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February 24,1994
THE EVERGREEN 'STATE COLLEGE
Volume 24 Issue 17
HB 1443 hits Senate floor
Citizens, senators debate its merits
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by Rob Taylor
Rally cries and conflicting ideas filled
the hearing rooms when the Senate Law and
Justice Committee considered House Bill
1443 last Friday morning,
HB 1443, a law providing human rights
protection on the basis of sexual orientation
and preventing discrimination on that basis,
has been considered in various forms by the
state Legislature for the last seventeen years,
but has never been e nacted into law. The
House of Representatives passed this
legislation last year, but it was not considered
by the Senate. 11 was passed agai n by the
House this January.
A rally by the supporters of HB 1443.
prior to the 8 a.m. hearings, drew about 75
proponents to the steps of the Capitol
Building. Jerome Johnson, coordinator for
the Thurston County Rainbow Coalition, told
the crowd "We are here to let the governor
and the Legislature know we are not here for
special rights, but human rights."
The crowd also heard from Susan
Bennish. TESC student, who talked about the
discrimination she has faced as a bisexual.
She said, "I'm out here to let you know that
it's okay if I have a job. I am not getting
special treatment, I'm getting equal treatment
-it's about being fair, being human."
The hearing for HB 1443 was standingroom only, with additional people wishing
to attend the hearing put in additional hearing
rooms with live audio feeds. Supporters and
opponents, each wearing neon-colored
badges proclaiming their allegiance, crowded
the room and the halls around the hearing
room.
Suzanne Searles, an opponent of the
legislation, said her argument was one of
equality: "I think that everyone should have
equal rights, and if this bill passes, a group
will have special rights I feel if the people
that are for this bill, the homosexuals, get
special rights, what's to stop other groups
from getting special rights. This bill would
allow quotas to happen . I feel that they
(homosexua ls) deserve jobs, but they
shouldn't get quotas, it should be based on
equality of work."
Robert Hawkins, the communications
director for Hands Off Washington, a group
in favor of HB 1443 and opposing proposed
Initiatives 608 and 610, attributed opposition
to the bill to "a fundamental lack of
understanding ... Discrimination on the basi s
of sexual orientation is legal in most of the
state of Washington against the people of
Washington, and the people of the state want
to end discrimination ."
The meeting, presided over by Sen .
Adam Smith (D-Kent) was generally
uninterrupted by catcalls, applause or boos,
heeding to the senator 's request to "debate it
as reasonable adults."
For the next two hours , testimony
ranged from exhortations of biblical values
and the public health danger of
homosexuality to parents of gays and
lesbians comparing their children to
see bill, page 3
Retired Senate Republican staffer John Rico gives emotional testimony in favor
of house b ill 1443. Rico is H IV-positive. photo by Ned Whiteaker
Right:
Senator Adam
Smith (left) and
Senator Kevin
Quigley hear
testimony during
last Thursday's
public hearing on
house bill 1443.
photo by Ned
Whiteaker
Happy Squad programmers suspended from KAOS
Students challenge
station management
by Seth "Skippy" Long
with John Ford
"Cutting edge" radio, or legally
indecent? At KAOS 89.3 FM, the answer to
that judgement resulted in the cancellation
of the Happy Squad of Earth show and the
suspension of its student producers from the
station.
The suspension prompted st udent
questions about station management at an
open staff meeting Tuesday.
The Happy Squad ofEarth (HSE) show
is suspended for six months because HSE
producers Fezdak Clamchopbreath (David
Scherer) and M . Arrington Hughes-Tremper
used their Wednesday night time slot last
week to broadcast 57 minutes and 46 seconds
of simulated sounds of a man urinating,
Citing the Federal Communications
Commiss ion (FCC) definition for indecency
and KAOS performance standards, General
Manager Michael Huntsberger issued the
suspension after Student Program Director
Pete Bodenheimer refused to do so.
According to Huntsberger, the
broadcast in question, "violated the letter and
the spirit of the KAOS Performance
Standards, sections II, IlIa, b, IVb and c," in
addition to the FCC regulations.
According to federal law, the FCC is
responsible for regulating all public and
private broadcasts in the U.S. KACJS is
required to abide by these regulations in order
to continue broadcasting. KAOS management is confident that the broadcast in
question violated the FCC regulation.
Bodenheimer said,"I don't think that we
Fezdak Clamchopbreath and Arrington Hughes-Tremper, at Tuesday's meeting ,
suggest restructiring KAOS. photo by Seth "Skippy" Long.
should have suspended them for the reasons
we did. It's real cut and dry. They did break
it [FCC reg.]. I think we made this decision
from a position of covering our ass .. . It's
real obvious that none of us believed that that
was really patently offensive to anyone ... in
our community.
"1 think that it is an extraordinary
sentence for an unextraordinary crime. When
we make a decision like this we need to look
beyond the bad things. Fezdak and Arrington
have been an extremely valuable volunteer
resource for the station ... They walk a real
thin line between idiocy and brilliance. When
they were on the line and being brilliant, it
was some of the best radio we've ever had
The Evergreen State College
Olympia. WA 98505
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at Evergreen. When they weren·t. it was
some of the worst and some of the more
dangerous things for the radio station ...
"We'd say 'you can ' t do that, you can
do thi s' and they ' d figure out something
altogether new that never occurred to us to
break. They would do something that never
in a million years somebody would have
thought. That's the dangerous part. But [
think we have a commitment to nurture
people like that," said Bodenheimer. .
Bodenheimer also served Huntsberger
with public notice of his opposition to "any
major action" against the producers of HSE.
In the statement, Bodenheimer described
HSE as, "extremely valuab le to the station."
and that, "KAOS has a commitment to,
'pushing the envelope'." Bodenheimer said
that HSE is the on ly program on KAOS
presently doing so.
As student program director.
Bodenheimer is responsible for creating and
remo ving programs from KAOS. The
general manager may o nl y remove
programmers when they present a direct
threat to the station's FCC broadcasting
license.
Clamchopbreath. in a statement at
Tuesday's meeting. said that, " 1 feel that the
cancellation of the show is an indicator of
the pathway that KAOS is laking towards
more commen.:ial ized . market receptive
radio. radio that brings in money. and that
need for money is at odds with our ability to
c hall enge and to experiment with the
resource .. .
He also said that, " I feel that the KAOS
administration has created a smokescreen .. .
the illusion that their responsibilities are too
difficult for a student or vo lunteer to be
trained for. The responsibilities of the genera l
manager. the marketing and development
director, and the training and operations
director could be successfully accomplished
by a community member or student inte~n
see concerns, page 4
Internal Seepage
Provost retention
Hellcatz kick ass!
Masculinist
Rationalize Core
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Permit No. 65
News Briefs
News
Northwest artists
to lecture at lESe
Young Democrats
endorse H.B. 1443
EVERGREEN-Leading Northwest
artists including visual artists, a poet and
an aIlS administrator, are featured in the
spring lecture series, "Pacific Northwest
Artists," offered Wednesday, April 6
through May 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. in The
Evergreen State College Recital Hall.
General admission to eac h lecture is $3,
$2 for seniors citizens.
Sponsored by the college and
local arts organi/.:Jl'dns, the series features
a diverse slate of artists, including
Cathenne Thompson, Cecilia Conception
Alvarez and Marsha and Michael Bums.
Artists will discuss their work and how
living in the Northwest has influenced
and inspi red them. Each will share their
work usi ng slides or demonstrations. For
more information, call 866-6000, ext.
64H6.
WASHINGTON-Young Democrats of
Washington have decided to endorse the
efforts of Washington Citizens for
Fairne~s and Hanqs-Off Washington
campaigns. Particularly, they are
s upporting the passage of House Bill
1443.
House Bill 1443 guarantees the ·
civil rights of homosexuals, bisexuals
and transsexuals in the state of
Washington. It assures that no one's civil
rights will be forsaken due to sexual
preference.
Young Democrats of Washington
President James Apa stated that, "Our
message for endorsing these efforts once
again re-affirms Young Democrats' beliefs
that bigotry and hate have no place in our
diverse community.
E-mail warns of
impending danger
EVERGREEN-A campus wide e-mail
message was sent out this past weekend
infonning the users of Elwha of the
impending danger of the "Clipper Chip."
The chip is designed to provide the
U.S . Federal Government with a special
'backdoor' to decode and investigate all
electronic communications.
The current proposal was developed
in secret by federal agencies primarily
concemed with electronic surveillance and
privacy protection.
Private and public sectors of the
computcr industry have expressed nearly
unanimous opposition to the Clipper.
For more information on the petition to
ban the chip, e-mail cpsr@cpsr.org.
.75 ¢ Parking Fee
-Parking Booth sign.
(So if you give 'em a penny,
ask for change.)
Protest planned
against Clinton
EVERG REEN-President Clinton
~lll lll)Ull lTd hi s final ancient fore st plan;
()plioll Nine on Wednesday.
Frida y there will be a protest and
rall y against Clinton's plan. The rally
" ill hc hc ld at Sylvestcr Park in
dow nlOwn Olympia at 3 p .m . For
answers to any questions, pl ease call the
WashPIRG o ffi ce at x6058 .
Volunteers needed
for student concert
EVERGREEN-One or two people a re
needed as volunteers or for credit to
coordinate the Spring Student Concert. If
you are interested, leave a message for
Charlotte Tienken-Wooldridge, the
Performing Arts Coordinator, in the
Communications Building, third floor.
Holistic health fair Homeless shelter
to be held at TESC to close for good
EVERGREEN-The annual informational
holistic health fair will take place
Wednesday, March 2 from II :30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. in the CAB . For more
information, call the Addiction
Prevention and Well ness Resource Center
at x6725 .
Tuition waiver
comments due
EVERGREEN-Comments, responses,
and suggestions to the proposed "Tuition
Waiver Plan" should be in the office of
Arnaldo Rodriguez, Dean of Enrollment
Services, Ll221, by Monday, Feb. 28.
OL yrvIPI A- Fch. 28 will be the last dny
lil;11 Ihl' F i ~s l Bapli st C hurc h will act as a
Ill c' II 's hOlll ckss s helte r. Thurston
COllllly's Ilomc lcss Scrvices Communit y
T",k Force was c reated to addrcss this
Ilc'l'd in January.
A protest and rally wi ll be hcld at
lile Bread and Roses Community Centc(
10 address tlie ineffec ti veness of thc task
rorl'l' to address th e problem and its
r,lillirC to cre:Jtc Cl viable so lution. A
Incl,t ill g to di sc uss Clnd plan the wIly is
sc hcdulcd for today, Thursday, Feb. 24 CIt
::>
p .m . in the Bread and Ro ses
Com munily Ccnter. For morc information
conlac t Michael at 943-4433.
IfSECURITY •
Monday, February 14
0312: Malicious pull of the fourth and
sevcnth floor A-dorm fire alanns.
0647: Malicious pull of another fire
(llarm in A-dorm.
1359: The Dr. Pepper machine on the
first floor of the CAB was vandalized.
1656: ~ suspicious person was reponed
111 the Library staring at women.
2030: Fire alarm in P-dorm caused by
burnt food.
Tuesday, February 15
A re lative ly quiet day at the Public
Safety Office.
Wednesday, February 16
1325: Three vehicles were towed from
vario us parking lots by the Parking
Office.
Thursday, February 17
0550: A room in LAB I was reported
as being insecure.
1933: Fire alarm in C-dorm due to a pan
left on the slovc.
Friday, February 18
1530: Unknown items were thrown at
BLOTTER II
Learn to control
your headaches
OL YMPIA-Sl. Peter Hospital is
offering a free forum, "How to Control
Chronic Headaches," Tuesday , March 15,
7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., in room 200 of St.
Peter Hospital.
Cuban aid caravan
stops in Olympia
01. Y MPIA --A humanitarian aid caraV(ln
headed for Culnl wi ll stop in Olympia
loda y, I-'cn. 24, to obtain six new
P<lsscllgc'rs ami more physical aid
,, "ppli l' .S. Pastors for Peac e, US-Cuba
Fricndshipment, is th e third such
hlllnanil;lri,1I1 effurt.
Thc caravan is aimed to challenge
III,' .\3 year old e mbargo against Cuba.
Onc hundre d tons of cargo and ovcr
I (l() \'c liid cs, including te n sc hool
hu"es, will be part of the caravan. This
i.. ~In inlernational effort, fe aturing
IIl c'lIlhl'lS fro m cuuntri es as far off as
Gl'lllwny.
A press confc re nce and public
pOlluck will be he ld with thc caravaners
;11 th l' O lympi a Community Center on
I:('h. 2-1, rrolll -+ to I) p.m. Call Angela
\ 'lal ino at :\()583 for more information.
WASHINGTON-An April 4 deadline
has been set to accept applications br
grants to fund adventurous artist's
projects in the State of Alaska.
Application guidelines are available for
the program, which aims to encourage the
development of innovative projects that
co mbine or expand traditional art
disciplines and explore new forms of art
amI culture.
For application guidelines, send a
sc lf-addressed, stamped enve lope to:
Arti st's Projects Grant / On the Boards /
15 3 14th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122.
Fo r more information call (206) 325-
7YOI.
Errata
In the Feb. 17 edition of the Cooper
Point Journal, Rebecca West's column:
Sexual Q&A had a paragraph added
without her knowledge that may have
been Tl'Jisleading to some readers.
This paragraph co ntained
incomplete information regarding the
use of condoms to prevent the spread of
HIV.
Resource fair to
celebrate women
01. YMPIA- Mareh 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 3
p.lI1. thcrc will be a day-long resource fair
plan lied and exccuted by a full range of
t'O llllllllnity gro ups called "Celebrating
Womcn." Topics will include . "Family
and Parenting," " Women's Health," and
"S(' lf Empowerment: Financial, Technical
LC'ga l Iss ues (lnd Spirituality."
The fair will be held at the
Olympia Center, 222 North Columbia in
downtown Olympia. The event is free.
The newspaper apologizes for this
error.
Mistakes were also found in the
E"ata (of all places) last week. A
particular Grammarian called 10 note
that there was not just one, but two
misplaced apostrophi.
The errata mistakenly read
"Grammarian's" and did read nO(
"Grammarians'" as it should have. This
is because there are, in fact, two
Grammarae, and no/just one.
The Cooper Point Journal,
particularly the Errata Compiler/News
Briefs Editor, apologizes for this error
and has learned his lesson.
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compiled by Rebecca Randall
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Aecording to the pOSitIOn
description, the Evergreen provost,
"functions as the interface between a
structured administration and a nondepartmental, autonomous, egalitarian
faculty."
To put it more simply:
The provost is one of three vice
presidents who serve directly under
college President Jane Jervis.
-Art Costantino is vice president for
Student Affairs. He oversees all those
parts ofthe college that deal with student
life or offer direct academic services to
st udents. Recruitment, registration,
academic advising and First People's
support services all fall underneath him.
-T.L. "Les" Purce is executive vice
president. He is in charge of campus
finances and budgeting. He is
responsible for the campus's physical
structures and its academic and
admin istrative computing.
-Russ Lidman has been serving as
"interim" provost and academic vicepresident since 1990. He is responsible
for Evergreen's entire academic
program. including the library. The
academic deans and faculty answer 10
him.
The provost is supposed to
represent faculty interests to Jervis .
Without infringing upon their freedom
to innovate, the provost is also supposed
to make sure tha'! faculty do their jobs.
As the position description reads,
"The Provost ensures that academic
standards are maintained, monitors
faculty evaluation and development,
oversees assessment of academic
programs,
accreditation.
and
management of the library and the
academic budget."
The provost, like the other vice
presidents, also helps represent
Evergreen's interests on a state level to
~he legislature and Higher Education
Coordinating Board. For instance. the
provoSI may help set college admissions
standards for the state.
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Prolenion~1
The.tre-in·Re5idenc., at The urwersily 0/ Mootall8
Anti-discrimination bill ,in Senate, from cover
" moonbeams held in (their) hand ," a line Republican caucus in the State Senate who
from the musical The Sound of Music.
did not publicly admit he is gay until learning
Typical of the statements by those of his HIV-positive diagnosis, brought tearful
opposed to HB 1443 was that ofKaz Griffin, and emotional testimony to Ihe committee:
a student of combined black and Japanese "I have always fell government was too
ancestry.
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intrusive - but I feel government should
Griffi n decried efforts to compare protect rights.,. How would you feel if you
condemnations of homosexuality to racism, eouldn 'I work or rent here because you were
stating "Who, based on sexual orientation, told ' We don't want yourtype here: .. ' ] will
has been denied the right to vote? work to right this wrong in any way I can;
Homosexuals are not an oppressed minority." that which is morally wrong, condoning
Senator Smith, however, objected to discrimination, can never be politically
some testifiers attempt to portray correct."
Opinions of committee members
homosexuality as the root of all evil, saying
at one point "I think that it is a little difficult regarding the legislation were as divided as
to believe that the later twentieth century is the supporters and the proponents of the bill .
Sen Jim Hargrove (D-Hoquiam) stated
the peak of moral degradation ... I just don't
see the connection between homosexuality hi s opposition to the bill in these terms: "It's
and unwanted pregnancies, for instance; a question of behavior: we're drawing a line
homosexuals aren ' t having all these on which behavior is acceptable and will be
,. , protected, and which ones won't. We don't
unwanted chi ldren. "
John Rico. a retired employee of the protect drug addicts or criminals [from
discrimination]. I believe it's a wrong
behavior and it shouldn't be protected. I don't
think it (HB 1443) will pass, but it's never
over in the Legislature until it's over."
Senator Pam Roach (R-Auburn)
expressed discontent a t the em'o tional
character of the hearings, sayi ng " Why
weren't we a llowed to explore the pros and
cons of [the legislation]? I need conv incing
evidence this bill will work. I'm not
convinced."
Senator Janice Niemi (D-Seatl le),
Senate sponsor of the legislation, responded
to opponents arguments of this bill as
advancing specia l rights by saying,"It
obviously isn't [giving special rights] . This
just goes into the Human Rights Commission
authority with protection for people with
discriminatiorr, sex and race. Women were
obviously discriminated against until ERA
[passed in Washington] and even now. just
The Evergreen State
College
Library 4300
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For tickets stop by the Broadway Center Ticket Office, 90t Broadway, Tacoma.
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Discounts availabl e for groups of to or more.
Uni versity of Colorado at Colorado Springs. is no longer being considered, "on the basis
of her on-campus interviews, and people's
He could not be reached for comment.
After Lessley withdrew, the search DTF response and from the community and from
decided to choose between the two remaining the committee itself," according to Jervis .
Russ Lidman has been serving as
candidates, rather than start the search from
_
scratch.
interim provost since 1990, but says he will
After Potter's on-campus interview, the leave the position at the end of this school
DTF selected him as their choiee for provost. . year.
"We've had several discussions and it's
But when Jervis called to offer him the job,
he declined.
.
clear between us that he's not interested in
"There were a lot of wonderful things staying; he has other plans in mind," said
about Evergreen and it was a difficult Jervis.
decision," said Potter.
If a new provost is not found before
However, he says, he had not realized Lidman's deadline, Jervi s may need to
that the salary would be smaller than what appoint a short-term interim provost. She
he now earns as vice president and dean of says she will probably do this by suggesting
George Mason University (Fairfax. Virginia). a few names and then gathering community
The miserable weather during the week reaction.
of his visit also seemed to influence Potter's
The searc h DTF has said it will not
choice. "The second issue was kind of related reconsider the applications it has already
to the climate. My wife and I tend to be sun- recei ved, but will begin recruiting new
oriented people," said POller.
candidates by placing ads and contacting
Potter said he did mention to the search professional organizations.
DTF that he was uncertain about accepting
"I suspect that there may be more
the position.
internal candidates in this round, but I don't
"I basically laid out a set of issues to know that," said Jervis.
the person who called to invite me for the
You can contact the Provost Search
final inlerview. I sa id , 'I have these DTF via voice mail at 866-6000 x6386 or ereservation s, but I am willing to consider the mail at prodtf@elwha. evergreen.edu.
position in all sincerity as long as you
Sara Steffens is the editor-ill-chiefofthe
understand and accept that. .. '
Cooper Point Journal.
The third finallst, Barbara Mossberg,
An thropologist * Linguist· * Literary Critic
By WENDYWASSERSTEIN
111e -one In J millIon' Broadway hit ~bout
th e life. loves and laughs of the Baby·
Boomer Generation.
by Sara Steffens
The Provost Search DTF will again start
looking for Evergreen's next academic vice
president/provost, after candidate David
Potter declined the position last week.
Of three final candidates selected by the
DTF from 142 applicants, two did not want
to be Evergreen's provost and a third
candidate was deemed unacceptable.
~'Evergreen is an unusual place, so
we're looking for an unusual person," said
President Jarte Jervis .
One of the difficulties is in finding
someone willing to leave his or her current
job, but with the experience to work within
Evergreen's unusual academic structure of
interdisciplinary and contracted studies.
"When somebody applies for ajob and
comes for an interview, we're interviewing
him or her, and he or she is also interviewing
us," said Jervis .
No DTF members have told Jervis that
they will not continue with the search, which
she hopes will be finished by May.
Finalist candidate Merrill Lessley
withdrew his application just a few days
before he was scheduled to arrive at
Evergreen. saying that he wanted to return
to teaching.
Lessley, who has a PhD in Theater Arts
and a Masters' degree in Scene, Costume and
Lighting Design, is now teaching at the
Dr. Ivan Van SertilDa
February 25
111.
The Public Safety Office
performed 32 public service calls
including, but not limited to escorts,
unlocks and jumpstarts.
-What the heck
is a provost?
Grants available for
adventurous artists
TESC students from a moving vehicle.
Saturday, February 19
0914: The lower panel of the Comm.
building loading dock door was kicked
1300: A woman reports the theft of her
wallet while attending the dance in
l.A300.
1547: The Public Safety Office assisted
Thurston County Deputy with the
location of a person.
1733: TESC student reports money
stolen from housing area.
2209: The suspicious use of the Library
third floor copier was reported.
Sunday, February 20
1646: A woman reports another woman
harassi ng hcr in the Library.
Jervis hopes search .DTF will find nev," provost by May
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as homosexua ls are discriminated aga in st
today."
She assessed the bill 's chances of
passing as 50-50, saying that proponents are
one vote shy of victory in the Senate. with
fou r possible yes votes for her and Governor
Lowry to lobby for. (see accompanying
article)
Represenlative Cal Anderson (DSeattle), the original sponsor of the bill,
thinks the bill has a good chance of passing.
"The Privacy Fund has done a good job of
educating the Legislature, and we've always
had bipartisan support," he said.
Rob Taylor is a CPJ legislative liaison
and columllist.
Amendment says
bill will not affect
public schools
An amendment to House Bill
1443, sta tin g that the bill does not
mandate the promotion of sexual
orientation in state colleges. universities
and public schools, was added to the
civi l rights legislation prior to its
passage by the Senate Law and Justice
Committee.
The amendment. sponsored by
Senator Curt Ludwig (D-Kennewick).
exp licitl y states that this legislatioll
does not require the positive promotion
of any type of sexual orientation by any
public school or state institution of
higher education .
The purpose of the amendment.
according to published news reports. is
to pick up additional support in the
Senate debate over the measure.
The bill as amended was
supported by the original sponsor of the
bilL Representative Cal Anderson (DSeattle), and passed the committee by
a 5 to 4 vote on Tuesday. It will now be
considered by the Senate Rules and
Ways and Means committees, prior to
any vote by the entire Senate.
Staff members of the Senate Law
and Justi'ce Committee have interpreted
this legislation as not preventing
individual schools from prohi'Otin g
sexual orientation, nor would it prevent
schools from expending Service and
Activities Fee monies in support of
student groups that portray specific
sexual orientations in a positive light.
such as the Evergreen Queer Alliance.
-Rob Taylor
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Cooper Point Journal February 24, 1994 Page 3
News
Sculpture city
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This wooden water fountain, located on the first floor lobby of the library'
building, is one of eleven public sculptures built by students from Sculpture in
Time and Place and Energy Systems. The collaborative works attempt to
address the topic "healing the site". photo by Ned Whiteaker
Hellcatz gear 'up for season
hy Alise Os is
On Saturday, Feb. 12, the Hellcatz
Evergreen Women's Rugby team kicked
otT its season with a tournament in
Portland, Oregon. Men's and women's
team s from all over the Northwest
participated in the tournament sponsored
by the Oregon Rugby Soccer Union
(ORSU).
The Hellcatz played three games
during the day long tourney.
The Breakers 2 team was the first
to go down against Evergreen with a final
score of J 5-0.
Next, the women played Whitman
and lini shed them off easily with another
rinal score of 15-0.
Lewis and C lark was the final team
to play Evergreen and they proved to be
t he closest matched in ski II of the day .
The game was an aggressive one, yet the
final score remained 0-0.
Luckily, there were few injuries
0\'C'r the clay; however, the weather proved
to he very cold and w indy throughout the
da v.
Analysis
On Saturday, February 19, the
11 (' lI catz once again traveled to Portland
tn take on Lewis and Clark again. The
gallic was played at the University of
Pon land (UP) since Lewis and Clark and
UP had combined teams to take on
Ewrgrocn.
Faced wi th the challenge of taking
lln a combined team of both school's best
playe rs and a Illuddy, wet field, the
He IIcat:/. pulled off another win of 19-0.
Three tri' s were scored; one by Nancy
11 ;lggert y and two by Andi, a player from
TiIl·o ma. Two conversions were also made
hy the team 's coach, Shana Orona.
Overall, the team worked very well
together ancl overcame the frustrations of
tying with this team the weekend before.
Ne xt weekend, the Helkatz take on
Western WA. University in Be llingham.
Aiise Osis is a membe r of the
Il dlwiz.
Suspension prompts flood of concerns, from cover
who had experience as an active vol unteer
at KAOS under the guidance of an advisor."
Also at Tuesday's mee ting. HughesTremper said, "There are many program~
on KAOS that violate FCC codes. We're not
the only ones, we' re not the first.
"Part of the Mission Statement for the
radio station mentions that we ha ve a
comm itm en t to uphold in bringin g
programming tha t is challenging to the
Evergree n community and the community
at large . .. I believe that certain le gal
technicaliti es, such as FCC violations. in
some cases can be overlooked if they present
a precedent that wo uld be challenged . That
is what Evergreen is for," he said.
Julia Ke len. KAOS training and
operat ion s manager, c haracteri zed the
hroadcast as, "a direct and nagrant violation
of FCC regulations."
'They aren't regulations that KAOS
especia ll y ado res to uph o ld but they are
regu lations that we are req uired to uph o ld .
The stakes are very high and the survival o f
the ~tation is definitely at issue here." said
Kelen .
Former KAOS S tud en t Program
Director Diana Arens sees things differently.
.. It seems like the issuc of the ill egality of
the broadcast is a s mokescreen because
things like this happe n all the time. It seems
like they IHSEI were singled out for
d isciplinary act ion. While I was program
director. Fezdak andA ITing ton did challenge
The FCC defines indecency as:
language or material that, in
context, depicts or
describes, in terms patently
offensive as measured by
contemporary community
standards for the broadcast
medium, sexual or excretory
activities or organs. "
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the KAOS s taff. including me. and
conventional radio standards but that's what
KAOS is for. And that 's okay with me,
because if people stop being critica'l of
Evergreen. the programs, the station . th e
CPJ. that would be si·ll y. You have to be
critical of it."
HSE distributed a campus-wide
bulletin announcing the show' s cancellation
and inviting students to attend Tuesday's '
meeting. which was described as a ··trial."
About 20 to 30 people. mostly
students. showed up. Many voiced support
for HSE and wanted for clarification about
thc suspension .
J-dorm damage will wait
by Seth "Skippy", Long
Repair to tree-damaged J -dorm will
not beg in until the weather becomes better,
said Housing MainLenance Director Bob
Carlson .
According to Carlson, the contractor
for the job, Sandy Constructors, is
wat.ching the weather for a four to five
day opening with no rain before her crews
can begin repairs.
"It's pretty obvious that we can't
work in this kind of weather because we
have to open the roof up. We 're concerned
about water damage," said Carlson on
Wednesday.
Carlson speculated that there is at
least a wcck's worth of work to do on the
battered building. "In addition to going in
the roof she's [the contractorl gotta go in
there and determine damage and repair
damage, to the rafters and such, then
resheet it. Then the roofmg company has
to come in and reroof it," Carlson said.
J-dorm,
which
has weathered
counLless keg parties. live music bashes
and roommate infighting, was mortally
wounded two weeks ago when a tree fell
on it during a wind storm.
The old tree came down on the third
,
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Ooor awning, bounced to a third Ooor
bedroom roof and bounded further to a
seco nd Ooor bedroom roof. The tree came
to its final resting place lodged in a
second Ooor window.
The occupant of that second Ooor
apartment has since been relocated LO,
presumably, finer accommodations.
TESC Grounds had previously
determined that the tree posed a threat to
campus safety and had filed a Hazardous
Tree Report.
Housing will have to foot the bill for
the repair. The funds (an estimated
$10,(00) will come out of Housing's
general revenue. "There's no natural
disaster fund," said Carlson.
"We don't know ' what structural
damage is underneath the roof until we
open it up," said Carlson. He noted that
the proposed timeline and cost of the
repair may change if more damage is
found inside the structure.
Carlson also said that, "the building
is structurally sound."
SeLh "Skippy" Long is the CPJ
managing editor. Yeah!
Page 4 Cooper Point Journal February 24, 1994
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illustration by John Ford
At the m eeting. Hunt sberger
announced that Tom Freeman, the KAOS
marketing and development director who
made the initial co mplaint to Bodenheimer
about the show, would not participate in
Tuesday's meeting. According to
Huntsberger. Freeman believed th at the
business mana ger needn't take part in
programming discussions.
At that meeting, studen t Krista
Eickman said of the s how, " It 's really
c hanged the way I think about radio."
Another student, Jos h Bernstein,
quoted philosopher Ludwig Winge{lstein,
" If people never did silly thin gs then nothing
intelligent would ever get done ...
"Our public radio should not be subject
to the tyranny of s mall minds a nd the
financial security of the professional staff.
When soc ial satire and poking fun at taboo
is taboo, then why have experimental
radio? ... Student-originate,d radio should be
student governed and that process s hould not
be interfered with. If FCC reg ulations are
broken , that should be a reflection of
students and the consequences s uffe red by
students," said Bernstein.
Student Music Director Matt Johnston
said that, "This is incidental. .. The main
issue is a general feeling about the station
and the way that students interact with the
community members,"
Arens also spoke at the meeting. "1 feel
that... there is a move towards putting
programming on that people can listen to at
work, putting programming on that people
will not take exception to, pull i ng
programmin g on th at people can have as
wallpaper." she said.
This is not HS£ 's first suspens ion.
In January, 1993 , the pair was
suspended after their first show for vjolating
KAOS's music policy by playing Top 40
(major label) music .
Another s uspens ion followed that
spring.
These events led Huntsberger. in a
letter notify ing the pair of thei r suspension.
to accuse them, "Showing no co nsideration
for indecency and obscenity policies," and
having "an attitude of contemp t towards
conventional broadcast. practices."
After Sept. I, the duo may return to
local airwaves so long as they. according to
the lett er, "Pruvide us [KAOS] with
substantial and compelling evidence that you
can abide by the letter of all KAOS standards.
practices and policies .... " Huntsberger
defined such compelling evidence as demo
tapes. letters of sup port and , " Written
assurances that you will no longer undertake
any exceptiona l activities at KAOS."
For the time being, Clamchopbreath has
no plans to appea l th e suspensio n. and
intends to "do nothing."
There arc two codes of state laws or
statutes. One is called the Revised Code
of Washington and the other is the
Washinglon Administrative Code.
The Revised Code of Washington
(RCW) contains all the bills that have
been enacted by the legislature. It receives
its name from the fact that it is amended
during every session.
RCW statutes are written in general
terms. So, state agencies are required to
have a set of rules on how 10 implement
them , This set of rules is also law by
default and by the grace of the legislature.
The agency regulations are called the
Washington Administrative Code
History of Black History Month
We need at least token respect
Carter C. Woodson grew up in a
small mining town in West Virginia. As a
son of former slaves, he understand the
problems of the black educational system.
He worked his way through college,
securing a PhD from Harvard University,
making him the second African American
in the US to earn a doctorate in history,
As a professor, he saw how the
segregated schools of the era didn ' t meet
the needs of African Americans. The
schools negotiated basic skills, focusing
on vocational education. The schools
instilled feelings of inferiority into the
black students.
To break the cycle, Wood son chose
t o focu s on the triumph s of African
civilization. At th e time the only
information taught about Africans was
negative, rampant with images of savages.
Positive accomplishments were ignored
by European scholars. Because he taught
students about Africans ' many
accomplishments, he is known as the
father of Black History.
Woodson helped establish Negro
History Week in 1926. The Harlem
Renaissance in the '20s and the energy of
the ' 60s Civil Rights movement helped
propel the concept of African history.
Interest in African history increased.
Universities began to adopt African
by Seth "Skippy" Long
We had a h a rd time
soliciting storit!s for AfricanAmerican History month. Someone
asked me, "If no one want s to write
about it , then why s hould we ha ve
toT'
A pretty good que s tion. Why
s hou ld [ try and pu s h a writer into
writing something that they hav e no
de s ire to write? [s Black Hi s t o ry
Month so important ?
Yes, at this stage in the
game, it is. .
It ma y seem th e re are beller
way s I co uld s pend my e nergy while
s till working toward s equality.
But unfortunatel y, we are
'not yet beyond th e point where we
ne e d to set asi de one 28-day month
to remember the contributions of
African Americans. .
[ believe [ s hould continue
to pu s h students to write stories
about Black History Month. There is
very littl e that this community does
to be truly attentive to and
appreciative of the diversity we
s upposedly cherish.
If all we have to support our
claims of respecting diversity is thi s
one, short, token month. then we had
American Studies programs.
Black History Month was officially
establi shed in 1976. The celebration is
sponsored by the Association for the Study
of Afro-American Life and History
(ASALH). an organization founded by
Woodsman in 1915.
Currently, African American History
Month is coming under fire from certain
members in the black community. On Feb.
14, 1994, Newsweek ran a 'My Turn'
calling Black History Month "a thriving
monument to tokenism which, ironica lly,
has been wholeheartedly embraced and
endorsed by the black community."
Middle school principal Wayne
Joseph, featured in the article argues that
Black History is so rich and varied that
attempting to confine the di sc ussion and
inves tigation to four weeks a year
trivializes the issues.
He also points out that black history
and American history are not mutually
exclusive, like the idea of black History
implies .
Instead of focusing on the idea of
black history, where students turn to a
foreign land for identity, he advocates for
black parents to instill within their children
a sense of their own history.
- by Carson Strege .
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Composition 01 Full-time Faculty
By Race and Gender: Humanities and Arts
(W AC).
Currently, the legislaLure is in the
prol'ess of writing the RCW and
gellerating what will be the reason for
aml' nding the WAC.
This is the progress of the
legislature. The legislature is just having
iL~ latest deadline on Friday, Feb. 25. It
is the la st day for the sLanding
c ommittees to s ign reports to pass
opposite house bills.
The exception is for bills that are
still in transportation ot fiscal
com miLLees; the deadline for those
committees will be Monday, Feb. 29.
John M. Munari covers news from
the Legislature for the CPJ.
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fourth yea r Evergreen srude lll and
managillg ediTor of th e Cooper Point
There are some obvious conclusions to make. First, TESC has yet to de ve lop
an absolutely consistent multicultural faculty hiring policy. thou g h the last five
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or six years ' g ive one reason for hope, at least in rega rd to racc/ethnicity and
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gender. It would appear, however, that mo re consideration needs to be given to
class and sex ual orientation. In addition, in regard to broad areas of the curriculum ,
it seems that we need to think about hiring diversification in Natural Sciences
partic ularl y.
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good job in curricular diversification. es peciall y in regard to race/et hni ci ty. and.
to a le sser extent. gender. we need to better in terms of class. and we need to
begi n virtually from scratch as far as sex ual orientat ion is concerned. Until we
have some greater sense of parity and balance among the four
dimens ion s. our ability to deal comple xly with their interactilJns is
serio usly underc ut.
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Fourth. the catalogs reveal nothin g about multiracial pedagogy.
Composition 01 Full-time Facutty
We need to study it.
By Race and Gender : Sociat SCiences
Fifth, the Catalogs say little about multi c ultural heterodox y,
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a lthou gh the information o n faculty career paths may have ,orne
implication s for some dimensions of multiculturalism, this report
suggests, it seems to me. that while we still have some serio us work
to do, and while we must be rigorously consistent about the energy
and commitment we give to multiculturalism. we contain among us a
vast amount of ski ll. expert ise and interest in multiculturalism that i,
worth
honoring and sharing more effec tively. I hope that this report,
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by givinghistorical perspective to our e lforts so far. he lps facilitate
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sharing of heterodox ideas about what we might do better in the long
haul towa rd creati ng a multicultural college .
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better pay a ttenti on to it.
If we ignore it, we may as
well forget about any of the se c la im s.
It 's always frustr a ting when
we don't ge t the s torie s we want for
the CPJ or when the stories we do
ge t aren't written the way we want
them .
It' s even more fru s tr at in g
when we want sto ri es about
so m e thin g d ee per than a tre e falling
on J-dorm or why tw o of thr ee
ca ndid ates for pro vos t dropped out o f
the r ace. when the s t o rie s we're
looking for c ut to the h eart of how
we feel about o ne ano ther.
Black History Month i,
a bout awareness, and it's about
respect.
If we can't s how respec t for
certain members of our community in
even a small, token way, th e n how
can hope to do so in a deep ,lIId
meaningful way?
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Assessment Report's conclusions
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Race, ,gender and class .at Evergreen
Graph 1
These graphs compiled
by faculty member Brian
Price and the TESC
Assessment study group
from a report titled,
Evergreen's
Multiculturalism: An
Assessment of the College
Seth "Skippy" LOllg i~' the cpr s
managing editor. John Ford is a Il'riTer II'ho
lUSTS after editorial pOWe!:
State laws, statutes explained
hy John M. Munari, Jr.
From Evergreen's
·A frican
American
Perspective
History Month
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Percentage ot Photographs
of Whites and People of Cotor in the
catalog
These graphs
address the
concern many
students have that
the catalog does
not accurately
represent the
number of students
of color on this
campus
Percentages at Actuat numbers
of Whites and People of Color
86%
Page 5 Cooper Point Journal February 24,1994
Columns
Columns
edited by: Julianna Gearoo'
Grammarians reveal their fascinating secret selves
Hello there!
We brieny considered writing a
l'olulll n about who and whom, but we
decided that it wou ldn't be much fun, and
\\ l' would rather just talk about us. After
:111. we've got lot~ of work to do and
dOIl't want to be bothered with this little
t;I'k. We're also really tired.
You've been reading our column all
~ ";\r now, and we think you'd probably
lih.t' to know a lillie about us. Vanessa
Ii ;h told yo u a lillie about her mother,
hut until no w we haven't been very
IOrlilcollling. Arter reading this column,
\OU ~ hall know th e True Vanessa and
i .lll'i,·a, Exci ted?
We could say all sorts of made-up
things about ourselves to impress
,'\','rYo!le about our li ves and grammatical
prmvcss , but yo u know, we'll be honest.
W,' just want to be loved, is that so
\\'ro ng'!
r\lkr a ll, eve ryone wants love in
tlll'ir li ves. So we sit here on Thursday
!li g ht s, brooding in front of the
Powerbook, hoping that in some way,
~l llilchow , we can make a difference. Just
a little hit of a difference, like, you
know, something that will make people
happ y . You know, like a puppy makes
people happy.
Remember the feeling you had
when you got your first puppy? Weren't
yo u .. . happy') You know, that liule guy
that was so ... happy to sec you and
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pamed and rolled on the floor? Well, we
want to be like that puppy. Well, not
really like that. Don't expect us to roll on
th,' nonr or pant or anything. Well
Lllviya wouldn't mind panting, (and
rollin!.: on the floor isn't so bad either,
l'o llle 'to think of it) but mostly we just
wa nt to make people happy . And be
loved. And to sec the names and faces in
print regul.lrly . I mean is that so wrong?"
Do you tllink that's selfish of us? I mean
do yo u think we're vain just because we
likc to be rccognized and admired, and
lIan; people think that we're more
,'ducated than them , and think we're pretty
CUt l' too')
But we digress. Besides that's not
totally selfish. After all, in a way we arc
doing a service to the concept and
in s tillltion of grammar, by making it
Fun or cool or something. The fact that
you rind us cute is not important to us
I'm its own sake. The fact that you find
us c ute is not important to us for its own
sake . That's not what makes us happy.
Not at a lII We want to give grammar a
good image. It's really a sacrifice. We
know hot babes make anything cool, so
we decided to give grammar a little help.
Tliat's why we always write our
co lum n in the nude. Now that you know
male. Er, um, mail).
Well, before we turn in, we
should probably acknowledge that wee
little error we made last time, you know,
the ·one in the errata. Yeah, we messed up
(not on E's name, but on the who/whom
thing.) We felt so liberated by end ing that
sentence with a preposition that we
forgot to objectify Vanessa's parents.
We'll talk about all that next time. And
that's a promise.
The CPJ staff was surprised to
our dirty little secret, you'll probably
never rcad this column in the same light.
At least, we hope you'll dim the lights
when you read it. Maybe a little mood
music ...
Digressions, digressions. Have
you ever had a day where you just felt
like staying in bed, eating corn chips
with nothing but time on your hands?
You'd call in sick (if you had a job, you
lousy trust fund hippies). Well, that's
when we turn to grammar. A good bout
of grammar cures all of those base
desires. I mean, why bother with the com
chips when you can satisfy yourself with
a colon?
By the way, we'd rather not have
our friends read this column out of
charity. So if you're doing so at this
point (we won't mention any names) you
can just put the paper down right now
and get dressed. Go read the comics page
or someth ing. Oh, yeah. So Kristyl is
becoming a gecko There, we mentioned
her in our column. Her moment of fame.
Was it good for you? (By the way, if you
have any love tips for her, please send us
discover a grammatical error in this
week's column. The American Heritage
College Dictionary states that " .. .than is
quite commonly treated as a preposition
when follQwed by an isolated noun
phrase, and as such occurs with a
pronoun in the objective case: John is
taller than me.
Though this usage is predominant
in speech ... it is still widely regarded as
incorrect," (Page 1404.) In paragraph four
of this column, Vanessa and Lovica
write, " . .. we're more educated than
them .. ."
According to The American
Heritage definition, this statement is
incorrect, and instead should read, "We're
more educated than they." Your humble
Copy Editor Laurel Rosen would simply
like to point out that even Grammar
Goddesses make mistakes.
Chile imprisons two journalists
for p__acticing free speech
The following case may hav(;
ser ious ramifications for journalists in
Chi Ie and challenges the principle of
rrcl'liom of expression world wide.
Juan Andres Lagos Espinoza, editor
ur the weekly Communist Party
newspaper, and Francisco Herreros, a
journa li st and editor of Piu/1Ul Y Pencei,
'wac sentenced to 300 days imprisonment
ror publ ishing an article critical of the
country 's Supreme Court.
The two men named above were
c h;lrgcd with "offending the Judiciary ."
This c harge stemmed from an article they
wrote criticizing the Supreme COurts
decision to transfer the investigation of
th e 1974 "disappearance" of Alfonso
Cha ufrea u Oyarce to the military court.
Freedom of expression has been a
major problem in Chile and will continue
to he so unless pressure is put on the
go\,ernment. Currently at least nine other
journalists face legal proceedings.
Please write the government of
Chi Ie ex press ing your concern over the
sente nci ng of Juan Andres Lagos
Espinoza and Francisco Herreras
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·The Jewish Cultural Center and
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C;lmival on Sunday, Feb. 27 at noon to 8
p.m. in L4300. The Mazeltones arc
co ming! Get in for a buck at the door.
Everyone is welcome.
·In celebration of Black History
Month, Mindscreen brings us the film
Daughters of the Dust in LH I on Monday,
Feb. 2H at 7 p.m.
• Also that Monday, Maude the 1976
AMC Gremlin will be taken to the doctor
ror a tunc up. Look for her on the
highways and byways of Olympia.
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weekend but he's not sure why.
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Ryan Warner is an Amnesty
Il1lernationai Coordinator,
Your center for
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('vrn cursory consideration.
III an Evergreen seminar, we arc
"lIppllsed to learn by the consideration of
a hroad range of ideas, and learning is, in
crkct, changing what we know . But often
,c ll1inars will turn into debates; th e
probl c ll1 with this is that, at least for
s tude·nts here, the proce ss o[ debate is
more like a fi ght than a learning process.
Posturing is considered key and points arc
givcn to people not for the quality of
the ir argument but rather whether they
can stump their opponents, or make an
audience laugh.
The fact is that a large number of
people don't want to learn from other
['cuple, and only cherish others' ideas if
th\:y arc the same as their own. People
rememher thc ideas of people with whom
thLY :lgrec ancl forget the specifics of
those concepts with which they disagree.
What books do you enjoy reading
and/or keep on your shelf? Probably ones
that you can point to and prove you're
right about something. That's primarily
what I keep around.
The Third Floor
Alway. rece1v1Dg Dew
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I wouldn't say that
I was above this
arrogance ...
There is an obvious yroblem here
- resistance to new ideas is detrimental
to any son of intellectual (or political, or
social, etc.) development. But there is
another problem and that is that our
strongly held sentiments can overshadow
other, more important, thoughts and
. feelings.
Propagandists know that it's
much easier to change the way that
people act by reinforcing other beliefs
they might have and temporarily
overriding unwanted sentiment.
A simple example of this is the
political use of patriotism to override
compassion and/or reason in times of
war, but also in more common instances
such as the war on drugs, or the
campaign of the NRA.
Maybe you have been fooled by
these campaigns, maybe not. Maybe we'd
like to believe that we are too smart to
fall for this kind of political game, or
that the people with whom we agree don't
make use of this kind of tactic.
Wrong.
In order to win any game or any
battle you have· to know your 'enemy.'
To know them is to understand the basis
of their position as well as you know
your own. Remember that if you aren't
willing to listen to a logger, policeman,
politician, white person, a person of
color, a man or a woman, etc ... If you are
not listening to the opposition, you
aren't going to be able to change their
minds.
As for the people on our sides,
don't think for a minute that they take
our loyalties for granted. It's a safe bet
that a good part of their energy is spent
keeping people like you and me loyal by
whatever means necessary.
('un'HlNG, JEWELRY. INCENSE, B};O
SI'READS. BAGS. WOOl, SWEAl'RRS.
liWVES AND ·MORE .
by Ryan Warner
Mardones on charges based solely on
,ICC()Unt or the non-violent expression of
their political belief~. Call for their
imillediate re lease ' as prisoners of
l' onse icnce. Lastly urge authorities to call
;1 kIlt to the prosecution of any other
jllurnal is ts who may face similar
,e lllencin g for peaceful expression of
th,'ir v iews.
Sr. Patricio Aylwin Azocar
Presidente de la
Republica de Chile
Palacio de la Moneda
Santiago, Chile
A general rule in advenising and
other form s of persuasion is that trying
to change som eone's opinion of
somethin g. if that opinion is strongly
h('ld, is a waste of time and effort.
Political ads are traditionally
de veloped around the theory that there is a
Ih ird of the voting population on each
, ide ill any given two-sided political
dehate and the other third is a swing vote.
T he latter group is the target audience of
Jllllst political programming, because
th l'Y will actually vote - as democracy
intends - on the basis of what they
perceive the candidates stand for, and not
Oil a blind adherence or aversion to any
p<lrticular political entity.
The interesting thing is that with
lilli e prompting and very little belief
reinforcement, two-thirdS of the v.oting
population have made up their minds
bcJore hcaring any stump speeches and
prohably only knowing the political
1'L'l'nrd of the incumbcnt.
Are we· all so arrogant and selfas,-;ured that we refuse to allow our 'minds
to he c hanged or our beliefs to be
rktlle ng,'d? ,I wouldn 't say that 1 was
ahllvc th is arrogance, gnd I think that a
guml part or the Evergreen students and
f:ll'ult y arC' also gu ilty of this.
Remember when the 1-5 roaming
Pl'l·;H.: hcr Bible Jim Webber came and
spoke 011 Red Square about repenting
he fore it was too late and things like
tkll ? I'm not really sure what he was
t:ll"ing abollt , cxactly, because I was
watching the crowd more than I was
watching him. I doubt that anyone in the
cl',lwd rememhCrs what he actually said
(not what was written on his sign that's t(K) easy, and besides, he was never
asked to llualify or ex plain what was
written there), because they were too
husy yelling at him and pursuing their
own agendas to give his ideas and words
IMPORTS FROM
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c;tnd if you do,maybe you're the next CPJ editor
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Response
Students of color should not
discount one ,another's feelings
Dear Mike D. Lewi s,
The article on "Diversity" came out Jan.
27. You ' ve had sufficient time to come and
talk to me· directly about my quote. It had
my picture and stated that I am the S&A
Board Coordinator. You knew what I looked
like and where to find me . If you have a
problem with me or my
opinion, talk to me.
Unfortunately, I
am at a di sadvant age in
th at I neither know what
you look like nor where
you can be reached. So,
I will re spond to yo u
through the CP1. At the
same time, I am inviting
you to come talk to me
in person. My office is
In CAB 320, my
ex te nsio n is 622 1.
Now .. .
To Mike and those
who think like him:
If you reca ll, I
stated in the article that
"A lot of s tudents of
color walk around angry just wanting an
ally." "A lot" is the key.
I did not state "Mike is walking around
angry ... " I am not so naive as to presume
that every student of color is unhappy on this
campus. If you're not angry, that's fine. I'm
happy for you. However, for you to di scount
the legitimate feelings of anger from your
fellow students of co lor is selfish a nd
inconsiderate .
Anger can be very constructive. You
ci ted the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Who
started that movement? Blacks who were
sick and tired and angry at the society and
laws of the day.
Yes, we do have more opportunities
than ou r parents and grandparents, at the
same time, we have a long road ahead of us.
Oppression and raci sm did not stop with the
Civi l Rights Act of 1964. Otherwise, why
would we still be fighting for basic rights
that are inherently ours as humans?
It is not because of "my own inerti a and
care lessness." It is because we have a soc iety
based upon differences . Differences th at are
used by the people in power to prevent people
of color from "mov ing up in the ranks."
Perhaps you ha ve n't yet been
confronted with oppression and racism on
this ca mpus or in your life. If not, then you
are fortunate .
But for the re st of us, it is a daily
struggle to combat these forces so that we
ca n concentrate o n th e co mmon a liti es
between us .
The "differences" I have: Coarse hair,
darker skin, flatter nose, and fuller lips, I
ac knowledge and embrace. You see, I'm not
the one concentrating on these. I don ' t need
to, I see them everyday when I look in the
mirror. I'm not the one with the problem. I
love who I am and what I
look I ike . I carry that
legacy from my ancestors
before me and my
relatives today (Thanks
mommy and daddy).
Unfortunately it
is the "dominant" culture
that chooses to try and
keep me down because of
my so called differences.
When will they see that [
am able to run a
corporation as well as any
man? When will they see
that I will not steal
something from their
store, I work and I can
afford the items I want?
When will they see that I
can play cl ass ical piano as well as their
beloved Beethoven , Brahms, and Bach?
When will they see that I can articulate my
words and opinions with the best of them?
When will they see, and believe these things
in their heart, mind, and soul?
These are the commonalities I share
with them . But they don ' t want to have these
things in common with me . Instead they
choose to look at my "differences," I don ' t.
You need to look at who is defining what.
I have been at Evergreen for four years.
I have coordinated Umoja , and Women of
Color Coalition, I currently coordinate the
S&A Board. I have been to the Day of
Absence sponsored by First Peoples' ,I have
used First Peoples' Advising, and First
Peoples ' Peer Support and First Peoples'
Recruitment.
In the role of coordinator and student, I
have seen and experienced first h~nd the
feelings that many (notice I said " many", not
"Mi ke" or "a ll") student s/staff/fac ult y of
color have.
I choose to honor and valid ate those
feelings. I'm sorry you seem to choose not
to respect the legitimacy of these fee lings.
Perhaps if you did, you could help provide a
positi ve and constructi ve outlet for that anger.
We need a llie s from th e white
comm unity to help with the struggle. But
most importantly, WE NEED TO BE EACH
Yes, we do have
more
opportunities
than our
parents and
grandparents, at
the same time,
we have a long
road ahead of us.
OTHERS' ALLIES.
Darice R. Johnson
Plethora of missed pOints addressed
Gee, so much to respond to ...
take your argument way too far, implying that
To Chri s Sand:
women on this campus want to be pampered
You co mpl etely mi ssed the joke in and coddled while wearing petticoats and
Jonah's strip -The two army guys are in si pping juleps. Right. I suggest you go a
the midst of blood, bombing, guts and gore, little easier next time; people will be more
but all they can notice is two men kissing as likely to li sten to your argument.
they excla im , "Oh, gross!" It's irony. You To Skippy:
see. they think two men kissing is grosser
Where's my Bev Report??
than war. Get it now? Duh.
To the Graduating Class of 1994:
To Wi lli am R. Wood:
Show up for the fucking graduation
I'm pretty sure your letter was a joke. meetings. I don't think our class is being
Right? In case it wasn't, I'll just point out 'equally represented and it sucks. I had to sit
that the Men's Center named it a ween ie in the last meeting with only my one hand
roast, not the CPJ. So ye ll at them, already. voting whil e fucking The Melvins and
And your drivel about the word "weenie" Superconductor made it onto the top fo ur
being used "to belittle inen , to de~ ignate them choices for our graduation music. Come on.
as inferior or inadequate," well , it' s what There's more of you out there than this. Of
makes me think your letter must've been course, as I wri te thi s, I believe most or all
fiction. I mean, men are expendable objects. of the really important decisions have been
What do you think war is about? But I'm made. So vote on your ballots; you've got
sure that whole letter was just a joke anyway. until March 7 to vote on the T-shirt designs
Heh heh .
(m ine was number 4, respectivety), and the
To Katie Mehrer:
next ballot decides what music we have and
I' ll be the first to agree that there's far what our class gift goes to . Get with it ,
too much whining (see above) on this people. If you're pissed off at the theme, it
ca mpu s. I also partially understand your could get worse if you don't get involved.
point: that life is dangerou s and there is crime I love you all.
everywhere and to a certain extent we are Wendy Hall
powerless to control it. You did, however,
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'I'm certainly ,not a Masculinist'
Greetings, Carson Strege,
Well, first off, I mu st point out in
response to yer last column that you're still
talking about a word; indeed a word that is
dear to you, but a word, nonetheless. And of
course, words are symbols, like fl ags are
symbols for nations, but if you bum a nation's
fl ag, the cries of pigheaded notwithstanding,
you aren't burning what really makes th~t
nation great; you're just destroying a symbol.
L-anguage is a constantly mutating thing,
particularly the Engli sh language, being a
mongrel kinda language anyway. It means
that maybe the word's definition has changed
co mpl etely independently of what its
adherents think. Is a feminist Naomi Wolf?
Susan Browmiller? I dunno ...
Even beyond all thi s, I my self have my
own definitions of these words. 'Feminist'
is a word that unfortunately has become
assoc iated with a lot of things that are
inherently bullshit and may not be relevant
to feminism at all.
For instance, is some idiot on Beverly
Hills 90210 randomly compl aining about
men feminist as such? Do you want Kelly
and Brenda speaking for you? Well anyway,
to me, feminists are women who are seeking
equality and invest their actions in it. On
the other hand, there are also women (and
indeed, people in every group) who are
look.ing for a convenient disguise for their
own personal prejudices and hatreds, to say
nothing of revulsions against this admittedly
icky world. These would be. known as
misanthropists, or misanthropes.
Unfortunately, a lot of misanthropes
(si nce 'misanthrope' actually means you hate
th e entire human race) call themselves
feminists.
I'd mind it a lot less if they were brave
enough to simple call themselves manhaters.
but that tilts the scale less in your favor to
act uall y co me out with your irrational,
deepest personal feelings . that. provoke ~a Il
your actiops anyway.
Also , since I am (and pretty much
always have been) committed to everyone,
which of course included women, being freed
from this paradigm that has fucked the earth
and has made slaves to all or us, that could
conceivably make me a feminist. But I've
learned on more than one occasion that my
gender alone disqualifies me from being one,
regardless of my actions (a curious notion
smaking of fundamentalist Christianity; by
faith, not by faith, sheesh, I've always been
of little faith), do I then refer to myself as a
humanist? Too vague, and I'm certainly not
a masc ulinist, so what am I? Who can say?
A great teacher named Gwendolyn
Endicott once told me thai there is power,
and there is power over. I could go out on a
limb here and say that feminists want power,
and misanthropes want power over, but
again, the lines blur past a certai'n point, and
I can always speak only for myself. I want
everyone to have power, but I ' m not
interested in anymore folks than 'already'do
having power over me. Too many already
do. Also, add this into power, depending on
your definition of it, and it depends on how
you go about accessing it.
Do you believe that? (Also, off the
subject, is "Strege" your given Iast name. or
did your choose it? I'm just curious. Are you
aware of its implications?)
Plus: Katie Mehrer, who are you? Yer
so cool! You recognize that a strange
syllogism has taken hold in which there is a
population (or many populations) that is
alternately saying, "Behold my wings!
Right!" and "Shelter me, a meek and helpless
victim." And the generalized cry from all
these populations seems to be that someone
else is responsible, and there's no way this
someone else could ever right thi s great
wrong.
Which is convenient, of course, because
it ensures that your side is always right.
Roll Steady, y'all
Rob Forrester
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Diversity need .not be just "hype" and stereotypes
by Lara Shepard-Blue
Naomi Ish isaka's article called
"Diversity or Just Hype?" (1/27 CP1) has
generated some disturbing responses. As a
fourth-year student concerned about issues
of multiculturalism and racial justice on
campus, I need to take issue with many of
the opinions expressed in these response
letters.
The first response to "Diversity or Just
Hype?", from John M. Munari, Jr. (2/3 CP1),
argues that Evergreen "is here primari ly to
serve the people of Washington state" and
points out that students of color at Evergreen
already exceed their proportion in
Washington state by 0.5 percent. The fact
that the state of Washington is less racially
diverse than the general U.S. population
should in no way restrict the Evergreen
community from setting our own goals for
diversity. The reasons for increased racial
«diversity were clearly articulated by various
sources in Ishisaka's article. If Munari
disagrees with the goal of increased racial
diversity at Evergreen, I wish he would say
what he believes, instead of quibbling over
percentage points.
The second response, from Jachin
Thomas (2110 CP1), is much more offensive
and full of racist assumptions. Thomas calls
the author " narrow-minded" and' makes
se veral ineffectual attempts to dismiss
Evergreen's goal of diversity. One of
Thomas' most disturbing claims is that "the
only reason to be in college .is to become a
better member of the Euro-Centric culture."
WHAT? This view of higher education as
mere indoctrination into the dominant culture
may have been a "given" before the 1960s,
but it has been contested for the past thirty
years. The founding of experimental colleges
like Evergreen was, at least in part, an attempt
to challenge such a narrow-minded view of
education. In the I 990s, many of us attend
college to engage in a radical critique of our
society, not to become mindless defendants
of the dominant culture.
The rest of Thomas' letter is completely
absurd, but so offensive that it justifies a
response. He argues that "no effort should
be made to take a person of color from their
culture and put them at Evergreen ." Just to
begm with the obvious, nobody "takes"
people of color (or anyone else) and "puts"
them at Evergreen.
Thomas assumes
that students of
color don't have
free will t'o think
and
act
for
themselves, which
enables him to
ignore most of
Ishisaka's article
and construct hi s
own
ignorant
opinions about why
people of color
come to Evergreen
and how it "robs them of their cultural roots."
Thomas makes a particuIarly racist claim that
"Euro-Centric culture ... is the only culture
that values higher education in this style"a claim which is contradicted by a vast body
of scholarship by people of color and by the
voices of people of color within Ishisaka's
article.
Thomas concludes with a statement
typical of right - wing opponents of
affirmative action, saying that Evergreen
should just "have high standards oT
admission and accept anyone who meets
them regardless of race, creed or color." How
simple this would be .. . if all college
applicants came from comparable
backgrounds, wbere Ihey had equal financial
resources alld equal access to a quality at least once in an academic year." Three
education. Unfortunately, the current trend out of ten students reported being victimized
toward slashed funding for public education, more than once during the year. In thi s
particularly in poor communities , is context, it appears that the student of color
contributing to inequities that grow wider who attends four years of college without
every year., Furthermore, "high standards," being confronted by bigotry and raci st hatred
as Mario Rores points out in the article, have would be the exception.
The debate about diversity on campus
historically meant "white" standards which
were designed to lock out people of color. is an important one, and I appreciate the
Thirty years of weakly-enforced affirmative informative and thought-provoking approach
action guidel ines have not resulted in of " Diversity or Just Hype?" I hope that the
anything vaguely responses to the article remind us that, while
resembling equal increased enrollment by students of color will
help , number s alone aren't enough.
opportunity.
Mike D. Lewis Increased di versity must coincide with
(2117 CPJ). who increased education about the social/
wrote the third historical context of racism. I think Martinez
response to Ishisaka's put it best in her Z article:
In defending and affirming th e
article, de sc ribe s
himself as a person of multicultural vision, we can never forget the
color "born after the need to teach thaI nasty word 'ra cism'Civil Rights Act of white supremacy- which 'di versiry ' alone
1964," and criticizes will not eradicate. A multicultural education
what he calls an is an anti-racist education or it s nada. Th e
"exaggeration of need to teach that racism isn't just unfriendly
problems concerning attitudes is illfinite.
Unfortunately, many faculty at
minorities in my generation." He further
claims that any person of color who is Evergreen are still unwilling and/or
discriminated against on the basis of race or unqualified to teach about the history of
ethnicity is the exception, not the ru le. It is racism in the U.S. as part of their program
both disrespectful and extremely unrealistic curriculum. In 1990, the Women of Color
to describe the experiences of numerous Coalition proposed a partial solution to this
people of color described in Ishisaka's article problem. Among other things, the WOCC
as "exaggerating" or just "the exceplion." . demanded support and funding for "required
An article by Elizabeth Martinez called workshops on cultural sensitivity and racial
"Campus Racism: Tip of an Iceberg" in the justice" for the entire Evergreen community.
April 1992 issue of Z Magazine suggests that If such programs were instituted, then maybe
the experiences and concerns of students of we would see less ignorance, hate and
color at Evergreen are by no means the confusion about issues of racial diversity on
exception. Martinez cites a study by the campus, and more informed debate and
National Institute Again st Prejudice and genuine understanding.
Lara Shepard, Blu e is a concerned
Violence which indicates that "20-25 percent
of students of color are victimized by bigotry member of the Evergreell communil):
Increased diversity
must coincide with
increased
education about
the social/historical
context of racism.
Homelessness and hunger continue to plague many
by Jim Meyer
Let the frustration of moving through
the current rains; from your front door to the
bus stop, from class to your car, mingle with
our images of homelessnesS. Couple these
t ughts with those of the arctic winter
te
ratures that the rest of the country has
been exposed to. Imagine a hunger that is
often day s old (though I know that is
impossible for you to do).
With these you may only beg in to
empathize with the plight of over three
million people nation wide. Homelessness
and hunger place more thanjust physicalities
at risk, it is ones self worth and gift of life
that are at stake.
One of the more subtle atrocities of the
homeless issue is the incredible vortex of
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indifference that the more financially able event is a work-a-thon. Volunteers rai se
of us facilitate. That our public policy gives money by seeking sponsors. Volunteers work
precedence to commercial and rea l estate at a site for three to four hours at a variety of
development, while right here in Olympia, things, such as painting a drop-in office,
on March first, the First Baptist Men' s fixing up low income hou si ng , sprin g
cleaning a child care center and so on. The
Shelter is being closed down.
Some think it might be easy to corral funds are distributed to local, nati onal and
these men and herd t.hem off to the Sal vation international anti-poverty efforts. Last year,
Army, which will temporarily expand its The Cleanup raised over $2000, half of which
capacity. Yet, even with an increase to 70 went to Bread and Roses.
Please
partmen , that still
icipate in thi s. It is a
leaves 40 or more
very s mall
men
without
commitment from
shelter. On paper
you, yet win provide
that' s 40 beds
a vehicle for personal
denied, but with
involvement in the
st rict rules and
community, as well
regulations and
allow us to raise a
the weight of a
great deal of money
negative
replocally for both
utation , that could
homeless and hungry
result with more
people of o ur own
than 90 men out in
community
and
the night.
Many homeless men feel they would nationwide.
We encourage awareness and support
rather stay out in the cold than be subjected
to the parental control of the Salvation Army. for the homeless, which will enable them to
That homelessness is such a cursory or even grow and expand and continue to a share a
a non-issue in city planning and national voice that actually belongs to the people it
politics is directly supported by our lack of affects. Thi s act.ion is addressing a very real
and serious problem in a manner that lets us
involvement or concern.
In order to offer support and to raise take responsibility for tne health and vitality
awareness of the homeless crisis in Olympia of our community.
There will also be a r-ally at the Capitol
and hpm~less activists and their supporters, .
the Washington Public Interest Research Building on Tuesday, Match I at noon to
Group (WashPIRG) is coordinating the Tenth coincide with the closing of the men's shelter.
Annual Hunger Cleanup. The Hunger We'll be calling on the city and s tate
Cleanup is sponsored nationwide by the governments to ensure basic human rights
National Student Campaign Against Hunger for the homeless. Come and show solidarity
and Homelessness. The Cleanup will gather with our homel ess neighb ors. Call
, groups of caring folks who will be sent to WashPIRG at x6058 for more information.
Jim Meyerisa member ofWashPIRG 's
local work sites, such as existing shelters and
food banks, to provide labor for important HU1Iger and Homeless1less project.
projects needed by the specific work site. The
Homelessness and
hunger place more than
just physicalities at risk,
it is one's self worth and
gift of life that
are at stake.
YDLUJrrEE.H HI THE CDDPEH PDH1T JDUHIH1L
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Film Review
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lAflW IJINEMAI
by Seth "Skippy"Long
Reality Bites is for everybody who
grew up with Schoolhouse Rock. game show
TV and Brady BUllch reruns every afternoon
ARTS
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The story revolves around four friends
trying to get by after graduating from college
in Houston. We join them in their dealings
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with artistic integrity, se lling-out, unemp loyme nt,
love, friendship a nd
paying bills.
This movie is about
gettin g by without having
to say. "Yo u want fries
with that?"
Rookie director Ben
Stiller has made a nice
film. When I say nice . I
mean nice. This thing has
a PG rating. As much as
this movie hits home and
makes you feel good about
your generation, it mi sses
the mark of authenticity by
being so damn nice.
Let 's face it. normal
people swear. But the folks in Reality Bites
rarely. if ever. curse. How many
twentysomethings (I hate the word too) do
you know who don't regularly use "shit?"
What's worse, how many people do you
know who sing "Add it up" without saying
"Why can't I get just onefuck?" This was a
glaring omission on Stiller's part. But then,
maybe he couldn't get goody~goody Ethan
Hawke to say the dreaded f-word.
Illustration by Rev. Andy
Speaking of Ethan Hawke (shy-boy
Todd
Anderson
from Dead Poet 's Society),
religion of Baseball, "Opening Day." This
will be hopefully, another exciting and
successful year for baseball in Seattle. Please
come and be part of it with our group from '
Evergreen."
Just eight dollars secures your seal at
this historic event, order today. Be there .
Aloha.
John Ford is a CPJ writer who once
saw a baseball game. Once.
ENTERTAINMENT
Ancient Mariner (fan) 'rimes' again
by John Ford
We at the CPJ have once
again been reminded by Lab l's
O~car Soule that spring is in the air
(like you can tell the difference
here in WA. ) and that a new season
of Seattle Mariners baseball wil l
soon be upon us ("Oh ,JOY '" says
Slimpy).
Soule informs us that. in a
muve of "questionable" j ud gment.
the Mariners have elimi na ted
single game ticket sa les for
Opening Night. No Season Ticket,
no first game tix. However. as has
been hi s habit for some time now.
Oscar The Faithful Fan has secured
250 (count 'em ') seats for the 1994
Seattle Mariners Home Opener,
Monday April II as the mighty
Mariners face the entire Minnesota
Twins at the fabulous Kingdome.
Soule says order early and
order big. (Does he own Mariners
stock?)
Citing various players names and stats,
Soule suggests that this could be the season
that make s the Seattle Sluggers a real
contender for the Canada Cup. er. World
Series.
To quote the Lab I lineman, "Spring
is always the time for hope. We see this
renewed desire in the ce lebrat ion of Spring
holidays lik e EaSler. Higan . .passover.
Sinhalese and, for those who believe in the
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he never truly convinced me that he was Troy.
I had a difficult time separating his nictboy
roles from Troy the slacker, no-job, pseudointellectual asshole from Reality Biles.
Winona Ryder, on the other hand, is a
gem. She s hines bright as the central
character in the dark world of post-college
unemployment.
Ben Stiller is great as the se ll-out
alternative TV network exec who falls for
Winona (as does every boy in the theater).
Stiller, the director. makes some daring
style moves by using a liberal do sage of
video tape footage. Winona's character.
Lelaina, is an a mateur
do cume nta ri an a nd we
view much uf the movie
through her camcorder.
Tres chic.
If you are expecting the
definitive work regarding
the twentysomet hin g
generation, you ' ll be
disappointed. Reality Bites
offers no wide-screen view
of the diversity of our
generation . It is a wh ite
bread film. There is no
diversit y. This is a movie
for white bread co ll ege
students . slackers or the ,
recently graduated.
If you want to sit back for
an hour and a half and be entertained by a
well-written story, good acting, fun
references and a cool soundtrack, this one's
for you.
1 really enjoyed this movie . Even
though I have criticisms of it, I just came
away with a good feeling in my belly. It's a
lot like a nice, hot Taco Bell burrito after a
long day's work. You just feel good.
Seth "Skippy" Long needs a pair of
black slacks.
just
came away
with a
good
feeling
in my
belly.
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Do you have Macintosh graphics
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ARTS
& ENTERTAINMENT
Lovelace .captivates audience with Ceremony for Dead White Men
by Jenny Daniels
Fire bU"rns on a table. Candles are lit
one' at a time. Wax melts. The faces of five
women in the corner slare out of darkness.
A voice looms in the shadows; "".and the
word was power. "
Alice Lovelace, author, poet and storyteller opened her performance last Friday
night with shaking power and ferocity. Her
strength as a story-teller carried the audience
through ' a spiritual journey ; unique
autobiographical stories of individuals
sharing common histories.
Last Friday, Alice Lovelace finished her
residency at Evergreen. Along with four other
women, Susan Tuzzolino, Talibah Chiku,
Elizabeth Lord and Joyce Stahmer, stories
were not only told, but sung. The audience
was silent, saddened and captivated.
The performance. titled Ceremony for
Dead White Mell, was originally written as a
piece for the 1992 Quincentennial Dance
Theater Workshop Showcase in New York,
o rganized by Alternate Roots; an
organization devoted to personal enrichment
and giving the arts back to the community.
Friday's performance , however, only
included the first half of the original piece.
Instead of including the entire
Ceremony for Dead White Men, Lovelace
incorporated works in progress; the ongoing
stories and presentations of the women that
have been working closely with Lovelace to
strengthen their inner voices, to delve deeply
Alice Lovelace. photo by Ned Whiteaker
into their linear history to bring forth a story
and a performance.
society where peoples eyes and ears are
The second half of the evening was a closed more often than they are open.
piece by Lovelace titled Playing with Fire; a _
During Lovelace's residency over the
piece on Lovelace's own search for her last two weeks, she lectured, visited middle
parents and their life in the midwest during schools, led discussions and workshops.
the early part of the century.
She tal}ght her constituents to demystify
"Media is programmed, choices are language. She not only showed them a
made".AIl you do is accept what the box personal reason to write, but helped them find
gives you" states Lovelace sternly. Too many the value of their own diversity. Lovelace
people believe that "everything good_ didn't try to change anyone's mind, but did
superior comes from Europe."
open their eyes and ears to a sLOry or two .
. Ceremony for Dead White Men (the
Lovelace 's performance and residency
o riginal performance] was written and was funded in part by the National
performed to break down those stereotypes Endowment for the Arts and the Western
presented by the media. This particular story States Arts Federation Presenter Incentive
is just one way that Lovelace teaches "my Project and the Washington State Arts
expe riences are just as valuable as yours. I Commission.
learn from you, maybe you can learn
Although Alice Lovelace has left
something from me."
campus, and is now in Georgia enjoying
"A story is a bridge, a bridge between warm rain and lemonade, you can still enjoy
gender, race," Lovelace says. It fills the gap her stories. Remembering My Birth. Recem
of communication that so often exists in a and Collected Poems with a forward by Dr.
You've Heard
All The Talk
About National
Service. Heres
A Chance To
Get Involved.
POSITIONS OPEN NOWl
V
ISTA has openings for people who can commi! full time for one
year 10 serve in low-income communities nalionwide. Volum ~ers
set up projects 10 reduce hunger. organize people to rebuild urban housing. create emptoyment and literacy projects - and much more. A modest living allowance. health insurance and loan defennents are provided.
Talk to a VISTA recruiter in the CAB,
March 2nd and 3rd, 10-4 pm.
Ja Johannes was recently released by
Horizons Press.
As in her literature, her performance
and workshops are illuminated with tales of
childhood, adulthood and the ongoing search
for her family 's legacy.
Jenny Daniels-san is a friendly and
extraordinary CPJ volunteer.
This week in the Bev: Reader Mail!
by Seth "Skippy" Long
Episode ??: Reader Mail.
Mr. Long,
I was wondering if you could answer a
question for me regarding two principle Bev
characters.
How come Jesse is always standing
behind Andrea with his arms wrapped
around her ? It 's thai way ill just abotll every
scene, especially in the Peach Pil.
Is this some sort of Catholic Thing?
Just wondering,
- Rev. Andy
Thank you so much for your interest,
Father. 1 can see from your apparent
ignorance that you are not a regular reader
and thus not privy to my past gossipmongering .
You see, la st fall. I ran a column
announcing to the (South Puget Sound)
world that Gabrielle Carteris (Andrea, duh)
was pregnant. This should be explanation
enough for most, but for you and those like
you. I shall go further.
Big Daddy Aaron (Spelling) and his
hordes of production assistants are doing
everything they can to keep viewers from
realizing that Andrea is damn near ready to
burst.
During the past few episodes they have
made sure that Jesse was standing close, arms
wrapped tightly around Andrea's bulging
belly.
Last night, the costume director found
new and creative uses for folded sweaters as
they were shown draped, Gap-style, over her
arms which, in tum, were crossed in front of
her. All this leads one to wonder (in the
immortal words of Han Solo - sort of):
"What's so special, what's she carrying?"
Is this pregnancy something to be
ashamed ofllf so, they should make a point
of showing some guilt in Andrea.
If not, Andrea should tlaunt and take
pride in her pregnam;y. Where's that famous
Pregnant Woman Glow. May we (the Bev
Report Staff) suggest a Demi Moore-esque
Vanity Fair pictorial? There's really no hope
in hiding the little bambino. The woman is
as big as a house.
As for The Catholic Thing, I'm glad
you asked me. Especially seeing as I'm the
CP}'s self-appointed resident expert on the
religion.
Sure, the Catholic faith promotes guilt
and repentance, but I'm not sure if thaI's what
we're witnessing here on Jesse's part. I would
prefer to believe that aside from th e
production reasons already speculated on, I
think that Jesse feels a sense of duty to
Andrea.
Maybe he feels that he needs to hold
and protect her. I understand that this is an
outdated way of thinking, but so is the entire
Catholic belief system (a discussion for
another time).
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So this week ... where to begin?
Brandon and Kelly. I was let down, et
til? I was really hoping for sparks and flames
and burning. c hurning. pent-up passion
overflowing from the TV onto the CAB tloor.
But no. Denied.
Kelly, although she initiated the moonlit
kiss, turned right around and told Brandon
that she didn't think things should go much
further. She was quite eloquent about it, too!
Brandon, on the other hand, is a man
(we ll ... ) and we all know that men are
absolutely predictable. Did you see the look
in his eyes as Kelly and Dylan played tongue
hockey on Donna's couch? It was that Lone
Wolf. hungry and mean look that says ... ,
want you now, babe." He really ought to do
something about that jealous side. It doesn't
become him at all; he's such a nice boy .
I can't say that I'm noi happy that they
never Did It. We all know that wou ld have
been social suicide. But then. wouldn't it
have made for a great scene?
Hockey Boy and Cover Girl getting hot
and horizontal in the dim, stage lighting.
Sheer poetry.
Well, that's enough for tonight. Stay
true, mighty Bev Heads, as we still have a
birthing to look forward to this season.
Courage.
Skip says hi.
Cooper Point Journal February 24,1994 Page 11
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Thekla show rekindles fond memories
I had the critical feeling that they
weren' t really playing songs, rather that they
were jamming quite professionally. These
guys have a lot of raw talent and are still in
the process of refining it into a personal style.
The Acme Ska Corps were next and
worth waiting for. I soon realized that they
were whm I think of as "nice" skinheads,
usually anti-raci st and anti-homophobic.
Proud was their style. They got me
moving up front and dancing crazily. but in
careful ska style, which I actually didn ' t
know much about. My friend used to dance
to it in high school , so I thought about him.
He's also getting married.
I became nauseous from dancing so
much but I really enjoyed the power of the
human body. Spending so much time in your
head seems such a silly thing when you are
surrounded by spinning. sweating bodies,
sc ulpt ed by in s trumental ex hau st, and
ex isting mostly in the dark.
I really liked the husky. feminine voice
of the blonde and short-haired woman in a
bra. Her singing added a very different and
beautifully tough nuance to their stage show.
The Ac me Ska Corps is a seri ously
fun band, with magical brass chari sma. They
were the band that fit the Thekla atmosphere
perfectly. shattered but collected, drawing all
wall nowers in .
I had neve r been to Thekla before. and
it was a very strange sce ne . I didn't really
feel a part of it, but [ did see a strong Olysce ne ec lec tic friendship community there .
[t' s funny how the peripheri es o f
soc iety bend around to meet each other. [
liked that. My jealousy was perhaps what
kept me on my stool so long. drinking my
soft drink.
. Cheers to the internationally politica l
adventurers.
Ryall Hollander is the way holistic adrep for the CPl.
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IICMI $KA CORP
TilIKI.A
Fl8VARY Ifi. 1.9.94
by Ryan Hollander
On last Wednesday night. there was a
benefit a t Thekla for th e U.S.-Cuba
Friendshipment pro g ra m . This concert
funded a proj ect to send six people to Cuba
to he lp lift the trade ban imposed by the
Un ited States .
Three bands played: Mli, The Rat Trap
Ense mble. and the Acme Ska Corps.
Mu was o n stage fir st. I kneeled
revere ntl y by the side of th e stage and
watched them as they began . In my eye was
the sparkl e of a star that was now visible in
the sky above the ce iling thut had opened up .
The d~.lIlce room had transformed into
a back yard and I was surrounded by my best
friends and relatives all dancing. drinking and
fa llin g down with one another. Rock ing
amongst the autumnal garden bed before me
was the band my sister knew from the next
town over.
Fu ll of spastic and clean energy. Mii
travelled through their songs with melodic
and snappy ap lomb . 1 must admit that I did
not, however, leave my bar stoo l to join the
dancers, staffed by Oly's finest, fillin g the
black and white checkerboard fl oor. The
leat her, pierced, smoky bl ack room air j ust
did not mesh wi th M(j 's music. I stayed at
the counter with my coke and no smile.
Mii's last so ng , "Low Self Esteem
Machine" was amazing. Mr. Drummer Bryce
rapped the snare like he used to smack hi s
mother ' s rug outside, only really sped up.
The Rat Trap Ensemble is made up 'o f
a lot of guys who 1 saw play in the Mod-fest
two years ago. My roommate of the time
played horn for them but 1 cannot remember
what they were called.
The Ensemble had a large entourage
of mu sician s: trap drummer, guitarists,
bassist, horns (I think), a congo drummer and
a keyboardist. Funky, melodic and constant,
The Ensemble turned out to be really good
dance music, although a bit convoluted at
times.
Strictly Ballroom
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TESC - Do yo u enjoy red wine?
Th ,' cOlllpanion ship of wandering souls?
.I (l ill u ~ eac h Thursday for poetry nighl.
IJ" l il t! yo ur favorite anthologies and, if
)' 01\ ' re reck Iess, your own poctry. Call
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for the Performing Arts
in downtown Olympia.
Tickets $22/19
($20/17 students and seniors)
on saleqt the
Washington Center
Box Office 753-8586.
Ticketmaster outlets
at Dis( Jockey,
The Wherehouse, or
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TESC-Live music every Friday
Ili g ht in the Community Center is
brought to you by the friendly folks at
housing. It' s free, it's conveniently
located and it's at 9 p.m.
TESC- Sukay will perform aL 8
p .lll. in L2000. The event is brought Lo
you by KAOS . The cost is a sliding scale
,II'SH to S10 for students and $10 to $14
~ ('ncral admission.
TESC - Altention all television
wur,hip ers ! Our very own TV staLion,
Ill ,' infamo ll S Channe l 6, airs Infectiou s
W,),te Thcater direct to your dorm every
TllIlrsday Cll H:30 p.m. Fun fun fun .
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TESC- Free movie! Kanesalake.
Spll llsored by Native Student Alliance.
To he held 0:30 to 9 p.m . in LH I.
TESC- U .S .-Cuba caravan send
oil' Olym pia Community Center, Room
"R" at 6 p.m. Potluck Dinner Feed the
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presents
imlhropologist · Dr. Ivan Van Sertima,
who will speak on "The African Presence
in Early Europe." L4300, 7 p.m. to
midnight.
Proving that the Evergreen Queer A.lliance is alive and well (dressed), Camila
Eckersley and Feenix Casteel (Eric Williams) enjoy a moment of post-coordinator
glee during the Valentine's day Ball last Friday. photos by Katy Burbank.
SATURDAY
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OLYMPIA-The B lackwash
Theatre presents Nightmare Calling, an
original one-act play by Thomas Naught.
the performance will be held at 8 p.m. at
Studio 321,321 N. Jefferson. Tickets are
$4 at the door. Call 357-7906 For more
information.
. TESC- Today is the Energy Fast!
11 11,(' , wal k or crawl to your
' '': ll llflars ... Turn those lights·out. Boycott
l il ~' usc of' non-renewable energy. Have
dillller by "candle-light" aL the Corner.
(' ;i11 tll\.~ fri e ndly WashPIRG office at
.,(,()SX I'm answcrs to lJucstions.
TESC- The Coalition For Queer
CO ll ce rns mee ts every Friday in CAB
3 1-1. 1\11 arc welcome to work for queer
inc lusion at TESC; domestic parLnership
h(' nc: fit s, inclu s ion in curriculum
~)dm ission s and housing. Sponsored b;
Ill(' Evergreen Queer Alliance.
OL YMPIA- The Housing Task
Force is holding its last and final meeting
before the 1st BaptisL Church [homeless
she lter] closes. The meeting is scheduled
for 10 a.m. LO noon at the Thurston
County Court House, Bldg 2, room 280.
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performance for Safe Place Rape Relief
and the Women's ShelteL Show starts at
9 p.m., tickets arc $5.
OL YMPIA-Three bands, two
bucks: Gene Pool Lifeguard, Beyond
Sound and the Bad Lindas at the Vertigo,
404 E. 4th Ave. Downtown. Show
starts at 9 p.m. All ages show!
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SUNDAY
The Jewish Cultural Center is
sponsoring the Purim Carnival and Play _
Featured will be The MazelLones,
Seattle's premier Jewish folk band_ The
carnival will be held from 12 to 8 p.m.
in first floor Library lobby.
ONDAY
TESC-Daughters of the Dust, a
spectacular film, will be presented at 7
p.m.
in LH 1. Questions
at x 6412. t:an be directed
to Mindscreen
TESC-Auditions will be held at
Chinook Middle School at 7 p.m. for the
Abbey Players production of The
Foreigner. Five men, two women, and
one teenage boy will be cast. For more
information call Dennis Mcdonald at 491 0847.
TESC-Egyptian doctor and author
Nawal el Saadawi and Sharif Hatiti will
be here on a speaking engagement
sponsored by the Middle East Resource
Center, The Women's Center, EPIC, The
Women of Color Coalition,
The
Political Economics and Social Change
Program. This free presentation will be
held at 6:30 p.m. in LH4.
TUESDA~
TESC-TEMPO (The Evergreen
Music Production Organization) is a
group dedieaLed to bringing band
performances to campus. They have a
weekly meeting at noon in CAB 320 and
anyone interested is invited to attend.
TESC-The
Environmental
Resource Center holds a film series every
Tuesday at 6 p.m. in LH3. It's free, so
stop by and check iL out.
TESC~The Men's Abuse Survivor
Support Group meets every Tuesday from
6 to 8 p.m. in L4004.
TESC-Alcoholics Anonymous
meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. and every
Thursday at 8 p.m. in L2118.
OL YMPIA- The Washington
Center for the Performing Arts presents
the Olympia Chamber Orchestra under
the direc tion of Timothy Brock. The
concert will begin aL 8 p.m. Tickets are
$ 10 reserved scating. Contact Anna
Richart a t 352-6223 for more
information.
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SENIORS, NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE REAL
SOCIAL CHANGEI Superconductor made it to the
top four for graduation music. Be sure to vote and
get your ballots in on time
TESC-The AddicLion Prevention
and Wel~ness Resource Center is offering
an ongomg study group using Charlotte
Kasl's book, A New Understanding of
Reco.very. _. Many Roads, One Journey,
MOVing beyond 12 Steps. The meetings
are 6 to 7:30 p.m. in CRC 208.
TESC-The Baha'i Club meets
each Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in CAB
315. This week's topic; "Peace is not
only possible ... It is inevitable." Call
-x6636 for more inforrnation_
. TESC-"Bring 'em back alive"
program performance. Free admission to
all! 8 p_m. at the Experimental Theatre.
TESC-The Rape Respons e
Coalition ~eets every Wednesday from 1
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