BASEMENT HARDCORE MEDIA MADNESS MEN'S HOOPS Venue attracts bands from Excessive coverage of mad-cow disease BCS is a load of BS. New York. overwhelms public. Opinions, Page 14 Accent, Page 8 Sports Page 10 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington ISSUE 1 FRIDAY VOLUME 128 The Western Front JAN. 9, 2004 Left out in the cold Homeless try to find shelter from Crews work overtime to the cold, often provide safe conditions unsuccessfully By Bryan Sharick _.., The Western Front By Wolfgang Deerkop Despite snow, icl?^ and freezing temperatures, Western remained The Western Front open. The onlyeffect was Western opening at noon on Wednesday. As winter skies darken and "(Wedtiescfa^j$ras perhaps the most difficult day to deal with," those fortunate enough to be Director' of Facilities Managrhent Tim v^i^nn said, "The walkways and parking lots were yery difficult, (the facilities crews are) work- among the legions of sledders : retreate to their homes to Warm mgreaUy hard, and they're starting toSet really tired." their bodies with Jiot chocolate The primary problem me "fa6ih^esMgws faced was keeping walk­ and dry dothing, Bellingham res­ ways clear so people were able, to mo^fethroughout campus, he said. idents without permanent hous­ "The critical stairs andiprinppal ^S||s is where people should use ing struggle to escape frigid tem­ their best judgment," Wj^-^gtji;, ^r^'f: peratures^ Problem areas around^jea^pUiS?were Oak Street on north campus, Ken Dunlap, 28, was one of the the stairs in and leading^u^ ja^^e Rjldgeway Complex, East College homeless forced to isurvive put- Way, which goes behind Ql^Siaihy and the stairs from the Viking ~side:as approximately six inches Union toward GardertStfe^Wynn said. ^J0i~ of snow and freezing rain, fell on "We're trying to^ncentrate onkhown-^feas where people have Bellingham/ ft had problems in* theT*past," Wyrm 'said. "People need to wear footwear with good* traction aftd use good judgment when riding "It was a long stretch of weath­ : er," said Dunlap; who stayed in a _. their bike or driving.": 0^3^ ^ tent withhistwo tlogs, Buddy ?|fe0;^:";-'7: - • ;••y:''-. --:<- j, • SEEstorm, PAGE6 and Mucha. "I have been really Vvorried about waking up and finding them (his dogs) dead." Although Dunlap was forced to stay outside, the majority of those without a place to stay dur­ ing the recent snpwfall found housing in shelters such as the Lighthouse Mission and Rainbow Center. Others stayed in motel rooms rented through the contributions of community groups such as Saltan the Street Ben Arnold/The West^mjFront "They put us up in a motel Transients Iva, left, Joe, right, and an unidentified friend, room for the whole week to get taking a beer break just off Lakeway. Iva said she dealt us out of this mess," John with the cold with mere blankets and cardboard. Williams, 44, said. "They are all weather said the Rev. Al Archer, who will stay outside regardless right." executive director of the of the weather ... but snow, rain Some individuals chose to Lighthouse Mission. and cold weather brings addi- remain outside even in the worst "There are always some people tional people in," Archer said. \ Ben Arnold/The Western Front SEE Shelters, PAGE 3 Bellingham Public Works employee Tom Yorkston clears the storm drains on Iowa Street. Friends recall student Police still seek peeping Tom killed on Mount Baker Investigators have thusfar failed to establish any solid leads BY PAUL NICHOLAS CARLSON much too interesting to be con­ The Western Front cerned just with money/ " BYERICBERTO sketch of the suspect. Morgan said. The Western Front ^'The drawing was really vague and generic," said Western junior Brita Lund, who also said she was When Mary Kay Morgan reflects Before she had the chance to realize her childhood ambitions, attacked while sleeping on Halloween. "You could upon the life of Bellingham police still are on the lookout for the 21-year-old Jacqueline Paulette mold it into anybody." her niece, Western sneak-and-peak prowler/but looking is about all Eckstrom, commonly known as Lund said she has yet to sleep through a whole senior J.P. they have done so far. "J.P," died in an avalanche on night in her home since the break-in because the sus­ Eckstrom, she Investigators have not found any solid leads to Dec. 12 while showshoeing with pect has not been caught. remembers a little locate the suspect who is linked to more than four friends to Artist's Point on Mount "It still makes me. kind of cringe," she said. "I girl whose life break-ins into the homes of females near campus, Baker. don't have any hope because they haven't caught aspirations, even Bellingham Police Department Detective Sgt. Flo - Her companions, Western anybody. That's the thing that makes me unable to as a child, were to Simon said. No new incidences have been reported •juniors Greg Bachmeier and sleep at night." make a difference in people's to police in the last few weeks, she said. Laurie Ballew, were injured in the Johnson said mat the police, department has clas­ lives. '-K;~ BPD officer Keith Johnson described the investiga­ accident. Ballew said Bachmeier sified four separate incidences as being committed "I remember a conversation tion's progress as "tough." had frostbite on both his hands by the same person, although it is difficult to be sure with (J.P.) when she was little and "We're kind of at a dead end right now," he" said. and.she had frostbite on both feet because the person did not leave any physical evi­ she said I'm not intere^fed-irij "We have exhausted all of our leads." . arid nerve damage tg-her left leg. dence behind. '«•.'•-' making lots of money. People are Since the first victim reported the incident to police on Sept. 7, they have released a composite SEE Memorial, PAGE 6 •••,•; SEE Assault, PAGE 5 ~*r. January 9, 2004 NEWS The Western Front • 2 COPS BOX University Police iking Jan. 3, 2:43 p.m.: Officers Vooice s responded to a report of a nat­ ural g^smeil in north campus,) Jason Hervin Kat Dosey Carly Fleming b^djirtot^ Do you think students Junior, business marketing Senior, English Freshman, undecided Jan 4,;. ^9;50:;;^im^: •;: Qjfac§xs\ should be barredirom responded^ to |Ke r^ receiving financial aid ' / think they I think it depends If they're on (a) •puis. • exterior \ whejrje| ;an::;aBan|:: because of drug convic­ should have a W more than on just 99 scholarship that 99 tions? doned yer^^ fair chance at financial the offense. It also they need to remain in good blocking tfeentri^ aid and an equal oppor depends on how it affects standing for, then they Compiled by Melena Eaton. tunity to better their their performance at should have it taken away. Jan. 4, 7:46 p.^ future. school. theft was reported in Ridgevvay Gamma. Jan. 5> 12:13 p.m.: Officers responded to a call from Haggard Hall in.which the cus­ /\ v vv i rs news briefs todial supervisor reported that someone had taken the front off STATE NEWS offspring of a cow infected with Vegas, Los Angeles, New York INTERNATIONAL NEWS the computers. mad-cow disease were killed. and Washington, D.C., due to The animals were sedated and their high risk of attack. given lethal injections. Officials used high-tech equip­ Bellirigham Polled Small earthquake hits Iraq mortar attack Whatcom County By Tuesday evening, the ment hidden in briefcases and wounds 35 soldiers slaughterhouse transported the golf bags to look for bombs and Jan.-;5,;;>:i5c3^ entire 449-calf herd from a other potential terrorist A pair of minor earthquakes Anti-American forces fired issued a trespass warmrig to a Sunnyside farm to Wilbur, a weapons. happened Tuesday afternoon mortar rounds at a U.S. military person paiu^arid^ town 50 miles west of Spokane, approximately eight miles south camp near Baghdad on property in the 0ti\fack 6f where they were quarantined Judge OKs military of Bellingham. Only some Wednesday night, wounding 35 ••NortfeiSarnisli following the outbreak. anthrax vaccinations Whatcom County residents felt U.S soldiers. them. Six mortar rounds exploded at Following the Food and Drug A tremor measuring 2.3 on the Logistical Base Seitz, a camp that resporided ';^^^^if.aTg^m^t: Administration's announcement Richter scale struck at 2:45 p.m. NATIONAL NEWS is one of the primary spots of jjetweenrobjtrm that the anthrax vaccine is safe, a. and was followed two hours resistance to the U.S. occupation block of Elhs^B^fc>©^^6nt| federal judge allowed the mili­ later by a second that measured of Iraq. mate left Mffi^ Cities searched for 'dirty tary to resume inoculations for 2.7 two hours later. The quakes Earlier Wednesday, U.S. troops the bacteria, ending a Dec. 22 were more likely to be felt bombs' said they destroyed a home in ;Jan^^ order to halt them. because of their shallowness. Fallujah, one of the centers of respOTdeii fe The U.S. Department of US. District Judge Emmitt Neil Clement, Whatcom anti-American insurgency .west Energy searched • four cities for (SuUivan issued a two-page order to County Deputy Director of of Baghdad. radiological dirty bombs and end the injunction despite his sus­ Emergency Management, said The nature of the injuries was :was;^ii«sted;^^ other potential terrorist weapons picions of the government's timing no more damage was reported. unknown. Some of the soldiers Wednesday. of the safety announcement. returned to duty after the attack.