The Cooper Point Journal Vol. 3, No. 4 (October 17, 1974)

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Title: Eng The Cooper Point Journal Vol. 3, No. 4 (October 17, 1974)
Date: 17 October 1974
Evergreen Subject: Student Organizing and Activism; Environmental Studies; Media Studies/Arts
Description: Eng Page 1: Cooper Point Journal (front page) Image: sign - Construction Ahead on road shoulder;
Page 2: (advertisement) The Cooper Point Journal;
Page 2: (advertisement) Academic Research Library (Los Angeles, Ca);
Page 2: (advertisement) Evergreen Villages;
Page 3: Growing Pains - page 12 (feature story);
Page 3: cartoon - Evergreen State College clock tower with traffic light ;
Page 3: Table of Contents;
Page 3: Staff Credits;
Page 4: (advertisement) the Four Seasons;
Page 4: (advertisement) Vino Fino;
Page 4: (advertisement) Raudenbush Motor Supply;
Page 4: (advertisement) Peterson's Foodtown;
Page 4: (advertisement) Colony Inn;
Page 5: Times At Evergreen State College: Your Mother Should Know;
Page 5: (advertisement) Laid Back Motors;
Page 5: (advertisement) Captain Coyote's;
Page 6: (photograph) [head shot of man with beard and glasses](by Praggastis);
Page 6-7: Letters: Exposing Expo;
Page 7: Letters: Playwright's reply;
Page 7: Letters: Programming;
Page 7: (advertisement) The Iron Greenhouse;
Page 8: Letter from Honduras;
Page 9: Campus News in Brief: New enrollment figures released;
Page 9: Campus News in Brief: No ruling on Schneider's death;
Page 9: Campus News in Brief: Rapist of Evergreen student described;
Page 9: Image: composit drawing of rapist suspect of Evergreen State College student;
Page 9-10: Campus News in Brief: Controversial parkway lights completed;
Page 10: Campus News in Brief: Evergreen student's body not among remains;
Page 10 & 17: Campus News in Brief: Westside bus service gets complaints;
Page 10: (advertisement) Rainy Day Record Co.;
Page 10: (advertisement) Dog House at SAGA [Food Services];
Page 11: Control of funds may shift to students;
Page 11: Image: Dean Clabaugh;
Page 11: S&A Allocations Declared Invalid;
Page 12-13: Cooper Point's Future: Landmark decision expected;
Page 13: 2 images: construction projects at corner of Cooper Point Road and Mud Bay, and Overpass at Evergreen Parkway and Highway 101;
Page 14-15: Jean-Pierre Debris and 'A Question of Torture';
Page 14: cartoon: man behind bamboo bars;
Page 15: Guest Commentary: The Issue is Harassment;
Page 16: (advertisement) European Motors;
Page 16: (advertisement) Rainbow Grocery;
Page 16: (advertisement) Looking Glass Gardens;
Page 16: (advertisement) The Deli;
Page 16: (advertisement) Pant Stop;
Page 17: (advertisement) Evergreen State College Bookstore;
Page 17: Campus News in Brief: Deans finish contract review;
Page 17: (advertisement) Evergreen State College Bookstore;
Page 18: (advertisement) Shakey's Pizza Parlor & Public House;
Page 18: (advertisement) Town House Flop Shop;
Page 18: (advertisement) South Sound National Bank;
Page 18: Campus News in Brief: Library acquires rare volumes;
Page 18-19: Campus News in Brief: Film to premiere at Evergreen;
Page 19: Campus News in Brief: KAOS seeks station manager;
Page 19: (advertisement) The Cooper Point Journal (Journal Needs Writers);
Page 19: (advertisement) The Original Better Days Flora;
Page 19: (advertisement) harper's styling salon;
Page 19: (advertisement) Dirty Dave's Gay 90's;
Page 20: Music / Suzanne Grant : With new ears;
Page 20: (advertisement) Red Apple Natural Foods;
Page 21: Records / Demian Porter : The shortage game;
Page 21: (advertisement) The Music Bar;
Page 22: Cinema / Nicholas H. Allison : High Bogart;
Page 22: Image: Humphrey Bogart;
Page 23: Northwest Culture;
Page 24: (advertisement) The Cooper Point Journal
Creator: Eng Plautz, Gary; Eng Stilson, Malcolm, 1923-; Eng Rothwell, Geoff; Eng Milner, Ruth; Eng Solomon, Sam; Eng Goodman, Kim; Eng Unsoeld, Regon; Eng Fatland, Barry; Eng Grant, Suzanne; Eng Porter, Demian; Eng Allison, Nicholas H.
Contributor: Eng Hirshman, William P; Eng Allison, Nicholas H; Eng Hucks, Diane; Eng Solomon, Sam; Eng Berger, Knute Olsson H.G.S.; Eng Praggastis, John; Eng Posthumus, Ingrid; Eng Orred, Liz; Eng Hester, Mary; Eng Foster, John; Eng Ryan, Andy; Eng Shore, Stan; Eng Blunt, David; Eng Charlton, Elizabeth; Eng Cook, Carl; Eng Daly, Andrew; Eng Goodman, Kim; Eng Suzanne, Grant; Eng Groening, Matthew; Eng Hancock, Sallie; Eng Henault, Cecile; Eng Katz, Dean; Eng Kramer, Wendy; Eng Madsen, Barbara; Eng Milner, Ruth; Eng Peterson, Gary; Eng Porter, Demian; Eng Robb, Lynn; Eng Rousso, Rachel; Eng Unsoeld, Regon; Eng Vachuda, Jaroslav; Eng Wallick, Len; Eng Gribskov, Margaret
Subject: Eng Garage Bands; Eng Bands; Eng Environmentalism; Eng Cold War; Eng Playwrights; Eng Curriculum; Eng Hurricane Fifi; Eng Relief (aid); Eng Student enrollment; Eng Suicide; Eng Rape; Eng Lights; Eng Construction; Eng Vietnam war; Eng Torture; Eng Prisoners of war; Eng Jazz composition; Eng Records; Eng Clabaugh, Dean; Eng Sinatra, Frank; Eng Davis, Bennie; Eng Charlton, Elizabeth; Eng Cann, Ashgford; Eng Moffat, Tim; Eng Martin, Rudy; Eng Allen, Walker; Eng Schneider, Vicki Faye; Eng Grief, Charles; Eng Fultz, Hollis; Eng Schillinger, Jerry; Eng Kent, Jay; Eng Taylor, Jeanie; Eng McCann, Charles J.; Eng Manson, Donna; Eng Hawkins, Georganne; Eng Rancourt, Susan; Eng Healy, Lynda; Eng Swindler, Daris; Eng Cotton, Gene; Eng Wood, Janice; Eng Yolk, John; Eng Moss, John; Eng Steilberg, Pete; Eng Garner, Lynn; Eng King, Ed; Eng Levy, Norm; Eng Myers, Michael; Eng Myers; Eng Diane; Eng Hannan, Robert; Eng Taylor, Tom; Eng Taylor, Don; Eng Fox, Russell; Eng Yung, Marj; Eng Meyers, Diane; Eng Furber, Jim; Eng Robinson, John; Eng Debris, Jean-Pierre; Eng Menras, Andre; Eng Clement, William; Eng Smith, Diana; Eng Kramer, Lud; Eng Fraenzl, Clare; Eng Fatland, Barry; Eng Hunter, Sally; Eng Starkweather, Clark; Eng Malick; Eng Terence; Eng Hood, George; Eng Murphy, Joe; Eng Reich, Steve; Eng Ichiyanagi, Toshi; Eng Cox, Jim; Eng Maier, Bruce; Eng Bogart, Humphrey; Eng Hepburn, Katherine; Eng Huston, John; Eng Huston, Walter; Eng Holt, Tim; Eng Blakely, Susan; Eng Mason, Tom; Eng Reynolds, Burt; Eng Von Daniken, Erich; Eng Loach, Kenneth; Eng Parajanov, Sergei; Eng Clift, Montgomery; Eng Taylor, Elizabeth; Eng Riley, John; Eng Kelly, Red; Eng Perciful, Jack; Eng Ober, Don; Eng Kubrick, Stanley; Eng McCartney, Mick; Eng Wilson, Paul; Eng Shepard, Cybill; Eng Grodin, Charles; Eng May, Elaine; Eng Brooks, Mel; Eng Kazan, Elia; Eng Williams, Tennessee; Eng Griffith, Andy; Eng Neal, Patricia; Eng Bergen, Candice; Eng Gielgund, John; Eng Mason, James; Eng Olivier, Lawrence; Eng Caine, Michael; Eng Gordon, Ruth; Eng Cort, Bud; Eng Nicholson, Jack; Eng Dunaway, Faye; Eng Lester, Richard; Eng Harrison, Rex; Eng Voight, Jon; Eng Bottoms, Timothy; Eng Oates, Warren; Eng Gossett, Lou; Eng Chaplin, Charlie; Eng Malle, Louis; Eng Montand, Yves; Eng Ray, Satyajit; Eng Widerberg, Bo; Eng Kottke, Leo; Eng Newman, Randy; Eng Cooder, Ry; Eng Walken, Christopher; Eng Stein, Gertrude; Eng Duncan, Isadora; Eng Coppola, Francis Ford; Eng Hackman, Gene; Eng Bogdanovich, Peter; Eng Allen, Woody; Eng The Cooper Point Journal; Eng Academic Research Library; Eng Evergreen Villages; Eng The Myers Corporation; Eng The Four Seasons; Eng Peterson's Foodtown; Eng Vino Fino; Eng The Colony Inn Apartments; Eng Bridgestone Tires; Eng Laid Back Motors; Eng Captain Coyote's; Eng The Iron Greenhouse; Eng Rainy Day Record Company; Eng SAGA; Eng The Deli; Eng SAAB European Motors; Eng Rainbow Grocery; Eng Pant Stop; Eng Looking Glass Gardens; Eng TESC Bookstore; Eng Shakey's; Eng Town House Flop Shop; Eng South Sound National Bank; Eng Better Days Flora; Eng Harper's Styling Salon; Eng Dirty Dave's; Eng Red Apple Natural Foods; Eng The Music Bar; Eng The Prairie Tavern; Eng The Versitones; Eng Andy Frain Security; Eng University of California; Eng University of Southern California; Eng Totem Electric Company of Tacoma; Eng University of Washington; Eng Intercity Transit Company; Eng The African Dance Company; Eng The Duck House; Eng Discwasher, Inc.; Eng Fantasy Records; Eng The Royal Swedish Ballet; Eng Portland Opera House
Place: Eng The Evergreen State College; Eng Olympia (Wash.); Eng Honduras; Eng Vietnam; Eng Seattle (Wash.); Eng Portland (Or.)
Extent: Eng 24 pages
Temporal Coverage: Eng 1974
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Growing Pains

Vol. 3 No .4

October 17, 1974

page 12

Fifty years ago, according to " How the West was Once - A History of
West Olympia," the main inhabitants of Cooper Point were " deer, trees , and
a few strong-armed souls" and the only inland roads were " mere ox trails."
These days the landscape is quite a bit different and as this week' s feature
story notes, the scene could change drastically in th e next couple of years.
Ever since Evergreen became a resident of Cooper Point, developers
have been buying up ·land in the
area. Home owners on the point beca me alarmed at the land speculating and formed a group, the Cooper
Point Association, to combat commerc ial development - and the developers, mainly the Myers Corporation which owns 440 acres on Overhulse Road , have fought back . The
two groups are now involved in a
major court battle .t o decide how
the future of Cooper Point will be
shaped and controlled, <;~.nd who
will do it.
An example of the kind of land
speculating which has occurred so
far on Cooper Point is the value of Evergreen ' s 990 acres. Back in 1968 when
Administrative Vice President Dean Clabaugh bought the plots which make
up the present campus, he paid an average of 380 dollars per acre. According
to Clabaugh during comments made in a speech at last year's orientation
week, comparable plots of land are now selling for between 12,000 to 20,000
dollars per acre. Quipped Clabaugh , " If only we could turn around and sell it
for those prices now, we'd really be well off. "
The story was researched and written by Kim Goodman with photographs
taken by John Praggastis.

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Avenue waming of construction ahead on Cooper Point.
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Looper Point Journal

Your
Mother
Should KnoW
Early last summer, we were returning
from a party at Laura Mae's place out on
the Shelton Highway, when our friend expressed a desire to stop along the way.
The nearest place was the Steamboat
Island intersection and the Prairie Tavern,
so we pulled off the road.
"Carl . .. come on .. . park the bus ..
you've got to hear this band that's playm here!! " she cried from inside.
"' Hmm," we thought, ··another tavern
band ." We pulled the van into a nearby
parking space . Well, might as well get
ready for version 869 of Proud Mary, or
a rousing chorus of Woe, Woe, Woe, Listen to the Music.
"Hurry up," she yelled, with growing _
impatience. "It's the last set." We locked
the bus and walked into the tavern - and
into another level of musical consciousness.
There before us on stage stood the Versitones: Archie, Ross and Bennie ... three
men who have been playing music since
cactus needles were the best things one
could get for the old record player.
(When was that? Ask your folks.)
It would. be an understatement to say
that we were completely blown away by
the Versitones. The group plays a mixture
of old -standards, old country music and
some modern tunes arranged the way
they would have been if they were written
way back when. When?
Archie plays lead guitar and shares the
vocal spotlight with bass player Ross,
who could croon circles around Sinatra ..
walll ... maybe not Frank Sinatra, but at
least he's more human about it.
Our favorite is Bennie Davis, who
plays a bass drum (with "The Versitones"
lettered in Day-Glo paint on the front)
and a hi -hat with his feet, and alternately
plays guitar, banjo, and sax with his
hands. Bennie just sits there, smiling, and
plays the tunes as if he's lived with them
·october 17, 1974

for so long they come out ~utoma tically .
We remember Archie mentioning that
Bennie was thinking about retiring. He
said that they got together, talked it over,
and decided instead that they were all going to play music together till "they
kicked the bucket. "
The Prairie Tavern holds out an open
invitation for anyone to jam, and more·
often than not there is an 84-year-old
woman tapping out the rhythms on an
old snare drum, while members of the
crowd, mostly in their fifties and sixties,
dance and sway to tunes that mark the
time they grew up in .
It is neat to see couples who probably
did the Charleston together or fox-trotted
to the tunes of Goodman and Miller float
across the floor and look into each other's
eyes with the closeness you usually associate with talking to yourself.
We made going to see the Versitones a
regular Saturday night habit, but one
night we pulled up to find the stage
empty: Bennie and the gang were off for
the summer.

It's been a long th ree months, but last
week, when we could find nothing to do,
we said to our friend, "Jay, why don't
you call the Prairie Tavern and see if the
Versitones are back?" She phoned, and
from the other room we heard the announcement: "Ya-hoo, they're back! " So,
along with another couple that was visiting, we 2acked up the car and headed on
down the highway .
Yes, the Versitones are back . .. Archie
with his striped shirt and wide grin; Ross
(who has a new bass) crooning as Bing
never did before he went into selling
orange juice ; Bennie, still with his cigaret
hanging from his mouth, picking, blowing
and tapping the tunes that shaped the
lives of our folks, and ultimately, our
own; the 84-year-old woman with the
. feathery hat keeping the beat ; and a new
addition - a trucker who plays some of
the sweetest horn we've heard in a long
time .
The Versitones : "Yup, we're gonna
play music till we kick the bucket," said
Archie.
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Exposing Expo
To the Editor:

It was good to see Elizabeth Charlton's
criticisms of the Expo '74 World's Fair in
the October 3 issue of the Journal.
However, I feel she did not go far enough
with her condemnation of this farciful
event.
For instance, she calls the United States
Pavilion ·" outstanding," saying the movie
shown there left people "spiritually exhilerated." It certainly was impressive by
virtue of its immenseness and, to a small
degree, by what it had to say (we met
three Spokane youths who had seen it
seven different times, each time stoned on
a different combination of drugs, and
they were still impressed). However, a
main point of the movie was that
environmental degradation is caused and
can be solved by "you." in ways like
driving cars slower or by not littering the
highways, which is like saying we can
stop infl~tion by joining Gerald Ford's
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WIN fan club "for the duration." The
movie did not question the values of this
system, a system that with its current
values can not possibly mak:e any other
than temporary improvements in environmental quality.
The movie also struck us as demonstrating another negative facet of American culture. It was advertised as being
shown on the largest screen in the world
(bigger than the Russian screen) . The
movie was designed to make people feel
small and helpless, to awe them. People
usually ·don ' t question anything so
overpowering. The screen should be taken
to Disneyland after the fair so Donald
Duck movies can be shown on it.
Other negative views of that pavilion
included the presence of the "Red
Berets," "representative " American youth
dressed in red, white and blue outfits.
They were guides and ushers who maintained discipline and order at the movie,
making sure 877 people and only 877
people, got into the theater at one time .
As the . amassed 877 tourists were filed
row by row through curtains, presumably
leading .t o the theater though no one

really knew where they were being led,
we got the distinct impression of watching
cattle being led to their slaughter.
As we waited for the movie to begin,
we found a small area of grass, so instead
of sitting or standing on concrete, we decided to sit on it . A Red Beret told us we
could not sit o,n grass. We began to
explain the hypocrisy of an environmental
fair in which we had to stand on concrete
all day, etc. He turned away and
motioned to someone. Within seconds, a
·man from Andy Frain Security, armed
with club, mace and pistol, made very
dear to us we should get off the grass.
To show how deep •the avowed environmental theme of the fair was carried,
there was a carnival at the far end of the
grounds . There , hawkers barked and
admonished children to get a prize by
shooting animals, who make a noise when
they're hit. Animals like bear, deer, owls
and bumble bees.
The fair is a farce . It is a massive public
relations event. The nations admitted
some of their environmental mistakes, but
said nothing of the values that are the
cause of these mistakes . Because everyCooper Point Journal

where at the fair, the dollar was what was
most important and when money is that
important, environmental concerns have
to take a back seat. We should be at one
with the environment, the Ford Pavilion
tells us .
We found one worthwhile exhibit at the
fair, the Folk Life Festival. When we were
there, it was Coeur d'Alene lndains week .
They were doing tribal dances and asking
people to dance with them . It was the
only exhibi'. where people could participate and not be innundated with movies
and PR bullshit. Of course, dancing in no
solution to environmental problems, but
it was the only place at Expo where we
felt good. It was the only place where you
could sit down. ·
Before we came to the island where the
Folk Life Festival was located, we were
followed by three plain-clothed security
agents. Once we got on the island, we felt
safe and stayed there for four hours.
When we left the island, the bad vibrations began again.
Gary Plautz

Playwright's
reply
To the Editor:
I am highly flattered to be considered
newsworthy for the small offerings to joy
that I have provided to Evergreeners since
I arrived at the college in September of
1969. However, a few errors ' crept into
the story.
I can hardly live up to the title of the
Aeschylus of Evergreen as I do not write
tragedies. Aristophanes yes, Aeschylus no.
And like Aristophanes, I am actually a
very conservative person living in a
hotbed of change.
·
I agree with the "slight, balding man,"
but my age is actually 51 , so I am older
than I look . But, as the ladies of the library know, I think young. Just ask anyone about the Rare-Books Room .
I did my first musical 500 miles south
of the University of California at the University of Southern California , better
known for football than for intellectual
c;timulation. (They do turn out good dentists.)
The actual quote from the first play at
Evergreen, The Founding of Jolly College,
should have been , " If any man can do the
job, Ashford Cann can" and was based
upon the premise tha.t Wintergreen
College needed a president who could get
things done. And since President Cann is
the Pre s ident of Wintergreen College ,
there is no need for the "sic" after his
name. Wintergreen is not Evergreen in
spite of some slight similarities. ,
The Cloud Curkoo You is, in actuality,
C loud Cuckoo Ll, or university, and was

the scene of action in The Students. I used
Tim Moffatt as the model for Tiny Tom,
which I am sure he did not appreciate,
and thus he wrote a review for The Paper
(the former name of the Cooper Point
Journal) which, though soured by bias,
was still a fairly sound evaluation of the
farcical, broad humor (shall we call it low
slapstick) that I employed. Unfortunately,
as two of my actors were drunk during
the performance of The Students, it did
not help their delivery, and what were to
my mind some of the best lines of the
play were ~ompletely lost in boozy breathing.
There has been a pattern to the plays
which I hope has been apparent. All of
them deal with different facets of college
life and present the proble·ms we encountered in a satirical manner. There are also
solutions hidden in the plays, but so
deeply hidden I doubt if they can be
found . If I finish Achilles the Heel in
time, your reviewer can have the pleasure
of panning the cornball slapstick of a
good writer gone wrong. And I will agree
beforehand that the play should not have
been written, much less produced . I
should have· stopped with Malice in
Blunder/and last December, but I still
have two areas of the college that I
haven' t satirized: business services and
the library .
Perhaps I should join Playwrights
Anonymous, but my public won't let me·.
Malcolm Stilson

Progra-mming .
To the Editor:
I read with interest the introduction to
"Registration Problems Debated" on page
3 of the October lOth issue of the CP]. I
had hoped that the depth of this beginning would have ·continued through the
remainder of the article; however, I was
disappointed . I would like to comment on
its content and tone .
Because of the origins of our "academic
deans, " i.e. from "the faculty ," we are
both blessed and damned . On one hand
there appears to be greater communication between th~ faculty and the adminis-

tration, but on the other, there seems to
be a polarization or division of labor between these two groups. To gain insight
into this process I refer to what has been
said in the past about this subject. In an
article in the Journal of January 11, 1974,
Dean Rudy Martin was quoted, "We constantly seek community input, but, in the
long run, the faculty must design the curriculum. They must plan programs. That's
what they're trained to do . The deans
then select the programs." I compare this
with the statement Rudy Martin made
which was referred to in the October lOth
article, "Martin also stressed that the academic deans are more and more (emphasis
added) keeping a close watch on the curriculum planning process to insure that
the programs offered are a balance ... "
(As is indicated in the next paragraph of
the article, the concept of an academic
"balance" is in its infancy and demands
much more debate.) On the whole, it
seems that castes have developed: "the
deans" decide, "the faculty" designs, and
"the students" desire.
This reality underlies the tone of the
article; from " 'the faculty ar~ offering
what they want to teach, not what
students want to learn,' " to "these and
other ideas will be mulled over by the
deans and registrar for a year, hopefully
allowing (emphasis added) improvements
to be made . . " Taken ·out of context this
could be interpreted as an attitude of
defeat. But if we examine the conditions
of student "in'put" into program planning, we see that since over one-third of
our students are new and most have not
had the opportunity to help plan
curriculum, and that proposals for
co-ordinated studies programs and group
contrcts are due in six weeks and the first
cut will be made sometime in December,
how can students participate in this
planning process?
It is not only the responsibility of the
deans to decide and the faculty to design,
but also that of the students. For these
reasons, there will be a series of
workshops organized by students, drawing on different resources for expertise, to
help educate students about the curriculum planning process. To organize these
workshops people are invited to a meeting
on October 23 at noon in /llOOB, near
Student Accounts, in the Library building.
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To the Editor:
In the past few days, the hurricane
given the absurdly harmless-seeming name
of Fifi, moved slowly into ·the Bay of
Honduras, south of the Yucatan peninsula, wreaking incredible destruction both
upon the environment and the people of
this impoverished country. Vegetation
was flattened, mud . and palm huts that
were homes to thousands of coastal inhabitants were blown apart by the 140
mph gale winds that raged within the
writhing spiral of clouds . The hurricane
cut a swathe directly along the coast of
Honduras as if impelled by intelligent
force , destroying the port cities of La
Ceiba (75 % ), Trujillo (55'fo). and Omoa
(90% ). Miraculously Tela and Puerto
Cortes were spared the impact of the
strongest winds, though inundated by rivers flooded by torrential rains, and immense tidal waves . Looting bands robbed
the devastated cities in the aftermath, depleting much-needed supplies of food and
medicine .
But the storm did not confine itself to
the coast alone: rains caused erosion of
mountains surrounding the capital city of
Tegucigalpa and nearby communities.
Even in this high altitude region, rivers
flooded the homes of those living along
their baryks , crops were lost , roads
wash~d away, and lives were lost. Ror .an
entire day electric power came to a halt,
closing offices and schools, hampering relief efforts throughout the country.
Losses of agricultural land under banana cultivation in the fertile Sula Valley
reached 95 percent, a destruction of 40,000
acres with an assessed value of $60
million. This land constituted the sole employment for 25,000 people, now homeless, jobless, hungry and grieving the loss
of family and friends . In Choloma, the
people thought that the raging river had
subsided, and felt safe enough to sleep
Thursday night, September 19th. But at 4
Friday morning , the entire mountain
above the city, loosened by the ferocious
river and eroding rains, swept down upon
the sleeping town of 10,000 covering all in
a deadly blanket of water, mud, stones,
and uprooted trees. Thirty-six hours after
the disaster, rescue crews finally broke
through into the Choloma Valley, discovering at least 2,600 dead .
page 8

Now, estimates of death and losses of
property flow in from the most remote
areas of a country whose isolated agricultural communities were even difficult to
reach before the hurricane struck. The
story of Choloma may be repeated numerous times ; the death-count, and identification of victims will never be ascertained, as rescue workers burn corpses to
avoid the diseases which are spread by
carrion birds .and starving dogs and pigs .
The stench is so bad that people who
have obtained relief rations have difficulty
holding the food down .
But this is just the beginning of the pain
and austerity that the Honduran populace
-must face. Disease spread by turbid
water, by poor sanitation, crowded living
conditions and decay will spread in the
wake of the storm. Transportation of
food and other supplies is hampered by
insufficient fuel supplies caused by the destruction of the only oil refinery and a
current shortage due to the high cost of
imports . Land transportation has been
brought to a standstill by impassable road
conditions, the loss of bridges and the
swamping of transport vehicles.
Honduras, before the storm, was only
second from the bottom on the scale of
economic development in all Latin America. Not self-sufficient agriculturally,
thou.gh possessing an economy for the
most part based on farming, the loss of
the richest land will yield hunger and
strife . Now, the drastic needs for foreign
aid and disaster relief assistance will set
the development process back many
year?. Projects underway for agricultural
self-sufficiency, industrial prosperity, natural resource utilization and renewal as
well as social welfare programs and
tourism will have to succumb to the immediate requirements of fiscal allocation
for disaster relief and reconstrw;_tion .
An heroic spirit of patriotism prevails
in the deeds of Hondurans who are donating food and clothes, money for medicines, time and energy to the rigorous
struggle ahead. Radio stations are all
linked in one great communications net.
Scores of volunteers from the National
University and junior colleges have been
flown into the damaged areas to assist engineers, doctors and survivors in the
rescue and relief operations .
Tegucigalpa , where we live, is bu zzing

with activity. Planes fly overhead every
few minutes, people call with bullhorns
for assistance from crowds gathered in the
parks where food, clothing and blankets
have been collected by the truckloads. But
we can't help but wonder how long the
spirit of selfless sacrifice can continue
within this impoverished country . Food
staples are already becoming scarce in the
markets, and people must return to their
work and study in order to help this
country rebuild itself. The numbness will
ease away , but the wounds will remain.
Honduras requires the personal assistance of all peoples of the world able to
contribute to present and future requirements. We suggest that our friends organize groups in schools , churches , and
neighborhoods to obtain blankets, canned
food, clothing, tools, and other basic supplies, and send them to:
HURRICANE RELIEF FOR HONDURAS
c I o Embajada de Los Estados Unidos
Tegucigalpa, D.C. Honduras, C.A.
or
COMITE NACIONAL DE EMERGENCIA
Escuela Militar de Morazan
Comaguela, D.C. Honduras, C.A .
CRUZ ROJO HONDURENO
Tegucigalpa , Honduras
FUND A CION CARIT AS de HONDURAS
Boulevard Morazan
Calle 25 de Enero
Tegucigalpa, · H.o nduras
Send' money donations, however small, to
ANDY RUBI, Director
FEDERACION DESAROLLO JUVENIL
COMUNITARIO (Save the Children
Federation)
Edificio La Urbana, 2ndo Piso
Tegucigalpa, D .C. , Honduras, C.A .
Thank you all for your kindness.
Peter May
Robert Nathan Assoc.
T omasa! Project
APDO. 7
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Catherine Hoover
c I o The American School
Colonia Las Lomas
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
(Ed . Note: Peter May is an Evergreen
graduate currently employed in Honduras . )
Cooper Point Journal

Campus News
In Brief
NEW ENROLLMENT
FIGURES RELEASED

If it seems a little more crowded this
year than last, it may be because there are
112 more students . The total enrollment
at Evergreen this fa!! is 2,439 according to
registrar Walker Allen, compared to 2,327
students in the fall of 1973.
Allen pointed out that the tentative figures also reflect an increase in the
percentage of both residents and nonwhite students at Evergreen . "Last fall 75
percent of our students were residents of
the State of Washington," he reports.
"This fall that figure is up to 80 percent.
This percentage increase reflects a
deliberate attempt on our part to provide
academic services to more Washington
residents ."
The percentage of non-white students
enrolled at Evergreen has also climbed
from 8.5 per cent (or 198 students) in
1973 to 9 .7 percent (238 students ) this
fall.
The new enrollment figures, which were
being updated at press time, also reflect
an increase in the percentage of students
who returned to Evergreen from the
previous year. Fall quarter 1973 , 55
percent of the students enrolled in the fall
of 1972 returned to Evergreen . This year,
61 percent of those students who attended
Evergreen last fall have returned . This
figure, as Allen pointed out with a grin ,
"Sure says we're doing so,rnething right."

Thurston County Sheriff's Department,
neither the name nor the address turned
up anything on the attacker.
If anyone has any info rmation about
this man 1 please contact Sgt. McFarland
at the Thurston County Sheriff's Department at: 753-8125. All reports will be
held strictly confidential.
CONTROVERSIAL
PARKWAY LIGHTS COMPLETED

waiting for the pathologist's report to
come to him , and until that time will
make no decision .
RAPIST OF EVERGREEN STUDENT
DESCRIBED
The Thurston County Sheriff's Department now has a com posite drawing of a
man believed to have raped an Evergreen
student Thursday, September 26 . The assailant was described as being between
twenty and twenty-five years old, having
a m ed ium build , we ighin g between
150-160 pounds. He is 5'10", and has blue
eyes and brown hair , with a fair
complexion.
It is believed he is stil l in the area, and
may be responsible for other rapes in the
county , according to the Sheriffs Department.
The Evergreen student accepted a ride
with the man , who· had a small child with
him , as she was hitchhiking on the college
parkway. The assailant drove her at gunpoint to Steamboat Island Road and then
attacked her. After the incident, he drove'
her back to campus where she immediately reported the attack to officials .
It was reported in the Tournai (Vol. 3.
no. 2) that the w oman had memorized a
name a nd address from an envelope lying
in the ca r. But after investigation by the

This week Evergreen officially purchased the . new lights along the college
parkway, marking the end of the controversy over their construction but possibly
beginning a new debate over their use .
"Last spring, when construction on the
lights was begun by the Totem Electric
Company of Tacoma, a controversy erupted over whether there was any real need
for lighting on the parkway and what environmental effects the lights might have.
Director of Facilities Jerry Schillinger defended the lights as necessary "for satety
and security reasons," since the parkway
had been the scene of various rapes and
assaults as well as traffic accidents.
Students who circulated a petition to
have construction suspended called the
lights "unnecessary," "wasteful. " and "inconsistent with Evergreen's philosophy :"
Student Jay Kent claimed that "people are
fooling themselves if they think that the
lights are going to make it safer for cars
or people. "
Now that the lights are completed and
have already been briefly turned on for
testing purposes, student opinion varies as
to their effectiveness. One woman, a volunteer at the Women's Clinic, said the
lights "make me feel' more comfortable. A
lot of women end up walking along the
parkway, and perhaps a rapist would be
deterred in a well-lit area ."
But Jeanie Taylor, a student, has a difContinued next page

NO RULING
ON SCHNEIDER'S DEATH
Vicki Schneider, an Evergreen student
died Wednesday, October 3, when she fell
from either the tenth flo or or the roof of
Donn A. Since that time, there has been
no official ruling as . to whether the death
was suicide or homicide.
Inspector Charles Grief of the Thurston
County Sheriff's Department says that a
public coroner's inquest will be h e ld
sometime in the near future to determine
under what circumstances Schneider died.
The idea of holding a press conference on
the subject has been replaced by the decision to hold the inquest.
However, Thurston County Coroner
Hollis Fultz told the Journal he has not
made a ny decision on whether he will
hold a n inquest or not . F.ul tz sa id lw is
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C0111posite draw i11gs of suspect in rape of Evergreen student.

Briefs
Continued from preceding page
ferent opinion . "It's a gross waste ot materials and energy," she said . "A couple of
security people patrolling the parkway
would be less expensive, or at least more
effective, and would pJ;"esent a deterrent to
people likely to come to the area and
cause problems." Evergreen graduate Trey
Imfeld agreed that the lights would be of
little use . "The way I understand it," he
commented, "although I could be wrong,

is that most of the rapes around Evergreen have happened to single women
hitchhikers. The woman who was raped a
few days ago was picked up in broad daylight. How are lights going to help in a
situation like that?"
The question remains how the lights
will be used . The present plan, according
to Schillinger, is to have them all on during all hours of darkness, activated by a
photosensitive cell. But in an article written last June President Charles McCann
indicated that student opinion about the
use of the lights would be taken into ac-

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EVERGREEN STUDENT'S BODY
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The remains of two women found in
Clark County last week have not been
positively identified as yet . However, officials have ruled out the possibility that
either is Evergreen student Donna Manson, who disappeared last March 12, or
the other three missing Washington coeds,
Georganne Hawkins, Susan Rancourt, or
Lynda Healy.
Dr. Daris Swindler, an anthropologist
from the University of Washington, said
that through a comparison of dental
charts made soon after the remains were
found he was able to rule out the four
missing women .
Clark County Sheriff Gene Cotton said
the bones were discovered by three Puget
Sound ·hunters last Saturday on the opening day of hunting season . The remains
were found in the eastern part of the
county. Hunters have been asked to report any finds of bones or articles of
clothing in and around the area.
Officials are proceeding under the assumption that the young ·women found
have been murdered. Until positive identification is made and the cause of death
determined, police will continue to sift
through the woods of eastern Clark
County in an effort to discover more
clues to the identity of the two women
and to how they died.
WESTSIDE BUS SERVICE
GETS COMPLAINTS

" If you live on the Westside, going all
the way downtown to catch a bus is not
very practical," complained a concerned
student when she learned that bus route
40, which provides service tO" Evergreen,
was bypassing the Westside completely.
Due to construction on Black Lake Boulevard, the Intercity Transit Company rerouted the bus to Cooper Point Road
rather than the scheduled route along Division Street.
"The Westside is a strong center of stu<;lent residency ," commented student
Janice Wood, staff member of the Information Center. "I have received a number
of complaints. Women don't want to
hitchhike these days. It's especially a drag
with the rains coming on."
John Yolk of Intercity Transit says the
bus company is concerned with the problem . " If the city doesn't complete construction on the road by October 28 we'll
have to consider alternate routes," he
said . According to Yolk, one possible alternative would be to make the route a
loop. The bus would start downtown and
g~ to Evergreen by way of Harrison
Continued on page 17
Cooper Point Journal

Control of

funds

S&A ALLOCATIONS
DECLARED INVALID
I

may shift to students
BY RUTH MILNER
AND SAM SOLOMON
Administrative Vice President · Dean
Clabaugh , in a surprising turnabout of
policy, has given his approval to a proposal which would put students in control
of approximately 300 thousand dollars in
student activities fees. Clabaugh, who has
long since opposed any move that would
put students in control of activities fees,
attributed his reversal in stance to assurances by other administra,tors that "students on the Services and Activities
(S&A) board are fully deserving of the
trust that would be required ." ·
The proposal, drafted by Dirlctor of

Dean Clabaugh

Campus Activities Pete Steilberg, Assitant Director Lynn Garner, .and Recreation Building Director Ed King, sought to
move responsibility for budgeting and
allocation of students activities fees from
the administration to the S&A board, a
committee of six students, one faculty
member, and one staff member.
One clause · of the proposal also
provides for " administrative support "
which would allow Steilberg to veto any
action of the S&A board which he deems
unreasonable. The clause also assures the
Board the resources and information
required for the m to make informed
decisions.

Steilb.erg was both pleased and frightened with the proposal to give the S&A
board control of qll the student fees. "It's
a hell of an undertaking for our area,
involving more book work and careful
planning," he said, "but it makes a lot of
sense. We've been hassled every year with
students complaining they didn' t have
enough say."
Steilberg feels that the '73-'74 Board
was the best Evergreen has had and
believes that the students would have no
trouble being trusted with the added
responsibility - "300 thousand dollars'
worth of responsibility ."
Since Wednesday, October 16, the new
proposal has been under consideration by
the College Activities Fund Disappearing
Task Force (DTF) which Clabaugh originally called last April to study the
fund 's allocation situation .
On May 28, 1974, the S&A board itself
submitted a memorandum to the DTF
calling for total student control of student
activities funds . "We feel that the present
process excludes students from providing
input into decisions regarding the use of
S&A fees ," wrote the memo.
· Clabaugh previously had feared the
lack of professionals on the board, and
that a board composed mostly of students
might be too transient to provide the
continuity required in handling such a
large amount of moeny .
The DTF, reporting to Clabaugh, will
present their recommendations in midNovember including their position on this
recent proposal. Although Clabaugh said
that he personally agrees with the
proposal, he would not make a final decision until the recommendations of the
DTF were final. "! don't want to pre-empt
what the DTF is doing," he said.
Student activities funds are taken out of
tuition fees and divided into two separate
funds .
The first fund consists of a portion of
the fees (last year it totaled 60 thousand
dollars) and is given to the S&A board to
allocate to various student organizations
such as the Daycare Center, KAOS-FM,
Native American Student Association, the
Journal and others .
However, the vast majority of S&A
money, or about 240 thousand dollars, is
put into the College Activities Fund and
by various administators. This money
goes into upkeep, utilities and furniture
for the Activities building among other
fi~ed expenses .
It is this money that has provoked controversy in the past.

Director of Auxiliary Services John
Moss will completely invalidate the results
of Tuesday night's Services and Activities
(S&A) Fees Review Board meeting, which
doled out some $11, 000 in student funds
to campus organizations , the Journal
learned Wednesday afternoon.
Moss's decision - based on the fact
that proper notification of the meeting
had not been given in advance - came
approximately one-and-a-half hours after
irate members of the Third World Becentennial Forum charged at a meeting of the
College Activities Fund Disappearing Task
Force (DTF ) that S&A operating guidelines had not been observed when the
Board moved to table the Forum's request
for $5 ,000.
Directly affected by Moss's decision
were the Men's Center ($125 allocated),
student Norm Levy's request for video
equipment ($3, 883 allocated) , KAOS
radio ($5,188 allocated) , the Gay Center
($1, 120 alloca ted) and Amnesty International ($750 a llocated) . The African
Dance Company and the Duck house also
presented proposals at the meeting, but
they were shelved along with the Third
World Bicentennial Forum's request.
In a hurried caucus following yesterday's DTF meeting, Moss, Vice President
. Dean Clabaugh, Director of Campus Activities Pete Steilberg, Assistant Director
of Campus Activities Lynn Garner and
Associate Director of Recreation Ed King
agreed to invalidate the results of the
S&A meeting. According to Moss, groups
affected by the decision will have a
chance to present their proposals to the
new S&A Board, which is currently being
selected .
The failure of the S&A Board to follow
its guidelines and Moss's decision to invalidate the allocations made at the Tuesd.i'y- meeting closely followed a proposal
made by student activities administrators
to increase the role of the S&A Board in
making activities fund allocations.
When asked if the S&A Board's breach
of regulations would affect consideration
of this proposal by the College Activities
Fund DTF, Steilberg said "Yes, it would if
they were basing their decision on today's
action - but I think nobody would be
dumb enough to base it on this incident
alone ."
Third World Bicentennial spokesman
Erskine White said Wednesday afternoon,
" Our ' course of action will be to discuss
that (the S&A) meeting with the members
of the S&A Board and other students and
try to figure out some kind of resolution
that will benefit students ... so that what
went down at that meeting will never
happen again ."
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Cooper Point's Future ••
Landmark Decision Expected
BY KIM GOODMAN

Diane and Michael Myers
v.
Thurston County

Intervenors: Cooper Point Association
The air was humming with a sense of
hopeful an-ticipation . Suddenly, a hush
fell over the courtroom as Judge Robert
Hannan, visiting fi·om Pacific County,
entered from his chambers. The case of ·
Diane and Michael Myers v. Thurston
County was underway on Friday, October
11 for it was the second day of testimony
involving the Orlando, Florida-based Myers Corporation's proposed Planned Unit
Development on Cooper Point. The gallery , consisting of students from the
Urban Planning and Economics module of
the Applied Environmental Studies program and members of the Cooper Point
Association, watched intently as lawyers
from the Myers Corporation, the County
Prosecutor's office and the Cooper Point
Association argued for and against the
Myers Corporation's planned unit development . Despite frequent cries of objection from Deputy Prosecutor Tom Taylor as to the p ropriety of the direction of
questioning of the witnesses by Myers
Corporation lawyer Don Taylor, the trial
and questioning proceeded slowly
throughout the day . The trial ended in a
continuation until Thursday, October 17.
The Cooper Point Association
What were the reasons for this trial,
which may in time become a landmark in
land use planning? In November of 1971,
students of the Environmental Design Program at Evergreen called a public meeting
to "discuss alternative strategies for the
expression of the concerns of the residents. and discuss the components of a
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comprehensive land use plan for Cooper
Point." There was a need for such a plan,
they felt, because the county at the time

the adoption of the Cooper Point Plan
and Ordinance .

had no comprehensive plan and was in
the shadow of an interim zoning ordinance that could possibly have allowed a
number of large developments to be constructed on Cooper Point without what
the residents of the point viewed as adequate planning relative to the real needs
of the area.
In December of 1971, the November
meeting participants, along with other
area residents, formed an organization
cal led the Cooper Point Association
(C PA ). The CPA was formed as a nonprofit corporation of peninsula residents
with the purpose of becoming more effective in prop osi ng land use plans .
Through further meetings of the CPA, it
was determined that the organization
should draw up a comprehensive land use
plan for Cooper Point.
Russell Fox, now an Evergreen fact:lty
member, was hired as a full time urban
planner to help residents prepare the plan.
By March of 1972 the preliminary stages
of the plan were complete, with formal
presentatio n to the County Planning
Commission and County Commissioners
taking place on June 29, 1972.
The Cooper Poin t Plan was passed in
October of 1972 by the County Commissioners. On January 28, 1974, the commissioners re-voted and officially adopted
the Cooper Point Plan, with a few minor
amendments. The Cooper Point Density
District Zdning Ordinance, approved on
February 6, gil.ve the plan teeth in matters
concerning proposed commercial and residential developments.
A major controversy arose, however,
when the Myers Corporation sought to
rezone some of its land to allow for the
development of a "convenience center "
(shopping center) and multi-family re;idential tracts. Although other developers
have failed to win rezones through lawsuits, the Myers Corporation is pursuing
legal action in view of what it thinks are
possible irregularities or even illegalities in

Legal Questions
Corporation lawyers question whether
it is legal to enforce a plan that applies
only to part of the county while there is
· no scheme for the rest of the land. Myers
also questions the legality of the appointment of Marj Yung to the planning commission during work on the Cooper Point
Plan when she did not live in the district
for which she was to serve .
The Mye rs Corporation contends that it
was not allowed to provide input for the
Cooper Point Plan. However, the Cooper
Point Association claims that this is absolutely untrue and the truth is quite to the
contrary. The Assqciation invited input
from all interests within the Cooper Point
area - that of private citizens and commercial interests alike, said Diane Meyers,
a former Evt>rgreen student who was invo lved with the Cooper Point Plan
throu.ghout its planning aspects. " By the
time the Plan was bedded down , input
from citizens and commercial inlerests
was approximately 50-50," she said. "Apparently Myers Corporation chose not to
take advantage of providing input for the
plan until ·after it had been presented to
the County Commissioners. "
There have been some questions raised
by Cooper Point Association attorneys
Jim Furber and John Robinson as to the
propriety of what appears to be real estate speculation which has caused artificial inflation of land values. Myers is involved in a "management contract" which
allows him to sell, at ten percent commission, the land of investors_in the development project tracts if requested by them
or if it is necessary due to financial difficulties on the part of his clients.
One particular parcel was of interest in
that Myers bought a 4.75 acre plot for approximately ten thousand dollars and
through three subsequent sales from April
Cooper Point Journal

1969 to March, 1972 the price of the
parcel jumped from ten to 22 to 35 to a
final 47 thousand dollars. Thus, Myers
and some of his investors stand to make a
considerable profit if the development
p roject is allowed .
On the witness stand October 11
Michael Myers, one of the plaintiffs in the
suit against the county and head of the
Myers Corporation, was unable to recall
exaqly what procedure was followed by
his company at the time of the Cooper
Point Plan's reception by the county gov- ·
ernment, but felt that his interests were
not adequately provided for by the planning staff of the Cooper Point Association . He insisted that the 440 acres of land
his company is managing be rezoned for
development in the manner which he sees
as being to the best advantage of his
clients and their interests.
The controversy is being raised not because the Myers Corporation cannot de-

T he decision fort hcoming from this case
after all appeals are exhausted will, in all
probabi lity, become a landmark in relation to urban an d environmental planning. For the first time, citizens have been
given the chance to participate in the
planning of the area in wh ich th ey live,
wit h input fro m the broadest base possible - that of the community, its citizens,
and . commercial interests alike. W hat appears to be the first truly · equitable means
of determining h ow much growth sho uld
take pl ace in a locality, with out the wo rry

of special interests w resting any control at
all from the citizenry just fo r th e sake of
"progress" or financial solubility, is in the
final stages of deliberation .
Had legislation such as the Cooper
Point Plan been passed at an earlier time
in this country's development , many of
the p roblems that are now being faced in
high density urban a reas might have been
ave rted and the inhabitants of these areas
might have been. provided w ith more humane and li vable environment.

velop the land that is managed by them ,
but that they must follow the guidelines
presented in the Cooper Point Plan . Myers would like to develop the land south
of Evergreen with a shopping center and
3,800 dwelling units, while the Cooper
Point Plan would allow only 1,800 dwelling units and would require that 40 percent of the land in the development be left
.as undeveloped open space. Myers feels
that to develop the land in that way
would not be financially feasible and contends that the degree of growth he advocates is necessary to the area surrounding
the college to provide for increased
growth needs.
Changed Enrollment Figures

The figures cited by Myers to prove his
point are based on the 12,000 student enrollment figure for Evergreen, which has
been revised downward by the legislature
to 4,500, according to Russ Fox, former
planner for the Cooper Point Plan . If the
plan were being written today, its density
allowances would most probably be revised downward in view of the decreased
need for development, he said . He added
that the · main question, therefore , is
whether the high degree of development
proposed by Myers reflects a real need or
whether it is necessary so that investors in
the Myers Corporation can make a few
extra bucks at the expense of a unique
natural area.
Even though members of the Cooper
Point Association feel that there is a need
for some controlled growth in the Cooper
Point area, and that growth is an inevitable prospect for the area , the questions
,remain : is high density growth really
necessary to the area and will that grow th
destroy the main reasons that the CPA
members chose to live here, namely, its
semi-rural characteristics and relative
quiet?. _
October 17, 1974

Co nstruction is unde rw ay on th e parking lot of the new bank at the intersection of
Cooper Poin t and M ud Bay roads.

A n overpass is being built to connect the Evergreen College Parkwa~ with .Highway 101 in
anticipation of increased traffic to the college an d elsewhere on Cooper Pomt .
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BY REGON UNSOELD
Jean-Pierre Debris and his friend and
• fellow teacher, Andre Menras, spent two
· and a half years in Chi Hoa prison in
South Vietnam as political prisoners of
the Thieu regime . Last Friday, as part of
his nationwide tour, Debris visited the Evergreen campus and spoke with the calm
sincerity of one who has seen ' and exper~
''', ienced much wrong , yet remained
-.. humble, even optimistic.
Debris explained to the standing-room
only audience that he and Menras first
went to Vietnam in 1968 to fulfill their
French military obligations. They were
sent to Danang where they taught French
and mathematics at a local schooL
Debris commented that both of them
were very naive at that time about the situation in South Vietnam, believing that
the United States and France were indeed
- acting to help the people there. The harsh
realities were quickly made known .
. . , · Debris mentioned, for example, the
"body counts, " where the corpses of local
• villagers were lined u~ along the roadsides

to be counted and reported as enemy
KIA's (killed in action). then burned with
napalm .
He spoke of the "free-fire zones, " where
any moving creature was likely to be shot
by patrolling helicopters or planes . The
villagers in these areas were usually
warned a couple of weeks in advance by
airdropped leaflets saying that they had to
go to refugee camps, which were usually
located around the urban centers and mil. itary bases, serving as buffer zones against
large-sca le attacks. This program of
"forced urbanization," Debris explained,
was very hard on the Vietnamese as their
cultural ties to their ancestral burial
grounds are particularly strong . Many
chose to stay in their villages, and for
them the future was settled ... first the
defoliants , and then the bombs that
erased any remaining signs of life .
For the people who fled to the refugee
camps, euphemistically called "new-life
hamlets," the future was not so clear.
Debris pointed out that families were usually hcpelessly separated, with the men
being detained elsewhere for interrogation

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purposes . Women had to find work t/ try
to feed their children , who were dying
slowly of starvation and disease/. The
most lucrative places of employment were
obviously the American military bases,
where the women progressed inevitably
from sweeper to maid to prostitute .
"Meat market" was the C .I. slang for this
degradation .
By 1970, Debris and Menras "had had
enough. " Speaking with visible emotion,
Debris told his audience, "We wanted to
do something dramatic to protest the
war. "
Working secretly at night, the two
stitched together a National Liberation
Front flag and printed thousands of leaflets calling for an end to the bloodshed
and demanding a total U .S. withdrawaL
Then, on July 25 , 1970, the two conspirators went down to the National
Assembly in central Saigon. Debris described how he and his companion
climbed the war memorial statue there
unfurled their flag, and proceeded t~
throw their leaflets to the crowd, which
gathered quickly around the monument.
The police, too , arrived on the scene
quickly, Debris commented wryly ; and
thirty minutes later, bloody and unconscious, he and Menras were driven to a
local police station in two military jeeps.
They were carried inside on stretchers,
having been so badly beaten that , according to Debris, "We could not walk for a
month after the arrest. "
The two men spent five days there at
the police station, where they saw their
first live torture session. Debris described
how a "Viet Cong . suspect" had been
brought in and tied flat on a bench, a
dirty rag stuck between his teeth to keep
his mouth open . Soapy water was then
poured continuously on the ;-ag, which
soon became sa turated. The victim, soon
on the verge of asphyxiation, could not
help but inhale the liquids through his
nose and mouth as he fought for breath.
At that point the pouring was stopped
and the rag was jammed into the victim's
mouth and held there while one of the policement straddled the bench and sat on
the victim's stomach. This caused violent
vomiting, Debris stated , which of course
had to come from the unfortunate person's nose .
After five days of interrogation at the
station, Debris and Menras were transferred to Chi Hoa prison, where they remained till December, 1972 . Chi Hoa was
not officially a prison, Debris explained,
. but rather a "re-e ducati~n center. " The
methods employed there ranged from the
subtle to the brutal , and all were designed
to crush the prisoners' will to live.
For example, there was the salute to the
South Vietnamese flag every morning, a
seemingly innocuous act; Yet failure to
do so meant being classified an "obstinate
prisoner. " This label earned one the dubious distinction of special attention when
the beatings were administered.
Debris spoke of the torture room, re-

ferred to by the prisoners as the "movie
room ." He explained to the hushed crowd
that whenever official delegations visited
the prison, the implements of torture were
hidden and a projector and screen set up
in their place . It was here that the guards
practiced their ingenious methods of inflicting pajn and humiliation .
Debris told how pins with pieces of
paper attached to the heads were driven
under fingernails. Fans were then used to
flutter the paper strips, causing the pins to
vibrate within the fingers.
People's hands were bound behind their
backs with a long rope which was then
used to hoist the victim off the ground.
While thus suspended, the victim was subjected to repeated beatings and cigarette
burns.
Debris explained the uses of electricity,
how the wires were attached to sensitive
parts of the person's body until they lost
consciousness .
Rape of the women prisoners, Debris
said, was "systematic ." In addition to the
natural trauma accompanying such an
act, the Vietnamese culture attaches a tremendous stigma that has ca'u sed many of
the women to either attempt suicide or
withdraw into complete isolation.
Four hundred prisoners were kept in the
area adjoining the torture room , their
hands and feet shackled to an iron bar
that ran around the edge of the room. Debris noted that the shackles were made by

Smith and Wesson in Springfield, Massachusetts, adding that some people actually
spent months lying immobilized on Ehe
floor, eating only rice and salt. The only
possible way to protest the mistreatment
was by shouting, whereupon the guards
would retaliate with caustic lime and
either tear or nausea gas.
Children were also incarcerated in the
prison, and they too suffered at the hands
of the guards. Although they were usually
the children of adult inmates, sometimes
· they had themselves been charged with
anti'-government activities.
Debris commented that throughout his
imprisonment, U.S. authorities repeatedly
denied the large-scale existence of political prisoners in South Vietnam. Yet '.' A
Question of T orture," the film Debris
showed, pointed out that even the most
casual look at Thieu's decree-laws provides clear evidence of why the contrary
is true. For example, one decree-law states
that citizens "advocating or inciting for
Neutralism shall be considered as ProCommunist Neutralists," which is grounds
for imprisonment. Another orders that all
houses fly the government flag . Failure to
do so implies Communist sympathies,
while someone caught removing a flag
can be shot on sight.
On December 29, 1972, Debris and
Menras were released. Debris attributed
this to three things - their white faces,
the publicity generated in France about

their situation, and Saigon's desire to conceal from foreigners the conditions in its
prisons. Though initially reluctant to
leave their fellow prisoners, Debris said
that they were convinced by other inmates to accept deportation in order to
speak out on behalf of those remaining
behind .
Debris describes his present struggle as
just that, an attempt to remind Americans
that the Vietnam War is not over; that as
long as the U .S . government provides
Thieu with 86 percent of his budget the
repression and annihilation of the
Vietnamese people will continue. Recalling his friends still imprisoned in South
Vietnam, Debris told his audience, "I am
not speaking of tortures in the past. I am
speaking of tortures that will happen today . I am speaking of tortures that will
happen tomorrow ."
Acknowledging that many young people in the U .S. have lost hope in their
representatives, Debris urged the crowd
anyway "to write letters to your Congressmen." Noting Assistant Secretary of
Defense William Clement's recent comment that the U.S. might have to resume
bombing in Vietnam, he directed an appeal tci all Americans to organize together
in any way that might bring to a halt
their government's involvement in Vietnam .
,
The task ahead is clear. Whether or not
the challenge will be met remains to be
seen.

Guest Commentary
The Issue Is Harassment
BY BARRY FA TLAND
The Washington Socialist Workers Campaign Commjttee is supporting six candidates who will appear on the November ballot.
On October 15, the Campaign Committee appeared before the
Public Disclosure Commission in Olympia to seek exemption from
sections of the Public Disclosure Law requiring them to reveal the
names of their contributors.
The issue is government harassment. Members and supporters
of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) and the Young Socialist
Alliance have suffered economic reprisal, loss of employment and
physical coercion by government agencies because of their political beliefs.
One such case involves Diana Smith, 25, of Bellevue, Washington . Ms. Smith attended the 1972 Socialist Workers Party nominating convention to help put their candidates on the ballot. Secretary of State Lud Kramer admitted last spring that nominating
petitions of the SWP and other third parties were routinely turned
over to the FBI.
Ms. Smith, a Department of Defense empioyee, was interrogated by an agent in 1973 . She stated, "I was made aware that
agents of the FBI were contacting friends all over the state about
me." Smith decided to resign her job, rather than be fired with a
permanent "security risk" designation.
The Socialist Workers Campaign maintains that the government
can't compel! disclosure of its contributors who then become targets for illegal harassment because of their political beliefs. Cam- ·
October 17, 1974

paign officials confirm that fear of government harassment as a
result of disclosure has deterred contributions and other forms of
support for the Socialist Workers Campaign.
Clare Fraenzl, Socialist Workers Candidates for U.S . Senate,
stated, "These laws are supposed to expose big business ties to
Democratic and Republican candidates. Instead, they are -being
used to victimize students, women, blacks and Chicanos, and
working people who support our ideas. They are being used to
discourage support for campaigns like ours which offer an alternative to the racism, sexism and inflationary policies of these two
big business parties."
Socialist Workers Campaigns in 14 other states are seeking similar exemptions from state and federal disclosure laws. On September 25, the Minnesota "Ethics in Government" Commission
granted a disclosure exemption to the Minnesota Socialist Workers
Campaign.
Senatorial candidate Fraenzl stated, "The real issue is whether
third parties can participate in this state's electoral process. We
have uncovered a real Watergate in Washington. People are no
longer willing to tolerate government witch hunting against those
who disagree with their policies. No reasonable person can e~pect
us to expose our supporters to this kind of harassment. We think
that once we present our case to the public, the Commission will
be forced to grant us an exemption."
·
The Socialist Workers Campaign is urging students and others
who support their exemption request to send statements of support to the Public Disclosure Commission, Insurance Bldg., Olympia, Washington 98504.
Barry Fat/and is the Washington State coordinator of the Young
Socialists for Fraenzl.
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Avenue and Division Street. It would return via Cooper Point Road and head to
Olympia Vocational and Technical Institute, then proceed through Tumwater and
back downtown.
The Intercity Transit Company took
over the college bus run from the Evergreen Bus System last month. The Bus
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Recently Evergreen's academic deans
completed their review and inspection of
some 400 individual learning contracts.
This inspection is the fina~ processing
stage before the contract is submitted to
the Registrar's office for admission as
permanent transcript material. For various
reasons ranging from omission of faculty
code number to vagueness of wording,
many written contracts are returned to
sponsors for editing, revision, or completion.
Individual contracts are an alternative
mode of learning and are intended for
those students who have very specific interests not dealt with by group contracts
or coordinctted studies programs. The
sponsors of these contracts are obliged to
counsel and advise their students throughout the conceiving, writing, and implementation of the contracts. The students
are responsible for reading "Essential
Procedures of Contract Writing" located
in all academic secretaries' offices.
Many of the contracts that are returned
simply have not received adequate
attention from either faculty or student
and consequently are worded too vaguely. For example, "I plan to read and write
this quarter" is a description that has
appeared in contracts and has had to be
returned for revision.
Another occurrence, although not one
which the deans demand revision of, is
when a student draws up a very specific
and ambitious contract without realizing
the "difficulty of his endeavor and the
background necessary to accomplish it.
The result is often that the student is
unable to fulfill the terms of the contract.
This too is because of inadequate faculty
supervision.
The academic deans seem to view the
task of editing Individual Contracted
Studies with some pleasure, and are
generally enthusiastic about this Evergreen
style of study. When asked if there were
any unusual contracts submitted, Dean
Lynn Patterson replied, "They were all
unusual." She added that individual contracts are getting better and, perhaps surContinued next page

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prisingly, reflect a career-oriented student
body.
Patterson mentioned a study that is
being consider~d by Sally Hunter ,
assistant to Provost Ed Kormohdy, which
would follow the academic movements of
four-year Evergreen students over the
course of their undergraduate education.
Patterson's suggested solution for students
getting into contracts that are too
ambitious is for a student to spend one
quarter in an exploratory study of their
field of interest, producing a bibliography
and nailing down a related and specific
area of study to pursue in the following
quarter.
The examples that the academic deans
have used of well-written individual contracts seem to have a lot in common. All
of the~ are active, creative looks at
basically traditional subjects. Besides the
normal reading and writing, all of these
contracts involve activities outside the
school such as internships.
The contracts are clear and concise with
a specific direction to them. Each student
seems to have an extensive background to
contribute to the study . There is more
reliance on the student than the faculty ,
for each student · seems well on the way
already in their studies. This fact reflects
on the deans' reluctance to approve contracts for new or inexperienced students, a
reluctance ·which has come under some
criticism from both faculty and students
recently .
LIBRARY ACQUIRES
RARE VOLUMES

The library acquired two rare sets totaling 20 ,00.0 volumes last week. These ultramicrofiche sets, for which there are two
special microfiche readers to be checked
out of the library, are "The Library of
American Civilization" and "The Library
of English Literature. "
The library also has "The American
Prose Fiction Series, " "The American Culture Series," and "The American Periodical Series" all on microfilm which can be
checked out for a week at a time with a
microfilm reader.
All five series contain old books which
are out of print and can now be obtained
by a library only in microfilm or microfiche form.
FILM TO PREMIERE
AT EVERGREEN

The world premiere of Rockada y
Ritchie and the Queen of the Hop, a fulllength feature film shot in Oregon last
year, will take place at Evergreen on Friday, November 8, in Lecture Hall One .
The film is based on the true story of
Ch.1rlie Stark.w eather, a young ma n wh,,
Cooper Point Journal

went berserk in the mid-1950's, murdering
and rampaging his way across the
midwest with his young and obedient girlfriend . Starkweather was the subject of
Terence Malick's recent film Badlands as
well .
The movie, which will be distribute.d by
Paramount Pictures, was directed by Portland filmmaker George Hood. Hood will
be at Evergreen for the premiere and will
talk to students about the making of
Rockaday Ritchie during the afternoon.
After each of the two showings Friday
evening, the audience will be asked to fill
out a short questionnaire about their reactions to the movie.

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KAOS studios, located on the 3rd floor
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The final decision will be made by the
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Music/Suzanne Grant

WITH NEW EARS
1,;1 The fact that classical composers are

··'n ot as abundant on our campus as are
.,rguitar players or jazz musicians seems to
indicate an indifference to the art of
" formal composition. This is especially true
lief avant-garde composition. How much
'J'E!xperimental dance , theater , jazz and
- other music has been performed here at
" ' Evergreen? There has been only a small
' k'mount in the two years that I have been
,,.here, and when such an event did occur it
C'tJid not get the attention it deserved.
It Repeating and perfecting arts of an age
' ·gone by is certainly valid, but growth
\ 'Comes with experimentation once the old
3
~sty les have become familiar. The avantiiarde age in music ca11 be either more
open to all, or more and more restricted
n o technically skilled musicians.
j Both ends_ of the ~pec tru~ . afe
-f~presentated m the Notations exhibit m
the library, ending Saturday. There is the
1 mathematical exactness called for by
. Steve Reich in Piano Phase and the con: trasting total individual freedom and in! terpretation seen in The Field by T oshi
Ichiyanagi. Delightfully enough, these two
methods often yield the same result .

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put together to illustrate some of the
scores in the exhibit and give the community a chance to hear what is being
wri tten today . The group working on this
music plans to continue with their experimentation and may present more later
this year. A reception in the exhibits area
following the concerts will give the
audience a chance to look over the scores
with the student composers and performers.

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There may be limits to total experim~n
tation and points where musical va1ue
begins to be questionable, but contemporary music has to be looked at and
listened to with new eyes and ears. It is a
chance for those who consider themselves
unmusical, unable to imagine a simple
. melody, much less sing or play it, a
chance to identify something • in themselves and let it out on the avant-garde
stage . It is a chance, too, for technical
musicians to break the shackles of proper
chord progression and exact pitch and
play freely.
Not every so-called "piece" that is
written can be held up to any form of
traditional musical analysis .
It is sometimes hard to accept a total
lack of rhythm, harmony, tempo or pitch
instructions and dynamic markings, and
merely look at images or, upraised circles
and squares on white paper. But
everything that happens can be placed
within the bounds of a musical piece if
you have the des ire to do it. Frying pans,
plates and knives become musical instruments ~ The tempo, dynamics and varying
pitches of a conversation can become a
composition. It can all be music if the
term can be stretched to meet the developments of our times.
"Music" is derived fro m the Greek,
meaning the art of the Muses . The
concept of music in the Middle Ages was ·
as an all-embracing "harmony of the
world " divided into harmon y of the
universe, harmony of the human soul and
body, and music as actual sound. We
seem to be coming back to those ideas
and there is a willingness to open the field
to the most personal interpretations.
Music that everyone can share regardless of traditional "m1,1sical" inclinations
has to be the most desirable today.
Technical perfection will never die, as
there is a 'place for it also in the new
music . What is important is that we all
can share in the music-making.
Cooper Point Journal

Records/Demian Porter

THE SHORTAGE GAME
Ask anyone in the record industry and
they will tell you last year was one of the
roughest times they have experienced in
years. There were cries of vinyl shortages,
payola busts, corporate scandal, and in
general bad times for everyone concerned .
In October of 1973 rumors started circulating through the record world concerning a shortage of materials used to
make black vinyl records as a result of
the oncoming oil . shortage. Most major
record labels announced that in order to
stay in business and not lose money, it
would be necessary to cut back on the release of "new product ," i.e . new artists,
concentrate their advertising dollars on
"saleable product," and in general tighten
their belts in expectation of the worst,
and maybe even stay o~t of the red if
they were lucky.
Promotional record service to radio stations was cut back to a mere trickle of
what it used to be, leaving them with
nothing but "saleable product" for new
material. Billboard magazine, a weekly
music trade paper, reported that instead
of the usual SO to 85 records a week it
had been receiving for review, it was getting an average of only 30 albums a week
during this period .
However, in spite of all the corporate
moaning and groaning, most major record
labels have been - like most corporate
concerns - maintaining record-breaking
profit margins . And yet they all claimed
to be suffering both financially and artistically as a result of the alleged "v.inyl
· crunch ."
While the record companies · were declaring themselves victims of the Arab oil
embargo , record prices were raised and
the quality 6f records produced went
down noticeably. Record pressing plants
across the country were reporting that,
for lack 'of vinyl, they had to resort to
"cutting" fresh vinyl with vinyl that had
been reclaimed from old records or using
recycled vinyl entirely, which cut the cost
of record pressing substantially.
The idea of using recycled vinyl is itself
a very good and practical one. However,
there are no standards of purity for repressed vinyl. As a · result of this lack of
quality control, many pressing plants are
producing inferior quality records. Bruce
Maier, president of Discwasher Inc ., complained that bits of hair, ground-up labels
and wire shavings have been found in recently pressed records , making them
brittle and of poor sound quality.
In early spring I had a conversation
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with a friend in records from L.A. about
possibilities as to what's really happening
in the record industry . It was his opinion,
and the opinion of quite a few of his associates, that the 'industry magnates felt it
was time to squeeze out as many pre-depression dollars as possible . Fortunately
for them the oil magnate had the same
idea. Since vinyl was a petroleum product
and of course there was a "real" oil crisis,
it made sense that there would be a vinyl
crisis as well. So record prices could be
raised as a direct result of the oil price increase, and so on.
Following this train of thought we went
on to predict that as soon as record prices
were jacked up to substantially higher,
the cries of vinyl shorta_ge_a:'d imminen t

bankruptcy would turn to the purr of fat
with fat wallets. And shortly thereafter the market would once again be
flooded with "new product."
Recently Fantasy Records announced its
intention to raise the retail price of their
singles to $1.25. Most major labels have
already hiked their prices on albums the average list price for a current LP is
now $5.98 to $6 .98. And sure enough the
trickle is slowly turning into a flood as far
as new releases are concerned. About 65
percen t of the promotional material
KAOS-FM, the campus radio station, has
received recently has been material by
"new product. " And most companies are
starting to launch huge advertising campaigns for both new and old artists.
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HIGH BOGART
The common wisdom about Humphrey
Bogart is that no matter what film he was
in .he always played the same character and to a certain extent this is true. In
many mediocre to excellent films [The
Maltese Falcon, To Have and Have Not ,
Deadline U.S.A., Casablanca , The Big
Sleep, Action in the North Atlantic, etc.]
Bogart was simply Bogart, that unique
and much-imitated blend of toughness
and tenderness, callousness and concern,
cynicism and sincerity . In that consistent
role he wa$ probably the best hero the
American cinema has produced.
There were a few films, however, in
which Bogart was able to use his acting
ability in a creative way and turned out
complex, three-dimensional characters
which no longer fit the mold of the Bogart
"image." In these parts it became clear
how much genuine talent and artistry lay
beneath his usual effortless-looking acting,
and how much · could be accomplished
with the tools he had. One o.f these films
was The African Queen (1951), in which
he gave a sensitive and sympathetic
pbrtrayal of a Canadian laborer who,
with the help of a pristine missionary
(Ka therine Hepburn), pilots a boat
through the perils of wartime Africa to
blow up a German ship. Another
outstanding example of Bogart's acting
ability is his portrayal of the psychopathic
captain in The Caine Mutiny (1954). But
perhaps Bogart's best role ever is that of
Fred C. Dobbs in The Treasure of Sierra
Madre, this week's Friday Nite Film.
The movie was directed by John
Huston, whose credits include other fine
Bogart films [The Maltese Falcon, Across
the Pacific, Key Largo] and numerous
other achievements, including some award
winning war documentaries . It co-stars
Walter Huston, the director's father,
who also tums in one of his finest film
performances.
The film opens with Dobbs (Bogart)
down and out in a Mexican town begging
from strangers and looking for work. He
runs across an American in similar
circumstances named Curtin (Tim Holt),
and the two of them team up to try and
raise money . After a disappointing spell
at a lousy job, they meet an old prospector in a cafe, and he puts the itch for
gold into them. Soon the three of them
are off into the mountains together to
prospect for gold.
Huston's portrayal of Howard, the old
prospector, is full of humor and realism .
!-le is just as excited by the hunt for gold
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as the other two, but has seen what gold
does to men ; he is prepared to see the
worst happen . Dobbs and Curtin will
hear none of his warnings - they are so
· anxious to get their hands on the magic
stuff that they stumble up the mountain
crying out at anything that glitters,
under the amused eye of the experienced
Howard.
At last they m ake their strike, and
things begin to change. After the first
flush of .new found· riches has passed,
Dobbs begins to grow suspicious . He
watches their every move. He lies awake
at night w atching. He becomes more and
more sure that the other twa are out to
rob him.
As a study of greed and suspicion,
Bogart ' s performance is classic. His
character slowly changes from a good-natured knockabout to a grasping, eye-rolling crazy man with no thought in his
mind but gold , wealth, riches, and he is
sure the others are thinking the same. The
three partners find a kind of solidarity
when bandits attack and are repulsed, but
it subsequently only increases their
paranoia and sense of urgency to know
that there ~ re others around who want ·
what they have.
Due largely to the influence of the wise
Howard, the three manage to divide the

gold up and head down the mountain to
town, where they can cash in their finds.
But halfway down Howard is called away
to help a sick child at a nearby Indian
village, and Curtin and Dobbs are left to
stew in their own juice. Dobbs' taunting,
insane rapacity provokes the worst
response in Curtin and the two declare
war - whichever one falls asleep sooner
will be the other's victim.
To go further would be to spoil the
impact of the ending. But the dynamics of
the situation are continued to the end in as
realistic and compelling a manner as
before. It is a sombering movie if one
wishes to reflect on its implications for
human nature. But,_ as the New York
Times reviewer wrote of the film in 1948
when it was released, "Don' t let this note
of intelligence distract your attention from
the fact that (John) Huston is putting it
over in a most vivid and exciting action
display . Even the least perceptive patron
should find this a swell adventure film."
These are words worth listening to. The
Treasure of Sierra Madre , while in some
Ways a cinematic and critical masterpiece,
is first and foremost a piece of high enter_tainment. Even if it were not for the
excellence of the direction and the overall
acting, the film would be worth watching
just to see Bogart in a role that genuinely
uses his talents.

Cooper Point Journal

OLYMPIA

Cin ema
State: Lords of Flatbush - More 'SO's
nostalgia with Susan Blakely and Tom
Mason. When was the last time someone
gave you a hickey? Co-billed with
Shamus, a Burt Reynolds detective flick . .
Capitol : Chariots of the Gods - Erich
Von Daniken's space visitation theory
held over for another week.
Olympic: Asylum - Kenneth Loach's
worthwhile fiction I documentary film
about an asylum in N o rth London ;
Arnold - thrills and chills and corny
jokes.
Friday Nite Film: Treasure of the Sierra
Madre - The classic Bogart film shown
this time without commercials .
Academic Film Series (Tuesday in Lecture Hall #1) : Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, a Russian film directed by Sergei
Parajanov.
Evergreen Coffeehouse (ASH commons) : Suddenly, Last Summer, starring
Katherine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift
and Elizabeth Taylor. Sunday night.

In Concert
Applejam: The Kitchen Band sings
songs of the Roaring Twenties on homemade instruments Thursday night. Friday,
John Riley, presently in prison, plays
country-western and rhythm and blues,
followed by a discussion on prisons. Saturday, Seattle's Rag Daddy provides the
entertainment for an Applejam benefit at
VFW Post 318 .
The State Capitol Museum presents
"History Institute, " a one-day workshop
in Washington State History, Saturday.
Oregon Trail: Classy swing jazz by Red
Kelly, Jack Perciful and Don Ober nightly
except Mondays.
TACOMA

Cinema
Rialto: 2001: A Space Odyssey Kubrick's ultimate 'trip.
Temple: Gone With the Wind - Scarlett is back again .

Court C Coffeehouse: Open mike for
folk , blues and ragtime musicians Thursday night. Friday night Caitlin, the IrishAmerican string band will perform, and
Saturday, Mick McCartney and Paul (Big
Red) Wilson.
SEATTLE

Cin ema
Broadway : Heartbreak Kid - Cybill
Shepherd and Charles Grod!n star i~
Elaine May's believable, touchmg and hilarious story about a disenchanled bride' groom who falls for a girl on his honeymoon. Co-billed with Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles.
Cinerama: That's Entertainment MGM's historical super-spectacular. .
Edgemont : Two by Elia Kazan : Tennessee Williams's Baby Doll and A Face in
the Crowd starring Andy Griffith and
Patricia Neal.
Fifth A venue: 11 Harrowhouse Charles Grodin, Candice Bergen, John
Gielgud and James Mason in a mildly entertaining film about a diamond robbery.
Grodin ' s dryly humerous narration is
sometimes funny , sometimes distracting.
Sleuth - Lawrence Olivier and Michael
Caine in the unusual and well~done suspense film.
.
Harvard Exit : State of Siege - The direc tor of Z (Costa-Gavras) turns his
alacritous cameras on American intervention in the affairs of a South American
country .
Movie House: Harold and Maude Ruth Gordon and Bud Cart in a philosophical and darkly funny love story .
Music .Box: Chinatown - The great
Polanski detective film with Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway.
Town : Juggernaut - Richard Lester's
thriller about an extortion plot involving
an ocean liner. Stars . Rex Harrison. Also,
When Legends Die.
U A Cinema 70: Conrack - An underrated but excellent film starring Jon
Voight as a schoolteacher struggllngl.n . an
all-black school on a poverty-stricken
island off the Carolina coast .

Uptown: The White Dawn - Timothy ·1 .· 11
Bottoms, Warren Oates and Lou Gossett ''
in a semi-documentary about white men ' ·
among the Eskimos; Red Sun .
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Varsity : The Chaplin festival continues,
,
with Limelight and The Gold Rush .
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Associated Students , University of
Washington (130 Kane) : Friday , Murmur ..".,
of the Heart - Louis Malle's sensitive · ··~
film about a boy entering adulthood ;
Cesar & Rosalie starring Yves Montand .
Saturday, Satyajit Ray's Simabadha (The
Target) and Bo Widerberg's Adalen 31 .
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Opera House: Leo Kottke on October
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Moore Theater : Randy Newman an
Ry Cooder on October 31.

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Repertory Theater:
Hamlet, starring
Christopher Walken.
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Empty Space Theater : Gertrude, a mys- 1'''
tery about Gertrude Stein and Isadora ··.'
Duncan. Alice in Wonderland will be pre-, JJ·!
sented at midnight Friday and Saturday:. ·~>~tv~
Opera House: The Royal Swed1sH _ ·
Ballet, on its first American tour, in per~ J •
formances on Thursday and Friday .
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Backstage: Gr~~ve Tube - T~i~ satire ~~
explores the full potential of television.
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Broadway: The Rolling Stones. Al~1;- q
seats $3 .50.
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Francis
Gul. ld · The Conversation .
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Ford Coppola's stunning study of a wire.
tapper stars Gene H~ck~an; Daisy Mi~Iei ~~~
_ Peter BogdanovJCh s latest, stanmif._ 'H•
Cybill Shepherd.
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Movie House: Harold and Maude Ruth Gordon and Bud Cort in a philo~~~~q
sophical and darkly funny love story.
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Bananas and Everything You Always 1
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Auditorium: Leo Kot-tke in concert on .. ,1
October 25 .
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WRITERS
ARTISTS
PHOTOGRAPHERS

The Cooper Point Journal is planning to pub li sh a liter-ary supplement during the latter part of November
conta inin g poetry, prose, photography, and art work .
Any member of the community is welcome to submit
work to Stan Shore, editor of the supplement, at the
Journal office (CAB rm. 306} no later than Friday, November 15. Originals of all art work will be returned.
Source: Eng US-WaOE.A.1973-01

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