The Cooper Point Journal Volume 29, Issue 23 (April 22, 1999)

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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 29, Issue 23 (April 22, 1999)

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22 April 1999

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Student Representative to the Board of Trustees CENTERFOLD!!!
pages 8 & 9

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JervIs to retire
by Mat Probasco
Editor
Evergreen has a new chillienge to prepare for
in the twenty-first century: finding a new president.
After eight relatively quiet years, Ja ne Jervis will
leave an eve r-changing Evergreen as it wrestles with
growth, enrollment. and the way things run.
"The important thing." she says. "is to leave
when people still want you to stay."
Jane will leave the president's office at the end
of th e 1999-2000 school year. "The turn of the
millennium is probably an auspicious time to leave,
but being a medievalist , I'm partial to auspicious
times," kids Jane. who has a Ph.D. in history of
science specializing in 15th century astronomy.
"It's really scary." Jane whispers reflectively.
''['m hoping I'm brave enough to take time to think
about it. I'll be 62. I'm not looking for another job."
She remembers the first morning she came
to Evergreen as preSident. She'd never lived away
from the East Coast. Terrified. she remembers
thinking "W hat have I got myself into?"
But that's her style. She recalls at 40 she got
her first job in academics. She was a dean at Yale.
For the first time in 20 years, she was dealing
with und ergraduates . This was all new terrain,
bei ng an admin is trator for college students. She

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At Yale. Jane was far from where the rules
were made. She was, however, in charge of
enforci ng them. Part of the problem was that Yale
offered full medical coverage for its students,
including treatments for mental health such as
psychotherapy. So Yale admitted the brightest
students in the country regardless of whether or not
they were psychotiC.
H[ had some of them in my class. Some were
people who if you talked to them the hair stood up
on your neck."
[n her position as a dean. Jane saw some of
the problems with policy, but was in no way able
to change it. "I was helping people who had been

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Baptism
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As the old minister stood before us, boldly recounting the epic tale of
Baptism as it has existed for the last several hundred years. I silently wondered
just how this man went about eat ing an Oreo cookie. Did he twist the "two halves
'apart and then lick the cr.:amy center') Did he first dunk it in a goblet of icycold 2% Milk? Or did he simply gorge himself. insanely stuffing the brown and
white pucks of sugar into his denture-fill ed mouth without bothering to savor
each and every bite? He looked like a dunker to me.
My decision made on the Oreo conundrum, I returned to staring at my
boot lac es. Interesting , I thought. that the laces spiral in opposite directions .
The ancient pastor was now jabbering on about architecture. "It was in 1911,
during the ERECTION of this sanctuary .. . " he babbled.

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-retiring

Waitaminute! Did he just say "erection"? And did he say it really loudly?

Evergreen is about to lose one of its finest.
Pete Steilberg, who has been at Evergreen longer
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than just about everything except th e
trees, is hanging up
his hiking boots. Not
literally, mind you.
Stei lberg has
been an em ployee of
the college for 28
yea rs, most notably
as head of at hletics
and recreation. His
last day at Evergreen is Friday, April 20. His immediate successor has not yet been named, although Mike Segawa. Evergreen's director of
housing, will serve as interim athletic director.
Look for the deluxe Steilberg expose in next
week's CPJI

I could barely contain my laughter as I considered the possibility, and James
(the g uy sitting next to me) must have been thinking about it too, because
when I gave him a goofy. questioning glance. as if to ask "Did that old man just
say 'ERECTION' ?". he began to churtle wildly. Luckily, we were able to stifle
ou"r guffaws with our shirt s leeves and so me hymnals that we found shoved
underneath our sea ts.
After the p~esentation [ vcntured down to the restroom III preparation
for the long drive hom e. and as [ climbed the sta irs back towards the church
lobby. I could see that James was a hit shaken. "Dude," he sa id, 'That pastor g uy
just came up to me and was like 'I know what you two were laughing about'.
and I was like 'No' No. \~c weren't lau g hing !'. but he was totally onto us ! How
fucking embarassing."
I giggled at this. not noticing as the pastor reen tered
the rool11 and spotted mc .
"There you arc." he sa id. a huge grin stretched across his wrink led face .
"I know what you two were laughing about. I sa id 'ERECTION'. didn't pH As he
said thi ~ . he administered me a forceful kidncy punc h disguised as a pat un the
hack . "Well. I meant 'ERJ-:CTION' like a building. not the other ki nd of
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Student
worker Steve Hughes
joins co-worker Robin
Garcia and their faculty,
Sarah Ryan, as public
school
employees
flood the Capitol steps.
The crowd shouted,
cheered and sang last
Saturday to demand
higher pay.
"My mom, right
now, is paid peanuts for
serious work," Hughes
said of his mother who
works as a teacher's assistant."lt affects me as
a student. her son, and
as a future teacher."

medieval astronomy, I want to be where they make
the rules."
From Yale, Jane took a giant leap to the job
of dean of students at Hamilton College. "I guess I
didn't realize that with that move. [was doing what
usually takes eight career steps."
Durin g her six years at Hamilton. she
experienced parb of student life, like frats for the
first time. She became aware of her responsibility
and involvement in students' social lives. whether
it be football games, drunken parties, or rape
response.
To her it was as ifeach student was treated as
two students, one who studies, an d one who goofs
outside the classroom.
From Hamilton, Jane leaped again. This time
to the dean of college job at Boden in Brunswick,
Maine. She was in charge of student affairs,
academic programs, curriculum planning,
"everything but faculty personnel work."
She also continued to teach classes in history
of science and when possible, occult sciences.
H[ approach the teaching of history of 1e:S4~r'Vle
witchcraft and history of astrology as a skeptic. And
it infuriates the true believers." As usual, theoc(uit
science classes filled quickly, "There are a lot of
loorlles everyw here," she says grinning.
Jane has deep roots in another religion.
Since 1100 AD, 500 yea rs betorc Martin
Luther founded the Protestant church with a note

Look in the next
issue of the CP) for coverage of the issues facing public school employees and state workers in Washington.

photo by Ray Ayer

. see Jervis on page 5

Your name here
by Nichol Everett
Staff writer

Have you ever seen the redwoods?
Have you ever stepped into Headwaters
Forest and been surrounded by canopies of
brilliant green rising hundreds of feet into the
air?
Have you stepped cautiously over elldless
carpets ofrnoss and fauna?
Have you ever stopped, taken a deep
breath of sweet , fresh air, and listened to the
birds, the wind. the silence?
Just once, in this lifetime , have you
experienced the spirit and the majesty of these
giant cathedrals?
[f not, you'd better go now.
The controversy surrounding this
magical forest continues, thirteen years after
the buy-out of Pacific Lumber (PL or Palco).
The formerly well-reputed lumber company
had been family owned for over 100 years. In
1986, Texas based MAXXAM Corporation
bought out PL. Charles Hurwitz, CEO of
MAXXAM, purchased tlL through funds
obtained from his involvement in Michael
Milken's illegal junk bond scanda l, which
resulted in the collapse of a Texas savings and
loa n institution that had to be bailed out with
nearly $1.6 billion in taxpayer money.
Palco owns Headwaters Forest.
Headwaters is a grove of old-growth redwoods
that has existed for over 1000 years. The area
received its name in 1987. when a trespassing
Earth First!er stumbled on a grove of giant
trees that was home to the headwaters of three
streams. The area is home to such endangered

species as the marbled murrelet, the northern
spotted owl, native coho salmon, and the
spotted salamander. Since the takeover, PL
ha s tripled its rate of logging , and
environmentalists say that Palco no longer
consistently practices selective cutting- a
process which leaves so me areas of trees
standing to indu ce natural reproduction .
Consequently, these ancient kingdoms are
being destroyed at an alarming rate for the
survival of the ecosystems.
Environmental activists have been
challenging PL's logging practices for over 12
years. They have filed lawsuits, staged
prot~sts , incited lock-downs, and maintained
several tree-sits throughout the area. One
activist, Julia "Butterfly" Hill has occupied an
anc ient redwood for over a year ill protest of
the degradation of the forests. Others have
created a tree village in the grove where David
"Gypsy" Chain was killed by a tree felled by a
PLlogger.
Through all of their efforts activists were
not able to stop the Habitat Conservation Plan
(HCP) from going through. Pacific Lumber
boasts the plan saying that it provides
protection for endangered and non endange red species for the next 50 years.
Environmentalists say, don't let the name fool
yo u, th e HCP is actually a way for corporations
to continue logging in areas where endangered
species are known to inhabit without
repercussions or lawsuits under the
Endangered Spec ies Act (ESA).
Another score for the PL team was the
signi ng of "the deal", an agreement to sell

see Redwood on page 5

Bus Pass in
Limbo
by David Rickert
Contributing writer
You may not have heard, but the student bus
pass is in grave danger. In fact, without your support,
the bus pass program will vanish entirely. This year's
bus pass was paid for from funds which will not beavailable next year. However, do not fear, a group of
students and administrators is working to establish a
permanent bus pass program at Evergreen, but we
can't do this without your vote. If adopted by the
students, the bus pass will be administered according
to the following provisions:
1. AU students at the Olympia campus shall be
charged one dollar per credit hour (maximum 12
dollars per person per quarter) for funding of the
program.
2. All revenue collected for the bus pass
program shall be used exclusively for the
administration of the bus pass program.
3. The bus pass fee shall not be incrmed by
more than five percent ann uallywilhout an affinnative
vote of the student body.
4. Asigned initiative containing the names and
signatures of at least one third of the total number of
students who voted in the election toestablish the bus
pass program shall result ill a student election to
amend this agreement or discontinue the \.Jus pass
program.
5. Afinancial report shall be prepared annually
disclOSing all transactions associated \\1th the bus pass
account and idenlitying any remaining balance.
Reasons to Vote Yes:
1. If you ride the bus already. $12/quarter for a
bus pass is a steal!
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see Bus Pass on page 5
Bulk-Rate
U.s. Postage Paid
Olympia,WA
98505
Permit No. 65

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Fast as lightning ...
The Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw Kung Fu club of
Evergreen State College issued certificates of
official rank on Monday, Feb. 22 with the
endorsement and blessing of Grandmaster Fu Leung
and under the direction of National Team coach Sifu
Dana G. Daniels. This event was the cause for
celebration on the part of the members of the club,
as it represents the culmination of much hard work.
The club members received the following ranks:
Sam Haskin, club chairman and national team
captain, received his first degree Black Sash, Matt
Sieradskl, club vice-president and frill contact
medalist received his provisional Black Sash, Jesse
Harter received his Brown Sash. Loa Arnoth
received her Yellow Sash, John Eastlake and
Catherine McLain received their Blue Sashes, and
Red Sashes were awarded to Shasta Smith, Abi
Hassan, Isaac Overcast, Jesse Smith, Shaan Bliss,
John Zadrozny and Andrew Gilligan, and Forest
Stone.
The Evergreen Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw Club
is proud of its continued success both in the eyes
of its teachers and masters and the greater martial
arts community. As spring begins, the club plans to
compete In the Oregon Rose Nationals in Eugene,
OR on April 3. In the summer, they will head down
to Dallas, TX for the Chin Wu National Chinese Kung
Fu tournament in June. After the tournament, the
team will head down south to Harlingen, TX for the
third annual summer camp where many of the Bak
Shaolln Eagle Claw schools from around the country
meet 'or a month of hard training near the beaches
of South Padre Island.

A preview of the
Millennium Bug
performances on
Thursday, Friday,and
Saturday at 8 p.m. in
the Experimental
Theatre of the COM
Building.
"Millennium Bug is an
original multimedia
theatre piece that is the
culmination ... of three
years of exploration of
the relationships
between humanity and
technology," said Brint
Latta For full story, see
page 11.

When things fly off A·bulldlng, Housing's
Residential Life has a response. Next year, this
response will be different. Housing's Residential
Life Is currently rebuilding its conducting system
and looking for resident Input. Be part of the
change. Be part of our community's future. Be
part of putting a stop to horrid blaring music at 3
a.m.

An EPIC opportunity
Evergreen Political Information Center
(EPIC), is now hiring! Epic needs a second
coordinator for spring
quater. EPIC is a loose
conglomerate of
students who support
various radical causes
through direct action
and alternative media.
If you're hardworking,
like working with
people, have a sense
of humor, and would
like to get paid for
committing yourself to
activism, this job is for
you. Applications are
in CAB 320; the
deadline is April 30.
For more information
cali x6144 or email
EPIC at
epjc@elwba.everl!reen.edu.

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"Thoughtful and piercing"

Preferred qualifications:
• Flyers and promotional design
experience
• Web page design experience
To apply:
Pick up your application at the Student
Activities Office (CAB 320).
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STD support group
The Counseling Center needs dedicated
individuals for their endeavor towards establishing
Sexually Transmitted Disease support. To be a
part, attend the STD support group orginlzational
meeting on Wed. April 28 from 4 to 5 p.m. in the
Counseling Center. For more Information, call the
Counseling Center at x6800.

04-14-99· 0000· Shift info- ... Key
20 & 14 out...
1315· Theft- Computer stolen
from Deans area. (E·5)
4/15/99· 055 5 · Info· ... Lewis
called in sick.
1220- Theft- Theft of college
property and services. (E-9)
1800· Traffic- Vehicle booted in
F-Iot (P-4)
1800- Traffic· Vehicle booted in
F·lot (P·4)
4/16/99- 1228· Pub Svc· Flat tire
replaced @ C-Iot (E-9)
1445· Traffic· Speeding on

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Rate of pay: $5.70/hr
Position schedule: 10 hrs/wk, for 10 weeks/qtr
Position to begin fall quarter 1999

Minimum qualifications:
• Software experience with Excel, Word
and Pagemaker
• Problem-solving in Macintosh as well
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• Be able to design flyers and other
promotional materials
• Must be on-call for problems
• Compile basic instructions for
computers and computer equipment

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Seattle based Rebecca Brown is acclaimed
for a number of fictional works, including her latest
novel, The Dogs: A ModelBesti¥.r she is also a
frequent contributor to The Stranger. On Friday,
April 23 at 7 p.m., Brown will lecture in the
Communications Building Rcital Hall as a part of
the Cal Anderson Memorial Lecture Series. Brown
is discribed as approaching modern themes with
"thoughtful and piercing treatment."

On Tuesday, April 27 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
in the Library Lobby, the Latin American Solidarity
Orginlzatlon will host speakers Jose Alas and Shawn
Miller. The lectures are one event in a series of
benefit events for victims of Hurricane Mitch. The
benefit also includes an art show, reception, and
lecture by Jose Alas on Friday, April 23 from 6 to 9
p.m. in the Coach House behind the State Capitol
Museum.

Prkwy, verbal warnin
issued, see C / R (E·9)
1708·
Medical
Individual fell in CR
Women locker room ,
R for details (E · 81 E·9
E·3)
1840· Traffic· Vehicl
booted in F·lot (P-4)
04-17-99- 0000· Shif
info... Key
outstanding .. .
0410· I nsecure- LI B 3
floor all (CW)
1500· Fuel info- CV
10 .0 gals wl1qt oil,
120874 miles(E-9) CIC:
11.0 gals @ 111610 miles(E·3)
1600- Shift info- ... Key #6 & #8
outstanding.
2017- Medical· Student required
medical-aid @ SEM 2150, see C/R (E-3)
04-18-99· 2245· Traffic· Verbal warning
issued for driving off roadway (E·12)
2245- Traffic· Infraction issued for
parking violation H/C zone (E-12)
2245- Traffic· Verbal warning issued for
defective equipment (E·12)

Blotto Thoughts ...
By Aaron Cansler
Well, as most of you know by now,
each week I normally take a little look at
the police blotter, and I write my funny
little article over here each week. But if you
take a look yourself at this week's police
blotter, there is very little "fodder" for my
"funny guns" this week.
This is
unacceptable. Vel)' unacceptable. Now, I
am not asking all of you who are reading
this to go out and cause mayhem and
general tomfoolery (which I am), but I do
ask that you provide me with something a
little more interesting than "Flat tire
replaced" and "Key 8 outstanding." (Not
that those aren't interesting in and of
themselves.) I mean, remember the days
of indecent exposure, alcohol poisoning,
and crates of guns being found in the
woods?" That was fun. We had good times
then. Good, goody good ·good times.
Course, nowadays, it's all traffic infractions
and vehicle bootings. Not even one

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program
"Light," a study
of light through
science
(chemistry and
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will be up in
Gallery IV
through next
Friday, April 29.

04-20-99- 1100- Traffic- Veh booted in
F·lot (P3)
1405- Fuel info- Ford Crown refueled 2
121,049 miles wi 12.3 ~als (Riggins)
1410· Fuel info- thev refueled @
111,875 miles wi 15.3 gals (Riggins)
2215- Traffic- Verbal warning issued,
Parkway and 17th (E-ll)

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explosion this week ...
Well, I suppose I shouldn't be such a
negative Nancy, and I should try to look on
the bright side of things. After all, there were
a few things that happened this week.
Someone stole a computer from the Deans
area on Wednesday. There is that. Thursday,
some college property and services were
theft-ed (my new word). I guess that's kinda
interesting. An "Individual" fell down in the
locker room on Friday. Not that r can make
a joke about that, or anything, that just has
to suck. Okay, okay, so all these things aren't
particularly interesting, but at the very least,
I have an excellent coup de grace: Sunday,
there was a "verbal warning issued for
driving off roadway." Now, isn't that a great
coup de grace? I think so, I think it's a
wonderful coup de grace. A really swell coup
de grace, oh boy ... Help me, please. I need
tomfoolery. Go run around with bananas
up your butts and stuff. Please ...

Cooper Point Journal

April 22, 1999

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NEWS

Student Elections

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THE BUS PASS
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11 a.fil. to 7 p.fil.
Rain location: CAB lobby
Housing COfilmunity Center
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REDWOOD

JERVIS

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7,500 acres of Headwaters, and an additional
2,500 acres of old-growth redwoods to the
public for $480 million, The land was
purchased in part by the US government and
the state of California. Again, many on
nature's side say that in the end Hurwitz got
the rcal deal. Of the 7,500 acres, 4,000 acres
have already been clear-cut. According to the
Economist. Hurwitz paid only $810 million for
the entire company- sawmills, property, the
works . We gave him close to a half a billion
dollars for a few thousand acres . And as for
that $1.6 billion Hurwitz and company still
owe us ... still haven't seen it.
Activists report that Pacitic Lumber ha s
laid off over 180 employees, racked up nearly
200 environmental violations in three years ,
had their timber licen se revoked, created a
mass landslide that destroyed seven homes,
been involved in the death of an activist, and
destroyed thousands of trees- all for profit.
Many say that the problem is not the
environmentalists or the loggers or the mill
workers, the problem is the corporation.
Earth First! activist, Judi Bari . wrote "the
capitalist system is in direct contlict with the
laws ofbiocentrism (the belief that nature does
not exist to serve humans). How can corporate
raider Charles Hurwitz claim to 'own'''the
2000-year-old redwoods of Headwaters Forest,
just because he signed a few papers to trade
them for a junk bond debt?" Bari goes on to
write "although he may have the power to
destroy them, he does not have the right."
You may wonder what this has to do with
you. It is about you.
This story of a forest and a people being
controlled by corporate power is your story.
Each and every day the forests of Washington
are being cut just as rapidly as the redwoods .
Every morning my neighbor gets up, eats his
breakfast, and drives away ill his truck with
the Weyerhaeuser emb lem painted on the
side. And if you bank at Wells Fargo or shop
at Safeway or fill up your tank at Exxon, this is
about you. Yet, the fight for the redwoods isn't
over. And neither is your story. You are the
solution.
Your name here __________

on a cathedral door, Waldensians have rebelled
from the Catholic church. They reject the notion
that to speak with God you have to go through a
priest or Pope . Insteatl they believe the Bible
entitles ever)lone an equal relationship with Cod.
"The priesthood of all believers. "
This required that all believers know how to
read. something rare in llOO AD. It also required
rranslat ing the Bible int 0 la ngua ges people muld
understand.
Women were the teachers of the Waldensian
ch urch, and fromthl' rl~ t ;lil and language jane IISl'S
to describe her family's religion, you'd think she
had J syllabus ready for summer session.
For centuries, these early Protestants line
persecuted and shoved from va rious areas in
Europe until the y rested In the mou ntain s of
northern Italy. When Mussolifli's Fascist regilll~
came to power, the Catholic church struck a deal
with the dictator. Catholicism wou ld be the
national religion of Italy. French, the language of
the Protestants, was outlawed.
Jane's parents, equipped with Ph.D.s, spoke
Italian in public, but staying true to their liberal
beliefs spoke French at home. They rela ted Italian
and Cat holicism with the oppressive Fascism.
Arriving in the US with a hatred of Italy,
Jane's parents identified themselves iminediately as
Americans. Christmas carols, which are often
Protestant hymns, greeted them. These were songs
outlawed in Italy.
Jane was born and raised in New Jersey and
remembers her parents always being "all the
Fascism watch."
She said her folks taught her to disbelieve
what others told her, tofindout for herself. to stand
up for social justice, and yes, to be lady-like and
polite.
During the Second World War the family was
more or less under house arrest because of their
status as Italian immigra nts . They had to get
permission to leave town alld could not own a
camera. Ironically, dur ing this tillie Jane's father
designed radar for the United states military and
had top secret clearance.
The family moved into a predominantly
Jewish neighborhood in hopes of good schools and
shared political belieb.
Jane remembers when the war ended and the

reports came out of the concentration camps, the
good schools and liberal views turned on the girl.
with an Italian accent. "I was the only gentile in my
class," she laments, her eyes at the ceiling, poking
back at memory.
She says the kids identified her with the I\:azibacking Italy and beat her up after school. She says
dryly that this probably happened no more than
twice, but remembers all too well how it felt.
She still looks away now while telling the
story Her mother, she says, adding a "Cod bless
her". told her to go give lollipops to the angry
children outside her house. "Youlo\'c V<lur enl'ln it's
alld yo u turn your other cheek."
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By lirst grade. janc had. decided hl' r English
had to be perfect. But shc'd always feel like an
outsider.
Jane wcnt to high school in Maryland, then
on to college in Massachusetts. It was in grad uat e
school at Harvarrl-lbdrIitl'e II'lwre J:llle !irst go t a
taste of the interdisciplinary lea rning that would
be so vital at Evergreen.
Up until 1958, Jane 's senior year in grad
school, math was her major. That all changed when
the chair of the math department called her in and
said. "girls can't do math, I want you out. "
"There I was in my senior year, needing a
major to graduate." The academic option she chose
seemed absurd.
Jane enrolled in first year biology chemistry
and geology. "I was making all kinds of new
connections. I had already had nuclear physics. So
I understood then in a very visceral way the unity
of the sciences, and it was very exciting to me."
After graduating, Jane searched for a job in
her field wh ich was wild with t he energy of the
space race. The Russians had put Sputnik in orbit
and Truman was urging technology fund ing.
Again, however, Jane found there was no
home in her field for a woman. She settled for a job
as a tech writer, "which I guess was considered
feminine enough."
She married and worked to put her husband
through medical school. She raised two kids, then
wellt back to college. She'd "bought a doctor" and
figured she could afford the luxury of going to
school and studying medieval astronomy.
"It was well into my grad work before my
husband took a walk," she says tlatly, "and I had
two kids and a degree in medieval astronomy and
that's when I became an academic administrator."
Jane discovered she was deeply resentful the
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way Harvard-Radcliffe had treated her. She realized
that her academic dealings were always driven by
an ethical and ideological sense of what a learning
ellvironment should be.
She found an institution with that ideology
when a friend nominated Jane for the president\
job at Evergreen.
"That sounded like paradise, " , he said e~e\
widening , her hands grippin g at the tab le
"Integrated study, wow!"
The scnseofthe unit y of th e stud ent was deep
imide Evergreen. It wasn't the "th inking persall VI.
rlrin killg person" view of .It udenlS she experienced
in the past. The Evergreen philosophy felt right.
In 1992, Evergreen was a pla ce in turmo il
People slid the new president their enemy lists and
hints were dropped about who was against who.
Thc college was full of infrghting ami bark-bi ting.
"Institutions always pick a president for the
current crisis. " she re flects, "I was probably the
right choice in 1992. My concern was that things
would ge t so calln that people would fall int o
coma." She said that it mav be time for someone
who'll push more,quicklya'dding, "If I woulrl have
been that way in '92 , it would have been a di saster.
Some of the achievements she lists as a result
of her leadership, or needing as she calls it, is that
the college has stopped some of its ba;:k pedaling.
When she first came here, the college was
falling over itself with worship for its founding and
founders. She said she heard a lot of "We don't do
it that way, that 's not Evergreen." She said it's
destructive and dishonest. "I think that the people
who founded this place would be horrified by that
kind of backward-looking motive."
Growth is inevitable to a public school. With
growth, however, comes a profound challenge to
the Evergreen status.
"One of the biggest challenges for Evergreen
to face," she speaks carefully now, but with
conviction, "is how it handles authority. By that I
don't mean power." Her hands begin to speak with
her. "At some point people are going to have to be
willing to delegate their vote."
The way Evergreen is currently set up, the
lack of structure helps individuals to enjoy a
maximum amount of freedom , she explains.
Unfortunately, it also breeds, "J complete
breakdown of the unit."
She speaks of Evergreen's future, 'Tm not
sure an institution of 5000 can act that way."
Evergreen's fall enrollment this year was around
4100 students. Enrollment in 2010-2011 is expected
to be 4906.
The first two faculty meetings of the year are
completely consumed by what the rules for the
faculty meetings will be. Jane explains it's
paralyzing and chaotic and counterproductive.
"How does this serve students?"
"When you see persistent disjunction in an
institution, you have to ask, who does this serve?"
She says in this case it serves so faculty don't have'
to do anything they don't want to do. "1 think that's
something we're going to have to grapple with."
Don't let this fool you. jane's obviously in love
with Evergreen, but not seduced by it.
She said when she leaves at the end of next
year, she wants to study public policy. She wants
to do wood working. She wants to spend more time
with her second husband, who she only sees once a
month now. He lives and works in NY at Columbia
teaching physics teacher,~. He's a Catholic. Her
parents don't mind.

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Everything you always wanted to know

about nuclear death (but were afraid to ask)

(Cultural and political analysis for Evergreen
students and other Olympia residents- in
case you couldn't tell.)
Ain't no telling how many nuclear
missiles there are in the state of Washington
alone---let alone the rest of our empire and the
world. The Cold War has been "over" for as
long as I've been teaching school and taking
care of other folks' kids: A decade, but where's
our peace dividend? I mean, do you think them
student loan people will wait 10 years
to get paid? How about if I just have
my bill sent to the Pentagon? They
owe mel They owe all of usl
Especially after the dire peril
they put us all in for 50-plus years.
Once upon a more inno ce nt!
ignorant time, the public was taught
that ducking under a picnic cloth
would be all you need as a shield
against a nuclear explosion. Well , '
let's see what would really happen.
Let's say a one-megaton (only
one now--on average they're around
20) bomb exploded 8,500 feet above
the Space Needle. The bomb's blast
would literally obliterate every object
for four miles from the Seattle Center
and would instantly slumify
buildings in suburbs like Kent and
Bellevue.
The displaced air would take
the form of a wind storm-blowing
in one direction at hundreds of miles
per hour and then stopping for a few
seconds right before blowing just as
hard in the complete opposite

direction!
The thermal pulse is a mile wide fireball
which rises into the sky for ten seconds, and as
it does, it's igniting anything underneath that's
the least bit flammable. Folks as far out as
Lynnwood would wind up with (lethal) third
degree burns as mass fires were popping up all
over the bloody place.
Then, a 12 mile-wide cloud of dust (and
a hearty "Hi Ho Silver!,,) would turn the sky
from blue to gray just as if it had defected to
the darkside during the Civil War. Rain as black
as the oil from The X-Files would drop
radioactive fallout for the next 24 hours, and if
there were any survivors tens of miles from
ground zero, they cocksure won't be surviving
the next few weeks.
In fact, according to a review ofJonathan
Schell's The Fate orthe Earth by George Ochoa
and Jeffrey Osier, "Radiation sickness as a result

of fallout would kill about half of exposed
adults as far as 1 5 0 miles downwind." Yep,
there goes Tacoma and Olympia. And just so
you know the symptoms: they include thirst,
fever, vomiting , and a little thing called
petechiae-where your skin hemorrhages and
leaves nasty spots wherever it did.
But here's the cruel part: You'll go hours
thinking you've recovered, but then comes the
relapse, which lasts for days. Hair loss, teeth
loss, diarrhea, and internal bleeding (Man,
that's what crack does to you!). Cancer and
birth defects? Consider each a given.
My favorite part is when Ochoa and Osier
describes how all those mass fires might just
coalesce into, "a windriven wall of flame, or a
firestorm ... that sucks surrounding air toward
a central point of extreme heat, suffocating or
burning anyone who tried to hide in sheiters."
You get that? Anyone who tried to hide in

shelters. That goes double for any survivalist
in a bunker who voted for Ronald (six letters)
Wilson (six letters) Reagan (six letters) twice,
but then prayed for Jesus to spare the Rapture.
Triple for those who profit from nuclear
proliferation (there are other ways to pay the
bills an d put your kids through college).
One last thing: I remember after that
1983 ABC "Movie of the Week" The Day After
pre mired, they had dozens of phone lines and
operators standing by, waiting for callers who
had the gall to be traumatized by what was in
the movie (a rather tame depiction of the
aforementioned). Lucky my ass wasn't one of
the operators that night, I'd have been like,
"What?! You're sitting up here crying
about nuclear holocaust and you're a registered
Republican? You better get your ass off my
phone and go down to Sane Freeze or Peace
Action or something . ... "

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Re: Chilean trip
[ hope that 220 credits and 10 years
at TESC permits this 77~year-old woman
to comment about ,an instit1,ltlon I love.
Even at the beginning, people carped
about changes h~re: There are positive
changes reflecting maturation, . and
negative degenerative ones. The
legislature
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Learning from the Chile incident
This letter is a response to the article you
may have read in last week's paper, regarding
the Field School to Chile. Given the amount of
ink that was devoted to this subject and the fact
that mine was one of the names mentioned of
the twenty students who participated in the
program, I felt it necessary to give voice to my
concerns. This is not meant as a rebuttal or
defense, nor do I wish to negate the importance
of the time and energy Greg Skinner devoted
to writing and investigating the article.
The program itself] consider a failure for
reasons discussed in the article; however, to
move forward, the step next, I believe, is to
address what allowed the situation to take
place and how it could be avoided. I have
struggled with this issue over the past year and
have learned a lot. Mainly, I found myself
ignorant of my rights as a st udent and th e
mechanisms of protection available to me . I
a~sumed there would be some kind of student
rig ht ~ group or office to assist students in
rai,ing conce fll s of this kind, who I cOllld
a tTeS\ for advice and suprort, hut with the
l'xce pti on 01 a few individuals , th ere was

nothing.
The whole process I went through with
the administration is more than I can recount
here, except to state the need for them to
enforce the protection provided by documents,
such as the Evergreen Social Contract, to which
we are all bound as members of this
educational community, on campus or as the
participates of any ofits programs. I would ask
that the concerns raised about whether a
program should resemble the program
description is an issue which falls under the
sacred canopy of academic freedom and is
stated in the article as simply, "too bad for the
student", be considered as starting point to
allow the students some level ofexpectation for
the education they are buying. However, it is
also our responsibility, as the student body, to
ensure that we have a voice in the t\lIlctioning
of our institution and to develop a mechanism
to deal effectively with the concerns of
st udent s. This provides an opportunity to
discuss the need for a student group focused
on support for students who wish to be an
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which we live and learn, who would also
provide useful information to facilitate that
process. I believe it is more difficult to deal with
the problems in your immediate environment,
but ultimately more effective and rewarding.
Lastly, I would like to make a comment
to the students who intended to participate in
the program this Spring, before it was
canceled, although administration states there
is no connection between the two. I understand
your frustration and disappointment, but I
hope you can see from the article or this letter
that you will find yourselfin a more rewarding
situation if you travel independently or wait for
a program that can provide the kind of
experience you are looking for, un less you
desire credit for partying. If you have any
questions about what I have said here or all that
I haven't, and especially if you are interested
in being involved in planning of a students'
rights group to begin next fall.
Raquel Cecil

April 22, 1999

Harassment issue
could have been
better articulated
Dear Vita Lusty,
Your letter in last week's CPJ, while
bringing attention to an oft-overlooked
prob lem, did li ttle in the way of effecting
change. So little, in fact, that what should have
left me feeling ready to help, instead left me
feeling perplexed, and, to some degree,
disappointed in the ways you went about
making your point. For while this is an issue
that demands an open line of dialogue, your
motivations seem suspect and your methods
ill· conceived.
I have to say, you made me a little leery
in your very first line: "Since I have turned 21,
I have been going to various dance clubs."
Various clubs? What various clubs? I am
almost 26, and the only dance club that has
ever seemed worth frequenting is Thekla. The
"various dance clubs" of which you speak need
to be named, especially since you name Thekla
as the only place where you can go "through a
night without being sexually harassed." As a
reader, I need to know where this kind of thing
is happening. Naming the other various clubs
would substantiate your arguments, whi le not
necessarily holding the clubs responsible for
their patrons' bellllvior.
I'm curious: 'Why would you even go to
these other clubs? Thekla, while not
completely immune to the ills of sexual
harassment, is easily the friendliest dance club
in town. For the express purpose of dancing, I
wouldn't even know where else to go. I can
appreciate the notion of "trial and error" or
"live and learn" or some other variation
thereupon, I really can. But it seems logical to
me that if one finds a homt', so to speak (in this
case Thekla), why look for one elsewhere?
You bring up a specific incident in which
you and a friend were accosted by a group of
men. I understand the need to graphically
portray this type of harassment, but I have
trouble with one thing: pointing out that your
attacker was "this pot-bellied, polo shirt dork"
on Iy serves to galvanize the stereotype that
only "frat boys and military men" are capable
of perpetrating acts of this nature. Your
account would have been just as disturbing
without this information. Even if that was how
he and his cohorts were dressed, describing
him in such a way is not only misleading, it is
unfair. Sexual harassment is not just a "frat
boy" problem, it is a societal problem. Hippies,
scenesters, activists, teachers, doctors,
lawyers-all are capable of haraSSing you,
harassing me, harassing anyone.
Your decision to address your "good
friend" and her tendencies when confronted
with these situations is mystifying. This seems
an inappropriate forum to discuss her ways of
dealing, even if they are indicative of a greater
problem. For her sake, I hope she has thick

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development,
and spectator sports. I
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weren) part of this environment in the
past. This is a change for the worse.
[rene Mark Buitenkant

skin. If it was me you were talking about, I
would be mo re than a little embarrassed.
You have a pretty good idea who your
audience is, and it was with this in mind that
you shou ld have changed the tone of your
letter. Your preaching-to-the-choir approach
may well have whipped some your readers into
a frothing frenzy, but you said it yourself: "I
don't expect these narrow-minded, peniscentric bigots to read this," even though "the
change ... should be with them ."
Please bear in mind, Vita- I am not
casting a stone here. I'm on your side, your
cause is a worthy one. Your last line, "Tell them
to leave you alone, embarrass them, but
whatever you do, DON'T STOP DANCING!"
is your most articulate . It's too bad that you
wait until the last possible moment to
illuminate your point , as we ll as your
intentions. But fuzzy details and typecast
depictions-what's worse, at the expense of a
fr iend-I can't abide by that.
And next time, Vita, take it to the streets.
Those of us on Red Square already feel the
same.
Regards,
JefLucero

Sad state of
veterans' affairs
Over the years I have
had the opportunity to
speak
with
many
American
military
veterans, and I have been
appalled by stories that I
have heard about their
treatment by the Veterans'
Admin istra t ion upon
their return home.
Although I don't
always agree with the
reason ing behind ollr
foreign domination, I
SQ Mr. Lawson. bow can we at the
greatly respect our men
veterans administration belp you?
and women in uniform, as \
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their #1 goal is to protect
our freedom and the constitution for which for our freedom deserve the best care
that our government can offer, yet they receive
this country was created.
Unfortunately, that document has been the worst. Did you know that over 56 percent
altered so many times now, and it is on the of our homeless men in this country are
verge.()f being lost forever at the hands of military veterans? That is just not acceptable!
Let's quit the denial game and offer our fullest
someone in Washington D.C.
First it was the denial of the aerial support to these ongoing problems. If you are
spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and the a student at Evergreen College, and you have
lack of support by the Veterans' Administation been treated unfairly by the Veterans '
that led to ahout 50,000 suicides of Vietnam Administration, I would like to hear from you.
veterans as they returned to the U.S ., and now E-mail meatpkelly@televar.com.
our governments cover-up about the exposure
Patrick Kelly
to chemical and biological agents in Iraq.
These fine Americans who risk their lives

Beware of Greenerspeak
I

Wrote
This
"Solidarity. "
Do you know what "solidarity" means'?
Docs it matter anymore? Every activist on thi~
campus uses the word, to the point where it
elicits groans in some sectors. Now. this may
be the column equivalent of walking out into
Red Square wearing a sign that reads "will work
for hate mail," but ... isn't "solidarity" just a
word people use to sound like important
activists? Wouldn't "unity" or "common
purpose" be a less knee-jerk way, of saying the
same thing?
There's noth ing inherently wrong with
the word "solidarity." It's just thal it's been used
so often that it no longer holds any real
meamng.
Of course, "solidarity" isn't the only word
that gets overused. This is by no means a
complete list, but the point is to ask you to
think a little auout what you're saying instead

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rest easy: "women's history" is not an
offalling back on comfortable buzzwords.
First, there's "struggle." There must be oxymoron, and it's a much more respectable
fifty synonyms for this. So why is "struggle" the phrase.
And let me ask you this: does anyone ever
word in evCIY letter, every seminar, every thirduse
the
word "dichotomy" for any reason other
floor club manifesto? I suspect it originally
than
trying
to sound important? Anyone who
started because Marx used the phrase "political
struggle," but it's continued because people are wants to actually change anything should avoid
used to it and it's become a cool word for the pitfall of speaking in "academese." It makes
aspiring activists to adopt. Let's face it, even you sound important, but it also clouds your
among those dedicated to social justice, a sort point. If you're truly trying to reach "the
masses," speak clearly.
offashion conformity exists.
Are you feeling "empowered?" What does
Plus, it's really sort of a silly-sounding
word. isn't it? If you answered no, then answer it feel like to be "empowered?" Does your
particular cause involve "empowerment"?
me this: why does it rhyme with "buggle"?
How many times have you heard the Have I "empowered" you at all by making such
word "proactive" this week? "Proactive" is frequent uses of forms of the word
definitely a word people use to make "empowerment" in this paragraph? Are you
themselves sound impressive . And most sick of it yet? Then stop using it so much .
Finally, I want to mention the word
sentences which contain it would work equally
well without it. They'd mean more, too. I'm "liberation." Yes, it sounds nice and dramatic.
comfortably certain that, in the course of our but it's really been beaten to death. "Freedom"
language's evolution, the word "proactive" has is a little tired too, but it 's simpler and less
become vestigial and now only exists to bolster pretentious. If you use your imagination, you
can probably come up with some better ones.
people's egos.
Why make such a big deal out of people's
And what about "dialogue"? Everybody
and their brother advocates the "opening of a word choice? Am I just being a nitpicker and
dialogue" around here . Worse still is the use of ignoring the real issues? Perhaps. But I think
dialogue as a verb: "let's dialogue about the fact the prevalence of certain trendy words is an
that you violated the rights of student workers, indicator of something that runs deeper:
undermined the struggle of the people ofTibet intellectual laziness. If you fall back on a
convenient phrase or buzzword, you've taken
and dyed my cat purple."
Plea se keep in mind that you're only the shortcut around actual thought. You turn
"healing" if you've been physically injured . your mind off, and in doing so you reduce the
Otherwise, "healing" is simply a meaningless pOSSibility of new and revealing illSight into the
cliche. And never, ever me the word "healing" issue you're defending. This is shortchanging
not only yourselC but the causes you represent.
in conjunction with th e word "process."
I'm not saying you need to completely
Then there's "oppress ion ." I'm not
de'nying that oppression exists. It does, and it 's strike all these words from your vocabulary. I'm
terribl e. But a lot of people around here toss it just saying that when YOll speak and write, you
around as if th ey're not a bunch of white should he vividly aware of what eve ry word
middle-class suburbanites. You're not being means. Instead of using cliched phrases to ec ho
oppressed by the administration if they refuse sentiments you know will go over well. clare to
to, say, fly a black flag. If you don 't believe me, do your own thinking.
It may be risky. but go out on a lilllb. Put
move to Singapore for a few months.
Also, I do recognize that the scholarly thought into the lIleaning of what you ~av
world ha s traditionall y been rather rather than relying on what's easy. It 'll ue ,\
phallocentric, but .. . "herstory"? This word struggle to be proactive, and you mJYnot h:lw
sounds like so mething out of a satire on the benefit ofllluch solidarity at Ilrst. but won't
political correctness written by some rabid it be empowering and healing to be liberated
right-winger in an effort to make the left look for the lirst tim e in hcrstorv from th,'
absurd. Etymologically, "history" is fl at related dichot omolls oppressio n ofh ackll('\'cd hits or
to the phrase "his story." It 's a co incidence. So dialoglle?

April 22, 1999

FiQ~U's ' :

Board of Trustees Student Representative

the stu~ent
Bakers ' dozen with
representative

Candid~L~alcade

Lara Littlefield assesses her term in office '" . .
Josh Manning
Staff writer

She rub~ l' lb o l\'~ with Statl' L eg i~ldtur~ .
Shl'\ lIll't Ollt' ull.;uYernor Gary Lucke\ kids. lI er
positioll is unfJaid , thankless and hardworking.
She\ your only voice to ;lllo th er fileet of "The
1\·13n ". thi s time represented by th e Board 01
Trustees . She is Lara Littlelield. She answered 13
qllC.~tions.

1) Is the job as Student Representive as
glamorous as it looks?
LL: I didn 't realize that it looked glamorous. But
there is a lot of work because of changes in thE'
Legislature this year and the 2020 Report from
Governor Locke la plan for higher education
until the year 2010]. Plus, you have to answer to
three people: the taxpayers, the students and
yourself. After awhile you become kind of
schizophrenic.
2) What do you feel that you got out ofit?
LL: (excited and exclaimillg) LOTS! I found out
a lot about the technical aspects of the legislature
and also about how higher education works;

Name: Eric Meltzer
where it's headed, what's going on, etc. It was a LL: He's a political prisoner on death row that's Year: Junior, focusing on geography
gre;lt learning experience.
going to be the graduation speaker There's a Why: "I enjoy studying at Evergreen and I care
3) Was there a second
huge rally for him about this place personally. I am interested in
gunman on the grassy knoll
in California next learning more about how it works and to see
the day John F. Kennedy was
month.
what I could do to make it better. I care about
shot?
8) With over 100 i the Evergreen community as a whole and I want
LL: Sure. I wouldn 't doubt it.
planned stu.dents I to learn more about what people have to say."
4) What is gerrymandering?
enterlng l What: "Speak with the previous trustee; make
LL: (pause) I used to know
Evergreen next myselfas accessible as possible; I would write for
that in junior high.
year, what is your the Cooper Point Journal about my observations;
5) Did Locke ever ask you to
advice to the next offer weekly, evening meeting hours on the
babysit his children?
s t u d e n t Olympia campus; see the school take a
LL: No. But he did ask me
representative to co nsiderably more progressive stance on
ollce if"l was getting enough
get the student environmental and planning issues; reto eat".
voice best?
evaluating the relationship between student
6) Novelist James Ellroy has
LL:
More workers and the school; to see Evergreen return
spent the past 41 years
outreach. Lots as a leader oftmly alternat ive education."
attempting. unsuccessfully, to
more outreach. It's Resumehighlights: Student representative of his
find his mother's killer, would
tough
to find one 40-person junior high school class; volunteer
photo courtesy ofthe Campus Recreaction Center
this sort of devotion help the
voice that will student representative to the Student Conduct
Lara Littlefield, 98-99 Student
student representative?
please everyone, Code board: collaborative work on a project to
Representative, will step down this
LL: I don't know about doing
but it 's sti ll redefine the understanding of the Pacific
year to make room for new blood.
it for 41 years, the job is only
important for him Northwest region of Idaho and eastern Oregon.
for one year. But yes, you need
or her to find that
good devotion like that.
"student voice." I
7) Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal?
would recommend that they deal more with the Name: Deston Denniston
RA's.
Year and/or degree: Bachelor of Arts
9) Use the phrase "roody-poo candy ass" in a Comparative Lit. and 3-D design, trying for
sentence.
Bachelor of Science degree in 2000.
LL: (long pause while conSidering using it in Why: "I am thankful for the opportunity that has
conjun ction with Locke's name) If the direction been afforded to me through federal, state, and
that higher education is taking continues on a private funds. I am ofthe conviction that the gift
downward spiral, I would have to roody poo I have received is one which must be passed on
someone's candy ass.
to another before I can know its true value."
10) How would you describe the Board of
"That future generations ofTESC students,
Trustees? A bunch of geriatric old windbags? and the wider community with which they share
I
Cigar-smoking student haters?
this landscape, will be thankful for the choices
LL: No. They are nothing like that. They're all we are making."
really cool. Very dedicated and colorful. They are What: "... take part in vital conversation and
all different, in terms of their backgrounds and decision making which set tone for education at
where they are from. And they all really enjoy our school. It would cha llenge me to continue
Evergreen and what it stands for as a continuing stretching the skills which bring awareness and
experiment.
shape our communities. This is what I truly hope
11) Will there ever be a viable third party in
to accomp lish- to continue the work of being
American politics?
present in a cu lture which, in turn. will shape
LL: When there's a revolution, in about 50 years, me.
against the cap it alist system of American Resume' highlights: On working at Bread and
government.
Roses: "These folks came in all colors, genders,
12) Would you consider being a White House religious, and sexua l orientations. What they
intern?
shared was disenfranchisement. Many were drug
LL: I would consider interning with a liberal addicts, or alcoholics; if they chose to sober up, I
Congresswoman. yes. But at the White Home. spoke with them and for them to various state
in its current state? No.
and local agencies in order to support that
13) Is the student representative more a process. Some were sexually active needle users."
figurehead than an actual voice? Can it be more?
"Work with the Evergreen Learning Center
LL: You definitely start feeling like you 're some introduced me to many pan-cultural
sort of poster child. So in that way, it's more of a awarenesses. "
figurehead than something real. But I do think
On learning from "Hawai'ian folks": "I was
that it can become something more because this thrust into participating, and learning on the
is the only outlet to the administration that the experiential level. Uncle Kaleo, a native of the big
students have. There should be something like a island, took me under his wing and taught me
committee or a student government that can also the traditional style of cooking Kahlua Pig in an
help mediate between the students and the
Imu. It is more than a neat party trick. It is a
administration.
method of bringing people together in body and
II

spirit. He has given me a flame, which I cherish
and hope to one day pass along."
"Challenges are the stuff which fairy tales
are made of."

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Rep job discription requires tightening

Name: Sinnamon Tierney
Year
and/or
degree: '
Graduate. Masters in Public
Administration Student. B.A.
from Evergreen (1998).
Why: "An opportunity to
represent Evergreen students
in a role that is important to our academic life.
lit I wou ld offer me a learning experience by
serving on a board and in gainillg knowledge of
how the process works. It also would heighten
my educational and career goals of working in
the public sector.
What: I would like to strengthen Evergreen
Board of Trustees mission statement by
representing the students' views and helping to
make informed, repsonsihle choices for the
sc hool by upholding Evergreen's style in
producing graduates who can work
collaboratively and independently in a realworld environm ent.
Resume highlights: Unified Graduate Student
Assoc iation Board member; Se nior Office
Assistant for the Department of Natural
Resources, Jobs for the Environment; legislative
intern for the Washington State House of
Representatives; extensive work with nonprofit
organizations and natural resource policy.

know what she's done for Evergreen during her
term? Neither do we. Littlefield has not made
herself especially availab le to the st ud ent
population, yet she has fulfilled her duties as
representative, which boils down to one task: to
attend all committee meetings. This is dlle to
the loose job description of the Student
~epresentative . It allows students whose only
interest is beefing their resume to assume the role
of representative. We feel that in order for
Evergreen to be truly represented, the Student
Representative's job -description must be
tightened. This will weed out opportunistically
motivated candidates.
For the job to be fulfilled, we demand that
the Student Representative
• Act as a representative ofstudents to the Board
of Trustees
- Actively seek out what students want.
This includes seeking out how students feel
about any issue brought before the board and
how the student can convey these sentiments
• Be accountable to the students
- Actively seek critique of performance as
Student Representative

- - - - - - - , Name: Paul L. Gerhardt,Jr.
Year andlordegree: Third year
student
Why?" I see how important it is
to have a student voice on the Eric Meltzer: Unavailable for comment.
Board of Trust ees. The
responsibility that rests with Deston Denniston: "I do think the student
members of th e Board can be should be public , but I don't think it's their
more fully met by includin g the insight of a responsibility to publish anyth ing. It's an open
stud ent who has consish:ntly been involved in process to anyone who wants the information."
serving fellow students and in participating ill Denniston stated that the minutes oreach board
meeting are posted in the library and believes
the student government"
that
students should be responsible for keeping
What?
themselves
informed. Denniston disagrees with
• Establish one, well-pub lished day and night
mee ting time each we ek to be accessed 011 the editorial demand that students elect th e
campus, by students, for open communication Student Board of Trustee representative. "The
of students' needs , wants, and concerns.
I board of trustees is an entirely appointed otTice .
• Write a column in the campus newspaper Even if I was elected by the stlldent body, the
discussing student and campus issues. including mayor would still choose the one he wants."
diversity, community service, evening and Denniston does feel. though, that "it does't make
sense to me why they ask th e student
weekend student services and leadership.
• Maintain a web page on the college site representative to leave. Stud ents should be
for furthering campus communcation and objective in appointed or elected positions."
accessibility
• Maintain a manageable and flexible work Sinnamon Tierney: " Since the Student Trustee
slhedule to best meet th e needs of the position position is relatively new, there is a lot to be
worked out to create better communication
of Student Trustee.
.Establish and maintain modes of between all groups of Greeners and the
communication with The Evergreen State representative.
"I agree with the demands of the Student
Co llege.
Representative
and consider them a priority.
Resume highlights:
shou ld he chosen by
"Representatives
·Three-year president of and recipient of I
most outstanding member of our local chapter ! election. However, for this year we did not have
enough candidates to hold an election; all the
of Future Business Leaders of America
• Vice President of the Associated Student other school candidates are selected by their
~--------------------------~
Body
• Department manager of Safe way

- Submit to quarterly evaluations by
students
- Be willi ng to step down if a vote of noconfidence is taken by the students
• Be withill the public realm
- Publish Board ofTrustec agendas ill the
CPJ and over KAOS
- Publish results of board lIleet ings in th e
CPJ and over KAOS
• Be the #1 politica l activist for students on
ca mpus
• Be a TESC student for no less than two years
In addition to these demands, we believe
the following points to be conducive to true
representation of Evergreen.

thusly dernonise or defend that faculty member.
This is wrong. If the trustee is tru ly a
trustee , s/he should have all the obligat ions and
privileges that go along with the position. If a
nOli-student board member is friends with
facultv or ha s a business venture with a facuit\'
member. s/ he is expected to excuse him/herself.
The student rep. should he ~hlc to make hi ~
decision as well
• If the Evergreen Political inforlllation Center
(EPIC) is going to be funded by th e S&A board
(read: with stud cnt mon eys). the y ~hou ld
dispense information about the Evergreen
political scene including informati on ahout the
student trustees

• Representatives should be chosen by student
elections. not by the GovernOl

The students of Evergreen make Evergreen
State College possible. We have the right to
demand authentic representation in the body
whose decisions impact us.

• The Student Representative shou ld be present
a t board meetings at all times regardless of
discussion topics. Under the current law, the
student rep. is obligated to leave the board room
whenever faculty discipline is discussed. The
reason given for this is that as a student, s/he
could be in the class of the faculty member, and

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student governments.
"The Student Representative should be
allowecd to be in attencdance and vote when it
comes to faculty subject matter. If there is a
personal co nflict of interest, the studellt should
excuse him or herself. Unfortunatly, the current
state law does not reflect this mentality. Maybe
it is something we can lobby for.
"Besides all of the current modes of
comuncation (KAOS, CPJ, the Evergreen
websight, e-mail) I propose that the Student
Representative meets reguarly with student
gro ups and makes him or herself available to all
students to become familier with the needs and
concerns of the diverse student population.
Paul L. Gerhardt.Jr.: "As a student representative
in student government I have realized that this
almost always holds true:
1. If studen ts are allowed to choose a
representative at a college level, th ey choose the
person who is the best-looking, most outgoing,
ath letic, or who has the most friends. As nice as

that lIlay sound. I have served with too many
good·looking popular represe ntatives who only
accomplished the minimum . The governor
shou ld choose that person. He and his stalfare
more likely to be objective in choosing the person
who will do the best job and not just be popular.
I do not believe quarterly evaluations by students
would be fair or objective.
2. A student representative should be
available and accessible to students by
publicizing where and whell they are available
and being willing to make time and
arrangements for discussion.
3. I do bel ieve that the student
represelltative should publish Board agendas in
th e CPJ and KAOS, as well as publish results of
board meetings through those mediums.
4. The student representative should be
one of the most outgo in g political student
activists. if not # 1.
5. The student representative should be
present at all meetings, even when faculty
discipline is being discussed.

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Arts)

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

"I tIs a Sicilian message. It means Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes ."

Visionary Voices: free food and art show! Tibet week will bri~~
A~ne
awareness to atrocities

- Clemenza, The Godfather

by
Mitchell
Contributing writer

,,/,~ertainll\en t
O.D.A slams Olympia graffiti scene
by Dani Voorhees
Contributing writer

'

Where in Olympia can you enjoy an eveningoffreefood,
local mllSic, film, art, performance, dance, and poetry at no

Visionary Voices commences on Friday, April 30 at 6:00 pm

"Menace"
paints a large
piece during
the re opening of
the Capitoi
Theater free
wall last
Friday.
Although this
wall wa s
reopen e d,
three walls
have been
recently been Q;
shut down
c
located at
U'"
Thekla, the
Midnight Sun ~
>.
alley, and the .D
o
Arrow s pace
'6
.c
0.
alley.

One olthe things that Imde lIIe f;111 inlov['
wi th downto\\'ll OIYlllpia when I moved here: fiV('
ago was thl' alleys. Paillted with murals . gra tliti
pitce" alld le!1-leanillg political rantill gs, each
alley told a story, had its own history. As I spe nt
rainy aftern oons wandering through thelll , IlTlrt
a lot of the local graffiti writers, who would tell
m!' ahout certaill picce, of gratiiti, abollt olher
wrilers. I heard abo ut wnter, who would collie
her e from Portland or Seattle 10 do pieces,
because Olym pia was a gratJili-fri t'ndly town.
We ll , that may have b('('n the case at one tilll C',
bur not rra lly anymore.
As well as having a grea t legalgraffit i scene,
it s('ems that Oly also had a problem with illega l
graffiti, or graHiti painted on huildings where the
uwners were not supportive of such aci ivil y.
The cit y was havin g a really hard time
catching these illegal painters. See , if sOllleone
was suspec ted of painting ill egally and "va s
sea rched by the cops, and the y had paint ur
lIIarkers ill their possession, th e co ps had no way
to know whether or 1I0t that particular persoll
had been painting legally (on "free walls") or not.
So, in mid March, the Olympia Downtown Association (ODA), ill strongly opposed to Bread and Roses, the local shelter and food graffiti attacks in response to the crackdown .
On March 18, the ODA held a public meeting at the Capitol
COnjunction with theeity, decided the way to deal with the problem kill'h ell. Seeing all graffiti as ugly and degenerate to the area, the
was to make graffiti totally illegal by forcing businesses with free ODAdecided that it must by obliterated before Art Walk, because Theater to discuss the graffiti issue. It was a heated meeting, with
walls to shut them down . One business was threatened with Art Walk brings a great number of people with expendable nothing very productive coming out of it. However, at the meeting,
eviction or rent doubling if they did not paint over their free wall. incomes to downtown. The goal of the ODA is to get rid of the the Capitol Theater announced that they would be re-opening their
With no place to paint legally, they could bust anyone in pussession kids who hang around downtown, and get the yuppies to visit often back wall as a free wall (which had been a free wall some time ago,
and spend their money. Art Walk was their chance to "beautity" until the building came under new ownership) at Art Walk. Itwas
of paint, and thus discourage illegal graffiti.
a nice concession, but was too little, too late. And it didn't make
This is an interesting approach to the problem. Usually, when Oly and advance this goal.
cities have an illegal graffit~ problem, they create fj'ee walls for
When the decision to take away the free walls was made, any sense: ifa free wall was going to be allowed to exist downtown,
people to paint on. This is a proactive plan, as these cities realize duillg graAiti became immediately illegal. Since the decision was why did the other three free walls have to be shut down? Four or
that people need a place to create. The creation oflegal space always inade behind closed doors, no one really knew of the policy change. five days later, the free walls (located at Thekla, the Midnight Sun
Because ofthis, a few people would alley, and the Arrowspace alley) were painted over.
cut s down on ill eg al
The night before Art Walk, a large faction went out and did
be busted by the cops for doing
graffiti, because it provides
graffiti on the free walls in the days graffiti, to demonstrate that this is town belongs to the people,
an olltlet for creativity. So
that immediately followed. In not to the business owners. The city and ODA must have expected
if the city and ODA really
addition to their increased this sort ofa response: almost all the graffiti was painted over before
want to see a reduction of
attention to the issue, the Olympia Art Walk the next evening.
illegal graHi ti, th ey should
At Art Walk, which took place Friday, April 16, the Capitol
Police Depa rtment step ped up
crcate more free spaces,
Theater
opened it's free wall. Another business 011 Fourth Ave.
th
eir
presence
in
the
area.
Also,
the
1I0t get rid of th em
ODA mobilized a large group of upened a free wall as well, much to the displeasure of(ancl despite
alt ogethe r. Bu t the focus
'concerned communit y members' th e alleged harassment from) the ODA and the Oly Police
wasll't so much 011 ge tting
to patrol downtown OIYlllpia to department. It is great that these two walls were opened, as it
rid of th e problem; it was
catch those "evil" grafiiti kids. So dert'guiates graRiti once again. However, it still makes no sense
about crilllinalizing those
Olympia went from a graAitiful that the other walls were closed down. I. for one, think that Thekla
\\'ho do it.
The ODA had other
city to an armed and guarded anti- has one of the ugliest building facades in all of downtown now,
age ndas beyo nd wanting
graftiti zone in a matter of a one with all that horrid beige paint. But hey, the ODA thinks it's
week!
gorgeous.
to crimillalize creative
An unidentified artist (photo taken by an
Ultimately, the graffiti struggle was a chance for the city and
Almost needless to say,
energy. While th ey cited
unidentified photographer) illegally paints on
the graffiti writers in town were the ODA to flex their muscles and tell the public what could be
the cOSI of graffi ti remova l
the Midnight Sun wall last Thursday night .
pissed, People made fliers and accepted as "art" in our community. They think we can't figure it
as one of th e main issucs,
the fact of the matter is that
stickers, and vowed not to let them out for ourselves,
the aDA really doesn't like kids, homeless people, or anyone or criminalize art. One fli er, put out by the OGB@,calledfor people
anything (including graRiti) Ihat scares away the yuppies coming to grab some paint and get busy,
to shop. The aDA is mainl y co mprised of downtown business which is what a lot of people did. In
Artists collaborate to create a new (legal) graffiti art mural on 4th Ave ,
owners who con tinually try to force their ca pitalist agendas on the weeks to come, there would be
the area. Among other things (see chart below), they rema in many organized and unorgani zed

expense'! On Friday, April 30 starting at 6:00 p.m. the TIlird
Annual VNonal)'Vo.ireswillcommence.ltisaneveningthat
features music, visual arts, spoken word, film, and dance of
local women complemented with a wide array of free food
and beverages generously donated by Olympia businesses. It
takes place in the Library Lobby. There is no charge for the
event and everyone is welcome to tills multimedia evening of
creative talent.
Visionary Voices was initiated two years ago by two
h the
Evergreen students who wanted to create a space were
expressions of women could be spotlighted. The first show
was successful in this goal and was enjoyed by all who came,
TIle first show was followed by anotller the following
year that was even larger. In it, more of th e Olympia
community became involved. With tile sponsorship of the
Women's Resource Center, the show became more
extravagant. Fifteen musicians and performers participated,
21 visual artists showed work, and one film-maker showed
films. The show received food donations from Olympia
establishments such as; Old School Pizzeria, Batdorf and
Bronsen, and San Francisco Street Bakery.

Please join us to hear Palden Gyatso, a Tibetan monk, give a fTee
public talk about his experienceof33 years in Chinese prisons in Tibet.
Gyatso is 67-yearS-{)ld arId has endured more than three decades of
torture in Glinese prisons and labor camps, for his participation in the
1959 Ulasa uprising against the Glinese occupation ofTibet. During
this protest tensofthollsand~ofpeople lost their lives. Gyatso has served
more time behind bars than any otller surviving Tibetan who has
reached the west.
Since his freedom Gyatso has devoted his life to exposing the
atrocities committed by the Chinese govemment against Tibet and iL,
people. During his talk on Human Rights and the situation in Tibet,
Gyatsowill be displaying the instruments of torture routinely used on
Tibetan prisoners. He has testified before the UN commission on
Human Rights in Geneva. and the United States Congress about the
abuses he has suffered.
Thi.~ is an amazing chance to find out first hand what is really
happening in Tibet. Palden Gyatso will speak during Evergreen's Tibet
Awareness week, April 25-29, The week will start off with the opening
of Wind Horse a movie on Tibet at the Capitol Theater Sunday, April
25. The movie will be playing all week. On Monday, April 26 at 7 p.m.
at the organic farmhouse, we will be having a potluck dinner and candle
light vigil to recognize the Penchan Lamas tenth birthday. Tuesday,
April 27, at 7:30 p.m. Palden Gyatso will speak in the Longhouse. His
books will be sold and signed after the talk. On Wednesday, April 28,
we are showing two documentary films at 7 p.m in lecture hall five.
One is about Tibetans in exile, and the other is on Nwang Olophel a
from Kafka's "Metamorphosis", We took the overall metaphor of political prisoner. On Thursday evening we are happy to have
transfurmation, the idea ofchange, and superimposed it over this idea of Traditional TIbetan dancers perform at 7p.m. in the library lobby.
Students For Free Tibet will be tabling all week in the CAB so
humanity changing as a result ofits reliance on teclmology.
We aIsodevelopeddwacters basedon v.nlOllSwriting;. Rlrexample, please stop over and sign a letter or two, Your American voice speaks
Bruce Sterling's "Manifesto for January 3, 2000" which read~ very much for a hundred Tibetans. All events for the week are free and everyone is
like a sermon - spawned tIle Reverend character. He is interested in welcome. For more information please call lIS at x6493.
exploitinghow tecllllologyisaflecting both the spiritand the physical world
How 00es the Millennium fit inIoall this?
Y2Kisasortofsettingin time, I thinkiti.~sort ofa definitive POUlt in
time when, as a society, tIlen' is thi.~ possiblity oftotal breakdown. TIle idea
tllatalltIlatwehave c~ torelyoll, one day, couldju,1 stop working. We're
sort ofstandu18 on the edge, on the tIlreshold, and how we choose to deal
with this ~lICldcn change can influence tlle way we live for gCllerd tiolt~ to
corne.

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Senior's Millennium Bug performance
will explore humanity and technology

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by Brent Latta
Contributing writer

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TIle foUowing interview W<JS conducted by myselfwith myself With so
=y thmgsgoingon thi~spring, it's hard for the CP} staiftocoVffeveiy
~1ory that comes along Meet W BIfflt Latta, Recipiffit ofthe Exp~
ArtsSeniorThesi5AwardaIJddirectorofMillenniumBug. an oIifjIlalSenior
TIlesi~ performance comiIlg up thi~ week.
So what can}OO trD ll'i abootyoor experitn:e directing this !how?
'nlisshowi.~ pretty much tIle pumacle ofmy Evergreen career. So, at
Icast for me, it is really living up to what the Senior TIlesis is all about. I feel
very fil rtlUlatetoIlave had tIlis opportunity to havetIlis kind ofsupport and
input from so manyangles. Inleal I, ifl were to try tornountthisshowout in
the 'real world', it would cost tens ofthousand<;pfdollars.lfs just a really
I Uliqueexperience and onetllat Itlunk can onlybehadin thistypeofsetting.
So I IlOpe people keep slljJjJorting the Senior Thesis Award<; and that the
,tudCllts getouttIlere arId help makedecisionsal:xllll furultyandstdlhiring;,
,md tIle like. TIlese are things tI1Jt ~llilke ]UUf time here at Evergreen
worthwhile. Alld at thesarne time]Uu are sort ofkeeping tIle Amaliw here
for the ]Uunger students.
So, whatis'MiIlmniumBug7
'.
Millemuum Bug is an original multimedia theatre pifee that is the
wlmination - but not completion - of three years of exploration of the
relationsllips between humanity and technology, It started out as a simple
wriosity Ihadaboutthi~duality, butwitll tile Expressive Am SeniorThesis
Award it has become a shared expedition. TIle concept has really dlanged
since it~ original conception ..Instead ofa single POUlt of view - mine -it is
now a process ofcollective script development and collaborative technical
design. So now there are many different expressions and opinions
incorporated into the piece.
WhatMreyoor!DJl'CfS ofur¢ation?
Our primary intere.t was, as I said, the duality between humanity
and teclmology. We specificaIIywanted to explore how teclmologyisaflecting
people on a spiritual and community level
So, what did }OO firdl
We uncovered an enormollS amount ofsources, and extracted bits
and pieces from each one, One ofthe main themes in the show is extracted

Doesil:haveaf*t.a~iI:<eoftfule\Wird~ ~?
Overall, I would have to say, "Yes, tIlere is a pIOL" But at tlle same

time, the ~providcs many opportunities for individual ulteJTl"l'lations
and experiences. I think to some extent, ]Uu need to develop a certain eye
furunderstandingcertaintypesofperfunnance. TIlis i~llot orthodoxtheatre,

by any means, Our influences stem primarily from Schechner's
FnvironmentaiTheatre,Grotowski's PoorTIleatreand &Jgart's Viewpoints.
On the other hand it is easy for tIlOse of us working on the show to see a
definitr storyline becatJSe we havebeen immersed in it for severdl months
now.
Whatlhouldweexpattn see, then?
Well, the name 'Millennium Bug' hopefully sets people up with
thOUgilts ofY2K and tIle apocalypse, etc. In a way, eveI)Une has a sort of
shared story thai dley will bring into the tIleatre, before even seeing dIe
show,a concept ino;pired by tIle great American tIleater arti\t Robert Wil'iOn.
But Idon'twantto give it away,So on a basic level tIle show incorporates live
performance -acting singing,and movement -as well as video and slide
projections, and an original soundtrack. I think, vi.<,ualJy and aurally, it's a
very engaging and beautilill show.

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and Saturday April at 8:00pm in the Experiment;li Theatre ofthe COM
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1 ~ I H7 - Outlawi ng ofTeen Dance Clu bs (Targeted at Youth)
I~ 1 ~l tJ - Crill1 inal izat ion of Luud Car Stereos (Targe ted at Yo uth )
1~ I ,J 1 . ()lillawi ng of Cruising (Targeted at Yo ul h)
l ~i ~13 - CrilTlinali zati un of "Aggress ive Pa nhandling" (T;,rgetl'd at Youlh and Ilolllele~s )
1 ~ ' ~ 4 /S· l\tten lJJtcd Stop urTra ll s iti o ll a lll()u ~i l1 g (Targeted at Il00neless)
1995· I'r () p o ~ed Crillli nali zat iun orCar Calliping (Targeted at HOllieless)
1'19;' - I'ro pu,ed Out lawi ng ofFortilied Wine (Targeted at Ilollleles~ )
1' 1% - Uu tl awin g ofOAI'P ;-":cedle Exc hange (Ta rgeted al Drug Users , ~o nl e ufwhom are yo uth)
J~ I % 1 7 · .' \ ttC'mpt ed Banning of Sitting un thl' Sidewalk (Tarset cd at Yo uth and Homelcss)
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

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by Sam Haskin

Contributing writer

rade their frog down
Fifth Street.

May I
Salsa Dance wi OJ Olivia Sa lazar. 8
p.m. - 1 a.m, lib. 4300

May4
Cinco de Mayo Celebration wi live
music. 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.,
longhouse & lib. 4300

MayS
Cinco de Mayo Celebrat ion Oc ho
Pies; live music noon - 2 p.m ., red
square

May 7
·The Urban Arts Expo* urban art

show. 10 a.lIl. - () p.m., lib. lobby
Spoken Word Performances. noon - 4
P.ITI., red square
Sunset Party wi OJ's ·S pun *Josh
Stanton *Kris. 7p.m.-on, soccer field
Hardcore Show wi bands *Backside
Disaster • Him sa * La st Man
Sta nding. 9 V"I. - on, lib. 4:l00
May 8
*The Urban Arts Expo· Community
Mural Project. nou n - (; p.I11 ., red
square
B-Boy Battles hosted by *DV-One. 1
p.m. - 4:30 p.llI, CRC
Panel Discussions. 4:40 p.m. - 7 p.m.,
red square
Cuest Speaker· BOOTS urthe COliP.
7 p.m. - 8 p.m., front orthe CRe
The COU P, jM G, Lifesavas , and
Asphalt Meditations. 8 p.m. -on, CRC

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Kung Fu team brings home the hardware

eSpring Arts Festival Calendar ofEvents e
April 30
Visionary Voices: Wom en's multimedia art show. noo n - midnight,
library lobby
May Day Int erna tion Worker's Day;
live music & speakers. noon -5 p.m.,
red square

orts

The bi-annual arts
walk took place last
weekend in dowtown
Olympia. The annual
Procession of the Species, an event unique
to O lympi a, but soon
to be duplicated in
Portland, marched
through the stre e t s
Saturday from 6:308:30 p.m.
Right: the "B ubble
Man" wows hordes of
children with hi s bubble inventions .
left: Everg reen students Elias Foley, Kim
Kelsey and Ocean pa-

Ford Pier Band comes
to Oly Friday night

May 11
Writing Workshop. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.,
longhouse cedar room
Performance Workshop. 4 p.m. - 6
p.m., lib. 1002
May 12
Activities Fair. 3 p.m . - S p.m., red
square

May IS
Gathering of Elders and Pow Wow. 9
a.m. -noon, longhouse and red square
lawn
FREE Reggae Outside
May 20
Swing Dance. 6:30 p.m. 12:30 a.m.,
longhouse

May 22
Transgender Film Festival. 10 a.m. midnight, lecture hall 1

The Ford Pier
Band, with a
former
member of
D.O.A.and
NoMeansNo,
will rock the
Capitol
Theatre
Backstage on
Friday, April 23
at9p.m.
Admission is
$3-5 or half a

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For the ~eco nd ye~ r in ~ row. the Evergree n Stalt' Co ll ege Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw
Kung Fu Club made the four-hour dri ve to Euge ne , Oregon to compete at James Butler's Rose·
City Nationals. Recognized as one of the most
important tournaments in the Pacific Northwest, the tournament was held in the Lane
Co mmunity College gymnasium, and hosted
the best competitors the region had to offer.
The day began with the beginner forms
(kata ) divisions_ Within the fIrst hour of competition, William Baldwin had won first place
in the 15 to 17-year-old beginner's division ,
Jessie Smith won second place in the begi nner
women's forms division, and John Zadrozny
and Abi Hassell won first and seco nd place resprctively in the beginner men's division. Loa
Amo th was scheduled to compete in the intermediate women's division , but missed her division due to a mistakr in the ring announcements. Too bad , the team was looking forward
to a repeat of her performance last year when
she won sec ond place in th e intermediate
women's division even though at the time she
was Just a beginner.
In the men's black brlt forms division,
Sam Haskin, club chairman and National
Team Captain, Matt Sieradski club vice president and nation ally ranked gold meda l semico ntact and full contact fighter. and Jesse
Harter, the team's newest black belt competitor. all performed th e fast, ti.lrious, and powerfu l forms, typ ical of the Bak Sha olin Eagle Claw
style. The judges in th e division , however, were
heavily biased towards Karate and Tal' Kwon
Do stylists and scored against the Eagle Claw
Team , which was th e onl y traditional Chinese
martial arts sc hool present at the tournament.
In bot h the traditi onal and open forms divisions. Matt Sieradski took eighth place, Sam
Haskin to ok seventh place, and Jesse Il arter
took six th pla ce despite the local bias and occasiona l disrespectful attitude on th e part of
the panel of judges .
The fightin g divisions are where th e tea m
really made their mark. William Baldwin took
th e silver meda l in th e 15 to 17-year-old beginners spa rring division. Loa Arn ot h and jessie
Smith took sil ver and bron ze resp ec tive ly in a
beginner Iintermedia te I advanced co m bined
women 's fi ghting division. Atrer two difficult
matches each, the on ly fight eith er ofthcmlos t

Theheavyhiltingstyleofthe Kung Fuclub surprised the other fighters who were more falllil iar with the tap and run type of point fightin g.
In the end , Evergreen's beginner and intenn(>diate fighters had ea rned th e respect of all 01
their opponents.
The final event of the tournament was tht
men's black belt fightin g division. Despite th e
local favoritism. Sam Haskin. Matt Sieradski,
and Jesse Harter all rntered th e heavywe ight
divi sion and fought some of th e lTIore
memorable fIghts of the tourn ament . As in tilt
earlier divisions. Evergreen's bl ac k be lts
surprised man y of th e oth er fighters in th e
division with effective and powerfl.J! techniques
that are the tradema rk of Bak Sha olin Eagle
Claw fi ght ers around the world. who generally
fight semi and fu ll co nta ct but tend to draw
warnings and penalties in the point flghting
venues. Sam Has kin led off the division bv
chasing one of th e loca l favorites around th e
ring in a rough and close 5-4 bout that left
Sam's opponent icing his bruises afterwards.
Matt Sieradski fought a tough match against a
seasoned point fighter who got caught by a
number of his devastating sidekicks, and Jesse
Harter had a hard-hitting 2-1 lead before being
Eve reen Kung Fu team members pose with their arr
was to a ranked female full-contact fighter who Baum all fought hard in the beginner men's disqualified for excessive contact while
limped out of the ring after her linal match with fighting division while Shasta Smith and John running his opponent out of the ring . It was
East lake's fights grabbed the attention of ev- clear to all present that Evergreen was the
Loa Arnoth .
see KUNG FU on page 14
John Zadrozny. Abi Hassen, and Steve eryone watching the intermediate division.

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Handsome devils

The Evergreen Ultimate Frisbee team returned West wiser, stro nger. and a bit roughedup after a soc iall y successful tournament
hosted by Whitman College in Walla Walla.
Washington. Throughout the two-day co-cd
tournament the Cooies battled against silky
smooth Seatt le squads who wielded wickedly
accurate forehands and backhands against th e
gallant Geoduck defense_
"The weather was phenomenal and competition was eve n better," declared Sam I. Am
at the tourney's co nclusion. The Ceoduck offense was anchored by jalynda McKay, Anne
Hallee, and Oavid DaTrainer. The team was
supported spiritually by the director of minority development , Mike Santana, who kept the
Cooies sq uirting with his verbal hero ics and
motivational monologues.
The play of th e tOllrn ament came during
We apologize in advance if this
th e Cooies six point come from behind victory
over Whitman in the final contest. Deep in
photo is a bit grainy_ Ultimate team
their own end, DaTrainer lofted a deadly foremember Huck Wilken, in the fore hand to a diving Papito who split two sa lldground, looks to make a cut.
'--_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _---, wiching defenders. Leaving th em on th e
ground, Papito gained his feet and se nt a fi eldlength backhand to Sam I. Am who toed til('
line to Imil in the out of bounds disc. Sam th en
whirled, and sent th e diving go-a head score tn
Ron Comer. Coac h Chris Iloward was elated.
"When thrsr fOllr players co nn ect . ma gica l
things happen."
In a round robin scrimmage held at Evergreen last month, th e Goo ies snatc hed an
improbable victory with the aid of the intrepid
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ctivities

In preparation for May Day •••
COMMENTARY ~

man was nothing less than a pang of solidarity.

by Steve Hughes
Union of Student Workers
We work knowing there is importance in
all we do.
About this time last year I began
volunteering for the Union of Student Workers
as they prepared for the May Day International
Worker's Day festival. As a student worker I
didn't know how seriously I co uld take a
"union" or the notion that this work was
contributing to the "labor movement." I
volunteered my time, however, because it was
thrilling; it was a rush to try to bring something
to life that was bigger than anyone of us
individually. And we succeeded.
A comment from the Union dialogue
boards has caused me to think quite a bit:
.. Rather than being so concerned with our bi·
monthly checks. maybe we should organize in
solidarity with farm workers alld others,
including international workers." I have
worried about this as well. Yet. last year after
May Day. I chatted with a United Farm
Workers organizer and I somehow felt a SC'IISI.'
of connection with this mall whom I had just
met . I did not relate to him beca use I knrw
much about thr farm worker's movement (I
knew very little). but because I had gotten my
first taste of something he was tasting too: the
power of acting-in cooperation with othersto build a movement that will outlive us all. A
year has passed since that experiellce. and I
now believe the feeling I had talking tu that

We humbly realize that change takes time,
USW has made tremendous steps
forward this year, and yet they have not come
without many frustrations. We are building a
union to represent us as workers and we are
doing it without a boss telling how. That is a
scary thing to realize. This year I have often
felt as if I was standing in the middle of a snow
field, able to see some of my own footprints,
but unsure which way to go next.
But we gamer hope knowing that many are
right now finding their feet.
A friend recently told me that she
admires the passion I feel for this work. I
responded to her that the only reason I have
and continue to have pas~ion for this work is
that it is returned to me by all the others that
put in the time to build and 4uestion USw. I
am getting more than I give. That is the essence
of how I fed I have changed since last May Day.
I got involved with the work of the union
because it was exhilarating to organize. and
empowe~ing to address iss ues that directly
affected me. I have stayed with the work
because I want to help build something that
belongs to us all as workers-a union.

We, the student workers orthe Evergreen
State College. are organizing ourselves into a
labor union. Th e work that is now going on in
preparation for May Day is a concrete

manifestation of the fact that we can. and will
continue to do so. May Day would not be
April 30
happening at all if not for the fact that student
Red Square
workers and others supportive of our efforts
were not assuming responsibility to make it
happen. Thus, May Day, and all its . it is an undeniable right of all workers to
preparations. have become the common organize themselves.
ground between us.
The lines that head each section of this
Whatdo wewant out ofall this work? We editorial are the lines of a poem I wrote after
want a voice, a real voice, over the conditions helping to organize May Day last year. For me
in which we work and go to school. This desire they represent the first time I began taking the
does not divide us. it does not defer concern idea of a "union" seriously. We are building
for others such as the farm workers in favor of this union for ourselves. and in doing so we are
our own self-interest. If anything, the fact that sensing the connection we have to all workers
we are tasting what it means to organize and students throughout this country and this
ourselves only strengthens our conviction that world.

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com paSSionate
listening project
Jewish Cultural Center
On Wednesday, April 28, Susan Rosen
will be showing a video about the Israel·
Palestine Compassionate listening Project and

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noon to 5 p.rn.
Friday

by Lia Wallen and Roni Hodis

Wr stand together kn owing WE CA N.

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Episode VII: The
Retu'rn of the Heads

will begin at 3:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall 5. The
Israel-Palestine Compassionate Listening
Project is about working towards peace
through listening to and understanding the
suffering of one's enemy. As Leah Green, the
producer of the video writes, "We've learned
that real change comes from the groulld up,
olle persoll. one heart at a time. Peace walks
hand in hand with reconciliatioll, forgiveness
and healing."
Since 19 90, The Mid East Citizen
Diplomacy has led a dozen delegations to
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. The work was
focused on bridging the gap between Jews/
Israelis and Palestinians. The Compassionate
Listening Project grew out of this work. The
video chronicles the journey ofthe delegation
that Susan was a part of in Jan. 1998. It follows

them through the West Bank. Israel and Gaza
as they visit Palestinians and Jewish settlers.
The journey begins in Jerusalem with an
intensive training in compassionate listening.
Then the group listens to and dialogues with
Israeli's and Palestinians representing the full
spectrum of opinion within each society.
including grass roots and political leaders.
professional peace activists, refugees. religious
leaders, Hamas and Israeli settlers. Part of th e
time is also spent supporting Israe lis and
Palestinians already involved in recon ciliation
efforts.
It is an inspiring video for anyone
interested in making ourwurld a more peaceful
place. regardless of political leanings, ethnic
background or religious beliefs. It is touching
to watch a Jewish woman cry with an Arab
woman as they walk hand in hand. Although
a language barrier and politics may separate
them. they are brought together through this
project and learn to see each other as human
beings .
If you have any questions please contact
the Jewish Cultural Center at 866·6000 x6493 .

Thursday

04.22.99

EARTH DAY. Evergreen Meatout Day. Eco-Design
Demonstartion, Noon,Red Square.Earth Day Concert,
Open Mic, Potluck and guest speaker Joules Graves, 6
p.m., Longhouse.
Vampire Gatherings Camarilla, all over the
Library (Rooms 1000,1505,1 507,1508,1509, 2220,
2221, and 4004, for example). 7:30 p.m.-1a.m
Nova Scotia, etc. are playing the Arrowspace again.
See 4/15 for details.
Chelsea Rose is playing her bitter-sweet brand of
original acoustic tunes at the Burrito Heaven.8 p.m.
PCUN Movie -"Aumen to Yal"EPICLecture Hall 1, 311 pm.
Earth Week Speaker Tom Gilbert lays down the
law in LIBLobby 2000 from 11-2 pm Sponsored by
those crazy catsat ERe.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 27 Days
Character of the day:Wedge Antilles.

Friday

Sunday

Wednesday

Olympians Concerned About Democracy.
General meeting and public forum; all in attendance
have speaking and voting rights.2-4 pm. in the
Olympia Public Library
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 24 Days.
Character of the day Bib Fortuna.

04.23.99

Gray Daisy, pop-rock extraordinaire, plays the
Burrito Heaven at 8 p.m. sharp.
Cal Anderson Memorial lecture Series.
Rebecca Brown will be speaking and signing books
In theComm.Building Recita l Hall from 6-10 p.m.
For moreinfo call Jeannie Chandler at x6402.
Millions for Mumia demonstrations begin in
Philildelphia and San Francisco.Olympia com munity members are organizing van pools to Sa nFran.
Ca ll Yulia at 352-8592 to reserve you r spaceThe
cost is $35-40 per rider April 23-25.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 26 Days
Character of the day:Jedi Master Yoda.

Saturday

04.25.99

04.24.99

Modern blues legend Mudd Catt puts on adilly of
ashow tonight at the Burrito Heaven 8 p.m.
Mumia Abu-Jamal's birthday. I'm sure the boys
down on "The Row" will serve him up afancy cake.
Hope there's afile inside
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 25 Days.
Character of the day La ndo Calrissian.

George ,~Cas;,:The:gr'eateSt '
American hero of an time~ :

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Monday

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. 04.26.99

Train Better, Climb Better: Improve your wall
climbing technique with th istwo-hour introductory class.CRC Climbing Gym,6 p.m.-8 p.m.
Tibet Awareness Potluck and Candle Vigil.
From 7-10 p.m.at the Organic Farm.Sponsored by
(surprise) Students for Free Tibet.
looking at Pornography Panel, from 7-10 pm.
in Lecture Hall1 .The people responsiblelThe Men's
Center l
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04.27.99

Alas! Joe Alas will be speaking in LIB 2000 from
Noon-2 pm.Sponsored by LASO.
Palden Gyatso will be speaking In the Longhouse
from 7-11 p. m.thanksto the Students for Free Tibet.
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 22 Days.
Character of the day:Grand MoffTarkin
Directly to the left of what you are now reading
is an advertisment for acontest of physical skill and
stam ina.The thing isthis - it's all alie.There's no
Arm Wrestlingtourney at alii If therewas,tough,
Greg"TheAnimal"Skinner would undoubtedly have
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Monday: The Bike Shop, in the bike shop @2p.m
Evergreen Political Information Center CAB 320 @3
pm Evergreen Queer Alliance CAB 314 @330 pm
Yoga Club CRC116@4 p.m. Students for Christ L2l16
@l p.m. S& A Board CAB Conf. Room @4p.m
Tuesday: The Bike Shop, in the bike shop @2 p.rn
WASHPIRGH , Semi na r 3156 @4 pm . Union of
Students with Disabilities CAB 320@ 3p.m.EQA CAB
110 4p.m. Evergreen Medieval Society CAB 320 @5
p.m. WASHPIRGH Arctic Meeting, Seminar 3156 @5
pm Swi ngClub LIB 4300@7 pm REDLEAF L2103
@7 p.m.
Wednesday: Amnesty International
CAB 315 @ 1 p.m. Lat in AmerICan Student
Organization CAB 320 @1 p.m. Women's Resource
Cenler CAB 206@ 1pm Evergreen Studentsfor Christ
LI B 1505 @1p.m. Students for Free Tibet L4004
@lpm Umoja CAB 320 @lpm Science and Math
L3501 @lp.m.Freaks of Nature Longhouse @2 pm.
The Ninth Wave CAB 320 @2p.m. Yoga Club CRC 116
@2 p.m. Men's Support Group L1505 @2:30 p.m.
Environmental Resource Center L3500@ 3p.m. Men's
Center L1509 @230 p.m. Student Arts Council CAB
108 @3 p.m. Evergreen Animal Rights Network
Thursday
04.29.99 L35
00 @430 p.m. REDLEAF L2103 @ 7 p.m .
Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man
Percussion Club LH1007C @9 p.m. Thursday: The
Walking An Eyewitness Account of the Death
B i ~e Shop. In the bike shop @2 pm Prison Action
Penalty in the Untied States"will be speaking at
CAB 110 @3p.m Gaming Guild CAB 320 @4 p.m.
Saint Martin's Women's....Symposium, Saint Martin's SEED Lab II #2242 @5 p.m. Peer Health Advocacy
Pavilion at 7p.m.Call (360) 438-4488 for reservaTeam CAB 320 @5 pm Coming Out Support Group,
tions.
Counseling Center, 5pm. WASHPIRGH Hunger and
Tibetan dancers: As part ofTibetan Awareness
Homeless,Seminar 3156@4 p.mWASHPIRGH Clean
Week,agroup ofTibetan dancers will host a
WaterNow,Seminar 3516@5pmWASHPIRGHWater
performance at 7p.m. in thelibrary lobby. We're
Watch, Sem inar 3516 @6p.m. Friday: Jewish
pretty sure it's free
Cultural Center CAB 320 (right outside office) @2:30
Star Wars: Episode One Countdown - 20 Days p.m. Slightly West CAB 320 @12 a.m . Saturday:
Character of the day: Salacious B. Crumb.
Percussion Club CRC116@Noon.SwingClub HCC 24pm.Sunday: Evergreen Medieval Society CAB 110
Ongoing Events
@1 p.m.
Star Wars: Episode One rumor of the week ...
April 8-30, the Evans Library is holding Shannon
Amphibious side-kick Jar-Jar Binks makes sweet,
Tipple-Leen'sphotography in Gallery II
sweet love to an inanimate Battle Droid. The fruit of
Every Monday at 3 p.m. the Queer Boyz Discussion
their copulation is acybernetic frog with unparalled
Group meets in The Edge.
Force-harnessing capabilities "Darth Hopper'; as he
Every Tuesday at 4 p.m., the Gender Discussion
comes to be known, soon leads Imperial forces into
Group meets in CAB 110.
battle against the Jedi Grand Council.
Every Wednesday at 3 p,m" the Queer Women's
Don't be a Nerf herder - take advantage of
Group meets in the Women's Resource Center, CAB
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dance to May Day, CinCO de Mayo,and Mother's Day
mUSIc. Show up at Studio A, 440 Yauger Way IT Bus
#47 will take you there.3 p.m.Questions] Call the
Track House @754-1728.
From Anxiety to Wellness Week two of asixweek workshop tounderstand and manageanxiety
Counseling Center, 3 pm -5 p.m.Call x6800 to
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First People's Advising Center Graduation and
Community Celebration 1999.3-4 p.m in L1508.
Ca ll Tom Mercado at x6220 or Isabel Perez at x6467
for more info
Israeli-Palestinian Compassionate listening
Project. Guest speaker incl uded. Sponsored by the
Jewish Cultural Center 4-7p.m in Lect~re HailS.
Tibet Awareness Movie. Lecture Hall 5at 7p.m.
Why not check it out ]
100 % Pure Hip Hop tonight at Thekla. Drs Take
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over.3 clams. Beware of fondlers.
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