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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 24, Issue 14 (February 3, 1994)
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Cooper Point Journal
Due to a failure of conception we had to all come
February 3, 1994
Volume 24 Issue 14
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Greeners start 'taking back' campus trails
Students work for
safer trails, paths
.S'u spectcharged
In exposure case
hy Sara Steffens
.
III 1993, 11 of the 15 sexual
l' x pllsures recorded by Public Safety
rl:ported ly happened on campus trails or
111~ paths between college buildings.
Although one man was charged last
\\\'l' k ill several of the exposure incidents,
WOlllen, as always, ncport feeling scared or
vulnerab le while walking around campus
er as a family and butch a crappy 2 a.m. see-page,
we know it's not up to our usual standards but next
peen problems
,(,iUt 'Iiolence·
;!iOIlC.
e a c oice.
he next time the neighbors are
iged to hold an informal dinner
rty, you can hide out in the pantry
Id observe the goings-on through a
ack in the door.
'Wiley," a new
Or you can atte
lay by Tom
f Off Broadw
ely obliterates
onan, which ef
theatergoing
y distinction
d eavesdroppi
ience is apt
In either case,
'11 be conbe the sam
Ik will be
med. Tireso
ed. Rande. Liquor
even bp
s will be aire
be Pdped. Then, t
home.
red over. The
ou're
hosts will go
g up.
inclined, you c
ince "Wiley"
Julie Hagert
tess and a per
Wallace Shawn
d guests, it m
e. But not a big
e 01 art imitati
itating life.
e Paradise Th
" is to have a lim
ough Feb. 6, has
r to resemble a c
e in the woods. In
chen, where Ms. Ha
ops up a head of ic
ereby establishing a
int in the dramatic act\
ght of stairs leads to a be
rumpled bed. The ovalliv!n
m, the chief acting are
nindge
ta
ife
it
During winter quarter, particularly,
qill' slilln s or Irail safety have been in the
lurri'ro nl of campus discussion, due
1:I i'gc ly 10 Ill e c/TOrLS of Evergrcen
', 1111k nls.
h)!' instanc e, st udents in the
ill':llk lllic programs Sculplure in Time and
l'I:ll'C :Intl Energy Syslems worked
1I)[" ,the[ fall quarter to explore the ways
:11 I :tnd (it:sign cou ld be used to increase
, akly on caJIIPus tmils.
They crea ted a series of proposals
l' alk'd " Pub li c An and Personal Safety
1)[1 TESC Trail s," which were displayed
II! C;al1ny IV for several weeks in
.I :1I1[[<lr),.
" I Ihink the ex poser ncally struck
" 1' 111l' with people [involved in the
prujectl. "
say'S Kelly Kaczynski,
SCll lpture in Time and Place sludent.
I(<lL'l.ynski, also coordinator of Student
I'ruduced An Zone (SPAZ), helped
lTl:ale the "Fences and Bridges" proposal,
it design for tbree bridges to be placed on
r:lll1pus paths. The bridges would increase
visibility anti serve as a metaphor for
1I \\' I('oming barriers to individual safety.
Susie Bohme, a lhird-year student,
:!i so spenl fall quartcr cxamining issues
" I' I'l'fstlnal safety at Evergreen.
For her individual COnlract, called
., Wom e n-'s- S ale t y anoScTr-D'Cfen se,
Ilohll)e i ntcrviewed 28 women aboul
sakty Oil campus and compiled their
r('~po nscs on a series of display boards.
"1 thillk that every woman 1 talked
ted.by Tom Noonan; set
ling by Paul Clay;
Nixon; stage manag
nted by the Paradl
4 East Fourth St r
Rita ............ .
Jack ... .
Arlie ............... .
Cosmo ...............
chairs and a
The audien
ere and
spectaabout, althoug
tors are seat
ed banquette surroun
g-dining
room. The inti
setting
means that no 0
- which
includes the pia
Ms. Hagerty's husband,
n Young as
Mr. Shawn's wif
s to raise a
voice in order t
eard. No one
does. "Wifey" is
itable sympho-,
ny of muttered banalities, whisper
~~f~~d~~~~~d~uffled
'>week we promise something really, really special. We'll
cries Mr. Noonan and Ms. Hagt... 'Y <11 t:,
seems, New Age therapists. M
Shawn has been attending one of thei
group sessions. Ms. Young, an ex-g
go dancer who . now "does hair,'
helped him conquer impotence
while ago. Therapy has further liber
ated him. Now, obsessed by women in
general, he wants to break off the
marriage. Before the dinner is
through, it becomes apparent that
Mr. Noonan and Ms. Hagerty, although les~Jbquacious, _ are_jusLasnhappily wedded.
.
trailS, see page 5
"
can do
',s' the best we can.
)
Please be aware and careful.
"(. "
In the
~nt
yoo need help,
~ (:.
use th\!m:gor~C\I Phone
lot:ated in the parking lot.
""'<!4.'·C~'><:
......:...~: . '~:3>~."'5'"
... :'/
,.
This sign is at the base of the trail that leads from F-Iot to Geoduck Beach. It used
to read, "men and women," but "men has been scratched out. photo by Will Ward.
H
,.
hy I'at Cast~ldo
" We have a problem that exists
1I0W and wi ll continue into the future.
I·. \'l' rgreen is losing excellent students,"
s:lid Shannon Ellis, dean of Student and
AC;ldcm ic Support Services, in a memo
addressed simply to "colleagues".
.
Ellis's memo speaks mainly of
Ircshman rcte ntion, at its lowest rate in
yl~ars, having dropped 15 pereeni from
on ly lwo years ago. Retention is the rate
at which students return to college. either
fllr Ihe nt~x I quarter or the next year.
or the 513 students originally
l'nro ll cu in Core programs this fall, 94
lefl; eilher III another Evergreen program,
<In(llher college, or simply home. That is
Ig percent of the first year students who
we re somehow unsatisfied with their
1'OIIcge experience.
The degree at which studen~s arc
leaving creates several problems for the
(;a llege. Jeannie Chandler, director of
Hou s ing, admits, "We have a serious
rCl en,tion problem. "
Admissions also suffers as a result,
as negative word of mouth is conveyed
Number of freshmen who
continued enrollment at
Evergreen their
sophomore year in 1993
- 64 percent.
from the dissatisfied students to their
fric'nds and family members. Losing
rreshman refleels poorly on the job
l'lIUCaLOrs :Ire doing at Evergreen.
The Board of Trustees was recently
given a report conducted by a group of
students enrolled in Professor Virginia
Hill's Changing Minds, Changing
Course program last year that studied
puhlic communications and research.
The report revealed the existing
problem of retention at Evergreen, and
al s(i cOlltained proposals and plans for
change.
A member of the audience who had
been (;onclucting doctoral interviews this
fall remarked that the group presenling
wus more professional than most of the
The Evergreen State College
Olympia. WA 98505
Address Correction Requested
Page 16 Cooper Point Journal January 27, 1994
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'-O''(thiS trait.
Malt Reeves is a member of the
CPJ news /earn .
Faculty fret about non-returning freshmen
make it up to you, we promise.
composition rule #17
Strunk & White
I
the Elements of Stye
sgBinat .. !I'.t and ....omen
by Matt Reeves
The man who allegedly admitted to
exposing himself lo four women along
the Evergreen Organic Farm trail has been
identified as SPSCC student Matlhew
C,tllison .
Pu blic Safety Sergeant Larry
Savage says several women identified
Callison from a photo montage Savage
prepared.
Savage alleges that Callison
subsequently admitted to exposing
himself five times on the Farm trail.
Accon.1ing lO Savage, the incidents
Call ison described at that time match the
reporL'i made by four women.
A fifth incident was not legally an
indecent exposure since the woman did
nOl turn around to see, and therefore was
not "affron ted."
Savage forwarded Public Safety'S
information aboul the case to the county
prosecutor's office in late November.
On ThurSday, Jan. 20, Callison was
arraigned in Thurston County district
court. He pled "not guilty" and was
afrorded a court-appointed attorney.
Savage called this action "strange."
" I mean," said Savage, "we' re
lalkin g ahout misdemeanor charges.
We 're Ilotlalking about felony charges.
"I would think that he would have
JUSl gone in and copped a guilty plea ...
and move on with his life"
Savage also speculated that the
defendant's atlorney and the proseculor
would plea bargain rather than go to trial,
as is common in such cases.
Proseeutor Audrey Schumock could
110[ be reached for _
comment.
A person conv icted of indecent
l' xposure can face up to 90 days in
count y jail and a fine of up to $1,000.
,
Repeat offenders can' face felony
charges.
doctoral candidates he's seen.
President Jervis, who reportedly
reluained very quiet during the report, said
that retention is a "serious concern" of
hers.
Shc Slaled that she currently has no
agenchi ror change. but that "aggressive
planning" must be done_ Reports and
Ilh'tllOS from administration and faculty,
including Kilty Parker in Academic
Planning. Ell is and Steve Hunter, the
dircc lor or Institutional Research and
1)lanning , arc looking into why studenlS
: lrl~ leaving anc! what can be done.
Paul Sparks, who has spent over
two decades on the Evergreen faculty,
recognizes the seriousness of the problem
and has arranged a meeting of all deans
and former deans to discuss retention and
other serious issqes facing .the college.
The deans represent a diverse
group. both in demographics and world
views, from all academic disciplines,
according to Sparks.
"Evergreen has a history of
choosing good deans," said Sparks.
He commented that this particular
group has "a great ability to overcome
personal differences" in order to
accomplish taskS.
.
Twenty-four deans and former
deans will be in attendance at the
meeting, which will be held this Friday
at the residence of President Jervis.
According to Jervis, she will participate
in the discussion only as much as the
group of deans would like her to.
see retention, page 14
Intemal Seepage
'Guerilla X' speaks out
3
Citizens Alliance in action 4
Racial Justice DTF
Wrfe beating continues
5
6
Privilege. . .
9
A Rock 'n Roll weekend 10
EMs lives on
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News
News Briefs
Wong has des igned sets for the
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Eugene
Op,'ras as well as ' for the Oregon
Sh:lkl',;pGme i'es tival.
'1"110 cx hibiL will contain sevcral
,cdc Ill ode Is' of seL designs as well as
,l.;l' l("\l l'S ,I nd COSLume des ign s. It stops in
(1) Irlpia ,IS part of a national tour. For
11111 rG info rmation regarding the exhibiL,
('; 111 X(iCl-(1~n3.
Richard Jones
(1925 - 1994)
If you want to be a slacker, you've got to
go where the slackers areOlympia, Washington, Tuscon, Arizona
and Madison, Wisconson.
-"Economy Class: A Guide to living on $3,600 a year" by
Blake Nelson, from the February issue of Details magazine.
Rape Response
Child Care Center
Coordinator named chooses safe milk
Richard Jones
Founding faculty member and
facult), emer itu s. Richard Jones, died
Sa lurd ay. Jan. 29 of comp lic ations
re,ulting from pneumonia. He wa, 68
),t!ars old.
As a fou nding faculty. Jones played
a maior role in shaping Evergreen's
aCrldemic philosophy and strucLure. He
had a major inllul::nce at the cu ll ege's
conception. causi ng growth that was of
va,t ~lnd enduri ng value.
In 1981. he puhlished ExperilllC'1l/ (If
EI·ergreell. detailing the ideals of
undergradu<lte terlching and the liberrll
arts.
Jone, hrld a distinguished Crlree r.
which included professorsh ips at Harvard
Uni versity. Brandeis Un iversity a nd
Un iversity of California Santa Cruz. Jones
was a prol ific author of books. articles and
research papers.
Having Idt high school during hi,
't!nior year in what he termed "fear and
disgust." he \\'ent 011 to become a
distinguished ,chalar. Jones graduated Phi
Beta Kappa from Harvard in 1956 with rl
Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
Jone s w~" a rt!specled scholar and
educator. focusing on psychoanalysis and
p,ychutht!rapy and the psychophysiology
or <;leep and dreaming. He also spec ial ized
in expt!rimenta l education.
Hi s friends. co ll eagues and
a"oc iates invite the community to
participate ina memorial ce lebration of
hi ~ life and work on Sunday. Feb. 6 at 3
p.m. in Library 4300.
EVERGltEEN-Jennifer OaLman has
been appointed lO Lhe temporary position
of Rape Prevention and Response
CoordinalOr as of Feb. I.
The appointment laslS until the end
of this academic year. Funding for the
position was secured through a combined
effort beLween Lhe StudenL Affairs
Division and Lhe Heallh and Counseling
Center.
OaLman will be responsible for
coordinating available resources to ensure
an effective sysLem of rape survivor
support services aL the college. This will
entail working closely wiLh the Rape
Response Coalitions, Women's and
Men's Center, other campus groups and
the administration.
She' can be reached aL x6507, or
found in L1413.
Fox speaks mind in
monthly forum
EVERGREEN-Facully member Russell
Fox will be the feaLured speaker aL this
month's Piece of My Mind lecLure held aL
Lhe FirSl United Methodist Church on
Legion Way, Wednesday, Feb. 5 at noon.
Fox will discuss how growth plus
managemenL may not lead to a stronger
communiLy. Referring Lo recent
developments in warehouse-style retail
facililies, he will discuss a current trcnd
away from pedestrian communities. Fox
has gained experience in communiLy
building. sLrateg ies thou g h work in
countries such as Bangladesh, India and
the Philippines.
The Piece of My Mind lecLure
series has run !.hrough the academic year
for over a decade. For more informaLion,
call x6l28 .
[SECURITY ~ BLOTTER II
.\lonc1ay, January 2.t
I tllll: r\ ' parc' tire cover was stolen in
I · 1.,1
TlIl'sc1<lY, Janullr)' 2S
III :'.1: Sl'wra l vehi clcs were rcported
'. '. Il h slll;"hl'd 1\ indows in F-Iot.
Il:'.t'): 'Ih e Library 4th i"l oor palio doors
'.'. c'I,' rl' polwd as in,ccure.
1210: r\ pur,,' IV,IS reported stolen from
Iii ' I lin;lr) .
I (, 11) : r\ n l'.xtrcrnely intoxicated
IJldlvltlll.al )larassing s tud e nts and
'1IIplll) l',', i)l the I.ihrary was arrested for
( I 1IIIin;i1 Irl'ss l~ a ss .
I (,:,X: (fralliLi was reported in thc
I Ihl ,lr) St.; 1irwc ll .
Wl'dncsday, January 26
I(,:!:,: rvlalc TESC s tuclent reports
rl'l'il! ving harassi ng phone calls.
1957 : /\ vehic le was broken into in Flot.
Thursday, January 27
III ·U: A ~u,pic i o u s person was sighLed
111 til(' II'OIXI-;.
12.t5: Drug paraphernalia was recovered
l'rlll1l tlrl' Arts Annex.
IX:':': A rnounlllin bike W,15 sto len from
III IllIllt ul' E-donn.
Friday, January 28
20-Hl : ;\ fire almm was caused in Pcium I hy bu rIlt flo wers in a bOLtle.
210:;: /\ l11 (' n' s bathroom in the Library
\\,:IS malicious ly vandalized with wet
tlliil!t papl'L
2 I 0:;: A planL, in th e CAB faculty
IIlUI1!!l" was fiendishly vandalizet!.
210(,: Juveniles were reported spray
l'<lil1ting in the Pavilion.
Saturday, Janmlry ~_9
t\ I""lalivcl), lJuiet day aL the Publi c SafeLy
Illfin'.
Sunday, January 30
o1.t<J: Two vehicles were broken into in
B-Iut and a car slereo was sLolen.
Public Safety preformed 33 public
\('n 'irr ((//1.1'. induding hili not limited to
( ' 1/ flrI .\. jllll/pstarts and unlocks.
- compiled by Rebecca Randall
Page 2 Cooper Point Journal February 3, 1994
'Guerilla X' addresses recent Chiapas uprising, part one
edited by: Pat Castaldo
I: v F I~ C I{ E EN-Recognizing concerns
w illi :1 new ly approved bovine grow th
1i1ll"11I(lnc known as BGll, the Evergreen
(' Iliid C:l rc CenLer has begun sLeps to
"" 111\' tlial the substance will not he
11 1\ 1111"'11 in llie milk fed La children.
,\ccmdin g LO the Child Care News,
il lliC' ir c urrc nL clairy supplier cannot
1''"' l\'ide Ihl.! BC II-frec milk, Lhell they
1\ III
'>II it ch
s uppliers. For more
ilirmlllation on Lheir effort.s, contact the
( 'h i Id Cml' Cl.!nLer at x6060.
McKenzie replaces
Henson as director
EVERGREEN-Sandy McKenzie will
replace Patty Henson as execuLive director
of development. Patty is leaving the
college to ass um e an appoinLmenL as
exec utive direcLor of the Point Defiance
Zoological SocieLY in Tacoma.
McKenzie ha s serve d as
Evergreen's director of co llege relations
for the pasL Lhree years. Before arriving aL
Evergreen, McKenzie worked for public
relations and marketing of Pierce College
in Tacoma.
The two will work Logether until
Mar. II to assure a smooLh transition.
'Shop Smart' tours
at Top Foods
OLYMPIA-Shop Smart tours will be
ofrerccl on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7 and 8
p.m. aL Top Foods in Olympia.
The tours arc deigned to
demonstrate how people can cut down on
the amount of packaging they buy. Not
buying plastic packaging of types !.hree,
five and seven that cannoL be recycled in
Olympia is one such way,
For information on the tours, or
to sign up to volunteer, call 754-9651.
New director of
human resources
EVERCREEN- James D. LaCour began
'~('h. I as Evergreen's new DirecLor of
Ilul11:111 Resources. WiLh over 20 ycars of
exper ie nce in human reso urce
1I1;In:1gelllent, LaCour replaces the Interim
I lir,'Ctor Nancy McKinney.
LaCour comes to Evergreen rrom
Sea ltl e's Office of Management and
Budget , whe re he was an Innovation
hlc ilitatof. Other positions held by him
illl"iullc the Employee Services director of
~;L' a lllc City LighL and manager of Lh e
r\drnini-strativc 3ervtt:cs Divisi noflh-c
Kllig-Snoi1ornish Co unLies' Manpower
('Ol lSOr! i 1I1ll .
A receplion wi ll be held Thursday,
I:rh. \) to we lw1l1e the new director in the
111.\"'1" lIear Ihe Human Resources office at
\: \0 p.lI1.
County seeks trash
picking volunteers
Stage design show
set to appear
I:\, ERGREEN - A retrospec Live exhibit
l' l1tit lcd "Re-c reaLed Worlds: The
("lll:r\)o r<1ti ve Vision of SLage Design"
i"L';lIl1ring Pacific Northwest stage designer
(';ll"L'Y Wong begins in Gallery II on Feh.
I .11111 run s Lhough Feb. 27.
I
translated from Spanish by Jason
WlIllach and Yolanda Cruz
With the situation in Chiapas aL a
very crucial point, in Lerms of providing
Ii fc' s basic necessities for the people
there, the revolt of EZLN which began on
Jan. 1 of this year has cap Lured the hearts
of people around the world. Even so, the
repress ion of the Mexican Army and
StaLe Police continues. Despite the
Mexican government's claim of a ceascfire; conLinued bombing raids have foreed
the evacuation of many indigenous
communities and road blocks have been
seL up oUlSide most towns. All this in the
shadow of NAFTA. The following
interview with "Luis," a member of the
ZapaLista LiberaLion Front, was
conducted by a number of studenlS at the
Evcrgreen SUite College on Jan. 26, 1994.
My flam e is Luis. They know me as
"G lurilla X." I came 10 the United
Stat es to expose the crimes of Carlos
Sal ina.\". And 10 voice the truth about the
indigenous people of Chiapas. Tonight,
I am going to hear out your questions
/J/II I lIlighl not have the answers. If you
have allY doubts about what I say /' II try
/() r:lllrify my answers as best I can. Kill
II/(: lVith your questions. Go ahead,
Tiokasin Veaux: (to Luis) As an
in digcnous and I emphasize
indi genous, not peasant, noL latino, noL
american, nOL mexican - buL Tzctzal
person ... When I went to [an earlier)
interv iew this afternoon, the connection
is so similar La Indigenous people of
North America where Americans can
g,llher around and instanLly supporL and
sign petiLions for struggle that's going
()n ill anOLher country, ant! yeL fail Lo
rccognize anYLhing Lhat's going on here,
;1I1Y s imilarit y that' s happening with Lhe
I'\'ll;.\ican government and Lheir people
whD are non -indi genous, I'm wondering
w h:lt you Lhink about lhe connection of
indigenous peopk?
To take up arms is not
just to say, 'Let's grab
some guns,' because
bullets kill and you
die for real.
- 'Luis,' Chiapas guerilla
Luis: Well, I want to make one thing
very de:lr - the governmenL addresses
. the external problems but Lhey hide the
shame of Lhe way they keep house. It's
not for me to clarify this. The Lhing that I
want lO emphasize is what exactly is
happening in Chiapas.
Twelve years ago we had a
president, Jose Lopez Portillo and before
him we had Luis Echeverria. Those
presidents supported the Sandinistas one
way or another, with weapons or fuel, etc.
Echeverria helped other radicals in
America - Lhey always appear as leaders
of Democracy, but Lhey never looked aL
the conditions of extreme poverty that
people lived in. This poverty that we're
talking about didn't start five years ago;
We have been carrying this poverty for
500 years.
Maybe we were poor when the
Spaniards came, but our poverLy didn't
stand in contrast to the luxuries of today.
Our poverty existed, but we had dignity.
We didn't know about invaders. We were
secure in ourselves.
We didn't have an inferiority
complex. This is difficult Lo say and have
you understand it. We were . not called
"indigenous." We were free human
beings.
With the arrival of the Spaniards,
there was the Cross and there were laws.
They have massacred us since the arrival
of Cortez and his assassins. And there's a
long hisLory in America of blood and
destrucLion with indigenous peoples here.
In reference to the question of
Til URSTON COUNTY - Thurston
COl lnl y Roads and TransportaLion
:·;,'1I il"l' s is lookill g for vo lulILeer groups
ilTI~lcdin mrsh collcnlrm--rrlung the
(11 , ' 1" XOO I1liks uf cOllnty roadway .
In IYY3, over n ,000 pounds of
Ir;,,11 Wl' IT co llecLed by a var iety of
.l! l lIUpS in c ludin g conv icts and
11 ,' i!( 11 borhood assoc iat ion s. Interested
p:lrties should COI1 I;Il"l Steve Orangl.!r at
7X(, -)·IIJS .
Errata
Last week 's article, uDiversity or
just hype?" incorrectly reported Ihal
there were 37 slIIdents of color in this
year's freshman clQiis. In reality, First
Peoples' Recruitlllent reports 70. The
Cooper Poinz Journal apologizes for
this error.
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why we feel proud to be indigenous;
well, that's the correct name to call us
because an indigenous person is a person
who is born on this land, not from today,
but from thousands of years ago. Does
that answer your question?
Yolanda Cruz: So how are the people
in Mexico responding to this now?
Luis: Well, I left San Cristobal de las
Casas on Jan. 4, and since then I have
been detecting and feeling out the
sentiment of the people on my way here_ I
told them, "I am from Chiapas," but I
didn't identify myself as a guerilla.
I feel that the common folk in
Mexico are conscious of this movement
That's my opinion. They are not only
conscious, but we have their
unconditional support.
Unfortunately, we as a people,
from Mexico, won't fight unless we are
sure we'll win. Otherwise, we don't want
to be killed, we want to stay alive.
A lot of people, were
congraLulating ine, "Hey, you're from
Chiapas, you are the only ones who had
the courage." Because neither Michoacan
or Guerrero, or other states that there have
been conflicts in, have had more than just
idle threats.
Yolanda: Even if they rose up, they
didn't have enough support so they all
got killed.
Luis: We knew that fear, too. The fear is
a very negative attitude. It makes us run
withouL reason, but when we didn't have
anything to eat, no land Lo work, we had
nothing Lo lose.
We decided Lo make a fmal stand.
This is the last step that a free man can
ta1ce to defend what little he has. This is
the last step.
And I assure you that for us to
take this last step we had to suffer
through a lot of things. We had Lo go
through a lot of humiliation.
see Chlapas, page 14
Barbara Mossberg latest
candidate in provost search
by Paul Marcontell
Dr. Barbara Mossberg, the first of
Lhree provost canidates was on campus
Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 26Lh and
27.
At Evergreen, the provosL has Lo
work collaboratively La ensure academic
standards are upheld, responsible for
coordinaLing faculty and some
administrators,
and monitoring
cllrriculum changes.
Mossberg spent her Lime hosLing
panels on a varieLy of subjeclS intended to
g ive her a chance to answer questions
abouL problems facing Lhe college. She
also had meeLings wiLh President Jane
Jervis and others.
At the panel on Lhe curriculum,
Mossberg took questions from four
panclisLs, representing studenLs,
administraLors, and faculLy wiLh abouL
forty others. mosLly faculty, in
;11 tcndance.
ossberg spoke about the
neccssiLY of having an oUlSide perspective
wlren dealing with things perceived as
problems here; "don't ask Lhe fish abouL
water," she said. A 10L of people asked
about applicability of an Evergreen degree
in the job market or graduaLe school. In
res ponse, Mossberg mentioned creating
" LnrnslaLion tools" to facilitate leaving
Ihe Evcrgrccn community; she also talkccl
ahout a re port called "An American
imperative," which she characterizccl as
C<llling for a sysLem similar to Evergreen
on :I nalional scale.
Talking in generaitenns, Mossberg
l'rcl\lIcmly Spoke of chaos theory ' as a
melaphor for dealing wiLh the problems
i'acing a II higher education Loday,
"Understanding chaos can transform how
we visualize problems, situations and
straLegies, specifically abouL Lhe nature
and role of organizational leadership in
dealing wiLh change and diversiLy," she
wrote in an article titled "A Prescription
ror Global Leadership."
She talked abouL !.he need for taking
risks in order to continue innovating as a
school, "What have you failed at laLely?"
she asked Lhose assembled.
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The ProvoSL search committee had
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college Lhis Mondayand Tuesday, bUL has
1"l.~ Jlortedly withdrawn.
The search committee can be
reached via e-mail at prodtf
~i) e llllll(/.evergreen.edu or voice mail,
.x63H6. EvaluaLion forms are also
available at the open forums.
Paul Marconteli is a member of the
CI'J nellis leam.
Lessley withdraws
as candidate
h~'
Andy Lyons
Only Lwo of the three candidaLes
clroscn by the ProvoSL Search DTF will
be making appearances at Lhe college for
the vacanL position.
Dr. Merrill J . Lessley removed
himself from Lhe group of finalists lasL
Friday so that he could reLurn 10 teaching
sa id the president's office.
Lessley had been provoSL aL Lhe
University of Colorado in Colorado
Springs before sending his resume to
h v,'.rgrecll.
"We got a message from Lhe
pres idelll' s office Friday morning saying
th;lt he pulled out," said DTF member
Tom Mercado, "So we had a meeLing
yes terday LO talk abouL the siLuation."
"The options are Lo go with Lhe
LwO individuals remaining or to go into
Ihe pool of ex isting candidates and pull
somebody OUL," he said.
Mercado sa id thaL instead of
c hoosi ng a new applicanL, Lhe group
d('c i<led to go with the current two
choices . "We feel that the community
should look aL these two candidates," he
sa id. "What we want is commllniLy feed
b;lck. We feel that Lhe Lwo who will
collle are qualified."
Andy Lyons is a reporter for -tile
CPJ.
Cooper Point Journal February 3, 1994 Page 3
News
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Citizen's Alliance of Washington proposes Initiative
The/blloll'illg is rhe rexr oj ciri;:.ell 's
illiriaril'e 610, spo/lSored by rhe Citi;:.en's
Alliallce af Washillgtoll. /-610 will be voted
0 11 rhis NOI'ember.
address homosexuality, provided access to legally possible, will be placed in the custody
the material s is : (a) Limited to adults, and of the parent not par~icipating in
(b) meets local standards as established homosexual ity. Where both parents are
through the existing library review process. unqualified due to participation in
(5) With regard to public homosexuality, custody shall be awarded to
An act relating to publi c policy on employees . no agency. department , or the next closest natural blood relative such
ho m osex ual ity;
p o l i t i c al as grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, and
adding
new
subdivision of the uncles. All consideration is to be given to the
sections to chapter
state of Washington well being of the minor child. It is the policy
The people establish
-l9.60
RCW;
may
forbid of the state of Washington that sound natural
that objection to
adding a new
generally
the family relationships are the most important
section to chapter
consideration
of initial consideration that will maintain that
homosexuality based
28A.150 RCW :
pri vate
lawful well-being. Where placement with a natural
upon ones convictions is
adding a ne w
sexual behaviors as blood re lative is not possible, the minor child
section to chapter
nonjob-related shall be place with a foster parent and
a right of conscience
28B.IO.016(4)
factors, provided adoption proceedings will be undertaken if
and shall not be
RCW: adding a
that
s uch appropriate.
new sec tion to
consideration
does
(3) Every appropriate court and
considered
c hapt er
26 .3 3
not violate the government agency in the state of Washington
discrimination ...
RCW: adding a
provi sion s and shall enforce the provisions of this section.
new sectio n to
purpo ses
of At all placement or custody proceedings the
2fi.04
c hapt e r
chapter. .. . Laws of co urt shall determine that the prospective
RCW; and creating new sections.
1995 (this act) and that such factors do not custodial, adoptive, foster. or placement
Be it enacted by the people of the disrupt the workplace.
parent does not participate in homosexuality
state of Washington:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section and enter and maintain a written finding to
NEW SECTION . Sec. I. THE MINORITY is added to chapter 28A. 150 RCW; a new that effect.
STATLIS AND CHI LD PROTECTION ACT.
section is added to chapter 28 B.IO.016(4)
NEW SECTION. Sex. [sic] 5. A new
This act shall be known and cited to read as follows :
section is added to chapter 26.04 RCW to read
as the minority status and child protection
TH E PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM as follows:
act. In this Act. homosex uality is defined as SHALL NOT PROMOTE OR EXPRESS APPROVAL OF
MARRIAGE BETWEEN PERSONS OF THE
sex ual desire for a person of the same gender, HOMOSEXUALITY. The people establish that no SAME GENDER ARE PROHIBtTED AND NATURAL
as determined by the individual's willingness person representing the common schools, or GENDER DEFINED. The people establish that
to be openly self-identi fied with those institutions of higher education, as defined same-gender marriages and domestic
desires. or sex ual activity with individual s in thi s chapter, as an employee, student, partnerships are hereby declared to be again st
of the same gender.
volunteer, or guest may undertake an activity -public policy and shall not be legally
NEW SECTtON. Sec. 2. Anew section that would in any manner advise, instruct, recognized in any manner, by any agency,
is added to chapter 49.60 RCW to read as teach , or promote to a child, student, or department. or political subdivision of the
follow s:
employee that homosexuality is a positive state of Wasliitigton.
THE SPEC IAL RIGHT OF MINORITY or healthy lifestyle. or an acceptable or
The state of Washington recognizes
STATUS BASED ON HOMOSEXUA LITY PROHIBITED. approved condition or behavior. The th at the gender that is established at the
( I) The people find that inappropriate sexual superintendent of public instruction, the conception of all persons is the only and
behavior does not form an appropriate basis state board of education, and school districts ~atural gender of that person for the duration
upon which to construct a minority or class shall com ply with chapter 49.60 RCW.
of the person's life. Physical alterations to the
status relating to civil rights . To identify
NEW SECf10N. Sec. 4. A new section human body do not affect the natural gender,
oneself as a person who participates in or is added to chapter 26.33 RCW to read as known at birth or before, of a resident in the
who expresses openly a desire for fo llows:
state of Washington. A same-gender marriage
inappropriate sex ual behav ior, such as
FOSTER PARENT STATUS AND ADOPTlON or gender alteration obtained or recognized
ho mo sex ualit y, doe s not co nstitut e a BY PERSONS PARTICIPATING IN HOMOSEXUALITY outside the state 0f Wa shington does not
PROHIBITED. (I) The people find that there is constitute a valid or legal marriage or gender
legitimate minority classification.
(2) Th e peopl e establish that a compelling state interest in placement of within the state of Washington .
objection to homosex ual it y based upon one' s minor children, if at all poss ible, in sound, NEW SECTtON. Sec. 6. A new section is added
convictions is n right of consc ience and shall marri ed, mal eto chapter 49.60
not be considered discrimination rel ating to f 'e mal e
RCW to read as
civ il rights by a unit. branch. department , or ho use ho ld s and
follow
s:
... same-gender marriages
agency of sta\e or local government.
that
min or
CONSTlALL
and domestic partnerships
(3) The people further establish that
c hildre n mu st
TUTIONA L RIGHTS
in the state of Washington. includin g all never be pl aced in
PROTECTED FOR EVERY
are hereby declared to be
political subdi visions and unit s of state and households where
CITIZEN. In the state
against public-policy and
local government. minorit y status does not homosex uality is
of Washington and
appl y to hom osex ua lit y; therefore. present in any
it s
pol itical
shall not be legally
affirm ative action. quotas. spec ial c lass man n e r
s ubdivi s ion s, no
status. or special c lass ifi cati ons such as whatsoeve r. A
unit , agency, or
recognized in any
"sexual orientation ." "sexual prefe rence." p e r s o n
department
of
manner...
"domestic partnership." or similar participating in
gove rnment may
designati ons may not be establi shed on Ihe homosex u a lit y
deny to pri vate
may not become
basis of homosex uality.
per so ns busi ness
(4) No public funds may be an adopti ve. foster. or pl ace ment parent.
licenses, permits. or services otherwise due
(2) The people further establi sh under statute, nor deprive. nullify. or diminish
expended in a manner that has the purpose
or effect of promoting or expressin g approval th at, upon the dissolution of marriage in the holding or exercise of rights guaranteed
or hOl11o<;exuality. Thi~ subsecti on does not which one of the natural parents or other by the Constitution of the state of Washington
limi t the ava il ab ilit y in public librari es of legal classification of parent is participating or the Constitution of the United States of
in homosexuality. the minor child. wherever America.
book~ and materials written for adults that
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hy Raymond Nelson
Ou r college, despite certain
perceptions to the contrary, is a
III iCfOcosm of the larger society in which
Wl' live. Although Evergreen may be
dcsrri bed as an innovative educational
"('.\perimellt" begun in the lalC '60s, the
in'aitution is not perfect and is always in
lI('l'(1 or reevaluation, improvements and
l·!lilnges.
One sqch urea of needed
illll)rOvcmcllt is the college's climate,
which con tinues to place traditionally
di ~c llrrnnchisecl peoples, particularly
people of color, at a disadvantage.
M:lny community members may
:Ir!!- ue that Evergreen is sympathetic to
ilnd supponive of the concerns of
\ lIlli Cnls , i"aculty and staff of color and
Iklt much is being done to better the
,'nvironmellt here for those of color. The
fact is, howe vcr, that many people know
InequIties exist at Evergreen. Many
pcople of color here experience
institutional inequities daily.
In an effort to critically review the
c urrent campus climatc, evaluate its
crrects, <md provide corrective measures,
President Jane Jervis ordered a DTF
(Disappearing Tusk Force) in April 1993
III roclls on thesc issues,
Ca lkd the Racial J lIstice DTF, the
g rollp or students, faculty and staff is
Imge ly composed of people brought
togelher some two years ago by the
WOlllcn or Color Coalition (WOCC)
during" time of "racial tension."
During that time, the WOCC
prese nted n list of demands "to promote
th,~ I"l'tcllljon of women of color students
at Thc Evergreen State College." The
jlotelltial hellefits of implementing the
WOCC's demands were taken quite
seriously by many of those who now
scrve on the Racial Justice DTF,
The Racial Justice DTF's work can
have significant effects on our
institution, its people and its practices.
The DTF is very in terested in
hearing from community members; your
persona l experiences of racial injustice
and inequity , ideas for positive change,
'and even your reaction to the
('sl<tb lishlTlent of this DTF. It is the hope
of the DTF that you will take some time
. IIOW to write to the DTF.
Subm issions shall become
cOllfidential, unless otherwise requested
by the <llIthor(s). Submissions can be
lIl:ld e anonymously. The DTF also plans
til li se the submissions (as permitted by
the author) in u display for the Evergreen
l·()lllIllUllity.
We hope you will join uS in thi s
" Ilort. You may submit writings, in care
IIi" llie following, ut the indicated mail
stops or locations:
Mira Shimabukuro or
Wayne Au (ASIA) - CAB 320
Darice Johnson - CAB 320
Bonnie Moonchild - LAB II
Gary Galbreath (First People's) - 1.
Anne Fischel, Seth Williams or
Ratna Roy - COM 301
Arnaldo Rodriguez - L 1221
Debbie Garrington -- 3114
Art Costantino - L3236
Steve Hunter - L3234
Jorge Gilbert - SEM 3127
Zahid Shariff - LAB 1
Ray Nelson - P.O. Box 1986,
Olympia 98507
Raymond Nelson is a men
the Racial Justice DTF.
Path and trails continue to pose a problem, from cover
Washington Citizens for
Fairness! Hands Off Washington
P.O. Box 4828
Seattle, WA 98104
206-233-1923, Fax 206-233-1949
Location:
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NEW SECTtON. Sex. [sic) 7. LEGAL
STANDING. A person residing in the state of
Washington or a· nonprofit entity doing
business in this state has standing to bring
suit to enforce the provisions and policies of
this act.
NEW SECTION . Sec. 8. CAPTIONS.
Captions as used in this act constitute no part
of the law.
NEW SECT ION. Sex [sic) 9.
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The people intend that, if any part of this act
. is dec;lared unconstitutional by a court of
competent jurisdiction, the remaining parts
shall survive in full force and effect. This
enactment shall in all parts be self-executing.
In the event that a conflict arises between
this legislation and any other provision of
law. the policies and purposes ofthis act shall
govern.
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10 mentioncd the issue of trail safety,
.\ pcc ifically when I asked 'Do you feel
s<lfe Oil campus?,' or just in the course of
Ihl' cOllvcrsation," said Bohme.
"It was really interesting, because I
think there was a really a continuum, One
\If two of' Ule women I talked to said they
never have walked on the trails before and these arc women who have been at
I:vergreen for a really long time - so
thefe's that extreme ... and then there are
people who have no problem walking the
trails," shc said .
Although Evergreen may be safer
litall most campuses, personal safety has
:Ii\\"ays bccn debaLed here. Evergreen even
ha s its own Environmental Health and
Sakty oITicer, Jill Lowe, who is
Il's ponsibk for Illonitoring the health and
,:ll"cty aspects of campus buildings and
facilities.
"I hear more talk at Evergreen
about sufety than any other community
I've been in," said President. Jane Jervis,
"And I've heard it in many differem
contexts ... One is physical safety on the
trails , there's also the air in the Library,
and broader discussions about safety in
t.he classroom."
Our ideas about what is
threalCning seem to contribute as much to
uneasiness as actual risk factors do. The
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fcar we feel walking on paths and trails is
difficult to overcome because it is not
always rationally connected with a clear
or present threat.
For instancc, a U_S . Justicc
Department study released Sunday stalCd
that more than two-thirds of violent
attacks against women are committed by
somcone known to the victim. This
means that women may have less to fear
from strangers than their own
acquaintances or partners.
"I think that the emphasis gets
taken so much off of acquaintance rape,
and put on stranger rape or asSault, far
too many times,"said Deanna Brown, cocoordinator of the Women's Center, "I
don't think that the danger, percentage-
wise and statistically, lies in me taking a
walk in the woods or going to my car out
in the parking lot. 1L lies with me going
to a party in the dorms some Friday night
and going home with some guy."
'The thing I'm curious about,"
said Jervis, "is how we think about and
how we pcrceive risk... I think if you
come from New York city, to Evergreen,
and arc somebody who used to take New
York-city subways daily, you could still
well be completely . spooked in the
woods."
The "Public Art and Personal
Safety" proposals seemed to act on two
levels: a strictly practical one, to increase
trail usagc and thereby, safety, and a
perceptual level: helping people on
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Bohme also wants her proje
"a resource for other WOIT
Evergreen." The display boards wi
the Women's Center for the n(
weeks, after which time Bohme h
display them in a more public
location.
Whatever one's approach to
nobody believes increasing WI
safety or reducing their fear can
overnighL
"I see safety as being a real
process that really has to do with
change," said Bohme, "A polic:
installation isn't going to make UIl
Sara Steffens is the editor-
of the CPJ.
feb. 8 2:30 pm
at the Bookstore
The Evergreen State Coilege Bookstore
Mon. - Thurs.
8:30 - 6:00
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"The best thing to increase
on the trails is to increase the use
trails," said Jervis. She was please
many of the "Public Art and Pe
Safety" proposals for this reason.
To many, however, it's
importantto.keep the campus "will
it is to ensure accessibility of tra
paths. Jervis says the college sho
to balance concerns for the wile
with those of personal safety.
Jervis also said it may help
college to more widely and reI
publicize its crime statistics - p
every six months - to help give
perspective of the amount of crir
actually happens on the trails and I
Susie Bohme said the WOIT
interviewed were most likely
education and "community-buildi
possible remedies. Community bl
she says, helps women feel in COL
their own environment and recogni
allies.
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communication needs in over 2,000
neighborhood locations,
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on TESC paths
and trails
campus to feel empowered and sal
calling community attention 1
restrictions safety threats create.
To address practical con,
Evergreen has added emergency I
and extra lighting, and trimmed bac
and bushes from the edges of c~
pathways.
As a quick fix, Public :
encourages students to walk in gra
call for an escort.
The college regularly hosl
defense workshops for womer
administrators have said they wil
equival~nt programs for men if tI
interest.
What many are now deba
where we should ro from here.
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Cooper Point Journal February 3, 1994
Columns
Columns
edited by: Julianna Gearon
Constant battery of women overshadowed by Bobbitt trial '
.
LaS I week Newsweek included a
I,':",' r ~lh()11 1 Ihe Bobbitt trial on its cover
:llId dl' volcd rour pages to the proceeding.
f i 11[(' ill li uded a commentary on its
,(l ll' ll'd hill:k page . Mainstream media
Inli ll Il)LII papers 10 IheNew York Times
Iw c' graslwd the Bobbill trial wi th a tone
111: 11 ca ll only be desc ribed as warped
l':l' l' in;lIiun.
\\'h;11 <l ll Ihis allention misses is
Iii ,' r,'a l iss ue a t Slake. What deserves
" ·\Ill)s itio n in the prcss is the fact that the
III, hhill case is /l UI that bizarre. It
Ii:l Jl lll'n s l'very day, but us uall y th e
1IIIIIi lalcd sp,HlSe is a woman.
Thc fasc ination America has with
Iii ,' I3obbit l ' s de mon s trates a g rave
111I, hl e ll1 wilh th,' information processes
il l Ihi s cO lllllry ilnd ba s ic lack of
1111'1)1'1 11 :11 il m.
Jo hll Wayne Bobbill (don't let the
Iril ll Y or Ih c nalll e esca pe you) has
c<lplured th e sy mpathy of A merica. Male
I,' porters can barely bring themselves to
;1,1.; questions wi lho ut a nervous [Willer
ilr :111 C' nlharrassed laugh.
Ilow Illan y of them know that every
I ~ ,,'l' OIl<is in th is country, a wonHln is
h;lI le rl'd'.' Or Ilw l in over 95 percent of
d Ull1 es li c a ssa ult s, the man is the
Ill' rJ1l'lra lor? Or thal o ne fourth o f all
n\\cblu ·
wn\\.
\\'lII1ICn w ill be abused by a partner in her
1i lei iIIl C ;lIld lhat wi fe assault makes LIp
llll(' quarter or U.S. crime?
With the problem of domes tic
ah ll ,e so awesome, how Lhen has John
Way ne BobbiLl ca ptured the hearts of so
1l1 ;1I1 Y Ame rican s? His injury is unu sual
1>11 1 Ihl' siraligesl part of hi s injury is
ll lll \' Ihal il happened to a man .
i-tlnlh'l'Il l()re, th e pe ni s wa s easily
Il'; lllached , ,md other lhan hav ing to deal
wilh Ih l' Il'as ing of other in sec ure men ,
Iii ~ lire wi ll l"Ont inue.
.
O ut o r hi s "suffering" he gets daily
k' lIl' rs of s up port, trial group ies and
cOl1 slanl sy mpatheti c mcdia portrayal.
Bre llda S milh , director o f the Women's
!.;IW Center in Washington DC, pointed
011 1 thai " It looks lik e he baLtered hi s
wi fl' alld he got away with it and became
:1l"l' lchril y in Ihe process."
r:'or the four million women a year
who arc assa ulted by their male partners,
11I ,' re is no spot light. There arc no fan
l luhs. There is 110 public outcry of anger.
Nil natio11al coverage but only pain and
k:11. Maybe today is the day they will
IH,'l'Ollle one of the four women who die at
Ill\' hand s or the ir husband every sir.gle
d:t y.
Whcre is the moral outrage that
h;lIlcry is Ihe s ingl e greatest cause of
illj ury to women in the US ., more th en
l ar acl' idenLs, rape and muggings
; olli hincd? Why docs th e media provide
only the stories about abuse of men,
statistically marginal , instead of stories
about women survivors? More important,
why do people accept it?
Many mainstream feminists have
been s tumbling over themselves to
apologize for Lorena Bobbitt's act and
declare that they aren't man haters. They
don't want to discredit the feminist
movement by becoming a supporter of
Lorena Bobbill, but instead some are
trying to distance themselves as fast as
possible from the real issues that the case
brings up.
, As shown last fall in the
defacement of the survivor tree sign,
(CPJ, Nov. 4 1993) when victims
attempt to become survivors by taking
control of their pain , a backlash
inevitabiy oceurs.
Although the moral rapists never
came out of their hole in the ground to
take credit for their ,act, the focus of the
tree had to shift from the abuse of women
to the act of defacement. Similarly,
instead of focusing on the years of abuse
by John Wayne Bobbitt, the media
focused on Lorena Bobbitt's threatening
act of coumge.
Instead of laughing at this trial or
dismissing it as low rent infighting, we
s hould demand to know why domestic
violence against women is still so
prominent in so many women's lives yet
absent from the criticism of the publie.
The ironic ruling of temporary
insanity for Lorena Bobbitt closes the
media's gleeful obsession with the
Bobbitt trial but it does not end the
trauma that a battered wife endures for- the
rest of her life. It doesn't change
anything for the millions of women who
live in fear everyday because the ir stories
are ignored. Lorena's Bobbitt's grasp for
power, as violent as it was, may have
been the most sane act she's ever
com mitted.
Carson Strege wonders how she
got sucked into this.
Are home pregnancy tests as accurate as hospital tests?
t):
//UIV ar.curalc are home pregna/lcy
to (j blood or uritJe test
11'.1 1.\ i.·o /Il!'(lI'ed
ill (/ l'iilli(; or hospital ? Whi ch home
1 ' ''( ' ~ lIali cy 1('.1' 1.1' are 1110.1'1 accurate?
.\ :
When a woman becomes pregnant,
bcg in s producing Lhe hormone
I IC(; ( human chorion ic gonadotropin).
l} r q~ llan cy tes ts de tec t the presence of
IICC ; in a woman' s blood or urine.
T il e accuracy of most blood and
urilll.' tests performed in health care
rac ilities and most home pregnancy tests
ar~ s imilar . It is more appropriaLe to
l'Oll sider wizen a pregnancy test is most
likC'iy to be accurate.
Blood tests may be sensitive
" l1llugh to detect HCG as ea rly as seve n
Il) I () da ys after conception. However,
hiliod tes ls are nOt available everywhe re,
:lOd l' OSI Illuch more than urine tests.
Th,'y ;i1 so require drawing b lood and
lI'a ilin g 24 hours or more for the res ults
Ii) r,'11I11I from a lab ,
Urinc tests pcrfonned in health care
Llc ilil ies ma y al so he sensitive eno ugh to
lk ICl' t HCG seve n to 10 day s after
r llnc cp l ion. Howe ver, health ca re
prac liti onrrs recommend that a woman
('ll llfirnl<1lioll a llo ws an opportunity for
p rl'g rwn c y options information a nd
l'(,llnse lin g, refcrml for abortion or
1'1 ,' 11:1\ :11 l':lre services, a nd delermination
" I' Ih,' length of Ihe pregnancy.
Il rl' g llancy confirmation is also
lIl'l'I~ssa r y if a woman intends to seck
I inan c ial (lid from puhlic ass istan ce
! IlS II S).
II' Icsl res ul ts are negative, the test
S
ii,'" hlllly
sc li eduk her appointment 21 days after
(when her period is one week
hi,' ).
Sc heduling a pregnancy test for a week
<lnl'r a pe riod is due avoids costly
IH\'!! IHHlCY lests that may be inaccura te
dil l' 10 low Ic vels of HCG ea rly in
prl'g nancy. This also allows more time for"
:1 la iC period to show up.
Most hom e pregnancy tests are
' Gns itive cnough to detcet HCG as early
:1, Ihe first day of a missed period . False
II l' g;lIi ves arc much more frequent than
I;li se' pos ilives.
Posi li ve res ults should be
cOllfirmed w ith a pregnancy tcs t and
pe lv ic ex am at a c linic or hospital.
I : Do yo u feel that you have effective
IIwthods 10 voice your opinions to other
IIIw/hers oflhe siudent body?
Out of 122 responses, 23 percent
sa id yes Lhey did, 57 percent said no they
did not, and 20 percent said they were
IIn s ure. In a follow up question asking
pl'opic " II' so, what are those methods?"
Iy pical responses from the 25 written
were parlicipation in various student
u ro up s, writing leners to the CPJ,
jl ulling lip nye rs nnci talking to people.
Rd )('(.·w Wesl is
(//1 Everg reef!
sl/ldyillN reproducti ve heallh .
)' , '1/ CUll drop ojf questions at Ih e
il'fi/liell' S Cellicr. the men's group office.
t//(' CPJ or the slIldenl health cenler,
\'VI! /leed not include your namc or any
i(/olli(yiIlN information.
Il/lrlC'lIt
The
Smoke
Filled
Room
Robert Taylor
they were frustrated with institutional
decision making,
1: Do yvu feel a need for an effective
s/lIlIel1l voice?
Fifty-scven percent of students who
answered this question responded yes, 25
Jlercent responded no, and 18 percent
responded lhat they were unsure. Some
rt.:spondents questioned the ability of any
g roup or students to act as a unified
s tlldent voice, and stated that they were
1101 willing to give up their independent
voices.
4: Do you want a f orm of student
"Ol 'ernllfl ce at Evergreen?
pc rcent of respons es (122)
yes, 13 percent responded no,
and 2S percent responded that they were
unsure.
I'll return to this questionnaire next
time, releasing more results and
information from them. People who are
interested in further information about the
questionnaire shou ld write my E-mail at
grayhat@clwha.evergreen.edu.
(i2
r ,~s jJonded
1) 0 yo u partl Clpilte in aClivities at
r l'crgree ll th<ll (II/ow you to influence
ill.l/illliioli o/ decision making ?
2:
O UI of 122 responses, 24 percent
s ~lid yes, 73 percent said no, and three
pcrC Gnt sa id th ey were unsure . The
fo llow-up question, asking what were
" rliviti es that they participate in that
:i1 low them influence, was answered by
I R s tlld e nts, who typically cited
parlicipation in 'student groups. Some
:Ins wers were that they did nol have any
1I)('lI11S of effective participation , and that
Another topic of note that has
come up is the recent passage of House
Bill 1443, one of the gay rights bills that
has been stuck in legislative limbo for
years. This legislation has made it past
the House of Representatives thanks to
the work of its prime sponsor, Rep. Cal
Ander~on (D-Seattle), but is traditionally
not voted on in the Senate. This year,
Senate Majority Leader' Mareus Gaspard
(D-Puyallup) has stated that the bill "is
not a priority" for consideration this year.
The translation of this PR-ese
into real political terms is that it 'is an
election year, and the Senate Democrats
want to continue enjoying their majority
in the Senate.
What Gaspard and other
legislative leaders are afraid of is losing
more conservative areas like Puyallup,
Hoquiam and Shelton to the Republicans
because of gay rights. They don't see
how it will profit them in November in
their ability to keep their jobs.
There also is a contingent of
conservative Democrats in the Senate,
with Sens. Jim Hargrove (D-Hoquiam)
leading them on, who won't vote for gay
rights bills based on their "moral
arguments" such as they grant special
rights, like those enjoyed by Jews in
Germany before and after Hitler, rights to
not be discriminated aganst in housing
and employment
If you wish to cordially disagree
(or just disagree), my suggestion is that
if you live and vote in Puyallup,
Aberdeen, Littlerock, or Centralia, you
should call your state senator on the
Washington State Legislative Hotline (1800-562-6000), and tell them you'll
remember if he helped pass 1443 in
November. Even if you don't, you might
also want to call Senator Gaspard and say
that this is a priority to you, that human
rights should be a priority and that you're
tired of this sort of politicking.
Robert Taylor is a columnist for
the CPJ.
The T h i r'd Floor
Student G r 0 ups Weekly
·The Women's Center is bringing
liS Dr. Rickie Solinger historian and
aUlhor of Wake Up Lillie Susie : Single
f' reN II(lflcy and Race Before Roe vs.
!Vade today, February 3rd at noon in the
Library Lobby. An art exhibit based on
her book will be opening tonight at 5 pm
ill Gallery IV in the Library building.
There will be a reception and free food.
·The Environmental Resource
Ct' nter is presenting a slide show with
Mike Reed of Wolf Haven International
abOUI the wolf kill in Alaska. It starts at
() pm toni g ht. February 3rd in Library
2 1()O.
·The Jewish Cultural Center is
spon soring "A Night of lew ish Women 's
PUG tr y" with Fern Davye reading
contcmporary international lewish
womcn's poetry and Pesha Gertler from
Sellltle. Thi s event starts at tonight at
7:10 in LHI.
·Thc Evergreen Queer Alliance
w ill be having an important meeting at
2P IIl on Friday, February 4th in CAB
,I / O. Call x()544 for information.
·Thc
Peace and Conflict
Rl'solution Center will be havin ,: a nonv i,)ience workshop thi s S;llIlrday,
I\ 'il ruary 5th a t noon in CAB lOX. Call
, 6()<)X ror details.
·Therc will be a Sexual Aggression
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a message from the CPJ.
Cooper Point Journal February 3, 1994 Page 7
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
NWFS director
startled by criticism
Dear William;
I read your letter in the Cooper Point
Juurnal, Jan. 20 issue with surprise and
disappointment. I was not aware that
members of the Corner Co-op held
Northwest Food Service with such disdain.
The ad that I wrote was not meant in an
offensive manner. The last thing I wanted or
expected was to insult the Comer Cafe or
staff. I apologize for mentioning the Comer
at all. although I thought it a very positive
reference .
Fi nally, I admire your loyalty and
commitment to the Corner and I hope we can
find a way to co-exist without insult and
name-calling.
Sincerely,
Michael Cardew
Food Services Director, NWFS
Student trustees
exist at IESC
I'd like to thank Robert Taylor for his
editorial in support of legislation aimed at
placing student members on the Board of
Trustees. I certainly agree with Rob, but am
afraid that he might have unintentionally left
a false impression.
Evergreen does have student, staff and
faculty representatives to the Board of
Trustees. We are ex-officio members who
cannot vote and do not participate in
executive sessions.
While this is a seat at the big round
table, I will echo Rob in underscoring the
inadequacy of this level of participation.
Personally, I do not doubt that the trustees
and regents sincerely believe that they can
best shepherd our state's educational
resources by precluding substantial input
from the students, staff and faculty who
inhabit their institutions.
However, at a college like Evergreen
which explicitly rejects the role of standing
en loco parentis, such a paternalistic attitude
feels particularly insulting.
The bill that Rob made reference to
would make students full voting members
of the board. It is currently sitting in the
Senate Higher Education Commiltee,
Anyone interested in helping to push this
piece of legislation (SHB 1005) can leave a
message for me in CAB 320 or phone at
x6636,
While I have your attention, I'd like to
remind the community thaI the meetings of
the Board of Trustees are open to the public.
The next meeting is set for March 9 and all
are encouraged to attend.
Ray Goforth
1993-1994 Student Representative to the
, Board of Trustees.
What's the matter
with breast feeding?
Dear Dan,
You know where I'd prefer to see Ani
DiFranco play ') In a subway with you roped
to a garbage can surrounded by women
breast-feeding their children .
Sincerely.
Love,
Patsy llaynolds
IESC - more
diversity than Wash.
I read the article, "Diversity or just
hype?" in the Jan. 27 issue of the CPJ . I was
confused by an assertion made in the article
that TESC's people of color enrollment is far
below representational proportions of the
general population.
TESC is here to primarily serve the
people of Washington state. According to
1990 U.S. Cen sus Bureau statistics, people
of color are approximately 11 .5 percent of
the state 's popul ation .
The people of color enrollment at
Evergreen, according to the 1994-95 catalog,
is 12 percent for the Olympia main campus,
Response
14 percent for the entire college, and 54
percent for the Tacoma branch campus.
With this in mind, TESC's people of
color enrollment probably meets or exceeds
representational proportions of the
Washington state population for people of
color.
John M. Munari, Jr.
M~ddled
language,
muddled thinking
The university is, of course, a place
where ideas can be freely expressed or
discussed, no matter how loony. In that sense,
it is perfectly appropriate to read the wildly
racist ravings in Brian Almquist's article
("Students Meet to Discuss Cartoon ... ") in
the Dec. 9, 1993 CPJ.
Mr. Almquist attributes to Evergreen
student Mario Flores the following
statement: "'Dark skin has less value than
light skin.' is the unwritten and unspoken rule
of Euro-American people that causes people
of color the greatest harm."
Well now. Nevermind matters like Mr.
Flores' credentials for divining unwritten and
unspoken cultural rules. A simple look at this
sentence gi ves cause enough for alam1.
My dictionary -'- at the moment
Webster's 'Seventh New Collegiate defines racism as "a belief that race is the
primary determinant of human traits and
capabilities, ... " Mr. Flores has to think that
way if he believes this statement.
I invite the unpersuaded to try an
exercise. Replace Flores' "Euro-American"
with, say, "African-American" or "Jewish ."
Begin the sentence with language about
contempt for the work ethic, determination
to clandestinely control the governments and
the banks, or some such nonsense.
_Does that sound familiar? Yes. It also
sounds like Mr. Flores, as reported above
(one hopes he was misquoted). It 's the same
old, dreary wine in a different bottle. It is no
blow against racism to simply reverse the role
of victim and oppressor, nor do such tactics
elevate the human condition\.
The first reql!irement in fighting racism
is to know it when you see it. In that regard
we would do well to recall George Orwell,
who warned that muddled language leads to
muddled thinking. Slogans, rhetoric and
sincerity are no substitute for a clear
understanding of Ihe meaning of words, and
what we actually say - and who we areas we use them.
Sincerely,
Donald H. Moore
Graduation theme
reviSited, defended
Dear Fellow Graduates,
I've held my tongue long enough. It is
I. I am the one who coined and submitted
the graduation theme, "You want fries with
that?" And I must defend it.
When I began to pursue my future after
college I realized that despite my education
and experience in my field I will probably
be lucky to get a job anywhere better than
McDonalds. Why?
Not because I got a bad education, I
feel quite the opposite, but because of our
country, its crappy economy, and the swollen
job market which expects either so much
education J'd be in school for another six
years or has companies that hire the totally
un-educated so they can pay them a piss poor
wage. Frankly, it sucks!
So to anyone who wants to gripe about
the theme, TOUGHSHIT! All I did was make it
up. The voters within our class took care of
the rest.
If you want to point a finger, point it at
yourself for not thinking of something better.
As for the current theme: enjoy it, savor it
and love it because YOU ;RE STUCK WITH rr!
Hugs and Kisses,
Sarah Lester
IESC needs real
activism, not talk
I read with interest the Forum piece by
Derek Birnie in the January 20 CPJ. Mr.
Page 8 Cooper Point Journal February 3, 1994
Birnie was concerned about the lack of
activist fervor at Evergreen, as evidenced by
the poor turnout at a recent Evergreen Peace
Center activity. I understand why he is
concerned.
Since coming to Evergreen in
September of 1992, I have noticed a
generally apathetic posture among most of
the students and a disinclination to "get
involved" with campus political activism. I
know that there are many individuals
engaged in a wide variety of movements and
causes in the Olympia area, but in the realm
of campus activism, the level of commitment
barely qualifies as apathy.
I was an undergraduate during the' 60s,
and observed real campus unrest during those
years. I would suggest to Mr. Birnie and other
concerned students that they might take a
page from the book of '60s activism and
engage in some substantive involvement.
For instance, if you object to the visit
of the submarine USS Olympia, how about
a petition to the city, a big, noisy,
demonstration at City Hall and organized
contact with local lawmakers to try to prevent
the visit? That's the kind of action and
commitment that will capture the
imagination of the other students and
establish a climate of true protest at TESC.
LeI's face it - a candlelight vigil and
information table is nothing but a kind of
"feel good" symbolism. essentially devoid
of substance. No wonder there was limited
involvement.
The "Take Back the Night" protesters
last year had a great cause, but what did they
do?
The only thing I saw was an "open
mike" on Red Square, where people who
already agreed with each other vented their
feelings, and invited "everyone" to a meeting
later ~hat day. Undoubtedly, the meeting was
comprised only of those same folks who had
already participated in "open mike." Again,
.
symbolism without substance.
I f students are concerned ahout the very
real danger to women on campus, and feel
that no one, including the administration is
doing anything about it, then there ought to
be some protesters around the Dean's office,
there should be some major consciousnessraising demonstrations on Red Square, and
no one, student or faculty, should be able to
walk across campus without being
confronted by a demonstrator and being
•
forced 10 think about the problem.
I am not suggesting that anyone break
the law or use violence, but if students really
believe in a cause, then they need to get in
people's faces, make some noise, disturb the
comfort~ble apathy that characterizes most
'Greeners, and show some commitment and
a willingness to take risks. Then, when the
Peace Center or the women's movement tries
to do something,people will show up in big
numbers.
Candlelight vigils and open mikes are
not activism; they are symbolism. Let's see
if the people like Mr. Birnie who truly believe
in a cause are willing to take the challenge
and take some risks.
..
Dave Williams,
Graduate student, Master in Teaching
Evergreen, land of
labels, stereotypes
What do I want for Evergreen? So who
am I? My name is Christopher Read Smith.
I came to Evergreen in the fall of 1989 from
North Carolina and I am a graduating senior.
And for the second ye~r I am also one of
Jonah Loeb's roommates.
All throughout my years here at
Evergryen I have seen and ooen proud of our
politicalllwareness and passion, and it has
always made me angry and sad to see how
little tolerance we have for each other when
discussing and engaging our differing
opinions and beliefs.
What do I want for Evergreen? I want
for us as a community to actually be able to
listen to and talk to each other. Is it possible
that we can have some degree of tolerance,
mutual respect and discussion without
instantaneously labeling someone a "racist,"
Constitution of the State 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
a "klan member," a follower of "Adolph" or
one of the despicable breed, the "students like
you"?
I agree with Wayne Au's statement:
"please, the next time you decide to speak
for me, by laying out my logic to the masses,
try actually speaking to me." I think that
principle holds true no matter whose ideas
we are engaging, including Jonah's.
Do we really want to create a \\:'orld
where the free exchange of ideas is limited
to only the "acceptable, non offensive" ones
with the rest being untouchable and
outlawed? That sounds a bit totalitarian to
me.
It is important for LIS to have the
freedom to express our ideas, whatever they
may be and it is equally important to have
the freedom to respond to, and engage
someone for the statements they make. Our
anger and resentment are needed and
justified. However, how effective are our
discussions when all we are doing is labeling
and not listening to each other? Will that
further our learning and understanding? Will
that help us build a solid powerful
community? [ don ' t think so.
lf we are to realize our dreams and
create the kind of world we wanl to live in, it
begins with open, honest dialogue, listening
to each other and realizing we are all human
- not with purely reactionary attacks. I for
one am hoping for a more compassionate
world and it starts right here with us and how
we treat each other. That's what I want for
Evergreen.
Christopher Read Smith
Journalist slams
Star Trek heretic
Whats aIL the hubbub, bub.?
So we're being offered a twoquarter coordinated study program using
STAR TREK as a vehicle for interdisciplinary studies. Why all the moaning?
From the way you've gone on about it, you'd
think you were being forced to take it in order
to graduate.
TO 'Boldly Go ... is-a course created
by two qualified and accredited faculty
members, Argentina Daley and Carrie
Margolin that was submittecl to the academic
deans for inclusion in Ihe ' 94-95 TESC
catalog. If the course was the pile 0' fluff
you indict it as (albeit sight unseen) , it
wouldn't be in the catalog.
By the way, who died and left you
ihe official arbiter of what constitutes a
'proper' course here at Evergreen?
True, the original STAR TREK was
an example of American imperialism . Fine
- perhaps the good professors will examine
that aspect of the series during the course 's
run. Perhaps you'rejust worried that besides
being educational, participants may find the
course fUll.
What galls me most about your
' loftier than thou' tirade is your assertion that
those who enroll in "Boldly" will be nothing
more than crazed idiot 'Trekkies' straight out
of William Shatner's famouslinfamous "Get
a Life" skit on Saturday Night Live.
J'm planning on taking this course;
the various aspects of it sound more than
intriguing . I'm a 40-year old professional
journalist who has written about the media
since 1989 and do not fit any of your
scurrilous descriptions of potential "Boldl y"
students.
Frankly, it smacks of snobbery,
plain and simple.
Perhaps its time to get your nose
out of the air and lighten up a bit. I might
also recommend less caffeine and more fiber.
John R. Ford
P.S. Deanna Troi's nickname is not, nor has
it ever been "tits ," it's "Counsellor
Cleavage."
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a mellsage from the CPJ
Privilege: A racism in the philosophy of a rationalized society
.
.
by Tiokasin Veaux
Privilege ...
Hi, you stinking, rotting, piece of ( .. .oh they say I can't talk. that way), . .I wake
up and your privilege talks, walks, stalks and
permeates the air with your concrete, your
convicts, your conflicts, your nonconscience, your conservation, your
conscription, your conniving, concealing,
covert constitutionality, your connubial,
consequential conniption of colonial
conquest ... it permeates pollution into the
breath of life.
I confront you, privilege, with your
racist faiths, your definition of
multiculturalism (which is really
multicolorism), I stand before you with a
mirror and you see the makeup, the lotions,
face lift, tummy tucks, the after shave, the
tinted contact lens, the do, the tie dye, tlte
dreads unwarranted, the down dressing, the
excuses for trying to remain justified ... the
ultimate warmonger stewing in a warming need to not see us, then to the front when we
pan calling itse lf the new age; the New make noise ... only to stab us in the back.
World . ..
Plymouth Rock, Mount Rushmore,
I hold to your face a mirror ... I hold in Yellowstone, your monuments, Christ-mas,
my hands the truth of reality what you call 4th of July, your guilt, your apologies, your
the third world ... to . us it is the first sympathy and empathy only goe so
world ... inseparable, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - far ... run n i n g ,
connected, ghost ... through your rationalized changing, camoudancing spirit beings
flaging, into at-allhistory you force us to the costs denial of identity
only seen in your
reality
as
a
back of the bus because with be\ongingness to
nightmare .. . as a
a shallow amerikkka.
you need not to see us,
nature show, a
You
say
I
then to the front when we hate ... I speak your
primitive way, lost
and uncivilized, unmake noise ... only to stab language, I attend your
christian, untamed
linear schools, I walk
us in the back.
and heathen, unthe streets you call
neighborhood, I know
american. So you put
your money in the bank, and sensationalize your commandments, your parks, I watch
your bombs dropped for the last 50 I your t. v., I listen to your radios, I read your
years ... through yourrationalized history you books, magazines, newspapers and
force us to the back of the bus because you propaganda. You say I make you feel guilty
and you say" ... but I know I'm not." Your
world I know but I also know something you
don't. Your privilege is a patent expired.
It's in the . prophecies of an ancient
people older than your patriotism, older than
your first song, older than your religion,
generations of the seventh generation who
have always been connected ... 1 hold before
you a mirror of Chiapas, Iraq, the Amazon,
James Bay, Hiroshima, Alcatraz, the Trail of
Tears, Wounded Knee I & II, Western
Shoshone, Kanehsalake-Oka, Big Mountain,
My Lai, Grenada, Lyle Point, Panama, your
constipated constitution, ... goodbye you
fictitious pedagogy of oppressive democracy.
Welcome awareness, equality, heart.
spirituality ... we are the highest form of
political consciousness.
7iokasin VemlX is an Evergreen student.
Epcot Center illuminated institutionalized sexism and society
by Wendy Hall
avail. They only stopped coming when Tim
Recently, I have had the opportunity to told them. With me, I got blank, puzzled
venture outside the safe, secure bubble of looks, like, "What is she saying? Why isn't
Evergreenland. Here's what I've found:
there a line? Has the' movie already started?"
Over Winter break, I worked at Epcot
Believe me, there was no way you
Center in Florida. My job was at Captain EO , couldn't hear what 1 was saying. Unless. Is
a certain 3-D movie starring the infamous it possible all these people couldn't hear what
Michael Jackson. (Wasn't that good timing?) I was saying because of my gender? Even
One night, the movie went down. While it though I went octaves lower and was just as
was getting fixed, those or us out front had ' loud as my malt! counterpart, did they
to inform guests that the movie was not perh~ps not listen to what I was saying
running due to technical difficulties and they because somewhere in their brains a nerve
should try back later. Alas, simple task. Or shut off their hearing as soon as it processed
so it seemed.
I was female? Because anything a woman
Until I actually had to tell people says can't be all that important. The movie's
walking towards the movie this spiel. And closed? She doesn ' t know what she's talking
they kept walking toward me. And I repeated about. Keep walking.
myself. When they had almost reached me,
After the fourth or fifth group in a row,
a young man I was working with, Tim, came I decided it was pointless and aggravating to
forward and repeated what I had already said try. I moved back and let Tim do the talking.
twice. They immediately popped out of the I can't describe the frustration, the infuriating
trance-like states they were in and said, sense of helpleg~ness I had. This was seltism,
"Oh',;' and walked away. I figured I wasn ' t of course, but it was so rooted, so
being loud enough.
subconscious and subliminal that there was
So when the next group started coming, literally nothing I could do. Studies have
I used my best theater-trained projecting shown that even the most liberal, aware
skills while bellowing my news to them. teachers who are sensitive to issues of sexism
They kept coming. Once again. Tim had to and discrimination. overall pay more
intervene. Now I was beginning to get pissed. attention to the boys in their class than the girls.
I don't Iik-: ~'!ill~ u':lstal!ed. Tcleepered rw
Boys are more important than girls.
voice as low as ·n would go and contmlled to Somewhere that was stuck in our brains. This
project fur ih<! IItA.t !;fOuP uf lulll.stS. ru tlu • wasn't, by far, the first time this has happened
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everyone else - long pants and a groovy
to me, either. It happened throughout my
silver coat. So that theory gets flushed.
years in the public school system, in any
given social situation, and 10 and behold,
My point is this: Rape , violence,
harassment, low wages, reproductive rights,
even at Evergreen . Even in seminars! I have
and injustice are all extremely important
found it fruitless to point it out anywhere;
no one gets it. Ever been in a conversation
feminist issues. But what really bothers me
most are the tiny, almost unnoticeable
where two people are talking at once, one
male, one female? Watch and listen
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It all begins and ends right there, and our
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progress is extr.:mely limited as long as they
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are still occurring. And I don't see them
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Clinton's 'Option 9' misleading,
inadequate plan for our forests
by Jenny Daniels
"They're shouldn 't be anythillg left all
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CEO Louisiana-Pacific
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say that next Monday, Option Nine will be
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of the timber industries.
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these remaining forests open to private and
public industry. The campaign has been titled
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Northwest Economy." By means of millions
of spent timber industry dollars, thousands
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homes of local constituents.
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and the disruption of the economy."
It is true that thousands of jobs have
thus far been lost in the fight against timber
industries. However, the majority of these
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timber industry fails to mention is that more
jobs are lost because new automated
technology requires less hands-on strength
and power.
Clinton's plan should be concdned
with the acute preservation of the remaining
less than 10 percent ancient forests of the
Pacific Northwest. However, the plan still
allows for logging of this land, road
construction (for logging), thinning, buffer
zones (90 feet of trees to "look" as though
there is still a forest as seen from a freeway
or from a river) and salvaging of these
ancient forests .
In order to protect these watersheds (run
off from streams, lakes and rivers) an
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or encroachment.
Protecting the remaining ancient forests
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to live under the dictatorship of these timber
industries or we can do something about the
abuse and destruction of the land around us .
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Campaign can be directed to Liz Hoar at the
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District Project Coordinator, Mike Lindgren,
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fUll and exciting orgalliza tions all ove r
campus.
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"Why aren't you over here?" shrieked
a certai n A&E editor, on the telephone to a
certai n News Briefs editor.
Plans had been made for Pat to drive a
number of people to Seattle. He was
pleasantly
surp ri sed
and
quickly agreed to
the trip.
Meanwhile,
at
a
certain
columnist 's house,
there was rock
happening (at great
volume). Answering the phone in a flustered
kind of way, he reiterated hi~ support for the
plan and demanded to be picked up. Pat got
in his little car and whisked them all
northward.
Pat would pick up Andy. Andy would
pick up Sara. They would all pick up Dan.
All within a matter of minutes (or tens of
minutes).
Riding in a very refusing car, they
travelled at a meager 50 mph. Fifth gear just
wasn't happenin g and kept jamming out into
neutral causing so me concern. Later they
would learn that fourth was also terminally
ill( as were third , second, and even first).
The trip to Seattle was a moral
imperative for Dan and Pat. On Wednesday
they had discovered that That Dog, a band
from Los Angeles, was not only hot, but had
three cute girls in the band. Dan had missed
most of their show on Thursday due to good
bourbon and a different cute girl (one he
knew), and Pat fell in love. Sara and Andy
were just bored.
Arriving at the
bar, the four
you n g
journalists
separated, Dan
to the rest room
(at 50 mph, it
had been a long
journey), Pat in search of That Dog, Andy
and Sara to the bar. All four of them found
exactly what they were looking for.
Inside , the group encountered many
strange Seattle people performing various
Seattle acts. Sara noted several couples "dry
humping."
.
The crowd was generally filled with
people that looked as if they had something
to prove.
Pearl Sound Chains was on stage, they
were followed by a band called Alice in Jam
Garden, both bands played with a lot of
contrived angst for which our region
unfortunately has become famou s.
When they regrouped , Pat revealed
that he had indeed been sucessful. He told
Petra. the violinist for That Dog, that he was
writing a story about them (this story in fact)
and she gave him her address , just as he had
planned.
Dan retreated to the tables , and tried.
in vain, to woo Rachel. Rachel was also a
member of That Dog and possessed a bass
of so lid go ld. She admitted to him her
perhaps misguided intention to transfer to
Evergreen (a plan delayed due to a pesky
DGC record deal).
Mario. the travelin g companion of
That Dog and Beck, also from L.A.. noted
that Seattle was rife with squares and "So
clean cut,"while scenesters and starstruck
club rats slithered around and made simpl e
conversation. At one point the three singers
for That Dog responded to Mario's prompt
of "Star Hustler" with a beautifully chorused
"Star Hust ler- Yeah ' " and Dan almost fell
off hi s chair.
Moments of truth approached as That
Dog began selli ng up to play. Pat gave Petra
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Beck: .L.A. pithy over Phoenix's death
groupie/roadie/prophet named Mario who
hll;d more reflective insight about the matter.
"Everyone all of a sudden pretended
like they knew him and that they thought
about him everyday and they really hadn't.
You know, stars, you don't think about them
every day ... So why are you tape recording
meT'
He also said there was "Lots of pithy
pretentious pity, but at the same time lots
of heart - felt ... you know, kind of
vicarious aching souls.
People who knew River said that the
heavy drug use was a one time deal.
[River] was not unlike David Silver
[of Be v fame], in that in a week, his whole
life fell apart.
That Dog was on the radio and
therefor unavailable for comment.
Ewing and Castaldo are no Woodward
and Bernstein.
by Pat Castaldo and Dan Ewing
Last Wednesday during CPJ layout
night, KAOS's Free Things are Cool with
Diana Arens featured live perfonnances by
L.A. 's Beck and That Dog.
Sensing an opportunity for some news
from the field, ace reporters Dan Ewing and
Pat Castaldo walked across the hall to the
KAOS studios to ask about LA's most
recent tragedy - the death of River
Phoenix.
Beck had little comment saying only,
"I don't go to the Viper Room," though
when pressed, he con finned that he did play
there once, but only got through a few
songs before being kicked off stage.
Beck did say, however, that the town
was jolted, and confinned rumors that three
or four people die at the Viper Room each
week but, "you just only hear about the
biggies."
Along with the musicians was a
his sun glasses and they looked much better commiserated with her.
Later in the evening, Sara and Andy
on her. While waiting for Rachel'; the golden
got
sufficiently
liquored up to promise a full
bass girl, to arrive, the remainder of the band
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to the evening after Dan
told jokes.
"Why did Pat loose his job at the promised to kick Calvin Johnson (he failed
orange juice factory? He couldn't however as Calvin had become aware of the
concentrate." Pat had been publicly made fun plan and fled).
Beck, a singer and guitarist also from
of, and he loved it.
The band played. Really. they played. L.A., played next. Beck would meet most
They were laughing and joking and goofing people's definition of a twisted character.
around but the music didn't suffer for it. Dan Lines about oceans filled with Tang and
got hit by a cup of beer whi le Petra played songs about kids overdosing on nitrous oxide
in pickup trucks roll off his tongue in a sleepy
her flute right at Pat. The
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Doing this he managed to
piss orf
a large part of the crowd (who
had only ever heard him on The End), and
about a third of them left.
He was eventually joined on stage by
That Dog and they played two songs together
whi ch made everyone's ni ght.
The evening was indeed a Rock N'
Roll success. Pat had such a good time he
didn't want to leave ... Ever. Andy. however,
convinced him otherwise. A hug (or two)
goodbye to That Dog, and a small wave out
the door was enough to end the evening.
Or so they would have thought.
Remember how the automobile they
rode up in had lost fifth gear? In a small town
called Fife, it lost all the gears. The poor grey
sedan died , leaving four freezing and tired
college students (one of which wore shorts)
to walk about two miles to an all night truck
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that bands are generally afraid of these
days (the album to come out Feb. IS ).
They finished their set with the oh so
romantic song "Angel," and were swamped
by boys drooling all over themselves. Later,
when Dan was talking to Rachel at the Tshirt table. some bastard came over and
mentioned somethi ng along the lines of. "can
you set me up with your guitari st, or how
about the violini st." Dan, being his normal,
sensi ti ve self. called him a bastard and
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by Rev. Andrew F, Lyons
At the end of this a rticle, a "winner"
will be announced.
Seminaring comes about as naturally to
Evergreen as pretzels do to beer. This is
pretty evident no matter where you go on
this campus.
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By simply walking froin one end of
campus to the other
you can pick up bits
and
pieces
of
conversation ranging
from
socially
conscious horticulture
to discussions on how
your television plots
against you when you
leave the room .
It's just inherent
to anyplace where
people have strong
opinions onjust about
everything and want to
get the last word in
with a vengeance.
Just recently I was
in a room where a
spontaneous seminar broke out and lasted for
days. It wasn't until severe dehydration set
in that the discussion broke up.
But if this aspect of lives out here in the
woods is prevalent in the spoken word, it is
even more so in t\:le written word. I'm not
referring to the multitudes of flyers all over
campus, the 1/3 psycho-babble found in
cha lk along the paths or even the ever
fluctuating Forum and Response pages in this
very publication.
The bathroom walls have often proven
to leave each of these modes far beh.ind in
the exchange of thoughts.
I first noticed this just recently as I sat
in the CAB third floor men's room, in
thinker-like fashion, feeling somewhat selfconcious and wondering what happened to
the door of the stall that I was occupying.
Anyway, as I turned to see if any of my
personal keys fit the lock on the toilet paper
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dispenser [ noticed that someone had written
"boycott · veal" on the wall.
"I already do that," [ thought to myself
(though not in those exact words).
So, feeling socially re spon s ible, I
finished the business I had started and went
on with my day.
Two days, and a Greenery lunch later, I
found myself back in the third floor men's
room.
There was still the expected " boycott
, .' ' . . veal" to greet me but
someone had added
"aity" after the word
"veal" making it
"boycott vealaity." I
didn't know what this
was, but figured it had
to be prell y bad for
someone to go so far
as to boycott it.
I began to look
around for other
forms of bat hroom
correspondance, and
dead as Dillinger, I
found it everyw here.
Even in the grout
between the tile s, a
series of bizarre
conversations were forming.
Now, in my experience with public rest
rooms, which mostly include greasy spoons,
sleazy bars, my high school and rest areas,
the graffiti has always seemed to be more
succinct.
With phrases like "Ze ppelin Rulz"
carved in wood urinal dividers with a pocket
knife, you know exa~tly where that cat's
coming from.
No extended dialogue is needed to align
yourself with Ozzy or to inform others whom
to call for what kind of time. They simply
leave more room for more people. I once saw
"Duran Duran rules" written on a wall around
here, but it just wasn't quite the same.
In the end the bathrooms here and the
ones at the KOA campgrounds start to look
pretty much the same.
Oh, the winner is whoever wrote" Carpe
Phallus" in a ce rrain rest room.
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fill out the form below and
drop it by the office on the third floor of the CAB before Nov. 4th!
Don't forget to include your name and number (they're only for our
records) and bring the buck!!
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Cooper Point Journal February 3, 1994 Page 11
ARTS
& ENTERTAINMENT ·
'Wake Up Little Susie' provides glimpse of pre-Roe America
hy St'lh "Skippy" Long
Dr. Rickie Solinger, author of
Woke-Up Lillie Susie: Single Pregnancy
<I I/(/ Race Befo re Roe v. Wade, will
kl· lurc loday r(om noon to 2 p.m. in the
I '''r~lry lobby. Solinger's book was the
Ilbplralion behind an exhibit opening in
hcr~ n;cn 's Gallery IY tonight.
T hl' l'.\ hibit, titled "Wake-Up LillIe
Sus il! ," is a joint project by artists
(':lIhll'cll Meadows, Kay Obering and
K·llh y Hullon. It consists of a giant chess
11,l:1f(1 with large, wire-frame pieces that
"' prl'~l~ nt eli frerent players in the world of
1V () Ill(' I1 'S
reproductive
health.
S lliroundin g the board arc large
II)ldtiml'dia panels each giving more
Ilhig hl inlo each piece's identity and
li i' IOfY·
So linger worked directly with the
.llIiSlS as part oJ the Rocky Mountain
\Vollll!n's I nstilUte. S he is at Evergreen
In present the ex hibit.
I spoke with Solinger recently
:Ihol ll her hook and the pieces in the
,..xh i bi l.
StIll: How did you get involved with
IhL artists for this project?
I~il'kit': The artists and I were selected
10 be associates or an entity in Denver
r a ll.; cl Ih e Rocky Mountain Women's
InqillllC. The y bring them together to
purslIe Iheir own work but to also crosskrt ilize, rather simi la r to what happens
he- Ie lat Evergreen] . One of the artists
I Kay Obering] decided that she wanted the
gro up 10 do something together. She had
Ihi , idea that the three artists should do a
collaborative piece based on my work
hrcause Illy work is very political; it's
:Ibout women's bodies; it's about
cOlltemporary politics and it's about the
ways that history relates to the present.
Kay had the idea that it should be
hasl!d on a chess board because chess is a
game about power and power
differentials . We thought that was a great
Dr. Rickie Solinger, author of Wake Up Little Susie: Single Pregnancy and Race
Before Roe v. Wade, sits amidst pieces of the Gallery IV show based on her
bool<. photo by Seth "Skippy" Long
me taphor for when the state and the
community cou ld control women's lives
hy allswering the question, "Who is a
Illolher'! " and "When is a woman a
Il lolh er'I" nnd not letting them answer
lit.ll question themselves.
I had a lot to do with helping to
figure out what pieces there shou ld be and
what pieces might go together. But I
Ii idn't have a lot to do with what you
lIli ~ hl (;<111 iwnography thaL's embedded
in c:ach onc or the pieces. I was kind of
Icvved-up and suggested that the clergy
<111(1 Ihc psyc hiatrist could be one figure
hecause ... the clergymen would tell them
IUllwed mothers] that they were not
Illlilhcrs and that they needed to go to
11l .I Il'rnity homes and give up their
h~lhil's. The psychiatrists were very
-
instrumental in developing theories about
the neurotic basis for unwed motherhood
in the 1940s and '50s.
Seth: What made you decide to write
Susie?
Ric kie: I started working on these
issues in the mid to late '80s when
Reagan was still president and was
making it very clear that his intention
was to put a lot of people on the
Supreme Court who were against
reproductive freedom and were perfectly
willing to incorporate women's bodies
and their reproductive capacity into the
political arena.
That was very terrifying to me,
both as a political person, as a woman,
as a scholar and I began to look at what
the experience was for women before the
legalization of abortion. Pan ormy drive
was pretty romantic, in the romantic
sense of history that if you lay it out in
front of people, the power of the word
can change people's mind. I think there's
some part of me that is part missionary
in that way. I believe that if you show
people how dreadful it was, they would
think twice about wanting to go back to
those days.
I believe that this society remains
racist in many ways. One thing that
happened when the state and the
community look the power to control
women's bodies and decide who was a
mother, it became a possibility then for
the state to decide how to treat different
groups of women.
Once you take the right away
from any individual woman, and the
power is coming from above, then that
power (the state power, the community
power, particualrly the slate power) has
the latitude to treat different groups of
women differently. What happened in the
1940s and '50s, in particular, was that
the state began to treat black women and
white women who were unmarried and
pregnant. very, very differently.
Once I began to look into this
situation, this history, it became clear to
me that white women had one set of
experiences and black women had a
entirely different set of experiences, that
became very important to write about
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Theatre at 8 ·p.m.
The orissi dance production will
rO ll s ist of 2 1 performers including
I ~ \'l' rg reen students and faculty as well as
':c \'c.ral proressional orissi dancers.
Add itional performances will be
held on Friday nnd Saturday. For ticket
plin's and othe r information, call TESC's
lim Il/Tice al x6833.
TUESDAY
C/' J - Love Lines arc for sale in
Ihe- CAB ulltil 4 p.m. Write 30 words to
Ill\' apple DI your eye for just $1. Look
lor (he cnth usiastic CPJ staffcr sitting in
rrollt Dr a huge pink sign on the second
TESC-The
Environmental
Resource Center holds a film series every
Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Lecture Hall 3.
Tonight's film is Clayoquot Sound::
Direct Action in the Forest (1993)
It's free, so stop by and cheek it
out.
floor.
TESC-Habitat For Humanity
builds homes for low-income families.
There will be a meeting in CAB 315 at5
p .1I1. w ith videos and a discussion about
Iio\\' to confront the problem of poverty
Ii ous in g. Guest speakers will be Jerry
:111(1 Ci nd y Schultz, founder s of South
1'1.1','1 Soulld HFH.
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SPSCC-South Puget Sound
Comm unity College Student Productions
pr~scnts: A Celebration of Black History
IvIllllt.h reaturing Les Purce and Jerome
loilnsoll . The e ve nt will be held in the
Sllidenl Lounge 10caLed in Building 22
fr(lill ,)oon III I p.m .
. SEATILE-Heading to that city
to the north? Well if you're planning on
eating while you're there, ~hoose o~e.of
the restaurants involved III the Dining
Out For Life Campaign. Participating
restaurants will be donating proceeds to
the Chicken Soup Brigade and People
Living With AIDS in King County. For
participating restaurants call 322-CARE.
TESC-The Men's Abuse Survivor
Support Group meets every Tuesday from
6 to 8 p.m. in LAOO4.
OLYMPIA-Gloria La Riva will
be speaking at Central Lutheran Church
Hall (11 th and Olive) at 7 p .m. Gloria La
Riva traveled to Chiapas Mexico the
week of Jan . II with a delegation ·Ied by
former U .S. Auorney General Ramsey
Clark.
The delegation. composed of
representatives of the International Action
Cen ter and the alternati ve media,
invcstigated the Mexican government's
repression of the people in the state of
Chiapas following the outbreak of the
Zapatista insurrection.
TESC-Alcoholics Anonymous
meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. and every
Thursday at 8 p.m. in L2118.
TESC-There will be an opening
reception in Gallery II for Re-created
Worlds, The Collaberative Vision of
Stage Design, by Carey Wong. The
reception is from 4 to 6 p.m. the exhibit
will run until Feb. 27.
TESC-The J e wi s h Cultural
( '(' Iller or Evergreen presents A Night of
I r' II 'ish W(Jmen's Poetry featuring Fern
I ):IV YC :llld I\ :sha Gertler. II Slarls at 7:30
ILlII . III 1.111.
OL YMPIA-Acoustic guitarist
Lco Kottke will be performing at the
Washington Center for the Performing
Arts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18.50 and are
available at the Washington Center box
orfice and all Ticketmaster outlets.
TESC-Evergreen Students For
Christ meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m .
L2219 for singing, friendship and
discussion.
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SATURDAY
f'riJ/{:ess will be performed at Evergreen's
"Wake Up Little Susie" is on
exhibit in Evergreen's Gallery IV with
Lisa Link's "Warnings" through Feb. 25.
The gallery is open from 12: 15 to 6
p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and
Thursdays, 12:45 t06 p.m. on
Wednesdays and 1 to 5 p.m. on
weekends.
Seth "Skippy" Long is the
managing editor o{ the CPJ.
Cooper Poi:p.t Journal
the lot of a em editor
IMOti. ~PIM
THURSDAv
TESC-Mike Reed of wolr Haven
Inte rnational will be speaking on the
Alaska wolf kill in L2100 aL 6 p.m. Last
year's wolf kill, destroyed more than 15
percent or alaska's wolf population.
TV - It's a l>rnnd -spa nkin g-new
'. hol\' Oil Evergreen's very own in-house
,·;Ihk network! Sw itch over to channel 6
:11 X:JO p.m. to see just what students
; i ;' lil~ill y gCI n edit for.
r\lSO . i r allY of you have a video or
Idl ll Ihal you wan l shown, (;all Noah at
/5-I-WntJ <111(1 he ' ll put it on the air.
SiIlCl' it's a ca mpu s chann el so there are
111I I·"('e regu lations!
TESC-Ferne Davye will be
making yet another appearance at 7:30
p.m. on the Library third floor. Davye
will be giving a poetry reading in the
Periodical Lounge. It's free.
TESC-At 6 p.m. in the Lecture
Hall rotunda there will be a workshop on
sexual aggression. The intent is for men
and women to address current gender
issues in a mutually respectful
environment.
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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and if you do maybe you're the next CPJ editor
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an ongoing study group using Charlotte
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Recovery ... Many Roads, One Journey,
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What you should have learned in US History about bills
hy John M. Munari, Jr.
When a law is proposed, it is called
<I bill. Bills start as ideas that are
reques ted by executives, agency directors,
or constituents. They are also proposed
by legislators.
Bills are drafted by caucus staff,
cOlllm ittee staff, lobbyists, legislators,
agencies, but mostly by lawyers in the
Code Reviser's office.
Lawyers at the Coder Reviser's
office proofread all bills for technical
correctness. They then assign a title, bill
lIumbe r, a pink signature sheet for
sponsors, and have it returned to the
leg islator who requested the bill.
The first legislator who signs the
pink s he e t is the prime sponsor.
Committ ee chairs will often be prime
spollsors for agency or executive request
hi li s, as a courtesy.
Art er one or more members sign
the pink sponsor sheet, the bill is then
dropped into the hopper and if done at an
L', lrl y hour , will be introduced into the
IIlclll hcrs' chamber the next day.
Bills are drafted by
caucus staff ... legislators,
agencies, but mostly by
law.yers. in the Code
Reviser's office.
A~ a bill is introduced into a house
(Scnate or House of Representatives), its
title is read by the chamber's
<ldministrative officer (chief clerk of the
House or secretary of the Senate). This is
called the first reading and happens during
a floor session of the respective house.
The bill is then referred to one of the
standing committees for the chamber.
The standing committee will hold
at least one public hearing and then wait
until at least the next day before having
an executive session and signing the
committee report to pass the bill. Before
the comm i ttee report is signed, the
committee has the opportunity to pass
amendments or put the amendments into·
<I substitute bill.
If the bill passes the committee,
but requires an appropriation of $50,000
or more, then it goes to the fiscal
<.;Ommiltee (Senate Ways and Means
CommiLlec or the House Appropriations
Committee) for approval.
If the standing committee report for
the bill is signed, the administrative
o nicer rcads the report and the bill is
rckrrcd to the Rules Committee. The
Rules Commiltee decides which bills
\Vi II be scheduled on the floor calendar for
;\ sc(.'ond reading.
Any legislator from that house can
propose amcndmenLs after the bill has
been read a second Lime. The amendments
will be debated and then voted upon.
When the voting is done, the bill goes
hack to the Rules Committee.
If the Rules Committee still
approves o f the bill, then the bill will be
scheduled for a third reaQing. This will be
the final vote in its house of origin. If
the bill passes the vote, then the
respective chamber's administrative
officer certifies its passage and sends it to
the opposi te house's administrative
officer.
The third house will then put the
bill through the same process and send it
back to the administrative officer of the
house of origin. This officer then eiuolls
the bill and it is signed in open session
by the presiding officer (president of the
Senate or speaker of the House).
The administrative officer then
sends it to the opposite house where his
or her counterpart gives it to the
presiding officer for signature in open
session.
The opposite
house
administrative officer returns it to his or
her counterpart in the house of origin.
This person then transmits the
bill to the governor. After the governor
has vetoed any sections or appropriation
items, the rest of the bill goes (whether
the governor signs it or not) to the office
of the secretary of state where the laws
areflled.
John Munari. Jr., is a legislative
intern.
HOW ~E4-- 'tt4E. LA9£L.
O~
The government prefers to
,:x lcrminate us before getting rid of the
~ rl·..: d y land owners.
It's diffi cult for me to predict and
tll ~ a y, "Now we will solve the problems
of Chiapa s," antI that we will have a
dialogue . We 'll sce how things go and
try [ 0 ge t ollr indigenous cause resolved.
And I can ' t assure you whether this will
spread outside o f Chiapas because we
cx pected the indigenous from the states
o f Guerrero , Michoacan, Hidalgo, Oaxaca
(() ri se up because throughout Mexico
ther..: me 52 indigenous groups, and we
l'xpect.:u for them to say, "Well, Chiapas,
yo u look the step and what about us?"
Ullrortunate ly, maybe they have land to
work, maybe they are comfortabl e, or
JIla ybe th ey haven't had the chance to
org anize. But when they do organize,
there is gonna be another Chiapas in
Chihuahua, Sonora, and other places.
V.C.:
What about NAFTA?
Luis:
This was coming along
with thc c ircum stances, Salinas always
lik es to give a spcc tacular shot: Since
the first uf January he has made his plans
c kar : he c hanged the Governor's
Sec rc t,lr y, arres ted delinquents like
Ikrnand ez de Galicia (a pe trol eum
\l:m\cr). So we decided to give Salinas a
1:1, le of hi s own chocolate.
T.V.:
As so callcd colonized
people, indigenous people, we have been
rorccd through Christianity to bclieve in
anoth er system, another way of life, a
lincar way of life. And how thi s is still
in effect with the traditional tribal people.
And how they intend to either adapt or to
pu sh it asidc in an attempt to reclaim a
m nllcction with the land.
Luis:
I
will
have
to
ge nerali ze my an s wer because all
indigenous people diffcr in their customs
and traditions. If I had to answer this for
myse lf, I would say that my customs
persist and I don't have a religion . I
beli eve that there is a creator and all that,
but I'm not goin g to call it Jehovah , or
My beliefs
something like that.
and traditions, as an indigina, that I have
fo r the land is: if I have land to work, I
w ill pl ant and I will trust that the rain
wi ll come. Those are the traditions of
wherc we come from. This came from my
Mayan traditions; they arc based on
dirlCrent maLlers.
Every culture has their own beliefs
but if we have to defin e or clarify what
CPJ: blur the word , it becomes seepage
Christianity did in America we are
talkin g abollt America from Alaska to La
Ti erra del Fucgo (in Argentina). This
Am eri ca was populated before the
Spaniards, or the Conquerers, came herc.
Tholl sand of years before, thcre
wc re pcopl e who lived in tranquility and
with peace. And I repeat again, without
any [inferiority] complexes. Now we
have the complex of a conquered people
and we are subjugated and haven't been
able to rise above this.
Many, many cultures, whether it's
in Mexico or Peru or North America,
haven't been able to rise above this. We
don't fight for our dignity - it's our
fault - like indians, indigenous people.
because we to don't know how to eome
together. Sometimes we behave selfishly.
We say. "You are from Mexico and I am
from Peru so I'll have nothing to do with
your problems." The deal will be that all
the Indians from America will join
together in a union - and you'll see how
strong we are.
V.C.: Would you like to make a final
.
Rationalize by Evenstar Deane
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Ross Perot used it on the
Reasons why I love
our flag:
It looks
beautiful in
car de alership
ad s.
And it makes me feel so damn
proud that I want to go buy that
car right now.
cover of his book, and I
love ' rY-:C:::;5~:--r-""
Ross,
so I
must
love
the
flag.
I can always use an extra
DRUGGI£
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statement.
Luis: For my final statement I
would like to say that Salinas is an
assassin.
Salinas has promised us land; the
truth is that he's going to give us a piece
of land in the cemetery. Don't expect that
he's going to give us land like he does to
the rich landowners of Chiapas. For
Chiapas to have peace we want Jose
Patrocino Gonzales Garrido (ex-Governor
of Chiapas and Secretary of the
Governor). He allowed too much
humiliation and misery in Chiapas. We
want him for corruption and theft, and
now for assassinating us. We also want
the head of Elmar Setzer Mairselle who is
the Interim Governor [of Chiapas] and
also called the . army in to kill all
indigenous people in Chiapas. That's all
I can say to you. Viva mi General Zapata
my friends.
. Jason Wallach and Yolanda
Cruz are members of the Evergreen
Community.
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Too LATE! CALL A
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Stick-Figure Strip by Wendy Hall
Retention plagues lESe, from cover
No plans are set to as how .the
findings of the group will be reported to
the public. Jervis said that she would
make any information, proposals or
suggestions that group wished available
to the community.
Retention is a serious problem at
Evergreen, particularly the retention in
Core programs. "Core is at the heart of
what we do," said Hill, in a recent
interview,
Throughout all of the reports and
memos produced, several key factors
continue to appear as reasons given by
students for their departure or
dissatisfaction from Evergreen;
". ·Lack of sl'nlcture and challenge in
courses.
-An absence of variety in
offerings.
·No sense of community or
belonging.
·Financial exigency.
·Course content docs not match
the course descriptions.
·A gencral lack of interest in
maLCriai.
Sparks says that it is a mistake to
claim that there is just one main reason
for people leaving. He also mentions
several factors he has experienced, such as
a change in the attitudes of both the
current student and faculty populations,
and the prevailing attitude of political
correctness amongst many in the
community.
People have a tendency to "bandaid" problems, according to Sparks, and
this problem is too big for that to work
this time.
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of the award winning CPJ news team.
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Chiapas guerilla critical of Salinas regime, from page 3
To take up arms is not just to say,
"Let's grab some guns." Because bullets
kill and you die for real.
It's not like in the movies when
you have the good guys and the bad guys
and after they kill the bad guy he's
walking in two or three hours. This is a
true history, the bullets are real and they
kill and we fall. This is reality.
J.W.: What did you feel as you
were entering San Cristobal de las Casas,
and what was the reaction of the people
there?
Luis: When the crucial moment
came we discovered an unknown
personality inside of us. You toss a coin
in the air and you say, "Heads, I die" and
"Tails, I die too." You are always
conscious, at least I was. I was conscious
that when I took a weapon, a machete, or
anything, that I was going to die.
V.C.:
How did people receive
you?
Luis: The Caslanes - we call
Caslanes Mestizos, Ladinos - they
looked at us in bad way, because we were
threatening their interests. But the
Indigenas - Chamulas, Nacantecos, etc.
- that we saw asked us in our own
language, "Are you indigenous?" And we
said, "Of course, can't you tell, we're
here." And they would say, " Caray,
vamonos, let's go, this is a unique
opportunity ...
D.A.:
What do you see in the
short term in terms of negotiations if
there are going to be any? And, do you
think the solution to this problem will be
solved locally in Chiapas or more on the
national level?
Luis: The answer is in Salinas.
We have a statement that says that we
want democratic freedom and land for
those that want to work it. Land and
freedom like my General Zapata says. It's
beautiful, the words that we say. We have
our statement, the solution is in the hands
of Salinas.
We want land, this is going to be
difficult because Chiapas is ruled by three
families: the Orantes, the Ruises, and the
Castellanos-Dominguez and other families
that have ruled Chiapas for generation
upon generation. They transmit their
power. This is going to be really difficult
because for them to leave Chiapas, that's
the other side of the coin. Because the
government protects them. That's what
happened!
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