Western Washington University Western CEDAR Klipsun Magazine Western Student Publications 5-1991 Klipsun Magazine, 1991, Volume 28, Issue 01 - May Kevin Jackson 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 Jackson, Kevin, "Klipsun Magazine, 1991, Volume 28, Issue 01 - May" (1991). Klipsun Magazine. 125. https://cedar.wwu.edu/klipsun_magazine/125 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]. s Western Students Gear Up For Seattle To Portland Bicycle Race 3^ < < < Mt. I iiyflQrflini Western Washington University May 1991 ProsserArtist’s’s pen Pictxires provide comical look at Western 4 By Julie Schilter GamblingThe addiction draws in students By Dan Tolley 10 IslandThings Getaway to do and see in the San Juan Islands By Erika Williams 11 Kids,From cameras Western view and to KVOS the big screen By Tracy Brewder 14 SeattleStudents to in Portland training for summer bike race By Bob Horn 16 TheA guide Reel toStory fishing in Whatcom County By Scott Harden 20 LoanQuick Groans cash available to needy students 23 By Leah Linscott ExchangingForeign students Ideas comment on Western life By Jeff Hugel 24 FromThe SkiHorse to Sea Buggies Race since to 1911 Mountain Bikes By Toni Weyman 26 A House of Hope: Orphange offers help BackstageViking Union Pass Tech Crew helps the show go on to poverty-stricken By Stuart Lyon 30 Tijuana, Mexico Editor Kevin Jackson Page 6 Managing editor Sandee Robbins Design editor Crystal Brockway Story editors: Erika Williams and Leah Linscott Photo editor Erik Kvilaas Design assistant: Sara Bynum Art editors: Chris Carmichael and Renee Mickelsen staff: Matt Baunsgard, Tracy Brewder, Patricia Cleveland, Robert Easley, Jeff Rugel, Karrie Groves, Scott Harden, Bob Horn, Tasha James, John Ketcham, Samantha Lipoma, Stuart Lyon, Tim McGoldrick, Denise Mead, Brad Niva, Julie Schilter, Ted Schuehle, Mark Talkington, Dan Tolley, Michaela West, Toni Weyman. Advisbr: Marilyn Bailey KLIPSUN magazine, published twice quarterly, is supported by student fees and is free. Copyright May 1991, Volume 28, Issue 1 KLIPSUN is a Lummi Indian word meaning "beautiful sunset." Cover photo: Matt Hulbert Contents page photo: Karrie Groves Prosser Tl* 1. Artists'Picture Pen Gives a s Comical Look at Western See back cover for more illustrations by Brian Prosser By Julie Schiller In 1971, all the girls in the sec­ Western students, professors and fac­ him what texture he saw when he ond grade at Juana Marie Elementary ulty with cartoon characters, vibrant looked at it, what smells did he expe­ School in Ventura, Calif, had their colors and memorable political car­ rience and how did it move in the notebooks and assignments decorated toons. wind? with beautifully drawn butterflies. Sharon said the selling of col­ With his parent's encourage­ A brown-eyed, 7-year-old artist ored rocks also was part of Brian's ment and faith, Brian's talent ex­ with freckles and blondish-stra wberry beginning. He would color the rocks panded and can be found far from his hair was the creator of these colorful from the walkway in front of the baby album. art pieces. apartments where his family once That young artist was Brian lived. His mom said he wouldn't just Prosser. put the rocks back after coloring them; "VJe could tell his artistic ability he'd sell them to the neighbors. By the right away," said Sharon Prosser, time the family moved, no rocks re­ mother of the youth who pleased his mained in the walkway. They could female counterparts and amazed his be found on the porches or in the parents. kitchens of their neighbor's homes, Brian is now a Western alumni she said. and has equally impressed many Besides coloring rocks and drawing in the margin of magazines, Brian's youth included other activi­ ties that enhanced his art work. "He started drawing on our walls," Sha­ ron said. It was obvious to his parents His most popular works on that he was very imaginative and had campus are his cartoon characters. a lot of talent, she said. They have big heads, little bodies and "We would always make sure often times resemble a star Western he had enough materials. We would basketball player, the Western cheer­ be his cheerleaders and encourage him leaders, an Associated Student officer to draw - unless he was drawing on or some other well known face. the walls," she said. His comical posters have deco­ Brian's parents also tried to en­ rated Carver gym for the past four courage him to look at life in a differ­ years. They have encouraged team ent perspective. They tried to advise and fan spirit and sometimes even his viewing when he looked at a tree intimidated the opposition. or other object. They did thisbyasking Debbie Jackson, Western Brian Prosser creates yet another image. 4 Klipsun cheerleading adviser, said she re­ Brian to make posters for Homecom­ But posters and coupon books membered walking into the gym for ing and other big games, such as when are not the only forms of art that got the 1988 Men's Championship Bas­ the Western men play Central or the Brian started. ketball Playoffs against Central Viking women take on Simon Fraser, In 1978, the Prosser family left Washington University and seeing 10 as long as possible. California and settled in the small by 8 feet sketches of each star player. "It has become part of a tradi­ coastal town in Anacortes, where "They (Brian's posters) add so tion to have a Brian Prosser poster at Brian began selling his work at arts much to the games," said Jackson, the games," she said. and crafts festivals. whose husband. Brad, is Western's Brian's comical characters have "What's really hard is doing men's basketball coach and has also also appeared on the cover of the Big characterizations at arts and crafts been a subject of Brian's work. Blue Bonus Coupon Book. This well festivals, because you really have to She said Brian donates a lot of push your creativity. If someone sits his time to make the posters and will down, you have to get them done draw the sketches, while the cheer­ (draw a cartoon of them) in 10 min­ leaders will usually color them in. utes," Brian said. One Brian's most memorable With all of his artistic talent it posters is the "Cat Busters" poster, may be surprising to find out that which showed a cat similar to the Brian graduated from Western with a Bloom County character "Bill the Cat," political science degree. who is choking and sticking his tongue "I got a degree in political sci­ out at the sight or sound of Central. ence because I was interested in doing Another well-known poster showed political cartoons. I still am," he said. Western Men's Basketball Alumni, Brian says he misses creating Manny Kimmie, flying through the shocking yet humorous political car­ air with the cheer staff watching and toons for The Western Front. He no cheering for him from the ground. longer does so because they are too The unique thing about Brian's time consuming. Brian said it takes work is his ability to realistically draw three to four hours to produce just one the facial features of an individual. known money saver, given to stu­ cartoon. These accurate drawings are so de­ dents at the beginning of each quarter Campus and student issues are tailed it is easy to identify the people when they buy books, also helped the angles Brian enjoyed most when in the posters, Jackson said. Brian's popularity. he created political cartoons. A few Brian explained that he's not "I really got my start at Western well remembered creations, "Campus just drawing a face or a portrait, but with the coupon book," he said. Parking Gestapo" and "We're not he's also trying to capture that person's As Associated Students Director going to close this campus till hell personality. of Communications from 1988 to 1989, freezes over," hit home with many "If a person has droopy eyes Brian and his fellow officers wanted Western students. and kind of a strong jaw you can make to find a new way to raise scholarship With all this background, expe­ them look very astute. Or a person money. The idea of a coupon book, rience and natural talent, Brian was that has very wide eyes, a big smile with 10 percent of all gross profits able to go into business for himself. and eyebrows raised will make them going to scholarship funds, emerged. He is currently co-owner of Prosser look really carefree," he said. The proposal became a success Art and Design located on Telegraph Jackson said she plans to ask and continues to exist. Road, Bellingham. May "1 like it here at the orphanage much better," Maria blurted out as she stared at the floor. She glanced up with a glazed look and then a wel­ coming smile appeared on her face. Maria and her twin brother Saul were born in Mexicali in 1977. The first five years of Maria's life were filled with abuse and neglect. Physi­ cal, mental and emotional abuse were inflicted on Maria by her father and later even by her brother Saul. She would be beaten with an iron and fists as well as abused verbally.