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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 26, Issue 18 (February 29, 1996)
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The Board of Trustees has.
approved your
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President makes
the decision herse lf
and it never makes it
to the Board of
Trustees.
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You Win!
ulations!
You receive a lcner
notifying you that
you have graduated.
Now you're an
alumni. with even
less vo ice than you
had as a studcn \.
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To play. this game, you will need this game board, one six
sided dIe, a game plec~ of your chOIce, and a sense of
humor. Patience helps, too.
Your proposal gets Jane's
approval. Go forward 5
spaces.
You receive anonymous letter reminding you that you
don't have tenure.
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If you watch for long e nough, you will notice th at here at
Evergreen, people are always coming up with proposals.
Someone always wants to change to semesters, or arm
security, or turn this place into a homeless shelter (or a
prison). Now you can get in on the adion too! Just comc
up with a proposal (or pretend li ke you have one) and find
a die and a game piece . Penn ies work nicely. Place your
game piece on START. The goal is to have the Board of
Trustees approve your recommended proposal.
To start, ro le the die. If you ro lled a I, you are administration. If you rolled a 2. you are staff. If you rolled a 3, you
are faculty. Iflyou rolled a 4,5, or 6, you are student. Taketurns rollin g the die and moving that number of spaces on
your path. You may find that some paths are eas ier tha~ .
others. This is intentional and meant to be taken as pollllcal
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Intemational
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March 4 through the 8 Evergreen will
celeb rate International" Women's Week .
The festivities include lectures. workshops
and films sponsored by the Women' s
Resource Ceflter and other student groups
on campus.
The week kicks off noon on Monday
in the Library lobby with a lecture ent itled
" Politi cs of Division" by National
Organi zat ion for Women Vice President of
Action Ro semary Dempsey. She has been
act ive in contesting the conservative right
wing's political agenda. connect in g the
oppression of women and discrimination
against gays and lesbi a ns. immigrants,
people of color, and poor people. Recently,
she has worked against the anti -lesbian and
gay initiatives in Colorado , Maine. and
California.
Dempsey has been Action Vice
Pre s ident since 1990, and as traveled to
numerous campuses around the country.
attracting st~dents to attend NOW's various
national rallies and marches, along with
building support for political cam paigns.
Her c urrent endeavors included worki ng on
NOW 's Field Organizing campaign to
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a small
pay c ut. O!?viou.sly
the AdmInlstrallon
doesn't like your
proposal.
Go back 2 spaces.
Women's Week leaps t o page 4
student workers
like your
proposal and .
threaten to qUIt.
Go back 4 spaces.
Health services
provides free shots
for students
You are forced to have
an open DTF. They do
not approve of your
proposal.
Go back toSTART.
Faculty vote on your
proposal is inconc
since 3/4 of.the facu lty
don't show up. But the
Deans givc their approval.
Move forward 3 spaces.
BY R EYNOR P ADILLA
If you land on this
square, go left on
your next turn.
Otherwise, .
continue moving
upward.
wearing pink bunny suit
to work . Go forward 2
can't find a facul
for your
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u he doesn't
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Administration '
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thinks your propos
is crazy.
Go back to START.
You convince
rest of the staff
your proposal will
give them a much
needed pay raIse .
Go forward 4
spaces.
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You're too busy
working
overtime to
campaign for a
proposal. Go
back to
START.
fliers to convince
most of the students
that your proposal
will benefit them .
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Or 3, turn left.
Otherwise, turn
right.
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The Health Cente{ was set up to give free
measle and tetanus shots Wednesday.
The free shot booth is part of an effort by
the Health Center to immunize more coll ege
aged students.
According to Janet Bartlow, college-aged
. adults are more likely to contr-act measles.
Before 1957 everyone got measles at some
point, and so everyone born before then is
immune, Bartlow said. After that cases of
measles went down, Bartlow said. In the 60s
and 70s a measles vaccine was created. but it
wasn't that good, Bartlow said. So twenty to
thirty year aIds are particularly in danger.
People weren't exactly exci ted about
getting shots. " If it was free chocolate they
might be." Bartlow said.
Shots leaps to page 3
Evergreen men's rugby scores first league championship
Student
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'K Records' recording artists th~ Halo Benders (from
left; Steye Fisk, Calvin
J-ohnson, and Doug t0~rtsch) perfo'rniedat Ce-Hophan~ Square in the Unversity ' .
. Di$trict Seat.tle on 'Saturday, The H~lo Benders pl~yed ,twQ 'o ther shows .thi'!:;;
'Weekend, 'the first
the University of Washington, al50 on Saturday, and the .
otner\ at Olympia's Capitol Theater on 5.un~aY. For a review of the Halo Beriders
show see the Art~ and Enter~ainment section.
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wise, continue
upwards .
Too busy
teaching to run a
campaign. Go
back to START.
proposal is exciting,
but your best friend tells
you about this other
Proposal. It sounds more
Interesting and the
administration is even
opposed to it. Go
to START.
The Evergreen 'State Col~ege
FebI1.lary 29, 1996
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an ally in the
Congratul ations!
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square. go right
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continue upwards .
Deans laugh at
your proposal.
Go back to
START.
The Student
Representative to
the Board of
Trustees is on your
side. Go forward 2
spaces.
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campaign has
into a personal
attack on ·the
administration.
Go back 5 spaces.
You invoke the Social
Contract one too many
times. A mob of angry
students tears you to bits.
Go back to START.
lost all of your
paperwork. You
suspect it was
intentional, because
they don't like your
campaign. You have
to find ajoh. Skip
one turn .
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your posters have
the wrong office
number on them .
No one shows-up at
the right place. You
think this means no
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The Evergreen Political Game I
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hearin gs. They see
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Congratulation s!
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BY MIKE STEENHOUT
Your faculty wsm't
Some 'supporter' of yours
let you out of
publishes an unfortunate letter
class to go to a
containing personal attacks on.
Vice President of Student AffaIrs.
rally because s he
f
opposes your
Y,our campaign is accused 0 not
f h
proposal. Go
following the civility clause 0 t e
back I space .
SOC!' al Contract. Skip one turn .
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Game boarddesigned by Ev~sta; Deane and Joe Watt. Manyilianks to Evergreen's students, staff, faculty,~d most of all, administrat~on, for i~pir~:i~n.
Thanks also to the designers of the Guns Proposa.1. Part I (1992), Semesters Proposal (1994), Basketball Proposal, Parts I and II (1994 5), Guns op
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Evergreen's men's rugby club, the infamous Gangrene,
have been called hippies, tree-huggers, dopeheads , and other
assorted names by their rugby peers in the past, but now
across the tri-state region they are hailed as the 1995-96
Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Club (PNRFU) Divi sion
Two Cham pi OilS.
Gangrene played a tough match against the University
of Oregon Ducks in Eugene, Oregon last weekend that
resulted in a 17-17 tie, raising Gangrene 's record to 6-0- 1.
The Ducks were beaten by Southern Oregon College in
October, a team that Gangrene defeated earlier this year, thus
putting the championship in the bag. The tr i-state
championship is a first of its kind for Gangrene.
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"Intensity was key to this years championship," noted
Tony Nelson, a flfst year player and starting hooker. "I..Jeel'
I have gained a lot of valuable experience playing with thi s
year's team."
John L. Berare, the top points scorer for Gangrene this
season, felt that "friendship and unity amongst the team
members led to strong teamwork on the field, helping us 10
win games this year."
Club Pre sident Mike Steenhout stated that "the
experience of returning players in key positions gave the
team the needed push to reach championship status. Financial
support from the student body, which allowed us to pay union
dues, buy needed equipment, and make our away matche's
were key as well."
Gangrene Rugby has a standing invi iation to anyone
interested in playing rugby. Evergreen student status and
playing experience are not needed to join, but dedication is
a must. The team will continue playing matches throughout
February, March, and April, and may be attending the May
4-5 Maggot-Fest tournament in Missuola, Montana. and the
May 11-12 Golden Gate International tournament in San
Francisco, California. Practice is currently held on Held 5.
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 4 p.m. till dark (you
would be expected to attended one or two practices weekly).
Call Mike at 357-6770 or Chris at 866-037 1 for more
information.
Mike Steenhout is a member of Evergreen's Gangrene
rugby team.
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Ple- rGCulty EVGII
'Olympia Yald WaIte
Don't you deserve to know a little something about faculty before
you register for their program? Help create a student run library
of student evaluations of the faculty. Student Michael Benson
needs donations of your evals of the faculty. He also needs
interested and creative students to join him in a learning contract
for the creation of the student run library. If you have inquiries.
call Mike at 866-83 36. Remember, if you have any problems with
the concept of 'faculty's evals before registration. some hard to
get in to programs have faculty members who decide which
students to let in based on other faculty members' eva Is on them .
The yard waste drop-off sit at the city of Olympia Maintenance Center will
reopen on Saturday. March 2. The site will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00
p.m. every Saturady at least until December. Fee is $1 per bag or can, $7 klr
a small truck load, and $10 for a large truck load. These can be filled with
leaves. grass clippings. limbs up to six inches in diameter, and clean untrea.ted
wood (without nails). All Olympia resi dent s will receive preparatIOn
instructions and a coupon ca lendar via mail near the end of February if they
have not already received it. This is good for $1 off eac:h Saturday that the
site is open in 1996.
KIO. get'
G,eene" in
cheap
KAOS is supporting Washingt on
Ce nt er for the Performing Arts '
prese ntations. Present you r current
KAOS Subscriber Card at any of these
presentations and recieve 10% off on
the admiss ion.
* ALTAN is a trad iti onal souliding
Irish traditional band . Performan ce
held tomorrow at 7:30 pm.
* The Cuban National Folkloric Dance
Ensemble will be presenting for their
first US. tour in 15 yea rs. Com e
Tuesd·ay: March 26. at 7:30 pm.
*Rick Eckert: "the Idiot Variations" is
one man mu sic and commentary
held Wed. March 7 through March 26
at 8 pm on Stage II
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There is a $2 discount for senior
citizens and students. This does not
include the discount for being a KOAS
subscriber. All you have to do to
become a subscriber is make a pledge
to the radio station with a $35 fee. You
ca n stop by KAOS office on the thi'rd
floor of the CAB at any time to pledge.
Tickets cost $14-$26 without any
of the discounts.Call The Washington
Center Box Office at 753-8586 for any
inquiries of the performances.
Bed «Q
Breakfast
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SECURITY": BLOTTER by
Thursday, February 1.5
0921: Lights maliciously broken outside a' Lab 1 lobby do.or.
1031: Scale swiped from lab stores durin~ the night.
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1603: Fence cut at covered rec pavilion .. ,
2338: Eviction notice served in housing.
2341:EF student takes ill.
In_national
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1247: Wallet stolen from P-dorrri
1600: Fire alarm energized by burnt food,in S-dorm.
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1609: Student transported to St Peter's hospital for mental evaluat,ion.
Saturday, February 17
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.1854: Fire alarm in the old daycare is activated. Unknown cause. , .'
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International Women's Week is
March 4-8 . The entire week is
"highlighting the contributions of
women around the world and in our
ow n com munity." It starts off
Monday at noon ~ith a lecture from
NOW's vice preSident Rosemary
Demp~ey. A week ofevents will follow
surrounding the themes of women
filmmakers. women's health care.
women's body image. and women's
social justice and labor in this country
and others. The week will be closed '
with an open micand potluckFriday
night at 6 in CAB 110. Call.the
Women's Resource Center extension
6162 to sig~ up f~r the open mic or if
you have any additional questions.
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of "Life. a Melted Perspective" on Saturday. March 2. at the Evergreen S.tate
College. The performance will be held at the Recital Hall of the commUOlcatlOns
building room 212 at 7:00 pm. Admission is free.
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the Library iobbf ..t nOo~~ponsoJ;cii
, o~t.ame4 a,s~~olarship to .s~dy ~go8Y .
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,(J....A;.S.O.) . . Rios.. .a 'Mexitian polit?cal " retum~ to .M~icp m196~ and,joined.~e,·<
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~Xlcanwotnepln thec~n~'~tn18~e fqr. . ~3 de SePti~mb~. ~ 1~7~becauseofher .
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Jhes~ mjustices: $he. ofgan.izpS· groups to ., e~gqt days,: . :I~ J978 her sl,s ter ~as.
. se.lU'ch the jails fOr politica1. prisonerS . . In, . lqdnappe(;h:~na to ~tlls qay sh,e has ,1;10t been '
addition, she works to,gatb~ economic and ' found. Dunng thiS rear Marta· became an f
legal resources to ~I}ppoi-t tJi'e claims of actiye' particip~t .in .the ~mmittee for ~e .
peOfle's :wl;lOse relatives and friends have defense of P~l!tlcal pr~o~er~. She)~ l
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Marta de los Rios . was 09rn Ill. the defe.nse of human.digruty. Inadl:iItion,
Chil\;liiiliua in1945 .. H~r gl!lndfather was a ' she is actively involved with the Za'pa~sta' ;.
. pubUsheq poet who ac,dvely participated " ' p1ovement·~p C:hj~pas an~ ~l.so works to . I
Locally Owned .Independen t
withth.~Ric.ardo Flores Magon(a well- 1l1)prove t,he. hvlOg ~ondlUons of the . ' 1
known. ailar~ltist) gr'oup arid was inlprisoned ~ T(\1'~umara Ind~ans in C:hihl.jahua: , ",' .
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,A personal selection of lit;rature.
-s\Udied' s})eCial-'education in Mexico City please contact L.A.S.c, at x6583.· .
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birih of ~pri}lg:
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. . ~t! Michael's' Church was deCoratt:d. posSjl,>le. .
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TheQ c~nli.ned up to receive their
J1,}tnyy envc;lopes. caJ}.eq lix. i to wish ,'. .lucxy money 8M ilp:!;S~t, they gave th~ir
,cbildreO', look and fOffiii\e. ' Tb.e yellow elders gift bas~ts. AlsO young ladies 3Jl
~ flowers were 9aUed bollj' lilai lind·the pink " au doi dresaes ,~ang ~"ce@11 so,ngs::
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'flowers were cilled .OOo. •.1'lle stage was, , : '''This is a time 'to cbilnge Whatever you
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process that studies compensation for
The Service and Activities Board ( or coordinators. To this end, the Board will be
S&A Board) plans to analyze the way student distributing surveys to coordinators
group coordinators are paid for their work. requesting information about the number of
This issue has not been explored for several hours actually worked versus the number.of
years and the S&A Board believes that this hours paid. In addition, the Board will be
is an ideal year to study ' pay issues. With asking for community input on
your he1p; the S&A'Board intends to initiate compensating student group coordinators.
a survey and community forum in order to The forum will be an opportunity for
examine the compensation structure for community members and coordinators to
offer suggestions and share ideas about the
student coordinators.
compensation system.
The S&A Board allocates student fees
The Board intends for this to be an
collected each quarter to different student
inclusive process. If you are a student
activity groups and other student related
activities. The student groups, like the Native coordinator, please respond to the survey as
Student Alliance or Union of Students with quickly and accuqHely as possible. All
Disabilities, have coordinators who receive interested comm unity members are
limited pay. Often times the coordinators of encouraged to give their ·opinions at the
student groups are not compensated for all . forum. The S&A Board hopes that we can
of the hours worked. The S&A Board is all work together to find an appropriate
concerned that this structure inhibits interest solution for student coordinators.
Carson Strege-Flora is a member of the
in the student group coordinator positions.
The S&A Board wants to initiate a S &A Board.
BY CARSON STREGE-FLORA
Nonetheless twenty people went
behind the portable hospital curtain to
receive the prick of protection, Wednesday.
Bartlow says they usually immunize about
30 people at their free shot sites. People
usually get shots because they are going to
third world countries to study abroad.
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-NEWS-Once Upon a Whine
(olumnistfinallychoose~ ·~all1e:forher;c()lumn
ByARlEi'BURNBTI
.. accePledinonkff~rmeIQaChieve,somelevel ' carelessiy' d~wn the hlghway 'irii ~Y' bright · ." to bein ~pain.... Iguessthat paper's not '
It came to my attl!ntion recently, that of cpncreteness in my life, Jet alone in
purple, .convertible C~dillac (that'~ '. gett,ibgdonetQwght;") and concentration '
very few people have even .realized that l . writing. I have als~ given this... title a ~"~est ,. l)(lppening-ju~t..as SOOn all, J. l~ how to
duIjng the dliy is just not a :po sibilit:y•.·
write a column for the CfJ ; After ' run't through' my friends and 'none of them . drive). I wa1lc.around ina haze; conducting
The truth is,
fed up with'school .
determining, for the curious. which laugbed at it, outright, so I thinkit may be Utteivit;:w8 ~wit4 imaginary' press, tracking . arid rin fed up with my own mundane,"
columns ~ do not write, (UNo. yo~'re okay. On the other hand.}DY friends may be ' abomiriable SnOwmen and fighting off
exis~nc.e."I could ,spepd a lot of time
thinking of som.eoneelse, my mQm would ·" slighqybiased. J know ftendto exhibit rather invisible, tet · surprisingly aggressive,
figuring out :Why" tbls is the case, but I
have 'a heart attack if I didn '[
proper loose judgment on their projects myself, ("A , terrorists. A'stroU across Red Square ~~
could also spend a lot o~ time making it
punctuation.") I usually have ' to .e xplain giant'neon sign' that says 'tasty meat d(sh?' 1 easily cbnve~ to a trek through the Sahara ' . more ~arable: -which is ~hltt I've chosen
that mine is the one without a title. ~ was think that's just whitt the world .needs!") so in my ' mi~d (though the temperatlire.:- ~_to..do. l'mhungry for adventure; for ,a.
reluctant to give myself a title because I there.isthe chan~e thatthey'rejust being kind. difference does result in atemporary reality
less sublimated life., I've spent my whole
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edu~ated time' on, this earth ,looking at . '
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fear to be sure. A bad name is something what is gojng on ilnymor~; th~ line between
: ~ :rhere' are obviorls drawbacks to this ; ,' things in.,the 'abstract" and now 1 guess
that's hard to shake off. Consider the sad . reaUty and' my fantasy)ife
become S9 kind t>e:havlor.: Occasionally it becomes ., J'm just taking ~at abstr,a ction to. tbe
but true story of a ml!fl in my hOrne tQwn '. blurred these. days. Part of the problem is .. diffic¥lt for me to (,Iiscem What is considered , e?'trem~.; I'm lOOking forward 10 taking'
named Richard Hedd. If his parents had . this seemingly endless wmter, part·of it is iny ' 'normal,human behavior. iforgettbat ot.hers~ ... ' a hreak f.rom scbool. and finding a 'reality
shown a littlt~ foresight (or if he hadsirnply own propensity towards ' letting iny ar~ not privy to ,Iriy. s~~t. worids 'anp tl\at . that puts my fantasy life shame. l'tuit's .
gotten an unlisted number) he would not imagi~ationcarryrrie. awaji.'·Overthelastfewthey will' no dQubtbec9me cotlf~sed if I .' my new life goal (Of course, that oopJd ,
have been the favorite victim for weeKS my new ll.fe goal ba.sgone from assurne 'e1sewise{ULook, camels!"). Also, " very well change next' week ,when I
generations of pre-teen phone pranksters. becoming a hedoni stic housewi fe to 1 suppOse in a creative ~riting' program ,this
decide to bec~~e ariastron~ut): ' .
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,," O~, if }(-?u decide' youreally,hate
confusion and quell .some e~barrassment , Writing;t definitive piece of mixlem literature programs it is difficult s~cceedifyou exist
. my new title.:.don't teU me,:I don:t need
on my part, I have finally ridden out the and winning the Pulitzer Prize figure in there . on a seplrrate plane from .where the ,class' is
~ny more confusion ~ight now.
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bucking bronco of my indecision and somewhere, I'm just not ·sure where.
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actually being held .. Working outside oftq,e "
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reined it in ~nough to give my little piece
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the,px>perPoi:ntJoumaleverother week,
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make me squirm at some iater date, but I ·when (can slmply beam myself to the desired ' engagements ('~Let's see, rin: meetiflgwiUt
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Health center looking into raising -fee
BY R EYNOR P ADILLA
The Health Center wants to know what
people think about a potential raise in
quarterly health fees.
The Health Center's current fee is
$32. 00 per quarter. On a pink flyer
distributed at the Health Center 's free
immunization booth Wednesday, the Health
Center asked if students wou ld be willing to
pay an additional Ihree dollars for each
quarter's health fees.
"Health costs are rising nationwide."
the flyer said, "In order to maintain the
present level of services at the Student Health
and Counseling Center it will be necessary
to raise the mandatory fee to $35 per quarter
from $32 per quarter."
, By Oscar JQhnson " . •.
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. At last! Evergreen's hip, groovy, v~gftarianand cow~;ker, Molly Burgdorfagree that
and neo~vegan, strident-run l,e staurant is the fate of the neatly, two decade 'old
open forlunch.
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collective:d epends on the succ~ss ofits new
Last~onday, after week:s, of consensus. . lunch business. "The rest o( ttu:s)e!lr is a
deliberating and working out ofl~tics, The •..big determinirigiactor.in whethed QillQU
Comer'op~ed for !tinch. The menuspor~ed .. ' we are open neXt year" said Bradfield. "It's
a soiJdI:Y of tas.ynew.lunclritem.s such. a$ . going .to. make or break us;" BUI:gdorf
Gado Gada (spicy Indonesian vegiS andtofu added ..
over rice), open-face, gti,led cheese 'arid '
Monica VillarreaL another of the
. tomato sandWiches, and herbill'ice tea, Not : cQllect!ves16membei~,saysthat"we'renot
to worrythough,:classlc comerfavori~eslikehere to mak~ money. ~ .A~c~rding to
beanS and rice, mac and cheese,
and Villarreal. The Comer charges juste{lough
.Qat fudgies ar~ also available for your'mid-day . for its meals to cover the 'cost ofbuying and
munching: . . " . . . . . . . ,. :prepanngthem. , ' ·
. .
. ' Accor~ing to Comer 'collective member, , VillareiU'entouragesGreeners to support,
MQ!1it~ . lh~dt1eld .. business for thetheu restau.rant and'to"bring your' own
restaurant's fir.s t day 'bf~rving'lUnch went · ,dishes ... ·Villarreal · asserts that. "tbis is
"really well." "it was a larger tum out than everybOdy's lunch."
we expected," said Bradfield. . i . ,
. . The Cpiner is open for your lunching
Both Br~dfield and fellow.collectivemember pleasure Weekdays 11:00 am to 1:00 pm.
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"We haven 't rai sed it for... two or three
yeais," Judy Bart low, a physician assistant
from the Health Center said.
The flyer also asked whether students
would be willing to pay $37 ,50 pe~ quarter
for expanded services. The extra five and
half dollars per quarter would enable the
Health Center to pay a ph:,sician for an extra
. day of work each week, The Health Center
physician c urrently works two days a week,
,the flyer said. It wou ld allow room in the
Health Center's budget for a full time
receptioni st for the Counseling ·Center.
Reynur Padilla is the editor of the
paper that you are now reading.
last Monday
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Wo, men~ Week from ,(over '
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combat California's ballot measure to . History" with fa'culty AU~e Nelson are
prohibit affirmative action and recruit
a -result ·of the WRC's cOp1mitment to
support for feminist candidates in the . women '
the Oiympia communjty as
96 elections. Dempsey will also be
well as the cono(,!rns facing fem<jles ·.
hosting a workshop for student leaders
aroun(,l the world. The)¥RC and
at 3 p.m, in CAB ;J 15. Space is limited, - - Bjerrum, with help from co-coord.inators
so you should sign up in the S&A desk,
Cindy Sousa and Clirson Strege-Flora
CAB 320.
and many active volunteers "and
Other higl\lights of the week
committee members, baianced the events
include a lecture by Mexican politicaJ
to convey this message.
activist Marta de los Rios Tuesday at
Bjerrum also commented that
noon in the Library lobby on the role
International Women ' s Week is not for
of women in the struggle for social
women ·alo,ne. ,The number of events
justice, a panel on women with AIDS . scheduled at different times throughout
from the Olympia AIDS Task Force on
the week was purposefully done to allow
Wednesday at 3 in CAB 108, and a
for as much participation as possible by
lecture with Human Rights activists
community members. Men and women
Madres de la Plaz.a de Mayo speaking
alike are invited to take part in the
about their struggle for justice in
festivities.
Argentina. Madres de la Plaza de ~ayo
Other students groups whO' were
were-l980 Nobel Peace PriZe-rrominees :--instnimental-iu planning imd executing
Marcia Bjerrum, co-coordinator of
this year's celebration inclQde the L'a tin
the Women's Resource Center, noted
American Student OrganizatiQn, tlle
the Center wanted to continue the
Evergreen Queer A~liance, the Women
tradition of celebrating International · of Color Coalition, a.~d 'the Evergreen '
WOI115!n's Week at' Evergreen whil,e
Politic~llnfonnaiiori Center: · . ... ,
trying to incorporate as many different
Tlie~e l\fe .a great, deal of activities
events and viewpoints as PQs~ible. The , scheduled during In~rnational Women's>
WRC planned the events with .a Incus
week" and most. of tbem are free. ':Fer
on wotnen here at E·v ergreen as well ru! . the cnmplete l~sti'ng of e,v ents,' see' the .
internationally. :'We wantf(d to tap tnto ' C~leildar on page' 13, 'QJ' stop by ' ~~e
local faculty and people here" 'st~ted . Women's Resource Genter in CAB 2Qp
Bjerrum. and S'U PPoft Evergreen's '.
program of eve nUl. If~Qlfhave-apy
diverse resources. Events like fo~k1 ' questionS'". c(}ntac~ the WRC x6162,
, punk musician atl:d Ev.ergreen ~Ju~en! .
'. Jennifer Koogler,is thi assistant
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Tuesday I deciQed to go for the usual mid meal
eating choices and trekked across the curvy
path from campus down to the Corner Cafe.
Their much publicized move into the lunch
business caught my attentio'n. The sun
beckoned me out from the fluorescent lasers
cornering themselves into my brain , A selfconfessed fan of the Corner's dinner menu, !
was eager to find out what transitional steps
would be taken . To my delight, the Corner's
food holds up to the early arrival.
It was a little strange to be going to the
Housing Community Center so early in the
afternoon. I'm never usually there until three,
when the Branch opens. But when I arrived.
the Center was bustling with activity, with folks
lounging about the couches and tables and
shielding their eyes from the weak sunlight
streaming in through the windows. 1lined up
with other hungry Corner-goers. many of
whom were commenting on the aesthetically
pleasing dishes, and scanned the colorful chalk
menu for nutritional and flavorful options.
The Corner features many of the same types
of yummy selections as for the dinner hours,
along with special lunch meals. The particular
day 1found myself there. they had cauliflower
curry over rice for $2.50, eggplant
extraodinaire for $2.85. garden veggie soup for
$1.75, arid tamari-ginger pasta for $2.25. Of
course, there are still beans'with rice and the
famous tossed green salad, I must add that the
Corner is known for its generous portions, so
you definitely get your money's worth. Lunch
options included a garlic cream cheese or
humus-wich, and my choice, "I pity the fool
who doesn't eat this grilled cheese sandwich",
each for $1.85. Along with half of a green
salad, my total came to $3.45. The desserts
looked tempting, but unfortunately, I was out
of money. (fI'd thought to bring a cup, I cold
have partaken of something called herbal kool·
aid . I'm dying to try this out.
Although I brought my own plate and cutlery
(this is greatly encouraged for everyone.who
frequents the Corner), you have the option
of getting things to go, They have paper
plates and plastiC silverware. but if you stay
close to the Community Cen ter, you can
recycle them.
So. I returned to the CPJ office (time
constraints did not allow me to enjoy my food
in its natural habitat). I sat down to my Mr.
T, inspired sandwic h , an open-faced
monstrosity of melted cheese. herbed
tomatoes , and mealy Corner bread. The
crusts were a little crispy, but the bread was
properly mushy with gooey c,h eese and some
kind of butter or margarine, The flavors in
my mouth brought to mind my favorite foods
to eat when I'm sick. tomato soup and grilled
cheese, and since I've been inflicted with an
illness for some time now , the taste was
nothing but comforting . .
My salad was the usual crispy lettuce, carrot
shreds, and nest of sprouts, so much in fact
that you could almost eat them like spaghetti
(wrap them around your fork). One
complaint I did have was with the enormous
amount of dressing applied to my salad, I
enjoy creamy dill as much as the next person,
but just a dab would be enough . The Corner
also has lemon tahini aod herb vinaigrette
dressing for your vegetable pleasure.
1digested my meal with a happy stomach,
and definite plans to return to the Corner for
another eating expedition. I know it's a little
far to walk from upper campus, but spring is
coming soon and the sunshine will most
likely urge people outside. The Community
Center is also a less crowded and less noisy
place to hang out and chat, with a lot shorter
of a line.
Lunch is served at the Corner from 11 a.m .
to 1:30 p.m. and dinner is still from 5 p.m. to
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
FEBRUARY
29, 1996
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The Rogue Nigg'ah •
By Vaun Monroe
I know it's no longer February-BI,ack History
month. It struck me though, that February,
being the shortest month , was too sma ll to
contain the achievements of Black America: so
I'm taking an extra day. With this act I pay
homage to the rogue niggah in me.
In the antebellum south a "rogue nigga" was
a slave who stood up for himself, escaped
slavery, or attempted to overth row the slave
owner. According to Funk and Wagnall's rogue
is defined as; "a dishonest and unprincipled
person: trickster; rascal 2. one who is
innocently mischievous or playful 3. A fierce
and dangerous animal separated from the herd
4.bio logy-a variation from the standard." It
wasan astonishingly versatile word managing
to convey the chameleon-like quality necessary
for blacks to survive slavery in a democratic
society. Let us trace the evolution of the "rogue
niggah" to his surroundings by examining the
definition of rogue.
#1. A dishonest and unprincipled person:
trickster; rascal-this definition was the favorite
of slaveowners and is presently the favorite of
sym-pathetic pseudo-liberals who truly believe
black people to be inferior. "the blacks have
to be taken care of by us or else what would
happen to them?" Yeah. Right. Nextl Black
people can take care of themselves. All we
want is equal opportunity.
#2. One who is innocently mischievous or
playful. Another aspect adopted by the so uth.
It was used to dehumanize blacks, to make
them childlike thus reinforcing the "Great
White Patriarch" image the slaveowner
adopted to help ease white guilt. It was a mask
the slave was forced to wear to safeguard his
life. Rogue niggahs were not tolerated. They
threatened the social order. It is the image of
choiceof young Hollywood (Amos and Andy)
and continues to exist today (martin). The
image consists of blacks who mug; strut, and
shuffle for the camera. It reconfirms
preexisting racist beliefs of the viewing
audience.
#3. A fierce and dangerous animal separated
from ,the herd. This definition is the one that
generates fear of blacks in America. It was
exacerbated by slave owners and is presently
the rallying cry of conservatives.
The slaveowner knew he was exploiting
blacks and was fearful of the anger he knew to
be there. That anger is now packaged and sold
as "ga ngsta rap". Primary buyers are suburban
kids who continue the American tradition of
appropriating black culture while ingoring
black people.
The operative word in definition three is
separated. Separated from society, separated
and unequal. The most salient inequality
stems from lack of jobs. Not because blacks
are unequal. Because we are separated from
society. Dangerous. Fierce.
Unemployment in the black community
hovers around 18%. WheQ white people were
unemployed at that rate it made history. "The
Great Depression", it was+alled. Black people
living under these cond itions is routine.
Welfare, it is called.
Unemployment destroys black men.
Unemployment means able bodied men
cannot support black families, leading to the
destruction of black families. Unemployment
makes fathers desert families, worsening the
preexisting crisis and increasing the potential
for ·dysfunction. Unemployment creates
alcoholic s and drug addicts who seek
substances as an ego defense mechanism- a
tempora ry escape from a life rendered
meaningles by eco nomic imprisonment.
Unemployment is genocide.
Crime is a survival mechanism in such a
society. Crime puts food on the table and pays
the rent. Crime provides the illusion of
emancipation and power. Crime is as addictive
as drugs and alcohol and just as destructive.
Crime in the black community is as American
as apple pie. You got to survive to thrive and
black people, ever the survivors, took crime
and turned it into an art. As long as we were
segrega ted , meaning white America could
ignore it, it was alright.
By Valin Monroe
Recently a titanic battle between human
and artificial intelligence was waged.
The opponents were Gary Kasparov and a
computer created by IBM called "Deep Blue".
The battlefield was the game of chess.
Chessplayers engage in a battle of tactics, skills
and wills on the sixty-four squares of the
chessboard.
After learning the fundamentals of the game
players develop a chess "personality", Your
chess" personality" usually mirrors your own
personality. Some players ate skilled analysts,
carefully considering moves and squares.
Others playa swashbuckling style of chess as
though they were Robin Hood. In world class
match-play Gary Kasparov is the undisputed
champion .
At this level as many mind games as moves
are played and Kasparov, winning begins to
look at his watch impatiently. I wonder how
many of his opponents got frazzled and blew
games after Kasparov glanced at his watch.
The problem was there is no frazzling Deep
Blue.
Deep Blue is a fifty million dollar computer
with thirty-two microprocessors. It is capable
ofcalculating 200 milion moves in one second.
The match was to be six games with
$400,000 going to the winner. A win is one
point, a draw 1/2 a point and a loss 0 points.
Kasparov lost the first game and the
chessworld gasped.
I went to Java Flow,the local chess club, to
commiserate with other chessplayers. We
talked big but we were worried, No
chessplayer wants chess to be reduced to mere
mathmatical processes. That would take the
creativity out of the game. Furthermore, no
one wanted the computer to win because we
want human intelligence to defeat computer
intelligence.
The next two games were draws. Then
Kasparov won a brilliant fourth game. After
the fourth game Kasparov announced he had
discovered his opponents weakness.
Kasparov won the fifth game convicingly. In
the sixth game after thirty-eight moves
Kasparov began looking at his watch. Deep
Blue resigned after move forty-three.
I quickly drove down to Java Flow to share
the good news.
We were quiet a moment' and the then
joyous celebration ensued. We clinked
styrofoam cups together and drank espresso
until closing. And we played chess, smug in
the feeling that creativity still counts for
something in an increasingly tecnological
world.
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Smarter, simpler
lifestyles'point the way
By Jeff Gould
Okay, what's so appropriate about
to build with, are hi gh ly insulative,
"Appropriate Technology" anyway? This is 3
inexpensive, and virtually fire and insect proof.
question frequently posed to members of the
Additionally, they provide farmers with a cash
Washington House of Appropriate
crop for a material they would have otherwise
Technology" (WHAT). It's a good question
burned. Still, even strawbale Qomes need
that needs a lot of attention, and answers
some kind of roof structure, and materials
don't always come easily.
need to be chosen carefully. Asphalt shingles
Appropriate technology is an attempt to
taint the rainwater you want to collect and
lessen the impact of ignorant human activity
store for later use; steel roofing, even though
on the Earth's finite resources. The attempt
most of it is made from reclaimed automobile
is made by living simpler, smarter lifestyles
hulks, still consumes huge qllantitiesofenergy
that focu s more on being rather than
to make and transp.ort. A wiser, less energy
consuming, at least in theory. For example,
intensive solution might be to use clay roof
instead of connecting to the electrical power
tiles. Some people have used "living roofs",
grid, many people are interested in using the
where the roof is actually soil that supports
sun to create electricity
dense mats of vegetation ..
by means of solar panels
Reducing the amount
and batteries . . To be
of water we consume may
Appropriate
successful at this requires
be the single most
technology is an
vast changes in lifestyle
environmentally correct
away from electricity
move we can make.
attempt to lessen
consuming practices.
Learning to use less is a
the impact of
Use a hand grinder for
good start~ Better still, we
ignorant human
your coffee; throwaway
ca n install some extra
(better yet, recycle or
plumbing in the hou se,
activity on the
donate) you~ TV; air-dry
and
collect all the water
Earth's finite
your c1o.thes and your
from laundry, kitchen
resources ,.. by living
hair; use a solar cooker to
and bathroom sinks,
simpler, smarter
heat your water. This
. showers, and any other
concept sounds great .
water besides what we
lifestyles .. ,
until we realize that it
would normally flush ,
takes
enormous
and store it for re-us e
quantities of energy to
. irrigating gardens and
manufacture silicon solar panels, and the
landscaping. And why flush what we can
current technology in batteries relies on toxic
convert to garden food? With the advances in
materials, such as lead. Still, if operated
composting toilets, there is no good reason to
carefully, solar electric systems can have
have a flush toilet.
lifespans of many years, up to two decades or
As simple as some of this sounds, the fact is
more, making them reasonable choices.
that wehave all been raised with a strong ethic
Similarly, constructing a shelter is going to
of consumption and breaking free of those
be consumptive, no matter what we build
habits is hard work for some; a lot of people
from. Afterall, the most ecologically-friendly
are not up to the task. It's time for those who
house would be no house at all. But until we
are to start living . live s approaching
can wean ourselves from the senseless urge
sustainability, and that's exactly the goal
to 'procreate, and thus the need for millions
behind WHAT_ If you want to be in on
of new houses every year, we need. to find
planning this exceptiQnal project, call Gabriel
some alternatives to the sterile timber-framed
at 866-9332, or drop by Lab II, room 2242
boxes we've become accustomed to.
most any Thursday at 5:00 for the WHAT
Strawbales, for example, are as low-impact a
meetings. The next meeting is March 7, and
building material as one can find, especially
will feature Ted Butchart, former Greener and
if the farmer that produced them farmed
founder of The GreenFire Institute of Seattle,
organically. They are available nearl y a strawbale advocacy organization. Ted's the
everywhere in the country, are extremely easy
man. Check it out.
"They_made me feel comfortable."
·SPORTS·
THE GAME OF THE YEAR THAT WASN'T: L ITERRLLY
block away. Target's a pretty
mellow place, right? What's
some adolescent in a smock
going to care ifI switch some
crummy fourteen inch TV
over to a ballgame?
Well, the guy in the smock
seemed pretty disinterested,
but they had their TVs rigged
so you couldn't change the
channel. Strike two.
Being so close to home, I sped back to the
apartment and checked the situation. The
situation was not good. Static city on the damn
TV. No messages on the machine from the cable
company. I started the VCR again, just in case,
and dashed out again.
Starting to feel frustrated and even a little
ridiculous, I went into the mall. Yeah, you read
that right. I WENT INTO THE MALL. I was that
desperate. But I'd already missed fifteen, twenty
minutes of the GAME OF
THEYEARI
].c. Penny's had
about three lousy TVs
that weren't even turned
on. So much for that idea.
Man,
I remember
whenever the Mariners
were playing you could
watch them in any store in
town. Nobody got mad at
you either.
It seemed like I . . . . .
passed five or six screens
throughout the mall, and
they all had dog shows or
MTV or someth ing on
them.
Finally. Some sports
store, a Footlocker
knockoff or something,
had the game on. Elated,
I rushed over to the
screen.
'"Can I help you?" A
somewhat dull-eyed looking employee asked.me:
. "My cable's out, and I've been all ove~ toW!!
trying to find this game: I explained, hopeful as
could be. The salesperson nodded, apparently
resigned to the fact that I wanted to stand in her
store and watch the game without buying
anything. Sweet! Mission accomplished.
There were two minutes left in the game.
Chicago had a comfortable lead and was just
playing out the string. For all intents and
purposes, it was over.
I was happy, of course, that the Bulls were
going towin.1 was less than happy to have missed
every meaningful play that got them that win,
and apparently there wer~ plenty. Toni Kukoc
went wild from three point range and blew the
game open in the fourth quarter. All this went
on while I was driving around town like a crazed
senior citizen looking for the perfect buffet joint;
The cable was still on the blink when I got'
home . About fifteen minutes into the
doubleheader's pedestrian second game, it came
back. Hooray.
The phone rang ten minutes later. It was a
TCI guy who sounded like he was on the bad side
of sixty.
"Got yer' cable back?" he asked after
introducing himself.
....._...n5....
If you've ever read this column before, you
know I wasn't going to miss Sunday's NBA Game
of the Week: Orlando at Chicago, Game of the
week? Try game of the YEAR, at least until the
playoffs!
. It was advertised as "Superman, Batman
and Rodman" vs. Shaq and Penny. Comparisons
to the 4gers and the Cowboys were thrown
around. The cream of the crop, the NBA
superpowers, in a battle for supremacy. What
more could you ask for?
Despite the fact that I stayed out WAY too
late the night before, and really would have
savored some bonus sleep on a Sunday morning,
I rolled out of bed at 10 AM sharp.
It was worth losing a few Zs to get to see
the clash onhe titans LIVE. That's not to say I
didn't roll the old VCR, of course. This could be
histcry, after all.
Everything went fine until about halfway
through the third quarter. I was fully absorbed
in a hard-fought, well-played struggle of wills.
Then, with the Bulls clinging to a small lead, my
picture turned to snow.
It wasn't a weather report. The cable just
tweaked out on me. I couldn't even get a standard
TV signal.
Annoyance became agitation after about
five minutes. I knew that halfway across the
country, on the floor of the United Center in
Chicago, an epi,c duel was playing out.
I called TCI, my wonderful cable company.
Busy signal. Redial. Redial. Busy. Busy. That went
on for awhile, until I called the general number
and got myself transferred to customer service
, after a short wait.
Trying to remain calm, I explained the
problem ;md the operator took my informa·tion.
She didn't make any promises, saying cryptically,
"Yeah, we've been getting some calls from that
area."
I had to do something. Who could tell
when, if ever, the cable would come back? By
what cruel twist of fate could this happen in the
middle of the.biggest NBA game of the regular
season? Without a cloud in the sky, or any fairly
.reasonable meteorological explanation, a total
loss of service! How, Sunday at noon/during stich
a ratings bonanza, can they screw tip so:royally?
Feeling cheated, dying to know what was
going on in the game, I decided to find the
nearest TV that worked. So I concealed my
bedhead with a ballcap, jumped in my car and
raced out to Future Shop, about a: block away
from my apartment complex.
All their TVs were on some other channel,
and it was the kind of place where they come after
you with, "Can I help you?" every thirty seconds.
I didn't think they'd dig it if I switched one of
their fancy TVs to a Bulls game and just watched
it in their store. They seemed a little too uptight
for that.
So I went oV,er to Target, about another
. my chance."
"Yes."
Overshadowed by two players treated bi
"Yea h, it was out on. a couple of streets
fa ns, m~dia and tea m-mat es as far more
there."
'. "Do you have any idea what went wrong?" impor.tant, Kukoc has found himself in a new
"No, we don't." Alittle irritable, leaving no role; window dressing. It must be difficult to go
room for further inquiry. Then, with only the from a big star to just another skill player coming
off the bench.
briefest of pauses, "Well, thank you then."
Somewhere.
-rhankyou."
perh aps not in
Click.
No explanation.
Who could tell when, if ever, the cable Chicago. Kukoc will
hit those miracle
No apologies. And would come back?
shots again . If only
this from the worst
damn cable company I've ever had the misfortune this Bulls team let him have a single ray of
of giving my business. No WGN from Chicago (3 limelight, they might realize their leviathan of a
national superstation, that, coincidentally, team is even more invulnerable than they
cai-ries EVERY Bulls game). No Comedy Central. thought.
His 6 deadly treys killed an Orlando team
No Sci Fi Channel. No ESPN2 or Sportschannel.
No VH1. Well, Iguess I don't lose much sleep over that came determined to hand Chicago it's first .
home L.
.
VH1, but you get the idea.
"When Kukoc came in and sta rt ed
I have the ~extended cable" plan, too. Not
"basic", "extended". I think "basic" is FOX and dropping threes on us,1 felt maybe we got a little
that moronic fundamentalist discouraged," Magic coach Brian Hill said after
channel, 8, where some the defeat.
"Kukoc really hurt us in the first half when
Tammy Faye Bakker lookalike is always bawling he hit those threes," said Anfernee Hardaway.
through a haze of ~unning "Then he did it in the second, and that's what
mascara.
I've
never killed us."
Thl' philosophy of keeping Kukoc on the
understood that. Why do
some folks figure that the second team seems a sound one. Ron Harper's
more make-up you wear, the confidence gets a boost by starting, he gets to play
more spiritual you must be? with the superstars and he doesn't have to force
I mean , you can find an anything. Kukoc is a better player, but having
answer for just about , such a weapon coming off the pines Jets Jackson
anything in the Bible, if you rest Jordan or Pippen without losing much spark.
if'Rukoc replaced Harper in the starting line-up.
take the right attitude.
But I digress. The bottom it would unbalalJce the team and put a
line is, most of Olympia, precipitous drop-off between the front-line and
probably the whole state and the back-ups.
Nonetheless, it has hurt Kukoc's pride, and
95% of the USA (accounting
for a few cable screwups by obviously stunted his development. It's bad
other crummy companies enough to go from "The Man" to "Some Guy",
nationwide) got to see this ~ithout being "Some Guyon the Bench".
"I think he feels threatened by me being
game in its entirety while I
missed out. I'm just glad here," Jordan said. "Some of the offense and some
there isn't another cable of the contributions come through Scottie and
company that I could get (I myself, not through ,him, and that's something
.checked). Then all the children oftheTCI people he tan't be worried about."
This season has been like the Beatles'
would go hungry because no one in their right
mind would give them DIME NUMBER I! American tour for the Bulls.
"Everyone wants a piece of us: Longley
said. "I mean, it gets so crazy that when we go on
, Oh yeah. the game
the road now, they really do sneak 'us through
While I was stumbling around town like a kitchens and back entrances to our hotel rooms."
While his team-mates enjoy the fanfare,
decapitated ~hicken, Toni Kukoc went berserk.
"Europe's Magic Johnson" has looked like a lost Kukoc has felt excluded. From the beginning
child since Jordan donned the red and black Jordan and Pippen were frosty to' him, leery of
again . I remember in Kukoc's rookie season, the big salary management would pay the freshMichael's first in retirement, he was a bright new faced European. At the 1992 OlympiCS Pippen
star in a sky left dark by the setting of its great targeted Kukoc and began a strange rivalry with
sun. Kukoc hit three or four big game-winners him that may never have ended. Pippen has been
that year. His late game heroics got so openly resentful of Kukoc's bigger contract in
commonplace that in a critical playoff game years past and may have finally cowed him.
It's sad, because I've never read or seen any
against the Knicks, Phil Jackson drew up the final
play to go to Kukoi: and not Scottie Pippen . statement from Kukoc that wasn't full of respect
Pippen had his much documented sulk, refusing and admiration for Jordan and Pippen. In fact,
to go into the game. His team-mates were strong I've never heard him say something impolite
enough to ignore this distraction, went back onto about anyone, friend or foe. Obviously I'm not
the court, and Kukoc nailed a jumper to win the in the locker room with these guys, but it sure
seems that Toni Kukoc is a good-hearted kid and
damn thing.
Since then the spotlight has seldom fallen deserves a break. For one thing, he just won them
the "game of the year".
on the boyish Croatian.
"There is no doubt in my mind he was the
"I was playing 40 minutes (in Europe). I
came here and my role changed," said Kukoc. difference," the Orlando coach said.
"Here is M,J. Here is Pip. I've really gotto wait for
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FEBRUARY
29, 1996
LETTERS .AND OPINIONS '
LETTERS AND OPINIONS
Reader cont~sts lack,of consideration for people in travel column .
Laurel Nicole Spellmen described her
mission in the "In the Middle of Somewhere:
column as to explore, "What's fun and what's
cheap." While I think that it's awesome that
you want to see more of Washington and to
see places different from where you are from,
remember that you're not going to a tourist
attraction but someone else's home. Leave
your narrow perc~tions of the word home
behind. When I read vou latest column
"Depressed in Aberdeen:" I felt trampled on:
and then I felt angry. I feel that your latest
column as weli as your Oct. 27 column,
"Tacoma - All American City," are
disrespectful to the people who liv~ in
Aberdeen and in the Hilltop area of Tacoma.
You asked if there was anything that readers
knew that was good about Aberdeen. 1 am
about to answer that question and even more
important, discuss why I think you can't see
~
.
If you lived in Aberdeen you might think
that one good thing about the town was that
it is home to a lot ofpeople. I was born in what
looks and often feels like a depressing
community: Anaconda, Montana. Anaconda
as well as nearby Butte would probably inspire
about five "Ughs" from Laurel because those
towns used to depend on the mining and
smelting ind.ustries. The devast~tion from the
environmental pollution of the companies is
just as bad as the. economic effects of the
capital flight. When I go to Anaconda I see all
of this, which is probably what Laurel saw in
Aberdeen, but I see the people too. I see all of
my family and some friendships that are
decades old. I feel everything that the word'
home means. I know that me and my cousins
ran across every patch ofasphalt and climbed
all the trees in town. I know that all of us were
born in the old community hospital.
I don't pretend thatthese roots make my
visits totally happy ones. I have mixed feelings
every time [ go to see family in Anaconda. I
have an intense flood of love for the people
and a sense of sadness and anger about what
they and I have had to experience there. We
gave everything we had including our health
and future to keep the smelter open. In turn
we got a closed smelter and a welfare check.
"Why didn't people move to find another
job?" I have heard people ask. Move where?
What job? Leave my home, my family? My
mom and I left Anaconda. We left a violent,
alcoholic husband/step-father behind. We
also left our family. I know that I am never
more free than when I can speak my mind with
my family in Anaconda. My opinions are
much different than everyone else's in the
family, but they always accept me. That's what
is good about Anaconda to me. I'm sure the
people in Aberdeen would have something to
say about their town that was good to them,
too.
I have spent a lot of time thinking ab~ut
these two articles. You dismissed Aberdeen
immediately by looking around and saying,
"Ugh." You called the Hilltop the "source of
the Tacoma r\lffiors, " about crime and danger.
What are these judgements founded on? It
doesn't sound like you stopped and talked to
the people who lived in these communities.
You merely described the people in Aberdeen
as aimless and hopeless , and treated the
people in Tacoma as completely invisible
because you neglected to even mention them.
Oscar Johnson's opinon piece on Jan. IS
about Evergreen's monocultural perspective
critiqued Laurel's piece aboutTacoma. About
a conversation he had with Laurel about the
article, Oscar wrote, ".. she seemed to~ally
unaware of any discrepancy between her
(perhaps lack of) knowledge and experience
of urban African-Americans and the
stereotypes of them that her article both
subscribed to and perpetuated." I don't think
Laurel has any knowledge of and experience
of urban African-Americans or of unemployed
timber workers in Aberdeen. I wish she did,
but my point is that she judged and dismissed
all the people in'these communities without
knowing anything about them. I think she did
it because they and their homes were different
than her and her home. I'm not saying that
Laurel's descriptions of the Hilltop and.
Aberdeen are the same, but I think that they
both reveal the frame of reference she is
working with. Laurel has written negative
depictions of an urban environment, the
Hilltop, and a more rural one, Aberdeen. My
question is, HWhat else does the world look
like?" The suburbs. The world is not made up
ofsuburban, mall-like communities. Laurel's
articles define anything other than suburban
as different and dismisses anything different
as depressing or scary.
. It happens all the time: Laurel is not the
first. People are dismissed because of their
language, their color, their religion, their
food, their accent, who they lov.e, how much
money they have, and the list goes on. All by
an ugh, a cringe, a yuck, and a roll of the eyes
that says you are different than me and that's
all I see, hear, smell, and feel. I'm not saying
that you have to Like everyone and everything
or pretend that Aberdeen and Tacoma don't
have problems in their communities. I am
saying that I don't t~ink you can even discuss
likes/dislikes or assets/problems in a
community until you learn and see what a
community is about, and you can't do that if
you just say "Ugh" and drive through.
Natalie Cartwright
Columnist ignores pride and population of timber towns
Sometimes I think to myself"Jason, why do
you get so fed up with so many people at
Evergreen, and the attitude they carry with
them'" All my questions were answered when
I picked up the last issueQf the CPj and
opened that puppy up to page six and found
a story titled HDepressed in Aberdeen." If you
haven't read it I strongly urge you to do so
NOW! In it you will find material that makes
me want to scream, jump up and down, kick
the crap out of somebody, and drop out of
school all at the same time. This one article
is able to make me so pissed off that I am able
to understand why a lot of people build
animosity towards Greeners. If! picked up a
copy of that paper, read the article, and
assumed that the author's viewpoint was
prevalent at Evergreen, I might feel the same
way
The author has obviously lead a sheltered
life devoid of the realities that make the world
go around. She is obviously not from a town
that is so economically depressed that every
other building is vacant becau;;e no one can
afford the products those stores would sell.
She has been so sheltered that she thinks the
people of Aberdeen are out painting murals
on the buildings "depicting logging life in old
Aberdeen" to make their town more
"palatable" for people like her. She ~ays
"Great, a history of depressed people" not
depressed babe, try PROUD. Proud to be
frontiersman, proud to establish a new
territory in a hostile environment, proud to
be Northwesterners. This is their culture,
and even if you don't agree with it of Like it,
it is what it is. You should be intelligent
enough to understand why this culture is
important to the people of Aberdeen, and
why they will hold onto it for dear life. This
is their home, and the nexttime you go there,
or anywhere outside of your sheltered
bubble, you need to remember that. These
people have lived here all their lives, they
have families here, and have raised families
of their own. And thalin its seIfis something
Hgood about this town" so I hope you're still
Hopen to hearing about it."
Ifit weren't for peopie like the ones who live
in Aberdeen who, sometime in the past made
the decision to sacrifice family ties, and make
the mov~ out West, you probably wouldn't
even have the privilege of attending a liberal
arts college of the caliber of Evergreen, let
alone being able to take a weekend trip to the
coast in order to enjoy some of the beauty
the Northwest has to offer. That's right babe
there would be about 50 miles of thick
underbrush between here and there, and I'm
pretty sure even your gas guzzling car would
have a hard time fording some of those rivers
on the way. The friendly people of Aberdeen,
and other local timber towns, are put in a
situation ofwanting to retain their heritage,
and wan ting to feed their families at the same
time. The society we all are a part ofdemands
forest products, so we can all wipe our ass in
the morning, and write to each other in
, articles printed on these very products.
These Hlogging factories " as you have so
elegantly named them, seem to be some
novelty you have never really conceived of
before, providing "tables and stuff." But they
are real, I used 1'0 pass them every day in the
town where I grew up, on my way to may
favorite fishing hole, or my favorite park. I
used to love to hear the whistle at 'noon',
somehow I knew it meant something
important. I would stand by the side of the
road and try and get the log truck drivers to
blow their horns as. they flew past, and they
were proud to do it. Instead of gawking at
people's homes and job site's like they are
somehow separated from your fragile '
existence, try actually doing something
productive, like wiping with your hand, or
even stop writing crappy articles for the CPj
just because you feel obligated to fill space
with your "In the Middle of Somewhere"
column.
The next time you're in Aberdeen, or any
town for that matter, go to a coffee shop, sit
down, talk with some people; find out they're
not really depressed freaks, and you might
even find out you're not either. We're all stuck
on this planet together. so we better start
figuring out how to get along. Some of us have
been born into economically depressed
situations with family and local heritages that
run deep in our veins. Others 'have been
fortunate i!nough to have families who are
able to give us the money to go to school, and
for the gas in our cars, so we can take neat
trips to.the "BEACH," this same money pays
for the food we eat, so we don't have to ingest
any chemicals or animal products, it even
pays for the electricity which runs the lights
so we can leave them on all day when we come
to school. So the next time you head for
Aberdeen, don't feel depressed because you
chose to drive your . sorry ass to the
Washington coast, feel depressed because you
have been sheltertd all your life from some of
the harsh realities that make the world go
around. Maybe next time you should take the
bus to Aberdeen, (it's only a couple of bucks)
or ride your bike, (I'm sure you could use the
exercise) or even walk, it's not dense
underbrush anymore, but it's still a two day
trek, and I bet those dry and warm" fast food
restaurants" would look a little more
appealing after 48 hours of walking in a
torrential downpour.
Jason
Davis
Proud, native resident ofBend and Prineville
Oregon, and almost a Greener Grad.
Hardiman sets .record straight about Tacoma campus
structure by the year 2000. The Board of
Please permit me to take this opportunity
Trustees enthusiastically received our
to thank the Cooper Point journaJ and Mr.
presentation and vision for full integration at
Oscar Johnson for the last week's article,
its annual meeting here two weeks ago. . A
"Evergreen's Tacoma Campus Actually
detailed integration plan will be presented in
Exists". While I applaud Mr. Johnson's
May. We expect full support.
enthusiastic support for our campus and am
The article mistakenly reports that we offer
grateful for the exposure, I must take a few
minutes to clarify some miscono:eptions that four programs. We offer one upper division
have arisen as a result of the article. More - interdisciplinary coordinated program each
specifical,ly, I need to set the record straight year. Several courses are offered within the
program, all keeping with the year's general
about the relationship between the Tacoma
theme. We also have a lower division
and Olympia campuses, our curriculum, and
program, the TCC-TESC Bridge Program,
our student population. :
/
which is conducted in partnership with the
First of all, the relationship between the two
Tacoma Community College. The Masters in
campuses' has never been better. . Support
Teaching program is completing its final year
fi:om Olympia is not on the decline; but on
of a ~o year pilot TESC urban teaching
the upswing. The Tacoma campus was
program, here at the Tacoma campus. This
founded by Dr. Maxine Mimms with major
support from Merv Calenwalder, the designer year's theme is "Beyond DichotomiesStudies in Community Health." Next year's
of Evergreen's leaming.communities concept,
theme will be HParadigrri Shifts·Studies in
several deans and most of the College's
Community Advocacy."
faculty. Since that time, the two campuses
I was particularly concerned with your
have worked steadily to make her noble
portrayal of this campus as essentially an Afroexperiment a success. The Tacoma campus,
Centric campus. We are a world-cen.tric
Olympia d~ans, staff, and senior
campus that focuses on and emphasizes
administrators are currently working on fully
cultural pluralism and the unique
integrating this campus into its operational
Cartoonist condemns reactionaries
So things have gotten crazy on campus,
everyone is scared about guns .... Big f***in'
deal. I'm going to let you all in on a little
secret... ..Public Safety already has guns, they've
had them for years. They keep them locked
away in case of a riot or Armageddon or
something. At least this is how it was described
to me by officer Bob McBride as I and fellow
reverends attempted to faith-heal a car door
open. I was intrigued by the concept so he
continued to describe to me the splendor ofour
anti-not gtins and of the te3l'S shed by students
who didn't .~ant to believe that they existfli.
"Yep." He said, "We've had them for as many
years as I've been here." Our adventure
continued into the Security Office where I was
able to play with their portable "Bazooka" [for
, lack ofa better word, the official name escapes
md. I Chose not to take it offofthe wall however
on the basis that I would probably take
someone's eye out.
I Was sitting in the library the .other day,
minding my own business and I overheard a
poorly argued claim that once guns hit campus
the minorities will become target practice. I
can only assume that this is what happens
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more police on the street, giving them more homeless a crime. And at Evergreen we will
power and more weapons, and conversely continue to resist the hasty and misinformed
diminishing everyone else's civil rights and decision to arm security.
protection from police abuse. We are
The possibilities for resistance (guerrilla
'becoming a country more and more theater, chalk art, tuition strikes, etc.) are
entranced with uniforms, weapons, and limited only by our imaginations.
punishment: witness the populaRty of shows
Alice Zillah
like HCOpS" and "America's Most Wanted."
But resistance is also growing. Squatters in
New York City remained· in their reClaimed
buildings even when the police tried to storm
them out with tear gas and a 50 ton tank (a
possible sign of what's to come across the
. country- a 50 ton tank is considered a basic
police "tool" in New York.) Here in Olympia
a grassroots group of people is actively
resisting the efforts of some downtown
business owners and the police to make being
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TotheCPJ, :
In the February 15th edition of the CPj you
ran an Harticle" in the News section of your
paper called, "Environmentalists set their sights
on the Rock Timber Sale". While this is news,
it should have carried the banner of
propaganda and/or editorial. This piece was
clearly biased to show only one side of an
engaging argument.
In this Harticle", Mr. Wheelan refers to
government personnel and loggers as Hagents
of destruction", and HVampires". While these
terms may not be far from the fact, they are
terms that cast .negative light on the subjects
which in turn creates bias. Silly me, I thought
the point ofjournalism was to report the truth
as unbiased as possible. In the future I hope
the CPjwill take batter responsibility as to what
they consider articles and editorials, as well as
the professionalism of it's writers.
To make matters even worse, I turned to the
comics page to hopefully find something to
smile about. OH TIlE HORRORI My favorite
comic, "Snuggle" by Jonah ERLoebwas pulled.
This comic, no matter how offensive always
brought a smile to my face. I think it's largely
because it lightens up the day. Please, oh please,
I'm begging you, please put HSnuggle" back in
the CPJ.
Sincerely,
jon cavin
license plate ltAPIST, then so be it, Let's face it,
some people's first language is Smith and
Wesson, that's the way the world is. Let's put it
this way, drinks are on me if any student is shot Editor's note: Only two Public Saftey Officer's have
for drinking in public or streaking or any non- guns, whi~h they do not carry around or keep in case
violent activity.
of a riot. They are locked away and only used when
Love, Jonah E. R. Loeb the officer's undergo retraining
News
Reader calls for action and cooperation against guns on campus
But instead ofletting despair get us down,
apprOximately 75 of us decided to take it to
the streets, literally. The ensuing traffic
blockade was designed to let everyone know
that Evergreen is a lot less safe now. The
potential Tor the use of Hdeadly force" is a
hundred times greater now, and the
likelihood that others (i.e., people breaking
into cars in F-lot) will start carrying guns in
response is greater too.
What was great about this spontaneous
demonstation was how much fun it was.
Getting together with a bunch of your fellow
students to cause creative and inspired
trouble (peaceful. of course) is something
everyone should try. .
The decision to arm Evergreen security is
part of the nationwide trend that is putting
when you sleep in class, you only hear half of
the information and never learn how to develop
a lOgical argument. I suppose that it is possible
that some strange oils may rub off of the guns
and into the bloodstream ofthe mild mannered
security officers that we know and love, and
transform them into murder driven racists with
licenses to kill (Then it would follow that the
officers of color and female'gender would hunt
down white males, leaving no one alive). But I
think that would be improbable. Our officers
have carried pepper spray and telescoping
batons ;md.we haven't had one case ofa blinded
or crippled student yet. In short, there is no
evidence that the peace of our community will
be threatened.
To those people starving themselves over
this issue: Get offit, assuming that my sources
are correct and guns havl: always been with us,
fighting it is as pointless as disputing the name
ofthe school, or the color ofthe buildings. One
. more skinny student on campus doesn't really
make a difference; get active.
The way I see it is: If they want to hold onto a
gun, or a han~, or a lucky rabbit's foot, when
they approach a suspicious vehicle with the
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Editor of the CP],
After the Board ofTrustee's decision to arm
security officers I felt the same despair as
many other members of our community.
After all, the recommendations by Art
Constantino and Jane Jervis, which strongly
influenced the final vote, were devoid of any
discussion of alternatives to arms, despite
such information existing and being put into
practice at universities such as Brown.
Additionally, much of the data used to justifY
their positions was highly questionable and
taken directly from Sherriff Neil
McClanahan's biased "report." And finally,
the whole process once again makes it
abundantly clear that, while there is an awful
lot of talk about community at this school,
we as students have zero power in actual
decision making.
contributions persons from both genders and
m.any cultures bring to a common learning
. environment. It is true that the campus
incorporates many African-American values
and learning approaches; but, if one was to
look closely, he/she would discover that these
approaches are not endemic to the AfricanAmerican community, but to many World
cultures. We characterize our learning
approach as "Reality-Based", meaning that we
start with each student's life experiences (or
reality) and use these as the basis for
theoretical and conceptual exploration of the
finer and deeper aspects of higher education.
We are proud of the tradition we are building
here in Tacoma. We invite everyone to visit.
We are truly a rich learning community. Our
classes are truly multicultural and,
consequently, rich in learping. Our students
are enthusiastic and highly motivated.
Anyone who is interested in learning is
welcome. Please come, join us and experience
the Tacoma experience. One visit and your
notion of education will not be the same.
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Posies fill Capitol . ~ith gooey pop goodness'
by Jen Koogler
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The Posies appearance at the Capitol Theater backstage on Thursday, February 22 was a) my fourth Posies show,
b) my second Posies show where a scientific calculator was involved, c) a never
ending onslaught of percolating pop perfection. or d) a cozy affair where a rockin
t~me was had by aiL If you bothered to
pick an answer from the above choices,
yo u have a pretty good idea of what
occurI'd that evening. The Posies, headed
by founders and master guitarists Jon
Auer and Ken Stringfellow, delivered a
slice of pure rock bliss to the gathered
adoring crowd of loyal fans and curious
onlookers.
Ken Stringfellow. his hair a dastardly shade of pink reminiscent of
Crayola's razzle dazzle rose, strode haphazardly onto the tiny stage, guitar hanging from his verging-on-wiry frame. His
ensemble was completed ·with smeared
lipstick and a faded pink leopard print
sleev\'less shirt, causing bassist Joe
Howard (former Sky Cries Mary member who
was known that evening as Heather) to dub him
"Ken Benetar". He was followed by his partner
in crime Jon Auer, whose hair gleamed purple
when the makeshift lighting hit it just right but
otherwise inspired rumblings of a possible Antonio Banderas resemblante (this has since been
disputed), being of the appropriate length and
wave, not to mention the fact that he was dressed
in all blackesque clothing. The two adjusted various technical doodads and consulted Howard
and drummer Brian Young before beginning the
evening's melodic festivities.
The amazing guitar crunches of "Definite
Door" from 1993's Frostingon the Beateraroused
the crowd from their opening band daze and incited much cajoling from apparent die hard fans.
After the initial fury subsided, Stringfellow and
Auer orchestrated their guitar fuzz into a few
newer songs, including the impromptu
"Ontario", which Stringfellow took upon himself
to add to the set list and demonstrated a ('ontintlance of the move towards harder, more driving
rhythms that the Posies have shown throughout
their musical career.
Despite the peek into upcoming Posie
material, the show was dominated by familiar
favorites from the Posies' last two albums, 1990's
much heralded Dear 23 and the aforementioned
Frosting on che Beater. When Joe Howard experienced technical difficulty with one of his bass
strings, Auer and Stringfellow performed a
rhythm section free version of "You Avoid Parties". which·highlighted not only their excellent
melodic abilities, but the amazing harmonic
qualities of their combined voices. Auer's is more
centered, while Stringfellow's wavers around, and
the two together are nothing but ear candy, and
a large part ofthe Posies' acclaim.
A personal highlight for me came when
Auer inaugurated the introductGry chords of
"Any Other Way", my favorite from the Posie cata-
Keith Carter captures the mythic, surreal South in photo exhibit
by Chris Miller
Keith Carter's photography exhibit at the
G. Gibson gallery in Seattle is worth a look. The
show displays an eclectic group of photographs
taken from Carter's books The Blue Man and
Mojo. The photographs portray the mystic and
gothic energies that pervade the South. According to the article "Got the Mojo Workin'" by
Stephen Perl off, Carter derived the title Mojo
from the African Kikongo word Mooyo. Mooyo
in Kikongo means "Spiritual Spark." "force" and
"soul." Through his photography Carter attempts
to describe his own visionary interpretation of
the elements of Mooyo that are pervasive
throughout the South. In The Blue Man Carter
gives an explanation concerning the mystic and
mythological philosophy that is within his art:
•Yes, I chink stories and memory are
very imponanc to our lives. It goes far beyond
simple nostalgia. Things like sitting around telling stories, help to center you as a human being.
Stories help you find your place within your society, within your culture. Photograph), is about
ideas. I view photography as perhaps the only
universal language, for me, the role ofthe photograph and much of modem art is to illuminate
and provoke, enrage and heal. Photography does
all these things panicularly well. It's a great sto·
ryteller. "Cp. 126)
In "Oak Tree." Carter expresses a balance
between chastity and lust, the tension between
spiritual purity and the dark rich experience of
coming to knowledge. The photo captures a full
grown oak in the rich dark color. The svelte
boughs curve and hvist, standing out dark and
austere as the leaves and thin branches recede
into a religious shimmer of white light in the
background.
The mystic, hazy background of the photo
fuses well with the high detailed realism of the
foreground. One can see the oak's scaly bark in
perfect detail. The bark takes on the appearance
of a snake skin. This adds a seductive element to
the photo that complements the sinuous curves
of the boughs.
In stark contrast to the enigmatic dark allure of the tree is a birdhouse as a vestal white
pastoral church that hangs beneath th~ oak. The
cross that stands on top of the bird house acts as
a crucifix against the sinister and provocative
shape of the oak. Perhaps the tree represents life,
log and I think demonstrative of their
lyrical strengths. Lines like "So came the
day when she had had enough, ·she kept
home and rwasn't asked tostily, she said
'you don't have to blame yourself you
know', but I wouldn't have it any other
way", and other heartfelt scripts are ·a
Posie asset as well as a downfall. Some
people just don't groove on the sometimes abstract way Stringfellow and
Auer talk about things. But I must admit thatthroughoutthe whole song, as
I gazed at Stringfellow sifting those
lovely words into the meshing of the
microphone and into my ears, my head
swayed back and forth as my feet
tapped. I must have looked like a four.teen year old te~ny bopper.
Another song high point came
in the form of "I may hate you sometimes", a song from 1989's PopUama
release Failure, (and The Rockets number 18 Northwest album of all time) the
first Posies release when Jon and Ken
were still teens. It was nice to see them
acknowledging earlier works, unlike
some bands (I'll never see R.E,M. sing "Flowers
of Guatemala"), and to be swept back to a time
when both wore leather jackets and Auer had
Robert Smith hair was either a treat or a trip, depending on the frame of mind of the individual.
Before ending the prescribed set with
"Bum and Shine", Stringfellow announced a contest. Lifting his arms above his head, he offered
two free tickets to the next Capitol show to the
person who could correctly count the number of
armpit hairs he had. Shouts from the crowd resonated, and although the amount was never revealed to the general public, a lucky sideQumed
audience member was given tickets courtesy of
Stringfellow. Once they had finished, the crowd
became as lively as they had been when they first
started in an effort to get thein back. Their enthusiasm must have worked, for the encore lasted
. at least a half an hour.
Stringfellow, who apparently must have
been inspired by the hue of his hair's resemblance
to the Energizer bunny's fur, showed no signs of
slowing as he and a somewhat bewildered and
tired Auer entered into "Fucking Liar", a crowd
favorite for obvious reasons. Despite Auer's attempts to "snap, crackle, pop, goodbye",
Stringfe.Jlow, dye running down his forehead,
and the birdhouse our attempt to dive within our
own inner purity in order to derive meaning from
our experiences.
In "Cathedral" Carter combines mystic
symbolism to achieve a humorous ironic tone. In
fine focus in the foreground is a corpulent hand.
We can only see the wrist, the palm and th~
by Josh Root
stubby fingers, open and grasping in empty
space. In the background we can make out the
I had a busy weekend. I saw four concerts
fuzzy innards of a domed cathedral that tilts at a over four days. The Posies once. and the Halo
slight oblique angle. At the top of the dome are Benders an amazing three times. To anyone not fathree arching windows through which light ex- miliar with the Benders, this might seem a little explodes, taking on the amorphous form of hover- cessive. However once you've seen Calvin Johnson
ing angels.
in action, you'lI understand. NOfJIlally a fairly quiet
The hand is attemptingto reach out to the and mild mannered fellow, on stage he turns into a
divine light that is flooding through, but like at- dancing, whirling daiblo. A true Dr. Jekyl and Mr.
tempting to grasp the rays of the sun, the hand Hyde transformation. His dance moves alone are
will never grasp the angelic clouds of light. The worth the price of admission.
. divine light just hangs there, within sight, but
My music adventure started on Thursday
.
forever out of grasp.
with the Posies concert (See Jen's article above for
Unlike "Cathedral," in which the divine is more info on that). All I'm going to say about it is
forever unattainable, "Jack Witt" expresses the thatJon Auerdoes NOT look like Antonio Banderas.
divinity that lies within the human soul. In the
I played "birthday fun" on Friday. Then I
foreground is a gentle old hermit with a vener- rolled out of town early on Saturday, heeding my
able pepper gray Whitmanesque beard. He is sit- own advice, and tried to get to the U-district Celloting on a chair in front of a low white picket fence phane Square before everyone else. Of course I
that surrounds his small yard alongside his mod- ended up getting delayed in about a million differest rural shack. In his hands are two young brown ent ways. But all was well in the end because I got a
does with white speckles. His simple contempla- good spot in the store. Of the three shows that I saw,
tive expression, his kind eyes and compassion- this one was the best. Being squashed together with
ate weathered wrinkles lend Jack a saintly beatific too many other people in a.place that was never
spirit. Carter embodies a mythological archetype meant for concerts and looking at the world's smallbrilliantly in this photo. Jack's appearance takes est stage, for some reason add up to a wonderful
on the beatific quality of Jesus, Buddha or even concert. The lack of se.
Santa-Claus. He is the eternal loving father. Jack's curity walls and a real
spiritual dignity and pure gaze give him a qual- stage allowed Calvin to
ity of eternal life.
wander as far as his mic
Some other images in Carter photographs cord would allow, even
include: dogs, horses, children, birds, swans, and out onto UniverSity
ghosts. Carter weaves these images with south- Ave. singing and dancern folklore, superstition, and the surreal. All of ing as he meandered
these abstract themes combine with his realistic through the passing
subjects in order to create a serpentine psychic cars. Short though it
twist that compels the viewer to broaden their was. this was one of the
own internal mythological awareness.
best concerts I have ever
Keith Carter's photographs are currently seen.
on display until March 30. The gallery is open
The most reTuesday to Saturday, 11 - 5:30 and is free. Also - markable aspect about
all the Pioneer Square art galleries have an "Art that evening's concert,
Walk" the first Tuesday afternoon of every at the University of
month. They usually have free food and wine Washington's West
which is reason enough to go.
Ballroom. was that it
showed no signs of slowing. He continued to assault his guitar with such fami liar tU.nes as
"Golden Blunders" and "Flavor of the Month".
The closing song "FI9,od of Sunshine" (also the ·
last song on Dear 23): which is usually an eight
minute and 22 second epic in itself, clearly lasted
over ten, as each of the Posies squeezed th~ I~st
drops of energy out of themselves and thelf mstruments, much to the joy of the crowd which
continued to caIl for more.
And so, the show came to a close, with
encouragement from Stringfellow to buy a stylin
T-Shirt (I did, and shook his hand!! .Gaspll
Wow II), Auer strode outside to have a CIgarette
and talk to friends and a few fans who wanted to
share their feelings with the violet-haired guitarist. I have been out of the Posie loop for awhile,
andl don't know when a new album will surface
from them. According to my handy June 1~-28
1995 issue of The Rocket(yes, I keep these thLOgs
around), The Posies were supposed to have recorded an album for release last October, yet the
experts at my local record store haven't seen a
thing. Hmm ... I know that these record labels
are warped, but I wish I knew what was going on.
Let the cpJknow if you have any Posies informatioll (x6213).
·Theshowwould not have been complete
without the opening acts Genepool Lifeguard and
Slow Children, both of whom delivered stellar
performances. Unfortunately,l don:t really kno.w
enough about these bands to dehver a full III
depth analysis. Genepool Lifeguard did a kind
of funk thing with great harmonizing by the female singer and male bass player, whlle Slow
Children's joint bass player/guitar player antics
entertained the crowd. Unfortunately, the crowd
was a little unreceptive, but that happens to a lot
pf opening acts. Pay attention to them, ok?
There must be a reason that I have seen
the Posies four times, except from just being in
the right place at the right time. It. was nice to
experience their musical gifts in an intimate environment (if you haven't been to the Capitol
Theater backstage, it kind oflooks like the place
where Kermit and Fozzie met in The Mpppet
Movie) instead of the mob scene I first saw them
in (Endfest '92, if you were there; you know). It
was truly a divine evenmg ofmusical enthusiasm
and exuberance, and even though I was c~ughing and sniffing throughout the whole thmg, I
wouldn't have it any other way.
A weekend with the Halo Benders
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was the first show in·a long time that non-students
were allowed to attend without being a UW
student's guest. Joining the Benders thi~ time were
Modest Mouse. Love as Laughter (who played at
Cellophane also) ·and Lois:Modest Mouse put on a
rocking set with their happy brand of pop/punk.
Billed as "The Love !\J; Laughter Space Program".
Sam Jayne weaves a strange tapestry of melody and
feedback. It was a cool sound, but one that I think
would have been better served with at least drums
and bass to fill out the sound. Lois, in a rare performance, was Joined on bass by Ryan Baldoz and by
her steady drummer Heather Dunn. And like usual,
they played an outstanding set. Part music, part
storytelling, part treehouse club, it was all good.
Then, we all rocked out to the Halo Benders and
their crazy dancing boy. It may have been just because the earlier show was so good, or I might have
been getting burned out. But this performance just
didn't have the same fire as the show at Cellophane.
So back home I went. After refueling with
food and a good night's rest, I grabbed my analog
counterpart (read as: good friend Jenn Nash) and
headed to the Capitol Theater. It felt really weird to
be getting psyched up for a concert in the middle of
a quiet and sunny Sunday. But offwe went. Today's
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by Bryan Frankenseuss Theiss
Butstunts aren't all you get in a Jackie Chan
film. The martial arts scenes are Some of the most kinetic and beautifully choreographed slapstick you'll
ever see. Early in his career, Chan deciped to include
comedy in his fight scenes in order to distinguish himself from Bruce Lee. Instead of punching a guy and
then giving him a menacing stare, he'd pun,ch a guy
and then groan in pain because he hurt his hand. The
fights in Rumble are vintage Chan. He incorporates
props like bottles, refrigerator
ART,& ENTERT AINME·N TS
character who comes to New York for his uncle's
wedding: He 'ends up staying to help out at his
uncle's recently sold mini-ma~. But this is the big
screen Bronx, so of course he finds himself getting
on the bad side of some troublesome bikers. He
damages their pride by thwarting their attempt to
shoplift, and they just won't let it go. They just won't
leave him alone. But after repeatedly proving that
25 biker chumps are no match for him, both Keung
and the bikers find themselves.mixed up with some
more dangerous criminals who, like TESC Public
Safety, carry guns.
In most movies, it would be a big problem that the villains don't look very tough. Angelo,
the goofy-looking leader of the biker gang, wouldn't
even cut it as an entry level thug in a Die Hard movie.
The best he should hope for is a high school drug
dealer role on a mid-'80s sitcom. The well-dressed
gangsters don't fare much better - they look like the
skinny guys who hang out with the sitcom drug·dealers. But it really doesn't matter, because they all
make good dancing partners for Chan. He flips
them, spins them, crashes them into poles and basically just does his job of making j~'Y.~ drop in the
audience.
- - ... If anything would turl) mainstream
American audiences away from the film , it would
probably be the dubbing. The dialogue was fllmed
in both Cantonese and English, but even though the
mouths fit a lot of the voices don't. For a while it
If you've seen a Jackie Chan movie before, you don't need to read this. You already /mow
that Chan is perhaps the greatest stuntman who
ever lived, and the most entertaining martial arts
actor in cinematic history. And chances are you
will go see Rumble in the Bronx right away if you
haven't already.
But if you're not familiar
with Chan, allow me a few minutes to
explain to you why you must take this
chance to plunge yourself into his J
world.
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Chan has made more than
35 films and is considered the world's
biggest movie star outside of Hollywood. Rumble in the Bronx is his attempt to conquer Hollywood as well. Although it was fllmed in Canada, it was de:
liberately set in New York in hopes of appealing to American audiences. This is actually the film's weakness - punk rock
biker gangs might be intimidating in sOIPe
countries but here they just remind people
of Police Academy 2. Had the film been set
in Hong Kong but filmed in English, it probably would have had a wider appeal here.
Fortunately, Chan is easily good enough to
make such concerns irrelevant. This may not
. be Chan's finest film, but it's still his film so
it's humorous, upbeat and in many ways astounding.
by Michael C Benson
So let me explain to you the concept oOackie Chan: he's a spectacular athlete
doors
I hear the Valentine's Swing Dance, sponwho, for some reason, is not afraid to do anyan ' d sored by Evergreen Queer Alliance, was a blllstl I
Ching. He performs all of his own stunts, ins hop pin g can't tell you from my own experience because, like
eluding ones that are completely
carts in hilari- . everyone else, I was forced to choose between it and
unneccessary. He doesn't care much for American ous and surprising ways. At one point he even kicks a the Ceill (pronounced KAY-lee) put on by the Irishaction stars like Jean Claude Van-Damme and guy's ass using ajacket like it's some sort ofimprove- American Student Organization (IASO) and SODA
Steven Seagal, nor so much bec.ause he is a supe- ment over nunchakus, Seeing these sorts of scenes on POP. This scheduling conflict for Saturday night,
rior martial artist but because their movies aren't a big screen at the local multiplex seems unusual, and February 17, was ;1 misfortune for the clubs who
real enough. American movies use blue screens, althe same time it seems so right.
competed for dancers, but it was a disaster for stumodels and computer effects sometimes instead
So yeah, Chan can.beat the crap out of eight dents forced to choose between two great.events ..
of risking the lives of their stars. Chan just goes _I guys at the same time and make it seem convincing.
Shannon Leigh Collins w.as getting out
ahead and risks his life. In Rumble he even jumps But please realize that he is not a badass in the class i- the vOte early on Wednesday evening by calling evfrom a bridge onto a moving vehicle and from a cal sense of the term. Because unlike Seagal, Van- eryone on the sign-up list IASO generated in th·e Cab
parking garage to a balcony across .the street. This Damm.e, Arnold Schwarzenegger, or even Bruce Lee, last month. She persuaded me thaU couldn't affotq
guy.is the closest · any mortal can corrie to being he is not macho or cocky. He always comes across as to miss this dance (which, by the way, was free to
super-human; if Batman were a real person, my the nicest guy'you've ever met, the guy you could never TESC students).
guess at his true identity would have to peJackie think a mean thought about. He almost seems
An Irish Ceill is a great deal like a square
Chan.
.
embarassed to fight. When the bad guys have taken dance. That's no mystery as American square dancChan's numerous injuries are· legend- hostages and he goes in and starts kicking ass, he ing is the direct descenden t ofthis and other forms. .
ary. He's been known to fail at a stunt and break a doesn't do it out of some macho male duty or patrio- of European folk dancing. No background was
limb, then go back and try it again as soon as the tism. You can imagine him thinking, "Aw, man. No- needed to have a great time. Everything we nepded
bone has healed. Many of his accidents can be seen body else can handle this, so I guess I'm going to have to know was demonstrat~ and practiced before
in outtakes on the closing credits; Rumble in fact . to do it again."
each dilnce, including all-important "cheating"
shows him trying to disguise an ankle cast while
The slim plot of Rumble involves such a
continuing to perform stunts.
situation. Here Chan plays Keung, a standard Chan
seems like Chan is the only one doing his own voice;
his uncle and new aunt sound particularly ridiculous. But all this improves as the movie goes on,
and it grows on you anyway.
What's exciting about this film is that it
was made to introduce Chan to a new audience, and
it s«ms to be working. I'm sure that a few laserdisc hounds somewhere are crying "sellout" and
scrambling for a new movie genre that only they
know about, but that's their problem. The fact is,
even a substandard Chan film like this raises the
stakes for American action movies. It is a joy to sit
in a packed Saturday matin« for an action film,
where excited parents have brought their kids along
for their first taste of Chan. Waiting in line,l heard
a kid tell his friend, "I'll be Jackie Chan. He's a really good fighter." It warmed my heart - if any action hero is going to be a bad influence on kids, it
ought to be the best action hero.
Rumble in the Bronx is the most fun you
can have in a theater right now- it's certainly good
enough to keep people happy until Miramax releases Police Story theatrically this August. and
Drunken Master 2 at the end ohhe year. New Line
Cinema deserves credit for bringing Jackie to the
American masses, because what kind of "free coun- _
try" doesn't have Jackie Chan films readily available
for mass consumption? It's enough to make your
eyes get a little misty.
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along with the lodl punk/angst trio, Mocket. Had Calvin. Wayne. Ralph. and Steve put on a superthe show been anywhere other than here I think that . nova of a show. If you wouldFl't get off your butt to
there would have been a hard-core pit going during see a show like this, just minutes from your door, I
Mocket's set. But, as this is mellow Olympia, every- don't think that dynamite could make you move.
body just sat and nodded along with the beat. Not It was a lot offun. With Calvin leading the way. we
that I'm complaining, I'm so sick of dumbshit jocks all (those of us who aren't photo geeks tied to our
using concerts as an excuse to beat on everybody, cameras. anyway) grooved until our legs were jelly.
and cop a cheap feel on any girls that look like they And the joint rocked until early in the morning. Or
won't fight back. And don't even get me started talk- arleast that's what it felt like until we stepped outing about crowd surfers, I've taken to trying to swipe side into the waning sunlight of a spring· like day.
If you missed all three of these concerts, too
the wallet of anyone who kicks me in the head while
"surfing" at a concert.
bad. You'll have to wait until probably this sumI have no problem with saying that the Capi- mer to experience the Halo Benders again. But if
tol is one of, if not the, best place in the state to see you just can't wait to see the crazy dancing owner
shows. The bands always seem to have a good time. of K Records, go see Dub Narcotic Sound System
This stokes the crowd, which in turn stokes the at their upcoming show, where else, at the Capitol
band, round and around in a big circle. With no Theater.
other band is this more apparent than the Halo
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All Original Production by the atudcuu of the
Mythic Reality Program at the E.apeeo Slate CoU.
Relief frOID .tudyiDI .tre •• fa herel
A lavisb performance with .nid and powaful.ccncs
combiaiaB theme and dance
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When: 8 p.m., Thursday March 7th
Friday
March 8th
Saturday March 9th
Where: The Experimental Theatre @
The Evergreen state College
in the Communication Building
Admission: $5.00 All seats Gen. Admin
Tickets can be purchaed in advance
@ TESC bookstore or at the door.
For more information call 866-269~
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steps for when our feet betrayed us. We weren't very
good by traditional standards, but we were good
enough to make every dance a joy!
There was a live band with four players
on a wide range of strange and beautiful acoustic
instruments: odd drums and tambourines, a mandolin, guitars, a fiddle, something like a wooden
flute. and other instruments I can't even begin to
identify. The band was outstanding. Throughout
the evening they were in complete sympathy with
the dances, sometimes setting the pace, at other
times letting the dancers dictate to them . It was
really breathtaking.
Breathtaking is a good word to describe
the dances, too. It was quite a workout. [ danced,
almost non-stop, from 8:30 to 11:00.1 found a ~eta
phor for Evergreen's community ideals in the Ceili.
Everyone was welcomed and involved. Traditional
wall-flowers like me were pulled in easily and happily. Never once was anyone made to feel clumsy
or foolish, mostly because, miraculously, the dances
made us graceful. It was a true community event.
The IASO is hoping to host a Ceill each
quarter. No Irish ancestry is required to have a great
time! Check it out.
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willing to find out what's going on and write about it.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE:
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Eve rg rettn LaboT Center Directo r Helen Lee, facu lty .
mem ber ~ ra h Ryan a nd student Na ta lie Ca rtwright
lead th is worksho p on o rga nizing women.
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Creativity Wor1<shop
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panel discussion about womeri and AIDS. '
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