ASWSU Escapes Civil Suit
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ASWSU escapes civil suit By Jason Probst Staff Writer Two WSU students who filed a civil suit against the ASWSU Senate have dropped the suit because of the minimal time left in the school year. Plaintiffs Davie! Hald i and Mike Kristof filed the civil suit ae:ainst the Senate and Vice- p~'esident Raymond French in response to Judicial Board confir- mation hearings held during the Jan. 22 Senate meeting. After the Senate went into closed session to discuss candi- dates H..ildi and Kristofs creden- tials, the two alleged the move violated Washington State's Pub- lic Open Meetings Act. Kristof and Haldi filed the suit Feb. 10 in the Whitman Count) Court- hollse. Staff photo by Brett Larson The suit asked for S I 00 in Seattle band Chaos plays a set at the fourth annual Greenstock music festival. The event, which took place on the damages from each of the 17 hillside above the Snake River near Boyer Park, was declared a success by organizers, who said the biggest complaints that surfaced around the weekend-long concert focused on rattlesnakes and dirt. See ASWSU on page 8 Bands from across the Pacific Northwest entertained thousands of Palouse music fans, who braved a rocky uphill trek from the river to the make-shift tent community. Musical groups included Seattle's Dirt Love, Sweet Water, Inflatable Soul, Bam-Bam, Tiny Giant, and Chaos, as well as Spokane-based Black Happy. Pullman was represented by Kissin' Phyllis, Awake, Last Call. Evil Chuck and Thin Section. Media criticizes WSU for reslstlnq bill clarion. concerned that not enough was known about By Winda Benedetti Attending the meeting for the university the ramifications of the revisions and felt that Staff Writer were Paul Tanaka, assistant attorney general; they wanted to better understand how the uni- University officials and media representa- Bill Rayburn. associate vice provost for versity would be affected before they would tives met last Friday to discuss WSU's oppo- research: and Larry Ganders. government sition to revisions of the state open records relations specialist. II and meetings acts. The two groups met to discuss the univer- "Our feeling is that the university is fail- sity's opposition to the original version of I think the institution has ing to realize not only its obligation to oper- House Bill 2876 during the 1992 legislative lost sight that it is an ate openly. but an opportunity to provide session. The bill would have revised and leadership to other public institutions state- amended several areas of both the Washing- extension of the public. wide to operate more openly." said Alex ton Open Public Meetings Act and the state's - Alex Macleoud Macleoud, managing editor of the Seattle Public Records Act. Times. However. Ganders said representatives Macleoud was one of four representatives from WSU testified against the bill at the support the bill. WSU has come under fire several times from Washington newspaper organizations Senate's Government Operations Committee this academic year as claims were made that that included Chris Peck. managing editor of meeting. Consequently. the legislature passed the Spokesman-Review: Rowlan~d Thompson. a weakened version of the bill that amends it had violated both the open meetings and public records acts. representing Allied Daily Newspapers of only the Public Records Act and merely calls Seattle television station KIRO filed a law Washington: and Diana Kramer. executive for a review of the Open Meetings Act. director of the Washington Newspaper Asso- Ganders said WSU administrators were See BILL on page 8 New was third ..' They were amollg66 people Huffine fed up with doubt about his expenses wbo~howed up at tile Frankl tion, but also to a real estate agent in Pull- wanted the graduate advisor or chair of C()uriW Courthouse to whistle By Dawn Boswell . man and as far as the University of Michi- sociology present to discuss Huffine's aca- .cJass;lca~, popular, dUt1{;ealld Staff Writer gan, where two forrner WSU administrators demic progress. qran1~llic ...songs ..•.•...' '.'i.H Editor's note: This is the first ill a [our now work. Dillsi said maybe there is something to c(:i1ppeW.iQOs for ~fluit$; teco- part series Huffine is not the only one pointing fin- the provost's request. ~@~.rsandchildren~Abby! }OO Chuck Huffine walked away from his bat- gers. People have been asking questions, "T'm just going on hearsay." she said, bCIJ.plegutnlertxl to listen. StafHmL 14. of tle with WSU administration Friday. and doubt has been voiced on Huffine's , 'but I've heard he's not too much of a stu- Was t.he.l¢etHl.ge When asked what he was walking away finances and personal life from letters. dent ." from he answered. "Advocacy." phone calls. personal queries and even a Huffine said he had planned to graduate harnplon, while 12-ye.a(~old in May, but now may take another year litt nf. Franklin "Tve already had one heart attack." he telephone poll. thethildrEn's said. "Tve got a family to take care of." "I remember what his gas (cost) was," because of his financial difficulties. Huffine alleged when beginning his Feb- graduate student Marilyn Dillsi said after He said he arrived at WSU with a 3,8 ruary hunger strike that a cover-up had reading about Huffine's financial aid com- . GPA from Chico State University in Cali- taken place in housing to keep supply down plaints. "That was steep for a student. fornia. He said that during his first year at and prices up, and discrimination had taken Other people make do .' , WSU he had a 3.96 GPA, but it started to place in financial aid because his disabilities Huffine said his gas costs are $1,200 per drop. were not accounted for. year. "People asked why," he said. "A nor His finger of blame points not only to In February, Huffine said Provost Tom those within current university administra- George had agreed to meet with him but See HUFFINE en page 8 2 The Evergreen Monday, April 27, 1992 WSU, Pullman, Wash. Cosby Show's affect CROP Walk draws crowds ago when the walk first started. reason 1 did it is because some on racism researched By Annette M. Nelson He said, "It is an active way to of the money stays in Pullman Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - "The Cosby Show" desensitizes give to charity, and also serve to help the needy." Metzger's whites to the nation's racial inequalities because it features an affluent Sunday's warm weather as a role model for my chil- troop and the other walkers had black family, according to a study funded by Bill Cosby himself. prompted 376 people to join in dren." This is the fourth who The findings renewed debate over whether the 8-year-old show, Pullman's 10th annual CROP ~== which will broadcast its final episode Thursday, has set back race Walk. relations. "If black people fail, then white people can look at the successful II black people on 'The Cosby Show' and say they only have them- selves to blame," said Sut Jhally , a communications professor at the It is an active University of Massachusetts. way to give to Jhally and colleague Justin Lewis have written a -200-page study on the social effects of the NBC show, which has been seen by more charity, and also viewers than any sitcom in television history. The study is to be pub- serve as a role lished in a month. mode' for my The researchers said Friday they picked the show, which began in 1984, because it was the first all-black program to avoid racial stereo- children. typing. Cosby plays a wealthy doctor with a lawyer for a wife. - Lou Furman When they began, the two professors at the Amherst campus wrote to Cosby, who holds a doctorate in education from the University of Under the direction of Joyce Massachusetts. He responded with a $16.500 grant. Stratton and other volunteers from Pullman, walkers met in "We thought it was a bit of a long shot really, but we were pleas- the Fieldhouse at 2 p.m. Sun- antly surprised when he sent us a check," Lewis said. day and registered for the 10 Staff photo by Brett Larson The professors interviewed about 200 people of varying economic kilometer walk. Tina Duren and Andy Curra near the finish during the and racial status in the Springfield area. They watched the show in CROP Walk is sponsored by homes and answered questions about their impressions. CROP Walk Sunday afternoon. Church World Service to feed for Furman" s daughter Leah to for each kilometer. the hungry. and 25 percent of walk. She and her dad did the Walkers brought cans of food the. profits remain in Pullman I()kilometers together. with them for the hunger drive. DEADLINE FOR GRADUATION and Moscow and are distributed . Cadet Troop 295 of Pullman Each participant received a ccr- to community services. was one of the participating girl tificate of appreciation with PROMOTION, TUESDAY4/28 Lou Furman of Pullman scout troops. Wanda Metzger, their name on it at the end (If started participating nine years patrol leader, said. "The only the walk. CALL YOUR SALES REP. FCC rep nonflH£ criticizes Local author from Spangle will be autographing TV news her books at American TV is placing too much attention on production and Bookworld entertainment values. said Alfred on Wednesday • Plodding Princes Sikes, chairman of the Federal of the Palouse Communications Commission. April 29th Sikes spoke Friday in the 5-7pm • Now Choose Life Beasley coliseum on "Broadcast- ing and Communication in Tran- • GlltewllY to the Palouse sition" for the 18th annual Edward R.