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Honors for Jervis
The Evergreen State College President,
la ne Jervis. will be honored with two awards
tillS week. Olle from the YWCA of Olympia
,llId oll e (rolll the ACLU .
Accordillg to a press release. th e YWCA
of Oll'lllpia is honoring Je rvis "for her
outqandin g co ntribution s to hig her
l'd Uc ltion and her invo lv ement in the
l'o nHllIlllit)' at i:lrge. " Jervi s re cieved th e
;llI' ar d at th e Six th Annua l VVolllC'n of
-\chi cl'emcnt Awards which was held ~O\' . 17
at the Inel ian SUllllller Golfanel Country Clu b.
Th e i\CLlI will hon or Jervis for her work
co ncernin g Evergreen 's 1999 comlll(' nCl1lellt
that featured cOlltroversial speaker. Mumia
Abu-Jamal. The Civi l Libertarian Award will
be presented to Jervis at th e Bill of Rights
Dinner Nov. 20 in Sea ttle.
A Friendly Reminder
If you are pre-registerd, tuition is due
for Winter Quarter is due Dec. 29 no later
than 3:45 p.m. Failure to pay tuition 011 time
will result in disenrollment from classes.
On the first day of Christmas,
my true love gave to me ...
"Nothing goes together like counting
birds and eating chili," according to the Black
Hills Audubon Society.
The Society's annual Chri stmas Bird
Coun t will be held Sunday, Dec. 19. The Count
bega n in 1900 as an alternative to the
traditional method of bird-watching, which
was usually through th e sights o( a shot gun.
This eve nt is for diehard bird-watchers
only, as it will entail spending your ('ntire day
knee-d ee p in "t he t1 eld. " Those of yo u not
d is suad ed will mak e an invaluable
contributioll to our understanding of th e
environment.
1ft hat knowledge isn 't enough to set your
innards aglow at the end o( the day, there will
be steaming bowls of chili wa iting for you at
the Gull Harbor Lutheran Church, out all
Bostoll Harbor road. You'll need to bring your
count along, as well as the five bucks it takes
to get it listed.
For more information, call George Walter
at 459-8220 or Bill Tweit (754-7098).
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November 18, 1999
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Cooper Point Journal
1-5 Pipeline Forum
Evergreen addresses general education concerns
Governor Locke's task force will be
holding the last public hearing on Olympic's
1-5 Pipeline today, Nov. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. at
Department of Ecology in Lacey, located at 300
Desmond Drive. All are encouraged to come
and voice their opinions.
For more information contact Theresa
Howel at ext. 6058.
it might be time for some good oJ'requirements
by Avery Johnson
Thanksgiving Bus Service
Search and Rescue
If the big one hit, would Gree ners know
what to do'! To make sure they do Evergreen
I-lousing Emergency Respollse Team (ERT) is
spollserillg a Disast er Search and Rescue
Training.
Tom Miner, of Rescue Training Inc. will
be joining ERT on Friday, ;-.Jov. J 5 starting at
8:30 a.m. in Lecture Hall Five for what they
describe as a "very engaging training." Miner
has extensive search and resc ue training and
currently serves as team leader for Washington
State FEMA Team One as well as overseeing
search and rescue operations for the Pierce
County Sherriff Department.
For any questions about the training, call
Chuck McKinney at x6191.
This Thanksgiving marks the beginning
of no holiday service for Intercity Transit. Due
to the failure of a tax ballot measure last
March, I.T. service on some holidays has been
eliminated including Christmas Day and New
Years Day.
Aside from no service on Thankgiving
Day, Nov. 25, on Nov. 26 most routes will
operate on normal schedules except for routes
66X , 77. the State Office Shuttle and the
Capitol Shuttle which will not be operating.
For more information contact 1.'1'.
Customer Service at 786-1881. Customer
Service is closed Thanksgiving Day and will
be open the day after.
by Gabrielle Holden
Pam Garland has been a full-time officer
at Evergreen since October 1st, she now holds
the new position of Community Police Officer.
The philosophy behind Community Policing
involves an alliance between the police force
and the community. Community Policing
works by stressing community members'
becoming actively involved in helping police
with crime prevention by forming
partnerships with them.
With this position, Garland would act as
a.. liaison between the community and the
police department. She wants to learn of the
needs and concerns that students, and set up
an educational resource center that students
could come to learn about different
community issues.
Garland wants to bridge the gap between
the students and the police. Her goal would
be ac hieved with a Community Policing Office
located on campus. As ornow. Garland is still
searching for a space lor this center. Garland
would prefer a space in Housing, which would
be more accessible to the students.
Man)' oflicrrs, including Garland. feel
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the works for Evergreen
that communication between them and the
Evergreen community is lacking. Two ways to
improve that Garland feels, is to have a regu lar
column in the CPJ, and a talk show on KAOS.
Said Garland, "Most of us are trying to
understand the culture of the campus. A lot of
us have come from other departments where
it's totally different; you're dealing with the city
public. We have a lot of discretion in how we
handle things here, which are not allowable on
a city department, but we can't just let things
go that need to be enforced."
Many departments are now required go
through Community Police training, or have a
Community Policing officer on staff. There are
12 regional community policing institutions
and at least 28 different departments including
some on college campuses around the nation.
In Washington State Spokane is the only
department which utilizes this concept
throughout its office.
Said Garland, "We're not just policemen
taking a report. We need to partner with the
community, almost like social work, but on
another level. We get involved with the
community. Community policing is not
meaning that we look the other way if there's a
crime involved, or that we do everything for
the person. We help them help themselves
too."
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Every ten years, the ~orthwest
Commission on Colleges visits Evergreen tor
reaccreditation. This year, they have insisted
on having their concerns addressed.
They have continually praised the school
for their use of collaboration and system-wide
approach to learning. However, the
comm ission recommends that ..... The
Evergreen State College make sure that all of
its students acquire the competencies
appropriate to general education. especially.
but not exclusively in the area of
mathematics. "
Barbara Smith. Evergreen's provost and
vice president of academics. agrees with the
cha rge.
"Overall, I have found students lack
suffient exposure to standard academic
disciplines like art, math, writing, and
science," she said.
She takes the concerns of the
commission seriously and, in response to the
charge, has formulated a Disappearing Task
Force.
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will not let this happen.
If it is. in fact, necessary to reassess
Evergreen's curriculum. the question is: what
kind of changes will tak e place? Will
Everegreen be forced to conform 10 those
standards adapted by the traditional system?
Barbara Smith understands the
co ntinual need lor flexibility. "With this
L'lIlture here. an approach that allows for some
dive rsity would be ultimatel y desirable.
Evergreen should be committed to producing
st udents that write well. Generic approaches
demotivale and impose on people. Th e
question becomes: how can we do this
responsibly and maintain flexibihy'!"
The DTF is calling for as broad an input
on their mission statement as possible.
Students are highly encouraged to help shape
their school's future . The next meeting will
be held soon after vacation. Time and place
to be announced.
Holiday Cartoon Fun!
a little more complex - but not impossible
by Jane Galaxy
It is not always easy going home to the
traditional setting of Thanksgiving dinner.
Families are accustomed to the rhythm and
pattern they have followed for many years and
the idea of something being different can take
a little getting use to. If you are returning home
a vegetarian or have discovered food allergies
or intolerance, here are some tips to help ease
the transition for the whole family.
If you have gone vegetarian because of
political reasons, be sure not to harass your
family members who eat meat. Everyone is on
his or her own path of living. You will never
force someone into following a beliefyou have.
Respecting difference is the first step toward
creating a mutual understanding, which open
up the pathways for communicating opposing
points of view.
Offer to make a meatless main dish for
the entire family to try. This will alleviate the
pressure on mom to come up with a whole new
entree. Also, prepare your dish when the
kitchen isn't loaded with folks rushing around
working on the big dinner. Try meatless
lasagna, which you could make the day before
Thanksgiving. Also, many health food stores
offer things like the tofu-turkey, which is made
of tofu and is already prepared. As the years
go by, your family will learn more about the
dietary lifestyle you have adopted. With your
help, t~ey will adjust favorite recipes as well as
develop new traditions that follow your dietary
regime. This process takes time, so relax and
help them along the transition.
If you have discovered different allergies
or tood intolerance, be sure to inform your
parents early. Then you can discuss the
different options and gear your family up for
the changes that will need to be made.
Communicate to them that this is a serious
medical condition and that you are not just
being picky. Run through the menu with the
head chef and find out which dishes are safe
and which are not. If you feel there are not
enough items for you to have a full
Thanksgiving celebration, then prepare some
of your own favorites . Because you have been
living with these restrictions, you have a better
idea of how to prepare foods without them.
Share your knowledge with the chef and help
out by preparing what you can. If you are not
sure that you will be able to find the proper
substitutions where yOlJ are headed , bring
some along with you.
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The purpose of the DTF is to "develop a design and agree to. If they didn't develop a
dear policy statement about general education mea ns of monitoring themselves. then the
at Evergreen ... consider how the achievement federal goverIllllent would do it. They comp
of general education will be measured ... how from Northwest regions including Alaska,
academic advising needs to be organized to Montana. Idaho. and Oregon ."
support general education ... revisit the ro le of
Although Evergreen's President is on the
the Learning Resource Center."
Cnnllnission. the state education faculty is not
Kelli Sanger, DTF member and second involved in the specific assessment of this
vear studen t, said"l t cOlild be possible t hat the school. he said.
state could take money from liS and possibly
The DTF. consist ing of students. faculty.
take away accreditation if we don't do anything and stair. have contrived sOllie possibilities for
to address these issues. There is always the curriculum revision. Ideas on the table so far
question: What i{'we don 't do anything'! That include: "Standard requirl'IlIl'lIts for
hasn 't been what we arc locusingon. It 's more graduation similar to thost' of a normal
like, we are going to tix this problem. We stated university: requiring studen ts Ito l take a
from the beginning that we don't want to lose max imum of t\\'o yea rs of credits ill their
accreditation. We are not go ing to let that major: requirements of students to write an
happen, so we are working 011 not losing it and academic plan explaining how they plan to
also improving."
delllonstrate breadth alld depth of education:
Who makes up th is Nort hwest or simpl y no req uirements of studen ts. Instead
Commission on Colleges?
the emphasis would be placed on the bculty
Steve Hunter, Alumni and Director of to ensure the quantitative skills are intac!. "
Institutional and Planning Research. confirms:
Although the threat oflost accreditatioll
"It is a collection of institutions' provosts and is a possibility, it would be a gradual process.
professors that have agreed to mon it or i.e. intensified pressure and lack of funding
themselves under a set of standards that they from the stale. Many have faith that Evergreen
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The Eternal Greener
JJ Congress
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
by Amy Loskota
Letters to the Editor:
Evergreen's Education
From the President
Dear Editor,
Besides being your president, I am a
commissioner on the Commission on
Colleges, our accrediting agency. I would
like to comment on the headline in last
week's Coope r Point Journal which
suggested that Evergreen is in imminent
danger oflosing our accreditation. This is
not true.
The primary purpose of the
accreditation process for well-established
institutions like Evergreen is to improve
them, not to close them down. Accreditors
look at what we say we are, what we say
we do, and ask ifit is true. lfit is not, they
ask us to demonstrate in a structured way
that we are closing the gap between what
we say and what we do. That is the
challenge they have given us on general
education. It is a challenge we want to
meet in our own creative, distinctive
'Evergreen way.
It ii true that the loss ofaccreditation
would be catastrophic for us. The most
serious effect would the loss of eligibility
for federal financial aid. WewiU not allow
that to happen, and we are nowhere near
it.
Sincerely,
jane L. Jervis
President
Tabloid Reporting?
Dear U',i
The NatllJna l Inquirer or Th e Star
seems to have provided the lllodel lor vour
recent article on accredit at ion. Something
approa ching all acc urate view of the
sit uati on is presented in paragraph 15:
"When asked if she thought there' was a
realistic possibility for lo ss of
accreditation, I Provost] Smith felt it was
highly unlikely." ("H ighly unlikely"means
about as unlikely as the co llege being
destroyed by a tsunami - I guess I could
Editor, CPj
invent a scenario that might conceivably
lead to that, but it would take five to ten
I am a senior here at TESC, just and judgement are necessary parts a
years and require one gonzo implausibility
finishing my last quarter studying natural everyday life. What kind of response doe
after another.) The headline and some of
and applied science. I have been a member our "poster child" invoke in hardworking
the details in the opening paragraph
of this community for two years, and in taxpaying business people who migh
scream, in supermarket tabloid fashion,
that two years I have seen and heard many come here to use the library? Is it viewel'
"Evergreen fears loss of accreditation." It
things that J thought - not felt, but as a scholarly work worthy of al
just isn't true, and I don't think we should
thought- were counterproductive and even institution that claims to be the bes
have to read the Cprs articles about the
silly but were nevertheless apparently part Liberal Arts college in the western Unitec
college in the same frame of mind that we of someones education. Generally, it has
States? Or do some leave wondering i
use when we're in the checkout line,
been my policy to view such as free TESC isn't just an abuse of the publi
looking at some headline about the birth entertainment, and worth every penny of
of an alien baby or the approaching end that price. This last week, however, two trust?
Education viewed as a produc
of the world and wondering what the real
items, from two different sources, have presents a paradox. Generally, busines,
story will turn out to be in the next to the
given me pause to ponder whether "free follows the old cliche "the customer L
last paragraph on page six.
entertainment" was reaUy applicable, or if always right: If we view the student as th
The General Education DTF (and
perhaps there might be a much higher customer, we must append the abo"
lots of the faculty) are starting to talk about
externalized price.
"except in education." Alternately, we car
whether we shortld do something to try to
The first item was a display set up view society as the real customer. In eidle
see that all students end up having studied
outside our library's main entrance. It was case, a standard must be applied, and tl
a range of subjects, including some
a large display; one could scarcely pass it be fair to the customer, that standard mus
mathematics and some art. (And it is true
by without notice. It was obviously the
that one reason we're doing it is that the result of much work and probably a fair guarantee that the graduate gain
something unique and valuable as a retun
visiting accreditation team said they
amount of money; I assume it was the on investment. For a thing to be valuable
thought we need to think aboutthis.) This
work of several people. It was the left hand
is an interesting and complicated side of the display that caught my eye. it must posses scarcity in the economi
sense: There must inevitably be have not
conversation about what really matters in
Taking up this side was a statement, a rant, with the haves, failures with the successes
a college education now. It might lead to
to be fair, apparently summarizing a
some changes in our curriculum, and it position on political and economic As for myself, I am confident ofthe qua lit
would be terrific if students participated policies. The rant began with the word of education I have received here, but th
situation leaves me, and perhaps others
in it.
because, con tained no clear subject or 'i'ith a quandary: My confidence i,
PS. On the other hand, it's a real predicate, and used the word "and" 14
unimportant if it isn't shared by th
pleasure for me to finally have the Seepage
times. It was an excellent candidate for the community at large where I must sell thi.
laid out ill an attractive and professional
beSI run-on selltell ce of 1999
dearly bought education, If that which
way. This is the
I would have classed this as more tree esteem finds no worth in that community
first time in a number of years that art has enterta inment except for the article ill the
then I am only one more good example a
been presented by the paper in a way that
las! CPj relating to qualifications placed a bad exampl e, a Greener wh ... call ', pal
might m,1ke students who took their work
Ufidll o ur pl'llJlllg fl'-JCl.: r edlta ll oll.
his loans and whose record rna) UIIIII I",eJ.
sr riousl} fe('l likl' submitting it, (If yo u'd
qualilications relating to basic ski lls. In justify argumellts that The Evergreen ~tat(
jnst chan ge the name of the page to
this context, olle ca nn ut help but wonder
so mething that didn't metaphorically if' the aforemenliolled "work" isn't is better off without The Evergreen ~ tat ,
College.
equate art with pw. and s{'\yagr. I'd be ('\'l~l1
prec isel\' the surt of thing that illustrates
happier. )
wh y our accredltatiulllTlight be in doubt. Dan ~rol\'n
And perhaps thi ,' speaks to Illore than just
Yours.
accreditatioll. I meet man)' peopl e off
Thad Curtz
call1pus who slli cerely believe this place is
(Member of th e Facuity - Literature)
an eyesore, a waste of the public wealth.
and gl'nerally better closed. Not just haters
ur dogmatists, but successful and
influ ential citizens to whom evaluation
Mumia: The Rigorous Stuggle Continues .....
pnlitical cy ni c. .
by Brian Dean_ _
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th ough it's ollly beillg perpetllated as a
conforlllist trelld .
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'peak at gr:ldllation Ihi, Sllll llll er, il 1I0t
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whl'n Ihl'I ' are hidin g these things.
~\lIl1\i" I;", Iwen ,,1'fili"ll'd with ~IO\ E,
who ha\'l' been \'irtillls of brutally yinklll
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aCli\'ist s alld hovl"oll~ arl'
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asinine and dl'ln,ional'l For alii klloll' I'on
d 0 1l '1 thillksn. \\'h:1Ievor Ihl' case, l'mll l1t
.illst gu in g to bd ir\'(' J\1 Ullli ,l's case Ira o,;
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III11l'aSl)1l abl(' to
polirl ill Pl'IIllsyh':tnia . \Vh\, i~ it
!'i ll spec t he may 1I;1\"(' IWi..'1l
do with 1II(> :lIld th at th('J"<" i\
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seillpanci/o rhadanllllbirtrial'! ThebeS!
H'aSUII III protrst hi s incarr l' Lllinl1 0 11
re\·o lution. !lilt I don 't think thl'rr i,
;lllytil in g wrollg with stayi ll g pis~ed.
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deat h row is lira I ifhl' i\ illllOCl'Ilt alld gl'!S
rOllllllulliL'at in g, boycott ing. prot e~t i ng,
killed. \\'hich is l'l'n' likl' I". Ihell Ihl' sallie
wuuld 1I 0 t keep f\ tUllIi ;111·0111 bring heard . is III on' Iik('lr t<.l ir ;ll-'Pl'll to allyol1(' r ls<.'
who ,s peaks alld art, lllit subl'ersiv(' l),
('V('II thllllgh the police alld ""'lIy Ilthl'rs
oUlside IlI'Evergn'l'lIl11>jc'l'll'd, Evergreell :roainst ollr SrS\CIl1.
~ So SP ..iS~1. if l'on esis!. I'd be
helped get him Aln erica', attelltillil hil t
nol the kind of :Ilteil li oll he desenwJ. illierested in knlll~ing whal ot h er
tl"'lIks 10 main Slream media, Thi, 1II0l'ellll'nis Ihe\' a,,'against and \\'hal I'our
l"ontmv{'r!'y iJl'C31llC' lIlislIllderstood h~ · risio ll is if yo II <';\\'11 h;;n· 01lC'. no ~'oll·also
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tec hnocratic s~'strlll of Olll'S perpetllatr.\
misery alld illjustice 011 a global-seall' . \\'e
are all being screwcd ill o lle \\"a~ ' or
anolher. It ha s taken eac h alld even
person on earl h to shape ollr \\'orld inl O
what il is loda,', It is L"dlshit to sal' that a
~ingl(' person <.~r group can 't nwk(> ;1ripple
ura dilr(,f~ ll ("r thrOll~h their au iolls,
November 18,1999
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After elect ions it is caSl' 10 gel
discouraged. I knoll' I am, wh;lI bad
results tor the Em'ironment of thi s Sta te,
For those 01'\,01l who dOIll care bel'allse YO li
,)nly go to >choo l in Was hingto n. go to
hell. It feel ~ ' et anolher line has been
drawn bctween the L'pper and Lower
Classes. Iguess the majority does nut cares
aboll! the lives of senior citi ze ns. people
with disabilitie,s. and the low-inco me wage
slaves who take the bus, It seems they rare
more about clogging the roads (which
were never designed lor the amount of
people driving) wi th their low price-tagged
vehicles. Sure, make Washington just like
Southern California, who cares? There are
trces everywhere and Seattle is so chic.
And yum yum we all love smoked salmon,
but we don't care where it comes fi-om'and
that we are the cause of decline due to
polluntion and overfishing. It's a delicacy.
So, to all you folks in your brand new
SUVs which will never see a mountain
road, none the less ever get dirt on them, I
salute you. Please continue the urban
expansion of Olympia and the state. We
need another Taco Bell on Cooper Point
and the TESC Parkway. And We need
more huge corporate warehouses on Mud
Bay Rd., not lovely views ofthe beach and
mud flats. So what that we have unused
empty office and store complexes for rent,
you chain stores have to build from the
ground up. Go ahead, rezone around
Evergreen, like you did with Cedrona on
French Road. No one needs five whole
acres to live on anymore, we got to keep
packing them in. Build your fences around
the poor like across from Cedrona, so
people can't see the trailer park, can't see
the abandoned cars. But they can see the
trailer park residents waiting for the bus.
Too bad you can't build a fence around the
bus stop. While you're at it, we need more
room for all our cars at TESC, because
everyone wants a good parking space. It's
so annoying walking 200 feet to class. And
no one wants to park and ride from the
Capitol Mall route 48, its too hard. But it
i A-OK to build a parking lot into the nice
big forest off of the Main Campus, Those
trees outside the CAB to toward the
parking lot will soon be replaced by
another seminar building, as well as the
tree area to the west of the COM to
planned expansion. It had to happen , I
suppose, I hope they try to preserve as
much of the forest areas as possible in the
design.
Now I smile a little at the thought
that there will come a time when your
$5.00 latt e tastes like mud, and there
seems to be spit on your salmon bagel,
hecause your server had to wake up three
hours earh' to ca tch th e bus to work and
drop ofrh~r kids at daycare, I sigh a little
wh en so meday you will walk Ollt of yo ur
I","se alld see a sky )'ou thought )'ou left
in Los A n~des in Seatl le, I smi le mostly
beca use there is HOPE! '!'! You ca n gl't off
),ollr hille), alld stop all these problems,
IVe are Ihe power than can change these
things, I and manv others are graduating
in Spring, LIlli a ll Ihe lip notl', lI'e an' all
going alit inl o the reall\'orld, 10 fighl for
OUf callses out there. Activism is not a limf
letterword (nine actuallv), l ip herr in CAB
320, we have people to edllcate YOII and
help yo u find ways to do really scary and
exciting act ivism and volunteer work. Pill
aside th e shopping, the picking of your
nose, and get into reality. Economically
challenged people are real. they even go
to school side by side with you.
Their lives and their families lives are
drastically affected by flippant voting and
the riseof consumerism. (Consumerism is
detined as: a way of life placing value on
material objects based on novelty and
current fads. These objects are used and
discarded at the end of their novelty.
Things that break are not fixed, they are
thrown away. Food that is bought is used
once and forgotten. Objects often heavily
packaged for convenience.) Like a while
back when Washington State voted to
repeal our affirmative action laws,
Evergreen made a stand, that despite the
states new agenda, we would still practice
our dedication to a multi-cultural College
environment.
We must keep fighting for ourselves
and those who do not have our education,
or our voices. It is time to, leave behind
submission to and acceptance of the
current consumer culture , and become
something more than the labels on our
jeans, or the label we pretend to be (stoner,
goth, hippie, mod, liberal , conservative,
geek, nerd, ugly, pretty, or rich). You can
become a savior to a hungry family by
helping the homeless, you can become a
volunteer. You can bccome a social activist
and educate people. You can stop this.
The decision is yours.
BTW, in response to yon Student
Activists Against Student Activism( in last
weeks paper): Every group up in the S&A
has fought Jnd petitioned to be here, from
the Mllmia Activists to the Evergreen
Students for Christ to the Freaks of Na ture
to the Union of Student Workers and so
on. We put on events and educate people
about our variolls causes. YOli aren't even
a real Student Group, so unless yo u are
rcady to stand up with the Student Groups
of the S&A, and share our space, I suggest
yo u find another part of t he college to
persecute, After all you chose to go here
too.
Words From a Working
Class Student
by Karen Zimmerman
I am glad to see that people are going to
protest the WTO. I am not glad to see the
martyrdom happening around this issue
from predominately white and
economically privileged studen ts, I hear
talk of jail, cops and revolution and sec
right through it. What I see is boredom
within a class culture. Revolution to me is
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L -_ _ _ _ _ _ _
DE ,·\T11 SE01TENCE, TilE
NATIONAL DAY OF RETALIATION,
THE I01TER01ATI001AL SOUNDBUA IW
FOR ALL THE FALSE DEATH WISHES
TilE LENGTH OFTIME Wlilell MAKES
UP A LIFE IS DETERMINED BY
THE PLACEME:-.1T OF DEATH,
THE PEOPLE'S LAST CHANCE AT
SALVATION
VERSUS
THE LAW EMBODIED UNIVERSE OF
PENNSLYVANIA
THE HONORABLE AMERICAN
JUSTICE PRESIDING
ALL RISE FOR THE DESTINED FALL
THE COURTROOM IS SILENCED.
THE ANGEL HAS TAKEN HIS PLACE
BESIDE THE GAVEL.
THE JURY HAS BEEN HUNG .
THE ANGEL IS WATCHING THE
WINDOW,
THE SKY IS DRAWING NEAR.
FROM THE SILENCE, OUR EYES, A
VOICE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE ADEAD BIRD ON THE
WINDOWSILL,
UNSURE OF WHICH WAY TO FALL,
IT SPOKE SO SOFTLY THE WIND
DIDN'T KNOW WHEN TO ECHO.
"THE VERDICT IS IN."
ONE MAN STANDS BEFORE ALL
OTHERS,
HIS MOUTH IS CLOSED AND HIS EYES
HE ALLOWS US TO SEE THROUGH;
BUT HE ALONE WILL FEEL THE
STRANGENESS OF DEATH,
AND WE WILL BE LEFT TO EXAMINE
WHY WE AS ONE PEOPLE
ALLOWED HIM TO DIE. YOU MAY
NOW BE SEATED.
THE SEANCE BEGAN WITH ONE
DISTINCT MESSAGEJUSTICE WILL BE SERVED.
THE REASON WE BELIEVE THE
OUTCOME WILL BEJUST
IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN JUSTICE,
WHEN THE FOG CLEARS WHATWESEE
IS WHAT WE BELIEVE WE WILL SEE
WHAT WE DONT SEE IS WHAT IS
HIDDE01 BENEATH THE BLACK ROBE
WHAT THEY FEARED IN TilE
STRENGTH
AND THE PASSION OF THE BLACK
PANTHERS
WHATTHEY HI[)E BEHINDTHETHICK
BLACK DOORS
WHAT THE LAW BOOKS VOW NEVE R
TO PUBLISH
WHAT THE BALLOT NEVER ASKS \'S
TO VOTE FOR
WHAT THE DEATH -ROW II\:MATES
NEVER TELL US THEy'RE AFRAID OF
WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO'!
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED FROM TilE
INNOCENT DEATHS'!
WHAT DID THE WINGS SAY AS THEY
a daily battle, I don't have nor want a
button to wear that tells people all the
bureaucracy I had to wade through just to
eve n step foot on this ca mpus. Cops to me
arc people mainly trom my background. I
was at the june Street Party and watched
people taunt and provoke th e cops and
crea te a problem more than addressillg
one. Some cops are co rrupt and
racist,yes,but they also came and saved my
mother's life from an abus ive lover. They
were kind and supportive after I was held
up by gunpoint at a job. I do not believe
that all cops arc evil, I do think that the
people of this country need to reclaim
power tram the police, I am not going to
the WTO rally because I ca n not afford to
be in jail. My parents would not bail me
out. I have no savings. Again, I am glad to
see the action taking place aro und this
issue, I am ask ing those who are in volved
November 18, 1999
6y ([)ougfas :Mac/(ar
LEFT US?
AS NOW HE AWAITS THE NEXT
JUDGMENT,
ST ILL IN THE CASKET HI S MOUTH
REMAINS CLOSED,
AND HIS EYES IN THEIR FI NAL
STANCE REVEAL TRUE SILENCE,
TO ESCAPE THE SHAME OF DYING IN
VAIN
WE ESCAPE THE FAILURE OF DEATH.
OUR AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM IS
THE DEATH ANGEL'S WAITING
ROOM.
THE LIFE OF EACH OF OUR DYING
PRISONERS,
OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
THEy 'VE CLAIMED AS INMATES,
ARE THE CELLS WHICH FORM THE
ORGANS, BODY AND MIND
OF THE TERRIBLE AMERICAN
JUSTICE.
WITH THE DEATH OF ONE CELL
COMES THE DEATH OF THE WHOLE
BODY.
WE ARE HERETO SEPARATE THE SOUL
FROM THE SYSTEM,
TO CUT THE FLESH OF AMERICAN
JUSTICE, TO LET THE BLOOD RUN
FREE,
TO SEVER THE ARMS AND THE
HANDS WHICH HOLD OUR HEADS
BELOW
I
THE WATER , TO DISMEMBER THE
LEGS AND FEET WHICH TRAMPLE US,
TO BLIND THE EYES WHICH NEED
AGAIN TO BE BLINDED.
WITH THE DEATH OF ONE CELL
COMES THE DEATH OF THE WHOLE
BODY.
OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE
UNTRIED INNOCENT OF OUR
SOCIETY IS TO
DECAPITATE THE MIND WHICH
DEMANDS TO CONTROL US
AND ENTER FREE RANGE OF
CONCIOUSNESS.
THEY WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTROL
OUR BODIES,
A:-.1D ATEMPTTONIiMB OUR MINDS.
BUT THE SPIR IT L1 £)s ABOVE ALL
SYSTEMS,
'-..
ALIVE AS THE UNIVERSE PERSUADES.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY CAST THE
FINAL VERDICT,
THE DEATH REPRESENTS THE FEAR
OFTRUE LIFE,
THE HEART WE LO VE THEY CANNOT
IMPRISON.
HOW FAR WILL YOU TRAVEL TO FIND
YOUR FIGHT'
1I 0W HIGH WILL THE DEAD PILE
BEFORE YOli STMW TO SPEAK'!
WE ARE THE IMMI GRA01TS , WAVI;-':C;
OliR FLAG OF IllJM A01 FLESH,
who Jre privileged to take a look inward
and to think abollt it maybe more as ),o nr
responsibility to this collntry if you sec
yo urself as a revo illtionary. I see it like how
Ramona Africa sa id if you have resources,
use them. I do not applaud what YOll are
"sacrificing. " I applaud your courage and
wi ll stay home that week Jnd tr y to survive
another day. just a littleside note, the best
conversa ti on I have heard abollt the WTO
was on a bu" ride to .school where two local
men jllS! coming from the 4t h Ave 'r:1Vern
were talking about how Ca ,s tro and
Clint on were going to be in Olympi a at the
end of th e month and cou ld be seen at an y
given moment sitting downtown drinking
coffee together. They inform ed me to
make sure I had a camera handy, as it will
be a once iI1.llifet iml' event. I nodded and
said, "Cool. "
-Peace
"What are you doing? Are you going to take pictures?"
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Bill Nye, The Science Guy!
WORLD' TRADE ORGANIZATION
Mad Scientist Shoots Commercial at Evergreen
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THE
ON THE w.T.O.
• The WTO itself states that "it's main function is to
ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably, and
freely as possible." The result, they claim, "is assurance.
Consumers and producers know that they can enjoy
secure supplies an.d greater choice of the finished
products, components, raw materials and services they
use. Producers and exporters know that foreign markets
will remain open to them. In addition , they state, "The
result is also a more prosperous, peaceful and
accountable economic world ... By lowering the trade
barriers, the WTO's system also breaks down other
barriers between peoples and nations."
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compiled by Nichol Everl:tr
• David Korten, in his book, When Corporations
Rule the World wrote, "The needs of the worlds largest
corporations are now represented by a global body with
legislative and judicial powers that is committed to
ensuring their rights against intrusions of democratic
governments and the people to who those governments
are accountable."
• Dan Barshis, a junior at Evergreen, explained, "Right
now we are breathing dirtier air bt'cause the WTO and
other countries are not boond by the Clean Air Act when
they sell us oil. The WTO has ruled that the US has to
import oil from Venezuela that does not meet our own
environmental standards.
"The WTO is a union ofglobal trade representatives
that is formed to protect free trade at all costs. In order to
do this they have to make sure that unnecessary trade
barriers, like environmentU, health. and labor laws, are
not in place. Every case that bu been brought to the WTO
has ruled in favor of corporations and profit instead of
the environment, labor, O£ be.l.th standards.·
• ·What planet are they on?" asks Monica Peabody
of tht' Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition (WROC).
Anybody can just look around and see that (their
allegations) are not true. Taking away regulations gives
the corporations the power to not treat their workers well.
This allows corporations the freedom to obtain too much
power through free trade. The evidence is devastating to
workers and the environment.
"A global shift has been constructed to create a low
wage working force. An example in our community is
welfare reform, which is pushing people into low wage
work, in turn limiting their opportunities:
• Evergreen graduate Oakley Myers voices that
economic growth results from an expense to the
environment. Yet he asks, "Whose economic growth?
Multinational and transnational corporations? Free trade
has been proven to help liquidate the forests in Bri tish
Columbia. It has increased the movement of timber and
the speed of trade across the world.
"NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
proved detrimental to Mexican and Canadian forests.
The WTO is knocking down trade barriers, such as tariffs,
and restrictive laws, without a democratic process ...
Eliminating tariffs on wood products has increased the
demand for timber and escalated deforestation."
• Works in Progress, a publication by the Thurston County
Rainbow Coalition, ran an article in October stating, "The WTO
is at the root of fights around the world for decent wages,
carcinogen-free food, clean air and wat~, endangered species, and
a host of other struggles for the basic health of the Earth and
people everywhere. Other nations and peoples are being exploited
so that we can watch TV and drink Frappuccinos. This is our
country; it is up to us to change it."
World Trade Organization wake up call
by Mac Lojowsky,
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Final NoteYou can pre-register for
the.Convergence in Seattle
by logging on to the Direct
Action Network's site
above, filling out th e form
and mailing it to
danreg@angelfire.com.
Prc-registering is important
as it helps the organizers
of the Convergence.
whispers, flyers and comments of
professors around campus, this
just may be the case.
Security Measures
King County Sheriff 's
Department Captain Thompson
expects "a group of people
exercising their First Amendment
rights. They will be afforded that
opportunity to demonstrate their
views in a non-violent manner."
When asked what security tactics
law-enforcement would be taking
for the gathering, Thompson
refused to comment. So did the
FBI and the Seattle Police
Department. The Secret Service
would only relate that they are
prepared for anything that could
possibly happen.
Activists, too, are prepared.
Volunteer medics will be on hand
and the Convergence will offer a
variety of trainings and
workshops. A Vietnam veteran
and longtime activist who wishes
to remain anonymous, stated "I've
been (tear) gassed. All you need
is a wet handkerchief to cover your
face with:'
Convergence Preparations
The week preceding the
WTO's Ministerial (November
20-28), there will be an open
Direct Action Convergence. The
Convergence welcome center is
located at 420 East Denny Way
and people are being asked to
register upon arrival. When they
arrive at the Welcome Center
participants will receive event
schedules, locations and other
information. (Organizers say that
if participants have picked up
registration forms in the last
couple weeks and have not sent
them in yet, they should not send
them in. Rather, they should
bring the forms to the Welcome
Center)
The Convergence, next to
the November 30 action, may well
be the most important aspect of
the Seattle gathering. Free food
and child-care will be provided as
activists from around the globe
participate in teach-ins that will
supply information on the WTO,
training and workshops. Carpool
and ride boards to Seattle are
posted at both Olympia Food Coops, as well as Evergreen's CAB
(outside the Women's Center).
Throughout the week,
activists will connect and converse
with each other in training's
involving: non-violence, media,
jail solidarity, legal support,
communication, documentation
and self-defense. Workshops will
be provided in: dance, music,
street theater, puppet making,
banner making, propaganda, and
last, but not least, stilt walking.
Seattle Events
Friday, Nov. 26 and
Saturday, Nov. 27, the 2,500 seat
Benaroya Auditorium has been
booked for an International
Forum on Globalization. More
information on this event is
available at: www.ifg.org.
\!Ionday, November 29, at
4:30 p.m., an interfaith
deleg~·tion will gather at the First
Methodist Church (65th and
Columbia). The delegation will
form a human chain around the
meeting site of the WTO to
prote~t Third World debt. More
information is available at (206)
625-9790.
The Tuesday, Nov. 30
demonstration is aimed, quite
simply, at "shutting down the
World Trade Organization."
Activists will meet at 7:00 a.m. at
one of three locations: first,
Seattle Central Community
College,
second,
Victor
Steinbrueck Park or as a last
resort, Denny Park (see map on
page 7 for locations). For the
Tuesday demonstration, activists
have hen asked to form "affinity
groups."
Direct Action Network
orgar.izer, Elizabeth Jones
explains affinity groups as "5·20
friends that come together, acting
as a support group for one
another." The affinity groups will
perform "direct action street
theater, singing, dancing,
drumming and puppet making."
Each affinity group is asked
to ab:de by the Direct Action
Network's four guidelines:
1. No violence, physical
or verbal, against anyone
2. No weapons
3. No drugs, including
alcohol
4.No destruction
of property
These
affinity
groups aim to "Create a
system of organization that
will replace the system we're
trying to destroy. The concept
ofdecentralization is what we're
trying to achieve," Jones explains.
. She predicts "beautiful
weather, sun shining, people are
happy and there's huge party going
on in the streets. People from all
walks of life coming together to resist
the World Trade Organization."
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Taking Root
At an affinity group meeting
recently held on a Saturday night in a
West Olympia living room, fifteen
people discuss tactics for the Tuesday
protest over dinner. By the evening's
end, the group has decided upon a
"giant, paper mache salmon. Giant
dams that are ceremoniously broken,
forests that rise up in retaliation to the
WTO's
anti-environmental
practices. "
With similar scenarios
happening in living rooms across
America, and to some extent, the
world, the upcoming WTO protests
promises two things. First, a massive,
chaotic display of creativity and
resistance the streets of Seattle.
Second, and possibly more
important, the formation of a
grassroots social movement that will
no doubt deliver "a wake up call the
world has never seen."
The WTO is coming, are you ready?
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Globalization
A dark rain falls from a heavy
sky outside Tradition's Cafe in
downtown Olympia two weeks
before what has already been
dubbed "the protest of the
decade." The people gathered for
Olympia's Direct Action Network's
(DAN) weekly meeting,include
cornmunity members as well as
Evergreen faculty and students.
Tonight's discussion involves
registration for the pre-protest
Direct Action Convergence (Nov.
20- 28) as well as the massive direct
action planned for Tuesday,
November 30.
The
World
Trade
Organization'S (WTO) sixthousand delegates from onehundred and thirty-five nations
(including President Bill Clinton
and Vice President AI Gore), will
descend upon Seattle from Nov. 29
to Dec. 3 for it's November
Ministerial meeting. Their agenda
topics include the Global Free
Logging Agreement (which would
effectively kill environmental
logging
regulations) , the
advancement of the Multilateral
Agreement on Investments (which
would severely limit government's
ability to regulate investments), as
well as the enforcement of global
intellectual property rights (which
would primarily benefit large
pharmaceutical corporations).
Evergreen
economics
professor Dr. Peter Bohmer says
the WTO's "aim is to create a world
where corporations have no
governmental or other restrictions
in making profits in any part of the
world and deciding what to do
with them, whether they corne
from financial speculation,
production or trade."
The 50 to 100,000 protesters
DAN organizers expect to stop this
from happening, but as one flyer
proclaimed, " ...organize a wake up
call the world has never seen."
There will be Canadians and
Scandinavians, Japanese and
Tibetans, Indonesian and Mexican
activists. There will be Native
Americans, African-Americans
and Mid-Western Americans.
There will be steelworkers,
farmers, longshoremen, college
students, political refugees,
environmentalists and loggers
gathered together against the
WTO. Thesheernumberofpeople
standing in solidarity transforms
the often abstract thought of a true
inclusive social movement into a
tangible reality.
Dr. Bohmer "see(s) the
beginning ofa movement that puts
eco nomic justice foreword as
central to its demands, that links
environmental justice to labor and
economic rights, and furthers
grass-roots
solidarity,
internationalism, across borders."
The Seattle Weekly recently
commented that the "Evergreen
State College might as well close
the campus, as they'll all be in
Seattle ." Judging from the
Gray Aycr
Th~ World Trade Organization
(WTO) is comi ng to Seattle-an' YOll ready"!
Do you know how to subvert th eir plan of
conti nuin g lilwralization and opening
tTI<lrkets? Do yo u know why yOIl must do this
to survive?
Thl' WTO was /(lrmed out ofthe 1994
Urugu,lY round of GATT to "sett le trade
disputes ." It was then ratified by 134
nations, creating a politiral lega l hinding
court hi gher than any nation. The WTO
exists to prot ect "free trade ," the theory that
markets unrestrained by gove rnment resu lt
in the most efficient and socially optimal
allocation of resource s. This assumes an
unhi asl'd media . the desire to use technology
for the hen efit of all. an d a cu lture that
elll'ourages social respnn sihilit)' l"efSUS
greed .
But we dun ·t.
Ewn if IW had anunhiaseu mnlia and
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culture that encourages social
responxibilit y free trade is nei ther efficient
nor leads tn the sorially optim al uses of
rl'sources.
lIasically. it enwurages corporations
to produce whrre profits are the highest.
which may be the result of not paying social
wstx, minimizing wages.
Because of thi s. every decision the
WTO has made for "free trad e" has been
aga inst thl' environment, consumer safety.
human rights. labor. and thefuture .lh is has
nnne from the WTO rulilt g ill every case in
favor of the corporate complaint.
The WTl) has threatened tu not allow
Massarhusetts to boycott companies doing
busiltess inl3urma-a rountry run by a brutal
dirtatorship. It has ruled the Uni teu States
has til imp.ort oil from Venewe la-oil that
pollutes our air sinn' it is nllt subject to Ilur
Clean Air Art.
The WTO has ruled t hat the Europea n
li nion is not ,l llo wed to hoyc ott th e
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importation of cancer-caUSing beeffrnm the
US raised on growth hormones (they say
o nly iltdividuals ca n enact boycott s.
assumiltg th ey have the knowledge of
the product).
The WTO anu the conqueriltg system
ofglubalization are creating a world run not
by people. but by transnational corporations
(TNC). Co rporations ha',I{' no basis in reality,
and are recognized by citizens as having the
saille rights as people. but non e of the
respons ibilities . They are instituti ons that
exist "for the greater good." but they are able
to usurp laws and ethics for their own profit.
They are comi ng to Seattle.
We have a great opportunity here in
th e ruget Sound . the Northwest. the United
States, North America. the Western
Ilemisp here, and the whole planet to show
th ese lille/eeted beuracrats (trade offIcia ls,
(EOs of Transnat iona I-Corporations) that
we wallt to have control of ou r lives-that IW
want gOl'ernanl"e by th e peopll'. not by
greed .
Generally, in a democracy. YOll
recognize a problem, seek to educate people,
garner publit" support, pass a law. and then
it will hopefully make a difference.
Since the WTO is accountable to no
one, they meet in sec ret, and th ere is no
higher authority to report to. our opposition
can not follow the safe reformist path taken
by large authoritarian groups like the AFLCIO (American federation of Labor and
Congress of!ndustrial Organizations).
Although the AFL·CIO national
leadership h,ls succumbed to big business.
many Seattle' lucal labor unions like the
Longshorem;m, Baristas (cafe workers). and
the IWW are invoking a city-wide walkout
to shut the cit v infrastruct ure UOWli . Seattle
high school and co ll ege students are
organizing c ~ ty -wide .~c ho o l walkouts. We
must complil nent their wa lkout.
We mu st rake direct action!
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The Direct Action Network is hosting a nineday conference which will hring [Ogl:thcr hundreds of amazing people from around thl: world
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WORKSHOPS
All of these workshops
will be offered at the
Convergence.
• G iant puppet theater
• G iant puppet cre~tion
·Sanner hanging
• How to climb a building
• Sitting up an affinity
group
• Street blockade met hods
• Propaganda production
• Stil t walking
• Sci f defense
• Music '
• Dancing
• Jail solidarity
• Legal observation and
defence
• Radi o comm uni cation
• Media
To register:
Bring a completed registration form (available outside the Women's Center or at the
Convergence) to the Welcome Center at 420 East Denny Way. Or you can pre-register
online at the DAN website at www.go.to/directaction and click to the Covergence site.
You can call the Welcome Center at (206) 654- 6779 for the information hotline or
talk to someone live at (206) 448 - 7872.
Registration Donation:
Paying what you can allows others to participate who cannot afford the admission fee.
Work exchanges are available. No one, however, will be turned away.
Cost: $0 - $30/day
$0 - $200 for entire Convergence
Accommodations:
Food (except for breakfast), housing, and child care will be provided for those who can't
arrange their own.
SO,you want to .go to the action on the 30th? Better not leave on the 30th,
because or~anize~s :~pect Seattle to be Cf~. . If possible you should go to
Seattle at ktist the.night oHhe' 29th.
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See de CDs?
by Nick Martin
You R ' W. T. O.
SEATILE and Environs
9:00 am - 9:00 pm every day
Room mo, Seattle Central Community Coitege
Drop-in space for student activists.
Remember this.
You're gonna need it.
Sunday, NOlI. 21
5:00pm
Woodland Park Presbyterian Church
Meeting of the Fellowship of Reconciliation with
training in non-violence foDowing potluck.
Call 206-789-5565.
10:ooam-12:30pm
The Labor Temple
• Building the People's Movement: Where We Are and
Where We're Headed"
Sponson>d by the Alliaoce for Democraty.
Contact the Temple at 206-77(HJ044, Ronnie Dugger
at 781~94-1179, or call tolHTee 877·sroP wro.
Friday, Nov. 26 (Buy Nothing Day)
7:00- 10:00 pm
Benaroya HaD
"The Multiple ImpactsofEconomic Globalization," an
International Forum on Globalization (IFG) Teach·in
with Vandana Shiva, David Korten, Lori Wallach ,
Maude Barlow, Jery Mander, and more!
Contact 415·771·3394 or http://www.ifg.org for
infonnation and tickets.
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Saturday. Nov. 27
8:30 am - 6:30 pm
Benaroya Hall '
IFG Teach·in, continued.
8:00 pm -11:00 pm
Benaroya HaD
That's right, even more of the IFG Teach·in. This time,
though, it's ·'Views from the South."
Sunday, Nov. 28
10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Musicians Union
'The Growing Divide," a participatory workshop on
wealth and economic disparity.
Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy.
Cau 206-910-8296.
1:00-5:00 pm
The Labor Temple
Alternatives to Corporate Globalization Conference
featuring representati'lt'S from the United States. Great
Britain, and France at 1:00 pm, theater by United for a
Fair Economy at3:15, and representatives from the US
(different ones, though), Canada, Malaysia, and the
Phitippines at 3:30.
Contact Dave Uwit at 617·266-8687.
1:30pm
Filipino Community Center
'"The Need to Advance the People's resistance Against
Imperialist Gillbalization· by jose Maria Sison from
the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
This is the keynote address of the Pl'Ople's Assembly,
which continues through Tuesday.
Please
call
20/i·763·9611
or
mail
passembly@yahoo.com by Nov. 25 to register.
3:00-5:00 pm
Musicians Union
"WTO for Beginners," a participatory workshop.
Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy.
Call 206-910-8296.
Monday, Nov. 29 (Environment and Public Health
Day)
10:OOam-12:00pm
Musicians Union
··Getting Your Message Into the Media"
Another participatory workshop.
_ _ _ _ _ _- - - - - - - - - - - , Sponsored by United for a Fair Economy.
12:00- 1:30 pm
First Uoited Methodist
"Make Trade Clean, Green, and Fair"
March from the church to the Convention Center (the
WTO's base of operations) for a rally.
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2:00-4:00 pm
Musicians Union
"Globalizatioo, Corporations. and Democr'Ily" with
Charles Derber
Sponsored by 01' UFE.
(all 20&-910-8296.
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Various venues around downtown - call Kathleen
Casey 3t206-378-0114 x306 for details.
Educational workshops that help explain the WTO's
effect on fisheries, forests, public health , genetic
modification, investment rules, toxic substances, and
sustainable development.
4:30-6:30pm
First United Methodist
Gathering and procession to join hands in a human
chain around the Exhibition Center (site ofthe WTO's
OpeningGala)tocaDforthecancdlationofThirdworld
debt.
Sponsored by the WAC
Call206-625-97!lO.
6:00pm
Filipino Community Center
"The GoIfWar," a film about large corporations trying
to steal land from Filipino peasants to develop golf
courses, shown by the People's Assembly.
AQ& Asession with the film's maker will be followed
an International Solidarity Night, including songs of
struggle, words of action, and dance ofresistance.
See above for contact infonnation.
7:00pm
Key Arena (it used to be called the Coliseum)
"The People's Gala" with Laura Love and Michael
Moore.
Sponsored by Citizen's Trade Campaign, Body Shop,
United Steel Workers of America. City of Seattle, and
King County (so who's for this WTO thing. anyway?).
Tuesday, Nov. 30 (Labor Rights, Human Rights, and
Standards ofliviog Day, AKA The Big Day)
7:00am
Victor Steinbrueck Park and Seattle Central
Community College.
Mass non·violent direct action against the WTD.
Contact the DAN at 206-632·1656.
8:00am
First United Methodist
"Trading Away Human rights? The Roleofthe WTO"
Acivil society teach·in.
Contact Malini Mehra at pdhre@ao\.com or visit
www.pdhre.orgforfuDprogramandregistrationfonn.
8:00am
Filipino Community Center
Youth caucus assembly, march, and rally.
See above for contact infonnation.
8:30am
Denny Playfield
join other environmentalists to make trade clean.
green, and fair! You'll gather to pick up signs and
baoners. Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra .
Club, will then lead YOll to Memorial Stadium. where
you1l join the People's Rally at 10:00 am.
9:00am
Red Square (the UW's, not ours)
Gather, man:h, rally. just don't mention the Rose BowL
Sponsored by People for Fair Trade and NO to WTO
(UW chapters).
Mail webwalk@u.washington.edu.
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WTO debate with Ralph Nader, Vandana Shiva, and
john Cavanaugh.
Sponsored by Public Citizen, IFG, and The Nation.
Contalt jerry Mander (IFG) at 415-771·3394.
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Wednesday, Dec. 1
Women, Democracy, Sovereignty, and Development
Day
8:30-5:30 pm
United Methodist
Civil society teach-in on the topics ofthe day, including
a morning panel of women from around the world,
with five native women drummers beginning the
program.
Next, a march to Freeway Park where, after you rally,
youll enjoy the Raging Grannies, street theater, and
speakers (to be announced).
Then it's on tovarious venues downtown for afternoon
panels.
Contact Alexandra Spieldoch, with Center oKoncem,
at aspieldoch@coc.org.
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.2:00 pm
United Methodist
Ifyou missed the boatto Freeway Park you canstiD join
the United Steelworkers in their march to the docks.
The theme is "Stop the Job La&<; Now.·
3:00-6:00 pm
Labor Temple
Aworkshop on bringing the anti-WTO message back
to your campus (i.e., Evergreen) will consist of media
skills and divestment/socially responsible investment
training.
5:00-10:OOpm
United Methodist
"Celebrate Resistance: A Concert and Theatrical
Perfonnaoce"
Join the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the
Environment for FREE BEER AND FooDI
Live music by jim Page and theater by Human Nature.
Contact Sam at 415·383-4314 or at
batfish@earthlink.net.
Thursday, Dec. 2
Food and Agriculture Day
8:30-4:00
Various venues - call Renske van Staveren, from the
for Agricultural and Trade Policy, at612~70or rvanstaveren@iatp.org, or Darci Andressen,
lPulJlic 'Citi:zen, at 202454-5196 or darci@citizen.org.
an organiC breakfast before rushing off to yet
panels, rallies, street action, workshops, and
I
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,\ wise' woman once said. "Journeys are
truly complete only when you are ready for thelll
to be COlllpICICd. " TESC landty member Sally
Clun inger has come to thl' end of a journey she
embarked un long ago.
Clonin ger is a media arli~t / a ("t ivi st .
educalor and inde[ll'ndenl producer who tca(' h e ~
al The b'crgreen Sta le College. Her new JfilllJl l/
digit:li libn . \ 'ollr I'\,i/Jing Power. will premiere
Dec. ~ in thl' Recita l Hali (COM 107) at lESe.
rUllr I Vi/Jing P01I'('r is a Iilill Clonin ger
l'o n\icl('l"\ "('xp erilll e nt ~t1 .. because of Ihe wa)' il
explon>s Illlms from frame rates to expressive sound.
Cloninger didn't want to make a travel guide video
of MaIay~ia: rather she se t out to create an
experimenlal ethnographical film that would sirive
to reprodu ce Ihe (, !TI OIional moment she'd
l'xperiL'llCed.
The tilnl 's sllbjeci is Thaipucalll, a Irstivallhat
uccurs anl1ually in Kual:l Lumpur and i~ connected
to th e \\'ur\hip of Lord Murugan . The fe'sliva l i~
celebral ed by Hindus all over South Easl Asia and
was brought to Malaysia by Indian Tamils. who were
lorced Ihere by the British to work the rubber Iield\.
In Malaysia. during the carly 80s, Cloninger
and fellow Evergreen tac ulty member Lynn De
Danaan began collecting the information about the
Hindu festival. Cloninger and De Danaan spent
months meeting expatriats and locals who would
help them understand what takes place during
the festival. A famous Indian dancer named Sony
helped the team achieve entry into the festival.
In side the exotic Sights and fanta stic sounds
astonished them.
The Hindus celebrate the Thaipucam
festival by expressing their devotion to the Lord
by surrendering themselves. In devoting
themselves they perform acts of piercing and th e
performance of an act called the Kavadi. The
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sleps carrying a perso nal pussessiun \o\"hil'h.
Cloninger says, can be anythin g Irom an
elaborate costume to a jug of milk.
The experience is nOlI' surreal to Cloninger.
"I look back at the footage and cannot believe that
I shot ii," she said. Inside Ihe testival. CII;mingef
had a diflicult lime shoutin g Ih e experience with
over one million people dancing in trance and
non·stup act ivity swirl ing aro lllld the yo ung
arlist.
The project has hCl"OlIle 1l11lL"i1 lIlore Ihan
it li llll to Clonin ger. Through rOllr Willint;
PO lI'er, th e veteran filmmaker has beell able tu
retlect on an ex pl'ricncc th at has taken her J1)
years 10 understand. Through travel, P('f~ul lal
growth, and spiritual and philosophical learning
Cloninge r says she understands th l' ex periellce
more clearly now than she had almosl 20 years
ago.
When Cloninger returned to the US, sh e
triC'd to make a "smarl documentary" hut was
nol sa li sfi ed. Clonin ger sa id she was afraid
"pC'o ple would see [th e Tamils] as oddities of
curiosity." Cloninger didn't wa nl Ihe personal
meaning of what sh~ 'd experiencC'd to be lost and
now views her first efrorl as a failure.
For many yea rs she resigned herself to th e
thought that her great ex perience was not goi ng
to he shared with th e rest of the world. Cloninger
re fl ects back at the first attempt to make the film
and wonders if she wasn't yet ready to make the
tilm.
:--Jow, with the help offaculty memocrs Peter
RandJette and Allegra Hinkle, Cloninger has lini.,.hed
her trek and found a form of expression able to
communicate her experience.
RandJette (a composer and sound designer)
and Cloninger have been 10ng-timecoUaborators.
Randlette, as co-producer, worked closely with
Cloninger to design sound scales and original
music. The end result, Cloninger says, is music
that reflects the cross-cultural context oftheir project.
Allegra Hinkle helped to expand the vision of
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Join tensofthousarxboflike-minded individuals from
labor unions, environmental organizations, and
student groups from around the world in a march
against }OO know who. You11 meander through the
streets of Seattle in high style and end up back at the
Seattle Center.
Accountability Day
am - 5:30pm
('",t·h""m'lne Lutheran
!·r".~,~t. Accountability: Who Rules?"
society teach·in featuring John Cavanaugh from
Institute for Policy Studies, Tony Clarke from the
Institute, and David Korten from the People-
Dee-O-Gee's Bakery
for Dogs
!0:00am
Memorial Stadium
'"The People's Rally," with speakers such as Vamlana
Shiva and john Sweeney (AFL·ClO President) and
inspiration by Sweet Honey in the Rock.
Doors open at 8.
Sponson>d by just about everybody.
eM.
Cloin ge r documentar y will premi er
on Dec. 2 at TESC.
th e film wilh her knowledge or tech nolo).,,}', digilal
cumposing and ~trurillrin g, Cluningl'r SJid
C1onillgl'r SJys tead lillg at EvergTl~n dClllaIld\
a lot of time frolll bcull y anel relers to il as "labor
intensive." However. th e phijosoplly Evergreen has
toward~ rollaboration and the encouragelTlent ofil.
allows faUllty tu mtnplcte proj(,cts Sllclt a ~. YOllr
Willing Power.
"t\t another ulliversil y, I'd haY(' ll ll lrl' lillll'·'
Cloninger said. bllt add\ tltal sh edul'~ n 'I knuw il site
would have the freedom
Your Willing Powrr is thl' rolllpletiun of a
journey fill ed with growth . Years ha ve given
Cloninger a greater understanding of what th e
Thaipucam festival means to her and to the people
who devote themselves to it.
Cloninger has delivered her tilrn, carrying it
much higher than 282 stairs, and you can experience
it through her vision Dec. 2, at 7p.m. in th e
Communications Building's Recital Hall.
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The TESC Siudent CD Project i\ once again
underway. Since 1980, Ihe projeci has sought Ollt
original student music and experimen tal sound for
an extravaga nza of aural deli gh t com posed,
produ ced, designed and released entirely by
students.
The disc is typically released in the latter pari
ofthe spring qllarter, which means that each ye:H,
the process of finding and selecting slud ent
material must be completed by the beginni ng of
winter quarter. This year's project aspires to
greatness with a double "enhanced" CD, includi ng
digital art and possibly short animation piec('~ in
addition to mu sic, spoken word and poelry
performance. The project hopes to represen l a
diverse sdection of work and encourages an),one
and everyone to subm il their ideas and delllm ,
regard less of slyle, subjecl , convent ionality. llf
techn ical soph istication.
The sll bmission proCl'" work, li ke this: YOII
creale a dem o lape or CD of 1'0 111' ~llItl llsi n (/
whatever re.sources are availabl~ 10 VOli. Thi\ LII~
be a record ing of any qua li ty as long as Ihe [><1 11 11
geLs across. Digil al art snllllw,sions should hL' I I II
CD·ROM. Zip disk, or Ilnppy. The delllos lnllsl he
submilted 10 Ihe CD projeci drop·box inl he Ml'di:1
Services area (lirst Iloorofllie library build ing) 110
laler Ihan Ihe Dec. 13 dead line (M onday 01" C\ ',il
week).
.
After all the su bmiss iull, are gathered. il i\
lime tilr Ihe selecl ion COllllll illee lu convene tor a
day ol"l islenillg an d el'a lu,ltion whereill every dl'IIIO
is rarl'iltlly scwi inizl'd. Ho\\,e\·er. as Ihere is a lilllil
10 hm\' much we can ge t nnl o a CD, not all
submissions are guaran teed it spot. The primary
task orthe selection cUJIlJllillee is 10 select a ero\\·
sec Iion or material that represents th e unique work
of siudents. The selection committee is NOT an
exclusive body and <lnybody inl eresled in being J
part or the ,ciec tion process is encouraged he
present at Ihe Jlleet ing (yct In be scheduled)
Afier Ihe sublllissions are selecled. artisl.s \\ ill
have Ihe opport un ilY to re("(lrd linal \wsiotlS 1)1
Iheir pierl's ill ih e Evrrgrel'n remrdillg sl udios.TIl\,
recordin g Sl'S\i nns will he halldled pi iUlarily hy
sl ude nl s in !'eln rtlllrlie ite's ,~v1llll il r ; ll"k
COlllposilion rl:tss. alld \\il ll. tkl' place ill eilhn the
o·l rack or Ihe ](j·trark silldio.;. de)!l'lIlling on llll'
lleeds or lhe individnal piece.1 (hll'l' IIll' pielT \ "r['
recorded and III iXl'd 10 everyhody's sa Ii sbet ion. Ihe
selecliollS will bl' Illasll'red a11l1 SC111 oilio Ihc \..Q
plant.
The CD project i.1 a greal 1(lrCC seckillg 10
expa nd Olylll pia's nliisical and arlistic heritage so
don'l delay. Slarl pulting together your rough
projl'CI de III os and lurning I hem In to lIS . We want
10 hl'a r your inn erm ost sorrow and/or si lli ness
poured oul 11Il tape or disc II I wo rd.s. lIl usi c, or
digil ally rend ered lud icro usness. \",'e dOIl 't carl'
what il is. Ivlu~ic/ Audiu submissiom shoul d not
be lIlu ch lo ngc'r than five minutes and digital art
pi c("e~ are limi tl'd to around SO megabytes.
The pruject needs all sorts ofassistance. Ifyou
arc interested in helping out with graphic deSign,
advert iSing, selling CDs, being on the selection
co mmitt ee , or have any questions about the
project, leave a message with Nick al x5848, drop a
note in the Student CD Project mail stop al S&A
on the third floor of the CAB(#7). Better yet, co me
to the weekly CD Project meeting every Monday at
I p.m. on the third floor of the CAB, in the sunken
lounge area.
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ClhE good, -CIte ]SAA....
and The Green
by Adam Louie
The Mighty Geoduck Basketball player~
will charge to courl next Tuesday, when th e
men's tealll battl e~ Casca de College on
Evergreen turf, and th e women tip off with
Ulliv('fsitl' of Puge t Sound ill Tacoma. But
putting the ball through the net is a fractioll of
what 's required for individual (Jlayer~.
.. It '~ goi ng to be challenging" said men 's
coach .Iohn Barbee. "We hd ve a tremendous Iv
difficult travel sclwdule ... because we have nin~
home games and seventeen on the road, and
some (Jlaces we're going to pia), some prett \'
good cOlllpetition.··
The IIll'lI\ teal ll will be Inaking trip~ tu
Califomia alld MOlltalla to take part in a lew
tournam ents. Barbee has been coachin o
Geoduck basketball since th e introductioll ~f'
the program three years ago. Despite the crazy
game schedule. he i ~ optlill ist ic about th l'
upcomlllg seaSOl1.
.. We haw eigh t ~ UI' \ !'l,t ul'lli ng. wh ich is prell y
ullcharaclcri st il . .. 11 m i~.l Yl'a 1"1-\ e·re seeing our
~('niors Itakl' till' l('ad('r~hip andl that's going
tn be valuable a asset 011 th e roacl."
Among other things, llarbee is also
excited aboul the growth orthe team itself. "I
think we'll put up some good numbers as far
as winning and losing," added Barbee. "I know
11'(,' 11 compete, and that's all you can ask for as
a coach, 1know we have the talent alld the work
ethic. we have all the intricate details it takes
and it should be a good year." Both men's and
women's teams have up to three games a week,
somt' of which aren't even in the same stales.
Bes id e~ traveling a lot, many players on both
by Brandon B. Wiggins
Evergreen and the surrounding
community are more than familiar with the
concept of the 'Greener.' What, however, is the
value judgment placed on the Greener
persona? In other words, is the Greener
perceived as a positive or negative element of
the community?
First off, the details as to what exactly
constitutes a Greener are not widely
understood. To briefly verify, the 'textbook'
definition of a Greener is one who attends The
Evergreen State College, however those close to
the source of the legendary Greener have a
more pointed definition. To put it subtly and
unnecessarily metaphorically, just as all bugs
are insects but not all insects are bugs, all
Greeners are enrolled at TESC but not all
enrolled at TESC are Greeners. This isn't
necessarily critical to a greater understanding
of the Greener's social validity, but it's part of
understanding the Greener in general.
Often the Greener is spoken of with levity,
suggesting that there is an assumed and
patronizing harmlessness to the Greener, a
breed whose political bark is worse, louder, and
more motivated than its demonstrative bite.
The implication being that the Greener is an
institution with uncontested breadth, but
maybe not much depth. Or at least that's what
the stereotype would suggest. And when you
The State Capital Museum will be host,
on
Nov.
27, to nationaUy renowned Etch-Aget right down to it, that's what the Greener is:
Sketch
master
artist, Gregory Hischak.
a character of the clientele Evergreen attracts.
The consensus, particularly among those who Hischak will demonstrate his abilities as part
are old enough to have been chronologically of the Opening Day activities at the State
legitimate hippies themselves, seems to be that Capitol Museum's new exhibit TOYS!
the Greener is a shallow, trivialized version of
TOYS! will display many classic
the hippie and the two should never be American toys including Barbie, Slinky,
interchanged or mistaken for one another. But Etch-A-Sketch, Lincoln Logs, and Tin toys of
Greeners are often thought of as the flower the 1930s and 40s.
children of those same former hippies who
Hischak, also a spoken word artist and
condemn the supposed triviality of the Seattle's 1999 Poetry Slam champ, will be the
Greener. You have to admit, the hyphenated cornerstone to other opening day activites
last names and phonetically spelled naturedescription first names are pretty common. Of
course there's nothing wrong with that. Not at
all. But the point is that stereotypes often exist
for a reason.
Similarly reflected in the common
consensus regarding the Greener is a being
brimming with enthusiasm and eagerness to
The Longhouse is hosting a FREE
introduce outside interests into, and eventually potl uck feast and cultural celebration this
count as, their own. This kind of enthusiasm Saturday evening, Nov. 20. Beginning at 4
is common for youth but the Greener's p.m., a special screening of "Mary Hillaire-A
enthusiasm is generally of a more directed
social and political motivation. So there is Lasting Vision" will be shown that chronicles
obviously a credibility associated with those the work of Hillaire, a Lummi tribal leader
causes, but conversely there is also the and Evergreen founder, who was
assumption that the Greener's interest in those instrumental in the creation of the
same social and political issues are shallow and Longhouse.
Scheduled next is a musical
more of a way to perpetuate the Greener
distinction than a genuine interest in solving performance by the Morning Star Intertribal
the ills of the modern world. But again that's Drum Group. At the same time, copies of the
the stereotype, so you have to keep that in mind ·book "J ust As I Am" will be signed author
when weighing these aspects of the public Ellen Dossett and photographer Carolyn
perception of the Greener.
Sherer. The book, described as both
Though this has only begun to scratch the inspirational and challenging, examines the
surface of the complex and riveting social role
of the Greener, the idea is that it's multi-faceted lives of 40 Americans with disabilities.
publiC perception is ingrained in the very
At 6 p.m. the potluck begins and
nature of the Greener. Certainly one could everybody digs in. The Longhouse will
argue that the Greener is largely defined and provide roasted elk and salmon to
its exi~tence legitimized by its outward compliment the dishes brought by guests.
appearance and resultant public perception.
The evening will round off, starting at
but t hat mig ht be min imiz ing the Gree ner ~jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii___iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii,
lifestyle. As a part of the campus though, it's I
probably best to just enjoy the splendor of the
Greener and look on in quiet awe.
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Opening Day of TOYS! is Saturday,
November 27, at 11 A.M. Hischak's Etch-ASketch demonstration begins at 2:30 P.M.
$12 and preregistration is required for the
toy making workshops. The State Capital
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7 p.m., with performances by the Makah
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Elaine Grinnell and by the native youth
theater group Red Eagle Soaring.
For further information the Longhouse
Education and Cultural Center at the
Evergreen State College can be reached at
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men's and women's tea ms are faced with
commitments .to both schoolwork and job~.
Practice and games take up at least 30 hours a
week and all team members must be fi.1l1-time
students in order to play.
Senior Wayne Carlisle says it's worth it
though ... Usually we take our work with us and
do it on our spare time. Our travel schedule is
(Jretly hectic but whell you want to play hard
enough, you find ways to get things done. "
Evergreen doesn't offer any kind of athletic
award to its players of any sport so many time ~
the athletes play just for the sake of playing.
without the lure of hanging onto a ~cholarship.
Sellior shooting guard Casey Jone s,
trall~ferred to Evergreen because John Barbee
was coaching here."1 knew he was a good guy,"
Jones said , "a nd I wanted to finish my last year
at a good program." He alld Barbee played at
the same junior colle!'l'.
Injury is also :1 bC lor in deCiding th l'
outrome of the seasoll and the womcn\ team
has aIrcady stlffer('d more t ha n ha If the play!'rs
hl various maladll".
"The key to the season is how our injuries
allert us," says women's coach Rick Ilarden.
"1f we have some [important I injuries than
we're going to become real thin and not nearl\'
as talented."
.
Harden is optilIlistic though. three
players arcireturnillg Iroln last year and the
team has been working well together.
"They play with a 101 of intensity and are
very sportsman-like," he said, .... .ifwe got all
nine play('r~ we will delinitely playa more uptempo game . We also got a lot of people that
shoot for three ... and if the ball's on the floor,
photo by Adam Louie
than were going to dive for it." The women's
team has nin!.' players on it. and five of thelll
are hurt.
Despite minor setbacks, the women's
team should be up and running in a couple of
weeks. "We've all been working hard this year,"
said senior, Jen May. "That's one thing about
the our team: we are a lot of very hard workers,
we're pretty determined, ·so we'll be back and
we're going to be tough." This is May's second
year playing for the Geoducks.
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tenacity
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fJh£ good, -Cne JS,JtA .•.
and The Green
by Adam louie
by Brandon B. Wi22ins
Evergreen and the surrounding
community are more than familiar with the
concept of the 'Greener.' What, however, is the
value judgment placed on the Greener
persona? In other words, is the Greener
perceived as a positive or negative element of
the community?
First off, the details as to what exactly
constitutes a Greener are not widely
understood. To briefly verify, the 'textbook'
definition of a Greener is one who attends The
Evergreen State College, however those close to
the source of the legendary Greener have a
more pointed definition. To put it subtly and
unnecessarily metaphorically, just as all bugs
are insects but not all insects are bugs, all
Greeners are enrolled at TESC but not all
enrolled at TESC are Greeners. This isn't
necessarily critical to a greater understanding
of the Greener's social validity, but it's part of
understanding the Greener in general.
Often the Greener is spoken of with levity,
suggesting that there is an assumed and
patronizing harmlessness to the Greener, a
breed whose political bark is worse, louder, and
more motivated than its demonstrative bite.
The implication being that the Greener is an
institution with uncl)ntested breadth, but
maybe not much depth. Or at least that's what
the stereotype would suggest. And when you
The State Capital Museum will be host,
on
Nov.
27, to nationally renowned Etch-Aget right down to it, that's what the Greener is:
a character of the clientele Evergreen attracts. Sketch master artist, Gregory Hischak.
The consensus, particularly among those who Hischak will demonstrate his abilities as part
are old enough to have been chronologically of the Opening Day activities at the State
legitimate hippies themselves, seems to be that Capitol Museum's new exhibit TOYS!
TOYS! will display many classic
the Greener is a shallow, trivialized version of
the hippie and the two should never be American toys including Barbie, Slinky,
interchanged or mistaken for one another. But Etch-A-Sketch, Lincoln Logs, and Tin toys of
Greeners are often thought of as the flower the 19305 and 40s.
children of those same former hippies who
Hischak, also a spoken word artist and
condemn the supposed triviality of the Seattle's 1999 Poetry Slam champ, will be the
Greener. You h~ve to admit, the hyphenated cornerstone to other opening day activites
last names and phonetically spelled naturedescription first names are pretty common. Of
course there's nothing wrong with that. Not at
all. But the point is that stereotypes often exist
for a reason.
Similarly reflected in the common
consensus regarding the Greener is a being
brimming with enthusiasm and eagerness to
The Longhouse is hosting a FREE
introduce outside interests into, and eventually potluck feast and cultural celebration this
count as, their own. This kind of enthusiasm Saturday evening, Nov. 20. Beginning at 4
is common for youth but the Greener's p.m., a special screening of "Mary Hiliaire-A
enthusiasm is generally of a more directed Lasting Vision" will be shown that chronicles
social and political motivation. So there is
the work of Hillaire, a Lummi tribal leader
obviously a credibility associated with those
and
Evergreen founder, who was
causes, but conversely there is also the
assumption that the Greener's interest in those instrumental in the creation of the
same social and political issues are shallow and Longhouse.
Scheduled next is a musical
more of a way to perpetuate the Greener
distinction than a genuine interest in solving performance by the Morning Star Intertribal
the ills of the modern world. But again that's Drum Group. At the same time, copies ofthe
the stereotype, so you have to keep that in mind . book "Just As I Am" will be signed author
when weighing these aspects of the public Ellen Dossett and photographer Carolyn
percept ion of the Greener.
Sherer. The book, described as both
Though this has only begun to scratch the inspirational and challenging, examines the
surface of the complex and riveting social role
lives of 40 Americans with disabilities.
of the Greener, the idea is that it's multi-faceted
At 6 p.m. the potluck begins and
public perception is ingrained in the very
nature of the Greener. Certainly one could everybody digs in. The Longhouse will
argue that the Greener is largely detlned and provide roasted elk and salmon to
its existence legitimized by its outward compliment the dishes brought by guests.
The evening will round off, starting at
appearance and resultant publiC perception,
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Fall Celebration
at Longhouse
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Olympia" La'1Jest Independent Boobtore
Since 1973
We are your locally
owned and operated
"community"
record store
that will include a Slinky race and toy making
workshops.
Opening Day of TOYS! is Saturday,
November 27, at 11 A.M. Hischak's Etch-ASketch demonstration begins at 2:30 P.M.
$12 and preregistration is required for the
toy making workshops. The State Capital
Museum is located at 211 West 21st Avenue
in the South Capital neighborhood. For
further information call 753-2580.
Student Discount
10(Yt) Off New Texts
7 p.m., with performances by the Makah
Tribe's Hottowe Family Dancers, storyteller
Elaine Grinnell and by the native youth
theater group Red Eagle Soaring.
For further information the Longhouse
Education and Cultural Center at the
Evergreen State College can be reached at
866-6000 x6718
The Mighty Geod uck Basketball players
will charge to court next Tuesday, when the
men's leam balti C' s Cascade College on
Evergreen turf, and the women tip otl with
Ulliversil,l' of Puget Sound ill Tacoma. But
putting the ball through the net is a Iraction of
what's required for individual players.
"It\ going to be challenging" said men 's
coach John Barbee. "We have a tremelldously
difficul t travel schedule ... because we have nine
home ga mes and seventeen on the road, and
some places we're going to pia), some pretll'
good competiti on."
The III(," 'S t('allJ will be n)aking Irips tu
Calitorlli:1 and Mont"na to take part in a few
tournaments. Barbe e has been coaching
Geodu ck baskrtball since the introduction or
the progra m three years ago. Despite the craz),
game sch edllk he i, optJlJlisti c about th e
upcunnng seasoll.
"We have eight ~ u \'s rl'tuflJing. which is prett ),
unchar:JC terist il . .. tlll~ i~ J Yl'ar ~ e're seei ng our
seniors [take tile I ('adl' r~hip and I that's going
to uevaillable a as'l' t on th e road ."
Among ot her thing s, I>arbee is also
excited about the growth orthe team itself'. "I
think we'll put up some good numbers as far
as winning and losing," added Barbee. "I know
we'll compete. and that 's all you can ask for as
a coach. 1know we h:1ve the talent and the work
ethic. we have all the intricate details it takes
and it should be a good year. " Both men's and
women's teams have up to three games a week,
some of which aren't even in the same states.
Besides traveling a lot. many players on both
men's and women's teams are faced with
commitments to both schoolwork and jobs.
Practice and games take up at least 30 hours a
week and all team members must be full-time
st udents in order to play.
Senior Wayne Carlisle says it's worth it
though . "Usually we take our work with us and
do it on our spare time. Our travel schedule is
pretty hectic but when you want to play hard
enough. you find ways to get things dont'."
Evergreen doesn 't offer any kind of athletic
award to its players of any sport so many times
the athletes play just for the sake of playing,
without th e lure of hanging onto a scholarship.
Senior shooting guard Casey JOlles,
trall ~ferrC'd to EvergreC'n becJuse Johll Baruee
was coaching here. "I knew he was a good guy,"
Jones said. "and I wanted to finish my last year
at a good program. " He and Barbee playC'd at
the sa ille junior co ll e!!l' .
Injur y is aho a fa ctor in dC'ciding th e
out come of the season and the women's team
has already suffered more IhalJ halfth e playrrs
I,) various maladi l'~.
"The key to the season is how our injuries
affect liS: ' says women's coach Rick Hard en.
"I f we havr some [important I injuri es than
we're going to become rea l thin and not nearlv
as talented."
.
Harden is optimistic though, thrcr
players are returning ti'om last year and the
team has been working well together.
'They play with a lot of intensity and are
very sportsman-like," he said, ".. .if we got all
nine players we will definitely playa more uptempo game. We also got a lot of people that
shoot tor three ... alld ifthr ball's on the noor,
than were going to dive for it." The women's
team has nine players on it, and five of them
are hurt.
Despite minor setbacks, the women's
team should be up and running in a couple of
weeks. "We've all been working hard th is year,"
said senior, Jen May. "That's one thing about
the our team: we are a lot of very hard workers,
we're pretty determined, .~o wc'll be back and
we're going to be tough ." This is May's second
year playing for the Geoducks.
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9 p.m.- The Red Violin
19th- 7 p.m- WTO discussion wi Dan Leahy
9 p.m. - The Big One
20th- BACKSTAGE: Huffy, JED
21st-24th: Julien Donkey-Boy & Citizen
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25th-27th: Gone with the Wind added to the
lineup.
28th-1st: Blad: Cat. White Cat & Where is
the Friend 's Home '?
Workshop: "What is Case ManagemcntT
facilitated by Liz Nyman, Director of
Evergreen's Health and Counseling Center. HUh- The Paperhoys @ the 4th Ave. Tavern.
In LIB 2118, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Starts @ 9 p.m. $8 advance
$10 @ the door.
Communications Buildings Winter Quarter 19th- Hafacat , Misery Seed, The Lesbians,
2000 Production Proposal Deadline must
& Ruga @ The Midnight Sun. Starts @
be submitted by the end of Week 9,
8:30 p.m. $4.
December 3, 1999. Packets available
20th- The Ritz & Kung Fu @The 4th Ave.
outside of Communication Building Room Tavern for $4. 21 +, starts @ 9 p.m.
303A.
- Static: Sights &Sounds from the Northwest
Underground. Performers are: salvia, atone,
amazia, marshia, jahschwa, philly g, & lue.
Starts @ 10 p.m. @ The Metropolis, $5.
All events held @ thc Capitol Theater.
- Drag For Revolution: A benefit for Direct
Call 754-6670 for times.
Action Against the WTO. 7:30 p.m. @ The
Midnight Sun, $3-$ \0 sliding scale.
18th- 6:30 p.m.- The Man Who Drove
2lst- Sainte: Cup of Tea - 7 p.m @ The
Mandela
Capital Playhouse. Advanced ticket sales,
FREE MUSIC: Therefore
call 357-7800.
EARN captures its own kind of turkey.
26th- Bloody Hard Core Night : Dead and
Gone, The Hoodw inks, Razed, Phalax, &
Last uf the Juani. @ the Midnight Sun,
9 p.m.
20th- Middle Eastern Rhythm Workshop
@the Yelm Dance Shoppe from 1-4 p.m .
Photo by Brandon Beck
For more information call: Kashani@ 360459-3694 or Berube@turbotek.net .
28th- Downtown Olympia for the Holidays: Noon-2:30 p.m.- entertainment, pies
wi Santa @Washington Center, & Wagon
Rides @ Sylvester Park. 3 p.m.- Santa
Parade. 4 p.rn.- singing christmas tree &
tree lighting ceremony.
The Bike Shop is a The Bike Shop is a place where you can come fix your bicycle with tools provided by the shop. Schedules fur their hours are posted in the CAB and the Library. For more information call Murphy or Scott
atx6399.
EARN works to promote awareness about animal rights & vegetarianism on and offcampus. Meetings are on Wednesdays@4:30p. m. in Longhouse 10078. Contact Briana Waters or Deirdff Coulter@ x6555.
Fmergency Response Team (ERT) is a student run team that is trained in advanced First Aid and Urban Search and Rescue in pffparation for a disaster or emergency. It meets on Mondays @ 5:30 p.m. in the Housing
Community Center. Contact Ian Maddaus for more info: ert@elwha.evergreen.edu.
ERC is an environmental resource center for political and ecological information concerning local bioregional and global environmental issues. Meetings are Wednesdays@3 p.m. in U B3500. Call Kassey at x6784, 3rd floor
ofCAB building for info.
The Evergreen Medieval Society is Evergreen's branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism. They meet Tuesdays@ 5 p.m. CAB 320 couch area. For info caU Amy Loskota x64 12.
Evergreen Students fur Christ meets Mondays @ 7 p.m. in LIB 2219 for Bible study and discussion on, activism.
The Evergreen Swing Oub welcomes ANYONE who is interested in dancing to join lIS for free weekly lessons. We provide a place to learn and practice both East Coast and Lindy swing. Meetings are Tuesdays@7p.m. in LIB
1000 (1st floor lobby), and@2p.m.Saturdaysin the HCC. Contact David or Ahniwax687!l for info.
Film This I-Iands-Dn Filmmaking, Film Forum, and visiting artist. Meetings are every Wednesday 3-5 p.m. in Lab 11047. Contact Will Smith@867-!JS!J!i or e-mail him@: film_this@hotrnail.comfor mOff information.
The Gaming Guild is Evergreen's Resource for computee, video, board, card & role playing. games, as well as the fandom surrounding those activities.
Meeting times are Thursdays@7p.m. in UB lOOO. Contact Mog: the mon@bigfoot.comorKuo: kuonoji@404error.com.x6036.
Jewish Cultural Center: strives to create an open community for Jews and others inteffsted on the Evergreen campm. Meetings are 2 p.rn. ill CAB 320 in j.Cc. CaUSamuel or Dayla @x64!J3 ifintert:sted.
Middle East Resource Center strives to provide all academic resource alld cultural connections to students and the l'ommunity at large. They meet on
Monday 5:30 p.m. -7 p.m. Contact YousofFahoum 352-7757 for info.
Native Student Alliance is committed to building cross-cultural awareness to better conceptualize how people from diverse ethnicity can stand together with other
indigenous groups. They meet Mondays @ noon in the third floor of the CAB. Call Megan or Corinne@x6105 for info.
The Ninth Wave:. The Evergreen Ce1ticCulturalI.eague is dedicated to exploring and transmitting cultural traditions ofthe greater Celtic Diaspora. Meetings are
2103 Harrison Ave.
Wednesdays in US 3402@2 p.m. For info call x6749 or email@http//:192.211.l6.30/usersVrnabus/ecdlrames.html.
Open 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.
Peer Health AdvocacyTeam (pHAT) is committed to providing health information and resources to Evergreen's student population. Their meetings will be held at
Tues - Sat
5:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the 3rd floor of the CAB. We are looking for new volunteers to carry us into the new year. For more info call joanna laTorre Iluribut
or Becca Giffen at x6724.
Open Sun - Mon
Percussion Gub seek~ to enhance percussive life at Evergreen. It meets Wednesdays@7p.m. in the Longhouse. Call Cloud or Elijah at x6879 for info.
tilg p.m .
Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Education (SHAPE) offers resources, plans events, and educates about the prevention of sexual violence/ assault @
Evergreen and within the larger community. l"ey meet Mondays@ 3:30. For more information caU at x6724 or stop by the office in the third floor of the CAB.
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Slightly West is Evergreen's official literary arts mag;vjne. Meetings are Wednesdays 1:30 p.m. . 2:30 p.m., and office hours are 12 p.In. -4 p.m. Call xfiR7!l, or go to the
come in and
3rd floor of CAB to find out more.
study
The Student Activities Board is a student group responsihle for the alh.ation of student fees. Meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 4· (i p.m. eet in touch with joe
Groshong for infu. ·
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Student Arts Coundl specializes in all art and fun shows. Meetings held Wednesdays@4p.m.inthepitofthe3rdfl. ( J\II.Get in touch with L~llIra M(Klrex()412or in
Vegan and
the S&J\ office for inh
Vegetarian
Students For Free Tibet meets Wed nesdays@ 1 p.m. ill Ub 2221. Contact Lallrey at x0493 for more infimnation.
Choices
Umoja (a Swahili word fur Unity) attempts to capture the interest of the Evergret:n commu nity who are of Africa II descl'llt. -nll'ir pUfjxlse is to (wate a place in the
Evergreen ((]InlTlunity which teaches and provides activiti~s fill' African-A merican students at Evergreen. Meetings are@ J:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in CJ\B 320. Call
x(i781 for info.
Union ofStudent Workers seeks to create and maintain a voice of coUective support fllr student workers. Meetings are Wednesday@:1 p.m. in 1.2220. Info: Steve or
Rollin x609K
Women ofColor Coalition seeks to create a space Ihat is free of racism, sexism, homophobia, dassisrn.
xenophobia. and all forms ofoppression, so we can work collectively 011 issues that wncen] womell of
color. Meetings are the lst & 3rd Tuesday of every mont h (ry 3:30.
Ca ll Fatema or Teresa@ x 6006 for more informalioll.
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