The Cooper Point Journal Volume 9, Issue 18 (February 19, 1981)

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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 9, Issue 18 (February 19, 1981)

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19 February 1981

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The Evergreen State College
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The Evergreen State COlleq;
OlympIa. Washington 98SOS

COOPER POINT
February 19, 1981

Volume 9 Numl>er'18

Moral Majority Exec to Seek Public Office
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$? tion. He doesn' t realiZe that perhaps Mike
o has other plans in mind ."
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Although Thom said he agreed with his
brother on some issues, he took strong
exception to many of his views, particu-< larly Mike's attitude towards sex education
~ and public schools " It's not for the Moral
~ Majority to decide for all of US/ If he said .
....
When asked about Mike's reasons for
sending his own children to private
schools, Thom replied, "He doesn't want
his kids to go to public school. He wants
them to be in the neighborhood so his
kids can play with other kids, but he
doesn't want them to be exposed to all
the parts of the real world."
Thom went on to say that his brother is
in favor of phasing out public primary
education entirely, a remark which he
repeated several times during the course
of the interview. He said that Mike wants
to replace it with a voucher system where
parents would be reimbursed by the federal or state government for sending their
children to the school of their choice.
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uate Tom Farris talks about brother's role in Moral Ma
by Bill Montague and Theresa Connor
©1981 The Cooper Point Journal
The sky seems to be the limit for the
budding political ambitions of Mike Farris,
director of Washington State's Moral
Majority According to his brother Thom,
the 29-year-old lawyer and New Right
political activist has expressed a strong
desire to be either a US Senator or the
Washington State Attorney General and
has told his family not to worry about his
recent notoriety until he is elected
President.
Farris received nationwide attention
two weeks ago because of his recent
request for the names of public school
employees who have-checked out
"Achieving Sexual Maturity"
controversial sex education film-from the State
Film librarY in Olympia

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Riding the Crest of the Moral Majority
In an interview with the CPJ earlier this
week, Thom, a 23-year-old graduate of
The Evergreen State College, gave an inside view of his brother's political plans.
Thom told the CPJ he speaks with his
brother regularly and, in fact, had, spent
some time with him the day of the interview. I t was then, Thom said, that he
heard his brother speak of a future Presidential bid. "He told us about it around

the breakfast table," Thom said, "He said
the family wouldn't be involved in all the
publicity until he's elected President."
Though he said his brother's political
plans' are at least four years down the
road, Thorn feels that Mike is moving
towards them now, He believes his
brother'S presiqential ambitions are just
a "semi-serious dream," but thinks Mike is
quite serious about running for the US
Senate. "He's already thinking of running
for the Senate," said Thom, "He told me
that a state senator has approached him
and offered his support."
Aside from his future political career,
Thorn said that Mike currently has two
major projects in mind, He stated that
Mike wants to form a "Christian women
organization" to fight passage of the ERA,
and hopes to embark on a nationwide
recruiting tour this week. Thom also disClosed that his brother will be approaching C Davis Weyerhaeuser in the near
'future to seek support for a video presentation on sex education in public schools.
If he receives "backing, Thom said, his
brother will visit elementary and high
schools around the state to tape "sex education Classes in progress.
"Mike has an appointment with Weyer
haeuser in two weeKs to ask for video
equipment," said Thom. "Weyerhaeuser
probably doesn't even know why Mike
wants to see him. If he does know, he
may think all Mike wants to do is pro-

"The Perfect Test Case. . ."
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Thom also disagrees with Mike's
opinion of the Evergreen State College .
Thom, who attended TESC for 3 years,
said his brother may be suffering from
misconceptions about the true nature of
Evergreen . "Mike starts making these
accusations (about Evergreen) without
knowing what it's all about. I think maybe
he's operating on the basis of rumors he' s
heard about Evergreen since h4e came to
Olympia last November."

Farris Denies, Video Project
him to provide support for the project
from his personal trust fund. Mr. Weyerhaeuser's trust is earmarked for the '~up'
Michael Farris, director of Washington
port of Christian charities.
State's Moral Majority, denies that he is
Mr . Farris is curr~ntly away 'from his
planning to film sex education classes
office on a nationwide recruiting tour for
being conducted in Washington's public
a new ChristiaTlwoman'·s organization he
schools: Farris' denial comes in the wake
is hoping to form . When contacted in
of a report that he intends to approach .
Ohio by the CPJ, Mr . Farris categorically
C David Weyerhaeuser, cousin of lumber
denied that he had any plans for a video
executive George Weyerhaeuser, seeking
presentation . "My brother took something
support for a video presentation on sex
, out of context in a family meeting,"· he
education.
stated, "He doesn't understand the situaIn an interview with the CPJ, Thom
tion. " When asked if he had approached
Farris, brother of the MM exec, disclosed
Mr. Weyerhaeuser for an appointment,
that Mike intends to visit Mr. WeyerMr Farris at first replied " It' s none of
haeuser within the next two weeks asking
your business, " but later admitted that
such a request has been made.
When contacted on the matter, Mr.
Weyerhaeuser acknowledged that he had
received a letter from Farris asking for an
appointment. He said the letter dealt only
with some general facts about Moral "
The Olympia Brewing Company has
Majority, and stated that it made no
been granted a $3(19,00) defer~al. That
mention of any plans for a video presenmoney will be used to construct <a $6.5
tation. Mr. Weyerhaeuser also stated that
million waste recovery plant, according to
he has yet to set up a meeting date with
Mike ~ilpatric, a business representative
. at the brewery.
Farris .
The CPJ also talked with Jim McMann
The purpose of the waste recovery
at the Superintendent of Public Instrucplant, said Kilpatric, is to separate fertion's Office in Olympia. We asked Mr .
mentable" extract from spent grains and
" McMann what the policy was on filming
other byproducts to produce 700 gallons
public school classes. He told us, " I think
of pure ethynol annually. The proposed
it's fair to say that this sort of thing is
plant would also reduce tne brewery's "
within the domain of the local school
sewage discharge he said.
boards; it is their authority to determine
Representative Helen Sommers, ranking
classroom visitation policy ." However, Mr.
minority member of the House Ways and
Means Committee, said the tax deferral
McMann also pointed out that under
Washington Law (RCW 28A.58 053)
program no IGnger is an asset to spur
parents are ,granted access to public classeconomic development in the state. The
findings of a recent report to the legislarooms "for the purposes of observing class
ture by Theodore Lane, .an·· economic conprocedure, teaching material, and class
sultant hired by the state. The report conconduct. " Such access, he went on to say,
cluded that " The EAA tax deferral prois given on the condition that a vi sit does
gram has not been si~i\lficant in either
not " disrupt the c1assroc.ri procedure or
attracting new firms to the state or
learning activity" Mr . McMann expressed
causing existing firms to expand their outthe opinion that a request to film a class
put and employment. "
in progress would be looked upon more
Other opposition to the deferral profavorably if the person making such a
gram include Rep, Nita Rinehard, ranking
req\.Jest had a child attending the school
minority member of the House Revenue
where the class was being held. All of
Committee, and People for Fair Taxes.
Mr. Farris' children attend private schools.
by Bi II Montague
© 1981 Cooper Point Journal

State Gives Big Busjness Big, Break
by Jeff Radford
Tax deferrals have been granted by the
Economic Assistance Authority (EAA) to
several businesses in Washington state.
The deferrals are on taxes created by the
expansion of businesses within the state,
or will be applied towards expansion purposes in the future .
A $20 million tax deferral, ·the largest in
the state's history, has been granted to
Crown Zellerbach, a wood products firm,
for construction of a $400 million pulp
mill in Camas .
According to Beth Davis, administrator
of the EAA, these corporations are not required to repay deferrals until three year~
after the completion of proposed projects.
The end of the three year period, i£ fol lowed by a five year period where businesses pay 10% of the deferral the first
year, followed by 15% the second year,
and 20% , 25% and 30% over the remaining three years. This is a standard repayment schedul e for all businesses granted
deferrals.
The main responsibilities of the EAA
said Davi s, are granting deferrals to businesses in order "to stimulate investment in

to small businesses and communities in
the state that need to hire advisors or site
planners . Generally, businesses whether ..
large or small need the deferrals to increase cash flow and production , said
Davis . Davis added that tho\.Jgh the deferrals are helping businesses, most of their
investments would occur regardless of
whether the deferrals were available or
not.
Rep. Dick Nelson (O-Seattle), co-sponsor of legislation to eliminate the tax deferral program, attacked the tax deferral
granted to Crown Zeller,bach . "They took
advantage of a gift of the taxpay~rs' hard
earned money," he said .
Davis considered Nelson's charge to be
a "misconception" on Rep. Nelson's part
and explained that the money is the business' own taxes and is already in their
hands . The program, she said, simply
delays payment of taxes to allow for expansion and modernization .
During the last two legislative sessions
there have been attempts to put restrictions on the deferral program. The EAA
agrees that limitations on investments
should be set in the best interests of ...
smaller enterprises.

Thom said that Mike's overridin g concern is the generally " humanist" orientation of Evergreen academics . According to
Thom , Mike defines " humanism" as a
religion-and his brother's view of
humanists is that " they have no rea) set"
of values, no standards that are based on
solid principles. " He said that Mike believes the humanistic et hic encourages
. the spread of Communism .
Thom stated that his brother is concerned about the existence of the Trilateral Commission . "One of the things
that Mike sees in Moral Majority, " Thom
observed, "is the ability to make it into a
sort of Christian Trilateral Commission,
dedicated to God ." Evergreen's president,
Dan Evans, is a member of the Trilateral
Commission.
Thom wonders why his brother is so
upset with Evergreen He said that in his
view, Evergreen is "no different from
other sd'OOls, except for the different
teaching and grading methods used
there." Thom speculated that Mike is
targeting Evergreen because of its reputation and philosophy. "When he saw the
program "Humanism and Science" (a
recent Evergreen course offering), Mike
told me 'there is the perfect test case ' "
Farris threatened to bring suit against
the college, charging that since "humanism" is a religion, it has' no plan· in a
public college Thom believes that Mike
is very concerned about his professional
reputation and feels that his brother's talk
of court cases may stem from that anxiety
"Mike wants to argue a case before the
Supreme Court," Said Thorn
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Continued on page 2

Demos ,Lose
State Majority

College Cracks Down on Chemical Storage
by Denise Paul se n
The Evergreen Sta te Coll ege is finall y
gOing to di spose of the chemi cal wastes
that have been acc umul ating in the co llege's three main science labs for the last
seve n years. According to Phil Bennet,
Assi stant Lab Manager, the co ll ege has
npvpr ·had a method for disposing of ,these
hdlardou s chemi cals. Bennet and another
man , Joh!) Peard , ha ve been given the job
of gf'tting rid of the wastes and devising a
pl an for future waste disposal Bennet and
Peard begaILtheir work last fall under the
direction of Walter Niemiec , Evergreen
Lab Manager.
Unti I last fa ll , Chem ica l waste had been
stored in bottles in Lab 1241 in a cupboard marked HAZARDOU S MA TERIALSDO NOT MOVE . When Bennet 'and Peard
bega n cleanin g. the labs , the cupboard
was so pac ked that not even one more
bottl e wou ld fit into it.

The 'infamous black barrel' was another
t emporary waste storage system . A 55
gall on barrel was p·ut in the storage shed
to be used str ictly for organic solvents.
But Bennet said that problems arose when
people began dumping pesticides, heavy
metal s, acid was!e, organic solvents and
other highly reactive chem ica l waste into
it.
Storage of new chemicals has been a
probl em, sa id Bennett. Some chemi cals
were stored along with the paint for the
school in a storage shed away from the
main campus. Bennett said that the paint,
which many people have access to, wa~
ri ght next to the picric acid. He explained
that the acid forms an explosive compound when mixed with concrete. " If it
was knocked off and spilled, somef)ne
stepping On it could cause it to explode,"
said Bennett.
Steps are being taken to eliminate th e
problem . Niem iec, Bennett, and Peard are

trying to get the sc hool to build a separate cage in the shed for the chemi ca ls .
They argue that only qualified individu als
would then have access to the chemi ca ls.
Bennett and Peard have gatheree up
the seven years worth of chem ica l waste
including the 'black barrel ; and prepared
it for tran sport. The bottled waste was put
in 55 gallon barrel s and packed with
vermiculite. Seven barrels total will be
tran sported to Arlington , Oreg~n, .and
buried in the chem ica l waste dump there.
Washington has no chemical waste dump
and Oregon has no nucl ear waste dump,
so the two states have a cooperative
£;,xchange going
In the initial stages of Evergreen, a
safety council made up of faculty decided
to store the chemical waste unti I the State
developed a dump site, thus when
Niemiec took the job as Lab Manager a
year ago he had a backlog of chemical
waste to deal with .

by Kenn Goldman and Bill Montague

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The I nfamous Black Barrel

"Babies Are R.e placeable," says Weyerhaeuser ,
u\

Den ise Paulsen

""'Ident , a t A,hforci , W ashington havp
(Il pel Wt'\ t'rhalN' r's 'pray in g ot the herbl n dl' 2 ..-0 il< the suspcc tC'd ca use of
(f'C!'11I hlrth d .. fl'c\> and mi '(il rri agC" in
t hl'l! drt',' A( ( ord ll1 g to report ;. nine out
0 1 I,'n rpcp nt loedl preg nancies havp bpen
rlbl)O rlll td

\\ 'I '\l'rh,ll1 't'1 hilS peri odically " praved
dn ·'d IU \[ outs ide A, htord with the
Iwrh" IdC' Tht' Succot as h A ll ian ce, a
~ruiIP 0 1 10( ,11 re,ident'> and environmenI,d " h . i1<1\ E' prute'>ted thE' use of 2.4-b
,1"d ha ve prompted an ,nvest Iga ti o n by
Iht' LJepart:l1ent of Soc ial and Health
,, 'r\ Ice; I l)SHS)
Dr Sa muel Mi Ihan-·;; a----c hron ic di sease
,",ped~m iolog"t , conducted the invcs ti gaI,nn Tor U::>H::> . AI I pregnancies in the,
·\ ,Hmo ~rea during , I-,e six month prriod
01 lu i" 1 through Dece mber 31 , 1979 were
stud ied . He reported of the 10 pregnan( ies tour were miscarriages; one was a
tuba l preg nan cy; o ne was sti ll born; two
had hydatidigorm mo les (considered to be
a prec ancerou s condition-unusual to
have two in such a small 'regi on); one full
term baby wit h heart ·trouble Idied shortly
after birth ); one full term birth ~ith no
health p roblems .

tile'

When Dr. Milham was asked about the
theory of 2,4-0 causing these abnormal

pregnan cies he said , "·1 don't beli eve it's
possib le, they feed the same chemica l to
laborci tory rat s and it doesn' t affect th eir
pregnan c ies
Dr Shf'arer . who holds a PhD. in
Mole, ulilr Geneti cs, and 15 a consu ltant to
the' 5lH ( ) tas h AI~i a n ce group, responded
to MilhJm's findings; " It' s propagand a,
tlw l)SHS II1vest igatl on didn't find any
fXNt ive evide nce of 2, 4-0 because the
tt'sh were done six months af ter the last
' l)rJ Y, " she sa lel . " A tox in of thi S type hi ts
and run, By the tll11P thE' dama ge hit s.
th!> t dll se is gone."
I n Dr ShearE'r's report on 2,4-0 she
qa ted that after 2,4-0 is absorbed th rough
thf' body tiss ue it d oes not 'remain in the
body lo ng. " It is excrE'ted through the
urinary tract," said Shearer, "and wouldn 't
show up In a blood test. "
-When asked if she thi nk s 2,4-0 is re, ponsibl E' for the abnormal pregnan cies in
Ashford she· said "2,4-0 shou ld definitel y
stay' under Sllspi cion ."
. Sun ny Thonlpson ; a spokesperson for
Succotash Allian ce said , " We aren't saying
we know. definitely that 2,4-0 has caused
the abnormal pregnancies in our community, but it is a possible common de- .
nominator" She noted that a report was
released by the Envi ro n mental Protec ti-On
Agency last year and said that most of the
sc ientific data submitted to support the
product regulation on 2,4-0 was devel-

Moral M aJ-0 r I-t·Y_. _-...-. .

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"He's Always Been a Schemer."
Although he sa id he had little knowledge about some aspec ts of h is brother's
personal life, Thom indicated that Mike's
past provides clues to his present work.
"Mike has always been a sc hemer," sa id
Thorn , " He doesn't like to sit still. You
knCM!. he schemes up all these ideasanything {Q make money (for Moral
IVlajority) . It's part of the Farris nature"
To illustrate his brother's enthu siasm
for li fe, Thom offered <i·n anecdote concernin g a trip both brothers took to L.A.
in 1968. At the time, Thom was 10, hi s
brother 16. ';'W e went down to see the
Rose Bowl parade," Thom remembers,
" We were sta nding on the cor ner of Hollywood and Boulevard and Mike started
going up to people saying, 'Hi, I'm Mike
Farris. Vote for me in 1984: "
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Thom said that both Mike and he
benefited from a closely knit, traditional _
family. 'We had a real sense of family, "
he recalls, " I fel~ it was a really cool
family, real tight knit. There was a sense
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of ' I have a brother, I have a sister.' " The
Farris brothers grew up in Kennewick,
where their father was an elementary
school principal. "We were Baptists," he
recalls, "very con-servative, very strict.
Our family was originally from Arkansas,
real Bible Belt Country."
Thom went on to say that th8Ugh both
he and Mike grew up in a very religious
atmosphere, Michael's concern for moral
issues was not unusually extreme. " Mike
showed a deep belief in Christ from his·
grade school days on . But he was no
fanatic. There are other things in his life."
Asked about their first introduction to the
facts of life, Thom commented, "My
parents left sex education pretty much up
to the public schools. I don't know how
my brother feels , but I feel I had a pretty
good idea from a rap I got in 8th grade
P.E." Thom said that Mike first got involved with Christian organizations while
attending Western Washington University
in the early 70's. When asked about
Mike's collegiate sex life, Thom replied,
" I don't think he had anything special
goi ng. He was ASB publicity manager. He
was a debator. He had a normal exper ience . I don't know if he was really out
chasi ng women ."
When informed that Mike had statedin an interview with the Seattle P-I last
week-that he was first made aware of
the finer details of human sexuality by
a doctor when he and his wife were
married, Thom said, 'Well, Mike always
was a bit of a joker."

The Plunse
Thom said that his brother's involvement in Moral Majority stems from Mike's

'oped in the 1940's, and that the chemical
companies -were the ones submitting the
data.
The report charges that there are sc ientific information gaps in several areas including : cancer potential , reproductive
effects, neuro toxiCity and metaboli sm.
The EPA report also stated that the tumor
(a using danger of 2,4-0 was considered
Inadequat e and in conclusive and that no
va lid conclu sions cou ld be drawn from it.
. Sunny Thompson also sa id that three
otHer communities have also had pregnancies prob lems. Swan Vall ey, Montana,
had nine miscarriages out of twelve pregnancies and Broken Bow, Oklahoma,
reported nine mis carrai ges out of ten
pregnan cies. Brok en Bow is an area where
Weye rh auser owns land and Swan Valley
is on a highwjlY where roadside spraying
of 2,4-0 is done.
In A lsea, Oregon they also had problems su rrou nding the sp raying of 2,4-0,
but loca l residents succeeded in getting
the spraying stopped
AI Quarto, a co-founder of Succotash
Alliance, sa id that since Ashford is in a
va lley there is a higher possibility of the
heavy. toxic vapors settling there. He also
said that when two herbicides are sprayed
in an area it is possible for them to mix
and form a third more powerful byproduct
long-standing concern over what he
believes to be the drastic decline in
American morals. But Thom believes it
was one issue in parti cular - woman's
liberation - that moved Mike to take such
an active role in the organization . "Mike's
a lawyer," he said , "the extension of the
deadline for ratification of the ERA really
offended him :' Than) said that in the past
hi s brother has also worked with conservative groups involved in the White
House cooference on America's families
called by President Carter last year.
Thom thinks his brother has changed
since he graduated from Gonzaga Law
School as an idealistic young lawyer in
1977. 'When he was getting his law
degree," Thom said, " he claimed that he
would live on a thousand dollar~ a month
and give the rest of his money away." He
wonders if his brother' S present ethical
standards differ from those of his college
days
Thom is also afraid that Mike may·be .
harmed by hi s sudden exposure to media
publicity. " Mike was just a lawyer in
Spokane with three kids ," Thom stated,
"he sold his house in Spokane, and left
a $75 an hour job as an attorney to fight
for a cause he believes in. In a way he's
putting hir:nself on the line."
Asked abQut Mike's recent run-in with
the State Library, Thom responded, "There
are some people who think that this is for
financial gain, but I think this particular
publicity is a fluke," However, Thom also
said he thinks Mike's political aims may
be a motivation for the recent flap. " I
think he saw he was going to <have to
work his way up. Basically, he's in it
because it's a good way to get into public
office."
·Farris' new political focus may be
causing contention between him and Jerry

.

Dr. Milham, in charge of t he DSHS
investigation, was asked about this theory
and he answered that although it is possi ble, he didn't feel it was very probable .
Dr. Gaud itz, a chemist for Weyerhauser, met with the Succotash A ll ian ce.
During the meeting she mad e the statement that women should plan their pregnan cies around W eyerh auser's spraying
sc hedule . ShE' also said that " babi es are
replaceab le." Both statements were met
wit h di sbeli ef.
When asked about th E' rem ark s she
sa id, " I rea li ?e it was a poor choi ce of
words . I know you can neve r replace a
baby, you ca n just have another. " She
said she was speaking from a bi o logical
point of view on ly. " I tried to imagine
what I would do in the ir place," she sa id ,
" and sin ce they o nl y_spray a few months
out of the yea r, I, as a sc ien tist would
plan my pregn ancy"
She does not believe the spraying of
2,4-0 has caused the abnormal pregnancies. According to Gauditz, one possibility
for the miscarriages could be marijuana
smoking. " Back to nature type people
. move out to fringe communiti es where
they, use and plant marijuana," she said.
" I'm not saying that's the reason for the
abnormal pregnancies, I just think it is a
possibility."
Falwell, founder and nationwide director
of Moral Majority. According to Thom ,
the State Moral Majority organization is
already experiencing power struggles.
" Mike disagrees with some of the things
that Jerry Falwell says," Thom remarked .
" There is some conflict within the organization for control and power "
Thom hopes that Mike's extreme stands
on social issues won' t damage his political
career. " He has to tone down hi s radical
side-thjs thing about closing down the
public schools for example, he has to
tone down if he's going to be successfuL "
Thom also said he occasionally wonders
if Mike is always forthright when dealing
with the people he cOlTles into contact
with. "He can say one thing to one group,
and they don't know they're being set up
to be used for another purpose."

His Own View
Thom said his own goals are to build
a better life for himse lf in the country .
" We want to work and live outside of
society," he said . He is currently living
with his wife Karen and her mother in a
cabin near Port Angeles.
Thom thinks that Mor.al Majority is
rai sing good iss ues, but thinks other things
need to be talked about. "The question is
simply this - are we going to continue to
li ve as we are, destroying the earth, <
destroying each other: or are we gOing
. to start (ookll1g for alternatives? "
As for his brother and Moral Majority,
Thalli said, " People have to make their <
own choices for themselves. I realize that,
but I don't think the Moral Majority
does-they've got their minds made up,
Mike was trying to open up a Pandora's
8CJ< to get the public aroused about
things. But then it just took off. "

In a move that -shocked the Olympia
political scene and left state Democrats
gnashing their teeth in helpless rage, State
Senator Peter Von Reichbauer informed
his fellow legislators last Friday that in the
future his desk will sit on the Republican
side of the Senate chamber.
In a letter sent to Senator George
, Fleming, Senate Democratic Caucas Chairman, Reichbauer stated simply: "I herewith resign as a member of the Democratic caucas." The maverick Democrat's
defection shifted the Senate majority over
to the Republicans by a 25 to 24 margin
and gave the GOP full control of state
government The Republicans already
control the State House and the Governor's office,
During a press conference early Friday
morning, Reichbauer discussed his reasons
for entering the Republican fold, "I'm
afraid," he said, "that the Democratic
party has gone astray from where it was
when I joined eight years ago. It is leaderless and rudderless , The ship of state is
drifting towards the rocks ,"
Reichbauer cited Senator Jim
McDermott, chairman of the Senate Ways
and Means Committee, and his liberal
views as a large part of the problems the
Democrats are facing. Senator McDermott
is playing the tune," Reichbauer said, "He

crat said he was particularly unhappy with
funding for public education in the
Senate version of the state's supplementary budget.

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is the Pied Piper of taxation. He is still
trying to prove he was right last fall."
McDermott was defeated by Republican
John Spellman in last year's gubernatorial
election.
In anger at Senator Von Reichbauer's
remarks, McDermott said in an interview
with the Seattle Times that, "The
Democratic Party hasn't changed, the
only person who's changed is the turncoat
in our caucus,"
Reichbauer declared that his cross-over
might shorten his political career, but .he
said he was left no. choice after discussing
differences with Senate Majority Leader
Ted Bottiger for over five weeks without a
satisfactory reconciliation. The ex-Demo-

Senator Bottiger's story is different. He
told the Times on Friday that Von
Reichbauer was a spoiled member of the
democratic caucas who made unreasonable demands: "I got tired of checking
with Peter each day to make sure of what
we could do that day," he' said . Bottiger
also said there will be a legal examination
of Von Reichbauer's defection. "If you
traded your vote for sOrT)ething, there's
ground for a recall," he said.
All but o'ne of the previous Democratic
chairmen have lost their jobs to Republicans in the wake of this complicated and
misunderstood power shift. The sole
exception is Von Reichbauer. His new
party has allowed him to keep his post as
chairman of the Senate Transportation
Committee. The new Senate Majority
leader, Republican Jeanette Hayner, told

the Seattle P-I Monday that no deals had
been made with Von Reichbauer to let
him keep his chairmanship
A major result of Republican control of
the State Senate may be the passage of a
redistricting plan that would greatly bene-·
fit the GOP in the next general election.
The legislature, is required to redraw the
boundries of legislative districts every ten
years to reflect the results of the national
census. This year's legislature is slated to
tackle that thorny and highly partisan
issue, and Von Reichbauer's defection
may give the GOP the power to reshape
the political map of Washington in its
own image. Senator Bottiger told the
Times that he felt it was " probable" that
the upcoming redistricting fight was a
force in Von Reichbauer's decision to· bolt
the Democratic party.
Senator Von Reichbauer reportedly
discussed his cross-Qver plans with Governor John Spellman just before releasing
the news to the press,

NisquaI1y Tribe Speaks Their Mind

The magnitude of such a development
las definite drawbacks as underlined in
v1r. Kalama's presentation . In essence, the
In a panel di"scussion on the proposed
nain concern of the Nisqually Tribe is the
v'eyerhaeuser Pier Project, held at The
aking of usual and accustomed fishing
vergreen State College, the N isqually
,ites guaranteed to them by treaty . The
ribe voiced their concerns . This was the
\lisqually Tribe, as a signatory tribe of the
rst time they have done so in public
rreaty of medicine Creek of 1854, holds
he newly--elected Tribal Chairman,
:ertain federally guaranteed Treaty Rights,
;eorge Kalama in his speech elaborated
ncluding the right for its members to
.n the effects the proposed pier will have
·~arn an adequate income from fishing,
.n his people's livelihood of fishing.
Joth on-reservation and at all usual and
Kcustomed places off-reservation. ihe
tribe also possesses the right to ha-ve
....ater of adequate quality to maintain its
fishery resources. Thus, the Nisqually
Tribe has a vital interest in any shoreline
By Phillip Everling & Jim Lyon
development on or ,adjacent to the
Nisqually River estuary, including the
proposed Weyerhaeuser export facility
at Dupont ·
j
Mr. Kalama went on to state that treaty
fishingJights of the Medicine Creek agree.ment would have long-term risks at its
usual· and accustomed fishing areas, that
. damage and destruction would surely go
hand-in-hand in ruining the water quality.
H.e a~so mentioned, in the State of Washington there are few undeveloped natural
•" delta river areas in existence. He strongly
urged the protection of the environment
not only for the Tribe's fishing areas but
also for surrounding areas such as the
wildlife refuge area, etc, in the Nisqually
Delta.
In closing, he stated that the Tribe'
H.B. 42 proponents are deeply conPossession of such seemingly innocuous
strongly
opposes the development of a
cerned
with
the
growing
acceptance
of
items as a Dr. Grabow pipe or a p·ack of
pier He felt the birds and fish had the
the drug culture in America, particularly
Bugler rolling papers could possibly result
right to breathe the fresh environment
the dramatic increase in the number of
in misdemeanor charges if H .B. 42, a prothat is still awarded them, as well as the
marijuana
users.
They
feel
that
popular
posed anti-paraphernalia bill is passed
treaty fishing rights of Indians practicing
entertainers like Cheech and Chong and
into law.
their livelihood of fishing He asks, " Why
drug-ori ented magazines such as High
. After much heated debate in the legi sgive up thi s pristine quality just for the
Times glamorize and' legitimi ze the use of
lature, House Bill No. 42 was recently
turn of a quick dollar for insensitive
drugs . They have envi sioned a future genpassed through the Washi ngton State
compani
es?"
erat
ion
of
,toned-out
zombi
es
who
would
House of Representatives by a very subGeorge. Walters, a Natural Resources
be incapable of becoming usef ul , produ cstantia l margin . The purpose of this bill is
staff person who is in the employ of the
tive cit ize ns.
to make illegal the sale, use, or possession
Nisqually Tribe, re iterated current points
Opponents
of
the
anti-paraph·ern
ali
a
bill
·
of all " drug paraphernalia."
of lega lity with the Supreme Court's
incl.ude the Washington Mercantile
Exac tly how broad a scope does thp
famous Judge Boldt Decision, which states
term "drug paraphernalia" encompass?
Associati on and Richard Weil, an attorney
that Indian Tribes were awarded by the
" for The Gob Slioppe, a Seatt le boutique.
Us ing language taken directly from
law of the land for their fi sh ing ri ghts in
They contend that H B. 42 curtails the inH .B. 42, it means :· "all equipment and/ or
their usual and accustomed fishing sites .
dividual's basic constitu tional freedom
materials
designed for use in planting,
He stated that the Nisqually basetJ part of
and threatens the right to priva cy . There
culti vating, harvesting, manufacturing, .
t hei r decision on the percentage of interhave also been doubts expressed as to t h~
producing, processing, testing, packaging,
ference
and their share of fish also applies
feasibility
of
eff
ec
ti
ve
enforcement
of
concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling,
to the Squaxin tribe; the other affected
such a law. H .B. 42 opponents theori zE'
or otherwise introducing into the human
tribe .
that a prohibition-like situation cou ld
body a controlled substance."
Mr . Walters went 6.-1 to say that not
develop, wherein o rgani zed crim e would
Taking into account this far-reaching
only will , the Weyerhaeuser Pier Project
supply the produ ct in demand-not drugs,
definition of all things " drug related, " it
interfere with the Tribe's fi sh ing rights ,
but paraphernalia .
stretc hes the imagination to the limit, trybut
under the Environmental Protection
Although House Bill No. 42 has made
ing to think of all t he things H.B. 42
Act,
it will also infringe upo n the su rthe
first
step.
toward
becoming
law,
it
might make ill egal Could your mother be I
rounding pristine envi ronment. He felt the
must still gain state Senate approval and
prohibited from buying an indoor growing
decision should be based on a fullythen weat her any subsequent court chal light for her hou se plants? It's possible.
informed public, but pointed out that the
lenges. Those opposed to H.B. 42 can
Cou ld you be busted for having a comNisqually Tribe was no included in the
take heart in ·the legal preced ent set
mon, electrica l " alligator" clip? Rea lisEnvironmental Assessment. He sa id, "The
recently concerning a head shop in
tica ll y, no, but theoretically, yes Pipes
EA merely states that the Tribes wouldn't
Parma, O hio. There, the Six th Circu it
and papers for the " legitimate" ingestion
be
impacted," but that in the long run the
Cou rt -of Appeals declared unco nstituof tobacco could also be affected .
terminal area harvest for the livelihood of
tional a law almost identical to the proThe strongest. organized proponents of
t he I ndian tribes will be greatly affected
posed H .B. 42 law.
H . B. 42 are the Washington State Parentby
the proposed quarter mile long pier.
If the sp irit of pragmati c comprom ise
Teacher-Student Association and the
Mr.
Kalama gave the CPJ a copy of a
prevails
during
Senate
debate,
the
antiNational Anti-Drug Coalition. SpokesP,erposition statement given to the Army
paraphernalia forces will probably settle
sons for these groups have characterized
Corps. of Engineers in 1979, which emfor a watered-down version of H. B. 42. An
paraphernalia prsxJucers and dealers as
phasized the proposed pier project's
members of a t'well-funded and sinister
amend ment would be added to the bill
possible impacrb-ased on the Tribe's goals :
stipulating the sa le of paraphernalia be
drug lobby" who have encouraged and
• Maintaining the high quality salmonlimited to those over 18 years old. A
propagated an atmosphere of decadence,
rearing environment in the Nisqually
sim ilar juvenile ban is now in effect in
of which an expression like "drugs, sex,
Delta area.
Ca lifornia.
and rock 'n roll' is symptomj\tic.
by Bert Medicine Bull

No Pipes, No .Clips, No Papers

.'

• Maintaining a safe and prOductive
marine fishery area for tribal fishermen .
• Protecting the archaeological resources
and gravesites of the Nisqually Tribe.
The Nisqually Tribe realizes the importance of development and that ri sk
must be tolerated if the ben efit of
development is to be obtained . 'They conclude, however, that the proposed project
places unacceptably high risks upon the
Nisqually Tribe and its treaty-protected
fishery The over-all feeling of the Tribe is
that the permit be denied for the proposed pier project. Their reasons for
opposing the proposed Weyerhaeuser
Dupont Project were:
• Unacceptably high ri sk to the millions
of Nisqually River sa lmon that rear in
the Nisquallv River estuary and are the
basis for the treaty-protected fishery
• The proposed dock and export operations constitute unacceptable navigat ion
hazards wiih: an unacceptabJy high in- '
crease in risk to· the marine water treaty
fishermen operating along the DuPont
shoreline, and loss of optimum gill net
drift locations at the dock site.
• Increased risk of damage or destruction
of archaeological sites and burial s, a ri sk
.that should be avoided if possible .·
• The Tribe's unwillingness to agree with '
the idea that the Nisqually Indian Tribe
. should accept the risk ana inevitable
loss associated with the proposed
- project, but where the applicant company gets the benefit.
• The bel ief that the wisest use of the
public resources of the Nisqually River
Delta area lie not in developing a
private port, but rather in preserving it
in a near-natural condition for future
generatio,[Is to experience.
,....-~~.,..

• The Tribe's mistrust at the strength and
integrity of the applicant compa ny's
commitment to environmenta l protection .
The Nisqually Tribe bases part of their
stance on the ruling in Confederated
Tribes of Umatilla V5. Alexander, 440 F.
Supp 553 (1977) . No project that affects
treaty fishing rights may be granted a
Corps. of Engineers permit without the
approva l of the affected Tribe .
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Open Meeti ngs: Another' 'Rou nd

pinion

Forum is a public opinion column. The
articles have been submitted .by our
readers. If you have an issue you would
like to discuss, submit your article to
Forum c/o the Editor, CPJ . We reserve
the right to edit.
f1j ..

I Tremblay felt that her a~tempt to
that refusal was misconstrued. Her
statement, " .. . people need to have the
freedom to talk privately. When you. hit
by Melanie Gulick
the print medium, your freedom .is
gone," -refers to freedom to talk about
The article, "CP I Editor Protests Closed
>
your
feelings. Yet, the fact that York
Meetings," raises serious issues. listening
Wong said that public forums on the
to. members of the Third World Commuissues discussed will occur in the near
nity discuss the story, I was prompted to
future indicates the intent of the Third
do some investigating.
World Community to be straightforward.
The article begins, "On Friday, FebruEvans, on the other hand, played it safe.
ary 6, CPj Editor Theresa Connor was
He thinks generally meetings ought to be
barred from a meeting between members
open, yet he took no part in the decision.
of the Third World Community, President What is his position?
Evans, and other college administrators."
According to the article, the "spirit" of
First of all, this "meeting" was actually
the Open Public Meetings Act was vioa private appointment that a group of
Third World people had made with Presi- lated. (The Revised Code of Washington
. . declares that all meetings in which
dent Evans to air personal feelings and
action is to be taken, are open to the
complaints about certain issues. It was
public. " ) To my knowledge, at this apnot a formal meeting specifically set up
pointment no official business was transto discuss or. form policy on issues of
acted, a collective commitment or
governance . This Third World group is
promise to make a decision w~ not
not an advisory body to the President.
exacted, and no vote was taken-all
defined as "action" under the Act.
The press, as a matter of routine, is not
invited to any private appointments made (Revised Code of Washington : 42.30.020)
with the President, and it, was mere cirThe quotation from the Evergreen
cumstance that Connor heard about this
Social Contract, " . . . that meetings of
particular one. She spoke first with Stone
public signific~nce cannot properly be
Thomas, Director of Educational Support
held in secret, ' was taken from the secand member of the Third World Commution on privacy, the first sentence of
nity, who told her she could stay-as an
which reads, "All members of the Everobserver. When she asked if she could
write a story, the issue was put before the green Community are entitled to privacy
in the college's offices, facilities devoted
Third World Community, and her request
to eOucational programs, and housing."
Wrl~ refused.
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View from the Dome

_Im;om

spokesman and their proposals to slash
the 1981-83 b\ldget on the backs of the
poor, the elderly and whoever else doesn't
have a good lobby . The Chairman was not
not amused and huffed and puffed about
how "we don't need that kind pf Ian:
guage."
,
)enator Jim McDermott and the House.
Democrats are attempti ng to restore at
least some of what has been cut. Those
cuts hit hardest at mental health, senior
cit izens, and aid to families of dependent
children . McDermott and the Demos have
their priorities straight .S.B. 3444 protects geoduck harvest areas. Well , we
Evergreeners can dig that .
Adieu from the Dome .
Hello Again from the Dome:
More bits of broil for the die-hard political junkie
Senator George Fleming is
backing a bill to make Martin Luther
Ki ng's birthday a state school holiday. The
uniform bill to honor this great leader is
long overdue .
The Displaced Homemaker Bill aids
widows who are divorced or have lost
their husbands. In the two years since its
inception the program has been a tremendous success . Well, the 01' M .M. (Moral
Malorlt~ ) is lobbying ag"inst it,;because
the program is ildm ini steredat YW.C.A's
and community colleges which promote
" pro-homosex ual, pro-abortion informati0n ." Horrors
Quo te of the Wee~ : " So you screw the
people who can least protect themselves':
Wd , :he response of Rep. loanne Brekke.
: k: " omments ",ere directed to a D.5.H .S

Nestlegate: Corporate Memos Reveal Dirty Tricks
by Val Chambers and Roger Stritmatter
In recent years Nestle has been the
target of an international boycott orgaganized by the Infant Formula Action
Coa lition and similar groups responding
to Nestle 's practice of marketing infant
formula to impoverished mothers in third
world countries. Through slim advertising
and saleswomen dressed as nurses, Nestle
convinced poor mothers that breastfeediog wasn 't chic. The result was a lot of
malnourished and dead babies . In re- .
sponse to the boycott, Nestle has apparently softened some of its advertising
practices. The basic thrust however, re-,
mains the same. VaIlS Director of Wasnington State chapter of INFA CT.

Everything You Ever Wanted to
Know About Getting Screwed,
but Were Afraid to Ask
nursing homes . Another maintains .community Health Centers to keep the men- .
tally ill out of state hospitals. Another is
Daycare Servi ces for women on welfare
who are getting job training to help them
out of the welfare rut. AII ·these programs
have a tremendous cost advantage to the
state. All these programs are being sold
downriver in what one of these cynical
fat· cats ca lls " a package of tears."
As cruel and misplaced as all this is
there is another aspect I find even more
appalling. The recent granting of tax
deferrments to a number of giant corporations in 'the state such as a $20 million
break to Crown-Zellerbach is a prime '
example of contempt for the people.
These deferrments,are equivalentto interest free loans and amount to millions and
r.nillions .of dollars in uncollected revenue.
Contrasting this is the daily wringing of
hands from legislators about how broke
the state is and how these needy families
and senior citizens will just have to suffer.
Some will say these deferrments create
jobs by bringing business into the state.
But even the companies themselves admit
that the new plants and mills will have
little direct benefit to the citizens of the
state:
Another angle to this distorted !peCtrum is the plan for redistricting. While
howling about the needs for the afore-mentioned cuts, the House Republicans
have selected a California firm to realign
the state and congressional districts. The
firm will cost the taxpayers $550,CXXlby lim Lyon
approximately the cost of maintaining the
The blood is cast on the water as far as
present Chore servic.es for senior citizens.
the legi slature is concerned. I'm not 'mereThe cost for .doing the redistricting with
Iy ta lking about the naked political
an instate firm would be about a quarter
ambitions of Peter Von Reichbauer. His
of the cost of the California firm. 50 once
defection of party from Democrat to
again the taxpayer~are getting. the royal
Republi can in the Senate is...tbe crudest
shaft.
form of opportunism . But the larger view
With Von Reichbauer's defection, the
must be maintained .
Republicans take the reins of the state
~ven before Von Rei chbauer's homage
welfare. One hopes they will begin to
to Benedict Arnold, the social problems
lead in a responsible manner rather than
that help the disadvantaged in this state
the petty bickering and self interest pedalwere In serious trouble. One program
ing that have dominated so far . The
being dismembered is Chore services
people oi'Washington should expect, and
whi ch helps keep senior citizens in their
demand, that leadership.
h O I11!" so they won't have to go into
P,lglo' 4 ~ooper Point lournal

When it became clear that she was not
welcome as a member of the workinlZ
press, Connor chose not to force the
issue and left.

. After years of countering the Nestle
Boycott with mass mailings of expensive
public relations material highlighting the
humanitarian role of the Corporation in
the third world, Nestle has shifted to the
offensive. In a last ditch attempt to avoid
living up to the proposed World Health
Organization's (WHO) Code of Ethics,
which would end or severely curtail the
promotion of infant formula in Third
World countries, the company is soliciting
the aid of obstensibly unbiased academics
in the effort to silence its critics.
.
.
I he new strategies came to light recently in a series of corporate memos received
by INFACT. The memos reveal a reality
quite at odds with the placid picture
Nestle has advertised to the public since
the last WHO meeting, at which the
proposed code of ethi cs was discussed
Nestle, according to Vice Preside.nt E.W .
Saunders, is " at war" with its critics.

One of Nestle's more unlikely field
generals 'is Dr. Lefever, president of the
Washington D.C. "Ethics and Public
Policy Center." In a january 27 radio in,
terview aired 6il\KVI Seattle, Lefever said
the " Socmlist leailiflgs" of the World
, Health Organizations and Nestle boycotters are eroding the Company's beneficent
educational programs in the Third World .
A WHO Code of Ethics affecting Nestle
would, he said, set an unfortunate precedent allowing WHO to meddle in the private affairs of governments and
corporations.
This is the enduring refrain to Nestle's
offensive : its critics are communists using
Nestle to destroy the world's "free
market" system. Earlier in January

..efever's organization orchestrated a
mass-mailing of a reprint of a Herman
Nickel article labeling the National
Council of Churches and other church
organizations who have supported the
boycott and the WHO Code of Ethics, as
"Marxists marching under the banner of
Christ." '
A january 4 Washington Post article
reports a payment of at least $25,()(X) from
Nestle to Lefever in return for services
rendered-:-presumably enough to cover
the cost of postage, but not something
Lefever has been hea;d pontificating
about in public recently.

letters ·letters letters·'letters letters

Correspondence between a Nestle
lawyer and Nestle's Vice President for
Corporate Planning also reveals the Company'~ intent to more directly undermine
WHO efforts to draft a restri ctive Code of
Ethics. The memo discusses the interference efforts of then WHO Assistant
Director General Dr. S. Flache, who left
WHO within two weeks time to become
the Executive Secretary of the infant form- .
ula industry's trade association .
Access to inside iriformation confirms
the fact of Nestle's unwillingness to alter
its baste marketing strategies in Third
World countries, even though Business
International has called the boycott "devastating" to the Company. Nestle's newest
bag of tricks depends on the infiltration
of media, health institutions and governments by "third parties" and "i ndependent
specialists" who will submerge their
Nestle Connections while assuring the
public that Nestle can clean up its act
without any help from the boycott or the
World Health Organization. Don't buy it.

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Wrong

To the editor,
Congratulations on having put out the
best CPj I have seen in my 2'11 years here
at TESC. The news articles filling pages
one, two, and three were lucid, interesting
and free of obvious bias and distortion.
Your editing left these articles readable,
smooth flowing, and easy to follow from
one column to the next. I thought your
mixture of on-campus and off-campus
articles was perfect.
In particular, Ken Sternberg's iirticle,
"Moral Majority Takes State Library to
Court," was well organi?ed, well written,
and informative. Whl~n's 'opinion'
pieces mayor may not be outrageous, his
reporting, throughout the year, has been
first class.

Dear Mr. Levy (c/o Editor),
Wrong.

"9-5" not so weak

Writers
Brian Woodwick
Andrew Derby
Kenn Goldman
Dawn Collins
Bill Livingston
Elizabeth johnson
lames Lyon
Emily Brucker
jeff Cochran
Denise Paulsen
, leff Radford
Allen Levy
Loretta Huston
Patti Howell
Matt Perkins
Barbara Dykes
lessica Treat
Bill Montague

Good Job!

Sincerely,
Steven Guthe

Cooper Poi nt Jou rnal
Theresa Connor

Istudents should not have to bear the burConsidering that Connor was not actually
den of recruiting Third World students,
barred from the meeting; conSidering that
no official action was taken there; conIanymore than any other faculty member,
administrator, or student should be
Sidering that the three 'categories Evans
,
responsible for enrollment. The new
outlined to determine whether or not a
I position of Admissions Counselor/Third
meeting was open was his interpretation
: World Recruiter ·indicates its secondary
of the Social Contract, and not a rule;
· concern for Tbird World students by its
and considering that Third World memtitle alone. (The Third World Community
bers said that this appointment fell under
; wants 'the title listed in reverse: Third
the closed-meeting category of "comWorld Recruiter/Admissions Coun's elorplaints" anyWay (as interpreted by Evans),
to reflect the position's priorities.)
it seems to me that a legitimate argument
Generally, it seems to me that the
. can be made for considering this meeting
· dent's report made vague statements that
a private matter in a college office. CerI were poor attempts to pacify· the Third
. tainly, it was not " . . held in secret. "
, W9rld Community at Evergreen: "We're
A Third World issue of greater signifi· Doing A Lot Despite What It Looks Like
cance was discussed in that same CPJ,
And Don't Expect Too Much Because
titled, "Third World Community DissatisThere Is No Money And We'll All Work
fied wi~h Recruitment Policies," a clear
Together To Make Things Wonderful'.' I.t
and concise, though somewhat short,
is
interesting to note that the Basic Proarticle. I read the President's Report on
gram,
"Explorations in perceptions," menThird World Recruitment and Support
tioned in the report as a program addressEfforts at the Evergreen State College
ing Third World concerns and issues,
mentioned in that article. Projected
not
specifically state this in the catalog.
enrollment totals of Third World students
In
addition
, it did not appear on a.list of
.ilt Evergreen have not been met, and
Basi c Programs published in the 1980 CPJ
enrollment has decreased 9% since 1978,
Orientation ' I ssue.
whi le total student enrollment has inI personally wou ld like to see more
creased 21%. (I would hazard a guess
Third
World students and faculty at Everthat not too many students, other than
green , as well as morE' programs specifi those of the Third World, are very concally concerned with Third World Issue, '
cerned about that .)
I think that now is the time for thesC'
My general impression of that report is
areas
to be given priority . Evans wa,
that Evans expects a lot from a small
<luoted as saving that Thiord World
number of people. His statement in the
response to his reassessment "was not
(PI "They (the Third World Community)
very
good . 'Their response was that thi s
have problems which have-understandably
sort of thing is always happening to
bothered them," shows that the problems
them '." FU~lny thing - that's becau se it i,
are not regarded as those of Evergreen
itself . " They" are supposed to take ca re of
ME'lanie Gulick is a student In the Explor" their" problems-without compensation .
ations in Perceptions program.
Third World faculty, admini strators, and

\

I,

To the editor:
I would just like to speak out as a
member of the so-called "pink collar
office" workers mentioned in the article
by Kathy Davis inl 29 jan . issue of CPj.
First a statement: Your perceptions are
correct and so are your ideals. The social
significance of the film, "9 to 5" is great.
Then a question : Do you really believe
that if the film had not had a comic relief
built into it, that as many people whol
have seen this film, would have?
At least billed as it was and with whom
was selected to play these parts, the
movie was. and will be seen by a large
audience and in this way it is and will be
a serious social statement. Believe me, I
too agree that it cou ld have been so
much better. The points won't all be
missed though and at least someone has
had the courage to say part of it. You
would think though that lane Fonda, considering her past inclinations, would have
shouted, not merely whispered. Do you
suppose the wind is gone from her sails,
so to speak?
Susan Fears

Lothar I zreel

Beep Yer Ass!
Dear CPI,
After reading the front page of your
Feb. 12, 1981, issue, I eagerly read the
rest of the paper. " At last," I. thought,
" they finally put out an issue that I can
relate to." Theresa Connor's open letter to
the Third World Community was really
sweet. As a black, femal~ student, I found
her recognition that the CP lowes " at
least one, if not several apologies" to
Third World groups touching and appropriate. just in case you can't think of
what to apologize for, may I suggest you
start with the little faux pas made in the
article "Help the GIG Commission ." In
that article four little words-"Disco (toot
toot, beep)' -offended me very much.
Of course most people who read the
GIG article probably didn't notice that
. little attempt at humor and those who did
notice probably saw i! just as a put-<lown
of disco and not as a put-<lown of the
Third World Community. Likewise, after
re'iilding that· little joke I laughed and
promptly put it out of my mind; afterall,
I don't like disco either. But when a white
student pointed out to me that the article
had listed eleven other kinds of music,
and that only disco had been put-<lown, I
realized how insulted I felt.
Taking such a humorless attitude
toward an essentially trivial bit of fun
probably makes me look like a jerk, but
after digesting the gist of Connor's open
letter I got the feeling that there was a lot
of us jerks on the Evergreen campus. After
reading Connor's arrogant assumption that
the silence of many individual members
of the Third World Community is due to
the "group's anger and hostility," and
after reading the lead story on the front
. page-"CPI Editor Protests Closed
Meetings," and after seeing how the CPI
gave "Third World Community Dissatisfied with Recruitment Policies" a' subordinate place to Connor's protest, after
having read all that, reading "Disco (toot,

toot, beep)" was like being hit in the face
with a yard of ch ittlins. Suddenly, for this
black, female student, Evergreen was just
a Il)icrocosm of the real and racist world.
The denotative aspects of " (toot, toot,
beep)" mean nothing mu.ch to anyone,
but the 'c'onotative aspects mean (PI insensitivity to me. When I had at last been
willing to take the CPI seriously, I got
shined . Well, shine on CPj and as the
Coyote said to the Roadrunner - Beep,
Beep yer ass .
Yours
Pearl Deans

Not ViciousDear CPI ,
I write in defense of Kenneth Sternberg,
as it would appear from letters in response to his article on the sugar situation
at the Coop that his "viciousness" is all
one-sided and biased. I do not know Mr.
Sternberg personally, but I do agree with
many points, both in his original article
and his letter in the following c.P.j .
But one of the things that bothered me
were the letters in response to him. In Ms.
Bergren's letter, a rather agressive and distasteful passage runs, " I don't remember
raping his sister, or emotionally abusing
him as a child." Another is, " After convincing my animal id that waylaying Ken
in a dark alley was not a proper response
to his hostility. " The other letter was not
as hostile, but was so defensive as to negate its worth .
I myself have been threatened with
physical violence in the past by a Coop
staff member (although not at the Coop)
when I criticized her attitude in dealing
with people. And to use the frame of
mind that unsigned letters of criticism are
scrut ini zed for comparison is reminiscent
of how the Nixon administration replied
to media and personal criticism.
As a former working member who put
in a few hours helping the Coop move I
resent being told by a Board member
upor asking about an irregularity in
prices, " If you don't like the way things
are done, come here and work yourself."
This letter should not serve to condemn
the open-minded and hard working
majority of people who work and shop at
the Coop. But the heavy handed practices
of a top heavy minority of emotionally

immature people serve to cduse ' much,
dissent and division over basic common
sense issues. Instead of a few deciding
what is good ,!nd what is bad, (164 people
out of two or three thousand members is
a" a few") let the majority dec id~for .
itself .
"' ~ j
A representative of a non-profit enviwnmental group which sells products
at the registers of the COO[1, asked a
Board (and staff) member if it was possible to inform cashiers to pay closer
attention to collecting money for the
Items. His reply? "No, they have enough
responsibilities in their three hours a week
as it is ."
I don't work there anymore, and lately
I've wondered why I shop there.
Robert Rao

Disgusted
tJearest Don Sitnmons and Ken Helm,
My heart goes out in sympathy to you
mistreated, misunderstood men. It myst
be awful to be discriminated against so
severely . I wonder how many CPI readers
can empathize with your situation-imagine, being an affluent, conservative, white
heterosexual man, at a school like Evergreen where people seem so focused on
leading healthful and free lives.
Imagine-the audacity of People of Color,
Lesbians, and even white Wimmin to
claim a space to offer each other support l
Imagine-the tyranny of people who
challenge white male supremacy I
I'd like to keep this letter brief because
great big crocodile tears are beginning to
roll down my face . My only suggestion to
you is that you leave TESC and travel to a
large city, because perhaps there you can
find other men like you and form a support group to talk about how oppressed
you are. I'm not sure if you can find any
other affluent, conservative, white, heterosexuC\1 men, though-I 've never seen any
in history books or the media, nor have I
really bee,! aware of any in this country,
though I think I saw one o,n the street
once.
.
With extreme sarcasm and disgust,
Amy Loewenthal
Co-coordinator Gay Resource Center

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The Evergreen ' Masterplan: Stu-dents

to Work with Fac~IJties

Malcom -X Remembered At· Evergreen

,by Matt PerkiJl'~ & Barbara Dvke~
';

Five years ago the Environmental and
Facilities Planning ,lnterim Team (EFPIT);
a OTF , maoe recommendations that the
master plan for Evergreen be reviewed
and revised as the school grew larger,
EFPIT strongly felt that the appropriate
group for completing this task would be
one comprised of students and faculty_
The directing goal of this group would
be " to initi,'lte and compfete a participatory, technically-competent, community
planning process that will result in an
acceptable, workable environment and
facilities plan for TESC " Out of this recommendation, the 1981 Applied Environmental Studies program was conce ived ,
T~at academ ic program gave birth to
TEMPT, wh ich sprang to life just six
weeks ago
A master plan while varying according
to wh ich team member you talk is among
o th,'r things a statf'ment of goals for
d,rpcl ln g future management.
During tht' I all quarter, while the idea
work, n~ on a master plan was little
more than a ViI\;ue cloud III the minds of
l he , lucien!:, In Applied Envi ronmental
')turi,," , ,p"eril l prom inent administrators,
Ill( lurll ll g Pre,ident [vans and Board
'nember lane Sy lvester, outlmed their
,deils ot spec,fi c projects wh ic h the student" tealll mi ght consider. All of these
J-leople had different ideas as to what
-mH,;ht be conS idered while planning for
I:vergreen"., iu ture, but a number of interesting pOSSIbilities we-re mentioned;
among \\hi(h were
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"White society hates to hear anybody,
especially a black man, talk about the
crime the white man has perpetuated on
the black man , , ," said Malcolm X in his
autobiography, " All I have been doing is
holding up a mirror to reflect, to show,
the history of unspeakable crimes that his
race has committed against my race,"
Since his assassination in New York on
Feb, 21, 1965, members of both black and
white communities recognize the significant contributions which Malcolm X made
toward achieving equal rights for minorities and raising the awareness of white
society,
Malcolm X became a national figure in
the early sixties, While his people felt that
he would never betray them, many did
'---!lot share his Muslim beliefs, They saw
that he had come from a life of criminality into a spokesman and leader.
In 1963 Malcolm X was a Black Muslim
minister involved with the larger mosques
in New York and Washington , D,C. Noted
for hi s sk ill and power as a public speaker, Malcolm X defended and explained
the Black Muslim reli gion at television
debates, rail ies, press interviews and
wherever Muslims were on trial.

• Timber management areas for forestry
study
• Research park and commercial labs
• Campus pub and coffee house
• Commercial space: stores, franchise outlets, movie theater, etc.
• Nature preserve or arboretum
Few of these proposals have been
actively planned until now, However, they
have all been voiced as possibiliti es by
at least one person in Evergreen's administration , The college is growing and the
future holds endl ess opportunities for
development.
What is built will most likely ~emain
a permanent part of the campus strur.ture,
TEMPT believes that Evergreen needs a
comprehensive set of priorities and programs to ensure that a cohesive, workable
plan emerges from the execution of the
indi vidual proj ec ts,
The goals outlined in existing planning
and administrative documents are in
many cases very pract ica l and highl y
commendab le. However, they need to be
reviewed and updated by those who _are
directly affected by their Implementation ,
In preparing this planning document,
TEMPT asks the whole community to
get involved . TEMPT needs the advice of
experts : the people who use Evergreen;
those who study, play, work at TESC The
team is not struggling to forge a Big
Beautiful Document, bound and printed,
just to have it sit around on a shelf and
look important. TEMPT wants this document to be used ,
Members of the master-planning team
find the ex isting collect ion of committees
and DTFs to be fragmented with no single
body responsible for commenting on
important planning issues. "We've got all
kinds of great committees designed to
involve students, staff and faculty in
planning and administrative decisions
here at Evergreen," said a student involved in the TEMPT project, " It doesn't
look as if they are working, Evergreen's
philosophy of community participation
seems to be falling further and further
from our grasp _My question is thi s: Does
anybody care?"

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Many student planners feel that none
from sofas in the CAB building to the
of their findings or recommendations will . need for a gymnasium
-On February 24 'an open forum on
be worth their weight in raindrops unless
campus planning will be helJ in lecture
they emerge from a colk!ctive, campuswide effort. Too many bodies on campus
Hall #5 at 12 noon , Student planners from
the academic program Applied Environare involved in some sort of governance
mental Studies will present maps and
or review process having little connection
drawings along with a discussion of their
with one another. The current masterproject and current planning issues which
planning project may seem to be yet
concem the future of Evergreen, Think
another example of this phenomenon ;
about your goals here at Evergreen, ' your
one more group which desires your time
pet peeves, your favorite issues_ Come
and hollers about this and that. There is
prepared to speak your mind, to give
a difference, though, a difference in
comments, and to help shape Evergreen's
scope, The range of opportunities for dis,
' future,
cuss ion and suggestions spans all levels;

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Malcolm X was not an advocator 01
violence-he felt however, that if a man
steps on hi s toes, he'd step on theirs , " If it
is right for America to draft us to defend
her, then it is right for you and me to do

by Bill Livingston
Students involved with the Evergreen
Master Plan met last Tuesday night to
discuss their ideas pertaining to pos~ible
expansion of a social space on and off
campus, The students are helping planners
come to ,a consensus of \'Vhat is needed,
and just as importantly, what is not.
The Evergreen population will undoubt~
edly continue to grow, so plans are being
readied to accomodate those future residents, not only with living quarters, but
with accompanying activity space,

According to students, the one accessible T,V , room is overcrowded and it has
no furniture, The pool table in "A" dorm
is almost always in great demand while
the one in the CAB is rarely used , Be-cause of its restaurant-like atmosphere,
The Corner can scare away those who
want to study or playa tune on the piano;
_. the campus ping-pong table is unusable'
in its "A" dorm cubbyhole,
Besides providing for the number of
students already attending Evergreen, the
new C\ctivity center will also serve the two
hundred or 50 more residents which
Housing expects to have to accommodate
in the no-so-ciistant future, The increase in
demand might even mean that the center
would be kept open 24 hours a day,
However, one possible problem with 24
hour operation is vandalism , The CAB
used to be .open all night, but then had to
be closed because of vandalism , Close
proximity to housing and the increase of
resident usage could solve the vandalism
problem, People may think twice before
pulling a fire alarm _or breaking a window
when other people are around, "

"

by Andrew Derby
Imagine using a computer terminal in
your local library to find the materials
you need, instead of spending hours '
rummaging through the card catalog,
Then imagine those materials being
scanned by the computer and checked
out to you in an instant. Incredibly, this
futuristic scenario is being developed by
the library at Evergreen ,
The State Library, Timberline Regional
library, and The Evergreen State College
Library are currently engaged in planning
an automated library system, The Consortium for Automated library Services
(eAlS) is the result of a local agreement
signed by the libraries llist January, and is
a cooperative effort in the acquisition and
implementation of an on-line computer
circulation system,
George Rickerson, former head of TESC
library Technical Services, has been
named project director. He stated that the
libraries will purchase and share a minicomputer, "Circulation systems of mem-ber libraries will be tied into one COrT)puter," said RickersoA, "Materials will be
easier to locate, If Evergreen doesn't have
the material requested, we will be able to
find out which library does,"

Other ideas that were brougnt up at the
meeting were: a campus mini-mall , which
wasn't very popular (the group didn't
believe that Evergreeners should be given
incentive to stay away hom the downtown area); and a boath.ouse-'l'11useum in
Olympia to be a gathering place for EVergreeners, their boats if they have any, and
the school's boats, The ,latter idea was
brought up with the intent that more
people would use the ma~ine facilities if
they were readily available, "They don't
seem to be using them now," said .one
Master Planner,
l!'is apparent that much improvement
is needed in the area of social amenities
here at Evergreen, In a single sentence,
the prevailing attitude at the meeting was ,
" If the facilities are readily available,
people will use them."

whatever is necessary to defend our own people in this country"
In 1964 Malcolm X mad e a two-week
pilgrimage to Mecca, the Holy City It was
a major turning point in his life - he saw
people of all races , all colors, from all
over the world coming together as one, to
pray to the one God, Allah , At ' the time,
Malcolm X sa id, " In the past, yes, I have
made sweeping indictments of all white
people , I never will be guilty of that again

a, I know now that some whit" peoplt'
<Ire truly sincere, that some truly i1rP
capable of being brotherly tOWdrd a black
man , The true Islam hilS shown nl!-' that il
hlank et indictment of all white ~>t-'oplp is
as wrong as when whites mak e blanket
indi ctments again>! blacks ,"
Malcolm X then went to Africa , and
talke-d with many high-rank in g official> of
the new ly independent bld ck African
NiHions. The visits greatly influenced him

Library Goes Electronic

Students Djscuss Campus
Improvenients '

Specifically, the Master Planners discussed the possibility .of an activity center
that could be placed in the wooded area
between the soccer field and "A" dorm,
The center would have characteristics of both the-Campus Activities
Building, The Corner and the other entertainment areas in "A" dorm, which
some students complain, are not perfbrm-ing their duties well.

Now comes Millertime.

The pres s ca ll ed Malcolm " The angri est
black man in Ameri ca ," He sa id that
"What is looked upon as an American
Dream for white people has long been a
nightmare for black people." Malcolm X
. 'represented Elijah Muhammad who
founded the Black Muslim religion_ Elijah
Muhammad believed that the way to end
racism was through black unity, and that
- blacks should become a separate nation
within a nation, so they could become
economically independent, and make jobs
for themselves .

because the Africans impressed upon him
"the heritage ,of the Afro-Americans _Malcolm X said, "The single worst mi stake of
the American black organizations and
their leaders, is that they have failed to
establish direct brotherhood lines of communication between tbe independent
nations of Africa and the American black
people,"
Malcolm return~ to America with a
changed outlook, " It isn't the Ameri can
i white man who is racist, but it's the American -political , economic and social atmosphere that automatically nourishes a racist
psychology in the white man ," He formed
the organization of Afro-American Unity ,
a non-sectarian, non-religious group
organized to unite Afro-Americans for a
constructive program toward attainment
of human rights ,
His involvement with Afro-American
Unity , however, res ul ted in a bitter split
with I::lijah Muhammad _Malcolm X now
felt that "Whether you use bullets or ballots, you 've got to aim well; don't strike
at the J-luppet, stnke at the puppeteer ..
Makolm made another pilgrimagp to
Me( U I. Hi , stay wa, longer th an Iw had
intended , ,md In t!:if-' n1Pan timf> n dill ' ,upport er, of A tro-AmerlCdll Unity h" d
Iw( o'!IE' di,il lu,ionpd Hldrk Mu , I'rT",
biH'keci by I-lijah Mulhl,nmed , , p()k;,
ag,l,nst M,ll, olm X sa\,ln~ that all 11.- d,ci
\'''.1' talk , a, oppo'ipci to taktng ,l( I,on
IIll'Y ,a id Iw w",- too, onill'>pd 10 hi'
,,,,nou,l,, followpd any longer,
In January oi 1%') , Blark Muslim '-,qJilr,It,,h bf'gan foll OWing him and threellening hi, li ft' On February 21, whil e
_Malcolm X \.Vas preparing to give a speech
III ,] Manhattan Ballroom , he was shot to
d!'clth by tollowers of Black Muslim
I "ddl'r Flijah Muhammad _
1'1 h" book Autobiography of Malcolm X
Iw concluded "If I ca n die having brought
,lflY li ght , having exposed 'any meaningiul
Iruth that wi ll help to destroy the racist
C,1I1(W that is malignant in the body of
AIl1f'n ca - then, all of thf' credit is due to
Allah , Only the mistakes have been mine "

The goals of the consortium are to
minimizeJedundant tasks and expense
while improving library service, Rickerson
sa id that books will be tagged with coded
lables and scanned by an electronic wand
at chec\<--out time, The process is similar
to computerized bar codes used in supermakets, Improved service will also include '
a library card accepted at all member
libraries. The "system also promises to
identify borrower problems more easily,
lowering incidents of incorrect billing.
"The automated circulation system will
handle our business accounts and keep
borrower statistics," said Rickerson,
"'enabling us to keep accurate reports on
how the collection is being used. These
reports tell us how we should s:->end our
money,"
In the event of a computer malfunction
or system breakdown, a separate computE!'r terminal with its own memory will be
available to serve users, Information fed
into the back-up terminal can be transferred to the on-line system at a later
time.
Funding for CAlS is an estimated
$3SO,(XX)_ The Timberline Regional Board
of Trustees has already allocated money
for a portion of their share of the costs ,

The State Library and Evergreen hope to
get their funding from the legi slature, and
expect a decision this spring ,

H"lIIIy .......

"We feel pretty confident th_at the proposal will go through," said Ri ckers.on,
'Tt's managed to survive the budgets of
both governors, But, any-thing can happen
with the legislature,"

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If the CALS proposal IS passed by the
legislature, a contract will be awarded no
later than August. I nstallation is planned
for December 1981 , and the system
should be operable by March 1982,
Although the first phase of CAlS only
includes the circulation system, future
plilns ca ll for a computerized card catalog
system,
"We would need more powerful machinery for that," said Rickerson , We are
hesitant to immedia~ely embark upon a
computerized c'atalog because of the cost
and possible abuse of the Inter-Library
loan system,"
_
So, while Evergreen's library users 'will
have to live with the present checkout
system for at least another year, the CAlS
computer will add a new dimension to
library use : minimum frustration and an
end to long lines at the circulation desk ,

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Georgette Valle fighting uphill battle
Rep. Valle is sponsor or co-sponsor of
a multitude of bills this session including
day care, mental health, control of radioactive wastes and a pesticides bill that
bas stirred the wrath of some foresters
who equate the public's right to know
with an outright ban on pesticides.

photo by Nancy Butler
by Jim Lyon

Valle says the real result is that the Ope~
Meetings Act is being "slaughtered" by
constant schedule changes and cancelled
meetings. The net eHect of the Proposed
Measure Rule is that public participation
in the legislative process is being
thwarted. "What's happening is very .
discouraging to me," Valle said angrily.

Representative Georgette Valle is having
a tough time in the House this session.
The vivacious and outspoken legislator
from the outskirts of Seattle is the first to
admit it.
Sitting in her office on a grayish Monday, short of breath from running to
meetings, the ten-year veteran ofthe
House talked about the "repressive"
measures that have been instituted in the
House. One example she noted is the
Proposed Measure Rule which allows bills
to be acted' on before they are even
printed.

Valle's major interest since taking office
has been with social issues such as the
public's right to information and consumer protection . One of the first bills
she.sponsored was "The Flammable
Fabrics Act" which states that sleepwear, .
from infant to size six, must be made of
non-flammable material. "I've gotten
many heartwarming letters from parents
thanking me. I'm really proud of that
bill ," she. said.

Although the Proposed ~asure Rule
was designed in the name of "efficiency,"

But Velie is adamant: "I think the
public has a right to know when pesticides are being sprayed. The bill simply
says the industry, both public and private,
must let the public know in advance'
they're going to be spraying. I don't think
it's too much to ask. "

Valle calls their view "a tragic assessment of a very good program. The reason
we set it up that way was to not create a
whole new bureaucracy. We took existing
agencies, some public, some private, and
set up The Displaced Homemaker Program there. It's unfortunate that they
make that kind of blanket indictment."

Georgette Valle hails from the Minnesota prairies, the land of a lOCO lakes,
progressive liberals and Walter Mondale.
She comes from Norwegian stock. "I'm a
farmer's daughter and I'm proud of it. I
have a background in politics that goes
right back to my childhood and the first
memories of F.D.R . I incorporate all that
into my thinking."

Another one of Rep. Valle's interests is
a National Academy for Peace which she
thinks is an idea whose time has come.
"We spend so much on defense and arms,
we ought to develop people who can
negotiate with strategies of peace by
using a method and manner of diplomacy.
I think it's time we started to focus on
something like that."

Rep. Valle went to the University of
Minnesota and has her B.S. degree in
occupational therapy. One of her current
projects is tryi ng to save The Buckner
School for Injured Workers which helps
retrain people who are hurt on the jo~

Rep. Valle is an articulate and strong
spokesman for the less fortunate . At the
outset of the current session, however,
Rep. Valle thought she might take some
time to step back some for personal
growth and renewal. "I really thought I
could step back and appraise. It hasn't
worked out that way, " she sighed . " I'm as
busy as ever."

She said she gets very frustrated with
the state's bureaucratic rigamorole! First
they say there aren't any trained personnel and then, six months later, they complain that the programs aren't working.
Another project she is working on is The
Francis Haden Morgan School for Autistic
Children which she said does an "excellent job of working with these kids "
One bill Rep. Valle has been instrumentalon is The Displaced Homemaker Bill
which helps women who've divorced or
lost their husbands to get a new start. In

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Valle IS not a headline grabber, not
someone you'll see holding a pre!tS conference every week to boast about her
exploits. But watching her argue a losing
cause for human services or testifying
before committee for her Pestic ides Bill,
is to see at least one legislator who
bel ieves infighting strongly for the publ ic
interest. In these days of big interAts and
even bigger money, there aren't many
like Georgette Valle.

Gallery to Show
Northwest Art
,.

By Jan Teague
John Hoover's sculpture, exhibited all
over the world, captures the beauty and
spirit of Northwest Coast marine life. Evergreen will have the privilege of viewing
some of his work at Gallery IV starting on
February 28. Hoover will be present at
open house between 2-5 on the 28th and
will personally answer any questions
about his works.
"What makes his works outstanding
compared to other works is its originality
and the fact thilt its idea content is of the
ancient Aleut shaman religion," states Del
MacBride, State Capitol Museum curator.
MacBride will be lecturing on Contemporary Northwest Ethnic Art here on campus
March 12. He describes Hoover's style as
Salish, the work less ornate, the forms
with a more simplified shape.
John Hoover is one of a select handful
of Tlingit Indian artists who are reviving
a virtually extinct part of nature; the
artistic heritage of what is considered the
richest and most highly developed group
of ancient people in North America.
The idea of a Spirit World, trances, the
close relationship of Man, Animal, and
Nature seem real and meaningful to
Hoover. The main theme for his work is
his Aleut tribe's mythology. By reading
ethnology books of Northwest Coast
Indian and Eskimo myths which had never
been illustrated, he was able to find an

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its two years the program has had a great
success. However, the Moral Majority has
begun lobbying against the bill because
it's administered at Y.W.CNs and community colleges which dispense "pro..
abortion, pro-homosexual" .information. ·

endless stream of new ideas for calVi ngs
and sculptures.
His works have a quality of surrealismrecognizable shapes str~tched and refined.
Elongated sculptured shaP1'!5 seem to rise
out of the water in some of his piec€s .
The sea creatures and birds intermingle
with human forms to make Hoover's
modern impression of the ancient world
of Tlingit religion.
Besides very large sculpted panels,
Hoover has done unusual triptychs that
give the viewer two impressions of the
work, the subtle folded view and the
powerful inner view when the image is
unfolded. Figurines that seem to be walking, plaques that seem to fly or jump from
the wall, and mobiles that engulf you in
movement are all a part of Hoover's art
genius.
The frequent appearance of the faces
in his work is a puzzle even to him.
Hoover feels that the faces are probably
inspired by the "Okvik Madonna" figures.
These are the small ivory figures which
have been found scattered throughout
Alaska, and considered the oldest remnants of the Northern Maritime Culture,
dating back to 300 B.C.
The wood that Hoover uses is cedar,
four or five hundred years old .. His "signature colors" are soft washes of orange,
rust, wood tones and the blue greens of
the sea. He achieves much softer shades
than are typical of Northwest Coast Indian
art by mixing the colors with white and
diluting them with turpentine and linseed
oil.
Like the Tlingit shaman, or medicine
man, the tribal artist communicates with
the spirit world, not just through the finished product, but during t~e creation of
it. " Sometimes I feel as if there's an immense gulf separating me from the spirit
world . My creativity is an attempt to cros~
the gulf. I hope that the spirituality of my
work comes through to other~ .T here's
more to it than just materials. My art has
become my religion, to share it with
'
others my goal."

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by Jessica Treat
Two Evergreen Student Productions
opened last weekend and will be seen
again on alternating nights, beginning
Thursday with All My Sons, and ending
with Bent on Sunday. Both involve a
nearly superb cast of actors and emotionally haunting drama.
Bent, written by Martin Sherman and
directed by Evergreen senior Jace Knieval,
is a powerfu l dramatization of the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany.
One of the beauties of the play is that
while depicting the situation for homosexuals in Germany-specifically at
Dauchau where their status was below
even the Jews' (homosexuals were marked
by a pink triangle as opposed to a yellow
star) -it speaks very clearly to the situation in the 1980's. Recently a spokesman '
for a coalition of Fundamentalist groups,
including that which claims to be the
majority in the name of "morality,"
announced that it will spend some three
million on a media campaign attacking
homosexuality. It isn't hard to draw parallels between these two times.
Bent's opening scene, perhaps intentionally, gives us' no clue that we are in
anything other than the present. Before
the Nazi burst into the apartment, we
could be watching a play about Max and
Rudy, two gay men who share an apartment, one of whom happens to drink too

by Patti Howell
Woody Simmons is
musical wonder
who, with a series of quiet entrances, is
building a mul~i-<limensional career in the
alternative music industry. She is a bright
new composer, arranger, producer and
engineer, as well as performer of original
soft rock, country, bluegrass, pop and
jazz
A musicall~ precocious child, Woody
strummed the ukulele and "banged on the
piano" at age three, began serious piano
study at four, and was writing music and
playing guitar on local television while
still in her teens. She began her professional career as a muscian as a 1S-yoor
old folk singer in pizza parlors of her
native Iowa. Simu ltaneously, she was
developing as a gutsy boogie-blues
pianist. In the early seventies, Woody
moved west. While playing slide guitar in
Vancouver, B.C. with a street muscian,
she was introduced to the mandolin. A
few years later she picked up the banjo
From the Northwest, Woody gradually .
migrated down through Oregon to California. For the past five years she has
been based in the San Francisco Bay
Area-the west coast heartland of a renaissance of women in music. This environment has given Woody the chance to
work and tour with many talented
women, both in the recording studio and
on stage. She is f~atured playing a variety
of instruments on albums released by Cris
Williamson, Margie Adam and the late
Malvina Reynolds. Her work with. groups
as well as her solo performances have
taken her to clubs and university campuses throughout the United States, and
she has been a featured artist in many

much , get rowdy and bring strange men
home-none of which he remembers in
the morn ing. The arrival of Nazi police,
and the appearance of Greta (Brigette
Challis, the only woman in the cast, who
gives a stunning performance as a nightclub owner and performer) takes us
quickly to Nazi Germany.
Max, played by Robert Rodriguez, carries the play from beginning to end . Max
manages to bring himself through each ordeal and is able to maneuver situationstif
it's his opening hangover or the death of
his friend Rudy) by counting methodically
to ten . Max also shows a talent for " making deals. " It is this abi lity and determination which carry him to the end of the
play, while Rudy (played by Tim Streeter),
more naive and physica lly weaker than
Max, never makes it to the concentration
camp. Max's talent gets him a yellow star
instead of the more appropriate pink triangle, but with the improved status he
carries the burden of guilt and the feeling
that he is no longer a person -not the
Max who loved Rudy. Survival at
Dauchau is a choice between looking out
for self (at the risk. of losing the ability to
love anyone else) or realizing humaness
through caring for someone else (at the
risk of losing your life). Any open act of
affection, like an act of defiance, affirms
one's existence, and warrants death .
Max is an interesting combination of

pragmatism and selfless love. Rod riguez
manages to portray this conflict convincingly, though he is never as good alone
on stage as he is when paired with
Streeter's smooth performance as Rudy, or
with Bob Richerson, who plays Horst.
Horst is the homosexual at Dauchau with
whom Max manages to maintain (without
ever being physical) a 10vit:Jg sexual relationship. Richerson never falters in his
portrayal of Horst, the more openly caring
and physically fragi le of the two. In the
scenes in which the two of them move
rocks back and forth, making and unmaking piles, Rodriguez and Richerson
positively shine. The stark set and use of
lighting through a backdrop help to make
these scenes the most powerful of th~ _
play. The fierce heat and extreme cold,
Max's and Horst's fear, their love, and
even their sexual pleasure; become phYSIca lly present for the audience.
It should be mentioned that Jeff Noyes
appears in two roles , once as Max's Uncle
Freddie-an older, better concealed
"fluff" -and later as the Nazi , who, with
Possession of such seemingly innocuous
sneer and his sideways glance at his righthand-Nazi-man (Sieve Smith) relentless ly
lerrorizes the prisoners . Noyes gives
equally convincing performan ces of these
two very different characters. Tom Barnes
has a bri ef but memorable appearance as
Wolf, the wild -man in leather whom Max
brings home in the play's opening SCf~n es
All My Sons , under direction of Evergreen senior Ben Fuchs, is as equally wellcast (Noyes and Streeter), but appears less
timely than Bent. From the begi.nning, All
My Sons grounds us in a midwestern'town
in the forti es. Arthur Miller's play deals
with issues of honor and responsibility
within a family :difficult themes to tran sfer
to the modern American family.
The father, Joe Keller, has spent a lifetime earning enough money to assure the
future of his family . Through an act of
negligence (so as not to lose money) he

national and regional women's music '
festivals.
In all her work, Woody Simmons is
noted for her technical brilliance and the
originality' of her musical concepts, which
emphasize her versatility as a writer and
instrumentalist. Her first album, Oregon
Mountains , released in 1977, is a highranking favorite in the alternative music
network.
Woody's new album is appropriately
titled Woody Simmons, and is a remarkable one-woman achievement. Woody
wrote the music, did the arrangements,
and is also the executive and musica l
producer of the album. She sings lead and
back-up vocals and plays the piano, synthesizer, guitar and banjo. Woody's work
on thi s second album is 'carefully enhanced by many fine supporting artists,
several of whom will accoml1any her
when she appears at Evergreen on Saturday. The musical line-up will include sax aphonist Patti Vincent, formerly of the
now-<lefunct Portland band Baba Vaga;
Teri Anne on electric guitar; Jan Martinelli on bass; Bonnie Johnson on drums;
and Christine Bagely providing back-up
vocals.
Woody Simmons and Friends are
._ .
scheduled to perform two shows on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 and 9:30 p .m. in the
Recital Hall . Tickets for the show are $3
for students and $4 for general admission.
Advance tickets a~ available at the Evergreen Bookstore, Rainy Day Records,
Budget Tapes and Records (downtown)
and at the door. Childcare is available if
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may have killed hi s son . He may also
have killed every young man who had to
fly a P-40 with a cracked cylinder. The
money, meant for the remaining son,
becomes murder's afterbirth -ugly and
untouchable. What was meant to continue the Keller family's name and honor ,
dismembers and disgraces it instead .
Scott Jamieson gives a tight and con·
vincing performance as the father, Hoe
Keller. Jamieson manages to present
Keller as a character with whom you
never stop empathizing. He is forever likeable and well-meaning. Karen Hatcher's
performan ce as Kate Keller, the crazed
and determined mother, is equally strong,
and builds in the second and third acts
Chris Kel!~r, the r.emaining son, is consistently well -acted by Craig Smith There
aa' .J host of lesser characters - former
and present-day neighbors - whose performames vary. A numoer of lines . espepecially those of Annie Hubbarel'(Chtis's
fiance and the former fian ce of hi s
mi,,,ng brother, played by Nancy We~ ­
born) are 'clich ed, though one feels she
could have brought more life to them.
And th~re seem to be too many character, . that the play would be tighter without Ihese constant interruptions from nex t
ci oor. The drama heightens with the arriva l of Annie's brother George, who tries
to drag her home, and in doing so, stirs
up the family muck. Streeter gives a fin e
performan ce as the obst inate and unlikeable antagonist.
Though the play never seems capable
of holding all the emotion it builds (poor
lines and the neighbors' comings and
goings make potentially emotional situations leak), it is well worth seeing for the
pt'rformances given . Hatcher, Jamieson
and Smith as mother, father and son, do
an excellent job of bringing the play
together. The last scenes between father
and son, father and mother, mother and
neighbor Dr. Bayliss (played by Noyes),
~re especially moving.

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Contract or Intemship?
Third World
Student Workshop

Solar Greenhouse

The Third World Coalition and the
Office of Cooperative Education are
sponsoring a workshop for Third World
students on Friday, Feb. 20 in Lib. 3205
from noon to 1:30 p ,m , The purpose of
this workshop is to acquaint Third World
students with the Cooperative Education
program, the process involved in securing
an internship, and current internship
placements. All interested students are
encouraged to attend.

In anticipation of the upcoming sunny
weather, a tour of Olympia-area solar
greenhouses will be conducted by the
Southern Puget Sound Solar Energy Association on Saturday, Feb. 28. If you are
interested in how solar greenhouses are
built and how well they work, be ready
for a group departure from the Solar Outreach Center, 1620 E, 4th in Olympia at
10:00 a.m. For more information, phone
the Center at 943-4595.

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Economy Contract
Off-Campus Environmental
Study
Full quartpr credit for outdoor environmental field study is avail abl e thiS spring
from the Sundance Wilderness Center, a
TE SC off-campus extension program Field
act iviti es will Include nature study, backpacking, ri ver running, and cross country
skililg. The location of thi s program is
Jackson Ho le, Wyoming Representatives
of the Su ndance Wilderness Ce nter wtll be
on ca mpus Friday, Feb. 20 to give a presentation in Lecture Hall 1/2 from 11 30
a.1n to 1:00 p.rn

Tropical Bio
Program Offered
.'" Tropi ca l Biology program will be offered at Evergreen during the Fall 1981
quarter. Interested student s ca n pick up
appli cat ion form s from Larry Eickstaedt at
the Academic AdVI Sing Offi ces. .

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I n response to student interest, the
proposed spring group contract in The
American Economy will be expanded to
cater to students with little or no background in politics and economics. A
meeting for those interested wil l be held
on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 11 :00 a.m. in
the 1600 lounge of the library For further
information , co ntact Bob McHugh,
evenings at 786-9649.

by Bnan A. Woodwi ck

Available

While the Van Halen tour was exciting
for th e band, it wasn 't a new experience.
Rail ha s also opened shows for Blue
Oyster Cult, Black Oak Arkansas, Head
East. Pat Benatar, Randi Hanson , Alvin
Lee and Heart. The Heart shows were
their first international tour, as they
trave led to Vi ctoria and Vancouver B.C. ,
in add ition to Seattle. Rail is also the only
hand to have placed in the top two position, of the Puget Sound Music Poll
Awa rd s each year sin ce th e In ccpti o n oi
the awards four yea rs ago. Twi ce, Ra il has
won the award of SCilttl e's favor ite hand
itnd tW ice they fini sllf'u ,eeono in tllP
ba ll ot II1g

Wilderness

Financial assistance is available for
1981 Spring Quarter teaching credentials
with the Sierra Institute, University of
Ca lifornia, Santa Cruz. The 20 unit teaching credit program provides training in
wi Iderness education. The program is designed for upper level students or 3rd
quarter sophomores. Up to 50% of tuition
is covered by the financial assistance
grants . For information and forms, write
to the Sierra Institute, Cardiff House,
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
95064. Or ca ll (408) 429-2822.

KAOS To Hold Auction
Beg in~ing on the night of Friday, Feb .
27 and continuing through Sunday, Mar.
1, KAOS will air its annual gala fundrai slllg auction. From 10:00 a.m . to 10:00
pm each day, KAOS programers and
sta ff will award to the highest bidders
goods and servi ces donated to KAOS by
local businesses . Items to be auctioned
will range from dinners to record albums.
This year's auction promises to be bigger
and better than ever, so tune in, support
KAOS and take something home

Rail , the multi decibel band from Bell evue , Washington that ope ned Van Halen's
last Ameri can tour, is laying heavy metal
tr acks to st ardom. Th e band has recently
fini shed record ing illl the tracks to their
fir st album , and are trying to land a co ntract wit h a major label. Previous to
.
fini shing the album, Rail hired a new
man age r, John Bauer of the John Bau er
Concert Company. Bauer handles most of
the major rock concerts in western
Washington. Future plans for Rail in<;·lude
a showcase or two in Los Angeles (asrnlw
case is a concert for musi c business
executives ) and a tour of Japan and North
America.

Any students who are contemplating an
Individual Contract and/or Internship for .
Spring Quarter are invited to attend a
workshop sponsored by Academic Advising and Cooperative Education on
Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Lib. 2205 from
Caretaker Position
11:00 a.in. to noon. Topics to be aiscussed will include: How and where to
find a fac~lty sponsor; negotiating the
Individual and Internship Learning Contract; interviewing tips for prospective
Applications are being accepted for the
interns; evaluations; and much mQre.
position of Organic Farm Caretaker. This
This is a good opportunity to get it
is a non-resident, paid position, 19 hours
together before Spring Quarter. HOPE TO per week. Workstudy students are preSEE YOU THEREII!
ferred. Duties will include building and
grounds maintenence with academic program coordination. Vacation and weekend
work is required and a year long committment is preferred. For more information
contact the Office of Facilities at
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Studies Grants 866-6161

Poetry
The Evergreen Foundation has awarded
the Arts Resource Center with money for
a literary publication We hope this will
berome an annual publication. Faculty,
staff and students are encouraged to submit poetry, short stories, essays, graphics
and photography. The deadline for submi ss ion s is March 15 . The Arts Resource
Cen ter is loca ted in Lib 3215 .

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Self Help Legal Aid (SHLAP) will have a
meetlllg for all those interested in working
as legal assistants during the 1981-82 year
at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. The meeting will
be held III the 3200 lounge of the Library,
A follow-up meeting will be held in the
same place on Monday, Feb. 23· at 5:00
pm, Applications are available in the
SHLAP office now; it's located in Lib.
3224. Preference will)~ given to those
who take the Legal Research -Module
offered next Quarter, or who can demonstrate comparable tra ining Hiring will be
comp leted on or before the March 4 AcademiC Fair. Call 866-6107 for further
IIlformation .

(um pmed of four hard workin g Illu·
Rai l may bp on t he vergp of the
big t ime Rick Knot ts, one of the band ',
Ip,lO gui til ri sl s, plays the wh ite fl ying V
bp, ides stud ying f ly ing lea ds, Ri ck is
in terested in hi story , and co mmerits. " A
lot of peopl e arc surprised t hat I read
buoks li ke Lessons in Hi.,tory by Will and
Artel Durant in stead of Playboy or Pent- .
hou se. But in hi gh s(" hool I had a 3. 80
C. P A. I was n't one of those real bookworms though itS I 'had something li ke
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Altered Stat e.\ may very well be the
quintessent ial " trip" movi e. Other films
have been described as mind hending or
hallucin ageni c in their cinematic effect,
but 'Altered States goes o ne step beyond
the ephemera l visua l displays of previous
head fli cks. Thi s film works on an intense.
visceral level, rather than a spacey, cerehral plane of expert ence.

Musically, They are in sp ired by the Scor
pions and Judas Priest What is important
ISt o singe you r ears w ith a burning lead
from the guitars and feel every drum bea t
The kal eidoscopic light show whi ch
in every ce ll of your body until it pu lsates
. climaxed Stanl ey Kubrick's futuri stic space
through your very being.
opera, 2001, A Space Odyssey, is a prime
If you like loud, powerful rock, and are
example
of what Altered States is not.
not afraid of crowds, Rail will be pl aying .
Thi s sequence has undoubtedly eli cited
at Ast airs, in Olympia, thi s Friday and
many an apprecialive "far out l " over the
Saturday
years, but its appeal was almost strictly
visual, comparabl e to a child's initial
. exposure to a Fourth of July fireworks
display

Kelly originally started the band in
junior high and is the unofficial spokesman for the group. When the band managed themselves Kelly handled all their
bookings. The band's weekly bu siness .
meetings are held at Kelly's house and it
was at one of these meetings that I fi rst
interviewed Rai l.

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Until they get the album released they
wi'll sti II be bringing their mu sic to thc
loca l taverns . Their brand of hi gh energy,
multi decibel rock & ro ll reflect s all t he
practi ce they put in to it. They are mu sically tight, and with the multitude of
equipment the band owns (a semitru ck
fu ll ) they can bl ast your ears off yet reta in
a sharp cri sp sound with distortion only in
t he desired places .

Th e other half of the lead guita~s duo is
Andy Baldwin, who lives in a house on
the shores of Lake Sammamish. I inter.viewed him on the balcony overlooking
the lake and his speed boat. Sipping a .
cold beer, Andy told me about tour life.
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to be. It ca n be thoroughly, enjoyably
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Bf' iorp Rail hireo John BaLI'" ii' theil
llliln.1gf'r, thf'Y 'i gned a thfPP al h'llll ,Of'a'l
Wi th produ ce r Michae l ~"hpr ~" h e r wa,
thp Svenga li beh ind Hear t, and pilot('d
t heir ri se to fam e .. Ra il ', album Wd' rl"
corded in Fi sher's studi o, w hi ch t' Imated
In hi s brother's house. H IS brother is .
fo nner lead gu itari st for Hea rt Unlike
former managers, Fisher's strongpo l nt is
envisioning t he band on il national spott rum , as opposed to the local tavern
,cene

After a lo ng di sc uss ion o f s;lteliite wars
with the Russian s and CIA involvment
with the A rab world , I asked Rick about
the Van Halen tour . "I enjoyed the hel l
out of It ," anw;ers Rick . " I mea n af ter
playing t o.29,ooo people it's ju st not th e
sa me playing to 200. Playing to huge
crowds is addict ive. We all definitely
want to get back to the road as soon as
possible."
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~ermezzo

Thi s January marked Rail 's eleventh
anniversary and you may be asking yourse lf why they haven't mad e it yet with all
this exposure and 'being together for so
long . There are some good reasons . When
they first started out eleven years ago
they were stil l in junior high . They quickly
mad e a name for themselves by putting
on se lf-promoted kegger parties at a barn
in Kirkland known as the flying J The
band was known as Rail & Co . and signed
with Unicam Booking. Unicam's main
market is high schools and the band was
soon tops on the high school circui t.
Another obstacle they have had to
overcome was having three managers in
two years. The first was Jim Smith , who
heads Uni cam Bookin g. Rail fired Sm ith
und still don't hold him in the high est
c,teem . Charl es Borden Kl'stl'r was th eir
next mana ger. Kpstl'r didn' t h,wp tilt' i orp' ight i or t ilt' hane!" futllr!" Oi l a l1<l tionill
lewl dnd he tri ed tu muld them Into an
unn atu ral po,it ion Ke>t" r .hdd t he b,md
cut th pl r ha ir ,md Wl'M thrp(, pie( (. , u lh .
rhl' short li ved ('xperinll'll t d id n't last
·Iong ,1Ild Rail deCi ded to 1l1,1Il dge them,('lve' . 1hl' sltLi at lon Wilsn' t a tOl al 10,'
t li oLlg h, as Ri ck satd of thE' px pprtcn((',
" Wp sure founcl out whdt wp were n' t."

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european. 'coffees, herb teas,
whole wheat pastrie~, ita6an
sodas, Haagen-Dazs Itt cream.

Kelly's hou se, I soon found out , is the
worst place to talk to him . He has two
different phone lin es and is usually ta lking on one. Th e half hoUr I'm ,there Ra il
gets four different bookings and ca ncels
anot her.
.
Whi le the band does have a good time,
t hey aren't constantly partying. They are
professional mu sicia ns first.

.

ESCORT : Evergreen State College Ongoing Relief Team . Students Escorting
Students, Ca ll 866-6140 evenings, 8 to
12 p.m. , for Security-approved student
escorts. We want your support, we
want to support you!

Altered States explores the unknown .
combining a sense of wonder with .a gut
wrenc hing element of fear. Instead of an
amazed " oh, wow l ," thiS film is more
likely to provoke a startled "oh my god l "
from the audience member. When the
protagoni st's body begins to undergo a
series of grotesque genetic mutations , it
requires a very sli ght stretch of the imagination to actuall y feel a sympatheti c
;eaction : muscl es twitch involuntarily,
lhe heartbeat qui ckens , and mental focus

hlur<; . In other words, mild hallucinations
spem to occu r, and not because of magic
mu , hrooms.
Of course, individual rea cti ons will vary
from viewer to viewer. Th e jaded and
(yni ca l, the " is that all there is?" types
will probabl y yaw n through the entire
tilm . However, those with an open mind
Jnd a desire to have a littl e fun should be
absolutely carried away by thi s film . The
,toryline IS basical ly a mod ern reworking
of the claSSIC Frankenstien plot : a brillian t, ambitious young scienti st becomes
obsessed with an " unnatural " experiment,
the regression of man to hi s primordLal
state. Dissected cadavers and electri ca l
thunderstorms have been replaced here
by potent hallucinagens and free floating
isolation tanks . But in th e end, the experiment goes awry and the moral is " there
are things that man was not meant to
know l "

Altered States is hi ghly recommended.
Don't wait for it to hit the summer drivein circuit Pay the extra bu ck and a half
and see it at an indoor thea tre whe re the
spec tac ular special effects and ear rattling
" megasound" can be best appreciated .
The cast of unkn owns is extremely capable and t he direction by Ken Russell , the
king of cinemati c excess, is fas t paced,
offbeat, and delightfully outrageous.

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