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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 28, Issue 21 (April 16, 1998)
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Did you catch a glimpse of the Easter Bunny? If you were walking by U-dorm
Wednesday, you might have. See the Calendar on page 13 for more of the .
infamous rodentlike lagomorph mammal.
THE
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Seminar II
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site set
by Hillary Rossi
Staff writer
You're killing your soul all tor nothing. You said you've changed your ways but you're bluffing
You want to be the fool? That's what I see. You got to come to terms with reality.
Lying to yourself every day won't make your nightmares go away.
You've got to do your best with the hand you're dealt. Co something good for yourself;
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're just getting by, selling out your soul, still getting high.
how the truth cuts like a knife?
W~IUUl~ Why don't you be good to yourself?
of him and how you're treated.
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addiction. Youve ,got to get your fix--you're on a mission.
. means you spe*q.\Jr last dime, you've got to feel that high onf,! more time.
yourself everypa ·::., .• t;s' okay", but wiser people see the games you play.
ffiti~tfWa~t~:t~"b'~",:~~lD@.t,ilet?lost soul. Can't let your life go and lose control.
u ........ way.:-you've got to make it. The soul you own is yours. Con't let the demons take it.
It you let them win they're going to drag you down. I n a sea of sorrow you're bound to drown.
Please don't be afraid to ask for help. It could be how you help yourself.
Somehow you don't see all the love flowing. Getting through each day, but don't know where you're going.
You could be doing good or bad without even knowing. For your own sake check on the seeds you're sowing
Co you bring yourself success or defeat? Are you living God's way or the way of the street?
Have a posative effect on everybody else: Co something good for yourself.
Students who still think Seminar II will be built by
Seminar I need to learn to say goodbye. Say goodbye to the
wooded area between C-Iot and the CAB, which is now the
new projected site for Seminar II.
According to a pre-design report sent to campus
architect Rino BaIatbat by Evergreen's architectural
consultants, the Mahlum Architects, the site between the
CAB and C·lot won from five pOSSible locations around
campus,
The committee who decided Seminar II's location was
made up of Evergreen staff and administrators. They held
meetings with the Mahlum Architects and the Evergreen
community about what goals existed for the building. From
the goals, the committee made a decision about where the
building was to be.
There are several reasons the location was chosen,
For one, it will be close to Red Square and the center of
campus. The committee said that it will integrate the
students who are studying in different disciplines, such as
environmental science students mingling with theater
students.
The committee also hopes Seminar II, in that location,
will integrate students and staff and faculty, In the building
plans in the report are sketches for labs, lecture halls and
spaces for student activities, making room for faculty, staff
and students to frolic and come in contact,
According to the report, the location is closer to
existing food services. The CAB was built to have more
buildings attached onto it (the CAB and Seminar II.
according to the report, will be attached with a second floor
bridge,) The committee also said that because it is so close
to the parking lots, it is more convenient overall, Also, the
site next to Seminar I is too small for the Seminar II building,
which is projected to be about 144,000 square feet, according
to the report.
"I don't think they should put [Seminar III beside the
CAB," third year student Mikayla Wright said. "The CAB is
crowded already, you know, where the bridge will be."
Although Wright does not want the Seminar II
building beside the CAB, she said, "I definitely think that
the labs are far away". perhaps too far. I mean, [Evergreen]
probably needs somethingthat can bring the science people
to the CAB- to get them involved in activities. But is that
really the responsibility of a building? People do have legs.
They do get hungry and come to the deli."
First year student Gray Matthewson is confused about
why it is called Seminar II ifnow the proposed site is next to
the CAB,
"I don't understand why the Seminar II building isn't
going to be next to Seminar I," Matthewson said. "The labs
are next to each other. It'd be weird to see Lab I and II all the
way across campus from each other."
First year student Natasha Bordoff is angry about the
procedure behind changing the location for the building
from beside Seminar I to the wooded area between the CAB
and C-Iot,
"I think the way [the committee and Mahlum
Architects] scheduled the dates [for their meetings deciding
the location for Seminar II] when students, or faculty,
couldn't come - I think that was underhanded," Bordoff
said, "There is no reason why Seminar II couldn't go next to
the Longhouse, It's ridiculous, I think it's totally against the
founding principles of Evergreen. On their own campus
they're proposing to go against the principles of Evergreen,
It's hypocritical, to say the leas!."
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An Evergreen
Pilgrimage
feature story by Greg Skinner, page 6
Housing cost
increase probable
by Hillary Rossi
Staff writer
For $263 a month, Jennifer Birch and Walker Lewis
live together in a two person apartment on campus and can
call it their little corner of the world, They have a tiny
bathroom with an array of nail polishes lined up alongside
the mirror, a small kitchen space facing the television, and
a stack of New York Times helping them climb onto their
two suspended single beds pushed together to make one
double bed. Every night, they can watch Mad About You
on their cable Lv. as they eat dinner. Every morning, they
can watch the sun rise in their huge, triangle shaped
windows made for their slanted ceilings. They study and
contemplate in their tiny room, lovingly laden with Ani
DiFranco posters, mythology and astrology books, and
multi colored Christmas lights,
But next year Jennifer and Walker may not be so lucky,
Housing director Mike Segawa last week warned the Board of
Trustees that the price for students to live in the dorms may
have to go up next fall due to unexpected financial mishaps this
spring. These financial problems were discovered a week before
the start of Spring Quarter 1998, Segawa said,
One of the unanticipated financial problems is that two
groups of people that usually stay at Evergreen for summer
conferences canceled. The EF Foundation's summer program
and an arts and crafts group for young people called Pac Rim
canceled after coming to Evergreen for 20 years. Most of the
money received from these two conferences went to Housing,
Segawa said ,
The other reason for the increase is that more students
left to study abroad this spring than ever before. Ten thousand
dollars worth of students (between 50 to 60 students) left their
year-long Housing contracts at the beginning of Spring Quarter
to pursue foreign study, Because the students left for academic
purposes, they cannot be forced to pay on their Housing
contracts, Segawa said.
"Housing should have to take
responsibility. We shouldn't have
to pay for their contracts."
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Walker Lewis
Segawa projects that the increase will be 2,5% per quarter.
l[jennifer and Walker stay in their two person apartment next
year, they will have to pay $269.59 per month. Combine that
with the $15 increase effective next year that was already passed
by the trustees last spring for the cable, ethernet access and
phone service, and the total is $274.59 for the same two person
apartment. In the fall of 1999, the Housing fee will go up again
$10 as part of the hike for cable, ethernet access and phone
service.
"Next year will definitely be my last year in Housing,"
Jennifer said. "Students [studying abroad one or two quarters]
shouldn't get a full year [contract]. They should just get a
quarter contract and extend as need be."
That's what Jennifer is doing next year. She is hoping to
go to Ireland for Winter alld Spring Quarters next year to study,
but will not know for sure until November or December 1998.
So she and Walker are planning on getting an apartment 011
campus for only one quarter. When she leaves, Walker will go
to reduced occupancy, paying a little bit more to keep the
apartment all to himself.
However, Walker cannot afford more than $300 per
month. Since next year, he andJennifer want to live in a roomier,
and subsequently more expensive apartment, Walker might 1101
be able to afford living there all by himself.
"Now, that's just not fair that we should have to pay for
[students studying abroad]." Walker said, "Housing should
have to take responsibility, We shouldn't have to pay for their
contracts,"
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Here's next year's S&A coordinator
by Jennifer Koogler
Editor in chief
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This year, KAOS student program
director Ruth Brownstein spends her time
working with over a hundred volunteer
programmers, reviewing shows off the satellite,
and about a hundred other things involved
with running a radio station.
Next year, she'll be the head of the group
that decides how your student activities funds are
spent. Brownstein, a third year student, was hired
at the end of Winter Quarter by Student Activities
to be the coordinator for the '98- '99 S&A Board.
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A crudely constructed
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button; and a hole
where the power
button would be. A
brightly colored image
glares from the mossy
den. Does it call this
Last week, we took a closer 'ODk at ••
The new Housing Community
Center fumiture.
Chuck McKinney got the idea of having geoducks
carved in the arms of all the new chairs after
seeing a sample piece with Stanford's logo carved
in it. He and Barbara Crossland researched
previously published Evergreen logos before
deciding on one of the older images. It didn't cost
anything extra to have the geoducks engraved .
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With its budget being charged ove r
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half of its current annual goods and services
budget), members of UMOjA . Evergreen 's
African·American student group, have suffered
much stress and lo ss around budge t and
liability issues. Fall quarter of this year. UMOj A
paid for an accident involving a motor pool
vehicle during a First People's field trip, and
most recently had its budget completely wiped
out to pay for damages that accrued after an
S&A sponsored concert. These losses are both
an emotional and a financial blow to a group
that has had to operat e this year with an
HOUSING
continued from cover
Segawa said that while Housing tries to
communicate with the academ ic parts of
Evergreen . Housing was blindsided by th e
surge of students that left town this spring for
study. They usually get about ten students who
study abroad Spring Quarter and didn't expect
this year to be any different, Segawa said.
"We do usually talk to academics. we just
didn't talk about this," Segawa said.
Walker is upset that Housing may put
dorm dwelling students in this position , but
jennifer is upset that their paychecks and
financial aid have not been adjusted to meet
with th e Hou sing increase. Both she and
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the Cooper Point Journal
carry long distance calls over the Internet. This
is an area of particular interest, since ISPs are
not subject to "access charges" like long
Spring is an exciting time , both at distance carriers are. When you place a regular
Evergreen and in the Internet industry. One long distance call , about five cents per minute
of the biggest events of the year on the Internet of the toll charge you pay goes to the local
is IS»CON, which was held in Baltimore this phone companies where your call originates
year. ISPCON is a three day long event where and where it terminates. So if you call
the "movers and shakers" in the industry meet, Baltimore from Olympia using AT&T, five
and many new products are introduced. This cents per minute of what AT&T charges you
year it was held in
___________
get split between US
West and Bell Atlantic.
Baltimore.
The first day of a
Overall, ISPCON is a
The Int ernet is not
convention. as
I useful exercise. It brings
subject to access
discovered, nothing
together the most
charges. This is why
much happens. There
you can buy unlimited
were no sessions
influential people on
Internet access for
the Internet to discuss
around $19.95 per
scheduled; instead,
the Internet's biggest
month, regardless of
everyone registered,
bl
d
whether
you're
and around 3 p.m .. the
pro ems ... an
transmitting data next
exhibition hall opened.
Every "established"
opportunities.
door or to China. Other
name in the Internet
vendors demonstrated
industry was there their technologies, but
. 3com, Cisco, Sun, and Rockwell to name only Israel-based VocalTec has a big head start.
a few. Additionally, the door prize was While the VocalTec technology does not
displayed: a 1997 Humvee. It was sponsored require either the person placing or receiving
by several exhibitors and the sponsor of the an Internet long distance call to have a
computer, most other technologies require the
convention, and cost a mere $67,000.
No expense was spared by either the person placing the call to do so through a
con vention organizers or the exhibiting computer microphone.
companies. One company sponsored an
Meanwhile, the FCC was holding a
espresso room (all the free espresso you could "b.reak-out" session to discuss the implications
drink and all the free pastries you could eat), of this technology. Internet Service Providers
and the convention provided food and are exempt from the "access charges" that long
beverages throughout the day. At a cost of distance carriers pay because the traffic is data,
several thousand dollars, a very fast Internet not voice. And per·minute charges are a very
connection was brought in , and Internet large portion of phone company revenues.
Phone companies are asking the FCC to impose
terminals were set up everywhere.
On the second day, VocalTec took the the "access charge" system on Internet Service
spotlight. They introduced a product which Providers, and the development of long
allows Internet Service Providers (lSPs) to distance calling over the Internet might give
by Robert Walker
Contributing writer
Walker work for the school.
"All of my Stafford Loan goes towards
Housing already," jennifer said. "Housing costs
more than tuition anyway. Financial aid has
stayed the same. the hours we work has stayed
the sarIl.e. Nothing has changed except for
Housing."
Segawa said that the Housing increase is
not ye t a sure thin g. Th e Hou sin g
administration is looking for ways to make up
for the unexpected losses and not charging
students. either by generatin g revenue or
cutting expenses.
If a Housing increase is what is necessary,
the Board ofTrustees will vote on it at their May
13 meeting.
"The Housing increase may not be a lot."
Walker said. "but what about the next year. and
the next?"
Staff Writers' Hillary Rossi
Staff Photographer.' Sam Trechter
Letters and Opinions Editor: Lauren Adams
Copy Editors' Selene Alice & Suzanne Skaar
Comics Page Editor. Dan Scholz
Temp Calendar Editors Leigh Cullen and Kim Nguyen
Newsbriefs Editor: Mat Probasco
Seepage Editor. David Simpson
Security Blotter Editor: John Evans
Systems Manager.·Tak Kendrick
Layout Editors: Tak Kendrick & Kim Nguyen
Photo Editor ' Greg Skinner
Features Editor. Michelle Snyder
Arts &Entertainment Editor: Ethan Jones
Managing Editor. Leigh Cullen
Editor in Chief: Jennifer Koogler
Gerrodette
Circulation Manager. Cristin Carr
Distribution Manager: Peter Berkley
Ad Proofer: Maya Kurtz
Advisor: Dianne Conrad
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group that sees to it all the student groups' .~
needs are taken seriously.
10 prepare tor next year;she's attf'n.~Pcrc)I--------::
a few meetings of the Board to hear groups' .L
budget proposals. She also meets regularly ~
with this year 's coordinator, Radha '0
Sosienski.
Brownstein hopes that next year she and :0
the Board can get more students involved in 8
groups on campus and in how their funds are
spent. "The Board should be serving for them,
it's not an elitist position ." She would like
students to see how their peers are using their Not only can Ruth ski, she'l l be your
money to enhance our lives at Evergreen.
S&A Board coordinator next year.
ISPCON spotlights Internet developments
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already shrunken account. having clos e to
$4000 taken away from last year's budget.
When you consider the many examples of
inconsistancies and exceptions to enforcement
of these policies, this latest event not only
affects the pockets of this highly active
organization, it raises curiosities and concerns
about Evergreen 's commitment to fairness and
communication as outlined in its own social
contract. This week, UMOjA will be asking the
S&A Board for limited funding to continue ib
spring operations, and on Monday, April 20
at 4:15 p.m .. UMOjA will be going before the
S&A Board to present its '98 - '99 annual
budget. This funding is essential for UMOjA's
ability to continue to sponsor events and
entertainment for students on this campus.
Umoja has strived to create cross-cultural
exchanges by working closely with a variety of
student groups and student services. UMOjA
would appreciate support during this process
by writing letters of support or attending the
board hearing held in CAB 315.
"I felt like after this year, I could handle
it. The experiences I've had coordinating
volonteers woulcl, ransferfllemselves over,"
Brownstein said as to why she applied for the
job. She wanted to have a position on campus
with responsibility and that would fit in with
her plans for the future. Brownstein wants to
apply for management positions in the media
world after graduation. "I feel like I have a
responsibility as a woman ofcolor to have these
positions and succeed at them if! can ."
Brownstein identifies herself as "a black
jewish lesbian very dedicated to diversity."
Next year, she wants the Board to be a diverse
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new ammunition to their cause.
Of course. long distance calling over the
Internet isn't really ready for prime time
because the Internet is largely too slow. Several
sessions throughout ISPCON addressed the all·
too-familiar World Wide Wait and how to
eliminate performance bottlenecks. Everyone
seemed to have a solution. Hardware and
backbone providers said "more bandwidth."
but operators of Network Access Points (where
Internet traffic is exchanged) disagreed-they
pointed out that with more bandwidth comes
more packet collision, creating a "law of
diminishing returns ." Their solution, of
course, was to build more Network Access
Points. Unix programmers suggested
optimizing the Internet protocols BGP and
TCP/IP for performance, which not
surprisingly would involve a lot of Unix
programming.
And along the lines of performance,
everyone was concerned with "spam," the
unsolicited junk which shows up in everyone's
e·mail and bogs down the servers of Internet
Service Providers. The developer of
"sendmail," the program which (you might
have guessed) sends Internet e-mail, released
a new beta version which will largely thwart
spam in the future. There are several "spam
management" features, including turning off
relay (which allowsspammers to bounce e-mail
through other people's servers), requiring a
"checksum" for each message (which is no
problem with normal e-mail volumes, but will
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exploited by spammers. With this new release.
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hair regrowth. and other similar scams should
end.
Then things got surreal. A company
called NeoPlanet, which released a weird piece
of software (it's a thing that adds a bunch of
buttons to Microsoft Internet Explorer). rented
the entire National Aquarium (which is HUGE)
and threw an insane party. There were free
wetbars every 60 feet. Try to envision a mixture
of Unix geeks, Internet Service Providers in T·
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shirts. jeans and g'lasses, and middle·aged
balding corporate executi ves with their grayin g.
wrinkled wives all getting totally pla stered .
Th e surreal element continu ed into the
following da y. jack Ri ckard , publisher of
Bo ard wa tch Magazin e and organi ze r of
ISP CON. gave a speec h entitl ed "Karl
Denninger is Not Here." In about half an hour.
Rickard explained that Karl Denninger was,
well. not there. Denninger runs an ISP called
MCS.NET in Chicago, and has a reputation in
the Internet community for being eccentric.
When an article with which Denninger
disagreed ran in Boardwatch Magazine, he
announced a boycott ofISPCON. This boycott
was ignored throughout the Internet
community, but Rickard felt compelled to
address it and defend the article. The speech
ended with yet more liquor; Rickard bought
martinis for everyone in attendance and
proposed a toast to Denninger.
At the end of the last day, the FCC ended
ISPCON on a very positive note for schools and
libraries . A $2.5 billion fund has been
established to help defray the expenses of
school and library Internet access. ISPs were
introduced to the process for obtaining a
Service Provider Identification Number, .
warned not to offer rebates to participating
schools and libraries, and an impromptu and heated - discussion arose as to whether
ISPs should be required to schools and
libraries, and an impromptu - and heateddiscussion arose as to whether ISPs should be
required to contribute to the Universal Service
Fund (which pays for the Schools and Libraries
fund) . When asked about the possibility of
censorship in schools and libraries, the FCC
stated that they have no official position, but
it is likely that if"filtering" software is required.
that "string" will be attached to fundin g.
Ultimately, it will be up to the courts to decide
if "universa l" servic e mea ns "un ce nsored"
service.
Overall. ISPCON is a u~eful exercise. It
brings together the most influential people on
the Internet to discuss the Internet's biggest
problems ... and opportunities.
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Same sex domestic assult discussed
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A tOpIC often overlooked IS sexual assaultand domestic vIOlence m same-sex relatlOnsllips.
On April 22 hom noon to 1 p.m. in The Evergreen State College Library lobby, AABL (Advocate
for Abuse and Battered Lesbians) will be giving a workshop for those students interested in
issues surrounding sexual assault and domestic violence in same sex relationships. This workshop
is open to everyone and promises to be informative. The event is sponsored by S.H .A.P.E. (Sexual
Harassment and Assault Prevention and Education).
IIPlayback Theater"
plays TESe
Did some one say
"Schooner?"
The Heart Spark le Players' "Playback
Theater" will appear one night only Tuesday,
April 21 at 7 p.m. in CAB 108. Using input from
the audience, the theater troupe will play back
stories of "Surviving and Thriving." Playback
Theater is a great way to work out conflicting
emotions. It's fun and hee with reheshments
provided. The Heart Sparkle Theater is put on
by S.H.A.P.E. (Sexual Harassment and Assault
Prevention and Education).
If you're itching to spend the day on
board a 101-foot schooner, you're in luck.
Olympia Parks, Recreation and Cu ltural
Services Department invites you to sail and
learn all about the 85-year-old Adventuress.
Saturday. April 18 at 1:30 p.m. adults can
board for $30 and kids under 13 for $18. All
ages are welcome but kids under 13 must be
accompanied by an adult. Call 753-8380 if you
have any questions.
Sexual violence
discussed in
performance
Drawing the Shades is a multi-media
performance exploring the facts and emotions
involved with being a survivor of sexua l
violence. The performance begins with unique
stories that strike at the heart of sexual assault.
After a video performance on the straight
forward facts about rape, the floor is open for
discussion. Come to these free performances
April 22 at 3 p.m. and 23 at 7 p.m. in Lecture
Hall l. Presented by S.H.A.P.E. (Sexual
Harassment and Assault Prevention and
Education).
Intern opportunity
If you ever wanted to be an intern at The
Evergreen State College Counseling Center,
now i~ your chance. There are several positions
open to eligible students, but the deadline for
app lications is May 4. For more information
call 866-6000 x6800 or come to the open house
on April 27 hom 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Seminar
2109.
Kids come to work
April 23 is Take Our Daughters to Work
Day. This years' TESC reception will be hosted
by staff in the office of the Vice President for
Student Affairs from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in CAB
1l0. Light refreshments will be offered as well
as the "Know the College Hunt." Prizes will be
given away as participants mingle with staff
and faculty.
Birth control basics
Different methods of birth control work
with varying side effects. Many are seen as
either unnatural or uncomfortable. One
method that is both natural and comfortable
is the Ovu lation Method. A class at The
Evergreen State College one night a week for
four weeks will teach this type of "fertility
awareness." The class begins Tuesday, April28
at 7 p.m. in Library room 2218.
Wednesday was a strange
weather day, wasn't it? The
morning was bright and
sunny, but by midafternoon, the clouds
started to roll in. By
evening, it was nice again,
and it should stay that way
until the weekend, when it
starts to rain allover again.
Many folks took advantage ,
of the window of sun to
participate in outdoor
activities such as ultimate
frisbee, tennis, lounging,
reading, and chatting.
Pictured here are two
adventurous souls climbing
the rock wall on the CRC
wall. SPSCC student Heath
Hodge is up there reaching,
while Evergreen alum
Aaron Loffler holds the line
below.
If you are currently
participating in a shirtless
outdoor activity, contact
the CP J at x6213 and we'll
come join you.
Japanese, Native American, Latino.Jewish, and
Irish traditional stories could be told in one
place? Indeed it is . The Evergreen Ethnic
Student Organization's multi-cultural
storytelling festival will be held on Friday, April
24 and Saturday, April 25 at 6 p.m. in the CAB
lobby. Adm ission is free and a good time is
guaranteed. For more information , contact the
Jewish Cultural Center at 866-6000 x6493.
Legal beagle class
facts
If you're planning for a career in law, on
Wednesday, April 22, Academic planning is
holding a presentation for you. From 1:30 to 3
p.m. have your questions answered in an
informational presentation put on by the good
folks at Academic Planning. All students
considering study or careers in law are strongly
encouraged to attend. If you have questions
contact APEL at x6312.
April 4
0512- A-dorm fire alarm is attributed to "panel trouble." The
panel, hesh off a debate on Washington Week in Review, are
later busted for a botched panty-raid.
0845- F-lot car prowl. Little did the F-Iot thug know that this
was the One Millionth F-lot Car Prowl; he was so startled by
the streamers and confetti that he fled before receiving his
prize- a lifetime supply of dark clothes and lockpicks.
1600- David Wells on call-back for the Campus Utility Plant.
1608- DW I arrest.
April 5
0322- Fire alarm in D-dorm caused by burnt food. Hey, if you
ate at The Midnight Fix and Subterranean Pizza, you wouldn't
need to cook and endanger your fellow residents! (This
commercial endorsement has been purchased by the Ad
Council and does not necessarily reflect the views of the
Security Blotter Editor, CPJ, or TESC as a whole.)
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surprise to some
desirable free agents in the league, and fhe first
draft under his watch was a masterpiece.
General Manager Randy Muel!er and coach
Baseball is not a sport friendly to weekly Dennis Erickson have access to the best talent
publications, as between deadline and press money can buy and, within the limits of the
time, a team may have played four games, but salary cap, are expected to be smart shoppers
it's hard to imagine so much happening for but hardly frugal.
the Seatt le Mariners in the upcoming
Woody Woodward, architect of the
Cleveland series that this article's angle will Mariners as we know them, has his hands tied
seem null and void. At best, they will sow hail by the Nintendo corporation's tight purse
seeds of hope with a couple of impressive strings. Not only was Woodward unable to bid
wins, and at worst, more dirt will be thrown for the services of prime arms like starter
on a season quickly being given up for dead. Darryl Kile or closers Randy Myers and Rod
Surprised, Mariners faithful, by the Beck, he failed to acquire even a single reliever
hanchise worst 3-8 start for a ballistic batting of merit to back up the bats. The unit that blew
order and baseball's most dominating 27 saves last season was considered
pitcher? Are you shocked by the five game "upgraded" by the signing of 40-year-old Tony
losing streak? Horrified by the play of a Fossas and another year together under the
bullpen second only to Colorado in the race wise tutelage of that brilliant pitching guru,
for worst team ERA in the majors?
Nardi Contreras.
I am neither surprised nor shocked,
Fossas has given the team just two and a
though I am admittedly horrified. In fact, I third innings and four earned runs while the
would say that the team's
"new" bullpen is already
stumble from the gates
suffering a cr isis of
prewas
virtually
confidence. In five of their
Why do relief
ordained, so clear were the
eight defeats, the Ms have
pitchers don
off-season indications.
scored at least seven runs,
Mariners colors and their starters staking leads
Sure, it's easy to get
lost in a sea of optimistic
promptly relinquished by
immediately
pre-season hooplah (those
long relievers, set-up men
torpedo their
clever Ms commercials are
and closers alike. Assistant
career averages?
irresistible) and tempted
GM Lee Pelekoudas has
by the mouth-watering
said, "It's a matter of
offensive prognostications
getting them to pitch to
for long balls and stacks of runs on the board, their abilities." Isn't that the job ofthe pitching
but how could anyone really expect the club coach? Why do relief pitchers don Mariners
to take a step forward?
colors and immediately torpedo their career
While the Sea hawks were adding averages? It's as though that compass in the
linebacker Darrin Smith, center Kevin Glover, logo points their best stuffaway hom the plate.
guard Chris Gray, punter JeffFeagles and star
Proven veterans like Jeff Fassero and
tailback Ricky Watters to address their glaring Jamie Moyer probably don't require a great
needs, their baseball brethren quietly signed deal of coaching, but the likes of Bobby Ayala,
David Segui, Glenallen Hill, Bill Swift and Paul Spoljaric and Heath Slocumb are wildly
Tony Fossas with a negligible payroll increase. inconsistent, self-doubting sorts who reqUire
To put that into perspective, the SIGNING education, inspiration, and motivation to
BONUSES, paid up front, for the five perform. Contreras wasn't able to give them
footballers totaled well over ten million what they need and five run leads squandered
dollars, and the only key hee agent departure in the ninth inning are the result. His charges
was promising center Kevin Mawae (replaced blew their first three save opportunities and
immediately by Glover, a former All-Pro) . seem poised to shatter the shameful major
Everyone fully expects the unquestionably league record they set in 1997- most ninth
strengthened club to take another step inning runs allowed in one season, ever.
forward towards championship caliber. The
It was naive to expect this pitching coach,
Mariners,adequately filled the holes left by the strong on mechanics, weak in psychology, to
defections of position players Paul Sorrento do anything more with the same pen. Time will .
and Roberto Kelly but did not make a single tell if this crew only needs a good mentor or if
signing to push an exciting AL West winning it was a terrible mistake for Lou Pin ella and
team even one step closer to the World Series. Woodward to acquire them. By standing pat
The world class personnel moves made with the same troll bled group and leaving
in the last two Seahawk offseasons have given Contreras in charge, the organization doomed
fans as much hope and satisfaction as they've its fans to the bitter anguish they have
dared have since the dreaded words "Ken experienced thus far. No surprise, but seeing a
Behring" were first uttered. Paul Allen's blank car crash coming does little to diminish the
check policy has attracted some of the most pain of impact.
by John Evans
Baseball fan
photo by
Swim lessons and
more available
Registration for youth swim class
activities and lessons as well as adult swimming
programs is current ly in progress at The
Evergreen State College. Evergreen's swimming
lessons offer instruction.for kids of all abilities.
Eight 30 minute lessons cost $25, and are
offered on weekday evenings or Saturday
mornings. Registration opens April 20 for the
second session, which begins May 4. The
program is designed to make the adjustment
to water easy and fun for all ages. Lessons
emphaSize swimming skil ls, endurance,
personal safety and social skills while providing
students with encouragement from Swim
America and Red Cross certified instructors.
Older children and adults can sign up for
other water-related classes, including Aqua
Aerobics, Springboard Diving, Lifeguard
Training, Water Safety Instructor Training and
a Scuba Diving course. Registration ranges
from $40 to $135, depending on the class. For
more information call 866-6000 x6770 or
x6536.
1015- A purse is stolen from a faculty member's office.
Shocking, until you learn that the "office" is actually a desk
located in the isolated southwestern corner ofF-lot.
April 7
0830- An EF student's wallet is stolen in the Greenery.
2340- Aspeeder on Kaiser Road is given a friendly warning rather
than a ticket. Elsewhere, CP] comic artist Sal Occino is given a
friendly warning that if his "Sal Jokes" rips off Family Circus
again, mafia hitwoman Ida No will be dropping by for canole.
April 9
0002- Department assist by Washington State Patrol for car
accident at Evergreen Parkway and 17th.
0401- Department assist by the Thurston County Sheriff's
Office regarding an intoxicated individual.
0704- A fire alarm in B-dorm is sparked not by gasoline, hot
tinder or paint thinner, but by the simple over-application of
heat to edible products_ Wow: That never happens around
here.
1150- Four B-Iot automobiles are caught with expired tabs.
1532- Another eight vehicles are cited for expired tabs.
Zealous TESC parking attendant also busts pedestrian for
drinking expired TAB, which is the only kind you can find
since the once popular soda hit rough times.
1740- Assault in A-dorm.
April 16, 1998
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April 6
0834- Malicious mischiefis done in a Library third floor men's
room.
the Cooper Po;ntJournal
by Eric Leuschner
Contributi~g writer
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Many Native American events are taking
place in the near future on the Pierce CollegePuyallup Campus. There will be a Native
American Arts and Crafts Fair Monday, April
20 in the Atrium and Ku-Tee-Ya Dancers on
Tuesday, April 21 at noon in L244. The Dancers
perform traditional songs and dances of the
Tlingit, Tsimpshian and Haida Tribes of
Southeast Alaska and Northern British
Columbia . On Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m.
in L244 Winona LaDuke presents
"Environmental Justice from a Native
Perspective." Admission is $3. "Journey of the
Women" with Antoinette Bottsford is the event
for Thursday, April 23. At noon in L244 songs
and drums accompany stories ofCanadian and
Metis heritage.
April 8
0130- Arrest for possession of an illegal substance. The
substance, a movie screenplay for a Joey Lawrence comeback
vehicle entitled Whoa, violates the Geneva Convention and has
been condemned b¥ Amnesty International as "the cruelest
form oftorture imaginable."
1020- Verbal warning issued for ... what? A cloud of secrecy
cloaks all Police Services affairs, but this particular mystery has
even Bill Thomas, Private Eye, baffled. A midnight rendezvous
with Deep Throat in the CAB basement was to have revealed
all, but Throat was hit by a car frantically driving around in
search of an exit.
l<ung Fu club-kicks it
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Multi-cultural poetry Native American
Heritage Week
to be atTESe
Could it be that Palestinian, Arab , activities
April 3
0058- Vehicle in the CAB basement gets a jumpstart, but,
being in a basement, is unable to get up the stairs and drives
around in circles until it runs out of gas.
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border to Oregon, this time to attend ~
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the crew was pleased with their performance, Chuan to take the silver. Team captain Sam
as was their Sifu, Dana G. Daniels: "The team Haskin took the gold in men 's black belt open
maintained the name and reputation of Eagle forms, once again asto undin g judges and
Claw, and represented Evergreen well with audieme alike with his swift, intense Eight
their highly spirited performances and direct, Directions form . Sam also competed in men's
aggressive fighting matches that their black belt traditional forms, where he tied for
opponents will remember."
third in a three-way stalemate with two other
William Baldwin, tAe team's newest exceptional martial artists. To put this division
member, made his mark early in the day as he into perspective, the first place winner had a
swept the gold in both beginner forms & final score of 9.6-9.6-9.7; the trio of third place
beginner fighting. White belt Loa Arnoth, competitors were all tied at 9.5-9.5-9.4. Sam
competing against more advanced women finished the division with only a tenth of a point
martial artists in a combined beginner to separating him hom the other two contestants.
intermediate division, took second in women's In upper division combat, Sam and Matt both
forms, and performed well in her fighting fought tight and vigorous matches, though in
match. Jesse Harter prevailed in men's yell ow/ the final argument, the points were against
green belt forms, winning the gold with his them. Matt made an especially aggressive
powerful kata, Kun Lek. Although out- showing in the traditionally difficult brown belt
pointed, Jesse shined in men's beginner fighting division. All were pleased with thcir
fighting, overwhelming his opponent (even fighting performances.
downing him) in a superb 4-5 match. Shasta
The team wishes to thank Grandmaster Fu
Smith (white belt) fought a rough-and-tumble Leung and Sifu Daniels for their advice and
match, as befitting his personality, against a support. They would also like to cxpress their
more experienced opponent, and though he gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Sieradski for opening
was eliminated in the primary round, he made their home to accommodate the team overnight.
a strong showing for his first time out. Randy Additionally, the Evergreen Eagle Claw Kung f<u
Christian and Darius Arkwright went head to club would like to acknowledge the following
head in a run off for first and second place in people for their enthusiasm and support: John
men's intermediate forms. An auspicious day Eastlake, Josh Close, Danieillagnell, Catherine
for newcomers, Darius took the gold by a mere McLain, and Eric l.euschner (non-competing
tenth of a puint in his first tournament for the club members who made the four and a half
team. In men's intermediate fighting, both hour drive to Albany to watch the team
Darius and Randy perfnrmeu st rongly, compete); Jesse's folks, Thcrcsa (who sat the
consistently chasing their respective entire Jay minding the team's c4uipment) and
opponents out of the ring.
Stephens Harter (who arrived early, left to play
After a long day of lower division and a game of tennis, and returned to watch the
youth competition, the advanced divisions fights) ; and Shasta's dad, Larry Smith (whu
finally got underway in the latc afternoon. made the impressive seven hour haul from
Brown belt Matt Sieradski faced st iff northern California to see his son fight and to
opposition in his open forms division, placing support the team). If the past two tournaments
fourth among a lineup of highly skilled, are any indication of what is to come, the
experienced competitors. He came back, Evergreen club has every reason to be optimistic
however, in men's brown belt traditional about the future.
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What's going on in
student activities ...
Urban Arts Expo events
by Randy Engstrom
co-coordinator, Student Arts Council
The Spring Arts Festival, created by
the Student Arts Council, is the foundation
for all students, student groups, faculty, and
community members to come together to
explore the arts in its widest definition . It
is an annual event held in various venues at
The Evergreen State College for more than
a decade and has an established history.
The goal of this event is to promote cultural
diversity and artistic expression among the
Evergreen student body. During a three
week period, this is achieved through a
series of events that will appeal to as wide a
range of interests as soon as possible. The
festival will give the opportunity for
students to interact with a variety of creative
mediums. Many S&A groups in alliance
with the Students Arts Council will be
sponsoring at least one event during the
festival. All of the events featured will be
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Staff writer
eo pie all around the world did somrtlllng spelial
last Sunday, Easter. Rituals of church and feast, the Pope
gave his Easter Mass in 64 languages. People gathered in
everything from ancient and ornate cathedrals to
sanctuaries half destroyed by tornadoes. I joined in on a
pilgrimage. Not to the Holy lal1d per se, but to the top of
a mountain.
Mount Ellinor is not much of a mountain in the
se nse of altitude, coming in at 5,944 feet. Rainier is
twice that and then some. However. in the sense of
sllirit, Mount EIIinor towers as high as any peak in the
world. This little peak shrouded in mist covered deep in
snow took us above the clouds.
For 15 years, this pilgrimage has been made.
Students. faculty and alumni gather to climb Mount
Ellinor on Easter Sunday. I'm not sure how many or
who. but ont' person has been there every time. Pete
Steilberg. Mr. Stei lberg said the first year the group left
at four in the morning to try and make the summit for
sunrise.
"It didn 't happen by sunrise but we were on a
ridge , and that was good enough ." This year, the trip
left after sunrise and got to the summit when it got
there. that too was good enough. "Spirituality does not
have to happen at 6:30 in the morning."
·Journey to the heart
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performance and dance. There will be an
all campus Arts walk on Tuesday
featuring Evergreen artists. There will be
several workshops run by faculty on Iifedrawing and mulit·media techniques.
Other S&A groups will be sponsoring a
multi·cultural storytelling festival, a
Cinco de Mayo celebration, films, and
the Punk Rock Prom. The second
weekend of the event will feature the Gay
and Lesbian Film Festival. The last
weekend is a Dance and Performance
festival, which will feature Butoh artists
and student dance works. World
renowned performers as well as
Evergreen students will perform and lead
workshops on various movement
techniques. As the festival gets closer, all
community members will have the
opportunity to actively participate. The
Spring Arts Festival should be very well
attended and offer something to almost
everyone.
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of the mountain
Back at the beginning, the idea was for everyone to
have a moment of silence for whatever tradition was
theirs. Not that one needs a faith from any of the world's
religions to partake in this pilgrimage. Any old reason
will do. and sometimes a day in the mountains is just a
day in the mountains. Last Sunday was a great day.
After ge tting down each other's names and favorite
desserts (items with peanut butter had a 3/10 majority)
we kicked off for the top. For the first thousand feet, we
passed through an ugly place where demons were
abound and is part of man's earthly legacy, a mass clear
cut. The day got considerably better after that. Snow
began to fall as we passed from the clear cut to the tree
line. Softening over the scar.
Clouds began to shroud us.as we came to the
chute. I began to understand what it might be like
imide a marshmallow. The chute, a gully that rises 1000
fcct providing a vertical sidewalk to a bowl at the
bottom of the summit, is I suspect the real reason for
the climb. The trip later in the day, back down the
chute is one of the highlights. Glissading (sliding on
your ass) back down in seconds that which took 45
minutes to climb. As with the down hill and other
winter sports depending on snow conditions some
years are faster than others. Our glissade took about
two minutes, but on an icy sunny day I could see a
motivated individual shooting down the course in
under 28 seconds.
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free and open to the Evergreen community.
The festival will begin with an "Urban
Arts Expo," which is the largest event
planned by the Student Arts Council. The
Urban Arts Expo will promote cultura l
diversity and showcase a wide spectr um of
Urban art forms through workshops and
performances. The first night of the event
will focus on Hip·Hop music and Culture
and will feature several well·known acts
from the Northwest community. Saturday
will feature workshops that will focus on
various aspects of urban art, from
Independent music in the community to
urban renewal programs. Each workshop
will be led by a panel of experts from all over
the West coast . Saturday evening will
feature the author of the book Bomb the
Suburbs, William "Upski" Wimsatt. He will
speak on the issues of social responsibility
in urban art and community sustainability.
Saturday night, the urban art of electronic
music will be exp lored in an all·night
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Sunday, April 26
9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
It's an Oly Funk Peace Party with Gangula
Stretch, ICU, Old Djinn Swag, and Capt'n
Rabb and the Patrolling Fartnockerz
All events are free and take place on
the first floor of the Ubrary building.
If weather pennits, music events will
happen out on Red Sq~e. Food will
be provided by Subterranean Pizza
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A lone traveler turned back at this point. His
tracks turning back 150 meters up the chute for no
apparent reason, the route was tiring but relatively easy.
He informed us that he had seen a fracture line in the
snow halfway up and thought it might slide. A cautious
and smart discoing when alone. As we passed him he
could have joined in on our pilgrimage. He apparently
did not feel the need to visit the top, and we did not
offer. The man watched as ducks in a row straight up
the snow our group went up to the top.
About an hour later, we all were on the corniced
and pristine top of Mount Ellinor, and the magic that we
came for happened. The upper cloud layer split and for
about eight minutes the sun burned intense. The
combination gave us the impression of flying as we
looked down at the sun·lit cloud tops. also giving me a
much needed sunburn. I don't know if anyone has ever
come down fi'om Ell inor with a new set of rules to
govern society but I'm sure a few folk have been
sufficiently inspired.
On such a day, there is little wonder into why
people have held mountain tops sacred and holy in
almost every tradition of man. People have built whole
cities above the clouds. Entire philosophies have been
built on the perspective oflooking down at the clouds.
For a few minutes life becomes guided and clear. At this
point one can relax and sit back because, after all, it's
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Reality verses "lip service"
Examining diversity at Evergreen's Olympia campus
We believe that i{teaching and leaflling are to be
effective, they must draw from many perspectives and
include a multiplicity o(ideas. This is true (or teaching
across disciplines; it is also true (or TEACHING A CROSS
DlFFERENCES. Evergreen believes in preserving and
articulating differences o( ethnicity, race, gender and
sexual orientation, rather than erasing them or shoving
them to the sidelines, and this belief is reflected in the
design and content ofour programs.
Evergreen is committed to increasing diversity
among both students and faculty. We believe strongly
that our students' educational experiences are enhanced
and their lives enriched in a lTlutlicultural environment.
--The Evergreen State College, 1998-1999 Catalog
Recently, a group of concerned Evergreen students paid
a visit to the provost's office, Barbara Sm ith. If the title
"provost" already provokes a sense of uncertainty of what
this position is for most Evergreen students, then, the point
ofthis article is already being expressed: the lack ofawareness
for most Evergreen students of the process offaculty hiring
and the departments of the college that oversee the process.
We learned that the duties of the "provost," Smith, in the
context of faculty hiring includes the "final say" in who is
hired at the college for a full-time teaching position.
Approximately eight of us were part-time and fulltime Evergreen students who discussed with her the issue
of "diversity" at Evergreen concerning the overall faculty
body and, in particular, the recent international political
economy facu lty hire. Some of us questioned Evergreen's
commitment to diversity with the rerent trend in hiring
white ma le faculty for the following positions: Comparative
i(eligiuns, American Studies, and now International
Political Economy. We expressed to her the following issues:
1) The diversity (race, gender, age, sexual orientation) of
faculty on this campus does not reflect the ideals and
philosophy of an interdisciplinary institution.
2) The faculty hiring process does not include adequate
student involvement:
A. Outreach is minimal and not effective.
B. Evergreen is a student-oriented college, where
faculty/student relationships are important.
C. Faculty diversity determines enrollment in programs.
3) The hiring of another older, white male to teach a
subject as diverse and interdisciplinary as International
Political Economy does not reflect Evergreen's
commitment to diversity when there are other candida\es.
From our discussion with Barhara, we learned of
the "order" by which the process of faculty hiring
proceeds at Evergreen. The process is as follows:
1) Subcommittee:
a fluctuating number offaculty approximately between six
to eight members, limited to two students; a subcommittee
is created for each faculty hiring position, e.g., a
subcommittee for American Studies, a subcomm ittee
International Political Economy, the number offaculty and
students in each subcommittee vary.
2) Larger Committee:
consistent members of faculty each year that oversee all
the hiring subcomm ittees; all faculty, one studerlloptional
3) Deans
4) Provost
We have learned through our own concern,
research, and involvement with the recent faculty hiring
occu rring that the hierarchy of the "decision-making
process" is in the "reverse order" as follows:
1) Provost
2) Deans
3) Larger Committee
4) Subcommittee
Though here we were voicing our concerns about
the overall demographics of the Evergreen faculty body
as a whole, the response we received from Barbara was
that of "agreement" and "awareness" of our concerns.
l;or example, Barbara "agreed" with us on the following
points: that student voice is not one highly considered
in such administrative affairs as faculty hiring, that the
admin istration shou Id have more effective strategies to
outreach to students about faculty hiring, and that
students should have more voice in the faculty hiring
process. Yet, if a ll this has been known by the
administration and they have little disagreement with
students, why hasn 't any profound structural change
to involve more student voice in admin istrat ive affairs
been im plemented? Why hasn't the college really
pushed to bring more faculty with diverse backgrounds
and experiences to come teach the college?
There is a trend at Evergreen of hiring faculty who
represent a kind of experience that does not reflect
multiculturalism, but white privilege. To acknowledge
this within Evergreen is an important step in the hiring
process if the college is really working towards the
practice of multiculturalism, and confronting the racism,
sex i ~m, and c1assism, that currently exists. As an
institution that believes in multiculturalism , Evergreen
needs to actively be engaged in the practice of teaching
and learning from multicultural perspectives. The theory
and practice ofthis institution is not connected.
Some statistics are as follows:
Evergreen Faculty:
Total: 153
Female: 41 percent
Male: 59 percent
Faculty of Color: 22 percent
source: Evergreen Financial Report 1997-1998
Evergreen Students:
Total:
3,715
Female: 2.128 (57 percent)
Male: 1,587 (43 percent)
Students of Color: 15 percent
Asian/Pacific: 4 percent
Black/African American: 3 percent '
Mexican/Latino/Hispanic: 4 percent
Native American/Indian: 4 percent
Students with disabilities: 10 percent
Olympia campus:
Female: 56 percent
Male: 44 percent
Students of Color: 1::\ percent
Tacoma campus:
Female: 75 percent
Male: 25 percent
Students of Color: 64 percent
Tribal program:
Female: 75 percent
Male: 25 percent
Native American: 64 percent
source: Evergreen College Catalog 1998-1999
The issue of diversifying the faculty body is one centrdl
to tht needs of students for it determines the demographic
make-up of the students. But when the administrdtion daim~
to have diversity, much worse, exceed "diversity" of other
Student input and multiculturalism
needed in faculty hiring
Sillce Nov. I, have been a part of the faculty hiring
comm itt ee for the International Political Economy
posit ion. Recently there has been serious debate and
discussion surrounding this hire, and possible ways that
the process of hiring faculty could be improved in the
fut life. Two areas of concern for students have been racial
and gender diversity in faculty and student representation
Oil these selection committees. Both of these issues could
be acknowledged and addressed by the administration
with changes made in the selection process.
Evergreen is committed to increasing diversity
among both students and faculty. We believe strongly
that our students ' educational experiences are enhanced
and their lives enriched in a multicultural environment.
Lvcrgreen 1997-98 Catalog
If Evergreen truly is dedicated to its claim of striving
to be a multicultural institution, then there needs to be a
commitment to hiring women, people of color, and
faculty which will push Evergreen's commitment to
diversity. To do this there needs to be honest discussion
within hiring committees around issues of race, age and
gender representation, Creating a determined set of
questions for all committees, regardless of the position,
is one way to ensure that this discussion occurs. These
questions would ask the candidate to seriously address
issues of multiculturalism in their interviews, explaining
how they would challenge the college to become a more
diverse institution, how they deal with their own privilege
and how t hey would bring multiculturalism into their
curriculum. Such mandatory questions would take out
the arbitrary nature of whoever is on the hiring
committee deciding what is important, and would be a
way to show that the college does indeed value diversity.
Our faculty is dedicated to teaching, to helping
students learn to think critically, solve real-life problems
and make the connections that lead to greater
understanding. Evergreen students are expected to be
active participants in this process, to help shape their OWTI
education and to contribute to the learning that goes on
around them-Evergreen 1997-98 Catalog.
While Evergreen claims to believe that students
should be involved in the process, the lack of student
involvement on these committees is of great concern.
This includes what kind of outreach is done to inform
students of the hiring committees, how the decisions are
made, and the process involved. Students have asked me
if their voices would even be listened to on such a
committee, since recent history shows the administration
does not listen to student opinion. It is the job of the
administration to publicize its supposed dedication to
having student's voices represented on hiring committees
by actively sQliciting students to be on the committees.
It also includes addressing the power dynamics that exist
between faculty and students on a committee and
identifying a clear decision-making process, like
consensus, which is known to students.
Possible suggestions I have recently heard from
students about making these decision-making bodies
more accessible to students is better outreach (simple
ideas like utilizing campus facilities including the CPJ and
KAOS, and flyers beyond the Library Building would be
an improvement). Also forming a separate student
committee to conduct interviews, or offering students
credit for a time consuming commitment that faculty are
getting paid for have been offered as possible ideas.
Students are also asking the administration about
its priorities. Currently student opinion about their
future faculty is not seen as a priority in the decisionmaking. The most desired ratio of students to faculty
seems to be 1:4, I know of two students who were turned
away from the committee I was on, which had two
students and eight faculty, yet they were told there was
already enough student voice, Who makes that decision?
And why is the administration afraid of hearing a louder
student opinion?
As the hiring process currently exists, neither
multiculturalism or student opinion are given the value
that they deserve, If the Evergreen administration and
faculty are committed to students and diversity, then
such commitment must be shown in their hiring process
as well as in who they hire,
Sonja Sivesind
Political Economy student
colleges in Washington state, who is to determine how much
of that "d iversity" is really being implemented? The
administration or the students? Who is this college intending
to serve? Are they interrdingto better improve their statistical
records of "exceeding diversity" rather than implementing
structural changes that can actually reflect the college's
"commitment" to diversity? If the administration claims that
its work for enhancing diversity at Evergreen is "done," why
are some students, particularly students of color, still feeling
disoriented, alienated, and not represented? What kind of
students does Evergreen really want to have'! What kind of
school do they want Evergreen to be? That is the issue. That
is the bottom line. That we as students are the ones who need
to take the initiative and who need to voice our concerns.
But yet that in itselfis difficult because many students
are very busy with school, work, family, etc. that giving an
extra time to meetings is very time consuming and physically
and emotionally exhausting as well. What is clear is that
there is indeed no clearly defined process, i.e., "no room"
for students to really partake "fully" in any administrative
affair without forsaking their own time and efforts to their
own mental and spiritual growth in their academic
endeavors. This is the issue we are voicing! This is the
epitome of our concern. This is from which we need to work
with one another as students with the administration of this
college to better improve the college's commitment to
"enhancing a multicultural environment" for Evergreen.
Where are the 22 percent faculty of color? Where
are the 15 percent students of color'? With these statistics,
Evergreen's administration claims to be "exceed ing" the
"limits" of diversity? The college needs to emphasize the
lack of diversity in the Olympia campus compared to the
Tacoma campus and Tribal program.
As much as we voice our concern, how much of our
needs will actually be met? How many students have
already expressed this in the past and how much change
has taken place? Indeed, this is not the first article ofits
kind. This in itselfexpresses the level of our concern and
the significance of this issue to Evergreen students.
Jenn Bowman
Vendel C. Herbito
Summer Thomas
Political Economy students
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supremacist
attitude
real
To Hearts of Conscience at Evergreen:
The reality of white supremacy that pervades this
supposed progressive campus is alarming and requires
immediate action. Behaviors displayed by some women
at the Mexterminater event in the Longhouse April 3 beg
for reprimand. I missed seeing the woman pulling down
the pants of Roberto Sifuentes in a degrading fashion
among other objectifying displays carried on in the two
plus hour performance. The responses of pain, anguish,
disgust, anger, humiliation and outrage shared by my dear
friends, many of whom are people of color, shamed my
white woman's heart. It is my deeply held belief that a
serious movement to dismantle bigotry must occur
among faculty, advisors, staff, students and all others
involved with the Evergreen State College community. For
many years I have heard the stories of my friends, my
mixed race children and indigenous peoples I work closely
with expressing the ongoing humiliation ofliving in this
white supremacist society. Agreat backsliding on the part
of sentient activists threatens to make way for a rise in
vile evil comparable to the Indian massacres and the days
of slavery due to the legislation of forced misery upon
millions. The anti-immigration laws, the Welfare reform ,
the anti-sovereignity movement, the crim inalization of
the very poor, the drug wars and elimination oflife-saving
human services are pushing people on the margins into
extreme poverty and oblivion. Across this country and
the globe, sharp divisions reinforce the power and place
of white privileged Americans. Nothing like this has been
in the works since Hitler's Germany.
There was a time when Evergreen was considered a
haven for those called to do work of conscienre and
integrity. It is increasingly being dumbed down to the
national lowest common denominator to fit in the
yuppification of alternative visions for justice and social
change, Cultural awareness does not live in the ethnic
clothes one wears or the dread of one's hair, but in living
in the context of impending genocide, the absolute
unlivability of this beautiful planet, the terminal
conditions all life faces.
What took place in the Longhouse was the right of
white to rape as well as to do whatever privilege allows.
The woman could have pulled her own pants down rather
than to do it to another. Do equa l rights of women now
include the right to rape and objectify men ofcolor'! Equal
right to enlist in the School of the Americas to learn how
to rape and torture? Guillermo and Roberto were very
drained in the time they performed which was shorter
than the usual four to five hours. The bombardment of
intense objectification was hideous. The disturbance
caused by the event continues. May any of us who
participated in keeping bigotry thriving feel deep and
profound shame and do something about it. Now. May
our community accept the challenge to resolve white
supremacy's institutionalized presence with courage,
truth and justice. May complicity shrivel.
It is urgently necessary to leap beyond talking about
racism and instigate authentic
systemic changes in outlook, integrating courageous
intervention in racism's massive arena each and every time
its poison is spewed.
All over the Earth, it is Mothers armed with their
children who face the armies, the police, the death squads,
the militias and their own men. These killing dynamics
of power over have no place in solution's vision, It is down
to the global wire and it's a Mother taking on the evil.
Listen to her voice. Hear your heart. Stop the hatred,
sexism, racism, violence and activate the better part of
what being human is,
In peaceful struggle,
Swaneagle Harijan, Uncredentialed Alumni
April 16, 1997
Diverse faculty
good for Evergreen
When I told some friends that the International it. In a field dominated by men, I am anxious to learn
Political Economy hiring committee had a chance to hire from a woman. She is temporary, not a member of the
a younger woman, born in India, with a strong faculty. My friend studied two dimensional art last year
Economics background that focused on feminist with a man born and schooled in China, and remarked
economics and Third World development, they said, that he was incredibly versed in technical and expressive
"Evergreen shou ld scoop her up." I told them they hired art. His Chinese background was an asset to the class.
an older white male instead, as ifevery institution doesn't He is also not a member ofthe faculty.
have one of those, as if Evergreen doesn't have four white
Why is Evergreen not hiring people·that exemplify
male economics faculty. Of course, I was not part of the the ideals of an interdiSciplinary school? Hiring people
decision, I did not participate in the hours of discussion of color and women is not about quotas. Diversifying a
and argument that finally came to this decision, I am college in desperate need is not an obligation but a
not aware of the politics of the faculty that demand priority. And yet the trend of hiring white males
"leadership" like the new hire will supposedly bring. continues. I have heard too often from people of color
Only TWO students were a part of these decisions. Two that they do not feel comfortable at this school, that the
students were turned away because there were already catalogue is deceiving and that they are not studying with
enough. NO ONE else knew about getting on the several their p~ers like they believed they would. As the student
hiring committees that determine Evergreen's faculty.
body grows, new hires will be made. Students must be a
I wouldn't be bitching about this if Evergreen were part of this process to have our voices heard. Students
like a normal state university, if! didn't spend the better can participate on specific hiring committees, and a
parts of quarters inside faculty offices, if! didn't attend group of us would like to participate in designing the
Evergreen for very particular reasons. Ask about procedure. It's easy to miss the one flyer hung up
programs, and new students will be told that the teacher somewhere in the library inviting student participation,
makes or breaks the class. This is a teaching school. there so strangely enough , students must take it upon
is no research department.
Faculty/student themselves to get involved in what teachers will be
relationships are extreme ly vital and important to teaching them. Right now, two students per committee
is maximum, there is no minimum , the committees will
learning.
Evergreen touts itself as an interdisciplinary school go on with no student representation. I might be
(much less a diverse one). I transferred here to comfortable with the present hiring process iffaculty and
participate in a school that was attempting to administration addressed the needs of all students and
incorporate subjecb , teaching styles, and student the ideals of the college, I hope that students will be
involvement. The courses that have embraced this idea . angry about this, and pressure the administration for
have been excellent. Studying Mexico and the Middle information and change. Evergreen is our community
East in a single program last year was an unbelievable and this is the field where we can push for change instead
experience. Studying political economy, literature , of have ring around the national goalof20 percent faculty
history, and cultural studies was amazing and rewarding. of color. We can learn, we have to learn, from the people
I studied literature with an economics professor this year at th is college, and we must take responsibility for who
and was impressed by his willingness to tackle material is teaching us. If they'll let us.
that was not his specialty. I am taking part of a more
rigorous economics class because a woman is teaching Stephanie Guilloud
Taco Bell and
bilingual education
"YO QUIERO EVITA ... er, LA MALINCHE ... er,
FRY BREAD .. , ok, a DICTIONARY?"
The multitudes gather as the new champion of
ethnic humor steps to the podium and addresses the
pseudo-Argentine pupulous. It setms Evita was done in
by none other than Che Guavera's reincarnation in the
form of a Ch ihuahua. lie screams to his pseudoArgentine brethren, "VIVA GORDITAS." The raised fist
clenching a gordita rises before the red flag, McCarthy
would need a clean pair of underwear. The revolution is
televised ... in between Power Ranger misadventures.
So how did a Native food get to this point'! Tacos
have been a constant meal on this continent since way
before Cortes made his way to Tenochtitlan, The MEXICA
(Aztec) people had a good thing. So, as the conquest of
the Americas continued, everything from tacos to
cornbread got enveloped by the invaders. Tacos began
to be mentioned in the Spanish language, and since so
few people in the U.S. have any knowledge ofits original
NAHUATL context, or of Mexican history, it became
"HISPANIC." the term used to homogenize everyone from
the U,S, Southwest to Argentina. Since people view
Latinos as homogenous, it's no stretch for them to see
Mexico and Argentina as pretty much the same, despite
overwhelming differences, Mexican food like tacos and
such are not something readily available in Argentina, or
vice versa. Putting Mexican food in an Argentine context
is like putting Indonesian food in a Japanese context, or
Norwegian lutefisk in an Italian context.
Enough with the talk about ebonics, let's address
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GRINGON ICS: The commercial doesn't even use proper
grammar. VIVA is singular, GORDlTAS is plural.
Anybody knowing anything about proper grammar
knows you can't put singular with plural like that. Ironic,
it's usually gringos complaining about the poor grammar
of Latinos. It appears they're gui lt y uf their own
accusations and stereotypes.
CHE's IMAGE: Chewas neither mestizo nor Native.
He was a white Latino, who voiced many prejudiced
opinions of Native people in his writings. It 's ironic that
his image would be used in the Taco Bell commercial
exalting foods with Native origins. I recommend
checking out his published motorcycle diaries as a source
of many of these negative images.
The whole Taco Bell Chihuahua campaign is a
perfect example of why bilingual education is necessary.
TH IS is why people have images of stupid gringos
internationally. It's a well deserved image that people
here have cultivated for years, and then they wonder why
people in other countries think very little of them.
Geronimo fluently spoke the Apache, Span ish, and
English languages . He had a great deal of understanding
of other people's cultures. How many languages can you
speak? Then how much do you really understand?
Consider the images you see around you and make
an effort to confront them and stop being so apathetic. I
guarantee that your kids and their kids and their kids will
appreciate it.
Rob Ludgate
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Decisions from your dollars
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articll', it Wa\ ~I\krd if a lett er wu uld hc wri tt en
rrulII th e dec i,ion behind Thl' Nlid night Pi x,
We arc happ\' to res pond, s('r in g as lit til'
resea rch was done on l'ither hu\i ne\\ bl'fi,rl'
the article was wr itt en ,
First ulf. there is not just one dl'cisio nlIIaker at Thl' ,\ lidni ght Fix o r fur
Subtl'rranean Pizza , 130 th arc \t ill stulie ntrun, holdin g wl'e kl v meetings to di ,sl'llss 11<1\\'
thl' hu.s in ess is wu rking, Whl'lI th l' CO fll er
Cafe dosed, thl' lIlembers were told that
nothill g would replace it sp ring quartcruniess
ot her id eas for bus in esses were propo,scd,
With 33 people sudde nly out of wor k and the
idea of hav in g nothin g in place oltl le Corner
to keep the Housing Co mmunit y Cellt er a\ a
ga th ering place, so mething had to happell ,
Knowing that the entire city ufOIYlllpia
closes dow n aft er 10 p.lIl. unless you're ofl ega l
drinklllg age, we wanted a place fo r people to
be able to st udy late at night during th e week
and to hangou t on weekends, So the idea ofa
coffee shop was put into th e works, Over
Spring I3reak, six of us fo rm er Co rn er Cafe
members worked to organize eve rythin g for
what would soo n be The Midnight Fi x, LOllg
hours WCfC put in to co nse nsus on what ba ked
goods would be sold , how th e hom s of baking
and serv in g woul d be organized, how and
what to order, what kind of atmo\p herl' wc
wa nted, :Ilh'l'ftis ing Ill[ thc' husill(''', alill tl, (' n
agreeingo n it and makinglt happen, all in twu
wl'eks.
Each of us decisi on-makers cringed at the
idea of us ing pape r and plastic ClIp,S ve rsLl\
remah le dining ware, The problem is the fa ct
that th ere\ not eno ugh money in our budget
to co ntinue payin g for stolen di\hl's ur tu add
o n dish-washing labor hours with the
projl'ctcdsaieswcllladl'up, ,h it was, IWCalTle
up with a budget for Th e Midnight Pix whi ch
wo uld onl y make ~:W profit a week, Iraving
bare IYl' "uugh roOll ' forju st pla in mistakes, III
our di sc ussion ovcr paper ve rsus reusable, it
W ~IS agrel'd upo n th at wc wo uld begin wi th
paper cups and hopcfilil y do well enough to
chan ge to reusa ble ones bt er on, So far ,
support from th e Eve rgree n co mmllnit y has
heen better th an we expec ted and if it
co ntinues, we can hopefully make th e switch ,
/\S far as what goes in t he paper cups and
on the plates, a question was raised as to why
th e las t vegetarian/ vegan food option on
camp us was taken away, and the answer is
simple, The Co rn er Cafe closed down beca use
it was not ge tting enough business from th e
Evergreen commun ity, Over a period of threc
years, th e Co rn er slowly becam e fill-th er and
fl' rt her ill debt, until it was shu t down ror that
very reaso n, Most of us in the group being
vege tari an and vegan, we all loved workin g al
the Co rn er al'l -d -ivei'c-sl,isa ppointcd as wa s
exp ressed in thc' "l.i l's alld l\ssh" les" article ,
It 's tru e~ far a cam[lus as slIJ2l2osedl}'Jiberal _
as thi s one, the kind of food se rvice we have
makes no sense, Then aga in , does the fact that
90 percent of this camp us smo kin g make
se nse? What does that say abo ut ollr "liberal,
anti-corporate" campus?
Th e form er st ud ent-r un group )"~IS
fa rccd to choose a business that fi lls all of th e
camp us' needs, From the little support th e
('ofll er received, anoth er health y, orga nic ca fe
was out of th e ques tion, We decided to serve
ca mpus ne eds in a diffe rent way wi th th e
hours we are open instead , and the lII ajority
'('(' rT' to like it. So maybe in\ tead of spe nding
tim e writing lett ers uf co mpl aint about
student-run operatio ns th at are just trying to
survi ve , co nsid er spea kin g to oth e r
Eve rgree ners about th eir co nsum er habits,
beca use thi s community ha s cho se n
Subt erra nea n Pizza and Th e Midnight Fix
with their own dollars,
-The Midnight Fix
Lori Lawre nce
Cedar Johnson
Ca itlin Dun ipace
Ka te Longley
Ka te Rando lph
Michelle Re imer
USW questions firing
Student union asks why policies weren't followed
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Ll't's talk ahollt administ rat ion viola ting
I'0licy, What are the r~))lIili ra tiolls 'l Wi ll th e
alhni ni st rat iOIl take art ion whl'lI onl' 01 th eir
supen'i,so rs gross ly \'io latl's poli cy'! Me the
policies applicahle to th o\c' who write the'n'!
La st w('ek , the EI'CI'gI'ec n adnlinistr~ ,ti () n was
ca llght in an act ol ex trl' 1l1l' hypocrisy,
Thi \ is a Ill l1 ow-up articl e frolll th e b st
lI'el'k', iss ue regardin g ,\I ex Stu pple, a fi,mlC'f
p;,rk illg boo th at tl' nd,,"!. who W:IS fir l' d
witholl t warnin g becausl' \ hl' had al'C ulI,uiat ('d
thre e I"te d"I's in almo,t onl' I'l'ar ohl'll rk, Airs
'll'l'er rl'cl'il'ed a writ len I\'amillg "bol lt Ill'r
lll' h:II'ior, \ he was fll rthl'fll,ore li nt gil'l'n two
\\'(,l'k" bllt tll' II da y' lI o ticl' ulltil hn
t(,r mination, Alex, alo llg with a ft' IJrl'sl'ntatil'e
I'mlll th e l! nion or Stlld ellt \Yorkers (LJSW),
tried to utiliz e the g ri el'a nce pr oce dure
designed fl, r th ese si t uat ions, Slie enco,lilt Ned
lIIuc h rC'S ist;lI l('l' to setting up a mee ting
hn
tc'rillillati oll ,
The
disc uss in g
" mi sllnd erstand in gs" whi ch prevented
genII ine progress, wh iIe ca II ing to q lIest ion th e
credibilily of Alex and 01 the !Jnio n , arc
detailed ill April 9, 1998 issue,
The IIl1disp ut ed fans surrou llding tliis
[liatter clea rly expose her superl'isors for tlwi r
irrl'spomihk acti ons and the coo rdinat or of
, tllci en t elllpi nyme nt for all ow in g th ose
,11'1io", tn 1)(' perpr t ra t ed wit hOIl t reprimand.
What is lIot displlt ed i, that Alrx nel'er
ll' I I'iI'C'd :lIlI,tliing in wr itin g fr om her
' UPl'I'\'i'ol.lt is also 1I0t di'p"ted th at shewa\
g ll'!'l1 o nl l' tw o da y' lIotice ulltil hl'r
tl'l'Il1inatioll wilu id be rl'a li zl'd, lh l'sl' I;,ct ,
cO lltradict tlil' po licies ~I ' sta tl'd in the Right s
:u ,d Rl'sp'" lSi hi Iitil's halldb"ok di\t ribllt ed bl'
Ih l' i'l'1' lgll'I'U :" Iministration , wlii cli "tat e\
tl). ,t ~ ' n "1'l nl'l <I\' I' r [1I11 , t ~ "h' i\l' ;, ,1 [[ IIl' nt
c' n11'IcWl' l' in writillg of unsati sfactory
perfo rm ance a t Iva ,st o nc e bl'fore
termination, " It gOl'S on til sal' th at, ",.\ \\Tittl'1I
W ~ 1I11 ii,g ,houId I' (,l'ITdl' ac Ilia I te rill ilIat ill II h)'
t \~11 weeks," It is ,'1 1," stipula ted th ~ ,t ~ , twowl'l'k lIoticl' ca ll 1)(' \\'aind in incidelll'l's of
gros,s misconduct. Tardilless O il tlil' Job does
nn t rollS tit Utl' WO,ss ,n iscnmluct by an)' st rl't Ch
uf th e ill,agill:,t iUlI ,
\\' hat is disp"tl'd is whether llr not ,\Iex
wa ,s actua lly gin' n a Il'I'bal warnillg, II' yo u are
told th e policies when yo u arc hired docs th at
l'llllnt as a I'e rbal waming'? It would see nl
logical that a \'e rhal wa rnin g would foll ow
~ , c tual ml \cond uct. ill thi s ca\e lier first or
se rolld tardy, and wO llld inform her of th l' ir
lilllit, AlC'x asser ts that she spoke Il' ith her
superl'isors abo llt her lat e incidences but was
nCI'e r ill IiJrl11 ed that she wou ld he tl'rminatcd
upon her third t ~lrdy, Regardless of whethc'r
l' r not Alex I\'~IS told she 1V0uid be fired, tlil'
poli n' ofa l\Tittl'n \\'afllillg was 1I0t followed ,
During this llIeetin g, A l e ~'s supen'isor
asked li er tn reit era te the speec h that was told
In her wh en she was hired regardin g th e
import ali ce of t illIe1i lIess at the parki ng olliee ,
liSW a, k('d th elll numerous times to explain
whv the\' IITIT not held aCCllu llt ab lc to th eir
O\l' n rub and eac h tillie thl'y gaVl' a difll'rent
exp lanation, This is an example of th e blat an t
pat roni zing attitud e tliat Alex's supervisor
ass ullled th roughou t the meeting, They stat ed
at one point th at they did not follow th eir
pol icies "to the let ter" in order to culti vate a
relaxed ollice, We can on lv won der if Alex's
co- workers fee l secllre in th eir jobs nolV that
th eir supervisors have demonstrated the ease
with whi ch th ey ca n ignore th eir ow n policies,
We ca n also wonder what Evergreen workers
in other departments think abo ut this, Is the
parkin g office se ttin g precede nt for
disregardin g policy'!
:\ lex was told that ifs he sta tcd in writ ing
II'h" t IVou ld be ex pected of her, th ey wo uld
r('viell' it. It see ms th at th e admin istrat ion ha s
a highl y d('l'('loped sen'Xe 01 iron y, Thcy will
11l1l he held al'Cou lil able to their ow n writt l' lI
poli ('\'. Th e), as~ert that there is not a large
d ispa rit y bl'twcc n a written a nd I'erba l
int rrart inn, Yct thcy asked Alex for a
documenl si mi lar to the one th ey jllst I'iolat ed,
the Cooper Point Journal
Whell the I'iolation of the two-week
not icl' cia I I.~e was hroug ht to theira ttClit ion ,
tlwy point ed nut th at she chos(' to lea\'e on
till' fir st da), of her two -day noti ce, Th ey
justilil'd th e b ct that the), had alrl'ady broken
th e two-week policy, arguillg that by leaving
after one day the two wee ks wou ld not hal'!'
hl'e ll necessar y, More lik ely, Alex fe lt
hUlllili atrd hy th e treatment she had received
!'r O Ill her sllpervisors a nd felt 1II 0rl'
cO llifort ab le leaving that day rath er th an
'stickin g around for more, The em ploye r is
required to give a two-week notice, wheth er
or 1I0t Alex took th e two days she was given
is irreleva nt.
Alex is chuosillg no t to write a
statl'IlIl'lIt ,,"d will not grovel fa r her job back,
She feels th e level of disrespec t that has bee n
perpe trated by her sup er viso rs, a nd
subs eq uentl y va li d"ted by the student
l'lIIpl uy ment coordina tor, is too grea t to
llIake ret liming to her job a viab le option ,
Wli en the people and th e institutions
th at wr it e the policie s are exe mpt fr o m
folillwin g th em, th en they se rve no purpose
<lt her than to create an illu siun of rail'
tr('at ilielit and represe nt at ion, As st udent
1I'0rkns on thi s call1pus, we do not have a lot
of rights . If the few rights th at are prom ised
to us are violated then no thin g th e
admini st rati on promises th e stud ent s is
secure , Even if we were to suspend our
disbelief and assumed that th e Everg ree n
administration has done every thin g th ey
claim, and evcn if we assume that Alex was
wa rn ed verbally that her nex t tardy was her
third and final chance: and if we ignore the
obstacles and th e misunderstanding th at
have acc umul ated in this a nd o ther
int erac ti ons between th e Union of Student
Wor kers and th e administrat ion: t he fac t st ill
remains that they assert th at they do not need
to foll ow their own policy, When asked if we,
as \t ud ents , ca n th en loosely int erpre t the
rules that pertain to our perforlllance, the
fl'spon ,e was, "I thin k t hOlt it 's not evc n wort h
raising th at quest ion,"
Becka Tilse n
li ni on of St uden t \Vorkers
The
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-Mid nig htFix:
And I'm not a burning buildin g '"
Ta lk in g H euds, "Burn Under Punches"
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Community
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In action
I am writing this letter in response to
th e one suhmitt ed by Eric S, Melt ze r,
Matthew Merwin, Shoren I3rown, and Ben
rr iedland er entitled "Lips and Assholes,"
Yo u start off by sayillg: "Ilere is the
scene on rriday night (April 3): People mill ing
about, de ad flowers in cheap vases on th e
tables, drapes un), cops on the scene (not
'I"i te sure why- should tbey he busting pot
smokers?), mammoth (bigger than 44 OZ,!!!)
amounts of Pepsi are being sipped from all
directions, the smell ofthr searing fl es h of the
lips and ass hol es (that's sausage, folks!) of
long dead animals permeates the air."
I would like to as k, were you there
for the FOOD or for th e DECORATIONS?
When I walked in, I was ecstati c to see a
communit y ill action during the evenin g
rathn th an the usual dead C(lIl1lllunity
Center Iilled wi th non -s tudent s using thl'
pool table, I thought th e decorati ons w('re
cute and a wry gO<ILi att em pt at gil'ing the
space some kind of amhi ancl' ,"I the short
and IIl l'age r budget that th ey prohahly had
to start out with, Then I tri ed th e pizza, I
am sorry to say, it was th e best tasting fi)(ld
I halT l'aten on this campus since th e
IIl'mise oft hl' t 'orller. It is ullfi,rtunat I' t Iwt
the Co rn er had to close, all d I alll sa ddened
hy th l' !'act , but I alii able to 'Cl' that Thl'
Midllig-h t Fix and Subterranea n Pizza are
what Ii ousing and thc' EVC'fgreen
CO llllllllllit y has lI('eded f<II' a IllIig tinl l',
After three years in IIIIusillg,,"d havin g to
SUfviw on til(' h 'il Food of the Jk li, tli l'
c'xpc'nsive lilod of th e C reelll'ry, and trying
to rememllC' r whl' n th e COfll l' r was open, it
is a breath ofrresli air to know t hat any day
of til(' lVl'l'k hl'tween the hoill's oft; p.m, and
:! a,l1I, I ca n get a slice ofp rl' tt y good tast illg
pizza in vega n. carn ivoro us
Of
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by David Ball
Staff Writer
You look dreadful. Yes, you do, You're out
of shape, Do n't take my wo rd for it, look in a
mirror. Co ahead, I'll wa it here 'til you get hack
." See I You'rea mess , Ilut I can help you, Trust
me, What you need is a wa lk, a long walk, But
wbere '" The world is full of so many places to
wa lk , all thl' choiccs, it's so overw helming,
Yo u're wringing yo ur hand s aga in - stop it.
Look, I'm going to make thi s rea l simple fClr YOII ,
This Friday (that would be April 17), somet ime
hetween:; p,m, and
II 1',111 , gn to
downtown
Oly mpia,
around th e
int CfSl'ttion
o
Capito l
and
4 t h
i\ v e ,
Wh e n
you
get therc' yo u'll notice a whole lot IIfpeopll', yo u
might even call it a crowd (unl ess you dllll't like
crowds, th en we'll just call it "a whole lot of
people") , This is the Olympia Arts Walk, It 's
th e 16th tim e they've done it, so th ey're very
prac ti ccd,
Now what '! Don't wor ry, you'r(' going to
be busy, More than lOU busillesses arc in volved
(no, it's not a conspiracy, they're just workillg
toget her) , providing a showcase filr artists rnJlII
all arou ll d the arca, Artis ts! Visual art ,
perforlll ing art, literary art , there will be art all
ove r th e place, ART' Stop hopping up allli
down , th e last time you did th at while readin g
yo u needed so me Dramamin e, rememb er'!
Ca lm now? Cood, First
thing, we need to get you
a map, HllImm '" a
map, I could have
swo rn I had an extra
olle around h('[(' ,
~ope, Well , you ca n
pick on e up when
yo u get down th ere,
all the partic ipating
busilll'ssc's will be stockillg th l' lI l.
They'II tc'1I you where to find the l'xh ihit s
and performancl' s_ Mo st of t hc' walk is
l'lHI Cen lrared within a two-block radius "I' that
intersec tioll , bllt YO II really need the exerrisl',
SIl head (lu t as f:>r wes t as Iltril agc Park fil!'
"Iligh Profill' ," and as far north as thl' Iludd lIay
Cafe for sO lTle icl' sc ulpting alld a hi stori c
waterwlor lTlural. Feel th ose calVl's bum'
Wha t do yo u 11Il'all, "What ifit raill sr You
arc'n't "oi II g to S(IUin n YO III' wal' nut Ilft hi, t I,at
easily_ "Th l'y'rl' holdillg" t hl' Mt s Wa lk rain or
shille, ilesidc's, th is is Olyllipia , it)")) ' ha vell'l
gntt (' n wet by now then you're clearl y all
agoraphnhic alill \ hnuldll 't he readillg this
all yway, Cn m(' nn, work
wi th [lie,
Ifyou get lust,
or hail on 1111',
sOllle of the
art will still be
vil'wahk Oil
Saturday, April
It;, IloweVC'r, if
you wai t ull til
vegelarian
manner or a Clip of coffel', I can also wa lk
int n th e Comm unit y Ce nt er lat e at night
and see some actua l people sitting in th ere,
Lasl night, my frie nds an d I ordered
two pizzas (onl' wit hout cheese and one
with), Our fri endly delivery fellow was 1I0t
only very prn mpt, hut he thanked us kindly
for chonsing tlwm, lie said that the higger
cha ins are lowering their prices to on-campus
de li \'('ries just Iwcausl' ofthl"II , Wou ldn 't you
agft'e tha t it is bett er fin the pizza eati ng
lIIelTlhl'fs or the I icusing cnmlllunit y to buy
from a stude nl-r un co lle cti vr than a
corporate husiness'! Shouldn 't we support
Ihe dli,rts orour fd lulV stud ent.1 (both ml'atl'~ating and vc' gl't~'rian) in thc'ir que st to
provide hea lthy and yu mm y options people
will like'! Or maybe you are of the thinkin g
that people should on ly patronize businesses
that dnn 't have dried flowers,
Yes, I ag ree th at it is unfortullate that
they are se rving mea t: I am a vegetarian ,
and I loved tbe Corner because they didn't
serve any, but the reality is th at the CO[ller
wasn't what Evergre£ n wanted, and that is
why it lost so much mon ey_
I also agree t hat Peps i is vil e, and I
really wish th ey weren't serving it. !lut I
think that ma ybe we should give th e
establishm ent a little tim e before we make
such harsh decisions and opinions about it.
It seems like so far th ey are more successful
than the ('Orlll'r was in it s last month s,
Maybe th ey ra n make changes as they go
al ong, and someti me in th l' fi,ture they can
eliminate Pep,l i prod ucts and use !lI ore
orgalli r and frl'sh products '"I their pi zza,
Chri stahel Fowler
April 16, 1998
"I 'm not a drowning man
thl'lI yo u'llllIi ss S< IIl1l'lhillg SI' slart lill g, s"
spl'ctacular, that th e fl'st IIf)'o llr Iill- wi lll1l' ~ 1'1' 1I 1
ill Pl'flll'til al regret (insert dnlllll"IIl1 here).
The i'rocl'ssinn orth e Spl'c il's Celehration l['
For the fllmt h year in a row, l\'Orkshops
ha ve been hel d all ano s~ Olymp ia, fvla ,k·
making, drull iln ing, sl ilt -wa lkill g, pUppl't·
((; II\:-":T l'lIl'I 'ETS ' [[) All ill
maki ll g,
pnvaratilln I'm thi s p;,raci e which start sat IdtJ
p.[11. all d lI'ind ~ it s w:!)' f'rmll jl'th'rlllli alill " If,
I\ve, ~ dl "rlllilid dllll'lltoll'n, \'.1 11\''1 \\'l'I1 , th c'
p:lrade
ce"'bratl's art and th e l'llI'in 1111111'111, ''gil'i ng 1111'
IWI[lralworid grl'atcT IHl'Sl'II 1'1' ill',,"r strl'cls."
I ky, wh"l do youllll'an "wh)")" - it's a I':l radl',
th eft' dlll'sn't ha\'!' to he ~I "wh\""
Oh, and if yo u gl'l tired or walkillg (li ot
tk,t yo u will. hUI I have plam ill case of sllch
l'lliergeli r il's), yo u l'an slOp ill at t Il l' Capita l
Theat c'r at X11.Ill.lhey'III I<II'l':I" I'l'l'n Stage" to
kl'l'!' yo u amusc'd , ~ow, a ti cket ill will ellSt Y"[I
six hu ck,. I\u t you'll gd to see Sleatc'r-I\inne),
As ill Cd' The noel"f and l)ig ,\1(' (iu/. \ l'S,
TilE Skall'r-Killnl'y'
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