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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 22, Issue 18 (March 5, 1992)
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Sunday leans on the campus like a hangover, sweaty
and with the weight of a crowded room. Outside,
two people look for a bus, speaking
In subdued tones at the bus etop; though betwixt Sunday and
Its protracted silence one would almo.t swear
they were standing atop an elevated platform
addressing the concrete and the forest
SEE ~ PAGE
Evergreen Is at peace with . It.. ", and It's with Sunday's eleven-thirty that you can walk
to the library or the Comm Building and not ..e anyone at all, when the concrete blocks of housing look
like, well, concrete blocks
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completely devoid of their human complement, the campus citizens having disappeared
mysteriously as If In aome chemically Induced hat trick and Red Square Is as empty as last
night's flattened beer can outside the dorms, that's when Sunday hOlds Its quiet court, and
the observer should be well Informed to note this time
writing 'fly
Peter CarCson
photography by
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March 5, 1992 , Volume 22 Issue 18 '
For Sunday mornings the campus sleeps
through the mystery,
lazy dreams become
an almost audible buzz-click-click
like Jittery Insects
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and stand as the only contribution of
the Evergreen citizens In majority,
this Is the sum of what
the typically colorful students have to offer, no standard folk songs, no
sales pitch of someone's baggy clothes bus junk, no one harvesting laundry
or playing In the fields or shooting
pool ordering
pizza riding elevators, or cooking, not
a sign, this
Is the time to go
out, to see for yourself
the wonderful duality of this place, the education offered
between the outstanding beauty of the native woods
and the Pacific Northwest, and
the outstandingly poor choices that an
arch Itect can make
In the name of Institutionalization
Brown speaks in Oly
by Stepbaoie Zero
The Evergreen Students Association
(ESA) is a student organization/task force
thai wants become the student government
of The Evergreen Stale College.
ESA takes on the responsibilities a
student government might take on, like
educating the student body about
legislative issues that effect students.
The group is looking at modeling
themselves after the student government of
universities like University of Washington
and U.C. Berkeley to see if those models
would work here.
ESA incorporated themselves on
Nov. 2, 1991 to create autonomy to be on
the same footing as the Board of Trustees.
"We encourage students to participate as
much or as little as they want," says Mario
Aores, one of the founding members of
ESA, "It's laid back.h
"Students need representation," says
Tom Mercado, Director of Student
, Activites.
Meracado feels students could
benefit from a student government by
having a source of representatives for
things like disappearing task: forces and
the Washington Student Lobby.
ESA meets Wednesdays in CAB 108
from 3-5. Everybody is welcome to
participate.
Stephanie Zero is a CPJ stajfwriter.
CAB bathrooms being remodeled
for better wheelchair access
Walk down the stairwell, sprinkled salted
spiced with graffiti, Ideas for our time
In magic marker, walk down the little highways
of sidewalk that spread out like cracks
on a fractured sheet of polished marble;
cool and deep as the dark cedars, above
the rich green grass, luxuriant
and spongy
The fields smolder with life and
steam rises from them menacingly as though
the whole of lower campus Is ready to detonate;
hurling green dollar bill turf
one hundred miles skyward
to rain down over the earth like a luxurious shower
of oatmeal and sweet basil, answering
the dreams of dessert for horses In numerous counties
Jerry Brown speaks
supporters
speech last Thursday. photo by Seth Long
The trees rise and fall just beyond this, their branches murmuring silently, moving
showing colors from the tops to the undersides of the leaves, shimmering tan and black and
a multitude of flat greens, each tree holda a separate hue, and socializing the november
breezes they shimmer like chain, moving quietly to their own rhythms
following neither wind nor rain precl,~ly, but their own deSign, a combination of
strength and water, flexibility and bark
by Paul H. Henry
Edmund G. "Jerry" Brown, fonner
governor of California, broUght his
presidential campaign to Olympia's
Sylvester Park Feb. 27, where he repeated
his vow to refonn government
"You're the ones who have to take
the [Democratic] party back," Brown told
an enthusiastic crowd of supporters, some
of whom climbed trees to get a better look
at the candidate.
Brown's speech, which lasted from
6 pm to 6:30, was interrupted several
times by applause, most notably when he
pledged that, if he received the Democratic
Past puddles "that grow, spreading out
over steps, walkways, the tables outdoors; then receding
one deep and sprinkled with light rain,
reflecting a shapeless, overcast sky and
the crow that flies from a light pole to alight, nimbly
on a steel railing
textured rock-studded sidewalk
confusing the streams of water
around a fire plug leaves now dead drape In plies
the color of wheat toast, they chaotically litter
a small hili here,
and there between the resolute tree trunks
'" Evergreen sits down to pout on Sunday
To fill yourself with the wild tranquility that the
. woods speak as a language, the placid
fire warmth of the structures of the school, Is to walk a thin
line that meanders among these truth
you may embrace the full nature of life here, as
you might hold a sleeping child
with fluttering eyelids, lost
In Its dream of self-Indulgence
The wind does what It can
to explain this to us, and
sometimes when
It blows from the east and
the trees permit, It carries the
distant sounds of cars and trucks
on the freeway
Mechanical sounds to
remind us that others, In the Interim, must
go on operating the machines that maneuver this world
In Its absurdity while
we hang on like the end of a long week
In educational seclusion,
manipulating the speed of tlmele..ness
nomination for President, he would ask the
Rev. Jesse Jackson of the Rainbow
Coalition to be his running mate.
Brown, 53, spoke out repeatedly
against what he tenned the "big money
special interests" which he feels control
the national government. He described the
political process as "a handful of insiders
holding million-dollar fundraisers to pick
candidates. "
Brown has stated that he will not
accept campaign contributions of more
than $100 per person, and he repeated that
see Brown, page 14
The college precinct in which
residents of housing voted broke decidedly
for Brown, who gained four of the
available eight delegates. Harkin and
uncommitted split the other fOUI delegates,
winning two apiece.
Outside of Washington, the story this
Jeffery D. Bradley
This Tuesday voters in the S tate of Tuesday was Paul Tsongas' win and
Washington and in several other states strong showing outside of New England,
meet in caucuses and primaries to decide Bill Clinton's win in Georgia and Jerry
who the Democratic nominee for president Brown's win in Colorado. Tom Harkin
will be. · In a contest that is still a long won in Idaho and Minnesota giving his
distance from the finish line these results campaign a boost, while Bob Kerrey had
helped little in clarifying the race. Here a disappointing night with poor showings
are the unofficial results from the in all the events.
Harkin's wins should keep him in
Washington Democratic caucuses. (A
the race through the Michigan and Illinois
candidate necds 15% of the vote to get a
primaries March 17. Brown's showing
delegate to the national convention. With
should give him the strength to stay until
such a large uncommitted delegation, final
delegate totals won't be know until the the end and to have a ·voice at the
State Democratic Convention in June.)
convention. Tsongas clearly showed that
Paul Tsongas ............ 32%
he can run throughout the country, and his
Uncommitted ........... 20%
showing in Georgia gives him the ability
Jerry Brown ............ 19%
to say that he is the most national of the
Bill Clinton ............. 14%
Democrats. While Clinton won Georgia
Tom Harkin .... ... . .... 7%
solidly, his lack of a win outside of the
Bob Kerrey . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6% south calls into question his ability to win
nationally. The large uncommitted vote
·In Thurston County, the results were (with indicates that so far no one candidate has
80% reporting, delegates to the county" truly moved out in front All that can be
convention are in parentheses):
said after this round is ,t hat there is still a
Jerry Brown ...... 36.9% (223) long race to be run until the Democrats
Uncommitted ..... 22.8%(138) have their nominee.
Paul Tsongas ...... 21.1% (129)
jeffery D. Bradley is covering the
Bill Clinton ........ 12.7% (77) national elections for the CPJ and was up
Tom Harkin ......... 5% (30) way too late waiting on results for tiris
Bob Kerrey . . . . . . . . . .0.8% (5) piece.
Caucus results:
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ESA = 'Student Government?
Tsongas takes state
Brown takes county
by Andrew Hamlin
Bathrooms on the second and third
floors of the CAB are being remodeled to
make them wheelchair accessible. The
project began last Tuesday, March 3, and
is expected to continue through Tuesday
next week.
In the second floor bathrooms,
wOfkers are removing one toilet from each
bathroom and making larger, wheelchairaccessible stalls from space formerly
occupied by two toilets, according to
Mariusz Kowalewski, Evergreen Facilities
Project Manager. This will leave one toilet
and two urinals in the second floor men's
room, and three toilets in the second floor
women's room.
The third floor bathrooms have only
a single toilet stall each, but rear bathroom
walls are being knocked out and moved
two feet further back to make enough
space for a wheelchair to turn around.
The modified stalls on both floors
will also have new grab bars installed for
wheelchair maneuverability, according to
Facilities Director Ken Jacob.
Because the demolition work extends
into the KAOS record library, the door
leading from KAOS' on-the-air studio to
that area is currently blocked up. For the
next three days KAOS programmers must
enter the record library through the
bathrooms. In the evenings, when the
bathroom doors will be locked,
programmers will use a bathroom key
ordered for the station by Kowalewski.
The remodeling crew also tore down
a third wall that divided two rooms in the
KAOS music library. Kowalewski says
that to minimize noise pollution and dust
from the demolition spreading into KAOS
studios, the remodeling crew is using hand
tools, carrying their rubble out through the
bathroom side, and packing the door
see bathrooms, page 14
State budget finds funds
by Stephanie Zero
The House-Senate Committee that
must come up with a state budget may
have $144 million more to work with than
previously anticipated.
The $144 million in extra tax
revenue was found in a revenue forecast
given two weeks ago by Chang Mook
Sohn, chief revenue forecaster.
Three members of the House of
Representatives and three members of the
Senate are working with budgets proposed
by the House and Senate in a conference
committee.
Because state revenues are down, the
House and Senate had to come up with
ways to balance revenues and spending.
In terms of funding higher education
the Senate version of the budget calls for
no tuition increase. The Senate proposed
to save money with deeper cuts in other
state agencies with the biggest cuts going
to the Deparunent of Social and Health
Services (DSHS) because its the biggest
agency. The Senate also proposed cuts in
social programs and to state employees in
Thurston County.
The Houses' version of the budget
increases tuition at state colleges and
universities to add to the budget instead of
cutting funding.
,
The conference committee is now
working on II compromise of these
proposals to present to the legislature.
The $144 million forecasted revenue
will also go into the budget plan.
"The final budget could have no
tuition increases, or the extra revenue
could provide salary increases for Higher
Education faculty that were cut in some
proposals, or it could restore cuts in Social
Services programs proposed by the
Senate," said Jennifer Jaech about possible
uses for the extra revenue.
The $144 million is only a forecast
though; the money isn ' t really there.
"Any responsible budget needs a
good reserve," says Jaech, "We don't
know what will happen with the
economy."
Stephanie Zero is covering
legislative issues for the CPJ.
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day 135 the
crisis
in
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(We have reclaimed the ath!)
Internal Seepage
Daddy's Roommate
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Kirkpatrick
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Bob Webb
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Pit and piping
Presidential analysis
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Third Floor
6
Shap~ of Nations
7
Fun with Spam
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Trouser Press
Asian Pacific Islander Fest 12
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NEWS BRIEFS
Forum today on
harassment
EVERGREEN--All students are invited to
attend a forum today (March 5) to discuss
the sexual harassment policy draft.
Representatives of the Sexual Harassment
DTF will be present to facilitate the forum
and to answer any questions about the
policy. The forum will be held today from
noon to I pm in CAB 320. Questions?
Call Student Activities at 866-6000 x6220.
Purce asks for
Security input
EVERGREEN--Interim TESC President
Les Purce is requesting that students and
other Evergreen community members to
respond to the recent Warrington and
Associates report on campus security.
One of the issues addressed by the
report is the current lack of quick response
from local law enforcement authorities to
situations on campus. Purce responds,
"Clearly, our sense of safety within the
Evergreen Community is essential to our
very sense of community, and requires a
level of responsibility on the part of all
our members alike."
Purce would like to receive any
initial reactions to the report itself, as well
as counsel about steps that should be taken
to move ahead. He appreciates any
comments on the campus security issue
from the community. Suggestions and
comments should be forwarded to L3103
by Friday, March 6 at 5 pm.
Copies of the report are now
available . in several locations around
campus including the Student Activities
area, the Library and the President's
office. ,
HB 1037 to fight
hate-crimes
WASHINGTON --Th e first-ever
compilation of hate crimes throughout
Washington state confirms the need for
stronger. legislation to combat offenses
based on the racial, ethnic, religious, or
sexual orientation of victims, the president
of the Washington Association of Sheriffs
& Police Chiefs says.
Nearly two-thirds of the 211 hate
crimes commiued during the second half
of 1991 were raciall y motivated, with
crimes based on sexual orientation ranking
second, association president Pleas Green
said.
"I think this is further evidence that
we have a problem that we need to
address," said Green, who also is Yakima
police chief.
House Bill 1037, which would beef
up enforcement of the state's malicious
harassment law, recently was approved by
the House of Representatives.
Gov. Booth Gardner introduced HB
1037 to counter an increasing number of
cross-burnings and other acts of
~O)uct.. of ~"- ~V ..k..
"The Brown campaign is running
on turtleneck shirts, flat taxes
and 1-800 numbers .... "
Taken from Tom Brokaw's Tuesday night political commentary. '
harassment based on the victims' race,
national origin, or sexual orientation.
"These acts are inexcusable, and the
Legislature needs to act to bring them to a
halt," Gardner said. "People should be able
to walk down the street and live in their
commuOlUes without the fear of
harassment or physical attack."
The association compiled the hate
crimes statistics from information
furnished by 206 law enforcement
agencies covering 99 percent of the state
population. The report was prepared at the
request of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, which is amassing national
statistics on hate crimes.
HB 1037 more clearly defines what
constitutes a hate crime, protects against
harassment based on sexual orientation,
and provides for special training for
officers.
Opponents have contended that
toughening penalties for assault would
sufficiently deter hate crimes, but the
association's report shows that more than
half of the crimes involved intimidation
without actual physical contact. Fifty-five
incidents involved either simple or
aggravated assault.
Green said this first report probably
under-represents the amount of harassment
actually going on and the figures likely
w ill rise as police are beller trained to
recognize hate crimes.
Cultural festival
this weel{end
EVERGREEN --" Asian/Pacific Isles
Tribute" is a cultural festival packed with
music, dance, displays, demonstrations and
activities presented by people of the
Northwest, noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, March
8, with a Saturday night gala kick-off
event, "An Evening of Chinese Music and
Theater," 8 p.m., March 7, all on The
Evergreen State College campus in
Olympia.
This year's Saturday night kick-off
event features the "Warren Chang Chinese
Chamber Orchestra," followed by the
opera In the Palace performed by Seattle's
Hwa Sheng Chinese Music Club. General
admission to the Saturday kick-off event is
$5; $3 for students and seniors.
Admission is free to Sunday's allday cultural festival, noon to 6:30 p.m.,
featuring non-stop music and dance from
IISECURITY_BLOTTERII
Tuesday, February 25
0435: Student reported seeing two men
prowling cars in F-Iot. Thurston County
Sheriffs arrived and found one car broken
into.
0811: Vehicle was reported broken in to
while parked in F-Iot.
Wednesday, February 26
A relatively quiet day for Campus
Security.
Thursday, February 27
0328: Student was reported to be having a
seizure in Modular Housing. 911 was
called and medics arrived.
2337: Anonymous man reported a
shopping cart on fire in Modular Housing.
Friday, February 28
0540: Door alarm went off in the CRC for
no apparent reason.
0845: Student reported that flyers
promoting "The White Man Liberation
Army" were posted all over campus.
0942: Student reported three women and
one man imitating a southern black dialect
for the purpose of harassment.
Saturday, February 29
0124: Fire alarm went off in A-dorm due
to burnt food.
1655: Woman reported disruptive person
in the CRC.
1800: A loose dog was put in the campus
kennel.
2216: Fire alarm went off in the A-dorm
laundry area due to a burning belt on a
washing machine. Fire fighters arrived and
reset the alarm.
Sunday, March 1
1459: Alarm went off in the CAB due to
someone tampering with the cash machine.
1955: Anonymous man reported that the
glass was brbken out of C-dorm's second
floor fire hose case.
Monday, March 2
A relatively quiet day for Campus
Security.
Security performed 57 public
services (unlocks, escorts, jump starts,
etc.) this week.
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the Chinese, Japanese, Filipino and
Polynesian communities; foods from
Burma, Tibet and Japan; displays of fine
arts, traditional crafts, cultural artifacts and
huge floral arrangements; demonstrations
of calligraphy, Senru poetry and Martial
Arts; a Kid's Country where children
choose from a whirlwind of crafts projects
and activities, and much more. Ratna Roy
and Evergreen students provide the main
stage fmale with an-hoUr-long penormance
of Orissi Dance at 6 p.m. Asian and
Pacific Isles communities from Seattle to
Olympia are participating in the festival.
For more information about
Asian/Pacific Isles Tribute, call The
Evergreen State College, (206) 866-6000,
ext. 6300.
Environmental
careers await
WASHINGTON, DC--From the U.S.
Forest Service and the Sierra Club to
AT&T and Dupont, the link between
environmental concerns and carer
opportunities is a strong one.
Unfortunately most college students are
not sufficiently familiar with this rapidly
ex panding environmental field to know
that it offers many new career
opportunities.
To help college students, particularly
recent graduates and those · seeking a
challenging career, Government Institutes
is olTcring a unique 9-day Environmental
Careers Institute at The Catholic
University of America in Washington, DC
from June 12-20, 1992.
In today 's distressing economic
times when most recent graduates are
hav ing difficulty finding jobs, (much less
careers), the Environmental Careers
Institute (ECI) could be the wisest
investment of time and money ever spent.
ECI offers a unique opportunity to learn
about a relatively new field that could
result in a rewarding and challenging
lifetime career.
The program includes classrooms
lectures, discussion and interesting field
trips to the Chesapeake Bay, EPA
Headquarters, the LJri'lted States Congress,
and other important practical learning
opportunities.
For more information or how to
apply, please contact Tim Hohman or
Colleen Sullivan at Government Institutes.
OP.9lS
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"Mean Jeane" picketed Webb suit dropped
4 ,Research Place, Suite 200, Rockville,
MD, 20850 or call (301)921-2345; FAX
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O.A.R.S. exists
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EVERGREEN~-A group for older students
has been reestablished and reorganized
after temporarily not existing. O.A.R.S.
(Older Adult Returning Students) will now
be meeting regularly every Wednesday
from 2-4 pm. The meetings will be held in
Lecture Hall 6G which is located down the
stairs in the basement of the Lecture Hall
rotunda. For more information contact
Tedi at 943-9295.
by Bryan Connors
The civil suit against Campus
Security officer Robert Webb has been
dropped due to the inability of Thurston
County prosecutors to form a concrete
case.
On Aug. 21, 1991, Webb was
charged with the assault of a woman who
was a former girlfriend. The alleged
assault took place on Dec. 9, 1990 when,
according to Webb, she had been stalking
and harassing him.
The unidentified woman was not
enrolled as a student at Evergreen.
According to Webb, the criminal
case that accompanied the civil case will
also be dropped as soon as he pays court
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Parking office
relocated
Children's book dealing with
gay life opposed at Timberland
EVERGREEN--If you haven't been able
to find the Parking/Motor Pool/Key Issue
office recently, that is because it has
m9v~d. The office was closed this last
Friday and Monday in order to move to a
new location. The Parking/Motor Pool/Key
Issue office can now be found in its new
happy home in Seminar 2150/Security.
Tips on Frugal
Fat coolting
OLYMPIA--The Diabetes Well ness Center
at the Capital Medical Center has
announced "Frugal Fats and Skinny
Sugars," a series of cooking classes
teaching you how to make it to summer
without an extra 10 pounds! The cost is
$10 per class or $35 for the series. The
classes are offered every other Tuesday,
starting March 31, from 5:30-7 pm. Call
754-3333 for more information or to
register for the classes.
Washington Center. photo by Seth long
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Errata
The March 3rd Washington
Democratic caucuses for people living on
campus on were held at the L.P. Brown
School in Olympia, not at Thurston
County Courthouse as published in Feb.
27 CPl.
The Third Floor column, for the
week of February 13-19 was inadvertently
edited and contributions from ASIA,
Mindscreen, and The Legislative
Information Center were all left off. Our
sincerest apologies are offered 10 all.
"Kirkpatrick: Scholar, Author,
Ambassador." The fliers bore the ending
"Scholar? To whom. Author? Of what
policies. Ambassador? Who benefits."
Protesters further accused
Kirkpatrick of being, "one of the architects
of the escalation of the war [in Central
America]." This assertion was in response
to the fact-finding mission where Jeane
Kirkpatrick allegedly returned
recommending more repression and less
negations.
The protest went on for over an hour
with more chants and picket signs reading
"Reaganites are Parasites" and "American
Executioners Institute."
About an hour and a half after it
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George Stankeviclz is a CP1
contributor.
by George Stankevich
As Jeane Kirkpatrick spoke in the
Washington Center for the Performing
Arts (to a crowd admitted at over $10 a
head) outside protestors marched in an
oval so as not to be removed for loitering.
"Jeane, Jeane, killing machine-owe
don 't like your fascist scene," chanted
protesters to the bemusement and dislike
of the people who were trying to enter the
theater, one of whom responded with "You
all never lived through World War n."
The demonstrators had come to show
their disgust with the policies Kirkpatrick
supported. They handed out fliers quoting
Kirkpatrick's foreign policy statements and
lampooned the glossy posters which read
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costs and fulftlls an agreement not tqhave
contact with the woman for one year.
Webb has recently been the subject
of a critical article in this month's
Evergreen Free Press (an article that
Webb calls slanderous), ,a concerned letter
in the CPJ (Feb. 20), and flyers posted
around campus questioning Webb's law
enforcement ability.
As a retaliation to these allegations,
nine of Evergreen's American Federation
of State and County Municipal Employees
Stewards plan to release a campus wide
letter in support of Webb.
Bryan Connors covers security
issues for the CPJ.
by-llurnie Gipson
Attempts have been made to remove
the book Daddy's Roommate from the
shelves of the Olympia Timberland
Library, but in a Feb. 26 vote of the
trustees, members upheld the policy
opposing censorship and the book remains
on the shel ves.
The children's book is about a boy
and his gay father, and is described by the
library public access c<ltalog as "A young
boy discussing his divorced father's new
living situation, in which the father and his
roomm<lte share eating, doing chores,
playing, loving and living."
Kathy Niblack, a Library patron,
expressed her view of the book to the
Timberland Regional Library Service
Center's Board of Trustees in a meeting
on Feb. 26. Niblack stated that, "[Lhe
book] is portraying being gay as a normal
or an available lifestyle. "
Niblack issued a complaint Lo
Michael Crose, transition manager for the
Timberland Regional Library SysLem,
asking that the book "be removed from the
library, particularly the children's section.
It should at least be pl<lced in the special
parenting section of the library."
In response, Michael Crose informed
Niblack that "Timberland and [other]
libraries throughout the country attempt to
provide a collection of materials that
provide a cross section of views and
opinions about our culture," and that these
libraries also supported the library bill of
rights. This bill states that library
resources "should be provided for the
interest, information, and enlightenment of
all people of the community the library
serves" and that all points of view on
current historical issues should be
presented. Additionally, "Materials should
not bc removed because of partisan or
doctrinal disapproval ."
Michael Crose received 34 calls and
18 letters supporting the library's decision
to keep the book on the shelves in the
children's section; 14 people opposed the
decision.
In choosing to appcar before the
Board of Trustees, Niblack drew attention
to the book's attack. Over 39 people chose
to speak about the book, debaLing whether
it should stay in the children's section, be
removed from the children' s section and
placed on the parenting shelf, or be
removed from the library completely. Most
of them agreed with the Board for
supporting the library bill of rights; even
those asking for the removal of the book
paradoxically agreed with the library 's bill.
One of the people in attendance was
Roger Balsly, who was opposed to
keeping the book in the library, because
"homosexuality is the greatest cause of
AIDS'." After reading from his Bible, he
stated that if you "put men and women on
an island" and check on their progress
later "there will be twofold, but put 100
homosexuals and there will be nonel"
Olymoia resident Curt Pavola said
he was happy that such books existed, and
that "to ignore parts of a culture is to
continue ignorance." He also mentioned
the book, TM Men With tM Pink Triangle,
a book which explains the treatment of
gay men (who were made to wear pink
triangles in order to recognize them as gay
and distinguish them from other prisoners)
in Nazi Germany, which reminded him of
the hate involved in censorship.
Clif Messerschmidt, a local activist,
brought up the possibility of people taking
the job of librarian into their own hands
by checking the book out to censor it from
others. With him he brought information
"God made Eve for a
reason; two men together
and two women together
cannot produce
anything! "
on the copy status of the book. Two of the
books were due in the middle of March,
one was lost, one on hold, and one
missing. "Is it possible people are
checking it out to throwaway?" He said,
'Tm a taxpayer so buy another book! "
Bill Lawrence, Board member,
responded by reminding those present that
the library system makes every effort to
replace lost or stolen books, and that this
book will also be replaced.
A number of gay and lesbian parents
were present. Tina Witcher, "a parent and
a lesbian," gave a statistical approval point
of the need for the book by saying that
there are "over seven million children with
gay and lesbian parents in the U.S. alone,"
and reminded the parents that, "we do not
need to be restricted." Alice Curtis said,
"Our [herself and her gay ex-husband]
lives would have been a lot easier if we
had this book three years ago to share
with our daughter."
Community leaders in positions
dealing with youth spoke, giving varied
opinions on what young people are dealing
with. Among them was Mark Norby, a 23
year old Tumwater resident, cub scout
leader, little league coach, and church
youth group advisor, who thought of
homosexuality as, "not normal" and that
he really has "a handle on what children
face." He made this statement after Brad
Aiken, advisor of the Lesbian/Gay/
Bisexual Peoples Resource Center and
staff member at The Evergreen State
College, said "often parents don't know
their child is gay."
Urging the Board to "pUL the book
where children and young adults can't
read it," Larry Kinread, from Lacey said "I
feel I was raised in an average family" and
.. .. .learned God made Eve for a reason;
two men together and two women together
cannot produce anything!"
The Board members then proceeded
to vote on a motion "to keep the book in
the library on the children's shelf and
wherever else the librarians saw fit to put
it." ·The motion was passed six to zero
with one abstaining vote from Leanne
Church, a recently new boahl member,
said, "I don't think it's censorship to move
the book to a different shelf, where we
have control."
Burnie Gipson does not support
homophobic and heterosexist religious
fundarrrentalists, moralists or Bible
thumpers.
Coop~ Point
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by Kristen Gillanders and Anne Warren
More people have died of hunger in
the past five years than have been killed in
.the wars in the last 150 years. In Olympia, .
hunger and homelessness problems are on
the rise. Each day a local shelter, Bread
and Roses, is forced to tum away two 10
three families. The fact that Bread and
Roses is the only shelter where families groups of volunteers worldng for three
can stay more than one night makes this hours (1 pm-4 pm) on local clean-ups such
even more difficult for those homeless as: litter pick-up at Percival Landing,
families.
clean-up at Safe Place (a local battered
People are more aware of this women's shelter), landscaping for low
problem and are becoming more involved income housing, and moving furniture inlO
in the solution. Last month WashPIRG some of these low income homes.
held a food drive for the Thurston County
By working the volunteers will be
Food Bank. The Evergreen Community raising money through donations from
donated over 400 items of food; this, . community members and local businesses.
however, is only the beginning.
Don't be surprised if someone asks you to
On Saturday, March 7, WashPIRG
sponsor them - be generous! The money
will participate in the Eighth Annual
that will be raised will go in part to The
Hunger Cleanup in conjunction with the
National - Student Campaign Against
National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homclessness and 10 Bread
Hunger and Homelessness. This and Roses in our own community to help
organization works nation wide on the with their soup kitehen, shelter, and
problems of hunger and homelessness.
developing children's program.
WashPIRGs at U.W. and Evergreen will
The more volunteers willing to
be working this weekend on the problems participate the greater of an impact can be
in our area.
made in solving the problem. If you are
The Hunger Cleanup will involve concerned and able to volunteer time on
Saturday, call the WashPIRG office at x
6058. It is not too late! You will then be
given a work site and the group leaders
name and phone number to get further
information. The amount of volunteers
improve it. There's no rcason it can't be
needed is UNLIMITED.
entertaining. Education doesn't have to
have a death count to it; it can be
Please join us in helping our
community.
informing and interesting. It isn't all bad.
Kristen Gillanders and Anne Warren
It's just mostly not very informative.
are
WashPlRG
volunteers.
There's been this massive breakdown in
the industry ... Television needs 10 be
completely reconstructed .. .It's 100 present.
It' s not going away. We're going to have
to take it apart, 'cause it's really rotten 10
the core."
"We must all read as much as we
can," Blacklow adds, "We have to read
alternative, conservative and liberal
magazines and newspapers ... We all have
You could lose your license.
to be consumers. You rcally need 10 put a
Your insurance. Not to mention
lot of things on your plate. Seek out things
your dignity.
you wouldn't normally read because that's
how you learn."
W!shington Traffic Safety Commission
Julie Blacklow will be speaking at
. TESC in the second floor library lobby,
Tuesday, March 10, noon 10 2 pm. This
will be a presentation followed by an open
discussion. Everyone is encouraged 10
attend.
Mike Bales and Caroline "Loopy"
Rosevear are Evergreen students.
Ex-TV ·reporter to speak on media
by Michael Bales and Caroline Rosevear
"Comedy is tragedy plus time,"
quoted former KING-S reporter Julie
81acklow, "television news is in a very
tragic state, and I hope I'm laughing in ten
years."
Blacklow was a reporter for KINGS, a local Northwest television station, for
eighteen years. Recently we were able to
speak with her about her decision to lcave
KING-5 and her concern with currenL
trends in broadcast news ethics. It was
these trends that contributed to what she
calls, "the diminishing and unraveling of
excellence within the last five years" and
which prompted her to leave KING-s. She
says, "I could no longer be a part of this
conspiracy of stupidity in the industry."
However, Blacklow acknowledges
that it is up to pcople to reform the
industry. She feels that these reforms
should be demanded by the public because
journalism is "just people." She also adds,
"...journalism is nothing more than a
connector, a conduit between the people
and their government and between the
people and all their other social systems."
One main concern which she feels
needs to be addressed is the role of
advertising in broadcasting. When asked
how much she felt advertising affects
broadcast news, Blacklow quickly
responded, "One-hundred percent. That's
what it's all about. It's not about news,
it's about commerce. It's about getting the
message out to get you to buy something.
It's about beer;
it's
not about
government. "
Blacklow considers herself a strong
personality and attributes that partially to
her success in a predominantly maleoriented industry. She recognizes that in
journalism, women arc pressured to
produce more than men to receive the
same amount of recognition. Since she
began eighteen years ago, she feels that
women have only gained abouttcn percent
more equity. "Women arc still the
minority," she says , "not to mention other
minorities, African-Americans and Asians.
For example, there were more women and
African-American newscastcrs in 1975
than th ere are today .. .1 do not think this is
a feminist iss ue. I think it is more a
humanist issue."
The question still remains; what
action can be taken to remedy the current
problems and trends existing within
broadcast journali sm?
"Televi sion is not go ing anywhere.
There's at least one or may be two in every
home in America. The task i. rf',,1!y to
large Statue of Liberty holding the union
flag and a bunch of grapes leading the
way .
At the capitol steps another rally was
held. Representative Karen Fraser charged
the protesters to organize so that, "never
again would they arrive too late." As it
turns out, the legislature had already killed
a bill that would a have allowed collective
bargaining rights for f~m workers. She
then called on the workers to stop electing,
"representatives who lie 10 you."
Other Speakers included the Reverend
John Bushard of a local ecumenical
council and Jeff Johnson of the AFL-CIO.
Villanueva, also spoke, cltmg
previous failures of the legislature in 1986
0ll..collective bargaining and later with a
minimultl wage bill, he further called for
an initiative 10 assure collective bargaining
rights for farm workers. "The actions of
the legislature have amounted to a license
to murder and maim farm workers. We
believe that the people of Washington wilJ
no longer tolerate t1)e exploitation of those
who put food on their table."
George Stankevich is a CPJ
contributor.
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1992
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Helping you sort out those presidential candidates
by Jefl'ery D. Bradley
The presidential campaign has come
and gone to Washington State this week,
and barring any unforeseen results, nothing
has really been decided. The race for the
nomination is far from over. While the
political pundits and the media prefer a
strong front runner, it doesn't look like
this year will give them one. You might
hear various candidates touted as the front
runner, but nothing will be certain until
one candidate finally gets enough votes to
clinch his party's nomination.
While the search is for the front
runner, this is what you should expect
from the candidates in the upcoming
weeks.
•
Bill ClinlOn: The media's anointed
co-front runner with Paul Tsongas, (in
Seattle he said the race was down to just
Tsongas and him) has yet 10 win a contest
going into this week and he must prove he
is anything but a southern candidate. The
media will continue 10 consider him the
front runner through Super Tuesday next
week. If he does poorly in a southern
state, or is upset, he could be effectively
out of the race. If he can pull off a couple
of wins in the north he could become
unstoppable. As long as he does well in
the south and no more embarrassments
pop up, the Democmtic leadership will
back him in hopes of preventing Tsongas
from becoming the nominee. He has the
money and the organization to stay in the
race all the way.
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Tuesday, he might not make it that far.
•
Jerry Brown: He is considered by
many 10 be the wrong messenger with the
right message and has had problems
shaking his flaky image. Still, he will
probably be in the mce until the end He
will run a guerilla style campaign, only
contesting those mces where he thinks he
can do well. He wants to stay in until his
home state of California, where a good
showing could make him the king maker
if the race is still up for grabs at the
convention. However, unless he does pull
off an upset soon, his influence on this
race will be nil.
•
George Bush: Outside of a major
coronary, there is little doubt that Bush
will get his party's nomination. Still, the
fight with Pat Buchanan has hurt him, and
the longer Buchanan stays around, the
worse it will gel. Buchanan's attacks have
blunted many of the issues that you could
have expected Bush to use in the fall, like
taxes and the National Endowment for the
Arts. The economy, however, is Bush's
major concern, and unless it starts
improving soon, he is in trouble no matter
what Buchanan does. If the economy does
not improve, no one should be surprised if
•
Paul Tsongas: The other co-front
runner. He has made up for his lack of
charisma with a wealth of ideas. He is not
as conservative ~s the media and other
candidates would like to make him out 10
be, but still conservative by Democratic
standards. A win outside of the east coast
coupled with a strong showing in the
southern primaries should ensure that he is
in the mce until the end, even though he
has less money than Clinton. He needs a
win or very strong showing in the south or
else most of the Democratic leadership
will disown him . While he might not get
the nomination, his delegation will
probably be strong enough to influence the
Democrats' economic platform.
•
Bob Kerrey: The man in the
catbird's seat. While he has yet to do
anything spectacular, he could benefit
from people's doubts about Tsongas and
Clinton and become the compromise
candidate. His early campaign was
mismanaged, but a change in leadership
has helped him build up stcam. Still,
money is a big problem for him, and
without a win or a couple of strong
showings in big states he might not have
the means 10 make it to the end.
•
Tom Harkin: He is in need of a
good showing soon, or his money will run
out. He would like to stay in long enough
to run in the big labor states, like
Michigan and minois, where his strong
labor connections will help. If he can
make it 10 those primaries and do well,
then he is in it for the long haul. Unless
he does well in WashinglOn or Minnesota,
or pulls off an upset during Super
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by George Slankevicb
. Marching down 4th street to make their
demands known to Olympia and the
legislature, over 200 United Farm
Workers, their children and community
members took 10 the stteets on Feb. 28.
The march lasted two hours, included two
rallies, the presentation of signed petitions
to the owner of Ralph's Thriftway and a
finishing rally on the Capitol steps.
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The rally began at I pm with speeches
in English and Spanish at Sylvester park.
Then marching down 4th street to the
offices of Ralph's Thriftway the
organizing committee presented over 200
signatures to the owner. Asking that he
stop the sa1es of Ste. Michelle wines. A
boycott the group has been urging for Itleast two months because of the wineries
refusal to allow collective bargaining for
its farm waders.
Ralph Stormans, the owner, refused,
stating, "It's not my fight" and "If people
suppon your cause they'll stop buying the
wine."
After Tomas Villanueva vowed to
bring Ralpb's Thriftway into the fight the
march turned heading down State, with a
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Discover Tom Harkin
by T J. Johnson
The presidential campaign heated up
in Olympia last week with the formation
of a local committee to elect Senator Tom
Harkin.
Harkin, a Democrat from Iowa and
unrepentant liberal, promises that if elected
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he will preserve the right of women's
choice and give top priority 10 revamping
the dysfunctional American educational
system. He also plans 10 offer a sane
energy policy which does not include
drilling for oil in our few remaining
wilderness areas or relying on expensive
and dangerous nuclear reaclOrs.
Hark.in has the support of many of
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Libya, Iraq, North Korea or some other
small country gets bombed in October.
After all, this is a president who has said
he will do anything 10 be elected.
•
Pat Buchanan: No one, not even
Buchanan himself, expects him to win the
nomination. This doesn't make his
campaign a side show though. If he can
last until the convention, the Republicans
will face the question of what does Pat
want, just as the Democrats did with Jesse
Jackson in 1988. What he wants is 10
drive the Republicans as far to the right as
he can, and he will probably succeed.
While moderate Republicans want to make
the party more inclusive, they might not
even get a chance to debate issues like
abortion and civil rights if Buchanan
brings a large delegation.
•
David Duke: He is hardly worth
mentioning. Buchanan has taken his
issues, and he doesn't have the money 10
do well outside of Louisiana. He does
provide a problem for Bush, who has 10
separate himself from Duke, even though
he has voiced many of the same ideas.
Jeffery D. Bradley is covering the
national elections for the CPJ.
MICHAEL D. MOORE, O.D., P.S.
2600 MARTIN WAY, SUITE C
the country's labor unions, including the
United Auto Workers. Harkin was a
sponsor of the sweeping Americans With
Disabilities Act of 1991, and in the past
has voted against giving President Bush
fast track authority 10 negotiate a
U.S./Mexico Free Trade Agreement, citing
concern over potential American job loss
and environmental issues. He also voted
against the Persian Gulf War.
According to local spokeswoman
Stephanie Johnson, "Harkin is the only
viable candidate who offers anything
different than George Bush. He recognizes
the complete failure of the trickle-down
Reagan/Bush policies, and is commit~d to
rebuilding America from the ground up.
His suppon for the environment and plans
for rebuilding the infrastructure of the
U.S., including constructing energy
efficient mass transit systems, is the type
of far-sighted policies that are essential if
we are to have a secure and healthy
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future."
If you are interested in becoming
involved in the Harkin campaign and
working to elect a candidate with an eye
on the future and not just on his net
election, call 866-8004.
T.1. Johnson is an Evergreen '
graduate student.
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'Columns
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Seasons have no be'a ring on
'! f;:1 REDUCE
by Greg Wright
In an effort to evaluate how
successful recycling and waste reduction is
at Evergreen, it is important that we first
understand how much garbage there is,
where it comes from, and what it is made
up of. Ideally, we will then be able to
know .where and how we can be the most Super Saturday during the summer. It alSo
effective in the design of our programs. So . has an effect on the composition of the
for the past week, I have been digging waste stream; during the summer we use
through the records and the garbage--here more disposable eating utensils.
are some interesting tidbits of information: According to the waste stream analysis
As you might expect, the garbage done by Glen Duncan in the 1989-1990
flow at Evergreen changes between the school year, approximately 35% - 40% of
winter and summer. To my surprise, all of the garbage at Evergreen is paper
however, we genemte as much or more (surprise?), 15% - 20% is food waste, 5%
garbage during the summer when most - 6% is glass, 8%-10% is tin, aluminum,
students are not here. This unexpected plastic and a whopping 26% is material
phenomenon is attributed to the influx of that is not recyclable or real trash.
How much garbage do we generate
people attending seminars, conferences and
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welcome. Call 866-6000 x6143 and ask
for George or Mario. We are looking
forward to serving this community.
-MEChA (Movimiento Estudantil Chicano
de Aztlan) wants you to join us in
planning a "Cinco de Mayo" celebmtion.
We meet at 5 pm on Wednesdays in
MEChA's office in CAB 320. We are also
looking for people to help plan the
statewide MEChA conference to be held
on Nov. I, 1992. Any ideas you have
about workshops or other activities are
-The Legislative Information Center
exists for the express purpose of aiding
students in representing themselves in the
Washington Legislature. General
information on pertinent legislation and on
current bills is available to all students in
the Center, located in the S&A office.
There are also students coordinating letter
writing campaigns as well as testimony in
compiled by Paul H . Henry
public hearings. We want to -help you
express yourself on such topics as tuition
increases, tuition waivers, diversity and
access issues. The support you need to
work your issues.
-The Evergreen Indian Center is
soliciting applications for two coordinators
for spring quarter, that will continue as
coordinators for 1992-93. Applications cali
be picked up at the Student Activities
office. We had a potluck at the Organic
Farmhouse, discussion brought up the
possibility of a pow-wow. People are
needed to help plan and organize. Call
866-6000 x6105.
-ALEXANDER COCKBURN SPEAKS
ON THE GULF WAR. Don't miss!
Capitol Theater, March 7 (Saturday) at
7pm . . Also appearing, Jim Page and
Andrew Cockburn's film about the war.
progress
754-3382
"It is my understanding that the
Men's Center was one of the original
Evergreen student groups that died out
because of lack of interest, but was
refounded in the 1980's in response to a
shooting incident in the Greenery.
"I have decided to block the use of
student monies to fund a Men' s Center in
the upcoming year... unless I become aware
of significantly more interest in the
existence of a Men's Center."
--letter to Cooper Point Journal,
March 5, 1987
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It is possible to find two
points in Italy, connected
with two different curves,
such that neither curve can
be transformed topologically
into the other ·one without leaving Italy.
The following map illustrates this
anomaly.
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What is so special
of Italy is that it has two
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topologically equivalent to a set of the
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Let's remember that a figure in a plane
(more generally a set in a topological
space) is (arc-)connected if any two
points in it can be connected with a curve
completely inside the set. Suppose now
that in a connected set, we connect two
points with two different curves. Can we
topologically transform ~)lle of these
curves into the other one without leaving
the set? Let's look at the following map
of France in which the cities of Brest and
Bordeaux have been connected with two
different curves (We have been using maps
to illustrate topological ideas).
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When We Were Younger
10 YEARS AGO
Evergreen was recently honored by
virtue of the fact that we were included in
the New York Times Selective Guide to
Colleges. As its name suggests, this guide
is selective, and includes only 250 of the
nation's colleges. Evergreen fared well and
was awarded 11 out of a possible 15 stars,
for a variety of intangibles such as quality
of life, academics, and environment.
--Cooper Point Journal, March 4,
1982
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{(wings, licentious college men, drunken
bimbos and various saliva-swapping
infidelities, our lustful couple regains their
composure and ina heart-wrenching final
scene reavow their love.
. Gotta love happy endings BevHeads.
And where better to get your weekly dose
of happiness? Why The Bev of course!
Am I getting paid by Fox? No but I
should be. Well, I really don't have
anything else on my mind now except
thank you to all you faithful BevHeads out
there who did pray to the High Bangs and
Sideburns god for getting us this lustful
episode. Praise be to all and especially to
Mr. Dante...a man with more time on his
hands than I have.
Seth "Skippy" Long has red hair,
carries a sleeping bag, scored a kick-ass
registration appointment, and even makes
deadline. Majestic.
of Nations focuses on Vatican City
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The first copies of Initiative 264,
which would call for a "decriminalization"
of marijuana, arc presently being
distributed by BLOSSOM (Basic
Libemtion of Smokers and Sympathizers
of Marijuana) across Washington state.
With less than 5 months remaining before
the July 7th deadline, BLOSSOM needs to
collect the signatures of 115,000 registered
voters. If they succeed, the n the state's
voters will have the chance to be the first
ones to approve or disapprove a marijuana
referendum.
--The Paper, March 10, 1972
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Dylan was catching the eye of a fellow
recOvering alcoholic. Now, Dylan ought to
. know better because as my good friend
JimmyJoBob says, "Nothin' goin' on man,
the . only good looking women are at
A Narcotics Anonymous."
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At any rate, while our star-crossed
out messing around, Brandon's
lovers
father talks Nat into investing in a karaoke
mac~ne. Maybe it's just. because I strive
to be G.C. (Grammatically Correct) but
why can't anyone in this redneck country
pronounce karaoke correctly? It's not
"Carry-o-key" GodDammit! It's "Kah-raho-kay." Even on The Bev they can't get it
right. Dreadful. Anyway, the machine
something to do while Dylan was at his
turns out to be a bad idea all around and
weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
is promptly removed after the Peach Pit is
This beings us to our second major plot
usurped by Julio Iglesias-wailing geriatrics
line of the week, Dylan and Surfer Betty.
in
tweed.
Yup, you guessed it, while Brenda was off
After a jumbled mess of jealous
aerobicizin~ with the Hunk-of-the-month
by Seth "Sldppy" Long
They didn't break up! They didn't
break up! YEAH!!! Yes BevHeads we can
all sleep a little easier knowing that all of
those trailers we . saw preceding this
episode were merely part of a cryptocapitalist plot by the--.!felevision Mafia to
sublimihally induce all of us lemmings
into watching the show. The good news is ·
that Brenda and Dylan are still I repeat
STILL togetherl
For the Bev impaired (note the P.C.
nomenclature) let's recap the events of this
past week in the lives of our favorite
American teenagers. While at an aerobics
class with Kelly, Brenda is hit on by a
college student (he must .be either a real
loser or very lonely) and she in tum
proceeds to lead him on like the sleazy
tramp she is. As it turns out, the girls went
to the class so Brenda would have
at Evet'green? The next time you walk by
Nationwide, Municipal Solid Waste
the clock tower, look up and consi4~r for (MSV{J-grabs most of the headlines, yet it
a moment what it would be like to fill it represents the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
from b9ttom to top with loose unpacked MSW accounts for less than 1.5% the
garbage--simiIar to what you may find in total solid waste generated in the United
a norm;:tl garbage can. ' In a year, we fill States on an an!lual' basis. Waste
the clock tower up approximately five associated with resource extraction on the
times. That is a lot of garbage, about 500- other hand accounts for 1/3 of the waste
700 tons per year.
stream. Industrial (agricult\!Ial, chemical
So how does that compare to the rest and other non-hazardous) waste accounts
of the country? Consider that the City of for over 1{l of the waste stream.
Olympia generates 29,100 tons of garbage
Next week I will examine the
per year and throughout the Thurston. recycling trends at Evergreen. In the
County we generate a total of 100,000 mean time. stop by the recycling office in
tons per year. That represents
Library 2613.
approximately 172 Ibs per person .
Greg Wright is Evergreen's recycling
generated every year. The State of coordinator.
Washington in 1990, generated a total of
3.7 million tons of garbage, an average of
6.38 Ibs per day per person.
Connected sets without holes are called
simply connected. Italy is not simpl¥
connected. Another country that is not
simply connected is South Africa, which
contains inside the two kingdoms of
'Lesotho and Swaziland. Most countries
(without their islands) are however simply
connected.
But is San Marino inside Italy or is
Italy inside San Marino? The last idea
sounds like nonsense.
However,
topologically, it is equally true that San
Marino is inside Italy and that Italy is
inside San Marino.
This strange property - and other that
will be seen - are due to the fact that the
regions that we are considering lie on a
spherical surface - the earth. Imagine the
border of San Marino as a circle. Imagine
that this circle starts to grow in the
perfectly accepted topologically way that
we have been discussing. After the border
of San Marino has grown enough, this
border will start pushing the border (circle)
of Italy, making it grow too. The rest of
the earth would have to shrink. The
Vatican City would equally have to
accommodate to all this expansions. After
a while the situation would Ipok
something like this:
-----
Observing this example the answer to
my question seems to be yes. And indeed
in most connected countries this is the
case. But Italy fails to have this property
that seems to be so obviously true of any
connected figure.
If we continue expanding San Marino
we will get to the point that its border is a
great circle - a circle on a spherical
surface that is maximal in size (like the
Equator on the earth). Continuing with
the expansion of San Marino, its border
now will start to shrink on the other side
of the earth. By now Italy, the rest of
Europe, the other continents (including the
U.S.) and the oceans will be shrunk ~
San Marino.
The idea of "inside," when on a
spherical surface, is completely relative.
This is not the case if we are on a plane.
When we try to go out of a store we
may encounter signs saying "00 NOT
ENTER," and we might be puzzled by
them. Can one be "entering" while
leaving the store? Now we may be more
comfortable with such signs; they are
topologically correct (Although the people
that write such signs probably do not
know it).
TO BE CONTINUED
Rafael Marino is
Coordinator at Evergreen .
In recognition of
INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN'S
WEEK
Olympia Food
Co-opwUl be
CLOSED ·on
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 9th
the
Math
More than burnt Rice-A-Roni
by Janet Sugino
Say "Spam" and most people around
here laugh. Not in Hawaii and England,
both islands, where people learned to love
Spam during the second World War. Even
now they are often victims to dock strikes
and/or natural disasters, where canned
meat on hand is a necessity. Hawaii eats
three times the national avemge. ("Again
with Hawaiil" you say ...Sorry, they have
great cooks there, and some of them are
relatives.) And so, due to the ingredients
reflecting Hawaii's English and American
influences, plus SpaID, I dubbed this
recipe...
HAWAIIAN QUICHE
1 can Spam (regular size) (I prefer
the low salt version, but
regular, smoke flavored, and "lite" are
available)
3 English muffins
butter or margarine
4 eggs
1/3 cup milk
Grated American cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make
sure rack is in the middle of the oven.
Slice Spam and fry on both sides until a
bit crusty (I like mine thin). After draining
on paper towels, lay them flat in one layer
on the bottom of a pie pan, cutting them
to fit if needed. Split and toast the English
muffins, butter them, then cut each one
into quarters and fit together in a layer on
top of the SpaID; again cutting to fit Beat
the four eggs, add milk and stir well. Pour
over the Spamlmuffins. Place in oven and
bake for 30 minutes or until the eggs are
set Eat Spam and muffin scraps while
you're waiting. Sprinkle cheese over the
top and return to the oven for a few
minutes until the cheese is completely
melted. Serves six.
) \) Cooper.Point Journal March 5,1992 Page 7
.\
Res. onse'
Coven House
found ' offensive
I thought the Coven House cartoon
about Black History Month was incredibly
racist and offensive. Black History month
is an important counter to our racist
society. It has nothing to do with hating
whitey, it has nothing to do with making
black JJt:Ople feel like zoo creatures. Black
History Month is a recognition of vitally
important things. I am appalled at that
cartoon and I can't believe it was printed.
Utter bullshit.
Jenny Jaeckel
Cartoon: racist
or satirical?
To Cat Kenney,
I am writing in response to a cartoon
that you drew in Feb. 20 CPl. You have
no doubt received some response to this
cartoon slamming Black History Month.
Possibly you have been told that the strip
was offensive, biased, Or even racist.
Perhaps you had no intention of drawing
a racist cartoon, you may have even meant
it to be satirical. I do believe though that
you have produced a racist cartoon that
trivializes celebrations of people of color.
I have never heard of a person of
color proclaiming to celebrate "I HATE
THEM WHITEYS MONTH," yet people
of color have been forced to celebrate the
birthdays of mass murders, slave owners,
racists, bigots, obviously the list continues.
So you see Cat, your cartoon does
perpetuate racist stereotypes with the very
fIrst words.
There are many euroamericanlcaucasianlwhite/anglo (dido 't
want to offend anyorie now) peoples who
have based their guilt of their race or
ethnicity on the ways people of color have
challenged oppressive acts of the dominant
society. 1be elimination of mcism based
on guilt will not work. People will always
fail to listen and learn.
Remember Ronald Raygun? During
his occupation of Washington DC he
proclaimed a week during November to be
"Native Amerikan Week." This
proclamation came from the racist who
shot his way across Arneri1ca' s TV sets
.
,
.
every Sa~y afternOon. Yet there are
many indigenous heroes whose likelle$Ses
will never make it on a dollar bill, who
will nevea' have a national holiday in their
honor, and whose mountains were stolen
to install the likenesses of the racists who
have oppessed native peoples.
Stay ~, Cat, for Asian and
Pacific Island Heritage Month. There are
many cultures who make up what you
would have us believe are only Japanese.
Why did you fmd the need to join the ever
present ranks of Japan bashing? You may
want to talk to that white person you don't
know but pretend to like before attempting
to pattonize people of color. Maybe your
opening discussion could be something
about racism. Thanks for your time.
To all of my relations,
Gary Wessek Galbreath
DRC's vie"v of
Onion dispute
Aftel' reading two RESPONSES in
the last two issues of the CPl about the
labor-management disPute at the Onion 1
want to supply information from the pointof-view of the Dispute Resolution Center
of Thurston County (ORC).
The DRC was approached by
representatives of both workers and
management. From our perspective both
sides appeared to be open to consider
using our services as neutral third party
facilitators in helping them resolve their
conflict. Unfortunately, after some
research on our part, we sadly had to
withdraw the use of our services to both
sides for the time being. It turns out that
Federal labor law prohibits third parties
from mediating labor disputes during the
period that unions are attempting to
organize workers as this could be
interpreted as union busting activity.
Our understanding is that if both
parties to the dispute wish to use our
services after the . workers vote on the
issue of union representation, then at that
time we can legally be used as mediators
to this dispute.
The DRC is not anti-union or antimanagement or anti-anything. We function
as neutral third parties for any individual
or group in the county who have civil,
non-violent and non-criminal disputes and
To the Evergreen community:
The Cooper Point Journal exists to
facilitate communication of events, ideas,
mOvements, and incidents affecting The
Evergr~n State College and surrounding
communities. To portray accurately our
cOnunwUty, the paper strives 10 publish
material/rom anyone willing 10 work with
us.
--from out staff box
It was brought to our attention that
some members of the Evergreen
Community feel alienated from the CPl.
Alienation is not, and never has been, our
intent and we apologize.
Cat Kenney's Feb. 20 Coven HoUse
comic was seen by some as offensive and
racist; it was seen by others as an attack
against white liberals. In either case, the
comic was not published with malicious
intent We, as editors, regret that the
comic was taken as a personal attack
against members of the community and
their cuillires.
In addition, submissions about the 50
year ' anniversary of the Japanese
internment were not run. This was an
unfortunate oversight on the part of the
CPl editors.
.
In order to clarify to the community
why we print what we print, we will
publish our guidelines in the March 12
issue of the CPl.
Alienation does not foster
understanding. We hope that people will
continue to confront the CPJ when they
feel they are not being represented.
Andrew Hamlin
RJ Nesse
Giselle Weyte
have known Dan especially before the said
who agree to voluntarily use our mediation
assault,
I mean before he quit drinking,
services. We can be reached at 956-1155
- mat tiiiie is the- only- time I fiave laloWn
during regular business hOufs.
Evan Ferber
him to be violent. In reference to the
charges brought against the college, there
Director of Dispute Resolution Center of
is one stating that he had a history of
Thurston County
aggressive volatile behavior. As far as I
know they are referring to Dan's previous
arrest which was for passively refusing to .
leave somewhere when he was intoxicated.
Dan has always been somewhat of a
I'm writing in response to all the
articles that have been written the last teddy bear, and I have ne,ver known him
couple of weeks about the assault that to say anything .with mcist connotations.
occurred in A-dorm on Halloween night Although the act that · Dan committed
between Dan McCluskey and Bill Baxter, cannot be justified, he does not deserve to
be persecuted by the public who are not
and the political play of the said assault as
aware of what kind of person Dan is.
an excuse to ann security.
I have been friends with Dan for about
Even though my opinion is probably
a year now and I have a friend who is
biased, trying to put my feelings aside, all
friends with Bill. We have been fmding it I can . see is two people with
misunderstandings being used by political
very difficult to not let what the media has
written about the assault effect our
powers to the effect of changing a policy
on The Evergreen State College campus.
friendship. We can't help but argue
constantly about the assault and the Especially after having read the articles
that were printed in The Daily Olympian
remarks printed, i.e.: as an "antler" I am a
on Feb. ~10, 1992, and having spent time
"racist" It is offensive to me and the other
with Dan while he vented his frustrations,
"antlers" that we have been labeled as
such without being given a fair defense, or
and of course seeing Bill's face planted in
the middle of the front page of the Sunday
having a way to defend ourselves.
Dan at this point can't defend himself, issue of The Daily Olympian didn't help.
and I would, as his friend, like to help out
It makes me very sad arid 1- am sorry.
a little any way I can. In all the time I
Piper PermD-Gundy
Antler respond_s
to media blitz
Forum
Greeners lack understanding and compassion
by Mark McKechnie
After attending Evergreen for about
two and a half years, after occasionally
listening to KAOS and reading the CPJ,
and after having participated in the
protests against the Gulf War last winter,
I have realized that our desire for social
change is generally constrained by our
lack of understanding and compassion.
We have our hearts in the right place-owe
care about injustice and the environment-yet we are hindered in our attempts to
affect meaningful social change by our
almost religious zeal and selfrighteousness.
The people in power, the people we
want to listen the most often cannot hear
us because of the way we send our
messages. We are angry, so we yell, fight
and name-call. This gets us nowhere. We
cannot counter hatred with hatred and
hope to be better off than when we started.
One of the slogans in the war
protests last year was "Fighting for peace
is like fucking for virginity." While I
agree with the analogy, I regret to say
that, in retrospect, we too were fIghting
for peace. We were pissed at the injustice,
inhumanity, and barbarism, and we had
every right to be pissed. But when the
voice of protest was one of anger, it fell
on deaf ears. As Thich Nhat Hanh, the
central teacher of socially-engaged
Buddhism says: if we want peace, we have
to fIrst find it in ourselves. (He even
suggests writing a love letter to the
president. Now there's a truly radical
idea.) If we want our society and our
government to operate with peace and
kindness, we have to be the models. How
else will they know what justice and peace
look likc?
The hot debate of the moment seems
to be over feminism and so-called 'malebashing' . The main issue to consider is
whether people are taking responsibility
for themselves. When I am criticized as a
member of a specific group by another" it
is up to me how to respond. If I decide
that the criticism is a generalizationthat
doesn't pertain to me, I don't really need
to worry about it. My only desire is to be
understood as an individual, and I need
not worry about the opinions of people
who don't even know me. If there is some
merit to the criticism, whether little or
great, I can acknowledge that part, and I
will probably decide to work on that. (Of
course, having grown up in our racist and
sexist culture, I know that there will be
things for me to work on for many years
to come.)
On the other hand, if I am the one
doing the criticizing, I should ask myself
what my real purpose is. I should know
whether I am seeking to establish a
dialogue so that we can mutually worle on
our problems or whether I am reacting in
anger and merely taking my frustrations
out on others. I am the only one who can
know what my true motives are, and I
need to be honest with myself about them.
People may take my criticism poorly
eithet way, but we are much less likely to
have a constructive dialogue if we are
both taking our frustrations out on each
other.
Of course none of this is easy. I
found myself lapsing into some of the
same be1!aviqrs that I am criticizing in this
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and none of us are immune to the power
of acculturation. People bicker, argue, yell,
and take cheap shots at each other. People
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Read before ripping
by Son Hoang Mai
On Feb. 19 some Evergreen students
decided they wanted to remind everyone
on campus about the imprisonment (what
does intemment mean?) of Japanese
Americans during World War II. At about
midnight a group of Asian students, some
of them Japanese, put up 500 posters that
were copies of the original Executive
Order 9066. Before the end of the day
most of them had been tom down.
I have discovered that there were
various reasons the posters were removed,
some of them quite obvious. In A-dorm of
. - campus housing, the posters were taken
down and Swastikas left on the fifth and
sixth floor carpets to explain why.
The second reason was much harder
for me to deal with. A self declared friend
of Japanese-Americans took them down
because she felt it was a form of Japan
bashing (who else- would want- to dredge
up America's ugly past). When students
came to her to talk about it, she said she
was sorry but that next time we should put
a disclaimer on the posters. She of course
missed the point of the posters.
To me the posters were about history
and the fact it could happen again. I don't
think anyone, except people of color,
knows what it is like to come to grips
with the fact that at any time the cbuntry
they have adopted as their own could call
them "traitor" and imprison them because
of the color of their skin. No trial, no
innocent until proven guilty. Just the
reality --there are different rules
functioning for those who arc white and
those who are not.
I believe the students who put up the
posters had this in mind when they
decided not to put disclaimers on the
posters. A disclaimer would have only
allowed people to say, "Oh, but that was
in the past. It would never happen again."
They arc wrong. ,
O.K.! But how are we supposed to
know the posters were not against
Japanese-Americans? Well first you can
. start practicing a little of what you have
been taught for most of your lifc--read and
think. The posters w~re clearly dated and
identified that theywere~ in"iact, executive
orders. To mistake them for anything else
would merely demonstrate ignorance of
your country's history. Perhaps we should
have tacked something on about Pearl
Harbor...no one seems to have any
problems remembering that anniversary.
Let's talk now about protecting those
adorable little squinty-eyed guys: The
After all, there is
nothm·g as valuable
as adVl·ce firom a
white person-without them there
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· no"
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civilization.
person who tore down a hundred or so of
the posters said she had a Japanese friend
who told her some horrible stories of her
experience and she did not want her
Japanese friend to experience any pain by
having to see the posters. As a Vietnamese
I am offended by this. You weren't there
when those assholes yelled, "Chink go
home!" out of their truck window and
you're not going to be there in the future.
I've had to deal with these things all my
life. I don't need anyone telling me what
I need. I can't speak for the JapaneseAmericans that were imprisoned, but did it
occur to you they might have wanted
people to remember so it would not
happen again, even if it brought back bad
memories for them? When you stand
beside me you are a welcomed ally. When
you presume you know what I need you
are insulting me and disempowering me.
Because ultimately you are not treating me
as an equal. You are being condescending.
I am not as powerless as you think.
Finally, if you are concerned about
the rise in racism in this country and are
at a loss as to how to help, I would like to
offer some advice. First, be pro-active and
not reactive. Tearing down posters and
denying people their right to express
themselves is an example of reactive
behavior. Once done, there was an
opportunity to be pro-active. I am sad the
person who tore down the posters did not
think of offering compensation for the
posters she tore down, or to work with the
students on another project to raise
awareness on this campus. She must have
realized the students used money out of
their own pockets. As we are all aware,
students don't have money to throwaway.
As a full-time employee at Evergreen, she
was in a position to help. What was
offered instead was advice as to how they
should do it next time. I am sure the
students appreciated the advice. After all,
there is nothing as valuable as advice from
a white person--without them there would
be no civilization.
Son Hoang Mai is an Evergreen
Student.
.Hemp .should be decriminalized
by Jason Gaddy
In the past six months, a small
handful of people have been trying to
organize a non-racist, non-sexist,
environmentally positive, educational
student activity group on this campus. It
has been quite hard going. The problems
seem to be coming from two different
directions. The fIrSt being some very
obvious discriminatory objection from
anonymous members of this community
. and the second is a lack of support from
the multitude of people who agree with
this issue but are afr~d to "come out of
the closet" due to all of the negative
propaganda.
The issue that we are working on is
the decriminalization or legalization of the
hemp plant (known more popularly as
marijuana).
Many people may not know the
extent of the uses of this natural flora. A
few of the plethora of examples are as
follows: over a twenty ye..v period, one
acre of hemp will produce as much paper
as 4.1 acres of forest Methane, methanol,
alcohol, and fuel oil made from hemp
could replace petroleum based fuel and
plastic. As a medicine the active chemical
in cannabis (THC) relieves nausea caused
by chemothempy, is a proven relief of
spasticity in multiple sclerosis patients,
treats glaucoma, as well as epilepsy,
anxiety, depression, asthma, and aids in
the symptoms of withdrawal from alcohol
and narcotics. The seeds of the hemp plant
are second only to soybeans in protein
content. And it is recreationally relaxing.
The harmful effects are minimal. In fact,
it is much less harmful than cigarettes,
alcohol or breathing air pollution in cities.
In organizing meetings, the only
methods for recruiting members is by
word of mouth and by posting community
notices on the billboards around campus.
Our notices have been taken down as fast
as we can put them up. I recently caught
someone removing a meeting
announcement. When I asked what · they
were doing, they replied that they were
taking down this drug flyer and that they
were with Jurassic, an anti-drug group on
campus. We have nothing against drug
education and support groups that wish to
help people with drug related problems.
But we do not agree with discrimination
and censorship. I have lliways felt that
Evergreen would be the last place that my
freedom of speech would. be denied. If
there is anyone who would like to
confront us openly about what we are
doing, please contact us at our new office
in CAB 320 or come to a meeting in
Library 2116 at 5 pm on the second and
fourth Thursday of every month. We
welcome any new ideas and opinions.
To address the other side of the
problem, it is my experience that there are
many who when asked where they stand
on the hemp issue declare that they are all
for it, yet when asked to join us in making
some changes, give a wide variety of
excuses for not doing so. The two biggest
ones have to do with paranoia of getting in
trouble with the law and the feeling that
we can't possibly make any progress
against the odds. Firstly, there is no law
against organizing to change a standing
law. Secondly, we must look at the
example of the gay rights movement. This
issue would not be where it is today if
people hadn't come out and mobilized.
Hemp is the answer to many of our
resource problems. The reasons that it is
not available are political. We have plenty
of information to back this position. If you
are interested in learning more, please
contact us. Apathy breeds ignorance and
vice verse.
Jason Gaddy is an Evergreen
student.
Our society desperately needs change
The ftrst thing he mentioned was covering up anything difficult to express in
by Daniel Ewing
how he thought it was interesting tha~ words. While his point . that it was
l've just come home from watching
three films about the aftermath of the war , people had laughed at eertain points during interesting that people had laughed is well
the film, and it was pretty clear that he -- taken, he was wrong to chastise people for
in Iraq. The fIlms wete intriguing ' and
was 'condemning these nervous outbreaks. doing what bas been taught to be normal
thought-provoking and it was a shame that
so few peOple attended. But when the One in particular was when Ramsey Clark, behavior.
trying to apologize to a man whose family
fIlms ended and the conversation began it
Another point be made was that the
had been . killed durtng the bombings, revolutionary spirit that ran through most
got even more interesting. The man from
the Evergreen Political Information Centel' could only manage to say, "I'm sorry."
of us at this time last year seems t9 have,
When the marl from EPIC seemingly
(EPIC) who began the conversation
for the most part, vanished. While I can
mentioned a few things which, it seemed failed to ,uijderstand was that laughter has
to me deserved further thought:
become a s?Cially taught method) . of see Ewing, page 14
Greeners
need to take
charge of
security
by Hans Ibold
The pervasiveness of the ongoing
feud over arming the campus security
should be a cause for alarm to Evergreen
students. It is a quarrel that has infuriated
members of the whole community--its
students, its faculty, its staff, its
administration--and " members of the
surrounding community--its local residents
and some of its legislators. It is a quarrel
that has reasonable arguments on both
sides. No one wants to increase the
potential for the violence that could arise
with an armed security force. Yet, the
security officers want to fulfill their
definitive mission--to provide a safe
environment on campus--by expanding
their protective capacities. It is reasonable
to fear and dread an armed security squad.
And it is reasonable that those designed as
protectors try to increase their viability.
This no-win bmwl seems to be
wounding the community. Contentious
groups pressure each other with unyielding
messages. Conflict and tension prevail. In
response to the ruckus, a Washington State
Senator called on us to "crawl out of the
biosphere" and "face the music." We
students should be concerned.
The notion of expanding the role of
a campus agency to protect us should at
least be provocative. The need for a form
of campus security is real and we must
accept this. We should question, though,
who or what assumes responsibility for
keeping the environment safe. Is it
senSible to give responsibility for our
protection to others--to some agency?
We enrolled in this alternative
college to be liberally educated--to take
charge of our learning to think
independently, to appreciate and grow
from a diverse community. Although it is
a phrase often cliched, it would not be far
from the truth to say that we can learn at
Evergreen to make a difference. The
notion of dispensing responsibility to some
agency to keep our community safe seems
to insult the aims our altemative
education. Shouldn't we expect from our
institution only that it liberally educate us
and not that it protect us?
Shouldn't we, as individuals and as
a community of students, be responsible
for making our own environment safe?
Shouldn't our concern be in devising ways
of protecting ourselves and not in arming
others to be our protectors? Shouldn't we
be uniting and working to preserve our
community? Apathy could cripple this
community. And this community is our education.
Hans [bold is an Evergreen student
Cooper Point Journal March 5,1992 Page 9
Arts & En.tertainment
"Arts a~Entertalnmtnt
.
Dreamz galleria shows local artists, poetry
by Andrew Hamlin
Anna Porter, founder of the Dreamz
Galleria downtown, has a little daughter
named Necia. Anna named her baby that
because she herself was little, "I had a
third grade teacher named Necia, aM was
such a sweetheart."
Lynne Gobetz met Anna through
"an old boyfriend" about a year ago,
when Anna was about four months
pregnant with Necia.
Lynne came from Long Island in
New York and studied Plato at New
York University, and "did reception
work" to make money. When Anna said
she wanted to start her own gallery, she
was all for it.
The Dreamz Galleria, at 404 East
4th Avenue in downtown Olympia,
opened its doors in October. It's run by
Anna and her husband, Greg Wright, and
Lynne is the poetry coordinator.
The gallery's fllSt poetry night--they
plan to hold one the second Wednesday
of each month--is on Friday, March II,
from 7 to 8 pm, featuring Evergreen
faculty Craig Carlson, with musical
provisions by fellow faculty Jorge
Gilben. Local poets Leonard Martin and
John Berst complete the bill.
Anna, who says she · founded the
gallery to have "a place for artists to
show their work without having slides
and a resume," also plans to bring live
music to the galleria on the fllSt Friday
of each month, starting in April.
She'll take "any kind of music,"
Research
saves lives.
Lynne Gobetz (left), Anna Porter, and baby Necia. photo by Don Depew
she says, "as long as there's no slam
dancing, because we don't want to hurt
the artwork."
Anna spent her frrst two years in
college studying art, then took a break,
trying to figure out how to put her
education "to good use."
While she was out, she managed
the Clark-Fork Gallery in Missoula,
Montana, for about six months, then
moved back to WashingtOn Slate. She
managed the Asterisk .Cafe for a while
and then went back to school, at
Evergreen.
She took Ma1UJgement in lhe Public
Interest, which she describes as "one of
the hardest classes at Evergreen," and did
contract work after that For one of her
contracts, she helped develop a marketing
plan for the school's Organic Farm.
Her last contract, before she
graduated in 1991, was devising a
fmancial plan for her galleria--she'd
already decided what to do when she got
out. .
The galleria's first artist, in
October, was an oil painter named Craig
Diamond. In November, it switched over
to 1m artist named Gregg- (he uses only
that name), who does fluorescent
paintings that show up under black light.
Anna and everyone else covered the
gatleria walls with dark paper and
flooded the show space in black light for
that one.
In December, local artists Patricia
Thulin and Jeremey McDonough shared
the spotlight. January's guest was
watercolor painter Kari Bush.
The current featured artist is
Penelope Merrell, a longtime Olympia
area resident. Penelope paints in acrylics,
but mixes them on the canvas with a
special wash, to produce new colors. Her
exhibit reception is this Saturday, March
7, from 3 to 6 pm, at Dreamz.
And Saturday, March 21, is Neica's
first birthday.
Andrew Hamlin consumed over
thirty diet soft drinks in the last 72 hours.
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THE TROUSER PRESS
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Like many a seasoned rock critic,
Ira A. Robbins is not always a nice
person in print.
To hear him talk, you'd think that
Jane's Addiction "sounds like... an
incompetent Aerosmith cover band," that
Sonic Youth's Goo album "repeatedly
strains to be the coolest shit and fails
miserably," and Sting's .. Nothing Like
The Sun is "a tedious, bankrupt and
vacuous cavern' of a record."
Still, I like Ira better than Rolling
Stone's Dave Marsh, another cranky
person, because- the latter only~ thinks he
knows about New Wave. Ira shares a lot
with the older man--he's tempestuous,
he's not afraid to scrag popular records
and performers, and it's impossible to tell
what he' ll do next, except edit and write
another of these muthas every, er, four
years is it?
The original Trouser Press Guide to
New Wave Records appeared in 1983,
back when Trouser Press, Robbins'
music magazine, was still kicking. Mr.
Marsh, ever high-and-mighty, took
seventeen or so words to call it okay in
his own book Rock and Roll Confidential,
but criticized the lack of black acts and
the absence of a ratings system.
Trouser Press magazine expired
soon after, but Robbins published a
second book, The New Trouser Press
Record Guide, in 1985, a British-only
edition called The New Music R.ecord and
Tape Guide in 1987, and this puppy just
last year. I therefore bestow a big
thhhhhhhhhbt! on Marsh's house organ,
the Rolling Stone Record Guide, which is
ten years old and still using the word
"new" on its cover.
, Actually, the lack of a star system
in Trouser Press books isn' t so dauntfug
if you like to read. As practiced by Stone .
in its Guide and (intermittediy) in its
fortnightly pages, the one-to-five-star
ratings system can serve as a crib for
readers who can't be bothered with the
text, or for that matter, a crib for
reviewers who can't be bothered to write
anything substantial. And as for black
acts, the new edition has rap and reggae
acts aplenty, including a few I hadn't
even heard of (Groove B Chill?). And if
a record guide turns you to stuff you
haven't heard of yet, that's half its
purpose.
The Trouser Press Guide lists
recordings chronologically, while the
Stone book lists them alphabetically and
then discusses them· chronologically,
which makes me squirt steam out my
ears after a while. Ira 'and his merry
people ususally spend a paragraph on
each disk--brief, but usually not superiorsounding (unlike the reviews of Marsh
and his crosstown rival Robert Christgau,
which tend toward five-word The
Bourbon King Dismisses You Now putdowns). And the "Sources" section in the
back of the Trouser Press Guide is a
useful mailing list of some of America's
prominent alternative music periodicals.
I do have a few quibbles with
Trouser Press practices. Very recent
records are listed in the discographies
without being reviewed. If a performer
has had a long career, early albums
deemed insuffiCiently alternative might be
listed but not discussed. But those
l'~~~
by Ray Goforth
artiStIC expressIOn. Each Issue IS a ruce
.
blend of photography, p~etry, ficti?n ,
Evergreen stude~t Ra~ Goforth collects, essays and art. It s kmd of like
read~ ~nd revtews Independent press Evergreens' own Slightly West literary
pub/~cattons from. arou,n d t~e world, then . magazine. Work from students and small
publIshes the revzews In t~IS column, the press writers combine to create a nice
Illdel!endent Press. Rewew . . He also
looking journal with a pleasant blend of
PUb.'l.shes Bad Hm~cut, a Jour:nal ,of subject matter. The Shawnee Silhouette is
p~IZltc~ and the arts. In colla?Or~tlOn wlfh
a consistently interesting collection.
GOforth. Have ~ publicatIOn you d
lIke revtew~d? Send II to Ray care of the
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$2.00 sample issue
They open with the A.P.O.S.
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The Shawnee Silhouette is a
while doing the above. They then jump
quarterly publication committed to
right into a reader debate on the nature
perpetuating and . celebrating forms of
of Christianity.
Two
surprisingly ·
thoughtful essays on participatIon m the
Sp,ccial . Olymp~cs . and the morality of
usmg Violence In liberation struggles are
followed by a brief biographical sketch of
Socrates.
The interview with MAXIMUM
ROCKNROLL editor Tim Yohannan gave
some interesting insights on independent
press publishing and what happens to an
indie magazine that becomes "successful."
The Yohannan interview is followed
by another with the band Bloodline. The
interview covers the usual band review
stuff (influences. meaning of lvrics. future
plans etc.) and rounds out with some
commentary on the Minneapolis music
scene. The whole eclectic package is
completed by a couple of dozen
independent music and zine reviews.
Another Pair of Shoes is a fun zine.
One of the major drawbacks about
photocopying (as opposed to printing) a
zine like this is that sections of the print
get washed out. Even though everything
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PEAPIINE: 1 p.m. Friday March 6
c?ncerns aside, it's a great book, and a
Dlcely shaped missile to fling at Dave
Marsh's head.
$ilhouettes, Shoes are Swel/svil/e .in this week's rags.
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I happen to like Jack very much
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reflects it.
This issue ranges from
discussions of 14th century Italian
governments to the music of ABBA.
The cover has a lawn dart (remember
those?) coming through a human · head
with
the caption
"Juvenilia and
Catastrophe." The bulk of the magazine
consists of readers music reviews that are
of a depth and breadth that is beyond my
musical knowledge. It's great fun to
eaves-drop
upon
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clean ..They do a nice job of blending the
standard newsletter type stuff with
concise updates on all things nuclear.
CAN WE is short and informative, the
perfect newsletter..
Ray Goforth is sick of hearing
students who are living off of trust funds
complain about welfare.
Cooper Point Journal March 5,1992 Page 11
Arts & Entertainment
Asian/Pacific Islander Festival schedule
Location: Library 2218
Gala Kick-Off EVeDt:
Saturday, March 7, at 8 pm
Evergreen Recital HaU in the
Communications Building
Time TBA--Tanaka Singing Ctass-Singing by Karaoke
Warren Chang Music Ensemble
A performance of Chinese Music
Olympia Area Chinese Fellowship Tea
Garden
Location: Mezzanine, "S" side
Serving: Tea and Chinese Pastries.
Food
Hwa Sheng Chinese Music Club
A performance of a Chinese opera, In
the Palace
Admission to the gala is $5, or $3 for
students and seniors.
Tribute Festival--Sunday, March 8,
Noon to 7 pm. Admission to all events
is free.
Main Serving Area: Library 4300
aparimas and oteas.
2:30--Filipino-American Bamboo
Dance
Filipino Fashion Show
Entertainment on the Main Stage,
Library Lobby, Second Floor
3:00--South Puget Sound
Language School--Chinese
Traditional Dance
Noon--Taiko Matsuri: Japanese
Drum Performance
3:30--Fujima Fujimine--Japanese
Tradition Dance
12:30--Portland Chinese
Association: Chinese Dragon Dance
1:00-Welcoming/Honoring
Ceremony
4:00--Korean Community
Evergreen Chorus--Korean traditional
& American folksongs.
4:30--Shumi no Kai--Japanese
Folk Dance
1:30--Tsunami Taileo (youth) -
Drum Perfonnance
2:00--Lehua Nani Polynesian
Dancezs - Polynesian Program, modern
& ancient hulas, Maori and Tahitian
'Electric 'f<pse
It.ltltee
Studio
786-8282
115'Nr..,.,.H
4:40--New Blossom Ensemble-Japanese Chorus Group
5:1O--New Blossom Trio
5:30--Japanese Koto (music)
Ensemble
6:00--0rissi Classical Dance-Ratna Roy
Entertainment in the Library, Fourth
Floor Stage
MATVEI FINKEL LECTURE
Olympia Tibetan Buddhist Center
Serving: Rice and Seasoned Dal and
Tea
Japanese American Citizens League
Serving: Chicken and Beef Teriyaki,
vegetables, rice, tea and beverages.
Friends of Burma
Serving: Curry, rice, stir fry vegetables,
and tea.
Noriko Lounsberry
Display: Origami
Location: Room 4300
Xiao Gang Zhu
Presentation: Chinese Calligraphy
Demonstration and discussion of
Chinese Calligraphy.
Time: 1:30-2:00 p.m.
windows
Ikebana International #147
Display: Japanese flower arrangement.
Location: Library, Second Floor Lobby.
Ratna Roy--Faculty, The Evergreen
State College
Lecture: Japan's Dancel f Darkness-Butoh Dance Theater
Discusses the exploration of the
Japanese sense of self and its
relationship to other cultures through the
historical development of Butoh from
the 1960's through current times.
Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Yamaguchi Family
Presentation: This Was Minidoka
Video presentation on the
relocation/internment camp.
Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Brief review and demonstration of the
history of calligraphy and tools.
Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Displays
J & D Art Oil Painting
Display: Oil painting on canvas.
Location: East Mezzanine
Senryu Poetry/Calligraphy
Display: Japanese calligmphy poems for
sale.
Location: Library 4300
Puget Sound Sumi Artists
Display: Painting Exhibit and
dcmonst,rations of Japanese
Painting/Calligraphy
Location: East wall of Mezzanine
Olympia Area Chinese Fellowship
Display: Information Booth
Location: 2218
Olympia Tibetan Buddhist Center
Display: Cultural, religious and political
material and video of Tibet.
Location: Library 2219
Japanese American Citizens Lcague
Display: Information, Japanese artifacts,
Bonsai display and artwork. Some items
for sale.
Location: 2220
Doll Display
Location: Library Lobby Secor.d Floor.
Xiao Gang Zhu
Presentation: Chinese Calligraphy
Location: Library 2218
Tanaka Singing Class
Performance: Entertainment - Singing
by karaoke
Location: 4300
Akashi USA Co.
Presentation: Japanese Calligraphy
Location: Library 2220
Other Activities:
Katie Koteles
Display: Exhibition and sale of Antique
& So. Asian trade beads & jewelry.
Location: Library, second floor hallway
Robert S. Payne of TESC Bookstore
Display: Books--Pacific Rim-mostly
Japan
Location: 3400
Friends of the Evergreen State Library
Display: Information and membership
materials
Location: Library 3400
Page 12 Cooper Point Journal March 5,1992
Yashiro Sister City Association
Display: Pictures, kimonos, statues,
from Yashiro, Japan.
Location: Room 2221
Chinese Flower Arrangement Arts
Association
Display: Chinese flower display and
arrangements.
Location: Mezzanine along North
Akashi USA Co.
Presentation: Japanese Calligraphy
Tickets available at Bookstore and Rainy Day
EF International School of English
Display: Information about EF
International School program.
LOCation: 1000
Lecture Series
Sponsored by the Friends of the
Evergreen Library
Location: Library 3500
Olympia Japanese American Citizens
League
Presentation: Redress
A 45-minute video on the Civil
. Liberties Act 1988.
Time: 4:00-5:00 p.m.
March 11 - Lecture Hall 1
7:00 PM
$3.00 (Veterans and Reservists FREE)
EF International School of English
Display/Activity: "Kid's country" children's cultural activities.
Children. are to be accompanied by
adult while participating in Kid's
Country activities.
.
Location: Library 1000
Class in Hawaiian Hula and Tahitian
dance
Lehua Nani Polynesian Dancers
Vickie Era (Kumu-teacher)
Location: 2100
Time: 3 p.m.
Martial Arts Demonstration
Master Lee
Location: Library 2100 Lounge at 2
p.m.
Participating Consulate Generals:
-Shinsuke Harai, Consul General of
Japan
.
Ko,
Consul General of the
Chang
Soo
Olympia Area Chinese
Republic
of
Korea
Fellowship/Chinese Consulate in Seattle
Hermenegildo B. Garcia, Consul
Display: Chiqese Artifacts and
of the Republic of the
General
traditional art pieces.
Philippines
.
Location: Library 2205
Hsi-tsan Chen, Director General,
Coordination Council for North
Xiao Gang Zhu
American Affairs for the' Republic of
Display: Chinese Scenic Paintings
China
5
THURSDAY
6
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TODAY IS HOME TOXICS DAY, yep
yep yep. F:ind out more about toxics we
use in our home at the information ~ble
in the CAB. Also, sometime tonight in
the Communications Building Center
they'll play "You're In Jeopardy," the
toxics . awareness game.
FOUR SEASONS BOOKS PREsENTS
playwright Bryan Willis, longtim~
Olympia resident, talking about adapting
works for the . stage. His · latest play,
Timber, is an adaptation of a 1939 play-among other things, Bryan reduced the
number of characters from 41 to five. It's
at Four Seasons Books, 421 S. Water in
Olympia. Info: 357-4683.
LATIN JAZZ FROM EVERGREEN
JAZZ ENSEMBLES tonight, with Latin
melodies classicai and new performed by
Evergreen's jazz musician contingent.
Compositions by Dizzy Gillespie, Antonio
Carlos Jobim, Evergreen students Chris
Hyde and Teresa Jaworski, and Evergreen
faculty Andrew Buchman. Sponsored by
the COM Building and the Multicultural
Music program. Info: 866-7353.
MINDSCREEN
PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS two French films by Claude
Berri, Jean De Florette and Manon of the
Spring, tonight at 8 and 10:15 pm
respectively in Lecture Hall 3. Both films
tell the same story--shattered dreams
among Provencal peasant farmers in the
1920's--but through the eyes- of (ht,"prpnl
characters. Info: x6412.
Taiko Matsuri drummers, Sunday, the Asian/Pacific Island Festival (page 12).
"ITALIAN PAPERWORK" is an exhibit
of paper works by 10 artists living in the
Umbria region of Italy, including 1977
Evergreen graduate Jodi Sandford. It runs
from now through the end of March in
Evergreen Galleries II and IV, Library
Building. A video camera stationed at the
exhibit gives you a chance to send
"videograms" to the artists back in Italy.
Gallery II hours are Monday-Thursday
8:45 am to 10:45 pm and 8:45 to 6:15
pm Friday; Gallery IV hours are
Monday-Friday noon to 6 pm, and 1 to
5 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Info:
x6I28.
MARILYN FRASCA, Evergreen faculty,
has an exhibition of new work opening
tonight and running through March 29 at
the Grover/Thurston Gallery, 532 First
Avenue South in Seattle. Gallery hours
are Tues<llly-Saturday II am to 5:30 pm,
and Sunday I to 5 pm. Info: 223-0816.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
MEETING today and every Thursday in
Lab I 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-legalization
of marijuana and hemp for industrial,
medicinal, and personal use, meets today
and every Thursday from 5 to 6 pm in
Library 2116. Info: x6636.
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30 wad!; or Ie= S3.cx:i
BusineSs Rate: ssoo
Pf¢.-PAY/IIQIT RR;)UQU>
DeacCd1e: 5
LONE WOLF CIRCLES, promising
"radical ecology and earthen spirituality"
bring their workshop to TESC tonight at
7 pm at Library 4300. Free. Afterwards
there's an "evening of primal animus
rock" starting with acoustic music from
Katya Chorover and Casey Neill at 9 pm,
culminating in a "tribal earth dance" with
Dana Lyons at 10. I think. Admission to
the concert is by donation. Sponsored by
the Environmental Resource Center.
7
SATURDAY
TRADITIONS AND TRANSITIONS:
AMERICAN INDIANS OF SOUTHERN
PUGET SOUND," a new long-term
exhibit at the Washington Sta\C Capital
Museum, opens today at 1 pm with a
dedication, blessing, tribal dances by the
Twana
Dancers,
speakers,
art
demonstrations, and refreshments . It's at
211 W. 21st Avenue in Olympia, starting
at 1 pm. Info: 753-2580.
Yakima through alcoholism, poverty,
literary fame, and his death of cancer,
and includes memories of the writer from
his family and friends. The program also
uses audio tapes of Carver's poetry, read
by the author and by Studs Terkel,
dramatizations of two Carver short
stories, "Are These Actual Miles?" and
"Cathedral," adapted for television by
John Keeble, and live interview footage
of Carver from the BBC. Info: 728-6463.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
CELEBRATION today at New Freeway
Hall in Seattle, featuring two defendants,
Yolanda Alaniz and Gloria Martin, in the
Freeway Hall case, speaking out on that
lawsuit against socialist feminist leaders,
today at 2 pm in New Freeway Hall,
5018 Rainier Avenue S. in Seattle today
at 2 pm. A depression-era dinner will be
served at 5:30 pm. Admission $2/general,
$1.50/low income; dinner is $5.95. For
info, rides, advance tickets, or childcare,
call 722-6057 or 722-2453.
9
FRED GARBO, who's funny and
inflatable (a rare combination), brings his
incomparable shtick to Olympia this
THE WOMEN'S CENTER holds its
afternoon at 2 pm at the Washington
Center for the Performing Arts, 512 . weekly meeting in CAB 206 from 5 to
Washington S.E. in Olympia. He sings, 6 pm today. All women welcome. Info:
x6I62.
he tells jokes, he pumps himself until he
looks like a psychotic beach ball and
STONEWALL YOUTH, a peer suppon
dances around to "Do You Love Me?"
Yes, and he also plays Barkley the Dog group for gay, lesbian, and bisexual
on Sesame Street. All seats $6, plus youth in Thurston County meets tOday
from 7 to 9 pm at the Olympia
service fee. Info: 753-8586.
Timberland Library, comer of 8th and
Franklin in Olympia. Info: 866-4563 or
275-6998.
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MONDAY
SUNDAY
is a
documentary about Northwest writer
Raymond Carver, shows this morning on
KCTS Channel 9 at 10 am. The program
chronicles Carver's life from childhood in
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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.
SINGER AILEEN DENTON sings
Spanish folk songs, art songs, jazz, and
popular tunes, tonight in the Evergreen
Communications BUilding Recital Hall as
part of Evergreen's Winter Recital
program. Guest artists include Evergreen
faculty Andrew Buchman, local trwnpeter
Syd Potter, local saxophonist Steve
Munger, Evergreen students Ari Langer,
Chris Hyde, Sue Smiley, and Teresa
Jaworksi (who had her own recital on
March 3--sorry Teresa, I didn't mean to
leave it out), and maybe even live clog
dancing!
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WEDNESDAY
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DREAMZ (A GALLERIA) presents
Evergreen faculty Craig Carlson reading
some his poetry, along with Olympia
poets Leonard Martin and John Berst,
tonight at 7 pm, the first of the gallery's
monthly poetry readings. Info: 786-8953.
PLANNING MEETING FOR THE
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includes committee reports, a manager' s
report, old business, and new business.
Something for everyone.
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THURSDAY
STYLISTIC THEATER, an upperdivision coordinated studies program in
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an .~vening of collaborative performances
inspired by six months study of stylized
performance genres from around the
world. The individual pieces are tied
together by themes of adaptation and
coping, exploration and discovery.
Threads plays three times this week:
tonight, Friday night, and Saturday night;
all shows start at 8 pm in the Evergreen
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Signing of Executive Order 9066 recognized
by Dennis Yutaka Ginoza .
This piece was submitted for
publication on the afternoon of February
17.
February 19 marked the 50 year
anniversary of the signing of Executive
Order 9066. For most Euro-Americans,
this means nothing. Yet for AsianAmericans, especially those of Japanese
descent, Feb. 19 was historic. For on that
day fifty years ago, President Roosevelt
began a process which eventually led to
the internment of over 110,000 JapaneseAmericans in concentration camps
throughout the United States.
Following the bombing of Pearl
Harbor, on Dec. 7, 1941, U.S. military
intelligence began arresting those it
deemed "enemy aliens." Most of those
seized were teachers, priests, and other
community leaders. They were taken to
camps in places such as Texas, Montana,
and New Mexico and held with no specific
charges leveled against them.
..As war hysteria grew, so did calls_
for the removal of all Japanese-Americans
from the Western United States. Some
even called for their deportation to Japan.
Proponents of such actions claimed that all
people of Japanese ancestry were
intrinsically disloyal to the U.S. and
threats to the National Security.
Thus, on Feb. 19, 1942, President
Ewing, from page 9
humbly say that I am as guilty of this as
we all are, I have at least recognized the
sad fact that our commitment to holding
the government responsible for their
actions has left Olympia as quickly as
NIRV ANA. I will not talk about this now
(I don't understand the problem enough to
preach about it quite yet). Hopefully
though, you have recognized this and will
talk about it with people you know.
Perhaps our former commitment can reemerge in the future sometime, say around
November.
The most contentious things at the
meeting, however, was that he said that
while he obviously couldn't tell us to do
so, he wouldn't mind if someone were to,
say, blow up one of the columns on the
(state) capital building. This got one of
those little laughs that I mentioned before.
Unfortunately there was only one person
who spoke up against this, arguing that
hitting the state government would have
little effect in the other Capitol in the
other Washington. Mr. EPIC replied to
this by saying that everything was
connected, was it not? (I later mentioned
to a friend of mine that if this were true,
then why not blow up the clock tower, or
better yet go straight to the punch and
Roosevelt signed Executive 'Order 9066
which gave the Secretary of War the
power to designate military areas from
which "any and all persons may be
excluded as deemed necessary or
desirable." And while the United States
was at war with Germany and Italy as
well as Japan, only Japanese-Americans
were sent to the camps. In a succinct
summary of the rational behind such
obvious racism, Sen. Tom Stewart of
Tennessee stated, "A Jap is a Jap
anywhere you find him, and his taking an
oath of allegiance to this country would
not help, even if he should be permitted to
do so... They have been plotting for years
against the Americas and their
democracies .. ,one Jap at large in this
country or its possessions is a threat to the
defense program of America." Obviously,
Sen. Stewart and his supporters felt the
same was not true of German or Italian
Americans.
Thus over 110,000 JapaneseAmericans, 70,000 of whom_w.el'e citizens,
were sent to assembly centers hastily
constructed on race tracks, fairgrounds,
and other large spaces. One of these
assembly centers was located forty-five
minutes from Olympia in the town of
Puyallup. There, the Puyallup Fairgrounds
was transformed into "Camp Harmony."
From March 28 to Sept 12 "Camp
blow up a school bus carrying welfare
kids to a state school.) He said that most
people need to be slapped into recognizing
that a problem exists in our government.
What [' m saying is that if you slap the
wrong people, or even slap the right
people the wrong way, they're going to hit
you back. There is a definite need for
something to be done, radical or
otherwise. But before you go out and blow
.;omething up, you must very carefully
evaluate what you are striking at as well
as what others perceive you to be striking
at. ' People don't like it when their taxes
have to pay to repair government buildings
for reasons they don't understand; they
need it to mean something.
Terrorism, in only a very few cases
is a good way to effect change or make a
point. But if you're interested in d<:ling
something along those lines, ' do not
discuss possible actions in the presence of
people you do' not know, like a room full
of students there to watch films.
Possibly, if we are very careful and
thoughtful, maybe we can give te':TOrism
the good name it deserves and effect real
change in our society which desperately
needs it.
Daniel Ewing may be covering the
Nevada nuclear arms demonstration/rally
for the CPJ.
Only one more
CPJ issue this
quarter.
Take note:
Deadline is
Monday noon.
Harmony" held as maIlY as 7,390 internees
within its walls. From . there and ·other
assembly centers in California and Oregon,
the internees were sent to more permanent
concentration camps. Numbering 10 in all,
these, camps were located in desolate
regions of California, Idaho, Wyoming,
Utah, Arizona, Colorado, and Arkansas.
Conditions at the camps were less
than ideal. Those imprisoned had to live in
20' x 2S' rooms for a family of six. FOOd,
, medicine and other necessities were in
short supply as well while the barracks
provided little relief against boiling
summer heat and spb-zero winter winds.
Inhuman treatment by guards was
common. One elderly man was shot to
death by a guard when he wandered too
close to the perimeter fence of the camp.
The camps remained in operation
until the end of the War. Internees
returned to find their homes ruined, their
property stolen, their fields choked with
weeds. As they had done before, JapaneseAmericans began the task _of rebuilding
their lives with no compensation from the
government despite the fact that the 442
Regimental Combat Team, made up of
Japanese-Americans, earned the most
decorations of any unit in World War II
and despite the fact that not a single act of
sabotage was committed by a Japanese-
American against the United States.
For many years, the · JapaneseAmerican community remained largely
silent on the interment experience. Yet in
the past tw~ntY years, Asian-Americans .
have been successful in addressing some
of the wrongs committed against them by
the enactment of E.O. 9066.
The result was that in 1988,
President Reagan signed a bill which
offered an official apology to all the
internees and awarded a $20,000 monetary
award to each living internee.
Yet much work remains to be done.
Fifty years after the internment, one can
see signs of a renewed American anger
against Asia in general, and Japan in
particular. Such sentiments take the form
of "Japan-bashing" and the rise of Pat
Buchanan as well as more deadlier
manifestations. The most infamous of
these was the case of Vincent Chin who
was murdered by auto workers after they
mistook him for Japanese (he was a
Chinese.::American) ...IhusiLseems-eruciaithat at this time in our history, all
Americans should remember to what
extent bigotry will surge if unchecked by
ideals of justice and equality.
Dennis Yutaka Ginoza is a peer
counselor for First Peoples' and a
member of Asian Students in Alliance.
McKechnie, from page 8
are still prejudices. As Lillian Rubin says
in Erotic Wars: "[C]oming to terms with
the reality that psychological change will
not follow automatically on the heels of
social change is one of the most difficult
problems all revolutionary movements
must confront."
Mark McKechnie is a senior at
Evergreen who just wishes Ihat everyone
would be nice and get along ,
also use stereotypes, make sweeping
generalizations, call each other names, and
hang labels on each other. At Evergreen,
we would like to think that we are
different, that we are above all that, but
sometimes we just use different labels.
The prejudices may be different, but they
bathrooms, from cover
leading inlO the studio with soundproof
material.
Fred Murray, head of the project for
Brad Barrett Construction in Yelm, says
his crew will probably fmish the second
floor modifications, except for the new
grab bars, early in the week, reopen those
bathrooms while they work on the third
floor, and then come back down to install
the grab bars.
Brown. from cover
pledge thursday night. Two Brown
supporters.held a sign behind the candidate
which read "We The People - Take Back
America".
The candidate, who wore a red
ribbon in his lapel to indicate his solidarity
with people living with AIDS, spoke at
lengths of his efforts to ' bring about
diversity in the California government
during his administration, speaking of
"hlackpower, and gay power, and people
power."
Brown was governor of California
from 1975 to 1983. He made national
headlines shortly after the election when
Total budget for the remodeling is
$6,000, and Murray's workers have thirty
days to complete it, although Jacob says
he anticipates completion in two weeks.
Kowalewski says the project is in
accordance with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA), a federal law that
became active last January, which calls for
handicapped access in all American public
buildings, and lays down guidelines for
new construction.
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