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An
F~arth
Open Mike
Opening TESC faculty Bill Aldridge and David
Whitener
Nina Carter City Council member and president of
the Westside Neighborhood Association
Jim Page Seattle musician
Speaker TBA
Richard Cellarius, TESC faculty, will speak about
John Muir, who was born April 21, 1838.
Storytelling
Puget Sound Ensemble plays "It's nice to be a tree"
Tom Herring musician
Coyote Nation Singers--Closing
Jon Sirkis, environmental singer-songwriter. Chris
Hyde opens. At the Recital Hall in the
Communications Building. Earth Day benefit:
$5 students, $7 general.
Opening--Coyote Nation Singers
Lama Jamyang of Olympia's Buddhist Meditation
Center.
Robert Michael Pyle, author of six books on
butterflies, as well as Wintergreen, will speak on
Washington land use and restoration.
Timothy Hull, musician
Dana Lyons, musician
Captain Paul Watson, founder and director of the
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, captain of the
MIV Sea Shepherd, marine wildlife conservation
enforcement vessel.
Greenpeace co-founder.
Percy Hilo, music
Citizens' Band, local favorites
Stephanie Mills, author of Whatever Happened to
Ecology, will speak.
Closing. Northwest storyteller-poet Connie Martin
will lead a closing circle ritual.
OREGON performs a blend of jazz, classical, and
world music as part of the Ecotopia Tour.
Day schedule
TONIGHT 7 pm
Ratna Roy will perfonn dance to amaze
and delight, behind the Library at 3 pm,
Sunday.
Multicultural Perspectives on
Environmental Issues,
In the Library Lobby,
GO!
Peace Child/Olympia presents HARTII
CHll..D 1990, a play adapted from a
Middle-Eastern tale, and with a cast of
over 70 children. Saturday and Sunday at
1 pm in the Library Lobby.
FREE
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Volume 20 Issue 22
WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY
10 am to 12 pm
Comp08ting. A workshop on how to make dIId use compost Janet VanSickle,
organic farm manager. Organic Farm.
Oil Pollution or Birds. A presentation on seabird conservation, oil pollution of
birds, and marine resource damage assessment Scott Richardson. Library 3402.
Hazardous Waste Industry: An Overview and Inside Picture. A forum featuring
Rusty Post, an investigator of the Washington Department of Ecology Hazardous Waste
Clean-up Program, and Jeff Hegedus of Olympus Environmental Inc., one of the state's
prime conlIaCtors for hazardous waste response. CAB 108.
Growth Forum. Library 2100.
3 pm to 5 pm
The Atmosphere as a Gaseous Garbage Dump: Implications of the Greenhouse
Effect. A presentation on the Greenhouse Effect, the climate system. and possible
effects of global wanning. Rhys Roth. Lecture Hall 2
SUNDAY
12 pm to 2 pm
Future Transportation Systems: Reinventing the Wheel. A presentation by Todd
Litman, columnist and bicycle advocate. Lecture Hall 2.
The -nasics of Backyard Com posting. A workshop by the Master Gardeners.
Master Gardener Infonnation Booth.
Lobbying ror the Environment. A workshop by Tiffany Yelton. Library 2218.
Wildlife Rehabilitation: The Olympic Wildlife Rescue Project. A presentation by
Shawn Newman. Lecture Hall 1.
Herb Walks. Sign up for one of two herb walks (12 or 1 pm) at the information
booth. There is a 25 person limit. (Rain? Meet for an herb talk in Library 3500.)
3 pm to 5 pm
The Atmosphere as a Gaseous Garbage Dump: Implications of the Greenhouse
Effect. A repeat of Saturday' s presentation.
Educating Children for Ecological Responsibility. A workshop by Children of
the Green Earth. Library 3500.
Storytelling Workshop. Olympia Storytelling Guild. Lecture Hall Rotunda.
Organic Farming. A workshop by Janet VanSickle. Organic Farm.
Cafcu{atu{ contrivances
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Odes To Our Spaceship
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Evergreen's Earth Fair Weekend
April 21 &: 22
The Evergreen State College and surrounding communities
11oJlne:ct people across the nation in celebrating the 20th
annhrer~;arv of Earth Day. Although · the weather was less
cooperative ,(maybe Nature's way of punishing us for
we have and haven't done) 4,000 to 5,000 people came to
Evergreen campus to peruse over 35
IbOIOtb.S , listen to ·speakers, (including our own production
Scott Richardson, who spoke on on Pollution of
and, of course, enjoy food. The weekend-long event
multi-sponsored through Evergreen's Environmental
IRe~so'ur<~e Center. photos by Peter Bunch
New SU oppose
by Scott Richardson and Tedd Kelleher
In an impromptu meeting held
Wednesday April 25 students decided a
campus-wide meeting will be held next
Wednesday, May 2, at 3 pm to discuss
and possibly decide the legitimacy of the
"cultural caucus" student government.
The controversial Student Union
shake-up brought IOgethe¥
students
who usually are pllSsive when governance
issues are addreiJsed. Over 50 students
passed through the meeting, which met
in CAB lOS to air concerns over the
recently established cultural caucus
system of student governance.
Mark Sullivan and Mary Lou O'Neil
were the authors of an amendment to the
existing SU docwnent and brought it to
the April 18 meeting of the SUo They
also brought a coalition of suppu1elS of
their amendment in order to eD3Ure its
passage.
The
amendment's
most
CODtroveJSial section has been its
designation of recognized caucuses, which
arc based on cultural lines.
Brendan Williams, a consistent voice
in governance affairs, lambasted the new
sySlCm for its . "arbitrary and capricious
distinctions as to what constitutes
culture."
At ·this week's meeting, Sullivan
attempted to sum opposing arguments by
stating, "What we're taIldng about here is
pigeali-boling, whether or not that's
legal."
many
Opponents argue the document is in
violation of laws which guard against
judging by race, creed, or religion. The
amended SU document is being reviewed
by the college legal counsel to determine
its legality.
The method used to pass the
amendment ha$ also drawn fire, although
that method was within SU guidelines.
Many students not present at the
"stacked" meeting objected to the
"completely coercive" process by which
the amendment was passed.
In addition to allowing students to
voice their concerns over the amended
SU document, the meeting also resulted
in unanswered questions ' about what
governance structure currently is in place,
and whether any decisions can be made.
It was decided an all-campus
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, WA 98505
Addl'ef;s Correction Requested
forum/deliberation "sit-in" will be held in
the new gym to attract as many students
as possible. It remains unclear what may
result from this meeting, but if this
week's discussion is any indication, it
will be a constructive and possibly heated
forum.
Next week's meeting in the gym
will begin with people breaking
themselves into groups of 10 to 15.
These groups will discuss relevant issues
for an hour and a half and then appoint
two representatives. The representatives
will then meet to discuss and possibll
decide the direction of the student
government. The facilitator of next
week's meeting will be Ken Bassett
Scott and Tedd . are Evergreen
students and CPJ editors.
All campus· meeting next Wednesday,
May 2 at 3 pm in the gym to decide:
- Legitimacy of "cultural caucus"
- Format of governance structure
Clarification
In an April 12 CPJ [volume 20, issue
20] article I analyzed the concept of the
New White Person, and printed the body
of a piece describing the characteristics
of a New White Person. At the end of
the text which I copied was a
photocopied calling card of Clarence
Glover. Glover is the director of
intercultural education and minority
student affairs at Southern Methodist
University and brought the New White
Person docwnent to the racial justice
workshop in Phoenix, where several
Evergreen students were in attendance. I
credited Glover with writing the piece
which began, "Some of us whites... ~
Imagine my constemation when I
discovered Glover is a black manl
I have since learned Glover took the
piece from a 1976 book titled Intergroup
and Minority Relations: An &periential
Handbook, edited by HL. Fromkin and
JJ. Sherwood (a reference obscured on
my photocopy by Glover's business card).
Fromkin and Sherwood adapted the piece
from For Whites Only by Robert W.
Terry.
I apologize for the error in crediting
Glover for Terry's propitious words, and
consider it an affront that Glover was
careless in the placement of his own
business carel.
Scott A. RichaTdson
Nonprofit Organization
U,S, Postage Paid
Olympia, WA 98505
Permit No, 65
NEWS BRIEFS
Quote of the Week
"Environmental laws override the
laws of states; ecological laws
override the laws of nations. "
Paul Watson, founder of Greenpeace and the Sea Shepherd
Society, speaking at Evergreen on Earth Day.
Changes to summer
school schedule
by Micbael W. Beug
Summer school is just around the
comer. If you have not already received
a copy of the Summer Times, check the
posting outside of the academic deans
area at the second floor libl1lr)' enttance
by the clock tower or drop by academic
advising.
There are many new summer
offerings and this will be the largest
summer school ever offered at TESC.
Even though we are self-supporting in the
summer (no subsidy from the state), costs
have been kept quite low to enable as
many students as possible to attend.
Remember--you do not have to be a
regularly enrolled student to attend
summer session. There are no collegewide enrollment limits either, though
individual offerings may fill up quickly.
Sign up early for the best chance of
getting the class you desire is not
cancelled due to low enrollment.
Summer Session Changes
The class The Latin American Clwrch
and Liberation Theology has been
cancelled. The class South African
Challenge has been moved from second
session to fust session and will be
offered June 2S--June 28. The fust
session class Modern China will be
offered for 8 quarter hours rather than 4
quarter hours as listed in the SWflmer
Times. Finally, students interested in
archaeology and wishing &0 wode on a
Native American Heritage field program
should contact academic advising for
information about a unique contract
opponunity.
Yes, this is what
the Dean does
News Release
As we interview candidates for what
many affectionately call "Stone's job"
(Dean
of
Student
Development),
unbeknownst to most the position has a
new title. This Dean has traditionally
administered
non-academic
student
support services such as S&A funded
programs, Upward Bound, Career
Development. and Counseling and Health
Services. The new title, Dean of Student
and Academic Support Services, reflects
a strengthening commitment in the
Student Affairs division to meet academic
Security Blotter
Monday, April 16
1651: A male transient was discovered
drinking on -the median between B and
C-lots. He caught a bus into town.
Tuesday. April 17
1521: There was a verbal conflict
between two students in the dorms.
Housing was contacted to resolve it.
1848: A student in A-Dorm complained
of being sexually harassed over the
telephone.
2156: Bike bags were stolen from the
front of the Libl1lr)' building.
Wednesday, April 18
2101: Graffiti was found in the second
floor of the Libl1lr)' men's room.
Tbursday, April 19
0920: Burnt toast caused a fire alarm in
U-Dorm and a fire engine came. Each
time fire trucks come the college is
charged $500.
1017: A non-resident female reponed that
her
ex-boyfriend
was ' continually
harassing h::r.
1033: There was a tan and white dog in
the CAB violating the pet policy.
Friday, April 20
0812: Graffiti was found by a custodian
in the third floor Library men's room.
1754: A student hurt her back working in
the LAB II metal shop. She was taken to
Black Hills Medical Hospital.
2317: More graffiti was found in the
men's room on the first floor of LAB I.
Saturday, April 21
0133: Two students got ill from alcohol
in the Mods, even though they didn't
drink that much. 911 was called.
1257: A female from D-Dorm reported
that a male had been pounding on her
door the night before. Vomit was on the
floor and blood was on the doorknob
outside her room.
1655: There was a motorcycle accident
on PaIXway and 17th. Olympia medics
and fire department handled the situation.
1953: Graffiti was detected in the men's
room of the third floor of the Library.
2202: Three students were apprehended
for carrying open containers of alcohol
outside the dorms within the half hour.
They were given verbal warnings.
Sunday, April 22
0959: The cord of a Coke machine had
been severed on the third floor of the
CAB.
1129: Burnt waffles caused a fire alarm
in D-Dorm. The Olympia fife department
responded.
Seventy-one
public
services,
including jumpstans, escorts, locks and
unlocks, were performed last week. Two
cars were given verbal warnings for
failure to stop at the Ash intersection.
The Security Blotter is written by
James Egan, taken from interesting entries
in Security's Incident Log. Security Chief
Gary Russell will be happy to elaborate
on incidents and policies if you ask him.
and student life needs under a single
managerial rubric. In practical terms, it
means that the Hi11aire Student Advising
Center', which includes Academic
Advising, Prior Learning Experience, First
People's Advising, and Cooperative
Education will programmatically as well
as physically become a part of the
Student Affairs division. In the past these
depaJtments were administered by
academic deans.
This reflects a historical tendency
towards integration of these disparate
aspects
of
higher
education
administration. The Search Committee
has been looking for candidates who have
the rare combination of a strong
background in both management and a
traditional academic discipline.
POp culture
conference
by Paula Lang
The Northern Pacific Popular Culture
Association conference in Ponland will
take place from Thursday, April 26,
through Saturday, April ' 28.
Eight
Evergreen students and faculty member
Tom Foote will be giving public
Students lind faculty
presentations.
nationwide will be at the conference
speaking and learning from the
presentations.
Conference participants
will address a wide variety of topics;
some of which include gender images,
contempol1lr)' and folk music, comics,
and films.
Tom Foote and Sam Schrager of
Mass Media, Popular Culture and
Folklore were two of only three
recipients of the Bmlington Northern
Foundation Faculty Achievement Awards
last year. Other university members have
become increasingly impressed by the
folkloce research involved in this program
in the past. Evergreen student and cn
columnist Chris Bader was the only
student folklorist ever selected to serve
on the board of NPPCA. Don Wall,
president of the Northern PacifIC Popular
Culture Association and faculty member
of Eastern Washington University, wrote
a letter to President Olander last month
stating, "Whatever Tom and Sam are
doing ·with the students, it seems to be
working beautifully. The Evergreen State
College has an increasingly good
reputation; I have just had a sample of
why that is, and I am impressed."
The conference will be held in the
Mallory Hotel located at 729 S.W. 15th
in Port1and. Interested parties may attend
Amended Student Union document
Thursday
through
Saturday,
no
reservations are needed to be a part of
the audience. The conference begins at
9 am on Thursday, and 8:30 am on
Friday and Saturday. With the exception
of Saturday, presentations will continue
into the .evening.
For additional
information conlact Jack Estes at 452-
92n.
Earth First!
performance
Roger Featherstone, a veteran Earth
First! organizer and speaker, will bring
Earth Firstl's vision of increased
wilderness and environmental awareness
to The Evergreen State College Recital
Hall in Olympia on Monday, April 30 at
7:30 pm. With him will appear folk
musician Dakota Sik Clifford, whose
music has inspired action and passion
from folds allover this country. Also
with the tour will be Tmvers Clifford,
Sid's 13 year old son, who is known to
play a fine bass guitar.
Roger, Sid. and Travers will combine
their talents into an action packed show
that will inspire the audience to pitch in
and help to not only save the wilderness
we have, but to create more. The musical
performance is filled with wilderness
images and will tickle not only the ears,
but the eyes and mind as well.
Dave Foremen, and Earth First!
founder, described the touring road-shows '
as, "older and better than television. Tum
off the tube and come to this road-show.
Dakota Sid and Roger are carrying on
the fine old Wobbly--EarIh First! tradition
of rabble rousing by road show."
The road-show, in the tradition of the
old time medicine show, will carry a
large volume of information about
wiIdemess and its preservation as well as
trinkets for sale. Dakota Sid will feature
some brand new songs as will as music
from his previous albums.
Tickets for the show will be available
at the door. There is a suggested
donation of $5. The event is sponsored
by the Cheetwoot Earth First! and the
Environmental ReSOurce Center.
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PREAMBLE
Historically, The Evergreen State
College has sought to foster a respect for
all peoples through the celebration' of
cultural diversity. Subsequently, it,is the
intent of the Student Union to create a
forum for this celebration of diversity in
its most practical sense: a -governance
struCture which utilizes the wealth of
diverse perspectives which exist in our
community. In adl\ition, the Student
Union recognizes that we, as students and
adults, are capable of conducting our own
affairs, and able to exercise our rights
concerning the content and form of our
education. The Student Union reaffirms
the fact that we are fully capable of
exercising our rights concerning the
expenditure of Services and Activities
Fees consistent with Law, and the
policies of the Board of TrusteeS of The
Evergreen State College.
Furthermore, in accordance with the
college's Affltmative Action Policy, we
are committed to active recruitment and
insured
participation
of
those
constituencies that reflect the diversity of
the student population. To this end.
constituencies will seek to work as a
unified group on inclusive caIiIpus issues
as well as conveying the interests of their
particular constituencies in the manner set
forth in this constitution.
RIGHTS AND RESPONSmWTlES
1) It is the responsibility of every
member of the student community to take
affirmative · action to ensure the
participation of Women, Asian/Pacific
Islanders, African-Americans, Latinos,
Chicanos, Native Americans, Persons of
Disability, and Vietnam Veterans.
Additionally, it is the responsibility of
every member of the community to
ensure that no member of the student
community is excluded from panicipation
on the basis of sex, race, creed, color,
}
I
national origin, physical challenge, age,
sexual orientation, and political or
religious belief.
2) Students will suffer no impairment
of freedom of speech concerning the
conduct of this Union. Active discussion
of student affairs shall be encouraged,
facilitated, and protected within this
Union.
3) Students will have the- right to
conduct the affairs of this Union free
from outside domination.
4) Students will have the right to full
panicipation, through both discussion and
vote, in the decision making processes of
their respective caucuses, and to all
pertinent information needed to exercise
this right.
5) Students will have the right to a
full and clear accounting of all Services
and Activities Fees at all levels.
6) The Social Contract (WAC 174120-020) is considered to have binding
authority.
7) No student at any time will
infringe upon another student's rights as
set forth in this document.
CAUCUS SYSTEM
The Student Union operateS and
gains its legitimacy through the various
cultural constituencies of the student
body.
Each
recognized
cultural
constituency composes one caucus within
the Student Union, and through the
caucus and its representatives participates
in student governance. Caucuses are not
synonymous with student organizations
which serve similar constituencies.
However, student organization assistance
may be solicited in serving the
governance needs of a panicular caucus.
RECOGNIZED CAUCUSES
African-American
Asian/Pacific Islander
Chicano/Latino
European-American
Jewish-American
Lesbian,lGay/Bisexual
Native American
CAUCUS MEETINGS
Represeniatives
will
convene
regularly scheduled well-advertised caucus
meetings each month of Fall, Winter, and
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FOR
THE 1990-1991 STUDENT UNION
A major opportunity to impact the growth
and direction of The Evergreen State College
While increasing your skills,
knowledge and experience in
group facilitation and policy
development.
Submit Applications:
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Interested Evergreen Students are encouraged to apply
regardless of sexual orientation, race, sex, age, handicap,
religious or political belief or national origin.
Spring Quaners. In the event that a
representative does not convene a
regularly scheduled caucus meeting, any
constituent may call a caucus meeting;
provided it is well advenised.
CAUCUS
DECISION
MAKING
PROCESS
Caucuses may chose their own
decision making process. The process
must guarantee equal access
to
participation by all members of each
caucus' constituency. This process must
be kept on file with the Student Union
Coordinator.
CAUCUS REPRESENTATIVES
The Student Union of The Evergreen
State College will be composed of two
representatives, one female and one male,
from each of the recognized Student
Union Caucuses. Student organization
coordinators, S&A Board members and
staff, and Student Union staff persons
may not serve simultaneously as student
caucus representatives.
SELECTION
PROCESS
FOR
REPRESENTATIVES
In May of each year caucuses will
select the following academic year's
representatives. Representatives must be
chosen by May 31 of the respective year.
The selection process will follow these
steps:
1) The existing representatives will
call their respective caucus meeting for
the expressed purpose of selecting the
following year's representatives
.
2) Representatives will be selected in
accordance with each caucus' decision
making rules at a well advenised
meeting.
3) The selection process will be
overseen by the Student Union staff to
ensure adherence to each caucus' decision
making process.
4) If a representative seat becomes
vacant at any time during the regular
term, it may be filled for the remainder
of the term. The selection must occur at
a regular well ,adverti$ed caucus -meeting
utilizing existing caucus decision making
rules.
PROVISO: S e I e c t ion
0 f
the
representatives in the Spring of 1990 will
be initiated by those student organization
coordinators who specifically serve
recognized CaucuS constituencies in
coordination
with
the
Student
Communications Center. The EuropeanAmerican caucus meeting will be called
by the SCC. In this fust year the
selection process for all caucuses will
follow agreement seeking procedures (two
attempts at consensus followed by a
majority vote).
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
1) Representatives must hold regular,
well-advertised caucus meetings at least
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Spring Quarters.
2) Representatives must attend all
Student Union meetings.
3) Representatives must serve on at
least one standing committee of the
Student Union or hold one position on a
related governance body.
RECALL PROCEDURES .
Caucuses
may
recall
their
reoresentatives in accordance with the
following procedure:
1) Announcement of the attempted
recall must be made at least two weeks
prior.
2) The Representative may be
removed in accordance with previously
accepted caucus decision-making rules
after the representative has had an
opponunity to respond to complaints.
3) Examples of grounds for removal
of representatives may include but are not
limited to: not attending two consecutive
Student Union meetings and failure to
call or attend monthly caucus meetings.
STUDENT UNION FORUM
STUDENT UNION MEETINGS
The Student Union will hold
meetings at least twice monthly during
Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters.
Meetings of the Student Union will be
open to the public except in executive
sessions. Executive sessions may be held
for those purposes as set forth in
Washington State law.
STUDENT
UNION
DECISION
MAKING PROCESS
The Student Union will use an
agreement seeking decision making
process (two attempts at consensus
followed by a majority vote). Matters to
be considered by the Student Union must
be submitted through a sitting Student
Union Representative for the Student
Union's Agenda. The representatives to
the Student Union will constitute the
voting body.
QUORUM OF STUDENT UNION
Quorum of the Student Union will
be established at two-thirds of sitting
representatives. Quorum is the number of
representatives needed present at a
Student Union meeting in order to
conduct business.
. STUDENT UNION DUTIES
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student interests within the institution.
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with the institution's other governance
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Greyhound: the strikers' side
by Scot Wheat and Sean J. Starke
lose an average of $150 in vacation pay
each year. The company also threatened
to contract out up to 70% of current bus
service nation wide. This would result in
a major reduction in current employment
levels leaving more workers out in the
cold. It is ~ot surprising that Greyhound
workers rejected the proposed contract
and went on strike.
Throughout the strike, the media has
chosen to focus primarily on incidents of
violence directed at ~n:ybound Li~es Inc.
Yel: the n~erous mCldents of ,,!olence
agamst strikers have been virtually
ignored.
As Harold Mendlowitz,
~dent" of local 1202 (New. York)
claims: Around. the .co~try li~y
hundreds of senous mCldents agamst
strikers by scab drivers ha~e occ~,
but most have not been ment1on~ 10 the
media" (Lies of our Times, April 1990).
One of the first incidents of violence
against striking workers occurred . on
March 3, 1990, when a new scab ~ver
hit and killed Bob Waterhouse, a retired
Greyhound workez who was picketing the
Greyhound
terminal
in
Redding,
California. Other picketers injured by
scab drivers include: "Tracy Nichols, a
. teen ear old hit in Orlando Florida
:ile pi~keting with her striking father;
Juanita McGee, hit while picketing with
In this attempt to provide some
information overlooked by the mainstream
media concerning the Greyhound strike,
we will sound distinctly union oriented.
The fact that mainstream media has
tended to neglect Greyhound workers'
side in the strike has produced this result.
First, the mainstream media has not
provided an account of the events which
led to the strike. For instance, it has
rarely been mentioned that over the past
seven years Greyhound employees have
been forced to take a 40% cut in wages.
These pay cuts were accepted due to
Frank Curry's (CEO Greyhound inc.)
assurances that the fonner wage would be
reinstated when business improved.
Thus, when 1989 proved to be a record
year in revenues the workers expected
Curry to keep his promise.
Workers were dismayed when the
new contract was proposed in 1990.
Drivers were o~ered a . pay increase of
2.5 cents per mile (Eqwvalent to $33.65
per week, before taxes; the average
drivez's weekly wage had been cut by
$135 since 1983). No pay increases
were proposed foc the 900 information
clerks. Maintenances workers would not
receive any pay increase over the next
four years. In addition, workers would
her husband in Jackso.n ~~sippi;
striker Sam Miller, hit while plckeung on
crutches in Kansas City, Missouri; and
Striker Michael Gerity, hit in Newarlt,
New Jersey." (GULU'dian April 18 1990).
These incidents, neglected by the
mainstream~, can
explained by
two charges which the uruon has level<:d
against Greyhound Inc. One charge IS
that scab .drivers do not receive adequate
training (six days), thereby threatening
the sat:ety Of. ~ngers, ~otorists and
pedestnans (mcluding strikers).
~e
other charge leveled by the uruon
involves the hiring of scab drivers with
violent prior records (as evi~nced b.y the
~ ~rought before a Chica~o Judge
mvolvmg the attempted stabbmg of a
striking. working ~y Will~ Bryant, a
scab driv~~--GULU'dian, A~I 18).
.
Addiuonally, the mamstream mc:ma
has ~nt. the truth o.r blatantly .b~,
resu1tmg 10 the ~efamauon of the umon s
character. For ms~ce, «;In February 28,
Amalgamated. Transit Umons l~ 1202
(New York) ISSUed the follow~g press
statement;. ffthe compan~. has slX~ men
dressed m black mibtary urufonns
wielding bats at the garage." However,
WINS news (New York) reported that
"60 uni~n ~~n ~elding bats were at ~e
garage · muffildatmg scabs." The station
Try ethyl alcohol
~ repea~ th7 same storr, .only calling
It mcorrect WlthO~t proViding the true
by Gray Oetting
Ethyl alcohol as a renewable fuel has
many advantages over the use of
nonrenewable fuels such as gasoline or
diesel. The main advantage of the use of
ethyl alcohol is that it does not generate
any more additional carbon dioxide into
the envirorunent than what was already
there before the plants were grown that
are used to produce this fuel, provided
account (LOOT April 1990).
Even though the mainstream press
has attempted to defame the union,
citizens WId "special interest groups"
across .the natio~ have been acti~ly
sUJllXXUOg the slrikers. As MendloWlIz
claims "despite the coIpOrate media's
attempt to discourage support, worker .a nd
community solidarity has been very
strong and is growing."
The strike is cunently in its eighth
week and no end is in sight; Greyhound
is threatening to hire its scab workers
permanently; the company has flIed a suit
against the union for conspiracy to
commit violence' and the union is still
encouraging ri~ to fmd other modes of
transportation. For those interested in
showing support for the slrikers there is
a local strikers rally every Friday at the
Downtown Olympia Greyhound station.
••We would like to thank The
GULU'dian Local Strikers Lies of Our
Times ~ Tilt! New Y~rk Times for
~ this article possible.
tx:
that
Sean J. Starke and Scot W~at are
students at Evergreen and stajfwruersf?r
the CPJ.
Greeners celebrate Earth Day on ·river
by EHsa R. Cohen
we had forgotten the ever handy rivez
patch kiL One of the resourceful rafters
ran to a nearby gas station and purchased
a tire patch kit which seemed to fix the
problem.
Several members of the party had
been river guides on various rivers. We
questioned the use of the term "guide'"
One woman explained that "guide"
sounded elitist and implied a superiority.
She suggested river facilitator.
I preferred to be thought of as "Oh
Supreme Rivez Goddess." but that
suggestion was vetoed while on shore.
Abandoning
the
name calling
discussion, 1 proceeded to explain paddle
strokes, emergency procedures, and
swimming techniques. All of the guides
added their safety messages so that by
the time we actually paddled away from
the shore every safety issue had been
adequately addressed. We joined the four
kayakers already playing in the river
currents.
The NisquaIly is a good introductory
river.
Rocks and boulders strewn
haphazardly along the sballow river create
obstacles around which the rafts must
manoeuver. But it is also a very
forgiving river, allowing the rafts to slide
up and over rocks which should have
been missed. As one of the paddle
captains, I directed my crew of p~dlers
around the river obstacles by callmg out
left turns, right turns, forward and back
paddles.
Earth Day, April 22, 1990, whether
you were listening to envirorunental
speakers explain ways we can save the
envirorunent, or you were changing the
oil in your gas-guzzler before driving to
the insecticide store, you were lIlere for
Earth Day. 19 Greeners chose to
celebrate Earth Day donned in wet
weather gear on the first Evergreen raft
trip of the 1990 school year on a float
down the scenic NisquaIly river.
As the rafters gathered at the CRC
at 8 am we looked at the steady gray
drizzle. "This is just the way I like it," I
said enthusiastically. Some eyebrows
arched skeptically, but then in typical
Northwest style, we ignored the rain and
be~an assembling the equipment. We
hoisted the two rafts onto the school van,
counted the life jackets and paddles,
made sure everyone had a lunch and had
signed away their right to sue for
damages in the slim chance of disaster,
and off we drove through the Evergreen
showers to the upper section of the
NisquaIly river.
Less than an hour's drive from
TESC, the NisquaIly proved to be an
excellent first time trip for the Evergreen
rafters. Upon arriving at the put-in, it
was very obvious that the rafts' air
holding capabilities were in question.
Although the rafts had been pumped
tightly at the school, at the riverside they
sagged, sadly limp. One of the rafters
fO\DId a hole. As this was the first trip,
Newly sensitized by my education repeat the call. Luckily, the after-lunch
at The Evergreen State College, I stretch of the river was very mellow.
questioned my right to be the only one
We took out of the river at the
in charge of the decisions of the day. NisquaIly power station. Several of the
Not wanting to offend anyone in the boat rafters and kayakers dove into the frigid
who may be an adult child of a water for one last swim before we loaded
totalitarian dictator, I offered the up the gear. After loading the gear into
democratic process. "How about," I the van, we had a river meeting in which
suggested, "I call for a left turn and then we discussed a bill which is being
we have a vote to decide if that is what presented to Congress which will protect
the majority of people on the raft want to 88 rivers in the State of Washington.
do?" "That is a terrible idea," everyone We were asked to send letters to
on the boat voiced in unison, voting Congresswoman Unseold, Congressman
against • democracy in ' favor of a Gorton, and Congressman Dictr:s, in order
competent, benevolent dictator. Once in to express our love fqr the scenic beauty
the midst of some tricky white water, a and recreational joy rivers provide. This
paddler called out, "What snoiilirwe do? bill would protect the rivers from
Oh Supreme River Goddess. n Laughing I excessive development and unnecessary
yelled
the
commands
and
we dams. Thougb I had made jokes about
manoeuvered through the rapid.
being the Supeme Riv« Goddess, I spat
We ate lunch on a sandbar in the
my blessing to the true river god and
pouring rain, yet again nc one prayed that Congress will be wise enough
commented on the continual downpour.
to value the scenic rivers true asset as
Some of the rafters ran back and forth
the harbour of happiness for all who
to warm up their feet whjch seemed to . come quietly to enjoy.
be the coldest parts of the body. Lunch
On May 12 there is going to be an
seemed to slow us all down. One of my overnight trip planned for the White
paddlers added "Wake Up" to my list of Salmon and Klickitat river.
commands. I would call for a turn and
Elisa R. Collt!n is an Evergreen
then he we would say "Wake Up" and student and contributor to the CPJ.
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(1) As long as these plants, which are
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(2) are not transported to the alcohol
production site by fossil-fuels,
(3) and fossil-fuels are not used in the
production of alcohol.
The feedstock can be just about
anything that has sugar or starch as a
major component. It can be a simple
sugar feedstock such as sugar beets or
sugar cane, or it can be a starch
feedstock such as wheat or corn.
The alcohol fuel production process
is as follows:
(1) The feedstock is crushed or ground
up as small as possible.
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(la) . Starch feedstocks require the extra
step of cooking at 200 degrees F to
break down the starch into simple sugars.
This process takes from 2 to 4 hours.
(2) The fermentation process requires
from 24 hours for simple sugar
feedstocks up to 72 hours for starch
feedstocks. This is the process by which
yeast converts the sugars into alcohol and
carbon dioxide. The resulting liquid,
which is called beer, contains 10-12%
alcohol.
(3) Distillation is the process where the
beer is concentrated to produce 150 to
190 proof (75-95%) alcohol, sufficient to
be used as fuel. ThiS process must be
repeated at least 2 or 3 times in order for
the alcohol to be pure.
One of the major concerns about
using alcohol as fuel in that the feedstock
needed to produce alcohol would take
away from available food supplies needed
to feed a hungry world. This does not
need to be the case. H one considers the
amount of foodstuffs cunently going to
waste, and that are no Iongez viable as
food, we can see we already have a
significant SOW'Ce of raw materials which
can be used for alcohol fuel.
For one thing, a relatively free
economy generany prohibits the use of
edible food-stuffs for fuel production. It
is just 100 expensive, and not competitive
with other fuel sources. The economic
methods (no subsidies required, or even
desirable) that can be used to render
alcohol fuel production economically
competitive with any othez fuel source
also are ecologically benign and conserve
resources, since any waste of the earth's
resources will exact economic penalties
against the unimaginative and careless
alcohol fuel producer in a competitive
fuel market. Some of these methods are:
(1) Using solar energy for process heat
required for cooking the mash and
distillation of the alcohol.
(2)
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roughly about 30% protein, which has a
mlJch higher protein content that the
original grain.
(4)
Conservation of heat by heavy
insulation of all pipes, tanks, and stills.
(5) Using waste heat from fermentation
and distilling to preheat the water for
cooking and other processes. This would
be accomplished through the use of
simple heat exchangers.
(6) Using a vacuum to decrease the
boiling temperature of alcohol in the still
column, thereby reducing the amount of
heat required for distillation. The heat
required for distillation at atmospheric
pressure
is a very considerable portion of
the total heat required for production, and
a vacuum would reduce this heat
requirement drastically.
As you can see, alcohol can be a
viable fuel as long as these and other
resource conserving
strategies are
observed. As fossil fuels bt:come more
scarce and expensive, renewable fuels
such as alcohol will become more
competitive and widespread in their use.
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Anothez book that was an excellent
resource in titled Solargas, written about
1980.
Gray Oetting is an Evergreen student
involved in tilt! Energy Systems program.
MCS promotes
efficiency
by Sasha Henry
Powez from new thermal-electric
plants can cost eleven times as much as
hydropowez.
C91lS«Ving
existing
electricity eliminates the need to build
new thermal-electric power plants. As an
immediately realized savings, conservation
has become an important part in the
Northwest Power Planning Council's
least-cost strategy.
The Model COllS«Vation Standards,
or MCS, were formulated by the
Northwest Powez Planning Council in
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improve the electrical efficiency of new
residential and commercial buildings, and
to ensure that buildings converting to
electricity from other fuels also use
electricity efficiently.
Ex j s tin g
building codes and practices were. studied
to see bow they could be mate more
efficient
Ov« 90 builders and
subcontractors were surveyed, and input
was collected from public and private
utilities, envirorunentalists, industry, and
To test the
government bodies.
efficiency and cost effectiveness of the
proposed changes, computer simulations
were done which included weather data,
building thermal characteristics, and solar
radiation data.
The results from the computer
simulations were compared to actual
northwest homes.
The MCS do not
stipulate exactly bow a building must be
built, but instead set a standard for the
efficiency of electrical use. The total
electrical budget is considered. As long
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own and operate over its lifetime than
one built to current building codes. For a
residential home, the primary concern is
electrical heat; commercial buildings also
need to take into account ventilation, air
conditioning, and lighting.
The Northwest Power Act of 1983
redefined conservation as a resource
which can be acquired.
This made
conservation a supply-side issue, and
within Bonneville Power Administration's
jurisdiction. They adopted the Model
Conservation Standards as part of their
20 year plan for power acquisition for the
Northwest. To achieve acceptance of the
'MCS, they set up an early adopler
incentive program with free training for
lenders, appraisers, architects, and code
officials.
In addition, they developed the Good
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conform in exchange for a lower electric
rate. As an additional incentive, utilities
w.hich neither conformed to the Good
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surcharge. Tacoma and 45 other cities
and counties adopted the MCS as their
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A bill set to the Model
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the house 96-0, but failed to make it to
the Senate. The bill was reintroduced
during the most recent session, and this
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available for free al the Bill Room on the
Capitol Campus),
If the standards are
followed as written, we have the potential
to save up to 1200 average megawatts of
electricity over the next 20 years, at a
cost of 4 cents per kilowatt-hour. Thal is
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In Skamania County
Modern Marxists miss the mark
by John P. Roche, Professor, Fletcber
School or Law and Diplomacy, Tufts
University
To say there are more Marxists at an
annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association than there are
now in Eastern Europe is merely to utter
a truism. But the closer you look at the
views of these self-styled American
radicals. the more you have to wonder
about two crucial questions. First, what
precisely do they mean when they call
themselves "Marxists"? Second, what has
led them to worship at the shrine of a
minor 19th century economic and social
thinker?
When I was young in the late 1930s
and first entered into rhetorical combat
with Marxists, one thing could surely be
said: these characters had read Marx and
read him closely. Nevertheless, they
managed to disagree about most things.
There was a basic consensus on one
item, however: Marx (as Engels put it in
1883 speaking at Marx's grave) was the
Charles Darwin of social science, the
man who had discovered the fundamental
laws of historical change.
This doomed the capitalist to
destruction as inexorably as Darwin's
"survival of the fittest" prescription
doomed the dinosaurs. This vision was
not based on personal animosity--after all,
Marx and Engels had nothing but prnise
for the capitalist mission in the
Manifesto--but rather on the belied that
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history was a script in five acts which
human decisions could in no way alter or
rewrite.
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The contemporary Marxists who are
ensconced on the faculties of all the
Analysis
major universities in . this COWItry are
anything but clinicians. Indeed my
experience suggests that their knowledge
of Marx's career and writings is virtually
nonexistent For example they seem to
think that Marx was a great force in his
time for social justice, when in fact he
was practically unknown except among
German radicals. John Stuart Mill, the
great political economist who was a
contemporary, does not once refer to
Marx in his enormous body of writing,
including all his letters.
I sometimes think that part of Marx's
appeal to American Marxist professors is
based on personality factors. Marx was a
credit card radical, a perpetual student
mooching first off his family and then,
for the rest of his life, off the wealthy
Engels. Luckily for faculty radicals, the
university tenure system has made a
pension from the likes of Engels
anachronistic.
What then do today's radicals mean
when they call themselves Marxists?
Most important of all, they mean to
express their dissatisfaction with the
status quo, frnding any status quo
heartless. The fact that this has . little or
nothing to do with what Marx actually
believed does not seem to pose a
problem. That Marx admired what is now
known as "cultural genocide" and looked
forward to Westernizing the natives has
all been forgotten. Similarly, that Marx
viewed alienation as simply pan of the
human condition, an automatic byproduct
of the historical process, has been pushed
off to the side. Instead, Manism has
become the repository of all ill-feeling
about contemporary society.
This leads to my second question:
If Marxists in the Wliversities today do
not study or even understand the life or
reaching of the god, why is it that they
call themselves Marxists? Here I think
''The 'good news'
is that most
American
academicians are
non ~politlcal. "
the answer is quite simple. American
radicals in the academy are for various
reasons anti-American and they think,
quite naively, that the specter of Marxism
haunts the "American Establishment. "
Over the years, there has been a lot of
fiery anti-Marxist rhetoric that could
provide evidence for this view. But
today, the average American businessman
is more terrified by the Internal Revenue
Service than he is by the threat of
workers' revolution.
Moreover, given the high level of
academic freedom and civil liberty
Americans enjoy, denoWicing the
establishment can easily get an ardent
Marxist on the TV news--where he can
bite the hand that feeds him with full
confidence that he will continue to be
fed. Beyond their emphasis on the sad
state of the alienated masses--still a1as
suffering from false consciousness and
refusing to mobilize behind their natural
leaders--our Marxist academics have little
to offer except a kind of primitive
economic determinism. In law schools,
for example, it is considered quite daring
to argue that any society's laws reflect
the inlerests of the ruling class.
Amusingly, Aristotle had this daring
thought two millennia before Marx.
The "good news" is that most
American academicians are non-political.
Only a small minority are activists. The
vast majority are inert, not because they
are scared. but because they find
academic politics a boring waste of time.
Thus, while administrators begin their
ritualistic premplative capitulation to
'some noisy activist just as soon as the
first blank roWid is fIres, the bulk of
American professors unfortunately say:
"To hell with ito-let the dean deal with
those clowns."
From the Collegiate News Network.
by Chris Bader
During winter quarter of last year, I
was required to conduct ethnographic
field work. I chose to study the modem
belief in "Bigfoot."
Bigfoot, as you most likely know, is
purportedly a latg~, man-like, haircovered creature seen throughout the
United States since the turn of the
century.
For the last few years, however,
interest in Bigfoot has tapered off. Of
course the tabloids will continue to chlB1l
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Lately, Umoja has received criticism
for baving closed meetings. I am pleased
to see an inu;rest, and would encourage
anyone interested iIi visiting our meetings
to attend Umoja's activities which are
always open to the public. Our meetings,
howevt2', must remain closed.
Umoja is a support group. We come
togetht2' as people who share ~ommon
experiences of being African American
on this campus. To ask us to open our
meetings is to invalidate our need of
being supported. It is to imply that the
difficulties we encounter are not
important enough, or painful enough to
by Eric Engstrom
While I was in the USSR for a
month last summer I met dozenS of
students and all of which asked for my
address. Most of them have writlO
since. A student from Moscow State
University, who I met there in August,
wrote to me and proposed that we work
out an exchange between students at our
schools. We wrote back and forth, came
up with a plan, and have begWI to
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The idea of the exchange is to fonn
contacts, solidarity, and friendship
between students at Evergreen and
Moscow State University. We want
Evergreen students to IDlderstand the
experience of students in the Soviet
Union, and for the Soviet students to
understand the position of American
students. We do not want this exchange
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confidence that most, if not all, of the
Umoja constituency would attest to the
same feelings.
Umoja meetings are not a time for
educating curious students, they are a
time for educating and supporting
ourselves. We will continue to do what
our budget and individual schedules allow
to provide activities in which all students
are more than welcome to participate.
(Legally, UMOJA cannot close its
meetings. We do however ask that
students who are not of African descent
respect our need to meet among ourselves
in private.)
15 days.
They will also visit the Olympia or Seattle over the summer who
are willing to take a few days off of
University of Washington and Seattle.
In early September, 10 Greeners will work to help host the Soviet students, or
go to Moscow to visit students at MSU. to host a student overnight in theiI
Students there plan to give us a tour of homes.
I am especially interested in any
Moscow, nearby towns, the Kremlin, and
a visit to the BolshoI Theatre. Five students or faculty who speak Russian
people are committed to the trip so far, who would by interested in spending a
couple of days travelling with the group
there is definitely room for a few more.
I am working now to organize people helping to translale. If there are student
here to receive the Soviets when they groups, classes, or faculty members, on
arrive. I am trying to organize their stay campus who would like to have chance
so that they have as much contact with to talk with the Soviet students. or be
American students as possible. I also . involved in their stay, I would like to
hear from you.
The Moscow students asked that a
delegation of 10 Evergreen students visit
them. So far I only have five people--I
need to fmd five more students who can
go with me to Moscow. The trip will be
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want to insure that there will be (especially donations of sezvices to help
issues in both C01D1tries.
Ten journalism students from the opportunities for American students to
host the Soviet students), please give me
Moscow State University will visit talk with the Soviets about the problems a call and I can show you our budget.
Evergreen in August They will be facing students in both of our countries.
Eric Engstrom is an Evergreen
hosted by several Evergreen students for I'm looking for students who will be in
student.
to be a one time visit, but rather the
beginning of ongoing exchanges between
Evergreen and Moscow. We would like
to involve students from both Evergreen
and Moscow in discussions of student
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and without having to feel responsible to
reassure European-American people who
feel guilty or defensive.
I attend Umoja meetings regularly
and can assure anyone concerned our
meetings do not contain white bashing,
nor would white bashing be tolerated if
initiated. I can not remember a time
when a meeting consisted of a discussion
of how messed up Evergreen is, as
Darrel Riley informed CPJ readers last
week. If there is any hostility or
disrespect of any culture or skin color, I
as a person with ancestry of several
cultures and almost every category. of
skin color, will not put up with it. I have
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discuss with people who identify with
how we feel. Accusing us of being
separatist because we wish to be alone
togetht2' is not different than accusing
lesbians, rape victims, children of
alcoholics and OVt2'-eaters of the same
offense. Umoja has dedicated its funds to
educating this campus, but as I see it,
Umoja's principle purpose is to strive to
make Evergreen an emotionally safer
place for its African-American students.
The only way to ensure Umoja itself is
emotionally safe is to allow people to
express their feelings without worrying
about baving to explain what EuropeanAmerican people tend not to Wlderstand,
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everyone was agreed where I should go
next.
A man in Carson, a smaller town a
few miles from Stevenson, had reportedly
seen Bigfoot a dozen times. He brought
a giant model of the creature to local
fairs. Bigfoot ale his rabbits.
I was on my way.
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Sightings of the creature were so
prevalent in the sixties that the county
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
shooting of Bigfoot, and a special edition
of the Skamania County Pioneer dealt
only with Bigfoot sightings.
I visited Stevenson, the COWity seat,
which is nestled on a windy hill
overlooking the Columbia Gorge.
The locals were divided in their
feelings about Bigfoot; some were certain
that the creature existed, others were
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Page 7
EDITORIALS
by Jon Epstein
Those of us on the S&A Board have
spent the week crunching numbers on
next year's budget While a single
research department at a national weapons
facility gets a $26 million budget
(distributed among 80 people), the S&A
Board gets to squabble over about an
estimated $800,000. The S&A dollars
affect thousands of people. If this is not
an excellent example of a system
designed not to work, please show me a
better illustration. While the military
industrial complex spends millions, you
and I fight over crumbs that have fallen
off the table.
Although there have been many
comments to the contrary, let me assure
you for the record. I am a human being.
As a human I face a dilemma all of us
face throughout our lives. Life is what
happens while you are making other
plans. What I am trying to communicate
is life is unpredictable.
Although we have developed culture
and science and social engineering to
bring some kind of predictability and
security to our lives, shit happens! The
real dilemma that we face is that in spite
of the unpredictability of life we must
act We must make decisions. We have
to make plans. Keep in mind we all
share this experience, for even those who
say they make no decisions have declared
their positions. Catch-22!
Social engineet'S are the worst.
Economists, budget analysts and a
plethora of experts display fancy charts
and statistics to predict the outcome of
human events. I'm not sure which is
worse, the social engineet'S who proudly
proclaim themselves scientists, the
politicians who design social policy based
on this so-<.:al1ed science, or the people
who complain about all their problems
while continuing to elect the politicians,
believe in this science, and send in their
money like good little mindless nymphs.
This is the context in which I enter the
"S&A process."
What's the bottom line. In spite of
my limited information and IQ, I am
going to make a decision on how to
allocate these S&A dollars for next year.
The college has recommended, based on
their best guess, that we allocate about
$784,000 of your money for next year. If
the S&A Board simply funded all the
current requests for next year at their
requested level we would spend over
$850,000. For me, the bottom line is I
have to get the red pen out and cut out
over $60,000. At the same time I have
students telling me that they want more
professional staff, more money for
production, more money for student
salaries, more office space, more new
equipment, etc.
Am I making my point clear
enough. Have I hit you between the eyes
yet? Don't forget we have the upcoming
expense of a $1.5 million building
project, and guess who has to pay for it?
The S&A Board has spent twelve
hours discussing how to resolve this
problem during four meetings over the
last two weeks. Only one student
coordinator (Mark at the ERC) took the
opportunity to come to our public
meetings during the first week of
discussion. With this kind of participation
I am considering selling tickets. Nobody
ever comes to anything for free anymore.
If we charged an entry fee to come in
folks might feel like they're getting
something.
Jon 'Eppo' Epstein is an Evergreen
fossil who hosts "Mouthing Off" on KAOS
Fridays at 10 am.
Earth Day 1990 has been the
"holiday" no one could escape. From a
two page spread of advertisements in the
New York Times with Exxon and Dow
Chemical calling to protect the Earth and
Mervyns and Target staging Earth Day
sales, embracing the Earth or at least
talking about it has suddenly been
integrated into the conversation of the
American public.
How must environmentalists feel
when the generally apathetic public and
hypocritical corporations they are fighting
join the environmenlal movement?
Supporters
of
Earth
Firsll,
Greenpeace, Sierra Club, Audubon
Society,
and
Evergreen's
own
Environmental Resource Center have
labored and fought in a media black hole
the past 20 years. In the past two years
the envirorunent has become the new
focus of an "aware" population.
Why?
Did the pressing needs of the
environment fmally become so demanding
that we were forced to take notice?
Did the largely unseen lobbyists for
environmental groups work their way up
the goverrunent power tree to suddenly
become powerful? Did the organizing
efforts of the nationwide grassroots
environmental movement fmally pay a
dividend like the right-wing organizing
efforts of 20 years ago are paying now?
All of these efforts and more may
have contributed to the suddenly popular
cause. They certainly created a base
organization to deal with the sudden
excitement over the environment But I
feel, unfortunately, the Earth Day 1990
media barrage was a fad. An excitement
generated by the vicious cycle of the
media and the American people feeding
off one another, looking for something
new for their insatiable curiosity to
digest
The environmental cause culminating
in Earth Day had everything the media
and the American people needed:
oA black and white issue: Our
endangered Earth and those who endanger
it
oEasily identifiable villains: Captain
Hazelwood, skipper of the Exxon Valdez
is a prime example. Instead of the media
focusing on corporation preparedness and
their non-willingness to cleanup the mess,
they focused on one man. Simplification
for the public, as if we would be unable
to tmderstand a complicated issue.
oNo clear cut solutions: Yes we
should save the Earth, but which way to
go about it? There are no simple
solutions, only an endless debate as
special interest groups all raise points
which are easily defended and keep
emotions high for an extende4 period of
time, allowing !be media to keep the
issue in the forefront.
-Local stories everywhere: Every
region in the United States has an
environmental issue that the local paper
can cover, bringing the issue home to
each and every one of us.
In the weeks leading up to Earth
Day 1990, the media were crammed daily
with
seldom-or-never
addressed
environmental issues. Now we are seeing
those issues slip from our short attention
span. Has the short blitz done the public
consciousness, more importantly the
Earth, any good?
CaD a fad be good?
While the motivation behind
America and multi-national corporations
joining the Mother Earth bandwagon may
be skewed, the . overall results will
probably be positive.
The recent change in attitude in the
tuna industry is a good example. Public
pressure and economics forced the
industry to stop killing dolphins. But they
made their announcements under the
guise of a newly found Earth awareness.
It was a publicity stunt aimed at a public
who had suddenly adopted .the Earth Day
fad.
Will we ever be able to trust
corporate America to make an ecological
decision based on conscience instead of
economics? No. But when joining ·the
Earth Day celebration, corporations come
off as protectors, not violators of the
Earth and people buying into the "fad"
believe them.
Overall, the "fad" increases the flow
of information, increases awareness, and
over time the level of knowledge will be
maintained at a higher level than when
the "fad" began. Those who· have labored
in the environmental movement for years
will keep working and will be joined by
some others influenced by this year's
event
Positive change may occur, but we
as a society must change our underlying
view of our connections with the planet
in order to stop the desttuction, not just
slow it down.
Kevin Boyer, editor
Influence food service decision
With the recent chaos surrounding the
Student Union and the lack of a
referendum concerning food service at
Evergreen, student participation in the
selection of the food service vendor for
next year has been dirninishec1
Do we want a multi-national
COJ)lOration like Marriott running our food
service? One that overcharges us for substandard food while simultaneously
dmilling effortlJ by student workers to
organize a union?
If you ftave any feelings about
Marriott running the Greenery and the
Deli and would like to have your input
considered in the selection process, please
write 10yce Coons Fasano, the consultant
hired to evaluate Evergreen's food
service, at:
CMC
10hn Cornyn Associates
917 SW Oak-Suite 312
Portland, Oregon 97205-2806
(503) 223-9504
And/or attend a meeting with vendors
interested in Evergreen's food service
contract on Wednesday, May 2, at 10:30
am in CAB 110.
Tedd KeUeher, managing editor
Money, m.edicine, and athletics
by Carol Hall
When death takes a young man from
this world, his family and friends suffer
shock and confusion along with their
grief, wondering at the injustice of a life
taken in its prime. But when a strong
8I!d tale~ted young .athlete collapses and
di~s. dunng a teleVised basketball gaD?e,
millions of people who never know him
are touched by the tragedy as they see
his last moments of life replayed over
and over on the TV ne~s.
Hank Gathers, 23, died March 4 after
collapsing early in a game between his
Loyola Marymount University and the
University of Portland for the West Coast
Conference championship.
Gathers
~Ilapsed .after a thundering slam-dunk,
tned to Sit up, then passed out on the
court as his mother and an aunt raced
down from the stands before a hushed
home crowd. He was carried out on a
stretcher, and ~octors later said that
although they tned for about an hour to
revive him at the hospital, Gather's heart
did not respond at all.
Gathers had collapsed during a game
in December and was examined by
medical specialists, who determined that
he suffered from a heart condition that
causes irregular heartbreak. Gathers was
placed on medication to control the
disturbance, and missed only two games
before receiving full medical clearance to
play again.
And play again he did, as the 6 foot
7 inch senior was the nation 's sixth
scorer this season, and was just a few
points short of lOOO-point season, a feat
only 15 other players have ever
accomplished. But Gathers reportedly
complained that his medication made him
sluggish, and asked doctors to decrease
his dosage, which they did not long
before his death.
Most young people are still living
under an illusion of their own
Page 8 Cooper Point Journal April 26, 1990
invincibility at age 23, and it is difficult the team's "run and gun" style of play.
What were the real reasons behind Hank
if not impossible for them to grasp the
reality of their own mortality.
And Gathers' decision to continue playing
despite his collapse in December and the basketball even with a serious heart
knowledge of his heart condition, Gathers . condition? Was it pressure from the
apparently was no different Doctors school or his family, a sense of
complied when Gathers insisted on obligation to his team, the invincibility
continuing to play basketball, and later of youth. or simply the irresistible lure of
when he asked them to change his a multi-million dollar NBA contract this
medication. Of course we are all human, spring? We may never have all the
and hindsight is us~y far keener that answers, because Hank can't tell us.
But what I do know is that all too
foresight. But whether or not continuing
to play or decreasing his medication had often, wUege athletes are treated as a
any direct bearing on his untimely death, piece of meat by· their schools and the
the Gathers story makes me wonder who NCAA. They are expected to perform
was practicing medicine here, the doctors flawlessly on the courts and the fields, to
or the patient?
show up for grueling practices, and to
Sports has so permeated American cope with the limelight of media fame
society today that the lure of athletic like polished professionals. Along with
fame and fortune seems to outweigh the 1111. this, they must attend classes and take
value of even life itself. Witness this exams as full-time students, achieve
reported quote by Arthur Caplan, director grade-point-averages acceptable to the
of the University of Minnesota's Center NCAA, and deal with all the other social
of Biomedical · Ethics just days after and emotional pressures most young
Gather's death: "It's certainly a case of people face at ages 18-23. And while
dual loyalty for a doctor treating an college athletes bring in millions of
athlete.
The doctor feels a strong dollars for their schools during their fourobligation to the patient At the same year careers, they themselves may reap
time he feels some obligation t get the no fmancial benefits, unless they are
athlete out on the court and performing. among the few big names who strike
Those loyalties conflict No doubt the gold in the NBA. Indeed, far too many
prime obligation is to the patient and his college athletes leave their institutions
well-being.
But sometimes doctors after four years without even a college
themselves get caught up in the pressures degree to show for it.
exerted by the institutions or the athlete
Some people will suggest that
or the athlete's family, to take more risk Gathers was an adult and made his own
than the doctor feels is wise."
decisions, and died doing what he loved
All the deuals of the Hank Gathers best But I say life is far more precious
story are not out yet, and indeed we may than either money or sports. Was anyone
never know the answers to many really concerned that Hank Gathers was
important questions, such as how much, risldhg his life to play college basketball,
if any, pressure did Loyola Marymount or was he seen as merely a point-scoring,
officials put on Gathers, their star player, game-winning, money-making machine?
to finish the season? There is no doubt
Ms. Hall is a journalist and the wife
that Gathers, their star player. to finish of Patrick Hall, TESC faculty librarian.
the season? There is no doubt that
Gathers was the most important cog in
Letters
New SU: absurd,'"
promotes division
The recent change of our student
union from a democracy feebled by
apathy to a representative democracy
seems to me either an elaborately
constructed attempt' to brutalize interest
into this hypocritically interested campus
or simply utter absurdity.
I cannot
believe that the decision to choose
representatives by race and choice of
sexual persuasions (what of AfricanAmerican homosexuals?
what of
European-American lesbians?)
could
have been the result of any serious
thought.
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If indeed it was a move to persuade
us apathetic shldents into interest in our
local destiny, it was lacking one
fundamentally important action: publicity.
Knowing now that our student funds and
various decisions will be handled by 14
rather than any member of the
community certainly makes me angry. If
the campus had been informed of the
goals of Mark Sullivan, the meeting
would have undoubtedly been wellattended by both factions and I imagine
this change would not have occurred. As
the situation is now, the students who are
not members of the 14 elites can do
nothing but complain and hope their
representative vote wisely: not unlike the
way our nation is organized. The United
States government is not an example that
we should emulate.
I hope the motives of Sullivan and
his supporters were as innocently
mistaken as I have just described. An
organization based on the separation of
people according to race and sexual
persuasion is utterly atavistic and
perpetuates
d~vision,
lack
of
understanding, and cultural antipathy.
These divisions, while valid (as being a
Native-American in America provides for
a different experience from EuropeanAmericans in America), are probably not
as important as this new goverrunent
implicitly expounds.
Divisions could
have just as easily, logically been made
on the basis of hobbies, majors, travel
Also, since the
experience or age.
divisions according to race were
obviously not base on the number of
people being represented, perhaps further
divisions could have been made to more
accurately represent the cultural diversity
of Evergreen.
I suggest separate
representatives for Chinese- and KoreanAmericans, Finnish- and RussianAmericans, and what of the ArabAmericans?
Why perpetuate these
conflicts?
Given that most of the divisions
were based on race, what precipitated the
decision
to
represent
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexuals separately? What
are the criteria for a person to belong to
this group? Must one be a practicing
bisexual to join, or does an occasional
bisexual
fantasy
qualify
the
representative? What of other sexual
choices considered deviant by mainstream
culture?
Do transvestites, masochists,
and the chaste also get separate
representatives?
I think I have demonstrated just how
ridiculous this decision was. While the
motives seemed to be pure the fruition of
these motives could have resulted in a
more logical decision. Must we apathetic
students participate in our government to
keep it reasonable?
Karl T. Steel
Geez, old SU
didn't do diddly
Well, we have a new student
government.
And, wow, are a few
people upset about it!
'Course, even more are ecstatic. And
a whole bunch don't care, which I
believe they should, but, hey, I ain't
gonna tell them what to do.
I predict we're gonna hear a whole
lotta screaming and yelling over the next
few weeks, mostly from those who
presume themselves to be terribly hurt
and abused and disenfranchised by all
this. They aren't, but that won't stop
them from feeling that way. So let's put
the new student government into
pel'Spective:
Why do we need it?
How did we get it?
What can we do with it?
Why? Don't tell me you've never
said "Geez, I hate the way (blank) does
(blank) around here." Well, are you
gonna (or even can you) do something
about it all by yourself? I thought so.
That's why we need a student
goverrunent. And the fact is, this one
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than diddly. It was driving people away.
It had to change. Change to whit.?
Unfortunately, the people wllo
previously and regularly invQived
themselves were: overwhelmingly white;
not officially nor even practically
representing anyone;
quite prone to
excessive politicking and personality
disputes; and getting nothing done. The
new system specifically seeks to eliminate
all four. For details, don't wait for me
to tell you, read it yourself (get one in
the SCC).
How? It was written up, distributed
to those who might be interested, people
were asked to show up, and it was voted
on (strictly following the voting
procedures). The only unusual thing
about it was those interested people
actually did show up, and the . voting
procedures themselves were voted upon.
Who did vote (or it? I\bout forty people,
including several longtime governance
folks, as well as many students from
various first peoples and other student
groups who may never have been to a
governance meeting before, but who felt
strongly enough to show up now. Who '
voted against it? About five longtime
governance folks. Why did they vote
against it? They said they weren't
consulted Well, there ain't no law that
says we have to consulted Well, there
ain't no law that says we have to consult
them on everything just because they've
showed up to a lot of governance
meetings. And they said it was illegal.
Well, we ain't lawyers and neither are
they. (A real lawyer, Evergreen's guy
down at the Attorney General's office,
will see it soon.) And they said it was
the wrong thing to do and it wouldn't
work. Well, they got it right to their
opinion, but a whole bunch o'people
disagreed with them.
What? What can we do with our
student government? You name it, it can
be done: work to fmd a real place for
the Student Art Gallery; talk with the
administration about what to finally do
with Security (decommission, take away
their little badges, make them a real part .
of the community?!); demand that the
faculty stop dragging their feet on a
sexual harassment policy!; negotiate with
the Trustees over student hiring power in
S&A; get students back involved with the
creation of curriculum; increase fust
people student recruitment, and flISt
people and female faculty recruitment;
really work toward ending racism and
sexism at Evergreen (student government
has now gone beyond lip-service, we
have instihltionalized multi-culturalism
and sexual equality--Iet's see the rest of
the school do that); develop a workable
plan for replacing Marriott in food
service; organize quality lobbying of the
Legislature whenever issues come up
there; promote student wishes within the
administration and before the Trustees;
and darnn well anything else we need
done. I believe we can now effectively
approach these issues because we now
have a consistent, committed group of
students
of
extremely
diverse
backgrounds, who are directly accountable
to their constituency, backed by an allstudent, and all student controlled and
funded, staff support.
So what's the problem? Well, a
few very loud students are still p.o.ed
about it, and doubtless they are
complaining somewhere else in this fine
paper. Hey, get a copy of the new
government document, read it yourself,
and thinJc about what it could do for you
(if you generally thinlc in those terms) or
about what you could do for the students
of EveQ!leell (and yourself) if you helped
out Thanks.
Matthew Green
Cultural caucus
akin to apartheid
We believe that the ·cultural caucus"
system recently "voted" in is an affront
to the ideals of this nation, democracy,
and fair representation.
For 92% of the Evergreen's
population to have In rep-esentation is a
situation akin to the political atrocities of
apartheid I Where is the representation for
heterosexual Irish-American CaIholics, as
an example? It seems wrong to us to
base a political system on race, creed, or
color.
We sympathize with the previous
problems of apathy in the SU, but the
present situation is addressing special
interest instead of interest in our
community.
Joshua Kilvington and Kristin Dean
see
coordinator
gives resignation
This letter is in regard to the last
Student Union meeting and the article on
it in the last cn issue. I attended the
meeting anticipating an interesting
discussion on the new government
proposal; I was one of the few people
who knew about it Mark Sullivan must
have thought that I and my CO-W<Xire1S at
the Student Communication Center fully
supported the resolution, otherwise we
probably wouldn't have heard about the
proposal.
To begin with, I must say that the
meeting was grotesque in its own nature.
The loophole of the old Student Union
lead to its own demise, stacking the
meeting with a complete one-sided
audience accomplished what Mark
Sullivan set out to do. Unfortunately the
replacing structure slams the door to
people who enjoyed attending the
goverrunent meetings and sub-divides the
student body into groups rather than
create a sense of community. Now it
will be many little communities
competing for each of their own agendas.
I could go on and on about this subject,
but I am sure other letters will address it
also.
Another point of disgust I have with
what went on last Wednesday was the
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Letters
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disrespect of both opposing parties and
their lack of respect for the right of
expressing themselves.
Granted the
tension levels were high, but there was
no reason for making personal attacks on
people who prescribed to a different point
of view.
I also must give Mark Sullivan
credit--he is . a born politician in the
purest sense of the word. Not only did he
use his charisma to gather his friends
around him, he also abused an existing
structure to get to his ends. Not only did
he "stack" the meeting, but he also
provided it with his own pre-briefed
facilitator. The combination of all this
leaves a terrible taste in my mouth.
Now all this amounts to the main
point of this letter. The last existing
govenunent structure left on campus is
my
organization--the
Student
Communication Center, to organize the
new government. I do not want to be
involved in this type of "coercive" body.
I am hereby resigning as student
coordinator of the SCC on grounds that
the recent government upheaval was done
poorly, exclusively, and will continue to
exclude people in student govenunent,
rather than including students.
Bon Chance!
Chris WeDs
Strikers indicative
of capitalist system
Why should students support the
strike against Greyhound?
Why should students support any
strike?
Most all of us, whether we like it or
not, will be working for a living
someday. Whether or not we sell our
physical POWel' or our mental POWel', we
will be workm. Workers need unions.
Without unions, the corp<nte bosses tend
to forget, either by preference or just in
the name of efficiency, that workers are
human. Their accountants shuffle the
workers' lives around in their computers
looking for ways to maximize profits and
cut costs. Frank Lorenzo did it with .the
Eastern machinists and pilots, PiUSton
tried to do it with the miners but failed
because of the tremendous solidarity
shown by the' workers, their families, and
other supporters, and now Fred Curry
wants to do it to the Greyhound workers.
We can't let them get away with it
anymore.
The history of wodring people
especially since the end of the Vietnam
war has been a history of cutbacks and
speedups. Whether those speedups occur
on an assembly line or in a corporate
office building, the workers bear the
bnmt. Unfortunately for the unions and
the workers themselves, many employees
don't consider themselves as workm
since they don't use their muscle. This
is just what the corporate heads want.
After all, if a workel' thinks of
hel'/himself as something other than a
worker, s/he won't want to unionize,
leaving herlhis fate up to the company's
benevolence. A benevolence which ends
when it cuts into the profit margin.
This is where students come in ... After
all, why are we in school? Sure, it
keeps us off the streets, and some of us
will be fortunate enough to live off our
talents, but most of us will end up selling
the skills we've learned at college. Not
even because we want to, maybe, but
because we don't want to end up on the
streets. That's how advanced capitalism
works, you know.
Please help out the Greyhound
strikers by coming down to the Olympia
Terminal at 7th and Capitol Way, Fridays
at 3 pm and whenever else you can fmd
the time. Bring signs and friends. If
you normally ride Greyhound, please
don't. Carpool, hitchhike, take some
other bus. If you need infonnation on
alternate routes, talk to the drivers on the
picket line or call EPIC at 866-6000
x6144. The future you save will be your
own. Thanks.
Ron Jacobs
Rhetorical attacks
do not educate
I am writing this letter in response to
one written
by Leanne Roberts
concerning an article by Brendan
wi11Wns. I was offended a few years
ago when I was itt my parents house and
decided to tum on the television only to
find some self proclaimed loud mouth
rbetaically blasting a guest for his
political beliefs. The host of this talk
show was Morton Downey.
Now I open the CPJ and find an
activist on the opposite side of the
political spectrum doing the same type of
mudslinging associated with the tabloid
media and mainstream politicians.
Though I share many of Leanne's
political beliefs, I do not support tagging
oppo!lents with negative labels such as
"dupe," ."sheltered," and "callous." Also
attacking ones financial background
(Brendan Williams according to Leanne
Roberts is middle class) is typical of
many members of the left and in fact
polarizes the internal framework of the
left wing.
Brendan may not have sympathy for .
the left, but Leanne's attack probably
pushed him farther into the opposite
realm. If Brendan Williams' ideas are
wrong then it should be the responsibility
of critics to analyze them in a manner
that might open the way · for dialogue.
A pCl'fecdy good opportunity to
educate has been lost to a personal
vendetta between Leanne Roberts and
Brendan Williams. Rhetaical attacks just
insult, they in no way educate.
Adam FreellUUl
Boycott litter as well
as Coke, PepsiCo,.,
Boycott Coca-Cola. Pepsi Co.,
Ccxxs...whateVel' you need to do to
support your cause. But then I ask you
to look around, wherever you may be at
the moment. Can you spot a cigarette
butt on the ground, or maybe a candy
wrapper blowing in the wind?
How
many of you flip beer caps out the
window to see how far they will fly, or
accidentally forget to pick up the plastic
lid to your disposable cup?
I decided to write this letter because
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problem. And if we ~ not so very,
vCl'y careful we are going to build a
recycling system in this state that is like
a house of cards.
It won't work
efficiendy and will fall down in ten
years.
Recycling is three things from my
perspective. It is the separation and
collection of the material, the sorting and
processing of that material, and the
marketing of that material. lf any of
those three components are missing then
recycling is not happening. You are
simply collecting separated garbage that
will end up in a plastic lined hole in the
ground and will be there for a long time.
as I was walking through the CAB one
evening I was shocked at the mess of the
eating area outside the Deli on the
second floor of the CAB. Newspapers
were strewn about (they do have this
nasty habit), among empty paper cups,
plates with half eaten salads, pizza crusts,
wrappers, and other biodegradable and
environmentally safe trash! One of my
new favorite pastimes is to sit outside on
the benches and count the discarded
cigarette filters.
Yah, look down
sometime and watch where you sit on the
grass.
I have had to painstakingly
remove several unknown food stains from
the seat of my pants. And don't you just
hate it when you are trying to get up
from the lawn and one of those little
plastic wrappers sticks 10 your palm?
More and more frequently I see this same
grass littered with paper plates and cups,
left by someone too lazy 10 care about
their campus. During my last three years
at this school I have noticed an
increasing negligence of the grounds by
the people who use ito-you and I.
Saving the spotted owls and rallying
for pro-choice are just two important
causes you can involve yourself in, but
do
not
neglect
you
immediate
surroundings. We can all unite to do a
big job by giving so litde. Pick up after
yourself and help keep this campus clean.
We are not here to be baby-sat by the
clean-up crew (who do a wonderful job),
but rather to do our part in making this
world--beginning hopefully with this
beautiful campus-a cleaner and a safer
place 10 live. Your awareness and help
will be greatly appreciated by every
organism.
Kirsten Andrews
The most important thing we can do
now in recycling is to work to create a
demand for products that are made from
recycled material We have to "close the
loop" that will build a sys~ that will
be stable, comprehensive, and will last a
loog, long time.
Greg Wright
Riley promotes
misunderstanding
While Hall educates lESC, you
[Darrell Riley] surely do not. Perhaps
this still isn't clear (Carol Hall did not
make it so), but the JX'Oblem that arose
OVel' Hall's writing was between Hall and
one student, Heather Clark. Heather
CIarIc, alone is not UMOJA, nor is she
even a vocal few. Ms. Hall also forgot 10
mention the fact that she cancelled two
meetings with Clark to . discuss her
stories. Nor did she mention the fact that
African-Americans are still not writing
their own news, and that perhaps she was
giving the impression that they were.
You stated in your article that in
Olympia, "we are isolated from much
that happens, particularly in the black
community." This is so, and for that
reason we have UMOJA. UMOJA is not
"a bunch of black people sitting around
bitching how messed up Evergreen is." If
you ever cared to look, you'd see that
UMOJA has put on two dances and
shown numerous films intended for the
entire Evergreen community. After the
showing of "Do the Right Thing" a
discussioo of racism, in the fIlm and in
our lives, was held. Many of the Iargel'
events on campus have been co-sponsored
by UMOJA. such as Wallace Terry. By
Garbage: recycling
not that simple
"Garbage: America's Renewable
Resource" [VoL 20 Issue 20] makes the
problem seem so simple. Sorry folks,
it's not as simple as the article by Devin
Bennett impliCs~ I -wish it were. Sure
paper can be reprocessed, so can glass,
aluminum, and practically everything we
throwaway.
But what happens when the end use
manufacturers can't handle the volumes
we are separating? When they aren't
willing to spend millions of dollars 10
build the equipment it takes, because
there is not enough demand for the
products they make from this "secondary
material"?
Or because the "market
value" of the material is so low that the
cost of sorting a processing is enonnous.
Who gets to pay for that and how much?
The taxpaym. It is costing you an
estimated S15Wton to have your
recyclables picked up and processed by
the City of Olympia. We can truck it
clear over the never, never land and bury
it in Eastern Washington for $35/ton. It
goes on and on.
It is riot simple, it is a complex
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roots of international label
by Robert Nyberg
It was pouring rain as ! headed up
rust Avenue in Seattle on Friday the
13th. I was on my way to the old
Terminal Sales Building, home of the
infamous independent record label, SUB
POP. After giving away a couple of
quarters to some street folks and turning
down an offer for some torlc cocaine, I
arrived at my destination. I headed inside
and rode the elevator to the tenth floor,
took the stairs to the eleventh floor, and
entered SUB POP World Headquarters. I
was on time for my appointment with
Bruce Pavitt, SUB POP "corporate
magnate," but I'd have to wait a few
minutes until he could break free from
the chaos that prevails in SUB POP land.
Bruce hooked up with Jonathan
Poneman in 1987 and they became
business partners. Together they started
the incarnation of SUB POP that exists
today. Now, SUB POP is one of the
most respected independent labels in the
world. The type of "grungy" punk
crossed with hard rock style of music
that SUB POP puts out may not be
everyone's bag, but Washington SUB
POP bands like Soundgarden, the
Screaming Trees, Mudhoney, Tad, and
Nirvana have gotten the attention of
music fans from as far away as Europe
and Austtalia. Soundgarden and the
Screaming Trees have since left SUB
POP for bigger labels, but SUB POP still
owns their awesome back catalogs of
tunes.
Interestingly, the Seattle area has
became sort of a musical mecca with
help from SUB POP. But SUB POP isn't
the only thing happening. Seattle's Sir
Mix-a-Lot
and
Tacoma's
High
Performance have been supplying local
rap music for the masses, while the
"Eastside" and North Seatde have given
birth to a plethora of popular heavy metal
acts such as Queensryche, Sanctuary, and
Fifth Angel. Still, SUB POP has to be
the freshest thing the area has to offer.
London's Melody Maker magazine called
SUB POP,"life force to the most vibrant,
kicking music scene encompassed in one
city in the last 10 years." Also, New York
Times Magazine and The Wall Street
JoU11llJl have been up to the SUB POP
offices looking for possible stories, while
the Boston Globe and the Los Angeles
Times have already run articles on the
label. But one of ' the most fascinating
_ things about SUB POP is that its roots
Dotit
D
d
Drive.
are based right here at Evergreen, where
Bruce Pavitt attended in the late 1970's
and early 1980's.
After I hung around the office for
about 15 minutes and read letters from
SUB POP fans stuck on the bulletin
the SUB POP fanzines and they were
reviewing region by region rock music,
which was something that no other
publication was doing at the time. It was
saying that music doesn't happen in a
vacuum; it comes out of a community or
board, Bruce was ready for me. All he
had was about 10 minutes, but he kindly
supplied more information in those 10
minutes than I could have asked for.
CPJ: Could you give a quick
synopsis of SUB POP's early days at
Evergreen?
BP: Basically, I moved out from
Chicago to go to Evergreen because
KAOS radio was one of the few stations
in the country, in fact, I think it might
have been the only station in the country
that had an independent music policy.
That was started by John Foster who was
also putting out OP magazine, which has
since been picked up by some folks in
LA and is now QPTION magazine.
OPTION had its roots in Olympia at
Evergreen. OP was a political music
magazine in that it only reviewed records
on independent labels. I think what
KAOS and OP did was to really help
trigger a lot of the revolution in
homemade records and small independent
regional labels. A lot of the .philosophy
was rooted right in Evergreen, and that's
one of the major reasons I came out
here. I got to Evergreen and started doing
a show at KADS and I also did an
internship with OP magazine. I then
started my own fanzine called SUB POP,
which was more rock oriented. This was
on my own through Evergreen. John
Foster was my facilitator, who is now
still working in Olympia at KXXO radio
with Dave Raub, who runs KXXO and
was the business manager for OP. So a
lot of the original people are still in
Olympia.
CPJ: Who was the first band signed
to SUB POP?
BP: It was a band called Green
River, but the thing is, I was putting out
a regional scene, and then trying to break
that down and look at each different
scene. You'd see one kind of music real
popular in one part of the country, ~d
another type real popular somewhere else.
Like in New York, there was a lot of
stuff that was more avant-garde or art
oriented, because New York, by its
nature, supports the art industry more
than any other city in the country.
Whereas, like in the suburbs of LA, all
the hard core and thrash music first came
ouL To me, this was all very fascinating.
I tried to deal with that a little in my
SUB POP fanzine, and then I started
putting out cassette compilations.
CPJ: Were these cassettes ordered
through the fanzine?
BP: Actually, the cassettes were the
fanzine. The fanzine would come out in
print, and then six months later it would
be a cassette, and it kind of just
alternated. And I was getting college .
credit the whole time through a contract.
CPJ: Did you attend any other
schools before Evergreen?
BP: I went to Blackburn College in
southern Dlinois for two years, but I
graduated from Evergreen in 1981 with
an expressive arts degree which I
sarcastically refer to as a "B.A. in Punk
Rock." What I'm doing now is directly
related to what I was doing at Evergreen.
I was studying how the independent
music industry worked. At the time it
was a totally loose knit, disorganized
collection of different thinkm, factions
and local scenes and stuff like that. Now,
through a lot of momentum, energy, and
effort on the part of a lot of people of
the last ·10 to 15 years, things have
become a lot more organized. So, if your
brothel' starts a band and turns around
and puts out a record, that's not weird
Fifteen years ago that was considered
weird. because who would buy it, what
store would sell it, and where would you
advertise it? The network did not exist.
Now, we put out local records all the
time and people in Seattle go out and
buy recools from local bands. That seems
like a real natural state of being, but that
did not exist 15 years ago. That was a
vCl'y unusual way of doing things. Of
course 30 years ago, that's the way
things were, but in the late 60s, major
labels bought out all of the independent
labels and ev(2'ything became totally
centralized. I think you'll find that a lot
of students at Evergreen have kind of a
libertarian philosophy that comes out of
looking at things with a decentralist point
of view. For example, you don't buy
Wonder bread that was made in Ohio,
you buy bread that was baked at a local
bakery, or you don't buy energy from a
huge nuclear POWel' plant, you put solar
panels on your roof and do it yourself.
You create a more self-sufficient system
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'In Living Color' is true black voice
IN LIVING COLOR
KCPQ-13 Fox
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by Stephen Youel
Until now the bla!:k community has
not had its own voice in television. "The
Cosby Show," for example has long been
criticized for presenting an inaccurate
representation of the black community.
It is an image of the black community
that is targeted for a white audience.
What results is "Family Ties" replaced by
black actors. Rarely, if ever, does the
show attempt to speak to conflicts or
situations that are unique to the black
experience in America.
But now, finally, there is a television
show which speaks with a black voice.
Through parody and satire, "In Living
Color" exposes stereotypes of blacks that
have existed in American pop culture for
so long they are no longez recognized as
subvezsive.
The skit "Riding Miss Daisy" is a
pertinent example. When Miss Daisy's
black chauffeur crawls over the drivez's
seat and remarks something to the effect,
"I know what Miss Daisy really wants,"
it is possIble this skit could be misread
as a reinforcement of the stereotype of
black men as uncontrollable sex beasts.
I would argue this skit directly confronts
the stereotypes that exist in the
relationship between Miss Daisy and her
blaclt servant. The writers are in effect
Analysis
saying, Why not complete the stereotype?
If it is still acceptable for Hollywood to
depict a black man as a white wcman's
servant (whether it's set in the past or
not), you might as well make him a
sexual animal too.
On another level is the social
convention, though Miss Daisy's driver
may be hez "best friend," it would never
be acceptable in a mainstream Hollywood
film to depict a sexual relationship
between an old black man and an old
white woman.
These are underlying
cballenges to Hollywood norms.
"In Living Color" is in a unique
position.
Because it is written and
performed by blacks, it has the ability to
poke fun at popular TV shows and films
that othez comedy shows, like "SaIllrday
Night Live," could not. Where a satire
of "Sanford and Son: performed by an
all-white cast of "Saturday Night Live"
might be interpreted as racist, it is
socially acceptable when the artists are
black.
What results, in the case of
"Sanford and Son," is a comment on the
portrayal of blacks in television.
Why do we laugh when we see a
parody of Fred Sanford by another black
actor? Fred Sanford is a funny character
without the help of satire. But when he
is parodied by another black actor, we
are forced to look at his character as a
construction of popular culture. We not
only laugh at the funny things he says,
but also at his representation of the black
experience: the way he lives, the way he
We realize,
looks, his mannerisms.
despite
his
shortcomings
as
a
representation of blacks, he is meant to
be embraced and accepted by a national
audience.
"In Living Color" is also in a
position of presenting direct political
messages. Their satire of "Star Trek" is
one example. It speaks directly to the
subtle inequalities that eyJst in the show.
Lieutenant Uhum, for example, leaves her
post in an eruption of frustration and
anger at always being portrayed as
subordinate to everyone else.
When
Captain Kirk is replaced at his throne by
a black man, we are left with no room
for misinterpretation.
We now see,
though there may be a variety of ethnic
groups represented on the bridge of the
Enterprise, all are commanded by the
wise and white Captain Kirk. And why
shouldn't Captain Kirk be black?
Skits like these, along with their
political connotations, are now reaching
a huge national audience. "In Living
Color" speaks with a black voice that
reaches both blacks and whites and has
the potential to open the eyes of white
America to the reality of pop culture's
conceptions of black America. As the
popularity of "Living Color" grows, so
will its status as the only show which
currently speaks with a black voice.
Perhaps others will follow in formats
other than just comedy, and television
will eventually be free of the limitations
of a strictly Caucasian voice.
Stephen Youel is a student in the
Mass Media. Popular Culture, and
Folklore program.
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APRn. 20, 1990
by Brian Raiter
On April 20, The Olympia Chamber
Orchestra performed their fourth and final
concert of their first season.
Their
previous concert, held in the Recital Hall
at
Evergreen,
consisted
of
improvisational-meditatiOnal works by
Pauline Olivezos. At this concert they
showed that the 20th century music they
are dedicated to promoting isn't just for
academics. The diffezent emphasis of
this COIlcezt was evident in the loca1e the Capitol Theatre, on a real stagel and in their formal dress, and also in the
large and varied audience. (They had
printed ooly 150 programs, which turned
out to be a vezy pessimistic estimate.)
As we were waiting in the audience
for the concert to begin, one by one the
trumpet and string players walked out of
the wings, off ~ stage. and up the
aisles. A few minutes biter the sound of
tuning came from the balcony above and
behind us. The stage was then taken by
four lone woodwind players and their
conductor; and the concert began with
"The Unanswezed Question," one of
Charles Ives' most famous works. The
...
value of attending a performance of this
wonderful little piece· is not just the
directional aspect of the different
sections, but also the effect of the players
on the stage being silent and immobile
for most of the time.
An Aaron Copeland song, "As it Fell
Upon a Day" foc flute and clarinet with
soprano, followed, and then the whole
orchestra came out to perform the
premiez of "The Visitation," by their own
Quarter-long series
First Peoples Film.Fest
News Release
The
First
Peoples'
Coalition
(Asian/Pacific Isle CoaIition, Evergreen
Indian Center, MEChA, Umoja. Women
of Color Coalition) is sponsoring a
quarter-long series of films by and about
people of color. These films are exciting
and many of them aren't often seen. All
screenings are in LecIUre Hall 3.
Admission will be between $1 and $2.
Wednesday April 25: Coffee Colored
Children by Ngozi A. Onwumh (England
1988)
Miss Universe in Peru by Grupo
Chaski (Peru, 1989)
Wednesday May 2: Sur1lQlM Viet, Given
Name Nam by Trin T. Minh-ha (US,
1989)
Tuesday May 8: Two Lies by Pam Tom
(US, 1989)
Wok Like a Man
Wednesday May 16: Powwow Highway
Wednesday May 23: Racism 101
Hairpiece
Wednesday May 30: La Operacion by
Ana Maria Garcia (Pu.erto Rico)
TBA
Please come out and support these fllms.
Coffee Colored Children by Ngozi A.
Onwumh
In this lyrical, WlSCttling film, the
narrator recalls the pain of a childhood
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spent growing up in an all-white
neighborhood.
The family, with the
mother and absent Black fathez, suffers
the aggression of racist harassment--a
neo-Nazi youth defiles their front door.
The self-hatred inflicted by prejudice
drives the children to attempt to wash
their skin white with scouring powder in
this
testimony
to
the
profound
internalized effects of racism and the
struggle for self·ilefinition and pride. A
semi-autobiographical
work,
Ngozi
Onwumh was assisted by her brother,
Simon Onwumh, in the making of this
film.
Miss Universe in Peru by Grupo Chaski
Shot during the Miss Universe contest
hosted by Peru in 1982, this documentary
juxtaposes the glamour of the pageant
with the realities of Peruvian women's
lives, while providing a critique of
multinational corporate interest in the
universal denunciation of women.
Grupo Chaski is a fllm collective
engaged in the production of popular
video in Peru. One of the first such
groups to use media technology in
worldng for political change in the
community, Grupo Chaski is deeply
committed to women's equality and
participatioo in society.
Cooper Point Journal April 26, 1990
conductor, Timothy Brock. The work is
for solo viola, played by Sam Williams,
and chamber OrChestra including three
women's voices. The piece is a tone
poem descnbing a meeting between a
fathez and his son who has died young.
The viola is the son, who "attempts to
reassure his father that he is at peace
with himself and his surroundings." The
voices provided an ethereal harmony for
the winds, which entered with a mournful
theme, which the strings turned
mysterious and the brass and timpani
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occasionally provided dark, dramatic
punctuation. How the father reacts to his
son's reassurance is left open by the
music, for each listener to decide for
themselves.
After the intermission. about half the
orchestra came out to play Bela Bartok's
"Rumanian Folk Dances. " There are
seven dances, played ooe after another,
giving a short but kaleidoscopic view of
Rumanian music. Mter this the strings
took the stage for themselves and
performed Shostakovich's "Sinfonia for
String Orchestra," Op. lIOa (originally
for string quartet, and adapted by Dr.
Lucas Drew).
The Sinfonia was an
excellent choice with which to end the
season: it is an intensely somber piece,
dedicated to "victims of fascism and
war," composed in three days. Besides
being built from sad, haunting, and at
times angry themes, it includes quotes
from his own symphonies, and such
programmatic elements as a quicldy rising
and falling figure sounding like an
air-mid siren, and three quick, staccato
chords occurring throughout the fourth
movement representing the police
"pounding on the door." . The final
movement returns to the sober reflective
themes of the beginning.
For those of you who missed this
season, the next season is already in the
works, including an all-Ives concert to
-celebrate his 100th birthday. If you wish
to be on their mailing list, write to The
Olympia Chamber Orchestra, P.O. Box
2637, Olympia. WA 98507, or call
Courtney Crawford at 754-0132.
Brian Raiter owns both a CD copy of
"Eight Songs For A Mad King" and The
Electric Company album with the Real
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8 PM; Intiman Playhouse at the Seattle
Center, information: 325-4161.
THE GLOBAL ASSEMBLY LINE:
12 - 1 PM; Lecture Hall 3.
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corporations that open "offshore" industry
in search of cheap labor and high profits.
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Washington
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tickets:
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ASIUK KERIB: 6:30 and 9:30 PM;
Capitol Theatre;
tickets:
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membezs; information: 754-6670.
In Russian with English subtitles.
CHESS
INFORMAL CHESS: 7 PM; TESC
Community Center.
SATURDAY
RAG·WOLF: Rainforest Action Group,
Watchers Over Last Forests; 7 PM;
ERC/CAB pit. Everyone welcome.
'TIL THE FAT LADY SINGS: 8 PM;
Washington Center, stage U; tickets:
$7/$6 student; information: 753-8586.
OSCAR SOULE: 12:10 - 12:50;
Olympia Center, multipurpose room B;
information: 866-6000 X6128.
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problems.
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SPECTRUM DANCE THEATER:
8 PM; Intiman Playhouse at the Seattle
Center, information: 325-4161.
ON STAGE
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MEETINGS
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tickets:
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Firebird Suite & Othez Flights of Fancy.
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information: 459-9370.
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DANCE
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has given us lately. I am a student and I
am
an activisL I would have appreciated
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the opponunity to join in with putting a
the close of this month, UMOJA new governance system together. Some
members will have attended three have suggested that attending governance
conferences in Washington, New York, meetings was the personal responsibility
and California. Also members of UMOJA of all students; that if we did not come
have met, as you suggested we should, . to last Wednesday's meeting, too bad.
with faculty to discuss problems in
I respectfully reject that line of
seminars and ways to deal with them. Is reasoning. I, for example, have been
this the complacency you accuse us of? unable to attend most Student Union
Not once at the meetings I've meetings this year because my internship
attended has there been discussion of schedule has me worldng during the
why European-Americans should not usual Wednesday meetings. However,
come to the meetings. We just accept there is some flexibility with that and I
that this is our time to be with each have been able to adjust my schedule
other to talk about issues that pertain to when issues that I consider crucial came
us, and activities we are involved in.
up for discussion and action. But if the
How can you say you have friends mast.enninds of the new governance
who dislike your skin color? How can structure deliberately strategized to inform
you tell the humiliating story of your only their supporters of this proposal--of
uncle's friend who gave a woman five great significance I might add--then I had
chances to examine his naked body, in no opportunity to participate in the
search of a tail? Was this a planning of the new document, nor in the
demonstration of what we need to do to approval or rejection of it during the
educate others about ourselves?
meeting.
Finally, Darrell, I'd like to invite you
Student government at Evergreen has
and all people of African descent to been on shaky ground during its shon
attend UMOJA meetings, held at 5:30 on history. Several proposals have been put
Thursdays in L3205. UMOJA meetings forth and at least two different
are the place where you should bring governments have been voted on by the
forth the issues you have to the African- student body. Governing can only succeed
American community of Evergreen.
by the consent of the governed. Even in
Kathryn M. Sheffield
the unjust and unequal so-called
democratic system that the U.S. operates
under, citizens have the right to vote. It
is my contention that the students at
Evergreen must have the opportunity to
It comes as no surprise to me that approve IX' reject this new document
Mart Sullivan, Mary Lou O'Neil and
before it can be recognized as the
Matt Green engineered a coup d'etat to
legitimate governance tool for our school.
wrestle control of the Student Union from
It is particularly sad to me to see
its existing governing structure. Looking
that people must be sneaky and covert in
order to push through a document that
back, the one person-one vote premise
attempts to create a better representation
made such an action possible. Perhaps the
Student Union should have required a
based on a cross-sampling of cultural
constituencies. We do not communicate
mandatory three meeting attendance
with each other. We do not trust each
period befae voting privileges would be
other. God knows we do not believe that
recognized. Regardless, it appears that the
an open process involving a large student
out maneuvering has been successful and
population will encourage a document of
the new 14-seat board will prevaiL
similar diversity.
My objections to these changes have
If I had the chance to vote for or
little to do with the new structure.
Ra1hc.-r, I am a firm believez in the against this new document, I most likely
would approve iL In spite of the irony
Evergreen consensus model, regardless of
that the three principle authors were
the example that our college president
Inter-racial
representation
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In conclusion, the people involved in
and communication is admirable. But I
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group only answers to their own for using the system to their advantage.
members. It is always the responsibility Maybe it proves that the previous
of elected bodies to represent all the governance structure worked after all.
people under its jurisdiction, not only its Nonetheless, I think the new structure
own. Likewise, the provision for recall might work with a change in recall
only allows people to oust members of provisions and through a student approval
their own constituency group. This is an or rejection vote. Otherwise, the new
Evergreen student governance body. 'Ptat governance will be tainted by the morally
means that every member is to represent bankrupt way in which it was
every student
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represent blacks. Gays do not just goals.
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towards the artists.
that interacts with the local envirorunent.
CPJ: So you need to find a bigger
A lot of those philosophies transfer into label that will appreciate that?
the independent music scene. It's the
BP: Yes, it all comes down to the
exact same philosophy as people who .are organization, the system that is created.
into self-sufficient agriculture and energy, Something that's big doesn't necessarily
only CUlturally. It's doing it yourself and have to be evil, it all depends upon how
not looking toward a centralized, the system is created. If money can be
bureaucatic
power
stucture.
It's re-invested into other local scenes and
empowering the ·audience. It's like, yes, other artists as opposed to being funneled
you too can make a record an" put it up to the president of CBS, or something
out You don't have to buy everything like that, we'd be on to something.
that comes out of Madison Avenue.
CPJ: What other independent labels
CPJ: But isn't SUB POP looking for are thriving as much as SUB POP?
a major label to help with distribution?
BP: Probably none, at this point, but
BP: Yes we are. It's kind of ironic it's a really trendy business. You're hot
now that I've been talking about the one minute, you're not the next, but I
whole independent music scene for so think by the way that we've set up our
long. My personal point of view, after business stucture, it's a system that's
being involved in the music industry for going to work, and it's going to work
a long period of time, is that you have for a long time. If the kind of music we
your major system, and then you have make suddenly becomes unpopular, we're
your independent system. What I want to still going to be able to exist as a label
fmd is something that takes the best ideas just because of the way we are
from both systems and fmd a meeting structured. If I had the time, I could get
ground, a meeting ground where you ' re into that.
still consistently re-investing in local
CPJ: One last thing before you go,
music scenes, but busting out into a many of us are dying to know when the
wider distribution system. That way you new Nirvana album will be out.
BP: It's coming out in the fall. They
can sell a single by a local band allover
the world and do it quickly, instead of just recorded seven tracks a few days
having it trickle out in an impoverished ago. Let's just say that Nirvana will
system where musicians can't really make influence world culture in a massive
a living. I think that you can invest in way.
Robert Nyberg is an Evergreen
local musicians, get them out of
dishwashing jobs, and have them make a student in the program Tale of World
living, living creatively. What SUB pop Cities.
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