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Grab a cup of tea...here's the CPJ.
September 26. 1991
Volume 22 Issue 1
A-Dorm in full bloom.
Student reports rape
Suspect held
in custody
by Bryan Conners
A 20 year-old woman reported
Monday that she was raped near the trail
to the Evergreen Organic Farm in the late
hours of Sunday, September 15.
Campus security reported that the
woman, an Evergreen student, was lured
by a man off the trail and raped
afterwards.
The victim was reported to have
suffered no serious physical injuries.
The suspect, Jason Rice, 20, a nonstudent and part time North West Food
Service employee, had been illegally
habitating part of the woods off the trail,
campus security said. It is Evergreen
habitation policy that no one may live
any place on campus except in campus
housing.
Rice was arrested by Thurston county
police and charged with second degree
rape (rape without the use of a weapon)
Tuesday, and is now in custody at the
Thurston County jail.
Thurston County Superior Court has
set a pre-hearing for Wednesday to
determine if Rice is to be psychologically
evaluated. The evaluation will determine
whether bail will be set, or if Rice will
remain incarcerated.
The last reported incident of this type
on campus was over four years ago.
Bryan Conners is covering security
issues for the CPJ. For information on
Safety Committee members, see page 2.
Parent seminars held
by Giselle Weyte
My mother says when I get older my
dusty hair will settle and my blouse will
learn to stay clean, but I have decided
not to grow up tame like the others who
lay their necks on the threshold waiting
for the ball and chain.
-Sandra Cisneros
Housing residents returned to campus to find spray painted occupancy limits
looming over their thresholds. Will these and other new housing regulations
be enforced? Are A-Dorm parties a thing of the past? We think not. For the
story that will affect your social life, see page 3. photo by Leslyn Zak
Parents, who may or may not identify
with the ball and chain syndrome, were
given the opportunity to seminar on
Sandra Cisneros *s The House On Mango
Street at parent seminars held during
Orientation Week.
This new addition to the traditional
Orientation
Week
activities
drew
approximately 100 parents on September
14 and 15.
According to Les Wong, Academic
Dean, parent response to the seminars was
positive, and the seminars will be
repeated next year.
The
New
Student Orientation
Disappearing Task Force began parent
model seminars as a way to introduce
parents to Evergreen's seminar-oriented
Student faces discrimination
by Doug Smith
In the final issue (June 6) of the
1991-92 school year, CPJ staff member
Andy Hamlin ran a story on the front
page profiling campus AIDS activist and
Evergreen student Tod Streater. Because
it was the final issue for the school year,
it is not public knowledge that there have
been serious consequences from that
story.
Hamlin's interview included an open
discussion of Streater's past. Streater
admitted to smoking pot "when I can,"
and also acknowledged once being a
prostitute. He was quoted as saying,
"...the whole point is just sex, sex, sex,
sex, it was the best thing ever..."
Until last June Streater, a costume
designer and film maker, was involved in
a project at the Maple Lane School, a
rehabilitation home for troubled youth
near Centralia. He was instrumental in
helping the children express themselves
through video. Because of Streater's
comments, however, the project was
terminated prematurely and relations
between him and the facility put on hold.
Maple Lane is involved in
rehabilitating troubled youth and cannot,
therefore, afford to be associated with a
person whose credibility is in question.
Maple Lane's Steve Youngan admitted to
me that Streater is a positive role model
for the kids, but said that Streater's
comments were not conducive to creating
a positive environment in the youth
facility.
There was one other repercussion
from the interview. Streater was being
considered for one of the "narrators"
(short written profile with quotes, plus
full-page photo) positions in the 1992-93
Evergreen catalog. Because of his
comments in the CPJ, this will not
happen.
Like the Maple Lane officials, the
committee responsible for the catalog was
wary of the influence Streater would have
on others. They wrote in a letter to
Streater, "[Narrators] convey the heart and
soul of our Evergreen community....We
could not, in good conscience, feature as
a positive role model for students and
prospective students an individual who
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Correction Requested
publicly discussed the pleasure and
profitability of drug use, drug dealing and
prostitution-all illegal activities."
In a written reply to the committee,
Streater said, "I have...found a place for
myself in this world....! do not regret my
CPJ interview, in fact, I wish they would
have printed more of my story so others
who are struggling to find a place in this
world can see it is possible to be
whomever you need to be.
"I am saddened by a 'multi-cultural'
institution (hat once again denies the
voice of a person from another culture, in
this instance, gay culture," Streater wrote.
He closed his response with a plea to the
committee to "make an effort to find
another person who is lesbian or gay," to
confirm "that homophobia, in any of it's
[sic] subtle, or blatant forms, had no part
in this decision."
See related items on pages 8 and 14.
Doug Smith is the Cooper Point Journal's
business manager and former author of
the "AIDS Brigade" column on AIDS
issues.
learning environment.
The House On Mango Street was
chosen out of a large pool of possible
writings submitted by faculty, staff and
students for its multicultural perspective
(Chicano/Hispanic) as well as its
treatment of feminist issues. But it was
Cisneros' writing that set it apart.
"It was the most ingenious book
recommended to me by faculty," Wong
added.
Another choice for this year's seminar
text was Borderlands, by Gloria
Anzaldua. The book, written partially in
Spanish, deals with gay and lesbian
issues. It was not chosen because of
concerns about the language barrier and
hesitancy among the staff and faculty
about being too aggressive in bringing up
issues of homosexuality with new
students.
"I want to invite them to discussion,
not scare them into it," said Wong.
Though not used this fall, Borderlands
will be reconsidered for next year's model
seminars.
Giselle Weyte is a managing editor of
the CPJ.
internal Seepage
Security blotter
Safety members
SAG expands
Register to vote
Geoduck soccer
Avoid panic buying
Another WA returns
Spike heels
Vancouver Island, BC
Genteel hell
Streater applauded
Cheerleader escapes
Women's rights
WASHPIRG
Staff box
Amnesty International
Fall flicks
independent press
Deadhead fashions
Calendar
Streater continued
Classifieds
Comics
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Nonprofit Organization
US Postage Paid
Olympia, WA 98505
Permit No. 65
NEWS BRIEFS
"Care to Dance"
benefit given
SEATTLE-Chicken Soup Brigade (CSB)
will be hosting a "Care to Dance"
fundraiser to benefit people with A.I.D.S.
with a variety of live music: Reggae,
country, rock, oldies, blues, and ska, plus
DJs from Rebar, Vogue, and others.
Dancers must register and raise minimum
of $100 as 2,000 to 2,500 people are
expected. All dancers receive a t-shirt or
sweatshirt, and grand prize winners get
trips for two to Hawaii. The event is
scheduled for Nov. 9, 1991 at the Seattle
Center from 12pm to 12am. All proceeds
go to support CSB's in-home chore
services, transportation, and meal/grocery
delivery to people living with A.I.D.S..
Register by calling 1-322-CARE.
Congressional
internships
available
OLYMPI A--Internships
with
the
Washington State Congress, for all juniors
and seniors at all colleges and universities
in Washington, are available for the 1992
Legislative session.
Interns may be
assigned to the Senate or House of
Representatives and may expect to attend
committee hearings, track legislation,
assist with newsletters, do research and
writing and respond to constituent
inquiries. Interships begin Jan. 13, 1992
and end on March 12, 1992. Interns are
paid a monthly stipend and earn credit
through Evergreen. Evergreen has been
traditionally well-represented in this
program.
Applications are currently being
accepted through October 15, 1991 at
5pm for winter quarter, 1992.
On-campus interviews and an
information session will take place Oct.
21, 1991 and intern selection will be
made in November.
To apply, please contact: The
Office of Cooperative Education,
Hillaire Student Advising Center, LIB
1400 x6391.
Quote of the Week
Ten dollars and fifty cents
can buy a lot of beans and
rice at The Corner.
Two former WASHPIRG volunteers, Lisa Christensen
and Andrea Knauer, commenting on yearly WASHPIRG fees.
Enviro. volunteer Remodeling
opportunities
continues....
CHARLESTOWN NEW HAMPSHIREThe Student Conservation Association,
Inc. (SCA) is offering 1,000 volunteer
positions, all expenses paid, throughout
1991 and again in 1992 in conservation,
resource management and education.
Volunteers work in national parks, forests,
and
wildlife
refuges, including
Yellowstone and Alaska Maritime Refuge.
Contact
SCA
P.O.
BOX
550,
Charlestown, NH 03603 or call (603)826-4301 for information.
EVERGREEN-Note: Remodeling has
commenced or soon will on the following:
The Washington State Film Library, the
darkroom, Health Services, the security
entrance to the CRC, and a new
conference room on the third floor of the
Library and a satellite dish is being
installed.
Computer
workshops offered
EVERGREEN-Labor Education and
Research Center offering a full-year, halftime Labor Studies Program starting this
fall. Fall quarter class is History and
Political Economy of U.S. Labor. Call
866-6000 x6525 for more information and
deadlines.
EVERGREEN-Computer services is
offering a series of WordPerfect, Excel,
and Macintosh workshops for students,
faculty, and staff this fall. Sessions are
available morning, afternoon, and evening.
Call x6231 or go in person to the Student
Consultant desk in the Computer Center
L2408 for information.
Playboy contest
disclosed
NEW YORK-Playboy announces its 1992
College Fiction Contest. 1st prize $3,000,
2nd $500. Rules and address posted
outside CPJ offices, L2510. Deadline
Jan. 1, 1992.
Com. Board seeks Local women
honored
student Rep.
SEATTLE--Women
Entrepreneurs
EVERGREEN-Communication
Board
announces one student representative
vacancy. The board provides "general
guidance, counsel, and assistance to
student communications media" and seeks
a currently enrolled,
matriculating
Greener, not an employee of the student
media, "to represent the philosophical,
programmatic, and educational interests of
TESC's general student population on the
1991-92 board. Submit letter of interest
with qualifications to Shannon Ellis, Dean
of student and Academic Support Service,
Library 1414 by 12pm Sept 30, 1991.
Network holds its 1991 Woman
Entrepreneur of the Year Award Banquet
Sept. 29. Eight local women have been
nominated. Call for location and tickets:
1-328-1545 or 1-325-8026.
AA meetings
announced
EVERGREEN-Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings start September 23, 1991 every
Monday at noon.
Call Counseling
Services for more information.
Security Blotter
Sunday, September 15
1720:
Resident
reported
handcart
containing computer and miscellaneous
items stolen from in front of A dorm.
0812: Abandoned trailer found on Sunset
Beach Rd.
1702: Car found abandoned at beach
access.
1058: Suspicious women reported hanging
around the Community Center.
Monday, September 16
1406: Woman Organic Farm worker is
reported to have cut her finger on a cornstalk.
Tuesday, September 17
1618: Vehicular accident at the entrance
of F lot. No injuries reported.
Wednesday, September 18
1122: Suspicious man found sleeping in
Lab I.
Thursday, September 19
1111: Motor-cycle reported stolen from A
dorm Motor-cycle area.
Labor program
offered
EVERGREEN-The new addition to the
CAB, last projected to open to student
groups on October 5th, has been delayed
again. The new projected opening will be
during the week of Oct. 21-25 at the
earliest, Dec. 1 at the latest.
According to Tom Mercado, Director
of Student Activities, the new CAB space
has been allocated to 21 student groups,
including the CPJ and KAOS. Those
groups will be waiting to move from their
old offices to the new CAB offices as
soon as the project is complete.
"We hope that by the first day of
Winter Quarter, all student organizations
will be in the new CAB," Mercado said.
Governor vows
salmon protection
OLYMPI A~Gov. Gardner's plan for
saving and protecting the Northwest's
wild salmon stocks was presented on
Sept. 11, 1991 to the Northwest Power
Planning Council which is amending its
fish and wildlife program. Information:
Sheryl Hutchison 753-6790.
Safeplace seeks
new logo
Groups form to
oppose Judge
Thomas
OLYMPIA-Safeplace
Rape
Relief
Women's Shelter Services announces a
logo-contest.
Winner receives $200.
Deadline: Oct. 15, 1991. Call for more
information:
Louise Paradis at 7868754.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Unitcd Stales
Student Association organizing opposition
to Judge Clarence Thomas's confirmation
to the Supreme Court. Write U.S.S.A,
815 15TH St., NW suite 838, WA D.C.
20005 or call (202)-347-USSA for
information.
Multi-cultural
volunteers sought
End o' the year
howl-in
TENINO-Non-profit
Wolf
Haven
announces the last of their "Howl-Ins" for
the year. Howl-Ins include tour of the
compound, meeting wolves, music,
environmental storytelling and campfire
with marshmallow roast. Information: 1800-448-WOLF.
New newsletter
THURSTON COUNTY-The county will
publish a newsletter, County Connection,
diseminating
county
government
information,
including
employment
opportunities. Look for it the last two
weeks of September in the mail.
Sustaining Fund
seeks applicants
1122: Reported stolen motorcycle found
in woods off A dorm.
2015: Suspicious man reported staring at
woman from a car, along Side Park Rd.,
with his lights off and his motor running.
Friday, September 20
2156: Fire alarm went off in D dorm due
to burnt pizza.
Saturday, September 21
A relatively quiet day for campus
security.
Sunday, September 22
1252: Resident was reported choking on
a vitamin and was having trouble
breathing. 911 was called.
Monday, September 23
2150: 357 Magnum cartridge found in
front of A dorm.
THURSTON COUNTY--The Community
Sustaining Fund of Thurston County, a
non-profit foundation which supports
"community-building and social change"
in the South Sound area, is now accepting
applications for fall 1991 for grants up to
$1,000. Applicants should be groups or
individuals "working to educate and
involve this community in challenging and
correcting the social, political, and
economic inequities around us." Write
Sustaining Fund P.O. Box 10115,
Olympia, WA 98502 for applications.
Campus security performed 59
public
service
and
other
calls
(locks/unlocks, escorts, jumpstarts, etc.).
The CPJ's yearly supply of wax had not
arrived when our deadline hit. We
thank the Graphics department with all
our hearts.
1QQ1
CAB opening
delayed
Graphics: thanks
for the wax
SEATTLE-El Centre de la Raza has
volunteer opportunities "to give to others-and learn in a multi-racial and multicultural environment." They perform a
wide-range of community services and
encourage interested persons to call 1329-2974 for information.
Greener elected
President
OLYMPIA-Dennis Eagle, Evergreen State
College graduate and past-president of the
Young Democrats of Washington, has
been elected President of the Young
Democrats of America. He says, "Our
goal is to recruit record numbers of
young people to participate in the
Democratic party."
Safety committee
members
EVERGREEN--The college has a large
and active safety committee.
The
committee is composed of staff and
faculty members. If you have a safety
concern please contact any one of the
following people:
Karin Aksdal
x6281
Lana Brewster
x6140
George Dimitroff
x6733
Wendy Freeman
x6193
Darlene Herron
x6200
Beth Hislip
x6132
Judy Johnson
x6366
Mark Lacina
x6114
Kaye V. Ladd
x6756
Aldo Melchiori
x6538
Jennifer Oatman
x6464
Gary Russell
x6140
Dorothy Saunders
x6186
Wendy Shanafelt
x6203
Mike Simmons
x6403
Allen Whitehead
x6460
...or you may contact Environmental
Health and Safety:
Jill Lowe
x6111
Mike Cotey
x6631
News
Housing occupancy limits now posted
Rules surface
to combat
unruly
behavior
by Loren D. Rupp
As students moved into their oncampus housing last week, many in the
Phase II and III units noticed large black
notices above their front door announcing
occupancy limits of no more than ten
persons per unit.
Meanwhile the
"Housing Survival Kit" gave a different
formula for computing the maximum
number of persons allowed in an
apartment at one time.
However,
crowded rooms at several Orientation
Week parties dispelled any idea that these
rules would be rigidly enforced. The
occupancy limits are among one of
several new rules instated by Housing this
year. Other rules include the prohibition
of bands in Housing and smoking in
public areas.
These people are breaking posted occupancy limits. Their faces have been
grayed to protect the guilty, photo artwork by staff
Housing's Assistant Director of occupancy limits to be an issue.
Student Services, Bob Carlson, confirms
"This is just another tool that the
that since the dorm rooms only have one student managers would have when
exit (not including windows), fire codes confronting the host of a rowdy party," he
mandate that the ten person limit must said, adding that perhaps the threat of a
indeed be the official rule. "But this is ticket from the fire marshall would help
not the major issue for us when it comes convince a crowd to disperse.
to dealing with parties."
When asked if the new rules were in
Carlson stresses that there would have response to a change in fire codes,
to be some other problem, such as Carlson responded, "We have actually
excessive noise, unruly behavior or weight been formulating these rules for several
stress on upper story floors for the years now in response to a couple of
incidents where the fire trucks have
arrived at large on-campus parties."
Carlson says that he wants people who
throw a party to be aware of their
responsibilities as hosts.
Closely related to this is a new policy
prohibiting bands from playing in housing.
Carlson said that the rule became
necessary due to complaints about noise
levels. As far as alternatives for bands
who want to practice or play gigs,
Carlson said he wishes that there were
more resources for bands here at
Evergreen. "With the increased demand
for housing here, we are simply running
out of space," he said.
Lastly there is a new regulation this
year that prohibits smoking indoors in all
public areas of housing, with the
exception that the first and second floors
of A-dorm have been designated as
smoking areas. According to Carlson, the
policy stems from requests by students for
smoke-free housing. He says that he is
planning on additional feedback from
students on this through the use of
surveys.
Loren Rupp is a housing resident.
Student Art Gallery expands mission
by Garth Colasuado
The Student Art Gallery has been
traditionally know as a set of display
cases on the first floor of the CAB.
Unfortunately these cases arc inadequate
to show the full range of works produced
by students. Not only are the physical
dimensions unsuited for the diversity of
works, the public location of the space
has caused many problems over the years
in regard to the content of expression.
The issue is not simply one opinion vs.
another but the cases themselves. As a
result the Student Art Gallery is going to
change its mission to include oiher areas
of concern to developing artists, as well
as a search for alternative areas for
display.
We do not plan to give up on the
CAB cases, however, they will no longer
be the focus of our activities. Some of
our new programs will include a
compilation of resources on campus and
within Olympia, and advocacy for issues
of concern for artists on campus. In
addition we are going to collect
information on opportunities and resources
for artists after graduation, as well as
information and awareness of the
responsibilities and events taking place in
the greater arts community.
Last year we produced several new
events and activities that were very
successful and we hope to continue them
this year. The greatest was the Arts Alive
Festival where artists in programs, and as
individuals, display their work in the arts
annex with the public invited to see. We
would also like to extend the festival to a
quarterly event. Last year we also saw
many shows in the CAB space curated by
students not directly involved with the
Student Art Gallery which provided fresh
ideas and works. In addition the First
Thursday van pool to the galley openings
in Seattle was very successful and we
hope to provide it again.
If any of these projects are of interest
to you, or you have ideas for other
projects, please come and lend your skills
and knowledge. The success of these
programs depends of the collective work
we do. We invite anybody with any
interest in the arts to come and visit us
(as soon as we have an office.)
Garth Colasuado encourages people
to get involved with the new Student Art
Gallery.
Register to vote by Oct. 5
by Susan Searles
Are you registered to vote?
Election Day is just around the corner,
and the deadline to register to vote is
even closer. In order to participate in
this November's election, you must be
registered to vote by October 5, 1991,
and with issues as hot as euthanasia and
abortion on the Washington ballot this
year, it's an election few will want to
miss.
If you want to become registered
to vote or change your voter registration
to the State of Washington, it only takes
a few minutes!
Evergreen National
Abortion
Rights
Action
League
(N.A.R.A.L.) will be registering voters
throughout the next ten days. Just stop
by our table in the CAB next Wednesday
(October 2), or call Evergreen N.A.R.A.L.
at 866-7231 to schedule a voter
registration appointment.
Geoduck soccer season already underway
by Ruth Frobe
Although classes have just begun this
week, the Evergreen soccer teams are
almost midway through the fall season.
Now in the sixth week of training, the
men's record stands at 1-6-1 while the
women are at 2-4.
The rosters of both teams feature new
players, and both coaches state team
improvement as a primary goal for the
season.
Every starter on the men's team, with
the exception of senior goalkeeper, Andy
Pyle, is a freshman or sophomore.
Among the new talent are freshmen
players Simon Wheeldon and John Hall
who are showing, "outstanding potential."
Coach Arno Zoske says of his team,
"the attitude of this bunch of guys is
good," which has helped them to bounce
back from some early season setbacks,
including a "discouraging loss" to
If pizza is an art,
Jo Mama's has the brushes
' 'Losing OHtstlj n Olvtttfna''
Sift. 31, 1917, CfJ
Concordia on September 18, in which
Evergreen was ahead 1-0 with fifteen
minutes left and lost 2-1.
The best effort from the men has
been a 2-2 tie with ninth ranked Western
Washington University on September 22.
According to Zoske, the most difficult
games of the men's schedule are yet to
come and, "It won't be easy...Wc need to
be patient and keep working and
hopefully we'll improve."
The next home game for the men will
be Saturday, September 28 at 2pm.
The women's team, coming off a win
against Gonzaga on September 21, is
looking to continue improving as well.
The women are led by a core group of
returning players and some strong new
players as well. The defense is directed
by captains Heather Taylor and Kirsten
Roberts and by senior goalkeeper Cami
Smith, who has recorded 69 saves in the
first six games.
Offensively, the geoducks are led by
junior Kerry Holden and freshman Kelly
Lindgren. Lindgren has scored two of
the Geoducks four goals so far, both of
which have been game winners. Another
welcome addition to the 1991 team is
Assistant Coach Casey Larrance, a former
player and captain of the Evergreen men's
team. The women also play at home on
Saturday, September 28, at 1pm against
Linfield College.
Ruth Frobe coaches women's soccer
at Evergreen.
David Lanz
& Special Guest...
Scott Cossu
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
Olympia, WA
Friday, Oct. 11 at 8 pm
Tickets at the Washington Center Box Office
or by phone 753-8586
Cooper Point Journal September 26, 1991
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Columns
Grocery shopping in Oly: An in-depth analysis
by Scott Richardson
I am returning to a sensible diet. Over
the course of the summer I consumed
many pints of Ben and Jerry's ice cream,
sometimes a pint a night for a few nights
running. I chomped a hot dog at a
baseball game (Go Red Sox!). My
healthiest breakfast cereal, Grape Nuts,
was eaten only when sprinkled over
Frosted Flakes. The epicurean slide
bottomed out into a box of Yodels,
chocolate-covered, creme-filled chocolate
cakes - a substanceless confection not so
much baked as squirted.
Now I look forward to concoctions of
a more wholesome nature. My shelves
will fill with home-cooked sauces for my
pasta and fresh-fruit jams for homebaked bread. My vegetables will have
snap and pop and no pesticides. My
granola will be free of a brown sugar
coating and my peanut butter won't be
doped
with
sugar and partially
hydrogenated vegetable oils.
Where I'll do my food shopping
depends a lot on what grocery stores are
closest to my kitchen. As a resident of
Olympia's west side, I am fortunate to be
near the Olympia Food Co-op (corner of
Bowman and Rogers). This collective is
the area's most consistent source for
staples such as grains, beans, oils, spices,
and the like, usually organic and in bulk.
Also organic, vegetables, fruits, and herbs
are available at the Co-op, as well as
many other environmentally-responsible
food and non-food necessities.
Also on the west side, and on the 41
bus line, is Peterson's ShopRite (corner
of Division and Harrison). Peterson's is a
general grocer which has served
Olympians for many years, and has
retained its friendly neighborhood feel. I
can usually find what I need there,
although it doesn't have the most diverse
selection of some items. The store carries
plenty of organic vegetables, with an
emphasis on quality.
The other store on the 41 bus line is
Bayview Market Place (at the end of the
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Page 5
Columns
A new approach to Another Washington
by Chris Bader
Okay, okay. I know that at the end
of last year I said that I was done with
this column. I truly felt at that time that
"Another Washington" had run its course.
For two years I had scoured
newspapers, conducted interviews, and
attended strange meetings so that I could
provide you with weekly capsules of
weird information. That approach had
proved tiresome. I didn't feel that I was
dealing with the heart of these
supernatural events - the people involved.
Newspaper and media reports of
"supernatural" events such as UFO
sightings and demonic possessions often
gloss over the personal aspects of a case
and focus on the sensational. To the
Another Washington
reader or viewer of such material it is
easy to label the witness as "crazy" and,
consequently, disregard the reported
encounter.
I have found, from investigating these
matters, that such judgements are
superficial at best. I do not personally
believe in Bigfoot, UFOs, etc., but that
does not mean that I can easily dismiss
them either. There are a host of mental,
physical, psychological and social factors
behind supernatural experiences and it is
not a simple matter of a witness lying or
being "crazy."
So what I want to do this year is
give you the whole story. I am going to
try and report only on cases which I have
investigated myself, at the site of their
occurrence, and I want to let the reader
come to know the people involved and
their perspectives. Therefore, each case
will unfold over several issues of the
CPJ.
Hopefully I can pull this off, though
I may have to fill mis column with an
occasional brief article, if just to catch
my breath.
Two of the stories I am already
working on are: the purported capture of
the leaders of a major satanic cult by the
Thurston County Sheriff's Department,
and the life-long experiences of a Shelton
woman with strange, possibly alien,
beings.
Here we go again!
Chris Bader welcomes correspondence
with readers. If you would like to report
a strange encounter or ask him a
question, please write him care of the
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Columns
Great aunts still in spike heels at 87
by Inga Musico
I: Tell me about a figure of malevolence
in your life.
M: I lived - I was raised in Detroit and
a figure of malevolence was probably the
drug dealers on the street.
And I
remember calling the police on one 'cause
he was providing some curbside service
in a residential neighborhood. He came
up to me later on and said, "Don't worry
about having to call the police on me
anymore, 'cause I'm getting ready to
move." I made the call anonymously, but
he knew.
I: How the hell'd he know?
M: Umm... Well, I think in a corrupt
city, the police are corrupt too. I usta
see one man go into that guy's house and
I knew he was a policeman. Also, in
Detroit, if you call the police, your name
and your address and your whole profile
flash on the screen. They also have a
record of how many times you call the
police.
I: So how many occasions did you have
to call 'em?
M: I dunno. I called 'em as often as I
needed to. When you live in the innercity... you know... when there're gunshots
in your backyard and stuff.
I: Did you ever leave cookies for Santa?
M: Yeah, yeah. I even thought I saw
Santa Claus once.
I: Did you?
M: Well, one day I was standing on the
toilet seat looking out the window an' I
saw my father's best friend, Gary, with
our presents. I ran and told my dad,
"Daddy! Daddy! Gary is Santa Claus!"
But I didn't mind if Gary was Santa
Claus 'cause I liked Gary.
I: Do you think PeeWee should get his
show back?
M: I like PeeWee. I think it's enough
that everyone knows he misbehaved.
I: When do you get your office back?
M: Well, best scenario says October 1,
worst is like December. I didn't expect
it to look like a beer can, though.
I: Tell me about the last nightmare you
remember.
M: Last nightmare I remember... My
father just died in June, and I was talking
to him (in the dream) and I knew he was
dead and he was patting my hand, but his
face was dead and decaying and I didn't
want him to touch me when he was dead.
I guess I didn't know how to relate to a
dead man. Particularly him. Him being
a dead man. I know how to relate to
him alive, but I don't know how to relate
to him dead. I guess that's what the
dream was telling me. I thought he was
invincible.
I: You ever notice that men seem to die
a lot younger than women?
M: Yeah. I had a great grandmother
who died at 118. All my uncles and
great uncles are dead. MY dad was 67
and he was the oldest man in our family.
I have great aunts who are 87 and they're
still wearing spiked heels.
I: Why do you think things seem to
happen like that?
M:
Maybe they're a more delicate
species. Maybe mat's why women get
along, they don't bump horns as often as
men.
I: What do you say when you pray?
M: My prayer is, I ask for guidance and
protection, and I ask for illumination.
I: Every day?
M: Every day. Every day.
This mystery interview was conducted
with Miranda Cameron, S & A
Coordinator. Inga Musico has a regular
interview column in the CPJ and
suggestions for interviews are taken at the
CPJ office, L2510.
Vancouver Island threatened
by timber industry
by John Wulfers
Vancouver Island, British Columbia is
once again being chainsawed to barren
wasteland.
Although this is nothing
unusual for this once heavily forested
temperate region, many Canadians,
Americans and Europeans are beginning
to condemn the Provincial Social Credit
government of B.C. and their cozy
relationship
with
the
powerful,
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temperate rainforest watershed that is
currently being attacked by multinationals,
MacMillan Bloedel and Fletcher Challenge
Canada. This magical valley contains
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cedar between 600-1,000 years old and is
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and 46, belonging to the above mentioned
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The entire Walbran watershed is
roughly the size of Vancouver and
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Protect Washington women's rights LETTERS
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Nov. 5
by Jeff Crane
The issue of abortion in this country
has come to stand as a litmus test for the
state of basic freedoms in this country.
As our civil rights continue to reel under
the constant attack of the Bush
administration and a conservative Supreme
Court it is important that we break free
from our apathy and draw a line in the
sand. A line that we will not let be
crossed at any costs. That- line is the
issue of choice for women. They must
be guaranteed the power to control what
happens to their own bodies.
On November 5, 1991 we will have
the opportunity to do this in Washington
State.
Initiative 120, if passed, will
guarantee the women of Washington the
freedom of choice. If passed it will help
lead the way for other states to defy the
tone of the national government and
guarantee freedom of choice within their
own borders.
You have the responsibility to get out
and vote in support of this initiative.
Washington State law requires that a voter
be registered thirty days prior to an
election to be eligible to vote in that
election. To vote in the November 5,
1991 election you'll have to register by
October 5, 1991.
One of the popular cliches espoused
by members of the hippie culture is that
voting is a panacea to the people or that
it doesn't make any difference. That's a
fucking cop-out. Initiatives are the voice
of the people and your vote does count.
If you ever talk the talk-it is time for
you to walk the walk and vote. This is
a dangerous time and we must all do
what we may.
Jeff Crane is an Evergreen student.
Streater should
be applauded
By excluding Tod Streater from the
Evergreen catalogue, because of his illegal
drug sales/use and involvement in
prostitution, we are lying about who we
are as a community, (see cover story)
Streater's example is one present and
future Evergreen students should aspire to.
No, I don't mean we should all deal
drugs and sell our bodies, instead we
should
applaud
his community
participation and enrichment.
Streater breaking the law (and God
forbid, not repenting) should not discredit
him as an example of a successful
Evergreen student. We should all be
proud to attend school with Streater, and
be so non-competitive. If we were so, our catalogue should reflect that we value
then we would be apathetic to everything, the diversity his life experience brings to
and certainly we are all but apathetic.
our community. It concerns me that the
"We can't
ignore the little catalogue committee is out to purge our
subconscious cheerleader in us all," Jung catalogue, our image, of a person that to
would probably say. So what the heck, me represents an important part of
yes I will blatantly advertise our athletic Evergreen's "heart and soul." I only hope
teams by telling you to go out and watch the purge stops with our image.
them. Why in fact Saturday, September Tedd Kelleher
28, both our teams will be in action at
home. The women will be playing
Tod Streater's nomination was
Linfield at 1 pm and the men (all eleven withdrawn in the wake of a CPJ cover
of them) will be playing George Fox story (June 16 CPJ) that ran while Tedd
(whoever he is) at around 2 pm at the Kelleher was the editor of the CPJ.
soccer fields. So be there.
Dante Salvatierra likes sports,
actually.
Subconscious cheerleader escapes
by Dante Salvatierra
I had to admit that I felt a wee bit
strange hearing the crowd scream, "Go
Geoducks!" We are a school known for
our cooperative learning as opposed to the
fierce competitiveness found in the more
mainstream schools.
But the day our
men's soccer team played Concordia I
was harkened way back to my high
school days when the campus' aura
fluctuated on the wins and losses of the
football team.
This isn't really a sports article, I'm
not going to tell you the names of so and
so and such and such, this is just a
simple reminder to the fact that we aren't
really that different from other campuses.
Yes, it's true, even I hate to admit it,
we do have something in common with
the likes of WAZZU. We claim the fact
that life should be a bowl of love and
harmony and we should all cooperate and
be nice and not go to war. But heck,
who doesn't love watching a good
semi-violent soccer match every so often.
"But who wants to watch a bunch of
people kicking a ball around?" I hear all
you snooty types ask. Well, but then
again who wants to see a bunch of people
shouting and marching down a street, and
we did that last year, as silly as it
sounds.
We claim to be non-competitive, but
seeing as how we're all out to overthrow
the establishment and to fight the powers
that be, I don't understand how we can
Anti-drug ads raise genteel hell
by Andrew Hamlin
The Cooper Point Journal raised hell
aplenty with some things we published
last year. As a momentary reversal of this
policy, I would like to raise some genteel
hell about some things we didn't publish
last year.
In late February, five photo-ready
Public Service Advertisements from the
Partnership For a .Drug-Free America
arrived in the Journal's mail. With them
was a letter from Brenda J. L. Rogers,
the Partnership's Manager of Information
and Distribution, which read, "I am
writing to urge you to join the Partnership
in reducing the demand for illegal drugs
by running these messages—during
National Collegiate Drug-Awareness Week
(March 3 to 9).
"Since 1987," she wrote, "the
Partnership has been conducting the
largest volunteer effort in history, creating
messages that make illegal drugs use
unattractive, unpopular
and
unacceptable—You can make a difference
on your campus."
The ads, in order by the teensy
numbers in their corners, show a college
diploma below the heading, "If you're
into dope, you might as well smoke
this,"; a row of Pyrex test tubes, one
marked "positive" and filled, apparently,
with Coca-Cola while the others contain,
apparently, Visine eye drops; a door
marked "Corporate Drug Testing," beyond
which the dope-sucking undergraduate
might never venture; six friends (from
Washington on the one to Franklin on the
hundred) the consumer of illicit substance
stands sure to lose because of his or her
wicked ways; and an unemployment
"line" for cocaine abusers.
They are impressive. They are
rendered in very stark black-and-white.
And they target an audience of sweaty
undergraduates all foaming at the mouth
to work for a Fortune 500 company. Of
several key sentences in the text beneath
each ad, only one is the same in all five:
"So this year, most of the Fortune 500
will be administering drug tests."
So, this year, most of the Fortune 500
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Keep watch on
WASHPIRG
This year you received a letter from
will incur lawsuits from employees who WASHPIRG in the mail along with other
eat poppyseed cake for breakfast. More academic information. This letter was
tragically, they'll miss out on many asking you to give your time and money
intelligent and able people who emerged (Three dollars and fifty cents per quarter
from college last June. All for want of which adds up to ten dollars and fifty
Visine clarity.
cents a year!!). The letter was written
The last sentence under the Pyrex two years ago by us, Andrea Knauer and
line-up reads, "After all, if you're into Lisa Christensen. We have not been
drugs, how smart can you be." It's a fair involved with WASHPIRG for over a
question. Why don't we ask Steve Allen, year. It is upsetting that a student run
the comedian, actor, writer, songwriter, organization does not take the time to
and pianist, who took LSD and gave it a change its documents to reflect its current
favorable report? Or composer Tom participants and activities.
Constanten, who has a tested IQ of 170
Look carefully at where your money
and wrote a symphony when he was is going. You have a right to know
thirteen; as an ex-keyboard player with what's going on now, not just two years
the Grateful Dead, I would surmise he's ago. For the record we don't want to be
had some acquaintance with suspicious associated with this organization. We felt
herb and chemical matter. Or Dr. a responsibility to bring this information
Sigmund Freud, (admittedly not regarded to your attention.
Please make an
as smart by all who behold) who used educated choice. Ten dollars and fifty
cocaine much of his life and never once cents can buy a lot of beans and rice at
took cheese from the government.
The Corner.
And what, I wonder, could result if Lisa M. Christensen
business and government leaders, rather Andrea Knauer
than their underlings, submitted to the
mighty tube? Testing Bill Gates' urine
might have meant no Microsoft
Corporation and a distressing void in our
state's economy. Testing J. Danforth
Quayle's urine might have meant a
different Vice-President and lower blood
pressure for the intelligentsia en masse.
One of the reasons I value working
Admittedly, it's doubtful these ads here is that many people in the Evergreen
would have turned many brain stalks here. community genuinely accept, even
A campus where the school paper gets encourage, diversity.11 Inside and outside
threatened for advertising government the classroom, we challenge ideas and
agencies, a campus where the official beliefs with respect and without
motto decodes as "let it all hang out" and righteousness.
graduates celebrate with a no-so secret
Last week, however, the Evergreen
outdoor party featuring hallucinogenic tea, Students for Christ put up fliers around
is most barren ground for the campus to invite interested students to a
Partnership's flavor of Onanistic seed. But meeting. That same evening, "Evergreen
for those didn't care for the Navy ads, Student for Satan" put up fliers. I can
throat-fucking references, Satanic heart tolerate that except for the fact that the
surgery and presidential penii featured in satanic fliers were placed over the others
CPJs past, I'm here to assure you that we and listed the same time, date, and place
did hold back a couple times. And if Ms. for a meeting.
At best, I consider this action
Rogers et al. keep confusing synapse
activity with excretory function, I can harassment. Such disrespect damages and
only advise them to flush.
hurts us all regardless of our spiritual
Andrew Hamlin says, "If George beliefs.
Washington's your friend, you know what Jeannie Chandler
Director of Housing
he grew in his back yard."
Intolerance
unacceptable
Columns
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AI: "Look for your daughter in the morgue.
to learn about the rest of the world and
to take an active role in the stopping and
prevention of human rights abuses.
Watch for signs and radio announcements
for meeting times. And please come out.
On the evening of August 19, 1989,
uniformed men detained 20-year-old Sara
Cristina Chan Chan Medina on a street in
a suburb of San Salvador. She has not
been seen since. Eyewitnesses identified
Sara Cristina's abductors as members of
the Air Force.
Sara Cristina was a photographer for
the trade union federation FENESTRAS
(Federation
Nacional
Sindical
de
Trabajadores Salvadorenos). Active trade
unionists and their supporters are at great
risk in El Salvador. Many have been
extrajudicially executed or "disappeared"
following abduction by the security forces,
so Sara Cristina's mother Maria Juana
Medina took every possible step to locate
her.
The Air Force headquarters claimed
that Sara Cristina had been transferred to
the headquarters of the Treasury Police
by Jeff Crane
Welcome to all new and returning
students. The next year will be filled
with study, meeting new people and
having fun. I'm hoping you'll be able
to find the time for some human rights
work. I'll try to make that easier for
many of you by continuing the writing of
a column similar to what Scott Douglas
did last year. Each week, or almost each
week depending on how tough school
gets, there will be a column in which
human rights abuses are discussed. The
columns will focus on specific cases
based on the urgent actions issued by
Amnesty International USA. The column
will provide you with all the information
you need to write a letter to help stop
human rights abuses. Letters should be
politely worded and non-political. Don't
forget to use a fifty-cent stamp for
international mail.
The campus Amnesty group plans to
be busy this year and I encourage you to
come to a meeting and see how you can
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who, for their part, denied ever having
held her. Maria Juana Medina made
representations to the Supreme Court, the
National Assembly, the Minister of
Defense, the Catholic Archbishop, the
U.S. Embassy and even to President
Cristiani. None were able to clarify what
had happened to her daughter.
The Air Force subsequently declared
publicly that Sara Cristina was not in
their custody, and on August 28, 1989, an
Air Force captain reportedly denied to her
mother's face that they had ever carried
out the detention. He suggested that she
look in the city morgue and threatened
her not to make further accusations.
Maria Juana Medina and her family
have suffered appalling abuses at the
hands of the Salvadoran military and
police for many years. Ten years ago her
husband Jorge Eduardo Chan Chan, a
trade union leader, was killed by "death
squads" at their home and Maria Juana
herself was briefly detained a month later.
In the weeks following the abduction of
her daughter, she spent a lot of time in
the FENESTRAS offices, where she made
all her inquiries into the case. On
September 18, 1989, she took part in a
demonstration organized by the union to
protest against the recent detention of
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In a
testimony given to a local human rights
organization she described how she was
raped, beaten, hung by the feet and
threatened with being submerged in a
pool of electrified water and with having
her teeth pulled out.
Before releasing her, the police
reportedly threatened to kill the rest of
her family if they ever saw her in another
demonstration, and she was forced to sign
a "confession," drawn up by the police,
which stated that she had joined the
armed opposition group, FMLN, to
avenge the death of her husband and the
"disappearance" of her daughter. Maria
Juana Medina was released without charge
on September 25, 1989. A month later
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daughter were injured in an Oct. 31 bomb
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Fall flicks: Fink, flushes,F/sf7er, and *FOOM
Gardenia; and Madolyn Smith Osbourne.
by Andrew Hamlin
Here are some previews, in the
style of Premiere magazine, of new
movies possibly coming Olympia's way
between now and Christmas. Actually, I'll
lay down a five that Barton Fink never
plays Oly outside the Olympia Film
Society if anyone wants to cover that bet,
but anyway, here's what may flood the
screens at the State and Capitalist Mall
soon.
1. Barton Fink, directed by Joel Coen;
produced by Ethan Coen; script by J. and
E. Coen; starring John Turturro and John
Goodman with Judy Davids and Michael
Lerner.
Story: Turturro is a screenwriter trying
not to sell out in 1940's Hollywood. John
Goodman is a spirit of evil sort of. The
hotel is the hotel.
On the spot: Goodman, who knows
comedy but hasn't yet shown he belongs
in a serious flick.
Upside: The Coen brothers, collaborators
on Blood Simple, Raising Arizona (also
starring Goodman) and Miller's Crossing,
are talented, unpredictable, and as hot as
they get with the arty crowd. Flick ate
the '91 Cannes Film Festival for
breakfast.
Downside: Arthur Miller, no slouch in the
critic's chair (read his book of essays),
berated Fink for "not being about
anything," just a series of interesting
images. This may, for better or worse, be
the way of modern film.
Oscar chances: Flick took best picture,
best director, and best actor (Turturro) at
Cannes:
possible
corresponding
nominations stateside. Coen brothers are
overdue for it.
2. The Super, directed by Rod Daniel;
produced by Charles Gordon; script by
Sam Simon; starring Joe Pesci, Vincent
Story: Pesci is slumlord ordered by court
to live where he shits.
On the spot: The Pescinater, who needs
another good one to shoulder up his
career (remember the dive Tom Hanks
took after Big?).
Upside: Pesci is one talented mofo—just
watch Goodfellas. Ruben Blades does a
bit part as a street hustler. Location
filming in New York resulted in cleaning
up of actual slums.
Downside: Another "feel-good" movie
with a fellow who finds his clean toilet?
Gordon and Daniel also brought us K-9,
starring Jim Belushi.
Oscar chances: Doan look like it.
3. The Fisher King, directed by Terry
Gilliam, produced by Debra Hill and
Lynda Obst, script by Richard
LaGravense, starring Robin Williams and
Jeff Bridges with Amanda Plummer and
Mercedes Ruehl.
Story: Williams is an ex-professor turned
street person, lost in a hallucinatory
terrain of medieval castles and dragons.
Bridges is a Howard Stern sort of DJ
who gets fired (something that will never
happen to the real Howard Stern), and
falls in with Williams.
On the spot: Gilliam, who hasn't had a
moneymaker since Time Bandits (shows
how hip the American public is).
the character to life and not shtick
around? May be too gritty for the
Excalibur/Ladyhawke/Princess
Bride
crowd.
On the spot: Frewer, who's peeled off
the Claymation forehead and shot his last
Coke commercial.
Upside: Rodeo Drive go boom.
Oscar chances: Williams might score
third nomination. Gilliam is overdue for
one.
Downside: Action flick forecast calls for
dumbness with guns. Frewer, the ex-Max
Headroom, is closest thing to big star
(although watch for Lee Ving James,
former lead singer of Fear, as Davi's
sidekick).
4. The Taking of Beverly Hills, directed
by Sidney J. Furie; produced by Graham
Henderson; script by Rick Natkin, David
Fuller, and David J. Burke from a story Oscar chances: Forward mail to J.B.
by Natkin, Fuller, and Furie; starring Ken Briggs.
Wahl, Matt Frewer, Harley Jane Kozak
and Robert Davi.
Story: Billionaire Davi hates Beverly
Hills neighbors and can't get no play
from Kozak, an insurance tycoon's
daughter. Gathers gang of thieves to steal
and blow shit up. Wahl and Frewer play
a quarterback and a crooked cop gone
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Muchdollahs). Williams, who shines at
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For fashion, steal your clothes off a Deadhead
by Rebecca Randall
What sets a style conscious
greener aside from the rest of Olympia,
and keeps those townies staring in awe
and wonderment? It's more than the
attitude, more than the ability to turn any
innocent conversation into a seminar,
more than the recognition of having been
seen arrested on television last spring,
that's right it's the clothes.
Peasant skirts this season are
worn mid-calf to expose either the ethnic
influence ankle bracelet, or the wide leg
neutral cotton pant. For the more daring,
the knee length baby doll dress looks
especially attractive with loose fitting long
underwear.
Duo tone tye-dyes, as opposed to
last years multi color designs, are a new
fashion trend. Turquoise and purple being
the most popular combination, while
yellow and orange work beautifully with
this years neutrals. Red dye is definitely
out.
Classic Dead-wear is a wardrobe
staple. The ever popular "steal your face"
patches are turning up everywhere from
holey jeans to those fabulous khaki or
green shorts with pockets on the sides.
Oversized bootleg shirts with the duo tone
tye-dye becomes a simple yet eloquent
statement when combined with the
peasant skirts.
Peasant blouses in mauve, natural
and pastel blue create a smashing
silhouette, the loose vented sleeves and
pleats add to its visual interest.
Gauchos offer the warmth and
comfort of pants yet retain both the flair
and adjustability of a skirt.
As weather turns colder expect a
strong return of the felt or leather
Birkenstock clog, usually paired with this
season's oversized overalls -a great way
to recycle those overshrunk tye-dyes from
last fall.
In hair news, dreads are back!
Classic long mousey brown wavy
uncombed hair is always in style. Former
Dreadheads now sporting short cropped
hair will be sporting knit caps with
earflaps in the brisk autumn air. But they
won't be the only ones with things on
their heads. T-shirts, caps, and even an
occasional leg warmer are now being
spotted in the fashion conscious
Community Center circle. Stylish yet
practical, to keep their long locks from
interfering with that afternoon game of
hacky sack.
Traditional patchouli is always in
style, while essence of herb is fact
becoming the sent craze on campus.
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candlelight, enjoying a casual game of
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winds including Mozart's "String Quartet
in G minor" and Smetana's "String
Quartet in E minor, From My Life,"
tonight at 8 p.m. at PLU's Scandinavian
Cultural Center, South 122nd and Park
Avenue South in Tacoma. Tickets $30/full
series, $15/half for the general public,
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THE PAT GRANEY COMPANY brings
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House" (featuring the Billy Tipton
Memorial Saxophone Quartet) and "Jesus
Loves the Little Cowgirls," (featuring
Ranch Romance), to the UW's Meany
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night (no show Saturday). Tickets
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and seniors. Info: 328-5548.
WESTERN STATE HOSPITAL dedicates
new sculptures by Gloria Grouse and the
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FRIDAY
VIRTUS, a performance art piece by
Seattle's Gregg Loughridge, is the latest
presentation by Harlequin Productions, in
association with the Washington Center,
tonight through Sunday at the Washington
Center, Stage 2. 8 p.m. Friday and
MONDAY
THE EVERGREEN VETERANS' AND
RESERVISTS GROUP meets today at
Library 3226, to plan the year's activities.
Old and new Greeners welcome.
Three guys try to have fun in Virtus, Gregg Lockridge's theater piece
on masculinity, playing Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the
Washington Center. Lockridge also leads a participatory workshop,
with storytelling and myth, on Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. Registration
fee is $15; call the Washington Center for details, photo courtesy Harlequin
Productions
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Olympia, tonight, with THE BEST
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SURREALISTS. $5. All ages. Doors open
at 9 p.m.
GET RECC'D at the Recreation Center's
annual start-of-year party, tonight from
9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. Enjoy the swimming
pool, sauna, wallyball, the mysterious
mini-hot tubs, and an acid beat
underground groove dance DJ'd by
Evergreen's own Lawrence of Olympia.
Free free free.
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BENEFIT and spaghetti feed with
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Lyons, tonight in the Evergreen Recital
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starts at 8 p.m. $8/dinner and concert,
$5/concert only.
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today 9:30 a.m. to noon or 1 to 3:30
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them as you ride on a bus. Free. Meet at
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for trapping, furbearer management,
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downtown Public Library in Seattle, 5th
and Spring. Tonight's lecture is on Chile.
For information call the Fellowship of
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STEVE CHARAK reads from his new
book, Pet Stories for Children of All Ages,
plays some music, and talks about
teaching writing to young people, tonight
at 7:30 p.m. at Four Seasons Books, 421
S. Water in Olympia. Free. Info: 7860954 or 357-4683.
SAMITE AND FODAY MUSA SUSO,
two powerful African artists, perform a
double bill of lyrical African music
tonight at the Washington Center, 512 S.
Washington St. in Olympia, tonight at 8
p.m., with a community panel discussion
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News
Tod Streater: The interview continues
by Andrew Hamlin
The following are portions of my
interview with Tod Streater not included
in the June 6, CPJ due to lack of space.
Four months after that interview Tod is
still blue-haired, still long-finger nailed,
still running the Evergreen costume shop,
and still going out with Kelly. I'm not
sure if he ever made the murder mystery
film he describes below, however. For
more about that interview and the
responses to it, see Doug Smith's article
on this issue's cover and Tedd Kelleher's
opinion piece on page 8.
"What inspired you to become a
prostitute?": I don't know, I just read
about it in some newspaper magazine, and
said, "Oh! A place where I can feel that
way, okay," and I went and tried it, it
was really fun. In the world where I
come from, if you're a gay person in this
straight world, then you're being told all
the time that you're wrong and bad.
Suddenly there was a place where I
wasn't wrong or bad, was actually good,
and so I liked it for a while. [He quit
hooking after about three months because,
"being objectified wasn't die best thing,"
and "I wasn't making enough money to
make it okay."]
Drug distinctions: Acid is what
scared me, because everything is so
sharp-edged. It's more of a mental high
than a physical high. MDA is definitely a
physical high, I'm really comfortable with
my body and how sensitive it is, so that
was much easier for me to do. Acid
would always open these little doors to
psychosis that I know are in my head and
BC, from page 7
although protested, already 50% roaded
and 25% logged. This past summer both
multinationals were given the go-ahead to
begin punching a road into the heart of
Walbran Valley and that is exactly what
they did, despite active resistance from
international activists. It is amazing to
many people that timber corporations in
Canada can still participate in unregulated
clearcutting of pristine watersheds and
ecosystems on Vancouver Island. What
they fail to realize is that Canada has no
Forest Practices Act or Endangered
Species Act. Of the 89 watersheds over
5,000 hectares, only 6 are left unlogged
and only one is protected (Moyeha within
Strathcona Park). These watersheds are
all scheduled to be logged in the near
future.
With only 20% of temperate rainforest
left on Vancouver Island, it is very
surprising that Canadians are so passive
on the issue of protecting the remaining
I don't want to deal with. So I never did
much of that.
Mercury: I drink mercury every day,
isn't that weird? Not a lot of it. It's so
watered down there's not even any
mercury left, it's just the essence of
mercury. She [his naturopath] kept asking
me if I drooled at night and I said yes, I
drool when I sleep, she goes oh, then we
have to give you mercury. [Have you
tried sleeping on your back?] Well yeah,
I could. I like drooling though. I've done
it all my life, it's not that unusual. [Does
the mercury help?] No, she always asks,
"Do you still drool?"--yes, I do. [What
does it taste like?] Like metal and water
and alcohol all together, but really faint.
On sex and religion: I have a best
friend Patrick who was raised Catholic,
and I wonder if he can ever have good
sex, or if his sex is better because of the
guilt. His work talks about Catholicism
and how religion has played into his life,
and I'm glad I don't have to work
through all of that junk.
"Does smoking cigarettes hurt
you?": I don't know, I've never tried
stopping. I mean I have, but I ended up
crying. After four days of not smoking I
just cry for three days and finally say,
"I'm going to smoke again because this is
ridiculous." That's only happened once.
The naturopaths say people who
smoke have something very sad in their
lives and don't want to deal with it, so
they smoke to keep pushing it back down
inside. So of course when I quit smoking
I'm going to cry. They say "Maybe you'd
better go to a psychologist and talk about
that," but I can't find one who'll take
medical coupons.
More of his films: Threnody is one
I did for the student concert—I make love
to a dead man the whole time but you
don't find out he's dead until the end.
That was really fun. Of course it was all
nice beautiful tones and nothing
pornographic. Death and the Maiden, in
which I played both Death and the
Maiden, that was really fun. It's another
control issue in my life, being the victim
and the victor at the same time. I did one
called Remember Me in Color, which just
showed at the Lesbian/Gay Film Festival.
Here's their program description: "In
brilliant color flashbacks, the story is told
of three people dealing with the death of
one of their own. The costumes are
beautifully bizarre, the sets are German
Expressionist paintings, the original
soundtrack is both haunting and
compelling."
I'm making another one in August [of
1991]. I'm writing it right now as we
speak. It's a murder-these two boys fall
in love, one of them, it's the first boy
he's ever fallen in love with, and the
other one has just always been gay, so
the straight boy kind of freaks out and
stabs him, runs out the door, and this
huge corporation-I haven't figured out
why yet, but this big corporation goes in
and butchers the guy and hypnotizes the
other guy into thinking he did all of it,
and then we find out later that he didn't
do it. And there's this other corporation
run by women that helps him find the
real answers. It makes more sense in my
head than when I put it into words. But
it'll be a twisted story about sex and
death, 'cause that's what I do best.
Rock and roll: I don't like going to
see bands. I was in a band, and I'm just
tired of the whole attitude [What was the
band called?] I don't remember...starts
with a D, Duvay and the Something
Something. I played keyboards—actually
they just had the keyboards in front of
me and I never played them. They were
never plugged in. I was there because I
was a costumer at the time and they said,
"Oh, he can sing, let's put him up there,"
and we'd play dress-up. Spoiled my
opinion of rock music-it's dirty and
stupid and everyone's drunk all the time.
Yep yep yep.
"Did you read On Death and
Dying?": My father sent me a book
about dying, I think that might have been
it, actually no it wasn't that, it was some
other really stupid one, and that's when I
realized I didn't need to talk to him
anymore, because I'm interested in living
and he was planning for my death. I still
have a lot of living to do.
"Were you this optimistic and
positive before you caught HIV?": I
haven't always been this optimistic but
you have to make a choice-cither you're
going to die or you're going to live, so I
made the choice to live. A lot of people
don't-if you're unhappy in the world and
you're HIV positive it's the perfect
excuse, you can just give up and go away
then. It's perfect. I've met a lot of people
who did do that, just gave up and left.
But not me.
unfragmented rainforest as parks. After
all, only 2.5% of the island is protected
park and this is mostly rock and ice. The
Canadian court system is worthless in
stopping the indiscriminate cutting on
Vancouver Island and nearly always sides
with the timber industry. Native land
claims are usually thrown out of the
courts as are lawsuits of any
environmental significance.
Aldiough a recent poll in Canada
indicated that 54% of Canadians favor
wilderness preservation and wildlife
protection as the most important allocation
of their forests and 69% oppose
clearcutting, the timber industry continues
business as usual without any significant
resistance from the public.
Most
of
Vancouver
Island's
environmentalists and forest activists see
the grim situation as a matter of urgency.
The committed few are scrambling for
time and resources to stop the cutting of
the Earth's last temperate rainforests.
Most Vancouver Island environmentalists
estimate that the remaining rainforest has
10-15 years before Vancouver Island is
one large tree farm and virtual sea of
stumps. Canadian environmentalists are
desperate for international support and
without it, they may as well say goodbye to their forests as it is exported to
the U.S. and Asia.
The proposed 5 valleys wilderness on
southern Vancouver Island has little hope
of achieving wilderness status with the
Social Credit party in power. With
elections to be called shortly in B.C.,
their is hope that the Social Credit party
is replaced by the New Democratic
Party, but even then their is no promise
that the forests will be protected from
indiscriminate clearcutting. The issue is
complicated but one thing is for certain;
if the Social Credit Party wins, its
doomsday for the rest of the native
forests.
Canadian
environmentalists are
battling a powerful $43 billion timber
industry on a forced grass roots level.
The issue is beginning to gain momentum
as National Geographic, The New Yorker,
Time, Sierra and international newspapers
have all taken interest in what is
happening in British Columbia rainforests.
Your help is urgently needed. We
cannot let the last rainforests of our
bioregion and the Earth be decimated. On
Saturday, September 28 I encourage all of
you to come to the B.C. RAINFOREST
BENEFIT at the Recital Hall in the
Communications Building on campus. A
vegetarian spaghetti feed begins at 6:00
pm and a concert featuring Timothy Hull,
Grace and Harry of the Citizens Band,
Dana Lyons and special guests from B.C.
begins at 7:00 pm. Plenty of information
will be available. Tickets are available at
the door for $8.00 food & music, $3.00
food only, $5.00 concert only. Children
and senior citizen discounts. For more
information on B.C. rainforests and to
become
active
please
call
the
Environmental Resource Center at x6784.
John Wulfers is an Evergreen student
who frequently writes about environmental
issues for the CPJ.
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person (or two) who would want to construct a
small 8' by 10' building in the woods. I will be
going to school in Portland for the next two
years, and would like someone who is able to
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Women of Color Coalition Coordinator: Must
have sincere interest in working with women of
color on campus. Experience with community
organizing is helpful. Contact Student Activities
X6220 for more information.
YWCA Coordinator: Experience dealing with
campus racism, sexism, homophobia. Must be
able to work well with diverse peoples. Contact
S&A for more info at X6220.
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Coordinator of Asian-Pacific Island Coalition:
The Coordinator works with and supports
Asian-Pacific Islanders on campus to plan
events and provide education to the larger
campus about issues pertaining to Asian-Pacific
Islanders. Contact S&A at 6220 for more
information.
Community Network Organization. Must have
experience in community organizing, work well
with people of diverse backgrounds. Contact
Student Activities at x6220 for more information.
Coordinator of the Evergreen Indian Center.
Must be able to support groups and provide
education to the larger campus about issues
pertaining to Indian heritage. Plan events for
Indian/Native American Heritage students.
Contact S&A for more info.
Co-Coordinator MEChA Experience in issues
pertaining to Chicano/Latino heritage. Contact
Student Activities at 6220.
Coordinator of Student Art Gallery. Should
have an interest in art and, in particular, Student
Art. Contact S&A for more information at X6220.
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Coordinator of Evergreen Political Information.
Prefer student to have knowledge of current political
issues local, national, or international. Prefer
returning student. Ability to work with diverse people.
Contact S&A 6220 for information.
Jewish Cultural Center Coordinator Must have
experience in issues pertaining to Jewish heritage.
The coordinator is responsible for upholding the
mission and goals of the organization. Contact S&A
for more information X6220.
Lesblan/Gay/Blsexual Peoples Resource Center
is looking for a coordinator who understands lesbian
issues for the 1991-92 academic year. Prefer a
returning student with good academic standing. Good
communication skills are required. Peer counseling
and previous budget experience are helpful. For
more information please contact Student Activities at
X6220 or stop by CRC 306.
Coordinator of Students with Challenges. Ability
to work with and support students with Challenges
on campus on issues such as campus accessibility
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Page 15
ATTENTION EVERGREEN COMMUNITY!!
(this means YOU)
Sometime last year around Winter Quarter,
the back page of the CPJ was relegated to the
realm of unconscious angst, mellifluous imagery,
and unparalleled torsk. Collectively, this
cavalcade of TESC outpourings has come to be
known as SEEPAGE and has grown to all but
juggernautian proportions. And Lo! You too
can be a part of it! Just drop by Lib2510
with poetry, high contrast art or b&w photos,
stray thoughts or essays under 200 words. Our
friendly SEEPAGE editor(s) will love you for it.
Please type or clearly print written pieces, and
include your name and phone #.
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GOATIES
Oh the Goaties,
floating high,
swayin' in the sea!
Capricorny,
come on by,
'Cuz three's enough
for tea.
...and three sweet
goats we be.
Yin-Jung
"Flair Bornensteik
by Scott Hungerford
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but do it for the CPJ.
First Staff Meeting: TODAY, Thursday, in Library 2112 at
3:00. Applications for positions may be picked up at the
Seepage office in Library 2510.
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