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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 29, Issue 22 (April 15, 1999)
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The Reflectioll
Look into the eyes oj the reflection in the mirror
The past and the present are visible in the face.
The lip:) conceal the thouxht and ideas oj absurdity
unspoken even to the ears that have heard the
thoughts oj many.
The nose that has smelled the memories oj
flowers, perJume, Jire and death.
The skin that has Jelt the touch oj mother, lover,
rain, and pain.
The tounge that tasted your Jirst ice cream,
mothers milk, lemons and mold.
The senses that create the cycle Jrom young
to old.
The Jate, the plans, the wisdom oj a future yet
untoLd.
Oh, the reflection in the mirror is a beauty to
behold
Kathy Peters
Yeah ,
An I kiss the rough pavement,
Smell the vapor, the acrid bite oils of and acids (bloodgristlebone) etched into the .. ..
asphault seeping upward.
The rough texture of grit on my face and cheek.
Yeah ,
And the open bleeding sunsets,
the skies so much bolder without trees to impede.
The view of human progress, the city skyline shimmering, like the sides of dead salmon.
Yeah tears tears of gratitude,
Tears,
Features focus:
Kosovo
Extended Comix
craziness
pages 10 & II
pages 17- 19
Cooper Point
Yeah,
An,
Beamer boyan cellular girls
Flash sheekly by,
Gleaming in their own headlights, staring into thier own onrushing image,
Transfixed,
They'll never know what hit them,
Volume 29 • Number 22
Education or party?
Gee I wanna be just like them, or like what they want to be like,
the fat cat,
Stalking the little fish of the world, the stink of backalleys and carnage, the cologne of my success.
Currency the blood and length of my fangs,
Academic deans review the happenings
during 'The field school to Chile'
Ah,
But, I don't wallt to be just now.
I'm tired,
So ...
/ don 't think.
/' II just hug th e cold comfort,
Of the gUlls and steel that proteClllle
Fmm the elllbrace of a humall socie(\',
I'll hug them alld suck Ihe sOlll£lmi/k from the media til.
by Greg Skinner
Staff writer
Co back to Illy cell and swill depressl'IIts,
Till I alii called hack by Ihe circu illhat heralds dawll with sharp idiot stridency,
Gone to Avalon
Sail me out to Avalon, past the Lady of the Lake
who holds a sword I fancy mine,
a talisman forged of my desire to make me whole.
As if by conquest or possession I become a man.
Beneath the waves she hovers, still,
but in one instant's gone when I reach down
and glean the sting of salt on self-inflicted wounds.
Yeah,
Sure .... .
No.
On Avalon, a blind man lifts my skull.
What once was there washed to the sea
in one winter's worth of rain,
now rides the howling surf on the island's windward side.
He sounds its hollow sockets with his thumbs
then leaves it, empty, with the others in the sand,
another weary myth gone to Avalon to die.
G. Moria
3/17/99
You are violently stupid, like a bombshell,
like a sword blow,
like a moments flight.
In the eyes flow,
bitter heat sew,
for what you reap sow,
must I remind.
Be careful with your new toy,
for the chewed bone tastes foul to the dog, who is watched by the
who first stripped all its meat.
Chandra Beauman
UW football team
Dear Jaws by Suzanne Morrison
All ,
Ferry me to Avalon, to the beach beyond the quay
where lovers walk, and crabs
with long-stalked eyes eat mine
until all that I have seen is turned to sand - and salt.
As if to Sodom I'd half-gazed,
unlike the wife of Lot who looked full on
and with courage met a fate that matched her heart.
When the wail calls, in
the echoed' halls,
mourn the innocent calls
of Spring warm night.
you, stupid preist,
blind poet,
and confusion's servant,
will see the light.
The anonymous magical Delorian recovered this sign as a reminderArtsWa Ik is this Friday (16) and Saturday (17) .
rerum 10 work,
'[he hot acrid gril Oil Illy !vateful /ips.
Each impact making me
Closer 10 one,
With the road of progress.
Alld
too hard
I'll be your Juliette
And your prayers_
I'm jealous because you
Can shine and drive
And drink
And I can suffer
With the words
Like a wreath.
And when I'm out
Living in certain
Places,
Cars, TV dinners,
Wormholes,
I want only an afterglow
And the things you can't
Capture quick,
Like burning
And trails of breadcrumbs.
I'm following a line
To the door.
And if it gets too much,
I'll be your Lauren Bacall.
Spread out a deep voice,
Plot and blush
And lay the groundwork.
How preying Mantis
To feel language
In these ways,
To feel growing girls
Biting words
and swallowing swords.
And if it gets too hard
I'll be your Juliette,
Your diamond eyes.
You can shine and drive and drink
And I can hold the words like
A wreath and
I want something done about this.
sets its sights on Evergreen
by Jef Lucero
Sports Editor
How does the'sight of 105 sweaty football
players milling around the Evergreen campus
strike you? Does it turn you on? Make you
sick? Either way, you might just have to get
used to it. At least, tor 11 days in August.
Renovations at the University of
Washington's Hec Edmundson Pavilion have
forced its football team to find different
training camp accommodations. The school
had settled on two alternate sites, Yakima
Community College and Evergreen. But the
Yakima site has since been ruled out, said Jerry
Nevin, the UW's director of football
operations, leaving Evergreen as the only
alternative.
Admin istrators
in
Evergreen's
Conference Services office are currently
compiling cost estimates for the proposed visit.
Should the UW agree to the proposal. the team
would run two-a-day practices at Evergreen,
Aug. 18-28. The team's stay would culminate
with the traditional purple and gold
scrimmage.
Nevin, along with Husky head coach Rick
Neuheisel and assistant head coach Keith
Gilbertson, toured the Evergreen campus on
March 26. They were very impressed with the
settiflg and the facilities, said Nevin. "The
campus was beautiful. We all loved it," he said.
Nevin then called John Dlouhy in
Conference Services on April9 with a projected
list of needs. The team would need housing
for 105 players and 45 staff members and the
use of several meeting rooms, including a
lecture hall. They hope to convert the
recreational pavilion into a weight training
space. Two adjoining rooms in the recreation
center would be modified into a locker room.
The possibility of bringing UW tootball
to Evergreen might help to reinvigorate
declining conference revenue , said Craig
McLaughlin, Evergreen's Director of College
Relations. Last year, two key conferences were
canceled at the last minute, said McLaughlin.
"This college relies on support from auxiliary
services," said McLaughlin. "We're looking to
build up support that auxiliary services can
provide within the mission of the college," he
continued, "and this could be very helpful in
providing lost cash flow."
So like it or not, football may well come
to Evergreen, one way or another. Those of you
looking to transfer in hopes of earning a walkon roster spot, do so now.
When Raquel Cecil signed up for the
Field School to Chile, she expected to get what
the course description said: a curriculum that
allow('d for intensive study, research, and
firsthand experience 011 a wide range of issues
covering Chile at the end of the 20th century.
Cecil also had hopes of documenting the work
offemale artisans in the rural Villages of Chile.
She did not get to.
What Cecil got instead was a trip to Chile
to live in a constrictive confrontational
environment. An environment not conducive
to her education or the education ofat least half
of the class ofGreeners that went to Santiago.
"We were excited about going on th e trip.
But, as soo n as we got down there it became
ohvious that a lot of students weren't down
there to study, they were down therE' to party,"
said one student about the trip.
The first night in Chile, the Field School's
Dorm Commons area was site of a party. The
party had plenty of pot, wine and beer, and
went until 4 a.m.
The party that raged that night and the
nightly parties that followed sent a rift through
the class that was never closed. On one side
were party monsters and on the other side were
those who came to study.
One student got so tilled-u nder that he
could not find his room or his bed.
Deontaye Chisholm, student and #42 Off
the 97-98 basketball team , wandered into the
wrong room and got into the wrong bed; the
bed of Raquel Cecil. Cecil and her two
roommates were able to get Chisholm to leave
after so me discussion.
About 2 a.m. the same night, the first
night, Chisholm stumbled to the bed of
Corrine Saint.
"I woke up and he was standing above
me. I thought he was sleep walking, I said,
'Wake up, Deontaye.' He started rubbing my
rear and tried to get into my bed," Corrine said.
The next day calls were made back to
Evergreen and complaints started. The Field
School to Chile then morphed into a series of
complaints and conflicts that three academic
deans: John Cushing, William Bruner and
Susan Fiksdal reviewed and placed into five
broad topics. The results can be found in the
Review of 1998 Field school to Chile: a
published report on the complaints of students
and the conclusions of the three deans.
There was no initial plan to do a review.
But one student in particular was persistent.
"Then another student came in. We got slightly
different stories. A few more people came in
and the review began at that time. The process
evolved as we thought about it," said Fiksdal.
As more students shared their concerns
the depth of the review grew.
The "broad complaints"
*Physicalliogistical arrangements for the
trip.
*Academic content of the program.
*Disruptive behavior by some students.
*Behavior of the faculty member.
*Financial arrangements.
Students Complain About Transportation
The 20 students that \Vent to Chile each
paid for things other than tuition such as the
rental of two vans for the groups use on field
trips and other trip-related needs.
After the first week Gilbert took away the
option of students using the vans. Even though
only two students had international drivers'
licenses, which are required in Chile, the
removal pissed off quite a few of the students
who had expected to use the vans.
The Review explains that Gilbert
"withdrew the vans early in the group's stay,
after an incident where students (but not the
driver) drank in one of the vans while returning
from a field trip."
see CHILE on page 5
Tuition is the big word in the Legislature
by Kevan Moore
Staff writer
The big news at the capitol these days is
the budget , or a budget anyway. Budget is
spelled b-o-r-i-n-g so, please, bear with me. In
the house of representatives, with 49
Democrats and Republicans respectively and
no senate budget proposal released yet, things
are not made any easier. This is where local
tuition control comes in .
Local tuition control is an idea to move
the responsibility of tuition-setting authority
from th e le gislature to tile sc hools while
finan cial aid and state need grants wou ld stay
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
on the hill. This kind of legislation ha s died,
but the idea is still there somewhere ... th e
budget.
Essentially this (as an Associated Press
veteran told me one afternoon about
everything that goes on here) is economics.
Just about everyone you talk to about local
tuition co ntrol will acknowledge or adm it that
it represents a larger trend in higher education
where ~tuden t s are consumers who, when
done , become the output instead of educat ion
alon e. This neo-liberal preference for newer.
wider, and heavier markets is all about making
money: more and more money.
The legislature isn't banking on end ing
as scheduled at midnight, April 25. What's
holding their vacation plans back is the state
general fund, a collec tion of price tags as it
were: prison spending, roads, environm enta l
protection, health costs, ed ucation, ete.
Where should the money go'! Evcrgrel'n
presidentJaneJervis, hasa fcwidc3s . Fir\t, the
question she raises is where the money shou ld
come from. By moving th e burdcn of tuition
con trol to trustees and regents , she frels the
legislature is in actuality placing thl' r['al
burden on students and administr:ltor\.
Jervis feeI.s clec ted pCLSOn\ are
responsible for sorting out this and other kinds
of social iss ues and are taking themselves off
the hook, shifting the blame of increased (ost
to the in stitutions. Jervis feels that this is a way
of possibly co nfi.lsing constituents. One of
Je rvis's main problems is that if Evergreen must
raise tuiti on 011 it s ow n , how can it be
guaranteed the state will conti nue to support
the need for Jid and grants. People will be
unhappy with Evergree n. whcn th e state iSfI 't
helping and the sallie politicians .Ire cOJllin~
bark .
see TUITION
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page 4
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POLleE BEAT
For Public Services last
week (4/7-4/ 13), there '
were eight escorts, eight
jumps tarts, 14 unlocks
ancfthreevehicleentries_
Central Utility Plant
Info (From 4/6-4/ 11)
was six consecutive
nights of Tony ,,,,.,,.,"
and ended with
(4/12) of
being on
Arts Walk Auction
.W Olvmpia area artists have come together for Arts Walk. using their art to help fight hunger Sponsored by local ceramic arts studio, The Painted Plate, artists from
, ill'l'[Sr media were asked to donate their time and talent to paint plates for the first anrlu<ll "Giving Plate" art benefit. Evergreen's own Mal Pina Chan and Ron Hinson
will IJot Ii h~\'e pieces up for bid. Finished picces will be auctioned during Arts Walk. with all proceeds going to Bread and Roses. The event begins Friday evening with
:111 llpe ning round ofs ilent bidding. Saturday night. after the Procession of the Species. the LOUD auction gets started - plates are sure to fly olfthe walls! For more
inl ormation . ca ll The Painted Plate at 705-2103.
Work that Poll
(lOll I IUO llluUO I () I 000 I I I I Il I 0 I II I 0 I II t
Poll workers arr needr d for the student elections to be held on
April 27, 28, and ~Y. Studellts int erested in volunteerin g til
~l' r ve as poll worker\ should att('nd an information Illecting
scheduled for Thursday, April2~ in ( All 315. Please co ntact
Tum Mercado at x6220 for more IIltormation.
04-07-99- 0042- Traffic- Veh towed from
Dorm Loop (E-12)
0042- Traffic- Veh towed from Dorm
Loop (E-12)
0050- Dept asst- TCSO req asst for DV
on Kaiser Rd (E-11 /E-12)
1815- Traffic- Vehicle booted @CU P (P4/E-11)
2245- Tramc- Ve rbal warnin g for
obstruction of lice nse plate (E-12)
2300- Traffic- Vehicle towed from Dorm
Loop. overtime parking (E-12)
04/08/99- 1130- Late entry- Arrest of a
non student for theft 2. (E-9)
1207- Fire alarm- Fire alarm activation
C Dorm 2nd floor (E-5)
1955- Vandalism- Vending machine
damaged@ LIB lobby see C/R (E-12)
2009- Traffic- Vehicle towed @ Dorm
Loop. (E-11)
2220- Traffic- Vehicle towed, Housing
area fire lane violation. (E-ll)
2245- Pub svc- Insecure condition @
Child Care Center (E-5/E-11)
2245- Traffic- Verbal warning issued for
unauthorize traffic area vio lation. (E-12)
04-09-99- 0437- Insecure- LAB 1
Dock door (Crimewatch)
Bye Laws
The vote on student by
a
•e go ernment has beel
postponed indefinitely. The Studenb lor the Implementation
01 Student Government made the dec ision after postponing
thl' vote late last quarter alld aga in in Spring quart er. Thl' gro up
believes that there has not been adequate time to consolidat e
student opinion and support. For more information. contact
K. Radin via e-mail: radken30@elwha .evergreen.edu .
The Herbalist is In!
The Wellness Center, in conjunction with the Student Health
and Counseling Center, are sponsoring a series of lectures/
d iscussions on herbal medicine. Workshops will include
discussion and hands on practice, examining methods for
implementing herbal remedies in you r daily well ness plan. The
workshops will bl' held from 3:30 p.m . - 5:00 p.m. in th e
Wl'llness Center (CRC 113). Dates tollow:
April 15 - Overview of Herbs for Women
May 6 - Raid the Virus! Immune Support Herbs
!une 3 - Sprains Aches and Arthritis: Herbs lor Inflamed
Muscles and Joint s
EarthDay
Concert
Latina Youth Leadership
The Hispanic Women's and Youth Networks of Olympia are proud
to announce the 7th annual Latina Youth Leadership Workshop.
entitled "Reaching for our Dreams," to be held Saturday. April24.
from 9 a.m . to 4 p.m. at the U.S . Olympic National Forest
Headquarters. 1835 Black Lake Blvd., SW, on the west side of
Olymp ia. It is a full day eve nt for Latinas currently enrolled in high
school in Lewis, Mason, and Thurston counties. Thi s is designed
to celebrate Latinas and bring speakers to serve as rol e models.
havl' empowerment activities, and develop a stron ger sel!:image.
The evcnt is FREE, and includes a light breakfast. lunch and
workshop materials. Registrati on is required and the RSVP
deadline is April 22. Non-Latina fri ends are invited! Ca ll Olivia
Salazar at 956-3100 x301, or e-mail heratosalazar@wln.com .
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POSITION AVAILABLE
COMPUTE·R SUPPORT
TECHNICIAN
TESC Longhouse
featuring
Joules Graves
in performance,
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a Guest Speaker from
Olympic Wildlife
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By Aaron Cansler
Well, it's April 15. Taxes
are due, and this college is still
a slimy festering crime-ridden
cess-fest teetering on the
brink of absolute collapse_
How do I know this? Well, it's
because I took a look at the
police blotter, and saw the
horrific truth _ Now you can
too! Look:
April 7th- Nothing much_ Lots
of towings and boozings _
April 8th- Arrest of nonstudent for theft 2? Which, of
course, came after theft 1,
which was a fine movie. A
vending machine also
damaged in the Lib lobby.
gotta say, I can't really blame
whoever did this. Those
machines are __ . evil. It used to
only take nickels, and no other
change_ No dimes, no quarters_
No quarters_ What's so wrong
with my quarters that this
machine thinks its so special
that it doesn't have to take
them? Screw you, machine,
you can keep those sweet
delicious cookies __ _
April 9th- Lots of insecurities_
April 10th- More things stolen,
more hearts broken _
April 1 lth- I'm sorry to report
that some narcotics
contraband was found . It
appears the school's "Hugs for
Drugs" program is a failure _
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April 22, 1999
6 p.m.
0445- Insecure- Longhouse (Crimewatch)
1045- Traffic- Vehicle impounded at CUP (E-9)
04-10-99- 0408- Medical- Non student transp. to
CMC (E-7)
1543- Traffic- Accident @ LIB Loading Dock, see
C/R (E-3/E-8)
1945- Burglary- It em stolen from a room @ the
MODs, see C/R (E-8)
04-11-99- 0919- Fire Alarm- Dorm D fl. ~, general
alarm caused by cooking mish ap.
1320- Narcotics- Found contraband, see C/R for
details (E-8)
1551- Mal misc- Graffiti reported @ Phase II
Housing (E-8)
2115- Theft- Stolen personal property @ th e LIB
(E-8)
04-12-99- 1410- Trafflc- Veh booted in B-Lot (P3)
2020- Traffic- Vehicle booted in CLot. (E-12)
2241- Traffic- Veh towed from dorm area (E-12)
04-13-99- 0000- Shift lnfo- __.All keys in .. _(Pinho)
0800- Shift info- ... Key 14 stiil out. (Savage)
1335- Mal misch- Graffiti 1st floor Mens room
Library. (E-5)
1546- Indec expo/ Obst just- Reported at the
HCC, see C/R for info (E-12/E-1)
1900- Fire alarm- General fire alarm @ Housing,
burnt food, C/R (E-ll)
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Position schedule: 10 hrs/wk, for 10 weeks/qtr
Position to begin fall quarter 1999
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Minimum qualifications:
-Software experience with Excel, Word
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-Problem-solving in Macintosh as well
as pes
-Be able to design flyers and other
promotional materials
• Must be on-call for problems
-Compile basic instructions for
computers and computer equipment
Sponsored by EARN
-Trained experienced professional
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-Hospital autoclave sterilization
-Single-use needle each client
-Finest quality jewelry available
-A gentle woman's touch
Preferred qualifications:
• Flyers and promotional design
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To apply:
Pick up your application at the Student
Activities Office (CAB 320).
Cooper Point Journal
April 1 5, 1999
Cooper Point Journal
April " S,1999
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1 2th- Tows and boots_
April 1 3th- Graffiti on the 1 st
floor men's bathroom_ First floor,
eh? Somebody's moving up in
the world_ And of course, one
case of indecent exposure. Right
on, right on_
Art in the corner
Fr iday, April 16 photo exhibit at the
Arrowspace 7-8 p_m. followed by music .
Photos of Detroit's decaying innercity_
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Earth Week,Apri/19-22
Throughou t the week of April 1923. a va riet), of exciting events will be held
on the '('ESC ca mpus to celebrate Earth
Week. Sponsored by the EIlvironmental
Rt:'source Ce nter, Evergreen Animal
Rights Network, Bike Shop. and Freaks of'
Nat ure, thes e activities will bring
students together to honor our Mother
Earth and all her inhabitants .
As busy students, workers , and
parents, it is ollen too easy to forget about
our fragile environment on which we
depend for everything. I could sit here
and list horrifying facts about the
destruction of the planet, but instead I
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will ask you' to simply take time out of
your day to give thanks for the abundance
and beauty of our earth. Consider your
impact on it and the interconnectedness
of all life within it.
Everyone is invited to take part in
the Earth Week festivities. Highlights
include an environmental film series, a
slide show on the Gifford Pinchot
National Forest, bike repair on red
square, Evergreen Meatout Day, art
disp lays, an eco-design demonstration,
nature walks, and a drum circle. On
Earth Day, Thursday, April 22, an
evening of magnificent proportions is
planned. An open mic and potluck will
be followed by a guest speaker from the
Olympic Wildlife Rescue and a live
performance by the infamous JOULES
GRAVES!!! Please come to dance, ea"t.
play, listen,learn, and show your support
for the grassroots efforts of the Olympic
Wildlife Rescue.
Please see th e calendar for more
information on dates and times ofevents.
If you have any questions, please call the
ERC at x6784 or EARN at x6555.
Monday April
19:
Environmental
Film Series:
Baraka,
Broken
Rainbows, Lecture
Hall 3, 7 p.m.
Tuesday April 20: ·Slide show
on the Gifford Pinchot National
Forest, LI B Lobby, Noon. Environmental Film
Series: The Hemp Revolution, Film on Forestry
Issues TBA, Lecture Hall 3, 7 p.m.
Wednesday April 21: ·Bike repair, Red
Square,12·3 p.m .. Drum Circle, Red Square,
12:30-1:30 p.m.. Art Prote~t Sculpture, Red
Square. 11-2 p.m.. Environmental Film Series:
Diet for A New America and clips from activist
videos Breaking Free, Fire In The Eyes, TBA
Lecture Hall 3, 7 p.m.
Thurs. April 22, EARTH DAY: -Evergreen
Meatout Day Eco-Design.Demonstration,
Noon, Red Square (LIB Lobby if rain).
Earth Day Concert, Longhouse, 6 p.m.: Open
Mic, Potluck, Guest Speaker, Joules Graves
TUITION
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For Sale: 2 VW Bugs '69, '70. Both
run well. Engines recently rebuilt
Call (360) 740-8886 (ChehaliS).
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jervis points to places like New
Hampshire and Vermont for additional
evidence . They are places where public
education is essentially privatized with very
high cost. Kim Merriman , assistant to the
president for governmental relations, paints a
picture of six students sharing a small house ,
ea ting exclusively top ramen. and tak:ng less
credit hours to maintain their job schedule. In
oth er words, this becomes an issue of
accessibility or lack there of.
Try this one on for size: F·lot's VW bus
pop ul at ion would be replaced with BMW
-COOPER POINT JOURNAL-
CAB 316, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington 98505
Volume 29 • Number 22
April 15,1999
News
SW((Writ ers. Aaron Cansler, Saab Lofton, Kevan
Moore, David Simpson, Greg Skinner
StaffPhotogroph ers Kristin Grace, Roni Hodis,
Whitney Kvasager, Justin Solondz
Letters & OpinIOns Editor. David Simpson
Copy Editors . Jen Blackford & Mikel Reparaz
Comics Page Editor: Jason Miles
Calendar Editor.' Jason Kornel iussen
Newsbriefs Editor.' Gordon Dunbar
Seepage Editor: James Cropsey
Sports Editor: Jef Lucero
Systems Manager. Tak Kendrick
Layout Editor .· Michael Selby
Photo Editor.· Ray Ayer
Features Editor: Whitney Kvasager
Arts &Entertainment Editor Nick Challed
Co-Managing td,tors Ashley Shomo & Suzanne
Skaar
Spring Sale!
And by popular demand,
Editor In Chlel Mat Probasco
Business
Skateboards
Busin eo s Manoql'I Amber Rack
Assistant BUSin ess Manaqer: Carrie Hiner
Advert ising Repres entallve: Alicia Webber
Ad Designer Tan-ya Gerrodette
C,reulollon Mallager Joanna Hurlbut
Distribution MOllagCf. Jennifer Miller
Ad Proofer. Ben Kinkade
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NEWS
by Briana Waters
Contributing writer
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sedans. Hemp cloth would give way to
Patagonia fleece. The lines in the financial aid
office would be shorter only because they'd
have less money to give people for an even
higher tuition. Northwest Food Services' profit
margin and deli prices would soar even higher
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NEWS
CHILE
continued from the cover
"It was something very simple, drugs and
alcohol. Chile is like the United States, you cannot
give money to the police. It is called coi mer, to
payoff, it's a bribe and you can't do it," explained
Gilbert
In Chile, drinking and driving is a serious offence.
. The second day ofthe trip the students and
Gilbert drove an hour and a half south of
Santiago to Sewel. a mining center, to tour a
copper mining operation. A small party ensued
during their return trip in the van behind
Gilbert's.
One of the students purchased a IS-liter jug of
wine. By the time they had traveled the 90
minutes back to Santiago, the jug was empty.
Cecil says that Gilbert knew that the wine was in
the van.
Jesse Winship-Fryer, a student on the trip,
thought that alcohol was the main catalyst for
problems during the trip. '100 much alcohol was
a big factor in the problems. People could not
handle the freedom they had and respect other
people at the same time," Winship-Fryer said.
"You could see them [students] drinking when
we passed them back and forth on the highway,"
Saint said. She was riding in the van driven by
Gilbert
Gilbert's decision to take away the vans was
influenced by more than alcohol. He said a
window was broken, lights were smashed, plastic
was stripped from the inside and piles of trash.
"I even found a used tampax in one of the vans,"
The vans were eventually returned to the
rental company one week early in a deal to cover
the $600 deductible that had to be paid because
ofthe destruction.
The deans honored Gilbert's decision. "We
do not question Jorge's judgment. A faculty
member in this kind of situation must be able to
make decisions concerning student safety, even
if those decisions are unpopular,"
Students Compbin About the Food
The review covers student complaints on
meals, such as inadequate vegetarian meals.
Gilbert says that students were aware that
Chile is not a vegetarian culture.
The chef at the compound made adjustments to
the offerings with vegetables in cream sauces,
among other things.
Variety was not much, but there was food
for the vegetarian students to eat.
Another complaint was bread and water
for breakfast. "This is not true. bread and water
for breakfast, there is fruit and juice and other
things . In this country I think you call it
continental breakfast. This is what we eat for
breakfast in Chile," Gilbert said. In Gilbert's
mind, the general complaints about food are due
to ethnocentrism. "For breakfast they want eggs.
We don't have that in my country. That's
ethnocentrism." Gilbert said.
Students Complain About Instruction
Around the Evergreen campus, it is not
strange to hear any number ofstudents complain
about class. The usual complaints involve
reading 200 pages a night or a class is interfering
with a moon cycie so the student cannot attend.
The Review of Field School to Chile
contains complaints not often heard at our
school. There were complaints about no
seminars, no assignments and few lectures. Cecil
wanted structure and some form ofa syllabus to
list what to do from day to day.
The deans answered the academic
complaints with this statement in the Review.
"Regarding seminars and lectures, there are no
college requirements that the faculty include
either lectures or seminars in a program, and
where a program has lectures or seminar the
college has no guidelines about how many must
be included." It is called academic freedom.
One ofthe driving factors behind Raquel's
request for a full refund of tuition and trip
expenses was the lack ofa traditional educational
experience. Raquel explained her dissatisfaction
in a four page letter sent to the deans in July. In
that letter she wrote, "We never once participated
in seminar ... we had a total ofless than a dozen
lectures and activities throughout the month."
In the end, Raquel asked for $6,000 back from
Evergreen. Evergreen said no.
"We won't routinely remit people's tuition
because students are dissatisfied, it's often their
fault, not doing the reading or course work," saie·
Barbara Smith, vice president of Evergreen.
When asked if the school has ever been
sued over a case like this, Smith said, "Not that I
can recall. Though I've not always been in this
job."
"There is a law in place in Washington state
that rules out the ability to sue a school over a
situation like this. It is essentially a breach of
contract issue, and Washington State is afraid of
the flood oflawsuits that would follow the first
one," said Brad Brownlow, a law student
specializing in contract law.
Brownlow said that it looks like the school
covered its bases and did a through review. "It is
a lot more than most schools would do." No
matter how the course description reads, if the
course does not live up to its label, too bad for
the student. .
Of the complaints about class structure,
Winship-Fryer said, "I did kind ofwish there were
more options, lectures and trips." In contrast to
other students Jesse added, "But in reflection, I
realize I got into my own; to go out and do my
own thing."
jesse's conclusion gets to the heart of what
Gilbert says he is teaching, immersion: "I
encourage them to do whatever they can do by
themselves; go to the museum, to do free things
at the university, or to the coffee house, disco or
bar," Gilbert said.
When asked what the role oCthe professor
is in study abroad, Gilbert said this, "How do you
define study abroad? My program is immersion,
I am not a babysitter." Gilbert illustrates,
counting one-two-three on his left hand, " In
immersion people go to another country to see
how they live. what they eat and where they
sleep."
see CHILE on page 16
~ till.
It's not necessarily that tuition is too high:
instead , the real question is about financial aid
and state need grants being too low. We need
computers in the library building, but we also
need students who would use them because
they don't have the capability of having one in
their room .
Senator jeanne Kohl·Welles, 36 th
legislative district , is chair of the higher
education committee and has two sons here at
Evergreen. The senator said Tuesday, "We
should retain authority in the legislature with
somemodicum in the institutions ... that's why
I pushed to get the bill through." Kohl·Welles,
in politician speak, is referring to a process that
has taken place every two years for quite some
time now. The legislature has been reluctant
to come down either way and tuition, relative
to state subsidies, has consistently gone up.
On the other hand, Senator Ken
Jacobsen , serves on the higher education
committee and feels that unless institutions
quit relying on "mi,cro-management" then.
"eventually it's gonna be exactly what you pay
for and nobody's going to go. We're losing
quality in this low tuition game." Ja cobsen
sponsored a bill, the Higher Education
Declaration oflndependence, that also died.
In any event, Kohl-Welles was speaking
for a lot of people when she said it would be "a
real breakthrough to get out of here by April
25."
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MON-WED 10 am-8 pm
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April 15, 1999
Students Complain About Each Other
"Students 'trashed' living quarters during their
parties and damaged the rented vans. Students
were rude to one another. Some students
allegedly drank to excess every evening. Students
ignored the Student Conduct Code. Students
exhibited culturally insensitive behavior in
public." -The Review.
Various students interviewed by the deans
used these examples to show how Gilbert failed
to handle the behavior problems in the Field
School to Chile.
Gilbert says, "I am not dealing with babies
here, this is a university. I refuse to police the
students over a glass of wine. It's not part of my
job."
What Gilbert did do is take away the vans
in response to the students drunkenness and
destructive behavior.
In the case of "alleged sexual assault,"
Gilbert took away the right for the Chisholm to
drink alcohol for the rest of the trip. Gilbert says
he obeyed. Raquel Cecil says he obeyed. Corrine
Saint says Chisholm did not obey. Saint said, "He
drank and did pot."
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Advisor: Dianne Conrad
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Gilbert says the real deal about lecture and
seminar in the Field School is that he provided
10 lectures over the winter quarter then two in
Chile. "I lectured only twice because the program
was filled with activity and guest speakers,"
Gilbert said.
"Where the question comes in is, what is
class," asked John Cushing, academic dean.
Cushing says the general rule of thumb is one
hour of contact time for every hour of credit in
the program. So ifyou're in a 16 credit class there
should be 160 hours oftime together in class over
the quarter.
The students traveled into the field, to the
copper mines. That is 90 minutes each way and
then the time actually at the mines learning what
goes on and why. That's class time, and therefore,
contact time. If so, then some students were
buzzed during class. Remember the jug of wine.
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Quick!Makeacosturne!Makeamask!Become
the special cr~ature or plant that you have been
longing to be since you were a little tot. Come and
join dle Procession ofthe Species parade thi~ Saturday.
April 17 at 6:30 p.m. If you need some space for
creating your costume. the Procession Art Studio can
help you out. Itis located at 1120 Cooper PI. Road.
Procession Rules
Only three rules: No written word\ no pets,
and no motorized vehicles (except for those widl
special needs).
Drop offand Route (see map)
Creatures will assemble at the intersection of
Washington and 7th Ave.(next to Sylvester Park)
between 5:45 and 6:15 pm:nle four adjoining blocks
will be dosed to traffic, so participants can get dropped
offat the illtersections of8d1 and Washington or 7dl
and FranlJin. Parking will be a pain in the ass, so
carpoolor ride the bus ifpossible. Parking is available
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signs. You should have your group
assembled at your registered element by
6:15p.m. Registration forrnscan aIsobe
picked-up and retumed at dle Olympia
(ommwlityCenter, 222N Colwnbia, or
attheProcessionArtStudio,1l20Cooper
PI. Road.
Bring two cansoffuod
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two cansoffood, \mich will be donated
to the Thurston County r'OOCl Bank Bring
your donations to the Food Bank van
parked near the Registration tent.
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Please note: There will be a student body election held on April 27, 28 and
29. The five students receiving the most votes will have their application materials submitted to the Governor. The Governor is responsible for making
the final appointment.
Contact Tom Mercado at ext. 6220 is you have any questions.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN
5 P.M. ON MONDAY, APRIL 1'9.
Cooper Point Journal
April 1·5, 1999
by Paula Lowe
Contri buti ng writer
The Evergreen State Co llege student
Cristine Dew is performing in Abbey
Players' production of" Li ttle Women. "
"Litt le Women", a timeless classic that has
delighted children and adults for over a
century, will find its way into your heart as rJ
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Making her acting debut. Cristine Dew
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plays Meg in the shows .
during the parade
The original script was written by
inthelotsat7thandAdam~and7dland Cherryafter
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Olympia's Rick Wehmeyer and Scott
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slither, or hop.
Stilson. a nd features two original pieces of
The Procession will begin at6:30 p.m., rain or
·Keepa watch over small children
music by Malcolm Stilson. The songs were
shine, at the intersection ofCapitol and 7th Ave. Check (plus, they're adorable).
written to the two poems in the book, "My
out the map for the parade route. The parade encls
·Intheeventthatachildbecomes
Beth" and "In the Ga rret."
back at Sylvester Park, where d1e will be a closing separated from her or his group, instruct
"I have wa nted to produce this play
celebration of drumming and dance.
children togo to til':.'wruteregistration tent
sin ce 1990 ," sa ys Weh meyer. "I t' s a
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before the parade. or the Sylvester Park
wonderful family show." A favorite book of
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the book in high schoo l, and has read it
severa l times since.
"I read severa l scr ipts for "Little
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Women", but none were as good as the book
or the 1948 movie featuring June Allyson ,
Peter Lawford, Mary Astor, Elizabeth
Taylor, Janet Leigh, and Margaret O'Brien ,
explains Wehmeyer. "I decided to adapt the
book to a scr ipt."
Along with an original script and
original music will be authentic period
costumes made for "Little Women." "Daily·
wear costume clothing from the Civil War
period is nearly non-existen t, except for the
Scarlett O'Hara ball gowns ," explains
Wehmeyer. " We are purchasing new
costumes from a Portland company that
specia lizes in costuming from 1864. The
actresses wHI wear full dresses with
petticoats, and h;lI1d-crocheted'snoods (hair
bun covers), and hand·crocheted gloves."
"We had a big turn·out for the audition
. 78 people," says Wehmeyer. "We have a
wonderful cast," says Wehmeyer.
The four March sisters are Meg, Amy,
Jo, and Beth. Meg is played by Cristine Dew,
a student at The Evergreen State College,
and is making her acting debut . Amy is
played by Janelle Martinez, 14, Capital High
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/IF REEDOMOF
SPEECH:
Every person may
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religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of
grievances."
- First Amendment,
U.S. Constitution
freely speak, write
and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right."
- Article I, Section 5, Washington State
Constitution 1889
Censorship by any other name•••
Piper's
Pit
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(Cultural and political analysis for Evergreen
students and other Olympia residents- in
case you couldn't tell)
"As a country, we don't know ourselves.
We just know what we've been told in th e
genera l history books."
-Morgan Freeman, star olG/oryand Amistad
About the middle of January of this year,
I guest spoke at Capital High. I pointed out to
approximately 200 high schoolers that if the
majority knows who Monica is, but only a
minority knows hemp can makr fuel, fabric,
paper, plastic, etc., there's only one word for
that: Censorsh ip,
Aweek later, their school newspaper, The
Capital Outlook, ran a column with objections
to my speech, such as:
"We live in a society that is more open to
opinions than any other in the world today,
and we should enjoy the freedom with which
we have been blessed."
... and ...
"To compare the influ ence of corporate
America on the media to the ma ss ive
censorship sponsored by the former
Communist government of Soviet Russia is
simp ly wrong, a fact abou t which we as
Americans can be proud."
What fact? Chris Harper, th e one who
wrote that piece, offers propaganda instead of
actual proof to prove me wrong. Saying you're
proud to be an American or thanking God
you' re a country boy or some such thing does
NOT in and of itself disprove th e fact that
neither the US or the USSR has ever heard any
real , lasting criticisms of the owners of Pravda
(the state) or NBC (General Electric). Big
Don't tolerate invasion
of personal space
Since I have tumed 21, I have been going body, she just gives me a look of boredom, Only
to various dance clubs. With the exception of when they try to kiss her or another part of her
Thekia, I have not gone throl\.gh a night anatomy does she politely tell them to stop. If
without being sexua lly harrassed. Idon't mean they don't understand me shouting "NO!" at
someone just trying to strike up a conversation. them , theywil! not , and do not, accept a small
I mean drunk perverts that approach me with voiced "Please stop."
Now, I realize there are women out there
a stupid line like "Want to go out?" and then
immediately start to rub their tiny erections who like to rub private parts with these people:
against my thigh . First of all, il'l was ill to that, that's fine, go for it! But to just stand there and
I would rub beef jerky on my pants and give me a frustrated expression won't help
socialize with a pack of wild dogs. Second, just things. Sometimes my friends use the excuse
because I am dancing alone or with another of having a boyfriend, in which case the drunk
female does not mean I am looking for demands to know where he is and ifhe really
attention! As if it's not bad enough just being exists. Get a hint! I think a goldfish can accept
stared at by strange men all night, women still the concept of "NO" better than these
have to deal with men corning up and touching asswipes. (By the way, if you're ignorant in
them. Whether their hand slips down my hips, general, don't drink alcohol-it makes you
goes around my shoulder or I just smell the absolutely worthless as as an organism.)
Being so passive is damaging to people
stench of their disgusting breath, I feel like
running to the Lab building and using those as a whole. These men force us to be part of
their pathetic, masturbatory ritual every time
emerge ncy showers.
One of the last times I went out, this pot- we decide to dance. Just because I'm dancing
bellied, polo shirt dork tried to get between me does not mean I am looking for a date. Is that
and my friend, as if entertaining the thought really difficult to understand?
It has been suggested to me by a couple
of a threesome. I sa id "We are not here for your
sexua l enj oy ment." He introduced himself and people to avoid "those type of clubs" that frat
asked me not to be mean to him. I foolishly boys or military men are drawn to, But, they
persisted to convince him that we just wanted claim if I absoh:tely must go, I should bring a
to be left alone. He left for a while and started man with me. I don't want to have to avoid a
trying to hump my friend . Then he returned, place just because I want to be left alone! And
trying to grab me. I threw his hands off, it was bringing a man as protection seems just as
clear being polite wasn't effective enough. He wrong. I don't want to have to rely on anyone
start ed babbiling "I respect you, baby." Trying to take me anywhere. I am an adult, capable of
to escape, he suddenly grabbed my friend and taking care of myself. The change shouldn't
pulled her in to the center of his rowdy group happen with people like me, it should be with
of idiot friends. She pulled me in for support. them. They are the ones with the problem! I
They started pushing us around between them. don't know how things have gotten this bad
I was trudy pissed at this point. I fought out of and why these men feel that they are free to do
the crowd, and polo shirt followed me out, whatever they wish. I do know it must stop.
trying to grab me again. I shouted "No!" and Now I don't expect these narrow-minded,
\lammed his hands down. The worst part of penis-centric bigots to read this, or read in
this all is that is was during a really awesome genera l. But I do hope you women, or men too,
will read this and be inspired to sta nd up for
~ong,
I look around at other women in these your personal space. Tell them to leave you
clubs, and most of them seem amlOyed by this alone, embarrass them , but whatever you do,
treatment, but continue to ignore it. My good DON'T STOP DANCING!
friend chooses to avoid any discomfort for
either person involved and relunctantly dances Vita Lust)'
with them. As they make there way down her
Cooper P.o int Jour.nQ/
Brother equals Big Business. Freedom of the jail than in school-let alone graduating,
press belongs to those who own one, Can't .Therefore, as of this writing, I have two months
afford one? T.S.! Welcome to a democracy of to beat the statistica l odds which dictate I
should've been in the cemetery/penitentiary
the rich, by the rich, and for the rich ...
Nancy Rubin has also swum in the Nile by now.
(Get it?). She was the US delegation leader at
To those of you proud to be Americans
the UN Human Rights Commis~ion on March and have friends who're in law enforcement, I
22nd, 1999. And when Amnesty don't want to hear it, whatever it is. I don't
International's Secretary-General Pierre Sane want to hear how "not all cops are bad" any
said, "Amnesty would risk its credibility if it more than a Jew wants to hear how "not all
stayed silent about th e United States," Nazis are bad." I don't want to hear how I'm
according to the March 23rd Seattle Post· exaggerating a few exceptions to the rule any
Intelligenrer, while running down Uncle more than the families of Amadou Diallo and
Skkkam's track record insofar as police Abner Louima want to hear how Diallo (who
brutality on the streets and in th e prisons, was shot forty-one times while unarmed) and
Nancy Rubin's response was simply, "we are Louima (who barelY,survived being raped with
proud of our political and judicial system."
a toilet plunger) were mere exceptions.
That's it?! Pride doesn't refute evidence
Cases of mistaken identity, being in the
of male guards raping female prisoners. Pride wrong place at the wrong time, I don't want to
doesn't refute evidence of Death Row being hear it. The burden of proof is always on the
used for "ethnic cleansing." Pride doesn't refute accused (to come up with some reason
evidence of the Prison-Industrial Complex justitying why they're still paying themselves
rivaling the Military-Industrial Comp lex with MY taxes) and I accuse the pigs of
President Eisenhower spoke of right before genocide! Prove me wrong!
"When the policeman is the bearer of
leaving office.
And pride doesn't begin to refute the fear violence and [is) empowered by the state with
my peers and I feel whenever we even see a cop a badge and a gun, that's terrorism .. .it is open
(Spidey Sense tingling, "a disturbance in the season on blacks,"
force," something!), There are more Earthlings -the ReverendJesseJackson, The Oregonian,
with my skin tone/facial feature structure in 4/11/99
The greatllThey"
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conspiracy
I
Wrote
This
I never thought I'd be a conspiracy
theorist. I mean, most people who fall under
that particular umbrella really need to get lives.
But desperate times call for desperate
measures, and I've been forced to violate this
personal policy, because it's become ominously
clear that forces beyond our control or
understanding are shaping every aspect of our
lives.
I'm not talking about the "illuminati" or
Hillary Clinton's "vast right wing conspiracy."
Both are mere inventions of paranoid minds,
and they ignore the real culprits.
The real conspirators are known simply
as "They."
Who are "They?" I haven't the foggiest.
That's what scares me.
A lot of their influence seems to be
benign. Recently someone told me that "They"
make Converse tennis shoes in more colors
than ever before. "They" also make those click
erasers which are a staple of my drawing
regimen . Obviously, "They" have some kind of
interest in keeping us happy.
"They" should be feared, however,
because "They" exert considerable influence
over laws as well. I got a speeding ticket for
doing ten over in California recently, and I
complained about it to a fTiend, who remarked
casually "yeah, 'They' can nail you for that."
Is there no limit to the power 'They" have
over us?
So "They" bring liS products, as well as
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ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
April ,l S, 1999
whatever laws "They" see fit. More ominously,
"They" are responsible for some of the world's
scarier events. Has anyone told you lately that
"Th ey " are bombing Yugoslavia, and that
"They" might send in ground troops soon?
So, who are "They?" Let's contemplate
this. "They" control our productconsumption.
"They" make out laws. "They" order our
military around. "They" even dictate what TV
shows we watch. "They" create shows, "They"
cancel shows, and often ''They'' do all ofthese
things for reasons most of us can't fathom.
Obviously, "They" spend half their time
doing wrong by people, and the other half
trying to turn us into couch-potato zombie
consumers so we won't notice.
"They" have their fingers in every pie. I
don't know who exactly "They" are, but one
thing is clear: "They" are the new world order.
The scariest part is, everyone's aware that
"They" are in charge ofevery aspect of our lives,
but nobody's bothered by it. Can it be that in
reality we're all mindless sheep who want to
be led, and "Theiy" have figured this out and
are exploiting it?
Perhaps the truth is more subtly
territying. We've created a society so large and
complex that no one needs to know anything
about the big picture-we're all so concerned
with our own little glob of paint that the way
they fit together concerns us not a whit.
Perhaps we've invented "They" due to our own
erroneous assumption that someone must be
steering this train, when in fact it's really just
speeding forward at random. There is no
"They" because none of us, from dictators and
CEOs on down to those of us with fewer
illusions of control, really understands what
the world's become.
.
I'd better end this here . "They" may be
reading it.
Suffering atBig/Mountain is extreme
I just got home from going to Big
Mountain. Was heavy down there, I occupied
the BIA offices with Arlene Hamilton on March
15 after talking with those in charge of
impounding livestock for four hours. We asked
them to stop impoundments immediately
because of the terror it is ca using in the lives of
Dineh people. Arlene told Eugene Secakaku
that she had been told that impoundments
would cea~e if it was cau~ing undue hardship
upon the people and that the BIA is legally
supposed to be protecting the health and well
being of the people. l\!o one in that officr sees
to that. We talked to Robert Carolinr in
Phoenix, Mark Bradford and Dave Etheridge
in D.C. ove r Eugene's speaker phone. All of
those guys said someone else was in charge
acting as if they were helpless. Bob Caroline
~aid the y are impounding the sheep because
of the drought. Save the land so that Peabody
can permanently ruin it. Whell we exhau~ted
our pleas, we went into the central office to
display our position tha t today was not busines
as usual in a nonviolent act. Arlene laid down
in Fred Chavez's office and i sat on the floor
next to her. We were then arrested by BIA
police, Arlene went limp and they dragged her
out. We were charged with criminal trespass
and released three hours later.
My heart aches with a depth that defies
description. The suffering is extreme and
Dineh people are living in a state of sustained
anxiety. The stress is tremendous. Truly slow
motion genocide. I cannot say what must be
done. All that continues coming to me is the
need for millions of white sk inned Americans
to be willing to lay their lives on the line. I am
one of terribly few who have shown up to do
just this. My privilege disgusts me knowing i
have such freedom to do civil disobedience
with minor consequences and still have no
impact upon the driving force of unfettered
greed's genocide.
Police drive around the reservation going
into hogans unannounced wearing guns on
their hips. Pauline has taught herself to write
so that she can document incursions by police
recording their license plate numbers, time,
date and description of appearance. There are
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that words Marcia had used caused them to
bring in so much force.
Willie drove my car and we all met up at
Katherine Smith's. Dineh people came out of
the hills to find ou t what had happened. Some
had been hiding along with their livestock and
others had their animals counted. One guy said
that hundreds of supporters are needed who
are COMMITTED TO NONV IOLENCE. Of
course, that's what i am into ...
After we ate, Willie and i went to pick up
Arlene from Keams Canyon. They may be
charging her with felony failure to disperse and
disorderly conduct. Ridiculous. When they let
her out, they said they were gonna send
someone out to find her with a Federal
Warrant. That didn't happen.
not enough people bearing witness on the land
at this time. It tore me up to leave when i did. I
feel under the thumb as i struggle to survive
going to school while i am also on call to the
struggle. j am afraid i will once again end up
quitting school because the situation is deadly
ser ious and Pauline is my mother. Right now,
they are threatening to kick me out of TESC
because my fall quarter is incomplete due to
my awflll illness. At least my student loan paid
for my trip down there.
.
The day afier our arrests. we were told by
supporters th at an impoulllill1l:'nt crew was
driving around with police. So we changed
co urse to go find out what was going on. We
saw two impoundment trailers and marked
and unmarked police escorts in seven to nine
\'ehide~. We fac ed the "army" with my car that
Willie Lone Wolfwas driving. Arlene and i got
out to talk to the drivers. We asked why so
many police were needed to count livestock?
Then we were approached by a bunch of police
that followed Fred Chavez to confront us.
Again we asked why so many armed.police to
count sheep and he said, that Marcia had
threatened them so he had to protect his men.
Arlene said, "You are using that as an excuse ."
The cops zeroed in on Arlene and grabbed her.
When she pulled away, they handcuffed her
and put her in the police rig. I called out to the
other drivers to quit scaring my friends, quit
scaring the Elde~s and the children. One cop
had a hand on my arm the whole time. He
grabbed me a little tighter and said," If you
don't leave this land, I will arrest you." I said ,
"I am not leaving." He let me go. Then Mary
Katherine drove up and said she would take
care of these two yahoos. The cops let her take
me, but they wouldn't let her take Arlene. She
was humorous and assertive. I enjoyed her
encounter with the cops. Again she was told
The infighting is terrible. I don't kn ow
what to do , I am afraid if i say anything to
anyone, i will be attacked as well if it i~n't
already happening. I see that trust is li mited
and that means we are in danger of loming
everything. How to bring people togeth er?
How? Are humans just too flawed to be part of
~ i gnificant solution? Ha~ the oppressOr WOII?
Is any hope i carry in my heart illusion?
I will retum to Big Mountain as SOOIl a~
possible. I am planning a fast to prepare my\e1 f
for what is to come. I don 't know what els£' to
do. I feel that i am part of a profollnd failurl'.
Pray for the people.
In peaceful struggle,
Swaneagle
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Student apathy an epidemic What th~ hell IS going on 1!
Are learned and student mutally exclusive?
'e>ATnEA)CE: ~
CoM"PL I AftENrAR.y
by Sarah Manvel
During my nearly four years of college, I
have found that college students, who are
automatically privileged, are painfully proud of
their ignorance when confronted with
international affairs. Nowhere else have I met so
many people who make no effort to learn about
the world, yet who have such strong opinions
about these things they are admittedly ignorant
about.
Let me give you an exa mple. Two years ago,
an Irish woman named R6isin McAliskcy was
arrested in Northern Ireland for an IRA bombing
in Germany. Ever heard of her? She was held for
a week in a MEN's prison, before being switched
to a women's prison where she was held in
solitary confinement and strip searched twice J
day for seven months without charges being
pressed, No big deal, you say? She weighed 90
pounds due to an eating disorder and was two
months pregnant when arrested. International
outrage a t her gross mistreatmen t got her a
hospital bed before her daughter was born. She
was held in the hospital for about 10 more
months before her release, with no charges ever
being pressed.
I did a lot of tabling on her behalf at my
school in New York. I had students tell me that
sinre she was IRA they should lock her up and
throwaway the key, without knowing ifshe was
a member or not (she wasn 't).1 had students tell
me that they would not sign until they knew
more about the case, but since they weren't going
to make an effort that was too bad for her. I had
women who lectured me about eating disorders
in class walk past without blinking an eye.
Solidarity, indeed.
And now we have the situation in Kosovo,
where the Third World War' has been slow ly
brewing for the past three years. I've mentioned
this fact to classmates and gotten glazy-eyed
shrugs. What does it have to do with them? Well,
unless tlH'Y have J shred of human empathy, it
has nothing to do with them. Our illusion is tliat
Kosovo is very far away, which is carefully
maintained by a government that wants its
people ignorant. Serbian soldiers started
slaughtering Kosovars in November, but Clinton
was so busy with Kenneth Starr that he forgot to
tcllus ordinary people about it.
America is huge, and our culture swallows
things whole. Unless you have traveled outside
of its borders for long periods of time, you have
no idea how huge it really is. Now three
American soldiers have appeared on Serbian TV,
covered in bruises, and Clinton makes speeches
with pretty little maps showing us where this all
happened, saying "The United States takes care
of its own." Now Americans have a vested
interest in what happens to these prisoners of
war; now we want to send in ground troops.
Concentration camps and mass graves are back
in Europe, filled with people like us, and
WORD ON THE STREET
Evergreen is one of the most politicized campuses in the United
States. Issues ranging from Mumia to rain forests are discussed
openly and often. Why, then, have our dialogues avoided the
Kosovo conflict? Certainly this is an important current event but does anyone really know what's going on? Lets ask our fellow
acadamians.
Steve Collins
"I think it's more complex than it's reported. It goes
back hundreds of years, to when Muslims first carne
into that part of the country- Kosovo is like Serbia's
holy land, so they've always considered it part of theirs
even when Yugos lavia granted that area sort of
autonomy for the ethnic Albanians.
"I don 't really understand why we're there. And
there's talk about the ethnic cleansing, and while that's
terrible, it 's gone on in plenty of other places in the
world. and we ha\,('I1 't stepped in. At first I thought it
WJS good that they were going in and doing something
abo ut it, but as I read about it more in depth, I think we should have tri ed diplomacy harder first
bCC;IIISCall Ih ey did was support Miloscvic's position - iI's kind oflike we played into his hands,
beCall\(, all Ihe resistance in Serbia to Milosevic - Ihey' re being crush ed out. It's a big, complex
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Americans didn't notice or care. If we'd been
paying attention in November perhaps there
would be 110 mass graves, or infants starving to
death . No pregnant women would have been
raped before their throats were slit. The
American press hasn 't bothered to explain why
Serbia won't give the Kosovars their
independence. I read in a British paper that the
largest diamond mine outside Africa is in
.Kosovo.
Why are college students so proud of how
clueless they are? We have these years to expand
our minds and learn about the world around us,
but most students I know waste their time.
People choose to be ignorant about things that
have no connections to their lives, and it
seemsthat students believe that foreign affairs
don't matter. That point of view is short sighted
and insulting . Kosovo , Texa co, what's the
difference, right? The difference is that one point
of view silently swallows everything taught you.
The other makes the effort to be informed about
our world .
When the dorms get CNN and papers are
updated hourly on-line, there is no excuse to be
clueless about the world. It shouldn't matter if
it's Americans or Kosovars or East Timorese or
Northern Irish who are suffering; we should
know about it, and we should care. We should
not wallow and revel in our ignorance, but do
everything possible to redress it. But when it
comes to foreign affairs, that required making a
leap past the American borders you were taught
as a child, You have to see the world as one giant
backyard. If you don't, more people will die.
Megan Haie
(in below photo on right)
"N ATO's bombing them, because the Serbs
are repressing the people in Kosovo. They're not
being democratic: they're killing them and
putting them in concentration camps, I don't
really agree with the bombing because it kills a
lot of 'other' people - other than the people
that are doing the bad stuff."
By Greg Skinner
Staff writer
them to maintain themselves in power.
GS: If people wish to educate themselves on the
Balkan war, what would you teU them to read?
.
GS: Why won't the Serbs let Kosovo go?
.
Democracy and all that.
"::-
understanding the literature and the folk
traditions of the area is another way of talking
about it. That's one part ofit is false parallels that
can't be drawn. This is not like Europe in the 30's.
Certainly the Serbian army is no vermacht, in
no way compares to the German army. They do
very well against defenseless· women and
children arid men': They have not done well
against an organized military.
People say that this is going to be another
. Vietnam. Well, that's patent nonsense, If you
want to parallel with Vietnam we're on the side
of of the Viet CongoWe are not on the side of the
puppet government in Saigon. We are on the side
of the people who are actually on the ground.
Tom: That goes back to the battle of Kosovo in
1389. In 1389, the Turkish army annihilated the
Serbian aristocracy, the monarchy and
Hungil.r1i).I\cpp.tingents at the Battle ofKosovo,
or. astpeyc~U)f.the field of black birds, largely
be'duse the'rii.lUiber of bodies on the field.
Where other Slavic people have epic
poems based on victory in great battles, in
Kosovo the epic cycle starts with the battle of
Kosovo which is in present day Kosovo.
They see Kosovo as the source of their
regeneration. It's this cycle of epic poems that
kept Serbian identity alive after.a long period of
GS: Why Russia? What's Russia's role in this?
Turkish domination after the battle.
GS: Sarah Manvel, our "Battle Axe" Collumnist
In Serbia the bedrock of Serbian
said in her piece last week that one year ago she nationalism is in the peasantry, the village.
Torn: Oh jeeze.
had never heard ofKosovo, so how long has this
There is one other factor. There is a Serb
heen bUilding?
population, It used to be higher than it is now. CS: In a million words or less
At one time il\vas 40 percent. And In Northern
Tom: 500 years.lfyou take the longView of this, Kosovo there are some culturally significant Tom:1 think to answer the question fully, you
which I as a historian tend to take, it's 500 years orthodox monasteries. -nlese are some of the have to understand what's happened in Russia
or so. To fully understand the .currentcrises nationalist reasons that the Serbs want to hold since the disintegration ohhe Soviet Union and
requires a great deal of patients. I thiIlk you onto Kosovo. .
. .. :. .
the enormous humiliation that's felt by Russians
should understand the depths ofnationalist
I would guess wllatthe'y will fin(lily . from being toppled frorril:he·first people within
feelings among all these people. that was negotiate when the are 011 the rop~s they will try a huge empire to minor international status.
suppressed by Tito. Tito ~asthe grand to negotiate,3 partition; let Albania have the : What's left then, for them to' hang onto is
politician, he was a Croatian Coir)munist, but he southern part.
nati?nalislT1 : Hjs.tWi~?lly that's beeil:closely
allowed the Serbs to pretty much ('ontrol
.,
associated with Serbia and other orthodox Slavic
Yugoslavia. What Tito tried tQ,d9 i$, plate a GS: Was the Se'roianreaction to NATO bombing peoples. It is complicated by red-btown's,
supranational ideology and hope 10 replilf¢'tR~1 predic1able? ..: . . " ultranationalist. By ultranationalist I mean antibitter nationalist feelings under the banner of'
Semitic nati911~ist.anQ-Asian nationatist, anticommunism. What happened when the grand Tom: I think it's harder to predict now in Mongol, antl;;Tardf,anti-Chechen nationalism
old men got down on the floor over the map in retrospect.! thi#ksQme seribusmistakes have . j6i~i,rig in the Duma with Communist. The
Versailles and made Yugoslavia is that they paid been made. I'm basically for intervention,I'm; Communists telling the people of Russia that
no attention to the long standing national basically for the air attacks. Where Iwould differ they are the ones to reform and return Russia to
animosities and Yugoslavia from its very is I don't thirikNATO should have ruled out its glory. In a way you see the same thing in
beginning is in SOllle ways a geo-political mistake ground troops from the beginning. In fact, Yugoslavia so it's very similar.
which was maintained.
ground troops should have been in place before
It is unimaginable to me, at this time, that
t he bombing even started. There are two factors.
cs: In a million words or less, what's going on One is the sphere of American public opinion. Russia would, over Serbia, declare war with
over there?
Fear that the mass of Americans opposed any NATO. Because now that's declaring war against
kind of American presence in a ground force. Poland and that's declaring war against Hungary.
Tom: It's this artificial entity of Yugoslavia which ;-':ow fewer and fewer have reservations about it, It reminds me of the roar of the old toothless
Milosevic attempted to hold on to . The recent ifcurrent polls are accurate, but largely because tiger.
events have certainly stripped away any illusion what they have seen on the television. The
that this is anything but great Serbian second is allies were opposed to it and we are part GS: Any rough-cut picture of where this is going
nationalism.
of an alliance. Though we are a major part of the to go?
alliance in terms of treasure and technology, I
GS: Who is this Milosevic guy?
think that many of the others were opposed to Torp: [Damn it, Jirri.ll'rri a historian, not a
it. Italy and Greece are opposed to it. This is all soothsayer. But I'll crys~l-q,all it anyway, I might
Tom: Milosevic's background is extremely retrospect. It's very easy to be a Monday morning 'asw'eU, lw;l~totally wrong about what was going
interesting. He was a Communist leader who quarter back. I don't see that you could guess to happ-en in Russia in 1988. My guess isthat the
opportunistically decided to become a Serbian entirely on what Milosevic and the Serbs have ' bombingwill·be stepped up, Theywillprepare
nationalist.
done in the past, except whatthey didin Bosnia, to'send grduhd ~ro()Ps in/they must putground
The way it happened is he was sent down as a guarantee that if we started bombing that troops in some form . I thii.lk the bombing will
on a fact finding mission to Kosovo in 1988, they would start raping and killing Kosovars at wear them down. And, I think the present policy
Serbian demonstration against Albanians at that the rate they have.
of NATO wiIl. within the next three or four
time , He carne back, 10 and behold, a born-again
months, prevail, if public opinion holds, Not just
Serbian nation~list larg~ly b~cause he saw that GS: Is history a'lalid approach to this current here but in every NATO country.
as a way to overthrow his boss. In his heart of situation?
GS: The ethnic Albanians might get a chance to
hearts I don't think he gives a rat's ass about
Serbian nationalism. He is like so many of the Tom: It's a way to start. Understanding the go home?
post Soviet leaders. They became capitalist, they history of this area is a way to understand the
became nationalist because it was beneficial to tensions in the area. I would go beyond that, Tom: I think they will. They want to go home.
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Tom: I th ink the place to start is a book called
the "Balkan Ghosts." That's one way to start
because it's in contemporary time, itdeals with
all the Balkan countri~~. One of the best and
most intere~UXlg\yays ' lQ "discover the
complexities (If tbe;&isnian area and Kosovo is
to read Iva Andrich's book the:'Sridge on the
River Drinli," excellent book. Still a first-rate
introduction as ~historical novel. Another way
to get somesense of the complexity and the '
history of it isby seeing a film called "Before the
Rain" it's a Macedonian film.
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bad to kill civilians. I think we should work
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I think we should lay down in the street and have
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Union works to maximize potential
For the future of Evergreen and all that it may hold, see USW
Thursday
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Ramon Ramirez is speaking about alabor bill Noon
in the LIB Lobby.
Nova Scotia, Icarus line, Tracy Robo, and
Thomas Whaling are playing at The Arrowspace 8
p.m.,3 bones.
80's Rollerskate Spectaular At Skateland in
Olympia, 1200 South Bay Road.8:30-10:30 p.m. 5557 sliding scale at the door. Ronald Reagan look-alike
contest,and arumored appearance by Huey Lou is and
The News.
The Olympia-Iraq Solidarity Organization will
be meeting on the secon d fl oor of Bulldog News,
downtown. Discussion topics trip to local highschool,
thecontinuing public education campiagn,and other
upcoming events.6-7 pm
Tonight on "Friends": Six sexually attractive and
unca nnily witty twenty-somethi ngs engage in a
series of za ny antics th rough scenic New York city.
Chandler sayssomething fun ny.Joey acts like afool.
Rachel sports an insanely tight halter top.
On Ap ril (i. the Union of Student Worker~ (USW) broke from
IIl l·l·tillg trad itiun and pas~ed aroulld butcher paper and colored
11I,lrkns. asking ;ltl e ndaI11~ to draw two pil'lure~: Evergreen a~ it is.
:llld EIl'Igrc('n .I S it sholiid be. "This is just a beginning," SteV(' Hughes,
l '~ I\, l"llordill alor ,aid . "to start 10 think orwliere Wl' are at alld where
\I <' Ideally wanl to be."
Ilu ghl'S hUi IUII'l, d the idea of facilitaitng discussion through
cirdll"illgs li'OIIl a IlIgldalider Institute all adull education. "Participants
\I·c[t· asked to dral\' :I picture of adult education Jnri their dream of
Jlildt eJ ucation. Thro ugh the process. they creaH'd a ro mmon vision,
:1I)d IVr Ihoughtl\'{, cuuld do the ,a llll' thin g." Iluglws said. "Prople
St,lrtl'U talkillg to ['ac iloth rr. The posters :Irell't wurks ofar! - they'rr
a dillerellt W;lY ul ull ders tanding eachother. We'rl' two steps away Crolll
('fl·at illg;1 dream. It . . a start. El'en ifw(' ("a n't move towarcls the pict lIIe
oJ uur dreams. we ca ll m(' it as a gual.
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Gray Air Photo Show concerning urban decay in
inner-city Detroit7 -8 p.m. at the Arrowspace. FREE.
Teen Cthulho, Six going on Seven, 1848, Port
Radium,and Adiora are all playing theArrowspace
after Gray Air'sshow8 pm Six bands for 5bones Not
bad.
The Washington Labor Council and other
organizationsaresponsoring aURally for Respect" for
workers. High Noon, on the Ca pitol steps.Be creative
- makeasign
Quote of the Week
" It is true. She was clever and
she was charming; but ab<;>ve all,
she had the jugs."
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ph OlO by Wh itn ey KV!lsage r
Billy
T:a~To.r
Medieval Societiers -among other things - make their own traditional
costumes which they wear to events and general merrymaking. Featured
here in ye olde festive garb are (from left to right) Machla, Onyx, Tam Lin,
Aishlinn, and Uloa Bjornsdotter. The Medieval Society meets each
Wednesday at 5 p.m. on the third floor of the CAB.
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Sunday, April 18
7:30 p.m.
School, in her sixth production. Jo is played
by Becky Wilbur, 1995 Shelton High school
graduate, performing in her 15th production. Beth
is played by Jennifer McBride of Timberline High
School who has two years of acting experience.
The March sisters' mother is Marmie,. and is
played by Amy Ulen, an experienced actress and
director. Uien, has performed in Spokane,
Washington, Moscow, Idaho, and London,
England. A Lacey resident, Ulen is an English and
drama teacher for Clover Park School District.
Sponsored by
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"Taylor blends
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and rhythmic rush
of his own."
Shows open in April
Shows are April 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 and May
1 at 8 pm, and Sunday, April 25 at 2 pm, at the
Pieture this: YOUR NAME IN PRINT.
It ean happen. FOR BEALS.
Hie on up to CAB 3Xfl and talk to the amiable stall or to CPJ advisor Dianne Conrad
to be put to work. It's a regular salt mine
up here. Only fun. And did I mention the
name in print?
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Saturday
04.17.99
Masterworks Choral Ensemble is presenting
European Musical Masterpieces on April 17 at 8 p.m.
inthe Washington Center for the Performing Arts. It's
58 for students, and S15 for adults.
Mumia Abu-Jamal & the U.S. Criminal Justice
System. A community teach-in at Seattle Central
Community College; 1701 Broadway Ave., Room
BE1110.1030 a.m. -4 p.m. For more info, cal l (206)
376-5867.
Monday
Earth Week: Day One, Earthweek Headwaters
Slideshow, LIB Lobby, High Noon (Tentative)
Environmental Film Series:Baraka, Broken Rainbows.
7p.m. in Lecture Hall 3.
Star Wars: Episode One opens one month from
today. My advice? Conjure up a costume of your
favorite Star Warscharacter, let'ssayWedge Antilles,
and get inline now
Tuesday
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Earth Week: OayTwo,Slide show onGifford Pinchot
Student Group
National Forest. Noon in the LIB Lobby.Environmental
Weekly Meetings
Fil Series:TheHempRevalution.7 p.m.inLecture Ha113.
Pot-Heads Unite! It's your favorite day of the year Monday: Evergreen Political InformationCenter CAB
for doing what you do best. Don't understand? Look 320 @3 p.m. Evergreen Queer Alliance CAB 314 @
at th edate, moron.
3:30 p.m. Yoga Club CRCl1 6 @4 p.m. Students for
Christ L2116 @7pm. Students foraFree Tibet L2116
Wednesday
04.21.99 @8 pm S & A Board CAB ConL Room @4pm
Earth Week: Day Three. Bike Repair, 12-3 p.m., Tuesday: Union of Students with Disabilities CAB
Drum Circle 12:30-130 p.m., Art Protest Sculpture, 320@ 3pmEQA CAB 110 4p.m. Evergreen Medieval
llam-2pm, all in Red Square. Environmental Film Society CAB 320 @5 p.m. SWlllg Club LIB4300 @7
Wednesday:
Series Diet for ANew America, and Breaking Free, !-ire p.m RED LEAF L2103 @7 p.m.
Amnesty International CAB 315 @1 p.m. La tlll
ill the Eyes, 7p.m., Lecture Hall 3.
From Anxiety to Well ness:Asix-weekworkshop American Student Organization CAB 320 @1 p.m.
to understa nd andmanage anxiety Starts today, 3-5 Women's Reso urce Center CAB 206 @1 p.m.
p.m.,Counseling CenterTo register, ca ll x6800,ordrop Evergreen Stud ents for Ch rist LIB 1505 @1p.m .
Students for Free Tiber L4004 @lp.m.Umoja CAB320
by Sem2109
"Legless Jimmy Weiner boldly
Auditions for the undergraduate student @1 prn Science and Math L3501 @lp.m. Freaks of
stepped up to the plate,
graduation speaker, 4 pm. in Lecture Hall 5. You Nature Longhouse@ 2p.m. The Ninth Wave CAB320
ready as he'd ever been to claim
can vote I You ca n audition l And you can include @2p.m. Yoga ClubCRC 116 @2p.m. Men's Support
his weiner fate."
everyone's favoritefelon, Mumia Abu-Jama l, in your Group L1505 @230 p. m. EnVIronmental Resource
Center L3500@ 230 p.m. Men's Center L1509 @230
speechI
DJ's Take One p.m. Student Arts Council CAB 108@ 3pm. Evergreen
Sunday
. 04.18.99 100% Pure Hip Hop,@Theklawlth
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and OS,theUneedle dropsat 10 pm,and only legal Animal Rights Network L3500@4 p.m. Men's Center
Umoja Picnic. 12-4 p.m.at the Organic Farmhouse drinkers will be admitted.3bones, non-negotiable.
(MaleSurvIvors of Sexual Abuse) Counseling Center
- rain or sh ine. Bri ng food to share and your own Tip of the Day: Don't taunt the sunbathers on the @5 p.m. RED LEAF L2 103 @7 pm. Percussion Club
blanket.For moreinfo contact Ka ree Powersat x6781. field. Just because they're wearing sunglasses doesn't LHlO07C @ 9 p.m. Thursday: Prison Action CAB
The Sabbath. Bask in th e restfulness of God's mean they can't see you
110 @3p mGaming Guild CAB 320 @4 p.m. SEED
seventh day.Try not to consumeanything larger than
Lab II #2242 @5 pm Peer Health Advocacy Team
Thursday
04.22.99 CAB 320 @5 p.m. Coming Out Support Group,
a grape, and for the love of Jesus, don't operate any
heavy machinery!
EARTH DAY. Evergreen Meatout Day. Eco-Design Councling Center,5pm Friday: Jewish Cultural Center
Demonstartion,Noon, Red Square. Earth Day Concert, CAB 320 (right outSide office) @230 p.m. Slightly
Washington Center forthe PerfonniJlg Arts, Stage OpenMic, Potluck and guest speaker Joules Graves, 6 West CAB 320@ 12a.m. Saturday: Percussion Club
II. Tickets are $15 for adults, and children ages 12
CRC 116 @Noon.Swing Club HCC 2-4p.m. Sunday:
p.m.,Longhouse
and under, $11. On Thursday and Sunday shows,
Vampire Gatherings Camarilla, ali over the Evergreen Medieva l Society CAB 110 @1p.m .
tickets for seniors and students are $13.
Student night is Wednesday, April 28 (8 pm) Library (Rooms 1000, 1505, 1507, 1508, 1509,2220,
Don't be a fool - take advantage of some
whell elementary, middle, and high school 222 1,and 4004, for example), 730 p.m.- 1am
free publicity. Submit to The Calendar at
students may purchase $6 tickets. The adult rate
Nova Scotia, etc.areplayingthe Arrowspace again.
the CPJ, CAB 316.
will remain at $15 that evening. For tickets, call
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April 8-30, the Evans Library is holding Shannon
Tipple-Leen'sphotography in Gallery II.
Every Monday at 3p.m.the Queer Boyz Discussion
Group meets in The Edge.
Every Tuesday at 4 p.m., the Gender DiSCUSSion
Group meets in CAB 110.
Every Wednesday at 3 p.m.,the Queer Women's
Group meets in the Women's Resource Center, CAB
206.
04.20.99
wlllYe band
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Sunday - Bloody (Mary) Sunday with Lightning Joe
Sunday Night - Thunder hosts "The Simpsons"
and ''The X Files"
Full Kitchen
Pool Darts
Happy Hour
Daily
Beer
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Cribbage
4·7 p.m.
Specials
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Micros $2
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It's an expJodaganza of art and m
An Evergreen student bends in possible
admiration of one of many works of art at
<5aturday's spring jamboree. This same student
may (or may not) have taken part in a number of
hugely diverse (or not) activities taking place in
the Longhouse. This student may have danced to
Carl Blau and the Monsters, or bobbed his head
to the rhythm of the Percussion Club. This
student may even have enjoyed the swiftly,
swirling sounds of River Roots while sipping
sweet lemonaide. Aw heck, this guy might have
seen Katherine Quinn. Point being, this guy was
at the spring jamboree and there sure was a lot
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of conjuring up some support. Ignore the stickers on their
heads because you'll only want to know why - a question
that has no answer. In any case, they love animals and
according to a secret source, they're particularly fond of
monkeys. They've got literature, letters for you to sign,
pamphlets and a lot of knowledge about ways to be more
nice to animals.
You can contact EARN by visiting them on the third floor or
giving them a call at 866-6000 x6555.
"The passover Seder organized by the Jewish Cultural Center, on March 31;, was a wonderful feastly celebration of springtime and a reminder of our
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the intricacies that organizing and sustaining
educational programs inside of prisons demand:
We feel the need to bring greater visibility to the
We af(' writing to info rm yo u that the Prison Action programs which have already been implemented. We
Committee is presenting a panl'! discussion on Tuesday. do not want these inspiring programs to remain
April 13 at noon in the Library lobby. The pancl includes invisible. and we hope to promote sustain ability and
students who have participated in programs and increase interest for supporting these types of
seminars with incarcerat ed studl'nts en roll ei at programs. We also hope that a greater number of
Evergreen. The panelists will speak about th eir students. faculty, and administration will be
experiences in local men·s. women\. and youth motivated to create more programs that include the
correctional facilit ies. The event is an opportunity to reality of prison issues within existing programs.
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accessib ility to education. Several faculty
members already support making connections to
prison issues by sponsoring contracts, going into
prisons, and including relevant material in their
programs on campus. The Prison Action
Committee, in solidarity with students organizing
programs en the inside, students participating in
these programs, and other incarcerated peoples
looking to participate in similar programs invite
you to become involved.
Join us Tuesday at the panel discussion and
tell your students about the event. Prison issues
are incredibly complicated and one event cannot
address all the existing intersections, but the
Prison Action Committee is a pool of dedicated
students that have access to resources and can
support you in your endeavors to confront the
prison crisis as a faculty member at
Evergreen.
We look forward to collaborating with
you in creating meaningful opportunities
accessible to students on campus and
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Where Jorge's discipline did not go so
well was in the case of another male
student's behavior to members of the
group.
That first night in Santiago, a male
student , Tim Joeres, tried to sneak some
local riff-raff in to the compound. Tim and
th e two locals were stopped at the gate.
Tempers flared.
The local youth were known by the
guards to peddle drugs, so they refused to
let them in. Raquel said that the boys got
out of control and the guards had to fire off
a gun into the air to calm them down.
Gilbert said there were no guns on the
compound.
Joeres went on to terrorize some of his
fellow students. He pushed them to the
point that they asked Gilbert to send him
home.
"T im freaked out, started physically
threatening me and five other students for
ratting him out to Jorge for smoking pot. He
took it to the point with one girl where he
was in her face screaming at her, threatening
her. All of us were scared that he was going
to lose control one night . Students were
getting drunk beyond control, but he [Tim]
was violent when he got drunk: said Cecil.
The students called a meeting with
Gilbert to discuss the problem. The meeting
centered around the group wanting Tim
sent home. Gilbert did not send Tim home.
Gilbert said that the students did nol
ask him to send Tim home, "Students do not
tell me what to do in my country."
The students who gathered to talk
about the issues between thell1se lvt's, Till1
Joeres and Deontaye Chisholm sa id that
they tri ed to gel a discussion go in g with
Gi lbert, but that he did not want to talk.
Gi lbert also told a story about another
in cident on the trip. A male student was
arrested for se llin g drugs.
Gilbert joked. sayi ng that "thi s is an
example of assim ilati on ," that in a very
short tim e the st uden t worked hi s way far
into the system. Gilbert went down to th e
police office and bargained for the student's
release.
Gilbert said he ex plained to the polire that
if the student was kept, the news media
would be big trouble and they would have
to deal with th e U.S. embassy. But if they
would release the stud e nt, he would
disappear back to the sta tes and be no more
trouble.
The police rel ease d the student. As he
tapped on a black leather briefca se Gilbert
said , "I have all the records ."
Under this same section of the Review
of the Student Conduct Code is said to have
been ignored by students, "i n spite of a
presentation by the college 's grievance
officer. "
The Student Co nduct Code is a set of
17 rules that , ifbroken, can result in getting
kicked out of school, being placed on
probation, slap s on the wrist alld/or no
punishment at all.
By th e list of complaints tend ered to
the deans overseeing the review, six rules
we re possibly broken , some co ntinuously.
This consideration rests in mindset of the
grievance officer.
The decision weather or not to pursue a case
is enti rely up to the individual in the office
at the time.
This case has beC;'ll goin g through two
gr ievance officers for 12 months now.
\-"'hen th e first problem came up last year,
Helena Mey er-Knapp was the camp us
grievance officer.
In August, Sue Feldman became the curren t
cus todian of Evergreell law and she is
watc hing over the Field Schoo l debacle.
Before each study abroad program
leaves the state , the camp lls grievance office
visits the class for a lecture on the Student
Code of Conduct. "The major point is to
clarify to students their responsibilities to
the Conduct Code apply in a different way.
Here [Everg reen], the Student Conduct
Code applies only when you're on campus
and at college-sponsored events. When you
.go home, you can do whatever you want,"
sa id Meyer-Knapp ..
Study abroad is a college sponsored
event so the Student Conduct Code app.
for the duration. "Whether class starts at
Sea-Tac or in Santiago, the rules are in effect
24 hours a day until the activity ends,
including nights and weekends," said
Meyer-Knapp.
"He [Gilbert] said not to worry about it. He
totally discredited everything she said. Jorge
said drinking had never been a problem.
'People have a good time down there,'" Saint
said.
When asked if the students in the Field
schoo l to Chile were awake and paying
attention when she came to discuss the
conduct code, Meyer-Knapp replied , "I
would have to say yes . There were many
people in the room and it was an interactive
conversation that went on for a considerable
time. We did explixcitly discuss alcohol."
Winship-Fryer says that he remembers
Meyer-Knapp's presentation. "She gave a
good speech and some people were
listening. But it's not for the students, it's
so the school won't get in trouble."
Some folks say that the Student
Conduct code is not enforceable. "Not true.
I've enforced every code in that book one
way or another," said Meyer-Knapp.
The review shows to some degree that
the deans investigated, sexual assault,
drinking, disruptive behavior, destruction
of property.
The sexual assault made it to the
grievance office, where it was reduced to a
liquor violatioll and the accused was made
to write all essay. Four students have liquor
gri evance s filed against them by Gilbert.
Feldman st ill has IiIrs open ami is currently
investigatillg some of the com plaints
Meyer-Knapp sa id that she was not at
liberty to dis cuss any olthe grievances that
co uld haY(' possibly be!'n filed against any
of these students . Th e grievance office is
ab le to conceal it 's fillliings behind the
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act
(FERPA), which provides protection against
anyone gaining information about a
student's academic concerns, even their
parents.
Students Complain About Jorge Gilbert
"Jorge was rude to students.
Jorge was not available to students.
Jorge was drunk at program activities." -The
Review
When there is a reference to Gilbert in
the Review, language states that concerns
and perceptions were not wide ly shared
among students. It is possible that because
his is the only name mentioned that
language must be less specific and less
accusatory to avoid suit from Gilbert.
The first complaint about bei ng rude
to students gets this response from the three
deans who penned the Review: "some
st udents attributed those concerns to the
rude behavior of other students and
suggested that on some occasions Jorge was
justifiably angry with individual students."
The Review is vague in respect to any
further definition to the words "justifiably
angry" in a specific situation.
What that statement refers to is an
argument between Gilbert and Raquel Cecil
on an organized trip to the Presidential
Palace in Santiago the second week of the
trip.
The argument began over a discussion
about adding an intermedia te-level Spanish
class to the mix of begin ning and upper level
instruction . The argument happen ed in
front of the whole class. Cec il says that
Gilbert did the ye lling. She approached
Gilbert to discuss the class and he "freaked
ou t. "
Another student said that he saw it in a
Cooper Point Journal
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different way, that Raquel came storming up
to Gilbert yelling and Gilbert yelled back,
that it was mutual.
Corrine Saint said they "both seemed upset,
but it was Jorge's responSibility as the leader
to say, 'hey wait, this is not the time for this
discussion,' or diffuse it.
Concerning Gilbert's availability to
students. Gilbert sticks to the immersion
education argument.
Gilbert would not translate a medical
receipt for a student's insurance company,
"it is not my job, they should use their
Spanish to do it." He insists that the
students make things happen for
themselves.
Gilbert also is clear that this concept of
immersion education was not new to the
students when they got to Chile. Though
the term "immerses" is used in the course
description the context is not clear no where
does it say immersion program.
"As far as we could tell, allegations
about Jorge's drinking were groundless.
These concerns were not widely shared."
This is the entire statement regarding the
complaint of Gilbert being drunk during
activities.
Gilbert admits that he has wine with meals.
"It's part of my culture." But, Gilbert insist
that he did not drink with students. Gilbert
said, "I would love to have dinner and share
a bottle of wine with some of my students,
but 1 avoid it because of things like this
[accusations]. "
Faculty can drink, but they cannot be
drunk. Students can drink, but they cannot
be drunk. Barbara Smith, vice president of
the college, says, "if the legal age is 18, then
18 year-old students can drink. The
question is whether students and faculty
should do it together when it leads to
conflicting roles ." Discussing this specific
case, Smith said, "There is a difference
between sharing a bottle of wine, which
probably should not have happened, and
promoting drunkenness." Smith did not feel
that this was promoting drunkenness,
which would be a problem.
Students Complain About Money
The Report lists last the question
about
money.
There
is
some
misunderstanding about the use of the
$2,250 that each student gave to directly to
Gilbert. The money was to cover
transportation to and from Santiago, room
and board with two meals, local
transportation and visits to different sites,
conversational Spanish class, on-site
orientation and program related expenses.
Part of the confusion is coming from the fact
that money to pay for the Spanish classes
came from Evergreen via the students'
tuition , but Spanish class is listed in the
course description to be paid out of the
$2,250 paid to Gilbert direct.
Regarding the idea that Gilbert misused
funds in some way, the Report cites no
specific examples of misuse.
The deans requested an accounting of trip
expenses from Gilbert, which he did not
provide. Gilbert says, "Ifthey want to accuse
me, then they have to prove I did something
wrong. I do not have to prove anything."
Tapping on the black briefcase, Gilbert said,
"I have all the receipts."
Conclusions
Gilbert is absolved of any wrongdoing
by the fourth paragraph, yet not one student
is absolved for any wrongdoing attributed
to them as a group. Grievance case files are
still under investigation.
The Review states on page five that
"Jorge dealt quick and decisively with the
alleged sexual assault," violation number
eight in the student code of conduct, harm
and harassment. Stating farther that the
case of sexual assault is before the ca mpus
grievance officer.
Gilbert's action involved talking to everyone
present that evening and deciding that
Deontaye Chisholm had not sexually
April 15, 1999
assaulted anyone, but had gotten so drunk
that he did not know were he was, or what
he was dOing. Gilbert ruled out any further
drinkmg for Chisholm for the rest of the
trip. Gilbert also informed Chisholm that if
he was caught disobeying he would be sent
back to the UnitedStates. "There were no
more problems with him," Gilbert said.
Corrine Saint said Gilbert handled her side
of the assault by saying, "Somebody from
Evergreen called for me, Jorge knew about
.jt. He said, 'why don't you wait until you get
back to talk to the school about it, It's
different down here.'"
Gilbert made Chisholm apologize.
"Deontaye said 'I'm sorry about that. 1knew.
that you were married, I don't have any
interest in you,'" Saint said.
The Review states next that there was
general agreement that some students did
'trash the living quarters," (violation
number two of the Student Conduct Code.)
The statement might pass for the defined
"preponderance of evidence", required to
investigate a violation, according to Helena
Meyer-Knapp, campus grievance officer at
the time.
The Student Conduct Code defines
preponderance of evidence on page 11, #13
, "means the greater weight of evidence or
evidence more convincing to the mind than
not ."
The Review states in its final
conclusion that the deans had difficulty
drawing conclusions because the students
that were brought for interviews had a wide
range of opinions over what did happened
in Chile last spring.
Language instruction was the one
feature of the program that was cited as a
weakness by most participants, even those
who felt they benefited from the language
classes.
The deans offered a return of four credits in
tuition to students who complained about
the language classes providing that the
students receiving the refund accept no
credit for that portion of the field school.
Students who want the credit get no refund.
As a result of problems in the 1998
field school and other study abroad
progams in the spring of 1998, the deans
office put out a proposed amend list to the
existing faculty handbook, for faculty to
accept or not through vote at a meeting.
Seven of the proposed changes were
accepted in January of 1999.
The changes accepted are purely
functional. None of the changes address the
issues brought up by the review of the field
school.
Article 7.400 of the "Faculty Handbook"
states, there must be a preparatory study
period before departure, there must be a
comprehensive program budget outlining
expenses, subcontractors' agreements must
be agreed upon by the dean of the
international studies.
.
One ofthe most vocal students in Field
School said, ''I'm disappointed because I
feel like the school let us down. They said
we were going to do one thing [the course
description I that's how they had it listed,
but when we got down there it was a total
opposite ." The student felt that the deans
used the complaints against them during
the investigation. "I feel bad that they
[Cushing, Fiksdal, Brunner] would turn it
around and make us look like we are in the
wrong. It is a good program and it is a good
chance for students to go to Chile but they
need to look into it more."
This student came to Evergreen
specifically for the field school and now he
is going to leave specifically over the field
school. The student said that the deans sent
a copy of the review saying that there was
no wrongdoing on the part of the faculty.
His final words on the subject offield school
were, "Okay, so if there is nothing wrong on
the part of the professor, what about the
school? 1 think the school is liable for
printing that the class is going to be one way
and it turns into another."
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