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discuss the vision and goals of APEC
The 18 member economies
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the mastermind of the massacre of Zealand), Australia, Brunei, Canada,
thousands ofEast Timonese. Under China, Chile, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
my leadership,· a once pleasant Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Papua New
island nation has been terrorized by Guinea, Philippil)es,
genocide. Nevertheless, I'm an . Singapore, South
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blue cloth suit, wearing a bright red WTO, World Bank,
tie: a giant puppet representing and IMF are the "three
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. Suharto, dictator ofIndonesia.
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tlattil'in:ltion in the protest against
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"encourage
closer
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For the next five days, the cooperation among the member
University of British Columbia economies. It aims to ... achieve
(UBC) campus in Canada will be borderless trade with the Asiaclosed while it hosts APEC's annual Pacific region by the year 2020."
Tomorrow, a van will depart
meeting of ministers. World leaders
.from the 18 countrjes. or "member for UBC, transporting 15 to 20
{'orlnrr,,·,.~ " of APES ~ogether wi~h
Evergreen students together with the
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B?.lk, and Intttrnllfion~ .estimated 2,000 protesters from
various locations. gathering
on the campus to protest
against APEe. Students
Maegan Willan (who will be
attending the protest) and
Beth Royer. helping to
construct the giant Suharto,
described briefly the protest
scene: in addition to the
customary banners and
marches, a"tent city" will be
set up on UBC's equivalent
of Evergreen's Red Square.
Each day, the protesters
from the tent city will inch
closerto the entrance where
the conference will be held
on Tuesday. exp lain ed
student
Stephanie
Guilloud. This motion is for
purpose of being more visible, as
sters, but will also mean
Ltl10vinl! closer to the security zone,
police will likely start removing
,she added. Finally, there is a
march planned for Tuesday-the
of the final summit conference
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"Essentially, the reason people
are protesting APEC is because a lot
of nations that are a part of APEC are
like a legacyofa lack of responsibility
for the environment ~nd workers,"
Royer explained. Although the goal
of APEC to eliminate tariffs sounds
good in theory, it
could have horrible
repercussions,· she
said. There is a
con c ern t hat
globalization of the
economy will lead to
money and business
being considered of
higher value than
rights of people,
particularly workers.
Although APEC
has been inexistence
forfiveyears,itisstill
developing
and
evolving; there is no
clear-cut agreement or treaty
governing APEC. Because the
organization is not in its final form .
it is difficult to obtain hard facts
about the .effects of the organization.
Part of the goal for those traveling to
BC is to return with more knowledge
about APEC
Dictator Suharto is the third
puppet created by EPIC this year.
Two giant skeleton puppets were
created for a celebration of the Day
of the Dead, Nov. 1. Puppeteers
participated in a procession led from
the Liberation Cafe', downtown, to
Sylvester Park. The Liberation Cafe·
is where organizers arranged to
create the giant puppets from simple
materials: ca rdboa rd. fa brics ,
wooden frames. paint. etc. The cafe
was chosen partly because EPIC
wanted to involve Olympia
community members as well as
Evergreen students.
EPIC plans to continue creating
puppets for events throughout the
year, and hopes to form a core
collective of volunteers interested in
making giant puppets. Royer and
Willan suggested that EPIC would
also be interested in working with
other student groups interested in
making giant puppets for events
sponsored by those groups.
Eventually they hope to start
working with .paper mache for the
construction particu larly of the
puppet heads. and maybe organize
some stilt-walking workshops later
in the year.
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have wOl;1ld work at Evergreen. Watt~rson .
· .)3ithWait!lrson; tran~portatioll.eXJ>lained. the pro~ess SPSCC h'ad t~ go, i
planning man41ger for Olympia;s Intercity through.t<? get their subsidized. bus passes.
Tfansit~ told s~dents and staff in a public IT first made an est/roation of rid~is from .
'forum on Monday than subsidized bus SP$CC.Then th'ey muhtplied it'by lh'e
·• pass for'Evergreen students is not going to . average fai.r.rr get from SPSCCstUdents and
, , happen inrhe-oext year: , .
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tile awount o( money it rec~ived after
.. lnMarch i998, the 'IT buii'tee is going . paying bus ¥vers 'and gas mileage: From .
up. A ~ingle fide onIT'Will gofroll} 50 cents that,lT came up with (l figure to' be attached .
to 60 cents getteral, and from 25 c,ents.to ~9·. · t6SPS~C s.t udentS" 'g'eneral tuitron: a~d
.', cents foI'disabled'peopleandseniQrCitizens. proposed the estimation to tlJ.eir ,st!ldenf ..
A daily pass will go upfromSl to $L25. anc\. . government, Thenitwe"nttoa stIJgentvote;
' up fr0ril' 50 ce~ts . t?,.60 ceJlt~ for di~l\bled . ': 3n~ the'~tuden~.atSpSCCdecided tohave
· people and semor C1tlZens. A n;lOnthly .pas.s . the fetr furthe busattached'fo their tuition.
will go up t? $20 from V8,imd frpm$?to They now., use tbeir ·student identifi~atiol) .
$8 fOi: disabled people and Senior c~tizen,s. . '<CardS i;I)Js passes.
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. ,.' Bryan Freeborn, the alternate student .
;represen~ative from the Board of Trustees ' s~lideri:t ad.ivi~ies . reporte<:i th~rei s a
.who organized 'the forimi·with Watterson,· Set;Vices'and ACtivities ~Qarp, which is the
explained that $1.25 for il daily pass is form of.studenr governinent {T ;would
beyond most EvergreeI) .stydeiJts' budget. . propOse a subsidized·bus pass to. The S&A .
When the raises mthe bus fuego up next Boatd would do res~arch reg'arding how
, March,J'reeborn said, it Will beche¥pe~;to · many Evergreen ~ttidents ride~l)eblJ~and
dI:iveandpaIkin .EveIgreen·slotthantQta~e .ho.,,, many.students a subsidized bus pass .
the IT buses. At the forum was the par.king wou ld benefit. After survey resultS come
~uperYisor: lady Woodall. who slli.d the back the S&ASQ:lrd can mak.e a decision .
increase in Avergreen studen~ this year h.as ' on whetlu;r:'Or not to'have ~ subsidi~~d bus '
· alreadrcreated a lac,k of parking spaces . p~s~. paid for with student tutitiop. But IT
aVlliJable Tuesday~ and Thu}isdays;,Withcthe will ha)l~ to make apropo$alon how much.
increase of students over ~the n.~t se~en money It Will cost pet stude.nt. ·. .
years, parking is to be<;oine a major prQblem
,Wahersol) said .that. because.of the
unless stuclen.ts have,another means of .. lack ofproe he':lj1d:his $taffhave, he is not .'
Itransportation io'Ciuripus. '. ' :
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sure th~taproposal(ora subsidized bus ,
Buttheoptioriofdri~ingonlr~istSfor . pass ~oull!, I?ecome aV;iiiable spring: 1998. '
Evergr~ $tudentswh.o can.get their har1ds He anticipate.~ at least two yearsto set\ Jp' a '
or ·:!; car'. So~ecannot. . .
.. ' subsidized bus'pliSs prograql atllvergreen.
Freeborn was thinking that tlie ~ . ., ,
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the lore that man has fo rgotten,
And
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And J'IJshare with you my
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November 20,1997
the Column of
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Origami Cranes.
• A·poser. l ook ,~ou(d like to :
acknowledge another Suggestion fur
what. "that ~ art thIDg" we took,
.3 closer iookattwo weelcs ago might
T h e Colu m n of Cranes
h an gs in th e corne r of th e
Longhouse Cedar room . It is
t h o ug ht th at they we re
p resented as a gift whe n the
Lo ngho use was dedica ted in
1995. It' is not kn own who
gave them .
lie; accorOingt()'~O'NeilI, me
general cp~us among j>eoJlle
she's known is that it is iI ~uck.
Yoohavetl;)'i90k;ltitupside<kiwn: .
Evergreen was robbed agaill on Monday.
Nov. 17, when th ieves siole a laser disc player,
cassette deck, and computer interface from the
AV cabinet in Library room 11112. The equ ipmen t,
according to Allegra Il inkle, head of Me di a
Services, wa s wo rth ap proximately $2.000.
I~ecause th e college is self'insured. eq uipm ent
theft must be reimbursed with internal coll ege
funds.
Despite da ily checks of th e media cabinets,
Media Services must "figure out how to make
these areas more secure," according to Hinkle.
"We are livi ng with thieves ." I've worked here
for 17 years and I've never experienced this kind
of co nstan t theft. I feel like we're be in g
bombarded this year."
Thi s burglary follows the recent break into
the Lecture Ha ll where over $3 .000 worth of
equipment was stolen, and an attempt earlier this
summer to break in to seve ral rooms in the media
area orthe library, incl uding the Graphic Imaging
Lab and the editing suits.
The items stolen in Monday's burglary were
not engraved with stale lO·s. The state does not
officially keep track of "less expensive" items such
as laser disc players, however. the equ ipment is
kept track of in ternally by Media Services. AVHS
Computer center overcrowdDeCi
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by Gary Love
Staff writer
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Jt's 6 o'clock in the evening. The so.unds
of the vents rushing, keyboards clicking and
whispers between students fill the Computer
Center. Two students mill around, waiting to
grab the first available computer. It's calm now,
but in a couple of weeks students can expect to
arrive at the center and be greeted with long
wait lines and a general feeling of stress caused
by too few computers and too many students
needing to finish long final projects,
If the Computer Center looks busier this
year, that's because it is. This quarter is 26
percent busier than '!ast fall, which was already
a record breaking quarter. Pete Pietras,
assistant director of Academic Computing, says
the usage has grown so much because "more
students are aware of the Computer Center more students are on campus, and so more
students are taking advantage of the center."
In addition to students knowing about
the center, faculty members are increasingly
expecting students to complete their work on
a computer. "In my classes, we meet in the
Computer Center at least four times a quarter,"
says Louis Nadelson , the professor for PreCalculus and Statistics courses, Nadelson went
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i:': " , s~bsi<iized bus :pa~~~s the,~t~de~ts:'fr~m ;'
Three to fo ur fam il ies of raccoo ns
regu larly roam campus. These cri tters are
often see n begging for foo d outside of th e
uorms , visit ing Po li ce Services, a nd
frantica lly fl eeing onco ming headlights on
the Everg ree n Parkway. Alth ough th e
animals ap pear swee t and inn oce nt .
students recently discovered exactly how
dangerous a hungry raccoon can be when a
finge r looks more appea ling than whatever
snac k the fi nger ho lds.
'T he cut was small, bu t did brea k the
skin ," Eddy's po lice re port stated. "I
transported the victim to Capital Medical
Center for exam and trea tment. "
Treatment for such an accident ca n not
only be long and pain ful , it is usuall y
extreme ly expensive, too . Accord ing to
Nurse Plus, a servi ce provided by Providence
SI. Peter Hospital, raccoons are in the "high
risk group" fo r rabies. Besides basic medical .
treatm ent, which might include washing,
steril iz in g, a nd inspecting the wound ,
students must undergo a series of three shots
as a precaution against rabies. The cost for
these shots can be as high as $1500. If no
trea tment is given, rabies can lead to severe
irritability, violent behavior, and even death.
photo courtesy of Bob McBride
The Evergreen raccoons are generally
ha rmless, but it is never a good idea to get Though this raccoon may appear
too close.
cute and cuddly, he might be
"This is the fi rst case (of students being
dangerous if approached without
bitten) since I came here 15 years ago," said
Eddy. "But if yo u're go in g to fee d the . caution .
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raccoo ns, don't feed them hand to mouth. "
I . . Last week, No'V~ .13, .in the'~rrata s~tion, we.ni~ntioned that the cartoQnist I
After Tha nksgiving break. stud ents moved from the Evergrl'e n camp us to
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will have litt le op portuni ty to feed the Capit ol Fores t, a "veritable wonderland for I a n-. _. C 0 ~ ~ ast na.me was nottnCU
In: th.IS m~tallment of the effat~. We a~loglze to Scho~z agam, thIS tIme for.
raccoons at all. On the agenda of th e housing th e mas ked critt ers'" acco rdin g to th e l spellIng hiS name wrong over hiS conuc. · ' ,' " .
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continued from page 3
by Megan Davis
Contributin g writer
to say that, "In my Statistics class. students are expected to
do aU of their data entry and calculations on the computer."
St udents, facu lty , and members of th e communit y
Sarah Bowman, a third-year student, sa id "jstmll'nt s in gathered last Friday for the grand openin g and dedica tion of
11l'r classarel expected to have access to a romputer." Butwhen th e new indoor rock climbing wall.
she sat down to write a larg~ essay exam, she got booted off
Seve ral people eagerly put on the provided shoes and gave
wh en a scheduled class arrived . Si nce she doesn 't own a climbing the wall a tr}'. Community member Nalini Nadkarni,
computer, the Computer Cen ter was the on ly w.ay she could who scaled to the top of the wall, said: "It looks remarkably
have completed the essay.
simple but it's difficult. A person could spend hours here ."
Computing tries to keep t hI' time sc heduled for c1asse~
Evergreen student Megan Flaherty first conceived the idea
down to six hours a day. St ill. the only times studenb are for an indoor rock climbing wa ll back in 1992. After "lots of
guaranteed to find an available computer are 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. r~d tape and waiting," Bruce Mason received the money needed
and 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. Pietras noted that the Computer Ce nter to get the project underway. The wall cost $12,000, wi th $3,500
increasingly runs at fu ll capacity, Monday through Thursday.
supplied through the Student s and Activities fund and the
The problem of there not being enough computers for the balance made up from the Campus Recreation Centers' revenue.
number of students needing to use them won't be solved in the "Once the materials arrived, people started getting involved,"
near future. Currently, neither th e money nor the space has said Mason. Designers George Sharret and Paul Przybylowicz
been allocated for any kind oflarge increase in the number of kicked off construction in April of '96. Over seventy students
computers available to students.
and faculty co ntributed to the project construction. Several
Both Pietras and Anna Kircher, the Ilew directur uf people who headed up the project were given the status of
Academic Computing,' expressed the idea that students migh t honorary guardians of the wa ll along wit h li fetime
want to consider add ing a computer to th eir li st of school memberships. Students and others who helped work on the
supplies when they come to college. At this point, it looks like project are also eligible for some free time on the wall.
the Computer Center will cont inue to be overcrowded for a
The waU itselfis 20 fee t tall with vertical and slanted slabs.
while to com e.
There is also an overhang where advanced climbers can climb
The Compl!ter Center is trying several approac hes to on the ceiling. The walls are made of wood covered wirh paint
solving this problem.
and sand in order to give the texture of a real rock surface,
First, the Computer Center is co nsideri ng a 24-hour Gripping rocks are placed st rat egically on the wall to provide
schedule instead of their current 6 a. m. to 2 a.m routin e. This for va rying levels of difficulty.
change would give students more time at the centt:'r. However,
Use of the indoor rock climbing wall is f<;>r members only.
Piet ras points out that the 24-hour schedule was tried in 1he /l.1e rnbership for students is $10 per quarter. Staff, rac ulty, and
past, but there was not enough student interest to continue it. alums need to pay for a $40 College Recreation Center pe rmit
Second, they are purchasing new hardware and software as well as the $10 per quarter for use ofthewall. The community
. in order to update the current systems. Some of the machines ca n also have access to the wall for a ClK -perm it fee of$69 and
in the cluster area have been in use since 1988 and are $60 per quarter or $150 for the academic year. Memb!'rs must
considered almost useless for most students. Pietras hopes that take, and successfully complete, an orientation and test before
this upgrade wiU help make the cluster area more productive they can begin climbing. For nolV, climbers must also provide
and free up the more powerful machines for higher-end use.
their own shoes, ball chalk, and harness.
Third, the Computer Center is trying to open its doors to
Eve rgreen has had an outdoor rock climbing wall since
student ideas and complaints. Kircher, has created a committee 1974, but with all the rainy weather here in Washington , the
to get some student opinion on the direction computing should
be heading. So far, student response has been minima l and
Kircher is asking for all student s interested in t he fut ure of
computing at Evergreen to contact her at x623!l. Pietras is also
scheduling open meetings to gather student opinion about the by Sara King
Compurer Center.
Contributing writer
It's 6 o'clock in the evening. The so unds or the vents
rush ing, keyboards clicking and whispers between students fill
There are 20 elevators on campus, most of which were
the' Computer Center. It's calm. For now.
install ed when the original buildings were constructed, in the
early '70's. In some cases this can ca use some problems, such
'Wh~t
be done· avoid the
as people being stuck in elevators at a rate of approximately
once a month . Rich Davis, facilities engineer, intends to do
end of thequa'r tercrunch at the
somet hing about this.
Computer 'Center •••
At the beginning of September, Davis was put in charge
of the elevators on campus, a position that had previously been
• Try to avoid the center between the hours of
fi.1led by Bear Holm es. Since 1987, Evergreen has had a contract
10 a.m. to 6 p.m, on weekdays. You probably
with a company call ed Montgomery Kone. The company
won't be able to find an open computer
handles all work on the elevators, excluding doors and walls.
anyway,
Va ndalism . lighting. and keeping the eleva tors clean are all
• If you have a computer and Word 6, the you
handled by campus faci lit ies. So far, it seems, the company has
can write your evaluations at home, Simply ask
been doing a good job, but what about the people stuck in
the friendly green vested consultants for a copy
elevators, and elevato rs simply breaking down .
of CHICKEN (all you need is a disk).
Da\'is is currently working on a commis sion study by
elevator experts, to discover what shape the elevators are
• Prepare essays and reports before sitting
actually in. Since most elevators are about 20 years old, Davis
down at the computer.
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Snooker
Darts
Cribbage
I Backgammon
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November 21
Live Street Karaoke Project
November 22
Roger Rogers Band
November 28, 29
Jude Bowerman Blues Trip
Happy
Hour 4-7
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$2
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Evergreen alum Larry Leveen lends a hand as
fourth year student Sarah Quinn explores
Evergreen's new indoor climbing walls.
indoor wall is a welcome addition for climbers. Student Rob
Davis echoed the sentim ents of the crowd at the grand opening
when he said, "It's great, I think I'll be spending a lot of time
here, it 's ~ challenge."
Full
Kitchen
With Daily
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believes it's something to look into. He hopes. through the
st udy, to come up with a program th at accounts for the
cond ition of the elevators, and find out what work needs to be
done. From there he will start working on fixing some of the
problems. Evcry time that Montgomery Kone comes to campus
to work on an elevator, they are required to check in and out at
Police Services. This logbook is one thing that Davis is looking
at in detail. He wants to make sure that th e college is getting
what's it's suppose to from the company and their contract.
Davis es,timates that the study will take approximately two
to th ree months. After it's completed, a budget request will be
instated , to actually get some of the work going. It's possible
that tht:' school co uld even get some newer eleva tors, depending
on what the study co mes up with, Until then, things will be
running as usual. As for the people occasionally stuck in
elevators, both Facilities and Police Services will continue to
work hard at preventillg this from happening, and getting the
elevato rs workin g as quickly as possibl e once it does. All
elevators are equipped with phones, and anyone who has thi s
problem is encouraged to use them to get help right away.
Awards of up to $1200 are available through the 1998 GAP
(Grants for Artists Projects ) Program . These grants ar e
awarded to Washington state artists for projects induding th e
developm ent, completion, or presentation of new work;
publication; travel for research; and workshops for professional
development. Grants are given for new art in all disciplines
including: dance, design, literature, music, media, theater,
photography and visual arts. Last year, 48 artists of 415
applicants received grants for such needs as a sou nd system,
ch ild care, and equipment for glass cold-working.
For more information call Artist Trust at (206) 467-8734.
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As bicyclists, skaters, and pedestrians, we are constantly
obstructed and put into danger by cars. Critical Mass is about
direct action , making our voices heard above the din of the
traffic, creating community, and having fun.
Meet us on the second and last Friday of every month at
4:45 p,m. with your bike in the Value Vi.1Iage parking lot. We
will form a critical mass and retake the streets as we ride
downtown, For more information call Oshan at 753-3288.
The Academic Update to the catalog is now available. This
publication includes informat ion about on-going programs,
prerequisites, changed, canceled, and new programs for winter
and spring quarters. Look for info at:
APEL bulletin boards, Library Lobby
APEL Office, Library 14m, x6312
APEL Website, navigating from the Evergreen homepage
through Academic Advising
Student parents group
Middle East Resource Center
AII' you a parent with a child on the waiting list at the
campus child care center? Because alternative resources are
limited, I ask you to join in an effort to campaign our needs by
forming a group that will make our needs known to the
administration. Please call Mileen Gilkey at 867-1221 for more
inform a tion.
If you are in terested in the politics, cultures and events
associated with the Middle East, call M.E.R.C. at x6749.
Associated Ministries begins
campaign
This is the season to give thanks. Associated Ministries is
grateful to live in a country where people of many faiths can
For three days only Exotic Advising will be offered by the work together using common beliefs as a basis for action. Your
Academic Planning staff. Dec. 2 and 3 from 11 a.11I. to 2 p.m_ support is needed for providing services to those who do not
and Dec. 3 and 4 from 5 to 7 p,m" the APEL staffwill present have a voice: the poor, the disenfranchised, the homeless, and
you with dazzling vistas and balmy breezes, Lame themes and the children .
costumes included, for advisors' own amusement. For more
Ifyou would like to help, contact Associated Ministries at
357-7224_
information call the APEL office at x6312_
Exotic Advising Dec. 2 to 4.
November 8th
0001- Student bitten by raccoon (I'm not making this up) is
8CXWI~Ke~S'
World AIDS Day, Dec. 1
In observance of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the National
AIDS Hotline is encouraging use of its Group Ca lls program.
These are helpful for people who are hesitant to call the hotline
individually. Many people feel more comfortable in a group
and are more likely to ca ll back with individual concerns.
For more information, call the National AIDS Hotline at
(800) 342-2437, TTY (800) 243-7889.
Additi onally, a new report from the National Herpes
Hotline (NHH) shows that one in five people in the U.S. ages
12 or older is infected with genital herpes. NHH stresses the
need for a national effort to stop th e spread of sex ually
transmitted diseases. Although not life-threatening, herpes can
have significant physical and emotional impact. Herpes can
also greatly increase the chances for AIDS transmission.
For information, call the National Herpes Hotline at (919)
361-8488 or the Nationa l STD Hotline at (800) 227-8922.
Grants for art projects
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A National Security Education Program scholarship can
prepare students for successful careers by equipping them with
language skills and cultural understanding. Schola rsh ips are
awarded for study in critical regions including Japan, Russia,
South Africa, China, Brazil, and Egypt. Fields of study include:
applied sciences, business and economics, international affairs,
political and social sciences, health, and law.
Application deadline is Feb. 9 and material must be
reviewed and submitted by campus advisors, so you'll wan t to
get started now. For more information call (800) 618-NSEP.
Production proposal requests for Win ter quarter 1998
MUST be submitted by Dec. 5. Requests need to be submitted
for any resource in the Comm uni cations Building, including
performance and rehearsal space, costumes, sets, scenes, and
props. Contact Patrick Owen at x6632 for more information.
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Tuesday
Night Blues
Jams
Study abroad
The Comm unity Action Council is scheduling
appointments for the Energy Assistance Program. We assist
low-income house holds with winter heat costs by qualifying
them for Federal Energy Ass istance funds, Eligible clients
receive $25 - $700 to be used towards heating costs.
For more information conta ct the Co mmunity Action
Council at 438-1100.
Performing and Media Arts
All about our elevators
Can
Energy assistance available
transported to Capitol Medical Center for treatment. Bite is
reported at one minute past midnight, making this the third
consecutive week that strange happenings have occurred on
campus at the moment the clock strikes twelve I First the "XFiles Fire Alarm, "then the "Great Pay Phone Caper_" Now the
"Rage of the Rabid Raccoon!" Friends, please be wary when
the witching hour is at hand!
0038- A disturbance is reported in N-dorm. Turns out it was
only a p.arty. The festivities, deemed overly rambunctious, are
terminated,
023~ Roll-over accident on campus thoroughfare warrants
assist from the city authorities_
0254- Mods become impromptu canvas for self-proclaimed
artists and their graffiti.
November 9th
0015- Vehicle about to be towed from dorm loop gets last
second reprieve from the governor (or Police Services) and is
released on its own recognizance.
1706- A left eye injury at the CRC prompts a visit to CMC for
someTLe.
November 10th
0654- Evergreen's historic "parking booth" is vandalized, and
just two days before the annual "Great College Parking Booths
of America" festival in Sturgis, S,D,
0744- A door in the Mod laundry area is vandalized but isn't
expected to miss · World's Finest Laundry Doors" convention
next week in Tempe, AZ,
102~ Suspicious person glimpsed in the midst of some possibly
nefarious behavior.
1547- An automobile chugging along on its merry way is pulled
over for expired tabs but the officer is forgiving and spares this
relieved citizen a citation.
1818- A traffic accident at the intersection of Evergreen Parkway
and McCann Plaza leaves two cars totalled and requires an assist
from Olympia P,D. No one is injured.
November 11th
072~ CAB stairway, Lecture Hall 2, Lab II exterior stairway,
What potentially dangerous malady do these seemingly
unrelated campus destinations share? The condition is called
"insecurity," and the primary symptom is an unlocked door,
When properly treated, this ailment can be easily remedied.
See your doctor for details,
0835- A dog, footloose and fancy free, is spied gallavanting
about. He's collared at the Campus Utility Plant and his owner
is contacted,
1058- A boot (slang, meaning ·wheellock") is slapped upon a
vehicle at the library loading dock.
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displays of chalk ~rfistry'at various IQ~tiOI'l'S ;e .
aro,",nd campus. The figure. showoabO'Vewas
drawn on tb!st~R.s byt~~ iCA8,~lon9 witb ,',
phrases stJc~ IJs/ PrQpaganda .for·tlie ~p'!e,"
~Take care ofyour:shoe~." ~nd "'Iseeplastk "
animals and" 'm'dying,"l'he idefltity:ofthe .'
Midnight·q l,a lkersremains unknown:
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Travel discounts available
Hostelling International-American Youth Hostels and
Student Advantage have joined forces to offer student discounts
in travel. Student Advantage membership in HI-AYH is now
$15 for a 12-month card, This membership applies to nearly
5,000 hostels in over 70 countries, including 150 in the U.S.
Hundreds of additional discounts are available to hostellers at
restaurants, museums, shops and more.
CaU Student Advantage at (800) 333-2920, or check out
their website:
http://www.studentadvantage.com.
1837- Someone dislocates a shoulder and is transported to
Group Health to get that sucker popped back into place.
184~ Reprobates make off with the computer of a U-dorm
resident.
November 12th
1011- A complaint of chest pains is duly noted.
1234- Theft of tool belt and pager from Housing area. One of
those drug-dealing handymen terrorizing campus again.
1726- Tragedy strikes D-dorm as a freak cooking accident
claims the lives of several innocent food products.
2334- Individual served with a Criminal trespass citation by
Evergreen cops and Oly PD.
November 13th
1017- Boat sunk at Evergreen beach. How many times have I
warned them about the icebergs? Do they ever listen? No!
1535- Less than 24 hours after the last fire alarm, safety
protocols again fail and a second cooking disaster traumatizes
campus (this time in B-dorm)_ Tragically, the beloved
foodstuffs were burned beyond recognition.
1705- Police Services are unable to assist motorist locked out
of his vehicle at library loading dock. Special consultants may
be hired to implement state of the art vehicle entry
techniques: F-lot hoodlums_
November 20, 1997
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Whitman
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Pacific University
Dec.5,6 - 7:30 p.m.
S. Oregon Tournament
Dec. 13 - 7:30 p,m.
Chico State
Oec..14 - 2 p,m.
Holy Names
Dec. 20 - 7:30 p,m.
Northwest
Dec.22 - 7 p.m.
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Jan.4 - 2 p.m.
Whitworth
Jan. 10- 7:30 p.m.
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Feb.12 -7 p.m.
Central Washington
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Basketball at Evergreen, did )'OU ever
think it would happen ? The formati on of
women 's and men 's basketball tea ms did not
come wit hout con trove rsy. Many felt th at
basketball wa s too mainstrea m a spo rt for a
school with an anti-competiti on philosophy.
However, the approval was given, the tea ms were
form ed, and it looks as if basketball is here to
stay.
Ano th er transformation took place
in basketball th is year on the nationalll'l'el.
Women's professional basketball only recen tly
received acceptJ nce JIld su pport from US
fans, alth ough women's league s', have
flourished ill ot her co untri es for years. Will
women's basketball receive as much support
at Evergreen as it did nation-wide? Coac h Rick
Harden hopes so.
Hard en arr ived at Everg ree n last
January after over 20 years of coaching both
men's and women's basketball across the
world. li e spent six seaso ns coach ing
professional teams in Australia, and he spent
hi~ las t four as ('oarh orthe women's tedm at
Seholm High School in Bellingham.
He was intrigued by the opportunity
to start from scratch here at Evergreen. "It's
an incredible situation," Harden said. ''I've had
to do things that normally a college coach
doesn't have to do."
Most new college coaches take over
a well established program from their
predecessor. They reshape the program to fit
their style. but the basic structure remains
inta ct. Harden, on the other hand , had no
basic structure to work with. He has had to
build the team from the ground-up.
One of Harden's adv:ll1tages is the
solid base of players tha t already attended
Eve rgreen. Heidi Haynes and Ann
Schoenberger are two key players that were
already here on campus.
With a base of talent,
Harden didn't have to rely
as heavily on recruiting as
did the men's team. That
doesn' t mean he hasn't
dO ll e hi s share of
recruiting,
though. I
Harden recruit ed talented
players from both high
sc hoo ls and jr. co lleges
mostly within the Pacific
Northwest. "I've got three
new players th at are going
to be the nucleus of this
team," Harden said.
Stefani Baltzell,
Ale~ Dagnon, and Angie
Maricle compose this core
group. Baltzell is 5'10",
Dagnon is 6'0" , and all
three can shoot from
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three-point range. The stand-out of this group
is Baltzell who has not played organiz ed
basketball for eight years. At age 30, she has
one more season of college eligibilit y.
According to Harden, she is an excellent player
with well-rounded skills. As for the other two,
Dagnon was all-league at Lower Co lumbia Jr.
College and all-state in high school, and Angie
"the miracle" Maricle was a key player for
Harden at Se holm High. Maridewill probably
play point-guard for Evergreen.
Harden knows that
he will need all of the talent
he can get. Evergreen is in
one of the toughest NAIA
(National Association of
Intercollegiate Athleti cs)
conferences in the co untry.
Last year two teams from
the conference made it to
the final 16 in the N.A,I. A.
tournament, and thr ee
made it the year before last.
At many of the schools ,
women 's basketball ha s a
long-standing tradition of
excellence, and all of th e
schools except Evergreen
give
out
ath letic
scholarships.
This ye ar the
conference promises to be
as st ron g as ever. "Louis and
Cla~ke will be the toughest
team th is year," said
Harden . "Western will also
be real tough,"
Although Harden
didn't goes as far as maki'ng
any predictions regarding
wins or losses, he did seem
confident that the team
would play well together.
The team lacks the ego
problems and bad attitudes
that wreck many sports
programs,
"If I was still
playing and I was a woman ,
I would like to play on this
team ," Harden said, "Just
be ca us e they pl ay smart
and th ey play team
basketball. They support
one another."
The team opens the
season in Sa lem , Ore.
against West Baptist College
on Nov. 21. Their first home
game is Nov. 23 against
Western Oregon. The game
will begin at 2 p.m.
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Staff writer
5.4.3.2.
The 24 second dock is winding down to
nothing. The fleet-footed player shakes his
overly aggressive defender and leaps, putting
up a high arcing three-pointer from miles away.
As the buzzer screams hoarsely the
basketball revolves , seemingly a hundred
times, and drops cleanly through the net with
a whisper of rustled nylon heard even over the
din of a huge crowd.
Evergreen wins the NCAA Tournament
and is crowned national champions.
with dual membership in the NCAA. Four of
those schools offer scholarships, a lure that
normally makes the top prep prospects turn
away from programs like Evergreen, which are
prohibited from awarding them with that
tantalizing full ride.
Unlike their perennially dominant
professional cousins to the north, the
SuperSonics, this is not a year that demands a
banner
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rafters . The
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incentive of scholarships.
At no time in the foreseeable future will
the 'Green Team have strobe lights,
cheerleaders and bleacher-rocking renditions
of "We Will Rock You." There will be musical
entertainment of a more Greener stripe, such
as samba bands and steel drum players, but not
the showbiz sideshow one might expect from
say, a Kentucky Wildcats game.
Steilberg and
Administration
aren't going
to fire coach
John Barbee
if he doesn't
win
X
number of
games this
season or
serure
a
conference
title within a
certain
deadline . His expectation of Barbee and the
staff are that they work to keep their charges
in school, to help them graduate, and to ensure
that they play with chemistry and teamwork.
If they can foster ihe kind of team camaraderie
that shows genuine care for one another,
Steil berg will be happy.
"If our primary goa l was winning, our
hopes might be shattered. If we don 't win we
won't be unhappy as long as the kids enjoy
what they're doing, if they respect and take care
of each other and their coach."
The men 's basketball team may not
provide the rim-rocking, net-scorching full
court pyrotechnics of the Sonics, but they'll be
bringing their own brand of ball to OUR
SCHOOL on the 21st, and for a whole lot less
per ticket. Admission at home games is free for
Evergreen students.
At no time in the
foreseeable future will the
'Green Team have strobe
lights, cheerleaders and
bleacher-rocking renditions
of II We Will Rock You."
objectives this
season are ~o
establish
credibility, to
maintain
integrity
wi thin itself,
and ensure
that
the
athletes are making normal progress in their
studies. Steilberg stressed that if players don't
do well enough in their classes they won't be
swishing jumpers for the 'Ducks.
That's a lot of pressure on a student
athlete enrolled in, for example, a rigorou s
science program. The responsibility of a
dePlanding class and study schedule on top of
frequent practices and a grinding travel
itinerary can make competing under a bright
regional spotlight even more stressful. The
. athletes are accepting a heavy burden to play
basketball fo r this schop l and without the
Seem impossible? Maybe it is, but who
can tell what the future holds. What is
indisputable fact is that Evergreen now has a
National Collegiate Athlet ics Association
Division III men's basketball team and the
games start on Nov. 2 L That one day our team
might play in the Division I NCAA
Tournament, for a national championship,
seems a distant horizon indeed . What's
important now is that every long and storied
history has a first page, and you are here for
that quiet but momentous introduction.
If you aren't yet excited about having
basketball at Evergreen, one conversation with
our prima facie Athletic Director, Pete
Steilberg, would get you pumped. Steilberg,
the Director of the CRC, is a passionate
supporter of the spirit of athletics and a
believer in the honor and camaraderie ofsport
The chance to say you played on the
inaugural Evergreen basketball team, or saw
the team's first game in
person, are things that in
10; 20 or 30 years will
seem very special.
Steilberg emphasized that
it's not every day you get
to be a part of th every
beginning of something
a's enduring and multi·
generational as a college
athletic program, The
great
games
and
achieve!11ents of players
and team will be
remembered
by
participants on the court
and off, long after the
newspaper clippings
begin to yellow at the
edges.
"We're going to try ·
to keep a tremendo us
photo history," he said.
"We've got very skilled
athletes. It should be
pretty sensational."
Steilberg credited
the
coaches
wit h
recrultmg
excellent
players without the
benefit ofscholarships, an
advantage that most of
our team 's opposition
have on the Evergreen
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A member of the men's basketball team goes up
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AtlJr/etic Conference is
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Mother Earth-We are head~ng for a . to19~Oleve1sb)'theyear200Q. Coming
collision course, and the per~~ at the to the table in Kyoto, the Europeans ,
steerin.8.whed is not seeing what is dead claim to be on target with the goals they
ahead!!
set for'themselves in '92. But the United
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HIM UP!! Who? Why, the person would .extend the deadline almost 15
steering our future, President Bill years;
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Clinton's plan represents America
, AS many already know, Clinton is "as ,~ selfish, unconcerned and
., on' his way to the Climate. Change irresponsible , within the .global
Conference in Kyoto, Japan on Dec. 1. community. Ifthis angers you, G~D.
There he intends to put forth 'a new Clinton will be in Seattle fundraising'Jor
American plan to control 'greentiouse Patty Murray's re-election !=ampaigo
.gas e~issio~s and clean up our ai~.His .' .fund this .' Saturday and we are
plan uses e.eonomie inee,ntives and t~ organizing a protest to let him know '
awards to companies that vohmt-arily how we feel. TfliS is his 114st stop in the
lower ' their emissions .
Sounds United States before Kyoto. Come join
. wQnderful, eh?
us. We are at a croSsroads a.nd must tell
. Don't be,fooled. The U~ted States, our leade.-s which way to go. Makeyour
under George ' Bush, agr.ee9 to a _gas ' voice heard.
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by Sam Pullen
Contributing writer
Peace Train
There are a growirig number of students
at Evergreen who are educati ng themselves
about th e APEC (Asia n Pac ific Econo mi c
Cooperative) and in the process are moving
toward a pos ition where they must take action
in opposition of this trade agreement, due to a
belief th at it wi ll have harmful effects on
workers, the environme nt, indigenous people
and children, APEC is a powerful enti ty that
negot iates trade ag reements betwee n 18
economies in the Asia-Pacific
APEC is a trade agreement pursuing
goa ls similar to those of NAFTA , including
disma ntling of trade barriers between member
co unt ries, allowin g' fr ee access to fo reign
markets, and li bera lizati on of investme nt
oppor tun ities. But th ere is one major
difference: the APEC negotiations are made
solely by business leaders and government
leaders, without the participation ofNGO's or
citizens. This is beca use the agree ments and
po licies are considered to be "non-binding";
they lack the fo rce of law or a mechanism for
enfo rcement. Unlike NAFTA, which received
so me degree of public disc uss ion and was
considered by Congress, APEC has remained
largely hidden from the public eye,
The busin ess and po litica l leaders of
these countries/eco nomies are converging in
Vancouver du ring November for their annual
leaders summit, which will be held on the
University of British Co lumbia (UBC), The
Ca nadi an gove rnment has gone to great
expense to orga nize this event , and to provide
security for all the powerful individuals who
will be present. More police than ever before
will be stationed in Vancouver, including riot
police and snipers who will be positioned at
strategic points on the UBC campus.
Ever since the location of the leader's
summit location was made public, there has
been opposition fro m students and faculty at
UBC Students were not consulted to see if they
approved of hosting the su mmit on campus.
Members of a USC studen t group called APEC
Alert are ange red th at th e Unive rsity is
support ing the APEC negotiations, which they
ca ll Anti- People Eco nomi c Co nt rol. APEC
Alert has vo iced co ncerns that th e UBC is
offering an elaborate welcoming environment
for wo rld leaders such as President Suharto of
Indonesia and Presiden t Zemin of China , who
have been widely criticized for their human
rights violations. President Clinton will also
be in atten dance.
Agreat dea l of grassroots organizing has
taken place in Va ncouver in opposition to the
APEC u.aders Sum mit. Th e 1997 Peo ple's
Summit on APEC is a parallel conference that
will ta ke place from Nov. 17 to 24 to give voice
to non-govern mental, labor, environmenta l,
and people's organizations that will be affected
by the APEC dec isions. An in ternationa l
coalition ca lled No! to APEC is organ izing the
People's Conference Agai nst Imperia list
Globalization, whi ch will take place from Nov.
21 to 25. APEC Alert has been organizing
I can hear the rumble
of a train approaching
bringing peace and justice
to people far and near
Soon I'll be on board it
heading to Van couve r
bracing for the struggle
to keep the train on trac k
The train wi ll carry stude nts
who join in the resistance
of secret APEC meetings
determining our fate
The world will hear its whistle
crying out, "Injustice!"
and t hough the soun d is
piercing
most people will not hear
. But still it gains momentum
fueled by lives of people
who live their lives in struggle
in order to survive
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writers, photograph
designers, artists,
poets and enthusia' ti-c
people. No previous
journalism 'experience·'
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.T he. C3PJ needs a
diverse group of
voices to tell the
stories of what
happens to us as a
community. Your
comr11ents on the
issues we face and
the events we
experience are a vital
part of the
publication.
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events for the last two mon ths in opposition
to APEC, which include public forums, movie
showings, guerrilla theate r, civil disobedience .
and a co nstruction of a "democracy village" on
the UBC ca mpus where peop le will gather who
are 'opposed to APEC. The resistance efforts
of all these groups wi ll cu lminate in a
grassroots mobilization and protest rally on
Tuesday, Nov. 25.
,
Several groups of students from
Evergreen will be traveling to Va nco uver to
participate in these anti-APEC events. The
America 2000 class has gone to the
International Wome n's Conference, which is
pa rt of th e P eop le's Summit. A group of
Evergreen students made up of members of
EPIC and AS IAwill be drivi ng up to Vancouver
to participate in th e frenzy of resistance events
that are taking place from Nov. 21 to 25, At
leas t two students will be delegates at the
People's Sum mit Agai nst Impe ria list
Globalization, and others will be involved in the
protest rallies, carrying giant protest puppets
made by the Olympia Puppet Collective.
The atmosphere in Vancouver is likely to
be charged and tense due to the presence of
high profi le wo rl d leaders and a powe rful
popu lar resistance, Students and other
members of the Evergreen community who
make it to Va ncouver will no doubt return after
Thanksgivingbreak with increased knowledge
about APEC, interesting stories about the
monumental events, and a stron ger
commitment to taking action based on their
experiences,
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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 ~.ssemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
- First Amendment, U.S. Constitution
Lette
This shopping
center cannot exist
without the support
of the community.
other victims of these shopping centers are the small,
loca lly owned stores that give a community character
and embody what is mear.t by the word "community".
Do we sit back and watch as another ecosystem
that has. over time, become perfectly adapted to its
su rrounding environment get paved over with the strip
mall scenery that can be found at the edge of almost any
America n city? Where does it all end? When can we sit
back, let a deep breath, and think happily to ourselves
that the underdeveloped places left will remain
underdeveloped and not be covered over with the lifeless
parking lots and nondescript square bUildings that seem
to be spreading from West Olympia?
Ultimately, the parties involved will make a profit
constructing this shopping center and will therefore see
no reason to halt their plans. However, this shopping
center cannot exist without the support of the community
to which it implants itself. Let us stand, as a community,
in opposi tion to the proposed Cooper Point Village
Shopping Center. We can oppose this shopping center by
contacting, through correspondence and by telephone,
th e developers as well as the QFC that will occupy the
space. This is yet anoth er example of the fact that money
equates power and we, the common citizen/community
member, are powerless to the agendas of those institutions
whose interests are pf0tected by the almighty dollar.
On Nov. 24 at 7 p.m., there will be a meeting at
th e Council Chambers, Olympia City Hall (900 Plum St.
SE) at which the Olympia Design Review Board will
review, for a second time, Rich Medved ofJMR's Pacific's
application to construct the Cooper Point Village. You
may contact Rich Medved at JMR Pacific, 600 108th
AVE. NE, Suite 343, Bellevue, WA, 98004.
Brandon Galvez
E~ery pe~son 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
Opposition
toQFC
shopping
plaza
Most of us have driven down Cooper Point Road
and are aware of the Safeway Plaza on the corner of
Harrison Ave and Cooper Point Road. Driving south
from this intersection we pass (in order of appearance)
the Capital Village, The Capital Mall, Toys-R-Us, the
Cooper Point Plaza, the West Olympia Place, and finally,
where Black Lake Blvd. intersects Cooper Point Road,
we find ourselves at the Top Foods shopping Center.
JMR Pacific, Bellevue a based developing firm, has
submitted an application to Olympia Communi ty
Planning and Development to construct the Cooper
Point Village Shopping Center that will be built directly
ac ross the Safeway Plaza. QFC (Quali ty Food Center) will
lease the 60,000 square foot building located at this
proposed shopping center. Many of us can recall having
seen a number of people selling a variety of products
from flowers to "bone dry fire wooel" at the corner across
from . the Safely Plaza. Apparently the people at QFC
noticed how much money was being made on this
corner and decided to get in on the action.
Shoppin g centers are nothing new to west
Olympia. Curre ntly th e Cooper Point Plaza has
approximately 30,000 square feet. of empty storefront
and a vacant 70,000 square foot retail building. The
Capital Vi llage has tlO,OOO square feet of ava ilable retail
space. Once the QFC is fi ni shed, some of the
surrounding stores may go out of business as a result of
th eir inabili ty to co mpete with yet another shopping
center. thus creating even more vacant retail space. The
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The Evergreen State College and Ramtha's School Constance Jones have been shown to be overwhelmingly
of Enlightenment (also known as The American Gnostic beneficial.
School) are not so strange bedfellows. Both have a
TESC has been called outrageous in its learning
curriculum that helps the student know how to think. philosophy. Ramtha's style of learning is also
Both maintain that experiential teachings are the key to outrageous. TESC allows the student to do individual
learning, that the road to wisdom starts by doing. research, to expand their learning in creative ways.
Neither school has grades. You cannot fail, but you can Ramtha's school teaches the student to think about the
quit. Both require the student to be self-motivated. If unlimited, the impossible as pOSSible, and to know that
you rigorously apply the principles taught, your there are no bounds to human potential. TESC requires
knowledge and abilities increase.
the student to read, talk, and write: skills that prepare
Even though there are similarities, there are also the student for life. Students in Ramtha's school are
some significant differences . TESC has many taught to be self-expressive, to dance their individual
instructors, each specializing in one discipline. Ramtha 's dance, to know that every step they take is a celebration
School of Enlightenment (RSE) has one instructor, of life. What does this prepare the student for? More
Ramtha, a 35,000-year-old spiritual master who teaches than anything it prepares the student for a life of
a philosophy that integrates many disciplines: unencumbered joy. In a state ofjoy, we are taught that
psychology, physics, neuroscience, creativity, and all things are possible.
philosophy. Ramtha , who channels through Yelm
TESC has a board of directors, a college preSident,
residentJZ Knight, calls this work we do the Great Work. and a full range of administrative officers. The American
Its singular purpose is to find the divine in each of us Gnostic School has administrative officers, a student
and to use the inherent power in a righteous way. The body president, Knight, and a board of one, Ramtha.
moral and right use of power is the bedrock of our
There are a number of past and present TESC
evolution.
students whose lives have been impacted by Ramtha's
Ramtha and his teachings were studied over the teachings and Knight's support for education. Knight
course of a year's time, the conclusions of which were is the president of the J Z Knight Humanities
presented at a scientific conference in February of this Foundation, dedicated to funding college costs for area
year. One of the more startling conclusions made was high school students. .
that the phenomenon that occurs when Ramtha enters In the next issue, two current TESC students speak about
the body of Knight cannot be faked, that in fact, Knight their personal experiences with Ramtha andJZ Knight.
is not a fraud. Although the individual existence of
Ramtha may never be proved, the effects of his teachings Bill Hashim, Ph D.
in the lives of his students as measured by sociologist
Happy Thanksgiving! That sha ll be the
resounding try in the next week or so, bringing
together families to celebrate their wealth. Ever since
we were children, we have been steadily fed stories of
the first Thanksgiving that the pilgrims celebrated with
the Native Americans. We all know the story, so there
isn't any need to recap, We refer to Thanksgiving as a
holiday (holy-day) in which we pause to give thanks
for what we have, but does anyone ever think about
the fact that much of what we have was stolen from
other people? For many, there is little happiness found
in this Euro-American holy-day.
The story of the first Thanksgiving is one of
kindness, sharing, survival, and even multiculturalism.
A story of how well European settlers and the
indigenous people who were already here managed to
get along and cooperate. We are reminded of the
friendly Native Squanto for his role in helping these
starving pilgrims. What we are not reminded of is the
fact that fifteen years prior to the pilgrims, Squanto
was enslaved by a British sailor and kidnapped to
Europe, only to escape and return home. A story is
exactly what Thanksgiving is, something deSigned to
pacifY and make people feel warm and comfortable.
What isn't told is that the pilgrims robbed Native
houses arid cornfields while the Natives weren't there .
"It was with God's help that we found this corn, for
how else could we have done it, without meeting some
Indians who might trouble us." (taken from a
colonist's journal entries)
In its very essence, Thanksgiving is the
celebration of colonialism and European domination.
The pilgrims, although fleeing religious persecution,
were merely co ntinuing Columbus' legacy of racist
imperialism based upon a belief in their own right to
do so. The story is told with much reverence and
warmth, but' we manage to leave out the fa ct th at we
stole this entire country with the aid of the pilgrims,
desp it e their intentions. What exac tly are you
celebrating when the very land that we stand on is
stained with the blood of the I\ative Americans that
were massacred for the sake of our pilgrimage? What
exactly are you celebrating when the European concept
of a peace offering is in fact the first demonic tactic of
biological warfare in the form of smallpox infected
blankets? What do we give thanks for? The wealthy
lives that we celebrate are only made possible through
the murder, rape, and pillage of Native land and
people, but you wouldn't want to be thankful for that.
Thanksgiving is a facade. in which we have managed
What exactly are you
celebrating when the
very land that we stand
on is stained with the
blood of the Native
Americans that were
massacred for the sake
of our pilgrimage?
to cover up the truth that li es in coloniali:;m and
genocide. There are many who are aware of these facts
who argue that it is now a tradition, in which the true
meaning should be celebrated . How can you separate
the meaning from the actual events? Slavery was also
a tradition, so does that mean that we should continue
the celebration ofit, if not the actual practice? On that
note, do you really know the meaning behind this holyday of Thanksgiving? Allow me to present to you a
quote from LA. lyricist Ras Kass:
!n the 8th century Muslims conquer Spain, Portugal
and France..and control it for 700 years. The,v never
mention this in history class 'cause ofay.~ (w hit e
people) are threatened when you get the real !esson.
Moors from Baghdad, Turkey threa ten European
Christians, meaning the white way'of Me, hence tbe
Crusades for Christ. On November 25,1491 Santiago
defeats the last Muslim stronghold-Grenada. King
Ferdinand gave thanks to God for victory and the Pope
of Rome declared this day to forever be a day of
Thanksgiving for a/J European Christians, now listen ....
When you celebrate Thanksgiving, what you are
actuaJ/y celebrating is the proclamation ofthe Pope of
Rome, who later in league with Queen Isabel/a sent
Cardinal Xeminos to Spain to murder any Blacks that
resisted Christianity. These Moors, these Black men
and women were from Baghdad, Turkey. And today
you eat the turkey for your Thanksgiving day as the
European powers destroyed the "Turkies" who were
the forefathers of your (Black folks) mothers and
fathers ... now fight the power!
That is the original meaning behind
Thanksgiving, one of murder, rape and mayhem. So
if the meaning is what people desire to celebrate then
I suggest you check your history, because some of the
most awful crimes against humanity have been cloaked
under the guise of kindhearted facades suc h as
Thanksgiving. It is not my intention to make people
feel guilty, I find gui lt to be counter-productive and
self absorbing. It is my intention to expose truth 'and
discredit falsehood at all costs, regardless oftradition.
This year, as every year, I intend to take the time
to reflect upon these events that continue to manifest
today in the form of governmenta l policy against
indigenous people and in the perpetuation of racist
traditions worldwide. You had best believe that it's
still going on and we need to stop it. Rather than feast,
I i"ntend to fast on Thanksgiving Day, and I ask that
you join me. Unless of course it is your intention to
celebrate the tradition of racist imperiali sm and
colonialism, then by all means, do your thing.
PEACE,
ADRIAN SCOTT
(coordinc1tof for Talking About Race)
aplus@elwha.evergreen. edu
Our culture on computer
The Codex Leicester, a journal of Leonardo da example of capitalistic verve. Rather, Bill has humanity's from nasty thieves now that it's in Bill Gates' automated
Vinci's in which he recorded scientific observations best interests in mind, and through the magic of megalithic mansion. What could be better?
and sketches, is currently on display at the Seattle Art cyberspace and for a modest fee, has made this fine art
I'm personally going to recommend to Gates the
Museum. Written in about 1509, while Leonardo was much more accessible to the average Joe who wouldn't prospects of the Dead Sea Scrolls and perhaps the
in his 50s:the Codex contains 18 loose double sheets otherwise have a chance to view this historically Cons titution or Bill of Rights as the next potential
on which Leonardo recorded his observations and ' significant artifact. Museums are pretty stuffY places candidates for immortalization in electronics. After
studies on water, light, gravity, and fossils. It is the anyway. Really, who would want to tire themselves out all, no one really needs to see the real thing when there's
result of his attempts to understand the world by by visiting one of those antiquated stagnations when perfectly good money to be made. Right?
studying its physical manifestations. The observations they could just stay at home and view everything from
he.made of natural phenomena such as rippling water their radiation screens? It's also much better protected Patrick Murphy
can be seen reproduced in his art as, say, the contours
of his subjects' hair.
Written backwards (nobody seems to know why)
and in Italian, the average person would have a difficult
time reading this ancient document. However, thanks
Please bring or address all responses or other fonns of commentary to the Cooper Point
to Bill Gates and his handy-dandy Corbis Corporation
Journal office in CAB 316. The deadline is at 1 p.m. on Monday for that week's edition.
Codescope·CD ROM software, this problem is solved.
Anyone can coast through the Leicester in Italian or
The word limit for responses is 450 words; for commentary it's 600 words.
English and experience the full wisdom of Leonardo's
The cpJ wants to use as much space as possible on these pages for letters and
vision. After the exhibit doses , though, this will be
opinions.
Therefore, in practice, we have allowed contributors to exceed the word limit
the only medium from which to view it, available at
when space is available. When space is limited, the submissions are prioritized according
your local computer software distributor. Bill, not
to when the cpJ gets them. Priority is always given to Evergreen studetns.
sa tisfied with simply controlling the computer
industry, desires to move into more cultural realms.
Please note: the CPJ does not check its e-mail daily; the arrival of e-mailed letters
What better than our world heritage? No point in
may be delayed and may cause the letter to be held until the following issues. We will
starting small when you can buy it all! Bill got his mitts
accept typed or handwritten submissions, but those provided on disk are greatly
on the Codex Leicester at a private auction in 1994 and
appreciated.
has put it on on'e last tour to appease the peons .. After
the exhibit closes on Jan. 4, he's going to stick it in his
private cO'lIection to collect dust while he pawns his
new spiffy software as a "better alternative to the real
thing."
This is obviously not just another sick and twisted
How to submit:
All submissions must have the author's name and a phone
number.
the Cooper Point Journal • November 20, 1997
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The habits
of scientists
as social
beings
Is there a true gulf that separates the science
community froP.'! the continent of human civilization?
Standing at the shore (in the Lab) and gazing across at
the frolicking masses has brought a familiar feeling to
many, namely, "glad I am not like those goofballs,»
Upon closer observation, however, the distinction
between the scientists and the rest of the world seems
to boil down to a matter of context. "Normal" folk have
family, friends, and aquaintances. Scientists have
families , students, and computers. Anyhow, most
people do not spend all that much time with their
family. And in the case ofthe true scientists, real family
includes a research associate or two. Since there are, in
societies, frequent regions of habitation, lets take a look
at the lab.
The lab is much like a beehive of knowledge.
Workers go out into the world to bring In nutrients for
the emerging larvae. In the halls they do little dances,
presumably indicating where more knowledge is to be
found. And like bees, outside of the comfort and
' protection that the hive brings, there is not much in
the way Of communication . Have you ever had the .I
know that person but this is not school, what should I
do, will they notice if I look aWilY - oh, here they come.
.... phew they're gone"? Or what about when you meet
somebody in a store or club and you can not ignore the
fact that they are there, you are there, and you both
know it. This might happen and cause inadverten t and
unpredictable alterations in a scientist's closely coveted
private life. Or you might find out that there are a
plethora of subjects ~nsubjugated to the realm of school
that you have in common. Suddenly you ask the crucial
question: "Why didn't I remember you from that
program we both took for a yea r together?" This leads
to the crux of the scientist as a social being, namely,
that only a small minority of the scientific population
have abilities pertaining to the initiation of social
discourse. Whereas this skill, in greater and lesser
quantity, tends to mature naturally in the majority of
the general population.
Even Karla, queen of the trailer court, walks over
and says 'hi' to someone she knows while grab bagg'in
twinkies at Shop-n-kart. Most of my ilk are unable to
do that. We think ') know that person, I wonder what
they are doing here.' An approach may then be made
depending upon how nervous we get which
subsequently depends upon how long we think about
it. When more thought is given to a matter that has no
clear boundaries, general confidence tends to decrease.
If then, on odd numbered days with confidence
swelling, a purely social encounter is attempted, the
. resulting conversation is fated to result in discourse that
closely resembles the 'technical mumbo jumbo' echoed
round the world in the halls of academia.
Have compassion on us, for we have dedicated our
brains to muse upon the innersprings of the ticking
universe. To step backward and embark on the journey
to 'normality' would horribly confuse us and cause the
collapse of modern society. Think of it, if we became
socialized, who would fix the Internet when it breaks?
Or for that matter, who would fix your TV? I give this
challenge to all then, let's raise the awareness of the
plight that afflicts this long misunderstood group.
When you invite someone over and they reply, "Uh .. I
have to much homework," dO' not takr offense, it is
simply the invocation of the 'fight or flight' me~hanism.
Next time, ask if they would like to do demographics
on your guest popUlation thus establishing a safe place
for them at your party.
U
Martin Guiles
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Student workers fight for change
by Hillary Rossi
Staff writer
Kat herill e Wilsall is Oll t' busy st udent.
For nine hours a week, she works at the
Eve rgreen Queer Allian ce, and another 10
hours are spent at the Alumni Affa irs during
their annual telethon. As an Evergreel} student
worker, Katherine is overextended and close
to broke.
During the five weeks of October, she
made $380. November is a three week work
month and Katherine will take a week off for
Thanksgiving. She's anticipating about $280
for November. But her rent is $280 every
month, due the first for every month.
"I feel stressed out not having money,"
Katherine says. "I also feel guilty because I have
to scrounge from everybody."
Katherine paid for fall quarter with a
Stafford Loan, which totals for the year $5500.
The Stafford Loan doesn 't cover rent, utilities,
food and the rest of the basic necessities needed
to survive th e school year. She applied for a
student loa n through her bank, City Bank, but
says Financial Aid has yet to process it. She
ca nnot spend the money until they do.
"I feel as a student," Katherine said, "my
education would be worth more to me if! cou ld
make it my first priority."
Aside from Katherine's two jobs, she is
earning 16 credits in a contract. A 16-credit
contract authorizes 40 hours per week of work.
Working two jobs and 40 hours a week on her
contract, Katherine crimps for time. Since she
supports herself to live, her first priority is not
academics.
A student on state or federal work study
can collect a salary for no more than 195 hours
of se rvice per week, says Sam Dodge, a
volunteer for the Un ion of Student Workers ,
which was formerly known .as the Student
Workers Organization . The institutional
funded jobs are no more than 19.5 hours a
week either. Evergreen decided to keep the
institutional and work study equa l in the
amount of hours they can receive pay for.
Katherine cannot be paid for over 19.5
hours per week. Sin ce she can't be paid any
more hours, she cannot receive food stamps.
Federal law prohibits collecting food stamps
unless working at least 20 hours.
But Katherine only receives minimum
wage ' at 'both jobs. She says 19 hours at
minimum wage does not cover the cost of
living.
Katherine is an unclassifie d student
worker, paid hourly wages, not paid overtime,
and only paid once a month. There are only a
few classified worker positions filled by
students at Evergreen. The students who hold
these positions were given them because they
were the most qualified applicant, not because
they were students.
Minimum wage went up last summer,
Dodge says, from $4.90 to $5.15 . The
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unclassified student workers who made $5.15
an hour last year still makes $5.15 an hour. As
inflation grows, he says, so should salaries.
"Most wages don 't change until the
minimum wage exceeds the current pay for
students," Dodge sa id. "It flatten s the pay
scale."
Becka Tilse n, co-coordinator of th e
Union of Student Workers, explains that at the
beginning of the year deposits on apartments
need to be paid, schoo lbooks need to be
purchased, and tuition needs to be paid. If a
student is r~lying a loan that doesn't come in,
the only way t.o pay for these expenses is a job.
Tilsen says students need to have a large
savings just to begin school at Evergreen,
Evergreen president Jane Jervis said most
unclassified jobs for students rely on families
to help out with college tuition and living, But
Jervis realizes this isn't always true. Katherine
pays for college by herself.
The Union for Student Workers is
.circulating a petition around campus for the
rights oJ institutional student wo rkers. One
demand is that the students must be paid bimonthly so students can pay their bills on time.
The school does not acknowledge the fact th at
students are working to support themselves on
ridiculously small pay checks, Tilsen says.
The second demand is to increase the pay
for student workers since the federal minimum
wage went up last summer.
The third demand is to increase the
number of hours so students can afford to live ·
and be eligible for food stamps . That way
Evergreen won't only be accessible for those
who have a large saVings' account.
The fourth demand is that the.Union for
Student Workers must be recognized as a
union by the Board of Trustees, so they can
bargain for more money and better working
conditions.
Eighty-five percent of Evergreen's money
goes toward salaries, Jervis says. The Evergreen
student workers make about average
compared to the student workers at other
colleges across the state. If Evergreen wet~ to
increase the pay per hour or pay twice a month,
the expense would come out of something else
in the institutional budget. Jervis says that it is
not the institution's intention to abuse and
exploit the workers.
But that won't help Katherine, whose
rent is due in two weeks.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
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Great new album is a sampling of its songs
Stylishly rich staff writer
Salvador Agron was 16 when he killed
two white teens on the wrong side of Hell's
Kitchen. Branded a symbol of evil, a symbol of
a society falling apart, he became the youngest
person ever sentenced to death in New York
state.
The year was 1959. Late in the evening of
Aug. 30. a gang of teens from the upper West
Side called the Vampires went searching forthe
Norsemen, an irish gang from Hell 's Kitchen.
The gang chanced upon a group of teens, not
affiliated with any gang, who were in the wrong
place at th e wrong time . During the
subsequent rumble, Agron stabbed to death
two of these bystanders and fled.
Witnesses described Agron as a tall
Puerto Rican wearing a black cape with red
lining and the legend of The Capeman wa~
born. Agron 's as~ociate, Tony Hernandez, who
allegedly wielded an umbrella during the fight ,
became known as "The Umbrella Man."
Th e media at the time quickly
immortalized The Capeman as the symbol of
,
all that was wrong
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with society. So once
Agron was arrested a
few days later with
little appearance of
remor~e, his conviction and death sentence
was ensured.
The sente nce was never· carried out,
however'. It was commuted by then Governor
Rockefeller after .several prominent citizens,
including Eleanor Roosevelt, made a plea for
his life citing the economical and I:'ITIot ional
impoverishment in which ,he existed. Instead
of death, Agron served 20 yea rs of a life
sentence and was released in 1979. He was
Weekly bluegrass hoedown with TESC faculty and friends
by Adrian Wulff
The first time I heard bluegrass music
was in a 1970s Burt Reynolds movie called
Deliverance.. It's a~ol,lt these four guys whQ go
on a canoe trip in Arkansas and run into some
hostile hill folk who have twisted notions about
what constitutes outdoor recreation. The
theme song of the movie is a number call1:'d
"Dueling Banjos" byEric Weissberg (actually
ripped offfrom a 1955 recording by Don Reno
and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith). In the
movie the song is performed by one of Burt's
buddies on guitar and an inbred-looking kid
playing a homemade banjo. This scene alone
makes the movie worth watching. The song
became a hit and turned a lot of people onto
bluegrass music. Audiences ask to hear it so
often that some musicians respond by saying,
"That's a thousand dollar request ," which is
enough of a hint for most people. ,
Fortunately, a person doesn't have to
watch pre-toupee Burt Reynolds to hear good
bluegrass music. Olympia's own Yo Bubbas
play live bluegrass music every Monday night
at Clancy's Columbia Street Public House. The
pub is on the corner of 4th Avenue and
Columbia st reet downtown and the music
starts at 8 p.m. and goes until 10 p.m. People
under 21 can stay until 9:30 p.m. and catch the
first set, but after that minors have to clear out.
There',s no cover and no minimum, so it's
possible to enjoy yourself without spending a
ton of cash.
I went to the pub last Monday night to
hear the band. I got a table close to the stage
Win's ton
playsOly
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Grammy~winning solo pianist George
Winston brings his unique music to
Olympia
this
Saturday.
His
concert coincides
with the Thurston
County Food Bank's
. Thanksgiving }load
Drive, and is part of
Dancing
. Cat
, Productions' first
PhqtobiDennisOda annual "Turkey for
'George
Tickets· program . .
Winston.
Anyone who
donates a frozen
twkey to the Thurston County Food Bank
will receive two free tickets to George
Winston's "Winter Show." Prior to the
show, there will be a donation area for
canned and boxed foods. Contact the
Thurston County Food Bank for more '
information.
Winston will be performing many of
his classics, along with songs from his
newest release, Linus & Lucy-the Music of
Vince GuaraJdi. The show begins at 7:30
p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 at the
Wash '
Center.
and ordered a beer and the shrimp bisque, the Farmer's Market Bluegrass Festival this fall and "Paradise." "Paradise" is by John Prine and
which the waiter informed me is not , for the first time, but that's been their only gig the chorus goes like this:
pronounced "biz-kay." Clancy's prOVides besides playing atthe pub.
"
"Daddy won't you take me back to
crayons for people to use on the paper
Eight o'clock rolled around and none .
Mulenberg County/ down by the
placemats so I had something to do while I of the other musicians had appeared. '"
'"
K-ok
green river where paradise lays/
waited. The room had a nice atmosphere, with don't understand where the hell these
I""'"
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I'm sorry my son but you're too
exposed beams wrapped in white
'
people are," Foote commented. A few
late in askin'/Mr. Peabody's coal
Christmas lights .. The place
minuteslaterT.C. Ryken (fiddle and vocals)
train has hauled it away."
wa~ pretty full , "':llh pe~ple
~;J.<-h"J and Dave Hitchens (vocals, upright
Bluegrass lyrics can often
ea tll~g and cha.ttll1g while O... ~
bass, and an Evergreen faculty
be sad and this reflects their
claSSIC rock musIC played
member) showed up. Following close
roots in the Blues and English
over the restaurant
behind was Evergreen student Tim
murder ballads.
speakers. The stage
Wet miller, who plays the fiddle and
The lack of extra musicians
IS small and
often sits in with the band. Earl
made the group sound thin,
occupied by
Shark (guitar and dobro) had some
but they shined through when
two table s
pain ill his hands that night and
Ryken and Foote traded fiddle
pus h I' d
couldn't make it No one seemed
solos back and forth_ The music
t og I' the r.
to know where Lou Harrington
moved one girl so much that she
Posters and
the mandolin player was. Foote,
got up from h.er table and
woo den
Ryken, and Hitchens decided to play
draped her arms over the rails
signs hang
without the missing members, with Foote and
in front of the stage, nodding
on
the
Ryken alternating from their usual instruments her
head and smiling. Hhought · .
w a I I s
to playa guitar that Foote brought about taking up the fiddle, but changed my
advertising" Dan's
along.
mind \yhen I realized how this would affect my
Better Mean" and lyrics to
The
stripped down relationship with my roommates.
Irish pub s o n g s . g r o u p starte(j
The band wrapped it up,around 10 p.m.
Tom Foote, who plays banjo in the
'
things off at and put their instruments back in their cases.
group an d .IS an Evergreen f acuity
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.), t:flI~>f 8:30 p.m . I paid my tab and headed out into the cold
member, arrived at 7:S0and cleared the
~<r
with
an night air. I caught up to the departing
tables off the stage. He started tuning
-..... __..,q ~\ "~"" i""'f instrumental musicians and chatted with them while they
up and I sat down next to him to ask.
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n u m b I' r . headed for their cars. They were friendly and
him about the group. "This isn.'t really
They continued helpful as I ,scribbled their comments in my
a band, it's just a jam session," he 11 d Ii I
WstiathnsdeavredrSall.bnlculeugdrt.anSgS notebook. I thanked them and walked to my
informed me. The artists' formerly
car, thinking about banjos and Burt Reynolds.
known as a band have been together for
i
"Long
Journey
seven years. and have performed at Clancy's
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ever since they got together. They played at
Circle Be Unbroken," Wulff.
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Pete Belasco has verve
by Ethan Jones
A&E editor
There was a time when Sting wasn't so
bad. Freque ntl y berated - justly - as a
pretentious MOR poseur, people tend to forget
th at once he made really good records ,
Unfon unately, Sting's best so lo album,
... Nothing like the Sun, was released over a
decade ago.
Fortunately, Pete Belasco's debut album,
Get it Together, is ladled from the same Soul,
Jazz and Pop Stew as Sting's best solo work.
Only Belasco got a side of slinky urban funk
along with his stew. He writes catchy melodies,
whispers soulfully breathy vocals, and not only
arranges the songs but plays most of the horns.
In case you doubt Belasco's credentials, the
superb jazz musician Christian McBride plays
acoustic bass throughout the album.
As a songwriter and performer Belasco
calls to mind artists as diverse as Sting,
Maxwell, Curtis Mayfield, Mose Allison, and
the Beatles - sometimes all at once. On the
ludicrously catchy ''I'll Be Gone," he manages
a Rubber Sou/-like melody over a track that
manages to simultaneously recall What's Gain'
On anu Sesame Street . And he actually pulls
it off. "Love Train," the must Maxwellian track
on the album , keeps the smooth groove
grinding and delivers a "Let's Get it On"-style
loose funk. The song that most directly recalls
Sling i~ the moody melody of "Without
Within," which wri thes with a bossa nova-like
Unsurpri singly, Belasco was initially
influenced by the Beatles. The first song he
remembers hearing was "Baby You're a Rich
Man," from from the Beatles' Magical Mystery
Tour. He took piano lessons and played in his
own rock bands before switching to saxophone
in high school. Soon after making the switch,
hi s influ ences became jazz heroes Sonny
Rollins and Cannonball Adderly. He even
studied with the great and underappreciated
saxophone legend Jackie McLean at the Hart
Conservatory.
However, about six years ago he shattered
both his hands during a boating accident in
New Jersey. For a musician who depends on '
his h~nds, it was truly a heart-wrenching 10
Previously he had focused on jazz
improvisation, but now he had only his voice
and the four fingers poking out of his casts.
So, he concentrated on his singing and
songwriting, two areas he had otherwise
neglected. Luckily for us, the accident seeins
to have helped shape the sound
and focus of Get it
Together_
described as a model prisoner - he I~arned to
write poetry, became a minor political activist,
and never committed a violent act again.
Despite beil~g what the system described
as "rehabilitated:" Agron nonetheless
remained ~,dentified in the public eye as "The
Capeman.
On April 22, 1986 at the
age of 43, Agron died of
natural causes in the Bronx.
The story of The
Capeman.
wh ill'
not
completely uncommon in
society, is the subject of a new
musical written by Paul
Simon and Derek Walcott
which will open this January
in New York. It is also th e
subject of the new album, Songs From The
Capeman, which is Simon's first studio album
in six years.
The album is not a complete soundtrark
for the musical. Clocking in at just under an
hour with 13 tracks, Songs From The Capeman
isa little less than half of the songs scheduled
for the musical. And despite guest vocals by
Marc Anthony (who plays the young Agron),
Ruben Blades (who plays the older Agron). and
Ednita Nazario (who plays Agron's mother
Esmeralda), the disc is performed by Simun.
. Despite those deficiencies, Songs From
The Capema n is one of Simon's best solo
works. Even outside of the context of the story
of The Capeman, the album is a crisp melding
of the sounds of Puerto Rico and New York.
Reminiscent of Grace/and and Rhythm of the
Saints. the disc featu res Simon's ability to
bridge the sounds of two cultures with his
incredible lyrica l skills into an amalgam that
is of a high quality.
Looking at the album in the context of
by Tak Kendrick
Evergreen faculty finger strings
A&E contributing writer
Buy Sell Trade
GUITARS
LIGHTING •
Jazz has a tendency to attract purists, and
jazz purists will probably not appreciate the
casual accessibility of Belasco's music. His
vision of music is more {KIP than jazz and his
subtle textures and cool bear testimony to this
fact. Get it Together is a welcome departure
from the standard pop sound (guitar, bass,
drums, etc.) and ventures not only into jazz
and soul, but also adds a touch oflounge kitsch
(which he fortunately keeps a reign on).
While the album seems a little
unsubstantial at times, it's' a very promising
debut that anyone would be proud of. I say it's
definitely worth
checking
out.
KEYBOARDS.
Agron's story, this album could be the best that
Simon ever put out - even better than
Grace/and or anything he did with Art
Garfunkel. The album is saturated in the story
ofThe Capeman and the emotional appeal of
the story. Particular gems are the first track,
"Adios Hermanos," which is just beautiful,
"Killer Wants to Go to College
(Both pa_rts)," "Time is an Ocean,"
and "The Vampires."
The strength of Songs
From The Capeman is actually its
greatest weakness - while the
music stands alone just fine, those
who are awa're of the full sto ry
realize that something is missing
from the music. It is unfortunate
that Simon didn't decide to indude
all of the music from the musical on this album.
While it is st ill a great album and a grea t
inves tment for all lovers of goud mu sic. I
personally would haw preferred to p<1y twice
as much for a double CD th at is complete.
Hopefully, once the musica l hits New York in
January. a "real" soundtrack will be released,
complete with all the tracks from the musical
as well as the voiCl's of the full cast.
AII-in-all, Songs From The Capem~1n is
well w'orth the money. Simon's lyrica l and
musical ability is almost unmatched when he
. is on.lt is obvious from the liner i10tes that this
is a subject that he feels as impassioned about
as what drove him to create his other landmark
albums, Graceland and Bridge Over Troubled
Waters. In spite Mits failings, Songs From The
Capeman is worthy of the recognition it and
the musical will certainly get. and, most
importan tly, worthy of the memory of
Salvador Agron - the unfortunate Capeman,
labeled for life despite less than ideal
upbringings.
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Yes, the Interpreters debut album, Back
in the U.S.S.A., is probably better than most
albums that will be released this year. Yes, it
rocks. Yes, it is loud, poppy, punky, and fun
to dance to.
But so what? No longer about
reb ellion , or eve n art, rock music is
technologicall y evolved folk music. The
music of the people is the music people listen
to, e.g. rock music. right ? And hey - there's
nothing wrong with thaI. I mean, isn 't that
the premise of the entire Oly music scene?
But li stening to these eas t coasters
imitate, er. emulate th e Clash and early Who
just dOl:'sn't mean anyth ing to me. These
guys are undoubtedly good writers and
performers. and they give a lot of energy to
their music. But why not just listen to the
. Clash or Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy?
I guess the thing that kerps me from
really gett ing into this album is that it has no
context. I f these guys were friends of mine,
I'd be ecstatic about their album, but they're
not my friends and I'm not ('cstatic about
their album . Thev're marketed with some
vague "arty eastern european/ international
jet set " image and their names sound .
suspiciously like pSeUdonyms. That maybe
a great joke to them and their local fanbase
but gets lost when it!> taken uut of context.
In the end it's all about music. If you
think there haven't been any
really good bands since, oh,
1979, you 'll probably dig
this record. And, like I
said, it's good . I just can't
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dlscrolo9ieAU, ..jpeAkio9
dhi .. : {March 21-April 19} Always fe el
freedom. No sense in letting paranoia be real.
Don't hide your fears, go for a walk. Fee lings
of desire will eventually fade , get through it
with flavor. The so luti on to th e world's
problems will eventually evolve into a solution.
7AurU5: {ApriI20-May 20} The honesty th at
shines in you r heart fu lfills all with J goodllrss
and smilin g joy, when you're in ;] good mood.
Don 't wait too long for plans this winter. thr
clear clouds of ideas floating in your hea d for
so me tllll ': might seem unatt ainab le, but
looking at tlte ('ntire picture and in ti ll' forecas t
of upcoillin g eve nt s, nothing b ill1possibk.
HJve a sa le Th anbgiving.
c.muru:
{~1ar 21-.lI,ln (' 20t h 1 \0111" genrro,il y
and open minded moulltain vie\\' Ii-o m .,pa n'
crystal glac ier sp rout s an ull,('c n reality of
truth , oftlte future, and hoI\' to betlC'f plan the
event~ of your tim e. If th e ~ilrnce ge t ~ yo u
down, find tlte freedo m of eXl'rt',~illll through
your brea thing, your pain tin g, ,culptllf(" and
daner.
CAPur: lJulle 21-July 22 1 The ability to lind
happin es ~ in yourself.l'frates a greater .1I1101lIlt
of co nfidcn ce that is remarkablr to others.
That ex tra ~h inin g splash of sweelness is as
think twice before each choice,
by Mason James McGraw
magnificently coo l as two scoops of ice crea m
instead of one. Time has the possibility to feel
as th ough you have reached a new place, full
circIe again_
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{July 23-August 22) WoW. Your fire
attracts the beauty in others. The feeling of
security and sunshine happiness uplifts your
hands to the sky and your heart soars with
pllfi ty. Love t he ea rth and life uncondiliona lly,
,Ind YO II will feel a sellSa tion of oneness with
the ever cha ngin g planet arollnd you.
~: {A ug u ~1
23-Septelllber 22} The ~ h arp
keenlless of which in stinct would be better to
folluw provides a clearer actiun tu punue than
an)' otlter doubl e rainbow, Keep your eye on
lite allS\\'cr, spin a bOllt , eat good Ilut rit iOll , and
wilh trllth and lovi ng whole heartedness ,
ex press to lite earlh respect and kindness .
Having 10 dr ive around the parking lot twice
won 't ,be a problem f()[ you , yo u'll find:l spo t.
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ISe ptembcr 23-0ctober 22) Once
you'w decided which direct iOIl YO ll are most
passionate about. you will be successfu l with
th e path yo u chose, Maybe you've already
chosen. leaving other ideas on pages and days
for laler times. Go for it. Funnel that energy
to exact, specific action. Your kind words of
wisdom only go unnoticed when they are not
spo ken.
.Sco'1'io: {October 23-November 21} There
doesn't see m to be a river or any ava lanches
standing in you r way and you 've becn getting
it all don e, Begin forming a plan in changing
the direction of Ih e so mewhat unstoppab le
downward sp ira l of our annihi lation and
destructive ex tin ct ion. Uni te with Ihe moon's
shad0w, riesign a feast , co llabora te ideas and
unbelieva ble solutions will be obtainable.
.SAoittArlus: {0!ovember 22-December 21)
Eve ry fl OW alld then , YO LI get to that loca tion of
('xpression, Eith er you creatr your art or find
~ome oth er action to compensate for th e
necessa ry climax for your true spirit. Go for
pll bli cation. Go for laughter, for solutions, for
ht'a lillg and bt'ing. Nothing to worry about ,
CApricorp: {December 22-January 19} How
are you lovely lambs doing lately? The patience
in knowing helps you enjoy where you are right
now. An unbelievable event will take place that
olooms your energy level to a most wonderfully
and sensationally climactic experience, Don't
rush it, no matter how much it see ms like it
wouldn't be rushing. just be honest and ask a
lot of good questions.
c::A'1u9riut: {January 20-Febr uary 18) The
age of enlightenment. The dawning of each
new challenge to remain calm during all storms
of rip-roar ing wind and rain. I've heard of a
certain tempes t on its way. Better wear your
stocking cap. The climbing process will be
difficult , but the summit is:J hea ling gateway
to a higher consciou~ness.
pisees: {February 19-March 201 Oh, YOll are
such Ihe sweetes t fish some times. Having to
wait too long for something that co uld hal'c
only taken two minllt e~, open your se nses and
look around YO ll for reason. Each mom ellt
th ere is something for you to see . something
to find . In all your ac tions of kindness, the free
flowing energy of rainbow hea ling will rain on
the roof of your silence, cozy in bed ,
Where is Pet Sounds?
!y1ammoth reissue project delayed again
by Ethan Jones
A&E editor
OK. I alll a Beach Boys fan and I am tired
of this.
Originally slated to be issued in the late
spring of 1996, the relea se date of the simply
astouding Pet SO llnds Sessions boxed set has
been delayed again , Now the release date is set
for January 1, 1998. Unfortun ately, this is not
a new disappointment for Beach Boys fa ns.
Ever since 1967, fans have been awa iting the
release of their response to the Beatles'
Rellolller, the aborted Smile album, They
announce every few years that they're working
on a release, that it'll be coming out soo n. And
it has never appeared.
The Pet Sounds Sessions set is the most
mammoth restoration project ever attempted
for a single album. The monumental record,
originally released in 1966, was only released
in mono because Brian Wilson , the group's
new and used music •
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lea der, main so ngwriter, arranger, and
producer, was pa rtially deaf in one ear. After a
nllmber of opera tions. his hea ring has been
hIlly restored and the album newly mixed for
stereo. In additi on to the mono and stereo
vers ions of th e albums, they will includ e
significant outtakes and two other versions of
th e en tire album: one a cappella, one entirely
instrumental.
This may seem a little much, but let me
ask you: Have you ever really listened -I mean
really listened - to the Beach Boys' music? Do
you hear "Good Vibrations" as a stupid surf
song? Many people do, But none of the lyrics
are about the beach or surfing or ca rs or
anything th e Beach Boys are "known" for
singing about. Look back at the other singles
on the chart oflate 1966 and you'll see how far
ahead of the game the Beach Boys really were.
Listen tothe soundofthe music. There issome
really wierd stuff going on.
Wilson conceived of their songs as minisymphonies. The music of Pet Sounds is as
intricate and well developed as any symphony
of the 20th ce ntury, but people onl y hear
"Sloop John B," and think "ah, shit " and turn
it off. (Actually, who else would sing about
anyt hing so strange as a guy who "ate up all
my corn?") He does amazing things with
textures, combining elements as dispa rate as
oboe and banjo. And the Beach Boys '
harmoni es ca n be so he art-wr enchin gly
beautiful that its really no wonder that they're
releasing the entire album in purely vocal form_
Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and
the Be_atles' prod ucer George Martin were so
impressed by Pet Sounds that it was their
inspiration for the creation of the Beatles' Sgt.
Pepper's LOllely Hearts Club Band album .
Need you any more reasons to give the Beach
Boys another listen?
The Beach Boys. who truly are an
underappreciated group. deserve better. They
deserve to have the ' cream of th'eir
acheivements released to the public in pristine
form . And the public derserves to listen.
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