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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 13, Issue 10 (December 6, 1984)
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DECEMBER 6,1984
World
Finding things to .
smile about after·
EI ·S alvador
SECRET THINGS
Tins I have to store and not
For look s and hooks, to sit in nooks
To save the thought, things sought, things got
Cans to hold, boxes too hollow
Cans for trash, cans for stash
Cans for dogs in the night like little boys' hands in cookie jars
Cans with lids to withhold things withheld
Tins missing lids to be kicked in the dark
their contents sprawled 'it light's flick
like the entrai ls of a tra ;hy tin woodsman
Cans for tinkertoys and tomato sauce
For boot grease and bundled stuff
for aspirin and asparagus
Tins for hidden keys and marijuana seeds
Boxes like angels; all wing'd and fairytaled
spittoons like Purgatory: smells halfway from Hell
One handled and portable like a dwarven smithies suitcase
some scented so edible like childhood's best bakery
Keep This In Your Wallet
One clear night, just minutes
before your time arrives,
you may open your eyes
and find yourself
lying
ill the last place you look,
with nothing to do but wait.
Lift your head, if you can,
and watch for a star
that keeps looking back,
as if it were followed.
When the light goes,
you must leave
wi th out being seen ...
like the end of a dream
fading
to a cold spot
on the edge of a pillow.
Benjamin Dover
DREAM
You are twenty-five and wrin kled as the walk begins.
Unattended, you fo llow hidden
two girls and a woman who smiles
along the road by the cli ffs;
they are laughing, children playing, run back and forth
to each other, away and back to the third
They cut through the fields to Addison Road,
follow Cloyden but t urn to the side
Abruptly you panic, run to tell them
they mu st travel Addison, the road where you
were a child.
You run through the ya rd at Margorie Ferryman's
suddenly nine and cryi ng uncontrollabl y, yo u scream
for Marjorie, yo u learn to stop
sc rea ming, learn that bo ys don't speak
'to girls, pretend
'she has never been your friend
You keep running throu gh the grass and o ut into th e street
You pass the Havens, the Davejons, Meullers,
and turn left to your own side- yard
You stand in the patio with
windows on three sides
and wait
Chris Sullivan
Some given, all taken, one stolen sans guilt
One, broken, when shaken does clatter from jilt
But the one I like best though of purple and gilt
With a bejeweled couple stuck courting on top
Metal lace encircling its sides
Though hinged and clasped with tiny padlock
[s so special because of its contents
.
Secret things which if mentioned would surely lose their
Sparkle
T. Vere Bailey
Metaphysical Cricket
Science is often the knowledge
of what is not worth knowing.
But Monsieur Fabre, Entomologist,
found a fact for aching ontologists.
Cr ickets, he somehow deducted,
(inducted, dissected or co ncocted),
can not hear! So listen-if the singer of nature's sweetest song,
t he chirping lyric of the . summer porch ,
has a stone's awareness of what it does,
then we too, we sto nes with ears,
may somehow charm the spheres, by being.
Perhaps, . though worms still watch and drool,
we're not entirely the fools
our deaf dim minds perceive.
Craig Oare
CALENDAR CALENDAR .CALENDAR
TOniGHT!
Wood Stove Classes
Learn about the stove Europian
masons have been building for centuries. The Energy Outreach Centcr
will hold a Masonry Wood Stoves
class at the First Christian Church
from 7:00 - R:30 p. m.
Naturopathic College Recruit s
The John Bastyr College of
Naturopathic Medicine is holding a
meeting to introduce prospective
, tudent s to naturopathic medicine
and nutritional counseling from 7:00
- 9:30 p.m. at 54th and Latonia in
Seattle. Call 523-9585 for more
information.
Thursday Night Film
Murmer of the Heart: a sensitive and
humorous French film directed by
Louis Malle. Cast : Lea Massari,
Benoit Ferroux and Daniel Gelin .
~lIdQy
Spiritual Health Talk
The Evergreen Baha'i Association is
sponsoring a talk by Portland social
worker Joy Cross on spiritual,
physical, and mental health at 7:30
p.m. in CAB 108.
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL .
Catch Some R & B
The Midnight Rhythm Band plays at
the 4th Ave. Tavern. Cover charge
at the door.
"An Unforgetable Theatrical
Experience"
The Theatre Mask Ensemble com bines mime, dance, and masks at 8
p.m. in The Experimental Theatre.
Tickets are $6 general, $4 students
and senior cit izens.
Satu.day
Bi~ Deal Photo Sale
A get-together of pro photographers
to sell and swap excess and used
photo and darkroom gear from 1:00
- 6:00 p.m. 626 SI. Helens Ave.,
Tacoma. For more information, call
582-7165.
Forest Planning Meeting
A statewide Forest Planning
Strategy Meeting will be held Saturday, De-::ember 1st and Sunday,
December 2nd, in Ellensburg,
Citizens' Alternatives to National
Forest Plans will be devised. Contact
Hugh O'Neil at 866-6000 ext. 6784
for details.
Housing Oance
Housing will hold a dance from 9:00
p.m. to 1:00 a.m. in Library 4300
featuring the band "Common
Cause. "
Get Ri~hteous
The Righteous Mothers will playa
benefit for Safeplace in the TESC
Recital Hall at 8 p.m. Free chi ld care
is provided in Lib 3221. Tickets are
$8 in advance and $10 at the door.
Meditation for the 80's
The Ananda Marga Society will present a lecture, . slide show and
workshop teaching the science and
philosophy of Tantric yoga, Hatha
yoga, and principles of PROUT
from 10-12and 1-5p.m. irrLib3500
and Lib 2205 . Free.
Baza~r
Christmas Gifts
Wreaths , baked goods and second
hand gifts will be so ld at the Olympia YWCA Christmas Bazaar/ Fica
Market from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 220
E. Union, Olympia.
Watercolor Artists
Passive Solar Oesigns
Judy Mitchell Cook and Richard ' The Energy Outreach Center is
Apple are artists of the week at the
holding a class on passive solar
Artists' Co-op Gallery, at 524 South
designs from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Washington. The gallery is open 10
at the Tumwater Library. For more
a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
information, call 943-4595.
Saturday.
monday
Democratic Community Network
A Democratic Community Network
is being formed to facilitate
autonomous synergistic relationships
between people of shared interests .
Meetings the first Monday of each
month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
at the library check-out area. Contact Bill Lott at ext. 8268 for more
information.
Wcdnc,day
Sunday
Slade Gorton Speaks
The guy will give a speech to the
Washington Association of Wheat
Growers at their annual convention.
Sheraton Hotel, Spokane. 7:30 p.m.
Cash for Books
Cloth or paper - used on this campus or not. The bookstore will buy
all titles having resale market value
from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. through
Friday.
Get a .Job
Employment representatives wi ll be
at Career Planning and Placement 's
Summer Employment Workshop to
be held in CAB 108 from I :30 p.m.
to 3:30 p.m. For more information,
call ext. 6 193 .
Thullday
Auditions for Young Act Co.
A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) will
hold auditions for the 1985 Young
ACT Company between noon and 6
p.m . Audition appointments will be
assigned by mail only and on a firstcome, first-served basis. Interested
actors, shou ld send a stamped, selfaddressed envelope, plus a resume
and photograph to: P .O. Box 19400
Seattle, 98109.
NOVEMBER 29,1984
by Charlie Campbell
Ruth Hernandez is fourteen and laughs easily for a girl who at
age nine left EI Salvador after Salvadoran soldiers shot her nineteenage nine left El Salvador after Salvadorian soldiers shot her
n i net e e n year-o ld brother to death as he walked home from
work along a San Salvador street.
Her hair is cropped short ori the sides, and bangs hang down
the center of her forehead. She dresses punk. After only a year
and a half in the United States, her English is graceful and precise.
She carefully noted "sprint," a word she didn't know in a question asked of her. She unfailingly turned up a bright side of every
event she described of her flight from EI Salvador, in 1979, to the
United States. Even in the story of her three years in Mexico - where
her father, three brothers, and she lived in different homes - she
giggled at the harsh sound of her own phrase: "and then, when
that family got tired of me ... "
Her fam ily's birth records were lost when the Municipa[ Palace
was burned down . They bought false papers to leave the country
and travel through Guatemala and Mexico.
In Mexico, her father, who was a house painter in San Salvador,
worked odd jobs around the country but was unable to support
the children and was forced to separate them among different
homes, since no one was able to support all four.
Ruth said, "The families were poor, but they had feelings and
love. We were children and they cared for us, because they knew
what it was like to not have food. They had food then, but before,
maybe they were like us ."
[n Puebla, Mexico, Ruth ran track and was the fastest girl
sprinter in her school. However, the separation of the father and
children proved too painful to bear, and the family left for the
United States. With the help of a man called Coyote, they slipped
through a tunnel under the fence between Tiajuana and San Diego.
Ruth remembers Coyote yelling, "Here comes that mosquito,"
and remembers crouch ing in the bushes as a border patrol helicopter
swept its searchlight across the fields.
Ruth said that in 'Los Angeles "our room was very small, and
we did not have enough to eat. [ was walking down the street and
I saw a sign that said" 'Central American refugees.' " Ruth led
her family to the refugee center, which provided food and shortly
thereafter, they were contacted by Saint Michael's Church, which
was willing to take in a Central American refugee family. The family decided to move again six months after their arrival. Saint
Michael's sent a van to bring them to a church building which also
houses a daycare center and a clothes bank.
Ruth likes Olympia. She is grateful to Saint Michael's. She spent
one unhappy school year at Jefferson Middle School, where she
competed in track with great success, but never fell comfortble
with other students. She said, "I didn't have any friends because
I couldn't speak English very well and didn't dress like
them ... Because ['m different. and think different thoughts, they
put me down."
This year she takes Drama, English, Masks, Human Relations,
and French at Off Campus, an alternative school. She may attend
high school where she can run track . She has a large group of
friends and spends many nights slam dancing at the Tropicana.
She said, "I've never been a punk rocker before but I like it."
Her father was dismayed when she cut her hair short. She sa id she
told him, "So what, I'm fourteen but my hair is my hair. You're
not going to wear it, I'm the one."
"I'm happy, but not as happy as I could be if I were in my own
country," she said. She misses her barrio and the one room dirt
and bamboo house where her family, including her grandparent s,
Hved. She is adjusting to the cold rain. At first, she hated the bath
tub, which offered less room than the river where she was accustomed to bathing. She is thankful that here she is not forced to sit still
in church or even go to church. She is thankful she need not fear
for her brother's and father's lives. But she remembers the murders
of her brother, uncle, and cousin. She remembers Salvadorian
soldiers impressi ng young men into service by beating them and taking them off in trucks. She said they were killed if they would not
join the army.
"Sometimes I'm having fun at the Tropicana, and then [think,
at this time people in El Salvador are waiting in their homes with
the fear that they may not be a li ve the following day," she said.
She hopes to return to EI Salvador when the war ends. She said,
"It has to end sometime ." She is critical of the United States sending military aid. "How can you help someone with weapons,"
she said, ''That is no way to help." She said" I would like to know.
more about other governments, not just mine and the United
States." She hopes to become a translator or EI Salvador's Ambassador to a European country.
Ruth is optimistic,but her father has picked up English less readiIy, and without a Social Security number he has not found a job.
He thanks the people of Olym),ia but holds a somber view of his
family'.s prospects. He said, "Here, there is no future." His hope,
like Ruth's, is that the war will end and his family can return to
EI Salvador, but he added, "It is something that we can't imagine."
THE EVERGREEN
STATE COLLEGE
Olympia, W A 98S0S
THE EVIER(;RE:EN
STATE COLLEGE
ASH Makes "Modest Adjustment"
by Nancy Boulton
While Phil McLennan, owner of Adult Student Housing (ASH), was explaining to the CP J last
week that residents cou ld expect a "modest adjustment" to their rents sometime in 1985, notices
were being prepared to inform tenants of a .10 percent rate hike as of January I.
This is the second substantial increase for ASH residents in four months. In August a one-bedroom
apartment rented for $150, a two-bedroom for $186 and a three-bedroom for $225 . In January tenants
will pay $185, $225, and $270 per month, respectively.
The latest increase was made possible by a refinancing of the apartments, completed October I. .
The owners changed their mortgagee from the federal government to a private bank . Because of
this, rent increases are no longer supervised by the Department of Education. McLennan asserted
that this switch would "give us a better opportunity to serve st udent's needs."
Over 50 ASH residents attended a meeting Sunday about the recent changes. Many of those present voiced outrage over the rent increases , which they consider to be too much, too soon. They
organized a committee which drafted a letter to McLennan . In the letter, they presented their concerns and asked for justification for the rent hikes, the reasons behind the refinancing and whether
tenants could expect policy changes pertaining to studen t/ non-student occupancy.
For many residents, the timing of thi s increase was the worst possible. According to faculty member
and ASH resident Terry Setter, any raise after school starts creates hard ships for student s because
they are often on fixed incomes and must budget for the entire year.
Setter called a letter the owners sent to the tenants, which expressed hopes that the changes would
not cause any special inconvenience, an insult. He and numerous others comp lained that this increase is especially hard on tenants because it is Christmas time. Some students say th ey already
have a tough time celebrat ing Christmas and making their money last until the next financial aid
check. They would like to see the increase pushed back at least to February, if not postponed until June.
McLennan stated that they planned the rent hike for the quarter's end so that residents who would
rather leave than pay the higher price will have more time to move. Joni and Gordon Kelsey, ASH
managers, said that they plan to be lenient with those who give notice because of the increase. They
say they'll give extra time to allow people to move when it is convenient.
Adult Student Housing 'Apartmen ts
Those who wish to stay but who won't have rhe full amount due al the beginning of the month
may have to pay a 10 percent late charge if they pay after the 10th, according to compa ny policy.
But McLennan said that they might allow the difference between the old rent and the new to come
in late in individual cases.
As financial aid checks will not be available until the 10th and work-study student s don't get paid
until the 15th, the managers may have many special cases to cons ider.
A survey prepared by the resident's committee asks tenants how they plan to mcet the higher rent.
According to committee member Kathy Dalley, some of those who have returned the survey said
that they may take th eir phones out; some said they will cut back on food and some are planning
on taking in roommates or moving. A couple of people have indicated that they may have to drop
out of schoo l.
.
Pegi Lee, a si ngle parent with three children said, "I think the phone will have to go next, because
the utilities can't." A woman who wished to be identified only as Karen stated that even without
the increase "I do n't turn my hcat past fifty because I can' t afford the bill." Karen hopes that people will include a note with their January rent stat in g that they are paying under protest.
Although some tenants are reported to be considcring a rent strike, Setter said that th e idea was
frowned on by most of those attend ing the meeting. Most hoped to keep a reasonnble rapport with
the landlords, he stated.
Many tenants are co ncerned about harrassment and retaliation. One person observed that the apart ment managers took down names or those who spoke during the resident's meeting. Dalley said that
the people who had a sig n and a drop box for tenant surveys on their porch were told by t he manager
to remove it a long with various potted plants and a pumpkin.
Joni Kelsey explained that they identified th ose present a t the meeting so that thcy could contact
tenants who did not attend. She said that they wanted to find out why those people stayed home
and how they were being affected by the changes. Kelsey also asserted t hat they never allow big signs,
such as the one hanging next to the questionnaire drop box, to remain on the porches.
It makes the place look like a ghetto, " she said, "and we've got to pick it up. We ask people
to clean up around their apartment all the time."
Some ASH residents feel most let down not by the businessmen at ASH, but by the college. Several
people questioned Evergreen's apparent lack of interest in the recent occurences at ASH.
Setter maintained that "Evergreen has a responsibility to provide low-cost housing. It's written
in the catalog; if it's written there it's a legal contract."
Lee is working to decrease the institutions apathy concerning affordable housing for students with
children. But she is dispirited by the College's reaction so far, and fatalistic about her chances for
success . In relation to Evergreen's inaction during the recent changes at ASH, Lee sighed, "I have
no options at The Evergreen State College. My options have been taken away by their neg:ect."
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LETTERS----~-------------
Fix it Fast
To Roger Dickey:
I'd be delighted if you'd follow
your own suggestion and have
Ga ry Wessels of Evergreen's
Nort hwest Indian Cen ter take
pholos for the CP J. Coconut
shell s and bare bellies may have
been t he fo cus on Indigenous
People's Day; that's unfortunate,
but I ca n let it go . But your repl y
to Gary' s criticism was too in cred ibl y rude to let slide. Ga ry,
th e indigenous people honored at
th e ce lebra ti o n, a nd the
Evergreen . comm unit y de se rve
more th a n your tactless "s lap in
t he face" response.
Get yo ur energy ca mera fixed
quick, Roger; I hope the n as h attac hment works , because yo u're
in need o f some illum ination.
Lin da Lammer
What's
Next?
To the editor:
OK, OK, so I read the article,
a nd I' ve seen the photos. What's
next. My first impression to the
response given to-fl1y letter was
that someone in the CP J office
did not take th ei r job seriously .
Your com ment at our Monday
meeting was that it had been a 3
a.m . joke that no one thought
wou ld actually be printed .
What?? The attention it received
on your lellers page didn ' t look
like a prank to me . I believe that
I had a legitimate concern about
your reporting tactics, and should
have rece ived a legitimate
response. If I had any idea that
embarrassing Robin with that
photo was to be the end result ,
I never would have written you.
I do want to thank Roger Dickey
for coming to our meeting
though, and hope that what you
told us was more sincere than you
response to my letter.
One question about the article
and the Polynesian Dancers from
Vancouver Island. Is that the
island next to Maui or Paulau?
Sincerely,
Gary Wessels
Indigenous controversy settled?
This is to Gary Wessells and
everyone else who took exception
to either our coverage of Indigenou s People's Day, or my
response to Gary's letter in last
week's CPJ.
You and I have talked, Gary,
but come, I feel to more of a
truce than an agreement. Here is
my reasoning, as detailed as I can
make it , all in one place. I hope
this helps.
My initial reaction was sparked by your putdown of the people in our photograph s as
"nightclub dancers with fake
coconut shells on their breasts."
You were decidedly more involved in th e planning of Indigenous
People's Day than I. I was not
because of our production
sc hedule a t the CP J, even ab le to
a tll end. So I'll ha ve to rely on
your sta teme nt abou t the way
th ey ea rn the ir livin g. I do no t
think, however, it is unreasonable
to ass um e that whoever invited
them to perform at Indigenous
Peop le' s Day thought th ey
prese nt ed something o f va lue
about th e culture of the South
Pacific. Whatever other points
yo ur lett er may have made, I
think you erred in your description of the dancers. I f you don't
agree, co ntemplate the same
stat ement made in passing on the
way to some important point but
with Native Americans wearing
plastic feathers or naugahyde
loincloths substituted for the
Polynesians.
I cou ld not help but feel
espec ially after the Jerry Falwell
denial, that you were implying
that the CP J chose those par- ,
ticular photographs because they
- were boob shots. We will get to
why we used those shots in a moment , but look at them again.
The top photo shows a group of
dancers sitting on stage. You
need a magnifying glass to get
any titilation out of that. Beneath
it is a photo of two fully clothed
women. Well, they are barefoot.
The bottom picture is of three
women. I suppose it has some '
erotic possibilities, if you want it
to . I doubt t hat Larry Flint is
after the negatiye.
Look back at t he papers we
have printed this quarter. Show
me photographs that support the
implication that we choose the
photographs that are the sexiest.
As for the dancers themselves,
had they appeared nude I think
we would have published the
Cooper Point Journal
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Edi tor : Roger Dickey
Managing Editor: Anne Bockman
Photo Edito r: C hris Corrie
Associate Editor: Liz Nequette
Poetry Ed it or: Donald Mills
Enviornmental Edi tor : Robert Healy
Advisor: Mary E llen McKain
Writers : Charl ie Campbell. Kurt Batdorf,Cath Johnson
Business Manager: Kirsten Lowe
Advertis ing Manager: Theresa C0nner
Photographers: Kirty Erickson
G raphi c Artists : B.C. Shelby, Charlie Campbe ll
Production Crew: Manager: C urt Ber g qui st Ann.: C rowley,
Dave Vai lancourt. C harlie Ca mpbell Polly Pauw
Typcseller: J. c. Armbruster
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photographs if that had been
presented on Indigenous People's
Day as indicative of their culture.
I would have braced myself for
the charges of sexism, but I think
an essential element in cultural
litercy is understanding that the
missionaries were wrong. The
values of my culture shou ld not
be imposed upon someone else's.
The CP J's job in news stories and
accompanying photos is to report
what
happened,
not
to
edi toriali ze about it, and not to
decide for indigenous peoples
are about.
generates. I suspect we
have been in a no-win
situation no matter how many
pictures we took. Space limitations would have kept us down to
printing three or four photos
anyway. I f we had shown two of
the speakers and one of dancers
we would have been guilty of
making Indigenous People' s Day
look like another dull business
convention with native dancers
entertaining at intermission. If we
had shown two of dancers and
. one the panel, we would be
Mary Nelson is affiliated with the
Colville tribes, not the Chinook.
Kaanohi's Polynesian Dancers
are
from
Vancouver,
Washington, not Vancouver
Island. And, while this is getting
harder and harder on a young
journalist, I will take April's
word that Pilipino is the
"politically correct" spelling.
Nancy wrote the story from her
notes, using the names as she
understood them during the
presentation. She learned from
this to confirm every spelling and
to use the printed program. The
CP J is, after all, a learning
experience.
Nancy and I both learned that
the Third World Coalition is not
a student group but a part of
Support Services. The phrase
"The Third World Coalition and
other student groups" is inco rrect. Our apolog ies.
I ca nnot defer, however, to the
object ion of the use of' garb instead of dress to desc ribe what
the Twana Dancers wore. I do
not find the word derogatory or
co ndescending. I find it particularl yappropriate. I use as my
authority Webster's New World
Dictionary, which defines garb as
"clothing, manner or sty le of
dress, especially as characteristic
of an occupation, profession , or
rank." Even more telling on the
connotation that the word carries
for me are its origins. It comes
from garbe which is Old French
meaning "gracefulness."
garbe in turn comes from garbo
Which brings us to why we did
use those particular photographs.
They were the only ones we had.
Our photographer, a student,
was only able to attend from 3 to
4 p.m. This was what was happening. He took pcitures . We
printed them.
But suppose we had been there
all day. What should we have
taken pictures of? Another panel
discussion? The audience raptly
watching the film? David
Whitener eating the fish he
caught? My sarcastic crack about
our broken energy camera had
this point : it's hard to capture the
energy a panel discussion or
the seriousness of the situation.
God only knows what editorial
statement a picture of a Native
American eating salmon would
have been .
Our
reporters
and
photographers are students . If
their work was perfect, they
wouldn't be here learning to be
journalists, would they? I went
over the criticism of Nancy
Boulton's article that were
pointed out in my meeting with
you and other concerned community members.
Most are valid and deserve
apology . Bruce Miller is
Skokomish, not Skykomish.
CPJ Staff of the Week
Kirty Erickson - chronically uncredited photographer
which is Italian for "elegance ."
The Greek work from which they
are all derived means "making
beautiful." If garb offends people of color on thi s campus, the
CP J will, during my editorship,
refrain from using it to describe
any Third World person's
clothing. I miss the little fellow
already .
I hope I've covered all the objections to Nancy's story. Nancy
isn't an intern with the paper. She
is a student in a full-time program who has volunteered what
time she could to the CP J. She
came into the office, really excited about Indigenous People's
Day, and wanted to know if she
could cover it. GRATIS. For
free. Because it was important to
her. Thank you, Nancy. I liked
your story. I was unable to attend
the event but you captured a bit
of it for me. I can still feel that
I know what the day was about
since not one person has suggested that the story itself was inaccurate. Let's call it an A-:
check those spellings next time.
Next time I might not reply the
way I did to Gary's letter . I do
not like conflict or offending
people. Yet at five in the morning after working through the
night I might respond in a similar
fashion to another letter like that.
I resented most of all, I suppose,
that a working photographer who
was at I ndigenous People's Day
would prefer to rag at us about
our photographic documentation
than to present for publications
the images we missed. That has
been taken care of now. I really
appreciate your promise of those
photographs for this issue.
And, as editor of The Cooper
Point Journal, I offer formal
apology to any and a ll who were
offended by either Ollr coverage
of Indigenous People's Day, or
my reply to Gary's letter.
There is, however, an apology
I would like to personally tender.
Robin, your picture' printed with
my reply has apparently ca used
you some embarrassment. For
that I am deeply sorry. I personally find the picture delightful
and the smiling, joyful person it
shows, irresistible: It seemed to
me a photo to cherish, not to
hide. You did not , and the photo
is of you. Once again, my sincere
apologies .
photo by Cris Corrie
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-LETTERSKar Kraze in Kent
Sir,
I am writing to ask if you could
pass this letter on to one of your
student who could be of help to
me.
I am a collector of automobile
license plates and would like to
obtain one of 'Washington State'
to add to my collection. There
are, I understand, licenses normally found at what I think you
call a wreckers yard and are
usually free. I f any student would
forward one on to me, I would
be most grateful; postage of
course will be paid.
Any package sent should be
sent surface mail and marked NO
COMMERCIAL VALUE.
Thank you for your help,
J . Ormandy
57 Rowenden Rd .
Rochester
Kent ME24PF
FNGLAND
ASH action
Dear Editor,
At one 0 'clock Sunday,
December 2, a group of approximately 60 students who are
residents of ASH apartments met
in CAB 110 to express concern
about the increase in rent to be
effective January 1,1985, and to
explore courses of action
available to tenants. ASH resident managers were also present.
Objections to the September I increase were few, probably due to
the fact that the rent had not been
raised for around two years
(when t he mortgage was held by
the Department of Housing and
Urban Development, instead of
the present private bank); .
however, much concern was voiced about the repercussions of the
latest and continuing rent increases on student financing
which, in many instances, is predetermined and difficult, if not
impossible, to change. References
were also made to the timing of
these increases - the first
before many students had returned from summer break and the
30-day notice of the second increase coming in the ninth week
of a quarter that is followed by
a three-week
break
for
Christmas.
Among the questions raised
were: what are the legal and
moral obligations of ASH to the
college in providing low-rent
housing for students? What are
the implications for the future if
the majority of close, convenient
hOllsinll: other than dorms (which
are not conveienant for students
with children) is under no obligation to the college or any Ot her
public governing body? What can
be done about both present and
future housing conditions? What
will the college administration
do?
In respo'nse to these questions,
a number of people volunieered
to form a steering committee
which will accumulate more information by acquiring copies of
ASH contracts with the college
and federal agencies, delving into the history of ASH contracts,
and contacting those -whose input
would be of value, for example,
a letter will be sent to Phil
McLennan, owner of ASH, requesting his point of view.
There is an important question
here, and it is not merely one of
an increase in rent, but whether
access to higher education will be
determined by the availability of
low-rent housing .
Sincerely,
Scott Hall
P.S.: Thank you to the CPJ for
the front page coverage of this
issue in ,last week's edition.
DECEMBER 6.1984
DECEMBER 6.1984
Services
Summary
HEALTHBeating Bulimia:
Eat Without Fear
by Leigh Cohn
Most students look forwarp to
holiday vacations as a joyful time
for reunions and large family meals;
but, for people with eating disorders,
these instead may be times for confrontations, lies, and painful anxiety. Bulimia, which is characterized
by binge/purge behavior, and
anorexia nervosa, a less common but
related condition of self-starvation,
are dangerous epidemics affecting
between 25 - 33 percent of college
aged women (and also many men).
Under ordinary circumstances, their
lives are dominated by low selfesteem, generalized fear, and
obsessive thoughts about food. During the holidays, however, these feelings are intensified. With a well
thought out plan and plenty of
motivation, these individuals can use
this time off to start a program for
recovery.
Although the underlying causes
vary, eating disorders typically begin
for psychological reasons and
. become addictive. Most cases are
women with unrealistically high expectations of achievement, especially
concerning their own appearance
'and weight. The initial binges might
be triggered by specific eventS, such
as: moving away from home, rejection by a lover, or family pressures.
The behavior often starts as a way
of dieting or in reaction to a failed
diet. It become a numbing, drug-like
coping mechanism that provides instant relief for emotional pain or
boredom . Bulimics Q(ten.l:>inge on
several thousand calories after eating
what they feel to be onebite'oo many
at a meal. Since they have eaten
more than they "should" anyway,
they go ahead and binge, knowing
that they will later force themselves
to vomit or abuse laxatives. These
purges confuse body signals, causing extremely low blood sugar levels,
electrolyte imbalances, and cravings
for more sugary foods. This cycle
perpetuates itself, dangerously
upsets normal digestion, and further
complicates
the
original
psychological reasons for bingeing.
Lindsey Hall, who cured herself
after nine years of bulimia, has coauthored three booklets on this subject, which are used in more than 500
colleges and universities. She writes
in her first booklet, Eat Without
Fear, "I binged up to four and five
times a day after the third year.
There were very few days without
one. My vision often became blurry
and I had intense headaches. What
used to be passing dizziness and
weakness after a binge had become
walking into doorjams and exhaustion. My complexion was poor and
I was often constipated. Large blood
blisters appeared on the back of my
mouth. My teeth were a mess." The
research study on which her third
booklet, Beating Bulimia, is based,
documents other bulimics who were
hospitalized, had miscarriages, and
spent more than 20 years struggling
with food. Between 7 - 9 percent die
due to cardiac arrest, kidney failure,
or
impaired
metabolism.
(Lindsey
Hall's
booklets
are availabe
from
Gurze Books, Box 20066U, Santa
Barbara, CA 93120. The "bulimia
set of three" costs $13.25, including
postage and handling .
Dr. Jean Rubel, president of
Anorexia Nervosa and Related
Eating Disorders (ANRED), a nonprofit organization which serves as
a national clearinghouse of information and referrals, observes that college students commonly fall victim
to food problems. "Students are
vulnerable to a cycle of strees inherent in the structure of the school
year. There is a separation from
home and all this is familiar, anxiety resulting from having to make
new · friends and learn one's way
around campus, plus c1asswork and
studies which pile pressure on top of
stress. All the while, women are being vigilant about presenting to the
world an immaculate, thin appearance. Many students resort to
disordered eating in efforts to gain
some peace and release.
"That student returns home,
perhaps still preoccupied with problems at school, to find a different
set of pressures and expectations
waiting . To further complicate matters, holidays are traditionally times
of feasting. For someone who is
already terrified of weight gain, who
is craving rich food after a period of
dieting, the prospect of spending
time around large amounts of easily available food is frightening
indeed."
Students with food obsessions can
use the holiday break from school to
begin to get beller, though recovery
is rarely quick or easy . Dr. Rubel
recommends that students be aware
of the pressures awaiting them at
home and make detailed plans for
how to cope with them. They should
set reasonable goals for themselves,
such as planning non-food related
activities, perhaps by setting a limit
for weight gain, or avoiding specific
incidents that may trigger, binges.
She adds, "if you do slip back into
a food behavior, remind yourself it
does not mean your plan is not effective. It merely shows you a place
to make some revision so you can
more easily achieve your goals."
(A N RED, Box 5102, Eugene, OR
97405. Include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope.)
Most who are cured find that the
comm itment to gelling better is
made easier with the important first
step of confiding in someone who
can help. Vacation time may provide the perfect setting for getting
support from friends or family
members, who are often understanding and compassionate, despite the
sufferer's fears of rejection.
However, even with the help of loved ones, overcoming bulimia or
anorexia ncrvosa may require professional therapy and medical treatment. Without proper attention, the
behavior does not suddenly end and
can continue for a lifetime.
Lindsey Hall's bulimia developed
into a daily habit during her college
years, and she regularly speaks to
students struggling with food. She
emphasizes her success at overcoming bulimia rather than dwelling on
her suffering: ' [ am now able to enjoy growing, touching, tasting,
smelling, and eating food without
the temptation to binge. Ms. Hall
asserts, "The best Christmas present
that people with eating disorders can
give themselves is to make a devoted
effort to end their food obsessions."
Congratulations: you've made
it to the last issue of the CP J for
Fall of '84! Feels gOlld, doesn't
. it? You'd think at a time like this
everyone would be.perfectly content to relax and contemplate the
peaks and valleys of the past
quarter's accomplishments
through a pleasant egg-nog haze.
Not our editor, no.
The (bah, humbug) fiend in
sending out the holidays for a
"User's Guide." He's got this
cockamamie scheme for presenting in one issue information on
the purpose, location, services
and so on of every group and office on campus. He's even going
to try to cover the administrative
structure and student services!
Just to give you some idea how
ridiculous the whole idea is, this
proposed guide is supposed to
also hit the main points on Olympia, like favorite restaurants, best
thrift shops and entertainment
for under $5.
Do you realize that for this to
work , every student group coordinator, every services officer,
every person with information on
how Evergreen works has to write
a narrative description of their
group or area and tell who it
serves, where it is, when it's open,
what it does, whdt the phone
number is? How are you ever go. ing to get them to do that? I
mean, do you know how many
Greeners it takes to change a
Iightbulb?
You'll never get all those people to actually do t hat work and
'get it in by noon on January 14,
'1984. You'll certainly never get
any of them to turn it in the week
before so it can all be typed into
. th.e computer in time. I kn-ow this
place. Just because everyone
complains they're not getting
good press coverage and not
reaching enough people, this guy
thinks they're all actually going
to write three or four hundred
words, type it double-spaced and
turn it in. Where does this guy
come from?
.
Well, I wouldn't let him ruin
my Christmas vacation with his
ridiculous schemes. Poor attendance is abridge we can fall off
when we come to it.
Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year?
Leisure Ed Variety
Miscellaneous covers a broad
Are the dark dreary days of
range of workshops for personal
winter getting you down? Would
enrichment such as: just imagine,
you like to do something nice for
breathe ease, meditation,
yourself? The Leisure Education
massage techniques, herbal exProgram is offering 88 ways to be
plorations, home maintenance
active, involved and have fun .
and repair, self-contained
Work shops are designed to prohomestead, home landscaping,
vide individuals an opportunity
organic gardening, IOday's cookto gain insight into a variety of
ing, brewing premium beer,
recreational areas. Workshops
dollars and sense, introducing
are offered for participants'
your car, make your ow n futon,
enrichment, not for academic
color analysis, now you're talkcredit.
ing, personal computers and
Enrollment is limited a nd
write on writers!
registration is on a first-come,
Kick up your feet! Movem en t
first-serve basis. A spec ial offworkshops include: Appalachian
campus registration is set for
clogging, ballroom dancing, ki
Saturday, December 15, noon-3
and aikido, Latin dance, Mexican
p.m., South Sound Center at
folkloric da nce, ballet, jazz
Place II entrance. Regi stration
dance, a total body workout,
begins on campus Wednesday,
sta rt your day here, ae robic
January 2, at 8 a.m., and ends
fitness, contact dance, hatha
Friday, January IIi, at 5 p.m. For
yoga, judo, taekwon -do karate,
persons unable to register during
and tai chi ch'uan yang sty le.
the day, four evening registration
Dive into aquatics with sunrise
periods are offered from 5-8
swim, beginner and advanced
p.m., Monday through Thursbeginner swim, aqua aerobics,
day, January 14-17. Workshops
senior citizen swim, fitness swim,
range in price from $5 to $70.
fear of the water, adult sw im ,
Workshops begin the week of
springboard diving, advanced
January 14, unless otherwise
lifesaving, water safety inst ructor
stated, and continue for eight
course, masters swim: recertificaweeks. They encompass a broad
tion and aqua therapy.
. range of instruction including: 19
Be creative. Arts and crafts ofworkshops in Recreation and.
fers knife making, letterpress a nd
Sports, 18 workshops that are a
book designing, weekend drawhodge-podge of enrichment acing, expressive drawing, gelling
tivities, 15 in Movement, 15 in
into paint, life and art: a
Aquatics, 16 in Arts and Crafts,
marathon, knitting, spinning,
and 5 in Music.
loom weaving and dyeing, rug
Get involved! Recreation and
weaving, photography, tile makSport activities include: crossing, hand building pottery, potcountry ski touring, ice climbing,
tery: the thrower' s edge, and
the art of ski repair, winter
"lost wax" casting.
mountaineering, winter sailing,
For music lovers, workshops
rafts through eagle country, sea
include: introduction to the
kayaking, eskimo rolling, white
recorder, magical musical
water kayaking, environmental
motivation, fiddlers under the
bowling, pre-school gymnastics,
roof, guitar basics, and bluegrass
modern fencing, racquetball, earbanjo .
ly morning workout, weight
For"-fl1ore information and
training,
running,
spo rt
complete
brochure details call
parachuting, co-ed volleyball and
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Women's Center gets coordinated
CICMinorities
Fellowship
by Kathron Richards
. Three new coordinators were
hired for the Women's Center this
year. As coordinators, we bring
diverse backgrounds and interests to
the center, from crisis-intervention
counseling to I.egislative lobbying.
One goal we share is that of making
the Women's Center a visible, active, and vital resource for students
on issues pertinent to women. To accomplish this goal, we are conducting a survey to get comments from
you.
Joni Charboneau, our re-entry
coordinator, plans to coordinate
plans to work on making the campus more responsive to non traditional students: re-entry
women. Evergreen, along with most
other colleges in the state, ca ters to
the traditional 18-22 year-old student
population. While single mothers
and older women coming to back to
sc hool continue to grow in numbers,
they are not adequately reflected in
policies a nd programs. Joni, a n
MPA st ud ent and intern with
Washington Women United, would
like to see Evergreen stude nt s
The Commltlee on InstllulIonal Cooperation, eleven Midwestern
universities, !ire offering 50 fellowships to member of underrepresemed minority groups pursuing doctoral degrees in the social
SCIences, humanities, sciences mathematics, and engineering. The
CIC Minorities Fellowship lasts four years, and each award will
pay rulltuition plu s a stipend of at least $6,000 at any of the partIcIpating universities: University of Chicago, Universities of Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wi sco nsin. Also in the
committee group are Indiana University , Michigan State University, Northweste rn University, and Purdue.
Groups eligible in the soc ial 'sciences and the humanitie s are
American Indi a ns, Asian-Americans, Black Americans, MexicanAmericans, and Puerto Rican~. Fellowships in the sciences,
mathemati cs, and engineering ar·! available to American Indians
Black Americans, Mexican-Am : ricans, and Puerto Ricans.
'
The appli cation deadline for the CIC Graduate Fellowships for
Minoritics is January 18, 1985 . I · you're interested , apply as early
as possible. For complel e infon:rat ion about who may app ly, exactly what disciplines arc (;Overed, antI how to apply, call lOll-free
al (800)-457-4420. In Indi a na, (all (8 12)-335-0822, or write: ClC
Minorities Fellowships Progra n, Kirkwood Hall III, Indiana
Univers il Y, BloominglOn, IN 4 '405.
become more vocal in legislation affecting women and she plans to network with other women's organizations statewide.
Kristina Knauss, a second-year
student, says her focus at Evergreen
is Anthropology and Women's
StIJdies. She finished a two-quarter
internshio last vear at the Domestic
Violence Hotline in Olympia.
Kristina would like to see a stronger
Women's Studies emphasis at
Evergreen, and hopes to lead a
Women's Support Group beginning
winter quarter as well as try to make
the Women's Center a rocal point
for student awareness on campus.
Kathron Richards, a fourth year
.,tudem from Antioch College, is the
third coordinator. She brings 19
months volunteer experience at
SAFEPLACE to her position on
ca mpus . She is interested in making
student s aware of the negative
soc ietal effects of pornography and
their dangerous impacts on women
and chi ldren. I n the wimer, we plan
to show the film Not a Love Story,
Ca nad ian documentary on this
topic . We plan workshops and/ or
slide shows on similar issues as well.
We are commit~ed to extending the
base of the Women's Center so
Kristina and Kathron plan to actively recruit volunteers beginning in
January with an evening called
"Women's Space."
In the next Few days, each woman
student should receive a survey in'the
mail from the Women'.s Center. Thi,
is important! The information we
get from you will help determine the
direction of the Women's Center.
Though each of us has strong ideas,
we want the Center to reflect the
needs and interests of you, the
students. Our plans are flexible and
responsive to your input. Please fil
out the survey as thoroughly as you
can, and return it to campus as soon
as possible - we've provided boxes
marked "Women's Center Surveys'
in key places for thi s purpose. 0
bring them to the Center and we'l
talk a bout them. Also, we will be do
ing random follow-up phone calling
Results of the survey will al?pear ir
the CP J Winter quarter.
Five Play No-Nonsense Rhythm and Blues
BY Kurt Batdorf
The Midnight Rhythm Band is
a group of rive men who play
hone st- Io-God, no - non se n se
rhythm and blu es. Besides being
dedicated, the members of the
Midnight Rhythm Hand are very
talented and put on a great show.
The band has been toget her for
a lillIe over a year. Gary Vaughn
handl es the voca ls a nd sp lil s
gu itar duties with Steve Gro" .
Steve a nd bassist Howard Rose
assist with voca ls . Patri c k
Padovan ma ns Ihe drum s while
An Patience takes ca re o f Ih e
harmonica. All of Ihem have al tended Evergreen at one time or
ano t her.
.
The moment the Midnighl
Ryhthm Band blasted OUI their
opening ., o ng, I kncw th at th ese
guy, were good. They were all
really loo\c and relaxed on slage.
They simply played; they didn't
enlerta in wilh extraneou,
non sense. The music was Ihe
en terta inl11 e nt .
All of I hesc guys are excel le nI
l1Iu sicians 100. Gary's vocals arc
suitabl y raspy , like a younger
So uth side Johnny. Gary's and
Steve's guitar work is flawless
too. Howard' s bass a nd Patrick's
drums provide a g reat beat and
rhYlhm. And Art's ha rmoni ca is
ma rvelously inten se. They all
work extremely well together,
because they don't compete with
one another fo r the audience's attent ion.
They described their style as
"traditional R & B, pretty much
Chicago style." Their primary influences hav e been Muddy
Waters, Wynoni e Harris, Elmore
James, and Otis Rush.
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Wha t would be your ideal Christmas vacation?
Patrick Padouan, Howard Rose.
SIeve Gruves, An Patience, and
Gary Vaughn
Alan Ros~
Coo ing everywhere and meeling
everyone.
Shirley RyderTo get away from
immediate family ties and escape
for a few days with my hu sband.
CALENDAR
TOniGHT!
Eppn at Carncgics
Hear bluegra ss, co unl ry and
"vln g mu,jc at Car ncg ies at 9
p.lll. 7t h a nd Franklin . No (ove r.
Arti,ts' eu-up (;aller~
Fea lurin g a ni<;1 Loi, Bowen. oil.
Hour , an: 10 a .lIl . - 5:00 p.m.
:>.1onday th ro ugh Sa lurday.
l.esbian Support / Hap Group
Older lesbian suppon / rap gl'll up
Illeets every Thursday night from
7: 00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Call the
I.GRC at ext 6544 for more in formalion and location.
Talk about J-:v('rgreen
l3 yron YOut7 wil l be al The Co rner at 7:00 p.m . to talk wilh
,Iuden" a bOllt Evergreen and the
plannin g y,'
,.Iday
Christmas Party Dance
The Album Project FundraiseI' i,
;ponsoring a dane!.! in the Library
Lobby from 8:30 p.m. - 12:00
a.m.
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Jennifer Bach '
Skiing in Utah
David Henderson
Flying the Concord to France and
sk iing in the Alps.
Kyle Hence
To have a serious talk with Santa about the present and fut ure
Christmases.
ALL WArs TRAtleL S£RtlIC£, IIIC.
CALENDAR CALENDAR
Shabbat Servin's
Tcmple Beth Hatfiloh will hold
Shabba l serv ices a t 7:45 p.m. The
temple is loca ted at 81h and .Jefferson. The lopic IS Anti Sem iti sm. For infornwtion call.
J52 -55 0R.
l.a Nuche de CClltruamcril'a
C i'pes pre se n" the film .
"Wailing for the In vas ion" al
8:00 p.m. al Ihe Hillside COI11munity C hurch. Ca ll 272 -0083
for lIlore information.
Walk Oil Hot Coals
Natuml Knowing spon sors a fire
walking workshop at th e
I.onghousc Retreat from 7:30 II :30 p.m. in Redmond.
R81 - IIRR.
l.ast C hanl'(~ iii Dann
Hear O lymp ia 's Tiny G ia nt s and
Seattle's Gi rl Talk in TESC' s
Library Lobby. R:oo p.m. $3 al
t he door.
Satu.day
Hluc Heron at Brl'ad and Roses
Members of Ihe bakery wi ll share
their experiencs of "Working in ...
.
a Cooperative" at 7:30 p.m. al
~~ nlt'arn RaCism
thc Bread and Roses Hou se or
RIcky Sherorer-MarclIse leads
Hospitality. B & R is a lso look two wo~kshops Saturday and
ing for volunteers. Call 754-4085
Sund ay trom 10:00 a.m. - 2:00
for more information.
p .m. 111 CAB 108. Cost: $7-15
depending on income . Pre reg istration required . Call ext.
6220. free childcare.
Lecture: Education as an Art
Elana Free land , Waldorf IccPurple Music
turer, educator and storytell er
Heliotroupe plays Fusion at the
speaks on. "Hands, Hearl, and
4th Ave. Tavern Sa:urday and
Head: Education as an Art."
Sunday at 9:30 p.m. $3 cover
Lecture Hall No.5. Childcare
charge.
available. Donation accepted .
Sunday
TESC Bazaar
An , toys. food and music will be
in the TESC CAB from noon 10
6:00 p.m. Ca ll ext. 6246 for more
in format ion .
Peact' Group Invite
The Olympia Fellowship of
Reeonciliat ion welcomes peace
movement newcomers and
oldtimers to a ge l -togelher
meeting. Dorothy Day and Joan
Baez went. Ca ll 491 -9093 for
inform ation.
Donator's Exhibit
Evergreen Ga ll ery exh ibil s anists
donations. I"eluding a recep ti on
wit h it drawing for a Yuk Wong
Li print. Rerreshments. 4:00 6:00 p.m. in TESC Ga llery 2.
Ca ll ex t . 6256 for more
infonilalion.
monday
Christmas Music
Pachebel's "Canon in D Major",
"Gesu Bambin" and more, can
be heard in the TESC Com. Bldg.
Recital Hall at 8:00 p.m. Free.
Ca ll 866-6833 for information .
Women in Science
Women welcome from any
academic discipline to come share
thoughts, st rategies, and ideas
co ncerning sexism in education.
Meets every Monday 12:00 - 1:00
p.m. - ~I\": ;~ ::- .- lihr~r y.
:::ontacts
Meel people al the Democratic
Commu nity Network meeting,
7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in the TESC Lib.
c heck -out area. Call Bill Lott a l
ext. 826R .
943-8701
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$3.00 Cover Charge
Tuelday
Raha'i Association
"The Baha'i As soc iation of '
Evergreen State College sponsors
informal discussions on t he
Baha'i Faith every Tuesday night
at 8:00 p.m. in ASH No. 141.
Co nt act Stephan Dimitroff
866-9069.
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The g roup came together
grad ua ll y. Gary met Art through
a sign Art placed, loo kin g for a
person to play music with. Art
then introdw:ed Gary to Pal ri ck
These three met Howards and
Steve at a jazz guitar workshop
at Eve!·grecn. They sa id "we
all like tire bl ues and we decided
to for m a group."
As a ll organi zation, th e Mid nighl Rhythm Band i, very laidback. "We don 't hav e a hand
leader, so we make decisions collective ly. We all know each other
and care abo ut each other. sorr
or lik e a fam il y but more lik e a
gro up marriage." they said.
Everyone bUI Gary ha , quit th e
group a tll'a ,t once, but returned
because the y decided t he band
\\ ' a~ "wo rt h it .
They don'l pla y to or fo r all
audience. "We play for lHIf',eh",
and ,hare it wilh lite audicnce.
T ire y gi vc u, :1 lot of eller g\·." I he
band (O ll cc liv el~' said. Sl'ifexprc"io ll i, their ma in goal.
"Wc're tryin g 10 pla y re~dl y gOl)d
R & B dance mll sic a nd become
a regional band ill Oregllll.
British
Columb ia
"lid
Washington. Wc'lltake it a, fa r
as it can go and jusl see what
happen s . "
I f the band tested themselves
by the intimate crowd al the
Fourth Ave Tav Sa turday night,
I think t he crowd would have
given the band an 'A.' At one
point, abou t 30 people danced to
the music . After all, the band is
" trying to play really good R &
B dance music."
All ill all, the Midnight
Rhythm Band is talented and
good. They seem successful at
what they are trying to accomplish. And they genuinely
Ii ke playing plain-ol' -honest -toGod Rhythm and Blues. If you're
looking for some good, intense.
old-fashioned R & B, the Mid 'night Rhythm Band ca n deliver.
C heck 'em out.
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Rain on New Year's ---ENTERTAINMENT--Believe it or not, it's a New Year's Celebration with one of the
region's most talented Carribean jass groups. Tropical Rainstorm
will be appearing Friday, January 11th, right her at TESC, to help
bring in the New Year. So, save those New Year's resolutions you're
ready to make and bring them with you to this festive New Year's
Celebration on campus ... and dance, dance, dance ....
Tropical Rainstorm Steelband was formed in the mid-'70s primarily
by a group of West Indian graduate students at the University of
Washington. The name Tropical Rainstorm was chosen to highlight
the cultural revival of the two separate and distinct environments,
namely the West Indies (the tropics) and Seattle (rainstorm), of
which its members are an integral part. Currently, the band is made
up of seven individuals with diverse educational and professional
backgrounds.
Tropical Rainstorm is rated as one of the top six bands in the
Pacific Northwest. The concept of the band is indigenous to the
West Indies, but musically the band is versatile, with rich, torrid
sounds and a repertoire reminiscent of all parts of the world, as
well as all age groups . The band has one album out, Yours Truly,
Tropical Rainstorm, under the Topaz label, and plans to do another
by march 1985. Outside Washington State has performed in
Denver, Vancouver, B.C., Harrison Hotsprings, and Portland,
Beaverton, and Eugene, Oregon.
TR's seven members are:
Albert Chiddick, who hails from Trinidad, the mecca of steelband music. He is the group's musical arranger, and plays the double seconds. Albert is a steel band music teacher and a construction worker.
Noel Williams is originally from Belise, British Hondura, and
is an original member. Noel plays the tenor or lead and also assists
in musical arrangements. He holds a B.A. degree in engineering
and is a civil engineer.
Stanley Alleyne is from Tobago, the West Indies. He play~ the
cello pans and assists in musical arrangements. He's a specialized
automechanic, and has travelled widely throughout the U.S. and
Europe.
Theodore (Ted) Sharpe - from New York City via Jamaica, he
plays the congas, and is the group's newest member. Ted attended the Rochester Institute of Technology, the University of
Maryland, and also studied in Munich, Germany. Ted is a telecommunications manager.
James Kelly is a Seattlite transplanted from Chicago. He holds
both B.A. and M. A. degree in social work, and is a social worker
Floyd Gossett, Jr. is another Seattleite originally from Louisiana.
He is the group's booking agent and public relations manager.
Floyd plays the basses, holds a masters degree in public administration, and is the group's insurance coordinator.
Charles Benjamin of Seattle was born in the Guyana, formerly
British Guiana, on the northern coast of South America. He plays
the double seconds. Charles holds both a BA and MA in economics,
and an MBA. He is an economist and educator.
This New Year's event will warm away those winter chills as
Tropical Rainstorm 's rhythms and melody take you away to a
balmy tropical beach drowsing under a westering moon. Have a
great holiday, and join us January I .
Tops at Chops
Marie Wick the top ranked'
women's martial artist in the
Northwest and a fourth degree
black belt, will teach a Judo class
at TESC. Wick, came to
Evergreen to pursue an Upside
Down degree in Humanities. The
class is open to those whose hobby is Judo, to those who practice
Judo as a competitive sport exercise, or those who seek contest
proficiency. The class will be held
Tuesdays and Thursdays from
6:00 p.m . to 7:30 p.m . in TESC
Campus Recreation Center. For
furt her information, call
866-6000 ext, 6530.
Richard Johnson Presents A
American Art Form
by Roger Dickey
For three years Richard Johnson has dreamed of producing an old fashioned burlesque, with lavish production numbers, corny sketches. and everyone,
. includJng the production technicians, playing to the audience for every laugh
they can get. He has saved money, watched and taped shows, and read
everything he could find about American burlesque, its predecessors its
decendents, all the way from the Italian Comedia Dell Arte at one end to
Sugar Babies at the other. More recently he has written a script, assembled
plumage, and sewn curtains. January 5, the curtain goes up .
Richard's production, Tess, Te~, It's a Burlesque, runs January 5 through
8, and 10 through 13, at 8:00 p.m. in the Fxperimental Theatre at The
Evergreen State College.
He has invested over ten thousand dollars of his own money in a show
he describes as "something completely different from anything that's ever
been done a t Evergreen."
He explained that the costumes and production numbers are of a scale
not usually seen outside of major proffesional productions. Four thousand
dollars has been spent on the dancers' costumes alone, including elaborate
plumage. The production includes approximately thirty people, haIf of whom
are dancers. The rest are divided about equally between actors and technicians but that division is hazy since the technicians are actively involved in
the performance, often seen and heard by the audience. Richard's scrip.!
has been a starting point, not the final word for the shows content. Actors
and teclinicians improvise freely in order to capture the free-wheeling style
of traditional burlesque, which Richard calls, "a truly American art form."
He has concentrated his rehearsal work on the actors, leaving the dance
sequences up to the choreographer, Debbie Halverson. The result has been
dance styles that are more current than he originally intended, but are based upon old fashioned burlesque.
Three years of work has left Richard "tired, very tired," but he is still
excited about the project and expects everyone's excitement to peak" just
before it comes up."
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"Something completely different from anything that's ever been
done at Evergreen."
.. Autumn Hi-Way," a colorful and vibrant landscape by
Olympian Maury Haseltine,
highlights" Recent Donations,"
currently exhibited in Gallery 2 of
the Evans Library at The
Evergreen State College through
Sunday, January 13.
The Haseltine paint:ng is a major work by a well-known
regional artist," says Evergreen
Galleries Director Sid White.
"The college is extremely pleased to receive such a gift." Other
recent donations on exhibit include six works by highlyacclaimed Northwest artist Helmi
J uvonen, prints by Tacoma artist
Michi Osaka, a painting by the
late Evergreen Faculty MemberDavid Gallagher, and works by
former Evergreen instructors
Young Harvill and Ann Lasko.
"The exhibit," adds White,
"displays some of the important
additions from the college's collection of Northwest art."
Gallery 2 is open 8:45 a.m. to
10:45 p.m. Monday through
Thursday. 8:45 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Fridays, and n a.m. to 6:45 p.m.
on Sunday and Saturday. Admission is free and open to the
public.
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DECEMBER 6,1984
by Charlie Campbell
Puget Sound promises to be the darling issue of th~ 1985 I~gislative session. Puget Sound is cleaner
than it was in 1956 when, a federal study ranked It the Sixth most polluted body of water In the
U~ited States, but it has come to the attention of Washington State voters that it is not as clean
as it' cou ld be. And dur ing an election year, voter's concerns rapidly become politicians' concerns.
Cleaning up the Sound became a sturdy plank in both the Republican and Democratic platforms
of the past Governor's race. Gubernatorial hopeful Booth Gardner announced his intention to clean
up the Sound. The incumbent Spellman announced his intention to clean up the Sound . Then Gardner accused Spellman of a politically motivated turnaround. Next Spellman proposed a $350 million
statewide bond issue to upgrade sewage treatment plants dumping into the Sound.
The history of the cleaning up the Sound goes back over sixty years when pulp mills dumped
thousands of gallons of raw wastes into the Sound each day . The mills have since estimated that
they have spent over $100 million conforming to waste treatment standards.
Unless the pollution of Puget Sound stops, "the entire natural resource vested in the marine life
in the state will be greatly impaired and possibly destroyed," according to a state Health Deparl mpnt ,r~rpment made in 1926.
MetroSeattle's waste disposal agency, began constructing sewage 'treatment plants in the early 1960's,
but Joan Thomas remembers watclung from a waterfront restaurant as raw sewage drifted from
downtown Seattle into Elliot Bay in the late 1950's.
Governor Spellman's bond proposal follows three successful similar referendums. in 1968, Referendum 17 passed , authorizing the sale of $25 million in state bonds, t.he funds to be spent on sewage
treatment. Under the heading "Statement Against," in the 1968 Voter's Pamphlet , it reads , "Referendum Bill No. 17 was overwhelmingly approved by the 1967 Legislature, and no member could be
enlisted to write a statement against the measure for publication in this pamphlet." A similar message
appeared In the 1972 Voter's Pamphlet for Referendum 26, which authorized the sale of $225 million
in bonds for waste treatmen!. ,ln 1980, Referendum 39, calling for a $450 million bond passed. The
bill was passed by the Legislature with only two nay votes betwpcn the House and Senate.
In the Clean Water Act of 1972, Congress said all water shoula'provide for the protection of fish
shellfish, and provide for recreation': by 1983 and required cities to apply secondary treatment l~
sewage by 1988, with waivers granted to particular cities by the EPA. Metro was granted a temporary waiver. (Secondary treatment is adding bacteria to eat the nutrients in primary treated liquid
waste and turn it into sludge.)
. In 1975.the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) launched a five-year "major
Invest lgatron" of Puget Sound that discovered PCB's in marine birds. In 1981 health officials
discouraged eating bottom fish from Commencement Bay near Tacoma, Elliot Bay near Seattle,
Port Gardner, the Mukilteo waterfront , and Eagle Harbor, after discovering toxic chemicals in fishes'
diseased livers.
One month before the Clean Water Act's July 1983 deadline, Governor Spellman appointed the
21 members of. the P.uget. Sound Water Quality Authority (PSWQA), charged by the Legislalllre
to study anp make recommendations on Puget Sound. The Clean Water Act's deadline passed and
the Sound remained dirty.
'
Less than one week after Pierce County Executive Booth Gardner and Senator Jim McDermott
placed cleaning up the Sound on the Democratic plat form, Governor Spellman allocated the $150 OQO
fr~m his emergency fund and announced that he would seek funding for the cleanup and said EPA
chref and former Seattlite William Ruckleshaus would help secure $12 million to do the job.
Oyster companies praised Spellman's action but a spokesperson of Gardner's called it "a complete election year trick ."
On June 13, '1984, an EPA Northwest Advisor, Ernesta BArnes, and the Department of Ecology
(EPA) submitted a plan to clean up Puget Sound to EPA's chief . , and requested $12 million over
the next three years to pay for it. The request specified one-third of the funds be used to clean up
toxics in the six urban bays.
On June 16,1984 Spellman appointed the EPA's regional office, the PSWQA chief, and the DOE
chief to an "executive directorate" to oversee the cleanup.
On June 23, 1984 the PSWQA recommended the dumping of inadequately treated sewage into
Puget sound stop , and added
that state and federal agencies should stop granting waivers to
treatment plants not able to comply.
. The Federal C:lean Water Renewal Act came before the United States House of Representatives
In June. Joel PrItchard (R) worked to have Metro excused from the act, believing that Washington
State could not bear the expense of converting to secondary treatment of sewage and would not
get federal help to pay for it. However, in a deal negotiated by Mike Lawry (D) and Robert Roe,
(D) from New Jersey and Chair of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources, the House version
of the act included $250 million in federal funding for converting to secondary treatment, estimated
at $300 million to $400 million.
The bill passed to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which. Dan Evans sat
on. Evans; was critical of the bill saying that the bill did nothing to remedy the problem of heavy
metal contamination, the cause of the aberrations in bottomfish. The bill is still in the Senate.
While the Senate considers the bill, EPA chief Willaim Ruckleshaus has pressed on with the drive
for secondary treatment.
Ruckleshaus was the former senior Vice President of Weyherhaeuser Corporation, Director of
the FBI, and Deputy Attorney Genera,l under Nixon. On August 10, 1984, the EPA withdrew the
waiver exempting Metro from providing secondary treatment by 1988 . Ruckleshaus' did not request
any funds for Puget Sound in his budget.
Metro pleaded that the real problem is toxic chemicals and and heavy metals. A Metro study showed
forty percent of the heavy metals and sixty percent of the cadmium and chromium in the treatment
system is from industry . It also said that removal of the storm system from the sewage treatment
system would raise treatment standards, and be less costly than secondary treatment , the reasoning
being that hard rains force treatment plants to process more waste water than the plants can handle,
and still maintain required treatment levels.
Mike Palko, Supervisor of DOE, said the state has $25 milliofl available. only enough to build
one of the twenty- five secondary treatment plants needed . The total cost of convers ion to secondary
treatment is estimated at $450 million .
Gardner sa id on July 7, 1984 that he would, if elected, ban new outfall pipes dumping sewage
into Puget Sound until the issue is settled. Gardner is a former member of the Board of Directors
of Weyerhaeuser, and is the stepson of former Weyerhaeuser Chair Norton Clapp, and owns a significant block of Weyerhaeuser stock. Gardner said the ban would effect Weyerhaeuser's Hawk 's Prairie
residential development near Nisqually Delta, but not block the project. However, Olympia's Mayor ,
Dave Skramstead, said that Gardner's proposal changed nothing because the DOE was already banning new sewage .outfall pipes.
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On September 27, 1984, Spellman proposed a $350 million statewide bond sale, like the three that
were so broadly supported before . H<; said $150 million would go towards secondary treatment, plus
$50 million in other state funds . He said matching funds should come from the federal government.
A spokesperson for Gardner said Spellman may have ruined the bid to get Congress to pay the secondry
treatment by showing the state's willingness to pay.
The issue became so tangled that its role in Gardner'S defeat of Spellman is unclear. The point
is, i~ was crucial to both candidates to be seen as the candidate that would clean up the Sound.
DECEMBER 6,1984
TIlE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
People bomb
Editorial by R.1. Healy
What do an Ethiopian famine. urban sprawl, forest denudation and
pestilence have in common? They
are all aggravated or caused by the
same thing: overpopulation of
human beings.
Like the hydrogen bomb, the
population bomb hangs over our
collective head. And it keeps ticking.
It is everyone's problem and it af·
fects every nation.
As highrises and parking' lots
replace open space and farmlands,
we habitually blame immigrating
people, As the rate of exploitation
and abuse of the land here and
elsewhere climbs we ask, "why must
this be so?"
And why; despite the medical and
agricultural revolutions, do millions
starve and die every year?
To live in Ethiopia today means
famine for one-third of the people
there. We look at this terrible
tragedy and glibly say that the Ethiopians are dying because of droughtruined crops. There is no mention of
the fact that perhaps the number of
humans there is exceeding the carrying capacity of the land.
Not until there is a switch from an
emphasis on the quantity of human
life to an emphasis on the quality of
human life will the lot of every world
citizen have the chance to improve.
The earth right now has enough people on it.
If the high human birthrate can·
tinues, we will experience more starvation and the quality of life will
decline due to crowding, diminished food supply, and destruction of
the earth.
We must change the notion that
life is cheap. Birth control, I believe,
is preferable to environmental control factors such as famine. By not
controlling our birth rate, we are
automatically working towards a
higher death rate . The growth of the
human population will be stopped
one way or another.
It is high time we began diverting
attention from the treatment of the
symptoms of overpopulation of the
treatment of the cause of overpopulation. It is a personal and
public responsibility. It is a planetary
problem. It must be addressed internationally, and from every angle,
political, economic, social, religious,
and ideological.
Like most things, recognition that
there is a problem is the first and
most important step towards its
solutions.
.
According to Isaac Asimov, it is
the woman who purposefully limits
her child-bearing capacity who is
now the worthwhile and noble
citizen of the planet. More accurateIy, it is the person who limits his/ her
ch ildbearing capacity who is the
worthwhile world citizen.
A strong reproductive capcity is
inherent to any successful species existence. It now threatens ours. But
we have the ability to consciously
direct our destiny.
We must change the notion that
sex is only for the purpose of
childbearing, and that childbearing
is the only purpose of life. If not , the
death ratc will continue to ri se, and
the value placed on hum an life will
fall .
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