The Cooper Point Journal Volume 8, Issue 27 (August 21, 1980)

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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 8, Issue 27 (August 21, 1980)
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21 August 1980
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The E-g,-een State College
Oly
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shington 98505

Two tales of terrified tots
by T.

J. Simpson

1979 just wasn't a very good year for
movies-foreie:n or domestic. And, so far,
neither is 1980. By far the two most interesting films this year have been Volker
Schlondorff's Th, Tin Drum •rid Stanley
Kubrick's Th, Shinina, Both films are
about little boys with unusual powers and
both are based on widely-read novels, but
have little else in common.
The Tin Orum, based on Gunter Grass's
1959 novel, has generally received rave
reviews, won this year's Academy Award
for "Best Foreign Film," and greatly impressed almost everybody 1 know who
has Sttn it. The Shining, on the other
hand. has received a few very favorable
reviews, but for the most part has been
mercilessly panned. Hardly anybody I've
talked to has had anything good to say
about it. Therefore 1 find myself in a
rather isolated position in declaring that I
think The Shining is a far better film than
The Tin Drum.
The reasoning behind my sorr.ewhat
iconoclc1sticstatement is based on how the
d1re<:torshave ,1dapted the novels into
tilm. Admittedly. a film should stand as
a singular work 1n itself and not be judged
by the novel or play it pertains to. But in
this case. I feel that comparisons between
the film and nc•vel are inevitable because
of what Kubrick and Schlondorff reveal
about their 1maginalions and talents
through their adaptations.
Grass s The Tin Drum 1s one of the
great novels of the 20th century and Grass
himself 1s a major literary artist. Stephen
"-1ng. author of The Shining (a recent
bestseller!. is a good craftsman at best.
but hardlv a literary genius. The Shining,
as a novel 1s entertaining pulp with the
quality of the writing ranging from merely
good to bad. Although The Tin Drum
and The Shining are very close in volume,
one can read The Shining in one tenth the
time It would take to read (and comprehend! somethrng .1s complex as The Tin
Orum.
Schlondorffs version ot The Tin DTum
is based on only the first two-thirds of the
novel. yet it sticks very close to its
sou1ce But the film seems to have no life
of Hs own outside the novel. Tht>characters for the most part. come across as
caricatures of thosf' in the book. It often
seems like a beautitully photographed
Classics Illustrated .. comic book adaptatmn.
Schlnndorff 1s.1lso the least talented
and m,n;t unimaginative director of the
Germ.an ··New Wave" that rve seen yet.
His previous films include such didactic
tirades as A Free Woman and The Lost
Honor c,I K,1therin~ Blum. The Tin DTum
1s by far his best film. bul he has yet to
develop a personal style.
Kubrick's The Shining takes on a life of
its own. It deviates from the novel in
every way possible. His personal style is
stamped on every frame almost like a
signature on a painting. Kubrick is an
artist where Stephen King is not. And
Gunter Gra,;s is dearly a far better writer
than Volker Schlondorff is a ltlmmaker.

The Tin Drum is a political-social
allegory about Nazi Germany as seen
through the eyes of an eternal child. The
child, Oskar. decides to stop growing at
the age of three, since he wants no part of
thf' adult world. His tin drum, which he
never voluntarily parts with ~en for a
second, is an extension of his soul and a
tonl he can use as either a means of communication or weapon against the world.
He has a bizarre scream that can shatter
~lass for miles around and at times, uses
it for survival. Through his eyes, we witness his own birth (he real1y didn't want
10 come out of the womb), his mother's
affairs and mental deterioration, the rise
and fall of Naziism, his father's Nazi
antics, and many other absurdities and
atrocities of the adult world.
David Bennent, as Oskar, give!ioa terrifically e-erie performance. but being the
Jge of 12, one has a tough time believing
he's supposed to be only thrtt. Schlondorff
should have found someone equally
talented. bul a lot younger.
In the novel. Oskar is telling us his
story from inside a mental hospital where
he is a patient. The film skirts this aspect
totally and in 1he end gives us the impression that Oskar is going to grow. Since
the film leaves off two-thirds of the way

through the book, one who hasn't read it
wouldn't know that Oskar instead develops a huge hump and becomes a grotesque hunchback. (Th, ending left me
cold anyway. Even if I h•dn't n,ad th•
book. I think I still would h•ve l,lt th•t
l was ~ing left in the middle of something.)
Schlondorff is also not able to penetrate
the characters a~ Grass does, nor does he
share Grass's biting sense of humor. The
funniest segments of the book (the part
where Oskar is playintt under the rostrum
during a Nazi rally and the part when the
Soviet troops invade the father's house)
are still funny in the movie, but not as
funny as they should be. Schlondorfl
leaves out the best things that made thne
parts so funny {the Nuis frantically trying to find out where the drumming noise
is coming from and the anny of ants in
the house).
Yet he does show the gross and gory
stuff in full detail, dwelling on them more
than the novel does. (He tries not to leave
out any of the sex either.) Thankfully,
despite the bludgeoning Marxism of his
earlier films. Schlondorff is no prude, but
his puerile Marxism is probably what is
responsible for his lack of humor. The
film is only mildly amusing when it
should be perversely hilarious, numbing

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A un,-iur t<•IINl1r,n (>t dnllqut' Of.Jd,;; dnd
bud lt'"rlr) t•; \lary K0s-a \Ve-1,;;sand Const,u,ce-f'ala1.i will 1w on Jispl.iy ,II Ch1ldh0t.>ds
1:.ndCAiier} frnm August 1-.30 Tt-it· ,Ht1sh will
hE",1va1l.1blt>to dl!,<uss lhf'1r w0rk ,rnd bud
h1<;tnry('n Auku,;! lo from 12-4 pm
L.,c.,y', Mad I ntival still has display boolhs
av.a.Jal-le-fnr rent lor its .uh and rr,1ft,;; l'xh1b111on on Au~u!tl 0 dnd 10 Non-e-ln:tncal display boo!hs .are-S20 1•,11th
powf'r booths re-nte-d
for S25 E.-ch space 1s IO x IO fttt All 1te-m~
d1spl.iyf'd must bt' handcrahW by the arhsl
The booth!> will be open on So1turd.,u from
IO.i m-Tp" m ~ Sunday trom 11 a m •
6 p m For mformatton and rir-g1strat1oncall
Carol Thomp~n al 357-8368
MUSIC
August 5-10
Sund,1ncf' Rhythm Bo1nd, fHlunng rqgae-,
salsa ,i,nd Afncan 1a.u rock. 1s appearing at the
5th Qu,1rte-r 1n T umwate-r
TUNd.y, Au11Kt 12
Oly-Wa-Oitty will perform 1n CAB ma.in
loun~ •t I p.m Also. staff will bf. na1lableto •nswf'r qunt10ns about fall programs
Monday, Au1uM 25
Albatross Production p~nts
Jo,1m Armatrading at 8 p.m ill Pu<11mount Northwest
ThHlrf' Tickets S8 50 and S8 rnerved at <1111
Paro1mount outltots.
frtt conurh in S.■ttM
Su1tlt> Ce-nttor Amph1tht'at~. Sundays 1 pm
Au1ust 9-Ch,ld frock)
AuRust 16-C.tbr,e-l trod,.)
V,,lur>lttr Parl.., Sunday, 2 p m
Au,tu,t 10. G~.tt E11.Ct"lsior
Jau 8<11nd(di11.y
1.mdl

/11,.1gust17 Tropic.al R,1mstorm lstttl drums)
f-rttway P.irk Monday. l I JO am
AuKUSII I Ro~r1 Kl.11bor Tno !latm 1aul
August 18, l'as~in (fusion 1a.zzl
Occide-nlal Par!. Fmi.ly, 11.JO d m
August 15. Scott Cossu Quintel
August 21. Tropical R;,unslurm
Mur.il Amphitheatre-. l p.m
August 17 Air Foret' Show 8dnd (b,g b.1nd
1aul
THEATER
August 7-30
Thursd.iy. August ? .ti 8 p m . Intim.-n
Thutre- Comp.any in Suttle will open its third
play of the seuon. Ge-or~ Buchner, UOnc-•
and U'NI. The play is a comk f.tnla.sy. Ht in
the mythical kingdoms of Pttptt
Uld popo.
lnt1m.an·s production is tht' only profnsion.l.
Am•nc.in production of the play this season.
It will run through August JO .ti the 2nd Stage
Thutrt'.
For ticket inform.ttion.
nil th~
lnt1man Thceat~ box offiC"t'at 447-4651. A frtt
ptrformanct' will bf. offued on Sunday, August 10 at 8 p.m . .ti 2nd Stagf' Theatft' on
Eighth Ave. ~lwttn Union and Pikl'.
August 14-23
Makt your plans now to attend tht s«ond
half of Harl~uin Productions· tribute- to Rich.tnd Rodgers, South Pacific will bt performed
m C.tpital High School's auditorium on August
14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, & 23 at 8 p.m. ~ats for
,1II rq;ular puformancn
are S4. Student and
~nior Citizen ditcounts will ~ available- for
Opmlng Night and alto on August 18 and 19.
Discount tkkffl aft' S3.

rlLMS
Sund.ay, August 10
TM Olympia. Film Society prnents
Luis
Bunuf'l·s subvt'rs1vt' mastupil'Cl'. Vlrldiana
\Sp.tin. 1961. 90 min.) sta.rring Silvia Pin.ti.
Fernando Rf'y. and Francisco R.tbal. Bunu•I rttumt'd to his native- Spain a.fttr a JO.year uilt>
to m.tkl' this mode-rn classte: .tboul a hopelns
do-goodt'r who luvH a convent to stay with
her IKherou1 uncle. Nothina works out right
tor poor V1ridiana as SrNt" goes throue,, a "'""
of grotnque- humiliations just trying to help
the nttdy (who sure- as Mil don·1 nttd her
help). Thi1 is thto one with tht famous Beggars'
Banquet-Last Supper tct>ne. The film is many
things-an ,1ttack on God. the Church, libtral1sm. and authority; • study in frustrated HX·
uality; and is often grunomely funny. Upon
1ts comp~tion, it had to Ix tmuggl«I out of
Spain to avoid tht' C"t'nsors. _Against the pn>IHts ol the Spanish government, it won the
Btst Film Award at the Cannn Film Fntival.
Showtlmn Ul' 1 and 9 (check pottff1i to makto
surt') at the old Olympia Jr. Hlg,h building at
the comeT ol E.1t1ide and Lfgion Way. Admiu.ion is Sl.25 for memlxrs, Sl.75 for nonmtmbrtn.
Friday, Auptt 8
Friday Nile Film, prnl'nt1 fritz Lang•• Die
Nibeluns-m (Germany, 1924, 195 min.) sla.r•
ring Paul Richter, Margaret Schon, -and
Ttwodor Loos. This fantasy lf)Ktade is tlased
morr on the ori1inal German and Nordic
legmds than the Wa&Mr opera and wu f"f'leutd in two parts-SN&frled and Krihnhlld',

when it should be shocking, and mechanical when it should be erotic. It's something I could admire from a distance, but
couldn't get close enough to feel involved.
I really c•n't .. y why Th, Shining involved and excited me so much. Maybe it
was the stunning camera movements and
cinem•tography, D•nny Lloyd's lace, Jack
Nicholson's performance, or my own
childhood memories of fear. Perhaps it
wa!t the incredible sets, or that I found it
genuinely scary, suspenseful. and savagely
hilarious. Kubrick turns King's sentimentality for the characters into devastating
black comedy that frightens and makes
one laugh at the same time. Sure the film
is full of holes that the nov,I fills up, but
the novel is meat and potatoes. Kubrick
creates a universe that is as compeJling
and subconscious as the one in 2001 (and
as metaphysical, too). Most admirers of
the novel that I know hate the changH
that Kubrick has made in the story (especially in the climax), but he did it to fit
his style. If his style and outlook has
always been too cold, (which is why
A Oockwork Orang• failed) it's perfectly
suited here. (Actually. the film has the
most sympathetic characters Kubrick has
had since Lolita in 1961.)
Sure, the film has its flaws, but overall,
I think Kubrick has created a masterpiece
of the horror genre and I'm not trying to
create some hyperbole. When Jack
Nicholson walks into the bar, talks to the
bartender ghost.and has his first drink in
months; or when Danny Lloyd sees the
wide-ey-edapparitions or stops his tricycle
in front of the forbidden door; or when
Shelley Duvall sees the gibberish her husband has bttn writing (to me, the most
horrifying scene in cinema history), there
is a magic there thzt tran~ends reality
and puts me in a sense of wonder and disorientation which makes the back of my
mind say, "This is what movies are all
about." I realize there's no sense in trying
to defend the film against its detractors.
All I can say is that it spoke to me.
If Mumau, in Sunrite, can make a
beautifully cinematic statement about the
natural goodness of man, why can't
Kubrick make a beautifuUy cinematic
statement about the inherent evil in man7
We have to acknowledge that both exists.
What's the story in Th• Shining •boutl
Well, ii you don't al .... dy know, than
(for once) I'm not going to ruin it for you.
Besides. the editor> don't lik• it when I go
on for too long and I believe I'm running
out of space.
Anyw•y. go see TIM Shining. It's not
only Kubrick's best film since Dr. Stranv,
love, but the best American film in the
past two years. And despite the negative
things I .. id about Th, Tin Onun, it's still
very worthwhil• (prob•bly better than
most of the other stuff you'IJ !let' this
year). Just make sure you see it with subtitles. The Lacey Cinemas recently showed
an atrociously dubbed version. And try to
s,e The Shining someplace else besides
The Capitol Mall. They've had th• same
print for so long that the color is faded
and it's getting scratched to hell.

Roe-nge Audiences would Stt on(' part one
night and the othl'r the- next. F.N F. is showing
both puts toge-the-r,so bt prepartd for .t 3 112
hour show. TM' first half is very diffe-m,t
from the sttond with the incredible- sets dwarfmg the ch.tracte-rs and action. TM 5't'C"Ond
half
has much mort viole-nCTand l"Xcite-mt'nl. (A
friend of mind who uw it rteenlly Nid th.ti it
makn S.tm Ptdinpillh look like-Wah Disney.I
It was, at the tirM, the most expe-:nsive Him
tove-rmade and was two yun In tht' maldna.
A 60-foot draaon
wu conslructtod
for
"Siqfned .. to slay. Although it was one of
Hitl~r·s favorite films. L<11nghad to flu
~rmany aftrr the Nuis came in!o powe! and
for showing their "ancestors .u b.andits:· The
film is 1ilml with a musk soundtrack that Includes some Wainer, Plus! A 1923 "Al~ in
Cartoonland'' short by Walt Disney. LK. Hall
Ont. Only a buck. Not.:: TIiiis wNk'1 showtime is at 7 p.m. only.
Friday, Aupst 15
Friday Nitr Films prne:nts Frank Ca.pr•'•
The Miracle Wo1NJ1 (U.S.A .. 1931, 90 min.I
starring Barbara Stanwyck and David Mannen. A bitter Nlirt on evangelism bated on
tht' exploits of the notorious Ahn« ~pie
Macphtnon. who was ■ female Elml!rGantrytype ol ttw 1920'• and 30'1.At the tinw it came
out. the film wH not wtll recelvt'd by auditonces bttaUM many propk saw it H an attack
on rrligjon. It was also banned in 'England for
such rrasom. Tht film it reportedly fflOff
•rious and a lot "'heav"'r'' than Capra's mott
famous populist cotMdies. Ptusl Brakdowa of
1936, a""collection of blooper, and embal'tUting outt ■ kn of JO's Hollywood tllln. L«. Hall
Ont. 1 and 9:30. Still only one worthlffl dollar.

-T.J.S.

Vol. 9, No. 27

August 21. 1980

The Ev~

Olympia. W•shington

Stat• Coll,g•

Zinc Study

Student-orientedNSFgrants end this year
by B. Shannon
Some nutritional empiricist, wonder
what zinc does in the human body. Some
laymen wonder what zinc could ever have
in common with Evergreen', prestige. The
answers to both questions ""' being
watched carefully in th, Lab Building by
participants in •n SOS (student-originated
studi .. ) research project on zinc. Students,
faculty and the •dministr•tion .... ~arful
that this study marks the md of a golden
era for Evergreen's science studies.
sos is • federally-funded grant progr•m for science students sponsored by
the N•tional Science Foundation (NSF).
TIM grants enabl• motivated and independent-minded undergraduates to practice
"hands-on" empiricism, •ccording to Rob
Roach, a previous winner of an SOS
grant.
Each year, students from colleges and
universities across the nation draw up
proposals for research experiments. ll the
Foundation finds the propo .. ls worthwhile, it grants the students enough
money to cover their material and equipment costs. It also provides students with
generous stipends. Once the money has
been granted, the students work independmtly of tlwir faculty 1poNOr> who
assume mostly advisory roles. Roach says
that student researche:rs are primarily accountable to the NSF. K. V. Ladd insists.
however. that faculty h.. the last word
when problems are encountered.
Science students often find that door>
begin to open for them soon after they
participat• in the SOS program. They •re
not only expooed to th, political world of
science and grant-winning competition but
also gain experience in the laboratory th•t
is nationally n,cognized. ~ a result, Evergreen SOS veterans place rushin gr•du.ate
•nd medical schools across the nation.
Balledupon th• past nine yean, Evergreen boasts a nation-high average of ••
least one grant a year. This f•ct has not
gone unnoticed by the Evergreen administration or adentific circles around the
. nation.
For ex•mple, Roach says that nearly all
of the participants in • 1977 Harbor Seal
and PCB contamination study .... now
doing ,-arch involving ouls or otlwr
marine mammals. Roach and Ladd both
note that the facilitiesand lle:xibility •t
TESC an, ideal for science student..
Roach adds that the SOS programopens
up prof ... ional poosibilitia while giving
one an exctllent expa iern;e to carry to
graduateschool. The SOS graduatehas
an edge on moot other applicants.
Unfortunately, the National Science
Foundation n,antly c:ontolidatedthe SOS
program with the URP (undttgraduate
~ participation)program ao part of
a ~ 11ttamliningof bw;uuaacy and
budgets. Under the alffk ,_ Dept. of.
Education plan, 1tudmb will no longer
draw.up their
proposals.
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their respective unlvenitia. Faculty will
draw up the grant proposals and then

"hin," •tu.dents to ualat them in their

rauich.
TIM ,_ guidelines limit the number of
assistants to three. The cwrmt TESC zinc
atudy, he•ded by Mary Flmchman, ii
compoo<d of eight 1tudmb with a budg,tt
of about $15,000. Studmta from a variety
of discipllnes .... Involved In the project.
Under the new plan, the interdilciplinuy
natutt of tlw programs-an approach
long favored at Evergre,n-will ouffer.
Typically, the budgets for ti- programo,
dependent upon the number of participants, will alto shrink.
The NSF ttc:ently issued lb ,_ program guidelines booklet. The change
have caught many by surprise. According
to Betty Kutter, who advises tlw zinc
project, the new deadline for 1Ubmltting
grant proposalo may be too orly for

prospective students to get in on the
action this year.
last year, SOS applicants w,re required
to submit their forms in early November
for • grant the following summer. Student. CUJtomarily spent part of fall quarter collaborating with faculty members to
draw up their proposals. This year, howeve:r, interested students must submit their
proposals by September 12. In effect,
Kutter says, students (who must be
juniors or senion the quarter before research begins) must know what they want
to do as much as a ye:ar and a half in
•dvance. Few students, sh• f,.n, will be
abl• to mttt the revised dudline.
Consequently, anyone interested in a
research grant for next summer must get
started right away. Students an, wged to
contact faculty or advising immediately.
For those who have left town for the summer. "tough luck" is th• latest word.
The response on campus has been,
predictably, one of "disappointment" or
"sadness." While some would lik• to fight
the political bureaucracy, othen understand the budgetary constraints and see
no tangible good coming out of protest.
Provost Youtz (who was on vacation at
tlw time of this writing) is reportedly
hopeful that the qu•lity of the proposals
submitted this fall may spare the SOS
()rogram from extinction. A previous
attempt to phase out the program (in
1978) was stopped successfully.
Roach is sure that the Evergreen environs will continue to serve the indepen-dent-minded student. K. V. Ladd agrees
tmphatically. Ladd points out the stacks
of student research publications on file in
th, library. The n•w set-up could foster
situations where faculty put their own
professional research objectives ahead of
student prerogatives. But Roach professes
"faith in the integrity of the faculty."
Fleischman ·i&---less
e:nthusiastic. She says
she can think of only one or two situations where students' initiative: and frttdom "might not" bt''t&npromised.Sh,
also says much depends upon tlw motiv•tion of students and mcouragement by
faculty. Giwen tlw current sitwotion, she
feels powerless to do much at all.
For he:r, the SOS experience was "not
so much a scientific e:xperienc:eas it was
an education in how sci~
works" politico included, she says. She adds th•t
it wu an "illuminating, but not necasarily satisfying" e<p,rima,. Her ~ over
seeing the SOS program vanish stems
mostly from her belief that student. will
now be mon, IUlaptlble to the politicking
of l•culty and other empiricists.
Kutter says that in her lab, stu.denb
may not looe u much u they could .iwhere. She says that students who work
with her do "n,al research" and "they
design experimmb; they participate."
They don't juat become "functional technicians." Thooe who work with her, she
Insists, gain just as much "advantage" as
those b1 SOS paogamm.
Meanwhile-back in the laboratorytlw zinc stu.dy continua. This SOS grant
could be tlw last one won by Evergreen
studmts. It Is also tlw first SOS nutrition
study here.
The purpooe of their study, Fleischman
explains, la to deocribe the zlnc.«atus of
a community. "'-ntly,
no satisfactory
methods exiot for detmnining zinc's behavior in tlw body. Of the more than 500
enzymes in tlw human body, at leut 70
haw shown detectable amounts of zinc.
It is known that some of ti- enzymes
haw relevance to DNA synthesis, the pH
of tlw blood and alcohol metabolism.
This study will be on a comparatlw analysis of technlcrues
that reveal tlw zincltllt\11 ol halthy indivlduala who do not
oupplement their diets with zinc booeten.
The student ~ are examining
zinc leveloin the ocalp, sputum, blood
M!rum, urine and flngemail clippings. A

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cakulate the precise levels of zinc in their
samples. By comparing the differe:nt zinc
levels in the body •nd in expelled wastes,
these zinc researchers seek only a reliable
estimate.of a person's nutritional status
with respect to zinc. An accurate method

determining and interpreting zinc levels
in the body is the ideal outcome, says
researcher Victor Shames.
Though Aeischman hopes their research
will encourage other students to initiate
th~ir own projects, the student-originated
study is headed for atinction.
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Commissioners' vote split; Barnerdissents

Zoning ordinance
passed despiteprotest
by Ben Alexander
Despite major protest, the County
Commissioners passed the fourth draft
county zoning ordinance on a split vote,
at a special hearing in the county courthou5" 1.. 1 Friday morning.
Commissioner George Barner was the
sole dissenter, claiming that passage of th•
bill would "invalidate the U yean of
neighborhood involvement in the plan."
Barner cited changes in tlw plan "in spite
of complet• •b5"nce of public testimony
calling for such a change."
Out of •n audiena of •bout 150 people,
only two spok• in favor of th• propooed
ordinance at a public hearing on Tuesday,
August U. Stephanie Coontz summed up
the sentlment of thooe p,-r,t at th• hearing when she told tlw commissioners, "All
of us agre,, on one thing, ..., don't believ•
you rep,-r,t us demoaatically and

fairly."
In the pttVious wee:k, public oppolition
to the plan wu 10 widespread that th•
hHrinp had lo be reauedand continued
again on the following night. At that
time. n,altor John Puckett accused sub.,.. planning of encouraging • "provincial, protectlw, and .. lflah" attitude.
At last Tuesday's hearing, the commi1r
lionen tried to limit tatlmony to the
•ddendum to the ordinanct, rather than
tlw ordinance itsell .This move was oppooed by all p,-r,t, oav, two.
The eight-pages-long addmdum outlines
changa madr by tlw commluionen since
public hearinp on tlw ordinanct held last
July. It also spocifia that, "Thia ordinana
is In tlw best lntaab of good govanment
and shall take effect September 1, 1980:''
Many attempted to cittwnwnt the
mow to limit testimony to tlw addmdum
by listing objections to tlw ordinance ltsell
u rusons not to adopt tlw ordinance on
said date. Yelm n,sid,nt Ridwd Wilkinson said that dlsc:uuing only the addmdum w .. like "talkingabout what kind of

bandage is appropriate without talking
about the nature of the wound."
When Pat Waddington was interrupted
by Attorney Robert Tobin and by commissioner De-IPetit while listing her objections to the proposed ordinance, she said,
"I'm just trying to make it plain that the
ordinance should not take effect on that
date because it's not in conformity with
sub-area plans, You may gavel me down
if you wish." This statement brought a
round of applause.
This type of comment was typical at
f uaday' s hearing,wher, many peopl•
managedto list • series of objection, to
the proposed ordinance, despite the commissioner's attempts to circumvent them.
These objt'Ctions included allowing arbitrary sewer hookups, prohibiting "For
Sale"signs, f•iling lo make the proposal
available to rural county resida\ts, and
zoning too much industrial land ..round
Olympia airport. The major objection,
though, was th•t the proposed ordinance
complete:ly ignores the su~a
plans.
Commissioner George Barner' s major
contention against the proposal on Friday
was also failure to incorporate sub-area
plans, .. pec1a11ythe Cooper Point Ordinana. In response to this, Del P,tit
accused Barnerof having "• special
int,rat," •nd said '1itt goes on beyond
The Evergre,n Stat• College," P,tit w,nt
on to say that Cooper Point residents
"must accept some of your county-wide
responsibili ti,.. "
Commissioner Woody Anderson said
that he supports the propoo<d ordinanc,
becau.. it giv,s industry the freedom to
move into the county, thereby increasing
th, county's tax base. Moving to •dopt
the musun,, Anderoon said. ''Th,n,
comes • tim• to bite the bullet."
Cooper Point Assoc. pl'ftidmt Don
Law said they will lil• • lawsuit against
the county over puaage of the ordinance.

Camp Murrietta's sixth year at TESC
by DeAnna Reynolds
Forty young girls came to Evergreen
this summer to try to slim down and learn
eating and exercise habits that would kttp
them at their Ideal weight. This is the
sixth year the college has hosted Camp
Murrietta, a weight-loss operation based
in San Diego, California. Each family
paid Sl,89S to send their daughter
through the seven•week program.
Camp Murrieta gives the girls a chance
to learn what causes.obesity, how to ,eat
properly, and how to maintain weight
loss. A controlled diet and physical fitness
activities are combined with classes on
good nutrition and self-improvement.
Counseling sessions are held to help each
girl understand her weight problem.
There are no pills, drugs, or lad diets.
Meals consis~ of foods served at home.
The menu was developed by Dr. Barbara
Gunning, Ph.D., a professional nutritionist. Each day's nutritionally-balanced
meals contain an average of 1,100 calories.
Through the exercising routines and
sports, the average camper bums up
around 3,200 calories daily-a Joss of
2,100 calories per day, which results in a
weight reduction of four pounds a week.
Separate charts containing the physical
measurements, weigt;tt, and amount ot
stored energy (fat mass) of each girl a.re
established at the beginning of camp.
They are updated regularly and weekly
reports are sent to parents.
Each camp has its own professional
nutritionist who teaches the girls sound

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nutritional concepts concerning the types,
proportions, and values of foods necessary for weight loss and/or maintenance.
Experts in many other fields also visit the
camps to give instruction in fashion.
poise, and personal grooming.
During the seven weeks, the girls learn
how to plan home meaJs and select food
in restaurants, at school, and at parties.
At the end of camp. each girl receives a
copy of the menu plan, plus other take-

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home material to share with her family.
Following camp, monthly information,
such as special recipes, exercise plans, and
reminders of what was learned at camp is
sent to each camper.
Camp Murrieta's exercise program
covers a wide variety of activities, all
designed lo add fun to weight loss. Expert
instruction is given in sport skills like
tennis, racquetball, and volleyball. Aerobic physical fitness was scientifically de-

veloped to help reduce fat mass and tone
the whole body. Water Ballet and pool
slimnastics are set to music and easy to
1e-i,rn,The wide variety of sports helps
each girl find a desirable fonn of exercise
to continue after leaving camp.
Counseling is an important aspect of
Camp Murrieta. The camp has an open
door policy, meaning the staff members
are available to talk at any time. Each has
been trained to deal with the problems
that may arise during camp and understand each girl's special feelings. There is
at least one staff member per five girls.
Special events and activities took the
girls to Mt. Rainier, the Pacific Be-aches,·
and Seattle, where they visited the Space
Needle, Seattle Center, and watched a
Sounder/Mariners game. The most exciting and looked-forward-to trip was the
shopping spree near the conclusion of
camp. Besides these jaunts, the campers
had the opportunity to participate "in three
running events: the five-mile Lacey Mad
Dash, the Diet Pepsi Run, and the
Puyallup Run.
Director Diane Murphy said she is glad
to be a part of the Camp Murrieta program because it is rewarding for both
campers and staff alike. She mentioned
that although it is usually hard to go from
a sedentary to an active lifestyle and from
eating what one wants to eating a restricted diet, the girls generally enjoy the
program. Excess weight is a physical and
social handicap, said Diane, and to be
able to help the girls overcome it is exciting and satisfying.

Nf)'l'l~S
MORE JOB TRAINING
To the Editor:

1 think that colleges and universities
have a moral obligation not to lead students down the ~arden path by giving
them four years of a liberal arts education
and no way to survive after graduation.
A libt-ral arts education should offer a
means for students to develop some sort
of profess1onalism as well as give them
inner resources.

Some universities and colleges may feel
they have the luxury to dwell only on the
mlellectual enlightenment of their students and that it is not necessary to get
involved in their futures. There are a few
that are concerned with the £.ateof fine
arts students, but most do not go into any

depth ori how to survive in the world.
I have heard people say that artists

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automatically learn how to survive in the
real world, but I don't believe this. Yes,
they may do what is expedient by taking
jobs as waitresses and cab drivers, but
this is not real survival. Nor does it profit
society to have these highly trained individuals drop out of the art field completely and take up careers tot.ally unrelated to their training.
I feel that students should be given
more on-the-job training in the art-related
fields. Once graduated, they not only can
say that they devoted themselves during
their college years to the study of high
aesthetics, but they can also claim a certain commercial experience, giving them
an advantage when they seek employment
after graduation.
And they will need to work.-Nowadays
teaching jobs are few and far between,
and only a tiny minority are going to
make livings by selling their artwork.
Nevertheless, a vast reservoir of talented
students is emerging from colleges. How
are they to survive?
For truly gifted and committed artists,
this kind of training gives them the o~
portunity to put their skills to work at
some sort of employment that allows
them to survive with enough money and
energy left over to make art.
For the majority of fine arts students
who will never make livings from gallery
sales, work-study programs provide entry
into art-related fields as designers and
lower-echelon executives. These very
competent people have a great deal to
offer because of their understanding of
visual ideas and concepts. Employing fine

artists in this manner would benefit society as a whole by raising the level of
visual experience offered by mass media.
It should be important for the student
to know about other aspects of survival
in the business world. Lecturesdealing
with artist-gallery relations, copyright, tax
problems, and the like, are invaluable.
Colleges and univenities must strive to
make the fine arts and the liberal arts
viable courses of study, and the only way
that this can be achieved is to prepare
students for eventual entry into the job
market.

PRESS ON
Nothing in the world can take the place of
persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common
than unsuccessful men with talent.
GENIUS will not; unrewarded genius is
almost a proverb.
EDUCATION will not; the world is full
of educated derelicts.
PERSISTENCEand DETERMINATION
alone are omnipotent.
-unknown
Bob R. McIntosh

"TI-IE DULLING!"
To the Editor,
Inasmuch as I support free expression in
artistic reviews, I must disagree strongly
with T. J. Simpson's wide-eyed, openmouthed, "My God! The genius has done
it again" review of Stanley Kubrick's "The
Shining."

This film is not only very bad, it is
absolutely terrible. The only redeeming
qualities are the camerawork and soundtrack, neither providing sufficient reason
to spend $4 to help bail Kubrick out of this
disaster. The onJy scary thing about it is
how he can create kinetic graveyards of
celluloid without having his budget ,..._
placed by the sedatives he so urgently
requires.
There's a bit of everything here:
Psycho, The Exorcist, The Texas Chainsaw MasSilett and the boredom of
Herzog's "Heart of Glass." I imagine that
Kubrick awoke one afternoon wanting to
make a horror film He fails miserably,
and I could do better filming an S&A
meeting. Nicholson shows promise for the
first 45 minutes, then falls into a boring
hole.
Finally, some thoughts on T. J .'s logic
about how Kubrick changed the original
story. First, a film SHOULD stand on its
own merit, and second, any adaptations
should be the director's style adapting to
the story, not vice vena. Certain key elements should be left intact, rather than
fabricating something totally untrue. To
do this is a cheap trick, and only covers
the artist's flaws.
To plug all the holes in 'The Shining"
would take the Corps of Engineers. One
reviewer called ii "The Dulling," and it's
plain to see why. American cinema is at a
low, and Stanley Kubrick's latest effort
lowers it still. Avoid it at all costs.
Ken Sternberg

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WOLF FOR
NATIONAL MAMMAL

DENf Al HEALTI-I
COURSE

A group of Michigan State University students are challenging 49 other
universities in the nation, including
Evergreen, to a unique college contest.
The challenge is to obtain the most signatures in a petition drive to have the
wolf designated our national mammal.
To date 125,000 signatures have been
elicited in the goal toward one million.
Students interested in accepting the
challenge can obtain th~r information
packets by writing to 'Wolf," 2841
Colony Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan
48104. The contest officially began
April 15, and will continue through
1980. As a ttWard for thooe. students
who gather the most signatures, a
special benefit concert wilJ be given on
the winning campus by jazz musician
and wolf lover, Paul Winter.
Filled petitions should be malled to
the Wolf for National M=unal office
in Ann Arbor for tabulation. Monthly
tallies will be made available to the
schools to inform them of their progress in 4,:ompetition with the other universities involved in the contest.

A class on dental health will take
place at the Olympia Food Co-op
Thursday, August 21 from 7, 3010 p.m. Soaring Bear, author
of
Naturlll Dental Wellness, will discuss
and demonstrate wholistic, self-care
techniques, emphasizine such topics
as no x-rays, drilling, root canals, or
mercury; more cleaning; more exercises: more- chewing of raw, local,
whole organically grown foods; and
herbs. Two dollar donation. For more
info contact Maggie Welch or Tyra
Lindquist 754-7666.

TEAOIEREXAMS
COMINGUP

NEW LIBRARYHOURS

SPONSOR A PIGEON

Regular Summer Library hours will
continue throuAA Friday, AuJtUst 29.
Evaluation Week open house will be
Tuesday, September 2 to Friday, September 5, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The library will
be closed Saturday through Monday,
August JO-September 1 for Labor Day
weekend.
Quarter Break Hours, September6-19,
will be Mondays through Fridays,
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Saturdays and
Sundays.
Media loan will be closed September 6 through 28.
Media Servica will continue their
Summer Quarter hours through Evaluation Week. Electronic Media and the
Media Production Center will be closed
September 6-21. Photo Services will be
open 1-4,30 p.m. Tuesday through
Thursday, Septtmber 9-11 and September 16-18 (during the bttak).
FAIi Orientation WNk hours will be
Saturday and'Sunday, September 20-21
noon-4 p.m.; Monday through Friday,
September 22-26 8 a.m.-S p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, September 27-28
1-S p.m. During that week Media
Servka will be open Monday through
Friday as follows, Electronic Media,
9-u a nd l-S p.m.; Photo Services,
l-4:30 p.m.; Media Production Center
9 a.m.~S p.m.

Weighing about one pound with a
quarter-ounce brain, homing pigeons
have an uncanny navigational ability. •
On Saturday, August 23, this ability
will be tested as several hundred birds
will be released from Salem, Oregon,
10 race home to iofts in the Puget
Sound area. Be-longing to members of
the Evergreen and Puget Sound Racing
Pigeon Concourses, these sleek aerody•
namically perfect homing pigeons will
be competing in a benefit event for the
American Heart Association of Wash•
ington. You can become involved in
this unusual competitive event, by
sponsoring a racing pigeon. Proceeds
from the race will benefit the American
Heart Association of Washington and
will help to continue its fight against
heart and blood vessel disease. For
more information call Lou Jensen, Race
Chairman, 206-922-5223, or Tom Page
of the Heart Assn. at 1-800-562-6718.

Students completing teacher preparation programs and advanced degrtt
candidates In specific fields may take
the National Teacher Examinations on
any ol three differmt test dates in
1980-31. Educational Testing Service,
the nonprofit, educational organization
HARVEST FAIR
that administen this testing program,
said today that the tests will be given
AT ORGANIC FARM
November 8, 1980, February 21, 1981,
and June 20, 1981, at test centers
The Organic Farm at The Evergrttn
throughout the United St.ates.
State College is having a Harvest Fair
COMMUNilY SOIOOL
Results of the National Teacher
planning meeting/potluck on Tuesday,
ENROLLMENT BEGINS
Examinations are considered by many
August 26, from 6: 30 on, at The
The Olympia Community School is
large school districts as one of several
Organic Farm House.
now open for enrollment
for the
factors in the selection of new teachers
The Hu-vest Fair will be a
1980-al school year. The school will
and used by several states for the erewide event held on Sunday,
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from t
. . 1 us
e
advanced candidates. Some colleges reCOURSE
Organic Farm. Seminars on Co-ops.
state-accredited, private school. Our
quire all sen.ion preparing to teach to
organic farming, indoor gardening, and
Jow student to teacher ratio provides
take
the
examinations.
Thurston
County
Sheriff's
Officr
will
other related subjects will begin at
lots of opportunities for the child to
Prospective registrants should consponsor a Hunter Safety Course,
11 a.m. and run until dinner at 3 p.m.
n,ceive lots of individual attention. The
tact
the
school
districts
in
which
they
August
27,
28,
29,
3-5
p.m.
each
day.
ln conjunction with the seminars local
school environment supports creative
seek employment, state agmcies in
This course ts intmded for youth, age
artists. potlers, and musicians will exlearning and social and emotional
which they 11ttk certification or Jicens10 years and older, and is ttquired by
hibit their wares and talent. Dinner
growth. The school day is a balance
ing, their colleges, or the appropriate
the Washington State Game Departwill consist of all organic veggies, shell
between work and play; children move
educational
association
for
advice
ment
prior
to
receiving
a
hunting
fish, smoked salmon, and a variety of
from one activity to another to accom•
about which examinations to take and
lk:mH. This six-hour cou..ne will be
other tasty treats.

pllsh individual learning goals. Chilwhen
to
talc.•
them.
taught
in
the
Sheriffs
Training
Room,
Tuesday's
mttting/potluck
will
focus
dren spend time daily learning and
The NTE Bullotin of Information
Thunton County Courthouse, limited
on finding and dittcting energies inusing skills In math, ttading and writcontalna
a
list
ol
test
centers
and
gento
30
participants
and
will
be
taught
terested in working on developing Ihe
ing. Additional activities include:
tta1 information about the examina•
only one time this year. To register call
evmt, an outreach program, exhibiting
swimming, cooking, talking, building,
tions, u well as a registration form,
the Shttiff's Office at 75J...8100bftween
wafft, and/or workina on the event
field trips, rollenbtlng, experimenting
Copies may be obtained from college
-Lda ys.
itself.
o• a.m. and 5 p.m. w.and arts and crafts. For mott Info call
plactment
officen,
school
penonnel
Parents
.,..
encouraged
to
attend.
If you would like mott information
Ana O'CAllagh&n 754-3825 or Mickey
doputments, or dittctly from National
No wupono should be brought lo the
or directions to the farm grounds,
Morris 357-.
Teacher Examinations, Box 911, Educlua. All participants att ttquired to
please contact Dan Farber, Tim
Also on Aug. 28 at 7 p.m., we will
cational Testing Service, Princeton,
pasa a final examination.
O'Conner.
or Chester Tippent at
have an open house for pam,ts and
Now Jeney 08541.
86tHl161 or drop by The Organic Farm.
kids at 1399 Lake Park Dr., Tumwater.

Reagan and Thatchers two sides of the same coin?
by Thom Richardson
Throughout the indust~lized Western
nations, conservative parties are gaining
electoral victories that not long ago would
have s.ttmed impossible. !oe Clark ousted
Canada's liberals for a spell last year. ln
West Germany, the Consrrvative FranzJosef Strauss is challenging the Social
Democrats. But most important for the
US. is the victory of Tory Margaret
Thatcher in Great Britain's elections last
May 3. Whether o~ considers the decline
of our respective empires, the ascent of
our respective welfare states, or the arrival of punk rock, events in the U.S. often
seem to follow those in the U.K.-after a
lag of a few years time.

Thus. some sense of the similarities and
differences betwttn the Tory Margaret
Thatcher and the Republican Ronald
Reagan should help an understanding of
the latter's approaching campaign. He will
employ many of the same tactics that she
did on her way to Number 10 Downing
Street. He will be subject to many of the
same criticisms that she was. He will insti·
tute (or promise 10) many of the same
policies that she has implemented (or
promised to). Most important, like Mrs.
Thatcher, he may get elected.
SIMILARITIES
Both (will) h,1ve come to power after
more moderate members of thdr party
failed lo be reelected:
Edward Heath's Conservative government was ousted in favor of the Labour
Party during the inflationary recession of
1074. Subsequently, Mrs. Thatcher led the
radical Right in an "anybody-but-Heath"
campaign that led to her control of the
Tories. She then headed the "loyal opposition" until the elections of May 3.
Ronald Reagan captured his conservative party after Gerald Ford's 1976 defeat
at the hands of Mr. Carter. As in En~land, a middle of the road conservative
was punished for a national recession, for
'losing the reins" of the economy.

Both (will)
that they'd
again-that
Harping

havo been elected on the belief
get the economy moving
they'd get ",esults":
relentlessly on the evils of

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socialism, and its blame for England's
decline as an industrial power, Mq;gie
Thatcher promised to cut taxes, raise productivity and shrink the inefficient welfare
state. Her pre,-election speeches harped on
the imperative need to stem Gttat Britain's
slide into East European-style totalitarianism. Citing conservative American economist Milton Friedman, she expressed the
belief that the inherent vigor of capitalist
enterprise would-if allowed-restore the
relative wealth to which the British were
accustomed.
Reagan's version of the let-theeconomy•produce fable is very nearly
the same. Milton Friedman is also a
Reagan advisor. The economist's disdain
for both "fine tuning" in particular, and
governmental intervention in the economy
in general, are sure to be central tenets of
any Reagan administration. By playing on
the fears of most Americans, whose standards of living have dropped in the 70s,
the ex-movie star hopes to duplicate
Thatcher's win.
Both (will) hove been elected by means of
heretofore unprecedented media
ampaigns:
A sophisticated advertising campaign
helped to elect Margaret Thatcher. It was
conducted at two levels. First, they had to
render the "Iron Lady" palatable to the
majority of Britons. Second, they con•
ducted the media campaign with accusations and innuendos, playing on a decline
in British standards of living that is similar to our own. Extremely well-financed
and exceptionally ideological, her ads
didn't attack individuals so much as the
Labour Party and liberalism in general.
"lnnation is high; unemployment is too.
Isn't it time for a change? Vote Conservative. For a change."
Maggie played on the most basic fears
of the avera~ Briton, as Christopher
Hitchens noted last year:
"Every speech stressed the virtues of
family life. the nttd to restore capital
punishment, the urgency of 'making
Britain great again' and the undesirability
of having too many Commonwealth
immigrants."

tax cuts, They are not Lafftrites-meaning
that they intend to babnc:e their tax cut•
with spending cuts, They wish to patt
..,.~._,,,down resourcff that are at the control of
,the public oector.

The Tories, moreover, have advised the
Republicons on the 11\UN of their television success. Our 1980 dection season has
alrudy been graced with a few exampt..
of this right wing propaganda, and mott
are sure to follow. Viewen have been
treated to tCenes of Republican hatchets .
chopping Democratic baloney. The GOP
is also using an episode set in an auto
driven by a Democrat who obviously represents Tip O'Neil, and who disregards
repeated warnings about his waste of gasoline-only to run out in a desert.
Both are unusually reliant upon their
advisors:
Sir Geoffrey Howe is Chancellor of the
Exchequer, roughly equivalent to our
Tru.sury Department. Sir Keith J-i,h,
head of Thatcher's pre-,,lection broin
trust, is Sectttary of Industry, Both are
devout monetarists, as are John Biffen,
Chief Sectttary to the Treasury, and John
Nott, Sectttary of State for Trade, '1n•
deed," writes Geolfn:y Smith in the
Atlantic, "it is sometimes said that within
her cabinet there is a magic circle, of
which she is not a member, compoRd of
those more experienced, more liberal
heavyweights such as Lord Carrington,
.William Whitelow, Francis Pym and
James Prior."
Educated in Hollywood, as opposed to
Oxford, Reagan ii even more reliant on
those around him. Indeed, it is the question of who shall have accas to his ear
that curttntly occupies the Far Right. In
one comer are the older, traditionalconservatives like Herbert Stein, William
Simon, and George Shultz-Nixon appointees all, They argue for a moderate
tax cut coupled with a comparable cut in
government spending. basic ideas of the
old guard of the GOP,
In the other corntt an, the neoconservatives," epitomized by Wall 5tlftt
Journal editorialists Irving Kristo! and
Jude Wanniskl. They propose• huge tax
cut-with no similar reduction in government spending. Based on • theory originated by Southern California economist
Arthur Lafler, thev believe that • cut in

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tion. One Of' two quartffl, houn negotiable.
coordin.atr the advertising a.nd impkmenta.tion
Voluntttr pot.ilion with traffl allowantt.
of on.snow promoliona.1 tVfflts in cooperation
with ski equipment tttailf'n and sales reprntn·
t,1tivn in l,UI market aneas. lntttVW'WSfor this
MathHnaliclan/Proaraaun.r.
Intern would
position begin Octobff l. lntttnship is Orttml·
check mea1urement1 for incon1itt~nc;es or
Mr I through Janua.ry 30. Voluntttr position,
rrron, fit equations to data, do multiplt re-with bendits.
grn.sion and covariance analysis using a. computer tfl'fflinal. Thrtt quarters, hour1 flo:iblt-.
Counwlor Traintt. lntrrn would be directly
Volunlttr position.
involved in cl~nt/patient are In an akoholic::
tneatnwnt Cffllrr. Duties would include individual coun1o1eling,group therapy (trainln& and
Women's 5occtT T«hnka.l Allalytt. lntem
lta.ding). Intake and dlK:harge proaduf'f'I, rewould assist thf' hod coach with the followport writin& and charting, crisl1 intf't'Wnlion,
ing: team promotion, coachina, team mana.pst.a.ff mttlings and more. Six months, 20-30
tnffll, travel arn"l'fflll'ntt
and l'Khnkal uhours/week. Volunteer.
pKtt of training. Fa.IIquarter only, houn variable. Voluntrer.
Advfftis1na Coordlnator. lntffn would con•
duct a.dvt-rtising saln by mail ,1nd phone;
Khf'dule ad in1erHons;

t
I and
paste-up MW a vffl111ng copy; supervilf: Y·
responaibk- for measuring and an.al~ng for•
out under mana.ging editnr1 direction and
estry. la.nd UM and hum.an distutbana param•
ha.ndle billing proadurn for a special intern!
den in ttw vicinity of bald eaaJeMStl tn
magazine. Thf"ff-month poaition with the potWest~m Wa.shington and detemlne a habit.at
sibility of continuation. 20 houn/Wttk. Vol•
profilf'. One to tJun: quarters, 100lll of tM
unlttr position with low<ost lodging avail•
time on silt. Voluntttr with all food, trampor•
abk- on site.
Ultion and equlpmfflt pa.Id In the Held.

The Britlth Trade Union movanent i.
highly developed than ours,
~"'"_,..-unlike
those in the U.S., the English
trade unions are highly politiciud, vocal
and powerful. With a mffltbtrship of
12 million, they constitute nearly 50% of
the registered workforce. Over the years,
the Labour Party has pulled much further
to the left than the Democratic Party and
the U.S. unions, themtelves only about a
quarter of the American workforce.
Thatcher has two cushions Reagan
likely wouldn't have. She is pn,siding
over a British windfall 1 namely North Sea
oil. By 1983-84, their oil revenue may
ruch 6 billion pounds onnually-about
eight percent of government spending, the
money from sales of that oil-at prices as
high, or higher than, those of OPECshould allow the English 10mething of a
reprieve from feeling the fuJJ effect, of
Thatcher's bitter pills. Nothing like North
Sea oil is llkrly to bt bestowed upon
the U.S.
In addition, Thatcher was elected last
May 3 with a 43-seat majority in Parliament. Since in Britain's parliamentary
system, a head of state may be removed
from offit<' only if that body passes a
vote of no-confidence, her margin represents a bit of safety. The Right feels she is
assured of • full fiv~year term in office,
Ronald Reagan, on the other "hand, is
unlikely to rtetive the mandate Thatcher
did, Though John B. Anderson's independtr,! candidacy could prove beneficial to
Reagan, a three-way race will probably
mean that the ultimate victor will bt
and GOP economic policia coincide will
denied a clear majority. Winning with
depend upon the winner of the debote
within the Reagan camp. Cltarly,
around 40 percent of the vote should
make Reapn a much weaker head of
lnotc:her's brand of conRrVatism is clooer
state than i. Mn, lnotcher,
to that of the troditlonal wing of the
Most Important, the final comparison
Republican Party, For example, her govbetween a Reapn and • Thatcher governemmtrital philoeophy, like that of the
ment hasto bt in terms of longevity,
GOP old guard, rejecta expansionist floca1
Though she hu a larp: parliamentary
or monetary policies, indeed any "fine
mojority, Mrs, lnotcher's reelection prostuning," u means to enc:ourage fuJJ employment and rapid growth, 11,e Tories
pects look dim becaUSt her support
among working class Britons is on the
are simjlarly opp-.! to "Income poliwane. Though Mr. Reagan looks like the
cies"-guaranteed shares of income to dif.
likely winner in November. his adminislertnt groups within society.
tntlon will probably suffer a similar late.
But mott important in terms of disHis current popularity shouldn't last long
tinguishing them from Ameri.ca's neopast inauguration day.
conaervatives is the way the Tories view
mon,

the tax rate will stimulate the economy so
much that the tax revenues will actwilly
pow! Fottmost among the pols promot•
ing this idea is e,c-Pro football player
Rep. Jack Kemp, co-oponsor of the
Reapn-<,ndoroed Kemp-Roth tax cut bill,
ECONOMICS: SIMILARITIES
OR DIFRRENCESl

The e,ctent to which the resp<etive Tory

Coumollno .....,__ RaponlibUitiN ol intttn
would induclo ..-.1
olfico proc:ec1u,.., initial
contact, (walk-In and phone); paraprofttak>nail
counteHng (I.e., crisi, intervention, some ongoing COUNtling); liaison; outreach and spe-dal protects. Thl'ft quartttt, 20 houn/Wftk.
negotiable. Wor-k.-study position.
Shop ANlltant. Rnponaibilities of intern would
include: grinding; poli.tJun&; .pray painting
and some weldi.ng of metal work,, One quarttt
1tartin3 April, 1980, 40 houn/Wttk.
Room
and board provided.

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TRI-CITY

The right to dissent is the only thing
that makes life tolerable for a judge of an
appelate court. It is essential to the ope.rations of a free prns. The ilflilin of government could not bt conducted by
democratic standards without it. It is a
healthy influence in every classroom, on
every board of education, at every counci
meeting, It is the right to dfssent, not the
right or duty t·o conform, which gives
dignity, worth, and individuality to man.
As Carl Sandburg rtcently said, '.'Thett
always ought to be beatniks in a culture,
hollering about the resp<etables,"
Hon. William O. Douglas,

Olympia Food
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Parts and repairs for all makes
Complete line of accessories from
experienced cyclists.

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po1n11ng l.,y T. Page
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service!

Admil'llltrattw Alllltanl. lntt'rn would usist
the proanm manager ln all upKt.s ol ruMi"I
an ewnlna high IChool Pf"l)lnm, I.e., ltudrnt
cOUNellna,. tutoring. arranging a.udk>-visual
equipmt"nl. filina, H•itting with work experi•
ence evaluations,
etc. Three quarters, 20
hou.rs/Wttk approx. Volu.ntetr position.

S1.

On Tuesday, August U, at 7:30 p.m.
the Thurston County Citizens' Party
will be having an informational meeting at the Olympia Public Library. A
videotape of the Bill Moyers show with
Barry Commoner, the presidential candidate of the Citizens' Party, will be
shown. There will also be a presentation on the national platform of the
Citizens' Party, If you're tired of voting for the lesser of two-or threeevils, please attend and find out about
the country's newest political party.

wheeta at no extra charge. The only moped
with ..coast•
brake" action, Juat like the
bicycle coaster brake you probably grew up
with. The ~goeet plus la !he SACHS ~0
HI.Torque englM that has the ldded pc)W9f' lo
flatten out lhote abualw Olympia hllla and
sUII d~tver up to 150 mpg.

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ResourceCmter .Atimtant. 1bt intern would
uai.t tt. center director in pthtring and catak,gina malffial for anter library, complete a
solar -de-mographk inventory to uadt in dewlopnwnt of county enersy plan and attend con-fermc:a. One to thrH quarten. 20 houn/Wftk.
Vohu,tttr position.

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The S•A Board will make yet
another fttble attempt at raising a
quorum this summer, On Thursday,
August 21, at 1 p,m, in Llb 2110, the
S6A Board will meet to discuss such
thorny issues as the newest ACCESS
proposal, lf we can raise a quorum.

Arts Propam Atilhtant. Intern would be responsible for- dialnninatlng information about
the program, coordinating daNl'OOD'II, drvelopifla program conttpb and matfliala. ueastlna artists in worbhopa and writing articles
for M'W'lpllptn
COncftning the program. Two
quarkr1, 15/20 houn/wtelt. Voluntffr position.

TIIA'IICL Ulltllt:C,

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension program
pays for Washington State Univenity
to publish a regional newsletter called
Capitol Ideas, What is the government
providing us with via this costly enterprise7 Such valuable information as
how to remove summer stains, what to
do with leftover egg yolks, how to
makr your own spaghetti sauce, and
how to preserve dried noral arrangements. (The bottom of the rag proudly
proclaims, 'Washington State Univer•
sity and United St.ates Department of
Agriculture Cooperating." A comforting thought, eh7) Kathy informs me
that this is the same agency that provides a toll-free canning crisis line.
And all this time you were wondering
how those billions of federal tax dollars help you I
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Fri open until 9
Sunday noon-5

Brief impressions of a Spanish summer
by Mary Young
I can't believe I just fl~ 15 hours
across the world. I don't want to pinch
myself to see if I am really in Madrid. If I
wake up from this fantastic dream. I
might not have the coui-age to figure out
the map, the road signs, or the car manual. All of which are in Spanish-which I
don't speak.
But it is real. All my life I dreamed of
lhe day 1 would stroll through some
ancient European street, arm in arm with
my true love, looking radiant and feeling
marvelously sophisticated. Actually at
this moment I fttl like dead corn flakes,
look like dead corn flakes, and my true
love's arms, as well as mine, are loaded
with too much luggage that is too heavy.
According to our inner clocks it is
somewhere between 6 and 7 o'clock in the
morning. According to the clock in the
modern marble and glass Barajas airport
it is nearly time for the paseo to begin:
the time of night when Spain dresses up
and takes a stroll up and down the streets
snacking on tapas and sipping vermouth
or a little vino. And, of course, chattering
and visiting the entire time.
We head out on the carreterra for what
must be the city center-oopsl-l
had the
map upside down. My first lesson in navigation there are no street signs. l don't
know where we are. "Tum right," I instruct my husband, Gilbert, "Does this
look familiar?"
Go down that street. Go left. Forget ii.
I don't know where we are. I'm starving.
I'm dead. 1 hate this place. Where's the
street s1gns7 What's he honking about7
These people drive like maniacs. I can't
stand this. Pull over. Yuk, smell the
pollution!
Screech! We pull over. "There's a bar
back there, I think. Should I ask that man
where a bar is7" That man has just zipped
up behind us in a rather beat-up white
something. I scrutinize him carefully. He
slides out of his car and I decide he looks
like a gangster, even though he really
looks like a chubby leprechaun with
glasses and d business suit.
Gilbert addresses the shady-looking
character. I clutch my purse close to me
Thc,se two dre talking in Spanish, wild!~
nodding and waving their arms around.
'What is he saying? What did you say1
\1\/here are we? h there food around
herei' ··come on, come on," Gilbert say,;
n me. "Hes going to take us,to his place.
~e·s invited us up for a drink." The leprechaun is grinning al me like a crazy
man. "No way. I'm not going. This guy
looks like a pervert." "Pervert1 You've
been watching too much television. Have
faith.·
We follow the pervert down the strttt
along freshly whitewashed stucco facades
to a modest doorway along a row of
doon,,.,ays. Still following, we climb a few
flights of wide marble stain. 1 am sure we
are going to be axe-murdered. I can tell
by his oily little smile.
We enter a dark foyer. The oily one
swiftly unlocks the door to his apartment
and orders us to "Passel Passel" We obey.
I am a nervous wreck. J haven't slept for
30 hours. We are ordered to sit. Our hosl
leaves the room. He comes back with a
well-dressecl woman, who is larger than
he is. She has on a white, silk blouse, a
tight black skirt and spike heels with a
thin ankle strap. Her heavy makeup is
flawless. "The madam," I whisper to myself. We are all introducN. Senor Pareja
and his wife disappear when Gilbert
answers, "Yes we do like wine and, no,
my wife has never had Spanish wine."
Bringing silver trays of crystal glasses,
a crystal decanter of a rosy orange liquid
and some dishn of a curious white
c"hun y su"'6sta"nceandcurls of purplish
,;omething, Senor and Senora Pareja fill
the glass coffee table. I am convinced we
are being poisoned in some weird cult
ritual. At the same time, I am hungry
enough to take a chance on the snacks.
The smooth Spanish cheese and the uncooked cured ham are tastes J have not
experienced before. Maybe these Pfflple
are just friendly. No. Nobody would .;act
like this in the United Stain.
Senor Pareja take, my .;armand motions
for me to go with him. "What doe-s he
want?" "He wants to show you the
house." "No, I don't w.;ant to Stt his
house." "Hr's proud of his house." Wh.1t
can I s.ay7 Ok.iy Senor Pareja, show me
your house.

The floors of the .;aputment are bare
polished wood. The walls are either
papered or panelled with plastic strips
decorated with ornate designs. None of
the rooms are large but all are serviceable.
Senor Pareja is proud of his small, ttd
clay tile terrace. A petite wrought-iron
garden furniture set, whitewashed the
white of the building, stands arranged
among begonias, geraniums. asparagus
fems, spider plants and other foliage. The
balcony overlooks a courtyard below.
Senor Pareja pushes me out onto the
balcony and excitedly points out the view

of the Madrid hills.

consultation (the family addttsses me in
Spanish, U\cluding me in aU the conversations and consulting me a, well as
Gilbert) a p)ace is decided on and a map
is drawn. We should have no problem

finding this pension. Just ring the bell and
someone will come down and let you in.

We shake hands. The women kiss me
and I kiss them back on both sides of the
cheeks. Addrns,s an, exchanged and
many, many "Muchas gracias's," I am so
embarrassed to have thought so many
horrible thoughts about this family. We
agree to call the next day to let everyone

Blues Brothers bust ue Chicago
her family and drinking homemade cherry
brandy. Her sister-in-lpw stuffN my purse
with cookies when I said I couldn't eat
them on the spot. ''They have butter in

by Kathy Davis
The Blues Brothers is exactly what a
good modem musical comedy should
be-it's funny, fast and colorful. While
the great musical com~ies of the past
have been squeezed out by the current
obsession with horror and death, this..
movie stands out among all the murder
mysteries, hokey romances and juvenile
comedies playing around town. It's a celebration of rhythm and blues music, of
Chicago and of survival in the American
culture.
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, two of
the brightest comics to emerge from
Saturday Night Live into their own
careers, play the brothers, Joliet (for Joliet
State Prison) Jake and Elwood Blues,
characters they originated on the TV
show. The simple plot ties all the action
together tightly and cleverly. After his
release from prison, Jake is "born again"
by the spirit of the blues. He convinces
Elwood that they must put their old band
back together and raise the money to save
the Catholic orphanage where they grew
up. While on their "mission from God"
they attract a group of vengeful enemies,
who pursue them throughout the film.
The Illinois State Patrol wants them

them!" she told me.
Or the fields of people. dttp brown
against th~ parched wheat fields, slowly
drawn around in circles, circles, circles all
their lives, threshing wheat the way wheat

had been threshed for centuri..,who
asked me to ride with them behind their
oxen on wheat-polished boards. They
gave us a bottle of wine from their cave
cellars. Or the priest a.nd hi1 sister who
raised carnations and gave me a bunch

because all of Elwood's driving Indi~
lions show up "like a rash" on their computer terminals. They eventually engage

the Chicago police, National Guard and
a SWAT team in pursuit of the slippery
brothers in their Bluesmobile (ironically

an old poli« car)
The Illinois Nazi Party is after them
because the brothers gave them a humiliating dunking in the river during one of
their marches (A reference to the march
by th• ...,.i Nazi Party in the Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois over a year

ago). And besides, they'n, Catholic.
A mysterious and beautiful woman

(C;rrie Fisher of "Star Wars" fame), who
works at the "Curl Up and Dye Beauty
Salon," goes after Jake and Elwood with
some of the most vicious weapons imaginable. Fortunately, she has terrible aim.

The Good Old Boys (a stereotypic
country band) in their Winnebago trailer
are determined to get the Blues brothers
for taking over their g\_gat Bob's Country
Bunker. Bob wants them to pay the $300
beer tab they ran up.
If all this sounds hectic, it is. The movie
is tast-pacecl and that's why it's so engaging. My only criticism of The Blues
Brothers is that the vehicle violence is
overdone. My guess is that they th~ in
lots of high-speed chases and cars smash•
ing into piles of more cars 10 draw in the
teen and pre-teen crowds and ensure a
high gross on this very expensive production. However, it seems to me they could

have saved quite a sum if they hadn't
wasted so many brand new cars.
All of the violence is cartoon-style
where not a drop of blood is shed. When
the troopers' cars end up in a mangled
pile, the worst injury is a broken watch.
When the mysterious lady blows up the
boarding house out from under our
heroes, they emerge from beneath a pile
of bricks unscathed.
The comedy in The Blues Brothers is

classic Saturday Night Uve stuff. The
satire is aimed at American institutions
and sub-cultures, rather than at individuals. They take jabs at the pompousness
of Catholicism, the rowdiness of country
bars, the plasticness of shopping malls,
the red-shag-plushness of Holiday Inn
cocktail lounges and the snobbishness ot
fancy French restaurants. Even the cartoon violence could be seen as a satire on

modern movies that depend so heavily on
flashy crasht>Sand explosions.
Like Laurel and Hardy, the interactions
betwttn Belushi and Aykroyd are effective
because the affection and friendship be•
tween the two is so evident. Th~ir physical
contrast and slapstick antics are also rem•
1niscen1of that classic comic team
I saved the best for last-the music and
dancing. Fans of rhythm and blues, soul
or gospel will love The Blues Brothers for
the music alone. Even though Jake and
Elwood are white, they are moved by and
obsessed with the deep spirituality and
driving optimism-despite hardship-that
1s at the rool of modern Black American
music. The entire movie is filmed m Chi·
cago. the mecca of the blues. The Black
musicians and singers appearing 1n
The Blues Brothers are some of the most
admired, like Ray Charles, Cab Calloway,
James Brown and John Lee Hooker Not
only do they perform wonderful musical
numbers, but some take on acting parb.
with professionalism. Aretha Franklin as
perfect as the snide cafe waitress who
breaks mto song.
There are just two numbers that include
dancing (although Jake and Elwood are
always hot hoofers when performing) but
they are perhaps the most memorab,e. In
the scene al the 'Triple Rock Baptist
Church," the brightly costumed congrega•
lion leis the power of the music send them
mto a frenzy of leaps and gyrations. If I
could have had th.it much fun at my
hometown Methodist church, I might be
an enthusiastic Christian today.
In sum, The Blues Brothen is FUN. It
keeps you laughing, tapping your feet,
even swaying in your seat. Though the
brothers and their band do not escape the
consequences of their actions, they leave

us with this moral. NO MATIER HOW
BAD YOUR LIFEMAY SEEM, MUSIC
WILL MAKE YOU FEELBETTER

Book Review

"No-No Boy" speaks of whole society
No-No Boy-by JohnOkada, 19,7.
Origi.nally published by Charles
Tuttle.
Available
with introduction and afterword by
lawson Fusao Inada and Frank
Chin, from Combined Asian
American Resources Project, Inc.,
P.O. Box l86i1, Seattle, WA
98118. $5.95.

The room Senor Pareja is proudest of
is the modem kitchen. Everything is
white. Huge bottles of olive oil are
crowded together in a corner with some
bottles of vineg.ir and a large container of
olives. A braid of garlic hangs over the
sink. A small, pilot box is attached to the
wall near the sink. It must be lit each time
for hot water. At the end of the narrow
kitchen there is a tiny balcony, almost
like a battlement. This is the pantry.
We step out into the cool desert air.
The shelves are stuffed with tomatoes,
peppers, cans of tomato sauce, onions,
barras of bread, lettuce, peas and small
packages of milk. From a hook above, I
am startled to see hanging, tied by the

know how we liked the place and to let
because I was a bride and who gave us a
them know of our destination. Senor
dinner and took us to visit a mountain
NO-NO BOY by John Okada
Pareja gives us his family card with his
with 4000-year-old Celtic ruins just ~
ByAmiBensal
name and his wife's name printed
cause we took a picture of his church.
No-No &y, a book about th, Japaneseformally on it. ln their culture, the man
Or the women be.nt over their gardens
Americans who refused to serve in th,
takes his mother's maiden name as his
hoeing or the women bfflt over rocks
U.S. Army during WWil, is all the more
last name and the woman takn both her
beating their clothes de.an in the river. Or
poweriul because it was written by John
parents' names as well as that of her hu~
the men in the bars with their black berets
Okada, a )~American
who did
band. Thar names extend across the carcl. sip,ing brandies or the fish wives with
sene.
Okada
manages
to
express
clearly
The Pareja's consider us good mftlds and
their peg clogs, or the men, toothless as
and convincingly th, dilemmas and gtµlt
make us promise to write or visit again.
the women, bent over their nets mending,
faced by many Japanese-American men
All of Spain was like this; Portugal,
mending, always mending for the next
who answered "no" to the questiooaitt •
too. Like the time we raced up the coast
catch. Or the food, the wine, the ancient
issued in intttnment camps by th, U.S.
of Portugal following a traveling sales-dusky odors, the rancid odors, the gas
Govttnment.
man. drinking grttn wine from kegs and
fumes rolling in great clouds down the
''Walking down th, stnrt that autumn
stopping only when he had to do bu!inns
streets, the guardia civil armed with automorning with a small, black suitcase, be
or to eat clams in six diffe.rent ways. Or
matic weapons. The too soft beds, straw
foot with a piece of rope, the leg of a pig. the 74-year-old grandma, dressed in the
pillows, cold showers, powerful cofftt,
felt like an inuuder in a world.to which he
Parts of the thigh have been sliced away.
black of all the older wo~
and the
too much sugar.
had no claim. It was just enough that be
Senor Pareja is very proud of this acquisi- widows, who chopped up a wooden box,
And Goya, Velazquez and El Gr-Ko.
should fed this way, for, ol bis awn &tt
tion. He dasht>Sinto 1he kitchen, returning
built .1 fire in the street and cooked fresh
Wild folk dances and wild laughter. Many
will, he had stood bdott the judge and said
with a knife and promptly slices off a
sardines for us, turning them with her
friends and infinite generosity. Crinkled
that he would not II" in the anny. At the
chunk of the fermentN purple flesh. This
fingen. Or the ox-drawn carts sharing the
old men who want a kiss on the cheek,
time ~ was no other choicr lor him.
is no time to claim vegetarianism. I eat
carreterra with zippy coche, honking
little childttn who want some paetas,
That WIS when be WIS twenty-thn,c,
the tapa and Senor Pareja asks me if I like ana speeaing their way through the windy
and dumpling-like ladies who, giggling,
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older, he was even more ol a man."
throughout the tour, "Muy buenol Sil Sil
fortress we slq,t in complde with parlor
How much larger and how much smaller
Okada
tel.ls
ci
lchiro
's
strugle
to be
Muy buenol" I smile as madly as he does.
maids, stuffy waiters and stutted suits ot
can the world be7
■=pted
by
his
family,
his
JapaneseThe tour is over after J am shown the
armor. Or the gypsies in their blue
l speak a little bit of mangled Spanish
American peen, and IS an Amerian
family's brand-new refrigerator that has
wagons with dogs and pans tied to the
now. 1 don't le.now if I will ever SH my
citiuo in a time and society ci iear and
not been installed yet and the tiny washsides. Or the long, low fields broken,
friends in Spain again. We'll write letters
pttjudi~. To be accq>ted, lchiro has to
ing machine. All clothes in Spain ar~
patchwork-like, with ancient rock walls.
and exchange ph,,tographs. Most don't
learn to live with himself, to 5tt through
hung out to dry; they 0ap in the wind
Or the wild fiestas ia<N with a powt6'1
have a t,lephon,, so I cannot caU them.
his own coofusioo and shame. He must
every day like giant birds on rooftops or
ho~ brew-aguadiente-and
"Goodness,
These people who are 10 frtt lived
deal not only with his friends who fought
slap against ancient, whitewashed stucco
Gracious, Great Balls of Firell"
for 40 yea.rs under a dictatorship that kq,t
walls.
Or the frighteningly cool stonn of the
thtm Indoors with their politics, kept
in the war, who reent him becau>e his
In the living room a young daughter
old cathedrals, which hou.,e the sorrows
pornography, drugs, juru, coca-cola and
"N~No"
status makes their claim to
and son an, scanning the telephone book
of the «nturin, as weU as tht bones of
Burger King out of their alltun,. The
America tenuous, but also with other
for a suitable and inexpensive pla« for us the saints and apostles. all tinged with the Spanish people with their blue eyn and
"N~No Boys". lchiro initially regards
to stay that night. I am finally convinced
st.tit fragrance of incffltt. Or the young
red hair. Tht Spanish people with their
"No-No Boys", thus himself, IS nonthat these are amazingly kind and
woman, my age, who looked older, who
black eyes and black hair. The country
entities. He must also deal with his
generous people and not the thieves and
worked from eight in the morning until
whe:~ the forties, fifties, sixties and
mother,
an lssei (First-generation
moral wantons I had imagined.
two the following morning, who took
~enties are all happening at the same
Japane2-American)
who insists that
Several places are called and after much breaks to spttd us all over town meeting
time in the ninetttn eighties.
lchiro is a "true Japanese" for not

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fighting. She is intemely proud ol him.

She cJin&s
to Japanese tnditions, hates
America, and is waiting only for the boat
to arrive so her family can return to Japan.
Okada uses dialect enensively without
stereotyping bis character. He decribes
believably: tall Japane2-American men;
large Japanese-Americans who don't
resemblr sumo wrestlers; Japanese-

Amerian

women who are not the ex-

pected silent and cunning types out to
triclt American men. Through lchiro he

shows the frustntion and bitterness often
felt by th, Nisei (second-generation
Japanese-Americans) toward the loyal
/ssoi (such as lchiro's mother) IS well as
the difticulties the lssei faced raising their

childrdl in America.
At first glance the reader might be led
to belwve that Okada agrees with lchiro's
guilt. However, in that he refers to
prejudices against other minorities-the
scene where "that cnzy Jap boy Floyd"
tries to get two ol his Black &iends into a
club, lchiro's memory ol a man being
expelled from a church because he is
Black-Okada maintains his impartial
sw,ce to give his book the power of
objectivity. He covers the "right" issues,
and, for the most part, handles them
cardully.
Midway through the 009k Okada' s
style becomes somewhat less'objectivc,-the author becomes more obvious. His
prose seems
occasionally
sloppy,
repetitive, and his bitterness for Japanese
'.fllditions that, in America, tend to be
destructive shows through. Although his
ending seems contrived, Okada has built
toward it well--giving glimpses of
Americans and Japanese-Americans who
accq>ted the "No-No Boys" despite the
seemingly insurmountable
waU of
hostility; ol the lssei who wanted to end
th, nightmare ol war, forget the internment experience, and send aid to
friends and relatives in Japan; and of the
nealiz.ationby lchiro's antagonists, the
Japane2-American veterans, that the war
would continue as long as JapaneseAmericans wen, pitu!d against Japanese•

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l!eapllS

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The few lapses in Okada 's syle should
not stop anyone from n,ading this vital
account ol Japanese-Americans that
speaks not only ol the post-internment
experience but ol our society as a whole. It
is the best book written by a Japanese·
American that I have read.

• The questionaire was sponsored by the
U.S. Government
War Relocation
Authorit}' and was meant to be filled out,
in secret, by every person ol age. The
questions read, in sum: I. Do you pledge
your loyal!}' to the government ol the
United St.ates and promise to abide by the
laws of this country? (Answer yes or no)
2. Do you forswesr allegiance to the
Emperor of Japan? (Answer yes or no)

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