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Baby, you must be an
overdue library book,
cause you've got FINE
written all over you !
Hey baby, let's go back
to my place for a math
lesson. Add one bed,
subtract our clothes,
divide your legs, and
let's mUltiply.
Honey, you're so hot
you're a fire hazard.
If I told you that you
had a nice body, would
you hold it against me?
You're like a Pepsi- I
gotta have it.
The energy expended
during
sexual
intercourse
is
equivalent to climbing
three flights of stairs.
Get ready to walk up
the
Empire
State
Building.
Did you wash your
clothes in Windex©,
because I can see myself
in your pants.
Do your feet hurt?
Cause you've been
walking through my
mind all day.
If I wrote the alphabet,
I'd put U and I together.
Did it· hurt? (What?)
When you fell from
heaven.
I couldn't help noticing
me staring at you.
Hello? Oh, your body
was calling me from
across the room.
Did you eat your
Frosted Flakes? Cause
you bring out the tiger
in me.
How about you and I go
out for pizza and some
lovin'. (No thanks.)
What's the matter, you
don't like pizza?
All those curves and me
with no brakes!
The Evergreen Scare Co llege· February 3, 2000 • Volume 28 • Number;4 • © Cooper Point Journal 2000
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Presidential candidate #3: Bobby Fong
• Evergreen and its academics
Paraphrased by Jen Blackford
·On division and diversity
What are some o{ the class division
problems you mentioned and how might
that change things at Evergul'll?
Evergreen has greater opportunities to
offer
people
of work ing-class
backgrounds. High costs may detour
students from college, so often the only
students who can get in are moneyed or
those OIl scho larship, which rarely
happens. The goal here would be to have
open access academic support services
for a ll students. Retention is also
important: what could we be doing more
to hel p studen ts persist here'!
How would you raise diversity amollg
students, {act/lty, and staff?
Issues of equal access are a primar y
concern, especially where racial div('r~ity
is given to a college if 17 percent of ib
population are students of co lor. Thus ,
they enter a world where their
backgrounds, beliefs, and assulliptions
aren 't th e norll1 . The thill g tu ask here.
when dealing with diversity, is what is
·the institntion doing and what is th r
campus doing? Is it a supportive
community for (' veryone?
-Contrihuted by Nicky DUllbar
What do you think ofthl' expectations of
the General Education board? {Referring
to proposed mandatory classes/skills.}
There are certain forms of knowledge
that we're sending students out into the
world without, e. g. mathematics and the
fine arts. We need people conversant in
numbers and figures, just as there are
issues out there can be answerable only
by poetry and art.
What is your vision of Evergrl'en?
in the future, will there be a place for
appreciation of liberal education? Shortterm. w(' do not see the effects of an
interdisciplinary education as we would
with a more speciali7.ed field. However,
long-term studies begin to show the
emergence of critical thinking,
cOlllmunication, and the morc subtle
s kills that the study of liberal arts
teaches. It is central to fulfilling a person.
The probl e m is that this type of
educatioll. and Evergreen as well. is 1I0t
ge llin g accurate representation in the
press . despit e the fact that it is the
pr ecminrnl publi c liberal arts college in
the COUll tr y.
The basic commitment of an academic
community is the freedom to contradict.
To cut that out would diminish the
community.
• Finances and funding
How would you raise money?
At Evergreen, there is a primary
dependence
upon
legislative
appropriation, which is risky. Ther e
needs to be a greater effort made towards
getting private fund ing, which can be
negotiated with the same energy as is pu t
into getting state monies.
f fee l that with private funding the
college migh t become a privatized public
coml7Junity or a se l ective r esearch
institution ? How do you respond to that ?
Just because YOli accept private funding,
it doesn't mean you have to necessaril y
accept any strings attached to it. Many
colleges will turn down gifts on the basi s
of their conditions. Private philanthropy
is 1I 0 t at odds with Evergreen as 10ll g as
the coll ege remains faithful t o it s
mission . It would be a mistake to see
publi c funds as le ss un conditio nal a nd
negotiable than private ones .
Huw might Y OIl clerclld illtellectllal
freedom ?
-Contributed by Brian Dean
Solidarity knows no borders
by Mac Lojowsky
The success of every socia l or
political movement relies upon
solidar it y. Evergreen activists witnessed
this first-hand during the recent WTO
arrests in Seattle. Almost all of the 544
arrested protesters acted together by
nonviolent resistance to th e police. This
involved group refusal to give names, to
accept lesser charges and insistence upon
court-appointed lawye rs and speedy
trials. Unable to meet so many
Constitutionally guaranteed demands,
almost all charges against the protesters
were eventually dropped by Seattle City
Attorney Mark Sidran . The sole reason
for this victory was group solidarity
inside and outside the jails.
On Dec. 11, roughly a week after the
last canisters of tear gas were fired in
Seattle, students in Mexico City were
demonstrating in front of the U.S.
embassy. The students were standing in
solidarity with the anti-globalization
protesters in Seattle. After clashes with
the police, resulting in many broken
embassy windows and bloodied
protesters, 98 students were arrested.
Since April 22, 1999, Mexican
students have occupied the National
-CONTRIBUTED BY WALKER LEWIS
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Autonomous Univers ity , the largest
university in Latin America with over
275,000 students. The stu dents have
three basic demands: that open
admissions from impoverished public
high schoo ls be reinstated (the policy
was cance ll ed four years ago) . That a
working congress of students , faculty
and workers be created to reorganize the
university in favor of the public , rather
than the private; and that tuition remain
accessible to the working-cla ss. The
strike began as an immediate response
to then president of the university
Francisco Barnes de Castro's plan to raise
tuition from two cents a semester to 75
dollars a semester.
The student strike in Mexico offers
American students a chance to look at
our own institutions of higher
education. Take my previous education
at Kent State University, for example.
Two
years
ago,
the
college
administration cut the Pan-African
Studies budget nearly in half and then
built the fourth major gym on campus.
Here at Evergreen, forums , lectures and
written eva lu ations fool students into
thinking that we actually have a piece of
deciding our next school President. The
fact of the matter is that the Board of
Trustees will select the President most
likely to carry out the state s wish es with
the gr('a test degree of finesse.
What is happening at the national
Autonomo ll s University in Mexico is not
that different from what is happening at
American universities. Tuition continues
rising in exponential leaps, making
college
educat ion
increasingly
economically prohibitive. University
administrations' interests increasingly
reflect the interests of government and
corporations rather than students,
faculty and workers. Student recruitment
focuses solely upon a certain
stereotypical student who will increase
the economic (rather than intellectual)
coffers of both state and school.
The students in Mexico are fighting
the same battles that we as American
students should be fighting. The
corporate global economy affects
students in America as it does in Mexico.
Before we can even hope to take on this
globa lized economy, we must globalize
so lidarity. As Evergreen students, we have
a national responsibility based upon our
hard -earned reputation, to set an
example of student activism . As students,
we have a responsibility to stand in
solidarity with oth er students, regardless
of cultural, economic or geographical
boundaries.
photo by Brandon Beck
For more Geoduck
b-baLL and sports
ballyhoo, turn to
page 17
Bulk-Rat...
U .S . Pos(age Paid
Ol ympi a, WA
Address Ser vice Requested
Cooper Point Journal -16- January 27,2000
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An apology, an explanation, and an invitation
I believe that when a newspaper angers
and hurts a segment of its community it is
the newsp aper 's duty to address that
community.
Two weeks ago (Jan . 20) , the CPj
published an article , which I wrote, that
caused hurt and anger.
The article-"Polished and Bright" on
page one-was my analysis of Dr. Rodney
Smith's public forum on liberal education.
Dr. Smith was the first of five presidential
candidates.
Starting the day the story ran, people
who were disturbed by my article pointed to
my choice of words and wording as
inappropriate. Some also pointed to the Cprs
method of covering the presidential
candidates as unfair.
The primary concern was that the tone
and language of the article were racist. Some
felt I had targeted Dr. Smith because he is an
African American male and felt the wording
used to describe his physical appearance was
discriminatory.
I want to emphasize that was not my
intention. However, as a writer, journalist,
and a human being, I recognize that my
intentions don't change the message that was
perceived and the hurt that resulted. I have
not taken that reaction lightly.
I'm sorry I hurt people.
After being told these things, I recognize
my intentions were misperceived for a few
reasons: The article was very different than
what an editor of the CPj usually writes, and
,the style of writing was new to me and my
attempts were clumsy. I was trying to show
you someone, and I didn 't have anywhere
near the amount of information or time I
needed to write an article like that. If I were
to do it again, I would not take that approach.
Instead, I would try and ask Dr. Smith to talk
about himself, ask students at his college to
talk about their relationship with him, and
talk to others that know him. Basically, I
would have been more informed.
When writing the article I also made
some assumptions that contributed to
misunderstanding and hurt. I neglected to
recognize race as an issue in the way people
would perceive the piece.
My primary intent in writing the article
was to engage students in a look at the
candidates for president-a position that
affects every student. I wanted the CPj to be
an open space where the honest opinions of
students could land. I intended to set the stage
and open the door so, for the following weeks,
there would be no doubt whether the CPj
would serve as a student forum for this
matter. However, after the response to the
first article, I decided my approach didn't
accomplish what I had planned. This brings
me to the next concern.
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Why didn't the CPj do the same for the
next candidate-a white woman?
Because I recognized it wouldn't serve
readers to write another article in the same
style and with the same tone. This was a
"damned if! do, damned if! don't" situation.
If I continued to write articles like that for
each candidate, I would have been continuing
in a manner I've learned to be ineffective and
inappropriate. But if the CPj covered the next
candidate differently, it really would seem as
though Dr. Smith was singled out. I decided I
would face the heat rather than perpetuate
this kind of coverage.
Some ofthe other differences in the Jan.
20 and 27 issues people pointed to were the
photos, and the difference in calling Dr.
Smith's qu estions "concerns" and Dr.
Minnich's questions "questions."
First, the photos. Dr. Smith's photo was
shot from farther away t~an Dr. Minnich's
and he appeared less engaged with the
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Staff Writers: x(,2 13
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Leners & O pin ions Editor: I'llil HawxhufSl
Copy FAiitors: Jell Blackford , Jayne Kasy,ymki . \len Kin b de
Comi cs Page Ed itor: Melissa Heywood
Seepage Edi lU r: 'ElIl 'y.1Gl'rrOdclll'
Layout Edi to rs: Wh ilney Kvasa!?l'r. Alex Mikitik , Ka therine
Smith
Photo Editor: Br:\lldon Heck
Features Edit or: Mikel Re par:tl.
SportS EdilOr: Molly Ericbon
Arts & Entl'rta inll1elll FJ ilDr: 'li iSl:lIl [\aurick
Edi tor in Chi ef: Ashley Shomo
Managing Edi to r: Brelll Seabrook
Busin ess
Business Ma n a~cr: Ca rrie Hiller
Assi,,, an1 Husincss Manager: Michael Selby
AJ Rep rcs~11l :lti vc: Sindi Somers
Ad Desi ~n e r : Josh Lenge
Ci rculati on Manager: Mich,da M:! Il:!lu ll
Ad Proob: Bm Kin kade
students. These were the photos the CPj had,
and these were the shots the photographer
captured. The only other choice was not to
have a photo at all. At the time, I did consider
the implications of the differences, but
decided that having no photo would have
been worse.
Second, the difference in wording. This
came down to a difference in writers .
Honestly, it didn't occur to me until it was
brought to my attention. What the difference
in wording said to people about coverage of
the candidates is an important reminder for
me to keep my eye on the details.
The CPj is a learning lab. I and other CPj
staff members recognize, in particular, the
rights that come with the First Amendment
also come with immense responsibility. I also
recognize that when clumsy attempts and
inconsistent coverage appear in the paper it
doesn't seem like these things are
understood. They are.
The most important thing to me, as
editor, is that all of us take a look at what's
happened here. In addition to my mistakes,
there's another issue-While Evergreen
preaches diversity and equality, it has been
made very clear to me that people of color
do not feel equal and there's a lot of anger
associated with race on campus.
I want you to use the paper as a place
where you can write your feelings about race
on campus. There's no need to be a literary
genius or a master of grammar. People relate
to opinion, it's about being human and that's
what people care about most. I'm not talking
about ranting from various angles . I'm
talking about addressing this problem.
One way or another, we have to.
Ashley Shomo
Editor-in-Chief
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See above.
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Feb. 4 marks the beginning ofthe Year of
the Dragon. A number of countries in Asia
traditionally follow a lunar calendar, which
has its origin in China. The lunar year is
divided into 12 lunar months; each
represented by an animal. These 12
animals also signifY a year. For example, the
year 2000 is that ofthe dragon. Next year
belongs to the snake, followed by the horse,
sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, pig, rat, ox,
tiger, and rabbit. The next year of the
dragon will fall on 2012.
Lunar New Year celebrations begin this
year on the 4th, but vary annually
according to the cycles of the moon.
Traditionally, people age a year at this time.
In many Asian societies, a new-born child
is considered to be a year old. So if a child
is born on the 3rd of February, he or she
will be one year old, but on the 4th, that
child will turn two.
Every country that observes the lunar
calendar has its own traditions for the New
Year. Some countries, including japan,
don't celebrate the lunar New Year at all.
In China, New Year's celebrations would
include a lion dance. In Korea, people pay
homage to their ancestors, and eat a soup
containing rice cakes. The Vietnamese New
Year, Tet, is celebrated for a full week.
Asian-American communities across the
nation will be taking part in the New Year.
At Evergreen, there will be a celebration on
Friday, Feb. 4, in the Longhouse, sponsored
by ASIA, First People's, and Housing. For
those of you with culinary aspirations,
there will be a demonstration on how to
prepare various Asian dishes from 3 to 5
p.m., followed by a Dragon Dance
performance at 5:30 p .m .. After the
performance there will be a potluck. The
entire campus is invited to attend. Bring a
special dish, and help usher in the Year of
the Dragon.
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%' alcohol on campus is a major deal
Well, is it a minor thing? According
to Webster the definition of minor is: lesser,
smaller of little importance. But according
to police and Evergreen students, this little
word has some bigger meanings and stiffer
consequences lately.
Th e Revised Code of Washinton
(RCW) 66.44 .270.2A defines MINOR IN
POSSESSION OR CONSUMPTION OF
ALCOHOL as:
It is unlawful for any person under the
age of21 to possess, consume, or otherwise
acquire any liquor. A violation of this
subsection is a gross misdemeanor.
Requiring a mandatory court appearance.
Resulting consequences can include
confinement, fines, or both as determined
by a court. In addition the college or
institution depending on associated factors
may take administrative actions.
Of course nobody wants to be lectured
on the detriments of alcohol in society. Yet
as society changes so do the laws, and laws
regulating youth and alcohol are very clear
and concise. We've all seen the movies in
drivers training and know the results of
most DUI accidents. Even with all the recent
media coverage regarding alcohol abuse on
college campuses around the US. College
students are still falling victim to alcohol
and/or drug overdoses on and off campus.
So, what is the point?
What is the PQint of sharing the
MINOR IN POSSESSION issue on campus?
Officers have been bombarded with
questions from students as to why we are
enforcing the laws here on campus
especially alcohol-related laws. There are
several other alcohol-related laws. Here are
a few :
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Minor Intoxicated in Public
2. Minor PurchaSing 'Or Attempting to
Purchase Liquor
3. Minor Frequenting Tavern
4. Misrepresentation of Age
Besides this list we have over 21
categories that I won 't even go into. So why
are officers making life miserable for those
students who just want to have fun here on
campus? Here are a few points to ponder:
State and College regulations/College
housing standards '
2. Liability Issues for college and officers
3. We care about lives/We know what
can happen
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We have been asked if we can look the
other way when we see alcohol
consumption on campus. Let's do a role
reversal here, you're the officer.
You and the RA's are walking through
the dorms on a Friday night and you visit a
party in A-Dorm where beer is flowing
freely. It soon becomes obvious that several
of the guests are under age (minors) . You
ask how many are under 21. Four or five of
the guests raise their hands honestly, you
confront another young lady (Suzie), and
she admits that she is under 21. As you
begin to explain the law, you determine that
everyone is being cooperative and no one
was causing a problem. You decide to let
them slide and leave.
Two hours later the dispatcher calls,
there's a serious accident on Driftwood Rd.
at the dorm loop area . You arrive before the
aid units and see some of the partiers from
A-dorm crowding around a mangled car.
You clear the crowd back from the car and
there is Suzie pinned inside the crumpled
car, there's blood everywhere, You numbly
reach to check here pulse. There's no pulse;
she's not breathing. Aid units arrive and
begin to extract her from the vehicle as you
begin to secure the scene for the
investigation. Why did you look the other
way? Here are a few more examples of what
has or could happen:
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post-apocaIyptic
drag race;yehldes raced " .,"
' perhaps in '
attempt to avoid the
doom that is fifth week midtetms.,They sped wildly, cra"hed lnto ditches •.and even
d~d.do~uts on soccer fields. Thefe wereskat~boarders ca,reeningoiftables, fugitives
hiding In bedrooms. and a round objects breaking through winQows. The only thing
that was missing was;Tina 1\Jrner wailing about~~ she~idn't need a hero, shejust
needed Evergreen, and wf:wou!d have had Mad Max: The Next Generation.
If you weren't out gaUi:vantirig on campus.withthe rest ofthe vehicular
vandals, then your car was probably booted. Agreat dealofthat happened this week
as well.
On with the mayhem....
Monday.Jan. 24
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Tuesday. Jan. 25
12:48a.m,
4:11p.m.
5:03p.m.
7p.m,
W~esday. Jan.
3:20a.m ~
Because of impaired judgment from alcohol
consumption:
1.
A student slips on the stairs and ends
up with a head injury or loses their life.
2. A verbal confrontation ensues
resulting in a physical assault and someone
getting stabbed.
3. A student passes out from alcohol
poisoning and drowns in his own vomit.
To sum up the point s above,
ALCOHOL IMPAIRS ONE'S JUDGMENT
AND IS ALWAYS A CONTRIBUTING
FACTOR IN OTHER CRIMES Le .; DATE
RAPE,
VEHICULAR
HOMICIDE,
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, ETC.
One student told me that we are
ruining it for the college by giving citations.
Students want to be able to make their own
choices, and exercise those choices, without
being penalized. He (eels that most students
select the Evergreen State College because
everyone believes this school is about
FREEDOM, CHALLENGING AUTHORITY,
AND REBELLING AGAINST THE
ESTABLISHMENT. He claims citations ruin
people's records, create financial hardships,
and will cause enrollment to drop . We
appreciate the uniqueness known here at
Evergreen. However, it is my understanding
that Evergreen is an institution of higher
learning respected and envied by educators
through out the nation for its academics
and being at the forefront of the futur e of
education. Though we know that we can't
control the students' use of alcohol, officers
can contribute to the aspect of higher
learning by protecting the educational
environment.
Regardless of what some of you
personally think about police and the law
most officers become Police Officers
because they care about the lives and safety
of others. The motto "To Protect and Serve"
means exactly that. We've sworn to protect
and serve the citizens of this college, this
state, and this nation. Therefore we must
protect all, not just students, who enter the
hallowed halls of Evergreen, and we must
serve all those who come here to le arn ,
teach , work, or just visit equally. The
diverseness of this college dictates that we
enforce all laws equally, therefore, we can
not have selective enforcement. Selective
enforcement would violate and mar the very
core beliefs ofthis establishment.
Pamela Garland is the Community Oriented
Policing Officer for The Evergreen State
College. She can be reached at x5157 or
GarlandP@evergreen.edu . Brian Ashby,
who co-wrote, is also a police officer for The
Evergreen State College.
·3:09 p.m.
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1:3.QP:m; .
4:0gp:m;
,4:31p.m.
Friday. Jan. ~
12:14 a:m.
12:30 a.m . .
2:44a.m.
7:17a.m.
day.Jan29
'Sarur
', 2:40,p.m.
Tuesday, jan. 25 2:12 a.m.
An officer spots an abandoned truck in a ditch by the side ofa road. Police suspect that the car
lost control at a high rate of speed and went into said ditch at around midnight. Dispatch confirns
the vehicle is stolen and the owner is contacted. He arrives and says his truck was stolen the day
before sometime in the early morning. He decides not to try to tow it out of the ditch with a rope as
the vehicle is tilted and he suspects it may roU over.
The owner later reports that his friend saw the truck in Olympia and tried to foUow it. While
his friend was tailing the truck, a white Toyota Celica apparently tried to run him off the road. The
driver of the Celica is suspected to be a friend of the truck thief. The owner believes his truck was
stolen in retaliation for his report ofthe truck thiefto the police for stealing checks.
A tow company arrives on the scene, the truck is removed, and is not processed to the police
for evidence.
Tuesday, Jan. 25 1 p.m.
An Ever~een student. calls up to report that three of his tires have been slashed the night
before after a friend called him up to tell him, The student had last seen his car on 1/24.
When ~ske~ w~o ~e thought might ha~e slashed his tires, the student says that he had just
broken up With hiS girlfriend and that he believes she is the one responsible. However, he doesn't
reveal her name, since he doesn't want her to get into trouble. No further action is taken.
Friday .jan. 28
4:31 p.m.
Astudent comes in to report that his bike has been taken from inside the CAB between lunch
and class time. However, this vehicular incident ends well as he calls up 30 minutes later to state that
a friend picked it up and just forgot to tell him.
Cooper Point Journal -3- February 3, 2000
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A question
of Jewish
identity
by Whitn ey Kvasager
by Misha Maynerick
If the development of the human race
through the ages was to be likened to the
growth process of an individual, it could
be said that we have struggled through the
stages of infancy, childhood, and
adolescence, and we now stand on the
cusp ofa collective coming-of-age. We live
in an unprecedented time where it is
finally possible to view our development
as one organic process, and we have the
potential to establish a lasting unity based
on the recognition of our inherent
oneness.
The Baha'i faith is an independent
world religion that testifies to this
oneness, and it is in this spirit that its
founding Prophet Baha'u'llah declares "It
is not for him to pride himselfwho loveth
his own country, but rather for him who
loveth the whole world . The earth is but
one country and mankind its citizens."
Beginning in Persia in 1844, the Baha'i
faith now includes more than 2,100
various ethnic and tribal groups and is the
second most widespread religion, after
Christianity. Because there are no schisms
or sects within the faith, it quite possibly
may represent the most diverse and farreaching organized body of people on
Ea rt h.
In line with the faith's emphasis on
the oneness of humanity, an emphasized
tenet is that of race unity. and Baha'is
olten gea r their attention in the world
towards strengthening bonds across
cultures and nationaliti es. Some of th e
other basic principles of the Faith Jls(l
include the following:
The independent investigation of truth
There is no clergy in the Baha'i faith ,
nor is anyone believer to preach their own
interpretation of the writings for others.
All members of humankind are told to set
aside their superstitious beliefs and
patterns of blind imitation, and to
investigate reality for themselves.
"Inasmuch as the fundamental reality is
one, all religions and nations of the world
will become one through investigation of
reality, " states Baha ' u'lIah 's son and
interpreter, 'Abdu'I-Baha.
The oneness ofhwnanity
It is possible in this age to recognize
the total interconnectedness of humanity.
The progress of . technology and
telecommunications has allowed for a
tremendous acceleration 111 the
interchange between cultures and
communities. It is of utmost importance
that we begin to take responsibility for
our actions at an individual and societal
level and rec6gnize how we each affect the
rest of the world . Baha'u'llah states, "Let
your vision be world embracing, rather
than confined to your own self"
The oneness of religion
Baha'is see each messenger
(Zoroaster, Abraham , Moses, Krishna,
Buddha,Jesus, Muhammad, Baha'u'lIah,
etc.) as a divine physician who brings a
unique medicine for the ailments of
humanity in each particular age. Each of
these messengers brings a two-fold
message: the divine truths that are eternal
and one and the same in all religions, and
the aspects that deal with practical life
according to the evolution ofhumankind.
All of the messengers speak of the same
God, and only appear different due to the
age and plac e that eac h message is
brought to.
Baha 'u'llah likens the Prophets of
God to lamps and God to the light. Each
lamp is illumined with light . and many
times we confuse th e lamp with the light .
All hough each lamp appears ciifferent .
the light they emit is the same. In this age.
Baha'is view the dispensation of the
Prophet Baha'u'llah as appropriate for
our current station, and yet p(,rlectly
aligned with the eternal nJes,a~(' of all
previous Prophets.
Religion asa source of unity
Baha 't.-Ilah teaches that reli gion
must he th e source of fellowship in the
world. If-instead-it causes hatred,
bigotry, or enmity, then the absenct' of
religion would be preferable.
The harTnony of science, religion, and
reason
Humans have been endowed with
incredible intellectual capacities, yet their
expression without a foundation of
ethical regard for others or for the earth
has led to much violence and destruction
·in our age. 'Abdu'l-Baha has said, "Should
a man try to fly with the wing of religion
alone he would quickly fall into the
quagmire of superstition, whilst on the
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alone he would also make no progress,
but fall into the despairing slough of
materialism. "
Peaceful consultation as a means for
resolving differences
In the Baha'i Faith , difference of
opinion is not squelched. In fact, it is
encouraged.
"The shining spark of truth cometh
forth only after the clash of differing
opinions." - Abdu'l-Baha
The equality of men and women
Baha'is believe that any apparent
inequality between the capacities of
women and men is due solely to the
lack of educational opportunities so
far open to women. For the first time,
the Founder ora major world religion
has unambiguously stated that
women and men are equal. "Until the
reality of equality between men and
women is fully established and
attained, the highest social
development of mankind is not
possible," the Baha'i scriptures state.
The elimination of racism and all
fonos of prejudice
Baha 'u'llah approaches the issue
of race relatiom with a sense of
urgenc y due to the tremendous
obstacle that prejudi ce poses in the
attainment of personal and social wellbeing. III the U.S .. the need lor racial
unity is especially emphasized, as We'
comprise a microcosm of the diverse
peoples of the Earth. Abdu'I-Baha has
sai.d, ..... A?!a in. as to religious, racial.
national. Jnd political bias: all these
prejudices strike at the very root of
human Ilfe ... So long as thes e
prejudices survive, there will be
continuous and fearsome wars.
Amongst other principles of the
Faith is the necessity to eliminate the
extremes of wealth and poverty, the
need for universal education, and the
importance of a universal auxiliary
language , second to one's own native
tongue. Many of these principles have
been alluded to in the writings of the
messengers of all religions, but never
have they been stated clearly without
allegory, subtlety, or ambiguity .
Baha'is believe that "the religion of
God is one religion, and all the
Prophets have taught it, but it is a
living and growing thing, not lifeless
and unchanging." The Baha'i Faith
invites humanity to investigate with
wisdom and intelligence the vast
teachings of Baha'u'lIah, with the
conviction that "by investigating
reality, one may attain the verity of
truth and life."
The Baha'i students of Evergreen will
be offering a session to learn more
about the Faith at 6 p.m. on Friday,
Feb. 4. For information call Melinda
Dennis@ 867-0427 or Wendy
DeMerritt @ 867-9034. We will also
have a booth at the Ethnic Fair on Feb.
5 in downtown Olympia.
Cooper Point Journal -4- February 3,2000
Evergreen is touted as being multicultural,
but this lends no clarity to questions of Jewish
identity. "It's the biggest problem of Jewish
culture in the world - Jewish identity," said
Jewish Cultural Center (JCC) co-coordinator
Shmuel Rubinstein.
This was the issue in question at last week's
third annual Jewish Identity Workshop. Of the
several hundred Jewish students at TESC.
however, only twenty-five showed up.
The reason for the low turnout could be
obvious. "At last year's workshop there was this
guy who wanted to 'spread the love of]esus'," said
Jce co-coordinator Oalya Perez. "He was
belligerent and dominated discussions," Perez
said, ''There are people who didn't want to come
back because of that experience."
Or it could have to do with what Rubinstein
calls "internalized racism."
"It's a big issue," Rubinstein said. "You
internalize negative stereotypes and try to
disassociate" from the people who embody. The
result is often to jettison one's heritage. "There
are a lot of students who deny their Jewish
identity," Rubinstein said.
Internalized racism is not just an abstract
idea for Rubinstein.
"I had no desire to be Jewish. I didn't feel it
was a significant factor in my life. But when J
went to Israel, Jewish culture. Jewish history i,
celebrated. Someth ing awoke inside me ,"
Ruhinstein sa id. "Just being in that surrounding:
seeing Jewish people living the culture. It wa,
actually being practiced, actually beillg lived."
But in the Un ited States "living the culture"
of judaism is difficult. "It's hard to he a jew in
this country. I might have to work on Friday and
Sat urdal' sometimes." Perez said. "I, my boss
going to understand that it's Shabat"! Willi han'
the economic privilege tOllot work those days"!"
"I'eople simplily the prohlem to being a Jell'
and a Ilon-Jew issue. Il ut it's deeper ti lal l th at. "
I'erez said. "It's reallv cOTliplicated."
All examplt' ofthiscolllplexity arose du rillg
the recen t I)ay of Absenc~ and Day of I'resenCl'.
.. /\ lot of Jewish people felt stra ngely ahou:
attending Day (I f i\b~e n ce celehrations ."
Rubinstein said. "Thev didn't fet'l it was thei r
place to be there. They didn't feel they tit into
eit her the t)ay of Absence or the IJay of Presence
celehrat ions - they weren 't part oft he minority
or the white majority. There was a feeling that
they didn't tit into either of the activit ies."
Exactly where Jews do fit in is not a question
easily answered . "Is judaism a faith or a race? Is
it because I pray every day. or because it's in my
hlood? Judaism is arguably a race of people with
specitlc sets of physical features. It's also
spirituality. It can also be considered a
nationality:' Perez said.
jews across the world wrestle with these
questions . Perez and Rubinstein hope last week's
Jewish Identity Workshop. albeit poorly
attended. gave people a chance to explore
possible answers.
"We wanted to create a community, create
a space where people can talk about things they
don't usually talk about."
"Multiculturalism is on a really superficial
level at Evergreen. So great: you learn about
Blacks or jews-their foods and traditions- but
what do you really learn about the people? The
issue of what it means to be Black or Jewish or
whatever is never discussed .
Real
multiculturalism is addressing those issues, "
Rubinstein said.
"There are a lot of things that go along with
being Jewish . There's the beauty, but there's also
a part that's painful. I tlnd that I am facing some
fears. For me personally, that's what the
workshop was about - facing those fears," Perez
said.
For Rubinstein, this discussion of identity
is key. "You have to knowyourselfbefore you can
know other people. You have to know where you
come from to know where you're going." he sa id .
"Being Jewi sh is something you're born
with; you can't escape. If there are problems. deal
with the issues," Rubinstein said . "Don 't just turn
yourself off to the whole thing"
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FIGHTING UNHEALTHY BODY IMAGES
by Bev Pererson
Fertility
awareness
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Natural birth control
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The Student Health Center is
sponsor ing a Fertility Awareness class
on February 9 and 16 at 6:30 p.m.
Fertility Awareness is a natural
method of birth control that offers
women
and
men
a better
understanding of their fertility as well
as greater peace of mind and accuracy
in preventing pregnancy.
Fertility Awareness is based on
the observation and charting of
SC ientifically proven fertility signs in
a woman's body that determine if she
is fertile or not at any given time. The
three primary fertility signs are :
changes in the quality of the cervical
fluid, waking body temperature. and
size and position of the cervix.
A woman's fertile time during a
typical 30-day cycle is usually 8-10
days. A couple can choose to use a
barrier method of birth control
during this fertile time or abstain
from sexual intercourse to prevent
pregnancy. Birth control is not needed
during the infertile phase of the
woman's cycle. By pinpointing exactly
when conception can occur, there is
no guesswork in aVOiding pregnancy.
Fertility Awareness allows women to
avoid the use of synthetic hormones that
may have potentially harmful side effects.
When used correctly, Fertility Awareness
has a method effectiveness rate of 9899%, which is comparable to other
popular birth control methods while
being less invasive to a woman's body. It
can also help women understand the
natural hormonal flows that cause
fluctuations in sexual drive and
emotions. Fertility Awareness is an
excellent tool for assessing normal versus
abnormal cervical fluids, thereby
increasing health awareness.
If you choose to learn Fertility
Awareness, it is best to take a class from
a qualified instructor, Judy Hickmann,
Certified Fertility Educator, is offering
the next class on Fertility Awareness on
February 9 and 16 at 6:30 P.M. The class
will be located at The Evergreen Library
Room 2129. The cost is $45 per
individual or couple. Book fee (optional)
is $8. If you wish to register for this class,
please ca II Judy at 446·3 640.
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"You have such a pretty face; if only you could lose weight ."
"At least he has a good personality."
"You can never be too rich or too thin. "
"Fat people are so disgusting ."
"Do you really think you shou ld have a SEcond helping? It has so many calories."
Have you heard any of these messages? How many of them have you said to
yourself or to someone else? Are you convinced that attractiveness depends upon
weight? These beliefs are quite common to most of us in the United States. We've
spent hours watching television and reading magazines over the course of our
lifetimes. According to Bating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, Inc. (EOAP), "A
study of 4,294 network television commercials revealed that lout of every 3.8
commercials send some sort of 'attract iveness message', telling viewers what is or is
not attractive" (as cited in Myers et a!., 1992). These researchers estimate that the
average adolescent sees over 5,260 "attractiveness messages" per year." Also from
EDAP, "The average American woman is 5'4" tall and weighs 140 pounds. The average
American model is 5'1 I" tall and weighs 117 pounds. Most fashion models are
thinner than 98% of American women ." (Smolak, 1996)
Our preoccupation with weight can lead to eating disorders. Although there are
many factors that determine if someone will develop an eating disorder,
dissatisfaction with weight is often the starting point. Eating disorders include
anorexia nervosa , bulimia nervosa, compulsive overeating and combinations of all
of these. AII of these can be deadly - emotionally, spiritually and physically.
If you would like to learn more about media influences on body image, eating
concerns and eating disordrrs, the Center for Holistic Living and the Counseling
Center are sponsoring a series of presentations from Feb. 8 through the 17. Here's
the calendar:
Feb. 8
5 to 7 p.m. , Laurie Schaetzel-Hill, a local nutritionist and mental health
counselor, will present and show slides on "Media Influences on Body Image and
Eating Concerns" in Library 2127.
Feb. 9 and 16
From 11 :30 a.m. to I :30 p.m., the Center for Holistic Living will have a table in
the CAB where you can pick up information on eating disorders and local resources.
Feb. 14
12 to 12:30 p.m., there will be a video, "Stomaching", by an Evergreen Grad,
Allene Hebert, dealing with her own 's truggles with bulimia, in Library 1316. The
video is followed by a panel discussion, "Body, Mind, and Spirit". The panelists are:
Maxine Williams, a mental health professional ; Elizabeth McHugh', director of the
lIealth & Counseling Center; and individuals recovering from eating disorders. The
panel will be held in the 2nd flo or Library Lobby from 12:30 to 1: 30 p.m.
From 6 to 7:30 p.m .. "Stomaching " will again be shown in the Edge, 2nd floor of A
building in Housing.
Frb.17
From J2 to 1:30 p.m .. we are offering participation in th e National Eating
Disorders Screening Pro gram in the Library Lobby. The National Eating Disorders
Scrre nin g Program will also take pl ace from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in th e Housing Community
Ce nter. Thi~ screening is anonymous and confidential. If yo u would lik e to exp lore
your relatiollship to fuoo or if YOli hav e a concern about you or a friend's ra tin g
patterns , pl rasl" join li S. Information on EvC'rgreC'1I and Olympia community reso urces
will he aV;lilahlr.
For flirt her inform atio n on any of these evell ts. please call the Center for Holistic
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The fourteenth day ... of the second
month ... ofthe year 2000. What does that mean
to the undersexed and politically aware here
at Evergreen? This is your year to strike out at
that drunk-ass, cross-eyed, crooked-shooting
little cherub-Mr. Cupid.
For years the winged little wonder has
shot his love arrows carelessly, hitting everyone
but you ... or even worse-hitting you and
completely missing that special oile you
wanted to call your cuddle buddy. How
agonizing it was ... There you were, at a crowded
political rally or direct action campaign-then
you seen them. That Earth-loving, dreadheaded, patchouli-smelling stud or vixen--or
that tight jacket, high pants hipster (both of
you too cool to speak to anyone, much less each
other). Cupid with all of his cruelty drew his
arrow back, shot his quiver and pierced it deep
into your soul, by way of your seated
posterior-which you promptly made of
yourself when you attempted to show your
affections for that special non-reciprocating
person.
After that dramatic experience, you
vowed never again. Tsk, tsk ... that is so Y1K.
This millennium is your chance to break out
of that bubble of insecurities, created by those
evil children and their constant teasing and
ganders at your budding mounds offernininity
( ... or lack of) back in middle school. This is
your chance to strike back at those bully sports
jock boys for their snickering and jeers while
you revealed your impish body with its concave
chest in the weekly ritualistic torture of
changing in the gym for physical education
classes. For the years you spent motionless in
the school gym during the insipid dallCes with
music supplied by the local two dollar D)sand the unattractive or undesirable individuals
Cu pid shot while they were in your proximity ...
without even giving you a mercy blast...giving
th e phrase "just shoot me" a whole new
meaning.
On Feb. 14, UMOJA and S&A
Productions will be sponsoring a "Lovers'
Lounge" in the CAB building back lobby from
8 p.m. to midnight.
For one night this sterile volume of brick
and glass will be converted into an silky, soulllli
jazz lounge featuring livr music and a D)
spinning the best of R&B, Soul Grooves, and
othrr seductive sounds. While at thr event
people are encouraged to shake the "Olybama"
blues by going home, washing up (yeah, I said
it !), and pUlling on your finest rags, combing
your hair (if you call) into a finely mall aged coif.
There will be many fun and unusual activities.
There will also be an anonymous messag('
board so you can leave messages for that
person of interes t while you wait for the little
winged sniper to go postal.
I cha llenge all you mounded masses of
insecurity, hormon('s. and Prozac to writ(' to
the "Dear Cupid " section to be printed inncxt
wrek's (PI
Invite that spcc ial person tu th e "Lovers'
Lounge" on Feb. 14, to your dorm for th e butt·
naked buugie after the Lounge (o h boyl), and!
or 10 the local watering hole for a few ro unds
at sucia llubricants.
It i~ no secret that this ('1'(,llt lVa~
convcnic n11 " scl1l'dulcd UOI 10 start IlIltil after
all ot lhe OIl' happy hums are over (anylhing
rise wou ld be sacril egious). There's a st range
rclationship between lovc Isexl and alcohol on
thi~ campus.
Al l "Dear Cupid " notes shuuld be
addrcssed either directly to the person(s) of
interest or bv following this format: Dear
( upid. I wish you wu uld shoot (11 11 in th e
blank), because (fill in the blank) , signed (fill
in th e blan k). Ei t her way. YOU hal'e a ma XilllUITl
of :W words and it has to be ill th e ( P)
\'oicl' lllail, oHi cC', or l'mail account by 3 p.m.
Tuc~day, Feb./}. As it has bCl'n said in th e book
of IlIurt I Ih ca ra ch, "W hat the world ncrds
now ... is lu\'('. swee t luve ... .. And I. for OIlC',
Ill,I I(,l'e'i it. SEE YOU TIIERE!II
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Astrology for the alienated and the doomed
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Aries (March 21- April 19)
The heavens fill you with energy this week, to add to your increasing power and strength. Nothing can stop you. Nothing except
for the fact that you've smoked a lot of pot, eaten nothing but beans and rice, and ran around Evergreen several times screaming
at the top of your lungs "I Am The Second Coming." Yeah, I know it was you,
Future careers: aerobics instructor, lumberjack, Martha Stewart.
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Taurus (April 20 - May 20)
Your sign is known as the bull. Its wondrous associations include Chicago, red flags, and a phrase ending in shit. Just stay in this
Valentine's day and contemplate the unfeeling gods that would give you such an awful animal for a sign. I suggest you convert
to atheism, or possibly devil-worship. Either way, you'll probabfy get a better mascot.
Future careers: basketball player, carpenter, dairy lobbyist.
Gemini (May 21- June 20)
Some people say that there are two of everyone in the world, that each person has a twin. I'm here
to tellyou to ~et rid of that ~eak moron. Just p~sh him ?ff a cliff or som~thing. You'll feel better
knOWIng vou re umque and I II feel better knOWIng there s one less annoYIng person I have to deal
with in lite,
Future careers: stand-up comedian, magazine writer, cult leader.
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Cancer Oune 21 - July 22)
This sign is supposed to care about home and family. Ask yourself: just what did they ever give
you? Months of therapy, a deep abiding hatred of Thanksgiving dinner, and a desire to move
away as far as you can to avoid anyone you are remotely related to. Why else would you be at
Evergreen?
Future career: counselor, interior decorator, prison warden.
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Leo Ouly 23 - Aug. 22)
You are a supreme god. Everything you do is perfect. No one should question your motives.
Someday you will be enshrined and worshipped from afar. Oh, wait. You're a Leo, ri~ht? Just
forget what I've said. You'll become an accountant and live in either Grand Forks, North Dakota or Eastern Montana. I m sorry
about the mix-up.
Future career: salesperson, artist, inventor oftoilet devices.
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Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sept. 22)
My mother thinks of this as the most anally-retentive signs of the Zodiac. It 's the kind of sign that folds toilet paper, follows
detailed lists, and dusts underneath the TV. Congratulations if this is your sign. At least you can be secure in the knowledge that
nothing you do will ever get you into trouble or leave a lasting impression upon the world ..
Future career: nurse, insurance agent, exotic dancer.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22)
Finally, aoalanced equal sign who can see all sides of the issue. You see the day and night, the yin and the yang, the zealous
people who scream at you as you walk hy and the apathetic sheep who knock on your door and ask for some money. Aren't you
glad you go here? Now, cough up some cash for pizza and sign my petition before I beat you up.
Future career: lawyer, journalist, college presidential candidate.
Scorpio (Oct_ 23 - Nov, 21)
You are the John F. Kennedy of the Zodiac. Magnetic, charming, and powerful in all your relationships. But I wonder why you
haven 't got a date this Valentine's Day? Perhaps it's because you're more like Steve Urkel then you'd care to realize. Why don't
you stay home and watch the Revenge of the Nerd's and Meatballs III instead?
Future career: mortician, actor, Hair Club for Men spokesperson.
Sagittarius (Nov- 22 - Dec. 21)
Sunshine fills a room whenever you walk through the door. You radiate good will, joviality, and a Pollyanna-like optimism. But
this week, something's changed. Dark skies have come and country western music permeates your soul. It's fifth week, there's
nothing but rain, and you've ran out ofProzac. Welcome to hell. Welcome to Evergreen.
Future career: veterinarian, travel agent, cahle access game show host.
Capricorn (Dec, 22 -Jan. 19)
You are a cold and calculating bastard. But don't worry. rm sure when Microsoft takes over the world, Bill Gates will have a
position open for a slimy, scheming weasel like you. Just make sure to brush up on your computer programming/robotics skills
and drink plenty of Star bucks. The job offers will come ... oh yes, the job offers will come.
future career: engineer, systems analyst, grade school teacher.
Aquarius Oan. 20 - Feb, 18)
Innovation is yo ur middle naill I'. Well. it would be if you hadn't changed it as soon
as ),ou got here. That's really original. changi ng your nallle to something found in
nature. It 's not as ifpeople thought olit 30 years ago. If you want to be truly daring.
why don't YO ll call yourself "Mildew" or "Fungus Mold on Log." They're more
lilt in g wi th what's out there in t he woods and rill sure t hey haven t been taken yet.
Future career: scientist , astronaut. infomercial creator.
Pisces (Feb, 19 - March 20) .
People use you as a doormat. You take like a sponge and do things for others without complaining. That's smart. That way,
when you finally go postal and Illassacre half the student body with throwing knives, they'll never suspect it was you. Just
repress the rage and wait...wait for your mOlllent.
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Talk, damn you!
I recently saw some graffiti in the women's bathroom in the
third floor of the CAB building that is a perfect example of the
problem with race relations at Evergreen. The graffiti started with
"What do you think about when you pee?" and continued:
"Are you ready for the WTO!"
"Is the WTO ready for us!"
"Why don 't you get out of your colonial mindset and realize
you're on someone else's land? Your solutions don't work here!"
"What does being on someone else's land (whose?) have to
do with the WTO?"
"Guess someone's due tor a ;\!ative American studies class.
eh? Protesting th e WTO is your solution to your problem you've
created."
The next person then began a diatribe that ended with the
advice "I would suggest advising people and teaching instead of
merely attacking people's efforts to make th e world a better place."
As I\'e all kno\\'. Evergreen is billed as a haven of cultural
diversity. And. as we all knol\', it's not living up to its reputation.
The question that hasn't been ;ldequately answered is: Why isn't
Evergreen living up to its reputation?
The first (and simplest) answer I\'ould be that th e student
bod)" as well as faculty, is mostly Caucasia n and middle class. I
have no idea how to remedy this. so I 1I'0n't talk about it right
noll'. I do believe. though, that a truly diverse student body would
almost immediately change most of Evergreen's race problems for
the better.
However. one reason t hat a diverse student body would
create a better racial situat ion is that it would force students from
ditferent backgrounds to communi cate evcry day. This is exactly
what Evrrgreen currently lacks. Communication.
For all ofthr Hyrrs, the clubs. the performances. the lect ures,
the classes and thc slogans. there is litt le interracial or intercliitural
dialogue happening. There are over GO student orga nizations at
Evergreen and each one serves as a niche for different membrrs of
the student body. But holl' many organizations that pertain
dirrct ly to culturc ,1Ild/or race actually come together for events?
Has the Women of Color Coalition, Umoja. The Ninth Wave, th e
Na tive Student's Alliance, MEChA. the Middle East Resource
Center, th e Jewish Cultural Ccnter, the Latin American Solidarity
Organization. ASIA, the Queer Alliance, the Men's Center and the
Women's Center ever gotten together for one big group act ivity'?
And what part does Talking About Race play? How llluch is
Evergreen really colIlmunicating about race? Or are we all just
reading books about it?
If you meet me in the hallway, I look pale. You would
probably call me white, or Caucasian. Yet, I come from a mixed
background, half of which my family isn 't even sure. If you met
me in Southern California in the summer (when I have some color)
yo u might even mistake me for a Hispanic woman (as has
happened to me several times). And yeti am co nstantly being
accosted and accused of being "white". Iam being told that things
-terrible things· such as the WTO, are my problem and that my
solutions aren't good enough. I am being to ld that white people
are responsible for slavery and genocide (true) and that thesewhite
peop le are my ancestors (not true). Personally, I resent
implications th at I have a debt to pay because of my anccstors. I
have no debt to pay but my own.
Argue as youlllay with the way I feel about myselfand race.
the lact is that whatever I may feel, whatever that may be, lhere is
a ca lise for that feeling somewhere. Some may argue that my
feelings stem from a white supremaci~t outlook that re~ents being
put in its place. Some lllay argue ethnocentrici ty. My argument is
that they stem frolll that one word I mentioned before:
Commu nication.
Or lack thereoL
I believe that most race problems stem directly from
misco nceptions, or prejudices, that people have about other
"types" of people. The only way which these misconceptions may
be overcome is direct communication . Reading a book, going to
class or attending a lecture is a good start but what Evergreen needs
is public events in which people of all different "types" may come
together in a spirit of exploration and talk to each other.
For instance, maybe a so rt of international event where
different groups present performances and/o r guest speakers
about their culture. Then, at the end of the event, or at some point
during it, a pa nel of stud ents representing each of the different
groups coul d come together and answer questions and provide a
public lorum for discussion.
This wouldn't be as easy at it seems though. Everyone would
have to loosen up: to reign in the anger and hurt that is almost
always linked to race and culture. It would have to be a time and
place where it is safe for a Caucasian to ask why it's better to call a
certain person ofcolor African American instead of black. It would
have to be a time and place where it would be all right for a Na tive
American to voice distress abou t Caucasian preconceptions of
native religions. And everyone would have to make an extreme
effort to hear beyond their own prejudices to answer and ask
questions.
I think that a culturally diverse campus is possible. We have
the first pieces already. all we need to do is come together to put
them together.
the application packet for
2000-01 CPJ editor-in-chiel
available beginning
Monday, Feb. 7
CPJ office, CAB 316
deadline to apply:
5 p.m-.- Monday, Feb. 28
Jayne Kaszinksy
Cooper Point Journal -8- February 3, 2000
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Good morning, y'all. Let's get a few things straight.
Exploitation and capitalism are inseparabll'-democracy and
capitalism incompatible. Communism is not Marxism. and yes,
there are alternatives.
In terms of supporting democracy. creating liberty, or
promoting equality. the political systelll of the westem world
is a failure. It is even defensible to say that west em industrial
"democracies"like the US have effectively impeded these goals.
The very roots of capitalism are stained with slavery,
genocide. thelt. and over-consumption of natura I r e~o urce~. all
in the name of profit. It is a system that rewards one slice of the
world's population at the ex pense ofthe rest. a system, it could
be argued. inhere ntly productive of inequalit y. Since th e birth
ofa monc), econolll), in the 1400's. wealth has become highly
co ncentrated in a \'ery few hands.
Of co urse. this relationship of rich tll poor exists in a
spectrum. creating a ran ge of varyi ng degree~ of eCOllClillic
privilege. Certain ly one cannot denl' the vast gap between rich
and poor in otlr world when seen from the aggregate
perspective. However. one common misconception about
capitalism, enlorced by Marx, is that th ere are only two classes.
and they arc in cOlllpetition: the rich, and th e pOOL Capitalism
is more sinister th an that. No matter holl' rich you are. yo u are
necessarily still in compet ition with ot hrrs. I-len('e. all memhers
of a capitalist society are vulnerable and insecure. not simply
the "exploited masses."
We! white American men occllpy th e pinnacle of this
hierarchical power structure. and are historically responsible
for suppression of the remaining population. It is no accident
that the vast majority of th e world's wealth is held by white
men, and it is a mistake to separate isslle~ of class and race.
(There are, of course, poor white Illen: they too are victims 01'
capitalism .) At any ratc , capitalism was lounded by the wealthy:
the wealthy remain its staullchest supporters.
It is our rl'sponsibility as coll~ge studcnb "reaping the
rewards of capitalism" to explore our privilege. understand
where it comes from , accep t its illegitimacy. and work to see
ourselves and each other in a new light. By owning our privilege.
we reduce t'he probability of its perpetuation . The notion that
white Americans have no cultural background or heritage
serves to excuse LIS from impli ca tion in th e production of
privilege. Of course, we all come from SOMEwherl'. and ollr
lineage can be traced- it is ridiculous to think thatwe have IlO
history. Indeed. our only history may carry a legacy of
oppression, a history we may be ashamed of or wish to refute,
ignorl', or torget. It is still otlr history, and its eflects are plain
to see in th e present socio-eco nomic catastrophe that wl' ca ll
society.
It is undoubtedly tnl!'. as Kris I looper asserted in IJst
week's CPJ, that many great minds have pondered eco nolllic
structures over the ages. Howl'ver. I disagree strongly that thesr
minds were any "greater than ours," or that th ese minds eVt'r
l'Onsented "tha t capitalism. despite all its !laws, works the Ill'S" "
Who were these minds? Are they known to have possessed
any greater intelligence, reason, or judgement than yours and
mine'? Were they simply superior in nature to the minds of
t6day's greener?
Though the partnership of commerce and militarization
has dominated our world since the 1300's. who really is to say
that capitalism works best? In what context does capitalism
"work best?" I don't believe that consent to such eco nomic
domination was ever give n by any of the world's co nquered
peoples, on whose backs capitalism was made viable. Whether
they be Ali-iean slaves illlported to the Canary islands to work
the sugar cane plantations lor the Portugu('se in the 1450's. or
Inca Indians lorced to mine silver in Potosi. Bolivia for the
Spa nish beginning in th e 1550's. the landless peasants of
England's middle ages. th e children of Mexican immigrant
tarlllworkers. or apathetic children of middle cbss Americans.
People arr subjected TO capi talism, though wr are certainly
not asked lor our opi nion . Unlortunately, rejecting capital is III
is not as rasy as giv in g up money and living in J shack in
Montana. Are those sharks free ? Most westerners are
enculturaled to the point of incolllpetence when it comes to
wilderness survival. Jnd most of the wilderness that remains is
private property. (Las t I heard it was illega l to res ide
permanently in state or national fore~ts ... ) My point is this: a~
one does not need to be Jewish to know th at the Nazi holocaust
was evil. one need not be a target of capitalism to know it is
unju~t.
It is of co urse asinine to think that 20th century
"Communism" is any sort of alternative. and I doubt that any
true Marxist would advocate its return. Indeed, they would
assert that Marx's utopian communism never materialized.
Anyway. it has no bcaring on th e legi timacy of capitalism. and
there ARE real alternatives alive and well, right here in Olympia.
Co nsensus-based collective organizations, trade in goods and
services. traditional subsistence agriculture ("permaculture"),
com munity supported agriculture (csa 's), and personal
rclationship~ founded on eq ualit y and reciprocity are
challengin g, rewarding, and sustainable. To quote John
Mohawk, prolessor of American studies at the state university
of New York. "Local self- sufficiency is the bane of global
markets. "
Responsible individuals build responsible
com,munities. I applaud those Evergreen students whose
"bourgeois" heritage has not kept them from questioning the
source of their privilege, and who have become radicalized
agai nst economic oppression. I enco urage them to continue
their work: it is only through the intentional reclaiming of our
identiti e~, necessarily confronting the elements of privilege and
oppression that we Illay begin to change such structures frolll
t he inside out. It is our rrsponsibility: let us embrace it with
dignity and courage.
;\!athaniel Larsen
Stranger in an insensitive
and apathetic land
I normally pick up the "Stranger" paper from Seattle each
week and am overcome by a genera l sense of happiness. This
past wel'ks iss ue (Vol. 9. :-.J0 119,Jan. 27-Peb. 2), however,tilled
me with a rush of rage and anger over In advcrtisement put
out by the "Consistency in Compassion Campaign" (page 10)
which compared th e killing and ea tin g of animab to th e
slaughter of over 6 Million Jews in the Holocaust. In Ihe
advertisement they depicted a large swastika ~urrou n ded by
pictures of dead pigs and p i cture~ ofextermin3trd Je\\'s bodie~
~ide by side.
I've seen this disgusting co mparison belorc by oth er so·
called "anima l rights" organizati ons. and each time I am irate
with the idea that these "activists" dishonor the death of mv
ancestors in order to gain some type of political fanfare for thei~
campaign. Of course , these "sen~itive a nimal activists"
predicted an objection to this ad. and thought that they could
use the quote of a token Jew who believed that their comparison
was a legitimate one, in order to prevent 'any controversy or
guilt. Well, I mtlst educate them on a little fact (they may have
not encountered too many Jews in this all·too·white Pacific
Northwest). This specific Jew they quote, nor any of their
supposed abundant Jewish volunteers and contributors (as
th('y claim in their web page) give' Ih em th e right or auth ority
to reduce the purposeful death ormy lamily to th at ofa fucking
pig! This ad not on ly deeply offends me as a Jew, but likewise.
attacks the memory of all those Jew ish souls who perished at
the hallds of the Nazis while the E:-.JTIRE WORLD ~tood by and
al lowl'd it to cont inllC'.
.
If these animal activists are so bl' nt on reducing the
oppression and ge nocide of my an('estor~ to that of animals . I
wou ld like to see Ih e public r('acllon if they published an ad in
this week's CPJ comparing the death of a pig to the genocide
and destruction of the Na tive American population. or to
thl' enslavement and brlltalizat ion of African peoples in this
country! If they are such "radical" activi~ts . th enlet 's see it! If
they aren't as radical a~ they are trying to portray themselves
as. then I demand a public apology tll the cntire Jewish
poplilation!
And to all you Greeners-lVhere\ your ou trage? Or is that
j ust yo ur apat hy-the same which all ow('d for Ihl'
exterm ination of my people'?
Shmuel
Rllbi n ~teill
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ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a
redress of grievances."
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Letters to the Editor
ditor:
The CPJ entered a raging historical and
ommunity debate when it thumbed its editorial
ose at presidential candidate Dr. Rodney Smith's
equest to be called "Dr. Smith."
The sub-headline, "Call me Dr. Smith," and
he repetitive use of th e titled name implied a
ockery of the request. I suppose the purpose was
ome attempt at irony, as in commentators and
omedians' jests at Bob Dole's reference to himself
ot as "me" or "I" but as "Bob Dole" in the 1996
lections.
Hopefully, at Evergreen you've encountered
he idea that systems of oppression are retiected,
'upported or resisted through language. Grrrrlllb
an explain this toyou ifyou missed it. In the United
tates, and particularly in th e south , where Dr.
mith has been teaching, the discussion over forms
f address betwee n blacks and whites is
articularly central. I lived in a South as deep as
orth Florida and as shallow as Washington, D.C.
rom the late 1960s to the mid 1970s, just a few
'hort yea rs after the fall oflegali zed segregation.
nd I learned a few things about this.
Language is a pillar of white supremacy. Most
hites in the Sout h referred to ~la cks only by th eir
irst names while insisting th at th ey be addressed
)y Blacks with "M ister." "M iss us." "S ir," or
·Ma·am." When whites didn't kn ow a Black
Jerson's lIalll(" th e), wou lu onen Iliakl' lip Olle to
Ivoid usi ng a polite allo ll)'lnous lim II.
Dil l' example thai pl'rsiqs ill lil Olll' l'I 1
:1l1guagc is the phrase, "I.C I Ce()J'gl' dn il '" Fmlll
Irl' 1 ~~J(l\ 10 thl' mid l llth ('I' lIlur ),. lI'h itl'
l;t.sSl'lIgers of luxury PUIlIlI;11l r;li lroad (,;U', Wl'rl'
\'aited UII hI' th e Pullman Porters who were always
bck. They used "Cl'orge" tll call the porters. (they
\'O\i1d ll 't say "Excuse 1111', sir. . .") beca use the
lIIiforms bore Pull mall insignia Jlld "C;l'urge" was
oss Pullman 's ti rst nalllt'. Clever. huh'l
Meanw hile, whites insisted they be
lddressed with tit lcs and steadfast Iy rl'nJscd to use
hose titlrs addressing Mrican Americans. The
ffense is deepened when a Black person ex plicitly
equesis to be addressed formally (as Dr. Smith
id) and a white person still refuses , or worse.
nucks the request.
A present day exam ple with roots in the past
s the case of Preston King, an African American
I'ho is a professor of polit ical philosophy in
ngland . He is still seeking a pardon for a
onviction for draft evasion afier requesting that
he Georgia draft board address him as "Mr. King,"
s they did all white draftet's, ill 1958. He was
illing to report for the draft (imagine!) if th ey
'Vould only grant t his modest request. They refused
nd continued to write to "Preston." He left the
·ountry.
Many peopll' ca ll alld do make hon cs t
llistakes in this systelll of forills of address.
:lIllllett Till, a Black tl'emger raised in Chicagu
aid with his lile for his: the highest pellaltyex;Jcted
'rom whites might be a red lace or a li'ustrated joh
r salrs opportunit y.
In the hi stori ca ll y Bla ck co lkges likl'
lampton. where Dr. Smit h works. students and
acu it y are keenly aware of this legacy and oti en
lIake a co nscious and deliberate decisiun tu use
he 1II0st polite fClfIns in their communit y. They're
lot trying to b(' st ully.
In all likelihood. the Cprs errnrwas made Ollt
)1' ignora nce (a term that has its own interesting
'ubtleties in th e So uth). Nonethrless, th e article
nissrd Dr. Sm ith 's entry in to anothl'T ra gin g
ebate--tIH' one over promotion tests in publi c
'C hools and "measurable uutcomes" in education .
I' course, if yo u wcre all bent over his dress and
anguage. it would he hard to catch a point like this,
hough he made it in ;It Irast tw o d ifferell t
nt erviews.
Still, I think the paper alld the whnlr
\wgre(,11 communit y owe Dr. Smith a l'u nsiucred.
in cere and personal apolugy.
Sarah Ryan
Farulty, Part Time Studies
Dear Ashley,
I write in response to your characterization
of Dr. Rodn ey Smith in th e January 20, edition
of the CPJ.
Part of the "Evergreen way" is to embrace
all people- in th eir similarities as well as th eir
differences. In mythology, "Greeners " fit one
mo ld-in attire, attitude, and aptitude. In
reality, we are q!lite diverse and often don 't get
th e credit we deserve because people stereotype
us. I was saddened to read your critique of Dr.
Sm ith 's character al1d demeanor, not hi s
capa bilities. Were you suggest ing that welleducated, well-mannered, well-s poken, welltailored people aren't welcome here'?
No one at Evergrl'en appreciates th e college
or its student s being stereo typed. As a Greener
grad and m meone who works hard explaining
to the external world th e va lue of Evergreen, its
co mmitment to equalit y, and it s man y ot her
st rengt hs, I was disheartencd by yo m coverage
of Dr. Smith .
When I was an Everg re ell stud ent, we
worked hard within th (' ll'al'11ing CO lllll1l111ities
to ullpack th e InallYways people use prejudices
as \Veapoll~ . l'ln disappni ll tl'd that ynuused y011l'
jO l1 rnalistic rl'sponsihili ly and p(l\\'er to
perpetl1atl' prl'j lldicl'.
111 ('oll trast tn t hI' charal'lerizat iull Ill' Ilr.
) llIi th. Ihl' C()\'('1'agl' (II 11r. Millni ch prl'se nted
,0 111(' 01 the qll('St illll.S a~kl'd un ler. :l1 ld th l' 1I hl'1
anSlI·I'rs. SO lllet ill les 1\'1' II l'l'd to be stretch(,d and
pulled hy pcople who are dill('l'ent IrOlll us. 111
11 111St ca~l'S. Wl' CO llle out th e (l th er side kllowi11 g
a bit Illore abou t thl'm - and evcll a hit mure
ahout ourselves. I hope as a CO l1111lUllit y, we will
con tinl1c to work on ide ntifi'i ng th e many ways
prejudi ces find their way into our li ves and how
we ca n challenge thenl.
Kim Merriman
Class 01"94
Assistant to the President
I(lT Cavern mental Relations
A Comment on the CP)'s Presidential Coverage
Recentl y I have hea rd a lot ofta lk about the
disparate coverage of Evergreen's presidential
ca ndidates Rod Smith and Elizabeth Minnich.
Ce rtainl y it is unfortunat e that till' tw o
ca ndidatt's received such extrrme difference in
th eir coverage, esprcially when such diItert'nce
was not t'n tirr ly reflertive of their ca mpu s
interviews. In my nlind it is unfair that Rod
Smith was represented in a nega tive li ght.
Howl'ver. I am hesit ant to point fin gr rs at th e
stall' uf th e Couper Puint Jo urnal.
Alt hough tht' Chi ef Edi tor's cr iticisnl uf
Rod Smith llIay have bern questionable in some
respl'rts. we must rcmember th at th e CPJ is a
10r11111 tlnlik(' the sources of mainstream l11ed ia .
A pap (' r of divers(' virwpo ints a nd eq ual
represen tat ion of persprct ives rests squarrly 011
th e shuulders of th e Evergree n communit y. The
CPJ is open to contribution s from students, as
well as staff and fac ult y. Input from ca mpus
const ituenc ies is regularly ellcouraged ano was
('vrn the focal point of th e "Search" issues. The
best way to ensure that covera ge like Rod Smith's
docs not occ ur aga in is to utili ze the trur purpose
of the CPJ by regularly co ntributing to dialogue.
I urge st11 den ts. stan-and !:tculty to submit th eir
opinions, rven afier th e fact. As demonstrated
by Rod Smit h's poor treatme nt , our CPJ speaks
too loud ly for th e camp us to surrend er
ownershi p.
Ric hard Myers
Letter
"F REEDOM OF SPEECH:
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white folks go?
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
On the Subject of the Days....
Day ofAbsence/Presence Commentary
Open the Door and Yell.
by M aya Peynon
Where did all the white folks go? Oh where did all th e white folks go? They where once in
aoundance, but now they're no more. Some tired of their oxford shirts, straight denim pants, or
short mini skirts ... so now many will do the best to assert th eir white privilege to culturally desert,
by grabbing up other cultures when they feel theirs no longer works. Som~ will dress ethnic or HipHop, or naughty head dreaded, with concepts of white guilt deeply embedded. Others will be like
"a ll ofthis race stuff... why even sweat it? " These are usually th e ones who just didn 't get it.
MallY whites truly feel that th ey lost, or rath er they lack-what is commonly associated with
most Asians, Latinos, and Blacks. Senses of culture or ethnic identity, they miss, but would quickly
see if they stopped to study their own- rich heritage not just in oth ers, but in their own homes.
Often whites thinkofconce pts like race, culture, and dive rsit)'- as if they were excl uded ... devoid of
all ethnicit y.
THIS IS A LI E! One that hurts white people ... and non-whites too. The social construct of
Whiten('ss is historically new. White was seldom applied , to th ose wh om spoke Hebrew-or Polish,
or Italian , Ga elic, ur Chechz-o nl y those whom spoke th e Qll ee n's Engl ish would get any
respect ... and providing their skin was light enough, th at was the key. Once it was th e on ly factor
that dccided if yo u were slave or we re free.
Before !80! and m3nyyea rs after, most Europea ns weren't white ... thi s fact often brings laughter
to th use whom haven't done study on th eir grandrnoth ers and Grandp apas-Inaybe th eir to bllsy
stu dding East Timor, Big Mount ain. and Chiapas. In the 21" Century it may he hard tu cUllSider th e
treat1llr 11t olth e Irish and other Europeans was ever so bitter. as it was in th e year 1 ~30. They were
tre:lIed as inkrior, irnrnor:ti and dirty. Even inln2 , in th e high co urt s nf this nation- this issue
freed a black Ina n being tried for nl iSl'cgena tioll- t he cr irne ch a rged \\'h('n people of'd ilferrnt racrs
Iried t() l11ix. The perceived ra c(' of t he WOll 13 n got h illl out of t he Ii x. The case 0 f« ll /lillS V. A ial1:IIJJa
:1rglll'd t hat a woman born of thI' Ita Iia n pe rsllasion lVas 11 0t Iril ly II'h ite ... 11l0rl' Ii ke Hispa nics or
,\siam . ,~1orl' ~l'ec iIiClll y. the WOIII<111 \\, ;\S CIIIl.sidl'fl'd ML'd il erra ne:ln ~;1 tl'l'1l1 11 0 11' onl)' uses f(lr
people wholl l look IIll11'(' Arahic... or Irani a11.
Jlist 1924 wi th the juhmun-Reed ;\cl-a In :ljur revisioll of the past lall's of! mmigrat ion. allowed
Crc'eks to bl' II'hite when th ey go t to tlris nati on. Along with Iris h, It alians. and Poles ... lI'ith Black
people lega II)' IfeL'. II'ho wou ld now gl'l the eoa I from the mi n('". a nd slave away in the mi lls'l History
now revea ls a nl'lI' class ofW hitl' slave la burer b011ded by wage. doing ma ximum work lor minimum
pay. lIn like th l' Black slaves before th em. these new ones werr made zea lous- to give up th eir
cultures and language at th e Island of Ellis. All ill the hopes that th eir children be trea ted with
f:lirness-just trade in yo ur languages ·and cultural awareness. th en and only then you co uld be
Whitr Americans. THEN AND ON LY THEN COU LD YOU BE WHITE AMERICANSI
Decades later their children would reflect. on thi s cultural sacrifice and feel the e/fects. When
confronted with the issue of privilege some will exclaim, "I'm not white .. .I'm Italian, or Irish, or
Siavic .. .just look at my last name." Some others, to offset this feeling ofloss, will talk radical liberal
.
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.. .
pohtlcs, wea r cultural Jewelry, and take lots of tTips. But actIOns speak louder than the napp111g of
lips or a stamp in your passport. Only through work on your self will guilt feelings abort. People
. .
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with no cultural bac kgrounds, as some would like to be du?bed, wlth111 the stench ofthm cultural
envy many noses would be rubb.ed. They wou ld dare cTltlCIze the organt zatlOlls of the Peo!Jle of
FIrst for hostl11g celebratIOns deSIgn ed to que;ch the campus cultural tlmst. TillS was done 111 the
way 01 th e worst, by askl11gwho needs culture. Who needs It at all ... we have hot dogs, potato ChIPS,
and food from the malls.
Who needs a heritage that's rooted in sorrow'? Just use what you like alld th e other stuffborrow.
Like punk rock from Ska and Reggae, and Cubi sm from West Africa. Try to explaill to th ese folks
that th ey didn't inve11t these things, th ey 'll just look and laugh at ya. This brings up some facts that
arr very revealillg... whell th ey do it. its borrowillg. when others do it, its stealing. I guess the feeling
ofWhit r ness l1lust come and go ... like the rain , the su nshin e, and eve n th e snow. :.lex t time at the
ca mpu s dTl1m circlr or Olympia hip-hop sholl' .. .look aro und and ask ... Whe re did all the white folks
go?
Ps. Skippy ;\ ... "W ho's Ya Daddy'?"
•
On Thursday.Jan. 20, the Day of Presence
seemed to be a large success. Some of the day's
activities included a well-informed and
rticulated speech from Eric Ward about White
nationalism, and two life-changing antiuppression workshops (it changed my life) which
were attended by three Evergreen programs, as
ell as dozens of students, staff, and faculty on
their own time. Many thanks to First Peoples'
Advising Services, Eric Ward, workshop
acilitator Dr Leticia Nieto, and all who came.
On Friday, January 21 however, I got th e
impression that many Anglo-Europea n people
perceived the Day of Absencr as not effecting
th em very much at all. I ta lked to many people
vho did not know that the "Day" was even taking
place, and many others who had littk
1111derstanding of what it represe nted . Apa rt
ro m the Women's Reso urce Center, who held an
lpe ll mic alld di sc ll ssio ns (mo rt' later.) little
. too'k pIacL' for
. on-campus activi ties
Jrgal1l.zlng
duri ng th e Day of Abse nce. The on-c ampu s
orga ni zing for the Day of Absrllce should !..ill! br
th e rrs ponsibilit y of First Peop les' Advis in g
Services,(w hospl'ndcou11 t!esshol1l'sa ll dwerks
l'aeh year organ izing t hI' Ih)' of PreSl' lIl'l' alld 011'campus Day of Abs(,IlCl' ac tivit il's.) Inst l'ad. thrsl'
11II-ca ln pus art ivi t ir.' dmi ng t he Day of i\ bscnce
ill'ed to ur organiz ed and pr01l10ll'd by Anglo/:111'0 )ran stude nt s. f:lcult\', ami staff I am ;\S
1l1llch a t fa ult of th is Yl'a r 's lack of orga ni zing ;lS
any oth cr"whitc" perso11 . But OK. enough of my
bit chi n g and whi Ie- g u i It. 1(' t 's t a Ik abo u t
st rategies and so luti ons.
Thanks to K;lrrn, coord inat or of the
Wumen's Rrsource Ce nter, and fo ur other
individuals , something Jmazing did take placr
on ca mpus during the Day of Absence. Karen
rgani zed two discussions i11 th e Longhouse in
rder to better inform anglo-European people
bo ut what th e day represents, and in order to
iscuss strategies that the privileged sector of our
t' .
d t
.
ra~pus .cral n pracblce I11 or er °IProm ote adntl<1Clsm . le num er 0 f peop le w 10 s llowe up
or these discussions represented th e lack of
ware ness and intervelltion on our ca mpus:
Morning discussion - 0; Afternoon di scussioll _
5. Well, you have to start somewhere - and we
did. The five of us who met ill the afternuon
made a commitment to organ ize next year 's Ollca mpus activities durillg the Day ofAbsellce. We
\ill be meeting weekly for th e res t of thi s yea r,
and are ask ing intcres ted stud ellts, fac ult y, staff
and dministration who are Anglo-European to
. oi 11 us in brai nstorm i ng a 11d crea tin g
momentum in order to make th e Day of Abse nce
1I1ure integrat ed int o the lives of all Evergree n
. tudents. Meet ings wi ll be held Frida)'s fr0 l113-
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to ~e riously co nsider lI1aki ng this day more a part
of th eir class or program each year.'As educators
vho see st udents every week. yo u ca n elIectivr ly
assist in making thi s day more a part of the wider
Evergree n communit),. I co mm end facu lty who
ha\'e already integrated the Day of Presence/ Day
of Absence into th eir progra ms. This ca n be don e
in many lVays . Program s ca n att end rve nt
ctil'i ti e,. such as theanti-oppression workshop:
fa cu lt y ca n in tegrate the Day of Absence in tu
the ir cu rri cu lum by disc ussi ng co ntributi o ll ~
made by people of co lor in their particular
diSCipline and ask, "What if th ese people had not
ee n here?" And at the ve ry least, faculty can take
ive minutes out of their class in order to explain
da y's meaning, promote th e ac tiviti es, and
encourage stud ents to atte nd. This integration
owever, does not seem to be taking place with
th e majority of fac ulty and prog rams . Most
isa ppointing, is my understanding that some
science programs do not con sider Day of seriously look at what has been learned .1 want
Presence/Day of Absence programs an excused to scream out today to the students who left . I
1I0tic e the change . Without you here my
absence.
The action wh ich I am proposing needs to education is flatt ened. The campus looks sickly
take place for many reason s. The role of th e homoge nous.
My privilege bites me on the fa ce. I think
privileged sector within our society's entrenched
system of racism (or any system of oppression) these days hold incredible potential for change
should not be to "celebrate" diversity, or preach to occur. I think that that potential will be
phrases like "One world - One people!" Most realized as much as we want it to. I encourage
often, this o nly deni es or minimizes the the whit e students on campus to challenge
oppression and differen ces that exist within our themselves by taking risks and stepping out of
society. The role of the privileged should first be their comfort zones. I hope that th ose of you who
acce pting th at oppression and difference exist. were co nti.lsed about Day of Presence and Day
while listening with open rars and hea rt s to th r of Absence will at IL'a .~ t make an effort to leam
ex perien ces and concerns of those oppressed. 11Iore ab out it and to think about how we
Theil we need to go out and do s0111rthing with contribute to an environment herr 011 campus
our ullrarn ed privilege. ill order to create change. t hat is hmtlld and disrespl'cth" towa rd st uclents
We need to talk to peo pl e - challenge oth er nf co lor.
privileged people whrn one hears subtle for1l1s
r;arC'n Zinlllll' rrll:UI
(If racism, whether th ey C0111e froll1 yo ur friends.
family. co lleagues, buss, or congressperson. J\nd
perhaps most im portantl y. we need to stand up
and not acce pt thl' oppressio n that exists Letter in response to the "Day of
institutionally \\'ithin co ll l'gl' adlll issillll Nothing" Article by Mr. Raflin
req lli reme l1t s. th e 11ledi~ , thL' justicl' \),stell1.
gOVl'J'11 111l'I1t.han ks. and civil' orga l1i z:Jti lll l\ .
I I()( I1Il1 thl' Dal'id IZalfi n art ir/(' \'('1'1'
Si lll'C' th ose ofus who are privileged havc :"r(,;ld v dislllrbin g alld ol lell.~ il'l' to th e !-:1'('rgrl'(, ;1
hl'l'11 givell anullean led "loot ill the door" wit hil1 ('(" 11lll llllit )'~d'·'pi t e i1.\ q lIl's tiOlla IJle;1t t(,lI1pt at
thest' ilist itilt iollS. we IIl'r d to opel1 t Ire door alid IlI lIll <1r. Thl' p(,tlpll' wlltl participate in Day 01
),ell .
,\ iJsencl' are peo pl e who are not usually inriuded
0J ick C1 dlcJ in Ina inst ream soc iety. 111I1 l'h less t he Evergree n"
Comlllilnit y with 0 111 lo\illg a lot of their sense
ol l ultur;tl identify to assimilation. The point of
day of absl' nCl' and day of pres(' ncl' is not to
exclude certain students on this ca ll1pu s. It s
A Call for Change
loc us is to bcilitate the campus in a celrbration
It 's ten in th e mom ing.
and exercist' ofawarrness of th e int egral presence
It 's Day of Absencc.
and co ntributiun s of th e student s, staff and
I sit alone in th e Longhouse looking at a f:IC Ulty of color.
circle of empty chairs set up for the first of two
The "non-culture" that Mr. Ratlin refers to
discussion groups I havc ope ll ed up lor the is actually a culture very apparent to anyonr
community here to participate ill. The sil ence in co nnected to any sort of media in America (and
this room is immense as I think of how th e
th e world). From the famil y va lues displayed in
st udents ufco lur have left campus.oll this day.
shows ;Ind commercials on the television to the
I know th ere Illust be other studellts who
have thoughts and feelin gs about this. Why is hUlllor in sitcu1l1s, and the issues and concerns
this something we do n't talk ahout? Is a dramatized in th e most popular prime time
discussion group thr wrong forum" Do whit r programming-the media tends to r('present
students no t understand wlrat ha s ul'en charal'l eri za tiom rellectivl' of people likr Mr.
happening on camplls th ese last two days? Last RaIlin . Eve n with shows on networks like Fox ,
ycar 011 Day of Absence I kit co nfused, angry, WB, and UPN , which feat llrl' shows with
sad and fru strated. Last year I wasn 't in vo lved predominantly people of color cash ()J' people
ill any st ndent groups OIICalTlpU\.
of color as th e key characters-th e situat ions and
Th is yea r I have gottc ll rn nn~ invo lved by dialog tends to ca ter more directly to th e ta ste
becomi ng a coordinat or for th e Wom~n" ('(' nt er and tolerances of Majority Whi te Arnl'fica.
on ca ll1pu s. On this day I still /l-el all the sa llle
AI .sc hool s like Evngree n, man y pcop le
elllotions: co nfu sion, anger and sad lll''', blll110t ITl<JY talk the liberal rhetoric and th eorirs ahout
Irllstratioll. Becoming ac ti ve on th esC' two day" iS~ l1 ('\ conccf11in g people of color, bllt whcn they
ha s taught me so m1lch abo ut Evcrgreen and go hOllle, lik r Mr. Raflin, thl'y call w~ltc h the
1f1y~('lf.1 am \ad 11 0 oll e has shown up for thi s Il l'WS, tele vision s h ow~ . and lTI uv ies and set'
group but at th e sa me time I Il1ldCr\ta lld why thelllselvcs, th cir views, or vielVsca tered to th eir
that might bl'. Talkill g ahout iss ues SUrll as !evel "fcultllralunderstandillgs. Ma ny tillles in
rac ism in yo m ow n cU lnmunit y is hard . It is se mina r I hav(' oren alra id to speak about the
sOlllrt hing to avoid . We, a, whit e students. havl' is\u('\ that cll ncc rn 1I1l'. This is b('c'l11'>e I a1l1
that chuice. We hal'l' th l' pril'ilegl' to Illok til l' al raid uf bl'cu ming a repre~l' nt a ti vl' for all
oth er way.
I.atin ()~, Ili slJanics, or all 1)('0 IJ!e ofcolur on this
I have a daydrl'a rn or what I wi,h thl' LJa y
of ,\bs<'lIc e wo uld luok like \\'i th the white call1plls. EvC'n as Mr. /{aflin atte mpts to speak
, tude nt s IV ho rema in Oil Call 1pll\ on Ihis day. We lor a group , to the lIlain strea m campus he h
wu uld workshop toget her to dismantl(, th e racist rnl'rely \(Tn <1\ \pea king I(Jr himselr- a lu xmy
brainwashing we arr op pressed by becaust' of people olcolor arc not always alford rd. I am
growing up in a rac ist culture. People wou ld not often in Il'ar 01 how my fell ow stlldent s wi ll
go to class to make a stateme nt about the perceivc and tr eat me (ho th people ofcolur and
in~titutional ra cism th at ex iSl\ Ir ere OI l call1pus.
Whites due to thr ell VirU ll1 ne nt of questioning
Instea d we wou ld demand from our mentors and and criti cism fostered herr). In an effort to
admi nistrat ion th at th ey ass ist us on this day to prevent being misunderstood, I usually choose
be educated as a communit y. We need help in not say anyt hing abo ut my race or iden tity Ollt
healing so me of th e pain and divisiom that exist loud. Day of Absence and First People's gives me
here. At the end of this day all studen ts wou ld the co nfidence and the ve nu c to speak about
come together to not only celebrate but also to th ese iss ues . During the activities held this on
Cooper Point Journal ·11· February 3, 2000
day I realize that I am not th e only one with thes
types of views-that there are other peoples lik
me that do not feel represented and feel that the
must cater to somebody else's worldview. Da
of Absence allows me to intermingle with othe
st udents of color who I wouldn't otherwise know
Evrrybody has culture to talk about. It just s
happe ns some cultures are talked about so muc
that by nature of that fact, some members 0
th ose cultures are fooled into thinking that th
volume of their presence is a void. Some culture,
create such a volume in th e way th ey are talke
abo ut and so widely represe nted that othe
cilitures can barely exist and stay afl oat. For
pl'rsllll who sees other cultures alway
represented as th e antithesis to their dominan
Olle, it can see111 like, in their experience, the
haw no culture since th ey have nothing else t
c1I11lpare it to.
M r. Raflin's anti-cult lIfC "Day of Nothing'
thrsis would rrducc all peo ple.s to the William F
KlI1'l'O ughs "Naked LUlIch " state of pure id
vo id 1I1:" Icul ture boundaries. \Vh ere the re wou l
hl' Il(l rliles or tahoos. I l·(' rtainl y would not lik
to exist in a sta tl' of "1l(JIl-ndll11'e" for a day (0
n1Ol'l' dqJ1'l'.\\ing, Il1r ~I lileti11le). I am proud 0
\\'hl'le I Will e li'orl1 alld of\\'here I a1ll 31. Botl
perspectives have required se lfin it iated rcsearcl
ill add iti Ll n tLl th e occasiona l "dances with III
CLlIldll la .'·
I think it is buth ignora nt and arrogant fo
sO l11eo ne of the dominant culture to make sud
an assessme nt of his own culture. Were a perso
nf co lor tu make such an assessment of t th
dominant culture it would be called revers
racism or reverse discrimination and, rightfully
many people would get offended. Furthermore
as a person of color, if I were to make simila
statements about my own culture people would
rightfully, co nsider me to be a sellout.
Being a student of color on this campus is ver
challengin g. There is a tend ency to be bot
exo ti cized and d emoni ze d by the TES
mainstream. People who visibly identify with th
mainstream culture have the privilege 0
chOOSing to identify themselves as individual
and to luok past th eir group identification issue
while benefiting from th e privileges afforded t
them by such exoticism. It is challenging for m
to mai ntain a se nse of individuality within
comm unit y that tends to see people of color a.
gro ups who all share hom ogeni zed id eas an
va lues. In this I can sympathi ze with Mr. Raftin
Hi s kcling 01 loss for lacking a cultural identit
is compa rable to the feeling of loss people 0
color experience in trying to find an individua
idl'n tit y within the dominan t cu lture in Americ
and at TESC.
Heather Mo ni ca Blai
L
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Keep those letters and
articles coming!
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Geoeon speaks •
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The Geoeon cometh!
This weekend,
By Mikel Reparaz
\
.
A diverse horde of "nerds, geeks,
and freaks" will descend on the
campus beginning this Friday. Over
the course of the weekend, they will
occupy much of the Library building,
as well as the LecturE' IIalh and thE'
Longhouse; thes e areas wi ll be used as
a staging ground foractivities ranging
from simple games to liv e weapon
demonstrations. What, you might ask,
is the occasion for this momentous
ga thering? In a word: Geoeo n!
Geoeon (pronounced gooey-con)
is Evergreen's own annual gaming/
scienc e fiction/vampire/fantasy/
anime convention. It 's starting at
noon on Friday a nd continuing
thro ugh until 5 p.m. on Su nday. $5
buys a weekend-long pass to all the
festivities, which will include, among
ot her things, networked computer
games, guest speakers, two dances,
live steel demonstrations by the
Seattle Knights, live music, a hondage
discussion panel, round·the-clock
s howings of Japanese animation,
various merchants, free food, an art
show, and live music by Seattle-based
gothic-industrial band' Murder of
Crows, Oh, and plenty of Dungeons
& Dragons-style role-playing games,
too.
So who's responsible for
organizing all this craziness'? Geoeo n
is the combined effort of several S&A
student groups, including the Gaming
Guild, the Giant Robot Appreciation
Society, th e Evergreen Medieval
Society, the Camarilla, and Legacies .
Respectively, these groups represent
ga ming ill general (with an emphasis
on video, board, and'role-playing
games), Japanese animation, the
SOCiety for Creative Anachronism,
live-action vampire role-playing , and
live-action fantasy role-playing. In
short, they represent the "geek"
interests on campus. And with the
help of a small army of student and
non-student volunteers, they pull off
a conve ntion by the skin of their teeth
every year.
Michael Osgood-Graver (a.k.a,
Mog) is the co nvention ch:lirlllan, as
well as the coordinator of the Caming
C u il d. Us u a II y, he's a fa i 1'1 )' per k y
individual. both in appearance and
manner; now, however , he looks like
the living dead. 1Illsurprisi ng ly, he
re a d i Iy a d III its t hat I' lin n i 11 g ;1
convention is not without its sh;lr(' of
prob lems.
"T h e bi g g est p I' a b Ie III i s t h :1 t
II' e' I' P do i n g t his 0 n CJ III P II s," ~:I y ~
.\log . "These things arE' 1l0rlll;J!ly held
at hotels. That means that these
co nventions norll1ally havE' the placl'
I' ese rv e d a vear or two \'ears in
advJIll'e." I Io'\\,(,vt'r. space for CeoCon
ca.n 't 11(' r('sen'e d until the be"inninl'
0
oi Dece mb er. .\ Iso. iJecause (;('oCon
1\ hJPPl'lllng in t he llIiddl e of the
~
the geeks rule the campus
quarter, it cOllle~ into co nflict with
c1as~es on hiday and Saturday.
"It's really h;ml to ge t the space
to actually hold a convrntion," Mog
adds.
Another
problelTl
IS
thl'
restrictions that the college placn on
student groups and their eve nts. As
an example, Mog mentions the budget
thJt the Caming Guild receives from
S&A. "It C;Jn't be used for food," he
say~.
"That means WI' have to
fundraise at the end or each year just
to get enough food to hold hospitality
for all the con -goers to keep them
from passing o ut. "
Mog says that there is abo ut $300
that can be used to buy food thi ~
year, and that the convention
planners will have to "go Ol lt
and buy more food wi t h
donations."
"Thi."i
IS
a
s hoestr ng
convrntion,"
Mog
sa.ys,
pallsing for
emphas i s,
" We' r e
charging
$5 at the
the In'ginning 01 March. "I think a lot
III pel)]>le were caught off-9,uard by it,
'ca use it \ ea r 1ier t his year, ' says Mog,
"There's a lot of people that like to
help out or attend, but they don't
~how up 'til the last minute. The last
minut e's a month earlier now, and a
lot of people aren't aware of it."
"Once people get us ed to the
change in the \che dule, " he adds,
"people will be aware that it's
happenin g earlier, and they 'll come
out with more \ upport earlier in the
year. "
Accordi ng to Mog,Geoeon was
~tar t ed nine yea rs ago by "J couple of
guys that wan ted an excuse to get
together and play games all
weekend." Sin ce then , it ha .\
grown /roll l J\ irnple ro leplaying game even t into one
of the mosle clec lic events on
campu .\ , and with
the
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that Evergreen hosts on a
yearly basis ,
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conventions not held on college Despite this, however, he feels that the
campuses often charge $25 to $75 for diversification of interests has
registration, not counting the cost of brought some problems with it.
a hotel room.
"We've got all of these new groups
"The rooms
are another coming in that aren't game-related, "
problem," he adds. "Since we aren't he says. 'Tm not quite sure how to
held at a hotel, people have to go off- balance out the people from the
campus to sleep. Normally , Iwhen I different gro4.ps that don't have the
it's held in a hotel, your party spare SJllle interests and don't want to
and your crash ~pace is all just abovr sprnd so much time together, because
the convention. We can't do that we've on Iy got so mllch space for
here, "
e\'ervone,
And it's hard to fit
The convention cO llllllittee has everybody in."
;tho been having problems with
The more peop le in attendance at
Cinding volunteers to help organize the convention , Mog explains, the
the e\'('nt, and ;Jccoruing t o Mog , grea ter the strain on the campu.s. "I n
there are two big reasons for thi~. The comingu ,vears . if we continue to 0arow ' ..
fi r s t, he s a vs, is t hat .. II' e h;J d a lot he says, "\I'e'rr go ing to have to ...
II[(He people gra du a te last year that
spread o.ut into o ther parts of the
had 1I'0rked on the co nvention than camp us .
\\'l' usually have. and about 90 percent
Las t year, Geoeon only occ upied
tlC ou r experience went out the door. the LibrJrY building. This year ,
,\nd I get the illlpress ion noll' that I'm hOIQ'Ver, space problems have
;ti)()ut nine pl'rcent Oflhl' r('~t."
lIlandated that the conve ntion branch
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carry Iheir own set of new problems.
Ei th er the co nvention can spread to
other parts of upper campus, or the
convention can br moved to Spring
brea~that it doesn 't co ntlict with
classes.
1ft he fi r s top t ion is c h 0 sen,
"we're go in g to have people who a ren ' t
familiar with the campus - because it's
a very spread-out campus, it's not o n
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....
a simple grid or anything - 'w ith
people walking around, trying to find
events in buildings that they don ' t
know [the location of!. even with a
map."
The end result, says Mog, is that
people will inevitably get fost and
wander into places where ·they aren't
supposed to be.
"We
don't
want
people
interfering with c1asse's ," he says, "So
it means a lot more manpower in
keeping the crowds under control and
dealing with security, both for the
participants and the people who are
using the campus for other things, like
academic uses."
If, on the other hand, the
co nvention date is moved , then it will
be the second time within two or three
years that the convention has had to
be rescheduled,
"We had just sort of settled in
previously to a different date when
so m e of the other conventions
chan ged their schedules, which put us
in conflict with some of them," says
Mog,
To move the convention date
again might mean putting Geoeon in
conflict with other conventions
around the state, "We don't want to
hold our convention with another
one ... 20 or 30 miles away, at the ~ame
time, supporting some of the same
in terests as us ," Mag explains.
"The eclectic crowd that we draw
will make that less of a problem~ but
even so, it'd be rea lIy bad to ... have
one third of Ithe convention's ]
population just sudden Iy not show up,
becalise di~y're~going somewhere else.
Mog' ~ays that although he hopes
that the',con'ventiorr's focus continues
to broaden in the year~ to come, he's
"concerne'd about how that ' ll affect us
in the long·run. If that'll water down
part of the convention, or if it'll just
make it that much better."
"This place is a co Ilection of th e
most diverse and conflicting ideas
that you can find in the country," he
says. "I think that the Gaming Guild
and Ceoeon and the other groups that
are associated with it, we're the
pressure valve for the campus", in a
1V0rid of free speech and political
sta ndpoints , we are the stand·up
comedians. Even though we're sittin g
in chairs."
When people are tired of tryin g
to save the world , says Mog, GeoCo n
gives them an oppOrlunity to come
and take it easy for awhile and do
something that's useful for them
perso nally . Because, he continues,
"vou can' t savE' the world if yo u 're
ru inin g yo ur own lifr trying to:"
have people do first. So basically, if I hadn 't
done it, no one else would have. And it would
. have probably disappeared,
CPJ: Do you think it's worth putting all the
effort into it?
Mog: Since I'm run~ing it, I'm not gonna get
nearly as much time to actually play, relax, or
have fun at the convention. I'll be busy a lot of
the time. Since Starla's taking over a lot of the .
work, I'll have more time than I would have.
But even so, I'm still going to be busy a lot just
to keep anyone else from getting burned out
to the point that I have. So I won't get to have
that much fun with it. But what I will get is the
knowledge that all of the other people that did
attend that had a fun time wouldn't have been
able to enjoy it ifit weren't for people like me
and Starla and Jade. 1think that makes it worth
it, at least it does for me.
photo by Paul Hawxhurst
Name: Michael Osgood-Graver (Mog)
Position: Convention chair, Gaming
Guild coordinator
CPJ: How much work have you been putting
into this?
Mag: Do you meall this last week, this last
month, or the whole last year?
CPJ: Let's start with today,
Mag: Today, I woke up .. . ill time for my other
job, doin g tech support at the support center
all campus ... which will soon be minimum
wage tech support, which I think is really
funny.
CPJ: What kinds ofthings have you been doing
for Geocon?
Mog: This last week, figuring out all the stuff
I've done wrong in the last month and trying
to fix it. Helping Starla out as much as possible,
since she is picking up the slack where I'm
burning out. Actually, it's kind of a good sign
this year that I'm the only one who's burned
out before the convention, because normally,
half the convention committee's burned out
before it even starts, My goal this year is to
make it so that I'm the only casualty.
CPJ: Do you think you're going to meet that
goal?
Mog: I think Jade Broglio, who is alumni and
who is our advisor for this - she does these
professionally - I think she's coming in really
close. But once the convention starts, we
should be able to calm her down and get her
to relax.
CPJ: So you've been working pretty hard on
this",
Mog: Yeah, I have been .
CPJ: Why?
Mag: Because when I attended the convention
for the last two years, when I first arrived on
campus, 1 enjoyed it a lot. It's an event that
provides a lot of people that normally can't get
together and meet with people that have the
same interests." it lets them get together at an
event that they normally wouldn't be able to
afford, Since it's a $5 convention, people who
normally can't afford $200 plus room and
whatnot can attend and have fun, It's pretty
much the only one like it in the country. I
didn't want to see something like that just
disappear. I'm getting a lot of help now, at this
point, for putting it together. " It's like I'm
getting manpower, but I don't know what to
For more info on Geoeon, visit
http://i,am,geocon
Art by J o sh Lange and Alex Mikitik
CPJ: You've been devoting most of your time to
the con, is that right?
Mike: The last week and a half, yeah, On
Thursday ... I woke up, went to the office, came
home, and went to bed. There was no time in
between for any sort of little fluff things that I
could have done to take my mind off anything.
Just straight work. It'S been impacting my sleep,
too, which is why I had to go buy sleep aids.
CPJ: SO why go to all this trouble?
Mike: Two reasons. One, I liked Geoconthe one
year I've been tl~ere. And I really wanted to see it
fly. The second one is that I made an obligation.
I became a coordinator because I had sOllle ideas
that 1wanted to do for Geocon. Because I made
an obligation ... l'm one of those people who
[believes] that once you make an obligation, you
can't back out no matter what. Quite simply, the
first con I've ever attended was Geocon. I worked
on it that year... I'm a gamer, and gaming has
rrally been important to me ever sincr ... 8th
grade. I like thr can, and it wasa lotoffun despite
all th ~ troubles that I had gone to. And I would
rrally like it to turn into something better than
what it has been. I like the way things went at
Geoeon 6. They could have gone better, they
could have gone smoother, and 1wanted to fix it.
I w311ted to try to makr something for the school
that would just blow the socks offofanything else
Ihal we'd donc. And if we'd managed to put
publicity Ollt bster, alld gotten things together
sooner, this year's con would have been a
blowout. We could have expected 400-700
people. We've got some big names in the gallling
community coming in , Iwith I Knights of the
Dinner Table and Cheap Ass Games. We've got
big names with the SCA groups ... and we got a
rather big name for industrial music here, called
Murder of Crows. I think they're Seattleites.
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Photo by Paul Hawxhurst
Name: Mathew Coyne
Position: Student coordinator of
Legacies
CPJ: What does this convention have to oflfr the
average Greener?
Malllew: With all ofllle benefits that you get from a
place like this, where diversification is the rule, you
can't really ... look at all the consequences and
responsibilities but never look at the benefits. And
CeoCon,at least as far as Isee it, hasalwaysbeenlhe
benefit oflooking at the very different side ... there is
fim beyond going to a baseball game or spending
$4S to go see a concert put on by TicketMaster. 111ere
is still such a 1l1ing as inexpensive Kill with people
Illat you find different and weird. And even those
Illat you don't find dilterent and weird. If you have
something that you think is fun , and you want to
bring ilup and show us, and it's not going to poke
Continued on page 16
CPJ: Is there anything else you'd like to say?
Name: Michael T. Eastham (Kuo)
Position: Webmaster, gofer
CPJ: What have you, personally, had to do for
the convention?
Mike: First off, I'm in charge of the web page.
Done a lot of pre·planning with Mog andJadl' .. .
basically, when asked, 1do what they tell me to
do.
cpJ: Would you say that you've been running
yoursclfragged?
Mike: There's something for everyone at this
damn con. Please come. Please spend your
money. Ifyou like knives, there's gonna be knives.
You like swords, there's gonna be swords. You
can beat the hell out of people Iwith foamrubbrr/PVC swords in a Legacies-sponsored
event]. There's gonna be two dances, a rave and
there'sgoingto bea dance with Murder ofCrows,
There's going to be drum circles, Nativ~
American stuff going 011, Celtic stuff .. this is
probably the most "Greener" of cons that I've
seen so tar. We mayor may not have a bladeforging demo, too. And ofcourse, we're going to
have our bondage panel. It's five bucks for the
Mike: Not untillasl weekend, really. All this last ,--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---'
week, it's been constantly goillg, going, going ... I
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haven 't had time to do so, because Mog basically
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CPJ: What is "everything?"
Mike: Dealingwith people, for the most part... a
lot of the responsibilities that come with this
thing. I'm constantly updating the website, I've
got things that I've been doing with that. Just
general stresses have been hitting me upside the
head, so I have been going ragged ... in fact,
Thursday night, 1was in the office for seven and
a half to eight hours straight, doing nothing but
web page and flyer re·dos. I've been running
around town, distributing flyers, distributing con
packets, apologizing to merchants, because of
how long it's been since we've contacted them.
And here it is, two weeks, a week and a halfahead
of the con, and we're just getting some packets
out to local places. I've been doing a lot of
apologizing to people", to anyone and everyone
that says, "I think I'm slightly insulted."
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The hand emerged around 8 :30
p.m., complete with Stephen Stills
stumbling and forgetting to grab his
guitar. "Miss us?" he yelled. "Yeah, well
we did too!" They opened with shaky
renditions of "Carry On" and "Southern
Man." During both of these songs , and
the remainder of the evening, Stills
looked and sounded like a bloated
skeleton. He required a personal aide to
push a stool under his rear, adjust his
microphone and tighten his guitar strap.
After a poorly-received "Stand ~d
Be Counted" from their new album,
David Crosby showed the audience that
even pudgy gray-haired men with liver
replacements can still rock and roll.
Crosby belted out "Almost Cut My Hair "
with the energy and force of a hurricane
to the thundering response of th e
audience. Graham Nash later joined
Crosby for the duet "Guin evere, "
surprising the crowd that, afte r almost 30
Although it took three weeks of
faxes, telephone conferences, relayed
messages, pleading and eventual
threatening, the CPJ was finally granted
access to the Crosby, Stills, Nash and
Young concert Tuesday night at the
Tacoma Dome. Ticket prices to see the
four men who once sang "Singin' songs
for pimps with tailors/ Who charge ten
dollars at the door," ran from $40 to
$201. The crowd of roughly 19,000 (the
show did not sell out) was dressed more
for a dinner party than a rock and roll
concert.
Entering the concert, fans were
assaulted by mammoth .merchandising
booths with $18 program books, $40 tee
shirts and $220 jackets. Tucked off in
distant corners of the Tacoma Dome were
some activist organizations, including
the Rainforest Action Network and
Greenpeace . The fans appeared more
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years, they can still give the song justice.
Besides David Crosby's few shining
moments , Neil Young clearly carried the
show. While the rest of the band
remained largely stationary, Neil
bounced and danced around the stage.
"Cinnamon Girl," "Ohio," "Mr. Soul,"
and of course, "Keep On Rockin' in the
Free World," forced the crowd out of their
seats and onto their feet. Many times
during the show, it felt like a Neil Young
concert with Crosby, Stills and Nash
singing backup.
When Neil began playing "After the
Gold Rush" on the organ, a young couple
next to me lit a joint as he sang the line
"".and I felt like getting high." To the
sea ted , middle-aged folks around them ,
it seemed as though the biggest scandal
since Watergate was occurring right
under their noses . Shortly thereafter, the
young couple was told by their older
neighbors that "smoking is against the
law in the Tacoma Dome ."
Despite the seemingly inherent
conservatism of middle age. an older man
behind me confided, "All of us 50-yearolds are wondering, ' Does smoking pot
for 30 years hurt you?' Well , here I amgot a nice job, nice house, a car-been
smokin' pot all my life."
It is apparent in the early days of the
"CSNY2000" tour that the band is still
shaking off the rust. Staple songs such as
"Woodstock," "Our House," and "Teach
Your Children " need some serious work.
Other songs, like "Mr. Soul," and
" Marakesh Express" show the band's
potential to again capture the musical
energy that made them famous.
Throughout the evening the crowd
cheered for such classic anties tablishment anthems as "For What It's
Worth," "Long Time Coming" and others .
Even so, the whole event seemed like a
Wa rner Broth ers attempt to mark et
nostalgia. Ever heard (or asked) the
question , "Whatever happened to all th e
hippies? " They ended up at the Tacoma
Dome Tuesday night, trying to relive a
revolution most have abandoned in favor
of $200 seats.
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Hav e you ever heard o f Con t ra
dancing'? You're about to ....
, I've only bee n Co ntra dan cing oncc,
but I highly rec ommend it to all! It is a
fun and h ea lth y way to spe nd Friday
ni ght. Besides all the physi cal activ it y.
Co ntr a d:1I1clng is hea lth ful because of
the co ntact yo u ' ll have with an
assortment of strangers and enou gh
laught er to fill th e ni ght. And lau ghter
is goud for ya!
Dress cas ual and comfortable , and
not too warmly to be rcad y for a ni ght of
Co ntra Dancin g. The night starts offwith
a sho rt les so n to make sure ever yo ne
knows the ba sics. The les so n is intended
to get everyone familiar with th e steps so
that the dances now smooth ly. There will
be a ca ller who dire cts the steps durin g
the whole night.
Everyone dances together, doing the
same moves at the same time. There are
different formations including line
dances, circle dances, and square dances.
Almost every dal1~e requires a partner but yo u don't need to bring your own. In
fact. partn ers switch off so much during
Jny give n dance that if you do brin g a
partner be prepared not to be looking
illt o their fa ce th e whole ni ght .
There are many different smiling
faces to be see n at a Co ntra Dan ce . That's
part of th e fun! Its great to be able to
dan ce with perfl'c t stranger s. Co ntra
Dancing allows jllst that!
If YO ll ha ve some st amina, yo u'll be
ab lr to dan ce all ni ght. Most peop le
danc e a few dances and then tak e a break,
There is water available for th e danc ers
as well as other refreshments, Sometimes
a bake sale is also under way.
. Contra Dancing is all about th e
community getting together to have some
good clean fun. People of all ages will be
seen at a Contra dance ... from bare babies
to grey geezers, and ever ywhere in
betweenl
The music which acco mpanie s th e
calling is best described as hoppin ' old
time country, On Friday th e lI1L1sic at the
South Union Grange will be performed by
Sandy Bradley on the piano and Lindon
Toney on the fiddle. The ca ller will be
Carol Piening , All three have been active
in the local old time music and Contra
dance scene , The dance is scheduled to
begin at 8 p.m. See you there!
The South Union Grange 's
dance is to be held this Friday,
Feb. 4 at 19939 Tilley Rd. in
Tumwater. Cost is $5. For
more information, call 4387120
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out somebody's eye .. . thell yes, feel frce.
In the community itself. there's a lot of
unrealized creativity ... ther e's a lot 01
really just imaginative things that telld
to get missed.
I think th~t in
conventiuns, yuu have an arella for that,
where you can bring thaI Ollt and show
it to others.
CPJ: What kinds of measures are being
taken to ensure that GeoCon is a safe
event?
might think of, thry can do that ill their
own spacr in th eir own hotel room , at
their own house, whatever, off-campu s.
And so that puts us in a good situation
with Poliet' Servin' s.
CPJ: What kind of stuff have you been
working on?
Starl a: Working on honorariums ... before
that, I was working on posters. The last
couple of days, I've be e n working on
honorariums , e-mail , public relations .. .
makin g sure that everything'S scheduled .. .
kind of running around with my head
('hopped off.
CPJ: Do you enjoy doing all that stuff?
Starla: I have to admit that I do like to he
busy. And I like to feel like I'm
accomplishing something.
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groups like the SCA, or the group I cOll1e
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from, Legacies, where we have personnel
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in place, and in many cases trained to
specifically deal with policing our people
and with security and with ensuring
safety and everything like that. It makes
things easier in plannin a conventioll ...
where you're dealing with these groups.
Most of them tend to be gaming groups,
Name: Starla Robinson
but there are others like them as well,
Position: Giant Robot
where they have peoplein charge of this.
Appreciation Society coWe go on the same basis .. . at least I know
coordinator
from the group that I'm in ... we have
people that police our own members. It's CPJ: You've been putting a lot of work into
not just security, you actually get people this. Why?
working with OIH' another to police
themselves.
Starla: I elljoy the challenge. I like to SlT
With a convention that's held in a the ideas brought forth, and I like to see
hutel. .. there's a lot more variables. But thclll be bom in real life.
because it's being held here a t Evergreen,
and most people are going to ot h('l' CPJ: What ideas are these?
,
establishments and hotels and things
I
like that ... thrre's a lot Irss tcnsion, StarlJ: DJIll'l'S. the artwork, the progralll
because orthe bet that it's;( little more book ... the artwork in thl' program hook. I
removed, and th e fact that when peuple aho like tn \(' l' all th(' int('l'('stiIlg pl'oplr
are he re ... they 've COIll C all they way to show up. It's an intC'rrsting ch:lilcngl' to
he here at [een Conj. If the), I\' ;lnt tll go artually survil'l' until. .. after C;col·on.
do any other ncfariolls arts that they
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CPJ: Do you have any concerns about the
convention?
Starla: Well, I'm worried because I'm really
not lip to date on everything that 's
happened su far. It doesn't sound like
l./lcrc's been a whole lot of publicity, not
as much as we wanted. A week ago, we
were worried about having coordinators,
because thcre haven 't been a lot of
students volunteering, or wanting to put
the tillle into that kind ufa position.
CPJ: Why do you think that is?
Starla: I dunno ... I think it's intimidating .
We're all new here , we're really trying to
Ilgurr out what to do. Last year, we had
some people that had done it before, and
knew what they were doing, or had some
idra what thry were doing. This year, we
dOll 't know what we're doillg. We're
getting therl'.
CPJ: Why did you get involved?
Starla: I 1IC'l'd sOlllethilig other thall
schoolwork . I need some sort of release ...
there's so ITIlIch stull involved in doing
(;eo(on that I'm constantly il'arning new
things . I get to be artistic , with
and
~igns
posters ... although this year, I haven't
really had\ tillie. I think that we need
evenis like this. It's the only ewnt that I
really gil to 011 (,;IIIIPIIS, :lIlriI I(]tlk forward
tll it e:ll' h I'l':l I .
CPJ: Do you anticipate having a lot offree
time during the con?
SLlrLt : ;-";11. p r" h;liJl y lI"t. L ist 1'(' ,11' , I
thou ghl I'd Ill' til l'll' :llo t helpill g ... I "lId ed
up ~ kepill g all (>I :;,Ilurda;" IlI'a ~ Stl tir ed
Imlll tltv prep .
CPJ : So if you intend to be working
through this, how is it a release?
St;III:t : I \ Iill get to \l'l'l'I'l'I' l' thili g turn out.
I ge t tn Sl' l' lll >I" Ill :ln)' pco ple are thn(' ... I
gr t to Sl'l' ifit II'llI' ks or Ilot. alld 1'll1loukillg
fnrll'ard to tltat. It's likl' sl'l' illg all Vllur
dre allls 1'01 tlt t' yt' :lr acroIllplish ed. That's
kind n fa ~ ill y 1I':l y tn ,ay it.
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CPJ Info
Box of
DOOM!
·Bittersweet
week, for
·mens
Thinking of
attending GeoCon?
Here's some stuff
you should know
about:
basketball
Hospitality
The Geoducks amazing 91·39 victor\'
over Multnomah Bible College Friday night
ended their lour game losing streak.
Wayne (Wizard) Carlisle led fiv e
Geoducks in double figures with 17 points
and six rebounds. The Geoducks began
with a 21-2 lead in the first six minutes of
the game.
Junior A.J. LaBree led a solid
contingent off the bench , scoring a season
high 14 points , including four three-balls.
"Coach told me he wasn't going to take me
out of the game if I kept shooting," said
LaBree, a former walk-on . "The stroke felt
good tonight."
Unfortunately, Evergreen's 5-0 record
in the CRe gymnasium ended after their loss
to #6 rated Concordia Tuesday night.
Concordia used a substantial rebound
advantage to defeat Evergreen State 77-68.
Post Don Carter, a seven-foot tall man·
mountain dominated the Geoducks for 22
points and 13 rebounds., as the Cavaliers
won for the eighth consecutive tiIlle.
"I(you are going to he succesful in thi\
conferenc e. you have to t~ke card o f
business at It'ollle, " said Ewrgreen hea d
coach John B;JrI.H:'e. ' Collcordia is a soli d
ball club, but 110 one will win games if VO ti
dOll 't rebound , aile! we didn't tonigh t."
The loss spoiled a breakout game 1'0
Evergreen freshman lilTllllie Ri chardson . a ~
th e voungster scored a caree r high 17 points.
The first halfincluded four ties and si \
lead changes, with neither tf:'alll gettiIl !.!
more than a live·puint bulge
The Geoducks road gets tuugher a ...
Evergreen traveb to Santa Clarita , California
to lace the fifth·ranked Masters College on
Fridav.
This, hungry convention-goers, is the "free"
food made available to all who have paid the $5
entrance fee. Snack~, drink~ and coffee are freely
available on a round-the-clock basis. According to
the GeoCon program book, "bratwursts and
breakfast" are also available at the cost of a minimal
donation. All ofthis is located on the fourth floor of
the library building. Take note: according to the
program, "various other activities may take place
here, including filking and late-night adults-only
panels."
BeUyDanc~
That's right, belly dancing. A first at GeoCon,
this particular art form will be represented by Jewels
of the Knight, a Seattle-based troupe that try to
include comedy in their act whenever possible. Check
the (onvention schedule for when they'll be
performing.
Gaminl:
Gaming is the reason this convention was
fOllnded in the first place, and there's goingto bea lot
ofitthiswrrkend. Battletech. Magic:TIleCathcring.
And yes. it's a safe bet that you'll be able to lind a
Dllngeuns & Dragons game going on somewhere.
And if you don't like any of the games that are being
played, there are spaces where you can stal1yollrovm.
Simply register ill Library 2000 to ensure a spot.
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Ever wonder where that "small army of
volunteers" [OIJl(>S h'om? Interested in heing a part
orit? Stop by Libraf), 2220. vuluntrer a lew hours of
YOllr tilllC,:1l1d gct a prize Illr your troubles at tile end
olit all.
Japanese Animation
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big'Ul'l'll ill l.l'ctllrr I Iall I. Theallillll' prugralllrllll'
rotllld· thl~ clo('k. su this i.\ ;l great place to WIlIC :lIld
I'ege t;lt(' ;1111' lillI(', (\ :11' 1» night.
Sl'CUrity
'1'0 11'11 s('e a lot of th r~ e guys around Ih e
Jl ll'('nl illll: tIl(')' carryr:Hlill\ ;1I 1dsl)eciaIIJaLigt'\. ,\1'('
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Friday's dallce Ivill be all anilllHhcllled raw, while
Saturd;IY's d;l1l cC' \\;11 be gothic·industrial iniheillc.
with live Il1t1sic by Seattle·bascd band Murder of
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of outstanding and diverse recent college graduates of
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INFORMATION SESSION
Tuesday, February 8, 2000 • 4:00 p.m.
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Library 2126
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Feb. 4
Feb. 5
Sage & Frequency DB
Bluehouse Band
Feb. 11
Feb. 12
Engine 54
Ted Belluscl Band
Sunday - Bloody (Mary) Sunday with Ughtnlng Joe
Sunday Night - Thunder hosts ''The Simpsons"
and "Futurama"
Full Kitchen
Pool Darts
Happy Hour
Daily Beer
with Daily
Cribbage
5-7 p.m.
Specials
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Backgammon Micros/well $2
Sports etc.
STVs
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Semi-private
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Group
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NCAA
March
Losses Rain on Women's Parade
After pulling off a shocking upset
against a ranked opponent six days ago,
Evergreen was defeated 66·28 by the #2
ranked Northwest Nazarene in a home game
Friday night.
:'We had too Illany turnovers," said
Geodu ck head coach Rick Harden. "I was
pleased with our lirst half defensive effort,
bu l as we have learned all season, you have
to play forty minutes every time out."
Erin Day scored nine points and had
nine boards for Evergreen, The sophomore
also had four steals, breaking Alex Dagnon 's
school record for most steals in a season (39)
and career (53). With six games remaining,
Day hQS -l0 steals on the seasoll and 56 slcah
ill her t\l'o-year career.
Eve rgreell 's losing streak continut'd ill
a disappointing 71-33 luss S~turday night
against#14 ranke~ Albertson.
For the second consecutive night,
Evergreen struggled from the field, hitting
only 12·of·51 shots against the stifl
Albertson zone. "It's tough to play two
nationally ranked teams 011 b~ck-to·back
nights ," said Evergreen head coach Rick
Harden. "You could see it in their legs. "
McLeod had her fourth double·dollble
ofthe season for Evergreen, scoring 14 points
and grabbing 10 rebounds. "It shows how
good a player is to get a douhle·dollble
against the 14-ranked team ill Ameri ca, "
II arden said.
Evergreell faces oITto SOlIthern (Jregoll
ill an away game February 1rd .
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fastbreaking couldn't stop the
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Thursday
10 to II a.m. - Dr. Roben
Jaffe speaks on the tobacco
settlement. At the Educational
Service District 113, 60 I
McPhee Rd. Sw.
oon to I :30 p.m. - Student
"
ocused
open '
intervIew
WIth
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use
your
voice
Evergreen presidential
candidate Les Purce in CAB
3 15 on the third floor.
'81'ii~7 p.m. - Queer Film Night at
the Edge
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Word to the wise from
the tactless Comix Page
Editrix: Cooper Point '
Journal is a studentowned newspaper and
only YOU, the
STUDENTS, the lifeblood of this incredibly
unique place called The
Evergreen State College,
can make it into the
miraculous publication
some whine about it
NOT being. So, gather
your thoughts, drop
your pretensions,and
submit something.
Mosy on by CAB 31 6
or buzz x621 3
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10
A-Dorm.
7:30 p.m. - Carousel runs on
tonight, 2/4, 211 0, 2111, 2/12 at
Capitol High School. Tickets
$8 adults, $5 students. Special
catered dinner performance on
2/5 at 6 p.m. Tickets $25. For
reservations, call 866-1799.
7:30 p.m. - Open mike at the
HCC. Sign up at 8 p.m ., closes
at 9 p.m.
8 p.m. - Super 8 Show at the
Arrowspace. Bring movies or
make your own there. Music
provided by The Human
Jukebox. For info. call Kristi
or Arwen at 956-1472
I
4
Friday
and remember February
5
GeoCon begins and continues
throughout the weekend. See
Features section for more.
Suhmit your student group
informatio/l to CAB 316 or call
866-6000 x6213.
APISH Advocates for Imp roving Sa lmon
Habitat. Meetings are at 3 p.m. on Wednesda)'~
in CAB 320
The Bike Shop is a place where yo u ca n come
fix your bicycle with tools provided by th e shop.
Schedules for their hours are posted in the CA B
and the Library. por more information ca ll
Murphy or Scott at x6399.
EARN works to promote awareness abo llt
animal rights & vegetarianism on and off
campus. Meetingsare on Wednesdays@4:30
p. m. in Longhouse 1007B. Contact Briana
Waters or Deirdre Coulter@ x6555.
Emergency Response Team (ERT) is a student
run team that is trained in advanced First Aid
and Urban Search and Rescue in preparation
for a disaster or emergency. It meeb on
Mondays @ 5:30 p.m . in the Housing
Community Center. Contact Ian Maddaus for
more info: ert@elwha.evergreen.edu.
ERe is an environmental resource center for
political and eco logi ca l information
concern ing lo ca l bioregional an d glo ba l
environmental issues . Meetings are
Wednesdays@3p.m.inLlB3500.Call x6784,
3rd floor of CAB building for info.
The Evergreen Medieval Society is Evergreen's
2 to 3:30 p.m. - Alliance for
Public Transportation and the
Union of Student Workers are
holding a forum on transportation
in Washington at the Longhouse.
3 p.m . - EQA event planning
meeting in LIB 3500.
6 p.m . - WashPirg holds their core
meeting in SEM 3157.
9 p.m. - XII at Olympia World
News .
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Sunday
6 :30 p .m. - Fertility Awareness
Method class in LIB 2129. $45 for
individual/couple. For info, call
Judy Hickmann at 446-3640.
All day - GeoCon continues.
7 p.m. - Open poetry mikc at
Olympia World News
7
Monday
:I p.rn . - GenderQlleer Film
Festival Planning meeting in the
EQA ollice (CAB 314).
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7:30 to 9 p.m. - African and
Carihbean Dance class at the
Olympia Ce nter. $ 1n. Ca ll Sherri
at 534 -95!D I'or more inl'o.
together with other indige nous groups. They
meet Mondays@lIoon in the third floor of the
CAB. Call Megan or Corinne @ x6105 for inlo.
The Ninth Wave: The Evergreen Celtic Cultural
League is dedicated to ex ploring and
trallsmitting cultural traditions of the greater
Cri tic Diaspora. Meetingsare Wednesdays in LIB
340~ @ 2 p.m. por info call x6749 or email @
http // :1 92.~1 L.1 6.30/ u se rs l/mablls/
ecel li-arnes.htm!.
Percussion dub seeks to enhallC~ percllssive lile
at Evrrgret'n. It lII eets Wednesdays@7:30 p.m .
in th e Lo nghollsl'. Ca ll Elijah or Tan Jara at x6879
for illio.
SEED work~ to uni te nature , clliture alld
techniqlles to reintegrate the IItt'ds ofhumJn
society wi thin the balance of nature. SEED meets
Thursdays at 5 p.m. in Lab II room 2~42. Ca ll
Craig or James at x5019 for more info.
Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention
Education (SHAPE) offers re so urces, plan s
events, and educates about the prevention of
sexual violence/ assault@ Evergreen and within
the larger community. They meet Mondays @
3:30. For more information call at x6724 or stop
by the office in th e third floor of the CAB .
Slightly West is Evergreen's official literary arts
magazine. Meetings are Wednesdays 1:30 p.m.2:30 p.m., and office hours are 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Call x6879, or go to the 3rd floor of CAB to find
out more.
The Student Activities Board is a student group
responsible for th e alloca tion of stude nt fees.
Meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 -6 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal -19- February 3, 2000
Wednesday
I p .m . - EQA all queers discussion
group LIB 3500.
8 p.m. - Radio Berlin, The
Crutches, The Hoodwinks
perform at the Midnight Sun. $4
admission or $1 w/hand stamp
from benefit at the ABC House.
All week . long (February 3-9)
Student Group Meetings
9
8 p.m. - Drag Fest 2000 in the
HCC. For more info, call th e EQA
office (CAB 314) at x6544.
10 p.m. - Samady Trance rave
at Praxis Community Organizing Center. Sounds by the
Apollo LuteCrew (PDX). $510 sliding scale admission.
For info, call 236-8859.
branch ofthe Society for Creative Anachronisms.
They meet Tuesdays @ 5 p.m. CAB 320 couch
area. por info call Amy Loskota x6412.
Evergreen Students for Otrist meets Mondays@
7 p.m. in LIB 2219 for Bible st udy and disclIssiolJ
on activism.
The Evergreen Swing Club (the other TESC)
welcomes A0:Y00:E who is interested in dancing
to join us lor free weekly lesso Jl s. We provide a
place to learn and practice both East Coas t and
l.iJldy swing. Mee tin gs are Thursdays@7 p.m.
on lst fl oo r of th e li brary and @ 2: :10 p.m.
Sa turdays in the /-l Ce. Co ntact David Ya t t~ ((I]
866-1988 for into.
Film This Hands,oll Filmmaking, Film Forum .
and visi tin g artist. Mt'ctings are every
Wedn esday 3·5 p.m. in Lab 11047. Contact Will
Smith @ 867-9595 or e-ma il him @: film_this
@hotmail.com for more information.
Jewish Cultural Center: strives to crea te an open
co mmunity for Jews and others interested on the
Evergreen campus. Meetings are 2 p.m. in CA B
320 in J.c.c. Call Shmuel or Dayla @ x6493.
MECHA & LASa meet eve ry Wednesday at 6
p.m . in CAB 320 in the Mecha Office. Call Mecha
x6l43 or LASO 6583 for info.
Middle East Resource Center strives to provide
an academic resource and cultural cono ections
to students and th e community at large. They
meet on Monday 5:30 p.m .. 7 p.m. Contact
YousofFahoum 352·7757 for info.
Native Student Alliance is com mitted to building
cross-cultural awareness to better conceptualize
how peop le from diverse ethnicity can sta nd
7:30 to 9 p.m. - Heroes and
Heroines class w/American
Buddhist nun Ani Kelsang Sila.
Unitarian Universalist Church, $7 .
p.m. - Le-La-La dancers
perfonn at the Longhouse. See II
27 CPJ for more info.
8 p.m. - Olympia Fi lm . ,,,,r,p,\!
presents Time Bandits, a
science fiction cult classic, at
the Capitol Theater.
Also in Gallery Four is a Sculpture
exhibit by R. T. Leverich.
7 p.m. - Author Bill Lang speaks
on William Winlock Miller as part
of a series celebrating Olympia's
sesquicentennial @ State Capital
Museum Coach House
5:23 p.m. - Post WTO Potluck at
Praxis Community Organiz.ing
Center.
7:30 p.m. - Carousel at Capitol
High Schoo!'
Tuesday
4 p.m. - Teach for America
Information session in LIB 2126.
International Day of Solidarity for
Leonard Peltier. All events in
Tacoma.
noon - March for Justice in
Portland Avenue Park.
I p.m. - Rally for Justice at U.S.
Federal Courthouse, 1717 Paci lie
Ave.
7 p.m. - Jaz.z1Hip Hop at
Olympia World News with
Sam Zeine Quartet
History Month!
noon to I :30 p.m. - Student
ocused open interview with
vergreen presidential candidate
James Herbert in CAB 315 on the
third floor.
II a.m . to 6 p.m. - Ethnic
Celebration sponsored by the City
of Olympia at the Olympia Center.
For info, call 753-8380.
5 p.m. - Critical Mass meets at
Value Village.
Gallery Four - " Visionaries, Penitents and Pilgrims" A .Sculpture, Print, and Painting exhibit by Lisa Sweet.
The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from
noon to 5 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.
8
Saturday
All day - GeoCon continues.
Lunar New Year Celebration
at the Longhouse:
3 to 5 p.m. - Cooking begins.
5:30 to 6 p.m. Dance performance.
6 to 7 p.m. - Potluck
Gallery Two - "Twenty-Three Thousand Men Once Worked
Here."
A photography exhibit by Martin W. Kane, an
Evergreen employee. The exhibit will remain in
the gallery until Feb. II. The Gallery is open
during Library hours.
is·B~ack
21
to II :30 p.m . - Open mic at
Hannah's, 123 5th Ave SW,
downtown Olympia.
Bring your
calendar items
to CAB 3160r
leave a message
at 866-6000
x6213 . Thanks.
Get in touch with Joe Groshong for info.
Student Arts Council specializes in all art and
fun shows. Meetings held Wednesdays @ 4
p.m. in the pit ofthe 3rd fl. CAB. Get in touch
with Laura Moore x6412 or in the S&A office
for info.
Students for Evergreen Student Coalition
meets in CAB 315 from 6 to R p.m.
Students For Free Tibet meets Wednesda ys@
1 p.m. in Lib 2221. Contact LlIlcey at x6493
lor more information.
Umoja (a Swahili word for Unity) attempts to
ca pture th e interes t of the Evergreen
communit y who are of African descent. Their
purpose is to crea te a place in the Evergreen
com munit y which teaches and provides
activities for African-American st udents at
EV<.'fgreen. Meetings are @ 1:30 p.m. on
Wednesdays in CAB 320. Ca ll x6781 for info.
Union ofStudent Workers seeks to create and
maintain a voice of collective support for
student workers. Meetings are Wednesday@
2 p.m. in L2220. Info: Steve or Robin x6098.
Women of Color Coalition seeks to create a
space th at is free of racism, sexism,
homophobia, classism, xenophobia. and all
forms of oppression, so we can work
collectively on issues that concern women of
color. Meetings are the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of
every month@ 3:30. Call Fatema or Teresa@
x 6006 for more information.
Yoga Club meets in CAB 315 Mondays
Wednesdays, and Fridays 12-1:30 p.m., and
Thursdays 12:30-2 p.m .. Bring ideas!
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