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Volume 12, ISSUe 11
The Weekly Student Newspaper of The Evergreen State College
Comparable worth at
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Clerical staff stands to gain from decision
' By Allison C. Green
Evergreen's Affirmative Action attorney, Rebecca Wright, isn't sure how implementation of comparable worth could
affect Evergreen. She and two interns have
spent a quarter reading thmugh reports,
collecting articles and attending the comparable worth trial in Tacoma. So far they
can't come up with any definite
projections.
But Rita Cooper, Director of Employee
Relations, guesses it will affect most of the
women on campus that are classified staff.
"We have about 65 per cent women
employees who are clustered in some few
job classes - clerical, basically. And if
[comparable worth) were to go through in
the format that Willis has put together they
would all stand to gain some. The majority of the women workers would stand to
gain some," says Cooper.
The Willis she's referring to is Norman
P. Willis, who conducted a survey for
Washington State in 1974 to determine if
state pay discriminated against women
workers.
He used the concept of comparable
worth: assigning point values to jobs based on certain factors in order to set salary
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levels and to rank-order them. TheoreticalIy, then, all jobs within a firm or organization would have salaries relative to each
other based on effort, skill, responsibility
and working conditions.
Willis' evaluation method with specific
point values is known as the Willis Tool.
Its results showed tha.t women earned an
average of 20 per cent less than men ' in
comparable jobs. These aren't the same
jobs, but jobs that have approximately the
same point value when all the factors are
added together.
Now the Washington State Federation
of State, County and Muncipal Employees,
backed by its parent AFL-CIO union, has
filed suit against the state because it failed
to act on the results of the study. The
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those in affected jobs.
The union won their suit but the decision is being appealled and implementation
will take quite awhile, if it ever occurs.
Since 1975 comparable worth has been
used to set the salaries of exempt staff at
Evergreen. Exempt staff includes administrators, directors and deans. These
are people hired by search committees.
Classified staff, roughly 62 percent of
the college's employees, are the people who
would be affected by the suit.
Currently classified staff salaries are set
by salary surveys in the private sector. According to Cooper, no one on campus can
determine salaries.
The state's lawyers argue that salaries in
the private sector are based on supply and
demand and therefore not sexist.
Rebecca Wright disagrees. She says the
private sector has sex bias and that's why
there's a need for comparable worth.
"It was mentioned at the comparable
worth trial in Tacoma that it's possible to
calculate statistically that for every woman
that enters a job field the pay ratio begins
to go down a certain ,lmount .. .. And of
course it's still true that a man with an 8th
grade education will m"ke more in his
lifetime than a woman with a college
degree. "
Cooper elaborated on why this is so.
"The way we order and pay jobs is
based on nothing more than historic relationships. They have nothing to do with
value and productivity."
She gave an example. Some colleges hire
parking lot ch~kers to give out tickets and
patrol parking lots. (At Evergreen these are
work-study jobs so not applicable.) Their
salaries are based on their historical relationship with police work. So a parking lot
checker who's only requirement is to be at
least 18 years old earns as much as an administrative assistant who is required to
have five years supervisory experience, typing skills and experience dealing with people. The administrative assistant is traditionally a woman's job.
The Willis Tool attempts to analyze jobs
in a more contemporary fashion. It assigns
points to each job based on these factors:
job knowledge
managerial skills
interpersonal communication skills
problem-solving responsibilities
latitude permitted for independent
judgement
freedom to take action
impact on end results
physical effort
physical hazard
Not everyone supporting comparable
worth ft:els the Willis Tool is a good
evaluation method.
Says Cooper, "The methodology is
rudimentary on a problem that is very
complex."
Wright finds the Tool explicitly sexist.
"The Willis method itself has built-in
sexist bias, at least it's certainly possible
to argue that it does. So it's possible to
argue that even if Willis were implemented
across the board there would still be sexist
bias. "
Wright objects to the way point values
are assigned for the working condition fac-
tors. She says that the Willis Tool awards
higher pay for jobs that require a l.ot of
strength and outside work. "Now d.oesn't
that sound like a male job? Obviously we
women are less powerful."
She contrasts this with the job of receptionist/secretary . "She has no privacy.
She's on display all day long. She's supposed to do a lot of typing, meanwhile being interrupted constantly by the telephone
and by people dropping in." This kind of
stress has no compensation in the Willis
Tool.
So what if comparable worth, as defin ed by the Willis Tool, were implemented?
Opponents argue that the state would go
bankrupt paying the estimated $500 million
in raises and back pay . $500 million is
l / 8th of the state's annual budget.
Wright argues that when Chrysler was
having problems, American taxpayers
found the money to help them. Taxpayers
can now correct discrimination against
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With three hard-working interns, a basement office in the Lecture Hall building,
and a lot of student and staff support, the
Evergreen Peace and Conflict Resoluti.on
Center was launched January II as the
S&A Board approved its $1550 budget.
The brainchild .of Jackie Berger and
Judy Mikel, the Peace and Conflict
Resolution Center is expected to "motivate
and educate people to become aware of
and act on issues .of social change in a
peaceful manner," according to the
center's statement of purpose.
Berger and Mikel were originally looking for an internship with a local disarmament group when they developed the idea
of an .on-campus resource cenler that could
serve both the TESC and Olympia community. They introduced their proposal to
the S&A board last November and were encouraged to develop the idea. With the help
of their internship advisor Diana Cushing,
Tom Danaher of Innerplace, Dean Larry
Stenberg, and many others, they found
their present quarters beneath the Rotunda in the Lecture Halls and proceeded to
write up a c.oncrete proposal.
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Jackie Berger, Michael Fine and Judy Mikel have set up the Peace and Conflict Resolution Center to function as a resource for information and action.
a $1550 budget to cover office, speaker,
and publications costs. They petitioned the
S&A for a portion of the special allocations
funds, and, after an hour and half of
outlining their goals and philosophy, they
received all they requested . "It's amazing," said Berger. "It just sort of
happened! "
"The name itself has been one of the biggest controversies. Some people felt that
just 'Peace Center' had too much of a
flower-child connotation," explained
Berger. So the group decided to include the
Conflict Resolution to better describe the
center's intent. "We want to be utilized as
an information center as well as an action
center," added Mikel.
But one other controversy surrounding
the establishment of a new Sl udenl
organization was the fear that it mighl
duplicate some of the efforts of other student groups. Larry Stenberg explains:
"The new Peace Center may overlap
others, like the Enviromental Resource
Center, EPIC, etc ... ,but the difference will
be that they will not simply address these
things from a political perspective, but as
p.olitical, survival, and spiritual issues ."
"If we want to reach a new way of thinking," offered Mikel, "We're going to have
to do it in a holistic way ."
The center is presently setting up shop
in their new office and is looking forward
to working with other groups, including
student organizations from other area colleges and community c.oncerns. The staff
is hoping to organize a seminar in the
Spring and will be laying out the groundwork this quarter. They are also trying to
establish a library on conflict resolution
and peace issues and are actively soliciting
donations. Their first fundraising activity
will be to sell popcorn at the 1984 Movies.
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By Brian Dixon
To ma ny peo ple th e legisla tu re is just
another dar k branch o f governm ent to be
a voi ued at any cost. Durin g t he past wee k,
Was h PI RG has been successfull y disproving that belie f to a nyone willing to listen.
In part of a week-long series of discussion, WashPIRG .spo ke about citi zen
powe r in the legislatu re . And y Cahn ,
Resea rch Director for WashPIR G di scussed different ways tha t individuals' or small
organizat ions can influence the law-making
process . He talked abo ut putting on rallies,
build ing orga nization and hirin g lawyers.
It is es pecia ll y impo rtant to get involved with the legislature, as it is the lawma king branch of government. Submitting
a bill is really easier than most people
rea lize. Having th e bill sur vive the various
committees it has to pass through is an entirel y different story. To submit a bill to
th e legislature, a legislator must sponsor it.
The bill is then put through the political
machine. A group of lawyers work out exactl y how it will be worded. Then it goes
o n to anyone of a number of committees
until a t las t it arrives at the Rules Committee (i f it' s lucky enough). The rules committee decides the ultimate fate of any bill
by saying if and when the bill will be voted
on.
The state legislature differs from the
Federal branch . Here in Olympia they meet
for two or three months at a time with low
pay forcing most of the legislatures to hold
outside job ~ . These elements only add to
the already stressful working conditions.
In a 60 day session, between three and four
thousand bills will be presented to these
people . That gives the law makers about
12 minutes 10 read and understand each bill
in ·its entirety. Needless to say, not a lot of
research is done .
Keeping that in mind it is easy to understand the importance of lobbyists. Andy
Cahn emphasized this by reminding those
at the meet ing that " when you talk to a
state legislator, chances are you know more
(about th e bill) than h,e does." Anyone
willing to take th e time to educate
themselves on an issue that is important to
them can become a lobbyist. To lobby success fully, time must be taken to teach the
legislator what you want him to know.
Simply complaining about a situation gets
nowhere.
At this point in time, WashP1RG is
working with the AT&T divestiture . While
other lobbyists tend to show only the
positive aspects of our now fractured
phone system, WashPIRG is bringing up
some of the adverse effects such as the fact
that many people will not be able to afford
a phone with the new rates.
Behind all this information is
WashPIRG's strong desire to moti vate
people, especially students, to get involved with a process that affects us all.
Phone sales
under scrutiny
Chumleigh back
The Reverend Chumleigh, a fire-eating,
word-spouting vaudevillian, brings his oneman comedy stand to Olympia for an 8
p.m , performance Saturday, February 4 in
the Recital Hall of the Communications
Building at the Evergreen State College.
Formerly a street performer known as
the Flaming Zucchini , ChumJeigh holds no
religious affiliations and has recently
declared himself "the spiritual leader of the
irreverent and the professionaly
unemployed. "
Reviewed as "a master in the classic
vaudeville tradition," he has taught
vaudeville arts at Reed College and
Evergreen while he developed his current
repertoire of rapid fire satire and semiathletic feats ranging from telekinesis to
wriggling out of straitjackets in 90 seconds.
His Evergreen appearance is sponsored
by the Student Activities Office and carries an admission price of $4 general or
$3,50 for students. Tickets will be sold at
the door of the Communications Building
beginning at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Friday, January 27
House Energy & Utilities Committee
Further testimony on HB 1431 (Telephone
Protection Act) and WashPIRG Testimony
9:30 a .m. Hearing Room B, House Office
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committee, environmenta l advisory committee, etc .) MUST a ppear before the
Evergreen Council for a nnual reconstitutio n by Febr uary I. Fa ilure to do so will
result in loss o f the commit tee's sta nding
on campus. Ques ti ons may be directed to
Eve rgree n Council members Michael Beug,
Allen Wh it ehead or John Gall agher by
phone or a t th e next meeti ng of the
Evergreen Council Executive Com mittee
Wednesday, January 18, I p:m., LIB 3121.
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revealed widespread deceptive and
unlawful practices in the sales of
telephones. Testifying before the House
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WashPIRG unveiled the results of a survey
of stores in Seattle and Olympia. The
survey result s showed that " consumers are
being misled into bu ying phones which do
not fit their needs," testified Whitney
McCleary, a member of WashPIRG 's
Board of Directors.
The legislators were holding a hearing on
the proposed Telephone Buyers Protection
Act introduced in the House by Representatives Seth Armstrong (D-Seattle) and
Dick Nelson (D-Seattle) and in the Senate
by Senator Al Williams (D-Seattle). The
Act would require that warranty and other
product information be disclosed to comsumers before they purchase telephones ,
The WashPIRG survey showed that
more than half of the phones examined
failed to provide the most basic information - whether the phone uses a pulse or
a tone signal. Without knowing if a phone
is pulse or tone a consumer may buy a
phone which is incompatible with his or her
telephone service, The consumer may also
be unable to access discount long distance
services or electronic banking. "Many push
button phones are not touch tone phones,
and the consumer is led to believe that they
are," explained WashPIRG researcher Ceu
Ratliffe.
"One of the most shocking results,"
testified Ratliffe, "is that more than three
quarters of the phones surveyed are being
sold in violation of the federal law on warranties - the Magnuson-Moss Act." The
most frequent violation was the failure to
disclose warranty terms prior to purchase.
The survey results , testified McCleary,
"show a pressing and urgent need to pass
the Telephone Bu yers Protec ti on Act. "
WashPIR G is a stud ent ru n publi c interest resea rch organi zati on . Students a t
the University of Was hington and The
Evergree n Stat e Coll ege co nd uct the
organi zation' s research. In the past year
WashP lRG has published maj or reports on
the WPPSS default an d on nu clear wast e
disposal at Hanford , WA.
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Economics professor Irwin Zuckerman
believes the United States must conduct a
thorough self-appraisal before this nation
can make progress toward resolving
hostilities between ourselves and the
U.S.S,R,
To that end, The Evergreen State College faculty member will launch a five-part
public lecture series February I designed
to examine "the road away from nuclear
confrontation, ' ,
Scheduled Wednesday evenings from
February I through February 29 at 7:30
p.m, in room 110 of Evergreen's Communications Building, the series had arisen
from Zuckerman's 12 years of study on
issues related to the Cold War.
Zuckerman left a job as a corporate executive at the age of 50 to go to graduate
school at Yale University, because "I was
deeply puzzled by the direction this country was taking in its relationship to the
Soviet Union," he explains , "I've been examining the issue ever since, trying to
discover how we got into this fix and why
we keep digging ourselves deeper and
deeper into the mire."
What Zuckerman has concluded, he
says, is that "whenever persons get into
disputes with others, the most important
work they can do first is to examine their
own role in the contlict - to identify what
they're doing to antagonize the other."
"This process applies to global politics
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women.
"W~men having a more partici!'~tory
role WIll pay more taxes and particIpate
more .in society, We !~IJ get the mon"y
back m the long run,
. Another obstacl~ ~o comparable worth
IS the fear that traditional values of worth
will change and some people's jobs will lose
prestige.
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Cooper s3.ld people don't know what to
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their jobs be considered less worthy than
others?"
An example is of secretary and electriciano These jobs are rated equal by the
Willis Tool. But a secretary at top scale
currently gets $15,888 a year. A top scale
electrician gets $23,016 a year (data from
Washington Federation of State
Employees), How might an electrician feel
if his job suddenly became equal to a
secretarial job? Is it possible he would feel
slighted?
It's important to understand that all peopie in traditionally women's jobs,
regardless of sex, stand to gain from comparable worth .
Evergreen has one male secretary, Keith
Eisner, He would collect a pay raise along
with all the female secretaries if the state
imple.mented pay equity, .
ThIS could lead to a major shake-up of
job~' social worth, ~ secreta~es and other
clencal workers gamed bUYIng power,
On January 22 The New York Times
reported that the Reagan administration is
going to intervene on behalf of the state,
according to a Justice Department
spokesperson,
as well," the former World War II sub- ,
marine naval officer and Yale lecturer
declares. "We need to understand our own
roles as well as theirs since our two super
powers live in the same house, planet earth,
and for the survival of humanity, have to
find a solution to their differences."
Zuckerman is teaching an advanced
seminar this quarter, called The Roots of
Nuclear Confrontation, from which his
free series has grown, and he's writing a
book o.n the topics he'll explore during the
February series.
His opening program February 1 will
focus on "the communist challenge and the
appeasement axiom," an hour-long talk
followed by discussion and a ques-
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. following topics: February 8 - "AntiCommunism and the development of U.S.
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America;" February 22 - "The American
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February 29 - "The politics of peacefL': .
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Thurston County Campus Ministries, and
Innerplace, the student-run campus
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I want to share the response that came
up for me after reading the letter by Jennifer and Nancy . Basically, it seems that
the culture at large has little regard for
creativity, courage, honesty and individualism. That these factors are a heavy
influence on Evergreen is understandable
but not necessarily to be tolerated .
a) Women can not admit to using make
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weIght roC)m orientation sessions_ The sessions will give attention to people who have
felt intimidated by the atmosphere of the
weight room and attitudes of some weight
lifters. We will offer information on the
New Universal weight sets and free weights
as well as a general introduction to the
weight room. The weight room will be closed to regular users; novices will have a
chance to explore uses of the weight room
and their particular goals and perceptions
of weight training.
The February 8 session, 2 p.m.-4 p.m.,
is specifically for women; the weight room
will be closed for this two hour session. We
want to give time to women who are
curious about weight training but who have
match or exhibitions of good taste of any
kind are strictly prohibited, are statements
that make me want to encourage all people to cast aside self-consciousness! So
what if it may seem that the general feeling is anti-make up or anti-good taste. We
live in times when it has become increasingly important to act as so directed by
one's heart. This includes art manifested
via the human body" It takes courage to
wear what one may fear will be ridiculed
by others. I know. Often as I stand on 4th
and Capitol with my 4 year old daughter
waiting for the bus to Evergreen, I have
been harassed because of my appearance.
It is usually, if not always, young men who
bellow insults at me as their cars zip by.
I won't repeat what I've been called besides
"greener!" I think it is essential to be more
conscious than ever of the negativity that
is so easily generated around differences
between people . We simply can't do it
anymore if we are to find any semblance
of unity in a country that has become
wealthy upon the exploitation of cultural
differences.
It takes honesty to admit using make up
and to explore the reasons why with someone who doesn't. Rather than attack
differences, we must appreciate them and
the lessons that come with each unique individual. I love the human need or drive
to explore creative expression in clothing,
jewelry or make up. I personally am drawn
to high quality, hand made clothing as an
art form and way of projecting a positive
self-image. I also find a very special power
and aliveness in the wearing of artfu l
clothing. It is a reflection of my appreciation of the ethnic dress of other cultures
as well as an attempt to make wearable art
a part of my daily life. Art has long been
removed from our clothing and put either
in the realm of museums or jet setters. By
wearing what feels best regardless of I he
reactions of others, we can begin to
somehow explore the courage it takes to
be creative and positively daring.
b) Women must act traditIOnally
feminine while giving the impression of be-'
ing liberated, c) Women cannot touch men,
they can however, touch other women, and
d)A woman who initiates sexual contact
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The week IT stopped
with a man is accused of not 'going with
theflow' are all statements that I have also
felt concerned about. Again, I feel the importance of daring to continuously break
traditions (whether old or new) that are obsolete, oppressive and useless. Solution
seeker that I am, [can't help feel that those
people who are stuck in mind sets will soon
catch on if the initiators of change don't
become intimidated and conlinue to pursue the necessary innovations this sadly
drooping culture so craves. Each of us can
safely say we have at least a toehold on one
or two facets or the complex whole of
human expression. We must value, appreciate the differences and see its role as
stimulus for even more change as we approach the coming Renaissance.
Swan eagle
nifer and Nancy's allegations are true, then
we self-prophesed "open-minders" must
look again at how we percieve our worldly siblings. If the allegations are faIse, then
Jennifer and Nancy are in the "wrong
crowd." A crowd which won't allow them
to be themselves. I, for one, am willing to
accept the apparel of these and other people. Wear your make-up, act as you will,
touch, friend and foe, (three times this
evening I've recieved female initiated
touch), initiate sexual contact, wear your
Calvin Kleins, earrings and all things in
good taste, (this is a probably an unintended but scathing insult to all females at
Evergreen, good taste is relative ... ), but
most of all, be who you are, and find
friends to accept ·this. But remember to
allow this to those around us .
Spring is, indeed, nearly upon us. I,
man, am taking heed, (I'm not sure,
though, what this implies ... ).
Chris Hubbard
Dear Editor:
I am writing in response to a letter submitted by "two straight, intelligent, attractive women." (CP J, Jan. 19) I am impressed by their letter, I wonder at their
motive(s). I don't know whether they were
referring to all women or just women who
desire to become pinnacles of sensuous
beauty. The letter, for me, provokes
thought. It brings back memories of my
first year here at Evergreen. I was faced
with the unpleasant choice of conforming
or remaining outcast. I conformed,
physically and mentally . If one desires to
become a social butterfly, as I did, the
unhappy, inevitable truth is that one will
have to conform, to some degree . If Jen-
Dear Editor:
We are concerned citizens who are worried about everybody's concern about Big
Brother and 1984. We feel the real concern
is 2013 and MR. SCRIBBLE!! The root of
our concern is that ball point pens are
becoming obsolete and felt pens more
predominate. The problem is that felt-tip
pen's ink runs, and you can't write on carbon copies.
Our greatest concern is that people like
Calvin Klein can attain "great social stature
by merely having their names on multitudes
of human fannies . One the other hand,
Jerry Garcia will become Mr. Scribble's
Greeners Speak Out
most dedicated fan . Therefore Dead Heads
will become Scribble Heads.
Soon, Mr. Andropov, will drop off, and
giant insects and clowns will overtake the
Soviet Government. Mr. Scribble will not
like roaches or bozos and there will be
world conflict.
Therefore, we advise you concerned,
upstanding citizens to join our cause.
Become Scribble Heads. Prepare for 2013!!
The Pen Workers Union
inspired by Big Brother, Warm Rain.
Dear Editor:
I want to take exception to some of Matthew Mero's Jetter to you (CP J Jan. 19)
regarding the previous issue's article about
WashPIRG. J think you're putting out a
good paper, and shouldn't be criticized
when people take themselves so (too?)
seriously. The article may not have been
perfect, but it wasn't "awful."
The "Thurston County" misprint aside,
I don't see what was wrong with the
"WashPIRG says No ..... headline. It was
eyecatching, simple, and conveyed the subject of the article. And I'm glad it didn't
say "WashPIRG has made a highly credible, in depth study of the issue from which
a position has carefully been chosen" as
was kind of suggested.
Also, I thought the little cartoon with the
guys in the boat was a pretty clever little
bit of satire. It was a political cartoon, not
a textbook rendering of life in 20 years.
Please WashPIRG - Keep your sense of
humor!
Corey Meador
Is Big Brother
Watching You?
Happenings at Evergreen
The second Tuesday Noon Hour Men's
Discussion Group wiil meet on Jan. 31 in
Seminar Bldg. 2109. The topi~ for discussion will be Men in Jlelationsblps_ This
topic might include lover re1aionships,
family relationships, and friendships. The
discussion is open to men who are interested in exploring this topic and! or men
who are interested in finding out more
about the on-going Men's Group which is
held on Monday afternoons. Please feel
free to attend and to bring your lunch along
with you.
A nutrition informadon and referral
been created to serve the students
of TESC. It's being organized by people
from the Nutrition, Culture & Community Health Program in conjunction with the
Nutrition SPLU lab. We have an office in
the Seminar building room 3154, upstairs
from Student Health Services. The office
will be open Monday and Tuesday after"noons from 1-5 p.m. Please stop by with
questions or suggestions. There will also be
a message bulletin board at Student Health
Services. Leave your message, name and a
phone number where you can be reached.
ceillei' has
Plan Your Career: Be An Intern
This special workshop will be presented
Wednesday, February 8 in CAB 108 between I :30 and 3:30 p.m. More information
available at the office of Career Planning
and Placement, Library 1214 866-6000
x6193.
Are you planning on attending medical
school? MCA T practice testing will be offered Friday, February to in Lecture Hall
2, 8 to 3. Make your appointment at Career
Planning and Placement, Library 1214
866-6000 x6193.
Senator Dick Clark, a Senior FellOW at the
Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies in
Washington DC, will be held Wednesday,
Feb. 8 from II-I :30 in CAB 108. Sponsored by Career Planning & Placement,
Ll214. 866-6000 x6193
Community Notes
Non-profit organizations interested in
providing transportation services for elderly and handicapped people may be able to
get help in buying the required equipment.
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The Washington State Department of
Transportation is offering grants for the
purchase of vehicles and specialized equipment to organizations such as senior
centers, developmental centers and service
organizations to improve the mobility of
elderly and handicapped people. Equipment eligible under the program includes
vehicles, wheelchair lifts, FM communication radios and vehicle modifications
designed to improved present transportation services available to the elderly and
handicapped .
The money will be awarded to successful
applicants in a series of grants covering 80
percent of the costs related to acquiring the
equipment. Only private non-profit
organizations incorporated in the State of
Washington are eligible to apply. Applicants must demonstrate their ability to
finance the balance of the project's expenses induding purchase and operation of
equipment.
Application guidelines are available by
writing to the Department of Transportation, Transportation Building, Olympia,
WA. 98504, attention Jerry Carlson, or by
calling (206) 754-1229.
Applications will be accepted from
January I through March 5.
The Department of Psychology at Saint
Martin's College will offer a Master of Arts
degree in Counseling and Community
Psychology_ The program will begin in
September 1984. All courses in the thirtyseven credit program will be taught in the
evening. Tuition will be $140 per credit. _
Financial Aid is available for students who
enroll for at least five credits a semester.
Host Families are being sought for 25
high school students from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Colombia,
Brazil, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore,
Korea, Hong Kong and Japan for the
school year 1984-85, in a program sponsored by American Intercultural Student
Exchange (AISE) .
The Counseling an Community
Psychology program is intended for
people whose career goal is to work as a
mental health counselor for a community
agency. The program curriculum reflects
the fact that community based mental
health counselors can normally expect to
work with a wide range of clients with
diverse needs in a variety of settings.
The students, age 15 through 17, will arrive in the United States in August 1984,
attend the local high school, and return to
their home country in late June 1985. The
students, all fluent in English, have been
screened by their school representatives in
their home countries and have spending
money and medical insurance.
Course work will prepare students for internships in community agencies. All internships will provide students with at least
six hundred hours of on the job experience.
These supervised opportunities to develop
mental health counseling skills are a key
component of the masters program.
AISE is also seeking American high
school students age 15 through 18 who
would like to spend a high school year or
a five week summer stay wilh a Host Family in many of the above mentioned
countries.
One of the most exciting facts of the program is its faculty. Almost all of the faculty
teaching in the graduate program are clinicians currently working in this community. They will teach courses in their areas
of special expertise. Consequently, students
enrolled in the program can be assured that
they will be taught by faculty who will emphasize realistic approaches to solving
counseling issues.
Families interested in this program
should contact Margaret Hansen,
Washington State Coordinator, 438 Kaiser
Road S.E. 3, Olympia, WA 98502, (206)
866-9079 . Letters should contain the prospective Host Family's telephone number.
For additional information about the
program contact: Russel Hollander, Chair,
Department of Psychology, Saint Martin's
College, Lacey, Washington 98503,
491-4700, ext. 319.
Joey Silver,
Economy
Political
Lois Maffeo, Film Theory
and Criticism
Michael Pimentel, American
Families in the 19th Century
"I haven't seen my Big
Brother in 5 years! He lives
in Germany. I don't THINK
he's watching me he
hasn't written."
"I think the 1984 program is
not really bringing about the
political awareness it should .
Living in the United States
people have never had to
come to terms with what it
is actually like to be oppressed. Freedom is something
that is taken for granted in
this country . There are a lot
of people in other nations
for whom our rights are only a pipe dream. As for the
question, Big Brother
doesn't hang around my
neighborhood! ..
"GOD, if he is, I hope my
zipper isn't down!!"
"Yeah! Big Brother is USA
Today! Big Brother is also
Hollywood. Big Brother is
also Nike tennis shoes. Look
at how many people have
'em! Big Brother is also
Michael Jackson and his
videos. Big Brother is the
non-dairy creamer industry,
Creamora! And Big Brother
is you and me. Wait a
minute, there is one more,
Big Brother is the CP J!"
"No, I think that is a figment of somebody's literary
imagination. In fact, I'm
more concerned about Big
Sister watching me than Big
Brother!"
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to faculty, staff and alumni speakers, along
with a topical index covering more than 50
general areas and a brief description of each
speaker and his or her topic.
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Copies of the new calalog are available
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persons to "plan ahead" if they'd like to
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"We suggest you request speakers alleast
two to three weeks before your event by
calling or writing our office," she says.
"We'll make aU the arrangements for you,
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A commentary on the issues
By Cliff MisseD
First the nuclear weapons freeze supporters are "arrogant." Then Cap'n
Reagan is "belligerent." It seems funny
that someone looking for a place to live
could be so freehanded in the name-calling
- but then, Dan Evans has always been
his own man.
But that's the way it looks. Last month
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran
December IS's top story under the
headline, "Evans Blasts 'Arrogant' NFreeze Supporters." Then January 6th's
big front-page story for The Olympian carried the banner: "Evans Differs with
'Belligerent' Reagan."
Dan's latest charge is nothing new.
President Reagan, The Geritol Kid, is
known far and wide for his smoking gun
foreign policies. I suppose what Dan means
to point out to us all is that he himself is
not as belligerent as Ron. I'm relieved but
not very surprised to hear it.
But the earlier charge of arrogance on
the part of the Freeze folks .. .what does this
mean?
As an unabashed Freeze freak, my first
response was to fume and gnaw and mutter non-violent but unprintable curses.
After all, Dan had just managed to get
himself eleeted by paying the most minimal
lip service to the Freeze and plugging instead the administration's build-down
build-up. He even managed to sew up the
votes in areas where support for the Freeze
is high. (And political savvy is low.) Bringing home the point which has again and
again, in Europe and the U .S. alike, been
the bane of the disarmament movement:
folks vote for jobs and food on the table .
Well, let us ask who is it that Dan thinks
is arrogant :
Perhaps it's the gentle older women ,
who have lost their husbands and sons to
unexplainable wars in far off lands for the
same obscure reasons that nuclear weapons
are promoted today, who are meeting with
fr iends in one another's homes to educate
themselves and write letters to their congressional representatives . Perhaps it's the
broad collection of responsible adults, who
in their youth cowered beneath their school
desks during practice drills for the inevitable "bomb," who are now looking to
better understand this phenomenon and
share their findings with others through
public debates and forums . Perhaps it is
the unions , who see their member'S jobs
becoming more and more dependent upon
the military/ industrial complex - thus forcing workers to either make weapons or
become unemployed, who now sponsor
rallies and symposiums to educate their
membership and protect their integrity.
Perhaps it's the one million people who
met in Central Park in New York on June
12,1982 to hear speakers and entertainers
and celebrate their work and movement.
(Who, according to Mayor Edward Koch,
left the park in better shape than they
found it and carried out their day's
business without incident.)
Or perhaps it is the seventy percent of
Americans who have voiced their support
for
a
negotiated,
bi-Iateral
Soviet/ American Nuclear Weapons Freeze
in poll after poll.
President Eisenhower said, as he left office for greener pastures, "The people want
peace so much that one day the governments are going to have to get out of their
way and let them have it."
Perhaps that these people have grown
tired of waiting for the government to try
something new and have begun to take an
active role in formng and running their
government is grounds for charges of arrogance. This could well be.
But to give Dan credit, I must admit that
he may be at least partially right about one
aspect of the Freeze: if we want to find truly annoying arrogance in the Freeze movement, we have got to look in Dan's new
back yard.
Every house has its sewer, and the
Following the talk, guests will be invited
Freeze's feeds directly to Washington,
Ruth Palmerlee, Evergreen staff
to view Palmerlee's exhibit, called
D.C.
costumer and faculty member in theater,
"Costume Design Construction," in
As a movement which pushes for new
will discuss creations she has crafted durGallery Two of the Evans Library, and to
and flexible policies within the government,
ing the past five years for nearly every maexplore the Gallery Four display, "Helmi
jor production at Evergreen in a program
which encourages a new brand of personal
Fantasy and Whimsy," an exhibition of
and community involvement in the
sponsored by the Evergreen College Comworks by Northwest artist Helmi Juvonen .
legislative process, which can be credited
munity Organization.
Admission to the ECCO uUk, style show
with creative and original organizing and
Students will model costumes from more
and gallery tour is free and open to the
networking techniques, and which has atthan a dozen productions, including' 'Pippublic. Guests are encouraged to bring
tained an incredibly popular status because
pin," "Charlie's Aunt," "Man of La
their "brown bag" or purchase lunch in
Mancha," "Cabaret," and "Stop the
of its newness and promise - it seems
the college cafeteria early, so the program
strange that the Freeze and her sister disarWorld, I Want to Get Off." Palmerlee will
can begin promptly at noon .
mament groups should depend on the
present drawings of creations in progress
Further information on the January 31
crass, callous, and outdated politicking
and outline the process she and her
program is available through the Office of
techniques which have bogged the
students use to prepare for a major
College Relations, 866-6000, x6128.
legislative process for far too long.
theatrical production.
Unfortunatly, though, they do.
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Those who act as the political arm of the
Freeze tend to rely on the strongarm tactics which dominate the national political
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sell, and borrow votes just as any lpbbyist
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Threats of extra-intensive organizing in
home districts and states hang over the
heads of reluctant legislators. The official's
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I don ' t know why I bought thi s guy's
book .
I'm doing him a favor by reviewing it.
It 's kind of like the paper paying advertisers to send in ads.
But, I did . Poetry is not a marketable
commodity. It doesn't sell well, so book
publishers won't touch it unless the poet
is well-known from acceptance in
magazines. And even then the poet won't
make a living at it without giving lectures,
conducting workshops and teaching high
school English.
So at least I supported small press poetry
by buying this book.
Then there's the fact that Tony Seldin
is n't your average poet . He's the "Vagabond Poet" as he calls himself. He makes
his way up and down the coast and, for all
I know, across the country. And in the
tradition of road poets I would guess a
poem to him is not just a few words on
paper. A poem is a song when he's lonely
hitching, a meal when he's hungry and can
spark appeal in a passerby's eyes. A poem
is a defense against the world when no one
seems to care to listen to poetry that day .
I'm not so sure these poems, used to
more active lives, are happy resting on
paper in a neatly-bound little paperback .
I find them inconsistent. Some lines
jump rig~t out at you :
" ... the panhandle park of smiles ... "
" ... the feelings that freeze / to the
subways in New york ... . "
" The sky was painted rosemary/ Chinese
proverb~ spok e to the streets .. . "
But in general upon re-reading they
don' t hold up . Seldin tends to use the same
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doesn't support the Freeze. Dan may f i n d :
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The sky was painted rosemary
Chinese proverbs spoke to the streets
the healer dreams by the window
the mandrake dreams are before the ocean
lost years and gingeroot cures
the teas that fall into our lives
Oh healer
your heart is unbroken
before everyone's sky
the unknown remedies
the owl of roses
the street of my heart
pour like honey
into your life
Oh healer of the night
dream by your window
a song for every healer
If you buy this book, carry it in your
pocket and read it aloud to friends . Read
it aloud to yourself when you're hitching
or camping. Then the poems will become pretty songs to offer to whomever appreciates them . Then the poems will be
happy .
For copies of Alone With the Wind write
to Fairhaven Press, 1204 Eleventh Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225.
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Oliver Lake at the dance Jan. 20.
Reviews
Previews
and
The College Activities Building was once
again transformed into a dance hall last
Friday night by the Midnight Rhythm
Band and Oliver Lake and Jump Up. Playing to a moderate turnout, both bands performed well and got people's feet moving.
People complained about the $4.50 admission charge which is not very much considering the cost of a top quality band,
pulicity, promotion, equipment and any
)
other expenses incurred by putting on a
show . My biggest complai nt was the lack
of liquid Tefreshments, espeCially that of
the grain origin , which made me on e thirsty , awfully serious boy.
The Midnight Rhythm Band opened the
show around 9:00 p.m. with some good 01' .
rhythm and blues. With Steve Groves and
Gary Vaughn on guitar, Art Patience on
harp, Howard Rose on pass, and Patrick
Padova on drum s, the band played
thoroughly danceable tunes with great
vocals by Vaughn and Patience. For a fair ly ne w, local band, Midnight put on an excell ent show and one the audience made
clear they want to see again . Oliver Lake
and Jump Up came on after the break and
performed with definite talent and style.
Audience opinion varied due partly to th e
fact that Oliver Lake was so highly built
up in people's mind s as "the Man fro m
New York" that there was obvi ous room
for disappointment. The band seemed to
be at its best playing funk but then fe ll into the tedious trap of the reggae beat now.
and again . Nevertheless, the sound was
good and dancing enjoyabl e.
Just one preview for the St'attle-bound
audience. On the Boards prese nts its Northwest New Works '84 at the Washington
Hall Performance Gallery starting January
26, 27, 28 with Every day Life,
choreographed · and designed ·by Jeff
Bickford. Photo images for that show are
by Tom Schworer, music by Steve Kim ,
and performed by Shannon Loch, Debbie
Poulson, Diana Lim, Lori Vadino, Christy Dorman, Lodi McClellan, and Jeff
Bickford. On the Boards has a reputation
for presenting quality performances and
this series, which continues through June,
should continue in that tradition. For information call 325-7901
Poet opens Arts series
Jerome Rothenberg, an artist decribed
by critics as "one of the truly contemporary A meri can poets," will open the
Winter Quarter Evergreen Expressive Performing Arts Series on January 27 with an
8 p.m. reading in Ihe Recital Hall of the
Co mmuni c ati ons Building at The
Evergreen Sta te Co llege.
Publisher of more than 30 vo lum es of
poetry, whi ch focus on what o ne re viewer
called "serious, passio nate, often dol eful
concerns," Rothenberg is a former editor
and publisher of poetry.
His works have bee n published in seven
languages and ha ve won him nume rou s
awards, incl uding a National Endowment
for the Arts grant, a G uggenhei m
fellowship, and the Wenner-Gren Founda-
tion grant-in-aid for experimental translation of American Indian poetry.
Tickets to his Evergreen appearance are
o n sale a t the Bookmark in Lacey, Yenn y's
'vlusic in West Olympia, and the co llege
Bookstore. Cost is $4.50 gen eral or $3.50
for st udents , sen ior citizens, and members
of the Evergreen Al um ni Association.
Tickets will also be soid at th e door of Ihe
Com municatio ns Building on Januarv 27 .
Reservations may be made by ca'lIin g
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FEATURING
SUNDANCE
Christopher Bingham plays Feb. 1, 8 p.m.
at the Corner
ReggaefTopical
Fri & Sat
Jan 27 & 28
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Jazz/rock at the
Corner Feb. 1
Christopher Bingham plays his brand of
acoust ic jazz/ rock in The Corner of A
dorm, Wednesday, February I at 8 p.m .
Bingham says his style of music is hard
to label but lists his innuences as Pat
Metheny, Joni Mitc hell, Jethro Tull and
co untless others.
Three Evergreen albums contain original
songs by the musi cian. They a re
"Willowinds," " Penny for the Sweeper,"
and " Indigo Blue."
Now on leave from Evergreen, Bingham
is organizing a band to fill out his tunes
with saxophone, keyboards, drums and
bass.
Though he plays piano and flute, he will
focus his attention on acoustic guitar and
voice Wednesday. Allison Green will be
joining in part of a set for some harmony.
E~eryone is invited to attend for free,
and If you can afford a $2 donation to support a local musican, all the better.
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words o ver and over again: dream, dance ,
wind, night , life. These words are just too
vague to mean much of anything unconnected to images and after repeated use.
Seldin often repeats the first line or lines
of the poem at the end to bring it full circle . This technique , over-used, gets
tiresome. It' s the easy way out for a
conclusion.
But they are good oral poems. They are
linear, therefore easy to follow. They are
pretty and capture attention like a handful of colored stones. My favorite began
above:
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