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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 22, Issue 26 (May 21, 1992)
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by Andrew Hamlin
Paste Madonna to a piece of thin
cardboard. (An empty Mac&Cheese
box might work nicely.)
A black student artist reported that
his own spray paints had been used by an
unknown vandal or vandals to scrawl
swastikas and other markings on a mural
he was working on last week in
Evergreen's A-dorm.
The artist, who has asked that his
name not be released, says that someone
used his paint, which had been left at the
foot of the mural, to put two swastikas,
anarchy symbols, and some German
phrases over his partly finished artwork.
He discovered the vandalism when he
arrived at the mural on the afternoon of
May 11.
MANY OTHERS: GRIEF, SYMPATHY, REMORSE, AND
"Every person I've talked to has
given me the runaround," says the artist,
who was working on the mural as part of
an independent project. "They're tippytoeing around, and they won't address the
issue... It's very important, and it doesn't
just affect me, it affects everyone. I think
people should be aware of that, and aware
that there are people like that."
The artist says that one of two
friends who came with him Monday
afternoon picked up a spray can and
obliterated one of the swastikas, adding
the word "bastards." The artist restrained
him from further altering the defacements
because he wanted to file a complaint.
After telephoning Evergreen
security, who said "they'd take a picture
of it [and] make a report," the artist says
he telephoned the CPJ office. Advised by
Security not to alter the mural that
evening, he went home.
Les Purce, Evergreen's Interim
President, convened a "Forum To Deal
With Racist Acts" on campus last
Tuesday, after meeting with the artist and
paying a visit to the mural on May 15 (see
related story).
Evergreen security officer Lana
Brewster, who took the artist's call, says
she received the complaint Monday
evening, then photographed the mural and
questioned some fourth floor residents
later that night. She says Security has no
suspects in the case right now.
"I agree with [the artist], it's
probably race-motivated," Brewster said.
She added that Security's report will
probably be sent to the federal
government, under new federal guidelines
for the reporting of hate crimes that go
into effect this month.
Puree says he asked the Thurston
County Sheriff's Department to take over
the criminal investigation of the
vandalism, and that they have done that.
Undersheriff Neil McClanahan, who is
supervising the case, urged anyone with
information to contact either the
President's office or the Sheriffs office,
during the Tuesday forum (see related
story).
The artist visited Evergreen Interim
President Les Puree in the latter's office
on Friday morning, and the two of them
visited the mural together that afternoon.
On Monday morning, May 18, Puree sent
out a memo to "The Campus
Community... asking that the community
come together in a campuswide forum."
Andrew Hamlin is the Arts and
Features Managing Editor for lhe CPl.
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painted by a black student in A-dorm. photo by David Mattingly
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Forum confronts campus racism
by Andrew Hamlin
Tuesday's long and emotional
"Campus Forum To Deal With Racist
Acts," convened by Evergreen Interim
President Les Purce·after a student's mural
was de raced with swastikas, included
Purce's promise to charge a Racial
lustice/Harassment , Disappearing Task
Force by this coming Friday.
"By the end of this week, I will have
signed and sent out a memo that will
establish this DTF," said Puree, "not
because someone demanded me to do this,
but because I believe it's the right thing to
do for this institution, and I support it"
The President's comments came
after a statement by a group of students,
staff, and faculty, saying: "The need for a
Racial Justice/Harassment DTF has been
strongly felt and articulated by many
individuals and groups at TESC. There is
no reason to furth er delay the appointment
of such a DTF. Its charge should consist
of documenting the evidence of social
problems here and to propose polices to
combat racism ..."
The group also recommended a list
of faculty, staff, and students to serve
which the Task Force, which would
prepare a report and make
recommendations on dealing with campus
racism and racist acts. Purce did not
indicate whether those people would in
fact be named to the DTF.
"...This is something that we have a
very strong commitment to, a commitment
that follows us tluoughout our life," an
unidentified woman said toward the end of
the forum , which · ran an hour over its
scheduled time by popular demand. "I
think we need LO be kind of suspicious
when we hear 'I'll take that into
consideration,' because we hear that a lot,
and that can be quite a bluff for not
getting stuff done."
''I'm not bluffmg," Purce replied.
The Interim President called
Tuesday' s meeting after learning that a
black student artist had had a mural
defaced with swastikas and other
markings. The artist discovered the
vandalism on May 11, and Purce visited
the mural with the artist on May 15 (see
related story). The forum consisted of
speeches by four invited guests--Robert
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Trustees listen to security options
by RJ Nesse
For the second time in two weeks
the campus community came together to
discuss security issues, (specifically Les
Puree's Draft Plan to recommission
Campus Security into a police force -- see
May 14 CPJ,) with members of the Board
of Trustees.
Guns and current Campus Security
administrators were focal points of
yesterday's forum where the atmosphere
swung from aggravated to conciliatory.
Three members of the Board of
Trustees, John Terrey, Chris Meserve, and
Ed Kelley, attendedlheforum.
Several speakers yielded the floor to
the Board members, in an attempt to hear
their thoughts on the issues proposed.
Board members spoke only briefly,
reiterating several times that "this was a
time for community members to speak
their minds."
When confronted with charges that
the Board has already "made up its mind"
on the issue, Terrey denied prior Board
discussion and repeated several times "we
are here to listen to you, your views."
Meserve responded likewise and added
that the Campus Security issue "has been
personally agonizing for all of us."
Most students, alumni, Housing
student managers, and Evergreen staff
agree that increased training for Campus
Security, as the draft plan proposes, is a
good idea. But beyond this they di~gree.
Several speakers, including two of
Housing's student managers, expressed
concern for student safety when people
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NEWS BRIEFS.
Early primary
results tabulated
WASHINGTON--On Tuesday voters in
Washington state voted in the state's fll'St
ever presidential primary.
With 99% of the precincts reporting
the results are:
Democrats
Bill Clinton . . . . . . . . .. 51%
Jerry Brown . . . . . . . . .. -29%
Paul Tsongas '" . . . . .. 16%
Republicans
George Bush . . . . . . . . . 83%
Pat Buchanan . . . . . . . .. 13%
Results were similar in the Oregon
primary also held Tuesday. On ' the
Democrats' side (with 86% reporting)
Clinton received 50%. Brown 35% and
Tsongas 11 %. On the Republican side
(with 54% reporting) Bush received 76%
to Buchanan's 22%. CNN reported that
nearly 10% of all voters questioned in
exit
polls
in
Oregon
wrote-in
non-candidate Ross Perot. Actual writeins will not be available until Friday.
Voter turnout was low state-wide.
with only an estimated 12-15% of
registered voters caring to 'vote.
Tantalize your
taste buds
OL YMPIA--If you're curious about
organic food. give your taste buds a
chance to tell the difference between
organic and non-organically grown fruits
and vegetables from 11 am to 4 pm. May
23 at the Olympia Farmers Market.
Students from the Washington Public
Interest Research GrouP. or WashPIRG.
based at The Evergreen State College. will
give you samples of an organic and nonorganically grown carrot. apple. banana.
zucchini. or other produce depending on
what's available. The produce is donated
by local shops like the Olympia Food Coop_ The event is called the "Pesti
Challenge." playing on the name of a
popular soft drink taste-test promotion and
the use of pesticides in non-organically
grown foods.
While your taste buds are detecting
the difference. volunteers can provide
information about how organics are
healthy for humans and for the
environment.
Call WashPIRG at 866-6000 x6058
for advance infonnation.
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State drivers are
tops buckling up
W ASHINGTON--A roadside study
completed in Washington during April and
May of 1992 revealed that the state has
the highest seat belt use rates in the
continental United States.
Observers along Washington's
roadways in 18 counties found that 73
percent of motor vehicle occupants were
wearing shoulder harnesses. The 73
percent use in up from 69 percent in 1991.
Three national occupant protection
objectives for 1992 have already been met
in Washington State. They include
decreasing the crash fat'ality rate to 2
deaths per 100 million miles traveled.
increasing seat belt use to 70 percent or
more, and reducing alcohol related
fatalities. Washington's crash fatality rate
decreased to 1.5 in 1991 and seat belt use
is at an all time high of 73 percent.
Alcohol related fatalities are also down--in
1991. there were 335 alcohol related
fatalities. do~n from an average of 415
per year from 1987 to 1990.
"We're starting off our summer
enforcement and information program with
some great numbers." said Katie Lynch.
Occupant Protection Program Manager for
the Washington Traffic Safety
Commission. "But that shouldn't keep us
from trying to achieve more by saving
lives and reducing serious and disabling
injuries. Washington drivers deserve a pat
on the back."
You may qualify
for food stamps
W ASHINGTON--You and your family
may qualify for food stamps and don't
IISECURITY, BLOTTER I
Tuesday, May 12
0003: Custodian reported vandalism in the
Lecture Hall rolunda men's room.
1348: "Free small plastic man" was
reported spray-painted on a barrier on
Evergreen Parkway.
1628: Housing maintenance reported the
cover of one of the elevator's
mechanical/electrical boxes stolen from the
second floor of A-dorm.
Wednesday, May 13
2120: Custodian reported the till in the
Health Services office was found open.
Thursday, May 14
A relatively quiet day for campus security.
Friday, May 15
0819: Fire alann went off on ' the third
floor of the Seminar building due to
possible faulty detector;
Saturday, May 16
0056: Student was reported to have been
very intoxicated and was being verbally
abusive in A-dorm.
0114: Band playing in the field by the
Community Center reported the field's
sprinkler coming on during the concert.
2232: Fire alarm went off in the Library
Building due to malfunction.
Sunday, May 17
1717: Person reported theft from vehicle
in C-Iot
1806: Person reported theft from vehicle
in B-Iot.
Monday, May 18
0932: Fire alarm went off in D-dorm due
to burnt food .
1723: A car prowl was reported in C-Iot.
1948: Coopers Glen apartment resident
reported two suspicious people asking
questions about her.
Security performed 48 public
services (unlocks. escorts, jump starts.
etc.) this week.
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-are enrolled in trade school or
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-are homeless. elderly or
handicapped
-own your own home
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For more infonnation of eligibility
for the food stamp program. call the food
stamp hotline at (206)634-2297 in Seattle.
or 1-800-882-5333 toll free.
Evergreen State conege Foundation
received $200 to help in producing a
catalog; The Lesbian Gay Bisexual
People's Publication Group received $106
to pay for one issue of their periqdical;
and the Hispanic Women's Network
received $209 to pay for incorporation
fees required by the Internal Revenue
Service. .
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Thurston County provides grant support
for progressive, community-oriented
projects in the county. -The Sustaining
Fund was fonned in 1987 in response to
the lack of money available for developing
and maintaining local social change
activities. They support groups and
individuals who are actively working to
educate and involve the community in
challenging and correcting the social,
political and economic inequities around
us.
Grants are awarded twice a year for
such organizational needs as equipment,
training. public outreach •. slart-up funding.
and special projects. For more.information
contact Ion Epstein at 352-0149.
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individuals. Several of the groups awarded
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small plastic man's last
called themselves "a group of drunken.
angered conspiritors" and signed the note correspondence before the abduction that
"The . Possesed Gypsies." They assured is known of is a message left to a friend
that both his mental and physical health in Evergreen's Computer Center late May
were secw:e for the time being, but that 7. Thursday, or early in the morning on
they would not hesitate to harm him if the May 8. Friday. The friend found a note
incident was not taken seriously. There are . tacked to the bulletin board at her place of
no reports of anyone having witnessed the employment as she reported to work at 4
crime, possibly due to the fact of s.p.m's a.m.
small size and the relatively few people in
"I didn't notice anything unusual
. the Community Center during certain about the note," she stated in an interview
after the crime. "although I couldn't tigure
hours of the day.
out exactly when it was wrinen since I
hadn't been into work for two days. He
just wrote to say that he had stopped by."
The note ended with "But you're not
by Doug Smith
Affmnative Action Officer from the
I'm going to go S.C.U.B.A. diving
here
so
Faculty and staff met in two separate investigation we have eliminated both
in
the
Fiji
Islands - see you in a couple of
meetings Wednesday to discuss final continuity and experience from a critical
days
-"
This
led the friend to speculate. "I
revisions of. the Sexual Harassment part of the process."
.
guess
it's
possible
that Possessed Gypsies
Disappearing Task Force (DTF) proposal.
Members of the DTF believed that
planted
the
note
to
me so that his absence
In the fll'St meeting TESC staff and continuity and experience won't be lost if
wouldn't
be
missed
for awhile. but you
members of the President's Advisory the same person(s) train the investigative
never
know
with
small
plastic man."
Board spent a good deal of the meeting teams from year to year.
A
few
days
after
the abduction
In a later meeting. the faculty
clarifying the confusing structure of the
another
note
appeared,
signed
in the name
DTF's proposal. Under the proposal, an reviewed, amended, and voted on the
of
small
plastic
man
and
pleading
the
investigative team of trained students, current version of the DTF's proposal.
friend
to
do
what
she
could
to
save
him.
It
The faculty voted in favor. 47-32 (3
faculty, and staff, appointed by the
is
unsure
at
this
time
whether
this
note
President's office, will now be performing abstentions), of an amended version. The
all initial probes into sexual harassment amended document. among other things. was written by the victim himself.
The kidnapping occured in the wake
matters.
put the Affmnative Action Officer in the
A wrinen report by faculty member investigative team.
racism. from cover
Sandie Lewis Nisbet disputed the creation
Les Puree is requesting that further
of the sexual harassment investigative comments be directed to him by Friday. Lamb of the Justice Department's
team. The proposed team's tasks used to May 22.
Community Service Division. Carol
Copies of the revised proposal and
be done by the Affmnative Action Officer.
Gregory of the Northwest Coalition
"What amount of training alone will minority report can be picked up in the
Against Malicious Harassment.
ensure a good investigator?" Nisbet asked. President's office.
Undersheriff Neil McClanahan of the
also adding that "By removing the
Doug Smith is a CPJ staff member.
Thurston County Sheriff's Department.
and Fred Dube. South African native and
Evergreen faculty of color--followed by
comments from the gathered Evergreen
community.
by Stephanie Zero
r
of queer studies. for example queer history
Lamb. who was invited by Purce to
Lesbians. gays. bisexuals and those and politics.
who support them held a Queer 101- ,
"Evergreen thinks we're doing fine prepare an assessment of the college's
curriculum planning meeting Tuesday to because we're included in the groups that reaction to the vandalism (see related
discuss what is lacking in the current are discriminated against," said Eckersley. story). confinned that he had been
curricul\lm and how to remedy the needs
One student pointed out that queers gathering infonnation for two days, but
in future' curriculum.
are not included in the Evergreen catalog. declined to give details. saying he had yet
Many queers felt a lack of open talk Affirmative Action. orientation week. in to speak "with Dr. Puree and the student
about queer issues in seminar, a lack of statistics about how many students leave body."
Gregory exptained that the
openly queer faculty. and the lack of a . because of the climate. and of course the .
Northwest Coalition' s function was to
queer studies program here at Evergreen.
lack of queer studies in the curriculum.
"monitor hate groups and counteract their
"People think there is nothing
The next Queer 101 curriculum
activities" in the Northwest, and gave an
beyond the love and sex and so there is planning meeting is Tuesday. May 26 in
nothing applicable to study." said Camilla front of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Peoples overview of hate group activity in this
area.
Eckersley.
Resource Center (CAB 314) at noon.
McClanahan con tinned that the
Students at the meeting brainstormed
Stephanie Zero is a CPJ staffwriter.
Sheriff's Department has taken over
how to get across the academic integrity
investigation of the vandalism. indicated
that the perpetrator(s) could be found
guilty of "malicious harassment" under
Washington state law. and urged anyone
with infonnation about the incident to
"contact either the President's office or the
Sheriff's office."
Dube referred to racism as beginning
with "The weaving of myths... the
substitution of symbolisms with reality."
and said he felt that racism could be
traced back to Christians. who created
these myths.
The public portion of the forum was
frequently charged with emotion. and
by Vanessa Henry
Local actor/artist, known as small
plastic man, was kidnapped sometime on .
Friday, May 8th and has been missing
since, with no word of his return.
small plaStic man's disappearance
was flJ'st noticed at his place of
employment, lava Junkies, where he
works as the Tip Guy. A co-worker had
come in around 4 p.m. (to open the cart
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Security. from cover
come in from outside the campus carrying
One commented. "Security
weapons.
wouldn't be the only ones with flJ'earms.
There are guns allover this campus."
Many speakers offered alternatives
to an armed security force: training
students in self defense. installing
emergency phones across campus. and
training Security officers to use martial
arts and/or batons.
Other students and staff called for
the board to postpone their decision until
the new president. Jane Jervis. has had a
chance to settle in and evaluate the
situation.
Many students and staff linked their
reservations about arming Security to the
current Campus Security administration.
One student commented. "Do you
feel it's appropriate to give this
'dysfunctional' Security guns?"
Security . officer Lana Brewster
concurred. "I'm probably going to get in
trouble for this. but I'm going to say it;
of s.p.m·s recent rise to fame on the
Evergreen campus. Though he has been
involved in acting and photography for
some time. it is speculated that his recent
appearance in several films and numerous
flyers in the area may have attracted the
anention of the Possessed Gypsies. The
Gypsies promised in their message to
come forward with their demands once
small plastic man's disappearance had
been publicized.
Signs were posted around campus
the day after the crime, but no word has
been heard from them as of yel
small plastic man's friends and
supporters want to do what they can to
save him and urge his abductors to come
forward or make their intentions known.
Possible witnesses of the crime or recent
sightings are also desired. Anyone with
information is urged to bring it to the CPJ
office. small plastic man is approximately
three inches high, with short black plastic
hair, and was last seen wearing white. Any
information would be appreciated.
Vanessa Henry once stuck a Cracur
Jack peallUl up her nose and had to go to
the emergency room 10 get il removed,
according to her big brother.
included statements and personal
testimonies from many
community
members of many racial backgrounds.
Members of Evergreen's Women of
Color Coalition spoke frequently. and were
critical of the college's track record on
dealing with racist issues. "This is not the
first hate crime that's occurred on
campus." said WOCC member Diana
Gonzalez.
"We' ve called the Human Rights
Commission on issues of sexual
harassment. and they've told us that
there 's going to be a six-to-ten month lag
time before they can start investigating."
Gonzalez continued. "Then we put a sign
up on our door that offends a white male,
and we're told that they're gonna be here
in a couple of weeks. Then property is
defaced. and they're going to be here in
less than a week. We get phone calls on
our voice mail--which we recorded and
brought to security--from Neo-Nazis,
telling us that we better go meet them at
Hayden Lake ... It' s just very. very difficult
to take any of you seriously. at least for
me ... "
The student artist whose mural was
defaced attended the forum. but did not
speak. The artist's identity has not yet
been made public.
When asked about the forum. the
artist felt that "The focus was lost, a
little ... I think maybe Les should have said
'Look. we're losing focus here .. .. '" and
that the Women of Color used the forum
to push their own agenda.
"There is no community here." the
artist said, "so I think what happened was
bound to happen."
Andrew Hamlin is the Arts/Features
Managing Editor for the CPJ.
it's been going on for years. We know
management stinks in Security."
Two speakers feared that rioting
could ensue if Security was armed against
the wishes of the students.
Later. TESC grievance officer
Arnaldo Rodriguez said. "When you talk
about rioting ... you are no better than the
people with guns. Violence is violence."
Some of those present wanted
reassurance that the Board of Trustees was
listening to student recommendations.
"We call you trustees because we
trust you to do the right thing. in
adherence with our wishes." said one
speaker; "It may not be what L & I [Labor
and Industries] says. Well. L & I doesn't
go to school here."
Purce stressed that his main concern
was campus safety. "We can commission
[a police force] without guns," said Puree.
"but we need a force with the capacity to
intervene...
He continued. "I've got to be able to
say that I've done everything I can to
make this campus safe."
Cooper Point Journal May 14, 1992 Page 3
Columns
Columns
Thank the Maker! It's the , first ever Bev
by Seth "Skippy" Long
You see, I wasn't quite sure what to
write this week. I mean, the season is over
now and I didn't really want to cover
reruns. Some friends gave me a bunch '0
good ideas but then I saw IT. The
advertisement during Star Trek. "The fust
time," it said to me. I turned to my
roommates, "Good God do you realize
what this means? The very first episode!"
I couldn't believe it Were my eyes
deceiving me? Was this merely a
flashback from Wenatchee? Was good '01
Aaron Spelling serious about showing this
FIRST EVER Bev? Thank the Maker the
answer was "yes."
This was The Bev in its childhood.
No Dylan, no Mustang, no sleaze, no short
hair for Brandon, no plot. How much
better could it possibly get? Well, okay,
stupid question.
The show was very simple, you have
your basic Minnesota family transplanted
to Beverly Hills with a set of twins,
A
V
Brandon and Brenda. We, as viewers,
watch their first few days of life as the
"new kids in town." We see them look
cool, have a few dates, fuck up, and
resolve it all within an hour format.
Beautiful. The show was destined for
success.
In this episode we are introduced to
everyone except Dylan, who will show up
later. Even Scott. the stupid young kid
who shot himself this past season was on
the show. David looked young, awkward
and as close to "nerd" as they get in
Beverly Hills. It would be almost amusing
to look at he and Kelly then and now and
imagine them as step siblings if.the whole
thing weren't so pathetic in the first place.
I resisted the temptation. Anyway ...
This is the kind of episode everyone
should have on tape. Like my father
always says, "someday it'll be a
collector's item!" Yeah, right
So looking ahead, what the hell am
I going to do for the remainder of the
quarter? You dear BevHeads can expect
the usual TY critic-style predictions for
the next season (including a few surprises)
as well as possible in-depth character
descriptions for those who haven't been
following the show close enough and need
an update. Who really knows though. I
may just give the whole thing up and write
a Housing gossip column. But then, fiction
Prepare your' trash for Plastic Friday
ILt. REDUCE
~ ~ RE-USE
DQ RECYCLE
by Greg Wright
Plastic Friday
OK. Now you've got your plastics
separated for this FRIDAY's plastic
recycling day.
PET, HDPE,
POL YSTYRENE, and LDPE, all sorted
and ready to go. Handling plastic is
inefficient due to the large amount of
space required. That means that more
trucks and more trips to the yard are
required to handle the increased need for
space so, PLEASE SMASH YOUR
BOTTLES!!
Let's assume that the plastic makes
it safely back to the factory where the old
will be made into new. The FDA has
Baby loolclng for family to adopt? Loving
family see1cs to adopt a baby. College
professor Dad, Mom at home, Noah age three
(al90 adopted at birth). All appropriate legal,
medical, etc. expenses paid. Want to share our
joyful lives and give fine education, happy
country-suburban living, and deepest love to
your baby. Phone collect. Ron &: CaU, Pine
Valley, CA. (619) 473-9794.
certain requirements regarding food
containers, one of which is that recycled
material for containers must be heated
sufficiently to sterilize any disease
organisms that may be left from previous
use. Plastics can't take the heat necessary
for sterilization. So the HDPE in your
imitation non-dairy spread butter-analogue
will never hold food again. Well, what do
they make of this stuff anyway?? Here is
a partial list HOPE is re-used in toys,
kitchen utensils, pipe, other housewares;
LDPE is predominantly used for pipe and
building materials:
POLYSTYRENE,
which may arrive at the factory as used
styrofoam is transformed into parts for air
conditioners, refrigerators, cassettes,appliance cabinets; PET is used primarily
for magnetic tape, furniture, luggage, and
toys.
It's true that, unlike aluminum for
instance, you probably will not use your
GOING-
~
plastic twice for the same thing. Plastic
recycling, in that sense, is not a cycle at
all. That's not good. It is the same
problem, however, that rears it's ugly head
in most of the material being recycled
today. You can short circuit the process...
by reducing the amount of plastic and
garbage that you purchase and use.
Greg Wright is Evergreen's
Recycling Coordinator.
Onl~
,WO i~~ue~ left!
CPJ meeting of the trirrl;
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Trur~~.
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4:30 pm CAB 316
L'o rax saves the trees
,
~s so. much more interesting than reality,
Isn't It?
Skippy Long is awash. If fiction is
more interesting than reality, why aren't
we all at home writing short stories?
(,Cause we're all silting in front of our
1Vs sets eating Ben and Jerry's -- Sldp)
THE
THIRD
FLOOR
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by Eric: Penner Haury
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We are WashPIRG. We speak for
the trees. Or at least our latest spokesman
does. That's right: Gritty, tough, furry!
Sexier than Sean Connery. Closer to the
woods than Robert Bly. More of an
environmentalist than the great Ted
Danson, himself! He's the Lorax, engaged
in a non-violent struggle to prevent the
Once-Ier and other people with green arms
and holes in their fingers from destroying
our environment Thrill to the beauty of
the Seussian environment with its
wonderfully named trees, bears, birds, and
fish. Hiss the maniacal Onsler's
ridiculously Seussian machines of
destruction.
On your way out, you can fmd out
When We Were Younger
compiled by Doug Smith and Paul
Henry
It'
20 YEARS AGO
George Stanley McGovern won
some small ones this week and lost a big
one in his race to gather Democratic
national convention delegates. Regardless
of the outcome, the Democratic national
convention is going to be a dog fight.
--The Paper, May 5, 1972
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STUDENT GROUPS
III(EEKLY
compiled by Paul H. Henry
Week of May 21-27, 1992
10 YEARS AGO
The Tacoma program germinated 10
years ago [in 1972]. Faculty Member
Maxine Mimms set up two women with
individual contracts and after one quarter
the number of students had grown to six.
They met for several years at Mimms'
·Slightly West exists! Get one in the CAB
by the Deli. Poetry, fiction (we think),
photos, and drawings, by the Evergreen
community.
'Amnesty International will be showing
14 Days In May in LH3 on Thursday,
May 21 at 7 pm. This documentary depicts
the last two weeks in the life of a death
row inmate. For information call Dante at
x6098.
house in Tacoma.
Mimms added: "Survival makes you
feel like it's potluck. I want to have the
concept of service. We're here to serve
with ideas, both historical and
contemporary. "
--Cooper Pl:Jint Journal, May 20,
1982
5 YEARS AGO
"Yonda Drogmund, who runs SAGA
food services on campus ... has made the
visionary decision to discontinue the use
of styrofoam! She's put this community
on the cutting edge of the international
movement to save Earth's atmosphere."
-:Cooper Point Journal, May 28,
1987
AMNESTY
IN'}'ERNATIONAL
by Dante Salvatierra
For years in rural Brazil land
activists have been targets of death threats,
assaults, abductions and killings in the
context of land disputes. While Amnesty
International takes no position on
competing claims in land, we are
concerned that gunmen acting on behalf of
landowners are carrying out intimidation
and murders with a high degree of
impunity.
Just last month, in the town of
Matapagipe, Mariano Domingos Freire
was shot and . wounded in the . face by
unknown gunmen. He was taken to a
hospital for treatment. Freire is a poet and
a leader of the Associacao dos Pequenos
Agricultures de Matapagipe, (Association
of Smallholders of Matapagipe).
Since 1991, the Association has been
demanding compensation for the loss of
their land due to the construction of a dam
in the region. On the day of the
assassination attempt, April 10 1992,
Freire had attended a meeting with
representatives of those in charge of
SHOP THE
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THURSDAY - SUNDAY
·Middle East Resource Center now has
a budget. We are looking for a person who
would like to coordinate MERC activities
for the 92-93 academic year. Applications
are available in CAB 320. Folks can
contact Yousef Fahoum at 754-9385.
lOam - Jpm
GARDE~TARTS
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Paul H. Henry is the Public
Information Coordinator for StudenJ
Activities. He is proud of his sister
Vanessa for submitting an article this
week.
SUPPORT LOCAL
FARMERS & CRAFTERS
Downtown,
in the Morket
District
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how you can become involved in
environmental issues. You, too, could
speak for the trees.
Where is this, you ask? Why it's in
Lecture Hall 3, and it will be on Thursday
May 21--THE DAY THIS PAPER
<;::OMES OUT. It will be played at 7:30
pm, and again at 8:30, and should only
take a half hour of your time.
If you want to find out more about
the wonderful people bringing this to you
(i.e. WashPIRG) drop us a line at x6058
or stop by Library 3228.
Eric Penner Haury is Cocoordinator of WashPIRG's Recycling
Campaign, and wasn't under the influence
of any mind-altering chemicals.
building the dam.
Please write to the people below
expressing concern at the assassination
attempt, urging that an immediate and
effective inquiry be carried out and that
those responsible be brought to justice and
requesting steps be taken to ensure the
safety of Mariano Domingos Freire.
[Salutation;;; Your Excellency]
Exmo. Sr. Governador do Estado de
Pernambuco
Sr Joaquim Francisco de Freitas
Cavalcante
Palacio Campo das Princesas
Praca da Republica
50.000 Recife, PE, Brazil
[Salutation= Dear Sir]
Sr Secretario de Seguranca Publica
Sr Tito Aureliano
Rua Aurora No. 487, Boa Bista
50.000 Recife, PE, Brazil
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columnfor the CPJ and occasionaly stalks
the editor.
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Cooper Point Journal May 14, 1992 Page 5
Response
Public donations
equal democracy
\
I am compelled to answer Alice
Bird's criticism of Jerry Brown. I sent him
$50, the first money given to a candidate
since I first voted (which was for
Roosevelt, in 1940).
Alice's critical barbs, some true and
some speculative, do not balance the
important positive that only Jerry Brown,
now or ever, stands for, and that is
campaign finance reform. I wish he would
clarify and specifically demonstrate how
crucial it is. Perhaps he cannot be that
frank because the powerful lobbyists who
control the media can silence him.
The only way to democracy is to
have publicly financed campaigns. This is
as much a necessity as food, clothing and
shelter. According to a Ralph Nader
group, private fmancing has cost the
public 50 billion dollars. PAC's have paid
for deregulations. The results are
environmental degradation (destruction of
old growth timber and wildlife, bad water
and air), bank deregulation, agribusiness
(raising food prices), armament
expenditures against the USSR (our
government knew for a long time that
there was no threat, according to CIA
Director Gates' reply to Senator Bradley-which I heard Live on CNN) when that
money was needed elsewhere. The
pharmaceutical/medical costs are
outrageous. (My son was in the hospital
overnight and the costs paid by social
security and insurance were $2000+.) The
goals of the FCC to protect the public
were weakened so that commercial time
allowed has been annoyingly increased.
The most important thing is how much
inflation there has been. (Inflation has
made state programs unaffordable.)
Because the lobbyists have hedges against
inflation they are beneficiaries of it.
If you examine this further, you will
find how much of a scourge private
financing of campaigns is and no one
wants to rid us of it other than Jerry
Brown.
Irene Mark Buitenkant
p.e. sociobabble
letters continue
Welcome to the fourth (and
hopefully last) episode of the Sandri &
Dove Show, in which Ed says:
Kevin, your letter, in last week's
CPl, perfectly illustrates the constraining
effects of Politically Correct "thinking"
that I mentioned in my first reply to you,
two weeks ago.
P.C. impairs the humor functions of
the human mind, rendering the victim
defenseless against parody and satire.
When I read your first letter (three weeks
ago), I recognized the Evergreen Humor
Deficiency Syndrome and resolved to
implement this weakness, hoping to beat
you at your own game.
Utilizing the methodology of P.C.
"analysis" (nitpicking), I gleaned the
vulnerable words and phrases from your
first letter: "Idiot," "pathetic," "childish,"
"deserve," "talented enough," "unique and
important enough," and so on -- all
wonderful words and phrases, easy to take
out of context and link with the legitimate
issues of mental ablism, paternalism and
elitism.
That's how P.C. works. With just a
little imagination and effort, anything (or
anyone) can become a function (or an
agent) of some oppressive "ism." Fun,
huh?
By the way, I didn't tell any lies. I
really am on welfare: classified
"unemployable" due to mental illness
(chronic suicidal depression -- probably
why my humor tends to run kinda
morbid).
Anyway, I got bored refuting your
inane assertions with equally inane P.C.
sociobabble. Looking for something to
amuse myself, I keyed in on the word
"suck" and decided to construct a blatantly
absurd, P.C. "critique" (exaggeration) that
only humor-impaired minds could take
ciUJtion). What does the rest of the me. Mr. Ballentyne stated the opinion that
community think?
integration didn't work and people of
If Webb was innocent and the different races do not get along well
county prosecutor didn't have a concrete together.
case, why would Webb subject himself to
What a myopic, idiotic perspective.
paying fmes and doing domestic Imagine how dull life would become with
violence/referral treatment?
no variety. What would there be to admire
The most important concern of all is if everyone looked the same.
how ·can a temporary Evergreen security
The recent. outrage in our nation
officer (aUegedly) assault a woman while regarding the police beating of Rodney
on duty, in the security offices, admit to it . King might be used as an illustration of
under oath, be charged both criminally and this. Socio-economic exasperation and
civilly with assault and then get hired full- pent-up rage went to the core of the
time without the Evergreen community problem. The racial factor was the
knowing? I do not think that this is catalyst. People who feel unprotected and
acceptable.
devalued by society have nothing to lose.
As the person who posted Economics and societal stereotyping
informational political flyers and authored impacted the esteem of a whole segment
the "critical article" in the Free Press I of our nation's people. Every race was
would like to address several issues. involved in the violence. It did not help
Concerning Webb's statement about being that the anger was directed at police.
harassed by the woman he (allegedly)
It is possible to be prejudiced about
assaulted, he has also claimed that I anything. American history is tarnished
harassed him. Unfortunately, Webb and with the stories of evil deeds done because
other on campus feel that any discussion of prejudice.
not causing them unbounding joy or
The following leller to the editor of the
Immigrants from Ireland, Poland and
CPJ was submitted on Friday, March 6 , questions concerning their public activities Russia, for example, have felt the sting of
1992. Originally refusing to print the letter
is harassment
discrimination and irrational hate. This
The flyers that I posted did not was ethnic prejudice. These people could
on the grounds it may be libelous, the CPJ
is now willing to print the letter because I
question "Webb's law enforcement ability" have been defined as "white."
as stated in Bryan's article, the flyers
have decided to add the
Racial prejudice is based on genetic
bold/italic/captioned sections.
questioned the abilities of the leaders of traits: Eye color, hair color or melanin
the security group.
content of skin. These things indicate very
Dear Rachel & Bryan,
I have a constitutional right to little about character, intelligence or
I read with dumbfounded amazement
discover, post and publish legally obtained education in a general sense. So to
Bryan Connors' article in the March 5,
information. Certainly the Evergreen prejudge a person on such superficial
1992 CPJ titled "Webb suit dropped." I community has a right to know what its physical characteristics is very foolish, and
find it amusing that Bryan is willing to
employees are doing when they're on likely to be inaccurate. The phrase "people
discuss the dropping of a suit when he
duty.
of color" could define over 90% of the
failed to ever report its filing in the first
Furthermore, one of the problems world's population.
place.
with security as outlined in the
America has people from every
Bryan apparently failed to research
consultant's report is that security should comer of the world, every racial heritage
what he was writing about. While the
"act and posture themselves as problem living here. Our diversity is our country's
woman involved was not a student at . solvers, not law enforcers." It would be greatest wealth. We have many fascinating
Evergreen, she was not "unidentified" as
nice if changes were made so that Bryan things to learn from each other.
reported by Bryan. She was an exI have faith that people can be proud
and the rest of the Evergreen community
employee of security and soineone who
of their ethnic, racial and cultural heritage
could again view them as such.
had lived with Webb.
I would encourage all members of without abusing others. There is no excuse
Furthermore, Webb is now insisting
the Evergreen community to read the for bigotry. It is based on ignorance and
in the CPI article that the woman "had
consultant's report as well as the "critical rudeness. A bigot lives in a very small
been stalking and harassing" him. I find it
article" I wrote in the Free Press. Hans world. I pity him. Please join the human
interesting that Webb never made such a
Ibold (3/5/92 CPJ article) and the race.
charge in any documents flied with the
The cost of letting insignificant
consultants are correct, we need to take
court in conjunction with the criminal or
genetic variations limit your ability to
charge of security .. .NOW!
civil charges against him. (See court
relate to fellow humans is too high. It is
Ben Schroeter
records, case #s 6285TCP and 91-2always worth it to look deeper than the
00483-5.)
surface and find the human worth beneath.
The civil suit against Webb was not
Mrs. Jennifer Jaye Unterseher
dropped due to the inability of Thurston
Evergreen Alumnus from Montana
County Prosecutors to form a concrete
[This letter was originally sent to The p.s. I am a white person. I hope this is an
criminal case. It was dropped because the
Bozeman Daily Chronicle.]
insignificant fact Although not a "Person
woman wanted to get on with her life.
Some time ago there was an editorial of Color" I hope to be a colorful person.
(According to her attorney.)
in the Chronicle that startIed and offended
Contrary to the way it was reported
Cooper Point Journal
in the 3/5/92 article, the criminal charge
VOLUNTEER
AlllUbmillions are subject to editing.
against Webb is very "concrete" and is
Editing willauempt to clarify material, not change its
Comics Page Editor: Edward Martin m
still continuing. Webb has either again
Blotter Compilation: Bryan Connors
meaning. H poslible we will consult the writer about
failed to disclose all the facts or Bryan
See-Page Editor: Sara Steffens
substantive changes. Editing will also modify
failed to report them. Webb had his case
Proofreader: lane Laughlin
submissiOl1l to fit within the parameten of the
(Case. # 6285TCP) continued for a period
Graphic Artisu: Cat Kenney, Rey Young and Scon Cooper Pow !oIlTM/style guide. lbe style guide is
of one year. Webb however must do more
Maxwell.
available at the CPJ office.
than pay court costs ($200) and stay away
General: Bryan Connors, Stephanie Zero
We Itrongly encourage writen to be brief.
from the woman.
Photo8raphen: Seth Loog and Leilani Johnson
Submissions over one page single spaced may be
According to the judgement and
EDITORIAL·-II66-6000 x6213
edited in order to equally distribute room to all
EditOl': Rachel Nelle
sentence signed by Webb on February 26,
authors. Fonun pieces should be limited to 600
Managing Editon
worda; response piecos should be limited to 450
1992, he must contribute $60 to his
Newl/Operations: Giselle Weyte
WOrdl.
monitored probation. As a condition of
AIU/Feawl'Cl: Andrew Hamlin
Wrinen submissions may be brought 10 the
sentence!pre-trial release he must also
Layout Editor. Linda Gwilyrn
CPJ
on
an IBM formatted 5-1/4" dilk. Disks should
complete by May 26, 1992, "Domestic
PholO Editor: David Mauingly
include a printout, the IUbmission file lW!Ie, the
Violence Referral{freatment."
Copy Editor Uld Typist: Leann Drake
author'slW!Ie, phone number, and address. We have
If Webb fails to comply with the
BUSINESS-·I166-6000 x6054
disks available for those who need them. Disks can
order he may yet be found guilty of the
BUlinell Manager: Doug Smith
be picked up after publicatillll.
very "concrete" (ALLEGED) assault
Businesl Manager Intern: lulie Crosdand
Everyone is invited 10 auend CPJ weekly
charge. Was the CPJ's failure to mention
Allill. BUlinel1 Man. Intern: Sholhanah Bain
meetingl; meetings are held ThundaY, at 4:30 pm in
Ad Salea: Rey Young
the requirement for Webb to undergo
CAB 316.
Ad Layout: Paul Henry and Deborah Roberu
H you have my qUestiOl1l, pleale drop by
"domestic violence referral/treatment"
Ad Proofreader: 11111 Hyatt
CAB 316 or call 866-6XXJ x6213.
Webb' s fault for not disclosing it to
Circullllion Manager: Sara Steffens
Bryan, or did Bryan "forget" this
Distribution: Paul Henry
The CPJ pub..... es weeki, throaahout the
important condition of the sentence?
ADVISER
academic ,ear. SubKrlptiou are $18 (3rd dua)
If Webb completes all the proviSions
Dianne Conrad
and $30 (ftnt d . .). Sublcrlptloal are valid lor
of the order, the charges will be dropped.
one calendar ,ear. Send pa,...nt with maillna
It is my opinion that jU8t b~ause tbe
The User'. Guide
add .... to the CPl. Attn: 00111 Smith.
cbarges are dropped doesn't mean tbat
The Cooper Pow !ollTlIDl exiltl to facilitate
the (aUeged) assault did not occur. I
communication of evenu, ideal, movements, and
Ad vertlslng
encourage interested parties to look at both
incidentl affecting The Evergreen State College and
For information, raleI, or to place display and
the woman's and Webb's sworn police
lunounding Communitiel. To portray acaJratcly our
clallified advertiaemcnta, contact ~ x6054.
community, the paper strivelto publilh material fran
Deadlines are 5 pm ThIUl~YI to ~Ierve display
statements in the Thurston County Clerk's
anyone willing 10 worlc with w.
lpace for the coming iJlue and 5 pm MondaYI to
Office. Ask for Case # 91-2-00483-5. It is
submit a clalsified ad.
Submission deadline Is Monda, noon. We
my opinion that the officer who took his
will try to publiah material lubmitted the following
statement, and cited him for assault, did so
Thunday. Howner, spaco and editing CXlIllUainu @ Cooper Point Journal 1992
because Webb himself admitted to it (see
seriously. (I hiul never been taken so
seriously as I have since I began to make
"humor.")
I set my trap, baited it with parody
P.C. and armed it with barbs of satire.
Either you "get it" or it gets you -- touch
that "fellatio" bigger without a sense of
humor and WHAMMO!!!
It worked! In the chess-by-mail
motif of Gary & Giles, you took my
sacrificial Pawn with your King last week,
when you toOk my parody seriously. Since
this letter; my Queen, is a parody too,
there's no Politically Correct move left to
save your King.
Checkmate. You'd have seen it
coming if you weren't so P.C.
Nevertheless, despite the disadvantage, you
do play well.
I salute you,
Ed Dove
Webb article
inaccurate
Page 6 Cooper Point Journal May 14, 1992
Look beyond a
person's surface
may delay publicatillll.
Forum.
Unleashed
campus dogs
•
raise
concern
by George DimitrotT and Jennifer
Oatman
.
The following is a memo sent to
Russ Lidman, Interim Vice President and
Provost.
The Safety Committee is concerned
about the problem of dogs running free on
the Evergreen campus. We are concerned
with the frequency of people being bitten
by dogs, with the aggressive behavior of
many of the dogs on our campus, and with
the fact that in September 1992 there will
be at least two students on our campus .
who will have a seeing-eye dog and a
hearing-ear dog, respectively. One of these
students is especially frightened of the
prospect of other dogs interfering with her
dog and her mobility and with her being
knocked down. There is also the
consideration of the college's liability in
the event that someone is bitten on
campus by a rabid dog.
. We are aware that some members of
The Evergreen State College Security
Office have been removing some of the
free-roaming dogs from the campus, and
we commend them. We would Like to see
a whole hearted attempt by the
administration of this college to finally get
the problem of dogs on campus under
control. There should be adequate
warnings distributed throughout the
campus about the need to control the dogs,
and then the leash law should be
rigorously enforced.
One security officer trying to round
up one or two dogs each day may not do
the job. One member of our committee
suggested that we arrange for the county
Animal Control Agency to appear on
campus for a few hours during some
randomly chosen days, and that might help
to get the word out to students to control
their animals. Perhaps we should invest in
some kennels that are more secure than
those that we currently have on campus
for students to house their dogs, when they
feel that they must bring them to campus.
Thank you for your attention to this
matter.
George Dimitroff and Jennifer
Oatman are writing in behalf of The Safety
Committee of The Evergreen State
College.
by David Wagner
On behalf of myself and concerned
Evergreen students, it has come to my
awareness that faculty member Paul Mott
is not able to teach "Making A Difference:
Doing Social Change" during the
upcoming academic year. As a former
student in that specific program and as an
Evergreen alumnus, I feel that this is a
real loss for the Evergreen campus. I have
since earned my Master's degree in
Teaching. I feel that the knowledge I
gained from "Making A Difference: Doing
Social Change" has been extremely useful
in my position as an educator.
integral part of "Making A Difference."
We also believe that the teaching
resources are available on this campus to
make this program a reality. There are
professional, experienced faculty here who
can provide a clear understanding of
theory and teach students how to apply
that theory into their professions.
If you are interested in becoming
involved in preserving "Making A
Difference: Doing Social Change," please
meet with us. You can contact Amy at
866-0218 for more information. Thanks.
David Wagner is an Evergreen
Alumnus.
Racislll forulll ignites personal issues
by Tina Benshoof
I've never wrillen anything for the
CPJ before, but this is important A lot of
different views were expressed at the
forum regarding racism and intolerance,
and it is difficult for me to sort out my
feelings about them. It is even more
difficult to sort out my personal racism
issues.
I believe: the Women of Color
Coalition has a right to exist, hold
meetings, express their views, and be
heard on this campus and anywhere else
they like. Women of color are individuals
with unique and valid experiences and
opinions. If you are insulted by anything
they say, keep in mind that they, along
with many others, are insulted daily by the
entire structure of this society.
I believe: it is appropriate and
necessary for people with common issues
to meet, without their oppressors, to gain
strength from each other and discuss
Asian Americans to Bush:
Like millions of other Americans,
we were outraged by the verdict in the
Rodney King case and numbed by the
subsequent violence in Los Angeles and in
cities throughout the country, including
Seattle.
As Asian Pacific Americans, we
recall a similar injustice nine years ago
when two unemployed auto workers
received probation after pleading guilty to
the killing of Chinese American Vincent
Chin, whom they mistook as a Japanese
national. In the Rodney King case, a jury
with no African American representation
and little understanding of urban problems
exonerated the policemen for a brutal
beating that cannot be justified under any
circumstances. Justice denied to one race
of people is justice denied to all peOple.
We condemn lawlessness and
violence from police officers and rioters
alike, but last week's protests and
vandalism were not simply a reaction to
an single incident. The unrest speaks to
what have become catastrophic problems
in urban Amenca--the widening gulf
between the rich and poor, the
marginalization of racial minorities, the
growing welter of hopelessness that has
pervaded our cities for more than a
decade. It was only a matter of time
before the cities erupted; the Rodney King
case simply lit the fuse.
.
The events of the past few days also
make it clear ~at this is a problem not
only for inner city America, but for the
whole country, urban and rural, privileged
Les Puree states in the catalog that
Evergreen has given us alumni, "a
tremendous tolerance for differing points
of view and an interactive, creatively
critical way to approach and solve the
issues and problems of modem life." We
believe that "Making A Difference: Doing
Social Change" is a vital part of that.
We feel that there needs to be a
senior, internship oriented program in the
Political Economy arid Social Change
"department" at Evergreen. There are
many students that were excited and
genuinely serious about gaining the
knowledge that would have been an
and underprivileged, people of all colors.
Entire generations of Americans are
growing up without hope for jobs or
housing or self-respect The loss of
enterprise and creativity is incalculable.
We were encouraged by your pledge
to pursue swift justice for Rodney King
through a civil rights investigation and
possible federal trial. But we challenge
you, Mr. President, to address what
underlies our country's economic and
racial divide. We challenge you to take the
leadership on civil rights not only as they
apply to a single case of injustice, but to
the larger injustices of poverty, of
homelessness, of inequality. We challenge
you to reverse the decade of retreat from
civil rights enforcement and federal aid for
the cities. We challenge you to make these
issues our highest national priority.
We know how this country can
coalesce in response to natural disaster and
war. This is no less of a national
catastrophe. We urge you to continue to
speak out, to promote federal legislation,
to provide the .leadership so that we can
come together as Americans of all races,
ethnicities, political affiliations and
economic classes.
Sincerely,
First Peoples Advising Service 01
Evergreen State CoHege
The Women or Color Coalition-Evergreen State CoHege
(also signed by 83 other Asian . Pacific
American state organizations and
addressed to President George Bush)
methods of living in and acting on society.
For example, a (female) rape survivor may
need a place to go where there are no
men, even if only for an hour or two.
This does not mean that all men are
rapists, because certainly that is not the
case. But it is not the responsibility of
that woman to sort out all men as safe or
not safe. We must allow each individual
and community an emotionally safe space
to explore their issues, if healing and
change is to occur.
I believe: it is the responsibility of
the privileged person to end the oppression
of others. While it is egotistical to believe
that one person can understand all the
issues of another, we must do our best.
As a western European. one is allowed to
forget racism 99% of the time. Other
people in this country have had to speak
out, die, march and be imprisoned for the
little freedom and respect they get.
Currently the victims of intolerance are
held responsible for the education of their
historical oppressors.
I believe: people of all cultural
backgrounds must be recognized when
addressing issues . of racism and
intolerance. It was stated at the forum that
the gay/lesbian/bisexual community is
currently in the worst situation as far as
political rights and recognition go.
Without discounting the validity of this
statement, I wish to mention that hate
crimes against Native Americans get
virtually no media coverage and even less
auention on this campus. We are so busy
idealizing the stereotypical Tall,
Environmentalist, Spiritual, Braided Hair
Native Man that very few people consider
what it may mean to be a Native
American today.
Certainly other
nationalities are also forgotten when these
issues come up (Filipino, Miskito,
Chakma, Ainu, Inuit, Sammi, etc. etc.).
I believe: it is outrageous to expect
one person of a cultural background to
speak for all people from the same
background. It is even more offensive to
assume that similar skin color implies
similar ethnicity, beliefs, and experiences.
This happens all too often in seminars on
this campus. While we are all trying to
educate ourselves on these issues, the
experiences of each individual are just
that: individual. We can all learn from
each other, no matter what our skin color
or ethnic background. If you want to
know the history of the entire African
continent (for example), go buy a few
dozen books.
It is right and good for us to come
together to discuss intolerance, and listen
to each person's experiences and views. It
is especially important for those of us who
don't always have to listen (western
Europeans, heterosexuals, men, and
wealthy people) to carefully consider our
action or lack of action. Please be aware.
-Walk in PeaceTina Benshoof is an Evergreen
student.
Plastic man kidnapped
by Steve Anacker
We, the free small plastic man
society, are writing concerning an
inaccurate statement in the security blotter
of the May 14 publication of the CPl. It
stated that small plastic man was stolen.
He was kidnapped! A group calling
themselves the Possessed Gypsies left a
ransom note stating, "We have kidnapped
Plastic man. We are a group of drunken,
angered, conspirators, and we do what we
can, Plastic man is healthy, well fed, and
emotionally . stable. However, if our
demands are not met he will indeed perish.
Demands will be given once you publicly
acknowledge that Plastic man has been
taken hostage. Believe us now, this is no
joke. We are· DEAD serious." --The
Possessed Gypsies.
What enrages us most, besides the
fact they mispronounced and misspelled
small plastic man's name, is the fact that
the Possessed Gypsies have not responded
with a ransom demand after the
kidnapping ·was publicly acknowledged.
We are angered at the malicious taking of
small plastic man but, we laugh openly in
the faces of the Possessed Gypsies, for
they are nothing short of a inept, wannabe
political terrorist group. They stated
themselves they were drunk--which denies
them all credibility to any cause they wish
to serve. We believe the real r~n they
have not come forward with a demand is
because when they finally sobered up they
forgot where they put s.p.m .. It is also
clear that they .were not thinking too
coherently (must have already been drunk)
when they decided to abduct s.p.m.
because they took the most prominent,
outspoken, figure in the Evergreen
community. small plastic man is regarded
by many as the spokesperson of a decade
with his humble statement--"I do what I
can."
Although a feeble and weak group
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Arts a Entertai.nlTtent
Hwang's play is director's plea to community
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It all started two years ago, when I
gazed 'iioWn from what was possibly the
most uncomfortable seat in the whole
auditorium in the Perfonning Arts Center
in downtown Portland. The stage was
enshrouded by the saddest blue that I had
ever encountered in theatre, occasionally
blended and transported with the
incredibly colorful and exhilarating
patterns of Asian costumes. The familiar
clatter of Chinese percussion hugged and
soothed my ears, while the pounding
rhythm of human pulses in the story
pierced my nerves.
Then it hit me. This was it. This
was the play that I haa looked for,
maybe all my life. I made the decision
right there, squashed and shaking allover
in that uncomfortable seat. Yes, I am
going to do M. Butterfly myself, and I
am going to do it at Evergreen, in other
places, in Taiwan, in the United States, if
possible, again and again, as many times
as 1 can.
At that time I was also planning on
directing another production at Evergreen,
which took place five months after I saw
M. Butterfly. It was a Chinese play in
English translation, titled Thunderstorm,
perfonned by core program students I
was teaching that year. The cast were all
Caucasian except for two, one who was
a visiting faculty from China. We used a
lot of malee-up and black hair spray to
create Chinese characters, and we filled
the stage with Chinese costumes,
paintings, and decorations I brought from
home. I taught them, my cast, how to
walk and stand and ta1Ic like Chinese in
the traditional society, and I taught them
how to bow and kow-tow, those little
things in the daily practice of Chinese
customs. We had a lot of fun, a lot of
struggle, and a lot of joy.
From the very beginning, I knew
that M. Butterfly was different from
Thunderstorm. It is not about China only,
and the conflict it portrays reaches
beyond any national boundaries and
touches a larger humanity. The play
demands a fundamental understanding of
Chinese character and culture, yet it
places this understanding in direct
connection with a broader exploration and
comprehension of human nature which is
universal. A substantial knowledge of
Chinese opera and Chinese history is
absolutely essential behind any production
of M. Butterfly, but such knowledge only
lays the foundation; it by no means
dictates where and how the play should
go.
I decided to produce and direct this
play at Evergreen for many reasons, all
related and interlocked with one another.
For the simplest reason, I wanted to do
it because 1 am Chinese, a native-born
Chinese with substantive background in
traditional Chinese theatre. M. Butterfly
talces place in China and focuses on a
Chinese opera perfonner. Almost any
production of M. Butterfly, professional or
educational, in this country would have to
solicit major help from Chinese opera
experts, but I would not have to. I have
studied, learned, and perfonned Chinese
opera for many years. I am no expert in
this extremely rich and profound
perfonning art existing for centuries, but
I am capable, more capable than anybody
else on the Evergreen campus, or even in
the whole Seattle area, of directing this
play all by myself.
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community,
including
both
the
participants of the production . and the
audien~s, an ample oppo~ity to
witness and recognize .the devastating
banns and disasters that sexual ·and racial
stereotypes ha~ created on our lives and
society in general--lives and society
wbich involve the most fundamental ways
and means of communication, which
speak directly to the basic and innate
rights and dignity we all have as humans.
M. Butterfly is packed with
stereotypes, in their most naked and evil
forms, in order to expoSe and then shatter
them. Having white students portraying
Asian characters who purposefully play
up to some projected . stereotypes in our
social and cultural context, for me, could
become even a stronger strategy and
more powerful tool to manifest and
uproot the long-endured racial projections.
Instead of perpetuating the distorted
images of the East, the white faces of the
perfonners
in this production could even
production, even at the possible expense
further
underscore
the false and unnatural
of the emotional comfort of myself and
of
those
images. At the
compositions
many other Asians in the community.
same
time,
a
sense
of
universality can
This is a decision that is at once
possibly
be
achieved
through such
practical, cultural, and artistic. For one
arrangement
to
involve
all
racial and
thing, since I am working with an artistic
sexual
entanglements
in
our
imagination.
medium called theatre, I can be allowed
a little freedom in the general realm of It is probably based on a similar notion
of universality that Hwang has made
theatrical expressions. Theatre, like any
some of his Asian characters in the play
art fonn, echoes and reflects reality, but
act exactly like characters coming straight
it is not bound to copying the exact
,
from American TV sit-corns.
reality. Theatre can affect the audience's
.
1 sincerely believe that David Henry
intellectual understanding through the
Hwang's
vision is not restricted to any
artistic manipulation of the distance
particular
ethnicitics and skin colors. Ti)e
betv;een stage illusion and suggested
problems
are universal, and they reach
reality. Using Caucasian students instead
deeper
than
the skin into our heart and
of Asian-American students for the Asian
the
core
of
human dignity. Political or
roles implies that I am now attempting to
sexual,
they
touch us because they are,
manipulate a theatrical style and aesthetic
first
and
foremost,
personal. Nobody-distance that are apparently more
nobody
is
immune.
Hwang
himself says
presentational than representational, more
in
the
afterword
to
the
play:
symbolic than realistic. For any artist,
artistic style is a serious choice, a choice
M. Butterfly has sometimes been
of pride, conviction and integrity, a
regarded
as an anti-American play, a
choice that the artist is entitled to malee.
diatribe
against
the stereotyping of the
In this case, it is a choice that does not
East
by
the
West,
of women by men.
arrive without sacrifices--big sacrifices.
Quite
to
the
contrary,
I consider it a plea
What supports me most and pushed
to
cut
through
our respective
to
all
sides
me forward despite those sacrifices is
layers
of
cultural
and
sexual
actually an instinctive belief that this is
misperception,
to
deal
with
one
another
the right time and space to produce such
truthfully for our mutual good, from the
a highly intense and controversial playas
common and equal ground we share as
M. BUllerfly.
The
intensity
and
human beings.
controversy it presents derive not only
from the context of the dramatic plot, but
That is why 1 wanted to do M .
also, and maybe more so, from our
Butterfly here at Evergreen, a passion that
parallel experiences in this extremely
never left me since that memorable
confusing and complex contemporary
experience two years ago in Portland. M.
world. Confusions occur on the world
Butterfly ' is a plea to all humanity-and national scale as well as at the
producing it is my plea to the Evergreen
domestic and school level. RaCism and
Community.
sexism are probably two of the most
Rose lang , an Evergreen faculty
outstanding and outrageous phenomena of
member, is the producer and director of
. such confusions, and, as David Henry
M. Butterfly, which plays May 29. 30.
Hwang points out, more frequently than
and 31 at Evergreen's Experimental
not they intersect. At this difficult and
Theatre.
transitional period in Evergreen history,
M. Butterfly will offer the Evergreen
M. Butterlly
A play by David Henry Hwang
But this was not the only, nor the
major reason why I wanted to mount this
play. As an artist, theatre teacher, and
director, I respond to theatre arts on all
different levels--personal, emotional,
professional, and intellectual. M. Butterfly
strikes me as an exceptionally artistic and
brilliantly intellectual work in the
contemporary American theatre. It
explores so many real and heart-rending
issues that confront us every day:
psychological projections, sexual and
cultural stereotypes, and the basic
division between reality and fantasy in
our daily existence--and it explores them
so well. It provides us with social,
political awareness, at the same time
hitting us on a gut level. It is a play that
deserves thorough attention, careful
production, and heated discussiops in any
theatre.
And I wanted to do this play
because I knew it. Within all its clever .
devices and remarkably tight structure,
hidden behind all the ingenious symbols
and fantastic imageries, underneath all the
social, political, and national implications,
it is simply a story between two
breathing, living human beings. Two
human beings that happen to be a
Chinese and a French.
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It would indeed be an ideal
situation if I could have a cast that
depicts the actual ethnic orientation of
each character. I was very disappointed
when faced with the crude reality that
this ideal situation was not happening.
The Asian population on this campus is
simply too small at the current time. I
was then faced with the difficult decision
of whether to continue the project or not,
with an apparently big scar on my
cultural
conscience
and
artistic
perfectionism. Finally, I came to peace
with myself and decided to pursue the
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6 pm today. All women welcome. Info:
x6162.
STONEWALL YOUTH, a peer support
group for gay, lesbian, and bisexual
youth in Thurston County meets today
from 7 to 9 pm at the Olympia
Timberland Library, comer of 8th and
Franlclin in Olympia. Info: 866-4563 or
275-6998.
THE BLACK HILLS AUDUBON
SOCIETY holds a meeting/lecture called .
"Women and the Environment" tonight at
7 pm in the Capitol Museum Coach
House. The spealcer is 94 year-old
Audubon stalwart Hazel Wolf. In[o: 7868020.
ALRIC
FORBES,
Seattle
reggae
mUSICian, celebrates the release of his
frrst solo CD, World Pride, tonight from
7 to 10 pm at the Backstage in Ballard.
In[o: 522-6125.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
MEETING today and every Thursday the
basement of the Lecture Hall Rotunda.
Info: x68oo.
TESC FENCING CLUB meets tonight
and every Thursday from 7 to 9 pm in
the TESC Library Building, 3rd floor
mezzanine. Info: Russ Redding at 7868321.
mV/AlDS support group meets every
Thursday from 7 to 8:30 pm; there's also
a group meeting on 5 pm today. Info:
Deb Duggan at 786-5581 x6971.
EVERGREEN ' S
CHAPTER
OF
NORML, dedicated to the re-Iegalization
of marijuana and hemp for industrial,
medicinal, and personal use, every other
Thursday from 5 to 6 pm in Library
2118. Info: x6636.
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The Nature Boys (left to right : June Bone Mose, Lethal Semo, Duce Kay
Mose, Juice Serno, and Nemo Mose) Sing a capella harmonies at the
Pacific Islanders Association Luau, 7 pm this Saturday at the Community
Center. The roast pig gets served up at 5 pm. photo by Jens Lund
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SATURDAY
MY NAME, NUBBIN, INSOLENT, and
MUGWUMP play tonight at 9 pm at the
Un-Cola, over there next to Mario's. $4.
SOPHIE CALLIE, a French Conceptual
Artist, gives a talk tonight at 7:30 pm at
the Seattle Art Museum, 100 University
Street in Seattle. Described by critics as
a "voyeur, sleuth, poseur, joker, and
storyteller," has--among other things-disguised herself in a wig and sunglasses
to follow a stranger around for two days,
and paid 24 people to occupy her bed
one by one for eight hours at a time
while she photographed them. Free. Info:
625-8900.
FRIDAY
THE JURASSIC GROUP meets in the
Donn loop every Friday at 6:30 pm for
drug-free activities. Office hours are from
1 to 3 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Info: x6555.
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MONDAY
THE WOMEN'S CENTER holds its
THE LORAX will be at Evergreen, in
some fonn anyway, tonight at 7:30 and
8:30 pm in Lecture Hall 3. Sponsored by
WashPIRG.
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SUNDAY
ME AND HIM PRODUCTIONS presents
The Hunger, featuring David Bowie
getting real old and also Bauhaus (for
. about five seconds), with Videodrome,
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30 wcrds; or ~s: $3.00
Bu!;inE!!;s;·Rate: $500 '
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where lots of bad stuff that is not normal
happens (it's a David Cronenberg film,
what do you expect?), at 7 and 9 pm
respectively in Lecture Hall 5. Free.
'SPITBOY, UNWOUND, LANK, and
HONEYBUCKET play an Un-Cola
afternoon gig (of all things) today at
noon at the Un-Cola, down by Mario's
like I said before. Whoops,'they forgot to
write down how much it costs.
FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF THE
OL YMPIA CHAMBER ORCHES1RA
perform an afternoon of chamber music
today at 2 pm in Studio 321, 321
Jefferson N.E., in Olympia. $5 (donations
above and beyond that gladly accepted).
Program includes movements from
Dohnanyi's "Serenade" for string trio and
Rirnsky-Koraskov's "Quintet for Piano
and Winds." Thrill to the spectacle of a
bassoon trio, the ever-popular Olympia
flute choir, and more. Info: 956-0308.
THE OLYMPIA FILM SOCIETY'S
NEW DOUBLE BILL is the 1992
Festival of Animation, featuring work by
Jan Svanlcmajer, · Cathy Joritz, John
Lasseter, Joan Grantz, and more, with
Shadow of the Raven, inspired by Norse
legends from Viking days, from today
through May 30 at the Capitol Theater,
206 East 5th in Olympia. Admission
$3/0FS
members,
$5/non-members,
INVASION OF THE HEART is a live
soap opera running today and every
Tuesday at 8 pm at Dreamz, a Galleria,
404 East 4th in Olympia. $3. Do they
make it up? Do they have a script?
Come and find out. Info: 786-8953 or
956-0191.
SINGLE PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
meets each Tuesday at noon in Library
1509. Info: x6193.
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O.A.R.S.
(Older
Adult
Returning
Students) is reorganized and meeting
every Wednesday from 2 to 4 pm in
Lecture Hall 6G (under the rotunda).
Info: Tedi at 943-9295.
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THURSDAY
EVERGREEN GUITARIST/COMPOSER
CHRIS HYDE presents an evening of
original music and conceptual art tonight
at 8 pm in the Evergreen Recital Hall.
The show features paintings and music.
In[o: 866-2356.
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PEER COUNSELORS NEEDED by the
. Counseling Center for internships 92-93
(and a group contract with a Psychology
faculty--48 credits total. One of the
selected students will specialize in the
Substance Abuse Prevention Program in
addition to other peer counseling
activities. Deadline for applying is today;
must be third or fourth-year student. Pick
up an application at the Counseling
Center, Seminar 2109, or call x68oo.
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.Arts & Entertainment; .-
Crackers'"is back; well stocked, ready to serve
by Jeffery D. Bradley
Crackers Restaurant, located on
Fourth Avenue in downtown Olympia,
reopened last week after being closed for
over a year due to bankruptcy. Although
it is suffering from some opening week
jitters, Crackers still provides the
atmosphere and reasonable price food that
made it a popular restaurant and latenight meeting place for all sorts of
people.
As a long time resident of Olympia,
I have eaten my share of meals in the
old Crackers. So, when I heard that
Crackers would be reopening under new
management, I was happy, but cynical.
After all, Crackers had a certain · hean
and soul, not to mention good -food,
which many had come to appreciate and
would be hard to replicate. Would the
new owners be able to match the charm
that was Crackers? The answer is yes
and no, but more often than not, yes.
To put the restaurant to the test, I
have eaten there three times in the last
week. The new menu is almost identical
to the old one, and none of the prices
seemed to have changed. Crackers' menu
includes a full line of sandwiches and
burgers, salads, soups, and a long list of
entrees. There is also a brealcfast menu,
made up mostly of omelettes and egg
dishes, which is served all day. While
vegetarian dishes are not a big part of
the menu, there are a few. Prices range
from $13.95 for the beer battered prawns
to $4.95 for the BLT or half-salads. The
usual price for a full meal is around
$8.95-$11.95.
In the three VlSlts to Crackers
various salads, sandwiches and burgers
were tried. Most everybody was happy
with their meals, although my sister felt
her sandwich, a Nudenick (turkey,
pastrami, jack and swiss cheese on rye),
was not as good as she remembered it to
be. All the other burgers and sandwiches
tried were well liked, as were the salads.
Crackers' chowder, a thick New England
style chowder full of clams and
vegetables, is still very good. All the
meals, especially the salads, were
substantial and well made.
The bar is well stocked and mixed
drinks are reasonably priced. However the
beer list could be more extensive, though
the wine list was fme. The coffee was
well liked and soft drinks and other nonalcoholic drinks are available. The desert
list is shorter than before, but has some
very good dishes. The hors d'oeuvres list
is also shorter but includes all the old
favorites, included a very good nacho
plate and a smoked salmon plate.
While the food proved to be very
good, there were some problems. Service
was slow on the two times we went to
dinner, although much of this could be
attributed to opening week and the
weekend crowds. Still, we had to wait
futeen to twenty minutes to be seated,
ten minutes for our orders to be taken
and a half hour or more to get our food.
Also, by Sunday, the kitchen had run out
of bread for the soup and Crackers' chips
(homemade potato chips, covered with
parmesan and baked) for the sandwiches.
However, I would assume that as the
staff gets more experience, these
problems will disappear.
On the whole, though, the return of
Crackers is very welcomed. The food is
well prepared and very mling. Service,
although slow, was courteous and helpful.
Open 7 am to midnight Sunday through
Thursday, ~jQ. 2 am Friday and
Saturday, --Crackers provides reasonable
price food, a casual atmosphere and a
nice place to sit and talk or study during
most of the day.
Jeffery D. Bradley at~ more than he
should in preparing this article.
Kro mea
M ry · Spa m to fIam e
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by RJ Nesse
KROMB MARY
"TIlE LAST SHOW"
FRIDAY N10IIT (MAY 15)
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It would be silly for me to pretend
to be an objective reviewer. I play
favorites. I'm prejudiced. I love Krome
Mary. I remember the flfst Spam
giveaway; my roommate ate the second
Spam giveaway. I remember when the
Krome Mary statues were whole and the
band spelled their name ChrOme Mary.
Occasionally the echoes of a Comm.
Bldg. recording of Craig's distortion
guitar can be heard echoing out my
living room window.
The Krome Mary bandies are good
people who have a lot of fun being
theatrical and playing loud music. ·
Happily, their "last show· raged.
Many old favorites flooded the bill
including two of my personal favorites,
"Nemesis" and "Revolution." They also
played "Just Another Day," which has
been rewritten in the wake of the Rodney
King verdict.
.
My favorite song of the set,
however, just had to be ROBO.
"Robitussin DM" was/is/always will
be wonderfully distorted; ROBO sounds
like eight oz. of cough syrup feels. Wahwaaaah guitar dripped thickly and spread
out across the field as Brook, wrapped
in Saran Wrap and wearing a sarong,
crooned into the microphone. It takes me
back to high school every time I hear it.
Midway through the set, a zealous
German philosopher placed one of the
headless Mary's before the prostrate
crowd. Then, to the delight of the devout,
he affixed a papier mache clown's head
to the deity, doused the whole in
kerosene and set the Mary ablaze. As the
flames licked dangerously close to the
crowd he beat the burning figure with a
hammer (pseudo-1930's Soviet graphic
propaganda) until the hammer broke.
Some have taken the broken hammer as
a form of prophecy: Rock breaks
scissors, Paper covers rock-oMary breaks
hammer. Perhaps the Marys will live on.
RJ Nesse is becoming an artist.
Look out.
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they have given us something we have
needed within our community for a while
now; a martyr. small plastic man is
capable of gi ving us strength and promise
even in his absence. Now his voice will
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