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Cooper tPoint
Wait List
Scrutinized
Last spring, administrators thought
eliminating the school's wait list for classes was
a good idea.
Now they're not so sure.
The
Enrollment
Coordinating
Commitee, who made the decision to get rid
of the wait list, is meeting on Oct. 18 to review
that deCision.
"Not well," Arnaldo Rodriguez says when
asked how the the wait list elimination went
He is the Dean of Enrollment Services. "In
retrospect, the enrollment commitee acted on
the policy and not the procedures.·
Judy Huntley, Evergreen's Registrar, has
a similar view.
"It's a logistical thing we didn't think
about clearly enough," she says. "It works out.
but it looks so bizarre when it's happening. It
can be frustrating."
The wait list was originally for students
who weren't registered for a class because it
was full. Students signed up to be on the wait
list for the class. When registered students
dropped out or switched classes, people 0[1 the
wait list were given their place according to the
order they signed up.
Some thought they system could be
iniproved. Among their number were some of
the faculty. They had to check with Records &
Registration to find out who could take the
place of a student who left. And what if
someone first on the wait list wasn't as
qualified to take the class as someone seventh,
or eighth?
"The traditional wait list was laborintensive," Rodriguez says. "The process for
keeping the list meant that the decisions were
made in Records and Registration. Some
faculty wanted more input So, on October 1.
the wait list vanished."
With the wait list gone, teachers and
students had no record of who was moving to
and from which classes. When a class
appeared to be full, no one was sure if all the
students intended to stay in the class, or were
waiting for another Olle to open up.
And without the enrollment 'master list'
in Records and Registration, there was no one
to check with on enrollment figures.
leachers dldn't know how many spaces they
had every day," Huntley says.
Some of the faculty had an easier time.
Virginia Hill is is faculty of Hype and
Hucksters.
"In fact," she says of the no-wait-Iist
decision, "it didn't make any difference. I was
prepared to use the wait list, but none of the
wait list people showed up.
"From the students' point of view, a wait
list is better." she says, then adds, "So they
know where they stand."
Rodriguez thinks the committee will be
able to solve the problem, but not without
asking some more questions.
"Do we want the process controlled by
Records & Registration? Faculty?" He asks.
"How do you implement it?"
Questions the enrollment committee starts
answering October 18.
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endangered

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BY TREVOR PYLE

She stays and stays .
till midnight .when tears come
and tears go
and she returns and returns and
returns.
-Shellee Strong

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A look at student
governance

. . . Cristin nn Tin Carr
. ·comes through the closet in
;,.;'_(:eIE!!X·cIt}oln· of National C()ming
." out
Friday. October,
, '4.11'5 festivities included the
~
an information booth,
J;"and the Coming Out Dance
evening,
Locally, to
"' commemorate the N·a tiona.1
: C()ming' Out Day the Evergreen
:QueerAlliance (EQA) offered
'people the chance to
· ' symbolically and IiterallyHcome
out of the closet~ In addition
.,to the closet, tt)e EQA offered
· . stickers with slogans such as
"Hug a Transsexual" and the
. "Closets are for Clothesnwhich
Cristin chose to wear on her
overalls when walki,n g thro'u gh
the closet,
,
Nationally, the eighth
. annual Coming Out Day was
, ' celebrated by the assembling
f: ,. of the Names Project (the AIDS
quilt) at the nation's capital.
This 'oVa.s 'o nly the second time
'~that the quilt has been '
"~~isplayed it's entirety and
: possibJY it's last time due to it's

· closet,

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In

. '~ver~increasjng size.
... "r:he National Coming

.4aY·is celebrated every
'. .oc.tober 11, in order to
: incre·ase awareness and
: ~ visibifit)' of the Gay and
;8.l@sbian community. In order
t~ promo~e an atmosphere of
aC(:eD,tarlce and open. minded ness in a diverse
cQmmunity.

Students lose faculty during second week
BY REYNoR PADIlLA AND JENNIFER KOOGLER

Last Tuesday a class called the Philosophy
of Space Exploration came to a grinding halt
when Gonzalo Munevar, the program's
teacher, told his students that he had to leave
the school within five days.
Munevar's departure left 25 students
without a teacher or a program in the middle
of the second week of Fall quarter.
Academic Planning and Experiential
Learning (APEL) staffmembers waited outside
Munevar's classroom while he told his students
about the ,change, said Harmony Padilla, one
of Munevar's students. The APEL staff
members swooped in right after Munevar's

. The rules of the settlemeflt say that
announcement and helped the students
choose new classes or create independent Munevar had to take leave within five days of
the agreement, said Evergreeen president Jane
contracts.
Some of the students decided to stay in Jervis. In return, Jervis said, the school paid
the class with a new contract sponsor --even Munevar a monetary settlement.
Jervis would not say why Munevar sued
though many of them say that Munevar is one
of the only people on the planet who could the college, nor how much money the college
paid him.
teach the class.
Jervis is sure that Munevar's agreement
That's why it was all the more
discouraging when Gonzalo made his with the college is fair. ,
"I hope it's resolved," Jervis said. "He says
announcement.
According to Padilla, Gonzalo told his he'ssatisfied ...and I have to believe that is true.
Munevar would not comment for this
class that he had to leave because he'sued the
college and the suit was just settled out'of
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Bookstore prices send students off campus
BY JENNIF~R

AHRENS
partner] have saved over $140 by getting books because the bookstore buys and sells their used
Although Evergreen's bookstore does not other places."
books from a national used book company.
profit considerably from yearly sales, students When students look elsewhere, one of the first Their used book prices are then based on the
are still complaining. In 'fact, a number of places that they check is Orca books in publisher's suggested price for used books.
students are discouraged by the costs of their downtown Olympia. For new books, Orca The national company, like a middle man,
readings, particularly when delaing with used offers Evergreen students a 10% discount on receives books from all over the country and
books.
school books. When the class is over, students sells them to different stores and colleges for a
"I go every quarter to Powell's to see which can then trade their booksbackfor 50% of what profit. Because the bookstore doesn't buy most
books I can get there chea(5er, " said fourth year they paid or sell them for 25% if the books are of their used books from individuals, their
student Radha Soesienski. "Ussually Ijust end resellable.
.
prices are higher than other bookstores who
up buying all of them there."
The Evergreen bookstore cooperates with Orca do.
"The UW bookstore has an 800 number," said to help students find the books they'll need. But pricing isn't always the only reason
first year student Chrys Fallee, "and I managed Each quarter, according to Orca employee Tray students shop elsewhere. Fourth year student
to find my biology textbook there used, Perry the college bookstore faxes Orca each Gwen Mehs said, ''I'd rather support small and
anywhere else it would have 'been new."
program's booklist. "We don't have the means locally owned businesses. The college is a state
According to Evergreen bookstore director to order every book on the list, but we try to facility. so technically it is run by the state. I'd
Kristy Walker the price of all new books are order the bulk of them," he said.
rather support the local community."
based on publisher's suggested retaiL In their Evergreen's bookstore";--like Orca and other Chrys feels that smaller used bookstores are
mission statement, the bookstore declares that used bookstores in the area, also carries and more capable ofoffering individual help to her
they will "participate in budget control for the sells used books, however at prices much when she is looking . . "Used bookstores treat
entire campus com munity by providing the higher than their off-campus competitors. At us better as customers," she said. "Sometimes
most economical pricing structure possible."
the end of the quarter, if books are in good they will actually go to the shelves to help me
Examples of the bookstore~s economic pricing co ndition, students can sell their school books find something."
are the school supplies they sell, which are, backlor15%<!fwhattheypaidforthemincash . J~.ut the campus b.ookstore is continuing to
acco rding to Walker, 10-15% lower than if the book can't be used for the following struggle.
suggested retail.
quarter's classes. If the book is needed for "Sometimes we make a little money,
"There are definitely things that I'U go to the another Evergreen class, according to Walker, sometimes we loose a little," said Kristy. "We
bookstore for," Chrys said of the pricing, .. I the bookstore will pay back 50% of the book's are owned by the college and want to be part
really like their cards, stationary, and other cost in cash.
of the community. That isn 't g~nerally
odds and ends. It's just the books that-I look-- -Radha, who bought a book from Evergreen's understood. We aren't here for profit, we are
elsew here for. I like the bookstore , I bookstore for 16 dollars and found an olcl used here to serve the students and faculty."
understand their position. But we are on a very bookstore price for 3 dollars written in the
limited budget, and two of us [her and her cover was outraged. Situations like this occur

Class cut (Continued

fron:'-front,'p age) .
lltory.
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. . Munevar and thecolJege may be
sa.tisfied with the' agreement - but his
students are not.
Justin Hughey, one of Munevar's
students, has decided tei stick with the class
as a group contract.
,
He said he didn't want to be in a new
class and behind on schoolwork. "I'm just
making the best ofit..:but it's going pretty
well."
.
Padilla, on the other hjlnd, decided
not to continue with the dass. "lw!lnted to
have a faculty," she ,said. "} paid forJt." .
Munevar more or less made up space '
exploration philosophy, Padilla s.a id.
There's': nQ ,()ther teacher she could .work
with, she said.
Since last week she's been bouncing
between classes arid ideas for individu;ll
contr~cts. "It's been really hard," she said . .
She registered for a class, went to it for
about thr~ days, then stopped, because she
didn't like it.
On
Wednesday
she
was
contemplating ~er third option: dropping
out ofschool for the quartet and getting her
.
tuition refunded.
.&, she~s going to talk with Jervis, and
tell her how she fee.ls. Maybe, she says, thflt
will help her get her life figUred out.
"It's been a mess;" Padilla said. "And
I'm really pissed off."

Financial aid, students suffer through changes in system
BY DAVID SCHEER
A change in Evergreen's financial aid
system bas made more work for Financial Aid
workers afld made some students wait for their
money, says Financial Aid director Georgette
Chun.
According to Chun, the peak of this year's .
financial aid season did not go smoothly. The
trouble was primarily due to a switch from an
outdated system to a newer, untested and
incomplete system, says Chun.
The system change was made out of
necessity, The department's old system, titled
MicroFAlDS, was based on software written in
an obsolete programming language. When
MicroFAIDS's manufacturer decided to replace
the system nationally with a new product,
Chun followed suit at Evergreen.
Although the new system, PowerFAlDS,
was inst.alled in late February, user manuals
explaining the system did not arrive until this
summer, says Chun. In the meantime, she says,
Financial Aid workers had to "feel out" the
system for themselves.
Chun says that the new system needed
constant attention. She feels that Evergreen
was lucky in that its Financial Aid Department
had its own computer systems manager.
According to Chun, a number of other

schools were in the same predicament. She has
Grabhorn feels strongly that the (NELA), says Chun, In this case, the problem
now collected 1072 Email messages from other PowerFAIDS system was undertested before was due to interference while transmitting.
colleges across the country with tips on how used at Evergreen. "We and about 300 other When 67 more requests failed.to reach NELA
to work PowerFAlDS. As Chun explains, all of colleges have been acting as the beta testers [a ·20 days later it wa-s due to a programmer's
the colleges on the new system learned how to second test group] without .our knowledge," error, says Chun.
use it and encountered its pitfalls together.
Pell grants are being delayed by a
she said.
Additionally·the PowerFAJDS package
In addition to the problems posed by problem with the system itself. explains
was not complete when the system was setting up PowerFAlDS, Financial Aid has Grabhorn. Due to complications in Federal
installed for use at Evergreen, says Chup; it suffered an on-going series of computer procedures, when updates were made to a
lacked key components for processing glitches related to the change. These "bugs" student's award, an already-cleared Pell grant
students' packages. "They sold us a shell." _have primarily affected Stafford loans and Pell would revert back to "pending" status.
When such problems are discovered, it
Chun said.
grants, says Grabhom.
For months this year, financial Aid
In some cases, information entered into is often because students fail to receive their
workers longed for the missing part of their the computer one day is not present the next. financial aid information or money, says Chun.
system that could manage student loans. "We claims Chun.
They come into the office and complain.
In the opinion of Chun, the decision to
got the module required to do student loans
Another type of computer malfunction
in the second week of August," said Financial occurred when over 200 Stafford loan requests install PowerFAIDS this year may have been a
Aid councilor Laura Grabhorn. "In the were lost during an electronic transmission to mistake. "Unfortunately I have to take the heat
Summe.r Quarter we had to do them all by the Northwest Education Loan ' Association . for that one," said Chun.
hand."
According to Grabhorn, it would've been
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impossible to process loans by hand for the
CAB 316, The Evergreen State College. Olympia, Washington 98505
1600 students receiving financial assistance
this quarter: the PowerFAlDS module nearly
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In the opinion of Grab horn, "the College
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October 17,1996

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PADILLA, KARL AND JUSTIN Ross
A group oflocal citizens is trying to start
a branch of the Green Party - the proenvronment and anti-corpratewelfare political
group that is running consumer crusader
Ralph Nader for president this faiL
Large corporations are at the heart of our
country's problems, says Nader. That's because
those corporations give huge amounts of
money to candidates' election campaigns.
Once they're elected, politicians create
budgets that include sub sidi es for
corporations. Last year the New York Times
reported that non -profit received
organ izations received federal money to
advertise McDonald's hamburge rs in other
countries.
In all, Nader says, corporations recieve
$150 billion a year in corporate welfare. On the
other hand, Aid to Families with Dependent
Children, which gives money to single mothers
andl heir children, got only $11 billion of
Federal money in 1995. And that was before
the new welfare reform bill.
"So the government is a government of
the Exxons, by the General Motors, for the
DuPonts," he explained on Larry King Live on
October 6.
"It is not a government that represents
ordinary people," he colltinued. " And people
are being shut out of tht'ir own government.
T~t'y're being clos;d out as small taxpayers.
workers, consumers. saver-investers and votercitizens."
Nader knolV s he won'l be the ne xt
president. That's not the point , he said. Th t'
point is to get tht' ·issue of corporate wt'lfa re
into debate. he said. "Both of the big candidates
are ignoring corporate issues ," he said . "
They're taboo."
Besides. every vote for the Green Party
will tell Washington D.C. that people are sick
of corporate influenced government. The more
people who vote. said Nader. the harder that
message will be to ignore.
Nader is perhaps most famo us for his
1964 investigative book "Unsafe At Any
Speed," and expose on car co mp anies .
Ultimately, Nader's book pushed Congress and
then-President Lyndon Johnson to sign a taw
that requires strict safety standards for carsincluding seat belts.
The Green Party group meets 3t5:30 p.m.
on Wednesdays at the Liberation Cafe located
in the top floor of the Bulldog News Building
in downtown Olympia.
BY RIYNOR

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. The big o~e hit Evergreen as planl')ed; Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. The drill was Intended to asses Evergreen's
emergency procedures and 'te~c,h stuqents, staff, and faculty what to do when the ground shakes.
,
· PiCtur.es are .as follows: (TC?P) Rosalyn Hall, Resident Director (or Housing, herds students to Usafety." The
hard hat'was not used fOr prQtectlQn from falliJ:)g debris.
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(Bottom left)Courtney Bennettwas caught off guard and was not happy to leave' her room.
(Bottom right) Brad Conner and Jeff Axel.are '
to have survived. (They're smiling.)

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Ride the bus
for free today,
tomorrow

President wants to
meet with students
d~ring fall quarter

Bulldog News 1st .
Annual Allcomers
Juried Art Show

The Intercity Transist is kicking off the
Comm uter Campaign by providing free
rides October 16, 17, 18 (Wednesday·
Friday) on all local routes, Custom Buses,
and Dial·A·Lift. Regular fares will be in
effect on the Olympia·Tacoma Express.
Free·fare days support Washington
Stare's Rideshare Week Ocober 14·18, and
I.T. fall Com muter Campaign. Rideshare
Week and the fa ll Commuter Campaign
promote alternatives to dri ving alone and
encourage comm uters to try another way
to get to work.
For information, call I.T. Comm uter
Services at 786·8800. Also, LT. has a new
Rider's Guide, a brochure of I.T. services.
For a copy of the Rider's Guide or bus rou te
planning ' information , contact LT.
Customer Service at 786· 1881.

Jane Jervis, President of Evergreen, wil be available from
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. near the Deli in the CAB at the dates listed
below.
She invites students, faculty, and staff to join her to share
concerns, ask questions or to get acquainted.
If you go to the Deli and she is not there, call her office at
ext. 6100 to confirm her next available time.
Tuesday, October 22
Thursday, November 21
Thursday, October 31
Tuesday, December 3
Tuesday. December 10
Thursday, November 7
Thursday, November 14

This is an allcomers call to be a part of downtown
Olympia's ambiance and en ter your paintings, collages,
drawings, wall·reliefs, mixed media, etc. in the 1st annual
Bulldog News AlicomersJuried Art Show. ,
Submission deadline is October 18.
All art submitted will be displayed.
Grand Prize is a $50 gift certificate to Olympia Potters
& Artists Supply, Inc. and an optional one·person "featured
exhibiton" at a lat er date. Runner·up will receive a $25 gift
certifica te good at Lynch Paint Co. Grand Prize and Runner·
Up Prize will be awarded Halloween, Oc tober 31.
For more information:
Bulldog News
116 E. 4th Ave.
Olympia. WA.

First Aid training by
McLane Fire
Department
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A First Aid Training will be offered Tuesday, October 29
and Wednesday, October 30, from 8:30 a.m.·12:30 p.m. in
Library 3112 (Board Room).
A certified instructor from the McLane Fire Department
will cover bleeding control. CPR, choking. poisoning. shock:
burns. sunstroke, hypothermia, sprains, fractures , dislocations,
transporting the'lnjured, bites, stings and health hazards.
. , If you are interested in attending First
Aid training, leave'your name and campus
phone number on voicemail ext. 6361.

The ·Counseling Center is hosting a
workshop series on enhancing assertive
communication ski lls October 23·
December 4,1996, from 4:00·6:00 p.m.
The workshop will cover the skills of
lisetening, refusal, making requests, and
findi ng positive ways to give negative
feedback.
There is a five dollar Workshop fee
and the workshops will be facilita ted by
Shary Smith, M.A.
You can register in the Counseling
Center by calling 866-6000 ext. 6800 or go
to 2109 in the Seminar Building.

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Certain Might Music, an indie record
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Student representative
needed for Everg.reen
Board of Trustees
"This is my favorite gathering
of the year," said Patty Imani, as
she helped her daughter carve'
a jack-o-Iantern. (photo below)

A student representative to the Board of Trustees is
needed to act as liaison between students and Evergreen's
Board ofTrustees. This is a key role on campus, representing
student opinion. To apply, pick up and application form at
the President's office. the VP for Student Affairs office, or the
S&A office. Applications are due to the President's Office (LIB
3109) by November 11, 1996.

Clockwise from upper left,
photo by:
1) Gilda Houck
2) Alex Crick
3) Alex Crick
4) Gilda Houck
5) Gilda Houck
Text by Melissa Kallstrom

Security Blotter ( 18/5-12)
October 5th

October 10th

0224 Accident on Parkway - vehicle vs. pole

1~ Fire alarm

activation in o.due to burnt food
1105 Paraphernalia seized from room in D
1952' 8athrool'll door in COM assaultedunforgivingly. No,'"
it knows better. ..
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2335 Malicious pull of Fire alarm in A-do~m

October 6th
0136 Fire alarm activation in R due to burnt food
1031 Wrongful (gasp) habitation in rear ofF-lot
1646 Improper brandishment of a knife on a local bus

October 7th
1657 A pay phone in the CAB was assaulted heartily. That'll
teach it.

October 11th
2204 Brilliantly executed simultaneous fire alarm pulls in
AandC

October 12th
· 2134 Two, and only two, suspicious folks spotted in front
October 8th
2307 TESC police assist at a domestic disturbance in Cooper's ofJ-dorm.
2222'Furious raining reported in Housing area. No attempt
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Hilary Seidel and her roommate Elaina Spring returned to the
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"This is my favorite gathering ofthe year to go to." said Patty lman i,
as she was helping her daughter carve a jack-a·lantern.
The Harvest Festival gathered about 200 Evergreen st udents . alumni,
faculty, and community members from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. tlirough periods
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Levi Todd, Coordin ator for the Community Gardens and organizer
of this event, was pleased at how the Harvest Festival turned out. "This
event exceeded my expectations and was made possible by a handful of
volunteers that went above and beyond what they had to do," he said.
The food menu for the Harvest Festival included potato leek soup
and green salad with bread and the children's opti'on included peanut
bvtter and jelly sandwiches. ~I like potato soup and this soup was very
good," said Serena Bodine·Clarke, second year student at Evergreen.
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Person on the Street:
Do students want a student government at Evergreen?

Geoduck sports underway WashelRG s~etsg()als
TREVOR PYLE
pool. Seven of last yellr's swimmers are
While most students are sleepily getting returning, including senior Garren Oura,last
back to their seminars and study groups , year's captain. If you are interested in joining
Evergreen sports are bright-eyed and bushy- the swim team, you can leave a message for
tailed. Here is a status report:
swim coach John Whaley at campus
Men and Women's Tennis- The CRC is still extension 6536, or just show up to practice.
searching for a coach, but students have Practices are held at 6:30-8:30 a.m. and 3 to
already begun preparations for play next year. 5 p.m, Monday to Friday.
Students interested in playing tennis held.one Women's Soccer- The women's soccer team
meeting, with more to follow. If interested, just returned from Hawaii. Although they
please call Dawn Hanson at 866-8208 or Tim went 0-2, losing to Hawaii-Pacific and
Bard at 866-6942.
Westmont College, the trip was well-earned.
Women'sBasketball- The women's basketball It cost about nine thousand dollars, and the
coaching position has been offered to Rick players raised the money themselves, selling
Harden, a former assistant at the Universit' of concessions at Mariner games and accepting
New Mexico. Harden was also a head coach donations for their work with Homes First,
for pro teams in Australia and Switzerland, as an organization that refurbishes and repairs
well as an assistant coach at Western low-income housing.
Washington University. The women 's team
As ofthis writing, the women's soccer team
will begin play next year.
has five wins, eight losses, two ties, and is still
Men's Basketball- Coach James Hammond is in the playoffhunt. Their final home game is
preparing for next year's inaugural season . He against regional force Simon Fraser. The
has set up an informal basketball club, open game is Saturday, October 19, and begins at
to anyone in the community who is interested. noon on field four.
The next two meetings will be held on October Men's Soccer- The men's soccer team has
19 at 8:30 a.m. and October 20 at 6:30 p.m. been working hard. Although most of the
Both meetings will be held in Evergreen's gym, season is gone already, the most exciting part
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and admission is free for Evergreen students of it may still be coming.
and five dollars for non-students. For more
At this writing, the Geoducks have six wi.is,
information, call John, the Activities four losses, and a tie, with a huge game
Coordinator, at campus extension 6532. As for against Simon Fraser coming up on Saturday,
the team, Hammond continues to recruit and October 26. The game, which will start at 1
scout both high school and junior college p.m. on field 3, is important because the
players. -There's a large pool of people who Geoducks have to do well in the final five
we like, ana who like us. Evergreen's academic games to make the playoffs.
reputation and great campus are already
It is also important because of the opponent;
proven ," Hammond says of attracting student- Simon Fraser has a student pool of over
athletes. "The only thing unproven are me and fifteen thousand, and some of their play.ers
my program."
also play for the professional Vancouver
Men's and Women's Swimming- The swim 86ers. The game may weUturn out to be a
season is just getting underway. The first meet, grudge match; last year the Geoducks upset
against Lewis & Clark and University ofPuget Simon Fraser here in Olympia.
. Sound, is on November 9th at the Eve[green
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O~ ~(:tober ~6 at' 6:~fTl, Evergree?
studt:nts t()Ok paq in.plaMi9g WashPIRG s
campaigns for the fall te.rro at WllshPIRG's
Generallnterest-Meeting. Students helped
- plan eyents and strat~ for WashPIRG's
four projects. This year's guestllpeakers were
Ant Chapin an~ Lauia Costello, two students
from Western" Washington University's
Western Endangered Species Alliance.
Chapin and Costello shared their experiences
on being stude!).t s in the environmental
movement. Students Were also updated as
to what WashPIRG has already accomplished
this tenn and what else they are hoping to do
this year. "The General Interest Meeting is
an excellent opportunity fClr students to see
what we ate doing this year and how they can
get involved," said Marie ' Sackett,
WashPIRG's state board chair,
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WashPIRG's campaigns this year
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include increasing the public's Right to Know
. abOut toxic chemicals, working to get speci~l
interest money oufofpoUtics, stream cleanups and restoration work, and the Hunger
and Homelessness project. ' "The Right to
Know campaign will be pressuring Clinton •
and, Congtess to pass better legislation
concerning the reporting of toxic chemicals,
' as well as educating students and
community members about toxic chemicals
and how much we do not know," saYS first
yeat: student Casey Russell, project
. coordinator for the Rightto Knowcampai~.
' The Right 'to Know campaign is already
. pl;mning Ii "Toxic Trick or Treat", where
students will be going door to door on
Halloween, educating citizens about toxic
chemicals and how much we do not know
about their environmental and health
effects.
The Stydents Against Politjcal _

. Elizabeth Gill

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Paul Lebens-Englund
"J like it and J don't. The Board ofDirectors are
the unilateral policy makers instead ofa unified
~·tudent group."

"It sounds like a good idea, ideillistfcally. lfit

repreesents a whole, it's a good thing. Jfit represents
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Should The Evergreen State College have
a student government? For 25 years Evergreen
has functioned without a student government.
During those years , many student groups have
attempted, yet failed, to make a government.
"It's time to call the question," said the
Vice President of Student Affairs Art
Costantino . It's time to ask the students
whether they want a student government, and
if so , what model of government, says
Costantino. The choice to make a student
government is a student decision, as is the type
of government students want. Because it is a
student decision , it is also the students'
responsibility to initiat~ the process. "We will
try to assist you in this process to the extent that we can," said
Costantino.
"It takes time and energy to get this ball rolling," says
Director of Student Activities Tom Mercado. Though most
student groups start out with enthusiasm in the fall, interest
wanes by spring and dies as people leave for the summer, says
Mercado.
These groups run into several problems in trying to create
a government. Evergreen was created as an alternative to the
standard structure of colleges. There is a "resistance to
organization" at Evergreen, says President Jane Jervis. Student
groups have tried to develop models for student government
that reflect Evergreen's structure. Though many models were
suggested, none were presented to the student body to be voted
u on, et.

Ano"ther problem was that many groups that were
working towards a student government were originally based
on smaller issues. These groups saw a need for a student
government, while they were tackling their issue. Once their
specific issue was resolved, their energy for tackling student
government dropped.
CreatiNg a student government would need to start in the
first few weeks of the school year and conti.'lue into the spring,
says Mercado. Conflicting class and work schedules, a sizable
year-long commitment to developing agovernment, and a high
turnover rate from year to year, interferes with a group's
effectiveness.
Since there is nostudent government, thl:'re is a "perpetual
sense that students don 't have a voice" in decision making, says
Jervis. In lace of a student overnment, when the

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administration needs a student voice it comes
from Disappearing Task Forces, committees,
or groups that form around a specific issue.
Now there isn't a central place where students
can find out what is happening on campus.
"Students have missed out on opportunities"
because their is no central student
representation, says Jervis. State legislation
passed down a law on March 26, 1996 that
said that $40 per quarter could be attached
to students' tuition at all Washington State
four-year college. Students could decide if
they wanted the bill passed on their
campuses, and if so what technology it was
going to buy. In order to implement the
technology fee on college campuses if their
student governments decided to approve it.
E\t'.green had no student government to approve or disapprove
of the bill, and coul4.0't decide upon the best way to get a
representative student~ponse. There were a series of m,eetings
on the technology fee , but student response was minImal.
During one meeting last May, only seven people showed up.
three of which were (PJ reporters that were covering th e
meeting. A decision on the technology fee is still to be maue.
A student government would ideally be an efficient ,
consistent, "clearing house of information," says Mercado,
where students could go to get involved and administration
could get student input.
If you are interested in creating a stud ent government ,
Mercad o recommends that you come and speak to him.
Mercado's offic e is located on the third floor of the Campus
Activities Buildin , office 318.

LETTERS AND OPINIONS

LETTERS AND OPINIONS

Excessive focus on one's self is not good for community

Students cause of Evergreen's lack of diversity
VAUN MONROE
It recently struck me that there is a lot of
talk about diversity on this campus. In fact
there is more talk about diversity on this
campus than there is diversity on this campus.
Everyone seems to agree that lack of diversity
is not good. OK, but I find it interesting that
campus administration often gets blamed for
the lack of diversity at Evergreen.
Why? Evergreen has a mission statement
pledging its commitment to honor and
promote diver.sity. Evergreen has staff to
recruit students of color. They offer
scholarships to attract students of color. But
the fact remains that Evergreen is not the kind
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of school most students of color would even
look at. Partly because alternative liberal arts
schools are not something IJIost students of
color can get next to. Partly because of the
perception of the Evergreen lifestyle.
Picture this: prospective family of color
arrives on campus to hordes of unwashed
white·tattooed-pierced-dreadlocked hippies
banging bongos in Red Square. Visit canceled.
If the student persists in corning here he/
she is exposed to the unique assimilationist
racism prevalent at Evergreen. If you show a
bit of color now and again you are likely to be
socially ostracized. That is a hard thing to take
for most people. Thus, you have students of
color transferring after a year.

. You think I'm not being fair? Think for a
moment how overwhelmingly white the
alternative music sCene is. While people of
color are not excluded they aren't necessarily
welco~ed either. How many white hippies
have partied all night to Bob Marley and not
thought to invite a person of color to share the
rhythm?
The paradox is that ifthe student of color
can persist she/he will find that Evergreen is
an educational treasure trove. A motivated
student of color can move mountains on this
campus. A student of color will be given an
equal opportunity at Evergreen and one cannot
say that this is true of many institutions of
higher learning.

The real problem is with the students of
Evergreen. It takes courage to go hang Qut with
people that are different from you. You are
probably going to feel awkward at times. You
might make some social errors. YOtlmight
have to change some preconceptions. You
might have to grow out of that hard shell of
know·it·a11 cynicism and world weariness that
passes for "coor at Evergreen.
It strikes me that there is plenty of
diversity here ifyou seek it. Many students are
not at a place developmentally where they want
diversity. And they have the right to not seek
diversity. But don't blame administration for
lack of diversity when you lack the courage to
seek it out.

Politics in the Year 2000: Newt for President?
Newt Gingrich will also become
president. Well, kind of. In his follow-up
to the Contract With America, known as the
Contract With Myself, Newt will form his
own country on an island just off the coast
of Kansas. He will live there with a few
followers, ruling over his perfect country,
where ofcourse no one is on welfare be(:ause
they all live in orphanages.

TREVOR PYLE
Most eyes are turned to this year's
presidential race. Welt actually, most eyes
are turned to Must See TV, which just gets
better and better. Tonight there's a sitcom
starring Yanni as a hip inner-city teacher!
Sorry. I digress.
What I meant was, most eyes turned to
politics are watching this year's political race.
But they're not thinking about the
presidential race, which has all the excitement
of a slow-motion bingo game. They're
thinking of the future of American politics: ..
the year 2000 presidential race. Here are a few
ideas of my own .....

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1) Jack Kemp will become president. No
former football star can be a bad person, can
they?

4) Presidential Campaigns will be made
more TV friendly'. That explains why the
first president of the new millennium may

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well be Hulk Hogan, who personally ousts
Saddam Husseirrwith the help of his cnmefighting boat.
5) The Campaign will be animated. Not
animated as in lively; animated as in Bugs
Bunny. The peifect way to get kids interested
in politics. Fairly soon, children will be
wrapped up in the adventures of Frank the
Talking Filibuster, "Sing Along with the NRA",
and the wackiest, zaniest character of them all,
Jesse lielms.

3) Al Gore will not become preSident. At

the height of his popularity, in the year
2000, Al Gore will be shaken by scandal. It
turns out his wife's real name is not Tipper,
it's actually something weird.

7) The president once again criticizes the

entertainment industry. "Not enough strip
clubs," he says.

A response to Matthew Barbour·l 011 0/96
BY CRAIG ST. CLAIR

Hoorayll Someone is actually reading
what I write and wrote a lett~ in response. I'd
like to thank Mr. Barbour for making my
association with the CPJ worthwhile. If views
don't clash and greater understanding on both
sides doesn't occur then what I am doing is
worthless. Besides, its not as much fun.
I am attempting to respond to what I saw
as Mr. Barbour's primary issue with my
commentary. Though Mr. Barbour does
disagree on a variety of points, I could not •
conceive of how to address each point of
contention in a cohesive manner with the '
amount ofspace I am allotted. I am more than
willing to discuss the other issues further. I
have never been one to turn down good
conversation over coffee.
I took Mr. Barbour's main concern to be
th~t individualism does not prevent strong
community. I agree and disagree. The one
limitation with this forum is that you have to
be brief, thus you cannot always provide the
depth of detail that one would in class

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... and here it is, a week following
another Indigenous People's Day as
well as another Christopher
Killumbus Day. I trust that most of
you have recovered from the
celebrations and the protesting.
Now I have some words that I want
you to hear:
Presently in Oregon, about three
hours Southeast of here in the Mount
Hood National Forest, Native and
non-Native people are working
together to protect an area of Sacred
Land from logging and other types of
desecration. The area is now called
Tatanka Ohitika Memorial Grounds or
the Anpo.Youth Culture Camp. It is
part of the'ceded traditional territory of
the Tygh Band of the Warm Springs
Confederacy.
Fourteen years ago, a special
permit was issued to Anpo Inc. (a Native
organization) by the U.S. Forest Service
for 20 Acres in the Mt. Hoo-d National Forest
to be used as a spiritual and cultural
encampment. This area is recognized by the
Tygh traditional elders as "Sacred Homelands
to our people from time immemorial."
Ceremonies are held throughout the year,
including a Sundance ceremony which was
brought to the camp in 1982. Now the
encampment is endangered by logging
contracts and archeologists. Last summer en
rQute, they did not respond. A small portion
of the historical Barlow Trail (part of the
Oregon Trail) passes directly through the area,

all over the Northwest with a place to come
together and learn and participate in their
cultural ways. It has given many urban-Natives
a rare chance to take part in ceremonies and
get out of the city, away from violence and
drugs, if only for a short time. This camp
has provided many people with the strength
and guidance that they need, and now this
is being threatened.
The Forest Service does not see the
Anpo encampment as a spiritual site,
nor do they recognize Anpo as having
the right to claim the land as a sacred
site due to the fact that Anpo is a
conglomeration of many different
Tribes.
In a statement, the Tygh Traditional
Elders acknowledged the area of the
Al)po encampment as a sacred site
from "time immemorial". Therefore,
under the Treaty of 1855, the 1978
Freedom of Religion Act, and as it was
reinforced by the "Preservation of the
physical integrity of sacred sites" in
President Clinton's 1996 Executive
Order, the Anpo en~ampment is legally
protected from the desecration oflogging
and archaeolOgical digs.
Anpo needs your support. Please do this
as soon as possible because the logging
may start at any time. You may express
your support at:

that the area be traded for another to be logged.
The Forest Service responded with something website - http://www.pobox.com/-jsd/
to the effect that it isn't impossible, but it sd.html.
probably will not happen.
Some logging has already occurred near . (or write)
the main road (close to a half mile from the
encampment), and the trees have been marked Mt. Hood Forest Supervisor
for the sele4<tive logging operation (with spray Senator Ron Wyden (0-99)
paint on the tree trunks). Huge slash piles have Roberta Moltzen
been left behind and now the traffic from the
259 Russell Senate Office Bldg.
road can be heard in camp.
2955 NW Division St.
Since it's establishment, the Anpo
Washintgton, D.C. 20510
encampment has provided Native people from Gresham, OR 97080

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office. Strangely enough, there is a littleknown section of the Bill of Rights that bans
any political use ofthe 'Macarena '*.

but this cannot be used because it is considered
to be a historical monument. It is areminder
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by Ryan Keith
ihey are not as smart as they think they
are. Aren't they like the bear who got beaten
up by a mouse? We know very weU that if you
put death-words on someone's corn. that
kernel could wind up in your Qwn soup. They
put death-words on us but we are the corn
they cannot swallow." -Jimmie Durham

discusSion or a paper. So now I will elaborate internal Tariffs and the National Bank,
a bit on this issue ofindividualism. As I said, I Randolph was a staunch advocate ofindividual
agree that individualism does not necessarily liberty. Weaver mentions that Randolph
have to oppose community development. battled .....unremittingly for individual rights,
Individualism can lead to people becoming while recognizing that these have to be secured
excessively focused on themselves, and that is within the social context."
bad for community. But it does depend on
The second type of individualism is
what one means by individualism. Different described as "anarchic individualism" and is
types ofindividualism can work in conjunction personified by Henry David Thoreau.
with, or outside ofand againstthec0mmunity. Thoreau, as many of you already know, lived
Richard M. Weaver's essay "Two Types of in constant revolt against conformity,civility,
American Individualism" beautifully and government. He is world famous for his
illustrates a healthy and not so healthy Walden experiment in the woods of Concord
individualism for civil society.
Massachusetts.
Thoreau's brand of
~The first type of individualism Weaver
individualism, as Weaver illustrates, ".. .is
discusses is what he calls "social bond revolutionary and subversive from the very
individualism." In his essay he uses a figure start; it shows a complete spite for all that
from American history to exemplify each type civilization or the social order has painfully
of individualism. For first type he uses John created, and this out of self-righteousness or
Randolph of Ro~noke. Randolph was a egocentric attachment to an idea." Much of
Southern statesmen serving in Congress for Thoreau's life and writing display an impatient
over a quarter century beginning in 1799. A dissatisfaction with social institutions and
fiery states' rights advocate who fought fiercely conventions. Thoreau would just as soon do
against such nationalizing impulses as the away with such artifices from the beginning

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instead ofworking for reform within the social
context.
It is this brand of "anarchic
individualism" that I see as being most
prominent at Evergreen. Granted none of the
aspects of Evergreen's cUlture directly promote
this type ofindividualism, nonetheless it is still
present in many personalities I encounter
every day on this campus. Though not
everyone I meet wants to destroy the Federal
government (though I think a good many
would if given the chance), I do sense that the
"anarchic indmdualism" impulse radiates
throughout the campus as a whole. When I
discussed individualism in my last
commentary this is the type ofindividualism I
was speaking of.
This "anarchic individualism" is not good
for community, at any level or in any form .
With this type ofindividualism there is an
excessive focus on the self. Also it follows that
the world exists to provide for one's self, and
thus, one is somehow entitled to certain
amenities because of that fact. Ifthe provisions
or freedoms one desires are not granted, then
somehow one comes to the concl~on that
what we need is a new world to better provide
for one's self. This is a bilof a hyperbole, but
not much of one from where I stand. Many
Greeners are seeking to change the world, but
it is people that need to change and then the
world might.
.
.
Though I do think Evergreen puts forth
the effort at trying to "build community," until
we realiZe the degree we operate .on self-serving
principles, at Evergreen and in American
culture in general, community will remain a
shallow association of st'lf-interests.
I would like to 'thank Mr. Barbour for
responding to some of the challenges I have
tried to put forth to the community. I hope I
have -at least adequately responded. If anyone
would like to further comment or continue any
aspect of the discussion that has appeared in
these pages please feel free to e-mail me at
stclairc@elwha.evergreen.edu. Like I said, I've
never been one to turn down good
conversation over a cup of coffee.

Or contact the Native Student Alliance at x6105
for more information.
(Portions ofthis artide were taken JTom II Jetter
written by Ishgooda, and a written statement
made by Nettie Shawaway and Sylvia
Wallulatum, Tygh Band Traditional Elders)
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It's Olympia Film Festival time again ...

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Whyisthe1NOlldin Ioveagain? 1heyMightBeGiantsl1e\YaIJum is here

A preview~'o::..!f~~~.I~i"
D1D4W~
Bitches are coQiing to-Olympia. In
fact, soare swingetsand
No, the city
isn't being oven..... by some strange
convention ; the$~ ar~ all titles of mo\lies
being shown at 'this year's Olympia Film
, Fes~ivaj ,sponsored by the Olympia Film

BY EDWARD WARD

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This year's festival, which r'uns from
Oct,obtr 18 to.27 at tht Capitol Theatel' and
. the Midnight Sun, promises to be as
interest.ing jl,nd~ciQng as in years past. Jf
n~t for"the filIDs them~lv~. then for the
fuet that this festivatis number 13 for OFS.
But ac~ording to OFS Press big wig '
Demian A. Parker. tbe'society is going to
make sure that tltis ~'s festival won't be '
plagued with bad luck. "
'
'
,
MDuring the gratldgala opening night '
festivities, the Sistel:s .of Perpetual
Indulgence of tbe ~ St, John
gOing ,
tobias die festivaL ~. thetre men'
th~f~'" DQI,lS) and since it's' the
" th~~ ttt~goingto get rid of

.' . Here are some Qthet films you might
,enjoy: '
'
-:SmaIJ Faces: Thill film follows a thirteen
~'ear old thr'.ougli ·the grim st reets 'of
Glasgow. Scotlan<t iJ'). the late 60's. The
~ain character, Lex, is torn between the
pacifist ideals ofhisarfist brother and the
thu~te~ci~ of~iSother brother.
. ~Girls.towri: · Tbis is one of the more
m~$~ films: ptiyiQg at the feiliVJll:
Peatprq Uli T-ayI(),r (Corey frOIn Sa
AoYtbiIJI' IS.De offour high school
seniors, navipting .,tli~ dramatic .nd

an:

objects." Parker says, "plus, there's going to
tbeW.... .
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,
, . 1ht_~1)jght. which is Friday. be my personal favorite, fire spitters. It's
going to be fUn. It's'(ire.·
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And
of«;OQJle.there
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movie
as
Th..e.,.~g; i).ight festivities will tlJn"sll...:
well.
lfhe
Alliso.n
Ailders
film
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o(&1y
ni , • ing at lp~ with a street pa.rty.
Heart will be Idtkirig things Qj[ . The new
MIt's actually1QndOfcQOI. We'red~ipg
off Fift h Street (that'~m front ofthe theater).
There's going to be jugglers juggling
chainsaws, knives. ,a.nli 9.iher dangerous

offering oftbe Qirector ofGas F~ ., rgirJg
and Mi Vida Loca is the ~j()ry, of "h
. ambitious young woman who warbles her
, w.ay thro\lgh.the ever-changiM ~tity of
.
popwar music from'tIie late fifties
,
·to tlu'ough the eady ~ties. It
prpgiises to be one of the
highlights of the fes~val.\' .
'Pht~ughout tije foQowing ) line
days,.Parke( says; "over 40 feature
fihnsandabout50shPrtfihn~from

around the world will be shown.
It's a true collection ofexcellence. "
Since there are way' too many
~ns to write
.~. ~ ,....)... o~ IM!re's a short
higJ_Jl.,lS, as'brought to you
Jl'~·~S!"t;llg ·wig Demian A.

'growiPg up on ~e stree~ ofGlasgo;in
1968 trying to chart his life's path through
the examples of his brothers: one's a
pacifiSt artist, one's a thug.
, . .
7:30pm.-Microcosmos:Bugs are.!:()Ol., .
8pm-Rattl~Rjdge:Guys.

GifIs.

Guns. This one plays at the Midnight S\1Q.
Midnight-All Freakin' Nigh Zombie
movies and peo~ turning into 1,Ombies as
the fatigue sets in. ' , .'
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Sunday, ~ 20 .•, ' ,'; . " .
12:3OPm~omen in Animation Panel
DiScussi9n. At 3pm, there's a Women's

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5pm-,.Lost~ ~o!lQd:( ¥ expeDm.ln~1

dia91 QD the streets ofNew York. 'J'bis,will
~_~te~,bY. thedireCtor.1emCObe~at
~!g~t Sun;
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7:3Opm-Ci~e-X~eptaiies featu,ring

ili'e best-Short exp~!lW1ei'1till documen 00
ftom Northwest directors. '
.
9:30pm-NoteS From Underground: A,
1ilmadaptation ofO~toeV$ky's novel ~t '

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a .senal action adven~JIlOVle.
the ~~atdtn .S~~ as shots of the very
dl.rect~r ,~~ lWpet),ia ~g. ,~ , ",nne you1f tR seeing it at, the Capitol.
Will pr~uhdUm on,Satutday, OCtOber 19 .
.~tei. It' never' too ,early for grunge
at9:3opma~~~pit(jl.,
"
,nostalp. ,especiaUy, ~hen it's this well
-All~n N18.ht: A$f~.ofseve~ films. JQade. Go $ee itat9:3opm at Friday, October
shown over the penod ofOM nlght which. says 2'5 (right aft~ (;i-rlstoW1l)
.
Parker; , Mincllldes
.
,
Zombie; which "S is
supposed to be the best
Italian horror movie: It's
~n unlicensed sequel' to
Dawn af the Dead; · I
know 1W8!\t to stay up ,
until ' 6 o'clock in the
mornin8 to watch it.· '
AddeQ bonus:
fi1inS
shawn' ror
Niglltare brought to
'Sage Stallone, Son
Sly.
These films,
sponsored by K Records
and Scarecrow
.~ place at the
Satu

, 9pm-Ceddo: Ac}.assic of African cinema
directed by Ousmane Sembene. the author
of Things Fall Apart. This event is at the
MidDignt Sun and free.
Wt!dnesday, ~23
5:30pm-Bitches: Acomedy about thre.e
women arid their rHa~onships.
7:3Qpm- Twelfth Night: Shakespeare's play
adapted to the 80·s. '.
9:45pm-Golden Oly Shorts; Great $hort
films from arQund the globe,
lbund8y', Odober 24',
.
7:4Spm.-:-Blinking Madonna and Other .
MiJ;acles:' This fibn is not about Madonna '5
new baby, It's a docUmentary about the life
of a·re(omied Catho!!c and a fillraculous
" event.
,
, 9pm--ReassembJage: An eXperimental
visu~study of the women of rural Sellegal. ,
This one is at the Midnight Sun ~nd IS also
free.
.Friday. October 25
5:3Opin- The Ql.*t Room: This film
~ptures the thoughts of a 7-year old
wat~" pate~llst JPAmage disintegrate.
.1-,JOpm-GJrIstow.q:
bigb school
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. deal wiIf1 harsh
.
9:30pm-Hype!: Find out why all those
record company guys and gals flocked to

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Seattle the .~ 90's. :An in.<J!opth
documentaryoftlw Seattle &aortd.:
Midnight-Melt BanaI!3, live mUsic from
Tokyo. U's an 9Iy IlU-llight-dance party.

When I was fifteen I was in the biggest
angst phase of my adolescent life. At this
time, I told one of my friends that the only
thing that I could think of that consistently
made me happy was ~Flood" by They Might
Be Giants. I've been a fan of theirs since I
first heard "Don't Let's Start" on 1590 am
KJET (anybody else out there remember
them?). In the years since, they have
gradually superseded the Beatles to become
my favorite band. Now that I'm an adult
(sort of), I wouldn't think of making as
melodramatic a statement about them as the
one above; but a new release by them still
brings a glow to me that very few other
things in this world can. With this in mind
I am pleased to report that their new release
. Factory Showroom lived up to my very high
expectations. They have continued with the
full band sound they debuted on their last
album John Henry, but this time they seem
more comfortable with it. There's a great
deal more experimentation this time
around. Factory Showroom is easily the
most musically diverse album that they've
released thus far, with a sound ranging from
lounge to wave to pseudo-soul. There are
also hints of a Bernard Hermann influence
and a touch of surfstyle music. There's even
a couple of cuts that sound as if they could
be right out of the Lincoln/Flood era.
Lyrically the songs are mostly
continuations on their usual themes. Most
of the songs are either celebrations of
individuality or about the inability to
connect with other peopie." One of the
reasons that I think that they can pull off the
subject ma!ter oftbeir songs as well as they
do is that unlike many other contemporary
bands they don't get all mopey about things.
Their bouncy, danceable ear-candy proves
to be the perfect counterpoint to the
depressing nature of some of their lyrics. It
makes you feel that, despite the cynicism and
fear of the world around them displayed in
many of their songs, they genuinely like
themselves and enjoy the experience of life.
The first song on the album. ~S-E-X-X­
Y" seems almost as if it were placed there
simply because it wouldn't fit anywhere else
on the albu'm contextually. It's the strongest
departure both lyrically and musically from
the rest of the albwn. The song's only real
precedent on a previous TMBG release is
~She Was A Hotel Detective" offoftheir Back
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market station near you before the end ofthe
year. ~New York City" is one of those songs
that just makes me feel happy to exist. It's .
the only song of theirs that I've ever heard
that is completely and unabashedly upbeat
and romantic. Admittedly, as the song is a
Cub cover. the Johns still haven't written
anything with a completely unapologetic
flow of positivity. The fact that they've even
recorded something like this, though, says
that they've evolved a bit from "Ana Ng". The

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This is the cover of the newest They Might be Giants album. It is
called Factory Showroom. Included inside are.thirteen cif the catchiest
tunes known to man and the number for Dial-A-Song. Dial-A Song is
a number you call up to hear a new song. It only costs the amount
normal call to New York would.

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personal freedom with a lyri~ that brought out,
for me at least, what the band is all about: "I
want to raise my freak flag higher and higher /
I want to raise my freak flag and never. be
alone".
"Exquisite Dead Guy" is one that I still
haven't quite figured out. The best theory on
what the song is about that I've heard thus far
was from my friend Kelly. She theorized that it
was about seeing a nice looking guy on the
street who seems soul-dead. _. Somebody who
has managed to keep up a nice appearance, but
doesn't know how to live. "Metal Detector",
about treasure hunting on beaches, is almost
too radio friendly. It will be a crime if this one
doesn't get into heavy rotation on a mass-

song has a great revved-up fifties pop sound,
and I'm aching to see it live. ~Your Own
Worst Enemy" could very easily be an
outtake offtheir Flood sessions. It's a smooth
ode to those times when you're sitting around
being useless and focusing on your own selfhatred.
The nexttrack, "XTC Vs. Adam Ant" is
the only song on the album that came as
something of a disappointment to me. The
only reason it did really is that the title is too
compelling for any song to really live up to.
Taken on its own terms the song is a fairly
cute ditty about the pointlessness of
comparing two completely unrelated entities
in a "who's better?" kind of way. The next
song is one of those songs that starts out
gradually; and then builds, and builds to a
great climax at which point you don't want
the song to end. It's an attack on the cultural
phenomenon of Latching onto a trend, or a
band, or a film, etc. (the ~Spiraling Shape"
of the title) and promptly rejecting it once
you've found that other people like it too.
"James K. Polk" is a biography of our 11th
president. I've always considered it one of
their best B-sides and I am still <Idjusting to

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SatUrday, 0ct0ba:26

3pm~Gaies.o.rHeavenly Peace: A
docuDlentary about the events leading up
to the Tiennamen quare riots in China
in'1989.
1:3Opm-iv Bri(O~\Ilrs
' Sodomana
original music _~PWt.i~.thf~J:D04jdy'if11
illnu.
.

Detective" off of their debut}. It seems to be
about the eccentricity of what we find erotic.
The song sounds as it's trying to be funk but
it's delivered so sarcastically that it seems
almost like a parody of an imitation of funk.
The album as a whole seems to me to really
begin with the second track "Till My Head Falls
Off". This is a really fast paced new-wavey sort
of song about an old scenester Who refuses to
acknowledge that the world has moved on.
Very catchy. very danceable. The next S011g,
"How Can I Sing Like A Girl", is an ode to

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the new version on the album. "Pet Name"
is the second song that sounds like it could
be an outtake off one of their earlier albums.
It's also the weakest song on the album,
lacking a great hook and fresh-sounding
lyrics.
Fortunately, the album closes with two
of its best songs. ~I Can Hear You" and "The
Bells Are Ringing" are two of TMBG's
strongest songs to date, with strong lyrics
that are perfectly complemented by both
melody and production styles. "I Can Hear
You" was recorded without electricity on a
1898 Edison wax cylinder at the Edison
Historic Site in New Jersey. The song, with
its simple lyric about how technology has
made human interaction distant, is
enhanced by the low-fi recording quality. I
can't really imagine this song working quite
as well any other way. From the scratchy
barely audible sound of "I Can Hear You"
we leap into the ultra-clean slickly produced
sound of"The Bells Are Ringing". "The. Bells
Are Ringing" starts out with a chorus of bells
that made me think of Christmas. The song
is an ode to the seduction of propaganda and
a warning against the appeal of social order.
"The Bells" of the title are sort ofa Pied Piper
helping to lead the people into a state of
mass-think where there is no individual
freedom left: "The bells explain what they've
been missing all along / They were
disorganized and that was what was wrong
/ And now they know / The way to go: / The
bells are ringing, they hear the sound" As
seductive as its lyrics suggest, "The Bells"
gets stuck in your head very easily.
Symbolically, the song closes with the sound
of a martial drum. This serves as sort of a
final, warning to not give up your
individuality, even in the face of something
as seductive as being able to be part of a
group.
One of the things that TMBG have
done in the past is intelle~tualize their
subject matter to the point of almost
removing themselves from it. Often it hasn't
been easy to figure out what their songs are
actually about. Somebody I know once
called them "too clever for their own good,"
With this album they seem to be more
explicitly making their themes apparent.
Thankfully they seem to have learned how
to do so without losing the wit apparent in
their best songs. They don't get as obvious
with their lyrics at any point here as they did
on Flooas "Your Racist Friend", and thank
god: For people who like TMBG but did not
enjoy John Henry, I would say give this a try.
While it is not a reversion back to old form ,
it's a wonderful progression that seems to
merge the best of their previous styles and
then take them a step further. As with most
bands, TMBG has a very distinct style that
allows anyone familiar with the band to
instantly recognize a track by them whether
or not they've heard it before. Thankfully
they are not staying static. They continue
to try to find new ways to embellish their
sound, and to give themselves more range.
I have every intention of listening to
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Corruption campaign has also started its first
events of the year. The group is pressuring
Representative Linda Smith and her opponent
Baird to support a pledge calling for
nationwide campaign finance reform. "Our
politicians are constantly being bought out by
special interests. [t is important that students'
I'o ices are also considered in the political
process." says Leslie Elhrich, one of the project
coo rdinators for the Students Against Political
( orrllotion camoai!!n. Students attended a

debate. between Baird and Smith in Olympia,
(debate is at 12:30pm, 10/16), armed with
signs and banners urging both candidates to
get big money out of politics. Students
working on the campaign also hope to turn
students out to the polls, after successfully
registering 25% of the campus to vote in early
October.
Gra ham Lankford and Sarah Skinner,
project coordinators for the Water Watch
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do restoration work and dean-ups in local
waterways. "Last year the group pulled ten
tons oftrash.out oflocal waterways. This year
we hope to double that, and make sure that
next year, there is no more trash to pull out of
our waterways'" says Lankford. The Water
Watch group is hoping to hold its first stream
clean-up the week of October 21.
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The Evergreen State College Student Newspapers

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