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Cooper Point Journal
January
13, 1994
Volume 24 Issue] 1
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Lowry asks legislature to cut nearly
S500,000 from IESC's 1994-95 budget
LIKE THE ONE WHERE SHE LAY FACE UP INSIDE A
GLASS DOMED CONVEYANCE, A VEHICLE THAT
SEEMED TO BE FLOATING SMOOTHLY ALONG A
RAlLWAY BENEATH HER, AND LOOKING UP SHE SAW
HUGE AND FANTASTIC BillLDINGS ON EACH SIDE OF
HER VEffiCLE ' SPATH, BllLDINGS UNLIKE ANYTHING
KNOWN, COLOSSAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF MASTERFULLY
INTEGRATED FORMS AND SHAPES, AS IF NOT MADE
BY HUMANS, BUT GROWN BY NATURAL FORCES. EACH
OF THESE BUILDINGS WAS A UNIQUE ARCHITECTURAL
MASTERPIECE WITH EACH I'l'S OWN POWERFUL
CHARACTER, EACH OF THEM INVITED THE ONLOOKER
TO COME AND EXPLORE ' WITHIN, EACH BUILDING
HINTED THAT WONDERFUL LIVING SPACES WERE
INSIDE, SOME EXTRAVAGANT AND LAVISH BEYOND
EXPECTATIONS,
OTHERS PERHAPS QUIET AND
SERENE. ANETTA IMAGINED WHAT THE DWELLER OF
ONE SUCH LIVING SPACE IN ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS
MUST FEEL, AS HE OR SHE MIGHT LOOK OUT A
. WINDOW AT A BRILLIANT CITY OF A HUNDERED OR SO
OF THESE FANTASTIC BUILDINGS, AND KNOW THAT
THERE IS NO DWELLING WITHIN ANY OF THEM QUITE
LIKE ANY OTHER, THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON
LIVES IN A SPACE SO MAGNIFICENT AND UNIQUE
THAT THEY ALL WANT TO VISIT EACH OTHER JUST TO
SEE THE MAGNIFICENT PLACES THAT OTHER PEOPLE
LIVE IN, AND THEY ALL WANT TO INVITE OTHER
PEOPLE TO THEIR OWN PLACE TO SHARE THE
WONDERS OF THEIR HABITAT WITH THEM.
BUT THEN ANETTA WOKE UP AND ' FOUND HERSELF
SMOTHERING IN HER SLUM FLAT BEDROOM, THE
DARK WALLS OF ROTTED PLASTER BLISTERING FROM
THE Hl3MIDITY, AND STREET NOISE CLATTERING
THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW WITH ITS DIRTY AND
CRACKED GLASS, THE SOUNDS OF A WORLD OUTSIDE
WHICH IS BORED TO DESPEJlATION, OF PEOPLE WITH
NO WAY OUT OF THEIR BORING EXISTENCE
PUNCTUATED BY FEAR AND VIOLENCE, NO WAY OUT
BUT BY DRUGS OR PERHAPS DEATH ITSELF. YES,
ANETTA WOKE UP, BUT SHE COULD NOT MOVE. SHE
COULD BARELY BREATH. SHE COULD NOT BRING
HERSEtF TO SO MUCH AS GLANCE AT A DIFFERENT
SPOT ON THE CEILING. HER BODY -REFUSED TO
INTERACT WITH THIS HORRlliLE WORLD, AS IF
DENYING ITS REALITY, JUST LAYING THERE ON THE
BED HOPING TO ESCAPE INTO SLEEP AGAIN.
9S school year.
by Robert T~ylor
Governor Mike Lowry proposed a
1.5 pcrcent budgct cut for The Evergreen
State College in his 1994-95 supplemental
budget, submitted to the Legislature
Tuesday.
Lowry's proposal also called for
Evergreen to maintain enrollment at
current levcls, although Evergreen had
proposed TO reduce enrollment by 80
students if forced to make cuts.
Lowry's reductions were proposed in
anticipation of the effects of Initiative 601,
which would lead to a cap on state
spending in the 1995-97 biennium.
Cuts in overall state spending for
1994-95 arc meant to ensure that the
'pending levels called for 1995-97 will
~tay below the estimated $17.8 billion cap
ca lled for by 1-601.
The proposed cut would lead to
,I pproximately a $500,000 reduction in
Evcrgreen's operating funds for the 1994-
Other reductions would be made in
the payments that the state makes [or
health insurance of TESC employees,
under the assumption that health care
premiums will not increase as much as
usual this year.
Any institutional plans to respond to
the proposed cuts will not take place until
after the Legislature passes a supplemental
budget in March or April. Evergreen's
response will not be finalized by the
Board of Trustees until June.
Proposed higher education budget
cuts ranged from two percent for the
University of Washington and Washington
State University, to 1.5 percent for TESC,
Western Washington, Eastern Washington
.lOd Central Washington Universities, and
on e percent for state community colleges.
Roberl Taylor covers the Slale
legis{()/ure for the CPJ.
Governor joins gay rights fight
Lawmakers and activists
ask residents not to sign
'anti-gay' initiatives
by Seth "Skippy" Long
Gov. Mike Lowry joined
community action groups Wednesday to
speak out against two anti-gay rights
citizens initiatives filed Monday with the
sCL:retary of stale'S office.
Washington
Citizens
for
Fuirness/Hands Off Washington, the
Thurston County Rainbow Coalition and
Unity in the Community; Stop Hate
Crimes Now! invited Lowry and other
lawma~ers to a press conference in
Olympia Wednesday to announce plans
to eombat the new initiatives.
The initiatives arc sponsored by
supporters of the Washington Commillec
Shannon Ellis, Dean of Student and Acaedemic Support Services, introduces
Evergreen's new First Peoples' Director, Ricardo Leyva-Puebla, to the Board of
Trustees. photo by Ned Whiteaker
First Peoples' welcomes new director
by Andrew Lyons
- Ricardo L eyva-Puebla moved into
his new office yesterday as the new
Director for the First Peoples ' Advising
Center. Leyva-Puebla, who just started
hi s job yesterday will be replacing
Ermel!ndc EscGbedo who quit fall
quarter.
Leyva-Puebla has been working in
the area of student support services for
about 10 years.
Before coming to Evergreen, he was
working in a similar position at the
University of Washington. A graduate of
Sou thern California College, LeyvaPuebla went on to Azusa Pacific
University after discovering tnat they had
a graduate program in student support
services and student development offered
through the sociology department.
"My first plan is to get as familiar
'IS I can with what has happened up to
now, so that I'll not duplicate anything,"
said Puebla of his arrival at Evergreen.
"W hat I'd like to do ~ a
comprehensive program of services so
that we'll be a working with th e other
programs on campus," he said.
Leyva-Puebla said that he would
like to see First Peoples Advising work
more closely with various First Peoples'
I'cc ruiting and outreach programs on
campus.
By having the different groups
work together, Leyva-Puebla hopes to
"encourage [students] to consider
college, and connect them with the
services we provide."
Leyva- Puebla
stressed the
importance of providing whatever
academic support that the college has
available. "We can encourage students of
color not to just consider finishing, but
to consider graduate work, and maybe
doing something here can help them
prepare for that while they are here,"
Lcyva-Puebla said.
Along with th e First Peoples'
Rccruitment and outreach programs,
Leyva-Puebla also mentioned continuing
First Peoples' Advising's mentoring
program which matches first year students
with Evergreen staff and faculty.
As for recruitment, Leyva-Puebla
said that "we'rc at l eas t offering that .
option to increase the number of students
, 0(" color needing.degrees.
Tomorrow at noon there will be a
potluck going on in L1419 to welcome
Lcyva -Puebla to the college.The
Evergreen comm unity is invited to attend.
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Correction Requested
Page 12 Cooper Point Journal December 9, 1993
Meredith Savage of Washington Crtizens for-Fairness/Hands Off Washington and
Gov . Mike Lowry discuss plans to fight new anti-gay initiatives at Wednesday's
press conference. photo by Seth "Skippy" Long
lor Equ<.ll Rights Not Special Rights and
the Citizcns Alliance for Washington, an
,Inti·gay rights organization born out of
the Orcgon Citizens Alliance (OCA).
OCA leac.ler Lon Mabon was on hand for
Monday's filing of the two initiatives.
Mabon and the OCA sponsored
Oregon's Measure 9 in 1992. Measure 9
was similar to the two Washington
initi<.ltives in that it would have limited
the state's power to protect the civil
rights of gays. lesbians, bisexuals and
transexual people.
"The people of the state of
Washington will tolerate many things,
hut they will not tolerate intolerance,"
Lowry S<!id Wednesday.
Jerome Johnson, co-coordinator of
see rights, page 3
No charges filed yet in exposure case
hy Matt Reeves
The man who ha s admitted to
exposing himself to women on campus
has been identified as the same man who
ex posed him self to a woman on the
Or!(anic Farm path Iw;t May.
The woman had come to Evergreen
to visit when she was accosted along the
tmil, said Campus Safety Sergeant Larry
Savage.
" She wcnt after him with a stick,"
he added. "By the time she got in and
reported it, we couldn't find him
anywhere."
According to Savage, the woman
came to Public Safety again before
Christmas bccause she had read about the
man being caught and had reason to
believe that this was the same man who
had harassed her in May.
She immediately picked the man
out from a photo montage of suspeets.
"She was able to pick him out too
quickl y for it not to have been him," he
said.
Savage also pointed out that her
testimony could prove that the man had
lied when he told Public Safety that
October had been the earliest he had
exp()sed himself.
But Savage has not beeD able to
contact the wornan since that time ana
has been unable to get a formal statement
rmm her.
.
Thc exposer, wh(;~e name has not
been released, has not been arresLCO or
formally charged. Although the case was
turned over to the Thurston County
Prosecutor's office on Dec. 9, no action
has heen taken.
" I would anticipate within the next
week or so having so me kind of
disposition of rthe case]," sa id
Prosecutor Audrey Schumock. When that
time comes, the case will be "reviewcd
for charging or not charging," said
Schumock.
Larry Savage was not surprised at
the prosecutor's month-long charging
delay.
"It's just unfortunate that we don't
have more prosecutors and more judges in
Thurston County to be able to handle
the.~c situations quicker for us," he said.
MUll Reeves is a CPJ repo rtcr.
Internal Seepage
Beam me up!
DAN!
Barbie coffin
New sex column
Gee~n'tt
Elephants everywhere
Rocker dudes
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Permit No. 65
News
News Briefs
edited by: Pat Castaldo
Dr. King celebration
at State Capitol
Album project goes
CD, seeks art work
EVERG R EE N- The Student Album
Project is looking for those interested in
co ll abora ting on their eigh th edition.
Persons are needed for engineering,
produCing, art work, fund raising , as well
:IS submissions. Thi~is ihe first evcr year
th.1l th e project will be produced on
l'Ompac t disc. An informational meeting
will be he ld on Friday, Jan. 14 at noon in
('oll1m 3 10. For more infonnation , contact
Pa ul Trice at x6842.
Virus weakens
class attendance
E VERGREEN - Several stude nts ha ve
re ported a severe viral infection causing
!'ever and body aches to the Student
Health Center. Students are adv ised to
t1rlllk large quantities of fluid s, receive
ILlts of sleep and expe rimcnt with various
o\'er-the-counter drugs. Fevers may bc as
hi gh as 104 dcgrcees and last about three
t1a y~. For information or advice, contact
Illl' Health Center at x6200 .
Students of Color
seek peer artwork
EVERGREEN-S tud ents of co lor arc
prod uc in g a collective antho logy of
,t ulknts' work. All intere sted studcms of
u) lor nC"d to s ubmit their written work
b} Jan 15. A red drop box is located near
Ih e Firsl People's Advi s ing Servic cs
tic,f... loca led on th e first floor of thc
librar y building. For mo re information,
UlIl t,IC t Maia Huang at x6284.
Public safety/art
project premiers
EVERGREEN-A co llaborative art
projec t be twee n members of Energy
S}s teills a nd Sculpture in Time and Place
), be ing prese nted in Gallery IV. The
projec t snvcs as a series of proposals in
rl's ponse to the issues of public safety on
l·a mpu s . Ho urs arc posted ncar thc door,
Inciled o n Ihe fourth n oor of the library
huilding.
Box gets put to
rest, keeps it brief
I, V ERGREEN- CP J conned former Box
columnist Pat Castaldo into being News
I1ri.:1 ed itor . When asked if he wamed the
lob , he said " um , okay ." For more
III rmm:ltion , call x62 I3.
m-ECUAITY
Sunday, January 2
OIU8: Two cans of spray paint were
lound bl' twee n Ih e CAB and CRC and
)! ralliti was re ported on the north wall of
til l' CAB.
Monday, January 3
,\ relalively qui et da y i:lt tht: campus
"x urilyoffice.
Tuesday, January ~
,\ Il other rela ti vely quiet day at th e
\,.l lllPU<; s<'curity office.
Wednesday, January 5
Oll l' IllllfL: re lative ly qu iet d ay a t the
l' :IIlIPU, 'il'curit y office.
Thursday, January 6
O.Q2 : A suspicious vehicle was reported
111 F-Iot.
1339: F ire a larm in S-dorm ca used by
hurnt food .
16~9: Fire a larm in D-dorm ca used by
burnt toast.
2305: A w indow was fiendishly pried
Op,'11 un a vehic le in F-Iot, nothing was
' lolen.
2.~52:
Anot he r vehicle prowl was
re ported in F-Iot.
Friday, January 7
-graduating senior, Wendy Hall in res~onse to a suggestion
to eliminate the graduation theme, 'Do you want fnes
with that?" from the
graduation ceremony.
Leisure Ed offers
Queer workshop
planned for Jan 24 guitar, X-C skiing
Controller's Office
absorbs purchasl-ng
EVERGREEN- As of the first of the
year, the Evergreen Purchasing Office
now reports to the Controller, Wade
Davis.The move was made in light of
severa l s treamlining and money saving
proposals made during last year's budget
deliberations.
Potluck to be held
for new director
EVERGREEN-First People' s Advising
Services invites the Evergreen community
to help them omeially welcome their new
director, Ricardo Leyva-Puebla at an open
potluck lunch on Friday, Jan 14, at
noon .They ask that yo u bring a food item
to share, beverages will be provided.For
more information, contact First People's
Adv is ing Services at x6467.
EVERGREEN-Leisure Education is
offering an array of new courses for
winter quaner. Guitar basics, crossco untry skiing and snowshoeing have
been added to the list of offerings from
Lei sure Education. For more information
about these offerings comact x6770.
Free cancer self-
Artist Trust offers
S1,000 grants
W ASHlNGTON-Artist Trust, a not-forprofit organization serving as a resource
lor Washington state artists, has
announced Feb. 28 as the deadline for it's
Grants for Artists Project.
The grants are available to
individual artists in all disciplines who
reside in WaShington state_ The trust
awards up to $1,000 to initiate, continue,
or complete art projects.A wards are
selected by a group of interdisciplinary
peer artists.
Interested artists should send a selfaddressed, stamped envelope to: Artist
Trust, 1402 Third Ave, Suite 415, Seattle,
Anthology for students of color seeks submissions', volunteers
t
Project designed to raise
awareness and provide
community role models
OL YMPIA-"Faith Into Action: The
Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr." is an
interfaith celebration honoring Dr. King
is scheduled to ~e place on Sunday,
Jan. 16, 2 p .m. in the State Capitol
Rotunda.The celebration will feature two '
choirs and selected readings of Dr. King's
works, and is intended for all ages. For
more infonnation call 357-6027.
It'll be our secret theme!
EVE RGREEN- Jonathan Poullard a
prominent national speaker on G~y,
Leshian and Bisex ual issues is scheduled
III conduct alan 24 work shop on campus.
?oullard is the Assistant Dean of
StU<lL:l1h at O cc idental CoHege in
C alii'ornia.He also c urre ntl y serves as a
hoard member to the Black Gay and
Lesbian LC<ldership forum.
Facu lty have been encouraged to
lak e advi:lntage of the oppo rtunity by
in c luding tile workshop into the ir c lass
c urriculum .
Others inte res te d in bec oming
il1\'ulved or for llIore informalion, call
knn i le r at x6555.
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by Naomi Ishisaka
Frustration with local publications
that ignore issues pertaining to people of
color and the need to empower Evergreen
s tudents of color has spawned a
collective anthology to be released in the
spring.
First Peoples' Peer Support
counselor and coordinator of the project
Maia Huang, sees the anthology project
as a way to build solidarity and a sense
of community. "[the project) is a
supportive and encouraging environment,
it is important for people of color to feel
in charge and in control. Its selfempowering."
The project has received much
assistance from ' Evergreen's support
network for students of color, First
Peoples' Advising Services and its
project sponsor, Mal Pina Chan of Photo
Services.
Although the project has acquired a
considerable number of submissions for
publ ication, Huang would like to see
even more come in in the days before the
Jan. 15 deadline. She would like for there
to be "even more diversity in the
submissions received."
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WA 9810~, Those with questions can
contact theIr office at 467 -8734.
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OLYMPIA-The comer of West Bay
Drive and Harrison Drive is the site of
the City of Olympia's latest acquisiton of
public art.
The site, named "Park: of the Seven
Oars," is the fifth work of an to be
acquired by the City of Olympia under a
1990 ordinance that secures funds for the
selection, acquisiton, and installation of
art work in public places.
Artists were required to design the
entire land area using a combination of
natural and fabricated elements.Forty-live
artists from around the state applied for .
the project, and only five Olympia ones
were choosen. All five were present at a
dedication ceremony that took place on
Saturday, Dec II, 1993_
For more information of the City of
Olympia Arts Program, contact 753-8380.
OL YMPIA-A forum on religiolls
intolerance of anti-gay and anti-poor
initiati ves will be held on Sunday, Jan
16,3 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church
on Capitol Way.
Kathy Morefield, based in Seattle,
works to challenge anti-gay, anti-tax,
welfare and education re form initiatives
will speak.
The discussion, which is free and
open to the public is sponsored by the
Olympia fellowship of Reconciliation.
For more information, contact Glen
Anderson at 491-9093 .
Errata
This periodical has not been
' published in quite some time. When no
paper is produced, no mistakes can possibly
be made.
ShfJuld you find errors within these
pages,feel free to contact our office_ A list
of said errors will then be placed within
tros space next week.
Thank youfor your cooperation, and
enjoy your copyoJthe Cooper Point Joumal_
Don Worsencroft
Faculty member Steven J. Milder
di ed Dec . 23, 1993 of a sudden heart
attack.
Joining the Evergreen faculty in the
rail of 1991 , Steven taught in
Foundations of Natural Science and
Maller and Motion programs. He was
tC<lching Chemistry and the Environment
Ihi s year.
Widely published in scientific
journals, Steven received the Dr. Chaim
Weizman Pos tdoctoral Fellowship at the
C.llifornia Institution of Technology.
Steven will be remembered witti
love by hi s family and many friends,
Former exchange faculty Don
Worsencroft died of leukemia early
I)(x:cmbcr.
Based out ( of the Hawaii
Community College, Don taught in the
1991-92 Matter and Motion program,
During his brief stay at Evergrecn
he made many true friends. Don was
eXLremely down to eanh and sincerely
cared about his students.
Those who had the pleasure of
knowing Don will sorely miss him.
BLOTTER II
ISS/!: The president's office decreed that
nags should be flown at half mast
honoring the death of former speaker of
the house Tip O'Neil.
II! (l 0: A male TESC student was
transported to CapiUlI Medical Center for
abdomini:ll pains.
Saturday, January 8
(1)50: Audio tape was fiendi shl y strung
all over a third floor Comm unications
hili klin g room.
Sunday, January I)
1116: Fire a larm in A-dorm due to a
I'iendi sh pull of the hand station.
IUS: A two ve hi c le accidelll was
repo rted on the Parkway.
Public Safety completed 24 public
service calls including but not limited 10
un/()cks, jumpstarts, and escorts.
fj yo u are wondering w hat
happened over break, Sargeant Darwin
Eddy re mark ed that o th er than
investigating 10 additional car prowls
they JlWiddled their thumbs .
compiled by Rebecca Randall
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FEATURES
ART
Live thf{m' all through the CPJ
FEEL THE POWER,
EXPERIENCE THE EXHILARATION,
JOIN THE TEAM.
STOP BY THE OFFICE.
CAB 3 16 - x6213
d piece o/propoganda/rom the cpj
However , she worries that, "The
anthology will start to look like a
magazine, and thats not what we want."
In addition to submissions and
financial assistance, the projecL could also
usc student volunteers with experience in
production and desktop publishing.
If you would like to help in any of
these areas, contacl Maia Huang in the
First Peoples' Peer Support office, at
x6284.
Huang hopes the project will "raise
Evergreen's and Olympia's awareness of
iss ues relating to people of color and
provide much needed role models for the
community."
Naomi Ishisaka is the layout editor
of the CPJ.
What do you think of Financial Aid?
Consultant seeks student response
check class offered Forum to be held to
OL YMPIA-St. Peter Hospital Regional
_ _ _
_
Cancer Center is offering a free breast
oppose
Initiatives
self-examination class Jan 18 , at 5:30
.
p.m. in room 3, on the third Ooor of St.
Peter Hospital. Pre-registration is
requested but not required. Ca1l493-4111
for more information.
Huang hopes to be able to publish
1,000 copies of the anthology, which
s hould reach 100 pages in length. She
would like to see copies distributed to
schools and bookstores in the greater
Olympia area.
.
This effort has been budgeted at
.
S33 1 I. So far, however, the anthology
has only received $575 from student
groups including the Women of Color
Coalition, ASIA, Umoja, the Jewish
Cultural Center and the Women's Center,
even after an extensive fundraising drive
by Huang.
If the project is not able to meet its
budget, Huang says they will have to try
and sell advertising space to local
businesses and community groups.
The Greenery is now offering a vegan
line,everyday, only $2.99 a plate.
-and remember-
Every night the Greenery serves an
amazingly large dinner for only $3.701
NWFS
The Deli (upstairs):
The Greenery
M-F 7: 15-9:00
Sat 9-5
Sun 11-5
M-F 7:30-7:00
h)' Seth "Skippy" Long
Financial aid consultant Dianne
Tsukamaki has scheduled a pair of open
meetings for students, staff and faculty to
air their concerns abo ut the Office of
Fi nanc ial Aid.
Meetings will be held Wednesday
and Thursday Jan. 19 and 20 from noon
10 1 p.m . in L2204.
Tsukamaki will use community
input to help prepare a report on the
Office of Financial Aid that will include
recommendations for improving service.
Arnaldo Rodriguez, dean of
Enrollment Services, said that
Tsukamaki's final report should be
complete "within a few weeks."
Tsukamaki is the former director of
linancial a id at Lewis and C lark College
in Portland and now acts as a private
l'Onsullanl. TESC will pay Tsukamaki
S2,500 plus travel ex penses for her
sC' rvlces.
" I just want to encourage students
and other members of the community to
meet with her [Tsukamakil so she can
have the input of the constituency that
the Office of Financial Aid serves," said
Rodriguez.
Rodriguez hopes to have changes
made to the current financial aid system
in time for the '94-95 academic year. He
:lIso pointed out that Tsukamaki's
recommcndations arc "just advisory" and
will not necessarily be implemented.
Financial Aid has been und e r
increased scrutin y lately by students.
First year student Jenny Daniel s
sa id , "I alway s leave that office with
more que stions than when I went in.
Why did it take the m e leven months to
process my application?"
According to Georgette C hun,
director of Financial Aid, there are still
stude nts waiting for the ir aid .
Seth "Skippy" L ong is managing
editor ()f the CPJ .
Conference on rights, from cover
i'rom the '43rd district in the Capitol Hill
area of Seattle, pushed for passage of
Hou se Bill 1443, a gay civil rights bill
that he is sponsoring. "The elected leaders
uf thi s state have an opportunity to send
a very clear message to Lon Mabon and
1 ~ lced . "
his buddies that we will not tolerate their
Johnson also provided a glimpse of
kind of hate here in Washington state."
how TCRC will combat the initiaLives.
" We arc going to educate people at
There have been 17 similar bills
va rious places where they walk up to . put before the Legislature in as many
sign these initiatives. We're going to try
/fears"This should be the year for us to
to have a quiet, polite word with them
move forward and say no to bigotry, no
ami advise them of what these initiatives
to discrimination, no to hate in
really say in tenns of the exact wording
Washington state," said Anderson.
of these initiatives.
Lieutenant Gov. Joel Pritchard
"We plan to march. We plan to
worried about the effect of the initiatives
hold rallies. We plan to usc the media as
on the morale of the state. "I watched
much as possible. We're going to do just
what happened in Oregon and I think it
about everything we can over the next
was very divisive. I'm sorry to see that it
severa l months to let people know
has moved up into Washington."
exactly what these initiatives mean and to
Seth "Skippy" Long is the
pre ve nt them from becom ing law ." said
managing editor oj the CPJ.
lohnson.
Rep . Cal Anderson, a democrat
the Thurston County Rainbow Coalition
(TCRC) allli an Evergreen student, said
that, "These initiatives are the gravest
thre,lt to human rights and civil rights
that the state of Washington has ever
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News
Feature
Greeners expected to Trek into new program next fall
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.len A xl'I and John Ford
Space: the final fwntie r. These are
Ill\' voyages o r Ihe habitat Evergreen. Its
llngoing mi ssion: to ex plore new worlds,
Ill' \\' civil iza lion s, and to rinall y go where
Illl coll ege ha s gone before.
Yes Trekkers , the fall '94 TESC
calalogue orfe rs us Where No One Has
Co ne Before, a course based on (hum the
Iheme song , ga ng !) SlUr Trek , in all ils
illcamaLi ons.
C are' 10 know more? ' "Open a
channe l, Mr. Worf. "
Arg e ntina
Dal e y (Writers'
Wo rk sho p) and C arrie Margolin (Mirrors
ll i' Lang uage) have crealed a multi-faceled
l' oo rd in al e d s tud y pro gram l y in g
cog niti ve psyc hol ogy, sc ience , cre ative
wriling and Ame rican c ulture studi es into
Ih,' phe nome non thaI is Star Trek . The
cOll rse pro m ises to tweak the quanlum
re a lity o f eve n th e Ill ost hard-core
Trd.: kcr. In a rec ent intervie w, Daley
d i ~l' u s se d her e nthu siasm for the course
:IS \I'd I as it s proposed direc lion s.
Dal ey's exc iteme nt ror this program
IS dri ve n by a Iirelong ye arning to
n pound on the various merits or all the
'i lw Frc/.; series (the original '60s series,
111L' ~ i x feature rilm s, Next Generation and
DC'<'I) Space Nine). "I have always wanted
to teac h a class aboul Star Trek ," said
D:lley.
To her, this class is indeed no joke,
in s pite o f this story' s opening gag , nor
is thi s class just another class at TESC.
It ha s a purpose, on e not just of
s<.: holasti c requirements or merely ror
pointless run and/or trivia . Where No One
Has G o ne Before is the result or a
dedicated love arfair between the
profes sors and the brainchild of thnt late
lam ented Greal Bird of the Galaxy , Gene
Washington Legislature gears up
for its 53rd regular session
Viewpoint
In' John M . Munari, Jr.
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O n Jan . 10, 1994 , th e 53 rd
Was hi ng to n Leg islature conve ned for its
1994 reg ula r sess io n . On Jan . 11 , at 5
p. I11 ., Gove rnor Mike Lo wry dcli vered hi s
, ta ll' or Ih e s ta te address a t a jo in t
~ e ,s io n of th e Leg is lature , w hich was
he ld in the c hamber of the House o r
R,' p rcsc nlati ves, or s impl y the Hou se.
Yes le rday, J<ln . 12 , <It 11:30 <l .m. , s tate
S li pre me CO Url C hi e r Jus tice James A.
Anderson addressed anoth er joint sess ion
ol' lhe Legislature in the House chamber.
T hi s session is scheduled to be no
l11 0 re th an 60 day s duration in e ven
'lIumbe red years, according to s tat e
constitutional ,unendment 68.
Th e Was hin gto n Leg islature is
hl cameral, or composed of two houses (as
~ Irl' all statc legislatures except Nebraska's
\\ hi ch has onl y o ne ho use).
T he two ho uses arc the Senate and
Ihc House or Re presentatives. Elections
arc he ld for all scats in the Ho use every
biennium. The term s for senators a rc four
years. Hair o r the Senate membership is
due fo r e lection at the same time as the
Ho use members hip,
Elec tion s arc he ld in the rail or
l ' \ 'C Il num be red years, although terms will
11 (1 1 beg in until tll e foll ow ing yea r.
T he me mbers o r the Legislature arc
c lee ted by the ir con stituents in one of 4 9
I c ~ i s lati vc di stricts . Each dis tri c t is
l'(~npo sed or roughly 100,000 people.
T hrl'c leg islators arc selected rrom each
di s tri <.: t: two re presentative s and on e
scnator . T hus, the Se nate me mbe rship is
-19 , the Ho use is 9 &, ror a total or 147.
Th e Leg is lature is part of th e
Wa s hin g t o n
stat e
gove rnment.
Wa , hinglo n state governm ent is similar
to th e U.S . g o vernm ent in thaI it has
l'sta bli shed three branches of government
111 il s Constitutio n: legislative, executi ve,
:Ind ludicml.
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Brought out o f the cathode ray box
and off the silver screen . Daley and
Margolin plan to use Slar Trek as a
mcdium , blending scientific and creative
the mes to bridge the perceived gap
hetween enterUlinment and education. The
varied workload projected will include
scriptwriting (with luck, a few writers or
WASHINGTON STATE
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by Elaoa Freeland
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It's been nearly a month since 13year-old Lany Rodgers of Komachin Middle
School was allegedly murdered by his peers.
Superintendent Steele of the North Thurston
School District said in a lenerto parents that
the community must send a strong message
that gang activity will not be tolerated. He
mentioned schools' COllaborative efforts
with local law enforcement. He decided not
to allow media to
interview students
because it would have
constituted
a
"disruptive i,lfluence
on the educational
process."
For the past two
years, it's been illegal
to "cruise" downtown
Olympia, prohibited
by
Chapter
10,72.010-040. The
fine for a first offense
is $50 to $100, all subsequent offenses $100
to $200. On any weekend spring or summer
night, all the way down Martin Way and
State, teenagers stand in vacant lots or along
the street, leaning against cars the way they
have in American towns since the ' 50s.
What are they doing? Whatever: hanging
out, talking, drinking pop or beer, smoking
a cigarette. or a reefer; on the perennial
lookout for friends or potential crushes. the
elusive good time ...
Downtown Sylvester Park is our citycentral community park, crowded at peak
hours in spring and summer with lunch and
evening concerts, or occasional political
rallies or vigils.
Every Wednesday, Glenn Anderson
and others of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation gatherto remind us that world
peace is still a dream; they've been gathering
there every Wednesday for over 20 years:
Jeff Axel and John Ford are two
first-year Greeners who, although they
enjoy Trek, have lives, have kissed girls
and never lived in their parents'
basements. Honest,
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I've even heard people castigate Mario
for making money off "children" by_selling
them tobacco and espresso. (Like the cavalry
did to the Indians?)
I won't even deign to address snide
aspirations regarding drugs. Mario was strict;
anyone who knew him knew that. The kids
respected the few tough rules he enjoined,
and when they broke them, they were out of
there.
My son spent a
lot oftime at Mario's
four and five years
ago. (He's in the army
now.)
As a single
mother. one of the
many things I couldn't
teach him was how to
be the man he wanted
to be, a non-John
Wayne , but not a
wuss, either; a man
with deep feelings
who could express
them as a part and
parcel of manhood. He needed to grow away
from his strong mother, from the world of
women, but what could he grow toward?
Frustrated and scared in the no-man 'sland between boyhood and manhood - we
call it adolescence , which, by the way , means
"to be on fire" - in a culture offering no
clear rites of passage guided by men proud to
pass on their heritage to yet another generation
of men, my son turned to Mario, as many
boys have. Not just Mario's the business
establishment, the hangout, but Mario Agusta
himself, and his wife Brenda 'i\gusta.
While drinking coffee or pop, playing
pinball or pool, smoking cigarette after
cigarette, young men and women would lean
on the counter and talk and talk with Mario or
Brenda, or with each other.
What were they tal'king about ?
Anything, everything -everything not being
talked about or listened to in other places ,
like home or school. Some of it was crazy
talk, impractical talk, stupid talk , angry talk.
But weaving through it were life, death,
drugs, sex, parents too busy making ends
meet to notice their family unraveling; school s
with rules, rules and more rules; nuclear war,
is there a God, dishonesty in politics, the
Almighty Dollar. You know, business as
usual
for
adole scents a s
confused and in
pain as the culture
which spawned
them. Mario was
there for them .
Hey , get it
straight: it wasn'l
just about moneymaking for him. It
was
about
providing a home
away from home
for our children.
Whether it wa~ our
fault or not that our kids were there and not at
home with us, doesn't matter. What ma1ler:>
There's paper over the
windows at 211 4th ·
Avenue ...
That's where
Mario's Fine Tobaccos
was located for five
years, up until Oct. 13
is that someone was there for them who now
is not.
Mario and Brenda came to my son 's
graduation oLit at St. Martin ' s. They came
every year to see young men and women
graduate who'd toughed it out to the end .
My son chose to wear a Simpson 's T shirt, a tie, and jeans under his gown.
Walking up the aisle to receive the ir
diplomas, he and his friends grinned and
raised victorious fists toward Mario, like
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Ifonly they 'd stay inside, they wouldn 'I
be such a problem, they wouldn 'rmake it so
unsavory for moneyed shoppers and
respectable business people who come down
4th. If only they'd comb their hair or cut it or
something. If only there weren't so many of
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After school, clusters of high school
kids might recline on the grass or play hacky
sack, a cooperati ve game brought back from
Southeast Asia during the Vietnam era. In the
middle of the park - if you were playing
frisbee, you might hit it - there's an
ordinance sign which reads, "Skateboarding
Prohibited. Violation may result in citation
by the Wa. State Patrol Per WAC 236-12175."
I look atthe cross
of concrete paths that
slope gently toward the
center of the park from
four street comers. Looks
good for a skateboard
run, too short for bike or
blades.
Someone
strolling through the park
like myself might move
aside onto the grass for a
skater to pass, then turn
to admire his grace, the
facile coordination the
young have perhaps even to flash on a surfer
riding a wave an ocean away .. . .
There's paper over the windows at 211
4th Avenue, in the White Building, owned by
John Law . That's where Mario' s F ine
Tobaccos was located for five years, up until
Oct. 13.
He had been paying on his lease from
month to month for three years, ever since
the last time his lease was threatened. This
time, public outcry didn't happen, so it wasn't
renewed,
The usual convoluted whodunit story
of multiple finger-pointing over some utility
bills and who knows what else has run the
gossip circuit. I don't know the truth on the
utility bills, but I know what else: kids ,
teenagers. those di sreputable, unsightly,
uncouth, broke; arrogant, mouthy kids,
hanging out in Mario's and, worse, out side of
Mario's on the sidewalk.
Are we so holed
up in our fears
that we can only
think of protecting
ourselves from
our own youth?
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Teacher thanks Mario for helping Diy youth
the real s how may allend), a "cuuing
edge" lecture by a facuity member on the
fea s ibility of Warp engines, reading
se veral essays by exemplary physics
genius Steven Hawking, au thor of A
Brief /Iistory of Time, the philosophy
behind the series' now-ramous "Prime
Directive," virtual reality, and 3-D
animation, among other things .
What do we think about this new
direction in creative learning strategies
you ask (go on, ask! )?
Simply put, if you are seriously
wns idcrin g Ulking this class, "go for it,"
but not before we sign up first. We plan
(at this writing) to take it, doing so not
only because of a deep appreciation for
Star Trek, but because this class
represents a direction that is, if not
logical, one that can certainly lead
towards that future of hope Roddenberry
so believed in.
It's rather nice to see a show that
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Cooper Point Journal January 13, 1994 Page 5
Columns
Enter contest to correct Deli grammar crimes
The lives behind the lies: 'Disappearance' in Myanmar
Durin g 1994 , Amnesty International is continuing to con duct a
ca mpaign to bring to public notice and
hull political killings and disappearances.
"Disappearances" arc a cornman
pructlce in many parts of the world and
~ilso the preferred way to "deal with"
e thnic minorities, pOlitical opponents and
other soc ial undesirables. The following is
.lust one example of this tragic practice.
R·ahila was a 30-year-old woman
who was a day laborer in the rural rice
fields of Myanmar (formerly Burma). She
lived in the local village with her family.
Rahila suffered from epi lepsy s ince she
was a child and often had attack s caused by
thl ' conditi on.
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For many years the ethnic
minorities livlllg III rural Myanmar have
ltvcd their lives in fear of the Tatmadaw, a
diviSion of the military. Many people
have died at the hands of the Tatmadaw
including pregnant women and children . '
One morning in April of 1991, a
Tatmadaw unit carne into Rahila's village
looking for people they could use as
porters.
Despite pleas from her family that
she was ill, Rahila was one of those
taken. Ten days later, word made it back
to the village that Rahila had died. Rahila
had a seizure caused by exerting herself
too much and had been kicked and punched
to death by Taunadaw guards who couldn't
wntrol her.
Rahila is a real person with family
and friends that miss her presence in their
daily lives.
Please write the government of
Myanmar and tell them you know about
this incident and that the international
community will not tolerate this.
Every time Rahila's disappearance
and murder is talked about, and every time
th e government of Myanmar hears the
anger and disgust of people of the world, a
spark of hope is added to the flame of
freedom of injustice, a hope that what
happened to Rahila will never happen
again.
Ambassador U Thang
Embassy of the Union of Myanmar
2300 S. St NW
Washington D.C 20008
Ryan Warner is an Amnesty
<."Illernationai co-coordinator.
Rainy rendezvous causes Dan to ponder the social bond
I \Vas wa lking from A-dorm to the
muds Ihe olhe r day and who should I
l11 l'l't alung the way bUl ·CPJ boy wonder
Skippy Long. We stopped for a moment
:lI1ct :llthough I can 't exac tl y remember the
,'\ ,Icl con ve rsat ion we had, il wen l a littl e
,o lllcliling like thi S:
Dall" Hey Sk iPPY, how' re ya doing')
Skip: NO! bod , Dan , how ahoul you"
Da n: Cold , wct , yo u know.
- pause Sk ip: Yeah, how about that weather?
Dan: Yeah, crazy .
- pauseDan : Well, see ya .
Skip: Sec ya later, Dan.
I don't know whether it was at the
!"irst or second pause when I began to feel
a little stupid, then amused by that
stupidity.
I like Skippy Long OK , and I'm
pretty sure that he likes me . But the
thlllg was that we really don't hang out
that much '( or at all for that matter) and
don'l really have anything to say to each
o the r. Not much anyway .
What was amusing was that for
sO llle unknown reason we would stop in
the bilter cold and ralll to say nothmg to
cach other.
We were s imply acknow ledging
each other'S presence, something that
could have been clone with a qu ick nod or
;1 , imple " he ll o."
I 've
th o ught
about
thi s
phenomenon a lot over the past several
years, even talked about it to others who
,1I so tho ug ht It was strange. I' ve even
tal kcd abo ut it 10 people who I didn't
rea lly know, just to have somethin g to
questions wo uld be, for a sincere person,
" no." The rest of us might not answer
differently , but that's because we
wo uldn ' t think about our responses.
How many people answer honestly
when asked how they're doing on a bad
day" I know that I seldom do, and J don't
imagine that I'm exceptional , not in this
si tuation anyway.
Why do we lie to each other?
Recause it doesn't seem to matter. If
e ve ryone' s doing it, who cares, right?
Granted, these lies arc not deceitful
or mean or meant to mislead others; they
are relatively harmless when taken out of
contex t. But context is important.
The context is an ocean of lies and
half truth s under the guise of "manners"
and "courtesy" - but how courteous is
Ihis?
The fact is that, for most people,
lying in this manner happens so often
Ihat it has become so ingrained and so
second nature that nobody notices any
more.
When language, the one medium
(other than television) that binds most of
us together as a nation, is fraught with
insincerity, what does this say about the
nature of our interpersonal relationships,
or about the quality of the fabric of our
collective existence?
Is our social bond weakened by a
ge neral
lack
of
honesty
In
communication?
I can't fully answer these
questions, and I certainly wouldn't try,
but they do bear thinking- about.
If I ask someone how they're
doing but don't expect a real reply, or if I
answer such a question with an "OK"
instead of a "shiuy" when I feel like din,
am I really being fair to the person I'm
talking to? To myself?
In my experience blatant honesty
has always been for the best in the long
run , and I have been hurt terribly in the
past by people dancing around the truth
to protect my feelings.
If everyone told the truth would
we like each other?
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Think about it.
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passe at this point, we'd like to wish you
all a happy new year and welcome you
back to this institution of higher
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doesn't mean that all of the lower
learning can be forgotten. And if you
never learned' it in the first place, it's not
100 late to start. Hey, what a great
resolution (we smirk).
We know you've all resolved never
to turn in another piece of writing
without thoroughly proofreading it at
least two times. (Running the
spcllchecker on your computer does not
cou nt as proofreading.) We know that
wc have pe rhaps been a bit hard on the
CPJ copy edi tor, because we think that
all of you should shoulder some of the
responsibility of your own bad writing.
Copy ed itin g is a thankless job, and
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made up anyway?" you say, chortling to
yo urself unapologetically. "Besides,
everyone understands what I ' m saying
even if I do misplace an apostrophe or
I woo Grammar, schmammer."
But
g rammar isn't just about a bunch of
rules, and we won't understand you if
you misplace an apostrophe. We won't
unde rstand as easily, that is. Grammar is
the vehicl e used for the clear expression
of ideas.
To demonstrate this point, we'd
Iik e to draw your attention to some
recent , murkily written signs and notices
posted in the CAB . As Northwest Food
Service impl ements its new durable
tab le ware campaign, it asks us to
remember to bus our own tables, &c. This
is all we ll and good, and we applaud
IhOSl! at NWFS responsible for the effort
by S~th "Skippy" Long
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When an opportunity such as this
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co upl e of s li ck- in-the-m ud s and that
Cookie jar
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·January 13, 1994 marks the third
ar.niversary of the bombing of Iraq . The
Middle East Resource Center has
organized a presentation commemorating
the connict to be held on the 13th, at
opm in the CAB 320 Conference Room.
·Amnesty International began
their quarter long campaign for lesbian ,
gay and bisexual rights this week . Call
them at x6098 for details.
·1 n the wake of th e Chiapas
rebellion , S&A Productions is havin g
an exhibit of Guatemalan Refugees in
Mex ico , "Mayan Voices in Exile" from
no w till the 18th in the Library Gallery
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si nger/songwriter Jonathan Richman.
You can see and hear his zany craft in the
Lihrary Lobby at 8pm on friday , January
14. It'll cost you $S to get in.
LI S
·Student Produced Art Zone is
having a meeting at 4:30 on the January
14 in CAB 320.
·The Women's Center will be
hav lIlg a potluck meetin g on tuesday,
January I R at Spm at the Women' s
Center.
·SODAPOP would like to warn
you Ihat the bumpy coup has begun and
Ihat th ey are looking for current
Evergreen Students who have personal
videos or themselves doing something
wonderful, s uch as elementary school
plays, I v commercials, after school
specials. Please call x655S.
WE BUY, SELL & TRADE
·Finally I would like to remind
everyone that Ruby & Fred, TESC's
newest volunteer group, celebrates MLK
Day on the Jan. 15, not on the next
convenient Monday.
Open 10:00 to 5:30
Monday through Saturday
This was compiled by Dante
Salvatierra.
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faithful readers to enter. We'll begin by
reproducing the nasty evidence.
The only way many of us will
have to seriously effect what is
happening to our planet is to each day
do something real but small, which
reverses the negative trend. We're asking
each and everyone who patronizes the
deli to use durable plates when you are
able and always to return same to
designated pick up sites. Think globally,
act locally. The staff (We can see who
does and does not read our column, can't
we?)
Your mission: to find and correct
as many of the errors in the above text as
you can. The sharp-eyed soul who finds
the most errors will be awarded a
SPECIAL PRIZE!!! There will also be a
SPECIAL PRIZE(!!!) for our favorite
revision of the text, so try your hand at
rewriting it. Go on, you don't have
anything beller to do. It's raining and
you don't want to go outside or
anything.
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and
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way to contact the contestant. Good
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earnest efforts.
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of proofreading for (a lot of) money, but
Lovir;a thinks it's /00 much bother.
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or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press;
or the right of the people peaceably 10 assemble,
and to petition Ihe government for a redress of grievances
Forum
Forum
When the lights went out: another side of Evergreen
Recently, I've been thinking about
how much I hate Evergreen. I look at the
angry flyers on the walls and whiny forum!
response pieces in the CPl. and I wonder
what I liked about this place as a freshman.
I've actually read quotes in the CPJ
this year that promote kicking all the men out
of Evergreen to make way for uninterrupted
discussion of feminist politics; forcing
students to attend "awareness" meetings: and
limiting "freedom of expression" in the CPJ
so that only approved opinions can be heard.
I often think of these things as I walk
across the silent housing area; no live bands
begin to spontaneously jam. and my string of
negative thoughts continue unbroken.
A
few
weeks ago. aflerthe
power went out. I
walked home to my
donn room . People
were screaming
and running around
in the darkness.
Fireworks were set
off. Someone was playing a flute. Someone.
else was playing "Have Yourself a Merry
Little Christmas" on the tuba.
Housing had suddenly been
transformed into a happy place again. as
darkness fell upon the end of the quarter
stre ss.
For few moments,
I remembered what it
was I liked about
Evergreen.
Provost candidate interviewsl
campus visits begin Tuesday
Provost candidate Dr.
Barbara Mossberg will visit the
Evergreen campus on Tuesday,
Jan. 25 through Friday, Jan. 2B.
-The provost, or academic
vice-president, serves as liaison
between the faculty and the
administration, and to a certain
extent, serves as faculty "boss."
Russ Lidman is now serving as
the interim Provost.
Provost candidates Dr.
Merrill Lessley and Dr. David
Potter will visit the campus
beginning Sunday, Jan. 30 and
Wednesday ,
Feb.
2,
respectively.
While
on
campus,
Mossberg will be available to
meet with members of the
community. Following is a partial
listing of
her scheduled
appearances at TESC
VVednesday, Jan. 26:
After I got home.
my three roommates, a friend and
I all gathered
around the dining
room table . The
room was lit only
by ca!ldles. We ate,
we laughed, we
talked . We talked about where we grew up:
Alaska, Seattle. Peru, the East Coast, Texas
(respectively). We talked about the weather.
the people, the police in our hometowns. We
talked about how the hollow liberal dogma
present at Evergreen had done worrders for
our conservative sides. We talked about how
11 :45 a.m. to 1: 15 p.m.
Diversity/Multiculturalism open
interview. CAB 10B.
3 to 5 p.m. Challenges of
the Curriculum, faculty open
interview, CAB 110.
5:30 to 7 p.m. Public
Service , open interview. LAB I
1047.
Thursday, January 27
9 to 11 a.m. Governance,
open interview, L3112.
noon to 1: 15 p.m. All campus
presentation and question-andanswer session, L4300.
2 to 3 p.m. Studentcentered ness, open interview,
L3112.
3 to 4 p.m. Doing More
With Less: High Quality/Low
Resources open interview.
L3112.
6 to 7:30 p.m. Visit to
Evergreen's Tacoma campus.
cool the campus looked lit by candles.
Then the lights came on.
A collective sigh ofdisappointment
filled the room. Someone suggested that we
should tum the I ights back off. We all quickl y
agreed and, once again, our faces were lit
with candle light.
We talked for a while longer in the
dim light. Then, for a few moments, I
remembered what it was I liked about
Evergreen.
Raad German is a senior at
Evergreen.
Response
Gilbert responds to
book vandalism
This is in regard to the administralion' s
Dec. 8.1993 note to the Evergreen community
concerni ng the destruction of "several books"
in the bookstore.
I appreciate your note to the Evergreen
communi ty and totally agree with your
statement "When these actions are directed
at particular aUlhors or points of view.
academic freedom is threatened." However.
your kiter raises many conccrns.
Firs\. your note implies lhat this act of
vandalism affected many a uthors and that
several of their books were destroyed. This
informalion is miscellaneous. Only several
copie s of Ill.\' book: Edgllrdo Ellrique:
FrocddclI : Tesril11ollio d e lin Destierro.
recently publishcd in Chile. were destroyed
in the bookslore.
Secondly. nobody at the college ever
came to inform me of any "defacement and
deslruction" of my books. I would like to
remind you that one year ago another book of
mine was removed from the Bookstore
shelves without me being informed . The
offic ial response was "it was a mistake." No
explanation. no apologies .. .
Your Dec. 8 note omits to
acknowledge me as the main recipient of this
act of vandalism. Your note exemplifies the
admi ni stration's double standards used to
address problems that affect the normal life
of p~ople in our community.
Jorge Gilbert
TESC faculty
Student opposes
limits on freedom
I am a s in gle. straight. "white" male.
over six feet tall who opposes any ban, li en
or impositions made on personal freedoms .
The recently proposed "gay rights"
initiative b an oblrusive. offensive, and
obtuse action occuring Ihrough America righl
now .
This similar ( ~ ame) law has a lready
lost two constitutional ballles in Colorado
und Oregon - lhe only thing these law s
brought was a ban of commerce in these
states by activists. the stirring of fear and
repressions, and an aggravation of hatred~.
I believe in uhe freedoms of the body.
and am all for mutual consent. Everything
before my "nose," goes the saying: and thus,
piercing, tattoos. clothes (or lack thereof).
sex changes. consenting sodom ies and
abortions are freedoms each citizen has been
provided by our forebearers.
I have rights to choose.
Joshua Kilvington
Evergreen student.
e need
vo unteers
rea y rea y
rea y bad,.
- T e CPJ
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Constitution of the State of Washington
Article [ § 5 FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all
subjects, being responSible for the abuse of that righL
M~~~wh~lL~" ~~: w~ay a day f~~'n~~!'~~ili~'" ~~~~~;~~nd~~~ nr~'~I~!;nu, In
We give him, and by extension African Americans, one day, and then feel we can believe there is no racism at Evergreen, starting patterns of denial that can last a lifetime.
go through the motions once a year and then forget about Martin Luther King and the
In observation of King Day, you'll see a lot of people congratulating themselves
history of African Americans in America the other 364 days a year, a history we all share. on how far we've come as a nation, while closing their eyes to how much more there is
We can take the day off; we can put a nice public service announcement on TV . You left to do.
Here at Evergreen, this attitude is particularly disturbing. We are
know, the stirring pictures of curling flags, the muffled sound of the crowd,
supposed to be a progressive, cutting-edge college, but wedon't seem to be
pan out to a march, then extreme close up of Dr. King. A solemn voice
will intone, ''The dream is alive." We can write an editorial.
working any harder towards harmony than any other college.
Maybe we think we've done all that already. Maybe, people
But we don't remember who Martin Luther King was.
We don't remember the true history of African Americans in
~111~~~~~~have
the fight
is over,
everyonewe're
has been
full decided
civil andthat
human
rights
now. that
Or perhaps,
just granted
tired of
America.
We don't want to think about people stolen from
feeling guilty and discouraged.
their homes, about people chained and stacked for weeks
But the problems haven't gone away. The Jim Crow
at a time in the holds of boats. We don't want to think
laws may be gone, but racism isn'l.
The most fitting observation of Monday's holiday
about people used as farm animals, people forbidden
would be a renewed commitment to King's messa e. How
their own language, forbidden education, forbidden
do you respond, when you look around and see a world
property, legal representation, forbidden to work as
filled with hate, violence, hopelessness and fear? Your
they wished, to vote, to buy a meal in a cafe, to live
answer to this question will define who you are.
where they choose. We don't want to think about our
You could spend Monday reading, learning, writing
history. It doesn' t belong to us.
and talking, and decide what kid of campus community
We don ' t remember what Martin Luther King
you want to create. You could envision the kind of United
said. It's impossible without remembering the history
of African Americans in America, and that's someStates you would like to live the rest of your life in - not
just the one you don ' t want to live in.
thing we don't want to do.
Martin Luther King was the response to 300 years
Then, you might make a plan. Write down what you
of murder, slavery. apartheid and oppression. This reare going to do today , tomorrow and next week to foster
sponse could have been a gun, as it might the next time.
justice in your world. Maybe you don't have a 101 of time,
Instead. incredibly, he resisted hate with love.
and can only write one letter a week. Maybe you have a lot
of time, and want to organize a coalition of students who can
King believed that people know, inside, what is right,
and that only this conscience could truly change the world .
work together to achieve common goals.
The CPJ inv'ites and encourages all students to use
Not guns, but conscience. Guns might change the government (brieOy), but they don't change people. He .
our pages to express your ideas and plans, especially in the next
died by the gun but he changed people . We
few weeks. Let us, and other students, know whal you want for
forget that he succeeded. and we
Evergreen. Share your ideas for rebuilding the sense
forget that we haven'l. If this year is
of community that has so broken down in
like most, you won't see much hapthe last few years.
pening at Evergreen on King Day.
Let 's stop the bickering long enough to
remember the kind of people we want to be
Most students will take the day to sleep
- the kind of people we can be.
late, maybe do some laundry and drink
a few beers. We ' ll spend the day , like
- this piece was written
every other, not remembering King.
bV a CPJ editorial collecllYe including
And as winter quarter progresses,
Naomllshlsaka, Chris WoHe, Seth Long and
we'll conti nue to close our ears, and tell
Sara.Steffens.
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Join program to' help end human rights abuses in Guatemala
by Lawrence J:Mosqueda, Gary WesselsGalbreath and Kimberly Kinchen
During Fall Quarter. two representatives from popular organizations in Guatemala (women's groups and the popular radio) visited the TESC campus. More are
scheduled to visit this year, including possibly. Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu.
These visitors confinn what many of
us who follow events in Central America
have long known; that the wars in Central
America in general. and Guatemala in particular, continue unabated. These wars are
often funded and encouraged by the U.S.
government and its allies.
The Clinton administration plans ' to
release up to $12 million that has been held
up because of the army's human rights abuses.
Clinton also plans to send up to 5,000
U.S. troops to Guatemala in 1994 for joint
exercises with the 'Guatemalan army .
In the face of domestic oppression
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and international collusi~n, the people of
Guatemala - church members, students,
teachers, indigenous people, peasants, and
others - resist in various ways the domination by the military .
Rather than stand by passively or
recoi I in hopelessness, a group of people in
Olympia and in the Evergreen community
have decided to take a nonviolent, effective,
legal and rela:ively painless step to act in
solidarity with Guatemalans who struggle
for a more just society .
We are asking members of the community to sign up for the Guatemalan Rapid
Response Telex Authorization (GRRT A).
In brief, the GRRTA works as follows : when a Guatemalan political prisoner
is captured (or often more appropriately,
kidnapped) by military authorities, the Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala (NISGUA) will keep abreast of the
situation and send telexes to the appropriate
authorities (e .g., Guatemalan president. military authorities, U.S. officials) in your name
requesting information and the release of the
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political prisoner.
Some of us have participated in si milar telex networks in the past and can attest
that the messages are polite, appropriate.
short and accurate. If you sign up, you will
receive periodic updates on the human rights
situation in Guatemala.
The telexes are $4 each when c harged
to your credit card or prepaid. They are $5 .50
if one needs to be billed afterwards.
The major attraction of the plan is that
telexes are sent rapidly - when they are most
effective.
NISGUA and its local affiliate, the
Guatemalan Solidarity Committee (G U ASO),
hopes to send 15,000 telexes this year. This
could easily be 16,000 next year if just 100
members of the community agree to send one
telex a month .
Similar programs in the past have
proven very effec,ive. Governments pay attention when they receive hundreds of inquiries about individual political prisoners.
This is a unique opportunity to participate in
an activity that can make a difference.
More details on how to participate are
on the G RRT A form. which you can pick up
at the Library front desk.
Lawrence J. Mosqueda is a member
oj the Evergreen faCIlity, Gary WesselsGalbrearh is coordillator oj First People 's
Peer Support and Kimberly Kinchen is the
student coordinatoroJrhe Evergreen PoliticallnJormation Center (EPIC).
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Thi~ iR~lle:
New sex column needs your questions
"Sexuality Q & An will make its debut appearance next
week iii the Cooper Point Journal. The purpose of "Sexuality Q
& An is to answer questions regarding sex and sexuality with
accurate, non-biased information.
Author Rebecca West is looking for questions to answer
in her column.
.
Questions can address anatomy and physiology of the
male and fema le reproductive systems, STD's, menstruation,
pregnancy, abortion, sexual orientation, birth control, decision
making, community resources, and any other sexual health
issue.
If you would like to submit a question, drop boxes are
located in the Health Center, the Cooper Point Journal office,
the Men's Group office and the Women's Center. You need not
include your name or any other identifying information.
About the Legislature, from page 4
The leg islative branch writes laws,
Ill..: c>.ecutive administers laws, and the
judicial corrects violations of laws.
There are differences between the
three branches at the federal and Slate
levels of government, besides terms of
offices. The U.S . House of Represent,1l ives has each state represented
proponion<llly to the state's population,
w hil e in the Washington House of
Representatives, there is a constant
membership in each district's delegation .
There arc two elected federal executives,
while this stale has nine. Finally, the
U. S. Supreme Court membership is
appointed by one executive (the
president) and confirmed by the Senate.
while the sUlle Supreme Court is elected.
In recent biennial legislatures,
according to Sine Die by Edward D.
.seeberger, there are roughly 8,000 bills
written, of which about 4,000 are
introduced. Of those introduced,
approximately 20 percent are enacted into
law.
The 54th Washington state
Legislature will convene for regular
session on the second Monday of Jan.,
1995. This session will be no more than
105 days, according to state
constitutional amendment 68, because it
will be an odd numbered year.
John Munari is a legislative
intern.
Thanks, Mario from page 5
heroes passing before their king. He and
Brenda smiled jubilantly, then stood up and
applauded. My eyes filled with tears. They
still do when I remember how someone· not
blood-related, not paid, chose to freely love
my son and o thers simply because they were
young and struggling.
Mario's was more of a community
center than a business establishment. It was,
as we said in the '60s, happening.
Since it closed, some ex-Mario's have
been seen eating at Bread and Roses. or
hanging out at the Olympia Community
Center. (Where have all the others gone ?)
Giles Arendt of Community Youth
Services used to hang out at Mario's and do
what Mario did: talk some, listen more.
[ spoke with Ken Black, Olympia
community development coordinator, who
mediated more than a few complaints from
merchants. Mario is not finding other options:
no room at the inn. I mean; what landlord
would want a bunch of disenfranchised kids
around?
By the way. did you know about the
dog-eared Bible that Mario kept under the
counter?
So back to the hard line on gangs and
disenfranchised youth . Recall for a moment
your own youth. What worked for you? More
law enforcement? More ordinances? More
restrictions? More·blame?
Or adults who listened, spoke your
language, took the time to look you in the
eyes - . you know: adults wonh modeling
on?
Sure, let's keep some consequences
around, but surely there are enough by now
in our law-bound land. Why are we not
a
happily welcoming our youths into the
freedoms and privileges of this great and rich
nation? Why are we not taking the individual
time to support any young person's arduous
- more arduous than ever - journey into
adulthood? Are we so holed up in our fears
that wecan only think of protecting ourselves
from our own youth?
Thank you, MarioandBrenda, forbeing
who you are. Thanks for listening to our
children. Thanks for going out of your way to
stem the tide of their loneliness.
I apologize for my community_ I'm
sorry we didn't appreciate enough what you
were doing and find a way to keep a place
open for you and your unusual ability to care.
That goes for you, too. Barb, for Barb's
Soul Cuisine is now closed, also.
Both downtown establishments and the
personal offerings which went with them
gave our community places where the young
and the different, the out-of-step. were valued .
The people were served, not the Almighty
Dollar. I, for one. am in llJourning for their
loss- and forthe loss of Larry Rodgers. and
all the Larrys to come.
Say no to drugs. Say no to alcohol. Say
no to skateboarding. Say no to cruising. Say
no to loitering. (Are they all the same?)
Is there anything we could say Yes' to,
for the sake of youth and - tomorrow ?
Elana Freeland has been a certified KJ2 Teacherfor 20years. She taughT ill WaldOl!
schools for 15 years. and is pres f' IITiv
subs/i/ute teaching in grades 6-12 ill Olympill.
Tumwa/er. and Lacey public schools. Sire is
also known as a prolessional story/rller and
wri/es from time to tilllf'.
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Ubiquitous squad stands the test of time
by Rev. Andrew F. Lyons
. It is ):45 a.m. A bearded man wearing
a brown fedora is duplicating lurid images
on the CAB copy machine at a feverish pace.
His name is Fezdak Clamchopbreath. He
informs me that his radio show will have
been on for one year come next Wednesday
~8~m.
.
The Happy Squad. Maybe you
recognize the name from sporadic chalkings
on the cement paths around campus. Or
perhaps you once heard the words uttered on
KAOS 89.3 FM in betweenrantings about
Jonathan Richman and his Guitar come to IESC
by Chris Wolfe
He 's the guy that formed that early '70s proto-new wave. seminal
Irreverent yuckster, Jonathan Richman will be up to his usual pre-punk musical thing called The Modern Lovers. He wrote all those
zany antics ... Wait a minute. That don ' t sound quite right. How great songs like "Roadrunner." "Pablo Picasso," ''I' m a Little Dinosaur,"
about: Leggy supermodel, Jonathan Richman, shakes his million ''I'm a Little Airplane," "I'm A Cute Little Gum Wrapper." "I'm a
dollar booty .. .') No . Nasal-voiced cooking show host, Jonathan Leggy Supermodel" and "I'm a Wily Ex-U Boat Captain."
Richma n... ? Nope. Brat-pack bad boy? No. Born-again exHe used to really like the Velvet Underground. He played with
Watergate hun gler? Not at aiL Buxom talk show blond? Wily ex- Jerry Harri so n of Talking Heads fame . This was be fore the Talking
U boat captain ? Erudite yiddish noveli st? Urbane, corpulent Heads. He was Jerry's boss. Now Jerry could probably buy and se ll
raconteur? CalTot-topped sybarite? Hold it!
Jonathan 50 times over. But Jon doesn't care, that' s the coo l thing about
None of thi s is Jon. Jonathan Richman is more spec ial. He's him. He jumped off the "adulation of the masses plus a 'Iot of money"
more sort of squi shy. He does this singing stuff. Jon is more of a... track in order to he himself. He said he didn't want to play any mu sic
a ... a ... goofy, .childlike songs/er! Eureka! Pigeon-holed at last. He 's that would hurt little babies ears. He has true character. At crunch time.
a goofy childlike songster and him and his guitar are playing solo he's a goto guy.
in the Library Lobby, this friday , Jan. 14th at 8 P.M.
Goto Guy. Jonathan Richman , is the guy Calvin ofK has based his
entire existence on. Calvin will be at the
show.You could meet him. Maybe get your
band signed. If not, you'lI still have a great
time with wacky ex-computer programmer
turned messianic cult leader, Jonathan
Richman . [' II be there. If you are very, very
nice to me, maybe I'll sign your band to my
label. It's called: [n YOUR DREAMS,
BUDDY!
Chris Wolfe was very prolific this week,
but he took some medicin and he's feeling
better now...
It
8
Party Time
Wlth_
for the Performing Arts
Pumping up
in downtown Olympia.
TIckets S16/13
The Automobile Association of America and
good hygiene .
· Well this next Wednesday' s ·
broadcasting of The Happy Squad of Earth
will mark their 44th episode and thus, their
one year anniversary. Listen, and be beguiled.
Since their first incarnation that fateful
winter's day one year ago, the Happy Squad
has bombarded it's sporadic following with a
vast range of topics via radio.
Shows on home maintenance and do-ityourself veterinarian skills stand testament
to the experimentative possibilities of radio .
The counting show, the spelling show.
the math show; an hour in the strange and
mysterious realm of long division.
In addition to being a radio experience,
the Happy Squad of Earth takes form as an
occasional artists guild. Perhaps you recall
the huge chain of aluminum cans (4,000 of
' em to be exact) th at adorned the Clocktower
last Spring in Chri stmas-tree like fashion. Or
maybe the sporadi c blitzkriegs of terror on
Redsquare. Maybe you even took part in
them.
There are plans in the near future to take
Red Sq uare again . On Feb 23 Happy Squad
plans to unl eas h Th e 23 hOlHS alld 56 11linutes
of rhythm: sola/' day of drummin g.
"Percussioni st and drummers from
around the area are invited for a full day of
drumming on Red Square ," sa id
Clamchopbreath." Starting at sunri se and
going until the next dawn." ,
"This is to drum up publicity for the
April I, solar day of vaudeville," he said.
What he is refereeing to isThe 23 house
and 56 minutes of vaudeville; a solar day of
low budget comedy, which is also planned for
Red Square and I'm sure you can figure out
how long it will go.
The self-proclaimed utilathieves of
Happy Squad also have future plans for the
Clocktower, involving about 4,000 pounds
of cardboard, and instead of explaining r II
just let you think about that for a while.
Th e Re v. Lyo ns is the Arts &
Entertainment Editor for the CPJ. He is can
also perform weddings.
($14/11 students and seniors)
on sale at the
Washington (enter
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Etc.
Thi~ i~~tle:
New sex column needs your questions
"Sexuality Q & A" will make its debut appearance next
week in the Cooper Point Journal. The purpose of "Sexuality Q
& A" is to answer questions regarding sex and sexuality with
accurate, non-biased information.
Author Rebecca West is looking forquestions to answer
in her column .
Questions can address anatomy and physiology of the
male and female reproductive systems, STD's, menstruation,
pregnancy, abortion, sexual orientation, birth control, decision
making, community resources, and any other sexual health
issue .
If you would like to submit a question, drop boxes are
located in the Health Center, the Cooper Point Journal office,
the Men's Group office and the Women's Center. You need not
include your name or any other identifying information.
About the Legislature, from page 4
The legislative branch writes laws,
Ihe: c,\c<.: utivc administers laws, and the
Judicial corrects violations of laws.
There are differences between the
three branches at the federal and slate
levels of government, besides terms of
offices. The U.S. House of Representatives has each state represented
proportionally to the state's popUlation,
while in the Washington House of
Representatives, there is a constant
membership in each district's delegation.
There arc two elected federal executives,
while this state has nine. Finally, the
U. S. Supreme Court membership is
appointed by one executive (the
pres iden t) and confirmed by the Senate,
wh ile: the slate Supreme Coun is elected.
In recent biennial legislatures,
,1l'L'onling to Sine Die by Edward D.
Seeberger, there are roughly 8,000 bills
written, of which about 4,000 are
introduced. Of those introduced,
approximately 20 percent are enacted into
law.
The 54th Washington state
Legislature will convene for regular
session on the second Monday of Jan.,
1995. This session will be no more than
105 days, according to state
constitutional amendment 68, because it
will be an odd numbered year.
John Munari is a legislative
in/ern.
Pumping up
Thanks, Mario from page ~
heroes passing before their king . . He and
Brenda sm iled jubilantly, then stood up and
applauded . My eyes filled with tears . They
still do when I remember how someone not
blood-related, not paid, diose to freely love
my son and others simply because they were
young and struggling.
Mario's was more of a community
center than a business establishment. It was,
as we said in the '60s, a happening.
Since it closed, some ex·Mario's have
been seen eating at Bread and Roses, or
hanging out at the Olympia Community
Center. (Where have all the others gone?)
Giles Arendt of Community Youth
Services used to hang out at Mario's and do
what Mario did: talk some, listen more.
I spoke with Ken Black, Olympia
community development coordinator, who
mediated more than a few complaints from
merchants. Mario is not finding other options:
no room at the inn. I mean: what landlord
would want a bunch of disenfranchised kids
around?
By the way, did you know about the
dog-eared Bible that Mario kept under the
counter?
So back to the hard line on gangs and
disenfranchised youth. Recall for a moment
your own youth. What worked for you? More
law enforcement? More ordinances? More
restrictions? More blame')
Or adults who listened, spoke your
language, took the time to look you in the
eyes - you know: adults worth modeli.ng
on?
Sure, let's keep some consequences
around, but surely there are enough by now
in our law-bound land . Why are we not
happily welcoming our youths into the
freedoms and privileges ofthis great and rich
nation? Why are we not taking the individual
time to suppon any young person's arduous
- more arduous than ever - journey into
adulthood? Are we so holed up in our fears
that we can only think of protecting ourselves
from our own youth?
Thank you, Marioand Brenda, for being
who you ' are. Thanks for listen ing to our
children. Thanks for go ing out of your way to
stem the tide of their loneliness.
I apologize for my community. I'm
sorry we didn't appreciate enough what you
were doing and find a way to keep a place
open for you and your unusual ability to care.
That goes for you, too, Barb, for Barb's
Soul Cuisine is now closed, also.
Both downtown establishments and the
personal offerings which went with them
gave our community places where the young
and the different, the out-of-step, were valued.
The people were served, not the Almighty
Dollar. I, for one, am in mourning for their
loss- and for the loss of Larry Rodgers. and
all the Larrys to come.
Say no to drugs. Say no 10 alcohol. Say
no to skateboarding. Say no to <.:ruising. Say
no to loitering. (A re they all the same')
Is there anything we could say Yes.' to,
for the sake of youth and - tomorrow'7
Elalla Freeland has beell 0 cerTijied K12 teacher for 20 years. She tllllght ill Waldoll
schools for 15 years, and i.l' pr(> .I'elltlv
substitute teaching ill grades 6·12 ill Olympia.
TUl1Iw{l/er, and Locey public schools. She is
also known as a professiol1al storyteller lIlId
wrilesfrol1l til/le to rill/e.
Washington Center
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l)age~
of A&E followed l)y a calel1dar l)age
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Ubiquitous squad stands the test of time
by Rev. Andrew F. Lyons
It is I :45 a.m. A bearded man wearing
a brown fedora is duplicating lurid images
on the CAB copy machine at a feverish pace.
His name is Fezdak Clamchopbreath. He
informs me that his radio show will have
been on for one year come next Wednesday
at8 p.m.
The Happy Squad . Maybe ' you
recognize the name from sporadic chalkings
on the cement paths around campus. Or
perhaps you once heard the words uttered on
KAOS 89.3 FM in between rantings about
Jonathan Richman and his Guitar come to IESC
by Chris Wolfe
He's the guy that formed that early '70s proto-new wave, seminal
Irreverent yuckster, Jonathan Richman will be up to his usual pre-punk musical thing called The Modern Lovers. He wrote all those
zany antics ... Wait a minute. That don't sound quite right. How great songs like "Roadrunner," "Pablo Picasso," ''I' m a Little Dinosaur,"
about: Leggy supermodel, Jonathan Richman , shakes his million 'Tm a Little Airplane," ''I'm A Cute Little Gum Wrapper." ·Tm a
dollar booty ... ') No. Nasal-voiced cooking show host, Jonathan Leggy Supermodel" and ''I'm a Wily Ex-U Boat Captain."
Richman ... ? Nope. Brat-pack bad boy? No. Born·again exHe used to really like the Velvet Underground. He played with
Watergate bungler? Not at all. Buxom talk show blond? Wily ex- Jerry Harri son of Talking Heads fame. This was before the Talking
U boat captain') Erudite yiddish novelist,) Urbane, corpulent Heads. He was Jerry' s boss. Now Jerry could probably buy and se ll
raconteur? CalTot-topped sybarite? Hold it!
Jonathan 50 times over. But Jon doesn't care, that's the cool thing about
None of this is Jon. Jonathan Richman is more special. He· s him. He jumped off the "adulation of the masses plu s a 'Iot of money"
more son of squishy. He does this singing stuff. Jon is more of a ... track in order to he himself. He said he didn't want to play any music
a ... a ... goofv, childlike songster! Eureka! Pigeon-holed at last. He 's that would h1ll11ittle babies ears. He has true character. At crunch time,
a goofy childlike songster and him and his guitar are playing solo he's a go to guy.
in the Library Lobby, this friday, Jan. 14th at 8 P.M.
Goto Guy, Jonathan Richman, is the guy Calvin of K has based hi s
entire existence on. Calvin will be at the
show.You could meet him. Maybc get your
band signed. If not, you' II still have a great
time with wacky ex·computer programmer
turned messianic cult leader, Jonathan
Richman. I'll be there. If you are very, very
nice to me, maybe I'll sign your band to my
label. It's called: In YOUR DREAMS,
BUDDY!
Chris Wolfe was very prolific this week.
but he took some medicin and he 's feeling
bener now.•
It
8
Party TIme
With_
for the Performing Arts
in downtown Olympia.
Tickets $16/13
The Automobile Association of America and
good hygiene.
Well this next Wednesday's
broadcasting of The Happy Squad of Earth
will mark their 44th episode and thus, their
one yearanniversary. Listen, and be beguiled.
Since their first incarnation that fateful
winter's day one year ago, the Happy Squad
has bombarded it's sporadic following with a
vast range of topics via radio.
Shows on home maintenance ane! do-ityourself veterinarian skills stand testament
to the experimentative possibilities of radio.
The counting show, the spelling show,
the math show; an hour in the strange and
mysterious realm of long division.
In addition to being a radio experience,
the Happy Squad of Eanh takes form as an
occasional anists guild. Perhaps you recall
the huge chain of aluminum cans (4,000 of
' em to be exact) that adorned the Clocktower
last Spring in Christmas-tree like fashion. Or
maybe the sporadic blitzkriegs of terror on
Redsquare. Maybe you even took pan in
them.
There are plans in the near future to take
Red Square again. On Feb 23 Happy Squad
plans to lll1leash The 23 huurs IllUi 56 111il1£1le.1
of rhythm: sol(lr day of drumming.
"Pe rcussioni st and drumm ers from
around the area are invited for a full day of
drumming on Red Square," said
Clamchopbreath." Staning at sunrise and
going until the next dawn."
"This is to drum up publicity for the
April I, solar day of vaudeville," he said.
What he is refereeing to isThe 23 house
and 56minUles of vaudeville; a solar day of
low budget comedy, which is also planned for
Red Square and I'm sure you can figure out
how long it will go.
The self-proclaimed utilathieves of
Happy Squad also have future plans for the
Clocktower, involving about 4,000 pounds
of cardboard, and instead of explaining I'll
just let you think about that for a while.
The Rev. Lyons is the Arts &
Entertainment Editor for the CPJ . He is can
also perform weddings.
($ 14 /11 students and seniors)
on sale at the
Washington (enter
Box Office 753-8586.
Ticketmasteroutlets
Live
at Disc Jockey,
and
Free
The Wherehouse, or
by (alli~g Ticketmaster
at 628-0888•
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Gallery II show gives glimpse 'of what it's I'.ike to 'Feel Forty'
Life on the boards: the Internet is changing minds
h~'
Sa ra Steffens
Nobody likes love poeuy.
I've known this for years, but I'm
sl ill mildl y surprised, And disturbed. An
ave rs ion to non-cynical emotion is
ominous. As a generation, we seem cold,
hard and in-human.
But on-line, love poetry is alive
anci kicking.
Over the break, I spent maybe 20
(oka y, 30) hours prowling around
Prodigy's BBS (bulletin-board system).
Prodigy, a competitor of America
O nline, is a network you access through
th e mode m of your home computer.
Prodigy offers a variety of news and
information services, as well as serving
e- ma il and maintaining (and censoring)
several dozen bulle tin boards.
I was feeling lonely and
disconnec ted and odd, so when I found a
liltle s ubjec t called " Writer 's Cafe," I
spi lled my guts, c hronicling via a fivescree n no te my dealings with an old-high
school name,
In an hour , a respo nse came
rtoating back.. .
Welcome to the Writer's CaJe,
Slira. Pull up a chair by the Jireplace and
grab the beverage oj your choice. What
would you like to talk about? ...
I soo n learned my respondent was
sort of the facilitator/head cyberjunkie of
lhe Cafe. Most board s ha ve someone,
lI s uall y a man, who's more or less in
charge, seLS the tone, greets new visitors
,lnd browsers. At the Writer's Cafe, it
was RPM .
RPM was o ne of the kindest people
I met on the boards. Soon, I was dredging
I iny maudlin poem s from years o f soflcovere d notebooks . Everyone was
supportively gentle.
I liked that last stanza. Sara. it
really spoke to me.
Here, eve ry o ne po s ted , a nd
apprecia ted, the kind of e mbarrassingly
morose wri ting best kept hidde n. One
guy writes:
I can' t believe it's been two years
Since you quit loving me
And I stili think oj you
Every day. every night ...
Do I fee l reassured? Are on-line
I'ri endships any s ign that we are learning
10 be unashamedly ca rin g? Or did I
,wallowa load of manure?
I don't know where our generation
is go ing, but I have a feeling the Internet
wi II take li S there .
***
My earliest memory of the word
co mpute r is from g rade two, when
so meone pulled my whole grade school
out of c la sses to s it on the gy mnasium
noar and watch The Co mputer Wore
Tennis Shoes. I don't know Why.
Probably, as a mental health break for
teachers in an under-funded. over-crowded
public school.
In middle school , my sisters took
an intro programming course. Chiefly,
they learned to write short prank
programs o n the Toys'R'Us display
computers. The program would say
"fortune-teller" on the screen, then ask a
few questions (name, age, gender).
Finally. it would write the same fortune
for everyone: You smell like Godzilla.
When I was in seventh grade,
some big exec from Cray computers gave
a presentation. What impressed me was
that the s upercomputers had padded
benches around them, and you could
choose the upholstery to match your
office.
by Chris Wolfe
What Hilary Culhane originally wanted to do for her visual art senior thesis show,
"Feeling Forty" (Gallery 2,Iast December 8th and 9th), "was mostly erotica from a middle.
aged woman 's point of view because I didn't think that form existed."
The onset of menopause, however, and herneed to "work out" and "integrate" some
of the impl ications broadened her original focus. What resulted was a coherent body of work,
mostly single edition books, concerning the history of her sexuality at forty .
The book form would seem particularly suited to her subject. Books are inherently
personal, an intimate communication from the mind of the author to the mind of the reader.
Books are discrete as well, a way of safely speaking of personal things, things that can't be
said out loud.
But Culhane doesn't seem to be afraid to speak aloud . An unselfconscious. open
person, her show (in the manner of what seemed to be form following inclination) was
essentially a performance, with Culhane present and participating , not just through her work,
but in person too .
The gallery wa~ arranged so that the viewer entered through a narrow opening,
coming into a small womb-like space walled and ceilinged with translucent white fabric. At
the center of this space, directly before the entrance, was a glass case on top of which was a
vase of long-stemmed yellow flowers. Immediately to the right of the entrance was a table
with a box of rubber g loves and a sign asking that the gloves be worn if the viewer wished
to handle the books, a nice comment on the intimate nature of the subject matter as well as
a necessary precaution. The whole show was characterized by this sort of graceful mingling
of the practical with the conceptual.
Once the gloves were on the natural flow of the space led the viewer to the work in
the glass case. There was the construct, "A Box For The Queen' s Precious Memories ," a
rectangular box meant for a queen 's dead lover's penis and testicles and two small accordion
fold books, titled " Hilary 's Precious Memories," on each success ive page a small etching of
a peni s stiffening.
Flanking and to the rear of the case, were two opposed stands on which were single
books, one on each side of the room . One book, "What Forty Feels Like," consisted of squares
of fabric relevant to the artists life - baby blanket, place mat, lace doily, sweater, wool
blanket, silk hanky - separated by pieces of hand made purple paper. On the stand across
from this was "1962," my favorite piece in the show. This was made from a girl' s diary , it's
pinkish cover stamped Diary 1962. Inside was a lithograph made from a lasar printed school
photo of a smiling young girl, (Culhane, herself) which is repeated through the successive
pages, interspersed with brief comments on bound-in strips.
The comments refer to events in the girl's year: her dad left, she went to a new
school. a loved nanny left, and finally her doctor drugged and raped her. As the pages are
turned the smiling picture of the girl degenerates until by the books end, it is almost
unrecognizable and is replaced by a photo of the same girl, presumably a year later. looking
profoundly sad.
The viewer moves then to the show 's final piece, a ledger sized book titled, "A New
Vantage Pain!." The text concerned C ulhane's thoughts on menopa use and the consequences
board; I got tired of re-inventing the
wheel. I.t was this statement that was the
last straw:
COOL.., -
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Through high school, I was a
technophobe who wouldn't touch a
computer. They were unnatural and
confusing, and they stifled my creativity.
Add four years at Evergreen to
this equation, and somehow I've become
fascinated by computers. They're too
trendy, or at least too useful, to ignore,
I'd look silly, waving myoid notebooks
as the computer age whirls by.
***
Hit on, spit on, complimented,
insulted, debated, disputed, lauded and
chastised . The lovelorn , itchy teens,
la wyers, a retired army colonel, a college "
newspaper editor , and lots of hard
drinking young men on long leashes.
That's what I found on the Prodigy
boards.
But Prodigy is sterile compared to
the rest of the Net.
Prodigy employs fascists to read
your mail, look for words they don't like.
More likely, a program scans for certain
objectionable words . From first-hand
experience, I know context remains
unconsidered. You can beat the system
with funky spellings. (phuk 'em all.)
Everyone's name and mailbox is
automatically posted with her/his
response. Accountability is at least
minimal.
Still, it's easy for people to lie.
Trust no one. Don't believe anything.
Don't get affectionate,
***
Feminists are just ugly women,
angry that they're ugly so they want to
make everyone pay, Why don't they just
stay home and watch their children,
instead of asking other people to do it?
With the customary sharpness of
hindsight, I now see the Limbaugh board
differently. Prodigy describes its
billboards as a sort of "electronic townhall." From every comer of the country,
people are chewing on the values and
ideas which will shape America in the
coming decades.
I
was
disappointed
how
anachronistic most of the debate was,
but... at least it was happening. Can I
believe that all those anonymous people
will remember anything I said the next
time sexism or welfare reform creeps into
their conversation? I want to.
***
Of course I couldn't resist the
Rush Limbaugh board. I needed to vent
my self-righteous, save-the-world
attitude. .
Would any of you have sex with
Hillary Clinton? Cause J wouldn'l.
I responded to this note with a
long, vehement diatribe decrying the
representation of women only through
their sexuality, the egotism of the men's
pro-Scumbaugh notes.
To which Darth, king of the
diuoheads (Rush fans), responded:
lighlen up. tOOls.
To me, the boards just reek of
testosterone. Very few women log on,
and those who do seem to mostly stick to
nice places, like the Cafe. Get in there,
sisters, and fight for your place before the
patriarchy more firmly entrenches its
fecund roots.
On the RL board, we ar¥,ued about
everything from "penis envy' (which I
was accused of having), to fossil fuels
(which, according to the dittoheads,
produce C02 that we need to keep plants
a live), to affectional rights (a Missouri
man says, "I don't .have to accept
someone I find to be abnormal."). Lots of
folks wanted to talk about Clinton's
"beady little eyes."
Advocating social programs, I say
that everyone has the right to eat.
Someone asks why.
On Christmas I told all the '
diuoheads that they made me want to cry,
and that they remind me of Hit!er, .
Eventually, I publicly resigned from that
In the last few months, the media
has J?een going bonkers over th~ Internet.
Stones flood the newsweeklies, NBC
Nightly News starts collecting e-mail
viewer response, Clinton appoints his
first e-mailman.
People are scared. Free speech. It's
out of control. They could be talking
about sex and Satan on-line. I say good,
I became addicted to the delicious,
startling anonymity of the boards,
doaked in the hours of delay between
responses. I was weightless, genderless if
I wanted to be, faceless certainly. By
changing the way we talk to each other,
the Internet will change the way we
think .
The revolution is happenin g, the
collective conscious of the unaffiliated
gropers has found a link. I chatted with
folks from Missouri, New Jersey, New
York, and New Mexico. One night,
Ihrough the eyes of-another user. I saw
the waves crashing up into a warm
Florida night.
Log on the Net - post your
e mbarrass ingly earnest love poems,
argue, agitate, and make friends. It's
about time we fought toward some
common ground.
Welcome to the nex t generation,
defining ourselves electronically.
Welcome to America, where I paid
lor all of this by the hour.
M. Sara Steffens can be reached on
those lonely nights via e -m ail at
fnllrnmra@elwha.evergreen.edu.
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and was accompanied on opposite pages with large color mono-types of a uterus, and it lay
on a table behind which the artist herself sat, looking on as you turned the heavy pages and
read about her periods, her childhood conceptions of her "private parts," her fertility, her
desire. The title refers to her wanting to be able to use menopause as a new vantage point for
looking at her life : "I am choosing .. ." she writes, "to celebrate menopause as a rite of passage.
I am admittedly new at this but I hope to forge menopause into a positive experience. It feels
to me to bea natural marker to punctuate my days. I have had other markers : birth, first period ,
first love, first orgasm, first intercourse, marriage, childbirth, deaths of parents and friends.
After a while alI the 'first' things are done and we start having ' last ' experiences."
Everything in the show worked: the space, the rubber gloves, the arrangement of the
work, the work itself, and most important, Culhane's subversion of the inherently pnvate
ex perience of books through her presence, echoing her books subversion of the private nature
of sexuality, concerning middle aged women especially. It was a very rich experience. Art
shows don't usuall y come together so well.
Chris Wolfe is the Seepage Editorand Graphic A rts directorforthe CPJ. Sometimes
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books of artwork by Hilary Culhane on display in Gallery II, December 8 and 9.
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THURSDAY
SATURDAY
TESC-The Middle East Resource
Center will be holding a video
presentation and discussion on Genocidal
War on People of Iraq: Three Years
['(/s se d in the CAB 320 conference
room. The presentation/discussion is from
(j to 9 p.m.
OL YMPIA-Gene Pool Lifeguard,
Poel, Dirthead and Foodpusher will be
performing at the Capitol Theater (206
Eas t Firth St.) in the heart of beautiful
downtown Olympia. The show starts at 9
p.m . and costs $5 .
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TESC-Jonalhan Richman will be
performing in the Daniel J, Evans Library
Lobby al 8 p.m. Tickets are available at
TESC Bookstore, Rainy Day Records
and Positively 4th Sl. It will cost $5.
"
OL YMPIA-The Columbia St.
Public Hou se will be hosting Venus
RI Sin g - A Night of Women and Song
ill X p.m. Performers will be; Janice
Fricbaum , Sam Weis, Holly Graham,
Diana Kallerges and Pamela Kay
Wcbberley. General admission is $5,
me mbers of Olympia Live Music Society
and mdlvlduals under twelve can get in
for Just $3. Proceeds will benefit the
Olympia Live Music Society magazine,
SoU/h Soulld So unds .
OLYMPIA-Asian-A merican
actress Jude Narita will be performing a
so lo theater piece Coming
into
['(/s sion /Song f or a Sansei at The
Washington Center for the Performing
Arts at 9:30 p.m. Amy Hill will also be
performing "Tokyo Bound." Tickets cost
S II-SI6. There will be a half price,
"sllldc nt rush" ticket sa le an hour before
the show .
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TESC- At 9 p.m. on the top floor
of the Daniel 1. Evans Library, the west
coast reggae ensemble, Jah Levi and the
Higher Reasoning will be performing.
Admission is $5 .
SARA-As I write this, Sara is
sitting in my living room with the heat
cranked up watching Murphy Brown and
running up the phone bill. Today is her
22nd birthday.
Happy birthday Sara, keep bellin'
out those Tammy Wynette songs!
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TESC-The Men's Abuse
Survivor Support Group meets every
Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in room 4004
of the Daniel J. Evans Library.
TESC-Evergreen Students For
Christ meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. in
room 2218 of the Daniel J. Evans
Library for singing, friendship and
discussion.
Rationalize by Joe Watt & Evenstar Deane
Reasons to eat at
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Go back to sleep, it's only week
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TESC- There will be a Stude nt
A lhul1l Project meeting from noon to I
p.l11 . in Comm unicatio n Building room
3 10 . The Student Album Project,
Co l/ahoratio ns, is looking for people
who wantLO gel involved in producing a
CD or TESC bands. Those interested in
engineering , producing, art work or fund
raising sho uld attend the meeting. For
morc information call Paul ' Trice at
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combination (2 days) Props: Straight Jacket,
Small Hospital Bed. Also need grip help.
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Blues Harmonica Workshop to be held in
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723-6027 or (206) 521 - 3334 (Seattle #'s),
to receive free Blues Harp Sample Tape and
Info.
WHo WAS SHE, AND HoW
CPi-Forum/response and story
s ubmi~sions are due by noon. If you want
to get Involved with some aspect of your
local student-run free press, stop by CAB
3 16 at 4 p.m. and find out how!
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CP1 - Ca lendar ite ms arc due by
noon today for the January 20 iss ue. But
you alrcady knew that.
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Beautiful, serene setting on Lake St. Clair.
Two-one bedroom apts. in Duplex. No Smokers
Please - Pets OK with deposit. $500/month.
Call 206-523-0311
TESC-Today is the last day to
go see Mayan Voices in Exile:
Guatemalan Refugees in Mexico, a photo
exhibit in Gallery II of the Daniel J.
Evans Library.
XF YOO'RE GOING TO STAY
INSIVE AU WINTER. THEN YOO
MIGHT AS 'NEU VO SOMETHING
PROV(JCTlVE LIKE ~lEACH YOOR
UNDI ES OR VRAW COMICS FOR THE
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miscellaneous
There once was a Leah named Gold
Whose disposition was dangerously bold
when asked "why so?"
she 's mirked "Don't you know?"
and smoked a cigarrette she had rolled.
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CPJ now has a classified ad rate of $2
for students of TESC. If you want more
information, please contact Julie in
CAB 316.
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TESC-TEMPO (The Evergreen
Music Production Organization) . is a
group dedicated to bringing band
performances to campus. They have a
weekly meeting each Tuesday in CAB
320 and you rue invited.
TESC- At 6 p.m. there will be a
celebration to mark the opening of
Evergreen's Cen ter for Mediation '
Services. The celebration will occur in
the third floor mezzanine of the Daniel J.
Evans Library. Stop by to learn about the
Center, eat food and be entertained.
for sale
5H E KNOW ABouT HiS
PAST ?!
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OL YMPIA-Invasion . of the
Heart, Live, Surreal Soap Opera is
performed each Wednesday at Midnight
Sun Performance Space, 113 Columbia
St. in beautiful downtown Olympia. The
show starts at 8 p.m. and costs $3.
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