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Volume 6, Issue No. 4 Thursday, February 4, 1988 Central Washington University Ellensburg, Washington Reckless rider tries to fly. • .fails By ROBERT SORBO Staff Writer A CWU student was thrown from his motorcycle early Saturday morning, after , attempting to jump a gravel mound in a student parking lot at Cen­ tral. Jeff Krueger, 19, received facial lacerations and was knocked uncon­ cious for a short time as a result of the accident. The accident occurred just east of Nicholson Pavilion in Flot of stu­ dent parking. Jeff Duff and another friend of Krueger's who witnessed the accident, had just pulled into the parking lot when they heard Krueger's motorcycle start up. ''I told him (Krueger) it was not . a good idea,'' said . Duff. Krueger though, who was intoxicated and described by Duff as ''going about 50 mph" attempted the jump. "The next thing I knew everyone was running over there," said Duff. Krueger was thrown about 30 or 40 feet after he hit the jump, with the motorcycle landing on top of him. Duff and others covered him with blankets until the ambulance arrived. Krueger was taken to Kittitas Valley Community Hospital for treatment and held overnight for observation. A Campus Police spokesperson said that Krueger, who was not wearing a helmet, will be charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) and reckless WRECK - A campus policeman and two onlookers survey the twisted motorcycle driving. ridden by a Central student early last Saturday morning. Single parents make adjustments to college life community college to a four year col­ mosphere, younger students acting career. As a college graduate, she will By KELLEY R. ~OOD lege or university is generally not a more maturely when she is there, ex­ make $12,800 annually as a full time Staff Writer smooth passage. plains James. working woman--only $6,600 more Many good women and a few good ''The process of registration alone "However, she is nearly always than if she merely completed elemen­ men make up what is known as the nearly sends her packing,'' said James. tired,'' she added. Mornings are for tary school. This is in sharp contrast to ''Women's Task Force.'' This is a group But she knows that she cannot quit. school and afternoons for work. Even­ their male counterparts who average whose goals are to make inspirational Statistics are against her. Families head­ ings are reserved for cooking, cleaning close to $15,000 simply by completing women, make women more visible, ed by women are six times more likely and a quest for quality time with the · high school. and then make them available to all as to be poor than those headed by men. kids. Once they are in bed, study Although women make up 50.3 per­ role models. However, a woman as a single parent begins. cent of the population1 they lack any The meeting last Thursday primarily that graduates from college is seven This takes discipline. However, even significant representation in the areas of revolved around adult women students times more likely to e~ude the poverty a disciplined person has no time for the policy making and high paid positions. and their experiences as single parents line ... The choices are few. unexpected. Her mother falls ill 600 In order to open doors to our future, trying to obtain degrees. Despite her- responsibilities, or miles away, her oldest son gets in trou­ colleges must continue to open doors Mary James, the guest speaker, ven­ perhaps because of them, she is more ble at schooli or less dramatically, the for women students as well as tured to the outskirts of Ellensburg to disciplined and focused than the kids need new shoes. She must find a minorities and the disabled. start new horizons by obtaining her younger students. Though her skills way to manage. Again the alternatives James said, "It is very important that masters degree. James was more for­ may be rusty, she compensates with are bleak. tunate than others--she had a husband diligence, thoughtfulness, and a wealth So what can she expect for the future? to share the burden. Many women are of experience that has come to her Statistics taken from a 1977 study · Please see Mary page 4 not as fortunate. without her awareness. Her presence show these results: Making the transition from a small compliments the classroom at- At age 37 a woman is at the peak of her ' The CWU Men's swim team exten ded their Dr. Frank Cioffi, a rJ) NEWS 3 unbeaten streak to 22 ~ rJ) For Kyle, life is still a ~ CWU English professor, meets with wins over Q kick, despite the fact he spent three years Whitman and Highline tests positive for AIDS. z teaching in Gdansk, CC. The defending na- ~ SCENE 7 This Central student Poland. Dr. Cioffi was ~ tional cham ps and the rJ) ~ relates his feelings about the recipient of a 0 national runner-up school and comtemplates prestigious Fullbright Wildcat women tankers ~ (.) Grant. He plans to ~ z SPORTS 12 his future with the travel to the University of ~ z disease. UJ publish the journals he rJ) . Washington this weekend kept while in Poland. for .the Washington State Open. - ' Page 2 - The Observer Thursday, February 4, 1988 EDITORIAL Apathy: ·I'm guHty; are you? to this matter because I don't care. By WREN D. WOHLGEMUTHJR I would venture to say that not many people do care about the elections, Editor which is a shame. The habits we learn now {or don't learn} will carry over to our adult They're back! . lives, even if we refuse to grow up. Voting is just one of those habits that Those caped crusaders of student government. Those of us that take the most don't learn. effort, however futile, to right the wrongs of bureaucracy in higher educa­ Personally, I have voted in every single election in the five years I have tion. been a student here. I can't tell you who I voted for or for what reasons I Pardon me if I stifle a yawn. voted for that person, but the point is that I took 2 minutes out of my busy I must admit that I have a terrible attitude towards student government. schedule once a year to perpetuate student government at Central In high school, I was both sophomore class president and senior class Washington University. · . president. Adding that time up, I figure I spent no more than 10 minutes voting in We thought that the changes we made would be in use forever, or at the past five years. least long enough to be remembered. Not so, I discovered recently. For those ofyou hooked on The Andy Griffith Show and other mindless Some of the things that we introduced just five years ago have already comedies shown in the afternoon, I would suggest taking on a little ex­ been abandoned by the people who followed us. periment-on March 3, get a couple of friends and go to the voting booths Also, we were naive enough to think that what we changed was really on campus. Vote for the longest name, or vote for ~he girls on the ballot. important. Wait, you don't even have to take "your" time to do this. The only problem in that way of thinking is that the next group of stu­ You can actually vote in both dining halls, as well as the SUB. Imagine dent leaders may not feel as strongly about a certain subject; hence their that. attentions are turned to other matters of burning importance, such as They've made it so easy for you take part in our society. just before you Senior Parking (we never did get that. What a pisser!}. partake ofthat Burger O' the Day at Tunstall, take a second {roughly sixty I see the same case here at Central-every year, we have new student or seventy} and vote. leaders that have great ideas {whatever happened to the cash machine?}, Dadgummit, it is the very least you can do. but they always .run into some snafu, invariably because they run out of Actually, the very least you could do is not vote, but doing so would only time. perpetuate the myth among our elders that the youth of today is Look at it this way-roughly one-third of their term in office occurs dur­ degenerating. ing the summer, a time when most of us refuse to think ofanything impor­ Are we really? tant (especially those poor Mariner fans). Why not adjust the schedule of One measurement will be the final results of the elections. events leading to student government offices? You have two opportunities: the Primary election on February 17, Can't be that difficult, after all we're college students and the student followed by the General election on March 3. government is for the students, correct? If there is a fXJOr turnout, then I will declare that the youth of today is Of course, blaming the problem$ of our student governme~t on the tim­ rapidly degenerating.