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Debate facilitators
lacked objectivity
Martians' arrival is
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Bored? You can
make things worse!
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'betn askingthi. wed<; arteta newblatth ofgramtihas appeared , ,"It'J b~d to get ~ off' when it's thiS wet,· said Steel. Workers
00 tbtwalJJoftbe CAB the~Ceote:randtbeUbmybtill'dmg. ' mlJ$t wear protective respiratory geat lind clothing, llnd use
GrafJ,iti is eJ.erywhm: iq OD!! gf the worst incidents of ~Uly .harsh paint-s(rippi,ng products $!1ch as Prosoco SO? and Bilti
paint on waUs in 'several. years. Says .
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tl. Steel says,
Cristin Carr. a thfrii-yea{ stUdent, "!i.
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uSedolowrite 'SIayer'raJl ~1he walls."
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Police bar suspected .
harasser from campus
Campus police told a man, who they believe was found
masturbating in the dorm room of a woma n student, to stay
off campus or he would be arrested for trespassing,
On November 22, officer Darwin Eddy issued the man a
trespass warning after telling the man that police believe he was
the sa me man the woman said she found in her room on
November 3, according to a police report.
The woman had been at another campus residence where
f!l1,lCl31 fQf Mamtenance. td mnove the she had been introduced to a white male who told her he had
~ge as.~ckly as po~ble. In years
been a "greener" in the '80s, says Police Services LL Larry
past, the poUcy OD graffiti ha~ chan~
Savage.
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reduct~on~ln
Later that night, when the woman returned to her dorm
Mamt~aDce resour~es, Ac~o[dm~ to
room, she left the door unlocked behind her. When she came
.Steel, '1f [the graffit!) were offenslve-,
out of the bathroom, she found the same man masturbating in
directed at a person, or •.• racist~d
her bedroom, Savage says.
. vulgar: they would call.me lind ]~oul~
When she told him to get out of her room, he left. Acouple
bring m ~taffthate\1erung to get I~ off.
days later, the man returned to her dorm and started knocking
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Cu,tbac.ks attbecopege have.comp~cated
at the door. The woman recognized the man through the
!h~ Erocedure. Now, Steel ~on!m~~s,
peephole and didn't answer the door, says Savage, The man
, WIth reduce? staff, ~e have pn~n~es
continued to knock until a Resident Assistant (RA) came into
and.health3fl dsafetylsahigher.pnotlty
the hall to see what was happening. The man left when the RA
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told him that ifno one 'was answering t he duor, no one was'
Stee~KnQws: mucn to his chagon, home.
~hat graffiti som~~mes ~co~es one ?f
The incident was reported on November 7 by someone
~ese high prionties. GraffitI tends to
other than the woman. Police Services talked with the woman
. spread, as ~e.. have ~ this week o~ !he Ever~een c,ampus..As . who agreed to try to identify the man. Police Services showed
,- Steel ,puts It, Graffiti breeds graffiti . . All Mamtenance can do
the woman a montage of mug shots. Though she was able to
, is cC1Dtinue to.break dQwn the spray paint with har.s~ cb,emicals,
pick out the man from his police photo, she does not want to
hQpingthatthe ~gfans.find a~()ther cail~ f~r their spraypress charges, Savage says.
. 'painteQ ~sterpieces. ~ree weeks of full-time removal ancl '
Almost three weeks after the dorm bedroom incident .
" $40,~ is hardly: something for Ma!ntenao'ci!'tO ~ook forv.:ard
someone reported seeing the man in front of the door of the
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woman's room. The man was told the woman was not
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Mabltenance Supervisor Clint Steel,
bead of the depanme1)t that bears ~e
graffiti cleanup .burden: Van<Wism is·a
the side at "tne shops· (110
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informal name for 8uilding
Maintenance) because, the staff must'
· direct attenQon away from othertasks..in
oidertocleanup~sp~y"paintedmess."
Pieces from the group contract titled "Stuff"
which includes:
Karen Talluto
Ariana jacobs & Jaime Hermann
Sean Johnson
Jen Olsen
Obviously, th.e primary concern of .
tnaintenance is notQeal1-Q.p. butkeeping .
the f~cil.ities of the £v~rgreen Sta~e' ,
College freefrom nOfnl,u wear arid tear. .
Whenever an . inclden.t of
vandalism occurs Police Services
records the spe~ifics, often by:
photogi'apn, then notifiesMaintenance~ .
Then, Steel and the Maintenance staff
must d~cide how to tackle the problem, and ~he decision
necessarily ipvolyes ajuggling qfmanyessential campus task$,
"With red\lCfdstatfwe hIVe prforides, and bealth and safety ls
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Theft in lots not as,bad; still, more cars stolen this year
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Recent trends in Evergreen car thefts may allow parking
lot users some peace of mind. Their stereos are more likely
to be there when they get to their car - if their car is still
there,
Lt. Larry Savage of Police Services says that the number
of thefts from cars during Fall quarter is below normal. F lot,
which normally racks up 50 to 55 break-ins a yea r, has only
had four break-ins in the last three months.
However, Savage says that more cars are being stolen at
Evergreen than before, The school, which has averaged onE
theft per year in recent years, received reports of three thefts
in Fall quarter. That is an about one theft per month.
[n addition, cars stolen off campus are being recovered
at the school.
Car thefts may be unrelated
The cars reported stolen from Evergreen lots seem to
have been targeted by different people, says Savage.
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One car, a 1983 Pontiac 6000 sedan, was stolen the same
night that a man made off with $500 from the Branch
minimart in Housing, Savage believes the car may have been
used for the man's get away, The car was later recovered near
Jefferson Middle School.
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A 1988 Toyota Corolla stolen the first week of school
from ~ lot has not yet been recovered., In the mean time it has
been linKed to the theft of a car engine in Lacey. The engine
was allegedly transported in the back of the Toyota. says
Savage.
Thurston county police are looking for Brandon C.
TEse Olympia, WA
98505
Address Correction Requested
Seward, 23, who a Crime Stoppers report says was recently
seen driving the car. Savage says that Seward was pursued in
the car by Tumwater and Lacey police November 22 , but he
got away. The car has not yet been recovered. Savage believes
Seward may still be using the car for transportation.
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The third car reported stolen, a 1986 Oldsmobile, had
been missing for 45 days before the owner made the report
with Police Services, says Savage. Police Services had
impounded the car in C lot with a "boot," a device that fastens
to the car's wheel keeping it from being driven, because it did
not have a valid permit. The owner was notified, says Savage.
Days later the boot was found cut. The car was gone.
Savage says that when the owner discovered "theft of
services" charges on her student account she came into the
Police Services office and questioned the fine , When she was
informed that her car was gone, she reported it stolen. By
that time it had been recovered at a park and ride in Redmond,
impounded. and auctioned off.
Stolen cars left at Evergreen used for parts, joyrides
Three cars stolen from off campus have been recovered
at Evergreen, says Savage, One was stripped, the other two
were apparently used in joyrides.
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A Pathfinder reported stolen from Vancouver B.C. was
found in C lot in November. Parts had been removed. "Other
than the engine and front seat, everything was gone," said
Savage, The passenger seat, back seat, carpets, and dashboard
were some of the things taken.
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The other two cars belonged to people in the Olympia
co mmunity. One, a Buick LeSabre, was taken from North
Division on Olympia's West side. It was found in Blot.
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The other, an Oldsmobile Cut lass, was taken from
Sherman street, also on Olympia's West side. When Savage
found it in F lot, he was immediately suspicious. A window
was missing, and even though the car was off, the windshield
wipers were still running.
Both cars were caked with mud. and the Oldsmobile had
grass in the engine compartment, says Savage. It is evidenct'
that they were driven off road.
Campus police don't know precisely why theft has changed
Savage and Police Services officer Bob McBride are
reluctant to draw any direct correlations between a decrease
in theft and the department's efforts to ca tch or disuade
prowlers.
As McBride explains, Evergreen's theft problems run in
cycles, because the people who steal from student's cars are
most likely from off campus. They are probably friends of
friends. he says, and these people come and go. For nolV th ey
may just be gone.
The number of thefts has not only changed. the pa tterns
of theft have changed as well.
For many years campus officers watched as students'
cars were hit by thieves randomly. No part of a parking lot
was safer than another after dark. "It used to be that ca rs
wou ld get hit anywhere," said Savage.
This yea r. Savage has noticed a change: most theft s
happen to cars parked in the rear or along the treeline oflots,
The car theives here may be becoming more timid,
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Permit No. 65
NEWS
NEW.S
Anthology deadline approaching
Tree.
Weave
By JENNIFER KOOGLER
The deadline for the 1997 Students of
Color Anthology is rapidly approaching.
Submission of artwork, poetry, prose, and
photographs are due Friday, January 17 at
4pm.
Naomi Ishisaka, co-coordinator of the
Women of Color Coalition and member of the
Anthology planning committee, says that it is
important contributors turn in their works
soon, as the deadline comes only two weeks
after the beginning of Winter quarter just as
people settle in to the hustle of school.
The committee especially encourages
students, staff, and faculty from the Tribal
based campus, the Tacoma branch campus,
and members of the Part Time/Evening
studies programs, "These groups are
traditionally underrepresented in the
Anthology," says Ishisaka, "and they need to
have their voices heard."
Written submission s should be typed in
12 point type, double spaced, in Word or
WordPerfect and saved on a 3 1/2" disk,
Include a printout, and place your name and
Observant students
may have noticed
that areas of campus
have changed slightly
this past week. With
site specific
sculptures, such as
Francesca Quagliata
and Tracy McElroy's
Tree Weave that is
currently being
displayed outside of
the Library Building.
These sculptures are
part of the program
Sculpture in Time and
Place and will be
displayed through
the Winter quarter.
phone number on both. Poetry should not
exceed two pages, and short stories should not
exc'eed three pages.
Artwork (paintings, sketches, etc.) and
photographs can be either in black or white
or in co\(?r. Negatives for selected photos will
be needed.
A complete list of th e criteria for
Anthology submissions are available on the
third floor of the Campus Activities Building
(CAB) at both the student activities front desk
and the MECHA office, the First Peoples office
inside APEL on the first floor of the Library,
at Registration and Records, and the second
floor of A-Dorm . Ishisaka says that anyone
who cannot pick one up on campus can
contact her at 866-6000 x6143 for the
information or if you have question s
concerning the Anthology.
The next meeting of the planning
committee will be January 8 at 2 pm on the
couches outside the Conference room on the
third floor of the CA B. All interested
contributors and those who wish to help with
the compilation of th e Anthology are
encouraged to attend.
S&A offers money for larger events
Health department visits
campus eateries, coffee cart
By JENIFER AHRENS
practice related to food borne illness,
according to Darrell Cochran, senior
In late November and early December,
Thurston County health inspectors visited
environmental health specialist.
some of the re sta urants on campus. The
Sean O'connor-Ugton, speaking for the
Greenery, Deli, Coffee Cart, and Corner Cafe
Corner, said that the Corner doesn't regularly
were all evaluated. The only major violations
leave cooling food covered and that the
cited were regarding refrigeration violations
situation was remedied immediately.
in the Corner and the Deli.
The Deli was cited for keeping'chicken
The Co rner was cited for allowing th e salad at 52 degrees in a cooler, which can also
ca use·the growth of bacteria in food.
food to cool while covered. When fOQd cools
Of the food services reviewed, the Health
it is necessary to lower the temperature below .
department determined that the Deli,
45 degrees quickly in order to safely store it.
Food must remain 'uncovered until it reaches Greenery, and Corner were all "second rate"
establishments according to their respective
this temperature, or it takes too long to cool.
compliance rates. The Coffee Cart, however,
Covering food also incre:>ses the potential for
was listed as first rate.
bacteria growth. This is the number one
By D AV ID SCHEER
Services and Activities Board members
have $27,711 burning holes in their pockets,
The money makes up the board's new L:lfge
Event Specia l Initiative Fund, created to
support large-scale student originated events.
The fund was created from money left
over by last year's activities programming, says
board coordinator Erin Ficker. Normally such
money would be used to for other special
initiatives, but last year's board already
allocated money to cover those costs for this
year.
Students interested in putting the money
to use, can submit requests to the S&A board.
They should meet the' following criteria:
• The initiative must be submitted and
presented by a student representative of a
registered volunteer group, a S&A funded
organization. or a Tier I account.
• The individual(s) may not receive college
credit for the planned activity.
• The documents supplied must be completed
and submitted four weeks prior to the
scheduled event.
• The activities must adhere to The Evergreen
State College Social Contract, and support
diverse student functions. The funded activity
should also be held on campus, and be
available and accessible to all students oft he
Evergreen State College.
• If the individual(s) plan on bringing in
outside speakers or performers their resume
and/or other support documents are
required.
• Funding can only apply towards costs and
expenses incurred during the acader:nic year
for which the funds are requested.
• Funding by the S&A Board is contingent on
both demand and money available.
• Requests to the Large E.vent Special
Initiative Fund must be between $10,000 ar;ld
$27,700.
• The group must be able to demonstrate a
significant student interest in the proposal.
• The admission price for students should be
free or significan tly lower than the price of
general admission.
• The group presenting the proposal will be
expected to work with the Student Activities
Adminstration in the implementation of the
proposal, iffunded.
-Cooper Point JournalCAB 316. The Evergreen State College. Olympia, Washington 98505
News
EdirOl·m.(hlef, DavId "Hammerhead" Scheer
Managing Edilor. Melissa "Mon MOlhma" ~allstrom
ME Ediror Jennifer "Prince.. Leia - in the bounty hunter outfit'
Once again. we at the Cooper Point Journal fell victim to the symptom~ ofsleep·~ep)'i.vatio>n, ;
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Koogler
layour Ed,rors. Terrance "OPO"Young and Kim "R2D2" Nguyen
fearurl!l Ediror Hillary "Yoda" Roni
Phoro EdllO,. Gary Leive,20
(opy Edilor\. ~igh ""unt Veru" Cullen and Bryan "Uncle Owen"
O'Keefe
lerrers and Opinions Edlrol. Trevor "Skywalker" Pyle
5pom EdaDr. Jef "Solo" Lucero
Newbnefs Edaor: Ruby "Wedge "ntilles"Wheeler
(omlcs Page Ediror: Marianne"Greedo"Settles
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(alendar Ediior' Crislin "Princess lei. - In the bikini outfit" Carr
See·Page Ed,ror: Len "Chief Chirpa" Balli and Mike "Wicket" Whill
Secunry Blorrer Guy: Cameron "Iabba the large Polish Hurt" Newell
The Way Hlp AmSlonr Layoul Edilor' Step~anie "1 don't watch that
stuff" Jollensten
stress, and overconsumption of Diet Coke, and'made a few mistakes. Here i~ everyt:b.ipg.we I
found wrong last week; Bryan Fra~enseuss Thei$s would like tq ~ldgiie to th~vi~o going( I
public. He was under .the impression when he wrote The StupjlJ,sreView 't.h.at it was to
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released on Dec~r 10. I,n a~ality. it will be out on the shelves on'~ber 31. . ~ryan I
suggests that you pass the time between then and now by renting The Fi{ihteners, alli}ti.rer ,
I brilliant film. We would alsO like to powt 041 thatthecover oflast wee~'~ CPI Was. indeed{not ·1
I a mistake. We were trying to commemOJ:ate twenty 'five years of this Doble .publication·by! .,.
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Christmas dinner
Intern soug ht for
planned in Olympia Evergreen Queer Alliance
Fiction magazine seeks
horror submissions
Barb's Family and Friends' Christmas Eve
Dinner and Community Celebration will run
from noon to 5:00 pm. December 24. atUnited
Churches. 110 11th Avenue SE, in Olympia.
Barb O'Neill and a group of volunteers
organize and cook the meal that includes
barbecued ribs and chicken gumbo with all the
trimmings.
Dinners for people who can't attend the
church will be delivered. To have a meal
delivered, call the Retired Senior Volunteer
Program at 586-7787.
To volunteer to help with the festivities. donate
food for the dinner. or donate toys and
clothing for the community gifts, call 352-7189
or 786-9835.
Or for more information, contact Barb, the
RSVP coordinator and AmeriCorps
representative at 586-7787, or fax her at 6644644.
A local fiction magazine is seeking submissions from
Evergreen students. Revenant is looking for horror stories
for an upcoming edition. All submissions should be typed
and between 560 and 4000 words long. For a reply, include a
stamped self-addressed envelope and send it along with
stories to:
Revenant Magazine
P.O. Box 12149
Olympia, WA 98508
Or e-mail at:
Nitescribe@aol.com
All e-mail submissions must be in ASCII.
Local poetry
contest announced
The Olympia Poetry Network is offering a
contest for local and new poets. The contest
is limited to previOUSly unpublished poets
from Thurston, Lewis, Mason or Grays
Harbor counties. The prize is for the five best
entries and includes a $50 cash prize.
The deadline for entries is February 15, 1997,
and winners will be announced in April.
The Olympia Poetry Network is a nonprofit
organization that ha s been spo nsori ng
literary activities in Olympia for five years.
Prize money was donated to the Network.
For more information and the complete set
of rules, contact the Olympia Poetry Network
at:
OPN Contest
P,O. Box 4368
Tumwater, WA 98501
or call(360) 352-1355, The charge for each
entry is two dollars for the first submission
and one dollar for each additiona l entry. No
more than three poems may be submitted.
Each submission must include a 3 X 5 note
card with name, address, and phone number.
The Evergr:.een Qrieer Alliance is looking for an intern. The
position is open to any student wishing to get more involved
with the EQA, The student will perform multiple duties
including answering the phone and making posters for display
in the CAB. For more information about the internship or the
EQA, call 866-6000, ext 6544.
Volunteer opportunities
available
For students who wish to volunteer during breaks from school,
global volunteers, a not-for profit group, offers students the
opportunity to assist with domestic and international human
development projects.
Programs scheduled during spring break include tutoring
school children in the Blue mountains of Jamaica, teaching
English in Mexico, and helping to repair forests in the
Mississippi Delta.
All program costs are tax deductible and a progam guide is
available. Service program fees range from $350 for one week
and $1. 795 for three weeks tutoring in Tanzania. These prices
do not include airfare. Alternate dates and group disco unts
are avaiiable.Specialized programs for spring break must be
scheduled by January 15.
For more information, contact global volunteers at 1-800-4871074, or write to them at:
375 East Little Canada Rd,
st. Paul. MN 55117,
Woman
Health and Birth Care
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December 12, 1996
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December 1st
2235 Motorcycle accident on Parkway. Police "unable to
locate rider."
Old Time Country
Dance scheduled
The Traditional Arts Council of Olympia is
presenting an Olympia Old Time Country
Dance on Saturday, December 14, at 8:00pm.
The dance will be at the South Bay Grange,
north ofSleater-Kinney Road in Lacey.
The dance will feature energetic live music and
good old-fashioned fun. All dances are taught
by an experienced caller and people are
encouraged to come alone or with others.
The dances are performed 011 the second
Saturday of each month, September through
June. For more information call 357-5346. A
donation of five dollars is requested.
( aml'w n "Large Polish \ \'ol11al1 " :\e\\'l'1I
December 4th
110 Black shepard cross-mix taken to animal control.
December 5th
1430 Narcotics warrant served.
December 2nd
0757 Copier discovered smeared with feces .
1539 CPJ rack stolen from its rightful position in the CAB.
2212 Spray paint found clinging mercilessly to the side of
the CRe.
December 6th
1620 Invisible flutist prances from dorm to dorm playing
sweel melodies,
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Decembere 3rd
0125 "Attempted" malicious pull of A-dorm fire alarm?
11 34 Faculty member trapped in elevator.
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December 7th
0212 Gra ffiti in CAB area.
1306 Gra ffiti in Clock Tower area,
1520 "Missing bike."
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Advisor
Dianne "Captain Janeway" Conrad
A. all CP J contributersretain the ccpyright for
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rhal of f? nJoying rh f? frf?edom ro f?xplore Idf?as and to diSCUSS their explorations tn borh spf?f?Ch and
prtnt. Borh msrlturional and individual censorship arf? o r variana with Ihis baSIC freedom
SU bm /15lons are due Monday o r Noon pilar ro publication, and are preferably rf?cf?IVed an 3S'
dlskf?rtf? Ifl f?ilher WordPf?rfect or Mlcrolo fr Word formars . f·mail submiSSiOns are /lOW also accept ·
able.
All submissions must havf? rhf? author's real name and valid telephone numbf?r.
Professor Tom Rainey wants stage production designers
for his performance ofChekhov's Uncle Vanja, to be
produced Spring Quarter 1997. He needs a graphic art ist,
set deSigner, costume designer, lighting designer, and
sound designer. Anyone who's interested can come to
the production meeting on Friday, December 13 at 3 pm.
It will be held in the Library Building, Room 2219.
Students can call 866-6000 ext. 6750.
!iecurit:g
Bu,lne,s Manager Keith "The Emperor" Weaver
Inteflm ASH BUlinell Manage,. Ed "Grand Moff Tarken" Ward
Adver/lsmg RepresenrarIVe: J. Brian "Vader" PillS
Ad Designers. Gina "IGSS" Coffman and Marianne "Boba Fett"
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Set designers wanted
Students interested in the art of CD production are invited La
a gathering ofSimilarly minded students. The meeting will take
place tomorrow, December 13, at 2:00 pm in Library 1308. If
you are interested and cannot attend or want more
information, contact Sean at 866-6000, ext. 6842. Be sure to
leave a name and phone number with the message.
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The National Library of Poetry in Maryland has announced
that $48,000 ir. prizes which will be awarded to 250 poets jn
the United States. The poet-applicant may be previous ly
published. The winning poetry will be published in a deluxe.
hardbound anthology. This competition is free. To enter, send
one original poem to:
The National Library of Poet ry
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Reader urges
objectivity from
Jervis and
Hardiman
'COMMENTARV~
By JEREMY DICKSON
An Open Letter to Jane Jervis AND JUYE
HARDIMAN:
Much is made here at Evergreen about
the idea of respectful discourse. Indeed, a
significant portion of our Social Contract is
devoted to this principle. I would specifically
direct your attention to section (8)(b). which
states:
"An essential condition for learning is the
freedom and right...to express minority,
unpopular, or controversial points of
view. Only if fthese1points of view are
listened to and are given opportunity for
expression will Evergreen provide bona
fide opportunities for signific ant
learning."
Implicit in this statement is the idea that when
such a point of view is espoused. each of us
has the responsibility to accord a modicum of
respect to the individual making that
statement.
In light of this, I should like to make
several observations concerning your conduct
during the affirmative action debate of the 21
Nov.
First off, the atmosphere of a debate is,
ideally, one of objectivity. Now, as one who
has been at Evergreen for nearly three years, I
realize that it would be impossible to conceal
the fact that this school, as a community, has
a pronounced leftist political slant, not that
anyone in the audience was trying to do so. I
am certain that Dinesh D'Souza had no
illusions to the contrary prior to his arrival.
Our reputation has a way.:of preceding us.
However, that having been said, I do not think
that it would have been unreasonable for him
to expect that at least those officiating the
debate would be objective and professional.
Dr. Jervis, your opening remarks, to the effect
that both Evergreen as an institution andmore importantly-you personallyaredeeply
committed to affirmative action, effectively
ended any chance we had of creating such a
forum. These remarks were unnecessary; I am
certain everyone present was as aware as I of
the first fact, and the second was; in this
context, simply inappropriate.
Dr. Hardiman, you continued in this
vein by visibly wincing at practically
everything D'Souza said, nodding approvingly
all the while as Tim Wise spoke, In taking the
responsibility of moderating this debate, you
might have paid more a.ttention to the fact that
this role demands a high degree ofdispassion.
Your opening remarks tl) the effect that you
had initial qualms about taking up the role
precisely because you have "strong feelings"
about the issue did not give you license to then
fail to even attempt to disguise them.
This has nothing to do with politics, and
I have nothing to say here regarding my own
personal feelings on the topic of the debate.
Rather, the issue I wish to address is that of
common courtesy and respect. I put it to you
both that you did a grave disservice not only
to Dinesb D'Souza, but to our community by
your actions last Thursday, As representatives
ofEvergreen, it is your responsibility to uphold
the Social Contract. This is especially true in
interactions with indiViduals and groups
outside the Evergreen community, and in this
situation even more than usual given the wide
range of organizations which sponsored this
debate. Such blatant disregard on your parts
for the norms of civil discourse damages our
reputation for fairness and academic
objectivity in the larger community, and sets
a poor example for our own. To quote again
from the Social Contract, "Civility is not just a
word; it must be present in all our
interactions." I would urge you both to
consider this more thoroughly the next time
you find yourselves in such a situation.
COLUMN.
Trauma of the big table
By KI~1 N C l l \'F~
from previous years. Bul, I guess it would have touch with us college students. They just want
I don 't want to dredge up any un fond been too much . to ask to be ignored and left to get a sense of who we are, and they always
memories of a night two wee ks ago when out of those adult conversations as in past want to make any single one of us a
virtually every table in the United States was years. No, that would have been too much. spokesperson for our ('ntire generation. Kind
grace d by a dismembered bird , and every Instead, I found myself, durin g moments oflike Kurt Cobain for grungy generation Xers
f<lmily ga thered for one final gu il t session which were especia ll y awkward and everywhere . The kinds of questions I was
before the end of the year. Or unti l C hristm a~. uncom fortable for me, th e center or dealing with were ones like , "So what kind of
But I will anyway.
outlook do people your age have on life?'
Actua ll y, I can 't rea lly th ink of - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - or "How involved are people your age
in polities?" I guess I've just reached th e
anyt hin g that was overtlv menacing " ••
about th e affair, except , of co urse, for
age where I can intelligently answer
these questions, All because I've
the requisite dismembered bird. Butl
did find oddly disturbing that I W<l S
reached that college threshold .
Meanwhile , I can 't even begin to
seated at the "big people's" table. Odd
because at all the family functions I've
articulate my OWII outlook on life.
Maybe I'll have to wai t until after I
attended in the past there has never
1
been th at differentiation between th e
graduate from college. Or until I get a
big and little people's tables, And even
real adult job. Or until I retire from that
real adult job. Or maybe J'II have to wait
more odd because m\, cousi n, a
whopping one yea r youn'grr than me,
untilI'm on mydeathbed to realize what
was seated at the little people's table.
my outlook on life is.
Oh, and Ih e fa rt that the little people's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
I can only hope th at in the future I
annex was about a foot shorter than the adu lts'
will be ignored and left out of these
didn't make me frel any more comfortable conversation . It was as ifsuddellly, because I'd adult conversation s. Maybe Christmas will be
either.
had a whole right weeks worth of co llege different.
It must have been that giant leap from ed ucati on, I was worth talking to.
high school to college that sent me over the top,
What bothered me about the whole thing
gave me that foot-high promotion. After all was that it wasn 't as if everything I had to say
I'm old enough to wea r a tassel on my head and was the result of my college education. If they'd
simultaneously accept a high school diplom a asked me a year earlier what they were asking
on a football field, then I must be mature, me that night, they would have gotten pretty
right? And, after that. if! can brave the world much the same responses . But in their minds,
COMMENTARY ~
of college people, well then, [must be ready to and, I imagine, in the minds of most big people,
By LLYWELYN C. GRAEME
accept the responsibility of the big people if you've never been to college, then you don't
The other day I was standing in line to
table.
have anything intelligent to say. Now doesn't
pay for my two corn dogs in the deli (at 1.10
I actually wouldn't have minded so much that just make sense?
for two it's a real bargain). When I got to the
if! hadn't been treated so noticeably different
Maybe these older folks are just out of
cashier she totalled it up to a $1.19. I gave her
a teri-dollar .bill, the only cash I had on me,
and started riffling the penny jar for four
pennies, She stopped me and told me that
those were only for students who really
needed them and I would have to put them
COMMENTARY ~
back.
Needless to say; I was taken aback and so
,.
By TERRANCE YOUNG
the mesh ofevents called history. Stereotypes,
shook up I inadvertently [eft all my change in
have their uses , but hyper-stereotyping by
To all white p eople:
the penny cup. I hope whoever got it really
Eons ago, all humans had skin that shone color excludes the environmental, cultural,
.
needed it, since I clearly didn't. This brings .
ofbronze. Then a group ofhumans traveled genetic, and other factors that make every
up an interesting point. Whose money is this?,
human being different from another. Actions
north to a cold continent called Europe. Years
What's the difference between those pennies
on this continent robbed this group of their mu st be explained within the greater picture.
(and occasionally nick els, dimes and
pigment and they became the despicable To only say whites enslaved blacks, so they are
quarters) and money found laying around on
evil , is to remove the forces behind the action
group now called white. The white man sat in
the floor? Are .the cashiers who work for
his cold drafty hOllels for centuries while the [no matter how wrong they are] from the
Northwest Food Services (which is no longer
world of color built pyramids, studied the action. Everyone has the potential to enslave
based in the Northwest) fully trained in
another. It was the sad destiny of the white
stars, explored the world. Then people from
income l!nd budget evaluations? All this time
the middle east and Africa introduced white man to realize this potential.
I thought the penny cup was to help out those
A white female friend of mine, whose
people to spices, medicine and gunpowder.
people who needed the silver for the candy
name will go un-mentioned, once said I would
White men, having been holed in their castles
machines, Is this part of some plot by NWFS
for so long burst free in a rage of violent be justified in hating white people. This
to keep students ~om eating plastic food and
statement came
conquest.
drinking canned pop? Or was that cashier
after she said at
making a value judgment about my income
tim~s
she is
and net worth. If its the latt.er I hope we can
put her to work for the Financial Aid
driven to the
people of color.
department, it would save a lot of time and
point of hating
He raped their
needless paperwork!
men. I replied
women, he raped
If anyone has any thoughts on this I would
that
white
people
them of their
be happy to follow up with a survey of what
have
and
kn()wledge, h e
everyone thought. I can be reached at
continue
to
fllywelyn@elwha.evergreen.edul. If by
oppress black
writing
this letter I can save just one person
people but that
from
being
needlessly hassled by an overas
doesn't justify my
eager cashier, I will feel justice has been
hating all whites.
served.
I believe she said
because you are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ this in detached
ignorance. She is
inferior. Your
intelligence is ofno comparison to that ofche white but it is most likely because she is a
yellow man. And your athleticism has been woman, never had a slave or called anyone a
far surpassed by the black man, 'You are nigger that she could detach herself from the
saddest legacy of her color. Had she truly
materialistic, capitalistic, and self centered.
You are nothing but a pitiful, spiteful creature included herself in the category of "hated
who relishes seeing others suffer. May your whites" she would not have been in my
By TOM KENSTOWICZ
pale, sallow flesh be charred and blackened by presence in the first place. Most p~ople who
the fires ofhell.
are concerned about their welfare don't engage
True conservatives believe the
The letter of hate [ wrote above is an in friendly conversation with people who have
government has n'o business butting into the
private affairs of its citizens, hence I applaud
example of what could easily form in my heart. the potential to act upon their hate.
Thankfully, I don 't believe those words. That
Why is hate a futile response to the
the ruling in Hawaii legalizing gay marriages.
The government has no business telling guys
I could create them shows how easily they racism in the world? Racism is a concept
based on hate. Sometimes fighting fire with
they can't get married. I am a musician and
could drive my actions.
my favorite composer of all 'f lmeis
Generalization, stereotype, de - fire works but most of the time it leads to a
contextualization. Those three words describe more powerful inferno. Hate, by its very
Tchaikovsky. He was gay, and had to hide his
why the letter is invalid. A broad one-sided nature, is conducive to violence. Violence by
gayness from the larger society for fear of
look at history neglects the many forces that its nature is conducive to destruction .
repression. Let's rescue conservatism from the
worked with and against each other to create Destruction is conducive to nothingrednecks and let it lead us on a righteous path
everything has been destroyed.
offreedom for all!
.in the minds of most
big people, if you've
neb
ver een t 0 CO II ege
t hen you d on t have
anyth ing intelligent to.
say."
Whose Penny
Is It?
Hate: Afutile response to
•
racism
!:e;{~~e~:p~;
"Everyone has the
I
potentia to enslave
another. It was the
~~~~~u:::::t/f sad destiny of the
)t;~~se;~ white man to realize
~~~e~fIr ~~t~~~
th is potenti~ I."
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perfect. But we work hard every week to give the best
news we can, But we need help.
That's why we want you to write or take
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ideas. We need more points of view.
So please help us, whether you want to take
pictures at punk shows or write about decisions
made by President Jervis,
So come on up to the CPj office in CAB 316,
We hold our story meetings every Monday at 4:30
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At the story meeting you may make a few new
friends. And you may choose to accept the challenge
of writing your first news story. " ~
On Wednesday night (deadline night) you can
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vegan pizza) and act silly all night while we listen to
Milli Vanilli.
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A roundtable roundup of some of the year's way rad records
Tim Burton's dark humor invades the screen
By Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss
It 's a really rare film that gives you that
excited-as-hell adrenaline-rush, forces a big
smile onto your face throughout the entire last
half and makes your eyes water with happiness
as the closing credits begin to roll. Mars
Attacks!, the new Tim Burton film based on
the 1962 Topps trading card series of the same
name (sans exclamation point). is definitely
one of those films.
Burton is easily one of the most
cons istently imaginative and talent ed
directors in Hollywood today, and there
probably is no one else who could get a film
like Mars Attacks! made. The trading cards,
with their pulpy drawings of gleefully violent
Martian overkill make a perfect subject for
Burton's adorably sick sense of humor.
BaSically, the plot involves a cross section
of typically stupid humans being used as play
things for sadistic little green men. The poor
earthling saps try every method their meager
minds can concoct - ranging from friend ly
negotiations to nuclear missiles - seemingly
to no avail. Meanwhi le, the big- brained
Martians run around zapping dogs ,
skeletizing Congress on live televisi on, and
destroying anything that mea ns anything to
human civilizat ion. Think Dr. Strangelove
crossed with a much darker and more violent
version of Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
The human team is represented by a
huge, all-star cast includingjack Nicholson (in
two roles), Glenn Close, Nata li e Portman ,
Pierce Brosnan, Annette Bening, Michael J.
Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lukas Haas, Danny
DeVito. Martin Short, Rod Steiger,Jim Brown,
Pam Grier and Tom jones (as himself). The
Martian team is represented by Industrial
Light and Magic at the very top of their art
form, with vehicles provided by Warner
Digital.
Burton has created more than aile
flawless masterpiece in his career (Pee Wee's
Big Adl'en ture and Ed Wood pop immediately
to mind) and by his superhuman standard of
qual ity. Man Attacks! actually starts out with
so me weak spots. It's never dull or stupid, but
some of the jokes in the first third of the film
are more obvious than one should expect from
Burton.
Then. exactly as the Martians get more
vicious, so do the jokes. And as the attack
in creases , so do the laughs. It builds to a
crescendo, getting funnier and funnier all the
way through to the very end.
The special effects - wh ich intentionally
alt erna te between convincing and hokey - are
an essen tial part of the movie's success. In the
past, ILM has made jaws drop with their
stunningly believable computer generated
dinosaut:5, dragons and storms. I'm always a
sucker for a realistic tyrannosaurus biting a
guy in half, but when it comes down to it I'm
much more impressed by special effects that
take actual imagination and style, like the
cartoo nish, animatronic dead people in
Burton's own Beet/ejuice. Mars Attacks! takes
the Beetlejuke spirit to a mega budget level,
with Martians that look like they're really there
but can't be because, hey, Martians don 't really
look like that (I don't think.) Burton
apparently had lLM do less smoothing-out of
the animation than usual in order to imitate
the herky-jerky movement of Ray Harryhausen
style stop-motion monsters, but they're still
surprisingly convincing. I even caught myself
trying to figure out what sort of material the
Martian Ambassador's spa rkly computer
generated gown was made of.
CJ/
I
The Posies never cease to amaze me.
Power pop perfection served up on a plate
of abstract whimsical lyrics by the always
delightful Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.
Songs that permanently implant
themselves into your head include
"Ontario", "Grant Hart" and "Will You
Ever Ease Your Mind?"
graphi c by Bryan Frankenseuss Thiess
ideas goes on and on. It would be hard not to
People of course will compare this film moronic way possible on a big budget, Mars
to last summer's ridiculously popular Attacks! uses sci-fi conventiolls as jumping off love the scene in which a bizarre looking,
Martian-created bombshell (Lisa Marie, who
Independence Day - 1 mean, what are the points and satirical targets. Rather than just
played Vampira in Ed Wood) floats into the
chances of more than one alien invasion movie blowing up buildings repeatedly, Burton and
White House to assassinate the President.
coming out in one year? Heck, that's like having screenwriter Jonathan Gems have come up with
dozens upon dozens of clever and delightfully . And what about the giant robot, or the .
two westerns or two overly
assault on Tom Jones? jones, by the way, plays
fiendish Martian
long melodramas about
up his image wonderfully and also manages
sc
hemes.
The
Important
European
to do some action hero maneuvers. This is a
Independence
historical figures. But the
They have some plot
cartoon version of Tom Jones who seems to
Day aliens were
differences are huge. They
only sing "It's Not Unusual" and who is polite
elements that are
devoid
of
have some plot elements
enough to warn all of the showgirls backstage
personality, but
that are surpri singly
surprisingly similar--a cocky
that Martians are attacking the casino.
these Martians
similar - a cocky soldier
soldier excited to kick alien
Jim Brown is also very likable as a
have a sense of
excited to kick alien ass, an
ass,
an
estranged
husband
bad
ass
ex-boxer working as a doorman at a
humo~.
estranged husband trying
casino.
He's one of the cha racters who,
Whenever
they
to reunite with his wife,
trying to reunite with his
despite deliberately one-dimensional
show
an
ounce
of
the President making a
wife, the President making a
personalities, you don't want to see get
humanity it turns
cornball speech - but
cornball speech-- but Mars
zapped. You might also find yourself rooting
out that th ey're
Mars Attacks! asks you to
for first-daughter . Taffy Dale (The
just doing it as a
Attacks! asks you to laugh at
laugh at the same things
Professionals Natalie Portman) who doesn't
joke. It's hard not
Independence Day asked
the same things
seem
to care about the Martian invasion . If
to love these sick
you to stand up and salute.
Independence
Day
asked
you
not,
there's
the awkward donut shop worker
little
bastards
Strangely, Mars
Richie
(Lukas
Haas) and his grandmother
to
stand
up
and
salute.
after
you've
seen
Attacks! reportedly cost
(Sylvia Sydney, Juno from Beetlejuice) who
them laugh at the
about the same amount as
act as a sort of cardboard cutout version of
President's peace
Independence Day but
the traditional Burtonian misfit heroes like
offerings
or
still managed to get a
Pee Wee and Edward Scissorhands.
lounge around
boatload of stars in the cast and about five
All of this is very, very funny, and it's so
times as much alien mayhem. While the saucer in their underwear mid-invasion.
silly
that you can't take an ounce of it
Independence Day had a lot of big explosions They don't just want to blow us up, they want
But at the same time, it's subtly
seriously.
and implied that a lot of people had died, Mars to keep us around for a while to play with our
creepy.
Those
Martians are sure funny
minds.
Attacks! actually shows us hundreds of people
looking, but when it's night time a.nd you can
Come to think of it, they also want to play
dying (including a lot of the main characters)
see them all around the neighborhood
in various entertaining ways. Best of all, the with our bodies, which leads to one of the
slaughtering people, the comedy takes on a
Martians have a whole lot more screen time funniest and most demented subplots of the
sort of nightmarish quality. Even the opening
than those Geiger-derivative rubber dummies movie: a few of the, characters get carried on
scene contains one of the most surreal,
in Independence Day, which is a nice treat board a flying saucer for some classic Martian
clisturbing images from the trading cards and
since the Martians look more interesting and experiments: There is one scene in particular
plays it completely for laughs. This movie is
that represents Burton at his very sickest, and
convincing.
going
to seriously disturb a lot ofyoung kids,
it
emphaSizes
how
amazing
it
is
that
he
actually
Most of all, Mars Attacks! delivers in
and
they're
going to love it. Comedy this dark
got
Warner
Brothers
to
release
this
as
a
PG-13
originality. While Independence Day simply
has never seemed so gooty.
lifted worn-out cliches from other movies and Christmas movie.
The list of striking images and wonderful
recycled them in about the clumsiest, most
the Cooper Point Journal
We here at the CPJ know you can't
resist reading those neverending "Best Of"
lists in huge publications, so we decided to
satisty your craving by compiling a list of
the Best Albums of 1996. However, we
realize that in order to select "The Best"
records, we would have to run out and listen
to every single CD released. Of course, that
is impossible, especially when we have
seminars to sleep through and a paper to
put out. Instead of passing ourselves off as
truly enlightened reviewers, we opted for a
list of "Really Cool" albums.
Those contributing to this list include:
punk rock correspondent Mr. Jonny Fink;
the pop savvy Mr. Ethan Jones; rhythm and
blues enthusiast Suzi Ummel; funk purist
Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss; indie pop
queen/UW student Alexis Howard;
snowboarding Resident Assistant Josh
Root; frequent A&E guy Ed Ward; and (me)
A&E editor Jennifer Koogler. Please note
that the only order these albums are the
order that they popped into our end-of-thequarter stress saturated brain cells.
-The Posies Amazing Disgrace
December 12,1996
- R.E.M. New Adventures in'Hi-Fi
Though Mr. Fink believes that R.E.M.
has already written all of their songs and are
in the process of recycling their sounds, this
album still rings true in my brain as a lovely
combination of the harder drive of Monster
and Life's Rich Pageant and the softer notes
of Automatic for the People and Out ofTime.
"The Wake-Up Bomb" and "New Test Leper"
are clear examples. Enjoy.
Fastbacks New Mansions in Sound
Mr. Jones explains, "If the Fastbacks
were Mark David Chapman, their new album
was a gun, and I were John Lennon, then the
Fastbacks would have shot me -- and I would
have liked it."
Robyn Hitchcock Mossy Liquor
This album of demos and unreleased
songs written for the marvellous and
beautiful Moss Elixir is both wonderful and
useless. It's also funny and casual, which is
why Mr. Jones likes it.
Tullycraft Old Traditions New Standards
Ms. Howard saw Tullycraft at a show a
while back, and was so enthralled by their
crafty pop splendor that"a massive three city
search for their new album ensued. Luckily,
the CD was located and she shared the joy
with us all. Buy this if only for the song "Pop
Songs Your Boyfriend's Too Stupid to Know
About".
Beck Ode/ay
Maxwell Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Ms. Ummel would like to tell
everyone that after a summer of listening
to this CD and watching the video in her
huge corporate record store, she concludes
that "Maxwell is so foxy that even Mike
thinks he's cooL" Her roommate
Christabel Fowler emphatically agrees.
Maxwell's aesthetically pleasing aura aside,
this album's soothing grooves is one of the
only things that kept me sa ne while
working this summer at my local huge
corporate record store.
-They Might Be Giants Factory Showroom
Mr. Ward said in his review of this
fine piece of work that "Factory Showroom
is easily the most musically diverse album
that they've released thus far, with a sound
ranging from lounge to wave to pseudoso uL" The aforementioned Mike enjoys
··Pet Name", while I am apt to sing along
obnoxiously to "Till My Head Falls Off"
and "Spiraling Shape." Calendar editor
Cristin "tin tin" Carr recommends "New
York City". which soot hes her Bronx
deprived soul.
-Cub Box of Hair
Canadian indie punk pop fun 'a la
king. Mr. Root says several weeks back that
"... as I listen to the CD more and more, 1
find myself singing songs from it in the
shower."
The Crabs Brainwashed
Mr. Fink says ~' I recently saw The Crabs
play on the Eastside in a basement and after
they were done playing, there were a whole
bunch of guys crowded around Lisa (the
singer and drummer) like she was the popular
girl at a junior high dan ce."
- Lois Infinity Plus
Loi~' superfly new album prompts Mr.
Fink to say "Lois proves that Greeners can go
on to actually do something with their lives."
He would like to note, however, that he is
upset that the companion EP Snapshot Radio
forced him to buy yet another CD that could
have easily been included in the album.
George Clinton Greatest Funkin' Hits
A bit of controversy stirI'd up over this
one. Mr. Fink, who grooves most excellently
to the 12 song collection., explains that "most
of the album isn't George himself. It's George
Clinton plus cool people such as Coolio, Busta
Rhymes, lee Cube, and Q-Tip." But Mr. Theiss
says it is "a whole album of blasphemous
cannibalizations of P-Funk classics, but at
least Digital Underground is on it." We'll
leave you to judge this for yourself.
- Dot indicates that this album is reviewed in
depth in a previous issue ofthe CPj, either this
school year or last. Last year's issues are
available outside the CPj office in CAB 316, if
you wish to peruse them further.
Return of A&E Quote
of the Week
"I've always wanted to do
that, but I've never been
drunk enough."
------Erin Ficker, S&A Board
Coordinator and former CP]
photographer, commenting
on Features Editor Hillary N.
Rossi's recent belly button
piercing.
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