The Observer Central Washington University

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NEWS SCENE SPORTS I I ••lllitill Thursday, April ll, 1991 Central Washington University Vol. 9 No. oo-rq Voter turnout loW" for priID.aries by Jill Johnson into full swing next week." senior majoring in communi Staff reporter Bertrand is also looking ahead cations; andKarinaKuhlmeier, to the general election. 21, ajunior majoringin public Tuesday's primary election, "I want to congratulate all relations. narrowing the field of candi the applicants for ~xercising Simmons received 270 votes dates running for the offices of their deserved rights to be a and Kuhlmeiertrailed with 123 vice president for political af voice of the students. Thank votes. fairs, and director at large, you to all the students that "It's a great feeling to know representative to faculty sen voted and next week I hope that I was the students num Primary winners, from left: Karina Kuhlmeier, Bryce Seibel, there will be more students ber one choice," Simmons said. ate, is over. Chip Simmons. (Photo of Robert Bertrand unavailable} In the April 18 general elec expressing their opinions "I'd like to thank everyon~ for tion the two candidates run- ert Bertrand, 21, a junior ma "I feel very exhilarated and I through their vote," he said. their continued support as we . ning for the position of vice joring in pre-law. would like to thank people for For director at large, repre head toward the general elec presideD;t for political affairs Seibel led the primary with their support, it's really sentative to faculty senate the tion." are Bryce Seibel, 21, a senior 312 votes followed by Bertrand helped," Seibel said. "I'm anx remaining candidates are: majoring in physics; and Rob- who received 186 votes. ious to see the campaigns get John "Chip" Simmons, 21, a See ELECTIONS I pg. 2 Disabled student bill passes committee by Jonathan Modle Managing editor State legislators have had mixed emotions this session on a variety of bills that propose increasing access for disabled students at the state's higher education institutions. The two remaining House bills floating around in the Senate last week were whittled down to just one - House Bill 1976, BlCYCLISTS BE AWARE:. which proposes the state Campus police, having Higher Education Coordinat dealt with two serious ing Board form a committee to bike accidents in the last increase access on college cam two weeks, are seeking to puses for disabled students. make both the malls and The bill, sponsored by Rep. the bike paths safer. See Val Ogden, D-Vancouver, a story about a raise in the member of the House Higher speed limit for bikes on Education Committee, is cur page 3. rently in the Senate Rules Amanda Tudor!fhe Observer See LAWMAKER I pg. 2 Central Marine survives Gulf War explosion ~nel Narvaez, a member ofYakima's Bravo Unit, will likely receive a Silver Star for bravery by Kenneth Rudd In a telephone interview, Narvaez' fa Washington state Congressman Sid Staff reporter "The first 72 hours of ther, Bobby Narvaez of Bremerton, said Morrison proposed last month that his son told him he had to take over Bravo Company be awarded a presi Central freshman Amel G. Narvaez, the blitzkrieg•.• attack driving the other tank because the dential unit citation for its role in the a member of the Yakima-based Marine was a test of our endur driver had injured his arm on the tank's war. Bobby Narvaez said the Marine tank battalion Bravo Company, the ance and will to live, gun turret. Corps told him his son would likely most decorated unit during the Persian In a letter to The Observer dated receive a Silver Star for bravery. GulfWar,.escapeddeath when the tank but all of us March 10, Narvaez downplayed the Narvaez, in his letter , described his he was driving hit an anti-tank mine pulled through... " incident, saying "I'm glad I didn't eat a feelings about going into battle: during the liberation of Kuwait. heavy breakfast that morning." "We were one of the first American First Sgt. Randy Wilcox, Bravo Com Bravo Company has been credited units to engage and destroy the Iraqi pany spokesman, said Lance Cpl. -Arnel Narvaez with destroying 119 Iraqi vehicles forces. The first 72 hours of the blitz Narvaez, 20, was crossing a minefield during the war, including 59 tanks. Of krieg-type attack was a test of our en- . during the initial charge into Kuwait might be poisonous gas, reached. for the tanks, 56 were T-72s, considered durance and will to live, but all of us when an explosion blew off the tank's their gas masks, only to find them the Iraqi army's top-of-the~line tank, pulled through with no serious injuries. left track and a hydraulic hose, which soaked with the fluid. No one was in Wilcox said. I can't express how wonderful it is to be sprayed the tank's four-man crew with jured in the explosion, Wilcox said. The 109 members of the Bravo Com alive! hydraulic fluid. Narvaez and his crew then carefully pany are tentatively expected to return The crew, unaware the hose was dam walked 300 meters through the to the United States between April 21 See MARIN~ I page 2 aged and fearing the spraying liquid minefield to another tank to get help. and May 15, according to Wilcox. Page2 Thursday, April 11 , 1991 The Observer Lawmaker: 'Next year' Men admit smoking marijuana for single womenwere when she rode into it to let off with avoid the people on the parents bill strong warn CAMPUS COPS walkway. T ings April 2, The woman did not request From page 1 after they admitted to by Mark Eaton medical attention for her smoking a marijuana joint injuries, police said. with three other friends in Committee and could get a vote The Grounds department their Anderson apartment, asked them again if they had student affairs, police said. was advised of the accident. by the full Senate this week. campus police said. been smoking marijuana. "I think it has a good chance," Officers went to the men's One of the men then admit A woman received Two bicycles with a Ogden said. "I'm very pleased apartment on a noise ted that there had been one bruises to both arms, wire that it had a positive response. total value of $550 were complaint. When they marijuana joint smoked, but burns and scrapes last reported stolen on campus I'm confident that it will get entered the house one of that there was none left, Friday when she swerved on passed by the Senate and over the weekend, campus the officers smelled mari police said. her bicycle to avoid some police said. signed by the governor." juana and asked the men if After the officers searched pedestrians and ran into a Lorna Jackson, Board of Di One of the.bicycles was they had been smoking the the apartment and found no wire barrier protecting a reported stolen from in front rectors vice president for po drug. marijuana or paraphernalia flower bed, .campus police litical affairs, agreed. of the owner's Student One of the men told the they told the men that they said. · Village apartment on "It goes without saying we're officer it was cloved ciga would not be cited for posses The accident occurred on pleased that something like Saturday. rettes he was smelling, sion, police said. the walkway north of Moore The other bicycle, valued that goes through," she said. police said. The two men were cited for Hall. But House Bill 1191, which at $400, was reported stolen The officer then advised a noise violation and the The woman told police she from in front of Alford proposed putting single par the men of their rights and incident was turned over to did not see the wire barrier ents higher on the priority list Montgomery on Sunday. of needy students to receive loans by each state college and CORRECTIONS university, never made it out Elections: Turnout by of the Senate Higher Educa •A story in last week's In the same story, Lawrenc tion Committee. voters 'kind of pathetic' Observer about the resigna Lium, Central's vice presi The bill was heard in commit tion of Provost Robert dent for university rela tee last month and was ex according to Lorna Jackson, From page 1 Edington said that faculty tions and development, was pected to be passed, but the vice president for Political Af members, in voting "no quoted as saying the committee "ran out of time," fairs. That works out to about confidence" in the provost, replacement of the provost Ogden said. Both candidates were pleased one of every six students who said the vote was a result of would come from a "na "Well, I'll tcy again next year, with the results but would like live on campus that voted. "his incompetence in han tional survey." He actually but I'm disappointed," he said.

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