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The Planet, 1990, Winter Western Washington University Western CEDAR The Planet Western Student Publications Winter 1990 The Planet, 1990, Winter Sara Olason Western Washington University Associated Students Environmental Center, Western Washington University Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/planet Part of the Environmental Sciences Commons, Higher Education Commons, and the Journalism Studies Commons Recommended Citation Olason, Sara and Associated Students Environmental Center, Western Washington University, "The Planet, 1990, Winter" (1990). The Planet. 4. https://cedar.wwu.edu/planet/4 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 The Planet by an authorized administrator of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Li I Archives VO? PH EXPLORING THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT EDITORIAL No Room for Mistakes Kenneth P. Mortimer moved into his spacious, lushly the riAMCt carpeted Old Main office about the same time I was settling into a dumpy old house on Grant Street, ready to begin fall quarter of 1988 at Western. I had transferred from the WINTER 1990 University of Washington in Seattle, and I was thrilled to find Western an emerald gem. Here on a hill, above the town where my mother grew up, a university had trees, lawns, panoramic views, open spaces, the smell of evergreens and the sounds of birds. CON TENT S But I feared it wouldn’t last long. I knew thousands of students like me were clamoring to get into Western, and that the pressure to accommodate them with more parking With Class Peter Donaldson 2-4 lots and buildings could easily turn Western into yet another stark, crowded campus. Everyone deserves a chance at a good education, I thought, but how can Western Green, Gone Jim Spaich 5-7 provide it without ruining the qualities that draw students here tn the first place? In January I spoke to Western’s Outback Tech Tore Slette 8-11 eleventh president about the future of the campus environ­ ment, and I found that while he shares my concerns, our perspectives on Western’s problems are different. Sehome Crisis Kim Clay 12-15 “I’m fundamentadly concerned about the quality of the environment, about green space on campus,’’ Mortimer Toxic U. Sara Olason / told me. His experience in Pennsylvania --a mostly rural, MichaelJ. Lehnert 16-19 wooded state plagued by acid rain, and right next door to Love Canad -- brought the environment into his conscious­ ness, and he says it’s stayed with him all the way across the Saving Trees Jennifer Hayes 20-22 country. Pennsylvania State University, where Mortimer served as a top-level administrator for several years, cele­ Cycling Convert Jeff Koger 23 brated Earth Day just as Western will this spring. If the president’s predictions come true. Western’s enroll­ ment will rise to 12,000 over the next decade -- quite a jump Student Action Beth Fries 24 from last fall’s headcount of just over 9,300. Solutions to the population crunch will, Mortimer says, be found through “strategic planning,’’ a process that will culminate in pub­ lication of a physical master plan for Western in 1992. Far Planet Staff: more than a simple map of campus, the physical plan must Editor: Sara Olason help answer questions Mortimer summed up himself: Managing Editor: MichaelJ. Lehnert “What are we going to do about green space? What are we Artist: Joel West going to do about parking? Where are we going to put more buildings, if any? What are we going to do about student Contributors: Peter Donaldson, Jim Spaich, Tore Slette, housing? We’re a small campus — about 200 acres,’’ he con­ Kim Clay, Jeff Koger, Jennifer Hayes, Beth Fries, tinued. “We have a great stsike in making sure whatever we Rich Fotheringill, Lowell Dickson, Sandie Lucke do with this campus and however we plan it is sound from a quality of life perspective.’’ Faculty Adviser: Michael Frome Parking is the issue students most often bring to the Graphics Adviser: Roderick C. Burton president’s attention, and I was glad to learn the president shares my aversion to asphalt: “I’ve been on record as being opposed to more parking lots --1 don’t know where we’d put them, and I don’t want to pave the place.’’ But he made it Special thanks to: Jim Schuster, Dave Black, Theresa clear that any final decisions on pairking lots must await Bertrand, Laurence Ashley, Wayne Landis, John Miles, completion of the master plan, after the university has Sylvia Burges, Gene Hoerauf, Chuck Page, Lee Enell, studied how many parking spaces it really needs. “If we do Ellis Baker and the Koma Kulshan Native Plant Society. come up with a plan that says we must have more parking space, then we have to look at alternatives.’’ The same is The Planet is a quarterly publication of the Associated true of student housing: The president has asked his plan­ Students Environmental Center at Western Washington ners to come up with a way to house 1,000 more students University. Please address comments to Viking Union on campus over the next decade, but how this will be done 113, WWU, Bellingham, WA, 98225, has yet to be decided. From my view as a transfer student from an urbanized This issue of the Planet is printed on recycled paper. campus. I’m glad to see the president carefully assessing Front cover: Sehome Hill rises above Miller Hall. the real need for more buildings and parking lots at West­ ern before diving into construction. But I also feel Western’s Back cover: Branches frame the lawns of Old Main. administration, under Mortimer’s leadership, should be Photographs by Michael J. Lehnert ft aggressive in protecting Western’s char­ acter even while the planning is in proc­ ess. If better bus service to and from campus were a high priority now, the uni­ versity might not need to consider paving Western’s last green spaces. If renovating or dismantling Edens Hall topped the list, clearing new ground for student housing might not be necessary. I found President Mortimer to have en­ vironmental awareness and sensitivity. He has supported student efforts to bring recycled paper to campus, and he says he would support adding an environmental studies class to the list of classes required for graduation. But with Western facing a population wave, it will require an equiva­ lent swell of conviction for the president to put his stated environmental values into action. As I left his office. President Mor­ Photo by Michael J. Lehnert timer asked me to encourage the Planet readers to stay in­ and by advocating more environmentally sound practices at formed about the strategic planning process, and to be in­ Western today, we can make sure.1 ^ the1.xXXXCLXX man atCIL WesternVVCOLC;ill ’sC helm volved in public comment about it over the next two years. “It steers the university toward a progressive,regressive, protected cacampus will have a substantial impact on the campus environment in environment. ^ the 21st century,’’ he said. By keeping an eye on this process. L E T T E R S Editor, Editor, Editor, Your most recent edition on the The Planet brought back many It's purely and simply an outstanding Upper Skagit Valley was truly memories, since I have hiked and assemblage of solid, fascinating material impressive. The writing gave a nice climbed much of the area in that on history, culture, politics and nature. feel for the land, and the layout was part of the state. The photo of Ross This is the best sin^e publication on the a knockout with the full color and Dam under construction was par­ Upper Skagit I've seen. nice, eye-catching breakouts. ticularly interesting since my uncle was the Chief Engineer for the con­ Harvey Manning, Bellevue Jack Keith struction of the dam, and my cousin Managing Editor, Bellinghaim Herald and I spent several days up there during that period. My congratula­ tions to all of those who have Editor, Editor, contributed to an excellent and Our ultimate goal is to pass the natural You and your colleagues have informative publication. and cultural resources along with the created something of permanent spirit of the North Cascades unimpaired Daniel J. Evans beauty and value which I'm sure will to the next generation. The Planet has Seattle be cited for years to come as one of greatly assisted us in our quest to meet the best summaries of the human that goal. and natural history of the region. Editor, The photography is beautiful and John R. Earnst, Superintendent M. Rupert Cutler, President the text informative and interesting. North Cascades National Park Defenders of Wildlife I enjoyed reviewing it. Washington, D.C. Editor, Saundra Taylor, VP Student Affairs The entire issue is very good....as a small Editor, Western Washington University matter of style, I was struck and an­ noyed by a “book report’’ quality to the It's wonderful to see today's college Editor, writing.....I liked the use of historical students aware and involved in photographs. issues that face our country's Last year as one of 10 Washington wildlands and rivers. I share your juniors attending the Skagit Valley Terry Simmons, California interest in the enjoyment and pro­ Institute, I camped near the north tection of our outdoor environment. end of Ross Lake, exactly where sev­ Editor, Congratulations on an excellent eral articles focused. The articles are publication and your fine efforts. superb and the research has It's beautiful — please send more copies! obviously been extensive.
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