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by Alcesha E. Towns
The possibility of a wetland existing in the
Seminar II construction site has prompted a
meeting of the Design Committee with several
Evergreen ecologists and hydrologists.
A sub·committee met April 24 to discuss a
concern voiced by faculty member Jim Stohr in a
memo to the Design Committee that wet areas in
the construction site not be disturbed. Stohr was
not available for comment.
When the site was originally surveyed, no
wet spots were detected and so the possibility of
a wetland has not been an issue until recently.
"It was probably not a wet area before this
land was developed." Academic Dean and
committee Co-Chair John Cushing said. "If you
look at how that area has been contoured, the
shape has caused the water to collect there."
The Seminar II design committee is made
up of faculty, students, facilities personnel, and
associates from the Seattle-based firm Mahlum
Architects.
"It would be extremely expensive to redesign
or relocate the building at this stage," Cushing
sa id . Possible solutions could include
constructing a wetland elsewhere to compensate
for the removal of these particular wet spots.
Thurston County doesn't have jurisdiction
over these wet areas even if these wet areas are classified wetlands because
they are too small and not wet enough to initiate county wetland
requirements .
"Everywhere is obviously growing," Junior Kristen Rubis said. "How
are we going to shift and change with that growth?"
"Green" building design has been at the forefront of the Design
Committee's plans. Ongoing goals are to lessen the environmental impact or
footprint of the new building. During the pre-design phase in 1998, the
Committee rejected several other sites on campus because too many trees
would have to be removed.
Located in the forested area between the Communications Building and
the Bus Dropoffcirtle, Seminar II will rest on the side nearest to Red Square.
It will be one of the campus' largest buildings. Actually five separate buildings
or learning clusters, the complex is 150,000 square feet with a total area
impacted about 3.5 acres. The site was selected because its proximity to the
CAB and Red Square and so the building will act as a bridge to the isolated
Communications Building.
Designed around Evergreen's integrated programs, Seminar II building
will house program classrooms and faculty offices, student homerooms, a
small r.afe, Part-Time Studies, and the Public Service Center. The estimated
cost ofthe new building is approximately $31 million.
Other features of the green design include roof gardens, natural lighting
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and ventilation. Still on the table are composting toilets and storm water
recycling.
"We're doing as much as we can with natural ventilation as
opposed to air-conditioning and heating systems so the building will
have a more natural feel," Deston Dennison, a student member of the
Design Committee, said. "[natural ventilation] and natural day lighting
are two important goals that we're really hitting on the head."
Seminar II is part of the college'S original Master Plan although
the site and timing were selected recently to meet a growing academic
community.
In ten years, Evergreen's enrollment is expected to swell to 4,915
students, an increase of 1,200 people, according to projections of the
Office of Research and Planning.
"We don't have enough classrooms and office space to support
5,000 students," Cushing said.
Seminar II recently finished the schematic design phase in which
the space in each building clusters was designed to fit programs. Last
week the project entered the Design Development phase.
"In Design Development you design each of the individual spaces,"
said Mark Cork, Project Architect. "This space is here, what's in it? what
can we put in it? It's a challenge because the rooms are used by so many
different people with different teaching styles."
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie
Brownstein .. . p. 12
Monk songs ... p. 13
Sexual Assault Awareness month a'chance for change
by Whimey Kvasager
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"We live in a rape culture."
Those words are harsh. but to Safeplace's Dana
Tanner and many otllers, they are justified.
"Rape is so prominent in our culture. We've
known since the early 70s that one in four women is
sexually assaulted - that's 25 percent of women and
that's just what we know. Since it's such an
underreported crime, we're never probably going to
get a full grasp or extent of what's truly going on,"
Tanner said.
"A rape culture is one that allows it [sexualassault]
to continue by perpetuating myths and tolerating
behavior that is related to sexual violence," SHAPE cocoordinator Rachel Mulry said. The messages and
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myths surrounding rape are precisely the two
aspects of sexual assault she hopes to target.
The most prevalent myth is the "it-can't·
happen· to-me; she-asked-for·it" myth. Finding
fault in the way a victim dresses or acts, instead of
finding fault in the rapist, allows for other people
to feel a sense of fal~e safety and control about
sexual assault.
People feel "that they'd have to take part in
the victim's behaviors in order to be unsafe. 'The
victim dressed promiscuously and goes in bad
neighborhoods. I don't dress promiscuously and
I don't go in bad neighborhoods, so rm safe',"
Mulry said.
Rape victims are often told, either explicitly
or implicitly, thatthey caused the rape to happen.
It is this mentality that SHAPE (Sexual
Harassment Assault Prevention Education)
seeks to expose for its falsehood. Hence
Evergreen's adoption, in 1994, ofAprilas Sexual
Assault Awareness month.
SHAPE has spent April organizing
workshops, lectures and other informative
events around the topic of sexual assault. "It's a
hard thing for people to talk about - for the
ones whose lives have been touched by sexual
assault it brings up memories ofthe violence; for
the one's who've not been touched, it raises a lot
oHears," Mulry said. Sexual Assault Month is
"not to create fear, but to face the reality that at
some point most peoples' lives will be affected
by sexual violence."
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Governor Gary believes in your right to know
On Tuesday, Governor Gary Locke and
Attorney General Quistine Gregoire announced
an executive order to ensure private information
collected by state agencies isn't used to
compromise the privacy of Washington's
Requires agencies to have procedures to
prevent personal information from getting into
the wrong hands.
Requires each agency to designate a person
who wiD respond to public inquiries about what
information is being released and to take
complaints and suggestions. The Office of the
Governor also wiD designate a person to accept
public calls about the coDection and disclosure
of personal information by agencies.
Eliminates the use of Social Security
numbers and other sensitive personal
identifYing information from documents that
might end up in public hands. Safeguarding
such identifiers wiD ensure they won't be used
for fraud and identify theft.
Prevents agencies from collecting
information they don't need and from keeping
it longer than necessary.
Requires agencies to prominently display
their privacy policies on their Internet Web sites.
They also must notify people providing personal
information that the law might make it subject
to disclosure. Citizens· also will receive
instructions for reviewinlr-and correcting if
necessary-information contained in the
agencies' files.
Strengthens existing state laws that protect
the privacy of health records, tax information.
sensitive financial information. driver and
vehicle records, and other personal information.
Ensures citizens will know
their rights about disclosure.
Gary hopes the executive
order will set an example for the
steps private industry could take
to protect consumer information.
Next year he will work with
Christine. the Legislature, the
business community, and others
to pass new laws to protect
consumer privacy.
For
more
informati on, ca ll Ga ry at
902·4136.
citiuns.
The executive order requires state agencies
to take steps to make sure sensitive personal
infOrmation doesn't go into data bases where it
can be obtained by irresponsible people or
criminals.
-I'm a strong believer in the pUblic's right
to know." Gary said. "We need laws ensuring
citizens have access to the state government
information. They need to make informed
decisions in a democracy."
"But as governor," he added, "I'm
concerned about the privacy abuses that occur
in the private world in this electronic age. I can't
stop aD the abuses. but I can give the executive
branch of Washington's government the
toughest rules ofany state in the nation to guard
citizen's personal information in slate computers
and paper records. "
"The governor's action today puts state
government at the forefront in effurts to protect
the privacy ofcitizens," Christine said. "Now we
need the Legislature to hear the voice of the
people and extend these same privacy
protections to personal information gathered by
business."
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Farm will host free organic gardening' Dancers Association will start classes in May.
classes in May. All classes are on Saturday Joquin Lopez will be doing the schooling every
mornings, from 11:00 to 12:30, in the Wednesday evening at the Capitol Playhouse,
Grow Organic Soil Building Depot, at 612 4th Ave E., across from the downtown
14741 Lawrence Lake Rd. SE, in Yelm.
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Interns, volunteers
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CIELO Project/Radio Ranch is recruiting
volunteers and interns interested in teaching
English as a Second Language and providing
childcare. CIELO PrOject/Radio Ranch is
committed to creating progra ms that empower
the Latino community and help youth.
ESL classes are taught on Tuesdays and
Thursdays, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Radio
Ranch, 3102 8th Avenue NE, in Olympia. We
are looking for people interested in working
with immigrants and able to commit for a
minimum of 10 weeks. Last year, over 60
immigrants from different parts of the world
participated in the program.
People interested in vo lunteeri ng are
encouraged toschedulean observation no later
than May 15. Please ca ll 709-0931 and leave a
message. A volunteer will arrange an
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for students interested in the administrative
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Internship aJld volunt eer activities include
basic del'elopment research. assistance lI'ith
gallery preparation and installation. answering
letters of general inquiry. overseeing the gallery
when open. basic publicit), duty, and hrlping
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volun teers who are interes ted in research.
event organization. and promotion to assist
with two specifi c even ts:
The Whole World is Watc hin g: Art ,
I, nages, and Literature from the WTO Protests
(ju ne 3 - July 1). This is a co llaboration
between CoCA. 911 Media Arts and th e
Independent Media Center. This multi-med ia
in stallaltion features video footage and
photographs by indepe ndent media activists,
mainStream media. the City of Seattle.
protest.ors, and bystanders ; artwork in'
response to th e protest; and propaganda' &
literature.
The New Prometheans: An International
Fire Arts Festival (Oct. 1- 8). CoCA presenfs afire arts festival featuring the work of
international, national and local artists whose
primary art medium is fire. Under the artistic
direction of Seattle fire artist Astrid Larsen, the
range of disciplines represented-sculpture,
performance, fireworks, music, stunts, theater,
and visual arts-will examine the wide path
that fire cuts across cultural production.
For more information about internships
or either event, contact CoCA at 728·1980 or
coca@speakeasy.org, or check out CoCA's
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to a fire alarm at A-Dorm finds a bong sitting in one of the rooms. The resident of said room
does not return and odder still, Housing is unable to come up with a name for anyone living
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Last year the FDA issued two national
alerts announcing that alfalfa sprouts are
grown in conditions which proliferate bacteria
like salmonella and e-coli.
Because of this report, Fine Host, the
company in charge of campus food
management, decided alfalfa sprouts were an
insurance liability and removed them from the
deli menu. Since then, they have been sorely
missed.
"It is my dream that there will be a day
when our student·run deli will put forth
sprouts in glorious abundance, " said Ben
Green, Evergreen student.
This week Green's dream was realized.
Last weekend, Fine Host catered the Cal
Anderson auction at which alfalfa sprouts were
served. There was a surplus of these sprouts
and Fine Host "wanted to get rid of them," said
James Mill ard, Deli worker. Soon after. they
turn ed up on deli sandwiches.
Why does Fine Host se rve sprout s at
catered events but considers them an insurance
Iiabilitywhen served in the deli? "Got me," said
Millard.
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ACORN (Association of Co mmunity
Organizations for Reform Now) is the nation's So much random weirdness g'2ing on last week, I felt like I was Alice down the rabbit hole. I
largest grassroots community organization. don't know what was stranger: all those Discordian FNORD things around or the fact th at on .
ACORN is a multi-racial. multi· issue people's Aprill8. Art Costantino was spotted on Red Square wearing a full Carmen Miranda costume. I
group working 10 bui ld organization- and, tell you, people. the end times have fome and they most certai nly are not pretty. Oh well. on
th erefore , power-in loll" and modera te· with the mayhem...
income communities.
Among man)' issues. we fight for Monday, Apri ll7
inereased politiral participation and Besides a traffic accident. some velticles gO I booted, some people sped in their ca rs, and in general.
acro untabilit y. better publi r edura ti on, no one did much of anything. Sigh.
housing, and hea lth care. We are looking for
student s who are com mitted to democratic Tuesday. Aprill8
What could be more terrifying than last summer'ssmash hit ''The Blair Witch
participation and justire tor low- and moderate- 12:31 p.m.
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a naked. white, middle.aged man exposi ng himself to you? This horror
in co me fam ilies and would like to be
occurred
to
one
student
on the beach trail. Thank God no one had a ca mcorder.
ronliliunity orgalli zrrs.
9:45
p.m.
A
Greener
is ca~lght in his bedroom with 1/4 ounce of pot, which apparently
ACO RN is lookin g for fuJl · tim e
cost
hill1
$160.
Once
again,
inflation,
an overvalued market economy. and the capitalist American
community organizers and interns. ACORN
culture
hav('
made
it
hard
er
tor
a
poor.
suffering student to get decently stoned.
community organizers build local organization
in a hands·on way: house visits. block meetings.
membership recruitment. leade rship Wednesday, April 19
Another student forsakes the woods and the closet-like rooms of Housing
development. campaign strategy sessions, a.lld 1:55 a.m.
for
Ihe
cold
comfort
of a Volkswagen van.
ca mpaign action at~d implementation.
ACORN organizers' days are varied.
exciting. and racked. A typical day-in-the-life Thursday. April 20
ofan ACORN organiler coul!! include research One would think olt sUfh a momentous date in Evergreen, there would be some "libera tion of
on property owners and zoning regulations, : the herb," but the only iJ!cidents today are dogs frolicking gleefully and unrestrained all over
doing home. visits to community group campus.
members to hear what issues they think are
neighborhood priorities, organizing all Friday, April 21
~ Astudent gets busted for having a wine jug full of Gallo burgundy wine while
accountability session with elected officials to 12:12 a.m.
being
under-aged.
Not a shocker. I mean, what adult, especially 0111' with a more discriminating
win community demands. writing press
palate,
woftld
choose
Gallo burgundy wine? If you're going to drink. at least go with a zinfandel
releases, handing out flyers, and preparing
...
or
something.
community leaders for a rally, Never a dull
5:02 p.m.
• Auto a~cident at U-Dorm with crumpled fenders and minor injuries.
moment.
Could you please pass the word along to
any stude.nts: or others, who you think might Saturday, April 22
11:30 a.m.
A woman calls Police Services to report her purse being stolen from the
be interested?
two
days
priOr. However. it turns out several hours later that a co·worker hid it as a
Greenery
They can call me, Doug Bloch, at (206)
Oh,
that's
hilarious.
Making someone cancel their credit cards. call the bank, etc. Surely
prank.
723·5845. They can e·mail me at
better
than
mere
witticisms
or a well-placed whoopie cushion.
wacornse@acorn.org. And they can viSit our
5:32
p.m.
The
place?
Lab I. The suspects? Two young men. The crime? Hoisting a couch,
website: www.acorn.org.
believed
to
be
college
furniture,
into the back of a Nissan and not saying where they got it from.
Thank you for your helpl
The motive? Clearly not one of d¢sign aesthetics or well·being for one's buttocks.
9:44 p.m.
A wooden spatula left by a stove in S-Dorm sets off a fire alarm. Police move
the spatula and reset the alarm. Once again, there is calm.
11:30 p.m.
Fire alarm malfunctions and goes off in CDorm. The blotter edito~~uspects
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The IM·F. protest: a personal account
people chanted and danced together for a half
T Ie crea tive emonstration; against the an hour. We even tually filed away safely
1M ra nd Wurld gank last week were., despite' through the "crosswalk, and returned to the
the mainstream media's abrasive claims to the convergence space mostly by sidewa lk .
co ntrary. a big success. IMF and World Bank Luckilly, someone found wet cement along the
are now household words nationwjde; two way, and public service ann ou ncements
weeks ago. few people knew of their existence , regarding IMF and World Bank were promptly
let alone th eir policies. On this basis alone our made for posterity.
On Saturday morning the co nv ergence
efforts were successful. Further elements
include th e maintenance aLI resilient spirit in space was raided by Chief Ramsey and some
the face of aggressive police repression and a '300 other ofIicers including uniformed secret
service and FBI agents. A violation of the fire
Sl rong current of unifi cat ion among the
code was cited, and
protesters. most notably
Ramsey later told the PJ;ess
co hesive
the
that cops had "probably
of
implementation
saved the protesters lives"
different tacli cs. In
by clearing out the
Seattle, th e black bloc
hazardous space. About
seemed at odds with the
300 puppets. medical
"non·vio l ent"
supplies.
and personal
protesters- in D.C. . we
were
belongin gs
worked together.
confistated. Activists
I was one of at leas t 20
flooded into the local
Olymp ian s
who
neighborhood until a
travelled to the belly of
community church with a
the beast. Upon arrival,
long history of supporting
we faced a literal police
activism in the nation's
state. The convergence
capitol, the Wilson Center.
space was saturated with
invited the convergence to
stories of activists being
move in.
harrassed by police,
The raid on the
both while in vehicles
.•
_
convergence illustrates the
and as pedestrians~ Thl"
D.C. police created a climate of hostility in- degree fo which our movement threatens the
order to intimidate act~ists as much as powers that be: law-enforcement was
possible before the meetings began. The determined to preempt our effectiveness. This
vulnerability o(pur presence was-tans.ible. ,
mov~ actually drew some public outcry and
On Thursday a car carryingabout IDo lock- nt;gative press for the police, and by Saturday
down device.s was putled over without: afternoon they returned the puppets to th
justification. The act!vists were lrrested, for Wilson Center.
"posession of implements of crime." Later. a
However. they kept the medical supplies,
house storing materials {or more lockb.oxe~ and produced more Ii~s. Ralftsey went on TV
was raided and even more good stuff was oltCe again, and attempted to legitimize the
confiscated. On television. Police Cf\jefCharies raid by fabricating stories intended to portray
Ramsey dramaticallydisgla)"ed howth~ l"low-.. the protellters as militant and dangerous.
tech"] devices are used_to lock human bodies Ramsey 'claimed to have found a Molotov
to immobile objects in order to exasperate cocktail in someone's bag and Ihe ingrediants
arrest procedures. He told the public that they for "homemade -pepper spray." The alleged
had confiscated over 300 d~vices from the cocktail tumed out to be a homemade gas
veh icle; it was not his last lie of the week.
' mask in ca pable of even holding liquid. while
On Friday things began to heat up. A puppet the pepper spray ingredients. found in the
pageant was planned, anda rehearsal in a local kitchen, consisted of garlic. black pepper, and
park was pre-emptorily dispersed by the police. other spices.
Neverthe less, sevHa l hundred pe6ple
Saturday night. 600 people were arrested
processed on the sidewa Ik from t he lor marching in the street to protes t the prison
convergence to DuPont circle. where a crowd industrial ~.omp lex, the 1MI', and the World
ga thered for the pageant. Giant, grotesque Bank. Wit'hout warning. the police neatly
puppets representing the 1MI'. World BanI{ barricaded the protesters from all sides and
and WTO faced off against a hea lthy. beautifu l proceeded with the arrests. Though lega lly
landscape and the far!)1crs who love it.
required to give an order of dispersal and thus
It was a mythical battle. The nco-liberal an opportunity to walk away before being
stooges relentlessly attacked the landscape arrested, the DC cops waived the formalities.
with chainsaws and bulldozers, «'hil~ t he The protesters. many of whom were minors,
farmers def;nded tile land. Slowly, the multi- pleaded to be let go but were ignured.
lateral financial institutions enslavecj th~land
Once again. ChiefR3msey lied, assuring the
and its people, creating non-c\Jlture farms, Pl!blic that the cops had given no less than
genetically modified organisml!. and three orders to disperse. The protesters were
sweatshop labor. But neither the land nor tl~ .. held on busses f1'om 7 p_m. until4 3.m. without
people gave up. and eventually, tlie sllbdued food, water. or access to bathrooms. They were
"resources" united in direct action against their not informed of their rights, nor given access
greedy oppressors to'regaill freedom .
to a lawyer.
just after th'e pageant. cyclists began
Most were released late the next afternoon
clogging he roadwaY and s~ppil!g traffle,.' witlla 50 dollar fine . The police thus effectively
Immediately, a circuSAlf frantic cop~ on small kept 600 people ofr the street on Sunday and
Honda "rebel" motorcycles streamed into the made some dirty money quirk.
The Sunday and Monday action was
liberated street, attempting to restore "order."
Several cops attelJleted to chase down awkward for anyone who had been in Seattle.
individual cyclists as they wove between the The streets were much more empty and the
blockaded cars. One officer chased a bicycle cops were much more organized. Abasic game
mounted genius around and around a car in of cat and mouse en~ued, with cops following
pure rage ~ nd humiliati2n, trying to run him groups of protesters wherever we went.
down. The ge nius deftly escaped, and the erecting new barricades along the way. Th':,ir
officer immediately removed his badge. A stra tegy seemed to focus on co ntaining us and
woman on the sidewa lk offered sin cerely. for keeping us ineffective ntlTe~han simply massseveral minutes, to helphimfindhisbadge,but arres ting us. The co ps were in fact quite
he ignored her.
restrained as long as the delegates were not
The situation degenerated into a standoff involved. In the few instances that protesters
between "protesters" (pageant-goers, really,) actually blocked van loads of delegates. the
and police who reopened the road and police became extremely violent.
assumed a militant formation at curbside.
. We heard reports throughout the mODling
There was very high energy, however. and that we had-stopped the meetings, which
hy: Nad1.lnial Larsen
Creating a place called Praxis
a community organizing space free for the shaping
by Ashley Shorno
PraxIs is anytlllng )'ou want it to be-it sOllnds cliche. but
Traci Harris means it. She's one of six organizers behind the
downtown space hiding in the alley across the street from Orca
books. The whole idea was to create and main lain an area that
anyone can use for most anything.
"1didn't go into it with any expectations," she sa id. "I just
went into it with a lot of dreams."
The collective--Shawn, Jamie, Oshan. Parker. Kr),sta. and
Traci-have come a long way since December when Ihey signed
the lease on Praxis.
The warehollse lI'asn't much-a big concrete room with a
smaller room toward the back and a garage door opening into the
alley. You could fit three large trucks. maybe four. inside the main
area, and the emptiness screamed for something active.
"I had thought about this space before and how it was really
cool," said Oshan. When he heard it was ready to rent in December.
the collective dove in.
"We spent three weeks or so getting the place ready before
we actually opened the doors up." said Shawn.
And by the turn of the millennium Praxis opened for its first
public rave: a couple turntables, pumping bass and a trickle of
people all looking to bring on the new year.
In the days that followed. the space sweUedwith energy: Paint
splashed a rainbow of colors across the wooden stairs. well·worn
couches and chairs formed a comlY circle. a giant blackboard
framed chalk plans, and random stuffstarted popping up in every
cQrner.
Next to a bulletin board gleamed the first words to hit the
nearly covered walls: "Revolution is unavoidable--faster and more
beautiful than lightening."
For ash an, and the rest of tile collective, a revolution is not
some big event that comes and goes. It's ongoing and "actually
creating a different society now."
Instead of waiting around, he said they are working to bring
their ideal future{o life bit by bitevery day: open communication.
making decisions by consensus rather than power, increasing
social responSibility, and bringing art to every moment and every
space "as opposed to something that's set up
in a gallery."
Traci said the), also try to steer away
from a capitalist system and forus on
"human exchange."
She's talking about providing people
with resources without expecting money.
That's why everything in Praxis is done on a
volunteer basis: Two large shelves filled with
donated books. a few computers with free
Internet access, a mini-kitchen. art supplies,
lools, a "healing room" with herbs and teas,
and "lots of little nookies upstairs to read
in.'o
But the most important and most used
Getyour bandsdirty-Ptuisis looldngfor newcol1edivtmembets
resource seems to be the space. It's been
'The grDup'needs about2 to" moreFQple l~ help maint;lin, d~elop and .
home to performances. dances. meetings of
the Alliancefor Public Transportation, Mayexpand the space; (lifer their tre<llive energy,3)'ld help k~p it open and more .
day preparation, "radical knitting." and
integrated W1't1t the community.
more.
Specifically; they are looking for people who ltave a coirunitmen.t to the
Anyone can have meetings. plan fundOlympia area, hOld a beliefin radical poUtics, and wanttoP\lShfor socialcltange.
raisers, or do just about anything in Praxis.
To apply, visit Praxis during the open office hours or give a call:
Traci said there's about five to ten different
. Optn~
events every week.
Monday imd Wednesday from 3 to 9 p.m
Ofcourse. there are still a lot ofbumps
Tuesday and Thu~Sday from 6 to 9 p,m ..
for the group to smooth out.
Pruis phone: 23~8859
Some say the collective is too exclusive.
others blame them for &;organization, local
businesses are mad about Irash in the aUey. neighbors are the mix: people ofcolor, older people, and people less-inclined to
complaining about the noise, rent is overdue, three of the members enter a "radical space."
Whatever happens. Shawn said the top priority is "to keep
are on vacation. and no one can seem to keep the dishes clean.
But Shawn said they weren't expecting an easy trip-it's a this place open and people can do what they want with it."
Or. as Oshan put it, "A selffacilitating space that acts as this
natural par! of trying to work in groups. organize resources. and
organism
where people now in and out."
speak out against the status quo.
Boltom
line:
They're also struggling with their own growth. "We realize
"People should take care of each other." Shawn said. "and
that being the group we are--young, white. middle-class. activist
student types-that that's whowe know how to communicate with not brush you off on the side of the road when you don't have
a lot," said Shawn. So, they're trying to bring more diversity into enough money." .
Student graduation speaker chosen by peers
by Noah Michel
The Student Graduation Speaker for 2000 is not our
valedictorian. nor the winner of a popularity contest, nor is it
our class president. Our Student speaker was the graduate that
got on stage and gave the most heart; the one who could say
what the class wanted to say about the past four years.
On April 19, in lecture hall 3. the c1assspeakerwasdecided
out of eight dedicated participants. Each participant was
required to give a five-minute speech. The speeches were rated
on content and delivery-what they were saying and how they
were saying it.
Twelve senior judges voted upon the speeches. The event
was originally held on the Wednesday two weeks prior.
However, in true Evergreen fashion, it was canceled due to only
two judges showing up.
Andrea Coker-Anderson, Evergreen's registrar
coordinated the event and tallied the votes. After 10 years, she
said "I've never been surprised by the choice of the students."
Speakers were scheduled by way of a draw. The first
contestant, Brandon Wiggins gave a fiery comparison of life at
Evergreen to the movie "Top Gun," comparing the average
student with the film's protagonist Maverick.
"We all have our own Ice Man," he declared, pumping his
fist with the Top Gun theme playing along. "Whether it be meat
in your vegan chili or the WTO."
.
The second speaker, Amy Loskota. gave an emotional
rant in hope of turning a group of triumphant seniors into
future revolutionaries. "Our hearts cannot ignore the truth of
our eyes and ears. "
Jill Joanis gave a zealous address that would have been
the best for your grandparents to see. Heralding Evergreen's
standards of art, environmental scie nce and protest, the
purpose of her offering was to keep the graduate dedicated.
Heather Swartz proposed that graduating seniors" Do
unto others as you would have done to you." "You don't need a
college degree to practice empathy." she declared. The gaiety
of her topic, her frequent hand motions. and the fact that she
didn't say one word about the college or the future made her
speech both soothing and intoxicating.
While playing a syntheSizer and wearing an old California
Raisin get-up, Justin McKaughan told some jokes about
Mumia's speech. Some giggled-others shook their heads in
dismay. "I protested the protest ," he stated, airing his
disappointment with the rest of the world in comparison to
the freedoms of college life. Maybe, through his costume he
was supposed to represent the outsider and Evergreen was his
Shangri-La.
Pohaku 'Po' Ewing spoke, not as himself, but as his lounge
act, comedian alter ego. His lackadaisical monologue,
hypothesized by the notion that Evergreen should be perceived
as a 'real' school. fell apart at the end.
His best joke: "Regular schools, they got one leiter to say
you're bad. we got a page and a half. I'd much rather get a "D"
then something that says 'procrastinates, always late. I don't
know why he's in sc hool at aiL ..·
The last speaker, Isabel Perez talked about how Evergreen
has help ed her educate herself in her strugg le against
genera lization . Focusing on family. determination and poetics.
Perez celebrated the gems ill her life that helped her get through
her difficult college experience.
Speaking prior to Perez, Deidre Breuning performed the
winning speech. Her soulh.11. hopeful sermon threatens to make
an audience smile. cry and finally rise up.
Breuning used a multitude of quotes ranging from Ralph
Waldo Emerson to James Hatfield of Metallica; when she
delivered a quote from a philosopher. it s~emed as ifit were her
own words, and when she delivered a quote from a song she
made sure to sing it. "Working on your prospective is the lifting
of the weights. " she exclaimed.
After the contest. Deidre simply stated she had a gift to
give, it was only a matter as to whether others "would be willing
to receive it." She went on to say that she was most excited about
the possibility of meeting guest speaker Matt Groening.
"My speech is about perspective. He (Groening) can make
three different people laugh in three different parts of the
world-that's perspective," she said.
'
Traditions
(Left) Protesters take the street Su nday morning. (Top) One of300 puppets confiscated by the
police from the convergence space. (Bottom) Students from Antioch college lock down in DC.
-All photos by Narhanial Larsen
IlIrned out to be false. However, the scenario
that played out was constructive and inspiring,
and perhaps mosl tbe most pertinent aspect
of the DC protest·s to the future of our
movement. Two large groups ofpeople roamed
the streets: the black bloc. and the puppet
brigade. Unlike the dissension that arose in
Seattle due to the potentially disparate tactics
of these two groups, in D.C. the)' worked like
two hands of a single entity.
The black bloc aggressively confronted
police lines. even charging the line with a
barricade..once. causing..police to IUflLllleir
backs and run a full two blocks in retreat. As
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the cops 1I'0u'ld return with force, the puppets
would miraculously show up and transform
t he whole scene. creating a light theatre
atmosphere. This sort of effective unity was
very exciting. It sholl'S me that if we rely on our
common ground. we can employ a wide range
of tactics toward a common goal rather than
becoming bogged down in factional disputes.
On Saturday afternoon, the corner of 15th
and Pennsylvania. less than a half mile from
the White House, was the site some of the worst
police violence. As delegates prepared to leave
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LISTENING TO INDIGENOUS VOICES
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Friday, April 28, 9 a.m. to 1 a.m.
Artwork:
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It's easy to ign ore what YOLI can't Sl'~ .
Currently, there are more than tll'O million
people in prison and j'lils in the United States.
. The wealthiest nation ill the world locks away
more people at a higher rate thllll any other
nation in the world (465 per 100.000). More
than 70 percent of those incarcer:Jted are
people of color: black men represent S4
percent of this group. The fastest growing
gronp of prisoners is black and Latina women,
and :-.1ative American prisoners are the largest
group per capita. Most men and women are
in prison for nOllviolent offenses, otien related
to the "war on drugs" and add iction. Joy James,
aut hor of "States of Continement: Policing
Detention and Prisons" states:
"As part of the state's ongoing war on
.drugs increased funds for policing and prisons
haw Howed generously. The United States is
likely the world's largest nation·state
cOnsumer of illicit drugs, it has the most
draconian and racialized drug laws among
industrialized nations. European Americans
are the majority of consumers of both crack
(considered an urban drug for black and
Latino consumers) and powder cocaine
(deSignated as the drug of choice for affluent
white suburbanites)."
In light of this, why are the majority of
people who are incarcerated black and Latino
men? And why are they selling drugs in order
to make a living? These are questions that we
all need.to be asking, instead of taking the
corporate·controlled media analysis as the
only source for our information. Politicians
and the media are working together in creating
the myth that crime is high, and that putting
people into eight by eight cells isa way to make
others feel "safe." Unfortunately, the only
people that might feel secure in this country
are white, male and economically privileged.
Poor people and people of color are not safe
while targeted by the police state that exists in
many "inner cities," as the case of the three
black men who have recently been shot and
killed in New York.
In this country prisons have become the
answer to the social iUs that permeate the lives
of people of color, poor people; immigrants
and single mothers. It is not coincidental that
the majority of people in prison are people of
color, in light of the history of this country.
Prisons have essentially become warehouses
for the poor, perpetuating institutionalized
racism and c1assism that exists in this country.
Think about this: slavery was abolished under
the 13th amendment of the Constitution,
which states: "Neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except as a punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, shall exist within the United States,
or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
Basically, slavery was not abolished, it
was merely transferred to the prison system.
Emancipation and the authorization of prison
labor combined to create an immense black
presence within southern prisons and to
"transform the character of,punishment into
a means of managing former slaves as opposed
to addressing problems of serious
crime."(Angela Davis, "The Angela Y. Davis
Reader") Alongwith the 13th amendment, the
Black Codes were enforced in order to
criminalize "free" blacks. These were a series
of laws that criminalized behaviors such as
vagrancy, breech of job contracts, absence
from work, the possession of firearms, and
insulting gestures or acts. In MissiSSippi, a
vagrant was described "as anyone/who was
guilty of theft, had ruri away, was drunk, was
wanton in conduct or speech had neglected
their job or family or handled money
carelessly. These codes and laws were a way to
prohibit the economic security that freed
lliacks were trying to attain after being
enslaved tor over tll'O hundred years.
Rounding OUI the fair were thr Olympia l'onnection with education via Evergreen
This histor y and current reality is Fellowship ofRecol!ciliation (FOR) and Books contrasts highly with that at Maple Lane.
illlporrant in the discussion of the growillg to Prisoners . FOR foctlsed on their work
"The treatment that they offer in there
Prison Industrial Complex. Three weeks ago toward abolishing the death penalty. They doesn 't really offer hope," he said. "People
the Prison Action COlllmittee organized a rerrntly brought Sonia Jacobs from California graduate from there with an 8th grade
Prison Awareness Week in order to educate the to tell of her tive years on death row, the system education. It seems that the state doesn't want
Evergreen community with altemative sources she was caught in, and sentenced to unjustly. to help educate youth. In these facilities,
about the issues that slIfround prisons. This They are presently circulating petitions tor the people don't learn how to be involved.·
article is a recap of that week of events. We nationwide Moratoriulll 2000 proposal.
Some migh t say that the state has a
invite you to attend our meetings which are on
Books to Prisoners made literal different focus. "Youth all around America are
the 2nd and ~th Tuesday ofe'lfh month at 4plll ronnrrtions to those currently locked· up. being looked at like statistics," Kent said.
in ('AB 315.
"Long Hair" David "They think everything is a gang symbol, "
The week began
brought letters from Spruel added.
with a .showing of
prisoners, lneluding
Spruel spoke ofthe intense lack ofprivacy
"All the stuff that society
films in the CAB. As
art work, requests for and self·determination one encounters when
it was sunny outside.
thinks I'm a monster for, I
books, and letters of locked behind bars. "They control the system,·
the movies served as a
Providing he said, "they control the lights."
thanks.
did. I did it all so I could
lead·in to PAW events.
learning tools like
"If you stan(j up for what's righI,
stay alive."
Many documentaries,
dictionaries, GED sometimes you become the victim yourself,"
and fictionalized
Damas,,1 KCIlI
manuals,
and said Diane Smith of YUP (Youth Unlimited
stories like "Slam,"
technical guides, Partnership). As a mother and concerned
were on the docket,
.
alOllg with a variety. community member, Smith has worked to
induding: "The Last Graduation," an inspiring of novels and non· fiction, can change one's create alternative options and opportunities
documentary on college programs , won awareness ofwhat is possible. Leave a message for youth. "I build on the positive," she said.
through the Attica Rebellion of 71 in a New at 943·2375 to help.
"We educate kids, treat them as adults, and
York state prison and "Live from Death Row,"
feed them." For more information call 458on the case ofMumia Abu·Jama l. sharing the Globalization: WTO & the Prison·lndustrial . 1777.
context of his imprisonment, from his own Complex
mouth.
United States of Corporations/United States Women, the War on Drugs lit Poverty
ofCorrections
the PAW finale was an incredible panel
lnunigration and Naturalization Service
Tuesday night's task was to link elements of women working on prison issues. Ida B.
Jonathan Moore, of the Northwest of globalization to the prison complex. The Robinson of Families with a Future, Brigitte
Immigrants Rights Project, spoke to a small clearest connection was drawn through a walk Sarabi of the Western States Prison Project,
group on a sunny Monday evening, shedding through the life of a single mother laid offby and Chrystos, an indigenous lesbian poet who
light on the complexities of the Immigration Eddie Bauer who bailed out for foreign leads writing workshops in federal
and Naturalization Service (INS).
laborers.
penitentiaries, were our guests.
Currently 20,000. people are in custody under
After continually walking into closed
"First thing to know about the justice
INS jurisdiction, many of whom have already social·service doors, she meets up wit h a man system, is that none of it makes sense,"
served time in mainstream judicial prisons. who offers her money to be a lOokout for him. Robinson opened up saying. "Women do more
Following deportation hearings, without Shortly after that, she is once again working time for. the same crime, butch more than
public defenders, prisoners might be sent to for Eddie Bauer, this time behind bars, without dyke." The prison system is riddled with
rented·outCalifornian county jails, or the local, benefits or a fair wage.
inequites. Fifty·eight percent of women in
privately owned detention center.
Nor are there any protective barriers for prison are women of color. Eighty percent of
Seeing as there are no definitives Within those who work in prison. Retribution against women who enter prison were living under.
the INS process, people are often detained for prison laborers is easy. "They know where you way under the poverty level. making less than
indefinite periods oftime. In some instances, are," said workshop leader Stephanie Guilloud, $20()u a year.
native countries like Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam "you can't call in sick."
The majority of women who are
and Cuba, will not accept the return of
In Texas, with one of the highest US incarcerated have committed non·violent
deportees. Thus one might spend decades in prison populations, prisoners are forced to crimes,like writing a bad check or being in the
INS facilities, separated from their families.
work, yet are not paid. While corporations are car with their boyfriend who is selling drugs,
A new facility is being built somewhere making money off of prisoners without and then getting charged with conspiracy. If a
between Seattle and Tacoma, "hosting" 500 worker's rights, unionization or just wages, woman is in prison for a violent crime it is most
beds, and bringing to mind the phrase, "if you private prison companies like the Correctional likely from her being a victim of domestic
build it, they will come."
Corporation of America are on the Stock violence, and finally getting fed up. Women
According to Moore, "the INS has Market. While statistics show no increase in serve sentences twice as long as men, for the
unlimited discretion, but they're susceptible to crime, the increase in imprisonment has grown same crime. Why? The connection between
pressure." So ifwe become more informed and four times.
poverty, racism and the "War on Drugs" is
activate around this INS jail in our relative
So what are the similarities between the essential to the discussion in why th e
backyard, protest migll t be heard. These global economy and the prison·industrial incarceration rate of women has increased ove.r
facilities give tours, and thus an opportunity complex? You decide. Books like the "Ceiling 200% since 1985.
for a first·hand look is available.
of America" edited by Daniel Burton·Rose, and
"My choices were politically
"Lockdown America" by Christian Parenti are constructed," said Chrystos. "You can't get
Action Information Fair
informative resources to start with.
yourself locked up thinking that there is
Tuesday afternoon the Library Lobby .
freedom ... someone has total control of your
hosted several local groups working on issues Schools NotJailsl Youth in Lock.Up
psyche. You don't get to have dignity, you don't
related to prisons. The Welfare Rights
Wednesday afternoon'.s focus was upon get to protect yourself. Women's prison is a
Organizing Coalition (352·9716) opened the the incarceration of our nation's youth. Apanel glorified whorehouse. It costs more to
floor, relating stories of poverty behind crime, of three spoke to one of our largest audiences imprison people than send them to Yale."
in the Library Lobby. Damasol Kent and Ricky
stories left behind the media hype.
Monica Peabody spoke of the six·year· Spruel, fresh out of Maple Lane, a local For More Info
old shooter in Michigan, and his familial correctional facility for boys, openly shared
Go to the Prison Activist Resource
difficulties, highlighting the loss of our social their experiences; those that led up to their Center's website: www.prisonactivist.org
safety net as a contributing cause. Including imprisonment, and time spent in juvenile
the perspective of poverty and the facilities.
Our Current Focus: Action Now
criminalization it causes, vitally broadened the
As one of five children with his single Support of Leonard Peltier in his upcoming
context in which welfare relates to prison issues mom. Kent felt the pressures of poverty early parole hearing is all urgent effort. We're also
and social ills.
on. To ease the burden on his mother, he ran continuing our work on the case of Mumia
Oct. 22 shared their battle with the away from home at 12·years.old. "All the stuff Abu·Jamal. Direct relations to prison labor on
frequent crime of police brutality, and "Stolen that society thinks I'm a monster for, I did," campus could be confronted; like Fine Host
Lives," a book about the untold stories of. Kent said. "I did it all so I could stay alive." food services, and TESC's furniture suppliers.
people battered by police. CopWatch of After numerous encounters with the law, Kent Any other projects are up-for·grabs too. Please
Olympia picked up where Oct·22 left off. wound·up at Maple Lane, where .he made a join us on the 2"d and 4'h Tuesdays of each
providing "Know·Your·Rights" info and connection with the Gateways program here month, at 4p.m. in CAB 315. For more
pamphlets, and worksheets on citizen's at Evergreen.
information, feel free to call the Prison Action
monitoring of police activity. The nation·wide
"There were no resources out there for Committee at 866-6000 x 6749.
organization was founded on the five·year me, or so I thought," he said. "Through
anniversary of the Rodney King beatings education I've been able to find hope." Kent's
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Ea ch offi ce ha s des igned a Pee r Advi so r intended to provide peer-to-peer aca demic
program to suit the needs of that particular advi sing services to the campus commlln ity
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Our Pee r Advi sor programs are educational Peer Advisors provide students and
pr ogram s, whi ch provid e services to prospect ive students with curricu lu m
students. We provide para-professional information and referral. and "prOVide
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public relations, academic ad\lising, time including new student orientation
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providing information and r'"eferral, and advising regarding curricular choices.
other areas depending on the skills and
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Advisors are valued members of our offices skills and are interested in peer education
and participate in virtually every aspect of for the next academic year. If you are
the work of our offices.
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There are a few differences between your peers , applications for either of these
our advisors. For example, FPAS advisors positions will be available beginning April
help out with all of the events that FPAS puts 21. Please stop by the Academic Advising
on. They also act as liaisons with the student Office, located in Ll401, or First People's
of color student groups. They put on two Advising~ Ll413, in the Student Advising
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and have their own office and keep office information, please con tact Raque l Salinas,
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a targeted outreach towards students of
march ed in formati on into the crowd and
bega n indi scriminatel y beating
protes ters with batons. As people fell to
th e street, th e cops shoved and dragged
them out of th e road as the van s cam e
through at high speed.
An elderly Japan ese reporter was
beaten so badly that blood from his head
filled the street before he was loaded into
an ambulance and transported to th e
hospital. Another woman was clubbed so
hard that she is still in semiconsciousness and having difficulty
remembering who she is.
Most protesters joined the permitted
march late in the afternoon on Saturday
for a leisurely walk through the George
Washington Un iversity area. Protest
marshals tried in vain to keep people
from leaving the official route, and many
people flooded into the side streets. The
meeti ngs had proceeded, and the
protesters large ly enjoyed the sunny
afternoon without further police
harassment.
Early the next morning, several
. hundred people were arrested while
aga in attempting to block the delegates.
The police were again violent, and the
media again made a spectacle, always
fram ing police aggression as a response
to unruly or aggressive protesters .
Without fail, every article I read said
clearly that the protesters failed in
shutting down the meetings, but
succeeded in causing a big hassle for the
good-old REGULAR citizens.
Those same CItizens were
supportive of Monday afternoon's march
from the ellipse (within sight of the white
house) to the World Bank building.
Several thousand of us gathered together
as heavy rain , and then sleet came down.
A strong wind was blowing for us, and
the intense weather seemed to raise our
spirits. The march wove through huge
office and government bUildings , and
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people hung out of windows cheering with
us. We had puppets, we had soccer balls, we
had flags, we had the black bloc, we had our
voices, we had th e street.
Unfortunately,the march was blocked off
and funneled into a rainy standoff with
police less than a block from the World Bank
building. Two hundred peop le were
voluntarily arre sted and loaded onto
schoolbuses, pushing the number of arrests
to 1300.
Despite the kinder, gentler riot cop image
portrayed by the media, there has been a
high degree of police brutality around these
demonstrati.ons , Jailed protesters ha;'e
experienced serious violence while being
held in jails and detention centers. The US
Marshals are getting the worst rep of all.
One arrestee was told not to attack the
officer's foot while he was being kicked, and
not to attack the wall while his head was
being bashed into it. He was then t~rown in
a puddle and beaten further.
We have seen, in first in Seattle and now
in DC the fist of domestic repression
ungloved. These are very serious
consequences of our movement, and must
be understood for what they are: the direct
attempt of our goverment to con tain, limit,
an d otherwise disrupt a movement to
subvert corporate dominance , If the
corporate-sta te is legitimate, then why do
they rely on lies and violence to maintain
their hegemony? We are in the belly of the
beast. To recognize this reality and not work
to change it is to aid the oppressor.
Ward Churchill asserts that "it is the
realization that, in order to be effective and
ultimately successfu l, any revolutinary
movement within advanced capita li st
nations must develop the broadest possible
range of thinking/action by which to
confront the state." This entails great
communication between different elements
of our movement, and mutual respect. In
other words, don't sell out the radicals, ana
don 'r sell the letter writers short, and let's
work together to blend our ractics
effectively. We will need all the strength we
can bring together in coming years.
L e't t e'
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ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of .
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a
redress of
grievances,"
- First
Amendment,
U,S, Constitution
"FREEDOM .
OF SPEECH:
Every person
may freely speak, write and publish on all
subjects, being responsible for the abuse of
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Animal Rights Activists Need to Reconside! Their Targets
hy Mac Lojowsky
last Thursday, Apri120, a 23-year-Qld woman
from Ocean Defmo;e International aimed herspeed
boat at the Makah tribes' small cedar canoe and
headed towards it. Her goal was to prevent the
Makah from carrying out their traditional gray whale
hunt. The Coast Guard prevented her from
ramming the Makah, and the woman was i1~ured
in the confusion. Before we arrive at the larger
picture, let us first explore some history about the
current issue ofthe Makah whale hunt.
TIle Makah tribe's (located on the northwest
tip oftheOlympic peninsula) ancient and rich culture
largely revolves around the whale and dIe whale
hunt. In the early 1900s, dIe tribe voluntarily gave
up hunting gray whales when commercial whaling
began dramatically decreasing the population, and
decades before international law prohibited hunting
the gray whale.
The Makah arc now hunting gray whales for the
second time since the whale was taken off the
Endangered Species Ust in 1994. TItree years ago,
the Intemational Whaling Commission granted the
tribe permission to resume the whale hunt on a
restrictive basis (maximum of four gray whales a
year).
thecanoeswithhigh-speedpowerboal~andjetskies,
pursuit. But, they 1mLo;t lInder.;tand tllat asmaJl crew
of Makah in a cedar canoe aren't the whale
population's bi~ threat. In fact, there are scores
more gray whales alive today than there are Makah.
America was once full ofsmaU tribes ofnative
peoples, and now only a handful remain. Most of
the tribes which once flourished have become
extinct, either physically or culturally, due to the
firing flares and fire extinguishers at the whalers,
leaving death threats at their local schools, and
otherwise hlrassing the Makah. Despite these
obstacles, die Makah harpooned their first (and only)
whale in over 70 years last May 17.
What happened, on April 20, was animal
rights activists repeating the same tactics as last year.
TIle animal rights activists, currently up near Ozette,
can be viewed as just another coming of wealthy
white folks with high-tech weapons (as we've seen, a
speed boat can be a weapon) telling tile Indigenous
peoples of til is land what tlley can and cannot do.
Whether they realize it or not, tllese animal
rights activists are suffering from an ignorance that
is literally damaging the current movement of
coalition building. If animal rights activists want to
focus upon protecting gray whales, tllat is a noble
,)'Stem. Allimalrighl~activi~tsshouldrecognizethe
fact dlat tile Makah are tile farthest thing from the
enemy- tlley are right beside lL" all in tile trenches.
The same corporations, govemments and
economic ~'Y~tems which encourage environmental
destruction,animaltestingandculturalassimiJation
are dIe same which have and continue to eradicate
mostofthenativepeoplesin tllisnation. Ratllertllan
building animosity with tile tribes. we need to start
building coalitions with them.
At the very core ofall of these is.~ues is not die
native peoples, the animaL~, nor the environment; it
is America's corrupt and deranged corporatepolitical system. Aswe have witnessed ill Seattle last
November and in Washington D.c. only a few weeks
ago,there isa major movement now which opposes
last year, when the tribe announced they
would resume die whale hunt in all effort io revive
their traditional culture, animal righl~ activiq~ were
incised. Every single day dlat the Makah would take
out dleir small cedar canoes, extreme animal rights
activists made every conceivable attempt to stop the
hunt. TIlis included, butwa.~ not limited to, circling
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bowl from a Red Square craftseller. On normal
day to day basis, blanket merchants can range
from drop-dead rummage sales to expensive
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are always the Greener crafts-people. I. myself,
made my pocket money while travelling up to
visit Evergreen for the first time in 1996 by selling
my handmade sea-polished abalone; frosted
glass bead and beach glass wrapped with sliver
wire, and Iitde goddess do-hickeys made ofFimo
clay made to look like semi-precious gem stones.
I sold in Santa Cruz, downtown Sealtle
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who was selling his patchwork- padded pipe
bags. At least we were selling decent items and
we never ceased to sell on the sliding scale
,depende.nt upon how much they adored our
wares and how much they have to spend.
Creating quality and taking pride in my work has
always been a struggle. I amone of those people
who has to get hyper-focused (obsessed some say)
to work on a project for it to come out good. If!
do not focus on one thingat a time, Iwill no doubt
mess thingsup. Here at Evergreen the quality of
our work and products ofour works seem to have
suffered due to our excessive use offairness and
group projects. We all get dumbed down by
slackers we work with but we are supposed to
learn to communicate in the process and develop
a personal and emotional dedication to our
classmates.
On Wednesday, I tried oul to be this year's
graduation speaker. I wrote a good speech with
which, after some editing, I will print later this
quarter. While listening to others' speeches and
while doing my own, I had some insights. My
speech was dry, serious, a nd somewhat
impersonal. Unlike some others I chose not to
talk from my own point of view and went back
to including everything that makes Evergreen
diverse into a homogenized "we." I was trying
not to offend anyone. Iwas trying to be inspiring.
Moreover, I was trying subtly to make every
stupid shithead who lied, manipulated, and did
nothing to help anyone butthemselves, who will
be walking away with a degree this year,
understand the opportunity they missed.
, Big mistake. I felt angry and scared when I
.. sho uld have felt excited and proud upon
realizing that there were people at th e
aud ition whom I knew didn't respect me. I
got stage fright. Until I was 22, I never had
stage fright; I had been in many shows and
in lead roles. sang in nightclubs, and in front
of hundreds of people. However, something
snapped while Iwas here at Evergreen, during
my first year some of my classmates treated
me like shit. They were condescending and
had no patience with my rural slowness of
mind. They did not va lue my real-world
experience as maid, preschool teacher,
naturalist, and as a traveler. All they did was
taunt me and my friend Ann's li.ltile attempts
at breaking through the "green ce iling."
(Green as in money and in Greenerspeak).
During my time here they have poisoned my
Cooper Point Journal -9- April 27 , 2000
this system. This movement is based upon thebroad
coalition of groups which includes- Indigenous
rights, animal rights,laborunions, ~group>,
feminists, environmentalists, gay rights, and on and
on. The more coalitions we build, the stronger we
become.
TI\eSC folks have realized that we must stop fighting
against each other and ~ working together. If
certain group> within the movement continue to
fight or disregard other group> altogether, the entire
movement is threatened. Take a look at the history
of any major people's political movement, and you
will fmd tllat alrnost all were eventually destroyed
by peopletightingeach otherwidlin the movement.
We must learn to respect each other's different
cultures, even ifit doesn't necessarily agree with our
own itemized agendas. We must recognize that is a
greater agenda at hand that goes beyond surface
is.mes and dea ls directly with the larger, inherent
problell1S of our corporate-political system. TIle
animal rights activists' efforts would be better spent
harassing corporate CEOs or govemment officials,
rather dIan a small tribe ofNative peoples celebrating
their traditional heritage. II1II
attempts at helping others by questioning my
motives and by snubbing and making fun of the
free bread and food pantry projects. And that
made me angry and scared. In my experience,
no matter what you say to bullies, nomatler how
much you try, even if you tum the other cheek,
they will take your words and twist them. So
when faced with those bullies, I balked and got
scared.
On second thought, I think I should have
used my two weeks time to practice a little more
and have a friend listen to my speech. But no, I
had to be half-assed and be in the Procession of
Species, volunteer at the Art Studio for five days
straight , help little kids and friends make
themselves puppets and Batiks. And Ihad to help
put on the Highland Games, check out all the
equipment, miss and have to make up a very
important class, pick up a van, haybales, wood,
stakes, and drop them off. then do all that in
reverse on Sunday. I wish I had spent more time
on my speech . But I guess having several
community responsibilities got in the way.
What I really should have done is sat and
contemplated my big Purplescent bowl, which I
learned,second-hand, had been glazed with a one
of a kind glaze which made it ring comfortably
against my hip as I rode the bus home. It was an
original, it did not pretend to be a crystal bowl,
or a sliver tureen. It just sits there in all its
Purplescent glory on my cutting board, with nice
thick blobs ofglaze anda Single design ofa cattail.
Like me, it is sturdy and perfect for making bread.
Like me, it is useful and like I should be, it does
not try to put on airs, or insult other bowls by
telling them how much good deeds it has done. I
still have a lot to learn, I guess.
The best thing I found is that for the eight
folks who tried out Wednesday each ofthem had
their unique points and their unique agendas.
However, we all agreed on our responsibility for
our choices and their effect on our world. Alii
could think was that the Evergreen mission has
been successful. at least with these eight peopl e,
and I know even more people who have learned
a greater truth while here. And that made me.
beyond my disappoinhnent in myself. very. very
happy and proud. Congratulations Deirdre, your
hard work and practice earned it !
(For a cha nge send me your four line personal
ads and I will print the funniest ones in honor or
Spring! vegad@yahoo.com) !/III
Rec aim the streets
The Rcdailll tlll' Streets streetpJrly planned
for May 1 is most definitely all abollt lim and
gdllles, but it 's also abo ut history and some
thoughtful social philosophy,
The Mayday Action Commillee is planning
the Street Party as the culminat ing even t in this
week's run of workshops, films, and shows that
celebrate resistance to socially and
environmentally exp loitative effects of the
capita list system, including the existence of
corporate-dominated llIedia, the pollution caused
by car culture, and the displacement of native
peoples from their lands.
After first gath ering at 10:33 a.m. Monday
in the bus loop, the party will proceed to Va lue
Village where others are gathering at 12:34. Then,
the en tire group will proceed to a secret, predetermined site, at which time participants wi ll
blockade the street and transform it to "a living
room, a playground, a theatre." Participants will
then create the party by what they choose to bring
to it, whether it be their art, ideas, puppets, music,
kites, or whatever else the imagination inspires.
The Mayday Acrion Committee h.lrther describes
the Street Party as"a place to experimen t with new
forms of social engagement."
May 1 is known by aclivisb as a "Global Day
of Action," oneof a history ofdays on which groups
in cities around the world have staged creative,
direct action street parties against capilalism .
Previous global Days of Action occurred last year,
and include Nov. 30 1999, the date of the WTO
protest, and June 18, when a street party shut down
Fourth Ave. for two hours.
This week on"
"Knowin g that May I has been called as a g lobal day of action, and that it is
International Working Peoples'Day, and people throughout the world·-as we ll as
here in Olympia--will be taking action upon issues of concern to them, what is a~
issue of concern to you that would motivate you to take action on that day?"
in Cllllllnellluration of the martyred Ilaymarket
labor leaders.
In 1947, during the paranoia oft he Red Scare,
the U.S. government passed an initiative ofthe U,S,
Veterans of War to rechristen May 1 as "Loyalty
Day," while creating a less historically-significant
"Labor Day" to satisfy t)le labor constituencies, "It
is not surprising that politicians, business leaders,
corrupt union bureauffats, the police and
corporate media would want to hide the true
history of Mayday." the Mayday Act ion
Committee's literature contends, argu ing that it
was fear ofanother organized people's movement
that spurred the erasure of "an entire legacy of
dis,ent in this country."
Tricia Tillmann
Sophomore, Olympia High School
"Um,1 don't really like our school system because, in Olympia High School, they
cater to the people who are above average and who most likely will do fine in life
without the extra help. I think they should do a lot more concentrat ion on the
people who just need a little boost,"
MaIjorie Wilson
Retired
"Working for health ca re for all, Just that in Washington state we have 77,000
people who do not have health insurance, I think that hea lth care is a right and
everybody ought to be covered,"
The Local Take
It is in a spirit of repossessing that legacy of
cr itique and agency that the Mayday Action
Committee urges people to reclaim the holiday, Its
philosophy calls for regaining the participatory
tactics of direct action demonstrated in many
historical movements, for the return of a peoplecreated culture freed from the commodificat ion
that occurs under the corporate power structure,
and for the retrieval of public space (Le, the streets)
for the use ofthe people.
"The world we live in is defined by
domination on so many levels," said organizer
Steve Hughes. "Fighting it is a constant ongoing
struggle that people are engaged in, But this
struggle is not necessarily a hindrance, It's also
about taking realistic stock of where we are. toward
making new things possible,"
It is certainly also about having fun, a concept
essential to the idea of the Street Party, "It's not a
protest, it's a celebration of the potential of
freedom," the Committee's literature reads, Cit ing
A Historical Holiday
historic events like the storm ingofthe Bastille, the
student uprising of Paris in 1968, and Seattle's 1999
There is particular historical Significance to WTO protest, the literature argues th at
May 1 as a day of resistance to capitalist revolu tionary moments in history "have been
dom inance.
festive because the society that they announce is
Besides being the date of the pre-Christian lestive." In organizers' philosophy, the act of
fertility festival of Behane , May 1 marks creating a celebratory space parallels and is
International Workers' Day, a worldwide paramount to creatinga society worth celebrating,
celebration of workers ' struggles throllghout
Mayday organizers see creation as a highly
Hstory for justice and dignit y. Although officia lly persona lact as wellasa collective one, The Reclaim
unrecognized by the U,S. Government, the Streets Party encourages participation rather
International Workers' Day is a public holiday in than spectatorship, so that all in attendance 113ve a
66 countries and is, in large part, a result of hand in creating the festival. This philosophy
incidents occurring during th e American labor echoes organizers' conviction that society itself
movement of the 18oos.
should be actively created by all of its members,
Nineteenth-century workers across th e and shou ld thus represent a broad range of
nation, shackled with 10 to 14-hour work days, perspectives.
rallied for the adoption of
'111e awesome thing
the eight-hour day. On
about Street Party is that it's
May 1, 1886 the American
decentralized; everyone
Federation of Labor called
can come and present their
for a national worker
own thing: organizer
strike, to which 350,000
Oshan Cook commented,
st rikers
responded
"TIlere are many different
nationwide
, critiques and perspectives,
Sixty
thousand
and this diversity of voices
people picketed the streets
.. helps produce a critique of
of Chicago on that date.
the totality,"
Chicago police killed six
Hughes is excited
workers and wounded
about the range of groups
many more in the course of
planning nmtributions to
the strike, On May Four,
Mayday's celebrations,
during a protest of th is
including Catholics. the
police brutality in
Welfare Rights Organizing
Haymarket Square, a bomb exploded, resulting in Committee, and labor groups, Hew:!s particularly
one policeman's death and the fatal wounding of inspired by the preseuce of indigenous voices in
seven others. Despite lack of evidence, pol ice the Mayday celebration,
immediately arrested eight anarchist labor
"When we talk about the history ofstruggle,
organizers (the "Chicago Eight" oflore and, in indigenous people were doing it flrst." Hughes ""id,
1968, legacy), who were ultimately tried on basis "They teach m what struggle is. Indigenolls people
oftheir political radicalism, Seven of the anarchists are very much real and present, and to me it's really
were sentenced to death; four were executed, one a somce of strength to be involved in a struggle
blew himself up in his cell, and the oLher three with them and to let them lead the way."
remained in prison. It was never discovered who
High srhool voices will also be making
threw the bomb,
themselves heard, Evan Hastings, a studellt at
The trial aid executio ns ga rnered Capital High, is involved with the Mayday Action
in terna ti ona l attention, espec iall y among Committee's School Mobilization Network
European labor initiatives. In Paris in 1889, Lhe subgroup composed of high school and college
Internati onal Association of Working People ' students. He has worked to spreaaword of the
named May 1 as an international workers' holiday ce lebra tion to hi s peers at Capitol and other
It's not a
.,
protest, It s a
celebration
of the
potential fif
freedom
'Person on the Street
Manny Calderon
Evergreen Alumni
"The issue that concerns me the most is worker education, worker right s
education, understanding-developing an understanding of what unions-and
going out and teaching people what they are and what th ey are about and what
they can do for people, That would be the big one for me,"
Tonisha Anne Toler
Working class student
.
"Being a working class college student and wishing that there were more funds
available to college students so Lhat we maybe didn't have to work at jobs for so
many hours so we could focus more on schoo l."we are juggling like one or two
jobs".and another 30 hours of school work [on top of that J. That would be an
issue that would make me take to the streets,"
Ryan DiCrecenzo
One ofmany bringing you "The Voyeur" (downtown restaurant and lounge]
"I think that the first step towards anyth ing is taking action. [With I the very
process of taking action most people are hesitant because of fear or lack of
confidence or just feeling that whatever they do won't mean somethi ng. I think
. that is one of the only real problems; so many people have gifts that are left kind
of hidden away, and if they would just get them out there in the open ... they'd
probably realize how many other people share those gifts, or at least those
passions, That's where the real action takes place--you have groups then and
groups build upon others and get together and then Yo1)'ve got a movement
basically.
Floyd Pleger
Locked out steelworker, USWA Local #338
"World-wide exploitation of working people. There's the maquiladoras in Mexico,
there's the sweatshops in the far east, there's jobs in this country fleeing overseas
. to those countries by the thousands and hundreds,ofthousands every year. As
our standard ofliving goes down as a result the standard ofliving for the people
doesn't go up in return , Working people are being explOited the world over and
its time that we all stand up with one voice along with people who are concerned
about the environment and take control over this planet. "
schools. and to educate them about the event's
underlying is~ues.
"It's great, all the networking that people have
been doing," he said. "People catch on right away
that this is about expres.~ing yourself'
The Olympia Downtown Association is a
group that arguably has reason to be cautious of
Monday'sStreet Party, but this group too has been
part of an ongoing dialogue with the Mayday
Action Committee, ODA members have been
present at several planning meetings, and sent a
mailing to downto\O\11 businesses which included
Mayday literature and members' thoughts and
recommendations on the committee's plans.
Along with concerns thai the event remain
peacel\II, aDA members expressed their respect
lor the rights to free speech and to advance social
change, as well as their conception of downtO\\11
as a place which no one o\\'ns and in which a
diversity of activities do ani! should take place.
TIley described the Mayday Action Committee as
"a small group of yo linI! people who are passionate
about social jllstice issues and have particular
callses they 3re concentrating energy to work on."
The Mayday Action Committee hopes to see the
energy of many different groups at work on
'Nlayday. TIle StreerParty will be, it c:mlares, "a
game that everyone can play,"
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GnTls and
Music and
Art, Oh My!
by The Evergreen Animal
Rights Network
by Tracy Andrevvs
Masoor Dahl in Tomato Sauce
4 tbsp. peanut oil
4 cloves garliC
2 tsp. curry powder
Q tsp. ground cumin
1 cup tomato sauce (or raw tomato puree)
1 cup dry red lentils (Masoor Dahl)
2 1/2 cups warm water
2 tbsp. lemon juice
, tsp. salt
Visionary Voices IV
Friday May 12 in TESC Library lobby
Reception @ 5 p.m.
Performances @ 6 p.m.
Screenings @ 10 p.m .
A.S.l.A. and the Students for a Free Tibet
will host the monks of the Drepung Loseling
Monastery for their internationally acclaimed
performance "The Mystical Arts of
Tibet - Sacred Music Sacred Dance for World
Peace" this Wednesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. in
the Campus Recreation Center (CRe).
The two-hour evening performance will
include 10 pi~~es of sacred music and dance.
The multi phonic singing techniques of the
monks will be accompanied by the playing of
traditional instruments, including cymbals,
bells, long horn trumpets, and high horns.
This tour, their sixth around the world, will be
led by Za Choeje Rinpoche, a highly regarded
specialist in the tradition of the'mystical tantric
arts and one of the monastery's foremost
teachers.
Founded in 1416, the Drepung Loseing
Monastery and its monks have long fostered
the religious arts ofTibet. Monks were trained
in spiritual and philosophical traditions as well
as Itt differen.! P. rfopn,ilj8 arf*. ~he
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Optional: Substitute all or part of the water in
this dish for vegetable or mushroom broth.
Slealer-Kinney: Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein, Janet Weiss
Heat the oil in the bottom of a pot-preferably
non-stick. It is important not to overheat
peanut oil, as it may start to smoke. Add your
garlic and fry it until golden brown. Add curry
and cumin. Add tomato sauce to oil and allow
simmering for about 5 minute. Add your lentils
and 21/2 cups warm water. Cover and simmer
for about 25 minutes.
by Megan Grumbling
Heads up to all riot grrls,
ladymen, and dissidents orthe
musir mainstream: The
perennial rough ;pwels of
Olympia's punk crown are back
again with a new CD and a
hometown release show set to
close down the Metropolis with
a bang.
It's Sirater-Kinney. the
tough three-lady band that's
received international kudos
from the underground music
circuit, resisted the corporate
evils of a major label , and
immortalized that otherwise
cntmmy street in Lacey.
The relea:;e of SleaterKinney's brand-new album. All
Hands on the Bad One. will be
feted at the very last Metropolis
show on Saturday. April 29.
Guitarist, vocalist. and
Olympia· resident
Carrie
Brownstein is excited to rock
with her home crew.
"I'll be playing in front of
my friends. who have really
supported and inspired me."
she said in a recent phone
interview. "It'll be nice for me
to be ab le to feel that I'm
playing for them. giving back to
the community while having
fun."
All Hands 011 che Bad
One, released on Olympia's Kill
Rock Stars label, is the fifth
album of Brownstein. guitarist
and vocalist Corin Tucker. and
drummer and vocalist Janet
Weiss. Brownstein described it
as combining the energy of
their 1997 album Dig Me Out
with the complexity of last
year's The Hot Rock.
Musically. the album
showcases
cons id erab le
diver~ity. ranging from a blithe.
tongue-in-cheek pop sOll nd in
"You're No Rockn' Roll Fun" to
the haunting intensity of "Was
it a Lie?" Aft er pacing the
album with the driving punk
edge and aggressive phrasing of
"Youth Decay and "#1 Must
Have," Sleater-Kinney slows us
to a gentle and exquisite
conclusion with the surprising
tenderness of "Swimmer."
What grounds this
stylistic range are consistently
st imulati ng composi t ions.
Brownstein and Tucker pose
guitar parts against.each other
and Weiss's drums in
complementary and complex
layers, lending their songs a full
texture and substantial meat
for the musical teeth. The result
is the depth and nuance of a
song like "Swimmer, whose
melody guitar part riffi piercing
surface ripples over the
underwater pulsation of the
second guitar'S lower register.
Also striking throughout
the album are its vocal
dimensions. Tucker's mighty
voice, moving between the
solid beltingofher lower range
and a higher. cliff-hanging
vibrato. provides a vocal base
with great thntst and character.
Brownstein and Weiss raise the
stakes of the musical tension
and add a cOllversational
quality with counterpoint parts
and rich harmonies.
Consistent with the
band's signature dynamism ,
their new album finds SleaterKinney wrestling cultural issues
with both hands.
"It deals with themes of
control, ofidentity, of walking
the line between two
identities," Brownstein said.
"It's also dealing with a certain
cynicism with regard to culture.
which ca n be debilitating to
culture and ourselves. In a way,
it's a call to arms toward being
able to in some way enhance
th at sort of energy and
righteousness
.to
be
advantageous to our culture; it's
a ca ll to create culture and not
consume it,'
Much of what seems to
get the trio up in arms about
our commonly received culture
involves its male-centered and
corporate orientation. "Male
Model" challenges a male
standard in the music industry
to which female musicians are
held. "Should I try to play just
like him?" it asks rhetorically.
"Kick it out, could you show me
your riffs? You always measure
me by him.
"# 1 Must Have," in a
related vein, takes on female
standards perpetuated and
commodified by the music and
otherwise corporate industries.
"And I think that I sometimes
might have wished/ For
something more than to be a
size six ... And for all the ladies
out there I wish! We could write
more than the next marketing
bid," The song concludes that
"Culture is what we make it
... Now is the time to invent."
Just as the members of
Sleater-Kinney have carved a
niche to fit their own
conception of identity, they
urge listeners to define
themselves and their culture in
their own terms. "People need
to reaLize the power to create,
Brownstein explained. "You
have the power. when you see
something that doesn't
represent you, to create
something that does."
Although the band's inyour-face lyrical confrontations
of the se themes at tim es
approach the heavy.fisted, the
album finds plenty of room for
fim. too.
"We keep a sense of
humor
through out ,"
Brownstein sa id. "The album
acknowledges that trying to be
at once political and serious is
ridiculous.
Sleater-Kinney does
humor with somewhat more
subtlety than they do political.
Their" Milkshake n' Honey" is
sly and sexy, with a delicious
campy wit to Thcker's delivery
and an underlying element of
parody reminiscent of
some thing off The Whice
Album.
The burning question, of
course, is who is "the bad olle?"
Brownstein obliged with her
own interpretation: "The bad
one to me is all of us in some
ways. I think of people who try
to induce virtue into their lives
and end uP ' creating a
dichotomy of good and bad.
Labeling is hypocritical. We
create the times, and none ofus
is immune to evil. You can't be
a saint. By pointing your finger
at the bad one, you yourself are
the bad one.
This is a pretty heavy
theme on which to ground an
album. arguably one with some
degree ofideological power. But
Brownstein cringes from
making music more of a
discourse than an intimate and
fun medium of expression.
With a sociolinguistics degree
from Evergreen, she has
struggled to make connections
between the theories of
language and the more
instinctual aspects ofher work.
"My background lends
itself to making me aware of
music as a form of
communication, but it's
important to me for my music
to remain personal, that Idon't
intellectualize it," she said. "I
want music to be accessible to
peop le. that it doesn't feel
elitist. I want people to realize
about music that you can own
it, that you can understand it
just by feeling and listening to
it. "
Keeping music personal
and intimate is paramount to
Brownslein. With the fairly
incredible fameSleater-Kinney
has achieved in the past few
years (Esquire named them the
"Best Band in the World" in
April 1999), these concerns are
particularly
relevant.
Brownstein addressed this
issue, saying, "It frightens me
that Sleater-Kinney exists as
this entity out there defined by
other people-it exists outside
myself and the other members
of the band. It's important for
me to ignore that entity."
Practically speaking,
though, fame has changed little
for Brownstein. Her home is
still in Olympia, and the band's
members sti ll share an
intimacy that goes beyond a
working musical relationship.
"We work hard to
maintain a closeness," she
explained. "We do a lot of
things to make sure we're still
friends and that everyone's
healthy."
All Hands on tlle Bad One
not only marks a new musical
milestone in Sleater-Kinney's
development, it also affirms the
basis of their partnership.
"I think this album makes
evident the connection that
exists between the three of us,"
Brownstein said. "It captures
more of th e exuberance and
sense of joy we have in playing
together."
Sleater.Kinneyplaysa CD
release show and Ladyfest
benefit with Gene Defcon.
Glass Candy and the Shattered
Theater at the Metropolis Sat.,
April 29. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Tickets are $6 at the door.
When lentils have finished cooking, stir in salt
and lemon juice to taste. Serve with ricepreferably basmati rice. Yuml
Book Reviews:
Spirituality
..
By Angelica Sky Mayo
have gained a fabled reputation, produces a
haunting, ethereal sound with each singer
simultaneously intoning three notes ofa chord.
In 1959 the monastery was closed after
Chinese Communists invaded Tibet.
Approximately 250 of the Drepung Loseing
monks fled the country and re-established
themselves in India.
The new monastery boasts 2,500 monks
who now travel the globe performing with the
likes of the Beastie Boys, Sheryl Crow, Paul
Simon, and Natalie Merchant.
In 1997 the monks' music as been
featured on the soundtrack to the movies
"Seven Years in Tibet" and "Kundun ".
This will be the only stop in Olympia
during the Mystical Arts of Tibet's sixth world
tour. Tickets for Evergreen studen\s, staff,
faculty, and alumni can be purchased at the
TESC bookstore. General admission tickets
can be purchased through TicketMaster. The
show will likely selL-out, so buy your tickets
earl. For m~re ,information c~act A.S.l.A
at !i,6000 el(t~33. ,. At
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THE SACRED EARTH: Writers on Nature &
Spirit. Edited by Jason Gardner, Forward by
David Brower. This fertile anthology of
narratives offers a range of perspectives I'll
nature's world. Through exerpts from some of
America's best love contemporary nature
writers, you can explore spectacul ar realms
climb the maje,tic mountains, feel the hug of
the dense forest , or ride the wide open spaces.
If you enjoy nature , this is a compelling
adventure.
THE CENTER WITIIIN: l.essons from the
Heart of the Urantia Revelation , Compiled and
Edi ted by Fred Harris and Byron Belitsos
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The Women's Resource Center is once
again sponsoring Visionary Voices, a multi·
media art extravaganza ce lebrating the
artwork of local women, on Friday, May
12th . This one-day event includes an
exhibition of2D and 3D art, a cabaret-style
showcase of spoken word, music, dance, and
performance art, and screenings offilm and
video art. The art exhibit will be on the
third floor mezzanine of the library lobby,
and should be ready for visitors by early in
the afternoon. There will be a reception for
the event at 5 p.m. with food and beverages
generously donated by local businesses.
Performances will begin at 6 p.m. in library
2000 (main lobby), with 111m and video
screenings at 10 p.m. The show is free and
all are invited!
We still need help with publicity,
setting up the exhibit and performance
spaces, and cleaning up after the show.
Visual artists interested in displaying their
work shou ld contact Saoirse McCaig before
5
at
Friday,
May
mccaigs@elwha.evergreen.edu or at the
WRC. Film/video artists and performers
should contact Tracy Andrews at the WRC
or wrc@evergreen.edu by Wednesday, May
3. For more information, call the Women's
Resource Center at 866-6000 ext. 6162.
Olympia WA 98501
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*Students In the Movement A
showcase of the contributions of
youth and students to movements for
social change. Capitol -Theatre
starting@ 7 PM, $0-8 Sliding scale.
*Buffalo Bill A video about the plight
of America's buffalo population. 7PM
@OlympiaWorldNews
*Education DTF Discussion re:
proposals to create changes in
Evergreen's curriculum
and
graduation requirements. 3-6PM @
TESC Library Lobby.
*500 Years Collective & . Code
Current Hip Hop extravaganza 9PM
@CapitoITheatre. $0-5 Sliding scale.
Awakening the Generations:
Listening to Indigenous Voices All
day events. 6AM: Sunrise ceremony
@ Marathon Park (s. of Capitol Lk.)
9AM: Events begin @ Capitol
Theatre, including films, art,
storytelling, guest speakers. 4:306:30PM: Salmon bake @ United
Churches (110 11th Ave) 7PM:John
Trudell & Bad Dog wi Blackfire
benefit concert to protect a sacred
Lakota region from Kevin Costner's
proposed theme resort/casino. @
Capitol Theatre . At the door: $15
Gen. Admission, $10-12 Low-Income.
For more info. call 943-5185.
*Heart Sparkle Players playback
theater performance "Stories of the
Earth". 7:30PM @ Traditions Cafe.
$5-10 donation.
The Evergreen Medieval Society is Evergreen's
branch ofthe Society for Creative Anachronisms.
They meet Mondays at 4:30 p.m. in CAB 320 by
the couches. For info call Amy Loskota x6412.
Submit your student group
Evergreen Students fur Quist meets Tuesdays@
information to CAB 316 or call
7p.m.in LIB 2118 to discuss Istand21st century
Christianity. the similarities and differences.
866-6000 x6213.
The Evergreen Swing Club (the other Tl!SC)
APISH Advocates for Improving Salmon welcomes ANYONE who is interesled in dancing
Habitat. Meetings are at 3 p.m. on Wednesdays to join us for free weekly lessons. We provide a
inCAB 320
place to learn and practice both East Coast and
ASIA strives to support students of Asian Lindy swing. Meetings are Thursdays@ 7 p.m.
descent during their Evergreen experience. on 1st floor of the library and @ 2:30 p.m.
They support academic, social, cultural, Saturdays in the HCC. Contact David Yates @
personal and political interests related to the 866-1988 for info.
people and continent of Asia. All are welcome Film 1bis Hands·on Filmmaking, Film Forum,
to attend their meetings Wednesdays@ 1:30 and visiting artist. Meetings are every
p.m. in CAB 320.
Wednesday 3·5 p.m. in Lab 11047. Contact Will
The Bike Shop is a place where you can come Smith @ 867-9595 or e·mail him @: film_this
fix your bicycle with tools provided by the shop. @hotmail.com for more information.
Schedules for their hours are posted in the CAB Flamenco Oubmeets i(l CRC 316 from noon to 3
and the Library. For more information call p.m. Call Anna @ 376·1409 or e·mail
Murphy or Scott at x6399.
olyflamenco@hotmail.com.
EARN works to promote awareness about FreaksofNature is a student group dedicated to
animal rights & vegetarianism on and off the study of natural history in the field. Meetings
campus. Meetingsareon Wednesdays@4:30 are at 1 p.m. in the third floo r of the CAB. Call
p. m. in CAB 320. Contact Briana Waters or x663G for more info or email
Deirdre Coulter@ x6555.
evergreen_freakS@hotmail.com
Emergency Response Team (ERn is a student Jewish Cultural Center: strives to create an open
run team that is trained in advanced First Aid community for Jews and others interested on the
and Urban Search and Rescue in preparation Evergreen campus. MeeLingsareat 2 p.m. in CAB
for a disaster or emergency. It meets on 320 inJ.C.C. Call Shmuel or Dayla@x6493.
Mondays @ 5:30 p.m . in the Housing MECHA & rASO meet every Wednesday at 6
Community Center. Contact Ian Maddaus for p.m. in CAB 320 in the Mecha Office. Call Mecha
more info: ert@elwha.evergreen.edu.
x6143 or LA SO 6583 for info.
ERC is an environmental resource center for Men'sRugbyOub meets Tuesdays 5·7 pm, in the
political and' ecological information Pavilion. Everyone's welcome-they'll teach you
concerning loca l bioregional and global howto play. brokenvw@yahoo.com
environmental issueS. Meetings are Middle East Resource Center strives to provide
Wednesdays@3p.m. in LIB 3500. Call x6784, an academic resource and cultural connections
3rd floor of CAB building for info.
to students and the community at large. They
Student Group Meetings
Applications are now
availablel Pick one up
from the CPJ office in
CAB 316, or talk to
Selby at 866-6000,
x6054. The CPJ wants
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*Bench and Oven Building Workshop
with local cobbler Russel Holzinger.
10 AM @ home of Eli Step (1818 1/2
Giles Ave. off Division)
*Puppetoon Iamboreel: a full day
puppet extravaganza in conjuction
with The National Day of Puppetry.
The Capitol Theatre will feature a kids
show @ 12 PM with a screening of
'Secret Life of Bugs' and Jim Henson's
'Dark Crystal'. At 3 PM: 'Images of
China' and 'The Mouse Bride' by
Actors in Silhouette. At 5:15 PM: a
program revealing a history of stop
animation. At 7:15 PM: Cartoon Noir.
At 9:30 PM: The Fringe Puppet Show.
At midnight: 'Being John Malkovich'
The Midnight Sun there will be an 11
AM Puppetry forum . At 1 PM and 2
PM: puppet-making workshops.
More info? Call 754-6670.
*Breakthroughs in Catholic Thought
2-3PM: Poetry and discussion with
TESC prof. Don Foran. 3-4PM:
Libneration Theology presentation of
the biblical definition of 'work'. 89:30PM: Candlelight Mass. At St.
Michael's Westside Chapel on
Overhulse and 17th Ave. Sponsored
by Evergreen's Radical Catholics for
Justice and Peace.
* Sleater-Kinney (the band) @ The
Metropolis. Not only a CD release for
theirnewalbum butalso the very last
show ever to be held @ the
Metropolis .before they go under.
Show starts @ 8 PM, $6 @ the door.
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*Ted Connely ~ Sam Densmore
Hometown heroes venture to
Chehalis to spread high energy
sounds. 9PM @ The Matrix
Coffeehouse (434 NW Prindle St.,
Chehalis).
*Black White Dead Man speaks on
KAOS, 89.3, LIVE! Topics will include
our market society, the decline of the
state, moral fortitude, Pol Pot, and
more. Tune in @ 9 PM
*Citizens Band perform a benefit
concert for the Mayday Action
Committee. 8PM @Traditions Cafe.
*Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown
Band Good-times music with a
reggae legend @ 4th Ave Tavern
*Mayday Street Party Transform the
street into a festive community.
General Meeting: Value Village
parking lot @ 12:34 PM. From
Evergreen: Meet @ bus loop @ 10:33
AM.
*Qi Gong Workshop to learn
meditative
movements
and
visualisations for balance and healing.
From 6 to 9 PM in CAB 110.
Sponsored by Center for Holistic
. Living. Call x.6528.
*Direct Action Gets the Goods All day
event sponsored by Olympia's IWW.
llAM-3PM: Trainings in nonviolence and direct action. 3-5PM:
Film
screenings .
5-7PM:
Performances by Citizens B.and &
Andras Jones.
7-8:30 PM:
Performance by labor choir Rebel
Voices. 8:30-9PM: Performance by
Sandman. 9PM-all night: Films. @
Capitol Theatre. Cost: TBA.
*The Mystical Arts of Tibet wi th
Famed Multiphonic Singers of
Drepung Loseling Monastery. 8PM
@TESCRecreation Center (CRC). $5
students, $10 Alumni, staff, faculty:
$15 General. Tickets@TicketMaster
or TESC Bookstore
*Live Bluegrass 8-11 PM @TheSpar.
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Not enough stuff for you7 Check out the ongoing watercolJ
exhibit in the second and fourth floor galleries ofthe library. Hang
around the dorms; there's always things going on in those crazy
places. Go have fun in Olympia or wherever else that suits your
fancy. It's spring.. jt's spring...it's springl
meet on Monday 5:30 p.m .. 7 p.m. Contact responsible for the allocation of student fees.
Meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 . 6
YousofFahoum 352·7757 for info.
Native Student Alliance is committed to building p.m. Get in touch with Joe Groshong for info.
cross·cultural awareness to better conccptualize Student Arts Council specializes in all art and
how people from diverse ethnicity can stand lim shows. Meetings held Wednesdays @ 4
together with other indigenous groups. They ·p.m. in the pit of the 3rd fl. CAB. Get in touch
meet Mondays@ noon in the third floor of the with Laura Moore x6412 or in the S&A office
for info.
CAB. Call Megan or Corinne@ x6105 for info.
The Ninth Wave: The Evergreen Celtic Cultural Students fur Evergreen Student Coalition
League is dedicated to exploring and meets in CAB 315 from 6 to 8 p.m.
transmitting cultural traditions of the greater Students For Free Tibet meets Wednesdays@
Celtic Diaspora. Meetings are Wednesdays in LIB 1 p.m. in Lib 2221. Contact Lancey at x6493
3402 @ 2 p.m. For info call x6749 or email @ for morc information.
h tt pi I: 192 .211.16. 30/uscrsl/mabus/ Umoja (a Swahili word for Unity) attempts to
capture the interest of the Evergreen
ecdframes.html.
Percussion Oub seeks to enhance percussive life community who are of African descent. Their
at Evergreen. It meets Wednesdays@7:30 p.m. purpose is to create a place in the Evergreen
in the Longhouse.CaU Elijah or Tamara at x6879 community which teaches and provides
activities for African·American students at
for info.
Prison Action Committee meets every Evergreen. Meetings are @ 1:30 p.ll'. on
Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. on the third floor of the Wednesdays in CAB 320. Call x6781 for info.
CAB in the couches in front of the mural. Call Union ofStudent Workers seeks to create and
maintain a voice of collective support for
x6749 for more information.
SEED works to unite nature, culture and student workers. Meetings are Wednesday@
techniques to reintegrate the needs of human 2 p.m. in 12220. Info: Steve or Robin x6098.
society within the balance of nature. SEED meets Women of Color Coalition seeks to create a
Thursdays at 5 p.m. in Lab 11 room 2242. Ca ll space that is free of racism, sexism,
homophobia, classism, xenophobia, and all
Craig or James at x5019 for more info.
Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention forms of oppression, so we can work
Education (SHAPE) offers resources, plans collectively on issues that concern women of
events, and educates about the prevention of color. Meetings are the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of
sexual violencel assault@Evergreenandwithin every month@3:30.Ca Il FatemaorTeresa@
the larger community. They meet Mondays @ x 6006 for more information.
3:30. For more information call at x6724 or stop Yoga Club mects in CAB 315 Mondays
by the office in the third floor of the CAB.
Wednesdays, and Fridays 12·1:30 p;m., and
Slightly West is. Evergreen's official literary arts Thursdays 12:30·2 p.m .. Bring ideas!
magazine. Meetings are Wednesdays 1:30 p.m.·
2:30 p.m., and office hours are 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Call x6879, or go to the 3rd floor of CAB to find
out more.
The Student Activities Board is a student group
April 27, 2000 -15- Cooper Point Journal
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Greener makes
good, swim style
Evergreen women's sw immer Bonnie
Martin was named an NAIA Swimming and
Diving All America Scholar Athlete today. The
junior from Wauna, Wash., who qualified for
the national meet in both th e 100 and 200
bre:lststrokr and th e 200 relay, has had
out standing evaluations during her tenure at
Evergreen. Martin , who is studying Liberal
Arts and Sciences, holds a "GPA" oD.5.
W'Omens tennis
shows improvement
Talk about being busy-the Geoducks
women's squad played four matches in four days
last week. Three of the four matches were against
NAIA Region I opponents, as Evergreen hoped
to improve its standing going into the Regional
Tournament lIext weekend. Unforl unate ly,
this remained status quo, as the Geoducks
dropped matches to Puget Sound and Northwest
Nazarene at home, and matches to Southern
Oregon and Albertson in Medford, Ore., all by a
score of9-O.
This past week marked great
accomplishments for a pair of women's players
who had never heell in a co mpetitive tennis
match before this season. Seniors Kelley Brook~
(Puyallup, Wash.; Pierce Ce) and Alana Coyote
(Moraga, Calif. ; Maybeck HS) won their firstever singles games this past week. Brooks, who
is the only Geoduck player to compete in all 12
matches this season, won a game against both
Pugct Sound and Nort hwest Naza rene. The
game she won against NNU was unexpected, a,
Brooks was facing the Crusaders No.2 singles
player. Coyo te played a s~lid singles malch
aga inst Albertson on Saturday, losing 8-3 in a pro
set. The two, who arc doubles partners, played a
tough match with the 'Yates as well, falling 8-4
- marking the second lime all season an
Evergreen douhles :ram had wall at least fOllr
games in a set.
The Evergreen wOInen', tennis te'lIn will
head to Lewiston, Idaho for Rrgiomlis, April 2930.
C.ood Luck. Evergreen!
. . .
Why we have a new athletIc dIrector
by Turdc
Evergreen's athletic department has been
lacking a permanent director for just over a year
now. Pete Steilberg, the previous director for
several years, retired in April oflast year. Since
then, the athletic department has been in the
hands of Mike Segawa, who is usually the director
of housing, but is also serving as the interim
alhletic director while the Director of Athletics
Search Committ ee looks for viable applicants.
The duti es and responsibilities of the
Athletic Director are numerous. They must be
skill ed in fund raising, which comprises
approximately20'.1',($SO,OOO)oftheirbudget(the
other sources of money come from the S&A
board, from the state, and from self generated
cash, that is, money that lOmes from the door
charge at sporting events). This means, ofcourse,
that they must also be adept at managing that
budget. As to the athletic aspect of the job, they
must organize intercollegiate sporting events, be
responsible for I he management of facilities
(soccer fields, tennis courts, and the swimming
pool) and plan the currriculum of outdoor and
leisure education (ski club, sai ling, and classes at
the wilderness center).
The committee started their search in
january of this year with approximately 50
candidates and, through a close examination of
resumes, narrowed it down to nine applicants.
Then, through phone interviews, they arrived at
a final pool ofthree applicants. At this point, th e
three applicants are being reviewed by Art
Costantino, Vice President of Student Affairs,
who has the final say as to who gets offered the
job.
Mike Segawa was appointed by Art
Costantino immediately alier Pete Steilberg's
departu~e based on Mike's seniority. He has kept
the athletic department running, but prefers to
return to his regular post of Housing Director
because he "loves housing."
Last year, there were two prospective
applicants. The first was approved and offered
the job, but declined as he had a better offer
somewhere else. The second person who was
offered the job declined because he didn't feel he
was a good fit here.
Art Costantino hopes to have this position
filled by the end of this week, as he is heading
out on vacation.
"""Moments before press-time, I learned
that an applicant has bee n offered the job and
has accepted.
His name is Dave Weber, and he is coming
rrom Patten College in Oakland, California where
he was also the director of athletics.
He is excited to begin his new post here and
Art is equally as excited to have him.
Mr. Weber has extensive experience in th e
field of athletics administration (this will be th e
third institution at which he has been the
Director of Athletics). He has been the coach of
four basketball teams (both men'sand women's)
and has been the assisant coach of two aditional
teams.
As of press-time, he was unavailable for an
interview. Alier more information is gathered, a
more extensive report on who he is will follow in
next week's isslle.
by Moll y Erikson
Spring Swim
Recreational ~wimming lessons open to the
publiccontinue at TIle Evergreen State College. TIle
next session runsevenings only from May 8 through
june 5, with registration beginning April 24. TIlere
is no lesson on May 29.
Group lessons are available for infants aged
six mOllths through 14-year-old teens. Aqua
aerobics,lifCl,'lJard training. adult classes,water safety
instructor and pre-competitive swim lessons are also
oflered.
AU group classes are 30 minutes and cost $25
for the eight~esson session. aasscs are part of the
Swim America lealll-to-"vi/n program designed to
make the adjuslment to water easy and fun for all
ages. Lessons emphasize swimming skills,
endurance, personal safety and social skills while
providing~tudents with encouragement from Swim
America and Red Cross trained i.t1;tructors.
TIlirty-minutr private lessons are $ll pcrclass
:lnd 45-minute semi-private lessons for two or more
are $9 per class.
To register, call Evergreen at 866-6000, xfi770.
Walk-in registration is also available in the CoUege
Recreation Center office.
Swimming .registration begins April 24 at
theCRC
Women's Tennis-Regionals in Lewiston, Id.April 29-30
Men's Tennis-Regionals in LeWiston, IdMay 5-6
I
The University ofPuget Sound
came to Evergreen last week beating
their drums, boasting a 10-2 overall
record . The Loggers were solid,
defeating the Geoducks, but they did
not pitch the shutout six other teams
had done to Evergreen this season.
junior Neal Ahern (Orleans,
Mass, ; Northeastern Univ.) and
senior Del Beaudry (EI Cerrito, Calif.
; Sa n Mateo jC) scored the singles
victories for Evergreen this season as
both their Logger opponents retired
during their mat ches. The victories
marked th e first-ever singles wins
since intercollegiate tennis returned
at Evergreen three years ago.
Ahern dropped the first set to
UPS player john Greves 6-0, but
broke the Logger three times in the
second set, winning 6-3. With Ahern
leading 3-1 in the final set, Greves
walked off the court in disgust, not
wanting to continue the onslaught.
"This definitely was the best match
Neal has played all year: sa id
Geoducks head coach Rick Harden.
"He was dominated in the first set,
bU,t focused and showed his potential
in the second. It is unfortunate that
he was unable to truly feel the
triumph of victory." Beaudry was
actually down a sct and tra iling
Logger Bjorn Erikson 3-1 in the
second when Erikson stopped the
match, citing shin splits. "I don't like
to win because ofan injury," said the
29-year-old Beaudry follOWing his
match. "But, a win is a \,·in."
Harden was also pleased with
the play ofjian Yi Xu (Renton, Wash.
; Brookline (Mass .) HS), who
dropped his match in straight sets.
"jian rea lly improved his serve in
practice after struggling last
weekend, and it showed. Although
the score did not indicate the effort,
he had some really good rallies
against a solid player."
Evergreen's exhibition match
last Wednesday against the Green
River Loggers was a bittersweet
defeat. While the team lost 8-1,
Ahern, after playing three lengthy
sets, won his match 6-8, 7-5, and 6-3.
It was a much deserved reward after
his rrustrating match rrom the week
before_
The Evergreen men's team will
be driving to Lewiston, Idaho for
RcgiLnals on May 5-6.
Neal Ahern struggles to win the point
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