The Cooper Point Journal Volume 28, Issue 11 (December 11, 1997)

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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 28, Issue 11 (December 11, 1997)

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11 December 1997

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The Evergreen State College

Trustees
examine
governance
by Hillary Rossi
Staff writer

Yesterday at the Board of Trustees
meeting, provost Barbara Smith and Lee
Hoemann, the executive associate to the
president, presented a "Governance and
Administration" report to the committee
responsible
for
Evergreen's
reaccredidation.

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Cooper Point Journal 1997

High Hopes
Plans are growing for
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Jn the late 80's, Evergreen tiad no
governance structure. Eventually, the
President's Advisory Board (PAB) was
formed, to advise the president on
institutional issues. The PAB included
fewer people than COG had.
Today's governance model at
Evergreen is the senior staff group. The
group discusses college issues and provides
different perspectives for administrative
decisions. It consists of the president, vice
president for student affairs, vice president
for finance and administration, executive
associate to the president, college budget
officer, executive director of college
advancement, and special assistant to the
president for legislative affairs.

Nick Mitchell, the student
representative to the Board, explained that
over the past ten years the power of
governance has become centralized in the
hands of a few.
The
"Governance
and
Administration" report said that in the
early 90's, the Board of Trustees wanted to
involve the community. If the institution
is going to produce rhetoric of community
involvement at Evergreen, then the
institution needs to put community
involvement into practice, said Mitchell.
Mitchell's comment provided fodder
for a discussion between the Trustees over
the governance at the college.
Other items brought up at the Board
meeting were the high enrollment at
Evergreen and the lack of space and
resources on campus, the $25,000,000
college endowment the college is trying to
start with other Washington state colleges,
the recent inauguration of the basketball
teams, and the 4% summer school tuition
hike.
The next Board of Trustees meeting
is set for Feb. 11.
TESC
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photo courtesy of Nalini Nadkarni

Designers of an elevated walkway for studying Evergreen's forest canopy hope to include an "arboreal ship," shown at
the center of this model. In a life-size version, groups could seminar or watch films while eye-level with birds.
by David Scheer

Staff writer
Nalini Nadkarni keeps her dream encased
in a glass box behind the chair at her desk. Inside,
a wooden model of Evergreen's library borders
on a forest of tiny copper wire trees. Among their
branches spans a network of delicate plastic
"walkways" connected like feelers to a classroom
several centimeters off the ground.
The diorama is an architect's rendition,
explains Nadkarni, a professor who teaches in
the Temperate Rainforests program. In real life
the view from the classroom would not only
be dizzyingly high, it would include leaves,
birds, rain...
For now however, the model's surrealism
is fitting. None of it is definite, emphasizes the
faculty member — not even it's construction.
Nadkarni, who last year began a campuswide brainstorm for the possibilities of a
canopy walkway system in Evergreen's forest,
says the idea is coming along.
So far she and a mixed body of students
and faculty have put together the outline for
the undertaking.
The working model includes a number
of elevated piers into Evergreen's forest and an
underground tunnel for observing root
formation. At their center is an "arboreal ship"
— an indoor-outdoor glass seminar space with
a moss-floored theater on its roof.
The platforms would be open to classes,
community groups and international

researchers, projects Nadkarni. Folks from
local schools, the YMCA and senior groups
could come to scope out Evergreen's trees. And
it would be wheelchair accessible.
With more luck, a walkway computer lab
and art gallery could be built into a third floor
Library Space.
But any sort of finished product is years
away.
"There are still all sorts of hurdles that
need to be gone over, not the least of which is
cost and funding," explained Nadkarni.
Only some things are certain, says the
professor, and that is that it will take a lot of
people and interest in and out of Evergreen.
Their next step is to gather funding —
about $50,000 to $100,000 — money to be
spent on architectural plans, researching safety
and other problems and exploring ways the
walkway can be used for college and
community programming.
Nadkarni plans to seek grants from the
National Science Foundation and other
associations.
Already, local support for the project is
growing, said Nadkarni noting that at first she
expected some skepticism.
She recalls first raising the idea only
months ago with her academic peers:
"... and I thought, 'Oh yeah. Right.
They're going to go for a canopy walkway
system. But amazingly, they did."
Eric Jackson, an alum who while studying
at Evergreen spring quarter created a study

contract to expand on Nadkarni's proposal,
echoed the experience. He and fellow student
Karen Talluto took the idea to the college's
artists, biologists, historians. He and Talluto
posed the question: "If this could be anything,
what would you have it be?"
There was a doulbletake.
"They kind of gave us a blank stare when
we talked about it," recalled Jackson. "It's the
kind of an idea that took people back it first."
Everybody, no matter what their field of
interest, helped expand the project, he noted.
Jackson, who approached the walkway
project through an interest in landscape
architecture, said one of his concerns was how
to build in the forest without doing damage —
maintaining a balance, he said.
"How do you design a walkway that isn't
going to intrude on (the forest) and turn it into
a zoo?" questioned Jackson in an interview
Wednesday. "We really want to be careful of
not creating an environment like that. We
don't want it to be sterile."
He's happy with the rough designs like
the model in Nadkarni's office produced by a
Seattle architectural firm.
Borrowing the architects' analogy,
Jackson described the current design as a hand
with fingers reaching out into the forest.
At Evergreen, where the cement campus
seems juxtaposed the surrounding forest, the
project could act like a bridge, he noted. "We
saw the canopy and the walkway as a wonderful
opportunity to combine the two things."
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Are you a
Real Greener?

photo by Jennifer Koogler

NEWS
Pictured here are Vinnie Whitey (Eric-Allen
Drechsler, left) and Princess Talks A Lot (Maria Trevizo,
right), two students from the Native American Studies
program Images: Physical Speculations on Unknown
Conditions.
Tuesday afternoon, they staged a Genuine
Indian Medicine Show as a part of Trevizo's quarterlong project.
The project was a parody of those Greeners
who claim to care for our Mother Earth, but actively
participate in activities that contribute to its
destruction, like not carpooling or not taking the bus
when possible.
Princess Talks A Lot urged Greeners to "ride a
bike, ride a horse, I don't care ... go piggyback,"
anything to decrease the amount of single driver car
traffic in the world.
She said the world has only enough petroleum
reserves to last us 23 years, by even the most liberal
estimates. The United States makes up only 4.3
percent of the world's population, yet uses about 67
percent of the world's nonrenewable resources
Observers were asked to think to themselves,
"What is my responsibility to the Earth?" They then
signed a treaty to curb overconsumption of the Earth's
resources. In exchange, they received water from
Olympia's artesian well and necklaces made from
colored wooden ice cream spoons or red clay". Some of
the necklaces were engraved withTR.G." standing for
"Real Greener."

Native art
bazaar
by Hillary Rossi
Staff writer
Evergreen's Native American Holiday
Craft Bazaar will be alive on Friday, Dec. 12,
from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Longhouse.
Among the items being sold are Native
American basketry, weavings, carvings, art
paintings, beadwork, pottery, jewelry, and
Native American holiday decorations. Fifteen
to twenty booths will be set up in the
Longhouse.
At 6 p.m. that night, the newly formed
Native American Youth Club of Lacey and
Olympia will hold a free drum and dance
performance.
The Native Economic Development Arts
Initiative sponsors the holiday bazaar. The
initiative provides money for the college for
Native American visual and performance art
exhibited at the college. Co-sponsors of the
Native American holiday bazaar are the Port
Gamble S'Klallam Tribe and the South Puget
Intertribal Planning Agency, whose affiliates
include the Squaxin Island, Skokomish,
Shoalwater Bay, Chehalis and Nisqually Tribes.

Bigger cages, longer chains!
VIEWPOINT ^
by Stephanie Guilloud
Evergreen Political Information Center
Almost 30 students from Evergreen (17
from an EPIC group) went up to Vancouver over
Thanksgiving break to work with groups on the
University of British Colombia campus protesting
the APEC conference. What APEC is has been
covered in this paper and others. I'm going to tell
you why I think this shit is worth doing.
We were climbing trees to hang signs,
camping on the UBC campus, m a r c h i n g and

making up chants, taking over buildings, facing
off at the gates, etc. Whether or not you believe
that our being there to protest APEC was just a
blip on the historical continuum, we had a good
time.
I cannot be convinced that knowing more
about our world, our nation, and our potential
as i n d i v i d u a l and collective h u m a n s is
unnecessary or boring. It's hardly boring that in
so many places in the world, so many sectors of
our country, there are devastating conditions.
And within many individuals lies incredible
resistance to the dominant institutions. Sighs
and headshakes accompany discussions about
oppression or the struggles of people, but for me,
to study the world is to discover the deep and
immense connections between humans as well
as the dividing differences. By way of
international banks and loans, not to mention
our irrepressible consumption, we are linked
economically. Our cultures, races, and genders
clash and mingle, and we will never cease to learn
from each other. The never-ending links are what
spur me on to break my habits and actively care
about other people.
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and critical decisions, is a powerful action in itself.
Transforming these visions into action and
an active lifestyle beyond the daily injections of
TV, movies, and newspapers is, perhaps, the most
difficult step. I'm afraid much of the time. I'm
uncertain what to do and how to go about it. I
am committed to learning as much as there is to
know, and not just from one perspective. For me,
EPIC (The Evergreen Political I n f o r m a t i o n
Center) offers a space, a resource of topics, and a
resource of people taking steps in a variety of ways
to transform themselves and their participation
in the community.
One of the actions we participated in on the
UBC c a m p u s was seizing the student u n i o n
building to create Free University. Six panels of
four speakers presented their perspectives about
the effects of agreements like APEC and the
intense resistance movements to defy it. Hearing
the voices and views of many and varied people is

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c h a l l e n g i n g , supportive, and allows me to
formulate and solidify my own ideas and energy.
One of the most positive aspects of participating
in actions like the one in Vancouver is the
stimulated energy that leads to more involvement
and more action aimed at the deconstruction of
systems that disempower us.
We are conditioned to see administrative
and corporate people as more powerful than
students or individuals. The simple (though
tricky) act of taking over a student union building
for two days of e d u c a t i o n a l panels is a
transgression that leads to empowerment. A
woman covered a television advertising worthless
products with a flyer we had made about the Free
University. These are the actions, \simple yet
meaningful, that declare and assert a space where
we can finally get down to the business of doing
what needs to be done.

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NEWS

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Not always able to outrun
its foes, the stegosaurus had a
final line of defense -- hurling
Peps/ cans at them.

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creating a new deli and Greenery. Chuck
McKiimey of Housing arid N a n c y
McKinneyof the Vice President;l61f}cf ^;!
looking for students to form a -focus group
that will create siirvep:for the -student
body regarding the food service and the
needs of th e food service . The focus group
will use these surveys to generate ideas to
create the best food services for campus.
j-lvoq'm-n';.; ;o,:xl set vices j-e^ds ,:>
new design that allows better service tor
the cottmmnity and the services
themselves. As"the design is now, it is hai d
fo|;tbe:food servtcesjo^chaiige concepts.
l|ie::peli is over-crowde<i at "rush hour"
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urjweleommg. The Deli averages about
800 customers a day arid the Greenery is
lisually full during lunch, but close to
empty atpber tiroes.
originai Building in the 70s and The Deli
wls•'built in 1981. Equipment in the
Greenery is outdated and will need to be
replaced;. :>Jew technologies will also be
^needed irrbotK facilities; new technology
that will-bring better water consumption,
better use of food waste, and better ways
of recycling.; :
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offered a-rid (he
setting will ';.:cjiso be up for reiiovatipiis,::;;
food should be more diverse so students
vftih evening classes can find a meal.
VVhen.'Student Nik Friedman was asked <
how he: felt about the foods ottered he
replied, "Students prefer the easier foods,
such as pirn. Then* i$ : a variety of food

If unable to escape, the
stegosaurus' back plates
afforded some protection while
the four to eigh t Dr. Peppers on
the end of its tail made it
dangerous for a foe to
approach.
The plates are not
attached to a dinner table ...
which makes it difficult to tell if
they were accompanied by a
Mountain Dew or a Coca-Cola.
Many scientists believe
the plates also served as
warming or cooling fins, ...
giving offbeat when the Surge
was too hot.

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This mural, in the Library
building basement, was designed in
1989 by a group of students from the
Democracy & Tyranny core program.
It was a creative effort to synthesize
an understanding of North, Central,
and South America.

Barter supports local businesses
by Heather Gingerich
and Kim Pohlman
Contributing writers
Did you know that the South Sound
region has its own currency?
Inspired by a very successful 6-year-old
community currency program in Ithaca, New

Why get involved in Sound Hours? It's have only been around for a year, but almost
a good way to support the local economy 500 individuals and businesses have already
instead of giving your money to multi-national become involved. Local currency is most
corporations. It's also a good way to get to successful if it is being used frequently.
know people in your community. Seth
One way of getting involved in Sound
Watkins, a Sound Hours member, said of the Exchange is by coming to the Winter
program, "I think it's going to be great. I think Community Bazaar this Saturday, Dec. 13.
it's wonderful. I haven't had
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I O I K , V J i y i l l p l d S j U S l a l l l a m c v. U l l l l l l u l l l i y

Roundtable launched the Sound Exchange
Program one year ago this month. "Sound
Hours" are available in denominations of 1
hour, 1/2 hour, and 1/10 hour, equivalent to
10, five, and one U.S. dollars, respectively. By
giving one Sound Hour a $10 value, organizers
hope to raise the idea that an hour of anyone's
time and work deserves similar compensation.
chance to yoicefspthions over \yhat type of v
Sound Hours are legal and taxable
foodraraiGflered or sbouidbeifeed. income
; ||| and can be used to purchase goods and
,•->: : Different set-up^arrangerrients siich
services from individuals and businesses listed
as thefood court, sit down restaurant, and
in Hour Town, the program's newsletter and
last food:grab and go willalsobe discussed.
directory. New members pay a $10
Marry stpents feel that the services should
membership fee to cover administrative
be grab: and go, ,*'! don't have a Jot of tirife
expenses such as the costs of printing currency
io:sit and eat. 1 need to get to:elafe," stated
and newsletters. Members are also given an
Stephanie; Funk. Another question that; initial grant of four Sound Hours, a $40 value.
will be asked js^if expanding food service
By tying increased circulation of Sound Hours
outside of thc::CAB would be a good idea:,;
to increased membership and participation,
Friedman |
[hat a ^VVeridy's be organizers expect to avoid inflation.
brought on to: campus,
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Local currency is not a new concept.
: : l-'Chuck and Nancy MeKinney hope
Long before there were any national
:that a design for the fopd services will be
currencies, communities around the world
finished by theepci ofthis academic y?ar
created their own as a way of extending
and :epnstf:uction completed within the
traditional barter networks. Because Sound
Hours are accepted only by participating
Ifyoil are mi,'<vsU-d i| |ej|f| a pri
businesses and individuals in the South Sound
of the fo^d service focus group, please call
area, they stay within the community and
enrich the local economy.

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the "Democracy &
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I think it's a good way to bring
at the Eagles Hall on the
participants will
people together, to find out
corner of Fourth and Plum in
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what others in the
downtown Olympia. There
Community
community are up to."
will be music, food, juggling,
When you participate
dancing, and activities for
Bazaar Saturday
in Sound Hours, you are
children. Businesses and
10 a.m.to 8 p.m.
individuals who participate
involved in a local bartering
at Eagles Hail
network of individuals and
in Sound Exchange will be
downtown.
selling
their
wares,
businesses. You will know the
explaining their services, and
people you are getting goods
and services from, and you will have the demonstrating their skills. All 60 vendors will
opportunity to offer your services or goods as be accepting Sound Hours or U.S. dollars for
a way of earning Sound Hours/dollars As their products and services. If you want to get
more people get involved, the goods and involved in Sound Hours by providing goods
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Newsbriefs

Student music
needed for CD
project

Olympia Center
Winter activities

The Student CD Project needs music for
its 1998 album. Interested students can drop
off their submissions at Library 1327D by Jan.
16. To submit, you have to be a registered
student. Submissions can be in any style as
long as they are original compositions. One
piece per entry. If you have any questions about
the CD project, call Shane at x6842.

James Beaton
performs thesis
The Evergreen State College presents
James Beaton's Senior Thesis Performance.
On Friday and Saturday, Dec. 12 and 13,
Beaton will perform his compositions on
piano, organ, guitar, alto saxophone, bass and
drums in the Recital Hall of the
Communications Building.
Show times are at 8 p.m. For more
information call Patrick Owen at x6632.

The history of opera
Discover the music and historical context
of opera in an Inquiring Mind presentation at
7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The Yelm
Timberland Library, located at 105 Yelm Ave.,
presents Orpheus Sings Love Back from the
Dead: the Origins of Opera. Musical excerpts
enrich this presentation.
For more information contact Yelm
Timberland Library at (360) 458-3374.

Olympia dance
troupe
Kagami butoh, a non-profit dance troupe
based in Olympia, will perform in Seattle on
Friday, Dec. 12 at noon as part of a protest
against Mitsubishi's use of old growth for
resorts. They will also host a white elephant
rummage sale in Olympia at The Midnight Sun
on Dec. 13 and 14 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For more information about the troupe
or its performances call Justin at 866-4529 or
e-mail butoh@bigfoot.com

Women in action

Felicity Hill, a speaker for the Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom,
Call 753-8380 for more information on
will be speaking at noon on Dec. 15 in the TESC
the activities below:
library lobby.
Come to Holiday Family Night Friday,
The Women's Center will hold an Open
Dec. 12, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Olympia
Mike and Tea Party on Tuesday, Jan. 6 from 4
Center, 222 North Columbia. This free event
to 6 p.m. Location to be announced. Call
will include music, dancing, refreshments,
x6162 or stop by CAB 206 to sign up and
cookie decorating, a gift boutique, and a visit perform.
from Santa.
The first monthly Women's Academic
Monday, Dec. 22 a chartered bus will
Forum will occur on Jan. 13th at 3:30 p.m.
leave Olympia at 6 a.m. for Crystal Mountain
Location to be announced. These forums will
for snow boarding and skiing. Cost is $45 for
continue on the second Tuesday of each month
adults and $42 for kids 12-17, which includes
and will culminate in a half-day symposium
a full-day lift ticket and transportation (does each quarter. Look for updates.
not i n c l u d e equipment rental). Cost for
transportation only (no lift ticket) is $15.
A Holiday Hoops Clinic will be offered at
Olympia High School on Monday, Dec. 22
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The clinic is open to
The Winter Community Bazaar will
ages 10-15 and costs $20. The morning
includes instruction and warm-up. Games, publicly celebrate the first year of the Sound
contests and mini-tournaments fill the Exchange by bringing together a potpourri of
afternoon. All participants receive a free t- goods and services. More than 50 vendors will
display their crafts, portfolios, and goods on
shirt.
Holiday Daycamp is being offered at Saturday, Dec. 13, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Join
Garfield Elementary School from Monday, us at Eagle's Hall on the corner of Plum and
Dec. 22, through Friday, Jan. 2. Kids will 4th Ave. in Olympia.
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located at the corner of South Bay and SleaterKinney. A workshop starts at 7:30 p.m. and
dancing begins at 8 p.m. Newcomers are
especially welcome. Donations are $5 at the
door and $2 for kids aged 10-16. Call 357-4873
for more information.

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ceremony

Winter Community
Bazaar

Internationally acclaimed recording
artists Magical Strings will appear on Friday,
Dec. 19 at St. Michael Church at 7 p.m. This
holiday concert will benefit Olympia Waldorf
School.
Prior to the concert from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
and during intermission, dinner, and snacks
will be available for sale in the church foyer by
Celtic Cafe.
Advance tickets for the performance are
$12 for adults and $6 for kids aged 2-12, and
can be bought at Archibald Sisters, Red Apple
Natural Foods, Music 6000, Rainy Day Records
and Gnome's World. Call Kelly at 493-0906
for more information.

Many students begin to make plans for summer
during the holiday break. If this sounds like you remember Evergreen offers a wide-range of
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The Blues Torpedoes, an Olympia-based
band, will be performing on Dec. 19 and 20 at
the 4th Ave. Tavern. Music will include songs
from their 1995 CD "Midnight Man."
Admission is $2 plus two non-perishable food
items at the door, and music starts at 9:30
p.m..
The Torpedoes' goal is to collect 600 cans
of food, which will be donated to the Thurston
County Food Bank. Call 491-1450 for more
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by John Evans

December 2
1249- Deceased automobile in B-lot gets a
new lease on life with a burst of 100% Grade
A American juice.
2151- The Library is judged not fully secure.
Condition alleviated by the timely locking
of a door.

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December 1
0008- An alarm goes off in the covered rec
pavilion, cause unknown. Whoa.
Fascinating. Somebody call Sherlock
Holmes, we got a real mystery on our hands.
0514- Car prowl in the lot known as "F," as
in "Felony." Broken glass found on the
ground suggests a car may have been
broken into and driven away by someone
who had no business doing so.
0652- A third floor door in Lab 1 is
discovered propped open by a rug.
Somebody give that thing back to Shatner,
his head's getting cold.
0702- The door to Lecture Hall 1 is checked
and ruled properly locked. This is good.
Unfortunately, all the other lecture hall
doors are found wide open.
1244-Malicious mischief of an unspecified
(but certainly mischievous) nature is noted
in A-dorm. The exact amount of
maliciousness is calculated at 71.3% on the
mischief index, ten points above the state
average.
1450- A camera is unlawfully liberated from
its rightful owners in the Mods.
2210- A suspicious circumstance in the
library basement involves a door lock being
tampered with. Yep, that's suspicious, all
right.

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Jan. 5.
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more information.

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Join us Saturday, Dec. 13 for a holiday bus
ride to a Bavarian village. The aroma of roasted
chestnuts will fill the air as you shop at the
boutiques in Leavenworth. We leave from The
Olympia Center, 222 North Columbia at 7:30
a.m. Cost is $35 for adults, $33 for seniors,
$29 for children 6-12 and $20 for children 5
and under. Call Jennifer at 753-8380 for more
information.

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December 11,1997

December 3
0033- Persons residing in the confines of
H and D-dorms are done a public service
and granted "notifications." Kind of
makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside,
doesn't it? Sorry, give me a second; I'm all
choked up.
1353- Fire alarm in U-dorm is attributed
to burned food. Do you have any inkling
how much mileage I've gotten out of the
whole burned food thing since I started
doing this? It's the bread and butter of
every Security Blotter. I don't know what
I'd do without 'em. Please, friends, keep
burningyourfood. Give me some material
on weeks like this, when I pick up a police
log full ofjumpstarts and car unlocks.
1400- A student files a complaint alleging
harassment by a fellow student.
1642- The peace and tranquillity ©f Adorm students studiously battling the
end-of-quarter crunch is shattered when
a fire alarm goes off for no good reason at
all.
December 4
0800- A wheel lock or "boot" is affixed to
a vehicle in F-lot to penalize a motorist
with a number of outstanding violations.
1215- Ditto, except in B lot.
1440- Ditto.
1445- Ditto.
1630- Ditto, except in C-lot. Yawn. What
a dull week. Where are the streakers on
the soccer field and bizarre stroke of
midnight oddities to make my job easy? 1
might have to start doing kooky stuff
myself if this keeps up.

Male Bonding
On Nov. 24, the men's basketball
team, myself included, flew to
Denver, Colorado for a stint of
away games that would keep
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us in the Rocky Mountain
State until Dec. 1. There were
a few similarities between our
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trip to Denver and those made It f
by the famous representatives of :^'^M
the beat generation, Neal
Cassidy and Jack Kerouac. Like
them, we were striving to grow as
a collective body and as individuals
through an intense travel and malebonding experience.
In order to have a productive
*
road trip we knew that we would have
to reach into our souls and find that part
of us that was willing to sacrifice personal
desire for the sake of team. We would have to
forget about individual recognition and the
comfort of home and family, focusing instead
on being part of something greater than our
individual selves. Rather than merely working
together to achieve a common goal, we
needed to become one, a collective unit with
corresponding thoughts and movements.
Sound somewhat Buddhist? Kerouac was into
Buddism. Anyway, the similarities ended
there. Unlike the two perpetual travelers, we
did not hing out in the under-belly of Denver
with the counter-culture crowd. Nor did we
struggle to find somewhere to eat or sleep. In
fact, we stayed in comfortable hotels and ate
well. Also, the closest Jack and Neal came to
athletic competition in Denver was probably
a drunken game of billiards.
I wrote this little poem about what it was
like on a typical mornin

The Games

ON THE

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Daily Life
"Knock-knock-knock," the sound of cold
knuckles on the door.
I'm new to the team, so I'm sleeping on the
floor.
Roll off my sleeping bag, wracking my brain,
I've got to figure out where I am, from where I
came.
"Housekeeping," the voice cries, shrill yet faint.
"Come back later," I reply, 'why don't they ever
let us sleep late.'
As I drift back to dreamland, the phone cuts
me short
(answering the phone seemed to be another
freshman duty)
but I don't mind because I'm a good sport,
ilus I'm already wide friggin' awake)

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"Meet in Troy's room in five," says the voice on
the phone.
So begins another day, the Geoducks, on the
road.
Most of our days were very regimented.
We would wake up at 9:30, eat breakfast, and
then kick back in our rooms until the 1:00 shoot
around. Whether or not you slept during this
lay around period depended on your sleeping
skills and how loud your roommates liked to
have the TV. Unfortunately, I was stuck with
Deontaye Chisholm who could probably nap
through an Evergreen fire alarm. At about three
o'clock we would "feast" at a restaruant with an
all-you-can-eat format. I took advantage of this
opportunity to stock up on the essential
nutrients that I don't have in my campus
aoards. Hey, when you don't play a lot in the
games, you don't have to worry about digesting
properly. After another lay around period from
3:00 until 5:30 we would head over to the gym,
put on our uniforms, and spend about 30
minutes shooting around and stretching.
This was my favorite time. Pre-game is
always show time for a bench warmer. I felt like
every last one of the four early arrivers were
watching me. The Jock-Rock would be playing;
usually some early-to-mid 90's mainstream
techno, and in my mind I was Michael Jordan.
Cross-over dribbles to the left and to the right.
Pull-up threes. "You can't hold me, fool," I
would say to my imaginary defender...
Finally, after an inspiring pep-talk by
coach John Barbee and the announcement of
the starting line-ups, the game would begin.

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Our first game was against Colorado
Christian. This is a game that I can honestly say
we should have won. They were a little bigger
than us, but despite being out-rebounded and
out-shot from the three point line, we stayed
with them to the very end. A controversial
call during the last couple of minutes may
have cost us the game. Troy Torbert was
called with a foul on a three-point shot
made by the other team. Torbert hadn't
even touched the guy's arm, and Coach
Barbee was infuriated. He received his first
ever technical, and the combination of the
three-pointer and the opportunity to
shoot three free-throws gave C.C. a lead
that they would not relinquish. On the
positive side, Kenny Robinson led our
team with 15 points and all five of our
starters scored in double-digits.
We also came close to beating
Metropolitan State in our second game.
Just like against Colorado Christian, we
were winning at the half. Torbert and Chisolm
lit it up for 26 and 20 points, respectively, and
each pulled down ten rebounds. The problem
in this game was turn-overs. We had 27
compared to Metro State's 19. It seemed as if
we self-destructed in the second half. They
came at us with a press defense and we couldn't
hold on to the ball. Basically, we beat ourselves.
Our third game was against Denver
University, and was part of a tournament put
on by DU. There were three other teams in the
tournament; DU, Western Colorado, and
Southern Illinois. DU is preparing to make the
jump to Division One next year, so needless to
say, they had a tough squad. Once again,
though, we proved that we can play ball with
the quality teams. We stayed with them until
the middle of the second half. In the end, their
size and experience proved to be too much.
They won 78-63.
I won't say too much about the
consolation game of the tournament. We lost
to Western Colorado, a team that we should
have defeated. We had the advantage in size and
quickness, but fatigue was our down-fall. The
effects of a long road trip finally reared their
ugly head. We looked tired and sluggish and
blew the one game that we might have actually
been favored to win.

December 11,1997

Highlights
I can't claim a victory as a highlight of our
trip to Denver because we left without one.
However, we did achieve a certain amount of
the team unity that had been set as one of our
main goals. I think that Thanksgiving Day
epitomized the way we came together on the
journey. We ate at Coach Barbee's family's
house, which was a level of intimacy between
coach and team that I had never experienced.
The food was amazing, a succulent assortment
of meats, vegetables, and deserts. I can't speak
for everyone, but I ate until I could eat no more.
After the meal, two or three players went out
to the van and went to sleep. The rest of us
crashed out in Coach Barbee's living-room.
Bodies of all different sizes, ethnicity's, and
backgrounds were strewn across chairs and the
floor. The television showed the Tennessee
Oilers upseting the Dallas Cowboys, and
lifetime fan Aaron Foy was noticeably
distraught. Later in the evening we attended a
Colorado University Basketball game and saw
that their team just isn't the same without
Chauncy Billups. Sharrod "the Coz" Hoskin
entertained us with a few of his famous Bill
Cosby imitations, and Erik "E" Works sang
along to every song played on the van radio,
replacing unknown lyrics with "siv-siv-siv."
Adam "Normy" Normoyle told fishing stories,
and Assistant Coach Tim "the Gooch" DeBerry
and Beam "S.B." Griffith partook in a little
friendly bantering. It was a heck of a day, and
the Thanksgiving will go down as one of my
more memorable. Overall, the trip was rigorous
and full of too much sitting in hotel rooms and
watching TV, but the comraderie was worth the
sacrifices.

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and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.""
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Clinton not funny
The Clinton
Administration, thus
far, has been defined
largely by what it isn't.
It
isn't
encountering any
crises which could
cement Bill Clinton's
historical reputation.
It isn't guilty of illegal
fundraising tactics,
not to mention shady
Arkansas land deals.
And Clinton was
reelected
largely
by
because a plurality of
voters
said
to
themselves: "Hmm, why not? He isn't Bob Dole."
More than anything, though, the Clinton
Administration simply isn't funny.
That's why I'm offering, for your consideration,
the highlights of the administrations of one or two
other Presidents we once knew.
The defining moment of the Bush presidency had
nothing to do with Iraq, or the recession; or the
collapse of Soviet Communism. The media barely even
covered it. Bush was addressing a group of
schoolchildren, and speaking about the issue 6f drugs
in America, and he illustrated the wisdom and
forethought which were to characterize his presidency:
"Now, like, I'm President. It would be pretty hard for
some drug guy to come into the White House and Start
offering it up, you know?... I bet if they did, I hope I
would say, 'Hey, get lost. We don't want any of that.'"
It's not that Bill Clinton hasn't had his moments.
He's amused-us by screwing up on several occasions—
anyone who spends so much time in the public eye,
and whose statements are reported verbatim across
the country is bound to publicly say something stupid
eventually. ("I didn't inhale" comes to mind.) But in
general, Clinton has more of a gift for public speaking
than his predecessor. His statements tend to seem
better thought-out than Bush's ever did.
Bill Clinton will probably never match such Bush
masterpieces as: "It has been said by some cynic,

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maybe it was a former president, 'if you want a friend
in Washington, get a dog.' Well, we took them
literally—that advice, as you know. But I didn't need
that because 1 have Barbara Bush." Oh good,
Let us not forget that George Bush aimed
laudably high as president. "I want to make sure
everybody who has a job wants a job," he boldly
vowed in 1988, and darn it, he really meant that.
Social justice, after all, was a passion of Bush's. "I
hope I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, antiracism. This is what drives me." Kind of takes my
breath away.
Bush also billed himself as "the Environmental
President," and he clearly showed that he meant it. Just
look at the way he stood up for the rights of caribou.
"The caribou love [the Alaska pipeline]. They rub
against it and they have babies. There are more caribou
in Alaska than you can shake a stick at." You know, I
never realized that caribou needed the Alaska pipeline
so badly. I think the caribou and 1 owe George Bush a
debt of gratitude!
One might speculate that Bush's eloquence was
learned, to some degree, from his predecessor, Ronald
Reagan. To hear Bush tell it, the two had a special sort
of relationship. "For seven and a halfyears I've worked
alongside President Reagan," Bush told America in
1988. "We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes.
We've had some sex... uh... setbacks."
Many dubbed Ronald Reagan the "Great
Communicator," for reasons which should need no
clarification. Signing a social security bill, hfcBemajj^cL:
"I am now going over and sign, and as you can see how
cold it is, twelve pens there are too cold—they can only
sign one letter, each pen. If my name came out to
thirteen letters I would have misspelled it." Ah yes, that
makes everything much clearer.
Reagan also had keen political insight. Upon
returning from a diplomatic trip to Central America,
he remarked: "You'd be surprised. They're all different
countries down there."
President Clinton certainly had a paii of hard acts
to follow, so perhaps I shouldn't be overly critical of
his unfunny presidency. Ultimately, however, 1 fear for
any society which can't laugh at its chief executive from
time to time.

Point
missed
To all those that missed the point,
You attack me in the newspaper, drag some shit in the
street
You claim you got philosophy, but it's just personal beef
Anonymous e-mail 'cause you scared of confrontation
But we're on the front lines of a war and your actions
are disgracin'
You call me on the phone, leave a message when I'm not
home
Your cowardly behavior shows through your warm fuzzy
tone
If you're so sure of your way of life, why come shout it to
me?
I'm not attacking you, but what we've internalized
subconsciously
THINK B4 YOU ACT!
A-Plus the K.R.E.A.T.O.R.
a.k.a.

All submissions must have the
author's name and a phone
number.

ADRIAN SCOTT
',
Coordinator for Talking About Race
aplus@elwha.evergreen.edu

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I have developed
quite an affection for
philosophy since I left
the gritty ghettos of
south central Los
Angeles for the
hallowed halls of
academia. The ability
to think deeply can be
greatly healthful for
those existing in the
white supremacist
patriarchal hegemony
we call (western)
by
society these days. I
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am willing to read
anything (Socrates,
Nietzsche, Milton, and others) that can possibly provide
me with some insight to the human condition. It is there
the answers to problems plaguing society will be found.
To demonstrate how far I'm willing to go let me say this:
I recently had a deep thought on a comment from one of
the Spice Girls.
On the cover of a Black magazine was Mel B in all
her spicy splendor. Inside was a remark by her that went
something like this: "I'm neither white nor Black. I enjoy
the best of both worlds." Her remark was.well... rather
remarkable to me. Largely because it seems the world
Mel B inhabits is entirely white. I haven't seen all the
Spice Girls' videos, but the ones I have endured seem to
surround them with white men as their objects d'art. Mel
B certainly seems to be enjoying herself. But where is the
Black?
This sort of divesting one's self from Blackness
appears to be a recent trend. Mel B is not the only
perpetrator. Mariah Carey shot all her early videos in

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drop" rule. If you had
body you were Black,
lore valuable you were.
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intermarrying. Dark. The cry of "Black is
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:ks who fawn all over
the slings and arrows
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Thankfully.this is not the case for all light-skinned
or mixed race Blacks. Some of the greatest champions of
the civil rights movement were lighter complexioned.
W.E.B. DuBois,Frederick Douglass, and Malcolm X all
were light-skinned. Walter White,with his blonde hair
and blue eyes.could easily have passed for white. All were
unwilling to compromise their identity for acceptance
from white people. In fact, they used their access to white
people to improve conditions for the Black race, not just
themselves, and in the process uplift the entire human
race.
I have nothing against interracial relationships (my
favorite Spice Girl is Posh Spice), friendship, love,
whatever. I do have a problem with Blacks who feel their
"whiteness"-be it from skin color or social posturing,
makes them so superior to other Blacks they deign not to
interact with them.
Nor do I harbor hostility for individual white
people. I do.however, despise the white supremacist
hegemony we live in that encourages and rewards much
of this behavior. It is the hegemony that dictates Blacks
as being inferior,whites as superior and forces everyone
in between to fight or grovel for a more favorable position.
It is the hegemony that spawns the self-hatred that makes
Blacks and mixed-race Blacks shun their own kind. It is
the hegemony that allows white people to never wonder
why a person of color would have no.friends of color. But
it is our own individual cowardice and complacency
which prevents our questioning the need for the existence
of the hegemony, once we are aware the hegemony exists.
And until we question.there will be no answers.
It is going to take some mighty deep thoughts to
answer these kinds of questions. Yet, if the Spice Girls
can inspire deep thought surely anything is possible.
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Development up until the date of the hearing. You
may address comments to todd Stamm at
Community Planning and Development, 837 7th
Ave. SE, P.O. Box 1967, Olympia, WA 98507. Phone:
753-8314
Brandon Galvez

Misconceptions about
student employment
Currently there is a debate regarding student
employment on campus. As the Coordinator of Student
Employment, I would like to clarify some important
matters about the role of student employment at
Evergreen while addressing the central issues of the
debate: wages, hours, and the responsibility of the
college to provide more of each.
The purpose of student employment, particularly
the Work Study program, is to provide part-time
meaningful work that is a positive learning experience
for the student. Students who work are better time
managers and they perform better in class. Sometimes
work a student does while in college leads to a career.
Some positions provide valuable leadership
opportunities that benefit the employee and other
students. Of course, working on campus can provide a
convenient source of much needed income, allowing
students the flexibility they need to move ftom class to
work without sacrificing study time. Most on-campus
employers understand that students need flexible
schedules to accommodate an often changing academic
calendar. This is a benefit that cannot be guaranteed
with off-campus employers.
As an institution, Evergreen benefits greatly from
student employment. If the student employees in
general are similar at all to the students who have
worked in the Financial Aid Office, then this campus is
very lucky. Evergreen student employees are
conscientious, hard working, honest and very good at
their work. Without student employees, it would be
more difficult to do our jobs. However, student positions
do not fulfill essential functions of the college. This
means that student jobs are supplemental but not
critical to the function of the college. Student employees
do not carry the same burden of accountability required
of full-time staff, nor are they required to perform tasks
of equal complexity. Compensation for these positions
should reflect this differing expectation of performance.
In those few positions that are too similar to other state
positions available in Washington, students are paid the
going hourly rate recommended by the Higher
Education Personal Board. In the end, Evergreen
employers pay their students fair wages and in many
cases much higher wages than students could find in
the Olympia market in general. The Tacoma market
probably does offer higher salaries.
The contention among a very small number of
students is that most positions pay minimum wage. This
is untrue. There are different types of positions that
pay minimum wage. The positions are in Student
Activities, the CRC and the Child Care Center. Types of
positions might include, office assistant, organization
coordinator, and editor. Of course, there are more than
11 people who hold these positions, as there are multiple
students who hold higher paying positions. At the
higher end of the wage scale, there are 14 types of
positions that pay $7.00/hour. Types of positions might
include program aide, program assistants, graders,
tutors, and technical assistants. There are nine types of
positions that pay between $8.00 and $9.00 per hour
and 15 types oppositions that pay $9.00 and hour and
more. The rest of available positions fall within the $5.25
-$6.90 range. Most institutional jobs fall in this lower
middle range. About 140 positions that run the full
range of salary are still open even though the same
number of students have been offered Work Study as
last year.
Evergreen is a student market. If students being
paid minimum wage want or need more, there are other
jobs from which to choose. At the same time the student
debate is raging over low wages, employers are fretting
about escalating wage wars amongst each other. Hourly
wages do increase each year. According to Bill Zaugg in
the Vice President for Student Affairs, Office, the hourly
wage for Work Study positions hqs steadily increased
each year by about three per cent a yeati As of the end of
October/the average hourly wage" for a.Work Study
student Was $6.95 an hour. We expect the average hourly

wage will even out to about $6.50 an hour once more
positions are filled. As a point of comparison, the
average Work Study wage was $6.30 an hour in 199697.
In general, Evergreen does a pretty good job of
employing students. Within budgetary feasibility,
Evergreen hires as many student employees as it can. At
the end of October, Evergreen had 670 students on its
payroll. This is the highest it's ever been. Units who hire
work-study eligible students pay 25% of their total
wages, while they must pay 100% of the wages for
students employed institutionally. Every area of the
college operates within tight budgetary restrictions that
must be balanced between full-time salaries and
benefits, equipment and supplies, postage and student
help. In spite of this, employers do consistently increase
student wages for students who hold the same position,
or work in the same office for longer lengths of time in
both work-study and institutional positions.
A few people have raised the issue of the 19 hours
per week work limit, and find it too restrictive. There
are three reasons for the weekly limit: 1) Evergreen
believes that raising the hourly limit to allow more than
19 hours a week would impede students' progress
toward their degrees; 2) Tax laws require that social
security be withheld from employee paychecks when
total hours exceed 19 per week; 3) The state of
Washington weekly hour limit for student employees is
about 19.25 to 19.5 hours per week (516 hours in any
consecutive six month period during regular class time).
The consequences for extended work week hours would
.include greater expense for the college in terms of taxes
and benefits. For students, there would be fewer
positions to choose from because employers would be
unable to afford to pay the same number of students
for more hours worked. For Work Study recipients,
awards would be depleted faster, or in order to
accommodate higher earnings, fewer awards would be
made. Undergraduate students employed through State
Work Study would still be limited to 19 hours a week,
requiring a separate monitoring program on the part of
the Payroll Office and Financial Aid.
Some individuals have argued that without
allowing up to 20 hours a week for student employment
that they are left without options for benefits from DSHS,
specifically food stamps. Also, these same individuals
have complained that their wage is insufficient to pay
living expenses. In the Financial Aid Office, many of the
students awarded Work Study are either independent,
low income students, or dependents of low income
parents who have no resources to help their student cover
any expenses. These students receive a wide variety of
grants and loans to help meet their entire cost of
education at Evergreen. For a resident student, that total
cost is $10,971, of which $7,671 is available for living
expenses. That's $852 a month that, while not generous,
should be enough for rent, food, and a bus pass plus
some extra for other types of expenses.
For students who are still dependents of their
parents with less need or no need, it's considered the
family's responsibility to help their child meet their
educational and living costs. If parents choose not to
support their students, or choose to provide less support
than the student believes necessary, it is not the
responsibility of Evergreen to fill the gap. For students
with greater expenses, or with dependents of their own,
it may simply be that working for Evergreen is not going
to pay the bills and they will have to seek other types of
employment or adjust their class schedule to work more
in either Olympia or Tacoma. Regarding social service
benefits, students with dependents should probably
make an appointment with a DSHS caseworker to
examine all their options.
I
Laura Grabhorn
Financial Aid Counselor
Coordinator'of Student Employment
Financial Aid Office x6205

ongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

Letted

Clinton not funny
The Clinton
Administration, thus
far, has been defined
largely by what it isfc't
It
isn't
encountering any
crises which could
cement Bill Clinton's
historical reputation.
It isn't guilty of illegal
fundraising tactics,
not to mention shady
Arkansas land deals.
And Clinton was
reelected
largely
by
because a plurality .of
voters
said
to
themselves: "Hmm, why not? He isn't Bob Dole."
More than anything, though, the Clinton
Adrflinisftatioiislrflply isn't ftinhy.
That's why I'm offering, for your consideration,
the highlights of the administrations of one or two
other Presidents' we once kaew.
Thedeflning moment of the Bush presidency had
nothing to do with Iraq, or the recession, or the
collapse of Soviet Communism. The media barely even
covered it. Bush was addressing a group of
schoolchildren, and speaking about the issue of drugs
in America, and he illustrated the wisdom and
forethought which were to characterize his presidency:
"Now, like, Fni.President It would be pretty hard for
seme drug gay'to come into the'White Boaseartd start
offering it up, you know?.., I bet if they did, I hope I
would say, 'Hey, get lost. We don't want any of that.'"
It's not that Bill Clinton hasn't hadhis moments,
He% amused us by screwing up on several occasionsanyone who spends so much time in the public eye,
and whose statements are reported verbatim across
the country is bound to publicly say something stupid
eventually, ("I didn't inhale" comes to mind.) But in
general, Clinton has more of a gift for public speaking
than his predecessor. His statements tend to seem
better thought-out than Bush's ever did,
Bill Clinton will probably never match such Bush
masterpieces as: "It has been said by some cynic,

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maybe it was a former president, If you want a friend
in Washington, get a dog/ Well, we took them
literally—that advice, as you know. But I didn't need
that because I have Barbara Bush,™ Oh good,
Let us not forget that George Bush aimed
laudably high as president. "I want to make sure
everybody who has a job wants a job," he boldly
vowed in 1088, afld darn it, he really meant that.
Social justice, after all, was a passion of Bush's. "I
hope I stand for anti-bigotry, anti-Semitism, antiracism. This is what drives me." Kind of takes my
breath away,
Bush also billed himself as "the Environmental
President," and he clearly showed that he meant it. Just
look at the way he stood up for the rights of caribou,
"The caribou love [the Alaska pipeline]. They rub
against it and they have babies. There are more caribou
in Alaska than you can shake a stick at." You know, I
never realized that caribou needed the Alaska pipeline
so badly; 1 think the caribou and I owe George Bush i
debt of gratitude!
One might speculate that Bush's eloquence was
learned, to some degree, from his predecessor, Ronald
Reagan. To hear Bush tell it, the two had a special sort
of relationship. "For seven and a half years I've worked
alongside President Reagan," Bush told America in
1988. "We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes,
We've-had some sex ,...uh,,. setbacks,"
Many dubbed Ronald Reagan the "Great
Communicator," for reasons which should need no
clarification. Signing a social security bill, he remarked
"! am BOW going over and sign, and as you can see how
cold it is, twelve pens there are too cold—they can only
sign one letter, each pen. If ray name came out to
thirteen letters I would have misspelled it," Ah yes> that
makes everything roach dearer.
Reagan also had keen political insight. Upon
returning from a diplomatic trip to Central America,
he remarked: "You'd be surprised. They're all different
countries down there."'
President Clinton certainly had a pair of hard acts
to follow, so perhaps I shouldn't be overly critical of
his unfunny presidency. Ultimately, however, I fear for
any society which can't laugh at its chief executive 6om
time to time,

Point
missed
To all those that missed the point,
You attack me in the newspaper, drag some shit in the
street
You claim you got philosophy, but it's just personal beef
Anonymous e-mail 'cause you scared of confrontation
But we're on the front lines of a war and your actions
aredisgracin'
You call me on the phone, leave a message when I'm not
home
Your cowardly behavior shows through your warm fuzzy
tone
If you're so sure of your way of life, why come shout it to
me?
I'm not attacking you, but what we've internalized
subconsciously
THINK B4 YOU ACT!
A-Plus the K.R.E.A.T.O.R.
a.k.a.
ADRIAN SCOTT
Coordinator for Talking About Race
867-9943
aplus@elwha.evergreen.edu

I have developed
quite an affection for
philosophy since I left
the gritty ghettos of
south central Los
Angeles for the
hallowed halls of
academia. The ability
to think deeply can be
greatly healthful for
those existing in the
white supremacist
patriarchal hegemony
we call (western)
by
society these days. I
Vaun Monroe
am willing to read
anything (Socrates,
Nietzsche, Milton, and others) that can possibly provide
me with some insight to the human condition. It is there
the answers to problems plaguing society will be found.
To demonstrate how far I'm willing to go let me say this:
I recently had a deep thought on a comment from one of
the Spice Girls.
On the cover of a Black magazine was Mel B in all
her spicy splendor. Inside was a remark by her that went
something like this: "I'm neither white nor Black. lenjoy
the best of both worlds." Her remark was/well... rather
remarkable to me. Largely because it seems the world
Mel B inhabits is entirely white. I haven't seen all the
Spice Girls' videos, but the ones I have endured seem to
surround them with white men as their objects d'art. Mel
B certainly seems to be enjoying herself. But where is the
Black?
This sort of divesting one's self from Blackness
appears to be a recent trend. Mel B is not the only
perpetrator. Mariah Carey shot all her early videos in

Thoughts
and shit

sepia to confuse the audienc
Then she declared herself not
guy. Sade has never had a B]
her videos; neither has Whoi
Yet Whoopi (despite changi
Jones) remains unmistakably
Or does she? Whoopi is
common knowledge that all
mixture of races, usually 1
American. This is how Tiger
down his racial heritage to atl
of being labeled a Black golfer
at Stanford?). So what make!
mixed race ? It could be a nun
it is Mel's cast that is the prim
Divesting one's self fr
confusion it creates in westerr
in an old, peculiar institution,
there has been a caste systen
based on skin color. To protec
the United States created the"
one drop of Black blood in yi
However, the lighter you were f
Light-skinned Blacks some!
fashioning their own groups<
skinned Blacks were not weld
Beautiful" in the '60s helped
old way seems to be on the risi
Most Black people knew
race Blacks that shun thier ow
those sickeningly obsequious
white people. We have all sv&
of rejection.made even more;
betrayer is a brother or sister. 1
particularly susceptible to t!
makes them shun thier own k:

Science & Math Ne
Many people
find
enjoyment
Euergreen
enduring the slam,
Math & Science bang, pow of football,
boxing, and sexual
Network
bondage. Most science
faculty and well
seasoned students can
tell you, research in
math and science has a
s i m i l a r
sadomasochistic high:
12 h o u r days in one
room, few if any
windows, fluorescent
lighting; hums, buzzes
and
rattles
of
equipment, one procedure over and over and over and
over and over again, beating each other or one's self for
inevitable mistakes, and stretching one's physical,
emotional, and mental stamina hoping to reach that far
away euphoric lace which offers a clearer understanding
of our world. Therefore, The Evergreen Science and
Math Network has offered one design on their new Tshirts which garners handcuffs linked by a DNA chain,
with "Science" or "Math" in each cuff. Below the cuffs
is printed "Evergreen S&M Network." For the more
traditional/conservative types The Network also offers
their logo. The back consists of TESC rooted in a tree

bearing the fruits of science. E
the shirt and commented on a
A primate contemplating;
discourse between evolution
which is either the fruit of th
Newton's apple.
T-shirts are on sale now
on one of four colors (dark;
black). There will be a table <
to 3 p.m. in the CAB. Othi
Learning Resource Center in 1
idea! Money from the shirl
Evergreen students to confers
Evergreen, and starting a mal
The Science& Math Ne1
to earn money over the nex
students to the upcoming An
Advancement of Science (AA
year in Philadelphia. Lastye;
The Evergreen State College
any undergraduate collegi
amount of information off
offers the chance for studen
in fields of their interests. At 1
was recruited for graduate w
after he posed a line of c
Evolutionary Biology last;
student found herself on the i
Times business section.

Hearing
date
changed

In the Nov. 20 issue o
article opposing the Coope
Center and encouraged pe<
hearing that would reviev
permission for Ibis shoppi;
article was written two we
and in that tune the hearb
the third time (the original 1
10). None the less, the heai
Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. and will st

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"FREEDOM OF SPEECH:

jinions

Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being
responsible for the abuse of that right."
— Article I, Section 5, Washington State Constitution 1889

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Thankfully.this is not the case for all light-skinned
or mixed race Blacks. Some of the greatest champions of
the civil rights movement were lighter complexioned.
W.E.B. DuBois.Frederick Douglass, and Malcolm X all
were light-skinned. Walter White,with his blonde hair
and blue eyes.could easily have passed for white. All were
rican-American. It is unwilling to compromise their identity for acceptance
an-Americans are a from white people. In fact, they used their access to white
white and Native- people to improve conditions for the Black race, not just
ds was able to break themselves, and in the process uplift the entire human
to escape the stigma race.
I have nothing against interracial relationships (my
der if he learned that
Dopi Black and Mel B favorite Spice Girl is Posh Spice), friendship, love,
f things, but! believe whatever. I do have a problem with Blacks who feel their
"whiteness"-be it from skin color or social posturing,
actor.
Blackness" and the makes them so superior to other Blacks they deign not to
ety have thier origins interact with them.
Nor do I harbor hostility for individual white
e the birth of slavery
he Black community people. I do.however, despise the white supremacist
conomic investment, hegemony we live in that encourages and rewards much
rop"rule. If you had of this behavior. It is the hegemony that dictates Blacks
>ody you were Black. as being inferior,whites as superior and forces everyone
ore valuable you were. in between to fight or grovel for a more favorable position.
self-segregated by It is the hegemony that spawns the self-hatred that makes
ntermarrying. Dark- Blacks and mixed-race Blacks shun their own kind. It is
The cry of "Black is the hegemony that allows white people to never wonder
this notion, but the why a person of color would have no friends of color. But
it is our own individual cowardice and complacency
n.
er Blacks and mixed- which prevents our questioning the need for the existence
nd. We have all seen of the hegemony, once we are aware the hegemony exists.
ks who fawn all over And until we question.there will be no answers.
; It is going to take some mighty deep thoughts to
the slings and arrows
ul by the fact that the answer these kinds of questions. Yet, if the Spice Girls
pwardly mobile seem can inspire deep thought surely anything is possible.
cculiar malady that
Peace, vkm

o her racial makeup.
and married a white
Dve interest in any of
oldberg in her films.
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The AAAS conference will be Feb. 11 to 17 in
Philadelphia. Cost is $300 for lodging and $345 round
trip flight. The conference offers a wide spectrum of
subjects with panels made up of top researchers from
all over the world. On some topics, the panel consists
of top scientists, philosophers, government officials, and
even theologians with opposing views. Session titles
range from "Manipulation of Science by Vested
Interests: Money and Power versus Public Health" to
"The Ongoing Romance between Geometry & Physics"
to "Development in a Volatile World: How Embryos
Cope with Environmental Stress." With such diverse
subjects being talked about, the Network hopes to
attract a diverse group of science and math students in
order to offer a diverse presentation to Evergreen on
their return. Anyone interested in attending the
conference should e-mail wetzelc@elwha.evergreen.edu
and will be required to assist in fundraising.
The S&M Network met with S&A (Student
Activities) Board last week to ask for help funding the
trip for the current list of 15 students. The Network's
petition for money was turned down. The S&A Board
said it was too much money benefiting too few students.
The board didn't compromise with a lower amount, so
the S&M Network is appealing and asking for less
money to assist in sending as many students as possible.
The remaining money will be raised by students.
Mark Mueller

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December 11,1997

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Misconceptions about
student employment
Currently there is a debate regarding student
employment on campus. As the Coordinator of Student
Employment, I would like to clarify some important
matters about the role of student employment at
Evergreen while addressing the central issues of the
debate: wages, hours, and the responsibility of the
college to provide more of each.
The purpose of student employment, particularly
the Work Study program, is to provide part-time
meaningful work that is a positive learning experience
for the student. Students who work are better time
managers and they perform better in class. Sometimes
work a student does while in college leads to a career.
Some positions provide valuable leadership
opportunities that benefit the employee and other
students. Of course, working on campus can provide a
convenient source of much needed income, allowing
students the flexibility they need to move ftom class to
work without sacrificing study time. Most on-campus
employers understand that students need flexible
schedules to accommodate an often changing academic
calendar. This is a benefit that cannot be guaranteed
with off-campus employers.
As an institution, Evergreen benefits greatly from
student employment. If the student employees in
, general are similar at all to the students who have
worked in the Financial Aid Office, then this campus is
very lucky. Evergreen student employees are
conscientious, hard working, honest and very good at
their work. Without student employees, it would be
more difficult to do our jobs. However, student positions
do not fulfill essential functions of the college. This
means that student jobs are supplemental but not
critical to the function of the college. Student employees
do not carry the same burden of accountability required
of full-time staff, nor are they required to perform tasks
of equal complexity. Compensation for these positions
should reflect this differing expectation of performance.
In those few positions that are too similar to other state
positions available in Washington, students are paid the
going hourly rate recommended by the Higher
Education Personal Board. In the end, Evergreen
employers pay their students fair wages and in many
cases much higher wages than students could find in
the Olympia market in general. The Tacoma market
probably does offer higher salaries.
The contention among a very small number of
students is that most positions pay minimum wage. This
is untrue. There are different types of positions that
pay minimum wage. The positions are in Student
Activities, the CRC and the Child Care Center. Types of
positions might include, office assistant, organization
coordinator, and editor. Of course, there are more than
11 people who hold these positions, as there are multiple
students who hold higher paying positions. At the
higher end of the wage scale, there are 14 types of
positions that pay $7,GO/hour. Types of positions might
include program aide, program assistants, graders,
tutors, and technical assistants. There are nine types of
positions that pay between $8.00 and $9.00 per hour
and 15 types of positions that pay $9.00 and hour and
more. The rest of available positions fall within the $5.25
-$6.90 range. Most institutional jobs fall in this lower
middle range. About 140 positions that run the full
range of salary are still open even though the same
number of students have been offered Work Study as
last year.
Evergreen is a student market. If students being
paid minimum wage want or need more, there are other
jobs from which to choose. At the same time the student
debate is raging over Sow wages, employers are fretting
about escalating wage wars amongst each other. Hourly
wages do increase each year. According to Bill Zaugg in
the Vice President for Student Affairs Office, the hourly
wage for Work Study positions has steadily increased
each year by about three per cent a year. As of the end of
October, the average hourly wage for a.Work Study
student was $6.95 an hour. We expect the average hourly

wage will even out to about $6.50 an hour once more
positions are filled. As a point of comparison, the
average Work Study wage was $6.30 an hour in 199697.
In general, Evergreen does a pretty good job of
employing students. Within budgetary feasibility,
Evergreen hires as many student employees as it can. At
the end of October, Evergreen had 670 students on its
payroll. This is the highest it's ever been. Units who hire
work-study eligible students pay 25% of their total
wages, while they must pay 100% of the wages for
students employed institutionally. Every area of the
college operates within tight budgetary restrictions that
must be balanced between full-time salaries and
benefits, equipment and supplies, postage and student
help. In spite of this, employers do consistently increase
student wages for students who hold the same position,
or work in the same office for longer lengths of time in
both work-study and institutional positions.
A few people have raised the issue of the 19 hours
per week work limit, and find it too restrictive. There
are three reasons for the weekly limit: 1) Evergreen
believes that raising the hourly limit to allow more than
19 hours a week would impede students' progress
toward their degrees; 2) Tax laws require that social
security be withheld from employee paychecks when
total hours exceed 19 per week; 3) The state of
Washington weekly hour limit for student employees is
about 19.25 to IS^'HourS perweek"(516 hours in any
consecutive six month period during regular class time).
The consequences for extended work week hours would
include greater expense for the college in terms of taxes
and benefits. For students, there would be fewer
positions to choose from because employers would be
unable to afford to pay the same number of students
for more hours worked. For Work Study recipients,
awards would be depleted faster, or in order to
accommodate higher earnings, fewer awards would be
made. Undergraduate students employed through State
Work Study would still be limited to 19 hours a week,
requiring a separate monitoring program on the part of
the Payroll Office and Financial Aid.
Some individuals have argued that without
allowing up to 20 hours a week for student employment
that they are left without options for benefits from DSHS,
specifically food stamps. Also, these same individuals
have complained that their wage is insufficient to pay
living expenses. In the Financial Aid Office, many of the
students awarded Work Study are either independent,
low income students, or dependents of low income
parents who have no resources to help their student cover
any expenses. These students receive a wide variety of
grants and loans to help meet their entire cost of
education at Evergreen. For a resident student, that total
cost is $10,971, of which $7,671 is available for living
expenses. That's $852 a month that, while not generous,
should be enough for rent, food, and a bus pass plus
some extra for other types of expenses.
For students who are still dependents of their
parents with less need or no need, it's considered the
family's responsibility to help their child meet their
educational and living costs. If parents choose not to
support their students, or choose to provide less support
than the student believes necessary, it is not the
responsibility of Evergreen to fill the gap. For students
with greater expenses, or with dependents of their own,
it may simply be that working for Evergreen is not going
to pay the bills and they will have to seek other types of
employment or adjust their class schedule to work more
in either Olympia or Tacoma. Regarding social service
benefits, students with dependents should probably
make an appointment with a DSHS caseworker to
examine all their options.
Laura Grabhorn
Financial Aid Counselor
Coordinator of Student Employment
Financial Aid Office x6205

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'FREEDOM OF SPEECH:

I have developed
quite an affection for
philosophy since I left
the gritty ghettos of
south central Los
Angeles for the
hallowed halls of
academia. The ability
to think deeply can be
greatly healthful for
those existing in the
white supremacist
patriarchal hegemony
we call (western)
by
society these days. I
Vaun Monroe
am willing to read
anything (Socrates,
Nietzsche, Milton, and others) that can possibly provide
me with some insight to the human condition. It is there
the answers to problems plaguing society will be found.
To demonstrate how far I'm willing to go let me say this:
I recently had a deep thought on a comment from one of
the Spice Girls.
On the cover of a Black magazine was Mel B in all
her spicy splendor. Inside was a remark by her that went
something like this: "I'm neither white nor Black. lenjoy
the best of both worlds." Her remark was,well... rather
remarkable to me. Largely because it seems the world
Mel B inhabits is entirely white. I haven't seen all the
Spice Girls' videos, but the ones I have endured seem to
surround them with white men as their objects d'art. Mel
B certainly seems to be enjoying herself. But where is the
Black?
This sort of divesting one's self from Blackness
appears to be a recent trend. Mel B is not the onlyperpetrator. Mariah Carey shot all her early videos in

Thoughts
arid shit

sepia to confuse the audience as to her racial makeup.
Then she declared herself not Black and married a white
guy. Sade has never had a Black love interest in any of
her videos; neither has Whoopi Goldberg in her films.
Yet Whoopi (despite changing her name from Caryn
Jones) remains unmistakably Black.
Or does she? Whoopi is an African-American. It is
common knowledge that all African-Americans are a
mixture of races, usually Black, white and NativeAmerican. This is how Tiger Woods was able to break
down his racial heritage to attempt to escape the stigma
of being labeled a Black golfer (wonder if he learned that
at Stanford?). So what makes Whoopi Black and Mel B
mixed race ? It could be a number of things, but I believe
it is Mel's cast that is the primary factor.
Divesting one's self from "Blackness" and the
confusion it creates in western society have thier origins
in an old, peculiar institution. Since the birth of slavery
there has been a caste system in the Black community
based on skin color. To protect its economic investment,
the United States created the "one drop" rule. If you had
one drop of Black blood in your body you were Black.
However, the lighter you were the more valuable you were.
Light-skinned Blacks sometimes self-segregated by
fashioning their own groups and intermarrying. Darkskinned Blacks were not welcome. The cry of "Black is
Beautiful" in the '60s helped quell this notion, but the
old way seems to be on the rise again.
Most Black people know other Blacks and mixedrace Blacks that shun thier own kind. We have all seen
those sickeningly obsequious Blacks who fawn all over
white people. WeJiave all suffered the slings and arrows
of rejection,made even more painful by the fact that the
betrayer is a brother or sister. The upwardly mobile seem
particularly susceptible to this peculiar malady that
makes them shun thier own kind.

Thankfully,this is not the case for all light-skinned
or mixed race Blacks. Some of the greatest champions of
the civil rights movement were lighter complexioned.
W.E.B. DuBois,Frederick Douglass, and Malcolm X all
were light-skinned. Walter White.with his blonde hair
and blue eyes.could easily have passed for white. All were
unwilling to compromise their identity for acceptance
from white people. In fact, they used their access to white
people to improve conditions for the Black race, not just
themselves, and in the process uplift the entire human
race.
I have nothing against interracial relationships (my
favorite Spice Girl is Posh Spice), friendship, love,
whatever. I do have a problem with Blacks who feel their
"whiteness"-be it from skin color or social posturing,
makes them so superior to other Blacks they deign not to
interact with them.
Nor do I harbor hostility for individual white
people. I do,however, despise the white supremacist
hegemony we live in that encourages and rewards much
of this behavior. It is the hegemony that dictates Blacks
as being inferior,whites as superior and forces everyone
in between to fight or grovel for a more favorable position.
It is the hegemony that spawns the self-hatred that makes
Blacks and mixed-race Blacks shun their own kind. It is
the hegemony that allows white people to never wonder
why a person of color would have no friends of color. But
it is our own individual cowardice and complacency
which prevents our questioning the need for the existence
of the hegemony, once we are aware the hegemony exists.
And until we question,there will be no answers.
. . - It is going to take some mighty deep thoughts to
answer these kinds of questions. Yet, if the Spice Girls
can inspire deep thought surely anything is possible.
Peace, vkm

Science & Math Network fundraising
Euergreen
Math & Science
Network

Many people
find
enjoyment
enduring the slam,
bang, pow of football,
boxing, and sexual

bearing the fruits of science. Elizabeth Thomas designed
the shirt and commented on a few of the symbolic fruits:
A primate contemplating a fish, representing the
discourse between evolution and creation and an apple
which is either the fruit of the tree of good and evil or

The AAAS conference will be Feb. 11 to 17 in
Philadelphia. Cost is $300 for lodging and $345 round
trip flight. The conference offers a wide spectrum of
subjects with panels made up of top researchers from
all over the world. On some topics, the panel consists

Misconception:
student emplo
Currently there is a debate regarding student
employment on campus. As the Coordinator of Student
Employment, I would like to clarify some important
matters about the role of student employment at
Evergreen while addressing the central issues of the
debate: wages, hours, and the responsibility of the
college to provide more of each.
The purpose of student employment, particularly
the Work Study program, is to provide part-time
meaningful work that is a positive learning experience
for the student. Students who work are better time
managers and they perform better in class. Sometimes
work a student does while in college leads to a career.
Some positions provide valuable leadership
opportunities that benefit the employee and other
students. Of course, working on campus can provide a
convenient source of much needed income, allowing
students the flexibility they need to move ftom class to
work without sacrificing study time. Most on-campus
employers understand that students need flexible
schedules to accommodate an often changing academic
calendar. This is a benefit that cannot be guaranteed
with off-campus employers.
As an institution, Evergreen benefits greatly from
student employment. If the student employees in
general are similar at all to the students who have
worked in the Financial Aid Office, then this campus is
very lucky. Evergreen student employees are
conscientious, hard working, honest and very good at
their work. Without student employees, it would be
more difficult to do our jobs. However, student positions
do not fulfill essential functions of the college. This
means that student jobs are supplemental but not
critical to the function of the college. Student employees
do not carry the same burden of accountability required
of full-time staff, nor are they required to perform tasks
of equal complexity. Compensation for these positions
should reflect this differing expectation of performance.
In those few positions that are too similar to other state
positions available in Washington, students are paid the
going hourly rate recommended by the Higher
Education Personal Board. In the end, Evergreen
employers pay their students fair wages and in many

wage will even ou
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Reagan
had keen political, "insight. Upon
returning from a diplomatic trip to Ceatia! America,
he remarked: "You'dbe surprised. They're aO different
countries down there,"
:;: -v President CliiitoH
had a pair ofhard acts.
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Point
missed
To all those that missed the point,
You attack me in the newspaper, drag some shit in the
street
You claim you got philosophy, but it's just personal beef
Anonymous e-mail 'cause you scared of confrontation
But we're on the front lines of a war and your actions
are disgracin'
You call me on the phone, leave a message when I'm not
home
Youp.cowardly behavior shows through your warm fuzzy
tone
If you're so sure of your way of life, why come shout it to
me?
I'm not attacking you, but what we've internalized
subconsciously
THINK B4 YOU ACT!
A-Plus the K.R.E.A.T.O.R.
a.k.a.
ADRIAN SCOTT
Coordinator for Talking About Race
867-9943
aplus@elwha.evergreen.edu

--

Nietzsche, Milton, and others) that can possibly provide
me with some insight to the human condition. It is there
the answers to problems plaguing society will be found.
To demonstrate how far I'm willing to go let me say this:
I recently had a deep thought on a comment from one of
the Spice Girls.
On the cover of a Black magazine was Mel B in all
her spicy splendor. Inside was a remark by her that went
something like this: "I'm neither white nor Black. lenjoy
the best of both worlds." Her remark was.well... rather
remarkable to me. Largely because it seems the world
Mel B inhabits is entirely white. I haven't seen all the
Spice Girls' videos, but the ones I have endured seem to
surround them with white men as their objects d'art. Mel
B certainly seems to be enjoying herself. But where is the
Black?
This sort of divesting one's self from Blackness
appears to be a recent trend. Mel B is not the only
perpetrator. Mariah Carey shot all her early videos in

in an old, peculiar institution. 5mce the birth ot slavery
there has been a caste system in the Black community
based on skin color. To protect its economic investment,
the United States created the "one drop" rule. If you had
one drop of Black blood in your body you were Black.
However, the lighter you were the more valuable you were.
Light-skinned Blacks sometimes self-segregated by
fashioning their own groups and intermarrying. Darkskinned Blacks were not welcome. The cry of "Black is
Beautiful" in the '60s helped quell this notion, but the
old way seems to be on the rise again.
Most Black people know other Blacks and mixedrace Blacks that shun thier own kind. We have all seen
those sickeningly obsequious Blacks who fawn all over
white people. We have all suffered the slings and arrows
of rejection.made even more painful by the fact that the
betrayer is a brother or sister. The upwardly mobile seem
particularly susceptible to this peculiar malady that
makes them shun thier own kind.

Nor do l harbor hostility tor individual white
people. I do,however, despise the white supremacist
hegemony we live in that encourages and rewards much
of this behavior. It is the hegemony that dictates Blacks
as being inferior.whites as superior and forces everyone
in between to fight or grovel for a more favorable position.
It is the hegemony that spawns the self-hatred that makes
Blacks and mixed-race Blacks shun their own kind. It is
the hegemony that allows white people to never wonder
why a person of color would have no friends of color. But
it is our own individual cowardice and complacency
which prevents our questioning the need for the existence
of the hegemony, once we are aware the hegemony exists.
And until we question,there will be no answers.
..• It is going to take some mighty deep thoughts to
answer these kinds of questions. Yet, if the Spice Girls
can inspire deep thought surely anything is possible.
Peace, vkm

Science & Math Network fundraising
Many people
find
enjoyment
Euergreen
enduring the slam,
Math & Science bang, pow of football,
boxing, and sexual
Netmork
bondage. Most science
faculty
and well
seasoned students can
tell you, research in
math and science has a
s i m i l a r
sadomasochistic high:
12 hour days in one
room, few if any
windows, fluorescent
lighting; hums, buzzes
and
rattles
of
equipment, one procedure over and over and over and
over and over again, beating each other or one's self for
inevitable mistakes, and stretching one's physical,
emotional, and mental stamina hoping to reach that far
away euphoric lace which offers a clearer understanding
of our world. Therefore, The Evergreen Science and
Math Network has offered one design on their new Tshirts which garners handcuffs linked by a DNA chain,
with "Science" or "Math" in each cuff. Below the cuffs
is printed "Evergreen S&M Network." For the more
traditional/conservative types The Network also offers
their logo. The back consists of TESC rooted in a tree

Hearing
date
changed

bearing the fruits of science. Elizabeth Thomas designed
the shirt and commented on a few of the symbolic fruits:
A primate contemplating a fish, representing the
discourse between evolution and creation and an apple
which is either the fruit of the tree of good and evil or
Newton's apple.
T-shirts are on sale now for $15 a piece, white print
on one of four colors (dark green, maroon, navy, and
black). There will be a table on Thursday from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. in the CAB. Otherwise, you can go to the
Learning Resource Center in L3407. A great holiday gift
idea! Money from the shirts will go toward sending
Evergreen students to conferences, bringing speakers to
Evergreen, and starting a math and science scholarship.
The Science & Math Network will be working hard
to earn money over the next few months for sending
students to the upcoming American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference hosted this
year in Philadelphia. Last year, Seattle was the host and
The Evergreen State College had the largest turnout of
any undergraduate college. Besides the immense
amount of information offered, the conference also
offers the chance for students to network with people
in fields of their interests. At least one Evergreen student
was recruited for graduate work by a couple of speakers
after he posed a line of questions to a panel on
Evolutionary Biology last year. Another Evergreen
student found herself on the front page of The New York
Times business section.

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The AAAS conference will be Feb. 11 to 17 in
Philadelphia. Cost is $300 for lodging and $345 round
trip flight. The conference offers a wide spectrum of
subjects with panels made up of top researchers from
all over the world. On some topics, the panel consists
oftop scientists, philosophers, government officials, and
even theologians with opposing views. Session titles
range from "Manipulation of Science by Vested
Interests: Money and Power versus Public Health" to
"The Ongoing Romance between Geometry & Physics"
to "Development in a Volatile World: How Embryos
Cope with Environmental Stress." With such diverse
subjects being talked about, the Network hopes to
attract a diverse group of science and math students in
order to offer a diverse presentation to Evergreen on
their return. Anyone interested in attending the
conference should e-mailwetzelc@elwha.evergreen.edu
and will be required to assist in fundraising.
The S&M Network met with S&A (Student
Activities) Board last week to ask for help funding the
trip for the current list of 15 students. The Network's
petition for money was turned down. The S&A Board
said it was too much money benefiting too few students.
The board didn't compromise with a lower amount, so
the S&M Network is appealing and asking for less
money to assist in sending as many students as possible.
The remaining money will be raised by students.
Mark Mueller

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of fh!s shopping-center will be
by'' Olysapia. CointBtiaitjp:;: Pitnalag . and
up until: the elate'of the hearing. You
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opportunities that benefit the employee and other benefits, equipment a
students. Of course, working on campus can provide a help. In spite of this, em
convenient source of much needed income, allowing student wages for stude
students the flexibility they need to move ftom class to or work in the same off
work without sacrificing study time. Most on-campus both work-study and in
A few people have
employers understand that students need flexible
schedules to accommodate an often changing academic per week work limit, a
calendar. This is a benefit that cannot be guaranteed are three reasons for t
believes that raising the
with off-campus employers.
As an institution, Evergreen benefits greatly from 19 hours a week wou
student employment. If the student employees in toward their degrees;
general are similar at all to the students who have security be withheld fr
worked in the Financial Aid Office, then this campus is total hours exceed l
very lucky. Evergreen student employees are Washington weekly hot
conscientious, hard working, honest and very good at about 19.25 to 19.5 ho
their work. Without student employees, it would be consecutive six month p
more difficult to do our jobs. However, student positions The consequences for e
do not fulfill essential functions of the college. This include greater expense
means that student jobs are supplemental but not- and benefits. For stu
critical to the function of the college. Student employees positions to choose fro
do not carry the same burden of accountability required unable to afford to pa
of full-time staff, nor are they required to perform tasks for more hours worke
of equal complexity. Compensation for these positions awards would be de
should reflect this differing expectation of performance. accommodate higher t
In those few positions that are too similar to other state made. Undergraduate s
positions available in Washington, students are paid the Work Study would still
going hourly rate recommended by the Higher requiring a separate mo
Education Personal Board. In the end, Evergreen the Payroll Office and F
Some individua
employers pay their students fair wages and in many
cases much higher wages than students could find in allowing up to 20 hours
the Olympia market in general. The Tacoma market that they are left without
specifically food stamp
probably does offer higher salaries.
The contention among a very small number of have complained that t
students is that most positions pay minimum wage. This living expenses. In the F
is untrue. There are different types of positions that students awarded Wor
pay minimum wage. The positions are in Student low income students,
Activities, the CRC and the Child Care Center. Types of parents who have no res
positions might include, office assistant, organization any expenses. These st
coordinator, and editor. Of course, there are more than grants and loans to h
11 people who hold these positions, as there are multiple education at Evergreen.
students who hold higher paying positions. At the cost is $10,971, of whi
higher end of the wage scale, there are 14 types of expenses. That's $852 a
positions that pay $7.00/hour. Types of positions might should be enough for
include program aide, program assistants, graders, some extra for other ty
For students wh
tutors, and technical assistants. There are nine types of
positions that pay between $8.00 and $9.00 per hour parents with less need
and 15 types oppositions that pay $9.00 and hour and family's responsibility
more. The rest of available positions fall within the $5.25 educational and living
-$6.90 range. Most institutional jobs fall in this lower support their students,middle range. About 140 positions that run the full than the student bel
range of salary are still open even though the same responsibility of Evergr
number of students have been offered Work Study as with greater expenses,
it may simply be that w
last year.
Evergreen is a student market. If students being to pay the bills and the
paid minimum wage want or need more, there are other employment or adjust t
jobs from which to choose. At the same time the student in either Olympia or Ta
debate is raging over low wages, employers are fretting benefits, students wit
about escalating wage wars amongst each other. Hourly make an appointmen
wages do increase each year. According to Bill Zaugg in examine all their optio
the Vice President for Student Affairs Office, the hourly
wage for Work Study positions has steadily increased Laura Grabhorn
each year by about three per cent a year. As of the end of Financial Aid Counselo
October, the average hourly wage for a.Work Study Coordinator of Student
student was $6,95 an hour. We expect the average hourly Financial Aid Office

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° December 11,1997

IVly scalp hurts. I mean, it really really hurts! Owee!"
— overheard in the CAB

fl&Sertainnient
Steering by the Moon unveiled
A student's rumination on life, surrealism, and Remedios Varo
by Ethan Andrew Jones
Arts and Entertainment Editor
"This is my big bang!" proclaims Evergreen senior Saera
Sherman about her play, Steering By the Moon: Visions of
Remedios Varo. She is presenting the play, which she wrote
and directed, as the culmination of her Senior Thesis Project.
It combines imaginary events with biographical facts to present
a surreal look at the life of the surrealist painter Remedios Varo.
"I think the work, for me, is incredibly daring," Sherman
explains. "It's about breaking a lot of taboos our culture has.
It'll be very spectacular."
Sherman first got the idea for her play a year ago during
research for her class, The Spirit of Creativity. In investigating
and studying surrealism, madness, and women, she discovered
Varo. "I saw this picture in a book and it just jumped out at
me," she explains. "God, I have to know who did that!" In
rummaging through the library further, Sherman discovered
a biography. Varo's life story intrigued her enough to become
the basis of Steering by the Moon.
When she began working on the play last spring,
Sherman wasn't sure what she would be writing about. She
explains how the play developed: "The first two weeks of
the quarter were supposed to be about generating script
concepts. I painted pictures to do that and I wrote ... but
mostly I tried to do it through images. The thing that really
intrigued me about surrealism was automatic writing, and
so that's how I started. I never really had time to get a sense
of what I had written, exactly. It definitely is about
Remedios and her life... it all just kind of came out. I started
editing it together and picked out pieces I liked and things
started working themselves into scenes. It was really kind
of a maddening process, because people would say, 'So,
what are you writing about?' It sort of spilled out and it's
still shocking."
Using these surrealist methods, she crafted a play that
conveys not only facts and thoughts about Varo's life, but deals
with issues integral to Sherman's life. "It's about madness and
it's about creativity and particularly how it pertains to women.
I have a pretty personal relationship to that. It's obvious to me
that I'm working through a lot of issues through the work as
well... I deal with a lot of really sketchy issues and I deal with
them in a comical way." Then she adds, "some people will be
offended."
In addition to being written and directed by Sherman,
Steering by the Moon features many layers of strong student

photo by Amber Rack

Cast members of Steering By the Moon check out a big apple.
involvement. The play's cast of eight are all students and the Reindeer in the 3rd grade, she never really thought about taking
elaborate sets, lighting, sound, and costumes were all done by theater seriously. But later, she explains, she "ended up falling
students. In all, over 60 students worked on the play. "They into theater because that's where all the weirdoes hung out...
all have full time programs and stay up until 1 o'clock in the Eventually I found that all my studies were becoming an excuse
morning with me doing technical rehearsals," Sherman says. to do theater. My final projects for class always has some kind
of spectacle element."
"I don't know how they do it."
It seems natural for her to create a spectacle as a final
It's not always easy to have a student's program
produced in the Experimental Theater, Sherman says. -statement to her Evergreen career.
However, she adds that "it just happened that I knew a lot Steering By the Moon will be presented Dec. 11,12, and 13 at
of people who were very experienced, like my lighting 8 p.m. in the Communications Building's Experimental
designer who designed a lot at Evergreen before... Theater. Admission is free, with a suggested donation. Incase
Everybody had a lot of experience and everything kind of it matters to you, the play contains adult themes and situations,
including some scenes with which religious folk may take issue.
fell into place."
After Sherman's stage premiere as Rudolph the Rednosed

Twelfth Night CD highlights diversity
by Amber Rack
Shakespearian minstrel
You can hear applause in the
background.
Along with laughter.
And cheering.
Clearly the sounds of people enjoying
themselves.
What you are listening to would be
Harlequin Productions' newly released CD,
featuring music from their original rock & roll
adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. A
hit show last spring, A Rock & Roll Twelfth
Night(with apologies to William Shakespeare)
was the brainchild of brothers Bruce and Scot
Whitney, credited with musical composition
and lyrics, respectively.
With no less than 31 tracks, this
soundtrack represents a diverse assortment of
musical styles and sounds, from the mellow
reggae beat of "Toss & Turn," to the heavy
metal sound of "The Volume of My Love" and
"Electrocution."
Duke Orsino is The King himself,
crooning his love for Olivia in songs such as

"My Love is Real" and "Tell Her," a duet with
Viola. Olivia's powerful answer comes back as
"No Dice." After a sweetly melancholy intro,
Viola replies to the rousing beat of "A Heart
Like This," in which Olivia joins. The Material
Girl herself, Olivia sings seductively for Viola
to "Expose Your Love to Me." It was a dozen
tracks earlier that Viola realized Olivia's
feelings with her solo, "The Ring." Derived
from Viola's popular soliloquy, this song
succinctly summarizes Shakespeare's poetry
with the lyrical rhyming couplet, "I'm mad
about a man, but he can't see/ He's crazy for
woman who's flipped for me."
Accounting for the 12-track leap are
songs including Sir Andrew Aguecheek's toetapping tune, "Get Up & Dance." This
infectious number will certainly find you
movin' and groovin', with an instrumental
interlude paying tribute to various popular
dances such as the Twist, Madison, Swim,
Mashed Potato and even a chorus of "Let's Do
the Time Warp Again" from the Rocky Horror
Picture Show. Following in close sequence are
more lively numbers: "Rock & Roll with the
Punches," with Sir Toby Belch, and the

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swingin' rock beat of "Hold Your Fire" sung by
Maria. Malvolio carries a perky tune with "The
Letter," opening with similar sound to The
Diamonds' "Little Darlin'," and ending with a
jazzy wail.
Also worth mention are the energetic
verses of Antonio and the smooth melodies of
Feste, the fool. With an agitated rhythm in
alternative or punk rock style-similar to the
Beastie Boys-"I Hate This Stinkin' Place,"
"Sordid Vicious Minds," "Devil! Devil!" and "A
Beautiful Disgrace" are angry words from the
youth, Antonio. In contrast, Feste combines
his acoustic guitar with the band's electric
sounds and gently sings the sad stories of
Othello and Romeo and Juliet in "What Fools
These Lovers Be." His words in "She Gives
Nothing Away" carry the same bittersweet
quality.
The cast comes together at last, led by
Orsino, Viola, and Olivia, with "Heart Like a
Cadillac." Then Feste quietly concludes with
one last poignant ballad, "The Wind and the-'
Rain."
Well, that's 21 out of 31 I've commented
on; if I haven't sparked your enthusiasm by

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now, relating the remaining 10—three of
which are reprises and one a short parody to
the tune of "Goodnight Sweetheart" - probably
won't make a difference.
If I have sparked your enthusiasm, I need not
continue endlessly.
Even if you didn't see the show last spring,
you can still enjoy this CD. You need not know
the story to appreciate the outstanding lyrics,
sung with wonderful clarity by an incredibly
talented cast. And just in case you didn't catch
them the first time, lyrics are included,
accompanied by color photos taken from the
stage performance.
The prologue ("Twelfth Night!") offers
good advice — to "Hold on" — for a wild
experience with the music from Harlequin's A
Rock & Roll Twelfth Night.
A Rock & Roll Twelfth Night is produced by
Bruce Whitney and Karl Welty. CDs are
available at Harlequin Productions' office at
the corner of 5th and Washington (next to the
Washington Center for Performing Arts). Cost
after taxis $17.28. If you have questions, call
Harlequin at 786-0151.

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playing along with the punky ukelele- "Coldwater Park," which is quite possibly the
playing Californian named Carmaig de most subtly disturbing song of the year, he's able
Forest.
to move from childhood memories to much
De Forest released his third darker subjects quickly and without seeming
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California." The record's been soundscape created with Ben Vaughn. He even
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so, because it's great. With a altered-sound poems.
voice reminiscent of a younger,
For a guy who plays the ukelele (among
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Forest writes witty songs that are remarkable range of talents. He's performed at
often simple structurally but shows with bands such as the Cure, the Ramones,
seldom simple emotionally. "Bad and the Violent Femmes. He has attracted many
Things Happen," "Three Ships," fans over the last 15 years, including the always
"Kiss Me Seven Times," and cool Alex Chilton, Gordon Gano, and Spaulding
"Coldwater Park" and its Gray.
hidden reprise stand out
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difference between the clouds and the ocean is
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everything in the world floats through you with
joy, providing you with a tremendous ability
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LASO @ noon in CAB 320
Women of Color Coalition @ 2 p.
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ERC @ 3:15 p.m. in CAB 108
S & A Board @ 4 p.m. in CAB 315
•Rape Response Coalition @ 4 p.m. in CAB 32
Evergreen Medieval Society @ 5 p.m.
in Lib. 2218
Toxins group @ 6 p.m. in LH 10
ASIA @ 6 p.m. in CAB 320
Hunger & Homeless group @ 7 p.m. in LH 10
Tuesdays—
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WashPIRG @ 4 p.m. in LH 10
EQA: Bisexual group @ 4 p.m. in CAB 314
IASQ @ 4:30 p.m. in CAB 315
SEED @ 5 p.m. in LAB II 2242
MPA @ 5 p.m. in the MPA Lounge
Mindscreen (Alt. Tues.) @ 7 p.m. in LH 3
Students for Christ @ 8 p.m. in Lib. 2116
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Brown Bag Christian Fellowship @ rioon
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Women's Resource Center @ 2 p.m.
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Student Arts Council @ 2 p.m. in CAB 315
Talking About Race @ 2 p.m. in Lib. 2218
Amnesty International @ 3 p.m. in Lib. 2126
Homeopathy Study Group @ 3:30 p.m.
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Endangered Species group @ 4 p.m.
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Environmental Education @ 6 p.m. in LH 10
Water Watch group @ 7 p.m. in LH 10
Thursdays—
Umoja @ noon in CAB 315
Slightly West @ 3 p.m. in CAB 320
Nature Lovers Unite @ 3 p.m. in the Longhouse
M.E.Ch.A. @ 3:30 p.m. in CAB 320
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Students for a Free Tibet @ 5 p.m. in CAB 315
EQA: Coming Out group @ 5 p.m.
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Action Meeting in Support of Big Mountain
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Camarilla @ 7 p.m. in Lib. 1508
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Zazen Meditation (1 & 3 Fri.) @ 6:30 p.m.
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Thurs., Dec. 11— "Steering by the Moon"
— Visions of Remedios Varo. It's a senior
thesis production written & directed by Saera
Sherman. The play starts @ 8 p.m. in the COM
building's Experimental Theatre, & it goes
through the 13th.
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Arts Bazaar— it's starts @ 11 a.m., ends @ 7
p.m., in the Longhouse. There is a drum &
dance performance @ 6 p.m. with the NAYCLO
dance group & Renegade Creek Drum.
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judges agonized over which one was worthy of the highest praise. In the end,
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