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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 11, Issue 8 (December 3, 1982)
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3 December 1982
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Evans Sees Tougher Times In __,~ror'~n's Future
Evergreen seems to be entering a period
of change. The search for a new provost
continues, curriculum changes are ljnder
review, and Dan Evans' presidential term
concludes this june. In the midst of all
this, the next legislative session will be
grappling with the biennial state budget.
As usual , state revenues are expected to .
fall short of necessary expenditures, and
higher education has frequently come
under the budget-cutting axe in recent
years. Earlier this quarter, the CPI spoke
with TE5C President Dan Evans about
some of these issues. The folowing is a
text of that interview.
CPI: How will Evergreen be affected by
the state's current financial difficulties?
Evans: I wish I could say for 'sure. Let
me just talk for a few minutes about some
of the things I see ahead. We are all looking at the immediate future through the
eyes of this depression, or recession. Every-
important to keep our admissions people
out there working, keep encouraging
people to apply ... What we will probably
end up doing is being more selective in
our enrollments . . I think being selective
is fine, I think we occasiorfally get students, like every institution does, who
really have pretty severe remedial problems, and they really ought -to take a year
at a community college. That's where the
remedial work should be done . . So we'll
be more selective, but at the same time, I
don't want us to be selective in a way
that prevent; us from having diversity. We
want to make sure that we enhance our
current Third World enrollment, we want
to enhance opportunities for older students who are coming back to school
after spending some time away. In other
words, we have to be very careful about
how we do that shrinkage so that we
don't lop off certain groups that are
important to us.
Now there will be shrinkage in the
number of programs, because when you
cut the budget from where we are now,
everything has been slimmed down considerably, if you cut the budget further
that means we are clearly goi ng to have
to cut the number of faculty . .. and of
course as you cut the number of faculty
that cuts the opportunities for programs.
One example of that this year, which I
know was a di sappointment to a number
of students . We had every expectation
at the start of the biennium that we were
going to grow, we were expecting to hire
more faculty. We were going to hire
eight more faculty this year, but now
we're not going to hire any more faculty
this year
and we're going to cut back
on the number of visiting and adjunct
faculty. But among those eight were some
faculty who were going to fill some pretty
important holes , and one of those was in
the audio area, where we've built, over
the past few years, a pretty good reputation . We've got superb eq uipment, and to
set that aside for a year was a tough
decision, but that's the kind of thing that
will happen when you cut budgets
(PI: I n I ight of the consistent legisl ative
attacks Evergreen has experienced, do you
feel that the college will have to make
concess ions to academic traditionalism in
order to survive!
Evans: I don't think so, and I would
hope not because ... each year that goeS
coll ege president!
Eva ns: Well, the governance rules call
for a presidential term of six years, and a
. limit of two terms, although nobody's
tested that limit yet. At the end of five
years there is to be a formal trustees' eva luation of th e president, and at that time a
determination of w hether to offer another
contract is made. I've been president for
five years now, we're into the sixt h yeilr,
and so they've (the trustees] gone through
that and offered me another con tract. I
told them that I don't want to accept a
six-year cont ract on that baSis. because if
I say I'm going to do something for a
period of time I feel obligated to fulfill it ,
and I just don't think, personally, that I'm
I ikely to stay here for another six years
So I said I will stay at least one year into
. Evergreen President Dan Evans
the second contract, because I think that
by I think we do things a I ittle better .
for me to end and leave next June
But we're not only doing things better and
(t he co ll ege would be] in a position where
better, I think we can say that our graduwe now would be searching for a new
body is looking at the future with a whole
ates are performing very well, they're
president, the legislative session would
lot of apprehension ... Unless there is
doing some exciting things, their success
be carried out (I'd be sort of a lame duck
some change in people's attitudes and
rate at getting into graduate schools is
president and would lose some of my
feelings about the future, we're going to
well above the average of a typical in sti effec tiveness there], WE"re in the mid st of
be in the next legislative session . . . (and it
tution . . So what I'm doing every chance
the CPE doing their Six-year study
will be) very difficult to implement any
I get is trying to let legisl ators, and others,
l recent ly released], and we're also lookmg
kind of tax increase, or restoration of
know that Evergreen is no longer an
for a new provost. I think all these th mgs
taxes, necessary even to keep the (state]
experiment. I hope we will continue to be
mean that it would be
well, 1'0 feel bad
budget at its current level.
innovative, but we've proven the experi about walking oli ill the middle of it illl
The expectation is that all (state)
ment, the results are good enough. I don't
agencies are going to have to come in
CPj Have the trustees accepted th lsl
think I'm bragging
For those people
with a budget that is at 90% of current
evans .' Yes They have sa id they would
who say: "Evergreen is too loose, it's not
budget levels. So that's what we're facing,
like me to stay for >IX , but the, under structured"
the freshman programs, the
right now, the potential of a budget for
,tend
'<1 it's on that ba~is th at I ,d id at
foundation programs, whi ch this year are
the next biennium that is 90% of our
leas t a Y'W , and then we' ll see . Per,onalall filled, are better put togl:'ther, are morE'
current level budget. Our current level
Iy, I thin k there w ill come a time , It WE'
cohesive,
and demand more of freshmen
budget is 21% below the original budget
get through some of this e,-onomIC dnd
than those of almost any other instituti on .
for the second year of the biennium, the
fin ancial difficu lty, when th l:' next ,rep for
I hate to use the term "structured ," but in
year that we're now in, and to go another
~vergreen is to take J look <I t wha t co nreality, those programs that are co hesive,
10% below that ... It means for Evergreen
stitutes its charge, and th!' kind oi eduthat have a team of faculty, that allow for
that we'll simply have to become a
cational direction it ought to take, and at
the distribution throughout the quarter of
smaller school than we are now, in terms
that point it ma y very well be a good
major papers, tests , and other requireof numbers. We can survive, but we'll
time for a new president w hme orientaments
means that we havE' figure<:! out
survive at a different level. But we have
tion is towards the academi c side.
a
more
coherent
kind of educa tion. So I
built a certain kind of school, a certain
CPl . It has bel:'n ,a id that your presence
don' t think we have to take a backseat to
quality, and a certain coverage in terms
here has been responsib le, in pa rt , for
other in stitutions and become more tradi of sub ject areas. If we have to redu ce in
t.vergreen \ , urvival and gaining 01
tional. The stand that I take on it, and
size to stay within that kind of budget, we
( redibil it y Do you think the school Will
that I think Evergreen ought to take, is :
clearly wi II have further reduc'tions in our
' Ind a, effeltive a spok e,person as you rWhy should we take a step backwards to
coverage. We'll have to shrink, we'll have
'eiP Can it , tand on its own record I
educat ional traditionalism w hen we think
to give up certain things .
ham : Well, I hope for both I th ink It',
we have developed someth in g th at is at
CPI : Does this mean the co llege will
Important , In looking for a prE'slden!, to
least as good as, and for some student;
have to redu ce the number of programs
Imu ,()rn~'one who can be not t ht-' onh
better than , what the competition has to
offered, or deny admission to some
'pok(',per,on for the coll ege , but the one
offer!
applicants?
who helps (oordinate all the elpmpnh
CPI: What is the status of your term as
Evans : It w ill have to. But I think it's
that lead to how the sc hool pre sent, Itse lf
to the community But I reall\ do think
that over the past few years we havE' built
an Independent reput at ion whi ch will
make it a lo t easier.
I think getting
through this next legislative session (is
by Ethan M. Kelly
import ant], that gives US two more years
to the excessive number of sessions, all of
Evans thinks thi S bodes well for such
of stabi lity and opportunity for growth ,
which dealt with budget problems, taxaf iscal issues as reform of the state's tax
As a former three-term governor, Northhopefully the economy w ill start getting
tion, and spending," Evans remarked . He
structure through such measures as a state
west Power Planning Council Chairman,
better and that will take the pressure off
added: "The fact that these problems
income tax . "The chances for broader tax
and president of The Evergreen State
us a bit, and it gives us two more years of
were in front of the people for two
reform are better with the change in conCollege, Dan Evans viewed the state and
graduates I think that is by far the most
years-that tends to work against incumtrol of the legislature. But they could run
national results of this month's mid-year
important thing that's happened to us in
bents . If the Democrats had been in
up against a governor who has gotten
elections with keel' interest. In an interthe past three of four years to builu Everpower, then I think the Republi cans
himself firmly positioned as an opponent
view with the CPI last week, Evans indi would have won."
of any kind of an in come tax," sa id EVdns . green's credibility. We have more and
cated that he was neither surprised nor
more graduates, and I think it's the graduDespite his Republican roots, Evans
And Evans cautioned : "The success of
especially displeased with the results .
ates who do the best job of tellmg Eversou nded optimistic for Democratic sucany tax reform wi II depend on strong
The Democrats regained control of both
.
green's story. So I think we can stand on
cess
in
wrestling
with
Washington's
onsupport
from
the
governor."
houses of the state legislature, and made
our
own , and I hope so, because an insti going
fiscal
crisis.
"I
think
that
the
fact
Evans,
who
has
long
been
iden
tified
sizable gains :in the U .S. House of Repreution
ought not to survive if it depends
t
the
Democratic
party
is
in
control
of
that
with
the
Republican
party's
progressive
sentatives. Said Evans: "As far as the state
some
artificial force to keep it afloat.
on
both
houses,
with
a
Republican
governor,
wing,
was
heartened
by
the
victories
election is concerned, after the primary I
CP):
Do
you have .a ny idea what you
will
tend
to
lead
toward
a
broader
nationally
of
such
progressives
and
made an estimate of what I thought
will
do
after
leaving Evergreen!
bipartisanship."
as
Lowell
Wiecker
in
Connectimoderates
would happen and was within one seat in
Evans:
No,
I really don't .
One
of
the
ironies
of
this
election
is
the
cut,
J
o
hn
Danforth
in
Missouri
,
and
Pete
both houses of the legislature."
Cpr
Go
fishing!
many
legisl
ative
observers
think
fact
that
Wilson
in
California.
"
In
the
cyclical
Evans attributed the ' Democratic sweep
Evans: Yes, I might go fishing . If we
that Governor John Spellman, a Republinature of American politlcs, the center is
of the legislature to the public's general
(the
Northwest Power Planning Council)
can,
will
have
an
easier
time
reaching
where
people
generally
return
.
That's
frustration over the perceived mishandling
can
put
more fish in the rivers, and if I
on
fis'cal
policy
with
the
new
accords
what's
beginning
to
happen
now.
The
of the state's fiscal problems under the
can
catch
them . I haven't really thought
Democratic
controlled
legislature
than
he
of
politics
is
on
extreme
jesse
Helms
kind
past two years of Republican control. " I
with
the
outgoing
one,
which
is
conabout
it.
I
just don't know, I have no
had
I'll
make
you
an
early
the
wane.
Frankly,
think part of it was people's reaction to
trolled
by
his
own
party.
Evans
agreed,
prediction
that
when
jesse
Helms
is
up
for
idea.
But
I've
certainly taken several sharp
the reimposition of the sa les tax on food.
stating
:
"
I
think
he
(Spellman)
had
some
in
career
over time, and never
changes
reelection
in
1984
in
North
Carolina,
he'll
I think that it was more likely a reaction
big problems over the past two years with
knew that the next one was coming. I've
be beaten:: says Evans.
the intensity of that extremely conservabeen really privileged . I had the chance
As for the outlook on efforts that might
cover Photo:
tive wing of the Republican party playing
to spend a dozen years as an engineer,
be initiated to close Evergreen in the upChristmas trees grown In little Rock are loaded
as large a role as it, did within what was
com ing legislative session, Evans conand then a dozen in public service, and at
In Olympia, shipped to california, and turned over
the majority caucus. Now their influence
least half a dozen years, maybe more, in
cluded: "I have never tho~ht that those
for a healthy profit . photo by Nielsen
will be considerably reduced because they efforts were serious moves'~ the past. I
higher education . I don't know what
I'll do.
don't think that they will be serious now."
.1I!I!!1!!!!!5311l11111!!!!!E!5JllIII!!!I!!!!I!Ii!I!latl!ii!!!i!I!!!!EII_BI!EE. are a minority within a minority caucus."
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Evans Not Surprised With Election Results
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Dec . 3, 1982 The Cooper Point Journal page 1
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Quote of the Week: "The nation is invested by divine authority to take a life.
It's not the same as murder. It's the sam
as if a man goes to war, he is not guilty
of murder if he shoots someone,"
- Pastor Demcy M lar
Letter
Evaluation Process Sucks
~dltor
Now that Evergreen has snuggled itself
into a few top ten lists, let's hope to God
that it s administrators will finally feel
secu re enough to correct some basic flaws
in Its design and opera tion s.
Alter all , it's hard to JOIll in the fun and
acclamations when you reali ze that the
Evergreen student is dependent upon one
of the most haphazard and unpredictable
evaluation systems in the history of higher
educal ion .
LE't's fa ce it : The Evergreen system of
evaluating students doesn't quite work .
Facu ll y fail regularly to complete them in
a t lln~ l y manner, and when they do, they
CrealE' such logjams in t heir program
secrl'tarit"s' offices that they require three
mon th, to process . If by chance they are
assembled before a student's graduation,
th E'~ are routinel y ignored by prospective
employers and admissions officials in
favor of easi Iy' '10(i2d test scores .
While Ihere are ("ertainly some for
whom the system has delivered, a random
sampling of current studenls at Evergref>n
would reveal that the typical "Greener " is
one who : has rece ived nearly half of hi~
01 iwr ("valuations 3 to 6 months late; h.l s
h"'t'll loreI'd to contest and modify at
" 101(,(.-l<;1 on til(' kll1d ... of tax("; the
,,,,,ion m.ly adopt dnd thE'
IYI "" " I , trdll'hl'" the ,I,llI' may aE'vplor
'" .'111 llu rdg!' economi( rl'vitalization will
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ECONOMIC DEVELOP,\ UNT, TAX POLICIFS AND THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE
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A ONE-HOUR VIGIL FOR PEACE wi ll
h": ~: I' d~ 12 noon , Saturday Dec(' rr:bp: 1H.
,11 :rclval landin g Pa rk at the foot 0 1
')1 iI ,' Street III Olympia It will be th,·
,pvpnth yea r in a row that local citizem
hdw gat hered on th e Saturday beforp
Chrostm as to witness silently for peacl'
least one inaccurate evaluation; and has
long since refrained from completll1g
evaluations of faculty because they feel
their own are in jeopardy.
Beyond bad management lies the sad
fact that no wou ld-be employer or university really cares about the life lessons
and frustrated insights that clutter up
most eva luations, No Evergreen graduate
can ex pect that anyone will care to read
through t he reams of paperwork they
have amassed in their four years here.
More often than not, his or her chances
will end up riding on a few test scores.
Given this, how can one justify the tremendous exc hange of paperwork required
by any program or module here 1 One
can't and one doesn't, and perhaps this is
the true reason for the lackadaisical
approach which seems to reign supreme,
What Evergreen needs at this point is
not .,0 much a pat on the back as it does
a kiLk in the rear , What few measures
havp hppn taken during the past several
year<; to insure students of a complete
and timply eva luation remain unenforced
(thl' suspension of pay for unfinished
eva luations for example), Add to this the
TESC system of rotating (mus ical) deans,
and the lines of administrational authority
and accountability become so crossed
and mangled that t hey compound, not
solve. thE' problem
1 hi' li brary ', IH'W computer systpm doe.,
, ." L:1'1l('rate advdncE' rE'minder notice."
I I " ""tOrt' WI' would like tQ remina all
IHJIfTlw.. " that LIBRARY MATERIALS ARE
DUE BACK ON DECEMBER 17 unless
"'Il4'wl·d MatE'riah may be renewed by
hTlIlL:1I1 ).! tlwm ,to th(' Circu lation desk
11 ''''l' flo l1!' r('npwal , will not be accepted
111" 'IlIdrl('r hp( au,," of the timt' requirpd
I" il" ,nu.ally ('ntpf Ihe r!'newals As <;oon
,I' "II l '1\1.... librarip, haw finished conV "rtlll ~ l ilt'" book" th(· sy,tem will be
1",lt'I' "fl( ~ 1('I('phone rl'm~wa " will prob,Ihl, hI' .Il (.'pkd ilgam at Ihf' E'nd 01
Wll1t( '1 qUdflt'r ,'y\'~terial ~ may be ren l'wed
dll('r "<Il\ Ill,
A LEGISLATIVE FORUM will be held
De( 7 in Lp( turf' Hdll 2 at 12 p,m. ilt ThE'
LVt'rgr!'('n "tdtp (ollege, rour-term. 22
1t').! "lator, MIKE KREIDLER and
MA , ~K BROWN, Politi ca l Action Directol
for ' hp W" 11i ngton Fedpration of Stalt
~Illll l ()ye('" \<\" 1 discuss tlw pffects of thf'
19(12 Ipgl slat ivp ,ession on higher educil
tlon ilnd it.. f'mploypes, Roth will explor(
till' CUIT"nt budget crises of the state and
what 1ll<1V b,' In storE' lor Evergreen and
It... pt'r'onnel III tht' upcoming legis lative
S(,"")11 The prt',,,nlation will be followed
by il question and answPr period. All arc
t' n( ollragf'd to attend.
""I"ct
A REMINDER TO WASH-PIRG PETITIONERS TO HAND IN THEIR PETITIONS.
PI('asp placE' them in the envelope outside the CP I of lice. lib 3234, They arf'
nef'dE'd in ordE'r to make a final tally of
cf'rtified signa turf'>; to present to the
school administration . Yeah Team!! I
The solution l Unfortunately, the "Evergreen ExperiJllent" ca lls for one only :
elimination of all evaluation forms except
faculty evaluation of student, and condensation of that as well. Cut the armchair touchy-feely to half a page and
document the actual quality of work .
Maybe then we can all ce lebrate - the
quality and intensity of work performed
here and not the tired eccentricities of
wou ld-be philosophers and kings .
Name Withheld by Request
ported: (in fact I know very few who are).
Are the services of suc h quality that students wouldn't use them if they weren't
low-cost or free? I can barely afford to eat
and pay my rent. If the school keeps
sticking the students with costs for th ings
many of us may not want to support
while padding the administrative budget, I
wi ll soon need to go the Health Services
for ' malnutrition and overexposure,
Name Withheld by Request
Health Fee Blasted
SCOOp:
Editor :
How is it that the school can cut the
budget for Health Services and then tack
fifteen dollars onto our already inflated
tu i t ion and fees? I, for one, ha\ ' ! never
had the need for Health Services or Counse lin g, and probably never will. While
these services may be necessary for those
who need them and can't afford them, it
stil l seems unfair for the students who
don't use them to pay , At the same time
as residency rights are being questioned
(a project we are all no doubt paying for
in one way or another), extra fees are
even more infuriating, Can't a graduated
charge for the servi ces be instituted in
accordance with peoples' actual financial
needsl Not everyone here is self-sup-
Editor
An open letter to Senator Henry M ,
Jackson :
Have I wasted a perfectly good vote l
Did you cheat me out of itt
I voted for you in hopes you would
help to end our senseless nuclear arms
race l Now it appears that you are waffling
on the MX missile, What's the big idea?
And don't feed me that line about the
M)( being a "bargaining chip" ! That's a lot
of bull and you know it! Quit backstabing your constituents I Quit pandering to
the big moneyed interests who paid for
your campaign I
Get off the fence I
Vote NO on M)( I
Robert Jay Hershey
00 YOU WANT TO SEE SOME CHANGES
MADE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENH The
Progressive All iance is a citizen's group
working in the Thurston County and
O lympia area on issues ranging from
t'nf'rgy conservation to econom ic development. 1he' next Alliance meeting will be
Sunday , December 5, at 5 pm at 317 E.
17th There will be a potluck ilnd the
major topic of discussion wi II be the
,tructurp of the new O lympia City Councal and thf' Thurston County 80ard of
CommiSSioners fOF more info, ca ll Tom
O( Jdl at 352-3614 .
What. another petition l That's right.
vo lunteers for the Washin~t(jn Student
lobby (WSL) will hf' kick 'n..; off a petition
drive any day r,ov, to certify TFSC for
parti cipation in W ':"L, VvSL is a ~tatewide,
student-fundt'd organiLatiL'n that prOVides
profeSSional lobbyin~ efforts in the legislil turp on behalf of Washinbton 'it ate
students , Please take the time to eXam lTle
thiS proposal, and sign the petition if vou
support WSL .
The University of Puget Sound is seeking a well qualified and highly motivated
young professional to serve as a MEDIA
ADVISOR to its several student-sponsored
print and broadcast communications
media . In addition to serving as primary
advisor to the Trail, a student-produced
weekly newspaper, responsibilities also
include advisorship duties with KUPS-FM.
Crossc urrents. the student litera'ry magazine, and Tamanawas, the yearbook . For
more inf o rmation please call David
Dodson, Dean of Students. at 756-3360,
A specia l program presented by John
Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine
will be held in Seatt le for STUDENTS
INTERESTED IN PURSUING HEALTH
CAREERS, At this program, practicing
naturopathic physicians, sc hool administrators and faculty, and John Bastyr students will present information and answer
questions about admission, curriculum
and naturopathic practice, This will take
place on Friday, Dec. 10, 6:30-9 p .m .,
JBCNM Academic Campus, 144 N .E, 54th
(54th and Latona in Wallingford District) ,
Students unable to attend may cal l
(206) 532-9585 for information and catalog,
LEISURE EDUCATION PROGRAM IS
LOOKING FOR INSTRUCTORS to teach
workshops during spring quarter. Some
IdE'as lor work shop:; include : mountaineeflng. Identifying ed ibl e mushrooms,
lorlune telling. transcendental meditation,
mu,hroom growing, paper making, silks(,[(,pn, paper marbleing, baking, woodworking , lurniture making, etc. If you
have any innovative ready-to-put-to-use
idpas . let us know , The deadline for
al (' ('pting new workshops for spring
qua,·ter IS January 14. Please (ontact the
I~l' t rea tion Office, 6530, if you are interp,tea in offering a leisure Educat ion
workshop ,
Higher Education Personnel Board :
NOTICE OF UNION SHOP ELECTION .
All claSS ified staff at TESC in the bargaining unit represented by the Washington
Federation of State Employees are eligibl e
to vote. Date : December 16, 1982, Place :
Library 2nd floor lobby, Times : 7 a.m,9 a,m " 1 p.m,-2 :30 p,m ., 6 p,m ,-tdO p,m ,.
lnternships:
STAFF
Editors: John W, Nielsen, Thomas Schaal
Legislative Editor : Ethan Kelly
Production Manager: Erin Kenny
Arts Editor : Eric Brinker
Writers : Patrick' O'Hare, Dan Gorham , John W, Hill,
Camey Combs
Lesli Welliver
Business Manager : Margaret Morgan
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Sports Editor :
Duane Heier
Stephen Kisller, David Gaff,
Graphics :
LewIs Pratt
Advf>rtisinQ Manager: James Bergin
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endorsement by the Journal Offices are located in the College Activities Building
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EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM PRODUCER/VIDEOTOGRAPHER: Produce seasonal video tapes of
animals and events. Transfer existing sltde/tape
productions to video tape, Students must be
skllted in the use of vtdeo equipment, ability to
organize and write short scripts, experienced tn
video production (present video demo reel). and
have a background in natural history, 1 quarter,
hours negotiable, volunteer (provide mileage and
project supplies), Eatonville.
COGENERATION INTERNSHIP: Update e.lsting li st of cogeneration system and equipment
manufacturers and developers , Contact manufacturers. obtain information on physical dImenSions, construction, etc, Update availabte Information on existing government incentives and
permit requirements in the BPA service area,
Assist In redating the WSEO cogeneratIon handbook. For more tnformation on Quallftcations for
this pOSition, please see Rob Knapp, faculty
member at TESC prior to contacting Cooperatlv~
Education, 1 quarter. up to 20 hours/week, volunteer (travel compensation), Olympia,
lEse Staff Holds UniQll Shop Election
byJohn Hill
"As an active Evergreen alumni, I
believe in the 'Evergreen process: The
formation of a staff union (at TESC) would
actually give the process some legitimacy,
It allows classified staff to take part in
decision making which they've been
excluded from in the past" says Tam
Tocher, a representative for the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) ,
The Union Shop Law, a piece of legislation signed into law in 1973 by then
Governor Dan Evans, is finally going to be
put to a vote of the classified staff at
TESC under the Washington Federation of
State Employees,
The law gives employees the right to
decide whether or not union membership
will be a condition of employment. It
would require all present and future staff
employees within the bargaining unit at
TESC to join the union within 30 days,
Are You Listening?
NATURAL HISTORY/CONSERVATION INTERN :
Assist in the operation of the Conservation
Summlts(natural hIstory/conservation education
workshops), Plan and coordinate classes; prepare
class schedules; write program letters, ctass
handbooks & related materlats; prepare and
present a special program. Must have e.celtent
organizational skills; some bookk,eeping abilities,
and be willIng to travel. AcademIc background
will normally include outdoor/envIronmental
education, recreatIon, busIness administration or
environmental studtes. 3 quarters, 40 hours/ week,
paid positIon (Resume, Cover letter, & Letters of
Recommendation), locations vary, Deadline for
application: December 17, 1982,
NEWS DEPARTMENT INTERN: Research and
assistance in production of news programming-tearing the news wire, working to update news
information, gatherIng Information for the character generator. writing sample scripts, and other
duties as needed and assigned. Desirable backround in journalism, English grammar, and
writIng for broadcast. 1 quarter, 40 hours/week,
volunteer, Tacoma.
A union shop election cannot be held
until employees have established a bargaining unit; the bargaining unit at TESC
was certified by the Higher Education
Personnel Board (HEP) on June 29, 1981
An elect ion by the staff wasn't required
for the formation of the bargaining unit,
because more than 50% of the staff
belonged to WFSE at that time,
The TESC bargaining unit, which is
comprised of staff members in various
sec tions of th e coll ege, has the right to
negotiate a contract with the co ll ege, The
bargaining unit finished negotiating a new
contract on November 19, this contract is
waiting ratification by union members
and Evergreen's Board of Trustees,
There have been WFSE members on the
TESC staff for about ten years Membersh ip among TESC staff, which is over 60%
at the present time, is attributed to the
benefits the union has to offer. Keith
Coker, Faci lities, believes in the union "so
a guy can get a fair deal and a fair
shake .. ,so that everyone wi II help carry
the load ," Union dues are set by members
at the statewide convention; presently
they are 1,1% of monthly salary, not to
exceed $18 a month .
Steven Kant, a member of the SPLU Lab
staff, said that: "Union membership got
started here because people were angry
about a few different situations. We
realized that there are many other reasons
to keep it going."
Evergreen employees do not bargain
directly with the college for salaries and
benefits. These are determined by the
legislature. These terms make WSFE part
of the legislative as well as the legal
process, Tam Tocher explained it this
way: :'Let's take an individual that works
for the state. Without a union to represent
them, there is no way that person can
keep track and lobby for each of the bills
that affect them. That's why a lot of
people join the union, to get a force that
can represent them , , ,to build a stronger
voice,"
Many of the employees at Evergreen
who requested the union shop election
resent the fact that they are paying dues
that benefit TESC employees who do not
finanCially support the union ,
Tocher points out that "a lot of people
don't realize that the benefits they have
were not just given to them, For example,
the Civil Service System enacted in 1960
is a result of a union spo nsored initiative,
The beneiits state employees enjoy are
the resu lt of hard work in the past. "
Union members cite ot her WFSE
achievements which include: 1982 - main tained in surance contribution increase;
blocked passage of contracting out legislation, 1981 -substantial in crease in
employer's insurance cont ributi on; defeat
01 major anti -state employee legislation
including cont racting-out proposals and
legislation to weaken the civil service law.
1979-substantial salary increases for
union members and sick leave cash-out
legislation
Doug Hitch, a staff member in the
wood and metal shop, says that' "My
basic premise for a union shop at Evergreen is that it first benefits me as an
individual in my work place. Secondly, it
(WFSE) represents all state workers , and if
the legislature has to answer to all state
employees it (WFSE) cou ld do more."
Doggies Feel Budget ~ife
Dear Sandy,
Could you please help me and the rest
of the canine com munity on campus? The
problem is the hole in the largest of the
three volunteer kennels behind the lab
Building, This hole renders the kennel
unusable, and causes crowding in the
other two, My human has had to put me
in a sma ll kennel with other dogs such as
Dee-oh-gee and his brother! They're very
good-natured fellows, but are so rambunctious that I don't get a minute of peace!
I thought maybe, with your advanced
communication ability with humans, that
you could look into this problem
Thank you,
Dear Tundra.
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Tundra
It's really great to hear that there are
still pooches out there willing to volunteer for kennel duty; I myself get claustrophobia. But, because you asked for it, the
reason the kennels have fallen into such
poor repair is because of budget cuts, Yes,
us doggies are the first to feel the bite,
and at this time there isn't even an Animal
Control officer on the Security staff, so
there is really more than one hole in the
fence, Unfortunately, at this time nobody
knows whose budget "campus pets" fall
under. One idea that's been kicking
around is that owners of kennel volunteers
should get together and fix the problem
themselves; or maybe they could petition
to S&A for funding. Who knows, maybe
we cou ld get together for a Doggie-Weekend keg party benefit, and put the proceeds toward improving our space on
campus,
Dear Sandy,
Why do things affect people so much?
Affected and Confused
P,S.: And why does it never end I
not necessarily democratic , that people
will be forced to join the union , My defin,ition of democratic is fairness, forcing
people to join is not fair. However, if we
vote now I'd probably go for union shop,
Nile Reichardt, also a library staff member, said that: "If you can't legislate
morality, then you can't mandate solidarity . . but right now I'm ambivalent. A
democratic soc iety will impose the will of
the majority, this election is essentially
the same thing,"
Not all union members are in favor of
making union membership a condition of
employment. Richard Edwards, a library
staffer is a member of WSFE , He explained
that: "I'm not in favor of it because it
mandates people to join The benefits
that I get out of it are for myself , I've
never been in favor of making decision s
for other people, I think unions are a
good thing though, and I encourage
people to vote for it if they want to ."
Why shou ld the union shop election at
~vergreen be of any conce rn to students'
Coeditor Nielsen shows his Support of TESC
One reason wou ld be another voice III t he
Staff Union
I!'~islature should it bp proposed again
All TESC employees within the bargainIhat Evergreen close ItS doors . WFSE
ing unit will vote in this election. Not all
"auld be there lobbYing for thE' job, 01
members of the bargaining unil are
:Ill' E'mployee, at TESC
necessaril y union members , For the union
l oc her bel'r'ves that ' It i, In,portan t
, hop provision to pass. 50% plu s 1 of Ihe
that I:vergref'n studen ts are .melrE' oi thl'
unit members must vote yes What this
('ll1ployme nt co nditiom 01 thl-' >taii at till'
Ineans is that all of the people who dOIl't
,( hool as th('I' .1fl' an II1tegl '-:: i 'drl 01 thf'
votf' are cou nted as vot in g " no." ThiS
lomrnunllv II " ," <;0 Impor!an Ihdl ,tu·
election is being held on Thursday.
dl' nl' becoTlH' a\\',1re 01 thf' \,1 (' I ilat the
December 16, in the library lobby
, Iaff " supporting Higher I due ,dl'I" legl'>Absentee ballots are available.
I, \tl on through their union due, '
Larry Savage. an emploYE'e for EvprKanl oilers dnolher rp,lS0n for '\Iudpnl
green', ce ntral repair. believc~ " that a
( o n(c-rn : ' Wh(~n the (ollege \<\as 'I' t up II
union shop means power in numbers .
\\,1, ,uppo",cI to b" org,lT1lleci ,J) 0111' , big .
Without a union shop. the legislature Will
h"I'IlY Icllnri y , fherl' \\,1 , a myth th ,]t stu not pay attention to classifipd 5taft , I bed, 'nl'< , ,tal l . facullY "!ld admilll'il ration
li eve that if union lobbyist> cou ld stand
\\'1'[1-' .111 tlw ,amI', dnci t hat t llE'~ didn 't
up and say that they were representing
Iw!'d to h., organized '('j1drat('I\' , A'it.-l ll
100% of sta te emp loyees that WI' would
union" " ,1,1tpmenl by thl' stiltf that tlw
have a better working relation ship w ith
,yqt'tll i., not working That we need tl) 1)('
the legislature,"
orgdnlled sep,lrat ely if our interests are
Some oppos ition to tilt' union shop ISL!Olllg to be rt·prese nted . The students
argued on the basis that thp dues are unhdVP been thinking morE' about th l> In the
affordable, Hitch responded by saying :
Id,t LOup le yea rs"
"The last session of t hl' legis lature was
I'prhaps the >taff IS not diane in rE'al'lgoing to cut medical benelits , The uni on
Ing t haI their nppd., and Interests are
ultferE'nt from the rpst of the co ll ege
lobb ied against that and got an increase
to cover increases in medical insuran ce
(limmunity. Student .. have also rec0L:costs
so every state employee beneIll l.('d that they have IntE'res\) thaI 0 1
fited from thi s, for most people that was
I h.. y Lan protect. 'I wo eXd mpl e., of thiS
money in the pocket. " The medical cost
"lJdpnt awareness can be found In the
would have amounted to about $18 a
Ill ganizationa l efforg to qual ify 1FSC l or
!lwmbership in the Wa,hington Student
month, for union members that amount
was as much or more than their dues , For
I ohby (WSlJ. and to make TESe an
non-members it was extra money,
att rll ille of the Washin!5ton Public IniorAndrea Winship , a staff member in
nld l ""1 Research Group (WashPIRG) Both
inter-library loan, sa id that: " The concern
01 tI','se groups wou ld te funded and
t hat I have, although the election is a
,tafled by students , to Jct in their
democratic process, is that the results are
Interests,
"y
Sandy Dhogg
Dear Affected and Confused,
I've checked back with my spiritual
advisor, Datum Riki, and he told me that
the reasQn people are affected so much is
that, basic'ally, people have a rare quality
called emotion ,
Now us doggies have emotions too, but
nothing like humans, So when these
humans go about their lives, they feed
unconsciously off each other's endorphines (whi ch are signals to the emotion
mechanisms in humans), Now when these
signals get crossed, or even when one
human send endorphines that are not
received by another human, then one or
the other, or even both humans, can be
misunderstood , My advice is to stop
taking baths and don't wear perfumes,
that way true en~orphines can escape,
hopefully allowing people to be more
receptive to the positiveness of this rare
quality, It must be remembered however,
that endorphines are a natural morphine
that exists within the chemica l makeup of
humans, so don't overdo it. In answer to
why " it" never ends, well I guess "the
music never stops,"
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page 2 The Cooper Point Journal Dec . 3, 1982
A Challenge To The Curriculum DTF's Report
New Health Fee Initiated Winter Quarter
by Lesli Welli ver and Arthur West
Services Coordinator Wen Shaw. She explained that Health Services is part of a
budgetary unit which includes the
Regi strar's and Admi ssions' offices, Financial Aid, and Career Planning and Placement. " The Registrar's and Admissions'
offi ces bring students in, Financ ial Aid
and Health Servi ces keep them happy
while they are here, and Career Planning
and Placement helps move them along."
Ms . Shaw was qui ck to di spel the mi sinfo rm ed beli ef th at the sole function of
Hea lth Serv ices is the di stribution of birth
contro l devi ces . She referred to the Health
Services admini strati o n as a "three- headed
mo nster," encompass ing counse ling,
general hea lth services , and W o men's
Cl ini c se rv ices
The Coun sel mg Center provides sho rtterm t reat ment (of up to eight weeks) fo r
psy cho logical and emotional trauma.
There are approximately 400 to 500
, tudent contac ts per qu arter. Health
Services covers a wide range of minor
med ica l services . The Women's Clinic
servic es are des igned to meet the spec ial
needs o f female students. There ar~
approximately 2500 student contacts per
M s. Shaw described the present revenup
sources "The admini stration gives us
$46,795 for health servi ces, S&A provides
$1 2,000, mainly for the Women's Clini c
plus $30,400 for counseling. Generated
fees account for approximately $12,000 per
Evergreen students registeri ng next
quarter will noti ce an addition to the
already co nsiderable tuitio n and fees they
pay . Thi s charge introdu ces a new category in mandatory student servi ces fees.
On top of the $60 per quarter extracted
already . t he new student hea lth fee will
add anot her $15. Thi s monetary maneuver
is the ac ti o n of an admini stration
prompted bv severe f inan cial constraint.
As such, it m akes a good exampl e o f
budgetary tra nsfer; fro m the legislature,
through the adm in istrat ion , to the student
Tht! administration was bj no means
anxious to impose t hi ~ new charge on t he
alreadv taxed studen t body . Dean oi
Stud ent and Enro ll ment Serv ices , Larry
StenbE'rg, exp l ai ned in a pol icy letter
da ted Nove mber 16 I hat t he co ll ege
admin istra ti o n was " very rel uctant" to
establi sh t hi s new fee, but t hat " contin uIng budget cu ts" presented " no other
vlilble altern at ive. " He noted t hat w hil e
the co llege has done " eve ry th ing poss ibl e"
to protec t our bas ic hea lth and coun seling
servi ces. fa ced w itI' a " steady declin e in
fisc al resou rces" we have come to a
pomt w here it is " es senti al" for stud ents
and the coll ege to share the cos t of these
vltd l se rvices .
To cla rify w hat these vi tal servi ces are,
and their need fo r fundin g, we spoke with
Coun se lin g, Health, and W o men's
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occ urred between you and the faculty
member. Write an essay for which you
have prepared by reflecting on your work
with the tea cher. Remember, specific
exa mpl es are wo rth more than generali zati o ns; constru ctive criti c ism is more
valuabl e than prai se.
General Evaluation Items
1. M eeting Commitments : How well did
the faculty member meet commitments
in the following areas?
a. Teac hing activity directly involving
students
b Academic advi sing of students
c. M ai :1tenance of student records
d . Academic planning of the program
2. Did the fa culty member exerc ise good
and fair standards in the awarding of
c redit to students!
3. What ev idence did the fa culty member
show of ability to do the following
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di sc uss io n, readin g li st, fi eld trip (l ab,
stud io, etc.), individual contract
conference or other instructional
eff ort , depe ndin g on ass ignment
b . Ability to d istingui sh and emphas ize
important concepts for students to
grasp, remember
c. Ability to formulate clear, useful
ass ignments of reasonable (but c hal~
lenging!) length and difficulty
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year. She noted that while the Services
and Activities Board showed consistent
suppo rt fo r the Women's Clinic servi ces
(c utting their budget request this year by
o nly 20%), the administration has cut
funding of Hea lth Services by nearly 50%
Ms. Sh aw explained that the new fee is
not unprecedented, in that Washington
State University has imposed a similar
mandatory health fee as of luly this year .
The revenue generated by the $15 fee
will enabl e the clinic to offer free services,
with charges only for lab work and medication at cost, and generally aid the main
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e. Ability to adjust to students' level of
comprehension, providing explanations at a level which is understandable to the student
f. Abi lity to communicate enthusiasm
and interest for subject matter
g . Ability to promote serious and interesting discussion; skill at asking
"open-ended" or " divergent" questions; ski" at encouraging students to
ask questions and initiate discussion
h . Ability to tolerate points of view different from his/ her own, to encourage independent thinking on the part
of students, and to get students to be
open to the views of others
i . Efficiency in giving students prompt
feedback on their work
J. Accessibility to students who need
help
4 How well did the faculty member adapt
to the team situation-i .e. , did he or
she handl e with authority relation s
between students and faculty and
between faculty and faculty without
difficulty! How easily does he or she
come to understand the point of view
of others! Is the faculty member willing
to discuss ideas and fun ctional matters
without excess ive personal prejudice
intervening?
5. H o~ able does the faculty 'member
appear to be in handling instruction in
his/ her principal area of expertise? That
is, does he or she have a good grasp of
the field?
6. Is the faculty member capable of
planning and carrying through the
coordination of a program? (This is
espec ially applicable to persons tea ching in or beyond their third year at
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Provost Byron Youtz says in his memu
of November 16 that it is no longer useful
to discuss the Long-Term Curri culum DTF
Report " in the abstract ," and calls instead
for faculty writings in response to it5
recommendations . This is mine.
At the heart of the DTF report is one
major recommendation (whi ch is only
implied, but strongly and unmistakably)
and 20 specific recommendations in support of it (which are explicit). (The four
so-called major recommendations don't
really count, because each is subsumed
by one or more of the 20 specific ones in
all ways that appear to matter mu ch, in a
reversal of the usual logic. They needn't
have been included)
What the DTF did (and admits, inadvertently, that it did) was to respond, in
its 20 specific recommendations , to the
situation described in this paragraph from
the report (p. 5), whi ch I have not heard
discussed previously :
In conSidering how to respond . we
recognize a major dilemna .. . This is
the question of what kind of balance is
to be st ruck between three versions of
Evergreen that faded in and out of our
discussions. One is what TESC is today
(or at least what many like to think it
is), with fund amental and nearly exclu sive commitment to intensive and
coord i n ated study programs and i nd ividualized learning for those who seek
something distin ct from traditional
higher education . The second is a college more devoted to professional
versions of the liberal arts and sc ien ces,
with applied and 'working world'
emphasis requiring more courses, more
accommodations to the currently felt
needs of local bu sinesses, and more
market oriented curri cula~ planning.
The third is the image raised by the
e PE (Coun cil on Postsecondary Education) . . of a more traditional liberal arts
and sc iences college with 'standard s' for
admission and perhaps performan ce
Then , on page six, the 20 spec ific
recommendations start out, and it is clear
from reading them whi ch of the three
version s of the college won out: the
;econd , by a knockout .
In fact , the DTF's major recommendatio n is our acceptance of, and changeover to, Co ll ege Two.
I d on't mu ch like Coll ege Two, let it be
sa id, either as an ideal or as a practi ca l
respon se. I do like O ne and Three, both
as idea ls and as practi ca l re sponses, and I
see them as compatibl e w ith eac h other.
Th ey are not , however, very compatibl e
wit h Two . Talk of educati onal idea ls is
pro babl y id le in such contexts as thi s one
(and maybe in all contexts), so I'll just
talk about practi ca li ty The old Evergreen
(One) is winnin g belated recogniti on fro m
many quarters now, nationall y as well as
statewide. For many of us, t hi s positi ve
res po nse has been too slow in comin g,
and our enrollment problem s have meanw hil e made us fee l inferi o r and sometimes
desperate. (What was wrong? Very little
probabl y . We've just had too controversial
a profil e loca ll y, and too Iowa one
nationall y.) The current recogni t io n of our
ex istence can o nl y grow , and w ith it
ought to come more students , peopl e w ho
wi ll be com ing to O ne, not to Two,
remember. It seem s a good bet.
M eanw hil e, Three isn't bad at all (if we
still be lieve in O ne); in fact , it is the
essence of t he CPE's mandated fo rm for
One to evolve into, w ith the implied o nus
t hat we make O ne better thro ugh f ine
t uning. The CPE's mandate (Three) is the
only such mandate I know of to have
fallen upon a state college, anywhere, in
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The Ins And Outs Of Faculty Evaluations
by Dean Woodbur y
Eva lu at io n week is fast approaching and
,any students are a bit confu sed about
the pro cess. To beg in w ith , yo ur fa culty
may req uire you to submit a written
evaluatio n of their performan ce in order
that yo u (t he s tu d en ~ ) receive cred it. Thi s
eva luation goes into your faculty's portfoli o The for ms for this evalu ation are
ava il ab le fro m all program secretari es.
Indi vidu al programs and f aculty members pro' ped w ith the evaluat ion process
in a Vd mw o f ways . Idea lly , your eva luatlon ot t he fa culty member and the
facul tv member's evaluati o n o f you
sho ul d bp exchanged at your evaluation
co nfere nce Bo th sho uld be prepared in
wri t ing, ahpad o f time so that one will not
infl upn cl' thE' ot her. If, however, you
would prf'fpr not to deli ver the eva lu ati o n
to the lac ulty mem ber personall y. you
mil V le,' w it w ith t he facu lty member's
prog r , ~ m secreta ry Instead If , for any
" ',1'0 11 VG U Wish to send a xerox copy of
yOI' C\ alu at lon to your faculty mem ber' s
dl'dl1 . VOl ' Illay do so through the campu s
mil ll bv address ing an envelope to
Al " cl t' m lc. Deans, Library 221 1.
In th e eva luatio n, you should menti on
tho'ie things w hi ch have been important
to the ed u cat ional ex change w hi ch hilS
by Leo Daugherty, TEse faculty member
(edited for publication)
Olympia
• SINGING TELEGRAMS
• HELIUM BALLOON
• BOUQUETS
459-S0NG
goal of Health Servi ces. Thi s goal was
desc ribed by Ms . Shaw as: " To make
avail abl e, at low cost, quality health care
and health education to Evergreen students; that is cost efficient and beneficial
to the individual as well as the whole ."
She said she realized that a lot of students
would have the attitude: " Why should I
pay for it, if I never use it?" To that she
replies : "It is vitally important that the
servi ce is available for people who need
it if anything did happen ."
The funding will be used to cover the
staff salaries and operating costs . There
will be a formation of a Student Health
Advisory committee, composed in part by
students working in the clinic and by
other interested students. The object of
the committee will be research of areas
where Health Services could be expanded
to further meet the needs of the student
community.
... ....... ... .. ..... .... ..... ....... ...
,
7. Add additional items peculiar to your
program .
Under the., simultaneous exc hange
system , you (the student) write your evaluation of your faculty and they (your
faculty) prepare a draft evaluation of you
before your evaluation conference. This
minimizes the effect which either evaluation might have on the other, implicitiy
suggesting that if the faculty then wrote a
worse final evaluation, he or she would
be open to the retaliation charge. Your
fa culty should give you a copy of the
draft and expect to make no changes
resultin g in a worse evaluation . Thi s
system is not only procedurally sound,
assuring you (the student) of your ri ghts,
but it also makes for a more productive
conference with your fa culty.
:
..... .... .... ... ..... . , .. ...... .... ... :
: La nlcollna Ie mordia las muelas,
: me di cuenla con el primer beso.
: Parece que un ejerclto de hormlgas coloradas
: esluvlera por abandonar la cueva blanca
: en busca de lengua nueva :
: Ie tape la boca
: can la lengua,
: y la ahogue.
:Los perras azules son tranceses: se pierden,
,
:y par cuidar la pisada. de meada a meada lIegan :
'hasta la calle Urquiza. Se pasean de noches,
:Ios ralas perras trancasas . Van en lila india,
:uno por uno tirando ollateadas y pedos de la
:estacion Les Hailes. Saben de las plnturas de
:Outy, del opio suave y amanecaras. Aman
,
:por sobre lodas las cosas al negro Acosta, al reo:
:de la esquina. y cuando ests sa les muere,
: Ie ponen luto a las botellas de Tupungalo ,
'quejan un blues mulatlo. Y da los objelos
:dejados por el tinado ellgan la bombilia de lata,
: una imagen de la virgencita de Lujan y la
:condecoraclon de cuatro huasos.
,
Fernando Altschu!
•. . ,~ Ulf.(A..,.ruE Ir tU!5?
~u...e~
"'VMI1~;l.1' CPt.J4!~ #.~ cJ12.
the other hand, the creati o n o f Co llege
Two is a functio n of confu sion o n t he
• part of a bunch of con f used and beleaguered DTF members, then I thin k they
~*7?!!'
shoul
d all read it again , and i n conse,
quence have the manifest good sense to
stop sayin g to the text's criti cs , " Well , t he
po int th at yo u raise isn't reall y important,
because that line, of that paragraph , in
-~the text REALLY ISN'T THER E, or REAL LY
DOESN 'T MATTER, or REALLY W ASN 'T
PART OF OUR INTENT, and why don't
you look at the BI G BOOK, in w hic h,
according to my remembran ce, there IS a
record o f our, or at least of my in tent. "
I think it import ant to point o ut th at
.vhen imp lementatio n time co m e~ ro ll ing
Ifollnd , all 20 spec ific recommend at ion<
IfP goin g to bp remembered , and li tl l"
,' he will be. Coll ege Two w ill be thl '
'nevl tabl e resu lt.
modern memory-a mahdate to be, first
At the root of most po liti cking is a conAccordinglv, I beli eve that lYE' , hr'ltl d
and foremost, academically excell ent in
tli ct about dreams. M y ce ntr~1 difficult y
I t hi' time accept til<' DTF's " 'U ,[11
the liberal arts and sc ien ces, as a first
wi th the 14-page tex l of thp D1 F Report i,
'1l'ndati o m (19 and 2(1 , regardll 1 ~ ,h .,
cl ass resource for college students la ckin g
lOrt fo li o grildudt ion rf'q Ulfell1Hli . r . ,1 \'. •.
my beli ef th at the impli ed thesis (from
private coll ege tuiti o n-dollars. (I do agree
hould "' jP( I I" reqru( tU ri ng u' l il , r dwhi ch the :10 exp li cit sub-theses sprin g) is a
with Byron that we should take excepti o n
l'gl' unlil the r urri l lIl ulll I, clp, '""d ,.: )( ,n
prod uct either o f (1) a very powert ul
to some of the CPE's recommendati ons.
o r l or m <lughl logil, li l\ tll fo lio .' '111
an imatin g drt'a m , or ( 2) confusio n u n the
parti cularly the ones on hiked tuitio n and
Io n . I h,1I thp t;j( Ull ', \ >I I' to ,1 1' " pl ".VI "
part of the "voice less speak er" o f thp It'xl
on our taking only th e top 25% of high
/.t il k ,' rnlilll \ prnpo"Ii . \ 111< II I I II h. d! 0 1
of th f' Report as to w hat he or , h(' I'; in
sc hool ers .)
-Ill' (cll lli t y a tt e ndll ll2, I I\.Vl fl " , IIH I I1 I\ "," b ~
fac t say ing. If th e creati on o j Coll pt.:" I wO
Remember, before we always scurri ed
J..:fOli P elt I hp 1,1SI 'd ( li l ' \~ IlH-·t ' I I[ ~ ..!, I,.'I)tt-( II'
is a fun ction of the fornw r, I ,illlpiv di 'iabout whenever the CPE spoke, trying to
10\\.'. II o f h.-1ving pl l\{ (\d o n thf ' f l u~ I" 1'" . l! ~
~gr ee (hecausp my own drt'.-l lll 01 .-l great
acqui esce; now, strangely, we are balkin g. publi c-serlor coll ege o f th f' lil)pr,,1
. ill 1. 11 li ll y volt, (\1 t h p t ir . . t ( II p(Jrt l dl ~ ' '.
Why! It seems damned imprac ti ca l to
l UI\\, d l tht--' n lt-'et lll g [ )f .( l'Il I" r 1 '1 1'-\,., 11
and ~r i (' n ce'i. o ff erin g mainl v In lPrdi " Ipbalk now .
~ " ' ; I\ 'V P"" thdt thp Llt u ll' ~ l l{H . I~ « ( IDlt u p
lillary stud y in a o ne-thing-dl -cl -l imt'
Perhaps I say thi s beca use I ha ve no
\ 'v l l h '\ (ll rn ClIlulll h\ ( / 1 ' V ( ' ,I I !I ( .n ) ~' r h\
formal vi" team-taught progr,lltl"o <ln d
faith at all in College Two. (A nd I do
\., d o I I d rg liP o Id 'l ( -.. 1 I h .: I l l' d ' ,l { lIl ' \
indi vidudl tutori als, cenl ering li S ClI m ( u
detest it as an ideal , because it seems lu st
11I'I' t lfl g th at w (' wu u l( " 't'd .I I I t"' ,\ ! · ' !1 ... !np
lum in md lor ques tion s / l o Jli ( "o / i 'i~ u( '"
the latest boring f ad : " hands-on," " rea l
.1 " VI ',1 I t ll do Ih" WI
·' ll \\ . 11 ,, 'fll 'vi '
themes rath pr thiln on some dUlllb " hoo lworld ," " competence-based" (ho- huml.
I f '\ t ' !1 11l(lr(' <., trn n gl\ 11 h (prt.1i n l '. II )( I[
masteri sh not ion abo ut di 'l iplinilr~
"access oriented ," "curri cular regi o nalh l'o lHH li ll y , to bt., IP '. Iu r ( ur rE:"ll t jH)" 1
" rovprage. " whi ch has trl v lilli ~ pd Ih,'
i sm," "career oriented," " needs releva nt ,"
If II I " I dd y(.H .11in g d tl ' \ t \\ hi( h 10:, I II
liheral curri culum terribl y In our , I 'n l w y )
and so on and so forth )
·",l1 k, ·t/ I , " ;ll i, I bot h w ll h (H lr d!'\" ;" pllI g
dnd would seek to haw II votpd d"wn It
Suc h a college \IS Two could poss ibl y
" ' ! ll l l dIIPIl dnd With thl' CP}·. . h(,: ),'<" f l )j
would be hard fo r me to lIn derst<lnd how
be prac ti cal , but in order for It to have
' 1"
li lli" . . . . WI' rt 'cl il y bf' III' \'t' I II ( \ d1q.';t'
dnyone co uld harbo r a powerlul dnim Jting
any guarantee at all of turning out to be
I \V() I
drea m such as the o ne " mad!' flpsh" in
so, it wo uld need to be built in an ord er
I .1 111 h, >pl ng I hdt Co ll eg\ ' I wo I' '1< >1
the Report's impli ed central Ihp'" " "o uch ~
the reverse o f th at now suggested by the
n'dli y. U l l r d rt 'df11 fo r Fvergn en
drean1f'r would be a mystl'rv to mt' If. o n
report. You would decide, after mu ch
research , what was needed in the Job
market , whether or not yo u could mo unt
curri cula to meet that need (largely a
fun cti o n of how mu ch mo ney fro m t he
state yo u could get in ord er to do so),
...
and then, if yo u could, yo u would put it
in pl ace. In o ther words, the " it, " the
content, would have to come first . So it
does seem to me t hat the leaving behind
of w hat we have spent 12 yea rs on (a nd
whi ch is now bein g recogni zed as exce lI
lentl. instead of developin g it , through
fin e tuning, into the CPE's new model
whi ch is in fact a ratifi ca ti on of the " o ld"
Evergreen, c hoosin g in stead to go w it h an
extremely bori ng model o fferi ng no
pro mise of practi ca li ty w hatsoever
(though God knows, as everybody says, it
will IJe easier to ad mini ster, as are its
analogs the cou ntry over) is not pract ical,
not at all sm art. It succeeds merely in
being anti -intell ectu al, I am afraid .
...~
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843 · 8701
843.8700
Dec. 3, 1982 The Cooper Polnl Journal page 5
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Public Hearings On Future .WPPSSBond--Eiections- by Patrick O'Hare
Recent actions by the Washington
f\Jbl ic I\:Jwer Supply System indicate that
the consortium is following voter initiative
394 guidelines in a bid to secure finanCing
for two of its nuclear projects.
As required by 1-394, a preliminary cost.
effective study on the state need for
the plants was filed on November 24. The
study compares the cost of completing
WFPSS plants 2 and 3 with the cost of
developing other available energy
resources.
Initiative 394 was approved by Washington voters in 1981 . It makes financing
for large public power projects contingent
upon the approval of voters in the parti Cipating utility districts. If a public utility
di st rict or group of districts wishes to sell
bonds to fi nance the construction of a
large plant, they must first get the approval of their constituents .
However, before an election can take
place, 1-394 requires that an independent IV
conducted cost-dfectivenss study be submitted (not less than 90 days before the
ballot date) .
Voters approved the initiative in spite .
of a campaign by WPPSS contractors,
utilities and industlY, that outspent proponents by more than 15 to 1.
On December 4, 1981, Seattle First
National Bank, Morgan Guaranty Trust
Company of New York and Continental
Illinois Bank and Trust of Chicago filed
suit against the initiative. They handle
bond investments for WPPSS.
The U.S. Justice Department filed suit
against the initiative on April 9, 1982. The
Department claims that the initiative is
unconstitutional because it interferes with
congressionally approved contracts.
This fall , a federal judge ruled 1-394 unconstitutional but stayed the ruling pending an appeal by Don't Bankrupt Washington IDBWj, the initiative's sponsor.
WPPSS will need more finanCing next
year so the consortium must be prepared
to go to the voters if the initiative is
upheld
According to a recent state informational bulletin, " the most likely date for
an election (on the WPPSS bond sales) is
May 17, 1Y83." If an election i s to take
place on that date, the study must be
filed, in its final form, no later than
February 17, 1983.
Initiative 394 stipulates that there be
ample opportunity for public comment
during the analysis process. The secretary
of state, in cooperation with WPPSS,
DBW, and other groups, is holding a series
of special briefings and a series of public
hearings on the preliminary study
Briefings on the methodology and findings of the study are currently underway.
There are two such meetings left: Wenatchee on December 6 and in Richland on
December 7. "Only questions relating to
procedural issues, the presentation and
compilation of data, will be accepted at
the briefings," reads the state bulletin.
The intent of these meetings is to allow
the consultant a forum to present the
study findings
Six public hearings will take place
around the state between December 13
and December 20. In Olympia, the hearing will take place at the Vance Tyee
Motel (Tumwater) at 7:30 p.m . on December 16. It is during the hearing process
that questions concerning the substance
of the report will be addressed . Oral and
written testimony that is presented during
the briefings and hearings will be "con- ,
sidered by the consultant for indusion in
the final cost~ffectiveness study," All
comments will be put on record,
Once finalized, the cost~ffectiveness
study will provide the information base
for a special voters pamphlet. The pamphlet will also include arguments for and
against the bond measures,
Residents of the public utility districts
and cities which are members of WPPSS
wi II receive the pamphlet prior to the
election, Only those citizens will be
allowed to vote, According to the state
bulletin, approximately 50% of Washington residents)ive in WPPSS zones,
Copies of the preliminary study have
been mailed to several public libraries
(not Olympia's), They can be purchased
from the Office of Secretary of State (on
the Capitol campus) for $13, for the complete 746-page report, or $2,40 for the
6O-page executive summary, In addition,
district offices of WPPS5-member public
utilities have copies available to the
public
WPPSS Cost-Effectiveness Study Questionable
bl Patr"" O'Hare
Pro,:It"" VP ('nergy dctlVlsts and (lh·
'hi, state Wf'rl' provided w,lh an
1Il1pll' ,11 ,fllln! of lurk •.,y this pasl rhink>·
glvin, ',allonl,lIlle with the h ',,'rgy
hni"H ,"g \lutel ,\ pproval Act, Inl ·' .Itivl'
{'l.J . .In 'mdel)('n(l" llt" draft costflleCl'v(~
n,';' <: udy of Wf'P<'~ .! dnd :I wa s IiiI'd
."ilh Ihe SIJt(' ( ., "<",, 'mhpr 24.
'-" .. dip" 10 ', :. :h(' Illdt'pt'ndt'1I1 '011 ,< ,:' ,,..,1 ,(,I", I.', . il , WPPSS With th,· '>tatt'
I 1n,1:iI t' ,0111" , 1<'1'" "pprovai, fOll"d Ihal
(hI: Iwo IlUcihil plant s represt'nl ,1 ( (»t·, ltt " l ive meam oi m.:('llng the state"
111 11,11' (',wrgy devl'lopllll'nt
: l' II 'I'OnSOI . DI JI) I Ildnkrupt V\ ",h111,-', ' DHWl. I ,III".! :ht' dnion 0'. ; ' )t'
P d t"l 1_" \v flP'-;S d \ t()c ." j " tdrt " \\Iilh f(l~drd~
to 1:,11', 11 V(' ((11111111 "'); t· Howl'v, ' II)\'
gr - ·q P il c1'\ pOlntpd t·, "" '\it'ral " qllt ' .... - ()n(l! ' " 1 "llln ption-, ' Il !.lr h ' hV thf' ( 1l! ' -.l Jltant
II · ' \ dp ·d .... (i l tilt· dT ,d l
:,,1-' prt' :1I111r1l1r\ ... I u! h t~ lllployt·d ,I 1980
b ",t'ri B' :n,)('vrll, · 1'1)'\('1 Aelmlniqr"lIon
(HI'" l orl'cd, t ,1, II" , starting pOint lor
d" ,.I ' . ' " ,\(cf)'( j,ng '" DBW , " I h" l<lre-
"'f\"r, in
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i 11<' dra I t , I urlv igl1()f( "! I ill' (urrt'nl
t·t 1I10flill d O\"\I'Iltllfll ,
' d \ ' l ilt'
group .
The comultant's a,'>essment of energy
ne('(]< III I he year 2(X)() exceeds forecast s
mdd,' bv Ihe statt' I,'glslature last year,
,mel II I,rr exceeds ",timations made by
lilt' "iflrlhwest COIN'rvdlion Act Coalition,
,I (olil" lion of gr,l,sroots al tivlst organiLd lions and energy policy analysis
Using d foreld,1 r,lIe of 1.6% per year
,11:01 Ihe 1900 bast' pt'nod, tht' consultant
d. 'II'IIl1ined thdt we would uw 22,781 MW
111111111111; of wdtls of plpetri, ilv) in the
VI '," 2000. Adual t'1l'Llri(ity use has
d,', I"wd sine'" l'JIlO. If tht' 1.b% growth
r"I, ' " dPplied lu Ihe more r.'cent 1981-82
h",, · I,,'nod, Ihl' IlIrpt ,1St comes out to be
21 1_'·\ MW, ill ( ",ding to DHW. Tht'
gil), " ,Iales furllll'r . thol l "
the 16.10 MW
dl I II ·It 'nce is dpprllXllllcll, ,1\ equal to the
0'<1 , ,, " of WPP<,<, 2 ,Inti {(omhined ."
WI ... rt'il' In 1'J1l I. ,Iccording to NucleWeek tht' aVl'ragl' cdpacity of the
" " ' " 'II " li ct'nsed nUl lear plants was
',/, ''' ., I hI' ,tw h ', dulhor, uspd WPPSS
",1 ''' ·,11, '' of a 70% Opl'rdtlng capacily
\." :,,' And, whil., til!' oldt'sl 'olllmerc ial
,,, ,· 1",1 ' powt'r pl,"lt st ill OPf'r.ltll1g in the
l
" I"" thdll lO y(,clr,> old, Ihe consult ·
.111 i ,If 'ph'd til<' 70% operatin!! capacity
(W," .. 1;, YPd r pl,"lt lifetime
'\' LJIlW (OIlHlll'ntt'd, "Then' is no basi,
\ \I' ,II " lIt'\4'f lor clss1.lIning a 4O-vear
"I )('r,ltIl1.1' IIIPtlme, or il 70% opt'rating
Oil/( ,
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lhere are numerous other faults to be
found in the study, It is only a draft and
therp will be opportunity for public input,
bUI tim 746-page doc ument is quite comfm'hl'n sivp. An overSight in early ass~mp
IHlIlS (iln snowball through several
hundred pages of analysis, leading to inc()rrpet, but seemingly logical conclusions .
I Ill' consultant's use of questionable
11ll'lhodology is disturbing, but analytical
o""" lghl can be corrected . What is perhap, mort' disturbing are the underlying
attitud(',> of the consultants and WPPSS
q'dl " gy Illake,., .
American Policies Lack Originality
by !:than M. KeJ/),
The news over the Thanksgiving break
staggered through the mental recesses
alarmingly . The Reaganites w~nt to build
and deploy the MX missile, and some of
them feel that unemployment benefits
should be taJ<ed, as a "remedy" for the
ever-increasing unemployment rate . The
"rationale" behind the MX decision is that
we have fallen behind the Russians
strategically, and that deployment of the
MX will enable us to "catch up." As for
the unemployment benefits taxation
scheme, the President and/ or his advisors
seem to think that a sizable number of
the unemployed are simply too lethargiC
and iust aren't looking hard enough to
find a job. By taxing their benefits,
Reagan's advisors think that unemployed
workers will have an incentive to work .
Each 0.1 these decisions, aside from suggesting an abhorrence to basic common
sense, illuminates a prevailing problem
whi ch is afflicting American policy
page' 6 The Cooper Point Journal Dec . 3, 1962
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making a la( k of imaginJtive or original
thought. For ,my policymaker to think
that the millions who are unemployed
woulrl suddenly find work by being
delivered a so-called incentive though
such punitive measures as taxing their
already meager subsistence, is to assert
that the worldwide recession is the fault
of the worker instead of facing up to the
possible structural defects within the
global economic system. Similarly, the
decision to press ahead with the manufacturing and deployment of the MX
missile is no solution. It will only contribute to the destabilization of U .S,Soviet relations , and exacerbate the arms
race.
What can be done to contribute to
more imaginative policymaking? The
realization that there are no easy answers
is a good place to start. However, one has
to move beyond a beginning, Reagan and
company entered the halls of power with
a burning conviction that to them seemed
imaginative. They felt a redirection of
economic policy toward a, laissez-faire
,
model would somehow ignite productivity
and cure most of our socio-economic ills.
Meanwhile, we would spend a trillion
dollars on more war gadgetry and thus let
the world know that we meant business
again . The result has been a hemorrhaging economy and hollow pleadings
to " stay the course ."
On the other hand , the Democrats seem
all too eager to enlarge the budget with
New Deal era " jobs programs ." Then there
are the 1984 Democratic presidential
nomination frontrunners, Kennedy and ,
Mondale, blaming the Japan,!!se for our
economic ills and calling for various
forms of protectionism' reminiscent of the
Smoot-Hawley tariff act which contributed
mightily to the Great Depression .
In the final analysis, the lack of imagination among today's leaders can be
changed only by the individual citizen in
his or her capacity ·as a voter. If voters
choose to ignore those w~o !lut forth
alternatives to the status quo, they will
guarantee the continuation Qf unimaginative, archaic policy making.
by Dan Corham
Stepping inside the Pentagon recently,
a prestigious American stated: "I 've got
about $30 billion, do you boys have anything for communism?"
'Why sure," said the bright~yed
general, " We happen to have a new line
of land-basecj missiles, they're.71 feet tall
and come equipped with 10 nuclear warheads apiece,"
"Just what I had in mind," replied the
customer, "how many can I get my hands
on?"
"Well, I can let you have this package
of 100," the general explained, "It's a rare
find, but you see they were left on layaway by a previous administration ."
"I'll take 'em," said the bargain finder,
"send me the bill. "
"Well there's still one problem," cautioned the general. "You see, we're really
not sure if they work yet."
"Ah, no matter," said the customer as
he reached for the door. "Hell, it's the
thought that counts."
And so begins Ronald Reagan's logic to
endorse construction of the MX missile
system. Reagan argues that the MX will
compensate for an imbalance of landbased warheads with the Soviet Union,
and provide the necessary ingredient to
prod the Russians into serious arms control negotiations.
Reagan's "dense pack" proposal wi II
cluster 100 missiles in a 20 square mile
area of southeastern Wyoming. The dense
pack formation is based upon a theory
that nuclear weapons would best be protected by placing them so close together
that attacking Soviet missiles would
disable each other before they could
knock out the entire MX system.
However, there are two very gray areas
hanging over this cloud of Pentagon
ingenuity. One is whether the MX is even
needed for defense purposes; secondly,
whether the proposed project would
actually result in treaty negotiations, or
further perpetuate the arms race. Two
fairly legitimate concerns for the cautious
consumers of a $30 billion plan .
Justificaion for this extravaganza is
anchored in the Pentagon's contention
that a powerful U.S military will intimidate and stifle Soviet expansion. A U.S.
defense position which is equal to, or
stronger than that of the U .S.S.R. will
force the Soviets to limit their "aggressive
tendencies" under the threat of U.S
retaliation . The MX, in theory, would
make our military equal to the U.SSR .'s
and thereby create the superpower parity
and proper cI imate for an arms control
treaty .
I n his televised speech last week,
Reagan provided charts designed to show
a 2O-year trend in which the Soviet Union
failed to mention that in the past few
years we have spent more than $1 million
per aircraft to upgrade the electroni c
capabilities of the craft, and another $359
million to fit the B-52 fleet with rotary
launchers for short-range missile attack
Another $597 million has been allocated
this year to further modernize theB-52
:~ fleet. In addition, Reagan didn't bother
" mentioning that the Pentagon is still funding research for the ' sophisticated B-1
bomber, and the radar-evading Stealth
plane.
Central to Reagan's argument was a
comparison of defense spending between
the superpowers, A chart showed Soviet
defense spending steadily increasing for
the past 20 years, surpaSSing US expendi tures and indicating a cause for alarm
What Reagan didn't explain was how thi s
existential equation was arrived at.
All estimates of the Soviet milit ary
budget are ~alculated in US . dollars ,
under the scenario of a free enterprISe
system. This method seems certal r. tl '
has grown militarily superior to the U.S
seriously distort the Soviet force . lh,'
However, the charts only exhibited a
costs of producing Soviet weapons ar;>
portion of the U.S . arsenal , and further
judged by what a private American ( om
exposed the superficial propaganda of the
pony,
funding Its own resea rch and
military's justification for the MX.
development
, and employing union labor
The U.S.S.R. does have more land-bd~ed
would
charge
to make eac h piece ot
missiles (1,398) than the U.s, (1,051 ) il'
equipment.
Reagan's chart indicated . But it was th"
Cranted, actual Soviet costs would bt
same disparity that Reagan used to lustlfy
difficult
to obtain . However, a comp" fl S' JIl
construction of 572 Pershing II and landwhICh
projects
free enterpri se CO;I'> on d
based Cruise missiles which are already
forced
productton
economy ca nllot be
scheduled for deployment in Europe npxt
considered
valid,
and
<l1ould not be uSt'd
year He also fai led to mention that the
The
International
In<titutt'
for Strategic
US Navy is considered far superior to
Studies (ItSS) in London notes, " estimat·
the U.S.S.R .'s and possesses more thdn
Ing how mu ch it would cos t to produce
three times as many nuclear warheads as
and man the eqUivalent of the Soviet
the Soviet naval force. Reagan cO'1tinuro
defen se in the U.S.A. tend s to overstate
to downplay the power of the Amerr can
the Soviet defense eliort. "
military machine when he referred to the
I'urthermore, the Defense Dep,lrtn1f'llt
main stay of the U.S. air defense, the
,Is,umes that Sovi('t military ;dlarre< ,1If"
B.. 52 bomber, as "older than some of the
comparable to those in the U.S In 1Y ~ .
piloh that fly them ." True, but again he
according to the army's Handbook on
Soviel Ground r orces (FM 3(}40). d Sm it'l
soldier was paid only $') a month as J
private. That ligure has ri se n tOddy to
low rubles, the equivalent of $640.
American base pay, however, is $500
can bet that school is nol going t'o
I){-'r
month . The Soviet army" mu ch
denounce ASARCO and extol the damaglarger
than the U .S. f('fce, so it i< nu
ing effects of acid rain At Evergreen, we
small
miracle
that ea ch time the L'O)
have no such loyalties to corporations or
institutes
pay
raises
th" Soviet defell'('
the government. Therefore, we must take
budget
skyrockets.
To
assign the Smwl
the opportunity to do public interest
soldier
an
eqUivalent
Pdy
IS bOlh deil berresearch and be a voice for the people of
and
flagrantly
mi
sleadin
g
.!Iely
Washington State.
US
military
establi
shmpnt
IS in The
While we sit around and worry about
lentionally
manipulating
statistl(
"
to
what to take next term, some powerful
lustify
construction
of
new
weaDun,
!'he
interests are lobbying for their right to
MX
is another example of the Ppn ,<,,,, , \
profit at the expense of a polluted encon-game of selling unneeded in,,, , rln •• '
vironment. The irresponsible actions of
10 the American public As Congre .
corporations and the government today
reviews
the MX proposal this Wl't''' . \\'
are adversely affecting the environment
must
encourage
our representat ,\,p, 'c.
we must work in tomorrow. It is our right
reject
it.
If
the
MX
is needed to ""'"".1 "
to inherit a healthy ecosystem but, that
an arms treaty , the statistics d~ '1, ,! . " d·.1
will only occur if we act to save it now
it. Reagan 's charts make a mocker" ' )Y
Apathy runs rampant on the Evergreen
of superpower panty and bring to qu,"
campus. Students don't even seem to CMe
tion his commrtment to arms control
about curriculum, policy or budget
As "a bargaining chip" for pea ce, tht'
changes; very few students get involved
MX
is a dangerous card to hold. Its con·
with the various governance boards on
st
ruction
could significantly up the ante
campus. It is sometimes hard to care
in
a
global
arms race . If it's " only the
about changes in future policy which w:ll
thought
that
counts," perhaps Mr. Reagan
affect the school long after we're gone.
should reconsider the odds . For, as anv
But the changes in environmental policy
gambling fool knows , the greatest skill at
now will have a direct effect on our
cards is knowing what to discard .
physical and emotional well-being for the
rest of our lives.
education, but what good is it if we are
Education can be thought of as an
all slowly but surely being poisoned by
investment. We are paying now to secure
the air and water around us . Our society
a stable future in the work world . Al: an only be as healthy as the environthough it is important to make the most
ment we live in .
of your investment in college, it is just as
It is vital that we be concerned now
important to be concerned about the
and act by getting on the backs of irrefuture - and that includes the environ- .
sponsible corporations and their lackey
ment we must live and eventually work i~ .
government agencies. 'Our days are numBeing a college student is a temporary
bered in a toxic environment. Let's put
stage in this game of life, while being a
our education to work now so we can
citizen is our number one role, Think
about it, We may be getting an excellent
inherit a healthy, liveable ecosystem,
College Life Is Only Temporary
Ill<' 'Iudy not only underestimates con,prvdllOIl dlld alternative (to WPPSS)
n'" " I" "' , bUI tht' consultant's subtle
semdlltll' giw that whole potential area
neg,II IV(' ,annotations as a development
oplion
Th( , consultalll saw resource groups as
(ollsisllllg of Ihree "packages " The prefprred lhll'kage is described in optio') C:
(WI'I'<'S 1. and 3) are brought on line as
Slh"dult'd dnd additional alternative
r(' sou" I '" are added as necessary. The
eOIl,ull,Hlt'S next preferable "resource
pack"g' " r('ads as option B: (WPPSS 2) is
broughl 0 11 line as sc heduled and addiIH1I1,1 1 dltt'rnative resources are added as
nl'("",1I\ . You might think the third
Oplll>l1 rt'ads Alternative resources added
,IS 11,'( (-"Sdry . Instead, the consultants
Dense Pack: Those Boys At The Pentagon
by Erin Kenny
hav~ as " Option A :
(WPPSS 2 nor
WPPSS 3) is an available resource. This
alternative resource package (by its nature
more diverse than the nuclear option)
comes out sounding like an empty box.
WPPSS strategy makers have been preparing for a bond election for months
now . A group of large industrial customers, lawyers, consultants and investors,
met over the summer to discuss possible
plans of ac tion . Seattle Lawyer Eric Redman transcribed a rough record of the
proceedings and circulated it internally,
The memo, which was leaked to the
press in October, contains one reference
to the cost-effectiveness study. Denni s
Bracy of Kaiser Aluminum (a large volume
electri city user) is quoted by Redman as
saying: "Ther!" is already a problem with
the cost-effectiveness study. It's been
delayed and is being re-written. If it
comes out wrong that could kill us in any
(bond election) campaign . So could a
" right" study that lacks credibility "
One can only guess at what the problems were with the original study, It might
be that it was coming out "wrong" to use
Bracy's terminology. At any rate, the
preliminary cost-effectiveness study has
come out "right. " What we face now, are
questions of accuracy and credibility.
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It is vital that ,students be concerned
about pollution in Washington State,
Although the pollution problem might not
seem important to us now, our time at
Evergreen is temporary, while the environment we live and work in is permanent.
The Evergreen campus is by no means
immune to the pollution problem, What
happens in Washington, D.C., where
policy is made, can influence the air and
water quality on our campus, This problem stems from the fact that pollution
does not acknowledge regional or even
national boundaries, Olympia is subject to
acid rain from the emissions of a coalburning plant in Centralia because the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
has not ordered the plant to install
smokestack scrubbers which would greatly
reduce pollution .
Although some students may not care
about acid rain or toxic chemical pollution, it could very well be having a direct
effect on us. Acid rain, which can erode-metal water pipes, or eating polluted fish
could be two sources of our heavy metal
ingestion. It is known that many heavy
metals have the potential to induce
lethargy, memory lapses and irritability,
along with physical damage. In this way,
pollution could be influenCing our state
of mind (not to mention our studies)
without us even suspecting. And this is
only one token example of the pollution
we ingest every day.
The biggest problem with pollution is
the potentially dangerous long-term
effects, which are impossible to foresee,
What is the long term' effect of eating
radioactive
mercury-tainted fish or
Advprtise In the
oysters? And what is the long term effect
of high arsenic levels in children'S blood?
Is it just coincidence that cancer has risen
as steadily as our environmental pollution?
How much do we need to know before
anyone source of pollution is halted? We
know the long term effects of acid rain
include reduced food yields, stunted
forest growth and dead lakes. Although
acid rain in the Northwest was first publi cized in 1974, three weeks ago articles
appeared in local papers Citing the
Cascades as a potential area subject to
acid rain, And everyone acted like this
news was surprising. Of course, acid rain
has been affecting the Cascades for many
years, but it seems that no one wants to
take it seriously unti I some physical
damage is obvious.
Unfortunately, the situation is the same
when it comes to the public health.
Hazards are ignored until actual physical
damage is apparent. Emotional and
mental well-being are not calculated . And
even where physical health is endangered,
powerful corporations can persuade government agencies that more research is
needed to demonstrate a link between
pollution and ill health, Or the industries
claim that the waste is a necessary byproduct of production and therefore
inevitable. In either case, the public will
is not taken into consideration .
Evergreen is a unique institution because students can study topics of their
choice, and not those influenced by
research grants. At many colleges, these
grants are supplied by major corporations
or the military and viewed as an investment. If the American Smelting and
Refining Co, (ASARCO) were to supply
research money to a certain school, you
C PJ
WHY?
Becau~c weill like you,
,m d \ ou'll like u., .
Think ,lbout our
. +000 l ir( ui.1Iion:
The (n'rgrel'n campus,
.. I ,lll' "Hi( l' builciing<"
,1Ild the Oh mpia ,m',l.
Dec, 3, 1962 The Cooper Point Joumal pace 7
Veteran Comic Ajaye Struts His Stuff
Shoal water J.O.B.S.: Grassroots Politics
r
BY Cheryl Wilkie
.
Daily life for most of us is full of small
pleasures and lacking in great meaning.
Few of us feel· that what we do during a
normal day has any effect on the great
political issues of our time. It so happens
that perhaps the greatest political debate
of our time c.enters on this very issue:
participation
As the supply-side theorists demonstrate
that the only recovery their tracts are
likely to produce is a boom for papershrE'dder manufacturers, new ground for
debate over solutions to this country's
economic crisis is opening up. The central
theme is increased government intervention in the economy. On this both the
Right and the Left agree. The political
issue is : intervention on whose behalf,
under whose control ?
IVhile Republicans and many liberals
continuE' to spar on the worn-Dut turf of
1. 1i ,sE'z· taire vs. welfare ," conservativf'
Democrats, under the leadership of New
) o rk investment banker Felix Rohatyn, are
d raitll1 g d new program of coporatism .
1 heir sc enario depicts economic plannl 19
bv a coalit ion of big business, govern-
ment, and labor, with a higher level of
business-government partnership. Public
funds and political power would be used
increasingly to aid private in vestment and
ensure corporate profits. This would prov ide an Incentive for coporate participation in centra l planning to rescue American capita lism from the most blatant
irrationalities of private decision-making.
Opponents voice concern that this topdown approach would not only mean
more austerity for working people, but
also would fundamentally endanger ""hat
democracy Americans still enjoy, John
Buell, in The Progressive (July 1982; p. 24)
points out that "the common thrust in
these efforts is to 'insulate' the emerg ing
planning mechanisms from political-that
.is, popular democratic - pressures." In
other words, Rohatyn's group would
st rongly prefer it if you and I would
immerse ourselves in those sma ll pleasures
of daily life and let them take care of
business.
Unti l recently, it was likely that the
peop le of Raymond would have done just
that. In this mill town on Washington's
southwest coast , the phrase " let George
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Mexico
My shoes darkened as I walked the dusty
streets.
The sidewalks
clustered with cans and bottles and paper,
blowing freely .
I came upon a young woman,
she sal ,
indian sty le
on th e cu rb .
Her child.
lay ing asleep,
dirty
beSIde her.
Her eyes pleaded to me as her sweaty hands
reached out.
I turned away ,
I kept my pace.
unt il
I came acros s a boy ,
do it" means more than just an aphorism
for personal non-involvement. For most of
this century, Georg€ Weyerhaeuser's company has been the largest landowner in
Pacific County, the almost exclusive
provider of jobs, and the omnipresent
backdrop for loca l politics Generations of
woodworkers have learned how to fish
and hunt to tide them over t hos~ seasons
when the mill would shut down. But they
always knew they'd have a job when the
mill reopened.
This belief is now severely shaken. In
the past two years, Weyerhaeuser has
closed and dismantled its cedar shake mill
and shut down its main sawmill. As it
built its new computerized small log sawmi II over a period of 18 months the 220
mill workers and their families r~ached
desperation as their unemployment benefits ran out. Automation permanent ly displaced 75 of them . Since the mill started
back up, market conditions have caused
repeated temporary curtai Iments. Unemployment, alcoholism, and domestic proDlems are ep idem ic.
For the people of Raymond, it is becoming harder to go on with " daily life as
usual" and ignore their lack of control
over the forces that shape the ir lives .
Even though few are aware of the econom ic planning debate occurring nationally, the local situation has created the
cond iti on s for an experiment in economi c
democracy that cou ld seriously cha ll enge
Rohatyn's corporatist strategy if undertaken in towns throughout the country. In
Raymond , a sma ll group of people have
respondE'd to their econom ic crisis by
loining together to develop economic
alternatives from the bottom-up - alternatives created and controll ed by the people
who have the needs.
crouched
along a brick wall .
He hetd a piece of paper and in an ape like
Callin g their community organi zation
"Shoalwater I.O .B.S., " these grassroots
people, many of whom are unemployed,
have progressed through several stages,
from identifying possible JOD-creating and
self-help projf'cts to evaluating these and
selecting priority ideas for research and
implementation . As a resu lt, after just a
few months, two committees are research-
fashion exami ned i t.
Before long he had eaten it and with hi s eyes
focused on me
he laughed,
hysterically.
I turned away.
I kep t my pace
but only for a whi le
;:; t l,dents t: o unt d own to end of Quar1 er
p~
lie by N,el f.er
Because my shoes were so worn that my feet
were sore
ing the feasibility of starting a furniture
factory and a firewood cooperative, both
of which would make use of local ski ll s
and resources . Another committee is
organ izing a community skills exchange,
to meet needs and put loca l talents to
work without .the requirement of cash .
The most significant fact about Shoalwater J.O.B.S. is that people in Raymond
who have never sat on a corporate board
or held political office are taking the
problem of jobs into their own hands.
What gives life and momentum to the
group's efforts is the participatory, collective way in which decisions are made.
Project Coordinators Don Comstock and
Cheryl Wilkie, together with TESC interns
Suzanne Egan and Heather Henter, carefully design each weekly meeting so that
participants can create their own knowledge and use it in their own interest.
There are no demagogues or propagandists
in this organization . People are encouraged to think for themselves and make
their own opinion heard. For some, this is
the f irst time any organization has sought
out their opinion . For many, unused
talents are now being exercisE'd.
Members' hopes for a new self·respect
within a supportive community are as
st rong as their desires for a job, because,
besicles material security, this is the root
of the jobs issue : the human yearning to
be valued by one's fellow human beings
for one's contribution to society. One sign
of growing so lid arit y is the potluck being
planned to hammer out the organ ization's
statement of purpose.
But this is on ly the beginning. Assuming
that participants in Raymond's new econ·
omic development experiment do manage
to start their sk ill s exchange and a
business or two, their cha ll enge wi II not
end t here. They will have learned and
grown enough to then go on and help
ot hers ini tiate the same effort. And the
ob,tacles and cha ll enges they encounter
from the "top-downers" will push them 10
a consciou sness of the larger political
iS5uf' in their experiment : who should
participate in economic planning l
I
I
I
I'
I
II may turn out that grassroots contro l
over econom ic dec isions is the only solution to this cou ntry's crisis . Even so, we
will have to struggle to prove it
by Eric Brinker
After seeing the Franklyn Ajaye show
Tuesday night, I believe it's going to be
a while before my sides stop aching. The
good-sized crowd was treated to an
evening of laughter by two radically different comedians, Evergreen grad Geoff
Young, and veteran performer Franklyn
Ajaye . Though their styles were very
different, both succeeded in winning over
the audience.
Geoff Young combines off-the-wall
absurdity with a more traditional style of
comedy like that of John(ly Carson . Being
a Greener helped him win over the audi ence. Evergreen was the sou rce of some
of his most inspired humor, recalling
programs like "From Mao to Mushrooms,"
and being on a strict vegetarian diet : " I
got tired of cleaning my teeth with a
weedeater. " Young's drinking and driving
routine was hilarious : " I have this proDlem with police you know, they don't
know who I am." No doubt the people
involved with MADD will be cry ing for his
head in the near future. At any rate, thi s
guy is very funny, be watching for him at
the Imperial Palace restaurant.
After a brief intermission, Franklyn
Ajaye came out and did hi s thing. The
contrast between the two comedians was
startling. While Geoff Young's style is
wild and energetic, Ajaye is relaxed and
in control. He started out with a few jokes
about his height and getting older: "You
feel young, you think young, but your
knees hurt." The highlights of his act consistedof schoolday memories, regionally
oriented humor, and the striking Similarity
between the TV shows "Big Valley" and
"Bonanza," He was amazed at how Lorne
Greene hasn't aged: "He must be eating
that Alpo, you know, got a shiny coat."
Ajaye did a few jokes about Olympia:
" It's the capitol, I just found that out
today . . . The governor must have wanted
to be close to the beer." My favorite
routine was the about the Supersonics:
"Gus moves so fast he ran out from under
his hair." It was great and very well
received. He had a few people yelling
things at him, but he took it in his casual
stride. There was no mistake about who
was in control. He seemed very pleased
when we talked with him after the show.
The CPI would like to thank the shows
producer, Jim Guilfoil, and Mr. Ajaye
himself for allowing us to talk with him.
CPI : How did you become a comE'dian l
routine that I can on ly use here in Seattle.
But I can use my Seattle-in-the-rain.routine
arou nd the cou ntry. 1 can on Iy use the
Sonics one here, it fits in so nice and I do
like the Sonics. Too bad they' re in the
Pacific Division. I t's too tough a division,
man l
Was it ju st something fun to dOl
A;aye: No, it was hard. I really disliked
it for a long time, but I felt I had to do it.
CPI: Do you feel more at home with a
When I quit law school I didn' t know
co ll ege crowd, or do you like working in
w hat else I wanted to do. Not that I
. clubs better l
wanted to be a comed ian, but I knew I
A;aye: Well , I enjoYf'd tonight's college
had to do something and I knew I had a
crowd , and I had been beginning to
talent for it. I didn't really have a desire
wonder if I was getting too old to do
to get up in front of strangers though, so
co l leges. Sometimes I've been to a coup le
I always had to battle that. But I felt I
of colleges and I fell that I was too old .
had to make a living, sta rt trying to do
Tonight I didn't , dnd I didn 't know if it
something. I don't want to go back to
was me or the studl'llts, or whf'ther I was
schoo l ever, I kinda made that type of
just lOS ing tou c h, so I liked it. It is a
decision . I couldn 't see myself in a nine
question . I don 't know how lon g vou Ciln
to five job and I said well , maybe you can
do colleges . I would like 10 do some mo« '
do this . My dream at the time was : if you
Ihough , for awhil e. I think it's f'aSler thaI'
get lucky, in five years you'll be rich and
a club, because you know, I golla worh.
you can quit . That's what I thought at the
four nights now al Ihi s club , two show, "
time. I knew I was funny though , I had
night . A coll ege is ju st o ne show, one
too many people tell me that.
night. You can always do one good show.
CPI: Aside from Richard Pryor, who
Sometimes when I'm fef'ling bad, I 'd\' . al l
else would you say has influenced your
you have to do is one show , You know , I
humor l
can always get myself togt'lher for on.,
A;aye: I like Bill Cosby a lot. I liked
show.
him when he first started, and then went
CPl' What about movies, would you
through a time where I think I liked Pryor
li kf' to make a career out of that l
a lot more, I like the way Bill Cosby stays
A;aye : Oh yeah, I like movies l You
fresh, and I think now I'm more of a story
know, I did Carwash and The Ia n Smgl'r.
teller than I used to be, I think he's one
I've liked every movie I've workpd In , I
of the best at telling a long story, so I
enjoyed it. I like thf' camaradf'ri p number
feel I'm evolving that way, at least in
one, of having people around . I lik.· thE'
becoming a storyteller, and I've always
f an that you can do it over and owr.
admired the way he tells stories. Robert
That really takes a lot at the prpWJrp off,
Klein had some influence on me for years .
it's fun, it's playacting. So I do likl' thf'm.
There were years when he and Richard
I ff'('l , and I think f'Vf'ry actor will Ipll
Pryor were my favorites when I was just startyou, that every time you finish onp you
ing out, because he was bright. I think I
think you're never goin g to work ilgain ,
liked him 'cause he had that college type
of humor. I related to that, so I liked his
approach. All three of them are very
spontaneous comedians, so if you noticed,
that's the influence I got, just that type of
relaxed delivery.
CPI: You' seemed really spontaneous.
That Sonic routine, was that something
you just made up?
A;aye: No, I've done that. I developed
that one time when I was up here in
Seattle and now its become a regular
Fr.rtn k lt n A jaye Wi th ou t hi S h awa IIan s n rrt
r-rlO ~ O
b ,;, He :H
Ihd!" nf) 1I1,,'pr wh a l ' 1,,1I " I work
,<>u vp don" '>() , ,I lot of It " !)ut 0 1 .our
1t,11I(k You
g( ' In ,Inel rp.td for ' '' ''''\'Ihing dnd you do " good rt'adil1~ , nt H ,"
dun 'l look li kp th., way th,'\ v" " .II" t'
jJdr!, or you 're 100 young , " r \'Olt r, ' "
old somf't imE's. You kno,", . 1'(lu' ll ~ h "
,III and it will bE' vallel for whal Ih,'\ ,.
v"llcl li ling and you w ,ll~ o ut ano U l .
"H('v boy . no control hpr" OVf'r 111\ ' " I
No (onlrol That kind 0 1 gt'l s 10 Va ll ,ill ,'
,Iwhi lt' So al l I want to do" control Il l '.
1IIt'd Itttle bf'tler
If YOll misSl'd AJdYf' , vr ··, , ,,11 st ill (,1 ! P
him in <;",1111(' ,11 Sw,mn,, ·, II '. I'ionepr
Squart'
,1I1e1
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SCHWINN SALE
and I had to ' sit.
I came to a park .
I sat on It's broken bench
Next to me
an elderly wom an .
toothtess and barefoot
stood .
sorting garbage.
She smiled at me and I want ed to smile back but
Whattotake
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Arts & Events·..·.....·..··..···..····t~!
John Foster On Olympia's Music Scene
b y David Gaff
John Foster has been described as a
walking encyclopedia of obscure musical
knowledge He came to Olympia in 1974,
and 'S ince then he has become a major
exponent of the do-it-yourself philosophy
put forward by the punk rock movement
of 1976. Besides being a singer, Foster has
been a di sc jockey and music director for
KAOS. He has recorded on a label he
helped form , Mr. Brown Records and
Tapes, and he has established himself as
an ardent spokesperson for independent
music through the internationally known
magazin e OP (available at the bookstore)
and other publi cations he has written for.
I had the op portunity to intervi ew John
Foster last Frid ay, and what foll ows i s the
text of t hat in terv iew.
CPl' When d id you come to O lympi a,
and why!
Foster. I ca me in 1974, in the fa ll. I
came here just because I had a f ri end
who li""c'd and went to sc hool here, and I
wa, 18, dnd I wanted to do something
different
CPI What i,' 0"., circu lation now, " nd
what did it bpgin w it h!
Foster: It's hard to say. We pri nt 6000.
When we started the alphabetical project,
we printed 4000, but that was way too
many at the time . I have no idea how
many people read it. Somewhere over
10,00).
CPI: Where is it distributed now?
Foster: It is distributed now?
Foster: It is distributed haphazardly
everywhere, not behind the Iron Curtain
or anything, but there are some weird
copies in Australia and Japan, and Europe,
and then all over the United States.
Except North Dakota, really it doesn't get
there at all.
CPj : North Dakota? Are you hoping to
get North Dakota soon?
Foster: Oh, yeah W ell, actually, we
mi ght get a few copi es into North Dak ota .
CPj : Why did you start doing thi s
m assive project ?
Fos ter .' I was n't so consc ious about it
at first.
CPI : It was ju st something to dOl
Fos ter : I reall y wasn't very consc ious of
it. I hadn't even gotten to thi s stage where
I rea ll y thought I wa nted to do it. I guess
I'm just sort of pro ject oriented, and I had
not hing else goin g on at the t ime, so I
'tart ed i t t hen Later of course, I rea li zed
it should have been started all along,
What it came out of was my work at
KAOS, finding out that there were literally
thousands of independent labels and '
unknown artists that one never reads
about anywhere or hears on the radio.
Except, of course, on KAOS and a few
other good stations .
CPj : So when did you actually begin
thinking about that, and when did you
start actually doing it?
Foster: I was working in a record shop
in Brooklyn as a part of an internship. I
guess it was 77, late 77, or maybe early
1978. Maybe 76.
cpr Well, is that when you just got the
idea to do a magazine?
Foster : I guess what it really came out
of was a need to communicate with more
peopl e like myself, who didn't -ealize
they had a voi ce. Probably it partly came
out of my own frustrati on at not bei ng
abl e to do w hat I really want to do, whi ch
is to be a rock st ar. But I had no idea
how to go about that, and at least I had a
little idea of how I could do a magazine,
CPI : So yo u're not t he fru strated criti c,
are you l
Fos ter : I get more f rustrated every day.
Whf'n you say " f rustrated crit ic," you
Olympia: Northwest Music Hotspot
Who \\(llii d Iwlipvp I h,ll O lympl d i., it
mdlor (,'n tpr In rh" Northwest for record,
and tdp",1 Nobodyl rhin k again In tht'
laq two \ ,'a" , O lyn1pl<1 hd> prove'n it,p l f
to Iw th, «('I1(el for nl'W mU,lc In th"
Norlh,, "'1 Milny groups from O lympia
havf' WI <Jrri eri L'pes on t heir own Many
01hf'r ()I, mpl" ba nds h<lve b0f'n recorded
w it h MI Hrown record, dnd t.l pes. M r.
Hrown . " hi( h develorf'd oul of th,.. Lo,t
Mu", Nptwork , an O lym pi a organi zat ion
con lbl fl ing Olympia', two Intern ationall y
known ind. 'pf'nd('nt m~) s i ( magaz ines OP
and ~uh Pop . h", also been able to reran I
m.my ""al l lf', Portl and , ami other regional
dno n"llr)/l,l l ba nds.
,\1an\ h<l rlds from O lymp ia are hard 10
li 5!e ll 10 dnd ilppreliak dt l irst . A li stener
mu<;t h, · I,dt 1('111 w i t h t hI' ,ou no of many
lor al !),md" a, it'w 01 tiwill have talentl't!
V'. )( ,ll"ts and IllO,t do not ('ven have
, ,i"r1tf·d lllu, ill.lIlY How('ver, if li sten£'"
'... " ~Pt past t hese two ob,aac les, then
d ~ ,', ..... ili be trea ted to' many imagin atll'('
and, ,dd iy exc itin g songs
i !le best ta pe from O lympia is t he
, ou I1dt rack to Cai ro ', Rid(' , described in
AiN)lu lt' Elsewhere (a lolPf' featurin g
Olvillpia and Seat tl e 1m" " iam ) as "a
Hilled psyc ho-oramatlc Ill v, ti c bitter
upera." This d isappoin ting lv , hort 30Illlllllte casst'tte is in Illy top ten o f th e
" "dis best re leases . Ca' ff .", Ride was
'M ltten by ps. O'Neill , who used to be in
'he great O ly ba nd known as the W estsid,
Lockers. O lymp ia keyboard vi rtuoso, Stev! ·
Fisk, prod uced th is casse tte and p layed
keyboards on it. Individua l musicians are
unli sted . The music is performed by The
Chai ns of Hell Orchestra, whoever t hey
are. PS. O'Nei ll shows that he is, along
most talented and
prof ..,,,onal O lympi a musicians in new
1m"" I he lyric" sin ging, music, and
"wn di,rl ogul' are fl aw less . Individual
'ongs illl Iud .. : "Cil iro"> Ride," "Generatlom Paq " (beq song on the tape, a good
Ill'ixturp of the M oody Blu es and the
Doo,, ), "Noc tunal Destin y," and " Ball ad
of Cairo." The onl y t hing left unsaid is
thil t if PS O'Neill continues w riting grea t
mu sic and ,ou ndtracks like Ca iro'S Ride,
thpn Vil ng",lli s w ill he out of hi s jQb as
"""1cJ l rac k compoSt'r f'x traord in aire.
lumbo b 'n is on(' of the most immed i.tl .. lv li stendble and likea bl e bands in
O I\'lllpi " Their lyrics are incredibl y imagIn.ltlV!-' and vivid, and their mu sic is better
t h,1Il t hat of I hf' average O ly band . Songs
illl ill de: " I urI'," " Dead End Zone," "SelfContoli nro Motor Home" (best so ng o n
th., t,lll"')' and " Husin ess First, Pleas ure
S('( ono ." Tim is one of the two bes t tapes
frolll O lympi d, and should be bought by
all mu sic-Iov in", O lvmpi ans
M illi ons of Bugs (defun ct ) have the
most danc(,db le music on ta pe of any
O IYlllpia band . Thi s power trio in clud('d
Pip McCaslin , voca ls, bass and so ngwrit er;
lorg' , Montoya, guitar and voca ls; and
Greg Ces pedes, drums. Mill ions of Bugs
have a very full sound for only three
pt'opl e The rin ging guitar is especially
rei res hing after li stening to the mo re
art is ti c O lym pia tapes like Dub Communique II and Absolute Elsewh ere. If
YOLI like onl y seri ous sounds, then you
pr(lba bl y won't like Millions o f Bugs. If
YOll are look ing for a good dance tape,
then Bug You mi ght be a good choi ce.
Songs on Bug Yo u in clude : "Get Your Feet
O ff the Tabl e," ''I'm Your Appli ance,"
"Some Originals," "Be Po li te," and " Love
Me Lydia "
Absolute Elsewhere, another Mr. Brown
release, is mu ch better than Dub Com-
Holiday Gifts!
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Complete Grocery Line
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Open Da il y 10-7, Rogers & Bowm an Str
muniquf' I/. Highli ghts on side one inclu de " Fl ying in an A irplane" by Tin y
Holes, and "Say It Isn't So" and "Cand y
Store" by John Fos ter's Pop Phil oso phers
All t hree of th ese songs mi ght be irritable
to thf' average li stener when first heard ,
but ii give n a chance, they will turn out
to h(' great treas ures. This w ill be accompli ' hed easil y if you can adjust yourself
to the voca ls. Th e W es tside Lockers
(ontri bute two more jewels with "No
-, ime" and " Passenger. " Sea ttle's Beakers
dlso contribute a fine song in "Funkytown ." Side two is worse than side one,
but two good so ngs from Steve Fi sk
("Answerin g M achine") and p.s. O'Neill
("So Far" ) at least make it worth li stening
to. Seattl e's Little Bears From Bangkok
also appea r tw ice, but are overshadowed
by Fisk and O'Neill.
Sub Po p 5 and 7 contain many Northwest bands, but t he entire country is
represented as well. The best song on
Sub Pop 5 by far is by Portland's PI'li
Mell ("Spy vs. Spy" ) Thi s is the best
in strumental group around. Check out
their LP, Rhyming Guitars, if you like " Spy
vs. Spy." Local arti sts that stand out are
Steve Fisk ("Di gital Al arm" ). Vi sibl e
Target s (" Ju st for Money" ). and Beakers
("What' s Important" ). Jad Fair appears
wi th one of hi s patented obtuse compositi ons. Jad Fair is so splendidly strange,
that one wonders if he indeed is from
Earth . Kansas al so contributes two good
power pop bands, Get Smart and
Embarra ssment.
Sub Pop 7's best features are Northwest
arti sts Tw in Di et, Rocking Fellow, Pell
M e II , Neo Boys, and of course, P.S.
O'Neill. O th er fea tures are pop groups
Vi brant Fiasco from Aurora, Illino is; Jason
and th e Nas hville Sorcerors; Angst, from
San Franci sco; and A New Personality,
from Tampa, Fl orida.
Anyone who still does n't think th at
Olympi a is important in new music and
recording should know t hat these are
most, but not all , o f t he record s and tapes
avail abl e f rom O lympi a.
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Friday
sound as someone who does reviews
rather than does music. No,
(Pj : Well, it just sounds so cliche. You
know, the frustrated critic who always
wants to start a band, but there is always
something that holds him up,
Foster : I don't really believe in that
cli che. As far as I know, a lot of reviewers
play music. I'm in bands, and it's really
just that people have a need to express
themselves in one way or another. A lot
of creative types tend to think that their
taste is worth everybody knowing about.
CPj : Well, how did you get to actually
producing the first issue, the first major
one?
Foster : The first major one. Well , it
was . . . gee, I don't knoyv . I guess I knew
that it needed to be more than a program
guide insert, and I had some money
stored away, so I ju st did it But it came
out of thi s whole thing where I was working with friends who taught me how to do
layout.
Girl City presents "Otymplc Chic," a lestlve .nd
lIasty show ollashlon. by nine Otympla designers and artists. This lashton performance
Includes live music, commentary and cookies .
Girl City , 210'h 4th Avenue, December 3 and 4 at
8 p.m. Tickets are $2 at the door.
The Olympia Chorale and Light Opera presents
Gitbert and Sullivan'S musical comedy "The
Mikado" in the Abbey Playhouse at St . Manlns
Colle(le in Lacey, December 3 and 4 at 8 p.m.
Characters tn Concert, an even ing 01 sotos and
duets presented by Joanne Petrolf and Krista
Gemmell Harris will include dances ranging from
delightful to rellectlve. At the Co-Motion Dance
StudiO, 2320 First Ave . In Seattle, December 3, 4,
and 5 al 8 p.m. Admission will be $4.
Sco",
Sunday
The M.sterwo.. En.emble will perfonn selected
carols from the "Oxford Book 01 Carols" in a
Christmas season performance on December 5, at
The Lutheran Church 01 The Good Shephard ,
1601 North Street. Tickets are $4 general, $2
seniors and students, Available at The Bookmark,
Pat's Bookery, Yenney's and at the door.
CPI : What do you intend to do in the
future? You do keep sayin g that the "z"
issue is it.
Fos ter : Yeah.
CP)· Do you have any idea if you're
goin g to give that to somebody else?
Foster : Well , there won' t be an OP anymore, There will be something lik e Th e
Independent Music Review, or somethin g
like that, and I will be help ing w hoever
takes t hat over.
CPI : Who will f ill w hat you've been
doin g l
Til t h celebrat es publi c ation of
The Future Is Abundant
Recep t io n -Saturday December 11 2-5 P.M .
AT HOME mITH BOOKS
Off Hour: A Musical Exhibition featuring original compositions by Evergreen studenl s Giles
Arendt and Kenan Kelley , December 9 in Ihe
Communications Bldg. Recital Hall al 12:15 p.m.
and 8 p',m . Admi ssion is free.
Dance to Kutamba (formerl y the Marane
Marimba Ensemble) on December 10 from 9 p.m.
10 I a.m. in Lounge 4300 of the Evans Library at
The Evergreen State College. Tickets are $4 and
trP.e refreshmen ts will be served .
Olympia Is in for a rare musical treat when the positive vibrations of the Rastafarians come to town,
Monday, Dec, 6, While predominantly Jamaicans, the Rastafarians are currently based in Santa
. They are the most "roots," and probably most talented exponents of Jah Music in Babylon .
IWlhelher they appeal to you with their mesmerizing rhythms, or the social and politicat truths the lyrics
, or the deep vein of Rastafarian spirituality runn ing through the music ano hearts of these
seven superb musicians - even if the vibrations merely trigger an Instinctive reaction to dance DanceDANCE - you owe it to yourself to see them . The doors at Astairs, in downtown Olympia, will open at
p.m. , Monday , Dec. 6, and the music will st.art at 7 p.m. Olympia's own Heliotroupe will open Ihe
show . Tickets at Rainy Day Records, and downtown at the new (and excellent! ) Smithfield Cafe,
' between the Rainbow and Childhood's End . One Love!
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toward publication of educational matenals ano
purchase of tools and seeds for the Garfield
Elementary Schoot Garden Project, a cooperative
learning effort by Evergreen students and Garfield
youngsters.
The Artists Co-op Gallery at 524 South Wash. ington, in downtown Olympia, will feature 011
painters Dorothy Weir and Etma Baason as Iheir
artists of the week, December 19 Ihru 25. Hours
of the gallery are 10 a.m. 10 5 p.m.. Monday
through Saturday.
seniors.
Coming Up
Award-wlnntng selections from the 17th Int.rnational Toumaa 01 Animation will be featured In
two evening programs Sunday, December 5 at 7
and 9 p,m. In the Recital Hall of the Communications Building at The Evergreen State College.
Proceeds from the $2 admission fee will go
Ticket. are now on sate for Seattle Opera's fullscale production of Giancarlo Menotti's enchanting Amahl and the Night Visitors . At the Seattle
Opera Singte Ticket Office, 1st Floor Seattle
Center House. Performances wltl start Friday,
December 17 at 7:30 p.m.
The Evergreen Expressions Performing Arts
Series wi ll conclude its fal l quaner 1982 season
with a 9O-minute program leaturing the talants 01
a two-actor team Irom the Oragon Shakespearean
Festival In Ashland, Tuesday , December 7, in the
Recital Hall ot the Communications Building at
The Evergreen State College. Tickets are $4
general , $3 seniors and students and are available
Enjoy traditional Jewish dance music and
homemade ethnic foods with the Mazel Tov
Ktumer Band, December 5, at 8 p,m. in the
Olympia Ballroom of The Hotet Otymplan, Tickets
at the door : $3,50 general, $2,50 students and
The Ani sts Co-Op Gallery at 524 South WaShington, will feat ure as Ihei r art isls of the week lor
December 11 -19, olt painter Ftorence Schwendiman and stained glass artist Jean Stam . Tne
Gallery hours are 10-5 Monday Ihru Saturoay
Continuing
November 27-December 4, The Ani sls Co-o p
Gallery, at 524 South Wash ington, in downtown
Olympia, will be featuring as their 8nlsts of the
weelt, olt painters Helen Taytor and Lois Bowen.
Hours of the Gallery are 10 a.m. 105 p.m., Monday through Satu rday.
The EverQreen Gall eries present an Evergreen
Faculty exhlbil Oct. 3D-December 5 The exh ibit
ontain s works in vari o us med Ia. Gal lery L
The YWCA AppleJam has the :C)', owing aC l s
.cheduled for December:
December 4-Magica l SIr:r,gs-$3
December 11 - Open M',e 8enelit- $2
December 18 - Rural De l 'very - $3
Applejam is at the YWCA . 220 Eas l Union.
)Iympia .
The Last Unicorn: Not An Adult Fantasy
Foster: Someone. Someone or some
organi zation
CPI : That's your goal l
FO.ster: No, not necessarily. I assume
th at someone will , and there are enough
obsess ives out t here that it will happen. I
mean, t here are people who try it now,
usually unsuccessfull y. You need someone
w ho's really obsess ive. Probably a good
sa lesperson.
CPI: So w hat are you going to do after
th atl Are you going to turn full time rock
star l
Foster : I don' t think th at w i ll be an
option open to me. Well , I don't really
know. I'll have an opportunity to flounder
around for a year or so. I'll think whether
I'll get into computers, or join the Peace
Corps, or kill myself, or something like
that.
CPj: How did Mr. Brown Records come
about, and who actually runs it?
Foster: No one runs it
CPj : No one ? But someone must have
started it.
Foster : Yeah , it started with Steve Fi sk
and M ark Smith (from Three Swimmers),
Jim Anderson , and me, Dana (Squires).
Peter (Randlett). and Dave (Rauh) . It was
just a loose collective, and as we got
further and furth er into it, people kept
dropping out, because it's a totally frustrating attempt to get your musi c pl ayed
anywhere, besides all the other problems
involved in it, like getting the pressing
plants to deliver records . .. and money.
CPI : Well , why did you switch from
record s to tapes? Was it ju st cheaper?
Foster : Sin ce we knew we couldn' t sell
records, we thought that tapes We could
Just do as the demand arose for them. So
far it's been very expensive, and almost
ju st as much o f a pai n as doing records.
But we've sold fewer of them because
t hey're tapes. So that makes it a lot easier.
CPI : Regarding OP, in the new one, it
say s something about a regional bias, do
you think t hat's the case at OP?
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continued on
Planlst/stngerl songwriterl raconteur Bob
Dorough brings his wi t and great songs 10 Jazz
Al ley . 41 35 Universil y Way N.E" Seattle, for two
weeks starting on Dece mber 7. Showiime IS
9 p. m. No Cover Charge.
Saturday
December 4-11, The Artists Co-Op Gallery, at
524 South Washington, In downtown Olympia,
will be featuring as their artists 01 the week, 011
painter Dorothy Curray and pastel artist, Vicki
Poetry Read ing : Hear the poems of Northwest
poet Stephen Jaech , Tuesday, December 7, at St.
Martins College in Lacey. The event is free from
8 10 9 p.m. in the Student Un ion Buil din g.
by Eric Brinker
A good animated fairy-tale fantasy
movie can reach a certaih level at whi ch
it appeal s to both children and adults.
Unfortunately, The Last Unicorn, a
Rankin-Bass production of the Peter S.
Beagle story, does not reach thi s peak.
Oddly enough, Beagle himself wrote the
screenplay, and even with the voices of
Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin
and a host of other fine actors, the movie
never seems to ri se above the Saturday
matinee level. Which is okay, I guess, but
considering the competition (E, T. , the
recently re-released Time Bandits, The
Man From Snowy River, and that's just
here in O lympia; in Seattle they've still
got Star Trek If and The Empire Strik es
Back ) one wonders why they didn't aim a
little higher.
Th e Last Unicorn is by far the best fu 11length animation feature Rankin-Bass has
yet produced . The last one I recall was a
terribl e adaptation of Tolkein's The
Hobbit a few years back. Indeed , the
movi e does try to reach adults with mu sic
composed by pop-meister limmy W ebb
and sung by those long forgotten purveyors o f mell ow " Ameri ca" (You remember these guys! " I n the desert you ca n't
remember your name, 'cos there ain't no
one tor to give you no name." Say w hat ?) .
The stolY's medieval setting might attrac t
some adu lts as will the myt hologica l
creatures like a Harpy and, of course,
Unicorns But the movi e fail s to capture
Vocal Trio Holds Benefit Concert
by Eric Brinker
Everything was going well for W e Three,
the folk trio of Kim Scanlon , Judith
Bodony-Johnson and Sara Favret . They'd
been writing all summer, recorded a tape
at Capitol City Studios, and had an extensive tour set for November, including
dates in the San Juan's and here at Evergreen. Then it was discovered that Sara
had nodes in her thro at. Lu ckily, they
weren't mal ignant, but sti II her voi ce
began to go hoarse. Subsequently, the
group had to cancel their tour, and sin ce
concerts help generate recording sales,
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John Foster On Olympia's Music Scene
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they've had to bear the brunt of the tape
costs.
It was first thought Sara would have an
operation and the nodes would be removed . She wouldn't have been able to
sing for five to six months. The three tried
to carry on, they began intensive voice
exercises and then, after a warning from
Jan Stentz, who had experi enced the same
problem, Sara dec ided not to have the
operation . In order for Sara's voi ce to
recover, she must take five to eight weeks
off to let it heal, three of which she must
spend completely silent. Since Sara must
continued from page 10
Foster : Yes, we like records from Mississippi better than anywhere, No, I
couldn't tell you . I've admitted that the
mu sic that I listen t o and enjoy the most
is by my friends, but that's always the
way it is. People that play music together
are going to enjoy their stuff the most,
because they know the people.
CPj: What about your own musi c and
.. -; - style?
,
Foster: One t hing, I'm not I ike many
. , " new wave" type singers. I actually do
.:.) _:,., "" . '1. sing, but I also fool .around when I sing. I
_' put a lot into it, whether it comes out or
~ , ~ __ ~;.. not, that's for you t o judge. I try to put
.'
~; my own non-musical type body into it.
It's very Ameri can sounding. A lot of
'5
.~_" good bands in Ameri ca, they either end
', !
up soundin g British, or they end up
sounding roots music, like the Blasters.
Not that I actu ally care for the Blasters,
but they are going for that real Ameri can
sound . I think that I sound kind of
modern, but no modern British, whi ch is
somethin g that a lot of people aren't used
to.
CPj : Who do you think you've helped
t hrough your magazine and KAOS?
Di stributors, just regular musicians, other
publi cati ons?
Foster : Indirectly the organi zation has
probabl y helped anyone who's willing to
get things out of it. In other words, there's
a lot of contacts that people can make if
t hey go and do it themse lves. It just
opens up avenues and access .
tuit her job to take time for a full cure,
Ne Three has organi zed a benefit concert
Ind square dance to 1>,,10 her through her
.ecovery period .
•
The benefit will take pl ace December 10
at the Olympi a Ballroom . Bill ed as a
"small concert and square dance," We
Three will open the benefit and sing a few
songs, then Judith and Kim will do a set
together, and afterwards there will be a
square dance, call er included, with the
band Laugh and Grow Fat. Thi s will be
We Three's last concert for awhile, at
least until February and maybe longer.
Ti ckets will be $4 and they will be selling
their tape at the show. The tape will al so
be at Rainy Day Records soon.
We Three would like to dispel t he
rumor that they are breakin g up, and they
also want it known that they won't be
augmenting the group in any way .
" There's no replacement for Sara Favret,"
says Bodony-Johnson. Right now they're
ju st trying to work their way through the
problem, and wish to thank everyone for
their support.
imagi nat ion d, the book d id and the
cd result is ju st a nice children's fa lfY
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O ne prohlem is that the an imators
,,·.'m to limit th emselves to two kinds of
:,uman characters, tall ano slender and
,hort and sq uat. They wa lk wi t h the kind
(It herky- jerk y movements that are better
", it ed to Saturday morn ing te levisi0n fare
I he animati on sty le in general rarely
.!chieves the fluidity of move ment tha t
Ipdves you in awe. Th e scene 01 the
unicorns returning from the ,ea where
th ey have been held ca pti ve IS perhaps
Ihe fin est sequence of t he t il m The background s are drawn with an acute eye for
dptail , whi ch gives t he film more dimension than I've seen in a Rankin -Bass
producti on.
Sin ce th e success of Wa tership Down
iistributors seem muc h more wi lli ng to
nke the risk of full -length anim ation
" atures, such as last summer's Secret of
',imh and the recently released HannaHarbera feature Heidi's Song Sti ll , here in
'\Illeri ca most animators are workin g
tnder the shadow of Wa lt Di sney, w hose
.nimatio n feat ures continue to capt iva te
, ~ener a tion upon generati on. Cri t i cs invari abl y compare the new animators'
works with the Disney class ics. Comparing
Rankin-Bass to W alt Disney is like comparing a Gremlin to a Roll s Royce. Both
are cars, but one is the st andard of
excellence whil e the other is geared to
the average,
The Las t Unicorn is a wonderful fai ry
ta le mov ie for children t hough, given the
choice, mos t kids would probably want to
see E. T. again , As a movie for adults, this
well intentioned film can offer t hem nothing except a few pleasant hours in a
IllOvie theater. The Last Unicorn is now
playing at the Lacey Ci nem a.
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HELI UM BAU OONS
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page 10 The Cooper Point Journal Dec . 3, 1982
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