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February 20, 1986
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
Cooper Point Journal
notebook
Issue No. J.6
Tonight, February 20
The Evergreen State College hosts "College Information Night" for prospective students and their families from the Olympia area. This meeting will be held from
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Rm. 3500, third floor of the LIB Bldng. Members of the facuity and staff will be available to meet students and their families and to respond
to any questions they might have. For further information contact the Evergreen State College, Office of Admissions, telephone number 866-6000, X6170.
"First in the Philippines," a film documentary depicting early U.S. involvement in the Philippines, will be shown at 7 p.m. in L.H. I. Director Robert Koglin will
discuss the making of the film; Peter Bocho, U.W. professor, will be on hand to discuss recent developments in the Philippines. Admission is $1.5Q. For more informatin, contact the Evergreen Political Information center, X6144.
The Job Bank has been reopened. Its hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday, February 21
Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law will have representative on campus. A general information session will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in LIB 2102. More
in formation is available in the Career Development Office, LIB 1214.
"Self-Esteem Issues for Helping Professsionals and Students" is the title of a workshop which will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in CAB 110. Cost is $50 for professionals, $35 for individuals with a low income, and $15 for st udents. Pre-register by send ing registration and check to Counseling Services, The Evergreen State College,
Olympia, WA 98505, along with your name, phone number, and complete address. If you prefer, you may send a $10 deposit and pay the balance at the door. For
more information, call Counseling Services, X6800.
"The Soviet Union Today," a free slide/lectu re given by Tom Rainey, wi ll recount his trip LO the Soviet Union. The event will be held at noon in CAB 108.
Kay and Dusty Rhodes will perform in the dining room of Ben Moore's Cafe at 6:30 p.m. For reservations call 357-7527.
Premier Northwest Artist Issac Shamsud-Din will give a lecture on Afro-A merican art at 10 a.m. in L.H. I. In the 4th floor LIB Gallery from 7:30 LO 9 p.m. he will
lecture on his mural which hangs in the Justice center in Portland Oregon. This mural, titled "Bilalin Odessey," LOok 20 years of research. Following the second lecture
there will be a reception in honor of Issac-Shamsud-Din. His works are curren tl y on exhibition in the 4th floor LIB Ga llery until March 16. For more information
call the UJAMAA Office in LIB 3207, X6781, Mon. 12 to 5 p.m . , Tues. 3 LO 5 p.m., and Wed. II a.m. LO 2 p.m.
The Women's Center is enterested in establ ishing a H.O.M.E. chapter on campus. H.O.M.E. is an organization that assists low-income and welfare people in attaining
education, from G. E. D.'s to graduate schoo l. Carol Sasaki, founder and director of H .O.M . E., will speak about her life experiences in a campus meeting in the LIB
Lobby from 10:30 a.m. 10 12:30 p.m. Free childcare is ava il able. The success of the program will depend upon involvement of students, faculty and administration.
Rosalyn Carter, "First Lady from Plains" wi ll givc a free leclllre at SI. Mark's Ep iscopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E., Capitol Hill in Seattle, at 7:30 p.m. Title
of the lecture 'is "A Ci ti zen Gets Involved: The Moral Dimension of Political Issues." Call the Church Council of Greater Seattle at 525-1213 for details.
Saturday, February 22
Kay and Dusty Rhodes will perform in the dining room of Ben Moores Cafe at 6:30 p. m. For reservations call 357-7527.
"The Peace You Seek" workshop will be held at the Unity Church of Olympia from 10 a.m . LO 5 p.m. The workshop celebrates the way of loving fully, living freely,
and Ihe healing peace of self-acceptance, relationship renewal, and finding the courage to follow the path of your heart. The "work/play/loveshop" includes presentatibn by Alan Cohen, author of the best-selling The Dragon Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Rising Love, and other books on personal growth and healing . Also included
will be song, laughter, guided meditation and an informal pot-luck lunch at noon . Suggested donation: $10 per person. For reservations and information call Lani
Thomsen-Grisby at 459-4826, Robin Downey at 357-3394, or The Unity Church at 943-5757.
Olympia's First Annual Women's Cooking Coniest entries must be turned in before 5:45. Categories include appetizers, entrees, salads, side dishes and desserts. You
may enter as many categories as you wish. Each entry must serve eight people and be served in a container that keeps it at serving temperature. Contestant check-in
is from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. at the Community Center. Contestant fee is $2 per entry . For more informat ion call the Olympia Parks and Recreation Department at 753-8380.
Minority Student Preview Day will run from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in CAB 110, sponsored by The Third World Coalition and The Office of Admissions. For more
information, call the Admissions Office at X6170 or The Third World Coal ition at X6034.
The Bravura String Quartet will perform in a benefit for Rick Lewis at 8 p.m. at the Smithfield Cafe. Admission is free. Donations will go to the Rick Lewis Fund.
Helio Troupe will play at 9 p.m. at the 4th Ave. Tavern. $3 cover charge.
Healing Arts Forum at the Organic Farmhome will host a number of events. Naturopath Robin Moore will talk at 5 p.m. At 7 p .m. inspirational counselor Charles
Sturge will talk, and al 8 p.m. there wi\! be music, dance, painting and readings [Bring your musical instruments, readings, etc.] . You are invited to sleep at the farm,
so bring a sleeping bag and a $3 donation for expenses. Ca ll X6145 for reservations .
Sunday, February 23
Healing Arts Forum at th e Organic Fa rmhou se continues. At 10 a .m . Ihere,will be yoga and singing by Joseph Rodin [bring your mats]. At noon there will be a Sunday
brunch of poached eggs, cheese sauce, fruit sa lad and apple cider. "Movement on Stalking" will be presented at I :30 p .m . by Judy Wake. A workshop on "Creative
Social Cha nge" will be given by Jasper Smith at 3:30 p.m. Call X6145, the Organic Farmhouse, for more information.
Fumiko Kimura: Sumi Art exhibit in LIB gallery 2 will end. Gallery 2 hours are the same as that of the Library.
Chris Cochrane and Doug Henderson, Resislance, will play "noisey folk music" at the Smithfield Cafe at 8 p.m. Also appearing will be PHT.
Olympia Modern Jazz Society will present BeBop Night from 4 to 9 p.m. at Johnny's Night Train in Lacey, 4110 SIeater-Kinney Road S.E. This Jazz Society benefit
concert will include such BeBop Slars as Joe Baque, Red Kelly, Dave McCrary, Bill Ramsay, Jan Stentz, Chuck Stentz and Bert Wilson. Proceeds will go toward the
production of an avantgarde jazz concert in the spring and OMJS's Second Annual Big Band Concert at Lakefair 1986. For more information, call OMJS at 754-7506.
Monday, February 24
Central and South American deforestation will be discussed by Dr. Susanna Hecht at 7:30 p.m. in L.H . 2. Hecht has worked with the native
people of Central and South America, gaining first-hand insight into the social consequences of deforestation. Admission is free and open
to the public. The Lecture is provided by an Intercultural -Literacy Award from the Evergreen State College.
An award-winning documentary on pornography, entitled "Not a Love Story," will be shown at 7 p .m . in L.H . I. Sponsored by the Political
Information Center, the Women's Center and the Men's Center, admission is free, as is childcare provided by the Parent's Center in the ROLUl1da.
"So You Want Your Children to Learn to Fight" is the dtle of a childrearing workshop given by Thad Curtz from noon to I p .m. in CAB
104. The workshop is part of the Women's Center Brown Bag Lunch series, and is co-sponsored with the Men's Center.
Rev. Linda Roberson
Wednesday, February 26
Thursday, February 27
" Don't Panic: Know the Facts" A.I.D.S. panel will discuss the disease at 8 p.m. in the Olympia Timberland Library. The panel includes
Sandra Hellman, director of Thurston County AIDS hotline, Larry LeOer, Washington state coordinator of The Dorian Group, Vicki Thompson, mother of an AIDS patient, John Gafferty, Thurston County Health Dept., a nd moderator Beryl Crowe, Evergreen faculty member and
facilitator of the Cutting Edge Symposium on AIDS.
Spring Quarter Soccer organizational meeting begins at 5 p .m. in CAB 108.
Spring Ultimate Frisbee organizational meeting begins at 3 p.m. in CAB 108.
by Sherry Hill
An Evergreen student has been
charged with a crime, which may be,
in a historical sense, the first of its
kind.
John P. Smith, of apartment 157
in Adult Student Housing, 3138
Overhulse Rd. NW, Olympia,
Washington, was charged with first
degree theft in Thurston County
Superior Court on Tuesday . No trial
date has been set. Smith was released from ThursLOn County Jail on
personal recognizance.
What makes this case so unusual
is that the charges are for "theft"
of computer software. Specifically,
the wording of state law terms the
charges as "depriving" companies
by making unauthorized copies of
computer software that are of a
private property nature, similar to
copying a record. (taken from Title
9A RCW, Washington State Law,
under 9A56.010 "Definitions for
Theft and Robbery.")
I n other words, according to
Sergeant Larry Savage of Campus
Security, it is a case of computer
piracy. Vice President Ken Winkley,
who supervises computer services,
says, "I think it is the first in the
country. It is going to be an interesting test case." Savage has talked with other law enforcement officials in King County, and
elsewhere, and they all claim to have
not heard of this type of case making it to court.
According to Savage's' report, the
suspect apparently ordered software
packages from several companies. A
UPS truck arrived at the college on
December 23 to make a delivery of
a package to a Dr. John Smith, from
a software company in California.
It was a holiday , so Savage took
delivery of the package. Since
Savage knew that there was no Dr.
John Smith working at the college,
he began to look into the situation.
The official investigation began
December 30. Savage's investigation
indicates that after the suspect
received several software packages
under the guise of an Evergreen
facultr member, they were copied
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and returned to the companies.
When the software was returned, according to Savage, the checks written for the purchase of the software
were stopped. Savage said that the
excuse for the stopped checks was
usually that the software did not
meet the suspect's needs, was not
what he was looking for, etc. Savage
contends that the suspect knowingly attempted to obtain copies of software by fraudulent means.
Thus, what also makes this case
different from even copying a
friend's software package with permission, which can still be illegal, is
that these packages were obtained
without the knowledge or consent of
the companies. There does not seem
to be any indication at this time that
any software was sold by the
suspect.
There was enough evidence to
warrant a search of the suspect's
apartment of January 31. A considerable amount of material was
obtained in the search. Savage said
Smith told him at that time that he
felt that he had done nothing wrong.
Woodbury sent out a campuswide memo on January 30 concerning copyright protection of computer software and the responsibilities of TESC staff and faculty
to respect these rights . According to
Gail Martin,. head of Student Affairs, this was a purely coincidental
memorandum and has nothing to do
with the timing on this case.
Savage said copyright laws may
have been violated, but copyright
falls under federal law . The suspect
has been charged under Washington
State Law.
Martin commented, "The computer is available for students '
academic use . There is a fine line
and he (the suspect) just happened
to cross over that line. " Martin also
indicated that there was no evidence
at this point that the suspect had
violated any of Evergreen's socia l
contract, nor that he had stolen
anything from the college. Smith has
the right to attend school, according
to Martin, until evidence proves
otherwise.
Robbery suspect
is apprehended
by Sherry Hill
"A Fondness for Swords" is a workshop designed to help women and men better understand the male experience. Admission is $2. Sponsored IItw;;jidi;;;;;-Frc;;;;;;;~----11'
by the Men's Resource Center, Innerplace and the Counse ling Center, the free workshop is led by Tom Pace, psycotherapist and faculty member
at Antioch University, and Michael Meade , musician and storyteller. For details and workshop registration, call the Counseling Center, X6800.
Literary magazine Slightly West will be given out in the CAB at noon.
Employment Search Skills Workshop series begins at the YWCA. The four-part series covers resume and cover letter writing, interviewing,
accessing the hidden job market and more. The first sess ion, "Skills Assesment," is from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cost per session is $10 for YWCA
members and $12 for non -members. For all four classes in the series the cost is $35 for members and $43 for non-members. For information 11--.:...-----------111
call 352-0593.
Aura Readings
February 27, 1986
Evergreen student charged with software theft
Have Broom,
Housedeaning, pointing, gardening,
carpet cleaning, windows I walls.
Business and private rates ...
Disc. to Seniors. Experienced, Ref.
WE ARE GREAT! (all Jon or Sharon
Tuesday, February 25
The Fund for Public Interest Research will have a· representative recruiting on campus for full-time positions. Two presentations will be held
for all interested persons in LIB 2205 at 9 a.m. and at 1:30 p.m. Interviews will be held from 10 a.m. to I p.m. and from 2:30 to 4:30 in LIB
2205. Contact Career Development, LIB 1214, for more information and an interview appointment.
The Men's Center will have an organizational meeting at 5 p.m. in LIB 3227.
The Men's Dream and Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the COM 307 lo unge .
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A Tacoma man has confessed to
the January 3 robbery of a cashier
at The Evergreen State College, acco rding to Brian Schoening of the
Thurston County Sheriff' s Office.
Bruce L. McClain, 28, was arrested
in an attempted robbery of Centralia
College February 13, and is bei ng
held in the Lewis County Jail.
McClain has been charged with attempted robbery in the first degree
for the Centralia crime, with bail sel
at $25,000.
Lewis County notified Thurston
Co unty of the crime and method of
operation. Detective Schoening compared information on the two similar
crimes, and presented this information to the suspect. McClain im-
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mediately confessed to the Evergreen
robbery. Thurston Co unty expects
to file charges for fir st degree armed robbery within a few days,
Schoening sa id.
The robbery at Evergreen net.ted
less than $500. " man gave the
cashier a note demanding money
and -poin ted a revo lver at her .
According to The Olympian
(February 15, 1986), a man handed
the cashier at Centralia Co lelge a
note demandin g mon ey, and
displayed a handgun. He fled after
the cashier screamed, without taking
any money. Centralia police used a
canine unit to track the suspect, and
we was arrested about an hour after
the fa,ilcd robbery altern pI. The
canine unit also found a .357 caliber
revolver.
Computer software piracy has become a problem at Evergreen
Photo illustration by Dave Pelerson
No changes planned at Computer Services
by Sherry Hill
Although computer software theft is a potential
probl~m at Evergreen, keeping student access open
IS a pnme concern, according to Ken Winkley, vice
president supervising computer services.
When asked of any possible administrative
changes in the computer area, Winkley said, "We
can't [make any changes]. We have to leave the computers accessible [to those who need itl ."
An employee of Computer Services said that computer discs are easily copied if users know what they
are.doi?g. This is different from computer hacking,
whIch IS "dropping in" on comp uters that belong
to corporations, businesses, individuals, etc. Some
hackers change information around, others just look
al the information . Many of both of these types,
pl~ates and hackers, according to the employee, do
thIS type of crime for fun or hobby.
Sergeant Larry Savage, campus security,
wondered a loud how this crime could be justified.
"Does he (the suspect) fcelthat he could steal a TV
or a new car if he didn't sell it ? What gives anyone
the right LO steal software?"
Summer job fair here March 5
by Margaret Livingston
With more than eighteen prospective employers in one place at one
time, students looking for s ummer
jobs co uld get a head start on their
search by attend ing the Summer
Employment Fair on Wednesday,
March 5, 1986. Sponsored by Career
Development, the fair will be held in
CAB 108 from I :30 to 3:30 p.m.
Representatives from summcr
youth camps, Washington State
Parks and Recreation, Thurston
County Youth Employment Program, Washington Fair Share,
Alaskan Cannery Workers, Mt.
Rainier National Park, and many
more wi II be here .
By bringing this many participants
together, the people of Career
Development say they hope to make
it easier for Evergreen students to
learn what types of summer employment are available to them. "These
people are not here just to talk, but
will be accepting applications," says
Roy Watters, coordinator of the
"Visitors to Campus" program .
"Thi s is just one of the many ways
our office provides help to
Evergreen students," he added .
The office helps students prepare
for life after Evergreen. They work
closely with Advising to help
students explore their interests and
to be sure graduates have I he
necessary academic skills for success
in their life work. Workshops are
held each quarter to teach resume
writing, interviewing skills, job
search strategies , how to prepare an
application , and how to present all
the information you have in your
Everg reen portfolio.
"We will critique resumes and
cover letters , do practice testing for
LSAT, GRE, MCAT, and other
gradua te entrance exams," Watters
said. "We also bring visitors to campus to talk to st udent s about career
options and graduate schools. Our
resource room is a treasure trove of
information about graduate school
programs and catalogs, overseas
travel and study, and job an nouncements ," he sa id .
"All students are required to have
a n exit inter view with Career
Development before graduation, but
we would hope to see student s earlier
than that so we can be of mere help.
We provide a lot of tools," Wallers
emphasized, "t, .. : they are only effectivc if the students take advantage
of what we have."
Career Develpment is in LI B 1213 .
Drop in hours are on Wednesda y
and Friday between 8 a.m. a nd
noon .
Olander accepts report
President Olander has accepted Ihe recommcndation of the AII~ampus Govern~nce I?TF. Interested persom can view the DTF report
In the-presldent s offIce; the report will run in next week's CPJ
Friday, February 28 is the application deadline for student delega;es
to the AdVI sory Board. Students will select members at 3 p.m. Mon.
day, March 3; call x6296 for the location, or for more info rmat ion.
All members of the Advisory Board must be responsive to concern'
of people of color. women and other minority groups. They also must
have demonstrated experience working with at leasl onc of the~c
groups.
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Benefits raise money for
beaten Olympia artist
Money Magazine's visit raises hackles here
Lewi ~
photo by Jennifer Lewis
Students from the "Mass Communications and Social Reali(v " program discuss Evergreen with "Money" reporter Nancy Way, left.
Reporter Nancy Way, leJ,.t, and Information
Specialist Keith Eisner, center, listen to Jeff Barker's
concerns.
photo by Jenn ifer
by Stoddart Lawrence Smith
The interview session last Monday
by Money magazine has revealed as
yet unseen rifts in the Evergreen
community.
On Monday, February 24, Money
reporter Nancy Way came to campus to write an article on the 10 best
" Public Ivies." The article will focus
on "hidden gems" around the
coutry that come at lower costs than
the well-known private schools.
The resultant furor over the interview stemmed from two incidents.
Last Thursday, students of the" Art
as a Cultural Expression" program
refused to be photographed for
Money in protest against the
school's budgetary policies regarding
fine arts and performing arts programs. They said they were also protesting Evergreen's commitment
toward minority and alternative
education programs (see related article, this page).
On Friday, February 21, a group
of students were contacted by their
professors in the Mass Communications program, and were asked to
take part in an interview session with
Money's correspondant. Money had
given the school's Information Office prior notice of the article, and
the office passed this information to
the Mass Communications instructors. The instructors then asked
several students to participate.
This raises the question 01'
management of the media and the
public image of Evergreen, since the
students seemed to represent an
older, upscale segment of the student
body. Keith Eisner, information
specialist, responded positively to the question of encouraging
Mass Communications to participate
on the assumption that they could be
articulate advocates of Evergreen.
"Well, yes, we do try to put our best
face forward . We have a lot to be
proud of," he said . Eisner rejected
the charge of news management,
noting that it was Money that contacted him two weeks earlier. He
also defended the students from the
charge of being non-representative.
Way was shown the campus. She
then met with administrators and
then Mass Communication's discussion on the high number of transfer
students. She was also informed of
the average student age (25), the
seminar technique and the rigorous
workload . Subjects also ranged to
social life, the school's sense of
humor (or sometimes lack of it),
housing, Olympia, and other day to
day mundanities of student life.
Perhaps compensating for the prior
negative reaction, the group strove
to give a balanced view, which acquitted both themselves and the
school, according to the correspondent.
Afterwards, she spoke to a few of
the students who objected to the
photo session. They expressed that
their main fear was over the potentialloss of Evergreen's character as
a liberal arts college. Angel Cruz, cocoordinator of MeCHA, a- Third
World student organization, said
"People think a school like this is a
luxury, but it's not. It's a neccesity."
"This school has an excellent
reputation as a liberal arts college
and sometimes I have to feel that it's
undeserved," said Jeff Barker, a student in the "Art as a Cultural Expession" program.
Barker said he was offended by
the heavy-handedness and lastminute nature of the Public Relations department's request for the
photo. He noted his two main
reasons for refusing to participate.
Since "Art as a Cultural Expression" was not going to be offered
again next year, he said he felt that
such a pro-arts piece would be "an
unfair representation" of the
school's commitment to the arts,
and something that he as a conscientous person could not participate in
good faith .. Since faculty reductions
in the arts have reduced class opportunities markedly, he said his
presence in the picture would be endorsing a lie which might influence
other Third World students.
He also felt that he could not participate as a member of a minortiy
as others did. Leaving Money with
an all-white picture would be an "accurate reflection of Evergreen," as
he refered to the CAB lobby around
hi~, full of people, but in which he
was the only Black. The question of
whether or not an' all white picture
in a national magazine might not
scare off potential minority students
was also dealt with.
"What Evergreen should do is to
take a hard look at itself. If
Evergreen wants to recruit and retain
minority and Third World students,
it should fund Native American
studies, the fine and performing arts,
and hire more Third World and
minority faculty. Put your money
where your mouth is," Barker said.
The contrQversies did not stop
there. Several of the Mass Communication students said they felt
they were being unfairly singled out
by "fellow liberals." Some felt they
were being unfairly labelled as conservative yuppies, and careerists,
while being lumped in with business,
science, and technical students..
Mass Communication students
sympathized with the objectors but
did not apologize either for having
career goals or being concerned with
the ecom~mic value of an Evergreen
education.
Jonathan Bill, referring to the increasing emphasis on jobs, said,
"It's changing around here and pe0ple are resisiting that. Some folks are
starting to worry about careers after
here and that scares a lot of people ...
He also said that such an attitude
also had the potential to become an
"anti-capitalist witch hunt."
Joseph Follansbee warned of an
intolerant attitude towards those
who were not in step with the vocal
political mainstream at Evergreen.
"A lot of people don't have a sense
of the reality. There are people interested in things like business,
money and careers and not everyone
here is interested in becomming a
socialist or a feminist. And anyone
who believes that someone whose
Measles alarm Health Center
by Andris M. Wollam
There is a measles alert on campus
after the Student Health Center
reported last week to the Department of Social and Health Services
that one suspected case of measles
has occurred on the Evergreen
campus.
Measles symptoms include a
fever. a generalized rash. red and
watery eyes, sensitivity to bright
lights, a cough, or runny nose .
Anyone having these symptoms
should contact the Student Health
Center immediately.
There are four terms to define this
illness : measles, red measles, hard
measles and Rubeola . It is not to be
confused with Rubella or German
measles.
Measles has serious consequences
for adults, according to health care
specialist Wen-Vee Shaw, especially
if prompt medical treatment isn't
sought. Those with the measles virus
can expect to be out of class for up
to two weeks, she says. Shaw adds
that the di sease may lead to such
complications as middle ear infections and hearing loss , dehydration ,
pneumonia, and high fevers
resulting in brain damage or death .
Shaw says those who received the
ineffective dead measles vaccine between the years of 1956 and 1968 are
now college age; this makes colleges
particularly vulnerable to outbreaks.
People who have received live
measles vaccine after 1968 and after
one year of age, or have had a confirmed case of the measles, are protected. Vaccination records should
be checked . I f unsure of measles
protection, a free Rubella and
Rubeola vaccination can be obtained from noon to 2 on Thursday,
March 13, in the second floor of the
CAB. The free shots are also
available at the Student Health
Center, open from 8 a.m. to noon
Monday through Thursday.
Since 1982, Washington state law
has required current immunizations
and records for all students enrolled in public schools. According to
Shaw, such legislation could soon be
extended to colleges and universities.
If such legislation passed, college
students could be required to present
proof of current immunization as
part of the registration process. The
Student Health Center has records
for all those immunized at the
center, and welcomes any questions
regarding the measles virus or immunization records .
are mixed. I resent having someone
I don ' t know', come into our class
with no prior notice and ask Us to
have our picture taken . Money
magazine is not a publication that I
feel good abo1Jt supporting. I feel
that we weren't given adequate
notice to think about how we felt. " -Gay le Grything
"What I'm riot, sure about is how
Money magazine intends to 'see'
Evergreen as an alternat ive route in
higher education. The question of
many was, 'Is the photograph an accurate representation of Evergreen?'
Since three out of four of the progam's people of color left before
allowing a phetograph to be taken,
I can't be sure if it's a correct
representation of our program. I
can't be sure because misrepresentation of the ambunt of cultural diversity at Evergreen could be damaging
to many people of color who choose
to come to Evergreen due to its exposure in Moiley, U.S. World and
News Report, and similar publications. Who reads Money magazine
anyway?"--Laurie Kirk
"The Evergreen philosophy came
by Catherine Commerford
forth strong in class today. We
encourage students to question, and
Last Thursday, Keith Eisner,
when they do, sometimes the results
Evergreen's public relations and inare
uncomfortable. However, I felt
formation specialist, paced the hall
it was a waste of time to boycott this
outside of gallery 4. He was waiting
small amount of P.R. that was askfor a vote. Money magazine was ined of the class. The result will be that
terested in doing an article on
the class I is not represented. The
Evergreen . Since Money showed
Black and Indian students stayed
particular interest in the Organic
out, so now the photo will look like
Farm and cultural diversity, students
a White Anglo-Saxon class." --Agnes
in the" Art as Cultural Expression"
Mclin
program were deciding whether or
"Well, I could understand both
not to allow their picture to be taken
sides. Publicity like this could show
for promo purposes. They moved
that art and cultural expression does
the beginning of seminar into
happen at this college. It could atGallery 4 and had the picture taken.
tract more people like us to this
Eisner stated that the article plannschool which would help round out
ed was going to be written by a
Evergreen more. But it's got to be
Money representative living in Seathonest. Our class was cut in half.
tle. Once again, an image of
You
know the situation. I'm not inEvergreen is being distributed
to false representation." --Usha
nationwide.
Noble
Some members of the program
"I don't think it's that big a deal
decided to share their thoughts
No
matter how you do it, there will
about schedule interruptions for the
be a controversy, because nobody
sake of Evergreen's image as it
would agree about what image of the
relates to Money:
school should be represented .
"My opinion of Evergreen remains
Publicity of this kind is aood for the
unchanged. It has not, in its past or
school, and it is very doubtful that
present actions shown a concern for
Third World people. The arts have . one lousy little picture will be that
important, or at least it shouldn't
been cut to the bone, and i refuse to
have been; it's the article that's impose for P.R. pictures which will be
portant, not the picture. " --Susan
used to further enhance or sell the
Seegers
Evergreen myth to mainstream
Mary Nelson is one of the instrucAmerica. I res.e nt the heavy handed
tors of "Art as Cultural Expresactions of the Evergreen Public
sion," and had this to say, "HavRelations machine. I have never, nor
ing sufficient notice beforehand-on
will I ever do anything to promote
taping, filming, etc. is of the utmost
the Disneyland facade that is The
significance 'for a program. Four
Evergreen State College. "--Jeff
hours is too short a notice. It is not
Barker
enough time for faculty and students
"My reaction to having been
to discuss having this done."
photographed for Money magazine
political views aren't on the left
shouldn't be here is committing the
sa me mistakes of intolerance they
might be fighting against."
On the subject of press rights ,
Mass Communication student Dennis Held said that he learned about
Evergreen as a result of it s
widespread pUblicity. Held said he
felt that the controversy over publicity was negatively directed at the people who read Money magazine, U.S .
News and World Report and other
publications which had included
Evergreen in their art icles.
When they say 'we don't want
those kind of students on campus,'
I feel they're talking about me. This
is reverse elitism," Held said.
"Of course Money has the
right to be here. Even the National
Review has a right to be here," Bill
said.
The Money article will be one in
a group of 10; that's about 100
words per school. I t is still not
known if the picture will be shown.
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by Susan Reams
The second benefit for Rick
Lewis, an Olympia resident and
former Greener was held at the
Smithfield Cafe Saturday, February
22. Lewis was brutally beaten New
Year's Eve at the 1411 Gallery in
Seattle .
The Seattle area" Bravura String
Quartet" performed free of charge,
accepting all donations for the Rick
Lewis Trust Fund. By 8:30 p .m.,
every chair in the Cafe was taken,
The quartet performed five string
orchestral pieces, four written by
composer Tim Srock, and the fifth
'a "Seat Happening" tune converted
to string orchestra by Brock for the
event.
Tim Brock is a good friend of
Lewis' . Soth Lewis and Srock
belonged to the band "The
Hemales. " Because Srock has no
money to offer Lewis, 'having the
quartet perform was a way for him
to help Lewis . Srock has been com posing music for the quartet since
The " Bravura String Quartet" performs
with people standing in back, and at
the open front door.
First, Debbie Roraback, Lewis'
Olympia housemate, gave the audience an update on Lewis' current
condition.
Roraback told participants that
Lewis had been moved from
"critical" to "aggressive rehabilitation" at Harborview Medical
Center. This is a particularly good
sign, Roraback said. Earlier, doctors
considered moving Lewis to an
Olympia area convalescent center,
but because Lewis is showing excellent progress, he was moved to
Aggressive Rehab .
Roraback said that Lewis' rapid
recovery has astounded doctors and
friends , but added that he has received a great deal of damage .
The right side of his brain is dead,
explained Roraback, and as a result
the left side of his body is paralyzed. His paralysis is expected to be a
permanent condition .
Memories of past experiences remain, but Lewis has short term
memory loss, something common to
victims of serious injury. When
Lewis was told that he had been
beaten, Lewis exclaimed, "That's a
hell of a way to start the New Year!"
plrato by Jennifer Buttke
1981.
The quartet serenaded the audience with pieces that mixed traditional string orchestration with
Brock's progressive style. The
quartet featured a surprise violinist,
Susan Vetter, from Germany.
The first piece, "Punch Clock,"
brought the crowd to attention with
strong, sharp rhythm and ·sound.
Next came "Nocturne for String Orchestra," and "Hammerfest." "Our
the event.
"Laughing Boy, " the closing
piece, was a particularly enjoyable
score. Written two days before the
benefit, the piece is composed of'
three movements, with long silent
spaces bet ween movements.
As the quartet plucked and
played in the first movement , suddenly all players stopped and began
laughing. Set ween movements, the
quartet turned pages of music as if
they had lost their place in the piece,
The third movement ended with the
quartet members laughing heartily ,
which in turn caused th e crowd to
begin chuckling.
Afterwards, Srock stated that he
has had no traditional music train ing. He had avoided attending music
schools simply because he is afraid
th.at his freshness will be lost with the
traditional training. "It would
change what I have to say about
music." he said, and th e co mpleted
performance stands as an example of
'a successful composer's work , and
a dedicated skilled string quartet.
The quartet has performed
throughout the United States. Steven
Tada, the leader of the quartet and
first violini st, has performed as a
guest artist in many European
orchestras.
All members of "Sravura " are
from the Seattle area . The quartet
includes Greg Rice, second violinist ,
David Seck on cello , and Michael
Thompson on viola, and of course
Steven Tada.
Approximately $50 was raised for
Rick Lewis at the benefit. This ·
makes a total of about $250 in his
Trust Fund. Roraback said that the
money is not for current ex penses,
but for Rick when he comes home .
Rick will receive Social Security
compensation for the disabled , but
this is in no way expected to cover
Roraback said that Lewis' rapid
recovery has astounded doctors
Secret," by " Beat Happening," was
performed fourth, and included
"Beat Happening" member Calvin
10hnson on vocals. Calvin stepped
up to the front of the quartet in
Seaver Cleaver attire, offsetting the
black tuxedos that the string quartet
wore .
"Our Secret" is a previously
released tune that is being re-released
on a 45 single. Brock turned "Our
Secret" into string orchestration,
which Bravura played especially for
Dana Lyons
State is Dumpsite?
by John Kaiser
Seattle folksinger Dana Lyons, 25,
is currently in Olympia promoting
his song, "Our State is a Dumpsite, "
as an official state song. He recently returned from a cros,s-country
interstate-90 tour. He said he was
dramatizing the hazards of the
transportation of nuclear waste. The
following is an interview with Lyons,
who recently visited Evergreen .
CPJ: What are y our impressions of
Evergreen?
Lyons: I like it. I feel like I'm in the
woods. 1 think the best way to learn
is to work on projects and do things
rather than by writing papers and
reading books . At least, that's the
way it works for me. And people
here are really nice. I've had a good
time. So I like the place .
CPJ: How did you get started
wiling and singing songs?
Lyons: I've been playing guitar since
I was 12. Usually I just get in a certain mood and the songs just kind
of come out. They write themselves.
"Our State is a Dumpsite" was different, though. I designed that one.
I actually sat down . I knew what I
wanted . [ wanted it to be country,
ve ry simple with lo ts of rhymes. It
was kind of fun. I didn ' t know I
could do that until I wrote it.
CPJ: What inspired you to write
"Our State is a Dumpsite? "
Lyons: I read in the newspaper right'
when I was going to move here in
I 984 that they wanted to put the high
level waste dump in Washington .
And the reason I was moving here
was that it was beautiful. So I was
really pissed.
At the time I was working with a
carpenter who listened to country
music constantly . One day I just
went home and thought how I could
best foul up the Department of
Energy's attempt to put the dump
there . So I thought I' d write a
humorous country tune a nd try to
make the melody one of those that
when you wake up and hear it, it
haunts you the whole day. So I
wrote a nice , rude song. I wrote the
bulk of the song in 28 minutes and
first played it in Tacoma. Everyone
thought it was great. I was urged by
some reco rd companies to cut a
record .
CPJ: How do you intend to make
it a state song? And why?
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expenses for a comfortable lifestyle.
The third benefit for Rick Lewis
wiD be held at 5:30 p .m. on March I,
at St. Michael's, 1021 Soundary
Street. The show will feature the
return of those famed cowboys,
"The Young Pioneers," a nd resurrected "The Supreme Cool Beings. "
Also in the line-up is "Noxious
Fumes," " Danger Mouse" of
Olympia, and "Girl Trouble" from
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Third Warld Preview a ·success Course changes form
Greeners experience healing arts workshop
by Jennifer Buttke
The evening began with an introduction of all of the people who
planned to participate in the healing
workshop. Each person had their
particular reasons for being there,
some to seek help for their physical
ail s, some for mental ones .
The opening introductions set the
tone for t he intense interaction that
would follow that evening and on into the next morning . The energy was
high. Some of evening's highlights
included a talk by Robin Moore, a
trained naturopath, as well as a talk
led by Charles Sturge, an inspirational counselor .
Sturge got the groups to beg in
thinking about spirituality and the
senses that are tapped into while exploring that side of being. The even ing progressed into a series of dance,
song, and healing awareness. Eleven
individuals chose to spend their
Saturday evening at the Organic
Jenny Strauss spends an evening in sharing.
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Lyons: It should be because a
nuclear dump site is an even bigger
insult to the state. I admit the title
is insulting. But I'm hoping some
people will laugh at the song and
then look at the implications. Others
will take offense to the song and
then look at the implications. As far
as the song goes, I'm happy when
people laugh, and I'm happy when
people are insulted.
Lyons: First my brother and I were
thinking of ways to get atlention for
it so we put out a campaign around
Seattle to stop it from being the state
song. First we put up posters that
said, "Stop 'Our State is a Dumpsite' from becoming the state song,"
so everyone would look at the sign
and see "state song." Since everyone
was arguing about "Louie Louie,"
they would be interested in it. Then CPJ: Nuclear waste has to go
Gerry Pollet from WashPIRG saw somewhere. Why not Hanford?
one of the posters and said, "Well,
Lyons: It shouldn't go to Hanford
why don't we make it the state
because there's already waste leaksong?" We then sent out records to
ing from their old dump into the
various legislators and tracked down
Columbia River. That's the bottom
Rep. Dean Sutherland to introduce line. Geologically, it's just not
it. The reason we're doing this is to
stable. The basalt has fissures and
raise public awareness of nuclear
cracks all over the place . The Colwaste problems.
umbia River, six miles away, is the
CPJ: How popular is the song?
main reason why they shouldn't put
Lyons: The Department of Energy
it there.
has acknowledged that it gets conCPJ: Where should the waste go?
siderable air time in the Richland Tri
Lyons: Since they know of no safe
Cities area (near Hanford). It's been
way to dispose of it, they should stop
on 25 radio stations in the state and
making it. With the existing waste,
in virtually every city. And it's
t hey should put it in the geologicalbecoming popular in other states.
ly safest place and make it
Three radio stations are playing it in
retrievable. I f in the future, we
Wisconsin.
figure out something to do with it,
I hope the song can rally people
we can salvage the waste.
in Washington to tell the DOE ,
CPJ: What did you do when you
"Hey, no way are we gonna be a
toured Interstate 90?
dumpsite ." That ' s what it's gonna
Lyons: My brother and I started
take to stop the dump."
CPJ: The song has been called an in- from Boston on Jan. I3 with a mock
sult to the state. Why should it be 55 gallQn nuclear waste drum on top
of our car. We held press cona state song?
Farm.
Marc Levine, Exploration Network
coordinator, appeared to be enthused with the night's happenings. "It
was a very rare atmosphere,
everything just worked so amazingly," he said while stirring the cheese
sauce. "Healing is being awake,
learning, listening; being tota lly alive
and connecting with people." He
emphasized that he now has a
"deeper appreciat ion for seeing .
where people are at and how people's points of view vary. It's really
uplifting. "
Student Jonathon Rogers said, "I
think it's very important for people
to get together with each other and
to break down their inner and outer
barriers and to learn that it's OK to
do , evcn if it' s only for a moment
or two.
"I don't think that anything that's
being done needs to be mysterious.
Spirituality needs not to be separated
from reality. The process of becoming spiritually aware is simply
becoming in touch with the world
around you and how you honestly
see it," he added.
Another participant, Lee Pornoff,
summarized his experience; he only
knew a few of the people there.
"After going through all of the different exercises, [ felt warmer
around these people . [ experienced
a real sense of coming together."
What really seemed to synthesize
the entire experience was when J en-
ny Strauss said she saw the
workshop as being "energy, excitement, and total love. There weren't
any barriers between anybody's
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relocating the student activity offices, "a lot of anxiety has been
created by determining where it will
happen instead of when it will happen," Mike Hall said .
"but they will need more and more
of that office space for academic
purposes as the college grows."
When it comes to the discussions
of where to locate student offices,
there have been suggestions
anywhere from building yurts out in
the woods to a fleet of airstream
trailers, according to Mike Hall, Student Activities director.
At present, long-range planning
people are exploring the options .
The pro-forma financial statement
should be complete by the end of
February, and it will show the finan-
cial circumstances for the next five
years. From that we can project forward for the next 20 to 30 years, according to Hal l.
Under a previous agreement, the
student activity offices are not required to be out of their space until
1991.
"It is important that students have
input, and there are still lots of
unknowns right now. The relocation
discussions will need significant student input from everyone on campus," Hall said. The administration,
S&A Board, and hopefully the student body will all study the plans, he
said.
thropology or visual arts and are prepared· to work at an advanced
level in one or the other or both.
.Faculty will look for students with clear ideas for a cultural
documentation project.
• Students will be responsible for own proficiencies, arranging facility
use, etc., as on individual contracts.
.There are no lab fees--expenses are up to each student according
to project requirements:
Llyn De Danaan will be facilitating this project and leading seminar
discussions around issues in the visual documentation of culture. She
will hold interviews with prospective participants (with portfolio
review) on Friday, March 7.
Please call for appointments and prepare a statement of a proposed cultural documentation project.
Candidate search on again
The search for a Director of Computer Services will continue, according to Sue Washburn, vice president for Development and Administrative Services, in accordance
with the search committee's recommendation that the search continue
if the candidate recommended by the
committee did not accept the position . Wayne Holt, the candidate
recommended for the director of
computer services position by the
search committee, was offered the
position but chose not to accept the
offer.
Holt, formerly a director of computer services at Union College in
Schenectady, New York, and one of
four finalists for the directorship
position to begin July I, will instead
take over as president of Software
Research Northwest, a compan y
based on Vashon Island which he
helped found several years ago.
FA form due
The Financial Aid Office
recommends that you mail your
carefully completed and signed
1986-87 Financial Aid Form to
the College Scholorship Service,
along with the processing fee,
by March I. 1986, to insure consideration for all available
financial aid programs.
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CPJ: What are your plans after the
state song campaign?
Lyons: ['ve got to get a job and pay
off my debts from the tour and I
want to mostly concentrate on
writing music and working on my
next recording. I hope to fish in
Alaska and make some money. I'm
going to sing the song at public hearings of the Department of Energy.
I hope to go to every hearing. It
counts as testimony. (hope the song
can be of use in other states. We're
planning some tours, including one
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Preview Day "an informative
about more than the academic and
session. "
financial side of Evergreen."
The Martinez family, originally.
After keynote speaker Yvonne
from Spain, now living in Edmonds,
Peterson talked on a strategy for
students for self-imposing standards, . attended. Frank Martinez said they
were motivated by the fact that his
saying that Evergren attracts
son Frank wanted to attend
achievers, she conducted a Greener
Evergreen in the fall.
introduce-yourself-to-your-neighbor
session . It began with a handshake.
At lunch there were presentations
Then people tapped heels, shook
by April West-Baker, coordinator of
shoulders, an in the end gave hugs.
the Third Wor ld Coalition,
A possible explanation for the
Margarita Mendoza de Sugiyama,
event's high attendance is the
special assistant to the president, and
changes made in organizing this
key note speaker Yvonne Peterson.
year's Third World Preview Day.
This was the first time it was
Volunteers included Paula
scheduled for a weekend. And
Barnett, Kim Craven. Ange l Cruz,
busses carried prospective students
Michae l Lane, Pringl Mi ller,
and their parents to Evergreen from
Thomas Williams, Hisami Yoshida,
the Northgate, Southcenter, and . Jeff Barker, Towanna Robinson,
Tacoma Mall Theatres, according
Beverly Anderson, Stephanie
to Kahaumia.
Washington, Heather Lum, James
Like others participating, Dr.
Boden and Nina Powell.
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month. He said the healing potential in each of us can be explored and
shared with others.
"The administration is not trying
to deprive students of their space or
rights to student fees," Hall said,
ferences and played the song as we
made our way to Seattle.
CPJ: Why did you embark on a tour
of 1-90?
Lyons: When I was touring eastern
Washington state I slipped over into Idaho and learned that people
there were suing the government
over the transportation of nuclear
waste. Now I just thought if they're
worried here then they shou ld be
a larmed . all across the country
because that's where the waste
comes from. A lot of our press conferences were held during some really bad weather, and I'd just say,
"Well, what if it were a day like today? What could happen to a truck
carrying nuclear waste?" People are
facing the prospect of having one
nuclear truck every 90 minutes for
25 years passing through their
communities.
,Kitchenware
With about 40 more prospective
Evergreen students attending than
last year, Saturday's Third World
Preview Day in CAB 110 was considered a success. About 50 prospective minority students came from
Western Washington to attend
workshops, a lunch, and tours
designed to acqua int minority
students wi th Evergreen.
Thomas Williams, Third World
peer advisor, speculated that if
minority students currently at the
college stayed here, the percentage
of minorit ies on the campus would
be likely to rise because of the high
attendance at this year's Third
World Preview Day. This would be
great for the cultural diversity of the
campus, he said.
Organizer Diane Kahaumia, admissions· coordinator for Third
World recruitment. said, ''I'm real
The urgency at this point, is to get
the financial circumstances of the
S&A budget to determine if a
building project is feasible and if so,
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Q:Qinions
Student silence encouraging parental governance
by David Koenig
tatives will be."
"Candidates. What do you mean,
Recently I sat in on a student
how did they become candidates?"
meeting, the purpose of which was
"Oh, they just chose themselves,
to choose student representatives for
that is, those who were interested in
three interrelated campus commitbeing a representative put their
tees. The three groups, commissionnames in." I stared at him and said,
ed by President Olander, consist of "So you mean that I don't have any
a Strategic Planning Council, an Eninput as to who our representatives
vironme ntal Committee, and a
are going to be?" He just shrugged
Values and Aspirations Committee.
and said, "Well you have to admit
Outlines and descriptions for these
that it's better than hav ing them
three groups can be found in the In- chosen by the administration."
formation Center on the second
"Sure," I answered somewhat
floor of the CAB . In brief, however,
doubtfully, " but these are decisions
these committees are charged with
that will affect this college for years
developing a direction, a philosophy,
to come, and I as a student want to
a mission statement, and a long-term
be part of it." He looked at me as
stra tegic plan for both internal
though I were something alien, and
development
and
external
then said, somewhat condescendingprojection.
Iy, "Well you can always attend the
My first reaction was WOW, immeetings. "
pressive, something akin to the creaI left that meeting with a dry taste
tion of a constitution. We have a
in my mouth, feeling more than just
chance to build something here; a
a bit left out. Though I do not have
chance to create a legacy that will
time to serve on any of those comimprove and extend upon the
mittees, I do have an ongoing inoriginal Evergreen philosophy.
terest in the future of Evergreen; to
Well, when I pulled my head out
say nothing of its current status.
of the clouds, something had changTherefore, when I see three comed. I was still in that meeting, but I mittees being formed to address
no longer seemed to be part of the
what are perhaps the most important
process. I looked around me and
issues that this college has ever facnoticed a group of people clustered ed to date, I wonder why they have
about a table in the middle of the chosen to experiment with a closed
room while the rest of the pep Ie were process for choosing "student"
scattered on the outskirts. I was one representatives.
of those who were on the outskirts.
But the problem does not end
"What happened?" I asked the
there, for when I read through the
person sitting beside me, "Who are outlines provided by the \.nformaall those people?"
tion Center I noticed a representative
" Oh, those are the candidates,"
roster that was disproportionate to
he replied, "and they are deciding ' actual constituency ratios on camamong themselves who the represenpus. More to the point, the Strategic
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students, and one alumn. Finally,
the Values and Aspirations Committee listed a makeup of four faculty
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students, and one alumn. OK. So
what?
Well, weigh that against the fact
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students, who by far are the largest
group on campus, receiving only a
token representation on committees
that can determine the future direction of the college. What is going on
he're? Don't we, the students, provide the very basis for this college's
existence?
To top this off, and even worse as
far as I'm concerned, are the instances where the administration appoints a "student representative" to
a particular group, committee, or
board. Take, for example, a recent
case where Gail Martin, Ad-
ministrative Vice-President of Student Affairs, picked a student to act
as a "student representative" to the
Board of Trustees. They call that
representation?
Later. I was walking through the
CAB thinking about these problems
when I noticed a WashPirg memo
that spoke of a planning session for
an In Loco Parentis Day. ApparentIy, the purpose was to remind us
about how restricutive coll ege administrations had been in the past.
How ridiculous, I thought, as if the
concept of In Loco Parentis has ever
left us. We have only to look arouno
us to see how much the administration directs and controls our every
day lives.
Then, I thought, that's not quite
fair. Perhaps I'm just too much-of
an idealist. For the most part, the
administration is just filling in a
power vacuum that has come about
through a lack of interest, motivation, and organization on the part of
the greater student body. Perhaps we
shouldn't try to place the blame, but
rather acknowledge the problems
and try to collectively solve them.
College problems may worsen
by Todd D . Anderson
Those who were in the field of
higher education 10 years ago probably remember having problems,
but compared to the 1980s, those
were the good old days.
Since 1980 tuition has more than
doubled, there are fewer classes offered, and the pay of faculty in
Washington state has fallen behind
that of teachers in other states. All
of this occurred because of a recession five years ago that threw the
state's finances out of kilter. Worst
of all, the worst may be yet to come.
A report released by the State
House Ways and Means Committee
last November painted the state
government's revenue situation in
bleak terms. According to the
report, wages and 'salaries in the state
have declined 10 percent in real
terms (adjusted for inOation) since
1979, and are continuing to drop.
Once booming industries such as
timber, metals , and agriculture have
fallen on hard times. The number of
people they employ has fallen off
dramatically. These jobs are being
replaced by low-wage employment in
the service and retail trade industries. The average wage per hour
in Washington's eight fastest growing industries is $7, compared to
$11.50 in the eight major declining
industries.
This and chronic high unemployment have made Washington
"poorer." In 1978 Washington's per
capita income was 108 percent of the
national average, in 1985 it fell
below the national average. This is
damaging to revenue prospects for
. the state, but even more striking is
the fact that income from interest,
dividends and rents (stocks and
bonds) is taking up a larger and
larger share of the state's income. A
little less than 14 percent of the aggregate income in the state came
from this non-wage income in 1978,
in 1985 it was almost 23 percent.
Washington is one of three states in
the country that doesn't tax "intangible income" as it is called. Thus
the state's revenue base is shrinking
while demands for state expenditures
grow.
Since these trends appear certain
to continue, legislators are left with
two options: raise taxes or cut services. The state cannot legally run a
budget deficit like the federal
government does. Tax increases
seem more and more difficult;
Washington already ranks near the
top in sales and consumption taxes.
Governor Gardner's difficulty in
getting a tax increase on (what is
considered a sin by most) cigarettes,
for a popular project (cleaning up
Puget Sound), attests to the problem
with tax increases. A state income
tax has been rejected by the voters
on several occasions and is not currently considered a realistic option.
This puts higher education in a
particularly difficult situation. The
state is legally required to fully fund
the public schools, while it can
reduce funding for colleges and
universities, as it has had to do
several times in recent years , when
revenues dropped off. University of
Washington President Bill Gerberding, spoke to the legislature and
reported that even with the expected
3 percent increase in faculty salaries
this year, pay for U.W . professors
will be 20 percent lower than that of
comparable universities. Higher pay,
letters
Student
survey
CPJ:
Do you want to directly affect the
allocation of S&A funds on this
campus? Would you like to help
design Evergreen's curriculum? Do
you care whether students are
organized enough to work together
on governance/deCision making?
Are you interested in how other
students think about these things?
In the next few weeks students will
get a chance to answer these questions and more ... a chance to say
who they are, what they think, and
how they feel. How, you ask? The
STUDENT SURVEY, brought to
you by IFA (Information for Action), the student group that encourages student empowerment.
What does the survey do? It slices,
dices, juliennes, provides students
with the closest thing to a vote on
issues that .Inlay) concern them,
folds into its own carrying case, and
boy, does it catch fish!
During the first two ' weeks of
March, IFA's illustrious surveyors
will be going to program meetings to
present the GREATEST SURVEY
EVER DONE IN THE FIRST TWO
WEEKS OF MARCH 1986! What
we need from you is about 20
minutes of you time )you need a
break from pure academia,
anyhow), your cooperation, and
some thoughtful answers. What you
get is a report on the results published early in spring quarter.
The info gathered during the
survey will be: I) useful to student
groups working on a variety of issues
and projects; 2) a vital aid in S&A
funding decisions; 3) a part of the
student contribution to the strategic
planning process.
And to top it all off, $1300 in S&A
funds has been made available for
direct allocation by the first 1300
students who fill out the questionnaire. That's $1 each, sent to the
S&A budget of your choice, at no
extra cost to you!
Look for this offer coming soon
at institutions in other states or in the
private sector, is an incentive for
professors to leave.
Legislators are aware of these problems and virtually all have expressed interest in shoring up state support for higher education. House
Bill 1682, sponsored by Representative Marlin Appelwick, D-Seattle,
would have enacted a tax on interest
and dividend income and dedicated
it to facuIty salary increases and student financial aid . The legislation
read "Any business or individual
who makes more than $48,000 on
stocks and bonds would pay
Business and Occupation Tax of 1.5
percent." Estimates differ as to how
many people would actually be affected by the bill, but revenue
estimates run from $60 to $85 .
million. According to the Everett
Herald, four-fifths of intangible
holdings are held by the wealthiest
I percent of the state's taxpayers, so
most midd le and lower income individuals would not have been
adversely affected. While the bill
passed the House Ways and Means
Committee, it did not reach the
House of Representati ves Ooor and
is dead for this session of the
legislature. Had it reached the Ooor,
opposition from the business community was certain.
As no other legislation to
dedicated increased funding has
been introduced, the problem will
not be dealt with this session. But the
issue will resurface in the future.
Revenue forecasts for the next biennium, 1987-89, are not optomistic.
The 1987 legislature will have to
devise a budget for that two-year
period and will be faced with some
hard choices.
to the program nearest you! Or, for
more info, contact IKFA at x6008 or
LIB 3212. Bye now.
Amy Crawford
J ames Mershon
CPJon
block again·
Dear Editor:
Since virtually every major institution in America is preaching the
mythical virtues of free-market
capitalism, I was sorry to see the
CPJ get into the act. Your article
"Essay Winners to Travel, " (CPJ,
February 20) seems innocent enough
at first. It informs students and
faculty that they may ' submit an
essay on "The Economics and
Philosophy of Liberty." However,
in order to win the contest, one has
to heap praise on the non -existent
benefits of uncontrolled free
enterprise.
The essay must be sent to the
"Center for Free Enterprise," hardIya title that implies an open minded attitude. To be sure, such an institution isn't going to look for
essays that come from a radical or
Greenerspeak:
Photos by Jenmfer Lewis
How did the viewing of 'Not a Love Story' affect you the most?
Karen Kiefer: Since I am su pposed to be an 'SOs woman and
sexually open. I've been trained
to accept those things (pornography) even when it offends
me greatly. Now, I realize I have
every right to take offense and
show my anger to anyone who
violates and/or objectifies
women like that.
Ian Hageman: The film and
especially the following discussion showed me how pornography erects barriers between
men and women. Having this
presented to me showed me a
very negative aspect of pornography which I had not been
aware of before; this forced me
to re-think some of my values.
I felt that this was very positive
even though it is also somewhat
uncomfortable, and I am still
thinking about it.
Smith: The film was like
having a nightmare and when it
was over, it was like lying
trembling in my bed. With my
eyes beginning to open I could
see blurred subtlies all around
me, and I knew in all these
subtlies of our everyday
behavior there was the potential
to recreate the nightmare. I am
frightened by the dark violence
all around me.
~asper
Valentina Warner: It was really
the first time I felt helpless.
Especially because I had talked
to my father about selling sex in
advertising, and he was really
closed and unaware of it. He
doesn't realize how it is
degrading to all women. It is
degrading and the fact that I am
less able to defend my position
against pornography than I am
against racism. Imperialism says
a lot about the state of women
in today's society. We are silenced about ourselves in regards to
our sexuali ty and everything-except cooking.
Kade Morse: It is time to end the
lonliness, to teach our children
and ourselves that sex has
nothing to do with pain and
everything to do with love.
There is a difference and we
need to speak out against injustice when we abuse people, or
sit by and allow them to be abused. We are hurting ourselves,
allowing ourselves to be tortured
and humiliated.
Mark Sbennan: Robin Morgin
(women's rights activist) said
that it was important that she
love the man she lives with
furiously enough to make him
change . I can now see past the
anger and understand the compassion it takes to do that. Pornography is not just a lie about
women; it's a lie about men.
Women and men shown exploited in film
by Joseph G, Follansbee
Fortunately, the images of "Not
a Love Story" transcend bickering,
hairsplitting and polemics. Filmmaker Bonnie Sherr Klein presents
an explicit, gritty, no-holds-barred
expose of the pornography industry
in North America. Despite its
faults, the film engraves indelibly on
the mind and heart the sadness of
things like peep shows and Penthouse magazine.
Presented by the Evergreen
Po litical Information Center
(EPIC), the Men's Center, and the
Women's Center last Monday in LH
I, "Not a Love Story" takes the
viewer from relatively soft images of
nude dancers to harsh, violent images of blood and pain. Drawn into
a dark, fuzzy world populated by
gawking men and abused women,
we are introduced to one woman
even mildly liberal perspective .
The "winners" of this contest get
the opportunity to go to Italy and
hobnob with "leading intellectuals
in the cause of freedom" such as
Milton Friedman among others.
Milton Friedman may be an intellectual, but he is more concerned with
freedom for Exxon and General
Motors than for the average
individual.
Either the management of the
CPJ was suckered into publishing
this propaganda or you guys are a
bunch of closet conservatives.
Sincerely,
Todd D. Anderson
Peace
Marcher
To the Editor:
My name is Donna Sammons and
I graduated from Evergreen in
June'S4. Beginning March I, 1986,
I will be joining 5,000 other people
on the Great Peace March--a nine
month, cross-country walk from Los
Angeles to Washington D.C. in support of multi-lateral disarmament.
dancer who becomes a metaphor for
us as her eyes open to the realities
of the red light district where she
works .
The near capacity audience
responded energetically. Reactions
during the film ranged from amazement at the lengths pornographers
go to violate their subjects dignity to
laughter and catcalls at the rationalizing words of a magazine
publisher. Perhaps the overall reaction was disgust, especially when
director Klein shows the actual or
pretended physical violence done to
women.
Though the director's point of
view is that of an angered woman,
interspersed in the images of exploited women are images of men
just as exploited. Though they tend
to be dominant characters in the pornographic set-ups, the film made
clear that men are victimized as well
We will walk 15 miles a day for
255 days--some 50 billion steps in all.
We will pass through major urban
centers as well as the heartland of
America. We will be people of all
ages. and from all walks of life sharing with others our desire for a world
free of nuclear weapons. Our aim is
to make it impossible for our heads
of state and other work leaders to ignore the voices and will of the people: a collective desire for a nuclearfree world.
If anyone in the community. has
questions, they can contact me or
our regionalliason at the Pro Peace
headquarters in L.A. at the address
listed below.
as women. But the saddest image is
that of a boy no more than 10 or 12,
flattened into a two-dimensional sexual object bought for 25 cents.
For all its powerful images, the
film often bogs down in feminist
ideology and intellectualism as it juxtaposes supposedly "enlightened"
poets, writers, and artists against the
unfortunate victims the film portrays . This juxtaposition too often
. comes across as a feminist "holierthan-thou" attitude that unfortunately turns into a put down of the
victim. While it may be true that
men and women need to be informed, Klein loses her credibility as she
tries to rescue women from their, as
she sees it, enslavement.
The film also fails to address adequately such issues as the difference,
if any, between erotica and pornography and in fact lumps the two
together . The film also fails to make
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Dear Readers of the CPJ
Several rumors have circulated
regarding the construction of new
housing on campus. I would like to
emphatically state that we do NOT
pla~ to build traditional-style dor-
a substantive statement on the issue
of advertising and its use of pornographic imagery, such as Calvin
Klein jean ads. The film shows some
ads briefly and makes only a perfunctory judgement.
Despite these faults, the emotional
impact of "Not a Love Story" nearly overwhelms. I talked about the
film with friends long after the
show, flashes of the images still went
through my mind the next day.
Klein also trivializes the important
First Amendment issues of freedom
of expression by showing a hawker
outside a peep show claim his constitutional right to freedom of
speech. Surrounding him are women
protesting his place of business.
At the end of the show, the sponsors of "Not a Love Story" invited
the audience into segregated men's
matories or require residents to purchase meals at a cafeteria.
Based on a 15-page survey we
distributed last year, we know that
the vast majority of Evergreen
students continue to prefer
apartment-style units of four to six
single bedrooms sharing a living,
dining, kitchen and bath area. After
conducting further research last
year, we believe building varied
apartment-style units is our best
option.
Secondly, we cannot afford to
build new housing without a Department of Education subsidy.
Although we intend to apply for
such a subsidy, no awards will be announced until October. Due to our
current financial constraints, no actual design work would begin and be
available for review by the communityat large until or unless we are
awarded the subsidy .
There are several sites which have
been considered over the years.
Seventy-three percent of the students
surveyed last year favored building
new housing between the current
dorms and mods . In addition to
creating a more physically connected
living community, this site offers
several financial advantages. Nevertheess' no final decision has been
made on where new housing would
l,te built.
and women's discussion groups to
go over the issues presented. Some
men in the audience objected to the
segregation, saying men and women
needed to talk about the issues
together, not separately. The sponsors replied that women especially
needed to talk about pornography
among themselves, without fear of
intimidation by men. The two
groups met seperately; later men and
women met together. Participants I
talked to said that the discussion was
useful.
A debate on pornography between
Barbara Dority of the Washington
Coalition Against Censorship and
Andrea Vangor of Washington
Together Against Pornography, will
take place at 7 p.m. on Monday,
March 3 in LH I. The debate is free,
and sponsored by EPIC, the Men's
Center, the Women's Center, and
Third World Women.
Finally, we are in the process of
hiring a consultant to assist us with
site review, cost estimates, and a
general conceptual plan. This architect will, in turn, make recomendations to the New Housing Committee. Any final decision on actual
design and site ' selection would
ultimately be made by the college's
Board of Trustees.
Your comments and ideas are
most welcome.
Sincerely,
Jeannie Chandler
Director of Student Housing
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February 27, 1986
THE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
page 8
"Technicolor Dreamcoat" is nearly amazing
The Capitol Repertory Theatre
ope ned its second. season with an
ambitious production of "Joseph
and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat" on Friday, February
20.
The musical, created by Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice of
.. Jesus Christ Superstar" fame, was
hampered by an occasional lapse of
unity on the part of the 13 member
cast. But the show was engaging
throughout, and sparkling at its best.
The production, held at the
recently renovated 808-seat Capitol
Theatre, was actually a two-part
show. The "pre-show" was a series
o f brief sketches and group musical
numbers, evidently added to round
out what would otherwise have been
a brief night at the theater.
Some of the shticks worked,
notably Arthur Glen Hughs' slap
at the TV generation, and April
Black's rendition of a can't-miss
Shel Silverstein poem , "Someone
Ate the Baby." Other numbers never
qUite got revved up: "Fine and Dandy," a maudlin maybe-I'II-changemy-life ensemble number, dragged
along.
But the energy level picked up by
the end of the ,40 minute section, and
a medley of flag wavers, from
.. America the Beautiful" to "Dixie," brought the crowd to its feet -at least , during' 'The Star Spangled
Banner." (Hint -- if you're playing
Olympia , just strike up the old F.
Scott Key standard, and you are
guaranteed a standing ovation.)
Minor problems with lighting cues
and misplaced steps faded into the
background as the pre-show ended
on an up note, with the promise of
good singing ahead.
During the 20 minute intermission, I cased the Capitol. The red
seats, warm blue walls and gold accents create a comfortable setting,
and lounges, especially the upstairs
loge area, were clean and stylish.
Not so the bathrooms. The program
notes say bathroom renovation is a
high-priority item. Fine idea . I
bought a soda in the lobby, (as the
program and cast had repeatedly
urged me to), and settled into my
complementary seat, not far from
the back wall of the main floor.
tion. Blair was a capable facilitator ,
supplying information and movement to connect the separate musical
numbers . His dancing and stage
movements were fluid and well executed. In his role as story teller ,
however, Blair's lack of vocal projection caused many passages to be
indistinct, and often completely
unheard, in the farther reaches of
the theater. Especially during dance
sections, Blair failed to provide the
energy necessary to charge the production with the required verve.
I was anxious to see how the CRT
would handle the Webber-Rice production, as the musical score of a
favorite album of mine in the 70's.
I was, and am, impressed with the
wide range of musical styles interwoven in "Joseph." The program
cites "at least 15 different song
styles," and the power of the production arises from the skillful incorporation of these elements into what
is essentially a straight narrative tale,
a revamped vers ion of the Biblical
story of Joseph and the coat of
many colors .
The storyline is carried by a narrator, Ron Blair in CRT's produc-
Joseph is the standout, and Arthur
Glen· Hughes and Frank Kohel
deserve mention. Wendy Domarecki
as Mrs. Pontipher raises the
Capitol's temperature a few degrees
with the vamped-up seduction of
Joseph, and Evergreen alumnus and
CRT veteran Jim Hartley is an appropriately outraged Pontipher.
Director James Van Leishout and
choreographer Chris Traber have
succeeded in animating the production with energetic musical numbers.
The show is well-paced, with the
upbeat, campy sketches balanced by
slower individual pieces. Leslie
Moon's lighting is sophisticated and
effective: bright pastel back lighting,
well-timed emphasis lighting and occasional bits of flash, including Las
Vegas style runway lights flanking
the stage.
Evergreen graduate Trish Trebor's
costumes are rich and vibrant, and
Joseph's coat lives up to its billing.
The sets, a series of backdrops
created by Phil Annis, are well conceived and help set locations. Michell
Lyons 's piano accompaniment is
right on the mark throughout.
In a play like" Joseph," with
disparate musical numbers, ensemble singing and dancing, and a midseventies tongue-in-cheek disregard
for conventional staging, the success
of the production hinges on the
energy created by the performers.
This energy is best fostered through
the precise interaction of the players
during the musical numbers. Chris
Traber's choreography makes the
most of the Capitol's limited stage
area, filling but never cluttering the
stage. Some problems arose in the
ensemble sections, when missed singing cues and missteps detracted from
the energy level of the whole. A
The result is a bright and engagscratchy PA system, used during an . ing show. CRT's policy of offering
Elvis send-up, added to the distrachalf-priced tickets to students the
tions. Still in all, these matters were
day of the show brings the producpossibly attributab le to opening
tion within range of most students'
night jitters, and could well be
budgets. The Capitol Repertory
resolved by later productions.
Theatre's" Joseph" is worth the trip
downtown, and a good local theater
The play features some fine singis worth supporting.
ing performances. Dave Morgan as
Rep has busy
schedule
by Dennis Held
"Joseph" is the seventh production for the two year old Capitol
Repertory Theater. The remaining
shows are:
e Harvey, March 28-April 5.
e Tbe Mousetrap, May 2-May 10.
e A Streetcar Named Desire, June
6-June 14.
eA Midsummer Night's Dream,
Aug. 15-23.
All performances are at 8 p.m ..
except for a 2 p.m. matinee performance on the final show day. Senior
citizens and children recieve $2 off
tickets for all shows. Students get
half-off regular ticket prices the day
of the show, and day-of-show
orders may be phoned in.
Jeff Kingsbury, CRT Director of
Marketing and Sales, said in an interview that while CRT has been
undergoing financial difficulties, the
situation has stabilized.
Kingsbury cited competition for
arts dollars as a contributing factor
in past problems. "Recently,
publicity has been focused on the
Washington Center. Cash flow is a
problem for everybody, an9 some
people have given so much money
to the center that they are hard
pressed to give to the other arts ef·
forts around town ." he said.
Geoduck swimmers look good at championships
by Bob Reed
The first day of the three-day
District I NAIA Championships
hosted by Evergreen proved to be a
sign of things to come for the
fighting Geoducks.
Martha Grazier had personal bests
in the 50 and 100 freestyle (28.02 and
I :01.89 respectively) and Casey
Pratt, Max Gilpin, Burke Anderson
and Robert Bruns became the
Geoducks first ever r~lay qualifier
for nationals by finishing fourth in
by Lee Pembleton
photo by James Barkshire
Education aids street people
by Catherine Commerford
Las t Friday, Caro l Sasaki spoke
to a small audience at Evergreen
about the reality of street people,
single mothers on welfare, and
women who live life below the
poverty level. She spoke of the
humiliation involved with feeling
prostituted (both literally and
figuratively). One's self-worth can
be lost in a pitfall. She spoke of life
as being an addicton to crisis. She
spoke from her own experience.
Sasaki is now reaching out to
those who are down and out, and
she is giving them hope through
H.O.M.E. (Helping Ourselves
Means Education). H.O.M.E. is a
network of people dedicated to
unravelling the politics of education
for welfare recipients and low income people. The ' network is
dedicated to improving self-esteem
through getting rid of the false
associations between low income
and stupidity. There are ways for
people to get off welfare, support
themselves and their children, and
obtain an education.
Education provides a socially accepted language . Sasaki is encouraing those with non-traditional
backgrounds to use their experience
and make it count. She is advocating
the use of community resources and
knowledge of one's rights as steps
towards self-sufficiency.
If you are interested in a liason
between H.O.M.E. and Evergreen,
the Women's Center has information that includes a tape of Friday's
talk. Sasaki will return to Evergreen
for International Women's Day on
Saturday, March 8.
Isaac Shamsud-Din , a Portland,
Oregon, mura l artist , was on campus tv speak about his art last Friday. To explain hi s a rt and his artistry, Shamsud -Din talked about his
life. He co ncentrated on the impact
his childhood had on his art.
Shamsud-Din's father was a tenant farmer. He lived in Texas until
he was 6 when he moved to Portland
with the rest of his family because
of an attempt on his father's life.
"They came out to kill him one
night, because he was a proud nigger, they said. Because he wouldn't
ca ll young white folk 'Mr. Billy,'
and he'd go in and pay the doctor
through the white entrance," he
said. Shamsud-Din's father was
spared his life, and only beaten up
because the town doctor refused to
lie . The doctor was supposed to
claim Shamsud-Din's father was a
thief.
In Portland, Shamsud-Din's family lived in the Vanport Project, with
19,000 other people. Shamsud-Din's
family came to Portland at the tail
end of a large migration into that
area.
Thrust into a foreign city life at
the Van port Project, Shamsud-Din's
family began to come apart. His
father was unable to find steady
work, his mother began to spend less
time at home, and he and his 13
brothers and sisters began to get involved in interests of their own, and
of the police.
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flooded by the Columbia river,
Shamsud-Din' s family lost all of
their possessions. The area government had guaranteed that people
would be forewarned in the case of
the danger of a flood , but within
hours of this guarantee the dike
along the Co lumbia burst, said
Shamsud- Di n.
The federal relocation plans were
poor, and Shamsud-Din's family
was moved through two more projects in the following years,
although, Shamsud-Din stressed ,
many families were moved three or
four times. About this time, when he
was 12, Shamsud-Din's parent 's
separated.
"Growing up in this environment," said Shamsud-Din, "I felt
there was no reason for all this (art),
when I was good in school. I really
loved school. It didn ' t make any
sense to be painting and drawing,
because it didn't make you any
money. I felt like I was crazy to be
sticking to what I was doing.
"But, at 14, 1 got a scholarship to
a school in Kansas. An art and music
school. But there was really no exposure to art other than white European and white American artists
there . In a Great Western Art class
I took, they called African art
primitive, but praised Picasso and
Braque who were lifting African art.
And they called it cubist and abstract
art," he said.
Shamsud-Din said he had a hard
time choosing between true art,
which he could feel, and commercial
art, which would make him money.
"It's hard to be an artist and not
sell, no matter what anyone says. It's
very hard unless you have some outside means. " In the end he chose to
attend Portland State, but refused to
take any beginning art courses. The
college agreed to his demands.
After he graduated, Shamsud-Din
moved to San Francisco, but found
himself disillusioned by artists, and
other Blacks who were not committing themselves to their demands for
equality. Two of his brothers had
been killed by violence, and another
twO had died in urban violence.
Shamsud-Din was near suicide when
he found and joined Nation of
Islam. Shamsud-Din said it was then
that he realized that the nation had
to be torn up, if Blacks were to have
equality.
He said it was at thi s point that he
began to "probe deeper into the uni que quality we have in us as human
beings. "
"Bilalian Odyssey," a mural that
Shamsud-Din spent two years working on, took advantage or 20 years
of Black study. Shamsud-Din said
.. Bilalian Odyssey" was very hard
for him to do.
"You know we never think of
black folks in a social sense in any
way but slavery, and coming out of
the South,
and
in rural
developments. But as I was digging
through magazines and books I
found all these Blacks who were
famous. My main problem was that
there were so many great and
unbelievable stories to tell . That was
the main problem. I only had 8 feet
by 16 feet to work with. I got so
hung up (in the stories) that I had a
hard time painting."
The slideshow Shamsud-Din gave
following his talk focussed mainly
upon "Bilalian Odyssey." He told
many anecdotes about the people in
the mural, and talked about his art
on the canvas.
Shamsud-Din used as many
au thentic photos and paintings as he
could in the mural, and for the
characters he could not get pictures
of he used as many people from his
life as he could. His family ,
neighbors, and friends are in the
mural.
"The reason I like to use people
so much is that there ain't no such
thing as great people and not-great
people. We're all people."
Shamsud-Din said of the mural
that he didn 't want to show the protest side of murals . " I wanted to
have something that came across
positive. They can find the rest if
they want to."
"Studies," the exhibit in the 4th
floor gallery, will be at Evergreen
until March 16.
the 800 freeslyle relay.
Bruns also qualified for the national meet, which will be in
Spokane March 6-8, by placing
fourth in the 50 freestyle with a time
of 22.33.
Divers Erica Pickell and J .R.
Baldwin, both of whom had already
qualified for nationals, finished second and fourth respectively, in the
one meter event.
Coach Bruce Fletcher said the
swimmers were finally realizing the
fruits of all their hard work, "The
team was super psyched up, and
their performances showed the hard
work," he saId.
The second day brought more
good news for the Geoduck competitors. Pickell and Baldwin had the
same finishes in the three meter
event as in the one meter. Max
Gilpin led the assault on national
qualifying with a personal best in the
400 individual medley (4:28.93) and
a ninth place finish. "He swam the
toughest race I've seen him swi m "
Fletcher said .
'
Gilpin also finished 10th in the 100
breastroke (I :04.30) while Pratt had
10th place finishes in the 100 butterfly (57.47) and the 100 backstroke .
(1:02.70).
''The whole team had personal best
times. They crushed personal and
season bests. It's amazing to see the
whole team react like that," Fletcher
said.
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February 27, 1986
eX:Qressive arts network
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The Expressive Arts Network is a Student Organization designed for the purpose of bringing Evergreen artists together, having arts information available to the Evergreen Community,
.and organizing Arts projects. If you have artistic interests, attend the Expressive Arts Network meetings at 5 p.m. Tues., in the Rotunda. Help to organize artists, for we are a large
population on this campus and need to coordinate our efforts. Maildrops are located in COM 302, LAB II (2nd floor), or CAB 305. Office hours are Mon. 10-12 & 12:30-2, Tues.
1-5, & Fri . 2-3 in LIB 3232. ext. 6412.
[n celebration of [nternational Women's Day, March 8th, the Expressive Arts Network Newsletter page will feature articles and photographs of women graduates, facuity, current students,
a nd staff who are working in the arts. We hope that you will enjoy these features which are written by EAN members .
Art student focuses on imagery, not saleability
by Lee Pembleton
Mariko Marrs is a local Olympia
artist, and an Evergreen graduate of
1983. The following interview was
conducted in her studio on Feb. 10.
EAN: When you went to Evergreen,
did you go there planning to be an
artist ?
Marrs: [ started at Evergreen taking
a modular class in print making.
Then I switched and became a full
time student. I'm married and I have
two children, and I was thinking.
'Well, right now I can spend all my
time raising my children, but what
am I going to do when they have
grown-up?" I wanted something to
do. Not just a hobby, but more
serious things . So I started taking
TTC and painting classes at
Evergreen. And then I just said
Wow, I really want to be serious.
I really want to be an artist. I don't
call myself an artist really , I say I
paint.
EAN: You were at Evergreen four
years. Did you take art oriented
classes al/ four years?
Marrs: Basically, yes. I took a
literature and music philosophy
combined class. But I was never involved with the sciences.
EAN: Did you come to Evergreen
straight from high school?
Marrs: No, I was a housewife for 10
years, and then I went to Evergreen.
EAN: Who are your favorite artists?
Marrs: That's a very hard question
for me to answer because there are
so many different areas that I admire, even the areas I'm not dealing
with, but when I was young I really
liked the impressionists a lot. I never
really studied realistic painting. I
studied abstract and impressionist ,
the way that I wanted to paint.
When I was in school I did research
and a ' presentation on Rodin , a
French painter . Then I really liked
family to the big city just for my art.
Paul Klee. And recently [ was inBut yes, I' m sure it 's easier. There's
terested in Mark Rothko . He doesn't
have really a ny forms or lines. It 's
a better chance to expose your work
like he tries to express with a brush
to people who understand and are
stroke and basic forms . So I'm more
more interested .
interested in those now. Not just
EAN: What do you think of the
Olympia community?
shapes and forms and textures and
putting all sorts of paints together.
Marrs: [ think it's very very interesting because of Evergreen and
EAN: Have you had many exhibits?
Did you exhibit while you were at
the state workers. Two totally difEvergreen?
ferent peoples meet on 4th Avenue.
Marrs: Yes, as a student at the end
Slowly different things are happeniog. It has a lot of potential. The
of the quarter you'd have a show.
business has a great potential; but
And later I had a show in the second
unfortunately, you see those nice old
floor gallery. But I'm a really bad
buildings they're tearing down, and
artist. [ don't make slides and take
them to galleries. That's what you're
there's no studio space. Like I said,
supposed to do. I think you have to
I'm not involved in the community
much, but I wish they'd put more
be very business-like . You have to
focus on art. I really do. But I like
sell yourself and I' m really bad at
this place, a little small place. It's
that.
EAN: You say selling your art is
close enough to Seattle really, if you
want to do anything with art. I don't
business-like. What do you mean?
Marrs: I think that every artist thinks
like big cities, but if you want to sell
about that. It's like I just mentionart, I guess big cities are okay.
ed, if you want to sell paintings realEAN: Before you came to Olympia,
where did you live?
ly badly, you paint the paintings an
Marrs: I grew up in Japan.
average person likes. That way
EAN: Do youfollow what's happen;naybe you can live, selling, making
that kind of imagery. But most aring at Evergreen?
'"
Marrs: I don't follow it very c1ose- .
tists if they're really seriously involvIy, but I really liked Evergreen .
ed, what they will make is the imagery they like. And lots of people
Evergreen changed me a lot. I was a
don't like that kind of painting. square person, really square. That' s
what you're supposed to be for your
Nobody wants to pay for that kind
of painting. They want paintings you square fit, in that most people are
can recognize, basically. And then good people if they"re like that in
you can think about taking your Japan. If you do anything different
paintings to the big galleries, and of from others it's like "Oh she's funny, she's weird, something's wrong
course they accept very unusual
paintings, but that is not an easy with her. " I grew up that way, and
I <;ame here to the states and I was
thing to achieve. And I'm not even
trying hard to do it. I just paint. I like that for awhile because I would
have a lot of paintings stocked up in . just stay home. And then I went to
Evergreen and it was a total change
my house.
EAN: Do you think it would be in how I think . Going to Evergreen
easier if you were somewhere other really changed me in every way. It's
pretty amazing, and of course I'm
than Olympia?
Marrs: Yes, I'm sure. That's one of pretty happy about it.
EAN: What sort of visual arts do
my struggles. I'm married and kind
of stuck in that way. I can not really you like? Do you work in other
mediums besides painting?
move. I can not move my entire
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Marrs: I basically stick with painting. [ did watercolor for a long,
long time but watercolor's just not
strong enough to me, so I tried oil,
and I really struggled with oil
because I don '( have very much skIll
with oil. I really do like basics, so
now ['m trying to use acrylic. It is
more closely related to watercolor.
[ can use water. I did do sculpture
a little bit, but painting and drawing [ really like the best.
EAN: Do you see business picking
up in the future, success?
Marrs: I think it depends on me realIy. If I consistently make more images and consistently use a business
mind to sell my work it probably
would.
EAN: What would it take to sell?
How do you go about selling your
art?
Marrs: You just have to sell
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and tomorrow night (Thursday
Feb. 27th and Friday Feb. 28th)
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yourself. You make slides and keep
bugging galleries. "This is my new
work now. I waht you to look at it. "
But galleries book two to three years
ahead. They have plans for artists
two to three years ahead. Artwork
is much like Hollywood, you have
to sell yourself. And once you're a
hit people start looking at you. It's
just like Hollywood. It's sad to think
that way, but I guess it is that way.
EAN: Do you think it would be
easier to sell your art if you weren't
a woman? Do you think it's easier
for male artists?
Marrs: I don't think so. I think it's
getting much easier for women, really. Much easier. It probably used to
be more difficult. But women are
beginning to get into more areas.
Things are getting much easier I
think.
"Screws" auditions open
by Nicholas Huff
page II
TIlE COOPER POINT JOURNAL
February 27, 1986
as well, but its darker face will
be impossible to miss."
Naught will conduct Thursday's and Friday's auditions at
7 p.m. in room 110 of
Evergreen's Communications
Building. Call-backs are
scheduled for Sunday, March 2,
at 7 p.m. in the Recital Hall .
Thursday's audition will concentrate
on
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total of 6 minutes in length) and
cold readings from the
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DENIM THOUGHT NUMBER ONE
These old. (Om weath~ red jeans
Have clung (0 my hips forever
And like myself
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I wore them when I knew nothing
Of pain or depression
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As each day moved foster.
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