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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 22, Issue 17 (February 27, 1992)
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27 February 1992
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Rob
your vinyl.
so glossy
so varted,
smites me with your bounce.
your pink, shell-like
ears.
clean and corrugated,
rtpplings waves of rose and mauve
inner recesses shadowed in mystery.
I search within your
soft, brovm blue eyes.
for the source.
the hidden meanings of your midnight roamings.
your petulant refusal
of the masters.
why,
i ask why,
c.J
do you despise the
pre-approved, pre-packaged
greatness which makes the phallologocentric
taste of that transparent other.
kittens, dogs, sheep ,
marking days with you.
~ Oh--piss off.-
Take It Off and Turn It Over
Shake my shirt, make me
inside out binurnally and expose
wounds
on rags once clenched on vertebrae.
small-ragged corpselike
bits of grapes,
bunnies, singing in my
mind, speak of dreams,
. nightmares
corpulent phantasms.
What--me a burrito eater?
by Estrogen Unit #2
Vertical, horizontal: we control, we, oui, them both in ways
you don't understand,
fourth and only Trunkey.
7he poetry and
compute( generated artwOllc
on this page were created
by the Home
for the Easily Amused;
which includes
Robed M Keefe
and Karl T. Steel
Something holds, heights the mystery
in the alcove of its cheek, Trunkey, Alan.
Trunkey, trunkey: like .the way it rhymes with fun~y:
although you can't shake your thang--watennelon IS good.
Yes, brave A Lawrence Tee, watennel0n. is good fUd. . .
Better than bicycles: better than linle understood transmIssIons.
Better than beer poured on your bed late
after listening to Bruce cough
his penis
.
into something unfortunately onymous.
Bruce swam fishlike
above coughing.
Becky: A Poem
Really
To K. (PG)
Somehow, but, you sleep
and tum yoUr shirt, inside oUL
-Placenta Gardner
zit in her nose
and dark, floral hose
rings on the toes
. so now i am in throes
sensing a "pattern"
the name is like "icl<y"
the flesh is like ']erky"
in the morning she's "perky"
and smells Just like "turkey"
Reel me a speel of kinch
and the places that make him flinch.
Reaching to his lower extremities
'neath his copy of Eumenides
(Aye, he's a claSSical boy
his spelling is tremenides).
Like an Otis BalIan water
likf; sheep to the slaughter,
he stepped across the puddles
into spaces of red square
thinking me his personal ·saviour
IC'est estrange).
Descende calvel He said to me.
What me a burrito eaterl
But I piqued me head
and laid upon his thigh.
Chair onto himself
a skull to match mine in the future.
Yes.
the moon is her beacon
it starts her a - tweek~in'
her brains all a-Ieakin'
"Buckhorn: She won't drink it"
To the basement, I.
He on the River sticks
floating upward.
To hang with a deadman.
her cycles confused
her rhythms refused
her verse all reused
and tonverse quite fused
(And the Cerwtn-Vegas are tIes cool.)
"If ever I were to see
someone else with baguette and brie,
i would no doubt be
thrown into the sea."
Par fwmme de mort.
Baba Ganoush
February 27,1992 · Volume 22 Issue '17
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Corner corIlered:
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Money woes plague collective
by Stephanie Zero
The financial situation at The Comer
is getting worse and with each passing day
Evergreen's community-nm food
collective is falling deeper into debt. If
things don't improve, The Comer may be
forced to close this spring; and that notion
has students mobilizing to save it.
"It's looking more pessimistic
everyday, but ['m not nailing the coffin
down," said Chuck McKinney, Housing
Starf Liason for the Comer.
In an allempt to snve The Comer,
collective members have organized a
benefit conccrt for March 6 in the
Community Center featuring the bands
Core Program, Ten Pound Bng, and even
the elusive Helltrout.
"I think we're at a crossroads where
we need to do one of two things; find
ways to bring in more diners or cut
production and labor costs, which would
mean major restructuring of the Comer,"
said Kirsten Schaffer, Corner collective
~
member.
"We realized we wcre in debt in
October and we haven't becn able to snap
out of it," said Gene Coladonnto, anoUler
Comer collective mcmber.
The Comer is in debt because they
aren't attracting as many Cllstomers as in
the past and they can't figure out why.
"There isn't a nice simple clean
villain," said McKinney, "I sec a series of
things [that account for the debt]."
"That's areal fact, the Comer is 1015 percent below the [volume of
customers of) the past two years," said
McKinney. "For example last year we
wouldget 195-200 cu~tomers a night.lhis
year it's between 175-180 customers a
night. "
Some members of the collective are
concerned that the Evergreen community
doesn't support the ide,il of a student run
collective.
"I think the one thing that will help
the Comer is students recognizing thc
importance of a student run collective,"
said Schaffer.
"The Comer is likc an icon of the
colla1x?ration that Evergreen was founded
on," said McKinney. "Maybe the same old
Evergreen values aren't valued anymore."
The members of the Comer are in
the process of doing a survey of how to
improve the Comer to attract customers.
They have already taken suggestions
from patrons like tying their hair back and
wearing aprons, according to Julie
Havener, Corncr collfX:tive member.
Members have also have generated
ideas for solutions like advertising more,
cutting wages, dropping breakfast, adding
lunch, having music at Sunday brunch,
and getting a jukebox so that people can
selfX:t their own music.
Discontinuing the use of organic
local ingredients, discontinuing the
purchase of organic coffee from a
collective in Guatemala, and shutting
down the Comer will be the last options to
be considered.
The members of the Comer are
using a $7,000 fund that has been saved
over the years to buy new equipment and
to pay for repairs, or for use in case of an
emergency (ie: if an oven blew up).
McKinney says he doesn't know
how far the debt will have tOJ Q before
they will have to seriously consider
shutting down, but right now it looks like
it will be when the $7,000 fund is used
up.
"If we can make it pay for itself it
will survive," says McKinney.
"There will definitely be an
alternative student run food service in the
community center next year even if we
have to shut down and reorganize this
Spring," said McKinney.
Though the Comer collective makes
il~ own decisions (who to hire, when to
serve food, and what to put on the menu)
its accounts are handlecl by Housing.
The Corner is further subsidized
through reduced rent of the Community
Center, use of I-lousing IyIaintenance
services free of charge, and not having to
pay for Chuck McKinney's services as
Liason to Housing.
Stephanie Zero is a CPJ staff writer.
WA caucuses announced
list of sites will also run in local papers
by Jeffery ~ \ Bradley
Washington St.1tc Democrats and befo~e the caucuseS. People registered to
Rcpublicans will hold their annual vote outside of Thurston County may
caucuses Tuesday, March 3. This is the contact their county auditor to find out
chance for both<·parties to discuss local caucus locations.
The caucuses-will begin at 8 pm for
and pnrty issues, work on the party
platform, and to select delegates for the boUI parties, and will last an hour or two,
....
COU11ly convention. The Democrats will depending on tfie issues discussed.
The big issue for Republicans this
also vote on their party's nominee for
year is abortion. This is expected to be
Presidcnt.
To participate at either party's .heavily debated at the national convention
caucuses, you need to be a registered in July. They will also take a straw poll on
voter, and you will have to declare who should be the party's presidential,
yourself a Republican or Democrat gubernatorial and senatorial nominees.
respectively. Unlike elections, you can
For Ule Democrats, the big issue to
become a registered voter up until the day be decided is who the party's nominee for
of the caucuses. Both parties expect to president will be. Washington is the first
ha ve registrars at most caucus sites, but it big western state to have caucuses or
is suggested that you register beforeh~ . . primaries, and, coming as early as it does
Democrats who live in studedt in the race,fould play an important role in
housing at Evergreen will caucus at the either endi~g or revitalizing a, candidates
Thurston County Courthouse, Building 2, run for the nomination, All the major
Rooms 132 and 149. The Republicans candidates are planning to visit the state
have yet to release their list of caucus before Tuesday in hopes of winning
sites. Outside of housing, to find out . delegates.
.
where you should caucus call the Thurston
Jeffery D. Bradley is covering the
County Auditor or the Thurston County national elections for the CPJ.
Democmts or Republicans respectiv,ely. A
The Jv.erareen State CoDeae
Olympia. \VA 9850&
Addreu OorrectlOD Requeete4
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Checking out the dinner scene at
Comer, photo by David Mattingly
Ruth Brandwein
by Andrew Hamlin
"I was born in Brooklyn, New York,
went to Brooklyn College, and started out
as an elementary school teachcr, because
in those days that was what nice girls
from Brooklyn did," said Evergreen
Presidential Candidate Ruth Brandwein,
recounting her life during an open forum
in the S&A enclosure Feb. 21.
"But I got interested
in
existentialism, and Eastern religion, and
questions of what life is all about, so J
decided I would major in philosophy, and
get all the answers," continued Brandwein,
who is currently Commissioner for the
Suffolk: County Department of Social
Serviccs in New York state.
After college she worked in New
York as a librarian, then as a substitute
teacher after having her first child. She
taught in primarily black and Puerto Rican
neighborhoods, whcre the conditions her
students lived in influenced her to become
a social worker.
Aftcr separating from her husband,
she moved to Seattle, working for the
Parks Dbpartment, directing the Jackson
Street Community Council, starting other
community councils, fighting the Third
Bridge project, and helping to start the
city's Community School Board,
She quit working to finish a
Master's Dcgree, then "took the kids and
camped cross-country in my Morris
. See Brandwein. paget3
Roberto Haro
by Giselle Weyte
"If you are in a mixed crowd ... and'
you're Caucasian, you're going to be the
othg, especially if they're speaking a
language that you don't understand ... Who
are the others?
Women, minorities,
disabled, gays, lesbians, and in many
cases, people who are involved in a norttraditional education program," said
Robcrto Haro, presidential candidate, in a
student forum Tuesday, February 25.
Haro is currently the director of the
Monteray County canlpus, of San Jose
University in Salinas, California.
He said he felt the role. of president
at Evergreen encompassed four critical
roles of the institution: maintaining a
regular dialog with groups outside
Evergreen, bringing different campus
elements and groups together, soliciting
outside resources, and bringing together
groups of students and alumni to get their
input on what works and What doesn't.
Presidential
Candidate
Presidential·
Candidate ~,'f
. Haro pre~erred to ,use the term CEO
(Chl~f ExecuUve OffIcer) rather than
preSIdent.
,
When asked of If he planned to
bring more attention to the Chicano
population at Evergreen, Haro replied,
"Being a Chicano, for me, is an
ideological frame of reference. It's having
come up from a different culture and
see Haro. page 3
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News
NEWS BRIEFS
Ken Dolbear to
speak on politics
<:)"o~ of ~~ . ~\J .."-If you are a white male and feel guilty
about it, get over it. Guilt-ridden individuals
CAN NOT GET THINGS DONE!
OLYMPIA--The Evergreen State College
Alumni Association is pleased to sponsor
a presentation by Ken Dolbear. faculty
member and political economist on March
3 at the Legislative Building. His subject,
"Beyond Left and Right, " considers new
kind s of political thinking. -This
Ajae Behr responds to Eric Wirsing and Eric Featherstone's
presentation includes a lively response article in last week's CPJ about male-bashing.
from a Democrat and Republican House
see guilty men, page 7
and Senate member. Your active
parti cipation will be welcomed or just
come to listen.
moveable 4' x 6' panels and is due to be
The event will take place Tuesday,
completed by the end of winter quarter.
March 3 from 4-5 pm in Room E of the
The Alumni Association Board is
John O'Brien Building- on the Capitol
interested in giving any needed support to
Campus in Olympia. The presentation is' OL YMPIA--Lots of Evergreen talent takes student activities and programs. If you
open to the public. .
the stage in a local production of the
have a project you would like the Board to
Broad~ hit "Anything Goes," Thursday,
help with or are interested in creating and
Marclr'i 2 at The Washington Center for
working with Alumni-Student programs
the Performing Arts. Provost office staffer contact your Alumni Board Student
Sue Hirst and Faculty Member Janet QU Representative Kasey Harbine at 866EVERGREEN--Have you been wanting to
tap dance and sing in the production. T~ 4645.·
assist the local community but find
sho~ also features Adjunct Faculty
Tasl~
Member Ruth Palmer lee and many
yourself running short on spare time? Now
Evergreen students and alumni, as well as
is your chance to do three hours of work
staff and faculty spouses and partners.
that w ill have a lasting impact. Saturday.
"
Match 7, students, staff and faculty can
OL YMPIA--The
Olympia AIDS Task
work together on the 8th annual Hunger
Force is now accepting applications for
Clean Up sponsored by the National
new volunteers.
Student Campaign Against Hunger and
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Homelessness and Wa5hPIRG. All are EVERGREEN--The Alumni Association
encouraged to participate. For more Board recently granted $200 to students
information contact Andrew Gamson. painting a First Peoples Mural. The mural
will depict the struggles and hopes of First
WashPIRG coordinator at 866-6000
x6058.
Peoples. It will be constructed on five
OLYMPIA POTTERY & ART SUPPLY
For Greeners
"Anything Goes"
Help WashPIRG
clean up hunger
AIDS
Force
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Money granted
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OP.9lS
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Tuesday, February I
0 134: "White Phone" on the fo urth Ooor
of the Library was fo und vandali/.cd.
Wednesday, February 19
Ol IO: Vehicle repo rted vandali zed whil e
parked in C- Iot.
Thursday, February 20
0048: Student reported that a person was
living in the S & A offi ce.
03 29: Vehicle was towed from Dorm
Loop.
1650: Student (a nd CPJ stalTer) reported
finnin g bones across from the campus'
lower mcadow .
2000: Fire alarm went o Il in J-dorm due
to burnt food.
2320: C-dorm res ident repor,eCeiYing
hara3sing phone call s.
FridllY, February 21
1003: Person reported a vehi cle in F-Iot
had ' its windows smashed in and items
taken.
1913 : Fireworks were reported to have
been set off on the pl<ly-ficld.
•
2 139: Vehicle accident at Parkway and
Kaiser Rd . No blocking or injuries
reported.
Sat'V'day, February 22
0100: Wmdow in Lab l was found
'1'>
insccure.
0635 : Door in Lab I found insecure.
14 14: S tuclent reported another student \tad
severely sprained or broken her ankle. 911
was called.
1703: Rcsident reIXlrted that she had a
very hi gh fever ancl was having trouble
breathing. 911 was call c'd and medics
arrived .
Sunday, February 23
0317: Officer reportcd findin g a bicycle on
Driftwood Rd.
1230: D~ dorm resident reported hi s bicyc:le
stolen.
,
Monday, Fchru:lry 24
0424: Water leak reported in Phase I
housing. 06 1 I: Roo m on the sccond Il oor of ~ab I
was found to be illsccLlJe.
1341: Firc affirm went orr in Q-dorm due
to burnt toast.
1744: D-dorm res idellt reponed seeing
someone breaking bottles in th e A-dorm
recycl ing area.
Security performed 57 public
services (unlocks. escorts , jump starts,
etc ) this week.
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Errata
Last week we had several erratics:
According to one of the parties
involved, the Security Blotter enrry
"Woman student reported man student (it
turns out that they're roommates) still
harassing her," was eIToneous--the parties
involved were floor-mates in the same
dorm.
Last week ' s story Cost, anonymity
problems mar. campus AIDS testing, is the
subject of some debate. The author,
unfortunately, has been unavailable for
comment. See the response from Peler
Chapa on page 3.
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SPEAKS ON THE PERSIAN GULF WAR
plus
"THE WAR WE LEFT BEHIND"
A HIGHLY ACCLAIMED FILM DOCUMENTARY
BY ANDREW COCKBURN ANALYZING THE CAUSES
AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE GULF WAR.
Sat. March 7
7pm - Capitol Theater
206 5th Avenue, downtown Olympia
Alexander Cockburn has written for Atlantic , Harpers
and New York Review, and writes regularly for
- the Wall Street Journal, and The Nation .
He will address current U.S. foreign policy and the effects
-of the continued United Nations' embargo on Iraq.
Roberto Haro.
photo by David Mattingly
having had to blend both of them, and
creating an identity that I was comfortable
with ... It also means underst:mding what
the others have gone through, because I
was an other.
"I have no desire to push exclusively
a Chicano agenda on thi s campus ... I do
want though for people perhaps to look at
my ex perience as a way to better
understand the other groups that have been
discllfranchised. The other groups that
have not received the kinds of
opportunities that they should have. And
I guess what I'm looking for is people
who are the others to find a way to come
together, share their experiences, and
communicate that experience to the larger
society."
-_
He went on to say that diversity
can't be created just by increasing the
number of minority students. Students
have to be able to feel comfortable and
interact, or they won't stay.
When asked about making Evergreen
more accessible to people with disabilities,
Haro stressed his experienees with faculty
elsewhere who had very negative attitudes
about people with disabilities. Haro said
he did not tolerate these attitudes and
would not tolerate any such attitudes at
Evergreen.
One student asked about Haro's idca
of only staying at Evergreen for five years
(which was brought up in Haro's speech
to students Monday noon), and asked how
he could accomplish the things he set out
to do in that time here. Haro responded
by telling a short story that he wrote, in
which a man in China was fighting in a
war between China and the Soviet Union.
Each time he returned home, he
would have to cross a stream that had no
bridge. So every time he came by, he
would throw a large stone into the stream,
and encourage others to do the same. He
knew that the bridge might not be
completed in hi s lifetime, but he would
contribute to it.
Haro said that if he is selected as
president, he may not be here more than
five years, but that is enough time to work
on the footbridge.
When asked how he would defend
Evergreen against people in the outside
community who aren't comfortable with
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the school, Haro said that he felt the best
approach was to put together a brief
presentation and speak in casual sessions
to _ groups like Rotary Clubs and
legislators.
"Don't underestimate legislators," he
said. "It's not the role of a CEO for an
institution like this to get involved in a
shouting match with a legislator. That
doesn't work. However, you always touch
the power that a legislator needs. And
that's where alumni can be very helpful."
Haro gave an example of how in
California a legislator spoke out against a
diversity program. "We did two things
right away. First. I put together a panel
on the campus and invited him to come or
to send a representative to voice his side
of it. I asked the students to determine the
other side of it. And then I got a hold of
the alumni association and I got the
alumni in his district to send letters of
support in our behalf. When he got to his
office, there were - three sacks of mail
waiting for him. Took him' about two
weeks before he changed his mind."
When further questioned, Haro said
in regard to his feeling s of the role of
president, "So it's not so much that I want
to overlay or impress upon the institution
which way I think it should go. It's more
that I want the institution to come
together. and to di scuss how it wan ts to
go. And then I'll try to fa ciIi tate that as
much as I can."
He noted that Evergreen is currently
undergoing a change in faculty, with many
of the original faculty retiring and new
faculty coming ill.·- -He seeS this as a
process that will rejuvenate Evergreen and
that the president will play a critical role
as part of this process.
Giselle Weyte is a managing editor
of the CPJ.
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Another question was how she, as
Mirror" to Brandeis University in Boston,
president,
would deal with an college
where she took a Ph.D. ·in Social Welfare.
Subsequently she's held positions at the "where the faculty, students and staff think
University of Iowa, the State University of they run the place." "It's not that they
New York at Stony Brook, the Task Force think they do, they do," she replied. "The
on Family Violence in Suffolk County, . way I've operated ... (is] in a very
and her current Commissioner job.
collaborative way ... when I (irst did that
Asked what she thought the people thought I was asking them [their
relationship between social work and opinions] because I didn't know what to
higher education was, Brandwein said, "In do .. .instead of realizing that I was opening
this role, I would be the president of an it up for dialogue and discussion."
The next audience member asked
entire college, dealing with faculty and
students, and programs that [are] much what Brandwein would do to improve
broader than social work ...One thing I campus access for people with handicaps,
could bring to the school the fact that I do mental as well as physical. Brandwein said
have that social work and public service that first, she'd "want to know what our
backl,'Tound ... One-third of [Evergreen] current policies are ... and what the facility
students end up in human services of some situation is. After that, depending on what
kind, and I also read that one of the information I got, I'd probably want to set
missions of this college is public up a DTF, with the different constituencies
conccrned, to make a recommendation . I
service ... "
Another audience member asked don't have an answer, but I think I can
what she had learned about the school explain some of the questions ... "
Asked what experience she had as a
from visiting. Brandwein said, "I've
fundraiser,
Brandwein replied, "I've done
learned that people really like it here,"
a
lot
of
grant
writing, brought in probably
citing favorable reports she'd heard from
several
million
dollars in irants over the
graduates, faculty, and students, but,
.1
realize
we're going to have to
years
..
"despite the mission for multiculturalism,
find
additional
funding
sources, and I have
there's not a heck of a lot of it on campus.
of
how
we
could do that. .. A
some
ideas
Ruth Brandwein. photo by David Mattingly . That's an issue I would want to address ..."
Presidential Candidate Roberto Haro, from cover
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Ninety-five percent of all toxic
discharges go unreported under current
environmental regulations.
Many
discharges, in fact, cannot even be
classified as waste or spills, because the
toxics, under regular production practices,
end up in our household products and
food. Therefore, environmental action that
focuses on trying to clean up toxic waste
only approaches part of the problem and
not always the most dangerous part. This
is a frightening fact when one considers
that currently in the United States, each
year over two tons of toxic chemicals are
used and produced for every woman, man,
lot of the alumni here, like those at Stony
BrOOk, are not real affluent, but there's
other things they can do, in terms of time
and effort and contributing to projects ...
"I also think that, tied to that,
[should be] a public relations campaign,"
Brandwein added, "because I don't know
how you heard about Evergreen, but J
think a lot of people out there are not
aware of the school, and how unique it is,
and how successful it's been ... the more the
message gets out now, the more access the
school will have to private contributions
and foundation contributions ... "
Dr. Brandwein concluded her forum
with remarks on environmental policy,
touching on her membership in the Sierra
Club and her campaigning against nuclear
testing.
Andrew Hamlin sometimes arrives at
parties with babies as gifts.
Campus HIV
testing
clarified
by Peter Chapa
In view of the recent CP1 article
which contained many misquotes and
inaccuracies about the TESC Health
Center HIV testing, [sec Errata on page 2]
I would like to clear up any confusion that
has arisen as a result.
The TESC Health Center is now
offering anonymous HlV testing on
Tuesday mornings, by appointment.
"Anonymous" testing means that
individual's names will not be recorded
anywhere. Clients are encouraged to
submit pseudonyms for record keeping
purposes. Numbers will be assigne.d to
each name given. This number is
submitted to the laboratory along with
blood samples for testing.
The lab will run one or two separate
tests on each blood sample. A general
screening test called an "ELISA" is
For any
performed on all samples.
samples that are positive on ELISA
testing, a second confirmatory test called
a "Western Blot" is run. A positive test
means that both the ELISA and Western
Blot tests were positive.
Due to the cost of laboratory testing.
the Health Center is unable to offer free
HIV testing. The cost of an ELISA test is
$25.00. The cost of a Western Blot is
$41 .00_
C lienL~ arc asked to pay S66.00 up
front for testing. If tes L~ are negati ve
cli ents arc refund ed $41.00 (the cost of a
Western illot).
Test resul ts arc available two weeks
from the date of blood cull ec ti on.
Appo intmenL> can be made by
calling the TESC Health Ccnter at 8666000 x6200.
The Thursto n CouIIty Health
Departme nt is al so offerin g HIV testin g.
For information call 786-558l.
We arc happ y to answer any
questions about HIV/AIDS or testing. Fee l
free to call or visit the Health Center.
Peter Chapa is the Director of the
TESC Counseling and lIealth Center.
and child.
To reveal more about this problem ,
on Thursday, March 5, WashPIRG will be
having Home Toxics Awareness Day here
at Evergreen. In the CAB you can stop by
an information table and take part in the
Pesti Challenge. You have heard of the
Pepsi Challenge, come take the Pesti
Challenge and compare the taste of
organically grown produce to that of
chemically grown produce. Mmm . There
will also be a special edition of ~e Toxic
Table set up for you to write a letter to
your congressional representative
concerning toxics use reduction and
enforcement legislation.
Whatever you do, do not miss the
"You're in Jeopardy" game show that
evening at the Community Center. All are
welcome to participate. If you would like
to help plan or implement these activities,
call WashPIRG at x6057. See you there .
10hn Engelman is a WashPJRG
volunteer.
\
Cooper Point Journal February 27, 1992 Page 3
Columns
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Ramifications of safe sex and paranoia
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by Frank and Heidi
I. (She didn't go down on me) we
are free-unprotected-Iove-bullshitting-each
other into the grave. (I don't know my
HIV status after the last two weeks, do
you?) Safe sex, embarrassment, intimacy,
tenderness, these go together. (What are
you talking . about? I'm straight!) leaving
morality behind where it should be. (He
didn't go down on me) what docs it feel
like to wait the two weeks to get the +/status of the H1V test? (I didn't have any
cuts in my mouth) only 85 % accuracy
after the fir st six weeks. (It was only forty
five seconds of unprotected genital/mouth
contact max) a high er percentage after six
months. (She wasn ' t blecding) only after a
year it is 100% accurate ... with a few
exceptions. (He/we didn't ejaculate) we he
interdisciplinary junkies that we are (don't
even try and deny it), educated to be so
aware, elevated to a higher state of
sensitivity anG'motivated to change our
harmful ignorant ways, (But we're
monogamous!
[sec
infidelity])
so
concerned not to repress or exclude
anyone for their queer status, ethnicity;
spiritual orientation, economic privilege,
c1uthing preference, hair length, number of
toes, substance use, assorted co-dependent
issues, meat or dairy habit), fantasies of
yachts,
sado-masochistic
tendencies,
immanent relationships with leather wear,
soft spot for sexual roles, penchant for
toys and/or erotica/pornography, etc. until
I can twist my ideas of acceptance into a
state of my-morals-are-just- socialcons tr ucts-an yw a y -so-therc-reall y -i s- no(What's
right-or -wrong-it' s-a1I-relati ve.
that on your hand, a hangnail perhaps?)
where are the lines that I shouldn't cross?
(In the space a single period takes up tens
of thousands of our HIV friend s can be
groovin' along quite ni cely) ' how much
acceptance can I take?/persuade myself to
Reruns? What the ... ?
by Seth" Skippy" Long
Maybe
it
was
the sudde n
reappearance of th at large, bright object in
the sky this past wec k but I found The
Bev situation pathetic. I mean, let' s face it,
showing reruns because "Super" Dave
THE
THIRD
FLOOR
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STUDENT GROUPS
WEEKLY
Osborne wanted to perform hi s Velveeta
impreSSIOn in Hawaii, nut only were they
reruns but they were I3AD rerun s (i s there
any other type?) III fact , Ihey were so
awful that I would rid myself of any and
all self-respect .by repealin g their plots on
these hallowed p:lges.
Look b£lck at last wcc k' s television
line-up and £Isk yourself if it was worth
missing Shark Wi g in U-dorm . We had
CBS' feeble allelllpt at broadcasting the
Winter Olympi cs, tJ1e usual prime-time sitcoin brain food and Fox' s answer to the
winter doldrums, "Super" Dave on the
be£lch. Personally, I'm glad I went to Udorm . If you actually DID stay home on
Thursday evening, shame on you. You
missed one hell of a show (yes, that was
another mystery bass player behind Sean
and beside the refri gerator). Have a nice
week BevHcads, and pray to the sideburn
and big bangs gOd for a new episode
tonight.
*Skippy ge ts the RJ Nesse star of
approval for nonchalantly mentioning one
of her favorit e bands in The Bev this
we ek .
condone? (It's no longer a question of
pulling out in time) with politics and
desire and caring and health ramifications
coming together and spewing forth a
generation of sexual individuals who deal
with the fear factor of our vulnerability to
the HIV virus and AIDS. (It never was)
the angst ridden and similarly twisted
individuals who are my friends and my
lovers riddled with cognitive processes,
our fertile minds over stimulated, and
creative energies bound with our
knowledge. We are bursting for and with
the need to address the issues that speak
of our sexuality, our lies, our future, our
fear, and each other.
II. In my mind the fear gets larger
and larger. So big and invisible. I see it
just behind me, behind every thought,
every motion, every word I write. It is
true, ominous,
the possibility ... the
potential. I am running down the hall as
fast as I can go; my breath in my ears and
my heart in my throat. The spot in the
crook of my arm where the sample was
taken growing houer and hotter as I run
from my fear. From the breath of
immanent death down my neck and from
that spot in my arm, that spOt of
knowledge, of assurance or confIrmation,
from that I run. But it is attached to me.
The fear is attached to me. I cannot run
from the consequences of my choices, my
actions. They are forever attached to me.
I must stop and face my fear. Please stop.
Give me a moment of peace, of not
thinking of you! I will not kill myself with
consuming
your mutated thoughts.
Paranoid self destruction. I will not be
consumed by you.
Live from
Channel
Nine
by RJ Nesse
. Well, here we go again with the
second installment of Live From Channel
Nine, the column that invites you to get
out of your cushy chair and live life as if
you were a vital part of Public TV.
If it is enterl<tining to watch other
people shoot rapids and climb mountains,
wouldn't it be even more so to do It
yourself? There you'd be, you, yourself
and none other, Live From Channel Nine:
Calling all rock-jocks and desert
desperados: How docs a trip to Joshua
Tree sound? Matthew Hill is planning a
spring break trip to the national monument
and would love to hear from any
adventuresome folks who would like to
share the expense of a van or a chartered
bus. Mat is waiting for your call al
x6533.
For the webbed ones among us,
TESC White-water Rafting is offering
weekly trips; wetsuits provided. Pre-trip
meetings are on Wednesdays at 5:30 in
CRC 112 (the meeting room near the front
desk) Lots'o adventure at a low cost.
For more information conl<tct N~ean at
x6533.
Wolves & Grizzlies Recovery
perspectives from
the
Greater
Yellowstone and North Cascade's
Ecosystems. While it isn't truly a "live"
event, (you won't magically tum into a
furry creature and run barking from the
lecture hall) it certainly appears to be an
interesting present.1tion . . Louisa Willcox
and Lon Almack will di scuss wolf/grizzly
issues
and
answer questions
on
Wednesday night at 7 pm in Lecture Hall
1.
Have an outdoor plan that needs
publicity? Submiss ions for Live From
Channel Nine can be dropped into the CP j
submissions box in CAll 312, or mailed to
the CPJ at CAB 312, Olympia WA 98505.
RJ Nesse is the editor of the CPJ
and she doesn' tfeel guilty f or plugging the
Wolves & Grizzlies lecture (in a column
that thrives on outdoor activities) because
sitting in an interactive presentation in the
lecture halls is beller than silling in front
of the IV. right?
~----------------------------------------------------~
oThi s Thursday , Feb. 27, the Parent
Support Network is having an advisory
board meeting at my house (a 6 pm
potluck). For any parent/students who are
interested in attending, please call me at
866·6000 x6636 or at 357-7920 (there are
a nswering services on both, please leave
your name and number). Remember, your
part is important! Thank you ! Crystal
0Support the UFW and Washington State
Farmworkers as they battle for their right
to collective bargaining. Be at the Capitol
at 1 pm, Friday, Feb. 28. Also, Born in
Flames will be shown in Lecture Hall 3,
March 3rd. This powerful feminist film
will begin at 8 pm ...don't miss it ...AND
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!
Paul H. Henry is the Public
Info rmation Coordinator f or Student
Acti vities.
by Rafael Marino
A figure is said to be arcwise
connected if any two points in it can be
connected by a curve completely inside the
figure; otherwise it is called
disconnected. There exists in topology
the concept of "connected," which"is
almost the same as "arcwise connected."
In this article I am not going to make any
distinction between the two concepts. The
different parts of a disconnected fIgure are
its connected components.
THE
MA THEMA TICAlL
WITNESS
Japan, The Philippines, Indonesia are
especially disconnected.
The only
countries that are really connected are
landlocked countries such as Bolivia or
Switzerland.
Sometimes countries have become
disconnected against their will. Such is
the case of Panama.
When Teddy
Roosevelt wanted to build the Panama
Canal, at the beginning of this century, he
wanted to keep the Canal Zone as a U.S.
territory. This caused Panama to become
a disconnected cauntly,
The main
or
France and a connection or
two of its points
A country by the sea usually has
islands. A country could ' also have
disconnected portions. Such countries are
topologn:ally equivalent to a collection of
disconnected circles. The United States,
for instance, would look something like
this:
e
SA
...
)
Iy WI'11 be
an lIlJusl1ce
W h'IC h<V
lortunate
amended by the end of the century
according to treaties signed by Panama and
the U.S.
THE UNITED STATES
A connected Panama by
the end or the century
,By the way, did you know that when a
ship goes through the Panama Canal from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, that is
from East to West, it actually goes from
West to East? (Observe the direction of
the canal.)
Another sad case of a disconnected
country was Pakistan. Since the end of
1947
After a blody war - one million people
died - they became two separate countries:
Pakistan and Bangladesh.
WOLVES
& GRIZZLIES
LOUISA WILLCOX,
to support literacy projects, or
designing programs to combat
substance abuse.
In addition to acquiring
valuable
and
rewarding
experience, VISTA Voluntee rs
may receive defennent or partial
cancellation of certain student .
loans . VISTA Volunteers receive
a living allowance based on th e
economic level of the
communities they serve .
As you look toward graduation,
consider becoming a VISTA
Volunteer. VISTA offers you the
opportunity to shape a community and
share a vision of a better tomorrow.
BE AVISTA VOLUNTEER
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(VISTA) is pan of ACTION. the Federal Domestic
Volunteer Agency. Washington. D.C. 20525
For more infonnation on becoming a
VISTA Voluntee r, please call 1·800424-8867.
.
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Bangladesh ~
A ridiculously extreme case of
disconnection is the Hamburg Empire
during the XVII century. I decided not to
include the respective map because it is
just too complicated, but the interested
reader cf)uld look at any historical atlas.
The last disconnection of a nation has
happened to Russia, and strangely enough
it has not been in the news. There is a
small portion of Russia - mostly
comprising the city of Kaliningrad (old
KOnigsberg) - that has been disconnected
from the main part of the country for
years. However, this disconnection has
not been very significant since it occurred
inside the old Soviet Union. Now that
Belorussia and (especially) Lithuania are
'independent states, this disconnection of
Russia is real.
Point Roberts ,
Presents
Director
Greater Yellowstone Coalition , Bozeman, Montana
VIST A Volunteers share the
vision of a better tomorrow by
making a contribution in the
community today . Brighter
futures take shape when VISTA
Volunteers mobilize and develop
community resources to address
the many faces of poverty.
After your college career is
completed, VISTA offers you the
opportunity to put your education
to work in realistic settings.
VISTA Volunteers leam life skills
- skills only a year of unique
VISTA experience can prOVide .
VISTA Volunteers are assigned to
projec t sponsors which may be private
o r public non·profit organizations.
Voluntee r activities may include, but
are not limited to, organizing food
disUibuti on e fforts, creating n etworks
1971
A case of unplanned disconnection
happened .when the border between the
U.S. and Canada was being drawn. Is was
decided that most of the Western portion
of the border was going to be parallel 49.
However, when this was done, the town of
Point Roberts, Washington, was not taken
into consideration. It so happens that this
town is south of the 49' parallel and
therefore should be part of the U.S. But
the only way to get by land from Point
Roberts to the rest of the U.S. is by going
through Canada; the children of Point
Roberts have to do this every day to go to
school. This way, Point Robert became
disconnected from the rest of the country.
FREE
THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
Page 4 Cooper Point Jouma l February 27, 1992
Pakistan
The
3rd Annual
Rachel Carson
Environmental
Forum
7:00 PDt, Lecture Hall 1
I
r.he British rule in the region, 1947, until
1971, the countly had two distant - more
than 900 miles apart - connected
components: West Pakistan and East
Pakistan, separated by India. They never
should have been a single country; they
never functioned as a countty.
Pakistan
Recovery Perspectives From The
GREATER YELLOWSTONE &
NORTH CASCADES ECOSYSTEMS
Wednesday, March 4, 1992
Week of February 20·26, 1992
' l.
On the. disIneInbering of nations ·
Joshua Tree beckons
compiled by Paul H. Henry
0MEChA (Movimiento Estudantil Chicano
de Azthin) wants you to join us in
planning a "Cinco de Mayo" celebration .
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 November 1, 1992. Any ideas you have
about workshops or other activities are
welcome. Call 866-6000 x6143 and ask
for George or Mario. We are looking
forward to serving this community.
Columns
JON ALMACK,
Research Biologist
Grizzly Bear/Gray Wolf Investigations
Department of Wildlife. Sedro Woolley. WA
Music Provided By Acclaimed
Eco·Folk Artist .
ALICE DiMICELE
Sponsored By :
ME'S
MESIGSA
Wolfhaven International
Environmental Resollrce Center
Student & Activities Office
Women's Center, In Celebration of
Inlernatlonal Women's History Monlh
.
Evergreen Foundation
compiled by Doug Smith and Paul
Henry
20 YEARS AGO
The Disappearing Task Force on
Pets has prepared their draft for the
President's Council and in a meeting with
Vice-Presidents Clayburgh and Shoben it
was decided to go ahead and try out the
plan, which will take effect March 9.
According to the plan, pets shall
mean any animal other than a human
being that may for any reason and at any
time be present on the eampus. Any
animal or pet on college property that is
not under the physical control of its owner
shall be subject to impounding through the
Thurston County Humane Society or the
office of the Thurston County Sheriff.
--The Paper, February 25, 1972
LSAT
GMAT
MeAT
GRE
10 YEARS AGO
Richard Jones wrote Experiment at
Evergreen for college teachers. That
. audience is clearly ill mind for every line
on every page. Richard carefully
assembled an explanation of, and work
manual for, programs of coordinated
study, In clear precise language he
explains what coordinated studies
progmms are, where they originated, with
what types of subjccts they work well and
how they sometimes fail.
If you are a serious student, you will
find Experiment at Evergreen an excellent
investigation of an educational innovation.
If you're jlJst trying to get a degree, think
of the book as a crib sheet on how your
program works.
.
--Cooper Point journal, February
25, 1982
l STANlEY H. KAPlAN
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MCAT - Ongoing Classes
1107 NE 45th ST., SEA TILE
(206)
632~3"
-
Call Collect Today
5 YEARS AGO
The printmaking studio, closed for
all use in the spring of 1985, was opened
this quarter especially for students in the
Expressive Arts program Studio Project.
The printmaking studio is located in the
basement of Lab II. Thc printmaking
studio houses some ' of the best
printmaking equipment in the state.
--Cooper Point Journal, February
26, 1987
Cooper Point Journal February 27, 1992
Page 5
Forum
Response
Save the Corner to preserve alternatives
by Josef Oguiza
Monday, Feb. 23, 1992; 10:37 am
This morning as I munched on my
breakfast--a fluffy waffle with strawberries
. and syrup--at The Comer Cafe in the
Community Center at The Evergreen State
College, I noticed a man and a woman
soaked in money come in and look
around.
I was scrawling on an old
envelope ... "demand money from the
school! If The Comer folds, it's just
another step towards the dehumanization
of this college... " I put the envelope inside
the comment box.
The two people dripping dollar bills
weren't there for breakfast. They were just
wandering, searching with their eyes into
the structure of the building, n~ng their
heads in an affmnative way, completely
self-contained, packaged, not seeing me or
Sometimes I wonder
if enough people
realize what a gem it
really it is.
anyone else. I got a really scary feeling
from them.
"Why are they here?" I asked
myself. "Are they looking to buyout the
space from TESC Housing now that The
Comer is in danger of being shut down?"
Business, the most manipulative and
deranged word in any language, isn't so
good at The Comer. Sometimes I wonder
if enough people realize what a gem it
really is. Flavorful, organic, vegetarian
food is hard to cOme by at the inexpensive
. prices that The Comer offers. Alternative
food sources, those that aren't prepackaged, pre-made, nuked or that don't
originate under a corporation that's sole
interest is to make money while exploiting
people, animals, and the earth, is even
harder to find. And to have someone cook
you a glorious meal in the company of
friends, good conversation, and music, a
ritual so easily undermined by our friend
The Television, is something worth saving.
I think it is very important at an
alternative school to have choices. If The
Comer doesn't get the funding it needs,
we will be at the mercy of Corporative
punishment: another Deli in a Community
space.
'
As I left, savoring a piece of bread
with humus on it, I noticed the. two people
walking ahead leaving a trail of dollar
signs on the sidewalk. "Are you two from
Northwest Foods?" I asked as I passed
them. They smiled, proud of their status,
"Yeah, yes we are."
Josef Oguiza is an Evergreen
student.
Freedom from harassment may limit other freedoms
_J--
This should give us pause. The most
by Nancy Koppelman
recent
draft of the sexual harassment
"Freedom to and freedom from."
policy
states that an environment
Evergreeners who have read Margaret
.
conducive
to study and work must be "free
Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale may
from"
sexual
harassment. Yet such
recognize this phrase. It is uttered by
absolute
and
perfect
freedom comes at a
Aunt Lydia, the woman who teaches
high
price,
and
we
should
know what we
Offred, the protagonist, the ways of
arc
doing
before
we
decide
to pay it.
Gilead, the new republic. Gilead is a place
An
environment
that
is
free from the
where women are free from the whistles,
of
sexual
harassment
is also
possibility
leers, and unwanted advances of men;
necessarily
free
from
the
possibility
of the
such protection is "a privilege." "There is
pleasures
that
often
·
ensue
from
flirting,
more than one kind of freedom," says
Aunt Lydia. "In the days of anarchy, it teasing, and generally from taking such
risks. In an environment that is free from
was freedom to. Now you are being given
all such possibili ties, it is hard to imagine
freedom from. Don' t underrate it"
In Atwood's imagined theocracy, a chain of events leading to · romantic
women are free from all unwanted encounters that might be characterized by
advances. But they are also free from
words such as "exhilarating," "thrilling,"
"seductive," or "erotic." Such a chain of
advances they might want. And so they
events would more likely summon words
are free from reciprocating or initiating
such advances, and they are free from
such as "controlled," "healthy," and
engaging in or being subject to behaviors
perhaps most disheartening of all,
such as flirting and teasing that might lead
"appropriate." Such words evoke the ethos
of a therapeutic encounter,not a romantic
to such things as sensual pleasure.
Women's sexual partners may leave
or passionate one.
"Freedom from" can be dangerous.
something to be desired, but their
As Offred gains perspective on her own
identities, as well as all their actions, are
"freedom from" and the events that ensue
always known prior to procreative
from that freedom, she has the following
encounters.
insight: "Context is all." Likewise, sexual
Sensual pleasure and love are
generally private matters that we get to
harassment is a matter of context and
enjoy after a season of unknowing.
interpretation. Advances, flirtations, and
innuendos may be features of doors to
During such seasons, people take risks, try
courtship, have confusing power struggles, pleasure that open between people, or they
and eventually they may develop mutual
may be failed attempts at intimacy, or they
may be sexmil harassment, or they may be
trust.
none of the above. It is difficult to
Recent events, discussions, and
imagine pleasure without risk; it is
written statements on our campus about
difficult to imagine trust without risk; and
sexual harassment have reminded me of
it is difficult to imagine risk without
Atwood' s novel. Our community seems to
failure.
be evolving into a place where people are
discouraged from--and arc even urged to
Sexual harassment may be
be fearful of--taking the risks that come
disciplined and punished, but chances are
from testing the breezes of interpersonal
it cannot be eliminated without invoking
power relations, in which sexuality is a
something worse. Trust is sometimes
strong current.
broken, or lost. But the very same
interactions that can break trust, or create
what the sexual harassment policy calls a
"hostile environment," may also be, in
another person's context, the prelude to
something pleasurable. We should not
sacrifice our freedom to flirt, tease, joke,
and take risks in favor of an unequivocal
freedom from sexual harassment.
Freedom·from sexual harassment is
not worth the Price of the freedom to take
risks and enjoy the possible pleasures, as
well as the freedom to learn to live with
and learn from the possible failures.
Nancy Koppelman is an alumna.
former staff member, and adjunct faculty.
Take SOllle responsibility
by Edward Martin 111
I haven't seen much bravery lately.
It seems to be a rare phenomenon, which
is too bad, since it is one of the few ways
people can earn respect, even from their
enemies. But it's a difficult quality to
possess and it requires more of a
commitment than most people are willing
to volunteer.
This particular form of bravery has
much to do with internal convictions.
Sometime, far in my past, I was taught
that whatever type of person I turned out
to be, it was most important that I be
internally consistent, that I believe in what
I say I believe in and that every action and
thought of mine follow the same internal
rules of consistency.
I'm still not perfect.
But neither are those who are less
willing than I to take responsibility for
their beliefs, for their actions, for their
accusations and for themselves.
Consider why a person might paint
a' message on a wall or anonymously
accuse someone of a crime.
Perhaps they don ' t understand their
message completely enough to defend it,
but would rather have the anonymous
rhetoric or accusation defend itself by
being impossible to remove.
Perhaps it is just a passing fancy to
them, something they feel everyone else
should believe, but they are not willing to
commit themselves to helping others
understand the way they do.
Perhaps they don't believe it enough
themselves to be able to support their
position against opposition.
Perhaps they don't want to teach or
to show. Perhaps they just want to shock
and sow their own bad seeds. This, in
particular, is the most despicable of cases.
But perhaps they are afraid.
This last reason I can almost
understand. It even causes me to pause
sometimes. But that pause is filled with
questions. What am I afraid of? Why do I
allow it to control me? And so on,until I
find out what the real root of the problem
is. At that point, I decide that either I
should not be afraid and I embrace my
responsibility or I decide that my
convictions are not as powerful as my
fears and because of this, my convictions
are not internally consistent and thus not
worth my or anyone else 's lime.
So please, the next lime you think
about painting a slogan, think again. The
next time you reneet on the faults of
others, reflect on yourself. The next time
you consider posting an anonymous flyer,
reconsider. Be proud of yourself and your
sense of responsibility. Let me know
there's a human being out there. '
Because I'm getting tired of
cowards.
Edward Martin III is the Comics
Editor at the CPJ and he doem't grade on
a curve.
Response
Problems are
dividing TESC
In recent weeks I have begun to
wonder what has happened here on the
Evergreen campus. It seems that a dozen
problems have sprung up that threaten to
destroy everything that Evergreen is
supposed to stand for: the question of
arming security, charges of sexual
harassment against faculty and security,
budget-cutting, the rise in tuition costs,
total lack of a visible student government,
and worst of all, a community that will
talk the issues to death, but not do
anything.
This came to a head for me today;
someone had scrawled at least two
swastikas on the wall and bulletin board
outside of my donn. This act of malice
might be nothing in the general scheme of
things, but it showed to me that someone
here considers it appropriate or worse,
funny, to use symbols that represent all
that is evil and twisted in this world. A
neighbor wiped one of the swastikas away
with a towel, but the idea behind them
won't go away with a little water and
e lbow grease. Will this Jlet worse, more
blatant?
If we allow our problems to divide
and .overwhelm us, then the world's
problems will follow cl06e betilnd, and we
at Evergreen will have failed to use the
resources that have been offered us.
Instead of writing letters like this, or
bitching about these issues in seminar, we
need to become united and do something
about them. All of us, myself included,
need to confront these problems to
everyone's satisfaction, or we will lose
everything that Evergreen has managed to
gain. And the people who draw the
swastikas will laugh.
Robert M. Cook
Oly Food Co-op
apologizes
On behalf of the staff of the
Olympia Food Co-op, I would like to
apologize to the community at large for
not acting in a timely manner on
complaints we received about handicap
access. There are many factors involved
and excuses we could make, but the fact
remains that some people's access to the
Co-op was limited or denied by our failure
to properly prioritize needed changes, and
Page 6 Cooper Point Journal February 27,1992
for that we are very sorry.
having one person responsible will
Apologies don ' t go very far, we
expedite addressing issues and solving
problems as they arise. The staff is also
realize, so we'd like to take a minute to
tell you what we've done. First, the two
responsible for handicap access issues that
handicapped parking spaces have been
might come before the board of directors.
marked with eye-level metal reflective
We are painfully aware of the space
signs. Unfortunately we will not be able
limitations in the Co-op. There are times
to have the lot repainted for two to three every week when the Co-op is
more months. We have already been on a
uncomfortable at best, untenable at worst.
waiting list with the parking lot painting
Our. sales volume has swelled our
company for several months, and the deliveries to the point of making the back
painting has to be done when the weather room virtually impassable on Thursday
is dry. Second, we have removed the and Sunday mornings. We wish we could
corral, that fenced in display area in fi9nt change that. but until our plans for
of the magazine rack. We m·ay have the . expansion are completed, we are just
corral cut. down in size, or just get rid of living with it We are committed to
it for good. Third, we are planning to
keeping the bathroom accessible to all, but
check all clearances in the store for
on Thursdays and Sundays staff assistance
wheelchair ' access '8Ild will be putting
may be required, and we will be happy to
pennanent marks down to limit display
help out
sizes. Fourth, we are identifying one staff
One last thing: too often in our
person to be responsible for handicap
society institutions only change when they
access issues. Up until now we have dealt
are forced to by the persistence and rage
with issues one at a time, funneling them
of those folks who are victimized by
to other areas such as maintenance and
insenSitivity and indifference.
We
repair or volunteer coordination. The
sincerely regret our behaviors that have
result has been that handicap access issues
perpetuated that dynamic.
have had to compete with everything else
Grace Cox
for the Olympia Food Co-op staff
for prioritY and have not always been dealt
with appropriately or quickly. We think
.
Eries' article
poorly written
I am writing in response to the
recent onslaught of feminist bashing within
the Evergreen community, in particular the
Feb. 20 CPJ letter to ' the editor, "Men '
Need to Speak Out Against MaleBashing."
Quite frankly, it is difficult to
dispute an article so poorly constructed
and with so little continuity or logic, (that
is not male-bashing, gentlemen, simply
good old fashioned honesty). However,
t11~re are several points that, as a feminist,
I must contest
Wirsing and Featherstone would
have us believe that the "problem" is not
male domination, but feminism.
Throughout the "6,000 year heritage" of
patriarchy there have always existed those
who would agree. Unfortunately, it is
always the role of the oppressed to fight
their oppressor against innumerable odds
and backlashes.
Wirsing and Featherstone state that
"Feminism is a problem in that it achieves
nothing anymore." That is quite an
assertion.
Perhaps the thousands of
women who seek shelter from abusive
husbands, or those who seek rape
counseling or legal services and find it in
women's organizations such as Safeplace
would disagree. Perhaps those women
(including myself) who have/are being
empowered through the women's
movement would also disagree. The Erics,
among other things, neglect the pro-choice
movement as an important achievement of
feminism.
Perhaps the real problem is that the
Erics see feminism as a "what does it
accomplish for men?" movement. In that ·
light, I suppose their criticisms are wellfounded. For example, the Erics seem to
think that the women's moyementexists to
"reconcile" with or gain "recognition"
from men. They also seem to have the
illusion that feminism exists to solve the
"enigmas facing men."
In my opinion (illusory as it may
be), feminism exists to break down .roles
and stereotypes that have bound women to
a dependence on men. Through working
[or women's rights, the feminist movement
empowers women to begin realizing a
vision of a better society. It empowers
women to be assertive about their own
needs, desires, and dreams.
This process has inevitably placed in
question male identity and power. Perhaps
it is this that Featherstone and Wirsing are
responding to and labeling "male-bashing."
The Erics seem to think women need
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to give men "support" so that they can
maintain and realize their "self worth."
Implicit in their argument is the notion
that women are supposed to construct a
new identity for confused men.
As a white person, I do not expect
African Americans, for example, to
reconstruct my white identity in the
struggle for black power. I do not kid
myself that the black movement exists to
"reconcile black/white relations." It is my
responsibility as a white privileged person
in this racist society to fight my own
racism and begin constructing an identity
that leaves out the previous, inherent
power relation. The same is true here. It is
not feminist's responsibility to pick up the
pieces of a shattered male identity. As a
feminist, my first priority is to empower
myself and hopefully other women, NOT
cater to the male ego.
The Erics think that "wimmen's"
(spelled "wimmin" \ by the way ... you
missed the point) groups (or women?) are
a "special interest group." Women have
been labeled such only because historically
men have been the "only interest group."
Do I think that men and women
should work together to fight sexism? I
tend to believe author Anne Ferguson
when she states, "Though I accept
coalitions of men and women in the fight
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against sexism, I think we also require a
separate women's movement. Patriarchal
gender construction is not as oppressive to
men as it is to women because men's
gendered social practices give them more
social power and privileges."
Most of the Erics' article stems from
reactionary politics with little or no
thought about the actual issues. It is
important to be informed and educated so
if there are criticisms to be made they are
well grounded. All in all, if Wirsing and
F~therstone stop whining over their
'damaged' male egos they might actually
become part of the men's movement, a
movement which does not seem to me to
be "women-bashing" but a constructive
search for a new male identity.
Lauren Towne
Guilty men, get
over it!
Eric Wirsing and Eric Featherstone,
if the purpose of your article about malebashing was intended to promote open
dialog between men and women, you
might have thought twice about placing
responsibility for the "rift" between the
two genders and the cause of men's low
self-esteem on women.
Power is the basis of patriarchy.
Women have been systematically alienated
from the creation and management of the
basic structures of society for the past, you
say, 6,000 years. Yet, feminism isn't
accomplishing anything . Women are
finally finding an outlet to voice our
experiences as women in a world where
our roles and bodies are defined by men .
We are finally learning not to blame
ourselves, as society does, for arousing
men to rape, or making men insecure or
violent by challenging them. Women are
not going to protect men any longer; (I
imagine all the women reading this are
nodding their heads and all the men ate
wondering what I'm talking about).
Women have swallowed so much anger
and resentment so as not to hurt men for
too long. If men feel threatened by the
Women's Movement, then we must be
doing something right.
If you are a white male and feel
gUilty about it, get over it. Gtiilt':ridden
individuals CAN NOT GET THINGS
DONE I When faced with confrontation,
take the opportunity to challenge the role
expected of m~n in this culture and try not
to let your ego become an obstacle against
equality. Instead of determining women "a
different species entirely," acknowledge
that we have needs that have been
suppressed and listen to them. The
boundaries have always existed between
women and men, yet women have stopped
softening them.
As a participant in the women's
. sexual harassm~nt meeting,' i cail say ··With ' ..
, • cOnftdence,that ~is is just the beginBing.,
" We 'have maily issues to work on within
' ourselves before we- can confront men
. with a cOlleCtive voice that incorporaies ali .
. womeq's Concerns. When we· are ready,
and men aie willing to let go 'o f sOme
power and pri.vilege, and take ~ fair share
of responsibility for their own insecurity
and sexism, then we can talk.
Ajae Behr
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.Do they . reallY
"give a -,dainn?"
Dear Eric W:irsiiig aJ)d Eric FeatJictstone, ,
. Cominurucation ~S'not nee,d, to be
- the either/or situation that you propose.
-People can piake ~noise" m:td allow other
people their own opinions all at !he same
time, People can meet jn .whatever
combinations they c~oose . .And people can
set their own priorities. I '
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Feminist. women and men expose
injustice, insist on social change, and work
to protect the rights of all people.
Without feminism, women would not
be permitted participation in the voting
process. Without feminism, rape would
still be a man's right
If you really do "give a damn," as
you state, you will work for justice no
matter what. You won't insist that people
be nice, and quiet, and all-inclusive (and
dead) all the time, according to your
' definition. You will acknowledge every
person's right to self-determination.
Sarah Light
Bev Report really
rocks his world
I just can't resist saying ' that Seth
Long's column about the television show,
"Beverly Hills 90210" is the best thing
since the Security Blotter. It's the first
column I tum to and the only thing I
really read besides ,"Coven House." There
are people out there who would dare to
say that "90210" is just another waste of
time on television. I'll just bet my Ferrari
that those people never saw the one where
Andrea took Brandon to the supposedly
closed Peach Pit to give him a really
really big going away present but only to
find that the diner was filled with the Bev
gang giving a surprise party. Or the one
where that guy shot himself in the
stomach when he was playing with the
gun. Or the one where Kyle told Kelly he
was gay on the beach where the grunions
came later that evening. Anyway, keep up
the great work Mr. Seth, you're doing a
lot more than you know. To all my
umm ...constellations:
Dante Salvatierra
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At this week's Meeting qf the minds we're
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Cooper Point Journal February 27, 1992 Page 7
Arts' '& E'n tertainment
Ten Pound Bag sacks bands in 'd arkness'
by Jane Laughlin
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TEN POUND BAG, NYURURl,LOG,
~D PLOWED
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F EBR UARY
21, 1992
There are two little rules in the
-"music biz." One of them is'. that the
stage should be lit, the audience dark. '
The other one is that the headlining band '
goes last, or th.e best band goes lasl.
Neither rule was followed on this night 'about Ten Pound Bag were the two
I don't know, I thought it was common
dancing girls on the .stage. Correct me if
knowledge.
- I'm wrong, but weren ' t they doing the
For a show at the Comer, it was all
Girlfriend Dailce? Please. There is a
handled pretty well, except for being an
place for "danq:rs" sometimes (such as
hour late (but I've come to expect that
the five dancing men onstage when I saw
from ban.ds around here), and the fact
Cunts With Attitude last Saturday) but
that the stage was totally dark during Ten
here, it seemed kind of · ridiculous.
Pound Bag's set. But hey, it was free, so
Remember in Spinal Tap when Jeanine
I can't complain about technicalities. And
joins the band? Maybe thcy should have
I do hope we'll see more shows like this
handed them tambourines ...
in the future, as it gives new bands a
So anyway, then this band called
chance to play shows, even if they don't
Nyururi comes on (and so do the lights),
get paid.
and immediately can't pronounce their
The highlight of the evening was
own name, and I don't blame them. They
the fIrst band, who obviously did not
began with a fast punk song, leading
deserve the lowly opening slol. Oh well.
everyone to believe that this was a punk
Ten Pound Bag began slowly, thickly,
band. But no, this was _a punk, jazz ,
and finally made a smooth rransition into
blues, funk, retro band wllo got rcally
the pounding, energeti c punk that filled
muddled in the ir own allcmpts at being
the rest of their hour-long sel. The
as di verse as possible. The next song
vocalist, Matt, was dressed up like a car
reminded me of "Shaft. " Th l'll the second
mechanic and jumped around a ' lot,
gui tarist began singing a song ca lled
onstage and off. He made sure to
"Circle" whose lyrics were so bad we
dedicate the show to all the people who
had to laugh. Another amusing part of
did not drive down to California to see
thi s show was how the members of the
the Grateful Dead (inci ting "cheers), and
"pit" became increasingly drunker, or just
all the people who hadn 't traveled to
happened to be inclined to jumping
Seattle to see Treepeople,
aro und like morons on (lough syrup.
The only part I did not understand
Toward !.he end, Ny ururi entertained
me further by doing a so,!& which
excited glee.
sounded' like a Seventies -pbmo-movie
Plowed were very good, if you like
theme song crossed with a bad Doors_ the Chili Peppers. Very funky noise with
,<over. Comedy geniuS'.
a heavy emphasis on wah-wah pedal and
With a name like Log, how can
sludgy bass. I noticed that they were a
you go wrong? I thoughl. By the time
three-piece, which is a good omen (just
-this third band came on, there was a
another one of my obscure band
g~-sized crowd, fin ally. I noticed they
theories).
had fl conga drummer, a good sign. The
Maybe someday I'll review a show
first song was entitled "Lazy Susan," and
where I've seen the bands before or have
I really liked it. The guitarist was really
listened to them on tape and am familiar
good, so was the drummer, who,
with their music. That way I can say
incidentally, happened to be female.
stuff like, "Baby head disappointed me
Unfortunately, the lyrics to one of
with their rendering of 'Kibbles and
their songs went like this: "When you're
Fish', proving that they are definitely
in love, the world is a very special place,
studio artists." Or maybe "As Mugwump
the sun shines so bright, everything is so
played the opening riffs of their hit 'Fry,'
right." Their largest flaw was defmitely
I watched, amazed, as Shitty leaped into
the words to this song. Log's musicians
the pit, still playing his guitar, and was
arc all skilled, if only they had some
passed over the top like he was floating
better material. Maybe I'm so sensitive to
on a sea of hands ... "
lyrical content because I listen to so
You just wait. See you at the
much Nirvana ...
Melvins on March 7.
A good word to .describe audience
Jane says [' m done with Sergio, he
members by the time the fourth band
treats me like a ragdoll. Yeah. you all
came on was also the name of that band.
probably saw that one coming down 1-5
As they set up, male voices from the
on its way here, but you know it had to
crowd howled "Plowed! Plowed!" with
be said sooner or later.
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THURSDAY
JERRY BROWN,the man, the myth, the
Presidential Candidate (America, riot
Evergreen) speaks toriight at 6 pm in
Sylvester Park. Dig it.
JEANE KIRKPATRICK, former U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations,
speaks today at 8 pm at the Washington
Center for the Performing Arts. Deal with
it.
ALCOHOLICS
ANONYMOUS
MEETING today in Lab I Room 1055
12:30 to 1:30 pm. Info: x6800.
TESC FENCING CLU B meets toni ght
and every Thursday from 7 to 9 pm in
the TESC Library Building, 3rd floor
mezzanine. Info: Ru ss RC'dding at 7868321.
HIV/AIDS support group meels every
Thursday from 7 to 8:30 pm; there' s a lso
a group meeling on 5 pm today. Info:
Deb Duggan at 786- 5581 x697J.
AMNESTY INTERNA TlONAL holds a
Write-A-Thon from 10 am to 10 pm
today in the CAB ' s third floor conference
room. Everyone welcome. Write letters lo
help free political prisoners, listen to a
guest speaker from Tibet, watch films on
human rights, and maybe pledge some
money. Info: x5008 or 866-4890.
EVERGREEN
SUMt\1ER
SCHOOL
INFORMATION comes to you courtesy
of Michael Beug and Karen Wynkoop
today from noon to I pl'n in Library
4004. They 'll answer questi ons about the
tuition and fee schedl :lc, and present a
preliminary list ur summer offerings.
Info: x6411.
EVERGREEN ' S
CHAPTER
OF
NORML, dedicated to th e re-Iegal izali on
of marijuana and hemp for industrial,
medicinal, and personal use, meets today
from 5 to 6 pm ' in Library 2116. Info:
x6636.
is for
"MEDIATION SERVICES--HELP FOR
FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS IN
CONFLICT" is a presentation by Lynne
Stockwell and Evan Ferber tonight from
7 to 9 pm at the Olympia Center, "to
find out how mediation may be of use to
you in resolving long·standing disputes in
your home, your neighborhood, school, or
place of work." Free. Info: 754-0987.
EXPLORE
THE
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with Kristen Drewes, who' ll show slides
from her Australia trip tonight at 7 pm
in CAB 108. She'll also discuss the
rainforest's plant and animal life. Info:
956-7314.
HAIKU, a one·act play by Katherine
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goes on tonight, Friday night, and ,
Saturday night in room 209 -of the COM
Building on campus, in a production
directed by Charlotte Wooldridge.
Showtime is 8 pm all three nights. Free,
but reservations recommended, because
the performing space can only hold 50
people per night. Reservations and info:
866-6833.
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FRIDAY
CELLIST ALISON ROTH performs
selections by Bach, Beethoven, Brahms,
and Webem, accompanied by Evergreen
faculty Andrew Buchman on piano, as
part of a three·concert series of winter
recitals. Sponsored by the COM Building
and the Multicultural Music program.
Info: Teresa Jaworski at 866-7353 .
STUMPY JOE, -HONEYBUCKET, AND
NUMBER 6 play tonight at 10 pm at the
Un-Cola, between the Capitol Theater and
Mario's in downtown Olympia. $3. "If
you haven ' t seen - Stumpy Joe,you
haven' t lived,"
--891
The, do j
FOUR SEASONS BOOKS presents Joe
St. John speaking on the works of
educator William Glasser, tonight at 7:30
pm at Four Seasons Book s, 42 1 S. Water
in Olympia. Free. Info: 357-4683.
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RALLY AND PARADE IN SUPPORT
OF FARM WORKERS, today at 1:30 pm
in Sylvester Park, primarily to discuss
farm worker' s need for a law allowing
them to bargain for wages and working
conditions. Speakers include Tomas
Villanueva, president of the United Farm
Workers of Washington. Info: 754-"4733
or 352-2153.
MINDSCREEN PRODUCTlONS prcsenls
George Lucas' THX 1138 , his first film,
and Ridley Scott's lJlade Runner, which
needs no introduction. Blade Runner
might be the director' s cut, but they
dunno. Info: x64 J2.
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THE WOMEN 'S CENTER holds its
weekly meeting in CAn 206 from 5 to
6 pm today. All women welcome . Info:
x6162.
"PULLING FOR OUR CHILDREN" is a
of awareness
sponsored by
day
Associated Ministries of Thurston County,
today from 9 am to 3 pm at Puget Sound
High School, 5900 54th Avenue S.E.
(corner of Ruddell Road and 54th in
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"U .S. AGENDA FOR THE 90'S :
DOMESTIC
NEEDS,
GLOBAL
PRIORITIES " is a lecture by Dr.
Kenneth Dolbeare, Evergreen faculty
member, tonight fro m 7 to 9 pm at First
United Methodist Church, 1224 Legion
Way S.E. in Ol ympia, as the first
installment in the "Great Decisions"
Community Forum. Free.
SATURDAY
ForSaie
(\,\of'e
Llcey). This is "A day-long sy mposium
which will examine many issues relating
to the mental health and happiness of
children. This includes the warning signs
of mental illness, what to do when
wW'ning signs appear, how to access
serv iccs, who to ca ll , identification and
earl y in te rvention, as well as examining
the stigmas and stereotypes of mental
illness." Registration fee of $6 includes
lunch. Info: 357-7224.
THE
CAPITAL
AREA
YOUTH
PHILHARMONIC, and its affiliated
String Symphony, Wind Symphony, and
Brass Choir,perform work by Bach
Brahms, Dvorak, and Strauss tonight at 7
pm in the Washington Center. Featured
soloist for the evening is French Hom
player Robert Redmond, winner of the
Capital Area Youth Symphony Young
Artist Competition, who will perform
Mozart's "Hom Concerto in D" with the
orchestra Reception afterward. Tickets
and info: 753-8586.
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CAB 316.~A. WA
t;f Lost & Found
County Auditor's Office at 786-5408 for
the exact location, and remember, "it's
important that you participate in the
caucus system if our state is to have
input at this year' s national convention."
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WEDNESDAY
MEN 'S NEXUS GROUP meets from 3
to 5 pm today, in th e S&A Conference
Room. Info: x6462.
WOL VES
AND
GRIZZLIES :
RECOVERY PERSPECTIVES FROM
THE GREATER YELLOWSTONE AND
NORTH CASCADES ECOSYSTEMS is
a presentation of the 3rd Annual Rachel
Carson Environmental Forum, March 4 at
7 pm in Lecture Hall 1. It features
Lousia Willcox, Director of the Greater
Yellowstone Coalilion at Bozeman,
Montana, and Jon Almack, research
biologist for Grizzly BeariGray Wolf
Investigations at the Department of
Wildlife at Sedro Woolley, Washington,
plus folk music from Alice DiMicele.
,
ALTAN, one of the hottest Celtic bands
in the land, plays at 8 pm tonight in the
Library Lobby. Hear fiddles, flute
"beautiful vocals," guitar, and bouzouki
tonight. Sponsored by KAOS-FM. Tickets
$ 12/general, $9!students and seniors. Info:
x6893.
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valuable piece of eqUIpment very
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it, or pertlaps accidentally adopted it,
please return it to me c/o the CPJ
office in CAB 316. I will be eternally
grateful and maybe take you out for
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"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 this evening through 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 I to
5 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Info:
x6128 .
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{'age 8 Cooper Point Journal February 27, 1992
Comics
Arts & Entertainment
It's The End of the World, and it's really long
by Charles Wright
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD '
A FILM BY W fM W ENDERS
STARRING SOLVEIG DOMMAATIN AA'D WILLIAM
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"In 1999, an Indian nuclear satellite
flew out of control. No one knew where
it would land." So begins Until the End
of the World, the new film by Wim
Wenders, director of Wings of Desire,
and Paris, Texas. With this apocalyptic
gamble setting the stage, Wenders
presents a guide book to the changing
millennium, rushing through visions of
the future on four continents and in four
languages.
It's
a
worl d, of
hypertechnology, in which today's
prototypes are to~ow's norms. And
none of it seems too' distantly impossible.
The opening scene plays as an
updated companion to the Nick Cave
trance-of-the-wmbies scene from Wings
of Desire: Claire, played by a bewigged
Solveig Dommartin (who was the lead in
Wings, as well), awakes from a nigh~are
. in the midst of the, straggling dawn hours
of an exquisite party to the strains of a
David Byrne video. It becomes apparent
(with the help of the narrator's voiceover, later identified as her estranged
boyfriend, who is writing the story which
he now narrates to us) that she is
wandering through the collective frenzy
of the end of the world, desperately
awaiting any event but the inevitable.
Fate strikes her, quite literally, in
the fonn of two French banlgobbcrs who
enlist her help in transporting their
money to Paris. She's also struck, though
not literally, by William Hurt as Trevor
McPhee, who is being followed by an
Australian bounty hunter. Thus begins a
chase through Paris, Beflin, Lisbon,
Moscow, and Tokyo, that gives a glimpse
of the technological extremities that the
not too distant future holds.
It's an unconventional chase,
though, for it plods along at Wenders'
trademark
pace,
substituting
a
superfluous, frantic movement for the
brooding stasis of his earlier flick s. While
entertaining, this "dance around the
globe" creates a lightness that is unable
to carry the film ' s later emotional
climaxes. Instead, the chase serves more
as a showcase for a mind-boggling array
of futu ris tic gadgets, and , for this 'reason,
the film could aptly be subtitled The
Seduction of Wim Wende rs. The director
tries to make a warning about the
"disease of images" and technological
addiction we' re already experiencing, but
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still seems, like most of humanity, overly
fascinated by all the toys at his disposal.
Maybe its because Sony put up a big
chunk of money for the HDTY graphics,
but the electronic rush that becomes the
film ' s villain is clearly enticing.
Set against this , electric landscape
is an act of supreme humanity that is
cause for the whole first half of the film.
McPhee, whose real name is Sam Farber,
is carrying a camera that takes pictures
the blind ean see, and he must make it to
remote southern Australia to aid his
super-scientist father in illuminating his
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mother' s world. But then the Pentagon
preCipitates the climax of history by
shooting down the rogue satellite, the
smallest consequence of which is the
short-circuiting of electronics worldwide.
, - Claire and Sam are left floating in
an engine-less plane above the Australian
desert in a perfect evocation of postapocalyptic free-fall. A Peter Gabriel
song, "The Heart of Eden," comes up as
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and for a painfully beautiful moment it
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lovers make it to Sam's mother and
father' s desert hideaway, and all proceed
to experiment with a barlk of machinery
somehow unaffected by the blast Once
they're able to visually record and replay
their dreams, it's only a matter of time
before everyone is addicted. In ~ warning
about our present course, the junkies are
then contrasted with the lab's staff of
aboriginais who refuse the mad doctor
access to their dreams, and, even though
the world is not decimated, it is clearly
not alright.
With Until the End of the World,
Wim Wenders has attempted to make his
most accessible and financially successful
film, unfortunately sacrificing some of
his emotional edge. Take the raved-up
soundtrack: full of hits (and good songs,
too), yet at times more distracting than
additive. Nonetheless, it's a great ride
through the millennium fever that is sure
to swecp us away in a mere eight years.
Charles Wright makes it funky.
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