The Cooper Point Journal Volume 20, Issue 19 (April 5, 1990)

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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 20, Issue 19 (April 5, 1990)

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A&E EXTRA

Oliveros explores with Orchestra
by Andrew Hamlin
PAULlNB OUVEROS wrrn TIlE OLYMPIA
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
EVERGREEN RECITAL HALL

MARCH 6, 1990
This was only the Chamber
Orchestra's second public concert, but
they are already one of the most exciting
artistic forces in the city. They studied,
and handily mastered, the improvisational
scores of Pauline Oliveros' works, to
provide an evening of strange, fascinating
music.
They began with The Well, flfSt of
four Oliveros compositions on the
program; in this piece the orchestra plays
from a "palette" of sounds and instructed
to play these sounds while interacting
with the other players in a variety of
ways. To MATCH another player means
to play exactly as slhe does, to
SUPPORT is to "accompany or parallel
another player," to SOAR is to take a
solo above the ensemble sounds, etc.
Players begin by listening to each
other, then choose a course of their own.
Not surprisingly. the piece sounded rather
random, but here as elsewhere, the
fascination lay in listening to the
performers interact spontaneously with
each other.
To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn
Monroe (in recognition of their
desperation) followed. According to the
program notes, "The published piece does
not prescribe any pitch information. The
musician~ have chosen five pitches, two
of which are not diatonically related to
the other three." The musicians began, no
one player knowing what pitches the
others had selected; they took their cues
for which pitch to play, and whether to
exchange pitches with another player,
from "various physical, light, and sound
cues." This piece was more static than

the fust, more somber, in accordance
with the "desperation" of the title.
After an intermission, Pauline
Oliveros stepped out and introduced The
New Sound Meditation, the only piece
she actually played with the Orchestra.
She referred to the inspiration for this
piece as a peculiar dolphin training fllm
she saw many years ago, where the
dolphin was only rewarded for displaying
new behaviors. In New Sound Meditation
each player followed a cycle of
concentration, production of a "new"
sound, and imitation of a sound someone

laughed, warbled, gargled, and made
fizzy noises with their lips.
Bassist Courtney Crawford threw his
shirt over his head and rubbed it against
the bass strings; later he dumped two
pennies into the body of his instrument
and shook them around. Oliveros kept
pace with the ensemble on her electronic
accordion, a most amazing instrument It
was hooked to a console the size of a
small refrigerator, two cryptic digital
readouts pulSing red in the semidarkness,
and she pushed a foot pedal, like an
electric . guitarist's,
for
additional

Portraits

else. has just made. This looks reasoned
enough on paper; in concert, it proved
hilarious. The orchestra began by clicking
their music stand lights on and off. After
that they tapped their feet on the floor,
detached
mouthpieces
from
their
instruments to make squealing noises,

weirdness.
The New Sound Meditation cycled
through loud and soft spots, depending on
how many players were Sitting still to
intuit their next move. After about fifteen
minutes, they started clapping patterns to
each other; the audience, possibly unsure

The White Poem

So I picture myself on a bench in a station

It's been a hard days life
And when I come home to my wife
It'.} always silent speak
Eight days a week
And I love her?

And Lucy, poor Lucy, she's gone

Yesterday
Love was such an easy bill to pay
She just gave me the check book
And let me sign away
I can't believe it was only yesterday
She keeps some rice {rom our wedding
In an album of ideal settings
Where nothing is real
And here beneath the blue suburban skies
It's all 'where did we go wrong?' and sighs
I learned how to play the game
And love just wasn't the same
Now I know
If I want to leave her
All I need is love and a lawyer
And my analyst wonders why
I can't get in tune with the pleasures I deny
But living with her is bringing me down
So he listens to the things I've said
While he's ruing a hole in my head
When I was younger
So much younger than today
I never needed welfare
To make it through the day
But minimum wage just doesn't work

as to where the piece would end, picked
up on the clapping. Their hailstorm of
applause formed the endillg. Oliveros
stood up with a grin and waved a
satisfied arm around the hall.
The fmal piece, Portraits, proceeds
from a mandala of directions, something
like a dance diagram, and "pitches...
generated from various algorithms which
are influenced by numbers derived from
the time, date, and place of birth of eachplayer." In practice, this piece had more
regular rhythm than the other three
selections; the orchestra followed each
other's playing in regular time, but also
indulged in some personal, theatrical
hijinks. Flautist Nancy Curtis played bits
of Charlie Parker's "Confirmation" and
The William Tell Overture. Crawford
turned his bass upside down on its neck,
trying to shake out the two pennies.
At the very beginning of Portraits,
an audience member made a personal
contribution in the form of a paper
airplane tossed from a high row down to
the floor. When I last saw Ms. Oliveros
after the concert, she was clutching the
airplane in one hand while reaching for
the hors d' oeuvres.
"Oh yes, I think it's ... significant."
she laughed, with a lamplight smile
unfortunately absent from most of her
publicity photographs. I don't know if
she'd be so sanguine about a thrown
rock, but the remark was an important
reminder. in her music, ordinary ideas of
"instrument" and "part" do not apply.
Each performer becomes his own
composer, and that third piece, the simple
game of listen and learn, was for me the
pinnacle of the idea. Bravo to her and to
the Olympia Chamber Orchestra, a good
idea that keeps on getting better.
Andrew HamJjn Is a communist.

With tangerine wine and a kinder, gentler nation
She hawked her diamonds for the clothes of drugs suitor
Now she's down from the sky and home in the gutter
And what would you think
If I took another drink
And tried hard as hell to forget
About all the things that make me cry
But oooh, I get by

o

You said you wanted a revolution
But complacency turned to absolution
It's gonna be alright
I know that I did what I could
Isn't that good?

E

I read the news today, oh boy
About the food and it's curbed by joy
As I swallow death and deny
The truth of our chemical endeavor
On strawberry fields forever
And I don't know about any walrus
But there's a small group
Of eggmen, running the coup
All scrambled or cracked in their shell
Rotten, and starting to smell

T

And what of what the future shows
Tomorrow never knows
But turn on your mind to peace
And we can work it out
I just wish I could shake the doub~
Woke up, got out of bed

R

And I can't figure

Noticed it's to late
All the lines on my face
Dad taken their place.

Fish,
They have no eyelids;
They see all,
They have no choice.

Why the war on poverty just passed away
Like it was twenty years ago today

Scott Brown

Cheeto E. Xavlar

And knew what it's like to be dead

AlUi I must admit it's getting worse

Like a spell turns to a curse

Page 16 Cooper Point Journal March 8, 1990

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April 5, 1990

Volume 20 Issue 19

Changes proposed for security
safely function as a campus law
enforcement agency.
To rectify the situation, the Evergreen
administration must now "alter the
expectations of the (security) department,"
said Gail Martin, Vice President of
Student Affairs.
Security has seen the proposal,
which includes eliminating unifo1lJlS and
rewriting the Security Operations Manual,
and "they are not pleased," Martin said.
Martin claims all the "departments"
of the college (students, faculty, staft)
want a "change in the ways of security."

by KeviD Boyer
The administration has JXOPOsed
OOw.n8nuJing Evergreen's security force in
response ito a finding that security's
dedication outstrips its ability to safely do
its job.
.
Th~ death of a bill which would have
created an armed campus force
contributed to the proposed change.
Evergreen last fall was fined $180 by
the stale Department of Labor and
Industries (L&I) after · security filed it
claim of unsafe working conditions.
Security believed it was ill equipped to

"If security personnel pull together security cars of lights and marlcings.
and tty to provide a service the
But perhaps the biggest effect would
community needs and wants, we will . by the rewriting of the Security
support them," said Martin.
Operations Manual (SOP).
"I've always said this campus would
The new SOP would redefme security
best be served by an anned force, but we duties based on safety. Also, the school
will try to comply with the administration would implement a stronger crime
and campus community; said security prevention program and increase paid
chief Gary Russell.
student patrols, Martin said.
The proposal, if accepted by the L&I
Security officers would receive
Board, would be implemented in the fall
training not only in law enforcement but
of 1990, Martin said.
in "conflict and mediation," she said.
Kevin Boyer is an Evergreen student
Besides
eliminating
traditional
uniforms, the proposal calls for ridding
and the editor of the CPJ.

Weight room
staff shown
'express' door
by Tina Cook
The College Recreation Center (CRC)
weight room staff has been eliminated in
order to staff the newly opened "express"
door entrance.
Center administrators decided to make
the second floor door near the 'Swimming
pool an official entrance to solve a
problem involving counting ct?llter uses.
The CRe is staffing the door because
the Center is S&A funded and required
to keep track of how many people use
tile facilities, said CRC Manager
Vivienne Lee.
.
People who used the main entrance
were being counted but those who illicitly
used the second floor door were not.
According to ·Pool Managez AlOO
Melchiori, the second floor door for most
people is more convenient than the main
dcxn. "I see a lot of positive things
happening because of [the change]," he
said.
But not everyone agrees with him.
A fanner weight room attendant, who
asked oot to be identified, described the
door attendant positions as "an insane
waste of money." While the weight room
position served a number of purposes, be
said, door attendants merely tally the
numbel and sex of persons coming
through the door.
Also, using the second floor door
only saves people from having to walk a
few extra yards, he added.
According to the fonner attendant,
the responsibilities of the weight room
staff included giving advice on weight
lifting, caring for equipment, and acting
as spotters for patrons using the free
weights.
A better solution to making sure all
users are counted upon entry would be to
alarm the door so it could not be used
except In case of an emergency, be said.
While the entrance was formerly
locked from the outside, it cou1d be
opened from the Inside and used as an
exil According to Melchioo, people
inside the building would open the door
for those outside or people would enter
as others exited. The people entering
through the second floor door were not
being oounted as those using the main
entrance were.
In a letter to the 10 weight room
staff dated March 9, Lee explained that,
"the original plan of the buildins was to
acpvatc the alarm on that door so...no
one could come in cr go out without
setting off the alarm."
Turning on the door alarm "did not
appeal to any of. us due to the

Symbolic
Violence

the January 25 issue
Cooper Point Journal. we
Lt~'n ...;.u a photo of the new
at the head of the
trail warning that
against women had
on the trail. On
25 security found the
had been ripped off its
and riddled with over
rounds of ammunition
two different calibers.
photo by A.E. Geisphoto by Peter Bunch

.

The Evergreen State CoUege
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Correction Requested

inconvenience presented to the patrons ,
who exit through it and the general
message that it would send · to the
Evergreen campus," Lee wrote.
Because locking the door on both
sides was not an option due to fire codes,
Melchiori said, the CRC policy team
decided to make the second floor door an
official entrance. A desk attendant would
be required to 'count the people who
entered
"Since we can't afford to have
another staff position ... the logical step
was to move the weight room person
from the weight room into the desk
position; Lee concluded in the letter.

With the absence of weight room
positions, the CRC is instituting
alternative safety measures.
These
measures include: signs warning people
they use the weight room at their own
risk, free weight room orientations given
twice a week, making a spotting partner
sign up sheet available, providing a
weight room suggestion box, and making
sure all desk attendants have CPR and
fU'St aid training.
The former weight room attendant is
not reassured by the alternative safety
measures. He estimated about one injury
a day was prevented by the attendants. "I
predict that unI~ there's a change

someone will be seriously injured,"
While Melchiori, a policy team
member, said he believes the correct
decision was made, he did admit to some
concern.
"It's not as good having a door
guard as
attentive
weight
room
attendants; he said. And while . the
overwhelming majority of the staff were
attentive, Melchiori added, "we had some
who weren'l"
If someone were injured in the
weight room while an attendant was
present, the CRC would be legally more

see weight room, page 3

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U.S, Postage Paid
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NEWS BRIEFS
Quote of the Week
"Get me all the statements you
can in Security as the time is
right to get Savage."
An allegation made in a prepared statement to the CPJ by
Larry Savage. See story page 3.

Security Blotter
(Includes entries from the last four
weeks, including those during Evaluation
Week and Spring Break.)
Monday, March 5
1711: There were three failures to stop at
the Ash intersection sign within a half
hour.
1815: A tire on a cat had been slashed
in B-lot
2236: Two helmets were stolen from
motorcycles in C-lot.
Tuesday, March 6
0117: "Savage needs a gun like he needs
another hesrt attack" was written in blue
ink in the third floor Library Men's

room.
1925: A basketball player was thought to
be injured in the CRC.
Wednesday, March 7
1032: For the third time a non-student
was reported to be acting rude to CRC
staff.
1040: A mailbox was found in a ditch
near the Organic Farm. It was returned 10
its owner.
1101: There was graffiti reading "FMLN
L.S." in the Mods. Security was not sure
what it meant
2142: The convertible top was slit on an
MG Midget in F-Iol
Thursday, March 8
0650: A drawing of Daniel Ortega was
detected on the side of the CAB.
1411: Almost twenty gallons of gas were
siphoned from cars in the motor pool
area.
Friday, March 9
1157: A student was seriously injured in
an accident near Mud Bay and Kaiser
Roads. Parents were contacted and the
student is now feeling much beuer.
2258: A glass door in A·Dorm was
found to be cracked.
Saturday, March 10
0205: Three door windows, a fue
extinguisher and a telephone in the
Housing Community
Center were
destroyed.
0220: A keg of beer was taken from the
fourth floor of the Library. The guilty
party returned it later.
0310: A woman in D-Dorm reported a
disturbance involving a door-pounding
male that refused to leave. Security
resolved the situation peacefully.
1136: Theft of a black 18-speed Raleigh
Mountain Bike from the Mods area was
reported.
1247: Three white males thought 10 be in
their early twenties were sighted carrying
a green duffle bag with spray paint cans
in it in A-Dorm. Fresh paint was found
in the stairwell.
1711: Damage was reported done to the
fire door outside of A-Dorm.
Sunday, Marcb 11
0325: A non-student drinking in the ADorm pit refused to leave when asked. A
Thurston county sheriff took him into
custody.
1032: Burning toast set off the D-Dorm
fue alarm.
Monday, March 12
0659: A peeping Tom was sighted by the
stairs of lhe CRC Women's Locker
Room.
0741: S120 was missing from a purse in
lhe CRC Women's Locker Room.
Tuesday, March 13
0051: Three non-students were accosted

in F-lol Names were taken.
0622: A fire alarm was pulled on the
ninth floor of A·Dorm. A suspect was
found in a shower stall and claimed to be
sleeping lhere.
Friday, March 16
1730: A $600 Blue Mountain Bike was
said to have been stolen from outside BDorm.
Sunday, March 18
0159: Five high school students were
seen running off into the woods after a
woman spotted them in F-lot A cat had
been broken into and tapes and a tape
case were stolen.
1655: A small backpack and "Takara"
bike were found north of F-lot, thought
to be abandoned by fleeing thieves.
. 1717: A black Sony "boom box" with
single player and detachable spealcers was
missing from a kitchen in A-Dorm.
1727: Security found a suspicious tire
iron in lite wooded area beyond F-lot.
Monday, March 19
0154: A-Dorm's third floor fire alarm
was pulled by an unknown individual.
1257: A blue "Centurion" 15-speed
touring bike was slolen from outside the
Library.
2059: Sergeant Savage sighted males
roaming in F-lot One who was catrying
a marijuana pipe and driving underage
was taken inlo cuslody.
2240: There was an attempted strong arm
robbery of a Dominoes Pizza Delivery
person on the fourth floor of A-Dorm.
No weapons were shown by the suspect,
who is described as a white male, 5'10"
in height wearing army fatigue who
"looks like a bum".
Tuesday, Marcb 20
0131: Security noticed that a car in Clot was missing a righJ wheel.
1552: Chest and arm pains were felt by
a woman in Lecture Hall 10.
2127: Graffiti was found in the CRC
Men's Locker Room: "We have a warrant
out for Savage's third heart attack".
2324: A doorknob was missing from a
door on the third floor of the Library
building.
Thursday, March 22
0858: A yellow lab dog that had been
placed in the kennel was retrieved by its
owner.
Friday, March 23
1309: An accident occurred on the
Cooper Point Road between two cars.
There were no injuries.
Saturday, March 24
0953: Somebody called 911 from the
second floor Library pay phone and hung
up. Grade school children from the
science fair are thought to be the culprits.
1308: A woman thought to have a broken
arm in CRe court #2 was transported 10
Black Lake Hospital.
1924: A plant and planter had been
dropped from the third floor of the CAB
to the second floor. Cleanup costs were
$3.50.
1925: An exposure of a white male
occurred along the F·lot beach tmil. He
was naked anll fondling himself as he
followed two women up the path. He is
further described as being 6'1" with
medium length brown hair, having a large
nose and thin build, and was wearing a
black t-shirt and dark grey running shorts
until he removed litem.

Page 2 Cooper Point Journal .1,pril 5, 1990

S&A Board
meets

On both Monday, April 9 from 5-7
and Wednesday, April 11 from 1-3 in
CAB 108 the S&A Board will be
soliciting public input on how S&A Fees
should be allocated for the 90-91 year.
Next year each student will pay $86 per
quarter as part of their tuition and fees.
This will be an opportunity feY students
to have input into how that money will
be spent Discussion Iopics will include
both how the allocation process works
and what types of services and activities
should be funded.

Dismissal hearing for Savage
by Kevin Boyer
An Apil 9 hearing could decide the
fate of Security Sergeant Larry Savage.
Savage, in a letter signed by Security
chief Gary Russell has been accused of
19 counts of inappro(Xiate behavior. The
allegations include allowing a reporter on
campus to view security conditions
without telling Russell and inappropriately
testifying before a legislative committee,
according to The Olympian.
"It is obvious that your conduct has
so seriously disrupted the activities and
moral of the security unit as to seriously
degrade its reputation and effectiveness

Use caution
Hislorically when nice weather
approaches so do incidents of exposures.
Such incidents more often occur on the
beach tmils but could happen anywhere
on campus.
Use caution and common sense.
Walk with a friend if possible: Should
such an incident happen 10 you try to
obtain a good suspect description, note if
there's a cat nearby and get die license
plate number.
Leave the area and
contact Campus Security at x6140 or call
911 as soon as possible.

Neither the Evergreen administration
nor Security Chief Gary Russell would
discuss the issue with the
claiming
the charges were a "personnel matter."
Larry Savage released this prepared
statement to the CPJ:
"I have been charged with allegations
dating
from
1986-present,
these
allegations have never appeared in my
annual evaluations or personnel ftles.
They are a combination of minor and
false allegations solicited by the personnel

cn,

Student Honored

A month of reports
Sunday, March 25
0007: About twenty cars were thought 10
be drag racing on the Evergreen Parkway.
Suspects were rounded up and told to go
away.
2056: Graffiti was found on the first
floor of the CAB regarding sexual
assaults on women.
2100: More spray painted graffiti was
found in the Men's and Women's room
and the loading dock of the CAB.
2256: A sign in F-lot appeared to be shot
full of holes.
Monday, March U;
0021: An unknown person was reported
throwing a bulb-like device ftlled with
poster paint at the white security cat.
1230: A black lab dog was accosted and
put in the kennels.
1814: Officer Andy Anderson found two
non-student teenagers drawing two large
squares of chalk in the clocktower. He
stood watch as they washed it off.
2204: A van in C-lot had been shot three
times by a pellet or BB-gun and broken
into.
Tuesday, March 27
0017: Graffiti was found outside the
LeCture Hall I doors.
1119: Th re was a fire alarm in Q-Dorm
due to burning food.
1907: The CRC elevawr was believed to
be inoperable.
2003: An inloxicated littering male in Clot was escorted off campus to Harrison
and Cooper Point Road where he was
told to stay off campus.
Wednesday, March 28
1137: There was a fire alarm at the
Central Utility Plant caused by steam.
1700: Two motorbilcing males racing in
B·lot and on Field #5 were seen but not
apprehended.
Thursday, March 29
0730: Graffiti in the third floor of the

and thereby jeopardize campus security,"
the letter was quoted as saying in The
Olympian.

Library Women's room regarding anarchy
and hierarchy cost $30 to clean up.
1550: Information was received that
students may put on a "Guerrilla
Theater". Officers were Iold to be on the
alert.
Friday, March 30
0825: Graffiti was found in all the CAB
rest rooms.
1222: There was a case of unusual
driving on the Evergreen Parkway.
Saturday, March 31
0403: A person doing malicious mischief
pulled the fue alarm in A-dorm.
1412: There was an unsuccessful breakin 10 a cat in F-lot
1648: A white male exposing himself to
a female in the beach meadow was said
to be masturbating. He is further
described as about 6'1", 175 pounds in
weight, and was wearing leopard skin
bikini briefs. It is not known what he
was mastutbating with.
Sunday, April 1
0543: A fire alarm was pulled in Adorm. No one admitted 10 pulling it
1400: The median by Overhulse was tom
up by an unknown vehicle.
1712: A lot of graffiti was found in an
A-dmn elevalor.
2007: "Go FMLN" was written in blue
paint on an Evergreen road sign. Security
is not entirely sure what it means.
Two hundred and sixty two public
services
Uumpstarts,
escorts,
loclcslunlocks) were performed within the
last four weeks. Five verbal warnings
were given to cars failing to stop at
signs.

James Egan writes the Security
Blotter from significlllU entries III
Security's Incident
log.
Further
inforrnDlton about stolen property,
uposure and theft suspects should be
directed 10 Security.

ACUPUNcrURE

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Manosothy· Ken, a senior at
Evergreen, has been awarded $2500 by In
View. a national magazine for college
women, for her work with Cambodian
refugees and inner city youth.
Ken's
The
award
recognizes
contributions in community service at the
Thurston
County
Refugee Center,
Evergreen's Upward Bound Program, and
the Oakland Campaign for Accessible
Health Care. Ken's work has involved
serving as an interpreter and social
worker for Southeast Asian refugees, a
counselor for low income inner-city high
school students, and an organizer of
community intercultural presentations.
Ken learned English in refugee
camps in Thailand and the Philippines
after escaping from Cambodia with her
sister at the age of 17. During het stay in
refugee camps, she volunteered as an
English teucher and interpreter, and she
continued to help Southeast Asian
refugees when she came to the United
States in 1985. Ken completed her high
school diploma and enrolled in the
Evergreen State College in 1986. In 1988
she was honored as one of five students
in the United States to win the National

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Humanitarian Award, which provided
$1,500 to the Olympia Refugee Center
where Ken volunteers.
This spring she plans to worle for
the State Department of Refugee Affairs,
and hopes to continue in the social
services field after graduation.

Apply now, as the deadline for the
applications is May I, 1990.
The
program fee is $435 for two weeks, $225
for one week or $595 for 3 weeks. The
housing fee is $230 for two weeks, $125
for one week and $330 for three weeks.
Scholarships and group discounts are
available. For more information, contact
your campus liaison, or The Washinglon
Center,
514
Tenth
Street,
NW,
Washinglon OC, 20003. The telephone
number is (202) 624-8084.

Manual which wasn't in effect at the
time of the alleged violations. It is
pathetic ~ an institution of higher
education which supposedly encourages
free speech would go to such lengths to
retaliate against one of its employees, but
this has been the management style under
President Joe Olander."
Savage has ftled three claims against
the school including a $1.5 million tort
claim for defamation of character,
harassment, and discrimination.

officer (Rita Cooper), in retaliation for
filing an unsafe working conditions
complaint with Labor and Industries. I
know this to be true because after I flied
the claim the personnel officer told
another security officer, 'Get me all the
statements you can in Security as the
time is right to get Savage.'
"In addition to retaliation for ftliog
the L&I claim I am being singled out
and punished for testifying before the
state Legislature.
"The other allegations claim I have
violated college rules, which have been
repealed and a Security Operations

Kevin Boyer is the editor of the
and a student at Evergreen.

The Lesbian Gay Film Festival is an
event for all to see. This is a chance for
community members to celebrate and
lacmoWledge the understandings of
differences and similarities in people's
lifestyles. The storylines run from dramas
to documentaries, cult films to cartoons
and learning films to .lust! Some of the
creators of the filins will appear for guest
lecturers. Here is an idea of some of the
filins: Men In Love, Reframing AIDS,

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Welcome back from SPRING BREAK.
everyone! What a quarter we're gonna
have! Everyone's been asking: When is
it? Where's it gonna be? Well I'm gonna
tell ya, it's happening this quarter! It's
the
THIRD
INTERNATIONAL
LESBIAN GAY FILM FESTIVAL! The
ftlms will be shown in the Lecture Halls
MAY 4-6. We have new filins and
videos from around the world!
We have had outstanding participation
from community members and are
expecting
more
volunteers
and
moviegoers this year. In the past two
years, around 1000 people have attended
each festival. 1 am honored and excited
about helping produce the mm festival
this year and am eager 10 await the
event

weight room, from cover
negligent than if there were no attendants
there, he added, provided warning signs
were posted.
Lee believes it won't be a problem
as long as pattons use common sense.
"You don't lift free weights by yourself,"
she said.
The forml?r weight room attendant
spotttng
should
be
the
agreed
responsibility of the free weight user, but
pointed out that not all users take on that
responsibility.
One weight room user, Gideon

Sedw:tion: The Cruel Woman, Salut
Victor! , Out Of Our Time, Looking For
Langston, Celluloid Closet, Westler: East
of the Wall, and the list goeS on. There
are about 50 films to choose from.!
I am also happy 10 announce the
return of The Rwnors Of The Big Wave
who will be performing for our Satutday
night event after the movies.
It takes a lot of time, energy and
money to ·put on this event We have
been wolking like mad majeebos to get
this festival off the ground and are stiU
scraping some toe nails. I am greatly
appreciative for all those involved in
helping make this ftlm series possible
again. But, we still need more help! If
you are interested in helping make this
film festival happen, drop on in eY leave
a message at Communications Building
Room 202 or call us at our lil' pad at
x6542 and ask for Michael
Thanks again, lout Ie monde and I'll
see you at the festival!
Garcia, is not happy with the new
arrangement. "They were so quickly
removed. It's rather shocking. It seems
like such an important post."
According 10 Lee, weight room users
were not consulted in the decision to
terminate the weight room staff positions.
A survey on the new weight
room/express door situation will be
conducted by student Christina Hohn.
Hohn's survey will be published in a
future issue of the CPJ.

Tina Cook is an Evergreen student and a
staff writer

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WITH SLIDES AND Q & A
On Jllly 14, 1960, Jane Goodall, a 26 year old woman from Bournemoutb,
England slepped from a government launch onlo the sandy shore of Lake
Tanganyika. Accompanied only by her mother and an AfrIcan cook, she had
been senl by the famed anthropologist/paleontologist, Dr. Louis S.B. Leakey,
to hegln a long term study of chimpanzees in the wild. Jane's arrival at
Gombe signaled Ihe beginning futnllment of a twofold childhood dream "to
siudy animals In Africa and 10 write about them."

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Evans to speak on forests
by Mark Langston
.
Despite the passage of the HatfieldAdams amendment (section 318 of the
Federal Appropriations Act of 1989)
protecting our national forests, the
national forests have continued to be
degraded in a non-sustainable manner.
Section 318 will end in September of this
year and needs to be replaced by a
comprehensive new forest plan.
In the next two weeks, the final draft
of the Ancient Forest Protection Act will

be introduced to Congress. TIle main
goals of the act are to establish a
National Ancient Forest Reserve System
which would give protection to essentially
all remaining ancient forest on fedelal
lands in the Northwest, create a network
of "associated forests" to connect the
already fragmented forest so rare and ·
endangered species which can only live
in those forest can migrate and reproduce,
and forbid all logging and building of
roads inside the system except where

necessary to suppress forest fires to
protect human life and propeny.
Environmentalists believe financial
aid should be given to timber-dependent
communities who make the effort to
diversify their economies. The industry
is going through an inevitable transition
and the best solution is to assist this
transition now.
Brock Evans, vice president for
national issues at the National Audubon
Society and author of this bill, has

Women's Empowerment Week

worked closely with many different
parties before coming up with the
eleventh and final draft.
He will speak about his experiences
on the frontline of the environmental
movement, including his worle on anciem
forests, during a visit to Evergreen on
April 12 at 7 pm in Lecture Hall 1 and
he will also give a lobbying workshop
from 3:30 to 5 in CAB 110.
Mark lAngston is a co-coordinator of
the ERe and a student at Evergreen.

by VIW Townseod·MariDeW
Currently a group of women at
Evergreen are planning "Women's
Empowerment Week: Discovering Our
Bodies, Healing Our Uves" (formerly
known as Rape Awareness Week, and
last year, as Women's Empowerment
Day). This year's event, sponsored by
the TESC Women's Health Clinic, is set
tentatively for the week of May 14 to the
20.
At the first planning meeting on
March 29, we brainstormed ideas for
workshops, panels, and activities. We
also discussed what tl1is year's focus
would be, when past events concentrated

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immediate halt to U.S. aid to EI referendum. Only 11 people (1.5 percent
Salvador, and demands the reopening of of the total) voted against it. A total of
the Universi.tr of EI SaI~ador (U.E.S.)
726 students voted in the refere.ndum,
free from military occupal1on. Evergreen Uj.7 percent of · the currently regIStered
is a sister university of the U.E.S. TIle student body.
referendum also calls for suppon from
Organizers of the referendum plan to
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Evergreen faculty, staff, admmlstra110n, admP~n.t It ~ e dvergreen ac.....~, sh '
and trustees.
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An overwhelming 98.5 percent of the referendum will lead to an official

Student applications
News Release
The Evergreen State College reports
a 30 percent jump in student applications
for admission for Fall Quaner, 1990, over
Fall Quaner 1989.
Doug Scrima, assistant to the Dean
for Enrollment Services, reports that
when admission closed on March 1 for
Fall Quarter, 1990, there were 3,541
applications for admission.
When
admission for Fall Quarter 1989, closed,

there were 2,712 applications.
Freshman applications inc~ ~m
1,340 to I,5Uj, while transfer appbc8l10ns
rose from 1,235 to 1,848.
Scrirna credits the increased nlJ!Dbers
to "continued interest in the quality of
undergraduate
education
Evergreen
offers.·
The increase may have been aided by
a shift in the college's admissions policy.

Preserving wetlands

Legislation 1.0 preserve the state's
dwindling wetlands-- bogs, marshes, and
swamps that are home 10 many birds,
animals, and plant life-- was approved
last week by the state House of
Representatives.
House Bill 2729, a special-session
priority for Governor Gardner, calls for a
statewide program to manage and
preserve wetlands throughout Washington.
The state Senate has refused in the past
1.0 approve legislation to preserve
wetlands, and Christine Gregoire, director
of the state's Dept. of Ecology, said the
state has permanently lost another 2,000
to 6,000 acres of wetlands since an

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8I1empt was made to get similar
legislation through the Senate last year.
The new bill, sponsored by Rep.
Jennifer Belcher, D-Olympia, would
require the Dept. of Ecology and local
governments to administer wetland
programs; require the DOE to set rules
for rating and regulating wetlands; require
all counties adjoining Puget Sound 10
adopt wetland programs byu July I, 1992
(other areas would have until 1993);
require permits for fIlling, draining,
obstructing, planting, or harvesting in
wetlands or the buffers that protect them;
and set fines for violators.

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by Scot Wbeat and Sean J, Starke
Saturday March 24, there was a rally
and march to commemorate the tenth
anniversary of the assassination of
Archbishop Oscar Romero, of El
Salvador. The march coincided with large
protests in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Austin Texas, and Washington; D.C.
Additionally, demonstrations took place in
Canada, Ireland, and Sweden. Also, in EI
Salvador, where gatherings of five or
more are now illegal, thousands risked
imprisonment by marching to the
cathedral where Archbishop Romero once
gave Sunday mass.
This internationally coordinated event
received little or no coverage in the
national media For example, the Seallie
Post and Times briefly mentioned the
Seattle event in the third section. The
national edition of the New York Times
failed to mention any of the national or
international events concerning the
assassination of Archbishop Romero. In
response, we feel compelled to do some .
justice to the demonstrations of March 24
by providing an account of the Seattle
rally.
Thousands of people from all over
the Northwest gathered at the Seattle
Center Flag Pavilion to hear several
speakers before beginning the march.
The first speaker, Lynne Jensen of the
No Mas! coalition, reminded the audience

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~tudents m fall of 1982, 10 n~y 3,200
m fall of ~990, for a 34 percent mcrease.
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from sexuaygender harassm~t and
exposure, to IDcest and other child sexual
~'. assault, and rape. ~ of ~
acllVllles planned ~d these ISSues wdl
be a Take Back the NlglU marc~.
But to lead empowered lives, we
must do more that look at what hurts us;
we must find wha~ heals us. Therefore
we are also planning activities around
such topics as women's spirituality,
women loving women, women loving
men (or both), sexuality, body image, and
more. In addition we plan to address
topics of concern to (among others) older
women, women of color, women with
physicaVsensory challenges, and single

mothers.
.
At our ~ext meellng, plann~ for
Thursday April 5th.at 7:30 ~ at LIbrary
2219, we would. like ~ decuJe on our
process for crealln~ .policy, and by that
process . make ~1S1ons about, am~g
other things, the mVOlvement o~ men m
?ur event.. Womel! who ~ouId
to be
mvolved m creallng thIS policy must
attend the April 5th meeting.
Women and men with questions
about Women's Empowerment Week may
call Lisa or Villi at the Women's Clinic,
x6200.
Villi Townsend-Marinelli is a student
at Ever1(reen.

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March remembers Romero

opposes U.S. involvement in EI Salvador.
The student referendum involves
Ever~ "in the . national. "Call to
COnscl~ce. Cam~81~ org.anized by the
Commlttee m Solidarity WIth th~ People
of El Salvador (CISPES). The campaign
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Salvador.

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The new pobcy locks 10 an ~pplication
deadline of March. I: PreVIOusly, the
college closed admiSSIOns when enough
applications were received to meet the
maximum amount of students ~e ~Uege
could enroll. Las~ year, admISSIon ~or
freshmen closed ID December, while
admissions for transfer students closed in
January.
The increase reflects a five-year

mainly 00 the issue of violence against
women. At the time when the 1989
Women's Empowerment Day was being
planned, some of the college's incidents
of exposure, assault, and harassment had
been documented I\.Dd publicized. Thus
the fire of that event was amply fed by
the rage of women no longer able to
tolemte the violence commiued against
themselves and against their sisters.
This year, it might seem that these
incidenCes have become less prevalent.
However, our experience as women
clearly teUs us otherwise, and our intent
is that tl1is year's event will look at the
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that "Fascism cannot be measured in
degrees,"in response to some U.S.
congressmen who have claimed that the
situation in EI Salvador has been
gradually imp~ving over the past ten
years. John Gilbert, a Seattle actor and
CISPES member, drew parallels between
central American Policies and the
VietNam war. In regards to Central
America, he claimed that U.S. policy
makers have learned three major lessons
from the VietNam war: "Do it quietly.
Do it with their kids - not ours. And do
it again."
It .was also brought to the attention
of the activists that Booth Ganlner and
the City of Seattle had officially
dedicated
the
weekend
as
a
work of
commemoration of the
Archbishop Oscar Romero.
As the march began speakers
encouraged the crowd to welcome an)
bystanders to participate.
The march
trailed through downtown Seattle via 5th
Avenue, through the shopping district and
returned to the Flag Pavilion. Along its
route, the march grew by several hundred
people. The ages of the participants
ranged broadly. Some of the most vocal
participants in the march were young
children. A ten year old boy beside us
was
leading
march
chants
including,"Murder! Rape! Torture! Lies!
That's what U.S. money buys!" and
"George Bush! Read our lips! U!SI Out!"
As the march made its way back to
the flag pavilion, participants were
greeted by the sounds of Pat Wright and
the Total Experience Gospel Choir. The
speakers that followed included U.S.
Congressman James McDermott, Gloria
Alicia Galan of the COMADRES
(Committee of Mothers, Relatives of
Political Prisoners, Disappeared and
Assassinated of El Salvador), and Philip
Berrigan (a noted peace activist).
Representative Jim McDermott,

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member of the house special task force
on El Salvador, discussed a bill he
drafted which would make all U.S. aid
to EI Salvador contingent upon respect
for the neutrality for all medical workers
in El Salvador. TIle bill is expected to
be on the floor in the current session of
the house. He admitted it was a small
step for the U.s. - but an important one.
He stated, "We will try again, again,
agairi, and again 1.0 bring sense to our
policies in El Salvador." In closing he
said, "Death squads cannot kin the dream
of freedom."
Gloria Alicia Galan, who was
gree'ted by a standing ovation, spoke of
the repression and assassination of many
of her family members in EI Salvador.
She went on to speak in general terms
of the day to day struggle of the people
in El Salvador. She stated that it is the

eyes that gives the
people energy to carry on the struggle
for freedom, so that they may have a
better life than their own.
Philip Berrigan concluiled the rally
by reflecting on the life and works of
Oscar Romero. He said Romero often
struggled against his own church which
was known "for its silence and
cowardice."
Concerning
Archbishop
Romero's assassination, Berrigan claimed,
"Persecution is the price of justice and of

peace."
Archbishop Oscar Romero died in his
quest for peace through justice. In his
memory, tens of thousands of people
worldwide gathered to give credence to
his famous quote, "My blood will be the
seed of liberation."
Scol Wheat and Sean J. Starke are
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Media is propaganda tool
by Steven J. Smith
In orda for a democracy to be

healthy, it is essential 10 cultivate a press
that reports on a diversity of political and
economic viewpoints.
Exposure 10
differing points of view is fundamental 10
having an informed public.
Since the late 19th and early
twentieth century, we in the United States
have been progressively denied a plurality
of views in the mainstream media; the
source where a majority of citizens
receive their news. This narrowing of
information is directly linked 10 the
accelerated concentration in ownership of
the print and broadcast media, along with
their dependence on advertising revenues,
and increased reliance upon information
given by government, corpooite and
"expert"
sources
that are
rarely
questioned.
Our mainstream press
promotes itself as being independent,
neutral, objective, informative, balanced
and fair. This is a myth widely accepted

.. _.. mainstream
media is giving us a
biased perspective of
the world because of
the close
relationship that
exists between itself,
government, and big
business."
by both those who receive the news and
those who give it Instead, mainstream
media is giving us a biased perspective
of the world because of the close
relationship that exists between itself,
government and big business.
The United States has a commanding
spectrum of mass communications that
could represent at least 25,000 separate
media voices in this country if each were
individually owned. However by 1981,
only 46 corporations controlled most of
the business in daily newspapers,
magazines, television, books and motion
pictures. Five years later in 1986, the
number dramatically declined to less than
29 corporations with no end in sight for
continued monopolization due to Reagan's
deregulation of the communications
industry.
In 1986, half lot the daily newspaper
business throughout America was owned
by only fifteen dominant companies. By
1987, very few cities offered a choice of
two competing local papers because
monopoly reigned in 98 pacent of cities
with a daily newspaper.
Some media experts predict that by
the year 2000 all U.S. media will be held
by 6 conglomerates and in ten years,
there will by only ten global corporations
of communications. With the quickening
pace of monopolization, the continued
trend IOward giantism seems inevitable
given the expansionistic nature of
capitalism and the absence of substantive
government regulation. With the door
opened 10 monopolization of the
communications industry, the scope of the
information .we are receiving is directly
limited, and thereby strongly skews our
pezception of reality.
Based on my research of the New
York Times and Seattle PI in their
coverage of Panama, El Salvador and
Nicaragua between lanuary 7, 1990 to
February 15, 1990, a bias in reporting
was definitely evident
The majority of reporting came from
a , dominant imbalance of unquestioned
official sources. These official sources
include: U.S. State Deparunent, Pentagon,
White House spokes people, U.S.
Diplomatic Corps, and U.S. allies within
Latin America such as: the UNO, the
Christiani, and the Endara governments.
In the New York Times, 792.S inches
of column space was devoted to reporting
the aftermath of the Panama invasion.
Approximately 731 .5 inches or 92% of

this column space was received from
'official sources' who represent the
dominant U.S. political and economic
ideology. Only 61 inches or 8% of the
column space was given to an alternative
point of view. However, even these
dissenting perspectives venture no further
left than a libeJ:al democratic position,

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toIally excluding any progressive or leftist
viewpoints. Likewise, in the reporting of
El Salvador, there was a total of 298.75
inches written with 260.5 or 85% or
these lines received from official sources
and 38.25 inches or 15% of lines written
from a moderate opposing point of view.
Nicaragua had 313.75 inches in total
column space.
Approximately 269.25
inches or 83% of this reporting came
from official sources and 44.5 or 17%
came primarily from a moderate opposing
viewpoint in which the Sandinistas had a
minor voice.
Based on this statistical information,
the mainstream media's claim ' that its
reporting is objective, balanced and
neutral proves false when the vast
majority of sources come from one
perspective, predominantly those who
exercise power within our government
and big business. The inches support of
frequent accusations made by government
and corporate America that the press is
too liberal are ezroneous, when in
actuality a high percentage of the
mainstream media's information comes
directly from these conservative special
inteJ:ests. Often those in power give the
press flak and label them liberal as a
control mechanism 10 ensure mainstream
media does not stray to far beyond the
p2raJIIeters of acceptable political debate.
The reporting on the aftermath of the
Panama invasion in the New York Times
is a good example of how the media
frames events and how the dominant
class ideology, through a reliance upon
'official sources: skews the political
agenda and our pezception of reality. We
were repeatedly IOld that nearly all
Americans supported the invasion and
reassured that President Bush invaded as
a defensive posture that was benevolent
in intent This familiar theme was used
by Reagan during his invasion Qf
Grenada.
Focus was ~ away from the
question of legality., disregard for
international law and the actual physical
1011 that it took on the citizens of
Panama.
Blatantly omitted in the
reporting
was
the
overwhelming
international condemnation being voiced
worldwide by all other countries except
Britain. The 8% of critical opposition
found in the news columns against the
invasion came exclusively from foreign
sources such as the Presidents of Peru
and lamaica. OtheJ:Wise, any negative or
opposing points of view from this
country about the actual invasion was
confmed 10 the edilOrial pages.
Out of eight editorials written about
the invasion, only one was supportive of
Bush's decision to invade. However,
none of the themes presented in the
seven critical editorials were picked up
or pursued by journalistic reporting. If
they were, they were never printed. It
was necessary for those opposing the
invasion to buy what amounted to one
and one third pages of space in the New
York Times in order 10 have their
viewpoint heard. (J'ffI, 1-10, 12-90).
This does not speak well for a press that
claims to be objective and neutral.
Obviously,
there
were Americans
outraged over the invasion which was
shown in a pholO of protesters in New
York City (J'ffI, 2-1 -90) with no written
lines given as to why they were
protesting. Critics of the invasion had 10
pay large sums of money for ads to have
their position clarified outside the
editorial section, and still the "New York
ltmes" reporting continued to ignore
them and only print the admtnistration's

line.
The government's public relations
campaign picked up by the press focused

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heavily on sensationalism of the event
over
content,
and
emphasized
personalities ova issues. It repeatedly
highlighted the personality of Noriega, his
trial, the personalities of his lawyers and
the valor of the U.S. soldias.
Glorification of the invasion was
epilOmized by the staged 6" X 9" pholO
of our victorious paratroopers parachuting
down into a welcoming crowd upon their
celebrated return home (NIT, 1-13-90).
This pict~'s effect minimized the
harsher reality of war and the battle our
soldias were returriing from by
presenting it like a Hollywood production.
The press constantly down played the
cost of the invasion in human terms,
especially of Panamanian civilians where
we have yet to receive accurate
information on how many actually died.
Pict~?f the inv~io?'s destruction
were llIDl~ 10 Nonega s .headq~rs
and the loooog of Panamanian busmess.
Dramatically missing were pictures where
destruction devastated personal property
and innocent civilian . life: the poor
neighborhoods in Panama City, and the
towns of Rio Alto and Chorillo.
Also minimized in mainstream
reporting was ' mention of our strategic
and economic interests in Panama that
greatly influenced the decision to invade.
11>", reporting quickly turned away
from the effects of the invasion on
Panama instead it focused on the
invasion's legality, on Noriega, on the
drug war, and ensuing court battle. This
worked well for President Bush who
must have been happy 10 leave behind
the nastier parts ,of the invasion that
would have tarnished his new image as a
1
strong and decisive eader.
The Seattle PI, a paper owned by
the right wing conservative William
Randolf Hearst lr., was more blatant in
its promotion of military inteJ:vention of
the sovereign state of Panama than the
N~ York Times. Three hundred thirty
inches were written about the aftermath
with 297.5. inches or 89% of the
reporting taken from 'official sources'
and 32.5 inches or 11 % from a differing
point of view. The 330 total inches of
reporting on the afteJ:math of the invasion
had 44.5% of this space devoted 10
military exploits. 1be Rangers and Air
Force received repeated front page
accolades and detailed descriptions of
their success. Minimized to a trickle was
the actual involvement with battle and the
realities of war. Articles such as "A Top
Gun gives up in Panama", "Meet the
Rambo of Panama," and "The Army gets
'A' grade for Panama invasion" (Sealtie
PI 1-12,13-90) romanticized b8ttIe and
minimized the harsha realities inflicted
by U.S. troops in their bombing and
shooting of Panamanians.
There were
editorials about thr:

invasion with four pro, two opposmg, and
one somewhere in-between. The farright. pro-invasion hard linas were
represented two to one, wherea any
critical analysis bey~d a ~oderate centeJ:
was never all?wed m~ prmt. ~ was
one adversarial 15 mch arucIe
accused the U.S. government. of managmg
the media but was never pIcked up for
~a reporting (Stilltle PI, 1-15,-90). In
this way, the Seattle PI chose Its focus
and de~ ~ issues agenda. The
rest of Its reporting on Panama was
similar to the New York Times in its ton.e,
slant and content
.
. Based on ~ research I did, the
mamstream media serves as an advocate
of.the U.S. <!<>vernment ~ther than
havm~ a com~ltment.1O ~roVlde ~~ers
and VIewers. WI~ a di.verslty of p?liUcal
and economic Vle~mts. The ~c~t
!aSk -:vhen cons~g the. mass media IS
knowmg. w~t IS bemg left. out.
CensorshIP . ~s su~tly ,accomplished
through ormSSlon of vlewpomts or refusal
to pursue slOries, while highlighting
selected themes and repeating them until
they are automatically accepted.

Student ConUnunications
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"Censorship is
subtly accomplished
through omission of
-viewpoints or refusal
to pursue stories,
while highlighting
selected themes and
repeating them until
they are
automatically
accepted. "

S&A Reorganization
proposal discussed

Elimination
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Increase diversity of student body
~Simplify format for academic contracts
Increase Student Involvement in planning curriculum
-Gain student control of S&A funds
-Create statewide network of student organizations/activists
- Skills training workshops (communications, leadership, etc . )
-70stering "Public Citizen" ethic (democratic ideals)
obby for increased student financial aid, both state and federal
orove orientation for new students
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by Scott A. Richardson
The windows of

the Student
Communications Center have been
plastered with pleas for SbJdent input, and
already there has been pointed response.
A poll has been conducted to learn
. what SbJdents feel are the issues
demanding SbJdent Union (SU) attention
in the upcoming weeks, and years-and
the response has been excellent
The HI Salvador referendum attracted
ova 700 voters in 3 days.
Student activity has a springtime
energy which is leading 10 a strong and
successful SbJdent voice. This voice has
been long-awaited--remember last spring ...
During May 1989 students became
highly engaged in a protest ova their
lack of control over S&A funds and
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students
positions.
Roughly
participated in the action which had the
result of allowing the -students 10 plan a
new S&A structure. Then summa
arrived, students left, and the impetus
faltered. By the time fall 1989 rolled
around the S&A Reorganization! . team,
comprised of a handful of the original
proteslOrs, had trouble attracting any
input from the community at large.
But after months of work by a dozen
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concerned SbJdents a culmination is near.
A working draft for a start to S&A
Reorganization has been brought 10 the
Student Union for discussion.
A primary objective of the proposal
is 10 have students, through the S&A
Board and SbJdent Union, assume
appointing authority for the Director of
Student Activities.
Although still in the discussion stage,
the intent is to have a subcommittee of
an expanded S&A · Board take the
responsibHity for appointing the DireclOr
and evaluating job performance on a
regular basis. The extensive evaluation

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the DireclOr as well as evaluations by
those who have contact with the DireclOr
(e.g. student coordinators, S&A Board,
S&A staff, etc.).
Using the evaluations, goals and
objectives will be created for the
upcoming year which will allow the
Director to guide the S&A program
toward the long-term student agenda as
set by the Student Union.
The proposal has been submitted 10
Evergreen's legal counsel, Mike Grant, in
order to assure it meets legal
requirements. No significant changes are

Food services
referendum
by Scott A. Richardson

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read alternative publications for a basis of
comparison. In this way, we can aspire
to a more objective, balanced and
accurate foundation for defining reality in
our world. Unfortunately,
a
great
majority of Americans are excluded from
a diversity of viewpoints and are solely
subjected 10 an ideology controlled by a
powtrlul. elite minority.
Worse yet,
anything that steps outside this narrow
field of debate is labeled suspicious,
biased, radical or communist In sum,
the U.S. goveznment has become
proficient in its ability 10 promote useful
propaganda through the manipulation of
mainstream media.
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The draft proposal was well-received
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Page 7

Opinion

Worshiping floors · wastes money

Weight room mismanaged

by Ann Ziegler
maintain it. Equipment then will not to advise you to use it differently if you
I am puzzled about the weight-roam function as designed, will break down look like you're about to injure yourself,
vs. Wellness Center equipment situation. more often, and will have an over-all or break a piece of equipment
Instead, ex-attendants ' will be
I help pay for the new equipment shorter life span. Is this a good way to
that is ensconced in the Wellness Center spend public money?
employed counting bodies from behind a
The position of weight-room attendant little desk at the newly-opened pool-level
through both my taxes as a Washington
state resident and my tuition as a full- is being DROPPED as of spring quarter. door; this is designed to save some
time Evergreen studenl This equipment There will no longer be anyone to help
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is owned jointly by the public and the you use stuff you aren't familiar with. or see
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by Jon Epstein
I would like to put forward my
credentials for writing this weekly
column. I have been everywhere. I
have done everything and, I know
everybody!
Why is the world obsessed with
answers? Everywhere I go people want
the answers to problems in their lives.
Everyone I talk to is seeking solutions to
their misunderstandings. Every student I
meet is expecting their faculty to provide
the answers to questions about the writing
assignments. How will we be evaluated
on this paper? How long should the
paper be? What are we supposed to
write about?
Can you imagine a politician nmoing
his campaign on questions? The reporter
asks, "Mr. Candidate what do you
propose to do aoout the problem of acid
rain in this country?" The candidate
responds, "I have no idea how the solve
this problem. However, I have some
good questions."
The thought of this kind of campaign
would be absurd to most people. Can
you imagine going to a job interview
with only questions and no answers?
Can you imagine an organizational
consultant going to the Ford Motor
Company Board of DirectorS with
questions? "Ladies and Gentleman, we
have completed out study of your factory
and we have no solutions to offer.
However, we have come up with some
interesting questions. Why do you build
automobiles? Why don't you switch to
computer manufacturing?"
.
When Kurt Vonnegut Jr. spoke in
Olympia last year he tried to explain why
humans like stories. He explained how
stories have beginnings and endings; how
good things and bad things happen to the
characters in the stories. He claimed we
like stories because we can see what is
good and what is bad. We have an
objective view from which to gauge the
events taking place.
Wouldn't it be nice if our own lives
were so simple? Wouldn't it be nice if
we knew the good from the bad in our
own lives. How many of us have heard
the story of a person who loses their
family , friends and job all on the same
day. Years later they talk about how
awful it was then and how great their life
is now.
"It seemed so terrible at the time but
it turned out for the best in the end."
"At the time. it seemed like a smart
move but it turned out to be the worst
mistake of my life." The truth is in our
own lives, we don't know the good from
the bad. We judge everything just the
same.
In our search for security in an everchanging world we look for answers and
We look for gurus and
guidance.
insurance policies to give us stability in
an unstable world. We build families
and relationships to give us meaning in a
meaningless universe. When you fmd
yourself voting for a candidate because
they claim to have the solutions you
agree with, think about the assumptions
and baggage that you carry into your
decision.
Eppo is an Evergreen nomad who
has travelled: to the ends of the earth 10
bring us kno w/edge .

elitism, as only more wealthy individuals
are allowed to actually use this public
equipment?
This situation seems especially ironic
in light of the state of disrepair that the
most used weight-room equipment often
exists in. Several new ERG's (rowing
machines) have been added to the
weight-roam'S facilities; these machines
cost about $3000 each. They are in
constant use during peak hours. The
LED specxVpower read-outs on two
machines were out of commission for
about 3 months, one· of which was
"fixed" by a new battery (watch size).
All three new and the one older machine
have needed a simple bolt tightening and
adjustments for well over 3 months.
It seems foolish to me to buy
expellSive equipment, subject it to
extremely heavy use, and then neglect to

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Hall responds to Umoja
by Carol Hall
For more than five years I have been
writing news, editorials, and opinion
columns for an Indiana newspaper that is
owned and managed by African 'American
men and women. Several months ago I
began sending copies of my column to
the Cooper Point Journal, since no one
else was writing about the controversial
social issues I choose to address, and the
CPJ looked like it could use contributions
of substance.
I've noticed that TESC and Greeners
do much official and unofficial posblCing
and propagandizing about social tolerance
and "multiculturalism." And in recent
weeks the CP] has carried a flurry of
student articles on "racism at Evergreen."
Officially, the school encourages diversity
and individualism among students, and
makes a token effort to hire people of
color for faculty and staff positions. But
unofficially, the student body seems to
define "diversity" as a sort of separate
pluralism in which students of different
races and cultures attend classes on the
same campus, but after class socializing
is avoided and even frowned upon by
many.
This is the kind of reaction I've
received at Evergreen from a few
students who are active in Umoja, an
organization of African American
students. As a journalist trained and
employed by the black press, my job is
to write about problems and issues that
affect people of color in the U.S. and
throughout the world. (Note that I said
"black" and "people of color" rather that
"African American," because not all
blacks are Americans, and not all people
of color are of African descent.)
Through my writing I aim to provoke
readers to think about issues in a
different light, as I write from a very
unique cultural perspective.
A few students in Umoja have
confronted me with their negative
opinions of my writing, and I decided to
share these criticisms and my responses
with CPJ readers, because I believe these
criticisms reveal the high level of
intolerance among Evergreen students for
people who are culturally different.
Ironically, some of these same students
were recently quoted in the CPJ decrying
I will note,
"racism at Evergreen."
however, that the criticisms of my writing
did not come from all members of
Umoja, but rather a vocal few.

Page 8 Cooper Point Journal April 5, 1990

by David Keleher
This is not one of those slanderous
opinion pieces that have become so
popuIar lately. The recent influx of
spasmodic reactionary. hoopla devo~ to
every thought WIth
a posslbly
~ntroversial ~uation is ov~, ~
If som.eone's l.deas at a certam ume 15
unfOrgivably s~: No need to get so
testy over an opwon. A thought alone
can't hurt anything, person or otherwise.
It's all in the way you take it. I guess
some people just can't control
themselves.
. . !.'lo, this
' ~ moreshthan an attacb'k on
opmlOns. It 18 a
ocking no ce 0 f
something that I see all the time, but
hadn't really seen until just now
Something absurdly foolish goes on right
here at Evergreen. It's not the worst
thing we could do, but perhaps a subtle
epitome of much of the rest of what we
do Think about it
. What the heck do we think we're
doing worshipping the floors? Did you

These students, who identify
themselves as "African Americans,"
accused me of being "very rude" for
writing about African Americans since I
am a "white, European American."
They said I should have previously
identified myself as a "white" writer in
the CPJ, I had no right to write about
African Americans, that I was a racist,
and I was wrongly identifying myself
"too closely" with the African American
community.
I refuse to bow to the bigoted
censorship efforts of these students, or
apologize for the fact that my ancestry is
a mixture of Czech, French, Polish, Irish,
Native American, and Russian Jew. And
I do not identify myself as "white" or
"European American," even if others wish
to define me that way. I was raised in a
truly multiethnic family, and am· now
raising my three children to be proud of
their multiracial heritage, which includes
the African ancestry of my fonner and
present husbands. And all of these
factors give me plenty of incentive to
address issues of race relations and
cultural diversity. •
Those critics who accuse me of
identifying
closely
with
African
Americans apparently do not understand
that loving parents do indeed identify
with their children, and will strive for
their well-being in every way possible.
A mother sees the future reflected in the
eyes of her child, and this is what she
lives and fights for. For example, it is
quite common for parents of children
with physical disabilities to become active
advocates for their care and cure, even
though the parents themselves are not
afflicted.
Since my husband and children, the
people I love most in this world, haPpen
to have some African heritage, I am very
concerned for the future of people of
African descent. I have every right to
identify with my own family members
and I will continue to speak out on issues
that affect their lives, and therefore mine,
regardless of whether it irks some people.
As for the belief that all "European
Americans" are racists, I say racism and
bigotry are not the sole domain of
whites. Anyone, regardless of color, can
be a racist and a bigot. A "racist" is a
person who holds preconceived negative
opinions of others based solely upon their
race, color, or culture. An individual of
any color can be a racist, a bigot who

dislikes people mainly because of their

race or cultural mentation.
Indeed, as a member of a multiracial
family, and a person with a truly
multicultural life experience, I have a
more critical view of both whites and
blacks in America, because my family
and I have been lrashed too often by
bigots on both sides. Bicultural and
multiethnic
families
draw
their
perspectives from a combined cultural
base that is both and neither all at once.
Our experiences are similar yet so
different from thoSe of black families,
and of white families, that we deserve
some aclmowledgment of our cultural
uniqueness. But America continues to
reject and ignore us, and we almost never
see our likenesses in the media. Where
is our version of "The Cosby Show"?
Americans like to pretend we don't exist
Like African Americans, members of
multiculblCal families experience the
oppressive effects of institutional white
racism, as we too are "minorities" in this
society. But while we bear the weight of
this burden, we also struggle against the
individual racism of Americans both
black and white. Frequently assaulted by
cruel. ignorant, insensitive and racist
remarks made by blacks as well as
whites, we have come to the realiUltion
that the litmus test of who is IX' is not
racist boils down to how he or she feels
about interracial relationships in general,
and how he or she treats interracial
couples and their families.
Most
Americans, black and white, will teU you
that they are not racist, but they would
never marry a member of another race,
and they would find it hard to tolerate
their children marrying interracially.
These folks are racists, whether they
admit it or nOl
We understand Americans, white and
black, all too well, as we have seen and
experienced your best and worst sides.
We have seen you backstage, without
your makeup, without your self-righteous
rhetoric. We know you, but you do not
know us, because you don't want to
know us as the individuals that we are.
And unless you open your minds, you
probably never will. But that is your
loss, not ours. For we will continue to
live and love and celebrate our
uniqueness, even in the face of both
institutional and individual racism.
Ms. Hall is ajoUTna/tst and the Wife
of Patrick Hall, TESC faCUlty librarian.

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ever notice the cleanliness of these silly
tiles all arOlmd the school? It seems they
are scrubbed and shined and buffed and
waxed constantly. Who is to be so
impressed? Has President Bush been
trying his feet at hackey sack, envisioning
Evergreen as the scene for his next media
photo?
The custodians are doing a good job-clearly. Look at the hallway floors. How

do you look? Point is, where's the
demand for such a ridiculously luxurious
service? I do not wish 10 pay large sums
for tuition to be spent on the
squanderous, perpetual polishing of the
sacred grounds. Yet we do pay for this.
For goodness sakes,let's spend money on
education; along with this, a reasonable
level of cleanliness makes sense.
Sparkling floors, however, don't educate.
I'd rather see something like an
addendum in the social contract that we
agree not to wear marking-soled shoes, if
that's the concern. Surely they're not

polishing tiles because of sand and ftr
needles, salty water and slug-slime; you
don't need one of these whirring waxerbuffers to clean a floor.
I'm all fo! hygiene. I enjoy my
monthly shower as much as the next guy.
But is it really necessary to polish the
floors like a gigantic camera lens?
Instead of a regular wax and shine for
campus beautification, take a walk in the
woods.
David Keleher is a student
Evergreen.

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R
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fro ha'
ecreat10n enter users
m vmg to
walk the torturous 25 extra yards to the
main entrance. There had been a problem
with people illicitly" us~g this J!OOI-Ievel
d~, and the CRC policy team thought
putting a fire alarm on the door (used
successfully elsewhere on campus) would
offend "Greener" sensibilities.
"
~so, apparently the. ~ollege IS
worned about a
SUlt if someone
were to sustain an injury in the weightroom. Somehow, they figure, if a college
employee does not work to prevent an
injury, they can't be held responsible if
one does occur. In reality (this may
appear obvious to some), the absence of
a full-time attendant creates a more
dangerous environment in which injuries
will be far more likely to occur.

Th
ill be
.
ere "':
. no one to. supervlSe
the young kids usmg the weight-room,
who are generally in that phase of testing
the limits of their ~vironme~t and tend
to u.se the eqUlpment lffiproperly,
somebmes endangermg themselves and
others.
. The "policy team" may do so~e
kind of survey at the end of ~g
quarter to find out what people think of
the new arrangement. I wonder why they
did not try this before subjecting the
existing arrangement to such an extensive
overhaul? Why weren't they interested
in finding out the opinions and ideas of
the people who actually use the weightroom?
Maybe the reason for the door
problem is that the designers of the new

buildi
ade th·
Ian'
.I
ng m
. elf p s m an 3lC ess
board·room, leading them to overlook: the
already established, practical use patterns
that p~tro~s eviden~y found ~sfying.
The .pollcr tt;am seems mtent on
repeatU1g this mlStake.
I was also told the S&A Board, who
apparen.tly decides fun~~ amounts for
Recreation C7Dter fac~ues, generally
feels the weight-room lS a waste of
money (even though both the swim and
soccer teams use it in training). I wonder
how many thousands are spent on the
maintenance of the playing fields and
pool each quarter?
CRC "policy team," ZERO points
for this one!

Ann Ziegler
Evergreen.

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Letters
Headline
irresponsible
The headline you printed over the
text of the student referendum on EI
Salvador in your last issue ("TESC vs. El
Salvador") is misleading, factually
incorrect, and editorially irresponsible. I
delivered the text of the student
referendum to the CPJ for publication
with the heading "Student Referendum on
El Salvador."
Why didn't you use that as your
headline? As is clear from the text of
the referendum, students who vote for it
are not taking a stand against the country
of El Salvador, but against human rights
abuses committed by and U.S. aid to the
current government of El Salvador. This
is obvious, and your headline is absurd.
Were you deliberately trYing to
undermine the referendum?
Having
printed a misleading headline that fails to
even mention the student referendum,
nowhere did you make clear that what
followed was the text of the referendum.
On behalf of the organizers of the
referendum, I request a formal retraction
and clarification.
Susan Manning
&Utars· note: The CPJ was not trying
to undermine the referendum and we do
apprecUlte people offering suggestions for
headlines. Unfortunately, those headlines
do not always fit into the proscribed
space. The headline in question was
written in the final phase of production
and ran unchecked. We at the CPJ
apologize.

K,,,1n Boyer, ,dUor

Offense is real
. This letter is in response to Mr.
Epstein's column in the March 8 issue of
the CPl. I must start by saying Mr.
Epstein, I made an assumption about the
joke about the Jews in the Soviet Union.
Until you said, (in your article), you were
Jewish, I considered writing you to slam
you on your anti-semitic sentiments.
However, I continued to read, and
became shocked, or should I be, at your
flippant response to your friends' ignoomt
assumption that a passerby was dressed
in "traditional Palestinian war dress."
WeU, Mr. Epstein, I am Palestinian and
please inform your friend this is the first
I have ever heard of such attire.
Besides, why would someone detract
from a tribute to Asia which is a

comfortable 8,000 miles away from
Palestine/lsrael? Perhaps the enigmatic
person could have. been · tactfully
approached.
There are those on campus who do
wear clothing offensively, however. The
Palestinian turbine which is black and
white checkered, juxtaposed to the Saudi
Arabian head dress which is red and
white, has
a strong symbol of
nationalism. A couple of people wear
these. When I asked one lady if she had
Palestinian connections she defensively
replied "no". And that, (Mr. Epstein's
friend), is offensive.
Yousef Faboum

future of humankind and the planet Earth.
Have you ever sat down with them to
fmd out why they are here? Mostly to
learn about America and Americans,
because they hope for world unity just
like you do.
Your editorial may have been against
racism on campus, but I'm afraid you
ended up with an editorial about classism
instead.
Next time you're on the fourth floor
of the Seminar Building, walldn, through
A-Dorm, or eating in the Greenery, stop
and chat with one of the foreign or EF
students they'd be happy to talk with you
about many different topics.
Judith Auslander

Classism is
real argument Time for
I would like to respond to your
healing
editorial, "Guilt Paralytic'" which
appeared

in the March 8 Cooper Point Journal.
I think it took a lot of courage for
you to address your feelings in the paper,
and I applaud that courage. I will not
address your feelings of racism, but I
would like to address what you wrote
about classism, although I don't think
you realize you wrote about thal
From your part of the article titled,
"Evergreen is Segregated," I agree with
you that it is difficult to talk about
"multi-culturalism" in a school with a
very limited number of people of color
attending the school.
However, I think your statement
about EF studentS .....many of whoin are
EF students from wealthy backgrounds,"
is inaccurate and it negates a very
valuable asset of the school. Granted
many (not· all) are wealthy, but aren't
many Evergreen students from "wealthy
backgrounds?" Also, I don't believe that
how much money they have in the bank
takes away the culture they give to the
school.
My personal belief is the foreign
students (EF included) are one of the
least used resources on campus. The EF
Language School often does not receive
notification of evenlS happening on and
off campus by the coordinators of these
events. Why? Because these students
are not thought to be "part of the
school": thus they are ignored.
Just because these students have
money dQCS not mean that they would
not like to sit down with an American
student and tell them about their country,
their lives, their hopes and dreams for the

"He who lives by the sword .. ."
As if the sordid drama surrounding
grievances by campus security officers
regarding their jobs, and the controversy
inspired by SSB 6234, the campus safety
bill, were not enough - a new wrinkle
has developed.
Sgt. Larry Savage, spokesperson and
lightning rod for the officers' complaints,
will be fired if a recommendation issued
by Campus Security Chief Gary Russell
is heeded. Allegations range from
insubordination to use of racial slurs, and
the lack of professionalism evident in his
allowing GNS reporter Bob Partlow to
accompany him on a tour of the
defenseless environs around here.
Partlow, who I could see authoring a
forthcoming book, "Fear & Loathing at
TESC," promoted as a 3000-page tome of
"...hearsay and malice," reported the
troubles faced by his primary SOUlCe in a
brief article recently.
I have mixed feelings on the affair.
On the one hand, I support Larry's right
as a worker to file a complaint with
Labor & Industries, and his right as a
citizen to work for the bill. I, too,
worked for that legislation. Yet, here is
the point where he and I part on the
path.

I advocated SSB 6234 because I
thought that our school has reneged on
its opportunity to address significant
safety problems, and the legislature would
impel it towards some solution - or
address the problem itself. The point of

see security back page

Cooper Point Journal April 5, 1990

Page 9

Sustainable forestry strengthens econolD.Y
by Mike Meyers
The ultimate solution to the economic
woes in OUI resource based communities
is not the continued shon term mining of
our Old Growth foresL We are going to
run out of trees to harvest in the very
near future. The question is not if we are
going run out, but when we're going to
run OUL If we face the facts and stop
mining our Old Growth forests soon, we
will have Old Growth forests left for our
children to enjoy.
The only way to resolve conflict
between the needs of our forests and the
needs of our timber towns is through .
economic diversification. One approach to
this diversification would be to set up
citizen advisory boards, similar to the Old

Growth Commission, to help our timber
towns design their new economic future.
These boards would work with individual
towns to design industries that satisfy
local needs and provide jobs. The only
way this process will work however, is if
we remove the profit motive from these
considerations and focus on the needs of
the communities. We also need to think
hard about the role of machines in these
industries,
machines
increase
the
efficiency of production at the cost of
eliminating jobs.
The entire planet is facing a crisis
caused by our unsustainable industries
and our indiscriminate use of natural
resources. The true solution to these
problems is to redesign our industries

towards a smaller scale, local market
place. This places m<re control in the
hands of local people who care about
the land they live on and reduces the
power of the mega corporations.
We also have the opportunity to
solve environmental problems while
creating new jobs: An example would be
a small plant located in Forks that
produces recycled paper. This plant could
be designed with the appropriate amount
of mechanization to provide employment
throughout the community.
Another possibility would be a small
scale plant in Aberdeen to produce
electric cars to sell to city dwellers. This
would provide jobs in Aberdeen as weD
as clean up the air in the Puget Sound

basin.
Small scale. labor intensive organic
farms could be established on some of
the cut over 1ands to provide more jobs
and feed the local community. This type
of farm could reduce the cost of shipping
food across the country as well as reduce
the use of fossil fuel and subsequent air
pollution.
To sum up, the crisis in our timber
economy can, if we chose, provide us
with the opportunity to increase the
economic
strength
of our
rura1
communities at the same time we solve a
broad range of environmental problems.
Mike Meyers is a student at
Evergreen.

Seven Gables: the most
haunted place in Olympia
by Chris Bader
One of these fme spring days, take
a spin down West Bay Drive, near
downtown Olympia.
There, on a
picturesque hill stands the Seven Gables
restaurant, the most haunted place in
Olympia.
The large and beautiful old home
which houses the Seven Gables was built
by a man named George B. Lane in the
late 1890's. The building sat vacant for
many years until it became an alcohol
rehabilitation center.
The owners of the Seven Gables took
over the building about ten years ago. At

that time extensive remodeling was done;
including the addition of a large kitchen.
The Gables is now one of Olympia's
fmest restaurants, serving Northwest and
French Provincial cuisine.
Curiously
enough, the restaurant's bar is in the
same room that held the alcohol
rehabilitation center's main recovery
room.
Dan Kass is the Seven Gables'
bartender and has worked there for
several years. I interviewed Dan a couple
of weeks ago and found him to be a
friendly. polite and well-spoken person.
According to Dan. the house has

Seminar critique
by Paula Laog
Have you ever wondered if seminar
could be better? Is it lacking something?
Seminar could be much better, but
currently a great deal is missing in this
segment of many programs.

are denied knowledge. The point of
speaking is to inform others of your
knowledge in a manner that can be
clearly understood by everyone. Isn't it?
I have been involved in the seminar
experience for approximately three years
at this college. During orientation, I was
told that faculty is responsible for
lecturing, and students are responsible for
conducting seminars. The latter is
Seminars from program to program informal and gives students the
are being abused. Are we in seminar to opportwUty to discuss or explain their
impress ourselves, other students and thoughts to other students in the same
faculty members, or are we in. seminar program.
to learn from each other? Many students
People who speak in unfamiliar
I have spoken to are frustrated by the dialogue shoulcj get their priorities
complicated, senseless, or non-existent straight. I know many students who
words being thrown around in seminars. refuse to speak in seminar because they
This on-going epidemic effects every are frustrated or feel intimidated by sostudent who attends seminar to learn called "big words." I have refused to play
something.
this unfair game that excludes fellow
I reca1l a seminar in which students students. In seminar, I speak only when
used a mispronounced word. These I have something important to contribute,
students continued to use it afttt openly and I use plain English. I only wish
admitting that they did not know its others would speak to benefit everyone in
meaning. This does not benefit anyone.
seminar rather than speaking only to
Evergreen is not the only place this 'bOOkt their own egos.
happens. Have you ever watched the
If we hope tc' share our education
news and listened closely to the words aDd knowledge with the community, we
spoken by the anchors? They often direct will do the most good if we can
their newscasts to the · educated viewer. communicate to the benefit of all society.
This is why many people describe the
Paula Lang is a CPJ staff writer and
working class as ignorant These people an Evergreen student.

Opinion

AINue
ACOA

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Dan has never had the good, or is
that bad, luck to see any of the ghosts
that purportedly haunt the Seven Gables,
but ask him if the place is haunted and
he will say, "I'm convinced of itl"
Next Week -Part Two--A medium
visits the Seven Gables and one of the
owners sees a ghost!
(Thanks to Dan Kass for his
interview.
Have you had a ghostly
experience? Write Chris Bader care of
the CPl.)
Chris Bader writes this weekly
column for the CPJ and is an Evergreen
student.

WORDS FROM UMOJA
She dances
bending and weaving
a tapestry of movement
woven to melodies
that only she hears
She dances
a precious moment
of suspended freedom
comet blazing pirouette
rendered in mid-air

She dances
for grandmothers who kneel
mothers who walk
sisters who run
in lonely places
she dances
dances
dances
Julia A. Bond
Essence July 1988

~usa

R. Cohen
Last Thursday while watc.hing the
movie The RUllI for Red OctolHr, I was
blown away by my reaction to the
manipu1ative power of mainslre8m media.
Although I had just quit the United States
military on the grounds of conscientious
objection, I found myself gripped by the
thri1l and the eXcitement of men and
machinery worJr;ing together. As the cool
submarine captains maneuvered the
vessels ~ong the crevices of the ocean
bottom, I caught myself wondering if
maybe I had made a mistake by quitting
the military.
Where else could a person taste the
adrenaline of the life and death struggle?
Where else could a person test their
knowledge of technology while tensely
gripped with the immediate consequences
of their success or failure? Although I
bad just told the captain of my command
that I could no longer participate in the
military because it is an institution whose
history is one of murder, torture and
rape, I found myself drawn into the
amusement park ride of the military as it
was presented in The Hunt for Red
OctolHr.
My personal experience and my
recent academic scholarship regarding the
military, however, yanked me out of the
La La Land gleaming on the big screen.
Even if I had stayed in the Navy as an
electronic technician. a quick glance
around the set showed no women saving
by

the day. And even though a Jowly petty
officer saved the ship in this farce, in the
real Navy for every petty officer whose
job has some semblence of importance
another hundred ' petty officers are
ordering evenly lowli~ enlisted recruits
to man the brooms and mops and galley
cutlery and to stand watch guarding
empty spaces.

Analysis
N~ver once did the camera give the
audience a quick perusal of the living
area of the enlisted men. The audience
never once saw the stacks of sleeping
racks which have little more than a nose
clearance to the one above.
A company commander once told me
the most horrifying war story about life
on a submarine. "We had been
submerged almost ninety days. The only
way you knew it was morning was
because they were serving sausage and
eggs in the galley. The guys all slept in
shifts. But one thing was always constant,
the stench coming out of the sleeping
comparunenL Guys farting away all night
in air tight compartments. You get used
to the stink and you're real careful about
lighting matches."
Instead of showing the reality of
enlisted life on a submarine, the film
maker showed the living quarters of the
officers as veritable stately pleasure

domes. Fine liqucW'S and sumptuous i in this movie was captained by a man
feasts spread out across white linen tables I with blood lust dripping from his
Such a war monger
lit by soft light shining in polished silver. sweating brow.
Male-bonding macho romance, the kind deserved to die, the fihn implied. Hah!
unimaginable on Tacoma's Hilltop or in So Therel Once again the good guys
Olympia's backwoods sung out across the triumphed: One blood thirsty warmonger
silver screen.
dead, one submarine full of young
"Boys, here in the military you will conscripted boys entering manhood, tom
dine in splendor live each day tingling to shreds and left for the sharks. The
with adventure,
called on as a man to Uni~ Stl!:tes. was vic~rious. The cool
respond with nerves of steel and captams will live happily ever aftez.
judgements never wrong."
.
I raged w~en I thoug~t of the you~g
On the Russian sub white-scrubbed
lMocent men m the audience who will
Eastern European fsed gleamed. The buy this load of horse .~. In ~
film maker portrayed the Russian the Navy. set up a recrw~g booth UlSlde
submariners
as
100% enthusiastic ~ moVIe ~bby, snanng young men
participants in the military mission. It WIde-eyed .WIth HOllywoo~/an~. bo s
. ~Ith mnocent gullib . ty:
y
made no reference to the forced
conscription of Soviet youth, nor did it ~ SIgn away years of thell lives for the
.. .
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ficllOUS glamour and adventure.
.
show e th ruc mmontles w 0 s ler
Th
f film should be lIIfned
~dful haz~g and brutality under the aroUIU: ~::~ne must write and
racISt oppressIOn of the good old boy
I
ust finance a moVIe'
. mil'
H dreds f th·
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ltary. .
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mmonty conscl'l:pts di~ .mysteno.usly each environmentalists. It needs to be gripping,
year. ~e Ru~tan military. claims th~e thrilling. There needs to be heros and
boy~ .dle of di~ or swclde,. but therr villains. The music must come to
families are SU~lC1OUS. Acc?rding to ~ climactic peaks as the good guys, the
March 21 edinon of Nallonal Pubhc
nits and the environmentalists
Radio's All Things. CoflSil!ered, twelve
Young peoples' hearts must rac~
mothers of d~ S~~et soldiers deman~
when they see the film and it should
from, the SOViet military .answ~rs to ell inspire
them
to
work
as
sons deaths. ~~t the f~ white RUSSian
environmentalists. Someone really should
boys of the fic~lIous ~OV1et Red Oc.tober do this. Maybe it will be me.
ch~ o~ thell ~n as they beheved
Elisa R. Cohen is an Evergreen
he 'killed an Amencan sub.
tudent
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"moods" and a mind of its own. On
some nights. "at least once a week", he
said. the house gets really noisy. There
have been occasions when the bangs,
creaks and other mysterious sounds have
become so distracting and frightening that
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Kingston Trio extraordinary
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lHH IN11MAN TlmA11Ul, SHATILB
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1990
by Eric Schuler
According to Bob Shane, 1be
Kingston Trio's white haired lead singer,
the members have never considered
themselves a folk group. They started
out playing calypso music in San
Francisco at a club called, "The Purple
Onion." It wasn't until an executive
from Capitol Records offered them a
briefcase full of money and told them
they were a folk group that they said,
"You bet your ass we arel"
By my calculations, the Intiman
Theatre holds no more than 500 people.
It was filled for the trio on Saturday.
The show was recorded by KCTS-9,
Seattle's public television station, and will
be aired at a later date. Bob Shane and
Nick Reynolds (two of the original trio)
were joined by George Clover (a later
addition) a tight backup group with
drums, bass, and fiddle.
The group wasted no time getting
started. The show was scheduled for
seven o'clock and that is exactly when it
began. I've never been to a concert
without an opening group that started on

time but this was not the average show.
There were, of course, lights on the
group, but there were lights on the
audience as well. I also noticed that the
audience was more.....shall we say,
mature, than the average crowd In other
words, I was one of about five or six
people under the age of thirty that I saw
and since the lights were on, I could see

everyone.
Almost every song the trio played
was written by someone else.
They
played a lot of songs I did not know the
names of but recognized because I had
heard them on other peoples' albums. A
highlight was Gordon Lightfoot's classic,
"Early Morning Rain," which, of course,
has been covered by everyone in folk
circles. They managed to play some of
their own hits as well like, "The M.T.A.,"
which was written for a candidate for
mayor in Boston. The group took a
break after about forty-five minutes.
During the intermission, I spotted a
crowd of people milling around a few
tables by the wall. "Must be the t-shirt
stand," I thought
It wasn't,
The
vendors were selling coffee and pieces of
cake. There were no flimsy t-shirt that
cost more than the ticket anywhere. I

walked further around the side of ' the
lobby and saw two members of the trio
standing with other people in a roped off
area. "Must be the backslage area," I
thought It sort of was. I walked over
and wondered how I would scam ~ pass
to get back there. I noticed, though, that
no one was wearing a p8$S so I just
walked in and started talking to George
Clover who still looked as neat and unsweaty in his red and tan striped shirt
and black pants as when he went on
stage. He showed me the bridge on his
banjo which had slipped during a song
and threw the whole thing off tune. He
was a nice guy.
I picked up some cheese, cmckers,
and gmpes on my way out of the
unguarded backstage, area. I guess the
trio is not too worried about crazed
groupies tearing their clothes off these
days. Maybe that's because all those
groupies are married and have two
children.
.
Speculations aside, the trio began the
second half of the show with much more
energy~ The set included the famous song
"Chilly Winds" by John Stewart (former
Trio member), and John Phillips (of the

Mamas & The Papas)." One of the
verses went. "Wish I were a headlight on
a westbound train. I'd shine my light
through the cool Colorado rain." Yes, I
noticed a striking similarity to the verse
in the Grateful Dead's, "I Know You
Rider, "too.
The show ended with,
"Tijuana Jail."
The audience was obviously wellacquainted with concert etiquette because
when the trio left after the second ,encore,
the crowd stopped clapping on their own.
Usually, the crowd waits until the hOuse
lights come up but since the lights were
already on ... well, you get the picture.
Watching the trio hold the stage
with simple songs presented in simple
fashion was energizing. There was no
separation between the audience and the
performers--the size of the theatre
wouldn't allow it--and the music was
excellent It was not the best show I
have ever seen but the trio showed once
again that talent and good music never
lose their flavor. They transcend out of
tune guitars, age, and especially the
calendar year.
Eric Schuler is a concert reviewer for
the CPJ.

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21, 1990
by Andrew Hamlin
I didn't really want to go to Portland.
But I love They Might Be Giants, and
their only Seattle gig this tour was at a
21-and-over club, and I'm 21, but most
of my friends who wanted to go aren't.
So we loaded up a couple cars and went
down. spent the afternoon shopping at
Powell's Book Store, then hustled over
"the bridge" to the Ballroom. I don't
know which bridge. I don't drive.
We got right up at the front of the
stage and sat down to wait for the first
band There were about twenty of us
from Evergreen, so we took: up a lot of
room at the front. Every now and then
Karl would come over and want to
lambada. so we'd stomp the floor and
chant, "LAM-BA-DA! LAM-BA-DA!" to
get a girl to stand up and lambada with
Carl. But it never worked. We tried "POGOI PO-GO! " but that didn't work:
either.
The opening band was called
Completely Groceries, or something like
that, and they played real rhythmic Red
Hot Chili Peppers-style funk with lurches
into hardcore buzz. The lead singer had
two pony tails, one in the back: and one
on the side, and he banged Rototoms
while he sang. The bass player kept
jumping up on the monitor, so his
sneakers were six inches from my head.
One time he grabbed my hat off and I
was worried I wouldn't get it back
because I was getting slammed around so
much. This one big blond guy in shorts
and romper boots kept slamming, and a
lot of people slammed back, and it was
WBDNBSDAY, MARCH

sort of like being tmpped in a garbage
truck. That guy was really irritating. I
tried slamming him a couple of times,
but I had the hat on and my glasses, so
I wasn't too good. Then people started
doing stage dives during the last song-Heather did three or four dives, but on
her last one she smaclced the floor and
screwed her back up. I have a friend who
tried a dive, at a Black: Flag concert and
Henry Rollins kicked him in the ass, so
I hung back.
Then the stagehands brought out three
wooden pillars with a metronome on top
of each one, a shiny bass saxophone
about the size of a high school baslcelball
center, and some other stuff. TMBG is
two guys named John: John Flansburgh,
who's left-handed and plays guitar and
wears glasses, and John Linnell, who's
sldnny and doesn' t wear glasses and

plays accordion most of the time. "Lie
Still, Little Bottle" opened the set; a
metronome ticked the slow tempo, John
L. huffed a syncopated sax line, and John
F. sang. When not using the metronomes,
they played to prerecorded rhythm tmcks
operated by the sound man. I thought this
might trip up their song flow, and it did

to a ce~ extent: they also took way
too mu~h time between songs. But when '
they were on, they were on. I had the
same feeling I had at the Violent
Femmes show last year--how weird it is
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APRIL 30, MONDAY: MILIlS DAVIS at nIB
PARAMOUNT. Enough said. Ticlcets are
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If you like neo-classical music, these
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After the show, John Flansburgh
but no sound came out of the dead mike.
stood at the entrance to the hall
Then his guitar brok:e--several times.
with a band that's not Bon lovi or Bruce
autogmphing things. He seemed friendly
While he fumed at the side of the stage,
Springsteen or U2. I guess I didn't think:
and mellow, wound down some from
John L: sang "Dead" solo-"Now it's
there were this many They Might Be
when he was onstage. Some of us had
,over' I'm dead and haven't done
Giants fans in the whole world Wrongo. anything that I want/Or I'm still alive
new TMBG T-shirts to be signed; Dan
TMBG's songs are kind of weird
had a Violent Femmes Blind Leading The
They can produce neato keen pop songs and there's nothing I want to do." John
Naked
T-shirt. but he autographed that
(lilce "Don't Let's Start," the closest thing F. came back:. but admonished the
too. Don asked him why Triangle Man
to
stop
slamming
and
to
"stop
audience
they ever had to a hit), but their other
hated everybody. "He's just that kind of
influences include country/western and . throwing shit up at us, or we'll leave."
guy,"
said John.
folk. A lot of it sounds like they listened The heaviest slamming went on during
Andrew Hamlin does not own a
"Ana Ng" and "Purple Toupee," their
to Sesame Street records while they
Skrewdriver T-slUrt. and doesn't want
oblique overview of 60's culture. No
smoked pot ("Triangle Manlfriangle
to.
stage dives this set, but things were real
Man/friangle
Man
hates
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cmmped up front Don got squeezed out
Man/they
have
a
fight/Triangle
of the front row by two fat women who
wins/friangle Man, Triangle Man"). In
tried to asphyxiate him between their
songs like "Where Your Eyes Don't Go"
bodies, and I was sweating quite a bit
and "Someone Keeps Moving My Chair,"
despite the hole under the left arm of my
a frightening vision of a world beyond
imitation leather vinyl jack:et
control underlies the cartoonish chamcters
The Johns finished up with "Don't
and situations. "Your Racist Friend," from
Let's Start" for their encore, bul the
the new album Flood, has a obvious lyric audience went so wild they came back
about a racist friend, but it sounded much for a second encore, "Hide Away Folk
better live. John L.'s voice is a genteel Family." John F. instructed the audience
alley cat yowl, John F.'s suggests an to "scream like you're in hell", and they
erudite shoe salesman; they harmonized complied energetically.
perfectly, and in the middle John F. let
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Calendar
THURSDAY
APRIL 5

A Women's Empowerment Week
policy planning meeting will lake place at
7:30 PM in LIB 2219. Call Lisa or Vikki
at 866-6000 X6200 for more information.
Craig John, velemn mounlainclimber,
Wilderness instructor and Evergreen
graduate, will present a slide show of a
journey to the Annapuma Sanctuary in
Nepal, 7 PM, in the Recital Hall.
$31$2 students. Call 866-6000 X6087 for
more infonnation.
The Women's Center presents video,
Abortion for Survivor, 7 - 10 PM in
Lecture Hall 5.
The Asterisk Cafe presents an evening
with Chris Hyde and Friends, featuring
Latin, Jazz, Bossa, and acoustic wildness.
The Asterisk Cafe, Division and Harrison,
6-8PM.
Career Development offers a Lifedesign
workshop, 3 • 4 PM, in LIB 1406. Call
X6193 for more information.
Faculty member Cynthia Martin and
Husain Bargouti will lecture on Academic
Life in tM Occupied Territories, 7 PM in
Lm 2100. Free.

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APRIL 6

TUESDAY
APRIL 10

THURSDAY
APRIL 11

The Herbivores and Telefunken will play
a benefit for CIS PES at 8 PM in Lm
4300. Proceeds will be sent to El
Salvador to provide medical care. $4 • $6
suggested donation. Pizza and juice will
be served.

TESC will host a Gmduale Progmms
Information Night, 6 • 8 PM, in
Lm 4300.

Brock Evans, National Audobon Society
VP for national issues will speak on
Environmental Frontline Experiences: The
Baltle for Wilderness and Ancient Forests
at 7 PM, LH 1. $2 suggested donation at
the door. Evans will also be presenting a
worbhop on effective lobbying and
citizen action at 3:30 in CAB 110. Call
the ERC 866-6000 X 6784 for more
infonnation.

SATURDAY
APRIL 7
Housing is sponsoring a mock prom,
9 PM in the Community Center. Free.
SUNDAY
APRIL 8
Abbey Players presents Elephant Man at
the Washington Center, 8 PM, $11 • $17.
Call 753-8586 for more information.

Karen Coulter or Greenpe8ce will speak
on energy and the greenhouse effect,
7 PM at S.P.E.E.C.H., the new
environmental center in downtown
Olympia, 218 W. 4th. Sponsored by NO
SWEAT.
The Health Center, Women's Clinic,
Counseling Center, and First People's
Peer Support will be holding a
conference for potential jobs and
internships for 1990-91. 12· I PM,
CAB 110. Light refreshments will be
served. For more information, call the
Counseling Center at X6800, the Health
Center at X 6200, or the First People's
Advising Service at X6467.

MONDAY
APRIL 9

WEDNESDAY
APRIL 11

The Olympia Film Society presents
How I() Get Ahead in Advertising at the
Capitol Theatre downtown. $41$2.50
members, 6:30 and 9 PM. Call 754-6670
for more information.

A F.I.S.T self-defense workshop will be
held in CAB 110, 5:30· 8:30 .PM. The
class covers information, physical and
verbal self-defense pmctices, and includes
a discussion period. Call F.I.S.T. at 43380288 to reserve a space. This workshOp
is specially designed for women. If there
is sufficient interest on campus, Student
Affairs will offer a comparable workshop
for men.

The Labor Center Film Festival
presents 1877: The Grand Army of
Starvation, a film about a nation-wide
milroad strike.
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Charge cards welcome.

WANTED
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FICTION, & CARTOONS for
publication in the CPJ. Please bring
work with name & phone number to
CAB 306A.
Vocalist/Performance Artist desires
non-functioning kitchen appliances.
Toasters, blenders, whatever. Don't
throw them away, give them to Dan
in D114 or call 866-9926.

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Keleo Puna needs YOU NOWI
Wri~ your concerns to: MAYOR
BERNARD AKANA, 25 APUNI
ST., IULO, HAWAll 95813.

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Contact Catherine at 866-2478.
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concerning sexism. It will meet Tuesdays
. at noon in Library Lounge 3500. For
information about articles that will be
read please call X6040 or X6467.

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God Is a RabbIt by Ron Austin

Interviews ror the nnallsts for the Dean
of Student and Academic Support
Services position will be held on April
II, 12, 16, and 17. ltinemries for the
candidates will be posted around campus.
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S&A Office, Student. Advising Cenler.
and Student Affairs Office at X6296 for
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