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Evergreen students symbolicalily chained themselves Wednesday to raise awareness of human rights violated on campus. Chants included photo by Mat Proba sco
"Our silence is
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Laramie death hits close to home
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Editor in Chief
The Monday Oct. 12 death of
Matthew Shepard, a University of
Wyoming student allegedly
murdered for being gay, had a
profound effect on Evergreen.
That same day TESC President
Jane Jervis, Provost and Vice
President for Academics Barbara
Leigh Smith, Vice President of
Student Affairs Art Costantino, and
Vice President for Finance and
Administration Ruta Panning issued
a letter to The Evergreen Community
as a whole describing their outrage.
The letter was posted on two easels
placed on the second floor of the CAB
in front of the deli for passers-by to
read and sign in support.
The following day Evergreen
(~ueer Alliance (EQA) requested the
President's office to display the
symbolic "Black flag. " The flag is
traditionally hung from the Clock
Tower as an "expression ofmoming
for current members of the Evergreen
community" said Jane Jervis whose
office denied the request.
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TESC students stage on-campus vigil
by Jen Blackford
Staff writer
It could have been a scene in a
horror movie. Students lay supine on
the ground, holding cardboard graves
above them and slowly chanting. At
one point, they invited people to be
with them by saying "There are
enough tombstones ifany ofyou want
to die with us." Butthis was no slasher
film . Instead, it memorialized the
death of Matthew Shepard this
Monday.
If you go to Evergreen, you will
have heard ofShepard's death. The 21
year old gay college student was
beaten and pistol-whipped to death
by two men in Wyoming. Since then,
spontaneous signs of support have
been springing up everywhere, from
college campuses to internet sites.
The one on Wednesday was no
exception. Not sponsored by any
particular student group, it was a
gathering oflike-minded individuals
with an interest in this tragiC event.
The theme of Wednesday's vigil
was to be active, speak out, and take
a stand against homophobia .
Students were exhorted to "Join us!
Join us! Actions speak louder than
words." Flyers were passed out,
detailing both Shepard's murder and
a candlelight memorial vigil on Oct.
17 at 7 p.m. irt Sylvester Park.
Thro
the entire vigil, the
message of community response
came through.
Becca Tilsen took one step
further in the protest by urging people
to show their beliefin queer rights by
taking a piece of duct tape from a roll
she had and
it. When anyone
asked a student
s/he had
affixed to their body, the student
should tell them for civil rights and
Matthew Shepard. But, she
cautioned, just wearing the "rope"
was not enough. It didn't excuse
homophobia or ignorance of the
problems facing homosexuals today.
"It
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happens here." Tilsen backed up this
claim by mentioning that stickers
posted up on campus were later
vandalized with anti-gay messages.
Later on, she remarked that Courtney
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Human rights stickers around campus fell victim to hate graffiti.
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NEWS
Search rumors confound
by Jen Blackford
Staff writer
House of welcome
Interested in ftnding out about Native American culture? The
pUI)lic is invited to a free community potluck dinner and Native
AmerICan Vari ety Show at the Longhouse on Oct. 17th. The dinner
will begin at 6 p.m. with a main course. fry bread. and beverages
orovlded. The public is invited to bring a dish to pass. The show is
'If 7 p. m. and will feature contemporary and traditional Native
oerformingartists. including Native American Theatre Group "Red
1 ':a~le Soaring" and the Skokomlsh Storytelling Society
" "h~bubuSh." For special parking arrangements and additional
'nfo. call x64B or xf)7l8.
Family law scholarship
Attention: graduate students. If YOll are interested in receiving a
scholarship for rhe Family Law For Social Service Providers
conference on Nov. tith. please write a one pag(' letter expressing
your 1I1terest as it relates to this full day conference. Send your letter
111 ASAP to MPA/GSA Conference Scholarship, TESC, CAB 320.
Do not give your submission to your faculty as they are not involved
111 the scholarship process. Conference schedule follows below. For
a nv questions or a copy of the schedule . contact
,hilzd@elwha.ever/?reen.edu.
Remembering Medicine Creek
rhe Washington State History Museum will explore the
L'O mplicated and dramatic story of the Medicine Creek Treaty and
ItS legacy in a new exhibi t. "Remembering Medicine Creek."
opening on Oct. 17. and running through Jan 10. 1999. The
(p nreroiece of the exhibit wtll be the actual treaty. which the
Nallonal Archives in Washington. D.C. has allowed 10 travel 10
T;'II'luna for the first 30 days of the exhibit. The Washington State
HISlllrv Museum IS located at 1911 Pacific Avenue in downtown
Ta c, )ma. There will be an opening reception to be held on Oct. 17
ai I\)on and RSVPs are necessary. Exhibit hours are Tuesday to
Sailin
10 a.m. to S
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until8 .m. ; and Sunday 11
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seniors (60+) $6, students/active military $5, youth 6-12 $4. and
children under 6 are free. Thursdays from 5 to 8 p.m. are free. 'For
RSVPs call (253) 272-3500. Additional information can be reached
either at (253) 272-9747 or toll free 1-888-231:1-4373.
The future of transport
If you want to have a voice in how you'lI travel In Washington State.
will be a local workshop host ed by Thurston RegIOnal
Planning Council and the Washington State Department of
Transportation (WSDOT). The workshop will be held on Oct. 21.
at the Thurston Regional Planning Council Building, 2404 Heritage
Court SW, #B. from ito 9 a.m. The workshop is the sixth in a series
of workshops intended to bring together agencies. groups, and
individuals interested in transportation. They are deSigned to get
local input for Washington's Transportation Plan. Results will be
taken to a Transportation Summit on December 11. For more
information regarding the workshop, contact Julio Dlaz. WSDOT.
Planning Team at 705-7961 or Elizabeth Robbins, WSDOT,
Olympic Region. 357-2729.
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Keep abortion legal
We are n~aring election time, a time in which political groups begin
to lobby for or aga inst ballot issues. A speak out against Initiative
694 occurs Oct. 15th at 7 p.m. in the Seattle Central Community
College. Located in the Student ActiVities Center main floor room
on 1718 Broadway. this is sponsored by Radical Women & the
National Organization for Women-Seattle. Speakers will include:
Nina Harding. a labor attorney as well as an organizer of
Washington's first abortion rights rally in E)69; Mary Clogston.
President of Washington State NOW and '.lO ' 1)94 Campaign
Executive Co mmitte member; Guerry I-Ioddersen. member of
Everett Clinic Defense Committee in 1980s and current Freedom
Socialist candidate tilr State Representative. Dislnct 37; and Lee
Hogan. senior at Nova High school. former Cathohc school student
and trailblazer for young women in sports. Please <:allll1 advance
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or 722-2453.
Rideshare
Find a better way to commute and vou may be a winner! From
Oct. 19th to the 23rd, if you don't drive alone at least one day a
week. you are eligible to enter a comest sponsored by Washington
State Rideshare Week . Record vour alternative method of
transportation on a participatioll rnrm prOVided by the CI R
Committee and return 11 to Laurel i Jwanski at L3238 by October
30th .
Stop brutality
Summer Thomas
National Day Of Protest
On October 22nd, people all aroll nd The nation will be wearing
black 111 the memory of the victim~ of police brutality. Many of
those wearing black willi be out in the streets talking to people.
protesting, and marching to raise awareness and stand out in
opposition 'to police violence. Policp harassment. abuse, and
murder reflect a long history of slavery violence and oppression
of people who represent a different I'xnerience than that of white
privilege. Every year hundreds are shot down in cold blood. beaten
down. or suffocated with pepper spray. Often victims of police
violence are themselves jailed and ch a r~ed with assault on a police
officer. Often youth and People or L )Ior are targets of police
brutality and criminalization when the "eal crtme is actually bell1g
committed bywhite collar professio nal, and government officials.
The growing police state and the flood ing of surveillance 11110 lowincome neighborhoods needs to stop encourage everyhody to
educate themselves on the reality 0' il" ltre ahuse, to wear black in
memory of those whose itve.>police III UL;oil ty lilts too hard. and I II
join us in the streets on October 22nd, the National Day of Protest
to Stop Police Brutality Regardless I)f whether or not this abuse
hits home for many reader" the violence is very real and refuses to
be ignored. The meeting before the march will be held on October
~2nd at 3:30 p.m. in Sylvester Park.
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Guest columnist
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So who did it? What hate-feeling homophOOe
couldn't deal with thefuct that a gay boy was killed
and that the queers on this campus aren't about to
forget him or the fuct that it could have happened to
anyone of us?
I am sure by now most ofyou know who
Matthew Shepard is. He is the 21 year-{)Id queer boy
in Wyoming who was brutally beaten, left tied to a
post in freezing cold weather, sunk into a coma and
then died a few days later at the hands of two males
who fear and hatred were taken out on him.
On this campus someone, maybe a group of
someones printed up stickers. To me these stickers
serve two reminders. One is that we must remember
the terrible thing that happened to Matthew and not let
his death be in vain. And two that instead ofbeing snug
in my home that night, it could have been me spending
the last moments ofmy life in utter pain and terror.
Someone on this campus doesn't like these
reminders. Ihave seen in the library, CAB and the
CRC remnants of the stickers which someone has tom
down. This job is too sporadic and unprofeSSional to
be the work of the custodians. So who are you? Why
are}Uu ripping these stickers down? Are you sick of
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whining fugs and dykes? Do you feel that ifyou had been
one of the two men, you would have done the same thing?
Do you feel queers on this campus have too much power.
that we shouldn't feel safe? Why did you do this? Do you
just like to think this sort of thing doesn't happen? That
he deserved to die? That it was God·s punishment?
One of the men's father is annoyed because he feels
this was merely a robbery attempt and the young man
just happened to be gay. He thinks it would have never
have made national attention ifit wasn't for this fuct.
Damn right itwouldn't have made national attention ifhe
hadn't been gay, because it would never have happened.
Do you treat a robbery vil1im the way that these young
men treated Matthew? Or do you who lipped the stickers
down side with the dad and feel that this is something we
are all just blowing out of proportion?
How about instead of ignoring and getting pissed
off about these stickers,}Uu think ofwhy they were put up
in the first place. Don't think this can't happen to you or
someone you love. Put yourselfin Matthew's shoes. how
would you like to die the way he did? Then put yourselfin
the rest ofour shoes. Try being queer for a day and know
that Matthew's death is a very real possibility in all ofour
tives. And even ifwe aren't beaten to death. we are killed
in so many tittle ways. Matthew happened to get it all at
once. Try and keep this in mind next time you see one of
those stickers and think to rip it down.
An open letter to TESC
Editor's note: The Cooper Point Journal
recieved this campus-wide memo from the
Administration on Tuesday. Oct. 12. We are
printing it here in it's entirety.
To: The Evergreen Community
Subject: Response to Ilate Crime
On Monday morning Matthew Shepard
died from injuries during a beating. The
University of Wyoming student was apparently
the victim of a hate crime-he was pistolwhipped, tied to a fence and left to die in nearfreezing temperatures allegedly because he was
gay. He was 21.
Authorities plan to file murder.
kidnapping and aggravated robbery charges
against two men who were 21 and 22 years old.
Two young women, ages 20 and 18,-are also
being investigated as accessories after the fact.
Events of this kind are, unfortunately,
distressingly common. The incidence of hate
crimes being reported in our country is
increasing. In 1991, according to FBI figures
reported by the Anti-Defamation League. the
number of reported incidents was 4,558; by
1995 the number had risen to almost 8.000.
Hate crimes are illegal acts against people
or property because of a person's racial,
religious, ethnic. gender or sexual identity.
According to the National Hate Crimes
Prevention Center, "They are also acts of
violence against the American ideal: that we can
make one nation out of many different people."
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Whites in their teens and twenties wmmit
most hate crimes. according tn th e center. Sixty
percent of the targets of hate crimes reported
in 1995 were members of a specific racial group
and ten percl>nt were members of an identiftable
ethnic group. Sixteen percent were members
of a religious group. Thirteen percent of th e
victims were targeted because of their sexual
orientation .
We would like to express our sympathy (i1r
the family and friends of Matthew Shepard and
lend our voices to the nationwide outrage. As a
community. it is important that we not only
reject hate but that we challenge it wherever it
appears. This includes not only major crimes
but also less violent expressions of hate-such
as harassment and expressions of prejudice and
intolerance.
We invite you to join us in individual
moments ofsilence for Matthew Shepard. And
in those moments, we suggest that we all reflect
on our own prejudices and fears; examine how
these divide and separate us; and recommit to
the rejection of hate and to the nurturing of a
community that embraces men and women
with diverse spiritual beliefs, sexual orientations
and racial and ethnic heritages.
Jane Jervis, President
Barbara Leigh Smith, Provost and Vice
President for Academics
Art Costantino, Vice President for Student Affairs
Ruta Fianning. Vice President for Finance and
Administration
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Aiken was told to stop passing out "faggot
propaganda." Evergreen was not as enlightened
as one might think. Til sen went on to say. Heavy
criticisms were laid against the TESC
administration in connection with a black flag
and an alleged search ofEQA offices (see related
stories).
There were some concrete facts among the
emotional expressions of support and
condemnations. In hate-crime legislation. 19
states do not cover sexual orientation in their
laws and an additional ten do not cover hate
crime at all. This contrasted sharply with FBI
Sullivan warn, 'Talking the talk of acceptance isn't
necessarily anything more than superficiaL"
Professional therapist Sally Johns facilitates the
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Coming Out Group in the Counseling Center Thursday from
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ThedecisionnottoraisetheBlagFlagchalJenges and experiences. The EQA office will be open. according to
the definition of community in several ways according Sullivan, ''As much as physically pa;sible."
to Ri Sullivan and Courtney Aiken ofthe EQA. "People
operate under the illusion ofacceptance ... "said Sullivan
on Tuesday. "Essentiallywe have to wait for an Evergreen
student to be killed to get that [flag) hung."
Apparently the Evergreen ethos ofunderstanding
diversity isn't as well followed as is often thought. When
the EQA officewasclosed over the summer semester they
received 45 phone messages. 5 of those were harassing.
Another hara.'ising message was promptly reported to
WANTED: Reliable person
Police Services this semester. In addition Sullivan and
with transportation to watch
Aiken told ofcontinuing nasty notes left on cars marked
with the familiar pink triangle and rainbow stickers in
two boys, 9 & 10, after
.TESCparking lots. 'Those people up in those offices need
school. 2-3 days per week,
to understand that this matters to people at Evergreen."
10-15 hrs/wk, Flexible. CooSullivan addedofthe Presidentsoffice, and that while the
easels in the CAB are a nice gesture. it "does not v.tlidate
per Point area. No cleaning.
[that) that person could have been an Evergreen student ..
Must have a personality.
Jervis herselfstated this same feeling Tuesday morning.
Easy job for $5/hr 867-0728
"It could have happened here."
At any time the EQA can tell of recent incidents
of hate crimes or related behavior. Such recent events
include dailyverbaJ bashing. a queer Evergreen student
Deadline 3 p.m. Friday.
threatened with a knife on an IT bus at the library bus
Student Rate is just $2.00/30 words.
loop, and the severe beating of a gay man at the
Contact Amber Rack for more info _
downtown Olympia bar Thekla three years ago. In
Phone (360) 866-6000 x6054
addition, as recently as Wednesday, EQA literature and
or stop by the CPJ. CAB 316.
signs were v.tndalized or ripped down. Aiken and
statistics showing that sexual orientation w.as a
factor in over 10 percent of the 8,759 crimes
reported since 1996. That year. 21 men and
women were killed for one thing only: their
sexuality. These statistics were not only written
on paper, they were also yelled out so that, like
the students in front of the CAB, no one could
miss them.
In the middle of the vigil , a young woman
walked by. and dropped the flyer she had just
been given on Shepard's death to the side of th e
walkway. Behind her, students chanted. "How
long will you just walk away?" She left, not
turning around to see them.
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administration being involved were refuted by Sullivan. In
fuct, Wednesday's fliers and comments at the vigil were
rumored to have provoked confusion and concem from the
college about the search. of which they had no kncwledge.
Sullivan was told that a person at the front desk ofStudent
Activities was contacted recently by someone from the
administration. The person at Student Activities was
questioned about the alleged "break-in" but was unable to
provide any certain infonnation.
Here's where the story gets a little muddy. as if it
wasn't already murky. When contacted. both college
employees. whose voices were allegedly heard in the EQA.
denied being there. One went so fur as to say that it was
unlikely anyone was in the office that moming. It becomes
more v.tgue when the witness to the event cannot say for
sure that the voices she heard were in the EQAoffice.Adding
the fuct that Sullivan suspected the office had been searched
only after the witness told her, plus a disorganized office,
and what ends up isa circle in which nothing can be proven.
Stories are started. tempers are raised. and soon the campus
is awash in rumors. It's hard to tell how it all began.
There is no definitive way to say that the search did
or did not happen.lt·s possible that the voices the student
heard were coming from people scraping off the stickers
from the CAB and were just too v.tgue to differentiate from
voices in the EQA office. But that's just another speculation
which, in this timeofrumors, is just another guess. ¬ions
are currently running high, and with all these tales floating.
the only thing that remains indisputable is the death of
Matthew Shepard.
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The foUowing statement was printed on IDers
during Wednesday's afternoon vigil, evoking thoughts
of inv.tsion of priv.tcy and interference with student
groups. 'The Evergreen Queer Alliance (EQA) has been
targeted by the Evergreen administration as the party
responsible fo!, the anonymously posted IDers. The EQA
office was searched by campus officials yesterday (and
no evidence was found)." Now rumors fly and stories
abound as to what exactly happened.
At 9 a.m. Tuesday moming a student on the third
floor of the CAB reported hearing voices coming out of
the EQA office. She identified those voices as two TESC
employees. They reportedly stayed there five minutes.
then left. The student was unsure as to what they were
doingin the office but shethoughtthey might have been
searching for something. She couldn't be sure since the
doors are heavy and hard to listen through.
Ri Sullivan. coordinator of the EQA. illuminated
a possible motive for the alleged search. Beginningthis
week. stickers promoting gay rights were left around
the CAB, pasted on floors, windows. and the front door.
These stickers were removed by TESC staffbecause they
were affixed to glass with paste. which is against posting
rules in both location and method of attachment.
Sullivan was careful to point out that the stickers were
in no way affiliated with EQA.
Earlier rumors of campus police and college
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NEWS
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Student government
in the works
by Kevan Moore
Contributing writer
On Oct.l2. a pseudo Disappearing Task
Force (DTF) came together to discuss the
formation of a student government. The
meeting was held in room 315 of the CAB. The
students for this meeting planned to discus,
issues critical to the student body. didn't show
up. save for nine
A Disappearing Task Force is a group of
students and faculty who come together in
order to solve a particular problem. Once the
problem is solved. the group "disappears."
DTFs are an essential element to Evergreen life.
There is an overwhelming hesitation to
incorporate a student government into this
college. not by the usual suspects: board
members. the president. administration in
general; instead. students themselves feel
somehow threatened by the idea. The reality is
that the concept is not only viable . but also
endorsed by what elsewhere would be potential
stumbling blocks.
Mat Probasco. CPJ Editor-in-chief.
recently interviewed TESC president Jane
Jervis. When asked if students would benefit
from a student government. Jervis said. "Yes!
The students. institution. and state would
By Jennifer Lauren
Staff writer
benefit." She went further to acknowledge
some common concerns by students about
delegating their voice. She explained that. in
the absence of student government. students
lack real organization of voice. Another
concern in the absence of student government.
is finding students for DTFs.
The school allows opportunities for
community voices to be heard. Governance
hours are provided two days a week. two hours
on Monday and Wednesday. for a total offour
hours . Governance hours are facultyorganized proceedings open to all members of
the community. However. these hours are no
longer practical for most students. In addition.
the dialogue at these forums is. by definition.
slanted. Another way students have
traditionally voiced concerns is through the
echoes of red square.
In its twenty seven year existence.
excepting the unified graduate students of two
years ago. this institution has lacked a student
government. The students who came to the
Monday meeting to discuss student
government were. in simplistic terms. looking
for an alternative. Another meeting. of the
same nature. will be held next Monday. Oct.
19. at 4 p.m. in room 315 of the CAB and all
students are welcome.
Students playa crucial part
in hiring process at lESe
by Ashley Shomo
Staff writer
Emphasis on student participation
Increases as Evergreen's s tudent
committee plays a cruCial role in the hiring
process.
Commonly referred to as the
"disappearing task forces," standing
committees at Evergreen are made up of
students who have applied for the pOSition
and have been accepted. This summer, a
13 person committee was selected to take
part in the search to fill two empty
positions.
" We're hiring so many new faculty.
Th IS IS one area where it 's en tical to get
student feedback, " sa id admi n istrati ve
assistant to the provost Jeanne Chandler.
The two positIOns the college is trying
to till are Dean of Student and Academic
Support Services (SASS dean) and Vice
Presid ent for College Advancement Both
positions arc responsible tor overseell1g
numerous student related issues.
The SASS dean is responsible for all
areas related to student activities as well
as both sexual assault prevention and
student affairs. The vice president for
college advancement deals with college
relations and development to raise money
for grants and scholarships.
Chandler said the college had a hard
time finding a committee this summer due
to the lack of students on campus. "In this
instance, we were really worried about
students because we didn 't have many at
the time." Chandler said. As a result, the
current committee has a combination of
students, alumni, and faculty.
"It·s pretty vague how they 're chosen.
Whoever is charging the disappearing task
force makes that call." Chandler said.
Interested students can get involved
by staYll1g abreast of the announcements
coming out of student activities. Students
can sign up for the committee at the office
of student affairs .
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encourage you take part in your student newspaper.
You can write, take photos, layout pages, or just be
part of the overall production of the newspaper.
Stop by the office in CAB 316 any time, and
we'll show you around. Or call x621 3 and tell us
what you ' d like to do . This is your paper. Take
advantage of it.
At just about any other comparable
school in the nation. York Wong could make
more money than he does at Evergreen. But
that was never an issue. Wong came to teach
at Evergreen because of the philosophy of the
school, its interdisciplinary approach. and its
excitement.
"Given the choice ofloving what I do. or
disliking what I do for more pay. I'd rather be
here than sacrifice my philosophy for more
money." Wong said.
TESC
administrators.
and
administrators at other colleges in Washington
State. don't think that college professors
should have to make such an extreme financial
sacrifice. That's why the faculty salary
Disappearing Task Force (DIF) is joining six
other colleges this year to petition the state
legislature for salary increases.
"In our society. salary is a measure of
respect." said Academic Dean and DTF chair
John Cushing. "It's perverse. but true. When
doing work that is underpaid compared to
other institutions. you feel that the state
doesn't value you. and it's demoralizing."
The average faculty salary at Evergreen is
$44.866 for working a nine month period.
Washington aims for their higher education
professors to earn more than 75 percent of
schools in the country. Right now. professors
at Evergreen earn more than 19 percent.
"They have some considerable distance
to go." said Cushing. Considerable distance. in
this case. is over $9.000 per year. per person.
"To get good teachers. you have to pay
what good teachers should be making.
Evergreen still attracts good teachers. but that
is based on the way we teach here. There
shouldn't have to be a trade-off." said Lee
Lambert. a part time faculty member.
But it isn't just college professors who are
underpaid in Washington State. According to
Provost Jane Smith. all state employees are
underpaid relative to their peers. And because
of state spending limits. such as initiative 601.
money is hard to come by.
"One of the issues is that the legislature
tends to treat state employees as a group." said
Smith. "When there is talk about salary
increases. the talk is about salary increases as
a whole. and that gets to be pretty expensive."
"It's hard to get out there and say. 'pay us more
because we have PhDs." said Cushing.
For some faculty. like Lambert and
Wong. working at Evergreen is a good living.
Wong even took a 30 percent pay cut to work
as a faculty member instead of a dean.
"It's not that I need the money. my whole
livelihood isn't going to turn. For me it's just a
respect issue." Lambert said.
But according to Cushing. it is really hard
for some people to make ends meet. He says
some faculty have even worked as retail clerks
over the summer just to get by.
Wong. who will retire after winter
quarter this year. maintains that salary was
never an issue. He knew. he said. that he wasn't
going to become an "educational millionaire."
He just loves to teach here. And given the
chance. he'd do it allover again. "In a
heartbeat." Wong said.
How Evergreen faculty salaries compare to other professions
Job
Education required
none
Fast food clerk
BA. license
Architect
Police officer (supervisor) high school
some college
Funeral director
Masters or PhD
Evergreen professor
seminary school
Rabbi
Doctorate
Veterinarian
PhD
General engineer
MD
General doctor
, law school
District court judge
MD
Surgeon
Average salary per year
$11.000
$38.900
$42.800
$44.062
$44,866
$50.000
$59.188
$62.300
$110.000
$133.600
$225.000
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Contributing writer
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Staff Writers . Jason Korneliussen
Staff Photographers.' Ray Ayer. Brandon Beck. Saara
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Interim Letters and Op inions Ediror. David Simpson
Interim Copy Editors Ray Ayer & Whitney Kvasager
Interim Comics Page Editor' Jason Miles
Interim Calendar Edit or. Aaron Cansler
Interim Newsbriefs Editor' Jen Blackford
Interim Seepage Editor: Jimmy Cropsey
Interim Secumy Bloner Editor' Aarron
Interim Sport s Editor ' Jef Lucero
Systems Manager:Tak Kendrick
Interim Layout Editors . Suzi Skarr & Ash ley Shomo
Interim Photo Editor' David Boudinot
Intenm Featu res Edi tors.' Michelle Snyder & Kathryn Lewis
Interim Arts & Entertainment Editor. Greg Skinner
Managing Editor. Kim Nguyen
Editor in Chief: Mat Probasco
Business
Business Manager: Amber Rack
Assistant Business Manager. Carrie Hiner
Advertising Representative. Alicia Webber
Ad DeSigners. Tan-ya Gerrodette & Jen Lauren
Interim Circulation Manager Maya Kurtz
Interim Distribution Manager: Steve Hughes
Advisor: Dianne Conrad
all CPJ contributors retain the copyright for their material printed in these pages
October 1 5, 1998
This November. citizens in Washington
State will be asked to vote on Initiative 200.
The initiative is aimed at ending Affirmative
Action programs for women and people of
color in state government (including staterun colleges and universities). while allowing
such programs for persons with disabilities
or qualified veterans to continue.
The text that will appear on the
November ballot reads: "The state shall not
discriminate against. or grant preferential
treatment to. any individual or group on the
basis of race. sex. color. ethnicity or national
origin in . the operation of public
employment. public education. and public
contracting."
Students interested in this initiative
can contact the following students groups
for more information and discussion.
Talking About Race is a student group that
began three years following the 1996
Campus Day of Absence/Day of Presence.
The group was inspired. in part. by the film
Skin Deep. which looks at race relations on
university campuses across the country.
Over the last three years. Talking About
Race has striven to increase dialogue about
racial and cultural issues at Evergreen. The
group has focused on issues of diversity.
emphasizing discussion and interaction
between students. faculty and staff. For
more information about Talking About
Race contact Col in Helsley at 866-6000.
x6781.
The Women of Color Coalition is
The initiative does not directly mention
Affirmative Action. but that is the issue voters
another student group for students interested
in discussion on 1-200. The Women of Color
will be deciding upon. Labeled The
Washington State Civil Rights Initiative. 1-200
is a duplicate of Proposition 209. which
passed in California last year. Opponents of
the bill have attacked it as deceptive. divisive.
and purpose Iy vagu e. In co n tra st. t he
initiative's sponsor has stated 1-200 will say
that the' state of Washington will not
participate in discriminating practices. We
don't just want qualified people. We want the
best qualified.
Because of its similarity to 1-200. the
effect of Proposition 209 in California has
been closely monitored in Washington. The
Passage of Proposition 209 in California has
led to significant drops in the admissions of
students of color in higher education. Of the
8.000 students offered fall term admission at
the University of California at Berkeley. only
191 are Black students and 434 Hispanic
Coalition is a diverse group of women
dedicated to social justice. Th.e group's main
goal is to work on the issues of women of color
both on campus and in the larger community.
For more information about the Women of
Color Coalition contact Jen Bowman at 8666000. x6781.
students. In comparison to the previous year
of 562 black students and 1.045 Hispanic
students, admissions are down by more than
60 percent. Opponents of 1-200 believe it
would have similar impact on the
participation rate of students of color in
Washington state's institutions of higher
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Contact: Colin Helsley at 866-6000 x6781
Goal: work on issues concerning women
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COLUMN~
by Jason Korneliussen
Staff writer
Maybe it's life in the woods. or maybe
it's college life in general. but I've been
notiCing some strange behavior on campus
lately. Normally studious and energetic
students are falling victim to bouts oflaziness.
and weekends normally reserved for reading
assignments and writing projects are now
spent practicing acts of sluggish lethargy. Like
the plot of an outlandish Twilight Zone
episode. hours. days. entire weeks slip away
into a void of inactivity. never to be seen again
and desperately missed by those who have
lost them. Have students so quickly run out of
steam? Have they lost their motivatiun? Their
sense of purpose? Perhaps the answer can be
found in the weekend account of one such
l'ndl'vI'dual.
Young "Jimmy" arrives home from class
on Friday evening. full oflife and ready to take
on the world. Ile's got the scoop on a few
weekend parties. but it will be hours before
any of them get hopping. so he decides to kill
some time with his faithful television set.
Minutes later. the Crocodile Hunter is on
screen and Jimmy is in a comatose state with a
reasonably sized pile of munchies cuddled up
next to him. One hour quickly turns to four.
and as the empty soda cans and fudge-ciele
sticks pile up on the floor next to his couch. he
feels it might be an appropriate time to make
an appearance at one of the evening's galas.
which are sure to be in full swing by now. This
notion is quickly thwarted by the realization
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will have to traverse not one. but two flights
fd escen d"mg staIrs. He is VISI
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the thought. but is quickly soothed by a dozen
rounds of "Super Mario Kart" on his
Nintendo 64. Afterwards. he falls asleep in a
puddle of his own drool and dreams happily
of a brighter place where one doesn't have to
transplant themselffrom their LA-Z-BOY ill
ordt'r to us~ the rest room.
At 2 in the afternoon Jimmy finally eases
into consciousness. but it takes him another
hour to lift himself up into the sitting
position. "What a beautiful Saturday
morning!" he exclaims as he shuffles towards
the bathroom with a blanket draped over his
shoulders and a corn dog stick tangled in his
hair. "No time for a shower today. I've got
things to dol" These "things" will consist of
staring at his roommate's Magic Eye picture
book for two and a half hours. and then doing
a comparative study of the Star Wars Trilogy
as it relates to the Star Wars Trilogy - Special
Edition. His daily exercise is a grueling test of
physical endurance that involves calling
Subterranean Pizza and then walking to the
door to pay the delivery person.
A religious man. Jimmy respectfully
recognizes Sunday as a day of rest . He makes it
a point to expend as little energy as possible
and leaves his bedroom for the sale purpose of
heating some Pop-Tarts. which he quickly
devours before returning to slumber-land. "A
weekend well-spent" he thinks as he drifts off
while watching the Simpsons' dosing credits.
As Jimmy gave me this account of his
weekend inactivities I was plagued by the
thought that somewhere. on some different
level. I had encountered his kind before. It
took me a while to put my finger on where it
was that I had seen such a display of shame
and degradation on the part of a student. but I
soon remembered.
Over the course ofl2 years unwillingly
spent in government-operated institutions
where creativity and individuality took a back
seat to regular attendance. I was witness to
many an act of youthful rebellion. There were
kids who attempted to tear down the walls of
our carefully structured educational system by
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vandalizing par ing ots. denouncing school
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spirit. an scu ptlllg impressive monuments
out of their mashed potatoes at lunch. Kids
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wh0 regu Iar Iy arrive
the bell had rung. kids who put their feet on
their desks and leaned back in their chairs.
kids who eventually dropped out of school to
pursue careers as drug dealers and folk
musicians -I'm talking about the kids who
REALLY didn't want to be there. It was
students like those who I admired from a
distance but at the same time wished would
simply disappear. I feared and detested them.
but weren't these kids the honest ones? They
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genius. The 'Ducks went from their normally
defensive-minded gameplan to one which was
aggressive and balanced. But the Canadians'
American players would prove all too much for
even the greatest of gameplans.
SFU struck first with a goal in the 20th,
but Evergreen came roaring back nine minutes
later when midfielder Jamie "Batigol"
Dillemuth quickly stole the ball, took three
steps, then struck the ball from about three
miles out, knocking in a highlight-reel goal over
the goa lkeeper's hands and into the far-post
netting.
That goa l seemed to jazz the 'Greener
ladies up as their offense came alive in the last
10 minutes of the first half. The SFU team
started to look a bit frightened, but managed
to give o'ur ladies a kick in the gut when the
referee gave them an assist on goal in the
longest last minute in soccer history.
Seven minutes int;) the second half. SFU
scored again. Not to be outdone, our ladies
Help me, someone. I am freaking out.
There are only three more home games for our
combined soccer forces. What will I do with
my weekends when they stop playing? The
only glimmer of hope at the end of this dark
tunnel is a live , taped performance of the
World Wrestling Federation at the Tacoma
Dome, and that isn't until Dec. 14. It's going
to be a cold, dark winter.
No robots this week, but the games put
us against formidable foes . Here's the skinny:
Lady 'Greeners
I'm not sure what the scheduling delay
was, but for some reason the game kicked off
at 11 a. m. I barely made it. Our ladies played
last year's Division II champions Simon Fraser
University (SFU) from up the street in British
Columbia. Canadians playing soccer, sure.
Head Coach Arlene McMahon (my pick
for the US National Team's new head coach)
gave the Geoducks a different alignment up
front. She switched forward Stacay Kaplan to
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Recently I interviewed a diver on campus by
the name of Alicia. She is a diverthat plans to work
hard every day from now on in order to attempt
qualitying for the diving nationals.
It takes a lot ofcourage to be a diver. When a
diver is just slightly off from executing a dive
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These guys move at the speed of light.
Blink an eye and you miss everything. Luckily,
I brought tape to keep my eyelids up.
Our foe here was from way down the
block, Brigham Young University-Hawaii. The
temperature dropped and the rain fell just in
time for their arrival. They looked road weary
from the long bus ride but still took the field.
For the Geoducks it was a shortened
roster as mid fielder Paul Larmore was out of
the game for a red card in their previous game.
Violence against a referee or something of that
variety. I doubt it was as serious as it sounds.
Referees are such pansies. But the midfield
remained strong despite his absence. Colin
Rogerson, Jesse-Winship-Freyer, and Matt
McDowell played their roles beautifi.llly as
gorgeous passers and staunch defenders.
BYU-Hawaii tested the limits of the
strong Greener defense in the first half, but
managed to have most of their breaks called
back from offsides fouls. If you can't win, cheat.
Right? But the goalkeeping of brick wall Willy
Walker and fiery Brian Zielinski-Cap kept BYU
at bay.
Meanwhile, forwards Koffi Assounan
and Shasta Smith provided some awesome
chances at goals, but Lady Luck just couldn't
give them that extra inch on either post. The
Greeners were cooking with gas, but BYU-
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Also an important key for diving well is
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the diver is stronger in so the diver can divert their
thinking to properly perform the areas that they
might be weaker at. Getting close to the hoard"":'
but not too close-- is vital for success because it is
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October 15, 1998
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LETTERS
•Inlons,
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environment. As many students know,jobs in
the Oly area are hard to come by, and good jobs
are an even scarcer breed. We would like to
think that the Evergreen State College stands
behind the interests of students like ourselves,
but at this point we are not sure ifit does. We
make no demands, but we do request that you
keep us in the back of your heads as an idea.
For nowwe may very well be phantom students
who you do not know and whose dilemma you
do not share. If you keep your eyes and ears
tuned to the happenings and people around
you we think you might start to care more
about us. This said, I must acknowledge that
not everyone is familiar with our program and
from the ahove might still have questions
about why it is so impor tant to us to save the
program.
In response to this I have asked a number
of my f'elluw workers t he following quest ion:
What do you think we lose if we lose the
student worker program? Here are a few of
their responses:
Students shouldn't
have to go into debt
jane jervis made statements in the Oct. 8
edition of the Olympian regarding tuition
increases which I feel betray the discrepancy
between what she, as the president of the
~(' h oo l. says to the public and til(' policies the
.\c hool is willing to actually implement. The
intervi ew Jervis ga ve in t he article summed up
her stance: "students should shoulder part of
the burdrnto pay lor collegr, but society must
do lIlore to help out. It's irrespo nsible for
\or ir ty to put low-incoille peopl e in the
I'()~ iti o n of accruing large debt just for
l'ducation. When ed ucation is available and
:lllllrda hie, ,Ill of societ y benefits, " jervis said.
1 ~ln e was respond ing to th e fact that this year
q,ltc' tuition will illCrease b\' $)32. The article
.il \l1 made clear that ,slIch increases have
hl'(o ml' more and more co~t l y owr the past
tll'('nt)' )'l'ar\: tllition rose appro xilll3tly 50
P('fccnt compared to the) ,5 percent increase
in bmil v illl'oille during that time.
II ;}\'ing wi tnC'\sed the abilit y of educat ion
til c' lllpo\\'('r Ill y'rlf and my peers. I feel
\trollgly tli at we mllst protl'ctthe availability
" f cdll catioll for all. I invite Jervis to examine
Iier remarks ill light of the fa ct that for the pas t
Il' ar and a half ,tlldent workers have bern
poillt illg Ollt to Iter and ut her members of the
academic slump. Retention of new students
would decrease and the quality of Evergreen's
current and diverse education, supplemented
by the student worker program all over
campus, would decline." -Chance Koehnen
Affirmative Action is an important, often
misunderstood topic. This November, you
(Washington state residents) will be asked to
vote on whether or not to end Affirmative
Action only tor people of color and women in
Washington State. In thb article I would like
to present some facts about Affirmativ~ Action
and why I believe it is still a valid and important
component of state and national policy.
Affirmative Action began in 1961 with
Executive Order 10925, which required
government contractors to set goals for
increasing women and people of color in the
work force. President Lyndon B. Johnson
explained the rationale behind Affirmative
Action in 1965 when he said "Freedom is not
enough . You do not wipe away the scars of
cerituries by saying: Now you are free to go
where you want, do as you desire, and choose
the leaders you please. You do not take a man
who for years has been hobbled by chains,
liberate him , and bring him to the starting line
of a race , saying 'you are free to compete with
all the others' and still justly believe you have
been completely fair. Thu~. it is not enough to
open the gates of opportunitv." The effort to
diversity the public sector grew slowly in the
1960's. Although strides were made in the
hiring and admission of women and people of
color, it was not until 1971 when the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission was
given significant power by Congress to enforce
the 1964 Civil Rights Act that sign ificant
change occurred. In 1979. an important
decision by the Supreme Court stated that race
could be used as only one of many hlctors in
the decision of whom to admit at public higher
educational institutions. ' That decision, in
administration the need to address the
problems with student employment on
campus. Specifically, with our requests to
receive twice a month paychecks we have been
ignored and stalled again and again. Student
workers have yet to ask for more money. We
simply ask the right to be paid on the same
twice-a-month schedule as the other essential
faculty and stan' on campus. Innuencing all of
the requests student workers have made to the
administration has been the knowledge that
obtaining a college education excludes-or
torces out-those unable to accumulate a large
amoullt of debt. As Jervis herself said. "It's
irresponsible for society to put low-income
people ill the position of accruing large debt
just for education."
In the weeks and months to co me this
issue and the administration's reaction to it will
be a barom eter for the state of stud ent
cmployment Oil campus as well as the
administration's co mmitment to making a
cullege education affordable for all-especially
for those willing to work for it.
So, we do not know what our situation
is, only what it might become. We do not know
when that will happen, only that it might be
joe Groshong
Student Worker Committee Member
Evergreen must
stand against hate
Matt Shepard died early Monday
morning; he was brutally murdered. Shepard
was savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left
overnight exposed to freezing weather. He
survived the night, was found by a passerby,
and was hospitalized. But medical
technology could not save him.
This atrocity occurred in Laramie,
Wyoming, but don't think that it hasn't
happened and won't happen right here in
Olympia. The next Matt Shepard could be
you, your roommate, your best friend, your
brother, your sister, your mother or your
father. The pervasive apathy and silence
which afflicts the Olympia coinmunity (not
excluding Greeners) has created an
environment in which queer-bashing
happens. Queer-bashingwon't stop until we
are all united, deafening the world with our
cries of anger, outrage, and disgust.
Mainstream media didn't give Matt's
story much notice until he was pronounced
dead. Even after his death the New York
Times printed a full-color photo and
extensive coverage of baseball player Michael
Tucker rather than Shepard's murder.
President Clinton and our own college
president, Jane jervis, have made statements
expressing their thoughts on the murder:
seritiments about their intolerance of hate
crimes. Where were President Clinton and
President Jervis last week, last month, and
last year when countless other queers were
bashed, harassed or just generally
disrespected? Why does there have to be a
body in the morgue before our leaders will
support queer rights?
The college has been asked to hang the
black flag from the clock tower to honor
Matt's life and mourn his murder. They said
no. They had their reasons, their policies,
which 'are all very logical and nice on paper.
If we hang the black flag for Matt Shepard,
we'd have_to hang it every time a student on
campus was mourning the death of anyone,
anywhere. So, the black flag will be hung
only after an Evergreen student is queerbashed to -death. If our community
continues to support queers on paper but
not in practice, we'll have that black flag
displayed yet.
This Friday, Oct. 16, there will be a
candlelight vigil in Sylvester Park at 7 p.m.
in memory of Matthew Shepard. This vigil
is free and open to all who believe in human
rights.
Ri Sullivan, Courtney Aiken and supporters
~~"~"~O~"~~'~'Pi'it,,,w,,,,",,ghbOCITi,"d,"d'
P.M., the untiersigned had a nasty fall outside
the CAB. I write to commend the campus
security detail and Emergency Medical Service
crews.
Both were exemplary in their attitude and
Steve Hughes
co-coo rdinator of Union of Student Workers
the Cooper Point Journal
soon. Keep reading the CPj and you'll soon
know who will be working our jobs. Please, if
you hear that we are going to be eliminated by
the Union, do what you can to help us.
Thank you,
"We lose an environment engineered
towards student growth. A place where
students can work around their school
schedule instead of having to make a choice
between education and work." -Stephanie
Burkholder
Ill' the program is changed I "Student
employees [willi lose any potential rewards
from their jobs and residell ts Iwilll have
strange adults coming into their rooms that are
IInsympathet ic tq st\ldel~t s' needs and desires."
-Reba Swartz
"The main luss to Evergreen would bl'
that of a IIniqlle program" alld th"t "The
greatest possible lo ss could be Evergreell
hC'coming Inore alld lIIorl' normal and less
plastic. Irss willing to expC'f imellt with
stlldcnts." -Pat Ah'arado
"If th e studellt workC'r program ill
Homing and on upper campus is discontinued
I would l'xpect th e cllIIl'gl' to gu into an
-a-
CAB employee. So thank you all. Perhaps I
should add that there were no broken bones
and that I am recovering very well.
Wm Broadbent
How to subml-t·
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• all responses or other
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is at 1 p.m. on Monday for that week's edition. The word limit for responses is
450 words; for commentary it's 600 words.
The CP] wants to use as much space as possible on these pages for letters
and opinions. Therefore, in practice, we have allowed contributors to exceed the
word limit when space is available. When space is limited, the submissions are
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Evergreen students,
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October 15, 1998
OPINIONS
Affirmative Actio·n 101
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the government for a redress of grievances."
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Student workers may still lose jobs
Many of you have no doubt read the
"orientation issue" of the CPj and are well
aware of the plight facing the student worker
program in Housing. It would be in your best
interests, unless of course you desire to review
the dire situation, to skip to the beginning of
the next paragraph. Everyone else should keep
plunking through this letter. The situation as
it now stands is this: the Union of Workers on
upper campus (not the Union of Student
workers, but the Union whose members are
often seen wearing blue shirts, driving vehicles
of all sorts, and fixing, maintaining and
improving the campus) arc interested in a
nUlllb er uf stud ent worker positiom in
housing. When I say interested , I mean that
the Union is cons idering whether or nut it
would like to replace a number of student
wo rkers with Union workers. While the Union
Illayor may not be able to replace the workers
if they express a decided interest in doing so
and while they may or may not decide that they
want to replace the workers in the tlrst place,
the existing potential harshly hangs over the
heads of those in the student program.
A number of student workers in Housing,
including myself, are going to do everything
we can to convince the Union that it neither
wants nor needs our jobs, and if we cannot
convince them we shall attempt to dissuade
them after they present their decision to us. If
\\'e call not come to terms with the Union we
~hall take th e matter to those higher up in the
administration of til e college and we will see if
someone there shares our point of view. We
feel that th e studellt worker program in
Iloming embodies the heralded Evergrecn
I'irl ues ofco llaboratil'c. cOTlnC'cted. and ac tive
l'ITorts towards COlllillon goa b. While we in
the program do work to make lIlon ey. we ,JIst)
I\ork in housing because IVl' cnjoy it. Working
with am peers in.llargely st udent -run program
wc are all too aware of the diffinilties that
would fa ce liS wen' wc' to attl'lIIpt to find
co m para hie jobs outsid e of the EI'e rgrt'e n
&
ongress shall make no law respecting an
Bakke 1' . University of California Regents,
clarified the parameters which race was
legitimate to consider. Over the past twenty
years, the use of Affirmative Action has become
more and more narrowly tai lored. The
culmination of this tailoring was the passage
of Proposition 209, which banned the use of
affirmative action in the state of California.
Before discussing some of the present
rhetoric about affirmative action, a more clear
definition of Affirmative Action itself is
necessary. The agency charged with enforcing
civil rights law-The Equal Employment
Opportun ity
Commission-defines
Affirmative Action as "one part of an effort to
remedy past and present discrimination" and
"ensure that jobs [and university admissions)
are genuinely and equally accessible to
qualified persons without regard to sex, race,
or ethnic characteristics." More generally,
Afftrmative Action refers to a number of
programs designed to open opportullitiesJor
women and people of color, who have been
systematically excluded from the nation's
workplaces, educational institutions and
contracting services. At its core Affirmative
Action is a philosophy of inclu~ion and not
exclusion.
Although there are many arguments
advanced against Affirmative Action, one of
the more common is that under Affirmative
Action poorly qualified applicants are
accepted for jobs or admitted to a university
based solely on their race or gender. The truth
is that race or gender may be one ofthe factors
in an applicant's qualifications, but it may not
be the deciding or only factor in his or her
selection. In other words, even under
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ISr;i't parking
great~ folks?
I would like to take this opportunity to
thank the decision-makers,at Evergreen for
repaving and repainting Band C lots this
summer.
The lot is now smooth as 1 circle
endlessly, hoping to find that one spot tha.t
the other 10 cars have missed. I rarely spill
my latte anymore. The new yellow paint on
the curbs and lines is so bright! Never again
will I drive up onto the sidewalk and mow
down innocent pedestrians when NPR
distracts me. I salute them for their attention
to the saftey of alII
And if they had spent that money
Peter Kennedy
with your credit card?
adding 25 or 50 more spaces (even a gravel
lotI), I would not get to spend half of my
lunch hour walking briskly to the parking
lot to move my car. The Powers That Be
have forced me (and at least 20 other people
on Tuesdays and Thursdays) to address my
cardiovascular health! Reducing health-care
costs AND increasing parking revenues in
one inspired stroke I I am humbled by the
sheer grandeur of their vision.
Regards,
David Cramton
lot of time and hard work into affording my
education and I want it to pay offwell! In my
opinion, a week and a half or two weeks would
be plenty for a 100 percent refund. I appreciate
your time and consideration.
Thank you!
Ben Kinkade
P.S. I also strongly urge the college to adopt a
program where we can use non-chlorine
bleached or recycled paper ... especially in the
computer center where we go through so much
paper every day!
the Cooper Point Journal
209, the University of California System . which
had utilized aggressive diversitv guidclilH" ill
admission actually raised its eliglbIiltl
standards five times in the past twelve year"
This evidenc'es the fact that Affi rmatil'e Act Ion
is not a "handout " which makes it easier tC) g('t
in a given institution. Rather. Aft\rmati\'(·
Action simply makes opportunitie~ mon°
possible.
The final argument which most use when
attacking Affirmative Action is that racia l Jnd
sexual discrimination no longer exist. Many
books are filled with statistics that blatantly
show that racial and sexual injustices still eXist ,
In the area of equal pay, equal schooling, equal
lending , political representation , Jnd
imprisonment (to name a few). gru~s
disparities exist between whites and ot her
racial groups, and between men and women ,
Over the past two years the Washington State
Human Rights Commission received
approximately 1000 complaints of race
discrimination. 94 percent of those were tiled
by people of color and only 6 percent by whites .
For me affirmative action is more than
black and white and men and women. It is
about a just society where all people are given
an equal opportunity to succeed. Although
Affirmative Action is not the perfect solutIon
to the long and pernicious history of racial and
sexual discrimination, its efforts, coupled with
those of other programs, go a long way in
attempt\hg to change the status quo.
My last request is that. no matter how you
feel abollt Affirmative Action, vote in this year's
election on Initiative 200. It is critical that we
address this issue on the ballot and your vot e
will make a large difference in whether or not
we as Washington State Residents decided to
continue or curtail Affirmative Action.
Would you like a T-shirt
More time is
needed for refunds
To whom it may concern,
I am curious as to the origin of the policy
that has created the deadlines of tuition refund
days. I am of the opinion that one week to
decide if a course is not needed, or too difficult,
is a bit short. I recently enrolled in a program
that proved to be too much for my schedule
and that required a bit more work beforehand.
I do realize that it is the responsibility of the
student to know and look into this ... but I still
think one week is too early to tell, and one day
later is too late for 50 percent of one's
"investment." College tuition is not cheap, and
I think we need more time to decide if we want
to get out and get our money back. I've put a
Affirmative Action, an institution must apply
qualitative criteria to the chosen applicants as
well.
A system involving a t1xed number or
percentage of available positions for members
of a specific group while excluding members
of non-targeted groups from competing for
those positions-otherwise known as a
quota-is strictly prohibited by law. Goals
aimed at representation of specific groups are
permissible because they, unlike quotas, are
flexible, which means that they mayor may not
be met, and that there is not requ irement to
meet them.
Anuther similar and often cited
argument is that "a minority had to be hired."
The purpose of Affirmative Action is to
increase the pool of applicants available for a
position. If the minorities within that pool are
given equal opportunity yet fail to meet the
qualifications necessary, there is no law
requiring that they be hired.
Contrary to what most people believe,
the primary beneficiaries of affirmative action
have been whites. In our state individuals over
forty years orage, people with disabilities.
Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans, and
women are included in affirmative action
programs. A recent study conducted by the
Washington State Commission of AfricanAmerican Affairs found that, in fact. "more
white women and veterans were hired through
Affirmative Action programs than minorities
as a whole." Under the legislation that will be
voted on this November (Initiative 200), ONLY
people over forty years of age, people with
disabilities, Vietnam-era veterans, and
disabled veterans will benefit from Affirmative
Action. This will further institutionalize the
benefits whites derive from the program.
Another argument is that Affirmative
Action lowers the quality of higher educational
institutions. Until the passage of Proposition
When I walked through the CAB this last
week, it was hard to miss the credit card offers.
I mllst have been asked five times if I wanted
a free t-shirt. A previous Monday it was a
choice between Citibank's fracta l-like design
or Discover's "Got Life" shirt. Those of us who
are somewhat aware of the consumer society
we're living in realize that the corporate world
is attempting to infiltrate all sectors of our
society. At Evergreen that means our
educational atmosphere is just another area
to advocate the idea that we are all just
consumers. Our value as students lies in our
ability to purchase, our identity is something
we create by the products we wear, and we
affect change by patronizing "socially
responsible" businesses. Nowa lot of us know
the horrors of that capitalist world "outside"
Evergreen. So without trying to tackle
corporate expansion, I want to share some
info about these credit card booths. Students
who obtain credit cards at on-campus tables
carry larger balances and payoff their cards
later than those who do not, according to a
nationwide survey of college students released
by the Public Interest Research Group (PIRG).
The average student who picked up a credit
card (or credit cards, if they wanted both tshirts) at one of those tables and doesn't rely
on their parents to pay, had an average unpaid
balance of$1,460. Out of the more than one
thousand students who were surveyed, 79
percent reported using their cards for
everyday purchases, when only 13 percent
reported limiting credit card use to
emergencies. When asked how long it would
take to payoff a $1,000 credit card debt at an
18 percent annual percentage rage and only
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making the minimum required payment ot 3
percent, only a fifth got the correct answer of
six years. Although there may be great reasom
to have a credit card, I think it's clear that some
students are being influenced by the free gIl'! .
Because these tables are taking place in th e
center of our campus, the college needs to
place some limits. The PIRG report suggests
that :
(1) Colleges should review and conSider
limiting the total number of credit card table~
allowed on campus each quarter.
(2) Along with the credit card
applications that we receive in our bookstore
shopping bags, we should receive credit card
and debt education materials. Orientation
should include information on credit card debt
counseling.
(3) Credit card companies should be
prohibited from passing out trinkets to
students for filling out applications, unless the
students have first been adequately educated
on what they're getting into.
Coming back to school after being away
for the summer, [ think I share the mentalitv
of other students that Evergreen is to som~
extent a safe haven from the corporate
atmosphere at other colleges. But we certainly
shouldn't forget about what needs to be
changed here, because it might be worse
somewhere else. Forthose students that decide
to go ahead and get a credit card, only get one
and pay as much as you can afford every
month. And 1 suggest scribbling out the
corporate logo on those t-shirts.
Richard Meyers
FEATURES
a ur
Katie Koestner breaks the silence
by Jennifer lauren
Staff writer
When Katie Koestner invited her
boyfriend Peter up to her dorm room at the
William and Mary College in the fall of 1991,
all she wanted to do was dance. It was going to
be a romantic evening: she had made a mix
tape of her favorit e songs and posted glow in
the dark stars on her ceiling. Last Friday, almost
exactly seven years later, Koestner spoke to a
group of students here about that night , about
how common date rape really is.
It's not about sex, not
about passion ... it's
about power,
humiliation,
degradation, and
domination.'
"Don't kid yourselves," she told th e
students, "do you think I like to tell the story
of the worst night of my life everyday?"
There was standing room only at the
Longhouse last Friday, where students were
given an opportunity to tell their own stories
of sexual assault. Later in the evening Koestner,
who is now nationally known and has been
interviewed by everybody from Time to Oprah,
told her story.
Small and soft-spoken, Ko estner told of
more than just date rape. She told of th e
afterma th, when she was voted "most
dangerous man on campus" two years in a row.
She talked about telling her mother, who said
~he was "damaged goods" and that she'd never
get a husband. And she talked about the time
shespoke to a gro up of three hundred men and
one of them ca lled ou t. "look at you Katie, I'd
have raped you."
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on campus, SHAPE (Sexual Harassment and
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sponsored Koestner's appearance. The first six
weeks ofcollege are considered the "Red Zone,"
the time in a woman's life that she is most likely
to be sexually assaulted. Another of their
concerns was to revamp the school's student
conduct code. Although molestation, sexual
harassme nt, and intimidation are mentioned
as violations of the code, sexual assault is not.
"(Evergreen's) policy really needs help,"
Koestner said later. "You have to be clear about
what sexual assault is, you have to give people
a place to start with. "
Among other problems, Koestner cites the fact
that since sexual assault isn't mentioned, it isn't
defined. She said that unless the policy covers
every situation, it is unclear what to do when a
situa tion arises.
Courtney Aiken , a student here and cocoordinator of SHAPF., also found problems
with the school's stance on sexual assault.
"I dOIl't know if! ca n have much faith in
this institution to do anything to stop rape, or,
if it happens, to deal with it. If you can't define
what rape is , you have no way to decide if
someone has violated the law," said Aiken.
According to Mary Craven, the advisor
to SHAPE and the other women's groups on
ca mpus , four or five Evergreen students
reported sexual assault to her last year. ]\Jone
of them filed a grievance.
"(We brought Koestner to Evergreen) to
help people in TESC understand and take
notice. Sexual assault is a problem even here, "
Aiken said.
At the open mike last Friday, many
st udents and alumni shared stories of survival.
Rosalinda Noriega, an Evergreen alumni,
talked about her experience with molestation
and date rape. During another presentation , a
student began to cry and was led out of the
room by friends. EWII above music and poetry,
the audience could hea r her sobbing in the
hallway.
"It 's not ahout sex, not about passion,"
said Aikel" "it's about power, humiliation,
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definition of "non-consensual sex," according
to Craven , Another option, according to Lee
Lambert, is to lodge a complaint through the
sexual harassment policy. But in neither the
student conduct code nor the sexual
harassment policy is the term "sexual assault"
explicitly stated. The sexual harassment policy,
however, does list coercive sex as a form of
harassment.
The most important thing for a victim to
remember, according to Koestner, is to put her
clothes into a paper bag, Go to St. Peter's
hospital and get a rape exam. During the
exam, evidence is gathered in a "rape
kit." A rape kit is a tool for gathering
evidence, and must be used within 72
hours. If, at a later time, the victim
decides to press charges. it is much
harder to prove without the evidence a
rape kit can provide.
Towards the end of Koestner's
she mentioned that if men
took a stand, there would be a day with
no more rape. Every man in the room
stood up, went to the stage, and said
that rape was wrong. Koestner said it
was a first. Aiken was touched, but
skeptical.
"I just keep coming back to:
'How many of those people would
show up at another one of our
events? How many would laugh at a
sexist joke'?'"
Rape is a crime of power, according
to Koestner. One thing that she can 't
forget is her feeling of powerlessness.
"I cried, I kept saying, please let me
go. Then finally he let me free. Free is a
relative word. He let me sit up." she said. "And
then when he left, he said 'thank you.' He'll
never know what 'thank you' cost."
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'We live in a rape culture. We reinforce
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Noriega even cited the way we dress: "Who the
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wearing high heels and a skirt?"
Four out of five women who are raped
know their assailant, according to information
provided by Craven. One out of seven men is
assaulted before his 21st birthday. One in four
women will be assaulted in hE'r
lifetime.
Craven pointed out that
there are many subjects that
people are just uncomfortable
talking about, "s - E- X being
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One of the reasons
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assault more often could
be this difficulty in
discussing sex. But there
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isn 't reported, and the
college's lack of definition
is probably the least of
them , The victim would
be forced to tell a group of
strangers all about the
assault, and in the end
they may not believe her.
''I've never had
an yonI:' tell me a story of
sexual assault I didn 't
believe," said Craven. "No
one'sever told me a pack of
lies. But that's out there in
society now, that women
make it all up."
Last year, in addit ion to the assaults
reported to her, Craven heard 12 stories from
survivors who had simply had 110 olle to tell
before.
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Student
Everyone has their own religious ,
philosophical. and moral beliefs about life. It
would be nice to think that at Evergreen, those
values are respected by the administration and
faculty. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Right now. as you are reading this, students
are being forced to choose between
compromising their deepest beliefs and
losing credit in their programs. This
decision should not have to be
made.
Last week, in the
Intro to Environmental
Studies
Oceans
program , students were
informed that if they had
a problem with dissecting
a salmon (one per
student), they had better
find a new program. This
is not an uncommon
occurrence in TESC
science programs.
Last spring , when
EARN (Evergreen
Animal Rights Netvvork)
contacted the science faculty about
dissection for a piece in the 1998-99
"Disorientation Manual," they were met with
overwhelming defensiveness and hostility.
Some faculty responses included, "Students
must be prepared to kill animals for scientific
study, anyone with objections to learning the
subject need not enroll, and if you can't take
the heat , ge t out of the kitchen," Although
alt ernative methods (anatomical
models,
co mputer
programs, videos,
etc.) to di ssec tion
have
proven
comparable to
live animals
time and again,
certain TESC
faculty insist that
killing animals is an
integral part of
learning about them,
Well,
hoth
students and scientists living
in reality in 1998 beg to differ.
The only thing that dissection
teaches which other methods do not
is a total lack of respect and
compassion for life. We will not
accept this Neanderthal concept of
an education nor will we sit back
and watch our rights be trampled
upon.
Ca lifornia, Florida , New York and
It's amazing
what this
little thing
can do.
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Evergreen Animal Rights
Network
Meetings: Wednesday,3p.m .
3rd floor CAB
Phone: 866-6000 x6555
Pennsylvania all have laws protecting the
students' right to choose NOT to dissect, and
many ed ucationa l institutions across the
country have adopted policies which not only
allow alternatives but also make them readily
available. It's not too much to ask Evergreen,
being the progressive college that it claims to
be, to do the same. If you agree that students
deserve rights at your school, please contact
Academic Planning and let them know how
you feel. To become involved or to obtain more
information on alternative methods or studies
disproving the value of dissection, please
contact EARN at x6555 or drop by our
meetings on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. on the 3rd
floor of the CAB.
by Kathryn Lewis
Staff writer
Last October, Dolby Sound and the
Brothers .Quay came to the Capitol Theater.
The event which brought them was the 14th
annual Olympia Film Festival, an event which
characterizes the fall in this town.
Next Friday, Oct. 23, Olympia will be
celebrating another year of film at the Capitol
Theater. Opening night kicks off with a Gala
on Fifth Avenue. The Hot Set recreates sounds
from way back when for you to groove to, The
theater is opening its doors at 7 p.m. for you to
come in and eat Pizzeria pizza and local brews
from Fish Tales All' in the mezzanine. The
Sticky Fingers Of Time begins at 7:30 p.m.
Director. Hillary Broughers, will be presenting
her debut film with executive producer, Ted
Hope. The film opens in 1953 and jumps in
and out of different times. The midnight movie
is called Riot On Sunset Strip, which could be
called a rocker classic.
KathieI'll Geissenger, an Evergreen
sen ior, said; "I really like the film festival. It's
Community
accessibility
By Katy Johnson
Coordinator of Union of Students with
Disabilities
The Union of Students With Disabilities
is in the process of evaluating TESC programs
to determine if they are accessible to all
students in the programs. This includes any
activity in which everyone is required to
participate, It also includes activities, in or out
of the classroom, in which people may want to
participate, but are unable to due to a disability
of any type.
We are looking for volunteers from as
many programs as we can come up with to
report to us whether or not there have been any
accessibility issues; if any pxist, we need to have
this information as soon as possible. Thank
you!
Do you like Danger?
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like elementary school all over again, all the
cool kids are there and I never know where to
sit. Opening night is a blast because it's like
junior high, everybody is throwing things at
the screen and it activates my mischievous side.
The film festival is all about staying up really
late in the cold, cold theater, watching really
horrible horror movies. But there are also
some very good independent films that you
couldn't see elsewhere in the wee town ."
Those films include Faces, a flick about
husbands and wives , and callgirls and
swingers. Faces is playing at 8:30 p.m, on
Saturday, Oct, 24. Witness is a compilation of
documentary investigations which is airing at
7:30 p,m. on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Among other fringe events, there is a
Fashion Show, put on by the lovely ladies at
Dumpster Values. Check out their flashy ways
at midnight on Tuesday the 27.
Even Governor Locke commented on the
festival: "This event is even more extraordinary
because it is produced through the timeless
efforts of volunteers and with the support of
local businesses," Locke said.
Ph oto by Saa ra Anderson
"Although the ideas behind the story are important - that the NOI (Nation
of Islam) is in many ways aligned with WAR (White Aryan Resistance)
and other radical right-wing activists, the story itself is more interesting
and elegant." -Molly Ruch of The Nation
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1,
Maybe it was the fact that the concert was
sponsored and promoted by KISS lOG.1 FM.
Maybe it was the longevity of "Flagpole Sitta"
on the Billboard charts and the subsequent
heavy rotation on all the major Seattle radio
station s. Whatever the rea son, Saturday's
Harvey Danger concert was overrun with
teeny·boppers. Perhaps you've heard; this is
typical for the Capitol Theater. In the case that
it's true, we plan to spend a lot more time at
Seattle concerts, but that's just us. (We base
that on a comment overheard from some high
school freshmen·ish girl: "Look at the sticks in
my hair." She was a little too proud of the
chopsticks in her coif.)
Peter Parker opened the evening - one
of the best things Parker has going for it is the
drummer, Steve the Producer, ofThe End fame.
Steve seems to actually enjoy what he's doing,
butwe couldn't say the same for the rest of the
band. Mona , the bass guitarist, looked a little
confused and didn't realize that she was
flashing the ASL sign for "I love you" instead
of the devil horns/anarchy symbol she thought
it was.
Next up was Death Cab for Cutie, who
hail from Bellingham. Their lyrics were
probably beautiful and eloquent, but we
couldn't hear them over the wailing
guitars. Or it could have been that
the lead singer had an aversion to
facing the audience; maybe he
just liked looking at the
back of the stage. After
wading through some slow
dirges, he promised a few
fast songs . Apparently his
definition of "fast" is
sy nonymous with the
speed of molasses . The
highlight of their set was
the "guest tambourine
boy, " none other than the
lead singer of Harvey
Danger.
The final opening act
was the Action Slacks, from
sun California, The best
part of their set wasn't the music, although they
played well (and certainly faster), but the
banter between the lead singer and the Ed
McMahon (second banana-esque) bass player.
They, like the bands before th em, spent most
oftheir time thanking the audience, the other
bands , the aud ience, the venu e. and th e
audience.
By the tim e Harvey Danger took th e
stage, it was nearing the wit ching hOLir of
midnight. Perhaps that explains the
mysterious equipment problems experienced
throughollt the set. However, rega rdl ess Gflhe
techn ical mishaps, th e crowd erupted as the
boys took the stage. They played "Carlotta
Valdez," despite the facttha! the guitar was not
coming through the speakers. When they had
finished, Sean, the lead singer, commented on
the artistic challenge of playing a guitar-driven
song with no guitar. We personally enjoyed it
because you could actually hear the lyrics.
Sean prefaced "Flagpole Sitta" by
thanking the crowd for not falling into t.he trap
offascist musical elitism before launching into
a very lively version of the song, during which
all of the opening band members joined
Harvey Danger on stage with toilet paper and
silly string. They ended up playing most of the
songs from Where have all the merrymakers
gone?alongwith a song by This Busy Monster,
a local band. The show was well
performed (if a bit long), but if
you
want
to
actually
comprehend the lyrics, forgo a
live concert and buy the
CD.
Chain-smoking with Rock Stars
by Josh Manning
Staff writer
There was probably a timC' when three
pe()ple set·up a glJitar, bass, ,wd drums and
played their music before ;/ crowd and the
listellers thought, "What the hell is this?" Then.
at some point ill tim e. it evo lved into the
lI ewest rage.
So there \ a new band ill town called leu
and flOW they're throwing their shoes in the
machinery. Make .Hlre you pronounce it e·kii,
;lIIY()/l(' wh() d()c.m·t has t() b/Jy them a drink.
IClI i,~ a {brcc of three. Aaron Hartman
plucks a stand-up bass, K.O. works th e
turntables and samplers while also playing
electric guitar and theremin, and Michiko
Swiggs fingers various keyboards. Their
combined skills make fbI' this hypnotic, trance·
inducing sound that lulls you into a daydream.
They are not songs as much as they are an.110g
concertos.
I got to sit them dOWll Oil a Saturday
night at Ben Moore's in Olympia (a place they
frequent). Aaron Hartman (recording with
another band) was noticeably absent, bllt K. O.
and Michiko got to play an unexpected game
of15 questions:
1) Give me a brief two-word description of
leu,
K: Love and happiness
M: World domination
K & M: And Aaron would call it "classic rock".
2) Bruce Lee versus Jackie Olan. Who wins?
K& M: Oh , Bruce Lee for sure. But we have the
highest regard for Jackie Chan.
3) What are your musical influences?
K: This Japanese band that isn't around
anymore, but they were called Asteroid Desert
System.
M: Herbie Hancock and late·60·s Miles Davis
K&M: But we're all really into the Art Ensemble
of Chicago. They are these four guys and they
all play like ten instruments a piece.
4) Recently I've been feeling like I have
appendicitis. What should I be worried about?
K: (excuses himself to get another drink.)
M: Do you have health insurance? If not, I'd
be worried about money.
5) Boone's Farm Wine, Mad Dog 20/20, or
Thunderbird?
K: Mad
Th sell it at Thekla.
JClO.Der
15, 1998
M: Boone's. Especially the strawberry flavored .
I drank it when I was younger.
6) What does leu mean?
K&M: It means "to go" in Japanese,
7) Use the phrase ·can of whoop-ass" in a
sentence.
K: My ex·roommate sa id "Shut up or else I'll
open up a can of whoop·ass 011 you ."
M: Hey Marcy (the bartender), will you gel me
another can of whoop· ass?
8) Free association
a) "lndividual·M: purple
b) "Catastrophe" . K: Jesus
c) "United"· K: (answering for Aaron) Hairlinc
9) Why does Olympia seem to produce so
many cutting-edge bands?
K: The climate here is to encourage people to
experiment.
M: You don't have to worry abo ut being
judged.
10) Booty or straight booty?
a) Four months of rain- K: Booly, M: Straighl
Booty
b) <rime and Punishment (the television
movie) - K: Straight booty, M: No opinion,
c) Hanson (the band) - K: Two thumbs lip, M:
Booty
11) Would you rather watch your girlfriend or
your mother in a porno?
K: I think you've already been affected by
Evergreen.
M: I'd rather watch my girlfriend. My mother?
That's disgusting.
12) Is your music the wave of the future?
K: It's hard to tell. The whole point is not
knowing the future. It's all an ongoing cycle of
experimentation.
M: So many bands inJapan are doing this same
thing that it isn't really a matter of being th e
wave of the future anymore.
13) Sigmund Freud said that neuroticism
stemmed from the need to compromise.
Should we as humans stop dealing with one
another or just buy more Prozac?
K: I don't put much stock in the words ofFrelid.
M: I'd say that we should stop dealing with one
another.
14) Rock 'n' roll ain't noise pollution; agree or
disagree?
K: Oh, rock 'n' roll is evil. It makes people do
bad things: Satanism. bestiality, stufflike that.
See ICU on
page 16
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Tales of a Punk Rock Nothing
Urban Legend is an absolute Scream
by Jen Blackford
Staff writer
"This really did happen to a friend of a
friend in Idaho. She saw a movie that seemed
vaguely iam ili ar and thought it would be
horrible, but then it proved to be an effective
'slasher' movie th at was terrifying and darkly
comic at times."
Unlike most urban lege nd s, this one
happens to be true. The movie was Urban
Legendand the thrills were genuine.
Most of these stories start out this way.
At one point, there probably was a killer hiding
in a backseat. or a rat in some fried chicken.
But like much offo lklore. the story mutated to
fit current issues. There is a kidney-stealing
ring that drugs strangers who wake up in
bathtubs with missing orgam to reflect fears
of health care. There is a mysterious woman
who gives men AIDS after going to bed with
them. to echo worries about sexually
transmitted diseases. There is even a storl' of a
little boy on a cerea l box who mixes Pop Rocks
and cola. to show popular myths of junk food
and internal exp losion. And all these stories
seem vag uely familiar to American culture.
Many people know a fr iend of a friend or
someone's relative whom thev ca n at tribute an
urban legend.
.
I co uld also swear t hl' plot of Urba n
Legendhappened before. A hooded psychotic
murders college students on campus while the brought up is the reporting of campus crime.
police and the college administration are In Urban Legend Paul is a crusading campus
helpless to stop him/her. Then there is a hip reporter determined to reveal what the
young cast from various television shows and administration conceals. His works are
commercials (Jared Leto. Alicia Wilt, Rebecca constantly undermined by the Dean and others
Gay heart. Michael Rosen baum, Joshua who end up costing him his articles and finally
Jackson), sadistic methods of murder his job. Because of the lack of knowledge on
(according to various legends), and references the part ofthe students about what is occurring
to popular
on
their
adolescent
belov ed
c ulture
campus,
(Dawso n 's
several are
Cree k,
horribly
Noxzema.
murdered by
Pop Rocb).
the end . If
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onl y they had
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de tails to
Blotter. their
distinguish
lives might
thi s movie
have
been
fr om all the
saved.
other teen
It also
horror flicks.
discussed th e
Almost all of
ge nerati on
the cas t is
Pho to co u rT esy or Tr l- Star Pictures
gap. Natalie,
~u~pec ted of being the murderer at any given
played by Witt, represents the yo un ger
point during the movie . and there are (,nough students who know that there is so mething
red herrings to give this movie suspense. To wrong. The older establishment. consisting of
paraphrase Leto's character, Paul. "If this was th e faculty, deans, and police, dismiss the
an urban legend. then there should be a twist." claims of missing students and dead bodies,
One disturbing thought this movie preferring, rather, to blame these "irrational"
by Ray Ayer
Contributing writer
fears on previous reckless behavior in high
school. sexual activity, and keggers. The times
are changing and they do not understand the
newer mythology in urban legend. In this space
between leaders and students lies a hole
through which all the murders happen ,
indicating that if communication had been
effectively used, students would be less likely
to end up hacked to death by an axe in their
car.
Besides these moral issues, this movie is
fairly effective in humor as well as terror. The
cast is competent as students dealing both with
staying alive and making their mark on the
wo rld through their own merit , not with their
mutilated bodies. Robert Englund, better
known as "Freddy" from the Nightmare On
Elm Street movies. makes a great cameo as a
professor on urban legends. a class that kicks
off the killing spree.
I liked this movie lor the fa ct that it didn't
treat me like a complete idiot like so many of
it s predecessors. Urban Legend falls
somewhere in between th e inventiveness of
Halloweell and Distllrbing Behavior's
monotony. The dialogue did sink into sheer
absurdity and much of the film followed a
predictability. But for the ethical implications
it inspired in me. as well as a few surprises it
threw in , it's worth seeing as an example of the
new breed of horror films.
Finding out my woodshop proficiency
wasn't going to happen, I realized I had a great
alternative to doing homework at 2 p.m. on
Wednesday, Oct. 14, going to hear a punk rock
reading. Hopping on my bike I zipped over to
the CAB bookstore hopeing that I wasn't late.
Silly me, the combination of punk rock and
Evergreen guaranteed that the reading couldn't
possibly be on time. Helping to round up
people on Red Square, Jamie Schweser (the
author) and I collected about seven people,
headed inside, and talked about Do It Yourself
(DIY) publishing. As it turned out. one person
present was thanked in the book and through
much conversation found out they had met
before, and two had stayed in a punkhouse
Schweser described.
Schweser told us how the whole thing got
started, how he and his co-author originally
wanted to do the book as a 'zinc. but by three
weeks and 75 pages, they decided to go all the
way and make a real book. "We thought it
would be a fun way to make a lot of money.
We were putting it out just as Gree n Day and
TrainspattinfJ were getting popular. We
thought it would it would be brilliant if we were
Marilyn Frasca waxes eloquent on painting
by Jimmy Cropsey
Staff wri ter
(Marilyn Frasca is currently teaching in Other
Bodies. Other Minds.)
On Oct. 8, 1998, Marilyn Frasca spoke to
a packed reci tal hall. The show was so packed.
that people arrivingjust before and during the
show were sent to view the show by live video
feed in an adjacent room. (It took a while for
the feed to co me throu~h due to tec hnical
difficu lti es. but with modern technology a
technician was able to plug a T\, into the wa ll
and bring lip th e lecture vi;lcahle!)
Some of Frasca's earlier worb were tn
eXJ lIline the eilloti ons that shl' felt as 3 teen.
Th is wa .' approximately aroll nd the tllne thaI
,he was taught bl' two dilferent women art
in\tructors. bo th Important for her because
,la' was belllg exposed to wOlllen role Illodels
I:' was rare III that era lor ill strllctors to be
\\l' men) . She th en moved Oil to exa mille her
( .It holir upbrin ging. producing mJny
1'; 1111 1ings of popes. Frasca expla ined. "I rI was
going to paint about ... [Catholicism ], why not
go straight to the top! " aIle of these paintings
was a gift to an elder relative who cherished the
painting and ingeniously mounted it by nailinf{
it to the wall. After the popes, she moved on
to examine her own identity in her works.
Frasca moved to New Hampshire where
sOllle stlldents helped her build her own house
that had a tree goi ng throllgh the middle of it.
Sometime around then ~he started to paint
lIlicroscopic creatures that she made up. and
then go to the lab to look for them IlIlder the
IllIuoscope. Decid ing she was done with
represen tational paintings, combined with her
trving to move awav from th e perhaps
~lIb('o nsci o lis feding of ne('din,l! to impre~s
former instructors ,(causing her to abandon
using paint brush es for many v('ars), ~he
('volwd inl o her exam inin g textures and light.
When Frasca moved to the :-\orth west.
she was overcome by the water. ali t in the lIlud
Ilats the water wOlild be there. and then dur ing
a different part of the day, it wou ld be go ne. At
one point. she saw some wires going from pole
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to pole through the trees, and all the wires were
different colors. She understood that th is
must have been meant for her, so she got out
her camera and followed the wires until she
came upon a crew that was putting the wires
up (she explained to them the brilliance of their
plan . but the crew may have misunderstood
her). For her fiftieth birthday she was taken
to Turkey where she was exposed to wearing
clothing that she wasn't used to. She was also
exposed to the incredible patterns exhibited in
the Turkish art works and Mosques. inspiring
her to take classes in mathematics and
geometry upon her return.
rrasca went on a sabbatical recentlv. and
,he had been looking forward to all th~ time
she wO lild have to work intensrlv on her own
proJects. However. in the first couple of days,
inspira tion \\'a~ nowhere to be lound. On the
th ird day of her do ing nothing towards making
art ..she blew Ollt a cand le with the Virgin Mary
painted on it, and threw the melted wax onto
a piece of cardboard. Some time after the wax
hardened she noticed the way that it looked like
a picture. It was a picture! She found her
inspiration for the works that are now on
display in the gallery in the library.
What can be astonishing about the works
is that Frasca never took formal classes on how
to make paintings with wax. It was mostly
experimentation; trial and error mixed with a
few helpful hints from her peers developed her
work. She did stuff like go over them with a
heat gun to adhere the wax to the canvas, and
she would often have to work with preheated
too ls!
If one views the wax pa intings. what are
the ir tirst impressions compared with their
later ones? Do the colors blending or being
se parate create different textures ? Does
suprising amounts of detail come out of any of
them'! What are the emotions experienced
Irom the viewing?
If anyone wants to check out this exh ibit,
it is being displayed until Oct. 30 in the ga llery
on the second floor of the library.
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able to get onto th e shelves of huge chainbookstores a book about how to shoplift from
huge-chain bookstores," said Schweser. After
realizing no one was going to publish it, the
two decided to self-publish and distribute it by
driving across America. The plan was to "stop
in each town, ask where all the kids with green
hair and noise rings hung out" and park
around the corner from the club or cafe so the
kids wouldn't see them in their mom's nice
Corolla.
Schweser then read a few sections out of
his book. The book, as Schweser said himself,
"is really just a punk rock primer." It is a novel
about "Riot Grrl strippers, militant vegans,
and manifesto writing shoplifters in the DC
punk scene." It is told entirely through a "post
modern second-multiple person narrative,"
meaning it looks like a compilation of your
typical 'zine, journal entries, and letters. For
someone like me who's traveled in that scene
and wrote many of those typical 'zines and
letters, it helped triggered memories of my own
adventures and feelings.
I like the book, and I also like Jamie. I
highly recommend buying this book if you are:
a) ignorant about punk rock. b) you are a bitter
indie rocker wishing to reminisce about your
punk roots, or c) you need bathroom reading
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October 15, 1998
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Horoscopes
by Allyssa Fountain and E.
Clevenger
Contributing writers
UBRA (September 23-October 22)
Fortune will come to you in a barn. Don't
look a gift horse in the mouth. Your indecisive
nature will disrupt the balance this week.
If you were a food you would be: an oyster
shooter
Forecast for the week: 4 geoducks
SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)
While in line at the local Safeway the
register chick reminded me .. a lady can only
carry so much liquor." Moderation is the key
this week, Scorpio. Don't over do it.
If you were a food you would be: Tabasco
sauce
Forecast for the week: 1 geoducks
SAGITfARIUS (November 22-December 21)
For all you students stressing about how
you're going to cover your plethora of expenses
this year- buck upl Wal·Mart does offer a
number of scholarships. There is a beacon of
light in this otherwise dark world.
If you were a food you would be :
gazpacho
Forecast for the week: 2 geoducks
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 19)
A bus keeps 280 cars off the road a day.
Your crazy driving keeps the rest orus off the
road all the time. Beware of how your actions
affect other people this week.
If you were a food Y0U would be: beef
jerky
Forecast for the week: 3 geoducks
AQUARIUS Oanuary 20- February 18)
All those years of smoking a pack a day
and drinking whiskey will payoff. The
combined chemicals will create a cologne
guaranteed to attract that hottie in your class.
If you were a food you would be: a
hamburger
Forecast for the week: 4 geoducks
PISCES (February 19- March 20)
Recently you may have become an idol in
your roommate's eyes. Don't get distressed by
the huge picture of yourself on the wall. Only
when you replace the Budweiser plaque will
there be cause for concern.
If you were a food you would be: whipped
cream
Forecast for the week: 1 geoduck
ARIES (March21-AprilI9)
To avoid head injuries this week, use thick
ropes when engaging in bondage games.
Check your mate for unexplained bruises.
[f you were a food you would be: a
pomegranate
Forecast for the week: 2 geoducks
TAURUS (April 20- May 20)
[n order to make Shirley Temple cry, the
directors would pinch her and take away her
dolls. Resist the urge to resort to evil tricks this
week and instead use other tactics to get what
YOII want.
[f you were a food you would be: creamed
corn
Foreca~t for the week: 3 geoducks
GEMINI (May 21- June 20)
Did you know that yak's milk is pink?
Shocking, yes, but not as shocking as the
information you'll be gaining this week. Get
both sides of the story before acting.
[f you were a food you would be: Kraft
singles
Forecast for the week: 1 geoduck
CANCER(June 21-July 22)
Your parents told you to share. On
Sesame Street, Ernie told you to share. But in
the immortal words of Yoda, "you must
unlearn what you have learned." Don't take
candy from strangers.
If you were a food you would be: egg salad
Forecast for the week: 2 geoducks
LEO Ouly23-August 22)
Former Ginger Spice is a Leo. Madonna
is a Leo. The waiter at Denny's is a Leo.
Competition is all around this week, don't let
your pride get in the way.
If you were a food you would be : chicken
pot pie
Forecast for the week: 4 geoducks
leu
continued from page 13
By Aaron Cansler
M: Yeah, bad things happen when people listen
to rock 'n' roll. It'll make you kill dogs or people
and rob convenience stores. It'll make you
masturbate.
15) What is the next step for leu?
K: Getting another drink. (He arises and
leaves.)
M: Putting my left foot forward is the next step.
Their compact disc, chotto matte a
Moment! is in stores right now. leu plays live
at Thekla at 9pm with the Cold Rice Crew (AKA
the Make-Up) on 116 East Fifth Street
Thursday, Oct. 15 (21+ Sorry kids, get that fake
on the presses,) Spam haters need not come,
but everyone else who wants to kill dogs and
hail Satan should bring themselves down for a
guaranteed joyous evening.
VIRGO (August 23-September 23)
Your life is like sleeping with an ex. It's
habitual. You don't have to work for it and it's
always there. New isn't always bad, Virgo.
Think about it.
[f you were a food you would be: a squash
Forecast for the week: 3 geoducks
GEODUCK SCALE:
1 GEODUCK- HIGHLIGHT OF THE WEEK
[NCLUDES HOURS SPENT [N THE
LAUNDRY ROOM.
2 GEODUCK·SOC[Al-I NTERACT[ONS
INCLUDE FRICTION WITH WALLS
AND CHAIRS.
3 GEODUCK-GRAB YOUR JACKET AND
HIPSTER SHOES· YOUR HEADED
OUT.
4 GEODUCK- AHOY! THE SEEDS OF
SPRING HAVE BEEN PLANTED!
What's going on in
TESC' and Oly life
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Today, I woke up and felt
like this guy above.
Things just weren't goin'
right. But you know
what? I realized that
today is not just another
day to be wasted and
thrown down the
proverbial gutter, today is
the day that I work on the
CPl Calendar! And
though that didn't do
much for my mood,
maybe it can bring some
happiness to your big-ass
ant kinda days.
·CPJ·
needs your
HELP!
(PJ is always seeking
students interested in
what's going down.
10-15
Thursday
12 p.m. Dolores Huerta
discussing the current
status of the United Farm
Workers (UFW)
Evergreen Library Lobby,
8 p.m. Betsie Grace,
original acoustic music.
Burrito Heaven, 2103
Harrison Ave, Oly
What is it? All colleges and universities are reaccredited once every 10 years by their regional accrediting agency. For the past two years
E\'ergreen has been preparing a se lf-study that examines every part of the co llege.
Why should we care? Accreditation <lssures the public (and future employers) that an Evergreen education meets certain external
and allows Evergreen students to receive federal financial aid.
What's happening next week? A team of IS visitors from other colleges will be on campus interviewing faculty , staff, and students,
~peaking
info rmally with individuals and looking into every aspect of the college.
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Monday from 2: 30- 3: 30 pm in Library 4300
the y will hold a public hearing
Tuesday from 3 :00 - 4:00 pm in Library 4300
the y willlllcet with interested persons to discuss library computing and media services
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they will
Wednesday at 10:30 am in the Library Lobby
hold an exit interview where they will share their conclusions and recommendations.
How will we know who they are? They will be well dressed and they will have name tags.
What can we do? Look at the self study, available on reserve in the Library or on the college website (eIJergreen.eduluserlse/fstudy/) .
Talk to the
visitor~
about your Evergreen experience . Attend the public meetings.
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you bring a good book.
10-19 Monday
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8 p.m. Musical Mischief.
Rock History. Burrito
Heaven.
To submit to the
Cooper Point
Journal's Calendar page: Bring
your item to CAB ,
: 316 by 4 p.m. on
Mondays, at the
latest. **
8 p,m, Nomadic Root.
Reggae. Burrito Heaven,
2103 Harrison Ave
7 p.m. Candlelight Vigil
for Matt Shepard.
Sylvester Park.
10-17 Saturday*
If I could be serious for a
10 a.m. to I p.m. Chiapas: minute, I'd like to point
out that today is a very
A Day For Democracy.
Music from Latin America, important day. A day
Informative Speakers, and a shrouded in mystery. A
day that most people are
Giant Puppet Parade to
completely unaware of.
Deliver Letters of support
Today is, "Protect Your
for the people of Chiapas,
Babies From Giant
Mexico
Mosquitoes Day." You
see, instances of giant
8 p.m. Mac Daddy Mama.
mosquitoes stealing babies
Acoustic music. Burrito
Heaven, 2103 Harrison Ave. have been on the rise
lately, and someone is
trying to cover it up. Do
not worry, I will bring you
the truth.
7:30 p.m, Stars of the
Shanghai Acrobatic
3 p.m. The Evergreen
Theatre. Amazing acts of
Political Information
balance and breathtaking
Center (EPIC) meets every
feats of strength!
Washington Center For The Monday in CAB 110
Performing Arts, $21-24
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
general.
Evergreen Students for
Christ Meeting. (Weekly)
Hmm,
would
This week's episode:
look at
Speaker Stacey lutila
that?
gives a talk on Biblical
Flowers,
Justice.
how nice.
10-18 Sunday
A tiny
repneve
amongst all
this madness. You
should smell
these .
Cooper Point Juornal
10-20 Tuesday
Have you ever had the
following experience')
Have you ever been alone
by yourself at night,
cuddled up in a big plush
blanket, watching "Swing
Kids" for the 47th time ,
and yet, still crying like a
baby w hen the final scene
rolls around and that cute
little boy is yelling
"Swing Heil! Swing Heil,
Peter!"? Has this
happened to you? If yes,
then perhaps you'd like to
go to the event below.
(Or, if you just like to
dance.)***
8 p.m. The Evergreen
Swing Club- Lesson and
informal dance-till-youdrop session. Lib 4300
*Have you ever seen an ambulance being towed by a towtruck? I haven't, but I knew this
one elf-looking type girl that
did .... (she seemed pretty cool.)
**If you do not like this page .
then I highly reccomend that you
bring in more items for the
calendar, because otherwise, I
am forced to do filler stuff like
this, and it makes me sad .
*** Did you know that if you
rearrange the letters in the
phrase 'The Morse Code" , you
can make " Here comt: dots"
Hmmm ...
And Remember:
Rod sez: "Have fun kids."
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