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drinking age? You should know what kind of a country you're
supporting! It's one who mercilessly plucks virginal geoducks from
their families in the dead of night. These geoducks will siphon high
no more. In fact, they won't do much at all. Because they're dead!
Avenge your slaughtered brothers and sisters! SOLIDARITY!
"What is the student trustee?
by Tunle
After seeing so many notices for the
upcoming election for the Student Trustee
office, I realized that I was not exactly clear as
to what the position was. I made some
inquiries and eventually found Sinnamon
Tierney. the current Student Trustee. She
explained to me that the office, with a term of
one year. is one that acts as a liaison between
students and the administration, serving as a
representative of student sentiment.
The motion to create this position
passed the Senate on February 17. 1998,
passed the House March 3, 1998, was
approved by the Governor March 20, 1998
and was finally filed in the Office of Secretary
of State March 20,1998. The StudentTrustee
is a position for the students at all of the
universities in Washington, with Evergreen
being the only college in the state with such a
position.
Sinnamon is only the second person to
hold this office. The reason why more
attention has been drawn to it this year is that
there are six applicants, whereas there have
only been five or less in the past years. This
means that in order to get appOinted, the
number of candidates !tad to be narrowed
down to five people by the voting that
happened on Red Square Monday the 10th
and Tuesday the 11th of April. After the five
finalists are chosen, their applications get sent
to the governor's office and he appoints the
best qualified applicant, with the consent of
the Senate.
The primary obligation of the Student
trustee is to be a part ofihe two day long board
meetings every other month.
Sinnamon chose this position. not for the
big bucks (this is not a paid position,) but
because it went along with her undergraduate
work, public administration. She is currently
continuing her post graduate work in the same
field.
This post definitely gives hands on
experience in how the administration works,
while being in the relaxed environment found
at Evergreen . The board, referred to by
Sinnamon as being "open and friendly," is
headed by David Lamb. Bill FrankJr. is the Vice
Chair, Stanley Flemming, Secretary, Deborah
Barnett, Dwight Kiyoshi Imanaka, Karen Lane,
Marilee Roloff and, of course, Sinnamon
Tierney, complete the board. Visit Evergreen's
web page for their biographies.
As in most administrative positions,
there are a few things of which one must be
aware. This position is only open for one year,
which might limit those interested in applying
for this position . There is only so much
familiarity that one can attain after only twelve
short months. Also, student concerns might
not have been represented as well as they could
have been in the president search, as Sinnamon
was not permitted to be a part of the screening
process because, according to Substitute
Senate Bill 5517, "A student appOinted under
this section shall excuse himselfor herselffro.m
participation or voting matters relating to the
hiring, disclipline, or tenure of faculty
members ad personnel. n
We will find out who will be the new
appointee in Mid to late May. This will allow
the new Trustee to sit in with Sinnamon at the
board meeting on June 8 and 9 where she can
impart her knowledge and expertise, thereby
for an easy transition .
The general education committee is looking
for student help in developing a new curricular
model for the college.
There is a student meeting sc heduled for
Thursday, April 27 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the
librar y lounge to discuss the proposed curricular
changes and to get stud ent feedback.
The committee was charged to develop a
proposal in respon se to the Northwest
Commission on Colleges' recommendation that
Evergreen expose its students to more academic
subjects. The proposal is scheduled to be
presented to the commission when they visit the
school in the fall.
Kelli Sanger and Sasha Schworm, student
members on the committee, will be facilitating
the meeting. There will be copies of the most
recent draft proposal and evaluation sheets for
students to fill out. Copies of student evaluations
will be given to all the committee members.
Brian Price, chair of the committee, said
that the evaluations will be reviewed at their May
3 meeting. They will discuss the feedback and
how to implement it into the final draft proposal.
"I feel like. this is a chance for students to
participate in the planning process, n said Sanger.
Some of the questions the committee would
like the students to address are:
How would you feel if you were reqUired to
take coordinated studies?
How would you feel about being required to
have an academic advisor?
Students are encouraged to complete the
evaluations at the meeting but the deadline to
hand them in is Monday, May 1. Students can
drop them off at Sanger's desk in Lib Room 2211.
Studenrs who can'! attend the m~eting
ca n also get copies of the draft proposal
and evaluation forms by emailing
Sanger at sankelI5@evergreen.edu or
Schwarm at schworma@evergreen.edu.
The three proposed curricular models
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The seco nd auction to benefit
Chief Jake Swamp will be speaking on the
Longest Peace on Earth, the Great Law of Peace
of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy, on
which the United States Constitution is founded .
As the founder of the Tree of Peace Society, Chief
Swamp travels extensively throughout the world,
particularly to areas ofconflict, doing traditional
tree plantings and spreading this word of Peace.
He has delivered this message to the White House
on the invitation of President Clinton.
Says Alan Parker of the Northwest Indian
Applied Research Institute. "It is an honor and
privilege for the Evergreen State College
community to host this great warrior and leader
of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy."
Chi ef Swamp will be speaking in the
Longhouse on Wednesday, April 26, at 5 p.m. A
welcoming reception with refreshments for Chief
Jake Swamp & Madonna Thunder Hawk will
follow, 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. It's all free, and
sponsored by Women of Color Coalition, NW
Indian Applied Research Institute, the Men's
Center, American Indian Science & Engineering
Society, and the Native Student Alliance.
If you miss him on campus, Chief Swamp
will also speak downtown at7p.m., in the historic
Capitol Theater, as part of the "Alternatives and
Resistance to Neo-Liberalism" May Day event.
He'll speak again Thursday at noon, in the
Building 22 Lounge at the South Puget Sound
Co mmunity College, then again at 7 p.m..
downtown at Traditions Cafe. The latter event
will be followed by another reception.
For more information, contact Amanda
Holmesforthe Working Group with Indigenous
Peoples at 943·5185 or Tokalasa@aoLcom.
Bubble-o-Rama
Campus Child Care is celebrating the
Month of the Young Child. Join them Friday,
April 21, at 10 a.m. for their 12th annual
bubble blow. Bring your own bubbles, or come
and watch the bubbles that will be blown. Big
bubbles, small bubbles, bubbles of all sizes.
.Soap bubbles. Spit. bubbles. Bubbles of
solidarity. Bubbles of hope. Bubbles for one
and bubbles for all.
Evergreen's Cal Anderson Memoria l
Lecture Series is Saturday, April 22 at 5
p.m . in th e co llege gym. Audi ence
members will be treat~d to a tempting
assortment of delicious appetizers and
sumptuous desserts. A no·host bar will
feature wine and loca l beers. Zipper, a
seven· member offshoot of the famous
Seattle Men's Cho rus, will entertain . The
auction of hundreds ofitems will be both
live and silent.
Items up for bid include a film cell
autographed by "Hey Arnold!" crea tor
Craig Bartlett, an '81 Evergreen
graduate; an eight·day Grand Canyon
raft trip; ocean cruises; a John Saul
autographed book; dinner at the
Governor's mansion; and a lunch for two
with Seattle Mayor Paul "WTO" Schell.
Sports paraphernalia, vintage wine ,
original artwork, leisure packages, and
gourmet meals are also available.
Anderson was Washington State's
fir st openly gay lawmaker. He
represented the 43rd legislative district
in Seattle, encompassing the University
District and Capitol Hill The Ca l
Anderson Memorial Lecture Series
contin ues di scussion on issues he
championed during his public service
career, including environmental
protection, veterans' benefits and
campaign finance reform. But perhaps
Anderson is best known for his
leadership in fighting for equal civil
rights protection for gays and le~bians
and for securing funding for AIDS/HIV
programs.
Tickets are $20 and may be
purchased in advance or at the door. To
purchase tickets or for additional
information ,
contact
auction
coordinator Teresa Carmody at x6040 or
spencea@evergreen.edu .
Health and Spirituality
fair has landed
Ever been interested in palm reading?
Massage? Plantspirit llledicine? Does spirituality
and medicine sound like 'something you'd like to
explore? If so, the Health and Spirituality Fair is
foryoul This FREE event is beinghe\d on all three
floors of the Evergreen lobby from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. on April 26. There will be over twenty health
care practitioners and spiritual groups at the fair
presenting topics ranging from tarot to fertility
awareness. Demonstrations, videos and
resources aboundl Free foot and hand wraps,
massage and nutritional analysis are provided by
the T.E.S.C. Health Center.
For further information, contact the Center
for Holistic Living at 866-6000, x6528 or email
petersob@evergreen.edu.
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by Jeanine ElIio[(
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Volume 28 • Number 22
April 20, 2000
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Photo Services will not process color slide
(E·6,) or color negative film (C~41,) for one week,
beginning April 24. We will be installing a new
processor to replace our existing system. We
expect to be up and running as normal by
Monday, May 1.
We will be open as usual next week,.and
we can take in your color film and copyslide
orders. We just can't promise them to you until
after May 1. We apologize for any
inconvenience this may cause.
For more information, contact Steve at
x6272 or imaging@evergreen.edu.
Forum for collective
bargaining .
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Alight week, relatively speaking, forreported crime. Besides the usual drinking, vehicle prowh
and odd parties in A~Dorm, it seems many people were out enjoying the sun, instead 0
committing criminal acts. But no fire alarms this week? My head hangs heavy with sorrow, a,
dark as the clouds thatthreaten to spoil the happy life I once led. Oh well, on with the mayhem ..
Monday, April 10-Thesday, April 11
On the bright side, the ongoing saga ofLes Miserables: The Next Generation ends in a partia
tr.iumph as the two souls unjustly charged are merely fined. Even the prosecutor is baffled as tl
.why a case involving bread products made it all the way to court.
Wednesday, April 12
8: 50 a.m.
Someone steals a DVD player from Lecture Hall 3. Two days later, it is foun,
in the hallway between LH 3 and 4. This leads to disturbing thoughts of technology runnin)
around with a mind of its own, ideas which chill me to the bone.
Preacher Bob and BibleJim come to campus to spew their own special branl
1 p.m.
of hate. In a report against filed by one of their harassees, there is probable cause that th,
misanthropes are guilty of Disorderly Conduct and Slander of Woman, which only applies tl
malicious speech of "any female of the age of 12 years or upwards, not a common prostitute.'
Isn't it nice to know we kept something fun from the Victorian age?
by Lin Nelson and Sarah Ryan
In the last legislative session, a hill was
introduced to enable collective bargainin~ on Thursday, April 13
Washington's four-year colleges and univerSities, 1 a.m.
A student living in his Volkswagen is told to move his vehicle off collegt
The legislation would apply to full and part·time property. I'm guessing there's more room in that van than there is in a single room in A~Dorm
faculty and student employees.
6:15 p,m.
A man claiming to be both Jesus and Michael Jordan is transported to St
While the bill did not get far this session, Peter's after disturbing deli patrons.
supporters plan to reintroduce it next session.
There was little discussion on our campus, and
.
as faculty and staff, we weren't prepared to Friday, April 14
5:05
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A
student
peeing
on a bike rack is stopped by an officer, who detects alcohol
express an opinion.
The Agenda Committee and the Labor on his breath. The student is eventually cited for MIP, although thankfully not for urinating iII
Center have decided to co,s{l0nsor an pl!.blic. That's the kind of thing that your parents warn about going on your permanent record
informational workshop on this le81slation. We
will be joined by Gary King, a legislative staff Saturday, April 15
member of the Washington Education Blotter editor hears rumors of naked party in A-Dorm and is fervently glad that she no longel
Association and by Jim Gregory, from the lives there. Lord knows what that sight would have done to her delicate sensibilities.
University of Washinl!ton's chapter of the 12 a.m.
Another student gets busted for MIl' after an officer catches him drinkin~
American Association J.'University Professors, outside one of the dorms. While he did not relieve himself in public, he does have a high blood
The forum will be Wednesday, April 26,
alcohol level, which only spells doom ...and pOSSibly lots of booze.
from 4-6 p.m. in CAB 110. Everxone is invited.
Vehicle prowl in one ofthe parking lots means bad news for contents ofont
You can read the bill in ~format at http:/ 10:35 p.m.
of
the
cars.
Don't
know
what was stolen, so feel free to make a wild guess ofyour own choosing.
/www.leg.wa.gov/pub/bilIinfo/1999-00/
senate/6325·6349/6346.pd( You might also
want to look at Central Washington University Sunday, April 16
United Faculty web page for "frequently asked 10:09 p,m.
A second car falls victim to prowling as its driver side window is broken.
questions" at http://www.unitedfaculty.orgl Oddly enough, the only items missing are a standard ashtray and a door speaker cover. Either
frequent.htrn.
it's a simple prank or I sense an unholy ceremony to bring about the
Apocalypse with car parts.
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seeking farmers/growers for
the 2000 market season_
Opens May6; Saturdays,
1Oam~3pm . 2nd & Railroad
Ave .
In
Shelton.
For
information call 427-4555.
O.u tdoor Education
Study environmental and
natural resource issues in the
field! Academic, outdoor
courses offered in Alaska,.
Montana, Yellowstone, Olym~
pic Peninsula or Kam~hatka,
Russia. Credits available
through University of Montana
Contact Wild Rockies Field
Institute: (406) 549~4336 or
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Deadline is 3 p.m . Friday.
Student Role is just $2.00/30 words.
Conloel Corrie Hiner for more info.
Phone (360) 866·6000 x6054
or stop by the CPJ, CAB 316
Cooper Point Journa -2- Apnl 20, 2000
Have you ever daydreamed about what
you might do with a little extra money? [do all
the time. Did you know that you can save more
than $6000 each year by not driving a car?
Obviously, driving is costing us mil ch
greater than that·~nam e ly our environmental
and perso nal health. According to the th e
Northwest Air Pollution Authority, th e
personal automobile is th e leading source of air
pollution in our area. Statewide, the number
of vehicles on the road and the miles they lravel
continue to increase at a rate nearly three times
faster than popUlation growth. Not only. are
ca rs arc clogging up the arteries of our cities,
they're clogging the arteries of our bodies too!
We spend so much of our time working to feed
our cars that we have fo rgotten to take care of
our bodies and souls!
But there is hope! Many health experts
' ...orld-wide advise exercise that is moderate,
regular, and integrated into daily life. Sillce 110
one has time to exercise, bicycle commuting is
the perfect solution. May is National Bike
Month, so why not give bicycle co mmuting a
try?
Participate in Thurston County's Bicycle
Commuter Co ntes t 2000. Throughou t th e
entire month, rid e your bike to work. school
and to do erra nds and win some of th e $3000
in prizes donated by local businesses. We have
an amazing array of prizes to compete for and
over 40 ways to win!
Register by May 3 and keep tra ck afhow
often and how far yo u commute by bicycle
(so rry, pleasure rid es don't count). Sign up as
an individual, or put toge th er tea ms with
friends and tally up your mi les together.
The registration fee has increased slight ly
to $7.50 dll e to fll ndin g impacts of 1-695.
However, your registratio n fee includes many
wonderful benefit s. All participants who return
their mileage log will receive a cool refle ctive
sticker, and coupo ns for a free n1uffin from Blue
Heron Bakery, a free bagel from Bagel Brothers.
and a day pass to the South Sound YMCA.
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in programs, meeting wim vanous individuals, and
wandering around the campus. We are certainly
~ap~y to liave them with us. They are from:
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Santa Fe Community College in Gainesvi1le, FL
May 9 and 10
Moorpark College in Moorpark, CA
May 18-19
West Hills Community College in Coalinga, CA
This will be the third group from Moorpark
that has been with us over the past two years.
In addition to the visitors, we welcome Gerry
L'Heureux as a Washington Center Visiting faculty
Fellow. Gerry is a faculty member at Holyoke
Community College in Massachusetts and is
spending part pfhis sabbatical with us. Holyoke CC
was one ofthe collegesinvolved in the FlPSE National
Leaming Communities Dissemination Project. As
part ofthat project, Gerry was on the campus furthe
live-<lay summer institute in 1997 and presented at
the national conference lastspring. He is involved in
the Washington Center's spring activities as a
corisultant on learning communities.
For more information, contact Jeanine atx6609.
No photos for you!
~ssistant Business Manager for 2000.200~
Applications available
on Monday, April
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The' 'empire' strikes back
by Noah Michel
Two weeks ago the Cooper PointJoumal
did a survey comparing the prices of select
random foods at the Evergreen Deli to their
prices at two local supermarkets. The Deli
priced items were up to twenty cents higher
than the stores. which warranted further
investigation.
Dane Hoerst is the manager of Fine Host,
the company in charge of food service at
Evergreen. He has worked at five colleges
previous to E·:ergreen. Dane .is responsible
not only for pricing the food you eat on
campus: he also maintains food quality and
tries to keep his employees happy. When
confronted with the Deli's exorbitant pricing,
Dane defended his organization and stated
that the CPJ was "comparing app les and
oranges."
Dane clarified that supermarkets get
their food from different distributors than the
deli: the demand is greater for the food at the
grocery s~ore than the food on campus so the
deli is not able to acquire a cheap distributor.
A large supermarket chain has their own
trucks and farmers, while the food at the Deli
is brought in by refrigerated trucks from
privately owned companies. In response to
'!ur survey, Dane stuck to his guns, "You need
to shop all the items; maybe the price is
cheaper for a pint of milk (than the other items
surveyed).
.
"In order to compare us," Dane added,
"you need to compare us with anot-her
un iversity." At Boise State where Dane had
similar employment, the pricing was the same
while the college itself was in the middle of a
metropolitan area where the students had
other options for lunch. However, when Dane
was asked to reveal the profit margin of the
Deli he declined, stating that it would be
unethical to reveal information confidential
to Evergreen and Fine Host.
On a lighter note, earlier in the yea r
Organic foods were introduced to the Deli by
way of the salad bar. The addition was in
response to the Organic Food Committee
confronting Dane about the absence of
organiC and vegan food in the Deli's options.
Dane response was, "Why aren't we doing it
already?"
The Organic Salad bar has seen an
increase in clientele and Dane plans on
increasing vegan options by adding a dailyrotating animal-product free item to the Deli's
menu. In addition. the Organic Food
Committee is working closely with Evergreen's
new chef to make sure these item s are
completely vegan.
Dane added that Evergreen was the only
college he has worked with without .a food
service committee, and without advice from
the student body he is blind to the desires of
his clientele. If you have further suggestions
or criticisms for Dane his e-mail address is
hoerstd@evergreen.edu.
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This week Price Wars took over at the TESC Bookstore! Let 's see how it stacks up to the big boys!
For this experiment I chose to price not only commonly read books but also magical musical disc.s of joy!
Books:
I )Tlze Prince, Hardcover, University of
Chicago Press
2)Slaughter House 5, Paper, Laural
Publishing
3)01 Mice and Men, Paper, Penguin Books
4)On Competition, Hardcover, HBS Press
5)Allthe King :5 Men, Paper, Harcourt
Brace
6)Anotlzer Country, Paper, Vintage Press
7)Bell Curve, Hardcover, Free Press
At the TESC
BOQkslQre Books:
I ) $25.60
2) $6.99
3) $6.95
4) $35.95
5) $14
6) $ 13
7) $ 16
Music Discs:
I) Christina Agui lera
2) Limp Bizkit, "Significant Other"
3) Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Ca lifqmiwtioll"
4) Jay-Z: "Volwne 3"
CDs:
I ) $ 14 .99
2) $14.99
3)$14.99
4) $14.99
B.Dalton:
Barnes&Nogle:
$24. 00
$6.99
$No Dea l
$35.95
$ 11
$ 13
$ 15
$34 .95
$6.99
$9 .95
$35.95
$ 14
$ 13
$25(No Deal)
The Wherehouse Music:
$17.99
$ 17.99
$17.99
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By Tristan Baurick
Among bOOk shelves in the backroom that
houses Olympia's Books To Prisoners. 2nd-year
Evergreen student Long Hair David stacks
another package of books in the large crate
destined for Texas. The crate is gradually filling
- but not fast enough. Books to Prisoners is five
months behind in answering inmate requests.
"Iwish I could breathe life into this project!"
laments Long Hair David as he stares at the crate.
It has been a long. slow work day for him. Only
two other volunteers showed up to lend a hand
Long Hair David is the founder of
Olympia's branch of Books To Prisoners (BTP),
a not for profit, grass roots organization that
provides donated books to the inmate
population ofTexas
An ex-con himself. David became active at
the main branch ofBooks To Prisoners in Seattle
soon alter his release from prison. Frustrated
with the decision to cut back support given to
the Texas prison population, David began
operating a smaller version of the Seattle
organization from his home in Olympia. Three
weeks later, with the help oflong-time volunteer
Chris Carson, David had an outpost firmly
estaBlished in the back room of the downtown
business that is now Olympia World News.
It is here that volunteers read inmate letters
and try to match their requests using stacks of
books donated by the Olympia community. The
packets of books are then wrapped, addressed,
weighed and sent off to inmates.
From a box bulging with unopened letters,
some decorated with colorful inmate art, David
pulls out a request from Gatesville" a smaU town
in Texas supporting no less than 14 prisons. The
prisoner requests vocational reading material on
auto repair. He writes that he is lookingforward
to his release and hopes to find work as a
mechanic. "This type of work -education," says
David "is one ofthe most healing things you can
involve yourself in. The better you understand
the world, around you the better you'll
understand your selfand get into a life where you
Chris Carson
don't re-offend."
David speaks from experience. He credits helps a volunteer
his own self-education, using the meager prepare books
resources available to him in maximum security, (above)
as an integral part ofhis recovery. "After the toxic Long Hair
affects ofmy life started to wear offit was through David stands
reading and writing that I was able to slowly build before BTP's
myselfback up."
collection of
As the summer nears David fears thatwhat donated books
he calls the backbone of Books To Prisoners - (right)
Evergreen students, will disappear. Each
summer, David says, Books to Prisoners falls a
month behind in their work. This 'will set the every Thursday between 3 PM and 9 PM at
effort back six months by summer's end. David Olympia World News on 4th Avenue. Training
and the other volunteers at Books To Prisoners takes about 1 hour. After being trained a
are hoping for a large outpouring of support to volunteer can come in at anytime to work on
pull them further ahead in meeting inmate answering letters, filling inmate requests, and
requests before the summer months completely packaging books. Books to Prisoners is most in
overwhelm them.
need of volunteers but those that cannot give
Books to Prisoners volunteer training is their time are asked to donate stamps and
Maydayscheduleofevmm -~
Need something to prepare you for the
big day ahead? How about these
upcoming events to put you in the
community mood? Get involved early
"in this annual Evergreen milestone.
Mondoy, April 24
7:00pm, St. MiI:had', wa!lidt OIapd (confirmtd)
Members of Ihe northern Irish peace community
Corrym ..la will sl"'ak aboul Ih.ir reconcilialion
efforls b.lween Prol.stanl and Calholic youlh.
Corrym<tta works 10 heal the woonds of violmu in
north.", trish communities. SponlOrrd by: Radical
Catholics for )UJlic. and Pnce (TESC) and Ihe 51.
Michael's Social)ustice Committ ... F,...
n-Iay, April 25
7:00 pn, St. MiI:had', Wa!lidt d.pd (confirmtd)
Ray Williams. cultural and spiriluallnder ofth.
Swinomish and Chair oflhe SnIde Archdioc... Nati;"
American Desk will giv< a talkentitltd. · GIobaliution.
Environrntnul Activism, SpiricuilHty-a Native
i'rrsp«liv<: Ray WdUamulso ho.strd tho Indigmou.s
People', Forum. held in S.ald. prior to the WTO
minislerial mming. F,...
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April 26
3:00 pn. Capitollbaur (confirmtd)
Rtpmontativos from the Health Ca~ 2000 campal8"
will talk about thrir ballot iniliativ<. 1-725 which will
provide universal, cradle·lo-grave health care
insurance to all residents of Washington state
regardJessofi~.
4:lO pn. CapIIDI n-(confirmtd)
The Wdfa~ Rizhts O,!!anizingCoaIitillll (WROC) will
SCrtfll tho film "The Outsidm.· a film about SO poor
andlor homeless peopIt who organlud a bus lour in
wl)kh they doculMlltfd the ptight of thole sufftring
poverty in this coutry. Following the screening the ...
will bt an int ••utive theater workshop which will
allow partidpant.to expIo~ the themes of the film in
mcndrpth.
7:00 pn. CapIIDIlbaur (ronfirmtd)
Ev<rzmn proftsoon SttV< Ni.. and Peter BoIunerwill
Ind a workshop entided "Rnirunce Ind A1tematiws
to Globalization: Sponsoredby:TheMaydayhtion
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1:30 pn. CapIIDI 'I)eIIK (confirmed)
Olympia commmity members who participattd in the
tnternational Monetary FundlWortd Bank protesu in
w.shington D.C. will r;oport backon their ozperl<nca.
This will bt In evening of stories, sonp. poems.
pi~ and videos. Sponscrrd by thoMayday Action
Commltt... ($0-5 sliding sate. $6-8 sliding sale for
bothrvents)
11nnday, Apil71
NOOII • &pm The Mayday Action Com mitt.. will
presenl a ..ries of discussion, and workshops dealing
with issurs ",Ialed to bring • student and bring in
school. Stop by anytime 10 s.. what is happening.
F....
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n", Mayday Action Commilt.. pr...... ts: 'Students in
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English and Spanish dictionaries are in highest
demand. GED books,vocational guides, African
American, Latino, and Native American history
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leave a message at 943-2375.
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An interview with Sonia Jacobs
by Mikel Reparaz .
It was a late night in 1976 when a state
trooper's car pulled into a rest stop near Ft.
Lauderdale, Florida on a routine check.
Looking in through the window of a parked
car full of sleeping people, one of the troopers
saw a handgun between the driver's feet.
The troopers pulled
open the door, confiscated
the weapon, and ordered
the driver and the frontseat passenger out of the
car. A check of the driver's
10 showed that he was
Walter Rhodes, an exfelon on parole. The fact
that he was carrying a
handgun was grounds for
him to be sent back to
prison.
"I think that was the
reason he panicked," said
Sonia Jacobs, who was in
the back seat of the car
with her two young
children at the time.
According to jacobs, one
ofthe police officers held her husband, jesse,
over the hood of the car while the other drew
his gun and told everyone not to move. It was
at that point, said Sonia, that she heard the
shots ring out.
"I covered the kids," said jacobs, "and
when the shooting stopped, I looked up, and
that's when I saw the man, Rhodes, with a gun
in his hand." Rhodes had a second weapon
stashed in his belt, and had used it to kill the
two officers. jacobs continued, saying that
Rhodes "ran around the car" and ordered the
jacobs family into the police car. The family
complied, terrified that they might be shot as
witnesses.
The group eventually reached a police
roadblock, at which point jacobs thought that
the nightmare was over. She soon found out,
however, it was only beginning.
This week, Sonia jacobs will be speaking
in Olympia on the events surrounding her
urest, sentencing, and eventual exoneration
as part of Death Penalty Awareness Week,
which will last until Friday. The Week,
presented by the Olympia Fellowship of
Reconciliation, is intended to broaden
understanding of the far-reaching
consequences of capital punishment. Its
events have already included a screening of
"Twelve Angry Men" at the Capitol Theater
and lectures by Sonia at S.P.S.c.c., Evergreen.
and the Downtown Olympia Library; st!ll to
come are a non-denominational memorial
service for people who were wrongly executed
and a display of prisoners' art during Arts
Walk. The events focus on innocent people
who were sentenced to Death Row.
Jacobs is one of those people. When the
car was stopped at the roadblock, police
placed both Rhodes and
the jacobs family under
arrest. During this time,
jacobs said she and her
husband were subjected
to repeated incidents of
intimidation, brutality,
and mistreatment on the
part of the police. Her
nine-year-old son and 10month-old daughter were
handed over to social
services.
It would be years
before jacobs saw either of
them again_
Before the trials,
Rhodes entered into a
plea-bargain with the
prosecuting attorney,
whereby his death sentence would be
transmuted to three life sentences if he
testified against the Jacobs. Since the jury was
not informed of the plea-bargain, it didn't
affect their judgment.
Jesse jacobs, being an ex-convict himself,
was almost immediately sentenced to death
for the two murders. While Sonia jacobs
initially received a life sentence, the judge, a
former state trooper, overturned the jury's
decision and sentenced her to Death Row.
Due to the fact that jacobs was the only
woman in the country on Death Row at the
time, the prison authorities weren't quite sure
what to do with her; and so, she spent the next
five years in solitary confinement. During the
first year, she had almost no human contact.
The guards would slide her food under the
door without saying a word, and she was only
allowed to leave her cell for showers twice a
week. After that first year, however, she was
granted some of the basic rights that were
given to men on Death Row, and was allowed
contact with other inmates for four hours a
week.
.
At her appeal, the judge's death sentence
was reduced to life imprisonment, as he had
not .sub~itte? ~ written reason for overruling
the Jury s deCISion. It would be 12 more years,
. however, before the truth came out and the
Jacobs were exonerated.
In 1992, with the help of an outside
friend ofJacobs', it was revealed that a prison
guard had overheard Rhodes bragging about
the fact that two people were on Death Row
because of a crime he committed. Jacobs said
that this testimony had been withheld, for
political reasons, by the prosecution for
several years. According to Sonia, the
prosecuting attorney il) her case was elected
to public office on the strength of the three
convictions, and it might have been
detrimental to. his career if it were to get out
that two of those convictions had been in error.
Unfortunately, the truth came two years
too late. In 1990, Jesse Jacobs was executed in
Florida's electric chair. According to Sonia, his
execution was horribly botched, taking over
13 minutes and three pulls of the switch.
"His head caught fire," said Jacobs,
fighting back tears. "Each time, the flames and
the smoke would shoot out, and it was obvious
that he was still alive."
These days, Jacobs is just trying to put it
all behind her. Currently living with her adult
children and an ll-year-old granddaughter in
California, she spends much of her time
teaching yoga and speaking out against capital
punishment. Taking life a day at a time, she
tries to focus on the positive.
"Coming face to face with your own
death changes your life," said Jacobs. "I have
the right to be angry, and no one can dispute
that." However, she said, that's no way to live
your life. She says that although it's a daily
struggle, she has forgiven Rhodes and the
others responsible for shattering her life.
"Anger and hatred and revenge, that's dead
land," said Jacobs. "I forgave them so that I
could unplug them from my life and move on."
The story doesn't end there, however.
Rhodes recently filed a lawsuit with the state
of Florida. According to Jacobs, the
prosecution had urged Rhodes on several
occasions to continue to testify against the
Jacobs and not confess to being the sole
murderer, which was a violation of his civil
rights.
Rather than face the lawsuit, Jacobs said,
the state decided to simply declare Rhodes a
free man,
Jacobs said that her family, particularly
her daughter, was understandably upset upon
hearing this news. They also feared that there
might be reprisals from Rhodes. However,
Jacobs said, you can't live your life in fear. With
this in mind, her daughter bought a Rottweiler
and, much like Jacobs has done, got on with
the rest of her life.
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by Douglas M. Mackar
Evergreen's Center for Holistic Living
may be dead before you even find out what
"Holistic Living" means. To try to make sure
that doesn't happen, I asked the Center's
coordinator Bev Peterson what holistic
living is all about.
"What isn '( holistic living about?
Basically it's about balance.
There are many parts that make up an
individual- the mind, body, emotions,
spirit-In holistic living, these aren't
separate, they are One. They make us who
we are. What happens is we fall out of
balance with ourselves and our
environment.
Holistic living is about bringing
ourselves back into alignment, with
ourselves, with others, with our
environment, and with nature."
The Center for Holistic Living is a
drop-in and outreach center for alternative
healing and energy work. The Center serves
as a place where people can stop in and ask
questions, and can be guided to additional
resources. The Center also puts on FREE
workshops on topics that are crucial to a
healthy individual and a healthy society. It
is located in CRC 113 (x6528).
Fall quarter, the center sponsored
workshops on massage, AIDS awareness,
smoking cessation, aroma therapy, herbs for
relaxation, as well as sponsoring a graffiti
wall.
Winter quarter, the center sponsored
workshops on Jin Shin Jyutsu; alcohol and
acquaintance rape, media influences on
body image and eating concerns, Reiki,
carnival romantico dance, hypnosis (a
series of two workshops), and stretching.
The center put on a nutrition fair, tabled in
the CAB talking to folks about eating
disorders. They also sponsored several
movies shown on campus as well asa panel
discussion on Body, Mind and Spirit.
This spring the center sponsored
workshops on acupuncture, Aikido, QiGong (a healing form ofTai-Chi), Feng Shui
(energy-work for your environment), began
I,
continued on page 7.
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Youth 'and' Students Gather in Cuba
b y Tim Wetmiller
From April 1-5, the city of Havana. Cuba
hosted the largest meeting of Latin-American
students: the XII Congress of the OCLAE
(Organization of Latin American and
Caribbean Students). Among the more than
. 6,000 students from 38 countries who
attended, the congress was a contingent of
nearly 100 young people from the United
States. Other notable delegates included
striking students from the National
Autonomous University of Mexico,
independence fighters from Puerto Rico and
Quebec, and representatives ofseveral student
and political organizations.
The purpose of this gathering, as in
previous meetings of this organization, was to
give the youth of various nations the
opportunity to reflect on common struggles
and to adopt joint strategies to further their
interests. Delegates met daily in commissions
to discuss the following themes: The
Application ofNeoliberalism and the Role of
Students, Current Situation of the Latin
American and Caribbean University, the
OCLAE and Youth Policies of Integration,
Gender, Culture and Identity, the
Environment and Development, and the
Movement of High School Students.
Participants reiterated the need for unity
in the face of the advancing imperialist
offensive. Accord ing to Irakis Tsavdaridis,
secretary general of the World Federation of
Democratic Youth, "The enemies of our
dreams are united. That is the reason why we
have to unite ourselves and proceed with the
counterattack against imperialism and against
all that destroys our dreams and necessities. "
On the evening of April 3, delegates
participated in a massive demonstration in
front of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana
where they demanded the return of Elian
Gonzalez. This six-year old Cuban boy is one
of three survivors of an ill-fated trip to the
United States arranged by illegal smugglers.
Following this tragic incident, which claimed
the life of his mother, Elian has been held for
nearly five months by distant relatives in
Miami where he is being manipulated and
exploited by the ultra-rightsectorofthe Cuban
exile community. Despite international
outrage and the impassioned pleas of his
father and family to return him to his home in
Cuba, he is still being kept in the United States.
This incident is looked upon by the Cuban
people as yet another flagrant violation oftheir
rights and sovereignty being perpetrated by
their powerful neighbor to the north.
On the final day of the congress,
participants and special guests convened in
the Karl Marx Theatre for the closing
ceremony on the congress. This event began
with the reading of the resolutions adopted in
each of the commissions. Some of the most
commonly expounded themes were solidarity
with the Cuban Revolution and the struggle
to free Elian Gonzalez, condemnation of the
United States for its economic blockade of
Cuba and its imperialist interventions in Latin
America, defense of free public education,
defense ofthe rights of women and minorities,
and support for the independence of Puerto
Rico and the removal of "Yankee" military
bases from the island ofVieques.
To everyone's delight, the congress '
closed with a farewell speech by Cuban
preSident, Fidel Castro. In a nearly four hourlong discourse, Castro spoke on a number of
Rachel Cat.IDn Fonun (Past, Pre;ent and Furure)
workersand their children suffered from unacceptable
Rachel carson wa~ a wnler, poet and a devotee exposures to pesticides and risks to their health. Thisis
of birds and all nature. In 1962 she wrote the book · why she left Delano in 1971 to attend amedical schooL
"Silent Spring" in which she pointed.out the direct She promised she'd return to the workers as a doctor,
detrimental effect for humans and all living nature and she did. Dr. Moses was Cesar Chavez's personal
caused by'use of pesticides. Even more importantly, physician.
In Health and Medicine for Physicians of 1996
she raised issues of environmental ethics which
she was nominated as a Doctor of the Year for her
launched the modem environmental movement.
In 1990, the Masters in Environmental Studies contribution to public health, reaching. research,
Program{MES)ofthe Evergreen StateCoUege used her community service, and ethics, She has treated and
name as a banner tor an annual Forum to atlract studied the neurological. immunological and
attention of TESC students and faculty as well as dermatological efIects on chemical workers exposed
to different kinds of chemicals. In October 1999, Dr,
n~ighbor communities to environmental and social
. issues. Eli Ster.ling,';fn MES Studen~ and Graduate Marion Mo~es participated in an interna,tional
Student Association Coordinator, with the help of conference in Malaysia, dedicated to women and
MfS's Ralph Murphy and john Perl<ins. who were the children'shealth and pesticide exposure. Women from
MESDirectorandFacultythen.createdandorganized all thecountriesofAsia (except for China) participated
the first Rachel Carson Forum. Devoted to Iropical in that conference. Dr. Moses stated that. "Unlike the
rest of the world, most of the pesticide applicatolll in
forests and human welfure, it was a big success.
Since that time, yearafteryear, the Rachel Carson Asia are women and most have no choice but to work
Forum took place during spring quarter on campus. with those toxic chemicals, including time periods
lne topics changed each year, from the Endangered when they are nursing babies, pregnant, or have
Species Act. to Water and Community, to Labor and illnesses like asthma, allergies, etc."
Thecontroversialissuesofpesticideusesarevery
Environ.mental Justice, buttheywere a!waysimportant
and acute environmental issues. Due to that reason, acute in the state ofWashington, too. The numbers of
the Rachel Carson Forum was successful in attracting seasonal farm workers who receive exposure to
~cides are quite large. The fact that a large part of
many interested people.
On May 4, 2000, the Rachel Carson Forum will these workers are Mexican-American raises issues of
takeplacefurtheeleventh time. Thisyear's topic is "Use environmental justice. To have all the involved sides
of Pesticides and Environmental Justice" with Dr. being represented at the Forum, therewillbea panel of
Marion Moses as a guest speaker. Dr. Moses is a farm workers from Eastern Washington as well as
physician oflllternal and occupational medicine, aswell representatives from the Washington State Growers
as a researcher, author, fuunder aM president of the Association and Apple Board.
What about tht future of the Rachel Carson
Pesticidt Education Center in San .Francisco, CA. She
is an environmental activist and leader known Forum?Thisisa difficult question toanswer. However,
nationally and internationally furfightingfursocialand the successful history ofeleven yearsoffonuns as well
political change. Prior to becoming a medical doctor, as the growing interest and participation of TESC
Marion Mosesservedforfiveyear.;asavolunteermme students and faculty in environmental issues leave us
fur the Unikd Fann Workers of America (LFM) in confident that the Forum will continue to raise
Delano, CA. She recalls Cesar Chavez asking her ifshe important environmental issues in the future,
knew anything about pesticides. She saw that farm
by Debbie B.o.-Dicrz and Nikotai Kazakov
TheFarmers
...continued from page 6_
a discussion group focused on voluntary
simplicity, co-sponsored the activities during
sexual assault awareness month, and are
preparing for a Health and Spirituality Fair
on April 26. And if you feel like it's time to
quit smoking, there's another Smoking
Cessation on April 25
This is the first year the Center for
Holistic Uving has had a full-time staffperson(there are also three student workers, and part
of their job is to put on one of the fairs each
quarter.) This is also the first year students,
faculty, staff, and community members have
Deen provided'with such diverse and FREE
work.~hops on campus concerning alternative
healin.ll and energy.
We're here to promote holistic living
for the Evergreen community."
Future plans for the center include
expa nding their library, creating a webpage
with campus/workshop info and links to
other sources, computer-nutritional
assessments, a relaxation space, offering a
resource file specific to the Thurston County
area to connect the needs and interests of
people who stop in the center with those who
provide that in our community. One example
of this is that someone out there gives away
free diapers. The CHL wants to help those
folks who need free diapers to have access to
them.
The Center also would like to help
connect people to internships, whether it is
practicing acupuncture or working with
children, the Center will be able to help you.
Ms. Peterson puts it this way:
"What do you need to make life better?
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until the end ofthjs school year to help. After
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annals of Evergreen's history of good
intentions, Ms. Peterson says, "Once its gone,
it will be har<\ to get back.'
The reason the Center will be closed is
ofcourse, money. Supposedly the school does
not have the funds to keep the Center active.
The CHL is paid for through the Health
Center, but as Ms. Peterson says, "Every office
on campus can benefit from this- if they all
chipped in and made the Center a financial
joint venture-the money could be split and it
would not take much money out of anyone
particular office.
A strong program like this could
aUeviate a lot of the stress and pressure put
on the Health Center and counseling. It could
act as a first line ofinformation and resources.
If the Center for Holistic Living is
something you would like to see remain a part
ofour community, you are encouraged to caU
Art Costantino (x6296) or talk to Les Purce
ahoutit.
The budgetper year for the Center (well.
next year it's zero) is about $60,000. This
covers all the programs, supplies, copies, etc,
3 student woders, one housing liaison, and
a full-time staffperson. There will be petitions
available to sign at the Center (CRC 113x6528), and also at the Health and Spirituality
Fair on April 26.
.
Feel free to contact the center with any
questions, suggestions, or concerns_
The Center for Holistic Living. Bev Peterson,
CRC 113, 866-6000 (x6528)
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and international solidarity. He contested the
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political system is undemocratic by explaining
that Cubans freely partici pate in elections and
that no Cuban politician can carry out a policy
without the consensus of the population.
Concerning the issue ofNeoliberalism, Fidel
explained that this economic model is not in
itself the problem. Instead, Neoliberalism is
just the latest form ofcapitalism promoted by
the imperialists to exploit the masses. TIle only
alternative; according to the Cuban leader, is
socialism.
At the end of the congress, the young
delegates prepared to go home to their
respective countries with new vigor and
resolve to carryon their struggles. As youth
comprise the majority of the Latin American
and Caribbean popUlation, there is no doubt
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Cooper Point Journal -6- April 20, 2000
April 20,2000 -7- Cooper Point Journal
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OF SPEECH:
Every person
may freely speak, write and publish on all
subjects, being responsible for the abuse of
that right."
~ Article I, Section 5, Washington State
Constitution 1889
Violations of Human Rights in Loxicha, Oaxaca
apply pressure for changes. There are new and where authorities have reacted most Loxicha, including the Mayor and much of the
. Mexico is a country with a large poor generations of leaders that demand land, harshly to suspected members of the group. town council. Over the following months, joint
population . a small middle class. and a tiny roads, services, democracy, justice, autonomy, The Loxicha region of Oaxaca became the focal police-military operations netted further
gro up of wealthy elite. The middle class has an end to corruption, respect for their culture, point for the government's search for EPR detainees. Officials arbitrarily detained and
become larger in recent years but many have traditions and language. Recently, peasants members after Fidel Martinez. a former imprisoned over 150 men-torturing about
an extremely weak hold on that strata which have increased forceful takeovers of numerous treasurer ofSan Agustin Loxicha, was killed in one hundred of them-and carried out thirtycould be lost with the next devaluation of the ranches and turned them into ejidos or an EPR attack on August 28, 1996. On that two illegal searches and five executions. The
peso or election results. The gap between community-owned cooperatives. In Chiapas, same day, the EPR attacked several targets picture that emerges is one of uncontrolled
abuse offorce in the name offightingthe EPR,
wealth;' and poor has been growing. Half of over 1700 holdings have been seized since the throughout Mexico.
It is important to underline that unlike combined with a lack of concern on the part of
Mexico's wealth is controlled by only 2 dozen EZLN initiated its activities on January 1, 1994.
family groups. It is the 11lh most populated This is but the beginning on the long journey the EZLN in Chiapas, the EPR has conducted officials throughout the justice system.
The United Nations Committee Against
periodic armed attacks against government
country in the world with 91.2 million towards change.
Violations of economic and social right~ targets since its first armed appearance. The Torture has concluded that although
inhabitants conce ntrated in large urban
ce nters and scattered throughout smaller combined with a wide mistrust of the justice government then, in response, developed a considerable efforts have been made to
towns. The Indigenous population is estimated system by most victims of human rights strategy designed to obtain information ITom strengthen respect for human rights by public
at between 10 to 15 million. In the state of violations, explains in part the emergence, in sources at all costs . Torture and false servants and society in general, it is ~vident
Oaxaca. 18 Indian Nations combined make up June 1996, of the EPR (Popular Revolutionary confessions were used to implicate people as that torture continues to be practiced
75% of the total population , primarily Army). Painfully, these conditions are but a members of the guerrilla group. For the most systematically in Mexico. There is a marked
Iniligenous farmers. This picture clearly reveals co ntinuation of a long history of wealth part, neither prosecutors nor judges expressed increase in the number of human right s
these include torture,
a situation that has obviously generated a very deprivation and unrest which has been concern about the abusive manner in which violations,
large target group-the poor native recorded back to the time of the Spanish suspects came into custody or the torture disappearances and extra-judicial executions
suffered by detainees. In fact. the procedures by members of the security forces and
populations, which are most numerous in the conquest.
Located in the south of Mexico. Oaxaca used by prosecutors ranged from the highly paramilitary groups. The Committee criticized
southernmost regions of Mexico. where Bout
the impunity benefiting perpetrators and the
is one of Mexico's poorest and most questionable to the deeply disturbing.
of 10 people live in extreme poverty.
On September 25,1996 soldiers and state courts' persistence in admitting statemen ts
But poverty, discrimination a nd topographically and ethnically diverse states.
oppression are recently being openly defied by Together with Guerrero. it is one of two states and federal police carried out raids leading to extra cted under torture as evidence, since
Natives who are finding ways to organize and where the EPR guerrill as have been most active the arrest of eleven people from Sa n Agustin questionable or illegally obtained statements
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that a prosecutor used the statements ofthree
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On Thursday, April 6, I arrived on
campus at one o'clock. Our student originated
studies contract was departing at two o'clock
for a field trip to Seattle. As I walked onto Red
Square, I noticed a group of people standing
around two men who appeared to be
preaching. I decided to take a closer look.
As I walked closer, I noticed that the two
men preaching were holding signs. One man
had to wear a bracing contraption to hold up
the exceSSively large sign that stated at the top
in bold letters. "YOU MAKE ME SICK."
Followingwas a list that contained words such
as "liats, Mormons," and at the bottom in
bright purple lettering it stated, "child
. molesting homosexuals." I beca me inwardly
outraged but decided to continue on my way
because I had several errands before the van
left for the field trip.
After several minutes of contemplating
the preachers I decided I needed to investigate
the situation further and confront the issues
of their "YOU MAKE ME SICK" sign. I returned
to the man holding the giant sign and quietly
listened to what he was saying. Ironically. he
was telling a story about meeting a man who
said he was gay and proud, and then the
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~Q the Campus Police...Oh Myl
I love spring break. It probably has to do
with the fact that I go to Las Vegas every year.
"Spirinlal shower" is the term I use for my annual
trek to Vegas. I nicknamed it that because it gives
me achance to pause for poise. You're two-thirds
done with the academic year and a fourth of the
way into the calendar year. Spring break gives you
a week for quiet reflection, taking stock of how
you're doing at this stage of the year.
For me this quiet contemplation takes the
form of binge drinking. There's something Zenlike about drinking to the point of oblivion or
alcohol poisoning (which ever comes first) to
make you feel better about your lot in life.
Th is trip to Vegas was no exception for me.
I won $1400, met prop comic extraordinaire
Carrot Top, and had one incredible night with
an enchanting and beautiful woman named
Carol. I bring this up because I had such a
delightful time with Carol I promised her Iwould
"abuse my privilege as a columnist," mention her
in my next column. and mail itto her. Carol ilidn't
believe that I would do this and proving people
wrong is one of my favorite hobbies. It's right up
there with games of twister.
When I came back to campus the night
before the first day ofspring qllarter I was feeling
pretty damn good. My spiritual shower left my
cleansed. Leave it to the campus police to piss on
my parade.
I got pulled over in F-Iot for failing to come
to a complete stop at the intersection of
Overhaulse and Driftwood. It's that stop between
Cooper's Glen and campus housing. Things
rl:allywentto hell when I couldn't provide proof
ofinsurance. The experience left me with a $480
ticket and a black cloud over my head. It was like
At this point, I will not deny that I became
preacher started in 011 the immorality of being
infuriated.
I yelled at the man that he was a
gay.
people hater and that he is the one that makes
Atthis point I
me sick. I proceeded to
interrupted him
leave
the scene at which
and asked what
point
the second
gave him the right
preacher
blew his
to put "child
whistle
and
drew
molesting
attention to me. He
homosexuals" on
yelled, "Are you a man or
his sign. His
a
women?" My reply was
comment
was
"What
does my gender
"Free speech." I
have
to do with '
went on to state
anything?"
He yelled
that I am queer,
back,
"I
am
married
and
that I do not molest
you can't have your way
children, and that I
with me."
found it offensive.
First of all. what
At this point,
did
that
comeback have
the conversation
to
do
with the
became heated and
immediate
situation
and
the man stated that
secondly,
sex
ually
"I needed to get my
explicit comments like
emotions
and
that are offensive and
sex uality tinder B'bl J' ,. h'
It d Sq
control." I told him
I e 1m glvmg IS sennon on e
uarc
inappropriate.
tliat I was proud of my sexuality, but I was
See Verbal AssaUlt, page12
interrupted by the man repeatedly calling me
a "homo" in a derogative tone.
Vegas never happened.
Until my skirmish with the long arm of
Evergreen law I never gave two seconds iliought
to the campus police. They never did anything
to attract my attention. I believe the campus
police are one step above mall security guards.
I'm not against the campus police, though. In all
faimess I will admit every encounter that I've had
with them, they have been nothing but courteous
and respect. They seem like good people. Salt of
th e Earth. I understand the need for law
enforcement on collelle campuRs, but this is
Evergreen, for Christ sakes. Our school prides
itselfon beillg"progressive." our police shouldn 't
be exempt from this mentality. I have two
examples of the police beingjabronies.
The first ismycaR.lt's 99.9 percent bullshit
to be stopped on campus for slowing down to
one or two miles at a stop sign when its 12:30
a.m., nobody is around and you have complete
visibility in all ilirections.
The second case is even more inane. Ours
is a school that looks for any cause to latch onto
that stirs up our collective anger and inilignation.
The closest thing I have seen all year that
bothered all ofus was an incident that happened
at the end of winter quarter. A student was
arrested for failing to leave ilie soccer field. The
police justification was that ilie field needed to
be repaired becauR the Husky soccer team is
going to be usingitiliis summer. People pay good
money to come to this school, more than I
sometimes think it's worth. Student tuition pays
for the upkeep of the field and the salary of the
police. It's ridiculous that the campus police,
making a living offour tuition, haul a student off
the field like a criminal. It's a pathetic joke.
I'm contesting the ticket I received. I do
have insurance, so the ticket will probably be
thrown out. I currently have no vendetta against
the campus police. But if for some reason the
ticket isn't ilirown out, I wou ldn't mind Reing
all of the them chained to a tree and have their
skulls split open by an ax-wielding Greener high
on acid.
Just kidding... kind of. 8
~~GRUMPY
&encJr
~RANT
By Amy Loskota
SexaGrumpyWench
Much 10 my ilismay, spring has come to
Evergreen. The fIrm and ripe buds of the bigleafed maples are swelling, the blossoms of
butter-cups are bobbling. and the young
Greener's thoughts turn slowly to thoughts of
love. Or so you would think. Love is not in the
air for some lonesome boys as I was informed of
a tragedy for the heterosexual male population
of the TESC community. I have been told that
many young women defect to lesbianism or
bisexuality soon after coming here. Hmm. .. .1
thought, for what reasons could that be?
First I wondered if our college had an
aggressive lesbian recruitment program. And I
know if girls are converting. no one is twisting
their arm (unless iliey likeiliat). Then Ithought
it might be due to frustration with passive/shy,
overly aggressive, and/or disinte~sted men that
seem to populate the college. (It could be that
damn organic salad bar, too). Or maybe women
are more entertaining than men in bed most of
the time? Or maybe we are tired of being called
things like sluts, babes, and uRd as ego-boosters?
Or maybe the poor guys are still so petrified of
us, the aspect of rejection, or paralyzed by their
own bad Rlf-im·ages that they miss their chance
for romance?
Finally I came to the conclusion that
perhaps theR were all pretty big assumptions. I
mean how can you really tell ifsomeone is gay or
bi? It usually has nothing to do with being
slighted by heterosexuals. Short hair means
nothing more than long hair. Cuteness, makeup. hairsp~y. nose rings, earrings, and blue jeans
are no indicator. Flat-chested or Big-Breasted,
neither means anything in determining your
Cooper Point Journal -9- April 20, 2000
Dear Y'all,
I'm taking this little chunk out of this
week's L&O to talk about someiliing very dear
to me, this very page. Why do I love iliis page
so much, you ask? Well,let nie tell you.
The Letters and Opinions page is the
best open forum on this campus for
meaningful debate. I stand by this statement
like FDR and the New Deal. There is no oilier
place in this college where reactionary and
ignorant canvassing is avoided. As a result, the
1.&0 page is a thought provoker and many
new opinions come to fruition.
The question is, where do these opinions
go? Are iliey lost ill the perpetual marathon of
our lives? Perhaps they are unspoken for fear
that dissention will bring misery? Wherever
they go, they are lost fo~ver. That's a damn
shame.
Hence its name. Letters and Opinions
exists becauR of those opinions that ChOOR
to be spoken, that are acted upon. Nay, Letters
and Opinions exist because ofyou, who choose
to exercise your voice by putting pen to paper,
then sliding that paper into the Cprs
submission box.
This page exists because of you and for
you. Use it. Snatch that opinion that just
formed in you head and throw it down on
paper. After you're done, come up to the CPJ
and askfor me. I will be here, eagerlyaw;liting
your ilioughts.
-Paul Hawxhurst, £&0 Editor
Rxual tilt
As for all the lesbians taking over the
straight girls, I mean honestly, it is much safer
for dumb guys at TESC to say we are all gay
because iliey haven'tfuund ilie way to confidence
the girl code. First put your ego aside and look at
ilie person you really are. It is ilie best bet to do
the stuff you like, try new things, try to be social,
and have fun . You have to be able to have mends
before you have successful intimate relationships.
As for being Bi some say it is a cop- out to
being gay, a sense of the exotic for heteros, and
for some a transcending of our social barriers.
In the end, being gay, straight, promiscuous, or
celibate, is all about the labels you want to be
called and how they change the way you are
perceived by others.
My rant today begins on my much touted
transition ofonce pretty fun girl to indecent slut.
Awhile back I was upset to hear that some exlovers (the few lucky bastards who asked me for
the privilege of my company over the last few
years), actually trash me in impolite company on
occasion. Seventy-five pounds and-50 IQpoints
ago, I was their goddess, pursued and cajoled
into their confidences and charmed into their
homes and beds. I must have just assumed the
whole thing. Oops, silly empty-headed little
woman-me. Yet [ recall one offender enjoyed
himselfso much he got up hours before work in
the wee small hours and [madel lunch, dinner,
and a midnight snack for the pleasure of my
company. It is so strange how he could forget
thOR beautiful moments of joy and call me a slut
as if so much plasuirs de amour were just a
moments passing mistake.
Argh ! This is why I am grumpy!!! For the
same behavior men are called manly, Iam called
a slut. Most of the women I know my age (sans
one virgin) are ilie same. For their security they
never answer when questioned about how many
lovers they have had. Most men would be very
surprised and shocked. Some of their
relationships have ended that way (You Slut!).
Why can't we gain information we can share with
the sisterhood ofwoman? Women have a special
bond, the bond of communication. Through it
See Grumpy Wench, page 12
Q: flow many ofyour friends have been
hy Ashlc:y Shomo
......
An 18-year-old swigs some beer at a
Saturday night party in A-dorm.
It's a buzz.
One night to let go and one night to
party.
A release.
But beyond the cold brew and the crisp,
soggy night is an institution swarming with
paid employees who think about these
moments: cops, a grievance officer, a
housing staff, and a counselor. Beyond
them-a college policy, a state law, and a '
federal law.
at least once in the last. week?
Jurdor
~doll't~aUyknowhowmanyofmyfrlel)dshave
been drunk in the Wtweek:
.
....... (wouldn't give last name) ,
JQrIio(
"I thinlt a couple ofmy ftiend$have been pretty
happy. but not neCCtssarily drunk this week:"
........
Senior
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Lastyw
"I know fora fact thatmyfriendhas been drunk
probably all week, •
1M
Junior
"Two,"
II1II"._
SecIior
"Three ofmy ftitrltbbave been drunk In tbeJast
week and that was last Saturday ni$lJt..
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"Probably at least a quarter of my friends, J
dtink probably six or seven,"
Junior
~~ to non·inte(actiOn
wRh 1Tl)' ftitnd& this
week. I woiddn'tknow."
I(s not a tight knit conspiracy, or even an organized
system. It's a bunch of people getting paid to focus on one
goal: Keep the kids alive and healthy.
The problem-they're all doing things slightly different
and there's no one in the middle to make sense of it.
The result-as soon as the beer cools the throat or the
pot stings the lungs, the gamble begins and the user's fate is
a lottery:
Minor in possession, lucky break, jail, spend some time
with the counselor, write an essay on substance use, trip to
the hospital, community service, or just a warning--"throw
it away and don't let me see you doing it again."
Of course, there are some things students can
confidently bet their top dollar on: Drug dealing, drinking
combined with driving or violence, and repeated substance
abuse on campus will probably make it through the legal
system and land securely on a permanent record.
But these are extremes.
The boundaries around the middle ground-the
majority-are constantly moving and the beer swigging 18year-old is left with little understanding of how her night of
law-breaking fun might end.
•••
and go back to their rooms.
"It's nor our intent to go out and mess up the lives of
students that are just having fun."
Even though the two women were breaking the law, he
said the cops, by law, have discretion. They're trained that
way.
"The problem is that there are circumstances
surrounding the incident and they're always different," he
said. 'The officers are trained to search around for the best
enforcement tool."
The cops look for people who drink repeatedly, drug
excessively, or pose a threat to others. They look for people
who might leave and hurt themselves or do something that
will cause them or their parents to sue the college. Then, they
make a decision.
In this example, he said he'd give a warning for a few
reasons: it would save the students from a marred record, it
would save them money, it would save the college money, and
it would lessen the day's paperwork by just a tad.
So, the students go back to their rooms and sigh with
relief but their fates aren't sealed. State law is only one
hurdle-the other is the college policy. While the college
policy has to agree with state law, a student can get busted
for violating one, the other, or both.
Art Costantino is the man in charge of campu;>
discipline.
He's a busy guy.
He works weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
. occasionally stays through evenings and weekends for wha~
he estimates to be about 60 hours a week. He's the boss of 10
cops, one grievance officer, and the entire Housing staff.
He also is the father of two college students: a son and
a daughter.
Ifhis daughter was caught drinking beer, or his son was
found with a resin-crusted pipe, Costantino said he hopes
their schools would handle it just like Evergreen - with an
"educational approach."
Costantino is banking on the one-an-one contact
between a student and a cop. He wants cops to look students
in the eye and say, "Hey, look at how this might affect the
community."
Then, he wants students to evaluate their own behavior
and "internalize" the lessons.
"It isn't so much what you're dealing wit h, " he said. "But
•**
how you deal with them and in what framework."
Sue Feldman, th e camp us grievance officer. pays
This is why things run the way they do around here, attention tu student conduct. She compares student behavior
and this is why the state law and college policy aren't the with th e college policy and works to keep everyone mindful
last word. Costantino is well aware of the law and the college of the rules.
policy: drinking under the age of21 is illegal, and the use of
She works part-time, about 20 hours a week, and always
marijuana or other controlled substances is illegal.
makes a stop into Costantino's office to grab copies of the
But, like the cops, Costantino says they're just guidlines. latest police reports. It's here where she learns about th e
It's the enforcement of those rules where things get hazy.
moments between students and cops from the day before.
It begins with the incident-the moment a student 'S he learns the names, the details, and pieces of conversations
meets a cop because of some problem.
that happened wherever the cops went-even the stairwells.
***
She makes a few choices and some students get called
Steve Huntsberry, campus police chief, gives an into her office-she files a grievance. That means Feldman
example.
has decided they 've broken the student conduct code, the
Say there are two women drinking beer in the A·dorm governing document of the college.
stairwell-both underage. He said as long as they're not
This year, she's seen approximately 30 students
violent or disagreeable, he'd ask them to pour out the beer regarding drugs and alcohol. Again, each case is handled
But these statistics aren't meant to show the reality said
individually and Feldman sits the student down for a chat.
She asks them what they think, "what's going to be Huntsberry. They show the extremes.
educational?"
In fact, there's no way for anyone to know exactly how
Ideally, the two come to an agreement about the next many drinkers and druggers are wandering the campus on
step-the sanction: write an essay, clean up trash, any given night, especially when students living on campus
' outnumber the entire campus police force 76 to 1.
suspension, go to counseling, etc.
She doesn't have any hard rules about who she chooses
Still, the hope is that those 10 cops, one part time
to see--it depends. "Generally the students for whom it's a gt'riv1mce officer, a housing staff, and one p~rt-time counselor
problem are the people I end up dealing with."
can give students the help, education, or disCipline that they
Specifically, she's referring to students whose judgment need.
•••
has gone wayward to the point where they make a spectacle
But confusion, a small staff, individual discretion and
of themselves or injure others.
multiple rules adds up to inconsistency. and there's only one
"People get busted for being obvious."
She's talking about taking precaution.s: if you drink, thing that can assure each person gets the help they needdon't drink so much that you act obnoxious; if you drug, the students.
'.
In fact, a large part of this "educational approach" is
don't hang your bong on the wall . Showing off or talking
ab,JUt it can get you into trouble--even though everyone banking on trust, honesty, responsibility, and all the things
that go along with being a community member.
IInows alcohol and drugs are a part of campus life.
* ••
Feldman is counting on it.
"I find Evergreen students to be
'This is a college. That's gonna happen," said first-year
respectful, caring, and concerned,"
student Kate Taurosa.
"There is a lot of parties around here on the weekend- she said.
She be li eves students that
like five to ten , maybe less. Whoever wants to have a party
ends up having one and word of mouth carries."
spend time with her really grow and
Kate thinks Evergreen students are pretty good about learn from the experience "cause I
controlling themselves. She doesn't think alcohol and drugs trust students to be sincere and have
integrity.
are a problem.
"I think most of the students around here that I know
Costantino agrees.
are responsible with substances," she said. "I know that there
" Basically, most of our students
are some people that get drunk, but it's rare that I hear about are pretty honest."
anyone that throws up or blacks out."
He said in order for this stuff to
Her friend, Matt Wolff agrees.
work, students need to share their
"There is a large percentage here that use and use concerns with the cops and Sue
responsibly." Greeners are good at taming situations before Feldman. He realizes that's idealistic
they get out of hand, he said. For that reason, the school can and admits he's not sure if it's
afford to be "about as lax as you can get."
happening.
*. *
A statistic from campus police for the 1999 calendar
Linda Hohman has a closer
year showed that 23 people were arrested on campus because
of alcohol violations and 24 were arrested for drugs.
view of campus residents-she's
That doesn't come close to the number of underage been working in housing for 27
years.
drinkers, pot smokers, and other drug users on campus.
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·What we want is for students to set standards," she
said.
The problem is that not all students are ready to take
that step.
"A lot of students haven't come with the skills to get
what they want. Some students don't think they have the
right to speak their mind."
It has to do with their upbringing, their goals, and their
age .
Other colleges, like Central Washington University put
underage ~tudents in different dorms than students over 21.
Evergreen doesn't.
This way, said Hohman, students of different ages can
learn from one another. But, she said it's not exactly working
out that way.
"What I'm finding is that students fresh out of high
school do not want to live with 26 or 30 year aIds."
The younger students don 'twant to be around someone
that acts like their mother and the older students don't want
to take the maternal role.
So, the educational model staggers and it's not likely
that everyone is paying attention to the drinking and
drugging habits of their community-that's someone else's
business.
•••
Still, Costantino thinks our approach to drugs and
alcohol is "educationally sound," while Feldman thinks it
"confirms community developement," and Huntsberry just
wants to make sure the kids are safe.
"If we can keep 'em alive until they're 21 or 22," said
Huntsberry, "It'll be O. K."
Meanwhile, the 18 year old at the party with a beer takes
another swig.
Who knows?
Maybe she'll get punished, cited, educated,
or ...
Maybe she's just getting drunk.
....
LETTERS AND OPINIONS
Grump.~ wench
Verbal Assault
continue from page 9
continued from page 9
herbal medicine was born, childcare learned, and
much out-smarting of the males over the
centuries.
When we talk about our problems, we
bring them to our community to be judged. And
we will take drastic measures to prevent the same
issues from happening to others. To the same
effect, women are raised to react to the initiators,
the men( or male aspect),just as we are raised to
manipulate our fates from behind the scenes. For
some reason, men have forgotten history. They
also seem to misunderstand how to talk to us and
assume too much about us without asking us.
Women are human beings and endowed with the
same rights to imperfection as men. So do my
past exploits sorTIe how entitle others to look
down on me, treat me rudely, and dis-empower
all my good works with one word?
As I have said before sex, love, and intimate
rclations are physical, me;.~y, and natural as toads in
themud. Spring is the traditional time for us humans
to mate, for a season, or for the rest of our lives.
Beltane is one of the names given in theMt spoken
languages to this time, along with Astarte, Oesrra,
and Easter. nlis is the time where death meet~ life
and the crone in the Euro-pagan mythological
pantheon is reborn into virginal maiden, and Olrist
is reborn. It is a powerful time for the human being
in the most instinctual way. It makes us feel vital
and warm, it makes us as women feel friendly and
fertile. It l~ the symbolic physical acceptance ofour
natural heritage which brings thl~ sense of sensual
joy and release ofsociaJ inhibitions. This is the time
to end unhealthy relationships and pursue your
health and vitality. 'Ibis is the time to make changes,
do social activities, and embrace the our wonderful
community of Evergreen and Olympia. Seek the
community and you will find it in yourself]
(BTW The Grumpy Wench Column is
available for your local paper. Come June 9th, write
them, encourage them to feature me, and keep me
off the slnets and my garden!) II
By the time I left Red Square, I felt assaulting and gay bashing me when I am here
physically ill, verbally violated, and extremely for an education. Thursday my educational
disturbed. I decided that action needed to be experience was interrupted and I left campus
taken so I proceeded to the Police Services to emotionally disturbed.
Obviously I think that the majority of
file a report against the preachers for verbal
abuse and gay bashing. The officers explained people see through this man 's preaching but
to me that there was basically nothing that they my concern is that there 'are ignorant people
could do. The preacher that is known as who will listen to Preachers Bob's words, and
believe that all homosexuals molest children,
"Preacher Bob"
are immoral, and will
had been visiting
burn in hell. All it takes
the campus for
is one flame to ignite
over six years and
"I feel that an educational
the situation and the
is exercising his
environment
is
no
place
next thing you know
right to free
someone
is going to be
speech . Because
co have a man preaching
physically injured.
Evergreen is a state
hatred .... "
Preacher Bob is
school.
the
preaching (among
property is public
other things) queerproperty
so
therefore no action ran be taken against bashing. I feel that an educational environment
is no place to have a man preaching hatred
Preacher Bob.
I was referred to talk to a Vice President against other people because of their religious
of Evergreen but when I called to make an belief.~ or sexual orientation . Those two men
appointment, I was referred back to Police voked more than their right to free speech.
Servires. I talked with Police Officer Steve They verbally assaulted me by calling me a
Huntsberry, who was very helpful and gave me homo, telling me to get my sexuality under
several suggestions on how J can take act ion control. asking what my gender is, and voiced
inappropriate sexual comments at me.
against the incidences that occurred.
I do not intend to allow these issues to be
J identity with being queer and J am out
and proud. My appearance tends to be queer dropped. I am infuriated that when I come to
looking and I identify with beillg a dyke . Evergreen for an education that a religiOUS
Because J am visibly queer I have had more fanatic is allowed to yell gay bashing comments
than my share of derogatory comments yelled at me with no repercussions. I have a witness
at me, close calls with being beat up, and I have who will back up my story.
Writing this is the third step that I have
been discriminated against countless times. I
am used to dealing with these situations and I taken to take action against Preacher Bob. and
believe me it 's not my last. If you were a witness
realize that I am a target for gay bashers.
I have specifically chosen Evergreen for to or have information about these events, or
where I want to receive my education and B.A. anyone with the time. energy. and interest in
I feel that it is extremely inappropriate to have helping to pursue this cause, please e·mail [... J
individuals such as Preacher Bob verbally at verbalassault74@hotmail.com. II
Human rights
continued from page 8
detainees who aCcused another man of direct
EPR participation, even though the detainees'
declarations were made in Spanish, a language
they do not speak; none of the three had a
translator. This is one example among many,
The prisoners' families, women and
children, have been camped in front ofthe
sumptuous government building in the Oty of
Oaxaca since 1997 to demand their release. AU
the captured men are accused of collaborating
with the EPR. These women insist that the
accusations are false, declaring that the polioc
raided their houses day and night to arrest their
men, then tortured them and ordered them to
sign blank sheets of paper.
Their lives have changed since their
husbands and fathers were jailed. The
adjustment has been a road of sacrifices. To
campaign in the city of Oaxaca, they stop
working. take their children from school, and
travel eight hours from San Agustin de Loxicha,
a mountainous municipality composed of 32
communities. They camp from 8 am. to 6 p.m.,
day after day, for two weeks, until a new group of
families takes tum. They depend entirely on
solidarity, sleep in a Union warehouse, ask fOr
donations, sell crafts, cook and eat in the street.
It's been three years that they have been living
under these conditions, three years of pain and
tonnent in a tunnel which has still yet to show its
light.
Lawyers Angelica Ayala, director of the
independent Mexican League for Human Rights
Defense, and Israel Ochoa have taken the cases
ofthe Loxicha political prisoners. So far they have
managed to achieve the freedom of almost 50
percent of the men, as they, Ayala and Ochoa,
have been subject to harassment, threats and
robbery. But they believe that Indians are the
energy that regroups and mobilizes urban and
peasant social forces, fighting for changes that
will benefitthe whole society, thus, they continue
in the struggle. !!
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Cooper Point Journal -12- April 20, 2000
Fresh and Vibrant:
Watercolor exhibit in library gallery
explores an often overlookedmedum
Oscar-winning director Jessica Yu brings her latest film to Evergreen
hy Anastasia Alexander
On Friday, April 21, The
Evergreen State College and
the Olympia community will
have the opportunity to view
the Inost recent film by
Academy Award winning
director Jessica Yu. !-Ier film ,
The Living Museum, explores
the creative lives of several
patients at Creedmoor
Psychiatric Center in Queens,
NY. The Living Museum
program at Creedmoor is
unique in that it has dedicated
an entire building to the
individual visions of the
artists who are patients there.
As Yu says, "In my time at the
Living Museum I found
creative
work
that
transcended what we expect
from the mentally ill arid that
stood on its own as works of
art. "
The Living Museum
made its debut at the 1999
Sundance Film Festival. The
film was then aired on !-IBO in
July.
As Yu talked about
entering the building where
Living Museum is housed, she
gave the impression of a place
that was very cozy, alive,
vibrant and embracing, for all
its large institutional
architecture. " Every wall is a
canvas," she said.
Dr. Janos Marton, a key
figure in the documentary,
helped to establish and now
directs the Living Museum at
Creedmoor. Yu explained,
"Marton has a vision of the
Living Museum as being a safe
place, an asylum in the old
fashioned sense. Other
programs at Creedmoor are
designed to help normalize
the patient's bel'avior, which
is an important aspect of their
treatment." Yu went on to
define the Living Museaum as
" .. . 3 space where the patients
are allowed to do and respolld
to whatever they are feeling
when they come in. A lot of
people asked me if I was
nervous working at the
mental institution, but what
became readily apparent was
that art calms people down.
The atmosphere was generally
very peaceful."
About her interest in
ma'king documentaries, Yu
said, " It's a labor of love,
there's really no reward other
than your own interest in the
subject. It's that interest that
has to carry you through the
long process of making the
film ." Yu says her guiding
principle in deciding to make
a documentary is to follow the
stories that " ... keep me up at
night with too many
questions."
Documentary films
were not always an area of
expertise for Yu. " I didn't start
out wanting to be a
filmmaker", said Yu, who had
previously studied English at
Yale and had competed in the
World
Fencing
Championships as a member
of the U.S. National Team. "I
got a job working on a
production and, through my
production experience, fell
into working with a
documentary company and
learned by working on
projects with them."
Yu says that, "... the key
to the Living Museum
program is that mental illness,
in many cases, comes out of a
reaction to stress." The Living
Museum counteracts that
stress by creating a free space
for people to work and to do
what they want without
pressure to be anything but
what they are. The beauty of
art for the patients at
Creedmoor is that it leaps
outside of the narrow
definitions of the mentally ill.
"The artists in the Living
Museum program are not
reduced
to
their
circumstances. By virtue of
each artist's individual
expressions, their art
inevitably transcends any
expectations. "
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Everg reen expressions will p resent .
Jessica Yu's fi lm, The
Living Museum, this
Friday, April 21 at 8
p .m. in the COM
bUilding . General
admission is $15..
Student and OFS
members are $7
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by Megan Grumbling
The idea of a watercolor exhibit conjures for many of
us a certain stalwart, Winslow Homer·ish sense of fine arts
traditionalism which seems, at best, out of synch with
Evergreen's dominant artistic ethos.
.
Like any other cultural bias on campus, however, thts
conception begs exorcism. The library gallery'S current
offering, a collective exhibition ofthe Northwest Watercolor
Society, may well change what your inner voices have to say
about watercolor.
Watercolor does not generally elicit a lot ofexcitement,
Gallery Coordinator Brian Alves con~edes . Artists and
audiences corriing from backgrounds III alternative art,
particularly, might presuppose ~n inherent bana.lity in the
medium's capacities. But Alves lumselfwas surpnsed at the
freshness and vibrance of the NWWS selections. "This
exhibit really challenges the traditional expectations of what
watercolor is," he commented.
Which is not to imply that the NWWS is itself
traditionless. On the contrary, the Seattle organization has
been promoting appreciation for the watercolor medium
for a full 60 years. Initially, only Northwesterners compnsed
the exclusive membership ranks. In 1992 the SOCIety
expanded to include artists from elsewhere in the U.S. and
Canada. Having grown from eight members in 1939 to an
approximate 800 today, the NWWS has grow~ numencally
as well. In its six decades of existence, .accordlllg to exhibit
notes. the Society has "expanded the definition and
expr~ssion of watercolor media."
.
This enlarged conception does not completely dIsplace
the occasional seascape-with·boats and still-life·with-pears.
NWWS's exhibit does nod to the strictly and soberly
traditional, in a half dozen or so pieces, but for the most
part emphasizes innovation in color, texture, subject, and
style. Juror Fran Larsen remarked in her Juror's Statement
that she had particularly selected "paintings that took
unusual, singular and even quixotic viewpoints."
The wink of smart artistic irony is somehow upped by
the traditionally-supposed mildness of the medium. James
SO'ares' After Taxes actually offers less of a wink than a
punch. Atop a U.S. flag sits an aluminu~ pie-pan . Ins~de
remains but one lonely piece of a cherry pie. The gansh P!nk
of the pie·filling, fused with watercolor's signature
translucence, lends a mild but fantastic sort of gelatinous
obscenity to the globs left congealing on the aluminum.
Artistry and concept converge with medium to great black·
comic effect.
Styles varied greatly along the gallery walls, from
highly stylized cartoon ism to atmospheriC studies of pure
color and texture. Donna Baspaly's Vii/age of Souls IS
reminiscent of Klimt in the verticality and mosaic
composition of its robed figures. Richly engaging in its
warmly-hued, slightly soft-focus opacity, this piece achi~ves
a style and weight I found striking for the medIUm
employed.
Watercolor's conduciveness in expressing the flow and
pooling of light is 'loomed exponentially in Chairs, by
Wendy Dunder. Traditional to the medIUm III subject,
Dunder's painting allows a very forcible path of sunlight to
ground the full dimensions of her space, to vary dazzling
hues of purple and yellow, and to create deliciously warm
clarity and color of shadow.
The Northwest Watercolor Society's exhibit represents
and intriguing range of work. Gallery Coordinator Alves
commented that the show's innovation within such a
traditionally-conceived medium makes it a particularly
important one for the Evergreen campus. Not only does the
exhibit challenge radical campus art ists to rethink the
dimensions and possibilities of watercolor, but it has also
drawn more tradition-oriented art audiences to a venue they
may not have otherwise approached.
"For the opening, we had 200 people here who were
very different demographically, people who don't normally
get out to what's considered an alternative space," Alves
said.
At Evergreen, we know that bridging conceptions is
good for art and dialogue alike. Stop in at the library's
second and fourth floor galleries for a stimulating tour and
valuable reappraisal of tradition. The Northwest Watercolor
.
exhibit is on
until M 7.
Nude? Naturally.
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Undaground InIeMew
Jom us In the underground of rare books. Enter the realm of dusty and ancient texts. Revel in the knowledge of old.
By Tom Chenhall
Hidden upstairs in the library. tucked
in a far corner behind high rising shelves
packed with texts on physics and biology - a
place where few venture. stands an
unassuming door wherein the secrets of the
Rare Books Room reside in prolonged, dusty
introversion.
Early this week I joined Terry Hubbard.
Evergreen faculty and librarian of 15 years.
for a discussion to reveal the many Rare
Books Room secrets unbeknowst to the
general student popUlace.
Tom: What's yo ur connection to th e rare
books room?
Terry: Each librarian has nominal liaison
responsibilities for activities within th e
library itself. So my personal respo nsibility
is rare books. along with other operations.
Let me desc ribe what the r3re book
room is. Every college library has some thing
similar to a rare book room, and each college
library probably collects in a special area,
one that has special va lu e to the college. Our
particular collection began with a gift from
one of the book dealers in the No rthwest
who, when he retired from business. left us
wi th a prized co re collection of important
northwest works. Coopers' journal for
example. Richard Ab le was the name of this
business man who was the middle-man
between publishers and libraries. He was in
the business because he liked books, and he
collected books. When you collect books.
and you get on in age. you try to find a home
for your books. So. his collection became a
part of the original collection.
Tom: But who was jim Holly, the person
who the rare book wom is named after?
Terry: Jim Holly. who was the first library
dean. was also a book man - from the
perspective of the book as an artwork; the
binding of the books, and the sensibility of
the print on the page. So our collection with
the money that we had for it , as a small
portion of the library's budget normally has
gone into buying hand-made books, for the
most part, unless something spectacular
comes along.
Tom: Ah. like the Scrooge McDuck
capitalist critique book.
Terry: Right. right. That's a very rare book
actually...
I
,
Tom: As I was looking through it, I was
thinking:
Scrooge McDuck equals
Rockefeller.
Terry: So. if I were to point to a focus of the
collection. it would be the hand made book
but in the mean time the library receives ~
lot of gift books. I go through them as the
rare-book person to identify items in there
that might be valuable to the collection; to
the world, or to knowledge in general. For
example, the other day we had an 18th
century journal written by a translator for
Native Americans which was printed in the
1790s. It was just in with a lot of other books
that were given to the library. It was in
beautiful shape. So, it's things like that
which really should be preserved. And it
was rare. Even the Library of Congress had
only one copy of this book. And we have
exam ples of Northwest publishers. We try
to focus on small publishers in the
northwest. Places like Copper Ca nyon Press
in Port Townsend, Grey Wolf Press in
Sea tt Ie . and others that focus on poetry,
short stories. and local authors.
the author.
Tom: Are these going to be put up in the
rare book 'room?
Tom: How many people visit the rare book
room these days?
Terry: I don't know_ Not enough.
Terry: Well. they're already up along the
wall thai leads to the rare book room.
Another collection we have of hand-made
items is from the Women 's Workshop of
Upsta te New York, which is a woinens'
cooperative that produced unusual print
material - three dimensional kinds of
books.
Tom: Using 3-D glasses?
Terry: Yes, using the colored glasses.
Things that are printed on plastic. Plastic
books of real imaginative book design,
looking at the book as an art medium.
Tom: So. as an art medium. if students at
Evergreen want to co ntribute a rare book of
this sort. would they need to have been a
student 50 years ago in ·order to get their
book into the rare-book room?
Torn: Are there anv books which are 'o ne of
a kind '; that are not really published but just Terry: Well . ifthey"re an Evergreen stude nt.
made by the author?
here's one of the problems: Whatever they
produce while they are at Evergreen would
Terry: Many of the books by Perishable be identified as archival material for the
Press in Wisconsin are one of a kind hand- college, so it's an arbitrary decision. Did
made books. Probably most of the output what you make qualify as a rare book, or was
from that press, somewhat less than a it simp ly an artifact creditable to the
hundred volumes, is unique. The paper is college? But right now one of the problems
hand-made, the text is original text and is with printing on campus is that the ink that
printed for the first time. The layout is made is used in printing is highly toxic. There are
from imaginative material. like the kind of chemical "no-nos." This is because of the
design you'd get if you looked at a map. or health hazard involved in printing, and
hand-made paper.
because of the ventilation problems
involved in printing, the school can't have
Tom: But do yo u have any books that are a printing press. By this I mean a letterac tually hand-written?
press, the old kind of printing press, where
individual letter-stamps were arranged_
Terry: Manuscripts? Well, we thought we These letter-stamps were selected in order
had a manuscript from F. Scott Fitzgerald. to compliment the mood of the text.
There was a letter floating around which we
had to investigate over a long period oftime. Tom: So, are there people out there who
It was a letter from F. Scott Fitzgerald to his actually make their own letter-stamps?
editor talking about his first published
book . It was a hand-written letter! Terry: Not really. Printing has become one
Everybody said "wow!" There were dollar- of the victims of technology. Virtually
signs flashing all over the place. We even everything has been commercialized. But
got a list for $7,500 from an auction-house what is really great about printing,
that specialized in this sort of thing. But especially for students to realize, is the
after all this, it turned out that the letter was artistic part of it. It's like photography a copy. It 's this kind of thing that you get the way in which you develop a print helps
involved with when you're working with rare convey the theme you want that print to give
material. But as far as hand-made the viewer. There's a similar thing in
manuscripts, we really don't have any. We printing _ The careful printer, who's
do have a lot of broad-sides though. Broad- concerned about what the reader's visual
sides are advertisements made by printers experience is, will get the message from the
for books that they are publishing. We've paper into the reader's mind. This is to say
been in the process offraming these single- that the print enhances the message. that it
sheets of graphic material. So there might can be a visual experience as well as a virtual
be an excerpt of an author's poetry, usually experience. But one could pursue this
with a hand-written graphic, and signed by concept for a very long time.
Tom: Well, maybe we can do something
about that.
Terry: We're staffed by work-study students
who are interested in printing and libraries.
These work study students assume a lot of
responsibility for providing students with
access to this collection. We also have a
part-time volunteer who's interest is in
printing. We're open Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday, as the schedule is written
on the door. Any of the things in the
collection are there to be looked at. The
people who work here can show interesting
exam pies of local women's press, of
historical materials, examples of advanced
OJ decora tor binding, fringe material. and
all kinds of stuff. So, overall, it has some
good examples of various ways that books
have been produced. So we encourage
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With spring having crested in and ingredients of a classic intimate
Olympia, who among us is immune to Happening. Providing aural atmosphere
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sexuality, and the environmental body in natural forms, and the sexual
which we exist." To this end, Naturally unconscious_ Well-lit against white
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OlIT OF MY MIND: The Discovery ofSaunders-Vixen by Richard Bach.
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dream-like transition, a paot who is looking for ways to change and improve his plane finds the SaundersVixenAircraftCompany-whichoperatesinanot~uite-paralleldimension-andisgivenalessoninaccessing
creativity. The story has much to say about the source of inspiration and is full ofwonderment at what lies
be}Ond the waking state.
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take their own journey back through meditation exercises. The accompanying passages, claimed to be from
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An outsider's-.observations .
. ot an Intamous Ulympla landmark
by John Garre[[
7:39 am. This is a Godless hour to be
awake. Even the sun refuses to show its face.
Only the garish neon light serves to guide me
into King Solomon's Reef. I leave my girlfriend
at the bus stop and walk across the street in
th~ pouring rain. I steel myself against the
horror of what I expect to see as I open the
door and enter through the gates of hell
"Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.·
I receive surprised looks from the old
prople drinking cheap coffee and eating food
lb:It's more grease than substance. Red booths
rover one wall, while shoddy stools face the
baakfllst bar. The floor is covered in cheap
linoleum. I push past all of this with hardly a
glance. My destination looms up ahead like
Ihe mouth of hell. The sign above says "Reef
lounge, • and the cheap, bla.ck wood paneling
Ib:It forms the entrance hallway curves so as
to hide the hideousness contained therein. I
pe~r through the small one-way mirror
installed in the wall and glimpse the regulars
pthered at the bar. Their faces are looking up,
transfixed on something, and their hands are
..n palm side up, like sinners begging God for
bgiveness. I walk inside and pull a stool up
to the bar, receiving curious stares and dirty
looks.
The Reef is a dark pit. I have stepped
from the predawn darkness into a bizarre
netherworld where light struggles out of
orange covered lanterns hanging from an
unfinished ceiling. The bar is old and broken.
The armrest that runs the length of it is
covered in black vinyl, worn away in most
places by the fidgeting of inebriated
customers. The stools are in equally poor
shape. This whole place reminds me ofJuarez,
Mexico, where all the barstools were held
together by duct-tape and a cheap whore
costs the same as a bottle ofSol. The Reefwas
nestled in the back of this filthy diner like
Olympia's retarded child. She didn't want it,
but she just couldn't get rid ofit; it was a part
of her. So Olympia just tucked it away
somewhere that nobody would notice, forgot
about it, and let it live out its feeble existence,
skulking back here in the shadows and sin.
Four men occupy the bar. In front of
each of them are a drink, bourbon and water,
screwdriver, Budweiser, and another
screwdriver. The black bartender looks at my
ID incredulously and then hands it back,
satisfied. He puts a Bud in front of me and I
swill it back. One ofthe alcoholics, a drunkard
with balding red hair and a thick New York
accent is talking about a gir.! and getting
harassed by A. K., the bartender.
"Lemme see ya' hands, Lou, see if you
got any more hair on 'em. She crazy? I know
you only fuck wit' crazy girls." Lou just sits
there sipping his bourbon and water, too
hammered to fight back. The unshaven
derelict next to me lets out a laugh, and A.K.
digs into him.
"Smitty, you got hair on your bands,
hair in yourteeth: the bartender pansa look
around the bar. "And you know he ain't been
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touch with these people and can't figure out
why. My fourth can of Bud is empty as the
dock reads a quarter past 8, but even this buzz
can't tune me into their frequency. I sit there
listening to the bits and pieces ofconversation
being thrown around the bar. Like some sort
ofrevelation from hell, I realize that none of
these men are referring to the present as
·today~; to them its all "tonight." We're all
here, gathered together at the same time, at
the same place, but for me its not even the
same day. I slept in a warm bed next to a warm
body and came down here at 7a.m. to observe
these wretched derelicts.
These men have been up all night stumbling
about in the cold rain like tortured souls
drunk on pain and misery. I'm not on the same
frequency because I'm not even listening to
the radio; I'm watching the Discovery channel.
They got up and started drifting when the sun
went down, and will go home just as the sun
begins to rise, like pathetic vampires sucking
the life force from a bottle ofOld Harper, Their
lives, like this filthy bar, are pushed back from
the mainstream in an attempt to sweep it aU
under the rug of society. A.K. 's quick wit
breaks my ponderous silence and [ look up.
·What you want for breakfast? Iced tea,
hot chocolate?~ I see his wry smile begin to
chip away at the serious facade of his face like
an ice pick. He's not looking at me, but at the
sad wreck of a man who has slipped in and sat
down next to me unnoticed. His hair is graying
and unkempt under a brown mesh
"Skokomish FishingClub~hat. He slouches on
the bar under a bright yellow rain jacket and
in his face I can see the deep wrinkles and
bright red nose of a chronic alcoholic, His eyes
are glazed over, drenched in liquor. For him
its still tonight.
"For breakfast?" The Yellow man is
unsure, and his voice wavers,
"Yeah, I got a black licorice for ya': AK.'s
smile is from ear to ear now. Lou looks up from
his Bourbon and water and gets his revenge
for A.K.'s previous jibes.
"And J'U bet its about two inches longl"
We all burst out laughing, and I realize that
there hasn't been a sentence spoken in here
that didn't allude to something sexual or dirty.
The bartender pulls out a can of Bud and a
frosty glass, and sets them down in front of
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the can to the iip of the glass and pours, his
bands shaking furiously. He lifts the glass to
his mouth carefully, unable to stop the beer
from spiUing over the sides al1d running down
onto the bar like blood from an open wound.
His nose is a prison for a million long-legged
black spiders, their twitching limbs dangling
out almost an i.lch from his nostrils. He turns
his whole horrid countenance to me and
begins to talk . He tells me about last
Christmas, when he finally moved out ofthe
Salvation Army and into a trailer on the edge
ofOlympia and Lacey. One side of the street is
in one town; the other side is in another town.
"You might say I'm a man without a
country," The Yellow man raises his glass, and
I raise my can of Bud in a bizarre toast to the
twisted bit of philosophy he just gave me. He
has a country; it just doesn't want him. All
these men, like this wretched bar, have been
shoved off to the edge of reality and left to rot.
They're the uncles that always drank too
much, the husbands who used to beat their
wives out of love, the derelicts and deviants
that nobody can cope with anymore. The Reef
is their consolation prize for having lost at the
game oflife. in return for all their failure and
misfortune, society allows them a place where
they can go, laugh, and experience the
friendship that so often eludes people trapped
in the loneliness and misery ofalcoholism. As
long as it's invisible, as long as these men live
in the perpetual shadows ofnight, then its O.K.
As long as these men stay on their side
of town, in the trailer parks and the Reef and
the plague infested hellholes where they're
allowed to be and don't come to "our" homes,
bother "our" children, ask for "our" money. If
they do otherwise, they're not invisible, they're
"those" people, and have to be dealt with
accordingly. Thirty lashings for my peace, 25
for pissing on "my' fence.
9 a.m, This place has gotten to me. I leave
A.K. a dollar tip and stumble out, Like Dante,
I've descended into the depths of hell and now
I have to climb up Satan's back to escape. I put
a hand over my eyes as [ open the door and
meet the cold gray dawn. I ask a man reading
the paper over a cup of coffee for the time. His
eyes well up with hate as he smells my breath
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Noon in the Library Lobby, there will be a
panel discussion on Ecofeminism with Peg
Millet and Dot Fisher-Smith,
Noon in the Library Lobby and 7pm at the
Un ited Church, liO lith Avenue, Olympia,
Two Gulf War Vetera ns, an American and an
Iraqi , will discuss the effects of economic
sa nctions on the defense less innocents of
Iraq.
8 p.m. in the Longhouse, come dance to the
beat of Sister Monk Harem, ecstatic, orga ni c,
gypsy funk music.
9 p.m. at the Longho use th ere wi ll be a
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7 p.m . in the Library Lobby the gro up
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Earth Week 2000 at Evergreen
8 p.m. in Library 2000, Activist Fo lk Music
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