Western Washington University Western CEDAR Klipsun Magazine Western Student Publications 3-1986 Klipsun Magazine, 1986, Volume 17, Issue 04 - March Mark Connolly Western Washington University Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/klipsun_magazine Part of the Higher Education Commons, and the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Connolly, Mark, "Klipsun Magazine, 1986, Volume 17, Issue 04 - March" (1986). Klipsun Magazine. 86. https://cedar.wwu.edu/klipsun_magazine/86 This Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Western Student Publications at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Klipsun Magazine by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. KENDALL PETE The New Soccer Fairhaven Gets a Face-lift Bellingham s Womencare Shelter KLIPSUN Editor MARK CONNOLLY Managing Editor JEFF BRAIMES Story Editor JOHN G. 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Copyright® 1986 by Klipsun. 2 KLIPSUN KLIPSUN Volume 17; Number 4 10 SHELTERING THE RATTERED AMONG US The Bellingham Womencare Shelter offers women a way out of abusive relationships. 14 FAIRHAVEN’S NEW OLD LOOK A wealthy entrepreneur restores the old Fairhaven District with renovated enthusiasm. EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HOWTO. Howto Talk to Your Televi­ sion Set;" se?c researcher Xaviera Goodlips and more. 6 THE NEW SOCCER: INDOOR HEATS OUT- DOOR TO THE BALL The old European game is picking up speed in indoor America. 18 A CHAMPION WITH EMPTY HANDS With time on her side; Bellingham's Kim Eriedl kickS; punches and chops her way to the top. 21 ROAMING TO THE HEART OF THE HIGH- LANDS An ancestral daughter visits her clan castle. 26 WHEN STUDENTS ARE RIGHT, CAN PROFES­ SORS RE LEFT? THE SIEGE ON FREEDOM IN ACADEMIA Conservatives clash with college profs over the sanctity of the lectern. 30 THE HYPE STUFF EDITOR’S NOTE: A counter- reaction to the tragedy of the space shuttle Challenger. MARCH 1986 3 EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT by Boni Etter IT WAS WHILE PAWNING MY WAY THROUGH A mildewing laundry hamper that I dis­ covered it. A green patina slimed the cover. The pages were damp, the corners curled and a strange "mummy- cloth” odor hung in the air. I wiped the cover wdth my kamikaze shirt. Like a genie disarming his master, the title suddenly popped out—"Howto Get Organized.” I was lost in a land of "how-to” oblivion. The world stopped. Laundry molded. Toast burned. In my Become a College President, ” "How to Become a Bishop hands lay the answers. My fingers trembled as I nimbly Without Being Religious, ” "How to Go to Work When Your pulled the pages apart. God, a "how-to" book! Husband Is Against It, Your Children Aren’t Old Enough, and Ok, so now you know. I am a "how-to" junkie. But, I’m not There’s Nothing You Can Do Anyhow, ” "How to Make a alone. Every year, millions of books are printed expounding Jewish Movie," "How to Control the Military ” and "How to the methods of how to become this or how to do that. Let’s Avoid Social Diseases, ” among others. face it, the public must crave this "how-to ” experience or so Next, local bookstores. A comparable selection is offered. many mini-courses wouldn’t appear on the market. Local What can’t be found on shelves is found on computer bookstore owners echo these thoughts, saying "how-to ” screens. The list seemed endless but soon a pattern books are consistent sellers. developed. What makes these books so popular? Maybe it is what these Say, for example, you hunger to make the all-American fast books are NOT that makes them so inviting. "How-to ” books buck. Why waste all that money on tuition? I suggest these are not novels, anthologies or literary masterpieces. They fill a books: "How to Keep Your Car Running, Your Money in Your need, satisfy a curiousity and are as diverse as milktoast and Pocket and Your Mind Intact, ” "How to Get Filthy Rich Even if Lysol. You’re Flat Broke," "Howto Make a Fortune,” "Howto Make a So, who writes these books? Who reads them? Where can Million Dollars, ” "How to Make Your Money Make Money, ” they be found? The research began. and, if after making your millions, you still are not satisfied, Scanning the local libraries, bookstores, and "Books in you may want to read this book: "How To Loose One Print, ” I searched for the unusual, the unique, the creative. I Hundred Million Dollars and Other Valuable Advice. ” was not disappointed. As you can see, "how-to ” books often are aimed at specific First stop—Western’s Wilson Library. I pulled out the card audiences. A woman may find just what she needs in "How to catalog files—two drawers full. It must have been a sign! Hover­ Get a Man After You’re Forty. ” But she shouldn’t be too hasty, ing over my selection like a vulture awaiting a double-fudge, as her man may find an interest in this book: "How to Get Rid white-chocolate cow, I drooled. Then, closing my eyes, I of Your Wife and No Court Will Ever Convict You. ” randomly selected a title: "How to Kill a College." You mean This research has led me to believe that many "how-to ” to tell me Western has a book on how to kill a college? There books appeal to the fragile nature of human maladies. What were more: "How to Dress Your Dancer, ” "How to Watch can’t be cured, or constructed, can be eliminated. Unfortu­ Football, ” "How to Loose Everything in Politics except Mas- nately this is no joke. sachusettes, ” "How to be a Good Communist, ” "How to A six-volume series of books titled "How to Kill ’’ is pub­ 4 KLIPSUN lished by Paladin Press, in Boulder, Colo. The "How to Kill" partners to only see their good parts first?" series includes: lessons that professional assassins have Goodlips giggled. “Yes, that’s correct. ” Then she paused, employed, explanations of death-dealing devices developed waved a warning finger in my direction and said, “Of course, by the OSS, SOE, KGB and CIA and detailed information on that can be very difficult. Especially, ifyou only have one good building weapons. part. ” In the preface to the first volume author John Minnery Sidetracked, I wondered what my good part was. Pulling writes, "My only premise is that there are times when one myself togethe I asked her what prompted her to write “How must attack with complete ruthlessness and fight vvdth lethal to Be A Modern Day Scarlet Woman"? fuiy. This fury and ruthlessness must be harnessed and “Women’s liberation!” she exclaimed. Her hands directed to the gravest possible damage—to kill." conversed with the air as she talked, and her tie got lost in her Who buys these books? One can only guess. But, according cleavage. “ As the result of the Women’s Movement, women to the receptionist from Paladin Press, the books have been have become increasingly liberated sexually, while men have steady sellers for the last ten years. These books are available not. Liberated women everywhere are finding themselves by mail in the United States. No book in the "How to Kill" forced to become modern day scarlet women. ” series is available in Canada, due to legislation by the Cana­ Goodlips explained that it took her a great deal of research dian Solicitor General. to compile her book. “ It took me three years to write it, ” she You say violence is not your plate of shrimp? You would said. She admitted to being a very dedicated researcher. But, rather make love than war? These books may be of interest: when asked about the sex research she does in her garage, "How to Make Love to a Man," "How to Make Love to a she smiled, pressed one finger to her fuchsia lips, and whis­ Woman," "How to Make Love to a Single Woman," " How to pered, ““strictly confidential.’' Make Love to Each Other" or "How to Make Love to an I wondered about Mr. Goodlips, and asked how he felt Extra-terrestrial." And, if all else fails,try "How to Have Inter­ about the fact that she was out in the garage doing all that course Without Getting Screwed." research. Wondering if these books are for real? Yes, indeed. And so A twinkle sparked in her eyes, and she tried to compose a are the authors. Researching the obscure, I found a risque serious expression. “Well, when I leave the garage, I try to paperback entitled "How to Be a Modern Day Scarlet make it a point not to bring my work home with me. ” Woman." In this book the author, Xaviera Goodlips, explains Thumbing through her book, I noted all the catagories of the modern techniques of the dating game.