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We .just can't imagine why an.yone woul~ ·t urn down a job at Evergreen ...
February 17, 1994
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Provosl-Io-be changes mind
Regular or extra crispy?
Search committee has to start from scratch
by Seth "Skippy" Long
In a meeting Monday, the Provost Search DTF
selected David Potter as their choice for Evergreen's
provost. But when President Jane Jervis telephoned
Potter and offered him the job this week, he declined.
Potter is the second of three finalists to
withdraw his application . Finalist Merrill Lessley
decided the weekend before he was scheduled to visit
campus that he was not interested in becomin g
Evergreen's provost. ostensibly because he would
rather teach.
"I have spoken to David Potter and he has
turned us down in the nicest poss ible way, but
nevertheless. he has turned us down," said Jervis in
a message to DTF members Wednesday.
According to Jervis's message, Potter felt that
the Evergreen position carries less responsibility than
hi s current job and that it was a "smaller" job.
Potter also told Jervis he did not want to"dislocate"
his family from their home in Virginia.
In a campus-wide memo released today, Jervis
said she wants to begin an "accelerated" search process
immediately, reviewing new applications in March and
holding final interviews in May.
Jervis has also asked the DTF to consider staying
together to continue the search.
DTF members, who have been meeting since last
spring, have until Friday to decide whether or not they
will stick together through another search.
Applicants from thc previous search. including
finalist Barbara Mossberg, will not be reconsidered
unless they have new information to give to the DTF.
Russ Lidman has now been serving as interim
provost since 1990.
Sell! "Skippv" Long is CPJ monoging editor.
No one knows where it came from. but this strange
black chicken has made Evergreen its home.
photo by Ned Whiteaker
Dead tree crashes down on J-dorm
by Seth "Skippy" Long
A large, dead tree fell on J-dorm late
Saturday night, bouncing from the third floor
awning to a second floor bedroom roof. The
temporarily airborne arboreous object broke
two sets of awnings, shattered a window and
light fixtures and smashed a hole in a roof
before ending its reign of terror with a final
"thud."
J-dorm resident loe Wilson was in his
room in 1309 when the tree hit. "I couldn't
tell what the hell it was; an earthquake or an
atomic blast or whatever. Everything ... just
started rocldn' ."
Wilson suffered no property damage
although his light fixture did fall and shatter.
He said that Bob Carlson, Hou si ng
Maintenance director informed him that he,
and possibly hi s entire apartment, would
have to move during the repair.
Harmony Hames. a resident of 1207,
lives directly under Wil son and received the
brunt of the effects from Wilson's damaged
awning. Water leaking from Wilson's room
found its way into her ceiling, making it soft
and spongy ; forcing her to move into the
living room.
J-dor M
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"Everything ...
just started
rockin' ."
by Andy Lyons
-Joe Wilson
Hames hadju st moved to l-dorm from
B-dorm on Saturday when the tree hit.
She suffered no property damage from
the impac t.
Another student. who was unavailable
for comment, found the tree resting
comfortably in the spot where her wi ndow
used to be.
According to Housing Director Jeannie
Chandler, repairs are set to begin today.
Chandler said t-hat Housing has
received a faxed bid of $ 10,000 for the repair
job from the college's emergency contractor.
She added that she thought it was a bit high.
The tree's remains were chopped up
and removed from th e s ite by Hou si ng
maintenance o n Monday.
Chandler noted that Ho using has no
insurance to cover student losses in events
such as this. Students should ei ther provide
their own renters insumnce. or can file a tort
claim aga in st the state of Washington to
reclaim damages.
Selh "Sk ippy" LOllg is a leader uf th e
ullited CPJ reporling fron/.
above: Joe Wilson . fourth -year student and housing
resident. points to where a large pine tree damaged several
parts of J-dorm . The roof ledge above him was broken off
and the light fixture fell off his ceiling when the dead tree fell
over and struck the building last Saturday night .
left: J-dorm res idents were awakened to the sound of
chainsaws Monday morning as Housing maintenance
workers cut the fallen tree into pieces .
photos by Ned Whiteaker
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Correction Requested
No student
governance,
and counting ..
Of 4,000 questionnaires sent o ut to ask
if students wanted a student governance, only
122 were returned.
Robert Taylor, a member of the now
defunct Stud e nt Governance plannin g
Committee said the responses received sent
"a strong message that people want a student
government. "
According to Taylor. 62 percent of
respondents said that they wanted some type
of student governinent. Thirtee n percent did
not want stude nt governance and 25 percent
said they were unsure.
Taylor sa id that the gro up has ,i nce
di sbanded and there has not been mu ch
ac tivity in rece nt weeks.
''There needs to be a new plan ." said
Taylor. ''There is enough work in volved lin
se ttin g up a s tude nt gove rnme nt I for an
academic program." Taylor said to create
such a program wo uld be the best way to
ensure a dedicated gro up of students.
Last year. there was some questiun a,
to what role the co ll ege's adm ini strat ion
would play in the creation of a slude nt
government. So far. the effort to start student
governance has been the resu lt of a volunteer
group of stude nt s, ope ratin g much lik e a
Disappearing Task Force.
"We have take n the position that we're
there to support and assist st uden ts in their
att e mpt s to get orga ni zed." said Art
Cos tantino. vice pres id e nt for S tud ent
Affairs. "B ut it is n't appropriale for u, tu
create a stude nt governme nl."
Costa ntino said. "[The ] critical poilll
wo ul d be if we get to a stage where student,
have ac tuall y generated different model-;.··
At that point "students would have to
vo te as a campus on whether or not they
wanted to be represented as a campus. allli if
so. what model th ey wou ld be 1110, t
comfortable w ith ," said Costantino .
Some possible respon,ibilities of the
proposed student governa nce li sled 'in the
survey were: representi ng student interest to
state government, determining how student
S&A fees are allocated, and to voice student
concerns to the TESC adm ini stration.
Both Costantino and Taylor mentioned
the possibility that students might not want
student governance.
Andy Lyolls is 0 member of Iil e /II/ired
CPJ reporring frail I.
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DTF .determines
TESe's future
Nintendo to 'recieve
payback from NAFTA
I \I ', RCREEN - Evergreen's Long Range
1'l.ll llIill ~ DTF is ill Ih e pn)(.;css oC
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1[[ ill ,' Y "~[r 20 10,
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, 11.1/ ~,.t! b ~ I'[\'s idenl Jervi s ill mid Jan. is
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Outdoor pursuits
offers ski programs
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.\ b;l, ic cross -co untry ski class is
;iI 'l l ki ng o lll'rl' d o n Sunday, Feb. 27.
1111 ' h :1 full day trip , which fea tures the
11 ;J1I · ,11' 111,' Mo un ll{ainer Nationa l Park.
Ilolh progra ms eire offe red by TESC
I )[lldIHlI' I'ursuih . ror more inrormatioll
call x6770.
Facilities to perform
campus inspection
Meeting to discuss
breaking monopoly
Ic\ ' I:,IWI<EEN- f7a c ilili es is begi nnin g a
",llI lpU ~ in spec tion of a ll acad e mi c
huilllin gs 10 (il't e flnin e th e sco fl c or
I"p:lir, :lnd 1l1 ~li nte n ; II Kl' required,
T hl' ill i'nfillali un obw incu throu gh
IlIi , in slk'C lillll will hl' incorporated inl o
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OLYMPIA- Washin gton residents m:!y
eventUJ II y be ablc to choose electric
companics as the y do long dislnnce
te lephone companies.
A meeti ng is sched ul ed fur
Thursda y, Feb. 24 at 9: 30 a.m. at the
Was hington Utiliti es and Transportation
COIl1Illi ssion 's heat14UaIters to discuss the
subjel:t with leaders of c hi ef electric
compani es in Washington.
T hc meeting will be a round table
disl:ll Ss ion open to the public, how ever
testilll oll y wi II be acceptcd at a later date.
For more information. co nt:lct Public
Information Offi cc r, Marilyn Mcehan at
7.'i3-4:\X7.
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Lowe suggests H20
EVERGREEN-Environmental Health
and Safety oCfieer Jill Lowe recommends
that when using home humidifiers on
camp us , particularly into the Library
building, that distilled water be used .
Using di stilled water reduces the
potential for minerals dispersing in the
a ir. For more information con tact Jill
Lowe at x6111
Safeplace to hold
awards ceremony
OLYMPIA- Safeplace Rape Relief and
Womcn's Shctcr Services nre hosting an
A wards Ccremony to honor community
support.
Represe11laLi ve Sandra Romcro
and President Jane Jervis will speak althe
awards (.:eremony, which will recognize
six groups and individuals for outstanding
pcrfornlance.
Safeplace s upp or tcr s and
concerned commu nity members are
in vitcd to allend. For more information,
call Safeplace at 786-8754.
l~ECURITY. BLOTTER II
Monday, February 7
I 22 (I : A Iheft was reported Crom the
111[1111 Il oor or A-dorm .
I 5-t I: AnOlh er theft was reported from
Iii,' \I\th l1 00r of A-dorm .
Tuesday. February II
II JX: r:l re alarm inC-dorm ca used by
hurn t loot!.
I ~I)(i: FI['l' a la rm In C-c1onn ca used by
hll rnl t oa~1.
17 5X: A wo man reports thc thcft of her
l l11 th (', I'rom th e Housin g Co mmunity
('\'I1 I,' r laundry room.
\\cdn esda y,'Feb ruar y 9
12JO: Trarfic acc ide nt in th e Library
I< II 'I' ,
20011: ,\ \ lolation oC th e Pct Policy was
1,' Pllrt('U al Ih c Housi ng Community
('nite r. \c\'e ra l unl eas hed dog s with
un coopera li ve ow ne rs were runnin g
amuck.
Thursda)" Februar y 10
I (,5:3: A bicycle was reportecl s tolen
11'11111 a :\1odular Housing bicyc le rack.
1112(,: /\ propane lank on a fork lift at
111\' Lihrary loading clock was reported
k; l ~illg .
Friday, February 11
I::' 211 : Anolher bicycle was reportcd
, lllk n rrom a Modu lar Housing bicycle
ra('~ .
1712 : A fire alarm in B-donn was the
['L''';UII of a mali cious pull of the pull
' 1<11ion .
Saturday, February 12
2227: A tree fe ll on J-dorm ca usi ng,
n t c li s i v~: damage to the roof and several
hwkcn windows. No pcrsona l injuri es
we re re portcd, but two bedrooms arc
uninhabitabl e.
2 2 ~O: A wo man s uffering from severe
,I hdoillinal pain, who had been vomiting
hlood , was reported in the Library.
Sunday, February 13
1110 : Firc alarm in R-dorm ca used by
burnt food.
Pith/it: Sufley preformed 27 public
I NI'l f e ("(/11.\ . /IIc/uding ,IJUI not limiled 10
UII/f)t'/....\. jlllllr)Slarts and escorls.
-c()mpiled by Rebecc<I Randall
Page 2 Cooper Point Jo urnal February 17, 1994
Hopi Elder to
discuss propheCies
YELM- ThonlHs I3anyaea, an 84 year o ld
Hopi Elu e r , will be di :;c uss ing
" Prophecics" at Yelm Middle School on
Feb. I X, at 7 p.m .
, Banyacya has tri ed to encoum ge
all indigenou s native people to rCll,Jrn to
Ihe ir traditional ways. He encourages
n;tti ves to ass um e their roles as guurdians
and caretakers of the land.
He has spoken in front of the
Uniteu Nations Gcneral Asse mbl y.
Admission to the eve nt is $ IO at the
door.
WASHINGTON-One hundred and thirtyfivc employees of Nintendo of America
are the first to be declared eligible for
special federal assistance because their
jobs were impacted by NAFfA.
They are now eligible for 104 ·
weeks oC new occupational skills training
as well as finan cial aid from the federal
government including Unemployment
benefi ts.
The workers assemble gam e
ca nrid ges ror Mex ican and Latin
Ame rican markets. The jobs are expected
to mov e to Mexico t;o metime aroun d
MardL
Bowhunting class
offered for 2 bucks
WASHINGTON - The Department oC
Wildlife is oHerin g a Bowhunter
Education program to be held in March.
The course will offer information
on saCety and equipmclll considerations,
cthics, game recovery and bowhunting
regulations.
A $2 fcc is assessed to cover
student supplics and course materials. For
more information , contact Donna Amos
at 262-9256.
Errata
Lasl week's Cooper Point Journal
contained Ihree reporled errors.
Sarah Peder se n's name was
misspelled ill a headline on Page 3.
1wo errors occurred wilhin the context
of Ihe Grammarian's column. The first,
and pe!'haps mosl noticeable, was thai E
Ben's name mislakenly had a period
followin g the E, E is nOI ~hort for
anylhing, il is simply an e.
The second error was , unforlunalely,
a grammatical one. Pari of Ihe lexl read
"Afler all , who do .. ." .and should have
read "Afte r all,from whom do you ... "
The CPJ regrels and apologizes for
all errors.
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Student inspired by nature writers
by Seth WiUiams
The evening overflowed with viv'id
images of passionate embraces and intricate
mating rituals. Such nature erotica was on
tap Tuesday night at the Willi Unsoeld
Seminar Series in the Library lobby.
Six author/poetscaptivated the '
audience with stories of "Love in the Wild,"
the evening's theme. They read from their
published works, and often expounded upon
them ad-lib.
Pattianne Rogers, a silvery-tipped,
wind-swept woman with a Texan tongue
described the powerful chorus of a swamp
full of toads during mating season .
She noted that we can learn from these
cold-blooded creatures who have "good love
beneath dark skies and warm rains."
Rogers admired the toads, who have
reason to sing out passionately night after
ni g ht. Having broken the ice . she then
relinquished the podium to Robert Michael
Pyle.
Pyle, ajovial man with an overflowing
beard and witty sense of humor made it clear
that his work is not nature writing, but merely
a form of literature, which is part of nature,
which is all.
This enthusiastic butterfly student
revelled in the fact that "hormones spring
eternal" and therefore so does hope . As Pyle
vocalized his story of black alpine butterflies
courting, he conjured images of "pirouettesperformed with centuries of perfection."
Included were some lines that had been
ce nsored from publication due to their
graphic nature.
His style was unfamiliar to me: it was
an unlikely blend of anatomical vocabulary
with poetic, even romantic description .
Yet as I pondered thi s story of "black
valentines" I was intrigued with the beauty
and hope inspired in the ritual.
Perhaps regaining so me of our own
ceremonies could dispel the pessimism
linge ring throughout humanity today.
The next speaker, Alison Hawthorne
Deming. went deeper into nature 's beautiful
reproduction. She submerged us in a world
of "orchids with their stamens and labias
extended." where unknowing bees become
the tools of the flowers ' love.
"So extreme is biology's hunger." she
noted. that we in confusion call it love.
Deming gave way to Susan Zwinger, filling
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The speakers and much of the crowd
attended the reception which featured
baklava and o~her intoxicants, as well as
in for the recently injured Richard Nelson.
lively conversation.
Zwinger urged humanity's return to
Nabham noted earlier that Evergreen
"love of rock and Earth," which she was the most receptive stop on the speakers'
reluctantly called. for lack of better words. Forgotten Language Tour, a project of the
"habitat love." Her recount of a trek through Orion Society and Orion Magazine, which
northern Canadian wilderness applied this explores habitat in-depth. I was fortunate
love to the awe-inspiring habitat of the brown enough to attend Monday's writing
bear.
workshop on "Biophilia," featuring Nabham,
She told of a - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pyle and Zwinger.
trail in the tundra Perhaps regaining some of
Nabham
stretching for nearly
explained
our own ceremonies could biophilia, or lovethat
20 miles, in which
of
bears have worn
life, can be traced to
dispel the pessimism
foot-deep paw prints
our genes. He noted
lingering throughout
since the last ice age.
that research in volving
humanity today.
With
rhythmic
people exposed to a
repetition the endless
series of projected
pattern formed in the frozen ground.
images had stronger reactions (measured by
Zwinger related the rhythms of dance heart-rate) to scenes involving wilderness
to those of the wilds. She wondered at the and living things than to manufactured
emotion brought by rhythmic movement, objects.
He added that images of s nakes
which has existed eternally.
Zwinger concluded that the brown bears provoke such a strong reaction, more so than
knew how to live , enjoyi'ng "sensuous guns, pointing to an instinctive aversion to
pleasures" of wild foods and magnificent snakes due to their predatory role. Pyle
views.
remarked, " A face -to-face encounter with a
Finally, Gary Nabham dosed by banana slug is much more powerful than
pointing-out that we humans "put our~elves seeing a Komodo dragon on television."
on pedestals" by not relating to snakes,
Zwinger explained the primacy of artlizards and other ground-hugging creatures. that humans discerned patterns in nature for
We lose our love of Earth and these survival. Recognizing a movement in the
animals' patient, lazy qualities, Nabham fore st or tracks in the waves of snow could
called for making peace with reptiles and our be the difference between life and death for
own reptilian qualities.
our ancestors.
The audience posed several questions
An awe-inspiring sight was a form of
involving the meaning of"B iophilia," which beauty to these people . She added that
deserves further explanation, and the "beauty derives from a sense of continuity
impending effects of civilization on habitat. and survival of the whole. "
Commentary
Expounding the problems our soc iety
creates, Pyle noted how we often interact
with computers and machines more than we
do with wilderness.
He a lso scoffed at the idea of
"ecosystem management," as ifhumans have
the capability of managing a system in which
they are but a part. The w.orkshop began to
focus on what role we can play in developing
our love of life.
One key way is to get chi ldren into the
wilds to experience their surrounding s.
Especially in early childhood development.
the se nses develop acco rding to
surroundings.
A case in poi nt is a study of Inuit
children in Alaska. The result s show that kids
in the public school system. including Head
Start. develop a 50 percent rate of visual
myopia.
Those children rai sed in a traditional
sense- working with parent s in hunting.
fishing , and other outdoor activities had only
a two percent rate of short-sided ness.
While thi s case is stunning. it may have
deeper connotations on our Western society,
which suffers from a general myopia.
Why can we only see to the nex t
paycheck, promotion or New Year 's party ')
The group's consensus was that "nature
writing" is dead. We must base our lives
around our habitat, not the other way around.
Most of all, we need to experience
wilderness thoroughly to maintain a love of
life. And while nature reserves and law s
banning bUllerlly catching may have minor
success in pre serving wilderness. th ese
measures also reduce the ability Cor us to
"trigger" our internal biophilia.
Seth Williams is a member of Th e
Evergreen community.
Direct democracy is alive in Washington
by John M. Munari, Jr
According to the U.S. Constitution.
each state must ha ve a republican
(re pre se nt:!tiv e democra cy) form of
government.
However , unlike mo st states .
Washington's founders were populi sts.
Among the founders of Washington and their
contemporaries in other states. there was
distrust of large corporations like breweri es.
timber companies and es pecially railroads.
Washington and other newly
founded western states at that time took
measures to restrict the political power being
accumulated by a wealthy few. This spirit
continued into the first several decades to the
20th century.
Th e legacy inherited from thi s
sentiment includ es limited direct democ racy
in Washington.
To clarify, a republic or
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repre sentative democracy is a government
that is run by people that are chosen by the
people that live in a political unit. D i rec l
democracy is government that is not run by
chosen representat ives, but by the
population. In Washington, there are three
forms of direct demo c racy: initiative ,
re ferendum, and recall.
An initiative is a law proposed by
the people and is not subject to gubernatorial
veto. However, after it becomes a law. it may
be amended by legislative bills which are
subject to veto .
In order for a proposed law to
hecome an initiative signatures of regi stered
Washington voters must be collected and
equal in number to eight percenl of all the
vote s cast in the last gubern atorial election.
There are two types of initiatives:
direc t and indirect. A direct initiative goes
directly on the ba:Jlot for the next general
election in November.
The second type oC initi ati ve is
indirect; it goes first through the legi slature
if the petition of signature~ is Ciled and
certified at least 10 days before a regul ar
legislative ses,;ion.
If the legi slature votes in favor of
it , then it becomes state law. ICthe legislature
votes against it, then it goes onto the next
general election ballot.
However, if the
legislature amenus the initiative. then both
the initiative measure (written by the people)
and the alternative measure (written by the
leg islature) both appear on the next general
election ballot.
Ninety-one percent of direci
initi ati ves in Washington get eno ug h
signatures to be put on the ballot. In some
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Columns
Columns
edited by: Julianna Gearon
Spirit of Valentine's Day brings out frustration in Rob
1' 1'('. " Iways had a hard time getting
1111(\ Ih e ~ pirit of Valen tine's Day.
On top or it be ing the prototypical
l llllllltc'rcial conspimcy betwccn Hallmark,
I·TD alld SlOe's C hocolate 's (probab ly
rUIHkd hy CXCl'::jS profits from DeBeers
;lIld Ihc' Sou th African diamond cartels), I
kll,' Il l'l'n becn in the midst of the sort
ul rdat ionsh i p that is supposed ly
l'l' kbr;l!cd by this day, the "significant
(\Ihc'r" relationship.
In 1Il;IIlY ways I count this a
hk s, ing, s inc e being in this position
Ill;II..,·S it iIluch easier to observe other
Pl' OP,," 'S rdation s hips (friends,
;1l' quainlalll' C's, passing strangers) and sec
Ih ,' good p()ints/pitfalls that they both
ha l c' , Observing re lati onships i'rom the
IIl1hide givc's yo u an idea of some very
in lport<l lll co nc epts, such as " being
__ whipped" (insert your own
dc'>ni p!ive noun in Ihe blunk; I'm not
;d)()lI! 10 gl' t angry lette.rs over this), und
' ;1I 'l" you i'rom things such as screaming,
Ihl'tlwing breakable objects, domestic
;lhl l\I'. ,i ea lollsy and romantic betrayal.
Yl' ! many people (myself included)
II l Hlld Ir;ld c Ihe ri sks in volved in gelling
Inl'l ;1s,'x ual /romantic(marriage/domestic
P;IIIIIL'r~hipr ' s hackin g up" for the benefits
III 1(ll' c' , Irllsl und fri end ship that accrue
f/(lnl it. Enough of us go out and seck
Ih;H sort of thing via the "dating game."
My ex periences in th at game
( limited though Ih ey may be) can be
\ Ullllllet! lip by one of my dates, with a
woman I met selling pOpcorn in
downlown Seattle: We went to sec
lhdma ami Louise ,
This wasn ' t exactly the best movie
10 l'slah li sh any kind of permanent
re lali () nsilip (as it turned out to be our
Iirs[ and last date); the men genera lly arc
porlra Yl'l1 pretty lInfi alleringly, and
TiIL'llIl:1 alld Louise eventually reject the ,
11l:lk dOllIinated wor ld to jump off the
(;1~lIld Canyon, I have to say that I hope
Ih ;11 Ihe prospect of any relation ship with
IIIL' wOlildn't make a woman jump into a
l';III)'llIl, Ihough sometimes I wonder.
I ,:llOli ld h'lve taken the movi e as a
IOI'c·, It 'l(lowing or th e way the evening
would go, si nce we ended up back at her
place looking at nude drawings she made
or her boyfriend: I suppOse sometimes ir
lakes a sledgehammer. ..
I don't exactly know what it is
;Iboul me that has led to me being able to
COlillt the "dates" that I have had on both
hands in over a quarter century of my life
-- especia lly when I know 16 year-qlds
who are playing "Boyfriend/Girlfriend of
thr. Week, " or 20 year-old pick-up artists
who are also semi -happily married. I
don 'tthink it's for lack of trying, or from
a hideous appearance (I can't scare dogs
just by looking at them), or from being a
complete bastard or moron.
Perhaps it's a dissatisfaction with
the surface life of the stereotypical,
heterosexual, dating/mating game that
goes on in the U,S., where He wants
someone who looks good and has money,
and She wants someone who looks good
and has money , .. -mid they get happily
married until they divorce and start all
over again.
Well, 1 seem to have wasted most
of a column rambling on without gelling
to a point, so here it is: I know that there
must be other people like me out there
reading this column, frustrated with not
gelling th e kind of relationships they
want, and a bunch of unfulfilled dreams
about how great love would be with
someone else for whom Valentine's Day
was not intended.
Well I say forget that, let's be
proud of what we are, the few, the proud,
the single, and let's make 'o ur presence
known.
There must be some other people
out there who are as dissatisfied with
thei r love life, and the concept of
Valentine's Day as some sort of
capitalistic plot to sell dead sexual
organs of plants and psychotropic drugs
like chocolate.
So write to the CP J next week,
and tell me (and the general community)
what you think is wrong with your
romantic life Uust don't ask me for
advice) and the romantic life of America.
Or you can tell me I'm full of it; I
don't care, it's not like I'm expecting a
date from you. I just want to see if my
dissatisfaction is all a part of a sick mind
(my own) or something else perhaps is
sick ....
Rob Taylor is tired of watching
public displays of affection and is not
sending out allY Valentines this year. lie
may end up having a date later this week
though .
democracy, from page 3
s tates. Il OI including Washington, their
constitulions can be amended by iniliative .
A re ferendum is a vole to approve
a la w, II cannol be vetued by Ihe governor
either. There arc Iwa Iypes of referenda : a
referred mea sure by the legis lalure and a
dcmand (pel il ion) referendum.
The measure referred by the
legiS lature is used to get approval t()r a law.
The secu nd is the demand o r pel ilion
referendum.
This i ~ pUI o n the ballot arler
enough Washin glon voters sign a petit ion
wilh a numher at Ieasl equal to four percenl
or all votes cast in the last gubernatoria l
eit:clion , The petitiun mUSI be submilled
within 90 days aflcr adjournme lll of the
sess ion in which Ihe measure was enacted,
The last form 'of direct democracy
is the reca ll. Recall eleclions are held 10
decide if a person. except ajudge, in elected
office shou ld lini s h her or his teml, (Article
I, Sections 33 and 34 and Ihe Revised Code
of WaShington Chapter 29,82)
First, a pelition must be filed with
an election ofticial charging Ihe person with
malfeasance (abuse of Ihe public trust) or
mi sfeasa nce (helping to pass unwanted
laws),
The election official then prepares
a ballot synopsis, The charge and synopsis
Ihen go to the elected person 's coullly
superior court. If Ihe charge is sufficient,
then there are 180 days to collect enough
signatures 10 pur the measure on the ballO!,
For legi slalOrs, it takes the
equivalent in petition signatures of 35 percent
of those who voted for her or him. A recall
election is set 45 to 60 days after enough
signatures have been certified,
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IIiV ;lIld other sexually tran smitted
di'l'ases (STl)~), because they do not
LT,':IIL' a h:lI"ricr to transmission ,
Birlh cOlltro l pill s arc only
illlL'lIdnl III prevent pregnancy. They do
\\} hy rl' ),!u lating a woman's hormonal
cycle wi lh synthetic forms of the
hOl'lllOIl,'S l'strogen and progesterone.
The cycle of natural estrogen and
I'rl1 !!es lcrone in a woman's body is
Il' '' ponslhlC for ovulation (when an egg is
released from a woman's ovary), and
Ihickening the lining of the uterus or
womb so a fertilized egg can implant. If
an egg docs not implant, these hormones
also cause menstruation (when the lining
of th e uterus is shed).
The cycle of hormones in birth
('onl rol ' pills prevent pregnancy by
inhihiting ovulation in much the same
W:lya pregnant woman's hormones would
inhihit ovulation. They also cause the
lining of the uterus to be underdeveloped,
"laking it difficult for any fertilized egg
III implant. Spacer pills at the end of a
MON-SAT
(':!III ,T tt> Ir;lnsllIi"sion 01' HIV and other
\ 111"
111 (lrdu to preve nt transmission of
\'1'1)\ li ke IIIV during sex you need to
1t;1\ l' YOllr partner wear a condom or usc a
dl'lIlal dam. Aside from abstinance, these
:Ire Ihe on ly effective methods of
pre\'e fltin g contaminated fluids from
cflll'ring your body during sex.
This column exists for readers to
;1.,,1; qlll' sliuns ahont sexual health. Please
drop your questions off at th e Women's
('cnler, Mcn's Center, Heath Center,
S&A ol'fi ces and the Cf'J officc. You db ,
11 (11 need to illclude your name.
I? chcc(.'a Wesl (~ (//1 Evergreen
,11i/dcnt situ/yin;; heallh.
TINY
prin~iples of femini,sm, namely tha~ a
'
fe~I~lst agrees to flg~t for ~he SOCIal,
pohtlcal and e~onomlc panty. of the
sexes, th~ practIces .a~d , strateg.. e~ vary
from femmlsttofemmlst. Afemmlstcan
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be a h,omemaker and a proStitute can
a
femmlsl.
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Femllllsts eontlllue to dIsagree
about Issues from pornOgrahhy ~o
women's studies. But what t~ey ave 111
common is a need to see parl~y between
men and women, not ?n.ly I~ law but
practt' ce . The word fem1l11st gIves these
women a bond and a source of power.
Most women
I ..encounter
who 'fear
. .
,
,
the word fem1l11st say I m not: fem1l11st
but. .. " They adhere to ~~y 0 th.e ~m,e
practices that other femllltsts do m.t elr
effort for equality . They support the Ideas
of feminists in ,theory, that women need
equality f,d /~lfn~s,s but shy away from
the "Iabe o. emllltllSI. h
h ~
This IS exac ~ v-: at men w 0 ear
feminism want. By glvmg up a ~o.rd that
,-w\\'.n
Using the F-ward
means that you are
1ired of the
h
d
patriarc y ... an are
wil I'I ng 10 pu t yours el f
on t he lin e.
;"lct
c all th clilseives a woman's advocate
ill'L';lI l,e of tile negative connotations that
III:' word felliin istlHIstakenon .
representsdecadesofworkby~t1honsof
These reasons indicate exactly why
won:e.n, th~y dIsallow the hefl.tage that
I I' '; ,;lio uld call ourselves feminist. Not
femlllism gives ~s all.
.. ,
l'alling yo urse lf a fcminist allows the
B~ ~reatlng a defmJllon fO~ t~e
pmriarchy to prosper. By allowing others
word femllllstthey take over a vel!'. aslC
10 del'ine the language or by toning down
part of the movement, the abilIty to
our language to what is "acceptable" to
define oneself.
,. ,
Ihe dlHllinant culture, we lose some of our
Because the word femmlst IS a
pOII'l'r,
word of pnde and power, and ~ecause
Moreover, by accept ing i'eminism a s ,men Will ,lose pflvIlege
"
. Wllh the
:1 Llh,' lthat indicates a particular thought
Implementation o~ femmtstldeals, men
"I' id eology we again lose so me of our
arc frightened: Usmg the F-w~rd means
JlOIl'L'r, Be ing a feminist means Illany
that you arc ured of the patnarc~y and
:ii !ll'rent things to different peop le. We
wil!ing, to put y.ourself on the hne ~y
IIL II't :III lliink alike or agree on every
facmg SOCIal stigma ..I~ means 'you re
I" ,lI c',
ready to fight for political, SOCial and
To allow some people to define
economicjuslice.
.
',,' i,;1t kminislll is, which is the
Carson Strege IS a h.e/oved
consequence of saying that "feminist" is
member of the Evergreen commumty.
a lube I , allows the dominant powers to
define our movement.
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discussion on, "Reorganizing Blacks III
our Community" today, Thursday, Feb.
17 at 12:30t02:15p.m. in CAB 110.
·S&A Productions presenls,
" Lessons from Kerala" about a
sustainable community in India, tonight,
Thursday, Feb. 17th from 7 to 9 p.m. in
CAB lOH,
." A New Era of Discovery" a
video conference about research in space
will be showing Thursday, Feb.17th at
10 to 12 a.m. inLH3. This event is
sponsored by the Scisterhood.
·The Women's Center brings us
com ic book artist, Roberta Gregory,
rriday, Feb. 18 at 1pm in CAB 110.
·Get your duds ready! The firsl
ever Formal Valentine's Ball for Queers
and Friends will be happening on Friday
night, Feb. 18. Dance lessons starts at
7:30 p.m., the Big Bang Band will start
playing at 9 p.m. Bring a date or come
alone, all arc welcome. Get in for $2 and
hring some money lO support the
Olympia AIDS Prevention Projecl.
Sponsored by the EQA, SODA POP ,
SI'AZ, the Women's Center, and the
S&A Board.
·"The Yang Feng Puppet Theater"
will be coming at us on Tuesday, Feb. 22
at X p.m. in the Library lobby. Brought
to us by A S I A, and the Women or
Color Coalition.
- c()mpiled by Dante Salvatierra
COM~ IN AND g~~ W~A T AN
~NVIRONM~NT ALL Y FRI~NDL Y
gUP~RMARK~T IS ALL ABOUT.
SUNDAY FEB. 20TH
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Your wor\( is iJll)ortant so ifs important that It be
correct I can ensure that your writing wiU be as good
as the ideas you put inro it
Rtl s h Limbaugh's term femi-nazi
has ;llt,lined enormous popularity in the
pas t coup le yea rs. Pat Robertson has sa id
that i'eminis~s are lesbian s, witches and
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th e
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chance. Is it any wonder that many shy
away from the Leml ?
The real lIefinition of feminism
iSIl ' I nl~arly as exciting as these men and
Il th ('rs mak e it Otlt to be. Instead it is
;IL'lliall y quit e mundane. It is merely the
helief in th e soc ial political and
, eqllulny
. 01.the' sexes.
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luI'
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'. h"'l!~e means challenging the status quo,
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dl)llI illarll c~i1ll1re are trying to destroy the
wlird k 'llinisJII should make us grasp the
\l'lI,II C\'l'll lllul'lO.
Aside from extremis ts like
Lililhauilil and Robertson, there is an
()vl' rlVhc~lllling sentiment in the media to
i:!IHII\' and dow nplay Ihe movement. For
Iii,' past 10 years Time and Newsweek
ha l'l' declared i'eminism dead, nlld Vogue
askl' d the question "Docs Feminism
Maller?" on it's cover.
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powerrul about' the word that makes
. It IS
, per feclly
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11I 1,krsla ndable that with all the
Illi , inrorJII,llion about feminism that
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[Jut tlIHkrstanding the real meaning
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1i;1,' J, 111;11 word for our own usc. It is
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Cooper Point Journal February 17, 1994 Page 5
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably to assemble,
and to petition the government for a redress of grievances
Reader questions
recent CPJ cartoons
Dear Cat and Jonah:
It's tempting to pretend I read neither
of your comic strips last week, and instead,
just grin and bear them. But since I had some
free time I figured, what the hell.
First I'll address Cat: Why do you
assume that the students on campus who
speak passionately against evils such as
" oppression" and "injustice" are being
insincere? Labelling them as Nazis is not
only paradoxical, it is ignorant.
Secondly, what is so intolerable about
a person writing a protest-letter if he or she
wants to') Do you prefer silence? Control ?
Seriously, what was your point?
And finally, why depict artist s a nd
dancers as being flaky, impotent imbeciles?
You yourself are an artist. Art and dance are
vita l to the health of all communities.
Now Jonah's tum: I kno w you thrive
on co ntrove rsy so, uh, this one' s for you .
Yo ur c artoon s hows two male soldiers
passionately kissing, oblivious to the death
and destruction around them . Your message
appears to be that homosexuals do not belong
in the military. 1 don ' t object to your opinion,
but, derogatory depictions of other human
beings are alw ay s alarming, a nd in my
opinion. unfunny.
This brings me back to Cat Kenney's
cartoon in which in the last frame, a frustrated
student disturbs the "P.e. Nazi Party/Rally/
Potluck" by exclaiming: "Hey, uh, shouldn't
we get out and show [ourconvictionsl to the
people who need to see them: the oppressors,
the unjust, the unfair?"
Well, what happens when the unju st
and unfair are us? Ask yourselves that and
perhaps you won't make parodie s of
yo urs el ve s in the futur e. Can yo u
"appreciate" my argument , or am I "wasting"
my time?
Chris Sand
Assumptions equal
racism and sexism
Dear Michelle,
I mu s t say your letter (Feb . 10) ,
responding to my letter the wee k before, was
quite disappointing. The argumentative style
you chose is known as " ad hominem." This
is Latin for "against the man. " When used
correctly, this ca n be a very powerful form
of argument. Unfortunately, ·you didn ' t use
it well.
When I read your letter. I was forced
to wonder if you really e ven read mipe. At
what point when I was saying that Evergreen
ha s a hy poc rite problem did you get the
impress ion that my feeling s had been hurt,
or tha t that was the issue ?
At wha t po int in res po nding to my
letter did you get the impress ion that I had
re moved my self fro m trying to solve the
pro ble m of rac is m by not working with
rac ists ,) Wh y, if yo u didn ' t have an argument
again st mine, did you c hose to respoo nd in
the first pl ace"
The an swer to the last questio n brings
up a deli ghtful twist to a ll thi s. You soug ht
to put me in my pl ace. Yo u we re ready to
po unce o n me - because I a m a white man.
You used a fo rm arg ume nt and pu t
yo urs and my na me o n it. Yo u acc use me of
no t know ing what it 's like to be oppressed.
ye t yo u kn o w no thin g abo ut me o r m y
backgro und - except that I ' m a whi te man.
Th is o ne fac t is th e ba s is of yo ur
a rg um en t, no t aga in st my arg um e nt, but
against me.
Your lette r is ind icati ve of what my
lette r was attack ing. You and I cann ot seek
the truth togethe r so lo ng as my co lo r and
ge nder re li eve you o f your dut y to reason .
1 a lmost hate to say it, but yo ur lette r
imp lies that you are in fac t a racist a nd a
sexist. So that yo u do n' t mi sunderstand me,
I'll c larify w ha t th a t mean s. Yo u judge
someone based upo n a pre-concei ved notion
that realtes to the ir skin colo r and gende r.
If y o u di sagree, I ch all e nge you to
wri te a lette r that relates your di sapproval of
th is arg ume nt, rather than your disapproval
o f me.
Page 6
Response
So that it ' s clear to the rest of the
community, here' s what I'm after: civility.
Not justice, not justifications. Justice is what
happens after something wrong has been
done. Civility is what prevents it.
Soren Flexner
Racial Justice OTF
.explains anonymity
An article written by Raymond Nelson
(CPJ, Feb. 2), invited submissions to the
Racial Justice Disappearing Task Force. The
article expressed interest in hearing from
community members their "experiences of
racial injustice and inequity, ideas for
positive change" and reactions to the
establishment of the DTF.
•
It was noted that material s would
re main confidential unless otherwise
requested by the authors and that submissions
could be made anonymously. It was also
mentioned that the materials submitted
would be made into a display.
The Racial Justice DTF is interested
in learning abo ut the situation s which
individua ls experience and we are especially
interested in suggestions for improving the
climate on campus.
We encourage individuals to sign any
letters they forward, but recognize that
indi viduals may feel apprehensive about
doing so and therefore, the DTF is willing to
accept materials anonymously. We do not
plan to use anonymous materials which make
reference to specific individuals . The
committee will exerci se its judgment before
displaying any materials.
We hope that this letter will serve as
an a dditional encouragement to submit
materials and we lo ok forward to your
contributions. A s we indicated in our
previous letter, yo u may s ubmit writings to
the DTF members at the indicated mails tops
or locations:
Mira Shimabukuro or
Wayne Au (ASIA), CAB 320;
Ryo Imamura, LAB I,
Darice Johnson, CAB 320
Bonnie Moonchild, Lab II
Gary Wessels-Galbreath, LI414
Anne Fi schel, Sean Williams
or Ratna Roy, COM 30 I
Arnaldo Rodriguez , L 1221
Debbie Garrington, L3114
Art Costantino, L3236
Steve Hunter, L3 234
Jorge Gilbert, SE 3 127
Zahid Shariff, Lab I
Ray Nel son , PO Box 1986, Olympia 98507
Sincerely,
Art Costantino
Member of the Racial Justice DTF
CPJ is insensitive to
male stereotypes
Thi s is in response to the article that
appeared in the Forum section of last week 's
CPJ titled " Men 's Group to host guy/gal
weenie roast/video salon."
I am angry. It is an outrage that, in light
o f ce rtain events that hav e dominated the
me dia spo tlig ht rece ntly, the CPJ had the
audac ity to use the wo rds "weeni e" a nd
" roast" in the sam e sentence.
Not only does thi s phrase conjure up
graphic, di sgu sting images, it al so equates a
commo nl y ingested, easily e xpe ndable item
o f food with the ma le genitalia.
I find thi s comparison to be ty pical if
thi s sc hool's un willin gness to ac kno wled ge
a nd co mb a t s te reo ty p es th a t re in force
negat ive images o f me n.
" Weenie" is a word that, hi sto ricall y,
has been used to belittle me n, to designate
the m as in fl: riq r or inadequate. The American
Heritage Dictiona ry de fines we enie as I .
Informal. A wi e ne r. 2 . Slan g. A pe rson ,
espec iall y a man , who is regarded as being
we ak and ineffectual.
The sugges tion of a " weenie roast"
wo uld the n infe r that me n are al so e asily
expendable objects.
I would ask the CPJ staff, particularly
M s . Steffens, if it is their intention to continue
to print insensitive articles such as this.
William R. Wood
Cooper Point Journal February 17, 1994
Constitution of the Slate of Washington
Article I § 5 FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all
subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right
Take responsibiUty
for your own fear
This is in response to a recent article
about women's fear on campus, primarily on
the beach trail. The question seemed to be:
how can the community address this problem
and lay the fears to rest? Solutions proposed
included an artistic, pragmatic and symbolic
building of bridges along parts of the path.
Folks, let me get this straight, you are
afraid, therefore your government, institution
or community is supposed to alleviate this
fear for you? Are you aware this fear is your
problem, not their problem?
If you have fear then take CONTROL, learn
martial arts, take a self defense class, wear
pointed boots, do whatever it takes to rid
yourself of this fear.
Regardless of how much crime is in
Olympia, or the beach trail, or the center of
New York City, the fear, the part that hinders
your life, is in you.
Do you really want the "institution" to
take up the project of making you feel safe?
Shall we pass laws that women always be
treated as fragile flowers ? Shall we build a
bridge over every mud puddle for our dainty
feet? Shall we be helped out of our carriages
by uniformed guards who escort us to our
doors with soothing and gentle words?
If you greeners want to be treated like
southern belles, I suggest you re-examine
your mixed-up feminism which won't allow
men to open doors for you, yet demands that
institutions and governments "build bridges"
to help you over your fear of life.
Because guess what - there is crime,
there was crime, there will always be crime.
Try as you might to influence lawmakers,
criminals, youth and various other crime
makers and breakers, you never start with
yourself. Why?
Prevent crime at the source; the source
is you.
If you women are strong, be stro"g. If
you aren't strong, and have no desire to
cultivate strength, then put on your hoop
skirt, sip your mint julep and start waiting
for the servant to come and do your bidding.
In addition, not only is it philosophically
repulsive to build bridges along the beach
trail, it is aesthetically repulsive to build
all ylhing there.
I would cry real tears if our beautiful,
primitive trail was made into something like
a tourist "walkabout" at a national park. Then
I would hack the whole thing to pieces and
rip out that goddamn fear-inspiring sign
while I am at it.
Here is the sign I will sink into the
ground in its place: "Warning! Life is
Dangerous! Cover your ass! Live at your own
risk!" .
"But..." you retort, "What if, despite my
diligent Kung Fu instruction, I do get
attacked, molested, raped, broken, bruised or
killed?"
Well, as for all but the last - this might
sound a little funny to sexually liberated
getters-of-their-rights - I suggest you start
now to prepare for bad things to happen in
life. Yup, you go out there in the world, and
wouldn't ya know it - shit happens.
I have been sick of all the "Help me!
Save me!" bellyaching for so long that I am
embarrassed I didn't respond sooner.
My apologies must now go out to the
women in the Evergreen community who are
strong, don't whine, but keep silent. Perhaps
they don't respond as I have because they
wouldn't waste their time with the nonsense.
Katie Mehrer
Returning Greener
Community effort
deserves thanks
The Women's Center would like to
thank the Evergreen community for their
overwhelming support of the "Wake Up
Little Susie" and " Warnings" art installations
that are currently in Gallery IV. .We would
not have these beautiful and powerful
exhibits if not for the financial contributions
of the following:
Services & Activities Board;
President ' s Diversity Series; Evergreen
Queer Alliance; Evergreen Foundation :
Women of Color Coalition; KAOS Radio:
Cooper POilll Journal; As ian Students In
All iance;
Middle
East
Resource
Center;Campus YWCA; Peace andConflict
Resolution Center;First Peoples Advising
Services and Student Activities.
Also, thanks to Northwest Food Service
and the Evergreen Alumni Association for
providing the food for the reception ~nd the
Student Produced Art Zone for providing
financial support and help with installing the
exhibits in the Gallery.
A special "thank you" to Evergreen
see thanks, page 7
Emphasize our commonalities, not·our differences
I am writing in response to the article
written by Naomi Ishisaka titled "Diversity
or Just Hype?" in your Jan. 27 issue.
I want to express a different point of
view that isn't expressed enough and, up to
this· point, has never been expressed In the
Cooper Point Journal or the First Peoples'
Coalition Newsletter. I am also a person of
color; in particular I'm a mix of Filipino,
African-American, and Native American.
However, I reject maoy of the views
expressed by Ishisaka and those she cited,
such as Mario Flores and Darice Johnson, in
the article.
I disagree with Ishisaka on two major
fronts: her ideas of diversity and the overall
negative tone of her article. Let me address
the first one.
In her idea of diversity, there is an over
emphasis on "differences" as opposed to
commonalities. She quotes First People's
Advising Services Director Ricardo LevyaPuebla as saying, ''The more exposed you
are to those differences, the more aware you
are and the more prepared you'll be to work
with and alongside of all different people."
I don't know of any unions,
partnerships, friendships, or marriages that
thanks, from page 6
Galleries Curator Peter Ramsey for
financial
support
and
his
encouragement from the beginning of
the project.
"Susie" is a mixed-media, room
sized installation that consists of large
chess pieces on a black and white chess
board.
Chess is used as a metaphor for
power and subjugation, showing how
families and society treated black and
white unwed mothers before Roe vs
Wade.
Lisa Link's "Warnings" are large,
laminated posters that compare past
and present abortion issues and take a
strong stance for feminism, and
includes examining issues of fascism .
If you haven ' t had a chance to
view these exhibits, treat yourself to
an unforgettable ex.perience. "Wake Up
Little Susie" and "Warnings" will be
in Gallery IV until February 26.
Carrie O'Neill, Deanna Brown,
Frances Santiago and Mary Craven
Dr. Ivan Van SertllDa
Anthropologist * Linguist * Literary Critic
The African
Presence in
early Europe
February 25
presented by
Umoja
Dr. Van Sertima is currently
professor of African Studies at
Rutgers Un~versity and visiting
professor at Princeton University.
He is also editor of the Journal
of African Civilizations
are based on differences. Must I remind you
of the ongoing contlicts in Bosnia, Northern
Ireland, India, Somalia, a few former Soviet
republics; the list can go on and on. These
are all contlicts based on differences.
Furthermore, I
recall several
years
ago
watching
a
documentary on
apartheid
in
South Africa, one
of the South
African government's methods for
maintaining apartheid was by educating
Afrikaner (white) children early in school
about how they are different from Blacks and
Coloreds.
Having grown up around the military
and a military veteran myself, I've had some
great opportunities to travel to different
corners of the world such as: England,
Norway, Costa Rica, Australia, the
Philippines, Singapore. Japan, Greenland,
and Antarctica. The beauty in traveling, I
believe, is seeing endearing human qualities
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in people regardless of where I am.
I also believe in diversity, but with
emphasis on our commonalities rather than
our differences . Diffe~ences make life
interesting, but we won't appreciate those
differences unless we're well footed on
common ground.
I had mentioned earlier that my second
major
disagreement
was the article's
negative tone.
This
article
reeks of the
same over-used,
tired, worn-out,
empty rhetoric
of victimization and oppression.
As a person of color in my mid 20s,
born after the Civil Rights Act of 1964,1 have
had more opportunities available to me than
my parents or grandparents could have ever
dreamed of at my age. If I am a victim of
anything, it is my own inertia and careless
mistakes. My guess is that the writer and
those that she cites belong to the same
generation that I do.
I would like to say to Darice Johnson
that 1am not walking around angry nor am I
looking for an ally. I do just fine on my own
[The diversity] article reeks of
the same over-used, tired,
worn-out, empty rhetoric of
victimization and oppression.
PI~Gs
and I refuse to live my life like a sad
commentary.
I would like to ask Mario Flores, who
describes a "white quota system" that serves
to preserve the status quo, a question: In what
instances in your lifetime have you been
personally or professionally prevented from
advancing solely because of your race or
ethnicity? If you have, has it been the
exception or the rule? Unless you're my
father's age, you probably can't think of very
many instances. If you can, it most likely was
an exception rather than a rule.
The negative tone of this article is part
of a larger scale exaggeration of problems
concerning minorities in my generation
experience.
I'm not saying that there aren't
problems; of course there are. Every now and
then I run into ethnic slurs and stereotypes
and there are still a few attitudes that need to
be changed.
However, 1 believe that Shelby Steele,
a Black conservative writer and author of The
Content of Our Character,is correct when he
analogizes the current minority leaders'
responses to racial problems to someone who
puts on a heavy winter coat in response to a
brief spring chill.
Mike D. Lewis
seek support for REAL energy campaign
by Ellen Thrner and Mick Jaeger
The REAL energy campaign, started by
.Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs)
across the country, stands for renewable,
efficient, affordable, lasting energy. The
PIRGs began this campaign to coincide with
the release of the 1995 federal energy budget.
The main goal of this campaign is to
gain support for House Concurrent
Resolution 188, which calls for a $1 billion
shift, over a two-year period, in th,e federal
energy budget from fossil fuels and nuclear
power to renewable and efficient energy
sources, while reducing the total energy
budget. This seems like an easy way to
reduce government spending since in 1992,
$45 billion was spent on foreign oil.
The campaign aims at a decrease in the
federal energy budget, a 30 percent increase
in energy efficiency of the nations economic
output, a tripling of the use of renewables·
by the year 20 I 0 and the elimination of such ·
polluting programs as the breeder reactor and
fossil fuel research and development.
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The nuclear, oil, coal and gas
corporations are the major opposition to
House Resolution 188 .
These corporations are well established
in congress, due to their $42 million
congressional campaign contributions from
1985 to 1991. In return for these
contributions, the federal government
subsidizes polluting energies - to the tune
of $32 billion in 1989 - and contributes to
the irreparable damage of the earth and the
atmosphere.
The federal energy budget was released
last week. Not all of the House Resolution
188 recommendations were included .
Thankfully, the Breeder Reactor was
cancelled. Funding for renewables was
increased, although not by the amount that
is needed,
The most troubling part of the bu<;lget
plan is that Clinton has increased ·the funding
for fossil fuels. Are you surprised?
A recent MassPIRG study found that
75 percent of Americans have listed
renew abies and efficient energy as their first
This budget plan does not reflect how we
the people want our dollars spent.
What can you do? This is a critical time
feedback on the plan is accepted until March
13 and you can influence the federal energy
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here on the Evergreen campus, to put this
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consumption.
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WashPIRG , L3228, x6058.
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WashPIRG folks.
Development threatens Mud Bay
by Josh Kilvington
It is evident that the owners of two or
three parcels of property along the 101
freeway from Black Lake Blvd. to the TESC
off-ramp have put them up for sale.
It is my hope that whoever purchases
this land develop it in a sensitive manner,
and my dream is that these areas are left
unhampered - this is of course unrealistic .
I have lived here since 1988, and I have
seen massive development. I have listened
to many people who say that what I have seen
is but a fraction of what has actually taken
place over the decades.
I write not in hopes of stopping
development, but rather that people must
come to an agreement as to what they want
the town and area of Olympia to look like in
twenty more years.
HOW
I hope that students, staff, and alumni,
as well as residents near and adjacent to these
properties, will join together in some fashion
to communicate to the prospective buyers whoever they might be - that we want the
Mud Bay area to be aesthetically ,
environmentally and practically pleasing. We
don't want traffic jams , exces s ive noise
pollution, etc. which accompanies the
building of malls and the like.
I further urge TESC to take control, or
some action, of what their on-ramp a nd
surrounds look like. This is con sidered one
of the Top Ten Mos t Beautiful c o llege
ca mpuses according to USA Today s urveys.
Let us preserve that reputation.
Josh Kil ving lon is a member of the
Evergreen community.
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[n Washington State. only a state
agency can legally sell liquor by the bottle.
to the average citizen.
All liquor stores are extensions of state
government and all the employees there are
on the State of Washington payroll.
According to an employee of the
downtown Olympia liquor store, liquor
prices are determined by the state, and are
relayed to each store by computer on the first
of each month . All prices are supposedly
standardized by the state to be the same in
each store.
Not so .
I surveyed three stores (westside.
Formal affair: learn to ballroom dance Friday
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stand-by-your-man
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the Big Bang Band plays traditional
type - and that
tweed, velvet and all forms of synthetics in
'30s music and '90s covers.
just fueled the fire .
You don't need a date, classic brown, shoes should be black and
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Sara Sreffens is alive!
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woman with her hair pulled of her
attendees in their formal attire. and may also
face, cha-cha-cha-ing nimbly across the
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room with some obscure man.
So you may have noticed the word
Through the course of my years , I've
"formal." I'm particularly looking forward
managed
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convince several
to seeing each and every
Washington Center
significant someone of y o u all
ones that they
spiffed up in
for the Performing Arts
should go take
your "Sunday
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in downtown Olympia.
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Infectious Waste Theater fills void of campus channel
by Rev. Andrew F. Lyons
It's 8:30 p.m. You have just finished
watching a certain cartoon created by a
certain Evergreen a lumnus. You have 30
minutes to kill before a certain sitcom starts,
featuring yet another Evergreen alumnus.
Thirty minutes to kill! What
you
do? Read a book?
Actua lly talk to your
roommates?'
Well. if you live on
campus, and are hooked
up to the campus cab le
(which you shou ld be
anyway, if for no other
reason then the Sci-Fi
Network), you don't have
to resort to such drastic
measures. Tum to channel
six and check out what
TESC students (alumnae
to be) are up to with America's favorite
medium.
The show is called Infectious Waste
Theater, it is the only program on channel
six . The rest of the time is filled with static.
The host of Infectious Waste is the good
Reverend Noah Soule. Noah is in the Artist
in Technoculture program. a program he says
everyone should take. He is a reverend
through the Universal Life Church. an
organization for anyone who wants to be a
reverend without having to pay for it.
Rev. Soule started Infecrious Wasre after
noticing that the schoo l was pumping a
coup le empty channel s into housing.
channel s that could be put to better use than
24 hours of static .
"It lo<;>ked like something that would
be fUll to 'play around with," he said . "so I
talked to faculty about it , and they said that I
cou ld probably do it if it cou ld be related to
the school in some way," he said.
will
So, beginning this quarter, Noah began
collecting student produced videos and films.
"There's a treasure trove at Evergreen,"
he said. "There's never really been a big
venue for videos. People w ill show them
sometimes, in spring quarter, but that's it.
"It's a student art show that is kind of
wacky and off the wall ,
and ugly and raw as well."
Noah
has
collected documentaries
from students in past
programs such as Media
Works. and various short
films and videos from the
film library.
"I
have
a
particular favorite, mostly
because I acted in it back
when I was a freshman.
It's this psychedelic story
about a g uy who eats a lot of bacon," Noah
said.
While admitting to the whole bacon
fiasco and having put together another Five
minute film short for the show. Noah says
that he is more into the producing end of
things.
''I'm still having s ome technical
difficulties," he said. "I only have a one line
cable into audio. so my audio keeps cutting
out. I try to have multiple feeds into it. its
mostly techno-babble stuff."
Those who tuned in last week know
exact ly what Noah is talking about as they
were met with a sign that read "NO SOUND=
TV I've go~ some high tech effects but I'm
doing it all with a camcorder, it's a very
curious blend of high-tech and no-tech."
Currently the show consists of three
people; Rev .. Soule
(your host), Chris
Smith (camera) and
Tara on the Video
Toaster© ed itin g
board.
Next quarter.
Noah plans to make
Infectiolls Waste a group contract. "It's way
too much for me already," he said, adding
that he had a couple of faculty express
interest in sponsoring the endeavor.
Being that Infectious Wast e. and
channel six for that matter, is a campus-only
channel and is not sent out over the air waves.
it is FCC free (and only half the calories of
your regu lar channels) . This is what makes
it a prime forum for virtually any student
video or film project.
Not to blatantly plug anything, but
anyone interested in gelling their work or
perhaps themselves
on channel six. and
bathe
in
the
limelight that will
m ost
definitely
ensue. should get a
hold of Rev. Soule
by phone (7548339).
Or
you
can
E-mail
(soulen@elwha.ever-green.edu). Or they can
drop off their film/video at the channel six
strong box. This is conveniently located in
the Media Production Center.
Andy Lyons is the A&E editor for the
CPJ, alld since everybody else is throwing
rheir e-mail address aroulld, his is;
Iyollsa@elll'ha.evergreen.edu.
NO SHOW= NO FUN."
Aside from the production end of
Illfe ctious Waste, the show is what its
contributors make it.
"TV is sick ," the Reverend stated natly.
" It is probably the most widely abused drug
in America ..... r d say my show pokes fun at
Rev. Noah Soule in one of his many failed attempts on the game show circuit
photo manipulation by Rev. Soule (with a little prodding from Rev. Lyons)
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COLLEGE
IMPOR'Ii; FROM
AROUND THE WORLD
202 W. 4th Avenue
downtown, and Lacey) and priced out fifths
of Bushmills Irish Whisky, Makers Mark
Bourbon. Tanqueray gin. Absolute (plain)
and Bacardi dark rum.
The Rum and the Bushmills had the
same price at each store. Makers Mark was
on special at the downtown store (specials
are determined by distributors to hit target
stores for certain reasons and not others),
otherwise it's price would have been the
same for each store.
.
Tanqueray. while the same price down
town and on the westside was actua lly a
nickel more in Lacey at $16.80. The Vodka
was different at all three stores - $16.75 at
Lacey, $16.80 at the westside store and
$16.95 downtown.
Possible reasons for these discrepancies
are that the people I talked to gave me bad
information, the prices had not been updated
on the shelves, or the states computer system
had failed to standardize the prices. Certainly
no one at these liquor stores could possibly
be shaving a little profit off the top.
Here you ' d probably like to see
evidence to that effect, however I was too
busy to finish the story. Many of us here at
the CPJ are full time students and have jobs
as well as being reporters and quite frankly
we can sometimes be overwhelmed by it all
and aren't able to make the stories as
complete or as varied as some of our readers
might like.
We hope that they do not think badly
of us.
If anyone out there is interested in
having the CPJ be a better paper. come by
the office and talk to us about it. The CPJ is
only as good as it's contributors (all of you
included) make it.
It's you r paper. use it.
Dan Ewing is a CPJ staff writer and a
me mber of rhe band ironically named
Alcaholiday.
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OL YMPIA-The "No Clams"
Orchestra featuring Connie B unyer
perform at the Columbia Street Pub. 9
p.m., $2 cover charge.
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THURSDAY
TESC-Environmental activist
au th llr Jim Merkel wi ll be in CAB
lOX at 5:.\0 p.m. to di sc uss hi s
0 lx:ril'nn's in a susulined, non-hiemrchial
'\le idy. For more information , COntact
Suslain coordinato r Seth Williams at
7l{(1- 5.185.
TESC-The Coalition For Queer
Concerns meets every Friday in CAB
.~ I-I. All are welcomc to work for queer
Illcllision al TESC; domestic pannership
11l' lldits, in c lu sion in cu rriculum ,
:tdillissillns ~1Il(\ housing . Sponsored by
IlI l' Fn'rgrl'l'1l QlIeer Alliance.
~HHI
TESC-Roberta Gregory, women 's
l'l)lllic b()ok artist will be here. Chalting
ilOllrs ~lre I [0 2:30 p.m. in CAB 110,
I:I<FE ! 13,,,ugh [ to you by the Women's
( " ' 1I 11'r
TESC - Val elltine Dance and
Il:iI lmulll Dance Les sons. Brought to you
III YUlir fri ends at SODA POP. This
.. '\' \'p liulI<llI y thrilling <Inti particularly
nl'lIillg eVl'lIt cost only S3, located in
I 111-11(X ).
TI: SC-Scisterhood is sponsoring
a vi deo con i'erence 10 tun. in LH3. The
rrl'~ film for totlay is A New Era of
f) i In) vcry.
TESC-In honor of Black History,
IllL';iI ,\In ra n Alllcncans will speak on a
11 ' llk ran ge of topics. CAB 110, 12:30 to
: p .lI1. ('onUlct Umoja at x6781 for more
11 1111nll: II iOIl.
TI ~ SC - Do
OL YMPIA-The Theatre of
Difference, the Heartsparkle Players, and
the Playback Theatre present "Stories of
Love and Shadows." 7 p.m. at the Four
Seasons Book Store, located at Franklin
and 7th. $5 donation asked. Contact
Steve Cahrak at 357-4683.
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SUNDAY
l':ICh Tllursd~IY for poclry nigh\. Bring
ylllir favorite anthologies and, if you're
rl'ckl css, your own poetry. Call Sara at
, (,') I, ror limc and locmion.
TESC - "(,crcmonv ror Dead White
Men:" An evening of poetry and
storytelling with Alice Lovelace. Tickets
are $6/students and $10 for non-students,
available at Yenney's music, Rainy Day,
The Bookmark and TESC's very own
bookstore. For more information, call
Evergreen Expressions at x6833. The
evening is sponsored in part by Western
States Arts Federation Presenter Incentive
Project, National Endowment for the Arts
and the Washington State Art s
Commiss ion.
T ACOMA-The Tacoma Actors'
Guild (TAG) is presenting a discussion
panel of Miss Evers' Boys, a play set in
Alabama during the Tuskegee study (the
U.S. department of Health's study, or
attempt to study, the effects of treatment
of syphilis; when they ran out of funding,
the study turned to researching the effects
of the untreated disease). The panel will
feature cast members as well as guest
speakers. '
The discussion will be held at 4:30
p.m. at the TAG Theatre, 901 Broadway,
6th floor. For more information, call
(206)272-3107 ,x206. The play runs the
first week of March.
.TESC- WllshPIRG says Thursday
is "Enc:rgy Fasl" day. To celebrate, turn
off the lighls, protest overhead projectors.
('Jr-pool , w~l lk, bike or crawl to class.
1{ ,lIl y
again st
the
usage ' 01'
1',lss il / nllnrC llewablc fu el s. For more
ini'\lnnalion, call the friendly W?shPIRG
ofi'i ce at ,()05H.
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TI : S(' -·Alice Dimi cc le, folk
.ill !'l·r l·.\ lilHlinairl·, pcrforms ill H p.n!. in
I:',' I{en l:" 11 :111. Tickets arc S5 students
'1 11" "7 Inr non-stlldents at th e cloor.
TESC- American Red Cross
Benefit featuring the Makedonians. Frce!
7 to 10 p.m. Recital Hall.
TESC- Ea t by ca ndlelight ahd
hOPl' 111,,1 yo u don't stab yourself with a
i'ork! The Comer Cafe and WashPIRG are
~ p () n so rin g the Corn er by "Candlelighl,"
di nner by ca ndleli ght Thursday night in
honor or the Energy Fast.
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Rationalize by Evenslar Deane & Joe Walt
Reasons to vote forOliver
North for U.S. Senator:
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assistante in starting a youth program in
Olmpia. Please call 866-4680 for more
information.
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Student Groups & Clubs Earn $50-$250
for yourself, plus up to $500 for your club l
This fundraiser costs nothing and lasts one
week. Call now and receive a free gift.
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T"S C - The Rape Response
("'alitillil Illl'cts eV('fY WeLinesday from 1
I., j p.1I1. ill 1.I('()(). For any information
('all x(,7Z4 !:I' SlOp by CRC 207c.
SPECIAL ORDERS WELCOME
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TESC· - The Baha'i Club meets
l':ll'Il \Vc:tillcsd<l), at 5:30 p.m. in CAB
i 1-, '1hi , wee k' s topic; " Peace is not
l Jlll y possihl e... It is inevitable." Call
\ ( ,(, ~(, 1'01' JIlore information,
RElEASES
CNIo
Snuggle by Jonah ER Loeb
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ACl'CISCs.
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'CAUSe SOC "'~s ~
SA\> ''''IP. ..
TESC-The Men's Abuse Survivor
Support Group meets every Tuesday from
6 to 8 p.m. in L4004.
OF
,
ltJtLE. m. I fEEL.
. TESC-TEMPO (The Evergreen
MUSIC Production Organization) is a
group dedicated to bringing band
performances to campus. They have a
weekly meeting at noon in CAB 320 and
anyone interested is invited to attend.
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Tolerant Town by Jim Wellings
TESC-The Yang Feng Puppet
Theater performs tonight at 8 p.m .. in the
Library lobby. Sponsored by the Women .
of Color Coalition and Asia.
TESC-The
Environmenlal
Resource Center holds a film series every
Tuesday at 6 p.m. in LH3. It's free, so
stop by and check it out.
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SATURDAY
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OL YMPIA-International Rally:
End the U.S . embargo on Cuba_ Help
support the border crossing. Contact the
Olympia-Cuba Friendshipment at 3521763 for more information.
OL YMPIA-Obrador, LIVE at
the Thekla. $5 cover, and yes, they arc
checking J.D. 's.
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l'l EDNESDAY
you cnjoy red wine?
F.Wr4STJc
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The Helllsh Childhood of Billy by Shawn Parke & Jim King
TESC-'A great plaee to be!
TESC-Free dance! Sponsored by
the Camarilla Houses Remnants and
Menagerie, "The Gloomy Dance," this
gothic and industrial dance will be held in
the Community Center from 9 p.m. until
1 a.m.
Till' cllnlradery of wandering souls? Join
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services
The CPJ now has a classified ad rate of
$2 for students of TESC. If you want more
i~formation , -please contact Julie in CAB 316.
miscellaneous
Published poet wants pen pals. Discuss careers,
education, internships, art, ideas, voluntary
simplicity, developing one's philosophy of life,
books, Thoreau. Write:
Ron Richardson, 4003 50th Ave. SW,
Seattle, WA98116
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