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Jervis ready for
Evergreen· presidency
, by Andrew Hamlin
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Dr. Jane Jervis, Evergreen's new
, president" made the following remarks
' during an interview on Monday, April 12,
afler her morning press conference on
campus. Currently Dean of Students at
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, she
will assume the office of President on
August 1.
Presidential
-- I-n tervi-ew by Seth Long
Bowdoin will miss Jervis
You've said that 'Evergreen has
been a gleam in the corner of my eye
for 20 years, ever since its inception.'
Have you always considered working
here? "I probably never considered the
prospect of working here ... from the time
it was formed, [Evergreen's] been on the
edge of my awareness ... When a friend of
mine said that he was nominating me, I
J
by Andrew Hap) lin
and the school's honor code, which is "on
Dr, Jane Jervis, Evergreen's new the blocks to have an overhaul."
President, will create quite a vacuum when
Paul Nihus, History Professor and
she departs her old position as Dean of Acting Dean of Bowdoin before Jervis
..... from the time it was
Maine's Bowdoin College.
arrived in January of 1988, calls his
"She's gonna leave a real hole," successor "Very bright... very clear- ' formed, (Evergreen's)
Bowdoin Presid~nt Robert Edwards said in thinking, very well-spoken ... not the kind
beenpn the ,~dge of my
a telephone interview from Brunswick, of person who sees a problem and watches
Maine., "She's a strong personality and it fester. That's ' bound to cause
awareness ...
she's got great energy ... She's been on controversy."
presidential search lists [for other colleges]
Jervis' role in the controversy over said, 'Oh, Evergreen!' ... I think Evergreen
co-ed Greek organizations on the Bowdoin is a gleam in the eye of many educators
for the two years I've ~en here."
Edwards, who became Bowdoin's campus has garnered her some criticism. back East."
President in August 1990 after Jervis Chris Varcoe,Pres,dentof Beta Sigma,
' Why leave ajob [Dean of Bowdoin
serve.<! as , A.cting President ,during tJ.iat one, of the integrated houses, says that ~ College] where you are thought so
summer, Says that " Jervis proposed ' merno 'Jrom JerVis". d~lc,' leak~ to .the highly 011 ".. .It's f~~ ,a J)rom<?tion,
s~imUfatlrt'g 'new ide&s7duting the coll*'s pUbllC~ ': ~d~~iled' "aD 'ldndf o( ,nasty something I've aspIC
0 ... y temperment,
curricular review. "She w6tkedon "'the commenl$' about fraternities, and how they I like challenges."
overall. coherence and design [of the were going to be abolished." ,
What does interdisciplinary
curriculum] from the experiep~e of· a
,
Todd 'Krapf,PreSident of Chi Psi, a education mean to you? "The purpose of
student," he said, "... as they arnve and go fraternity whiCh has chosen to remain a11- education is not to fili you up with
throu~gh-''-and
beeome-,,-'increasingly ' male, says,. ,"IKfiOw 'for a 'long fi~slie -·-information... bultOteacn now to
autonomous."
had a problem with ,the frats," but feels approach problems and how to solve them.
Edwards added that Jervis "has been that Jervis was not the main force behind It is in the nature of problem&, of life, that
a major player on all , plan,ning anti-fraternity sentiment in the you soive them by , examining many
different points of view ... it's a much
committees," is active on the Strategic administration.
Planning Force, dedicated to long-range
Andrew Hamlin is lhe Arts and more functional way to learn than
compartmentalized learning."
planning for the college, and has worked Featftres Managing Editor of the CPJ.
towards reviSing sexual harassment policy
'
Do you have an idea who the new
Evergreen provost will be, or how you'll
select him/her? "I can tell you I have no
idea as to who ... it's a very important
appoinunent, and it's more important to do
it carefully than to do it fast."
What's your stance on the
fraternity/sorority issues at Bowdoin?
[Bowdoin, an all-male college until 1970,
allows co-ed fraternities on its campus;
some fraternities and one sorority,
however, have elected to remain singlesex.] "... There is a very delicate
interaction between freedom of association
on one-- fiana, -or equity on the orner ..-.
whether the freedom to associate stops
when you discriminate against large
numbers of people... It is a very small
campus, and the presence of these groups
has a disproportionate impact... I'm
troubled by telling people what they can't
do."
Evergreen is theoretically
multicultural, and yet we have few
minority students, or minority faculty.
How would you address these issu~? "It
certainly would be the goal of my
administration to increase the presence and
participation of minorities. It's more
complicated than simply increasing
numbers... We need to learn how to
interact with real respect for difference ...
If we can learn how to do it at a place like
Evergreen, we're going to transform the
world .. it's going to be painful, there's
going to be stress and hurt..."
You've been the only woman on
two governing boards, and you'Unow
be tbe only woman' president of a fouryear institution in this state. What is it
like to be the only female in those
situations? "It's lonely. It's challenge.
It's not all bad. My presence throws [the
. men] off balance, maJres----uiem see
themselves differently. Humor helps,
humility helps. And being able to remind
myself, aild them, of what we're here to
do."
Andrew Hamlin is the Arts and
Features Managing Editor allhe CPJ.
a
"Queer Bodie·s " challen es universal heterosexuality
college has to be responsible to it's users,"
by Stephanie Zero and Seth "Skippy" , '
said Lidman.
Lung
"I think it's a relevant concern,"
Sexually expressive and homoerotic
of the change. "It's a way of
Lentz
said
art in the Evergreen Gaileries spawned
not
censoring
the show."
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discussion "Tuesday night ' as , a panel
"Viewing
the photographs and the
gathered to address , the question "Why •
videos
for
the
show
has given usa forum
exhibitsexuality?"The panel featured two
for
talking
about
sex,"
says Cummings and
of lhe exhibited artists and two Uiliversity ,
Lentz
in
the
introduction
to the exhibit,
of Washington Gay/Lesbi~lO , ~tudies
This Exhibit
"what
we
do
and
don't
find
pleasurable,
professors.
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Includes
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how
we
experience
and
express
our sexual
'~Queer Bodies," located in
identities,
how
we
negotiate
our
sexual
Galleries II and IV, opened April 10 UJ-lU~.
Images DepiCti~g
differences
to
form
queer
alliances
in the
runs until May 3. The ~xhibit.features the
Sexual
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xpres~~~,.;,
against
sexual
censorship,
fight
works of a variety of international gay 'and ,
,
,"', -'to,
discrimination, and AIDS phobia."
lesbian artistS that deal with the idea of '
Steph and Skip are both recovering
sexuality and "queer bodies."
"Our aim is to make visible the
Catholics.
complexity and diversity of human '
sexuality," said curatois Huey Lentz and
Kate Cummings in a written statement
introducing the , e~~ibit. ' "We want ' to'
challenge' the idea ' that" 'there is a single "
day 207 in the pit crisis
gay ooqy., arid challeng~ ·univers~h~' __._"'''I!I!l!I_~
many cryptic codes in cement
heterosexuality;" said ,Cummings at tM i .
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panel discU$sion;
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Internal S~epage
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cooperation . with the,', college
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NEWS, BRIEFS
Costantino takes
VP position
EVERGREEN--Art Costantino has
formally accepted the position of vice
president of student affairs. He will begin
' immediately after the July 4 holiday.
As director of Penn State's Center
for Student Involvement and Leadership
for 19 years, Art was responsible for
creating collaborative programs to promote
leadership, community service and
involvement. He has worked closely with
faculty, staff, students and alumni
initiating programs to enhance workplace
skills, promote leadership among
academically gifted students, increase
student volunteerism and
further
appreciation of diversity on college
campuses.
"Sexuality is the most controlled and policed
part of our lives."
Steven Shaviro, University of Washington Post Modernism
professor, at the "Queer Bodies" panel discussion on Tuesday,
April 14.
hired 57 faculty members, nearly half of
them (46%) persons of color. As a result,
persons of color now comprise 22% of the
total faculty. These 38 faculty of color, out
of a total of 169 faculty members, do not
include visiting or adjunct faculty.
On a proportional basis, Evergreen
has the highest percentage of faculty of
color at a four-year institution in the state.
Evergreen was followed by Washington
State University
(10.7%), Eastern
Washington University (7.5%), University
of Washington
(7.4%), Central
Washington University (6.0%), and
Western Washington University (5.4%).
More faculty of
color at TESC
EVERGREEN--From 1974 to 1987, the
percentage of persons of color on the
TESC faculty declined gradually, from
17% to 11%. In 1987, therefore, the
challenge was not only to contain this
erosion of diversity, but also to increase
the number of faculty of color. To
accomplish this, the College devised new
strategies including requiring or preferring
multi-cultural experience which serves as
an attraction to minority candidates, and
cultivation of minority Ph.D. candidates
identified at selected universities through
personal contacts.
The renewed efforts of the College
led to dramatic increases in the number of
faculty hired. Since 1987, the College has
Trustees seek
student rep
EVERGREEN--The Board of Trustees is
looking for a student representative to sit
in on their meetings the second
Wednesday of each month (the nex t
meeting is May 13) for the rest of the
academic year. If you are interested in
being a representative to the Board, please
call Julie Slone in the Student Affairs
IISECURITY, BLOTTER II
2017: Patrol vehicle dented other vehicle
while giving a jump start.
Saturday, April II
030S: Security was reported to have
received numerous calls about an
assault/disturbance involving a man and
woman, which was reported to have
started at Q-dorm and progressed
throughout the housing area. Thurston
County Sheriff's Dept. was called and
responded.
2037: General fire alarm went of in Adorm due to eighth floor pull station being
maliciously activated.
Sunday, April 12
0035: Resident reported to be bleeding
from broken glass in her foot. 911 was
called.
0110: Vehicle accident reported in dorm
loop. No injuries reported.
0224: General fire alarm went off in Adorm due to fourth floor pull station being
maliciously activated.
1443: Stray dog was picked up by Animal
Control.
1637: Fire alarm in Q-dorm due to burnt
food.
Monday, April 13
1359: A suspicious person/circumstance
was reported on the second floor of the
Library Building.
Security performed 47 public
services (unlocks, escorts. jump starts,
etc.) Ihis week.
Tuesday, April 7
0820: Vehicle in C-Iot reported to have
been burglarized.
1106: Student reported his bicycle stolen
from the front of B-dorm.
1705: CRC employee reported th e theft of
-a body_fat analyzer.
Wednesday, April 8
0126: Student reported the right passenger
window of his vehicle smashed out in Flat.
2254: Vehicle towed from dorm loop.
Thursday, April 9
0830: Incident of indecent exposure was
reported in the housing area,
1035: Wheelchair-bound resident was
reported to have suffered a fall.
1820: Person reported the theft of a CB
antenna off his vehicle in C-Iot.
2218: General fire alarm went off in Adorm due to smoke on the fourth floor.
Friday, April 10
0149: General fire alarm went off in Adorm due to faulty fire detector on the
fourth floor, and ...
0240: Another general fire alarm went off
in A-dorm due to faulty fire detector on
the fourth floor. Maintenance was called.
0820: Glass in the entry door of the third
Iloor of D-dorm was found smashed.
1340: Woman reported a dog biting a
child on Red Square.
1417: Person reported theft of class rings
from a vendor from the CAB.
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March 12 at 4:30
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Counseling and Play Therapy
Children and Adults
Wholistic Approach
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Individuals, Couples, Groups
--""-';1 Ahtl~" affects people of all ages, income
, and cultural backgrounds. Therefore, we are
committed in using a flexible fee scale to
provide a balanced access to therapy. We
offer groups for adults healing from sexual,
emotional and/or physical abuse.
Office- at 866-6000, x6296 by Friday,
April 24.
Day of Absence
for First People
EVERGREEN--On April
21, the
Evergreen First Peoples Coalition wiu be
participating in a Day of Absence for all
students, staff, and faculty of color. This
day wiIl be a revival of a practice that was
initiated by Evergreen students in 1983.
The Day of Absence will be held in
response to increasing social, academic,
and administrative difficulties being faced
by people of color on the Evergreen
campus. It is also an opportunity for
people of color to meet with each other,
resolve internal difficulties and set a
positive agenda for the future. Please
support the Day of Absence by
recognizing the importance of [Jle event
and supporting fellow community
In the April 9 issue of the CPJ:
In "Iocident causes grievances,"
"Sign spawns discussion" and within
several response letters, Diana Gonzalez's
name was consistently misspelled. The
CPJ apologizes for any misunderstandings
this may have eaused.
Also in "Incident causes grievances,"
the last paragraph should have included,
"Blair has filed grievances against... [Bob]
Webb for allegedly insisting that Blair
remain in the room ... "
In Greg Hohnholt's letter ("Strategy
doesn't cam respect", page 6), the
sentence should read: ".. .i.e. that culturally
en rorced norms are the primary agent that
claim to be an authority, but the biological
and ethological evidence I have studied ... "
In "Will Un-Cola go under?" (page
4), the date for the anti-vivisection show
should have been April 18, not April 21.
Bryan Connors' second installment
or th e Antler House series will run in the
April 23 issue instead of this week's issue.
In the March 12 issue, the photo of
sunbathing Greeners on the cover was
mistakenly credited to David Mattingly
JIIstead of Leilani Johnson.
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Laura Molly Gilman, second child
of Marilyn Coroofan, Acting Director of
the Evergreen Child Care Center, and her
husband Clark Gilman, was born at 12:07
am on Friday, April 10, in Olympia's St.
Peter's Hospital. Marty Butzen was the
midwife for the couple.
Corcoran and Gilman, a Research
Assistant for the Washington Institute for
Public Policy, say their new child has
"lots of curly black hair and a good
shout." Molly weighed 9 pounds, 15
ounces at birth and is now relaxing at
home with her mother and brother Nate
Gilman, age 7. Cororan should return to
work no later than June, bringing Molly
with her.
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It's what's known as a Catch·22. In
order to stay in operation, the Un-Cola
must have two doors that swing out. Yet
they can'l have doors that swing out into
the alleyways, as this is again illegal.
Either way, the Un·Cola, in its present
location, appears doomed to closure.
Friday, April 10, officials 'from the
Fire Department, the building inspector,
and the electrical inspector were led
Lhrough the Un·Cola to decide what had
to be fixed . Not only did they declare
that the doors need to swing out but
cannot swing out, but also that two
bathrooms need to be built. Portable
outhouses cannot be used inside or
outside the club, and since it would be
next to impossible for the Un·Cola to
raise the funds- to install indoor plumbing,
much less do anything about the door
problem, it looks like they're out of luck.
"They were being really rude and
obnoxious, and treating me like a child;
like I didn't know what I was talking
about," said Un-Cola representative Matt
Zodrow, 25, of the inspection procedure.
"I tried to explain to them that I
was being civil and co-operative, and that
we had been working this place since
January and hadn't had any problems.
Basically they said that didn't malter, and
that we would have to be closed down
by Heather McPherson
Earth Day 1992 is April 22. We all
remember the twentieth anniversary of
Earth Day in 1990. There were huge
celebrations and all sorts of proclamations
that it was the beginning of an new era.
What we have seen in the last two years is
the commercialization of Earth Day with
the same,corporations destroying ~he Earth
also h.avmg color: glossy adv~rusements
declarmg how environmental fnendly they
are.
It seemed to many environmental
activists that Earth Day was lost to
corporations jumping onto the band wagon
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no matter whal n
had to go to performers.
Zodrow then looked into several
At Monday's meeting, Un-Cola
empty spaces located in downtown volunteers discussed future plans: where
Olympia, such as the old office supply and how to relocate, how to payoff their
store on 4th Avenue across from the debt, what to do about April's remaining
Arco station, the New Life Mercantile shows, and the possibility of 'becoming a
building, an old refrigeration building on , non-profit organization. Not much was
State Street, and Capitol City Studios on decided on, however, partially beeause
4th Avenue. None of these facilities were the group's unofficial leader, Zodrow,
available.
was not there.
However, in May, the old recycling
The anb-vlVlscction show on
building located by Capitol Lake may be Saturday, April 18, may be carried by the
available. It has a capacity of 2000 and Capitol Theatre, but it is uncertain
bathrooms. The Un-Cola may be able to whether the April 25 Riot Grrri
move in temporarily, for cheap rent.
extravaganza will be postponed or moved
The best prospect so far looks like to the Capitol Theatre, as well. At the
Dreamz Galleria. "[They] have pretty meeting, it was also suggested that a
much agreed to allow us to do shows benefit be organized for the Un-Cola in
there. We have to wait until May, the fourth floor of the Library, with
though," said Zodrow.
sponsorship by Evergreen groups such as
Saturday evening, the Purdins show Amnesty International.
went off relatively smoothly, alongside a
The Un-Cola definitely intends to
show in the Capitol Theatre featuring stay alive, even if it is moved. "It's not
Nubbin and Creep, among others. - going to be the sarne...doing it in_another
Unfortunately, only about $10 was raised space, because we put so much work into
by the Un-Cola (after paying bands) to this -- painting and building the stage,"
go towards the $300 debt.
said Zodrow. "We'll see how everybody
Sunday's matinee starring Earth, a feels, and find out about finding another
Seattle Subpop band, did not fare so location."
weIl. It was supposed to have started at
Jane Laughlin would like to offer
12:30 pm, but ended up beginning at her deep gratitude 10 Malt Zodrow of
I :30. Then hardly anyone showed up, so Lemonade for all his help, friendliness,
the miniscule amount of money earned and grace under pr.essure. You rock.
It is time to reclaim Earth Day
GOING-
Jf appearing "environmentally concerned"
to just fuel more corporate greed. This
year's Earth Fair is taking place at the
Capital Mall. All persons having an
environmental booth had to sign a contract
that prohibited any political statements
from being made. It is within itself a
political statement to prohibit people from
spea~ ing of the causes and possible
sol~uons of env~ronmental degradation. It
IS tllne t? reclaIm Earth Day from those
that see It as ~other means to propagate
corJlorate profits.
Joanna Ma~y, author of Despair a~d
Personal Power In the Nuclear Age srud,
"Our planet is in trouble. It is hard to go
anywhere without being confronted by the
woundin~ of ou~ w,?rld, the tearing of the
very fabnc of hfe. Most everyone feels
overwhelmed by the actions that would
have to take place to reverse the current
trend of ecological destruction. There is a
feeling of skepticism that it is already too
late to make change on behalf of the
Earth. This very feeling is what proves
that we must take back Earth Day and
truly start to live the motto Lhat every day
is Earth Day. The key to this is action.
Rather then celebrating Earth Day by
watching a television show hosted by a
pop singer or shopping at the mall get
involved with one of the many activities
taking place from April 17 to the 25. We
all have the power within ourselves to
make a difference with what is happening
to the Earth.
Deep Ecologist John Seed writes in
Council of All Beings, "While at times we
may be defending a particular stand of
trees or mountain ridge or stream, our
defense is also symbolic in that we are
making our defense in the name of all
trees, all mountain ridges, all streams
which need defending and we are asking
all who understand th~se threats wherever
they may be to stand with us. When we
are attempting to protect nature against
those who would destroy it, we are asking
those who would destroy the earth to
cxperience the same transformation which
we have undergone, to remember wbo
they really are, to step out of their selr.
limiting roles as police, politicians
developers, or consumers and act ~
defense of their larger Self-interest."
April 17, Friday
The movie The Salmon People will
see Earth Day, page 10
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members in their participation. April 21
, will be an opportunity for all members of
the Evergreen community to discuss
personal, administrative and community
perspectives on issues such as racism and
multic ulturalism. For more information
contact First Peoples Advising Services at
x6467 or x6284.
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Columns
Columns
Trying to flat't en the world as we know it
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THE SHAPE OF NATIONS - PART V
In previous columns we have been
looking into unexpect~d and strange
propenies that figures have when on a
spherical surfaces (in contrast to figures
on a plane). In at least one other respect
geometry (and geography) on a spherical
surface is different from geometry on a
plane. This is in keeping with the original
subject of these series of columns: the
shape of nations (or states). Traditionally
the shape of nations have been determined
by rivers, mountain ranges, etc, which fix
borders. In modern times, however,
geodesic parallels and meridians have also
been used to define borders. The result is
sometimes borders that are perfect
rectangles, such as those of Colorado and
Wyoming.
Perfect rectangles (quadrilaterals with
righr angles at all f-our angles) on a plane
have their opposite sides of equal length.
The perfect rectangles which constitute the
borders of Colorado and Wyoming,
however, are on a spherical surface.
Because of this, their northern borders are
a little bit shaner than their corresponding
southern borders; meridians (parallel lines
in the sphere) get closer as you move in
the direction of the poles.
. ,
A11InnInnr~ (strecched)
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A side ora
rectangle on a
sph crlcal surface
can be shorter
than its opposite
side.
One of the consequences of countries
being on a spherical surface, rather than a
plane, is that it will always be impossible
to accurately represent their shapes in flat
maps. For instance, suppose that we
project the earth's spherical surface on a
cylinder that is touching the earth
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tangentially
the Equator, with
projection lines perpendicular to the axis
of the eanh, and then the cylinder is
flattened. The shapes of countries near the
equator would then remain approximately
of the same shape after being projected;
but the shape of countries near the poles
would be very distorted - their vertical
distances would be shrunk while their
horizontal distances are expanded. Think
of a circle near and around one of the two
poles (say parallel 89 north), such a circle
is very small relative to the Equator, but
when projected, it would have the same
length as the Equator. What exactly
would be the distonion of such a parallel?
The actual length of a parallel u degrees
north (or south) of the Equator is 21t(R
casu) where R is the radius of the earth .
The radius of this parallel is R cos u .
0
(around 3,286,000 sq. mi. versus
3,022,000 sq. mi.). Even worse world
maps are those in which Asia is split in
two, in order to have America in its
center.
Several alternative solutions have been
proposed to the area-dis toning Mercantor
maps. One is the Goode's interrupted
projection which combines equality of
area with equality of shape: .
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When projected on the cylindrical
surface, sucp a parallel (all parallels) -is
expanded to 21tR. All horizontal distances
along such parallel are then expanded from
21t(R casu) to 21tR - that is, by a factor of
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cosa
=
seca.
The obvious solution, if we want to keep
shapes undistorted, is to multiply venical
distances equally by secu.
This is exactly what Gerhardus
Mercantor did in 1569, designing the most
popular way of drawing maps of the
world. The Mercantor projection is
especially popular among people living in
northern countries (much fewer people
live in extreme southern latitudes); not
only do (all) countries keep their actual
shape but Nordic countries look bigger.
Map makers in these nonhern countries
also like the idea of having mote space to
write names of pl~ces. A byproduct of
this is that unpopulated Greenland looks
bigger than South America. The fact is
that Greenland is not even one-tenth the
size of South America. No wonder
people in the United States don't believe
when they are told that Brazil is bigger
than the 48 contiguous U.S. states
Next week is Earth Week 1992, and
what arc you doing to help? It now has
bc~n two years since the big Eanh Day
1990. Since then the- initial hype has died
down, and people have forgotten that
every day still is Earth Day. It's time that
we bring that point closer to campus and
set aside one or two days a year to
understanding what some of the campus
environmental problems arc. For me, it is
like the old saying "Think globally, act
locally." The time to act locally is now.
Here's your chance to be included in
the on campus activities.
Campus
CJcanswecp is one of the only activities
this year where people can panicipate in
more that just a celebration. The Campus
Clcanswcep is a combined effort of two
campus groups trying to raise
awareness/knowledge about the needs for
waste reduction and increased recycling on
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the north of maps does not have to be on
top (Even if people in Nordic countries
probably like this). As late as the 16th
century, the north of maps was in different
directions.
STUDENT GROUPS
WEEKLY
compiled by Paul H. Henry
Week of April 16-22, 1992
·The Society for Creative Anachronism
meets Monday nights at 8 pm in CAB
110. The Society is dedicated to learning
about the Middle Ages through reenacUnenL Contact Martin or Ariel at 866-
begin May 6.
·Pacific Islander constituents at TESC
want to conelude the year with a
Polynesian Luau celebration outside the
Housing Community Center on May 23.
We need suggestions for the menu and
Pacific Islander entertainment. Come to
the planning meetings in our office each
Thursday at noon in CAB 320. Leave
messages at x6583 or drop off recipes at
our mailbox.
·ESA is working on creating a Student
Credit Union. Currently we are holding a
signature drive for students who are
interested in supporting the ESA and the
Credit Union project. Forms are in the
CAB third floor volunteer groups office.
·The LGBPRC will be accepting
applications for male and female
coordinating positions for fall quarter
April 16 through April 30. Interviews will
.. Evergreen NORML will be meeting
Thursday, April 23,--l-992 from 7-8 pm in
Lib 2118. Meetings are held ...QH the s.econd
and fourth Thursdays of every month.
Paul H. Henry is the Public
Information Coordinator for Student
Activities.
Here's Brandon's brain on drugs
campus.
The cleans weep will consist of
volunt~rs from the Evergreen Recycling
Project, WashPIRG, and anyone else who
wants to do their part. On Earth Day,
Wednesday, April 22, we will sweep the
campus, collecting recyclables and waste
that has been discarded by others. Once
this has been completed we will deposit,
for your viewing pleasure, all of the
collected material-in _the middle of Red
Square.
Look for our information and
awareness booth.
Also, on Friday, April 24 there will
be a Pl:Jstic Collection Day. Clean Sweep
will be collecting presorted and clean
plastic for recycling. Please remember
plastics are categorized seven ways
according to their makeup. Look for the
recycling symbol(arrows) and number (12-4-6) on the container. We will only
accept those types of plastic at this time.
For more information please call The
Evergreen Recycling Project x6782, or
W ASHPirg x6058.
Greg Wright is Evergreen's
Recycli/lg Coordinator.
A
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by Seth "Skippy" Long
Oh no! Reruns from HELL!! I
thought last week's episode was bad, but
this week's takes the cake for BevHel1. I
mean, how much more ridiculous can you
get?
So let's go over the basics of this
silly episode of the Bev. The gang is
coerced into attending a warehouse pany
by Brandon's sketchy girlfriend Emily.
After a comedy of errors and scantily clad
gothic women (and men) we learn that
Emily wants Brandon to do "Euphoria"
with her. Brandon resists saying that he
doesn't do drugs, prompting Emily to dose
him anyway.
The party gets out of hand as David
gets slobberingly drunk and Steve and
Andrea stilh:an' t-tind-the-pany. -Brandon and Emily, in a drug-induced frenzy of
heightened sexual energy, start pawing and
drooling all over each other ("Ooh! Drugs
do THAT to you!") outside on Brandon's
Mustang.
When things seem to be wondrously
out of control, the gang, led by anti-drug
advocate Dylan McKay, decide to go
home. There, they find Brandon and Emily
on the Mustang where Dylan, the voice of
reason, tries to get the keys from Brandon,
and fails, in a tense, drama-laden scene.
Morning comes to Beverly Hills and
Brandon, after finding his car stripped-out
by thieves at the warehouse after leaving
it there all night, tells his parents exactly
what happened. The show ends, after a
gaggle of cliched anti-drug messages, with
Brandon ("he's such a nice boy") telling
Emily that they shouldn't see each other
for a while as she has violated his trust.
Cheers erupt as the credits roll and the
theme song-drones on.
So mighty BevHeads, can it be that
next week we get the fateful episode
where Emily looses all self-control and
nearly ... caught myself didn't I? And you
thought I'd give it away. Well, you'll all
jusl have to wait and see what happens but
until then, stay tall in the saddle and
remember to tune in next week. Same Bev
time, same Bev channel!
Seth "Skippy" Long adroitly avoided
having to explain how Brandon got Mme .
Discover the wO,n ders of latkes
by Janet Sugino
Latkes are most associated with
Hanukkah, but they're great for any meal
at any time of year. I've found they're just
wonderful for making ahead and using on
camping trips or reheating in the
microwave. I was told by a nutritionist
that one could survive on these and a
viwmin pill a day for a long period of
time, allhough they're a bit high in fat.
The Irish lived on similar fare for a long
time (until the famine).
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Response
demands for suppon and help.
There is the additional context that
this is not simply a battle happening on
this campus, but that all over there is a
virulent backlash against people of color
So many things to say, so little space
and women empowering themselves.
to say the m ...
Whenever those that need to defend
First off, to Tomoko Colleen Burke,
themselves in order to survive do so they
Women of Color Coalition (WOCC)
are mercilessly attacked. People of color
Coordinator;
"Power + Prejudice = Racism. We . and women asserting the right to
separation is very different from
cannot be racist. By definition that is an
asserting superiority, or another's
impossibility." Well, golly gee willickers,
inferiority. When white people deny
Ms. Burke, I guess that means you can say
access to people of color, they defend
or enact any racial or ethnic slurs you
want, because you can't be racist? NOT.
privilege, they assert their supremacy, and
often with the resources they hoard, they
Secondly, to Gary Bohon:
destroy the earth. Clearly, this is not the
"I sometimes wonder what the
response would be if a ' Men of No Color
intent nor the effect of the actions of the
Union' formed on campus ... " Why that
WOCC. As a white woman on this
would be racist, Gary. Only the WOCC is
cam'pus, I voice my support to the right of
allowed to be isolationist; talk to Ms.
the WOCC to have their own space on
Burke.
this campus. And I ask that white people
To Eugene Fujimoto, George
and men begin to take responsibility for
Hermosillo, and Bob Webb:
their place in the systematic oppression of
Bravo, Bravo! I knew that individual
people of color and women.
rights and freedoms were protected at
Kate Miller
TESC, but I never realized that you would
go to such lengths to help Paul Blair
exercise his Right to be Held Captive. I'm
s ure the WOCC will invite you up to their
office for a congratulatory cup of java. Of
This letter is spurred by the two
course , Bob can't enter; he's got a honky
latest upheavals at lESC: the sexual
name.
harassers' harassment and the latest of
To Dante Salvatierra:
racial sexual harassers.
When you look around, take notice
Please keep writing. Some of us out
of the population gathering on campus.
there do have a sense of humor, and you
There is a wide (granted not necessarily
let us know that others see the silliness at
populous) representation of ethnic races of
Evergreen too.
both sexes at Evergreen.
In general:
The sign-on-the-door communication
The conditions at this institution
has attracted much aUention . Why?
have become pathetic. Overt racism has
Because it asks for it. It says "challenge
appeared on both sides of this bickering,
me!" and that is exactly what happened.
and no one seems to have a problem with
Somcone challenged it If I wished to
this. The WOCC just wants a space where
intrude on some peoples' personal
they can say who can enter and who can't.
disputes, it might have been me.
The KKK doesn't want to kill non whites,
they just want a space where they can say . (Personal. "The people this sign is talking
who can enter and who can't. Perhaps the to know who they are ... " And supposedly
so do the people who pinned it up, which
WOCC should sit down with the KKK and
makes it a personal dispute.) If the sign is
talk, since both groups seem to be in
pointed
directly at someone with a name
agreement.
and
face,
why then does the Women of
1 may be overly optimistic, but I
Color
Coalition
(WOCC) not speak
believe that most people at Evergreen are
directly
with
them
instead of playing the
non-racist. While I recognize that each of
childish
game,
as
if
they are afraid to or
us must preserve their own heritage, we
cannot
communicate
the grievance in an
must also remember that we're all Homo
adult
manner?
If
the
sign
targe ts no one in
Sapiens, and that is our race. All other
particular,
the
insult
is
blasting into a
labels are mere accessories. I've had
crowd,
an
agitated
crowd
(which will
fri ends who I never considered as colored
respond
in
like
manner).
As
Gary
Bohon
until someone pointed it out. I mean, who
(CP),
April
9,
1992)
wonders
about
a
care s! I have not met one person of color
"Men
of
No
Color"
union,
I
can
imagine
who I felt was, on a basic level, that much
an office for white males supporting sexist
different from me.
and
racist activity posting signs and flyers
The point I'm trying to make is:
denominating
every race and voice on
lighten up and treat people like human
campus
being
confronted. What the hell
beings. Of course, I'm sure that this letter
should
we
expect
for such activity? Attack
will probably be dismissed by the people
on
their
institution!
That is just what
it' s aimed at. So be it. We, the non-vocal
WOCC
got,
an
angry-"oppressed"-standmasses of Evergreen, will continue with
our happy, normal, non-racist lives, while up-for-my-rights individual reaction.
Take notice of the dominant
the select few scream at each other's deaf
representative
voices on this campus. Who
ears. Ha ha hal
do
we
hear?
Women, gays, lesbians,
P.S. If you want to talk, visit me in
women
of
color
•.. not heterosexual white
A 812c.
males.
Undoubtedly,
the argument says
Most unracially,
"but the white male patriarchy is already
Jon Wilkie
dominant." There is no institution policing
the white male patriarchy. There are those
indivisibly fixed in that mind set, a
condition which will change when they die
or are replaced with an alternative,
The range in responses about the
hopefully one who isn't peopleist.
"controversy" around the Women of Color
At Evergreen there is so much space
Coalition (WOCC) reveal a great
for expression that one person cannot hear
resistance to fundamental notions about
it all, practically everyone is speaking.
what racism is and is not; what sexism is
That WOCC has an office is fine, let any
and is not. Racism and sexism are not
group needing support find a place to meet
simply the division, classification, or
and regather courage, strength, and vision
separation of people on the basis of some
for its individuals if they cannot find it in
notion of "race" or "sex". Racism and
a more ambiguous setting. But if the space
sexism are part of a system of
oppression. Many of the responses
is used for a launch pad-- it is uncool, it is
a ssume
an
individual
level
of
not PC, it makes other uncomfortable, and
defensiveness that is astounding. People
it misdirects discouragement of the
ass igned blame to the WOCC before
oppressive mindset.
taking the time or making the effort to
The group meeting space is good so
understand what was behind the sign. For
long as the group doesn't support
the most part, people's responses centered
'peopleism' --the general out take of
around their own feelings of hurt, as aggression against any group or people,
though the sign were arbitrarily addressing stemming from a personal, indivisibl~
them individually. The sign did not come dispute. The voices crying "racism! racist!
out of some need to hurt individuals, but sexism! sexist!" have recourse if they
out of longstanding abuse and unanswered actually see or experience discrimination.
All Greeners
aren't racist
Don't support
"peopleism"
We are in system
of oppression
Page 6 Cooper Point Journal April 16, 1992
For them to take a grievance to their
support group is to ask for unbiased,
unquestioning support. That is the problem
if no specifically directed action is taken.
The individual was most likely accosted
by an individual, or even a cluster of
individuals, which defines the problem
very clearly, "[they] (point fingers) did
[this] to [me];" faces, names, sex, race,
affiliated group (if any) are identified,
whereupon the aggrieved individual can
take action against the grievers instead of
hiding behind the facade representing their
sex or race. A dispute lies between the
individuals involved; racism and sexism is
what happens when someone says "Hey,
that's one of our people/women/guysl in a
fight with one of them," (run to their side,
while the group of the other person does
the same, war). Of course there is a
problem of skin color and sex difference
when it comes to a violence, it has been
human to notice what type of person is
doing what, and it may never change.
Work past the misunderstanding, or
understand the difference and hold it
between the individual, instead of the
group oCtileii' sex or color they match. I
do not believe racism is a problem here at
Evergreen. In three years here, not one
instance of racism has crossed my path.
And neither do I believe that racism, or
sexual racism, is so pervasive and subtle
that the offender(s) cannot be identified.
Asking a person to not take notice of
the group they fit in with is asking the
impossible--humans are emotional, but
asking individuals to do their best at
keeping grievances personal is acceptable.
Bruce L. Rogers
Deeper issues
are ignored
After reading last week's issue of the
CP} and being involved in dialogue that
occurred in response to it, I am left with
the question--why have white men and
women felt so alienated and threatened by
the sign placed on the Women of Color
Coalition door? Because it is creating
barriers that hinder dialogue? Ironically
the last issue of the CP} had more
dialogue concerning race relations then
I've seen since I came here in September.
If white people have been so concerned
with opening doors and dialogue then why
hasn't there been campus wide efforts to
do so? If every person in the last week
who has said to me that they feel hurt by
the sign had been continuously working to
both educate themselves and change
administrative actions on this campus, the
Women of Color Coalition may not have
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The User's GuIde
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Ev ergrecln State College and surrounding
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SubmissIon deadline Is Monday noon.
Forum
needed to demand a safe space. It is
frustrating that it takes telling white people
they can't go somewhere, therefore
restricting our privilege, to get us to
confront campus racism. If we are not
willing to put our privilege on the line and
push the deans to hire more female faculty
of color or to demand mandatory racial
jus tice and cultural sensitivity workshops,
then we have no .grounds on which to be
offended by the sign on the Coalition
door. The immediate issue is safe space
but as some women of color have stated,
the deeper issues are the lack of action
taken by students and administrators to
change policy and personal interactions on
this campus. I think it is imperative for
white students to stop saying "I am not
racist" and instead work to understand our
contributions to a societal power
imbalance that oppresses many different
people, including women of color.
Kirsten Schaffer
Does HB 2554
push ignor!lnc_e~
In response to State Rep. Richard A.
King's letter "HB 2554's intent isn't
censorship" in the April 9 issue of the
CP}:
I guess I don't understand. I have a
few questions.
. Who will decide what is considered
obscene? Will it be musicians and listeners
of such music or lawyers and judges?
How will they decide what is obscene?
Using
"contemporary
community
standards?" What are those? Whose
community arc we talking about here?
How will this new law be enforced?
How will retailers comply with the new
law? By putting obscene recordings behind
the counter? Considering how many
recordings could be considered obscene by
this new law, wouldn't this restrict
freedom of choice? And won't compliance
put a burden on retailers, who will have to
reorganize and possibly remodel in order
to keep all these obscene recordings
behind the counter and out of the reach of
innocent children and customers alike? Did
anyone bother to talk to the retailers when
writing this bill in the first place?
Isn't it easier just to explain to
children why these recordings are "bad,"
exposing sexism and promoting proper
ideas of sexuality? In other words, does
this law promote undersianding or
ignorance?
That's a Jot to think about. You
decide.
Dan Snuffin
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Evergreen based on historical QPpression
To The Evergreen Community:
Many people, especially on this campus,
say that if you discriminate on the basis of
race/sex then you are racist/sexist. This may be
true in a world 'fhere everyone is already
treated as equals, but that is not the case. Using .
these .definitions within our society is too
idealistic (in that it does not account for the
historical process in which those words are
based) and too individualistic (because racism
and sexism defined in such a simplistic manner
leaves out the individuals' relationship with
society). The Women of Color Coalition has
been blamed for making "{, cist" and "sexist"
statements without an examination of the real
reasons for their actions. U~ing these
definitions becomes useless when someone is
attempting to make real social change, because
we do not exist in a vacuum. Our racist and
sex ist thoughts. ideas and actions do not appear
from nowhere. We, as individuals, live in a
constant relationship with each other, this
ins titution and this society.
This society does move' and change with
the actions of individuals but, in tum, the
individual is also moved and changed by this
society. Historically- oppressed peoples (i.e.
Men of Color, white women, and especially
Women of Color) have to fight injustice
because we/they experience racism/sexism on
a daily basis. I, as a Man of Color, witness
racist attacks (both physical and psychological)
against my peoples in our seminars, readings
and campus politics. I am still considered to be
an "Oriental." I am constantly asked to speak
for all people of color on issues of race. My
sisters tell me their experiences of rape and
se~ ual/racial harassment all of the time. All ( th is racism/sexism docs not appear out of the
sky. These directions of thinking are embedded
in our understanding of the world. It is the
world we need to change, not just some
individuals. To really work for social change
and affect social justice, then it is necessary to
move our wording and thinking to beyond that
of just the individual. to include institutions
and society.
(If you do not believe that we live in a
racist, sexist, c1assist. homophobic, ageist, and
limited physical access society then you should
stop reading here and go re-Iearn about the
experiences of "minority" groups in the U.S.
and People of Color around the world ... )
Okay, now that the readers have been
filLered. I wj)) continue my argument. There are
certain power dynamics in this country which
arc based in the historical oppression of people.
This is the basis of my argument: The
Evergreen State College exists within the
context of this society. The land on which this
school is built was stolen from Native
Americans. In other words, this school was
crcated through the oppression of Native
American men and women. Therefore, this
school is institutionally racist/sexist in
structure, content, fonn , administration, faculty,
staff, and students. We are taught to' divorce
ourselves from this concept, just like we are
taught to divorce ourselves from the
hisiorical/social meaning of the words "racist"
and "sexist." In doing so we do not own up
fact that we receive the privilege of attending
this institution because of the mistreatment of
someone else.
If all individuals suddenly decided to be
non·racist/sexist then there would be no real
change. This is because racism/sexism go far
beyond just the actions of individual white
males, white women, and Men of Color. It is
our society, our consciousness, and the basis
for our present existence as "America."
Inequality and power dynamics are in our
every thought. our every action, and in all of
our material world because it has been created
through the exploitation of different peoples.
Being that this institution was created within
th!!t COJl1!lxt _of exploitation, this institution- perpetuates the pre.existing power dynamics.
We exist within the confines of this
institution, and therefore the confines of this
society. The power dynamics involved
inherently create a threatening environment for
white women, Men and Women of Color. The
Women of Color Coalition exists within this
same threatening environment. one which
systemically works 10 disempower them both
as individuals and as a Coalition. This means
that the Women of Color Coalition could not
have acted in a racist/sexist manner, but rather
they were acting in response to racism/sexism
with no institutional power behind them.
Women of Color on this campus have been
fighting racial/sexual harassment for years, and
the only time anyone even gives a shit about
them is when the Women of Color Coalition
fmally takes some action that disregards the
current system. There was no support for their
own original concerns regarding: academic
policy, social contract, sexual harassment
policy and racial harassment policy from
Volunteeers
appreci~ted
by Maureen Hili
We want to publicly express our
appreciation to six students who participated in
the WashPlRG sponsored event in Olympia in
conjunction with the National Student
Campaign Against Homeiessness and Hunger.
Tp Sarah Lock, Sarah Newton. Gaelen
Geclmer, Beth Leimbach, Bess Whitaker and
lesse Webster: 'Thank you. Your work in
cutting back overgrowth at one of the Homes
Firstl properties has helped in our effort to
improve the landscaping for thc units occupied
by low income families."
Homes First! is a two year old not-forprofit housing development corporation
providing affordable housing for low income
households in Thurslon County. Our first
anybody. . But when they offend this
predominantlywhiteinstitution...Whaml Within
a week, there are debates, lawsuits, harassing
phone calls and threats of physical violence.
The Women of Color Coalition's actions are
regarding the lack of response to their demands
for just treatment and are working to
undennine the power dynamics of this
institution. The Women of Color Coalition's
actions are working towards their own
project saved five units of housing which wer
scheduled to be bulldozed to provide the site
for the new fire station, an expansion to the
freeway and a parking lot for a recently
completed office building. Through volunteer
efforts and funding provided by the City of
Olympia. State, and Federal governments, a
mortgage and local donations, these units were
moved and rchabilitated and now provide lower
cost rentals.
We invite interested members of the
community to sUPPOrt our efforts to expand our
inventory of housing through volunteer labor or
financial support. We depend on contributions
like those of the student volunteers to make the
projects work.
Maureen Hill is a Member of the Board.
Response
Belief in races
equals racism
I wish to express my solidarity with the
Women Of Color Coalition in their struggle for
liberly, justice and personal security in our
oppressive, biased and violent sociely. The Bill
of Rights of the U.S. Constitution supposedly
guarantees everyone the freedom to selfexpression and the freedom from illegal search
and seizure. However, for the power to live
openly without fear. we may have to exercise
the right provided to us by the Second
Amendment.
One more thing: "Racism Is a
psychologIcal condItion based on the belief
that humans are divIded Into biologically
determIned 'races'." (Fred , Dube said that.)
Therefore, ANYONE who believes that
humans are dIvided Into biologically
determIned "races" Is racist. Racist thiitking,
by anyone, ..is 'racial' ptejuiliee. Racist
behavior, by anyone, is 'racial' discrimination.
Discrimination + Power·=Oppression (even if
the oppressors have dark pigmentation and the
oppressed has light pigmentation and a
camera).
Edward Leroy Dove
Thanks much for
photo credit
Thanks very much for giving me eredit
for the excellent photograph on page 10 of
your March 5 edition (Dreamz Galleria article).
Now it develops that my son Dave
Depew claims the picture was his. But what
does he know? Just because he lives in
Olympia (2012 Dickenson) while I live in
western Pennsylvania; and just because the
camera used was his; the tihn was his; the
fmger on the shutter release was his finger; he
paid for fihn and print processing; and he has
the negatives,-what does that prove?
When you next have a good photo
assignment. please let me know. I'll be glad to
send Dave to do the work, and I'll take the
credit. The arrangement works well in business,
government, and academia; why not in
photography?
Don Depew
empowerment in a hostile environment.
they need to examine their own racism. Who
Privilege to others helps keep groups
has the real power here? It is with this power
(like the Women of Color Coalition)
(of the institution), plus prejudice, that we find
disempowered. Where is this privilege? Well,
the true meaning of racism/sexism. The
look around. If the thought of whether or not a
historical use or power to oppress Is different
certain area is accessible 10 you does not even
than the actions or the dlsempowered's
have to cross your mind, then you are
attempt to survive. It is because of this power
privileged. If you don't even have to think of
dynamic that the Women of Color Coalition
questioning your faculty, your peers, or your
waS NOT using reverse racism/sexism, and that
books on whether or not they are Eurocentric,
the Women of Color Coalition cannot be
racist/sexists or homophobic. then you are
racist/sexist.
privileged. If you can concentrate solely on
If you are white. and/or straight, and/or
your schoolwork, and not have to spend your
male, and/or have physical access to everything
time battling all of the bullshit racism/sexism
and everywhere--accept the fact that you are
at this college, then you are privileged.
privileged. It is this privilege that you must
Let's look at where some of the pieces
give up if you are REALLY concerned about
have fallen. Who receives support from
social change. Then and only then can you
Evergreen and the State when racial/sexual
begin to lUlderstand your position in society in
harassment charges are brought against
relation 10 all others. Once you do that you
students, staff, faculty and administration here?
might be able to begin 10 understand the
Historically, the answer 10 this question is
position of the oppressed. You need to try 10
simple: white men. white women, and Men of
understand where the Women of Color
Color. At such a "diverse" college, I find that
Coalition is coming from. Question yourself
there are fifteen white women in the women's
and others. Support the Women of Color
studies area. Maybe it should be called "white
Coalition.
women's studies." At such a "diverse" college
Wayne Au is a First Peoples' Peer Advisor,
I, as a-studento f-color, nave lladt o "figlit with - a conStituent 0/ -ASIA, and an Evergreen
the CPJ in order for them to even think that
student.
S ecurl·t y concerns a1
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umnl
by TESC AlumnI Association
This is an open letter to Les Purce and
the TESC Board of Trustees from The
Evergreen State College Alumni Association.
The Alwnni Association has been
listening to the dialogue concerning the issue
of arming Evergreen's security personnel. We
arc concerned about the safety of current
students, facully, staff, and members of the
larger community, including alumni, who visit
the campus and attend events in the evenings.
Th ere fo re. we would like to comment on this
issue.
The recent study of campus safely and
security conducted by outside consultants
Warrington & Associates confrrmed many of
the concerns that Evergreen community
members have had for several years:
* The security department has grown
increasingly alienated from the rest of the
communily.
* The role of security department on
campus is unclear.
* The current situation is unacceptable
and changes must be made.
The security deparunem has an
obligation as part of this communily to
reconcile their structure and activities with the
values of the Evergreen community. Since the
Standard Operating Procedures that are
presently in place do not work for the securily
deparunent and our community, we can and
should question those procedures. and how
they·re being implemented.
Securily's leadership has begun to
initiate some changes. Unfommately. overall
see security. page
L·IStenlng
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a OWS growth
10
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We are writing in response to the now infamous 'Women of Color sign" situation that has
created such an uproar. We read with interest the responses from a variety of perspectives and it
is. clear to us that this situation bas opened a dialogue; that if we are willing to listen, be
introspective, and be honest with ourselves, there is opportunity for much growth individually and
as a communily. The Women of Color Coalition has provided the administration of this college with
an opportunity to enhance a sometimes ineffectual system of grievance for sexual and racial
misconduct. harassment and rape. They have provided the TESC community with an opportunity
(once more), to understand a system of domination that is critical to be clear about before any
pretense of true multiculturism can be reached. The cost 10 these women and other exploited groups
continues to be high. We can ill afford to waste more opportunities.
One way to look at the tenn "oppression" (racism, sexism. heterosexism, for example),
is as follows: these are systems of domination that are fueled by misinfonnation about these "target"
groups. (In racism, the target group in this sociely would be People of Color, in sexism, it would
be women, etc.). TIus misinfonnation in turn leads to systems of inequality that are sanctioned by
society. This then leads to the institutionalization of discriminatory practices that brings further
misinfornlation. This misinformation then appears to justify the systems of inequality. For example,
let's start with the misinfonnation that women are less intellectually able, less competent in the
workplace than men. This becomes reinforced in society through biased media images. This leads
to the institutionalization of lower wages that results in women earning $0.59 for every dollar a man
earns. This then contributes to more women on welfare than men, which leads 10 further
misinfonnation. It becomes a cycle of oppression. Given the context of this article, this admittedly
is <I brief, simplistic view of a complex, insidious process that victimizes "target" groups, often
without the non· target groups knowledge. It is a system of domination and inequality that is part
of a socialization process that affects all who live in this society. We CJlIl do what we can 10 oppose
it. but to some degree we are all affected by it.
So what does this definition "power plus prejudice" mean that is being used 10 define
these -isms? The "power" in thi~ sociely that lies within the govenunent systems, the corporate
decision making .positions. are held predominately by European men. Members of this group make
the majority of decisions that affect the larger structure of our li\les. Because of this biBB in the
power structure, Euro-American men are least often members of targeCgroups in American society.
So, what does this mean, if you are a Euro-American man? It certainly does not mean that you
don't grow up experiencing prejudices and pain. This is particularly when we are children, which
is certainly a target group that is victimized often. II certainly does not mean thai you always grow
up willfully and knowingly exploiting target group members (although this does at times occur).
But it does mean that you are capable of that exploitation. Capable in a way that target group
members are often incapable of exploiting you, due to this power imbalance. For example, when
the Women of Color Coalition respond in anger and frustration over their marginalization, the result
is the sign that is discriminatory against men. Because women of color are not generally in positions
of decision making power, however, this sign has significantly different meaning than if EuroAmerican men should place signs on doors disallowing entrance to women. (11ris is the analogy that
was brought forth by several men in last week's CPl).
To quote from the letter of last week from a number of students, "the irony is that laws
made to protect People of Color from a racist majority are now being taken out of context to further
disempower People of Color."
The statements that "all Euro-Americans are racist," and "all men are sexist," are made
within the context of the above understanding. Systems of powe!r enable some groups greater access
. to privilege than others. In other countries where People of Color are in positions of power, they
then become the racists under this definition. Where we often become stuck, is the belief that if one
is called "racist" or "sexist," that this means you are an evil or bad person. This is not what is
meant. But. rather it is an 'urging for those in non-target groups to realize and acknowledge the
system of inequalily that gives them privilege. This acknowledgement is a critical step toward
becoming an effective ally to help end this system. In our office, we are often asked by well
intenti.oned Euro· American liberals, "how can I be of help." in regards to supporting the cause of
People of Color. It is our belief that we must begin by acknowledging the power and privilege
differential, be willing to call ourselves "racist," "sexist," and ''heterosexist,'' (dependent on which
non-target groups we are a part of), then work towards the elimination of these oppressions.
Eugene FuJlDioto
Gary Wessels Galbreath
First Peoples Advising Service
Cooper Point Journal April 16. 1992 Page 7
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Arts & Entertain'm ent
Experience sights, sounds,
.....
mells of Spinal Tap
hose'!\. .. or shall he be released to float
towards the light\Iike wee Baby Doveling,
or a really good kite'LET HIM GO!"
O~her highlights include an excerpt from
Nigel Tufnel's musical trilogy, "Clam
Caravan," and a remixed version of "All
the Way Home" that predates Sergeant
Pepper.
Whether, it be gripping prose
confronting real issues, or baffling
musical prowess, Break Like The Wind
encapsulates the living rock and roll time
line that Spinal Tap represents. The
sights, the sounds, the smells, ate all
captured here with a powerful sound and
an aesthetically beautiful CD booklet.
Unless, of course, you pick up the 8track version, where you sacrifice the
booklet for the superior sound present in
this otherwise forgotten format.
Whichever format you chose, you
cannot go wrong with this one, folks.
With Break Like The Wind, Spinal Tap
once again regains~their reign- as "The
Majesties of Rock."
Malt Johnston is afaithful minion of
KAOS-FM, hosting the "Midnight Doses"
show, midnight to 2 am on Wednesday
nights.
by Matthew Johnston
SPINAL TAP
" BREAK LIKE THE WIND" (CD, 8-TRACK)
D EA D F ArI'H R ECORDS
By now there are few hipsters with
lives untouched by the power and
provocative wizardry of the newly reunited English super-group Spinal Tap.
Last month marked the release of their
new album, the most innovative rock and
roll album since Nirvana' s Nevermind.
This follow-up to the late eighties Smell
The Glove, and their documentary mm
This Is Spinal Tap, is the band's most
relevant venture yet, "tapping" into the
souls of even the most flame-retardant of
rock and roll enthusiasts.
Plagued by the rash of spontaneous
combustion incidents among previous
drummers, Tap seems to be back on
track with a new drummer and a positive
message for the fans. When asked by an
interviewer about the philosophy behind
the new album, guitarist Nigel Tufnel put
it simply: "If you put a hungry ferret in
your trousers, he'll run around. You'd be
surprised at the energy. The key, of
course, is to always bathe--even on the
•
road or on a bus."
No expense was spared in the
sculpting of the musical monument, and
the credits list is a direct reflection of
Tap' s "big bread" approach. Guest stars
include Cher, Jeff Beck, Slash, Dweezil
Zappa, and an eerie final recorded
performance
by
recently
deceased
drummer Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs, plus
some of the best producers in the
industry: Dave Jerden (Jane's Addiction),
Danny - KortGhmar (Oon- Henley},- and
Walter Becker (Steely Dan). Becker
singlehandedly directed use of the
astonishing Crosley Phase Linear Ionic
Induction Voice Processor System used to
record the album's vocals.
"The Crosley System has presented
a
us
of Spinal Tap's vocals," states Becker in
the liner notes. "[The vocals were] mixed
in with the roar of the band's amps and
drums, so loud that mics were not
necessary."
The resulting sound is phenomenal ,
perfectly complimenting Spinal Tap' s
songwriting ability. The opening cut and
first s ingle, "Bitch School," tells the tale
of a man distraught with woes of love:
"Y ou gOL p.r..o.blemsliou whln~ a,!d you
beg/When I'm busy/you wanna dance
with my leg." There is also a secret,
unlisted thirteenth song, addressing the
right-to-die issue: "Shall he lie there
forever, with a tube up his noseMnd his
pee pee, poo poo slipping out through a
Femmes: three guys, three towns, three shows
by Leilani Johnson, RJ Nesse, and Pat
Castaldo
The Violent Femmes are back, and
CP J correspondents were there-oMs .
Johnson in Bellingham at We stern's
Carver Gym on April 5, Ms . Nesse in
Seattle at the Paramount April 8, and Mr.
Castaldo in Portland at the Fox Theater
April 9. Join them now as they document
the dastardly Femmes' latest plunge
through the Pacific Northwest ...
BELLINGHAM
A double encore. A humorous
rapport with the audience. A highly
reasonable admission price. A kick in the
jaw.
Well, aside from that last bit, the
Violent Femmes show was a pretty durn
good time. Going to Bellingham for a
concert is always fun because the town is
still small enough that it goes into orbit
around a group like the Femmes. Well,
there was a down side--everyone had
been drinking since noon in preparation.
Perhaps that explains the stage diving and
vise-like mosh pit.
It was a fun concert, though. They
pla yed songs off of every album, and
they played my two favorite songs ,
"Bli ster in the Sun " and "Co untry Death
Song," so I couldn ' t ask for much more.
They even had a tolerant sense of humor
about all the ass holes in the crowd
(perha'p s because Gordon ' s parents were
s itting on a platform watching the show).
Everyone was highly charged to hear this
trio and they delivered the !roods.
After the first encore Gordon
returned to the stage and in his telltale
confessional voice said, "Do you want to
hear one more song? Well, I want to
play one more song!" And whipping out
his violin, he began a floor-stomping
rendition of "Jesus Walking on the
Water." What a swell guy.
As for his parents: His mother sat
tapping away with a big smile on her
face (one could almost see the love
oozing onto the floor), and his father,
who had huge wads of cotton stuffed in
his cars, was rubbing his head like he
had a migraine. One could almost hear
him shouting, "Hoodlums! You're all just
a bunch of young hoodlums!" I can see
now why Gordon had to write a song to
get his father to give him the car for the
evening.
SEATTLE
We were late. The Violent Femmes
were already throbbing as Joe and I
careened down the isles, dodging
P,uamount staff and high school students
alike, trying to get to the stage.
.. .One , one , one 'cause you left me ; lind
two. two. two, for my family and three,
three. three for my heartache; And Jour,
Jour,four,for my headache .. ,
They blew conch shells. They sang
"Country Death Song." They reminded
me that folk music has no boundaries. ("I
Hear The Rain " wasn't in the set, but
because the rest of the show was
outstanding, all is forgiven.)
Joe noticed that Victor De Lorenzo
DOUBLE TEE/PCI PRESENT
PHISH
Thursday April 23 • 8pm
The Oz Nightclub
Saturday April 25 • 10pm
Evergreen College CRC
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plays drums the way most people stir fry
vegetables. Impressive, to say the least.
.1 noticed that the Femmes no
longer resemble their portraits on the
cover of The Blind Leading the Naked.
But the sound is still there; I think it will
always be.
PORTLAND
I overheard a conversation that
made me cringe. A man at the show was
talking to some women behind me about
the band. "I've never heard of them
before, what are they like?" I shook my
head, furious at her ignorance. Somehow
I was insulted. She had never heard them
before? This band is so much a part of
my life, so much my life, and to her it
was nothing. I sat in my seat both
anxious and angry. I would wait, they
would save me. The lights dimmed not
a few minutes later. I was saved. Saved
by three men, Gordon (Guitarist/Vocalist),
Brian
(Bassist),
and
Victor
(percussionist). Three men who had
formed a band some ten years ago. The
Violent Femmes.
I moved as the music commanded
me. My body jerked and jumped from
each beat I was alive, and so were the
Femmes. Songs were played from every
album (except 3, what's with that, folks?)
with a new twist, a slightly different,
dare I say improved, style. The music is
still fresh ; one would think that
"American Music" was written at the
same time as "Confessions," not eight
years later. Sure, they've gotten cleaner,
and Gordon's become quite the guitarist
over the past ten years. It has been
rumored that the Femmes have lost their
edge, that they are too old and rich. Not
only is this statement personally
offensive, it's false. The Portland show
was proof of that. The Femmes' music is
still, in the words of some unidentified
journalist rock scribe, "fraught, oddly
touching, often excruciatingly funny, with
a dense black humor a cut and slash
above virtually everything else."
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THURSDAY
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
MEETING today and every Thursday in
Lab l' Room 1055 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
Info: x6800.
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.
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 mariju<l/1a and hemQ for industrial,
medicinal , and personal use, every other
Thursday from 7 to 8 pm in Library
2118. Info: x6636.
"HOW
I
SINGLE-HANDEDLY
BROUGHT DOWN THE NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS" is a
lecture by Martha Wilson tonight at 7:30
pm in the Evergreen Library Lobby.
Wilson is dinx;tor of New York City's
Franklin Furnace Archive performing
space, and she'll talk tonight about the
video which caused the NEA to reject the
group's grant request--complete with a
showing of that video and other Furnace
works. It's part of the annual Willi
Unsocld Seminar. Free. Info: 6400.
"WOMEN IN MIND" is a play by Alan
Ayckborn, presented by Independent
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AdJ ~
FRIDAY
FIRESIDE BOOKS PRESENTS Jack
Prel.utskr, c.hildren's author and poet,
per/onTIlng In the lobby this afternoon
from 4 to 6 pm. Prelutsky is the author
of T~e Headless Horseman Rides Tonight,
Ro~/tng lIarvey Down the Hill, and other
delightful works. Fireside Books is
located inside the Olympian Hotel at 116
East Legion Way. Info: 352-4006.
FOUR SEASONS BOOKS presents
hypnotherapist Judith Bouffiou giving a
talk on empowering your immune system
-lonight-at- 7-:-3{)-pm-at- Four-Seasons-Book
5th and Water in Olympia. Info: 357~
46H3.
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SATURDAY
THE OLYMPIA FOLKLORE SOCIETY
AND THE PROSPERITY GRANGE
PRESENT an ' Oldtirne Medicine Show
concert with Snake Oil, The Maddys, and
Chinook Wind, tonight starting at 8 pm
at Prosperity Grange Hall, half a mile
north on Steamboat Island Road
Northwest off U.S. 101. Suggested
donation is $5; proceeds benefit Bread
and Roses. Info: 866-4296.
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SUNDAY
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
offer~ three paid internships for minority
~andldates; the deadline for applications
IS today. To be eligible minority
candidates must have COI~Pleted an
undergraduate degree by September 1992.
The internships runs from September
1~92 to June 1993, with a $14,000
stlpend. Info: 202-842-6182.
.~~~~~~~~~~~~:z....--1 Can O' Worms #2, a collection of bizarre
comics and miscellany from the folks
~at brought you the comics page. Now
In grape flavor! On sale at the
bookstore, or come to the CPJ lor your
copy.
You could be hit by a bus
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MONDAY
THE WOMEN'S CENTER holds its
weekly meeting in CAB 206 from 5 to
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
Franklin in Olympia. Info: 866-4563 or
275-6998.
LOST!! A women's oval, silver
and turqUOise ring with a solid
silver feather laying alongside a
piece of turqUOise. Great
sentimental value. If you or
Day
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YEVGENY YEVTUSHENKO, RjJssian
filmmaker, will screen his latest flirn,
Stalin's Funeral,
starring
Vanessa
Redgrave, tonight at 6:30 pm at the
Capitol Theater, 206 East Fifth Avenue
in Olympia. Yevtushenko, a native of
Siberia, has been a poet, political activist,
and filmmaker for forty years, as well as
a former member of parliament under
Gorbachev; he recently turned down an
offer from Russian President Boris
YeItsin to be the minister of culture.
Admission $5/general, $3/members of the
SINGLE PARENT SUPPORT GROUP
meets each Tuesday at noon in Library
1509. Info: x6193.
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."
WASHPIRG'S campaign against toxics
meets today at 6 pm in Library 3228, to
discuss activities for this quarter.
Everyone welcome. Info: x6058.
Don't Miss This One
Nicaragua Today:
Eyewitness Accounts
April 20th at 7 pm
in the conference room of the
Olympia Timberland Library
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Mike Layton, former Seattle P.I. reporter and
political columnist who has just returned from
Nicaragua will present his unique and
insightful ~ves.
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WIll
someone you know has found it,
please contact Terry McCarthy at
866-4057 or 866.6000 x6221.
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Carol Sowon, who traveled to seven towns in
Nicaragua as part of a church group, will give
her reflections as well.
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great stuff at great prices. After 2pm
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. SUMMER INTERNS is today from noon
to 1 pm in Library 1406A. Attendance
required for all new interns.
IT'S INDIANA JONES NIGHT at Me
Olympia Film Society, Friends of the
and Him Productions, Leoture Hall 5 as
Evergreen Library, or the Evergreen
Alumni Association. Advance tickets at
usual. Raiders of the Lost Ark starts at 6
Rainy Day Records and Video One . .
pm, Indiana Jones and the Temple of
Doom at 8 pm, and Indiana JlllJ£Lalld_u_
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plus suggestions and advice. Send
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5TH ANNUAL BUBBLE BLOW today at
lOam on Red Square, sponsored by the
Campus Child Care Center in honor of
national Month of the Young Child.
:'Bring your bubbles and join the fun, or
Ju st come to watch ."
EXTRA LARGE EXERCISE WEAR
for women. Call & we'll send you a
mail order f1yer--great for aerobics,
yoga, dance, running, walking or any
movement. (206) 754-8324.
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Theater on Campus tonight, tomorrow
night and Sunday night in room 209 of
the Evergreen Communications Building.
All shows start at seven pm. Free, but
donations accepted. Info: 956-0249.
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This event Is presented by the Thurston Santo
Tomas Slsten County Association, which
brought the Nlaaguan delegation to Olympia
a year ago.
Juice and good cookies will be served.
For more Information call 866-9090
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Join llSon the road to abetterenvironment.•.
June 1S-August 21
Language Workshops
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~ Take the bus ~ Vanpool ~ Carpool ~ Walk or ride abicycle
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Comics
Etc.
White water mayhem
Live from
Channel
Nine
by RJ Nesse
Forget about watching public TV.
Live the adventure.
This week I am wholly incapable of
writing about anything other than whitewater. SPLASH BANG---- it just doesn't
get any better. When the water's calm you
appreciate the scenery, when the waters
security, from page 7
campus security has not improved. We
feel security's leadership has been
unsuccessful because they have been
working in isolation, outside of the
Evergreen community and its processes. It
is time for Evergreen's administration, in
cooperation with the Evergreen
community, to take decisive action to
solve this problem.
We understand that many
community members are concerned about
their safety, but arming security is not
necessarily the way to create a safer
environment.
Security departments
nationwide, many on college campuses,
perform their duties well without flfearms.
The Alumni Association believes better
solutions without fireanns exist. They
include:
'" better communication and interactions
skills, mediation and conflict resolution
training;
'" men' s discussion groups about rape and
sexual assaults;
'" housing safety committees and dorm
councils;
'" self-defense training;
not, you go ...
Doooooooown the rapids.
(Adrenaline induced euphoria gives you
arm strength like you wouldn't believe.)
Gung-ho as all hell, the river guides
scream out commands ... ALl; FORWARD!
Dig, dig, DIG!
Paddling like a maniac, drenched to
thc bone, and totally psyched for what's
around the next bend, you've just got to
know; rafting rages.
This is not a sport for wimps ... but
then who wants to be a wimp? For more
information call NaDean, Dave or
whomever anwsers the phone at x6533.
White-water planning meetings are
Wednesday nights.
RJ Nesse was proud to be a part of
the May tag mayhem and is looking
forward to tasty toasted potatoes, straight
off The Jeepster's V-6.
'" a culturally diverse security department;
'" additional lighting in areas where
needed;
* bike patrols:
less intimidating than patrol cars,
more fuel efficient
quicker response time
* student foot "patrols";
* uniforms unthreatening in appearance;
* more community input to hiring;
* gender balance in the department;
Our Evergreen community still has
the opportunity to look at these options
and come up with viable solutions towards
a safer environment. Reinventing this
campus is a part of Evergreen's challenge.
We are all asked to challenge ourselves
while here, and to look at all of our
options before deciding on solutions. We
would like to see the security department
work openly and cooperatively to devise
the best solution for our entire community.
The Alumni Association is prepared to
participate in this process.
Please address questions and
comments to the president of the Alumni
Association, Joyce Baker, clo the
Evergreen Alumni Office.
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April 23, Thursday
Dance With Caribou: A Multi~Media
be shown in CAB 108 at 7 pm. Following
Show. Free in LH I, TESC at 7:30 pm.
the movie will be a discussion of the
Mavis Muller will give a presentation on
threats to the headwaters of the Columbia
the environmental and human rights
River and the Native Peoples who are
violations that will take place if oil drilling
organizing a blockade.
happens in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge.
April 21, Tuesday John Muir's Birthday
The show focuses on the Gwichin people
who are the northern-most tribe of Native
National Day of Outrage against the
U.S. Forest Service. This year is the 100 Peoples in the world whose very name
year anniwrsary of the Forest Service.
means Caribou People. Mavis will share
The Day of Outrage is the kick-off party
their story as well as the current efforts to
help Tribal member Sara James go to the
for a change in Forest Service policies.
Come celebrate John Muir's birthday with
Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June.
a slice of some "stump cake" and a rally
For more information contact the ERC
at noon at the Olympic National Forest
x6784.
Headquarter's 1835 BlackIake Blvd SW.
April 24, Friday
For more information contact the - -Earth Healing Gathering: Potluck
Environmental Resource Center (ERC) at
and Drum Circle at 5:30 pm at the
x6784.
Organic Farm, TESC. Bring yummy food,
Candle Light Vigil for Healing the
drums, and a small gift (rocks, feathers,
Earth takes place at dusk (around 7:30-8
crafts, or anything "natural") for exchange.
pm) at the Grassy Knoll in Capital Lake
We will build an altar in honor of the
Park. Bring a blanket to sit on, candles, Earth which we will all place our gifts on.
drums, and flowers . For more information At the end of the evening we will each
have ~ gift JilJ.eQ_'YLth healing~n~rgy. For
contact. SPEECH at-786-634-9.
April 22, Wednesday Earth Day 1992
more information contact the ERC x6784.
Second Annual Earth Day Tree April 25, Saturday
Planting at 7:30 am at City Hall. The tree
Bike Rally in downtown Olympia to
will be blessed by Joe Kalama of the "retake the lanes" from 10 am to 2 pm at
Nisqually Tribe. For more information
the Capital Lake Park. At 9:30 am there
will be a "Bike Parade" leaving TESC at
contact SPEECH at 786-6349.
TESC campus wide "Clean Sweep."
the Library Loop to join the rally. Contact
All garbage generated that day will be SPEECH at 786-6349 for more
placed in Red Square. For more
information.
information contact Greg Wright x6782 or
Heather McPherson is the coWashPIRG.
coordinator for the ERC.
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For two consecutive weeks there is no room for the review of James' presentation.
Those who saw Axe Makers of the 21 st Century over spring break, you know the glories
of Mr. Burke; for those of you who didn't, you need not fret~- the book he's co-authoring
with Dr. Robert Ornstein will be out in thenext few months. We'll keep you posted.
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I've spent seven years of my life following a guru
who just announced to the media
that he was only joking.
Poem
by
Barbara
Nesbit
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I'm burning my records.
The books that used to be
in the corner
next to what used to be
the floor pillows.
The pillows' ashes are paisley .
The books' ashes are lines.
Artwork
by
Jim
I've tied up my lover.
I've forced him back into the closet
and pressed apple flesh
between his teeth.
Davies
My friends, my mother, my analysis,
tell me I'm having a nervous breakdown.
"It's okay," they hug me, patting my back,
"You've been through so many before, you'll pull through."
My friends left for the movies,
·mom gave me some bagels,
the receptionist charged me $127.00
"Have a nice day," the smiling, cherry-tart lipped blonde said.
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The second day of my recovery I got up off the floor,
crawled to the window,
opened the glass
and spit out my toothpaste.
I walked to the closet, stood naked before him,
removed the dental bridge from his mouth,
and said, "We've got to talk."
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I don't believe he loves me anymore.
He stares blue through me
and turns his face to the wall.
"Do you love me?" I ask.
"Who?"
"Me. Do you love me?"
"Who are you?" His eyes pin me to the wall.
I remember, he doesn't believe in
anesthesia.
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I leave.
I lock the closet door behind me and vow
never to speak to him again,.
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I've burned all of th,e books.
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1 think I'll pour kerosene over T.S. Eli'ot.'s ashes.
To remember.
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