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Words from Walker
Feminist author to speak on present and future of feminisn:
by lucy Craig
by Maldon Meehan
Contributing Writer
The highlight of the Women's Resource Cen ter's
International Women 's Week is an appearance by 26year-old writer/activist Rebecca Walker. Walker will
be speaking today in the CRC at 3 p.m. Her lecture is
on feminism and where it is heading. Following the
lecture there will be a signing of her recently published
anthology entitled: "To Be Real: Telling the Truth and
Changing the Face of Feminism."
Walker graduated from Yale University iIi 1992.
After graduation she co-founded the Third Wave
Direct Action corporation, a non-profit organization
devoted to cultivating young women 's leadership and
activism. Walker is working to bring feminism to a
new level as well as calling for a revisionist history of
the femini st movement. "I really feel the need to
encourage people of my generation t6 act on local
fr onts around issue s relevant to their lives" says
Walker.
The name Third Wave Direct Action comes from
the id ea th at femini sm has come in wa ves. The.
suffrage movement was the first wave, the activism of
the 1960s and 1970s·was the second wave and the .
third or cu rrent wave is thefeminismufthe 1980s and
1990s. "The th ing about the third wave is that there
are a mi llion ways to be a feminist: says .Walker,
"ideally, third wave embodies the spirit of women and
men who are grappling with issues of difference."
Walker has been published in Ms., The New
Yorker, Daily News, SPIN, Harper's, Sassy, The Black
Scholar. Walker has been a contributing editor to Ms.
magazine since 1989. She also has two upcoming book
contracts; one is a personal memoir and the other is an
"I am really quite frustrated by the many women who
anthology on bisexuality.
run from 'the f-word;' while at the same time enjoying many
Besides her upcoming books and cross-country touring of the rights and privileges that only the feminist movement
one of her latest projects is KOKOBAR , an espresso barf could secure ... Feminism is just a tool that everyone should
bookstore/cyberlounge that offers access to the Internet in have in their toolbox," Walker yelled to an audience "Right
a relaxing atmosphere_The project was designed to introduce next to their dildo."
the Internet to urban communities. She hopes to expand the
Various student-groups have come together to bring
KOKOBAR (http://www.kokobar.com) to other major cities Walker to this campus. They include The Women's Resource
across the U.S.
Center, Women ofColor, Rape Response Coalition , Evergreen
Heather Herman of the Women 's Center said this of Queer Alliance, ASIA, Presidents Diversity Fund, Jewish
Walker, "because she is biracial and bisexual her message is Cultural Center, Movemiento de los Estudiantes de los
really powerfuL. She will be addressing so many of the issues Chicanos y Chicanas de Azatlan, Student and Activities
that I see constantly brought up at this campus. "
Special Initiative Fund and Mary Craven.
Guest scholars to discuss hazards of Northwest toxics
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Life On A Dairy Farm
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My languid heart fails to lament.
The dust on my lampshade repeatedly returns;
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by Reynor Padilla
Staff Writer
Toxic chemicals in water have caused male alligators to
mutate into female alligators, according to Louis Guillette, a
scientist who will speak at The Evergreen Sta te College this
Thursday, Mar. 6.
Guillette made his discovery while studying alligators in
Florida! but his presentation will focus on the possible hazards
caused by toxic chemicals in the Pacific Northwest. According
to Guillette, these chemicals, called endocrine contaminants,
harm both humans and animals through their affect on
reproductive hormones such as testosterone and estrogen.
After the presentation, a panel of experts will respond to
Guillette, induding experts in toxicology, public health and
water quality.
The panel ofNorthwest scientists and physicians includes:
Harrie,t Ammann, Ph.D., senior tox.icologist at the Washington
Department of Health ; Cheryl Niemi, M.S., a water quality
TESC Olympia, WA
98505
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to fight anti-gay bill
standards specialist; Ulrike Luderer, M.D., Ph .D., a member of
the Occupational and Environmental Health program at the
University of Washington; and Jeffrey Burgess, M.D., M.S ..
M.P.H. from the University of Washington, Harborview
Medical Center and the Washington Poison Center.
Another visiting expert, Elizabeth Guillette, Ph.D. , a
research scientist with the Bureau of App lied Research in
Anthropology with the University of Arizona, will join the panel.
The event is sponsored by the Daniel J. Evans Chair in Liberal
Arts, a fund that brings visiting scholars to teach Evergreen
programs each year. Guillette, a professor at the University of
Florida , has been teaching at Evergreen during winter quarter.
Guillette's lecture, "Taking Stock of Environmental Hazards:
Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants in the Pacific Northwest ,"
will take place at Lecture Halll at 7 p.m . Admission is free.
Information for this story was taken from a press release
written by Evergreen's Office of College Relation s. For more
information call 866-6000 x6870.
Staff Writer
Fag.
Queer.
Homo.
They are powerful words, they are knives, and th ey are
thrbwn around in ou r sc hools like baske tballs and pa per
airplanes.
For gay, lesbian, and bisexual students, these words can
make school a very uninviting place, and a poor atmosphere
fdr learning.
One in five gay, lesbian, and bisexual students feel unsafe
or afraid at school, reported a survey of Seattle public sc hoo l
students in the Safe Schools Anti-Violence Project. The Safe
Schools Coalition is a state-w ide partnership of organi zations
and individuals. Their common goal is to make Washington
state schools safe and supportive places for gay, lesb ian,
bisexual, and transgender youth , parents, and teachers.
Their report also found that one-third of gay and lesbian
youth were the targets of nam e callin g. slurs, and ver bal
harassment. And fo r every gay student. fo ur st raight studen ts
we re targets.
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However, gay students were five times as likely as their
s traight peers to be victims of anti-gay violencr. Studenb like
Bill Clayton, who was a junior when he and a friend were beaten
unconsCious on the grounds ofOlympia High Schoo l. With th e
kicks and punches, came the shouts of" fag."
"Th!" term faggot is one of the most often leveled charges
hurle,d about in our schools," sa id Anna Schlecht, a member of
the Thurston County Chapter of the Safe Schools Coalition.
But a supportive school environment for kids like Bill may
be harder for Safe Schools to achieve now.
A bill (Senate Bill 5167) was introduced in the legislature
this session that would prohibit school teachers, volunteers.
or visiting speakers from presenting homosexuality as normal
or positive behavior. Senator Val Stevens, the bill's prime
sponsor, said that parents should teach their children about
homosexuality according to their own beliefs and principles,
not Washington's schools.
Bill's mom doesn't think so. Gabi Clayton is a member of
Safe Schools and is a strong opponent of the bill.
"It scares the hell out of me. Just because I know that's
one more thing that kids would have to deal with, and the staff
would have to deal with , that makes it feel like Ischool's] not a
safe place to be."
She disagrees with Sen .Stevens, and many of the bill's
supporters. who say that positive discussion of homosexuality
does not belong in the schools.
"School is a huge part of kids' lives," said Gabi. "All kids
need to feel like they're accepted and belong in their school. "
The bill tells gay and lesbian kids that they don't belong
there, said Gabi. "At that age, in particular, it's really important
to feel like YOll can fit in."
Gabi was recently asked if she would testify against Senate
Bill 5167 by Hands Off Washington, an organization that works
to secure and protect rights being denied to individuals because
of their actual or perceived sexual orientation.
Although Gabi was active politically, her work had not
required her to be under a spotlight, speaking to senators and
a room full of some hostile people. It was an intimidating
thought. But in this case, Gabi saw how she could make a special
difference.
Although Gabi would testify on behalf of Safe Schools and
Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, her message
would come from a different place. She would spt'ak not jllst as
a citizen or representative, but as Bill's mom .
"I brought Bill's picture," said Gabi, from her home in
Olympia. "Th e one on the wall over there ."
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NEW'S
Students question results
of excessive force inquiry
ANALYSIS ~
By Nick Mitchell
Contributing Writer
Althougil th e official decision on Ihe
grie\'iJIlce Sllbmitted hy 1'1Iri I\oslen against
police serviccs is in, there are somc swden t.\. ilnd
fa culty who question thc logic hehil1d the
decisi()n.
In his Frb. l!-l judgment that TESC police
officers Ste\'e Ilunt sbe rry and l.arry Savage acted
"approp ri ately" in th eir co nfron tatio n with
Koslen. V. P. for student affairs Art Costa ntino
said, ",\ltho ugh the police officers acted in an
appr opr iate manner co nsiste nt with th eir
llperati ng procedures, it is always benefirial to
ulIlsider whet her an alternative operat in g
procedu re' co ul d be added a~ an llp tion for
llt1icers in the future."
SOllle stude nts and faClllty are ljues tioning
whethe r the officers were actin g ill accorda nce
wit h their Standard Operati ng PnKedures. Thq
.,al' that th e SO P clearl y directs TESC police
office rs to me force onl y 3S a last resort when
"thl're is a clear Jnd immin ent da nge r to
per~lll1S" They abo say that t he officers involved
III the Dec. 11 incident in whic h TESC student
"",lell was laken tn the gmu nd by two !lfikers.
who did a "ha ir hold " ,Ind forced him to his
knees. did no t attempt to use an}' of th e lion ·
co nfront ational techniques for co ll ectin g on
unpaid fines that are clearly stated to be th e first
course of ac ti on for TESC officers ill official
campus policy. They cont est tha t if the office rs
had heen fo ll ow in g their SO P. th e violen t
confron tation could have bee n avoided.
The SOP says. "We emphasize prevt'nliun,
pro hl em so lvin)! and co ncerll r e~lJ lut io ll .
Enforcement (a rres l) will be used when other
means faillo safely resolve a problem. ,. "Officers
wil l use force in defense of life (self-defense or
fo r ano lher) in keeping with lESC policy and
la\\ ... Officers will not use fo rce ulliess lIecessary."
Many feel. like third year stude nt Michae l
Bu rgess. th at thi s message is quite clear and
indicates thal th e officers may not have been
fo llowi ng campus policy to the fu llest extent.
Evergreen's informational pam phl et,
"Right s and Responsibilities, Yours and Ours."
published by Costantino's office outlines th e
actions that the college can take in collecting on
unpaid fine s. The fir st two option s utilize
administrative actions like and "adjudicative
hold " which blocks a student from registering for
classes or utilizing campus faci lities until the
fine s are paid . With holdi ng .~tudent transcripts
is another method of coll ection . The last option
outlin ed in thl' pamphlet is vehicl e
impoundment or "boo tin g," whi ch locks the
ve hicle in pla ce until the fin es are paid. Whil e
the SOP clea rly set forth th at enforcement wd l
be used onl y when uther means have failed, th e
officers involved in Koslen's case opted to ta ke
viol ellt anion aga in st Koslen when he contested
the placement ofa hoot upon his vehicle, rather
th an attemptillg to collect the fin es through
admini strative repri sals. So me students, like
first-year student l.uke Caldwel l, feel that the
officers should have referred the matt er to the
controll er's offi ce for administrative anion.
rathe r than resolvin g the matter wit h violence.
So nja Sives ind . coordinator of Evergree n
Politi ca l In for mation Ce nter, sa id: "W ith so
m~ny options ava ilable to them, why did they
choos'e the one option that ended ill the violent
takedown of a studen t? They're not a big city
poli ce force . they aren't dea ling with violent
crimes on a daily basis. They are officers on a
relative ly peacefu l cam pu s and nee d to be
pre pared to dea l with situations tha t corne up in
a peaceful mann er."
Student s in both th e grad uat e and
unde rgrad uale program s are ca llin g for a
reopening of the investigation , and asking that
fe llow students and faculty call Costantino at x
629 ~ ami Ja ne Jervis at x 6100 to express their
vic\\'~ a nd encou rage a new loo k into th e
investigation.
International Women's Week
Presentation at Liberation Cafe
By Reynor Padilla
Staff Writer
Three people will speak about \\'oITlell's
resistance movements this Friday in honor of
Int ernational Women's Week.
I:vergreen fac ult y member Therese Sa liba,
who worked in Palest ine in 1995 and 1996, will
speak ahout is,ues concerning Arab wom en and
Arah-American wome n.
E\'ergreen student Yo landa Cruz is an acti ve
me mher of th e Lat in Ameri can So lidu itv
Organization and the Committ ee in Solidarity with
the People ofMexlw. She will speak on issues facing
Mexica n women in both Mexico and the liS
Susta inab le com munity artivis t ll anna
Petros is t he founder of USTAW I, a group that
promot es se lf-suffiriency. edu ca tion and
economic independence in rural Africa. She wi ll
speak about Afri can women and thei r struggle
for self-det ermi na tion .
The talk will begin at 7 p.m . at the
Liberation Cafe. located on th e second floor of
Bulldog l\'ews in downtown Olympia. The event
is free, but do nations are welcome.
In formation for this article WilS taken from
a fJr~.ls release distributed hy f.,'ergreen facult),
J1lt'JJ1iJer Pt'tt' nohmer.
NEW'S
Travel to Russia for Summer
Matthew Kweskin
Contributing Writer
Interweave, a loca l private non·profit
organization that coordinates cultural
exrha nges between the U.S. and Ru ss ia , is
planning two summ er programs to Rus sia .
One program will focus on Russian culture and
environmental studies. The program is lead by
Evergreen fac ulty members Tom Rainey and
Oscar Soule. The participants will learn about
Russia from these faculty members as well as
native Russian educators.
Rainey and Soule have extensive
experienre in Russia . Th ey have traveled to
Ru ss ia, together and indep end ently, for many
years. Rainey's background is in the history
and culture of Russia: Soule's is in biology and
ecology. The mixture of the experiences of
Rainey and Soule is a unique integrated look
into Russian life and ecology.
The pa rti cipants of this Int erweave
program will spend about four weeks in Russia.
The cultu ral activities include an extensive
hom e stay period , during whi ch the
participants stay with a Russian fami ly, and
visits to important places such as Moscow and
(x . 6774),
L a r r y
Cothren (x.
6588)
or
Interwea ve
dire ctly at
956-3229.
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March 6, 1997
By Robert Walker
Contributing Writer
You sit down at your computer and sta rt
yuur terminal software. The modem faithfully
picks up the line , dials the number, but the
response is familiar. Beee-beeee·beeep... the line
is busy.
What came as a shock to America Online
users is nothing new to users of The Evergreen
State College modem pool. Busy signal s have
plagued users of Elwha and other Evergreen
computer systems for years. In fact, last year the
system was running at a rate termed" 100 percent
utilization," meaning every single line was busy
for an average of more than five hours a day. This
year, the situation has improved, but not by much.
"At this point in time, we are runn ing at a
usable level. Not necessarily a comfortable level,
but a usab le one ," said Joe Pollock, who is
responsible for mainta ining the terminal server
and modern pool.
"Due to shorter average call lengths, we have
experienced around a 30 perce nt drop in minutes
of usage ." Cur rently. th e modem pool is
experiencing about two and a halfhours of use per
day.
Therr are onl y 12 modem s ava il ab le to
students, from a total pool of16 (four modems are
reserved for facl,!lty) . But 3, ~OO students attend
The Evergreen State College. 'Td like to have mort
ml)dems," said Pollock, "I}ut until this year there
was no moncy for new ones." Currently, Pollock
added. a "peer re view committee," consisting of
comput in g staff from other Washington colleges
and universities, is in the process of making a
f['l·omlTlendation. "We ho pe that will include
mo re Jllodems," said Pollack.
But hardware is only part of the problem.
"Tlw bi gg t~s t probl em is funding," sa id I~r iall
Cha lldlrr, a member of the cam pus Unix/Linux
gro up.
"The money is going to all sorts of exotic new
said Chandler. " That's great-we have
some really cool stuff, such as our web servers. But
once a grant is written the computer centerdoesn 't
get any more money to administer the new
hardware." For examp l ~, even if morc modems
were added, there might nut he money for phone
lines to connect them to.
Many Evergreen students are using off·site
service providers rather than ron tend with the
busy signals. Chandler says that "th ere are too
many pots of money, it's allocated too specifically,
and you won't find anyone in the world who will
write a grant for administration expe nses. That
means more work for the computer center staff,
who already have their hands full."
Chandler was quick to point out that money
for new hardware is not coming from
administrative ex'penses. "The ne w computers
and accessories are basically freebies," he said,
"But it isn't free to administer them ."
The problem may get worse next year. In
order to provide full. graphical. World Wide ' tveb
access, the computer center plans to make PPP
accounts ava il able . With more to do online ,
students might spend more time th ere . "But
compared to other Washington state colleges and
uni versi ties, our dial pool is currentl y in better
shape."
Meanwhile, Pollock sugges ts, try getting
through at less busy times. The eas ies t tim es to
connect are at <! a. m. to noon ("You'll practically
always get through then ," says Pollack), while the
busiest time of th e day is be tween 8 p.m. to 2 a.lIl.
But with only U modems for 3,500 stud ent s,
connecting is always a cha ll enge.
This is the first ofil series uf"rtic!es Oil campus
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St. Petersburg. The ecological education
includes lect ures and trips to parks and
preserves in different regions of Russia . What
makes this program exciting is the integration
of the two areas of study. An example of this is
what Rainey describes as the exploration of the
"political economic context of environmental
policy." This would include discussions with
Russian policy makers and others to explore
why Russ ia has very strong env ironm enta l
laws, yet has very high pollution.
The program, run by Interweave, is open
to everyon e, including Evergreen students,
community members, and students from other
colleges. No Russian or ecology background is
required . Rainey and Soule will provide
background information as needed. Those
people participating for credit will receive 16
credits' through Pskov Volny University, the
Russian host sc hool. Pa,st participants have
been ab le to transfer the cred it s from the
Russian university bac k toTh e Evergreen State
College.
The group leaders stress that they are
seek in g parti cipant s who are ent hu sias tic ,
adventuresome, flexibl e and cooperative. For
furth e r
information
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an
application.
contact
Tom Rain ey
(x . 6750),
Oscar Sou le
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By Amy Loskota
Contributing Writer
The Kingdom of An Tir has granted full status
to The College of Witt an haven.
On Mar. 1, The Evergreen State Col lege's
in cipient branch of th e SOC iety for Creat ive
Anachronism tra veled to the kingdom Madrone to
have audience with their majesties of An Tir, King
Darius and Queen Morgaine. After waiting many
hours for court to begin, rumors ran amok, as it was
unknown if we would he raised to the full status ora
colleg('. Desp it e the rumors, the scllOlars of
Wittanhaven were called before their majesties and
awarded full status.
They presented the king and lJueen with
tributes of gold and fruit and presented :1scrollmadr
by Wittanhaven 's cooperative skills in ralligraphy,
illumination, and Celtic knot work. Just as the college
officers left the king and queen's presence, Fearghus
Ceol (Francis Morg:lIl·Gallo), our seneschal. wa s
called back before their majesti es. Much to hi s
surprise and delight he was granted an Award of
Arms, making him Lord Fearghus Ceo1. All agmd
that after the amount of personal timeand funds Lord
Fearghus had spent working togain full status, hewas
deserving of such a great honor. Lord Fearghus
himself could only be described as stunned and elated
with disbelief.
The Ladies attending court were Vivienne (Lori
Switaj) dressed in sumpt uous green velvef and gray
wool Viking garb: Korin Trytkoin a 14thc~ ntury gown
of mauve hrocade with go ld chrysanthemums;
Vasalisa Mishkin (Britta Parsons) in a gray wool tunic,
accented with a gorgeous purple cloak with satin gold
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cording: and myself. Gaelis O'Alea (A my I.oskota) in
L430's gown of dove blue moire taffeta. acccntl'd \\~th
pearled dags. Lord Fearghus was attired in a flowing
gray Elizabethan frock coat.'accenied with gold
chains; Lord Cunnar Andersen (Randy Christian) in
his russet wool cloak, forest green tunic, and plaid
braids; Maurife Ben Avigdor Uason Kirby) in a forest
tunic, blue cap, and checkered brais; and Gavin
(Nicholas Hume) in Celtic brown wool tunic, brown
brais, and his ever presen t enchanted wa lking staff
A merry time was had by all, despite the fact
that the ever vigilant professors of Wittan haven, had
laid many a burden ofschool work upon their hapless
subjects. We had the interesting privilege of jesting
with thr College of Saint Bunstable (UW), who took
care to poke fun at us, and perhaps engender a healthy
rivalry. The Bunstablites served a great feast to the
lords and ladies present. It consisted of a vast array
of dain ties, induding poached salmon, vegeta ble
quiche, homemade breads, and a rich stuffing of
violets,golden raisins, sweet pickles,a ndanisette. We
were en tertained by storytellers, musicians, allLl Lady
Stanyre, whose great knowledge of all things medievdl
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KAOS featuring women's programming
Obituary--by Reynor Padilla
Staff Writer - - Barbara (oo k ) , tlil' tllrllll'1 Dir ec tor of Coo pera tive
hillC<l tillll :11 The Evt'rgrt't'11 :-'Ia te Co ll ege, died 01 ca ncer two
1\ l'l'K' ,l gO. \ IIl elllori:t\ WiI' 1H'ld ill her hOllor on Feb IX :II the
l ' ll l l' l' r ~ lt\ ollVashin gt'lil .
Iklrilar:1'l'rl'l'J a, tlil' l>m:l·tll l ofCoo per:llil'l' Edll l':lt ioll
Illl lll 1'1-;--:- to l~Hl '. Sill' ah ll tall ght at th e Olylilpia and
\ ,lI11'lIlIl'l'r 1·.\'('rg rl' l' lI ('a IIIJ Jl I ~l' ~ . La t('.r Sill' ~erved 0 11 th e
\\a\hl ll gt(l n State Hoa rd of I Iealtli .
'> \Il l'(' Il)lj2 she wurkeJ : l~ a Hea ltli Ca re Co ume lor at the
'> tlltil'nt Hea ltli Ce nt n at th l' li n iV('I"si ty of Washin gton.
Coo ll'l was ,I ta lent ed adJ1l ini strat or who prov ide d
il'.IJ,'r\liip ill El'ergreell ', illt ernship and learnillg programs. Mall)'
peo ple in thl' 1:I'(;'rgr('('n COll ll lllllllty will remember Iwr for Iwr
\'I\':\("IOUS, ollt goi ng :lIlct lVitt\ ' I )('r~o n a lit y, wrote provost Barbara
l_l' lgh Smith in an open lett er to Evergreen's fac ulty and stalL
Coo lel i, sUfl'ived by ber brot ber Pe ter. of Marie tt a.
l; eorgia.
DOllatiolls in Clloley's memory mavbe made to the Hall Hea ldl
(elltt'r Discrrtionary fund . Thl' hll1d, wi ll go to the peer health
roucation program she developed. You Illay also make donations to
:"Jew Beginnings lor Battered Wumen alid Their Children:
Hall Hea lth C(,nt er DisLTetionary Fund
c/o K-a ren McKe llar
Box 354410 University of Washington
Seatt le . WA 98195
or
New Beginnings lor Battered WOlllcn and Their Children
P.O. Box 75125
Sea ttl e, WA 98 12S
Information for this obitu ary was taken from provost
Barba ra Leigh Smith \ FelJ.250pelllettertofacu ltya lld staff.
by John Ford
Contributing Writer
This month , in honor of In ternational
Women's Week , KAOS is air ing tive specia l
programs. The programs range from women
in genera l to famous women to personal issues
for women and ending gender violence. The
following are a list of the programs:
"America's Women:
A Legacy Of Change"
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vergreen
0 eIebra t e th e Wrl-tten ·Word
Briefs----
by Reynor Padilla
Staff Writer
Authors and their books will till the Li brary 011 Sa t.urday,
Mar. 8 during Evergreen's an nual Celebration ofthe Written Word.
During the festiva l, authors will read from their books and
The Urball Ecology program needs volunteers to help them booksellers will sell their wares.
lix-up th e Evergreen beach trai l this afternoon from 1 to 5 p.m.
The eve nt, sponsored by a group called the Fri ends of the
TIlt' group will work to narrow the trail. build steps at at the steeper Eve rgreen Library, will also include workshops about things
beginning area and possibly pia nt vegetation on th e trailside.
ranging from, international adopt ion to paper makin g to
The group asks th at volunteers bring warm clothes and rain bookbinding. The workshops start at 10 a. m. Attendees will have
gear and lI1eetthem one-quarter mil e down the trail ready towork. to pay $10 for admiss ion.
At Iloon David Guterson will read from his works. According
to Angie Skove, of the library's admin istration. he may read !Tom
;-.Joted politi cal poet and aurhor john Trudell will speak his book "Snow Falling on Cedars." The novel tells the stor), of
tonight at -; in th e Longhouse. The ;'\iative Student Alliance will japanese Americans during World War II and their relationshi ps
abu ~1'(Jmor Trudell " talk.
with their Ca ucasion neighbors on an Island in the Pugct Sound .
Ull Fn d~>'. March 7 environmen talist Carrie Dunn will speak It also chronicles their time in an internment camp.
aiJlll Jl th e \ ,"estern Shoshone Defense Project in Lecture Hall 1 at
Guterson's reading will cost $5. He will sign books for ti·l'l~ at
I I p. lI l. Eve rgn'l'II 's i'!a tive Student Alliallce will host th e event.
1 p. m
Other authors will spea kat the event , including Sam Hami ll ,
intern~t poet and founde r of the Port Townsend-bast'd Copper Ca nyon
KAOS Olym pi a Communit y Rad io, now has a si te on th e Press; William Lang, authoroC"Confederac), of Ambition: William
Wi nlock Miller and the Making of Wash ington Territory"; Doris
\\'m lct Wide \\'l' b htt p://www.kaosrad io.o rg.
The websit e cOllt ain s informatio n on th e statio n, including Pieroth , author of "Their Day in th l' Sun: Women of the 1932
prngl-anlill illQschedli les and D.j. biograp hies, spec ial projects, Olympics"; Evergree n alum ni Peter Dodds , aut hor of ".Outer
Search/ In ner journ ey: An Orphan all d Adoptee's Quest"; and
11l 1lW philll'llphy, top 30 indi e rel eases, coo l lin ks and 3ny
Randall Platt, author of "J-Ionor Bright"; a book to be published
"' n 'in', ollt'red by th e stati on.
by Doubleday this spring.
Poets from arou nd the Puget Sound perform their work
startingat
1:15 p.m. in the Poetry Gallery. Steve Blakely ofOlympia
Thl're " 'ill be a !i'ce ti lm on Mar. 11 , in Lecture Hall 1 at
will be the tirst poet to read, followed by Margo Boyer ofOlympia,
·LH) ILll l. :lIid 7 p. m. "Wa rnin g: th e media may be haza rdous
Lisa Lawrenson of Lacey and Bi lly Ray Wooda ll of Sea ttle.
10 I'our li ~alt h! " is sponso red by The Evergn'en State Co llege
An open mi c session wi ll fo llowthe poets' performan ces
J{JjJl' J{l'\pU II \e Coa liti on.
starting
at 4 p.m. If you want to read during the open mic session
hllll lll l"l' lido, ca ll th e Coa li tion at S66-6000. x6724.
Trail restoration needs workers
NSA bringing speakers
Interactive KAOS on
Rape Coalition sponsors film
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February 24th
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by,Came~6rt' Ne~~lf '
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2331 Traffic stop- "failure to obey traffic sign. "
Febmary 27th
0018 Two F-Iot veh icles entered with force and items
removed . Two $uspects arrested and taken to Thurston
Coun ty jai l. Police Services requests that the individual who
reported the prowls in progress co nta ct Brian Ashby or
Steve Hunt sberry at x 6140 fo r than ks and praise.
Februa ry 28th
0919 Pet policy violation. Dog delive red tu uwner. Whew,
that must've been close.
Ma rch 1st
1325 "Ba nana stuffed ill ta ilpipe of parki ng enforcement
veh icl e."
the Cooper Point journal
March 6, 1997
you can sign up at the Poetry Network Table.
Information for this story was taken fi-om .1 press release
Ivriltell by Evergrrell :\. Oflice ofCo /lege Relaliom.
THE CELEBRATION OF THE WRITTEN
WORD EVENTS SCHEDULE
WQRKSHOPS
From 10 a.m . to 11:15 a.m.Pay $10at th e
Library lobby on th e day of the event.
• An Adventure in Researching and
Writing: An interactive session with historian Doris
Pieroth, author of "Th e ir Day in the Sun :The Women
of the 1932 Olympics."
• The Art of Handmade Paper Making: A
hands-on paper making experience for anyon e
wi lling to ro ll up their sleeves a nd be creative, taught
by Northwest arti st Kathy Hughe s.
• A Discussion of International Adoption:
Hosted by Peter Dodds, author of "Outer Searc h/ Inn er
Journey: An Orphan and Adoptee's Quest."
• Getting Published: Everything you need
needed to know, but never got a chance to ask! An
informal session with published autho r Randall Beth
Pl att, whose candid answers will assist aspiring
writers.
• Bookbinding for the Beginner: A handso n session to learn about papers, structures and
techniques with author and artist Dawn Plourde.
• LifeWrite:The Art of Personal NonFiction: This workshop is for people who yearn to
write but fear they have no story to tell. With
publi shed writer and teacher Ray Kelleher.
• Storytelling: Dancing Off the Page: Learn
how to transform written folk and fairy tales into
spoken stories. Faci litated by Debe Edden of the
Olympia Storytelling Gui ld .
• The Evolution of the Alphabet from
Roman Times: A demonstration of various a lph abets
as they evolved into modern cursive, by ca lli grapher
Linda McGrath .
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Mondays, 2:30 to 3 p.m. Mar. 3 to 24
In this fo ur-part documentary series of
half-hour shows, that legacy will come to life
as women of different ages and cultural
backgrounds tell their stories. We'll also hear
hi storic so und clips of famo us women,
music from eac h time period, and comments
from historians.
By weaving together all these elements,
America' Women wi II remind listeners that
the rights so man y of us take fo r granted
were not always there,
SHOW ONE: (A ired last Monday)
Votes for Wome n!: The Women '05
movement until 191O. Th is show wi ll cove r
the women's m oveme nt from th e 1848
meeting in Seneca Falls, New York until 1910
- the eve of the fin al push for passage of th e
19th Amendment. Th is s how features
inte rvi ews with h isto ri a ns and re en actment.s of speeches and lett ers of
suffragists such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
SojO UfJ1l'f Tr uth . and Susan B. Anth on),.
SIIOWTWO:
From Suffragist to Citizen: 1910 to
World War II. Th is show picks up th e story
on the brink of the fi nal push for suffrage,
exploring how women organized and won
the vote. Then it moves onto the period after
1920, which has long been considered by
students of women's history to be a period
oflittle progress for women. More recently,
scholars are beginning to see this period as
one of the quiet change . KAOS will talk to
women who remember the different decades
and hear historic sound clips.
SHOW THREE
We're Here to Work. World War II to
the Early 60s. Prior toWorld War II , there
were only a few jobs that were acceptable for
women. The war provided them with the
opportunity to prove that th ey should be
cons id ered eq ual members of th e work
force. Yet this equality was short-lived. After
the war, women received a strong message
to go home, and that this was where they
belonged. Some women did stay home, but
<'thers ente red the work force and put their
ene rgie s into Civil Rights and other
movements.
SHOW FOUR
Tme Equality? This show wi ll look at
topics important to women of our time, and
will explore the con trast between the women
of the 60s feminist movements and their
daught ers. It ex pl ores what issues face
women in the 1990s.
"Women in Congress"
Airs Mar. 25 to 28 from 8 to 9 p.m.
The fo ur-part series ex plores the role
of women in th e America n pol itical proct'ss.
begi nning with the first lVom;]n elec ted to
Congress . Jeane tt e R:lflkil1. Ra nkin \Va~
elec ted from Montana in 191 6. Ano the r
trailbla zer featured in the docume ntary is
Shirl ey Chi sho lm , th e fi rs t Afr ic:anAmerican woma n elected to Congress, from
New York in 1968.
Intervi ews with .curre nt an d form er
Author Joan Borysenko, Ph~Do,
in interview with Juli Kelen
women members of Co ngress will provide
in s ig ht into the cha ll e n ges women
enco unter in th e political process. Some
of the lawm a kers interv iewed for t his
documentary will includ e: De legate
Eleanor Holmes-Norton of t he Dist rict of
Co lumbia ; Jan
Meyers , fo rm e r
Co ng res swoman from Ka n sas; Lynn
Rivers, Michigan: Marcy Kaptur, Oh io;
Ba rbara
Vu ca novi c h .
former
Co ngresswoman , Nevada; Eddie Bernice
John so n , Dalla s; Eva Clayton , Nort h
Ca rolina ; Eli zabet h Fur se, Oregon;
Barbara Konnelley, Co nn ectic ut : Sue
Kelly, New Yo rk ; III eana Ros-Lethin en.
Florida; Karen Mc Ca rth y, Kansas ; a nd
former Senate Majorit y Le a der Mike
Ma nsfield of Montan a.
Airs on "The Greener Side,"Thursday,
Mar. 13, 2 to 3 pm
joan Borysenko, neurosc ienti st a nd
author of "Minding the Body, Mending the
Mind," "Pocketful of Miracles," and other
books, discusses her most recent work. "A
Woman's Book of Life, " with KAOS' Ju li
Kelen . Borysenko writes eloquently about
the many d iffe rent s tage s of fema le
development, all th e way from conception
to the remotest reaches of age, as a Wise
Woman. The two wil l di scuss the new book
in depth, in a conversation that wi ll spea k
to every woman 's life experience.
"ACTIVE RESISTANCE:
"Food, Sex and Relationships" It Takes a Global Village to
Airs Monday, Mar. 10,3 p.m . on ISBN,
End Gender-Violence"
and Saturday, Mar. 15, 7 to 8 p.m .
join Susie "Sexpert" Bright (SexWise,
Best Am eri ca n Erotica) , Mollie Katzen
(Moosewood Coo kbo ok, Mo lli e Ka tzen's
Coo king Show), and Harri et Lerner (The
Dance of Ange r, The Dane<: of Intim acy) as
th ey fea rl ess ly exp lore four of Ameri ca's
most comp lex and compe lling personal
issues.
o How rood. sex, and re lationships
int er twine in eve ryday li fe .
o i\ fiv e point check li st for hea lthy
relati onshi ps.
o The ';bo rn-ugain \' irgillmo\,~IlI~n t "
o The power of food to hurt and heal
It 's a one-o f-a- kind roll er coaster ride
fo r th e senses th at wi ll make )'o u laugh ou t
loud- even while ques ti oning our deepest
assumptions abo ut th e ways we eat, relat e,
and make love.
Airs 2 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Mar.
12,19,26 and Apr, 2,
Pac ifica Radio presents four hours of
spec ial programmin g for Int ernational
Women 's Day about vio lence against
women world -w id e and inn ovative
stra tegies that women are developing to end
the abuse .
o In Indi a, five wom en are burned in
dowry-related disputes every day.
o More than 20.000 women were
repo rted to have been raped in Bosni<J and
Herzegovina in th e first months of war.
• :\n est imat ed 85_to 114 million
wOllle n ill the world today have been forct'd
to undergo genital rnutil ~ ti on .
o In the biggest slum in Bangkok . 50
percent of married women are beaten
Programming continued on page 6
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FEATURED AUTHOR
David Guterson, author of Snow Falling on
Cedars; 12 p.m . Reading, $5, Longhouse; 1 p.m.
Booksigning, free
SPEAKERS (Main Stage, Free)
1:15 p.m . Randall Platt, author of "Honor
Bright;" 2:30 p.m. Sam Hamill; 3:30 p.m. ~illiam Lang,
author of "Confederacy of Ambition"
POETS (Library art gallery, hosted by The Olympia
Noon, February 21: CAB 315
10 am, February 22: Organic Farm
3 pm, February 24; CAB 320 Mall
Noon, February 25: CAB 320 Mall
4:30 pm, February 26: CAB 320 Mall .
6 pm, February 27: CAB 320 Mall
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Poetry Network, Free)
1:15 p.m. Steve Blakeslee, Olympia; 1:30 p.m.
Margo Boyer, Olympia; 1:45 p.m. Lisa Lawrenson, Lacey;
2 p.m. Billy Ray Woodall, Seattle; 4 to 5 p.m. Open micsign up atThe Olympia Poetry Network table.
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GABI
continued fi:om cover
I'mll l the di nillg roo m \\'a ll. Bi ll , ill hi ~
1IIIllllr year pi<"turl'. almost ma n,lges a sl11 il e.
F\lr t ;abi. and !(lr lIlany others. tes tifying
1111 a hill ('a ll hI.' an intimidating experience. At
III\' ~tale Capi tivl's hearing rooms. well-gmllllll'd
I,lhll, i~:s hu~ tl e abuut ill proper sui ts and shi n)'
,h(\\'~ . r\ rdl phllne will ring and sOIll('wllt'rt· a
pag~'r lI'ill buzz. Some of the lobbyists gather ill
Ilulllb~r~. alld tilt' il1dil'idual ran IeI'I qu itL' ~lIlali
,1Ild (lul·of·pbce. Still. wil h Iheir Ilwn h()P"~ '
r itiz('n~ wi ll wnw.
On Feb. I I. people ga then·d ou tsiul' of
'w nate Ileari ng Room I and signed their name
tll Ihl' official 3tt ('ndann' ros ter. On these
, herb. th ey indica ted wheth er th ey were fix
or agai ll st Se l1 ate Bill 5167. Next tv th ei r naml'
i, a box 10 in dicate what orga ll iza ti un they are
representi ng. While Ill<lny people whu rOIll\'
lin their own behalf write "self." today. ma n."
peop le have chose n tu write "1110 111 . "
"grand mother." and "parent."
All of these relati ves call1l' tII support till'
hi ll .
As the bill's prime sponsor, Sen. S t ew ll ~
spoke fust. Aguest column that she wrote for the
Seartle Times mirrored her testimony. Educators
du not have enough resources to te~ch subjects
like math and history and should not have to take
on the responsibility of teach ing about sexual
attitudes. wrote Stevens.
She also prepared herse lf for attacks.
"Op ponen ts to thi s meas ure ca ll it
discriminatory and restricti ve. Nothing in this
bill condones th e harassment of homosexual
students. teachers, or employees. Nor does it
restrict these people fro m engaging in their
chosen lifes tyle.
"This bill merely states that schools will
not present this lifestyle as part of their regular
pub lic sch oo l curri culu m. The idea is
completely consistent with my core belief in
an individual's right to li fe. liberty. and the
pursuit of happiness."
The hearing was ru ~ nin g late. Many
people wanted to speak. so tes timony would
be limited to two minutes. They would have
to ma ke some changes to their testi mony.
Se na te Ed ucatio n Co mmittee Chairma n
Ha rold Hochstatter placed an egg tim er in
PROGRAMMING
continued from page 5
frollt of h im~df. Tes timony would be limited
tll two trips of sand th rough the hourglass.
Ron Taber. who lost the elec ti on for
SUperintenden t of Public Instruction in 1996.
said . "T he gay a nd lesb ian age nda in
W;Js hing ton sc hools is to make chil dren
believe t hat the sodom ite lifes tyle is norma l.
Thi s is bl'ing ach ievcd under the guise of equal
rights ,llll1 fairness. better ed ucat ion and
l"O n ~ ti tut i o n a l rights."
Test imo ny for can t roversial issues like
ga) righh and abortio n right s ofte n elici t a
greal deal of l'mo liol1 . This was ol1e of those
ht'arings.
There\a Joy. a cit izen. also spoke in
su pport of the bill . Joy sa id that she did not
wa nt sc hooh to teac h th at homosexua lit y is
;J('ceptabll' or normal.
.
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"In 1992, my younger son, Bill, came out
to us, his fa mily, as a bisexual. He was 14 years
old. We all assured him that we loved him and
supported him. His sexual orientat ion was one
part of a whole and quite wonderful perso n. '
It was no less a part of him tha n his wacky.
impish sense of humor.
"This is Bill."
In her hands. th e picture rises, and Bill
looks at the six senators who will decide the fate
of values. schools. and gay. lesbian . and bisexual
teens. He looks at them, but cannot smile.
Gabi's voice retu rns.
"O n Apr. 6. 1995. when he was 17, Bill
J nd his bes t friend. Sam - who is straight ·
were viciously assa ult ed by four tee nage
boys on the gro und s of Olympi a High
Sc hool durin g spring brea k. It was a hate
computers and helped her get over her initial
fi rst-time user fear of them.
Her testimony was completed with the
aid of her husband Alec and tremend ous
support from their house mate Cath erine.
With their help. Gabi was able to transform
the story of mother and son into its bes t form.
Gabi concluded lier testimony with these
remarks:
"I do not want to believe that this bill was
writt en by peop le who wo uld condone or
promote what happened to my son. But if you
mandate silence in the schools by passing this,
then you are giving ammunition to those who
wo uld harass and take violent ac tion.
"At th e same tim e you will be taking away
the best defense - tha t of being able to say th at
many gay, les bi an. bi sex ual. a nd
tra nsgendered perso ns lead positive. hea lthy.
and productive lives that benefit not onl y
"I do not want to believe that this bill
th emselves; but our society as a whole.
was written by people who would condone or
"You will be doing a great disse rvice to
us
all."
promote what happened to my son. But if you
Now, Gabi is back to working on her
mandate silence in the schools by passing this,
we bsite. whi ch she started as a memorial to
then you are giving ammunition to those who
Bill. What began as a small page hon oring her
would harass and take violent action ."
yo un gest so n has grown into a n aw ard winning site that includes links to a variety of
GABI CLAYTON
gay-friendly organization s and links to some
"Thi s smacks of Adolf Hitler. who sa id.
of Gabi 's own work. including the very first
'Forget the parents. We can't change them. Give crimI:'. The att ackers yelled . ·Hey. are you link, the one to Bill 's story.
me the school children and in th irty years. I'll gay? 00 you want to fight?
Bill's story co ntinues to receive a lot of
control the world.' And he tried to." said Joy.
"My son and his fr iend s did not wan t to responses and Gabi tries to respond to all who
Ann a Sc hlec ht , who testified aga inst the tight, and they tri ed to walk away. Those boys write to her. Many of these letters can be viewed
bill . offered testim ony that co ntrasted with to ld them. 'We don't tolerate fags here,' and ' on the site. and many include stories of their own.
Joy's comm ent s. Spea king as representative of they surrounded them and beat th em both
Many of these people have never told
Sa fe Sc hoo ls' Thurston Co unty chapt er. into unconsciousness.
anyone about the ir own s torie s of fea r,
Sc hlec ht sa id , "Thi s is not a ma tter of
"Just over a month later. On May 8. 1995. violence, and prejudice before, she said. But,
promoting homosex uality. It's a matt er of my son Bill committ ed suicide."
like Gabi's publiCtestimony. they are taking a
recognizing and accepting diverSity. "
By now. the picture lay flat and Bill gazed fir st. new step into something greater.
Schlecht had been called to speak before upward.
Due to time constraints. Gabi could not
Gabi. However. she asked that Gabi Clayton be
Back at her home. in the computer room · read the following piece of testimony. But it
allowed to speak first. It was now Gabi's turn to th at has become a full-tim e workshop for her. spea ks to many people. for many people, in
leave the anonymity of the chairs and sit before Gabi reflects on her testimony.
many ways.
She remembers the caU fro m Hands Off
the committee. It was time to tell her story.
-"This bill. which we are here about today,
"My name is Gabi Clayton. I live here in Washington that began the developmept of . talks about the importance of maintaining a
OlYmpia. and I am a certified mental health her teStimony. "i said "yes" and then sort of society that is virtuous and ethical. I do not
counselor. I am also involved wi th the Safe panicked when I hung up the ph one. I thought , understand what is virtuous and ethical about
Schools Coalition. and I'm a member ofPFLAG 'Oh my God,' what have I gotten myself into? silenCing the positive about gay,lesbian. bisexual.
- Parents. Families and Friends of Lesbians and I spent a lot of time thinking and spent almost and transgendered people. I don't believe that
we, as a society can afford that - because silence
Gays. Today, I am mos tly here to spea k as a all ofit on the computer. "
Bill . she sa id . ta ught her a lot about is where the hate grows that killed my son."
parent. I am the mother of two sons.
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BILL
By Lucy CRAIG
A weekly feature that profiles proposed legislation during the 1997 regular session
r If a bill w-;~-n~t vote~ out of its original commitee by Mar. 5, it's a "de; d" bill. The billst hat su~ve thisp eriod win h; ve until Mar. ig t~~a~ it out ~f the House or Sena'te, depending
I on where they originated. Bills in an Appropriations committee have later deadlines, however, because they contain financial matters. These bills have until Mar. 10 to be voted out of,
their od . al committee. Watch for next week's Bill Watch to see the survivors.
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SENATE BILL 598 '1
SENATE BILL 5964
• Creates world culture and language programs for
children.
• Dog and cat breeders must be licensed to ensure
humane treatment.
This bill is intended to increase the number of individuals in
Washington state who are fluent in languag.es other than English and
understand the cultures and customs of other countries. Irs purpose is
to give the state a strong presence in international trade.
According to the bill, school districts may provide native language
instruction for students who come from homes where English is not
the primary language. This helps students remain fluent in their family's
language.
School districts may also offer these students classes on the culture
and customs of their parents' native country.
In order to ensure that dogs and cats who are used in commercial
breeding receive human e. safe. and healthy treatment. breeders must
be licensed by the state department of hea lth.
The bill wi.!l establish state-wide minimum operating standards
for commercial breeders. Dogs and cats must receive adequate housing.
food and water, va ccinations, exercise, and opportunities to socialize
with each other.
The breeders must also ensure sanitary conditions for the animals,
provide flea and other parasite control, care for pregnant , nursing, or
sick animals, and humane euthanasia methods.
Spon sored by Thibaudeau(D) , Fairiey( D). WOjahn(D) .
Prentice(D), Patterson(D), and Kohl(D). Referred to Committee on
Agriculture and Environment.
Spon sored by Kline(D) , Fairley(D). Prenti ce(D). Thibaudeau(D), and
Kohl(D). Referred to Committee on Education.
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ThefoUoWing pieces oflegislation are joint memorials, which are messages addressed to the President
and/or Congress of the United States, They can also be sent to the head-of an agency ofthe federal or
state government. Joint memorials ask for consideration of a problem or concern of Washington state.
HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 401 6
• Supports release of killer whales in Japan.
On Feb. 7, 1997, 10 orca whales were captured by fisherman on
Japan's southeast coast. Five remain in captivity and may be sold for
public display.
. The house joint memorial states that orca whales in captivity have
). ·.1 sHorter Iife 'spans tban those in the wild and that th ese whales
"maintain family ties for life which are torn apart by capture."
. Orca captures in Washington state waters durihg the 1960s and
1970!i'made up one-third of the killer whale population . It has taken
20 years to replenish the orca population.
This join t memorial is directed to Kunihiko Sait o. Japan's
ambassa dor to the United States, in hopes that th e govern ment of
Japan will return the re maining five whales to the ocean .
Sponsored by Morris(D), Blalock(D), Gombosky(D). Cody(D).
Veloria(D). Kessler(D). Keiser(D). Costa(D), an d Anderson(D).
SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 801 0
• Asks Congress for laws requiring airbag
deactivation switches.
According to SJM 8010, du e to the present design of
airbags. children and adults are at risk of injury or death.
Currently. airbags are required in the. tWo front seats of
new vehicles. This ha s made fhe front passenger seat dangerous
for children and some adults. especially those five foot one and
under.
Because state government s ca nn ot alter· such "safety
standards." this joint memorial asks the U.S.Congress and the
U.S. Departm ent of Transportation to create new laws which
support the installation of sw itches th at will deactiva te driver
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and/or passenger-side airhags.
Sponsored by Strannigan(R) , and Oke( R).
Marc 6,1997
The EVeIlP'een State College 25th
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Northwest Indian Fisheries Exhibit
Mar. 3t07
Capitol Building Rotunda
EMS Trauma Day
Mar. 11
AllDay .
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Pacific Science Center Day
Mar. 13
AllDay
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Doonan Irish Step Dancers
Mar. 14
12 p.m. to:l:p:m.
Capitol Building Rotunda
Agriculture Business Day
Mar. 19
8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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Association of Churches
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Mar. 20
12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
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Mar. 26
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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HAPPENINGS
AT THE CAPITOL
the Cooper Point Journal
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LETTERS AND OPINIONS
LETTERS AND OPINIONS
Officers' actions violate Social Contract
Ah yes, the
phenomenon .
~
known as
~oller .writer's .
BY TERflANCE ,YOUNG blcilL It's not
that ther.e isn't anythiDg iDaking rnewanna
,holler: It:s jijst that I can't ~ totranslate.,
myholledng'itlto aitiCulate wor&; Maybe
it's Qectuse fm attempting the iD;lpossibie
task .pf writing while llstHiing to t~e
Saruiil., Njght ll(Yrr soundtrack. Just
imagine' what would've happened to
Hani/etif old Willie had been l,i$em,ng to .
Stayin' A1iv~ "To [stay alive]. 'or not to
(stayalive}."lJon'tworry,J'mnptguittfug
my day job.
Maybe rve been stressing
presentation o,,~r content. Does it really
· matter ifI tahlR ahbout ra'muhl matt-uhs .
·.like dis? Whutya dink 'bout dem Clab· .
nese? Makes me wonder why suburban
·whites· don't get . stressed over ,
· RedneckoniCs but get hysterical about
.Ebonics_ ' Actually I'm no't wond~i,ng
hard. W~ all know why. . I guess I don't
hav~.to t~ll.you thClt rm just gonn~ ramble
: today. ~
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The history of Den'g Xiaopeng (1 do
luv dem Chali-nes~ names) intrigues me.
At the age of 83, I don'~ th~~ I'lll;>e .
ordering tanks to.r un over pro-democracy
demonstrators. l1l be so senile (.or dead)
thatl'U prQba~I)'Jhinl<. democr,acyJs a
health conditionj Aside from the steps he
· took to secure what he (emphasi$ on he)
thought were n.ecessary measures. to
preserve what he thought was the greater
good, I thi.nkDengwas an impressive man.
Paramou,ot leade.-...hmm.:.maybeoru; day'
'i too couid rule,:. OK, I'll snap out ofit. .
Anyway, it W3"S good 'for China thatDeng
~ad the intelligence ~o emphasize
practicality and results over ideology_ Mao ',
waS so enamored with Lenin,ist id~logy,
he. threw China intq the Great Leap .
Forward towards starvation.
.
. I've b~en juggling 'science-fiction
story ideas in m)' head_ Thf! lack of black
science-fiction i~ an interesting issue to me..
I unders~d why there isn't much interest
in sci-fi amongst- blacks- - ·who has time
for Star Trek when they're tackling racism
~nd the burdens that come with it7 --but it
stiU disturbs me. Cornel West said that art
shows us our humanity and inspires us to
struggle to preserve and improve our
humanity.
One idea I have is about an all·black
space colony. A new start ~ithout any
other races. [like sci-fi because it is a good
testing ground for ideas and social
scenarios. As r alluded to above with ·
Deng, 1like to think about what goes on
in powerful people's minds. I say,powerful
position's because not all people in
powerful p,?sitionsare capable ofhandling
their power. I'm engaged in an idea about
a right-hand man who rises from hardship .
and obscurity to run the sh9W !n 'the
shadows of a not-so ~ompetent ruler. ' .
Well, enough of my babb!e. Nelj:t.
time I'U get back to business as usuaL
Amazingly, all this babbling has inspired
my gray matter to come up with some
ideas. One more thing, I believe that
columns are about dialogue and feedback. ·
Please, if anything annoys or inspJres you
(I can hope, can't 17), respond in writing
or talk to me in person. Try not to be
violentlydisagn:eable. rt's no fun to beat
me into a juicy pulp- - -too easy.
MAlON' ME
too
Dear Editor and Evergreen Commu nity,
There has been much discussion on Yuri
Koslen's grieva nce with Police Services officers.
In the discussion, Yuri has been called a whiner
and officers Huntsbcrry and Savage have been
asked to be relieved from their jobs. I am glad
that there are co ncerns about this incident.
However, I feel that the true issues at hand are
not being recognized by the Evergreen
commu nity.
Kyle Curtis states in his letter to the CPJ
I Feb. 13.1997] that "the officers involved were
only doing one thing: their job, which they are
highly trained - - - not 'untrained' as one
responder said -- - and carry out to the fullest
degree." I would like to respond to Cu rtis'
statement with the direct quoting of the
"Pa rking Regulations Fines," a section in
Evergreen's pamphlet, "R ights and
Responsibilities: Yours and Ours:"
(2)Unpaid fines
If any fine remains unpaid after 90 days
from the date of the notice of infraction,
the account will be referred to the
con troller's office for coll.eetion and the
following actions may be taken:
(a) All services on campus may be
withheld including academic
registration for the following academic
period.
(b) Transcripts may be withheld for any
persons having outstanding fines.
(c)The college has the authority to
con tract with collection agencies in order
to collect public debts according to RCW
19.16.500.
(d) Avehicle accumulating three or more
unpaid citations with one or more being
90 days delinquent in payment, may be
impounded in-place until the
outstanding fines are paid."
There are four options that can be taken
to enforce violations of the parking policies. I
find it interesting that the ~tuation with Mr.
. Koslen could have been avoided if the Parking
officer would have chosen (a), (b), or (c) after
seeing and hearing Mr. Koslen's need for his
vehicle at the time. However he insisted on
using option (d), which generates more
revenue for th e Parking O!ftce. With Yuri
Koslen's body in front of his vehicle,
obstruc ting Parking violation enforcement,
the Police Services officers decided to place
their hands on Mr. Koslen when that co uld
have been avoided. To me this looks as though
they did not have the training to deal with this
situation at Evergreen. To me, it looks as
though th ey did not know all of the four
options. Even if they are "highly trained", they
are not trained or informed on the procedures.
This is disturbing when one of the officers is
the director of Police Services and the other
has a history of controversy.
Now to those who think that Yuri Koslen
would have been treated with more force and
in less time somewhere else, you are correct.
However, this is Evergreen arid we have rights
and responsibilities. One of which that is
stated in the Social Contract is "Freedom and
Civility":
"The individual members of the Evergreen
community are responsible for protecting each
other and visitors on campus from physical
harm, from personal threats and uncivil abuse.
Civility is not just a word; it must be present
in all our interactions. Similarly, the
institution is obligated, both by principle and
by general law, to protE:ct its property from
damage and unauthorized use and its
operating processes from interruption.
Members of the community must exercise the
rights accorded them to voice their opinions
with respect to basic matters of policy and
other issues. The Evergreen community will
support the rights ofits members, individually
or in groups, to express ideas, judgments, and
opinions in speech or writing. The members
of the community, however are obligated to
make statements in their own names and not
as expressions on behalf of the college. The
Board of Trustees or the President speaks on
behalf of the college and may at times share or
'delegate the responsibility to others within the
college. Among the basic rights ofindividuals
are freedom of speech, freedom of peaceful
assembly and association, freedom of Pelle£.
and freedom from intimidation, violence, and
abuse."
In the Social Contra ct-Co ll ege
Philosophy (WAC 174-121-010) Evergreen has
creative and non-violent measures to deal with
those who violate our polices. Evergreen is not
downtown Olympia. Evergreen is not a place
where the "hair hold" is acceptable in dealing
with parking fines. The officers involved clearly
violated the Social Contract. Whether this was
intentional or not it illustrates their lack of
training and regard for the College Philosophy
and community.
"Evergreen is an institution and a
community that continues to organize itselfso
that it can clear away obstacles to learning. In
order that both creative and routine work can
be focused on education, and so that mutual
and reciprocal roles of campus community
members can best reflect the goals and
purposes of the college, a system ofgovernance
and decision-making consonant with these
goals and purpose is required."
I ask the Evergreen community to look
at the true concerns ofYuri Koslen's grievance
and others who feel that Huntsberry and
Savage violated the Social Contract-College
Philosophy. I regret that such a situation has
developed and hope to see it cleared with
everyone happy.
If we allow such incidents to occur
without community involvement and
investigation and public forum, than we will
see an Evergreen that no longer stands by its
codes ofconduct. Whatwe will see is whatTom
Bozeman, in his letter to the CPJ , says we don 't
have now; "an epidemiC or so mething that
should cause great concern."
For Truth and Justice,
Bryan Freeborn
Coverage of Koslen incident poor
I'm disappointed by the Cooper Point
coverag~ of the incident in whkhTESC
police used force against Yuri Koslen and by the
(rrs neglect of the issues surrounding the
incident. This is an important story that deserves
mu ch more attention than the (PJ has given it.
An analysis of the Cprs coverage of this incident
makes it easy to ser that the paper does not do
good enough job 0 fucusing its attention on the
students of Everg een and th e issues th at are
important to them.
In the Jan. 23, 1997 issue of the CPj, Koslen
first wrote of his encounter with t he police. It was
placed on page 8. A story abuut a rotten, old canoe
stored in the basement of the library was placed
on th e front page and was continued on page 5.
The ( Il) seemed to be spendi ng its time looking
for stories in the basement while real news and
events were happening all over the school. In the
jan. 30, 'iss ue of the paper, a story about the
incident did appear on th e front page of the paper,
but it was the type of article written to please the
school administratin. It glussed over the incident,
did not ask any critica l questions of the school
administration and cast doubt on Koslen's
account even though it was one of the officers
involved in the incident who refused to discuss it,
not Koslen.
In the Feb. 6, issue of the CPj, six people
wrote letters abou t the Koslen incident, but the
front page of th e paper made no reference to the
res ponses. instead. the fro nt page contained an
Journal's
article titled "Here comes the Ox," about
Chinese New Year, that would have been more
at home as an ent:y in an encyclopedia than on
the cover of a newspaper.
For the fourth week in a row, discuss ion
and debate co ntinued to rage over the Yuri
Koslen incident, and in the Feb. 13, issue of the
paper, five people wrote letters concerning the
incident. The front page of the paper featured a
story titled OOlligfootSighting." The CPJseemed
to be working extra hard not to face the Yuri
Koslen incident and made up stories to avoid
covering it even.
Last week, the CPj ran a short story at the
bottom of page 8 annou ncing that the Vice
President of Student Affairs, Art Costantino,
had decided that the TESC police acted in an
appropriate manner towards Koslen . Since a
tota l of 17 separate articles and letters had been
written about the Koslen in cident, this
important decision by the administ ration
should have been cons idered fron t page news.
It was a fitting conclusion to the scant and
shoddy coverage the CPj had given the whole
Koslen incident.
The CPj would be a better newspaper ifit
eva luated its news gathering techniques and its
methods of deciding what news is important.
Right now, it is not a reliable or trusted source
of information to the pub lic. Until it improves,
the only thing I will count on it to cover is its
own behind.
-Lee O'Connor
Indian Grandmother in the Closet
Are you part Indian, but don't know what
that means?
Do you have ali Indian grandparent, but
you were raised "white"?
YOLI don't have to be raised Indian to claim
your native heritage.
The Native Studen t Alliance is a place
where there are others like yourself. people who
are learni ng about their culture. The NSA is
strivin to create an 0 en environment for
theCooperPomtJourna
people to share their experiences in an
un intimidating way. You don't have to be
Eolitically active to be involved with the NSA,
or to commit to any thing, just come and hangout.
The Native Student Alliance meets
Wednesdays at noon, in the Longhouse
conference room.
Helen Dan eI. Tosh Drake
-a-
Marc 6,1997
An invitation from the Native Student Alliance
The Native Student Alliance would like
to extend an open invitation to The
E~ergreen State College and the larger
community.
YaTaHey, my name is Lis aNa M. Red
Bear and I am one of the new coordinators
of NSA. The active members ofNSA want
folks to know that the group is focusing on
being inclusive rather than exclusive. As a
group run by consensus, we recognize each
member's voice as vital to the whole. We are
addressing very important and worthwhile
goals such as local native community
awareness and support. a traditional
Powwow and name giving ceremony for the
Longhouse, the Big Mountain Support
Group, and Justice for Leonard Peltier.
We are committed to building crosscultural awareness to better conceptualize
how we all can stand in solidarity w.ith
indigenous nations. NSA invites everyone to
drop by the office and pick up some
literature, or sit and talk. My office hours
are Wednesday 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and
Friday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. NSA meets every
Wednesday at 12 p.m. in the Longhouse
conference room _ We are working on
bringing John Trudell, Arvol Looking
Horse (caretaker of the Sacred White
Buffalo C.aIfWoman Pipe), and Carrie Dann
from the Western Shoshone Nation, among
others, to TESC.
There is also a NSA co-coordinator
position available. You need not identifY
yourself as an American Indian to apply,
although knowledge of indigenous issues
and experience in cultural sensitivity is
beneficial. We are encouraging people who
are energetic, motivated, and dedicated to
the human rights of indigenous nations to
be actively involved. We need to organize
and mobilize community awareness in
order to make change for the better.
At present, native peoples still face
relocation and or forced expropriation of the
natural resources of their ancestral lands.
These acts result in suicide, disease,
alcoholism, and homeless ness among the
indigenous population. This is slow-motion
cultural genocide, and a blatant disregard for
human rights. All of us and our children face
the same environmentaUy devastated future.
The traditional Indigenous people are
the last' caretakers of Unci Maka
(Grandmother Earth). Their voice must be
heard. There is a lot of work before us, and
we must learn how to take a stand to improve
aU our futures_
In continued resistance,
respectfully LisaNa M . Red Bear
What's ·the deal with dissection?
Why does The Evergreen State CoUege still
I joined my program because' want to
participate in such neanderthal behavior? Last make the world a better place in some way, to
week, I walked into class and learned that, enrich and enhance conditions oflife on earth,
within the hour, each person in our class would but you can't make the world a better place
be handed one very living, healthy fish. In order with blood on your hands. I was stunned to
to further our scientific educations. we would discover that the program I enrolled in asked
either smash the fish on the head with a bright me to participate not only in dissection, but
steel hammer or grab it by the tail and whip it in vivisection (the act of dissecting an animal
.
agaL'1st the table. Then, while its little body is that is still living).
Many people, particularily teachers,
still gasping for breath and its tiny heart stiU
beating, we would carefully slit it open with claim that knowledge of anatomy and
scalpels and goggle at its entrails. Science?
biological processes can only be taught using
The logic behind this maritime holocaust hands-on dissection or vivisection. This has
was preparation for a research project. The been proven false time and again by studies
project involves capturing SO-some fish and showing that students using alte;';13tive
testing them for toxic poUutants. Originally, we methods (computer simulations) or
were to'capture the fish, take blood samples and . traditional media (books, pictures, etc.) score
then release them. However, the faculty as well, and sometimes better, on exams than
concluded that, the sampling process would students who participate in dissection.
inevitably result in fish death .. So, we might as
In my core program, nearly everyone has
well kill them all, right? Research proceeded as convinced themselves that the means
if nothing had changed.
somehow justifies the end, but they're wrong.
This is not research; this data means nothing.
We are being asked to do the dirty work-to
MURDER random fish -- - for what?
And it's wrong. I will not participate. I
will not kill in the name of science. If anyone
reading this has ethical problems with this
research, please contact the Academic Planning
office. Let them know that dissection and
vivisection are uriacceptable at a school that
claims to respect the sanctity of life. It is your
right to have your moral and philosophical
beliefs respected. Please help me stop this
nauseating research before anything else gets
killed.
For a list ofalternative methods or studies
disprovihg the value of dissection, please
contact me at lookingup@themoon .com.
By Jaime Ehrke
',. Sincerely,
Vita Lusty.
The Fool's Creation
To the Editcij:
,
, .
Lt's weD known that die newgwe read,·
' ge filttred througn the values of those
people wh"O write and edittbe news.
Nowhere Is this prindPie more evident
·than in the life 'ofO/:, Carl Sagan, who died
.Dec_ 20, 1997 atthe age of62. Saganwas one
of the world's most respected scientists and
authors, yet few people who ~ead the news
would know that he questioned the'use of
animals in medical experimentation. l:Ie
made ~~ efJortto publiclzeb.is opinion on
this subje t, but the media just ignored him.
Journalists were perfectly willing to listen to
his explanations of e cosmos,.but they paid
no attention to his crusade for animal rights.
Even his obituaries ignored this important
part ofhis life.
Fo( the record. at least, we should
know what he had to say about animals.
Sagan once wrote: ' -Humans - - - who
enslave, castrllte, 'bperinient on, and fillet
other animals • - ~ have had an
understandable penchant for pretending
. animals ao not feel pain. A sharp distinction
between hUQlaD$ and'anilnaJs' is essential if
we are to bend themt6 our wiIJ; Weal; them,
eat them -. ·wi~ Ydisquieting tinges
t
. n
ofgt.U.l~or~~Js ~ df'~, who
. often beha so tiDfeelingly toward Oilier
animals, to contend ~hat only humans can
suffer. The behavior of otbe animals
renders $uch pretensions specious. They are
just too much like us.·
His . vltws on 'animals W(re so
insi8!ltful.. YetJl tbatbO.8!>Reif: too late
to
'b'im t4exp Ii grea'iet detail br.
Sagan ~Ul$ajliQd d.~.ibp¢ SCience.
m.
Perb~ bea,wcl~ tI~tus a lotmore.
Ajourney through an artist's masterpiece
The idea for the mural in the third floor
Campus Activitjes Building Lounge area
originated when the program I am in, the Fool's
Journey, revolved around "finding meaningful
work." I was first lost as to what to do with my
eight hours a week of community work, yet
soon started to listen to myself telling me to
paint a mural.
Before any paint could be applied to the
concrete, many steps had to be taken. These
steps frequently wore me out and at times, I
wanted to abandon the idea completely. Yet
Cloud Carroll, who painted the "woman tree"
in the mural, supported me in going through
these tasks.
Walking around campus in search of a
good site for the mural, we soon landed upon
the lounge area in the CAB Building. An
inspiration took root in my mind to paint trees
growing on the walls onto the ceilings. From
there, the ideas from each individual involved
seemed to flow together effortlessly into one
wonderful and alive idea_
From this point, Cloud and I sought out
Tom Mercado, the building coordinator of the
CAB Building, who loved our ideas and sketches
and who eventually gave us approval for the
mural to be painted.
We were ecstatic and full of creative sparks
that were waiting to be transformed into visual
images. As Cloud CarroU, Kat Michaelis, Aaron
Rogers, Noel Ferguson and I sketched the
drawings in charcoal. we waited with full
anticipation to fill the walls with color and
beauty_
Once we had the paints, I was continually
amazed at how beautifully the mural blended
together. We had dtcided as a group that the
theme of the mural would be the merging of the
yin and yang energies. Yet the mural is a
conglomeration of each individual's ideas,
talents and inner self.
'. From the beginning, Cloud had
confessed to me that although she loved to
draw, she had yet to delve into the medium of
acrylics. She went into the painting with a
little apprehension, yet she soon took off"into
her own world ofimages. I watched her, often
amazed at now easily and effortlessly she
painted her beloved "woman tree."
_ ..Kat, Cloud and I had all been a little
timid about painting the "man tree" at first,
each of us not really knowing how to portray
him. Yet Aaron seemed to know that he was
the person who should paint the man and
jumped right into creating it. The mural
wouldn't have been the same without the
the Cooper Point Journal
My own contribution to the mural was
the "root people" which I had received
inspiration for from a quote in Reinvention
of Work, where Matthew Fox speaks of
healing the world from the roots up, rather
tha'n "fiddling with the leaves." I wanted to
incorporate this into the mural and soon came
, .: ;.};; :...",' <t". to the idea of painting the roots as people- to
.... 1~t"'"t ~,~, "". show the need t~ live in the midst of the roots
'~' 'i'!P' . ..~.
. of the problems 111 the world ITI order to make
/~ ~ It,·, ;:'.'::i'{". ~, the treesoflife grow. As I began topaintthem,
,.' ::~ ' ;~.'.' ~1ti. : "~. they soon started to paint themselves and
. '''I'
>'" . ,1 r;~,.;;; ,j became full oflife and colorful ener!',}'.
1I:l1!!!!!!!!!!!I".'. ·u,
A few other people contributed their
individual strokes of paint to the mural as
well. A good friend of mine, Loa Arnoth ,
painted the daytime sky and few fellow fools ,
Francis Morgan-Gallo and Craig Wareham ,
also stopped by to add their own color to the
sky. Our teacher, Llyn DeDanaan is als o
planning to paint a small piece of her own,
possibly a butterfly of transformation.
To witness the creation of this piece of
has been a great joy for me. Art is
artwork
varied styles and talents of each artist,
one of my true loves in life and through
especially when it came to the woman and
painting the mural with my classmates. I
man trees.
wanted to share with the Evergreen
From there, much of the surrounding
Community how deeply it touches me and to
scenery and skies were filled in by Kat who's
give a piece of myself to each person who sees
bright personality brought great color to the
it. Yet I had not anticipated to receive such a
mural. She made the Earth appear to be
gift from the rest of the painters who equally
setting by adding flames and filling the sky
put their hearts and spirits into the mural as
with a glorious bright rainbow of colors. She
well. I want to thank these peuple, for their
painted the smiling flowers as well as the
individual gifts and beauty, that not only
sleeping fool in the night area of the mural.
touch me but will touch many people-in the
Noel's passion and love for birds was
years to come.
what brought him to want to portray the wild
side of nature within the painting. He painted
Sarah Van Sciver
a few birds, either in flight or perched on the
trees, which give the mural life, freedom and
beauty.
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March 6, 1997
ARTS AND ENTERTAINM:ENT
Music for the heart and knowledge for the spirit
The ~nvironmental Resource Center brings Alice Oi Mecele and the Citizens Band to campus
by Yun Koslen
ERC member
Evergreeners, are you ready for a heart
full of excellent music and a healthy dose of
local spirit? On Tuesday Mar. 11, 7 p.m. in
Library 4300. Alice Di Micele, the Citizens
Band and a' wolf howling and slide show will
provide a well needed breather from 10th week
craziness.
Alice Di Mecele is one of the Northwest's
best folk musicians and her music has steadily
evolved. Alice has "Insightful political tunes
that flow with grace and run deep with her
convictions topped off with a humor and
charisma that bridges the gap between
performer and audience 'in an effortless
instant," Good Times out of Santa Cruz.
California wrote in a review of her. Mary
Heckler from the Heartsong Review wrote
that Alice's "gentle yet gutsy voice and
thoughtful lyrics stand strong in the face of
mighty forces in the world, expressing both
spiritual and political awareness."
Alice is currently working on her fifth album.
Alice's musical talent and powerful
message have accompanied other artists such
as Bob Weir and Joanne Rand. She has graced
the stages of venues large and small and at
fairgrounds and celebrations. She has toured
extensively perfqrming to appreciative
audiences on the East Coast. the Midwest, and
the South. Her albums indude Make a change
(1988). Too Controversial (1990), Searching
(1992). and Naked (1994).
The music of the Citizens Band ,
"anarcoustic" music, is varied. iopical. and
giggle jerking. Playingamixfolk,blues, swing.
maybe some rock and probably a little bit of
country, the Citizens Band conveys their
belief~ with passion. audacity and harmony. '
The four band members play instruments
including guitar, flute, double bass, fiddle,
harmonica , drums, accordion, kazoo,
percussion, and whatever else'fits the song.
All four members frequently sing and close
with
four-part
harmony in their sets.
Washington. With the designated Wolf and
Grizzly Recovery Area in the Northern
Cascades, the increased likelihood of the reestablishment of our brother the Gray wolf in
the Southern Cascades could become a reality.
Th ey SlOg
. about
work, earth, politics,
and
strong
individuals who make
a difference in the
world. From slow and
sweet to fast and
raucous. Citizens
Band songs will
provoke your mind,
sway your heart and
tickle the soles of your
feet. Citizens Band is
often outrageous and
always entertaining.
Whatever
else
happens to the
audience at a Citizens
Alice Oi Micele, an acoustic singer and songwriter, will
Band performance
be playing with Citizens Band on Tuesday, Mar. 11 at 7
they learn a little.
p.m. in library 4300.
laugh a lot and look
forward to hearing more.
Renown predator wildlife biologist Paul
People may know Paul as an original
Joslin is conducting the slide show. Paul's
director of Wolf Haven International.
work for the past 30 years to advance the
Currently he is also working to assist the
protection of endangered species serves as a
Mexican wolves, the most endangered wolfin
wondrous addition to the two mu-sical
North America, and the Ethiopian Wolves, the
performances.
most endangered canid in the world. to reLocally. Paul is working with the Wild
establish their species. He works with the Texas
Predator Habitat Project(WPHP) to help
Mexican Wolf Coalition, International Society
monitor wolf movement in the National ·
for Endangered Cats, International Snow
Forests of the Southern Cascades of
Leopard Trust. and the Conserv~tion Society
for Whales and wolves based out of the Seattle
Area.
'
The wolf has been seen moving back into
territories in Maine. About 2000 wolves call
Minnesota home, wolves were re-introduced
into Yellowstone National Park, some have
made their way into Idaho and Montana, and
now Norm Dicks has talked about re.
d uchon
. mto
. t he Olympic National Park.
mtro
Yet, as Paul Joslin writes in the Conservation
Society for Wolves and Whales newsletter, the
state of Alaska and its national park officials
permit wolves to be trapped and hunted within
its National Park boundaries, whereas in the
lower 48 all animals and plants are to be
protected with ill National Park boundaries.
Noted wolf researcher Dr. Haber. has been
carefully morutoring the park's wolves, and has
determined that there are only about half the
number of wolves in Denali National Park than
is claimed by the park's authorities.
Wolves are being welcomed by the spirits
to come back into some of their original range.
Through educating people about the wolf and
its habitat and by helping to create corriders
within the National Forest to allow for
migrations, the wolf and the human being can
grow and mature ..
Please come join us. This concert has
been organized by Jhe Environment;!l
Resouce Center. With .co-~p~~sor ship from
Evergreen Political Information Center, the
Women's Center, Evergreen Queer Alliance,
and the Native Student Alliance. Tickets can
be purchased at the Environmental Resouce
Center in the S&A offices in CAB 320.
Positively 4th St., and Rainy Day Records.
Tickets are $4 students, $5 advance, $7 at
the door, yet no one will be refused for lack
offunds.
.
Modern dance exhibited in NewWorks ~~~~~~=~::-::::::::-~:O::-:=~~-'"
by Tiffany Basham
Contributing writer
It has been a long time since audiences
were shocked and repulsed to the point of
rioting at the sight of something on stage.
Even so. it is still confuSing to many theater
patrons "what to look for" in modern dance.
Modern dance originated in Germany
with such names as Mary Wigman. Harald
Kruezberg. and Kurt Joos. These people are
known in dance circles as the first refiners of
modern dance. It was their prerogative to
move away from the traditional form ofballet
and dance for the sake of movement.
Wigman wanted to capture life in th eir
dancing and to do this she developed her own
technique and philosophy of dance. In
America. Isadora Duncan. Ruth SI. Denis.
and Martha Graham who founded the
modern dance traditions. Each of these
women had a certain spiritual connection
with their movements that transcended the
traditional female role in ballet.
The first aspect they broke away from
was the pointe shoe. a ballet slipper with a
hardened toe and a sturdy sole that enabled
dancers to stand on the very end of their toes.
~odern dance is generally done without any
footwear at all. This enables modern dancers
freedom to explore the musical movements of
their bodies.
Modern dance is also known for haVing
no story line or an abstract story line. It is the
dancing, not the plot. that is important. Even
so. many of Graham's pieces have definite
stories to go with them.
"What do I look for in modern dance?"
is a common question. There is no concrete
answer to this question. Just watch and feel
with the dancers. Let the dancers take you
wherever they are going. Watch. feel and most
importantly. don't expect anything.
There is a chance to watch this art form
coming up on Mar. 7 and 8. The Evergreen
Dance Company will be performing new works
choreographed and danced by students in the
Dance Performance class.
editor's note.- The performance starts at 8 p.m.
both nights and takes place in the Recital HalJ.
Admission is free.
lEse's Ilpoet laureate" returns
by Trevor Pyle
Staff Writer
Malcolm Stilson ha s bee n called
'Evergreen's Poet Laureate'-but don't take
the title too seriously.
Stilson certainly wouldn·t.
Stilson. who worked in The Evergreen
State College's library from 1969 until his
reti rement in 1985. was known for hi s
musicals satirizing Evergreeh. On Mar. 12.
he and a group of Evergreen staff. students.
and facu ltywi Uperform his new play. entitled
"Memories o[Wintergreen ... The group will
perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Communications
Building Recital Hall.
The performance is in honor of
Evergreen's 25th anniversary.
The second employee hired for the
library. Stilson worked as a Librarian for
sixteen years . He started the library's
archives. was the first Staff Librarian. and
ended his career as Head of Reference. He
also wrote the lyrics to the Geoduck fight
song.
He is best known, however. for the
irreverent musicals.
.Stilso n wrote 12 musicals total. with
titles as diverse as The'Students, Achilles the
Heel, Sir Lunchalot, and Malice in
Blunderlot. They all took place at a fictional
sc hool called "Wintergreen ." One play
please see ·Poet" on page 12
the Cooper Point Journal
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ARTS AND ENTERTAIN:MENT
Breaking the' Waves is truly compelling filmmaking
by John F. Evans
Contributing Film Critic
There is a certain movie-going
experience, one that I'm sure you're familiar
with. You go to a movie having absolutely no
idea what it's going to be about. Each
development in the story is a surprise. and
you're drawn along without knowing where
it's going.
. If at the outset you know certain things
about a movie, like who made it, who are its
stars. or particularly, what it's about, this
makes for fewer surprises. For example. if you
buy a ticket to the new Batman movie this
summer. you'll know what to expect. But isn't
it great when you have no inkling whether the
movie you just bought a ticket for is going to
be fupny, dramatic. scary. or sad?
Breaking the Waves is all of those things
and more. I decided to see it at the Olympia
Film Society two weeks ago because its star.
Emily Watson. is nominated for an Academy
Award (Best Actress). I also read on the poster
that it won the Grand Jury Prize atthe Cannes
Film Festival. Knowing nothing else about it,
1walked in and was promptly uninterested.
The film opened in a very naturalistic,
unpretentious style, with fragmented
dialogue and an odd style of cinematography.
A bouncy. hand-held camera would actually
go in and out of focus, sometimes staying
blurry for seconds at a time. One got the
impression that someone was filming people's
actual lives. They didn't bust out with clever
lines all the time, which is a dead give-away to
the presence of a script, but instead seemed
-to talk (or not talk) the way real people do.
Ten minutes of the movie went by and I was
already certain that I would· respect the
authenticity of the characters and their lives
but ultimately walk out of the theater saying
"ho hum." Nothing grabbed me until abo~t
15 minutes in. Then I saw that a fascinating
story was unfolding. Superb acting and that
realist filmmaking style made me accept the
characters as real; when their story came to
life as well, I was hooked.
If you want to learn more about the
plot. read on. But if you like the idea ofgoing
into the movie not knowing what's ahead of
you. skip the next section. Meet you down a
few paragraphs.
THE STORY IS THIS:
Bess McNeil (Emily Watson) is an
extremely pious. innocent girl who marries
a charismatic man whom she grows Lo love
with every fiber of her being. Jan (Stellan
Skarsgard) is passionate and. life-loving.
Together. they are very sexual and very
happy.
Unfortunately, he works on an off-shore
rig and is away for weeks at a time. She
misses him desperately and prays to God that
he might come home. though she knows she
is being selfish and short-sighted. She
wonders if she loves him too much.
Her prayers are answered and ins tan tly
she is crushed with guilt. His homecoming
is caused by a terrible accident on the rig that
has paralyzed him from the neck down.
perhaps for life. Tn fact. his neurological
damage is so severe he may die at any time.
Bess is willing to do anything for Jan if
it will keep him alive. She feels that she has
put him in that bed, and that she may have
the power to get him out. When he tells her
that his only pleasure comes from knowing
that she is feeling pleasure, she comes to
accept his bizarre request. He asks that she
sleep with other men and tell him about it.
In her harsh religious community. such
wanton behavior could completely ostracize
her.
A doctor and her best friend (Katrin
Cartlidge) know what Jan is making her do.
and how terrible the consequences may be.
But Bess has never been entirely stable, and
we watch her behavior become increasingly
delusional. She will make any sacrifice for
her husband. Any.
. TRULY
COMPELLING
FILMMAKING
Only Frances McDormand of Fargo
can state a comparable claim to this year's
Best Actress award as Emily Watson. In
fact . if! was asked to hand out the Oscars
two minutes after walking out of Breaking
the Waves I would hop on the fir st
TransAtlantic flight and deliver one to
Watson personally. She is amazing. It isn't
easy to seem real, to act with apparent
effortlessness, and convince an audience
that you are not a person playing someone
else. It is something even more impressive
to put your character through every
imaginable emotion on top of it. Watson
runs the full range from joy to utter despair.
The perf9rmance is so powerful and so
believable that it is one of the best pieces
·of acting I have ever seen in one movie.
All of the cast manage that great
realism. and Stellan Skarsgard as Jan goes
on quite a spiritual roUer coaster himself.
Jan is a very complicated character,
sometimes loveable. sometimes easily
pitied, even hated.
As a friend of mine pointed out. one
of the best things about foreign films is that
filmmakers aren't afraid to put complex
characters in their movies. There is so
much more ambiguity in relationships and
behavior. Who's right? Who's wrong? They
aren't afraid to have no one be perfect and
"Wild-Women Si~g the Blues" for
International Women's Week
by Debbie Purcell
Contributing Writer
International Women's Week doesn't
mean everyone in the state of Washington
is doing this. This celebration is happening
all over the world. BUT...the world doesh't
have what we have going on here at The
Evergreen State College on Saturday night.
Beginnmg at 8 p.m. there will be more
gals than you c~n shake a stick at collecting
here to shake those mid-winter blues. A
complimentary combo of the famous
Swamp Mama Johnson and the Righteous
Mothers bands are coming to loosen the
laughter. jiggle the beUy and .... well. we all
know what we're in for.
We did get a taste of Righteous
Mothers performance this summer in the
park in Olympia. A witty. serious.
humorous bunch of women get up there
and yuck it up on social issues and lighten
that load a little. You'll feel the smiles
weUingup onto your faces with their fun antics
and bluesie/jazzie style.
Swamp Mama Johnson belts those
funking rhythm and blues tones. Energetic and
audience inclusive songs made them a hit last
year in the concert series. Their uniquely
traditional blues will bring us all into the swing
of things as ~hey comically remind us of the
humor in it all.
Tickets for this toe-tapping event going
for $5/students, $7/community, available at
TESe Bookstore. Rainy Day Records and. of
course, at the door. The Performance is at the
austere Longhouse. 8 p.m., Saturday. Mar. 8.
Thank you Rape Response. Safe Place and
Feminists In Self-defense Training for your
participation in this musical event. Each group
will have an information booth established to
quench your curiosity.
-:STRES5, BREAK )\~
no one be irredeemable.
Something I really like is that the
movie is broken into chapters. Eac h
chapter has a name. and an
accompanying single shot and music that
runs for more than a minute between
chapters. The stiU shot was always surreal
in some way. with colors too vivid or
varied to be real. and the music a modern
rock incongruous to the scene. Each
interlude gave you time to think about
what you'd seen. what might be ahead.
and where the film could be going.
Maybe the best reason I can give you
to see Breaking the Waves (it's playing at
Harvard Exit in Seattle) is that it becomes
increasingly compelling as it goes along.
The stakes are continually raised and by
the last few minutes of the movie I was all
wound up. Profoundly moved. to put it
another way. I love a movie that gains
steam as it accelerates toward s a
meaningful conclusion, rather than a
go-od idea that slowly runs out of gas and
limps to a finish.
Writer and director Lars Von Trier
is obviously a major talent. He draws
fantastic performances from his entire
cast. Even Jan's buddies on the oil rig. the
obdurate religious men of the town and
Bess' "lovers" are hard to take your eyes
off of.
The Harvard Exit theater is on the
corner of Broadway and East Roy. If you
can make it up to Seattle to see this movie.
I urge you to do so. If you can't. rent the
video when it comes out later this year.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Merle Haggard torches and twangs the Backstage in Seattle
by Adrian Wulff
KAOS Radi o host
Merit' Hagga rd 's si lv er Super C hl ~f
. ouring bus parked outside the Bac kstage
las t Tuesdav. Feb. 25, was a reassuring sign
I II the lin e offans that trailed halfway around
: he block. He had canceled one show st'veral
lIlo nth s ago du e to illn ess an d a seco nd
heca use uf a death in the fa mily. This was
probab ly the last chance that Seattle was
going to giw the man. Its not like he isn't
known for m iss ing a show or two. My
grandma wo n't even listen to him beca use
of the time she went to one of his shows at a
countr y fair and he didn 't app ea r.
S upposedl~' he was too drunk to make it on.'tage.
The audience was made up of working
dass types over 30 with some yuppies and
big hat cowbovs here and there. Wa.itresses
pressed thro ugh the tightly packed cruwd
and were kep t busy with copious orde rs fo r
bee r and nachos. The show was sch edul ed
10 start at 8 p.m. but the aud ience had to be
l'Ontent wit h (blah-blah) a mediocre one ma n
Ll pen in g an who sounded like a whi ny
[vnyrd Skynyrd. The crowd was polit e at
fi rst but after th e fir st son g eve n the
ba rt ender scrat ched his neck and looked
dro und skepi ically. Fortunately, an older guy
nex t to m~ huugh t me a beer an d wl' talked
as th e crowd hollered and whistled fo r their
out the emotion of the songs. They were tales
long awa it ed performer. My benefac tor
of heartache, hard work, and empty bottles
took an interest in my not e taking and filled " that let you down. The audience clapped
th e res t of th e evening by poin tin g out
loudly and cheer ed after each number,
details about the scene. These included the
calling out requests for their favorite songs.
fact that three bulbs were burnt out on the
Haggard wa s very responsive to the requests
chandelier and that the band was drinking
and even joked with the audience, dedicating
Vol vic bottled water. I thanked him and
"Swing Doors" to all the "swinging drawers
dutifully wrote it down .
out there ." Th e band was confident and
Finally Haggard and hi s band , the
some of the best solos came from the skeletal
Strangers, took the stage at 9:30 p.m. At first
Mafioso-like horn player who was hidden at
the back of the stage . .
it appeared that his guitar was going to be
just a prop (much like the older Elvis) but
At one point in the show, a woman with
after a few raggt'd opening numbers he got
in a red sweater danced in front of the stage
it together. Haggard surprised and pleased
and made provocative jesters to the singer.
the crowd with some sweet and expressive
He seemed amused at her antics and sang
guitar solos. Although he looked musty with
several verses of the song directly to her.
his black cloth es and gray beard, he worked
Later a man in the audience offered him a
up a sweat as hl' sang and played guitar. He
drink and he declined, saying, "No, thank
eve n fiddl ed on several numbers.
you , I'm fin e, believe it or not. " After
He played many of his hits including
multiple number one hits, divorces and years
"Ma ma Tri ed, " "Swinging Doo rs,"
on the road doing the hanky-tonk grind
"Ramblin' Fever," and "Workin' Man Blues."
night after night Haggard was more than
As he got into the material, his eyes had a
fin e. He satisfied the audience and made
maniaca l look . He gripped and squ eezed
them fee l like the show was well worth the
wait.
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"today is the anniversary of the telephone, so
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Thursday March 6
*noon- brown bag S&A lunch in conference
room. "Women and the Family Values
Debate" w/faculty Stephanie Coontz in recog
of international women ' s week.
*3pm; Rebecca Walker will be speaking in
the CRC "To be real: telling the truth and
challenging the face of feminism" spon. by
Women ' s Resource Center. free to students,
$3 general public. in recog. of international
women 's week.
*5 and 7pm; Ignite! Winter Film Series.
spon. by Women of Color Coalition. free
LH5 .
*5:40pm; John Trudell potluck with .
discussion following. bring own food 10
Longhouse Cedar Room. spon. by NSA
*7pm; John Trudell spoken word in the .
Longhouse . $7 students and general publtc.
sponsored by NSA.
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call 866-6000 ext. 6220 .
*9pm; Hip Hop show at the
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like Black Anger, Solstice, Source
of Labor, Beyond Reality, and DJ
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Friday March 7th.
*noon-brown bag S&A lunch in
conference room . "Women's '
Health and the Environment"
w/faculty Lin Nelson. in recog. of
international women's week .
*S:30pm; Rally against the
sweatshop labor practices of
DISNEY, NIKE, and GUESS. meet
at the c;apital Mall m~n entrance.
call EPIC for info. at 866-6000
ext.6144 .
*8pm; The Evergreen Dance
Company: New Works Dance
Performance Class presentation of
collected works will perform in
the Recital Hall. fr ee.
*S&A and Tiny Productions
presents; Airwalk Sno-Core 971
with such bands as face to face, the
Special Orders Welcome
March 6, 1997
JOllensten
MONDAYS:
-Women's Food Issues Group: Noon,
Women's Resource Center. (CAB 206).
-CPJ Story meetings: 4:30, CAB 316.
-EF/Evergreen Coalition: 4 pm, Sem
4153.
-Irish American Student Organization:
2 pm, CAB 315 (Conference Ro~m).
-Irish American Student Organtzatton
political Discussion) Research Group: 7
pm, 3rd floor ofthe CAB in the Art
Gallery pit. Bring books and current
information/ opinions.
-Student Governance Meeting 3:00
-CAB 320.
-M .E.Ch.A (the Chicano student union)
meets 3:30 in CAB 320. .
Tuesday March 11th
*4pm and 7pm; Ignite! Winter Film Series.
spon. by Women of Color Coalition. free
un.
Saturday March 8*6pm; Carrie Dann will be
speaking . s pon , by NSA f ree
LHl.
* 8pm; 'Wild Women sing the
blues'
with performances b y
Swamp Mama Johnson, Righteous
Mothers in the Longhouse. $5
student s , $7 general public .
Tickets available @ TESC
' bookstore, Rainy Day Rec ords
and at the door . in rec og . of
International Women' s week.
*8pm; 21+ benefit conc er ~
w/ Big Brother & the Holdlng
Co ., Betsy Grace, and Freefall
at 4 t h Ave Tav . $8 adv . $10
door . l ow inc ome ticke ts
availabl e. f or inf o. ca ll 84 3 3045.
*8pm ; The Evergreen Dan ~e
Company wil l be per fO rmlng
again i n t he Rec i t a l Hal l.
Sunday March 9th
*2pm; International Women ' s Day
Celebration : "Eyewitness Reports: 21
Days In Defiant Cuba." put on by
Radical Women (5018 Rainier Av. S. , Seattle
(206) 722-6057) . door donation $2. Cuban
buffet served 5pm for a $8.50 donation.
everyone welcome. for rides or childcare call
(206) 722-6057 or 722-2453 .
*6:30pm @Capitol Theater $5 'Mabarosi ' is
a exquisitely photographed, bittersweet story
of love and 10ss .. Japan 1995 109 minutes.
*9pm @Capitol Theater $5 'Synthetic
Pleasures' the human desire to step out of
nature' s bounds and explore the unknown
world of environmental manipulation is
explained through series of mind-expanding
examples ...
meetings
nJESOAYS:
-The Bi Womyn's Group: 6pm, CAB 206.
-Dyke Group: 6 pm, CAB 314 (EQA
office- hrs. 1Oam to 6pm)
-Evergreen Political Information Center:
3:30, Cab 320.
-Evergreen Students for Christ: 8 pm,
LIB 2218,
-Evergreen Animal Rights Network
(EARN) meets at 5 pm on 3rd floor of
CAB
-Evergreen Relaxation Group (ERG) 45pm seminar #3151
.
-Lunchtime Aerobics 12:15-12:45 In
CRC 116. $22. reg. in college ree. center
office. CRC 210.
*at the Capitol Theater; 6:30pm 'Mabarosi'
and 9pm 'Synthetic Pleasures' $5 .
*7pm; Alice DiMicele , Citizens Band @ TESC
library 4300. Their performance will be
accompanied by a slide show on wolf habitat
restoration and protection in the Gifford
Pinchot National Forest. $4 students, $5
adv., $7 at door, no one.will be refused for
lack of funds. Ticket purchase @The
Environmental Resource Center, Positively 4th
st. , Rainy Day Records . for info call ERC
866-6000 ext. 6784. sponsored by ;
Environmental Resource Center. co-spon by,
EPIC, Women 's Center. NSA, EQA.
Wednesday March 12,
*5pm; Cinema of Senegal , films of
Ousmane Sembene . spon . b y
Mind screen-fr ee in LH3.
*again and fo r the last time at the
C apitol Th eater; 6 :30pm ' Synth eti c
Pleasures' 9pm ' Mabaros i' $5 .
*7:30pm ; M alcolm Stilson
P e rforman ce ann i v e r s ar y
reception . spo n. by Pres ide n ts
Office- free in the Rec ital Ha ll.
*9pm ; Fine Reggae mu sic by The
M editation s and Pablo Moses
at Thekla (11 6 E. 5th 01y .) TIckets
$8 ad v. $10 door , $1 di scount lor
KAOS memb ers. purchase ticke ts
at Rainy Da y Reco rd s, Thekla .
WEDNESDAYS:
-Jewish Cultural Center: 2 pm, CAB 320.
-Queer Boys Group: 1 pm, CAB 314
-Coming Out Group: 5 pm in
Counseling Center (Sem 2109) .
-Wilderness Awareness Group: 2 pm,
Longhouse.
-Union of Students with Disabilities: 1
pm,CAB 315.
-The Student Health Center (Sem
2100) offers free and anonymous HIV/
AIDS testing every Wednesday.
Testing takes place from 3-5 and
results are from 5-6. This is a first come,
first served, walk in clinic, testing takes
approximately 20 minutes, expect a
wait. There is a two week waiting
period for results.
-Peer Health Advocate Team (pH AT)
meets at 4:00 pm in CAB 310- look for
PHAT signs.
-Planning meetings for International
women's week, noon in Cab. 206
-N.5.A. (Native Student Alliance) meets
at noon at the Longhouse. for info 8666000 ext.61 05
THURSDAYS:
-M1T/MES/MPA GSA: 4:30, Lab 1 3023 .
-Peer Health Advocate Team (PHAT)
meets at 5:00 pm in CAB 310- look for
PHAT signs.
-Riot Grrrl meeting meets at 6pm in
room B103
-Lunchtime Aerobics 12:15-12::45 in
CRC 116, $22. reg. in college. ree. center
office. CRC 210.
FRIDAYS:
-The Gaming Guild: 3:30, CAB 320.
-LinuxiUnix Users' Group: 4 pm, CAB
315.
-B ird and Nature walks are back! Meet
in front of CAB at 8am. Bring binoculars
if you have them. by Wi lderness
Awareness Group.
SUNDAYS:
-The third Sunday of every month is
L.I.M.B. (lesbians in Maternity and
Beyond). 2-4 pm, Lib 2127.
-Join the women's basketball
experience at 2:00 pm in the eRC gym come watch or play in pickup games,
all welcome to attend. 1'S ca ll Ann at
754-1728
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