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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 28, Issue 15 (February 5, 1998)
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SPECIAL NOTE GRAND MOFF.TARKIN : You have our turtle . We know
where you live. Give him back. 'Nuff said.
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. The Women's Basketball team won their first game of the season Tuesday night against
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Ed itor's note: The CPj illterviewed random
people on campus on what they thought about
the upcoming "Day Of Absence" event.
UnfOrtunately m ost people il1terviewed did
not seem to know much about it. After being
informed of the f.1CtS, the CPj posed several
questions towards the individuals.
(, P) : Wha t do yo u know abou.t the "Day of
Ahsence" eVe!lt ?
lung: Nothing. I just dO Il 't care. I thi nk that
EVl'rgreen has be tt er race relations than other
plates but I don 't carl' ahout race relation s.
Frankly, I just have a few iril'nds and I 101'1' them
w ry much.
Luara Moore. Mtrying to convice herself she's
an artist
CPJ: What do you know abo ut the "Day of
Absence" event?
Luara: I don 't know anything about it. (after
being informed) In theory, it so unds like a
good idea. Maybe peop le won't take it
seriously. They might just go because there's
no class.
CPJ: Will you take it seriously?
Luara : Sure, if you look at if from the
perspective that your honoring yourself and
others. That way, it might be effective. But I
don't know how many people will take it
seriously.
JelfChang, recent Evergreen graduate
(, P): What do you kll ow about th e "Day of
Abst'llcc" event'?
Jeff: It 's goud . It lurcl'~ a l l awa reness with in all
l'llIll IllUniL)' types. It Brillgs about differl'nt
opiniun an d hopefully illtegrates everyone's
histories.
(,P): Do YO Li consider yourself a perso n of cu lor
or a minority?
Jeff:Just the fac t that I'Vl' been like, one in three
Asians in a dass of all white people is weird.
When a q ues tion of race or discrimination
co mes up, all eyes turn to you. People are
thinking, what does he kn ow? what does he
feel?
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CPJ: What do you know about '''The Day of
Absence" event?
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Joshua: I don't know anything about it.
CPJ: (after explaining what it is.) Do you think
this event is something that the Evergreen
community needs?
Jushua: Cultural integration doesn't exist on
this campus. This campus is different from
other schools in that way, but still ... the most
important step is to see ourselves in th e sam e
community. .
CPJ: What do you mean?
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Joshua : Instead of having bl ocks oft irn c wlwre
we recognize particular cultures, Black History
Month, Women's Month , we should in tegrate
everyone's' histories. Otherwise, it gives the
illusion that we are more aware than we really
are . We need to integrate, not just have Black
History Month .
CPj: What do you know about racism?
Jeff: La st year was th e fir st time I felt
comfortable talking about race. I had tu write
see page 6 for more Day ofAbsence!
Presence coverage along with a full
calendar ofevents
I.T. clar.ifies possible s-ubsidy
by Hillar.y Rossi
Staff writer
Monday,
Intercity
Transit
Transportation Planning Manager Bill
Watterson told a forum of about 20 Evergreen
students that subsidized bus passes would cost
the school $180,000 from Fall 1998 to Summer
1999.
To come up with $180,000, LT. also
added an estimated 10 percent Evergreen rise
in enrollment based on ptevious years'
increase.
When faced with concerns from the
students at the forum, Watterson explained
LT. can start a program with Evergreen but
they can't afford to lose any revenue. The
estimates in expectant riders for next fall were
therefore necessary, he said.
Student Jeremy Rice protested that Sou t h
Puget Sound Community College (S.P.S.c.c.),
who have had bus passes for a few years, have
the same level of service and more students,
but their subsidized bus passes were $60,000
for 1997.
Watterson said that the S.P.S.c.c. bus
pass is based on credits, costing $.40 per credit.
With I.T.'s fee raising for passengers,
Evergreen needed to act quickly to preve'nt the
need for an extra parking lot. Some students
were afraid that the prices would rise and the
service would be cut farther, resulting in the
students having to find alternative ways to
school.
Some students and staff at Monday 's
forum feared that with the steady increase of
studen t enrollment at Evergreen, the parking
lots will get more full and another parking lot
will be necessary.
Evergreen and LT. have been playing with
the possibility of getting students on a
subsidized bus pass program for six years.
Over the past three months, meetings
and forums have been held with LT. about the
subsidized bus pass possibility.
Evergreen hasn't decided yet what to do
with the $180,000 estimate from !.T.. but they
have options. A group of students could go to
the Services and Activities (S&A) Board and
ask the members for $l80,OOO for next year for
the subsidized bus passes. Or every students
could pay one lump sum as part of their tuition
and then take the bus for free.
Other options are being explored.
Sometimes fans go too far
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by Cory MacDonald
Member of the Men's'Basketball Team
VIEWPOINT
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Sitting on the bench gives me an
opportunity to hear and notice everything that
is going on during a basketball game: In some
instances this can be embarassing, such as
when friends yell at the coach to put me in the
game. In other instances, hearing everything
can be disturbing. Take, for example, our recent
game again st Central Washington in
Ellensburg.
Now I understand that hom e co urt
advantage is a big part of the game of
basketball. Getting rowdy, making lots of noise ,
and even yelling at particular players is how a
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home crowd helps its team win. This type of
crowd support, along with travel fatigue and
playing on an unfamiliar court, is why teams
lose more on the road than they do at home.
I also understand that Ell~n s burg and
Central Washington University take basketball
very seriously. They have had an illustrious
basketball program for years, and they were first
in conference in 1997. It is wonderful that the
town takes pride in their team and that so many
fans come out for every game.
However, nothing excuses th e behavior of
a small portiol;l fCentral Washington's crowd.
Racist, homophobic, and ex trem ely vulgar
remarks aren 't excusable in any se ttin g,
especially when shouted really loud ly at people
only fi ve or 10 feet away.
It seems that for many people being a
spectator at a sporting event is some sort of
emotional release. Men and women who are
subdued all day while working hard at school
or work go to a basketball game and want to let
loose. They want to yell and screa m about
something that is actually quite inconsequential
in their everyday lives. This is fin e, but there is
such a thing as taking it too far.
As basketball players we're not supposed
to respond to anything the audience says, even
the type of stuff 11'1' heard at Ce ntral
Washington. But seriously folks, we're not
therapists. There are som e forms of inner :lIlger
that we ju st shouldn ' t be subj ec ted to.
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What is a Icharette'?
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bU ilding. A meeting (which Balatbat termed a
"c harett ~") to get student ideas will be held on
F~b. 12 at 11:30 a.m. to L:30 p.m. on the second
fl nor of the Cam pus Activit es Building outside
(lfThe Deli.
Seminar Phase II is still ill the planning
~tage. It is being built to reli eve congesti on in
the Lab buildings. l.arge classroo ms and
facu lt y offices will be moved to the nell'
Semin~r building, freeing space in Lab I and II
fo r more labs.
The foll owing is a transcrip t of an e-mail
rDnl'crsat ion among staff members abo ut the
se ries of mee tings and Ba latbat's use of the
architectural term "charett e" that caused some
confusio n al11~llg the e-Illaill-es.
these with everyo ne iri the original group.
I missed the first charette so I am dying to
know, was there a gu illotine present?
by Jennifer Koogler
Editor in chief
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HINT:
Linda
Facilities Work Order Center
GUlL: You see m to ha ve no
conception of where we stand!
You won't fin d th e answer
written down for YO ll in the bowl
of a compass·-I can tell you that.
From: Knapp, Rob
Folks - I was told once that arch itec ts
start ed usi ng this word beca use the non -stop
effort to mee t deadli nes m~de them feel like
prisoners in the French Revo luti on, who were
taken to the guill otine in a little wagon called a
charrette.
From: Balatbat, Rino
Subject: SEMINAR PHASE II PRE DESIGN
CHARETIE
Here is a copy of th e sc hedul e for th e
Seminar Phase II Predesign "charett es."
These charettes will be held at the following
roUI11S (These rool11s wil l supersede previou~
rooms I have given to some of you):
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January 26 at Longhouse Room ( thi ~ room
supersedes Buard Room)
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January 27 at CRe Ruom 11 2 (t hi s roOI11
supersedes Board Room)
January 28 at Board Room
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February 10 at Boa rd Room
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February 11 To be announced
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February 12 at Board Room
Please let me know if you have ques tions.
From: Rockwell, Bea
Would someone out th ere define the word
"charette" and tell me what dictionary it is in?
Thanks
From: Mae-Richardson, linda
Subject: RE: the word 'cbarrette'
I must say that the act of defining this one
word has been one of the most outstanding
demonstrations of collabo rative and
interdisciplin ary efforts I have seen l'Ome across
thesee-waves.
I heard stories of staff rushing to the BIG
reference dictionaries in the library. One turned
the word into a funny acronym, and others used
the component parts of the word to spin a6hort
tale. It would be lovely if we could have all shared
by Amber Rack
.position of the sun , if it is out,
would give you a rough idea of
the time; alternatively, the clock,
if it is going. would give yo u a
rough idea of the position of the
sun. I forget which you're trying
to establish.
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Up in the corner of the third floor of
the Library, the Rare Book room has
many intriguing volumes just waiting
for you to thumb through.
Unfortunately, rare books are not available to
be checked out.
You can find the Rare Book room on the
third floor inside the Library in room 3604.
Once you reach the top of the stairs, turn left
and walk straight down the first stack of books
along the wall. Go past the college archives, and
on to the pink-Signed Rare Book room on the
left. While you can't check out any of the
books, you certainly can spend a spell of time
looking through them. Rau says a visit to the
Rare Book room is much more fun than a trip
through the stearn tunnels.
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leaflet on Durst, with handmade paper and
handset type, a tape of Durst's piano blues
stylings, and a pamphlet on how to talk jive.
Rau says there are only a few books by
Evergreen students, as most are housed in the
college's archives next door. Those they do
have are chap books, which Rau describes as
"zines before zines were called zines," from the
Poet's Press program in the late '70s.
The room also has a sizable collection of
domestic manuals from the 1800s. These
books range anywhere from courses on how to
do laundry or be a proper housewife to
discussions on preferred etiquette and dress of
"the best of American society." Cassell's
Household Guide from 1871 is a thick volume
on how to run a house, everything from how
to pay bills, varnish shoes, cooking, "the
rearing and management of children", and
how to decorate a temporary ballroom. Rau
says of the book, "Martha Stewart, eat your
heart out. These are encyclopedias on how to
run a house." Rau says the manuals would be
of interest to those pursuing projects on
women's studies, as a true historical reference
on the expectations placed on women in the
nineteenth century.
Some of the works in the Rare Book room
are donations from former faculty members,
students, and alumni . Many are ordered
directly from the publishing press. Rau says
because Evergreen is such a young college, the
library hasn't had time to acquir!, a really large
amount of books, but hopefully over time, the
Rare Book room will grow.
You can find what books are available
through the Evergreen computerized card
catalog. Rau says to look for the call number
and location ofa book when searching through
the catalog. Ifit says "TESC Rare Books", you 'll
find it in the Rare Book room. Just bring in the
call number and it will be found for you.
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In the far reaches of third floor of the Spaghetti, a bit of poking around through the
library, past the periodicals and the computer shelves is bound to reveal something of
catalogs, past the Jean-Paul Sartre books and interest.
the square study cubbies, near the organic
Rau enjoys working in the Rare Book
chemistry texts where only the truly brave ever room because of her love of bookmaking, one
dare to tread, is the door to the Rare Book she shares with a small but growing number
room. The Rare Book room houses a small but of Evergreen students. Indeed, many of the
eclectic collection of old, limited edition, and books in the room are on how to make books.
strange books from
Rau notes that some
·T he
Boo,k room hours:
sma ll presses around
of the books are not
,
the country.
only interest ing for
Mondays
.lO'a,m.
tp,1. p.m. ,
Carmine Rau , the
the information they
11 :30 a,m.
sole student worker for .Tuesdays .9:30
give, but also as workS
Wednesdays 1 to 5 p.m.
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the room, wants the
of art. To increase
c·ampus to know about
visibility, Rau is
ThursdayS:· 9:30~ a,m,' to 5:30.
the treasures kept the
preparing to display
p,m ~ ,
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Rare Book room. Not
some of the room 's
Ub,3.604
many people wander
Japanese print books
in during the times she
in the glass cabinet
works, a fact that leads her to believe many display cases in the.entrance to the Library
people don 't even know the place exists. She
Many of the books are one of a kind ,
feels the collection's treasures could be of great using handmade paper and typesetting made
use and importance to Evergreen students.
by hand. These include pieces by the Women's
Rau says the Rare Book room has a "crazy Studio Workshop and works from th e
mish mash" of books to cater to any field of .Perishable Press Limited, started by Walter
interest, from poetry, and art to natural Hamady at the University of WisconsinMadison in 1964. All of their creations are
handmade.
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One highlight of the Rare Book room
includes a number of limited edition
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autographed books. This includes one of only
500 copies of The Mandarins by Simone de
~\YI[INI Beauvoir signed by the author herself. Other
gems include a book of photography by Alan
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Ginsberg, Roland Barthes' text on Erte, an art
deco artist, and the Arcadian Press' The Jives
• Live music Friday and
of Dr. Hepcat by Lavada Durst. Durst was
Saturday
know as "Dr. Hepcat" on his radio show in
• Open Mike Monday and
Austin, TX. The box includes a tall yellow
Rare'
ROS: I merely suggest that the
From: Balatbat, Rino
Noll' I feel com pell ed to respond. S·ince we
are in the business of education. please allow me...
I've heard charette is a "hot baked potato
sl'rved with green gravy".
.,Se riuusly, ciJarett£ pronounced as "sh.a ret"
GUlL: I'm trying to establish the
can be found in Dictionary o{Arc!Jitecture and
direction of the wind.
COllstruction and Second and Third Editions of
t" ebster\ Nell' International Dictionarl'.
From Rosencrallcz & GlliJdensTem
The firs t one defines it as ..... Th ~ int ense
are Dead. by Tom Stoppard.
effort to co mplete an acade mic arch itectural
problem within a spec ified time".
The latt er described it as foll ows:.
Last week, we took a closer
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A little cart used to transport drawings.
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Th e has ty co mpletion of designs or other
look at. ••
work deliverable at a specific time.
The Great White Heart
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The intense effort made by architectural
student s tu complete th eir solutions to a given
This sculp ture is located just Inside the
architectural problem in an allotted time or the
entrance to Lab I. [ have not yet discovered any
period in which such an effort is made.
further information about it, but I might guess that
To obtain my or an Architects License in the
1) it was created by a student or alum, and 2) it
Philippines, here in the U.S. or anywhere in the
has been there as long as anyone here will
world a candidate must pass a 12 hour non-stop
remember.
(from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.) charette. Acandidate must
bring his/her own drafting table, drafting tools,
drawi ng papers, and food....yes food since no one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .
is allowed to step outside the examination room I
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during the charette. You are only allowed to go to • Last week, the conversation with about
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a res truolll with a proctor nearby. The yea rly
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average number of ca ndidates pass ing such I ·have included the actual names of the
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charettes that eventually leads to obtaining an I would be:: Kim·Nguyen as
architects license is between 10 and 15 percent.
I Apathetic Spice~ .
Koogler:as I
Here. on the greener side ofthings ... we can
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define it as a "co llaboration amongst us", us I Chief Spice, Sal
and Ethan Jones
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Howard Zinn canceled .
Bringing Democracy Alive has been canceled until further
notice. Howard Zinn, author of A People's History ofthe United
States, has contracted pneumonia . More information
forthcoming as we receive it.
EPIC working for
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prison action
Follow Me Home to replay
by J. Murphy
Evergreen Political Information Center
If you missed last quarter's screening of FolJow Me Home,
you will get another chance to see this award-winning film . The
movie will be shown again on Monday, Feb. 9 in Lecture Hall 1
at 4:30 p.m. and at 8 p.m. A discussion on race and culture will
be led by Lakota Harden following the film .
Tickets are $4 at First People's AdviSing. LIB 1407. Call
x6467 for more details.
Monday, Feb. 23, will be the beginning
of this year's Prison Awareness Week. Events
are scheduled on campus and at downtown
locations both in the afternoons and the
evenings.
The Prison Action Committee (PAC). a
subgroup of the Evergreen Political
Information Center (EPIC) is preparing a week
of informative panels and nationally
recognized speakers to inform Evergreen and
surrounding communities of pressing issues
related to correctional institutions.
One of only two existent groups of its
kind in the nation, PAC endeavors to provide
an opportunity for Evergreen studen ts to come
raise their own awareness. They will focus on
topics as impacting as youth in prisons,
prisoner health care (emphasizing on
correctional institutions' treatment of
Ethnic celebration
The City of Olympia Parks, Recreation and Cultural
Services Department invites you to their fifth annual Ethnic
Celebration on Saturday, Feb. 7. from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This
free festival will celebrate the variety of valuable ethnicity that
makes up our community. A diversity of ethnic music and
dance troupes will perform.
Call 753-8380 for more information.
WeeConnect! childhood
learning program
oto by Alex Crick
Timberland Regional Library is continuing a partnership
with AmeriCorps to help children connect with books.
Providers of childcare in private settings are invited to sign up
for ongoing eight-week sessions. During the program, home
childcare providers will learn to present fun, educational
activities for children.
For more information contact Leanne Ingle at 704-4508
or lingle@timberland.Lib.wa.us.
Midnight Advisor at
residence halls
Maintenance staff member Bret Kirschbaum cleans up graffiti on the wall of the College Recreation Center.
PFLAG party
S.H.A.P.E. (Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention
and Education) needs donations of shirts for their clothesline
project. Shirts will be used to create displays of poetry and
artwork that bear witness to survivors and victims of sexual
and domestic violence . All washed shirts are welcome. Please
bring donations to CAB 320.
Join us for a Valentine's Day and Freedom to Marry Party
for PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and
Gays). This events will take place on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m . .
Call the PFLAG helpline at 866-0511 for more information
on this and other events.
SHAPE schedules
playback theater
Music sought for TV pilot
by Maggie Ragatz
SHAPE
A new venture is being sponsored by Housing and
Academic Planning. The Midnight Advisor will be a center
offering workshops and academic advising in the residence halls
for students with later hours.
Contact APEL at x6312 for more information about this
upcoming service.
Women's art show
A celebration of all women artists in our community is
being planned for March 7. Female artists interested in showing
their work must contact the planning committee by Feb. 20.
Any medium is welcome, including: dance. drama , spoken
word, sculpture, 2-D, bands, film and photography.
Co nta ct Sandra or Ann at 352 -2725 to get mor e
information.
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Academic Planning (APEL) will be holding a presentation
for students pursuing study or careers in education. A staff
panel will speak on Wednesday, Feb. 11 in Lecture Hall 1 from
1:30 to 3 p.m. A question-and-answer session will follow the
presentation.
Ca ll x6312 or stop by APEL (Ll B 1401) for more
information .
Accomplished musicians are needed to help record the
theme music for a TV pilot about international travel and
influential women. Specifically desired are ethnic instruments
such as: exotic percussion, fiddle , wind instruments. accordion
and didgeridoo. Female pop singers are also sought.
PJease respond to Mitch Odem immediately ifinterested,
as the submission deadline is Feb. 28. Mitch can be reached
at 357-1126 or iniziale@earthlink.net.
Swan Lake excerpts
Barnes & Noble events
The Ballet School of Olympia presents excerpts from
Swan Lake on Feb. 7 at Capital City Studios in Olympia (911
East 4th Ave). Showtimes are 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $8 general admission and $5 for students and
seniors, and are vailable at Yen ney's or at the door before
performances.
Feb. 6
Feb. 7
Feb. 12
7p.m.
3p.m.
7p.m.
Feb. 13
7:30p.m.
. Mars & Venus Mini-workshop
Your Sperm Won, by Steve Simms
Penalomah: The Eagle Soars, by
local author Royal LaPlante
Poetry night returns, with prizes
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January 24
0207- Open container violation in front ofU-dorm. "Uh, it's
Milwaukee's Best Apple juice, Ossiferl"
0208- Someone tempts fate by leaving her car unlocked with
her purse inside. In F-Iot. At two in the morning. Man, that
ain't tempting fate , that's jumping up and down in front of it
going "nah nonny nah nahl"
1529- Campus wide ~power bump" occurs, shutting down all
electricity to the college. Greeners improvise by lighting
monumental piles of incense sticks.
Jan/J/H}' 25
0730- A car stereo and other miscellaneous items are
misappropriated in an F-Iot "car prowl." which is a cuddly
euphemism for "a bunch of scum bags break your frirkin'
window and steal your stuff."
January 26
0248- Adevilishly clever individual pulls a brilliant and daring
prank on the lot of us when he runs from dorms A, C and D
pulling fire alarms. Gosh, I wish I'd come up with that one!
13 J5- Subject noticed acting suspiciously in B-Iot. Wh en
approached by a concerned citizen he sa id, "Could you give me
any part of a dollar so.! could buy a bus ticket back to Davenport.
Iowa?" The citizen said "So rry, " and walked hurriedly away
while the suspect resumed his suspicious activities.
1936- Fire alarms raise holy hell in D-dorm. Alleged cause of
the ruckus: a burnt spoon.
January 27
0806- Several automobiles are damaged in a malicious "vehicle
prowl." Loyal readers of the Security Blotter will know which
TESC parking lot this occurred in without me telling you.
1252- Graffiti found in the Library said to trumpet The Ice
Storm as a surprise Best Picture winner.
1309- Unauthorized personnel apprehended in Covered Rec.
Pavilion. Story "I'm a U.N_ weapons inspector in training!" fails
to wash.
1848- Car wreck on Kaiser Road leaves two people hospitalized.
2247- Burnt grease causes fire alarm in P-dorm. I love the smell
of burning grease in the morning. Smells like ... Denny's.
Lewinski played "Presidential Peek-A-Boo!" with Bill Clinton.
1928- Hit and run accident at the junction of Cooper Point
and Kaiser Road.
2344- CUP exterior door found insecure. Kids, always make
sure your CUP is secure before you go out and play.
Jan/J/H}' 29
0001- "Defective equipment" lands a motorist in hot water;
TESC's finest pulls the offender over for a verbal
remonstration.
1117- Student faints in Library, perhaps when he found out
he wasn't one of two finalists for the Publisher's
Clearinghouse millions and that Ed McMahon had just gotten
his fat butt sued for deception,
1333- Tires slashed on car in F-lot. With any luck, the car
belonged to the thieving bastards who robbed the Capitol
Theater, and the stolen sound equipment will be spotted in
their car by the tow-truck guy, but I stopped believing in
January28
cosmic justice a long time ago. It was probably the Caddy of
1245- Theft of bike from housing area.
1254- Another bike is reported missing from the housing-area. a kindly old lady surprising her studious grandson with some
Perhaps the first victim , morality corroded by the injustice of freshly knitted longjohns.
society, stole a replacement ala the Italian neo-realist classic The 1356- Physical altercafion between two TESC employees.
Recently TESC co-worker Bill Thomas and I had to be
Bicycle Thief
1.1 11- A student living on campus is served with a subpoena to restrain ed after a rapidly escalating di spute over Gabe
Kaplan's ongoing influence on the post-modern landscape.
testi~' before the Whitewater grand jury that she and Monica
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February 5, 1998
prisoners with HIV I AIDS) and the grossly
unequal representation of ethnic groups in
prisons.
Also covered will be issues of such
contemporary focus as privatization
(correctional industry's profit and
governmental thriftiness through lower quality
private institutions), the failure of prisons to
provide even minimal educational materials to
prisoners, and gender discrimination in the
prisons.
This year's Prison Awareness Week will
be an exciting expansion on last year's
presentations and will offer personal and
professional perspectives on 'the correction
industry_ Varieties of topics and a spectrum of
events have been scheduled in an effort to give
everyone the opportunity to attend an event
of their interest.
Watch out in the CAB and the CPj for
calendars announcing a schedule of the events.
SHAPE gears up
Shirt donations needed
Careers in education
What's going on in
student activities ...
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SHAPE, formerly the Rape Response
Coalition, is sponsoring three performances by
the HeartSparkle Players playback theater I
group. HeartSparkle is an improv group
trained in issues of sexual assault that acts out
stories and experiences shared by the audience.
The stories are presented in a therapeutic and
entertaining style, promoting healing and
awareness. The medium of playback theater
allows an individual's story to be expressed
with the option of anonymity. However, the
individual may participate in the acting,
playing herIhimself or another character.
Friday, Feb. 13 is the first performance,
and will be held at 7 p.m. in CAB 108. Beingso
near to St. Valentine's Day, the theme of the
performance is "Relationships." The night's
emphaSiS is the importance of healthy
relationships, as well as the power and
dynamics that exist in abusive realtionship.
The second performance is scheduled for
March II at 7 p.m., location TBA. As it is during
International Women 's Week (Mafch 1 to 7),
the theme will be "Stories of Empowerment and
Growth." (SHAPE is sponsoring several events
during this week as well.)
The last performance will be on April 21
at 7 p.m., location TBA. Being during Sexual
Assault Awareness Week CApri119 through 25),
the theme this time will be "Healing Stories."
This week will also be filled with events
promoting awareness of sexual assault,
incl uding open mics and the Clothesline Project.
These performances are the chance for you
to share your story about your relationship,
empowerment, steps in healing, or a related issue.
Rape Response
name change
reflects new goals
by Maggie Ragatz
SHAPE
The Rape Response Coalition has '
changed its name! The group is now called
SHAPE: Sexual Harassment & Assault
Prevention and Education. The new name
outlines their goals and presents a new
image. They have worked in the past with
issues of verbal assa ult, sexual assault,
rape, domestic violence, etc. The name
SHAPE was chosen to reflect SHAPE's
goings on with not only rape, but all sexual
and mental abuse. SHAPE works for
education and prevention of sexual assault
on campus and to expand awareness in the
community. They assist survivors in the
healing and recovery process, offering
initial and continual support of Sexual
Assault Peer Advocates.
Its coordinators have not changed,
nor has their schedule of events. They are
planning several performances of the
Heart Sparkle Players, a group which plays
back stories of the audience, the first on
Feb. 13. During "International Women's
Week;" they are co-sponsoring a Take Back
the Night march with Safe Place Rape
Relief. A series of events are planned for
that week, including presentations by
female performers, awareness activities,
and a self-defense training. During Sexual
Assault Awareness Week they are hosting
open mics, a display of the Clothesline
Project, and other activities to increase
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is the only industrialized nation which has yet
to make the convention a binding
commitment. In 1980, Jimmy Carter signed the
Ever-green's very own Amnesty bill and sent it to congress, the idea being that
International chapter is extend in g an they would take action on the bill, maybe take
invitation to you-yes, YOU-that requires no a vote, and show that the U.S. was in support
tuxedo or ballgown, no uncomfortable shoes, of the bill. Well, in 1994, the Senate foreign
and no overpriced too-small-to-fill-your- relations committee finally voted to send it to
stomach hors d'oe uvres. You can wear the rest of Congress, a mere few days before
whatever you would like (but
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relations committee again,
International
The invitation is to help us in
where it currently sits.
meets
collecting signatures in an
The U.S. plays an
effort to get the U.S. to ratify
important role as one of the
Wednesdays
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Help make this happen! On
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Feb. 11, from noon to 3 p.m.,
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EQUAL rights for everyone, regard less of chapter will be hosting a table in the CAB,
gender, this was not, in reality, occurring. So, where we will have information available about
the women delegates asked for, and created, a CEDAW, as well as, most importantly, letters
convention that would ensure women around y'all can sign to Senators Gorton and Murray,
the world equal rights and opportunities, requesting that, as their constituency, we are
including access to educational opportunities, in favor of making CEDAW a binding bill, and
credit and banking opportunities, and the right request that they take action to do so. We hope
to participate in and represent their countries to send a strong message that Washington
in government.
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crowd. With the victory, we staked our claim
as the local team to watch.
The next game was an easy victory over
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Warner Pacific, which was followed by the
afore mentioned game against Central
AtCentra l, I satthrough what should have been Washington. It was a game we could have, and
an enjoyable game with a clenched jaw and a should have, won. After coming out slow, and
churning stomach. I could hardly bear to listen fa lling into a huge defecit, we worked our way
to the revolting comments my tea mates and I back into the game. In the last few minutes
the lead changed hands many times, but they
were being bombarded with.
The part about all of this that pushed me finished stronger and came away with a 64·60
over the edge-- that made me certain that I win.
The following game was the most exci ting
had to write about it- was when I saw the
finish
at home this season. It was against Lewis
person who was making the racial comments
make eye contact with another fan in the crowd and Clark State, and we controlled the tempo
of the same ethnicity he was criticizing. They and had a solid lead for most of the game. In
both tried to laugh it off. The eyes of the the last few minutes, however, they chipped
commenter seemed to say: "Hey, we're on the away at our lead and pulled themselves within
same side. I can say that, can't 17" The other three. With just seconds left in the game, we
person's eyes seemed to respond, "I guess, but fouled their best shooter, Jared Mercer, behind
the three-point line. He had a chance to tie the
it sure doesn't feel right."
Coinc identally, we play Central game with three free-throws. After making the
Washington again tonight. What I suggest is first two, he missed the third. On what should
that Evergreen fans (the faithful and the have been a routine check·out. Jonath an
prospective) turn out for this game in droves. George managed to slip through and tip th e
Let's demonstrate to everyone how fans are ball in to take the lead.
This gave us the ball with two seconds left
supposed to act: loud, supportive, and even
and down by one point. Adam Normoyle
obnoxious, but not disgusting.
Despite my ethical sermon, what I want passed th e ball to Troy Torbert at mid-court,
more than anything is revenge. Not revenge for and he was hammered while chunking lip a
a few fans' vulgarity, but revenge for a loss in prayer shot. After Lewis and Clark State's head
which Central's fan support was a huge factor. coach finally cooled down. th e alwa ys
"It was 13 against 2,000," Coach John Barbee composed Torbert knocked down two freethrows to win the game.
sa id.
On Jiln . 31 we lost to Western
With enough fan support we ca n make it
as tough to win here as it was for ll S to win Washington. which brought our co nference
record to 2-2 and our overall record to 8-10.
there.
I wlmt to acknowledge that the actions of Our record puts us in a four-way tie for second
a few overzea lous fans by no means represent in the conference, and a conference
the student body of Central or the town of championship is still ill the rea lm of
possibilities. "The team that ends up winning
Ellensb urg.
On a lighter note, throughout the last lew the conference, I wou ld guess, will have three
week s we have conti nu ed to prove that or four losses," said Coach Barbee.
New addition to the team, Trelton
Evergreen basketball isn't a fluke . We opened
up league play on Jan. 17 with a huge victory "Tuggy" Spencer, has been a spark-plug cffthe
over cross-town rival St. Martins. E-State fans bench. He is providing 9.4 points per game
really came through for this game in Lacey, and and is hitting 58.3% of his shots from behind
seemed to overshadow the dead St. Martin's the arc.
1:15 Lakota Harden, leads a workshop
for student s. staff and faculty of
color
Swimmers show off Geoduck flair
by Raquel Salinas
and Sonny Krishnamurti
Contributing writers
It is once again time for our Evergreen
community to observe (and participate in) the
Day of Absence and the Day of Presence
celebrations. These days are designed to create
an opportunity for the entire campus to explore
and actively address issues related to diversity.
equity and multiculturalism and to rhallenge
us to consider the heavy consequence of not
diligently promoting diversity and pluralism ..
On the Day of Absence. Feb. 10. all
students. faculty and staff of co lor are
encouraged to leave campus for the day to
engage elsewhere in activities celebrating
diversity amongst peoples of color. There wi ll
also be events which address issues of race held
on campus. for the rest of the communi t), to
participate in. On the DayofPresence. ~eb . It.
the entire Eve rgree n community has an
opportuni ty to come together to discuss and
celebrate issues of divers ity and uni ty.
The Day of Absence has been an observed
tradition at Evergreen since 1975. It derives
inspiration from a play. Day of Absence. by
Douglas Turner Ward. This play is about a
town in which all of the African -American
people disappear for one day, leaving their
white neighbors. The town is unable to
function as usual on this day and realizes the
importance of all of its members as integral and
vital members of the community. At
Evergreen, this idea is expanded to include all
peoples of color, and events are added to create
an opportunity for active exploration of issues
pertinent to race. The First Peoples' staff will
be reading Ward\ play in its entirety on the
KAOS show "Expect Miracles" on Friday, Feb.
6at 3p.m.
In 1992, students urged First Peoples ' to
add a Day of Presence, to reunite the college
campus to educa te ou rselves and to have a
celebration of diversity and unity. This day has
been observed through on-campus workshops,
films , music, dances and various other cult'ural
mediums: it provides us with an opportunity
to have a space devoted to exploring issues of
race, and how they affel't us as a whole
community.
As 1 rememher it. ill or around 1991, a
few stud ents felt that tlw), needed to grt
togeth er and celebrate a day of presenCt' by
making some sort of political stat ement. Sin('e
it was so long ago Icould only find a few people
who remem bered this event. As far as I ca n
piece togeth er. some students took it upea
themselves to wear multi-colored hoods and
wa lk around campus in and around offices and
elevators not saying a word. Some of them
stood and stared at you and remained sil£'nt
even when spoken to. The reaction was varied.
Afew of them were very muscular and tall men.
so as a woman. I felt uncomfortabl e not
knowing why someone in a mask was staring
at me and refusing to speak. The event wasn't
advertised so no one exactly knew what was
going on. They definitely made some kind of
sta tem ent. Upo n talk ing to one of the
participants, he explained to me that he felt
this was a symbol of how people of color are
seen as faceless in this schoo l and in the
domina nt white culture as a whole. We had a
conversation abou t how silent, staring men
with hoods brought up many iss ues for
different kinds of people.
Sin ce then, th e da y of presence has
turned int o an inclusive community event. In
fact many people do not know that thi s is
entirt'ly a community event and that it is not
something that First Peoples' Advising puts on
by itself. Alot of work goes into the planning
of these days by folks in the Evergreen
(Staff/Faculty Training sessions are free and
require pre-registration through Human
Resource Services, ext. 6361)
8:30-11 :30 Staff/Faculty Training with Paul
Kivel, author of Uprooting
Racism, How White People Can
·community. This year, festivities will began a
day early, on Monday, Feb. 9. On this day, there
will be two spedal on-campus screenings of the
highly critically acclaimed movie Follow Me
Home, Peter Bratt's poetic tale exploring race
and identity in America. If you missed this at
the OFS film festival, here is your chance to see
it, right here at Evergreen I These showi'ngs will
be followed by a di sc uss ion with Lakota
Harden. consultant to the film. Show times are '
4:30 and 8 p.m. in Lecture Hall!. (tickets are
$4 and can be purchased from PPAS in Lib.
1407 or in the CABbuilding on selected dayscall x6467 for more info).
9:30 Vans leave campus headed for th e
Olympia Salmon Club . located at
3201 Boston Harbor Road.
Call FPAS and register ifyou need
a ride
10:15 Billy Frank, opening remarks
Work for Racial Justice.
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Noo ll -l:OO Public Presentation. by Ron
Chisom, co-foul')der of the New
Orleans based Institute for
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by Ann Alquist
Member of the Geoduck swim team
Bright and early on the morning of Jan.
31, The Evergreen State College Swim Team
(yes, there is one) drove to McMinnville,
Oregon to compete against Linfield College.
The meet was a long course meet, meaning
the absence of shorter distance events such as
the 100 yard breaststroke, butterfly, and
freestyle.
Swimming in the 200 yard breaststroke,
Bonnie "the Breaststroker" Martin shattered
the school record, her second one to date.
Earlier in the year she broke the school record
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That's Aaron Foy defying gravity in the Geoduck's winn ing game
against Lewis and Clark.
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for the 100 yard breaststroke. Her powerful
kick and unique sty le in both eve nt s has
always added to the grace that Bonnie brings
to the breaststroke.
Personal bests were an added feature to
the competition. Aaron Huston, who usually
competes in the long distance events. focu sed
instead on his sprints in the 50 yard and 100
yard freestyle, shaving off considerable time
in both events. Amy Best, our resident female
long distance swimmer, dropped two seconds
offher 500 yard freestyle time, well on her way
to breaking the school record.
The swim meet also had the unusual and
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"The Rocket Man" Alex Ip has always swum
this event successfully by not dying before the
finish. If anyone wishes to experience hell to
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Needless to say, Alex has well earned the
respect of his teammates (though we are
considering submitting him for psychiatric
evaluation).
Ruth Gregory, Danielle Temple, and
Gina Wickstead contributed to the success
of the meet with their good natures and
sunny dispositions . All told , we had a
marvelous time and represented Evergreen
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and Sara "the Muscle" Lampo. Already
impressive divers, Wade and Sara proved to
formidable athletes in the 50 yard freestyle
and 400 yard freestyle relay, respectively.
The men's medley and freestyle relay,
which includes Howard "the Duck" Gearns,
JosefKuehnast, Nate Mahoney, and Matt "the
Bat" Heaton, performed above and beyond
expectations, but then they always have.
This meet also saw the participation of
swimmers in events they had never swum .
before. Sarah Groark, unable to compete in
her usual slot in the 100 yard breaststroke,
strove for excellence in the 200 yard butterfly,
otherwise known as the "Lunatic's Event."
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Why am I up this early?
A day in the life of a swimmer
by Aaron Huston
Member of the Geoduck swim team
I climb out of th e diving well in
anticipation. I am done warming up for the big
race. One eye w;/tches the women finishing
their race while the oth er sizes up my
competition that is noll' starting to gather
behind the blocks. The women finish their race,
and e,'erywhere people are cheering. The pool
is a loud stadium oforganized chaos which I am
obJiI'ious to. The only voice I hear is that ofthe
1I'011l8n reading off the name of the event. Her
monotone I'oice ol'er the loudspeaker reminds
me ofa recorded telephone operator or perhaps
th e informative lady who governs the white
zone atthe airport. She passes the microphone
to "Mr. Starter" and he announces theevent one
last time before instructing us to step up onto
the blocks. Jam trembling and it is hard to keep
my balance as I shake my arms out. He gives
the order for us to take our mark, which we do,
and then we wait in this position [or what seems
like an eternity. The hom belts out a piercing
tone and [leap from the block into the water...
My eyes open and I realize that "Mr.
Starter" was controlling my alarm clock. It
buzzes loudly as I rush to turn it off. My
roommate groans and rolls over. After aU, it is
6: 30 in the morning. I sit down on my bed and
ask m,yself, "Self. why am I up this early?" That
is when the daily battle begins in my head over
whether I should stagger down to practice or
maybe sleep just a little longer. Usually I am
able to convince myself that sleep is more
important. In fact, I am becoming quite
proficient at arguing with myself. But this
particular morning I decide that my times need
improvement. After a generous amount of
chocolate milk, I leave my ro6mmate with a
good-bye and head towards the elevator. As I
ride the elevator down ten floors 1 mutter
obscen ities towards all the considerate folks
who left their beer bottles lor.me to smell. By
the time I reach the second floor, my feeli ngs
have changed to sympathy for the people who
clean this up day in and day out. I walk across a
surreal campus thinking, ·Sure is quiet , maybe
practice is canceled." As 1get closer to the pool
I am proven wrong by the sound of water
sp lashing wildly. Looks like another rigorous
workout for The Evergreen State College swim
individual's ability. It looks like he is thinking.
He gets a real funny look on his face right before
he tells you to "swim hard, man." He gives my.
teammates their workout and then comes over
to convince me to swim the 500 yard freestyle
this weekend. I almost always fall for it.
With our last home meet over, we have
on ly a difficult road trip before conference
finals. Some of us will be swimming extra hard
while some who have made Nationals will be
taking this opportunity to polish up the finer
aspects of their stroke. Team life means making
strong bonds with other members. Often, more
-0 experienced swimmers and divers take the time
if to help me develop my skills. A saying I hear
8 often is "Perfect form equals free speed." It is
:i'my first year and although I am not typically
~ the first one to finish in my race, my teammates
3- are always crowded on either end of the pool
ii: cheering me on as if! h<ld just won a gold medal.
~ Most members are on the team for different
team.
reasons. For some, competitive swimming has
The team practices every morning and been a big part of their life. Others are there to
every afternoon, lifting weights three times a gain strong swimming ski lls and be a part of
week and swimming three to five thousa nd something like a team. Some are there just
yards during the other practices. This particular berause they like to swim. Our swim team is
morning the workout consists oflifting weights not very big and we are always looking for
and then swimming a short 2200 yard set. people to swim with us. The coach talks about
Wh.ile we lift weights, various members of the. building a competitive team in the coming
team engage in political debate. One of the years, but I think we are building something
biggest contributors is the coach, Jim Baird. bigger than that.
Every three sit-ups I give another reason why he
is wrong and he usua lly rebutts with a lot of Aaron Huston is a first year swimmer and
l'motion and more sit-ups. After pumping iron, invites anyone who is interested in being
we pad on over to the pool and try not to drown involved in Evergreen Swimming and Dii'ing co
from rubbery muscles. Each se t is carefully contact the coach, Jim Baird, .ilt the CRe.
thought out by Jim and is tailored to each
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A weekly feature that profiles proposed legislation during the 1998 regular session
Prot·e st for
affirmative
•
a.e tlon
by David Taylor
Contributing writer
On Saturday, Jan . 31, alm ost tw o
hundred people gathered at the steps of the
Capitol Building to protest 1-2 00, the initiative
that threatens to end affirmative action in
Washington. The protest was s'ponsored by the
several student and labor groups from around
th e state of Washington and ended in a march
through the streets orOlympia.
Sponsors ofthr rally included University
of Puget Sound Black Student Union,
Washington State ACLU, Coa liti on of Black
Trade Unionists, Coalition for the Preservation
of Affirmative Action at the Universi ty of
Washington, King County Labor Counci l,
Radical Women, Seattle Centra l Community
Co llege Students Agaillsr 1-200, and Young
Socialists.
Speakers at the rally attacked 1-200's
attemp t to end preferential treatment for
women and minorities in all public education,
governmental hiring and contracting. The
speakers called the bill inconsistent, deceptive,
racist and sexist. The speakers attacked the
deceptive title ofI-200, The Washington State
Civil Rights Initiative, stating that the initiative
does not strengthen civil rights but depletes
them. They called for the continuation of
affirmative action because sexism and racism
still exist in the work place.
Alfia Burton, an African American trade
union organizer, said that affirmative action,
"only allows for the same opportunity that the
white man has had all along. The only fhing
that affirmative action allows is the same
playing field."
Margret Vigiante of Radical Women said:
"Our schools and workforce should reflect ou r
community and it doesil't. Affirmative action
guarantees that this representation will be a
reality. We do not just need to defend
affirmative action , we need to strengthen it. "
Speakers called the initiative inconsistent
because it aims at ending affirmative action
onl y for women a nd minorities and not
veterans and the disabled. They warned
members of those groups to be concerned that
t heir affirmative action programs would be
attacked next.
The vast majority of the people in
attendance at the rally were st udents from th e
University of Puget Sound and University of
Washington. Vigiante spoke to this fact when
she said, "It is important for people to see that
the college campuses are radicalizing again."
One speaker compared the coalition building
against 1-200 to the movements for Civil Rights
in the '60s.
This rally happened during a hot week
regarding the affirmative action debate in
Olympia. On Tuesday, Jan. 27, and Monday,
Feb. 2, there were also rallies against 1-200,
both drawing over 300 people.
TI1ere was also a committee hearing on
Wednesday, Feb. 4, regarding the initiative.
Many at the rally lambasted the Senate Law
and Justice committee for scheduling the
hearing in the middle of the day when students
and working people could not attend.
Frustration was also expressed because the
committee only allotted 4S minutes for the
hotly debated topic. With Senate Bill 6689, a
bill which weakens 1-200 but still takes the
teeth out of affirmative , currently in
committee, the debate on affirmative action
only promises to heat up.
Power to the students
Student Regent bill would put a student on the Board
of Trustees at all public 4-year colleges
Washington University. University of
Washington and Eastern Washin gt on
University, testified in favor of the bill. They
The Evergreen State College is currently argued that a student representative on
governed by a seven person Board of Trustees governing boards is important uecause the
of whom members are privat e citizens decisions of (he board affect the studen ts
appo inted by the governor. A new bill ill directly, therefore they should have a say in the
Washington State Legislature looks to change decision making process. Students belirV(' that
this governance structure. Senate Bi ll 5517, sin ce they invest th eir time and money in the
if passed, will require the appointment of olle higher education in stitutions th eir voi ce in
student member to eac h of the state's higher goverllilI 1Cl' should be guaranteed.
educa tion governing boards. Ifthe bill passes.
According to the Washington Student
The Evergreen State College Board ofTrustees Lobby. an orga niza ti on ofwhi ch Evergreen is
would add a student member who wOllld not a member who has been the ca talyst lor
serve a one-yea r term.
the introduction of this bill, there currently
is J positive working relationship between the
governi ng boards of the sta te's regional ~.nd
research institutions an9 stud ents. The
Currently 31 states
motivation of the legislation is not to correct
allow students to sit on
any problems in the student board
relationship but to guarantee that the group
the governing boards
most affected by the decisions of the Board
of their higher
of Trustees, the students, has guaranteed
education institutions.
repre sen tati on in the decision making
process . The Washington Student Lobby
believes the addition st udents as voting
The bill is currently pending with three members of governing boards does not
amendments. First, itwould change the term constitute conflict of interest and that there
served by the student member to June until would be no negative impact to the student
June to match the academic year. Another body, the institution, or the state.
amendment would exclude the voting student
Currently 31 states allow students to sit
from execut ive session when faculty on the governing boards of their higher
personnel matters are being disc ussed. education institutions. According to Kim
Finally, there is an amendment changing the Merriman, The Evergreen State Co llege
selection process to an appointment by the Legislative Liaison, "Evergreen ha s had a
governor from a list of five students selected student sit on the Board of Trustees as a nonby the student body.
voting member since 1974."
According to the Senate Bill Report,
The Evergreen Board of Trustees has
representatives from the Washington Student taken a stanc e against the bill. Evergreen's
Lobby, as well as stude nt s from Western legislative liaison and legislative liaisons from
by David Taylor
Contributing writer
several other ~('hools testified against th e bill
during comm itt ee hearings. Kim Merriman
spoke on behalf of The 'Everg ree n Sta te
College. She argued that "a tru stee - a~ thr
name imp lies - holds in trust something of
value. th e benefit s of which accruc to another.
The student is a beneficiary or the trll~t. It i~ .
th erefo re, a vio lation orthe tru~t rrlati omhl p
to have J beneficiary ac ting a~ a tru~te e. and
represents a co nlliet of interesl."
She also sta ted: "Th e tru stee I ~ a
representative of th e gencral pllblic and a~
sll ch is not and ~hould not be involved in the
internal operation orthe college. In order to
represent the public interest. trust ees mu st
maintain that outside perspective."
Merriman made her final argument
afound the pOSS ibility of constituency politics
on campus. "There is a question of equity
among constituencies. Ifstudents are pl aced
on governing boards, the same logic would
en title faculty, staff and administrators to
have seats on the govern ing boards." The
Washington Student Lobby did not follow the
same line of logic and opposes any dedicated
membership on the govern ing boards other
than students.
If this bill passes, student s who are
willing to make a long-term commitment to
serve on the Board of Trustees are needed.
The whole process of student membership
including appointment, confirmation by the
Senate, and service on the board could take
up to 18 montlls.
If you have any comments on the bill you
can contact the sponsors on the bill at the
number below.
The bill is being sponsored by Senators
Wood, Kohl, Bauer, Patterson, Winsley, Brown,
Goings, Fraser, Loveland, Benton and Sellar.
English as official language?
by David Simpson
Staff writer
the state and thereb y to ensure fair. held in this state." The bill has been sen t to
consistent , and equal practices throughou t the Education Committees of both houses.
the state when it comes to providing services."
Having thu s far been more or l e~s
Republicans in the Sta te Legislature
Hav ing go tten the bill's ex planation objective about this bill. I feel I've ea rn ed th e
have made severa l attem pts over the last few and preemptive justification out of th e way. right to briefly critique it. To th e alit hors'
years to establish English as th e official state the initiative's authors go on to explain that credit , they seem to have anticipated most, If
language. This year. they 're trying it again, in under it , all public documents . not all , possible drawbacks to naming English
the form of a bill currently being-deliberated announcements, meetings and the like would as this state's official language. What they'l'e
by both houses. In the House, it's Bill 2883, be lega lly required to be cOllducted failed to do is give a co mpelling reason whl'
and in the Senate it 's Bill 6339. The two bills exclusively in Engl ish. Various exception s are it's important to do so. Mee'tings alreadv are
are identical.
made for things lik e foreign lan guage conducted in English, and official doc um e nt~
Such initiatives have com e under co urses, and courses designed to increase are already all printed in English. If the point
criticism in the past for being Eurocentric in proficiency in English. It also makes of the bill is to ensure that all citizens are
nature; this bill, in anticipation of such a exce ptions for the "needs of the justice taught English, why nor write a bill which
criticism, begins by asserti ng that such laws system," as well as for "when the public more specitically outlines such a program?
are in fact good for cultural diversi ty. Section safety, health , or emergency services may This bill shares with its predecessors a fIXation
1 of the bill states: "By sharing a common require the lise of other languages. However, on the word "official."
language, America's immigrants built a new authorization for the use oflanguages other
A total of 14 senators and 12
nation and contributed th eir diverse than the common lan guage in printing representatives spo nsored this bill. Since
cultures," and that, "Knowledge of a common ' informational materials or publications for they're so numerous, I won't list the phone
language is essential to the democratic general distribution must be approved in a numbers and e-mai l addresses of every single
processes ofgovernment and the full exercise meeting as defined in RCW 42.30.020 by the sponsor. However, the sponsors are Senators
of constitutional freedoms , informed and governing board or authority of the relevant Benton, Oke, Rossi, Deccio, Stevens, Schow.
knowledgeable empowerment as voters, state or municipal entity, and the decision Morton, Roach, Swecker, Johnson. McCaslin.
citizen checks against government abuses , must be recorded in publicly available Strannigan, Hoch statter and Zarelli , and
and
individual
prosperity
and minutes."
Representatives Dunn. L. Thomas. Koster.
independence." Furthermore, it says: "The
The bill also goes on to state that it "shall Boldt, Mielke, Clements, McCune, D.
use of a common language as the language of not be construed in any way to infringe upon Sommers, Sherstad, D. Schmidt. Thompson
public record in no way infringes upon the the rights of citizens under the state and Mulliken.
rights of citizens to exercise the use of a Constitution or the Constitution of the United
The Senate Education Comm itt ee
primary language of their choice for private States in the USe of language in pr ivate can be reached at (360) 786-7420. The House
conduct. It is a purpose of this act to establish activities ...
Education Committee is chaired by: Rep.
a uniform policy for a means of access to
If passed. the bill would be voted on by Peggy Johnson CR-35), (360) 786-7966.
public documents and communications in the public "at the next general election to be johnson_pe@leg.wa.gov.
the Cooper Point Journal
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February 5, 1998
lie ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
/IF REED OM OF. SPEECH:
or prohibiting the free exercise th.e reof; OJ: 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
Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being
responsible for the abus~, of that right."
- Article I, Section 5, Washington State Constitution 1889
Clinton's ethics in
relation to other
scandals
I
Wrote
This
In some ways. I don't want to write this column.
What I have to say concern~ something I dOIl't
want to hear any more abouLIt's a recent series of even ts
to which the med ia has flocked like crows to carrion .
It 's a story which has made the covers of every major
news magazine in America. but which is really just
1998's version ofO.j. Simpson. It's ftlrther proofthat
the line between news and en terta inment has
been not only blurred, but spat upon. It's that
... that thing involving President Clinton and a
ce rtain female intern. I think everyone has
already heard far more than they need to about
this latest installment in th e ongoing jerry
Springerization of our public discourse.
Neverth eless, I'm goi ng to write about it.
because I have something to say about these
events that I haven'r heard anyo ne say yet.
Clinton's latest tryst has been called
"a s big as Watergate." Newsweek ca lled it
the "scandal of the decade." Certainl y we'll be
hearing abou t it frequent ly for months and
perhaps years to come. now that joey Buttafuco
has finally disappeared en tirely from the
national consciousness. And we've all heard
the talk about Clinton resign ing or being
impeached.
Alii have to say is that if Clinton is driven from
office for his sexual improprieties with a consenting
adult. then we'll be revea led as a nation of hypocrites,
because Ronald Reagan left office amidst fanfare and
reverent tears.
Ronald Reagan presided over this century's greates t
presidential scandal, and most Americans have already
forgotten it. We hear talk of renaming airports after the
man whose adm inistration, in wanton disregard for the
Constitution and the will of Congress. sold arms to Iran .
then used the proceeds to fu nd counter-revolutionary
fas cists in Nicaragua. The people Reaga n ca ll ed "the
Dear'Editor: .
As astu~twith twohidc:leA~, IbJv~
moral eq ui va len t of our fo undin g fathers ," the
been appalled by the lack of bowl f being.
Sa ndanistas, were kn own for tactics such as cutting · disseminated by Doth the UniOn of S'
isVidi
someone's belly open and leaving him to die in a ditch.
Pi~abmties and the 'PJ. The 'sprtal
gperal
Compare this to Clinton's "scandal ofthe decade,"
!Jlisinforma~o.n AA.t~. those f us tvi :tlid~~ · . I:Je(:OI@~~~~~ ed'!Itab!d
which involves having conse nsual sex and th en lying
'disabilities sblouCWm mP,tery aJld~.
about it.
In particular, JcaDauention tQ~~SC~ r
If Clinton did in fact lie under oath , I reluctantly · article on teaching abOut hidden ~b8ides. The
'belief in
co nce de that he should probably be in so me way
seconc;l paragraph st8rt$ With the Statement. -Hidden'
censured for it. I'm just not happy with what it says :disa1;>ilities are mainly ental disabili,tres."
. disabilities:.undel"theioose' .
top ten
about American cu ltu re if we tell our leaders: "It's all
clasSlfic;ation
of
ental
: . Bad. E~. Wrong. 11ds is a myth perpetuated
~~!~bW.~.n~4~WW~ .~~~ymc~~e
right to violate the Constitution , and to fund murder
yet the
from tlle.4ark a~ of neurolOgiCal sciences when all
illness· is'
and torture for th e sa ke of American business in terests. .. abllbrtent bcllavio.r was ~1assified as being "in the
flyers and
, the Union of
jll ~ t don 't have sex."
thatha.rkenslo the days .!
· mind".and,l}as little or no basis in fact. In actuality; of .
Students
didn't even'mention these
I must concede that Reaga n was never actually ~the rour disabilities listfd after that statement, three
· wHen ·all
illness were
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.
.
charged with anything. Fourtee n members ofhis cabinet
~mani'~ depression, schizophrel'1ia and chronic
.
I aD) not ~t only perSon.with a hidden diSability
:
treated
'by
el~ctric
sh~ck
or
were indi cted. and twelve convicted, but Reagan himself · dep.ression) are <lefinftelr. classified iil the medical!
who &tis thiS way. I.persOnaUy know several people
lobotomies.
mainta ined t·o th e end that he had known nothing of
with hidden disabmtieS who have been equally upset
psychological ~!Jmmunity as.being neurologic,al
what was going on. Prosecutor Lawre nce Walsh ·~iseases with aphysiolo~al reamn'fpr their presenc~' .
. by the glossing :over that the presentatiQn gave . •
never got enough evidence to charge Reagan
Hopefully in the ' future, a · morebal~nced apd
....; m,!stly due.-to a thtrJ,lical imbalance or an acute :.
of wrongdoing, but strong evidence suggests
trauma. to the Skull. The remaining disability li.sted · inStea(t-of~ading £ear and riusConc~ptiori.~ niis is informative prtsel,1tation wiD 'be held. The Union of
that Reagan gave the go-a head to the Iran(e;tting disorders) has had so little' physiological why most people, including myself, don't usually . Stu~nts with Disabilities took on a great thing by
Con tra project. Att he very least, we can be
tesearch c!one on itthatnoone rea1lyknows What kind disdoSe the.fact that they hav.e abidden disability'; trying to p,aiPOtt·hiddeQ diSabilities beciluse it is '
certain that Reaga n surrounded himselfwith ·of illoess it is:
.'
,
. '.
.
. .pe~ple rea~ in such varying ways, nom believing that m!sunderstOOdjnd even feared. !tisjust~rtunate
corr upt. amoral peop le and gave them
• . The beliefin lumping hidden disabilities tinder YOU.are mcapableofperfonDiog a,specific job ortaSkto ,th~t in doirig sO~ey helped sOlidify some ofthe 9ther
permission. actively or tacitly. to do corrupt
thdoose c\,assification of "mental illnesses" is il. a desire to pot wan~ to be aiIociatedwitb.somethlng . misconceptions.
amoral things without his·interference.
·dangerous one that.harkellsto thedaYS when aU such , th~t they ~dd'kin to ~.,
.
.
This was the scandal of the century.
illitess were treated by elecrr.i~ shock or lobotomies. . .' . I applau~~e fact ~t ~r-~ ofS~den~ with
It was bigger than Watergate, and vastly
bigger than Monica and Bill having a fling.
It failed to bring down th e pres'ident or even
to da mage hi m beyond temporarily
inconveniencing him by compromising his
good press,
What, then, is the rno~al of thi s
story? Could it be that in the afternoon talk
~how era, a scandal must be se nsational
~, ...~~.'i and titillating to be noticed?
Another organization targeted at communication
Ask Special Prosecu tor Kenneth Starr, a man who r;::=================~ the Seattle Area chapter. It is currently in its twelfth
has already damaged the president more in two weeks
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year and has over 170 members. If you are interested in between local scientists and students is thePuget Sound
of this new scandal than he ever managed to do in five
more information, the chapter has a web page at http:/ Biotechnology Society. As the title implie s, this
years of investigating the matter which he was originally
- '.
• ,,~'r
~I'
/ weber.u. washington. edu/-y66409d/awis.h tm. They organization is speCific to biotechnology. Each meeting
hold monthly meetings at the Northwest Fisheries starts out with a social hour (refreshments provided).
hir ed to investiga te, the Whitewater affa ir. Having
Ce nter In Seattle. The meetings start with a social hour Then a local biotech company presents what they're
gotten nowhere investigating Bill Clinton's financia l
at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments are served, and members mill working on. The company profile is followed by a talk
ethics. he's turned to Clinton's bedroom eth ics, which,
let's face it. make better television.
~
~~\...,..,
about, talking about the issues they face as women in from a biotech researcher. The next talk is on March 11
1 \...)
science. At 7:30 p.m., the meeting convenes with a talk at Panlabs at 6:30 p.m. Dr. Eric Lynch, from UW, will
I suppose that's all there is to say, at least unt il
from a local scientist. On Feb. 10, Dr. Nalini Nadkarni be speaking on "Isolation of Deafness Gene." For more
Springer does a show about Central American political
Historically, wes tern science has been a pursuit will speak on "Life in the Treetops: Canopy Studies in information , check out the PSBS web page at http://
struggle.
domi nated by the wea lthy white male. This is due Tropic and Temperate Rainforests." Several members members. ao/. com/psbiosoc/psbsO.htm.
mostly to eco nomics- science has always been an of the Evergreen Math and Scie nce Network are
La st but not least are Evergreen 's sc ien ce
expensive endeavor, and only the bored aristocracy planning on carpooling to this talk. If you are interested associations. AlSES, the American Indian Science and
dabbled in it. Times have changed since then. Science in attending , plea se conta ct Elizabeth Thomas at Engineering SOCiety, meets Wednesdays at noon in the
is supported by both the governm ent and industry, and thomasel@elwha.evergreen. edu.
Longhouse. The Evergreen Science & Math Network,
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Let us know at thomasel, wolfech, stebbin s, or
registrat ion respectively.
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Evergreen students
could ·pay four times
more for I.T. passes
Did you know that you might get an Evergreen bus
pass.nex\ year? Nice idea ! The problem is that LT. might
not give us fair dea l. As a public sponsored entity, LT.
should ca lculate subsidized passes equally. I'm not very
fam ili ar with the legal side but you 'd think th ere would
be a law that sa id th at. But until someon e with legal
experience comes forward in the com muni ty to clear
that up I'd like to let you know about how unfair it seems
to me. The following are some facts to consider when
comparing costs:
-Evergreen has fewer students th an S.P.S.e.c.
-Both colleges are served in much the sa me way, number
of buses that come to the college and size of buses. These
two items determin e th e cost to serve the colleges.
Considering that Evergreen will get fewer passes
and the cost of th e service provided is th e sa me. let's tell
people we don't wa nt pay four times more for th e passes.
Update on proposed
shopping center
Network
Cerebrus talks lotto
and education
ASK
DR. CEREBRUS
psychically channeled by
Josh Kni sely
Dr. Cerebrus is a retired supervillain who lives in
a compound a half-mile beneath TESe. The Cooper
Point journal does not endorse or condone his views,
nor those of any other supervi llain.
_J
How to
SUbml-t' •
muellerm@elwha.evergreen.edu .
Jeremy Rice
Here's an update on the proposed Cooper Point or perhaps even harmful , you may tes tifY to ·the city
Village Shopping Center (CPj , Nov. 20). First off, it's examiner, who wi ll approve or disapprove for th e
nearly impossible to keep up with this developing firm shopping.center, as to the reasons that you wish to see
as to when they would actually attend their scheduled this area remai n undeveloped.
To know for sure when the next hearing will occur,
hearing. The original hearing was scheduled for Nov.
you
may
call Olympia Planning and Development at
10, then , at the request of the developer, it was
postponed until Nov. 26, and then again until Dec. 15, 753-8314 (ask for jackie). As of now, this date is still
and then, believe it or not, until jan. 26. Amazingly undecided.
*Wh en the previo us article on this shopping
enough , th e heari ng began last Monday, jan . 26.
Apparently, the deve loper reali zed he needed a bit more center was printed in the CPj, the word "undeveloped"
time to make his case that this shopping center won 't ({rom the original dowment) was replaced with the
word "underdeveloped" when reprin ted in the CPI
cause an impact on the nearby Grass Lake.
It is yet undecided as to whether the city ofOlympia Underdevelopment implies a need for development <!nd
will approve of this shopping center. The next hearing seeing as how the letter was against development in the
date hasn't been determined yet, however it is expected firs t place, the term "underdevelopment" is a bit of a
to occur durin g the second week in February, pOSSibly colltradiction. So, to anyone who read the original
on Feb. 12. At the next hearing, th ey will be discussing . article and noticed this contradiction, this may clarify
wetland issues. ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY things a bit.
GIVE TESTIMONY AT THE HEARING. If you have any
reason that you feel thi s shopping center is unn ecessary Brandon Ga lvez
All submissions must have the author's name and a phone number.
Elizabeth Thomas
the Cooper Point Journal • February 5, 1998
Dear Dr. Cerebrus,
I am an undergraduate of the evil and unethical
sciences, but I have yet to declare a major. With so many
different paths to universal conquest, it is difficult to
choose one particular path.
Since over-specialization means death in the real
world, could you suggest some appropriate areas of
interdisciplinary study, or recommend an accredited
evil degree program for an aspiring supervillian?
just how much math is enough?
Luke, Seattle
Dear Luke,
It is a little known fact that most institutes of
higher education offer degrees in evil at some level or
another (all night classes, obviously), though it usually
takes a few dead presidents under the table to get the
registrar to mention them .
But you're right , when it comes to world
domination, it is vital to remain diverse. Never stop
learning and pursue as many degrees as possible. If you
were to remain focused on only one field, you would
undoubtedly get a lot of criticism from the mad scientist
community. You wouldn 't want to hear, "Oh, there's
that Dr. Luke trying to take over the world with his army
of nanites . . . again!" Wile E. Coyote never used the same
method twice, why should you?
As for my own education, I, as I've mentioned
before, attended the Higher Power Correspondence
School of Muncie, Illinois. I received a doctorate if.!,
·11·
among other things, miscellaneous genius, a specialized
degree that focused on physics. social science, biology.
technomechanics and Trivial Pursuit. This may not be
the way to go for everyone, but, you know, couldn't hurt.
Math, howe\(er, is a judgment calL Not all world
leaders have been math wizards. Hell, most of them
can't eve n keep sober. But this is no reason to discount
a good foundation in the subject. Back in school I kn ew
this guy, Gabe. His knowledge of math was so vast that
he could warp space simply by reciting formulas out
loud . . He never endeavored furth er, though, and now
he works for an industrial equ ipment rental place.
Dear Dr. Cerebrus,
Do you know if there 's some sort of super secret
conspiracy way that I can win the lottery?
Jamie, Hoquiam
Dear jamie,
Nope. Not rea lly.
I personally haven't played the lottery si nce I was
struck by lightening in 1968, making the statistical odds
against my winning impossibly high.
All of the methods one would normally assume
would give the advantage to win have already been
accounted for by the Lottery Association; there's no use
bribing the officials, as they 've all been mentally
conditioned by the state government, making them
robotic and oblivious to almost everyone and everything
(you should meet these people-they're a hoot).
Chaos theory may be one avenue to explore, but
most chaos theorists are far too pessimistic to care about
the lottery, and, ifyou were to study the subject yourself,
the result would be the same.
Sorry jamie, you're stuck in Hoquiam.
To write to the Doctor,
e-mail drcerebrus@hotmaiLcom
or send a postcard to:
Dr. Cerebrus
c/o the CPj
CAB 316, TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
"You've been laying eggs under my skin / now they're hatching
I and
out under my chin' / now there's tiny insects showing though
all them ·tiny insects look like you . . ."
-
Robyn Hitchcock, "Kingdom of Love"
The successful
Titanic
demise of the Posies bucks
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by Ethan Jones
A&E Editor and Posies Enthusiast
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their catchiest song since "Golden Blunders."
It's a fitting opening to their final album, with
Jon and Ken chiming, "such a sad ~emise/ for
Too poppy and melodic for dirty your saving grace/ and you realize/ somehow
alternatypes, and too dissonant and reflective everything will be a little different than you
for upstraight popsters, the Posies frequently thought."
Most of the album is exceptional. "Start
get lost in between. Their music is so personal,
so idiosyncratic that it's really no wonder that a Life," first seen as a guitar heavy b-side four
they never attained the popularity of bands like years ago, is retooled into a late '90s synthpop
Pearl Jam or Soundgarden. The Posies are meisterwerk. The all acoustic "Every Bitter
much more similar to Syd Barrett, Alex Drop" is simply one of the Posies most
Chilton, or Sonic Youth in terms ofintegrity of gorgeous songs, and "You're the Beautiful
One" is similarly touching. "Placebo"
vision and, unfortuantely, sales.
Tired of the mass indifference given alternately sways and rocks. Finally, three
them, the Posies have decided to go their songs written for their aborted third album are
separate ways. Fortunately, Jon Auer and Ken polished off and presented here for the first
Stringfellow have raided their notebooks one time. "Farewell Typewriter," "Grow," and the
last time to clear out a few undeniably 'Posies' Sabbathesqe riffage of "Looking Lost" are vital
songs. They reconvened late lasryearto record additions to the Posies' canon, despite their '91 · .
their final album, released 10 years after their vintage.
As great as many of the songs are, the
debut, Failure. Providing an ironic bookend
to their career, the new album's title is Success. album has a·patchy feel to it, especially through
Oddly, some of Success' good news is also the first half. However, sometimes their songs
its bad news: all of the songs are at least three are so subtle that it takes a while for them to
years old. After years of listening to dubs-of- sink in, like Love Letter Boxes" from 1993's
dubs-of-dubs- of-dubs·of·dubs of their demo Frosting on the Beater. But when the .song
recordings, it's wonderful to have these songs finally sinks in, it will probably stay with you
in pristine condition . It is sad, though, when forver. 'friendship of the Future" may turn out
you consider that the Posies haven 't written to be the "Love Letter Boxes" of the new album ;
[n spite of a few patchy moments,
any new songs since early 1996, when Amazing
though,Success is - pardon the inevitable pun
Disgrace (dis)appeared.
Many of the 'new' songs are among the -a remarkable but bittersweet success. [t will
. best they've·eyer written. I've always thought certainly be sad to see the Posies leave us, but
there's no doubt that Ken and Jon, separately
i~ was a pity that they passed up songs like
"Somehow Everything" and "Grow" for past or together, will be creating more beautiful
albums. "Somehow Everyth ing" is possibly music for us all.
Off the Wa//with Ann
by Leigh Cullen
Managing Editor
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available In CAB 316
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February 5, 1998
"My work is my salvation ... and yours,"
the small woman in red Victorian garb
announced just before the lights darkened.
The woman got up and walked off the stage.
The audience of about 50 women and
men clapped and the woman returned to
stage to answer audience questions.
The woman is actor Ann Timmons. She
performed a one-woman historical play
about the life and work of feminist author
Charlotte Perkins Gilman last night at the
Recital Hall. Gilman(1860-1935), best known
for her fiction work, The Yellow Wallpaper,
was a social reformist and critic involved in
the 19th century women's rights movement.
In addition to her works of fiction, Gilman
solely wrote and published a monthly
magazine called The Forerunner.
Timmons got involved with Gilman's
work when she was an artist-in-residence at
the University of Illinois, where she had
earlier received her grad ua te degree in
theater. She had formally spent years trying
to find work as an actor in New York. As an
artist-in-residence, she decided to write,
perform and tour with her own play. She
asked several faculty who all suggested
different people. But on every list, she found
the name Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Though
Timmons had read some of Gilman's work
before, she became intrigued after she looked
closer into Gilman's life.
photo co urtesy of Ann Timmons
Ann Timmons performed her one-woman show Off The Wa/lWednesday night
in the Recital Hall. The show was brought to Evergreen by the Women's
Resource Center.
Timmons has toured with this show for
five and a half years and made her West Coast
premiere last night. She contacted Evergreen's
Women's Re so urce Center (WRC), who
sponsored the show.
Madeline Cantwell, co-coordinator of the
WRC and organizer of the event, said she
the Cooper Point Journal
brought Timmons to Evergreen "hoping
that it will inspire people to look at what's
changed in women's rights between the
19th century and now, and also what hasn't
changed."
.'
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"
. by Sal O.cchino
friendly film fiend
I've seen .Titanic four times in the last
month. ~or most other movies this woufd
sQund impressive. As you probably know,
Titan.jc; is no~ like other movies: It has a
running time of over three hours. Most
people know the end (seeing how jt's the well
known historical <!rama ·about the ·sinking
ship) . . Its two main, stars have.never been
paid ~ore thaJ;l $1 milIio~ to aCt ip.,3 movie
before: . Director James Cameloil (known
best for,~ R-rated sdence'-fictipn directing
abilities in Aliens and the Teimiuatorfilms)
wanted ·hiSPG·13 love ·story to 'be told so
badly, he actually gave
his salary- alld
percerit~ge ri8hts ·when the. speCial.effect
laden tllin went over budget;' olmeroo didri't
have·the filni done on tiriieeither, and it
missed its hig~y talked about, Jul)' 2·release
date, .eve9.tuaUyopenjng~ore. thaiJ '~ix
ino~thS" latet" O~· yeih ·and, ·ifs
most
expensive.movie-everl!lade. .
.. ~
.
. " It actually tQdk twoHonywoo~htudios
to pay for utatUcs$200 millioD"i>JUS price
tag. This is not especially surprising since
several stu~o§ have recently teamed up to coproduce expenSive .speciaH.~ffects driven
action pictures such as Twisterand Staish p
Troopers. What is surpris.ing is that unlike
most blockbu$ters, TitaniC didn't have
"acti6n-packed-thrill-ride~ written all over'it
(Cameron himself likes to add that. there is
absolutely no action in the fi1m's first hour).
The two ·bold studios were Paramount apd.
Twentieth Century Fox. Back then,
Paramount, who would get rights-tQ~ease
the film,in tl}e U.S. ·~d C~nada, coul~ ~a
big hit (theirbiggesr.-moneymakers over trutt
past year pad been Mission:Iiapossible, wit:b .
$180 million •. and Prim.al Fe/lr,with $56
million). .Th¢j played it smart I?Y .putting ~ .
cap on their'share.:a~ing to pay for exactly
halfoftbt film's then·est1mated S}.30 millio(l
budget. Fox, on (he·other hand, having just
come ~fflast summer's sIriash Independence
Day(whlch m~de $813 millionmakingiuhe
seevad lar&est grossjng film worldwide
!;rehind JuriJs~ic Park's $912 million), was
ready fPr a gamble. They would pay for any
expen,ses over Paramount's $65 million. In
return Fox was given foreign tl)eatrical
telease rights along with all video sales. As
the budget grew, and the delays increased, a
gamble is exactly what Fox got.
After it missed its original release,
Paramount was still trying to figure Titanic
into the late Summer schedule. This is where
. havin'g two· backers got sticky. Somewhere
in the contract. it stated that Titanic would .
open stateside before!t was allowed a
worldwide release. This left the folks at Fox
furious because they had been advertising a
worldwide August release. : As August came
. and went, so did all the ·advertising inoney
the studi~ ha<i.putirito a Summer release
(remember Act Ill's Titanic sized popcorn
tubs with the big red "Summer" printed on
the sid.e).. Now Paramount was looking at a
Thaoksgivingdebut.' ThiS. m~de for another
headache at Fox'whe(~they had $e season
filled with major hopefuls (~nasta$fa.
Alien:Resu(N!Ctiorl, and Home Alone J) and
did not want to see those fi.ImS battle it out
up
me
see TITANIC on page 14
February 5, 1998
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT:
ou LilQ!
by Suzanne Skaar
merlca
CP J Mademoiselle of Groove
Violent Femmes strutted their stuff on
the Paramount Theater's stage on Feb. 1. From
Didgeridoo to Kiss Off, the audie nce was
en thraLled. And I, Gordo's number one stalker,
was there, and bought the T-shirt!
The show sold out in a matter of weeks,
and while the band won't be back at the
Paramount any time soon, this major piece of
information might help: the Paramount
Theater is on the corner of Pine and 9th, not
"somewhere in the vicinity of4th or Broadway"
as my friend and I originally assumed. It's okay,
though, after getting lost and realizing how
many times we had passed the theater hall, we
soon made it to the concert 15 minutes after
the show started. After we sat down for the
opening act, he and I immediat'ely started
bickering about how we were only 15 minutes
late and had to sit through the opening act.
The Opening Act: The horror!
screamed! [cried! [spent 40 minutes in the
fetal position before he got off the stage. The
most disturbing thing about Ukulele Man (I
don't want to give notoriety to the man's true
identity, even bad press is good press) is the
wild applause he received. Although not
especia lly talented, he discovered the secret to
success in Seattle's alterna-scene is to say he
likes to get intoxicated and knows the crowd
does, too. Of course the main attraction of the
show isn't exactly clear in their songs, but they
know how to use their instruments and cover
a lot more space with their lyrics . Every
mention of a new marijuana or
beer song convinced the crowd
that Ukulele Man was God. [didn't
realize so many Huskies would go
to the show.
Then , joy of joys, my favorite
trio st~pped onto th e floo r of the
stage beneath my balcony sea t. Even
the girl nex t to me em itting the high es t
frequency audible to humans could not take
away from th e overall bliss of seeing the
Femmes.
This band is a wonder to see live. The
variety of songs theyplayed was amazing, and
old favorites such as Gone Daddy Gone and
Blister in the Sun exploded with new guitar
solos and the band's amazing energy. Ca n we
say "adrenaline?"
While I stayed up in the balcony, my
com padre decided to brave the not-sodangerous mosh pit. Coming up to our seats
to rest half an hour later, he recounted being
kicked in the head by a crowd surfer, catching
a girl who climbed onto somebody's shoulders
to flash the band and fell offin the process, and
coming within four feet of the lead singer.
Standing on the main floor wasn't
necessary to enjoy the show. Gordon Ga no
managed to crack up the audien ce by
admonishing a fan who kept yelling, "Say hi.
Seattle!" He bluntly explained that while many
bands are cheesy enough to open their show
by screaming "Seattle is the best place on Earth!
Yeah!" he shouldn't have to tell the aud ience
whrrethey live. "When we're touring, we may
MONEY cont'd from page 74
usic?
wj* a movie they finan~ed hut from which
they would see no profit_ A compromise of
rel,a:se Qares was reaclled. · P~mount 'and
Fox eventually agreed upon a Oec.l9 (elease
for Titanic. This created several new hopes,
fears and headaches. Fox would moving
Home Alone 3 (originally scheduledfor Dec,
19) to an .earlier weekend:' SecUring a late.
1997 opening meant Paramount had 9 great
chance of receiving Academy ' Awa,d
nominations (the industry's most ,
prestigious awards usually favor movies with
fall openings), But the difference most
· p~ple noticed was that TitlVlicwas opening
the ·same weekend as .the new James Bond
film,. TO.qJorlow Never Dies,
.
.' ~r months of waiting, andhoi,lrs of
standing in ticket Hne~, the year's most
exciting ·movie duel was over. It-Was .a
weekend for thereco.td bOOk&.M it tUrned ·
out: Doth movie;'were a'Suctess: While
· Titknic'sweekend gross of$28.6 rr.mionwas
'higher and more impressiye than Bond's
$25:1miUion. no one,expected 'botn tq do
so well. .What makes Titank's debut so
illlpr~ve is its running wlle. Since it
more than an hout longer than the Bond
film!.Titanic had considerably less shows
daily. Many loCations opted to shoW TitaniC
·on ino'rethan on~screer:tto MfiJ.l tbl! crowds.
.... .. 'TitlmlC. ea~ily became ~~ehighe~t
grossing QpeJ\~ng we·ekend for a three hour
movie(Schindlers List, Br;webeartand The '
English Patient's opening weekends put
together don't even break $20 million), The
only other three hour movie to make a grand
total of,more than $150 million Is Dallces
be.
not know where we are, but you drove here so
you should know. If you want to scream out
anything, scream , 'You're in Seattle, Gordo!'
It'll help out a lot more .....
The bassi didgeridool xylophone (etc.)
player, Brian Ritchie, broke out the humor a
lot more than Gordon. At one point , he
apologized to the audience for playing twc
so ngs with "played up melodies and wellexecuted harlflonies in a row," promised never
to do it again, asked forgiveness of those they
offended, and jumped into Dance, M,F.,
Dance, effectively crazing the crowd.
Oh Violent Femmes, with your wild
lights, amazing guest musicians, and twisted
sense of decency, you tru ly are American
music, only way better.
Illustration by Ethan jones
by J, Brian Pitts
Champion of Cinema
There is a criminal at large in the world
cinema. He wanders the streets of Hollywood
and London, preying on the films that have yet
tobe scored. He uses dark, mystic powers to
coe rce filmmakers into hiring him without
listening to his previous work. He ha s
brainwashed poor Kenneth Brannagh . This
fiend's name is Patrick Doyle, and he is
charged with wanton destruction of
vario us film 's credibility through
rampant and heinous overscoring,
his most recent victim being
Great Expectations.
No t to say that thi s
li ghtweig ht adaptation of
Dickens' classic (which
I've never read, so my
opinions are unhindered
by literary snobbery) is
completely unbearable,
but it would have been
so much easier to sit
through without th e
thundering score. No
AnneBan
that's a
MAN,baby!
least five minutes to ensure that your partner
in conversation cannot possibly miss any
emotional subtext, although you can mix in the
"TWEEDLE-TWEEDLE" of a violin solo for
kicks.
For the record, the orchestral score is not
the only music used poorly. The "hip,
alternative soundtrack" contains some tracks
that could actually be considered listenable,
but only outside the context of this film, In
the comfort of my own home, I am free to turn
the volume down or to fast forward over the
quality impaired songs. If[ want to experience
music the Great Expectations way, J can get
drunk and run in the rain, screaming Verve
Pipe lyrics and ignoring the terrified strangers,
Please note that I am in no way endorsing any
reader even listening to a Verve Pipe album and
will take no responsibility for long term
effects of such exposure.
Am I the only person who
has a problem with this? Do
Patrick Doyle and his
brainwashed director really
think that we, the
American viewing public,
need every sigh and sob
of this tragic romance
highlighted with a
mighty crescendo? Come
on £elIas, give us a little bit
of credit.
I suppose that the
other faults of Great
Expectations deserve a little
bit of the spotlight. My, my,
where to start? I could focus
on the sometimes stale
dialogue, the featherweight
direction, or perhaps on the
editors, who managed to take
every breathtaking, heart
wrenching im age from the
advertisements and screw it up,
You don 't use a long shot from
behind with cars in the way for the
main character's heartfelt confession
million-plus weekend, This was Titanic's first
weekend tally to dip below it's $28,6 million
debut. This, too, is an unbelievable record.
It's now. the first week in
Februaryand Titanicjust finished
its seventh record smashing
weekend at number one, taking in
another $25 million-plus (actually
up 3 percent from last week).
Titanic has now grossed over $300
million in the U,S, and Canada.
(ttook only 45 days
(the record was
70). Titanic is
the only
non -
into the $300 million club, As it stands now,
Titanic is the fifth highest grossing movie of all
time domesti cally, following Star Wars ($461
million), E. T. ($399.8 million), jurassic Park
($357 million) and Forrest Gump ($330
million), My money says the world doesn't end
and Titanicmoves up another notch by the entl.
of its eighth weekend, With each passing day,
Star Wars has every reason to be cautiously
locking over its shoulder.
Paramount, the domestic distributor that
paid $65 million for Titanic, isn't the only place
with happy tears in its eyes, Titanic is doing
equal business overseas, It has passed the $600
million world wide mark , Optimists say this
could be the first film to break the $1 billion
barrier.
Looking ahead in Titanic's future is quite
exciting. There are no particularly special
movies on the horizon (sure we want to see
Repiacement Killers, The Wedding Singer and
No More Mr. Nice Guy, but does the rest of the
coun try?) , it seems that Titanic cou ld last
forever. There are now contests being held to
see who can guess which movie will knock
Titanic off the number one spot. Seven weeks
at number one, however, is no record. Tootsie
in 1982 and Beverly Hills Cop in 1984 both
stayed on top for 13 weeks.
While it may be able to stay at num ber one
for weeks to come, the amount it takes in is
eventually going to have to slow down ... or is
if? With the impact of the Golden Glob e
awards it seem ~ safe to predict that when the
Academy Award n091inations are announced
Feb. 10, Titanic will see yet another surge.
Insiders are now predicting Titanic can break
the sacred $400 million plateau (eventually
making more than Star Wars!'?). If it gets that
Best Picture award at th e Mar. 23 ceremony, it
is a mathematical certa inty.
lfJustration by Ethan jones
was '
please see MONEY on page 15
Great Expectations, little results
emotion can oct'Ur on screen without it being
bludgeoned into the audience's skulls with an
explosion of horns and strings. It's the aural
equivalent to fla shing mile high letters reading
"EMOTIONALLY SIGNIFICANT MOMENfw
every time a character expresses longing or
misery.
Want to see how annoying this is without
shelling out seven bucks? Walk up to a friend
and say "hi" (or make some other emotionally
charged statement), and start making
trumpet noises as loudly as
possible. Don't stop
going "BOMPHBOMPHBWAAAAH"
at
for
With Wolves, which made much of its $184
million after it won the 1990 Best Picture
Academy Award. Titanic also became
Cameron's biggest debut, beating out his last
film, True Lies $25,9 million mid-Summer
opening weekend. For Titanic, this was just the
first of many record breaking weekends.
In its second week of release, when even
the healthiest offilms lose more than 20 percent
of their previous weekends box office, Titanic
actually gained that much making $35 million,
k[lock!ng down Scream 2 to become
December's biggest weekend gross. This is quite
a feat, especially considering the competition.
That was Christmas weekend, when five new
movies entered the marhtplace (including the
hits As Good As It Gets an d jackie Brown). The
following weekend (like most New Year's
weekends) had nothing new to offer, letting
Titanic sail smoothly to another incredible $30
million -plus weekend, Wit h Good Will
Hunting (finally in wide releas e) as its only
competition, Titanic made another $28 million
during its fourth weekend. This is the first time
a movie has ever made $25 million-plus for
more than three consecutive weeks (jurassic
Park was naturally the previous record holder).
Just when it was safe to think that Titanic
was starting to drop off like any [lormal film,
its fifth week reminded us how amazingly
abnormal this movie really was, After watching
Titanicwin all those awards on Monday's
Golden Globe ceremony, everyone in
America once again went for a ride on
Titanic. The fourday
Martin
Luther King Jr.
weekend
propelled it
to another
amazing $36
million.
For
dJOSe
o f
you that like things put in perspective,
remember when Star Wars was re-released last
January and there were lines around the block
at every multiplex in the nation ... Titanicmade
more money in four days during its fifth
weekend than Star Wars did during that
phenomenal first weekend of re-release. Finally,
the Titanic is truly unsinkable,
Having captured and secured the record
as America's longest grossing movie, now it was
time to switch gears. After 35 days of release
Titanic became the fastest movie to gross $250
million, beating jurassic Park's record by one
day. The next three days saw its sixt h $25
when every preview has used the intense closeup of a miserable Ethan Hawke screaming that
"everything I've ever done, I've done for you!"
as its closing money shot. What's upwith that?
Speaki.ng of Mr. Hawke, he need s to
knock off his sensitive, whiny, deep poet act
and admit that he 's a Hollywood player,
because it's making it harder to stomach his
sensitive, whiny, deep performances as artists.
He's a good actor, I've seen occasional proof of
this , Once he gets past his pretensi'ons and
admits that that's what he is, an actor, perhaps
['II be able to get past Reality Bites, Ben Stiller
should have gotten Winona Ryder, and there's
no argument in the world that can change my
mind.
Robert DeNiro and Gwenyth Paltrow
both provide performances that are neither
excellent nor atrocious, but simply competent.
Anne Bancroft, on the other hand, deserves
something, but I'm not really sure what.
Praise? No, certainly not. Acknowledgment
of the most ludicrously over the top
performance of the decade? Yeah, that's the
ticket! Looking more like something in a John
Waters movie, look out for a ton of drag queen
impersonators this Halloween.
Have I mentioned that I actually enjoyed
Great Expectations? The cinematography is
gorgeous, as are the costume deSigns and the
set decoration, Chris Cooper turns in a solid
performance as Hawke's father figure, and the
scene between them at a gallery opening is the
movie's finest. Despite uneven performances
from the other actors and the aforementioned
musical problems, the movie works well as a
romantic tragedy, albeit an inconsequential
one, and should not necessarily be avoided,
If you should see Mr, Doyle on the street,
follow him discreetly and call the movie police,
but there is no need to 'panic. He is usually
unarmed and of little immediate danger. If,
however, he has an orchestra in tow, run like
hell, There's no telling how much damage he
could do to both your eardrums and your
artistic sensibilities,
dlries: (March 21 to April19} The first thing
to do is what you have to do, and then shuffle
through the li st of steps and days to clim.b. The
fact of the matter remains, you were born to be
wild and live a more crazy and exciting life of
fire and passion. Aries are known to be selfish,
try and break the stigma. Grow as the flower,
bloomi ng after the storm.
7Aums: (April 20 to May 20} Maybe it is the
winter that draws their attraction. , . Something
in the air, the calling of doves, the whispering
reality oftruth, oflove, Endurance will prevail,
hold on to what is best in the long run, and do
what you got to do. Someone's crush might
seem unreal; hopefully the pain you reveal,
won't break their heart.
qm,ini: (May 21 to June 20} :rheairflightiness
rhat you may begin feeling will bring more joy
than confusion once you have confidently left
the ground. Fly with the wind, conquer that
unstoppable feeling oflaughter when you mu t
be serious, respectful, caring and honest. Even
though the sun shines bright enough to shine
for the both of you, concern the self with
finishing what you started .
CAncer: {June 21 to July 22} How do you
always seem to be on the go, traveling
somewhere, out on the adventure? Where are
you now? Camping in the mountains, driving
by the way, it's all a crazy going around the other
way, your other left. Your encouragement is
always loved by all.
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by Mason James McGraw
to Montana, astonishing the stars with your
kind and helpful knowledge you shared to us as
family, to love all and everyth in g,
unconditionally, Wherever you are , and
however lucky the path may be, I'll hopefully
get the details, when you're back, before the
spring.
pyramid, und er the Golden G'ate Bridge ,
beholding the intcrnallight of the sou l, the selL
..tibrA: (September 23 to October 22} Your
ability to save the planet and be home in time
for dinner is possible this week, if you can ever
learn how to skate a half pipe, drop in , catch air
on both sides, both sides of the scales, both sides
.teo: lJuly 23 to August 221 The time has of the whole, the everything, the ultimate high,
come, to say fair's fair, having paid the rent, all the sunrise over the ocean sitting, warm, on the
is clear. Clear in the mind , the clear horizon of beach of the coolest tropical island ever
the golden jungle plains, dominating naturally, imagined .... Judy Garland sang about the
the lion in you has enough charm and beauty "rainbow, way up high , skies that are blue, and
to mellow the yellow of the strong and mighty . . dreams that you dare to dream, really do come
The scratching for spring will strike a little true." What to do, what to do, what to do, . ,
curiosity in your newly cu rl ed hair. Walk
through Eden's garden and circle your name in .,scorpio: (October 23 to November 211 What
the sand for peace.
are you Scorpios up to [at ely? Haven't heard
much about the age of miracles and sudden
""ir90: (August 23 to September 22} The sunshine moments of warmth that create great
extraordinarily great new musical instrument stirrings in the excitement of the new summer
that has arrived at your door wi ll hopefully be on the way, Well, maybe not that excited, but
able to surf the melody and happiness of your at [east the newborn has finally fallen asleep and
shore, The halo above, shining, brightens when the lottery ticket wins you the answer to love,
you smile, and listening, the qui et day without Your word for the week: "Bea utiful-Baby"
the rhythm of the rain. The routine of the day
is ever changing, and now it is your turn to fly .,sA91rtAriUS: (November 22 to December 211
the helicopter over the Virgin islands , a The fire in your chimney stack has just gotten a
rack attack of whacky sack, black back pack,
orange gum and a donut, wash ing fountain,
soda pop pie. The beginning, when you first
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tromp into the room, with the trunk of a horse,
the bow and arrow, riding onthewall , you could
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be a shellfish for fun, take the cow for arun. Oh,
c.Apricorn: (December 22 to December :l1}
Even ( get a little curious when your kindness is
found difficult to match, and yet. how do we
repay you? The city would flash the night with
their super powered light and Batman would
know his help was needed. There must be a way
in finding out just how we might understand
when th e time comes for celebration . Your
beauty brightens through the magic dancing
glow of sparkling rainbow fire and water,
creating an opposite and equal reaction,
dl'1UAr;u.: (January 20 to February 18}
Having traveled back into winter, returning
warm, in sunshine; the melted chocolate could
be 'a whole new world for a moment and then
be consumed with strawberries and peanuts
and crackers and chips and watching it spin,
feeling the gravity throwing us onto the planet
at 9.8m/s2, fall ing out of the plane, the earth
flies with you, and are one with the universe,
Now would be a good time to ask the boss for a
raise.
p;sces: {February 19 to March 20} Still
swimming, still floating down the river, on their
way to the ocean, one swimming up stream, the
oth er hardly swimming at all. Beingable to live
in a consta nt rhythm of peacefulness could
probably alter this week when the free tim e
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