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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
page 16
January 16,1986
Cooper Point Journal
anuary
Issue No. 12
Electronic media for the asking
Public Symposium on the Hanford Nuclear Reserntion will be held at the Olympia Ballroom from 7 to 9 p.m.
The Downtown Development Association will hold its Annual Meeting at Carnegies Restaurant, downstairs . The Annual Meeting will include a year-end summary
of accomplishments a·hd a presentation of goals for 1986. It begins at7 p.m.
The Olympia Parks and Recreat ion Department in cooperation with the Olympia Fire Department will hold a workshop on safety tips and regulations regarding wood
stoves and smoke detectors at the Olympia Community Center at 7 p .m. Piease sign up in advance for the free workshop.
Campus Basketball League will hold a meeting in Cab 108 at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, January 17
Will Perry , story teller extraordinaire, will hold a free workshop at 2 p.m. in COM 209, and at 7 p.m. he will perform. The performance will cost $2 to attend.
Bread and Roses House of Hospitality will have a bilingual potluck dinner , followed by a Bible study. The potluck will begin at 6:00 p.m. Both English and Spanish
will be spo ken. Call 754-4085 for more information .
Saturday , January 18
The Girl Artists will perform 'Souvenirs' at 8 p.m. in the Experimental Theatre. Advance tickets are available at Yenney's Music, The Bookmark and the Evergreen
Bookstore. Cost is $4 for students, senior citizens and card-carrying alumni, and $6 general. Reservations, which are strongly recommended, are available by calling 866-6833.
Michael Tomlinson will appear at the Tacoma Y. W .C.A. at 8 p.m. Tickets cost $7 at the door; $4 for children and senior citizens. Advance tickets are available for
$6 from The Underground, Ted Brown Music, Mostly Books .
Abortion Rights Rally will be held at Peoples Park in Tacoma
to
celebrate the 13th anniversary of safe and legal abortion. Rally begins at 11:00 a.m.
Spirituil1 Career Development seminar will be held from 9 a.m . to 4 p.m . at the Unity Church. A carpool will leave the TESC loop at 8:40 a.m. Call the Unity Church
[943·5757] or Innerplace [X6145] for more information.
Sunday, January 19
G.E.S.C.C.O.wili have a business management meeting at 2 p.m. in the Timberline library . A program planning meeting will be
held at 3 pm .
CLASSIFIEDS
Wanted! A junior or senior
humanities student interested in doing
on Individual learning (ontroct in the
field of literary (riticism and Theory.
(Spring Quarter) See David Marr l 2211
Monday, January 20
The Evergreen State College and The Timberland Regional Libraries will be closed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tuesday, January 21
WashPIRG refunds will be available fro111 Jan. 21 - 31.
Metaphysical discussion group will meet every Tuesday at 3:00 in L. 3225. Call Innerplace [X6145] for more information.
Bible discussion group meets at 12 in L. 3225 every Tuesday
Battered Women's Social Networkwill meet at 6:00 p.m. in the Women's Center L. 3216. Childcare is available. For more information call X6162.
Dry Firewood For Sale
Old growlh Fir, Maple,and Alder are
available. $75.00 a cord; split and
delivered. 18", or cut to size . . . (all
anytime and ask for Peter.. 866·1332.
Quitting Business Sale
Steam Generato~, pe~onal-size blade
Hot Tub, (edar Benches, hand crafted
(edar Doo~, Mirra~, Bamboo (ounter,
and on assortment of mise. Art.
phone 943·9093 days; 866·7094 eves.
Raquetball Tournament sign up deadline. Sign up in the Rec. Center.
Wednesday, January 22
ResJlme Writing workshop from noon to I p.m. in L. 1213.
Weight Room Orientation begins at 3 and ends at 4 in the Rec. Center. Everyone is welcome.
Energy Efficient Appliances workshop will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Lacey City Hall Council Chambers to help people
shop for new appliances.
Four Windsl Westward Ho Summer Camps will be making a slide presentation for students interested in summer camp positions .
The presentation will be held from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in Library room 2205. Persons interested in an interview should contact Career
Development, L. 1214, for additional information and sign-up.
If I was a musical instrument
... I'd be a sox. Romantic man, 25,
.6'1", 220, seeks a romantic womon to
shore conversation, long walks on storm
tossed beaches, pillow fights, good books,
and bod movies, Wolfhaven, hiking on
Rainier, Springsteen, and "Dancin' in the
Dark". An athletic woman, 5'1" or
toller, preferred. Write: 2516 East Fourth
Suite 126, Olympia, Wa. 98506
Government Jobs available
$16,040· $59,230 Iyear. Now hiring.
(all 805 . 687 . 6000 Ext. R·5804
for current federal lisl.
Interviews for Summer jobs in the San Juan Islands begin. See the Career Development Office.
Slightly West, the Evergreen Literary Magazine has office hours on Wednesdays from 10 to 12 at the Maarava office in L. 3214, X6493.
Thursday, January, 23
'The Inquiring Mind: A Forum in the Humnilies' lecture on Mozartl Amadeus and the schism between life and art will be held
at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts at noon. Geoffrey Block of the U.P .S. Music Department will give the free
lecture. Brown bag lunches are welcome; coffee provided.
Traveling to England? A workshop will be held from 7 to 9
.m. at the
Aura Readings
Rev. linda Robe~on 491 · 8590
One hour sessions
$35.00
Library department provides media literacy
by Sharon Lee Nicbolson
Students interested in using media
equipment such as 35mm cameras
and video gear, but don't have the
spare thousands of dollars needed to
buy it, might do well to take a swing
by Media Loan.
The Media Loan Department, on
the second floor of the library, has
more than 4,000 units available for
use by about 2,500 students. The
equipment, ranging from light
meters to 16mm movie cameras, is
provided for academic programs, individual contracts, internships and
TESC-authorized campus activities.
The typical Media Loan user borrows four or five times during a
quarter while a student in a mediaoriented program will use the equipment two or three times a week.
"We have a standing file of 400 individuals with equipment checked
out," says Rick Andersen, student
supervisor. "On Fridays alone, we
handle about 500 transactions."
Who is authorized to use Media
Loan? The Policy Statement in-
Center. Fee: $2.
Checking out at media loan.
dicates that faculty, staff and currently enrolled students may borrow
the equipment. A valid ]0 card is required, proficiency demonstrated
and some loan restrictions apply.
There is also a priority-of-use policy.
Students in media programs have
first priority, followed by those on
photo by Jennifer Lewis
individual contracts and internships.
Having the least priority are TESCauthorized campus activities such as
those sponsored by the S & A Board.
A rigid adherence to this policy is
usually related to the type of equipment requested. According to Alley
Hink le, Media Loan coordinator,
35mm cameras are loaned frequentIy, although their use might not fa ll
strictly into one of the three
categories. On the other ha'nd, if a
student asks to use a VHS video
deck, there must be assurance that
it is to be used in an authorized
academic activity.
On ly two VHS decks are available
and they are in high demand. "I
don't feel guilty about it (questioning the planned use of the equipment)," Hinkle says. "It is the taxpayer's money that supports Media
Loan, and I need to make sure it is
for academic use."
As with most lending facilities,
Media Loan has an overdue fine
system . "It makes our reservation
system mean something," Andersen
says. The fines range from $3
for one day late up to $20 per
week (until the replacement cost is
reached) and, according to Andersen the fines encourage students to
return equipment on time. "People
wi ll get nicked for a day late now
and then, but most people are conscientious," he says.
One student who relies heavily on
Media Loan is Tom Workman. He
borrows portable video and audio
equipment and supp lemental lights
for his work in the expressive arts.
Getting acquainted with Media Loan
is like other aspects of Evergreen
life.
"It puts the burden on the student
to know his equipment. It's all here
for you'to learn, but the responsibility is up to you," Workman says .
The equipment is tested when it is
horrowed and it ought to work when
returned. When a piece of equipment malfunctions, "it's usually
something minor, but it's su re no t
fun when you're in the middle of a
shoot," he says.
As a student resource, Media
Loan fits the Evergreen philosophy.
"It's good to know that this in stitution uses media in non-traditional
ways (not just film projectors and
screens)," Hinkle says. With Media
Loan, the Media Production Center,
Electronic Media and Projection
Services, Evergreen is electronicmedia literate.
Media insurance cost would prove prohibitive
by Anita Purdy
Student& must pay for damages to
Media Loan Department equipment,
whether or not- they are incurred
while completing class assignments.
Unfortunately, insurance coverage is
not available through the college . .
Before checking out media
materials, students are required to
undergo proficiency tests . An instruction tape is viewed, then under
watchful eyes of trained student
aides, students assemble, operate,
disassemble, and repack equipment.
To insure proper working order
upon its return, a similar procedure
is followed .
The results of interviews with
media students on the subject are
typified by Dennis Held, who said,
"We were made aware of liability
for equipment beforehand by the
aides. They thoroughly - indoctrinated us on the potential for
equipment damage ."
However, interviewees also sug·
gested that inexpensive insurance
should be made availabe for TESC
student purchase during use of
media apparatus. Greg Monta,
Mass-Communication student, also
voicing majority opinion of the interviewees, commented , " .. .in turn,
students wouldn 't be so afraid of
equipment, they would feel more at
ease while using it." Alley Hinkle,
Media Loan Department , added that
women, especially, can be intimidated by equipment use as they
have been culturally trained to feel
inadequate in the use of mechanical
devices .
Verna Baker, TESC Controller's Office secretary, advises that insurance
coverage of loaned equipment has
been periodically explored by the
college . Most insurance companies
will not consider issuing blanket
policies; those who do, quote exhorbitant premium charges of $1,000
and up for a one-year cover·age on
$6,000 to $10,000 worth of equipment. TESC's purchase price for one
cinema camera is $16,000.
There are hundreds of items
available for student use, valued at
$60 to over $1,000 per item. The cost
for blanket coverage of potential
student damage is prohibitive. But
Baker said that regional schools
would be meeting to discuss shared
concerns since insurance costs affect
all of them. TESC will question how
the other schools are handling the
situation . Hopefully, some alternatives will surface, Baker said.
At present, students can elect to
have riders attached to their
homeowner policies. This would insure them against losses of loaned
equipment due to fire or theft. Local
insurance agents advise that rental
homeowner policies can be utilized
in the samt: manner. Dependent
students should explore whether or
not they can be covered under
parents' policies .
SAGA protest ends in peaceful resolution
by Todd D. Anderson
Protest usually follows one of
three courses: revolution, peaceful
compromise, or eventual demise of
the cause. In the case of the miniprotest movement here against
SAGA, the campus food service
contractor, the result appears to be
peaceful resolution.
The protest took place last fall as
a result of a series of complaints
against SAGA by its patrons. Since
then the student group Repercussions has been meeting with Vonda
Drogmund, SAGA campus manager
and Denis Snyder, director of the
Bookstore, parking and food services at Evergreen. Snyder says he
feels progress has been made, "The
students made a point that was well
taken and Vonda has been
receptive. "
Marc Levine, one of the cofounders of Repercussions, agreed in
part. "We have seen some changes,"
he said, referring to some price adjustments made since the protest.
Prices on 13 selected items in the
Greenery have been lowered from 5
percent to 24 percent.
For instance the price of a
cheeseburger dropped from $1.40 to
$1.25. For vegetarians, new dishes
have been offered and new options
for pricing large salads have been instituted. A large salad is now sold
for a fixed price instead of by the
ounce, while small salads are still
sold by the ounce. Prices in the Deli,
especially those for drinks, have also
been adjusted downwards from 3
percent below pre-protest prices .
An issue that Repercussions is exploring is the possibility of alternative services to SAGA on campus.
A number of schools, particularly
the community colleges, have
school-run food service programs
usually in coordination with Food
Management academic programs,
however, Evergreen does not have
such a program. One suggestion was
to have the Organic Farm provide
food services, but Snyder questions
the feasability of such an option.
"The farm is not a mass producer
of food, they are not equipped to
handle a full program."
The 13-acre farm currently sells
vegetables and eggs on campus and
products ·to the student-run
cooperative, the Corner. Susan
Moser, manager and caretaker of the
Organic Farm said supplying enough
food to feed the whole campus is
beyond their currenl capabilities.
"We would need a lot more tools
and labor to undertake such a project." She said the farm could
possibly enlargF food production
and even provide meat, but the farm
really isn't designed for such operations. "The purpose of the farm is
to teach food growing techniques
and acquaint students with such pro·
blems as third world development,
not feed the campus," Moser says,
According to the contrllct between
SAGA and Evergreen, SAGA has
sole rights to provide food services
on campus. However, SAGA has
allowed exceptions in sales by the
Organic Farm and the Corner. The
agreement between SAGA
continued on page 2
pholo by Jennifer Lewi c;
SAGA employee Mark Johnson and Campus manager Vonda Drogmund
in the Greenery kitchen .
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STATE COLLEGE
Parenting Skills Workshop will be given from 12 to 1 by Terry Tafoya in CAB 110.
Vol. No. 14
January 23, 1986
Olympia, WA 98505
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
January 23, 1986
m.ore news
January 23, 1986
Students given chance to find themselves
at Innerplace and Campus Ministries
by Lee Pembleton
Among the many student groups
on the third noor of the library here,
is a dimly lit room which houses
both
Innerplace,
home
to
Evergreen's spiritual discovery, and
Camp us Ministries, Evergreen's
Christian connection on campus. Innerplace was established by students
13 years ago, and is now coordinated
by Annette Estes, a sophomore in
"Human Health and Behaviour."
"What we're trying to do is be a
place for people who are interested.
in exploring their spirituality ," said
Estes. Innerplace is open to any student interested in discussing, study'ing, or exploring their spirituality.
Innerplace has a library of spiritual
books that may be read in the office,
or checked out. The works include,
" The Baghavad Gita," "The Bi ble," "Autobiography of a Yogi,"
"The Book of Morman," and
"Gibran -- A Self Portrait."
Innerplace can also help people
seeking others of the same faith, or
help put together special interest
groups, concerts, or lectures. Innerplace is currently sponsoring a
Metaphysical Discussion Group as
well as a monthly medical circle with
a shaman from Seattle. They are also
cosponsoring the bi-monthly Healing Arts Network Forums. Although
Innerplace is not extensively involved in the Olympia community, it can
help students find out what is
spir itua lly happening in that
community.
Sharing space with Innerplace is
Campus Ministries, coordinated by
Patricia McCann and Tim Marshall.
McCann has been with the college
for 13 years and Campus Ministries
for nine, and Marshall is coordinating the project to make El
Salvador University Evergreen's
sister college.
Campus Ministries is nondenominational, and has been at
Evergreen since Evergreen's inception, although, said McCann, there
are never many Christians attending
the college . •Campus . Ministries is
"Magazine' , spotlights art
by Irene Mark Buitenkant
supported by , and works with local
ch urches, particularly on issues concerning peace, justice, and faith
development.
"Evergreen is a very challenging
place to work because of the energy
and changing ideas of the students.
I learn a lot every time I come out
here, it's ticking with ideas to change
the world," said McCann.
Innerplace helps with spiritual questions.
Campus Ministries'is interested in
hearing from students about ideas
for workshops and forums. "In the
past Campus Ministries has worked
on hunger and peace issues, and
issues of spirit and sexuality," said
McCann. Campus Ministries would
like to help connect students with the
community. "We're not here to convert students, we're here to walk
with them," she added. The Innerplace and Campus Ministries office is open part time. Hours
are posted on the door of the office,
and both organizations will always
respond to messages on or under the
door.
Budd Inlet's dirty water is target of study
by Martba Pierce
Budd Inlet, the body of water lapping the shores of Evergreen,
historically has had a water quality
problem , according to Lynn
Singleton, the unit supervisor of the
intensive surveys unit of the water
quality section of the Department of
Ecology. The Department of
Ecology is doing a study to find out
if LOTT (Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, Thurston County) sewage
treatment plant is contributing to the
problem , and if so, how much . The
problem is a result of eutrofication ,
Singleton said.
needed to maintain the population
of the fish in the body of water,
Singleton said.
The Department of Ecology is
conducting a two-part study on the
problem. They are trying to develop
the water quality model capable of
predicting the amount of nutrients
in the water, and trying to find the
source of pollution, Singleton said.
"LOTT upgraded and rebuilt the
treatment plant," she said. This was
confirmed by Torn Kolby, the plant
manager, who added "Since August
of 1982, we have been providing better than permit levels ."
Singleton seems to agree, "It's an
Eutrojication is an excess oj
nutrients added to a body oj water
which stimulates plant growth.
Eutrification is an excess of
nutrients added to a body of water
which stimulates plant growth. The
plants that first use the nutrients
grow full and shade the other plants,
eventually killing them. When the
plants die, they use up oxygen during decomposition . The end result is
an inadequate supply of oxygen
advanced secondary treatment plant,
and since the upgrading, the afnuent
quality has been good." She said
pollution in the form of excess
nutrients is non-point pollution.
Singleton explained that there are
many different sources of the pollution and not just one pipe on which
to put the blame.
Peace with SAGA
continued from page I
~
anel the Corner allows the Coop to function provided it does
so during hours that SAGA
facilities are closed.
'" Currently the Corner is open
from 6 p.m . to \0 p.m . Morning service was recently discontinued, however . Leslie Gawell,
a co-wo rker at the Corner, said
SAGA had nothing to do with
the Co rner closing in the morning. "We didn't have the staff
to handle breakfast services and
we were losing money in doing
so." A statement submitted by
the management of the Corner
also indicated that reasons for
c losure were unrelated to
SAGA.
None of this deters Repercussions, however. "We would like
to sample interest in starting a
Food Service/Management
Program," says Levine ,
"perhaps by taking a survey."
He says the idea is still in the
preliminary stages right now.
While this drama would seem
to be heading for mutually acceptable ending,
Levine
lamented the lack of a permanent oversight organization as
there are on other campuses.
"They (SAGA) are receptive as
long as people are complaining,
but once those people move on
it's business as usual." Drogmund indicated that they have
had a Food Service Advisory
Group in the past. "It ended up
I was the only one attending the
meetings," she says.
The current discu ss ion,
however, is not over. The
students will meet with Drogmund and Snyder again at 3
p.m. Wednesday, January 29 in
CAB 108.
a
In the study, hypothetical situations entertain ing the ideas of more
or less nutrients in the water are being worked out. She said this is to
find out how much a certain amount
of nutrients will affect plant growth,
which in turn changes the amount of
oxygen which relates ~o how many
fish will be saved or killed. Singleton
said that the study will allow for bet-
ter planning.
According to "Environmental
Science," by Daniel D. Chiras, the
most vulnerable bodies of water are
generally shallow and therefore easily fill with sediment. Eutrofication
is the most widespread problem in
U.S. bodies of water.
Tod"y, seven out of eight bodies
of water are experiencing accelerated
eutrofication. Nearly all receive
wastes
from
industry and
municipalities, or farms, feedlots,
and sewage treatment plants. The
prospect for eutrofic bodies of water
is not as dim as once believed; if
nutrient innow is greatly reduced or
stopped, the affected bodies of water
may make a slow comeback, says
Chiras.
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Production Clearance explained
by Kalhi Durkin
The Production Clearance Board
has worked out a schedule with the
advisors to aid students in obtaining
the necessary signatures on the Production Clearance Report.
The concern over obtaining the
signatures was brought to the attention of the board by an article in the
November 21, 1985, issue of the CPJ
titled "Stage space requires paper
chase," by Tom Kolba. The article
ex pressed the concerns of
Christopher Tolfree, a student who
had to go through the signature
chasing process.
In order to make the process as
simple as possible for students and
groups scheduling events, the
following timetable has been set up
with advisors. Each advisor will be
in his/her office on Monday during
the times designated, unless otherwise stated.
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Marge Brown, LIB 1305, 8-10
a.m.; Yuki Chancellor, LIB 0314,
2-3:30 p.m.; Helen Gilmore, CAB
305, 8-10 'a.m.; David Malcom,
COM 301,9-11 a.m.; Susan Perry,
LIB 2300, anytime; Sue Pittman,
CRC 302, 9:30-11 :30 a.m.(Wed .);
Sue Roden, CAB 305, 1-3 p.m.;
Security, SEM 2150, IO-noon; Ed
Trujillo, COM 301, 9-11 a.m.;
Donnagene Ward, CAB 214,
anytime; Ken Wilhelm, LIB 1327B,
9-11 a.m.(Tue.); Kathy Ybarra,
CAB 305, 1-3p.m.; and Patti Zim-
merman, LAB II 1271, 8-10 a.m.
The peR is needed for scheduling a
performance (on or off campus) if
the performance requires campus
services. It is to make sure the production goes smoothly: verification
of space, sound, lighting, custodial
services, security, electronic media,
etc.
The next program qf "The
Evergreen Magazine" will be an interview of Ruben Sierra and parts of
his perfomance of "I Am Celso,"
which was performed here in
November 1985. Sharing that half
hour will be a documentary of the
Chicano Art Exhibit which was here
at the same time. The Magazine will
be broadcast at 6 p.m. Saturday,
February I, on Cox Cable Channel
43, and PBS channels 28, 15, and 12.
The Evergreen State College has
been producing a television show for
public television channels since the
spring of 1985. Until recently it was
called "Evergreen Hour."
The first shows were drawn from
material produced for classroom
use. As the archives became exhausted, material was newly
generated. The productions are very
demanding of time and energy and
it seemed more realistic to change to
a half hour format which would be
nexible enough to handle short
pieces. The new production is appropriately named "The Evergreen
Magazine."
The Video-Audio class is assigned to produce these programs under
the guidance of Douglas Cox, who
has film and video experience, and
Ken Willhelm, whose expertise is in
audio. Thec1ass, which is divided into crews of four, which selects subject matter, researches the material,
and becomes proficient with the
technologies of camera work,
lighting, audio, and editing.
Judith Espinola, coordinator of
Media Services, says, "It (this process) is ideally a way oj teaching
students more about met!ia production in a setting which requires them
to research various topics, and it
gives the staff an opportunity to
work on production . "
A poignant program which
documented the plight of Southeast
Asian refugees featured Professor
Dwight Conquergood of Nor-
by Josepb G, Follansbee
The All-Campus Disappearing
Task Force (DTF) report, which last
week recommended to President
Olander the formation of an Advisory Board, brings with it a discussion of what the nature of governance for Evergreen should be.
Because of what that report implied,
some students felt compelled to
speak out against it.
Three of those students, Jon
Holz, James Mershon, and James
To make the process as easy as
possible, Helen Gilmore is available
in the S & A office in CAB 305 to
provide students with the PCR form,
necessary instructions, and any information that may be needed in
securing the performance.
Be sure and allow a minimum 01
two weeks for making arrangements
prior to scheduling a performance.
The Admissions Office is in a
pinch for work/study students.
Without institutional money
budgeted for student jobs and with
a lack of wIJrk/ study applicants, the
Admissions Office is having to put
off some of the work that needs to
be done, according to Charles Holt,
admissions staff member.
Work /study jobs include filing,
mailing, typing, some off campus
registering at Vancouver and
Tacoma campuses, graduation interviews, taking I.D. pictures, and
working on transcripts. "If the staff
had to do that kind of thing
themselves, it woulq pile up," said
Judith Huntley, assistant to the dean
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But since work/study money is
allocated to students individually according to their financial need, the
Admissions Office loses work/study
employees when its allocation runs
out. The office takes an allocation
of about $1800 to work all year. In
fact, Judith Huntley said, "Some
students will ask not to be given a
raise so , their money doesn't run
out. "
Another problem for the admissions office in finding interested
work/study students, is that
students, tired from school, want a
less laxin~ job, she said .
According to Betty Muncton,
financial aid counselor, students
who have applied for financial aid
but who have been turned down,
may be able to work as work/study
, mon,ey is recovered through the year.
"As soon as funds are available we
let students know," she said.
"If you have a work/study allocation you will not be turned down for
lack of (work/study) money. If a
student already has a work/study
award, that student should be able
to get a job. There are enough places
on campus to provide positions,"
Muncton added.
Any registered student with at
least 4 credits can apply for financial aid now for next year, and meet
the April 15 deadline .
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room L3212.
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woman who told him that she who
had lived among Asian immigrants,
criticized them for wearing traditional clothing and otherwise maintaining their customs instead of
adapting to the ways of their new
country. She then realized that old
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Martin, who have been vocal opponents of the DTF recommendations, met and discussed their individual viewpoints. All agreed the
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Evergreen.
"It's just absolutely unacceptable," said Martin. "It's a repugnant, ignorant approach to what this
campus means." All three questioned the starting point of the report
which outlines the campus as divided into constituencies of faculty,
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staff, and students. The three said
the report assumes the representatives would actually speak for their
respective constituencies.
For Mershon, the' reality of the
school doesn't support the assumptions. "The reality is that there are
a lot of different people with a lot
of different conceptions of what is
going on here," Mershon said.
"There are some wide agreements
among people, but there are people
who corne here for fast-track science
courses so they can get into med
school two years from now. There
are people who come here because
they want to learn more about what
their life's about. It's an incredible
diversity. "
For Mershon, the diversity of the
school should be addressed in governance through direct participation,
not representation. Direct participation would be an expression of
Evergreen's philosophy of student
independence and responsibility for
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some time in some way," he said .
For Holz, the assumption of three
separate constituencies contradicts
the social contract which he said calls
for cooperation within the community. He said the DTF proposal
sees the school as split into competing interest groups. "We have to
understand Evergreen as an organized unity instead of a system that is
better understood by breaking it
down," Holz said. "It might be better understood breaking it down but
then· you don't understand how the
pieces fit together.
Holz also views the DTF report as
a symptom of what he sees as a
general trend away from the "alternative" philosophy of the school.
"They are implementing a more
traditional means of governing
Evergreen," he said. Holz cited the
increasing emphasis on modules or
part-time courses. "It goes along
with this whole swing both ill the administration and the · academics
towards a more traditional type of
educational system," he said. Mershon agreed. "Symbolically, what it
does is reinforce the assumption that
Evergreen is changing into a more
traditional school. It seems the DTF
assumed this was inevitable," he
said.
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Martin said that the report expresses few of Evergreen's educational values and therefore doesn ' t
belong in the Evergreen system.
"Evergreen is supposed to represent
a certain understanding of how
Evergreen was to be as an institution
and in practice in the classroom.
This kind of proposal works on the
assumption that it's supposed to be
like the University of Puget Sound
or any other institution," he said.
Martin said the report goes against
the idea that Evergreen is an evolving concept rather than a static entity and lacks a long-range vision.
He quoted someone who had once
complained that history is just "one
damned thing after another." Martin said the report .. reflects a very
short-range vision of how to deal
with problems and that they will be
'one damned thing after another.'"
Martin offered an in formal
counterproposal in calling for an updated version of older governance
documents which he said were more
compatible with Evergreen's
philosophy. These documents, he
said, do not contain the notion of
competing interest groups. He said
that when he told the DTF and
President Olander of his ideas, he
fe lt he had not been taken seriousIy. Mershon said that he felt his
views had been discounted by President Olander, though he did listen .
"We have a dynamic community.
Whether it is a cohesive, happy community or not does not matter.
We're all here together, working in
some of the same ways, and working in different ways. We've made
a mistake in the Advisory Board and
it's going to be a pain in the ass for
a lot of people on this campus,"
Mershon said.
January 23, 1986
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January 23, 1986
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
Persons interested in Japanese art
and culture should take notice of the
Tribute to Japan program, Saturday
January 25, here in the library
building and the Lecture Halls . The
tribute will run from II a.m. to 5
p.m. and will provide a broad scope
of events running from displays by
local and v i ~iting artisans to lectures
on Japanese creation myths.
This year will mark the fourth
time that Tribute to Japan has been
presented here. The yearly event
celebrates Japanese culture with
traditional entertainment, tea
ceremonies, a children's program,
arts and crafts exhibits, and samples
of traditional foods.
A special focus of this year' s
presentation will be the history of
Japanese-Americans in the Northwest. This program will begin at 1
p.m. in Library Lounge 2100 with
the showing of "The Japanese
Relocation During World War II."
The 13-minute slide tape by Judith
Espinola, Evergreen faculty member
. and coordinator of Media Services·,
documents through photos and interviews the result of President
Roosevelt's Executive Order No.
9066 issued two months after Japan
attacked Pearl Harbor.
Skelton Crew will reverberate throughout the Evergreen campus when the group
plays here Monday, January 27, at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall. The cost is three
dollars for students and four dollars for the general public.
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A symposium on the proposed
high-level nuclear waste repository
at Hanford was hela in downtown
Olympia last Thursday. Gail Hunt
of Rockwell Hanford and Bob
Alvarez of the Environmental Policy
Instit ute spoke on the controversial
issue before a crowd of approximately 100 people. Hunt says an exten sive geologic study is being done
to determine the suitability of the site
because, "the repository will become
saturated from 50-300 years -- by
thi s time most of the hot stuff will
have decayed to lower levels and
some of it will bind chemically with
t he rocks, " he says .
Rockwell Hanford is the contractor in charge of buildin g the
re pository should Hanford be
chosen as a site. In 1982, Congress
passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act
(NWPA) requiring the DOE to selcCI
a suil able site for the disposal of the
nation' s high-level nuclear waste .
containers. Furthermore, it was
feared that the DOE was looking for
a site on its own prior to passage of
the NWPA. WashPIRG along with
many environmental groups contend
that the DOE has already chosen
Hanford as the site and is going
along with the provisions of the
NWPA to make it seem like a credible process .
The governm .:nt already owns the
land, the people of the local TriCities community are "nuclear
friendly" and much scientific data
has been accumulated on the site.
Hunt repeatedly argued that the
decision on the site location is not
a political one and that every effort
is being made to open the process to
Nine sites will be narrowed to three
with one to be chosen by 1992 and
finished by 1998.
"We've made a national decision
not to leave our junk for future .
generations," said Hunt. Whether
the proposed dump would solve the
problem of the nation's nuclear
waste is wide open to debate. "The
greatest problem right now may be
the rush to decide on a repository
site to convince Americans that the
waste problem is solved," said
Evergreen student Rick Fellows.
Hanford is a 570 square mile site
built alongside the Columbia River,
set up during World War II to produce plutonium for the world's fir st
atomic bombs. It now hosts
plutonium production reactors,
re processing. plants and other
chemical processing plant s.
Alvarez charged that lawmakers
passed the NWPA to relieve the
nuclear power indu stry from
millions of tons of high-level waste
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Unlike many of the original faculty hired those first few years, Marr,
now an academic dean, was not one
of those driven away from conventional institutions. Attracted by
Evergreen's different approach,
Marr nonetheless says he enjoyed
"traditional"schooling, felt lucky to
be a part of it, and was not alienated
by the conventional mode of education. Marr did not come to
Evergreen disenchanted or unhappy,
but expectant of new kinds and new
ways of learning.
Marr found much of what he was
looking for, but after a few months
he grew aware of what he calls "the
problem," that is, a sense of anxiety, even malaise, about the
Evergreen alternative. With his close
friend Rudy Martin, Marr set out to
examine "the problem." Marr and
Martin traced "the problem" to
several causes, such as what they
perceived as the obscure nature of
the college plus ambiguous, vague,
and unclear campus rhetoric, which
allowed for too much individual interpretation. They also cited a failure
of academic leadership by faculty
and administrators afraid of charges
of authoritarianism and a
misunderstanding of the meaning of
the word "community."
"It is commonplace to observe
that each member of the Evergreen
community has a private vision of
what this place is all about, yet this
healthy diversity does not go hand
According to Marr, as a result of
these heightened expectations, "the
problem" results and is still with us.
"The main cause of 'the problem'
is the lack of institutional .selfdefinition," he says . In discovering
what Evergreen was and is, one
might examine how its participants
take part in the community and how
Evergreen's relationship to the
Olympia area has changed over the
years .
Mike Hall, a student at Evergreen
from 1972 to 1974, now Director of
Student Activities, discussed these
factors. Students 1.5 years ago were
fascinated with the interdisciplinary
approach of an experimental institution and weren't so concerned about
where they would end up when they
left Evergreen. Today, students are
much more concerned with finding
a career pathway through the institution and about life after Evergreen.
In the early years, according to
Hall, Evergreen was a tighter community with more socializing within
the programs . "Often times, there
was a potluck every week or two
weeks," Hall says. Now, he says,
socializing doesn't happen as much .
"In the early days," says Hall,
speaking of Evergreen's relationship
to the Olympia community, "there
was a lot of antagonism from the
townspeople toward the college
because we were different. It was a
very conservative community; state
legislature, logging, longshoremen,
ship with the surrounding community and by an extension the rest of the
world. Over the years, Evergreen has
been accepted by Olympia and the
state legislature and even admired by
some who were once suspicious.
The second facet is the transient
population, primarily the students.
The college has little control over
this facet, except in terms of recruitment. As time has passed, the attitudes and beliefs of the students
have changed . Most observers agree
Evergreen students as a group have
become generally more conservative.
However, students are students .
They arrive, participate in their
education to one extent or another ,
occasionally contribute to political,
social, or cultural aspects of the
community , and then graduate .
They leave little permanent impact
on the institution. Exceptions exist.
They are found mostly in student initiated organizations, such as the student groups coordinated by the S&A
Board.
The final and perhaps most im portant facet of Evergreen's identity is the permanent institution itself.
The institution is the faculty, the administration, and, to a limited extent, the students. The institution is
academic belief and philosophy of
education. But what exactly is this
institution's academic. philosophy?
Nowhere, it seems, is a locatable,
comprehensive, concrete· explanantion of why Evergreen exists.
HEvergreen is nothing but a
residual burp from the '60's. "
-Eldon Vail
brewery workers, it was very much
a conservative town . We were a progressive, even radical element moving into town." A Greener could be
spotted easily on 4th Avenue, Hall
observed.
"Now, there's been such a merging of styles , and so many
Evergreeners have stayed in town,
and there are so many townspeople
that have come to Evergreen, or
their kids have, that there's much
more of an interrelationship between
the community and the institution,"
Hall says.
As with many institutions,
Evergreen's identity has at least three
facets. First is the college's relation-
On Ma} 17, 1973, a student named Eldon Vail wrote a letter to The
Paper (now the Cooper Point Journo£) and complained about what he
saw as factionalization on campus.
In it he wrote: "On the one hand I'm
sure Evergreen is nothing but a
residual burp left from the stomach
troubles of the '60's, but on the
other hand I want to believe that the
school is, or at least can be, a place
for rediscovering and rededicating
ourselves to life in the 20th century.
Rather a grandiose delusion I'm
sure, but I'm still innocent enough
to believe it's possible."
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under almost constant attack from
the local press and most dangerously, from members of the state
legislature who threatened to pull the
college's funding and shut the place
down. "Almost immediately, there
were people here and there for
various reasons trying to pull the rug
out from under us. So, a lot of my
time and almost a hundred percent
of my energy was put in that direction," says Charles McCann, foundin.!! president of the college, now
teaching "Great Books." Upon his
shoulders fell the task of explaining
to the legislature what Evergreen
was . "One of the problems was getting people to understand the kind
of place that didn't resemble what
they knew about college," he says.
What did he say Evergreen was?
McCann says he didn't have a stand ..HI pitch, a definitive answer, but
he did try to answer Questions. How
then did he explain Evergreen? "The
only way I knew how was to tell people what we were doing," he says.
After reading old catalogs and talking with faculty and former
students, Evergreen seems to have
been doing pretty much what it's doing now, at least procedurally. If
procedure is a reflection of general
modes of thought, then Evergreen
hasn't changed philosophically
much over the years, except in terms
of becoming more efficient and
somewhat more restrictive.
Yet procedure in and of itself
doesn 'f serve as a good definition of
in hand with some widely
understood and accepted assumptions," they say.
In calling for a self-definition,
Marr and Martin offer a partial solution. For them, Evergreen is first
and foremost, an institution of
higher learning, charged with
educating students and awarding
bachelor's degrees . Evergreen then
defines itself by what it stands for
academically, that is, program
covenants, narrative evaluations,
strong emphasis on writing and practical skill development, etc.
In another document written in
1975, "M and M II, the current
Crisis," Marr with Martin says that
Evergreen should also be defined by
its conception of knowledge. "The
view of knowledge that a college
values as its center," they say. Marr
and Martin see the specialization of
conventional institutions such as (for
a communications student) a course
in journalism, a course in
psychology, a course in writing, etc.,
instead of an Evergreen program like
"Mass Communications and Social
Reality," as giving a fragmented
view of the world .
"Evergreen should assert and defend the position that knowledge
now radically fragmented should be
reunified," they state. According te
Marr and Martin, we have to go
beyond vague positives such as interdisciplinary study, narrative
evaluations instead of grades, etc.
Within an understandable identity or
self-definition, they say we can
create reasonable, concrete expectations of ourselves without vague
language. In knowing what we want,
we can remove much anxiety and
frustration, and then we can create
a truer learning environment.
"We are morally bound to state
clearly what we expect of those people who are here now and of those
to come," they say. In a recent interview, Marr said of his two papers
M and M I and II, "I couldn't write
that today, it would be inaccurate."
However , he says, "I think that
everything described there is here
now, but it's much less accentuated
now, on every particular." While the
intensity is less, the ingredients are
still around, he says. "There's a
recurring feature of this place as an
institution and that is that it seems
to heighten the expectations about
what can be done here on the part
of everybody who is associated with
it, " he says.
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altocated to improve the safety of
facilities .. . the land is used as a giant
sponge for nuclear waste. Asking the
DOE to take care of nuclear waste
is like asking the Hells Angels to be
put in charge of giving speeding
tickets on 1-5," said Alvarez.
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become a center for the conversion
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The symposium was sponsored by
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Responsibility .
Evergreen. Something must lie
behind the procedure, that is, the
seminars, the workshops, narrative
evaluations, etc. In a paper titled
"The M and M manifesto: My
Snowman's· Burning Down," written in 1972 by faculty members
David Marr and Rudy Martin, was
an observation.
"It's impossible to spend much
time on the Evergreen campus
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around uptight, students wander
around spaced-out, and there seems
to be a sense of general uneasiness
In knowing what we want we
can remove much anxiety and
frustration.
A discussion of Pacific Rim trade
relations will occur from I :30 to 4
p .m. in Library 3500. Faculty
members Chris Gilbert and Gerald
Lassen will participate at points in
the program, and Evegreen alumnus
Ron Rardin is scheduled to speak on
the ml'lrketing potential of
Washington products in Japan.
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Like childbirth, the inception of
The Evergreen State College was
painful, yet wondrous. Experienced
idealists with M .A.s and Ph.D.s
were working with comparatively inexperienced idealists dressed in what
Bill Aldridge, facu lty for "Adult
Life Explorations," called the
Evergreen uniform of the time: bib
overalls, long underwear, and "waffle stompers." Together they initiated the experiment and created an
alternative to the established way of
doing things.
At the same time, the college was
Two films by Akiro Kurosawa ,
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bodies. The National Academy of
Sciences will soon release its position
on the DOE's latest Environmental
Assessment on the Hanford site.
"Rockwell's trying to make a profit and I'm trying to keep my job,"
said Hunt.
Alvarez argued that the facilities
at Hanford suffer from the same
problem afflicting the U.S. steel industry: run down plants. He charged Hanford with compromising the
health and safety of workers. The
cancer rate of workers at Hanford
is 10-20 times greater than the national average, he says .
"The DOE has turned the Hanford site into a national sacrifice
by Joseph G. FoUansbee
This film is followed by two
others, "This Was Minidoka," by
Dorothy Yamaguchi, an internee at
the Minidoka Relocation camp, and
"Bara Bara (Scattered)," the story
of a Japanese-American farming
community disrupted by the
relocation.
Hanford suitability discussed at symposium
by John Kaiser
Series continues.with a look at "the problem"
Tribute will examine
mysteries .of Japan
by Dave Peterson
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Mike O'Conner, a freshman here,
is the first place winner for the
Geoduck Drawing Contest, sponsored by the Bookstore.
A reward was offered last fall for
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dead or alive, on paper,
Several depictions of the Geoduck
are presently available at the
bookstore; however, the object of
the contest was to find one uniform
Geoduck design . "It will be put on
T-shirts, stationery, bumper stickers
-- any Evergreen paraphernalia, "
bookstore employee Cindy Cameli
says .
Many Geoduck drawings were
rOl,lnded up and submitted to the
bookstore authorities. They said the
Geoduck varment had so many
clever disguises, it was tough to pick
the real McCoy. His reward will be
hot tubs for two at Town Tubs, dinner for two at Gardner' s Restaurant,
and a free T-shirt with hi s design on
it.
The second place winner is
Barbara Graham . She will receive a
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
January 23, 1986
Will talk of action go
past M.L. King's day?
On Monday, January 20, the we observed the first
national holiday in honor of a black American.
This historic (and long overdue) event commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the man
most often associated with the civil rights battles of
the late '50s and early '60s. However, to use his name
with the word "battles" seems incongruous, as King
was a man of peaceful resistance, while current notions of battles rarely conjure a peaceful image. He
read the works of Mohandis K. Gandhi, and took
the methods of non-violence into the streets, striving towards a time when blacks would obtain the
same basic rights as whites.
This was King's famous dream. A dream shared
by millions, and perhaps, forgotten by just as many.
There are still people who are bigoted in their words
and actions, and in extreme cases, fascist fringe
groups exist that feel the world would have been a
much better place had Dr. King never lived. Some
solace can be found in the popular reaction to these
people. In a recent trial, several members of the
white-supremacist group "The Order" were found
guilty on a variety of charges. The original citizens
of the Northern Idaho town that has become the
home of the Aryan Nations Church claim to be about
to run the neo-nazis out of the area.
These are hardly manifestations of non-violent
resistance, but that too has found a niche in our
society. Many groups protesting nuclear weapons use
the strategies of peaceful resistance in their pursuits.
The difference, of course, is that they are not usually beaten by arresting police officers as were the
freedom marchers.
King's work led to the passage of legislation such
as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights
Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, and the
Education Amendments and the Equal Employment
Opportunity Amendments of 1972. The best way to
honor him and the sacrifice he made for all
Americans is to remein ber him and his dream all
year, not only in the middle of J <;tnuary. Time will
tell if this, like so many other holidays, will bring
a seasonal emotion or an enduring one.
Let us hope for the latter.
The Cooper Point Journal, is published weekly for the students,
staff and faculty of the Evergreen State College. Views expressed
are not necessarily those of the college or the Journal's staff. Advertising material contained herein does not imply endorsement by
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866-6000, X6213. All announcements must be double-spaced, listed
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THE COOPER "OINT JOURNAL
letter§ c~/'
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, Edi torial:
January 23, 1986
D
Ways to discourage rape
by Bob Owen and Sean Sinclair
What'happens on a college campus after a rape occurs? Brighter
parking lot lights are proposed,
women are escorted to their cars by
other students, and self-defense
classes fill up. Other classes either
teach what precautions to take or
suggest how to find support afterward. Rage and panic diminish
without further attacks, but those
approaches don't address the
underlying causes
In fact, most "rape intervention"
programs begin after the crime takes
place, and they focus mainly on
females because this society subtly
blames its victims for their own
misfortunes. Approximately onethird of American women are sexually assaulted durinl1: their lifetiml'<
Ironically, the high occurrenc~ ?~
rape, combined with social attitudes
that promote a "rape culture," point
at a greater need to address men.
Rape is physicai, emotional, and
psychological aggression; it is
something men are socialized to do.
So Mark Willmarth of Great Falls,
Montana, developed a rape
awareness program aimed at men. A
counselor from the College of Great
Falls, Mark doesn't fault other rape
intervention programs. "I think different strategies will get positive
results, but I prefer to address men,
since men are primarily responsible
for sexual assaults," he says .
Willmarth's two-hour workshop
focuses on the values we learn growing up regarding rape and the
domination of women. A discussion
about the myths and facts of rape is
followed by a slide presentation illustrating media images of men and
women. He concludes the workshop
with a discussion of what men can
do to prevent rape.
"It's important that men feel
comfortable in an environment
where they can express their opinions freely . Since the workshop is
only open to men, it helps eliminate
some of the defensiveness about this
issue," Wilmarth says. Though the
confidential program discusses what
men have done to women Wld how
continued on page 7
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Governance takes a back seat
by R. Paul Tyler
At the S&A Board January 15
meeting 17 students and three staff
members of the Recreation Center
came to the Board to request funds.
to be dedicated to the purchase of
rowing shells. After a long debate,
the Board finally agreed to allocate
$4,000 to that end. At a previous
meeting the Board had allocated
$300 for an Evergreen membership
at the local rowing club so that
students could use their boats.
That's a total of $4,300. That might
seem like quite a bit until you consider that the Board hands out over
a half million dollars in student Fees
every year, that over 100 students
had expressed an interest in rowing,
and that the boats, once purchased,
could last 20 or 30 years.
Besides the apparent student interest in crew, the lobbyists made
some other compelling arguments
for their cause" It's another way to
stay healthy, they said. It's a sport
that relies on teamwork. You can't
be a prima donna on a crew team.
It's a very cooperatively oriented
endeavor and, in that sense, is very
close to the Evergreen ideal. It builds
up a person's sense of accomplishment and self-confidence, they said .
I have no argument with any of
those goals. Health, cooperation,
self-esteem -- these are things we can
never get enough of. However, there
is another aspect to rowing on a crew
team, and, in fact, participating on
any competitive sports team, that
does concern me. Cath Johnson, the
rowing coach, brought it into the
clear when she told the Board about
a meeting the crew participants had
held that very morning. Out of 52
students in attendance (a remarkable
accomplishment for Evergreen at 7
a.m.) 34 were willing to commit
15-20 hours a week to train for races.
That's a lot of time out of a student's schedule. With school and
rowing there's not much of the week
left for anything else. And what else
might there be that a student could
do? This is where- I '11 come into the
clear.
I have a friend, a bright, talented,
energetic person who has chosen to
take ur competitive rowing. I asked
her if she would be interested in applying for a position on the Strategic
Planning Board, the board that will
have such a major role in shaping the
goals of Evergreen for years to
come. She's interested. She would be
good at it. But she doesn't have the
time. It makes me sad.
When she and her cn:w-mates
leave Evergreen (and I want to
repeat that I'm not just talking
about crew, I'm talking about cometitive sports in general) they'll have
their healthy bodies, their sense of
accomplishment, their self-esteem,
but what will Evergreen have? A
couple of boats and a shiny little
trophy that says in 1986 "we" beat
Pacific Lutheran University in a
boat race?
Since the fall I have been an ac-
tive participant and frequent observer of the governance process on
campus. It's not a pretty sight. It's
boring. It's confusing. it means
more long hours of study . There's
apathy and egotism and anger. Accusations and suspicions. And only
occasionally is there something that
might pass for a success. Why would
anyone want to go through the hassle, especially when they could be
pulling an oar out on the Sound, filling their lungs with sweet, wet air
and watching the miracle of a new
day's dawning?
The reason is that, as far as I can
tell from watching the people who
put up with all the mental and emotional anguish, they have: a special
kind of vision and commitment. A
vision of a better school, a better
world, and a better person -- a person who has been tempered in the
furnace of another person's dreams
and desires. And a commitment to
put themselves on the line -- to pass
through the pain and disappointment in order to achieve that vision
of a better place and time.
Talk about learning cooperation!
Talk about struggling to achieve selfconfidence and self-esteem! If a person can pass through the dead-end
labyrinths and black swamps that
constitute Evergreen politics they'll
have those qualities in spades; they
will have skills and tools that they
can take with them into a crazy,
mixed-up world and maybe, just
maybe, they can make a differenq:.
Talk about the spirit of Evergreen ....
Dear Editor,
Will someone please explain why
the S&A board has allocated
$9,354.00 to GESCCO to open an
off-campus center? Essential
academic programs, modules and
facilities were eliminated due to
budget cuts. Our education is being
modified by the lel1:islature's irregular distribution of funds.
S&A distributes an abundance of
available money to extra-curricular
ventures.
Seventy dollars is taken from each
student's tuition per quarter, approximately $550,000 annually; and
deposited into S&A accounts. It
amazes me that the "Greater
Evergreen Student Community
Cooperation
Organization,"
(GESCCO), created only two
months ago, has been given funding
for an extra-curricular center. What
is the purpose of additional gallery
space, when invaluable art courses.
faculty, equipment and facilities
are non-existent for creation of that
art?
I 'was motivated to attend
Evergreen in 1984 becal,lse of the excellent printmaking faculty, equipment and facilities. I learned advanced silkscreen process and techniques.
Now, locked doors and dismissed
faculty stifle my opportunity and
growth in these areas due to current
budget cuts.
GESCCO's rental fees, cost of
supervision and maintenance duties
(essential to the success of this
satellite project) are inadequate excuses for mismanagement of student
tuition.
Can we approach S&A to obtain
funding for art programs? No, they
cannot allocate funding for
"academic pursuits." But isn't that
the purpose of our tuition, to fund
existing and essential "academic
pursuits? "
continued from page 6
that affects women's attitudes about
men, the presentation is designed to
help men feel responsible for the
future instead of feeling guilty about
the past.
How can men lessen the chances
that other men will rape? To begin
with, "rape jokes" are out! Rape
jokes depict depict women with only a sexual function and they
perpetuate our tolerance of rape.
Next, the media often I!ses rape to
titillate an audience. Don't patronize
"rape entertainment." Other small
steps are more important than they
might seem at first. Sexual attention
that takes the form of whistles,
stares, and comments are actually
"little rapes." Such remarks are not
sexual; they are power plays to intimidate women and therefore are
assaults on a woman's sense of well
being. Above all, don't rape! Sexual
intimacy is a mutual exchange between people who have choices. Intimidations, coercions, and force are
not part of sharing, and men who
use them don't make love. They
make hate that we all must share.
The problem of rape, like child
abuse, spouse abuse, and incest,
won't disappear overnight. Women
continue to live with the fear of rape,
both from strangers and acquaintances, while men do not. -T hat
makes men's and women's lives fundamentally different, even in similar
situations. WiIlmarth's program is to
help men first become aware of problems; only then will the reaons arid
opportunity to change be visible.
Check the notebook for information on Willmarth's workshop.
What gives?
Maybe we should approach the
S&A board as the "Printmaking
Organization" and apply for equal
representation and funding. You
decide which is valid.
David George
Action ends
An open letter to the Evergreen
Community from David Barham,
Pete Staddler, and Achmed (to be
read to musical accompaniment;
preferably something with a heavy
backbeat):
We have come to bury Repurcussions, not to praise it. Repurcussions
was called a movement, not a group.
Now the truth must be spoken. It's
not even a movement. .. simply an
idea. (Not even an original idea). It's
an idea that lies dormant, but always
available to anyone who wants it.
The simple idea that freedom
(political power, happiness, god)
isn't found anywhere outside of
yourself. Just say you have it and it's
yours.
What a group of concerned
students tried to do here at
Evergreen last quarter was to show
other students that they could have
an effect in the running of our
school. As one Dean put it "The
problem with students in the 80's is
that they don't know how much
power they have."
We tried to show by example that
we have the power to affect issues
as seemingly trivial as food service
here on campus right on up to actual curriculum decision~. Repurcussions never has and never will consider small inroads into the
bureaucracy as a "victory."
Tiny political victories don't mean
shit.
Boycotting a contracted monopoly for a single afternoon doesn't
mean ~hit unless your underlying
philosophy is ('ne of socic11 change.
"I believt :n political solutions to
political problems. But man's
primary problems aren't political;
they're philosophical. Until humans
can solve their philosophical problems, they're condemned to solve
their political problems over and
over again. It's a cruel, repetitious
bore." - Tom Robbins
S9 Repurcussions is DEAD.
But its ideas are yours for the taking - free of charge and without the
oppresiveness of swearing allegiance
to a name - a group - a movement.
It's simple - "When something's
wrong, ya fix it."
Finding "it"
To the Evergreen Community:
What's Innerplace?
Innerplace: there are an infinite
number of definitions for that one.
Innerplace is within yourself. It is
finding out who each one of us is,
and what's more, it is solely defined by all of our unique perceptions.
It relates to reality, if we accept that
reality is what each one of us
perceives it to be. My definition is
this, it's a place whe~e one is at
his/her best, fully comfortable, fully accepting of each others beliefs for
they are individ ual and true only to
the person defining those beliefs.
Some call it inner peace, joy, total
acceptance, total satisfaction, while
simultaneously others may define it
to be Buddha, Christ, God, 666, the
Beast, the Unified Field Theory of
PhysiCs combining all existing
forces, the awareness of meditation,
even at times, just plain insight, intuition, or subconscious perception.
But in any case, it's that special place
where only you can go, the root of
your existence or being, the true
reality, exclusive only to you. There
The year 1985 is already almost a
month behind us. And, notably, the
trend-smashing CPJ has not done a
single what-happened-in-1985 article. And to maintain that
astonishing non-trend I thought I
would try a what-is-happeningin-1986.
In the Mid-East Colonel Mohammar Quaddafi is doing his best to
taunt Ronald Reagan into declaring
war on Libya. Quaddafi's word play
and acting abilities easily match our
president's. And one hopes our
president's awareness of What's really going on matches Quaddafi's. If
not, maybe I can try and clear things
up for him.
Quaddafi wants war. He has
nothing to lose. He doesn't care
about the lives of his people. He
would gladly send them to die
against U.S. troops. And to kill as
many Americans as possible while
they're at it. Quaddafi wants to
damage the United States and I Quaddafi would gain nothing by being the first to use violence. If he led
believe he thinks a war in the Midan attack on the United States, we
East would do this.
In the first place, America's rapid- could then avenge ourselves without
an inner split, and we would have
ly declining image in the rest of the
world
support.
world would probably reach a
Quaddafi's
tactics and gains lay in
historical dangerous low. Secondly,
our
attacking
first, and in his being
Russia and other nations would use
able
to
provoke
a president that he
this war as anti-American propaganknows
has
boxed
himself into an imda and provide proof of our war
age
of
brawn.
Quaddafi
may sucmongering, blood-thirsty ambitions
ceed.
He
may
easily
provoke
Ronald
for world domination.
Thirdly, turmoil would erupt . Reagan without displaying real
reason for an American attack. I say
within America as pro-war and anti"probable"
because the world and
war factions clash.
many Americans will want proof
Remember Vietnam? Probably
before they will be able to condone
not, but try and imagine a situation
a war.
much worse if Quaddafi were to sucIn 1986 I pray to God that Ronald
ceed in his provocation. And what
Reagan will be able to restrain
does Quaddafi lose? Nothing. He
himself, circumvent his Rambo
has faith, and well placed faith, that
image, and avoid a war with Libya.
the United States would never be
Thank God we're boycotting them
able to reach him personally.
and not bombing them; a partially
satisfactory move to Ramboites, and,
Furthermore, he would be able to
yet not provocation for war.
begin terrorist attacks inside the
In 1987 the CPJ should not need
United States without any real rebutto recall 1986.
tals from the rest of the world.
Divine Love, Grace, Happiness,
and whatever suits your fancy be
yours;
Greg P. Garceau
Innerplace, LIB 3223
P.S. We have plenty of
philosophical books, religious
books, spiritual books, all in some
way trying to define the Other, or
whatever.
Letters policy
The Cooper Point Journal
welcomes letters from our
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must be typed, double-spaced,
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are, as you can see, many names for
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THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
J,a nuary 23, 1986
reviews
"Young Sherlock Holmes" provides
an hallucinatory film experience
by Arvid Gust
"The Life and Times of Young
Sherlock Holmes" unfolds before
our eyes and we are treated to a
dazzling array of transitory visions.
A student of letters, James Watson,
narrates the o::xtraordinary adventures which ensue after he arrives at
a cultured British academy and
befriends young Holmes.
The plot unfolds as a diabolic
crime, affecting what appears to be
a random few, turns out to be a mere
highlight in a larger scheme.
Sherlock begins to unravel the
mystery, which is already a landmark undertaking by Scotland
Yard's Inspector LeStrade.
Riddles are easily solved by the
observant Holmes. "You have
d
custar d on your Iape,I an your
shape convinces me that you've had
it many times before!" says Holmes
to the roly poly Watson.
The atmosphere carefully portrays
the early 1920's. The young
gentlemen gather for evening meals
dressed in suit jackets and ties. They
eat by candlelight. Fencing is a
popular sport and young Sherlock is
quick to learn his lessons . "Never
replace discipline with emotion,"
voices his teacher.
After an unsuspecting victim is
administered poison from an
enemy's blowdart tip, hallucinations
in 3-D unveil themselves before our
eyes.
A knight in shining armor cut into a stained glass window leaps to
life and challenges the caretaker of
the school.
Immersed in a state of panic, the
aging bishop runs in front of an oncoming horse and carriage.
Antique winged vipers spring to
life. They coil around their victim .
Lamps on the wall explode into fire .
Another victim falls to an untimely death.
Adorned with hieroglyphic pillars,
the interior'of this temple is magical
and classic. It makes "Indiana Jones
and the Temple of Doom" look like
child's play.
When Watson is' dosed with the
~
An older Sherlock Holmes
Is it real or the imagined effects
of the belladonna-like drug?
Clues begin to appear as more victims become classified by Holmes,
and a suspect begins to emerge.
The courageous and stout-of-heart
Watson defends his friend's concepts while his peers consider
Holmes precocious and egotistical.
Real and unreal worlds continu!;
to collide in magnanimous splendor
as the number of victims mounts. A
surreal story of an Egyptian majesty includes a complete wooden
replica of the Great Pyramid. Sacred
rites to Osiris are performed. The architecture of the sets are stunning
and elaborate.
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we pay all the"bear necessities"
venomous serum, an array of
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This is one of the best and most
hllmor-filled moments in the history
of Industrial Light and Magic. This
company, owned by George Lucas
and located in Marin County,
California, has created incredible visions without wires. Descriptionwise, this is only the tip of the
iceberg.
The audience observes Holmes'
youth, including that historic moment when he receives the hat and
pipe which are to become his
trademarks. When asked, "What do
you want to be when you grow up?"
Sherlock replies, "I never want to be
alone. "
The script was written with respect
for the Sherlock Holmes series and
in tribute to Sir Conan Doyle. The
story line is by Chris Columbus. The
music is classical in theme and enchan ted in all variations.
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preparation for springtime competition. Initially, crew began here with
the enthusiasm of Cath Johnson .
The amazingly robust turnout of 78
people at the first informational
meeting, and later expressions of interest by 30 others, have yielded a
steadfast team of 60 members. They
have braved the early morning chill
and have begun learning the techniques of rowing a racing shell .
Wednesday, January 15 saw the
second organizational crew meeting
which divided those interested in
training seriously to race in the
spring from those who weren't so
serious about racing, but who still
wanted to learn the sport. Eighteen
women and 10 men wanted to train
for competition. Six men and six
women chose the lesser-timecommitment plan, while still qualifying to compete in the final regatta
of the season, the Pacific Northwest
Rowing Championship in May.
On that same Wednesday, the
S&A board granted the crew team a
$4,000 allocation to purchase boats
for this newly-inspired club sport.
Cath and the 20 crew members present at the meeting said they were
pleased with the results. With the '
funding now at hand, the Evergreen
crew team can now engage in the life
of the crews of small colleges and
clubs in the Pacific Northwest region
of British Columbia, Washington,
Idaho and Oregon.
Just like the other teams,
Evergreen will be operating on a
shoe-string budget, working out at
the crack 0' dawn, struggling to attain that precious symmetry of
unison within the boat, and eventual
competition against teams who share
the same interest in this unique, team
sport.
What exactly is it which makes
this sport so appealing? Perhaps it' s
the glory and grace that's displayed
as a boat of skilled rowers glides
across the water in perfect unison .
portraying the sport in its fullest
beauty . Or perhaps it's the challenge
of it all: getting up at unheard-of
hours of the morning, hauling the
boats down to the water amidst the
morning darkness, and beginning
the day with good physical exercise.
Or, maybe it's the natural reward of
practicing on the quiet waters of
Budd Inlet. Occasionally glimpsing
a free-spirited seal sharing the mor ning serenity. Watching the sky
behind the silhouetted capitol dome
slowly reveal pinks and blurs signifying the beginning of daylight.
Peace Corps volunteers
have a tradition of sharing
their knowlege and skills with
the people of the developing
nations. They're individuals
who combine a special sense of
adventure with a desire to help
other people.
.
Former volunteers will
confirm that two years in the
Peace Corps can mean personal growth, cross-cultural
experiences, and a sense of
satisfaction found nowhere
else. It isn't easy, and it isn't
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for everyone, but since 1961
nearly 100,000 Americans
have made the commitment
and found it to be one of the
central events in their lives.
Our representatives will
be pleased to discuss with you
the opportunities beginning in
the next 3-12 months in
Africa, Asia, Latin America,
and the Pacific.
The Toughest Job
You'll Ever Love
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the crew team proclaims, "Yes
Evergreen, there is a crew team!"
The crew team needs students to fill
coxwain positions, those interested
can call Cath Johnson, x6530.
A lone rower practices in the waters by the marina.
Evergreen
swi~mers
photo by J ennifer Lewi s
doing well
added Fletcher.
Someone made the mistake of
suggesting to Fletcher that the
district meet (February 20,21 and 22
at Evergreen) would be the end of
the Geoduck swim season. Fletcher
quickly responded by saying that he
hopes to have a group of swimmers
going to nationals on March 6, 7 and
8.
Several men are right on target for
qualifying nationally. In the meet
against Central (the men didn't compete against Simon Fraser), Robert
Bruns won the 50 and 100 yard
freestyle races with personal bests in
both events. His 50 yard free time
(22.74) is less than a second off the
national qualifying time . "Max
Gilpin had a heck of a meet. He's
swimming a lot of yards and it's paying off. He's way ahead of last
year," said Fletcher.
Gilpin was second to NAIA national record holder, John Bryant,
in the 200 yard breast stroke with a
2:22.49 clocking. Burke Anderson,
in his first year at Evergreen, placed third in the 100 yard freestyle
event with a personal best of 54.60.
Men's diver J .R. Baldwin placed
third in the one and three meter
events behind national championship favorite Terry Forrey. Forrey
did some front three and a half
somersault dives off the three meter
board . "I'm very impressed with the
way coach Rodgers has brought our
divers along in a short period of
time," said Fletcher. The final men's
score was Central 67 - TESC 34.
The Geoduck swimmers travel to
Highline Community College Friday, January 24 and return home to
host Pacific and Linfield at 10 a.m.
Saturday, January 25.
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true-to-life Spelunking!!! Planning sessions are held
the week preceding t,le event, so it's important to
get on board early. The well-trained, enthusiastic
fearless leaders include Pete Staddler, Pete
Steilberg, Cath Johnson (also in charge of CREW),
Jeff Barker, Ingrid Townes and Rowland Zoller. Call
x6530, or come .by CRC 302 for further info.
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TESC diver Erica Pickell dove her way to first place
finishes in the one and three meter events in a home
meet against Simon Fraser and Central. Speedster
Robert Bruns cme within one second of qualifying
for nationals in the 50 freestyle in the same meet.
Bruns won that event and the 100 freestyle. Come
and support these devoted athletes at the next home
meet of 10 a.m. Saturday, January 25.
INFORMATION BOOTH:
When asked what he likes best
about rowing, crew member Jeff
DeGarmo .responds, "It's a good
reason to get me up in the morning.
It's so peaceful out there, and I real-
by Bob Reed
What happens when a small, improving but inexperienced swim
team like Evergreen's takes on national powers Simon Fraser and
Central Washington? In the case of
the meet last weekend, the Geoduck
swimmers made the most of the stiff
competition and put together some
with a victory in the 10k event with . stellar performances.
a 34:28 clocking. Track assistant Sue
Women's diver Erica Pickell won
Clynch was second in the 10k 25-29 the one and three meter events. Ann
division (43: 18) and track member,
Remsberg was third in the 50 yard
Franny Hearn, was third in the 19-24 freestyle, and Ellie Rosenthal dropdivision.
ped three seconds off her previous
TESC employees Mark Beckler
best 100 yard breast stroke time. The
and Dale Baird were first (fifth final scores in the women's part of
overall) and fifth respectively in their
the meet were: Simon Fraser 62 divisions. Track and x-country TESC 30, Central 80 - TESC 24, and
coach Pete Steil berg helped the
the cliffhanger: Central 49 - Simon
morale of the drenched runners by
Fraser 48. "The (Evergreen) girls
offering enthusiastic support and
hung in tough, held their heads up
assisting as a time keeper.
high and cheered each other on,"
Wine-making, Winter Camping Skills, Writing for
Children and Cross Country Ski Touring are among
the Leisure Education Classes still open for registration. For more information call 866-6000, or come
by CRC room 302.
for
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New Evergreen crew team shells out enthusiasm
Northwest runners will do just
about anything to keep running.
That includes running through
record-breaking rains on an otherwise peaceful, relaxing Saturday .
Such insanity paid off for five
Evergreen runners as they came
away from the YMCA's Resolution
Run with awards and strong
performances .
X-country and track team
member, Bob Reed, led the pack
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On the bus line. .. and rent
starts as low as $160.001 month.
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Runners keep going
water, """LJ""
garbage, POWER.
We also provide :
2 hot tubs, sauna,
weightroom and pool table.
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January 23, 1986
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January 23, 1986
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E.x~ressive. Arts Netw?rk is a Student Or~anization designed for the purpose of b~i~gi~g Evergreen artists together, having arts information available to the Evergreen community,
orga~lzmg projects t.hat will mo~e the .Expresslv~ ~rts on this campus. If you.have a~lstlc mterests, attend the Expressive Arts Network meetings at 5 p.m. Tues., in the Rotunda. Help
to wnte artlcle~, bramstorm ~roJects, Install exhlbll~, or create a student archive. Mailboxes are located in Lab II on the second floor, in the COM building, and newsletter information
The
can be placed
In
the ExpreSSIve Arts envelope outside of the CPJ office on the third floor of the CAB.
photo by Jennifer Lewis
Review:
Poet inspires
program
by Paul Pope
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Poet Sharon Doubiago read from
her book "Hard Country" on campus last Wednesday, Jan . 15. Her
visit was the first in a series of guest
artists to speak on their work for the
mixed media Expressive Arts Program "Hard Country."
Susan Aurand, Expressive Arts
faculty said that she was so overwhelmed after reading "Hard Country" that it inspired her to assemble a program in its name, in collaboration with Expresssive Arts
faculty Paul Sparks. Intermediate
and advanced art students will examine, and in turn create, images of
contemporary America.
The students form their views on
the American condition, establish a
theme, work in the medium of their
choice, then participate in a critique
of each other's work. The twenty
eight artists (students) in the program discussed Doubiago's book, so
her visit was focused on questions
that had risen in seminar.
Doubiago wrote "Hard Country'"
over a span of five years between
19'74 and 1979. The text is mainly
autobiographical, evoking a Whitmanesque pull earthward--like
gravity--seeking a reconciliation with
the self and the land. Some students
discussed how beauty and terror of
the universal body scattered across
this country from Los Angeles to
Appalachia to Mendocino to Port
Townsend. Doubiago recounts her
personal genealogy and social
awakening in reoccurring stories of
coal miners, refugee camps, the
myths of Native Americans, and her
own lovers. She says "'Hard Coun-
try' tells of one human ego." It is
the fusion of gender and how this
knowledge -may save earth from
nuclear war.
While living in Port Townsend she
was associated with "Poets for
Peace," an organization of writers
dedicated to preserving the clarity of
the English language--unmasking the
euphemisms of militarists: preemptive strike; limited nuclear involvement;
and
acceptable
casualties; they aim also to illustrate
the devastating effects of nuclear
war. "Poets for Peace" was created
initially in response to the Trident
Nuclear Submarine base in Bangor.
Doubiago described a Trident as
nearly the length of two football
fields, capable of carrying 24
warheads, enough for Z4,000
Hiroshimas-- an image so stark as to
pale poetic . "I see poems as images,
visual rather than in words,"
Doubiago said .
Though "Hard Country" may
seem to be a feminist work, she
believes that "Men understand it
better than women."
Indeed, "Hilrd Country" is a
book for all that are strong enough
to come to terms with themselves .
Doubiago was curious for reaction
to her book's structure and said, "I
worked hard on the one story."
As in her poems, Doubiago is
greatly concerned with dates of
events and one's personal psyche,
recalling her studies in graduate
school at CAL St., L.A., in 1969 as
a literary major and of what she considers her first real poem, May 24,
1974.
Doubiago described herself a
poet, eco-feminist, and mother of a
jock, referring to her son who now
plays professional football in the
USFL. She has been infuriated by
the notion that white women are not
supposed to do anything. She cited
an influence by the novelist Mary
Austin, author of "American
Rhythm" (1900), an early feminist
who also. was successful in introducing Indian and Spanish elements of
U.S . culture into American
literature.
Doubiago also said she greatly
identifies with the Myth of Pysche,
as it is one of the few myths that tell
of Woman as seeker, as adventurer.
Much of "Hard Country" is a myth
of women as the conciliator of
gender. Doubiago is working on
a final draft of a manuscript about
her travels with her daughter Shawn
through Columbia, Equador. and
Peru. It is to be titled "South
American Mi Hija." She now lives
in Sherwood, Oregon, and holds a
writing workshop in Seattle with
poet Judith Roche.
"
Literary magazine created
copies will be printed up for distribution. The printing cost is approx"Slightly West," a new campus imately $1 per issue. Donations will
literary magazine, is soliciting be greatly appreciated, since so few
short stories, prose, poetry, copies are available. If you would
photography, and artwork . The like to reserve copies, the editors ask
deadline for the first issue is January that $1 per issue be paid. This will
28, 1986. The issue will appear enable them to print more than the
February 13, and will be distributed 200 copy limit.
Since the magazine will be comcampus-wide.
Jacob Weisman and Christie pletely photocopied, art submissions
Eikeberg, "Slightly West" editors, should have a high degree of conhope to represent all of the different trast, black blacks and white whites.
facets of the Evergreen artistic com- A drawing with various middle greys
munity. This magazine is for will print terribly. Designs should inEvergreen students faculty and staff. corporate more white and less black.
The editors feel that this is an im- This will insure quality printing of
portant chance to have a successful the designs. Contact Weisman and
literary magazine. Eikeberg states Eikeberg about reductions of large
that there are many unknown artworks
and
half
tone
talented writers at Evergreen. photography.
.. Slightly West" will accept
Weisman points out that "every year
Humanities and Expressive Arts pro- poetry. prose, short stories, and
grams get cut back further and fur- essays. "We want clear, concise
ther, so it seems that there is no real writing. It must be original material
outlet for creative expression on the that has not been previously
campus itself." Eikeberg mention- plublished." The minimum short
ed a lack of writing courses this year, story length is negotiable. The forand claimed that writers feel mat that the editors have chosen is
alienated. "Slightly West" is a single spaced 48 line pages for properfect opportunity for exposing se writing.
talented Evergreen writers.
Eikeberg assures submitters that
Besides the Winter quarter issue, "all submissions will be read
one other "Slightly West" will be anonymously." When asked why an
published this spring quarter. The editorial board including all facets of
editors plus artists and writers from the Evergreen community was not
the Evergreen community hope that created, Eikeberg replied, "We're
"Slightly West" can become a tradi- trying to avoid a formal editorial
tion. Usually, a college or universi- board for the first issue. From the
ty will have a literary magazine, like time we got money until the first
"Jeopardy." Western Washington deadline, there wasn't enough time
University, for example, produces to set up a formal jury." Weisman
•• Jeopardy," a yearly literary answered the question by referring
magazine along th~ lines of to the normally accepted procedure
"Backbone," a woman's literary that most magazines use, which is
magazine. Even most community having one or two editors for the
colleges in Washington state have magazine.
some ~ort of literary magazine. It
When asked what security precauseems that it is finally time for tions would be taken to secure artEvergreen to join the ranks. It is im- , work and writing, Weisman replied
portant to' provide a record of that originals will be kept seperateEvergreen students and community ly from a dual filing system. Two
writing and illustrations. Weisman copies of each submission will be filstates that, "There is nothing like it ed in two seperate files. Originals
on campus, although earlier at- will be kept separately from these
tempts were made." "Crazy two copy files. If large artworks are
Rooster" and "Rhetoric" were such submitted, other arrangements will
.attempts. Each of those publications be made.
charged a small fee. Weisman and
Turn work into the MAARA VA
Eikeberg will distribute "Slightly office, LIB 3214. Editor office hours
are 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wednesday,
West" free of charge.
Each magazine will consist of 50 in the Mt\ARA V A office.
black and white pages. The entire Remember, there is only one week
magazine will be photocopied. 200 left to submit your work!
ormf
",Utctive
BUSHMAN
Out of the dry forest
Bushmen come
like snakes with new skins
from their warm desert night
into the hot morning light
on trees.
Bushman waits.
By shadowed limb ...
...and in the distance there ,s rumbling.
Chris Robinson
The Worst Fools
The sleepy old pond
Albert Hall
is
just about ready for bed.
The air, cut thin by a chill,
holds no summers voices
just
the click of cool breeze
shuffling brittle rushes.
cold midnite tequila reverie
943 - 8700
somewhere south of the rio grande there's a town
where the entire world is mystic
and the ghosts all live in caves
you cannot find your way there by roadmap or road sign
an acute sense of smell and a well developed
identity crisis will help you
but very few ever find their way to the town
in its mystical valley
where sunrises float down oily irrigation ditches
and knowledge is not confined
to institutional learning facilities
all the buildings are real adobe
children still play in the streets
dogs live outside and eat scraps
dust is not denied
clocks are inaccurate
appointment is not a word
nor is commitment
all asylums are open
the town drunk is still employed
there are no macro-biotics, buddhists, or born again christians
the blood tears Jf christ fall on easter sunday
and turn into real rubies
on the sawdust floor
of the local cathedral
as the local priest who does not speak english
recites the latin mass with aztec gods
chanting behind every syllable
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....
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Sun thru Fri
mmm,,,
then
back into life
foodstuff of lilies.
Bent reed plays puzzle
on myoid faded vision
Where starts reflection?
Where stops the reed?
Effortless paddle.
Two ducks slide soft
dragging trails of ripples
across the long mirror.
'ftright ember glows
through
the net of bare trees.
The tired old sun gets dragged down.
"God damn it," he grudges
"I can hold out awhile. "
But
his red-tinted tracks
on the shore of dark clouds
are slowly eroded against
both of our wishes.
SInger
FOil
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Curled oak leaf lies
anchored, decaying.
Next year's marl
Peter Murney
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C.O. Sneak
Air-tight, hanging like a dog's
breath, panting slowly; panting moisture
and heat, Slowly boiling my feet - much
too hot for boots, but what else is
there? If there is nothing
I must do I must do
nothing. And cheese soup
is as good an escape as any.
Harrison and Division
·SOUp
What dreams we have
we lay our minds on pillows
and set them free
like wild animals
Hiking boots, whipped
and tired leather pressing
impermanent passage into the
soft of warm tar. A summer's
afternoon waits like an unfinished
poem - waiting for the bus.
Breathing industrial
flatulence; the
working-class reek of
fresh asphalt - waiting for
the bus because there is no dilference
between this and anything else.
It is all I can do wait for
the bus, to take me
downtown, so I can
buy some cheese soup,
so I can flavor my spaghetti.
by Susan Reams
ALL WAYS TRAVEL SERVICE, INC. '
Dptn 6·/0pm,
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r-::ase bring your drawings, photographs and writing to the Poetry envelope
outside of CAB'306. Please type written work and include your name and
~~~~~t~Umber on all submissions. Any material can be retur.ned upon
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And I, damn old fool,
had best get home.
I forgot myoid watchcap.
I too have grown cold.
Dennis Held
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