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October 31. 1991
Volume 22 Issue 6
Could it be the third fioor?
Rape suspect released
by Bryan Connors
The suspect arrested for an alleged
rape of a woman student Sept. 15, was
released from Thurston County Jail on
his own recognizance this Monday,
according to Campus Security.
Jason Rice, the suspect in the case,
was released on October 28; the
conditions of his release being that he is
to have no contact with either the alleged
victim, or the Evergreen campus in
general.
Another condition of his release is
that he remain in the presence of two
court specified persons, to whom his
supervision has been entrusted. Rice is
also required to report to the Thurston
County Superior Court within 72 hours
when contacted by them.
As reported in previous editions of
the CPJ, a woman alleged that Rice, a
part-time employee for the North West
Food Service (who has since been
terminated), raped her at an encampment
where Rice was illegally living. The
encampment in question was located off
the trail to the Organic Farm.
According to Campus Security, Rice
claims he was elsewhere at the time of
the alleged offense.
As the Cooper Point Journal goes to
press, Rice has not had a court date set.
The CPJ will continue to present
information as it becomes available.
Bryan Connors covers security issues
for the CPJ.
Energy bill controversial
Looking in on the new Student Activities offices. See related story page
3. photo by David Mattingly
Geoduck season nears end
by Ruth Frobe
Women's Soccer
The Evergreen Women's Soccer
Team suffered two district losses this
weekend in eastern Washington.
Saturday in Ellensburg the Geoducks
were outshot 32-5 by the Central
Washington Wildcats in a 2-0 loss. After
a scoreless and fairly even first half,
Central turned up the intensity and
scored in the 65th and 70th minutes.
Again on Sunday, Evergreen played an
even first half with Whitman, but went
behind on second half goals and lost 20. Senior goalkeeper Cami Smith had 13
saves in the Central match and 14 saves
against Whitman.
Other players contributing strong
consistent play this weekend included
forward Kerry Holden and freshman
defender/midfielder Renae Burtch who
came off the bench with for a strong
performance in the Whitman game.
Coming into this last week of the
season, the women's record stands at 510-0. The Geoducks play at Seattle
University Wednesday, Oct. 30, and
finish the season at home on Saturday
against Highline at 1 p.m. Saturday's
game will be the last game for seniors
Cami Smith and Kirsten Roberts, both of
whom have played for four years at
Evergreen.
by Stephanie Zero
The Johnston Energy Bill, President
Bush's proposed energy bill for the
United States, is on the calendar to go
on the floor at the senate house.
WashPIRG is asking students to call
Brock Adams to urge him not to support
the bill, "which by increasing dependence
on foreign oil, providing a blank check
policy on development of new nuclear
power plants, and having no provisions
for seeking renewable energy sources,"
says Andrew Gamson, the president of
the Evergreen chapter of WashPIRG.
"...the proposed Johnston Energy
Package would prove a disaster for the
Northwest and all America," continued
Gamson.
Other political activities in progress
include WashPIRG's projects on hunger
and homelessness, toxic waste reduction,
and
environmental education
for
elementary schools.
Students of WashPIRG are trained to
do hunger and homelessness service
work at Bread and Roses, a food bank in
downtown Olympia. 56 letters have been
written to representitives regarding the
Right To Know Act, which expands
reports on toxic waste to include toxins
used and produced in addition to toxins
discharged. PIRGers are scheduled to be
in classrooms Nov. 18 to start their
environmental education program for
elementary students.
The impact of WashPIRG reaches
outside of Olympia also with two other
offices in Seattle (one of which is
located at the University of Washington).
The students who run each campus
PIRG choose the projects their campus
will work on. There is also a state board
of students, who vote on a statewide
agenda.
State and campus boards work
together so that the impact of WashPirg
can be greater. For example, the 56
letters that were written by Evergreen
students were joined by hundreds of
letters from the two Seattle based offices.
In terms of voters, each letter speaks for
200 people, so the representatives get a
response from thousands of voters.
Gamson says, "WashPIRG is an
organization to make change in issues
which concern us as students and
citizens."
PIRG (Public Interest Research
Groups) are located on 85 campuses
across the nation.
Stephanie Zero is an Evergreen
student.
Halloween for the young?
Men's Soccer
The Evergreen men's soccer team
picked up two victories at home this
week, bringing the season record to 611-1 with one game left to play. The
Geoducks beat Trinity Western 2-1 last
Wednesday behind goals scored by
Simon Wheeldon and John Hall and
assisted by Scott Foss and John
Marbette. Sunday, in what coach Amo
Zoske called, "the most exciting game of
the season," the Geoducks outscored
Whitworth 5-4. Whitworth scored the
first goal of the game in the 15th
minute, but Evergreen's John Hall tied
the score 15 minutes later. Scott Foss
added goals in the 47th and 51st minutes
and Simon Wheeldon then tallied a goal
the 65th minute, bringing the score to 41. Whitworth, however, scored three
goals in a 14 minute period and tied the
game with less than five minutes to play.
Senior Geoduck Todd Allison then got a
breakaway and put away the game
winning goal with one and a half minutes
left in the game. "We played great ball
for an hour and fifteen minutes," Zoske
said, "and they played incredible ball for
fifteen minutes. We've been playing
good soccer the last six games and are
very pleased with the progress this
season."
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
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Keiko Aoyama (right) shares some Halloween joy with Chrystal Mason,
photo by David Mattingly
Internal Seepage
Rock disturbance
Personless pictures
Abuses in Sudan
Studly Chris Bader
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Rape and abortion
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In a study reported in the American
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day had a hip fracture risk three times
that of women who consumed one cup or
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Women who consumed at least 25
grams of alcohol each day (about 2 beers
or 1.6 ounces of liquor) more than
double their risk of hip fracture and
increased their risk of forearm fracture by
38%.
AIDS testing
cancelled
EVERGREEN-Health Services regrets to
announce that the HIV/AIDS counselling
and testing provided by the Olympia
AIDS Task Force and scheduled to begin
the first week of November will be
delayed indefinitely. Every attempt is
being made to provide this service on
campus in the future.
Meanwhile, we are told the County
Health Department provides this service
on a drop-in basis, Friday afternoons
from 1 to 4 pm. For information call
786-5583.
Quote of the Week
"When we entered the Mod, they were doing that
dance that those kids do... what to they call it,
mushing?"
An "actual overheard comment" between Campus Security and
Thurston County Sheriff officers at the Helltrout show, as heard
by CPJ reporter Lauren Rupp.
Swim in your
sweat
EVERGREEN-Did you know that you
don't have to be an athlete to benefit
from an exercise program? People of all
ages are encouraged to join Evergreen's
Aqua-aerobics program which meets
every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at
noon, or Tuesday and Thursday evenings
at 6:30 pm. There you will meet people
of varying physical conditions who get
together for one reason: to work out and
feel good.
Registration for Aqua-Aerobics is
now happening. Second session runs
from Nov. 1 - Dec. 20. Cost for three
days a week is $23 (TESC Students),
$26 (Faculty/Staff/Alumni), and $30
(Community). For more information call
x6530. Have a healthy day!
Write for Toxic
Table
Fair trade or
Free trade?
EVERGREEN-Wednesday, Oct. 23
WashPIRG hosted a Toxic Table event,
this time addressing the dumping of 'lowlevel radioactive waste' in the Mojave
Desert. Thirty students wrote letters
speaking out against such dumping.
Several also got active by calling Brock
Adams in D.C. the next morning to speak
out against the Johnston Energy Bill.
Let's keep the ball rolling. Come this
Wednesday, Oct. 30, to help support the
Clean Water Act. Write your letter of
support at the Toxic Table, every
Wednesday from 6 to 8 pm at the
Community Center.
EVERGREEN-The TESC Labor Center
is offering
the seminar Beyond
Zacatecas: Fair Trade or Free Trade
on Saturday, Nov. 9, 1991, from 9 am to
6 pm in CAB 110.
Beyond Zacatecas is a tri-national
discussion
on the environmental,
agricultural, and labor implications of the
GATT and North American Free Trade
negotiations. It includes a first-hand
account of the parallel negotiations held
in Zacatecas, Mexico on Oct. 25-26.
Several guest speakers will be
present to speak from different angles of
the situation.
Security Blotter
Tuesday, October 22
1959: Vehicle accident reported at Kaiser
and Cooper Point road. Traffic was
blocked and injuries were reported.
2112 Resident reported people expending
fire extinguishers in M-Dorm.
2130 Controlled substance was found in
M-Dorm.
Wednesday, October 23
A relatively quiet day for campus
security
Thursday, October 24
0320: Emergency Help Alarm went off
in U-Dorm.
Friday, October 25
1426: Vandalism to one of the CRC's
rest rooms was reported.
2119: Obscene graffiti reported on the
second floor of the CAB.
Saturday, October 26
1255 Student housing manager, while on
duty, reported that his beeper was not
working.
1316: A hydrant was found leaking
outside of the first floor of the CAB.
2218: Massive rock & roll and party
disturbance was reported coming from
the Mods. Thurston County Sheriffs,
Campus Security, and student housing
managers were called to the scene.
Sunday, October 27
1001: Fire alarm went off in D-Dorm.
911 was called.
1102: Resident reported theft of his bike
from A-Dorm.
1115: Person reported the hood of his
VW stolen while it was parked in F-lot.
1147: Student reported the theft of his
helmet from the wood shop.
1416: Attempted suicide reported in ADorm.
2002: CAB Deli reported items stolen.
Monday, October 28
1150: Person reported her car vandalized
while parked in F-Lot.
2333: A man and a woman were
reported to be trying to break into the
CAB book store from the back hallway.
Security performed 66 public
services (unlocks, escorts, jump starts,
etc.) this week.
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Attendance is by pre-registration
only, and must be completed by
Wednesday, Nov. 6. The cost is $25 or
$10 for students. Registration forms are
available at (he TESC Labor Center.
Attend Aikido
fellowship
training
EVERGREEN-Some
of
the
top
instructors and practitioners of Ki-Aikido
in the Puget Sound region will participate
in a fellowship training with host club
Evergreen Ki-Aikido this Sunday from 10
am - 4 pm in CRC 316.
Students and the community are invited
to observe the grace, beauty, and selfempowerment aikido offers.
"We want people to have a better
understanding of what a martial art spirit
really is," said Evergreen Ki-Aikido
President Peter Bonneau. "They'll see it's
quite different from what they see in the
movies."
Speaking on civil
rights
EVERGREEN-Authors and civil-rights
activists Staughton and Alice Lynd will
be on campus for two events Nov. 4 and
5.
Nov. 4 they will be presenting the
slide-show and discussion Eyewitness
Account of the Israeli Occupation of
Palestine in Lecture Hall 5 at 7 pm.
Issues being discussed include the impact
of Israeli Occupation on people's lives in
the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and
Golan Heights; human and political costs
of U.S. aid to Israel; and the Mideast
Peace Talks.
Nov. 5, from 11 am to 12 pm, LH3,
the Lynds will speak about long-term
activism. They will address the issue of
staying active and hopeful in the face of
the current world political situation.
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Women's caucus
potluck
Wednesday
EVERGREEN-The Women's Caucus
will be meeting Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Faculty and staff women are invited.
Please bring a potluck dish and be
prepared for an evening of stimulating
and supportive discussions. Call Bonnie
at x6236, or Nancy at x6458 for time
and location.
CPJ editorial
faux pas
CORRECTION--Gary
Wessels
Galbreath's letter in the Oct. 4 CPJ was
run with several typing errors. The letter,
on page 4, was a response to Dante
Salvatiera's letter on "People of Color,"
and should have the following
corrections.
The first sentence in the second
paragraph read "... accurate group of
word to describe a populous that has
been refereed to by minorities," and
should read "... accurate group of words
to describe a populous that has been
referred to as minorities."
In the first sentence of the fourth
paragraph, it reads "As far as Dante's
comment about it being intolerable for
people of color to harass..." and should
read "As far as Dante's comment about
it being tolerable for people of color to
harass..."
The CPJ, and typist Leif Wahlborg in
particular, apologize to all readers and to
Mr. Galbreath for the errors.
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by RJ Nesse
"Student Activities have lived
without the light of day for long enough...
let there be windows...let there be light..."
-saying of the CPJ staff.
And so there will be light this
December when Student Activities will
move back into their offices on the third
floor of the CAB.
There isn't space in the CPJ this
week to describe all the high ceilings, big
windows, and heavenly elbow room that
the new offices will offer Student Groups,
but in the words of Tom Mercado, "...it's
a community space...a big beautiful
space "
Student Activities (currently
located on the third floor of the Library
Building,) who will be housed in the new
area include: EPIC, Slightly West, the
Student Art Gallery, Environmental
Resource Center, APIC, MEChA, SPI,
Jewish Cultural Center, UMOJA, Indian
Center, YWCA, Peace Center, Students
for Christ, Vets/Resv, Volunteer Groups,
KAOS, CPJ, Women of Color and
LGBPRC.
The shot on the left pictures the
entrances to both the Women of Color's
and the Lesbian Gay Bisexual People
Resource Center's offices. The ON THE
AIR beacons below will soon light up in
the offices of the mighty KAOS.
RJ Nesse is the editor of the CPJ.
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Page 3
Columns
Ingram evades Sheriffs questioning
by Chris Bader
"These are hard questions, Paul, but,
ya, God, ya gotta, ya gotta come up with
some answers. I mean you wanna get this
out and we're pushing you the best we
can." - Detective J.R. Vukich, Thurston
County Sheriffs Office
Another Washington /
When Paul Ingram was first faced
with accusations of rape from his
daughters, he neither admitted to the
charge, nor denied it. He simply
registered shock that he could do such a
thing.
refusing to provide details of his crimes.
You see, Ingram used a strange line Their attitude deeply upset Paul, who
of logic. He believed that he had raised spent a great deal of time attempting to
his kids to be honest and forthright. convince them that he was trying his
Therefore, he knew that he must have hardest. He passed the hours in his cell
done whatever his children reported, even praying, reading the Bible, and crying;
if he could not remember. He began to hoping to retrieve the memories he knew
believe that he had a "dark side" that the detectives wanted so desperately to
manifested itself when he committed his hear.
crimes.
Shoening and Vukich quickly realized
It proved to be a frustrating situation how deeply religious Paul was, and began
for the Thurston County Sheriffs to use religion to try and make Paul give
Department. In Paul, they had a person details of his crimes, as in this excerpt
who admitted to every crime they asked from the Nov. 29 interview:
about, but did not remember anything. He
was continually
noncommittal and
Vukich: "Paul, this is like a baptism,
confused.
or a spiritual cleansing or whatever you
Consider the following exchange from wanna call it. It's like when you turned
the transcript of Paul's Nov. 29, 1988 to Christianity, I mean, you told all to get
interview with detectives Brian Shoening atonement to become a Christian. Now
and J.R. Vukich:
you're involved in a criminal act and you
want to try to salvage your family. You
Ingrain: "/, /, I'm havin' trouble can't do that unless you bare your soul
convincing myself I could abuse my kids. again and tell all..."
If I can't see that..."
Later in the same interview, Paul was
told to "[c]hoose life over living death."
Shoening: "But you have, Paul."
In other words: talk or go to hell!
Ingram: "Okay, but just understand Portions of the transcripts are truly
me, if I can't see that, I don't know what bizarre, as Paul cries "Help me dear
else is back there I may have done. I, I God," or "Oh merciful Jesus," in response
honestly don't. I don't know I might - to the detective's taunts.
But the tactic worked.
what's gonna be revealed to me."
In the latter part of his Nov. 29
The detective's first reaction to Paul's interview, Paul began to recall one of the
hesitance was to assume that he was gang rapes of his daughters. He named
"copping out"; protecting himself by names and reported the gruesome sexual
details. It was the first of what would be
many "memories."
There were problems with Paul's
memories from the beginning, however. In
fact, in many respects they could more
accurately be called visions.
For example, as Paul recalled scenes,
he was unclear as to the locations, dates,
or times. He was never certain who was
present and often changed the identity of
the persons involved. In one instance, he
couldn't tell whether the person directly
in front of him was his son or daughter!
At times he viewed a scene as if he
was in his body, but on other occasions,
he could see himself as if he was floating
above the scene.
When recalling a rape during his Dec.
1 interview, he couldn't even tell where
he was:
Ingram: "Oh, sweet Jesus, let me see
the face. Oh, come on Lord."
Vukich: "Try and look at this person,
Paul."
Ingram: "Who is it. I'm lookin' right
at him. Lookin' right at him."
Vukich: "fa it you? Is that you Paul
and you don't want to see yourself?"
Ingram: "/ think, I think I'm behind
Jim. I don't think that's me..."
As Paul offered more and more
information to the detectives, that
information became increasingly bizarre.
One of his "memories" involved him
and, possibly, Jim Rabie, picking up a
prostitute in the Sea-Tac area and killing
her; which led him to the conclusion that
he might be the Green River killer! It
was a claim quickly discounted by the
Green River Task Force.
Detectives dropped the Green River
matter, and focused on satanism. Ingram
was first asked about Satanic involvement
by a Dr. Peterson during his Nov. 29,
1988 interview:
Peterson: "Before your conversion to
Christianity, were you ever involved in
any kind of black magic?"
Ingram: "Uh, at one time I read a
little bit of astrology but, you know, like
in the paper, read your, what do you call
that?"
Vukich: "Horoscope."
Ingram: "Horoscope. Uh, nothing
other than that."
Apparently detectives had forgot about
this early, simple denial by the time
Ingram had started having elaborate
visions of gigantic satanic ceremonies. It
didn't seem to bother them that these
revelations came after long discussions
with his pastor and after a jail cell
exorcism. They weren't concerned with
Dr. Richard Ofshe's claims that they had
pressured Paul into giving those
confessions.
They just continued to listen to Paul's
stories, lapping up the gruesome details...
However, all of the questionable
methods used by Thurston County
detectives in the interrogation of Paul
Ingram pale in comparison to those used
in the interview of one of his sons.
Detectives told Ingram's son, in no
uncertain terms, that he had been
molested by a cult since he was a child,
even though he couldn't remember it.
They told him that his childhood dream
of seeing painted faces hovering outside
of his second story window was real.
They told him that he might have a
brand new car if he started naming
suspects...
To be continued....
Chris Bader writes a regular column
for the CPJ.
Human rights abuses continue to escalate in Sudan
AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL
•*
by Jeff Crane
Adnan Zahir Surur, Anwar Abbas
and Amar Abdel Khalig were arrested in
August 1991, in Khartoum, Sudan. They
are being held incommunicado without
trial or charge in a secret detention
center and Amnesty International is
concerned that they are at risk of torture
and ill-treatment.
There have been extensive human
rights violations in Sudan since a
military government seized power on
June 30, 1989. Hundreds of non-violent
opponents of the government have been
imprisoned without charge or trial.
Many prisoners are subject to torture
while being held in secret detention
centers called "ghost houses." Amnesty
International has been able to confirm
the torture in "ghost houses" of more
that 60 people arrested since November
1989 by members of a security force
known as "the Security of the
Revolution."
Please write courteously worded
letters inquiring into the health of the
prisoners and their current status.
Request that they be treated humanely
and be released immediately and
unconditionally. You can send letters to
the following addresses:
Lieutenant General Omar Hassan alBashir, Head of State and Chairman of
the NSRCC, People's Palace, PO Box
281, Khartoum, Sudan.
Major-General al-Zubeir Mohamed
Saleh, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister
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Page 4 Cooper Point Journal October 31, 1991
Columns
Live from the Evergreen State Closet.
by Inga Muscio
I: Tell me about your experience with
russet.
T: With what?
I: Russet.
T: Ah...Oh...Um.... I had this white car
that changed color because of the
weather, it eats the finish.
I: Like it was a different color in fall
than in summer?
T: Yaa... It's like it corrodes and the car
starts falling apart. It's awful.
I: What do you do when somebody lies?
T: When somebody lies to me.... My
first reaction is to ask why they couldn't
trust me enough to feel comfortable
telling me the truth. It's a real
uncomfortable feeling. Especially when
it's a close intimate friend.
I: When was the last time you lied?
T: Ughhhh... You know this sounds
stupid but the last time I can remember
being truly dishonest was providing the
weight on my driver's liscence.
I: How do you spell liscence?
T: L-I-C-E-N-S-E.
I: Oh. Who do you think was lying,
Clarence or Anita?
T: I believe Anita. She had nothing to
gain and everything to lose.
I: What's a Freudian Slip?
T: I think for me, a good example of a
Freudian Slip was when I was doing a
radio show about coming out day and I
said, "Broadcasting live, from The
Evergreen State Closet", without realizing
I said Closet 'til I actually said it. I was
immediately embarrassed but my guests
thought it was appropriate.
I: How come you bite your fingernails?
T: (Looks at fingernails) Ehhha hee hee.
I always have. Umm.. it's .a nervous
reaction, I suppose. I don't think it's a
cool thing to do, but I don't even think
about it when I'm doing it.
I: What do you think about?
T: What DO I think about? I think a lot
about the future... about where I wanna
be five years from now. I s'pose I think
about falling in love. And working in
public radio.
I: Do you like to get requests?
T: Yah. I love getting phonecalls, cause
then I know people are listening.
I: Tell me about a monumental phone
call.
T: One time, during the pledge drive,
two women called up, independently, and
they both said, "I love your show and
I'm an artist. When I listen to your
show, it helps me create my art." And
there's no greater feeling of purpose than
to know that your work is bringing
meaning to someone else's life.
I: Do you have warm milk with nutmeg
before bed?
T: Never.
I: Well why not?
T: Because I'd rather have tea before I
go to bed.
This weeks Inga-view was with Tom
Freeman, program director at KAOS.
Inga Muscio does weekly interviews for
the CPJ.
Brainy covers nuts, soup, records and recycling
Dear Brain Boy,
Why are Post Grape Nuts called
that?
—Brian Bothwell, Olympia
Dear Brian,
Around 1900, C.W. Post, the founder
of the Post Cereal Company, created the
product now known as Grape Nuts. The
cereal is baked in ovens Wee a loaf of
bread and during the baking process the
malted barley and wheat produce what
Post called a "grape sugar." Also, the
cereal had a nutty flavor and texture.
Hence, "Grape Nuts."
Although
I
uncovered
this
information independently, I am aware
that the king of knowledge himself, Cecil
Adams (who is a colossus and I a mere
waif), has beaten me to the punch on
this one in that compendium of vital
trivia, The Straight Dope. I recommend
it most highly.
Dear Brain Boy,
Scott Richardson doesn't know
what's up with recycling on campus. Do
you?
-Rachel Nesse, editor, CPJ
Dear, dear Rachel,
According to Mark Lacina, current
liaison for Housing recycling, "We are in
a transitory period. We had a DTP this
summer. One of the points we agreed
upon is that we needed to have a
recycling coordinator. Then there was the
hiring freeze due to the 2.5% cut. We
presently have no one. Although
recycling hasn't stopped, the coordination
has broken down. But now the position
has been unfrozen and someone will be
hired."
Some housing students were unclear
about a memo which was sent out via
the housing mailboxes regarding housing
recycling. Because an additional memo
has now been issued, people should
watch their mail.
Dear Drain Boy,
If you took the grooves on a typical
vinyl record (LP) and stretched them out,
how far would they go?
—John Ellefson, Cooper's Glen
Dear John,
A fustian riddle indeed! (This query
is reminiscent of the old, "How many
grooves are there on a record?"-the
answer being, of course, two. But see
below*).
For purposes of experimentation, I
selected The Beatles' Abbey Road as my
typical record (though no discerning ear
should ever really consider this album
"typical"). Through the use of the Martin
Equation, I was able to calculate that if
you stretched the groove out in a straight
line (for both sides), it would travel
down
London's
Abbey
Road
roughly...3,607 feet!
*Also, note the existence of the
strange double groove on the original
pressings of Monty Python's Matching
Tie and Handkerchief. On this record, as
with some other rarities, there are two
grooves running simultaneously on one
side-depending on where you drop the
needle you can get two different sets of
sounds.
Dear Brain Boy,
In your infinite wisdom, what is the
grossest, weirdest, commercial soup that
you have sampled?
-Andy Hamlin, TESC
Dear Andy,
Strange you should ask this. About
ten months ago I noticed a package of
Byerly's Beer Cheese Soup in the frozen
section at Olympia's own Top Foods. On
the package is a picture of a bowl of
super-smooth creamy yellow soup with
popcorn (I think) floating in it. The
ingredients did in fact contain both beer
and cheese, as well as tabasco. After a
few weeks I decided to stop worshipping
it and actually bought it. That night I
microwaved the frozen pouch of soup, let
it "gloop-gloop" into a bowl, and tasted
it. Andy, I've never tasted anything so
foul. I had to run to the sink and rinse.
But, in fairness to Byerly's, Elias Seidel
was then offered the heinous bowl~and
ate it all. He said it was both "good,"
and "filling." Go figure.
Brain Boy (alias Mike Mooney) lives
to share his brain with you. Send him
your queries at the CPJ office, L2510.
Don't kill your television
The
Evolutionary
Pace
Karen Alexander
by Karen Alexander
There are millions of things for
Americans to do with their spare time,
such as opening the mind with books,
tuning the body with exercise, expression
and creativity through the arts, etc. etc.
But for some strange reason, the
mesmerization induced by the television
screen is by far the most popular
pastime.
As
I
stroll
through
the
neighborhoods of Olympia on my eveing
walks, I notice that the glow of a
television illuminates almost every home.
The houses that don't have a TV on are
usually those whose residents are not
home.
Two weeks ago, one of my coworkers spent her whole weekend in bed,
hypnotized by the Clarence Thomas/Anita
Hill hearings. Her daughter inquired as
to whether she was sick or not. "Yes,
Mommy's sick and wants to stay in
bed," my co-worker had lied. Talk about
quality family time.
Recently, a 20-year old I know was
asked, "What do you want to do with
your life?" He responded with, "I want
to be rich and watch lots of television."
How ambitious-and how pathetic.
And finally, there's a large portion
of the younger generation addicted to
MTV and Nintendo.
Now I'm not suggesting that people
kill
their
television,
like
the
bumperstickers around town suggest,
because television is not the evil.
Unconscious addiction to it is.
America just needs to remember that
there are other things to do with their
spare time besides turning on (the
television) and dropping out (of life). I
hope they figure this out soon, perhaps
between commercial breaks.
Karen Alexander is an Evergreen
student.
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Page 5
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Men need to analyze sexual assault seriously
by Gary Galbreath
I recently attended a workshop full
of men discussing issues concerning rape.
This particular workshop had a goal of
helping to educate men on how to deal
with the subject of rape and sexual
assault There were 24 men in
attendance. Two staff, both in the
helping profession were the only non
students to attend.
In this article I will deal not only
with the workshop led by Todd Denny,
I will also address some comments he
made in an article submitted to the CPJ
(Oct. 17). I do want to mention that in
both the article and his workshop, Todd
raises some very valid and frightening
concerns. Yes, men can and must help to
stop rape, and we should be concerned
that more of us are not addressing this
and similar subjects. As a matter of fact
men seem to have a hard time in general
talking to each other.
Sexual assault occurs in all types of
relationships. Unfortunately when we
read statistics, listen to stories, or attend
workshops, the topic is usually how rape
and sexual assault occurs in heterosexual
relationships. Incidents of rape in gay
relationships, incest, even sexual assault
by a guardian rarely seem to make it
into these discussions. That is unless
someone in attendance is a survivor of
these situations or possibly educated to
these concerns. Todd mentioned that
women will sometimes not report an
acquaintance rape, this can also be said
for a survivor of childhood sexual
assault, who may hold an abusive
situation with them for many years.
A common assumption is that as
males we are culturally conditioned into
accepting certain sexist behaviors. It
would be pointless to argue that sexist
ideologies do not exist in America, yet
there are civilizations living within the
boundaries set up by the European
founders of this country, that at one time
fostered
non
sexist
ideals
and
traditionally existed in a non patriarchal
manner.
Among these many cultures have
been different alternatives to man or
woman. There are a group of people that
anthropologists referred to as berdache.
They were people who had
very
significant roles in their communities,
sometimes caring for the wounded,
burying the dead, even acting as a
mediator between men and women. In a
sense they challenged their roles as men
sometimes' choosing to wear women's
clothing and assuming the role of a
woman. They were respected by their
various nations or tribes. When
missionary activity arrived in this
country, the berdache were labeled as
homosexuals and chastised for their
activities. Today many berdache, and
would be berdache struggle with their
given of selected role in a racist and
heterosexist society. I want to make the
point that there are many cultures
existing in what is now known as
America, and we would be doing them a
disservice by categorizing them as one.
What is referred to as stranger rape
seems to get more media attention than
acquaintance rape.
Sensationalizing
stranger rape makes good news, yet we
cannot turn our backs on issues of
acquaintance rape. As men it is our
responsibility to talk openly with other
men, including our roommates, lovers,
fathers,
co-workers,
sons,
etc..
What is referred to
as stranger rape
seems to get more
media attention
than acquaintance
rape.
Acquaintance rape occurs more often than
is generally reported. Alcohol is a tool
used on many college campuses as a
catalyst for acquaintance rape. Possibly
you fed your friend a bit too much
alcohol and you thought there was
consent to partake in sexual activity, well
I want to say that consent is not possible
while someone is under the influence of
an intoxicant. Please remember that NO
means NO!
According to information presented at
the workshop, the legal definition of
sexual assault is when penetration of an
orifice occurs. I personally would like to
challenge that notion and say that there
other forms of sexual assault that do not
include penetration. For example a child
being forced to masturbate themselves or
another person would seem to constitute
sexual assault.
There have been suggestions made on
Yes on Initiative 120
by Jeff Crane
There seems to some confusion over
what exactly Initiative 120 will do if
passed. This confusion can be credited
to the deceptive advertising employed by
the opponents of choice.
Initiative 120 will guarantee the
continuance of the same rights women
have today in case Roe v. Wade is
overturned by the Supreme Court. If it
is overturned, women throughout the
country will be subjected to stringent,
outdated abortion laws dating from the
1800's until 1970. Under 120, women
will continue to have the same right to
choose abortion prior to fetal viability or
to preserve her life or health.
The biggest lie issued by the antiabortion forces is the television ad
claiming that Initiative 120 would force
Washington residents to pay an additional
60 million dollars a year for abortions.
Both Governor Booth Gardner and
former Governor Dan Evans have
denounced that ad for the blatant
distortion of truth and sleaze that it is.
Last year Washington state paid $62
million for public-assisted maternity care,
as opposed to only $2 million for
abortions.
The initiative
requires
continued funding of abortions for
women who qualify under the
public-assisted maternal care plan. This
does not require an equal amount of
spending as is spent on the public-
assisted maternal care plan. With 120
guaranteeing the same rights already in
place, there should be no rise in costs.
Opponents of 120's obsession with
costs is interesting considering the fact
that if abortions are made illegal costs to
taxpayers will be much higher than they
are presently. What will be the cost of
the food stamps, social services, and
institutional care that will result from an
unwanted child being born into a world
filled with people that speak piously
about protecting life, but do nothing to
guarantee that the children who are
living have sufficient food or shelter, or
are given an equal chance at having a
decent life? It is sick to make this an
issue of money but if abortion is made
illegal the cost will be much higher,
financially and socially.
By voting for Initiative 120 you are
not supporting abortion. The decision to
have an abortion is a difficult and
personal decision. Contrary to the
misrepresentations of opponents to choice,
many people who support a woman's
right to control her own body are
personally against abortion.
By voting for Initiative 120, you will
help prevent self-righteous people who
are willing to lie and distort the truth
from imposing their values on a majority
of Americans...at least in Washington.
Jeff Crane is an Evergreen student.
Page 6 Cooper Point Journal October 31, 1991
how to support someone who may be a
survivor of a sexual assault, and I do
stress the word survivor. Comforting a
survivor seemed to be a major focal
point. This person may want to get a
medical exam not only to test for
sexually transmitted diseases, but also for
possible future evidence in a court case,
if the survivor chooses or has the
opportunity to prosecute their attacker.
I want to mention that there is an
S&A funded men's group on campus
attempting to address issues concerning
us, including many of the ones mentioned
earlier. Todd's article seemed to suggest
that there is no "movement" of men
concerned about sexual violence on this
campus and in our own communities.
The Men's Exploration Nexus meets
every Monday from 5 to 7 pm in Library
2118.
If you choose to come, be
prepared for an action oriented movement
of men at The Evergreen State College.
I would like to end with some
comments made by a few of the
participants when asked two questions. 1.
What were some early memories of our
roles as boys/men, and 2. what is most
difficult about being a man.
1. War toys - boys and girls activities
clearly defined - getting beat up because
of size - expcted to fight - stereotypical
mens roles in cartoons - boys don't cry.
2. Understanding what our roles are women saying they can't trust me or talk
to me because I'm male - being labeled
as an oppressor - trying to understand
what is acceptable - talking to other men
when they refuse to have their sexist
ideals challenged. Men rape. Men can
stop rape.
Gary Galbreath is a member of the
Evergreen community and a patient
contributor to the CPJ.
Clearing up 120 confusion
by Susan Searles
"More taxpayers' dollars to fund
abortions. Abortions in the 7th, 8th, and
9th montlis. Abortions for any reason
whatsoever." This is what the promoters
of Initiative 120 "really want"--or so says
the postcard I found in my mailbox the
other day. It makes me wonder whether
the writers of such propaganda are
uninformed and believe this stuff, or
whether they are just plain lying.
Fact: Initiative 120 does NOT mean
"more taxpayers' dollars for abortions."
It simply continues the current practice
of funding abortions for low income
women. A woman eligible for
state-funded maternity care has the
option of a state-funded abortion. This is
what is meant by "substantially
equivalent"
benefits.
However,
anti-abortion advocates conveniently
misinterpret this to mean a dollar for
dollar matching of abortion funds to
maternity care funds. Last fiscal year, the
state spent $62.6 million for maternity
care and $2.6 million for abortions for
low-income women. Thus, using their
Math 101 skills to quickly and cleverly
subtract $2.6 from $62.6, opponents of
Initiative 120 conclude that Initiative 120
will cost taxpayers an additional $60
million for abortions (or alternatively a
$60 million drop in state maternity care
aid).
To illustrate how absurd this claim
is, divide $62.6 million by $344, the
average amount the state pays per
state-funded abortion. The answer is
182,000. That's how many state-funded
abortions would cost $62.6 million.
However,
state-funded
abortions
accounted for only 24 percent of
abortions in Washington last year, so
total abortions in Washington would be
760,000 per year-half of the total
number of abortions that occur in the
entire United States in the same time
period.
Fact: Initiative 120 guarantees the
right to choose an abortion only until
fetal viability. (The only exception is if
an abortion is necessary to protect a
woman's life or health.) As defined by
Initiative 120, fetal viability is the point
in pregnancy when "there is a reasonable
likelihood of the fetus's sustained
survival outside the uterus without the
application of extraordinary medical
measures." With this definition, all
standard medical measures, including
intensive care, must be considered in
determining the viability of a fetus. For
example, at 26 weeks, a fetus born in a
hospital with intensive care has a fifty
percent chance of survival. It is viable.
At the same time, opponents of 120
conclude the opposite. Unfortunately, they
concoct their own definition of fetal
viability-when a fetus can survive
outside the womb without ANY medical
assistance!
Fact: Initiative 120 does indeed allow
abortions (prior to fetal viability) "for any
reason whatsoever"~and that's the way it
should be. I personally do not agree with
all reasons women have abortions, but the
point remains: Who should decide what
is "right" for each situation-individual
women or the government?
Fact: Initiative 120 does not take
away parents' choice. The Washington
State Supreme Court already did that in
1978, when it ruled that parental consent
laws are unconstitutional. Judging from
the thousands of minors who have died
in other states because of parental
notification and parental consent laws,
this ruling was fortunate.
Fact: Only physicians may legally
perform abortions under Initiative 120.
Any other person who performs an
abortion on another person would be
guilty of a punishable felony. A second
physician or a person acting under the
general direction of a physician may
assist a physician performing an abortion.
Despite
such
safety
measures,
anti-abortionites insist that Initiative 120
is "unsafe for women"-an ironic claim
considering their true agenda. Illegalizing
abortion is downright dangerous for
women. Ask one of the world's women
who has a fatal, illegal abortion. One dies
every three minutes.
We are in an era in which the
right to choose abortion can no longer be
taken for granted. The U.S. Supreme
Court is stacked. Already two states and
one territory have attempted to make
abortion illegal. It is only a matter of
time until one of these laws forces Roe
vs. Wade into a deadly tailspin, and along
with it, American women's constitutional
right to determine their reproductive fates.
As the Supreme Court returns the
abortion issue to the states, it is
increasingly important to ensure that
Washington women's right to choose or
refuse abortion is protected in full. The
reinstitution of Washington's pro-choice,
but restrictive law of 1970 is not enough
in a post-Roe era. We must not revert to
spousal consent, a residency requirement,
and a ban on abortions after 16 weeks of
pregnancy which is before many fetal
abnormalities can be detected.
Next Tuesday, Nov. 5, is Election Day.
Washington is the only state with a
pro-choice initiative on the ballot. All
eyes are on us. We must pass Initiative
120 with a resounding "YES," not only
for the women of Washington, but to
send an unmistakable message to the rest
of the country-thai women must have
the reproductive freedom to choose or
refuse abortion.
Next Tuesday, protect the right to
choose-exercise your right to vote. Yes
on 120!
Susan Searles is a Evergreen Student
and a member of National Abortion
Rights Action League.
Gender Bitch
found offensive
There has been quite a reaction to
the new comic strip Gender Bitch;
everything from it's brutal slapstick
approach to disliking the strip's blatant
discrimination of women. I have written
this article not in reaction to its
existence, but to the idea that the comic
strip should be pulled permanently from
the CPJ.
The comic strip, written by Josh
Remis and Brett MacNeil, began in the
Oct. 3 CPJ. It portrayed a 44-year-old
overweight white woman who gets her
head stuck in a toilet. Because of this
unfortunate
accident, Edith (the
character's appointed name) had to have
a blood transfusion into her buttocks.
Now, it is important to have a little
history of the heroine/hero syndrome.
When a heroine/hero prototype occurs, an
accident of supreme concoctions (i.&.
Spiderman, Incredible Hulk) has to occur
to insure the heroine/hero's ability to
mutate into a new form. In Edith's case,
there are no exceptions.
In the preceding two strips (actually,
the only other two published), Edith is
transformed
into a
raving
environmentally, socially, and politically
correct warhound. So far, one woman,
two men, and one hospital bed have
fallen victim to her pine-sol testosteronelaced body.
When I decided to write this paper,
I had to stop and think for more than a
minute. I grew up indulging in very
prolific and sexists comic books like the
X-men with their scantily-clad Storm and
Rogue, and Ironman with his new
objectifiable woman every issue. I knew
no other method of depicting a heroine
in outlandish situations except to indulge
in a little violence, expose huge breasts
on women and belittle their existence.
And, like many people in the comic
book industry know, women writers,
illustrators, and editors are few and far
between.
So what can we do to solve this
small example of what actually occurs
every Friday when the new comics come
out? I wish I knew. But what I refuse
to even suggest is the cancellation of
Gender Bitch. I am, if you must ask,
wholeheartedly
disgusted by the
assumption that two men had the gall to
represent the female gender in such a
way. It's bad enough that our
mainstream newspapers
(i.e. the
Olympian, Seattle Times, the PI) comic
strips are written by men and about men
and misrepresent women on a daily basis.
To this writer, the comic strip does
not add to, or compliment my existence.
Any irresponsible representation of a
person, regardless of gender, calls for a
discourse such as this. The authors need
to know your opinion. I know there are
people who have enjoyed the strip, and
their voices are silent. Why? I don't
know. And maybe someday we'll all
know why on earth these two men
decided to portray a woman in such a
vile, sexist manner.
Who knows, maybe they both have
mother issues.
J Mikky Wright
'People of color11
still a bad label
In response to the article by Dante
Salvatiera (Oct. 10 CPJ) about "people
of color" label, and Gary Wessels
Galbreath's response (Oct. 24 CPJ) to
Salvatiera's article, I would like to add
my opinion:
1) The issue is of most importance.
It is fundamentally related to the
prevalent racism in this country, which
is, I believe, the most endemic problem
in the United States. Until this problem
is resolved, the country will not have
true peace.
2) Both labels "minority" and
"people of color" are misleading and
insulting to the people they are supposed
to refer to. In addition, the label "people
of color" is racist.
3) Racism is based on two
assumptions. First, that human beings can
be divided, in some scientific way, into
races. Second, that given two races one
is "superior" to the other one. Clearly, if
we do not accept the first assumption the
second one does not have any ground
and racism is impossible. When races
were invented~in Europe at the end of
the 18th century-one of the races was
the "white" race. Then, there were other
races invented and they collectively
formed the "people of color." Of course,
for the Europeans and people of
European descent, the white race was the
superior race and that way they had a
"scientific" justification for their
exploitation of non-Europeans. The idea
of race has no scientific basis. I
challenge anyone to classify me into one
of these categories.
4) Still, Europeans managed to
convince many people, including the socalled "people of color" of these racist
ideas. So we all have fallen into the trap.
This mentality, and it's corresponding
language, is especially prevealent in the
United States, is officially imposed in
South Africa, and is almost absent in
other countries, like my own country,
Colombia. Our very enlightened and
liberal Evergreen State College is equally
guilty, officially and in its everyday life,,
of this mentality.
5) Giving labels to categories can be
logical and fruitful, like when we call
certain figures "squares" and others
"triangles." At other times this can not
only be impossible, but undesirable.
It may be of interest for an
anthropologist or a geographer to observe
the obvious, but superficial differences in
physical appearance among the different
peoples of the
world.
These
classifications have a global value but fail
when taken as precise categories. This
happens when we classify people like we
classify figures or numbers.
6) When we insist on giving labels to
categories that are fuzzy in their
boundaries, we risk the danger of
stereotyping indivduals. Let's accept each
other as members of the HUMAN
RACE.
Raphael Marino
Forum
Evergreeners need universal social lubricant
by Loren D. Rupp
This year's "official" Halloween
party, "Nightmare on Red Square" turned
out to be a real nightmare indeed. The
arrangements were lavish: music on two
stages, a full haunted house...and a grand
total of about 30 people in attendance.
It's a shame though, because clearly
a lot of good energy went into the
preparation of the event. The bands that
played were perfectly good; while the
haunted house in the Library basement
was quite creative, and at times,
downright scary. But unfortunately few
people got to see it, due in part to a
prohibitively expensive ticket price.
Townsfolk appeared to outnumber
students here, as there was a special
admission price for families. But if
someone is trying to prove that
Olympians can party alongside Greeners,
they need to do better than this pathetic
attempt at a party.
I ran across some alumni types
wandering around Red Square that night
who asked me where the real fun was to
be had. Looking around at the dismal
abyss around us, (the bands were
packing up by 11:30 pm) I could only
shrug my shoulders. Their astonished
response was something like, "Well I
remember back in the old days of
Evergreen when we had keg parties in
the President's office."
Times have definitely changed.
Evergreen is now the lifeless, boring
place that it has spent the last twenty
years attempting to avoid. And Greeners
are a bunch of pasty-ass wimps that
don't even know how to throw a party.
Right?
But wait...behold. As the crew was
dismantling the remains of the official,
sanctioned party in the Library,
Helltrout and Nubbin were just getting
cranked up in the Mods, for free. The
beer was flowing freely (but illegally)
and everyone was appearing to have a
great time. That is until Thurston County
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Security officers and student managers.
They barged in and announced that this
Satan influenced, slam dancing melee
was over, and that everyone must go
home. So much for the party.
Clearly there is still plenty of spirit
left here at Evergreen, it's just simply
repressed. Some suggestions to the
powers-that-be who are in charge of
organizing official events around here.
First, bring back beer (the universal
social lubricant) to college functions.
Who remembers the real Get Wrecked
Bash? Allow Helltrout to play in
someplace bigger than a telephone booth.
And quit treating college events such as
Super Saturday and Nightmare on Red
Square as PR schemes, and recognize
that Evergreen has its own unique, proud
culture that should be allowed to flourish.
Let's let our youthful energy flow!
Lauren Rupp is, quite obviously, an
Evergreen student.
Voting is for suckers
by Mike Grutchfield
Voting is for suckers. To vote is to
affirm your belief in the American
political system and its strategy of mob
(er, I mean "majority") rule. The idea of
basing a political system on the
determination of which side is bigger
harks back to a day when politics were
decided with the club and fist.
Essentially the winner of an election gets
to say, "There are more of us than there
are of you, so you have to do what we
say" to the loser. Why, in a supposedly
civilized age, anyone would submit
themselves to such a humiliating system,
is beyond the scope of most intelligent
thinkers.
Indeed, such notables as Ambrose
Bierce, Emma Goldman, and John
Stewart Mills have disdained the system
of majority rule.
Among those who have risen to
power on the crest of the "voice of the
people" were Adolph Hitler, Benito
Mussolini (big voter turnouts at those
two elections, too), George Bush and
Margaret Thatcher. The second camp
may be bigger, but I know which side
I'd rather be on. Interestingly enough,
Thomas Jefferson (himself a slave owner
and all-around lip-servant to liberty)
observed in his day that a time would
come when voting would not be enough
to deter tyranny. In his words, "Our
leaders will become corrupt, our people
careless...[the people] will be forgotten,
therefore, and their rights disregarded.
They will forget themselves in the sole
faculty of making money, and will never
think of uniting to effect a due respect
for their rights. The shackles, therefore,
which shall not be knocked off at the
conclusion of this war, will be heavier
and heavier, till our rights shall revive or
expire in a convulsion."* Have truer
words ever been spoken?
In fact, the nonvoters in America are
now (and have been for some time) in
the mythic majority. In spite of being
verbally abused by news commentators,
teachers, student organizations, religious
leaders, and politicos of all camps, most
Americans find something better to do
on the Big Day. In the last Presidential
election, less than half of those who
even bothered to register to vote cast
their ballot at all.
The tiny voting minority has no
claim on their right to rule the rest of
us, the people with no belief that any
amount of turnover in laws, politicians or
propaganda campaigns will benefit us in
the slightest. The shakiness of a system
is exposed when its proponents have to
bend their own rules in order to keep the
thing alive.
"But what about making your voice
heard?" cry the snivelling liberals as they
watch "voter apathy" sweep across the
nation. "What about your right to choose
your leaders? What about our warm,
loving candidates? What about all the
cool initiatives?" The only of these that
deserves the dignity of a reply is the last
I must concede that I am ambiguous
enough on this point that I donated to the
see suckers, page 9
Cooper Point Journal October 31, 1991 Page 7
Arts & Entertainment
Grutchfield returns to the Class of 1984
by Michael Grutchfield
Well, since I reviewed Suburbia last
time, I thought it would be an interesting
contrast this week to review a parental
punk paranoia movie. The best, and the
earliest one I'm aware of, is Class of
1984. Sure, it's violent, biased, gory, and
rather sexist, but what the hey, it's almost
Halloween.
Class of 1984 isn't the easiest movie
to find nowadays (it was all over the
place when I saw it five years ago), even
in a decent-sized city with lots of
alternative video stores. But with some
hunting, I discovered it at Sight and
Sound, a store at 2826 Capitol Blvd. S.E.
•(352-4700). Feel free to look for yourself,
possibly you'll find something I missed.
It's definitely not at Top Foods.
Class of 1984 came out in 1981, I
believe, at a time when the media in
America was just discovering punk rock,
and the film coincided with a wave of
hysteria about drugs and violence in inner
city schools. If Suburbia was fair and
sympathetic towards modern-day frustrated
youth, Class of 1984 was Geraldo Rivera.
Punks never appear on the screen without
a swastika on an armband, or a T-shirt,
or at least spray-painted on a wall behind
them.
The movie opens with the disclaimer
that "No school we know of is as bad as
Lincoln High is portrayed in this
movie...yet." In
many ways the
filmmakers are prophetic; they suggest,
for example, the introduction of metal
detectors in school entrances, a program
that was being introduced at six New
York City schools when I left in 1988.
After the disclaimer, it focuses in on a
music teacher arriving at Lincoln for the
first time. He's just moved into the area
from a nice, cushy school out on Long
Island. He is no way prepared for the
levels of violence and hostility that exist
in the big city. In fact, he remains
annoyingly naive throughout most of the
movie.
The story is told from his perspective,
generally, but the real story is about a
gang of kids who like ripped clothes,
weird haircuts, loud music, violence and
drugs. The gang is lead by a very
'normal' looking aryan kid who has a gift
for playing the piano (music teacher,
remember?) and a truly sadistic streak.
Michael J. Fox appears (this must have
been the beginning of his career) as a
chubby 'victim' type, one of the nice kids
in the class who really wants to learn
something, but has to cope with the chaos
of his environment. The Dead Boys also
appear in the film (they did love a good
gag), to give it some level of punk
authenticity.
In
order
to
get
something
accomplished in his classroom, the teacher
kicks the punks out on the first day, and
tells them not to come back until they
can behave. So they begin a personal
vendetta against him, beginning with
threats and warnings and moving their
way up. In one classic scene the teacher,
after discovering the gang has dissected
and mutilated the biology teacher's pet
rabbits, confronts the gang leader in the
bathroom. The kid shows how brave and
rebellious he is by bashing his own face
into a mirror, then blaming the teacher
when a guard shows up. The
teacher
slowly learns that the system is against
him at every turn. The kids, as minors,
have all kinds of 'rights' and can literally
get away with murder, as long as there
are no witnesses to testify. Their parents
don't care about their kids, they just don't
want to be troubled. The principal refuses
to expel them on a single complaint, and
so on. He still doesn't figure out that
they've got him, and on the big night of
his class' concert, they gang-rape his
pregnant wife while one female member
takes photos.
When she delivers them to the teacher
at his podium, we reach the climax of the
movie. I don't want to give away the
ending, but I will say that there's lots of
blood, lots of metal shop tools, and no
witnesses. In short, Class of 1984 is a bad
movie, sure to offend most intelligent
viewers at some point. But for all that, it
is great fun, and offers much insight as to
how 'They' think. If you're the kind of
person who gets off on mindless plots,
senseless violence, and defending police
brutality, Class of 1984 is for you,
Mike Grutchfield has mass.
Killdozer: and their shirts are real greedy too
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by Andrew Hamlin
KILLDOZER
"FOR LADIES ONLY" (LP AND CD)
TOUCH & Go RECORDS
Bill, Dan, and Michael don't hate the
eight seventies tunes they cover on this
record, at least not that I can tell. It is
possible, as the Lords of the New Church
did with "Like A Virgin," to deliberately
ruin a cover tune by pimping it in basest
sense of that word-tile sense where you
"know" what you pimp is worthless, you
turn it out as worthless, and that's why it
has to be pimped. Then someone buys the
record and closes the circuit (the "Virgin"
twelve-inch had a circle of red cellophane
over the hole to make sure you laughed).
Killdozer could have pimped these
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eight songs, maybe played screen-saver "Cinnamon Girl," (why doesn't the CD
what's here. Anybody find KAOS's copy
industrial as Severed Heads did with have bonus tracks?) but I'll jump over
yet?
Andrew Hamlin ne plays foosball pas.
"Strange Brew," but they prefer imbuing twenty Skinny Puppy slabs to reach
them with their own power. From "Hush"
to "Funk #49" the thrashing and clanking
shows great enthusiasm: Dan's ride
cymbal leads boldly through the equalizersqueezed string section and Michael
shreds vocally like an asshole with two
kegs of beer in him. For Bad Company's
"Good Lovin' Gone Bad" he yelps the
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first verse like a whipped pup, asks "why
"An invitation to s
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can't it be like it was baby," answers
himself in the voice of John Wayne with
second to none."
a cold. Even as this deflates Paul
Rodger's cool, cool cockswagger on the
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original, I believe Michael's "I'm a
baaaaaad man!" He's not, but he's
certainly a mad dog, and that's worse.
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I miss their hard-to-find takes of
"Sweet Home Alabama," "Nasty," and
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a tribute to George Gershwin and Cole
Porter, playing tonight through the third,
the 7th through the 10th, and the 14th
through the 16th at Stage II of the
Washington Center for the Performing
Arts. All shows 8 pm except the 3rd and
the 10th at 2 pm. Tickets $10, $5 for
children 14 and under. Info: 753-8586.
retiring university president William Radicalism and We Won't Go!, a book
Rieke. Admission "costs $5 and $3 at the about the Vietnam war. Info: 786-9636.
door," whatever that means; proceeds
benefit the school's music scholarship JOIN THE CONSPIRACY meets today
from 8:30 to 9:30 pm in Library 1406A
fund. Info: 535-7621.
to discuss Dinesh D'Souza's Illiberal
THE MAIN ATTRACTION, Seattle's real Education
and
"intellectual
cool a cappella ensemble, plays the totalitarianism." Article available from the
Performing Arts Center of Western Dean of Student Activities in Library
Washington University at 8 pm. Tickets 1414.
$4. Info: 676-3738.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE'S play No Exit is
the debut offering from Olympia's
Blackwash Theatre. It runs tonight,
tomorrow night, November 8-9, November
WEDNESDAY
THE CONQUEROR WORM (AND 16-17, and November 22-23. All shows
TALES APROPOE...) a theater piece start at 8 pm at Studio 321, 321 N.
based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe, Jefferson (one block north of State). THE MEN'S EXPLORATION NEXUS, EMMET DOBEY of Olympia Public
plays tonight, tomorrow night, and Tickets $5, available in advance from a group devoted to discussion of the role Works discusses the challenges of
of men in the late 20th century and planning growth to sustain, rather than
Saturday night, 8 pm all three nights, at Rainy Day Records. Info: 943-6946.
beyond, meets Monday evenings from 7 threaten, our community's ecology, and
the Washington Hall Performance Gallery,
153 14lh Avenue in Seattle (also a late THE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY JAZZ to 9 pm in Library 2118. All students, what this means to the city of Olympia,
AND JAZZ
LAB staff, and faculty are welcome to which has accepted the Department of
show at 11 pm on Friday night). Tickets ENSEMBLE
are $9, or $8 for the late show on Friday. ENSEMBLE, directed by Roger Card, participate. Info: 866-0751 or 866-6000 Ecology to become the state's first model
will perform jazz works by Gershwin, x6462.
Info: 322-5540.
"sustainable city." It's part of the "Piece
Ellington, Mintzer, and Kubis tonight at 8
of My Mind" lecture series, and goes on
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and e/very Monday at 7 pm in the Lounge Center, 222 N. Columbia Street. Info:
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THE JURASSIC GROUP, for prevention
in Olympia. The public is encouraged to UNKNOWN is an exhibition of intricate (ask for Clif).
attend. Awards Committee meets today at box works from 100 women of color
of and recovery from alcohol and drug
10 am; Visual Arts Committee and 1:15 across the country. Materials include EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT of THE abuse, meets Wednesdays 6 to 8 pm in
OCCUPATION
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On Friday, the commissioners will take Gallery II and IV in the Evergreen Lynd, long-time civil rights activists, 7
action on several items during their Library Building from today through pm tonight in Lecture Hall 5. Presentation
THURSDAY
regular business meeting from 10 am to December 6, with an opening celebration includes a slide show and a video made
approximately 4 pm. Info: Karen Kamara 4 to 7 pm Thursday, November 7. Gallery by Seattle members of the Palestine
II is open 8:45 am-10:45 pm Monday- Solidarity Committee. Topics include the THE EVERGREEN YWCA meets today
Gose at 753-3860.
Thursday, 8:45 am-6:15 pm Friday, and effect of Israeli occupation on people's at 6 pm in Library 3205; topics include
TICKETS ARE NOW on sale for A 10:30 am-6:15 Saturday-Sunday. Gallery daily lives, and the significance of the the group's goals for this year, and what
Contemporary Theater's annual production IV is open noon-6 pm Monday-Friday, current Mideast peace talks. Info: 786- can be done to assist human rights
of A Christmas Carol, opening December and 1-5 pm Saturday-Sunday. Info: Peter 9636.
activism in the Olympia community.
1 and running through December 29 at A Ramsey at 866-6000 x6488.
Contemporary Theater, 100 West Roy in
AN ARTIST REVIEWS THE ROMAN
TUESDAY PAST is a lecture by Kate Delos of
Seattle. For tickets and info: 285-5110
(TTY/TDD 285-3224) or Ticketmaster at
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IF YOU WANT to put something in next room 100 of Pacific Lutheran University
628-0888.
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volunteer opportunities to participate in a Performance Hall at Seattle Central For any clarifications you may need, see will discuss her current series of mixedmulti-racial, multi-cultural environment. Community College at 625 Broadway in me, Andy Hamlin, in the CPJ office or media works based on ancient Roman
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Books; bring your favorite Dr. Seuss story Pm today at Waldenbooks in Capital Evergreen alumni WYNN WRIGHT plays
suckers, from page 7
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acoustic folk music tonight from 7 to 9
"Yes on 120" campaign.
I would
Seuss meant to vou or iust listen Starts
Pm at Barb>s Soul Cuisine, 203 W. 4th
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at 7-30 pm at Four' Seasons Books 421 MUSIC YOU HATE TO LOVE is an Avenue in Olympia. Info: 786-9835.
those who have already decided to vote
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Page 9
Arts & Entertainment
Goforth thrashes in sea of weird pubs
by Ray Goforth
The Washington Spectator
c/o The Public Concern Foundation, Inc.
P.O. BOX 20065
London Terrace Station
New York, NY 10011
8 1/2 x 11 inches, 4 pages
50 cents for sample issue.
$9.00 (student price) for 22 issues.
For each issue of The Washington
Spectator, the editors search through the
mainstream press to cull articles all
dealing with one thing.
The September 15, 1991 issue
focusses upon George Bush's domestic
policy (or lack thereof), and the internal
problems facing the United States. The
general theme of this issue is the contrast
between the complexity of the United
States' domestic problems and the short
term priorities of politicians, with the
typical consequences of inaction on the
home front and military adventures to
keep the population distracted.
The final page focusses upon the
Soviet Union. It describes attempts to
bridge the troubled waters between the
command and market force economies by
funneling "more raw materials to sectors
producing consumer goods," improving
distribution
systems and
securing
international credits. Well detailed and
professionally put together. It's an ideal
publication for those wanting a quick
analysis of world events.
Tin Wreath
PO Box 13401
Albany, NY 12212
8 1 / 2 x 5 1/2 inches, 14 pages.
Issues are free but donations
requested.
Tin Wreath is a quarterly collection of
poetry from the fringes. There are lots of
familiar small press names here. The
issues tend to be of uneven quality, some
fantastic and others unbearable. Here is
a typical poem by Thomas Rolls:
Took a bus downtown.
Pockets empty
hurried past
the legless man
hat upturned
beside him on the sidewalk.
Before I could escape
he caught me
with his eyes
and smiled goodbye.
nothing...featuring Albert and Abbie
Hoffman, Aleister Crowley and Timothy
Leary and lots of their bullshit all
plagiarized for your reading pleasure..."
Besides the above mentioned there's
plenty of groovy art, a comic and a 1972
wanted poster for members of the
"Brotherhood of Eternal Love," sought
after for hashish importation and LSD
manufacture.
1 / 2 x 5 1/2, 12 pages.
No price listed.
"Ghetto rain" refers to the shotgun
pellets that showered down upon her
neighborhood. This collection of Linda's
poetry weaves a vivid fabric of death,
poverty and despair. Despite the
depressing subject matter, this is a
surprisingly enjoyable read.
Cathedral of Insanity #11
c/o Julie Luce, Editor
1216 West Ivesbrook
Lancaster, CA 93534
8 1 / 2 x 5 1/2, 10 pages.
$2.00 cash.
Underground Medicine
c/o Nervous Habits
Brainshot Inc.
G.P.O. BOX 2637x
Melbourne, VIC. 3001
Australia
8 1 / 2 x 6 inches, 34 pages.
No price listed but a couple of dollars
worth of Australian currency or something
equally bizarre in trade might yield an
issue.
Underground Medicine describes itself
tripper's guide to absolutely
as "the
Sensured #72
3560 Temple Avenue Dept. H221
Pomona, CA 91768
5 x 4 1 / 4 inches, 25 pages plus 3 page
pull-out.
Cathedral has a unique format. It's No price listed.
bound together with hand-tied loops of
Sensured chronicles the happenings of
yarn and the printing is only on the right
L.A.'s underground dance clubs. There
hand side pages. The contents match the
are plenty of photos and event reviews.
eccentric packaging; with praying mantis
Lots of not so covert references to the
facts, a play script, plenty of strange art, Ecstacy and L.S.D fueling the all night
Skinny Puppy lyrics and a host of bizarre dance-a-thons. This issue included a
poetry. Great fun from the desert.
fiction piece about a demented party-goer
and several ads for places to buy the hip
accoutrements. These folks seem to behaving a great time.
Ray Goforth is an Evergreen student
active in the independent press community.
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Coven House by Cat Kenney
Soylent Evergreen by Rachel Young
Super Queen and Butch Boy by Karl Tobias Steel and Donald Gene Coffin
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INTO A CHANGING ROOM
Shattered Daze by Scott A. Maxwell
Jelkujiin the Viper by Todd Tjersland
The Neverending State College by Paul H. Henry
Strip by Heather-Irene Davis
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time for pets and livestock. Your friends and neighbors,
^ven members of your own family, may take on unfamiliar shapes and appearances as you dress up to
celebrate. Please remember that your animals can
become scared or aggressive and are put under a
strain when their familiar routines are disrupted by
parties and trick-or-treating. Keep your animals safe
during Halloween by putting them in a quiet, secure
room in your home or barn. Don't let your pet go with
you to answer the door, and don't let them loose to
roam in your yard or pasture. A message to responsible
pet owners from Thurston County Humane Society.
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'ThanJc You" for all the poetry submissions
Z will try to use them all in the future/
Hey, and what about some graphics, haven't
got many of them.
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