The Cooper Point Journal Volume 19, Issue 19 (March 16, 1989)

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The Cooper Point Journal Volume 19, Issue 19 (March 16, 1989)

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16 March 1989

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Housing bulldozes its way to Phase Ill
by Tedd Kelleher
After a last minute search housing was
able to come up with the $2,765,000
needed ,to begin building Phase III. With
the construction of 213 additional beds
scheduled for completion in September,
Housing hopes to accommodate some of
the over 400 students they turned away
last fall.
According to Housing Director Jeannie
Chandler, Phase III will be identical to
Phase II except for three minor design
changes. First, the flooring in the new
units has been redesigned to better
protect residents from noise coming from
above and below. Also higher quality
light fiXtures will be used in Phase III in
response to problems with lights breaking
in Phase II. Finally, four and six person
units will be built that can accommodate

the physically challenged.
Steps have been taken to save as
many trees as possible according to
Senior Engineer Darrell Six. By asking
architect Gary Michael to reevaluate the
placement of the units, two additional
cedar trees were saved. In addition, Laura
Barrett, an Evergreen alumni interning to
become a landscape architect, will be
supervising construction to ensure the
remaining trees are properly protected.
The 40 cedar trees that were cut have
been reserved for construction of the
Indian Longhouse.
The seven new dorms located between
Phase II and the Mods will be labeled
N,P,Q,R,S,T,U with the letters L, M and
0 being omitted to avoid confusion in
the mail room with the Library, the

Mods, and Q dorm respectively.
Six says a new mechanical contractor
has been hired to work on Phase III in
hopes of avoiding the problems
experienced in Phase II with faulty
heating and hot water systems. Housing
is currently accepting proposals from
competing mechanical contractors to fix
the problems that plague Phase II.
Housing, which is self supporting, has
proposed increasing rental rates 5 percent
for the 1989-90 academic year, averaging
out to approximately an eight dollar rent
increase per month. The additional
revenue will be used to address deferred
maintenance problems such as new
carpets in the Mods and residence halls,
a 4% increase in the bond payment for
Phase II, a mandatory classified staff

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salary increase of 5%, and increases in
utility and refuse costs.
Phase IV? Chandler says due to the
problems with the mechanical work on
Phase II, power outages in the Mods,
plus the additional debt incurred by the
20 year bond for Phase III, Housing's
financial situation is tight. This means for
at least the next three years Housing will
be unable to replace the Mods, which are
nearing the end of their 20 year life span.
She says preliminary thoughts concerning
the type of housing that will replace the
Mods lean toward the construction of
units similar to the residence halls, in
respo~se to student surveys that express
a destre for the communal qualities of
common kitchens and hallways.

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CPJ begins Spring under new leadership
by Suzette Williams
Welcome to Spring quarter. Since
Darrel Riley resigned as Editor, I was
approved by the Communications Board
as Interim Editor. Darrel has thankfully
agreed to serve as Managing Editor.
Many people have asked me (or
complained about) why there was no
Cooper Point Journal for the last three
weeks. Well folks, same old story; we're
all students, none of whom wanted to
spend our Spring break putting out a
newspaper.
In the past few months I',ye also
been approached by several people who
know I work with the CPJ. They'll look
sheepish and say "nothing personal, but I
think the CPJ could be improved." Wow!
What news! Just because I am involved
with this newspaper doesn't mean I
consider it a model of perfection. I can
safely say the same for any of our staff
or contributors.
Of course the paper can be improved.
I wouldn't be willing to work as Editor
if I thought it was perfect; that
expectation would be too much to live up
to. This newspaper is a product of those
few members of the Evergreen
community who contribute to it. It is not
a statement of what the editor or staff
wishes to see in print.
So please keep in mind that this is a
community
newspaper, 'not
my
newspaper or the staff's newspaper. Next
time you sit down to write a letter
complaining about the incompetent, stupid
Cooper Point Journal staff, please spend
that time instead writing an article.

journalism students if they had heard of
La Prensa, expecting everyone to raise
their hands. About ten people had heard
of La Pren.sa.
Next, he asked about John Hull, the
man on trial in Costa Rica for
involvement in Iran-Contra. About four
people raised their hands.
To me, this proved you shouldn't
major in journalism if you want to be a
journalist, or even have a highly specific
major in any field. These students were
from prestigous colleges from across the
country (like Dartmouth, Northwestern,
etc) and knew nothing about anything
outside their major discipline.
Besides anything I learned about
investigative journalism, I learned that I
made the right college choice. I felt
privileged to have taken programs that
interested me in different fields. I felt
grateful for not being forced into a
track
to
satisfy
credit
specific
requirements. I will be the first one to
describe
Evergreen's
faults
and
shortcomings, but if you ever feel down
on Evergreen, spend a few days with
students from traditional coWeges.
Another speaker at the conference
was Victor Navansky, editor of The
Nation. I spoke to him about the
magazine's advertising policy because it
related to the CPJ staff's decision to
print the CIA ad last quarter.
The Nation's policy is as follows:
While we reserve the right to refuse any
advertisement we believe to be fraudulent,
illegal or offensive, The Nation wishes its
readers to know: we don't have the
facilities to check the promises made by
our advertisers, and we have a strong
presumption against censoring · any
advertisement, especially if we disagree
with its politics.
Navansky used the same reasoning
for printing an ad he disagreed with that
we used for accepting the CIA ad. He
said he figured his readers were · smm-t

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During evaluation week Darrel, Janis
Byrd aild I attended the Student
Conference on Investigative Journalism in
Washington, DC. The conference was
mostly worthwhile, and it made me very
glad to be an Evergreen student.
One of the panelists was Christopher
Hitchens, a columnist from The Nation.
He asked
audi6nce of two hundred

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The staff:

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Deadlines:
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The conference also illustrated the
aura of respect around Washington
journalists isn't always deserved. Speaker
Sam Donaldson of ABC News showed
this pretty clearly. Responding to a
question by a student about an inequality,
Donaldson's answer was "well, that's the
system, that's the way it is and I don't
want to change it." There wasn't much
thought beyond the next cute Ronald
Reagan story.
Another horrifying moment was when
Brooks Jackson of the Wall Street
Journal was discussing Gary Hart's
presidential campaign and the ethics of
reporting on marital infidelities. His
statement was that "the woman [Donna
Rice] was obviously a bimbo, just look at
the pictures of her."
I guess if she wasn't an attractive
blond she wouldn't have been a bimbo.
As if this wasn't bad enough, when his
statement was challenged by two students
he saw nothing wrong with it. He replied
with "well, if you'd seen the pictures
you'd know what I mean." Right.
But yes, there were many journalists
who genuinely wanted to make a
difference and thought about broader
issues of social significance. Christopher
Hitchens of The Nation was particularly
knowledgeable and thoughtful, as were
Alan Murray of the Wall Street Journal
and Jonathan Rauch of the National
Journal.

The policy:

Interim Adviso'r: Janis Byrd
Interim Editor:, Suzette Williams
Managing Editor: Darrel W. Riley
Ad Manager: Chris Carson
Business Manager: Whitney Ware
Production Manager: Bernadette Williams
Ad Layout: Matt Carrithers
Calendar: Honna Metzger
Typist: Alexander Rains
Photo Editor: Peter Bunch
Arts and Entertainment: Honna Metzger
Contributors: Tedd Kelleher, Tim
Russell, Kevin Boyer, Andrea Sweat,
Maureen Eddy, Michael Jackson, Jon
Epstein, Todd Litman, David Morris,
Hector Douglas, Ron Barnes, James
Dannen, Hector. Douglas, Brian Raiter.

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enough to turn the page if they dido 't
like an ad. He also thought they were
smart enough to know the magazine
didn't endorse an organization just by
accepting an advertisement. The clause in
the ad policy about refusing anything
they find offensive refers to obscenities,
not politics, he said. It was added to the
policy in response to an ad for a "Penis
Poster" that offended a member of his
staff.

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This issue of the CPJ marks the
beginning of Earth Month. This will be a
regular feature all month, please look for
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Also happening this week is the
March for Women's Rights/Women's
Lives. This event, which takes place
April 9 in Washington, DC, is sponsored
by the National Organization for Women
and is in support of legal birth control
and abortions. It also supports passage of
the Equal Rights AmendmenL This is a
crucial issue now because of the Supreme
Court's intention to hear the Webster
case beginning April 24. There is a
corresponding march in Olympia this
Sunday. See pages three and 12 for a
discussion of the issue.
One last word about policy. Every
week I get calls from students asking
about deadlines and submission format. It
is printed each week in the box below
titled POLICY. Please, please, submit
articles and letters on disk. We use a
laser printer and if submissions are on
· aisk they needn't be retyped. Because of
- -our small staff, this makes a big
difference in how late we stay
Wednesday nights.
Articles must be submitted by Friday
at 3 pm if you want them included in the
next issue. Calendar items must be
submitted by Friday noon and letters by
Monday noon. Thank you for submitting
these 011 time!

inch margins will be accepted. If you
are unable to comply with the submission requirements for any reason, contact the editor or managing editor for
assistance. Before undertaking timeconsuming projects for the CPJ, it's a
good idea to call the CPJ office about
deadlines, future plans and suitability
of materials.
Because the CPJ is a college
newspaper, priority will be given to
student submissions; however, all community members are encouraged to
contribute.
Letters:
Letters will be accepted on all subjects. They will be checked for libel and
may be edited for grammar, spelling
and space. Letters should be 300 words
or less. Every attempt is made to
publish as many letters as possible;
however, space limitations and
timeliness may influence publication.
Letters do not represent the opinions
of the CPJ staff or editor.
Advertising:
All forms of advertising will be
considered.
Objectivity:
T'he editor does not believe objectivity is possible. Instead, the editor and
staff believe· in fairness. We will make
ev~ry effort to get as many viewpoints
on a subject as possible. If you have an
opinion about something you've read in
the paper, please write and tell us.

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Letters
Masturbation photo
I have three points regarding the
photo of a man masturbating that was
removed from the bottom floor of the
CAB building. The first point pertains to
the photo being considered an assault.
The second point concerns affirmative
action. The third is about Boy Scouts.
The reason given for the censorship
of the photo is that is "assaulted" some
women. the American Heritagel)ictionary
defines .assault as a violent attack or
unlawful attempt to injure another. The
man in the photo did not leap out of the
frame with handcuffs to chain the women
down and force them to watch him as he

Community
I am angered by the hypocrisy in the
opinion piece submitted by Thomas
Freeman to the March 9th CPJ.
First he says that Stone "Thomas was
being challenged for a decision which
was not his right to make about the
removal of the art work." He then cites
from the Social Contract that "meetings
of public significance can not be held in
secret" and "As an institution, Evergreen
has the obligation to provide open forum
for the members of its community to
present and to debate open forum for the
members of its community to present and
to debate public issues, to consider the
problems of the college, and to serve as
the
mechanisms
of
wide-spread
involvem.ent in the life of the larger
community."
It is apparent that Freeman interprets
these "obligations" as being only for
adm · ·
QD..Jiow thea
does an art review panel of only TWO
students-(let's talk about inclusiveness of
the learning community) become "an
appropriate process?"

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masturbated. The photo involved no such
violence, or any violence at all. The
photo was actually of a very serene pose.
To say that the photo assaulted is a lousy
way of saying that it offended some
people.
Affirmative action, defined in the
same dictionary, is action taken to
provide opportunity. It is not a policy
designed to enforce moral values about
artwork, but to provide equal opportunity
for everyone regarding employment and
the like. Censorship does not provide
opportunity. The women who demanded
that the photo be removed have the same

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opportunity to move freely in the CAB
building without being "assaulted"
whether the photo is up or down.
Freedom, in this case, is simply a matter
of turning one's head or averting one's
eyes. Could it be that such a simple
action proved too difficult? Or, could it
be that some people prefer and choose to
be attacked?
As for the Boy Scouts, the danger of
exposing them to a photo of a man
masturbating is nothing, and certainly
nothing compared to the television shows
to
which
they
are
frequently
exposed... television shows in which

more than students

This leads to the second inconsistency
in Freeman's letter. There is an
assumption held by many students
(Freeman included) that the community at
Evergreen is just stud'ents, with the
faculty and staff a second thought. "On
Thursday, February 23, a communitywide meeting was held in the Pit to
discuss the artwork... No administrator,
with the exception of Ted Hong, attended
the meeting or sent a representative."
So let's see, if students met to make
a decision to keep up a controversial
artwork, then its a "community" meeting,
right? Let's not forget that "many peoples
of differing persuasions and viewpoints"
were not able to attend this "well
publicized meeting" because 1) ,a lot of
programs were still in progress
(governance hours are Mondays 3-5; and
Wednesdays 1-5; during these times,

people engage in casual sex without
taking the responsibility to protect
themselves from AIDS or unwanted
pregnancy. At least masturbation is a
form of safe sex.
In conclusion, a photo of a man
touching his own body in a way that
pleases him assaults no one; it involves
no violence or force. To censor such
artwork is to deny opportunity and to
deny other people their own values. I am
dismayed that a few women have
succeeded in forcing their values on
every art student and art appreciator in
the Evergreen Community.
K. Jagelski

~neaky ~adicalism

and community," were those in the
minority. who felt that their right to -. J
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choose whether or not to see the artwork.
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was violated (because the pictures were ,.... ·
S~~eone has been hangmg prodisplayed in an open area) given an equal
Palesum~
statehood
~o~ters
on
chance to speak out? No, their opinions
Maar~va s d<?<>r. I as .an activist support
r t ed t0 ( 'th closed minds and co-eXIsten~e m the m1ddle east, but I as
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WI
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were IS e~ .
the coordmator of Maarava must leave
a lot of h1ssmg) and then mval1dated by
ti
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tit ts to
the majority. The issue at hand for many
room or .m lVI ua1 . cons ue~
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of us in the minority was the location of
develop th~rr o~~ p~mts of v1ew m
the artwork, not the content, yet Freeman
regard to this political Issue.
diagnosed the minority reactions as
. I have not thrown a~ay these posters.
"sexuality
phobia."
That's
really
I s1mply have been puttmg th~m a couple
understanding and respecting diversity,
of f~t away from Maarava s . door and
isn't it? This really sounds like the
bulle~ bo~d! but tJ:te.Y. defm1tely have
essence of cooperation and community,
remamed w1th~n the v1c1mty of th~ office.
d
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Someone obv1ously does not thmk that
M~s~ 1
this is good enough and continues to alter
IC ae erez
my dc--:ision. I consider this anti-Semitic
harassment. This form of "sneaky
radicalism" is unacceptable!
Why do these actions ~nt antit.bcle are no&.~PPI-~ia...D~•fltM•._·~~r,a,~:::'rl!'tt~~~lt!P~~~;;,.,;,
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so as to allow students the time to
student
organizations
have
been
participate) and 2) as February 23r~ was
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As
-many
-of
you
probably
know,
the
experiencing
similar
circumstances.
the end of the eighth week" of the"quarter,
reproductive rights of women are under
Therefore I am understandably assuming
a 'lot of students weren't able to skip
attack. The 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision,
that the Jewish cultural organization is
class to voice their opinion. By the way,
being targeted.
which
allows
women
safe
and
legal
what did the "community" decide? It was
be
overturned
by
the
I urge whoever is responsible to
abortions,
could
decided
that
anyone
who
felt
question the implications of the actions at
Webster vs. Reproductive Health Services
uncomfortable and uneasy about the
haJJd. If you would like to confront me
case, and possibly three others. These
artwork wasn't "liberal" enough nor
personally
to discuss the various views
cases
will
most
likely
come
before
the
"open-minded" enough. ~bout themselv.es.
Supreme Court in the fall of 1989.
on the Middle East I would be happy to
Lastly, "in the spmt of cooperation
do so, but this naughty behavior both
In response to this threat, there will
be a large pro-choice march in
disgusts and angers me. Maarava's space
Washington D.C. Sunday, April 9. A
on campus is being violated and I will
Shirley J's Boutique
similar march, sponsored by Thurston
not tolerate these prejudiced actions.
County NOW., Planned Parenthood,
Twenty years ago the "radical" route
YWCA, EPIC, the Women's Center, and
to take was to support Zionism. Today
QUALnY
the "radical" stance is to support
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Palestinian
statehood. At this point, both
CLOTHING
ends of the spectrum are being
CONSIGNMENI'
slaughtered by the U.S. media. Perhaps
it's time to put an end to anti-Semitic
10am-5pm
200 E. 'W' St
and
to anti-Arab distortions.
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Mon·Sat
Rochelle Robins
Tumwater
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NEWS BRIEFS
Evergreen faculty member Stephanie
Coontz will be in the 1ESC Bookstore
April12 from noon to 2 pm autographing
her new book. Social Origins of Private
Life is Coontz's second book. She is
currently teaching Advanced Seminar on
Gender and Class.
Also on display in the bookstore is a
selection of books and publications by
1ESC students, alumni and professors.

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The National Organization for
Women Foundation is sponsoring a
Women's History Month Essay Contest.
The topic is "The Continuing Struggle for
Women's Equality in the United States"
and winners receive $1,000 scholarships.
The contest is open to students in
Senior High, College and Continuing
Education. Awards will be made in each
category. Essays will be judged for
originality,
clarity,
creativity
and
furtherance of understanding of the need
for women's equality. Entries must be
received by October 15, 1989.
Essays should be less than 1500
words and will be judged by a national
panel of women's rights movement
leaders. For more information contact the
Cooper Point Journal or the Now
Foundation Essay Contest, 1000 Sixteenth
Street NW, Suite 700,. Washington, DC
20036, (202) 331-0066.

A group of Evergreen students are
participating in Reclaim the Test Site II,
a nonviolent anti-nuclear protest in
Nevada. The protest is April 13-17 and
round-trip transportation to the test site in
Nevada will be as low as $47.
The protest is planned by American
Peace Test, an organization dedicated to
using nonviolent direct action and civil
resistance to bring a Comprehensive Test
Ban and an end to the arms race. To
participate in the protest call 866-1166.

·--·· - · - · - · - · - · --·· --·· - · - ··- · - · A new Director of Recreation and
Athletics joined Evergreen April 3. Ron
Cheatham has a BA from Washington
State University and will complete his
MBA from California Pacific University
this year.
Cheatham has worked for the YMCA
for thirteen years, most recently as
General Director of the Puyallup Valley
Family YMCA. He was recently named
"Outstanding Young Citizen of the Year"
by the Puyallup Jaycees.

·- · - · - .. - · - · - ··- ··- - - - ·- Photographer and adjunct faculty
member Steve Davis is a recipient of a
1988 Artist Fellowship Award for $5,000.
The awards are approved by the
Washington State Arts Commission and
funding is provided by the National
Endowment for the Arts.
The fellowships are provided to
create new work or to pursue activities
considered important to the artist's
development. Five artists received the
award.
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"Battle Related Toys" (guns, etc.) to mail
to the Alliance for Survival. This
organization is offering a free teddy bear
(coumsy of Dakin Toys) in exchange.
For more information call extension 6060
or 6061.

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Mubarak Awad, foremost Palestinian
advoeate of nonviolence who was
expelled by · Israel for his outspoken
views on the Israeli occupation, will
speak at noon Tuesday, April 11 in the
Library Lobby.
Awad is touring the US to speak out
about the occupation of the West Bank
and Gaza and raise money for the
Palestinian Center for the Study of
Nonviolence. For more ' information call
866-6000 ext. 6144.

Notice

· - ·- - ·- - - - - · - - ·- - The Attorney General's Office needs
volunteers to work in its Tacoma
Consumer Resource Cente~ in the Fair
Practices .Division .•Voh,Jn.teers will work
directly with businesses and consumers in
resolving complaints, and may assist in
litigation work.
Volunteers should be able to work at
least ten hours per week for at least six
months. Internship credit is available and
volunteers
are
reimbursed
for
transportation costs. For more information
call Cindy Lanphear at 593-2904 or 5935057.

Evergreen Humanitarian
wins national award
by Information Services
Sothy Ken's story began in Cambodia
in 1975, where she and her sister lost
their family during war and revolution.
This Evergreener is one of five US
students honored with the National
Humanitarian Award (formerly the
Robinson Humanitarian Award) this year.
Ken will accept her $1500 award in
Minneapolis on April 14 during a dinner
ceremony. She will present the award to
the Olympia Refugee Center. The awards
are presented by Campus Compact, a
coalition of more than 150 colleges
across the country that work to encourage
public service as an integral part of
higher education.
A junior at Evergreen, Ken is putting
herself through college, working toward
a career in medicine while volunteering
as a social worker/interpreter at the
Olympia Refugee center. There she
assists refugees with job and housing
applications, makes referrals, and provides
an interpreting service for refugees
interacting with hospitals, courts and
counseling centers.
She also served last summer ·as a
tutor and counselor in Evergreen's
Upward Bound program, tutoring lowincome high school students from the
inner-city of Tacoma in math, and
assisting them in choosing colleges, with
the college admissions process, and with
career planning. At Evergreen, she has
worked as an Affirmative Action
assistant, and as coordinator of the Asian
Pacific Isle Coalition, an active campus
student
group.
She
organized
presentations about South East Asian
culture and immigrants at local high
schools.
Ken's dedication as a volunteer began
in the refugee camps of Thailand and the
Philippines, where she taught English and
acted as an interpreter. In Thailand she
worked as a teacher's aide for the
Catholic Office of Emergency Relief, and
in the Philippines as an interpreter for the
· Joint Voluntary Ageney at the · Bataan
Refugee Processing Center.
"I have tried to break the barriers and
the misunderstanding between people of
differnt backgrounds. I want to share the
knowledge I have of my country, my
culture, my expereince in coming to this
coutnry and my life in America with
people here," she says.
In 1982 at age 17, Ken

Cambodia -- for a refugee camp in
Thailand. After three years in the camps,
she arrived in the United States,
completed her high school diploma in a
year, and enrolled at Evergreen in 1986.
Now she helps newcomers, and feels very
appreciated by these people as they
progress in their new lives.
1
' 1 find myself talking to the young
about education in this coutnry, and to
the adults about their granted rights in
this country as tenant, employee and
patient. In short, to their rights as a
person," she says.
Ken is writing a book about her life
which she hopes to publish soon. "I
believe this is the best way of getting
through to most people," she says.
The $1,500 award will be used to
establish several new components for the
bilingual assistance program at the
Olympia Refugee Center, a non-profit
organization operated by a limited staff
and budget. The center serves refugees,
mostly from Southeast Asia, although
European, African and Central American
refugees also receive aid there. The
money will fund $, 1000 in salaries for
interpretor salaries, and $500 to start a
computerized accounting system.

Letters
continued from page 3
the L/GRC, will be held in Olympia on
the same day. This event starts at noon,
with an assembly at Sylvester Park,
followed by a march through the streets
of Olympia to the Capitol steps. At the
Capitol, there will be a rally featuring
several state and local speakers.
There have already been two
meetings in preparation for this march.
There will be another meeting on
Thursday, April 6 at 6:30 to make signs
and banners, and to finalize plans for the
march. As a coordinator of the Women's
Center and a member of this community,
I urge all students to come to the
meeting and the march. Show your
support for women's freedom of choice.
Elyssa Gersen

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Governance:

Geo-Voice proposals to be decided on soon

The following proposals are from the
ftrst General Assembly under the new
governance structure, the Geo-Voice. The
April fourth meeting drew about thirty
students. These proposals will be decided
on during next Monday's General
Assembly.
'
1) Proposed that the General Assembly
endorse the Student Art Gallery's
proposal for additional gallery space to
be located at what is currently used as
the Faculty/Staff Lounge.
2) Proposed the Students of TESC join
the Washington Student Lobby ' and that
this membership be funded by a negative
check-off of one dollar per student per
term.
3) Proposed that S&A funded staff
positions be reorganized to give students
power over the recruitment, hiring,
evaluation and termination of these
positions.
4) Proposed that the Governance Steam
be disbanded.
5)
Proposed that the Geo-Voice be
amended so as to eliminate the
requirement for a second on all proposals.

Prepare for the

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6) , Proposed that the TESC student
government have the authority to review
all S&A Board decisions.
7) Proposed that the current financing of
student
government
through
a
discretionary fund be changed to a lineitem description budget
8) Proposed that the General Assembly
review the decision arrived at by the
"Ozone Depleting Materials D1F" and
make an endorsement of some variety.
9) Proposed that the General Assembly
make a recommendation to the Housing
Office that EF students be integrated
throughout housing rather than just the
frrst three floors of A Dorm.
10) Proposed that the Geo-Voice be
amended to include that STeering
Committee Coordinators be selected by a
popular election and that the function of
Messengers be changed to that of
Senators thus reducing the General
Assembly to an advisory role.
11) Proposed that the Ge_p~ral Assembly
meet on Mondays from 3-5 and on
Wednesdays from 1-5 (Currently General
Assembly meetings are only held on
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STANLEY H. KAPLAN
UCATIONAL SERVICES

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UPCOMING: Next meeting is Monday,
April 10 3-5 pm in Library 4300. There
is also a meeting on Monday, April 17,
same time and place. The special session
for selection of Steering Committee

members will be Wednesday, April19, 13 pm in Library 4300. In preparation for
the special session, the Committee
openings will be publicized and
affirmative action outreach will begin.

HEC Board sets minimum
admission requirements
by Arnaldo Rodriguez, Dean of come, ftrSt-served. The D1F was asked
Enrollment Services
to recognize that any proposed changes
Last May the Higher Education should take into account the existing
Coordinating (HEC) Board issued human and fiscal resources of the
minimum requirements for admission for . Admissions office.
the public four-year universities and
Copies of the D1F report and another
Evergreen. During this past winter quarter proposal will be available Monday April
a D1F was charged to 1) review 10 for students and staff to read at the
Evergreen's current admissions policies Library's reference desk and in the
and the new policies mandated by the Student Communications Center. Two
HEC
Board,
2)
recommend,
if community hearings for students and staff
appropriate, additions to these admissions will be held on April 17 from noon to
policies which would make them more_ 1:00 pm in the CAB third floor pit and
consistent with Evergreen's educational - -April 25 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in CAB
philos~phy and the goals outlined in th~~- uo. The members of the D1F encourage
strategiC plan, and 3) recommend, if all interested students to attend one of the
appropriate, changes to the existing two community hearings.
process of "rolling admission," ie frrst-

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is far away, doesn't mean
you can't be close. You can
still share the love and
laughter on AT&T Long
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think to hear that she likes
the peace and quiet, but
she misses you. So go
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C09per Point Journal April 6, 1989 Page 5

Earth Month:

Workshop dis~usses sustairiing activism
by Tim Russell
For those who have been at
Evergreen for a while, I'm sure we
would agree that .we know quite well the
grim outlook of the world. As if the
newspapers didn't already lend enough
information to this fact, we greeners
could call ourselves learned pessimists or
educated cynics. Yet the very fact that
the problems we inherit are so many,
overwhelming and incomprehensible,
leaves us lost when it comes to solutions.
In fact, at. a first (second or even third)

glance, the activist recognizes the
ambiguity and the uneasiness that goes
with peering into the abyss that world
problems present
The one fact that can be agreed
upon, in all of the muddle, is the
seriousness of the problem. The calling is
strong and the crises are menacing. We
must act now to halt and reverse the
many global crises which confront us.
The pain of the Earth and its inhabitants
demands nothing less than a revolution of

consciousness. it's just that simple.
But the question remains, and is
always looming even for the most
directed activists. WHAT IS THE
SOLUTION TO THIS MESS!? WHAT
CAN I DO?! And the answer is sustained
activism.
We invite everyone, activists and
non-activists alike, to join us on Thursday
April 13th, from 3-5 pm, in CAB 108 to
discover our own approach to sustainable
activism and images of a new and better

world.
The workshop will generally be
structured as a seminar on the collective
works of Joanna Macy, Jacinta McKoy,
Paul Loeb and other remarkable persons,
as assembled in a short reading by Tim
Russell. Also attached is a list of further
readings, all of which will be available at
noon to 1:00, Tuesdays and Thursdays at
the Earth Month Information Table in the
CAB, and outside the Environmental
Resource Center, 3rd floor CAB.

Fireweek ' :off
to blazing start
by Ron Barnes
Fireweek gets Evergreen's Earth Month
off to a blazing start. It is the beginning
of month-long activities celebrating Earth
awarness. The first celebration of Earth
awarness was Earth Day 19 years ago,
April 22, 1970. Thousands of people
turned out in demonstrations throughout
the nation to press for environmental
reform. The clean air act--clean water act
and other reforms were the direct results
of that environmental solidarity.
We need to press on! Evergreen's
Earth celebration will be divided into four
concepts: Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. To
the ancients these were worldly elements
which represented life, death and renewal.
So it is today.
We hope you join us in this years
celebration of life! Our Earth month
theme
will
be,
SUSTAINABLE
SOLUTIONS FOR OUR ECOLOGICAL
CRISES. ,We will focus on ways to
change the course of our lives toward a
more equitable existence. The major
focus of Earth Month will be Earth Fair
A ril 22.

April
6-13

"Sustainable Solutions to our Environmental

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WET/I( ·

A KINDLING OF SOCIAL CHANGE ACTIVISM
April 8-13
Saturday\Sunday .

Monday

Adopt-A-Forest workshop West Coast Log
CAB 108 and 110
Export Action
8:30 am registration
Percival Landing
11:30 am
Programs and Workshops
9-4:30

Tuesday

Wednesday

Bike Day 1
Red Square
10-5 pm

Bike Day 2
Red Square
10-5 pm

Styro Campaign
Kick Off
Library 3228
5-7 pm

Thursday
Sustainable
Activism Workshop
CAB 108
3-5 pm
Global Walk Films
Altered States and

Soilent Green
Lecture Hall 3
7:30pm
Pesticides Campaign
Kick Off
Library 3228
5-7 pm

As our awareness grows, so does that
of the web, for we are the universe
becoming conscious of its-elf.
.\\
' -Joanna Macy
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Adopt-A-Forest workshop
can influence managet1Jent
Get involved in a local effort to
promote forest management practices
based upon biological diversity and
ecological sustainability rather than shorttenn maximum timber production. Attend
the Olympic Peninsula Adopt-A-Forest
Workshop on April 8 and 9 at The
Evergreen State College. It will be held
on the first floor of the Campus
Activities Building (CAB), room 108.
Intercity bus service to the college is
available (call 786-1881 for more
infonnation), as well as free parking in
the TESC parking lot.
This workshop will bring together
conservationists, U.S. Forest Service
representatives, and concerned citizens to
discuss current forest planning and
practices in the Olympic National Forest,
and to learn about ways to influence the
management/fate of specific forest stands
or "sale units". The workshop will also
serve to organize those who are interested
in continued Adopt-A-Forest group
activities on the Olympic National Forest.
The Adopt-A-Forest program is already in
place for many national forests in
Northern California, Western Oregon and
Western Washington.

Specific objectives of the workshop are
to:'
• Generate high quality, timely public
input on timber sales through better
understanding of the different levels of
"the management process".
Explain which Forest Service
infonnation is available to you at the
district level and how to access it.
• Improve communication between the
Forest Service and the conservation
community.
• Do hands-on mapping and monitoring
of your favorite areas.
• Help you compile, use, and maintain
your own map database.
• Train folks who are new to forestry
issues how to help in a fun, positive, and
interesting way.
.
The workshop schedule includes a
morning (8:30 am - noon), . afternoon
(1:00 - 5:00 pm), and evening program
(6:30 - 8:30 pm) on Saturday, April 8,
and a morning program (9:00 am - noon)
on Sunday, April 9. In addition, AdoptA-Forest groups from throughout the
Northwest will meet to discuss forest
issues and strate~ies on the afternoon of
Sunday, April 9. For mar~ information,
please call (206) 754-2393, or 786-8020.

@ 1989 (,.._____

r.p;.;, :flove- That flows against our flesh
Sets it trembling
Moves across it as across grass
Erasing every boundary that we accept
And swings the doors of our lives wide This is a prayer I sing:
Save our perishing Earth!

Bike days on Red Square
by David Morris
Don't be alarmed, they're friendly.
On April 11 and 12, as a part of
Earth Month The Amazing Volunteers
and Tools of The Evergreen Bike Shop
will emerge from their grotto under the
CAB and spread out on Red Square from
10 am to 4 pm. Bring your racing
machine or mud-splattered mountain bike,
and we'll help you tune it for optimum
fun and service. No charge.
There will also be rides leaving from
Red Square each day at 12:15. On the
11th you can ride to scenic Summit
Lake, a fifteen mile trip, and on the 12th
mountain bikers can explore some nearby
trails. Both rides will be led by fine,
upstanding and experienced riders.
Next to the bike stands on Red
Square there will be a table with
information on local bicycle .issues, and
about programs like Bikes not Bombs!
which sends bikes and parts to pea&aQts
in Nicaragua impoverished by war. Visit
the Bike shop or the Environmental
Resource Center for more information, or
to volunteer (there is a sign-up sheet on
the Bike Shop door.)
This year Earth Month is dedicated to
exploring sustainable solutions to our
ecological crisis. Bicycles are the first
such solution we'll examine, since so
many eco)ogical problems stem from our
choice of cars for transportation. The
Greenhouse Effect; our huge expanses of
pavement; even the recent oil spills in
pristine waters off Washington and
Alaska are examples of automotive
impact on the natural world. In contrast
with cars and their kin, bikes don't ~
pollute, they don't require huge freeways
or parking lots, and, if well cared for,
they aren't noisy or dirty. Besides all
that, bikes are enjoyable, cheap, and
utterly dependable as transportation.
A wonderful quality of your bike, if
you have one, is that you can understand
and (probably) fix any problem it can
have. Even in these days of tech-weenie
gadgets, bikes are inherently simple and
understandable. Once you learn to fix
your bike (Leisure Ed has an excellent
bike repair class), you won't have to pay
the $18-25 per hour that retail shops
charge, and you'll have the satisfaction
that comes with taking care of your own
transportation.
Here are · some notable pieces of
bicycle lore I found in the March Utne
Reader:
•There are twice as many bicycles as
there are cars; most of these 800 million
bikes live in the third-world.

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•Bicycles transport more people in Asia
than cars do in all other places combined.
•Number of US bike commuters in 1985:
1.8 million (four times the 1975 figure.)
•Country with the most bike paths: The
Netherlands with 9,000 miles.
'
•Innovative systems in West Gennany
and Japan let commuters take their bikes
on trains and buses, providing a link
between public transportation and bicycle
travel. A very sensible idea.
•Why are cars cheap to drive?· -'$300
billion in federal subsidies for roads and
auto-related services (there's our budget
deficit.) Also, the US spends about $43
billion per year on oil imports,
constituting a quarter of the trade deficit.

Spirit that cracks our single selves Eyes fall down eyes,
Hearts escape through the bars of OJ.!!' ribs
To dart into other bodies Save this earth!
The earth is perishing.
This is a prayer I sing.
Spirit that hears each one of us,
Hears all that is Listens, listens, hears us out Inspire us now!
Our own pulse beats in every stranger's throat,
[l.nd also th~re within the· flowered ground beneath
our feet,
And - teach us to listen! We can hear it in water, in wood, and even in stone.
We are earth of this earth, and we are bone of its bone.
This is a prayer I sing, for we have forgotten this and so
The earth is perishing.

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- Barbara Deming

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Automobile owners become servants
by Todd Litman
Our society's reliance on automobiles
has made us more servants than masters.
From a bird's eye view, our roads are
seen to be fllled with large metallic
creatures, each served by a smaller, soft
human. People average over two hours
each day driving, grooming and providing
for their automobiles, in
order to travel about 20 miles daily. Are
cars worth all this effort? I think not.
As pointed out by Michael Renner in
Rethinking the Automobile, our "heavy
reliance on the automobile is a peculiar
blend of preference and necessity---a
cross between an abiding love affair with
the passenger car and a profound lack of
alternatives to it."
Over 80% of all
travel in the US is by car. Most North
Americans have never known an efficient
transportation system not designed around
the automobile. But alternatives exist.
Its time we start developing efficient
transportation. The environmental and
social costs of automobile travel are
significant, and increasing. Automobile
use contributes a major portion of the
environmental
degradation,
resource
depletion and urban unfriendliness that
plague Earth. It is foolish and cruel for
us to ignore the root ,of these problems.
Automobile dependency create~ urban
sprawl, making other fonns of. , travel
difficult. Pedestrian, transit and bicyclists'
needs are ignored. Imagine how much
our city could improve if the millions of
dollars spent to upgrade freeways were
invested in local transportation, bicycling
and pedestrian facilities.
/

So, what are the alternatives to
automobiles? Is it possible to have the
same level of mobility without conswning
as many resources or causing as much
environmental degradation? Yes, yes, yes!
It is perfectly possible to reduce waste
and damage to our environment without
loosing services.
The key to efficient transportation is
to have a maximum number of choices.
Walking, bicycling, public transit, ride
sharing, trains, and yes, even cars each
have their place. By choosing the
appropriate fonn of transportation, costs
are
reduced.
Unfortunately,
non-automotive transportation is not well
developed in our society. Choosing
transportation in the US is like voting
under a dictatorship; one option.
Our current pricing structure does
littie
to
encourage
transportation
efficiency. Many of the costs of driving,
including road construction costs, parking
and environmental impacts are subsidized
'by government. Everybody pays no
matter how little they drive. If drivers
had to pay for their total impact costs,
automobile use wouldn't look so cheap.
Direct costs of running
a car aver~e about 25¢ per mile,
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Indirect costs are probably about equal to
that. So each mile of driving costs about
50¢ total. Fuel costs, the item we really
notice, is only about 10 percent of the
total. It's the old "buy now, pay later"
trap.
If drivers had to pay directly for
their total environmental and social
impacts, people would drive less and
other fonns of transportation would
develop. Public transit and rail services
would improve, bicycling and bicycle
facilities would proliferate and ride
sharing would sprout. We would have
more transportation choices, and the
efficient alternatives would look more
attractive than they do now.
But its not necessary to wait for
increased prices or some other crisis to
force a change. Each of us can reduce
our impacts by recognizing the full costs
of driving and choosing the most
responsible travel option.
•Leave your car behind when possible
and travel by bicycle or bus.
•Choose to own one car per household
i11;stead of one for each adult.
•Do errands downtown by foot.
•Arrange to. J,ive near school or work, or
along a bus line.

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not change, our direction, we are
likely to end up w~ere,' we are headed."
-Ancient Chinese Proverb

Pesticides
by Michael Jackson
This
year
the
Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) proclaimed
pesticide residues in food the third most
important cancer causing environmental
issue for the US, more important than
ozone depletion and hazardous waste.
The EPA ~s pesticide pollution the
most urgent environmental problem for
the US. A recent EPA study the
groundwater of 38 states is contaminated
with 74 pesticides. The Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), which tests for
pesticide residues in our food supply,
found pesticide residues in 43 percent of
26 of the most common fresh fruits and
vegetables. The FDA tests less th8n 1
percent of imported produce, and less
than 0.2 percent of the domestically
produce. The FDA's tests detect only one
third of the pesticides used on produce,
some which are potential health risks.
Pesticides banned for use in the US
are often exported for use to other
countries. The FDA does not always
know which pesticides are in use in other
countries, so the risk of pesticides
imported foods are unknown.
Washington state, which employs the
fourth largest number of farmworkers in
the country, grows many types of crops
which can expose workers to ·pesticide
residues on plants and soil. For instance,

kill

more

apples, the state's largest crop, are treated
with more pesticides than any other crop
in the, U.S.
In a survey of farm workers done by
Evergreen Legal Services, 43 percent had
been exposed to pesticides from spraying,
85 percent had not been supplied with
protective gear, and 89 percent did not
know which pesticides they worked
around
In 1983, another government report
found that 48 percent of the federally
registered pesticides did not have
adequate information on their cancer
causing potential, 38 percent did not have
information on their potential to cause
birth-defects; and 90 percent lacked
information on their potential for genetic
mutations.
In 1987, the National Academy of
Sciences reported that 30 percent of all
insecticides, 60 percent of all herbicides
(weed killers), and 90 percent of all
fungicides (mold and bacteria killers) may
cause tumors.
The EPA had insufficient data to set
safe tolerance levels for pesticide use on
food.
According to the General
Accounting Office, 390 of the 400
pesticides registered for use QJl_ food have
tolerance levels based on insufficient
data. This is due to three factors:

.

than just pests
populations, using pest predators and crop
rotation of plants which do not attract the
same pests. In 1987, in a study of nine
common crops the USDA found that IPM
growers ~ed a total of $579 million
more than comparitive pesticide-using
growers.
Today, the amount of pesticide use
in the U.S. has multiplied twelve times
over what was used thirty years ago. This
use is due to the growth in the number
of pesticide-resistant pests and the
corresponding decrease in pest predators.
The pests' natural enemies are also
victims of pesticides. Now, chemical
companies are designing pesticideresistant plants so that farmers can use
more pesticides.
To avoid pesticide residues in your
food buy organically grown produce
whenever possible. Some grocery stores
have organically grown produce. Organic
foods are available at Bayview, Olympia
Co-op, Mega Foods, Shop Rite,
Thriftway, and Top Foods.
WashPIRG has a survey of Olympia
area grocery stores, rating them for the
a\l&ilability of "organics" and on other
-em:ironmental concerns, such as whether
stores recycle their garbage. For
information, call WashPIRG at ext. 6058.

1. The data set for dietary
consumption used to calculate
pesticide exposure is outdated.
2. The effects of inert ingredients
are ignored in the calculations.
3. The synergistic (combined
action) effects of different
chemicals
are ignored.
With the revision of the federal law
regulating
pesticides,
the
Federal
Insecticide Fungacide and Rodenticide
Act (FIFRA), the EPA is now reregistering the 600-plus active ingredients.
To do this, the EPA is collecting new
health data. The re-registration process
will take until well into the next century
to complete.
Meanwhile, the FDA's tendency not
to punish growers who ship food
containing pesticide residues above the
current tolerance levels continues. Farm
workers' complaints to the FDA rarely
gain action. Growers who admit
violations in the use of pesticides
commonly receive only a reprimand.
Alternatives to pesticide use, such as
organic farming and Integrated Pest
Management (IPM), have received some
attention. Organic farmers use no
chemical fertilizers or pesticides, while
IPM growers use pesticides only as a last
resort. IPM farmers
watch pest

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Lacey Spring FUN Fair happens this weekend
by Jon Epstein
Spring is upon us in the northwest
and with the warmer weather comes
festival season. One of the earliest fairs
of the season is the Lacey Spring Fun
Fair at Saint Martin's College on
Saturday and Sunday, April 8th and 9th.
this free community celebration is
sponsored by the city of Lacey and the
Lacey area Chamber of Commerce.
This is_the second annual fair and
activities
planned for people of all
ages and backgrounds. Three stages of
entertainment will host many fine
northwest performers including Baby
Gramps, the Righteous Mothers, Sam
Weis,
Andy
Bartels,
Stoneypoint
Bluegrass Band, Children's Theatre
Northwest, the Olympia Storytelling
Guild, the McChord Air Force Base Big
Band, Robert Kotta, Mood Swing, David ,
Roberts, the Citizens Band ai,ld much ·
more.
Sixteen food booths will provide the
usual fair favorites like hot dogs and
burgers and more exotic treats likeCajun
cooking, salmon burgers ,and oriental
food. The Evergreen Alumni Association

are

will be peddling salmon burgers.
There's more at the fun fair than just
food and music. If you have children you
may enjoy the Northwest Trek exhibit,
have your face painted by folks from ,the
Olympic Wildlife Rescue Project or
receive a free balloon. Smokey the bear
will be patrolling the campus all weekend
and Olympia Waldorf School will lead
children in some creative games. "Safety
Town" will teach traffic and fire safety tQ.
children in kindergarten to · thfrd. graae.
All activities are free.
The Lacey Spring Fun Fair is
directed by Evergreen Alumni Jon
Epstein who regards Evergreen's Super
Saturday as inspirational for the Lacey
Event. The Fair replaces another Lacey
event called the "Madfest." The Madfest
died in 1986 due to poor management
and lack of community support.
The Fun Fair attracted close to 8000
people last year and will likely grow in
popularity as Super Saturday has at
Evergreen. Super Saturday started with
attendance of about 4000 and now
attracts crowds of 25,000 people.
Jon Epstein encourages Greeners and

interested community members to
volunteer some time at the fair.
Volunteers are still needed to do
everything from parking cars to mopping
floors. There are also fun possibilities
like putting on a Smokey the Bear
costume and entertaining children. For
information about volunteering call the

Lacey Chamber of Commerce at 4914141 or call the director, Jon Epstein, at
352-0149, Most volunteers must commit
to a three or four hour shift, and over
100 people are needed to make the fair
run successfully. The fair is scheduled for
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Career ·Development:

Masters students earn $5,000 more Grudgef

by Maureen Eddy
Each year, around one million
students receive bachelor's degrees. About
a fourth of them decide to go on for a
master's degree. A new study by the
National center for Education Statistics
of recent graduates showed those with a
master's degr~e earn about $4,990 a year
more than those with just a bachelor's
degree.
The study could not evaluate the
overall employment qualifications of
those just complete the bachelor's
compared to those with master's. It might
be that those who do graduate work have
better undergraduate academic ' records
and a clearer sense of career direction. If
that is true then they might earn higher
salaries whether or not they went on for
advanced training.
The report, "Employment Outcomes
of Recent Master's and Bachelor's
Degree Recipients" is avail~ble fro~? _the
National Center for Education Statistics,
of
Education,
U.S.
Department
Washington D.C. 20202.
.
An article in Personnel Journal
addresses the subject. "Recruitment:
Evaluating Volunteer Experience" says
the volunteer work must be equated to
work and job-related behaviors. But
describing volunteer work · in terms
employers can understand and take

that state and federal governments have
been more willing to accept the value of
volunteer
experience
than
private
corporations.
The Career Development office can
assist you in preparing your resume to
include your volunteer experience. Drop
in on Monday and Fridays mornings or
make an appointment with our Resume
Counselor.
UPCOMING EVENTS

seriously is often a challenge. For
example, chairing the board of directors
of a large volunteer organ_ization not on!y
skills in conducting meetmgs but also m
evaluating programs, people, and budgets.
Many volunteer jobs require skills in
public speaking, writing, negotiating,
marketing and public relations.
Employers should try to evaluate the
work the same way they would evaluate
paid work, the ar~cle. sugge~ts.. so
applicants should provtde JOb descnptions,
description of training and performance
appraisals. Applicants should indicate
what kind of supervisory experience they
have had and the extent to which they
worked independently. The article notes

Wednesday, April 12
SENIOR PANIC
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Watch for information on "How To Start
Your Own Business" on Wednesday,
April 19th. Also, the California Institute
of the Arts (CalArts) representative will
be on campus on April 26th in CAB 108
at 1:30pm.

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game), a traditional Indian game Friday
April 7. The event is in Library 4300 at
7 pm.
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Slahal is a traditional way of settlmg
minor disputes. This is a fundraising
event to help with the debt incurred l~t
year by the Indian Center.. The Indi_an
Center and Native Amencan Studtes
Program challenged the S&A Board and
S&A staff, and each team will have nine
formal members.
Students are needed to help play the
game, sing gambling songs and have ~un.
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Arts· and Entertainm.e nt
Capitol '24 Players present
tale of wooden child
by Kevin Boy~r
The Capitol Playhouse '24 has
created a wonderful and original version
of the musical "Pinocchio." The story of
Pinocchio is based on the book by Carlo
Collodi and subsequently adapted to
music by Jim Eiler; of this base and the
classic Disney version the Playhouse
takes great leave and manages to pull it
off.
Of special interest in this play is the
fact that two Evergreen students play
very important roles. The flrst is Tracy
Nance. He plays the part of Geppetto,
Pinocchio's creator or father. As
Geppetto, Tracy has the strongest singing
voice in the group and contributes a
performance that is the backbone of the
play. The musical numbers he participates
in stand out in memory after the play's
end.
The other Evergreen student is Kathy
Dockins. She worked behind the
performance developing and . creating
costumes. The costumes pull the play
together. They were bright and vibrant,
and allowed the main characters to stand
out and not be swallowed in 'the sea of
color that was presented in the sets and
clothing.
The play began strongly, with a song
introducing the characters and a very
good ending chorus. But it was not the
strongest part of the play -- this was
contained right in the middle. There was
a touching end to the frrst act with
Geppetto (Nance), calling out for his lost
wooden child in song.
The beginning of the second act
included a highly entertaining duet
between a sly fox and cat as they tried to
swindle 1Pe. lost Pinocchio out of his
money.
Unfortunately, this was the strongest
point. The second act was very quick and

the production had no time to build to
the grand ending it wanted. Pinocchio's
nose grew only once during the play.
Maybe that's what I craved, more nose
growing; although wheri it did grow, the
growth was quite impressive. The act
may have been quick just because of
some opening night roughness about the
stage, which I am sure will smooth out
as the performances continue.
The play was appealing to adults and
children alike; both laughed at the same
scenes. Some voices were lost on stage
because of the acoustics in the big
Capitol theatre.
All in all it was a strong
performance, especially by our Evergreen
students, and will get better as the
production continues.
"Pinocchio" runs at 8 pm April 6, 7,
8, 14, and 15. Matinees are at 2 pm on
April 2 and 9. Extra Bonus: Evergreen
students can get in at half price with
valid identification, if they buy tickets at
the window on the nights of the
performance.

Evergreen
·p hotog rap hers
curate exhibit
All of the art fans have a special
treat in store: a major photography show
at our own Evergreen.
Hugh Lentz and Steve Davis,
staff/faculty · photographers, .are · curating
the events, along with faculty members
Bob Haft and Paul Sparks. They chose
the
featured
photograghs
from
submissions sent to them from all . over
the UniLed SLates.
Most of the seven photographers in
the show have already been recognized
by the art world for their excellence.
The grand opening celebration begin
at 4:30 pm on April 7th in the Library's
2nd and 4th floor galleries, complete with
the traditional complimentary food and
champagne. The "Photograghs" exhibit
will be displayed in the two galleries
April 7-30.

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Lab Annex's opening ceremonies March 10.

Winter Slightly West arrives
by Honna Metzger
Only two or three people showed up
for the Slightly West Publication Party,
except for its staff and people whose . .
.
work .was' .in the magazine.
The staff received a "record number"
of entries for its Winter issue, and chose
53 out of those, with only 7 of the 53
submitted by members of the 10-person
editorial staff.
According to the
guidelines for submissions, all entries are
judged anonymously.
Poems outnumber the stories and art
works. One of the best poems is Staff
member Mark Clemens' "Morning Shows
Us What We Are," with its lyrically
graphic narrative of two brown bears
attempting to mate out of season. The
"I" of this poem is sitting outside with
his or her companion; and as they watch
and discuss the bears' unusual mating
behaviors, the couple seem to speak in a
symbolic code, as if they are really
talking
about something between
themselves. Clemens' poems have an
irresistible humor and subtlety that make
them rewarding reading.

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As for short stories, Betsy O'Reilly's
"Stir Crazy" stands out. The story is told
through the eyes of a restless young
working woman who decides one evening
to break away from her monotonous life.
She ends up at a bar and then a dance
club, travelling through sLates of extreme
drunkenness,
hominess/shamelessness,
depersonalization, and fmally inexplicable
mental anguish that leaves her shrieking
alone on the ground of a dank alley.
O'Reilly's unpretentious writing gives the
impression of casualness, with the
narrator's voice almost matter-of-fact as
it relays the eerie tale.
Of the art pieces, the two nonphotographs are strongest. Brad Brooks
presents a textural, abstract monotype,
and Jon Hiatt concludes the magazine
with a graceful marbled paper.
People fond of the literary and visual
arts should contact the Slightly West
office to inquire about becoming a Spring
staff member. The submission deadline
for the Spring Slightly West was April 3.

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Calendar
rrhursiay
Concert! Folksinger/songwriter Joanne
Rand kicks off Earth Month with
heartfelt original music in the Recital
Hall at 8 pm. Cost is $3-$5.

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Free Movies! A Gala Mooty Pythooathon is being held in Lecture Hall #3,
sponsored
by
"Raptorial,"
an
independent publicaton. 6 pm: Monty
Python and the Holy Grail; 8 pm: The
Life of Brian; 10 pm: The Meaning of
Life.

Lacey Fun Fair begins at St Martins
College, featuring exotic foods, a crafts
show,
and
three
stages
of
entertainment. Fair runs 10 am-6 pm
Saturday and Sunday, and admission is
free.

Suniay
Support women's right to choose by
marching to the Capitol. Participants
will assemble at noon in Sylvester Park
on Capitol Way, and rally at 1:30 in
front of the Capitol.

9vfoniay
1-'riiay
The Photographs show opens with a
flourish of glamour and glitz in Library
galleries ori the 2nd and 4th floor. The
opening promises conversation, food,
and drink, beginning at 4:30 pm and
ending at 7 pm.
It's Pie and Disco Night at the
notorious, ultra-hip Reko Muse Gallery.
Don't miss the yummy homemade pies
and primal beat of GO-TEAM followed
by dancing to records. Admission is a
genuine homemade pie, or ~3.
Adopt-a-Forest conference will be held
all day in the LH #1 rotunda,
sponsored by the Environmental
Resource Center. This conference will
continue all day Saturday and Sunday
as well, in CAB 108/110 and Lib 3501
The TESC Sailing team meet in the
New Wilaerness Center (2nd floor
Rec center) at 5 pm. All interested or
curious welcome. Call Sean at 8669461 for info.

The Evergreen Christian Science
Organization meets in CAB 110 at 8
pm. Meetings are open to everyone,
and will continue at this place and time
through spring.

rruesiay
Author Shannon Applegate will read
from her book Skookum rrr the Library
lounge 2100 at !2:30pm.

Saturiay
Boomerang Tournament in the TESC
athletic 1 fields starts in the morning
(bring your lunch) and lasts until
evening, when a "feast" will be served.
All are welcome, with boomerangs
available to buy or borrow. The
festivities continue Sunday.
Chess Tournament is presented by the
Ad Hoc Chess People in CAB 108,
starting at 8 am and ending at 11 pm.
Free Plays! See Friday listing for
details.
A three-band concert is graciously
hosted by the Reko Muse Gallery (112
E. State) featuring these musical
favorites:
Fits of Depression,
Dungpump, and Calamity Jane. Show
begins at 8 pm ~d costs $3.
Nazi-Skinhead protestors are leaving
from the Puget Sound area to
demonstrate at the Skinhead convention
in Coeur D'Alene. Cars, vans and
demonstrators are needed. Call Heiwa
at 866-9193 to inquire.

American Poetry Association is
sponsoring a free, open-to-the-public
poetry contest. Grand prize is $1,000,
First Prize $500, with $11,000 to be
awarded. 152 poets will win awards
and national publication. Poets should
send up to six poems, of 20 lines or
less, with name and address on each
page, to the American Poetry
Association, Dept. CT-22, 250 A
Potrero Street, PO Box 1803, Santa
Cruz, CA 95061-1803. Entry deadline
is June 30, but early submissions are
encouraged.
Focus requests film and script
submissions for its 13th annual contest.
College students have the opportunity
to have their work critiqued by leading
producers, directors, actors and agents,
and the chance to win over $100,000
in money, cars and prizes. Contact
Media Services at x6270 for rules and
catagories.
A Photography exhibit is being
assembled by our Chinese sister
province of Sichaun. The international
show is looking for pictures of
Washington: news events, scenery,

archetecture, or people. Photo size must
be 11" x 14" or 9" x 13" and can be
black and white or color. Include tide
or caption for photo, plus the name,
sex, occupation, and address of the
photographer. Send submissions to
Jeanne Cobb, Washington State
Department of Trade, 312 First Ave.
N., Seattle, WA 98109 by April 17,

1989.
Recreation
Wallyball games are played on an
informal, drop-in basis Mondays and
Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm, in CRC
raquetball courts #1 and #2.
Employment and Internships
Camp Counselors for a summer youth
music camp are needed. Contact the
Student Employment office, Lib 1218
x6205, for information.
Safeplace, Thurston County Rape
Relief and Women's Shelter, has an
ongoing need for volunteers. People
. are needed to answer crisis phones,
w-ork with clients as counselors or
advocates, and other duties. Spring
Volunteer Training begins Monday,
April lOth. Please call Safeplace at
786-8754 for an application.

Mubarak Awad, internationally-known
Palistinian activist, will speak in the
Library lobby at noon. For more info,
call Hector at 357-3136, or Anna at
943-8386.

11Jeinesiay
Stephanie Coontz, a TESC professor
will autograph her new book, Social
Origins of Private Life, in our
Bookstore from 12-2 pm.

Art Show! An exhibit of glass art
works opens with an artists' reception
5-8pm at the Childhood's End Gallary,
222 W. 4th in Olympia. The exhibit
will last until May 15, and admission
is free.
Free Plays! Two thoughtful one act
plays will be performed in the Recital
Hall at 8 pm Friday and Saturday.
They are both written by TESC
students: "Being a Twil'\," a one
woman show by Heather Clark, and
"Who Am I" by Cheryl Johnston,
starring Ron Jacobs.

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Health and Wellbeing
Four groups are starting this week, all
sponsored by and located in the
Counseling Center. To register, call or
visit the Center, Seminar 2109, x6800.

Born on Feb 11th were 5 little gerbils. Do you
have a good home to share with them? Handtamed. Call Matt of Amy at 866-2205.

Survivors of Chilhood Sexual Abuse
is ·a group for women facilitated by
Barbara Gibson, M.Ed. Meetings will
be held every Thursday 3:30-5 pm,
starting April 13. Schedule an initial
appointment with Barbara Gibson when
registering.

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Women in trans~ion; work with couples,
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personal growth. Nan Netherland M.S.W.,
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The Anger Workshop, facilitated by
Shary Smith, M.A., N.C.C., provides
information about anger and its effects,
and helps participants to manage their
own anger. Meeting times are
Wednesday nights, 7-9 pm, beginning
April 12.
The Food and Body Image group,
facilitated by Barbara Gibson, provides
support and perspective for women
who wish to understand and change the
underlying causes of compulsive eating
and poor body image. This Group will
meet Tuesdays, 3:30-5 pm, starting
April 11.
The Men and Women group,
facilitated by Candyce Bollinger, B.A.
and two peer counselors, gives men
and women the chance to learn. about
each other's insecurities, fears, and
needs. Meetings take place on
Thursdays 2-3:30, starting ApriJ 13.

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Opinion:

Right to cho-ose -..affects-ottler --freetlo
by Kathleen Taylor and Janet Benshoof
This year will be the most important
year for reproductive freedom and privacy
rights since 1973, when the US Supreme
Court recognized a woman's right to
make
her
own
choices
about
reproduction. The effect of the Court' ;s
decisions this year will be felt beyond the
issue of abortion. If privacy--which
underpins reproductive free:lom--is no
longer
accorded
fnndamental

constitutional protection, the government
will be free to regulate contraception,
marriage, child rearing, and sex
education. The implications for women's
equality and privacy are enormous.
Never in the history of this country
has the Supreme Court reversed a
fundamental constitutional right such as
the right to privacy. If the Court
renounces the privacy doctrine, no
constitutional right--freedom of speech,

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freedom of conscience or religion, equal
protection of the laws--is safe.
Reproductive Health Services vs
Webster, which the US Supreme Court
has agreed to review, is only the first of
probably several cases the Court is likely
to hear this term. The case was brought
jointly by the American Civil Liberties
Union and Planned Parenthood.
The Missouri statute is very
dangerous. It defines human life as
beginning at conception, a notion which
could have enormous legal implications
for the pregnant woman.
Moreover, two days after the
November
election,
the
Justice
Department,
headed
by
Richard
Thornburgh, filed a brief asking the
Supreme Court not just to decide Webster
but to completely overturn abortion rights
in the process. This is the first time in
the history of the country that the Justice
Department has gone into the Supreme
Court, in a case in which the US
government is not even a party, and
asked the Court to withdraw a
fundamental right. With the addition of
Reagan appointees Scalia and Kennedy to
the Supreme Court, the Court is likely to
be far more sympathetic to the
government's position than past courts.
The ACLU anticipates the Supreme
Court will accept review of three other
abortion rights cases this term. One,
brought by the ACLU in Illinois, involves
licensing restrictions of abortion clinics.
Two other cases involve minors'
rights to pnvacy arising from Minnesota ,
(Hodgson vs Minnesota) and Ohio (Akron
vs Slaby~. From the ACI:U's experience
with thpusands of teenagers, with whom
we hav~ dealt in countless cases to .
protect tJ\eir privacy rights, we know of
young ~gmen 's desperation · not to have
to tell ~heir parents of abortions. Th<fY
have often hitchhiked hundreds of milps
to abortion clinics in other stateS that do

not mandate parental involvement.
Oppressive parental notification statutes
result in increased childbirth, delayea
abortion and trauma. Not surprisingly, the
only teenagers who can make it to a
court to obtain a waiver of parental
notification are upper middle class and
white.
According to the Centers for Disease
Control, minors who must obtain illegal
abortions to hide their pregnancies from
their parents are prime candidates for
death
from
back-alley
abortions.
Restrictions on minors will lead to an
increase,
not
only
in
unwanted
motherhood, but also in suicides and life
threatening illegal abortions as well.
At the national level, all the major
pro-choice organizations--ACLU, National
Organization for Women, National
Abortion Rights Action League, Religious
Coalition for Abortion Rights, Planned
Parenthood and others--have been meeting
regularly to coordinate their campaigns to
save privacy rights.
We all agree that the vendetta
against Roe vs Wade is a backlash
against the advancements women have
made in society and the increased rights
they have won so far. The Roe vs Wade
decision has done more than any other
court decision to empower women to
control their own lives, to give them
liberty, health and equality. It is no
coincidence that this court decision is the
one now most in jeopardy.
The right to a safe, legal abortion is
in serious jeopardy. Fortunately, we still
have the right to free speech. Public
outcry has worked effectively in the past
to safeguard crucial civil liberties. It is
the only thing that will save reproductive
freedom this year.

Kathleen Taylor is executive director
of the ACLU of Washington. Janet
Benshoof is director of ACLU' s national
Reproduction Project in New York.

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