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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 29, Issue 11 (January 18, 2001)
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Photo essav bv Adam louie -pages 4&5
Sex Workers An Show- pages 8&9
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When education is
awry, we all lose
Livestock? Burn the Witch! Hole in the ozone?
Blasphemyl Homeless people? Get a job, la zy
Like a nimwit psychopath stuck in a hereticsl We could avoid ugly situations such
Chinese finger-trap, America is doomed to as these if our Educational institutions
impotent rage and sorrow until it dies; and it produced people capable of independent
will die, either of natural causes or by the thought.
A Professor of mine told me a ta Ie of not
actions of some merciful force. America, the
so
long
ago (the 1960's), when tuition at state
Politicians, the Press: We struggle vic iously
universities averaged around $100
we
with our problems, and if
per quarter. Many had no tuition,
find that our struggles are
nltile, we try the Same thing While education is admitting students on a merit
basis. I do not need to teU you how
again , only more so. Our
no doubt a big
those figures compare to the costs
situation exemplifies tragic
comedy of the high est order; . worry of common of attending college today.
Whatever factors caused colleges
if it weren't so tragic, more
folk, I have a
people would be laughing. sneakin' suspicion to jack up the fees (no way was a
+2000 percent increase due to
America's only salvation lies
that
the
word
inflation), people began to expect
in the brains of its young
education is often some kind of payoff after they got
people.
While edmation is no
used in place of their degrees. Hence, ITT Techs
began popping up like sunspots,
doubt a big worry of common
folk, as well as the incoming the words societal while Humanities majors got the
conditioning . ..
sick end of many jokes.
Bush admini stration 's "top
The same Professor cited
priority," J have a sneakin '
so
me
statistic
for me which said
suspi cio n th a t th e word
that 75 percent of college students
educa tioll is oft en use d in
place of the words societal conditiollillg and were in college because they belie 'ed that it
job trai/lillg. Georgie, in a CNN.com online would in crease their chances of getting a job.
interview, said , "[WJe ca n start by ... Th e Olympian recently ran a small "student
we lcom ing faith-b ased programs .... Our voices" piece, which featured the heads of three
educatio nal systems ought not to fear good, high school kids, with a quote iTom each saying
solid character education programs." I agree how importa nt a co llege education was to th eir
that our misguided youth would surely benefit career futures. Hopefully, Th e Olympian talked
from a dose of the Fear of God. However, our to more than three kids, but then they didn't
leader forgets that, despite whatever really have to.
rationalizations his people might concoct, his
plan is illegal. And history shows that
"character education" does little to aid young
See AWRY page 14
people in dealing with social dilemmas. Sick
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Fine Host or Rude Guest?
Analysis by David Smith
I have really had it. I feel like the little kid
beiLg bullied out his lunch money.
I have paid my$5 for a measly Iittle8" plate
of tasteless beige goo. I've been denied service
during holiday breaks because management
didn't want to have to deal with cash bank. J have
watched as two people were wrongly dismissed
(one rehired, a first victory for the fledgling
union), and now I see that prices have been
raised to reflect the local market value. Now
folks. J can tolerate bland over-cooked, overpriced steam tray glop. J can cough up another
quarter or two for my caffeine habit but thi s
whole situation has just gotten unacceptable. I
cannot fathom the nerve of someone using the
prices at Starbucks, Top Foods, etc ... to justifY
putting the screws to the students. Fine J lost has
no real competition and pays no rent and has
captive audience- what a countryl Putting prices
on a parity with Slarbucks (their motto: making
millions screwing dumb yuppies $5 at a time) is
unconscionablel Ah, waiter, reality check please!
Does this seem wrong to anybody else?
In short J am fed up with the way food
service is administered on campus. So J started
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
asking questions. What Jcame up with made me
stop and think. First of all there's a whole lot
more emotion and opinion than there are facts
floating around. Prices have jumped recently,
quality has noticeably suffered, labor relations
seem to be ... let's say deUcate for now. So what's
really going on?
Look at it from the students' point of view;
Fine-Host has what amounts to a state sponsored
monopoly on campus. Pizza, that mainstay of
the collegiate diet, has gone from fresh to frozen
AND jumped 62.5 percent in price. The
employees are struggling to unionize while there
have been firings, re-hirings and disappearing!
reappearing tip jars. From my point of view this
looks like we are fostering a tyrannica l corporate
toady of the first magnitude (okay, third
magnitude) right here on campus. Tyranny isn't
an ideology'@~ a philosophy; it's Ihe first and last
refuge of the incompetent.
At this point I was primed for the "good
fight: With a double load of righteous
indignation fueling my courage J charged up to
third floor and started asking questions: What's
the dea lwith the food service? Why can 'I we have
outs ide caterers? Do they pay rent? Who owns
the equipment? Why J am getting screwed?
The answers were surprisingly easy 10 get.
But nothing is as simp le as it appears.
The truth took the wind out of my sails. Yes,
prices jumped - a lot. And no, it's not equilable.
But, (there's always abut) the fact of the matter is
we need them more Ihan Ihey need us. Here's how
the administration's perspective shakes out in
brief First, food service prices have not been
keeping pace with rising costs over the lasl three
years and so took a sizeable jump recently. The
administration has seen the contractor's costs and
says that Ihe profits are within reason. As for the
rent question, the contractor pays the school a
commission on sales and helps generate
considerable revenue, mostly over the summer,
from conferences. That money is very important
to the school. As a "worst-case" example, without
that money campus housing costs would jump 10
percent next year, and without a contractor this
summer that would be a real possibility. From Ihe
contractor's point of view, I'm told that Evergreen
isn't a great contract because we don't have a
mandatory meal plan . Tha t translales into
guaranteed revenue for the food service. They do
admil that the price hikes hurt, and that there are
communications problems. Fine l'lost's
position s and policies haven't been well
presented.
After talking with a few people in Ihe
administral ion I was a bit deflated . There's
nothing quite like taking the moral high ground
and fi ghting the good fight... But life isn 't bl ack
and white. I don't know if I acrept everything
I've been told about the food on our campus.
For one thing J get conflicting slories. for
another Fine-I lost has been inconsistenl in
what Ihey say, and there's wide range of opinion
among the students.
Like I said, nothing is as simple as it
seems.
What I'm proposing is an invitation .
There will be an open meeling in the library
lobby the afternoon of Thursday, Jan. 24 for
anyone who'd like to discuss this issue. Leading
lip to that I'd like to invite the administration,
Fine- Host management, the employees ' labor
union and most importantly th e sluden ts to
voice their opinions here in The Journa l. Nexi
week we'll be publishing as mu ch afrh al debate
as possible.
Bulk-Rate
U.S. Postage Paid
Olympia. WA
98505
Permit No. 65
NEWS
Day of Absence,
Tacoma
moves
Day of Presence
What's Going on for the Day of Presence,
Day of Absence?
Eac h
year
the Evergreen
comm unity honors its rich cultural
diversity with a special two-day
celebra tion . The Day of Presence,
Thursday, January 25, offers on-campus
even ts tha t focus on issues rela ted to
diversity. The Day of Absence, Friday,
Ja nu a ry 26, provides a unique
o pportunity for students, staff and
faculty of color to gather off-campus and
cel e brate our cultural and ethnic
heritage. Simultaneously, our white
aJJjes will come together for activities on
campu s. Friday night there will be a
show on campus featuring the hip-hop,
soul, jam band Spearhead. We have an
exciting schedule of events this year that
promises to hav e some thin g for
everyon e. For more information about
the following events, check the Day of
Absenc e/Day
of
web s ite:
(www.eve rgreen .edu / u ser/ FPAS /
DayofAbsence.htrnJ).
Day of Presence Highlights
include: Simona Sharoni from COPRED
(Co nsorti urn on Peace, Research,
Education and Development) has
pJ;rnned an interactive anti-oppression
workshop
addressing
identity
differences and structural inequality.
Please call and sign-up to reserve a
space.
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Evergreen's branch campus in
Tacoma settled in a newly renovated
hom e las t wee k on 6'" Street, be tween
Land M Streets. Only a few blocks
from the ir old loca tion, 1202 Martin
Lu ther King, Jr. Way, it is the fifth
ca mpu s m ove in 26 years.
"Thi s move means that w e will be
able to e nri c h and ex p a nd our
offerings to our Tacoma s tudents,"
sa id Evergreen Pres ident Les Purce .
" We arc pleased to co ntinue to serve
this communi ty tha t ha s been so vi tal
to our s uccess. We look forward, too,
to strengenthing our ties with othe r
ins titutions in the area."
The the m e for the m ove was "We
walkourTalk." Stud en ts, fa cu lty and
s taff ga the red at the o ld building in
two s hifts, morning a nd evenin g, to
proceed to the new locatio n . Stud ents
voted to carry books to s hilre with
Bryant Elementary School, Jason Lee
Middle Sc h oo l and Tacoma Urban
Academy.
spectacuI ar Latin music with Hugo
Flores and Los Calaveras in UOOO. We
wi Uh ave tea, coffee and cookies. Please
bring your lunch.
Also scheduled is a dialogue on
" Deconstructing Hierarchical Thinking
about Diversity." A one-person show
called "Faces of America" will play in
the evening.
Day of Absence Highlights include:
On Friday; staff, faculty and students of
color will gather off campus for a daylong retreat. We will learn about the
Cri tical' Moments Project, enjoy a
community po tl uck, and participate in
acultural,communitybuildingactivity.
For those of you who need a ride to the
retreat in Lacey, please call us to reserve
a space in one of the vans. A map and
directions are available from the First
Peoples' Advising office.
On campus, folks will have an
opportunity to listen to Michael Franti,
spoken word artist and leader of the
"We want to bri ng resources to the
group Spearhead speak on " Race and
commu nity, and the books sy mboli ze
C ommunity: W h at does it mean to ollr commitm e nt for the fut ure," said
you?" Intheaftemoon Marilyn Frasca,
Dr. JoyeHardiman, Evergreen-Tacom
.
director.
TESC Faculty Emeritus, will lead a
writing workshop.
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The leased building offe rs 32,000
Later that night, the musical group s guare feet, more than triple the s pace
"Spearhead"ahip-hop,soul,jamband
th at the co llege had occupied. The
will be performing on campus in the faci lity includes large mu ltim e d ia
CRC gynmasium at 9:30 p .m Tickets lecture hall a nd ga ther ing commons
are available in the TESCbookstore and
that can sea t 250 people, a scien ce lab
Rainy Day Records. Prices are priced as dedicated to public hea lth and urban
follows:
environmenlal science s tudies , a
-Students in advance$9,$12atthedoor. comp uter lab for web-based
-General Admission $14 advance, $17 co mmunity resea rch , a c iv ics and
at the door.
democracy practice lab , a nd a
If you plan to attend the off-campus multim ed ia computer lab for m ed ia
program, or would like to ride in the
lite racy s tudies.
van please contact First Peoples '
More space will allow the school 's
Advising Services at 867-6467, L1407by enro llment to expand to 250 s tud en ts
Wednesday, January 24 in order to by the 2003-04 academ ic year. In
reserve a space. Participants are addi ti on, th e on-site Tacoma
strongly encouraged to car pool.
Co mmunity Co ll ege Bridge Program
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Prese ntly 181 s tudents a tte nd
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them full time. Seventy-four percent
arc women a nd 57 p e rcent a re people
f co I or. Th e average age of the
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Evergreen-Tacoma s tudent is 37
years. Many have families and work
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The idea for Evergreen's Tacoma
ca mpus developed as part of founder
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years ago. Since then, the program
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ce ntury ago a nd a rc committed as
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have become our friends," Hardiman
says.
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for studen ls with junior or sen ior
s tanding, the on -s ite lower-d ivision
Bridge Program with Tacoma
Co mmunity Co ll ege prepares lowerdivision s tud e nt s for adva n ced
undergraduate work. The Evergreen
curriculum reflects the urban n a ture
of th e ca mpus and its s tud ents
through intergrated s tudies in such
subjects as hi sto ry, political scie nce,
la w, lite rature , public polic y and
guantitative inguiry.
Virginia Taylor, fo und er of the
Northwest Dispatch and unoffi cial
mayor of K Street, wa s invited to cut
the ribbon to officially open the n ew
build i ng. An official dedica ti on
ce remony for the facility is planned
for M ay, w Il e n H i II top nei g hb o rs,
loca l e lec ted o ffi cials and business
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BLOTTER
Oh yeah, Blotter is back And Ever
green apparently had a hell of a good time.
Sure, there were fire alamls, caused by
everything from sage incense to a smoke
machine, from "water flow" to the ever
present, ever delighting burnt food.
A fair number of people also managed
to get into various fonns ofvehicular trouble,
ranging from ahit-and-run in the dorm loop
to something marked only as "TrafficI'
Arrest"
And you'd better believe that there was
graffiti. Among the usual locations, my
personal fave is the one down in the CAB
stairweu. which says "Even loss and betrayal
can lead to awakening."
Speaking of plumbing the depths of
your soul, a lot of people seemed to try to
explore them with drinking and drugs this
month. Actually to be precise, we had ten
MIPs, five ours,four drug possessiOns, three
minors drinking, and possession with intent
to deliver. Add in an Open Cqntainer and
paraphernalia and who needs 'The 12 Days
of Christmas7"
Don't despair, however, if you think is
all that happened. Oh, no. There's more.
Much, much more. So wipe those thoughts
of holiday good will and peace on Earth out
of your mind, cause it's going to be a gritty,
debauched, and reprehensible new year.
Welcome back
On with the mayhem...
10:21 p.m.
Oh Christmas tree, Oh
Christmas tree. You grow so fine and pretty.
Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, I'm
glad we have you in our city. A man with an
axe did try and chop, but he was busted by
a cop.a, Christmas tree,Oh Christmas tree,
I think your life's really shitty.
Dec. 8
2:30 a.m.
A sexual assault is
reported on the blotter wi th a non-<lisclosure
note attached to it.
8:28 p.m.
Something goes down in
N-Dorm. Something sinister, of evil portents,
something that involves an open report and
my receival of no information.
alive? Can I ever resolve the paradox that
threatens my very soul?" But a voice breaks
through this existential doom. "Dude,
someone seta dumpster on fire. Everybody's
down there. You coming?" And you realize
that you are not alone. "Yes. Yes I am."
10:48 am.
It's a tale of organic
vengeance as a Greenery emproyee
overhears someone asking a man called
"Joe" if he will be "going to get that plant."
Later, he sees "Joe" and his friend walk:ing
out with a plant. No word on whether or
not the plant is sleeping with the fishes.
1:10 p.m.
Several years ago, over
$40,000 worth of computer equipment goes
missing. Today; a computer monitor turns
up in an abandoned storage locker.
Dec. 9
12:05 a.m.
Unknown malicious Dec. 12
mischief occurs near 5-Dorm, but I am left 12:28 a.m.
Reports of burglaries and
helpless to find out what it is, since J have soUcitations of sexual acts occur in Housing
today. Where there's a will to make money,
neither psychic abilities nor a case report.
12:30 a.m.
It's Saturday night in A- some will try and find a way.
Dorm and you and your friends are bored.
"We could watch 1V?" someone suggests. Dec. 16
"No," you si~ wearily, "there's nothing but 4:00 a.m.
Two guys hanging
crap on." 'We cou ld go somewhere around Coo~r's Glen report that they were
downtown," someone else £roffers. "No," robbed whIle riding with a unnamed
you say, shakin~ your head, ' Olympia sucks woman. Allegedly, she pulled out a gun,
ass." And then It hits you in ablaze of divine .demanded their money, and dropped them
glOlY. It's the perfect thing to do. And another off. They get a ride home and police get to
look for awhite Honda.
chair gets tossed off anA-Dorm balcony.
Dec. 5
5:32 p.m.
Two dead deer are
reported on the Parkway. There's really
nothing funny about a dead deer. Now
antelope on the other hand ...
9:41 p.m
Con tinuing
today' s
theme of things that suck, something
happens involving a Child Protective Service
Viofation (suppressed for the protection of
the child.)
Dec. 7
12:57 a.m.
An assault occurs today;
but I can't tell you any more because this IS
one of the 18 reports I was unable to get for
blotter. The same goes for a vemal assault
occuring at 5:05 p.m.
Dec.U
Dec. 17
11:30 p.m.
It's break tim e and
everyone ha s le ft . There a re no more
dumpster fires, there are no people to help
you throw chairs. "Why is this happening
to me?" you cry to the heavens. "Why must
I always be lonely?" You run through ADorm. '1s anyone out there? Do I really exist?
Or am I just a molecule in a dark, uncaring
universe where a cold wind blows?" You
decide to reaffirm your life by spraying a fire
extinguisher through four floors of A-Dorm.
2:56 a.m
Alas, the joy from
throwing things off balconies is all too brief.
You find yourself thinking "Why do I feel so
empty? Why must I destroy in order to feel
Dec. 21
10:10 a.m.
Whether it was a random
shot or one planned after the angst of parking
Dec. 10
12:29 a.m.
In the biggest takedown
since the John Gotti trial, four people get
busted. One gets a felony warrant, another
disorderly' conduct and public intoxication,
while shll a third gets a misdemeanor
warrant. And the fourth? Ah, the fourth one
is cited for tresI;'ass and released. No doubt,
the Olympia cnme syndicates will be reeling
from this for a long time to come.
Jen Blackford
fees and lack of spaces, a parking window
gets shot with a BE gun.
Dec. 22
It's a day of automotive mayhem as five cars
get into a mile-long collision on the Parkway,
while eight hours later another 70 park near
the roadway to party down.
Dec. 26
2:12 p.m.
A man calls to report his
daughter missing. He says that sh e was
s upposed to com e home with her new
boyfriend, but she never called. When poUce
talk to the daughter's neighbor, he says that
she has gone to Baja California with her
boyfriend.
Dec. 27
5:36 p.m.
PoUce arc called in to assist
with a domestic dispute near campus. It
concludes with the husband being arrested
for hitting his wife in the face with the back
of his hand.
Dec. 3O--Jan. 3
Wow, lots of interesting sounding things and
no real details on them. .I mean, we have a
theft from an w1Iocked dorm room on the
29th, a robbery on the 30th, a suspicious
circumstance in F-Lot invo lving a nonstudent on Jan. 2, and a theft in B-Dorm on
the 3rd. Feel free to exercise your creativity.
Jan. 6
1:32 a.m.
PoUce pick up a runaway
from Bremerton sleep ing on one of the
couches in the HCC. He gets a criminal
trespass off campus and is put into Chjle!
Protective Services.
Jan. 10
2:46 p.m.
While many students are
going back to class and rediscovering the joys
of Housing, at least one was reported to not
be doing this. His father calls in and says he
has not heard from his son. Police confim1
that he has not checked in orattended classes.
When they speak with his mother, she opines
that perhapshe is taking an unplanned break
from class, due to a frustrating past quarter.
Position open at the CPJ
Assistant Business Manager (ABM) needed
beginning Winter Quarter 2001 and ending Fall Quarter
2001.
h y C hr is Marie RiHer
January 22, 2001 marks the 28th
anniversary of Roe V. Wad e, the US
Supreme co urt decision tha t legalized
abortion in 1973. This d ec isio n
recog ni zes that a ll women have the
co nstitution a l right to co ntrol their
re produ ctive fate as well as the Uberty
to choose to terminate an unwanted
pregnancy. Before Roe V. Wad e it is
estimated that 1.2 million women per
year desperately resorted to illegal
abortions which have take n the lives of
as many as 5,000 US women a year.
Thi s year's anniversary is
espec ia ll y important du e to n ew ly
elected President George W. Bush 's prolife age nd a. The Feminist Majority
Fo und atio n " along with Feminist
Majority
Leadership Alliances
(F.M .LA.) around the country a re doing
everything in their power to protect a
woman's right to choose. Come s upport
us Monday, January 22 in the CAB
where the F.M.LA. and Care 2000 will
be holding the Cupcakes & Condoms
sa le for 111e Campaign for A ccess and
Reproductive Equity.
'
:fhe ABM becomes Business Manager for 2002.
For more information, call (360) 867-6054
or ask Jen Blackford at the CPJ in CAB 316
Deadline to apply is 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29.
The Cooper Point Journal -3- January 18, 2001
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be dependent on other
peopfe and programs for
th e homeless such as
Bread and Roses .
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Mossberger, a few m o nth s il fter he
decides to go back h ome . H e mad e
this dec ision because while on the
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danger the whole time." Since thi s
picture, Mark has been arrested for
unlawful entry and did a little time
in juvenile hall. He is now a
freshman at Capitol High School
and is looking for a job.
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The Cooper Point Journal -4- January 18, 200 1
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Political New
Year's resolutions
In thl' spiri t of
ew Year 's
n'~()Iutilln~, I've decided to offe r some
sugge"tion~ ior tIll' Ii"t:, uf th is year's
politlc,lll",ldl'rship
Thi s year ...
':Cll1l1P,lSSlonate" colnd idates will
"l'\ ,111 l'"\ol1l1plt, and put their mone),
\\ herl' their ied arl'
um, mouth is.
Il\' tlthmg I (l pt'rcl'nt l,ltheir c.:l m pa ign
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not
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museum llI' lL1unddt io n , bu t to
hOll1cl""" tdll1t1il's, food bdnk~ , a nd
commun it\' outlT,lCh.
Thi~ vear ...
I ",til olcknowledge that money
doc" not eq udI spcech, as the wealthy
and poor h,1\'e eq ual db ility to speak.
The refore ca mpaigns and lobbying
efforts should no longer be protected
lw the First Amendme nt. To conti nue
t~ acknowl e dge cas h as a form of
speech is to support con tinu ed
ci,lssicism and e liminate all effo rts to
empower Americans as ci ti ze ns.
This year .. .
I will both practice and encourage
my colleag ues to practice calling th e
nation to a cause to enco ura ge civic
involvement, rather than hirin g more
po llste rs. I reali ze that by ca lling
Am erica n s to a cause as jFK, john
McCain and Jimm y Carter have done,
and by participating in my communi ty
myself, I am uniting the country to a
co mmon goa l of a hi gher sta ndard of
living for all. As Tom Joad sa id in The
Grapl'~ of Wrath, "Wherever there's a
figh t so hungry peop le ca n ea t, I'll be
th ere."
This yea r ...
I re a li ze th a t unde r no
circu ms tances wi ll progress be made
if I refuse to add to a conversation on
political policy because I dislike the
subject. Lincol n 's decision to free the
slaves was no t a popular idea, but his
co ur age to purs u e i t, despite his
o flPo Siti on or w hat a pollster o r
consultant may have told him, is what
made him a honorab le lead er and a
politica l hero.
This year ...
I wi ll rea lize th at my redl boss is
not my party, my union or my donors;
nor is it those who voted for me. It is
my en tire cons ti tuency to whom I was
~ I ec ted. They pay my bills. Their taxes
fill my 401(k), th ey put my children
th roug h college, and my continued
attention to th e ir need furthers o ur
republic.
Finally, this year . ..
I wi ll remember that the old song
is rig ht: "Our Ch ildre n ARE our
Future." Ge ne ration X, the "O .K."
generation whic h we've often fa iled to
ed u ca te, will hav e co ntrol of th e
Pres idency of th e Un ited States by the
year 2030 . The re are on ly 29 more
yea rs in which to make sure that I'm
reildy to hand over the keys to my
future, my retire m e nt, my soc ial
sec urity, a nd th e fut ures o f my
children and grandch ildren. I will ask
myself daily, "Are they ready?"
I encou ra ge eve ryon e to ca ll on
yo ur gove rnm en t leaders to
acknow ledge these truths, a nd to
reali ze that politics of governmen t are
no t e ffe cti ve nor co ndu cive to ou r
nation's republica n d em ocra cy.
A-DORM
Double shot of irony
ft
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AVENGER
Stand Up
Four kids, plus art su pplies, in
the middle of the night, with not
much but expression on their
minds. The result of their sevenhour revelry is walls covered with
quotes by role models, religious
leaders, and rock stars.
Later that evening, A Dorm
inhabitants and others come to add
and to read quotes . The walls
become "a .visual sermon on life."
The once white walls of the 9th and
10th floors now have voices.
They say, "The only power
they have is what you give them;"
they say, "Fight for it;' they say,
"Stand up."
And people listen.
Until the Housing staff comes,
the Resident Director comes,' until
the cops come and they can't hear
the walls, refuse to listen to the
walls; and they tell Sky Cosby that
the project he and his hiends
started a middJe-of-the-nightago is
an act of " malicious mischief," and
he is arrested.
Later, Sky will be told that he
is allowed to continue writing on
the walls and that he will be taken
to a court of law for breaking a
Without the consent of Housing, writing on the
school policy. The punishment and the
arrest make no sense, and Sky's crime
is unclear; his intent was indeed not
"malicious." Was this graffiti? By
definition, yes. But only in the sense
that public property was used to
harbor this spontaneous overflow of
emotion.
The "Evergreen Quote Walls," as
'one student dubbed the art, would've
been allowed had the participators
gotten a signature and approval of
someone on the Housing staff. But
without the consent of Housing, the
act is a crime. Perhaps approval would
have legalized the finished product,
but would it have inspired the late
night vigils, the students unifying, the
~Evergreen Quote Walls·.is a cri~e
altogether genuine result of the
' creativity and spontaneity of four
students one night?
Graffiti or not, the content of
these -walls is moving and simply
put, lovely:
,
. I once read somewhere,
between the 9th and 10th floor,
something by Thoreau:
"I know of no reading of
another's experience so startling and
informing as this would be." .
In the next couple 'o f weeks,
there will be a meeting held among
the residents of the 8th, 9th, and 10th
floors. This meeting will determine
whether the artwork in the stairwell
stays or is painted over.
Crime, the bookstore, and you
b y J ay Jamc:s
Stea ling does not pay. r know. I was arrested a t
Eve rgree n for " libe ra tin g" a book, which I needed for
class, from th e booksto re. T he res ult of my crime was
dealing with punishment fro m the s ta te, as well as the
Eve rg reen code of co ndu ct.
The books tore is part of Evergreen; it is not
individually owned. It is not a publicly traded
corporation . The sc hool gains or loses with the
bookstore. Evergreen's bookstore uses the money it
takes in th rough the sales of books, art supplies, clothes,
etc. to pay rent for its space in the CAB building,
utilities, salaries, and student wages . Student workers
rely on employment at the bookstore in order to be in
sc hool. Stealin g effects the economic well-being of the
bookstore, which in turn co uld result in lost jobs . Any
profits left over are used to payoff the school's deficit .
If the bookstore is at a loss at the end of the year, funds
are taken from other areas of the school's budget to
break even and ensure employees ge t paid. This is the
problem with s hoplifting from the bookstore. Students
need to be aware that the outcome of stealing hurts
everyo ne, even if you do not get caught. The books tore
has nothing to do with your tuition, unless losses aTe
tallied. Losses at the bookstore mean the money the
sc hool got through your tuition is diverted from
e ducational spe ndin g to make up for your fellow
student's criminal actions.
If you are a person that does no t care about the
well-being of the school and just about yourself, this
article still applies. The punishment I received from the
s tate is a $250 fine and one year of probation. On top of
this, I have to dea l with the punishment for breaking
the Evergree n code of conduct; this entails a 50-dollar
fin e for co mpen sa tion of the arres tin g officers'
over time, and community ser vic ei' All of this
punishment is the res ul t of s tealing one'20-dollar book;
th a t 1 profusely reg ret.
. ,.
The school's justification for such a harsh punishment
is that stealing from the books tore has increased over the
years, so harsh er punishment (such as prosecution by the
s tate) has increased. In doing so, it actually has slowed
down the ra te of theft, bu tit s ti II does n ot solve this
problem of the annua l loss of the bookstore.
The sc hool justifies prosecuting s tudents who get
ca ught stea ling, because theft from the bookstore has
increased, adding to the school's loss. Prosec ution sets an
example w hic h seems to work. So learn from my mistake .
Stealing hurts the community as well as you . The
bookstore is not an evil corporation; it is a practical and
necessary component of our college. Its goal is not to make
a profit or to make annual growth; the bookstore is here
for our conven ience and to provide th e ed u cationa l
sup plies needed by students to further their education.
Trust builds connection
. Trust is important fOJ; all people to develop
relationships with others and to be comfortable in your
surroundings. Without trust in the people at Evergreen,
you would not be able to live normally and thrive. This is
especially true for new students living on campus. Because
most of us come from homes where we trusted the people
we were living with, we only know how to live in
environments where there is trust. Therefore, we can only
act naturally in spaces where we trust the people around , '
us. By breaking trustwith someone, you force them to act
differently towards you, and all people for that matter.
When laundry gets taken or things disappear from
someone's room, it becomes harder to trust anyone. And
without that initial trust in someone you meet, it is ahnost
impossible to connect with them.
-- Anne Marshall
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The Cooper Point Journal -6- JaI'lUary 18, 2001
p
Blast Rocks and C.O.C.O.: a 'taste sensation
at the Voyeur - Thursday, January 11
Dear CPJ,
The lates t round regard in g S usan Levine's reac ti on to Geoff Du gwy ler's
a ll eged ly "offensive anti-Semitic ca rtoon" simpl y ex tends a lon g:s tanding
traditIOn of p rofessio na l hyperse ns itivity he re at TESC. A few years ago the
CPJ ran an ironic and satiric ca rtoon lampoo ning th e U.S. mi lit ary 's
notoriously h omop hobic poli cies rega rding gays in th e ar m ed forces. Sure
e nough, a lette r appeared in CPj mi s ta ke nl y charac teriz ing the cartoo n itself
as homop h ob ic. I th ereupon discussed th e matter wi th a sig nifi ca nt number
of gays and les bi ans he re, none of w hom turn ed ou t to be a ffli cted with the
te rmin a l earnes tn ess o f the lette r writer. Th e fa ct is th a t our c ulture is now
rep le te with ,0i-disa l1t moral sa ints who a re offe nded if th ey arc un offe nd ed.
Heads th ey win, tai ls yo u lose. If yo u don't conc ur tha t Dugwyler's work
was a "hate ca rtoon ", yo u are reprod ucin g th e (false ly) alleged offe nse by ...
hurt ing the feelings of the self-p rocla imed o ffendee l
The re is a double iro ny a t work h ere. It is not me rel y these fo l ks'
blindness to sa tire that is at issue, but p e rhap s more importa ntly their nonrecog nition of iro ny. Ms. Levine und e rscores this by unwittin g ly producing
a g lori ous irony of her own : when she is force-fed a dose of he r own medi cine
by so meone who cl a ims to be "hurt" by he r entire ly unoffe ns ive use o f an
'e thnic example, s he fails to see this for wha t it is, nam ely a red uc ti o-a dabs urdum of her own position, bu t ins tead concl udes th a t so extensive is
the plague of in sensitivity that she h erse lf has been infected . Ea /IIaxi/lla c/l lpn .
Yo u ca n be s ure th a t th e traditio n will continue. Another le tter wr ite r
will ass ure us th a t , al thou g h (s) he is adaman tl y opposed to ce nsors hip,
there ' is' materia l so "i nap propri a te" th a t a line jus t ha s to be drawn ... In
the process, the Geo rge Wi ll s and Pat Bu chanans o f this world wi ll gleefu ll y
pOint to to thi s ca ric a ture o f identi ty politics as confirmation of th e ir
co n viction th a t those of us who a rc co mmited to race and gender eq ua lit y
a re a bun ch of wackos. That is the real tragedy.
-- Alan G. Nasser
Me mber of the Faculty
Radical Measures
O ne of m y classmates in Strategic Business Poli c ies for th e 21st Ce ntury
made a co mme nt to me that mad e me think . She S<lid she came to Evergreen
because s he thought it was a "rad ica l" school, but found out that it was no t
really radical a t all. I asked w hat she meant, and she sa id s tudents here
!>eemed more interested in lega l pot smo kin g than larger que~tions (like
human rights, protecting the env ironment, freedom, e t celera).
So let us look at her observation. Is it true?
Studen t workers ilt the food store in the CAB have voted to unioniLe
ilnd be represented by the ILWU . Their employer rciuses to recognize the
ILWU as the bargaining representative for these s tud ent workers al the food
store. In solidarity with these student workers, I am boycottin g the food
s tore: I refuse to buy a cup of coffee, a bagel, anythi ng from th is food store
until the ILWU is recogn ized by the employer. I am a member of th e Laborer\
Un ion, loca l 252, and I believe it is wrong to suppor t co mpani es that seek to
exploit their workers and to d(!ny .tli.e.lrright to collec tive bargain ing .
Arc you a "radical " student who bu ys food from the food s tore th a t
denies yo ur fellow st udents who are wo rking th eir way th rough college lhe
rig ht to unioni ze, a nd th e right to coll ec tive bargaining for a fa ir wage?
Arc yo u really a "radical ?"
Severa l months ago 1 s tarted a n effort to hav e the ashtrays re moved
from the entra nces of buildings, specifically the library building. I w rote to
the preSident of Evergreen fo r his help . Because he is the ne w preS ident o f
Evergreen, he asked members of the s t~ff to review the matter. The ash trays
are stIll m place. The poor s laves of bIg co rporate tobacco e vid e ntly think
we should all be slaves of corporate tobacco, because they insist on hovering
around the entrances of buildings, sharing their smoke with peop le who do
not smoke who are entering the buildings. My goal remains to h ave th e
ash trays removed from their present location and a designated s m oking area
setup that will not impac t non-smokers.
One very c uri o us thin g: while states have s u ccessfu ll y s ued the big
tobacco companies (including Washingto n state?), th e books tore at The
Evergreen State College sells ciga re ttes! Why does a books tore at a sta te
college like Evergreen sell a product that h as been proven to cause ca ncer
and death? Do the ta xpaye rs of Was hing to n sta te know that the Evergreen
bookstore sells cigare ttes? Is it a coherent public policy, or a good reflection
of a libera l arts college with stated goals of com munity se rv ice to sell a
product which ca u ses cancer and death?
. I have come to Evergreen to study and lea rn . I have spent many, man y
days serving my co mmunity. My focus must be to spend almost a ll of my
time studying and learn ing. If you can help the effort to move the ashtrays,
get the bookstore to stop selling cigarettes, and support the workers at the
food store, I would appreciate it. Your community would appreciate it.
Maybe we can help some people stop s moking.
-- Jed Whittaker
by Tristan Swanson
The Blast Rocks, up from their native Oakland on tour, opened this
show with a high intensity punk explosion. Armed with only a guitar, a
trashcan drum set, and what looked like a Toys R' Us keyboard, they bl ew
away the 40-person audience with th eir charismatic enthusiasm. While
not p<:lrti cularly deft musicians or gifted singers, the raw energy they
brougl:;1t to the stage sold the audience on the power punk music formula .
So ft melodies and harmonies played off against raging guitar riffs and
climaxed on their las t number, complete with a trashi ng of the stage.
CO.e.O. nicely contrasted the Blast Rocks in their following set.
Where the Blast Rocks had bee n discordant and punk, e.O.e.O.'s Drum
and Bass was s mooth, relaxed, and melodic. Also in contrast, C.O.e.O.
brought a h igh degree of ~usicianship with them to the stage and
exemplified why it's okay to only be a duo when you're both extremely
talen ted. Bassist Olivia Ness's sultry voice was p~rfectly complemented
by funky bass riffs and the drum beats her partner Chris Sutton (from
Dub Narcotic Sound System) Jaid down. Chris Sutton wasn't confined to
the drums and used his voice for vocal interplay. His s ta ccato shout-outs
played off of Ness's sexy voice and gave e.0.e.0. an urban hip-hop sound
to go with their vintage funk.
.
CO.CO. played the type of music you could dance to if you weren't
afraid to move your butt in front of the mos tly scenester crowd . Their
minimalist funk meets hip-hop sound is not to be missed next time they
play Olywa. Check out their self- titled CD re leased by K Records for some
quality independently produced music.
Stop the Ivy Invasion
b y Robin H c:a ly
Peop le are m os tl y b lind to the fact that iv v is
not-50-slow ly s mothering Everyth in g.
Our exis ting tre e~, tho~e few we h ave left
aroun d here, arl' d oo med if we don't do something
soon. Tn on lv a few year~, c1 few decades at mo~t,
th ey' ll be history u nk s~ everyone <lcts now to <,<1\'C
the111 . Thi~ b slIme thin g you Ciln do in your (and
your neighbor's) backyard. The sooner we act, till'
better.
Fortunately, ivy is eJsy to pull up bl'cdl1se of it"
"ha ll ow root;,. It ha;, no vd lue in ero;,ion control
becau;,e of this ~ha ll ()w roo t system. The bigge"t
misconception about the plant IS th ,lt It ~ t ilbili7L'"
the ;,oil. Quite th e oppo;,itL' i" true; it dOI';,n ' t, and it
kills virtually any plant lhat doL'S, simp ly bv
smotherin g it.
Eng li s h Ivy (Hed eril he lix) , unlike almo:-t ilny
o th er inva s iv e non -nativ e plant we have in th e
Pacifi c No rthwest, has the ability to grow in s hild e
and s un alike. And, unlike the o th ers, it clim bs trees.
Iv y is becoming known as the "Kudzu of th e
Nort h west."
Ivy will s mothe r and kill a ny plant in its path
eventually. It creates a v ir tua l gree n dese rt. As ivv
grows a nd cove rs a hos t plant, it b loc ks su nli ght
from reac hin g th e leaves and ne edl es, weakening
and th e n ki lling it. The vines a nd leaves of iv y a lso
greatly increase the w ind -s tress on a tree, ca us in g it
to soo ne r or later fall a nd get swa ll owed up by this
parasite.
All this is happening in Sea ttl e as we ll. Most
g ree nb elts the re are ivy "d eser ts." The last trees are
d ying o ut. We need to ac t fa s t.
Iv y is spreadi ng increasingly rapidly. O nce th e
plant "crowns" - ge ts in th e s unn y zone up il tree - it
begins to fruit; the birds ea t these be rr ies and s pread
the seeds, even into deeply wooded areas.
Pull up all yo u ca n , cut th e vine s that are
ascending trees, ed uca te o thers, a nd compel yo ur
municipalities to control it in our parks. If e ve ryone
pitches in, we ca n greatly reduce the amount and
~~p spread of this sco urg e thr eate nin g
(J,~~~~~ Otherwise, a ll our trees are gone rs.
January 18, 2001 -7- The Cooper Point Journal
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13\. Erica Nd,ull
Penn)' Arcade is mu ch shorter
thJn the image she exudes on ,tage. She
I ~ abo.1 legend, but unle~, you went to
Ladv Fest last yed r, you"'" probably
ne\'er heard of her. Before I went to the
Se).. Worker,' Art Show, I had never
heard ofh.er either. Her performance was
amazing thou gh, :lnd I just knew I had
to meet her.
In reform school at age 12, on the
,treetsand hooking at 16 with a ninth
grade education, she made film s with
Andy Warhol, starred in the Playhouse
of the Ridiculous, and now is a published
playwright, activist, solo artist and a
fa mou ~ figure in the New York
performance scene. Her work includes
" Bad Reputation," "Love, Sex and
Sanity," and "BITCH! DYKE! FAGHAG!
WHOREI " Oh, and did I mention she
wants to come to Evergreen?
When I came up and asked for
im interview, I was more than a little
nervous. But she Jus t smiled, looked me
in the eye, and made herself incredibly
accessible. I was so ca ught off guard I
asked her something so mundane like,
"What did you think of the show 7 "
"I don 't think th ere's a show li ke
this anywhere else," she ~ aid. " It has to
happen in Olympia first.
Everything happens in
Olympia first."
A former trip to Olympia
is actually how she got the
gig at the Art Show. The
organizer, Annie Oakley, sa w
her speak at Lady Fest and
wa~ impressed by Penny's
willin g ness to talk about
unpopular iss ues, i.e.
competition among women,
She also knew that Penny
had done somp sex work, so
she invited her to perform .
"With women, whether you want
to face it or not, it's a popularity contes t.
Women herd ." In addition to bringing up
what many would like to avoid, Penny
has some very stron g things to say about
fC'minism today.
" [I have ) feelings of betrayal by
post-feminism ... I mean, is it a brea kfast
cereal or an after ~chool snack '" At least
the way things were, you knew who your
oppresso r was.
"There is so much that looks like
s upport ... and it's not, and that's what's
so despairing. Without authenticity, you'll
haye despair"
Completing five decades has a lso
given her a different perspective on the
femi.nist movement. She feel s that there
arc many things she's told she "can ' t" do,
because she's s upposedly too old to do
it. In her mind, this kind of attitude has
made for feelings of alienation for older
women.
"The riot grrl movement didn't
start out of nowhere ... There was layer
upon la yer upon layer ... 30 generations
lead ing up to it."
The em phasis on youth isn ' t
iso lated to the feminist movement,
though; she fee ls it hilS infected all of our
~oc iety.
"Society now expects people to
Myron says, "Hey you guys and gals Valentine's Day is
almost here. Better
hoof it over to the CP]
and make a Loveline
for your favorite
valentine buddy!"
sllcceed by the time they are25 ". People
think they ca n hav e so mething
formulated by 23 or 24, even 17 ... After
34 is when life starts to kick your ass."
Citing an experience she had at
an ar t co ll ege, she pointed out the
students' willingness to give up.
" If they don't have a record deal
or a gallery or somethin g within two
years (of graduati on), then they stop ...
[An old friend) told me, "You have to be
wi lling to be bad for 20 years."
With all this talk of age, I had to
ask hers. She's 50, but looks and seems
much younger.
" ! wa s 50 years o ld when I
learned people didn ' t want to hear the
tru th ... I was 45 years old when 1learned
that the quality of your work is not
important toyour success. It's more about
how you look, who you fuck ... Most
people realize that by 25."
I asked her if she regretted not
realizing those things earlier in life, She
smiled, laughed, and replied, "No. But I
find it amusing. It's very amusing."
Throughout the interview, fans
came up to talk, congratulate, even ask
for autographs. A girl who works in a
peep show told Penny that she'll be
keeping a picture of her up in her private
booth, and whenever a cus tomer is
disrespectful, she'll look to the pi.cture and
ask herself, "Would Penny Arcade put up
wi th this?" Penny seemed to enjoy this.
When we get back to the
interview; shg pours out her love of
Olympia. She is fascinated with
Evergreen and is thinking of attending to
get her degree.
"I want to go to Evergreen. I want
to be in at least fou r different people's
classes."
The rest of the people in the room
and I exp ress our excitement at the
possibility of having Penny as a fellow
student.
At this pOint, I am writing so
furiously in my notebook that my pen's
top flies off. A spring bursts out, and the
e ntire thing exp lodes into my hands.
There is a shocked silence, I start to laugh,
so does Penny, and itseems the interview
is now over.
Will Penny come back to
Olympia so me time soon 7 Will she
actually attend Evergreen? You can ask
he r
on
her
website,
www.pennyarcade.com. I know I wil l.
- coming Week 3!
By Erica Nelson
Multicolored hair and conservative
coats commingled in the several blocklong line for the Fourth Annual Sex
Workers' Art Show in Olympia, 111e doors
were a half hour late in opening, but we
hid our restlessness in a thick cloud of
cigarette smoke, A show of visual and
performance art by people who work in
the sex industry was bound to benny/hlllg
but boring, and everyone seemed willing
to wait. And, the $10 fee we paid would
go to good causes; Books for Prisoners and
Danzine, a Portland-based sex workers
zine and needle exchange.
The wait was longer once we go t
inside, and I was growing more curious.
What would strippers, hookers,
domina trixes, phone sex operators,
sensuous masseuses, peep show girls and
who knows who else have to say in their
art? And furthermore, how would they
say it? Would it be full of the kind of pain
and degradation that our society typically
associates with th e sex industry? O r,
would it be a celebration, the kind of sexpositive, no-shame feminism I was raised
with?
The answer to both questions was
yes .
The show, hosted by its corseted and
candy-striped organizer Annie Oakley,
washappyandsexy,angryandsad,funny
and irreverent. Besides sex work, there
was no real theme. Oakley said in her
welcome message, "This show is about
P roviding a space for people in the
industry to be taken seriously as artists
and as cognizant human beiI:tgs." Security
was tight, run by the volunteer force of
the Industrial Workers of the World
(rww), and no cameras or videotaping
were permitted by unauthorized persons.
Yet despite the obvious dangers of
such an event and the security measures,
the evening felt a little like a showing of
wide variety of artistic med iums , The
show started out with monologues,
including a particularly amusing speech
by a former phone sex operator about her
experience as a "phone sex hoe." She told
of an office full of moaning women in San
Francisco, black women encouraged to call
themselves "California blondes," who
were only paid $6.50 an hour. Next came
a demonstration by H ,E.H.E . (Hoes
Encouraging the Hoeyness (Sp?l) in
Everyone). Two girls, one strap-on, and
fourteen Japanese sexual positions, all live,
onstage. No joke,
A very public-spanking was the next
performance, and the people who had
come to see so me sex were certainly
getting it. However, hormone flow was
soon killed by a film made by preteen
prostitutes. Young girls with baby faces
read angry poetry about being taken into
cars, motel rooms, shooting up, all while
ripping apart a stuffed doll, "You want my
sugary sweemess," they said. "l want to
scream, "
With the sexual mood thoroughly
squashed, itwas up to the heavy hitters to
bring some celebration back into the night.
F
Irst at b at was Scar Iot H ar i0 t (Chery I
Leigh), world famous prostitutes' rights
activist a nd artist. She sauntered onstage,
a huge peacock in red fea thers a nd
sequins. Armed wi th witty bumper
stickers like, "Support Your Local
Hooker," "US Out Of My Underwear,"
and "Dykes And Whores Unite," she
asked the audience, "Would you like to see
my vulva 7. "
We were treated to a very revealing
video of the Harlot, and the night marched
on to the show-stopping, jaw-dropping,
P
Arca
de, per formance artist,
. auth or
enny
and whore. Ms. Arcade started her spot
with a monologue concerning a Madame
and a very busy brothel in New York City.
She acted as manager, receptionist, and
every caller seemed to be named Jolu1.
After the monologue was over, she cut the
lights and had the entire audience held
captive as she raved on all manner of
s ubjects in complete darkness. The
connection she made with the crowd was
memorable.
Then, just Ii ke tha t, it was
intermission. Most audience members
looked like twen ty-some thin gs, so I
decided to talk to some older-looking
folks. One man, named only as Kozmo,
said he en joyed the show, and that "i t
seems like a kind of coming out." He had
attended the last two Art Shows as well,
and he reported that this was the biggest
crowd ever; "Last year it was about half
this size"
When the huge crowd of smokers
filed back in and the lights went dim,
everyonesecmed eager to seewhatwould
come next. What we got was a very strange
band, ferocious spoken word, a video
depicting a graphic castration, a puppet
show, a striptease, and lots more.
When things finally wound down at
around 2 a.m., the bleary-eyed audience
spilled back out into the more mundane
world. ArmieOakley seemed pleased with
her work. "It was the most well attended,
and (had) some of the most amazing
performers ... I definitely feel like [got out
of it what I wanted."
Proceeds at the door totaled over
$6,000, though many expe nses for the
show's production and performers'
transportation money will be taken out
from the charitable donation . Oakley
stated the possibility that she wouldn't be
involved in the show next year, but said
that many other people were interested in
taking it over for her.
Throughout, the show was honest
about its subject matter, glorifying sex
work and then shooting it down. Like
Oakley said in the prpgram, "It disturbs
me to think that people leave this show
with the idea that sex work is a glamorous,
trendy try
thing
that everyone
should
whether
they need
the money or not. Sex work
is many things to many r---~::;;;-;;;;-~=---people; it is one of the most
intense, complicated, and
loaded fields of work there is.
It can be glamorous, exciting,
boring, scary, forced, a way of
feeding your kids, fun,
traumatic, a way of
expressing spirituality, or just
a goddamn paycheck that
adds
up to more than $5.35
an hour."
If you have any questions
abou t sex-worker rela ted
events, or have feedback on
the
show,
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BAK SHAOLIN EA
NG U AT THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP SUPER GRANDS XI
b~'
Sh,lS Ll Smirh
_ l3<1k Sh,w lin Eilg k' Cldw Kung Fu
C. lllllpetltlOIl fe,llll 's 200(] Vl'a r l'f
ctlmpet itioll un till' NBL (I,,sat ion,ll
1I1,1eU", lt League) circuit L'ndl'd
Chrl~tm <l" wcek when UlL' tedm tr,l\'ekd
ttl ,1Ild com pl'tl'd in the Super Cr,lIld ·
\\olld Came" Al 01 Sport Kardtl'.
The tcam h,ld Ctlmpcted a ll "l'ar
tl',l\'l'ling up ,md down thl' West C~M"t
\\'inning di\'i~i(Jns ~ n d ga in inu
~l't'ding and notoriety in the NI3L. On~
of till' cha llenges the team faced in tlw
hd If of the seilson was lac k of
fu nd ing from Recspo rts here at
Everg reen: 111e team began looking for
sponsorshJp from utht'rchannels wiUl.in
and ou tside the college,
After a long d ay o f travel the team
ilrril'ed in Sava nnah, Georgia, headed
to the h o tpl that was ho ldin g till'
c hampIO ns h ips, and prepared to
compe te . Amazingly e nough the
champlon.>hlps we rl' held in a hotel wiUl
no windows to the outside and nl' air
l'irc ulati on inside, making it tha t much
hdl"dt'r on til(' cOlllpetltors. The poor
quali ty uf tilt' hlltel ,lnd the shady
mdlldgcllll'n t did no t tit the bill for th~
pwmo th'lt the Illvitations ha d llldde it
puu t to be; yet this was in direct contrast
tt) thl' high level of competition .
rhe Super Grands culminate the
"l',lr of the NBL circll it and is no t your
,1\'l'rage tQu rn ament. Over th e year
cpmpctltors ea rn points by placing in
the' top e ight of th e ir res pective
d l\'lslons, and at the end of the year
these points represent the seedi ng the
compe lltor gets re lati ve to the o ther
~eco nd
co mpetit ors in their divisions . As
opposed to a pyra mid tournam e nt
where l'vcryone s tar ts at the same level
,lIld works through <It the sa me speed,
the S uper Grands is il ladd er
tOU rililment. The seedillg establishes <in
order of pret>entation or fighting for the
Judgcs wi th Ule hi g h c~ t seeds going last
~nd the lowest ~eeds going firs t. Team
b 'crgreen held top seeds in the Pacific
N()r thwe~t Confe ren ce afte r all the
tournalllent;. tht'y ,1 ttt'nded in the 2000
;.eason and these placed them hi gher
than SO llle of the co mpetition . The
unseeded compe titors get dubbed
"w ild ca rds" and co mpete aga inst each
ll the r to win a seed spot that puts them
lowest on the ladder. Of the Nationa l
Eagle Claw lea m only Noam Reininger
from A ushn, Texas held a seed in any
diVISion they compe ted in.
After two days of registration and
preparil ti on the Team, made up of 12
members from around the coun try,
seven from Team
Evergreen, one
from
Austin
Texas, one fro~
Perdue, another
from
the
University o f
\Nisco nsin, o ne
from Boulder,
Colorado, and a
sc hoo l teacher
from Wisconsin,
along
with
Na ti ona l Coach
Sifu Dana C. Daniels co mpeted in its
first two divisions team sparring and
soft weapons.
Jesse Harter, Team Ca ptain of Tea m
Evergreen too k fourth in th e soft
weapons forms division with a ripping
s taff form , followed c lose ly by a
beautiful form by Nilte Sonnenbe rg
from Purdue who after winning the
wild ca rd seed took fifth. Sonnenberg
won the wild ca rd seed for the wea pons
fo rms and was to win the nex t two in
traditional soft a nd creahve soft forms
divis ions.
The sparring started slowly for Bak
Shaolin Eagle Claw. The women sparred
first, and after a year of competing on
the West Coast, they gained the number
three seed and held onto it for a third
place finish in Women's Team Sparring.
The men fielded three teams; two wild
cards and one seeded, Team Eagle Claw
Madison, Team Dell / Fluent, and the
seeded team, Team Evergreen Eagle
Claw. Team evergreen came in fired
up and picked up the pace with
po~er and after a hard fought ba ttle
agaInst some of the worlds top point
figh ters Team Evergreen finished 9'h
overall and Ule competition limped
home for the night.
111e next day the National team
co mpeted in creative soft forms
traditional soft forms, and near!;
every weight class of point fighting.
The creative forms division
which featured six members ofTearr:
Evergreen and Nate Sonnenberg,
Buddhist
Meditation
Classes
co mpete d again s t top Wu s hu
compe titors o n the NBL circuit. The
tea m took five of the top e ight ranks in
soft crea tive forms in the world .
Sonnenb e rg again took the wild
card seed a nd eventually placed eighth
III the diVISion. Shasta Smith placed 7'h
In the division with his Gnok Fei form
w hile Jessie Smith placed 6'h witll Mui
Fi!, right behind #1 Pac ific Northwes t
seed Loa Arnoth who placed 5'''- Jesse
Harter th e number two seed from the
Paci fi c Northwest displaying his skill
placed 4th in the division.
Demons tra ting thei [ trad i tion the Tea m
took five of the top eight ranks in soft
creative forms in the world.
The traditional forms fi eld had the
e ntirety of th e Tea m com pe tin g.
Through th e wild ca rd s Nate
Sonnenberg again took the seed with an
Impressive display of the form Lohan.
From top tu bottom the Tea m s howed
th e power a nd ski ll of their traditional
No~ th e rn Shao lin Eagle C law btylc.
Jessie Smith placed 7'h with her Mui Fa
and Jesse Harter pla ced 5'h with hi;,
display of Lohan.
After a relatively slow ~ tMt in Team
Spa rring the night before, the Team
came o ut ready to rock for point
sparring the next day. ThJ'ee members
were disqual ified for excessive con tac t
and everyone else la id in hib to th~
fighters they came up against, some of
who. were returning champions from
prevIOus years. The team fought with
spmt, skliJ, a nd intensity earning the
respect of m any fig hters and coaches
who were takin g part. N umber one
. d f h . d
by: Shasta Smith
Sonnenberg fought a well mill so t e JU ges before they even
I'd
b
.
ld h
begin. Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw was the .
never een in a fight in my
k
nown wor campion
lIfe, I was th e second s mallest kid at
fighter, making him fi ght wild card that threw a kink in their
and taking him down a ma china tions. With Grandmaster Fu ' my junior hi g h and learned how to
number
of
times. Leung and National Coach Sifu Dana I run fa st real quick . This for m o;,t of
Sonnenberg finished 6'h G. Daniels working the officials, nea rl y my life has been in co ntrast to my
Owen O 'Keefe fought the all the chea ting was circumnavi gated in fi e rce competitive s pirit, [ love to
eventual champion of the regard to the Bak S hao lin team. The win . Tra ining martial ar ts has put me
super heavyweight ringand unity of th e Eagle Claw team was in a position that [ have to fight.
exceptforthepenaltypoints readily apparent to a ll those watching
Over th e pa~t three years [ have
he accrued, bea t him and competing in the tourn ament. been go in g to tourndme n ts and
aggressinginandnotgiving Co mpeti tors that move from tea m to co mp e tin g in the name of I3dk
ground . Sam Haskin fa ced team like free agents in Ule NFL, NBA, Shao lin Eagle C law Kung Fu. I ha\'e
the same fighter next, and and MLBoffered their " medal winning" had to fight, and some of th e fightt'rs
after O'Keefe's punishment, services and wanted to be part of what [have come up ilgainst ha ve bC'('n
punished him some more they t>aw as a kick ass team.
tr<lining and fightin g s ix o r seven
laying
in
nWllerous
power
Throughout
the
competition,
dllIing
times
longe r than I ha ve. There is the
seed in tile Pacific Northwest fighter
punches
and
kicks.
Haskin
not
only
did
and
after,
coaches
and
competitors
ca
me
ever
presen
t fear before I step in to a
Jessie Smith placed 5'h in women's
thiS
for
one
fight
but
got
to
fight
him
to
pay
resp
ec
t
to
the
coaches
and
ri
n
g
where
[ want to run away,
middleweight plus, and was followed
aga
in,
repeating
with
his
power
punches
competitors
of
the
Eag
le
C
law
team
.
.
knowing
I'
m
faster
than th ey are and
closely by Jessie Lange in the sa me
and
kl'cks
Haskin
pIa
ed
7'h
They
continuall
y
co
mmented
01
1
the
b
c
.
won't
e
ca
ught
.
But
j hav e learned
.
division placing 7'h.
In
tlle
ll'ghtwel
'
ght
'
N
indomitable
sp
irit
and
warrior
II'ke
'
nngs,
oam
to
ride
the
wave
and
use it to fuel
That night Grandmaster Fu Lewlg
Re
ininger
took
it
to
hl's
oppollel
t
.
attitudes
of
the
compe
tit
ors.
The
y
1
In
my
adrC'n
a
line.
[
can't
re
me mb e r my
of the Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw system
successive
fights
.
The
judges
tried
to
claimed
the
tea
m
would
reach
the
top
first
five
to
te
n
fights
in
the
rin g, It;s
arrived and the face of the competition
cheat
him
out
of
his
seeding
and
give
him
111
two
to
three
years
of
competing
at
the
like
someone
else
was
th
ere
or th ere
was to be changed the next day.
arc ju st brief flashe s that co m e
The final day of competition for the one wild card fight , but after Sport Karate game.
Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw united from
team was continuous sparring. The deliberations and arguments from tile
National Coach he was allowed to around the country and came out through my m e mory.
team ca me out fired up knowing that
.
I
st 0
.
th
f h
These days I a m m ore relaxed
r ng, earnlllg e respect 0 t ose
.
the guys and girls that got hit the day continue correct y and was promptly
disqualified twice for excessive contact. around them. 111e ranks achieved are a before [ fight , though th e adrenaline
before would be gunning for them.
Number two seed in the Pacific great s uccess for th e first year of fueled fea r is present. I can clearly
In the women's super flyweights
Northwest in Continuous, fighter Shasta competing in sport karate against their remember hitting guys and being hit,
Katherine McLaine from Boulder
Smithfightinginthelightmiddleweights top competitors.
the judges whistles, the crowd
Colorado came out and rocked, placin~
won 42-40 in a very close fight. He went
We thank all those that helped us get yell ing. Facing opponents in the ring
7'h overall. In the midd leweight plus
2 and 2 in the division earning the there;ArleneMcmahon,theS&ABoard
that are better than you are is
division, the schoo lteacher from
number 10 rank. Jesse Harter seeded Evergreen President Les Puree, Vic~ something that is hard to deal with,
Wisconsin, Jessie Lange, flurried her
opponents placing 7'h in the division . number one in the Pacific Northwes t President of Student Affairs Art they seem ca lmer, more confident
Top seeded fighter, Evergreen's own, fought in the light heavyweights. He Constantino, the Alumni Board, Fluent usually. [love the expression change
Jessie Smith showed her opponents came up against two very different Communications, and the parents and on their faces when they try to hit
why she is the nWllber one fighter in fighters but treated them the same; no friends that made it possible for the team you as ha rd as they can and it doesn't
Ule Pacific Northwest, but was cheated one escaped the hits he laid out. Harter to achieve this great success. The team really hurt. Then you come back with
also thanks Grandmaster Fu Leung and something un eJli pe cted and they
out of he~ third victory by poor placed 7'hin the division.
The
places
that
the
tea
m
earned
NationalCoachSifu Dana G. Daniels for I h ave to fall ba c k, it rea lly is a
sco rekeeplng . Smith finished 5'h
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the
final
overall
ranking
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The Cooper PoimJournal -1 0- January 18, 2001
January
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18', 200 1 -11- The Coope'r Poirit ]6u'rnal
SPORTS
boy~
The ca pit<11 c up hilS gone to
fl'Ss-tllw n rival s Sai nt Martin's. On
kcembe r 7' our m e n 's basketball
' , ' ,1 111 fell 75-72 to Sa int Martins here
Il our gy m. Evergreen's only lead
d Ille with 3:21 lef t to play in the
:'ll11e' after our men went on a 23-9
lin, I,:hich was sparked by Andre
', tl'wert h itting three 3's in a row.
tewert finished with 15 points
'rl'lton Spe ncer also d rapped in 15
lllnts. The m en forced 26 turllO Vl'r"
' lit were out boarded ·H-30.
The 9'" saw Seat tle P,lcific l)pen
' I' With d 17-0 run over our men.
Jespite 20 point nights from Trellon
'penceI' and Jackie Robins on , the'
'1\ en tell 103-74.
Dec 19 E\'('rgreen shot 56 per
,' nt from the field breaking the 50
" er cent mark for the first time this
,,'c1son to beat Multnomah Bible 72' 6 hert:' at hom e. Cody Montgomery,
a true freshmen from Roslyn , WA,
had a double-double on the night
With 10 points an d 11 board~ in hi~
::' .. minutes on the floor.
The next night our men's tcalll
L1ced win less Montana-Great FilII>.,
lnd as their name implies, Gredt
I-,llls lost 91-77 in a game that sa\'\,'
Andrc S tewert sco re 19 with 12
l'bounds and 7 assists. The men
'ul led in a reco rd 61 boards ,
hat tering their old record of 48 set
wo yea rs ea rli e r. The G rea t Fa ll s
were b locked 9 times by
Evergreen, another record for the
team. The men's bench scored 42 in
the team '~ 4'h win of the seaso n .
The
Cascade
Co ll egiate
Conference open in g gam!.'s for the
men started on the road down in
Oregon, one at Southern Oregon
Uni\'ersity and th e other at Oregon
Tech . At Southern Oregon the men
played hard and led late in the game
but it COli pIc calls went the other way
and the men los t late 75-68 . Trelton
Spencer, A ndre Steviert, and Ja ckie
Robinson all had 17 points in it game
that ca me down to the last 30
seclln d~ .
Over at Oregon Tech th!.' number
2 Ow ls won 71-57 in ,1 game that
Evergrecn led early but co uld not
win with a scason low 18 of 59
shooting from the field.
New Year ,1Ild the fir~t humc
Ca~cilde Collegiate Conference game
went to " .Western Bapti;.l. Our men 's
team rallied in the second hidf of a
67-64 loss. Unfortunately the men
missed the ga me, tiell1g three as time
ran o ut. Eve rgreen tied the ir record
of 9 blocks in a game and Andre
Stewert had a double-double with 12
poin ts and 10 boards.
The 6'" saw Andre Stewert hit a
come- f rom-behi nd-buzzer-bea tingshot tn push th e men to thei r first
Cascade Collegia te Conference win
85-84 over visiting Northwest
College. Stewert tied his career best
scoring 27 points. Trelton Spencer
had a seaso n high 30 points as well.
Will McGill also had a career night
o
pulling in a ca ree r hi g h 10 boards.
The men 's basketball team had
a so lid weeke nd winning both their
home game matchups. The games
were both conference games.
The 12'h Andre Stewert came ou t
firing <lnd lead a ll scores with 24. He
hit his first five three pointers in the
second half and pulled in 6 boards.
The men won 81-7,1 over Warner
Pacific. Evergreen h it its last 10 free
throw~ to seill the df'a l against
Werner Pacific. Trelton Spe n cer
broke th e all-time games played
mark in thi~ matchup and had an
excellent night with 11 assists, 14
points, 6 boards, and 5 steals.
The fo llowing night all five of
the Evergreen s t arters went to
double digit sco rin g with Jackie
Robinson leading the way at l5. The
men won 81-70 over visiting Cascade
Co llege. Our men W('fe o ut boarded
36-22 ,bu t turnovers proved to be the
diffe rence as the men caused 22.
WOMEN'S
On Dec 7 Saint Martin
College went on a 36-0 run in the
second half to finish 87-16 over our
women. Heather Johnson was held
to a season low 1 of 13 shooting and
Lindsey Lawrence led the team wi th
5 points. The women set reco rd lows
for field goals at 6, total points at 16,
worst s h oo tin g percentage at 10 per
ce nt and bigges t los ing m a rgin at 71.
This is the 8 th s tra ight loss for the
women si nc e the season opening
win.
Whitman ca me to vis it on Dec 9
and despi te the women's 9 loss in a
row they made some standing
records fall away. The women went
to their first overtime game in sc hool
history
after
the
Whitman
Missionarics hit a buzzer-beating
three at the end of the game. Our
Evergreen women cou ldn't respond
in ki nd at the end of the overtime
period, missing the ir last c hance to
go to double overtime and losing 6562. Hea ther Johnson scored 26 and
true freshmen Caty Sporleder put in
12 with 17 boards a persona l college
best. Sporleder went 8 of 11 from the
line. Katie Vernon had 10 points with
9 assists as well.
While th e women broke records
against Sea ttle U niversi ty-Hecl ther
Johnson scor ing 32, Linnaea
Jablonski blocking 6, the team with
8 blocks total-they cou ld not pull Ollt
the victorv against Seattle, losing a
close one, 62-59 .
Dec 15 opened conference play
for the Evergr!.'en women ' s team. In
their conference opener, Heath!.'r
Johnson tied her school record of 30
points, becoming the first Evergreen
pIa yer to record back to back 30point performances. Johnson made
12 of Evergreen's 17 s hots that went
in en rou te to the
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Help us understand use patterns, what's happening
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January 18,2001 -12- The Cooper Point Journal
Thu,Jan.18
CALENDAR
If thi s is what yo u need , th e n ti c kets
are $10, $8 if yer a s tud enl.
Building. Thi s time a nd p lace, now
and forever.
Al s o at 8
Live te lev is ion : th e la s t b es t
h ope of man? Da n ce 0' Da nce films
<1t TCTV S tudi o A, 440 Yauger Way,
by Cap i t.1l Medical. Call 866-4524.
7P.M.
The Eve rgree n S lud enb for
Ch ri s t l11 eet in Library 1507 . T hi ~
ti me a n d pldce, until e ntropy make~
it impossible. "Eve ryo ne Welcome " .
So ul Food Available."
9 t\.M,
TIll' i)<lniel J Eva ns (Gove rnor,
Sl'n<ltor, Evergree n forefa th e r)
Sc hol<lr~hlp i ~ awarde d to so mcon e
l'ver), ),l'dr. Thi!- )'l'iII' it's filmm aker
dnu duthor John de Graaf. Wanna see
wh,lt hl"~ up to J Then go to thl'
"crl'l'nlng ()f hi" film "Escape from
Afi'luen;t,l ." It '" ,1 1most your duty as
at,,, p ,1)' l' r, ,1 ~ t II den t, and a s a
CU n 'i llllll'r (' CdU"l' it's free).
Sat, Jal1. 20
Wed, Jan. 24
8:30 A.M.
7 P.M.
What do you th ink of pillaging?
Ithlnk it '!,> cool, perso nally. But o nl y
when piriltes MC doi ng it . The only
thing- pir,ltes do anymo re, sa dl y, is
hijd ck ships in the Eds t Asian Sea~.
No joll y rogl'r~. No sa bers. No
pcll'rots. Modern piracy leaves much
to he dc'si red.
W,ll1t to hel p e nd the pillage of
the ArctiC? Or (recite a toxic-free
futu re fo r Wa:.hington? Or rai se
money for the hungry and homeless?
Then go to th e WashPIRG meeting
in the Lecture Hall Rotund a.
Call x6058 for more.
7:30 P.M.
So there 's this s peaker? And his
name's Oko R. Swai, from Dar es
Sa laam? And he's going to, you
know, TA LK? Abo ut hi s experiences?
And, lik e, you sho uld totally go!
He's going to, you know, TAAALK
at the Olympia Ce nter at 7:30 p.m.
in rOOIll 101. ThL' O lym pia Center?
Is ,It 2103 II<lrrison Ave., a nd it' s
g-oing to be r,llL Everyo n e's, like,
gonna be there.
Fri,Jan.19
8 P.M .
Juull'S l;ra\'e ... , the One-Woman
l'()werh(lll~l' , i" 1ll1ldi ng her CD
RL'il'dS!.' part\' at the l ong house. Her
n1U"I C is "burn out ()f activi~m,
J'(lotl'd In tht' edrth. "
YO. Wood y Franzl'n be lead in '
you down to th ' du ck pond to d o th a t
BIRD WATCI-UN ', winter-style. Sign
yo se f up ilt 352-7299 . DON'T. MESS
WlTH. DUCKS.
]0 A.M.
Oh, ooohhhhh. 8:30 is TOO
EARLY for Ii ttl e BAAAABY. FINE .
DON'T ge t up at 8:3(]. Let yo ass
sleep another G.D. 1.5 hours. Watc h
birds NOW. Sign up NOW. Call 7059876 NOW.
Mon,Jan.22
Attention undiscovered rock
stars! The Olympia Downtown
Association wants to g ive YOli th e
attention you so deserve. Today is
the last da y to se nd in d e mos, press
kits, and other to these people. Call
'e m a t (360) 357-8948 for their
address, 'cause it' s too fuckin' huge
and I' m not gonna type i I.
Tue,Jan.23
5 P.M.
"Come join th e EQA [Evergreen
Q u ee r Alliance] for a lin:'ly
discussion on upcomin g events, and
pe rsonal ilnd political topics. Mclke
this cv(' ryune's EQA. Evcryonl'
welcome." CAB 315 ' That's the third
floor of the Collegl' Activ it il'~
CLASSIFIEDS
Vacation Rental
COASTAL GUEST HOUSE
Beach lovers , whale watchers ,
seaside meditators , kite flyers,
surfers, kayakers, poets, artists ,
et al. Your party, my house. Call
for rates and reservations.
360-267-4900
Students Wanted
OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS
The Student Conservation Association is seeking outdoor leaders
to manage 4 week summer conservation work crew programs in
National Forests and Parks nationwide for high school volunteers.
Proven youth leadership , backNEW CLASSES FORMING FOR packing experience, and WilderWOMEN!
ness First Aid required,WFR preShaolin Eagle Aerobics I and II
ferred. Trail construction skills and
MWF 6:30-7:30 AND 7:45-8:45 environmental education exp deShaolin Eagle Self Defense
sirable. Min age 21 . Salary $300MWF 5:30-6:30
540 weekly DOE, travel, training
provided. Contact SCA at 603-543Taught by Instructor Jessie Smith 1700 or download application from
at TESC Leisure Education - CRC www.scainc.org.
316
Deadline for text and payment is 3 p,m. every Friday. Student Rate
is just $2,00 for 30 words. Contact Jan Blackford for more info.
Phone (360) 867-6054 or stop by the CPJ, CAB 316.
5 P.M.
CAB 314. (360) 867 - 6544 .
everg reen_queer_al liance@hotmai l.com.
"Wil nt to organize a film festinJ?
Co me h e lp th e EQA plan its third
ann Llal
and
Internationally
recognized fi lm alld ar ts festiva l to
be held this Ma y. We need yo ur help
and ideas now."
Fri,Jan.26
Today is the Day of Absen ce.
Yeste rday was the Da y of Pre"ence .
Word s look like so much gibberish
if you stare at them fo r long enough.
Communication is bunk .
7:30 P.M.
There 's so me kind of ben efit,
involving the S PS Habitat for
Humanity
(vo lunte e r
hom e
builders), the Playba ck T h ea te r
(imp rov? theat er? multim ed iil7J, a nd
the Heartsparkle Pl ayers (? If yo u
folks read thi s, could you exp lain
yo urs!.'l !' in ye r pre,;::; rele,lsl's next
time ?). It sounds li ke ent<.'rt.l in ment
w ith a cause. Sug~ested donation i~
55 - $10. It's gain' down a t Traditions
Ca fe, downtown.
Sat, Jan. 27
7 P,M,
Cet set for FOUl{ H OUl{S (If
b,lIlroom dan Cin g. C,ln't d,l n",,7
TIMt'" O.K., 'Cel ll Sl' the fir"t hUlir i~ d
class. Anyone c<ln ballro(lm ddnu' .
EVl'n YOU' A t Olympia Elb ( t H lX I: .
4 th Ave.) Bring eigh t buch.
Bu t before that h,IP lx'lb, atl UA.M ."
Tdke yo ur kid" to ,1 SIS olll'-d,,\·
art class and tOllr. ll '~ ,111 about
I'o!-> tcdrlb, Printmaking, and Sl'l' ln)!
Olympid Through (hildren 's I-. yl'~.
Check thi!> (lut " . it's "t th e LORlJ
MANSION at 211 Wes t 2h t A\·l'.
C uI ture to the 10th power.
Mon,Jan.29
5:30 P.M.
"A rc Y0L( a Student who is abo
a pilrent? ... lJo you hav e a hard tim e
findin g chil dcilfe fo r appointments?
Would you [s ic ] appr eciate an
eve ning devoted to yo ur ne eds?
Wh o ca n h elp you?" Prim e Time
Advising ca n! In th e "Pit" and
"Edge" area s of A Dorm, the re will
apparently be people " who ca n
a nswer general questions while your
children a re entertilined with movi es
and snacks in a nearby room ."
Wed, Jan. 31
1]
A.M.
Int ern~ (u n - dnd under-paid
labo r) are iln im po rtilnt par! of ot'r
economy. Without intern"h l p
po~ition", where would W' be ri g ht
now? As a co untry I mean? Thi d ,
abuut thaI. Check ou t th e Co lle c, l'
Internship
Fair,
happenl ll>';
sOlllewhere Oil c <1mpu" t od a ,'.
Hey
Teh
. Pun k! Yeah,
re' s gonna b l' snac k s a ll d
I'm talking to you,
beverages .
lose r. I m J y be '--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _--....
dead but I'm s till be tter looki n' than you and I'm here tn
say that yo ur iiftee n minut es Me Up '
Love, Andy
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®: @(,dses are red,
C';fJ'it7lets are blue,
Walentine s.O(J)ap is cdming;
(wha~ dh what., ttJ do?!?
Services/lessons
cdmin!f (Week 3!
January 18, 200q -l3- The Cooper Point Journal
AWRY
THE INTERVIEWS: RONINJOHNSON
Every high school junior knows that
i MBA separates the qualified from
~he incompetent.
But is this
\ssumption true? Ethics aside, will
I co llege education give young
)eople an advantage in America's
)ie-slice-grabbing frenzy?
No, say many sociological
'ortune-tellers. Their tea leaves show
.hat in the com ing years our
~conomy will need more people to
Nork in the service industry than
IIlvwhere clse. This means more fry:ooks and "baristas," with their low
lenefi ts and security, than
lrofessionals and self-employed. No
loubt the best, the brightest, and the
uckiest will still go to college (or
ech school, 'cause philosophy is for
leatnik losers) and avoid poverty.
(et, as any number of newly
memployed Seattle yuppies can tell
(O U, all jobs are insecure in the New
:conomy. The New Kind of
:ompany needs snooty, high-priced
<\merican college graduates like John
I\shcroft needs a sermon on the evils
)f homosexuality.
Education really should be our
'top priority," but not in its present,
lalf-assed form. More intelligent
Jeople in America will result in
'ewer dumb mistakes. This is not a
Nholly unattainable goal. We will
1ave to drastically reduce the cost of
;tate college tui tion. Tax Gates ,lI1d
~orbes, they won't know the
iifference. Make the kids read books,
nstead of banning the things. If we
10 not work to make ourselves
;marter, then we are doomed. Don't
llame me, friends, when your kids
He burning Abraham Lincoln in
'ffigy and popping a gramme (better
han a damn) .
This is an interview with Ronin
Johnson, co-captain of the Evergreen
S~ate College Soccer team. Ronin is
from New York and has an interesting
perspective on Athletes and athletics
here at Evergreen.
CPJ: SO Ronin how do you see
Athletics and athletes here at
evergreen?
Ronin: Well its kind of different
com ing from New York. The program
there was a lot more structured. There
was a lot more discipline from the
coaches
and
the
athletes
themselves .. there was quite a bit more
self-discipline.
CP]: Why do you see that?
Ronin: Being new in a place you kind
of have an outside perspective on
things. You're not really a part of the
community yet, you just kind of test
the water and ... not really, learn where
you fit in ... but see things more from
an objective view.
CPJ: So what do you see?
Ronin: I just see a lot of scorn for
athletes. I see a lot of scorn for people
who are obviously doing something
that they love and obviously
dedicating a significant amount of
time and energy to whatever sport. I
think that a lot of people think athletes
are favored on Evergreen campus.
Which is totally not true at all, and if
they had bothered to, well one, talk to
us instead of like giving us cUrty looks
and looking at us like we had leprosy
or something, and feel we are wrong
for doing what we love, then they
wouldn't be doing that at all. They
would understand that athletes more
than
anything
have
more
responsibility than general students.
It's not that we're favored at all.
There's so much speculation and just
a kind of mystery around our school
anyway, it's just important that we
represent our school in a decen t
manner.
CPJ: SO do you think it would be
helpful for Evergreen students to
what, play sports?
Ronin: Absolutely, absolutely. I mean
I walk around campus and I see the
amount of people, just kind of
drained and lifeless, and this is the
thing that is really kind of sad to me.
We had actually had a game after the
season was over against, well
everyone calls them hippies, but
whatever they're just Evergreen
students. So (t was non-collegia~e
soccer students versus collegiate
soccer students, the team. And I saw
so much talent on that team, I was
really impressed and I was just like,
"Oh my god, where were all these
people at the beginning of the season
or in preseason we could have totally
used them."
CPJ: Do you think it's the coaches that
scare
them
away,
or
the
administration that ~es them away
or the structure, wh!t"is it that keeps
them from playing?
Ronin: I think it's a little bit of all of
that, but I strongly feel that the
majority of the student body l?~ks at
athletics as a part of a tradlhonal
school that they didn't want any part
of. And the problem with that is I
think there are a lot of people out
there that would maybe like to have
turned out for the team, and they
kind of felt stifled by their peers, the
very people thatcametoa campus in
a college that embraces diversity and
embraces individualism and
embraces artistic expression, and
that's what this place is all about. But
what I see is " you don't do that"
because "that's just supporting the
norm" " that's just supporting the ,
status quo" and" do you want to be a
part ofthat?" So I see a lot of potential
being stifled by the very people who
are trying to work against narrowmindedness. It seems like the people
who claim to be the most openminded are now the most narrowminded. It seems like they are
becoming what they are fighting
against, and it kind of breaks my heart
because I thoroughly thought that
there was enough talent from the noncollegiate team that we really could
have used, and I sincerely hope the
next year we have a better turn-out
based on peopJes love and need for
expression or outlets, because that's
exactly what athletics is, and anyone
who tells you different I don't know,
either they are really disgusted or they
just have a personal issue: Regardless
it doesn't give them the nght to stifle
someone else's creativity, someone
else's potential, to be happy, to be
expressive in whatever form they
want, It's not just sports it's
everything. There's something to be
said for organization, and I'm not
saying every organization is right or
has your best intentions, i.e. the
administration with our soccer team.
I know there are some seriously
sketchy things going on that I would
prefer not to know about, ~ut like,. I
swear to god, if something like tha.t IS
happening at this ~chool I am gomg
to find out about It, because that IS
stifling creativity.
CPJ: It's also your right to know as a
student. There's nothing the
administration can keep from you, it's
your money that pays what they do.
Ronin: It was actually brought to my
attention that there is some sort of
rumor from the faculty or
administration that if the sports teams
are winning more than 50 per cent of
their games then we are spending t?O
much time concentrating on athle~lcs
and not on our academics, whIch
makes absolutely no sense to me. I'm
just not down ':Vith that. rm just
saying if I find out who said, that,
there's going to be problems. Let s put
it this way, there's going to be lots of
organization and there's gomg to be
lots of protests I a.m not happy about
this, this is something that IS extremely
disturbing to me.
CPJ: How would you suggest that we
get more Evergreen students to
become involved in sports, not Just on
a recreation level but have evergreen
students want to participate on a
collegia te level.
Ronin: Things like this . I mean the
reason I'm talking to you now IS
because I sincerely want these people
that may have reservations abo,ut
coming out for a team because they re
assuming it's like this, or the program
is like that, and this may not be for me,
and I don't want to take the time to
find out. Well, if you went through
your whole life doing that, I mean God
what kind of life would you have. It
would be meaningless. If you never
took a chance on something ... Think
how many times you've taken a
chance in your life and the outcome
has been excellent, and you're like "Oh
my god, ifI hadn't done that one little
thing, if I hadn' l gone to thIS meetll1g
I would never be doing this, you
know, being an activist, being in
whatever program your in, you know
anything. If you just take th e
time ... And I'm telling you now as a
collegiate athlete I am expressly giving
you an invi tation to come out and play
with us, do not feel 111 any way that
you do not belong, because that is just
not the case. [know that diversity and
depth is the key to a good team, and
that's any . kind of team. It doesn't
matter what you're doing, if you have
a decent amount of different ideas and
you can work together, you can
accomplish anything. This is your
invi tation please feel free to come and
try ou t for the soccer team, the Kung
Fu team, anything, any team . Just
because it's a team and it's organized
doesn't mean you don't have a place
there, because you do, 1£ you want to
be there. That's what I have to say.
CPJ: To find out about sports you can
go to the Rec Center. lndoor soccer
starts this winter, there's martial arts
like the kung fu club, there's lots of
sports outlets ...
Ronin: I don 't care if it's underwater
basket-weaving; if you want to tryout,
just go and do it, just take the chance
please.
.
CPJ: If you have any questions or
comments you ca n emad me
smisha 13@evergreen.ed u
SWIMMING
It was a one man show for evergreen
as evergreen hosted a three team du el
Jan 9.
Ryan Miyake was the only competitor
to hit the water and placed second in
the 500 free to go along with a third
in the 100 fly. Miyake was two
hundreths of a second off the NAIA
provisional qualifiying time.
Jan 12 Evergreen's swim team headed
to Linfield to compete.
Ryan Miyake again was the on ly
swimmer for the men winning the 200
breast stroke. Miyake also placed 2nd
in the 400 medl ey with the 2nJ fastest
time in school history.
For the women, Bonnie Martin was
the show winning the 200 breast with
the 4'h fastest time in school history.
The next day, the women won their
first dual meet since 1995, against
lewis and clark.
The women won eight of the
nine individual eve nts. Mi s ty
Westphal won the 200 free the 500
free and the 1000£ree. She broke her
own school records in both the 200
and the 500 free . Gretchen
Brownstein won the 50 free and the
100 free, Alison Aylesworth won the
100 back, Bonnie Martin won the 100
breast, and Amber Totz won the ]00
fly.
The men's two man show fell
just short of the victory, losing 61 to
44 points. Ryan Miyake had a hat
trick winning the 100 back, the 200
medley and the 1000 free . Evan
Ragland won his first college swim,
taking the gold in the 100 breast.
WOMEN
CONT.
women dropping their game 64-41 to
Sou them Oregon Universi ty.
The following night the women
fell 68-36 to Western Baptist in their
second conference matchup. Heather
Johnson led all scorers with 20 and 9
boards, but the story was Katie Vernon
who with 9 assists beat the s in g le
season assist record for Evergreen
women, going past Alex Dagnon's
record of 103 set in 98'.
For the first time in school history
a women basketball player ha s
recei ved
Cascade
Collegia te
Conference Player of the Week. For her
27 point average along with 9 board s
a night for the week, Heather Johnson
received the well-deserved award of
Player of the Week .
•
#4 Lewis and
la rk Statl'
handed a loss to our women's team ,
84-39. The women had thei r best e\'l'r
night with free throws, putting in II
of 12 and set the record for free-thrm'\'
percentage in a ga me. This is the 13"
loss in a row for the women.
•
On the 29,h to the 31 -, () I
December saw the women in La~
Vegas, playing in th e La~ Vega ~
Shootout. The 29'" two of our women
record ed double-doubles, Hea th er
Johnson and Michelle Ramsgate
16 points, 10 boards, and, 12 point~
13 boards respectively, in a 73-4310~!>
to the Grand View Vikings. On the
30,h the women 's team broke th eir 14
ga me losing skid , beating Marycrest
International from Iowa 61-53.
The women beat their reboundin g
record grabbing 56 . Four of the
women had double digit sco rin g
nights with Hea ther Johnson leading
at 18. The 31 " was not to be so grand
as the women fell 70-44 to end their
tournament play in Las Vegas at 1
and 2. Johnson was named 2nJ team
all tournament.
SHASTA'S EVERGREEN
SPORTS SHOW
ON-CAMPUS
CHANNEL 18l1am Tues-Wed-Thur
C HANNEL 165:30 and 10:30 Weekdays
OFF-CAMPUS
CHANNEL 3 TCTV
11 am Mon 6:30pm Fri
The Evergreen State College Presents:
OULES GRAV£S
"Graves Is Indeed an exceptionally talented artist ...
and, as for energy, you find few who
can top her there." -The Tacoma City Paper
Friday, January 19, 2001
Longhouse Center 8:00PM
"A voice that can bring down the moon." - The Stranger
ALL AGES WELCOME
,
One . . woman Powerhouse Performance Join us for
"] oules Graves" CD Release Party!
An impressive new voice blending th~ herit~ge
.
of political folk with a contemporary groove. -Skyhne MUSIC
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Student Admission: $8.00 with ID
(FREE! For Kids Under 12)
What Is Happening With Food?
The Food Services DTF has been hard at work this fall trying to fi~ure o~t just what is feasible f.or f?od
service here at Evergreen. Our current contract with Fine Host w.11I expIre August 31,2001 whIch IS
right around the corner, so we have some big decisions to make right now.
The committee, made up of students, faculty and staff st~rted out this fall b~ reviewing the history of food
here at Evergreen and then jumped quickly into researching what other optIons a~e avaIlable out there.
We talked to numerous schools around the country to find out what they.~~e o~erlng and contacted
many local businesses and other schools in Olympia to see what POSSIbilitIes he there . .We tOOk. many
suggestions from the town meeting that occurred this past. summer and .managed to explore 9 dIfferent
models for food service. These models fall under three primary categories.
1. Self Operation
Managed and operated by Evergreen with college employees
2. Business Contract (what we have currently)
Managed and operated by a corporation with non college employees
3. Interagency Agreement
Managed and operated by another state agency (i.e.- SPSCC or University of Washington)
January 24th at noon in the Library Lobby the DTF will be presenting our fall
quarter work as well as our plans for our next steps. Please plan to join us and proVide feedback.
General admission: $10.00
Tickets Available at the Door!
January 18,2001 -14- Cooper Point Journal
The Cooper Point Journal -15- January 18, 2001
cpj0802.pdf