H I G HLI NE COMM UNITY COLLEGE t 1 Travolta NEWS is back FEATURES1 f ELEVEN/THIRTEENI I SPORTS I John Travolta COI stars with Kirsty Alley in “Look Who’s Talking” page 13 Did we learn? .. A look at two men whose lives were changed by the Vietnam War pages 8-10 Soccer kicks off STUDENTS FIGHT BACK Patti Rathbun Those requests were sub- studentgovernment that, he what’strue,” said Mary mitted at a meeting between. said, is only concerned with McMullin, student at GRCC. President Rick Rutkowski, “fluff” issues. Adams teaches classes on River CommunityCollege Vice President for Marketing According to McIntye, the contemporary kistory in what opened a Pandora’s box Oct.6 andStudent Development meeting went “very well. We has become knownon campus when Vice Presidentof Instruc- Mike McIntyre, and members clarifiedsome issues. Students as “Nigel’s room,” Heencour- tionLaura Meek requested of the Student Rights Commit-felt they were going to receive ages his studentsto use the that a wall display in history tee on Oct. 16. some answers.” classroom’s walls as an ex- classroom SS-8 be removed. Studentsresponded by gathering more than 700 sig- “We must guarantee all points of view in a natures in less than four hours T-Birds knock off to save “the wall.” government of ‘we the people.’ Let free- The students used the issue Shoreline in early of “the wall” to vent theirfrus- season play dom ring.” - Adams tration and anger towardan ad- - page 16 ministration that, according to The wall, accordingto Bob Schroedcr, oneof the lead- Schmeder,chairman of the crs for student rights, “doesn’t SRC, was a “cafalyst” for thc American Red givca damn about students. morc important issucs such as: Cross Disaster Wc’rc tircd of being foldcd, not cnough cla iSeS offcrcd to Relief staplcd, and mutilated.” complctc a two-ycardcgrcc on P.O. Box 37243 Mccks said she planncd no schcdulc; lack of on-campus furthcr action on thewall until daycarc;inadcquatc campus Washington, studcntssubmittcd thcir re- sccunty and parking; rcnting D.C., 20013 quests to thc administration. of thc studcnt ccntcr to outsidc 1-8OO-453-9OOO “Wc’rclistcning to thcir organimlions during class ;Ingcr,”shcsaid. “Ithink WC’E scssionswhich lcavcs littlc king vcry fair.” study space for studcnts; and a c Students See INNOCENCEAND.. ... EXPERIENCE... .. i: '. , , . , . .. .... ... ......... ...... .............. .. ...... .... .. .. ............:. ..: :.. .: ... .......................... ... ,. ._ .' ........... f .. .. ... ..:. .. ......... ._ _:.. .. ... ... ' . ...:. .......... ,... No Handicap ...... now,but whcn thcy fadc, Judy Pinkerton thcy 'm hard to scc. They nccd !r, lx rcpaintcdoftcn, says Owens. And mybc if other Tricia Owcns walks with a s:udcnts wouldn t stand or wd!!!! whitc canc anda firm stcp. Shc on them, they'd last longcrand hcsitatcs a momcnt as shc bc casicr to scc. cncounters an obstaclc in hcr Owens also wishesthem path. Hcr cmc flicksout in wefc more tactilc markers at front of hcr with shon, inquisi- the edgcs of thewalkways, tivc strokcs. She idcntifiesthc when thc visuallyimpaircd obstaclcand stcps around it. could "mad" them with thcir Owcns skillful'y ncgotiatcs a fingertips. route she sees :IS a blur. Campus Police Chief Jack Owens is onc of about 10 Chapmancares about white visually impaired studcnts on lines.Thcy were cstablishcd thc Highlinc Community Col- six or Scven years agoas an aid lcgc campus. She values her for the visually impaircd, he indcpcndcncc. Sire wants re- says. Normally, hercpaints spcct for hcr abilitics. them once a year, but they can ''1 would likc for pcoplc to bc repainted rnorc oftcn,he stop looking at thc handkappcd says. as Irmdicappcd," shc says. "11 Sight lincson the walkways docs notmcan wc arcincpt is oneassistance that HCC bccausc wc accomplish what provides for visually impaircd wc havc to accomplish in a students. UFonrcquest, diff'crcnt way. Blindncss is a notetakers, proctors and mad- charwcristic. Thcrc arc thosc ers are assigned to help with who can and thosc who can- homeworkand other assign- not, just as thcrc arc sighted ments. HCC alsoprepares who can and who cannot." tapes of textbooks,though HCC has a commimcnt to students get mostof their tapes cnablc visually impaircd stu- -ugh Setvices forthe Blind, dents likc Owcns to succeed, Bruno says. says Karcn Bruno, coordina- lor of Disabled Student Scrv- Ashling says the best thing iccs. '* Wc do whateverit takes about HCC is "the peoplewllo to makc sure they havc equal work withus--our tutors, access,*' Bruno says. mentors,couselors. They're Equal access includes all so caring and sensitive." such things as the whjte lines (The teachers) let you work along the edgcs of the walk- upto your limits," Owens ways of HCC, which arc vi- agrees. "They don't makeYOU tally important to Owens and feel like you should be sitting hcr sistcr. Billie Ashling, who on a curb with a cup in your also is visually impaircd. hands." Thosc white lines arc sight Ashling and Owens wand lincs which guidc themas thcy to be accepted. They want to mow about the cdmpus.Thc be challenged. Thcy want to lincs are bright and bold right bc taught. New instructors arrive on campus Klta Hame dcgree at Brigham Young 1Jn.i- playing folk guitar. sylvania. More interested in ate work at Setcn Hill in Penn- vcrsity in 1967. He taught in Dr. DavidRehfield was basic research thanin govem- sylvania,grachating summa Highlinc Community Col- the mathdepartment at .4u- born in Mason City, Iowa, but ment employment, he plansto cum laude. With aNorthwest- lcgc hasthree ncw, full-timc bum High School from 1973 grewup in Yakima. He re- stay in the academic world. em University teaching Assis- instructors on campus this fall. to 1987, helping coach cross ccivcd his bachclor of scicncc ReMeld enjoysteaching tantship she went on toem a Oncclimbsmountahs,runs countryand track, until he. degreefrom Seattle Univer- and plans tocontinue doing re-master of science degreein cell marathons and writes poetry, took a sabbatical from Auburn sity, his master'sdegree in search at Highline, whcre he biology. At the University of buthcteaches math. One High School to work for his physics fromthc University of hops to contribute his knowl- Wisconsin, Ross completed her might be secn in her skcleton master'sdegteeinmath,which Arizona, and his doctorate in edge of physics and computer coursework for a Ph.D. in T-shin to "lighten up" anat- he received last June from the nuclear physics from McGill application. He also enjoys oncology, the study tumors. of omy studcnts. Theshin's edu- University of Washington. He University in Montreal, Can- hiking and the outdoors. During this time,she also cational though; all the bones is mani,ed andhas two daugh- ada. Rehfield didpostdoctoral Dr. Gcraldine Ross, or Jerry conducted nesearchatMcArdle arenamed. One came home ters at whose births he served rescltch in nuclear physics at as she likes tobe called, comes Memorial Laboratory for from Ncw York to help celc- as midwife. Justus Liebig Universitat, to Highline after 20 years at CancerResearch. She has bratc his parents' 50th wed- Wilcox hasbeen up Mt. Gicssen, West Germany, and Bellcvue Community College. authored and co-authored text- dingannivcrsary. His four Rainier 10 times and in 1967 the InstitutLaue-Langevin, There she taught a mixed bag books in her field, oneof which brothers and twosisters wantedheclimbedMt. McKinley. His Grenoble, France, from 1977 of biology,microbiology, is"Study Guide forMicrobiol- to know what he was doing in book "White Winds" relates to 1980. Beforecoming to anatomy, and physiology. She ogy." New York when they were in his experienceson the Mt. HCC, Rehfield lived in New also taught part time at HCC. Ross is manied and lives Seattle. He moved. McKinley climb. Hispoetry is Y ork, where he did nuclear re-Ross says she always liked the on Mercer Island. Shehasthree Math instructorJoc Wilcox included in the Auburn High search at Brookhaven National atmosphere at Highlhe, and it sons: anelectrical engineer,an was bom in Ncodesha, Kan- School English curriculum.In Laboratory and was assistant isa pleasant changeto bc teach- accountant anda teacher -- all sas, population 83. Wilcox additionto poetry, Wilcox professor of physics at Lafay- ing here full time. working toward master's de- camcd his bachclorof science enjoys skiing, sailing md ette College in Easton, PCM- Ross did her undcrgradu- grees. world designed to help chil- dren learn, make discoveries Rae Jean Hasenwbrl and decisions, developa sense of self worth, increase physi- cal skills andrelate to each Parenthood is just like any other and adults. Throughthese othcr-occupation: it's a fill- parcnt/child study labsparcnts timc job that can't be done on receive first-hand knowlcdge a pan-timc basis. Like other of thcir child's devcloprnent occupations, it rcquircs educa- and growth. tionand cxpcricnce, dcdica- With thc advicc of the in- tion and cncrgy, thought and stnrctor, parcnts havc thc op- conccm. pollunityto detcrminc their Highline Community Col- own nccds and plantheir own lcgcbcgan coopcrativc pre- instnrctionalprogram. Thc school groups in Federal Way instructor acts primarily 3s an 'and Bow Lake in 1971. Today advisor,prcscnting matcria) thcrc arc about SO0 parents and facilitating discussion. involvcd in Highline'spro- Thcre arc many timcs an advi- gram.Throughout the state sor acts as a counsclor to the thcrc are approximately20,000 family, somctimcsrccom- families cnmllcdin the parent mendingchildcare ccntcrs, cducation classes in 30 com- govcmmcnt helpprograms and munitycolleges and voca- otherinstructional facilities. tional-tcchnical institutions. The instructors are responsible The Parent EducationPro, for the lab,the progrmandthe gram of Washington has been cumculum. Kmtz explains, helpingparents learn to be- "They are really a resource to come better"moms anddaw the family." forthepast 0 years. In1938, CCUPATION 0 Jackie Kmtz is serving her Seattle parents formed a group fourth year as the department where theirpreschool-agechil- coordinator of HCC's Parent drcn could learn together as Education proSam, and she's theparents discussed ideas loving every minute of it.