• Business ^ Economics, MS 9072 •-.rV ' :353^-v' -*' ' '**- "»5V- i-r* H S'-- ' s'^^fe3jf,_ ■■ , ■v-i-"... r"^=f- ~^'-' ' •A*?:*-«"*^-' ,-rX X7^ ' V • '^r - V- / , :-^rr: "»• "V ’* ~,3f*»-'«>>- , «S, See more online at ^A„- ,JS<3 w ww.westernfrontonline .net 12 I Friday • February 19,20101 The Western Front Viking Voices Opinions from around campus Letter to What sustainable Opinions of the Editorial Board the editor measures would Pursue productivity, you like to see Proposed refund open to abuse not social gluttony in on-campus he Associated Students poses quite a dilemma. When attempting to justify the value and No matter how loosely the AS gov moral necessity of air sex, the Western Front dining? Board of Directors delayed erns the use of campaign reimbursement Editorial Board presents a narrow choice to i compiled by Julie Franz dollars, that money will be awarded to its readers: sex or violence. However, repre voting on a measure to reimburse candidates with strings attached, mean sentations of violence (especially those inher V - >'■ f ing the AS must approve of how candi ently addictive, such as exploitative pornog * AS election candidates for $100 of dates design their campaigns. This does raphy), are not an effective, healthy means of " , 'i:-‘ not sound conducive to a free, open cam promoting dialogue. r their campaign expenses Wednes paigning atmosphere. In the spirit of thinking outside the ‘sex By offering to reimburse two-thirds or violence’ box, I propose a few other choic day evening. of a candidate's campaign expenses, the es for readers to consider: humanity, peace, AS invites all eligible students to attempt compassion, generosity. Instead of going This measure would modify the cur to pull a fast one, thus the AS must find out to see a fake penis spew tapioca pudding, rent election code and allow those who a way to"guard against abuses. This task ^ve the $25 you would have spent on drinks run for AS offices to get back some of the is not possible without stifling campaign to the poor. Serve dinner at the Lighthouse money they spend on their campaigns. freedom and innovation. Mission, rally for peace, organize a fundrais Abiola Akanni -r Morgan Holmgren, the vice president for The AS cannot expect to improve their er for Haitians, write a letter to the governor Senior Governmental Affairs, said this measure candidates' campaigns by paying for the opposing the death penalty, research the pro would level the financial playing field and majority of their expenses. Such financial posed budget cuts that will kick 75,000 low- "I guess more organic food would be allow students from diverse economic control comes too close to a conflict of in income students out of college. nice, healthier choices, less backgrounds to run for office. terest for this Editorial Board's comfort. Fix your minds on purposeful, produc expensive choices,'^ Financially leveling the playing field The idea of getting more people in tive endeavors such as ethics, philosophy, is one goal, however another goal is to im volved in AS elections is noble, but with rehgion, activism, music. Renounce the glut prove campaigns in order to attract more out strict enforcement the potential for tony of this society that has gone mad on vio student votes and more student involve abuse of student funds is huge. With that lence and sex. No wonder the Muslim world -V- S5* 3S'‘^. ‘.» ■ ■•’->!-- • , “-4 ., * ment in the AS. strict enforcement comes the destruction disdains us: we can be a disgusting and vul You're probably asking, 'If I run for of creativity. The board of directors must gar society. r-£^- ».■•''•:.f^>^;. jr\.f:-W'- ■-■-.'*>.'•—'■•''4* office, the AS will buy me anything I want either find a way to carefully balance po To the WF Editorial Board, I say: give ' ~-J i'” as long as I call it a campaign expense?' tential abuse of reimbursement money me a break! To all readers who are Christian, The answer is yes, unless the AS can and campaign freedom or entirely do I say: give up air sex for Lent, sell your pos develop some way of ensuring you can't away with their attempt at campaign fi sessions, shed your weak wOls, and follow abuse the use of student dollars. nance control. the compassionate, nonviolent Jesus. Devote The Editorial Board struggled to de your energies to the uplift of humanity, not its velop such a process, only to find that bal The Editorial Board is comprised of degradation. Ami Blodgett ancing a candidate's right to run a creative, Editor in Chief Nicholas Johnson, Man Junior original campaign with the AS Board's aging Editor Katie Greene and Opinion Marie Marchand need to ensure proper use of student funds Editor Tristan Hiegler. Bellingham, Wash. T-. * '7 would like to see more whole wheat op tions, less white flour. And I think that the Atrium does a good job as far as sorting out ways to use compost, sorting out plas Fraudulant psychic fails suffenhg families tics, but I would like to see more bins cent. But her accuracy regarding all 25 her predictions. of those around the campus. ” of the solved criminal cases for which she Unfortunately, Browne is still in made recorded predictions is zero percent; business. While she enjoys less media she was wrong 25 out of 25 times. exposure due to the cancellation of “The For anyone not familiar with Browne, Montel Williams Show” in 2008, Browne the 74-year-old convicted felon has been still pumps out books and drags her cig- giving $850 psychic readings and writ arette-smoke-tamished visage to personal ing books on the paranormal for decades. appearances all across the country. Browne holds a special place in my I find it increasingly hard to believe Jeremy Schwqrtz [ WF Columnist heart—well, some part of my body—be that despite failure after numerous failure -T. -r. •' '' - cause she was the first and most famous Browne still has legions of fans that keep The most recent issue of Skepti “psychic” with whom I became familiar her employed. The 25 cases on which she cal Inquirer contains an article I’ve been as a burgeoning skeptic in high school. was dead wrong not only speak volumes {^f- waiting to see for a long time. The article Fortunately, Browne’s more dramatic about her 'ability,' they also caused undue Kyrie von Erffa consists of a complete list of all the crimi failures of the past decade have had some harm to at least 25 families whose only Junior nal cases on which alleged psychic Sylvia play in the national media. fault was putting too much tmst in some Browne has consulted. Perhaps the most well-known fail one who promised them answers. '7 Dining Services should focus on Of 115 cases for which record exists ure on Browne’s part made national news We cannot blame the families who local and organic food and seasonal food regarding Browne’s predictions on the in 2007. On a 2003 broadcast of “The seek help from Browne or any psychic as well—fall food in the fall, spring food case, she was wrong on every single one Montel Williams Show,” the parents promising things she or he cannot deliver. in the spring—maybe get it from local of them. of 15-year-old Shawn Hombeck asked Desperate times unfortunately call for des farmers. The Farmers Market Browne claims her own accuracy rate Browne where their missing son could be perate measures, and psychics are often is always good." to be somewhere between 85 and 90 per found. Browne told Hombeck’s parents the only course left for families seeking on national TV that information about a missing loved one. The invaders at the 2010 Hombeck was dead. Instead, the blame here lies squarely Winter OLYMPICS: Fortunately for his in the laps of the money-hungry perfor parents, Hombeck was mance artists who would gladly sell their found very much alive humanity for a few hundred dollars and 15 in 2007, after having minutes of fame. Browne and her kind are been missing for four predators of human misery, and it is up to years. Anderson Coo all of us to shine the bright light of critical per, a correspondent thinking and skepticism upon their shady for CNN, discussed the business practices. story on his show soon after Hombeck wa^ Jeremy Schwartz is a Western senior found and provided a majoring in journalism and minoring in refreshingly skeptical philosophy and Latin. Contact him at west- -1 view of Browne and [email protected] See more online at v' www.westernfrontonlinejiet fc. i ’* Friday • February 19,20101 The Western Front 113 title hope slips Matchup of nationally ranked teams comes down to last shot, men lose 67-65 Andrew Lang | WF and our scoring was lower because of it.” Western’s 65-point night was 14 Down 67-65 with three seconds left points lower than their season average of in the game, Western senior guard Der 79 points per game. rick Webb came off a screen, set up for The Vikings came out sluggish in the a game-winning 3-pointer, released the second half and found themselves down shot, watched the ball rattle in and out of 48-36 with 15 minutes left in the game. the basket and saw Western’s shot at back- Webb converted a layup that ignited a to-back conference championships all but 23-9 Western run in the ensuing 10 min disappear as the Vikings fell to the Seattle utes of the second half. Anderson capped Pacific University Falcons 67-65 Thurs off the Vikings' run with an emphatic day night in Seattle. dunk that gave Western a 59-57 lead with “We had a set play coming out of a five minutes and 34 seconds left. timeout,” Webb said. “I thought it was go “We were able to maintain focus on ing in, I think the entire crowd thought the defense,” Anderson said of the second shot was going in, but it went in and out.” half run. “We found the open guy who The 21 St-ranked Vikings, looking to was hot and they just made their shots.” exact revenge on the llth-ranked Falcons The next four minutes of the game saw for a previous 73-66 loss in Bellingham four lead changes as both Seattle Pacific and Jan. 21, didn’t have enough down the Western, determined to grab GNAC suprem stretch^ despite a 23-9 run in the second acy, answered each other again and again. half to erase a 12-point deficit. Thanks to a Blanche jumper. Big The critical loss had major pjayoff Blue found themselves up 65-62 with two implications, and dropped Western’s re minutes and 11 seconds left in the game cord to 22-5 overall and 9-4 in the Great and appeared poised to even the season Northwest Athletic Conference. The Fal series up at 1-1. Then Deja vu struck. Just cons win improved their conference mark as the Vikings lost to Seattle Pacific in to 10-1 and now hold a two game lead Bellingham, Western’s shooting went ice over the Vikings with only three games cold down the stretch. remaining in the regular season. Seattle Pacific’s Larrieu converted Webb had 16 points in the close loss. a layup to cut the Viking’s lead to 65-64 Senior guard Morris Anderson and senior with one minute and 32 seconds left. Webb forward Zach Bruce had 12 points each turned the ball over in the ensuing posses and rounding out the double digit Viking sion and Seattle Pacific then turned to ju ^ photos by Alex Roberts | WF scorers was reserve sophomore forward nior forward Ryan Sweet to sew things up Rory Blanche, who had 11 points m the from the charity stripe for the Falcons. Western senior Zach Bruce puts up a layup for two of his 12 points In the loss against Seattle Pacific University. Bruce also pulled down five rebounds In the game. contest. Following Webb’s turnover. Sweet The first half was a back and forth was fouled with 44 seconds remaining and Bruce said. “It bounced off the rim and the of repeating as conference champions in game. Neither Western nor Seattle Pacific knocked down two clutch free throws to SPU fans went nuts.” serious jeopardy. They are now two games was able to extend a lead. The Vikings put the Falcons up by one point. Anderson Sweet found the win especially re behind Seattle Pacific with three games re jumped out to a quick 11-6 lead in the missed a subsequent jumper then fouled warding as he was recruited by Western maining. Despite the disappointing loss, opening five minutes; but the Falcons re Sweet to put him on the line again. Sweet his sophomore year, but didn’t make the Western is still in the thick of the race for sponded with a 29-15 run in the following converted one of two, giving the Falcons team due to lack of roster space. playoff positioning. 13 minutes capturing their biggest lead of a 67-65 lead, but left the Vikings with a “They’re a real good team,” Sweet “It’s tough, we’re all disappointed,” the first half, 35-26. The Vikings scored chance to win the game with 13 seconds left. said. “I’ve had the two games circled on Webb said. “We just got to get this one out the final five points of the half and took a After a timeout the Vikings set up a my schedule for a while now.” of our heads. We can’t dwell, we just need 35-31 deficit into the break thanks to an play to give Viking leading scorer Webb a The loss leaves the Vikings' chances to move on.” Anderson 3-pointer. chance to win the game. Webb got open, “They didn’t really stop us on of but it wasn’t meant to be as Webb watched fense,” Bruce said. “They’d use up the en his shot rattle in and out. SEE PHOTOS/VIDEO OF THE GAME tire shot clock, they’re a very sound team “Everyone thought it was going in,” www.westernfrontonline.net *' :1 —v"" ^** »_3- '«■-•?■" 4 r* f-W ,7^'- ':,r ; 4s:a ^ ' --" 1’ r \ U?S J _r y- 'Sr s. ,.*% . ‘".s';*: .i»: 14 I SPORTS Friday • February 19,20101 The Western Front ?SiSi, 0* ^ ^ S;. -«S^ Quarterstaff strikes Western Fencing club coach introduces, teaches medieval weapon fighting style Sarah Richardson I WF as Allen’s students. Western’s quarterstaff group has Two Western students stand face to grown to six students with Allen and face. Each holds a seven-foot staff and Spurlock as instmctors. stands ready to attack. Each waits for a Spurlock said he likes how unpredict hint of the other’s next move. able quarterstaff fighting can be. He said The coach’s words ring in their ears, quarterstaff is measured blow for blow* “Every attack has a defense. Every de and, unlike fencing, there are no scores— fense has a counter attack. Every counter just stories to tell. has another counter.” “It’s only a giant stick, but you never Every Sunday at 2 p.m. a handful of know what the other guy is going to do with students and their instructor can be found it,” he said. “In fencing there’s no wrestling, on Western’s soccer fields practicing quar but in staff, if you can close in on your op terstaff, the ancient art of stick fighting. ponent you can grapple [with them], throw Quarterstaff is a European martial art [them] over your shoulder, or throw [them] dating back to the 1500s. down on the ground. There’s no judge.” The sport is named for its weapon, Sophomore Aaron Mortensen said the quarterstaff, a wooden pole that mea while fencing is about mles and etiquette, sures an inch and five-eighths around and quarterstaff is about learning to stay alive. up to eight feet long. The quarterstaff can “There are basic maneuvers and then be wielded from one end to get the entire you can learn more complicated combi range of the staff, or from the middle in nations of moves,” Mortensen said. "You what is called “half staff’ position. can block most things that are coming at Western Fencing Club coach Michael you, but you have to know what your op Allen, who has been fencing for more than ponent is going to do before they do it.” 25 years, said he started learning quarter- Western junior Laura Converse said staff by using the fencing footwork he she joined after Mortensen, her boyfriend, knew and making up his own moves. told her about the group. Three years ago, Western senior Dan “It’s a good way to spend time togeth Spurlock found out Allen had experience er-fighting,” Mortensen said about prac with weaponry other than fencing foil and ticing with Converse. “She’s pretty bmtal.” asked to be taught quarterstaff. Unlike fencing, the quarterstaff group “I started learning in [Allen’s] back is not an official Associated Students club. yard,” Spurlock said. “He showed me Allen said he’s not sure he wants to create a some of the basics that he knew and now club unless he had more instmctors to help we are learning side by side.” him. He said his hands are full with the six Though Allen did some reading and students he is currently working with. research into the use of quarterstaff, he said Until then. Converse said she likes most of what he learned about quarterstaff the reactions when people see them with came from sparring sessions with Spurlock. their quarterstaffs. The quarterstaff was used extensively “It’s funny to be walking somewhere during combat in England until the 15th with my quarterstaff and people ask, photo by Sarah Richardson | WF century, but with the invention of modem ‘Whsit are you doing with those curtain Western sophomore Aaron Mortensen, left, practices a strike with student instructor Dan fighting methods and tools, quarterstaff is rods?”’ Converse said. “And we say, ‘Oh, Spurlock, a Western senior. preserved only among small groups such we’re going to fight with them.’- r* !i1aiiifliaiven all amtumi nonfat frozen yogurt Authentic Mexican Cuisine 202 East Holly StuUe riO Smoke Sliop Ifiext to Downtown Borges & Browf Tacos • Tortas • Seafood 734-5459 Tobaccos • CigarettM k and so much more! Belliiighaiii Family Health Clinic Lmv Access to Healthcare You Need irmADVEDTISEl w ■■i Im I I ■■■i a Have your cat vacation t^^02 36th Sf.,* Sehome Village with us and be guilt free! 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Western junior Colin Moy punched in the Warthogs lone try of the contest—and the weekend—when he scored midway through the second half. For the not-so-die-hard rugby fans, a try is similar to a touchdown and is worth five points. It is followed by a conversion, similar to the point-after in American foot _■ ball, and is worth two points. Brown said the team played more aggressively against Colorado and they were able to give playing time to their entire roster. Though not at California’s level, Colorado is formi dable in its own regard. They are a perennial national title contender and are currently ranked in the top 15. Foster said his team’s expectations were modest .■m .l-T'^T- when they came down to Las Vegas to play California. “We didn’t expect to come down here and beat them; . "-J their program is too far along and they are too talented,” Foster said. “We wanted to expose our guys and immerse them in the culture of a great rugby team.” photo by Katie Greene | WF Western junior Colin Moy, shown here making a tackle against Chuckanut Bay Feb. 6, was the lone Warthog to score a try at The Warthogs participate in Division II of the Pacific the Las Vegas Invitational Feb. 13 and 14 when he scored in the second half against University of Colorado. Northwest Rugby Union Collegiate, while Colorado and California play in Division I. Men's rugby defeated by two top Division I teams at “We are playing Division I teams to better prepare us for our regular season games; it should make us superior,” Las Vegas Invitational, feel more prepared for season Jensen said. The victories over the Warthogs extend undefeated When you play the best, like California, you learn from them.99 Willy Delius | WF *> streaks for both opponents. Colorado improves to 3-0 on California was able to jump out to an early lead, capi the season, while California has raced out to a 15-0 start. -s' ■ Sometimes a good beating is exactly what a team needs. talizing on mistakes committed by the less-experienced “The competition was an eye-opener,” Brown said. That’s exactly what Western’s men’s mgby team, the Wart- Warthogs. By halftime, they were up 70-0. The Warthogs play one more exhibition match at home hogs, got this weekend and it is the way they are looking at it. Western assistant coach Craig Brown said his team’s against the Valley Wallabies, a club team made up of players The University of Califomia-Berkeley routed the performance in the first half wasn’t as good as they would 23 years old and younger, before starting its regular season. Warthogs to the tune of 99-0 in Western’s first game of the have liked; however, they played a better second half— The following weekend on Feb. 27, the Warthogs Las Vegas Invitational rugby tournament on Feb. 13. The holding the Golden Bears to 29 points. open their league schedule with a match against Eastern Warthogs played again the following day against Univer California has won 24 of the last 30 collegiate rugby na Washington University. They were upset by Eastern dur sity of Colorado-Boulder and suffered a 19-7 defeat. tional championships—an accomphshment analogous to the ing fall play and are looking to avenge the defeat. The losses left the Warthogs winless on their Las Ve dominant Celtics teams of the ‘60s. They have also forged a “They beat us by a few a couple months ago so we would gas road trip and dropped their out-of-conference record fledging pipeline of putting players on the U.S . National Team. really like to get even with them when it counts,” Foster said. to 0-2 for the 2010 season. “It is hard to play teams with so much experience Jensen said more than vengeance is on his mind at - "4- > -',,v %. ■, XV Western head coach Corky Foster said the losses are hum- and such a long, successful history,” Western senior Brian this point in the season. bhng, but his team is focused on more than the scoreboard. 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I just hope everybody else can,” when he once said ”A million guys can should do all they can to inform society about McGwire said. dunk a basketball in jail; should they be the dangers of making the same mistake. Here’s the problem: just because Mc role models?” but what Barkley failed to When former basebaU player Jose Can Gwire admitted to his steroid use doesn’t realize is that, as a public figure, he had a seco admitted steroid use and wrote a book in mean the problem is dealt with. significant influence on the lives of youth 2005 about his experiences, many were an According to a 2005 report by the Na everywhere; so does McGwire as well as gered that he accused former players of ste Jeff Twining | WF Columnist tional Institute on Drug Abuse, when McG billionaire golfer Tiger Woods. roid use. Although he may have been in it for, wire and Sosa hit aU those homeruns in 1998, the money, he helped expose the ‘Steroid Era’ The summer of 1998 is a cherished 68 percent of high school seniors perceived IIIn today’s world, when in baseball and has thus improved the game. time in my childhood. I had just finished steroid use as harmful. In 2005, the year Con athletes make mistakes Canseco was one of the first to openly fifth grade and my brothers and I had taken gress held a special hearing on steroid use in talk about steroid use and offered full disclo up competitive wiffle-ball baseball in our professional baseball and McGwire said he everything occurs on a sure on the topic, hence accepting his past backyard emulating the stars who were wasn’t there to talk about his past, that num national scale. Following and trying to improve the future through ac competing for the Major League Baseball ber was down to just 56.8 percent. tion. The funny thing is, amidst all the criti single-season homerun record. It is estimated that between 3 and 3.5 those mistakes, athletes cism, nearly every steroids claim Canseco Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa, or percent of all high school seniors use ste should take it upon them has made has turned out to be true. ’Big Mac’ and ’Slammin’ Sammy,’ held the roids as well as approximately 2.5 percent selves to become the What kind of message does it send interest of an entire nation as they battled, of all lOth-graders. One of the biggest when McGwire cheats to get ahead (al game after game, to see who could finish the stars in professional sports admitted to face of the Issue." though he claims the steroids helped him re year with more homeruns and perhaps break steroid use, but instead of using his past to cover from injuries and did not improve his Roger Maris’s 37-year record of 61. better the future, McGwire said he hoped Today, Woods finally addressed the massive physique) and then, after admitting Entering the 11th season since that epic the problem will just go away. media after three months of silence follow his wrong doing 11 years later, is welcomed competition, the ‘Summer of 1998’ can now So, to every professional athlete who ing his Thanksgiving-night car accident. back to baseball with open arms? be considered the ‘Summer of Steroids.’ In makes the decision to cheat their sport (or It wasn’t the crash itself that sent Woods As McGwire deals with his steroid ad 2003, Sosa tested positive for performance on their wife for that matter) here’s my into hiding, it was the events that followed: mission and tries to forget the past. Woods enhancing drugs and on Jan. 12, 2010 take: just because you admit wrongdoing reports of as many as 13 mistresses and a is hoping to repair his image and look to McGwire confessed he had used steroids and half-heartedly apologize for making reported trip to a sex rehab clinic. ward the future. Whatever way either man throughout his influential 16-year career. a mistake, the situation is not instantly re Hopefully Woods doesn’t just think chooses to deal with their mistakes one Now, McGwire is back with his old solved. If you are truly remorseful for your whatever message he delivers will make thing is certain: they both need to accept team, the St. Louis Cardinals, as their hitting action, accept responsibility for your past everything OK. Woods has said he will not the past and work to improve the future. coach and is hoping his confession and apol and use your influence to better the future. answer questions, which is interesting be It starts with an apology, but ends ogy is sufficient enough to repair his image. In a self-written 1993 Nike commer cause as one of the biggest sports figures in with action. According to a New York Times arti cial, Charles Barkley declared he was not the world, questioning is unavoidable. cle, when McGwire was asked by the media a role model. A standout basketball player In today’s world, when athletes make Jeff Twining was a four-year member how long he’d have to deal with the steroids for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns mistakes everything occurs on a national scale. of the Western football team and is a jour issue he turned the response on the media. and Houston Rockets, Charles Barkley Following those mistakes, athletes should take nalism and communication doubtelhajor. “That’s up to you guys. Listen, I’ve wasn’t seeing the bigger picture. it upon themselves to become the face of the To reach Jeff, e-mail front.sportscolumn® accepted responsibility. I’m ready to He may have been on the right track issue. If what they did was wrong then they gmail.com. THI^8 B 11 1PLACE WBlMiBmWILL IVNEVtR Bmm W Imh 8 8 LET YOU GO < LEONARDO DiCAPRIO J. SALE SATURDAY AT 10AM MY MORNING JACKET r MASSIVE ATTACK I PAVEMENT / WEEN I VAMPIRE WEEKEND IMGMT BAND OF HORSES ? 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