"Business classes tend to bea little overcrowded. They'lloffer three business classes, andthen they will drop one, andthe people in the class that gotdropped willtransfer to the oth-er two classes, and that makesthem overcrowded," says stu-dent Samantha Brubaker. "Alot of students here at Highlinehoping to pursue a career inbusiness have heard it's goodover here."

Business professor Michael

Enrollment low for Winter QuarterByMark Maras

The thirdannual Chemistry Magic Show exploded intoBuild-

ing3 tokick off'the Winter Quarter series ofScience Seminars.Chemistry professors Katie Gullifordand John Pfejfer (right)hosted the show lastFriday. The two entertained the audiencewithfoaming muck ("elephant toothpaste,

"above), levitating

beakers, disappearing coffee cups, and even creating fire wa-ter, all through the power ofchemistry. HigKline^ti^entsdrewelcome to enroll in the Science Seminar class forone sciencecredit under item number 6063 withBiology Instructor WoodyMoses. For more information contact Moses at 206-878-3710, ext. 3649. For more information on Science Seminar,

see storypage 2.

STAFF REPORTER

Des Moines, agreed."We do have a surplus this

year, but have significant billsdue next year for which we needto plan and prepare. Specifi-cally, we willneed tocontribute$1 billion into the state pensionsystem next year to keep itwhole," said Upthegrove.

"Health care costs are ex-pected tocontinue to skyrocket,

on in Olympia."We anticipate a budget sur-

plus of about $1.4billionthanksto an improving economy inthe state, however much of thatmoney is already committed toexisting programs," said StateRep. Skip Priest, R-FederalWay.

"It sounds better than is re-ally is. We expect a shortfall ofabout $500-$600 million in thenext two years," Priest said. "Asignificant amount will haveto be saved for the anticipatedshortfall."

His Democrat counterpart,State Rep. Dave Upthegrove of

ed budget surplus:State funds pay for around

70 percent of the cost of run-ning Highline; most of the restcomes from tuition. But despitean expected state surplus of$1.4 billion,local legislators sayHighline won't see alot ofnewmoney in the supplemental bud-get legislators are now working

Highline students asked statelegislators for money for every-thing from access services toparking at a breakfast meetinglast week. But the legislatorssay a lot ofpeople are lining upfor a piece of the state's project-

Starting the year off with

ommunity College

v Beggingbudgetbucks

ByMichelle Ericksen

Highlinewants pieceof surplus

"•WHUNE COLLEGE libraa bang mci^^

Photos by Jessica Bennett

January 12, 2006 Volume 44 Issue 12JAW i2 2QGG

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See Budget, page 12

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classes that remain.Students in business courses

report that some sections ofclasses were cancelled and stu-dents crowded into the remain-ing sections.

Winter Quarter 2005.This is the third year ina row

for lower enrollment for the col-lege.

The result is more classescancelled for low-enrollment,and sometimes crowding in the

line again.First-day winter enrollment

was 6,865, down from 6,942 for

Enrollment is down at High-

education.The college has been tapping

into reserve funds to cover ex-penses inthe past two years, butofficials increasingly warn thatthis can't continue beyond thisyear.

themselves as transfer students.Lower enrollment means less

money from the state, as tuitiononly pays for about 30 percentofthe cost ofa typical student's

working on new programs tomake degrees more accessibleand to attract more students.

For example, only 53 percentof Highline students say theywill stay here long enough toget an associate of arts degree,even though 57 percent identify

percent from Fall 2002.College officials have been

looking at ways itincrease newenrollment and retention of ex-isting students.

Highline is offering and

out," says student Sared Yim.Students are indeed dropping

out, or justnot dropping in. Fall2005 enrollment was down 14.7

other available sections. Some-times that results in a much full-er classroom."

In other classes, studentsreport the normal course ofevents.

"On the first day the class isusually crowded, but then as theweek goes by itgets less crowd-ed because people start dropping

Cicero said that happens."Our policy would be ifwe

have multiple sections of aclass, then we would cut the un-der-enrolled section and do ourbest to get he students into the

Lost property

The following items werelost between Jan. 3-Jan. 5:

Ablue and silver cell phone.A faculty member's lost

keys.A T-mobile cell phone from

Building 6.Ablack purse from the South

end of the East parking lot.Amemory chip for a Playsta-

tion.

Found property

Building 6.Awhite binder withpink and

blue notebook in the North lotofBuilding 25.

A bag of gym clothes foundinBuilding 21.

The following items werefound between Jan. 3-Jan. 5:

An American Promise text-book inBuilding 6.

A Cingular cell phone in

-Compiled by M. Parfait

tional planning and advising.Several questions will be

asked during the Game Showincluding questions like 'Whatis the last day to withdraw fromclasses Winter Quarter?'

Free refreshments will beprovided. Allstudents are wel-come.

show gives students who arenew to Highline all the infor-mation they need to know. TheUltimate Survival Game Showwillbe held today at 1 p.m. inBuilding 7

"It's an opportunity for newstudents to learn important aca-demic policies and procedures,"said Denny Steussy, of educa-

New students can learn allabout Highline at the UltimateSurvival Game show.

The Winter Quarter game

Learn to surviveat game show

& 3>

*e**f"%For more information contact

either Steussy at 206-878-3710,ext. 3534. or Siew Lai Lilley,ext. 3936, Mouy-Ly Wong atext. 3690, or Karen Steinbach atext. 3355.

technical programs.For more information call

Siew Lai Lilley at 206-878-3710, ext. 3936.

Maiava willbe giving a pre-sentation on transferring witha Highline associate of arts &science and designated Techni-cal Degrees and discussing the"Upside Down" agreement withHighline's professional and

viser speak on transferring.An adviser from Evergreen

State College Eddie Maiava willbe coming to Highline on Jan.

Students can come hear ad-

Transfer toEvergreen State

Workshops start soon. Stu-dent with writer block can nowreceive help. Writing tutoring isnow available at the Highlinewritingcenter.

Students can make appoint-

Center is openHighline Writing

Jan.20.•Jeff Owens: TBA on Jan 27.•Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield:

Rats Continued on Feb. 3.•Marc Lentini: New Web

Technology on Feb. 10.•Woody Moses: The Current

State ofOur Orcas on Feb. 17.•Joy Strohmaier: Fast Food

Nation on Feb. 24.•Gregory Reinemer: Relativ-

ityon March 3.•KarenFrancis-Mc White: Bio

Ethics onMarch 10.For more information for up-

coming Science Seminars con-tact .Woody Moses at 206-878-3710 ext. 3649.

Learn toballroom dance

The Ballroom Dance Clubis now in session for the winterquarter. Highline students canlearn to dance, as well the his-tory ofdance. Lessons willofferdance technique in waltz, salsa,and polka, from the experiencedballroom dancers Erica McLean,and Menolly Esteb. The clubwillmeet twice on Friday morn-ings, at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. inBuilding 27, next to the lockerrooms. For more informationcontact Erica McLean at forget_me_not88@msn.com

papers.A series of eight grammar

and editing workshops willstarton Jan. 18. Follow-up certifi-cates are available forproof ofparticipation. They willbe heldin the Tutoring Center, Building26, room 319. For more infor-mation contact Rosemary Ad-ang at 206-878-3710 ext. 3822.

ments for 25-50 minute one-on-one tutoring sessions fromwritingtutors forhelp with:un-derstanding assignments, brain-storming ideas, finding a focus,learning editing principles andstrategies, and organizing their

Earn creditsin hot science

p.m.•Erik Scott: N-Space: Boy

band or Mathematical Objecton Jan. 13.

•Richard Bankhead: Funwith Bubbles and Soap on

Highline students are wel-come to enroll in the ScienceSeminar class for one sciencecredit under item number 6063withBiology Instructor WoodyMoses.

Science Seminars will beheld Fridays each week inBuilding3, room 102 from Jan.6 through March 10 at 2:20

Dorm Walters projects the imageprojector for display in class.cows for their classes from Me-diaServices in the Library.

"It'sa Catch 22-

not only dowe (media services) end up los-ing equipment but we also haveto use our equipment to furni-ture classrooms," said RandyEllis,lead media technician.

Dean filed both cases oftheft.Realistically, security cannotmonitor all buildings with dataprojectors inside of them for 24hours a day, he said.

• Accbrding to security of-ficers Dean and Chief RichardFisher, both entries were not

Photo by Austen Laverym the microscope into the data

ment insurance," said Wrye."Our deductible is $50,000

so it's not worth it for a $5,000projector," said Connie John-son, college director of con-tracts, leases and special proj-ects.

forced. Thieves gained accessto projectors by simply openingan unlocked door or by stuffingpaper into the latch of the doorso itseems tobe locked when itisn't, Fisher said.

Highline likely willnot filean insurance claim for the loss.

"Basically there is no equip-

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get to them," Wrye said.The thieves cut the locks on

the cage, disconnected wiresand took offbolts to get to theseprojectors, said Security OfficerRobert Dean.

Uninstalled data projec-tors sit on a cow (computer onwheels). Instructors can reserve

tors stolen were permanent."They actually cut through

metal, and cut through wires to

Director Tim Wrye.Some data projectors around

campus are permanently in-stalled into classroom ceilings,locked and caged. Both projec-

rooms over winter break.One data projector was stolen

out of Building 3, room 103 onDec. 13, 2005, and another wastaken from Building 19, room208 on Dec. 15.

These data projectors areused inHighline classrooms fortasks such as Powerpoint pre-sentations and showing movies.

Total damage from thebreak-in during the winter breakcomes to about $7,500, said In-structional Computing Center

Two more data projectorswere stolen fromHighline class-

jectors safe."We're all working in the

right direction to secure the pro-jectors, it just takes time," saidEllis. f

Reporter Camilo Zambranocontributed to this story.

measures."Unfortunately, security cam-

eras aren't something securitycan afford for the entire cam-pus," said Wrye.

Further precautions such asboth security and media servicesmaking routine rounds duringthe day to assure projectors areinside the classrooms are takingplace. Security has asked teach-ers to lock all classrooms beforeand after class to keep the pro-

out of student fees."That means, that the next

students who come in, their tu-

ition is higher because they'rgreplacing the equipment," saicPEllis.

Wrye, Dean, and Ellis all be-lieve the projector theft couldbe limited ifmore money wasavailable for tighter security

If insurance is not coveringthe costs, then ICC(InstructionalComputing Center) and IT (In-structional Technology) budgetswill.

That money comes directly

Students pay for stolen projectorsByAliciaMendez

The Thunderword

CRIME

BLOTTER

Medical situations

A student worker had a sei-zure after an injury on Dec. 8.The Fire District was called togive medical help.

Astudent had a seizure at5:26p.m. on Jan. 3. The KingCoun-tyFire Department responded toa 911 call and checked the stu-dent's vital signs, which werefound normal. The student wasthen released to the instructor.Astudent was transported to St.Francis after complaining aboutdizziness due to pregnancy.

Hit and run

A staff member's passengerside window was broken, trunkwas pried open, and the in-dashCDplayej was removed on Dec.15.

A vehicle was stolen fromthe North loton Dec. 6.

am onJan. 3.The driver's side door ofcar

belonging to Highline staff wasdamaged at 12:12 p.m. on Jan.

A car, parked in the Eastlot, was reported to have beenbumped while parked at 11:45

on class, poverty

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Natasha Burrows

Highline has 33 clubs opento all students on campus, fromethnic and religious clubs to ac-ademic support groups to clubsjust for fun.

"Youbuild relationships within the clubs," said Julian Torres."There are a lotof opportunitieswithinclubs."

Culturally based clubs in-clude the Russian StudentUnion, the Indian Student As-sociation, the Muslim StudentAssociation, the United LatinoAssociation, the Black StudentUnion, the Vietnamese StudentAssociation^ and the Friends ofBosnia.

A number of clubs are fo-cused on academic fields andcareers.

Those groups include thePre-Chem/Pre-Pharm/Pre-MedClub; the Creative WritingClub;the Paralegal Association; theComputer Club; the HighlineAssociation of Student Librar-ians; Respiratory Care 2006; theNational Student Nurses Asso-ciation; and the Society ofPhys-ics, Highline chapter.

"It's a club about respira-tory problems, the hazards ofsmoking, respiratory type dis-eases, what pollution does to

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the lungs," said Korren Jackson,president of the RespiratoryCare Club.

Music-based clubs includethe Highline Vocal Ensembleand the Jazz Club.

Political and socially activeclubs include the Club ofGlobalDomination- a club that comestogether to increase the aware-ness of war, the EnvironmentalScience Club, and the CollegeRepublicans.

Campus Crusade for Christtries to spread the love of Godthroughout the Highline cam-pus.

Deaf Club provides oppor-tunities for support, feedback,and social involvement for theHighline deaf community.

Gay Straight Alliance cele-brates diversity between all dif-ferent groups and people.

Just want to kick back andhave fun after classes? Consid-er looking into Ballroom DanceClub, Anime Club, Poker Club,Chess Club, Table Tennis Club.

"It'sa lot offun," said Heath-er Skaggs of the Swing DanceClub. "It's a great way to spendan evening, or even ifyou want

to take a date out."For more information about

thesexlubs contact Jodie Robi-nette at 206-878-3710, ext.3535.

Students explore the Club 's Fair

By Gregg Waldon

beckon toHighline students

welfare rights movement sincethe 1960's, and has been a long-time activist in the civil rightsmovement.

•A lecture by Dr. Ernest B.Johnson willbe held on the sameday inBuilding 7 at 12:10 p.m.His lecture is titled "MLKandthe Poor People's Campaign."Dr. Johnson will be talkingabout the philosophy and move-ment ofMartinLuther King.

•On Wednesday, Jan. 18,there willbe three events, thefirst in Building 8 (StudentUnion) at 9 a.m. Laura Manningwillbe in charge of the session.Itwillbe a filmviewing called"People like Us: Social Class inAmerica." There willbe an opendiscussion on social classes andbackground information basedon families, income, attitudes,appearance ofsocial classes andmembers, of a particular socialclass.

•At 10 a.m. in Building 7,Larry Blades and Susan Rich

jT^liiJBlarge role in the

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Building 7 at 12 p.m. AllisonGreen willfacilitate the event.Students willdiscuss academicsand how it impacts their lives,and how class can play a largerole 4n education and class-rooms.

•The "Women and Money"Workshop will be Thursday,Jan. 19, inBuilding 2 at 11 a.m.Itwillbe about women and fi-nancial opportunities. Also, itwillbe about the larger finan-cial picture of gender equity.The workshop willmostly tietogether social class, incomeand women. Sonia Wellingtonof Seattle NOW Young Wom-en's Task Force and Shae Savoyof EMPOWR NOW willbe incharge of the Women and Mon-ey Workshop.

•-The film "People Like Us:Social Class in America," willbe shown again on the sameday, inBuilding 7 at 12:10 p.m.

•The last day ofMLKweek,Friday, Jan. 20, a lecture by Ste-phen Bezruchka, M.D., M.RH.willbe inBuilding 8 (StudentUnion) at 10 a.m. The Lec-ture is titled "Making AmericaHealthy Again: How Race andClass Interact inProducing PoorHealth." Dr. Bezruchka who isan emergency physician in Seat-tle, willtalk about the affects ofthe United States falling behindother countries when itcomes tohealth outcomes.

•The last event of MartinLuther King Week will be anentertaining performance byClinton Fearon and the BoogieBrownBand. Youcan find theminBuilding8 (Student Union) at11 a.m. Fearon is one of Jamai-ca's most talented musicians,and plays reggae music. It willbe a free viewing for everyone.

Highline willbe celebratingMartin Luther King Week, Jan.16-20, with films, presenta-

tions and speeches.Each year since 1990, High-

line has celebrated the memoryof the late civil rights leaderwith various.

This year's theme is, "TheOther Side of the Track: Raceand Class inAmerica."

"We really wanted to concen-trate on issues of poverty andclass identity," says NatashaBurrowes, who is incharge ofthe MLKWeek committee thisyear, and is the multicultural andstudent programs adviser. "Whydo we have a society withpoorhealth because of their poor in-come? Our identity and past arewhat affects us the most." Bur-rowes says, "Usually 500 -700people come to MLK Week."Allevents are open and free tothe campus community.

•The week's events willbe-gin onMartinLuther KingDay,Jan. 16, at 11 a.m. It will be amarch in the actions againstracism, poverty and war. Themarch will start at GarfieldHigh School, but if you needtransportation, buses and car-pools willleave from Highlineat 10:15 am. There is limitedseating on the buses, so be early.To participate in the rally, signup at the Student Programs frontdesk, on the 3rd floor.

•On Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 9a.m. in Building 8 (StudentUnion) with Marian Kramer.She willbe leading a discussionon race and poverty, address?-ing what needs to be done tohelp the poor.- She's been in the

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absolutely mental!"

THUNDERWORDThe "It's going to drive me

ing.However, without a unified

student dictate, how much canthe Student Government really

dents"?To speak for the students im-

plies that the student body has aunified voice, which itdoes not.Student concerns are varied andoften do not fall within the Stu-dent Government's advocacy.

That's not to say that they areuseless. The Student Govern-ment can advocate for many is-sues students feel are important,such as book prices and park-

currently pursuing?One project being spearhead-

ed by Paul Kalchik, StudentGovernment president, is work-ing withgraphic artists to createa mascot for Highline.

tobe properly exercised.How many students know

what the Student Government is

No matter which side of thisis true, there is a disconnect be-tween the students and the Stu-dent Government that representsthem. One way or another, oneside needs to give ifth&voice is

ComSo when the ques- gpaggssw

tion arises of what j|l||||||the Student Govern- pS&Sfiment actually does, WgT~ wm

the answer should be ]£yb|pretty clear cut. But IIP; ";

when you think about i>

it, "speaking for the IIm^students" is actually tli||||ifa rather vague idea. HHra&What does it mean HHito "sneak for the stu- Austin M Kenzie

do.

While itcan easilybe said that the stu-dent body is not do-ing its part in givingthe Student Govern-ment a clear answeron what itis that theywant, one might alsocontend that the Stu-dent Government isnot doing enough toreach out to the stu-

Comment

The Student Government is, do? Students can endlessly com-quite literally, the voice of the plain about an issue, but withoutstudents. They speak for the any unified mandate from thestudents, and they look out for students, the Student Govern-the interest ofthe stu- \u25a0 ment has nothing to

How many people knew thiswas happening? How manypeople feel this issue needed tobe addressed? And even then,who among the student bodycares whether they succeed orfail? Expecting the students asa whole to come together andprovide some sort of path forthe Student Government to fol-low is ludicrous. But expect-ing the Student Government tomiraculously guess at what thestudent body wants is equallyjludicrous.

The best way tomake this in-stitution succeed is for the Stu-dent Government to extend theirhands to the students and findout what issues are importantand what students want done.

Equally important are for thestudents to take the time to an-swer these questions when theyarise. The student body as awhole must have anopinion, andthe Student Government mustgo out and find this opinion. Ifboth sides do not work together,there willbe no change, and wemay as well not have any kindofStudent Government at all.

Austin is the president ofhisownfan club.

Who needs to be involved?

Be vigilant againsttheft on campus

able, be sure to remove the faceplate from your stereo.

In addition to protecting your own belongings, itis importantthat you also keep an eye on school equipment. Over the break twoclassrooms were broken into and the permanently installed dataprojectors were stolen. These projectors are $2,500 to 5,000 dol-lars, and our fees willhave to replace them.

We cannot prevent every theft on campus; there simply isn'tenough manpower to protect us all. But we can take steps to keepour own belongings safe. So long as we remain vigilant and atten-tive, we can decrease theft on campus.

risk of theft, you can take steps to lessen these risks.Perhaps easiest and most important ofthese is making sure that

your belongings are with you at all times. Obviously this is notalways possible. Reports of backpack theft are not uncommon,

where people will simply take a backpack from the bookstore asifitis their own. This is difficult to stop, which is why ifpossibleyou should always leave your belongings with a friend. Anotherproblem on campus is break-ins. This can be prevented.. Make surethat you remove all ofyour valuables from your car or stash themout ofplain sight.

One good way to do this is only take a few CDs with you toschool, and keep them all with you when you leave for classes. If

Campus theft is:costing you money. For every piece of equip-ment that Highline loses, student fees willpay for its replacement.

While itis true that by simply coming toHighline you face the

Why not jointhe club?

run and the dispersal of extra club funds.Withclubs so easily accessible, anybody witha few extra hours

would do well to immerse themselves in it.With so many clubs,you're sure to findone that appeals to your interests.

the board.Ifthere isn't a club that interests you,making a club is also an

option. Simply go to the Club's Resource Room, the staff willex-plain everything that is required to become a recognized, fundedclub. Recognized clubs can attend budget meetings every otherTuesday and vote on matters that concern the way the college is

Youmay find that you miraculously have some spare hours be-tween classes and work. Fortunately, Highline offers many clubsthat students may joinwhile they are stillon campus but have freetime on their hands. There are many campus clubs that can appealto a wide range ofstudent interests, from racial topolitical to justfor fun.

Getting involved in a club is simple. On the third floor of theStudent Union, there is the Club Resource Room, which dedicatedentirely to clubs. Anybody wanting to find out about club meetingtimes need only go to the third floor and look at the calendar on

Editorial1/12/06The Thunderword

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Reporters AlexCahan, Ra-chel Lusby, Steve Pirotte, Erik Break-

Sports Editor Trevor KulviOpinion Editor AustinMackenzieGraphics Editor Jeremy KochelPhoto Editor AliciaMendez

Editor-in-Chief Michelle EricksenManaging Editor NowHiring

Arts Editor.. KeithDaigle

what happens behind the scenesas wellas stealing the show on-stage.

She said that her favoriteclass at Highline was impro-visation, she did not expect toget much out of it because shedid not like watching improv,but after she started doing itshefound that itwas a lotof fun,

Olds plans to return to schoolonce again to earn her master'sdegree in arts.

She said that her emphasiswould probably be in ceramicsunless she decided to go intodrama.

Her ultimate goal is to teachart at the college level.

In addition to acting inBreeders Theater, Olds works

Highline alum and actress Kirsten Olds rehearsing lines in the E.B. Foote Winery.

Photo by Keith Daigle

Byday highline alum KirstenOlds can be found inthe ceram-ics lab helping students withtheir projects. By night shespends her time trying to per-form experiments on damsels indistress.

In the upcoming BreedersTheater production Rescues,Inc. Olds plays the wicked witchEzebra Cadabra.

Cadabra wants to performexperiments on the distressedMiss Damselle, promising notto change her

—much.

This is Olds' third year actinginplays for Breeders Theater, alocal company that has perfor-

ery inBurien.Olds' first drama experience

was acting in the communitytheater one summer when shewas a kid.

"When Iwas like 12 or so,my younger brother was intocommunity theater, and Ipar-ticipated one summer and itwaskind offun. Atthat age you re-ally don't know what you aredoing at all,"Olds said.

After that it was not untilcollege that she got interested inacting again.

Olds came to Highline aftertaking acouple ofyears offafterhigh school.

After receiving her associateof arts degree, she went to the

University of Wash-—

~~n! ington where sheHB earned herbachelor'sSpy!) degree in Englishfi|py Literature.HPyn "I wasn't sure

what Iwanted to do,so itwas abetter dealto go to a communitycollege than apply toa four-year college,"Olds said.

Acouple ofyearsafter graduating from

STAFF REPORTERmances in the E.B. Foote Win-ByKeith Daigle

Highline alum findsa home on stage

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Kirsten Olds

Jack Barrows painting titiledRainbow inEvery Storm

He observes the worldaround him and then transformsitinto art. Jack L.Barrow Jr. isthe featured artist this month atthe Highline library art gallery.

His work tells a story. "Ilike to tell the true story of thepeople I've seen and the plac-es I've been," Barrow says.

This statement is demon-strated greatly in his pieceentitled Rainbow in EveryStorm, which was inspiredby his wife, whose poetryBarrow often illustrates for.

Rainbow inEvery Storm de-

Barrow works with a vari-ety of media, many of whichone can see in the library gal-lery now. He uses everythingfrom pencil to water colorto linocut and printmaking.

He has been working asan artist for around 30 years,doing mostly commercialart. He trained at a vari-ety of institutions, includingthe Burnley School of Art.

Jack L. Barrow Jr.'s workwill be displayed on thefourth floor of the library un-tilthe end of this month Everymonth a new local artist is dis-played in the library art gallery.

STAFF REPORTER growing up and how, despite arather rough start at life,every-thing turned out for the better.

This piece shows a crum-bling, wooden shack with darkand stormy clouds looming upahead. Above all this, however,is a sign ofbetter times to come:a bold and colorful rainbow.

Barrow says he drawshis inspiration from whator who is around him.

He admires other art-ists, past and present, butdoes not try to imitate them.

"Ican appreciate other art-ists, they have [had] their sto-ries to tell, but Ihave to tell

picts the life Barrow's wifehad my own story," Barrow saysBy Rachel Lusby

Local artist displays workthe library art gallery

part time as a teaching assistantin the ceramics lab at Highline.

Olds can be seen perform-ing inRescues, Inc. at the E.B.Foote Winery, (127-B S.W.153rd) Street when itopens onJan. 20. Other show dates areJan. 21, 27, 28, Feb. 1,3 and 4at 7 p.m.; Jan. 22, 29, Feb. 5, at2p.m.

Allproceeds from the Feb. 1show benefit the Highline Com-munity College FoundationBreeders Theater PerformingArts Scholarship.

Tickets are $20, and can bepurchased from the winery,206-242-3852, or from CorkyCellars in Des Moines, 22511Marine View Drive,Des Moines206-824-9462.

the UW, Olds found herself backat Highline again, this time fo-cusing more on the arts.

Olds said that itwas a chancething that she got into drama atHighline.

"When Iwas looking at aquarterly Isaw acting classesand Ithought 'well, maybe Ishould find out what this is re-ally about,"' said Olds.

"Mainly it was through act-ing classes at Highline, but Iwas influenced a littlebitby thefact thatIhad a sibling who wasinto acting when Iwas young-er," she said.

While at Highline she tookmost of the drania classes thecollege has to offer, includingtechnical ones, learning about

Kingham playing acoustic guitar in the Student Union forpeople wandering around the clubs fair.

Photo by Jocie Olson

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though many are local.Kicking off the series on

Wednesday was Jonathan King-ham of Seattle, along with his

can steel drums.While diversity in music is

an important goal for the Blend,its purpose is mostly to create achange inpace and atmosphere.

According to the organizersat Team Highline, it is to pro-vide a change ofpace from theusual drudgery of day to dayclasses.

Artists from all over countryare brought in to perform, al-

ally musicians playing instru-ments from different cultures,from an African kora to Jamai-

Highline's Brett Cleary.Typically , the music per-

formed is soft and mellow, ap-propriate for a coffee house.

However, there are occasion-

of the Clubs Fair."The Blend is a way tobring

students into the Student Unionand create a place on campuswhere students can come andlisten to music," said Team

to all.This week it was held on the

stage on the first floor of theStudent Union Building as part

of intimate concerts.This concert series is nor-

mally held in the Fireside Bis-tro every other Wednesday from10:30 to 12:30 p.m. and is free

The Blehd returns to High-line's Bistro with another series

ham.More information on King-

ham can be found at his websitewww.jonathankingham.com.

The next Blend performancewillbe saxophonist Tobi Stone.Itwillbe in the Fireside Bistroon Jan. 25 from 10:30 a.m.

new building isbeautiful."Kingham performed in the

tent while the SUB was underconstruction, and has also per-formed inthe Bistro.

His favorite spot is thedownstairs stage because of thesound.

Kingham was able to incor-porate the Club Fair intohis actthrough freestyle raps and theoccasional breather betweensongs.

"Ialways work with what'sgoing on. We play a lotof col-leges, so we learn to work withwhat's going on," said King-

Highline."I love it, man; everybody's

real nice tous here," said King-ham about performing at High-line.

"This is a great spot, and this

will freestyle rap periodicallythroughout his performance.

Because of the Club Fair,Kingham's performance was onthe downstairs stage of the Stu-dent Union Building.

"I thought the show wasreally good," said Kingham."There was a nice sound system,a lot ofpeople boughtCDs, andshowed their support."

This has actually been King-ham's third performance for

The Blend returns to the Fireside BistroByAlex Cahan

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new movie every Friday.It is sponsored by Interna-

tional Student Programs and

ter, The Constant Gardener.The movie will be shown

at 2:10 this Friday in theMount Constance Room inthe Student Union building.Movie Friday's presents a

and printmaking.The art gallery is located

on the fourth floor of theHighline library.

Barrow's art willbe on dis-play throughout the month ofJanuary. The art gallery fea-tures a new local artist eachmonth.

•Movie Fridays presentsits second movie ofthe quar-

•The Library ArtGallery cur-rently features art from localartist Jack Barrow.

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different mediums, includingpencil, watercolor, linocut

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ofE.B.Foote's award winningwines and hors d'oeurves,still for only $20. Ticketsare available at the winery,206-242-3852 and at CorkyCellars, 22511 Marine ViewDrive, Des Moines 206-824-

a musical fairy tale comedy.Show dates are Jan. 20,

21, 27, 28, Feb. 1, 3 and 4at 7 p.m.; Jan. 22, 29, Feb.5, at 2 p.m. All proceedsfrom Feb. 1. show benefit theHighline Community Collegefoundation Breeders The-ater Performing Arts Scholar-

true love?Breeders Theater's ninth

production, Rescues, Inc. is

the World Languages depart-ment.

•Upcoming Breeders The-ater play Rescues, Inc. ex-plores the relationship be-tween a dragon and his prin-cess hostage, begging thequestion, can they ever find

them.The movie willbe shown

on Jan. 26 at noon in build-ing 7.

There will be a follow updiscussion about the film onFeb. 9, at noon in the MountSkokomish room in the Stu-dent Union building.

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Waodani, an isolated tribein the Amazon Basin of Ec-uador and five North Ameri-can families who contacted

play to the Kent Spotlight Se-ries.

They will be performingat the Kent-Meridian HighSchool Performing Arts Cen-ter (10020 SE 256th St.,Kent) Friday Feb. 8 at 8 p.m.

Tickets for all SpotlightSeries performances are onsale at the Kent Commons,525 4th Ave. N., Kent, or byphone with a Visa or Master-card during business hoursat 253-856-5050.

•Campus Crusade forChrist ispresenting the docu-mentary Beyond the Gates of

Acoustic Trio, as a part oftheKent's Spotlight Series, willbe performing at the Kent-Meridian High School Per-forming Arts Center (10020SE 256th St., Kent).

The trio willbe performingon Friday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $15for general

dents and seniors.Tickets for all Spotlight

Series performances are onsale at the Kent Commons,525 4th Ave N., Kent, or byphone with a Visa or Master-card during business hoursat 253-856-5050.

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theater needed a good comedy."The title character, Sylvia, is

a dog that is adopted by a mid-dle-aged man named Greg.

Greg isthrilled about his newpet, but his wife, Kate, doesn'tshare his enthusiasm.

Now in the prime of her life,Kate does not want to compete

Sylvia."This play is proof that the

theater is here to stay," says di-rector Henry Hart. "We felt this

It's the sentimental tale of aman and his dog.

The BurienLittle Theater hasgone over some bumps in theroad recently but now it's backwith a comedic play written byplaywright A.R;Gurney entitled

Rational

willbe shown on Fridays andSaturdays at 8p.m. and Sundaysat 2 p.m. The play is recom-mended for ages 13 and up.

Tickets cost $10 to $12.To make reservations, call

206-242-5180.

with'an animal for the attentionand affection ofher husband.

"It's a very amusing play. Ithink people willreally like it,"says Hart.

The play features MarioHernandez, Thomas Piel, DanaRice, and Yvette Zaephel.

For those who wish toattend,the play willopen Friday, Jan.13 and willrun until Jan. 29. It

By Rachel Lusby

unleash 'Sylvia'

Brandon Smith drivingby a Tacoma defender inlast weeks game.Photo by AliciaMendez

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The Highline men's bas-ketball team is on a winningstreak.

The T-Birds have five gamesin a row, including their firstgames in the Western DivisionoftheNWAACC.

Highline won the SpokaneTournament on Dec. 28-29,before opening league play bybeating Pierce and Tacoma.

Highline hosted the TacomaTitans on Jan. 3, winning 101-84. The T-Birds led by 21 at thehalf.

"Tacoma was really strug-gling," said Head coach CheDawson.

"We were up by 20 at halftime, but Iwas not happy withthe way we played defense. Wedid not play withpride."

Early in the game, Tacomahad trouble keeping up withHighline, and thats what led tothem not being able tocatch up.

The Thunderbirds had sixplayers in double figures, led bysophomore guard Nathan Jack-son with17 points.

Sophomore forward LondenCarter has 12 points and threeblocked shots, and freshmanforward Zach Bruce had sevenrebounds.

Highline traveled to Pierceon Jan. 5 and beat the Raiders75-56, but coach Dawson againwas not pleased withhis team'sperformance.

"Our intensity in the first halfwas not there," said Dawson.

"The firsthalf we were play-ing man-to-man defense, andwe were unable to get our handson the ball."

Also in the first half, High-line was not moving the ball

a score of 89-83, and then beatthe Sasquatch on their homecourt 73-70.

Spokane's loss to High-line sent a message around theleague.

Entering the game Spokanewas was ranked number two iiithe league, making the victoryeven sweeter. I

The win in the SpokaneTourney raised the morale ofthe team as they headed acrossthe Washington-Idaho borderto take on North Idaho in a re-match ofagame that was playedat Highline back on Nov. 19.

"It was a long trip, but theguys handled it well," saidAssistant Coach Josh Baker."These are big wins forus."

Intheir firstmatch up,NorthIdaho won 81-73.

Heading into the rematch,North Idaho was ranked 13thnationality, inthe NJCAA.

That was not the case thesecond time. Highline avengedtheir early season loss by beat-ingNorth Idaho 81-76.

With the wins against bothTacoma and Pierce, Highlinenow sits atop the Western Divi-sion.tied with undefeated Low-er Columbia, 2-0 in league and15-0 overall.

Highline (9-3 overall) playedat Grays Harbor, (9-4) Wednes-day night, with results unavail-able at press time.

The T-Birds next hosts Cen-tralia, (4-10), on Saturday, Jan.14.

Tip-off time is 3 p.m.Highline has a bye on Jan.

18 before returning to actionagainst South Puget Sound onJan. 21.

The game against SouthPuget Sound willbe at homewith tip offscheduled for 3p.m.

league

PQoff to a flyingstart inT-Birds

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The question that's raisingeyebrows for the 2006 trackseason is who willbe coachingthe long distance runners?

Last fall, head cross coun-try/track coach Robert Yateswas fired, leaving the runnersinneed of a new coach for theupcoming season.

Yates worked with the longdistance runners.

With Yates gone, AssistantCoach Les Black has been leftin charge of the whole team.

Black normally works with thesprinters.

Athletic Director John Dunnsaid the college isjust beginning

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The main goal for the menwas to beat Spokane for theNWAACC Track ChampionshipinMay.

The women were also ex-pected to challange for a trophy

this year as well.Some of the Thunderbirds

will compete Jan. 13-14 at

the University of WashingtonDempsey Indoor Center in thefirstmeet ofthe year.

At least two more indoormeets are schedule for late Jan-uary and February.

The outdoor season starts inMarch.

The first outdoor meet inMarch is tentatively scheduledto be at the Mount Hood Openon March 11.

The season will end at theNWAACC Track and FieldChampionships May 25-26 atSpokane Falls Community Col-lege, where Spokane willbe theheavy favorite.

Coach Les Black

its search for a new coach anddoesn't know when that willbecompleted.

In recent practices CoachBlack has been coordinating theentire track team and accordingto team captain Carolyn Nor-man, he's doing a great job.

Black seems very contentrunning practices for the timebeing.

"My goal is to keep every-one positive and to make surethey are focused on their pur-pose here, which is to do well inschool," he said.

Black said he hopes that theschool willhire a coach with alot of knowledge of the sport.Other than that he believes ev-erything for this season willbe

just fine."It's been hard to get any

one-on-one help during prac-tice, but we're definitely doingthe best we can with what wehave," said long distance runnerMelisSa Better.

The lack of a full coachingstaff may be having an impactover the overall strength of theteam, however.

Long distance runner VictorKimihu said the lack ofa coachis taking its toll.

"A lot of runners are eitherquitting or redshirting," hesaid.

With a lot of athletes pos-sibly redshirting or quitting, itnow puts a giant road block infront of the T-Birds.

for a track coach stillcontinuesSearchBy Gavin Johnson

tory.Jackson led the way forthe T-

Birds with 14 points.After the Bellevue show-

down, Highline headed easton 1-90 to play in the SpokaneTournament hosted by the Com-munity Colleges of Spokane.

Highline defeated both WallaWalla (7-7) and Spokane (11-3)to win the tourney.

The T-Birds defeated theWarriors from Walla Walla by

well as they had hoped to."We just weren't able to get

rebounds and unable to get tothe free throw line," said Daw-son.

The second half was a differ-ent story forHighline.

"We came out playing a zonedefense and we were able to getour hands on the ball more."

"we didn't rely on the three-point shooting as much in the

second half as we did in the firsthalf."

Jackson again led all High-line scoers- with 20. points.Guard Morris Anderson chippedin 11 points, eight assists andfive steals. Bruce snagged 15rebounds.

During winter break, TheT-Birds had only one game athome. Bellevue (11-3) came tothe T-Dome with upset on theirminds and left with a 61-58 vie-

press time.Next up for Highline willbe

the 1-5 battle at Clackamas onJan. 13-14.

The match on Friday willbea duel meet against Clackamas,while the match on Saturdaythe 14th willbe the ClackamasOpen.

Up next forHighline willbe aduel meet against Simon FraserUniversity. Simon Fraser comestoHighline with a lot of advan-tages in their, favor, and willbelooking to sweep Highline be-

but scores were unavailable at

Photo by Austen LaveryTwo Highline wrestlers prepairing for the upcoming Clackamas Open.

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said Clemens.One of the wrestlers that was

lost due to academics was fresh-man Chris Grady. Grady wasexpected to help fillin the holes

was not enough to secure a win."The duels went great," said

Assistant Coach John Clemens."We performed up to level andwe would have won the meet,but we had two forfeits."

Two things hurting Highlinethis year have been injuries andeligibility issues.

We have already lost twoguys this year due to academicreasons, and a few more haveinjuries slowing them down,"

tough match 28-23.In the match Highline won

four of the show downs but it

yet very competitive schedule.Before the winter break,

Highline competed at the SimonFraser Open on Dec. 3, and thenhosted the Highline Duels onDec. 9.

The meet at Simon Fraserwent well, but Highline lost a

men's wrestling team.The T-Bird wrestlers used

winter break to get ready for thetoughest part of their short, but

Most athletes would use win-ter break as a time to rest theirbodies, and heal injuries theymay have sustained. That wasnot the case for the Highline

year.With just five matches re-

maining before the Regionalmeet at Southwestern OregonCommunity College in CoosBay, Ore. on Feb. 11, Highlinewill be working hard to getthrough this part oftheir season,and hopefully have a few wres-tlers qualify for the NJCAANa-tionals over inRochester, Minnon Feb. 24-25.

Highline had a match againstNorth Idaho at home last night,

year school.Probably the biggest thing

that does not favor Highline isthe region that they are in. High-line competes against some verystrong opponents such as NorthIdaho. In the past, North Idahohas been known to be a constantnational title contender every

hurting Highline is experience.Highline lost last year's nationalchampion, Yura Malamara, be-cause he chose to redshirt so hecould have three years of eligi-bility left to compete at a four-

oflostlettermen.The injury bug has hit the

T-Birds really hard this season,especially sophomore JamesBarr-Finch. Barr-Finch was lostwhen he suffered abroken anklea few weeks before the seasonbegan. Even though Barr-Finchhas been unable to participate,his presence has helped theteam.

Another thing that is really

now looking towardWrestlingBy Trevor Kulvi

postseason action

See Hoops, page 10

Photo by Austen LaveryAshley Cavalieri shooting over a Tacoma defender last week.

game win streak. They have wins over Pierce (1-12) and Ta-started division play 2-0 with coma (2-7).

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of the team's caliber."It was a really tough pre-

season," said Rowe. "Iexpectall t>ut three of the preseasonteams we played to make it tothe NWAACC tournament."

The team is now on a four

other team."The preseason may not have

mattered but it was an early test

playing much better."The T-Birds finished the

preseason witha 7-6 overall re-cord, but Coach Rowe was notconcerned. "Preseason playdoesn't really matter," she said."Our goal was to play our gameand not play according to the

: Preseason can be tough onteams, and it was tough on theHighline women's . basketballteam.

"We hit a rough patch as ateam," said Coach Amber Rowe._ "We weren't playing well to-

gether and we lacked team spir-*"\u25a0 it. We had a team meeting and

brought our problems into theopen, and since then we've been

tice."There are still other ways

Rowe feels the team can im-prove. "Right now we're into

tioning."Rowe believes that this is a

problem that can be fixed. "Asfar as problems go, shooting isnot a big one. We are still win-ning and we can find ways toimprove our shooting in prac-

"Another one of our goalswas to come together as a team.We have definitely done that. Idon't know if,I've ever had ateam that got along better thanthis one."

There are still lots of thingsthat need work though. "We arenot shooting well," said Rowe."All of our stats are high ex-cept shooting percentage. Ourproblem isnot shot selection be-cause w£ are" taking good shots.Maybe our problem is incondi-

now." That was one ofour teamgoals at the beginning of theseason. This is really importantbecause we are not a really bigteam.

'

per game."We are playing reallyscrap-

py, high pressure defense right

really playing team basketball."In the first three games the

T-Birds averaged eight assistsper game. The last three gamesthey. have averaged 19 assists

sixassists.The good start is a result of

improvement and weaker com-petition.

"We've improved since pre-season, but we should havebeaten both teams we faced,"said Coach Rowe. "The biggestdifference is our assists. In thelast three games we've had a lotof assists. That means we are

and Marissa Cain scored 10.Against Pierce Highline won

easily 65-49. Once again, threeplayers scored in double fig-ures. Maas had 15, ChristineKim scored 13, and Cain had10. Kim also had a team high

Against Tacoma the T-Birdsplayed a strong second half towin 64-51. The team was ledby three players scoring in dou-ble figures. Kristen Jones had15 points, AllisonMaas had 14,

By Steve Pirotte

Women's basketball undefeated in league

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fore the NJCAA Nationals.Another advantage Simon

Fraser willhave an extra matchunder their belts. Highline willnotcompete the week before Si-mon Fraser comes into town.

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WEST LeagueCentralia 2-0Highline 2-0Lower Col. 2-0G. River 1-0S. PugetSnd. 1-1Grays Harbor 0-1Clark 0-2Pierce 0-2Tacoma 0-2

EAST LeagueCol. Basin 1-0Walla Walla 1-0Wenatchee Vly.1-0Yak. Valley 1-0BigBend 0-1Blue Mtn. 0-1Spokane 0-1Treasure Vy. 0-1

SOUTH LeagueChemeketa 0-0Clackamas 0-0

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NWAACC/HorizonAir

HIGHLINE65, at PIERGE 49HCC-Naas 15.8r.3bs, Kim13,6a, Cain 10, Jones 5s.PiC-Nofoa 12,12r, Montgom-

Next poll due out for both Menand Women is Feb. 9. The fi-nal poll of the season is dueout on March 6.

MikeDorr and Derrick Webb use

The equipment sits in twodifferent rooms where the freeweights are separated from themachines, allowing more spacefor students.

Paton said the new facilityhas some added benefits suchas more control of attendance

for the weight training classes.Before the change teachers werehaving trouble keeping track ofthe students going inand out ofthe old weight room.

Weight training classes willbe in the weight room from 8a.m. untilnoon every day.

Photo by Austen Laverythe newfitness room. 4.Centralia 12-2

5.Clackamas 10-36.Umpqua 10-37.Col. Basin 9-58.Shoreline 9-4

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Coaches' Poll

ALSO RECEIVING VOTES:Walla Walla (10-3, 8 votes),Spokane (10-5, 4 votes),&Skagit Valley (8-2, 3 votes).

HIGHLINE 85,BLUE MOUNTAIN59HCC-Cain 14, Jones 12,6s,Maas 11,7r, Kim 11, Dobson11, Schmidt 10.BMCC-Cullen 17, Lee 13,13r,Eubanks 10,1Or, Tremayne10r, Staples 8r.

HIGHLINE58,LINN-BENTON 52HCC-Maas 14,8r, Kim 10,Jones 7r, Boswell 5s.LBCC-M.Fillion 15,19r,_ Cum-mins 15,7r, Long 7r,4bs.

at HIGHLINE 64, TACOMA51HCC-Jones 15,8r,5s, Maas14,14r, Cain 10, Clark 7r.TCC-Olson 16, Larsen14,8r,5bs, Ando 10, Frank 9r,Gilbert 8r.

ery 12,8a, Brooks 10, Lee 8r.

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Paton.Student Government helped

fund the move by helping to payfor a student monitor for the ex-ercise room and for some newequipment, Paton said.

transition."Students and faculty have

been waiting for this opportu-nity for quite some time," said

The new fitness facility isnow open, to all students inBuilding 21, room 103.

Ifyou feel like working outat school you can do so betweenthe hours of1 to 5p.m. Mondaythrough Thursday, and noon to 3p.m. on Friday.

Building 21 is just north ofthe Higher Education Buildingon the south edge of campus.Keith Paton, the Physical Edu-cation coordinator at Highline,said he is very excited about this

basketball on Thursday.Intramural sports are being

offered Tuesday through Thurs-day 1-2 p.m. in the Pavilion atthe bottom ofcampus.

On average about 30 students

now started for the 2006 WinterQuarter;

The season willlast allquar-ter and sports offered are indoorsoccer on Tuesday, badminton/pickle ball on Wednesday, and

attend intramurals everyday,said Amber Rowe, who is incharge of the program.

Rowe said a basketball tour-nament isusually held at the endof the quarter.

Even ifyouhave never playedbefore, your still welcome tocome out and show what yourmade of.

Allevents are free and opento students, faculty and staff atjHighline.

Winter intramurals have

Winter intramurals get under way

POgets pumped upBuilding 21

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NORTH LeagueBellevue 2-0Olympic 2-0Peninsula 2-0Shoreline 2-0Everett 0-1SkagitVy. 0-1Edmonds 0-2Seattle 0-2Whatcom 0-2

Men's Basketball

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SOUTH League OverallChemeketa 0-0 8-5Clackamas 0-0 11-4Lane 0-0 5-9Linn-Benton 0-0 7-7Mt.Hood 0-0 11-3Portland 0-0 8-7SW Oregon 0-0 8-5Umpqua 0-0 2-11

EAST League OverallBig Bend 1-0 10-5Col. Basin 1-0 5-9Spokane 1-0 11-3Walla Walla 1-0 7-7Blue Mt. 0-1 7-7Treasure V. 0-1 8-8Wenatchee Vly. 0-1 1-13Yakima Valley 0-1 5-9

WEST League OverallHighline 2-0 9-3Lower Col. 2-0 15-0G. Harbor 1-0 9-4G. River • 1-0 5-7Centralia 1-1 4-10Pierce 1-1 7-7Clark 0-2 2-11S. Puget Snd 0-2 5-7Tacoma 0-2 1-12

Women's Basketball

NORTH League OverallWhatcom 2-0 8-5Everett 1-0 8-6Bellevue 1-1 7-6Peninsula 1-1 7-6Seattle 1-1 5-10Olympic 1-1 8-4Shoreline 1-1 9-5S. Valley 0-1 8-3Edmonds 0-2 0-11

Lower Columbia (14-0, 80 pts)Mt.Hood (11-3, 50 pts)Spokane (10-3, 50 pts)Bellevue (10-3, 50 pts)Grays Harbor (9-4, 26 pts)Clackamas(11-4,20pts)Highline (8-3, 16 pts)Chemeketa (8-5, 14 pts

Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-ministrations on March 4.

How the Northwest states

and cities are helping to reducethe pollution that causes globalwarming willbe explained by

Climate Solutions Research Di-rector Patrick Mazza on March18.

Ecological economics is different, speaker says

By Jocinda Olson

Photo by Jessica Bennett

Saphosh Warng takes a glance at the book he may need for classeswhile inside the bookstore.

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Tarabochia.Tarabochia went on to de-

scribe the division of labor be-tween his fellow officers andhimself, saying each memberhas taken on a different role.Several officers are focusing

on problems plaguing night

students such as poor lighting,a lack of security, and inconve-

nient hours for the library andfood services.

Treasurer/Club Diplomat

Student Government is try-ing to keep busy. From encour-aging school spirit to supportingsports, the Student Governmentis utilizing this quarter to makeHighline a better place for stu-dents.

"We're student-focused thisyear," said Vice President ofAdministration Jared Tarabo-chia. "We're trying to bring ev-eryone together."

The Student Governmenthopes to increase student in-volvement through a numberof events and programs suchas the "rainbow of clubs" read-ily available on campus, said

help."We're always open to talk

to students," he said. "We'llconsider all thoughts and con-cerns."

He encouraged students to

come to Student Governmentmeetings, every other Tuesdayin the Mt. Skokomish room ofthe Highline Student Union,

from 1-2:30 p.m.

Julian Torres has taken itupon

himself to increase the involve-ment of international studentson campus through what Tor-res called a "cultural coalition,"while Senator Katie Hutchisonhas been helping to develop anIntercultural Center.. President Paul Kalchik hasbeen actively promoting schoolspirit by working to create aschool mascot withThe StudentPrograms Design Team, a group

of three graphic designers usedby many students to create printand web resources for teams and

clubs. Meanwhile, Tarabochiahas been pushing forsupport fora variety of athletics, "not just

basketball."Tarabochia also wanted to

assure students of the StudentGovernment's willingness to

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and the students willstill re-fceive the high quality serviceThat they are accustomed to,"Davis said.

Fisher willbe missed at thebookstore because he was "goodat responding to the students,"Davis said.

ager after nine years."It's time for me to move

on and do something else withmy life. I'm not quite sure yet

/vhat that looks like, so IthinkI'llgive it some time to focus,"

Fisher wrote in his farewell e-mail.

While at Highline, Fisheroversaw the bookstore opera-tions. "Highline has affordedme the opportunity of workingwith some marvelous people,from our outstanding facultyand administrators, a caringstaff, students who are alwaysfullof surprises."

Now that Fisher is retired,

Shannon Gillilanis standing inas the manager of the bookstore.Marion Davis, the interim vicepresident of Administration,

said the college willstart adver-tising for Fisher's replacementsometime soon.

"Operations will continue

Randy Fisher has decided to

retire as oflast quarter from be-ing Highline's bookstore man- By Simone Snow

eyes new year,new projects

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Fisher retires from bookstoreByJocinda Olson

MaST speaker Erin Burgessexplains global economics.

said.Burgess went on to explain

that neo-classical or standardeconomics does not always fac-

tor in the cost of the ecosystem.

Take a tree for example. Neo-classical economics will say

the tree would have zero value

while ecological economicswillsay that the tree does have

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Too many parking lots, de-forestation, misuse of fishing,and toxic waste production allhave an economic cost, said aspokeswoman for Earth Eco-nomics on Jan. 7.

ErinBurgess spoke as part of?

-Highline's Marine Science and

lJTechnology Center, located onRedondo Beach.

"The ecosystem services are

kj0 the basis of human economy.

Nature actually costs money,"

Burgess said.Earth Economics is a non-

profit organization based out ofSeattle and Tacoma.

Burgess said ecological eco-nomics is a new academic fieldthat tries to correct the distor-

tion of ecological, social, andeconomic consequences ofeconomic decision. Ecologicaleconomics accounts for natureand gives each item such as aforest, national park, and fisherya value.

"The environment is an assetthat we are using up," Burgess

a value. An ecological econo-mist can measure that value ofthe tree by the price itwould getonce itis cut down and sold.

But still the amount given

is not what it should be. "Thedollar estimates of the valueproduced by natural systemsare inherently underestimated,"Burgess explained.

The vision ofEarth Econom-

ics is a vision of a healthy eco-

system and economy that pro-

vides a high quality of life forallcommunities and citizens.

"We need to realize that hu-mans and the environment are

at odds and people need to learnhow to share. They have to getaway from the thoughts of lum-ber and houses rather than hav-ing animal habitats," Burgess

said"We are at apoint where hu-

mans need to embrace the factthat we are part of the econo-my," Burgess said.

The next event at the MaSTcenter willbe "Between Darwinand the Deep Blue Sea" on Jan.21 by David Hamm. He willbespeaking on the development of

the University of Washington.The MaST Center willhost

Jo Gardiner from the National

genetic tools for conserving ma-rine life.

On Feb. 4 discussions onhow low oxygen concentrationsare affecting Hood Canal willbepresented by Jan Newton from

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"This workshop will givestudents an opportunity to askquestions and hear the advicefrom some really knowledge-able and experienced people,"adds Tingelstad.

•"Work and Attitude, Jan. 27in the Highline Student UnionMt. Skokomish room, willhelpyou learn to tell when your at-titude negatively affects yourwork performance and what youcan do about it• "Ever Dreamed of startingyou Own Business?" Feb. 3 inthe Mt.Olympus room.

Tingelstad said this was thehighest attended workshop ofthe year when offered last Win-ter Quarter.

"A lot of students toy withthe idea of opening their ownbusiness someday," he said.

Jim Rosemary ofNew TechWeb willbe going over the re-alities of entrepreneurship. Itopens up the eyes of studentsand really gets him or her se-riously thinking beyond thedream stage of what it takes tobe a small business owner said

Eric Hngelstad

dent government, faculty andstaff," Upthegrove said. "Be-cause everyone at Highline doesa great job of working togetheron common goals, Ithink wecan make progress this year.The needs, however, far out-weigh our ability to meet them,so difficult decisions willneedtobe made."

The legislative session willcontinue for eight weeks.

they requested ifpossible."We need to be responsible

and plan for the future whilealso making some targeted in-vestments. First, we need toset aside money to make ourpension payment next year, be-cause that is a moral. obligationto retirees and future retirees,"Upthegrove said. "On top ofsetting aside money for pen-sions, we also need to main-tain a healthy reserve. Finally,we need to make some targetedinvestments to help addressthe economic challenges peopleare facing.

"Forexample, we should helpthe pocketbooks of students byexpanding financial aid, supporta long-term solution togas pric-es by investing in the develop-ment of clean alternative fuels,and enhance the programs thatprovide access to affordablehealth care," said Upthegrove.

"I willcontinue to aggres-sively support the priorities ofthe administration, as well asthe needs identified by the stu-

State Rep. Upthegroveagreed that they will try to getHighline some of the money

Dave Upthegrove

•Career Opportunities inBusiness, Jan. 20, Building 10,room 103. This workshop fea-tures three instructors from theHighline faculty, Mike Cicero,Jeff Ward, and Sherri Chun.

For anyone thinking aboutmajoring in business, or is ma-joringinbusiness but has yet topick a specialization, this work-shop would be a great experi-ence for him or her, Tingelstadsaid.

Interest Inventory."The inventory is available

through the Washington Oc-cupational Information System(WOIS). It lists 180 differentactivities and asks students toindicate like, dislike or indiffer-ence for each," said Erik Tingel-stad, director ofTesting, Career& Employment Services, whowillbe leading these seminars.

"There are a couple ofuniqueworkshops that I'm excitedabout this quarter," said Tingel-stad.

Allsessions run 12:10-1 p.m.They are free and open to all.

Other workshops include:

taking place Friday, Jan. 13.The first workshop will be

on taking an interest inven-tory this Friday, The one takingplace this coming Friday willbeheld inBuilding 30, room 311,at 12:10 p.m.. This workshopwill be focusing on taking an

Ifyou are looking for an ad-vance in career opportunities,Highline's Career Center is hereto help you out.

Career workshops willbegin

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quette, ir

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"It's something you use ev>~'

eryday and peopie makes as-sumptions about you based onhow you behave," said Tingel-stad.

"Business etiquette is veryimportant when in an interviewor a networking situation, whenthere isn't time to make a posi-tive impact, manners can reallyhelp you stand out in a crowd.This workshop willnot only beenlightening, but willbe funandentertaining as well,"he said.

•"Volunteering as WorkExperience," Feb. 17 in Mt.Skokomish. Volunteering canbe an excellent way of tryingout different careers, develop-ing contact, and gaining experi-ence. Italso helps boost yourresume.

•The Internship Fair willbe-Thursday, Feb. 23 in BuildinJU8. A variety of non-profit orga-nizations and businesses willbeon hand to look for volunteersand interns.

•Perfect your resume on Feb.24 inMt.Skokomish.

•Learn about the PeaceCorps and AmeriCorps on Fri-day, March 3 inMt.Skokomish.These programs offer many op-portunities, to visit new placesand learn to overcome toughobstacles.

For more information call206-878-3710, ext. 3599.

Tingelstad.•Stephanie Horton of Top

Dog Etiquette will be lectur-ing on "Polishing your Per-sonal Presence," Feb. 10 inMt.Skokomish. This workshopwillreally focus on business eti-

By Rosie Meeker

with series of job seminars

shortfall of$2,067,000."The system as well as the

college willbe relying on leg-islators for funds," said VirgStaiger, community and gov-ernmental relations director forHighline.

Competing interests have tobe weighed because there is notenough money to pay for every-thing, said State Rep. Shay Sch-ual-Berke, D-Burien.

"We know that there are ma-jor expenditures coming downthe pike in the next year or twothat will easily gobble up thesurplus we currently have," saidSchual-Berke.

"As far as Highline gettingthe money it is seeking, Ihavepersonally taken itupon myselfto seek the piece that Ifoundmost compelling, and that is thefunding for safety to replace theantiquated high-voltage linesthat were recommended by theState Board of Community andTechnical Colleges," said Sch-ual-Berke. "Iwillbe doing mybest to get that included in theCapital Budget, and willbe sup-portive particularly ofenhancedfinancial aid assistance as wellimproving the poor pay of fac-ulty."

creases funds.The governor's budget only

includes M&O funds, and fueland energy increases. This willleave Highline with a budget

putting additional pressure onthe state budget," Upthegrovesaid. "So, while we have extramoney in the reserve accountright now, we can't rush out andspend itall."

Highline has requested abudget that includes: fundingto accommodate students withdisabilities, faculty salary in-crements, part-time faculty sal-ary improvement, infrastructureprojects, new facilities mainte-nance and operations (M&O)funds, and fuel and energy in-

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