The Cooper Point Journal Volume 27, Issue 22 (April 17, 1997)

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Students rally for TESC police sex harassment training
by David Scheer and Hillary Rossi
Staff Writers
Members of the Rape Response Coalition and
the Evergreen Political Information Center
(EPIC) plan to hit the red bricks 11 a.m. today
leading a protest in reaction to alleged sexist
attitudes and comments at Police Services.
The reaction was sparked a month ago,
when an EPIC member found college
documents illustrating complaints of sexually
harrassive behavior by Police Services
employees (see story below). The documents
were circulated among several student and offcampus groups. Co-coordinator of the Rape

Response Coalition Julie Pettigrew and cocoordinator of EPIC Doug Wordell said they
waited until this week to publicize the
information in order to prepare and coordinate
their efforts with Sexual Assault Awareness
Week.
"If very sexist tendencies are being
expressed by members of the Evergreen police,
then they should be addressed," said Pettigrew.
Pettigrew and Wordell said they want to
persuade the college to put all Police Services
employees through a three day assault and
domestic violence workshop. Pettigrew hopes
that the officers will learn sensitivity and how

to be supportive, not intimidating.
They are circulating a petition
supporting the workshop. Pettigrew estimates
that so far 50 people have signed it.
A flier that quoted the documents was
circulated to promote the rally.
"It really hurts my feelings," said an
officer who was named in the flier. He will not
comment on the specifics of the allegations
because of a state investigation.
Rosalinda Noriega, the other coordinator
of the Rape Response Coalition, says she hopes
Police Services can address the issues with the
public. "It's one thing to raise community

awareness... but I think it's really important
for us as community members to come
together and listen to all sides."
Noriega said that last month she
contacted Police Services Director Steve
Huntsberry regarding the complaints filed
against his employees. She says he indicated
he was interested in talking about sexual
assault awareness at a public forum.
Huntsberry is on vacation; the CPJ was unable
to reach him for comment.
Another officer, who a complaint was
filed against and deemed unfounded, won't
comment on allegations on advice of counsil.

From COIl6ge files: allegations surface detailing complaints against campus cops
by David Scheer and Hillary Rossi
Staff Writers
This story summarizes information found in
complaints against three Police Services
employees and college reports on how those
complaints were investigated. At least one of the
officers involved felt the story is incomplete
without transcripts of the testimony provided in
their defense during the investigation. The CPJ
is requesting the testimony from the college.

Last year near the end of May a dispatcher
at Police Services (then called Public Safety)
submitted her letter of resignation. Her last day
was June 30.
Near the end of July she filed a complaint

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stating she quit because some men in the
department had created a environment she felt
was sexually harassing. She also alleged her
supervisor retaliated because of the accusations
in her letter of resignation.
In her complaint she wrote:
"There are several males employed by the
Evergreen Public Safety Office that exhibit a
degrading and demeaning attitude towards
women. I experienced the effects of this on a
daily basis during my year of employment
there. Comments about the appearance and

desirability of other female Evergreen
employees and students were plentiful."
The person responsible for investigating
such claims, Lee Lambert, formed a team who
investigated the allegations. The team was
made up of admissions counselor Rachelle
Daniels-Sharpe, college finances staff member
Janet Thompson, and Lambert. Lambert said
he chose the two women because they were
trained to investigate these kinds of cases, they
are fair, impartial, and neutral community
members, and they were willing and

committed.
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The team looked into the allegations
against dispatcher Brian Ashby, officer Bob,,
McBride and lieutenant Larry Savage.
Ashby and McBride were accused of
engaging in inappropriate behavior. The
complainant alleged she had seen porno
magazines (Penthouse, Hustler, etc.) in
McBride's locker and a pornographic picture
on his screen-saver. She alleged that Mnby

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Woman pursues case through the state
by David Scheer and Hillary Rossi
Staff Writers
The woman who last summer filed and
lost a sexual harassment complaint against
Police Services lieutenant Larry Savage (see
story upper left) took the case to the
Washington State Human Rights Commission
in November. The agency is currently
investigating her complaints.
The complainant says she went to the
outside agency "because the college's
investigation was extremely bias."
Lee Lambert, who was in charge of the
college's investigation, spoke to the CPJ on
how parts of an investigation are conducted.
He would not comment specifically on this
case because of the Human Rights
Commision's investigation.
After each witness, complainant or
respondent is interviewed during an
investigation, the investigating team meets to
clarify what that interviewee said Lambert.
They include relevant information testimony
in a final report.
The report conducted for this case says
that the complainant "commented to the
effect, 'I will not say that I have not made any
sexually explicit comments about men.'"
"That is completely false," says the
complainant. She says she never made
statements to that effect.
The complainant also believes Bob
McBride and Larry Savage went to Lambert's
office and spoke secretly with Lambert during
the course of his team's investigation.
Lambert, speaking generally, said, "my
general practice is that anyone can come and
contact me. . . This isn't designed to be an
adversarial process."

The complainant also said that during
the college's investigation she provided the
team with witnesses who could back up her
allegations. The team refused to talk to the
witnesses, she said. The investigation report
found that Savage made some of the alleged
comments and "might" have made others. The
report concluded that he had not sexually
harassed the complainant.
The complainant said that if the team
would have talked to the witnesses, their
testimony would have proven that Savage did
in fact make the alleged comments and would
have helped her case.
Lambert said that in his investigations
witnesses are contacted to confirm
information only if the information is
important to proving or disproving a case. The
truth of the information will not be called into
question if it will not sway the case anyway.
Proving that an employer created a
"hostile environment" to win a sexual
harassment case requires that enough specific
examples of inappropriate behavior are given
to show that the negative atmosphere was
"severe and pervasive," said Lambert.
"A few pervasive comments here and
there will probably not be considered pervasive
enough," said Lambert.
For instance, two years ago in a Seventh
Circuit court case, nine comments made by a
supervisor in a seven month period were not
enough to create a "hostile environment" by
legal definition. Although the court remarked
that the comments "could not be repeated on
prime-time television," the employee lost her
case.
"The law doesn't always work the way
people feel," said Lambert.
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NEWS
You choose your government
students are offered email or forum governances
By Reynor Padilla
Staff Writer
Due to office errors among the staffof the
Cooper Point Journal the answers to last week's
Questions column will appear in the next issue
of the Cooper Point Journal along with more
questions on a new subject. Instead, please
enjoy this news-editorial by Reynor Padilla.
This is it folks. It's time to vote.
Soon you will recieve a letter in the mail
from members of The Evergeen State College's
adminstration. Along with the letter will be
descriptions of two forms of student
governance proposed by students.
The letter will include a ballot. On the
ballot you will be asked to vote about whether
Evergreen should start to use one of the two
proposed governance models.
Through one of the models, dubbed "Egov" by its creator, student James Guerci, we
students will make decisions using E-mail. It's
a concept that could bring Evergreen close to
true direct democracy — one student, one
vote. Proposals would be posted on the World
Wide Web by a group of three student
administrators. Students will have one month
to vote on each proposal.
The problem with E-gov, says Francis
Morgan-Gallo, student representative to the
Board of Trustees, is that not everybody likes

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Without admitting wrongdoing, Ashby
and McBride agreed to attend a sexual
harassment workshop. Subsequently the
complainant dropped her cases against them.
The team investigated sexual harassment
and retaliation allegations against Savage.
They found him not guilty.
Lambert wrote a report summarizing the
information and statements that the team
considered.
Four of the statements given by the
complainant and Savage have been quoted in
fliers distributed by The Evergreen Political
Information Center (EPIC), the Rape Response
Coalition, and two off-campus groups. Below
are all of the allegations and information
included in Lambert's report.
•
The complainant alleged that Savage and
others were in the Parking office outside of her
office door when Savage yelled, "Hooters. . .
Any woman I hire is going to have nice looking
hooters."
Savage responded to the allegation
saying, "I did say something to effect of'if we
replace Employee D it will be someone with big
hooters.'"
•
The complainant alleged Savage said on
the police radio, "I'm over here near the CAB
and a 10 E-E-E just walked by. You might want
to get over here and check it out."
Savage did not respond to the allegation.
•
The complainant alleged that after she
submitted her resignation letter dated May 26,
she received "cold shoulder treatment" from
Savage and other men in the department. She
described an atmosphere where people would

to use E-mail. And, he says, it's not a good way
to have a constructive dialogue. Good decisionmaking discussions work better in a face to face
atmosphere.
That's what the "Forum" option is for.
Through forums students will be able to vote
through simple majority. If you show up, you
can vote. At least it sounds that simple. The
forums will be administrated by a student
board made by a student chair, a vice-chair and
a secretary, along with a student representative
to Evergreen's Board of Trustees and four other
student board members. The student body will
elect these eight folks by majority vote.
The problem with the forum system, says
Morgan-Gallo is that, not everyone can make
it to meetings.
With E-gov you can vote through E-mail
or regular mail, and you have one month to get
your vote in. If you're in Peru you could vote. If
you're in Tacoma you could vote. If you're just
too busy to come to a meeting, you could vote.
These are merely my interpretations of these
two options. So when you get the ballot read it
carefully. Read every word. Think about it.
Then vote.
Please vote. Just vote. If we collectively
don't vote, then it will look like we don't care.
And if we don't care then what good will a
student government do us?
discontinue conversations when she came in
the room, people would give her "dirty looks"
and she had more difficulty than usual getting
breaks during her shift.
Savage told the investigators that the
"complainant was offered breaks all of the
time. . ." The investigators verified Savage's
defense by checking the "Dispatch Message
Log" kept by on-duty dispatchers. They found
that during June, Savage had asked the
complainant on at least five different occasions
if she would like a break. During six shifts that
month Savage didn't have to give her breaks
because another dispatcher could do it.
•
The complainant alleged Savage failed to
tell her not to come to work at 4 a.m. for
overtime.
Savage responded saying he had
inadvertently misread paperwork when
arranging for the complainant to come to work
early. He said he allowed her to return home
to sleep in and then compensated her with 1
hour of overtime pay and 2 hours of call back.
•
The complainant alleged Savage did not
relieve her from work to attend a First Aid/CPR
class that she was scheduled to take.
Savage said the complainant was not
relieved for First Aid/CPR training because
Savage was the only supervisor and officer on
duty. He also said he couldn't justify spending
overtime money on training that would not
benefit the office because the complainant was
quitting.
•
The complainant alleged that when she
approached Savage about the first aid class, he
responded, saying, "Sure, as long as you do
CPR on me."
Savage chose not to respond.
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College steps up police training
by David Scheer and Hillary Rossi
Staff Writers
The college is working on improving
awareness of sexual harassment and assault
issues among employees of Police Services,
says Evergreen vice president Art Costantino,
who oversees the campus police department.
The effort is in part a response to complaints
filed against three department employees last
summer.
"I think we can always improve," said
Costantino.
Costantino said that Police Services has
participated in at least three sexual harassment
training workshops in recent years. A
workshop for new employees is slated for this
spring. All of the employees named in the
complaint filed last summer took a workshop
last fall.
This spring, officers Bob McBride and
Lana Brewster will attend an additional
workshop presented by Safeplace, a local
domestic violence shelter. McBride has taken
another Safeplace workshop before and has

volunteered at the shelter.
Last summer, the team that investigated
a sexual harassment complaint filed against
Police Services lieutenant Larry Savage made
a recommendation that a full review of the
Public Safety operation be conducted. The
team wanted the review to determine the
"nature and extent of employee interactions
(e.g., sexist comments, remarks, sexual
innuendoes, sexual banter, etc.). The team
wanted action be taken on the basis of the
review to correct any problems.
"I think that's a good recommendation,"
said Costantino. As of yet no such review has
yet been conducted.
Costantino says that he and Police
Services director Steve Huntsberry plan to have
a staff retreat this summer where they'll
conduct the review and to continue sexual
harassment/assault awareness training. He
says all employees of Police Services need to be
together for programming, which has been
difficult to accomplish this year in the 24 hour
police department.

Savage made the following allegations against
the complainant:
•
Savage said that on the complainant's
birthday he and others gave her a card with two
condoms and a packet of Advil in it because
she and her husband were going out of town
for the weekend. Savage alleged that when the
complainant opened the card she remarked,
"thanks guys but these condoms are too small."
The complainant responded saying she
made the remark.
•
Savage alleged that on more than one
occasion he heard the complainant and other
female employees talk openly in the front office
about wanting to go watch male strippers.
The complainant responded saying she
could not recall talking about male strippers.
However she commented to the effect, "I will
not say that I have not made any sexually
explicit comments about men."
•
Savage alleged that once when he and two
other employees came in the office door, the

complainant commented, "here comes Larry,
Moe, and Curly."
The complainant responded saying she
made the comment.
In addition to the complaints made by
the former dispatcher, a letter was recovered
which refers to an incident that happened in
1994.
According to the letter, Savage and
McBride created a fake sexual offender
notification portraying another officer as a
known sexual offender and allegedly
distributed the notification around campus. A
portion of the fake notification has been
quoted in the fliers distributed around campus
by EPIC and the Rape Response Coalition. Part
of the fake notification says the officer's modus
operand! "consists of him contacting unsuspecting women with the help of a cute little
dog, [the officer] suggests that he and the
victim do it doggy style."

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April! 7,1997

NEWS
Move to NCAA a complexone

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for swimming has been excellent. It averages
Staff Writer
seventeen, eighteen students a year."
* Pete Steilberg is standing at a blackboard
With the prospects of one less sport and no
and writing with a large felt pen. There are one to play, the Evergreen administration
twenty names on the blackboard, and before his searched for answers.
explanation is over, he will add twenty more.
They considered joining the minority and
They are the names of divisions, conferences, staying in NAIA—but then they would loose
leagues, alid colleges. It's the language of an swimming.
NCAA athletic director.
If they moved to NCAA division three, they
For a moment, Pete stands away from the would have to add two more sports, because the
blackboard and runs one hand over his eyes.
division requires a minimum of four.
"It's very confusing," he says.
Vice-President of. Student Affairs Art
Steilberg is Evergreen's athletic director. Costantino conducted two forums and set up two
With no guarantees on the conference Evergreen information tables to find out what the students
sports will play in or the opponents they will face, thought.
he finds himself piloting Evergreen's sports
Jane Jervis, Evergreen's president, listened
program into an uneasy future.
to Costantino and Steilberg's recommendation,
He presses the tip of the pen against the and decided to move to NCAA division three.
blackboard and starts writing again.
Still, there was a lot of work to be done.
Last season, Evergreen entered its first year
When Pete Steilberg and Janette Parent of provisional membership of NCAA division
attended a meeting of Northwest athletic three. That means Evergreen is a dual member
directors at Portland's Concordia University in of both NCAA and NAIA until after next season,
spring of 1993, they encountered an unpleasant 1997-98.
surprise.
Once that provisional period ends, the
At the time, Evergreen was a member of the problems may begin.
Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference (PNWAC),
When they were in NAIA, Evergreen was a
which was in turn a member of the NAIA member of the PNWAC conference. When they
(National Association of Intercollegiate officially join NCAA division three, they may not
Athletics). Evergreen competed in men's and have a conference to be a member of.
women's soccer and men's and women's
Steilberg says that NCIC opponents, who
swimming.
made up "the guts" of their schedule when they
_^- At that 1993 meeting, members of the were NAIA, won't guarantee that they will play
NCIC, the conference that made up most of Evergreen. One reason is that the NCIC requires
Evergreen's competition, announced that they six sports to Evergreen's four. Also, the NCIC
- -were leaving the NAIA for NCAA division three. won't allow public schools into its conference.
Around the same time, the NAIA
There are many factors involved with
announced they were dropping swimming, getting opponents, Steilberg says.
Evergreen's most popular sport, because so many
If you're too good, he says, teams don't
colleges were leaving the division that it could no want to play you towards the end of year. If you're
longer afford to hold swimming championships. not good enough, teams don't want to play you
In the space of a year, Evergreen had been at all, because the other teams fear they won't get
/' robbed of most of its opponents and its most any respect.
popular sport.
Another factor is that teams within a
"We made promises to students that they conference automatically play each other. Those
would be able to compete for a championship," games eat up most of their schedule, leaving few
Steilberg says. "And over the year, our turnout games for a small, public, liberal-arts collepp with

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we propose that Evergreen switch to chlorinefree paper. There are alternatives to chlorine
bleached paper that are available to us at
reasonable prices. For Evergreen to make this
switch, we need toexpress a collective concern.
A new student group, Evergreen Students for
Chlorine-Free Paper, is being formed to
facilitate this transition. Our first meeting will
be this Beiday at noon on the third floor of the
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beginning teams.
The solution is to find a conference to
join, something Steilberg is hoping he can do.
"We're very worried," he says. "We're
worried that if we can't find [a conference to join],
we'll be left hanging, no one wanting to play us
because we're independent. We'll be the only
division three school without a conference."
Still, there are options.
In the past, sports conferences have
employed a system using wins, losses, and
difficulty of schedule. It's possible that this
system could be used to determine where
Evergreen stands compared to the other teams,
even if Evergreen is an independent.
The best solution, though, is to join an
existing conference. Steilberg lobbied to join the
NCIC, but failed.

Steilberg also wants to form a new
conference by convincing "borderline" schools,
those who have not jumped from NAIA to NCAA
but might, to join Evergreen in NCAA division
three. A minimum of six schools is needed.
For now, Steilberg is busy thinking about
next year. Evergreen's basketball and tennis
teams will begin play, and their tentative
schedules include schools from three divisions
and countless conferences.
He is optimistic about the future.
"I think we'll have an impact on
Northwest small colleges. I think they'll want to
accommodate us," he says. "Still, this whole thing
makes me want to say 'can't we all just get along?'"

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noon, Friday, ApriMS to the President's Office.
April! 7,1997

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Peer Counselor
Applications Available

Potted" plant at Police Services

Evergreen's Counseling Center is
accepting applications for Peer Counselor
internships for the 1997/98 academic year.
Peer Counselors make a commitment to
perform an internship with a work-study
option at the Counseling Center for an entire
academic year, working 20 hours every week
for 8 credits each quarter. Student counselors
work collaboratively with the professional
staff and independently to provide personal
counseling services to students.
Applicants must be a junior or senior
next year. Counselors must be able, in an
interview, to demonstrate communication
and social skills. Student counselors must
start training in September next year, and
must commit to working all year.
For more information or to pick up an
application, contact the Counseling Center in
Seminar 2109, or ext. 6800. The last day to
pick up an application is May 2. Plan on
attending an informational session on April
17 at 5:30 p.m. in the Counseling Center.

This small pot
plant is the last of
about a dozen plants
officers found dumped
on side of Sunset read
next to the college.
Officer Bob McBride
believes a grower may
have been "spooked"
and dumped the plants
while trying to harvest
them.
The lone
survivor is on display
an educational tool.
"There's a lot of folks
who haven't seen a
marijuana plant,"said
McBride. The other
plants will be
preserved as evidence
until they are picked up
for destruction.
The plant will be kept
in the office until it dies
too.

Photo by Gary Love

Movies on Mindscreen
Today you can watch The Abominable
Dr. Phibes and Danger: Diabolik and still
be home well before midnight. Mindscreen
will show the two classic criminal movies at
6 p.m. and 8 p.m. respectively in Lecture Hall
3,
The Abominable Dr. Phibes, first
released in 1971, tells the story of a disfigured
musician's revenge on a team of surgeons
who failed to save his wife's life after a car
accident. It features notable actors Vincent
Price and Joseph Cotton. It is directed by
Robert Fuest who is known best for his work
on. television's The Avengers.
Danger: Diabolik, described by
. Undscreen organizers as "an amazing
parody of James Bond movies," is known for
its sets, photography and score by Ennio
Morricone. It was written and directed by
Mario Brava.

Home Birth Network

meeting
A discussion of fathering will be the topic
at the next Home Birth Network meeting. The
meeting is open to all and will take place on
Thursday, April 24, at 6:45 p.m. at the
Tumwater Library. Refreshments will be
served. For more information, call Hilari
Hauptman at 754-1009, or Michelle
Meuhinney-Angel at 754-4982.

New student groups form

The CPJ does not
endorse drug use.

Career Development
Workshops
Three workshops sponsored by Evening
and Weekend Student Services and the Career
Development Center will be offered on
Saturday, April 19.
Nina Powell, coordinator of Evening and
Weekend Student Services, will offer a
workshop on "Preparing for the Internship
Experience," from 10am-12pm in Library
1612.
Topics for discussion include
orientation,
resume
preparation,
interviewing, and starting out.
Wendy Freeman, director of the Career
Development Center, is offering a workshop
for seniors titled "The Job Search." This
workshop will be held in Library 1600, from
10 a.m. -12 p.m..
Finally, Nina Powell and Dave Kitchens,
faculty advisors, will offer a workshop for
writing self and faculty evaluations. If you
plan to attend this workshop, it is requested
that you bring your fall and winter quarter
evaluation drafts. This workshop will be
offered from 1 p.m. -3 p.m. in Library 1612.
For more information, call X6657.

Bike Workshop
Olympia Community Bikes, formerly
known as the Olympia Bike Library, invites you
to join their crew of bike mechanics every
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the pink bike
workshop located at 1315 Puget St. for more
information contact Brenda at 709-8769.

Students interested in pursuing careers
in medicine or law will soon have more
support, as student activity groups for pre-med
pre-law have formed.
Ryan Booker, the student coordinator for
the pre-med group, says the group will have its
first meeting later this month. So far no time
has been set. An Olympia doctor has
committed to speaking on current medical
issues at the meeting. Afterward, the group
will brainstorm goals for the future. For more
information contact Booker at x6463.
Amanda Houle, a third year student,
hopes the group will be a place where pre-med
students can get peer support and discuss
getting into graduate school. They will invite
speakers to college to talk about the field of law,
The group will meet for the first time 5
p.m. April 21 in CAB 320. For more
information, contact Houle at 866-8674.

'Take Back the Night'Rally
A "Take Back The Night" rally and
march is planned for Saturday, April 19, at the
Evergreen Housing Community Center. The
event begins at 7 p.m. and includes a keynote
address and candlelight vigil. All community
members are invited to join and speak out
against sexual & domestic violence.

Rebecca Walker to visit TESC
Rebecca Walker, the 26-year-old writer/
activist who was scheduled to come to the
campus to speak in March will be coming next
week.
Walker had originally been scheduled as
part of the Women's Resource Center's
International Women's Week but had to cancel
due to illness. Walker will speak Wednesday at
5 p.m. in the Longhouseabout changing the
face of feminism.

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'Uncle Vanya' wants help
Are you interested in set construction
and painting for student theater? The
Evergreen State College's production of Uncle
Vanya needs people to help construct and
paint sets and furniture.
Basic carpentry and painting skills are
appreciated but not necessary. Interested
people are needed as soon as possible.
Open technical meetings are Thursdays
at 5 p.m. in Seminar 3126. Construction is on
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 p.m.
in the scene shop on the first floor of the
Communications building behind the
experimental theater.
For more information, contact J. Brian
Pitts, producer and stage manager, at 9563309 or Jill Carter, interim technical director,
866-6000 X6702.
Uncle Vanya is about mid-life crisis and
wasted potential and will be shown May 8 to
11, in the Recital Hall in the Communications
Building and on May 28 and 29 at the
Washington Center for the Performing Arts.

Earth Day is April 22
Come celebrate Earth Day next Tuesday
with on-campus activities sponsored by EARN,
BRC, WashPIRG and the Bike Shop.
The Evergreen Animal Rights Network
(EARN) is sponsoring a "Meatout" day at
Evergreen. The plans are scheduled for April
22, Earth Day. The proposal involves more
vegetarian and vegan foods to be served, and
EARN will have a table outside the deli to
educate people about the meat industry's
destruction of the environment.
There will be a barter fair from 1 to 6 p.m.
in Red Square featuring trading, seeing and
informational tables from student groups and
community groups. In case of rain, the barter
fair will be held in the library lobby.
For those interested in reading poetry,
stories, playing music or talking about
environmental issues, there will be an open
microphone from 1 to 5 p.m.
At 5:30 p.m., relax and listen to local
musicians with a $3 suggested donation. The
music will be followed by environmental justice
speakers at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall 3.

Rugby Raffle
The Women's Rugby team recently
conducted their raffle. Winners are:
5 CDs from Rainy Day Records: Jason
Stambauch
5 CDs from Rainy Day Records: Mirah
Zeitlyn
5 CDs from Rainy Day Records: P.J. St.
George
21/2 Ibs. Amino Fuel from Good Life Health
Foods: Cherie DeHaven
$10 gift certificate to Burrito Heaven: Dave
Morrison
Any large pizza at Apollo's Pizza: Jonathan
Cantrell
$12 gift certificate to Kundalini: Elysha Diaz
$20 gift certificate to Jam Sports: Zachary
Huff
To claim your prize, call Sara at 7541348.

JCC Passover celebration
April 6th
0145 Random, minor medical incident
occurs in D.

April 8th
2326 Lab I deemed an insecure building.
2327 Organic farm also insecure.

0929 Theft of tires from vehicle in F-lot.
1030 Camera stolen in housing. Note flyers.
1605 Line down on Kaiser road.

April 7th
1024 Two bicycles recovered somewhere on
campus.
1714 Report accuses former student of
being rude and obnoxious.
1745 On beach trail: bicyclist vs. object.

April 9th
0509 Library and Lab I deemed insecure.
1420 Various artistic glassware stolen from
various mods.

April llth
0410 Lock stolen from gate in C-lot.
0530 Lab I continues to express its insecurity.
1200 Theft on, not of, but on a bike.

April 10th
0745 Wood shop and Lab I observed and
classified insecure.

April 12th
0048 C-dorm cooking failure.
2200 Guitar and sundries stolen from mods.

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The Jewish Cultural Center is planning
Passover Seder on Thursday, April 24, at 6
p.m. in the Organic farmhouse. Everyone is
welcome. Please sign up at the JCC office on
the third floor of the CAB so plans can be
made concerning how much food will need
to be made. Call Kacie Sanborn at X6493 for
further details.

NEWS
Fire starts in abandoned downtown building, threatens homes
By Jennifer Koogler
blocks away. When fire trucks arrived, much
of the area was engulfed in smoke, and about
Staff Writer
Lisa Cacioppio stood on the corner of 20% of the roof had collapsed. Teams
State,, and Columbia last night, a blue coat successfully confined the flames to the building
around her shoulders covering her white of origin and began to douse the flames with
nightgown. A block up on 4th Avenue, a yellow several hoses, one from a ladder high above the
fire hydrant spurted sprays of water, droplets fire. They sent firemen to make sure the fire
that didn't make it through the long hoses to had not spread to the adjacent buildings. The
put out the<fire threatening to enter her home. dozen or so apartments were evacuated.
Seward said the department worked
The fire broke out last night in the
abandoned Argo building on State Avenue slowly, making sure it was safe for teams to
across from Les Schwab Tires. The fire enter areas where there could have spread,
threatened to spread to adjacent buildings collapsing roofs. They scouted for occupants
such as the Mekong Restaurant, M&M's and evidence the fire was spreading.
Cacioppio says she was about to go to
Second Hand Store, the Midnight Sun, and the
sleep when a neighbor began knocking quite
apartments surrounding them.
Capt. John Seward of the Olympia Police -hard on all of the doors in the building. She
Department said they received the emergency left her apartment quickly and went out into
call about 11:15 p.m. They were about six the street. One of her neighbors gave her the

coat she wore as she shivered out on the corner
and watched as the fire department arrived.
Gathering up the coat, she gazes up at the
tall ladder extending up into the sky above
State. A bright searchlight illuminated a fuzzy
long white column of water pointed down into
the glow and hazy smoke. A neighbor stood
close by, with a rat cage safely cradled in her
arms. Cacioppio's cat, Shisko, was still up in
the apartment. She'd left him there when she
left.
She says she'd moved into this new
apartment recently, and had just begun to buy
some nicer clothes and furniture. She came
here from Turkey; her U.S. citizenship papers
are still in the house. "If this building is gone,
my life is gone."
A fireman dressed in full gear who was
manning one of the trucks came over to ask if

she and her neighbor needed a blanket or
anything. "My kitten is up there," she told
him, a sense of urgency rising in her voice. She
wondered if she could go get him. He promised
to inquire about the cat. He came back awhile
later with a blanket, which they wrapped
around the cage to keep the rat warm.
Cacioppio smiled in his direction as the
fireman hurried back to his duties.
"You can tell there's some kind of heart
there," she said warmly.
Later, she and a few neighbors moved to
the Les Schwab parking lot, where many had
gathered by the fire department's vehicles to
watch the embers fall from the roof of the now
blackened, desolate frame, flames poked
through prominently out the back of the
building. A police officer informed them that
once the fire department decided it was safe,
they would go into her apartment and retrieve
Shishko. Then, she and the others would likely
go to a Red Cross shelter for the night until it
was safe to return.
As of press time, the cause of the fire
was still unknown. Seward said once the fire
was properly contained and the area deemed
safe, a fire investigation team would enter and
begin to assess the situation.

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a Managing Editor for the 1997-98 school year. The
Managing Editor works in conjunction with the Editor
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April 17,1997

Evergreen's recreational pavilion in renovation limbo
By Jef Lucero
StaffWriter
A 1995 graduate from The Evergreen State
College recently took one last tour of the campus
in lieu of an imminent move to the Midwest. He
reflected on a number of things, from the personal
("I kissed my girlfriend on that rock over there") to
the humorous ("1 threw up on that tennis court
over there"). He recounted several other fond
memories and moments, as well as various locales
of miscellaneous i n c i d e n t s , h i s t o r i c a l and
otherwise.
But w h e n M i c h a e l Skrzypek got to the
covered pavilion, he stopped short. His smile went
away for a moment, when he said, "i can't believe
this isn't open to the public anymore. Many nights
were spent down here, shooting hoops at three in
(he morning when I needed a breakfrom studying.
I can't imagine the kids living on campus not
having this as an option, whenever they want to
utilize it." His smile returned as he started to
enumerate the games of late night, post-partying
pickup games of basketball that were once so
prevalent in the pavilion. "See, those were fine

times. Those are what I will miss."
pavilion, before it was closed to the public nearly
Over the past several years, the pavilion was two years ago. Since then, vandalism has declined
a refuge for many students. What Skrzypek stated
drastically, says Eddy, due to preventive measures
is e s s e n t i a l l y true for a Itenjze(, breakdwn of repaif ^ ^^
taken by the college. It is
number of students, both; pa¥iifWf:igpHWHa«ySss JmfA,7MCl«Sll»\ worth notin g. says
former and current. Of 30 director
Eddy, t h a t most of the
students interviewed for 1993-95
vandalism was done by
this article who lived on
those who did not live in
campus while the pavilion Structural repair, $56,426
campus housing.
was still open, 22 said that Paint:
Since 1993, the
they had used the pavilion
school has spent more
Structural repair: $36,122
at one time or another.
than $230,000 to repair,
-Bathroom: painting, floor tiles: $20/91 :
Most said they played
refurbish, and renovate
New doors, new fixtures, backfill, and seal security
basketball or soccer, while
the pavilion, according to
systeK $4,563
o t h e r s h a d found t h e Pence* approx: $20,000
an itemized list provided
pavilion conducive to TOTAL; a»!3rox.$234,:832
by c a m p u s facilities
studying, socializing, even *figure provided by Korey Meador, CRC building
director Ken Jacob.
romance.
manager (this list dees cot inctode lie costs: of the new .According to Korea"
But it also gradually sidewalks around the perimeter, which were part of a Meador, the recreation
facilities manager, the
became a haven for different project and could not be itemized)
vandals, who easily avoided campus security, following significant repairs have been made: Both
According to Sergeant Darwin Eddy of TESC Police the roof and the structural supports have been
Services, there was only one account of someone
replaced. An encasing fence surrounding the
ever being apprehended for v a n d a l i s m in the
pavilion has been built. The interior has received a

A day of medieval pleasures and pursuits
By Amy Loskota and Francis
Morgan-Gallo
Contributing Writers
Tired of the modern world? Had it up to
your gauntlets IP, Mils, papers, arid beote? .Do
you think you'd look much better in a tunic and
braes then a t-shirt and bhie jeans? - The College
of Wittanhaven, Evergreen's chapter of the
Society for Creative Abkchrmfem (SCA), "invites
you to comeand sample the pleasures £if medieval
late. Come spend a relaxing'rfay at oar Great Hal!
(the Loagltfiuse), where you can, witness, opr

as storytelling, calligraphy, sewing, bardic singing,
archery, and chivalry. Once passing these trails the
sergeant becomes a. member of Their Excellency's
personal guard. As many subjects of the Barony of
Ghnr;Bi Mere are quite talented in various medieval
ways/much information can be gained by merely
• asking. Trials m Km?y Armor f igbtiag, Rapier
Fightiag, and Archery will be held, culminating with
it Potluck to te held in the Great Hall.
Entertainment will be provided by ail those inclined
'to do so. The Schedule will go as follows:
Saturday, April IS.
10:00-11:00 Baronial Court, to be held in the

Baroness Saada and the retiase.
the splendidly and authentically dressed 11:00-3:00 Fighting Trials, Archery, and Rapier
members, of the SCA, aad evea be provided WSIfe "'fcbats. To- lie feeld in the field tdjaceat to the:
a loan of garb to enjoy the full effect. The Longbouse.
•Sergeant's' Trials are held weary yea? far the 5:00-8:00 Potiuci and Evening Entertainment la
Barony of Glymni Mere. A sergeant is not only the Great Hall's Gedar Room, with Court to be held
determined bv their fiehtine. but other slills sueh: at rerjose. .

The College of Wittanhaven is pleased and
honored to be hosting this event, where student
participation is welcomes. With events such tl
May fair, and May Crown being held soon, this is
a woniferfid chance to experience the recreation-:
of medieval historical events. We at Wittanhaven
are here to encourage, fifiteate. aad recreate. We/'
would love to meet other Greeners .who share
these interests, If you love" historical costuming,
medieval metal woriaag, calligraphy, honorable .
combat, camping, brewing, dancing, bardic
staging, and, spsafefag'witb others who sw
such studies, then come aad entertain your past
faafa-sie$::Bt the present. All are weiesrne tajokt
us, as this is a great chance to experience the
Society for Creative AatthrmssfiA nswsttd
presence oa Evergreen's: campus. For mare
information call Francis Morgan-Gaflb at tbeSCA
office X.S879, pr at 705-0464.

thorough paint job. New sidewalks around the
perimeter have been poured and set. The drive-up
ramp has been regarded to conform with the
American Disabilities Act. The bathrooms, which
were rendered useless by extensive vandalism, have
been overhauled, and a new drinking fountain has
been installed. The entire building has been sealed
to ward off seepage, a factor in the delay of the
pavilion's reopening, says Meador. The floor has
yet to be resurfaced, pending decisions on how best
to utilize the pavilion's facilities.
Still, more work remains for the pavilion. Once
the rest of the projects have been completed, issues
regarding the availability of and access to the pavilion
will be addressed, says Meador. "There are some
liability questions at the moment, so unfortunately,
no drop-in check-out of the pavilion is possible just
yet," says Meador. "Right now, groups which can take
on certain responsibilities can use it, such as leisure
ed, rec sports, housing, and S&A. It also gets rented
out to local organizations from time to time."
An exact timetable for reopening the pavilion
has not been set yet, says Meador, but he names fall
quarter of 1997 as a projected target time. Meador
says that in 1994, when the initial renovations began,
these projects were scheduled to take only a few
months. "Three years and an array of setbacks later,
we're still a little ways away from finishing. Vandalism
is still a problem, but not nearly like it once was."
Meador goes on to name weather, settling, and dry
rot in the wood as other factors leading to the delay of
completion on the pavilion.
Long range plans for the pavilion are far from
being set in place, says Meador. "We have had so many
setbacks with this, that anything is possiblerightnow,"
says Meador. "Student input is a big factor, so anyone
interested in helping out with ideas is urged to do so."
So, what's the ideal scenario for the future of
the pavilion, after such a hearty investment has been
made on the part of the college? "Ideally, it will be
available to students for check out," says Meador, "but
there's got to be an accountability system in place for
that to be a reality." The pavilion will also be rented
out to organizations such as soccer clubs, and could
possibly serve as a practice space for the Evergreen
tennis team, which begins intercollegiate play next
spring.

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BY LUCY CRAIG
A weekly feature that profiles proposed legislation during the 1997 regular session

1

Bill limits tuition
increases
College and university governing
boards will have a hand in
increases until 1999
Substitute House Bill 5927
• Changes the way tuition increases are decided
and creates increase limits.
Background: In Washington, the legislature
determines the tuition fees at most public
colleges and universities. From 1981 to 1995,
tuition was based on a percentage of
instructional costs per student. In 1995, the
legislature created specific dollar amounts for
the tuition of state colleges and universities.
As the number of students attending or
applying to public universities increases, the
legislature wants to ensure that tuition rates are
affordable to the majority of students and their
families. The tuition rates created in 1995 were
set to be modified in the 1997 session.
Summary: For the period of 1997-99, tuition
will be increased yearly by the per capita
income growth rate or by four percent,
whichever is the lowest amount. These
amounts are determined by the schools'
governing boards.
At The Evergreen State College, the
tuition rate for undergraduate resident
students may not exceed 35 percent of the cost
of instruction per student (this applies when
the four percent increase is used).
Tuition for nonresident undergraduate
students and graduate students cannot be

increased by more than ten
percent per year. If the four
percent or less limit is not
sufficient, colleges and
universities may request rate
adjustments if the four
percent or less limit is not
sufficient for their operating
needs. If for any reason a
college increases its tuition
rates by more than five
percent, that school must give
part of the tuition funds to
help needy resident students.
This amount will be 10
percent of the tuition increase
that is already over five
percent.
Students who
accumulate more than 125
percent of the credits they
need to achieve a specific
degree, they can be subject to
extra charges by their college.
Testimony For: Tuition should be predictable,
stable, and affordable. The bill permits some
flexibility for institutions who need to increase
their tuition above five percent. The limits will
prevent students and their families from
bearing the burden of financing their college

or university.
Testimony Against: Also feel that tuition rates
should be predictable, stable, and affordable.
However, the bill locks in automatic tuition
increases that may not be sufficient, or relate to
the funding needs, of various colleges and
universities. The legislature should set tuition
levels.

History: Senate Higher Education Committee
(passed 7-0); Senate Ways and Means
Committee (12-0); Senate Rules Committee
(passed); Senate Floor Vote (passed 42-7);
House Higher Education Committee (passed
8-0); House Appropriations (passed 16-15).
Currently in House Rules Committee.

Bill sets tougher punishments for
assaults that spread HIV

Legislature approves stronger laws against
methamphetamine manufacturers

Confidential health records could be released

Bill awaits governor's signature

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5044
•Increases penalties for AlDS-related crimes
and allows for disclosure of health records.
Background: Currently, a person is guilty of
assault in the second degree (a class B felony)
if that individual exposes or transmits the
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to
another person with intent to inflict bodily
harm.
Assault in the first degree (a class A
felony) requires that the defendant intended
to inflict "great" bodily harm.
The general statute of limitations for
felony crimes is three years. (The statute of
limitations is the time allowed to pass before a
person cannot bring a lawsuit against another
individual.) However, for other crimes such as
homicide, there is no statute of limitations.
The victim of an HIV-related assault may
not know that he or she has been exposed to
HIV for many years. Because of certain statute
of limitations, the individual exposed may not
be able to file a lawsuit.
Current law defines homicide as the
killing of another human being where death
occurs within three years and a day. This
definition may prevent the prosecution of
persons for homicide (murder or
manslaughter) because the individual exposed
to HIV may not develop detectable or fatal
illnesses due to HIV and AIDS within a three
year period. In matters of disclosing
individuals infected with HIV and AIDS, a
person is not authorized to disclose the identity
of any person tested or treated for HIV to law
enforcement officials.
Summary: The bill changes HIV-related assault
to a first degree crime. According to the bill, a
person is guilty of HIV-related assault in the
first degree if the person exposes or transmits
HIV to another person with intent to inflict
great bodily harm.
The definition of homicide is changed

and will be described as the killing of another
person with death occurring at any time. There
will be no statute of limitations for the crime
of HIV-related assault in the first degree.
A public health officer must inform the
local law enforcement agency of all
information related to sexually transmitted
disease testing and treatment (including HIV)
concerning an individual who os engaging in
behavior presenting a danger to the public. The
individual involved must currently be or
continue to be engaging in such behavior for
the information to be released.
The public health officer must also
provide the law enforcement agency with the
identities of all persons who may have been
exposed to a sexually transmitted disease
through this individual. However, these
persons must agree to the disclosure of their
identities.
Testimony For: Current law allows those who
intentionally spread HIV to avoid full
prosecution because the law is not designed for
"delayed murder." The bill is needed to open
the "door of confidentiality" when public safety
is at stake. The criminal provisions in this bill
require proof of intent to inflict great bodily
harm and so these laws created in this bill will
not punish individuals engaging in consensual
sex.
Testimony Against: If disclosure becomes a
possibility, it will cause people to hesitate about
getting tested or receiving treatment for HIV.
Public health officers should not have the right
to turn over medical records to the police.
History: Senate Law and Justice Committee
(passed 7-2); Senate Ways and Means
Committee (passed 15-0); Senate Rules
Committee (passed); Senate Floor Vote (passed
44-4); House Criminal Justice and Corrections
Committee (passed 12-0). Currently in the
House Rules Committee.

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Senate Bill 5191
• Increases penalties for methamphetamine
crimes.
Background: The legislature states that
methamphetamine has become one of the
cheapest and most available drugs in the
Northwest. Persons using methamphetamine
are subject to aggression, paranoia, and
increased violent action. The drug itself is
cheap to produce, but the chemical
combinations used to produce it are highly
toxic. The current maximum penalty for
manufacturing
or
possessing
methamphetamines with the intent to
manufacture it is ten years in prison or a fine
of $50,000 for each kilogram of the drug (if the
amount is over two kilograms).
The current maximum penalty for
possession of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine
(used to make methamphetamine) with intent
to manufacture methamphetamine is ten years
in prison and a $25,000 fine.
In 1993, voters approved Initiative 593,
which sentences persistent offenders who are
convicted of three consecutive "most serious
offenses" to life imprisonment. Unless a person
is also convicted of being armed with a deadly
weapon at the time of the offense,
manufacturing
or
possessing
methamphetamine,
ephedrine,
or
pseudoephedrine is not considered a most
serious offense.
Summary: The bill makes it a "most serious

ENGROSSED SENATE
BILL 5255
•No abortion may be performed on an
unemancipated minor unless she has consent
from a parent or guardian.
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Currently in House Rules Committee.

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ApriM7,1997

offense" to manufacture, deliver, or possess
with intent to manufacture or deliver
methamphetamine. Possession of ephedrine
or pseudoephedrine with intent to
manufacture methamphetamine will also be
considered a most serious offense.
Persons charged with manufacturing or
possession of these substances will be subject
to life imprisonment if they commit three
consecutive "most serious offenses."
$3000 of the fine must be given to the
law enforcement agency that is responsible for
the cleanup of laboratories or substances used
to make the drug.
Testimony For: It is dangerous for anyone to
be exposed to the chemicals used to
manufacture
methamphetamine.
Manufacturing the drug near residential areas
or places of business can require evacuation
of persons near the site. Methamphetamine
laboratories are increasing the responsibilities
of the Washington State Patrol as well as
creating a burden for local police.
Testimony Against: None.
History: Senate Law and Justice Committee
(passed 8-0); Senate Rules Committee
(passed); Senate Floor Vote (passed 46-0);
House Criminal Justice and Corrections
Committee (passed 12-0); House Rules
Committee (passed); House Floor Vote (98-0).
The bill was delivered to Governor Gary Locke
on April 14. Locke has five business days to
sign the bill.

HOUSE BILL 1796
•Requires health insurance companies to give
at least 45 days notice before they cancel a
person's policy.
,
Currently in Senate Rules Commitee.

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

By Adrian Wulff

Q: What's the difference between an appendix and the student representatives to the Board of Trustees?
A: When an appendix causes discomfort it gets attention.

Animal tests, dubious results
To the Editor:
Animal experimentation. We depend on it for
scientific advancement, to help us when we are sick, and
to protect us against household and cosmetic products.
But science has discovered 20 cures for strokes from
the last 25 years of research and none of them work on
humans.
Every species of animal is a different biomechanical
and biochemical entity. Non-human animals are different
not only from humans, but also from each other,
anatomically, physiologically, immunologically,
genetically, and histologically, down to the basic cellular
structure.
Animals react differently to drugs, vaccines, and
chemical substances, not only from humans, but also
from each other. Genetic make-up from one race to
another and one gender to another is so different that
scientists are discovering medicines may work for one but
not the other. That is how different everything is from
everything else. Aspirin kills cats and penicillin kills
guinea pigs. Yet monkeys and the same guinea pigs and
can safely swallow strychnine — one of the deadliest
poisons known to humans. Sheep can swallow huge
quantities of arsenic. This list is endless. Consequently,
every year the FDA is forced to pull thousands of
pharmaceutical drugs off the shelves due to serious health
problems caused in humans, drugs which have been
"safely" tested on animals and approved for human
consumption by the FDA.
Can someone give you cancer? How about epilepsy?
No, those diseases aren't contagious, so why does the
public accept the fact that scientists can successfully
recreate a disease in an animal? Once recreated, the
disease and the situation become artificial and are no
longer the original, natural disease and situation that the
body itself produced. The exception in this case is
infectious diseases. However, animals do not get human
infectious diseases. In spite of the effort to create "an
animal model of human AIDS," researchers have never
been able to infect a single non-human animal with
human AIDS. How can a non-human animal have a
human disease? Among other things, there are huge
differences between the human immune system and
various other animal immune systems. For example, rats
live in sewers, dogs drink water from puddles, and cats
lick dirt off their bodies without getting sick.
Our environment is also being systematically
destroyed by thousands of pesticides and toxicants that,
no matter how destructive, have been marketed based on
inherently invalid and misleading animal tests.

Our economic survival is also at stake. In 1995
alone, the U.S. spent over 1.4 trillion dollars on "health
care." After more than a hundred years of massive animalbased research at a cost of countless billions of your tax
dollars, crippling and deadly diseases of all kinds are
affecting an ever-increasing number of Americans. Far
from curing anything, we are losing ground in the fight
for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, AIDS,
muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's
disease, and birth defects. Soaring "sickness care" costs
are making our economy bankrupt.
Some people say that insulin was a result of animal
testing. According to Ms. Hoorik Davoudian, vice
president of SUPRESS, insulin does not help cure diabetes
but gives temporary relief for people that already have
abnormally high amounts of insulin in their body.
Diabetes is usually the result of eating meat products
which hurt the digestive system. What about people born
with diabetes? Studies have found that the cause is due
to mothers who drink cow milk during pregnancy. In only
the first few years of a human beings life can they digest
lactose. A baby is not made to ingest any milk but her
own mother's. Does it seem logical to feed your baby
another species' milk?
Vaccinations have also been known to make people
more sick than if they didn't take one. For instance, the
polio vaccine put a good amount of people through pain
due to misleading results from animal testing. Scientists
learned from these reactions and made adjustments to
the vaccine so it vould be effective on humans.
Increasing numbers of doctors and scientists agree
that the only way to deal with mounting health problems
is to engage in prevention and clinical research (the
observation and treatment of human beings suffering
from disease).
Environmentalists, Christians, politicians,
scientists, teachers, and parents should all join together
to fight this outrage. The government is putting our
health care at risk, our tax dollars in the dumpster, and
animals in the closest thing to hell any of us could ever
imagine. Think of this next time you participate in a
fundraising event like the March of Dimes. You are
throwing your money away!
The most constructive grassroots campaign
working for this cause is SUPRESS. For further
information visit their website at http://
home.earthlink.net/~supress
Sincerely,
Vita Lusty

Much ado a
Why should there be a place in the CPJ for science
at Evergreen? Why should the community be
interested in science at Evergreen? Why should
students and faculty want to write about their research
for the CPJ? I became more concerned with these
questions on February 13, when the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
kicked off its 163rd annual, week long, "Meeting and
Science Innovation Exposition."
This was the second time Seattle has provided
the venue for the AAAS to showcase discoveries,
highlight the fun of science, and wrestle with critical
issues of the day. The theme was "Engaging ScienceSustaining Society" and offered two hundred sessions
covering a wide array of sciences. Each session brought
a panel of top researchers together to present their
latest research followed by a period for discussion. For
example, one of the sessions was on the
topic, "What is Time," with a panel made
up of an astrophysicist, a quantum
physicist, a theologian/physicist, and a
theologian/philosopher. It was mindbendingly amazing. All together, the topics
at the convention represented almost every
area of science from research in genetics to
research on the limits of the universe. Here
is a list of just a few of the session titles:

week of science presental
Center, but not a single
Journal on presentation;
Evergreen State College!
year, we have had Ever
alumni and students be
in The Olympian, Di;
Geographic, and variou
one article in our own G
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showing up in the New
Why, in fact, one Gr
appeared in a New York
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dissatisfaction with the 1
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seeing a new
or opinioi
covering wh;
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Evergreen, or
in the

"Patenting Human Genes"
"The PetaFlop Initiative"
"The Last of the Nomadic Herders"
"Northwest Coast Aboriginal Plant Use"
"Accuracy in Science News Reporting"
"Host Genes and Resistance to HIV
infection and AIDS"
"The Future of Industry on the Internet"
"Watershed-Based Restoration in the Northwest"
"Science, Policy, and the Old-Growth Forests"
"Neurobiological and Environmental Approaches to
"Science of Memory"
Communication in Different Species"
"Creating Healthful Food Systems"
"Is Sustainable Tropical Forestry Possible or Desirable"
"Biodiversity and Human Responsibility"
"New Technology in Hanford Waste Treatment"
"Science Teaching and Cognitive Psychology"
"Human Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology"

This list exemplifies the diversity of scientific research
going on around the world and here at Evergreen. Even
the session titles sound like Evergreen program names.
What struck me about this convention was the
enormous number of reporters, from every type of
mass media, covering the sessions. NPR broadcasted
live from some sessions, Time magazine reported on
"What is Time" and every TV station probably sent
up a special satellite for the presentation by, the Elvis
of computer nerds, Bill Gates. In some sessions the
news reporters took up the first two rows of the
audience. Most people are interested in science, this
is evident in the onslaught of mass media. So, why is
it that there are hundreds of reporters covering one

newspaper has a resj
injustices, political actic
school sports. But, whai
ever seeing a news articl
covering what's happe
Evergreen, or anywhere
two letters in one recenl
who complain (myself in
for this lack of content ii
always asking for subn
have been lacking in the
Evergreen student
some fascinating subjec
are influenced by e^
environment and sock
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student to death, but
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into a context and la
understand and rel;
bacteriophage (viruse
running PCR on their Dl
but if the reader is told
the rise of antibiotic
Tuberculosis, around
pharmaceutical, hori

How to respond:

Please bring or address all responses or other forms of commen
Journal office in CAB 316. Deadline is at 1 p.m. on Monday for t
word limit for responses is 450 words; for commentary it's 600 woi
The CPJ wants to use as much space as possible on these pages:
Therefore, in practice, we have allowed contributors to exceed the w
available. When space is limited, submissions are prioritized accor<
in the CPJ office. Editorial cartoons may be resized to fit space. Pi
Evergreen students.
Please note: the CPJ does not check its email daily; the arrival c
delayed and may cause the letter to be held until the following issue,
handwritten submissions but those provided on disk are greatly ap

All submissions must have the author's name ai

the Cooper Point Jo

10 law respecting an establishment of religion,
srcise thereof; or abridging the freedom of
the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
ment for a redress of grievances."
— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

BY Adrian Wulff

;tween an appendix and the student representa-

es discomfort it gets attention.

ts, dubious results
id on it for
are sick, and
ic products,
strokes from
iem work on
amechanical
are different
each other,
lologically,
)asic cellular
accines, and
ins, but also
one race to

Our economic survival is also at stake. In 1995
alone, the U.S. spent over 1.4 trillion dollars on "health
care." After more than a hundred years of massive animalbased research at a cost of countless billions of your tax
dollars, crippling and deadly diseases of all kinds are
affecting an ever-increasing number of Americans. Far
from curing anything, we are losing ground in the fight
for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, AIDS,
muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's
disease, and birth defects. Soaring "sickness care" costs
are making our economy bankrupt.
Some people say that insulin was a result of animal
testing. According to Ms. Hoorik Davoudian, vice
president of SUPRESS, insulin does not help cure diabetes
but gives temporary relief for people that already have
abnormally high amounts of insulin in their body.

ettei

"FREEDOM OF SPEECH:

Every person may freely speak, write and publish on
responsible for the abuse of that right."
— Article I, Section 5, Washington S

Much ado about science?
Why should there be a place in the CPJfor science
at Evergreen? Why should the community be
interested in science at Evergreen? Why should
students and faculty want to write about their research
for the CPJ? I became more concerned with these
questions on February 13, when the American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
kicked off its 163rd annual, week long, "Meeting and
Science Innovation Exposition."
This was the second time Seattle has provided
the venue for the AAAS to showcase discoveries,
highlight the fun of science, and wrestle with critical
issues of the day. The theme was "Engaging ScienceSustaining Society" and offered two hundred sessions
covering a wide array of sciences. Each session brought
a panel of top researchers together to present their
latest research followed by a period for discussion. For
example, one of the sessions was on the
topic, "What is Time," with a panel made
up of an astrophysicist, a quantum
physicist, a theologian/physicist, and a
theologian/philosopher. It was mindbendingly amazing. All together, the topics
at the convention represented almost every
area of science from research in genetics to
research on the limits of the universe. Here
is a list of just a few of the session titles:

week of science presentations at the Seattle Convention
Center, but not a single article in The Cooper Point
Journal on presentations that go on all year long at The
Evergreen State College? Why is it that, just in the last
year, we have had Evergreen science faculty, recent
alumni and students being interviewed or published
in The Olympian, Discover Magazine, National
Geographic, and various scientific journals, but not
one article in our own Cooper Point Journal? It seems
an Evergreen science student has a better chance of
showing up in the New York Times than in the CPJ.
Why, in fact, one Greener, Elizabeth Thomas,
appeared in a New York Times photo from the AAAS
convention.
I've heard a number of people voice
dissatisfaction with the limited variety of subject areas
covered in the CPJ. Many people agree that a school

practices, an article on this bacteriophage and its
possible use as a natural antibiotic can become
interesting to everyone who breathes.
Many students come to college with the fear of
math and science, which society and years of
mundane, poorly taught high school classes instill hi
them. Evergreen offers these students the chance to
let their own curiosity entice them aimfully through
math and science to a better understanding of a subject
of their own interest or concern. Coverage of engaging
questions being addressed by science students at
Evergreen could foster these student's own interests.
Science does not always have to be cold, unbiased facts.
Researchers do not have to fit a stereotype. You don't
have to slave over a research assignment purely for the
sake of fulfilling a requirement. If you have a research •
topic, figure out why you want to research it, what
about it fascinates you, then let us know
about it in any format you want—make it
sexy, make it funny, make it spine
rippingly frightening or just pleasingly
informative. Personalize your own data to
tell a story. Team up with a student from
another class who has another approach
or, better yet, an opposing view. Flag
waving can be important, but I hope to see
» the sincere ambition to intelligently
develop and communicate all sides and
feelings around the sometimes
controversial scientific issues and
techniques.
I thought I didn't have time to
contribute to the CPJ while in programs
such as Molecule to Organism or Matter
and Motion, but with hind-sight, I see many projects
could just as easily been written in an article manner
and submitted to both my professor and the CPJ.
Credit should be awarded to anyone who understands
their research well enough to communicate it
effectively to the average person on Red Square. Such
a skill is very sought after in many career fields such as
teaching, law, politics (be it taking part or tearing it
apart), and the mass media. And, just one well written
article in your portfolio can set you apart from other
equally qualified job or grad school applicants.
Science students often leave Evergreen with skills
and knowledge of subjects in scientific research, but
are in the dark on what career and academic options
are open to them, what kind of salaries they might

I don't remember ever
seeing a news article, letter
or opinion in the CPJ
covering what's happening
in the sciences here at
Evergreen, or anywhere else
in the world.

"Patenting Human Genes"
"The PetaFlop Initiative"
"The Last of the Nomadic Herders"
"Northwest Coast Aboriginal Plant Use"
"Accuracy in Science News Reporting"
"Host Genes and Resistance to HFV
infection and AIDS"
"The Future of Industry on the Internet"
"Watershed-Based Restoration in the Northwest"
"Science, Policy, and the Old-Growth Forests"
"Neurobiological and Environmental Approaches to
"Science of Memory"
Communication in Different Species"
"Creating Healthful Food Systems"
"Is Sustainable Tropical Forestry Possible or Desirable"
"Biodiversity and Human Responsibility"
"New Technology in Hanford Waste Treatment"
"Science Teaching and Cognitive Psychology"
, "Human Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology"

newspaper has a responsibility to cover social
injustices, political actions, and activities in arts and
school sports. But, what of science? I don't remember
ever seeing a news article, letter or opinion in the CPJ
covering what's happening in the sciences here at
Evergreen, or anywhere else in the world (there were
two letters in one recent issue—Bravo!). The people
who complain (myself included) are one of the reasons
for this lack of content in our school paper. The CPJ is
always asking for submissions, but obviously these
have been lacking in the area of Science at Evergreen.
Evergreen students and faculty are researching
some fascinating subjects and their choice of subjects
are influenced by events taking place in the
environment and society that effect us all. Some

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Yes, I'm Vietnai
No, I don't eat

By Kim Nguyen
Being Asian, I get approached with all sorts of
interesting questions. People always come up to me
and say things like, "Hey, you're from California.
Weren't you just totally shocked about the lack of
diversity here?" As if there aren't any suburbs in
California.
Or, "Hey, you're Asian. Can you translate these
Chinese characters

reduced me, and
to barbaric crim
thieving savages.
Now let me
about dog-eating

1) Vietnamese dc
don't just decide t

reen an appendix and the student representa-

discomfort it gets attention.

s, dubious results
Our economic survival is also at stake. In 1995
alone, the U.S. spent over 1.4 trillion dollars on "health
care." After more than a hundred years of massive animalbased research at a cost of countless billions of your tax
dollars, crippling and deadly diseases of all kinds are
affecting an ever-increasing number of Americans. Far
from curing anything, we are losing ground in the fight
for cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, AIDS,
muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's
disease, and birth defects. Soaring "sickness care" costs
are making our economy bankrupt.
Some people say that insulin was a result of animal
testing. According to Ms. Hoorik Davoudian, vice
president of SUPRESS, insulin does not help cure diabetes
but gives temporary relief for people that already have
abnormally high amounts of insulin in their body.
Diabetes is usually the result of eating meat products
which hurt the digestive system. What about people born
with diabetes? Studies have found that the cause is due
to mothers who drink cow milk during pregnancy. In only
the first few years of a human beings life can they digest
lactose. A baby is not made to ingest any milk but her
own mother's. Does it seem logical to feed your baby
another species' milk?
Vaccinations have also been known to make people
more sick than if they didn't take one. For instance, the
polio vaccine put a good amount of people through pain
due to misleading results from animal testing. Scientists
learned from these reactions and made adjustments to
the vaccine so it would be effective on humans.
Increasing numbers of doctors and scientists agree
that the only way to deal with mounting health problems
is to engage in prevention and clinical research (the
observation and treatment of human beings suffering
from disease).
Environmentalists, Christians, politicians,
scientists, teachers, and parents should all join together
to fight this outrage. The government is putting our
health care at risk, our tax dollars in the dumpster, and
animals in the closest thing to hell any of us could ever
imagine. Think of this next time you participate in a
fundraising event like the March of Dimes. You are
throwing your money away!
The most constructive grassroots campaign
working for this cause is SUPRESS. For further
information visit their website at http://
home, earthlink.net/~supress
Sincerely,
Vita Lusty

vviiai is nuie, wiin a panel maue
up of an astrophysicist, a quantum
physicist, a theologian/physicist, and a
theologian/philosopher. It was mindbendingly amazing. All together, the topics
at the convention represented almost every
area of science from research in genetics to
research on the limits of the universe. Here
is a list of just a few of the session titles:

aooui u m any lormai yuu wain—inaKe u
sexy, make it funny, make it spine
rippingly frightening or just pleasingly
informative. Personalize your own data to
tell a story. Team up with a student from
another class who has another approach
or, better yet, an opposing view. Flag
waving can be important, but I hope to see
» the sincere ambition to intelligently
develop and communicate all sides and
feelings around the sometimes
controversial scientific issues and
techniques.
I thought I didn't have time to
contribute to the CPJ while in programs
such as Molecule to Organism or Matter
newspaper has a responsibility to cover social and Motion, but with hind-sight, I see many projects
injustices, political actions, and activities in arts and could just as easily been written in an article manner
school sports. But, what of science? I don't remember and submitted to both my professor and the CPJ.
ever seeing a news article, letter or opinion in the CPJ Credit should be awarded to anyone who understands
covering what's happening in the sciences here at their research well enough to communicate it
Evergreen, or anywhere else in the world (there were effectively to the average person on Red Square. Such
two letters in one recent issue—Bravo!). The people a skill is very sought after in many career fields such as
who complain (myself included) are one of the reasons teaching, law, politics (be it taking part or tearing it
for this lack of content in our school paper. The CPJ is apart), and the mass media. And, just one well written
always asking for submissions, but obviously these article in your portfolio can set you apart from other
have been lacking in the area of Science at Evergreen. equally qualified job or grad school applicants.
Science students often leave Evergreen with skills
Evergreen students and faculty are researching
some fascinating subjects and their choice of subjects and knowledge of subjects in scientific research, but
are influenced by events taking place in the are in the dark on what career and academic options
environment and society that effect us all. Some are open to them, what kind of salaries they might
students ask why anyone would be interested in what expect, and how they compare to everyone else out in
Greeners are doing in the lab. Of course most the academic and work force. A science column could
protocols are going to bore even the best science be a great place to share experience and give advice
student to death, but there is so much more to for seeking out and applying for work or grad schools,
scientific research than steps in a procedure. It is up since currently nothing exists on this campus for such
to the person writing the article to put the research dialogue.
Science columns existed in the CPJ in the past,
into a context and language that everyone can
understand and relate to. Isolating T-even written by science students. I would like to initiate a
bacteriophage (viruses that attack bacteria) and more consistent coverage of science in the CPJ, covering
running PCR on their DN A can be pretty damn boring, Evergreen student, faculty and alumni research,
but if the reader is told about the immense danger in experiences and philosophies. How will this work? I
the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria, such as suggest people try to write articles about their own
Tuberculosis, around the world due to current research or someone else's. Students and faculty in
pharmaceutical, horticultural and agricultural philosophy programs should also submit articles on the
philosophy of science or the science of philosophy.
Although, faculty are usually busting their butts trying
to keep up with daily duties, I think an occasional work
from our closest role-models is important. If they have
time for Discover and National Geographic, they should
have time for our own Cooper Point Journal. If you are
working on something or know of some research that
would be worth covering, but can't cover it, send an email to thomasel@elwha.evergreen.edu or
muellerm@elwha.evergreen.edu and include what the
research is and why you think it's important. One of
these people may cover it. If you think anything or
everything I wrote in this article is bull or beautiful, don't
e-mail me. Write it down and submit it to the CPJ. Any
words about what science is about, will help Greeners
get more familiar with their place and options in science.

I don't remember ever
seeing a news article, letter
or opinion in theCPJ
covering what's happening
in the sciences here at
Evergreen, or anywhere else
in the world.

"Patenting Human Genes"
"The PetaFlop Initiative"
"The Last of the Nomadic Herders"
"Northwest Coast Aboriginal Plant Use"
"Accuracy in Science News Reporting"
"Host Genes and Resistance to HIV
infection and AIDS"
"The Future of Industry on the Internet"
"Watershed-Based Restoration in the Northwest"
"Science, Policy, and the Old-Growth Forests"
"Neurobiological and Environmental Approaches to
"Science of Memory"
Communication in Different Species"
"Creating Healthful Food Systems"
"Is Sustainable Tropical Forestry Possible or Desirable"
"Biodiversity and Human Responsibility"
"New Technology in Hanford Waste Treatment"
"Science Teaching and Cognitive Psychology"
, "Human Behavioral Ecology and Evolutionary
Biology"

This list exemplifies the diversity of scientific research
going on around the world and here at Evergreen. Even
the session titles sound like Evergreen program names.
What struck me about this convention was the
enormous number of reporters, from every type of
mass media, covering the sessions. NPR broadcasted
live from some sessions, Time magazine reported on
"What is Time" and every TV station probably sent
up a special satellite for the presentation by, the Elvis
of computer nerds, Bill Gates. In some sessions the
news reporters took up the first two rows of the
audience. Most people are interested in science, this
is evident in the onslaught of mass media. So, why is
it that there are hundreds of reporters covering one

How to respond:

Please bring or address all responses or other forms of commentary to the Cooper Point
Journal oflGice 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 fit space. Priority is always given to
Evergreen students.
Please note: the CPJ does not check its email daily; the arrival of emailed letters may be
delayed and may cause the letter to be held until the following issue. We will accept typed or
handwritten submissions but those provided on disk are greatly appreciated.

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

Mark Mueller

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Yes, I'm Vietnarr
No, I don't eat

By Kim Nguyen
Being Asian, I get approached with all sorts of
interesting questions. People always come up to me
and say things like, "Hey, you're from California.
Weren't you just totally shocked about the lack of
diversity here?" As if there aren't any suburbs in
California.
Or, "Hey, you're Asian. Can you translate these
Chinese characters
for me?" Oh, sure.
All us Asians look
alike. We must read
alike too.
Or my all-time
favorite, "Where are
you
from?"
California. "No, I
mean, where are you
originally from?"
Oh, how silly of me.
You mean where was I born? Well I'm originallyfrom
a curious little place called Texas.
The worst though, would have to be, "Hey, you're
Vietnamese. You eat dog, don't you?" Now for some
crazy reason this one especially peeves me. Not
because eating dog is despicable, but because
everyone makes it out to be the most barbaric thing
next to cannibalism.
Believe me, this is not about diversity. It's
actually about racism. And ignorance. And just plain
stupidity. And I'm especially sensitive about it now
because just the other day I overheard someone imply
that I was disgusting for eating dog, and as if that
weren't enough, that I'm a thief. Well, maybe not me
personally. Just my entire ethnicity. I believe his exact
words were, "Oh you should keep a really close eye on
your dog. You know there's a black market for stolen
dogs these days. And I don't need to tell you what the
Vietnamese do with dogs. It's just disgusting." Finally,
an accurate description of Vietnamese people and
their habits. With just one comment that man

reduced me, and all
to barbaric crimi
thieving savages.
Now let me ju
about dog-eating:
1) Vietnamese don'
don't just decide to g

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disgusting than eating
dogs, which I have,
unfortunately done.
edible. You wou
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FREEDOM OF SPEECH:
Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being
responsible for the abuse of that right."
— Article I, Section 5, Washington State Constitution 1889

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practices, an article on this bacteriophage and its
possible use as a natural antibiotic can become
interesting to everyone who breathes.
Many students come to college with the fear of
math and science, which society and years of
mundane, poorly taught high school classes instill in
them. Evergreen offers these students the chance to
let their own curiosity entice them aimfully through
math and science to a better understanding of a subject
of their own interest or concern. Coverage of engaging
questions being addressed by science students at
Evergreen could foster these student's own interests.
Science does not always have to be cold, unbiased facts.
Researchers do not have to fit a stereotype. You don't
have to slave over a research assignment purely for the
sake of fulfilling a requirement. If you have a research •
topic, figure out why you want to research it, what
about it fascinates you, then let us know
about it in any format you want—make it
sexy, make it funny, make it spine
rippingly frightening or just pleasingly
informative. Personalize your own data to
tell a story. Team up with a student from
another class who has another approach
or, better yet, an opposing view. Flag
waving can be important, but I hope to see
* the sincere ambition to intelligently
develop and communicate all sides and
feelings around the sometimes
controversial scientific issues and
techniques.
I thought I didn't have time to
contribute to the CPJ while in programs
such as Molecule to Organism or Matter
and Motion, but with hind-sight, I see many projects
could just as easily been written in an article manner
and submitted to both my professor and the CPJ.
Credit should be awarded to anyone who understands
their research well enough to communicate it
effectively to the average person on Red Square. Such
a skill is very sought after in many career fields such as
teaching, law, politics (be it taking part or tearing it
apart), and the mass media. And, just one well written
article in your portfolio can set you apart from other
equally qualified job or grad school applicants.
Science students often leave Evergreen with skills
and knowledge of subjects in scientific research, but
are in the dark on what career and academic options
are open to them, what kind of salaries they might
expect, and how they compare to everyone else out in
the academic and workforce. A science column could
be a great place to share experience and give advice
for seeking out and applying for work or grad schools,
since currently nothing exists on this campus for such
dialogue.
Science columns existed in the CPJ in the past,
written by science students. I would like to initiate a
more consistent coverage of science in the CPJ, covering
Evergreen student, faculty and alumni research,
experiences and philosophies. How will this work? I
suggest people try to write articles about their own
research or someone else's. Students and faculty in
philosophy programs should also submit articles on the
philosophy of science or the science of philosophy.
Although, faculty are usually busting their butts trying
to keep up with daily duties, I think an occasional work
from our closest role-models is important. If they have
time for Discover and National Geographic, they should
have time for our own Cooper Point Journal. If you are
working on something or know of some research that
would be worth covering, but can't cover it, send an email to thomasel@elwha.evergreen.edu or
muellerm@elwha.evergreen.edu and include what the
research is and why you think it's important. One of
these people may cover it. If you think anything or
everything I wrote in this article is bull or beautiful, don't
e-mail me. Write it down and submit it to the CPJ. Any
words about what science is about, will help Greeners
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Yes, I'm Vietnamese
No, I don't eat dog
COLUMN
By Kim Nguyen
Being Asian, I get approached with all sorts of
interesting questions. People always come up to me
and say things like, "Hey, you're from California.
Weren't you just totally shocked about the lack of
diversity here?" As if there aren't any suburbs in
California.
Or, "Hey, you're Asian. Can you translate these
Chinese characters
for me?" Oh, sure.
All us Asians look
alike. We must read
alike too.
Or my all-time
favorite, "Where are
you
from?"
California. "No, I
mean, where are you
originally from?"
Oh, how silly of me.
You mean where was I born? Well I'm originallyfrom
•<» curious little place called Texas.
The worst though, would have to be, "Hey, you're
Vietnamese. You eat dog, don't you?" Now for some
crazy reason this one especially peeves me. Not
because eating dog is despicable, but because
everyone makes it out to be the most barbaric thing
next to cannibalism.
Believe me, this is not about diversity. It's
actually about racism. And ignorance. And just plain
stupidity. And I'm especially sensitive about it now
because just the other day I overheard someone imply
that I was disgusting for eating dog, and as if that
weren't enough, that I'm a thief. Well, maybe not me
personally. Just my entire ethnicity. I believe his exact
words were, "Oh you should keep a really close eye on
your dog. You know there's a black market for stolen
dogs these days. And I don't need to tell you what the
Vietnamese do with dogs. It's just disgusting." Finally,
an accurate description of Vietnamese people and
their habits. With just one comment that man

reduced me, and all Vietnamese people everywhere
to barbaric criminals. We're just all a bunch of
thieving savages.
Now let me just dispel some misconceptions
about dog-eating:
1) Vietnamese don't eat their pets. Hungry people
don't just decide to go shoot their domesticated dogs.
Family pets are
family pets, and
do
not
get
mistaken for food.

Eating dog, which by the way
I haven't done, is no more
disgusting than eating hot
dogs, which I have,
unfortunately done.

2) Not any old dog
is fit for the dinner
table.
Only
certain types of
dog are palatable,
just as only certain
types of fish are
edible. You wouldn't just eat your common
household goldfish, would you?
3) Vietnamese don't go around stealing dogs for food
any more than rich people go around stealin fish for
caviar. Now there's a strange food. Fish eggs. Yuck.
4) Dog is not an everyday occurrence at the dinner
table. It's not exactly a main dish.
So that's what everyone needs to know about
dog. Not that I encourage anyone to go out and eat
dog. Not at all. I just don't think it any more
disgusting than eating rabbit, or deer, or cow, or pig,
or lamb, or chicken, or fish, or any other
unidentifiable processed meat. Eating dog, which by
the way I haven't done, is no more disgusting than
eating hot dogs, which I have, unfortunately done.
Then again, maybe that's just one vegetarian's point
ofview.

"W e are the musicmakers and we are the dreamers of dreams."
— Willy Wonka

Grosse Points Blank hits the
comedy target
by J. Brian Pitts
Cinematic vulture
With the success of Pulp Fiction,
Hollywood executives rubbed their hands in
glee with the prospect of a new genre to exploit.
For example, a slapstick comedy about Joe
Pecsi searching for a lost dufflebag of heads
opens this weekend. If it does well, I'm sure that
we'll be seeing a film about the joys of sending
people to sleep with the fishes. So when I heard
that John Cusack would be making a film about
a professional killer who goes to his 10th high
school reunion, I felt a bit of dread in the pit of
my stomach. While Cusack may be one of our
best young actors, his recent track record has
been lacking. I knew, however, from the
moment that the preview appeared in the
theaters, that Grosse Pointe Blank would be
something special and not just a bastard child
of Assassins and Reality Bites.
Cusack (also the film's co-writer and coproducer) stars as Martin Blank, the
aforementioned killer, whose passion for his
work is running out of stearn. Things just aren't
going his way. The game is changing (Dan
Aykroyd plays another hit man who's greatest
goal is to unionize his associates), his therapist
(Alan Arkin) reluctantly councils him (but only
after Blank has made subtle death threats), and
all he can think about is Debi (Minnie Driver),
a girl he stood up on the night of the prom so
he could devote himself to his profession. After
a botched hit, Blank is sent on assignment to
his home town to do a make-up job and his
secretary (Joan Cusack) bullies him into
attending his high school's ten year reunion.
As soon as he arrives in town, he sees Debi and
he begins to question his place in the world and
the choices he has made. This is good for their
relationship, and things are swiftly returning
to the way things were. Of course, the
assortment of killers on his trail may put a dent
in their plans.

Grosse Pointe Blank's greatest assets are
a charming (yet mean and ironic) script and a
soundtrack that perfectly compliments the
story. A fine example is the scene where Martin
visits the site of his suburban family home, only
to find that it has been demolished and a minimart has been constructed in its place. As
Blank steps out of his car and a long dolly shot
moves around him in slow motion, the warble
of-Axl Rose doing G & R's cover of "Live and
Let Die" pours out of the speakers. So what if
it isn't a new wave classic like nearly all of the
other cuts on the soundtrack? It's the perfect
song for this moment in Martin Blank's life, a
moment that is brilliantly continued once he
enters the mart and a muzak version of the
song can be softly heard in the background as
he interrogates the employee on duty. Other
fine moments of musical perfection include the
inclusion of Queen and David Bowie's "Under
Pressure" while Martin holds a baby and reevaluates his priorities, and Nena's "99
Lufballoons" in a scene where Martin and an
old buddy (Jeremy Piven) dispose of a body
wrapped in pep rally banners.
There are some weak points, and they're
important to the development of Martin
Blank's character, but overall, this is a fine piece
of entertainment. Cusack has proven himself
a fine lead in romances and comedies time after
time, but he pulls offthe action sequences with
an unexpected charismatic flair that could
make him an excellent multidimensional
action star who would fit perfectly in a John
Woo film. Unfortunately, it's potential success
has been undermined by a poor promotional
campaign and an opening date opposite the
hideous Anaconda, which opened at number
one last weekend. Oh well, if it does poorly,
we'll have a great film that we can call our own
and not have it franchised off into a new genre
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Pond and Shudder to Think deliver solid set in Seattle
by Jef Lucero
KAOS host and music follower
Shudder To Think and Pond on the same
bill? It took a minute for it to register, this wish
come true. To wit, the show was for a scant
eight bucks. Two of the most slept on bands
today: this was not one to miss. Both have
brand new releases out, neither of which have
I had a chance to sit down with.
We arrived too late to be able to see
Skeleton Key, but all those I spoke with said
they played a solid set. Their members were
extremely nice, of this I can attest.
Pond's new album Rock Collection was
to come out on Tuesday, so this show provided
them the optimum chance to showcase their
new material. They pulled almost exclusively
from the new LP, their first for the Sony-based
label Work Recordings. This put me at a
modest disadvantage of not being able to stack
their live show against their studio work, but
it did not keep me from determining that the
new album should be quite impressive, even
amazing. The songs are vibrant and cohesive,
resonating with an infectious, indelible
catchiness that earned them a number of major
label suitors. On stage, the songs seemed to
translate well, or so I assume. The only
stumbling block was in the form of a just-added
second guitarist, who performed well but

needs just a little more live seasoning. Their
chemistry still intact, and their enthusiasm
undeniable, Pond seem ready to take on the
bear of commercial success.
I was intrigued by the sight of keyboards
going up for Shudder To Thinks set, which,
coupled with my curiosity at who the new
drummer might be, had me bursting and
burning with questions and ideas about what
was coming next. Though I had seen Shudder
several times before, never had I been more
piqued. They opened with a cover, the Atlanta
Rhythm Section song 'So Into You,' first
released on Shudder's live LP on Konkurrel
Records. From there, they went headlong into
material from the new album, which sounded
altogether lovely. They jumped back and forth
between the new songs and selections from
Pony Express Record, including 'Hit Liquor'
(originally released on Dischord Records as a
single), which was perhaps the highlight of
their performance in terms of sheer
musicianship, and 'X-French Tee Shirt,' their
most prolific single. The most notable of the
new tracks are the slower ones, virtual ballads
which for some reason reminded me of Neil
Diamond. They also reached back into their
Dischord catalog, playing 'About Three

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Dreams' from Ten Spot as well as 'Lies About
The Sky,' 'Red House' (re-released on the new
album), and 'Day Ditty,' from Funeral At the
Movies.
I would be remiss if I did not include at
least a line or two about guitarist Nathan
Larson's theatrics on stage. He is the ultimate
showman, a veritable guitar-slinging wizard.
He and singer Craig Wedren, whose vocal
range and delightful charm are unsurpassed,
form an odd nucleus in the new Shudder.
Incumbent bassist Stuart Hill still prefers a lowkey identity within the framework of the band.
The new drummer (who replaces Adam Wade,
formerly of Jawbox and now playing with Sweet
75), whose name I don't know, also plays with
Larson in his second band, Mind Science of the
Mind. As for the keyboards, well, I'm not sure
what's up with that. He was barely audible, so
much so that my friends didn't even notice him
until the band was halfway through the set.
Shudder have a certain penchant for
pretension and pageantry, but also maintain a
masterful feel for the element of surprise. And
it seems they prefer to leave their questions
unanswered. Their live show is somethingakin
to listening to a bombastic, verbose speaker
who spins charismatic yarns and vague

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tangents, but never really states anything the
least bit linear.
You are impressed by the articulation,
precision, and professionalism, but unsure
of the practical applications. And by the
time they have left the stage, you have been
whipped into such a fervor that whatever
questions you might have had have long
been forgotten. By the time you recover
enough to say "Hey! What about this and
this and this...." they have vanished into thin
air. When Shudder To Think leave the stage,
you are at once overwhelmed by the style and
elegance of what you have just seen, but
baffled at the thought of what you should
take with you, ofwhatyou have just gained.
Nevertheless, you are satisfied, because you
know you should be. I mean, you must be,
right?
Shudder To Think and Pond may not
be too closely related in terms of musical
styles, but they do have one common thread
connecting them: both bands craft amazing
pop music, and both should be heralded and
revered for it. To those who missed your
chance to witness history, I truly apologize.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
The top five mysteries of television
by Trevor Pyle
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humorist
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1) Scooby-Doo. You may recall the wacky
adventures of Shaggy, Scooby-Doo, and the
rest of the gang. Every week, they would get
frightened by a generic monster (vampire,
werewolf) Sonny Bono, etc.)- Every week, they
would discover that the 'monster' is actually
someone trying to frighten a landowner off
their valuable property. The biggest mystery
to me is why they never changed this variation.
What if, just once, the monster was really a
monster? For example:
Shaggy:
Well, I propose that this werewolf is
actually Mr. James, the local amusement-park
owner! Let me take off that mask, you
rapscallion
OOWWWW! My arm!
Just imagine the possibilities.
2) TV Children. The mystery here is why no
family, in the history of television, has ever had
an ugly child. Every new sitcom that is shown
on television includes an adorable, witty child.
Who's The Boss had Tony Danza and a couple
of attractive, perky kids. Growing Pains had
three cute little children. Full House had so
many funny, dimpled children that it actually
unbalanced the ecosystem and the cast ended
up cannibalizing each other.
I predict that this trend will soon begin
appearing on other television shows. Witness
the next season of NYPD Blue, which will be
renamed NYPD Olsen Twins.

3) The FOX network. My gripe is not with
the entire network. Sure, it brought us fine
shows like The Simpsons and King of the Hill.
But now, you turn your TV to FOX on Saturday
nights, and all they have are shows about
animal attacks, car chases, and spectacular
disasters. I guess if you don't see enough
flaming people falling out of buildings on The
X-Files, then you can just stay tuned to the same
channel. Next week, I hear they're going to air
America's Funniest Snuff Films Outtakes *.
4) The Real World. MTV has a television
show called The Real World. This show is
supposed to be about five people who are real,
yet hip and cool, and we watch their lives and
are very amused. I am convinced that these
are not actual people, but are instead cleverly
created animatronics, not unlike the pirates in
Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean. These
people are so hip, and fit into such perfect little
categories (the blond one, the cowboy one, the
weird one), that the show has started to
convince me that there are no 'real' people,
only MTV people with great hair.
It's a frightening era for America, if this
is the real world.
5) Aaron Spelling shows. These shows are
usually set against a backdrop of intrigue and
big business. This is very mysterious, because

an actor will pick up a phone and say
something like this:
Jake Husky:
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twelve, but then wait until it gets to
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by one like this:
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
It's unoriginal, it's poorly written, but Double Team is actually good
by Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss
CPJ hackextrodinaire
I am a connoisseur of crappy action movies. I
enjoyed seeing Tom Berenger kick ass and teach kids
in The Substitute. I loved Steven Seagal, the preachy
action hero, blowing up an oil refinery and then
making a speech about alternative fuel resources in his
directorial debut, On Deadly Ground. But somehow I
have never gotten into Jean Claude Van Damme.
Despite my deep love for and dedication to
terrible movies, I was somehow offended by Van
Damme when I first saw him in Hard Target. Less than
two years after Hong Kong legend John Woo had made
Hard Boiled, one of the best action movies ever, here
he was in Hollywood making an embarassing Most
Dangerous Game ripoff with only an occasional
shining moment of absurdly over the top action. And
I blamed Van Damme, who told the press that Woo
had "a lot to learn about making movies."
My suspicions were probably pretty accurate,
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come to the US and made lackluster debuts with Van
Damme. Ringo Lam (Full Contact, City On Fire) did
last summer's beautifully filmed and well acted (by
Van Damme standards) Maximum Risk, which was
nevertheless boring as hell; and now Tsui Hark
(director of Once Upon A Time In China and
producer of many of Woo's films) has unleashed
Double Team. (The only two major Hong Kong
talents to escape the curse of Van Damme so far are
Ronny Yu, with the upcoming Warriors of Virtue,
and Stanley Tong with a live action Mr. Magoo
starring Leslie Nielsen).
Now maybe it's because I've become
accustomed to Van-Damme-inspired-downfalls-oflegendary-Hong-Kong-directors, but I loved Double
Team. It's disjointed, it's poorly written, it's terribly
acted, and it's hilarious. It's also by far the weirdest
Van Damme movie I've seen - part of the movie is
an unoriginal but fairly exciting Mission:
Impossible -style thriller and part is a wonderfully
lame attempt at a Dennis Rodman action/comedy
vehicle.
Van Damme plays Quinn, a super spy guy
whose pregnant wife has a tattoo of a butterfly on
her shoulder. Quinn is great at what he does, and
I'm not really sure exactly what he does but it
involves driving a big truck full of plutonium and
crashing it through various obstacles and then
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The real charm of the movie, though, is the
mildly surreal randomness of the plot and the spurts
of genuinely inspired craziness. My favorite scene
is the excellent (by any standard) martial arts fight
between Van Damme and a guy who holds a
switchblade between his toes. Nothing else in the
movie is as well made as that scene, but there are
lots of other weird moments and inexplicable plot
twists. When Bad Guy Rourke loses his son, for
example, we are tempted to feel sorry for him. So
they pull the theme out from under us with a scene
where he starts throwing around newborn babies
in a hospital, proving that he's not that much of a
softy after all. Later he steals Quinn's newborn and
instead of raising the kid as the heir to his criminal
empire like any decent human being would do, he
sets up a big trap involving landmines and a live tiger
in a Roman coliseum. Needless to say, this leads to
Dennis Rodman flying around on a motorcycle, Van
Damme leaving his baby in Rodman's hands while
he gets revenge, and a scene where the heroes are
saved by a Coke machine, a.k.a. the best product
placement of all time.
Double Team is a damn good bad movie. If
you only see one bad action movie besides Turbo: A
Power Rangers Movie all year, make this the one.

retires and then comes out of retirement and crosses
a Bad Guy (played pretty well by famed bad ass
Mickey Rourke) and accidentally kills the bad guy's
admittedly innocent kid, then is forced to fake his
death and work on a secret island and then escapes
and then teams up with Dennis Rodman and some
wacky "cybermonks" and fights a bunch of guys and
save his newborn baby from a tiger - that's when
the real thrills come in.
The plot is complicated and a lot of it is
difficult to follow, mainly because neither Van
Damme or Rodman have any sort of inflection in
their voices. When they monotonously exchange
what is supposed to be witty banter, I really couldn't
understand what the hell they were talking about.
These guys have no idea how to convey the meaning
of dialogue with their voices, and I love them for it.
The original title of the movie was The Colony
which also happens to be the name of the secret spy
society that Van Damme becomes involved with in
the Rodman-less portion of the movie. I suspect that
there were some kind of behind the scenes
shenanigans that would explain why this portion of
the movie is so different from the rest, which has Van
Damme and Outrageous Basketball Player Dennis
Rodman running around doing stunts and making
bad jokes. A nice touch is that Rodman's player is an
arms dealer who as far as we know has no interest in
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TUESDAY APRIL 22* From 6:30 to 8 p.m. starting today, a six
week women's self defense series taught by
FIST (feminists in self-defense training) will
be at the YWCA friendship hall. The sliding
scale fee is $20-25-30-35. Free child care is
available with one week advance notice,
contact person- Valerie Krull 438-0288.
* Today is National Arbor Day.

WEDNESDAY APRIL 23* 3 p.m. in front of the Longhouse- The
Wilderness Awareness Group will be holding
a workshop on building fires. The topics will
include; finding dry wood and building the
quickest, most efficient fires.
* 3:30 to 5 p.m. in L2218 there will be a
Study Abroad meeting. Learn how to make
studying abroad a reality!
* 4 to 6 p.m. at the Fireside Bookstore (116
Legion Way SE (352-4006)) there will be a
book signing event for Evergreen Professor
Stephanie Coontz; author of The Way We
Really Are.
* 8 p.m. at Thekla- Sweaty Nipples with
Simple Ritual Cyrus will be playing a show.
$8 adv. $10 at the door. Tickets available at
Rainy Day Records, TeE's mE, or by phone
360-534-9825.

SATURDAY APRIL 19Sexual
Assault Awareness Week
00
activities* 5 p.m. in the Community Center- Set-up
clothes line project.
FRIDAY APRIL 18* 5 p.m. in Red Square or CAB if rainingSexual Assault Awareness Week
"Celebrating Life in Spite of it All". Live
activities* 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in CAB 206- T-shirt
concert: 1,000 Diving Robots.
-AFTER THE CONCERT JOIN US FORdrawing in the Women's Center.
* 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Red Square- Set-up
* 7 p.m. in Red Square- "Take Back the
Night" rally and march. Speak out at
clothes line project.
* 7 p.m. in the Organic Farm- "Circling to
Housing Community Center after the march.
* 7 p.m. 'Stories of Healing' will be
Survive". Potluck and Open Mic.
* 9 to 6 p.m. in Longhouse 1007B- Dr.
performed by the Olympia Playback Theatre
Suzanne Frayser will have 3 hour workshops at Four Seasons Books (Franklin and E. 7th
Olympia (360-786-0952)).
on 'Sex and Communication & Gender
* GENESIS: come to the Rave in the
Relationships", must have attended
Library building. $8 students w/ID at the
yesterday's lecture.
TESC bookstore only. $10 at door/and
* 'Procession of the Species' parade today in
downtown Olympia. If involved in the
. » general admission. Box office opens at 7:30
parade, meet at Capital Lake (7th and water)
J p.m. and doors at 8 p.m. TCHKUNG! starts
the show off at 8:30 p.m. and the RAVE
at 5:30 p.m. To simply enjoy the parade, plan
begins at 10 p.m. Don't miss this exciting
to be downtown around 6:30 p.m. The
event.
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Procession, including the closing ceremony,
will end at 8 p.m. The entry fee for the
Procession: 2 cans of food to be donated to
the Food Bank.
* 'Local Romance Authors- an evening of
romance'- 7 p.m. at Barnes and Noble
bookstore (1530 Black Lake Blvd. SW (360,. ^ Thp.re wiU oe ft
f T ro ore
534-0388)) Join four local romance authors;

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Theresa Scott, Nadine Miller, Sharon
Gilienwater, and Roberta Tobeck to discuss
and sign some of their newest books.
*7 p.m. Artwalk display of women's artwork
(call 352-4415 to get your artwork there) at
the Olympia Political/Cultural Center AKA
The Liberation Cafe (116 4th Ave, above
Bull dog News).
* 8:30 p.m. at the Capital Theatre- SleaterKinney (record release), Lois, Blonde
Redhead, and Long Hind Legs will be
playing a show, cost is $5.
Jen Card,
Astro-Palmistry

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786-0838- MONDAY APRIL 21* Free Event!! Genealogy workshop at
7:30 p.m. in the 3rd floor CAB conference
room. Spon. by Irish American Student
Organization. Everyone welcome.

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BOOKSTORE

Tuesday
Night
Blues Jams

Evergreen Faculty Member
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'wo professional spirit beings
using the tools of astrology,
hypnotherapy, NLP, and astropalmistry to open doorways of
choice resources and personal
empowerment. Come away
enriched, enlivened, and resourcefull from just one session... insight
into yourself is the key!

203 E. 4th Ave #218
In the security building at the corner of
4th and Washington.
Call 786-8838 for more information.

Stephanie Coontz

Alternative
music
Wednesdays

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Signing of

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April 23, 4-6 pm
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Olympian Hotel Lobby
(360) 352-4006

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Story and illustration
by Lee O'Connor
The
Green
Ghost told me about
his mysterious origins
on the campus of this
college and with his
permission I can now
relate his story.
The
Green
Ghost says that before
he became radicalized
he was a regular student at the Evergreen
college focusing on
his studies. For the
sake of this story I'll
call the man Green
Ghost used to be,
"Tony." One of
Tony's close friends
was another student at
Evergreen who I'll
call "Maria." Tony and Maria weren't
boyfriend and girlfriend but they
were good friends and had known
each other since high school.
Maria was busy with political
activities during the day and often had
to work late at the Computer Center
to type up her assignments for classes.
One night just before spring break
Tony was up reading a book in his
room and Maria called from the Computer Center to let him know she
would be walking home soon and that
she'd call again when she got there.
It was 1:50 AM, only ten minutes before the Computer Center closed for
the night. Tony picked up his book
again and resumed reading. When he
looked up from his book he saw that
the clock read 2:40. Fifty minutes had
gone by and Maria hadn't called.
Tony expected that Maria would call
soon and kept on reading. Ten minutes later with still no call, Tony put
down his book and phoned Maria's
room. There was no answer at
Maria's house. "I'd better investigate," he said, and left his room
headed for the Computer Center.
Walking out his dorm he followed a dark tree-lined path leading
to upper campus. Most of the paths
around school were poorly lit and
passed through forest. They were
beautiful by day but at night they
were spooky.
Arriving at upper campus he
found that it was deserted. After 2:00
AM most services at the school
closed and people left to go home.
Tony walked inside the Library build-

ing to the Computer Center and found
their doors were locked. "Maybe
Maria is still typing inside," he wondered. He knocked on the door and
waited but no one answered.
Bright arc lights lit up Red
Square like a football stadium. It was
chilly and Tony could see his breath
in the light. He wondered what could
have happened to Maria. He thought
there were a couple ordinary reasons
to explain why he couldn't get in contact with her but for some reason he
had a bad feeling something was
wrong.
A path stretched away from the
Square towards the Police Services
office. He thought about telling them
he was worried about his friend but
he didn't feel comfortable around the
TESC Police. They had admitted to
using a hair hold on a student to settle
a parking dispute and allegations of
sexual harassment and misconduct
had been filed against some of the
officers by their co-workers.
Tony walked back to the dorms
and went to see if Maria was in her
room. She wasn't, and her dorm
mates hadn't seen her since she left
for the Computer Center earlier that
evening.
Outside Maria's dorm a knot
tightened in Tony's stomach. A frightening possibility occurred to him that
could explain what happened to
Maria. Maybe she was walking home
from the Computer Center and somewhere along the path she was attacked
and dragged into the woods. Tony
decided to retrace the steps Maria

would have taken on the path. He
thought he was being overly concerned and maybe overly protective
but when it came to caring for his
friends he was ruled by his feelings
and intuitions.
It began to rain, a usual occurrence at Evergreen, but the drops
were heavier like they were weighed
down by the concern Tony had for his
friend. He walked along the path and
thought about the children's story of
the Big Bad Wolf who makes a grab
for Little Red Riding Hood and her
basket of goodies. Tony arrived back
at the computer center without finding any sign of Maria. He headed
back along the path to return to his
dorm.
Just past the pool where the path
was especially dark he heard a quiet
moan coming from the woods to his
right. The wind blew and the moan
continued. It sounded like a person
in agony. Tony called into the woods,
"Maria?" There was no answer except for the continuing moan. He left
the path and walked into the woods.
The noise sounded like it was coming from behind two trees ahead of
him. He took little steps towards the
trees. The wind quieted down and the
moan stopped. There was silence in
the woods. Tony felt the presence of
another being but looking around the
trees he found there was no one there.
The moan started again from right
behind Tony and he spun around. The
wind had picked up and was pushing
two branches together and they were
what was making the moaning noise.

Tony relaxed but something about the woods still
called to him. The woods
were warm and sheltered
from the rain. A natural
womb. He rested a hand
against the trunk of one of the
trees and leaned against it.
An energy entered his hand
from the tree and began to
flow up his arm and into his
body. It made his hair stick
up on the back of his neck
and gave him goose bumps
but he wasn't frightened. An
image appeared in his mind
of a fetus receiving nourishment from its mother through
an umbilical cord. Tony realized he was the child and
the tree was his mother. He
was close to the tree and
through it he could feel the
earth of the campus that the
trees roots were anchored in.
A message from the tree entered
Tony's mind so naturally that it was
like a thought of his own. The message was that the tree and the woods
had watched Tony and appreciated
his concern and daring for Maria.
They decided to invest Tony with a
ghost. The ghost was made up of the
accumulated spirit of all the concerned and daring students who had
ever attended the college and it was
sustained by the energy of the woods.
Tony was no longer, "Tony,"
with the spirit of the students and the
energy of the woods within himself.
He walked out of the woods as the
Green Ghost.
Returning home, the Green
Ghost heard a message left on his answering machine from Maria. She
had called to say she had gone straight
from the Computer Center to a friends
house and not to worry about her.
The Green Ghost told me that
his concern for Maria continues but
that he's also concerned for the rest
of the campus. He uses his powers
for non-violent conflict resolution,
student advocacy and positive social
change.
With his random patrols around
the school, the Green Ghost acts as
an alternative to TESC Police, and
helps maintain public safety. The
phone number for his message center is (360) 866-7772. If you have a
problem or a concern, and you leave
a message, you can get help from the
Green Ghost.

special Spring Arts Festival paid insert

OPENING NIGHT
Jewish Cultural Festival:
Comedian Joel Chasnoff
Kol Echad Nashira
Library 4300, begins at 6:30

New Music Composition Concert

The Spring Arts Festival opens with this evening of
celebration sponsored by the TESC Jewish
Cultural Center. Special guest, comedian
Joel Chasnoff, will be here from Chicago.
Come dance to the sounds of Kol
Echad Nashira, a Seattle-based
Israeli folk music group. There
will also be dance instruction.

Location TBA, 8 p.m.
Hear the new music of both student and Olympia community composers performed live
tonight. Sounds range from melodic
to quirky and from haunting
to noisy.

May Day Celebration!

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Look for facepainting on Red Square

Naming 0
for the Longhou
and Cultural C
Traditional Feast, nan
giveaw
Native

by Aurora Lindquist from 12-2 p.m.
Parade begins on Red Square

6:30 p.m.
Our celebration starts on Red Square with a cacophony of characters, creatures, a marching band,
giant puppets and other circus types. The motley
procession will wind around campus intriguing
and cajoling bystanders to follow. The
assorted parade continues enroute to the
Maypole and then onto the meadows
(behind F-lot) in full regalia. There
the May dance awaits us. . . and
new mysteries emerge. .
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Libra
Olympi;
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high energy, fasl
based on f
particip

Cinco de Mayo!

Charles Gatewood

LASO and MEChA sponsor a
fiesta of many surprises. . . including
pinata smashing, music by Latin Expressions from Seattle, and local performers all
on Rd Square from 11:30-2:00p.m.

CAB 110,7-9 p.m.
Charles Gatewood, a San Francisco
based photographer/anthropologist documents various rites and rituals of American
subcultures. His slide lecture
features work spanning his

Carlos Cortez

unusual 30 year career.

New Works
Dance Concert
CRC Gym, 5 p.m.
Dance by student choreographers
and performed by other
dance fiends.

Scat
Co

Longhouse, 6-8 p.m.
Carlos Cortez, visiting from Chicago, will speak on
his life-long career as an artist and activist. His
dramatic linocuts and woodcuts have been a
familiar presence in Chicago art for a
generation. Cortez is also a poet and
has shown work at MOMA in NY
City and the National Museum
of American Art in DC.

Tt

Vin Marti:
Ecstatic Dance Workshop
CRC 316, Time TBA
Vin Marti, visiting from Portland, will teach
Ecstatic dance, which combines techniques
from martial arts, modern and yoga. Bring your
dancing clothes and join this workshop for all levels.
For more information contact Otto Ramstad at x6412.

Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov
Three nights in the COM Recital
Hall, Thurs-Sat at 8 p.m.
Chekhov's play, Uncle Vanya, will be
presented by Evergreen actors
and Professor Tom Rainey.

Plays in the
Local composers play e
Instrumentation includes
guitar, and drums. This
asymmetric structures anc
experii

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Insta-Cit
First Floor Librar
The sculptural scale
hosts a melieu of p
from storytellers 1
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Visit and Build INSTA-CITY, a Sculptural Scale Model of Urban Lif
sDecial Sorina Arts Festival paid insert

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Acoustic Jam &
Open Mike

Shorts Film Festival

CAB Deli Area, 12-2 p.m.

Lecture Hall 3, 2-midnight

The stage is open for your acoustic act.
Come by with your instrument and sign up
early. Also, save a place ahead of time in the
Spring Arts Festival office in CAB 320 or call x6412.

Yes, that is TEN hours of shorts presented
by Mindscreen. Student work in 8mm, 16mm,
and video will be shown until the last film has
been seen (hopefully midnight).

Arts Walk

Also: DJs Randall and Nikki
Chapman will be spinning on
Red Square from
1 o'clock till just after 4.

All Across Campus, 5-10 p.m.
Tonight artists peek out from their studios to
present work in various campus buildings. Pick up your Arts Walk map in
the Library Lobby and take a stroll
in your finery. This event
sponsored by SPAZ.

remony

Traditional Row Wow

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nter, 6 p.m.
ng ceremony, and
/ presented by the
itudent Alliance and
le Longhouse.

CRC: Grand Entries at 1 & 7 p.m.
Traditional Dinner in the Longhouse
at 5 p.m.

Visionary Voices
Library 2 & 3 Floors, 5-11 p.m.
An exciting evening of women's work including music,
visual works, spoken word, and interactive
performance. Come sip tea and rnunch cookies.

Northwest International
Lesbian Gay Film Festival
The 10th annual festival will be showing films throughout this entire
weekend. Pick up a program on
campus.

Spoken Word
Extravaganza

Carlos Cortez:
Poetry Reading

Red Square, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

CAB 108, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Evergreen writers, poets, and artists of
the spoken word emerge from a winter's
introspection to share their latest written works.

Ju-Pong Lin
Lecture Hall 1, 6-8 p.m.
Evergreen faculty member and Taiwan Native Ju-Pong
Lin will present a video and slide lecture on her
video and installation work. Lin's work addresses issues such as women's labor,
migration, mothering, dislocation and
Asian American identity. Lin has
shown at a number of festivals
including the Athens International Film and Video Festival.

Patty Larkin
Library 4300, 8 p.m.
Patty Larkin, master singer/songwriter visits TESC
tonight. Larkin brings comedic lyrics and folk
based music to our stage. Her latest
album, Stranger's World, breaks new
ground for her with stunning
instrumental work. Tickets must
be purchased before
the show.

Mock Highland
Games
Behind the Library, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

3, 12-2 p.m.
ctric modal free jazz.

•umpet, electric violin,
lural explosion uses
> sure to be an ecstatic
ce.

Finale

Lobby, 7 p.m.
lode! of urban life
rfomers ranging
puppeteers to
troyers and

The College of Wittenhaven is sponsoring
the Mock Highland Games, a re-enactment of
Scottish culture. There will be games all day.
Wear your kilt and join in the fun.

Closing Spectacular:
Rockabilly Concert
Red Square Dance Floor, 8-midnight
Grab your dance shoes for a night out
with rockabilly stars from Vancouver
and Portland, and the local
Swinging Circus. Donations
gladly accepted. (Longhouse if rain).

throughout the entire festival in the first floor lobby. Seek out,
special Spring Arts Festival paid insert

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Acoustic Jam &
Open Mike

NIGHT

Shorts Film

CAB Deli Area, 12-2 p.m.

Itural Festival:
Joel Chasnoff
ad Nashira
i, begins at 6:30

The stage is open for your acoustic act.
Come by with your instrument and sign up
early. Also, save a place ahead of time in the
Spring Arts Festival office in CAB 320 or call x6412.

New Music Composition Concert

I opens with this evening of
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Decial guest, comedian
be here from Chicago.
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cultures. His slide lecture
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Traditional Row Wow

for the Longhouse Education
and Cultural Center, 6 p.m.
Traditional Feast, naming ceremony, and
giveaway presented by the
Native Student Alliance and
the Longhouse.

6:30 p.m.

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Tonight artists peek out from their studios to
present work in various campus buildings. Pick up your Arts Walk map in
the Library Lobby and take a stroll
in your finery. This event
sponsored by SPAZ.

Naming Ceremony

Our celebration starts on Red Square with a cacophony of characters, creatures, a marching band,
giant puppets and other circus types. The motley
procession will wind around campus intriguing
and cajoling bystanders to follow. The
assorted parade continues enroute to the
Maypole and then onto the meadows
(behind F-lot) in full regalia. There
the May dance awaits us. . and
new mysteries emerge.

Also: DJs Ranc
Chapman will b<
Red Squa
1 o'clock till ji

All Across Campus, 5-10 p.m.

Hear the new music of both student and Olympia community composers performed live
tonight. Sounds range from melodic
to quirky and from haunting
to noisy.

Look for facepainting on Red Square
by Aurora Lindquist from 12-2 p.m.
Parade begins on Red Square

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Location TBA, 8 p.m.

May Day Celebration!

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CRC: Grand Entries at 1 & 7 p.m.
Traditional Dinner in the Longhouse
at 5 p.m.

Visionary Voices
Library 2 & 3 Floors, 5-11 p.m.
An exciting evening of women's work including music,
visual works, spoken word, and interactive
performance. Come sip tea and munch cookies.

Scatterbrains Improv
Comedy Troupe

Northwest International
Lesbian Gay Film Festival

Library Lobby, 8 p.m.
Olympia's oniy established
comedy troupe performs
high energy, fast paced improv
based on audience
participation.

Cinco de Mayo!
LASO and MEChA sponsor a
fiesta of many surprises... including
pinata smashing, music by Latin Expressions from Seattle, and local performers all
on Rd Square from 11:30-2:00p.m.

The 10th annual festival will be showing films throughout this entire
weekend. Pick up a program on
campus.

Carlos Cortez:
Poetry Reading
CAB 108, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Ju-Pong Lin

Carlos Cortez

Lecture Hall 1, 6-8 p.m.

jnusual 30 year career.

Longhouse, 6-8 p.m.

New Works

Carlos Cortez, visiting from Chicago, will speak on
his life-lona career as an artist and activist. His

Evergreen faculty member and Taiwan Native Ju-Pong
Lin will present a video and slide lecture on her
video and installation work. Lin's work ad-

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giant puppets and other circus types. The motley
procession will wind around campus intriguing
and cajoling bystanders to follow. The
assorted parade continues enroute to the
Maypole and then onto the meadows
(behind F-lot) in full regalia. There
the May dance awaits us.. . and
new mysteries emerge. . .

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high energy, fast paced improv
based on audience
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The 10th annual festival will be showing films throughout this entire
weekend. Pick up a program on
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Spoken V
Extravag<

Carlos Cortez:
Poetry Reading
CAB 108, 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Carlos Cortez

Lecture Hall 1, 6-8 p.m.

Longhouse, 6-8 p.m.

Evergreen faculty member and Taiwan Native Ju-Pong
Lin will present a video and slide lecture on her
video and installation work. Lin's work addresses issues such as women's labor,
migration, mothering, dislocation and
Asian American identity. Lin has
shown at a number of festivals
including the Athens International Film and Video Festival.

Three nights in the COM Recital
Hall, Thurs-Sat at 8 p.m.
Chekhov's play, Uncle Vanya, will be
presented by Evergreen actors
and Professor Tom Rainey

Library 4300,
Patty Larkin, master singer/sc
tonight. Larkin brings com
based music to our sta
album, Stranger's Wor
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Behind the Library, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

CRC316, TimeTBA

Uncle Vanya
by Anton Chekhov

Patty Lai

Mock Highland
Games

Vin Marti:
Ecstatic Dance Workshop
Vin Marti, visiting from Portland, will teach
Ecstatic dance, which combines techniques
from martial arts, modern and yoga. Bring your
dancing clothes and join this workshop for all levels.
For more information contact Otto Ramstad at x6412.

Red Sjquare, 11 a
Evergreen writers, poet
the spoken word emerg<
introspection to share their

Ju-Pong Lin

Carlos Cortez, visiting from Chicago, will speak on
his life-long career as an artist and activist. His
dramatic linocuts and woodcuts have been a
familiar presence in Chicago art for a
generation. Cortez is also a poet and
has shown work at MOMA in NY
City and the National Museum
of American Art in DC.

it choreographers
ned by other
fiends.

Northwest International
Lesbian Gay Film Festival

Library Lobby, 8 p.m.

LASO and MEChA sponsor a
fiesta of many surprises... including
pinata smashing, music by Latin Expressions from Seattle, and local performers all
on Rd Square from 11:30-2:00p.m.

usual 30 year career.

C Gym, 5 p.m.

Library 2 & 3 Floors, 5-11 p.m.
An exciting evening of women's work including music,
visual works, spoken word, and interactive
performance. Come sip tea and munch cookies.

Scatterbrains Improv
Comedy Troupe

Cinco de Mayo!

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New Works
ance Concert

visionary voices

Native Student Alliance and
the Longhouse.

raraae oegins on riea square
6:30 p.m.

The College of Wittenhaven is sponsoring
the Mock Highland Games, a re-enactment of
Scottish culture. There will be games all day.
Wear your kilt and join in the fun.

Local composers play electric modal free jazz.
Instrumentation includes trumpet, electric violin,
guitar, and drums. This aural explosion uses
asymmetric structures and is sure to be an ecstatic
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Insta-City Finale

Closing Spectacular:
Rockabilly Concert

First Floor Library Lobby, 7 p.m.

Red Square Dance Floor, 8-midnight

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