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Racism Awareness
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Fumace
It's not that dark down here
People say It Is, down here by the boiler
But the bastards don't know what they're talking about.
I've been down here all day
And I can see Just fine.
POETRY
The boiler likes me. It keeps me
warm at night and when
I need reassurance
and help.
My father tried to take me out of here a while back
Sunlight flickers
open windvwpane
gritty shadows over
the stained carpet,
cigarette smoke
Lotus Garden perfume.
Human sweat
morning sluggishness
watching the sun rise over the tenements.
Barefoot whispers
drifting ashesnostalgic commercials
with tanned bodies,
blizUlrd of static snow
whispered hush of
forgotten voices.
Hand on her side
shaking no
sitting up
putting on sandals
placing the shining keys in her hip pocket.
"1 don't need you anymore."
bretVcing the silence
that occupied the room
since quarter past four
the ratchet of the opening lock
then the faraway dosing door
fAraway voices
faraway sounds.
sunlight rising
amidst the gritty shadows
of a snow static morning.
but the fumace bumed him.
Scott C. Hungerfonl
In the deep rumblings and clings and clangs of
vents
it
talks
to
me with all the
rumblings of an old English teacher
I used to have.
I hate my father.
He says it's dangerous
for me to be down here with the soot
and the dust
and the ashes
and that a child my age
should be outside
playing with other children
and getting fresh air.
Monoxide
and rain
and cold
and heat
and pain
and them
all of them
are out there
wanting to hurt me like before.
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He tried again and again
but each time
the boiler bumed him
with hot scalding steam.
He ran upstairs to tum off the boiler
and I followed him, crawling out
from behind the tank
pleading with him not to take away my friend.
His hand reached for the knife
he turned the boiler off
I plunged the knife down.
Ufe for a life?
Yes.
Now I turned It back on, by standing on a chair
to reach it.
Now I can stay with my friend
And stay In the dark
As I like, with nobody to stop me.
I loved my Daddy once,
but he didn't understand.
The furnace understands though.
It loves me.
How do I know?
It told me so.
John Chandler
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being responsible for a classroom."
six. speakers from campus and from the
It is part of the Evergreen ethos to Olympia community spoke more on
StorieS
·
confronl and deal with issues directly, racism issues in the society as a whole.
mediated one sexual harassment grievWlce
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Smith said. "On the other hand, students
The panelists, including TESC faculty
in his two years as a deaD. .
That balancing act CWl be made who feel threatened may feel so member Peter Bohmer; John Caughlin, a
The grievance ended with a finding
easier for bot\} faculty and students if threatened, so afraid, that it's impossible civil-rights attorney for over fifty years;
by the. Affirmative Action Officer that
they have a good understWlding of sexual for them to do thaL..
Lisa Anderson, the organizer for last
there was no basis for the complaint.
harassment issues, acconling to Evergreen
"In some ways, the faculty member year's march on the Arayan Nations last
Pailthorp said.
is damned if he does and damned if he spring; Deni Yamauchi, from the Center
counselor Barbara Gibson.
"What the case raised forme is how
"The whole cwnpus needs some doesn't" interfere, Smith said. The faculty for Democratic Renewal; and Minnie
to be sure, on one hand. stQdents are
training, studerits, faculty, Wld staff member can be accused of being Collins, a faculty member from Seattle
protected from all fonus of harassment
Central.
to learn about sexual controlling if slhe attempts to deal with
and, on the other side, faculty rights of together,
harassment," she said. "I don~t have the harassing behavior, and can also be seen
After a break for lunch, the panelists
academic freedoID. are \ also fully
that everyone on this campus is as insensitive if s/he allows what a split up into seminar and workshop
feeling
protected," PaiIthorp said. "A lot of it has
groups to discuss the issues presented by
fully educated al>out it. I hear a lot about student perceives to be sexist behavior to the speakers Wld panelists in more detail.
to be educatiOlial. Students and faculty
The participants and the panelists
have to understand what coostiwtes a lack of understanding Wld action on the continue. he said
of faculty and Staff."
"We've got to the point around the
harassment. ·Students need to understand partThis
partly is because individuals are racism Wld sexism where we've raised
n re-convened in the gym to bring
that discomfort does not constitute
what they had learned that day to a
not inJonued enough about harassment to our consciousness enough as a collectivity coherent closure. Although those who
harassment"
Academic Dean ·Man Smith eChoed · recOgnize it as such "BJ;ld then some just that we're reasonably aware there are spoke at and participated in thr teach-in
Pailthoxp's concerns. "We need to be sure don't want to dealj Ih' i~" Gibson said. serious issues here," Smith said."When on Wednesday admitted that thi. day was
"Evergreen faCUlty · are really that happens, the issues almost inevitably
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start saymg
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IS IS society as a whole, they expressedthea
in the classroom that may indeed be
offensive in some sense, without being a situation where they co~ down hard," incorrect and try to enforce that through comminnent to these goals throughout the
a political process."
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called on the carpet for harassment. on a student
CWl
be
cJ.ifficult
for
professors
to
"We
need
to
find a way to be clear
y
s
actiVities.
It
College is a challenging place. If one know wilen and if they should interfere enough about our language Wld our goals
Tim Gibson is a CPJ staff writer thai
wanted to go on believing as one had : .. Cl_~ __- confll'Ct
has helped the paper immensely by
that we do not polarize and/or label
ri In. b _w.
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always believed, one wouldn't go to ... IGo»IUUlU
Dean
Smith
described
the people: he said.
cove ng ...e- relMYng stones.
college Wld one sure as hell wouldn't go
ambiguities involved in a situation where
Students need to "recognize that the Correction: The Works-In-Progress Open
to Evergreen.
a
swdent
feels
sftle
is
being
harassed
by
world
contains · within it offensive Mike Night will start at 7pm today in the
"On the other hand," Smith added,
"we need to be sensitive' to the fact that WlOther student "The professor hasn't realities," Smith said. "Refusing ID deal Recital Hall, not at 5pm as we reported
the way and kind of infonnation done anything," Smith said. "And yet the with it doesn't help you."
last week. For more information call the
TiM Cook is writing a series on Evergreen Writer's Cooperative at 866presented it) the classroom have professor CWl get dragged into that whole
differential
effects
on
different situation and be made to not only take a sexJ.II.Il/gender hmassmelll issues for the 6000 ext. 6155, or stop by Lm 3405.
populations in the classroom. It's a role but be made ID take the blame fOr
See you there.
the actions of a student. That's part of CPJ.
balancing act·
by Tina Cook'
Academic Dean Chuck Pailthorp has
I found this place
wherf we moved Into the building,
a good hiding place
to avoid people In.
The organizers of Racism Awareness
Day offered participants a variety of
educational workshops, forums, Wld
rallies yesterday for those interested in
addressing the reality of racism at
Evergreen.
The well attended activities began at
9:30 in the morning on red square with
a rally on "defining racism at TESC."
The organizers invited speakers from the
student body, the faculty, Wld staff to
address their own experiences with racism
in their pasts and here at Evergreen.
Kathy Sheffield, a student, spoke of
the mostly unintentional racism found in
seminars. Sheffield spoke of her
frustration with people in seminar
expecting her to educate them on ·
African-AmeriCWl issues and culture. She
also cautioned those in attendance to
avoid such examples of covert Wld
lIDinfonned racism in their seminars and
other activities.
Faculty member Fred Dube, spoke of
his experiences with racism "on three
continents" Wld infonned the audience
that the concept of race is in itself a
construct of racial society. He ended his
speech by advising swdents to be wary
of catch-phrases and labels when
speaking on the issue of racism.
Vice-President for Student Affairs
Gail Martin challenged white members of
the community to examine their own
racist attitudes, and to use that knowledge
to help fight racism in action.
Gary Wessls-Galbetath from the
IndiWl Center and York Wong also spoke
of their experiences with instiwtionallzed
racism on campus Wld educated the
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been taken or disturbed. A purse was 0122: A convertible VW Rabbit in C-lot Western's Master of Education Program offered during the fall quarter of 1990which began offering classes on 91.
had its roof slashed.
found at the scene.
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campus last fall.
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0332: The CAB's cigarette machine had 0314: There was a malicious pull of a
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its door smashed and coin box taken by frre alarm in B Dorm.
an unknown person. A custodian spotted 1119: Bike parts were missing from a Programs for elemenlary and secondary Monday's and Wednesday's in the
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Computer
equipment
was
0830: lESC President Joe Olander 1139:
summer and fall programs, call · Dr. stop by the office of the CPJ.
reported that the gate to his residence had mysteriously missing from a locked office
Robert Simpson at 866-8932.
been swiped. It was later discovered that on the third floor of the Library. It was
custodians borrowed the gate so they
later found in the stairwell by the loading
could do some repairs on it.
dock, thought to be left there temporarily
1145: A faculty member said she got a by a thief. The equipment, including a
strange
but
non-threatening
letter computer and laser printer, was valued at
President Joe Olander, Patrick Hill,
involving a cultural perspectives study. about $12,000.
Gail Martin, Les Puree, and Ken Winkley
1620: A 3' by 5' visitor's sign was
She thought it didn't seem legitimate.
have formulated a priority list for the
1205: Somebody called a housing missing from B-1oL
1991-93 biennial budget request. The
1635: Somebody driving a truck tore up
resident and made heavy breathing noises
following "enhancements" are in order of
some grass on the Parkway meadow.
over the phone.
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Library men's room.
0825: Orange spray paint was detected the CAB were marred with graffiti.
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on the roadway near the Mods.
2250: A vandal put some graffiti in the performed by Security last week. A car
going too fast on Overhulse Road got a
LAB II freight elevator.
verbal warning.
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James Egan, a first-year student at
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missing. They cost the school about $75 Evergreen. has been writing the Security
Blotter since January. This week Security
each.
Chief Gary Russell wrote some of the
Saturday, May 19
entries.
Security Blotter
by Tina Cook
A survey is being distributed by the
College Recreation Center (CRC) in
response to conlroversy about music in
the weight room.
The CRC Student Staff Team will
decide if a new music policy is needed
in response to survey results "within the
next week," said CRC Manager Vivienne
Lee.
The current weight room policy
allows patrons to "request that music be
turned off or do""n if offensive. Music
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offered at TESC
that others · find unpleasant. or at a
volume that hinders communication...will
jeopardize the aVailability of music in the
future."
While the written policy allows
people to turn the music down, conflict
arises because it does not address
requests for louder music. If one person
turns the music down, "others can turn it
up," Lee said. "A compromise has to be
made. At some points I don', think a
compromise is agreeable to both parties."
The weight room encounters problems
not only in decibel levels, but in content
as well. "I mind music that (is sexually
explicit) (X' says 'I'm going to go out and
shoot tire whole white race'," CRC patron
Cate Wagoner said.
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in 1982 and uses CRC facilities almost
daily, she said. She admits she is by far
the most vocal in complaining abOut the
music, but adds she is not asking for
silence, merely moderation. "I lmow on
the spectrum of tolerance I'm way at the
extreme end. That's okay. Somebody's
got to be there; Wagoner said. She
admits her sensitivity to the music has
probably been heightened as well
"because this has been going on for four
years."
Wagoner said she has not only been
ignored after asking that music be turned
down, but harassed as well. · After asking
the student supervisor to turn the music
down once, a student patron, "raised his
fist and called me a bitch," Wagoner
said.
Wagoner said she has experienced
other forms of harassment as well. On
more than one occasion, after asking
attendants to tum the music down, "they
would turn it down to barely audible and
point me out as the problem when
someone else asked for it to be turned
up."
Patrons are now in charge of their
own music because the weight room is
no longer staffed with attendants [CPJ
Vol.20, Issue 19].
, When asked why the CRe does not
establish quiet hours to deal with the
controversy, Lee said, "It would be very
difficult to get that to be satisfactory for
all
involved. " The difficulty
in
establishing quiet hours, she said, is that
the schedules of those who want music
and those who don't would not always
coincide with the schedule the CRC
might install.
.
"Most of the time there's no
problem at all," Lee said.
Wagoner feels the problem is more
widespread than it might appear. "l'm
tired of being told I'm Ute only one,"
with complaints, she said. She has talked
to others who also object to the volume
or content of the music, but fmds it
frustrating. "Of all the things that
infuriate me the most are people who
come to me and thank me and agree with
me and don't say anything about it [to
CRC administrators]. But why should
they? How many people are going to be
willing to ask for the music turned down
when they've seen what's happened to
me?"
Tina Cook is an Evergreen studem
and a CPJ sla/f writer.
Baseball class takes
field trip .to ·Kingdome
by News Release
On May 26, 1990 faculty members
Oscar Soule and Stephen Bray and their
students will take a field trip to the
stands of the Kingdome to study the
Seattle Mariners.
This research ties into the program
Baseball: Fact and Metaphor, offered to
students at Evergreen this spring.
Students in the class leam about
literature, history, sociology, economics,
and cultural diversity, all in a full-time
course based on baseball.
"Baseball is really hot right now,"
says Soule, thumbing through an issue of
The Sciences, published by the New York
Academy of Sciences. One major article
is about how the United States projects '
its image into its national pastime.
Students read many books in the
program, including Shoeless Joe, the
novel which provides the basis for the
movie, Field of Dreams. Students will
learn about baseball as a metaphor in an
and literatme; they will learn about the
era when baseball shifted · from being a
game to a business; about baseball as an
international phenomenon; about the
spring, summer, and fall, of a baseball
player's "career, and about the Negro
leagues and their impacts on the United
States.
"The study of baseball, in all its
richness and diversity, represents the
quintessential, interdisciplinary approach
to learning, which is the hallmark of
Evergreen," says Bray, who is also a
member of the Baseball Writers
Association of America.
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Sexual harassment:
Affirmative action more active
By Tina Cook
Evergreen's
Affmnative
Action
Officer did not hear a single complaint
Bikes crunch cars
Respond to sexual harassm.ent
by David Keleher and Joe Yarkln
Are you looking for an alternative
form of transportation to free you from
the hassles and waste of the automobile?
Getting tired of cussing at multi-national
oil C<XpOrationS for spoiling vast habitats,
yet regularly visiting the petro-pump and
paying them dues?
Do , you enjoy
handing out outrageous sums to insure a
cantankeroush~ of hell on wheels?
Then read 011.
Bikes Not Cars
There are two main reasons people
drive cars. One, stepping on the gas
pedal is easy, and sitting in a car is
supposedly comfortable. Driving or even
taking the bus instead of riding a bike to
school, for example, may seem desirable
because of protection from the elements.
Granted, riding a bike is not always
pleasant, but dressing sensibly makes the
experience fully worth the extra work.
Cold weather is overcome by the work
OUlpuL Two, cars go fast, at least in a
shan-sighted sense. But many people
drive to work or school, and then have a
separate time to exercise. Why not bike
to get there? Think about iL Put one and
one together. Do you get two or four'!
Most people who drive are ignorant
of the inefficiencies of cars. How fast do
you suppose cars really travel? Okay,
they may seem to travel quickly, but
we're talking averages here. The average
speed of cars in America is about 20
mph. For the time spent working to pay
for pwchasing, running, and maintaining
the car, (2 1/2 hours per day average at
of sexual harassment her flfSt year on the
by Tina Cook
Then next time, respond immediately. Sugiyama added.
job.
When faced with sexual harassment,
A woman can tell a man he just made a
In dealing with harassment in general,
sexist comment or tell another not to "the best remedy is you confront the
That was 1985, the year Evergreen's many women react with shock and don't
sexual harassment policy was first know how to respond, said Margarita
touch her when he does so without person's behavior and language when it's
established.
Mendoza de Sugiyama, Evergreen's
permission.
happening, in public. The problem with
"Even if it's a mistake, it's a sexual harassment, discrimination, and
1986 brought "approximately half a Afftrmative Action Officer.
dozen"
complaints, said Margarita
She recommends thinking about what
miscommunication, then at least saying racism is it's all secreL"
Mendoza de Sugiyama, Evergreen's you would like to have done in order to
'I don't feel comfortable with what you
For more infonnation, contact the
be prepared for similar situations in the
just said' gets you clarity for that Affmnative Action Office at x6364, or
Affmnative Action Officer.
This year, about 30 people have f
[comment] right then," Mendoza de the Counseling Center at x6800,
come to her office to voice concerns and a.;.u:;ture:;;;.._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~;;~;;;;:~;.;:;.;..._;;-...;;.;;;;.;;~~~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~
get advice, she said.
harassed, Mendoza de Sugiyama said.
faculty or supervisors, men who
If the targeted WOm8n is too afraid
"What I see now is an increasing
They can talk to faculty in the same constantly touch a woman even after she to file a complaint at all, third parties
has told him to stop, and women being might be angry enough to do it for her,
number [of complaints] every year. "I program, other trusted faculty members,
treated differently after turning down a
Mendoza de Sugiyama said.
happen to believe that's a healthy
the Counseling Center, or other students.
date.
For instance, if a woman in a work
indicator."
According to Mendoza de Sugiyama,
An increasing number of complaints the only instances in which formal
While the larget of sexual harassment setting is being harassed by a male
is can make a complaint, she is not supervisor, her co-worlcers can fde a
may not seem healthy on the surface, but complaints are fded are when the parties
it does not indicate a growing level of involved will not talk to one another or always comfortable doing -so. According grievance because "by his actions against
harassment, Mendoza de Sugiyama said.
it is too serious a violation to be handled
to Mendoza de Sugiyama, women most her he creates a hostile environment for
Instead, it means people are more willing through the informal process.
often targeted by harassers "are not very other women," Mendoza de Sugiyama
to talk about it.
But not all the individuals who come
assertive, don't have a lot of self said. Also, if a faculty member is having
In 1985, Evergreen was not a to Mendoza de Sugiyama are really
conftdence and are the least likely to file a sexual relationship with a student, other
a complaint"
students in the program can complain if
supportive environment for harassment victims of sexual assaulL "Individuals are
victims, she explained. The creation of coming forward saying they've been
"It's hard for individuals [to confront they feel the relationship is creating a
the sexual harassment policy appears to harassed when they haven't been,"
harasseJ's] when they don't have the same problem for them.
have made the difference. "Women began Mendoza
de
Sugiyama
said.
amount of power as the person doing it,"
Even if the student is willingly
"Miscommunication takes place between
she added.
involved, "It is questionable how
feeling more secure about naming
men and women because they don't see
And Mendoza de Sugiyama is careful objective you can be in evaluating a
names," Mendoza de Sugiyama said.
Evergreen's Sexual Harassment Policy the world the same way."
to point out sexual harassment is not person you're having a sexual relationship
describes sexual/gender harassment "as
. so mgram
.
. ed
about sex. "The l'ssue is power and abuse W1'th."
The- English language IS
the use of one's authority or power
with sexism and racism, she explained,
of that power." ,
While third party complaints have
that individuals may have been saying
One option for a woman who feels been made at Evergreen, Mendoza de
(explicitly or implicitly) to coerce another
she is being harassed is to join others Sugiyama said, "more women are coming
into unwanted sexual relations or to offensive things for years without
realizing it or intending any harm.
with similar experierices. Confronting an in and rUing on their own behalf."
punish another for his or her refusal.
Sexual/gender harassment also exists
The advantages of the grievance
individual as a group can equalize the
Tina Cook is writing a series on
when a member of the college process come to light in such instances.
power differential somew~t, Mendoza de sexual/gender harassment for the CPJ.
community creates an intimidating, hostile
"The informal mediation sessions are a
Sugiyama said.
or offensive working or educational chance for [alleged harassers] to hear
how their words affect other people,"
environment through verbal or physical
conduct of a sexual nature."
Mendoza de Sugiyama said.
Sexual harassment is "not just hitting
Even if the alleged harassment is a
on a woman: Mendoza de Sugiyama
matter of miscommunication, Mendoza de
said. It can also consist of drawing
Sugiyama sees benefits for the persons
involved. They learn more about
attention to a woman's body or clothing
or telling sexist jokes, she said. And
themselves and come away with an
while sexual harassment can be directed
agreement with the other person about
how they will interact, she said. Also, a
at men, Mendoza de Sugiyama said, 99
woman can "feel confident about her
percent of harassment is directed at
women.
ability to confront in the future," she
While the number of harassment
complaints have increased, "the majority
said'Then how does a person know when
c~used
are handled through informal processes a sexual harassment grievance is
which makes me very happy," Mendoza legitimate?
de Sugiyama said. "We have very few
According to Mendoza de Sugiyama,
formal complaints that are filed."
some questions to consider are: "Ar.e
The Affmnative Action Officer's women being singled out for this
flfSt step in the grievance process is an treaunent? Is it the actual gender that is
extensive interview with the complainant. the focus?"
Certain behavior might simply be
She encourages complainants to talk with
the alleged harasser about the offensive harassment rather than sexual harassmenL
behavior. lf thal has already been done, Some alleged harassers "are real dumb,"
or the results of such communication do Mendoza de Sugiyama said. "They treat
not meet the satisfaction of either party, everybody this way."
This is not to say there are not
Mendoza de Sugiyama can act as
mediator or appoint someone else to legitimate complaints. According to
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Use 'racism' responsibly
by Alan Nasser
I have been thinking long and hard,
Ryo, about your recent piece in the CPJ
The piece is
(Vol. 20, Issue 24).
intensely disturbing.
It illustrates a
dangerous pattern of behaviors that is
increasingly evident at the college and
that threatens to make our comm unity
into an ugly place. Let me fIrst identify
the pattern of behavior that is alarming.
Then I will explain how your letter
appears to reproduce this pattern.
There is the perception among more
than a few of us that a number of selfappointed guardians of political/moral
correctitude are in the habit of using the
term "racist" not merely to identify
legitimate and serious offenses, but to
intimidate the blameless on grounds
having no' hing at all to do with racism.
These grounds include a broad range of
personal antagonisms and professional
disagreements. Thus, an unfavorable
evaluation and/or a frrm critique of a
favored non-Western cultural canon is not
unlikely to draw a charge of racism. It is
notable that this latter example operates
in only one direction: when the prevailing
Western canon is deconstructed, one
rarely if ever encounters the response that
the deconstruction is motivated by racist
(or
other
politically
or
morally
objectionable) concerns. This means, in
effect, that certain cultural canons are
beyond question. This is unacceptable in
an educational community where nothing
is exempt from critical scrutiny. The idea
that serious cultural criticism is permitted
to operate in only one direction, i.e.,
against the dominant canon, simply
reproduces the form of Western cultural
imperialism; that this form may be given
non-Western content is no sign of
political enlightenment
The pattern I describe too often
results in the term "racist" being used
offhandedly and indeed irresponsibly.
The incidence of misuse of terms like
"racist" at the college is unmistakable and
rising. Colleagues, staff, and students are
under attack, their characters are
assassinated,
their
spiritual
and
psychological well-being is threatened
and, not the least, their reputations in the
community are jeopardized. This must
concern us as much as legitimate charges
of racism must concern us. Yet we have
not been sufficiently sensitive 10 this kind
of promiscuous accusation mongering.
Not long ago a colleague's name
appeared, followed by the word "racist,"
in spray paint in a public place at the
college. Many of us knew of this, yet
there was no public outcry and no
systematic effort to identify the culprit(s).
I can describe many other instances of
the same kind of thing. Had a
comparable racist epithet appeared after
the name of a faculty of color, we would
be rightly and openly indignant and the
minority community would, with good
reason, not allow the incident to slip into
oblivion. This kind of double standard is
inlOlerable. I suggest the following rule
of use for the term "racist" In view of
the seriousness of the charge of racism,
the charge must never be made unless
one is prepared both to identify the
alleged violator and to initiate formal
procedures against hilll,lher.
The
strictures on the use of "racist" are no
different from those on the use of "child
abuser"; racism is no less serious an
offense than is child abuse.
With the foregoing truisms in mind,
let me say something about each of the
five point.<; you raise in your letter.
Opinion
I) You allege that some faculty of
color are "disparaged" as "affmnative
action" hires. As an "instance" of this
you cite the fact that you are "often
invited to lecture on Eastern thought and
Buddhism but never on Freud or Jung .. ."
You claim that this is explained by the
fact that you are "not white and therefore
couldn't possibly understand the Western
mind." Thus, you imply that the pattern
of lecture invitations you describe is
racist
Ryo, you have identifIed yourself to
this community as a Buddhist monk. So
of course you are invited to lecture on
Buddhism. To see this as racist is to put
the worst possible interpretation on an
event that lends it.<;elf by it.<; nature--fully
described, that is, to include the selfidentity you have promoted--to a more
charitable and less alarmist rendering. If
you believe that the fact that you are
"never" invited to lecture on Freud or
Jung
evidences
questionable
(not
necessarily racist) assumptions, then you
might have let it be known, as you have
let it be known that you are a Buddhist
monk, that Freud and Jung are among
your preferred lecture topics.
2) In I) above you offered an
"explanation" of an allegedly racially
motivated pattern of lecture invitations.
I have argued that the "expla'lation" is
precipitous and in fact no explanation at
all. Thus, I am uncertain as to your
When you
standards of explanation.
claim that many of the Western ideas you
have expressed are either ignored or
"written off as coming from a person
who could not possibly know much about
the West; I wonder what specifically
happened that leads you to offer that
explanation.
3) You claim that some faculty of
color are placed on teaching teams with
members "known" to have had difficulty
with people of color. You claim also that
some faculty of color have taken "verbal
abuse" from colleagues and have received
"hostile faculty evaluations." And you
make the grave charge that these
evaluations are composed by "racist"
faculty (and students).
Are the faculty members you refer to
really "known" to have had difficulty
with people of color, and "known" by
whom? Or are they merely beUeved to
have had such difficulties, and believed
by whom? And have you taken the
trouble 10 discuss these charges with
whomever you are referring 10 and
accusing, or have you spoken only with
the accusers? One cannot responsibly
level the sorts of accusations you level
without bothering 10 answer these three
questions. After all, it is possible that
folks "had difficulties with" certain
faculty of color because the latter were
difficult Your use of the terms "hostile
faculty evaluations" and "verbal abuse"
begs the question and obscures the need
10 investigate these matters before making
an inflammalOry charge: it is possible
that the evaluations you refer to were
deserved, in which case I) the evaluations
are appropriately characterized as
"critical," maybe even "severely critical,"
but not as "hostile," and 2) spoken
criticism is just that, criticism, and not
verbal abuse.
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Most serious is your reference to
"racist" facultY and students. What
exactly makes you believe that the people
you refer to are "racist"? Did you bother
to discuss your concerns with them
before drawing conclusions? And have
formal charges been filed against these
alleged "racists"? The term "racist" may
not be tossed off as casually as we toss
off terms like "jerk" and "asshole." It is
arguable that to do so violates the social
contract here.
4) You claim that "many ... white
female faculty and students" stereotype
male faculty of color as "nonwhite men
suppressing women in their own
cultures." And you offer what looks like
an explanation of this, namely that these
white females "have had negative
experiences with men." Thus, they are
presumably projecting, trailsferring their
own hostilities against men onto
blameless men of color.
But there is of course another
possibility, that some white women have
legitimate grievances with some persons
who happen to be male and of color.
One rules out this possibility only if one
assumes, irrationally, that it is never
justified that a white woman take offense
at a behavior or remark of a man of
color. But no one adheres to this maxim,
so no one rules out the possibility I
describe. Have you investigated both
sides of these disputes before charging
these white women with being "racist"?
(I might add that these matters are made
even more complex and troublesome by
the fact that even if a white woman is in
fact guilty of unsubstantiated charges
against a man of color, that is not
necessarily attributable to racism.)
5) You level accusations that appear
to have no bearing on the issues you are
trying to call our attention to. You refer,
negatively, to "many" faculty who are
"quite oroud of their own intellectual
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abilities." This pride is evidenced, you
write, by the fact that they "strut" when
they lecture.
Exactly what sort of
offense are you indicating here?
Whatever the offense is, .you seem to
think it is reflected in unjustifIed
criticism of faculty of color.
What
criticism? And what makes you think
your description of it is accurate? Have
you spoken to whomever you are
referring to?
, Ryo, . your remarks seem to me to
illustrate the pattern of promiscuous
accusation I described at the beginning of
this letter. Evergreen has always been a
place where bloodhounds of incorrectitude
have found a happy home. This pattern
at the college is becoming magnified just
as it is intensifying in the national culture
at large: witness the mounting frenzy to
identify bearers of impurity such as
people with AIDS, drug abusers, drug
pushers, child abusers, people who drive
after drinking, spies, illegal immigrant.<;,
sex offenders, and a burgeoning host of
Others. There is much more going on
here than a simple increase in the number
of legitimate complaints about racism
(and sexual harassment). If we ignore
these issues, Evergreen will surely turn
itself from the political equivalent of the
New Jerusalem to the moral equivalent of
the New Salem.
AI/an Nasser is an Evergreen faculty
member teaching Political Economy and
Social Change. Ryo Imamura wrote a
response to this letter available from Ryo
by request.
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reliance of the media upon corporate
funding. As Grant Tinker, former head
of NBC-TV explained, television "is an
advertising-supported medium, and to the
extent that support falls out, programming
will change."
As Tinker implies, the US press
operates as any other business in the
sense that there is always a "bottom·
line." Under these conditions the media
must cater to the desires of those who
fund them or suffer the consequences.
This results in programming which does
not tarnish their sponsors' image.
The recent event.<; at WHDH Boston
and WNET demonstrate the use of
advertising and donations as a means to
punish or reward broadcasters for the
content of their programming. Perhaps
more unsettling 10 those concemed about
"freedom of information" is the growing
concentration of ownership of information
conduit.<; such as television stations.
Between 1965-61 ITT attempted to
This takeover, while
acquire ABC.
sanctioned by the FCC, was overruled by
Business
the department of Justice.
Week described the ruling as prompted
by fear that ITT's ownership "could
compromise the independence of ABC's
news coverage of political events where
ITT has interest.<;."
While this regulatory intervention
set.<; a precedent for guarding against
media monopoly, it is one that has not
been rigorously followed, and in fact has
diminished due 10 the deregul3tory
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Opinion
Opinion
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Chinese destroy Tibet
by Jon Epstein
When I heard some Washington State
recycling official reminding the public
that part of the recycling equation is
pW'Chasing recycled products, I got a
little angry. He sounded like he was
scolding consumers on the radio. It
sounded like he was blaming you and me
for the lack of recycled product markets.
I do not d: sagree with this mans logic. If
consumels
and
business
start
pW'Chasingldemanding recycled products
then the American market economy will
undoubtably supply them. The reason I
got a little angry at this recycling official
is because he failed to mention that the
lions share of paper use in this country is
generated by government.
In the state of WashinglOn lawmakers
are all patting themselves on the back for
passage of the Waste not Washington
bill. This legislation has all kinds of nice
chit-chat about procurement of recycled
paper products,
but contains no
requirements and no penalties for noncompliance. In other words, it says
nothing. A state official can get on the
radio and remind us about our civic duty
to pW'Chase products with recycled
materials, but the state is giving lip
service 10 the problem. If the state passed
mandatory content legislation requiring
that state, county, and local governments
pW'Chase paper products with X
percentage recycled content, it would
have a much greater impact on
developing markets than anything you or
I can do.
This is not an excuse for you and me
to not be concerned about this issue.
Indeed, I support the idea of consumers
demanding recycled paper. Some of these
products are now available in Olympia at
the Food Co-op. Il is one of the few
places where consumers can purchase
paper by the pound in a retail slOre.
However, government agencies consume
40% of all paper products sold in this
country. It's about time for' WashinglOn
and other states, not to mention the
federal government, to put some teeth
inlO their rhelOric.
Governments ability 10 create and
sustain markets is weU documented.
Many years ago the federal government
created mandalOry legislation requiring
procurement of paper towels with 10%
recycled content. The federal government
has been subsidizing the farm industry
and many other industries for years. They
should be doing a lot more to subsidize
the recycling industry now and in the
foreseeable future. Washington state has
chosen 10 waste its money on silly
reports like the 2010 study · instead of
actually helping to build marlcets. The
only good thing about the 2010 study is
that is printed on recycled paper.
Governor Gardener has mandated that all
state agencies have a recycling person.
This means that Evergreen will get
funded for a fuU-time recycling position
in the 1991 budget.
This may be an important step, but
it seems like a very small one. It would
be better to see Washington passing
mandatory
content
legislation
for
government and industry. If they actually
allocated money to pay for the obvious
increase in cost it would even be better.
If they created real penalties for noncompliance it would be the best. Instead
of spending our tax money subsidizing
the landfLll industry lets use that money
to develop the recycling market. We do
not need anymore studies 10 tell us the
importance of moving in this direction.
Jon 'Eppo' Epstein is an Evergreen
graduate student, a member of the S&A
board, and the host of Olympia's only
radio talk show "Mouthing Off," Fridays
from 10 am 10 12 noon on KAOS 89.3.
by Wendy Schoraeld
In April 1990, while collecting
images, sound, and information in North
India, for a video on the Chinese{l'ibetan
situation I am producing, I interviewed
Tibetan government officials in exile and
visited Tibetan refugee settlements.
While there, I was astounded 10 hear that
the Chinese communist government in
Tibet is testing nuclear bombs, dumping
nuclear waste, and producing nuclear
warheads on "the roof of the world" This
"roof; known as the Tibetan Plateau, is
the highest inhabited place on earth.
From its glaciers run all four of Asia's
primary rivers, serving millions of people.
Does nuclear production, testing, and
dumping make sense here? Anywhere?
Sadly, Tibetans who non-violently
revolt against Chinese repression and
human right violations are killed, or
imprisoned and tortured in horrendous
ways, sometimes until death. Meanwhile,
the rest of the world sits passively, afraid
China will deny the United States access
to its market of 1.6 billion people.
What is the point of trade benefits
when the life of this planet is being
severely
threatened
by
nuclear
destruction?
Tibet, independent for 2,000 years,
with its own culture, language and
customs, was cleverly attacked on six
sides simultaneously in 1949 by China,
while the rest of the world was
recovering from World War ll: too busy
to hear Tibet's cry for mercy. China
wanted Tibet for its strategic position on
"the roof of the world" in the heart of
central Asia, and for its vast animal,
forest. and mineral reserves, especially
high quantities of uranium to make
nuclear weapons.
Tibet's
compassionate,
spiritual,
humorous people with kind hearts and a
great love for nature did not have
weapons 10 defend themselves. Being
Buddhists, they always have and still do
believe in non-violence. Yet today, at a
rapid rate, behind closed borders that not
even the Red Cross may enter, cruel
Chinese militants, foUowing orders from
Beijing, are committing cultural genocide
in Tibet. Since 1950 one million
Tibetans, over 16% of Tibet's population,
have been killed. At least one million
more are imprisoned or forced 10 work in
labor camps.
Remember World War 11 and what
the Nazis did to the Jews? Remember
Tiananmen Square last year? Chinese
authorities are, right now, brutaUy
controlling Tibetans in their own land by
mass murder, imprisonment, torture,
forces abortion, sterilization, killing of
newborn Tibetans, and mass population
transfers of Tibetans to China and
Chinese to Tibet There are currently
more Chinese in Tibet than Tibetans!
Physicians for Human Rights, in
their November 1989 publication entitled
"The Suppression of a People: Accounts
of Torture and Imprisonment in Tibet,"
state that torture methods used against
Tibetans include integration (6 Chinese 10
1 Tibetan): beatings with gun butts,
truncheons, and clubs with nails in the
ends; hanging prisoners from the ceiling
by their wrists, ankles or thumbs for
hours or days at a time; shocking them
with electric cattle prods placed in their
mouths: and dreadful reports of nuns
being stripped naked, beaten, then
violated in their private J?8Tts with electric
cattle prods, and torture by vicious dogs
who tear at their bare flesh.
There are reports of prisoners being
kept
for
months
and
years
incommunicado in tiny, unlit cottcrete
clues with no beds, inadequate clothing,
one blanket in freezing Tibetan winters,
infrequent, gruesome food, and a bucket
they may be able to empty once a day, if
they are lucky! Can you imagine living
or dying like this?
A Tibetan nurse who escaped across
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the Himalayas by hiding during the day
and trekking by night, fmalIy arrived in
North India to tell a Tibetan welfare
officer that Chinese medical authorities
now kill newborn Tibetans by pouring
boiling water down their .little guUets
instead of giving them lethal mjections"
as had been their custom, not because it
was faster, but because it is cheaper!
Such are ways that the Chinese suppress
and extenninate Tibetans. No one
believed the horrors of Nazi Germany 50
years ago, or more recently of Cambodia,
until well after the fact.
This is
happening now. Documented facts have
been submitted 10 the US Congress, other
governments, The United Nations,
Amnesty International, Asia Watch, and
The International Committee of the Red
Cross. Yet government officials are not
putting their foot down and saying "Get
out of Tibet, China!
Stop violating
human rights of Tibetans and your own
people or we will close our doors and
stop trading with you."
Perhaps if
governments and organizations cannot or
will not do anything to stop China's
destruction of this ancient culture, we as
individuals must act by writing to the
Chinese Embassy and the United Nations.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tibet's
political and spiritual leader, winner of
the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize, offered
China the following Five Point Peace
Plan:
1.
Transfonnation of the whole of
Tibet into a zone of peace.
2.
Abandonment
of
China's
population transfer policy which threatens
the very existence of the Tibetans as a
people.
_ 3._ J~~t {or_jhe Tibetan people's
fundamental human rights and democratic
freedoms.
4. Restoration and protection of ,
Tibetan natural environment and the
abandonment of China's use of Tibet for
the production of nuclear weapons and
the disposal of nuclear .waste.
5.
Commencement of earnest
negotiatiotts on the future status of Tibet
and of relations between the Tibetan and
Chinese people.
This was, unfMunately, rejected by
the Chinese government who insist that
Tibet belongs to them and always has.
Not true!
The DaIai Lama, in his March 10,
1990 address for Tibet's National
Uprising Day, suggested that the changes
for China lie within her own borders and
may erupt within 5 years.
The
Chinese/Tibetan situation is perhaps our
most serious confrontation with the dark
forces of humanity, to which we must
pay attention for the survival of us all.
Wendy Schofield. local writer and
producer of educational videos on public
safety issues, is currently a visiting faculty
member in the Human Health and
Behavior program at Evergreen.
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by Paula, Lang
What is the most popular publication
in this country? 1;he Wall Street Journal
with news and business reports? The
New York Times with "All the news
that's fit to print"? The Cooper Point
Journal ' with higher education issues?
No! The answer is 1V Guide containing
only articles pertaining to the television
industry.
'
When people have spare time, they
e
WIns
often prefer to turn on the television for
a quick summation of current events
rather than reading a newspaper,
magazine, or book.
Furthermore, people seem to readily
accept biased reporting of facts. While
reporting news events, anchors often
report catastrophic events with thoughtless
comments and large smiles on their faces.
Are we allowing television media to
shape our thinking and attitudes?
Examining abortion theology
direct experience of American society
ASPECTS OF ABORTION PART 1··
before Roe vs. Wade. The question arises
-TURN BACK THE CLOCK
naturally. What was America like before
by Sylvia Darko
19731 What would a return to that time
In 1973 our Supreme Court ruled
mean? Women born in or around 1960,
state
anti-abortion
laws
were
warm up your imaginations.
unconstitutional except as applied to the
last trimester of pregnancy. Iii - esSence,
Imagine- mnmwanted-teblS is-in your
this made abortion on demand legal for
body. Maybe the conception was not your
America women. In July of 1989, a more
decision. You may already have children
conservative Supreme Court returned the
and can', afford another. A pregnancy
matter to state governments. To all
may physically endanger you. Whatever
abortion activists, state legislatures are
the circumstances, your pregnancy is a
now emotion-filled political arenas.
problem. But abortion is iUegal. What do
People of my generation have no
you do?
,.._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. . .
You have three general options. The
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everyone's
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However, it is important to remember
that every consequence is a possibility.
1) Have the baby anyway. For this
option, it's important to be prepared. He
prepared to lose your job or delay your
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conceived against your wiu. Be prepared
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Be prepared to carry a fetus nine months,
only to give it to strangers and never see
it again.
2) Get an illegal abortion. This option
means you have a lot to do. You have
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your family. You have to lie to people
like your doctor or boss. You have to
decide who would help you find an
abortionist and who would tum you in 10
the police. You have to get a lot of
money and hide the fact that it's gone.
You have to endure the painful,
humiliating
operatiEln
in
unsafe
conditions. There's no guarantee the
procedure will work, you might give birth
to a seriously injured baby. You might
get an infection from the unsanitary
conditions of back alley abortions. This
could lead to in,temal bleeding, high
fever, severe Pain, hysterectomy and
death.
3) Perform an abortion on yourself.
This option leads 10 other options.
Bleach? Coat hanger? Teaspoon? No
lying, no police, no charge. Also a better
than even chance of becoming sterile or
dead.
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, No matter which option you choose,
you may face the consequences alone,
without the love and support of family,
friends, medical professionals or society_
If you choose 2 or 3 and are caught,
you're not done with the abortion.
Whether you need medical attention or
not, you're under arrest. While a doctor '.
examines you, the police will question
you for the identity of your abortionist.
If you tell them, you may get only a
criminal record and jail
Your name
may be published. If you don't reveal the
name, you could be left alone to bleed to
death.
These are your options. Pain.
Depression. Scars, all types. Humiliation.
Lies. Violence. Poverty. Fear. Loneliness.
Persecution. Sterility. Death. Hebe 1973,
before legal abortions were guaranteed 10
all American women by the Supreme
Court, this happened every day in the
land of the free. Not to just a few
women, but to thousands.
time.
ASPECTS OF ABORTION PART 2-.
-ABORTION THEOLOGY
As a Christian in the Evergreen
community, people often assume I am
Pro-Life (or Anti-Choice) towards
abortion. Not true. Inconsistent? It all
depends on how you look at it. Here's
some amateur theology from a woman
utterly lacking the usual credentials.
Are you against abortion? Me 100.
I'm a woman and a Christian. I believe
every fetus conceived in love is a gift
from God.
No sane person would
destroy a gift from God.
But is every fetus conceived in love?
No, some are conceived in violence. A
fetus conceived in violence is not God's
gift, it is a consequence of mortal sin
that puts suffering upon the innocent. A
compassionate God decreases innocent
suffering, Christians are obliged 10 act
likewise.
Therefore, how can a Christian
require any woman to endure an incest or
rape-related pregnancy? I would sooner
ask a woman to endure incest or rape
itself. To any self-respecting woman,
there is little difference.
So, as a
Christian, I must support the Pro-Choice
side of the abortion issue.
But not every Wlwanted pregnancy is
the result of violence.
In a perfect world, everyone is raised
in love, with strong value systems.
Everyone can get safe, effective birth
see abortion, page 14
BURN BABY BURNl!!
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which I haven't seen evidence of, on
Grant's part. This is especially hurtful
since he has the thankless task of
representing this school. Give him some
credit.
Although I have many political
differences with Gail Martin, she is
someone I respect personally. I can't
imagine her engaging in character
assassination, particularly of someone
with whom she works so closely.
In the future I will refrain from using
SUbtlety and nuance in my CPJ
submissions, lest they confuse unwary
readers. With that said, I stand by my
opinions.
Brendan Williams
Owen's cartoon
'exploitive'
In response to Jeremy T. Owen's
cartoon "Scouy" in the May 17 issue of
the CPJ. I would like 10 say that I am
deeply offended by the ethnocentric,
belligerent,
and
sexist
attitudes
represented by this feeble attempt at
humor. In the words of Cicero, who said
it best, "Absudum eliea est jacta plurum
fauntum." To use flora and fauna in such
a manner as Mr. Owen's is exploitive
and
manipulative.
This
attitude
perpetuates the practices that are
destroying our rain forests, polluting our
cities, and helping to melt the ice caps.
Where does Mr. Owen get off thinking
that he is superior to nature? People like
him will destroy all traces of the
environment in the name of "comedy."
Comedy is an art form and as Lee
PemblelOn once said brilliantly, "art
oppresses, maintains status quo."
The flippant attitude of Mr. Owen's
is best exemplified by his statement "get
a life." I already have a life, thank you
very much Mr. Owen. Your request that
I should change my lifestyle is
completely against the social contract.
Perhaps you are the one who needs 10
"get" something Mr. Owen. Perhaps you
need 10 "get" off campus and go do your
cartooning for the sexist, . racist, and
homophobic mainstream mewa of this
country. The same media that is filling
our landfills with their old papers and
cutting down our trees so they can bring
us more exploitive "comics" like yours.
Please refrain in the future from any
more attempts at jokes or someday you
may fmd the joke's on you.
Bob Ehtbro
Cooper Point Journal May 24, 1990
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Stranger than strange:
UFOs and Bigfoot in Vader
by Chris Bader
Vader Washington is a small f~rmir,a
community about an hour south
Olympia, and the sight of one
Washington's strangest events.
On December 4, 1970, Mrs. Wallace
Bowers, a Vader resident, heard her
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children calling her from outside.
Bowers went outside and was
"astounded to discover huge footprints in bright as well.
the inch-deep snow covering her yard."
Bowers watched the object hover. for
Bowers examined the prints closely. a while over the nearby Bonneville power
Whatever had made them was extremely lines. As it lefi. the children thought that
heavy, as the gravel underneath the snow they saw a "gray shape" drop away from
was packed down an inch and a half.
the object.
Bowers called the local sheriff who
There is still more to Bower's bizarre
really had nothing to say; Bigfoot story:
sightings are not an
uncommon
Later in that same week, Bowers was
in the living room when she saw the
occurrence around Vader.
Three days later at 7: 15 am, Mrs.
curtains moving in her children's
Bower's children again called to her. She bedroom, "which was visible from where
found them pressed against the front she stood."
Bowers panicked, grabbed her kids
window, looking up at something
"moving across the. sky."
and packed them into the family car. She
At first she thought that the object claims that she "definitely saw a shape in
was a bright star, until it moved closer. the bedroom as [she] drove away."
It had a dome in its center around which
When she returned later, her home
a larger circle revolved. It was bright has been ransacked but nothing was
orange in the center, but the rim was missing. Bowers isn't sure whether the
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mystery prowler is in any way related to
her numerous other strange experiences.
Was Bigfoot prowling around Mrs.
Bower's yard? Did he parachute from a
UFO? Does he burgle homes in his spare
time?
In any case, this is one of the
weirdest set of events to occur in
Washington's history.
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by Stephen Yollel
There are two ways to watch Wild
Orchid. On one level it is the story of
Emily (played by Jacqueline Bissett), a
young small town woman who is sent to
Rio de Janeiro on business. Wheeler
(played by Mickey Rourke) is supposedly
her business adversary, who helps her
confront her sexual fears. He is a man
who knows everything about sex but is
unwilling to take the emotional risks
necessary to fall in love.
At the beginning of the film she
rejects sexual impulses. But through
Wheeler's wisdom, she begins to accept
sexual desire (which Wheeler calls
"primal, insatiable hunger") and accepts
herself as a sexually desireable person.
By the end of the f11m, she is able to
assert herself sexually, to the point where
she is able to seduce Wheeler. Wheeler,
in tum, lets go of his fears, and allows
himself to fall in love with Emily.
But there is another level to this film
wl\ich requires careful examination. Upon
arriving in Rio, Emily is told by her
business associate,
"Remember the golden rule: keep
your eyes and your ears open and your
mouth shut." This statement sets the stage
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symbol of spontaneous, passionate sex.
She is about to remove it, when Wheeler
says, "Will you please keep it on? For
me?"
From this point forward, Emily
begins to accept her role as object She
wears the necklace. We see her put on
make-up and jewelry for the fU'St time.
She wears a black evening gown, rather
than her usual white outfits (which
symbolize virginity). Wheeler tells her
that she is "much more exciting."
"For who?" 'she asks.
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"For you" he responds. He is telling
her it is she that wants to feel desire and
to be desired. Not him. He convinces her
that he is only a catalyst for the feelings
that she already has. She finally allows
herself to be seduced. Not by Wheeler,
but by another man who also appreciates
her "beauty." When she meets this man,
she pretends to be a foreigner and never
speaks during intercourse. Therefore it is
impossible for him to appreciate her as
anything other than a sexual object ,
Following her "sexual awakening,"
Emily is still sexually apprehensive, but
this is because her heart supposedly
belongs to Wheeler for some reason.
When she confronts Wheeler about
pursuing a deeper relationship with him,
he tells her, "What you see is what you
get."
"I love what 1 see," she responds,
which cements any doubts the viewer
might have about this relationship as
anything more than surface value. These
characters appreciate .each other as
beautiful looking people, and nothing
else.
But Wheeler is afraid to love her
because she might "slip away," In other
words, he's afraid he won't be able to
control her as he pleases. So, in a fmal
act of ultimate submission, Emily
disrobes before him. When he still
refuses to embrace her offering, Emily
cries, "you can't even do it, can you!"
' To which he responds by suddenly
embracing her fumly, proceeding to have
intercourse with her. With this statement,
Emily challenges his manhood. By
embracing her, he also embraces his role
as dominant male in the face of her role
as submissive ~emale.
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In Co~luslOn, I ~ssert ,thIS film has
an underly~g theme m whIch our wo~t
fears of patnarc~y are made real. On this
level Wild C!rchid says a !ot about.c~nt
popular noltons of ~xuallty. And It IS for
this ~on that. It. ~ould be W?rth
watching. OtherwIse It IS ~st descnbed
by the two women who sat m the theatre
with me, as a f11m with "no substance."
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for a ftlm in which women are
objectified by men. In keeping her mouth
shut. Emily is not allowed to have a
voice; to have an opinion. She learns to
passively accept what she is told.
In an early scene, Emily accidentally
witnesses a couple having passionate sex.
She responds by running from the scene
as though it were a nightmare. It is clear
that she is uncomfortable with sex.
When we first meet Wheeler, we
watch him as he gazes at Emily,
undressing her with his eyes. "I just like
watching you walk," he tells Emily. This
statement is a good indicator of how
Wheeler's character sees women. He
appreciates Emily's beauty, but is not
interested in her beyond that. And if
Emily is not comfortable with being a
sexual object, then she will have to learn.
In one scene, Wheeler and Emily
share a limousine with a couple who
become engulfed in passion and have
intercourse righ t there in the car.
"What do you see?" asks Wheeler.
"I see two people having sex,"
responds Emily.
"No. Making love. There's a
difference," instructs Wheeler. But what
is the key to this distinction that Wheeler
is referring to? It doesn't seem to have
anything to do with love. In the
following scene, Wheeler gives Emily the
necklace worn by the woman having sex
in the limousine. The necklace is a
There is a movement in fiction to
address this ignored realm: Realism. It
explores the everyday, peeling away the
theatrics of the overblown, the car
crashes, the climaxes. Unfortunately, it is
often what is referred to as Dirty
Realism: not a celebration of the
everyday, byt a reduction to mundane.
It is as if deep within the American
psyche life is an utter bore with
occasional climaxes to keep one awake
and alive.
see realism, page 14
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music and hometown Olympia for this special
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If I were to generalize about
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interest in celebrating the everyday. Dayto-day life is rushed througb-a mere gobetween for exciting events to follow: a
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sex is popular only for its climaxes.
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by Sam Loewenberg and T.L. Debord
J.J. Cale is the last American rebel.
In the Arsenio Hall nineteen-nineties,
where people think that U2 and Tracy
Chapman are meaningful because they
make the six o'clock news rhyme and
then set it to music, and everybody from
the Stones to the Simpsons are selling
designer clothing and ashtrays, JJ. Cale
stands out as the only celebrity I have
ever heard of (and I know you have got
one to add, but this is my article) who
has held onto his integrity.
Cale even lives up to his image, a
guy who writes and plays great rhythm
and blues, although that description does
not even vaguely do justice to the
eclectic range of influences he has
incorporated into his music. Jazz, country,
flamenco, reggae, latin, sttaight ahead
rock and roll, and whatever else you
want, it's all done the same way: sincere,
unpretentious, and simple, and a hell of
a lot more relevant than anything U2
ever wrote.
Cale is the guy who wrote "Cocaine"
and After Midnight," two of the classiest
rock and roll songs of all time, and I
don't mean the Eric Clapton cover
versions, which are better suited to
selling cheap beer than listening to.
Each JJ. Cale song is many-sided
nugget of dancing inslruments and halfmumbled mesmerizing lyrics, telling a
story you already know but have
forgotten. You listen to JJ. Cale and you
know why you need to remember.
Not the paper thin pop shit that you
listen to once and then forget, JJ. Cale's
music sticks with you in a way you don't
H
Travel-Log, which is a prime example of
the Cale style. The six piece band,
including JJ., played a bumpy, funky
good-time set, while preserving the
subtleties of the recorded material. '
The band was made up of
consummate professionals, all of whom
played on the album, and all of whom
are part of the core band that JJ. Cale
_ has kept with him through the years.
After the show, I was startled when bass
player Tim Drummond, who lOOk the
vocals on "Hollywood," a rocking tune he
wrote with Ry Cooder, told me that he
band had only rehearsed together a
couple of times before going on the road.
"It's a slick Hollywood band, slyly
remarked the man who had played bass
for everybody from Dylan to James
Brown, "but it's not a slick Hollywood
even notice, you just feel it Like show."
anything worthwhile, you have to listen
Graceful is the word to describe JJ.
to JJ. Cale's album several times before Cale's performance as he sang and
you grasp the subtle genius at wode His played guitar, slow and true. Backed by
songs don't shout at you like one of Drummond on bass, Jim Karstein on
those Greenpeace flyers set to music that Percussion, Jay Mitthauer on drums (1
the S(H;a}led "political" bands currently think, pardon me if I got the name wroilg
so trendy are playing, JJ. Cale doesn't dude. You were great), Christine
need to shout, because what he says is Lakeland alternating hPtween lead and
true and always will be, regardless of the
current global crisis.
Sanctimonious ramblings aside, it was
a great show. I saw both of the ten-thirty
sets at the Backstage in Seattle, which
incidently is a nice place: intimate
enough to enjoy the music but with
enough room to dance and get weird.
Anyway, the JJ. Cale Band
completely lived up to their performances
on the newest album, by the name of
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how to worship or what to read, I would
not require any woman to be pregnant discovered joy in life, even the
undramatic life. Howie lists among his
against her will. I'm a Christian.
abortion, from page 9
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major advances in life such things
A CHRISTIAN FOOTNOTE: As
control. No one has sex before they can regards forced pregnancy and Christianity, as "shoe-tying," "brushing tongue as well
deal with possible consequences. No one people often mention Mary. Was she as teeth," and "putting on deodorant after
.s too young or poor to raise a child.
forced against her will to give birth to I was fully dressed." He then goes on to
No one makes a mistake. In such a
Jesus?
A brief study of the New recall each of these events lovingly and
world, abortion would be far easier to Testament says, "No." When Mary poetically, always with a slightly twisted
confront.
learned of her part in the life of Jesus, logic and a great deal of humor. These
But the world has hatred, ignorance, her reply was, "I am the Lord's servant. are the great strengths of the book.
What does Howie think about in his
oily and poverty in it Therefore, how
May it be to me as you have said,"
can a Olristian require any woman to (Luke, 1:38) Mary reaffIrmed her identity 15 second escalator ride? Things like:
endure an unwanted pregnancy? That and her relationship with God, then What are the wear factors involved that
amounts to punishment for being young, indicated her willingness to obey Him. both of his shoelaces snapped within a
poor or uneducated, and the innocent Later, when she visited Elizabeth, Mary two week period? How has the design
hildren produced would suffer likewise.
said, "My soul praises the Lord and my of staplers--like the one the lady who
Tesus asked all people to love and forgive spirit rejoices in God my Savior." (Luke, sold him the shoelaces used to staple his
each other for His sake.
So, as a
1:47) It's doubtful these were her exact bag--changed in relationship to trains and
tonearms?
These
!christian, I must support the Pro-Choice words, but it's hardly the attitude of phonographic
unanswered questions he explores,
side of the abortion issue.
someone who has been coerced.
Yes, I'm against abortion. But just
Sylvia Darlw is a student aI seeking what is overlooked in the
las I would not presume to tell others Evergreen and a contributor 10 the CPJ. commonplace.
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and its charm. There are small gems
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bags for small purchases:
But of course that was one of
the principle reasons you
needed little bags, I tlwught:
they kept your purchases
private, while Signaling to the
world that you led a busy, rich
liJe,full of pressing errands run.
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have made so elementary a
mistake, designing a straw that
weighed less than the sugarwater in which it was intended
to stand? Madness!
Though chock full of them, this
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philosopher. His is not the domain of
being or the nature of reality (though he
has a penchant for Penguin classics,) but
the substance of his Iife--whether
shoelaces or escalators.
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material is common, his original views,
and moreover, his passion and humor
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