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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 11, Issue 13 (February 10, 1983)
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Legislators Influenced By Big Bucks Or Real Peoplel
by Richard Fellows
most lik!'ly so a, nut to Iw on file al th('
Ilm(' of thp election .
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I n recent yea rs there has been much
controversy over the unel ec ted, seeming ly
muc h connec ted, part of our government:
the lobbyists. A lobbyist is anyone who
tries to influence legislators to support or
oppose measures in congress. Thi s includes ful l-t ime lobbyi sts , as well -as anyone who contacts their representatives in
person, or with letters. The term comes
from the practice of lingering in lobbi es,
in hopes of getting a word with pass ing
legislators.
The first amend ment to the U .S. Const itution states that "Co ngress shall pass no
law . abridging . the right of peop le
to peaceab ly assembl e and to petition the
governmen t for a red ress o f gri evances."
Legislato rs, in fact, depend o n lobbyists to
provide them with information about how
measures will affect va ri ous interes t
groups . Lobbyists are depended on for
accurate, up-to-<:late informat ion because
legis lators consider lobbyists to be reliabl e
ex perts in thei-r field s. If they w ere not,
they wou ld lose credibility w ith legis lators
for both them se lves and their in teres t
groups.
With hundreds of b il ls coming before
the legis lature in a sess io n, it becomes
essenti al that spec ial interest groups have
representatives watching and informing
the legislature. These groups' representatives are ca ll ed lobbyi sts It is their job to
watch for bill s which w ill adversely affect
the ir in terest groups, then make sure
legis lators are aware of those eff ects. They
also help advance legi slation which is
favorable to their interes t group.
Lobbyists have m any method s at their
disposal for influ encing co ngress. The
main thing they require is access to legi slators' time so that they ca n be heard .
Although a lobbyi st ca n testify during
A not her bill, liB 1~2 add,..,>,(:,> th e'
probl em of fund rd i "~,, bping Iwld dUring
Ih(' Ipg isldl iv" ,>(·'\lOn . Thi, pr ~( tic c' pro
vidp, too gr!~al an IfH ('nllv(' to lIW 1111''''
fund..,
Cfl n1[Ml g n
t/OH )'
l"..,.
meetings, often It :s more benefiCial to
influ ence m embers of a part icul ar subcommittee, sin ce it is eas ier to hold up or
stop a bill at that stage. As legis lators
tend to be busy du ring the day, entertain ing becomes an essent ial means by which
a lobby ist can get their attent ion .
Lobbv ing ca n abo take on more d iverse
forms In the past y('~ r, for exa mpl e, th!'
home building indu st ry has deluged
~enator~ in Wa~hington, D C , wit h 2"x4"
plank s of wood in the mai l as prot('<; t
aga inst stagn ation in their trade ilnd hi gh
interest ratc<; cau<;ing il .
Te lephone tree lobby ing has also
becomf-' porular recen tl y Thi ,> melho<.l
i nvolved getting eac h per-ion to ca l l thpir
represe ntative" as we ll as two of Iheir
fri ends, so as to get many peorl (' voi( ing
an orini on a, poss ibl e
It is importa nl Ihat leg islator, hea r from
all sides on every issue. In o ne ca,e, w hen
a bill was about to un animo u, ly l )d~, in
the leg islature ou tl aw ing te lerho np ,oli citing, a mul t itude o f wheelchairs from all
over the Sla te showed ur al the legislature. Nu o ne had cons idered all these
peopl e were out there depending o n telephone so li citing for employment. If no
one contac ts the legisl·ature with their
specific viewpoint, th e leg islature may
never know that a certain viewpoint ex ists .
Many people con sider lobbyi sts to be
sini ster figures from big business lurking
\.
In dark cor n e r~ of congress, bUYlllg volp,
with m o ney, bOO/(', dnd womf'n . I pg"ldtor~ contend Ihat 1111, ju,t i, n' I th~' (iI,I' .
I hpy ca n' t, how('wr, ignorf' Ih(· di '> pdril y
in funding w hi ch l 'xi,h bptwppn t il!'
Int('rests of weal th y, puw('rful (onl l'rI"
,lIld tho,>(~ of the ' broader pu hl" 111\( ,[(,,1
l.f'g"lalor'> m u, I com( iou, ly I"kp Ih" Illto
<I( (ou nt. 1 hpir vot(~'>, aft(" ,1 11 , c Olll! ' from
Ihe 1}Ic'Or l!', ilnd Ilwy '> hould (!>mi d"r I lw
I)('op le their p ri cn< ~ rf'poll>iblill y Unforlu
ndl!'ly , 1(", pnw('r l ul int!'"·,,, 11 1 'O( I( 'IV
(,~Il 100 oft('n gu lInhl'drd
Nl'w Il'gi, lali oll " 1l0W hl 'l ll g prflpI", 'd
10 fllrth(~r dddre'" thl' prob l, 'm of IlH>l1'Y\
dire'( I in f lu('1l(1' Oil l"gi,lal iflll I II,,"" Ilill
11111 ) lS() add r!''>'>(', Ih( , prnh ll ''' l 111,,1 ·1"%
of il ll ca mpaign (on lrihul"!l1' drl' rI'( "lvI,d
III Ilw la,t I('n d"y, b..torf' "" ,' 1"11 1011 ,
In r('<;pon,,' to w lde,>pr('ad (' >III ,'rn
dboul t he' df('ch of ll1on('y on 1111' II'gi,la
IIV(' pro< (~", law, havp b('('11 p,,,,,,d whu h
d"i1 1 w ith Ih(~ rra<.li( (. of lobhY lllg In
Wa,> hingt on, ,tate lobby"" drl ' ff'qlllre'd
10 regi~ter With the I'ubl i( Ui" lo'>uff'
C:omm i'>s ion [f'LX) i'> Ih( 'y arf' pilld, or If
Ihey spend money in the' pro!.!", of
lobbyin g. Their ex pendilun" , what Ihf'y
bought, and for whom, mu,I al'>u h(,
reporled I he POC k.~ep,> th!'", hi",> 0l ,,~ n
for publi c impect io n, and prln" cond(,n~eU li ~t~ o f lobbyi '>l'>, th"ir (~mpl oy(;",
iJnd how much the lobby"1 ' pf-'nd'> .
Grandfather Will Keep You A Resident
by John Hill
t hat H B 784 made it clear that there
Grandparents are often rem embered for
their benevolent qualities. Imagine having
grandparents who are state legis lators and
serve with the Senate Subcommittee o n
Coll eges and Univers ities. Thi s isn't
exac tl y t he case, but Senators H .A. Goltz
(D-Whatcom County) and Nita Rinehart
(D-King Coun ty ) are sponsoring a bill
known in legislative lingo as a Grandfat her
Clause. More formally known as Senate
Bi ll (58) 3306, it wou ld prevent the reclass ifi ca tion to nonres ident statu s o f
thousands of Wa shington State re sidents
The purpose of the bill is to clarify an.
item o f 1982 leg islation , Hou se Bill
[HB) 784 . Thi s bill redef ined res id ency
requirements for students in Washin gton
It stated that as of June 198 2, students
must dem onstrate f inancial ind ependence
to become residents, and it also eli minated the poss ibili ty of res idency stat us
for students w ho received financial aid
from another state .
What the bill didn't do, according to
Goltz and Rinehart, was to provide fo r
those students w ho had already met the
previously set residency requirements .
Instead, those students were asked to
meet t he new requirements or lose their
residency status and pay nonresident fees,
which are nearly three times higher than
fees paid by in-s tate students.
Senators Goltz and Rinehart thought
wou ld be no re-class ifi cat ion of resi dents,
but ap[larent ly the Cou ncil o n PostSecondary I:ducation (CPE) did not
interpret t he bill that way "They (C f'~ )
sent out hundreds of lellers Ito students], "
ex r lained Rinehart, "a nd, o f (ourse, in my
d istri ct that affec ts a number of studenh
at the Un ive rsity of Washington rherc
was il shock wave across cam pu,e'> ;
peop le opened up these letters and rpad
that thei r res idency status wa'> being
taken away f rom Ihem "
/\( (ordi ng to A II(,n Jone-'> of Ih, ' Wa'>hinglon Student Lobby rwsl L Ih(, propO'>uJ bi ll ha <; thf' ,uri''''t of 111<' Coun, il
of Pr(~,>ident'> and facul ly r('pr!'<'(·ntatiw, .
I ,,'>t U,,, "mber, W'>L orgdni/(;d Ih(,
pres(, nt 1 (,~ i ,> l at l ()n , " ta lk(,d II around," and
wh(,n thl' ",,,ilm ,tarted, II wa, part of
t h(; ir 1('g i,>la l iv(' piH.kagc· "W(, (on'>l(Jc" II
une of ou r bil l,>, " Jones ~~xpl a lnl'd
IFl order to keep the CPl ', rulin g (" interpretation") from preva il ing, GollL and
Rin ehart are working to r a<;<; SF! ·\101\ <;0
that re sident ,tuden15 w ill be proteLled
from the hi gher tuit.i o n rate<; GoitL '>ays,
" I think that the previ o u, bill was unfair
to students. I think that once a student
meets a re sidency requirement, that you
shouldn ' t cha nge that requirement for any
reason w hil e that student is enro ll ed . I
think it's reasonable to change residen cy
requirements from time to time, dependin g upon ci rcu m stances, but I think that
students
should not lose that residency
status because we pass a law w hi ch sets
some other standard for meeting that
requ irement. "
W'>L i, ,till in the, prou",> of ir)cat lng It,
strongest allie,> In I he' legis lillllr! ' ,av'>
A ll en · "We are wf)rk ing [larl " ulilr ly Ilc),>('
with the leglslalors Ihat iJrf' on Ihl' ('dUf ,I l ion commiu"" and on the' budg(~1
( ommittee. We, arl' finding Ihal fT1dn y oi
Ihem are symj1athet lc, both D(,ml)( ra \',
dnd Rej1ub li ca m, w(' are p leiJ",d With t h. ·
resron se that we are getling
It loo~,
like I this billl ha <; a good chanc (. o f
rassing"
Walker A ll en , regist rar al Ih(, ~v!"gr('''n
Sta te Co ll ege agr!>es with Rinehart and
Golt z " Th e proj1osed leg islation l\
eq uitab le The students acted in good
faith when registerin g for thei r ed ucat ion ."
A ll en poin ted out, however, that thi s
move wou ld decrease t he nonres ident
population at Evergreen and it is th is non resident population w hi ch brings in new
money to the State of Washington .
Students who received resi dency after
June 1, 1982, will not be affected bv the
law that Goltz and Rinehart are proposing. However, this bill wil l make it
~......................- ......................- ....... possible to go back and "grandfather Ill"
those people who received res idency prior
to this date, and who are subject to reclassification under t he CPE ruling.
So fa r no resident students have had to
pay out-of-state tuition as a result of the
original HB 784. Re-classlfi cat ion is due to
beg in after spr ing quarter . Rin ehart says,
"We hope that we w ill get under the wire
so that nobody w ill be required to pay
it is l ike changing
nonresidency tu it ion
definitions, or horses in mid stream ."
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News & Not
"N UCLEAR DISASTER: CAN WE SURVIVE ITt' is the topic lot a program to be
presented at Group Health Cooperative's
Olympia Medical Center (700 No. Lilly
Rd) on Thursday night, February 17.
" Nuclear Disaster" will feature Drs. lisa
Johnson, Jan Vleck and Sam Bradley
discussing the medical , environmental
and psychological effects of a nuclear
accident or bombing on the Olympia area
and western Washington . The program is
sponsored by the Olympia Medical Center
Coun cil , will begin at 7:10 p.m ., and is
olJ€n to all members of the public There
i, 110 charge. For further information ,
please call Mary Welsh (943-7282), Ernie
Gilliam (754-9729) or the Olympia Medical
Center (456-17oo)
WOMEN IN COUNSELING will hold its
'!'(omi meeting from 7-9 p.m ., Tuesday ,
r ebruarv 15. at the First Christian Church ,
701 S. Franklin, O lymp ia The purpose of
th is 111f't'ting will be to share information
about ( \)unselmg ~e rv ices for women.
how to make referrals, how to exchange
skill, il nd trai ning. rthical issues involved
in serv ing women . and other matters of
COI~\ n10n interest.
f or more information. contact Barbara
'' 'l onda. 566-1378
Piece of My Mind, a community forum
to explore ethical and moral issues confronting our society presents Evergreen
faculty Dr . Rudy Martin speaking on
"A DEFENSE OF SECULAR HUMANISM,"
Wed. Feb. 16, at First United Methodist
Church, 1224 E.legion, Olympia . FREE.
TELEVISION PRODUCTION INTERN - Tacomao.SSlst Wllh developmenl ot fire departmenl video
program,. includ ing lire training tapes. public
WILDERNESS PROTECTION INTERN -Seattle
-Assist a state-w ide environ mental organization
working to protect the resources of Washington' s
public lands. St udent will conduct research and
writing projects for publication . Other activities
could include ' lundralsing . membership drives,
pub liC re lations. and/or volunteer recruitment ,
depending on student's interests. Prefer student
with good communication sk ills and interest in
wilderness preservallon . Hrs negotiable. volunteer
internship .
St uae nt shou ld have some experience ;n video
production and be knowl edgeable about video
forma ts nQmenclalure. SC ript writing. program
prod"ct lor . and editing 12-16 hrs/wk. volunteer
Intern ship.
COMMUNICATIONS AlOE - Olympia-Assist
publ iC servi ce agency in preparing timely new s
articles for weekly newspapers and scripts for
'adlo spots and programs for consumers Prefer
student with wnt in g o r journalism skills . 10
nrs l wk , volunteer Int e rnshi p.
RECREATION AIDE -Olympla - PrOVide
eJevelopmentally disabled adults with leisure-t im'
actiVities . Preter student witl1 background In
'ecrealion . psychology and /o r sociology . Hrs
negollable. volu nteer InternshiP . possible mileage
pa id .
ORGANIZING INTERN - Portland. Ore. - ASSist
In pro-chO ice outreach and organizing , develop
and implement workshops. coordinale volunteers.
sc hedule and speak al small group meeting s.
assist In lundraislng events. Social work or
po lil lcal background helplul . interest in working
With people. 10-20 hrs /wk . volunteer internship .
A planning group for the spring quarter
program CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES
is being formed. We need to discuss ' a
possible syllabus, proposed reading list,
and the structure and objectives of this
student-organized group contract. Please
call John at 754-4052 weekday evenings
for more information.
Dr . William Hoffa, Executive Director of
SCANDINAVIAN SEMINAR will be on
campus Tuesday, February 15, to inform
students of their study abroad programa college year of study and practical
experience in Denmark, Finland, Norway
or Sweden. Interested folks can visit with
him from 3 30-5 pm in library 1213.
If you use wood to heat your home, it
may be possible to use your wood heating
appliance to heat or preheat your water
supply. Wood heating water systems can
be used with a new wood stove, as an
add-on to an existing stove, or in a fireplace . To find out about the various
systems and how they work, join the
Energy Extension Service for ' a " HEATING
WITH WOOD" class . Information will be
presented to help you determine if any of
the systems suits your appliance and the
size the system and storage would need
to be to meet your familys needs. The
class will be held at the Tumwater Library,
S131 Capitol Blvd . on Wednesday, February 16, from 7-830 p.m. For more information, call the Energy Extension Service
at 943-4595
A' workshop on February 16, VOCATIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CAREERS,
Will be in Library 2205 from 1: 30-4 p .m .
Students interested in finding employment
in this field wi II want to be sure to attend .
r urther information and rosters of work shop participants may be obtained in the
Career Planning and Placement Office,
library 1214 . Phone 866-{)00Q, ext. 6193 .
Did you know that many COMPANIES
HAVE TOLL-FREE NUMBERS to call with
complaints} Some even put the number
right on t he package . For other companies, ( heck direc tory assistance 1-8ro
555-1212 Complaints on product safety
should be directed to Consumer Product
Safety Commi ssion. 1-800-638-IB26 Poison
Control ('l'nter - 1-800-542-6319.
Iton sc hedu ling . camera work. and editing.
JOIN THE WOMEN'S CENTER Mondays
from 12:30 to 1 p.m. when various students and faculty members present the
projects they are working on.
James Armstrong, Resident Bishop,
I ndiana Area , United Methodist Church
and President of the National Council of
Churches of Christ, will speak on "THE
CHURCH'S ACTION IN AN EXPLOSIVE
WORLD" in Seattle, February 17 and 18.
The occasion is the Second Annual
Christian Century Foundation lecture held
at St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave .
East , Seattle, Thursday evening at
730 p .m . and Friday morning from 9 a.m .
until noon. Both the evening lecture and
the morning colloquium are free The
public is welcome .
IlmllPrland libraries In five cou ntips
(e ra\ , Harbor . l ew is. Mason, Paeitle, and
Thur, ton) Will he closed in OBSERVANCE
OF TWO STATE HOLIDAYS tim month
r h" ti r' l closur p IS Satu rday, rphruilry 12
III Ob'PI\,l nc£> o f lincoln', birthd ay Th£>
,,·(ond (ioslirp I' Munday . rebru<lry L I . In
hon, ,I' 01 rrl~'i ldt ' I1 t''i Day (obsl'rvpd a,
\\'a'ih in ~ ton ' ., bl rth ddV)
service ~ nn o u nce ments. and fire prevention
segrn!;;;L\l s. Activities Inc lude SCriPt ing, produc -
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Be Assertive
Assertiveness can be defined as behavior which enables a person to act in their
own interests, to stand up for themself
without undue anxiety, to express honest
feelings uncomfortably, and/or to exercise
their own rights without denying the rights
of others. The goal of Assertiveness Training (AT) is to increase a person's ability to
express thoughts, feelings, and beliefs in
appropriate ways.
For the second year, AT is being offered
at The Evergreen State College (TESC) .
The group began meeting on January 27
and will continue to meet until March 10.
For those who were unble to participate
in this quarter's session, another will be
conducted during spring quarter.
The sessions are being co-facilitated by
Shary Smith of Counseling Services and
Jeff Hamley, of KEY-Special Services (see
side bar). The training is free for students.
During the training sessions participants
will learn to identify assertive and unassertive behaviors, and to practice
assertive skills. According to Hamley,
"Assertiveness Training is seen as something that will be valuable in their
[student's] educational experience and
development. "
"It's a common type of activity to
happen on a college campus. Other major
colleges have AT programs; it helps to
make them effective as students," he
added.
This type of program ttas been around
for about 20 years Hamley explained. It
developed very quickly as part of psychological treatment. The program at TESC
has been designed more as an enhancement to the educational process, however.
Shary Smith is a professional counselor
and it is she who developed the model for
the seven-week AT course. She described
the AT: "We examine verbal and nonverbal communication. We break it down
into specific skills, like saying no. Saying
no seems easy, but think of how many
times you say yes, when you want to say
no. They use their skills during the week,
between sessions. Then they talk about
whether they were successful or not. The
other members of the group give them
feedback as t6 what went right or wrong."
The underlying theme of the program is
to build confidence and esteem. Students
also learn to identify situations in which
assertiveness can be potentially dangerous. However, being excessively unassertive can build anxiety, and the opposite
behavior can, at times, lessen the anxiety .
Smith also explained that a large part of
assertiveness training is selt-exploration.
The first step is for the person to identify
what they want to sayar do. The second
is acting on this self-knowledge.
"The AT is an individual growth process,
and also a group process. Once the group
is formed, no additional people can join
in. We provide a safe place to develop
their skills and they might feel inhibited if
new people came in," Hamley
emphasized.
" Confidentiality and cohesiveness within the group is what we want. By the end
of the program we feel that we know
each other and trust each other. It's not
all fun, there is also risk and tension," he
added.
Part of the training involves role playing on the part of Hamley and Smith.
They act out behavioral patterns such as
aggressiveness, assertiveness and nonassertiveness.
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on campus or in a resident facility off
campus . Meals are eaten in the college
cafeteria or at an off campus site.
For the first time, The Evergreen State
Elderhostel is not just a statewide proCollege (TESC) will be part of the nationgram. It is a network of over 600 colleges/
wide Elderhostel program, which conducts
week-long, residential. academic sessigns
universities/independent schools and
for senior citizens.
other educational institutions in 50 states
The program includes 13 institutions in
and in several foreign countries. It caters
Washington State that will sponsor 34
to the 60 and older age group. Most proweeks of Elderhostel. They will be offering
grams begin Sunday evening and end the
a variety of courses and extracurricular
next Saturday morning, and are limited to
30-50 seniors per week. A wide range of
activities. The first Evergreen session will
be held from August 7-13. The programs
liberal arts and science courses are offered
offered here will be: The New American
across the state. At each campus, classes
Politics taught by Ken Dolbeare, Japanese
are scheduled so that interested hostelers
Art led by Hiro Kawasaki, and Puget
can take all of the course offerings. These
Sound's Marine Assets, taught by Pete
are non-credit courses which are taught
Taylor.
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by regular faculty members of the host
institution. There are no exams, no grades,
Participants in Washington Elderhostel
and no required homework, although the
'83 wi II pay $180 a week per person. The
professors make suggestions for outside
fee is all-inclusive: covering room, board,
reading and study. No matter how much
all classes and supplies, and most of the
education a person has had, they can
extracurricular activities scheduled
participate in the program. According to
throughout the session. Elderhostelers live
Elderhostel philosophy, the only require~'KEV:S;;i;;J~~i;;7~7~~~;;~-;I'-' ments are an adventuresome s\Jirit and an
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open mind .
' I serve under-represented, low income, first
For more information on TESC's Eldergeneration college students.
hostel session, contact Elderhostel,Campus
Coals of the program are: to assist
Director Betsy Bridwell at 866-fJOOO, ext.
, students in identifying and further devel- , 6363. She is organizing a committee in
, oping the skills necessary to be successful larder to plan the session. This advisory
j at Evergreen, and to increase the retention : committee will begin their monthly meete and graduation rate of program
• ings in February, and continue until
, participants.
, August. They will also help during the
,
Jeff Hamley is the program's Student
• week of Elderhostel. Any faculty, staff, or
, Development Specialist and Sherry
, students interested in assisting with this
• Warren is the Academic Skills Develop, program should contact Bridwell as soon
e ment Specialist. They deal with assertive- , as possible.
ness, stress manaement, financial aid,
, career aid, academiC adVISing and tutoring.
,
Another of their objectives is to inc
The Evergreen Depression Festival will
j crease cross-cultural awareness by sponstart on Sunday, February 13. This weeke soring cultural events every quarter. This
long event is designed to get rid of the
winter they are sponsoring a concert by
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Campus Housing, with daily events during
the week of February 13-20. All of these
events are free for on-campus residents.
On the first Sunday, a pancake breakfast will be held in the Corner of A-dorm .
The next day, a sort of Valentine's party
will occur with free punch and cookies
and plentv of supplies to make Valentine
cards with.
Tuesday will feature a recession-style,
soupline dinner in the Corner. Entertain-ment during the meal will consist of
Monopoly games and films from the
Depression.
Wednesday evening is Back-to-School
Night. The Student Managers will be
cooking a typical suburban school lunch
for Housing residents. Participants should
bring something to show-and-tell, or else
an essay on what they did during summer
vacation.
Thursday is Bingo time with $200 in
prizes being awarded to the winners . The
festivities continue on Friday with the
lack of Talent Contest-no serious acts
need apply. After this tasteless show is
the Bring-Your-Own-Records Dance
Saturday'S event was planned to help
people to get out of their physical depression. There will be an exercise tasting
party and sauna in the Campus Recreation
Center.
Depression Week wraps up with"
dinner in honor of the Chinese New rear .
This will be catered by the Asian and
South Pacific Coalition. After dinner,
entertainment will be a Bruce lee movie .
Most of the events will be held in the
Corner and the times will be posted
around the dorms. The public can attend
for a fee. Housing residents will receive
their free tickets in the mail.
Depression Week was originally planned
to help people cope with the weather.
However, Housing's Mike Barnes explained, "Unfortu.nately, the weather has
been better than expected People aren 't
as depressed as they should be, the
weather's just not as rotten as usual.
Hopefully this will tide people over until
spring starts, sometime in March."
He added that "we'd like to see it
become an annual event, but only if the
weather promises to be worse."
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EDITORS'VIEW
Logician Uses Little Logic
by fohn Hill
February is Black History Month. It
eceived an early commencement on
anuary 26 with a lecture by George
immonds, at the Evergreen State College.
immonds was the first speaker in a series
f lectures, films, and activities designed
o educate the campus community about
lack history. He is a professor at Malcolm
King University in Harlem, New York, and
president of a black nationalist organizaion, Alkebu Ian .
Judging from its content, this lecture
as not designed for the whole campus
community , but only for the black community on the campus. Simmonds' stated
intent was to provide new information
about black history as a source of black
strength : "It is one thing to feel strength,
but it is another thing to know strength. I
hope at the end of the lecture .. . we will
not feel but know our strength as a
people. I am going to provide information to upset what you've been taught.
The lecture, then , had two goals: to
cha llenge the black history taught in
classrooms, and to establish that there is
a collective strength among the black
race, using historical facts .
According to Simmonds, education is
a personal responsibility but institutions
of higher education were designed to train
people, not educate them : "For instance,
the Russians don't educate people; the
Americans don't educate people. What
they do is to train you to go out and
propagate that particular philosophy,
theory, ideology ... the o~e that they have
said is best for that society." He believes
people educate themselves with the use
of analytical skills, but doubts these skills
are actually taught in co lleges.
In this argument he laid ground work
for his next idea: "Black people are the
mental slaves of whites ." According to
Simmonds, this form of servitude is worse
than shackles because it is mistaken for
independence and freedom," so you tend
to side with that individual who has
removed the shackles
your wrist.
Because you then see that individual as a
friend .. . forgetting that is the offspring of
that individual who placed the shackles
on your wrists ... and then they have you
working for their vested interests. "
He said that it is an illusion for black
people to believe they are working for
off
LETTERS
Cet Your Shit Together
I:ditors
Dear Bicycli sts:
Take your bicycling seriously. You don't
have to spend a lot of money on your
bike or stop having fun but please keep
your bike and your riding safe.
Farl ler this week a cyclist was almost
slrurk whi le racing down the Westside hill
at night without a li ght Fooli sh; stupid ;
Irresponsible Not on ly is this a hazard to
the c ycl~t, but it creates a dangerous
situation for other people: the car drivers,
pedestrians, and other bicyclists.
I have a friend who rode for at least a
year with only the back brake on hi s tenspeed working. Looking over the bicycles
on campus, I am amazed at the number
of bikes with one or both brakes in poor
condition or lacking.
Last week I heard of two bike/bike
accidents occuring because neither rider
had a light.
None of these problems are hard to
deal with . Sticky brakes can usually be
fi xed in a few minutes for less than a
dollar. A whole brake system costs less
than $10 A leg light is less than $5 and
an excellent lighting system costs $10.50.
Don 't kid me; even in your darkest, most
depressed moods you know that your life
and limb is worth more than that You
know that you can afford it Don't get
into that macho image.
Come down to the TESC Bikeshop or go
to any of the shops in town; no more of
this irresponsible riding . It's bad for your
health, and it's a danger to other bi cycl ists, it's damaging to the reputation
of TESC cyc li sts , present and future , and
it sets back every bicyclist who wants to
be treated as a legitimate vehicle with a
right to use pub I ic roads.
Now go out and have some fun - safely.
Todd Litman
What Is The Connection?
Editors :
Seems as though my con nection is at
best superficia l; I rest in a stagnant limbo
and pretend it to be worthwhile to carry
the weight
I don' t get through , except to express
pain and inflict a negligent dislocated
bullshit I suppose importance, to justify
a removed artifical end .
In no way can I make an excuse, to
make it easier on myself; in fact, I
perhaps like the rejection because then I
don't need to excuse myself, and can
actually feel a physical manifestation of
my inane existence .
To feel sorry for myself would only be
self-gratification, to become se lfishly
attentive to only my needs once more.
The connection I feel amongst my surroundings is one of ju::taposition and
failure against a world I know to be
worthwhile.
Peter Tucker
Candhi Message Questioned
Editors :
While I agree with Eric Brinker's
opinion that Gandhi was an excellent
film, I got a different political message
from it. Peaceful noncooperation under
the courageous leadership of Gandhi was
very effective in winning national freedom
from colonialist Britain. However, it failed
miserably once the opposing social classes
within India ca me to blows.
If social change is your goal, peaceful
noncooperation is only one of several
tactics to be considered. Although noncooperation may feel good, it's not necessarily the most effective tactic for meeting
your goal. The right-wing dictatorships in
EI Salvador and Guatamala would like
nothing better than for the rebels to be
"peacefu lly noncooperative." The U.S.armed generals in Central America are not
constrained by the liberal ideology of
British colonialism (but rather Am~rican
corporate public relations), and toe result
would be a return to "cooperative mass
murder."
Greg Starling
Somebody Reads Our Paper
Editors:
Over the past four years at Evergreen,
I've seen the CPj through its ups and
downs; even pitching in myself from time
to time when I thought I had a good idea.
George Simmonds
photo by Hill
their own purposes" . . . because you
started by earning $20 a day. Then they
moved you up to a position that pays $30
a day .. . to perform the same function. If
they ca n pay you $30 a day then it means
that your labor must be worth a lot more
than $30." Simmonds' statements suggest
that black people don't know what they're
doing. His discussion denied that black
people can' t work for their own benefit as
well as for the benefit of others. Hopefully, this wasn't his intent, but nevertheless it was hi s implication .
Simmonds believes that freedom comes
only with owning a society as a race, and
that "people aren't free until they control
their own destiny ." However, since
Simmonds did not make himself clear, it
is difficult to understand the correlation
between owning a society and controlling
a destiny . Neither did he explain what it
means for an individual to control their
destiny. Indeed, what is destiny?
He pointed out that freedom and
independence do not mean personal comfort but are dependent on the control of
self destiny. An important point that was
not considered by Simmonds is that
belonging to a certain race does not
imply the pursuit of certain interests . If
black people work for the interests of
white masters, it follows that everyone
works for the interests of these people. It
is not possi ble to say that the interests of
black workers are different from those of
white workers in relation to their masters.
Simmonds went on to challenge the
basic anthropology and black history that
is taught in classrooms. He presented a
text published by the education department of the United Nations. The commission from this department, comprised
mostly of white people, has concurred
that the earliest human beings came out
of the African continent.
continued on page 5
I'm happy to say that now, after what
seems a long lag, the quality of reporting
in the CPf has me looking for the paper
again each week. Articles are thorough ,
written with care, and very readable.
It's a rare season for the paper when it
can serve its main function (as voice of
the school) and provide good journalism
(important stories) at the same time.
You are fortunate to have writers such
as John W . Hill , Camey Combs, et. aI., on
the team. Last week's Forum by Arthur
West should take care of any remaining
unbelievers in the true magnitude of the
WPPSS mess .
A return( ed) reader,
V . Cummings
Please Write To This Man
Editors:
I am a prisoner on death row at the
Arizona State Prison and was wondering
if you would do me a favor. I have been
here for quite a while and I don't have
any family or friends on the outside to
write to, so I was wondering if you would
write to me.
I am a caucasian male, age 35, and
desire correspondence with either male or
female college students. I would like to
form some kind of friendly type relationship and more or less just exchange past
experiences and ideas . I will answer all
letters and exchange pictures. If interested
write to Jim Jeffers, Box B-38604, Florence,
Arizona, 85232 Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Jim Jeffers
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Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction - Living On Air
by Eric Brinker
Breathairian Wiley Brooks calls himself
a "psychic"; he is tall and very thin, but I
guess that's to be expected from a person
who hasn't eaten in 18 years. "Eighteen
years! ," I hear you exclaim, " That's impossible l " Funny, I said the same thing. In
all honesty, there is no way to prove '
whether Brooks has eaten these past 18
years or not. Who can say? What matters
is that Brooks is a breathairian and he
spends his time traveling the country
spreading the philosophy of breathairianism.
Breathairians believe that breathing
provides all the necessary nutrients
needed to survive. In their belief system,
consuming food is not vital to life, but
rather an acquired bad habit like smoking
or chewing your fingernails. They claim
the ability to live off of the air is one that
is inherent in all human beings and eating is nothing more than a deadly
indulgence.
I asked Mr. Brooks why people starve
to death if they can live on air. He
replied, "Because they don't know how
by Hili
the body works. Their body is already too
toxic and is full of poisons . When they
stop eating, the body has to get rid of the
poisons that have already accumulated
before it can assimilate the energy from
. the air. So when that happens, the people
actually die in their own waste. The waste
in the body starts to be eliminated in the
blood, which kills the person ."
Brooks compares hunger pains to withdrawal symptoms suffered by heroin
addicts. Through a transitional diet and
regular enemas, a person can become
Commercial Film Alternatives: E.l.Go Home
by Eric Brinker
If you're familiar with the bill of fare at
local commercial theatres, you've probably noticed that Olympia rarely gets a
chance to see foreign, or small-budget,
independent films . E.T. will probably be
around until Spielberg makes another
picture, whereas films like last year's My
Dinner With Andre or this year's Eating
Raoul have a very slim chance of making
it into one of the commercial houses in
town. Money, of course, is the major
reason for this. Why should theatre
owners take a risk with these smaller films
when blockbusters like E. T. can pack
them in every weekend? Diversity is
seldom profitable, yet there are two
places in town where you can still find
it: the Friday Night Film Series at The
Evergreen State College, and the Olympia
Film Society which shows its films at
Capitol City Studios downtown.
Calvin Johnson, coordinator of the
Friday Night Film Series, attributes the
lack of independent and foreign films to
the fact that there aren't "that many
people that are educated about films in a
way that would make them interested
enough to be supportive."
Johnson says that when he took over
the film series, he didn't want it to be like
"every other stupid college film series in
the world" and has consequently tried to
avoid cliches and show films that are
"good, but not fashionable at the
moment."
Friday Night Films are selected through
a combination of Johnson's own knowledge of film and input from friends and
viewers, "though you can't always get all
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Simmonds stressed that "wherever you
see man, he is a result of the African
man. Therefore, I am no brother to no
other human being. The black woman is
no sister to no other human being. We
are the fathers and mothers of the human
race. I never heard of a mother and father
being equal to their children."
This is an acceptable anthropological
fact; one worthy of recognition. This is
not something that either white or black
children are taught in the classroom . The
documented fact is that the original
ancestors of the human race lived in
Africa and had black skin. The meaning
that Simmonds attaches to this fact is that
him and squeeze him by the balls and
pull." His suggestion then is a violent
estrangement.
In his lecture he went on to challenge
the stories of the traditional white heroes
that are told in the classroom. Using
various references and published material ,
he demonstrated that characters such as
Odysseus, the Greek gods, Cleopatra (a
symbol of beauty), King Tut, and Jesus
Christ were all black skinned: "Christ was
black, that upset a lot of black folks, not
just white folks .. . there are a lot of black
women living for Jesus ani,;,. The reason
is because they are taught Jesus is white.
He was no nigger."
people with black skin from the continent
of Africa are superior to all other people
who inhabit this planet: "I have never
heard of parents [blacks] being equal to
their chi Idren [the rest of humanity ]."
The problem is that the word equality
was never defined by Simmonds. If it was
Simmonds' intention to clarify the nature
of interracial relationships, then he
shouldn't use an often misused word like
"equality" to do so, without clarifying
that word . In mathematics, equality is
used as a.word for comparison : greater
than, lesser than, or equal to. People are
not numbers and in that sense of the
word, equality can be used as a measure
of individual value; of the basic worth of
human beings. It seemed to be Simmonds'
assertion that "being first" transcends the
basic worth of all people.
Simmonds failed to propose any
possible arrangement of this relationship
between the black parents and their white
Simmonds' demand that blacks receive
their accurate place in history is legitimate. But the question is, what was the
purpose of the historical facts at his
lecture? There is a constructive potential
in all people knowing accurate history.
But Simmonds insisted on throwing the
facts around to raise a pep rally atmos··
phere among the audience, to build black
strength, not the strength of human
attitudes. This is a destructive use of
facts which could have constructive
possibilities.
It was Simmonds' original thesis that
blacks don't understand the. historical
context of their present circumstances.
But Simmonds seemed to deny the value
of history for us pluralistically, as
humanity, and only stated its value to us
Singularly, in terms of one race.
The main problem with Simmonds'
lecture was that it offered no course of
action for the audience. Since his lecture
was based on generalities, the audience
could be expected to act only on its interpretations of his general attitude.
Simmonds identified the whit~ man as
the enemy of the black race, but left the
audience to act without knowlIlg who thl;!
white man is.
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page 4 The Cooper Point Journal Feb. 10,1983
Breathalrlan Wiley Brooks
rehabilitated and never need to rely on ,
food again.
Brooks says the time is coming when
people are going to have to live without
food . He foresees a truckers' strike that
will cripple the food distribution system,
and plunge our country into widespread
famine. The food supplies are dwindling
but people keep right on eating, and at
the same time creating situations where
the food cannot be supplied.
"No matter how you look at it, it must
come to an end somewhere . . It's time
now that people start to realize that
eating has been an indulgence and it's
time they see that it has to self-destruct
because it's not something that's based on .
life. It's based on a system of death,"
Brooks explained.
Brooks is mainly concerned with making people aware of the possibility of
breathairianism, rather than having everybody stop eating. He sees scientific facts
as merely scientific theories, because
science has been proven wrong before;
" it fails too often. " In a nutshell, the
philosophy of breath ai rianism is : the less
AA - c:.e.-Suppl6ee; - Aent.. s
the films you want," he added. Films are
slated at least a quarter in advance and in
Johnson's case, through fall of next year.
When asked whether someone had veto
power over his select ions, he said he
didn't think anyone at the college would
do that and that the administration has
been very supportive of his choices. The
only problem he's encountered was overthe now infamous Mysteries of the
Organism poster this past fall.
Fi Ims selected for the rest of the
quarter include a war film, The Steel
Helmut , Ri chard Whorf's Champagne for
Caesar, a 1950 comedy, and Destiny, a
silent film by one of Germany's most
important directors, Fritz Lang.
Though most Evergreen students are
aware of the Friday Night Film Series,
there is another alternative that a lot of
people are probably not aware of: the
Olympia Film Society. The film society is
a nonprofit organization that's been
around for three years and is now a
hundred members strong. Films are
selected by committee through a voting
continued on
7
you eat, the better you' ll feel, and if you
don't eat anything, you' ll get to a point
where you' ll feel better than you 've ever
felt .
Create Your Own ulsm"
by Eric Brinker
I must admit that I had never heard of
breathairianism, but the idea of people
paying money to learn how to live with:Jut food got me thinking. Within the last
.Iecade, P.T. Barnum's assertion that
'there's a sucker born every minute" is
breaking new ground in the area of selfdevelopment These people are traveling
around the cou ntry selling th eir idea for
a profit, and obviously doing well at il .
It's high-time co llege students realize that
here is a new opportunity for summer
employment.
Why waste your summer glmping in a
last food restaurant when you could be
laking advantage of peoples' gullibility
without interferen ce from a middleman .
All you have to do is create your own
"ism," and find people that you can can
into believing it. It's that simple You
could spend your summer selling philosophies like "Doodli sm" (self-enrichment
through analysis of one's doodles),
"Phoneairianism" (attai ning peace throllgh
long distance), or " Perrierism" (getting :n
touch with the life force by drinking
expensive bottled water) . Make up your
own!
Once YOll get the " ism" down, select a
geographi c area, print up some flyers with
all the pertinent information (time, cost,
etc.), and perhaps an aphori sm about the
philosophy, such as " With each doodle
we take another step in learning about
ourselves. " Plaster your flyers everywhere,
particularly within the area you've
se lected . Sit back and watch the profits
roll in . Sound good? Well, if you want to
know more, come to the "Start Your Own
ISM" Seminar. That's right, for a .:;altry
$50 I can show you how to make big
money in the profitable world of self-help
seminars. Address all checks and money
orders to Eric Brinker; send them to
LIB 3232 at The Evergreen State College.
I'll get in touch with you about days and
times . It's true l You don't have to settle
for a minimum wage this summer when
you start your own seminar. It's easy, it's
fun , it's profitable, it's the 1980's!
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TO YOUR CONGRESS-~
mPERSON or ca ll Secretary of State GeorgeW
eJSchultz (202) 623-9884. Let them knowl!J
you oppose Reagan's certification that~
human rights conditions have improved in
EJEI Salvador. Also, let them know youe
i1o. ~ppose anv U .S . .intervention in Ell
tialvador.
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Analysis
EDITORS'VIEW
·cian Uses Little Logic
February is Black History Month. It
an early commencement on
.'d'fllJdrV 26 with a lecture by George
at the Evergreen State Co!lege.
W;;imrnru".t< was the first speaker in a series
lectures, films, and activities designed
educate the campus community about
history. He is a professor at Malcolm
University in Harlem, New York, and
dent of a black nationalist organizaAlkebu Ian.
Judging from its content, this lecture
not designed for the whole campus
. r,Clm,m, nity, but only for the black comon the campus. Simmonds' stated
t was to provide new information
black history as a source of black
.<·~r.,'not·h : "It is one thing to feel strength,
it is another thing to know strength. I
at the end of the lecture .. . we wi II
feel but know our strength as a
IlllE'Ople. I am going to provide informato upset what you've been taught.
The lecture, then, had two goals : to
.Llld",e"ge the black history taught in
and to establish that there is
collective strength among the black
using historical facts .
According to Simmonds, education is
personal responsibility but institutions
higher education were designed to train
IpeolJle, not educate them : "For instance,
Russians don't educate people; the
Americans don't educate people. What
they do is to train you to go out and
propagate that particular philosophy,
theory, ideology . .. the one that they have
said is best for that society." He believes
people educate themse lves with the use
of analytical skills, but doubts these skills
are actually taught in colleges.
_t~ce'vea
In this argument he laid ground work
for his next idea : " Black people are the
mental slaves of whites ." According to
Simmonds, this form of servitude is worse
than shackles because it is mistaken for
independence and freedom," so you tend
to side with that individual who has
removed the shackles 6ff your wrist.
Becallse you then see that individual as a
friend .. . forgetting that is the offspring of
that individual who placed the shackles
on your wrists . . . and then they have you
working for their vested interests."
He said that it is an illusion for black
people to believe they are working for
LETTERS
Get Your Shit Together
Ed itors
Dear Bi cycli sts:
Take your bicycling seriously. You don't
have to spend a lot of money on your
bike or stop having fun but please keep
your bike and your riding safe.
Earli er thi s week a cyclist was almost
stru ck while racing down the Westside hill
at night without a light. Foolish ; stupid ;
irresponsible Not only is this a hazard to
th e cycl ist , but it creates a dangerous
s'tuation for other people: the car drivers,
pedestri ans , and other bicyclists.
I have a friend who rode for at least a
year with only the back brake on his tenspeed working . Looking over the bi cycles
on campu s, I am amazed at the number
of bikes with one or both brakes in poor
condition or lacking.
Last week I heard of two bike/bike
acc idents occuring because neither rider
had a light.
None of these problems are hard to
deal with . Sticky brakes can usually be
fi xed in a few minutes for less than a
dollar. A whole brake system costs less
than $10. A leg I ight is less than $5 and
an excellent lighting system costs $10.50.
Don't kid me; even in your darkest, most
depressed moods you know that your life
and limb is worth more than that. You
know that you can afford it. Don't get
into that macho image.
page 4 The Cooper Point Journal Feb. 10, 1983
Come down to the TESC Bikeshop or go
to any of the shops in town ; no more of
this irresponsible riding. It's bad for your
health, and it's a danger to other bi cyclists, it's damaging to the reputation
of TESC cycli sts, present and future, and
it sets back every bi cyclist who wants to
be treated as a legitimate vehicle with a
ri ght to use public roads .
Now go out and have some fun-safely.
Todd Litman
What Is The Connection?
Editors:
Seems as though my connection is at
best superfici al; I rest in a stagnant limbo
and pretend it to be worthwhile to carry
the weight.
I don't get through, except to express
pain and inflict a negligent dislocated
bull shit. I suppose importance, to justify
a removed artifical end .
In no way can I make an excuse, to
make it easier on myself; in f<lct, I
perhaps like the rejection because then I
don't need to excuse myself, and can
actually feel a physical manifestation of
my inane existence.
To feel sorry for myself would only be·
self-gratification, to become selfishly
attentive to only my needs once more .
The connection I feel amongst my surroundings is one of ju::taposition and
failure against a world I know to be
worthwhile.
Peter Tucker
Gandhi Message Questioned
Editors :
While I agree with Eric Brinker's
opinion that Gandhi was an excellent
film, I got a different political message
from it. Peaceful noncooperation under
the courageous leadership of Gandhi was
very effective in winning national freedom
from colonialist Britain. However, it failed
miserably once the opposing social classes
within I ndia came to blows.
If social change is your goal, peaceful
noncooperation is only one of several
tactics to be considered. Although noncooperation may feel good, it's not necessarily the most effective tactic for meeting
your goal. The right-wing dictatorships in
£1 Salvador and Guatamala would like
nothing better than for the rebels to be
" peacefully noncooperative." The U.S.armed generals in Central America are not
constrained by the liberal ideology of
British colonialism (but rather Am _' ~ican
corporate public relatIons), and lne result
would be a return to "cooperative mass
murder."
Greg Starling
Somebody Reads Our Paper
Editors :
Over the past four years at Evergreen,
I've seen the CP} through its ups and
downs; even pitching in myself from time
to time when I thought I had a good idea.
George Simmonds
photo by Hili
their own purposes" . .. because you
started by earning $20 a day. Then they
moved you up to a position that pays $30
a day . .. to perform the same function. If
they can pay you $30 a day then it means
that your labor must be worth a lot more
than $30." Simmonds' statements suggest
that black people don't know what they're
doing. His discussion denied that black
people can't work for their own benefit as
well as for the benefit of others. Hopefully, this wasn't his intent. but nevertheless it was his implication .
Simmonds believes that freedom comes
only with owning a society as a race, and
that "people aren't free until they control
their own destiny." However, since
Simmonds did not make himself clear, it
is difficult to understand the correlation
between owning a society and controlling
a destiny. Neither did he explain what it
means for an individual to control their
destiny. Indeed, what is destiny?
He pointed out that freedom and
independence do not mean personal comfort but are dependent on the control of
self destiny. An important point that was
not considered by Simmonds is that
belonging to a certain race does not
imply the pursuit of certain interests. If
black people work for the interests of
white masters, it follows that everyone
works for the interests of these people. It
is not possible to say that the interests of
black workers are different from those of
white workers in relation to their masters.
Simmonds went on to challenge the
basic anthropology and black history that
is taught in classrooms . He presented a
text published by the education department of the United Nations. The commission from this department, comprised
mostly of white people, has concurred
that the earliest human beings came out
of the African continent.
continued on page 5
I'm happy to say that now, after what
seems a long lag, the quality of reporting
in the CP} has me looking for the paper
again each week. Articles are thorough,
written with care, and very readable .
It's a rare season for the paper when it
can serve its main function (as voice of
the school) and provide good journalism
(important stories) at the same time.
You are fortunate to have writers such
as John W . Hill , Camey Combs, et. aI., on
the team . Last week's Forum by Arthur
West should take care of any remaining
unbelievers in the true magnitude of the
WPPSS mess.
A return( ed) reader,
V . Cummings
Please Write To This Man
Editors:
I am a prisoner on death row at the
Arizona State Prison and was wondering
if you would do me a favor. I have been
here for quite a while and I don't have
any family or friends on the outside to
write to, so I was wondering if you would
write to me,
I am a caucasian male, age 35, and
desire correspondence with either male or
female college students. I would like to
form some kind of friendly type relationship and more or less just exchange past
experiences and ideas. I will answer all
letters and exchange pictures. If interested
write to Jim Jeffers, Box 8-38604, Florence,
Arizona, 85232. Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Jim Jeffers
•
Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
by Eric Brinker
Breathairian Wiley Brooks calls himself
a "psychic"; he is tall and very thin, but I
guess that's to be expected from a person
who hasn't eaten in 18 years. "Eighteen
years! ," I hear you exclaim, 'That's impossible' " Funny, I said the same thing. In
all honesty, there is no way to prove
whether Brooks has eaten these past 18
years or not. Who can say? What matters
is that Brooks is a breathairian and he
spends his time traveling the country
spreading the philosophy of breathairianism.
Breathairians believe that breathing
provides all the necessary nutrients
needed to survive. I n their belief system,
consuming food is not vital to life, but
rather an acquired bad habit like smoking
or chewing your fingernails. They claim
the ability to live off of the air is one that
is inherent in all human beings and eating is nothing more than a deadly
indulgence.
I asked Mr. Brooks why people starve
to death if they can live on air. He
replied , "Because they don't know how
Bre,athlatrlan Wiley Brooks
by Hill
the body works. Their body is already too
toxic and is full of poisons. When they
stop eating, the body has to get rid of the
poisons that have already accumulated
before it can assimilate the energy from
. the air. So when that happens, the people
actually die in their own waste. The waste
in the body starts to be eliminated in the
blood, which kills the person. "
Brooks compares hunger pains to withdrawal symptoms suffered by heroin
addicts. Through 'a transitional diet and
regular enemas, a person can become
Living On Air
rehabilitated and never need to rely on ,
food again .
Brooks says the time is coming when
people are going to have to live without
food. He foresees a truckers' strike that
will cripple the food distribution system,
and plunge our country into widespread
famine. The food supplies are dwindling
but people keep right on eating, and at
the same time creating situations where
the food cannot be supplied.
"No matter how you look at it, it must
come to an end somewhere ... It's time
now that people start to realize that
eating has been an indulgence and it's
time they see that it has to self-destruct
because it's not something that's based on .
life. It's based on a system of death,"
Brooks explained.
Brooks is mainly concerned with making people aware of the possibility of
breathairianism, rather than having everybody stop eating. He sees scientific facts
as merely scientific theories, because
science has been proven wrong before;
" it fails too often ." In a nutshell, the
philosophy of breathairianism is: the less
Commercial Film Alternatives: E.l.Go Home
by Eric Brinker
If you're familiar with the bill of fare at
local commercial theatres, you've probably noticed that Olympia rarely gets a
chance to see foreign, or small-budget,
independent films. E.T. will probably be
around until Spielberg makes another
picture, whereas films like last year's My
Dinner With Andre or this year's Eating
Raoul have a very slim chance of making
it into one of the commercial houses in
town . Money, of course, is the major
reason for this. Why should theatre
owners take a risk with these smaller films
when blockbusters like E. T. can pack
them in every weekend? Diversity is
seldom profitable, yet there are two
places in town where you can still find
it: the Friday Night Film Series at The
Evergreen State College, and the Olympia
Little
Film Society which shows its films at
Capitol City Studios downtown.
Calvin Johnson, coordinator of the
Friday Night Film Series, attributes the
lack of independent and foreign films to
the fact that there aren't "that many
people that are educated about films in a
way that would make them interested
enough to be supportive."
Johnson says that when he took over
the film series, he didn't want it to be like
" every other stupid college film series in
the world" and has consequently tried to
avoid cliches and show films that are
"good, but not fashionable at the
moment."
Friday Night Films are selected through
a combination of Johnson's own knowledge of film and input from friends and
viewers, "though you can't always get all
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Simmonds stressed that "wherever you
see man, he is a result of the African
man. Therefore, I am no brother to no
other human being. The black woman is
no sister to no other human being. We
are the fathers and mothers of the human
race . I never heard of a mother and father
being equal to their children."
This is an acceptable anthropological
fact; one worthy of recognition. This is
not something that either white or black
children are taught in the classroom. The
documented fact is that the original
ancestors of the human race lived in
Africa and had black skin . The meaning
that Simmonds attaches to this fact is that
people with black skin from the continent
of Africa are superior to all other people
who inhabit this planet: "I have never
heard of parents [blacks) being equal to
their children [the rest of humanity)."
The problem is that the word equality
was never defined by Simmonds. If it was
Simmonds' intention to clarify the nature
of interracial relationships, then he
shouldn't use an often misused word like
"equality" to do so, without Clarifying
that word. In mathematics, equality is
used as a.word for comparison: greater
than, lesser than, or equal to. People are
not numbers and in that sense of the
word, equality can be used as a measure
of individual value; of the basic worth of
human beings. It seemed to be Simmonds'
assertion that "being first" transcends the
basic worth of all people.
Simmonds failed to propose any
possible arrangement of this relationship
between the black parents and their white
BILL'S CAPITOL SCUBA
him and squeeze him by the balls and
pulL" His suggestion then is a violent
estrangement.
In his lecture he went on to challenge
the stories of the traditional white heroes
that are told in the classroom. Using
various references and published material,
he demonstrated that characters such as
Odysseus, the Greek gods, Cleopatra (a
symbol of beauty), King Tut, and Jesus
Christ were all black skinned: "Christ was
black, that upset a lot of black folks, not
just white folks ... there are a lot of black
women living for Jesus only. The reason
is because they are taught Jesus is white.
He was no nigger."
Simmonds' demand that blacks receive
their accurate place in history is legitimate. But the question is, what was the
purpose of the historical facts at his
lecture1 There is a constructive potential
in all people knowing accurate history.
But Simmonds insisted on throwing the
facts around to raise a pep rally atmosphere among the audience, to build black
strength, not the strength of human
attitudes. This is a destructive use of
facts which could have constructive
possibilities.
It was Simmonds' original thesis that
blacks don't understand the historical
context of their present circumstances.
But Simmonds seemed to deny the value
of history for us pluralistically, as
humanity, and only stated its value to us
singularly, in terms of one race.
The main problem with SimmondS'
lecture was that it offered no course of
action for the audience. Since his lecture
was based on generalities, the audience
could be expected to act only on its interpretations of his general attitude.
Simmonds identified the white man as
the enemy of the black race, but left the
audience to act without knoW'mg who th~
white man is.
the films you want, " he added. Films are
slated at least a quarter in advance and in
Johnson's case, through fall of next year.
When asked whether someone had veto
power over his selections, he said he
didn't think anyone at the college would
do that and that the administration has
been very supportive of his choices . The
only problem he's encountered was over
the now infamous Mysteries of the
Organism poster this past fall.
Films selected for the rest of the
quarter include a war film, Th e Steel
Heimut, Richard Whorf's Champagne for
Caesar, a 1950 comedy, and Destiny, a
silent film by one of Germany's most
important directors, Fritz Lang.
Though most Evergreen students are
aware of the Friday Night Film Series,
there is another alternative that a lot of
people are probably not aware of : the
Olympia Film SOCiety. The film society is
a nonprofit organization that's been
around for three years and is now a
hundred members strong. Films are
selected by committee through a voting
you eat, the better you'll feel, and if you
don't eat anything, you' ll get to a point
where YOLl' 11 feel better than you 've ever
felt .
Create Your Own
ulsm"
by Eric Brinker.
I must admit that I had never heard of
breathairianism, but the idea of people
paying money to learn how to live with:>ut food got me thinking. Within the last
.Jecade, P.T. Barnum's assertion that
'there's a sucker born every minute" is
breaking new ground in the area of selfdevelopment. These people are traveling
around the country selling their idea fu r
a profit, and obviously doing well at it.
It's high-time college students reali ze that
here is a new opportunity for summer
employment .
Why waste your summer g,mping in a
fast food restaurant when you could be
laking advantage of peopl es' gullibili ty
without interference from a middleman .
All you have to do 's create your own
"ism," and find peopl e that you can con
into believing it. It's that simple. You
could spend your summer selling phil osophies like " Doodlism" (self-enri chIllPnt
through analysis of one's doodles),
" Phoneairiani sm" [attaining peac e Ihro'Jgh
long distance ), or " Perrierism" (getting :n
touch with the life force by drinking
expensive bottl ed water) . Make up your
own l
Once YOll get the " ism" down, sel ect a
geographi c area, print up some flyers with
all the pertinent information (time, cost,
etc ), and perhaps an aphorism about th e
philosophy, such as " With each doodle
we take another step in learning about
ourselves." Plaster your flyers everywhere,
particularly within the area you've
selected . Sit back and watch the profits
roll in . Sound good 1 Well, if you want to
know more, come to the " Start Your Own
ISM" Seminar. That's right, for a f)altry
$50 I can show you how to make big
money in the profitable world of self-help
seminars. Address all checks and money
orders to Eric Brinker; send them to
LI B 3232 at The Evergreen State College.
I'll get in touch with you about days and
times. It's true! You don't have to settle
for a minimum wage this summer when
you start your own seminar. It's easy, it's
fun, it's profitable, it's the 1980's I
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SEND A LETIER TO YOUR CONGRESS-ffi
ruPERSON or call Secretary of State Georgern
mSchultz (202) 623-9884. Let them knowc:J
YOU oppose Reagan's certification that~
human rights cond,t,ons have Improved in
EI Salvador. Also, let them know you
1lI0!:
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Arts & Event
Jacques Talk: Everything From Athletics To Zimicki
Thursday
Dale Soules, an actress who has appeared in
several Broadway shows including four years as
Cal in "The Magic Show" with Doug Henning, will
present se"eral characters live in Olympia on
February 10 and 11. Soules, a "isltlng artist and
teacher at TESC during spring quarter, 1962, will
present a 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. show Thursday,
February 10, and an 8 p.m. show Friday, February 11 . The event is produced and sponsored by
the Celebration of Olympia Arts: May 1983, and
all procOOds will go to that organization. Tickets
will be available at the door for $4.
more traditional society. Individual
contracts though, remain a great form of
teams to be successful on .the field?
alternative education . They may be harder
IZ: People don't write about teams that
to get and you may have to do a lot of
lose all the time, it's very hard to come
politicing to do what you want to do, but
up with something pos.itive to say. I think
if you are aggressive and persistent, you
it would be foolish not to work for excelcan get what you want. And perhaps, part
lence in our program. If we just have
of the reason contracts seem harder to get
teams, but don't care if they are competiis because faculty got u~ed to those older,
tive, we're not going to get much
more aggressive students. I know of a
publicity. Last year when the women's
classic example where two students
team was having a winning season, people
wanted a specific contract with a specific
• in the community would come up to
faculty. This faculty member told them he
them and say, 'Hey, I read in the paper
was not interested in their contract, or
you guys are doing real well .' We got a
any contract for that matter. These two
lot of pOsitive feedback.
students would be at this teacher's office
CP}: How does that relate to faculty/
when he came in each morning and they
student relationships?
would harrass him about their contract.
}Z: There are a lot of contradictions in
They would stay outside his office all day.
faculty/student relationships. When I first
One of them would go to a phone and
came here in the early 70s, students were
call him up. Anywhere he was on campus,
older and people really knew what they
they wold talk to him about this contract.
wanted. We were coming out of the '60s,
After about a week of thiS, the faculty
a time when people were used to sticking
member gave in and said, 'I'll take your
up for their rights . Faculty, students, and
photo courtesy 01 Rec Center
Jacques Zlmlckl
contract but I only want to see you once
staff were supposed to be colleagues . I
a week.'
feel that has changed a lot. The staff has
CP}: How is Evergreen's athletic proCPI: Do you think the Evergreen
gone its way and established a separate
gram different from any other?
method of evaluating faculty is adequate.
identity for itself, and so have the faculty.
IZ: I think the best way to coach at
}Z: Evergreen's faculty review process
As
a result, the students have become a
Evergreen is a style that most people
definitely has its drawbacks. It's always
defacto entity and, as a result, I think the
would characterize as " laid back." I don't
been a problem at alternative colleges.
faculty have taken advantage of the
thi nk students here respond very well to
For a faculty member to be fired, they
students. It used to be that if a faculty
somebody screaming at them. We don't
really have to do something outrageous.
member panicked at the end of a quarter
get a lot of soccer players with experience
The deans have tried to remedy the situaand decided to require an extra paper
in a highly competitive program. As a
tion; if they get enough student combecause he decided the students hadn't
result, they have to be taught to go out
plaints about a faculty member, a dean
done enough work, the early Evergreen
there and go for it, and be aggressive.
wi 11 call that facu Ity in and try to
students would call 'bullshit.' If their work
Most of our athletes give sports a
straighten out the situation. But, one
was up to pre-agreed standards, they
secondary role .
problem is that, since the deans rotate, a
wouldn't let the faculty bully them. Now
CP}: Is that a good thing?
new dean may call in a faculty member
it's 'I'm a faculty, you're student, and I'm
}Z: If you want to have a very competiand explain a problem and give that
boss.'
tive sports program, it's not too good . You
person a chance to shape up. However,
It seems like the faculty has evolved
have to demonstrate to the people that
the previous dean may have given that
more towards being the students . Faculty
it's okay to be competitive, but while
faculty member the same ultimatum the
members often are doing things they
you're doing that you have less time to
year before. As a consequence, a bad
aren't trained to do, they want to learn
develop specific skills . It would be much
teacher may be able to slip by year after
something new, so they set up a program
eas ier to build a team with people who
year. There doesn't seem to be much conin whatever their interest is, and often
had a competitive background, because
tinuity from succeeding deans.
times they are reading the material for the
there would be more time to mold an
CP}: What positive traditions do you
first time, at the same time the students
effective team . Another difficulty is the
think have been established here?
are reading it. In that situation, it's very
problem of time constraints. At a tradiIZ: In athletics, I think we are building
difficult for faculty to be prepared to help
tional school, a portion of the afternoon
a tradition of not just developing people
the student and be able to illuminate the
is set aside and no classes are held . At
as athletic achievers, but as well-rounded
material. Oftentimes, faculty with very
Evergreen on the other hand, classes can
human beings. Scholastically, I think the
specific ski lls that are needed by students
be practically any time of day or night,
most important tradition is the individual
who want individu al contracts, aren't
so it's very hard to get an entire team
contract concept.
available to those students because the
together for practice. In a way though ,
CPI: What elements of the original
faculty are tied up with some pet project.
that's good for Evergreen because it takes
Evergreen experience have been lost?
While I think it is valuble for first- and
coaching from the impersonal: " I'm
}Z: I think recent budget cuts have
second-year students to be involved in
coac h, you're team' level, to 'I'm coach,
robbed Evergreen of some of its alternasomewhat structured programs, I've
you're player' and let's get together and
tives . The early years were a real creative
always
thought seminars and individual
see when we can practice. It's harder for
time. There was money to take more trips
contracts were Evergreen's strong points.
the coach, but each player gets more
off campus; there was money to buy and
Individual contracts take a large amount
contact time with the coach.
use sophisticated equipment. That's one
of faculty time per student and it seems
reason Evergreen has gone to more
faculty are increasingly less willing to take
traditional programs: they cost less to run .
on those responsibilities .
After ten years of existence, Evergreen has
CP}: How 'alternative' do you think
become more formalized, has more rules .
Evergreen really is?
When I first came here, one tradition
}Z: Evergreen started out being very
was the Rowdy Ball. It was held outside,
innovative, but obviously we've moved
in May. It would be unannounced, until
toward a more traditional approach. That
one evening when the organizers would
change was more or less inevitable since
decide the weather was right, and they
we live in, and are a part of, a larger,
would get on the phone and start telling
people, 'Hey, tonight's the night: They
would set up music out by the soccer
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CPI: How important is it for Evergreen
by D.A. Heier
jacques Zimicki has been the Evergreen
WOlTlens' soccer coach for two years, but
has been associated with the school in
one way or another since the early 70s.
In additio~, he is a successful professional
photographer. At this tilTle, Zimicki is
planning to leave Evergreen and pursue
his Masters and Ph.D. degrees.
In the following interview, Zimicki
shares his views on athletics, Evergreen
faculty/student relations, and the state of
Evergreen today.
CP}: Do you think Evergreen really
needs an athletic program?
}Z: The formalizing of sports at Evergreen fulfills an image need. We have
these people who don't act or look
'normal' by community standards, but the
community sees these people playing
competitive, and can relate to that. It
forces community people to question one
of their values and say, 'Well, maybe
these Greeners aren' t so bad!'
CP}: Do you think it would be appropriate for Evergreen to recruit athletes or to
offer athletic scholarshipsl
}Z: It's very hard to get athletes to
come to your program when you don't
have a positive reputation . I think in the
near future you' ll see the first athlete
scholars at Evergreen.
CP}: What's the difference between an
athlete scholar and an athletic scholarship?
}Z: In my mind, there is a big difference. Athletic scholarships are like buying
something, buying meat. In football for
instance, you look at a player and your
main concern is can this guy run the
hundred in 9.3. I n a student athlete, you
are looking not just for a good player but
an outstanding scholar as well. Many
times the best athletes are also outstanding sc holars ; intelligence is an important
asset for a soccer player. I think Evergreen
realizes that scholar athletes are people
we should be trying to bring here.
CP} : Do you think the students here
support at hleti cs?
}Z: If you're talking about now, I beli eve Evergreen students do support
athletics. Their main fear, I think, is that
we will start offering athletic scholarships
and . as a resu lt, draw a large number of
stereoty pi ca l jocks. But I think more
people are realizing that's not our intentiun . More people are coming out to
\N<ltch our games. Though we' ll probably
neve r have 500 peuple at a soccer"game, I
think people do support us in a quiet sort
of way .
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In celebration of Charles Oarwin's birthday, the
E"ergreen En"ironment program will be performing a reading play, "Inherlt the Wind," Friday,
February 11, in the Recital Hall at 7 p.m. Admission for the mo"le is $1.
Saturday
Annie Rose and the Thrillers will headling the
Beaux Arts MaSQuerade Batt to be held in the
CAB Mall on Saturday, February 12, from B p.m.
to 1 a.m . Missing Links will open the show.
Admission is $5, and relreshments are extra.
Sunday
Dream Speaker, a film about an emotionally
:listurbed boy who runs away from an institution
and is "adopted" by an old Indian shaman, will
be shown Sunday, February 13, from 3 p.m. to
5:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall One. Mary Nelson, a
CoI"ille Indian educator, and Cornelius Bird, an
education coordinator of Upward Bound, will
speak in addition to the movie. The event is
sponsored by Respect and Freedom Project and
by TESC's Northwest Indian Center and the Counseling Center. Childcare witt be provided. There is
a $1 suggested donation.
Friday Night Films presents "The Shop on Main
Street" (Czechoslovakia, 1965, 128 min., b/w,
subtit les), directed by Jan Kader and Elmar Klos
Friday, February 11 , at 3 p.m., 7 p.m., and
9:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall One. "The Shop on
Main Street" won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
Admission Is $1.50.
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KAOS's ·'Allys In Otympla" series will present a
live acoustic concert on Sunday, February 13, at
7 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Communications
Building and simulcast o"er KAOS 89.3 FM. The
concert will begin promptly at 7 p.m. and no one
will be admitted once the broadcast begins.
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Performers include 1976 graduate John Aikins on
piano, 1982 graduate Oscar Spidahl also. on
piano, and current students Giles Arendt , Kenan
Kelly , Paul Prince, and Rick Oupea on guitar, and
Tak Doke on fiddle. KAOS General Manager
Michael Huntsberger will be the emcee. Admission is $1 and 50t for KAOS subscribers .
Music expressing the spiritual and culture
tradition of the natives of the highlands of South
America will be performed by Almandlna in concert Sunday, February 13, at 2 p.m. at the Capitol
Theatre in Olympia. The performance will feature
~o th traditional and contemporary South American
music . The e"ent is sponsored by Evergreen
Galleries and the community organization Hispanic
Arts Committee. Admission to Almandina is $4
adults, $3 students and senior citizens, $2
children, and $10 family. Tickets are $1 more at
the door.
EPIC and Olympians Against Intervention in EI
Salvador are sponsoring EI Salyador: The Cunent
Situation, Monday, February 14, in Lecture Hall
One at 3 p.m. The speaker will be Arnaldo
"Iamos. representative of the FMLN/FOR political
organization . Admission is free .
EPIC presents "Malcolm X : EI Hajj Malik el
Shabau .. · Monday, February 14. at 7:30 p.m . in
,ecture Hall One and in CAB 110, February 15, at
l oon. This film is a documentary of black acti"ist
and leader Malcolm X, and is shown in conjunc:ion with Black History Month and in memory of
·,is assassination February 21 , 1965. Admi ss ion
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free.
The Medie"al Film Series presen ts ·'T"e Seventh
(Sweden. 1957, 96 min ., b/w . su btitles),
',rected by Ingmar Bergman on February 15 at
, pm., 7 p.m.. and 9:30 p.m. in Lectu re Hall
1ne. The film stars Gunnar Bjornstrand , Ivlax von
·ydow. and Bibi Anderson . Admission is $1 .50.
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The Ujamaa Society presents four short films
part of Slack History Month on Wednesday.
February 16, at noon in CAS 110. The films are
··Black History : Lost. Stolen , or Strayed .·· ·'Stack
Shadows on a Sil"er Screen .. · ··Body and Soul··
Parts I and II , and ··Hey Cab .. ·
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It was only a matter of time . As computers become an integral part of our
soc iety, more and more recording artists
are delving into the implications of a
computer/man(kind) relationship . Kraftwerk, a German techno-rock band, was
one of the fl rst to explore this computerized world, depicting it as a cold, unemotiona l, and unrelenting force. More
recently, Laurie Anderson has won
acclaim for her use of the latest technological instruments to emphasize the
dehumanizing impact of technology in
the United States. Neil Young's name can
now be added to this list.
tive aspects of this braveU) new world.
The track , " We R in Control" features
Young as the voices of computers in open
rebellion . As an authoritative beat pounds
relentlessly, Young's electroni c voice
drones " We control the data banks/We
control the think tanks/We control the
FBI./We R in controL"
Rider . The title song ··Blue Rider .. - ·' HeartI c>-Heart" and ··SlIrrender Dorothy·' are
'rnrneciiate favoritE', beca use of t he
Jrnount of ernotion and energy they hold .
while still bei ng slow and 'luiet William·on·, ,ongs could be plaved over a
cd ndlelight dinner o r at parties, and be
dppropriate in both places
In the song " Transformer Man," Young
creates a technological ballad with a
synthesized falsetto voice joining in the
harmony. The song deals with a man
sitting in a little roorn , waiting to push
the buttons necessary to obliterate whole
societies. What makes this track stand
out, in fact what makes many of these
tracks stand out, is the emotion Young
injects into his altered voices, a sound
that suggests Young is emphas izing the
difference between the head and the
heart. Computers, while emotionless, are
run by real people and, as long as people
retain their humanity, computers are helpless to destroy it.
Other favorites include ·'Peter Pan ."'
What Good Does It Do Me Now. " and
·Lodestar,"' a ,ong for Judy Co llin s in
whtch William son ack nowledges the influence that Coli i ns has had on her . Two
·. ,ther songs on the album stand out for
what they are about rather than for how
they are delivered. These two are " Leviathan," a song about the killing of whales ,
and " Night Patrol ," a song about and for
John Lennon . Hopefully, Cris Williamson
will continue in the direction that she is
heading on Blue Rider, and be able to
keep up the excellence of her writing and
her voice .
Young's latest album, TRANS, is an
intriguing and sometimes startlingly
effective depiction of a society in transition, hence the title . With the use of
synthesizers, vocoders (a device that electronica lly alters the voice) and several
other technological creations, Young takes
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"American Pictures," a slide show of no less
than three and a half hours will be shown Friday,
February 11, at 1:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall Three.
The slide show was complied by Danish filmmaker, Jacob Hotdt, during trips to the United
States between 1971 and 1976, and again between
1978 and 1980. The e"ent Is sponsored by the
Third World Coalition, Third World Women,
Afflrmati"e Action, Northwest Indian Center,
Asian/Pacif ic Coalition, KEY-Special Services,
UJamaa Society, and MECHA. Admission Is free.
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The Rainbow Restaurant, located at 200 W. 4th
in downtown Olympia, presents the New Smithfield Trio every Wednesday and Thursday during
February from 9-11 p.m. Every Friday and Saturday, Patrick Tuzzolino, a jazz vocalist, pianist,
and guitarist will appear. Sunday, February 13,
Presto-Chanoo, a multi-media trio aooears.
Admission for Presto-Chango will be $2.50
An ancient Greek play takes on a new twist when the feminist theater group Splderwoman presents
"Lvslstrata Numbah" on February 15 at 8 p.m. in the Experimental Theater at The E"erQreen State
College. This contemporary adaptation of a 2400-year-old play by Arlstophanes explores the power of
men o"er women through song, dance, mime and comedy. The feminist theater group Splderwoman
takes Its name from the Hopi goddess of creation who taught her people to weave. Tickets are $3.50 for
students and $4.50 general; available at The E"ergreen State College Bookstore and Yenney's Music
in Olympia. For reservations call 866-6000, ext. 6070.
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Danca Attack, an evening of works choreographed and performed by Evergreen students
studying with adjunct faculty dancers Ed Groff
and Karen Scherwood, will be performed February
10,11, and 12 at 8 p.m. In the Experimental
Theatre of the Communications Building. Admission is $3.50 for students and senior citizens, and
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The Olymoia Film Society oresents ·'OIYa"
(France, 1962, 12 min ., Color Subtitles), directed
by Jean-Jacques Beineix on Sunday, February 13,
in the Capitol City Studios, 911 East 4th, downtown Olympia. "Oi"a" will be shown at 8 p.m.
Admission is $1 .25 for members and $2.75 for
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of the seasonal series. Even though the
Film SOCiety is nonprofit, or more likely
because of it, the selection committee
still has to be concerned with how many
people a film will draw. Spokesperson
Mary Ellen McKain says that lately distributors have been cutting rental prices on
films, which has enabled the film society
to obtain somewhat recent releases such
as the French thriller Diva which will be
shown on February 13.
McKain says that the main goal of the
, film society is to "increase access to films
in Olympia" and also "to encourage a
deeper understanding of film." At every
. showing, viewers can get a handout that
gives a brief history of the film and its
director.
While the film society is doing alright
financially, according to McKain, they
would be able to show more films if they
had more "people power," hence they are
always seeking new members. Films are
shown at Capitol City Studios on 4th
Street every Sunday evening ..
The album's masterpiece is an eightminute epic entitled "Like an Inca," the
last track on side two. The song hinges on
a contagious jazz riff and, devoid of electronics, Young· reconsiders all that has
gone on before and decides that perhaps
computers can be lived with, but do we
really want to live with them?
Young ultimately fails to answer any of
the questions brought up on TRANS ·
but then again, the questions alone are
worth exploring.
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For those unfamiliar with Cris Williamson, she has six albums out and records
for Olivia Records, a small independent
record company that was begun about ten
years ago by a group of women
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I selected the Friday Night Films and the
Olympia Film Society because they offer
the broadest scope of alternatives to the
commercial houses . If we can support the
endeavors of these organizations, perhaps
the commercial houses will sit up and
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