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·CPJ·
January 18 , 1996
Volume 26 - Issue 12
The Evergreen
Sta t e College
Bulk - Rate
U.S. Postage Paid
Olympi a, WA
98505
Permit No. 65
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NEWS
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Briefs
Sandra Simon WIll be missed
Edited by Jen Koogler
First Paoples' Advising positions
Applications are now being accepted for two
potelltial First Peoples' Advising Services Peer Support
Coun~e l or/ Advisor (PSC/A) flo~itions. There is one work
.~tud)' and on(' institutional position available.
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joining the Peer Support staff", is a grea t way to
Increase and reflnp skills in advising. counseling, and
comm unity ac ti on. As a para-professional. the PSC/A is
('xpcrtt'd to have an int eres t in working with other students
and helping them to overcome any roadblocks that may
interfere with a successful college experience.
A PS C/,\ should have adaquate listening and
communica tions ski lls which they are willing to strengthen and
rctillt'. PSC/ A's are required to he available to meet individually
and in groups with students, faculty. statf. and colleagues
within First Peoplrs' AdviSing Services.
Additionally, a PSC/ A should have the ability to work
I'flen iv ely with students to assess and address th eir needs, and
Iram th e fi.lIldam entals of the advising process. The sa lary for
these positions is $6.00 per hour, 10-15 hours per week.
For more information about these positions or the
app lica tion process, please contact the First Peoples' Office in
Library 1407. or call 866-6000, x. 6467. The deadline for
applications is January 26, with interviews tentatively
scheduled for Tuesday, January 30. Candidate interviews
The seat committee for the office of Vice President for
Finance & Administration will be holding interview sessien
with the candidates in order to present themselves to the
community and allow for all faculty. stalf, and students to ask
questions and share observations.
Pete Michell's interview is Friday, January 19 from noon
to !:30 in Lecture H~1I4, Bing Inocencio's is Tuesday, January
23 from noon to 1:30 in the Longhouse Welcome Halt, and
Wendy Holden's is Thursday, January 25 from noon to 1:30 in
Lecture Hall 4. One candidate, Ruta Fanning. already had her
interview on Friday, january 12.
All community members are encouraged to attend the
interviews. Cop ies of the ca ndidate's applirat ion materials are
availahle in the Library on the open reserve shelf for review.
15 the Computer Center moving?
No. at least 1I0t yet. Starting at the beginning of Slim mer
qllarter. the Co llege is conducting a major remodeling of the
Comp ut er Cen ter. The $200.00 joh i~ expected to add five
\lalions 10 each lab. as well as improve air quality and provide
for larger lab ~ wi th more organiza ti on. During the·change.
t h(' Computer Ce llt er is looking arollnd campus for temporary
~pare . -Llewellyn Craeme
Meet Predident Jane Jervis
Jane/ervis. Evergreen's President, will be available in th e
Ileal' the Deli ill thr CAB to answer questions, hear
rotH'rrm. or just to chat alld get acquainted. jane will be there
frolll 11 am to noon 011 the following d;ltes fur Winter quart er:
,\1on. Jail. 22. Mon. Jan. 29. MOil. Feb. S. Tue .. reb. 20. MOil.
Feb. 2(i. '\10n. Mar. 4. and Mon. Mar. 11. Out' to her busy
\l hedule. ~hl' llI ay not be able to make it, so if YO ll miss her,
ca ll x. GIOO to confirm the next dat e. Cut this out and Pllt iro n
your fridge.
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A celehration of faculty member Sandra Marlyn
Simon's life occurred last Friday , January 12 in Library
4300.
Simon, a member of Evergreen's staff since 1973 .
died on Monday, December 18 , 1995. Prior to teaching
at Evergreen, shc was on the faculty at Washingt on
Slate University.
Simon was a genuine wit and a great storyteller. She
co uld find the humorous detail in any situation. Later in
Ii fe , she could be relied upon to light up any Evergreen
memorial service or retirement party with her warm and
wonderful slOries.
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Simon was a spo rts~oman. She once owned a stable
of racing horses, some of whom were named for close
friend s. She enjuyed showing people the behind-thescenes ac tivity at Longacres. She did nOI visit the
winner's circle often as she had desrved.
Her I('.)ve of people was extrodinary. She did not
expect much in return for her gift of friendship, but her
friend s gave to her willingly. Last spring, 40 of her
closet friends gathered at her place to weed , plant and
put up a fence.
Failing health over the past several years did not stop
Simon from holding court at the Far_mers' Market or
Evergreen's CAB. There she could be found telling
stories, always in the center of an audience of laughing
and appreciative friends.
Simon's teaching focused on the written and spoken
word. She taught in numerous academic programs,
including "Stand Up Comedy and Sit Down Humor,"
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Simon was born to Louis Simon and Mollie Geller
Simon on October 8, 1934 in Santa Monica,
California. She is survived by her brother, Harvey
Simon. Contributions in her name may be sent to The
Evergreen State College.
Correction to last issue's VP interview
against guns, but the responses from staff are overwhelming for
By Jennifer Koogler
it , thus pushing the total more in favor of supporting arms for
fn the December 7.1995 issue of the Cooper PointJolimal , an Public Safety.
interview with Art Costantino concerning the issue of arming
Costantino stated that the result s may change as more
Public Safe ty officer~ contained a sma ll but highly important students. who were mainly absent from campus during the
error . It was stated that while Costantino worked at the break. turn in more surveys.
University ofToledo. a student was accidentally shot by a Public
AmyLyn Ribera and Brian Coppedge, Student Representatives
Safety offi cer.
to the Board of Trustees, are working with Costantino to develop
After further discussion with Costant ino after the orignial viable alternatives to arming Public Safety.
interl'iew was prinleu. il wa~ ui~cuvereu Ihat Ihe stUUeJll wa~ nut
If you misst'u IheJanuary 17deadlinefor surveys. you can still
acciuentally shot, but was murdered. intentionally. by the ofl1- have your opinion on the issue of Public Safety heard. There will
be a forum with Neil McClanahan, Interim Director of Public
cer. Investigat ion found th e oA1crr to be gui lty of homicide.
The CPJ offers its apologies to both Costantino and Ih e Safety, and Costantino on January 23 in CAB] 10 and January 24
in CAB 108. Both forums run from noon to 1:30pm. E-mail
community for this misunderstanuing.
In ot h ~r Public Safety related news. the surveys that have been messages can be sent to Coppedge and Ribera at
distributed to stuuents. faculty. and staff have been coming in trustees_rep@elwha.evergre·••l. edu . Costantino and those
anu compiled by the Office of Imtitlltional Research. and as of involved in Ihe decision making process urge everyone to make
press lime. th e deadline will have expi red. As of January 11. the their opinion knowr..
For more information about the issue, read the December 7
lotal majurity of respondents are narrowly supporting the
arming of Public Safety officers. According to the survey results issue oflhe CPJ. available outside the CPJ office at CAB 316 .
Jennifer Koogler is the Assistant Managing Editor ofthe CPI
so far. students. hoth on and off-carllpus. and faculty. are so fa r
By Jennifer Koogler
On January 18 and 19, Evergreen will be
cele brating the Day of Absence and the Day of
Presence, events where students, faculty, and
staff of color come together and celebrate diverSity. It is also an opportunity for other
com munity members to edu cate themselves
about is sues of race and culture.
The Day of Absence and Day of Presence
celebrations began in 1975 when a group of
African-American students, faculty, and staff
turned their annual "Talking Shop" unit)'
dinner into an event for the entire community
-of color. It was decided that it would be
beneficial for all those involved to come
together in an atmosphere o~ acceptance and
unity and disappear from the campus for a
day, not only to educate themselves on issues
of multiculturalism and race, but to urge the
remaining campus community to do so as
well.
The title for the Day of Absence was taken
from a play by Douglas Turner Ward of the
same name. It is the story of a small town in
the South that wakes up one morning to find
that the entire African-Amerkan popu lation
has disappeared without a trace. As the play
progresses, the white community slowly come
to realize what a vital part of their town those
people they once took for granted are. When
the missing members appear the next day, the
white's are left with a new understanding as to
the importance of the African-American
Day of Absence Off-campus activites:
Students, staff and faculty of color are invited
to gather at the Squaxin Island Tribal Center
for a day of community, education and
celebration. The day will include morning
refreshments and potluck lunch.
'S elf-Defense class
A six week se lf-defense series from FIST (Feminists in Se lfDefense Training. a volunteer organization that has taught here
in Oly since 1979) will begin on Tuesday. january 23 from 6 to
8:30plTl. The class will take place at the Olympia Center, Room
204. There is a sliding scale fe e of$20-$25-$30-$35. and
Ircc child carl' is available with one week advance notice.
Included in the full range of self-defense options art' self
('~ te em and co nfidence building. strategizing, assertiveness,
information sharing. and physical skills.
Contact Valerie Krull at 438-0288 for more information.
Thursday, January 4
Nothing much happened today, except for the fact the
the former Security Blotter editor was reportedly seen
roaming off to Costa Rica.
Friday, January 5
1630: A fanny pack was swiped from Lab I
Saturday, January 6
CRC Advisory Board
The College Recreation Center again needs volunteers for
its Advisory Board. The board advises on matters related to
t he fa cility's operations.
Applications are available in the Rec. Center Office (CRC
210) between 8:30am and Spm. The deadline for applications
is January 26.
0013: Burnt food in S-Dorm activates the fire
alarm.
1000: Car stolen from F-Lot
0813: Car broken into in CLot
1412: A 14-year old female was transported back to
her residence.
1621: Another car broken into in C-Lot
Monday, January 8
0748: Habitation violation in the Community Center
Tuesday, January 9
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0800: Complaint from off-campus homeowners that
TESC students were tresspassing on their property.
JANUARY
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On-campus activites:
Wednesday, January 10
Thursday, January 1 7
0940: Bike stolen from bike rack in front of A-Dorm.
1630: A license plate was reported stolen.
1943: A mirror in a Library men's restroom was damaged.
Sunday, Janl.lary 7
Korean perfonnance troupe
The Korean Percussion Troupe SamulNori will be
com ing to Olympia'.s Washington Center for the Performing
Arts o n Wedncsday. January 24 at 7:30pm. SamulNori
comb ines raucoLis drumming and the dances of traditional
Korean folk entertainment. Their performance has been
described as "an art which defies all national barriers."
Tickets are $19-22 for adults and $17-20 for students and
se niors. with discounts for groups and military families. There
will also be half-price "student rush" tickets sold and hour
before cu rtain time (with a valid ~tudellt 10). You can buy your
tickets at the the Washington Center Box Office, or at Rainy
[Jay Music, Yenney's Music. or The Bookmark. Contact the
Center at 753-8586 for more information.
1753: Graffitti found in the CRC men's bathroom.
0056: Malicious pull of fire alarm in E-Dorm.
0440: Another malicious pull of a fire alarm, this time in ADorm.
1114: A bike was reported stolen.
2251: Narcotics incident in C-Lot.
Wanted: Security Blotter Editor
Have you ever dreamed ofcompiling and
editing the ever popular Securtiy Blotter?
The CPj is currently accepting
applications for Security Blotter Editor.
Come on up to the CPj office in CAB 316
and fill out an application. Your
responsibilities will include compiling the
incidents with our pals at Public Saftey,
editing, and laying out the actual blotter.
Call us at x. 6213 for more infonnation.
presence in their community. Ward
emphasizes that the play be produced with as
little sets and props as possi ble, not on Iy
placing more importance on the subject
matter, but also speaking to the universality
of the issue. It could happen anywhere, even
here on the Evergreen campus. The play's
spirit is one that.spurred the gathering of th e
community of color to take on its name.
Ricardo Leyva-Puebla, Director of First
People's Advising and one of the coordinators
for this year's celebrations, stated that the
Day of Absence is a time for those community
members of color to "gather to gether for a
sense of celebration, rest and rejuvenation"
without the prejudices and pressures faced on
a predominately white campus. He commented that this day is also symbolic in that
the percentage of people of color on campus is
pro porrional to that of WashingtOil State as a
whole. While the person of color community
is absent. Leyva-Puebla be Iieves that white
campus members should work to gether and
take the time to discuss racial and cui tural as
. well as what action remains to be taken in
order to ensure that di versity is encouraged
and supported on campus as well as in the
outside community.
Leyva-Puebla nobed that the educational
activities and discourse will extend into the
Day of Presence, which is for him a time to
"come back and celebrate everybody" on the
campus. He hopes that the issues raised in
11 am: Showing of the film "Skin Deep" in
the Cedar Room of the Longhouse, A discussion with Producer/
Director Frances Reid follows the film.
Noon to 3 pm: Mural Making on the second floor of the Library.
Day of Presence
10 am: "Skin Deep" will be showing in the Longhouse Cedar Room.
A discussion follows the film.
Noon: A potluck welcoming Frances Reid. Sponsored by the First
Peoples Community.
Noon: Jennifer Harbury, a Central American solidarity activist,
speaks in the Library Lobby_ Sponsored by MEChA & LASO_
I pm: Stephen Zunes will be speaking on
Middle Eastern issues in the Libraray Lobby.
Sponsored by the Middle East Resource
Center:----· ..
2:30 pm:Travel Rap with Theresa Eisert in
the Longhouse Cedar Room.
7:30 pm: Li Heng Da Dancers, traditional
Chinese dancers;inLhe-Library Lobby.
Sponsored by ASIA
9 pm: The King Funk II Dance in Library 4300.
Sponsored by Umoja,
JANUARY
What do you think about day of Day of Absence?
"There is not a large minorily population at
Evergreen, so il is a good thing to show that... to
say we are here and we are making our presence
known."
- Kat Kapcintais
"/fs a shame thaI our community has to sel aside a
day in order 10 acknowledge the diversity on
campus. I hope the minority community is more of
a significanl part of al/ our lives."
-Hays Will
the events will go beyond the two days and
continue to be discussed throughout the year.
Part of the reason he has been active in the
last two years planning these events is the
feedback he has received from students who
have stated the importance of coming
together as a community and savored the
positive experience of the events.
In addition to Leyva-Puebla and First
People's AdviSing, a number of other people
have had a part in ensuring that the Day of
Absence and Presence take place. About a
dozen students, including the coordinators of
the first People's ,Coalition which includes
Asian Students in Alliance, the Native
Student Alliance, the Latin American
Student Organization, MEChA. Umoja. the
Middle East Resource Center and the Pacific
Islander's Association. The students have
been throwing out ideas, taking care of the
more technical aspects of the events. as well as
lending their diverse talents to the
performances and discussions.
The
President's Office and off-campus community
members. like the Nisqually tribe and the
Squaxin Island Tribal Center have also contributed to the events both this year and in
the past.
This year's events for the Day of Absence
will take place both on and off cam pus in
order to allow as many students, staff, and
faculty as possible to participate. In order to
make the experiences more cohesive for both
groups, there will be a mural painting which,
when completed and put together, will be displayed on campus as a reminder of our
strengtl~ in diversity and the spirit of the Day
of Absence cel ebration.
Jennifer Koogler is the Assistant Managing
Editor ofthe CP).
Greeners exhibit
Dlonocultural perspective
• Commentary •
By Oscar Johnson
Since the beginning of my first
quarter at Evergreen last fall, I've been
con stantly reminded that, despite TESC's
daims of "seeking diversity", to be a
"Greener" is tantamount to being a sociopolitical more liberal shade of white.
This whiteness, however, goes beyond the
obvious fact that the vast majority of
Greeners are of European ancestry and
perhaps points to the not so obvious
reason (at least to Greeners, anyway) why
TESC is in fact a white college. Despite
TESC's theoretical approach to
diversifying its population, its social
environment, the available approach
(albeit liberal) are inherently and
exp licitly--culturally white-American.
TESC's 1996-97 catalog e;pouses a belief
in the necessity to .. draw from many
perspectives [and] .. .in preserving and
articulating differences of ethnicity [and]
race ... .. The "Greener" mentality.
however, exhibits a pathetically narrow
and monocul tural perspective. It is one
that is neo-xenophobic, insensitive, and
apathetic, or, at best, intentionally ignorant of issues of race, ethnicity, and the
diversity of different cui tural perspectives.
Let me say that as a 30+ year old
African-American with a number of
culturally diverse experiences this is by
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
no means the first and only time that I
have been the minority in a particular
social setting. Nor did I decide to come
to the Olympia campus without taking
into account what to expect from a
community that is so culturally and
ideologically limited. Within a period of
ten weeks, however, I have experienced,
read, or heard, about a plethora of
examples of how the "Greener"
mentality has far ex ceeded all reasonable
expectations.
With the hope of stimulating some
much needed, constructive dialogue on
issues of race and eth nicity at TESCs
Olympia campus, I would like to offer a
small sample of these experiences and
observations:
1) During the beginning of the Fall
quarter I was visiting a Native American
reservation with a couple of EuropeanAmerican classmates. After visiting the
loca l cultural center and museum we
discussed where else we could go in order
to learn more about this community.
Much to my dismay, however, neither
one of my fellow students had any real
desire or intention to socially interact
with the local population. Or.e student
intended to study this community by
photographing their "fraditional art"
Please see
MONOCUL TURALISM page 5
OPINION
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Anti-Gingrich rally
exciting, but disappointing .
By Max Jacobs
On January 10. Newt Gingrich spoke at
a fund-raising dinner at The Westin Hotel
in downtown Seattle. A rally was held
outside simultaneously. I was at the rally
as an eye-witness--that is. a subjective observer. By the time I arrived at about
6:3 0pm. police had already closed off
both Fifth and Sixth avenues, the streets
directly in front of and behind the hotel.
An impressive crowd had already formed
there.
From a distance of one block, this huge
crowd was encouraging: hundreds of peopie actively demonstrating their disagreement with Newt Gingrich's policies. Great!
Unfortunately. that perception changed
as I joined the crowd. Just as all matter apparently has its equivalent in anti-matter.
this parade of demonstrators faced an evil
twin. Across a strip of bare pavement.
where orange-vested volunteers made a
peace-keeping barrier. the anti-Newt
demonstrators faced a crowd of equally enthusia stic--if not more antagonistic-Gingrich supporters_
Signs like "Boot Newt!" waved five feet
away from "Impeach Hillary" banners.
Men, women and children on both. sides
passionately chanted, shou ted, and booed.
A few minutes later. the anti-Gingrich,
anti-"corporate welfare" side marched over
to the front of the hotel ~'here a row of police stood guarding the entrance. It was
inspiring to see so many people out in the
streets. Men a d women of every age. and
several young children 'stoo in front of
The Westin as
grich add ssed a paying
audience somewh re wit . the hoteL
Soon after that, the police wanted everyone to move away from the building; we all
sat down on the sidewalk. This crowd was
determined to stay there untiI8:00,pm.
When people are stirred enough to leave
their homes at dinnertime and go down town to sit on the street in front of a row of
police, surely som~th ing important is happening. When family-folk risk being manhandled by mounted police with wooden
Samurai swords and industrial-sized cans
of mace, something must be amiss. No?
Still, to my virgin eyes (this being my first
poLitical demonstration), the pro-Gingrich
side of the crowd diluted the impact of the
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By Rosy Lancaster
the confusion. and fear they all seemed to
Imagine this scenario: a working-class have when approached with the idea that
woman. hcr husband and their son finally something or someone bigger than them
save up enough money to own their own was killing them and their children, and
rally. To see that there was an equal and
home_ They buy a house in a brand-new their inability to get grants or other supopposite force (of Gingrich supporters),
suburbs along with many other young fam- port for public outreach.
was admittedly disappointing. Later at
ilies. The woman's husband has a decent
The next speaker was Teresa Pease, a
home, though, the eleven o'clock news disjob in a nearby factory. and she is staying community activist and "hysterical
cQuraged me even more.
home with her son. But her son's health is housewife _" She started by telling about
The news did nothing more than report
failing_ He has developed epilepsy and her fifth pregnancy, how her baby was
that there had been a demonstration_ In
asthma, and it doesn't take her long to born two months premature and how she
this country where large demonstrations
realize that the rapidly deteriorating hasn't stopped hemorrhaging since that
are rare, they avoided an obvious question:
health of her son and her neighbor's son day (it was five years ago.) All five of her
If this many people, most of them obviare causeby chemicals that had been children have health problems caused by
0 usy workers and families, came out to sit
dumped nearby_
the nearby toxic waste site, yet nothing is
on the ground and shout. what was their
If you are familiar with Lois Gibbs, the being done. Information about the
complaint? .
"housewife from Love Canal" who lead the severity of dioxin exposure in this area is
Though the crowd was filmed, and at
campaign to save the lives of 280 families being withheld from them, people refuse to
least one person was asked why he was
that livednext to a hazardous waste dump, . be political or address the true issues
there, the coverage of the whole event was
this story probably sounds familiar. But (many refer to the epidemic as "the
brief and lopsided. Rightfully, part of the
unfortunately, Love Canal isn't an isolated Chehalis Crud"), and 18-year-olds are havshort story -went to the pro-Gingrich
incident----this story also belongs to people ing hysterectomies_ "How high does the
crowd. But then the story finished inside
who live less than fifty miles away from deaJh toll have to get?" she asks, frustrated
the banquet hall in the hotel as Gingrich
Olympia _
with the denial/apathy-laden community.
stood on tht' stage with a little boy named
Environmental war was waged on
Then Lois Gibbs talked, speaking from a
Steve.
Onalaska in 1930 when Amerian Crossarm heartfelt sense of identity with Teresa's
Gingrich had apparently called this boy
and Conduit (ACC), located next to the - pain _ She told her story of the fear of
Chehali s. River, began producing watching her kids in the emergency room
up there to better illustrate his point that if
we follow the Republican economic plan.
Pentachlorophenol to treat utility pole and not knowing what she could do, and
crossarms. railroad tie s, etc. how that fear turned into passion and
little Steve will be able to grow up and get a
job in a market where he'll--to paraphrase-'Pentachlorophenol is in a family of chemi - tenacity and finally got her neighbors and
actually be able to take some of his sa lary . cals called dioxins, which have been found her own family moved into "safe" neighhome with him_ A hearty round of apto be one of the most toxic chemicals borhoods. However, she went on to warn
known to humankind . In February, 1983, people that no one lives out of the reach of
plause followed that wisdom. then the
the Department of Ecology found ACC to dioxin. Anyone who eats meat. eggs, dairy
story was over.
The news coverage of this rally contrasted • be in "complete non-compliance" with products , or food ' grown near a source of
waste handling requirements, and nine dioxin is exposing themselves. and even
sha rply to my experience of it. What had
-been hundreds of conscientious people
months later, they stopped producing the vegans are at risk. since we carry dioxin for
who actively demonstrated their distrust of
chemicals. Now, twelve years later, ACC seven to eleven years. But she asks that inNewt Gingrich's policies. became a short
has declared bankruptcy, all records have stead of avoiding those food s or blaming
news bit. What had been hundreds ci
been burnedin a "sl!spicious" fire , and re - ourselves, we take that fear and anger and
people shouting, marching, and sitting on
sponsibility for the cleanup of the site has target in at" the people who are standing in
the cold pavement, seemed to become a
fallen to taxpayers through Superfund_
the way of our public health . "You can't
mere seasoning for the real story, which
On Thursday, January 11, Lois Gibbs win in the system because the system's de was that the Speaker of the House was in
and the Concerned People of Onalaska signed to work for [the bureaucrats, the
town. Gingrich's words, and the entnusi(CPO) . came together at a community 'EPA: etc:I," she says, and she advocat~s
astic applause he received, got the spotmeeting held in Chehalis to teach local puttmg a face on your enemy to give a VIlight, why those people were out there, did
community activists about the hazards of sual picture of .the person who is keeping
not.
dioxin and to motivate people to get . ' you from reachmgyour goal.
.
The sight of a rallying group of caring
Many people came a.way feeling
involved in the fight to save their comcitizens was inspiring, but the TV station's
munity_ As the speakers spoke, they con- hopeless, aware for the firsttlme that we
edited version of the demonstration diminveyed their frustration, fear, anger. and are very close to anoth.er Love Canal, and
ished those people's intelligence and sinhope to an emotional audience_
only one of few. But Gibbs hoped that we
cerity. Sadly, the energy and the effort of
Jim Klinck, an actl'vist with CPO spoke would join the fight along with her. "It's
those people seemed to slip away under the
first, giving background on the envi- now time to orgainze against King
close TV coverage of Gingrich and his
ronmental aspects of the crisis and issuing Corporate, who has taken over."
catch-phrases_
a call to return to the basics of organizing
Rosy Lancaster;s a second year student in
Max Jacobs is a first time CPJ con tributer.
by telling the "human saga." He talked the Community Development program.
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and the other by amassing data about
their fishing industry_ As one Greener
put it, "[ just don't· feel comfortable
approaching this cammu nity."
- 2) Several weeks ago a well written
article appeared in the CPJ about a new
Greener's first time visit to Tacoma,
Washington. The author described how,
due to Tacoma's "reputation," all 'six of
the fellow Greeners she had asked to
accompany her declined. One refused
because he did not have a "bullet proof
vest." She also described how one of her
friends who was a native of Vashon
Island was "made to stay away from the
side of the island facing Tacoma" by his
parents _As the author traveled through
Tacoma~s Hill Top district she narrates
how she was alarmed by the sound of a
car as it back-fired - "absolutely
believing it was a gunshot," and how her
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inherited the tendency to shirk their
environmenta l
racism_ This . responsibility to interact with.
documentary consisted of a group o(
experience, and learn from any
racially and ethnically diverse teenagers
community that differs from their own.
who talked, sang, and rapped about the
This results in their unju st and
overabundance of environmentally hazunreali~; tic expectation from TESC's
ardous materials in their communities_
students of color to be de facto. cultural
After the film there was much discussion
educators for a community that ' is
amongst this group on the unethical policulturally and racially apathetic, and has
cies of corporations. -There was even
nothing more than a novel curiosity
more discussion, however, on the
about other peoples.
"naivete" and "over simplification" of this
Despite its "liberal" sociopolitica l
made for television documentary. With
world view. TESC's Olympia campus
the exception of an obscure hint that was
offers no real alternative to the
dropped by one of the faculty, virtually no
European/European-American myth
one seemed to-be aware of, or concerned
and paradigm of white racial and
with -, or have any desire to address the
cultural superiority. Based upon the
obvious issue of racial injustice that was
racial and cultural awareness of the overthe central theme of the film. Later, in a
whelming majority of its students, in
smaller seminar discussion, it was
fact , it would seem as if this institution is
explicitly pointed out that environmental
a propagator this myth and paradigm_
racism was a key component of the issue
- Although stat istical evidence
we were addressing. A few people
indicates that a large percentage of
confessed their ignorance, uncertainty,
Greeners are from out of state, the vast
and feelings of inadequacy about racial
majority that are attracted to, or recruited
issues and the topic was discarded never
by TESC are of European descent. Those
to be addressed again for the re mainder of
few TESC programs that are culturally
the quarter.
relevant to people of color are offered
Now undoubtedly there will be some
predominantly at TESC"s Tacoma
who read these excerpts from my
campus and transient, off-campus Tribal
Evergreen experience and find little, if
Program_ Despite the in trinsic value ci
anything at all, to be alarmed about. In
bringing education to these communities.
that case, let me just say that this ar.ticle
this practice may further serve to divert
is not intended for.those who are totally
interested students of color from
apathetic about racial issues_ I leave it to
attending the Olympia campus. It might
the more difficult to ignore, social
even be hypotheSized that these alreformist like Louis Farrakhan to
ternative locations, which are attended
penetrate such complacency_
primarily by people of color from the
local area. serve the more utilitarian
More than once, however. concerned
Greeners have asked me why [ think
purpose of keeping the Olympia campus
homogenous and hence attractive to the
Evergreen doesn't attract more students
more lucrative --white, upper-class, oul of
of color. Perhaps, th-is is because. with
state--prospective students (and/or their
the exception of its novel fascination
paying parents). Either way. perhaps the
with South and Central AmeTica, TESC
real question that Greeners should be
shows no interest or initiative to learn
asking is why don 't we want more
from - as well as about, or to appreciate students of color at TESC's Olympia
instead of appropriate, any culture other
campus.
than its own. Regardless of how
Oscar Johnson ;s the CPJ News
philosophically "open . minded"
Editor.
Green-ers are supposed to be, they have
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song "Gangster Paradise" embellished
her understanding of such communities_
The author inadvertently summarized
"the source of the Tacoma rumors" as
being poverty, deterioration, pollution
and the overall landscape of the so called
"'hood." Never the less, when I spoke
with her about her understanding and
expectations of the members of this
community, ' like the friends that
informed her per ception, she seemed
totally unaware of any discrepancy
between her (perhaps lack of) knowledge
and experience of 'u rban AfricanAmericans and the stereotypes of them
that her article both sub scribed to and
perpetuated.
,
3) On another occasion, while 1 was
having a conversation about racism with
another well meaning Greener, I was
told that "you're the whitest Black man I
ever met." After suppressing the urge to
kick the ladder that he was standing on
from underneath him I began to
question this "open minded" Greener,
who had just five minutes ago insisted
that he was not in any way,racist.
"What do you expect a Black man to be
like?," I asked.
Since he had previously admitted that
the only information he had about
African-Americans came from "reliable
opinion polls" (hence one need not look
any further) I aLso asked him if he had
given much thought as to how he
developed his expectations of AfricanAmericans_ Needless to say, despite his
previous assertion that I failed to meet
his criteria of a "Black man," this third
year student, of one of our nations last
bastions of liberal education, was totally
unaware that he even had expectations
of people based upon th~ir race and/or
ethnicity let alone whether or not these
expectations were based on stereotypes,
false assumptions, ignorance or prejudice.
4) And finally, one last exemplary
scenario: A class
on community
development having nearly 50 Greeners
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SPORTS
Rugby field tornu
By jennifer Koogler
Over the Wint er break. two incide nts of
\';lIld alism occ urred on th e fie ld usually
re,ervtd fll[ rugby pra ct ices and ga mes. The
ualll agl' uone to the fie l d ~, alth ough nut
wI·ere. ha, restri cted the rugby team from
pr:1< !kes and games. as well as brought to
light the increa5l' of van dalism on campus.
Hoth inc ident s, one occurring abo ut three
\\'ed" ago. and the otlfer th e week before
ri as,!'s started. illl'olved (;Ir, drivilio ()nto the
'"
tield anu npping out part" of th e turf.
'I he damage done to the fi elds. ac cording
to \ 'a uhn Wi tt man -C rahl er. Manager of
\\'elln(,'5. Leisure Educa tion. and Recreation.
Il'ill 'hamper the ~eas oll fo r bot h the me n's
and \\,ol1wn 's teams. She stated that th e
Women's Rugby Tournament sc hed uled for
.'\pril may not be able to take place if repa irs
to the fie ld ca nnot be fini shed in tim e. "To
hal'e so mething like this happen is rea lly devastating". she rema rked.
Rugby is a sport which gene rally tears up
the turf on a field regul arly, but with th e loss
of th eir fi eld . th e teams are un ab le to take
o\'er anyone else's playing terrain beca use uf
th e damage they would crea te. Right now.
th e teams are practic ing on Field 5 and rna)'
move to Field '2 while repairs are in progress.
Cl iff Hepburn , Grounds Supervisor, statea
that repairs will in volve running a roller,
which is kind of like a drum with a handle on
it. over th e damaged grasses. Because the
ground is damp enough, tflis shou ld
effectively smush th e grasses back int o place.
For th ose areas where th e damage is too extl'n sive to effect ively push back into place,
Il epburn noted th at the patches would need
to be covered with topso il and re-seeded.
This would have to take pla ce after the fi eld
has dri ed out suffic ie'ntly to plant the new
gra sses, whi ch isn't likely to occur until
sp ring. Hepburn commented that the field is
"not rea lly useab le for anything" this time of
),ear due to adverse weather conditions (rain)
and insufficient drainage on th e fields.
According to Hepburn , Public Safety has
reprima nded the violators and have one of
th e person s respon sib le for th e damage
schedu led to help repair the fidd.
Wi ttman-Grahler was co ncerned that these
inciden ts coi ncide with an increa se of
van dalism on campus. She empha sized that
we mu st "s tand up for ourse lve s as a
comm unity" to stop defacement and oth er
acts of destruction on camp us.
jennifer Koogler is the Assistant Managing
Editor of the ( PI
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The Rugby team can no longer practice on their field because of huge
Photo by Joie Kistler
scars caused by a vehtcle that tore through the field,
Geoducks start the new year swimming
By joyous Sales
Wh il e th e majority of Evergreen 's student
body was recovering from holiday fi estas , the
righ ting Geoducks spent Saturday. january 6th
competing against th e Pacific Lu theran Lutes at
PLU. Th e Geoducks produced some great swims
aga inst th e Lutes (despite all the eggnog and pie
they (Uns umed ). Th e swim mer s dedi ca ted
training throughout the holiday break was
evident.
Last Friday. in a swim meet agai nst the
Whi tman Missio naries. th e male Geoducks
lj ual ified'for Na tionals in th e 200 freestyle relay
l\!at iona ls. With a qualitying tim e-of 1:33.62.
the tea m of jason Ferguson, john SI. john, Nate
Mahoney and james Ca rsner will trave l to sunny
(yes SUNNY) San An tonio, Texas on March oth
to compete in th e NA IA Swimming and Diving
Nat ional Championships .
The female Geoducks also showed some
Sara Calh oun ,.a fir st year student from
Longv iew, Washington, broke two TES C excellent Greener swims. Calhoun took third in
record s. Swimming a time of 1Y:S7 in th e.16S0 the 1000.freestyle with a time of 12:21.60. Sarah
yard freestyle, Sara finish ed in first place and is the current Evergreen record holder fo r thi s
shattered both stand ing 1000 and 1650 freestyle event.
Ca lh oun wasn't the only Sarah wh o s\~am
records in one race. Tara Murphy , a fourth year
student from Su:nner, also swam the 1650 in a well . Sarah Godlewski . Sara Lampo, and Sarah
close to personal best time of2 3:28. The women Skinner all produced admirable swim s in the
are looking to also q uali~' in both freesty le and 200' Indi vi dual Med ley and the 50 freestyle,
respectively. Ta ra Murphy swam a personal best
medley relays fo r Na tionals.
Evergreen's only female diver, Sara Lam po, in the 200 freestyle.
The men s team also had excellent swims in
completed six dives of varying diffi culty to take
other events. Orin Bentley, a first year student'
fi rst place with a score of 183.05.
Aga in st PL U. the men swam a grea t meet. from Vermont, placed second in the 100
Ca rsner, a second year student from Taco ma, butterfly with a time of 1:00.41. Jason Ferguson,
took first place in the 50 freestyle. Hi s time of Ga rren Oura , and James Carsner (once agai n)
23,24 seconds beat the 2nd place Lut e by exact ly placed pressure on PLU in the 100 freestyle.
one qua rt er of a second. St. john , a third year Oura, tearo captain and third year student from
transfer, was not far behind, finishing with a Hawaii, dazzled the Lutes with his dark tan
time of23 .Y4 .
Red storm rising:
the Bulls are back
ByJohn Evans
(Part 1 of 2)
The Chicago Bulls w~ re once a tea m of
destiny. a force with the kind of mystique that
made th e oppositi on fear even locking horns
with the m, if yo u'll forgive the pun . The
prospect offacing them in their own gym, the
perpetually packed madhouse on Madison
(Chica go Stadium) was enough of an
intimidator. johnny Bach's "Doberman
defen se", Phil Jackso n'S precise triangle
offe nse, all the coaching and strategy were
there. Even if you were able to play with the
Bulls, at crunch time Michael Jordan would
take the level of his game into the stratosphere
and do the unlikely, eve n the seemingly
impossible, to secure victory for Chicago, team
and City,
This tradition of excellence allowed
Jordan'S Bulls to reign supreme, champions of
th e NBA for three consecutive years.
It seemed a certainty that a fourth 'banner
wou ld be rai sed to the rafters in Michael's
house, with the addition of a player hailed as
Europe's best: Toni Kukoc. But the dynasty
crumbled when jordan stunned the world. He
retir'ed from professional basketball at the very
apex of his powers. The Bulls, stripped of their
supernatural presence, number 23, staggered .
Scottie Pippen took grea t strides but the "roar
for four" was silenced and Houston's era began.
Chicago seeiped in decline. Horace Gra nt,
th eir blue collar wa rrior at power forward,
abandoned them . Worse, he went to the
Orlando Magic, a surging threat in the East.
Orlando must have used magiC to win two
straight #1 picks in the NBA draft lottery, the
second against remarkable odds; as the final
team eliminated from the playoffs, they had
the lowest probability of snaring the pick .
However improbably, the formidable tandem
of Shaq & Penny was born.
"We're the Kareem and Magic of the '90s,"
O'Neal said boldly.
Meanwhile the three-peaters continued to
diss ipate in Chicago. Starting center Bill
Cartwright jumped ship, soon joining sharp shooting NBA Finals hero John Paxson in
retirement.
It seemed that Orlando and Houston could
reserve their Finals accommodations for th e
next five years.
Then Michael said two immortal words.
"I'm back."
With him returned the aura, and perhaps
th e glittering gold championship troph ies
won't be far behind.
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Stepp ing into G~a nt 's spo t is the
incomparable Dennis Rodman , a man who
brings th e kind of sca ry brillian ce to
rebou'lding that Jordan has scoring. Rodman
has led th e league in that department for 3
straight yea rs. He may be the best rebounder
ever.
In (:artwright's role steps Luc Longley, a
much younger giant who makes up for less
savvy with increased athleticism.
John Paxson may be rem inded of himself
whe~ he watches Steve Kerr playing his
posttlon. Kerr IS a 3 point marksman who must
prove that he can hit the clutch baskets his
steely-eyed predecessor did with regularity.
With th'e league's best record, a sparkling
32-3 mark, the Bulls seem poised to re-assert
their dominance of professional sport in the
1990s. No other sports franchise has won even
three world championships in this decade,
though the Dallas Cowboys are on the brink.
"Could we have won four? Maybe," Jordan
says, when asked about what might have been.
"But I wouldn't have come back if we couldn't
get that fourth . Noth ing has ended yet; "
After a distinctly un -Jordan like
performance in last year's playoffs Jordan
worked hard this offseason to turn mu scles in
"baseball shape" into a physiq ue more suited
for the hardwood. Whether he's feeling the
deprications of time or not, His Airness is
leading the NBA in scoring once aga in. Once
agai n he just might lead the Bulls to the
promised land.
john Evans is the CPj Sports Editor.
18, 1996 _'_THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
(after a Hawaiian break) and third place finish
in the 100 breaststroke.
The Geoducks ca me back strong from winter
' break and plan to keep up the hard training an d
excellent swims. They compete next against
Western Washington University on Satu rday ,
january 20th at Evergreel] (1 PM). So come cheer
, on yo ur team. Why not, it's FREEl!!
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Former Greener decries guns
I am an uncredentialed alumni, a frontline performan ce arti st and a spiritual
warrior clown , a Mother deeply committed
to nonviolent defense of Mother Earth for a
healthy children's future .
I left Evergreen in 1986, degree free in
order to go to Big Mountain in northeastern
Arizona to help fonn a peace camp on the
land in the care of traditional Dine Elder,
Pauline Whiies inger. . Her people were
preparing to face the National Guard as a
result of Public Law 93-531 calling for the
forced relocation of 10,000 to 14,000
traditional Dine'to clear the land for the
largest coal mine in North Amerikkka [sic] .
Non-Indians were as,ked to bear witness to
the nonviolent resistance of Dinepeople to
the largest forced remova l of Indian peopl e
in the 20th century. Though the "round up"
scenario anticipated did not occur, people
contin ue to be systematically removed
through unc easing military harassment
from Hu ghes Apache silent helicopters,
low flying fi ghter jets, (including Stealth
bombers) BIA poli ce who have received
paramilitary . training , the outl awing of
, maintaining ex istin g dwellings or building
new ones, and confiscation of firewood ,
axes and other tools essential for survival.
Also, a 90% livestock reduction was
enforced causing starvation. More laws
have been passed allowing Elders to remain
on 5 acre plots but rendering it nearly impossib le for customary extended fami ly
groups to survive as a land base seminomadic people: It is GENOCIDE!
Many of the Non-Indians who came to
the land to herd sheep, chop wood, haul
water, .work in the corn fields, and bear
witness werf Evergree n students. The
tremendous support that once was on the of this man who had been stallctng 'her
land and in the cities evaporated due to the because she would not date him . She was
short tenn interest of many Non-Indians , told there was nothing they cou ld do until
media manipulation and black out, cross- he broke the law. Hopefully, stalkers don't
cultural clash, ana -divide and conquer continue to enjoy the same level of freedom
techniques that 1 believe are part of the th at man did, a fonner mercenary who
ongoing COlNTELPRO destabili zation fough t in Angola. If the campus sec urity
e fforts of the U.S . government. Big had been anned would they have simply
Mountain is intertwine with Leonard shot him too? That certainly would not
Peltier's si tuati on and tat of the western have brought Alisa back. It would make far
Shoshone, the Apache resistance to dese- more sense for a progressive campus like
. cra ti on of Mt. Graham and many other Evergreen to be activating preventative
indigenous struggles.
measures in clear cases of unfolding di saster
The issue of considering armed campus than to Just go for the tired, ineffe'ctual
sec urity is a shameful example of the core good old boy approach.
The nonviolent resi stan ce at Big
of Evergreen's reputation as a unique
campus of conscience being cooped by th~ountain did n9t fa il because Dine/did not
co lonialist "might makes right" mentality. wage battle with the modern calvary. It is a
failing resistance because whit privileged
Amerikkkans allowed it to happen by not
It is part of the grow in g fear and paranoia
backing good intentions with their very
driving people to stockpile anns. On one
lives . There are a few thou sand Dine still
side, it's militia people who fantasize about
residing at Big Mountain and other areas
taking on the New World Qrder, and on
affected. The struggle is not over. A call
another it's increased police and FBI powers
has bee n made ... It comes from th e very
further boosted by eroding Constitutional
heart of ttie Earth, our Mother, to those of
rights. Between one side and the other a full
u's who carry the awfu l burden of white
spectrum of anned perspective exists that
skinned privilege, to hear the co nscience
strives towards fulfilling prophecies of
each of us caries and to be part of a major
death and destruction ripping off the rights
behavioral work of art.
•
of their own children to any kind of hopeful
The glimpses viewed by the world of
life. We are the most armed civilian popu··lation on the planet, yet we lead the world Gandhi, Marlin Luther King, the anti-war
in crime, murder, rape, domestic violence and the anti-nuke movem~nlS must now be
catalysts for unprecedented actions! Last
and child abuse. Guns are NO solution.
chance time is quickly approaching. We
I have been thinking of the woman who
know what we must do. Our orders reside
was shot to death in the Greenery at in our hearts.
Evergreen in 1984, Alisa Tjssot. If 1 recall
Do not all ow armed security at
correctly, she had gone to the Olympia
Evergreen! Demand that these people
Police and to campus security with her fear
learn conflict resolution skills which have
too often based on inaccurate stereotyping ,
scapegoating and lack of communication.
It takes no courage to stand behind a
gun . Far more effort is required to address
the roots of conflict and violence. The
results are beneficial to all involved rather
than th e inves tment into the negative
recidivism bred by guns.
Evergreen faces the challenge of trul y
being an institution defyin g the norms
maintained by militari stic, sex ist, racist
dominators destroying the Earth in service
to muti-national corporate greed.
May soul force prevai l,
Swaneagle
Guns are not
the answer
Why is there a campaign to get anned
security on thi s campus? Have gun s ever
solved any problems? I maintain they have
caused more problems by their ex istence.
This is obvious if you examine life in the
inner cities, in Rowanda, in East Timor
and in Bosnia. There is pne reason there
are guns and that is because peopl e make
money selling them.
That thi s comm unity , known for its
academic thinking , questioning and
awareness shou ld follow the leaders who
propagandize the necessity for arms is
disappointing . If this school cannot
maintain its unique independence which
was applauded by the Carnegie Institute
and others charged with evaluatin g
schools, it will become irrelevent.
All of the people who created TESC
worked
hard to design a school in which
r.:::-'!1:'-----:--...;--~---~----------------. evolved over centuries of utilizing this
tired 'unproductive methods were replaced
powerfully effective method.
A friend and 1 offered a creative conflict by relevant. ones . It must be a
resolution series developed by Quakers disappoinlement for them to see thi s
called "Peace Grow s." The series has been school slipping into the morass of conBy Greg Smith
integrated into both university curriculums formity . A change may be deemed
Making generalizations about the
and police training in the state of Ohio . progress by some people but it is often repassing of time can be a dubious exercise.
What we did in Colville, Washington was gressio n. Witness the push for a
During the holidays , I thought about some
in .response to the rising militia and white conventional sports program . This is
changes] had seen and how they affected
another distraction from the task of
supremacist movements (the 2 are not
students. I'm always looking for how we
developing minds.
always compatible) in Stevens County. We
define the meaning of life. What is it all
The use of guns to resolve conflicts is
succeeded in attracting 3 militia connected
about? Why ' do we go throug!} the cycle
barbarism.
people. Such interaction opens doors to
of frustrations, joys, 'uncertain ti es day
Yours truly,
UJlderstanding diffusing potential violence
after day ? At different times I think we
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PAID PUBLIC NOTICE
programs. As a distribution target, we recommend that ea~h
unit plan toward an apportionment of its faculty,to provide the
following predictable disciplinary representation: a minimum
of 20% serving first-year students; a maximum of 60% in
planning unit programs; and a minimum of 2.0% in inter-unit
programs. (pp 5-8, 9/12/95 report)
IV. That a College of Part-time Studies be created to serve
part-time students consistent with Evergreen's educational ·
philosophy and values. (Part-time Studies Report 3/27/95 and
5/15/95 Response)
STUDENT PUBLIC FORUM ON LONG-RANGE CURRICUlUM
.WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24
3 TO 5 p.m.
RECITAL HALL IN THE COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING
The work being done by the Long-Range Curriculum Disappearing Task Force is coming to a close. A student forum to inform all students of the progress made over the past 18 months regarding curriculum and advising
is scheduled for 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Wednesday, January 24 in the Recital Hall in the Communications Building.
The Long-Range Curriculum DTF worked on issues concerning both students and faculty in the areas of how
the curriculum gets planned, coherent pathways for students planning degrees, and the important rale of academic
advising. This forum will be an informative one that will outline changes being made at the College and how they
will affect students.
This is a good opportunity to thank all-01 the students who were involved in the initial phases of this work
done last year through focus group interviews and student forums. Many students participated and were able to
suggest changes that will benefit students at Evergreen for years to come. Evergreen does not have a student
government,.so this is one of the best ways for students to get involved. There is on-going work to be done in other
areas whiClY-wili be discussed as well, and we extend the invitation to attend this forum to all students who would
like to become members of future task forces or who would just like to have their voices heard.
- Mikko Ambrose, student representative of the Long-Range Curriculum DTF
FINAL DRAFT REPORT OF THE CURRICffEuM DTF
DTF Members: Mikko Ambrose, Richard Cellarius, Sally Cloninger, Brian Coppedge, Art Costantino, Judy
Cushing, Jin Darney, Shannon Ellis, Jeanne Hahn, Steve Hunter, Rob Knapp, Laurie Meeker, Alice Nelson, Chuck
Pailthorp, Kitty Parker, Pete Pietras, Rita Pougiales, Nina Powell, Arnalda Rodriguez, Barbara Smith, Nancy Taylor
• Introduction
This is a summary document presenting a package of
degree; curricular consistency, quality and sequenCing; student
recommendations drawn from our previous. The faculty will
retention; lack of student program choices; and uneven
be asked to approve these recommendations on February 21.
functioning of specialty areas.
None is new. They have appeared in prior DTF reports with
In the next two reports, we developed and refined
supporting rationale and principles.
structural and procedural recommendations to address these
We are mindful of the significance of this contextual
concerns. Wha.t follows here is a recapitulation of' these
material , but in the interest qf brevity, we have omitted it from recommendations organized under two headings: Structural
this summary. In what follows, we have, however, referenced- - Changes, and Changes in Procedures and Expectations ..
the more complete discussions found in our earlier documents.
Copies of these reports are available at the Library
, . Recommendations
Reference Desk.
The DTF recommends the following faur structural
We consider the full DTF report to consist of this
changes:
summary and the three prior documents andwill transmit
I. That five Planning Units will replace the current eleven ·
them together as the final report to the President.
Specialty Areas. These Planning Units consist of: Culture,
The DTF charge had its origin in the Long-Range Planning Text and Language; Expressive Arts; Social Science;
process of 1993-94 and was the major recommendation of the Environmental Studies; and Science and Mathematics. (pp 2,
Academic and Student Affairs subcommittee. Changes in the
12-13, 4117/95 report and pp 3-5, 9112/95 report)
external environment and the length of time since the last
II. That curricular offerings be structured through four major
comprehensive review of the curriculum (1982) were the
modes of study: (pp 12-13,4/17/95 report and pp 3-5, 9/12/95
primary factors leading to the call for this DTF. It was charged report)
in June 1994 by President Jervis.
• Planning Unit Programs, which will continue much of
The DTF began its work during the summer of 1994,
what is currently offered through both intermediate and
continued throughout the 1994-?5 academic year and is now
advanced disciplinary and interdisciplinary work within
completing its task. We produced major documents circulated
the old specialty .areas;
on February 3, April 17, and September 12. We believe we
• Inter-Unit Programs, which will give more prominence
have consulted widely and often: through several half-day
to the most broadly interdisciplinary programs and
faculty meetings, a major consultation with faculty at the
encourage program planning that spans two or more units;
February 1995 Retreat, at the April 1995 Retreat, and again at
• First-Year Learning Communities, which revise the
the Fall 1995 Fort Worden Retreat. During the 1994-95
First-Year Curriculum to include: (A) predominantly fallacademic year, all students received DTF reports, had an
winter programs; (B) a wide variety of spring quarter
opportunity to discuss them in their academic programs, and
programs; (C) limited enrollment of first-year students in
were invited to attend two aU-day student forums organized by
planning unit and inter-unit programs; and
the student members of the DTF.
• Individual and Student-Originated Learning, which
In our first report we discussed the College's mission,
continue the College's commitment to advanced study,
shared valJles and practices. We a1.so identified major areas of
individual contracts, and internships.
concern. Those concerns included: availability of advanced . ill. That the deans and unit coordinators, in consultation with
work; the balance between student specialization and breadth; each unit's members, set targets for the proportion of each
faculty affiliation with and participation in specialty areas;
unit's faculty to work in first-year programs or with first-year
academic planning by students; integrity and coherence of the students, in programs within the unit, and in inter-unit
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. -,
The DTF recommends the following changes in procedures
and expectations/obligations necessary for implementation
of the new structures:
• With regard to Planning Units we recommend:
For a full discussion of the following set of
recommendations,including rationale, see the
February 3 report, pages 8-11 .. the April 17 report,
pages 14-17; and September 12 report, pages 10-12.
V. The designation of five Planning Unit Coordinators
selected from each unit's affiliated .~culty wqo teeei-ve one
quarter annual release from teaching responsibilities in spring
to implement unit-wide obligations . .
VI. That every faculty member affiliate with one of the five
planning units, be accountable to it through a unit-wide
covenant, and have· planning and teaching responsibilities
within the unit. All curriculum planning will be initiated
within the five planning units and submitted to the curriculum
dean through the unit coordinator.
VII. That at the end of four years faculty wiU have an
opportunity to re-assess their affiliation and move to another
unit.
VIII. That planning occur in the.following·sequence: (A) each
. unj( plan and staff first-year learning communities, then (B)
each unit plan and staff inter-unit coordinated studies (aimed
at sophomores and above); and finally, (C) each unit plan and
staff its own.entry-Ievekintermediate and advanced programs,
and plan courses to support the full-time curriculum. .
IX. That in order to ensure coherent planning and clarity for
students, each unit will:
.,
.
(A) identify in Catalog copy logical progressions among
past, present and upcoming offerings, year-to-year
programs, and mid-year transitions/sequences for students
enrolling in less-than-year-Iong programs;
(B) design winter and spring entry points for transfer
students;
(C) identify advanced work in Catalog copy, including
appropriate "capstone" experiences (such as senior.thesis,
senior creative project, project-based internship or
advanced group contract) and individual work;
(D) identify desired first-year and inter-unit themes/topics/
emphases (Ut collaboration with other units);
(E) plan mechanisms for accommodating the large number
of new transfer students enrolling at the College;
(F) consider mechanisms for accommodating some firstyear students as appropriate to the unit;
(G) develop mechanisms to enable student association
within each unit; and
(H). retain sufficient flexibility to accommodate new
faculty/student initiatives .,within each unit. • With regard to the nest-year curriculum. we recommend:
For a full discussion of the fol(owing set of
recommendations, including rationale, see the April 17
report, pages 5-10.
X. That our planning processes ensure that the themes of firstyear programs, taken as a whole, draw from the humanities,
social sciences, arts, environmental studies, and natural
SCiences.
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XI. That in order to provide breadth in faculty teams and to
limit the size of first-year learning communities, most
programs will be taught by a team of .three faculty .
XII. That a wide variety of new offerings be designed for
spring quarter.
XIII. That each planning unit'decide which of its programs
will allow enrollment of some first-year students.
XIV. That an faculty teaching in programs enrolling first-year
students agree to adopt deliberate methods for assisting these
students in making the transition from high school to collegelevel work and college life. These faculty will agree to engage
first-year students in learning to read carefully and take notes
systematically, write regularly and rewrite often in response to
faculty critique, and work collaboratively with their peers.
XV. That the deans and provost ensure that a wide of array of
interdisciplinary programs are offered to first-year students
. and support the faculty in their endeavors to meet the diverse
needs of first-year students through opportunities for faculty
development.
I With regard to the creation of a College of Part-time Studies,
we recommend:
Please see the Part-time Studies report of March 27 for
a discussion of these recommendations.
XVI. That students enrolled in part-time studies take at least
two quarters of coordinated studies and participate at least
once in an integrating lecture series or seminar.
XVII. That interdisciplinary programs of study be identified
based on an understanding of community needs and faculty
availability, ana provide coherent pathways in at least four to
six areas.
XVIII. That the College of Part-time Studies have a target
enrollment of 250 FiE after four to six years of operation. t
XIX. That an academic dean oversee the College of Part-time
Studies as a major desk assignment.
XX That longer term faculty associations with the College of
Part-time Studies be developed.
XXI. That a strong student advising component be included in
the College of Part-time Studies.
• Continuing Work
(A) The new structures and procedures will be implemented
over the next year through combined work of faculty in
Planning Units, Planning Unit Coordinators, the Curriculum
Dean, and the Part-time Studies Dean.
(B) The Emerging Technologies subcommittee report will be
sent to the Planning Units and the Emerging Technology
Learning Group for incorporation into curriculum planning
discussions. Each Planning Unit will develop a response to
this report and submit it to John Cushing, chair of the
Emerging Technology Learning Group by June 1.
(C) An Academic Advising DTF has been charged to review
current advising structures and make recommendations for an
improved advising process building upon the
recommendations of the Long-Range Curriculum DTF.
(D) In January, the Academic Deans and Provost will charge a
Hiring Plan DTF to reconfigure the hiring priorities and
process based on the new curricular structure and to determine
the relationship of full-time and part-time hiring priorities.
I In June 1995, the College was asked by the Governor's
Budget Office to submit a growth plan describing how we
would contribute to the state's need to educate more than
100,000 additional students in the next fifteen years. The plan
was developed over the summer of 1995 and circulated to the
faculty in September. It was approv~d by the Board of
Trustees in November and forwarded to the Governor. If
funded, it would add 250 FfE in part-time studies over the
next six years.
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12
Monkeys and Four Rooms: three monkeys 'per room
Terry Gilliam's 12 Monkeys is one of 1995's best films
by John Evans
From the imagination ofTerry Gilliam
cOlnes 12 Monkeys, a dizzying, intricate trip
through time and the mind that defies either
labeling or casual dismissal. Gilliam became
a Holl}'\vood commodity after the financial
and critical success of "The Fisher King," and
had final cut on this project, which he describes as a tale of "death and rusurrection,
romance and madness, nostalgia and decay."
In December 1996, a deadly plague
sweeps te earth, forcing surv ivors to a subterranean existence of apparent totalitarianism. Here Gilliam's uniqll e vision of set design and his collabora tors' inspiration create
an eerie patchwork world; the Eterna l Night.
It's all vin tage Gilliam: with a reasonably
modest budget of $29 million, he didn't
spend as much time there as I would have
liked. Cons idering the scope' and texture of
this story, with all the interesting minor charae.ters and developments, it could' easily run
anoth er 30 minutes. There is much more to
Bruce Wilfis defivers an Oscar~worthy performance as James Cole in 12 Monkeys.
explore here than what makes it to the screen.
\
In 2035, an inaccurate, hazardous Cole comes tb believe that 1990s psychologists send Cole back, are enigmatic. A paradoxital
method of time travel is in the experimental are right, and the plague is only a product of his meeting of Cole as child in 1996 and his future
stages. Prisoner James Cole (Bruce Willis), a mental illness. In an intriguing reversal it is his self, is also fascinating.
man who has lived most of his life in the hell- psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) that must conWillis' rendering of a tortured man from
ish environment of the underground, is of- vince him that the world is truly about to end.
a dead time is full of contradiction and frailfered a chance at redemption. Cole must 12 Monkeys is a hallucinatory experience, Iit- ties, a performance oftne depth and intensity
wrestle with "mental divergence", a mind tered with the little touches that fans ofGilliam's that Oscar nominations are made for. Even his
harrowing condition of existence in two times work will savor. His visual style is darkly exquis- eye-opening resurgence in Pulp Fiction can't
at once. His mission is to isolate a pure strain ite, full of stark images and rich texture. Gilliam compare.
of the virus, so that it might be controlled and rarely wastes a frame on the insignificant; there
Brad Pitt is a serious actor saddled with
is much to absorb in every shot.
the burden of being a beloved sex symboL
humanity dare return to the surface world.
Cole is certain that he cannot save the
David (Blade Runner) Peoples and his wife Roles like this one, as the deranged leader of
people of our era, because in his "present", Janet adapted a 1962 French short, La Jetee, into the 12 Monkeys, prove that he shouldn't be
they are already dead. It is with great fatal- this futuristic thriller. Their story is complex and taken so lightly. His twitchy, mercurial persona
ism that he pursues the Army of the 12 Mon- takes many interesting twists and turns along the is laden with mannerisms and affectations, but
keys, an extremist animal rights group that way. Once the lights come lip there is plenty to their stim is an entertaining, energetic performayor may not be responsible for the cata- digest; the film engendered lots of coffee shop mance that adds a great deal to the film.
clysm.
speculation between my friends and me. . .
Madeleine Stowe is my conception of
So disorienting is his experience that
~he true motivations ofthe scientists who
feminine beauty at its pinnacle. I'm enamored
with her. Placing my prejudices aside, I found
her role relatively undeveloped, but her performance passionate and entirely plausible
throughout all the unbelievable situations she
finds herself in. She achieves a fine balance of
com'passion, incredulity and fear.
The score works in perfect harmony
with the picture's tone and atmosphere, and
in the memorable title sequences sets the perfect mood for what is to follow.
I wish thaUcould recommend 12 Monkeys without reservation, because I think it is
one o£1995 's best films (it is only now playing
in our area). Unfortunately, with such an ambitious epic, a storyline of great complication
and implication, there are flaws . Such was my
exhilaration in Gilliam's dark journey, I was
able to be charitable and excuse a few missteps,
but I fee l I should make note of them here.
Red herrings abound, in an apparent
effort to keep the audience off balance. The
deceptions sometimes feel unfair. One instance, where a TV suggests that Cole has
+"lTlurdered his captive (Stowe), seems hardly
worth the effort because it is proven untrue in
minutes and one doubts Willis' character is
capable of such a thing. Cheap devices'such as
this one create instant suspense, but often go
unexplained and one wonders if Gilliam goes
too far in manipulating his audience.
The film seems to be walking a tightrope, wavering between the surreal madness
of Brazil and the meticulously crafted internal
logic irr The Fisher King. Sometimes it is an
uneasy reconciliation of disparate styles.
12 Monkeys is an intriguing enterprise,
laden with small pleasures and enduring moments. Ifone can forgive some illogical trickeries, this is a very stimulating time at the
movies. Its unanswered questions should offer you food for thought long after leaving the
theater.
.
Underrated FOUf Rooms suffers '·from Tarantino backlash
by Bryan Fra~latnseussTheiss
They'll do it every time. You make a really good movie that's fresh and lucky erough
to ca pture the public consciousness, and by
the time your next film rolls around
everybody's so sick of hearing about what a
genius you are that they'll hate it no matter
what it is.
That's the boat Quentin Tarantino is in,
at the expense of Four Room~, the entertaining new four-director anthology film to which
he contributed. He could have made a
children's screwball musical about a team of
misfit daredevil motorcyclists and people still
would have complained that it was too much
like Pulp Fiction or that the song lyrics owed
too much to Honk Kong action cinema.
Some people won't admit that Tarantino
is talented (despite the solid directorial
record of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction)
while others won't admit that he's not perfect (despite making an ass of himself on his
friend Margaret Cho's sitcomAll American
Girl and on Saturday Night Lille). Whatever
side you may be on, forget about Quentin!,
the multimedia phenomenon, leave your mi·
croscope at .home and go check out Four
Rooms - give it a chance and you just might
find yourselfhaving a good time.
In case you ha'ien't heard, there are other
talented directors involved in the movie too:
Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell and Robert Rodriguez (best known for Mi Vida Loca,
In the Soup, andEl Mariachi respectively).
The idea for the film came together when the
quartet were being referred to as the new New
Wave offilmmakers and they decided to jokingly play along. They seperately wrote
scripts about hotel rooms and a bellboy and
then got together to negotiate for the name of of the most clever and stylish action films since
the bellboy and other details that would connect John Woo's Hard Boiled. Because itwas a modestly budgeted Hollywood sequel to his legendsome of the stories.
Tim Roth plays Ted the bellboy, whose New ary $7,000 critical smash El Mariachi, a lot of
Year's Eve is shaping lip to be the worst first day people were quick to yell .. sell out." I guess no
on the job of all time. Struggling to make it one cares that Mariachi was, as Rodriguez exthrough the night, he stumbles through the titu- plains in his book Rebel Without a Crew, a
lar four rooms and deals with increasingly un- practice film intended as a "get rich quick
comfortable situations.
"Banderas"character is the kind of· guy
The first vignette is Anders'
"The Missing Ingredient," about
that can intimidate you into wetting )lOur
a coven of witches who need help
pants just by pointing at you, butTed (Tim
from Ted to perform an imporRoth] still insists on being an unattentive
tant ritual. The tone of the story
babysitter."
is engagingly campy (in other
words, it's nothing like Anders'
excellent gang drama Mi Vida Loca).The most scheme" he made as a stepping stone to £!lakadvertised actress in this segment is Madonna, ing "real movies" like Desperado.
Now that Rodriguez has served his time,
and it's surprisingly easy to forget that, hey,
that's Madonna/You can almost convince your- people are thankfully able to appreciate what
self that she's just a really glamorous witch.The is easily the best segment of Four Rooms. Anover-the-top feistiness of the witches and the dif- tonio Banderas arguably even tops his perforficult situation they put Ted in make a good mance as the Mariachi in Desperado as a dapopening to the film, though the segment is ulti- per Mexican gangster who wants Ted to keep
an eye on his children while he and his wife
matelyanticlimactic.
Next is Rockwell's "The Wrong Man," prob- celebrate the New Year. Banderas' character is
ably the least masterful segment of the film as the kind of guy that can intimidate you into
far as direction goes, but still a suitably twisted wetting your pants just by pointing at you, but
piece of apparent mistaken identity. This one Ted still insists on being an unattentive
gTves''fed the centerstage as he mugs and babysitter.
The kids are wonderful - you'd never
twitches like a highbrow Jim Carrey and uses
what little ingenuity he has to slide out ofa sticky think of these two in the same category as the
child actors who star in those cheesy family
situation.
The third room, Robert Rodriguez's "The comedies about kids who befriend animals or
Misbehavers," is the only one most critics have join sports teams. Rodriguez has a talent for
admitted is worth its celluloid. Rodriguez has working with young actors, as he showed in his
already experienced a backlash similar to the one student film Bedhead (which makes a cameo
Tarantino is currently suffering. Critics and au- here). He also has a v~ry strong visual sense and
diences alike ripped apart last year's off-beat ac- a knack for cartoon antics and black comedy.
tion comedy Desperado even though it was one The segment's only weakness is that it might
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lose some impact upon repeat viewings because the payoff is so good that the final image could eaSily melt permanently into your
brail).
The final story is Tarantino's "The Man
From Hollywood" which stars the director as
an obnoxious Hollywood bigshot who tries to
be buddy-buddy with Ted in order to get him
to do something unpleasant. This is where
Tarantino-haters have a field day - the man is
certainly not as good of an actor as he is a
writer or director. But since he was willing to
cast himselfas a bratty, egotistical movie star;
I'm willing to forgive the fact that he's merely
an above-adequate character actor. Besides,
his acting was worse in Pulp Fiction and that
didn 't seem to bother anyone.
It's a crazy slice-of-life kind of story that
feels pretty authentic. The long takes and let'shang-out-and-shoot-the-shit kind of dialogue
make you feel like you're really peaking in on
a bunch of drunk rich people making dangerous bets in the midd le of the night. Jim
Jarmusch's Night On Earth did this sort of
thing better, but why criticize a film for what
it isn't? What it is is a masterfully paced joke
with a punch line that will probably even make
you laugh if you despised the rest of the fi lm.
Four Rooms is not the godlike masterpiece a lot of people think it needs to be in order to be worth-seeing. It's just four clever stories told with considerable style and a perfect
lounge music score by Combustible
Edison. Watching it, you'd almost think that a
handful of friends had gotten together and
made a unique, fun little film. That's more than
the vast majority of movies offer, so get used
to it.
Dunston Checks In is the bes~ damn monkey in a hotel movie ever.
by Bryan. FranlatnseussTheil1
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jectmatterwith
class and style.
When. a talking pig movie was one of the
He could have
best films of the year, does that count as a liveeasily gotten by
action-animal-movie-renaissance? It's hard to
with shoddy
think of a single live action talking animal mOllie
cam e ra wo rk
that even comes close to being as entertaining,
and wooden
moving, and original as last year's Babe, which
acting, but he
could have been the Citizen Kane of talking anichose !lot to .
mal movies had its porcine stars directed it. [t
The filmmakused to be that if a movie starred talking animals,
ing here is as
it was virtually guaranteed to be cheesy. The same
posh as it's hoco uld be sa id for monkey movies from Tony
tel setting Danza ill Cuing Ape! to Harvey Keitel in MonKwapis actually
key Trouble. But if this is in fact the golden age
make s potenof live action animal movi es, maybe IT's time to
. tially lame jokes
give a monkey a break and take a look at Dunston
work by trea tChecks In. a non-taJkinganimal movie that shows
i'ng th em with
Paul Reubens, Faye Dunaway and Ja$on Alelander go bananas
all the signs of at least not being as cheesy as most
respect. A lot of
and monkey around in 20th Century FOI'S barrel full of trouble
movies about monkeys.
th e funniest
and monkey business, Dunston Ch.ecks 1n.INo puns intended.,
Well, I'm happy to report that Dunston
moments in the
Checks In is more than anyone Olight to ask out Robert's boss Mrs. Dubrow (Faye Dunaway) has film are not really gags, though. It's ha~d not to
of a movie about a monkey loose in a hotel. Sure, been scrutinizing him because she has it on good laugh when Dunston is shot like an action hero
it has it's flaws - like the somewhat obnoxious word that one of the guests is an inspector and if as he gears up and scales dramatically up the side
all goes well they will receive the distinct honor of the hotel.
~id Kyle (Eric Lloyd), the completely out of place
first appearance of the title-monkey wearing a of becoming a six star hotel. Dunston of course
Alexander and Dunaway are suitably likable
Hawaaiin shirt and sunglasses, the not-always- runs around the hotel causing trouble and every- and unlikable (respectively), and mostly make up
successful slapstick and the inevitable sappy con- one tries to catch him for their own personal rea- for Lloyd as the little boy who three-fourths of
clusion. But hey, what did you expect?
sons.
the way through the film you realize has been yell-'
But really, Dunston isn 't what you'd expect. ing most of his lines ever since Dunston showed
Sam plays Dunston , a young orangutan
forced into a life of crime by the stuffy Lord A solid directingjob and a strong supporting cast up. Rupert Everett (from The Madness of King
Rutledge (Rupert Everett) who stays at the New do a fantastic job of making a respectable mon- George) is great as the pompous thief who refers
York City Majestic Hotel so that he and his part- key movie. The director is Ken Kwapis, who did to himself as "Daddy" when talking to DunstolJ,
ner can load up on jewels during the annual Crys- an excellent job on the film Sesamt; Street Pre- and Glen Shadix (who you may recognize as Odo,
tal Ball gala.
sents Follow That Bird and has an untarnished the supernatural expert/interior decorator in
Jason Alexander (TV'sDuckman) plays Rob- TV directing resume that includes shows like Beetlejuice) is characteristically entertaining as
ert Grant, the manager of the hotel whose son Larry Sanders, Bakersfield PO, Amazing Stories a dog-lover who (along with his dog Neil) receives
Kyle di scovers and later befriends Dunston. and Eerie, lndiana. Here he treats his cheesy sub- shoddy treatment from the hotel as a result of
Dunston's rampage.
But the definite highlight is Paul Reubens
(yes, that Paul Reuben s) who plays La Farge, a
creepy, anti-social animal 'eontrol officer who
pursues Dunston. It's a small role, but lie has the
best lines in the movie and he delivers them masterfully. Between his Emmy nomin ati on
for Murphy Brown, his appearance in the upcoming Danny Devito-directed, Roald Dahl adaptation Matilda and this great performance, it looks
like Reubens really is headed for a comeback.
Also lending the film credibility is the be·
lievable hotd surrounding, which writer John
Hopkins says was inspired by th e moise series of
children's books.The film's opening credit man·
tage treats hotels with the same reverance Willy
Wonka and the Chocolate Factory treated candy
shops. This is a surt of anti- The Shining that
makes you yearn to live in a big hotel. Sure. the
kids get food from the fin est chefs in town , hut
more importantly they live inside what amoun ts
to an enormous playground. The hot el's numerous vents, laundry chutes and employee hallways
are always there when they need them, there are
unlimited beds to jump up and down on. room
service is free and when it's tim~ for a little mono
key-bowling, Dunston can so~ersa ult into champagne instead of bowling pins. You have to admit, if you did get to wreck a hotel , it would be
fun to do it with a monkey.
Yes, Dunston Checks In is flawed, and no, it
doesn't completely rise above the conventions of
the family-anima I-slapstick-comedy. But still, it
goes way beyond the call of duty and proves that
just about anything has movie potential as long
as it's handled correctly. If you want to see the
world's classiest movie starring a real monkey.
this is it.
Kag,ami Butoh presents Sanctuary Friday and 'Saturday in the.recital hall
wary is the expression of the soul's journey into
darkness, through transformation and back to
light. _
The word 'Butoh' translates roughly into
Kagami, under the direction of Dora nne
'dance.'
More specifically, Butoh is a contemCrable, will present Sanctuary, a Butoh performance, Friday, January 19 and Saturday, Janu- porary Japanese movement form which is beary 20 in Evergreen's Recital Hall. 'The box of- coming widely used in western performance
fice will open at 7:15 wtth the house opening pieces, largely due to the fact that many have
at 7:50 each night; tickets will be on sale at $3 gone to study Butoh in Japan or have studied
for students and seniors' and $5 for all others . . Butoh with Japanese-trained dancers in the
According to Crable, the theme of Sanc- West. Contrary to popu lar belief. all ofButoh
is not a response to the atomic bombs dropped
during the second world war, although this is
undoubtedly a strong part of some work.
Among the original Butoh masters are
two men, Masters Ohno and Hijikata, and one
woman, Master Ashikawa. Although there are
distinctive stylistic differences among the three
masters, they have in common a basic technique which incorporates use of white body
makeup, the principal form or the hanging
body, work with the archetypal experience and
use
of images from the natural world rather
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is a response to Japanese culture and environment.
Kagami's aesthetic is more akin to the
work of Masters Ohno and Ashikawa than
Master Hijikata , as will be evident in the forthcoming performance. Kagami, a group ranging form 10 to 14 members, including a business/production manager and sound engineer,
has kept a rigorous performance schedule, performing nearly once' a month and, at times ,
substantially more often. Their group has performed most often on Evergreen's Red Square,
with additional performances at the Midnight
Sun in downtown Olympia, on Olympia's Intercity Transit Bus system, and in Vancouver,
Kalso and Nelson, B.C. Upcoming performances include possibilities in Santa Cruz, CA
and Edinburgh, Scotland.
Most members of Kagami have been
studying Butoh for one and a halfto two years,
photo copyright Kelly Coy/~ 1995
with two members apprenticing and .one
former member visiting as of this fall.
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Blige. Director Forest Whitaker has
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of Exhale, and like
the book, I think the
movie will prove to
Based on Terry
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novel, Waiting to Exhale looks at the lives of
fo ur single black
, women fr iends living
Phoen ix, Arizona and
their struggles to find
"a good man ."
Pop music diva
Wh itney Houston stars
as Savannah, a TV producer whose married
lover keeps her dangling on a string; Ange la Bassett portrays
th e yuppie wife
Bernadine whose hus,
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band leaves her for a
Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Angela Bassett and Whitney Houston star in
white woman. Loretta
Waiting to Exhale, based on the book by Terry McMilan.
Devine is Gloria, a lonely overweight single body guard (Strange Days), Basset~ brings be controversial.
Hollywood insiders predict that if Exhale
mother and beauty salon owner. and Lela great energy and intensity to every role and has
Rochon plays Robin, an insurance professional shown herself to be a versatile actress; I think is a hit, it could open up new avenues for black
with a penchant for bad boys.
she's looking more like Oscar material every actresses, and I believe the picture has enough
crossover appeal to succeed. If you're in the
One of the most controversial aspects of day.
the novel was its uncompromisingly critical
To some degree though, EXhale suffers mood to cheer, laugh and cry, Waiting to Exlook at black men .. and the movie version of from "the movie just isn'tas good as the book" h~lewould be a great movie to see.
Exhale definitely retains its zeal for men-bash- syndrome. For instance, in the novel version
ing. The majority ofthe males the four friends of Exhale, Robin's father is suffering from
interact with are various packages oflosers and Alzheimer's i:JiSeaseand the family is struggling
slimeba lls. Being male myself, I'm not very to deal with medical expenses. and Gloria disfond of men-bashing, bUll think Exhale reflects covers one of the stylists at her salon has AIDS ..
a point of view which many women ca n iden- These plotlines and others like them were re-:~+S1.1T
tify with.
moved in the transition from book to screen,
My favor ite performances in the movie and has reduced the movie's storyline to jUS(
were Devine's, who brought real empathy and the women's romantic relations with men. As
naturalism to her role, and especially Bassett's, a result , the characters are lacking the dimenwho shvwed Bernadine's anger, pain and con- " sions they had in the book. I didn't think the
fusion with dynam ic electricity. Whether play- . movie flowed all that well, it seemed episodic
ing an aba ndon ed wife , sup ersta r sin ge r and choppy.
(What's Love Got to Do With It) or muscular
On the other hand, Exhale is fu n. spon-
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Recita l Ha ll lo'c ated i :'J the
Communi cations Building . $5
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KING FUNK DANCE II , Fourth
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New Art in the Women's
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Nikki Chapman shows
us htL stuff in the 2nd
' floor CAB office through
mid - February.
Stop by and
check it out from 4-6 pm .
HAZEL, The Ryderwoods. Surf
Maggo ts.
Hazel is fro m
Po rtland and my ol d
girlfriend really li ked
them . $5 at the Capitol
Theatre Backstage.
Heend. Delusions of
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Ido l s .
Thr ee bands, t hr ee
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Last Chan ce f or Ranch
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Their last show in
~lympia, with s pecial guest
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Tom Leiher's musical satire .
rhey will be he l d at
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January 23 & 24.
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sti v~ l ' at 943 -9492.
Wednesday, January 24
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SAMULNORI Comes to the
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chanti ng and dan ce i n t his
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h~lf-pr ice student rush
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the show.
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and at the First United
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-Lend Me a Tenor" This
Abbey Players pr~duction
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of world -famous tenor Tito
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Appearing on the Washing ton
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$70, call 754-8666.
Award-nominated
filmmaker Frances Reid
presentD "Skin Deep", her
documentary about college
students con fronting- the
~eSlities 6f ~ace rei~tions
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In the Longhouse,
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Relief from dudyiDI ahea. ia herel
The poetry of Raymond
Carver. An Olympia High
School teacher and his
students give a presentati
and' a reading on t he subj
of Ray Carve r's poem,
Photog r aph of My Father in
His 22nd Year.
At Barnes &
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Bla ck Lake Blvd.) @ 7pm .
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Two unusual films presented
by their makers at OFS.
"So
wrong Their Right" documents
t he essence of practicing 8 track fanatics, and " Fat of
t h e Land'" tells the true
sto ry of filmmaker Sarah
Lewison's trip across the
country in a car powered by
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