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Evergreenersprotest Rodney Kin
This week's, featured poet is Michael McNeilley. His poetry
chapbooks include Apples and Oranges and Smaller Things; a collection of McNeilley's short fiction and poetry entitled Protective
Coloration is scheduled for publication next year.
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my ear was made of crystal,
and you dipped your finger
in red wine
and ran it around inside
the thin glass circle,
Preference
until my ear rang with
the song of your
ministration.
In the world according to Marx,
differences in degree must lead
to differences in kind.
Of course value contains
its own inherent
relativity.
Jackhammer
Water cooled
by slow degree
turns to ice.
Too much is missing
without
the pain that hides behind
the paint.
We grow older; grow
older and older;
then suddenly dead.
Outside the
water man is using
a divining rod
to find the
water main.
Columbus feared the edge
would approach too quickly
to be noticed in time.
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I cannot define your eyes,
and no rod
at hand.
I understand my problem
is not geographic nor
one of discovery.
But please I will avoid
the edge next (if I
notice it in) time.
But as scissors
cut paper,
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They are tearing
up the pn v ;Jment now
with a jackhammer:
I can feel
vibrations
through the floor.
They say
the rods won't work
unless the user believes,
though the
jackhammer can be operated
by a novice.
Many students protested raCism in the judicial system arid local community by demonstrating at the Capitol Campus and Evergreen's Red Square. The demonstrations were sparked last Thursday, April 30, by the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen on trial for the beating of Rodney King, a black man stopped for
speeding. See story on page 3. photos by David Mattingly
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NEWS BRIEFS
'Women to Take
Back the Night
SEATfLE--Every 15 seconds, a woman in
this country is beaten by her ii:ltimate
panner.
One out of every three women will
be sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
The fact is, every woman in every
community face the fear of sexual assault
or domestic violence. On Saturday, May 9,
the Women Take Back the Night March
and Rally will unite women to demonstrate
against · violence against women and
children. The event begins at 7 pm at
Seattle Central Community College.
Speakers, musicians, poets and actors will
address issues relating to violence against
women including sexual assault, domestic
violence, child sexual abuse, and sexual
harassment. The march begins at 8:30 pm.
Last year, an estimated 1,000 women
attended the event The Rally and March
continues to provide an opponunity to
educate the community about the problems
of violence against women and children. It
is also a time for survivors of sexual
violence to speak out and stand with other
women in solidarity.
All women, youth and children are
invited to the march and rally. Men who
are interested in showing visible suppon
can call (206) 720-4506.
TESC conference
on Buddhism
EVERGREEN-·A one-day conference
titled "American Buddhism for the 90s"
will be held on May 16 at The Evergreen
State College. Some of the subjects to be
addressed in the program are Buddhism
and Western psychotherapy, Buddhist
perspectives on social issues (e.g. abortion,
Right to Die, capital punishment,
genderism, war and peace), differences
between Caucasian and Asian Buddhists,
and ethics of teacher-student relationships.
The main speakers for the
conference will be Thubten Chodron,
Geshe Jamyang, and Ryo Imamura.
Chodron, an American Buddhist nun and
meditation teacher, is the author of Open
Heart, Clear Mind. Jamyang, a lama and
geshe in the Tibetan Sakya Iradition, is the
resident teacher of the Olympia Tibetan
Buddhist Center. Imamura is an 18th
generation priest of the Jodo Shin sect an
professor of psychology at The Evergreen
State College.
The conference, which will be held
in Lecture Hall 1, begins at lOam and
ends at 5 pm. It is co-sponsored by Asian
Students In Alliance (ASIA) and the
.Evergreen Dharma Association.'
lawsuit against the F.B.I., Special Agent
Richard Held, . and the Oakbind Police
Force. The event will be held in Lecture
Hall 1 at 7:30 pm. There is no charge. '
- Ou=~ of lke \AJeek.
"There is no magical force at the be~inning of Kaiser
Road, or Driftwood Road, that makes~ people into nice
people when they come to Evergreen. It is not an
isolated place. It is ·not a commune... "
Between orderly
and 'random
EVERGREEN··The ancient unity of
mathematics, philosophy and religion that
was abandoned by Christianity is
reemerging as chaos theory, says one of
the theory's pioneers, Ralph Abraham,
who will speak at 7:30 pm May 14 in
Evergreen's Library Lobby.
Abraham's multi·media presentation,
"The Revival of Pagan Mathematics," is
free of charge, open to the public and
sponsored by the Willi Unsoeld Seminar
Fund.
Chaos, a path between the orderly
and the random, can be seen in the wake
behind a speedboat, a child's top slowing
from a rhythmic spiral to a drunken
wobble, unpredictable weather and erratic
radio transmissions, says the University of
California - Santa Cruz professor of
mathematics.
Once the predictability of chaotic
phenomena, such as heart attacks and
earthquakes, are understood, they can be
more accurately predicted, he asserts.
Leif Wahlborg discussing campus accessibility during Wednesday's
Campus Security forum. See story page 3.
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For preconference regislration, send
a check for $10 ($5 students and senior
citizens) to: TESC - Buddhist Conference,
2525 Old Oregon Trail, Olympia, WA
98501. There will be an additional charge
of $2 for same-day registration. For
conference information, call (206) 3522426.
Highest bidder
gets a calculator
THURSTON COUNTY··Surplus office
furniture, calculators, and other
miscellaneous equipment from Thurston
County government will be aVaIlable for
purchase by the public at an auction
scheduled for Wednesday, May 13 at the
Thurston County Fairgrounds.
The public may view .the available
surplus items from 11 am to 1 pm that
day. The public auction will begin at 1
pm.
For more information about the
surplus auction', call the Thurston County
Commissioners' Office at 786-5440.
Bigelow House
honors history
OLYMPIA--!n celebration of National
Historic Preservation Week the City of
Olympia and the Olympia Heritage
Commission invite the public to join
Living History Day at the Bigelow House
on Saturday May 9.
From noon to 4 pm there will be
festivities for the public to enjoy,
including: costumed docents portraying
historical figures, Arts and Crafts
demonstrations, children's aCtlvltles,
entertainment, herb demonstrations, and
historic farm equipment and household
gadget "whatsit" from the collection of the
house.
The Bigelow House is located at 918
Glass Ave. NE in Olympia, and was built
in 1854. Donations will be accepted. For
more information call 786-5745.
IISECURITV. BLl1TTERli
Tuesday, April 28
1950: CRC employee reponed a disorderly
person refusing to show his student
identification.
Wednesday, April 29
0250: Vehicle towed from the dorm loop.
1413: A dumpster was reportedly stolen
from F-Iot
Thursday, April 30
1150: Housing office reported one of their
vacuum cleaners stolen.
1346: Person reponed their bike stolen.
1555: Motorcycle towed from the front of
D-dorm.
Friday, May 1
0059: General flre alarm went off in Adorm due to second floor pull station
being maliciously pulled.
0558: Office door on the third floor of the
Library building was found to be ajar.
0623: Office on the third floor of the Lab
I was found open.
1555: Fire alarm went off in Q-dorm. Fire
fighters arrived and housing was notified.
Saturday, May 2
0050: Person reponed he had been
harassed by a known person.
0229: Person was reported to have cut his
hand by accidently putting it through a
window on the sixth floor balcony of Adorm.
New$
1718: Person reponed a vehicle had been
vandalized in B-lol.
1853: Two bikes were reported stolen
from in front of the Library building.
1945: A Coopers Glen apartment resident
reported someone prowling around cars in
F·lot
1945: Fire alarm went off in D-dorm due
to burnt food.
2200: Pany in R-dorm was shut down due
to excessive noise.
Sunday, May 3
0639: A vehicle window was found to
smashed out in F-Iot
0908: Ditto.
1146: Student reponed recelvmg
threatening messages on their answering
machine.
1927: Fire alarm went off in the CRC due
to faulty smoke detector. .
2040: Two people reponed a man acting
suspiciously in the CAB.
2300: Obscene words were reported being
yelled on the second floor of D-dorm.
Monday, May 4
2008: Woman was reported to have
injured her leg at the soccer field.
Summer is for
cavorting kids
EVERGREEN--Kids of all ages have fun
at Evergreen Day Camp. The Evergreen
campus environment offers many unique
opponunities for school-age children--the
pool and recreation center, the fields, the
tennis courts, the woods, the Organic
Farm, the library, the beach, the galleries...
It's almost a program unto itself!
Registration begins immediately and
will continue throughout the summer on a
first come fIrSt served basis. Please call
866-6000 x6060 for information and to
obtain registration forms.
tS:tl~~e&:s::g
Earth First!
activist to visit
EVERGREEN-·Judi Bari, Northern
California Eanh First! and I.W.W. activist
and organizer, will be speaking and
singing Friday, May 15, at The Evergreen
State College. This will be Bari's first
Northwest appearance since an
assassination attempt in 1990 left her
permanently disabled. Bari will be in
Olympia to tell the story of her impending
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Outrage expressed at . Security forum
by RJ Nesse
"We don't need the oppression a
policeforce can bring. We don't need the
LAPD here at Evergreen."
'There are people. coming in from
off campus with guns. GUNS. Security
needs to have a means of dealing with
thai."
Three lengthy hours of discussion
concerning the future of Campus Security
filled the Library Lobby on Wednesday
afternoon.
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The forum was called to discuss the
draft copy of Interim President Les
Purce's compiled Security "Core
Recommendations." The plan includes: an
restatement of Campus Securities mission,
revision of the Standard Operating
Procedure (SOP), the formation of a
regulating board, drastically increa~
training for officers, greater Secunty
involvement in community affairs and
finally, the hotly debated addition of
firearms to Securities equipment.
The discussion was wide ranging
and personal. Students, faculty, and
community members spoke for and against
the proposition as a whole, and
specifically about weapon use on the
TESC campus.
Speakers opposing the "Core
Recommendations" repeatedly called to
put the issue of arming Security to a
campus-wide vote. While this mayor may
not occur, people who were unable to
attend the forum are still able, and
encouraged, to turn in written comments to
the President's office L3109.
Puree win present the "Core
Recommendations" to the Boan! of
Trustees next Wednesday, May 13, at 8:30
in the Library's third floor boardroom.
This will also be an open meeting and an
opponunity to express concern directly to
members of the Board.
. Many students spoke out against
having fuearms in the hands of campus
Security. Speakers discussed non·lethal
methods of protecting the campus such as
training Security personnel in the manial
arts, using campus funds to teach members
of the community self·defense, and the use
of batons or billy clubs in lieu of
am
by Leilani Johnson
Tuning in to KAOS late last
Thursday after watching hours of rioting
on TV spurred by the Rodney King
Viewpoint
verdict, a caller to a show announced,
"Meet in Red Square tomorrow at noon
to protest the verdict We're going to
organize and march into town." The show
host fmished off by saying, "I sure do
love this school."
Acts of civil disobedience followed
the next day with protesters meeting at
Rainy Day Records and marching down
to Sylvester Park for a gathering
convening at 2 pm. The marchers
blocked off one lane of Hanison Ave.,
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that they could continue their filming.
This created guite an uproar among the
protesters. They argued that this was their
Capitol Building and that no Hollywood
movie should keep them out of it.
The producer finally decided to
strike a deal with the protesters; he said
that he would fIlm them and make their
messages available for distribution to as
many networks as possible, maybe even
Entertainmenl Tonight. The protesters
agreed and spokespersons were chosen.
After the fIlming took place, the crowd
marched down to the Olympia Police
Depanment before finally breaking up.
That evening on most local stations the
protest was publicized.
Leilani Johnson ' is a writer and
photographer for the CPJ.
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probation, plus 365 days in jail, all but 35
days of which were suspended, Bumford
said. Since Rice received credit for the 35
days he spent in jail after his arrest, he
will serve no jail. time unless he violates
his parole.· He must also pay $770 in court
costs and may be required to pay
restitution to the victim at a later date.
Bumford said the defendant made a
statement to the coun at Tuesday's
hearing. "He denied committing the act,
but he was pleading guilty to founh-degree
assault rather than going to Irial for second
degree rape."
Rice was arrested in September after
a female Evergreen student charg~ that
he raped her at his campsite on the Irail to
the Organic Fann. Rice, a nonstudent
employed by Nonhwest Food Service at
the time, had been camping on the trilll at
night, in violation of Evergreen habitation
policies.
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COMMUNITY
OF SPOKANE
by Andrew Damnn
The man accused of raping a woman
on the trail to Evergreen's Organic Farm
pled guilty to a charge of fourth-degree
assault last Tuesday in Thurston County
Superior Court.
Jason Rice originally pled not guilty
to a charge of second degree rape, a
felony, at his arraignment last September.
After his change of plea and change of
sentence hearing Tuesday, he was
sentenced for fourth degree assault, a gross
misdemeanor, according to Thurston
County Deputy Prosecutor John Bumford,
who prosecuted the case.
Rice was sentenced to two years of
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
RD REP POS ITI ON OPEN I NO FOR
Corral some credits to
take with you in the fall to
your four-year college or
university.
The communjty colleges
offer an udderly terrific
variety of summer classes
you can finish in eight
short weeks.
Don't wait 'till the cows
come home; call the
School and College
Relations office for details
at (509) 533-8092.
warranting a police car to follow them·
"for their protection."
The gathering at Sylvester Park was
small, between 50 to 100 people. After.
about an hour they decided to march up
to the Capitol Building to gather in the
rotunda. The entrances were blocked
though, due to the fact that Madonna was
attempting to shoot her new movie Body
of Evidence. Fifteen minutes went by
before some protesters got the idea of
entering through the side door. A fair
size of people got in through there, and
the rest were let in a little while later
through the main entrance.
Protesters filled the rotunda
chanting loudly. The executive prodlicer
of Madonna's movie, Steve Deutche,
made a plea for the protesters to leave so
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been vocal in' his opposition ·to 'imning
Seeurity, feels "... the . fact tJtat. a lot" of
people don'tJeel safe on campus has been
specifically manipulated, by those people
in the Security administration ... they want
people to feel Unsafe ... they've been trying '
[to get guns] for ten years, and it looks
like they're' going to get it "
Puree . responded several times '
reiterating that he would present the
concerns of the community to the Board at
the meeting next week. "Security needs to
be solving problems and helping people...
We will be writing the SOP. WE will
determine how Security behaves... "
Trail assaulter convicted
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"As a woman I don't feel safe on
this campus. As an out lesbian I don't feel
safe on this campus. As a student
manager, I definitely don't feel safe on
this campus.... No, this is not an isolated
communitY and no this isn't an ideal
community.~." said stu(lent manager Kelli
Robson, in support of arming Security.
Another student said, "This campus
and this community has consistently turned
down the attempts by Security to arm their
offi~ers. I think they've made their will
known."
Ben Schroeter, a student who has
Protesters disrupt Madonna film
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Cooper Point Journal May 7,1992 Page 3
Columns'
Columns
Is ·.a nother inn'o ce'n t man on ·'death row?
AMNESTY
IN'I'ERNATIONAL
by Dante Salvatierra
Although it sounds like a Hollywood
made-for-tv movie plot, the story of Roger
Coleman is true to life as death itself.
Roger Keith Coleman has been on
Virginia's death row since 1982. He was
convicted of killing his sister-in-law,
Wanda Faye McCoy in Grundy, Virginia
and is scheduled to be executed on
Wednesday May 20.
His conviction and sentencing,
however, were based solely upon
circumstantial evidence, He has since lost
several ~ds of state appeals and lost
any chance at a federal court review due
to the fact that his lawyers missed the
deadline by one day.
The story takes a twist when, in late
1991, county resident Teresa Hom came
forward with a affidavit claiming that
'another man, Donney "Trouble" Ramey,
had confessed to the murder of McCoy.
No charges have been brought upon
Ramey and he and his lawyers now deny
the allegations.
In March of this year, one day after
Hom gave an interview to a local
television station recounting the confession
to the public, she was found dead of an
apparent drug overdose. The state
investigators claim that there was no
evidence of foul play yet, Hom's family
says that there were bruises all over her
body.
Hom's death destroyed virtually all
of Coleman's chances of receiving a new
Deal with "other" stuff
experiences a huge influx of household
items, a lot of "other" as they say in the
industry.
This year let's change that. Let's
, give some of the "other" a chance for a
second life. Let's organize a time and
place where those of you who live in
housing can bring your items to a central
by Greg Wright
In any credible garbage composition location, rather than a garbage dumpster.
study it is referred to as the "other." And 'Qtese gems of reusability will then be
interestingly enough, the "other" part of transported to the Goodwill.
the waste stream could be as large as 30%
OR do you belong to a campus
of all the garbage that we throwaway. group that is looking for a fundraising
"Other" stuff is different from recoverable opportunity? Think of all of those items
material like glass, paper, packaging, food, that could be used for a giant yardsale.
and metals. It is textiles, gypsum, rock,
But time is short!! --so if you or your
broken glass, household items, and frankly group is interested contact the Recycling
a lot of "other" is just plain garbage.
Project as soon as possible at our new
Here on campus, you can help us offices in Library 3221 or x6782.
deal with the "other" part of our garbage.
Greg Wright writes a regular
At the end of each year when the campus recycling column for the CPJ.
housing is evacuated our garbage
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trial. According to Virginia law there is
"...no legal remedy for the convicted if th~
evidence of their innocence is discovered
more thal21 days after trial."
Coleman's life is now in the hands
of Governor Doug Wilder. Please write
him and ask for a commutation of
Coleman's death sentence as well as a fulI
review of his case especialIy since the
state and federal courts have not reviewed
his case. Since 1900 there have been at
least 23 POO,Ple who have been executed in
the United States for crimes they never
committed. Let's stop number 24. Write
to:
Gov. Doug Wilder
phone:(804) 78~2211
FAX (804) 786-3985
State Capitol
Richmond VA 23219
Dante Salvatierra is a regular
contributor to lhe CPJ.
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20 YEARS AGO
Evergreen's campus plan and
buildings have been designated by the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle
Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects (AlA) as being "one of the
state's most architecturally ~ignificant
projects." Especially noteworthy from an
architectural point of view is how
efficiently the campus has been designed
to accommodate close student-professor
relationships and to encourage
communication and exchange of ideas.
--The Paper, May 5,1972
10 YEARS AGO
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Howard
Baker (R-Tennessee) will speak at the
second President's Symposium on Sunday,
.
May 16, 1982, at 8 pm in the Library
Lobby. Admission is free.
--Cooper Point Journal, May 13,
1982
5 YEARS AGO
Some student groups' budgets have
been cut and others completely slashed in
the wake of fmal allocations by the S&A
board. The Bike Shop and Expressive arts
have bOth been essentially eliminated.
"My feeling is, if there has to be
budget cuts they should be across ·the
board," said Innerplace Coordinator Austin
Kelly.
"Salaries were earmarked for cuts
because the [S&A] board believes that
student groups need to develop a strong
volunteer support base," explained Dave
Campbell, S&A boardmember.
--Cooper Point Journal, May 21,
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Come to the Student Activities Fair on
Wednesday, May 13 from 11 am to 2 pm
in Red Square (CAB Lobby if it rains).
This is an excellent opportunity to learn
about the activities 'you can find on
campus and how you can get involved.
up sheet at front desk; CAB 320. Deadline
Monday, May II, 5 pm.
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Week of May 7-13 1992
oThe Jurassic Group meets at 6:30 in the
dorm loop on Friday nights. If there is an
activity you'd like to participate in, let us
know what it is! Call 866-6000 x6555. We
are still taking donations of books for our
recovery resource library. Bring books to
our office in CAB 320.
-Sign up to reserve a table for the Student
Ac!ivities Fair, May 13, 11 to 2 pm. Sign
-Women of Color will be sponsoring a
DANCE this coming Saturday, May 9,
Mon - Thurs 8:30-6
Friday 8:30-5
Saturda 10-2
oThe LGBPRC is hiring co-coordinators
for next yearl We need applieants!!! If
interested get applications from the S&A
office or call us at x6544. Queers are cool
and being a coordinator is very highprofile and exciting ... You'll love it. We
need applications ASAP--thanks.
oThe Environmental Resource Center is
looking for two coordinators fOr the 199293 school year. For applications see Mary
at S&A. · If you have commitment &
energy for the Earth, please apply!
the CPJ! Any more questions? Call the
ASIA office at 866-6000 x6033.
oon Friday, May 8, Mindscreen presents
Slacker in our flI'St 16mm presentation of
a major flIm release! Set in the college
town of Austin" Texas, Slacker documents
the hopes and ~s of a diverse group
including philosophers, musicians ,
conspiracy buffs, anarchists, UFO spotters,
filmmakers, etc. There will be two
showings in LH3, at 8 pm and again at
10:30. God's Angry Man, a short film by
'Werner Henog on the subject of mediareligion gone haywire, will also be shown
beginning at 9:40. Join us next week for
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Lobby, second floor of the CAB, and in
Cliffhanger has Brenda running for the border
by Seth "Skippy" Long
Oh faithful BevHeads whatever will
we do after tonight? The final Bev of the
season is upon us, looming as it were with
no hope in sight until next season. Have
hope though, as reruns will keep us warm
and semi-content well into mid-summer.
So on with the show!
I can totally relate with this past
episode. I mean, we all can really.
Hormones are simply evil. They always
get you into trouble and never get you out.
If I had my way there would be a
permanent ban placed on the little suckers.
But since I don't get my way I write this
column instead.
Brenda and Dylan just can't seem to
keep their hands off of each other which,
as we can all remember, only leads to
trouble. After a continuous series of
breaking curfew, Jim Walsh lowers the
boom on Brenda's plans to go to Mexico
with Dylan for the weekend after
previously giving the trip his personal
endorsement
A
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As Brenda is having her little drama,
Kelly is having one of her own. Dealing
with her mother's upcoming wedding with
David's dad is not coming easy for her so
she props herself up against Mr.
Tall/DaIk/Handsome who just happens to
be both an old friend of Dylan's and her
mother's carpenter for the wedding. The
two share some hot- scenes with even
honer lines. "Want
to hold ¥Qur level
me-
for you?" Kelly goes through a period of
adolescent conniption fits over the
wedding plans only to fmally accept and
embrace the idea in a tender scene with
mom (Sniff, sniff, whimper, whimper).
Life must be tough for those with
Ward and June for parents. Right. How
many of us lied to our parents in order to
survive high school? Okay, how many did
it because their hormones told them to? I
thought so. Apparently lying is a new
thing to Brenda but she manages to carry
it off very well. But what did it get her?
Okay, besides that. She fmds out that
Dylan came down to Mexico during one
of their break-ups with another girl who
he says was just a friend. Now, I can
understand Brenda being a tad bit upset
but the girl lost it completely. She nearly
threw Dylan away over the tantrum she
threw in the motel lobby. Isn't it a bad
sign when your girlfriend decides to act
like a toddler in public? Maybe it's just
me. Anyway, they patch things up in a
cantina as a flamenco guitarist strums
away in the background, creating a cozy
romantic mood.
One would think that with Mom and
Dad fooled, Kelly happy and the
lovebirds' hormones happily in balance
that all would be well with The Bev but
life often fools us. As does Aaron Spelling
when he decides that Brenda will have no
I.D. with her when she gets back to the
U.S./Mexican border. Oh no! What to do?
After making every attempt to bribe the
border guard, Dylan concedes that they
must call Daddy to come prove Brenda's
citizenship.
And thus the show ends. What will
become of our "dynamic" duo? Will they
be saved by a heavenly angel? Sent to the
spice mines of Kesselor smashed into who
knows what? Stay tuned next week for the
exciting conclusion of Beverly Hills, 9-02-1-0!
Seth "Sldppy" Long is a dedicated
god. (Seth "Skippy" Long wrote his own
tag line this week; and editor "RJ" wants
to know what it means.)
Juxtaposition of dreams and Marlon Riggs
I just had a dream of the neighbor
girl. Her name was Luanne and she lived
next door to me when I was a boy.
In the dream I saw her face again
with such clarity it amazed me. Her short
cropped hair and mischievously sparkling
deep brown eyes and drops of rain on her
nose right there in front of me after so
many years.
When she said my name and I
looked to her as she looked to me I began
to cry. I hugged her and picked her up
while crying and crying out in a public
place. So good it was to see her again.
Luanne was 18 when she died. The
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roIling down an embankment to drown in
the river.
Her story of physical and sexual
abuse by her grandparents and uncles,
incessant mental destruction by a distant
family was never told. The papers never
told and the relatives would never admit
the abuses and the neighbors tell their
children to "mind your own business." Big
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I knew most of this when I was 15. me)
I moved out of town when I was 18 and
So, since mine was not the
went on "minding my own business." At opportunity to participate in the discussion
21 my mother sent me the clipping that . after viewing Mr. Riggs work I
told me my friend was dead. At 23 I write approached him post standing ovation
about Luanne knowing full well that it's
(entirely deserved, if Marlon Riggs was an
too late.
opera we would have showered him with
I wish Luanne had known about a
roses) to dialog with him regarding my
shelter like Safeplace. I wish I had known questions. (This man is way cool and
what to do when I was 15 and Luanne completely willing to deal with the politics
told me her stories. I wish that young of juxtaposition and representation [ding
people didn't feel trapped in abusive lives ding ding bonus phrase.]) So we talked
with no way to escape. I wish Luanne and as it turns out he is interested in
wasn't dead.
ex ploring the potential sameness of
Luanne, if yO! did stage your death
sexuality between groups and behaviors
to escape like YaH told me in my dream , that may currently be viewed as distinctly
and you are finally living the 1ife you
separate. (Le. perhaps lesbians and gays
always deserved, I love you and often
have something in common besides same
think of your hand prints in the cement
gender love? ... ) I got reminded that I was
from that one summer so long ago. ([hey
viewing in a womannesbian centric way
are still there.)
(insert smiley face here) and ne got
XXOO, Frank ..
feedback from someone coming from that
Marlon Riggs ... "loved him!" (as perspective. (I don't think I did the angry
Blain and Antoin would say) This lesbian
dyke trip, na .. .it was engaging
viewer had issues (ding ding ding, bonus
conversation, we both took turns talking)
So .. .1 want to work with Marlon Riggs.
dyke phrase) with the juxtaposition (ding
ding ding, bonus film critique word) of Some people would like him to teach here
two boy characters kissing (I didn't have but I'm not sure I would do that to him. I
problem with that actually. No abundance sort of got the impression that he was a
very likeable person. I wouldn't do that to
of curiosity either, but keep reading) and
a voice reading a poem over it with the someone I liked very much. And besides
(you know, I love starting sentences with
line "I want to kiss you like a lesbian."
(what I mean is, in my experience boys and. And it's because Mrs. Hilliard
[grammar goddess that she is] always
made me write the composition rule #
whatever fifty million times a paper in the
eighth and ninth grade. For that very same
grammar rule infraction. And so now I just
do it because that's what I love to do. And
I hope some day she gets over it. .. And it's
probably not very likely. Mrs. Hilliard's
students will never get to enjoy
interpretive grammar without penalty)
Marlon Riggs is producing some socially
valuable video art, why fuck with this
particular progressive status quo? (ding
ding ding anomaly phrase bonus points)
XXOO HEIDI
Cooper Point Journal May 7, 1992 Page 5
•
Response
Mental ablist
society slammed
To Kevin Sandri and any like-minded
.
folks,
First: HA!HAlHA!HA! Bravo! A
raucously funny, unintentional self-parody!
Absurdly amusing! I couldn't have done
better myself.
Ail seriousness aside, "thins" was a
typo by the CPJ (see CPJ April 30, 1992
page 2 E"ata), [Thanks to the CPJ editors
for spotting and correcting their error]. I
wrote the word "things." Why do you
quibble over spelling? Do you support the
mental abHst oppression of people with
learning disabilities?
Ah yes, mental ablism: a
psycbological condition based on the
belief tbat people need certain mental
abilities in order to be fully human.
Your use of the word "idiots" reveals
your disdain for those of us struggling to
live in a culture that systematically
disables us because of our learning
differences, mental illnesses and head
injuries. We "patbetic," "childish" and
"persistent idiots" will "continue to take
up space" and "produce sloppy work"
in your elitist, paternalistic and mental
abliSt world.
Speaking of paternalistic elitism, I
don't think anyone needs to be "talented
enougb to deserve the attention of the
community" nor their work "unique and
important enougb to deserve pUblication
in the cpr (my bold). As for your
suggestion that I "should leave space for
those less privileged;" just because I
managed to save enough of my welfare
cbeck to buy posters once, that doesn't
mean I "have sufficient resources
available" to constanfly finance alternative
media on my own (my bold again).
If you actually read my poem
Censorship, you may rcalize that I
challenge everyone to consider how tbey
may personally commit censorship as
individUllls, including peoplc who only
tear down posters "because they suck."
Incidentally, your pejorative use of the
word "suck" is an insult to everyone who
has ever performed fellatio (Are you a
misogynist and a homophobe too?).
I don't understand how my cartoons
can possibly disempower anyone. They
merely portray my vision of the
constraining effects of Political
Correctness and a scenario where a
Woman of Color uses her Second
Amendment right to defend herself from
attempted rape by a racist, sexist dick.
Anger: Express it Don't repress it Do
you really find intellectual liberty and
personal empowerment "cheap" and
"redundant"?
Finally, I'm sorry if any Women of
Color feel that I portrayed them "in
careless and disrespectful ways." In future,
I'll try even harder to make my work
reflect my respect for you. I'm also truly
sorry that Kevin Sandri and his like seem
doomed to squalid existence with neither
humor nor conscience. I can't imagine
what that must be like.
Fnord,
Edward Leroy Dove
Separatism leads
to mutual hate
Re: Response letter by Lukan Paulus,
April 23 ePJ
Evergreen is notorious for parading
itself as one of very few environments in
which there is a great diversity of people
and ideas, and one in which free-thinking
and expression are sacred territory that
will be valiantly defended. As it turns out,
these statements are only conditionally
true--your diversity, opinions and
expressions are protected if and only if
they pass muster with the campus thought
police. The rules are no different than they
are outside Evergreen--the only practical
difference is which side of the status quo
is being policed. It is these rules that allow
people like Lukan Paulus to feel extremely
righteous in this environment, and compel
Forum
me to voice my objection (and therefore,
reprehensible, and worthy of anger and
because of the raging wars ever
to prepare to be attacked in next week's measures to counteract and correct these
"politically correct"
limguage and
paper).
situations. However, the element I
behavior. I would hope that we as
It could be suggested·, contrary to consider myself a part of also understands
members of the Evergreen community
Paulus' apparent belief that most white that the negative actions of some white
could begin to fight oppression because we
males in this community--certainly any
males need not be held as indicative of the see it as being in our own self-interest,
and all that don't embrace the actions of attitudes and behaviors of all white males. which it is, while such a fight will not be
the Women of Color Coalition (WOCC)-As I suggested above, Paulus may easy. (Whoever said that healing ourselves
are to blame for local and global
be a member of the most oppressed group and our society would be easy?)
oppression at all levels, that instead, it is
A third reason I cannot try to stand
of white males on campus, which is fine
people like Paulus and Gary Wessels
with me if it suits him. He can help separate from the riots in L.A. is that I am
Galbreath that represent the biggest
himself to all the gUilt and self-deprecation a member of the human species--and
impediments to the community progress
he feels necessary to endear himself to human beings are dying right now on the
they seem to be calling for.
women and minorities that feel his skin street (A death count of thirty as I write.)
How?
and/or genitalia are inherently oppressive While this is probably the most
By bending over backwards to
to them. He can lick the boots of as many essentialist, "like wow, peace!" sort of
validate and apologize on behalf of different factions as it takes to satiate his comment I could make, I still find it
quest for the re3Iization of true helpful. There is a phrase another friend of
campus activism groups that are being
righteousness--as long as he doesn't insist mine has pinned to her office wall,
held ·accountable for actions that many
on dragging others down with him.
members of our "community" find
"Nothing so sentimental as ignoring
Gile R. Downes, Jr.
differences, nor so lazy as
problematic, Paulus, Galbreath, et al.
overemphasizing them." I think about this
continue to enable hostile, separatist
a lot, when I am networking with people
behavior that will lead not to community
I will naturally be different from, for
bridge-building, but instead to mutual
alienation, hate, and the reinforcement of
whatever commonalities we may discover.
I have two more comments to make,
misguided prejudices some people may
Due to my work schedule. I was
the
first,
more specifically about privilege,
bring with them when they join the
unable to attend the April 30 protest of
and
the
second
about separatism.
Evergreen student body. Further, Paulus police brutality and racism in general.
About
privilege,
I must address
makes the same mistake Gary Wessels
What follows is a speech I wrote on the
particularly
my
white
sisters
and brothers.
Galbreath keeps making--he appeals to his following day. in the hopes that further
It
is
useful
to
remain
aware
that
while we
target audience with condescension and protests would be organized.
are
participating
·
in
protest
of any
accusations of racism and then asks them
.
A friend of mine and I were talking
oppression
for
which
we
are
not,
to join him in his valiant struggle to
yesterday about the riots happening down
ourselves,
targeted,
we
are
likely
to
be
escape the original sin of being a white,
in L.A. I said I was concerned that I had
more
safe
to
do
so
than
a
targl't-group
middle-class male. This is a totally
not yet experienced any emotional
m·ember might be. I wonder how many
counterproductive approach.
reaction. Was I separating myself from the
people
of color could not be here today,
Perhaps some of the dissenting white issue, because I have the privilege as a
because they had some concern they
male letter-writers Paulus and Galbreath white woman to do that, or did I just need
would not be physically or emotionally
refer to were concerned not with an to stay numb for a while because the pain
safe. Remember that when a white person
assault on their territory, as they and many was too great? Retrospect tells me it was
speaks out for or against racism, their
both.
others seem so eager to believe, but rather
opinion
is generally (yes, even at
But the truth is I am not separate
by the fact that the basic thrust of the now
Evergreen)
given more weight than would
from
the
these
incidents:
the
brutality,
the
famous sign, and the subsequent actions of
riots,
or
from
their
greater
implications.
of
color's--and is seen in our
a
person
members of the WOCC are all things that
racist
culture
as objective truth. Need I
The riots speak to me in a number of
only continue to pit "us" against "them,"
underscore
how
very twisted this is?
leaving no meaningful space for all that ways.
And
about
separatism. It is just as
First,
I
have
faced
oppression
in
this
"dialogue" and· "progress" that is
possible
that
there
are people of color who
culture
as
a
woman,
as
a
lesbian,
and
as
a
supposedly the goal of these awareness
have
chosen
not
to
be here, not out of
person
from
a
working-class
background.
groups.
fearing
any
emotional
or physical attack,
Police,
and
larger
systems
(of
which
law
Given the circumstances, it seems
but
out
of
tremendous
and
justified anger,
enforcement
is
but
one
ominous
extension)
appropriate to entertain the possibility that
about
Anglo-Saxon
culture's
continued
which
perpetuate
oppression,
have
for
the WOCC is an organization whose
assaults upon the individual lives and
primary function is to supply women of centuries been involved in direct and
numerous cultures of people of color.
indirect acts of brutality against women,
color with a safe haven from which they
Again, my white sisters and brothers,
can continue blaming an entire race and against queers, and against working-class
don't assume that people of color that you
the opposite gender for all their problems. people. The riots speak to me as a
reminder that I, like any other oppressed
Of course, this suggestions will certainly
know (or don't know) will want to hear
be attacked and denied aggressively, but . person, cannot expect to be safc in this
your opinions about the issues we are
my point is simply to illustrate one of the culture, or believe that my rights will be
discussing here. If opportunities for
respected by those whose goal is said to
dialogue present themselves, then work, as
appearances that can be created by actions
be "to serve and protect."
honestly as you can, to be a participant.
such as those taken recently by members
A second · reason I cannot be
Take risks. But above all, listen, and do
of the WOCC.
not try to define anyone else's issues. (I
"separate" from this issue, is that I have
The CPJ's title of Paulus' letter was
may myself have committed this error
both appropriate and amusing. It grown. up in a racist culture with the
here. Well, I guess we learn by risk and
numerous privileges that attend white skin.
summarizes one of his basic themes, and
error.) Everybody needs time among "their
was, itself, my first stimulus to respond. In Just as I have had to struggle with
own" to heal and to grow stronger. When
a tiresome, depressing way, it is comical internalized sexism, . classism, and
that need has been brutally intruded upon
that he would assert the notion that white homophobia, I have had to struggle with
over the course of centuries, we should
my own anti-Semitism and racism. If the
males are immune to oppression, attacking
have no cause to wonder that there is
language of therapy or 12-step groups (I
Joseph McCoy for feeling oppressed, when
he himself could be considered a member am involved in . neither) is accessible to . rioting in the street.
I wish each person here the best. in
of one of the most wholly oppreSsed this audience, then I shall put this as "I am
their processes of healing and of working
in recovery as a racist and anti-Semitic
groups of white males (far more so than
to be safe, in a culture whose function is
the one to which Joseph McCoy claims to person." As a person in recovery, I believe
largely to thwart all such processes.
belong) that: exists--the one that can't I owe it to those I have been oppressive
Vikki Marinelli
stand the heat of the guilt trip levelled at toward, to be speaking out against their
it--to the extent that these white males, oppression as well as my own, as I am
both individually and as a loosely- able. I like to think· this differs somehow
from the gruesome and unproductive
organized group, are willing--perhaps even
eager--to begin their appeals to the phenomena of "white guilt." I see such
Dear Colleagues:
community with phrases like, "It's time speaking out as the best attempt I can
We believe there is a general and
make, toward building alliances against a
for all while folks ... " (emphasis added)--as
systematic violation of faculty rights and
if they themselves were not white. Where system that is damaging toward me, and
academic freedom a1 our College. Rather
toward the ones I love. And with whatever
is one's basic self-respect when using such
than recount individual cases, we can
compassion I can currently muster, I
phrasing? Does Paulus feel so guilty and
summarize our research findings about
challenge the men here, the heterosexual
ashamed of his skin color that he must try
such violations as follows:
people here, the persons from middle- and
to distance himself from it by invoking
* Secret Investigation
upper-class backgrounds here, to work on
phrases like this? If so, does it please
. * Investigation based on illegal
confronting sexism, classism, and
anyone that this 'is their impact upon him,
policy; no policy; and/or inconsistent
among others? Is this "mission
homophobia in your own lives. (But don't
policies
accomplished" for those trying to construct
worry, I'm not holding my breath for
* Investigators act as detective,
a safer, more peaceable environment for
change.) And as those persons in my life
prosecutOr, judge, jury, and appeals court
"everyone"? I certainly hope not--the
are able, I ask for support as I continue to
* Violation of confidentiality of
transfer of negative self-image from one attempt to confront the racism and antiinvestigative
file
gender, race or faction to another is
Semitism I see reflected in myself and in
*
Systematic
violation of Faculty
anything but a solution.
my environment.
Handbook
I think that many "altruistic" acts
There are many "white-folks" out
* Interminable investigations--the
there (I count myself among them) who often have an insidious and patronizing
of which generate community
length
understand that the behavior of many of edge to them, which will undermine the
our ancestors and contemporaries toward worth of such acts. I have alienated myself see rights, page 7
women and minorities has been from the Evergreen campus., in part
Page 6 Cooper Point Journal May 7,1992
Speech reflects
King riots
Faculty report
rights violations
Guilt ab'a ndoned by recovering Catholic
by Sara Steffens ·
I grew up in a family that was
intensely and naturally . Catholic, where
mass on Sunday was as habitual as tooth
brushing. I spent about IO years in CCD
classes, cutting and pasting pictures of
multiplied fishes. I went 'to a small
Catholic high school in Minnesota. (Called
Totino-Grace, as we were heavily funded
by the Totino Pizza family.)
My point is that I know a lot of
devout Catholics. Some irritate me so
badly my teeth hurt when I talk to them.
But I also know wonderful Catholics: my
family, a few of my teachers, the priest
who ran vans of food and supplies to EI
Salvador every few months.
These special Catholics all have a
few qualities in common. They all have
the ability to think, and the ability to
laugh. They reserve judgement ~nd look at
life in the light of an uncommon grace.
I'd like to share my favorite Catholic
joke, as told by my Honors Theology
teacher: "A crowd of people stood in
judgement, ready to stone a prostitute to
death. Jesus emerged' from the crowd and
bellowed, "Let he who is WITHOUT SIN
cast the first stone!" The crowd was silent,
shamed by his words. Suddenly a woman
emerged from the crowd rolling a huge
boulder, and squished the prostitute with
it. Jesus said, "Mom, I hate it when you
do that!"
This joke was told by a man who
committed his life to youth ministry. He
taught me more about the nature of my
faith than most people ever know. So,
please, don't judge someone's faith on the
basis of a small joke.
As a college student trying to
figure out the relationship I wish to have
with the Church (now that I am no longer
shelter of Catholicism into the world of
the 90s, I believe we often feel that we are
recovering from a long sleep of ignorance '\
and spoon-fed gUilt. I look around and see
As young people move
the necessity of Catholic-prohibited
from the shelter of
condoms in the face of AIDS. I see
loving, homosexual relationships, and
Catholicism into the
approve. I am pro-choice. I realize that the
world of the 90s, I
Church treats women like shit.
believe we often feel
And above all this I feel helpless to
change the Church. It seems monolithic,
that we
recovering
archaic, and uninterested in me.
from' a long sleep of
If Catholic jokes make you
uncomfortable, perhaps the discomfort
ignorance and SPOOn-stems from the belief in a religion that
fed guilt.
preaches love between neighbors, but is
quick to judge a person as a sinner.
forced to have one), I thought the
Sara Steffens is the Distribution
comment about "recovering Catholics" was Manager, See-Page goddess and generally
funny. As young people move from the a beacon of sunlight in the CPJ office.
are
Restaurant owner censors public affection
by Louise Westfall
I have become much more
empathetic towards the gay/lesbian
community since visiting The Place on
April 26. The Place is a small restaurant
on Madrona Beach Road.
My friend and I went out for brunch,
sitting next to each other, facing the
windows. After ordering, I linked my arm
around hers and rested my head on her
shoulder. We were rudely shaken when
this woman came up and stood over us
telling us not to do THAT here. Puzzled,
we asked her what she meant and she
pointed out that we were Evergreen
students and that she'd had this problem
before. She told us that public displays of
affection bother the other customers, and
rights, from page 6
investigations and prosccutions while
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were under review. Pl!rce responded,
"Since we have legal obligations to ensure
that the law is enforced, however, it would
not be practical or appropriate for the
institution to suspend current procedures
simply because a review or rewrite of a
process is underway." Meanwhile, many
of our colleagues are hurting.
With deep concern,
The Executive Committee
TESC Chapter American Association of
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gossip, damage reputations and create
preswnptions of guilt about "the accused."
* Absence of policies between
investigators and Provost/Academic Deans
regarding issues of sexual harassment;
reasonable accommodation; facuity rights;
due process; and, academic freedom
* Systematic lack of due process
* Selective prosecution
We believe these conditions
constitute a bostile working
environment. No faculty member is
immune. A number of our colleagues are
in pain, feeling abused and victimized by
a seemingly random and lawless process.
We have communicated our C0ncern
directly to Interim President 'Purce. He
characterized our analysis as "incorrect."
We asked him to suspend current
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If one of us had been a
man would she have
said anything?
to stop what we were doing.
This woman (we found out later) is
the owner, named Silvia. After she walked
away, my friend and I tried to eat our
What were you
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meal as the implications set in. We asked
our waitress if there had been problems
there before, or if there was a policy
against touching, Le.--leaning one's head
. on another's shoulder, and found out no,
no policy that she knew of.
I quickly grabbed a paper place mat
to take notes on what the owner had said
to us and the questions that arose. What
does an Evergreen student look like? If
one of us had been a man would she have
said anything?
In the past I have taken for granted
that I could comfortably hug, kiss, and
hold hands anytime the mood struck me.
Because of Silvia's reprimand I have
become aware that there are many people
who have to suppress, self consciously,
normal actions in public.
I hope this will change and the
sooner, the better. If everyone, regardless
of what gender combo they were, would
relax and hug and kiss (without fornicating
in the aisles), those that are uptight and
fearful would learn to accept. Normal is
just what you're used to.
Louise Westfall is as member of the
Evergreen community.
spent, concerning our problems with the does something about it?
Les, you blew it. I'm really surprised
Gesta. ..Security department, you have
gone out and slapped everybody's face because I thought you were a bit brighter
than your actions have shown. When a
with your sneaky, furtive , poorly chosen
recommendation to tum Security into an security officer blows away a suspected
armed (and dangerous) police force.
car-prowler in F-lot only to learn later it
What pisses me off more than was a student running because they were
anything is that you had the audacity to scared of cops, you can rest assured that
leak the news to Partly Bob at the Daily your name will be the one remembered for
Zero before you had the decency to inform allowing the' tragedy.
the people who make your position
You so far have avoided the real
possible, the Evergreen community.
issues, why can't you see them? Since
Of course I only know what I've even the people that supported having a
read in the Zero 'cause you haven't police force on campus insisted that it not
informed anyone else what's going on in be those currently administering security,
your conspiring mind, but it's clear that I think it's about time you did something
you were not able to understand either the about the real problem. Not one incident
consultant's report or the wishes of the has ever happened on this campus that
Evergreen . community past and present. could have been prevented by a gun. Guns
Your proclamation that you would like to are unnecessary on this campus. If you let
tum security into a police force sidesteps the students, staff and faculty vote (in a
virtually every issue of importance well publicized) ballot, the result will
show your ideas don't reflect those of the
concerning security.
.
The consultant's report at page 11 community.
With
complete
and
total contempt,
states:
"Finally, most of the pertinent issues Ben Schroeter
facing security are separate and distinct
from those dealing with weapons and
police officer identity; they are: 1.
Restoring trust and confidence in the
community. 2. Providing a competent and Dear Les,
safe response to problems. 3, Being
I am dismayed that your first .move
sensitive to the needs and values of the in relation to the consultant's report is to
community. 4. Performing with • talk about arming security. I think your
consistency, integrity and professionalism."
flfSt priority should be to restore the
So is training 'em like cops, giving community's confidence in the campus
security organization. If that does not
them guns and new uniforms going to
occur first, then guns will only increase
address any of the real issues? Hell no!
The problem is security now. The this basic distrust. It adds fuel to the fire.
only consensus of the Evergreen It is a tragedy waiting to happen.
This community has expressed fierce
community on the security issue is that
"the current situation is unacceptable." We opposition to arming security, over a
period 9f some seven years, ever since I
have a security department that currently
fust ~gan attending Evergreen in 1985.
is "severely alienated from the rest of the
campus community" and is viewed by the What makes you think that now is the
time to recommend doing just that, when
community as "incompetent," "officious"
and "dysfunctional." Well .. .let's see, if there are far more pressing issues, as
outlined in the consultant's report?
that's the problem let's train 'em to use
gunsl Yah, Yah, that's the ticketl What . Especially in light of the recent events in
Los Angeles. Public confidence in the
were you thinking, Les?
We have a guy whose field of police generally is at an all time low. I
think you should withdraw your
expertise is typewriter repair as the current
recommendation, and consider what steps
"de-facto" leader of security. "Safety and
should be taken to restore faith in the
security has been significantly
leadership and organization of campus
compromised and the campus community
security.
endangered", by the clowns running the
Trace DeHaven
show now. How many more of security's
petty investigations and secret agendas
must this school endure before someone
Arming Security
adds fuel to fire
Cooper Point Journal May 7, 1992 Page 7
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Arts & Entertainment
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Fear, loathing, licentiousness in Wenatchee
This Is a city. It's a city of crime. These are young people. They have trucks. photo by Seth Long
by Seth "Skippy" Loog
"Got a black uniform and a silver
badge/Playin' cops for real/Playin' cops
for pay/Ride, ride how we ride." Jello
Biafra wailed through the Stealth Bus'
jerry-rigged tape deck. The sun was wann
and bright and the wind was flying
through the windows as I hurtled down 1-5
in this beast. The bus was topping out at
around 55 mph in spite of The Driver's
constant coaxing. "Buses don't go fast
man. Speed is fun but you get all mellow
when you drive a bus. Going fast isn't
important" Sure, easy for him to say.
Damn hippie. I looked back to check on
the Stealth Bus' other occupant, The
Deadhead. She was lying down on the bed
trying to sleep through his chattering, the
Dead Kennedys and those sketchy noises
coming from the engine somewhere
beneath her. Jesus, I thought, what have I
gotten myself into?
The Apple Blossom festival in
Wenatchee, WA is an annual civic festival
not unlike those all across America. But
this one has one major difference, it is a
magnet for every low-rider pickup, jackedup 4x4 and otherw ise silly car-driving
person in a tri-state area. The festival is
supposedly a celebration of the first apple
blossoms of the season, pred icting a
healthy crop. It has since turned into a
giant festering wound of society, openi ng
up annually for all to experience.
We finally pulled into our camp at
Leavenworth , WA sometime after
midnight on Friday. After many hours on
the road and a long stop in Issaquah , WA
• to pick up more happy beer drinkers, and
a wonderful pasta dinner cooked on the
Coleman by The Driver/Gourmet I was
more than ready to settle down in the
Stealth Bus for a long sleep.
Morning carne and went before we
all awoke. I decided that a shower was in
order but found only cold water and an
ambitious young couple in the shower stall
beside me. Every time the water would get
colder, I would hear her scream out his
name, "Ryan I Ryanl" Well, at least I
thought it was because of the water. As I
was brushing my hair Ryan came out of
the stall wearing only shorts and holding a
Budweiser. He looked at me, raised the
Bud and said only, "Breakfast of
Champions!" With this, I took my leave.
Brunch, at the urging of The Driver,
consisted of various alcoholic mixtures of
Mescal and Thunderbird, ("As your lawyer
I advise you to take another drink. Come
on man, make Hunter proud! "), and after
passing out for another four hours, the day
had really begun. I fmally got the chance
to meet our traveling compapions. There
was Spippa, the long-haired hick and
driver of The Truck of Doom, and The
Bellevue Golden Boy who needed only to
look into a woman's eyes to make her
weak in the knees. Then there were the
ladies. The Fake-n-Bake Queen was just
along for the ride and to get her hands on
Golden Boy while Country girl was in
love with Spippa but secretly desired
Garth Brooks. After being ~oined by Larry,
Darryl and Darryl, owners of the Duct
tape Camara ("You can fix anything with
a pack of cigarettes and duct tape, man."),
we all hung out at the campground playing
frisbee , listening to Seattle grunge ("Hey
man, is there any other kind of music?")
and drinking lots of trashy beer.
At around 5 pm and only after
convincing a very stoned Golden Boy tQ
get in the Truck of Doom, we left fo... 1
Wenatchee and Apple Blossom , leaving ·
the Stealth Bus behind to guard the camp.
We drove into Wenatchee prepared
for the worst, remembering Obi Wan
Kenobi 's fateful warning, "You will never
find a more wretched hive of scum and
villainy . We must be cautious." With our
lawn chairs propped up in the back, a
bucket full of water balloons and a pair of
BIG pum p-action water guns, The Driver
and I stood guard with The Deadhead and
Miss Fake-n-Bake.
Without warning, the Truck of
Doom came to a halt and we turned to see
what the problem was. The main avenue
into town had suddenly been turned into
the world's largest cruising strip and here
we were right in the middle of it! "Come
on Skip! Get that gun ready! You,
Deadhead, ready the water balloons." Ah,
the· humanity, let the games begin.
"The Ave" at Apple Blossom is
perhaps the most amazing and revolting
display of rampant hormonal imbalance,
hedonism and debauchery anywhere on the
planet. For over two miles, people whoop,
holler, whistle and ogle each other in an
adolescent frenzy. Beer flows here almost
as freely as the great Wenatchee river
outside of town. The overall theme of the
event is "Show Us Your Tits." Everybody
had signs with this printed on them
hanging from their cars and trucks. Some
poor sap even took the time and money to
have a glowing neon sign made of the
phrase. Police were everywhere, on the .
sidewalks, in parking lots, on the street
and hovering over our heads waiting,
watching and harassing.
Slowly we made our way down The
Ave. The Driver and I had made a pact
not to assault anyone who didn't deserve
it (i.e. only people with water guns). "We.
need to be P.C. about this man," he would
Page 8 Cooper Point Journal May 7, 1992
tell me. By the time we were 1/4 of the
way down The Ave we were out of water
balloons. There were some inilial minor
skirmishes with a Jetta full of women and
a Pacer anned with some trigger-happy
guy. But the big assault was on a Scirocco
full of women who made a covert attack
on Country Girl, who was driving (topless
might I add) at this point despite her
having had a hit of LSD. A barrage of
balloons stopped their fITst assault short
but they persisted, forcing me to lob a fat
balloon right through their open sunroof
and land it on the drivers head. Score.
Revenge is best served wet and cold.
Unfortunately the local constabulary
caught sight of our actions and, at the next
parking lot, politely asked us to pull over.
The kind gentlemen suddenly transformed
into snarling, woolly boars looking for
anything they could find as they ransacked
the Truck of Doom without so much as a
warrant finding unopened cans of beer and
tas ting the contents of squeeze bottles to
find out what was inside. The Nazi Cops
continued their illegal search and seizure
by confi scating our aqueous arsenal and
asking us to produce any other contraband.
At the height of the situation, a very drunk
Driver and a lIipped-out Golden Boy
decided that enough was enough and
started arguing with the Pigs. The Driver
started by asking the Head Pig what we
had done that was illegal only to be
answered with, "You were bothering
people." Somewhere behind me I heard,
"Yeah, so are you." The Driver continued
his tirade by telling the cop that he was a
Nazi, Fascist Pig and deserved to die a
slow, painful death as Golden Boy was
making a good attempt at getting himself
arrested. He was trying to get the guns
back and succeeded only in getting himself
in deeper trouble and was eventually
rescued by the Fake-n-Bake Queen. The
Driver was still arguing with the cops as
we prepared to depart, Saying, "Would it
make you feel more ·like a man if you
gave me a ticket?" Officer Friendly's only
response was, "Sal do you really want to
go to jail for a squirt gun?" Needless to
say, we made a hasty departure.
After driving around for a while
searching for a parking spot and losing
The Driver to the carnage outside the
Truck, we settled down to watch the
display. Parked on the side of the road, we
were provided with an excellent view of
that which lay before us. The Deadhead
and I wandered the streets for a while in
search of smokes for Country Girl and we
were astounded at the sheer magnitude of
it all. So this is the outside world, we
thought. It was here, amidst all of the
lecherousness, self-degradation and human
sacrifice that we realized just how
sheltered we all really are at Evergreen. I
was surprised and amazed that we actually
made it back to the Truck of Doom alive
and safe without spontaneously
combusting from sensory overload.
All around us, people were being as
. silly as they could get. The group of
middle-aged adults next to us kept calling
out, "Show us your tits!" to cruising
groups of women as they sucked down
another beer.
Sometime around midnight we
decided that enough was enough and
headed for Leavenworth. It took a good
hour just to drive the 2 miles out of town
during which time we were part of the
action, yelling at other people in cars, on
the street and every cop we saw,
("Remember L.A.!"). Eventually we got
out and back to our campground where the
Stealth Bus was waiting dutifully for us.
Anxious to return ·to Olympia where w.({
were safely hidden'trom .t he outSitle world; .
The Driver announced, in a slurred variant
of English, that it was time to go home.
Leaving Leavenworth at around 1
am, we spent the next 5 1(2 hours on the
road ' in the Stealth Bus driving to
Olympia. We probably would've gotten
home sooner had the Bus been able to do
more than 30 mph over Snoqualmie Pass
but what the hell, it was all in the name of
adventure. Arriving in Oly at 6:30 am on
Sunday morning the three of us inlIepid
adventurers took leave of each other and
crashed hard in our own beds. Apple
Blossom was now behind us, we came,
saw, and ran screaming for the shelter of
our haven among the trees. Once again we
lIaveled with the Dead Kennedys, a llowing
JeIlo to croon us to sleep. "Now you can
go where people are one/Now you can go
where they get things done/What you need
my son/ls a holiday in Cambodia... "
And what an adventure it was. But I
am reminded of the immortal words of
Yo(la, "Excitement, humph. Adventure,
humph. A Jedi craves not these things."
Well, I may not be a Jedi, but I sure had
one hell of an amazing time.
Skippy is still trying desperately to
recover from his weekend of spandex, big
hair and letterman jackets.
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THURSDAY
a production by the Timberland Theatre
Company. It plays at the Timberline High
School, 6120 Mullen, in Lacey. Info:
493-2963.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
MEETING today and every Thursday the
basement of the Lecture Hall Rotunda.
Info: x6800.
MICROFEST HI, the annual micro beer
tasting eVent, goes on today at St.
Martin's Pavilion in Lacey. $8 buys you
one beer or "three tastes of your choice"
and the infamous MicroMan glass mug.
Proceeds support the Thurston County
Council on Aging. Info: 786-5595.
lESC FENCING CLUB meets tonight
and every Thursday from 7 to 9 pm in
the TESC Library Building, 3rd floor
mezzanine. Info: Russ Redding at 786832l.
HIV/AIDS 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.
THE LACEY TIMBERLAND LIBRARY
has a story program in its weekly activity
schedule. At 10: 15 am and 11: 15 pm
each Thursday, kids can enjoy books,
stories, poems, puppets, and creative
dramatics. There's a also a preschool
story time each Saturday at 11:15.
Fantastic Tales, a program for older
children ages 6 to 9, is each Monday
from 4 to 4:45 pm. It all takes place at
the Timberland Regional Library. Info:
491-3860.
A PRINCE AMONG MEN is a new play
by Olympia playwright Bryan Willis,
running from May 7 through June 6 at
Seattle's AHA! Theatre, 2222 2nd
Avenue between Bell and Blanchard,
Belltown neighborhood. In the play,
Margaret, the benevolent bus driver, acts
like Ralph Cramden, or something.
Tickets $7/general, $6/students and
seniors. Info: 728-1375.
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SOUTH PACIFIC, the musical by Rogers
and Hammerstein, goes on tonight,
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THE GROUP THEATRE in Seattle holds
general auditions today, tomorrow, and
Sunday for the 1992 Multicultural
Playwright's Festival and the rest of its
1992-93 season, from 11 am to 2 pm and
3 to 6 pm on all three days. All actors
must bring an 8"xlO" glossy photo and
resume, prepare two contemporary and
contrasting monologues not exceeding
four minutes total (singers have the
option of preparing 8 bars of
unaccompanied singing). Equity and nonEquity actors welcome. Auditions by
appointment only. Info: 6854969 between
10 am and 4 pm.
THE JURASSIC GROUP meets in the
Dorm 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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SATURDAY
DANCE ALL NIGHT at the Community
Center tonight s~g at 10 pm ,
sponsored by the Women of Color
Coalition, Mecha, Asia, and P.I.A. Soul
food provided by Nancy G. $2.
DANCE PARTY downtown tonight at 10
pm at the Un-Cola, down on 4th and
Washington over by Mario's in the alley.
$2. "Punk rock, disco dancing, and teen
mayhem."
10
SUNDAY
ME
AND
HIM
PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS Highlander, about dudes with
swords in New York City, and Excalibur,
about dudes with swords about '. two
,
MONDAY
INI'ERNSHIP ORIENTATION SESSION
FOR ACADEMIC PLANNING AND
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING today from
noon to 1 pm in Library 1406A.
THE
MARIANNE
PARTLOW
GALLERY presents "Primal Influences,"
a show of new works by twelve artists
from Washington state and elsewhere. It
runs from today through June 3 at the
Marianne Partlow Gallery, 500 South
Washington in OLympia. Opening
reception tonight from 5 to 8 pm, with
an infonnal conversation on the show
following Saturday at 11:30 am. Gallery
hours are Tuesday through Friday, 10:30
to 5 pm, and Saturday 11 am to 4 pm.
Info: 943-0055.
FRIDAY
FOUR SEASONS BOOKS PRESENTS
the poet Nixeon Handy reading from her
r~ent book River as Metaplwr, along
With her husband Larry Handy, who took
photographs for the book, tonight at 7:30
pm at Four Seasons Books, 421 South
Water in Olympia. Free. Info: 3574683.
thousand years ago, at 7 and 7 pm
respectively . in Lecture Hall 5. Free.
Swing.
THE WOMEN'S CENTER holds its
weekly meeting in CAB 206 from 5 to
6 pm today. All women welcome. fnfo:
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
Franklin in Olympia. Info: 866-4563 or
275-6998.
TWO EVERGREEN SENIOR THESIS
EXHIBITS open today--figurative work
by Kim.berly Cannody in TESC Gallery
II, runnmg through June 8, and paintings
by Iosef Oguiza in Gallery IV, running
through May 30.
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WEDNESDAY
~CADEMIC FAIR today from 3 to 5 pm
m the Evergreen Library Lobby. Plan
your future.
MEN'S NEXUS GROUP meets from 3
to 5 pm today, in the S&A Conference
Room. Info: x6462.
DREAMZ, a Galleria. presents a poetry
reading by Evergreen faculty member
Steve Blakeslee along with local poet
Carol Poole, tonight from 7 to 8:30 pm
at Dreamz, 404 East 4th Avenue in
Olympia. Info: 786-8953.
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THURSDAY
"THE
REVIVAL
OF
PAGAN
MATHEMATICS" is a multi-media
presentation
by
Ralph
Abraham,
mathematician and pioneer of chaos
theory, tonight at 7:30 pm in the
Free.
Evergreen
Library
Lobby.
Sponsored by Willi Unsoeld Seminar
Fund. Info: x6402.
.
TUESDAY
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
MEETING today and every Thursday the
basement of the Lecture Hall Rotunda.
Info: x6800.
SINGLE PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
meets each Tuesday at noon in Library
1509. Info: x6193.
lESC 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.
EVERGREEN
STUDENTS
FOR
CHRIST meet tonight and every Tuesday
at 7 pm in CAB 108. It's "a time for
singing, study, sharing of our lives, and
prayer."
HIV/AIDS 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.
12
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meets today at 6 pm in Library 3228, to
discuss activities for this quarter.
Everyone welcome. Info: x6058.
YES (youth for Environmental Sanity)
give a performance today at noon in the
CAB concerning environmental issues.
Info: Heather at x6784.
LIVE SOAP OPERA today and every
Tuesday afterwards at the Fourth Ave
Tavern, 210 4th Avenue East in Olympia
at 8 pm, presented by Hall of the Woods
Productions (formerly Artist Gmnge
Productions). You get a solid hour of live
soapiness for only $3. Info: 956-019l.
"MINING THE MUSEUM: THE MYTH
AND REALITY OF THE ART
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323-0740.
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each Thursday, kids can enjoy books,
stories, poems, puppets, and creative
dramatics. There's a also a preschool
story time each Saturday at 11: 15.
Fantastic Tales, a program for older
. children ages 6 to 9,. is each Monday
from 4 to 4:45 pm. It all takes place at
the Timberland Regional Library. Info:
491-3860.
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Madonna was, probably getting her beauty sleep
by Jane Laughlin
MADONNA FEsT
To BENEFIT OLYMPIA AIDS TASK FORCE
SYBIL, FITZ OF DEPRESSION, .
HONEYBUCKET, CREEP, SWITCH,
WITCHY POO, HEA YENS TO BETSY.
APRIL '30, 1992
CAPITOL 1HHA TER
No, she didn't show up.
The evening's 'fun was marred by '
the overwhelming sense of frustration
among Capitol Theater patrons regarding
the actions of certain Los Angeles cops,
certain jurors, and basically the whole
system and cops everywhere. The
festivities surrounding Madonna-Rama
were strange to say the least.
Heavens To Betsy "protested" by not
doing their Madonna cover, but instead
some songs off their new tape. I'm not
sure what they were protesting, but
apparently it had something to do with
Madonna not addressing the day's
demonstration in the Capitol rotunda.
Well, I was there, and I can assure you
that the demonstrators were in no mood to
see Madonna. Heavens to Betsy sounded
good, though.
Witchy Poo, sans helmets, performed
a decidedly angry version of "Holiday,"
while vocalist Slim read the lyrics
indifferently off of a sheet of paper and
chain-smoked. Between each song he
programmed the drum tracks on a
machine. I kind of wished they would
have done "Fuck the Motherfucking
President," and maybe have changed the
last word a little bit, to make it more
timely. For their final Madonna cover,
Witchy Poo gave us a very interesting
version of "Justify My Love," starring a
member of the audience, Lois. I have
decided to like Witchy Poo.
Switch played their debut gig next.
They are a new band which includes Matt
from the late Lemonade (I'm really gonna
miss Lemonade). Switch were really
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entertaining, especially with the "Switch
Dancers": a group of cheerleader-like girls
dressed in black bustiers dancing to the
cover of "Get Into The Groove."
Midway through Switch's set, Corin
from Heavens To Betsy grabbed the mike
and announced that Dan Hanson had just
been arrested for drawing on the sidewalk
with chalk and hanging up political fliers
having to do with the King verdict. The
bail was a ridiculous $800. May I remind
you all of something called the First
Amendment? Last time I checked, chalk
washes off of pavement, and you just can't
arrest people in this country for peacefully
expressing their views. So, Dan Hanson
was temporarily a political prisoner in
these United States. Fucking cops.
ARRGHHH.
Anyway.
I didn't see Creep because I was out
in the alley. Sorry about that. Honeybucket
were so good. They performed a chunky,
guitar-laden version of "Borderline," then
gave us some of their fiery, wonderful
originals. Drummer Jason played like a
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demon, barefooted and barechested, so
tight, so together. They gave us a surfpunk sounding "Express Yourself," which
made everyone smile.
Behind the "stage" was a screen,
upon which images of Madonna had been
flashing all night. But someone got their
shit together and quickly put together a
message which repeated "FREE DAN H."
(Sound familiar,
anyone?) Their
organization was awe-inspiring.
Fitz of Depression had not learned
their Madonna cover. Bassist Justin knew
the part for "Like a Virgin," but Mike did
not have a clue. They launched into the
song blindly and offered various members
of the audience to help with the lyrics.
Nobody really knew them enough to sing
them, that is, until yours truly threw off
her camera gear, and in a moment of
unbridled insanity, grabbed
the
microphone. I sang the first verse and the
first chorus, then I forgot how the second
verse started, so we ended it there. It was
a hell of a lot of fun. I now have this
overwhelming desire to be in a band. It
will pass, maybe. But enough about me. In
the words of Rachel Nesse, Fitz raged.
Dan Hanson was released during the
middle of the show. Contnbutors to the
bail included the president of K Records.
Calvin Johnson, and Corin Tucker of .
Heavens to Betsy. After coming up with
the cash, a group of people went down to
the station to release Dan, where they
were condescended to byour fine OIY!llpia
police force and treated like children. The
cops were curious as to why the young
people of Olympia think they can change
anything by writing on sidewalks and
putting up fliers. It's called democracy,
you stupid pig. Dan is getting a lawyer.
Well, enough of my editorial
commentary. The seventh and last band
arrived. They were Sybil, a band from
Seattle I have never heard of. The singer
resembled Madonna a little, during her
Virgin years. They covered "Open Your
Heart" and "Burning Up." I'd say the most
irritating thing about Sybil was that the
lead singer announced four, count 'em
four times, that "this is our last song," and
would then follow it up with yet another
tune. Then they did a Buffalo Tom cover,
cll~iming they thought it.was Buffalo Tom
night. Yeah. That's obvious. The coolest
thing about Sybil was their bassist, and the
singer's Black Flag tattoo. Which was
immediately canceled out by the Van
Halen tattoo on her other arm.
Thus ended Madonna Fest. She
didn't show, but there were many
interesting interpretations of her work, and
much discussion among the crowd about
the day's events, in Olympia, and in Los
Angeles. I had hoped that an open mike
would be furnished so maybe we, the
youth of Olympia, could exchange
dialogue abOut racism and police brutality
in this city. But, no such luck.
Jane Laughlin wishes she could get
the glue out of her mouth, and maybe
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THEATER,
There are a few films that you are
supposed to see while you are in college-A Clockwork Orange, Animal House, and
anything Monty Python ever did. There
are even fewer movies which become
famous for the sheer labor put into
making them. One of the very few films
to fall into both these categories is
Apocalypse Now.
.
Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's
Apocalypse, showing next week at the
Olympia Film Society (OFS) , is a
documentary
on
the
making
of
Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola's
attempt to mesh Joseph Conrad's novella
set in the African jungle with the
American
experience
in
Vietnam.
Scheduled to be produced in 16 weeks,
the three and a half years that it took to
finish the film became a personal journey
into madness for many of the people
involved.
Heart of Darkness has an intimacy
greater than most documentaries because
the source material was not intended for
a documentary. Instead what you see is
film made by Coppola's wife, Eleanor,
who had unlimited access to all stages of
production and planning for the film.
Included with this material are audio
tapes of conversations with Coppola
made, at the time, without his knowledge.
Because of this level of intimacy, you
never get the feeling that Coppola is
playing for the camera, but instead that
you are watChing him candidly in his
quest to transfer his vision to the screen.
But Heart of Darkness is more than
just an interesting documentary about the
making of a mm. Like Roger and Me
and other superb documentaries, there is
tension and suspense to the film even if
you know how everything will turn oul.
Watching Coppola, the cast members and
film crew deal with the hurdles t~at they
faced; civil war in the Philippines, a
typhoon, Martin Sheen's heart attack and
near breakdown, and Coppola's own
search for what he wants on film, is
absolutely overwhelming. As filming
proceeds, you find yourself drawn into
Coppola's own dark world in which he
struggles to fmish his film.
While it helps ta have seen
Apocalypse Now, it' is not necessary.
(And if you do want to see Apocalypse
Now, the director's cut is scheduled to be
shown two weeks from now . at OFS.)
Heart of Darkness is, more than anything
else, a celebration of the chaos and
creativity that can produce great art If
you love movies, this is a great (albeit
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an extreme) example of the blood, sweat
and tears (literally) that go into the
making of a movie. If you never really
thought about what goes into a movie,
Heart of Darkness will open your eyes to
how much effort is involved.
Heart of Darkness is a great lesson
about the film-making and creative
processes. Toward the end, as Coppola
struggles with depression--certain that
Apocalypse Now will be a failure--and to
find an emiing for the film, you realize
the incredible sacrifice and effort that an
artist puts into his or her work and how
hard it is for an artist to step back from
the work to see what it actually is. The
ultimate lesson of Heart of Darkness is
that out of chaos, something beautiful can
rise like a phoenix and survive. Giving
the state of the world, it is good to be
reminded of this possibility.
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the OFS, watches 100 many movies and
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