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Ari Hornick, a graduating senior, juggles three sledge hammers while
sporting a "Hellcatz" cap.
See the stories of other graduating seniors on pages 18 - 20
Senior juggles his sanity
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by Ashley Shomo
Managing editor
Ari Hornick is counting the days until he
leaves for New York this summer to begin his
graduate studies.
He spent three long years at Evergreen
hammering out his education and the only
thing that's kept him going is his determination
to; "getthe job to make the difference."
He cares about the environment and the
community. Specifically, Ari wants to work in
environmental justice - a blend of
environmental law, racism, pollution,
resources, and other environmental issues that
concern the community. For example. his work
might include stopping toxic dumps in black
neighborhoods.
He also works with multiple student
groups, but doesn't give much of his time to
"flamboyant activism." Despite the flack his
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friends give him, he feels his efforts should go
to his'school work.
"This is my direct action - I'm going to
do homework. n
Ari spends an average of60 hours a week
working on his degree. And, since his arrival
at Evergreen in '96, he's taken "16 credits a
quarter, 4 quarters a year. "
"I've made a career out ofbeing a student.
I'm ready to retire to the Caribbean."
His first year at Evergreen was his
favorite. He began with a dose of Foundations
in Natural Science (2 quarters) and went on to
a lovely quarter of Biogeochemistry. He then
spent the summer basking in 16 upperdivision chemistry credits.
"I"had so much energy for school. It was
so fun.
He laughed about it.
see ARI on page 5
The 13 minute taped speech by jailed
activist and convicted murderer Mumia AbuJamal divided this year's graduation.
There are rumors some students will hide
air horns under their graduation gowns. Other
rumors have members of the graduating class
and audience walking out during the tape.
Steve Huntsberry, director of Police
Services, worries that, if a large number of
people try to leave and return in such a short
period of time, there will be logistical and
safety issues. He suggests if people want to
show their objection to the speech they turn
around instead of trying to make their way
through the crowd expected to be anywhere
from five to 10 thousand thick.
Huntsberry says, as usual, all available
Police Services officers will be at graduatiolJ.lf
(hat is not enough to handle whatever
situations may arise. Huntsbcrry says he can
call for additional officers from the Thurston
County Sheriff's Office_
Huntsberry doubts the back-up will be
needed though. "I don 't anticipate any overt
displays, I don't see riots, I don '( see any major
stuff going on,"
Police Services officers will respond to
situations that obstruct the ceremony from
continuing, including noise-makers. "[We'll]
try to do it as unobtrusively as possible , tr y to
react to the behavior. "
Vice-president of student affairs Art
Costantino, who Huntsberry answers to, says
he's spoken to the parties on both sides of the
Abu-Jamal controversy. His message to those
in support and those opposed to the speech is
the same: Deliver your message without
disturbing the ceremony.
One of those people with a message to
deliver is Maurine Faulkner, widow of the
police officer Abu-Jamal is convicted of killing.
She informed Evergreen of her plans to
attend graduation with a picture of the late
Daniel Faulkner. She assured Huntsberry she
doesn't want to disrupt the ceremony, only to
talk to those interested in learning her view on
the situation.
Faulkner told Craig Mclaughlin, director
of college relations, she plans to place an ad in
this Sunday'S Olympian urging people to voice
their opposition to Abu-Jamal's speech.
McLaughlin says he has also been
contacted by the ABC news-style program 20/
20. He says 20/20 may be interested in
continuing their coverage of the Abu-Jamal
case by attending graduation,
The rotunda ofthe Seminar building will
act as a press-room graduation day and
Mclaughlin says he's preparing for TV camera
crews in Evergreen's McCann Circle.
Costantino
remembers
other
controversial graduations. Not long ago a
speech by jailed activist and convinced
murderer Leonard Peltier was read as the key
note for graduation. "Every particular
graduation has pieces of it we may want to deal
with," says Costantino.
He says so far he doesn't see anything that
looks like an unusual problem. "At this point
we're assuming our Police Services will be
emcient in handling the ceremony, as they have
been in the past."
Costantino says he has faith in the
behavior of Evergreen students. "By the time
Evergreen students graduate they've heard the
message of civility."
But he adds that with all the excitement
around this year's graduation there is call for
security concern , "All the things you think
about when you plan for a major event, you
think about more carefully , more thoroughly,"
he says.
"At least at this point we feel we've taken
adequate steps," he says adding, that he's
willing to take additional measures if they are
called for.
"Demonstrations during our graduation,
by the way, are nothing new,» he remarks
quickly,
,Who )fa gonna vote for?
Whatcha gonna vote for?
by Greg Skinner
Staff writer
If you don't read the short bia's at the end
of this article (see page 5) or have the good
fortune to personally know the candidates on
the ballot for students to the presidential
search committee you'll have no obvious way
to find out who ir is you are expected to trust
with your interests in the search for the next
president ofThe Evergreen State College,
Don't worry, you're not alone.
Ross Hutchenson, had no idea that he
was nominated or on the election ballot.
Hutchenson's first question when he found out
during the elections, was "what will I be
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expected to do?"
Phyllis Lane, dean of student academic I
support services, whose office set up the i
election, explained Hutchenson's inclusion to i
the ballot. "Rather than err and not include '
someone, we included him anyway, n Lane said. :
The problem is, whoever nominated ,
Hutchenson did not include his number, so he :
was not contacted.
The CPJ got Hutchenson's number from
Registration with one quick phone call.
The troubles don't end there. Another
student is on the ballot as an undergrad, but
in just nine days that student will graduate. The
see ELECTION on page 5
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POLICE BEAT
Friday, 5/28/99
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Saturday, 5/29/99
June 4, 5, and 6. Olympia Earth First! will be
hosting a direct action camp a" weekend at Goat
Mountain in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Learn how to climb trees with ropes, set
up road blockades, tripods, map and compass
orientation, forest first aid, and nonviolence
training. Romp around the woods while learning
civil disobedience skills. Carpools are leaving
Value Village Friday at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Saturday at 9 a.m., noon, and 5 p.m., and
Sunday.
For more info, please call 866·7630 or
write ayeray03@elwha.evergreen.edu
ASSISTANCE REQUEST
The Evergreen State College
Office of the President - L 3109
It's almost here again. Mark your calendars
for Friday, June 11. Graduation will be held in Red
Square, rain or shine. The Enrollment Services staff
need your assistance with the many tasks required
to support this huge event. I hope you will volunteer
to: assist with the setup (stage, chairs, etc .) usher,
help keep the aisles clear, hand out programs, drive
a van, or to serve at the reception following the
ceremony, which lasts for about an hour. Assisting
in one of these roles can be a rewarding way to be
part of the festivities.
If you would like to help, please contact
Andrea Coker-Anderson (x6180, e-mail
cokera@evergreen.edu) or Michele Elhardt (phone
x6310, e·mail elhardtm@eyergreen,edul . Thanks for
your consideration.
Fall quarter registration Is fast
approaching. We want to alert you to some
changes for fall quarter, 1999, so that you
can plan for a successful and rewarding
academic year.
Registration and Records have made
some changes to the registration process to
help smooth the start of each quarter and to
help students on wait lists find a place
earlier. In addition, the College is preparing
to install a new Student Records System,
which will change registration and other
College procedures for students. Although it
will take nearly two years before this new
system is up and running, the school is
beginning now to make adjustments to the
current processes to get ready for the new
system.
Here are some important changes for
September 1999:
NEW REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Registration must be completed before
classes begin which means that the last day
to register without a late fee will be Friday,
September 24. Registration will be in person
and over the phone beginning September 20
to 22 and in person only as of September 23
and 24. Please note that Registration will be
closed on Thursday,
September 23 from
9 am to 1 pm.
Registration will
reopen at 1 pm.
HOUSING, PAY AND PROFIT
FOR LIVE-IN ASSIST~T/GHOST WRITERIWEB WIZARD
LATE FEE CHANGE
Late Registration
begins on the first
day of the quarter,
Monday, September
27 and requires
faculty signature
and payment of a
$50 late fee for a
first registration for
the quarter. You will
not be assessed a
late fee for
changes.
to develop ideas and products that will:
Revolutionize capitalism/Eliminate poverty and greed/Give
hope to all beingslRestore the environment/Encourage positive
human interaction/Supply the means for self-awareness/
Support the means for self-healing
*Create ways to turn a profit from honesty, trust and love*
I spend much of my time struggling to let go of my conditioning ...
to get in touch with my inner self and change my life-style ... I
can no longer do what I once could ... I often think too seriously
about death ... yet I have these lucid moments where spirit opens
thoughts of how we, as a peorle can turn the tables on the
capitalists and get them to pay for restructuring the system. I
kindle a vision within me that we, as autonomous individuals,
can join together and work towards social change that will
attenuate the financial and class gaps that have entrenched us
in this currently failing system.
TUITION DEADLINE
CHANGE
Tuition will be due
prior to the quarter
.beginning on
Wednesday,
September 22 by
3:45 pm.
VISIT ME AT www.hear2us.net AND THEN
For t.hose who find t.his a stimulating and aspiring opport.unity
I offer the following :
Occupy 2/3 of my home with all utiliti es paid. Full use of a
computer system with high-speed access and ot.her amenities.
$200.00/week allowance , 10% commission fl''lm any cash flow
from my ideas, and you pay me 10% from any profit from your
ideas.
Goals: Start an internet business/write a book/feel better/eat
right/quit smoking/get. involved
Requirements: Accept disabled, HIV+. anxious, lonely, male,
54 using urine, ozone, herbs , vitamin s and injecting
homeopat.hics t.o maintain an otherwise healthy existence.
Just as during
the 98-99 academic
year, the faculty
may drop students
who register for a
program or course,
but do not attend
the .ffrst class
meeting.
If you need
assistance with
academic planning,
please contact our
Academic Advising
Office, Library
CONTACT ME AT kevin2s@hear2us.net
Bottomline, I am hoping for someone(s) to, in essence, hold me
until the fear in me subsides.
P.S . I live in a really neat custom home (westside)
s urrounded by flowers , vegetable garden, fruit t.rees, firs,
ponds, a gazebo and lots of QUIET.
Cooper Point Journal
1401, 866-6000, x
6312.
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June 3, 1999
The purpose of this memo Is t .o gather
your opinion about when the college
observes the Veteran's Day Holiday for the
year 2000. Please read this background and
then follow the Instructions for how to
respond with your preferred choice.
Each year institutions have the option
to determine a holiday schedule and
designate other days to be observed in lieu
of the statutory dates identified in WAC 25122-040. The final decision to request an "in
lieu of' holiday is a management decision. In
order to provide the campus community with
an extra day during Christmas, the college
has historically chosen to designate
Christmas Eve as a holiday "in lieu of'
Veteran's Day. Traditionally, the college has
recognized veterans on November 11 but the
holiday is observed on December 24.
The Local 443 union representatives
have asked management to restore the
official Veteran's Day holiday to November
11. We want your input about this change to
help determine the holiday schedule for the
calendar year 2000.
We are surveying students by paper
and through advertisements in the Cooper
Point Journal. Students can return their
response to Kathy Dean, Library 3127 by
Monday, June 7.
Identify your choice:
• Friday, November 10, 2000 (falls on
Saturday)
Or
• Friday, December 22, 2000 (falls on
Sunday)
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0224 Traffic - Verbal warning issued for defective equipment
1315 Theft - Of passport
2010 Traffic - Vehicle booted in C·lot
Tuesday, 6/01/99
Thursday, 5/27/99
2 Jumpstarts
4 Escorts
1300 Traffic - Vehicle booted in F-Iot
1338 Theft - Of cell phone
1445 Sex Off. - Indecent exposure on the beach trail
1530 Theft - Person caught shoplifting in the bookstore
1900 Traffic - Boot placed on vehicle in C-Iot
1209 Theft - Guitar stolen from the Comm building
1910 Traffic - Vehicle booted in C-Iot
2213 Traffic· Verbal warnings
2355 Traffic - Verbal warning
More
nudity
on
beach
Thursday
afternoon
SAFEPLACE
Safeplace's Believe in Magic 1999
Annual Benefit Auction will be held June 19
at Indian Summer Country Club beginning at
5 pm. Tickets are $50 including admission
and gourmet dinner. The annual auction is
our largest fund-raiser of the year and our
goal for this year's auction is $45,000.
Among the many Items up for bid are
getaways to Chateau Victoria, Anderson
house at Oro Bay, Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas,
Cavanaughs, lunch with Governor and Mrs.
Locke at the Executive Mansion, meals at
the Inn At The Market, Spirit of Washington
Murder Mystery Dinner Train, tickets for the
Fifth Avenue Theater, signed Mariners
baseballs, cruises, artwork, jewelry,
software, designer clothing, and an Infinite
variety of gift certificates.
This year's raffle Item is four days,
three nights at the Hotel Plaza In Mazatlan,
Mexico. Round trip airfare is provided by
Alaska Airlines. Tickets are $1 each,
available at Twin County Credit Union's
Olympia Branch, or Safe place business
office, 3·1 4 Legion Way downtown Olympia;
you need not be present to win.
Safeplace is the only rape relief
center and women's shelter in Thurston
County. We are a private nonprofit
organization and our mission Is to empower
our community to end domestic and sexual
violence and oppression.
For Information, tickets, or Item
donation, please call the business office at
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A woman was sitting
on a log at the Evergreen
beach when she spotted a
man sitting in a chair with
his back to her. At the time
he was wearing a shirt. Not
long later the man disrobed
and walked directly in front of
her.
The
woman
felt
uncomfortable and decided to
leave the beach. As she walked to the trail
leading away from the beach the man said
something she didn't understand.
The man is described as around six
feet tall, between 45 and 60 years old, white,
and with short brown hair.
The woman reported the incident to
Police Services.
h as
passport
stolen
Monday night
Astudent from Japan left his passport,
cash card and about $20 in a pouch on hi s
kitchen table. The next day it was missing.
He had left his front door unlocked.
He called Police Services, canceled th e
cash card , and contacted the Japanese
Consulate in Seattle.
Shop,1i er
cau ht,
to come
back
Thursday afternoon
An employee of the Evergreen Bookstore
spotted a woman putting an empty battery
package back on the shelfbehind two other battery
packs. The employee confronted the woman and,
after a few minutes, the woman admitted she had
taken the batteries, which cost $2.49.
She gave the batteries back.
When Police Services arrived they took they
employee's statement and transported the
shoplifter to the Police Services office.
She was read her Miranda Rights warning.
She signed a statement that she understood those
rights and then invoked them; refusing to speak
to the police.
She was issued a criminal citation and a
criminal trespassing warning stating she is no
longer welcome ina the TESC Bookstore. She said
she understood the warning.
Cooper
Journal
Student's
really nice
guitar stolen
Saturday night
After giving a performance in the
Communication building's Recital Hall a
student had his guitar stolen.
Unfortunately it happened to be a
$1500, 1950's Gibson jazz guitar with a
special pick-up and fretboard.
It seems after the performance he
left the instrument in the prop room and
when he returned the instrument was
misSing.
He searched the room and spoke
with everyone in his class but the guitar
was gone.
He reported the incident to Police
Services.
NEWS
The Biodiesel Production
Facility's Grand Opening
by Amy Best
Contributing writer
The gra nd-opening open-house of our
blodiesel production facility at The Motor Pool
un Wednesday, june 9 at 2p.m. represent .1
\\ :!s hington stat e's first renewable
;'~fI('lIllt~rally-based fuel production la cilit ).
-\ nl and all students, fa cultl·. and emp l oyee~
IIlIen'sted in sustalilable li villg. environmenta l
\(,(('Il ce. and/or alternative transportation are
"II " lllraged to attend thi s Illultimedi a
pre\('ntat ioll and disc ussion.
1)lo dir se l is a petroleulII diese l
reptal'cment (or additive) der ived from th e
rl'al'l illn of \'egetabll' oil or animallats with
meth ,1 11 0l 3nd lyl' It is non -toxic,
biodegradabl e. tar less polili ting. ~3 fe r to store
and handle , and does Ililinegatively aftect the
who helped this year.
"I am ofthe opinion that my life belongs
to the community, and as long as I live, it is my
privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to
be thoroughly used up when I die, for the
harder 1 work, the more I lite. Life is no 'brief
candle' to me. II is a sort of'splendid torch
which I hape got hold of lor .1 moment, and I
want to make it burn as brightly as possible
before hillidillfl it 0 11 to lilt lire ~elleratiolls. "
-George Bernard Shall'
III between college iiiI' and the realll'urld ,
there is a little place where yo u ca n't dec ide
what to do with yourself. The options at this
point vary depending UpOIi wha t kind offi.ilure
interest an indil'idual has. but everyone has to
pick a directlonlillriy soo n. \O lllt people mak l'
the choice to travel. som(' enter careerlall d.
~ome go home. whatever the choicL'. there are
a plethora of opti ons. O Ii P alternatiw that
III a ny dOIl 't know about is )oi II ing Ame ri cor ps
This graS\roob national service program is ;!
snperh wa\' to lill ill th e transition period
hetwe en schoo l ;lIld li fe . Amcri corps can
hCIIl'lit wallderillg scholars in a I'ariety of ways
that all entail th e in cor poration 01 va luabl e lift·
skills.
One of the thin gs abo llt Evergreen 's
curriculum that attr;lcts studenl.s is the variety
of offering\ involvin g community
involvement. Some environlllcntal studies
classes do work transplantlli g hom oge nous
trees and shrub. a Humanities class called
"Extraordinary People, Ordinary Lives" has
students volunteer community service for
winter quarter, and th ere are a variety of
opportunities for community -based
internships. When someone walks down our
aisle into careerland, they start with a sense of
community that allows them to begin life with
cultural sensitivity. This theme is engrained in
the minds of students from their first year at
Evergreen because being here means working
CAB 316, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505
Volume 29 • Number 29
June 3, 1999
News
Staff Writ ers,' Saab Lofton,Josh Manning,
Trevor Pyle
Contributing Writers,' Amy Best, Djuna
Davidson, Aschleigh Jensen - Eldridge,
Sandra Loewe, Chad Park, Sean Rogers, Kelly
Russell
Sraff Photograph ers. Aaron Cansler, Nichol
Everf'tt
Letters & Opillions Editor. David Simpson
Copy Editors, Jen Blackford & Mikel Reparaz
Comics Page Editor: Jason Miles
Calendar Editor. Staff
Newsbriefs Editor. Whitney Kvasager
Seepage Editor. Staff
Sports Editor. Jef Lucero
Sys tems Manager.' Tak Kendrick
Layout Editors. Michael Selby & Quynh Le
Photo Edito r,' Aaron Cansler
Features Edi tor.' Whitney Kvasager
Arts & En tertainmen t Editor. Nick Challed
Manag ing Editor. Ashley Shomo
Editor in Chief Mat Probasco
Business
Business Manager: Amber Rack
Assistant Business Manager: Carrie Hiner
Advertising Representative. Alicia Webber
Ad Designer. Tan-ya Gerrodette
Circulation Man ager: Joanna LaTorre Hurlbut
Distribution Manager.' Ben Kinkade
Ad Proofer.· Ben Kinkade
Advisor: Dianne Conrad
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oppression, open alternate avenues of
education and maintain a high ethic of service.
Evergreen is all about developing community
and developing self through community. One
Evergreen graduate and Americorps mentor
makes a direct correlation between the two
educational paths: Kelly O'Neil sags that, "To_
me, Americorps is Evergreen." She makes.this
distinction partially because of Americorps
three main objectives: member development.
community strength and getting things done.
Members participate in first aid and CPR
training, AIDS/ HIV information, personal
development workshops and volunteer
management preparation. All of these
activities are valuable in personal and
pro re ~"o nal life, and beside \, brin g
ed uc:!li ll nal. arl' hill beca usl' they IIII'ol\'e til l'
gathering of intelligent. indep endent.
commnnity-aware personalities. A llI ericorp~
work~ with the mission of creatlll !!
".. .opport un iti es for yo ung people to lise th eir
('ne rg), and ide ;ilism to make a positive
difference in their communitv. " In order for
ollr gellcration to build a IIIche ill society. the
program feeds its members this variety of lite
skilb. The goal IS to use service as a solution
for comlTlunit y mel!1bers ill need of assistance.
The program helps people by providing
services such as une-Oll-Olle and sma ll gro up
tutorin g , coordination and facilitation of
familv activities that promote hea ltl1\'
Ili terac lions , llut reac h and dir ec t service
programs for the homeless and the creation of
recreational as wrll as mentoring opportunities
for youth. Americorps works to create a solid
sense of community through community
involvement for its members and the families
they assist.
As a member of Americorps in the
Washington area. there are three separate
avenues one can walk down. Posts are available
on the Human Needs Team, the Education
Team and the Wash ington Reading Corps.
Each team deals with separate specifics, but the
same general theme of improving community.
I personally am not an Americorps member,
but I have completed two internships at
Evergreen through Washington Reading
Corps. The time I spent as an intern was the
most invaluable investment of my life. Igave a
small part of my time and energy towards
developing the reading skills of children in
grades 3-6 and now am finishing this year
feeling lTlore fulfilled than ever before in my
lite. I was able to give the children I worked
with
co nfiden ce.
determination ,
enco ura ge ment and friendship. Now I am
rewarded with the knowledge that I was able
to contribute to the evolution of these young
minds. Internships at elementary schools
across this county can be accessible to any
student through the coordination of YOllrself,
the APEL office and Washington Readi ng
Corps. To inquire about internships through
Americorps,just go down to APELand sign up
for a walk in conference. There are books in
the hall direct ly across from the office that
detail available internships and can be viewed
at any time during the day. There is also a
computrr database accessible throu gh the
counseling office that is more up to date.
Whether you are interested in becoming
and Americorps member or acting as an intern
through an Americorps program, the
satisfaction of helping serve your community
remains, and the rewards are endless.
To inquire about Americorps positions.
individuals can contact the follOWing:
Human Needs Team Coordi nator
Karly Nelson
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Education Team Coordinator
Jessica Vavrus
x625
Washington Reading Corps Coordinator
Barbara Westig ext. 632
There is also a website available that can offer
information for individual s interes ted III
pursuing environment al positi ons th ro ugh
Americorps:
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ELECTION
Transition? What do I do with that?
engine, In fact, while running in any
unmodified diesel engine, biodiesel was
reported to increase engine performance,
More importantly, biodiesel can be
manufact ured From waste fryer oil destined for
the garbage dump. It is economically
competi ti ve with petroleum diesel. creates
jobs. and lessen s human impact 011 the
surrounding environment.
. The biodiesel project here at Evergreen
i\ a stud en t originated. designed, aud
cnnstrUl'l ed filCi lit y. Students . Amy Best and
~ amul'1 Pi xlr y. have successfu ll y devised
lIlethods of recycling our campus waste fryer
oil int u b l odie~el for use as an add itive to
petroleum diesel for campus vehicles. The
open house. which will he two and a halfhollfs .
will highlight production techniques and allow
plent y of time for discussion and refreshments:
The CPJ thanks everyone
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student's nomination lists them as a graduate
student and even points out that they will be
in the Masters in Teaching program next year.
When the Board ofTrustees directed the
President's office to appoint students to the .
committee, they directly said two
undergraduate students and one graduate
student.
The search was then set up to place one
grad student and two undergrads on the
committee. [f that person were elected the
results would be reversed.
Tom Mercado said there will be no grad
student election because only one was
nominated. That person will be appointed
directly
The question is, are there one or two
grad students up for the position or not.
Lan e says there is one.
Lane thinks was placed on the ballot as
undergrad because of their current standing
as an undergrad. "That's something we may
have to review."
Should that person be elected and
another undergrad were to go up to Lane and
complain that this person could not possibly
represent the undergrad constituency, Lane
would reply" the person is close to the
undergrad experience."
The fact remains, that person will not be
an undergrad as ofJune 11 , 1999.
There is no doubt confusion over this
election. Students around campus have little
.idea what it is about. Students were leaving the
ballot area without voting because they had
no information on the candidates.
None of the students on the ballot who
spoke with the CPj could explain the specifics
of the job. The lack of specifics is not the
candidate's doing: the information has not
been made available to them as of 10 p.m.,
Wednesday, june 2, 1999. All that is known
about the job is that the Presidential Selection
Committee is expected to last into winter
quarter of 2000.
The candidates are listed below in the
order they were contacted. All were asked the
same questions out of the blue. no time to
prepare answers.
Joe Groshong,
Age? "21"
Year in school next year? "4th"
Area of study? "Literature"
Interest in the Presidential Search committ~e?
"This is ' huge. It's a tremendous thing about
to happen, hiring a new president. It is
important to have people who are going to be
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People tell Ari they really admire his efforts.
So, he kept going.
They tell him they would go crazy doing the
Ari's second year wasn't as phenomenal
same.
as the first, but he fondly remembers one
He replies, "I did go crazy - what are you program - Black Literary Beacons taught by
talking about?"
Rudy Martin.
Regardless, Ari has been accepted to
Rudy is one of Evergreen's foundin g
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York faculty and will be speaking at this years people
where he will polish oflhis ecological economic of color graduation. Ari considers Rudy to be
skills and get his Ph.D.. Then, he'll trot off to "brilliant , constru ctive" and "the best seminar
law school. He figures the -whole deal sh'ollld- -rariiitator ever." He really admires Rlldy's
take him about six more yea rs.
ability to take information and put it toge ther
"I don't really think of myself as in a llseful and articuiateway.
When people ask what Ari wants to do
amb itious at all. "
He thinks he's normal and wonders why with his life, he sincerely replies. "To hell with
others don't motivate more often.
Ga ndhi, I want to be Rudy when I grow up. "
"I know a lot of people who are so stoned
But, after this program, Ari's third year
they can't get off the couch. I don't see them took a downhill slide.
doing anything besides smoking and talking."
It's not that it's been bad, he's just fed up
This is Ari's number one peeve abolit with all the pre-requisites that he needs to
Evergreen . He's the type of guy that believes in fullfill. He's not having as much fun and fe els
working hard to achieve your goals. He ge ts pretty tied down.
really upset with the campus apathy.
"This year's pretty much a drag," he said,
"I wish that people here wanted to be and he's feeling pretty "burnt" from the whole
more brutally hon est with thems elv es. expe rience. But, he's trying hard to ke ep
Evergreen is really asleep."
himself going until he walks at graduation in
He also knows people that work very eight days.
hard, but he wishes there were more. And,
He sent his eyes toward the window and
lately, he said his friends are concerned with paused to think in an exha usted slou ch.
his well-being because they think he works too
' much.
So, what keeps Ari going?
Basically, he said once he started taking
out studen t loa ns, he knew he had to go all the
way before he'd ever land a job that would allow
him to pay them back.
Seconds later, he began laughing and offered
his well-worn advice:
"Never ask somebody about their
program at the end of their quarter. [f you really
want to get a positive interview, wait a couple
of years."
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part of the Evergreen commu nity. This is
something that I want to be part of because
it's important to Evergreen."
What makes you qualified? "Last year I worked
with the Washington Student Lobby. This year
I worked with the S & A Board and the Student
Labor Action Committee. I got around this
year."
Favorite program at Evergreen? American
Fiction, the program I'm in now.
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Age'! "}9."
Year in school next? "3rd."
Area of study'? "Political Economics."
Interest in the Presidential Search Committee?
" One, I'm interested in the direction of the
school. It has been determined that the school
will grow, so it depends on what kind of
students we attract . What will we continue to
focus on, what sets Evergreen apart? I'm
interested in someone who will stick to the
original Evergreen plan and philosophy."
What makes you qualified? "I work in
admissions, coordinated the student visitors
program which has given me the opportunity
to understand the administration and
recruitmen t."
Favorite program at Evergreen? "The one I'm
in now, People of the Triangle. It's the first time
I've felt engaged in a program. I've built a
strong relationship with my professor.
EUen Miley,
Age? "[t does not matter"
Year in school next year'! "3rd"
Area of study? "Slavic Studies"
Int erest in the Presidential Search Committee'!
I would like to be a voice for my fellow students
in the choosing of a new president. A president
who will share the student concerns and not
be a president who is politically motivated.
The students are the school and without the
students there is lIO school. So th eir first
concern should not be tin ance or political. A
lot of what goes on at this school is direct ed
that way and it's wrong. PillS I have the ba lls
to stand up to the 3dmini~tration ."
What makes you qualified? ''I've worked at a
weekly newspaper. I have experience ill politics
and administration and I've worked for
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Ross Hutchenson.
Age? "33"
Year in school next year? "3rd year / senior"
Area of study? "Psychology and Theology."
Interest in the Presidential Search Committee?
"Ga ining knowledge as to what goes into a
Presidential search, to experience the process."
What make you qualified? I participated on
two separate college boards here on campus."
Favorite program at Evergreen? "Victim
Rh etoric because the program was put
together well. It pushed my views on what is a
victim and is there really such a thing as a
victim. "
Kristin Plishkey.
Age? "21"
Year in school next year? "1st year in the
Masters in Teaching Program."
Area of study? "English and history. "
Interest in the Presidential Search Committee?
"Just having a say in it. I intend to make sure
that Evergreen stays in the original program.
The school began and it was unique, it's
important to keep it going and not let someone
come in and change it. I would hate to see
that. "
What makes you qualitied?"1 consider myself
thoughtful and good intentioned and very
dedicated. It '.I not an interest in politics, it's
more a personal interest in the future of the
school that I'm dedicated to."
Favorite program at Evergreen?" A linguistics
class. I think out of all of my classes it made
me desire something I knew nothing about,
where words come from."
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attorneys . For the past two years I've battled
with the administration from the bottom to
the provost! vice president. I find that they are
not involved with the students and have no
real idea of what students want or what they
need."
Favorite program at Evergreen? "My French
class, everyone was involved, enthusiastic and
motivated. We had great team projects."
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NEWS: GLOBAL CONCERNS
Labor issues take back seat with Feds
COMMENTARY ~
by Chad Park
Contributing writer
The U.S . government's role in enforcing
international labor standards on Indonesiari
subcontractors for Nike is still a low priority,
co mpared to protecting Nike's interests in
Indonesia.
Although the Clinton administration has
not publicly stated that it supports Nike labor
practices in Indonesia, it has done more than
support Nike through its inaction.
According to the L.A . Times, in 1993 the
Cli nton administration launch ed an
investigation. The investigation was going to
decide whether Indonesia 's trade benefits
should be sanctioned because of failure to
adhere to international labor standards.
However, it was speculated by Congress that
President Suharto used a web of connections
between Indonesian and Arkansas business
interests to suspend the investigation in 1994.
This led Congress to begin it's own
investigation which uncovered James Riady's
contributions to Clinton's Democratic party.
James Riady, an Indonesian billionaire,
controls the very large Lippo banking firm in
Asia.
The Far Eastern Economic Review
reported that his contributions totaled more
than one million dollars. Thi s may have
softened Clinton's investigation ofNike's labor
standards in Indonesia. IfLippo banking had
any investments in Nike. then U.S. sanctions
would certainly be detrimental to them.
Moreover, U.S. sanctions in Indonesia would
also effect other multinational companies
operating in Indonesia such as Reebok, Levi
Strauss, Mattei, Eddie Bauer, and Liz
Clairborne. It's likely that amongst all of these
corporations. at least one of them would
contain investments from Lippo bank.
Apparently, neglecting to enforce
international labor standards in Indonesia is
nothing new for the U.S . Author William
Greider of, "One World Or Not," wrote
candidly about U.S. labor policy concerning
Indonesia in his book.
"U.S. leaders periodically expressed their
concern and threatened trade sanctions; the
Indonesian generals responded with
appeasing gestures," Greider wrote. "American
officials investigated the notorious restrictions
on workers and set deadlines for reform;
Suharto announced reforms and the deadlines
passed. The pattern of evasion was so blatant,
it was impossible to believe in the sincerity of
either party."
This belief in sincerity should be even
more difficult to swallow when a review of U.S.
trade law has been taken into account.
A 16-page summary of U.S. trade laws
issued by the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation secretariat revealed some
startling discoveries. The summary spent
many pages dealing with investor's rights,
protection of investments, transference of
equity, and taxation. In comparison to the
attention and depth of those laws, labor laws
found in U.S. trade law were briefly
mentioned.
As the only remaining superpower left
from the cold war, U.S. international policies
serve as a model for other international
organizations. Organizations such as the
International Labor Organization (lLO) and
International Covenant on Economic, Social,
and Cultural Rights (lCESCR) are only a couple
ofexamples ofinternational organizations that
follow U.S . trends.
The ILO in particular has shown
subsequent behavior in trivializing Nike
corporation's involvement in Indonesia. In
1994, ILO representatives provided funding
for Indonesian s official SPSI union. Many
Indonesian human rights activists had
protested this funding, because the SPSI is a
government controlled union. Furthermore, it
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is the only union recognized by the Indonesian
government. Grassroot unions such as the SBSI
union, have been outlawed. Despite the
protests, ILO representatives passed the
funding agreement and were subsequently
unavailable for comment.
In the meantime, Nike subcontractors in
Indonesia are still grossly ignoring
international labor standards. This means
daily, life-threatening toil for hundreds of
thousa nds of I ndonesians. Although
international organizations such as the ILO can
create extensive documents on fair and just
labor standards, they do little to enforce them.
The U.S. on the other hand, can create
trade sanctions to enforce labor standards. Yet,
despite repeated attempts of getting our
government officials to create trade sanctions,
there has been no success. As long as U.S.
corporations (such as Nike) continue to benefit
from government corruption, Indonesians will
continue to risk imprisonment in
unproductive and illegal strikes. In hindsight
of this dilemma, a quote from Machiavelli
comes to mind.
"It is necessary that the Prince should
know how to color his nature well, and how to
be a hypocrite and dissembler, for men are so
simple and yield so much to immediate
necessity, that the deceiver never lacks dupes."
Drunk on Pheromones
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a discussion about sex
COMMENTARY ~
by Aschleigh Jensen-Eldridge
Contributing writer
Walking through "A" Dorm on a typical
beer soaked Friday night one is almost blown
over by the heady display of sexual availability
and desperation . Hippie girls and skater boys
take breaks from their flowing skirts and baggy
pants to wear something a little more
revealing, people stand close enough to feel
each other's heat and the mating ritual begins.
We are young, without authority and at
perhaps the most liberal school in the world,
which adds up to the fact that a lot of us are
getting laid.
So what exactly is the sexual climate at
Evergreen in 1999? Who we are and what do
we want are issues I will explore in this article.
First, some examples.
A19-year old boy from the Midwest is all
about conquest. He has a girlfriend back home
he has been with for and had at least 15 sex
partners this year.
It seems that at least as
important as the sex
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sometimes I see someone I must possess, I feel
the immediate need to fuck. I strive to bring
these two minds together; I have been largely
unsuccessful.
My experience at this school has been less
than satisfactory. I met an interesting guy, he
paid attention to me and we talked for a long
time. The next night he went to a party at my
house and stayed the night. We had sex. Two
days later he called to say his ex-girlfriend was
not so much an ex as just a girlfriend. I was
more hurt that mad. He had no reason to lie. I
might have slept with him anyway. I would
have liked the option of knowing. I hate being
lied to.
The worst is the loss of friendship I have
felt after a sexualliason has ended. I can still
be friends, why can't everyone? It is hard ,
though, to go from extreme physical intimacy
back to casual friends.
I wonder if monogamy is on its way out.
Lots of people in my age group are in "open"
relationships over traditional
fidelity.
One
person
postulated
Greeners travel to Belize and learn about the Garifuna people
by Kelly Russell
Contributing writer
Nestled between palm trees on the sunny
white sand beaches of the Caribbean coast lies
Hopkins, a Garifuna fishing village of about
1000 people on the central coast of Belize. The
climate is tropical and the smells offresh fruit,
fish and the sea fill the air. Belize is a small
country roughly the size of Massachusetts. It
lies south of Mexico and East of Guatemala on
the Caribbean sea. It was colonized by the
British and today retains milch of it..'> British
influence. For example, the National language
is English and judges still wear powdered wigs.
One important social factor of the British
influence is the class structure. Just as in
England, people were given social rank and
privilege acording to certain criteria. In Belize,
a country of overwhelming ethnic diversity,
social class is given largely according to race.
The population of Belize is made up of
Creoles, Mestizos, Garifuna, Mopan. Queche
fir 5 t P e0
and Mom Maya, Mennonites. and Caucasians. Hopkins through the Institute for Village
Caucasians are at the top of the social class Studies in order to study these complex
followed by Mestizos and Creoles because they dynamics. Initially, we experienced extreme
have some Caucasian ancestry. Mennonites, culture shock. There are few paved roads and
Garifuna. and the native Mayan populations people in Hopkins live in small shacks with tin
are on the lowest ends and are looked down roofs. Their main staples are rice, beans and
upon in respective order by the upper classes fish. Only in the 1980's was a road built out of
Hopkins. Until then, the village was accessable
of society.
The Garifuna are decendents of African only by water or a long trek through the jungle.
Students studied the cultural dynamics
slaves who mixed with the indigenous peoples
of the Caribbean islands. Their population through many different al)gles. One
spans the Caribbean coast from Nicaragua to particularly significant part was played by
Belize. The most dense population ofGarifuna students who worked as teachers and tutors for
people is in Honduras where all of the Garifuna the schools. These students soon found their
people of the Caribbean coast are said to have work harder than they thought. As a result of
migrated from a single ship wreck. The class discrimination against the Garifuna
migration to Belize is fairly recent, about 60 to people, there is little funding for the schools.
70 years ago the first Ga rifuna settlers came to Classrooms are ridiculously overcrowded and
Belize. The Garifuna population of Belize has very few of the children know how to read. Itis
swelled recently as a rcsult of the disasters of well known that children will have an easier
time learning to read if they are read to in the
Hurrica ne Mitch in Honduras.
This pa st winter, a small gro up of home . Books are expensive and few. Most
Evergreen students traveled to the village of hlmilies do not have access to them and many
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parents themselves do not know how to read.
Higher education (beyond grade 8) in
Belize is neither free nor available to all.
Students must first pass a test for entry into
high school. These tests seem designed for the
Garifuna children to fail. Very few of them pass
the tests because of their lack of reading skills.
It is our hope to help raise the reading levels
by sending support to the village. We have
already made progress with the tutors but feel
the need to continue our support with
packages of books. art school supplies and
other useful items.
Students will be holding a book drive on
June 3 outside of the CAB. We will be collecting
books, school supplies and any other materials
to be sent and distributed to the people of
Hopkins. Stamps and other donations are
greatly appreciated and can be brough t to the
booth between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. For further
information, contact Kelly Russell at 867-9135.
that hc's here to
study. he doesn 't
know himself well
itself is the boasting
enough
nor anyone here
about it afterward. One time
enough to make commitment a
he arrived home to find a girl he had
photo by Aaron Cansler
had sex with sitting in his room wanting to talk. viable option. But he still has sex, celibacy was
Two students pretending to be Leonard Peltier and Mumia AbuWho knows what she had to say: pregnancy, not on his mind. College is by nature transitory, Jamal pretend to fight to the death on Red Square Wednesday.
STD's, hurt feelings? He didn't stay to learn, maybe it's responsible to not make promises
The play-action was taped for the mock-TV show "Fifth Wheel."
he went to the kitchen a little stressed and said one cannot keep. I think most people will revert
to anyone listening "well I'm just not into back to some sort of committed monogamy to
dealing with the person." Honest yet appalling. raise kids or just prove to our parents or
...
"IIThe worst thing is that this attitude is more ourselves we are independent, mature adults.
This notion of an "open" relationship is
typical than I would like. Many people have a
hard time dealing with people they've had sex confuSing. It sounds like a coping mechanism
with afterwards. This girl and many more for people that have been hurt. It sounds cool
come back for more. I've heard he is good in to have a boyfriend and still be able to have sex
with other people. But what if I needed my
bed. I should hope so, with all that practice.
Two couples, both of whom live together boyfriend and he was busy with someone else?
on campus. They started living together very I would feel hurt and lonely, which I can do on
soon after dating. So much togetherness I sense my own. Every relationship must be negotiated
is trying if not stressful.A gay male couple has by its participants but "open" relationships are
recently decided to take a break, a little hiatus by design looser and may need constant
to be apart and think about their individual renegotiation. One thing I need is to feel like I
needs and wants. One man is in his first gay come first in someone's life. Sex with more than
relationship ever after having long-term one person at a time would make loyalty tricky,
relationships with girls. The difficulty with I think. Evergreen gets incestuous quick. How
taking a break from someone on this campus many degrees ofsexual separation are, say, you
is that you will see them everyday just by and me, from eachother? Less than you'd
think. There are about five people on campus
accident.
Bisexuality, or at least bi-curiousity, is the with sex partners into the 30's just this year. If
norm here, as far as I can tell, which I think is you are connected to them, chances are you are
good when people are figuring out who they connected to the majority of the Evergreen
are. Many experiment for the sake of population.
A lot of restraint (which is not my strong
experiment. Women are more free in this
respect and more accepted as Bi or Lesbian. point) and an absence of jealously would be
Gay men still are seen as a threat to the system. needed of a person in an open relationship.
Keeping secrets in a tiny community like
I'm not exactly sure why.
. So what is this? Are we fishing around evergreen is impossible. I imagine either full
in the dark or do we have values that guide our disclosure (my pick but probably more painful)
actions? What is sex anyway? I recently saw a or a "Don't ask, don't tell" policy would be
movie called "Relax .. . It's just sex." In it, a gay needed . Sounds complicated rather than
man makes fun of a straight limited definition simple. But since when was sex simple?
What are your thoughts about open
of sex: " hand job- not sex, blow job-not sex.
oral sex- not sex". What is it if no penis is relationships, sex on campus or the state of
involved? When more that one is involved, yet modern relationships? I am not a sexpert, I
am a fellow student trying to honesty reflect
still no penetration?
I am of two minds sexually. I want a on my life. I want feedback. Let's start a
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physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, sexual dialogue.
Evergreen student Robert Price put this art on the second floor
Jensen-Eldridge
relationship with someone I love . I want Aschleigh
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the library. It was an independent approach to the Horizon
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grievances."
- First Amendment,
U.S. Constitution
Mumia's message is important
"Despite the courts' efforts to fashion a
death penalty scheme that is just, fair, and
reliable, the system is not working. Innocent
people are being sentenced to death ... It is no
answer to say that we are doing the best we
can. If this is the best OUr state can do, we have
no business sending people to their deaths ."
- Justice Moses Harrison II of the Illinois
Supreme Court, 1998
http://www.ncwcdp.com/
Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '99 ...
Piper's
Pit
by Saab Lotion
o
(Cultural and political analysis for Evergreen
students and other Olympia residents- in
case you couldn't tell ... )
To the class of 1999:
If! could impart but one piece of advice
upon those graduating this year, it would be
the following: Don 'tsell out.
In Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, we
see a ten-year-o ld cherub named Anakin
Skywalker who we know will grow up to
become that genOcidal (Remember Alderaan?)
imperialist, Darth Vader. The movie being a
prequel and all, it's about like watching the first
part of a miniseries entitled ROfj!Jid Reagan:
The Early Years showing the Beast back when
he was a supporter of FDR's "New Deal."
They say the road to hell is paved wi th
good intentions, and elitists love to use that as
a cheap-ass excuse to put down human nature
by claiming any attempts to share the wealth
will invariably result in Stalinism. First of all,
if human nature was that bad off, we never
would've survived all the nuclear saber rattling
of the Reagan Administration. Second of all,
whenever an attempt to share has been antiStalinistic, repression of it came quicker than
YOIl can say "The Spanish Civil War.:'
And yet, there are still all too many
unfortunate examples in hi story which
reinforce one's cynicism. just look at the
background of that Disney hillbilly bear, Bill
Clinton, and you 'll see why comedian Dennis
Miller called him a cross between U'I Abner
and Faust. Don't you wish you could go back
in time to when his lying ass WAS inhaling and
say, "Hey, man-in 30 years you'll be
murdering millions and forcing people to 'pull
themselves up by their bootstraps' for the
barest essentials of life." It would be akin to
telling young Anakin how in 30 years he'll be
torturing his daughter in one movie and
mutilating his son in the next (while breathing
like an obscene phone caller the entire time).
Neither would pay their warnings much heed
because the saddest aspect of human existence
is that experience is the best teacher (I wish
writing columns were enough), and our
experiences over the past 30
years consist ofliving with the
consequences of our parents'
generation turning to the
dark side of the force. The
hippies became the yuppies
who raise tuition, bomb our
neighbors, and give me so
damn much to bitch about
every week.
Our
Machiavelian
parents hid in subtle Trojan
Horsl's and tried to change
the system from the inside
(oh, they were sooo clever) in
order to have their cake and
eat it too. Well, after 30 years
of dealing with the devil, I
think it's about time to tl'll
them what the original host of
Piper's Pit, "Rowdy" Roddy
Piper, said in his movie They
Livc-"That's like pouring
perfi.lme on a pig ."
Examples abound to
appease thl' cynical. yes.
Therefore. we must each live
by example. In her book. Thc
Big Chill, Eve Pell wrote, "As the seventies
waned, protest became less shrill ... and
earning a living took priority over reforming
t11e system." Living by example means
reversing the aforementioned alld keeping it
ill reverse over THE LONG HA UL.
Citizell Kalle had a scene where Kane
signed a contract swearing he wouldn't sell out.
After he sold out later in the movie, someone
flung the same contract back in his face as a
reminder. Upon picking up our degrees, we
should feel contractually obligated to back up
all the shit we talked in the CAB about how
fu cked up our evil empire is.
Not every alumni will gain a position of
power sufficient enough to affect change (like
Anakin, Clinton, or Kane), so this should cover
those who will and the rest who won't: With
little power comes little responsibility, with
medium power comes medium responsibility,
alld with great power comes great
respolISibiJity. In any event, always live by
example. And as you look around during
commencement, ask yourself how many
blondes will still have their dreadlocks in the
years to come.
Good luck, fellow Greeners-you're
going to need it.
LJFE- AfTeR G~DuAl1oN
I)
REAtJ.TY
offer droll analysis from the peanut gallery you
do not strive for understanding, and your
writing lacks purpose for making actual
change. I would like to ofter my critiques of
the Makah whaling issue in a manner that
Simpson is not familiar with. My goal is for
greater understanding of this issue, effective
coalition building among movements. and my
responsibility as a white woman to raise
questions of privilege within my community.
I would like to approach EARN as an ally with
a serious concern.
About the Makah
Beyond the question of repayment for the
injustice and genocide committed against the
indigenous people of this land. beyond asking
animal rights activists to protest all processed
meat killed by white men. beyond all this ... is
the question of comfort.
Briana states in her article that she
recognizes racism as one of the systems of
oppression in our society. I believe that's a
start: if we recognize that racism is alive and
well and pumping in ALL of our veins everyday,
then we can begin to talk about unlea rning it.
Resistance movements have a history of
perpetuating inequalit y fr om withinrampant sex ism , racism and homophobia (to
name a few) exist within the labor movement
for example. These messages give us a place in
a hierarchy of privilege and access to poweL
Animal rights is a just cause and I do not
doubt the commitment of the individuals who
Cooper Point Journal
Let me clarity the question of what
happened to the honorarium I was offered
when I agreed to substitute for Governor
Locke as the graduation keynote speaker.
I returned it to the college to provide two
scholarships reserved for individuals
whose minority status in the United States
has historically exposed them to racial
discrimination.
A huge array of people have worked for
years to publicize the facts about Mumia 's trial
and the evidence about what occurred on the
night of the murder for which he was
convicted. The work that I have done to sift
through the evidence in the case has convinced
me that there is more than enough doubt about
Mumia's guilt to warrant a new triaL I do not
believe that Mumia killed Daniel Faulkner. I
am confused as to why so many people seem
to believe that the inclusion ofMumia 's speech
in some way encourages the murder of police
officers or dishonors "law enforcement," whell
on(' of the main arguments in defense of the
speech is that Mumia did not shoot Daniel
Faulkner and did not receive a fair triaL The
feeling I have is that many Evergreen students
who oppose the inclusion of Mumia's speech
in the graduation believe that the people in
favor of his speech being included are
insincere. Chris Gray argued in his
commentary last week. for example, that the
people handing him "FREE MUMIA
handbills" know no more about the case than
he does. It would make sense for someone to
assume that people who are, through some sort
of willful ignorance or dishonesty, defending a
"convicted cop-killer" are in effect promoting
violence against the police. I am not sure,
though, how many people at Evergreen think
about the situation this way.
I hope that people who are opposed to
Mumia's speech being a part of the graduation,
or who simply have doubts or worries about
it, will take the time to review the evidence
carefully. I do not know of anything in Mumia's
speeches or writing that promotes or condones
the murder of police officers.
Mumia is an incredibly articulate
journalist, thinker, and advocate for social
justice. He speaks for many people whose
voices are rarely heard in public, and I am very
eager to hear his speech at graduation.
This Thursday at 7:30 p.m. there will be
a presentation and panel discussion in Lecture
Hall 3 about Mumia, the death penalty, and
the prison crisis-the presenters will be from
the National Coa lition to End the Death
Penalty and the Olympia Coalition to Free
Mumia Abu Jamal. On Saturday, at 3:30 p.m.,
the Westside Unitarian Church will host a free
screening of the video "Mumia: A Case For
Reasonable Doubt," which presen ts a careful
analysis of the evidence in the case. For more
information about either event, contact the
Prison Action Committee at 866-6000 x6879.
Stephanie Coontz
Mitchell Chanin, graduating senior
very few of us at Evergreen understand how the
courts work. I do not feel that I could explain
the criteria that juries are told to consider when
deciding how to judge someone. How do jurors
decide whether or not the evidence in a case
demonstrates "beyond all reasonable doubt"
that someone has committed a crime? How do
the courts determine what evidence to admit
or which witnesses to accept? How do the
appeals processes work? Why are so many
innocent people convicted of murder?
And why do so many people seem to
accept the validity of Mumia's conviction
without reviewing the evidence?
Members of the Prison Action
Committee at Evergreen and numerous
scholars, lawyers, activists, politicians, and
judges arollnd the country have written and
spoken eloquent Iy about the ways in which
race, gender. and class affect the fates of people
who are accused of crimes. They have also
attempted to reveal the history of political
prisoners in the United States·the criminal
justice system has often been manipulated in
order to convict people whom powerful
individuals wish to sec to convicted. While I
wish that I could believe that a conviction that
has been subjected to as much public scrutiny
as Mumia's conviction has received would be
quickly overturned if it were not justified by
overwhelming evidence, historically that has
not been the case.
A year of SLAC
Where
Coontz's
honorarium
(Student Labor Action Committee)
t
Comfort zones and responsible criticism
As my last contribution to the CPj I
would like to present an analysis of organizing
for change, some criticisms of the left, and a
look at something all of us as people active in
the world are regularly faced with: becoming
too comfortable with our work. Specifically I
am addressing: the Makah controversy, Briana
Waters' letter to the editor (5/20/99); and
David Simpson·s year-long monologue of alltoo-comfortable political critique.
Simpson (of "I Wrote This")·often
professes that he is supportive of people
organizing for change, yet, more often than
not , he belittles people among him who arc
taking steps toward change. The people
Simpson criticizes may be learning hard
lessons about self-righteousness and effective
organizing, but are nonetheless engaged in
action. Furthermore. they would be learning
these lessons without Simpson's help.
I believe that all struggles deserve and
demand a critical eye. It is not the criticism
that is the problem with Simpson's column.
but it is his lack of respect for those whom he
is writing about and hi s lack of action that
keeps him safely able to paternalistica lly tell
1I~ a II what WI' are doing wrong. Simpson is
guilty of th e la zy thinking he preaches so
vr hell1('ntly against, when he oversimplifi es
Evergreen students as "fashion activists."
Perhaps Simpson believes that writing
hi, witl)' little critiques is ac tion enough and
that he h adding somehow to the diversity of
thought 0 11 campus. But David, when you only
Although I do not have a good sense of
what most Evergreen students think about the
inclusion of a speech by Mumia Abu-Jamal in
this year's graduation, I am a graduating senior
who supports it strongly, and I want to respond
to one ·ofthe arguments made opposing it.
A main argument put forth by people
opposing the speech is that Mumia was
convicted of a murder and that the inclusion
of his speech in some way expresses support
for the murder of police officers. Arguments
against including Mumia's speech that have
been published in the CPJ and posted to the
TESC conference server often refer to Mumia
as a "convicted cop-killer" or state that the
evidence of his guilt is overwhelming. Chris
Gray's article in last week's CPj asked, "[The J
class of 1999 can look back 10 years from now
and remember not the inspiring words of a
famous author or politician but the videotaped
words of a murderer broadcast to the
graduating class from his cell on death row.
What message exactly are we sending to our
peers when make choices such as this?" Some
of the people who argue against allowing a
"convicted cop-killer" to speak at graduation
may have reviewed all of the evidence in the
case carefully, but I have a feeling that many
have nol.
While many of us probably assume that
if a person is convicted of a crime, he or she is
almost certainly guilty, in fact a substantial
number of those sentenced to death are
innocent. According to a report published by
Amnesty International in November 1998,
"For every six prisoners executed since the
reinstatement of the death penalty in the USA,
one innocent person was condemned to die
and later exonerated. Equally blameless hut
less fortunate prisoners may still be awaiting
execution-or have already gone to their
deaths." (http://www.amnesty.org/news/
1998/25108898.htm) Since the death penalty
was reinstituted in the United States ill 1973.
75 prisoners have been released from death
row after it was found that they did not commit
the crimes for which they had been convicted.
The criminal justice system is not an
impartial mechanism for determining guilt or
innocence, and it clearly condemns innocent
people to death. I think that, in all likelihood,
devote their time to it. I do, however, question
their position of privilege that allows them to
participate. We must choose our battles wisely
and in doing so we must look at the
implications of our actions. Another example:
why are white people so comfortable talking
about injustice in Central America? Perhaps
it does not take us out of our comfort zone to
talk about a battle many miles away? In this
way we do not have to look at .our power in our
own communities.
Now, I just raised an important critique
of cross border organizing. The difference
between this critique and what Simpson does,
it that one, I am not mocking and dismissing a
movement, and two, I am currently doing cross
border organizing and constantly looking at
ways to do it more competently.
It is, furthermore, racism and other
systems of oppression that ,manipulate the
media, because we are born into and raised up
by their messages -it is not the syndicate
conspiracy that Simpson mockingly tells us
that all activists believe in (5/20/99). We are
all a part of this society, and therefore cannot
divorce ourselves from its dynamics. This is
what is meant when we talk about how racism
is played out within the Makah whaling
conflin; you ca n not separate the realities of
cultural difference from the issue of whaling.
It is not a knee·jerk reaction, as Simpson has
characterized it (5/27/99). but a tool to
understand our place within the debate.
EARN states that they take an anti·racist
June 3,1999
stance, yet their actions alienate the Makah ,
and impede their self-determination. If we do
not attempt to make connections across
cultures we are not working to undo this
system of oppression and therefore are
perpetrating racism. This must be reexamined. David Simpson snidely states that
he likes this issue because, in essence, it makes
"activists" argue. This voyeuristic approach to
issues captures the all-too-comfortable nature
of Simpson's flawed analysis.
Afterword:
I must turn this letter in by Monday and
David Simpson's position with the CPj gives
him ample time to construct a rebuttal with
his witty ways that will undoubtedly show how
confused and dogmatic ALL of us "activists"
are, without any thought given to our diversity,
complexity, our commitment toward selfcritical analysis and real change. He will align
himself with no one and he will rationalize his
lack of action. Given all of that, I guess the only
other thing I have to say before I graduate is:
Rock on Student Worker Organizing, we have
our first victory and. (look at the cover oflast
week's Nation) We Are Part Of A Movement!
Respect Studen t Workers!
IN SOLIDARITY There's YO llr bllzzlvord
David SimpsoJl. .. tear me apart!
Becka Tilsen
Last summer a number of student Housing.
Through the course of th e year and
workers in Housing were confronted with an
uncomfortable vision. The student worker numerou s meetings we saw a number of
program that we were involved in and cared important things come to pass. First and
about was under scrutiny over the issue of foremost. the law that threatened the student
classified employment and it seemed as though worker program in Housing turned out to be a
a number of student pOSitions in Housing -phantom. We are confident that the program
might be eliminated and the program might is relatively safe. Had we not pursued the issue
be altered considerably. The workers affected thoroughly, the situation might have been
by this potential would have been ditferent. The second major event resulting
maintenance, grounds, custodial, and auxiliary Irom our efforts, and this is undoubtedly news
workers. A number of us, determined to make to some, is that we were given the opportunity
an effort to preserve a program that we felt to select the composition of t he student
contributed to our lives and to our college employment DTF and were a large factor in its
experience, formed SLAC, the Student Labor creation. We have seen what we worked for
Action Committee. Under the student come to pass and in the process have benefited
leadership of Chance Koehnen. Stephanie from it more than we might have expected.
Burkholder, and Todd Smith we explored our From this standpoint, the lesser stresses and
options and tried to assess the seriousness of conflicts falling aside, it has been a good year.
Thanks to all who helped us attain our
what might happen in Housing. The threat was
very serious, and we all wanted to preserve the goaL
opportunities that we enjoyed working in
Joe Groshong, representing SLAC
•
•
IS gOIng
Landfills a serious ecological threat
Thurston County's Hawks Prairie
Landfill, having consumed almost 90 square
acres, is near full and will begin transferring
garbage to Roosevelt landfill in Klikitat County
by May 2000. Roosevelt landfill, with a capacity
of 120 million tons over 915 acres, will receive
about 350 tons, an average of fifteen 27-ton
truckloads, ofgarbage trom Hawks Prairie's per
day. This marks Thurston County's
participation in growing trends that result in
and from the closing of landfills. We must
assess how we can minimize our waste, but also
what our role in the larger scheme is; what does
the closure of a landfill and the shipping of
waste away from its source actually mean?
Landfills are notorious for contaminating
ground water and land, and threatening
nearby residential health through the release
of leachate tainted with an assortmen t of
chemicals. The leachate from "non-hazardous"
landfills has often been found to be equally as
toxic as "hazardous" landfills, not due to the
individual items received, but as a result of
many different chemicals mixing. The EPA,
who establishes landfill regulations, stated that
"even the best liner and leachate collection
system will ultimately fail ... and recent
improvements in ... containment technologies
suggest that releases may be delayed," later
noting that "the bottom layer of the landfill ...
will not prevent leachate transport out of the
unit."
The landfill company is legally
responsible ifleaks occur, however the burden
extends into the surrounding community - a
hazard increasingly being distributed trom one
community to another. This distribution most
often follows the advice that "Middle and
higher socioeconomic strata neighborhoods
should not fall at least within ... [a) five mile
radii of the purposed site,''' given to waste
management companies by the Los Angeles
consulting firm Cerrell Associates. Race often
presents an even more predominant siting
factor. The study Toxic Wastes and Race in the
United States reported "that people of color
[are) twice as likely to live in communities with
a commercial hazardous waste facility and
three times as likely to live near a large landfill
or multiple waste facilities. ":\
The transfer of Thurston County waste
does not necessarily follow these biases
Cooper Point Jour~al
(although 72% and 32% of Klikitat County
households make less thlln $35,000 and
$15,000 respectively), but the resale of
responsibility remains. If the landfill is in our
community we would make sure our
municipality maintained the facility
responsibly. The same level of community
accountability can not be insured when waste
becomes a commodity and the waste
"management" company is not local. Rebanco
Disposal Company, contracted for Thurston
County's annual 300,000 tons of garbage, is
owned by Allied Industries, an Arizona
corporation. Not only does a transnational
corporation have little amenability to local
residents, but they can import whatever waste
materials they choose to (pending on the
facility's permits), regardless of local or State
sentiment, under the interstate commerce
clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Such unbelievable quantities of garbage
and the inherent risks associated current
standa rds of its handling pose a se rious
problem for open space, the health of
communities, and that of the Earth. The
reduction of our individual and collective
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June 3,1999
wastestreams, including those generated by
manufacturers· who produce for our
consumption, is imperative in stabilizing the
relationship with community development
and ecological sustainability. Washington
exceeds the National standard of materials
recovery, recycling 48 percent of all refuse.
However, with the closing off our county
landfill, we can not hesitate to recognize that
it is not enough.
Three major opportunities for waste
red uction in the public sector are: currently
recyclable materials (paper being the material
least effectively recycled), composting food/
yard wastes, and salvaging building materials.
"Seco nd Use Building Materials" at 210
Thurston Avenue is establishing a receiving
area at Hawks Prairie to accept household and
construction materials no longer in us~; they
can be contacted at 709-2769. Approximately
20 percent of the national waste stream is
municipal solid waste, industry and
govern ment produce 80 percent. W~ II1mt
exercise our influence as comumers and
see LANDFILL on page 20
(
LETTERS AND OPINIONS
Dear diary, 2012
LANDFILL
Continued from page 9
investors, demanding that companies respect
the communities in which they produce and
implement more effective waste minimization
programs.
Without putting previou sly used
materials back into production we can not
assume sustainable production. Meanwhile we
must reform the current methodologies of
waste siting and treatment. Corporations
June 3, 2012
should be made accountable to the
Dear diary.
communities in which they function, however
I ran into Ralph Dodecahedron today.
we should be held equally responsible for our
You remember Ralph Dodecahedron. He
byproducts. By handling our own waste locally
was at Evergreen about the same time as me. I
we set a precedent for its appropriate
think he may have graduated at the same time
management, eliminating the shift of
as me.
responsibility. The transfer of waste as a
I didn 't recognize him at tlrst, of course.
commodity offers an option of denying its
Last time I saw him he had green hair, a nose
presence and potential ha za rds, while unfairly
ring and multiple spiked collars. When I ran
distributing those concerns to others.
into him he was wearing an Armani s\lit.
Currentl y there are two great loca l
He spotted me despite my graying hair.
opportunities to promote waste minimization
"I ley, Simpson," he sa id . "How's it goin'?"
and appropriate "waste" management.
"Urn, pretty good," I sa id , searching my
Evergreen is currently working on establishing
memory banks for his name. Fortunately, nex t
a site for a composting facility to handle all of
he slipped me his busin ess ca rd. Ralph
the college's food residuals. Thurston Coun ty
Dodecahcdron, of the brokerage firm of
is reviewing its solid waste plan. The Solid
Dodecahedron and Googolplex.
Was te Advisory Co mmitte e (SWAC) is
"So. how're you do ing?" I asked him.
desperately in nced uf community
He set his bJack leather briefCase down
part icipation 3nd motivation to engage in a
on the sidewa lk.
pro-activ e waste reduction campaig n.
"Oh, things'vc hecn great sincr I I~ft
Thruston Collnt y has do ne a great job, wi th the
Ev~rgreL'I1. Of course , a Int's cha nged."
curbsid e recycling program, to div er t
"I g u c~sed as llIuch," I said. "Didn't you
comidcrable amounts of refuse. Wha t needs
used to he thc president of "St udent s For
to happen now is to in crease th p level of
Smash in g Cap itali sm and All Forills of
business participation and wa:ite reduction.
Authority and Then Flushing the Pieces DowlI
a Really Smelly Toilet?"
Tom Gilbert
I
Wrote
This
founded a club, I went around preaching
anarchy. It was my way ofspitting in authority's
face . Mostly we just held meetings where we
smoked pot and congratulated ourselves on
being revolutionaries and not selling out."
"Which you did eventually."
"Like I said, most of us do. It's easy to feel
good about not selling out when nobody's ever
offered to buy."
Then he headed off to some kind of
meeting. I'd elaborate, but I'm still not exactly
sure what "brokerage" is.
I felt pretty discouraged. It wasn't a huge
surprise to me-youthful activists selling out
at the first opportunity is, by now, kind of an
old story-but it's ugly to see. It made me
wonder a little about myself.
What have I done since graduation? Have
I lost my youthful idealism?
Wait a minute. This is me we're talking
about. Did I really have any youthful idealism?
At least now, 13 years after Evergreen. I
get to make fun of actual sellouts instead of
potential sellouts.
College-and Evergreen in particularis a grcat place to go to see youthful potential
at work. But somet imes it's a lot like watching
one of those nature film s, where you see all the
cllte haby fi sh, and th en you lea rn that 90
percent get eaten wit hin two weeks of hatching.
Most people are idea listic when it's easy. Most
people think they're never going to sell Ollt
when nobod y's offering to buy. Onl y an
admirable few actually make it.
Those who make it are the olles we
should be admiring. I find the ability to stay
the course, to keep working for wha t you
believe in even when other options are
presented, terribly impressive. Maybe it's just
that activism shouldn't be about what people
think of you-it should be about the issue.
Graduation tends to weed out the people who
are just along for the ride. It's depressing that
so many grads forget the ideals for which they
yelled so loud. But it's encouraging that at least
a few people, usually the ones who were in it
for their consciences rather than their egos to
begin with, manage to change the world.
It's especially encouraging if you
remember that changing the world only takes
a few people. If Evergreen provided even a few
people with outlets for their consciences, and
a will to continue even after the "real world"
closed in, then I guess I have every reason to
be glad.
Me, I guess I'm doomed to a life of telling
people they could be doing better. It's
something that all of us, not least of all me,
need to sometimes look in the mirror and say.
As Ralph strode away down the sidewalk
I had a sudden urge. I ran to catch up with him.
"Ralph," I asked, "would you say you and
the other brokers have ... true solidarity?"
Ralph scratched his head. "Soli-what·
ity?" he asked.
He thought for a minute. "Yeah, I was,"
he said. "I really really hated authority back in
those days."
"So I recall. So, urn, what changed?"
"I dun no. Authority really looks different
depending which, end of it you're on. When
you're the one exercising it, it's a lot offun."
I must have just kind of stared, because
next he said "Look, I'm no different from our
parents' generation, okay? Back in the 60's,
they stood for things-great things-because
everybody else was doing it and because they
had nothing to lose by doing it. It was an easy
moment to get caught up in. Evergreen was like
the 60's all over again. Yeah, I'm raking in the
big bucks now with my brokerage firm. Yeah, I
drive a Jaguar now. When you knew me, those
oppo rtunities hadn 't come along yet."
"Wait a minute ," I asked him. "Are you
suggesting that everybody sells out
eventually?"
He thought for a minute. "Maybe not
absolutely everybody," he replied. "But most
people. When yo u're surrounded by people
who cat, breathe and sleep social justice, it's
easy to just go along with what they're saying.
YOli don't even have to say anything new, you
just repeat things."
"But not eve rybody is jllst a fa II olVer.
There ha s to be somebody the followers are
fo llowing."
"Well, yea h, of course. And whoever that
is, th~)' lila), still be working for the same causes
they were wor kin g for 13 yea r\ ago."
"A lot of people thought of you as one of
the leaders, you know."
He laughed at that. "I guess they did. I
Jervis discusses her fi'nal"year '
in our work together, maintaining momentum
both internally and externally. This includes
planning, budgeting, hiring, fundraisirig,
advocacy. erc.
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Do whatever [ can to support t.he
integrity of the search process, without
inserting myselfinto the decision-making.
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Work actively in the next few months to '
seek out qualified candidates and persuade
them to apply.
•
Make myself available to candidates for
information.
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Work with the president-elect, the college
community, and the board to ensure a smooth
transition.
Since I announced my intention to retire
next year, I have heard kind expressions of
regret from many of you. I deeply appreciate
your generosity. But I have also sensed some
unease during discussions about the search
Dear Colleagues:
This is the first time E~,ergreen has
taken part in a presidential transition in
which the outgoing president is present
through a year-long search process. This is
also the first time i have ever been present
through a search process for my successor.
[t strikes me that it may be helpful to talk
about some of the process implications.
Several people have observed that a
presidential search is among the most
important tasks a board or a campus
comIDWlity can undertake. I agree. I think
J must be fully engaged as your president
in this important work. yet at the same time
it is important that [ not exert
inappropriate influence over the selection
of my successor. I see my role in the coming
year as five-fold:
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Keep the institution moving forward
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and about my successor. I do not want
anyone to be uncomfortable about my
presence or participation in the transition.
I cannot cease to be president during
the search, and I believe that I have learned
s~me things of value during my years here
that may make positive contributions to the
process. I am accountable to the Board. to
the public. and to all of you for the proper
functioning of Evergreen as a whole including the presidential transition. I hope
you will feel free to let me know ifyriu have
any concerns as we proceed.
Jane)ervis
P.S. An alumnus recently reminded me that
geoducks do not have legs; therefore, they
cannot be lame ducks. r take heart from
that observation.
Steilberg goes out in style, with a smile
by Jef Lucero
program which paired Evergreen students with
Sports editor
Evergreen alumn i travelling abroad. The Wil. In the end, it was time to go- it's just as derness Center? Again. largely his creation.
Simple as that.
You may as well add the Well ness Resource
"There's really not much more to it than Center and the Indoor Climbing Wall to the
that," he says, and it's hard not to take him at list. He had a hand in those too.
his word. He's always been a stand-up guy. full
He has served as the director of wellness
of equal parts wise thoughts and wise cracks. and athletics for the last several years, for which
And now he's taking his signature squinty- he has been known for his "one-of-a-kind,
eyed, winsome smile, and he's headed out to hands on" style, says men's baskethall head
take in more of the two things that, for him , coach John Barbee. Barbee asks. "How many
matter most: his grand kids and his mountains. athletic directors are dedicated enough to clean
On Friday. April20, PeteSteilbergretired LIp after games, sweeping up trash?" How
from the Evergreen faculty, and thus Saturday many indeed.
the 21st marked the first time in the schools'
Pete came to Evergreen from the Univerhistory that he was not gainfully employed sity of Washington, where he rece ived his
here.
master's degree and subsequently taught for
For Pete has been at Evergreen since be- eight years. His Hrst responsibility was going
fore it IVas Evergreen. lIe was involved with to town nwetings to "cxpress the value a complanning Jnd engin eering. lending advice ilS plet e playlield wi thollt a road running throu gh
the self-described resident recreation expert/ it." At the time . Overhulse Road ran a lin ea r
co nsultant/liaison to the program com mittees, path, uninterruptrd by campus property. Thr
which OVl'rsaw thc co nstr\lction olsuch bllild- campus Child care Ce nt er was at the time J
in gs as the Cr\B and the eRe. He even opencd meat packing plant. sitting right uff th e road.
Evergreen's first "gym" in what is 1I 0W the Pete's work paid ofL Overlllllse bends ilround
stea m plant.
" 'hat arc now lields three and four, as well as
Ill' has taught classes, alollgside such E\,- the challenge course, which is tucked away in
ergreen luminaries as Bill Aldridge and WHh", the woods immcdiately surroullding lIeld lour.
lInsoeld. in outdoor education. In fact, he is ,In 19711, Pete served on the disappearing
largely responsible for the creation of the en- task force which first ex plored the feasibility
tire outdoor ed. program at Evergreen.
of intercollegiate athletics at Evergreen. The
He has sponsored contracts- sometimes dtf's recommendation was that nontradias many as 18 at one time- including one in- tiona I, participatory sports were more approvolving naked gymnastics and photography. priate at Evergreen than competitive sports.
"That was a weird one," he says through a wry butthe Board of Trustees didn't see itthat way.
smile. "I was very embarrassed when she Intercollegiate s~or~s were first added in 1980.
turned in her portfolio."
The first facility he was charged with runHe has guided too many student wilder· ning was the CAa. "It was so much different
ness treks to count. He has led student groups when it first opened," says Pete. Back then, the
through such faraway lands as India, Mexico, bookstore was in the library building, where
Thailand, Alaska, and the Grand Canyon. "We the admissions offices are now. He continues,
wouldn't do any of the tourist crap," he says, "There was a bank where the deli now is, the
"we'd just get off the plane and wing it." He women's center was a coffee house, and what
has led innumerable trips up such nearby is now the staffloungewas once a barber shop."
peaks as Rainier, Hood, and Elinor, turning the Keep in mind, if you will, that this was in the
annual 'Easter Elinor' hike into something ofa Seventies, and Greeners weren't too interested
in getting haircuts. "It didn't go over too well,"
tradition.
He also spearheaded Adventure Travel, a he says, laughing. It then became 'The Duck
House,' a knickknack shop that sold, among
other things, maritime odds and ends. "It
didn 't last long either," he says. still laughing.
Long before the Recreation Center was
built, Pete helped build a makeshift gym in the
steam plant. Before the two main boilers were
installed. there was enough room for a short
basketball court, a regulation-sized volleyball
court, a gymnastics area, and a speed bag for
boxing. In fact, one of the basketball
backboards still hangs in the plant. lonely for
a breakaway rim.
Pete has see 11 the Rec. Cellter through
every stage of its development. He has coached
Evergreen's track and cross country teams of
years past, and even roached socre'r 011 an interim basis. Ill' helped found the Budd Inlet
Sa iling Club, Evergreen's second oldest club
(next to rllgby). The outdoor climbing wall,
ullce" sketchy, almost imp"ssa ble Illess 011 the
side of the Communications Building. is now
a fine training facility on the exterior wall 01
th e swimming pool. You get one guess as to
who might be responsible.
lie has certa inly been one olEvergrecn's
preeminent basketball fans. ifnot the precminent. Helping launch the basketball program
has been "what makes lIIe want to come in the
morning for the last two years," says Pete. He
evcn goes so far as to say that the basketball
teams are what he will miss thc most about
being at Evergreen. "That might surprise some
people, since I love the mountains so much,
and leading the expeditions." he says, "but I
won't be around the basketball teams too
much any more. And besides, I'll be going
outdoor~ anyway."
Not quite all of his ideas have been put
into action, "I was all in favor of an equestrian
program out here," he says, "I had a cowboy
all lined up and everything. Graham Stewart
was his name. Boy, that went over like a lead
balloon," he adds with his trademark squinty
grin.
A recent tour of the facilities brought up
not only all of these stories but some insights
on the current status of Evergreen athletics.
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come halfWay, in order to meet the community," he says. "a nd the community seems to
be warming up to the educational aspects of
Evergreen." He credits the broadening of the
athletic programs , specifically the addition of
basketball, for helping to bridge the gap.
"Other sports benefIt by having basketball
here," he adds.
Many area colleges have been jumping
back and forth between athletic conferences.
There has been so much movement in the last
three years that gauging who will wind up
where has been impossible. Evergreen has
been juggling dual affiliations with both the
NCAA and i>JAIA for the last three years. in
hopes ornot getting left out in the new conference alignments. But it has left many of those
in the athletic department to wonder how all
the new co nferences and affiliations might
shak~ dowlI. As fo r Evergreen's state orli rnbo.
Pete says, "I am very excited to see what happCIIS next, but it's somcbody else's hradachc
now.
L('avillg till' headaches behilld is a savor v
sidebar toPe\e's retirement. 'Td rather die Ollt
th ere playing than ill this office over some
policy matter or something," he says. "I stili
feel strong, I'm st ill running marathons," he
says without the slightest trace of pride. It's
just a matter onact. Just afte r stepping down,
hc lit out for the Alps, with his sights set on a
later trek in Africa with Evergreen graduate and
Everest scaler Craig Johns. "Everest- that certainlybeckons, but I'd rather hit the lesser trekking peaks in Nepal," he says. "and I will."
The mountains are not, however, Pete's
primary reason for retiring. Both of Pete's children are Evergreen graduates, now raising
families of their own. "\ love my grandkids
dearly," he says, "and I cannot wait to see more
of them. They keep me young."
Talking about his grandchildren elicits
the biggest squinty grin of all. And it is for this
squinty grin that he should be remembered, if
not for every single thing he's done for Evergreen.
Possible to be succeeded, impossible to
be replaced, there goes Pete Steilberg, smiling.
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End of the year student arts calendar
ertainlne t
Summer movies, continuing education
If you see Lake Placid this summer,
give yourself credit in environmental
science. This touching story of biologists
I can sense a feeling of gratitude who investigate a lake where a killer
spreading across the campus. Summer's alligator resides should provide ample proof
coming up and everyone's excited to be out. of survival of the fittest. Animal rights lovers
Some Greeners will be getting a job, others can cheer as the alligator chomps down on
going home. Some will be travelling, others the stupid humans who disturb its habitat.
Some Greeners might be looking more
sitting in their living rooms watching SPF
100 on Comedy Central. As for me, I'll be towards ecological design or architecture of
going to summer school , but one of my own. some sort. Might I recommend The
Why waste money on classes at Evergreen Haunting or Hill House, a horrific tale of
when credits are awaiting you in the local what happens when an evil man orders a
movie theater? And I'm not talking about house built over cursed ground withoUI
just getting credit in film studies.
using environmentally safe materials.
To start off, anyone who has seen or Whether you're scared by the ghosts, the
plans to see The Phantom Menace should demons that chase the paranormal
get credit in economics. What better way to investigators around in the house, or by the
see capitalism at work than to observe the clear lack of allY concern for the
long lines that accompany such fare. Future surrounding vegetation, it will definilely
salesmen can marvel at the ingenious spark ideas on how not to build any future
practices that the merchandisers have used buildings.
Still, not everyone goes to Evergreen to
in order to sell high-priced pieces of plastic.
Young capitalists (and I know you exist at _ get credits in environmental studies. A clear
Evergreen) can drool at all the money Lucas case of religious studies credit can be made
is going to make, while those opposed to for Stigmata, a theological horror flick
such practices can hope for him to spread opening later on this summer. Linguistic
the wealth among the less fortunat e, i.e. scholars can try to tran slate the ancient
everyone who paid ticket scalpers large languages coming out of Patricia Arquette's
possessed body. Those who are just biding
sums of money to see Jar-Jar Binks.
by Jen Blackford
Staff writer
their time until Evergreen goes to hell (its
fate, according to many evangelists) can
catch a sneak peek of what they're in for.
If you're looking for a movie on the
lighter side as well as credit in animation or
art, might I suggest the South Park movie?
Cartoonists, take heed at the delicate
strokes used to create everyone's favorite
foul-mouthed children. Such artistry can
only be matched by years of serious work or
semi-decent forgeries. And political
students, there's something in here for you
as well. Watching this, you can be reminded
of the dedicated hard work it took to get
Comedy Central and South Park to
Evergreen. The annoying phone calls, the
petitions ... both are examples of a good
political campaign at work.
An interesting independent project
might be had with an analysis of Mystery
Men, a movie about mismatched heroes as
well as their strange characteristics and
habits. The question posed here is Ihis: why
do we persist in creating heroes in today's
society'? Is a truly courageous person living
in all of us? Can anyone forget the sight of
William H. Macy and a shovel? Such
philosophical questions deserve credit and
I urge you to petition the powers-that-be at
TESC to get it.
Finally, Austin Powers: The Spy Who
Shagged Me opens in about a week (June
11). Sociology credit galore exists here for
the taking. Future scientists can carefully
document the relationship between Mr.
Powers and his environment, taking into
account what happens when a person is
taking out of their natural habitat and set
down in a completely different one. The
confusion here can also be grounds for
credit in psychology as well. Aspiring
psychiatrists can try to diagnose how many
neuroses Powers has as well as take in his
relationship habits . Credit will not be given
for the obvious conclusion that he is a raving
nutcase .
Now comes the hardest part after
viewing these films. If you can figure out
how to get credit in these films from
Evergreen and come up with appropriate
titles for what you actually learned, then you
do deserve to graduate from Evergreen. Your
knowledge of this school as well as these
movies have prepared you for the "real
world." For indeed. the real world is a scary
place. filled with psychotic sharks, mad
scientisls, and Darth Mauls of all sizes. At
least, by viewing these films , you will be
prepared for anything life throws at you.
Or maybe not.
Three Cheers for the
Darkened Room: A Little
Evening of Screenings
Please join a lively evening of film and
video shorts featuring Senior Thesis works: Tod
Smith 's "toujours lil" and Jeannette AILee's
"Inflatable Underwear and the 8 Drunken
Immortals." Additional pieces include
experimental, animation and live action
narrative by Alicia Rigby, Paul Larmore,
Joanna Jurewicz, Maki Hojo , Dan Gonzales, Eli
Chessen and Kevin T. Allen.
Three Cheers for the Darkened Room
begins at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 10 in the
Recital Hall of the Communications Building .
A reception will be held during the intermission
followed by a screening of Eli Chessen's and
Maki Hojo's kung-fu parody, "Laughing Cow,
The Movie." Admission is free. Please ca/l
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After a full year of planning, recording,
photoshoots, graphic design and music mastering,
the 1999 Student CO Project is finished.
The CO was sent off to the pressing company
last week and its relUm date is Jlllle 7. I wanted to
write this little article to let everyone know that
hundreds of copies have been ordered and that
everyone must have oneill
This collaborative project brought in so many
styles of music, that tried to put in a little of
everything. Except country ... because no one
submitted COlllltry. Butwe do have punk. rock n roll,
blues, folk, electronic, metal, silly, sad, happy and
possibly weird and offensive to some, so you got to
check it out.
The CD artwork idea began during a graphics
meeting where one student thought that all the song;;
had to do with daydreaming, or sleeping. "Pillow
Talk" was a sugg~ted title, then "Slumber Party
Massacre."
People agreed it would be interesting if we
arranged pictures to look like old movie posters. like
old horror flicks. We found pictures of old movie
posters. A group oftopstudents photographers had
photoshoots, and more students did graphic design
work to recreate these posters.
Senior Seth Glickman, the Graphics Imaging
Lab intern, oversaw all the graphic work. As the cocoordinator for the CD project, he said he was
committed to having a product tllat is as strong
visibly as it is audibly.
Josh Tuntland, a junior who helped record
'The Last Hour of the Teenage Dream," said that
tllis project gave him the chance to collaborate with
people, and help artists produce their music. Josh
modeled fur one of the poster shoots, and was a
member of the selection committee, "And I learned
how to record a drum set so it sounds good."
Shane Cyr, another student engineer said, "I
learned I'm not only smarter, but also more
artistically creative than other people."
'The Low Down Dirty Truth" is the title ofth is
year's CD. It seemed to fit perfectly at 3 or 4 in the
moming one of those last nights when we were
finshing up.
I feel that the title represents tlle music and
the artwork dramatically. Yes, its true, some artists,
musicians and engineers can be self-righteous and
hard toworkwith. Butwhatcomesoutofthatdrama,
is a finshed piece full of diverse thoughts and
inspiring sounds.
The CO's are inexpensive, (they are only $5
bucks) and the first CD's sold go into making sure
that next year's CD project happens. They will be
sold in the CAB starting June 7. These COs are a
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Characteristics: To be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
Nichol tackles issues with a passion and conviction
that compels everyone who knows her to love her.
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Common name: David Simpson
Classification: Letters and Opinions editor, cartoonist
and columnist of ill repute
Characteristics: This element is of the artistic, verbose
persuasion. Tends to identity with one-dimensional
minature animals.
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Common name: Ben Kinkade
Classification: Distribution manager and ad proofer
Characteristics: In and out with a flash like nobody's
business.
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Common name: Jen Blackford, Blackhawk
Classification: Copy editing maniac
Characteristics: To become engrossed in all things
macabre while (oddly) maintaining a sunny
disposition. A paradox, if ever there was one.
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Common name: Tak Kendrick
Classification: Computer fixer-upper and general
genius
Characteristics: General attraction to puns and logical.
mathematical thinking. Can find five-pointed stars
in any manical triangle pattern.
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Common name: Whitney Kvasager, Ka-sag-a-ma-ger
Classification: Features editor and continuing
Newsbriefs editor
Characteristics: This element is non-stop super shop
so much hard-core vocabulary and yummy rhubarb
pie.
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Common name: Jason Korneliussen
Classification: Calendar editor and columnist
Characterists: The ability to see the humor in
dismemberment and breasts or any combinat ion
thereof.
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Common names: JefLucero, El Guardio, Sunshine
Classification: Sports editor
Characteristics: Farts, burps, yawns, and loves mother.
Jef is shown here at right with his hero, Chuck from
the band Hot Water Music.
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Common names: Mat Probasco, The Little Lamb,
Little Thing
Classification: Editor
Characteristics: The only element with a traveling
soundtrack - dirty guitar and snare drum. Element
has propensity to hose down instead of washing
laundry. When heated, armpits turn green.
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Common name: Josh Manning
Classification: Staff writer and professional wrestler
Characteristics: Quick all his feet like a fox! Yet wiley
like a coyote. Knows everything.
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Common name: Michael Selby
Classification: Layout editor
Characteristics: Ajack-of-all-trades, Selby can
do anything CPJian. And when he does what
he does, it will surely involve hijinx, high
drama, and his own personal laugh-track.
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Common name: Alicia Webber
Classification: Ad representative
Characterists: Crazy full of energy. This
element was first ever Miss Evergreen, the one
and only member of th,e Diving Team, and
after the Pow-Pow (snow) in a big way.
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Common name: Kevan I\Jln.~ra
Classification: Staff writer
Characteristics: A low key element, Kevan goes
with the flow, covering issues as they come up.
Not to mention raising hell at the Governor's
press conferences.
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Jason Miles
Classification:
Comics editor
Characteristics:
Uh ... well,
loves film,
animation,
, comix, "revolutionary layout",
things that go
bump in the
night and other
creepy-crawl ies.
Common name: Nick Challed
Classification: Arts and Entertainment editor
Characteristics: Don't jump! This element is
mellow and smooth like a foamy cup-o-hot
cocoa. If anyone would organize a benefit hiphop show!~~ the CPJ it's this guy.
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Common names: Aaron Cansler, Tarin Assler,
Emperor Xan Xansler
Classification: Photo editor
Characteristics: A master at under-the-breathcommentary, Cansler has the eerie ability to
document oddities (himself, mostly),
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Common name: Suzi Skaar, Blade
Class ifi cation: From layout editor, to comanagingeoitor, to free-wheelin' Russiaophile. 1
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Common name: Brandon Beck
Classification: Photographer
I Characteristics: He's all over the place. Hard
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Common name: David Boudinot
Classification: Long lost photographer, yo.
Characteristics: Once had the phone number
(prefix) -XHOT, if that tells you anything.
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Common names: Ashley Shomo
Classification: Both layout editor AND managing editor.
Characteristics: With the class of Betty Page,
Ashley is truly a Renaissance woman. She can
sing, she can do long division, she can make
ie, and she can find 101 uses for olive oil.
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ommon names: Joanna LaTorre Hurlbut, Joo Spice.
lassification: Circulation manager
haracteristics : Spicy is a super star with a
endency towards rock and roll thunder, and
he likes it..
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Common names : Ray Ayer, Raybot
Classification: Photo Edi tor
Characteristics: Raybot feels magnetized to the
tops of trees, and the depths of the industrial
undergr?und. Basically, he is drawn to anythl~.g with a hint of danger (armed only with a
camera and an acidic sense of humor).
Comm?n names: Greg Skinner, Skinny
ClassIficatIOn: Writer, soon to be member of the
Editor-in-Chief Club.
Characteristics: Rare Earth
Boiling Point: Unknown
Use: Unknown
Color: Unknown
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Common name: Tan-Ya Gerrodette
Classification: Ad designer, Photographer, long
lost Calendar editor
Ch~racteristics:Able to outdesign Frank Loyd
Wnght and takes the best photos of chickens
ever!
Common name: Turtle
Classification: Photographer and writer of
glory
Characteristics : An oddity of scholarly
gentilness and punk madness. Truly, the
I Einsteinium of the CPJ elements.
ammon name: Mikel Reparaz
lassification: Copy editing mobster
haracteristics : To appear as though disintersted in surrounding conversations and then
, stound peers with wisdom. A myste rious
lement, Reparaz gives the CPJ an edge.
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Common name: Gordan Dunbar
Classification: Former newsbriefs editor and
innovator of great magnitude
Characteristics: Unununium, or Gordon, is so
creative, artistic wonder can be seen orbiting
six inches away from its nucleus.
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"At times exhausting, a bit DV('fwhelm ing, but ill th e end very fruitful. "
- Ruth Brownstein, when asked to de·
scribe her ex perien ce at Evergreen in 25 words
or less.
No more weekly budget report s, 11 0 more
'Brea kfast Specials,' no more whiling away tht,
Evergreen days. This is the fas t- approachin g
reality for perh aps Evergre en's most ac tive, involved student to graduat e this yea r.
When she li rst came to Eve rgree n, Ruth
I:\ rownstein had but one goal in mind: to gradu·
at e. " I don't think I ca me here with an y ex pel"
ta tions," she says , "not of this plac(' . at least. "
Her onl y expectation of herself was to fini sh.
"I figured it was the ri ght tim e to rea lly ap ply
rn vselfto this. to learn ing," she says, "a ll d I'd
have to say It lI'orkcd <l il t Iwtt er th an I co ul d've
poss ibly expect ed."
Rut h grew up IIlos tl y in Phil adel phi a,
w ad uat ing fro m high sc hoo l in J 9!11 . She thcn
moved to Californ ia, where sl1{' wo rked as a
l1l!rse's ass ista nt for mo re th an 10 yea rs. "I had
Just abou t enough of that racket," sht \ays with
a laugh.
She was brought to Eve rgreen in part by
her broth er, himself an Evergree n alum . "A ll
he really told Illl'was, 'It's gonna be harder th an
yo u think. ' lie was both right and wrong, " slw
says. Her ex planation fOr this dualit y? "If you
think yo u can get by wit hOllt plltting in the e (~
fort at Evergreen, yo u will fail ," she says before
co ntinuin g, "But if you take wh at yo u are do·
ing se ri ollsly and put your p ass ion ~ int o your
work- and keep yourself motivated- yo u will
sllcct ed." Th e 01' 's(' If~ mot ivation' rhetoric rmy
seem trite to some, but Ruth is proof positive
that it work s. For in the last two years, yo u
would bl' hard pressed to tlnd anyon e at Evergree n as involved as she has bee n, and th at invo lve mt'nt has everythin g to do with her motiva ti on.
La ~t yea r, sht, ~e rvl' d as program direc tor
at KAO\. thl' co mmuni ty radi o stat ion on ca 111 pllS. She wa~ also one of th e hosts of KAOS'
weekly 'Br('a kfast Spec ial' · th e progra m whi ch
hegi ns even Ki\OS broadcasting day - host ing
Imder Ihe 11;1 111(' 'R llby Lt ' This yea r, she was
the ,t ude nt coordin alor fo r Ih e Servic(,s and
Act iviti es (S&A) I:\oard, where she oversaw th e
ent ire Illidge t f( lr all of Ev(' rg re('Jl '~ ex trac llrricu lar ;I(' tIl'it ies. 'fh l'se are two of t he most
im port ant \llIdenl pnsitions at Eve rgrl'en, lor
they 11l \'ol\'l' d(,a ling with wide ra nges ofpeopll'
Environmental science
by Josh Manning
Staff writer
Evergreen: come for the interdisciplinary
study, stay for the camaraderie. So would be
the philosophy of one Matt Feil, who will be
graduating from Evergree~ with a Masters
degree in Environmental Science (M .E.S.) on
June 11.
Feil came to Evergreen from American
University, a private college in Washington,
D.C., where he received a bachelors degree in
law and society, His interest in environmental
law and policy began to emerge after
graduating from American . Especially how it
worked in places outside of the United States.
To further this interest, he took two years off
from schooling to tour Chile and s'ee how
environmental policy worked internationally.
Chile is the subject of his masters' thesis.
Feil sees Chile as the first success of Latin
American environmental policy, as "a great
case study on environmental sustainability."
He says they have managed to protect th eir
natural resourc es without da magin g th e
national economy,
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and issues.
Ruth feels her fir st two years at Evergreen
helped to prepare her to be able to take on th e
responsibilities that go along with each of these
jobs. "It took me abollt tw o years to ge t a feel
for how this place works," she says. After that,
she was ready to take on some leadership roles,
so wh en she was asked to be th e program di rector, her decision to acce pt was an easy one.
"The beaut y of Evergreen is that you get back
exactly what you give, " she explains, "a nd these
jobs have demanded a lot of me. But I got so
many rewards from them too. "
Those rewards arc what Ruth thinks will
be hardest to leave behind . "I loved being in·
volved here," she says refl ec tivriy. "It was a
perlect part of this process for me. It helped
keep me focus('d, and helped keep me in tun e, "
she ad ds. Iler educational ex peri ence at Eve rgree n she describes as "great. I alm ost wish I
had anoth er year here." She cites L.oui sa Peck
and ~ am y Parks-Turn er as two of her mos t
inspiralio nal in stru ctors . "Th ey we re grea t
tea chr rs, th ey rea lly helped pull rne in ," S J y~
Ruth . Sir e also cred its Evr rgrpe n fo r helping
to Jl'v e\op her skills with com put ers. "I some·
how lIIade it to th e age 01"30 while bein g co rn·
pletelyco mput er illiterate," she said, laughin g.
Like mos t graduJtrs of Eve rgree n, Ruth
has concern s about being, well, a graduate of
Evergreen. "There still does seem to be th e
misnomer (sic) that all we are, are slackers, pot
smokers, and hippies, " she says. She relates
this to her most recent foray into the 'real
world ,' an internship with KMTT, a radio station in Seattle. "All they knew about Evergreen
was 'The Simpsons' and those stereotypes," she
says smiling, "but I won them over by hanging
in th ere." Her internship stipulated that she
be in th e office by 5 a.m., Monday through Friday. Living in Olympia , th at meant getting up
around 3:30 a.m. for the commute. "I kinda
feel like I was an ambassador of Eve rgreen,
working to prove to th em th at we can be hard
workers too, " she says. "Now they want me to
find more Eve rgreen int ern s fo r them, " she
adds.
Leaving Evergreen will be hard, but onl y
for a while, says Ruth . "I 'm sad and disa ppoint ed while thrilled and ('xc ited. all at th e
~J m e time," she says before l'Olltilluing, ''I'll be
sta rting all ovcr again
"But this process should be the same a~
th l' olle I w(, nt through while I wa, here. 11'11
ta ke me a co uple years to ge t going. but th en,
loo k Ollt! " Ruby B will ha ve taken ove r so me
ot her corn er of the planet, perhaps in much tire
sa me way Matt Groening, creator of the Simp'
so ns and illustrious Greener grad, has.
taking risks and choosing the right schools
Feil felt that writin g about such an
international issue for his thesis was taking a
ri sk, because the environmental sci ence
program does not devote much attention to
international environmental studies. He spoke
with one of his professors, Cheri LucasJennings, and told her that he felt it was the
last chance he would have to do such study and
writing about international issues. Although
he presented her with other options he could
have written about, Lucas-Jennings
encouraged him to follow through with what
he wanted to write about, rather than what
would be more contextual to the program ,
Feil thinks this sort of communication
between faculty and students is what made
Evergreen a memorable experience for him.
But he also feels that it made it difficult for him
as well, because while it was easy for him to
locate the faculty, th ey left th e decisions up to
him. "What they allowed me to do was throw
out everything that I brought with me," said
Feil, "and rebuild from there. Then they gave
me a rea lly wide-ranging look at all th e ideas
th at are out th ere. And much to my suprise, it
[Evergreen] was a lot less radical than I had
thought. ..
He carne to Evergreen because he wanted
to attend a school in the Pacific Northwest.
When choosing between Evergreen and the
University of Oregon , he decided Evergreen
was the better option because it had a great
record as a school which placed education
above student competition through the
absence of the evil"g" word - grades, Plus, he
could finish the graduate program, two years
of classes, for the same price as one year at
American.
The Environmental Sciences program
offered him a look at issues with more than a
one·sided view, This was not how he had been
taught to think about issues when at American.
Here he was exposed to different viewpoints
and was then allowed to decide which best tit
his own . "You look at issues from the right,
center and left ideologies," said Feil. "It's not
just, 'here's what happening, now go Ollt th ere
and be an eco-warrior. "
Feil is confident that when he leaves
Evergr ee n he will be well-trained to tackle
issues on environmental policy to the best of
his newfound abilities. ''I'm feeling confident
about my beliefs, in that I have question ed
them," said Feil. "They've come through a lot
of painstaking discussions with people and a
lot of thought on my own , I think that had I
gon e somewhere else I wouldn't have been
encouraged to do that. "
When he first came here, what made the
biggest impression on him was not only how
diverse the campus was but also how diverse
his classes were. "It's great to go through such
an intense program with such a small group of
people. The value of the M.E.S. program is th at
you've got people coming from totally different
backgrounds," said Fei!. "You learn from
them,"
Another shining moment came to him as
a member of the Rachel Carlson forum, which
brought noted author Terry Tempest·Williams
onto campus to give a lecture, When a majority
of students turned out to listen to her speak,
Feil felt it was a moment when he was most
aware of how connected he was to the campus
community since people attended an event
that he was passionate about bringing to
campus.
Feil isn't sure that the M.E.S. program is
for everyone. "Ifit works for what you want to
do, you can get quite a bit out of it, " he said. "I
would recommend it to a lot of people but I
would have to hear what it is they're looking
for. If you're not interested in what you're
doing, you probably shouldn't be in graduate
school."
After he graduates, Feil will take a year
off and decide where to go next. He is mos t
attracted to continuing his education in a law
sc hool , most likely at the Unive rsity of
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by Mat Probasco
Editor
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Staff writer
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college a year ago.
She had enough credits. Her parents were
driving out from Michigan , Her education was
supposed to be complete,
Instead, she felt she was just discovering
what she wanted to learn,
Throughout college Sandra thought she
wanted to be a teacher. She was taking
psychology classes and writing courses but says
they never really challenged her.
So in her senior year she decided to try
something she knew nothing about: making
and recording music.
"This was definitely the area, " she laughs:
a Detroit accent clear in her voice,
She spent the year in music technology
classes and, when it came time to graduate ,
Sandra rea li zed she didn't want to teac h
anymore.
So two days before gradu ation she told
her parents she planned to take anoth er yea r
of school. She wanted to lea rn all she co uld
about mu sic techn ology.
"I had to brea k it to th em when the y
arrived here," she says with a guilty smil e.
"They were ex pecting 10 see me wa lk. Th ey
we re not very hap py at all. "
Sandra took th em to the sc hool th e nex t
day to show off th e technology she was lea rnin g
to use and introdu ce th em to sOlll e facult y.
"They stoodill awe &nd connlsion and it fe lt
really good."
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Her fo lks agreed: she should go to sc hool
fo r another year.
This fall, Sandra 's second se nior year, she
took music technology classes. She accepted an
internship scheduling and helping maintain
Evergreen's music technology labs. She enlisted
as coordinator of the Student CD Project.
"The most important thing I learned,"
she pauses; then cautiously reveals, "is that
having a career that I enjoy is far more
important to me than anything else."
Sandra's dream is to make and record
music, not because she's been told to, but
because she wants to. "I think I realized at
Evergreen that I couldn't be a team-player for
a big corporation," she says with conviction ,
"I think that's sort of Evergreen induced ,
wouldn't you say? To have the nerve to try to
do something by yourself?"
Sandra knows she still loves to teach. Her
voice dances when she talks about showing
people how to use the music equipment,
especially women.
"What I do believe is, basically, I and a
lot of other women felt like our vision didn't
ca rry through wh en we were working with
men. There's a necessity for women in this
field. It was lacking. " She explains th at men
oft en tr y to force in th eir own vision wh en
recording a woman's music.
"I feel like women now arc starting to ge t
more into tec hn ology and teel co mfortab le
with it."
Sa ndra says she's tired. She's cranky. The
yea r has taken a stressfi.iI toll, and she knows
it 's a good sign. It mea ns thi s yea r she' ll
graduate.
"For so me rraso n, last year I IVas n't rea lly
stressed out beca use I was n't reall y thin king
about it. It teels very different this yea r. It leels
tinal. I'm out of here. It's ove r. "
Her parents aren 't going to drive out two
days before graduati on aga in this year. Sandra
is flying to th em two days after graduation.
"I actuall y kn ow I'm going to be walking
across that stage. Became I have 230 credits
and I have to. They'll probably walk me across
that stage. "
by David Simpson
Staff writer
Brian Gregory has always bee n a bit
younger than his classmates.
Asked if he knew he would be the
youngest of Evergreen's 1999 graduates, he
replied "I would've guessed it. I've pretty much
always been th e youngest."
Brian was born on June 22, 1980, so he
will be just shy of 19 when he goes through the
graduation ceremony on June 11. He started
kindergarten at age five ("That's not really a
year early," he points out), skipped the second
grade ("It was just boring"), and went through
Running Start C"3 good program") for two
years before becoming an Evergreen computer
science studen t.
Running Start is a program, available in
some areas, in which high school students
attend community college for up to two years,
getting high school and college credit at th e
same time. He attended community college in
his hometown of Arlington, 20 miles north of
Everett.
Brian has been at Evergreen for two years.
He chose it because of "price, and because it
was just far enough from horne to get me out
of the house."
He says that at Evergree n, his age has
been less of an issue than at other schools he's
attended, "just because nobody really knows."
"At the community college," he says, "my
dad was an instructor. So a lot of people knew."
Brian says of Evergreen "It's a good campus. I
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It makes such a difference, apparently,
that Brian's not ready to be done with college
at age 19.
Asked what he wants to do now, Brian
replies "sleep." But he plans also to attend
graduate school, pursuing a master's degree in
computer science at the Oregon Graduate
Institute of Science and Technology.
Part of his desire to continue his
education may stem from the fact that the
alternative is embarking on the post-college
"real world" at the age of 19. Regarding what
he wants to do with the rest of his life, Brian
says "I really don't have much idea at this
point."
"Maybe that's why I'm going back to
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really wish there wasn't so much focus on the
political issues." He says the computer science
department ha s its ups and downs"Evergreen only has two or three classes a year
in computer science, but they tend to be good
ones."
"I have regret s that I'm not finishing
earlier," he says. But he adds that it's not an
indictment of Evergreell, but of the years
preceding.
"Almost everything I learned in public
school, I learn ed on my own, not in classes,"
he says. "I could have skipped eighth grade. I
didn't. I should have."
"The biggest difference between college
and the lower grades," he says, "is that people
want to be here. It makes such a huge difference
that it makes it worth going to college."
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Reflecting on lessons, growth and roommates
by Mikel Reparaz
Staff writer
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)2 raduating frolll Evergreen on/un e
11. ,it s in front ofa colliputer in till'
'l11a ll Coo ppr"s Glen apartm ent
I hal she , hares with her twin siSler.
Jess ica. The walls of her smallish
rOO I11 are adorned with fanta sy art
pieces and posters of 80's pop idols.
and a pair of diminutive cat s waltz
in and out Jttheir leisure.
She recalls. years ago.
wa tch ing an ep isode orth e Sea ttl ebased ske tch -co medy TV show.
Almost LiI·e. 'They had this sketch
... basically invas a whole bunch ()f
different thin gs, like th ey said
[Eve rgr ee n] had cla sses in
interpretive danc e, and th ey
showed this hippie waving his arms
all ove r and silting down into a
lotus position.
"The thing that really got me,
though , was they showed this glly
with a leather coat on, who wa s
walking across what I now know as
Red Square, and it goes, 'we're a
friendly, open minded campus.'"
She pauses for a moment. "And
then , it showed two hippies
coming out from off-camera.
'Unless, of COllrse, you wear leather
and vote Republican. ' And it shows the hippies
beating the crap out of this macho male type.
And I was like, 'that's where I need to be . They
beat the shit out of Republicans.'"
This, along with a desire to pursue a
teaching career, drove her to attend a college
recruitment seminar at her Bremert on high
school. She was pleased by th e Masters in
Teachin g program that Evergreen offered. as
well as by it s liberal arts curriculum. The lack
of grad es left her initially perpl exed. but this
was a minor co ncern . Her mind was made up.
"The worst part of trying to ge t here was
convincing my moth er. " says Mickey. Every
day, she says, she had to do something to
co nvince her moth er that she should go to
Evergreen.
"My mom heard of Evergreen. she heard
it was a hippie school , she hea rd no grades. she
heard a bunch of things, and didn 't like a thing
she heard."
It was Evergreen's other reputation - that
of one of the best small colleges in the U.S. that eventually convinced her mother that
Evergreen was a wise investment.
Mickey's attitude towards Republicans
stems from years spent as an outsider in her
hometown of Bremerton, Washin gton .
Although she feel s she's cons ervative for
Evergreen, she's ultra-liberal for Bremerton.
"I'm a feminist by geography," she says, adding
th at at Evergreen, she's not considered a
feminist, but that in Bremerton, she's
considered a "fcmin3zi.'·
She des cribe s Br emerton as a "navy
town," with a large population ofBaptist.~ and
Mormons. lIer high school was known for its
yea rl y ri ots and political ex trelliism; in one
instance. there was a motion pa ssed by the
sc hoo l's student body comillittee (w hi ch.
Mickey says, was run almost exclUSively by the
school's Yo un g Republicans club) to bar gays
hom participating in th e student gove rnm ent. .
While Mickey herself is not gay, many of her
!i'iends at the tim e were, and she describes the
incident as "two weeks of sheer, unadulterated
irritation" before things settled down and a
majorit y of the stud ents voted to simply drop
the issue.
After havin g grown up in this
atmosphere, coming to Evergreen was quite a
cultural shock for Mickey. Aside from making
a transition from being surrounded by
"conservative bigots" to. as she puts it, "liberal
bigots," she was also struck by the poli ticallycharged atmosphere of the campus . "You
become politically-minded whether you want
to or not, " she says.
Mickey feels that Evergreen was more
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Washington. From there he wants to further
his plans to work with environmental policy
with aspirations of ending-up at a nongovernm ental agency - places like the Sierra
Club or Greenpeace. He said th a t his
eva luations will provide him with a leg-up over
th e competition when he heads into the job
mar ket. "After reading all these other
tran sc ripts, they see th ese evaluations that
paint a picture of who I am," he said. "I think
th ey do justice telling them who I am. So in a
way. it's a free interview."
He does not think th at wh en he
interviews for jobs that going to a school which
is seen on th e outside as a radical college will
be a problem for him . "I feci that there's not a
political agenda at Eve rgree n that interferes
with the quality of ed ucati on here," he said.
"While we may have read some leftist, radical
material in class, we balanced that with what
would be co nsidered mainstream or
something that was opposite of it . The decision
about what we took from that was left up to
us . I read some stuff that I thought was total
ga rbage."
What he will take away from Evergreen
is a transition from what he believed before he
came here. Transferring from a small, private
school (particularly one outside of
Washington , D.C.) that taught students onesided solutions to policy issues, his move to
Evergreen was more for a philosophical
foundation than to further his career. "I think
that the two years I spent here will be with me
for th e rest of my life," he said.
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"blatantly liberal-hippie" when she first came
here . Since then. however, she has observed
that more and more suburbanite kids have
been showing up. It calms down th e
environment, she says . btlt "Evergreen is still
one of those places where you're going to learn
thin gs that aren't covered [in mainstrealll
medial ."
For example, Mickey says, "I never used
to go to Shell before because it was shit gas. "
Now. she says, she do es n't go to Shell for
pulitical reasom. Mickey says that she brings
lip what she's learned while writing to friends.
and that th ey oft en take th e information to
heart. According to Mickey, she's managed to
co nvince around five people never to set foot
in Wal-Mart again, and she's proud orthat.
With all of the social awareness on
ca mpus, however, Mickey feels that in rega rd
to most news, Evergreen "lives in a box ."
She feels that this has resulted from a
mixture of the campus' relative isolation from
the rest of Olympia, as well as the anti-mass
media sentiment that many of the more vocal
students seem to live by. "It makes gossiping a
sport at Evergreen, rather than a pastime."
When asked about her opinion of the
graduation fiasco (where Mumia Abu-Jamal , a
death-row inmate who many consider to be a
political prisoner, was asked to give a speech,
sparking a public uproar), she rolls her eyes and
groans. While she doesn't have any objections
to Mumia speaking, she can't quite understand
the attraction of having him as part of the
graduation ceremony. She would have liked to
see Governor Gary Locke, although she finds
his decision to withdraw from the ceremony to
be understandable, given that much of his
constituency seems to have a problem with
Mumia speaking.
Mickey feels that Stephanie Coontz, the
Evergreen faculty member scheduled to replace
Locke as keynote speaker, will make a good
stand-in for Locke, as she's "one of th e best profs
we have at Evergreen."
Finally, she dismisses the subject by
saying, "I just hope I get through graduation
and it doesn't suck."
When not in class, Mickey devotes a great
deal of her time and energy to running the
Gaming Guild, an S&A organization dedicated
to providing students with a network of other
students with whom they can play board and
role-playing games.
She got involved in the Guild during her
June 3,1999
first year, when she signed up with a
group of people who played the Star
Wars tabletop role-playing game. It
wasn't long before she found herself
living with that same group, in a 5bedroom D-dorm ap<trtment known
simply as "House ofDork."
"We lived together," says
Mickey, "because eating in the middle
of our 12-hour Star Wars session was
considered inconvenient. Yes, that's
hard-co re gamer-geeks right there."
The apartment was known for its
interesting decor. Star Wars props
hung from th e ceiling. A bag
containing a wooden stake and garlic
powder hung by the door, with the
sign "brea k in case of vampire or
Camarilla member." And mo st
striking of all to the cas ual observer
was a Twinkie that hun g frolll the
front door in an enticing biohazard
bag. Th is attracted a lot of interest
from passers-hy.
Mickey looks back on this
period, which spanned her second
year, as her fonde st memory of
Evergreen.
"We lIIessed with
Housing's head so bad that year," she
says. "I swear, they rewrote some of
the Housing compliance rules
because of us. It was myself and four
guys in a five-bedroom dorm, [and I it
was a zoo, 24 hours a day. I look at
the movies like Allimal HousE' and
P.Cv. , and I'm like , 'Yeah! Been
there, done that, throwing pies out
the window.,,' It was like a little chunk of
fraternity. "
At the end of her second year, the thencoordinator for the Gaming Guild, Tony Case,
graduated from Evergreen . Befor e he left.
however, the hiring proc ess for a new
coordinator turned up two applicants - Mickey
and her best friend , a lael named Scott.
So of course. th ere was only one Sllre way
for Tony to decide whu would be best suited to
succeed him .
He made th em arm-wrestle for it, and
Mickey ha .~ held the job for two years now.
When as ked about what her 1V0rst
experience at Everg reen ha s bee n, Mickey
grows serious.
"I got into my eighth choice of classes
Spring quarter of my freshman year. Myeighth
choice," she begins slowly. "And this was a core
program that had been going on for all three
quarters. Well, I got into it , and of course I'm
two quarters behind everybody else."
Mickey says that she's had per so nal
differences with most of her faculty members,
but that this was the first time that these
differences affected the credit that she received.
Things came to a head at the end of the
quarter; although Mickey thought that her
work was adequate, the facu lty member did not
agree, and determined that she should be
denied credit for the quarter.
"I went nuts," Mickey says. "I remember
collapsing into a friend's arms and crying my
eyes out. I remember being in class, holding
myself. shaking the entire time."
In the end, she was able to appeal for her
credits, and was finally awarded four, rather
than the original 16. She believes that she was
denied credit in large part due to the personal
differences she had with the faculty member.
"This was the first time I have ever walked
into an eval conference with a friend," she says.
"I did not feel comfortable with this professor."
Overall, Mickey has enjoyed the time she
has spent at Evergreen, as well as the people she
has met and the friends she has made. Out in
the "real world," she hopes to put to use the
event-organizing skills that she developed as
coordinator of Gaming Guild , possibly with
non -profit organizations. For students
continuing at Evergreen, as well as future
generations yet to come, she has a few words of
advice.
"Do yourself a favor and try to pick your
roommates."
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by Sean Rogers
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Robin Garcia
Contributing writer
In high school the day began with roll ca ll. It would last
half the period because there were more than 50 kids in my
class. I was given facts to memorize and regurgitate, an assigned
seat, and if I had to go to the bathroom my llalTle would be
written on the board. When I was tardy to class the patrol
officers that circled the premises would aggressively send me
to the "tardy room" where I was forced to sit silently until the
period was over. Undirected anger and disgust for the
institutioo--or sha ll I say "prison"--swe lled inside. I felt
unmotivated, fickle. and bored throughout my four years of
high school.
American priorities have shifted from ensuring a future
where there are real opportunities to ensuring that the majority"
will feel powerless in creating change. Because of the structured
hierarchy in my school, which was only a direct model of the
United States on a smaller scale, I felt eYell more lost, and
apathetic towards making my voice heard .
Education in Washington State is cha nging. Steve
Hughes, one of the organizer of th e co nference en titled
"Building a Foundation, what does it mean to be a student?"
states that with the Governor's 2020 commission on higher
education there is a new agenda; one which understands
education as a "product," the student as a "consumer," and
the school system as the means of production for future workers
and market-bolstering research. On top of this, education
funding continues to be cut. According to Mike Males in his
recent book, Scapegoat Generation, Head Start programs are
slated to be cut by Congress. This means 133 million dollars
will be drained from the program, denying access to 50,000
kids.
Saying education is the future is as indispensible to
politicians as kissing babies, which causes one to wonder why
Re-defIning our education
such cuts are being made. It is up to us as students to take a
For more info call:
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plan than the one which is currentlyshaping our schools.
A coalition of Evergreen and high school students are
organizing a conference on June 5,1999 called "Building a Foundation: What dol'S it mean to be
a student." The focus of this event is to have a student-originated discussion about schooL
Conference Organizers envision the day as being a time to articulate the problems that face
students, build a vision of a better education, and figure out ways of moving toward that vision .
Using art for social change
The morning will be dedicated to interactive forums and discussions about school, while the
afternoon will focus on ways to creatively bring about change.
Finding existing community organizations
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The Union of Student Workers had two
goals for this year- an office created
specifically to oversee student workers, and a
twice-monthly paycheck.
It looks like both goals will become
reality. USW members, as well as Laura
Grabhorn, who is the coordinator of student
employment at Evergreen, say that the office
will be created, and the paychecks will likely
follow.
Steve Hughes is a coordinator for the
USW.
"Another way to do things," he said.
"That's what attracted me [to the USWJ."
Hughes and Rebecka Tilsen, the other
coordinator for the group, along with the "10
or 15 "other members of the Union, were able
_to create real change at Evergreen, Even staff
members have taken notice: "They had a good
strategy for sweeping the campus with as much
information as possible," Grabhorn said. How
they did it was by a number of ideas and
techniques that all student groups can use.
Some of those ideas:
he said, "or we wouldn't have got anything
done. That's one thing we've been criticized for,
that we're a one-issue organization. It's never
been us not realizing .... "
Hughes paused.
"This has established us," he said of the
group's success this year. "We can move on
from there."
Continuity. Rebecka Tilsen, one of this
year's coordinators, said she would have never
been successful had it not been for last year's
coordinator, Sam Dodge.
"The only reason I could feel comfortable
is that the coordinator was helping me
organize. He was looking over my shoulder,
warning me about things. That way, you're able
to learn trom the mistakes of others."
Tilsen plans continue that effort. She
wants to record cassette tapes of observations
and ideas from current and form er
coordinators, so future coordinators will be
able to learn from the past as she did.
Research. Both coordinators say that it's
important to get your facts straight.
"Research was one of our biggest
strengths," Tilsen said. "It backs up everything
we have to say. It means people are more likely
to listen to us."
Listening. "Listening is biggest thing,"
Tilsen said - and added that it is difficult to
learn how to hear someone who is arguing with
you.
"Pl'ople will say they don't agree, but if
you listen and talk, then you tind out what they
think is important."
An example, Tilsen said, came while she
was tal~ing to people in the line for paychecks.
Two people began arguing with TiIsen,
saying they weren't in favor of the petition she
was trying to get them to sign, which was about
bi-montly paychecks.
Instead of argu ing that they should be
in favor of ii , Tilsen asked them why they
weren't. Both students said that it didn 't
address issues that weren't important to
them.
"0111' of them said, 'I'm a mom, and
therc's no support for mc,'" Tilsen said. She
began talking to them about the issues that
were important to them, and explained why
the petition was important.
By the end, one had signed, and the
other was co mmenting on "how
interesting"the petition was.
Responsibility. Tilsen said that, while
you want to let people be involved for only as
big a role as they want, it's important to hold
them responsible. Tilsen admits that she's been
in organizations where that hasn't happened .
"People say that 'we'll' do something, you
know - the communal 'we. ' Then one person
always does it."
Tilsen said it's important not to combat
that - the communal 'we' that really means
'you.'
"If you're going to have a bake sale, anda
person doesn't do something they're supposed
to, then maybe it's important not to have a bake
sale that day," she said. "It's not about guilttripping people. It's about responsibility."
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Tilsen said that if you are doing things
right as an organization, you'll know.
"When it's working, people come and
they stay," she said, "They change their
behavior. They go from using 'you' to using 'us.'
People have 'babies' - issues they take on as
their own things.
"People emerge as leaders."
There was a recent example of that, Tilsen
added - a moment when she could tell things
were working.
"Yesterday, at a meeting [with
administrators I. we had specific questions that
had been diwied up," she said. "But when
people began asking the questions, other
people came up and started asking questions.
Because we had a broad range of people asking,
then other people felt comfortable asking. The
questions got really bold. This one guy, who
had been to one meeting in, I don't know, faJ/,
started asking these really great questions."
Tilsen paused.
"People felt like they were supported,
backl'd up," she said. "They felt like they were
a part of something."
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by Trevor Pyle
Staff writer
How's your stress level? Do you feel your
eyes have been chained to a book all term?
Have you spent more time in the computer lab
than in bed? Have your faculty been sending
large men named "Vinnie" and "Guido" to your
house threatening to break your knees if your
paper isn't in by the end of the week? If any of
these scenarios are occurring in your life (or
even if it just feels like they are) then you my
friend are suffering from STRESS,
On coffee mugs everywhere stress has
been defined the natural reaction which occurs
when we are forced to restrain ourselves from
our innate desire to beat the crap out of
someone who completely deserves it. But, of
course, as Evergreen students we have a duty
Establi.sh a presence. Evergreen student
to our hippie ancestors to practice workers are paid on the 15th of every month.
nonviolence. Therefore, we must find other On that day, a line of students often snakes
ways of relieving stress than by burning the down the hall outside of payroll. On that day,
underwear off the guy who never came to any USW members would be there, handing out
of our group project meetings but still literature and talking to students.
co mplained that he wasn't given the
opportunity to participate.
"I think it's important to create space for
So what are our options? How can we people to be involved in the organization,"
relieve the stress in our lives if campus security Hughes said.
will prevent us from burning down th e
Another example of that was the USW
administration building? Well, my friends, we dialogue board, a standing board covered with
at PHAT the Peer Health Advocacy Team have butcher paper, where student workers were
teamed up with the Student Health Center and invited to share their ideas.
the Wellness Center to provide you with all
While Hughes is quick to add that many
kinds of nonviolent stress relief: the Stress Free of the comments on the board aren't serious
Zone,
("bullshit" is his exact term), he also says the
Today, June 3, from 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., board has helped people think about workers'
we will be out on Red Square providing a host issues at Evergreen.
of activities designed to help you relax and
"I had someone come up to me, and she
recharge for the next round in the battle with said the board got her thinking about th l'se
your research paper on the macro economic ideas, and she wanted to learn more about
value of photo-plankton in the wetlands of the them," Hughes said. "That's an example of
Brazilian rain-forest. First of all, there will be space too. "
funny hats! We will have enough newspaper,
sequins, and glitter to make you the flashiest
FOCllson aile iSSUE. When Grabhorn first
trendsetter on Red Square. Also, we have met with members of the USW, they had issues.
organized events such as three-legged and Lots of them .
potato sack races, and a water balloon toss. I
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personally will be making my prized rainbow concerns," she said, then names some of them:
hakey sack available throughout the three day
"Tryin g to get job placement more
period for your kicking pleasurc. There will visible. The frequency of pay. Discrepancies
also be many more activities too numerous to betwee n jobs of simibr skills. Higher
mention. Then, tor the grand final e we will wages.
have a real li ve OJ on Thursday aftern oon who
Both Grab horn and USW members,
will bring lots of toys to play with.
I however, co ncede that that year was
So come one, come all, to the Evergreen , difficult.
This year was different. At th e
Stat e Co llege stress free zone! Relax and I
recharge with om fUll filled activities that are beginning of the yea r, the lJSW members
guaranteed to make you forget about yo ur dccided to focus on a student emp loyment
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Reading/math tutors, mentors, volunteer managers & more positions
with Community Youth Services'
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Mason, Lewis & Pierce Counties.
Min quais: HS diplomaiGED, previous vol exp, FT, yr commitment.
Benefits, monthly stipend, $4,725 ed
award, prof dev & training! E. O. E.
Call (360) 943-0780 x.639 or e-mail:
serve.com .
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communication systems. Keep in
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