1 c ~ ~~ College melts down jewelry program By Ami Westberg rolled students to finish, ac- was following the college’s eliminate the program alto- Staff Reporter cording to John Machlan, goals for occupational pro- gether. chairman pro-tem of the grams. The review commit- The review committee After 12 years of cxist- jewelry program. tee looked at students* job scnt out surveys as part of cnce, Highline’s jewelry “The real trick is that we placement after graduation, their study to 380 jewelry program is finished. have one year to get every- students’ salaries, and thc firms in the state of Wash- The college will not be one through the whole pro- demand for Highline jewel- ington in March 1998, which enrolling new students for gram.” Machlan said. ry graduates by employcrs. resulted in 58 replies. Em- the 1998- 1999 academic The program had 56 stu- After looking at all of the ployer’s responses varicd. school year. College Presi- dents last year. information, the review but 70 percent of those who dent Ed Command has de- Command made the deci- committee came up with answered said there was a cided that the program will sion to close the programaf- three optionsfor the jewelry need for a jewelry training close after next year. ter a mat deal of consider- program: maintain the pro- program. An advising team was set See Jewelry, page 4 Kaneko to Parkonomics: College tries to curb demand take arts job By Becki Stinson L Staff Reporter By Kevin Wintersteen Increased parking fees and Staff Reporter tickets could hit Highlinestu- dents starting Fall Quarter in an Writing instructor Lonny attempt to encourage alterna- Kaneko has been named in- tives to single occupancy vehi- terim chairman of the Arts cles. The extra money may also and Humanities Division. help solve Highline’s parking Kaneko replaces Donna woes for good, officials said. Wilson, who is leaving to The administration is propos- take an administrative posi- ing a price hike from$8 to $20 tion at a college in Mnssa- for a full-time-student quarterly chusetts. parking pass. However, no de- Kaneko hasbeen at cisions are final until the admin- Highline since 1966. He istration and the Washington previously served as division Public Employees Association chairman from 1970- 1971 * reach a consensus. 1975- 1978, 1987- 1994. “The state provides no fund- “The division chair job ing for college or university presents opportunities to parking,” said Laura Sanders, make the college work bet- ter,” said Kaneko. “The divi- vice presidentof administration. ”. ” “The increased rates will be set Photo By David Yamamoh sion chairis the person who represents the faculty, and aside to pay for a permanent If the administrationparking proposalis approved, parkingfines will go up from $5 to $20. parking structure.,, also serves as a mediation when there are student com- “There is only room for an- crease, students will not be in- $8, with the intention of encour- posed changes,if approved, will plaints.” other 100 spaces without build- sured a parking place in one of aging more cars to begin their encourage students and staff to The chairman is responsi- ing on or paving more of the the three campus lots. First search there. look for alternatives to single ble forday to dayfunction of grounds,” Saunders said. come, first serve will continue Parking fees aren’t the only occupancy vehicles, suchas car- the division, he said. Saunders is not in favor of al- to apply. proposed increase. The base pooling and Metro. Kaneko will serve until a tering the campus by creating “Idon’t mind paying $20 if I parking fine will go from $5 to Plans are in the works to in- formal election can be held more parking lots, but sees a am guaranteed a parking space $20 per offense and the cost of crease the 40 allotted carpool in spring 1999. multilevel structure on one of here on campus,” student Karen handicapped parking violations spots to about 100, with most of “1’11 see how the interim the existing lots as a possible Copenhaver said. will match those of the city of them added to the east lot. A goes before Imake a deci- ‘long-term answer. A reservation in overflow at Des Moines: $175, sion on running :in the Despite the proposed in- the MidwayDrive-In will costSaunders hopes that the pro- See park&, page 4 spring,” he said. Moore pleads guilty in Genzale case By Liz Doolittle man. lowing day while driving the Staff Reporter It is alleged that they drove stolen vehicle. While incarcer- the stolen vehicle totwo sepa- ated, in the King County Jait, Frederick Moore,16, one of rate locations in King County Moore was visited by his moth- the two youths charged in the where Genzale committed er at which timehe confided in Feb. 11 shooting death of armed robberies. her that he had been present Highline student Anthony Gen- They then drove to Everett, when L+athon had shot Genzale. zale, has pleadedguilty tocharg- whereupon, Lathon,Moore and Moore admits to having been es of second degree murder and Genzale exited the vehicle at present at the time of the shoot- first degree robbery. which time Lathon ordered ing, in a written statement, but It has been alleged by Sno- Genzale to givehim his wallet. maintains he knew nothing of homish County prosecutors that According to court docu- Lathon’s plans to kill Genzale, on February 1 1 , after commit- ments, Lathon then shot Gcnza- Moore faces a 144 to 244 ting a carjacking, Moore and le twice killing him. They then month incarceration on the Gcnzale were joined by John left the =ne ifthe crime. Lathon, 17, and another young Moore wu arr~stcdthe fol- See Wl,page 4 c 2 Opinion July 2, 1998 A parking garage Cutting:w cross country was a mistake It has bccn a rcwarding cxpc- 1 might be the only way ricncc to have bccn head track and cross country coach at Parking is the eternal problem hcrc at Highline. Thcrc simply Highline these past two years. aren't cnuugh spaccs on campus fora11 the pcoplc who want to park I don't hclievc thcrc is a hcrc. The result is that a large numbcr of students arc forccd to park school lcvcl that can have a ;rt hIid\v;ly. 'This almost seems ;I satisfactory solution except that Midway is Commentary not going to be thcrc forever. Whcn Midway is gone, not only won't By Frank Ahern \vc have enough spaccs on campus, we won't have enough spaces anywhere. Studcnts will bc forccd to find alternate methods of gct- greater impact on the lives of ting to school. young people than a community 'Thc collegc must develop a long-term plan to avert this crisis. college. Individuals may enroll Kcally the only viable solution is a parking garage. A parking ga- for a variety of reasons but rage would likely bc built in thc north lot. The garage would be built keeping them interested in Ivith rnultiplc Ic\~-lsso as to provide many additional spaces. school is the big challenge. The bad news about a parking garage is that before such a struc- The holding power of athlct- ture could be built sufficient funds must be found. The fundipg for ics has long been documented. ;I garage could be found in parking permit fees. And that would In high schools where dropout 111c;ln a big increase in those fccs. rates among different ethnic This ~vouldnot bc so bad exccpt that current Highline students groups reach as high as 60 per- ~vouldnever benefit from the garage yet would still be required to cent; lcss than two pcrccnt of shoulder some of thc burden. those actively involved in ath- Even more unfortunateis the virtual necessity of building such a letics drop out. garagc and having it partly funded by students whowill not use it. This past year of 40 possible Thc college is currently consideringa parking reform to build just track prospects at Highline, only such a garage which will be funded by a $12 increase in the quar- one was academically ineligible. terly parking permitfees and increases in the cost of parking tick- Qualifying the maximum 25 ets. athletes for the NWAACC Championships, was probably The Thunderword our greatest achievement. No individual contributed Hoping this counts more to the success of our team than Adam Leahy, Highline's toward work release. File Photo distance coach. After missing Editor-itl-Chief'. .............................................. Alyssa Pfau Frank Ahern, Highline's track and cross country coach Arts Editor.................................................... Liz Doolittle second place in the NWAACC Opinion Editor............................. Andrew M. Campbell by the narrowest of margins in high school, partieipation.sport Lois Ericksson, travel; and sec- Photo Editor......................................... David Yamamoto cross country, his runners were for girls and third for boys mak- retaries Nancy Kirshner ant Business Manager................................................ Lin Au instrumental in Highline's best ing it an untapped reservoir for Connie Johnson. In fact, Ican't Graphicdphoto crew............................. Kevin Whatley, showing in track in the past de- attracting students to a college. remember approaching a single Tina Phelps, Sharalee Pfau cade. In addition to 100 percent Highline has the ideal ingre- teacher who wasn't anxious to Adviser........................................................... Dr. T.M. Sell retention and eligibility rates, dients for a successful track/ help a struggling student. Ipar- Reporters ...W.B. Heming, Ami Westberg, Alex P. their numbers increased from cross countryprogram. A wide ticularly would like to cite Hennesy, Tina McDonald, Hien Tranh, Beth Carroll, two to 15 during histenure. area from which to draw, an ac- Derek Greenfield and Ruth Dominique Demouchet,Clifford Elder, Ryan Hinkson, Dropping cross country, the ademic advisor second to none Windhover for their efforts.