The Cooper Point Journal Volume 27, Issue 25 (May 8, 1997)

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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 27, Issue 25 (May 8, 1997)

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TbeEvorgnsenState College
Piympia, Washington 98505

Social activism
conference starts Friday

A drama of turmoil — Uncle
Vanya opens this weekend

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The Evergreen State College

Volume 27 • Number 25 j

Yes or no on student goverment?
Students to vote on whether to have one and which kind
By Terrance Young
"Staff Writer

Do you wish to adopt one of the
proposed governance models?
..--:;•«--«
Students can check yes or no.
If the Gnal vote is yes, I would prefer this
model.
Students can check Forum Governance or
E-Gov.
That is the question, those are your options. v
Three weeks ago, Vice President of Student
Affairs Art Costantino, Dean of Student and
Academic Support Services Shannon Ellis, and
Director of Student Activities Tom Mercado,
sent a ballot and a letter dated April 14 asking
those questions and giving students those
options concerning student governance.
Students have until May 15 to turn in their
ballots.
In December ,the administration sent a
letter asking students to think about student
government at Evergreen and create governance
models if interested. The two proposed
governance models on the ballot are the
responses to that invitation.
The April 14 letter reads, "If a majority of
the students respond indicating that they wish
to see one of the models adopted, then one of
the two models will be incorporated beginning
next fall."
When asked about the significance of the
vote and the possible implementation process
none of the administrators agreed completely
with each other or what they wrote in the letter.
Costantino, emphasized participation. He
said, "If you don't even take the time to respond
to whether or not you want government, you'll

have to deal with the governmentjhat comes to
..yjjte." But when asked what he thought would
constitute a fair majority, he replied, "I don't
know."
Ellis, feels the vote exists only to help
further discussion. Dialogue between students,
she emphasized, should determine whether or
not the voted model should be implemented and
if so how. "We have no guidelines on this, and
it's presumptuous of me to give you one," she
said.

"We have no guidelines
on this, and it's
presumptuous of me to
give you one."
— Shannon Ellis, dean of student
and academic support services

Mercado, said he personally felt a twothirds majority would be fair but added that he
doesn't think it is possible or realistic. "Student
consensus will determine whether vote is
legitimate," he said.
Why has the administration brought up
the issue of student governance now?
Costantino said it was important that
students have their own decision making process.
He and Mercado think a student government can
give students a chance to be proactive rather than
reactive all the time.
The administrators admit that the state
legislation asking student governments to vote
on a tech fee did have some influence on their
timing.

Chicken feet just for fun;

The philosophies behind the two
governance models are quite different.
The Forum Governance, proposed by
fourth-year student Mikko Wiese and graduate
student Jerry Rice, is centered on providing a
structure in which students can communicate.
Wiese and Rice said they intentionally
made it similar to the faculty governance
model and the model the graduate students
are currently working on. They felt that
similar formats and jargon would make
communication and cooperation between
graduates, undergraduates, and faculty easier.
Rice believes the strength of the Forum
Governance model is that it has no real power.
"It's a clearinghouse of information," he said. "It
won't inflict anything on people who don't want
something."
James Guerci describes E-Gov as a "robot
which basically replaces all the traditional roles"
in government. He wanted to create a
government that wasn't encumbered by
hierarchy and numerous positions.
E-Gov utilizes e-mail and internet
technology. Initiatives would be posted on a
web page and students would vote through email.
Guerci and the administration are
concerned that there is no way to protect the email voting system against sabotage. When
asked if he thought the technology would leave
people out, Guerci replied that people without
e-mail can use the Computer Center or send their
vote using postal mail.
After years of discussion a concrete
question has been posed and choices have been
offered. How will students answer?

Cooper Point Journal 1997

Fish bow I forum
stresses community
communication
By Terrance Young
Staff Writer

Close to 40 Evergreen students,
staff, and administration expressed their
concerns about various c o m m u n i t y
issues at the C o m m u n i t y Fishbowl
yesterday organized by student
Rosalinda Noriega.
President jane Jervis, members of
Police Services, and even a prospective
student were among the people who
attended.
The concern that motivated Noriega
to create this forum was the recent
allegations of sexual harassment against
members of Police Services.
Several women students expressed
their discomfort with Police Services.
Fourth-year student Laura Jennings said,
"The recent issues of sexual harassment
don't make me feel comfortable about
asking Police Services for help."
Steve Huntsberry, director of Police
Services, asked students to understand that
the allegations of sexual harassment are not
against Police Services or all Police Services
members but against certain members.
Participants also discussed student
government and student unification,
communication
between
the
administration and students, and the
arming of Police Services.
There were many points of view but
everyone agreed that communication and
dialogue between Evergreen community
members needs to be fostered.
"The next step," said Noriega, "is
another forum."

Services left to clean-up

the two cut lengths of string about 10 feet long down. Earlier in her evening, she spent 10 vegetarian residents of B-dorm, agree that "it was
and tied an end of each piece to one chicken foot. minutes stripping Chris and K.C.'s first batch off disgusting." Said Ashley, "Even if I did eat
Chris Rudd and K.C. Elsasser were cruising Then they walked to the library building and the library railing. In the morning, she spent chicken, I wouldn't want to see feet hanging all
another quarter hour pulling over."
the isles at Top Foods last Wednesday night to hung the feet at eye level in
Chris said that while he was at The
down strands while
buy food for Thursday's barbecue on Red Square. the second floor lobby from
Evergreen
Students for Meat barbecue on Red
unlocking
the
buildings.
a
railing
on
the
third
floor.
Then they got sidetracked in the meat
Square,
four
people approached the group and
"It
was
kind
of
They
went
back
to
the
department.
voiced
their
disgust with the prank. He
disgusting,"
said
.Stretch.
store
for
more,
and
by
the
There, among assorted beef and pork
But she was more concerned emphasised that the Students for Meat members
products, lay chicken feet wrapped in Styrofoam time they returned to the
with how the prank had were never involved. He also said he confessed
library, someone had cut
and Saranwrap — about 10 claws to a pack.
taken her away from to a Police Services officer at the barbecue. "He
When Chris and K.C. saw the feet they down all their work.
guarding other parts of the just laughed," said Chris.
"I
was
kind
of
pissed,"
stopped and stared. "I'dneverseen them before,"
Director of Police Services Steve
school, namely the parking
said
Chris.
"I
wan
ted
people
said Chris.
lots. She wants students to Huntsberry, said the incident took up time, but
About the size of a child's hand, they were to see it and think about it."
be more responsible for their that campus cops are not actively seeking the
So Chris and K.C.
bony and covered with smooth pink flesh. They
jokes and to clean up after chicken feet culprits.
looked like they could have been made of rubber, started over. Joined by a
In hindsight, Chris said people have had a
themselves. Stretch said that
. but at the ankle where they'd been cut off the bird, friend from B-dorrn, they
mixed
reaction to the chicken feet. "Some people
when
Lieutenant
Larry
tied
more
feet
to
the
library,
connective bone and ligaments stuck out.
Savage came on duty at 5 thought it was gross, some people thought it was
Chris and K.C. wondered what people the CAB and the trees on Red
a.m., he also spent a half- funny."
could do with the lopped-off claws. Chris has Square. They hung them on
Thursday morning he saw a couple people
hour collecting the feet.
heard that people make soup out of them or feed dorms, dangled them along
Most of the chicken playing games with a foot hanging from the
them to their cats. He also jokes that they're used campus paths, suspended
feet were taken down before entrance to the community center. Elsewhere,
them from trees, attached
to make chicken nuggets.
sunrise, but a few leftovers someone cut all but the middle finger from a
them
to
signs,
and
put
a
few
He and K.C. hatched their own plan. They
piled packages into their cart and threw in a roll on the Housing Community
Photo by Gary Love caught early-risers off guard. hanging claw — giving people the birdie.
Chris laments, "I wish I could have done it
Many people didn't like
of the store's cheapest string. They intended to Center.
with a purpose behind it, but that just seemed to
Police Services officer Tammy Stretch said being confronted with dead chicken parts.
give Evergreen something to talk about.
Ashley Pizzello and Amber Crawford, two be the thing you do with a chicken's foot."
Around 9 p.m. at K.C. s campus apartment, she spent half an hour that night clipping the feet
By David Scheer
Editor in Chief

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By David Scheer
Editor in Chief

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S&A Board presentsbudgets for next year
ByTak Kendrick
Staff Writer

The S&A Board deliberated last week
on the proposed budget allocations for 41
student-funded groups.

The groups received over $190,000,
which includes pay for the coordinators of
each group (if they requested any), travel
and goods and services. This money, in
addition to the money allocated last quarter

Allocations for Student Services Groups
Student Group

1996-1997
1997-1998
Budget Tentative Budget

American Indian Science and Engineering Society
$1,221
$1,252
Amnesty International
N/A*
$1,968
ASIA
$6,529
$6,674
Bike Shop
$4,222
$5,546
Camarilla
N/A
$875
Community Gardens
$4,655
$4,655
EARN
N/A
$1,968
EPIC
$7,528
$7,683
EQA
$7,063
$7,683
ERC
$6,087
$6,246
Gaming Guild
$2,398
$1,161
Irish American Student Organization
$3,192
$3,285
$300
International Student Association
$2,026
$5,024
Jewish Cultural Center
$4,900
LASO
$4,458
$5,459
$2,623
LINUX/UNIX Users group
$2,561
Middle Eastern Resource Center
$2,498
$2,560
MEChA
$5,525
$5,680
$3,860
Masters of Environmental Studies
$3,767
Mindscreen
$5,748
$5,825
$1,147
MIT/GSA
N/A
Masters of Public Administration
$2,711
$2,773
$6,915
NSA
$6,791
$2,538
Peer Health Advocate Team
$1,814
$1,272
Pacific Islanders Association
$2,908
$900
Performance Projects
N/A
$4,093
Rape Response Coalition
$4,318
$13,977
S&A Board
$13,509
$2,073
SCA
$2,011
$5,522
Slightly West
$4,760
$30,804
Special Initiative
$30.804
$5,576
Student Arts Counsel
N/A
$3,973
Students of Color Anthology
$2,404
$2,591
Student Workers Union
$2,202
$1,415
Unified Graduate Student Association
, .
N/A
$2,437
Union of Students with Disabilities
$2,375
Umoja
$6,497
$3,273
$1,245
Wilderness Awareness Group
$870
$3,560
Wilderness Center
•
$3,436
$6,389
Women of Color
$6,204
, $10,307
Women's Center
.
.
$9,098 ,
$192,972
Total
$177,090
*N/A- - Not applicable, no money allocated for this year
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for KAOS, the S&A Administration, Child
Care Center, Health and Wellness Center
and The Cooper Point Journal comes from
student tuition in the amount of $103 per
quarter for each full-time student.
For the most part, all the groups
received current level service which is
roughly what they were allocated last year
plus a small increase due to minimum wage
increases. There were only five groups that
received less than they were budgeted for—
the Pacific Islanders Association, which
requested less money due to inactivity; the
Gaming Guild which overbudgeted last year;
the International Student Association,
which turned in their budget late and has
been plagued with inactivity this year; the
Rape Response Coalition, which requested
a little less; and Umoja who had displayed
signs of inactivity, said Erin Ficker, S&A
Board Coordinator. Umoja appealed the
decision (see related story this issue).
The S&A Board will present the
tentative budgets to the Board of Trustees
for approval in June.

Umoja co-coordinator Terrance Young
stood before Evergreen's Services and Activities
Board last Monday speaking slowly and carefully.
He was explaining to the board why he felt they
should give Umoja, Evergreen's black student
union, more money. And he was restraining
himself.
"I wanted to have a good set of arguments
and reasons and not just get emotional and yell,"
said Young afterward.
Young's speech and a letter he had written
earlier constituted an appeal to the S&A Board,
which announced last week that it planned to
decrease Umoja's funding next year by 75 percent.
After he left, board members reached a quick
decision. They allocated $1,000 more to Umoja,
the money that Young had asked for. That still
left a 50 percent cut in the student group's budget.
The cut has made some people in
Evergreen's student group community question
how the S&A board values Umoja.
The decrease in Umoja's budget is a result
of Umoja's inactivity, say members of the S&A
board. Many weeks this year Umoja has not held
meetings, some months they have had no
coordinator and so far this year they have hosted
only one campus event, a dance for Black History
Month.

By April, when Umoja applied late for next
year's budget, Umoja had only spent $1000 of the
more than $6000 they been given for this school
year. And the board knew that much of that
money Umoja gave to other groups for
cosponsored events, says Erin Picker, coordinator
of the S&A board.
Picker says the board felt their obligation
was to allocate the money to groups which are
active and are likely use it. "The board makes
investments of student money. If we see a group
that has not spent the money we have given them,
that is a poor investment of student money," said
Picker.
Young admits, "performance-wise, Umoja
hasn'tdone very well this year." He says the group
has failed in its most important goal: supporting
the needs of black students. But, he argues the
group should still get more money so that it can
thrive again.
Young says Umoja is especially important
because it fights for an important social cause.
"The board has a greater obligation than just
looking at numbers," he said.
Still, if things go well for Umoja next year,
the cuts will never impact the group, said Picker.
They could spend their allocated budget in the
first quarter, and with a sympathetic S&A board,
get more money through special initiative
requests.

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May 8,1997

NEWS
From the Ground Up: Preparing fora Lifetime of activism
Friday May 9th
9-10:30 Late Registration and Sign-in
10:30-12:30 Welcoming
12:30-2 Lunch
2-4 Workshop Session 1: Sound Hours; History of
Revolution in the '60s; Boycotts: History, Resources,
How to put them on; Stopping Timber Sales: Cold and
Legal Strategies; Community Organizing and Coalition
Building: Theatre Simulation Exercises; Is the Struggle
for Reproductive Rights Over? Then and Now; Surviving
Radical Demos; Organizing for Immigrant Rights; Queer
Youth Activism; Photography
4:15-6:15 Working Groups
6-8 Dinner
8:30 Live Music: Citizen's Band, Timothy Hull, Reva
Saturday, May 10th
8-8:30 Anarchist Aerobics
8:30-9:30 Breakfast
9:30-11:30 Workshop Session 2: Legal Skills; Kids in Community
Discussion; Copwatch; Fire Your Boss!; Organizing a Non-Violent
Direct Action Campaign; Women's Reproductive and NonReproductive Health; Performing Arts Activism; Book Keeping;
Revolutionary Ecology; Nature, Corporate Rule, and Social Revolution;
Domestic Violence/Women at Risk; Youth Identity and Power
9:30-1:45 Workshop Session 2a: Nonviolence Training; Consensus Training
11:45-1:45 Workshop Session 3: Sustainable Activism; Skills for Performing
Artists; Making Meetings Work; Sustainable Agriculture; Theatre; Exploring Alternate Ways
of Creating Dialogue with Community; Permaculture; What is Revolutionary Anarchism?; Cuba
Solidarity/World Youth Festival; High School Organizing; Introduction to War Tax Resistance
1:45-2:45 Lunch
3:00-4:30 Working Groups
4:45-6:45 Panel Discussions
7-8:30 Dinner
9-11 Rockabilly Dance, Movies, Open Mic

By Hillary Rossi
"Staff Writer
From the Ground Up
conference builds the skills necessary
to develop a campaign or organize a successful
protest, said Chris Dixon, a volunteer for the Evergreen Political
Information Center (EPIC). EPIC co-sponsors the conference on
May 9,10 and 11.
The conference is for people from all over the Northwest
who need skills necessary to run non-political campaigns and
rallies, he said.
From the Ground Up features 50 workshops
promoting active participation in social activist causes, such
as gay and lesbian issues, women's self defense, homeless
concerns, support for prisoners, and Internet activism, said
Doug Wordell, co-coordinator of EPIC.
Active participation is a long term goal, Dixon said. The
peopfe who-aftend the conference will be able to separate irito
workshops with other people interested in the same subject,
he.said.
EPIC wants the participants in the conference to go
back to their communities and teach other people about
the ideas reinforced to them in these workshops,
Dixon said.
From the Ground Up is in its first year. Its
Bed®
birth was from an anarchist, radical conference
Breakfast
called "Active Resistance" held in Chicago last
summer when the Democratic National
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Sunday May llth
8-9 Breakfast and Cartoons
9:30-12:30 Workshop Session 4: Zine Making and Networking; Political Prisoner Support;
Community Organizing; Animal Rights Activism; Intro to Tree Climbing and Banner Hanging;
Contemporary Native American Issues; Co-ops/Collectives; Collaborative Improvisation
through Writing and Movement; Women's Self Defense; Labor and Community Solidarity
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:45-3:45 Working Groups
4-5 Working Group Presentations
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Internet
workshop this
weekend
In conjunction with the From
the Ground Up activist conference,
an Internet workshop will be held on
Saturday 11:45-1:45 and Sunday
9:30-12:30 in LIB 2205. To be hosted
by the I n t e r n e t A d v e n t u r e s of
Olympia , this free workshop will
focus on providing essential
knowledge needed to be an effective
activist over the Internet. Topics to
be covered will include: a history and
overview of the Internet, essential
Internet tools and plug-ins, using ernail and the World Wide Web,
protecting your c o m m u n i c a t i o n
w i t h Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)
encryption, using mailing lists, and
finding activists resources over the
Internet.
With several teachers available
for assistance during the workshop,
p a r t i c i p a n t s will be guided on
t h r o u g h an on-line m u l t i m e d i a
introduction to these technologies.
Internet Adventures Inc. in
partnership with the Olympia
Networking Services provides this
free interactive workshop in the
belief that positive I n t e r n e t
networking and activism will lead to
a stronger and more free society.

Historic tours
in Olympia
In honor of National Historic
Preservation Month, the City of
Olympia and the Olympia Heritage
Commission invite the public to
"Take a Walk Through History" on
Saturday, May 10.
Free, guided walking tours of
historic downtown Olympia will be
given by members of the Heritage
Commission, w i t h a special
"Treasure Hunt" for all ages to spot
distinctive features of historicbuildings.
Tours will leave from the
Olympia Farmer's Market at 12
noon, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.. The
walking tours take approximately
one hour and require considerable
walking. Participants should dress
accordingly.

During the tours, walkers will
learn about the buildings and history
of northern downtown. Members of
the Heritage Commission will be at
the Market from noon to 3 p.m.,
giving free maps, brochures and
other materials.
For more
information call (360) 786-5745.

April 28th
0845 Car broken into in Mod lot,
but actually in this weird
interdimesional parking spot in
the Mods, so really it was in
Seattle.
April 29th
1050 Man loses consciousness,
overwhelmed by the EM field at
the Computer Center.
April 30th
1620 People spend the last day of
the month catching up on
homework and observing wildlife.

Here's the schedule:
May 12th-15th
Monday, May 12th
9a.m. to 12p.m. Full Feature Film
and Live Action Program in Library
1316
9a.m. to 12 p.m. Game shows and
TV Animae in Library 1612
1p.m. to 3 p.m. Video Games in
Library 1505
1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Visual in Library
1507
1p.m. to 3 p.m. Music in Library
1612
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Two Full Feature
Films in Library 1316
3p.m. to 5 p.m. TV A n i m a e in
Library 1612

Photo
exposition at
Evergreen
A father and son singing and
playing piano. A mother and child
doing homework.' A boy working
with his father and uncle at a
Christmas tree farm. A family
gathered together for an intense
game of Monopoly. A mom, dad and
kids reading together. Ordinary
Scenes of everyday life, but a side of
i m m i g r a n t families t h a t their
children's teachers and classmates
rarely see.
These
images,
as
photographed by non-native English
speaking children, are the focus of a
photo exhibition at The Evergreen
State College, through May 12. The
exhibition is displayed in the Lecture
Hall Rotunda.
The exposition, ' dubbed
"Diversity and Democracy," is
designed to bridge c u l t u r a l
understanding beween immigrant
communities and native English
speaking students and teachers.
About 50 non-native English
speaking children from elementary,
middle and high schools
participated in the Diversity and
Democracy project.
Given
disposable cameras, they were
instructed to document family life.
Already the Diversity and
Democracy project has attracted
national attention. The Evergreen
project was one of only three projects
featured at a national conference in
Atlanta, earlier this year.
Contributors to the $6,000 project
include the Association of American
Colleges and Universities, the state
Superintendent
of
Public
Instruction's Office of Bilingual
Education, Evergreen's President's
Diversity Fund, and the Evergreen
Center
for
Educational
Improvement.

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April 27th
0004 Random vehicle prowls
plague campus life.
1330 Vehicle's contents removed
in B-lot.

On Red Sssssquare

May 1st
0115 Something suspicious goes
down in the LIB lobby, but were
not too sure what.
1242 Hat mercilessly ganked
from Greenery.
1747 Epilepsy observed in the
CAB.
May 2nd
1620 Frisbee players on upper
field observe a purple ring of
flowers surrounding the playing
area.
May 3rd
1601 U dorm-ers experience a
loud, annoying noise, and gather
outside.

Program gives
Japanese Pop
Culture Festival

photo by Gary Love

Molly (the snake) investigates her surroundings
during a recent visit to sunny Red Square. Casey
Russell's five-foot boa constrictor was a popular
attraction when she brought it to school. Hint:
snakes aren't as slimy as they look.

Housing
meeting on
Monday

Asian arts
performance
planned

Housing will conduct another
informational meeting about the
proposed wiring project, for
residents concerning the proposed
wiring project, said Mike Segawa,
director of Housing.
The proposed project consists
of wiring all of the dorm rooms over
the summer for fall cable access,
winter Ethernet access to the
campus internet server, and fall
1998 hook-up to the campus phone
network.
The $1.5 million projecl will
be funded by $200,000 from
Housing's reserve funds with the
balance coming in the form of a loan
from the state to be paid back by
rent increases. Currently, Segawa
and the rest of Housing's
administration foresees that rent
would increase by as much as $40
over the next three years as a result
of the wiring. This rent increase is
in addition to any increases due to
inflation.
The informational meeting
will be at 5:30 p.m. this Monday in
the Edge on the second floor of Adorm. Segawa said he will present a
"Reader's Digest version" of his
proposal. He and other members of
Housing staff will also be on hand
to answer any questions.
The wiring proposal will be
presented in its entirety before the
Board of Trustees next Wednesday.
Ultimately, it will be their decision
whether or not to go ahead with the
project.

Acclaimed dancer Chapala
Mishra from India and Chinese
Opera performer Cao Chen from
Beijing will join Evergreen dance
faculty Ratna Roy and students in an
elaborate celebration of Asian
music, dance and theater. The
performances are set for 8 p.m. June
5-7 in the Experimental Theatre.
Admission is $5.
The first part of the evening
will feature Indonesian music,
Chinese opera, and Orissi dance
from India. Evergreen dance
s t u d e n t s will perform musical
pieces, dances and stories.
For the second part of the
evening Mishra, Chen and Roy will
perform three works: "The Tears of
Rahwana," "The Mahabharata,"
and "The Water Bottle." The pieces
feature a variety of musical
instruments: the gamelan degung
(gong orchestra), kacapi-suling
(zither and flute ensemble) and
anglung buncis (bamboo rattles and
drums).
Mishra is an acclaimed dancer
in the Orissi style from India. She
has performed throughout India
and France. She teaches dance in the
Delhi public schools.
Chen
specializes
in
characterizing heroic figures with
martial arts and acrobatic skills. He
has performed and taught in Taiwan
and Japan.
For more information call
x6833.

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Tuesday, May 13th
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Visual
in
Seminar 3126
10a.m. to 12p.m. TV Animae in
Seminar 3153
10a.m. to 12 p.m.
Music
in
Seminar 3155
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Two Television
Dramas in Seminar 3157
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. One
Person
Show- Haruno Takemori in Lecture
Rotunda
Wednesday, May
9a.m. to 12 p.m.
Library 1505
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Library 1507
9a.m. to 12 p.m.
Library 1508

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Theater

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TV Animae in
TV Drama in

Thursday, May 15th
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Full Feature Film
and Live Action Program in Lecture
Hall 4
10a.m. to 12 p.m. TV Animae in
Seminar 3153
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Music in Seminar
3155
10a.m. to 12p.m.
Visual
in
Seminar 3157

Chilean choir
performs
The Seattle Peace Chorus
presents Coro M u n i c i p a l Pozo
Almonte (Municipal Choir of Pozo
Almonte), from Northern Chile. The
choir will perform music and dance
from Chile, the Andes and South
America.
The performance is free, on
Wednesday, May 14, at 7 p.m. in The
Evergreen State College Lecture Hall
1. For more information call (360)
754-7133.

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nformation
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?age, turn it in
to the CPJ, CAB
316, by Friday at
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NEWS

Nike protestors educate Mariner fans
By Christina Wellman

Contributing Writer
The boredom of waiting for tickets was alleviated somewhat
for Seattle Mariners fans last Saturday. Spectators stood in line
outside the Kingdome examining flyers handed out by Nike
protesters and staring at the four 40-foot puppets. "Phil Knight
gets $4,250 per day. Indonesian worker gets less than $2.50 per
day," read the sign on a giant blue puppet of Phil Knight, the CEO
of Nike, Inc., its red hands waving in the rain.
The Saturday game was also Nike Town night. During
the Mariners/Milwaukee Brewers game random Nike goods
were given out by seat number to fans. Many spectators
entering the stadium were bedecked with Nike paraphernalia.
The 40 protesters, comprised of Seattle and Olympia activists,
sported signs and pamphlets to increase awareness of their
concerns with Nike.
Knight and Nike, Inc. have been repeatedly criticized in the
last year by groups concerned over Nike's overseas production
practices. "Justice. Do it NIKE!," a coalition of human rights
groups based in Portland has led the campaign publicizing Nike
working conditions, claiming that Nike has not met its own code
of conduct in managing overseas factories. Specifically, Nike's code
of conduct states that the corporation wishes to be a leading
example in human rights and equal opportunity policy. Yet Max
White, director of "Justice. Do it Nike!" maintains that NIKE, Inc.
has only met minimum health and labor standards in other
countries, paying children wages well below the poverty line in
Indonesia and Pakistan, and hiring its own monitors rather than
independent monitors to ensure factory standards.

Spectators hurried past the protesters, but once they
entered line, it was hard to miss the presence of the puppets.
Most people were unaware of allegations against Nike and did
not feel the protest will influence their next shoe purchase.
Some said they didn't buy Nike simply because it was too
expensive. The sentiment of two young men, one of them in a
Nike hat was, "The world's not fair. At least Nike gives [the
workers] a job."
On the other hand, a Save Our Seahawks volunteer from
Tacoma expressed quite different sentiments. Although she
and her sports-oriented family love Nike products, the last shoe
purchase for her children was not Nike because she doesn't
agree with their labor practices. She said that it's not right for
anyone to earn less than $2.50 a day.
In response to a passer-by who asked why the protesters
were there, Sonja Sivesind, the Evergreen Political Information
Center co-cordinator responded, "10,000 workers are striking
in Indonesia where people are killed for striking. Its the least
we can do to help by handing out information."
Protester Dana Zeke-Schuerholz who responded to
epithets thrown at her by shouting, "Boycott Nike because it
busts unions," further expounded on why she believed she
should be protesting. She said that during the Great
Depression in the US before child labor laws had been passed,
corporations responded to charges of poor labor practices by
saying, "At least we give these people a job."
"When a big corporation comes in, it disrupts the local
economy that has been sustainable for centuries. Instead of
growing their own food, now [the Indonesians] are working

Watchdog group releases report
By Christina Wellman
Contributing Writer
INFACT, a Boston-based corporate
watchdog group, released its People's Annual
Report on Wednesday, May 7 to increase
public awareness of the five corporations
inducted as members of INFACT'S "Hall of
Shame."
According to INFACT, the group has
targeted these five corporations because
INFACT researchers allege that each has used
its financial status to influence politics either
through manipulation of public policy,
campaign contributions, or breaking
environmental or health and safety laws.
INFACT has a 20 year history of
targeting corporate power. The grassroots
organization's first campaign was a Nestle
boycott based on Nestle's advertisement
practice for low-nutrient breast-milk
substitutes in developing nations. This
boycott was followed by an anti-General
Electric campaign to bring to light the
corporation's involvement in the nuclear
weapons industry. Both boycotts exerted
enough pressure on the corporations to bring
them to the table.
INFACT's purpose in the "Hall of

Shame" campaign is to separate big business
from politics. INFACT believes that some of
the corporations deserving public pressure are
Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco, both leaders
in the tobacco and processed food industries.
Both corporations allegedly made campaign
contributions in order to deregulate public
health standards for tobacco marketing and
also have been accused of marketing to
children.
Other targeted corporations are Dow
Chemical, the second biggest U.S.-based
chemical
corporation
and
Waste
Management, the biggest world-wide waste
disposal and U.S. nuclear waste disposal
business. Waste Management was charged
$11.6 million in 1992 alone for six felonies in
an environmental crimes case. INFACT
alleges that Dow has access to 99 lobbyists and
is a key member of the Chemical
M a n u f a c t u r e r s Association, which pulls
considerable weight.
Columbia/I ICA, the largest U.S. hospital
chain is the latest corporation to be inducted
into the "Flail of Shame." INFACT claims that
Columbia's "bottom-line approach to
business" interferes with the quality of care
that patients receive.

Photo by Stephanie Jollensten
Mariners fans pass protesters at a recent game.
for Nike."
The protesters stayed for about two hours, determinedly
passing out flyers even after it began to rain. As they were
leaving, a fan shouted, "Nike rules!"
"That's the problem," said a protester with a laugh. Most of
the fans entered the stadium still eagerly awaiting the chance
to win prizes from Nike, yet some left more thoughtful about
where those prizes had come from.

Computing interviews start today
By Tak Kendrick
Staff Writer
Starting this Thursday, interviews for
the Director of Computing arid
Communication position will be held. Jirn
Johnson vacated the position, who retired at
the beginning of this month.
The search committee, headed by John
Gushing, academic dean, has three
prospective candidates who will be coming
to the campus over the next week for
interviews.
The first candidate interviewed will be
Richard Henry, this Thursday and Friday.
Henry graduated from Evergreen and also
holds a Master of Education degree from
Western Washington University. He is
currently the Dean of Institutional
Technology at Pierce College in Tacoma.
The Committee interviews Jacqueline
Brown Monday and Tuesday, a graduate of
Universite Libre de Bruxelles, who holds a
Master of Library Science degree from
Rutgers University. Brown is currently the
Director of Information Services at Princeton
University.
Anna Kircher will be the final candidate

interviewed on May 15 and 16. Kircher
graduated from Oregon State University and
holds a Master of Science degree from the
University of Oregon. She is currently the
Director of Computing Services at Southern
Oregon State College in Ashland, Oregon.
Candidate interviews will be conducted
as follows. On the first day, candidates will
be interviewed by the Administration and
members of the Computing and
Communications staff as well as get a full
.campus tour and a tour of the Tacoma
campus. On the second day there will be open
interviews for students from 9 to 9:45 a.m.
in Library 2503. Each candidate will also give
a public presentation on the topic, "The Role
of Technology in Higher Education — My
Vision for the 21st Century" from 12:15 to
1:45 p.m. in CAB 108.
Students are encouraged to come to the
presentation as well as the open interviews
for students on the second day.
A full interview itinerary and applicant
files are-available both at the library reference
desk and at the student aides desk in the
computer center.

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NEWS

Examining the history of student government
The following is an excerpt from a quarter-long
study of the history of attempts at student
governance at Evergreen by Evergreen student
Emily Streufert and former Evergreen student
Tom Barnard. The CPJ has asked permission
to reprint'their analysis in light of the current
debate about^ the latest student governance
proposals. Their work was originally published
in its entirety in the April 7, 1996 edition of

the Cooper Point Journal.
We havp been examining the history of
student governance and representation at
Evergreen for the past several weeks. [...] In
the course of putting this together, we looked
at documents written by the students over the
course of the last 25 years recording their
attempts and proposals for different forms of

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government. We interviewed administrators,
including Jane Jervis, academic deans, faculty
members, former administrative staff, and of
course, students themselves, former and
present. We did our best to be as complete as
possible, though we are sure that, given lack of
documentation, the reticence of some
individuals to be quoted, and time constraints,
we feel that this is not entirely a complete
history. Nonetheless, we feel it is useful to
understand some of the underlying dynamics
of attempts at student representation.
Although part of this article will be analytical
in nature, we feel it might be helpful to start
with some of our recurring impressions we got
when talking to people and looking at the
history. Some of the things that we noticed
were:
1.) Re-inventing the wheel. We were struck
at how often students attempting to form
student governance ignored their own history
and repeated failed proposals. There is little
attempt to examine what has occurred before,
and little communication attempted with
those who have been involved in past attempts.
Without this, there is no way to learn from past
mistakes, or attempts that actually did provide
some measure of representation.
2.) Lack of trust between both
administration and students. The assumption
on the part of many students is that the
administration is constantly engaged in a
conspiracy to trick or undermine the desires
of the students. It is almost always an us vs.
them type of dialogue. The administration for
its part seems to regard most student attempts
to be heard as representing only the most vocal
minority, and its strategy often boils down to
providing ways for this section to blow off
steam instead of taking their concerns
seriously.
3.) Lack of trust between students and other
students. We almost lost count of how many
proposals that, even if flawed, might have been
the foundation for something positive if other
students had trusted each other. Instead, a vast
amount of energy was invested by some
students in tearing down other students'
proposals and organizations. The stress on

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individuality at Evergreen often leaves students
unwilling to work for consensus. The resulting
squabbling uses up everyone's energy, letting
only those with the strongest egos survive.
4.) Student hypocrisy about democracy. The
students who swear up and don that they are
interested in all other students deciding what
type of governance they want are usually the
ones with the most particular ideas of what a
student government should look like, and the
most willing to push their own agenda. Some
students were convinced that their criticisms
and suggestions of student government was
the complete and most correct picture of what
was occurring, ignoring altogether other's
views on the process.
5.) The unseen, but powerful role of the
faculty. Numerous times we noticed how much
power the faculty has in determining
curriculum and other issues. And yet usually
students tend to ignore them in attempting to
build a peer base. For some reason, faculty is
simply left out of the equation, leaving a
students vs. administration dynamic that
doesn't even represent the real situation
Faculty is seen as neutral message bearers for
administration desires, when in fact they either
are influencing the message or composing it
themselves. Did you know that the vast
majority of the faculty was opposed to arming?
Why didn't the anti-gun forces take more
advantage of that?
We would like to end this article with some
positive suggestions for students to overcome
the obstacles placed in their path.
Unfortunately, we have no solution. We would
like to think that if a group of students is
attempting some model of representation,
having knowledge of the pitfalls will prevent
them from joining the long line of previous
failures. It is in this spirit we offer this analysis.
[...] We also urge you to take your own look
into the history of student government here —
before you head out to reinvent the wheel. And
remember, if you truly want to build an
inclusive model of government here you have
to start with the most basic element: trust and
respect for your fellow students.

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By Ben Duke
~ERC, MEChA, Labor Center
While many in The Evergreen State College community
are familiar with immigration, environmental, labor, and racial
justice issues, these issues are rarely addressed together. On May
15 at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1, MEChA, the ERC, and the Labor
Center will present a Race, Labor, Environment, and Community
Workshop which will stress the interconnectedness of
environmental quality, racial equality, and economic justice.
This workshop will shed light on economic problems being faced
by resource-dependent communities on the Pacific Northwest
and injustices being faced by immigrant laborers in the Olympic
Peninsula. The bilingual workshop will also demonstrate
potential for equality and sustainability through activism and
education in a forum on Latino involvement in the Special Forest
Products industry in Mason and other local counties.
Special Forest Products have been harvested for decades

SCA Scottish games
By Tak Kendrick
Staff Writer
Got a kilt? Looking for something to do this Saturday?
Want to get out aggression by shooting an "englishman"? The
SCA has got an event for you.
The SCA will be holding Mock Highland Games starting
at 10 a.m. this Saturday in the grassy meadow behind the Library
building. Randy Christian, who is coordinating the event said
the games will feature an authentic Scottish Game, the hammer
toss, as well such semi-authentic games as a tug of war and such
justfun and silly games as "Shoot the Englishman" which consists
ot trying to nail a guy in armor using a bow with padded arrows.
As with all SCA events, anyone is invited to attend
regardless of whether or not they have a medieval costume. For
those daring enough, bring a plaid sheet or blanket and they'll
show you how to tie a kilt.
For more information, stop by the SCA in CAB 320 or call
them at x6879.

on the Olympic Peninsula. During the past decade the industry
has exploded, as many products are being used for the floral
industry. Jaime Torres, a Special Forest Products harvester, will
discuss his experiences as an immigrant and a worker in an
industry where Latinos are overtly and covertly discriminated
against. Ellen Shortt of Mason County Literacy's English as a
Second Language program will put Torres's experiences in the
context of the history of racial problems that have occurred in
Mason County. Torres, Shortt, and Chris van Daalen, of
Columbia-Pacific Resource Conservation and Development, will
discuss efforts that are being made by Latinos to achieve more
control over their livelihoods.
Jaime Torres has picked brush in the Shelton area for five
years, has been one of the most active harvesters in voicing the
concerns of workers in the industry, including racial
discrimination against Latino harvesters. He is helping organize
the next special forest products harvesters gathering, which is
going to be held in Port Orchard in June.
Ellen Shortt graduated from Evergreen in 1990 with a
degree in Community Development. She helped start the English
as a Second Language program at Mason County Literacy in
Shelton in 1992 and has coordinated the program ever since.
Shortt has been involved in advocating the rights of immigrants
in her community and the state. She has attended many
meetings of Special Forest Product workers and is helping
organize a Spanish language brush picking stewardship class for
Latinos in the Shelton area.
Chris van Daalen is the Development Director for
Columbia-Pacific Resource Conservation and Development in
Aberdeen. He has organized education projects that re-train
workers in struggling resource dependent industries. As part of
the Jobs for the Environment program, he helped organize a
program which trained former woodworkers to do watershed
restoration. Last fall, Special Forest Product stewardship classes
were, taught to former timber workers and others. The class was
designed to train workers to become more knowledgeable about
the products they work with, the industry involved, and
harvesting techniques that promote stewardship. A similar class
is planned for Latinos in the Shelton area this fall.

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Dear Community,
I am writing to bring your attention to the
issue of community. When I first came to
Evergreen two years ago, I was quite excited by all
of the talk of community. Although I didn't know
just what it meant, I imagined the idea entailed
communication, support, and some yet unknown
form of unity. Here, I thought, was a place where
people join together, listen to and support one
another and where students can join together with
administration, faculty, and staffto affect our lives
as we (collectively) see fit.
The reality is that there are clusters of
friends, faculty, coordinators, and the various
people that we spend our time with, all around
this campus considering our social circles as our
community. Certainly this is a good start, but do
these clusters join together in any way to find their
common unity? The answer is yes, but the reality
is we have a long way to go.
A series of community forums have been
called in response to community concern. As you
may know, information has recently been made
public with regards to allegations that individuals
within the Police Services Department
contributing to a sexist (work) environment.
These allegations have raised concern as to how
we, as a community, respond to overt or perceived
tolerance of violence and violent attitudes.
Today four out of five high school students
surveyed report experiencing sexual harassment
in the school setting before high school
graduation. Sexual harassment is only one form
of violence within the continuum of violence.
What is the message being sent to the students
and future leaders of our society when they are
exposed to and live in an atmosphere of violence
and intimidation, within an atmosphere designed
for education? We learn that the way to met our
needs, wants and desires, requires vying for power
and control.

It is these pervasive attitudes that influence
the relationships we are able to build together. As
I am sure you would agree, engaging in power
struggles does little to bond community and does
nothing to facilitate reciprocal communication,
trust, or support. Instead, it fosters public silence,
suspicion, and further struggles for power and
control. What does this have to do with the
Evergreen community?
I believe many of us have come to Evergreen
in search of alternatives to mainstream attitudes
and actions. Many of us are here to learn a better
way of living. At the same time, many of us still
do not know how to actualize the difference. Take
for example, the attitudes of community members
toward Police Services. All around this campus,
individual conversations are taking place,
containing varied information about the
allegations in question. Half truths and
misperceptions are spread all around, because few
are privy to first hand information.
Now.imagine being in a circle where the
entire group has committed itself to problem
solving rather than positioning for power. The
group works together to define what the
"problem" really is, and puts this challenge out for
all to work on in a setting where each person is
willing to assume moments of leadership.
Imagine being in a circle with a clearly
defined task and agreements which keep people
focused on task. When a circle meets with clear
guidelines for group respect, a sense of social,
emotional, and spiritual safety is set in place.
Imagine not being shamed. Imagine not being
blamed. Imagine being supported in the actions
you take.
Imagine being in a circle where men and
women allow each other to finish their thoughts
without interrupting; where we listen to what is
being said rather than planning a rebuttal. When
a talking piece is used in council, the person with

the piece has the floor. The rest of us listen, and
trust that when it is our turn to speak, we will
be able to draw forth the words we want. Now
it's time to pay attention to another member of
the circle.
Imagine being in a circle where tension is
dealt with by someone calling for a moment of
silence, for a stretch break, or that people realign
with the purpose of the meeting by focusing on
the symbols that have been placed in the center.
Imagine a process of mediation and negotiation
already in place when we need it. Imagine being
listened to with respect because the entire group
believes that you may be the one who brings
forward the needed wisdom for the community.
Even though we are in the middle of all our
busy-ness and ordinariness, even though the
days and weeks rush by and the list of things we
never quite get to keeps growing, we call the
circle because it is the tool we need to sustain
ourselves in the midst of tremendous change.
This is the purpose of the Community
Fishbowl Forum. Our intent is to discuss our
concerns as a community, in order to learn and
practice holding the c o m m u n i t y and the
communication that so many of us are in search
of. I hope you will join faculty, staff, students,
administration, and all others with a vested
interest in the Evergreen community, speak your
truth and support our common unity through
your participation in the upcoming forums. To
get involved in planning, please contact me at
campus x 6724. Otherwise, join us at the next
forum (tentatively scheduled for May 21,1 p.m.
in Library lobby), bring your concerns and
willingness to participate in council.
Sincerely,
Rosalinda Noriega
Excerpt taken from Calling the Circle: The First
and Future Culture

In spite of rape: A call to take back the night
An essay written in response to current
modes of t h o u g h t s u r r o u n d i n g rape and, in
particular, the anti-domestic abuse, anti-rape
campaign—Take Back the Night.
I am not a victim. Nor am I a survivor.
Although six years ago I was mentally terrorized
and sexually assaulted by a boy who was supposed
to give me a ride home. I'll tell you right now, it
doesn't mean a damn thing. My name is Amy
Resting and I am a painter, a student, a lover, a
daughter, and a friend. I am these things as we
speak—in the here and now. I am not a victim or
a survivor. And no woman should be or claim to
be either. The notion is absurd.
I have four points to make to those women
who protest, march, and make T-shirts in the
name of victim or survivor:
1. Self-identification as a victim or survivor
gives rape undeserved meaning and is the
admission of weakness.

2. Power is proactive, not reactive.
3. Rape is the symptom, not the disease.
4. Fighting back weakens community and
segregates men and women.
Self-identification as a victim or survivor
gives rape undeserved meaning and is the
admission of weakness.
Let's think for a moment about how we
perceive ourselves and how we perceive others.
We understand others because of the ways in
which they describe themselves and by their
actions, and, likewise, we come to understand
ourselves through the reactions of others around
us. Social organization in general is about
"identifying with others" and "self" is a
mechanism for becoming socially connected.
That is probably why there is, for example, such a
large vampire population at this school. The
vampire c o m m u n i t y fosters personal

4-23-97 DTP and Provost meeting
I am not qualified to answer!
Native American Studies program (NAS)
Marginalized Again!..
Two years ago NAS got 'consolidated' for 'cohesion.'
Result... the NAS went without faculty representation at this and previous DTP
meetings.
Reason... the NAS program went from five permanent faculty to ZERO.
Amongst sighs and looks containing vanity.
I nervously attempted to state the position of 20+ years of a nationally acclaimed
program.
Then I was practically ushered out the meeting.
Marginalized Again!..
I am not qualified to answer!
Carmine Campione
farmer/brush picker/community member

•8«

identification as a vampire because others
contribute to the positive reaffirmation that one
indeed is a vampire. In this association with likeminded individuals, the community serves as a
"looking glass." One also begins to understand
oneself through the reactions of others in the
immediate vicinity. In other words, perception of
self emerges as one begins to attach meaning to
the others' responses of one's own behavior.
Example: when I shaved my head my
Grandmother giggled and said I looked like a boy.
I, in turn, gave meaning to her perception of me
by describing myself as having a "boyish" haircut.
In a nutshell, we understand ourselves through the
reactions of others.
Society is the ultimate manipulator of
perception of self. Society has the capacity to
internalize the "norms" of some of its members
and enforce them on the remaining persons. This
is the case with rape and the occurrence of rape.
Our society has "normalized" rape, both with
positive and negative connotations. Women
suffering the abuses of rape who identify
themselves as "victims" or "survivors" further
perpetuate the normalization of rape within
society by defining themselves in terms of being
raped—rape being an action which is socially
validated in that it does occur.
We must ask ourselves these questions: Can
we put a stop to rape while being a part of a society
that acknowledges rape as a normal, real
occurrence? Furthermore, can we stop rape while
allowing ourselves to be perceived as an
unempowered sex? By normalizing the idea of
"victim" or "survivor" we perpetuate a perception
of ourselves as affected—not as an agent of
change, but an object to change. I am not
suggesting that we no longer talk about the reality
of rape and the girls and women it destroys. I am
suggesting that we speak and think more carefylly
about the relationship between ourselves as

women who have experienced rape, and rape
itself. If we allow rape to define who we are, we
will become dependent on the retention and
perpetuation of a rape society in order to
maintain our own perception of self as a victim
or survivor—(i.e. we all need to have an identity,
and holding on to an identity allows us to be who
we think we are).
These labels have the same effects on men,
let's not forget. At a couple ofthe Take Back the
Night campaigns I've attended, women publicly
defamed their attackers by saying, "[real name]
raped me" or "[real name] is a rapist." Women
justify this revilement and defamation by saying
that other women will then steer clear of these
men. It's a way of protecting women. But what
is the effect on men? Does labelling a man as a
rapist afford him any means by which to change
his behavior? The notion ofthe "sinner" implies
forgiveness, but "rapist" surely is condemnation
without possiblity of rehabilitation.
The adherence to such labels is
detrimental to ideal progression out of a rape
society altogether. Envision the world in 150
years when you are 70-something years old.
Imagine that rape no longer exists in the United
States. Will you still be a "victim" or a "survivor"
then? The point I'm trying to make is that we
need to change the way we think in order to
change the world. The only concession I am
willing to make on this point is this: We may
call ourselves "survivors" of a rape soc/etyonce
we are entirely out of danger from ever being
raped again. Survivors ofthe holocaust did not
persevere by thinking they were survivors or
victims, but rather by engaging deterministic
and humanistic devices. This carries over into
my second point:
Power is proactive, not reactive (This
will be continued next week)
Amy Resting

the Cooper Point Journal

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3; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
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Fishbowl Forum a step toward community
Dear Community,
I am writing to bring your attention to the
issue of community. When I first came to
Evergreen two years ago, I was quite excited by all
of the talk of community. Although I didn't know
just what it meant, I imagined the idea entailed
communication, support, and some yet unknown
form of unity. Here, I thought, was a place where
people join together, listen to and support one
another and where students can join together with
administration, faculty, and staffto affect our lives
as we (collectively) see fit.
The reality is that there are clusters of
friends, faculty, coordinators, and the various
people that we spend our time with, all around
this campus considering our social circles as our
community. Certainly this is a good start, but do
these clusters join together in any way to find their
common unity? The answer is yes, but the reality
is we have a long way to go.
A series of community forums have been
called in response to community concern. As you
may know, information has recently been made
public with regards to allegations that individuals
within the Police Services Department
contributing to a sexist (work) environment.
These allegations have raised concern as to how
we, as a community, respond to overt or perceived
tolerance of violence and violent attitudes.
Today four out of five high school students
surveyed report experiencing sexual harassment
in the school setting before high school
graduation. Sexual harassment is only one form
of violence within the continuum of violence.
What is the message being sent to the students
and future leaders of our society when they are
exposed to and live in an atmosphere of violence
and intimidation, within an atmosphere designed
for education? We learn that the way to met our
needs, wants and desires, requires vying for power
and control.

It is these pervasive attitudes that influence
the relationships we are able to build together. As
I am sure you would agree, engaging in power
struggles does little to bond community and does
nothing to facilitate reciprocal communication,
trust, or support. Instead, it fosters public silence,
suspicion, and further struggles for power and
control. What does this have to do with the
Evergreen community?
I believe many of us have come to Evergreen
in search of alternatives to mainstream attitudes
and actions. Many of us are here to learn a better
way of living. At the same time, many of us still
do not know how to actualize the difference. Take
for example, the attitudes of community members
toward Police Services. All around this campus,
individual conversations are taking place,
containing varied information about the
allegations in question. Half truths and
misperceptions are spread all around, because few
are privy to first hand information.
Now.imagine being in a circle where the
entire group has committed itself to problem
solving rather than positioning for power. The
group works together to define what the
"problem" really is, and puts this challenge out for
all to work on in a setting where each person is
willing to assume moments of leadership.
Imagine being in a circle with a clearly
defined task and agreements which keep people
focused on task. When a circle meets with clear
guidelines for group respect, a sense of social,
emotional, and spiritual safety is set in place.
Imagine not being shamed. Imagine not being
blamed. Imagine being supported in the actions
you take.
Imagine being in a circle where men and
women allow each other to finish their thoughts
without interrupting; where we listen to what is
being said rather than planning a rebuttal. When
a talking piece is used in council, the person with

the piece has the floor. The rest of us listen, and
trust that when it is our turn to speak, we will
be able to draw forth the words we want. Now
it's time to pay attention to another member of
the circle.
Imagine being in a circle where tension is
dealt with by someone calling for a moment of
silence, for a stretch break, or that people realign
with the purpose of the meeting by focusing on
the symbols that have been placed in the center.
Imagine a process of mediation and negotiation
already in place when we need it. Imagine being
listened to with respect because the entire group
believes that you may be the one who brings
forward the needed wisdom for the community.
Even though we are in the middle of all our
busy-ness and ordinariness, even though the
days and weeks rush by and the list of things we
never quite get to keeps growing, we call the
circle because it is the tool we need to sustain
ourselves in the midst of tremendous change.
This is the purpose of the Community
Fishbowl Forum. Our intent is to discuss our
concerns as a community, in order to learn and
practice holding the community and the
communication that so many of us are in search
of. I hope you will join faculty, staff, students,
administration, and all others with a vested
interest in the Evergreen community, speak your
truth and support our common unity through
your participation in the upcoming forums. To
get involved in planning, please contact me at
campus x 6724. Otherwise, join us at the next
forum (tentatively scheduled for May 21,1 p.m.
in Library lobby), bring your concerns and
willingness to participate in council.
Sincerely,
Rosalinda Noriega
Excerpt taken from Calling the Circle: The First
and Future Culture

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Over the last decade there has been a surge
in the popularity of Eastern Medicine.
Acupuncture, herbal remedies, yoga, and other
forms of healing have become both acceptable
and commonplace. One Japanese form of
healing, Jin Shin Jyutsu, is a type of acupressure
currently being studied at Evergreen. The
philosophy behind the treatment is this: Along
with infectious agents and accidents, things of the
mind—attitudes, fears—can block the flow of
energy through the body. These blockages, if left
untreated, can become embodied in the flesh,
resulting in illness, disease or changes in physical
stance and stature. They may also result in
backups in other parts of the body, resulting in
more physical damage. Jin Shin works to remove
blockages, and restore the correct flow of energy.
Pressure is applied at two points until their pulses
synchronize, then the practitioner moves on to a
new pair of points along the "flow." Knowledge
of the individual's pulse at different points (and
the ailment) enables the practitioner to determine
which flow is involved. Janet Ott, a certified
practitioner and Evergreen faculty member, is
studying the physiological effects of Jin Shin
Jyutsu on the body. She has a lab set up where
students can work on a subject while monitoring
different physiological responses—respiration,
pulse, ECG, EMG, galvanic skin response, and
EEC.
Three different aspects of this research are
currently being investigated by students. Caryn
Potenza, Nina Bellucd, and Chie Okazaki are
studying the effects of Jin Shin on scoliosis
(abnormal curvature of the spine). They are
working on an energy flow affecting skeletal

structure, and are observing its effect on Bellucci,
who was diagnosed with scoliosis six years ago.
They are monitoring changes in pulse, respiration
and muscle activity to find a correlation between
use of Jin Shin and physiological activity. Because
the length of this healing process is dependent on
the length of time the subject has had the
condition, two months may not be enough time
to dramatically alter the curvature of Bellucci's

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of their lives and are hoping to see a reduction in
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A series of community forums have been
called in response to community concern. As you
may know, information has recently been made
public with regards to allegations that individuals
within the Police Services Department
contributing to a sexist (work) environment.
These allegations have raised concern as to how
we, as a community, respond to overt or perceived
tolerance of violence and violent attitudes.
Today four out of five high school students
surveyed report experiencing sexual harassment
in the school setting before high school
graduation. Sexual harassment is only one form
of violence within the continuum of violence.
What is the message being sent to the students
and future leaders of our society when they are
exposed to and live in an atmosphere of violence
and intimidation, within an atmosphere designed
for education? We learn that the way to met our
needs, wants and desires, requires vying for power
and control.

are privy to first hand information.
Now.imagine being in a circle where the
entire group has committed itself to problem
solving rather than positioning for power. The
group works together to define what the
"problem" really is, and puts this challenge out for
all to work on in a setting where each person is
willing to assume moments of leadership.
Imagine being in a circie with a clearly
defined task and agreements which keep people
focused on task. When a circle meets with clear
guidelines for group respect, a sense of social,
emotional, and spiritual safety is set in place.
Imagine not being shamed. Imagine not being
blamed. Imagine being supported in the actions
you take.
Imagine being in a circle where men and
women allow each other to finish their thoughts
without interrupting; where we listen to what is
being said rather than planning a rebuttal. When
a talking piece is used in council, the person with

ourselves in the midst of tremendous change.
This is the purpose of the Community
Fishbowl Forum. Our intent is to discuss our
concerns as a community, in order to learn and
practice holding the community and the
communication that so many of us are in search
of. I hope you will join faculty, staff, students,
administration, and all others with a vested
interest in the Evergreen community, speak your
truth and support our common unity through
your participation in the upcoming forums. To
get involved in planning, please contact me at
campus x 6724. Otherwise, join us at the next
forum (tentatively scheduled for May 21,1 p.m.
in Library lobby), bring your concerns and
willingness to participate in council.

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Sincerely,
Rosalinda Noriega
Excerpt taken from Calling the Circle: The First
and Future Culture

identification as a vampire because others
contribute to the positive reaffirmation that one
indeed is a vampire. In this association with likeminded individuals, the community serves as a
"looking glass." One also begins to understand
oneself through the reactions of others in the
immediate vicinity. In other words, perception of
self emerges as one begins to attach meaning to
the others' responses of one's own behavior.
Example: when I shaved my head my
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perception of self. Society has the capacity to
internalize the "norms" of some of its members
and enforce them on the remaining persons. This
is the case with rape and the occurrence of rape.
Our society has "normalized" rape, both with
positive and negative connotations. Women
suffering the abuses of rape who identify
themselves as "victims" or "survivors" further
perpetuate the normalization of rape within
society by defining themselves in terms of being
raped—rape being an action which is socially
validated in that it does occur.
We must ask ourselves these questions: Can
we put a stop to rape while being a part of a society
that acknowledges rape as a normal, real
occurrence? Furthermore, can we stop rape while
allowing ourselves to be perceived as an
unempowered sex? By normalizing the idea of
"victim" or "survivor" we perpetuate a perception
of ourselves as affected—not as an agent of
change, but an object to change. I am not
suggesting that we no longer talk about the reality
of rape and the girls and women it destroys. I am
suggesting that we speak and think more carefully
about the relationship between ourselves as

new pair of points along the "flow." Knowledge
of the individual's pulse at different points (and
the ailment) enables the practitioner to determine
which flow is involved. Janet Ott, a certified
practitioner and Evergreen faculty member, is
studying the physiological effects of Jin Shin
Jyutsu on the body. She has a lab set up where
students can work on a subject while monitoring
different physiological responses—respiration,
pulse, ECG, EMG, galvanic skin response, and
EEC.
Three different aspects of this research are
currently being investigated by students. Caryn
Potenza, Nina Bellucci, and Chie Okazaki are
studying the effects of Jin Shin on scoliosis
(abnormal curvature of the spine). They are
working on an energy flow affecting skeletal

One example of a Jin Shin Jyutsu flow
spine. Her osteopath is following their work with
interest.
Emily Jacobsen and Ryan Cox are
monitoring the effects of Jin Shin on asthma. They
are trying different flows twice a week over a 10
week period and recording data on pulse and
respiration rate. Both have had asthma for most
of their lives and are hoping to see a reduction in
both severity and number of attacks. They are
currently looking for volunteers with asthma

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Do we really need another Ellen article?
What could I possibly say that has not already
been said ad naseum? Why me? My answers: Yes,
maybe something, and why not me.
For over 10 years I have watched intelligent,
attractive, professional women who are otherwise
totally capable, lie about themselves, stretch the
truth and gender bend in order to keep their secret
safe. Their lives are filled with undeserved shame
and fear. (In fact they would each have a stroke if
they knew I was even thinking about them while
writing this.) Maybe if like Ellen states, in the April
14,1997 Time article, her coming out could help
"show the diversity, so it's not just the extremes.
Because unfortunately those are the people who
get the most attention...! don't want to come off
like I'm attacking them—the whole point of whatI'm doing is acceptance of everybody's differences.
It's just that I don't want them representing the
entire gay community, and I'm sure they don't
want me representing them. We're individuals."
Ellen courageously stands to add one more face
to the beautiful mosaic of diversity.
At this point I feel compelled to explain why
I refer to 'them' as separate from myself. While
my sexuality has caused only minor discomfort, I
have never suffered the fear and discrimination
many women have. (I realize men also suffer, but
I have little first hand knowledge.) Some have
been ostracized by their families, others suffered
physical violence at the hands of frustrated
parents. I have fortunately experienced only
support, understanding and, at times, somewhat
comical inquiries. My involvement with these
women has made me acutely aware of the
consequences of living a false life. They often end
up insecure shells of their true selves, and are
always once remove from happiness without
knowing why.
I get frustrated by society's preconceived
parameters of normal, based on narrow-minded
ignorance. I find it impossible to adequately
express what it's like to be gay. I have a roommate
who is totally into water studies and stuff. I often
don't understand what the heck she's talking but
I respect her love for what she's doing even if I can't

of rape: A call to take back the night
2. Power is proactive, not reactive.
3. Rape is the symptom, not the disease.
4. Fighting back weakens community and
segregates men and women.
Self-identification as a victim or survivor
gives rape undeserved meaning and is the
admission of weakness.
Let's think for a moment about how we
perceive ourselves and how we perceive others.
We understand others because of the ways in
which they describe themselves and by their
actions, and, likewise, we come to understand
ourselves through the reactions of others around
us. Social organization in general is about
"identifying with others" and "self" is a
mechanism for becoming socially connected.
That is probably why there is, for example, such a
large vampire population at this school. The
vampire
community
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women who have experienced rape, and rape
itself. If we allow rape to define who we are, we
will become dependent on the retention and
perpetuation of a rape society in order to
maintain our own perception of self as a victim
or survivor—(i.e. we all need to have an identity,
and holding on to an identity allows us to be who
we think we are).
These labels have the same effects on men,
let's not forget. At a couple of the Take Back the
Night campaigns I've attended, women publicly
defamed their attackers by saying, "[real name]
raped
me" or
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justify this revilement and defamation by saying
that other women will then steer clear of these
men. It's a way of protecting women. But what
is the effect on men? Does labelling a man as a
rapist afford him any means by which to change
his behavior? The notion of the "sinner" implies
forgiveness, but "rapist" surely is condemnation
without possiblity of rehabilitation.
The adherence to such labels is
detrimental to ideal progression out of a rape
society altogether. Envision the world in 50
years when you are 70-something years old.
Imagine that rape no longer exists in the United
States. Will you still be a "victim" or a "survivor"
then? The point I'm trying to make is that we
need to change the way we think in order to
change the world. The only concession I am
willing to make on this point is this: We may
call ourselves "survivors" of a rape society once
we are entirely out of danger from ever being
raped again. Survivors of the holocaust did not
persevere by thinking they were survivors or
victims, but rather by engaging deterministic
and humanistic devices. This carries over into
my second point:
Power is proactive, not reactive
(This
will be continued next week)
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grasp it. That's kind of how I feel about my
sexuality. Some people may not understand the
gay community but if they could just accept our
right to live our lives. As Amanda Bearse, of
Married With Children, states in the May 5 1997
issue of People magazine, "We are in every job,
we're every color. We're not out to take over the
world. We just want to live in it."
As far as the religious right's relentless
barrage of malicious hate is concerned, I find
myself a bit confused. Isn't religion supposed to
be based in compassion, love, and honesty? What
kind of religion would condone name calling? I
believe religion should be fashioned around
acceptance and unconditional love. I am not
angry at those who strike out in fear. Gandhi wrote
in his autobiography, "I am only sorry for their
ignorance and their narrowness. I know that they
sincerely believe what they are doing today is right
and proper. I have no reason therefore to be angry
with them."
About the disapproval of some outspoken,
purist gay leaders claiming Ellen is not exactly
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she's volunteering, this is about her life and her
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How to respond:

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Cooper Point Journal office in CAB 316. Deadline is a
week's edition. The word limit for responses is 450 wor
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH:

Jinions

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

Hard science meets ancient healing
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Over the last decade there has been a surge structure, and are observing its effect on Bellucd,
in the popularity of Eastern Medicine. who was diagnosed with scoliosis six years ago.
Acupuncture, herbal remedies, yoga, and other They are monitoring changes in pulse, respiration
forms of healing have become both acceptable and muscle activity to find a correlation between
and commonplace. One Japanese form of use of Jin Shin and physiological activity. Because
healing, Jin Shin Jyutsu, is a type of acupressure the length of this healing process is dependent on
currently being studied at Evergreen. The the length of time the subject has had the
philosophy behind the treatment is this: Along condition, two months may not be enough time
with infectious agents and accidents, things of the to dramatically alter the curvature of Bellucci's
mind—attitudes, fears—can block the flow of
energy through the body. These blockages, if left
Large Intestine Energy Flow
untreated, can become embodied in the flesh,
resulting in illness, disease or changes in physical
stance and stature. They may also result in
backups in other parts of the body, resulting in
more physical damage. Jin Shin works to remove
blockages, and restore the correct flow of energy.
Pressure is applied at two points until their pulses
synchronize, then the practitioner moves on to a
new pair of points along the "flow." Knowledge
of the individual's pulse at different points (and
the ailment) enables the practitioner to determine
which flow is involved. Janet Ott, a certified
practitioner and Evergreen faculty member, is
One example of a Jin Shin Jyutsu flow
studying the physiological effects of Jin Shin
Jyutsu on the body. She has a lab set up where
students can work on a subject while monitoring spine. Her osteopath is following their work with
different physiological responses—respiration, interest.
pulse, ECG, EMG, galvanic skin response, and
Emily Jacobsen and Ryan Cox are
EEC.
monitoring the effects of Jin Shin on asthma. They
Three different aspects of this research are are trying different flows twice a week over a 10
currently being investigated by students. Caryn week period and recording data on pulse and
Potenza, Nina Bellucci, and Chie Okazaki are respiration rate. Both have had asthma for most
studying the effects of Jin Shin on scoliosis of their lives and are hoping to see a reduction in
(abnormal curvature of the spine). They are both severity and number of attacks. They are
working on an energy flow affecting skeletal currently looking for volunteers with asthma

interested in tahing part
(contact
jacobsee@elwha.evergreen.edu
or
rcox@elwha.evergreen.edu).
Allison Becker, Dawn Russell and Jonathan
Stammers are researching the physiological
effects of Jin Shin Jyutsu on different individuals
using one specific flow. If you are interested in
donating three to six hours of your time to be a
subject in this research, contact beckera, dawnr
orstammerj@elwha.evergreen.edu.
One last area of interest is the points
themselves. The points used in Jin Shin are
physiologically distinct points within the body.
They are believed to be areas with u n u s u a l
numbers of gap junctions (a gap junction is a
bridge between two cells that allows
electrochemical pulses to pass through freely).
Some of the points can be detected electrically
using the physiology instruments in Ott's lab.
This is something Ott and former student Eric
Jung have investigated in the past and hope to
explore in the future. One focus is why some
points can be detected electrically but not others.
Is it particular to the subject? Or is there a
correlation between health and electrical activity?
If you would like to find out more about Jin
Shin, or would like to participate in this research,
please
contact
Janet
Ott
at
ottj@elwha.evegreen.edu or x 6019.
Av there an issue or a research project in the
sciences that you would like to see covered in the
CPJ?
Let us know at thomasel or
nuiellerm@elwha.evergreen.edu.
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Do we really need another Ellen article?
What could I possibly say that has not already
been said ad naseum? Why me? My answers: Yes,
maybe something, and why not me.
For over 10 years I have watched intelligent,
attractive, professional women who are otherwise
totally capable, lie about themselves, stretch the
truth and gender bend in order to keep their secret
safe. Their lives are filled with undeserved shame
and fear. (In fact they would each have a stroke if
they knew I was even thinking about them while
writing this.) Maybe if like Ellen states, in the April
14,1997 Time article, her coming out could help
"show the diversity, so it's not just the extremes.
Because unfortunately those are the people who
get the most attention...! don't want to come off
like I'm attacking them—the whole point of whatI'm doing is acceptance of everybody's differences.
It's just that I don't want them representing the
entire gay community, and I'm sure they don't
want me representing them. We're individuals."
Ellen courageously stands to add one more face
to the beautiful mosaic of diversity.
At this point I feel compelled to explain why
I refer to 'them' as separate from myself. While
my sexuality has caused only minor discomfort, I
have never suffered the fear and discrimination
many women have. (I realize men also suffer, but
I have little first hand knowledge.) Some have
been ostracized by their families, others suffered
physical violence at the hands of frustrated
parents. I have fortunately experienced only
support, understanding and, at times, somewhat
comical inquiries. My involvement with these
women has made me acutely aware of the
consequences of living a false life. They often end
up insecure shells of their true selves, and are
always once remove from happiness without
knowing why.
I get frustrated by society's preconceived
parameters of normal, based on narrow-minded
ignorance. I find it impossible to adequately
express what it's like to be gay. I have a roommate
who is totally into water studies and stuff. I often
don't understand what the heck she's talking but
I respect her love for what she's doing even if I can't

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grasp it. That's kind of how I feel about my
sexuality. Some people may not understand the
gay community but if they could just accept our
right to live our lives. As Amanda Bearse, of
Married With Children, states in the May 5 1997
issue of People magazine, "We are in every job,
we're every color. We're not out to take over the
world. We just want to live in it."
As far as the religious right's relentless
barrage of malicious hate is concerned, I find
myself a bit confused. Isn't religion supposed to
be based in compassion, love, and honesty? What
kind of religion would condone name calling? I
believe religion should be fashioned around
acceptance and unconditional love. I am not
angry at those who strike out in fear. Gandhi wrote
in his autobiography, "I am only sorry for their
ignorance and their narrowness. I know that they
sincerely believe what they are doing today is right
and proper. I have no reason therefore to be angry
with them."
About the disapproval of some outspoken,
purist gay leaders claiming Ellen is not exactly
their choice for a gay advocate. Well I don't think
she's volunteering, this is about her life and her
truth. Just because someone comes out it

automatically makes them the property of the gay
community. If we don't want others telling us how
to live than we should not pass judgment on
someone who is different than we would have
them be. In an interview with Diane Sawyer, Ellen
spoke of the "awkward, impossible position she's
been put in. A lot of straight people feel betrayed,
while the gay community resents her choice not
to become a lesbian poster child."
I am in awe of the courage it took for Ellen
to stand up and risk everything in order to live
her own personal truth. A kind, courageous,
vulnerable woman living by her convictions seems
a fine example for gays and heterosexuals alike.
We should each aspire to such a place where it's
impossible to exist as a mere character, playing the
role handed us by an overly homogenous society.
Ellen's coming forward has helped countless
people in a myriad of ways.
To those who still exist under the weight of
so many layers of lies, I only hope one day you too
will enjoy the freedom of just being. Just in case
you would like to give me a shout, or just shout at
me
drop
me
a
cyber note
at
larauxm@elwa.evergreen.
Michelle Laraux

How
to respond:
Please bring or address all responses or other forms of commentary to the
Cooper Point Journal office in CAB 316. Deadline is at 1 p.m. on Monday for that
week's edition. The word limit for responses is 450 words; for commentary it's 600
words.
The CPJ wants to use as much space as possible on these pages for letters and
opinions. Therefore, in practice, we have allowed contributors to exceed the word
limits when space is available. When space is limited, submissions are prioritized
according to when they arrive in the CPJ office. Editorial cartoons may be resized to
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A&E Update: Patty Larkin is playing tonight (Thursday) at 8 p.m. in
Library 4300. Tickets are $10 for students with ID a*t the Bookstore and
$11 at the door, while the general public pays $11 through Ticketmaster
and $13 at the door. Box office opens at 7 p.m., doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life
by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov makes
its way to The Evergreen State College's Recital
Hall May 8, 9, and 10 at 8 p.m. and a Sunday,
May 11 matinee show at 2 p.m.
Vanya tells the story of Professor
Serebriakov, who retires to his estate with his
second wife Yelena. His first wife owned the
properly before her death; her mother and
brother still live there. The brother, Uncle
Vanya, has sent the farm's earnings to the
professor, only keeping a small amount for
himself. The professor's daughter Sonya, who
is about the same age as his new wife, lives there
as well. A drunken and disillusioned doctor
named Astrov comes to treat the professor for
gout and upon meeting Yelena, falls in love
with her. Vayna too falls for the beautiful
Yelena. Unfortunately, she spurns them both.
At the same time, Sonya falls in love with the
doctor, who doesn't even notice her.
Director and Evergreen faculty member
Tom Rainey said in the director's notes that in
Vanya "captures. . . a universal human
tendency for our dreams and happy visions to
founder on the rocks of misunderstanding, bad
timing and the vulgar trivialities of everyday
life." He said Chekhov "parallels the wanton
and wasteful destruction of the land and its
resources with the destruction that takes place
in the major characters." While the play takes
place in 19th century Russia, it "includes a

message or two for our times."
The play features Jason Tanner as Uncle
Vanya, Sarah Walsh as Yelena, Jordan LeGros
as Dr. Astrov, Amanda Street as Sonya, and
Scott Goodrich as Professor Serebriakov. The
talents of all the cast and crew of Russian
studies and performing arts students combine
to bring the show to the stage.
Rainey, in his 27 years at the college, has
taught many programs on Russian culture and
history. He currently teaches in the Russia
program, which studies the country's history,
culture and literature through works of writers
like Pushkin, Dostoevsky and Chekhov and the
Russian language.
The script is adapted from a new
translation b) student Nathan Buck. It is
produced and stage managed by J. Brian Pitts
with Elizabeth O'Neill serving as Assistant
Director. The lighting design is by Anna
Graybill with sound design by Anna Horvarth.
The costumes were designed by Erin Gault.
Uncle Vanya will also be playing
Wednesday, May 14 at 8 p.m. at the Capita!
High School Auditorium and at the
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Stage II on Wednesday, May 28 and Thursday,
May 29 at 8 p.m. The shows at Evergreen and
Capital High School are free, while the shows
at the Washington Center are $9 for adults and
$7 for students and seniors.
Information compiled by Jennifer Koogler.

Sarah Walsh (left) and Jason Tanner (right) star as Yelena and Uncle
Vanya in The Evergreen State College's production of Anton Chekhov's
Uncle Vanya starting Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall.

Austin Powers swings into theaters, baby
by Jennifer Koogler
One groovy cat
Mike Myers, best known as a featured
player on Saturday Night Live back when it
was still a quality program, continues along his
path toward film stardom with his latest effort
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery,
a spoof of the James Bond-era secret agent
films.
Myers plays Austin Powers, a James
Bond-esque British super secret agent and
fashion photographer whose swinging '60s
lifestyle allows him to foil the bad guys' plans
while shagging and partying up a storm. He
drives a hip car painted with the British flag
and wears the grooviest threads known to '60s
culture. Women love him, men fear him.
Powers' adversary is Dr. Evil, also played
by Myers. The character is the ultimate villain,
much like Bond film bad guys; he's bald,
disgruntled and wants to take over the world
while making a ton of money in the process.
The film's first scenes feature a musical
number in which Powers is spotted during a
photo shoot and chased by screaming fans.
The scene is similar to those in A Hard Day's
Night when the Beatles flee for their lives from
a mob of adoring teens. Powers cleverly avoids
capture in ways only a master of disguise and
mystery could. It's a great introduction to the
film's flashy style and Powers' swinging
personality.
The story begins in London in 1967.
Powers and his associate Mrs. Kensington
(played by Mimi Rogers) attend a groovy dance
club and thwart Dr. Evil's assassination
attempt. Dr. Evil escapes by taking himself and

his beloved cat, Mr. Bigglesworth, into a
cryogenic freezing chamber that launches into
space in a Big Boy restaurant logo shaped
rocket. Powers volunteers to have himself
frozen also, knowing that he is the only agent
who could ever stop Dr. Evil. Thirty years later,
the Big Boy rocket returns to Earth and lands
in the desert near Las Vegas, Nevada, with Dr.
Evil ready to begin his dastardly schemes again.
Powers is thawed and sent off to the States with
Vanessa (Mrs. Kensington's daughter), played
by Elizabeth Hurley, to stop any vile plans Dr.
Evil may have. Much of the early humor in the
film comes not from Powers adjusting to the
'90s, but his pursuit of the foxy Vanessa. He
wants to shag, but she remains strictly
business.
Throughout their investigation of Dr.
Evil and his front business, Virtucon (which his
henchman Number Two, played by Robert
Wagner, has controlled in his absence), Powers
struggles with the '90s cultural climate. He
finds out he can no longer sleep with anyone
he wishes, party whenever he wants, or take a
variety drugs whenever he likes. The mental
realizations Powers goes through are refreshing
compared to films where the out-of-time hero
humorously bumbles through the use of new
technologically advanced gadgets. There are a
few scenes like this, but the fact that the film
doesn't make them the centerpiece of the story
makes it all the more palatable.
Powers and Vanessa find out Dr. Evil and
his company are involved in "Project Vulcan,"
a plan to drill a hole into the Earth's molten

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core and detonate a stolen nuclear warhead
inside it unless the United Nations pays him
$100 trillion. At first, Dr. Evil thinks $1 million
is enough to frighten the UN and satisfy his
own greedy needs, but Number Two informs
him that these days that kind of money doesn't
go very far. Powers and Vanessa attempt to
break into the Virtucon plant and stop the
drilling before it becomes critical, undergoing
a series of humorous mishaps along the way.
Austin Powers is an exceptional film not
just because of the story, but also because of
the fashions. Myers' crushed blue velvet suit
and ruffled white blouse combination is
superb, as are his more casual ensembles like a
button down shirt and super-colored striped
pants. The dance club and other scenes taking
place in the '60s feature the finest in haute
couture. Anglophiles and fashion fiends are
sure to drool.
Myers' otherwise clever and witty script
(he wrote this one himself after co-writing So I
Married An Axe Murderer) sometimes flushes
into vulgar humor, relying on toilet and partial
nudity jokes for a quick laugh. One such
instance involves a cameo by Tom Arnold as a
cheesy tourist cowboy in a bathroom stall
exchange with Myers concerning the ability to
produce excrement. While a certain amount
of cheap second grade laughs can be nostalgic
and funny under certain conditions, it doesn't
always deliver, especially to the older members
of the audience.
Myers' characters on Saturday Night Live
are exemplary of the mentality that guides

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May 8,1997

Austin Powers. On one hand, you have Wayne
Campell, whose sex and popular culture jokes
appeal to the teenage crowd. Then there's
Dieter ("would you like to touch my monkey")
from Sprockets and Linda "just like budda"
Richman, whose more highbrow humor evoke
laughter from an older mindset. The storyline
incorporates the two camps, swinging back
and forth from one extreme (boob and penis
jokes) to the other (jokes about father/son
relationships). Maybe it's just because I'm
getting older, but I thought the script could
have benefited from a stronger intellectual
base, but Myers balances the two well and pulls
off a hilarious story.
The Austin Powers soundtrack is
exceptionally groovy. It includes songs such
as the trendy popular song "Female of the
Species" by Space and a new song from the
"Love me, love me, say that you love me"
Cardigans, as well as older songs like "Incense
and Peppermints" by Strawberry Alarm Clock.
The highlight of the soundtrack is "What the
World Needs Now" medley by Burt Bacharach
and the Posies. Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow's
rendition of this song adds a special touch to a
scene involving Powers' attempts to woo
Vanessa by taking her out for a night on the
Las Vegas strip. The original songs by Myers
and collaborators Matthew Sweet and the
Bangles' Susanna Hoffs round out the
soundtrack with a catchy 60's beat.

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The local band Expresion Latina Orquesta (Latin Expressions) played to an
enthusiastic crowd under the awning of the Library building Monday
afternoon as a part of the college's Cinco de Mayo festivities. The event was
sponsored by the Latin American Students Organization (LASO) and the
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano De Aztlan (MEChA)

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Music Fest
this weekend
This weekend, Olympia will once again
host the Sunnyside Music Festival—three days
of crazy fun bands at the Capitol Theater
backstage. This year, the following acts will set
forth their sounds to the Oly scene:
The festival kicks off on Thursday, May 8
at 7 p.m. with The Ryderwoods, Bunny Foot
Charm, Starfish, local guys Slow Children, and
Seattle's own pop favorites, Pond. The show
will set you back $6.
Friday, May 9 features two shows for your
auditory amazement. At 5 p.m. Ake, Morgan
Oliviera, Pillar, Sub:Minute Radio, and
Seattle's Love Battery will play. This show costs
$5. Then, at 9 p.m. it's, Pisshivers, The Atomic
Teen Idols, The Jerks, and local ska-ish
favorites, Engine 54 for $6.
Saturday, May 10 features a matinee
performace by Licorice, Sandman, Gangula
Stretch, Old Djinn Swag, Peace Party, and the
Super Sonic Soul Pimps at 3 p.m. for $6. At 9
p.m., Undershoe, Michelene Impossible,
Floater, and Seattle's Sweetwater take over.
This particular show costs $7.
If you are planning on taking in the entire
spectacle, you can purchase a three-day pass
at Rainy Day Records, Te's Me, or at the door
for a mere $23. The event is sponsored by
INside, Green River Community CollegeVown
KGRG 89.9 FM, Groovy Merle's, and The
Young and the Restless (the show on Sundays
at midnight on The End, not the soap opera).
For more festival info, surf the net at
www.olywa.net/sunnyside.
Information compiled by Jennifer Koogler

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Warriors of Virtue- a flawed but admirable martial arts fantasy
by Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss
Warrior of Virtue
Sometimes a movie's flaws cancel out
whatever is good about it. Other times what's good
about it is so good that the viewer can forgive most
ol the flaws. Warriors of Virtue is a seriously
tlawtd movie that, for me at least, is so strong in
certain areas and so noble in its intentions that 1
can't help but be in love with it.
The film is a children's martial arts fantasy
irom celebrated Hong Kong director Ronny Yu
( The Bride With the White Hair) and, despite
carrying a bit of cheesy kid movie baggage, it is so
f a r the purest transition from Hong Kong cinema
to Hollywood. Rather than subordinating his style
to imitate American movies like John Woo has
done so far, Yu deals with Chinese mythology and
brings us the first American version of Hong
Kong's incredible flying people movies.
Mario Yedidia plays Ryan Jeffers, a teenage
boy with a self-esteem problem. L i m i t e d
physically by a leg-brace, he envies his school's.
football players and idolizes his older friend Ming
(Dennis Dun) because of his amazing kung fu
maneuvers. Then an ancient Chinese manuscript
transports Ryan to Tao, a mystical fantasy world
ruled by an evil warlord named Komodo (Angus
MacFadyen). The people of Tao are in danger of
extinction due to Komodo's greedy overuse of the
world's Lifesprings. Ryan finds himself amid a
battle-in-progress between Komodo and five wise
kangaroo people called the Warriors of Virtue,
each of whom controls the power of an element
and a virtue. (The one named Yee, for example,
has the strength of metal and the virtue of
righteousness.) The Warriors don't believe in
killing but they possess great fighting skills which
they can use to protect their world.
It turns out that Ryan's manuscript holds
secrets both the Warriors and Komodo can use,

and that only Ryan can read. So the two sides battle
over the book and the kid and the Warriors are
forced to consider abandoning their policy against
killing.
Based on the trailers and the television
commercials, people I've talked to expected the
movie to be" The Neverending Story meets Mortal
Kombat" or "Teenage Mutant Ninja Kangaroos."
Neither description comes close. Siskel and Ebert
dismissed the film as "generic" and claimed it was
interchangable with Power Rangers and Ninja
Turtles, which is something like claiming Army of
Darkness and A Kid In King Arthur's Court are
the same thing. In fact, the story is explicitly set up
as an antidote to popular American children's
martial arts fare. Ryan is fascinated by Asian comic
books and has a Bruce Lee poster on his door. Like
a lot of kids, he loves the idea of martial arts battles
and kicking ass. But the Warriors of Virtue and
their wise Master Chung teach him that kung fu is
not about kicking ass; in fact it's not even physical.
The movie is undeniably flawed, though not
in the ways one m i g h t expect. Some of the
weaknesses do involve the kid, whose acting isn't
top notch and whose dialogue occasionally lapses
into lame pseudo-coolness (like when he quips
" H o u s t o n , we have a problem" to no one in
particular.) And the real-world plot involving a
bully is standard stuff (though the writers earn
points for making the bully a clean-cut football
hero). There are a couple instances of bad comic
relief, a fairly large chunk of missing character
development and a lot of awkward storytelling. But
the biggest weakness is the casting of the villain
Komodo. He has a face like a corny Camarilla guy
that makes him very hard to take seriously, and he
embarassingly overacts most of his scenes (despite
his pedigree as an actor in that movie everyone likes

called Braveheart.) He's only good when he shuts
up and starts flying through the air waving his
sword around.
The big surprise is that the kangaroo people
are one of the best things in the movie. I really have
no idea whv they are kangaroos, but it doesn't
matter because it really works. I never thought I
could take kung-fu kangaroos seriously (and
believe me, I've stayed up m a n y nights
contemplating the idea), but these things are cool.
Unlike those silly looking guys in Tank Girl, their
faces look extremely realistic and expressive. The
characters are dead serious - they never crack
lame jokes (and in fact don't talk much). And best
of all, they can really fight. They literally fly and
flip through the air, they swing weapons around,
they magically shoot elements from their fingers.
They are a sight to behold.
The photography and production design
are stunning. Even cheesy things like the football
game at the beginning manage to seem somehow
different because of artful lighting and some nice
use of slow-motion. Many of the images in Tao beads dropping to the ground, rain falling on the
village, a Warrior rolling in flowers - are just
gorgeous. Parents used to Power Rangers will
surely be surprised by the film's elegance.
All of the fight scenes-and there are a quite
a few of them - are superb. In the grand tradition
of "fant-Asia" cinema, we have brave stunt men
flailing around on invisible wires, battling midair, walking on water and all sorts of crazy things.
An evil woman named Barbarocious lowers from
the trees like a spider, another woman shoots a
deadly scarf from her wrist. The earth Warrior
Tsun stops some of her adversaries with projectile
flowers. There are even some great scenes in the
real world with Dennis Dun from /J/V Trouble In

Little China as Ming, a super-chef who uses kungfu and acrobatics in the kitchen. No kid will ever
think Mortal Kombat is a cool movie after seeing
this.
But what's really special about Warriors is
that it's not about solving problems through
violence. It's about changing people, and it really
seems sincere. The Warriors know that killing
solves nothing. When we first enter the world of
Tao, the water Warrior Yen has abandoned the
cause in devastation because he accidentally killed
an enemy. When people die in this movie, no
matter which side they're on, it is a tragic and
terrible event.
The film also avoids the simplistic good vs.
evil world view that is standard in action movies
(and children's fantasies). This is a world where
good guys turn into bad guys, bad guys turn into
good guys, and bad guys who were good guys feel
remorse and try to help the good guys. Master
Chung even has sympathy for the arch-villain and
hopes to help him change his ways. The story is not
told in a very concise manner and there were some
unwise creative decisions made along the way, but
at its core this is an intelligent and sophisticated
film. Parents worried about child-on-child violence
after each episode of Power Rangers Turbo ought
to watch and discuss this movie with their kids.
If this counts as a bad movie, I wish more bad
movies could be bad in the same way. Siskel and
Ebert must be really jaded to see it as generic crap.
No matter what you think of its quality, you can't
deny that this is one bizarre movie. I don't expect
it will be soon that we see another arty, serious
fantasy about flying kung-fu kangaroo moralists.
But wouldn't you rather have a bunch of those than
formula Comedies about Sinbad being buddies with
some sassy kid?

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