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LETTERS
CONTENTS
Editor's note:
"Governance." The temptation
to ignore it altogether is there.
The word has been drowned in
talk-minus-action, flogged to death
by disagreement and bitterness.
Still, it stands as the most timely
and pressing issue facing us here
and now. Choosing to ignore it
means letting someone else choose
it for us.
We have several pieces, several
perspectives, on what governance
means to a body with no final
decision-making power, and on
how to go abou~ consolidating and
using most wbely the power we
do have. Issues of apathy, efficacy,
oligarchy, history and diversity
have been addressed, in the interest of provoking discussion.
Of even more immediacy is the
voter registration deadline of October 4. See page 4 for more
information.
Finally, we extend apologies to
the many who were offended by
the calendar insert in our first
issue. The JOURNAL staff was no
happier about the ad than any of
you, however an explanation of
our financial crisis may (or may
not) explain our mistaken action.
A letter on the facing page asks
whether we really need a paper
which will accept such trash for
money. Our response is that this
campus needs an independent student voice more than it ever has;
at the same time, the CPJ faces
perhaps its most inadequate
budget ever. We will be selective
of our advertisers in the future,
however we ask the community to
recognize that the amount of
writing we can publish depends
directly on ad revenue, whether
we like it or not. Our decisions are
not always simple.
Again, we invite you to visit or
write us with your thoughts or
opinions. We hope you enjoy the
reading.
--J ennifer Seymore
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4... Biennial Budget, Convocation, Voter Registration
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Dear CPJ,
COVER STORY
6... Governance: The Balance of Power and Decision-Making
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INTERVIEW
IO ... Cheryl Cowan and Yolande Lake of the SCC
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STUDENT GROUPS
I3 ... The Eveq!,Tt'(,11 Political lllfonnation CE'llt~r
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OP/ED
14 ... Student Involvement, Rainier Bank
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ACADEMICS
20 ... Hints and Tips from
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POEMS
21...A thing of bread, box
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CULTURE
22 ... Human Skab, Geoduck in Paris
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24 ... Leisure Ed., Evergreen cyclist in Italy
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The COOPER PO INT JOURNAL is published weekly for the students, staff and faculty of the
Evergreen State College, and the surrounding community. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the college or the JOURNAL's staff. Advertising material contained herein does not
imply endorsement by the JOURNAL, The office is located at The Evergreen State College, Campus
Acitivities Building, Room 306. The phone number is 866-6000, x6213. All calendar announcements
must be double·spaced, listed by category, and submitted no later than noon on Monday for that
week's publication. All letters to the editor must be typed, double·spaced, signed, and must include a daytime phone number where the author can be reached. Letters and display advertising must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Monday for that week's publication.
Editor: Jennifer Seymore 0 Managing Editor: Polly Trout 0 Art Director: Rebecca Blissell 0
Photo Editor: Dominique Sepser 0 Assistant Photo Editor: Carolyn Skye 0 Poetry Editor: Paul
Pope 0 Health and Recreation Page Editor: Jacob Weisman 0 Reporter: Benjamin Barrett 0
A(h·j,.;ol': Su,.;allFillkd 0 Business Manager: Felicia Clayburg 0 Advertising Manager: David
George 0 Advertising Assistant: Julie Williamson 0 Typist: Jennifer Matlick
any sports? Is wellness sports? I looked a
very long time to find the sports.
I hope you get your act together soon. I
, need to know what is happening, not what
is going to happen in the future. Tell me the
facts!
Good luck! I hope you pull through the
hard times.
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I nearly wrote you last quarter when you
ran the ad for the U.S. Army. But this
Budweiser.garbage is the last straw. I can't
believe you would accept money for such
crap. Cutting down trees to print stuff like
this is bad enough, but to use a plasticky
picture of a tree (a Redwood?) with a beer
bottle label on it is really low. Does the
Cooper Point Journal really need money so
bad that it has to accept this kind of advertising? And if the answer to that is yes, then
maybe we don't really need a college
newspaper if it can't be supported some
other way .
Sincerely,
Ellen Rainwalker
To the Editors:
Putting a big, colorful, vulgar BEER ad
in the CPJ's flrst issue of the year gives the
wrong message to new and returning
students: "Welcome to Everv-een - drink
lots of beer -get smashed!" We have an
alcohol abuse problem on this campus; more
permission and encouragement to consume
alcohol is not what's needed.
As mental health counselors, we're aware
of the alcohol-related pain and chaos in the
lives of many in the TESC community. We
regret that the CPJ chose to put financial
gain ahead of social responsbility.
Sincerely,
Shary Smith
Barbara Gibson
The Counseling Center
P.S. A redwood tree that turns into a beer
bottle? Please.
Editor:
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I have read CPJ for a few years, now.
Why is this year's paper so terrible? It is
beyond a doubt the worst looking issue I've
seen thus far. The pages are not stapled
together. The articles are put together like
a turn of the century newspaper, straight
up and down. And why has there not been
Sincerely,
Gary Cole
Dear Editor:
I have just completed reading your reformatted Cooper Point Journal and have
found a most striking resemblance to the
Gannett publication USA Today. First of
all, you have "Brief summaries of essential
news ... contained near the front." Second,
at the start of each section is a poor imitation of USA Today graphic illustrations.
The only thing you should have that USA
Today doesn't is staples.
But, I think the worst tragedy of all is
your attempt "to make our sports coverage
appealing and useful to the most number
of people." The newly christened Health
and Recreation (or Wellness) pages is a
sorry excuse for sports coverage. The article by Darren Lilla on soccer read like a
summary and was highly unprofessional.
The rest was boring and uninteresting.
As far as the rest of your paper goes,
frankly, upon flrst seeing it, it reminded me
of a cheap London tabloid. The only
redeeming item within was the pull-out Bud
Light calendar.
In the future why don't you put out a real
newspaper instead of a USA Today clone?
John Christopher
Dear Editor:
Thank you for the Polly Trout insider's
view of Cleveland Green. The depth of her
questioning was amazing, "Do you ever
think of leaving Evergreen and being a
custodian somewhere else?" "Oh yes, sweet
Polly. I want to be the custodian to the
stars, so that maybe one day Robin Leach
will interview mel" Of course, Cleveland
didn't say that - he was too polite. Polly
instead chose to display all of her prejudices
on page 36 and 37. Perhaps, she really
thinks that custodians have nothing else on
their minds other than the type of garbage
people throwaway. She showed us that she
has no repect for Cleveland, custodians,
People of Color or our own intelligence.
This interview could have been better if
she had asked questions about what
Cleveland did before he came to Evergreen,
about his family, his travels, his proudest
moments, where he came from, etc. Next
time, she should be prepared to ask questions with substance and stay away from
People of Color. It is obvious that she has
very little experience outside her own
white middle class sphere.
Polly: Are some students messier than
others?
Are some newspaper reporters insensitive fools?
Sincerely appalled,
Helen Gilmore
To Polly at the CPJ,
I can only report my disappointment in
your interview with Cleveland Green. The
questions you asked left no room for
Cleveland to respond in an interesting way.
And the format (Q&A) you chose to use in
reportmg your fmdings was sterile, dry,
and demonstrated sloth.
Those of us in Lab II know Cleveland as
a happy, friendly, and helpful character.
None of this is conveyed in the article. In
fact, all I left the interview with was the
sense that a friend had been
misrepresented and a morbid deja vu which
took me back to my ragged junior high
school newsletter.
Derek Maher
CPJ:
Three Evergreen students united by
their common, yet unusual, experience (or
lack thereof?) are looking for others in the
same circumstances who would be interested in putting together a group con'tract for Winter Quarter.
Our situation is that, although we are all
over the age of 21, we do not know how to
drive. This is a distinct disadvantage in contemporary American society. For example,
we have never: driven to a drive-in movie;
gone through the drive-up window at a
bank, or at McDonald's; or cruised. In light
of our handicap, we feel it is high time we
learned to drive.
One note: any interested parties must
never have driven. Lack of a license is not
enough. Any experience with automobiles
or motorcycles is a disqualification.
If this idea should capture the imagination of any Evergreen faculty who would
be willing to sponsor us for two credits and
who, for instance, might have learned to
drive later in life, please contact us as well.
Stefan Killen
Brian Seidman
Clayton Glad
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Voter registration ends
Saturday
Washington residents planning to vote in
the November 4 general election must
register to vote by Saturday, October 4, 30
days prior to the election. If you did not
vote in the last presidential election, and
have not voted since, you are probably no
longer registered to vote.
The November 4 election features Pro·
position 40, the vote on whether the State
of Washington should continue to challenge
the U.S. Department of Energy's efforts to
locate a high·level nuclear waste repository
at Hanford.
In addition, Democratic challenger Brock
Adams is running neck·and-neck with incumbent Republican Slade Gorton for the
U.S. Senate. All eight federal congressional
seats are up for grabs, as well as myriad
State, Senate, Representative and local
positions.
Students between 18 and 21 vote far less
than older citizens. This is your chance to
make your views count. You can register
at the County Courthouse or the
WashPIRG office, LIB 3228. Register by
Jctober 4, and vote on November 4!
-- Ron Smithrud
Parking crunch angers staff
It was a nice idea: people who are only
coming to Evergreen for a short errand
should have a place to park for free. The
prospective Geoduck should be able to drop
off an application without being charged
seventy-five cents or cited for parking
without paying. Mter the prospective student matriculates, the parents want to take
a look at the campus. Don't charge them!
And please don't require our guest lecturers to pay for parking.
Mter receiving requests from three different divisions of the administration, Ken
Jacobs, Director of Facilities, agreed that
visitor parking was a nice idea. One afternoon, he pulled out his map of the parking
lots and chose the section of the parking lot
easiest to find and with the best access to
the campus (to not have visitors walking
towards the Evergreen Parkway).
Onl=! morning, late in August, Judy
Huntley came · to work at her rigorously
early time, 7:30, But her parking spot was
gone! In its place was a spot labelled
"visitors;" next to it there were fourteen
others exactly alike. "I agree with the concept, but why couldn't they have put just
three or four in each row?" she asked. In
bad weather, she resents having to work
long hours and then to walk long distances.
Others agreed with Judy. Quoted one,
"Most colleges have staff designated parking. I can understand why we don't here,
but then to take fifteen prime parking
spaces away - that's insult over injury."
Denis Snyder , in addition to the
bookstore and food service, is in charge of
the parking booth. When the spaces were
actually painted, he was on leave although
he agreed with the concept. He said,
"We're trying to do something positive."
As Gail Martin, vice president for student
affairs, said, "There's the whole issue of
hospitality; that's what the totem pole
(next to the bus stop) is all about."
Because Evergreen was designed as a
totally pedestrian campus, all the parking
is distant from the buildings anyway. It
seems to makes sense to get the visitors to
campus as efficiently as possible.
What are the limits on the visitor spots?
Anyone who will be here for one hour or
less can park for free in a parking space.
Anyone choosing to stay longer will be
greeted with a ten dollar citation.
Will the situation change? Ken Jacobs
doesn't know yet. If it doesn't, save the
front parking space for Judy if you see her
pulling out at noon; she only has a short errand and will be right back. If the visitor
spaces do get juggled around a bit, still save
that spot for Judy. She really does get here
that early in the morning. Anyway, she still
says it's a nice idea.
--Benjamin Barrett
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White, male S&A Board
wants to diversify
Want to be on the S & A Board? Want to
get your wisdom teeth pulled? There are
a lot of similarities, say some. But
sometimes you've got to do what you've got
to do. Being an S&A Board member is quite
a challenge. It's guaranteed to give you
lessons in group dynamics, fiscal management, political wheeling and dealing, social
responsibility, organizational operations,
and saint-like patience that you couldn't buy
with any amount of tuition money. Quite
simply put, it's the real world come home
to roost at Geoduck U. If you are the kind
of person who isn't afraid of real work in
the real world, if you want to make a difference, if you think you can make balanced decisions in a cross-fire hurricane, you
may be right for the job.
The board, consisting of six students, one
staff and one faculty, is responsible for
preparing an annual budget providing for
those programs funded from services and
activities fees, which come from student tuition. The duties include evaluating existing
and proposed programs and making funding recommendations to the college
administration.
Prior to the annual allocation the board
is busy gathering advisory information relevant to current, short and long term needs
of the college (EAC 174-162-240). Soliciting
information from students, faculty, staff
and administrative groups enables the
board to determine which student needs
can be fulfilled with Services and Activities
funds.
"We need women and people of color,"
said Dave Campbell, S & A coordinator.
"Right now most of our applicants are
white men. I don't think that a board of all
white men would necessarily be unfair or
unsensitive, but women have needs that are
special to women, and women need to involved to be heard, as well as people of
color."
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Board members gain valuable experience
in leadership development, practical
business skills, policy and budget analysis,
program evaluation and decision making.
Interested people should request an application in the Student Activities Office,
CAB 305 or contact S & A Board coordinator Dave Campbell at x6220 by Oct. 8.
S & A will hold an "open house" on
Wednesday, Oct. 8, from 10 AM to noon in
CAB 110. Board members will be chosen
by the 15th.
--R. Paul Tyler, Kathy Ybarra, Polly Trout
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"In any organization, the work is done by
just a few people despite all the rhetoric
and all the other people who may talk about
wanting to be involved." With this
paraphrase of the Iron Law of Oligarchy,
President Joseph Olander set the tone of
September 19th's Student Convocation.
The most immediate analogy was the turnout. About 85 students came to hear
Evergreen's top administrators, leaving
200 seats empty. This contrasted sharply
with the Faculty Convocation, which
overflowed Lecture Hall! with more than
300 people.
Mr. Olander re-affirmed his support of the
Strategic Plan and conveyed his optimism
about Evergreen's future. The bowels of his
optimism were fortified with a lingering
belief in academic excellence, a quality
which he said needed nurturing in the
school's programs.
Drawing on themes from the Strategic
Plan, Mr. Olander spoke of the "staged
growth" which is planned for Evergreen
and took the bold step of defining "diversity" as ethnicity. He spoke also of the biennial budget, which he proudly asserted had
been "driven by policy" rather than vice
versa.
On growth, Mr. Olander stated that efforts to bring the FTE (full-time student
enrollment) to 3,200 by 1988-89 is a goal set
with the optimum physical, financi~l and
collegial capacities of the campus in mind.
Increasing enrollment remains controversial, however. Last year about 100 students
had to be housed off campus in lieu of dormitory space. Moreover, as Bill Zaugg, an
administrative assistant at the Student Mfairs office explained, th~re are concerns
about endangering the current flexibility of
classroom space, and the overburdening of
equipment resources, as well as a certain
resignation surrounding a gradually more
impersonal interaction between faculty,
staff and students.
The president spoke of the desire to erect
a multipurpose building. He did not say if
or how this building related to the
Longhouse Project, which is something the
Native American students are interested
in and which has become something of a
proverbial Evergreen issue.
He said he wants Evergreen to be "bigger, better, and a hell of a lot more fun."
the Convocation podium was then passed to Provost Patrick Hill. Mr. Hill invoked a theme popular in contemporary educational through whereby "matching the institution's resources to the expectations
that students bring" is paramount. He voiced the observation that 71% of Evergreen's
students want to evolve a philosophy oflife
and education, as compared to 40% at other
schools.
Mr. Hill said it is important to ensure "opportunities for significant interaction and
participation in education," and that these
were threatened by growth that is not well
administered. To that end he called on
students to participate in this year's DTFs.
He mentioned the Faculty Evaluation DTF
which will be revising the Faculty Handbook and which will have to deal with
disgruntlement centering around the
evaluation process, especially where student participation in decisions about the hiring and flring of faculty are concerned.
There will also be a DTF on the Native
American Studies (NAS) area starting in
November, he said. This group will have to
cope with the school's responsiveness to
both concerns of N AS students and independent study options, as well as relations between NAS and the rest of the
school and the role of NAS at Evergreen
as regards intercultural literacy and
communication.
Vice President for Development Sue
Washburn spoke of the new microcomputer
based teaching lab and the 24-hour
Emergency Communication Center designed to enhance student security and safety.
Suggesting that Evergreen is "all flash
and no cash," she told an anecdote of an experience in the course of her unenviable job
of raising money for the college: she told
a person who she happened to see that
she'd heard he might be a good donor. He
denied this, saying that he'd had a
vasectomy.
Ms. Washburn and Vice President for
Student Mfairs Gail Martin cautioned
against some sinister undertones at
Evergreen. The former felt that an internallack of tolerance had reared itself last
year. Gail Martin described a distrust she
sensed students had for the arlministration,
as well as between each other where matters concerning the school were involved.
Ms. Martin, in the course of encouraging
students to participate in the governance
restructuring, emphasized the conventional
role of experimental liberal arts college
students as especially involved in their
school and community. These comments
underlined a subtheme of apathy which ran
through most of the speeches.
Mter the Convocation about 30 members
of the audience participated in a forum to
discuss issues. They enumerated some major concerns and agreed to hold informal
meetings. They will be coordinated through
the Student Communications Center, LIB
3231, x6008.
--Ben Tansey
Police battle burglaries
with Operation I. D.
Police Sergeant Darwin Eddy is even
more prepared to "take a bite out of crime,"
this year. Last year, he single-handedly
conducted the Operation I.D. program; this
year student managers in the dormitories
are going to help him.
The Operation I.D. program is a method
of engraving and recording valuables for
recovery in case of a burglary. Mter
engraving items in an in~onspicuous place
with a driver's license number or social
security number, the valuable is recorded
in an inventory book and receives a sticker.
Mter all of a person's items are recorded,
the home receives an Operation I.D. sticker
similar to the one on the items. Because
pawn shops look for serial numbers,
burglars will try to avoid stealing such
items.
To get involved. ,just ask your student
manager to get you on the sign-up list. If
you live off campus, at Adult Student Housing (ASH) or Woodland Green, call the
Thurston County Sheriff at 786-5500 or the
Olympia Police Department at 753-8300.
You can also call between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday to make an appointment with Campus Security for an oncampus engraving. Bring in your boom box
and Sergeant Eddy will assist in burglarproofing it.
--Benjamin Barrett
by Polly Trout"
The following is an essay on student governance at Evergreen
and the balance of power in decision-making between the administrators, faculty and students. It is one person's opinion of
a nebulous subject. I have researched student input in governance
by reading official documents, old Cooper Point Journals, and
memos and letters from the past about governance found in the
S & A files. Mixed in with this factual history is my own interpretation of those documents. The Cooper Point Journal wishes
to promote dialogue by presenting many perspectives on complex
issues such as governance, and encourages readers to submit their
own articles.
Student Governance: Don't be surprised if this phrase doesn't
mean much to you. By the dictionary definition, it should mean,
"the process students use to make and administer public policy."
Since students do not govern, the phrase is misleading rhetoric.
Evergreen uses it to mean "a system students use to give advice
to those that govern the campus." This year Evergreen students
will form a new system of "student governance" by December
15, or Gail Martin, Vice President of Student Affairs, has threatened to form one for students. A DTF proposal will be submitted
next week and applications for student volunteers will begin being accepted.
Evergreen, like all colleges and universities, is run by an oligarchy consisting of the Board of Trustees; the president; and the .
employees the president hires and to whom he delegates authority, like vice }}residents and deans. These administrators are "on
their honor" to make decisions in the best interest of the students,
and to carefully weigh student opinion. In some matters, the administrators feel that students should have autonomy; what these
areas are are up to the administration to decide.
Luckily, according to Gail Martin, the school has a pretty good
track record of honoring reasonable student requests. "For the
most part, historically, administrators have taken most, if not all,
advice of students," she said. For instance, the Board of Trustees
can veto the student-formulated S & A budget proposals, but Gail
could only think of one instance when this had happened. The administration returned the S & A budget for athletics in 1981.
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She said that the administrators are held legally responsible for
their decisions in a way students couldn't be.
As we enter into a time of generating a new system of student
governance, some questions need to be examined. How can
students give the administration a clear picture of just what their
wants and positions are? When is the administration justified in
ignoring that petition?
In the spring of 1971, the Committee on Governance formed a
subcommittee on "Student Input to the Governance Process." The
subcommittee's preliminary draft (the final draft seems lost) shows
us that many of the issues we face now have always been around.
The complete version is available at the SCC office in the Library
Building. Here is an excerpt from the introduction of the report:
The Student's Position in the University: In discussing brief
ly this issue we noted that, in strict power terms, a student in
a state college or university (yes, even at Evergreen) is on the short
end of a slave/slave master relationship. Even at Evergreen, the
ultimate authority lies with the President and the Board of
Trustees, and in this sense the students are slaves. Now, whether
this power relationship has any practical meaning at Evergreen
is an entirely different matter. Provided that the students are
allowed to make their own decisions in those areas of decisionmaking that are exclusively their own concern (e.g. dorm rules)
and are assured effective input ... into other decisions within
the community, Evergreen's actual fundamental power relationships need not be a major factor in its community life... In short,
there is no good reason why the Evergreen community cannot
function well as a genuine community, receiving meaningful input from all segments of the community, if everyone is committed to this goal. The success or failure of the Evergreen experiment will in large measure be determined by the success of this
endeavor.
In 1979, a group of students formed a study group to research
"Student Participation in Decision-Making." The complete paper
is available at the SCC and at the S & A Office. This is their introduction to the paper:
There are a number of reasons why it is preferable that students
be involved in governance and curriculum planning at Evergreen.
The most important of these include:
-- Evergreen, because of its unusual flexibility, needs more than
the usual amount offeedback to be certain that everybody's needs
are being served.
-- One of the major goals of nontraditional education is to nurture afeeling of responsibility in individuals to the world around
them, and to help people learn to more actively control their own
direction. These are best achieved through experience.
At Evergreen there has been little controversy regarding whether
there should be students involved in decision-making. The major
questions instead are:
-- How can students, who tend to be transient and often inexperienced in decision-mJJking, be best involved witlwut compromising the good judgement and efficiency that can come from experience and. continuity?
-- How can students commit the time necessary to involvement
without compromising the quality of other parts of their
education?
-- How can students be represented at the institutional level while
avoiding the type of student power elite that tends to develop in
traditional student government structures?
Both of these papers went on to give some concrete advice on
how to reach their stated goals; that advice may help us now. The
questions asked then are still relevant to us today. Both papers,
as well as other documents and articles about governance that
have been published in the Cooper Point Journal (CPJ), are examined here to help us think about how to create a vital form of
student governance. Specifically, -we will look at the possibilities
in a student council, DTFs, the selection of student representatives, and student evaluations of faculty and administrators.
The Evergreen Council
In the past, Evergreen has usually had some sort of constant
committee that met to discuss issues and formulate student opinion into a formal proposal to the administration. Most recently,
this body was the Evergreen Council, which was dissolved last
year by President Joe Olander. No such body exists now.
The council consisted of 4 exempt staff, 5 classified staff, 5 faculty, 15 students, and the president or his representative. Students
could petition to have an issue discussed and voted on, or members
of the council could suggest items. Their discussions were passed
along to administrators as "advice."
This sort of forum can be a dynamic and important one, and the
new form of student governance will almost certainly have some
standing committee of this sort, but some important decisions
about it need to be made. Will the committee consist of students
only or will it include faculty and staff? How will delegates be
chosen? What happens if the administrators ignore the board's
advice?
The Study Group on Student Participation in Decision-Making
in 1979 had this to say about the Evergreen Council. Perhaps it
will give us insight into why the board failed to give convincing
"advice" and how the new board could work better.
The Evergreen Council suffers from a severe sense of
uselessness. Incentive is low to stay involved because:
-- The Council has no authority. The Council is not informed about
campus issues and is not in a position to make decisions that will
be heard and respected.
-- The Council is not Clear about its role. Even if the Council were
heard and respected, it's not clear what it should do.
We suggest that the purpose of the Council be clarified as follows:
Evergreen Council should serve as an advisor and watchdog
for all major decision-making at Evergreen. It should be aware
of all major decisions being made and how they are being made.
The Council Should watch to see that the COG (short for Covenant on Governance, "COG" means the formal Evergreen document that outlines parameters for governance. It is periodically
updated) is being followed: Is the decision being made at the right
level of decision-mJJking? Are all the proper people being consulted
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and/or involved adequately? In any case, where the Council feels
a decision is not being made properly, it should comment on what
changes need to be made in the process to be in line with the COG;
and then continue to monitor the decision until it's satisfied that
the decision is being made properly.
To accomplish this, we suggest that council meetings actively
solicit reports from all appropriate governance meetings and
decision-makers on what decisions are being made at Evergreen
and how they are being made. At the end of an Evergreen Council meeting, one should have a clear idea of all important decisions being made at Evergreen. Time should also be set aside for
complaints from individuals about the process of particular less
major decisions.
Gail Martin said that the new governance system would probably include a student board where "student opinion can get
organized and articulated." At present, a student can send a memo
to an administrator about a concern, but it is the voice of one student only and doesn't carry much weight. If a board df student
representatives were to send the same memo, it would be the official "recommendation of the students" and thus be a lot more
convincing.
"It shouldn't be a place where a student goes and says, 'I'm
pissed off about this parking ticket.' It should be a place where,
if enough students are concerned about the parking regulations,
some formal position comes forward," said Gail.
The board could also keep tabs on whether or not the administration was following the advice given. If the advice was being ignored and no valid reason was given, the board could possibly
remedy the situation by a) widely publicizing the discrepancy and
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What you can do
Tired of just sitting around
complaining about the pitiful
lack of student input on campus? Here are some practical
things you can do to change
it.
-Read the Governance Information Board outside the
bookstore in the CAB
building. All meetings and
documents will be posted
there.
-Gail Martin has open
meetings from noon to 1 p.m.
in her office, LIB3236.
-While only members of the
S&A Board, Advisory Board
and Board of Trustees can
talk during meetings, you can
attend, listen, and tell your
representative what you
think so that he or she can
bring it up.
-The CPJ has meetings
from 11 a. m. to noon on
Fridays to evaluate and critique the last paper, and
discuss goals and strategi~s
for future issues. Everyone is
invited to attend.
-By joining a DTF, you can
directly affect future policies
by researching a subject and
outlining a plan of action.
arousing wide-spread student disapproval on campus and b) nagging until something gets done_ Presently, there is no follow-up
system at all, nor is any record kept by students of what happens
once a recommendation is made.
Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs):
Another need a student council could fill is monitoring DTFs ..
A "Disappearing Task Force" is a short-term committee that is
formed to research and make recommendations on a certain problem, and it is dissolved once the DTF makes its final report to
the administration.
Unfortunately, there is no system to monitor whether or not
the DTF is considered and implemented. In 1976 a program
secretary was quoted in the CPJas saying, "None of the DTFs
have any power even if they are representative of the people.
Administrators can ignore the DTFs. That's why it's so damn
hard to get people on DTFs." The Daycare DTF's recommendation of increased administrative support is a good example.
A student council could keep an eye on DTF final reports and
remind administrators of the findings if students feel they are
being ignored.
Some DTFs primarily affect staff or faculty and are initiated
by those constituencies. Some are initiated by administrators
because it seems needed. Whether or not students can propose
and implement a DTF through the new governing procedures
is yet to be decided. In all cases, there is controversy over how
to choose the members of a DTF, when it's time to dissolve a
DTF, how to decide whether or not the findings are valid and
should be implemented, how to monitor the administration year
after year to make sure the implementations don't slide into
disuse, and when it's time to reevaluate the recommendations
to keep up with changing times. All these questions need to be
addressed.
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Selecting Student Representatives
Selecting which students should represent students on a standing council or DTF is the hardest question facing us, according
to Gail Martin. Voting is an unpopular solution for fear that the
voters will be uninfonned at the polls, or base their decision on
the "popularity" of the candidates. Consensus takes so long that
very few people are willing to undertake the hassle; therefore,
it isn't a real consensus.
Gail advocates a process used to select members of the .
Strategic Planning Council as a good way to choose members
of a DTF _In this process, students submit applications, and the
applicants meet, talk, and vote on which one of themselves will
be on the committee. Gail said that this system worked well
because anyone who cared enough to apply had an honest, avid
desire to see the project carried out well, and would thus be the
best judge of who a qualified applicant would be_
One suggestion for choosing members of a large, standing board
would be to have one representative from each seminar, program,
or specialty area, with other seats reserved for special interest
groups not otherwise represented. In the past, some committees
have been so desperate for volunteers that anyone willing is
automatically on.
Student decision-making on academic matters
The average student's primary concern is academics, and he
or she feels most strongly about decisions that affect his or her
academic plans. Academics, some feel, is also an area jealously
guarded by administrators from student decision-making.
Students want to help decide what programs are offered and to
help plan the curriculum, but feel locked out of the plans.
"There's lot of different reasons for that," said Gail, "not all
of them eviL It's the most complex part of the college, and requires both short and long tenn planning needs, and has absolute
deadlines. I don't know if having a better student governance
system will directly affect that. It's been a hard area to struc·
ture student input in. Maybe if we get a more organized student
voice, they could give some good advice.
"I don't want to leave you with the impression that there is
no student input," she added. "It's there, but largely invisible."
c;ail went to two conferences last year where students advised
on academic matters, and commented that their success was due
to their organization and articulation of their position.
In the seventies, proposed curriculum was posted and open to
student discussion and input.
Evaluation, hiring and firing:
No area on campus is more touchy than student input into the
hiring and firing of faculty, staff and administrators. Some
students believe that the administration does not always put the
needs of the students first when hiring, nor does it act promptly
when it becomes clear that the employee is not performing and
does not appear likely to perform his or her job satisfactorily.
In severnl instances some students believe that the administrntion promised to "do something," only to drop the case once the
protesting students had left.
Since records regarding employee perfonnance are confidential, it is extremely difficult for a student to judge if the employee
in question really deserves to be fired. Certainly, this is an area
where the administration, who have been here many years and
can see the whole picture of the employee's performance, can
make the most infonned decision. However, students certainly
can give valid input into these matters, and one way to receive
that input is for students, as well as administrators, to regularly and fonnally evaluate employees.
In 1971 the subcommittee on Student Input to the Governance
Process had this to say:
In power terms, the evaluation mec/w,nism is the only real
weapon possessed by students short of overt, destructive forces
of protest -we at Evergreen hope to avoid. Consequently, the
evaluation mec/w,nism must be carefully thought out and applied effectively.
We have two primary summary recommendations: 1) We at
Evergreen should strenuously avoid the institution of a conventimuU student government; conventwnal student government is,
as a rule, a hypocrisy of the greatest rruL{fnitude, powerless from
the very beginning, and a waste of valuable time and effort; 2)
the "meaningfulness" of any student input to the governance
process will largely be determined by the effectiveness of the
evaluation process.
Why are students so apathetic?
Administrators have said time after time that they do not get
as much student input as they would like. Most students do not
In conclusion
make an effort to let the administrators know what their advice
Cheryl and Yolande of the SCC encourage you to keep from
is; as long as this is the case, the administration can hardly be
being discouraged. "Students have all the power," they said. "If
called to task for ignoring student input.
it wasn't for students, the college wouldn't exist."
The Student Communication Center Coordinators, Cheryl
The task ahead is a huge one, but the decisions students are
Cowan and Yolande Lake believe that the reason students don't
making now could affect Evergreen for years to come. For
get involved in decision-making is that they are uninfonned and
students to have real power in campus decision-making, a solid
they don't know where to get the infonnation they need. They
fonn of governance needs to be implemented quickly.
are working to make governance information easily accessible.
"Ideally, I would like to see decisions made by the communiAccording to student and political activist Paul Tyler, there
ty ... realistically, we're not ready for that." That was the opinion
are three big problems with student governance at Evergreen.
of faculty member Susie Strasser, as reported in the CPJin 1976.
First, "There is a politically apathetic environment in America.
Ten years later we seem no closer to that goal. When will we
New students have no awareness, no history, no interest in
be ready for it? Perhaps we need to stop waiting for power to
politics." Secondly, "The training and orientation for new
be handed to the community and begin actively seeking it.
students about governance is minimal. There is no educational
In Gail's opinion, it doesn't much matter what we do at this
program that combats that apathy." His third reason for low stu·
point as long as we do something. "We spend all our time talk·
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to, where the money is." There is no system for passing down
records and knowledge to students year after year. "You can
submit a proposal one year, they'll stonewall it, and nobody
remembers it the next year," he said.
In short, there are far too few student volunteers to do what
needs to be done. "There are so many issues, and no priorities,
you energy gets dispersed. We never get enough critical mass
to deal with a problem," he concluded.
Paul thinks that all new students should be required to take
a two credit course on Evergreen's history and governance. He
suggests that the class meet for two hours on Wednesday afternoon for a quarter, and the only requirement be attendance.
Gail Martin agrees that it would be good to have a class to teach
students about Evergreen's history and governance, but doesn't
think it should be mandatory. "Maybe I'm old·fashioned," she
said, "But I think an active community member needs to be a
volunteer. As a member of the community, you take academic
and personal growth, and give back community service." She
added that there was no way to "make" students volunteer, but
that she hoped to help student interest expand through
"grassroots work over a long period of time with much
persistence. "
I believe that students are apathetic because there is no
guarantee that their advice will be heeded, regardless of the time
and energy they put into making wise, knowledgeable recommendations. The "word of honor" of administrators is not enough.
I think that Evergreen needs to formally agree on a process
where students can autonomously make some decisions and have
veto power over others before it sees a student body actively,
excitedly involved in decision-making.
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Working toward ·a
balance of power
This article is part of a weekly interview series in which
the CPJ will talk with members of the community who
have diverse and interesting views, or who have specif1£
knowlege which may jurther understanding of our community and the issues facing it. This week, the CPJ's
managing editor Polly Trout talked with Cheryl Cowan
and Yolande Lake oftke Student Communications Center
about the see and how it hopes to help Evergreen.
really had that, where in the first years there were certain
people every year that were really active. Now people
don't really know each other. In those days, if you said
someone's first name everyone knew who it was. It was
much more closely knit. We've lost that.
You can look at it positively and say, "Things are at a
bad state now, but it's getting to the point where people
are getting active."
Polly: Do you have any advice for the new Governance
DTF based on your research into Evergreen's past?
Polly: Do you have any ideas about how to accomplish
that?
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Yolande: What we're trying
to do with our job is give in~
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way that they'll want to do
something about it.
We have some things that
Yolande: I think that when
we can feel good about. We
you're looking at questions
went to an open meeting in
like this it's important to
Gail Martin's office this morremember that history is
ning and a lot of people were
cyclical and things go up and
Yolande Lake, left, and Cheryl Cowan
there to talk about the
down, from one side to the
grievance procedure. Mterwards, the people got together
other, and that since on a national level we're having this
and exchanged names and phone numbers and decided that
huge conservative swing, we're feeling that to some
they want to spend an evening this week talking about
degree here. So you have to keep your perspective and
Evergreen's history and trading stories. That's a beautiful
not throw your hands up and say, "It was good once, but
thing, just incredibly positive. So many things can come
now it's terrible." You have to think, "It's not as good
out of that. It's really what we need.
as it has been, but it can be better than it has been."
Cheryl: There's nothing I
can point to and say, "that
worked." You have to look at
why things failed. My advice
would be to keep in mind
that we're trying to be alternative here, and we have an
opportunity to not take the
easy way out.
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Cheryl: We need a system where it's not so bureaucratic
that students are turned off from getting involved with it.
Not just students. It has to be something that's inviting
for the community as a whole to be interested in what's
going on. What the governance system is going to be dealing with are issues that everyone, if you sat down and talked to them, are interested in because it affects them.
Something has to develop that' s really visible to the
community.
Yolande: I think it's a question of a delicate balance, too.
It seems like you need to have leaders, not the president
or people in an office, but people who stand out as people
of integrity, and stand for our ideals. It gives other people in the community something to look up to. We haven't
Polly: You've spent a lot of time going through these fIles
and learning about Evergreen's history. Can you share
some of the perspective that's given you?
Cheryl: We can do that, and it's a good thing for us to
do, but I would also encourage people to read the files
themselves, because what we get from them would be different from what other people would. Some of it is just
feelings that you can't express.
One of my favorite DTFs was in 1974-75. President
McCann put it together to study the work environment
because he felt that things were becoming too
bureaucratic. I was fascinating to see how the college was
administrated in the early 70's without being even half as
bureaucratic as things are now. It was a laid back at-
mosphere. Yolande has said that governance was there
just to maintain things and keep things going. One change
I've seen just from looking at the files is a tightening of
power in the administration.
I don't want it to seem like I think that the people before
were better. That's not true. It's just that the newness
of the college was a really exciting time and there was a
sense that people spoke out against issues, they were really involved. We came across some old articles in the
(school) paper, and people would write some really radical
things. People would get really emotional about campus
issues, really caught up in it.
Yolande: It used to be, and everyone knew it, that each
person in the community had a voice, and the voices were
all very close to being equal. Kind of like the Summerhill
philosophy where the students and the janitor and the cook
all spoke together and made a decision and maybe it wasn't
the best, or the most efficient decision, and people would
say, "What would so-and-so know about making that decision?" On the other hand, wonderful things would come
out of it too, neat, creative things. Now we've swung over
to the more traditional way where the few people who are
"most qualified" more or less just do it and other people
let them do it. It's the fault of everyone. The way we are
now, almost no one has a voice. They have it, but they don't
use it.
Polly: Do you think the administration really wants to
make the change back the other way?
Cheryl: Some of them. I think-I don't want to get in trouble for saying this-some administrators feel there's no
need for change because they think things are running OK
now. They think, "What's the problem?" Things are getting done, we've grown, we can't go back because that was
then we were smaller and would never work because
things are more complicated now." But I feel that the administrators opposed are opposed because they don't see
a need for it. We just need to get across that there is a
need for it.
Yolande: Also, just as the students get locked into their
daily grind of going to classes and reading their books, administrators do that too. They get locked into the way
things are now and trying to do their job the best they
can. But I think if students are active and get involved
and are really willing to participate and help make this
a place where everyone has a voice, then we can make it
happen again.
Cheryl: It's so much easier to let things evolve from a
loose structure, to giving the administration a little more
and more control, and to let them gradually have more control over the classroom structure and what programs are
here. It's harder to go from control to letting go of that
control. It's being fought right now. Maybe it is seen that
if we change things, we'll lose control. Not in the sense
of "I want power," but "things are going to b~ chaotic,
it's going to be a mess, if students have a say." like with
individual contracts. I think certain administrators feel
that there is a real lack of control if a student goes off and
does something like that. How do they know if he's learn1nO' ~nvt,hin0'1
Yolande: Like the big joke, "Why did the Greener cross
the road? To get credit." Administrators and people running the college get a lot of flak for that, and with the
lessening of communication, they aren't aware of what's
going on in individual studies. Students don't even know
themselves. Maybe that's one thing we need to do when
we talk about celebrating ourselves.
Cheryl: Or with the Native American Studies program,
what Yolande just said is right on the button. The administration is really uncomfortable with that program
because it's so loosely structured and students can do so
much on their own. They don't have the connection to
know what was going on. The answer isn't to put on
tighter controls, but to get that communication there.
Hopefully the DTF will take care of that.
Polly: Gail Martin told me that she believes the administration really wants to follow student advice, but the
students need to combine into a unified voice to present
their recommendations. Do you have any advice on how
to get there?
Cheryl: I'm kind of optimistic about it. Now, students are
meeting together. Maybe it's only 30, but it's something.
It's going to be a combination of things. We need to use
the CPJ to get the information out.
Yolande: It's going to need a lot of networking too, and
that's what our job is all about: getting people together
that are concerned about the same thing. As far as advising students on what to do, I think they should think about
what they want, get a hold of us so that we can get them
hooked up with other people who feel the same way, to
talk to their friends-make it the subject of a lunchtime
conversation.
Cheryl: And we encourage students to get things on
paper. Write a letter to someone. Write about the
grievance process to Gail. Just as long as you get
something into the hands of the administration that they
can look at, and know there's an opinion there.
Yolande: Historically, one thing we found is that students
used to support each other so much more. Now, you get
a group of Greeners together in a room, and there's group
A, group B, group C, and they can't talk to each other,
and they're all sure that the other person's out for no good,
and it's so sad. Why not assume that we're all in this room
together because we care? Even if you don't agree with
a person, be able to give him respect, and support him.
I think beyond the basic things of writing a letter, having a meeting, more than that, we need to do wild and
crazy things. We need to get together in Red Square and
send up red balloons. Have a flre, have a night concert,
do things that are really living and vibrant.
Polly: Any closing comments?
Cheryl: I would encourage students to come talk to us,
and to keep an eye on decisions that are being made. It's
not like decision-making is closed to students. They can
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to its members. This week: Janine Thome of the Evergreen Political Information Center (EPIC).
Washington's Toxic Problem
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Governance from Within
by Janine Thome
A friend of mine commented that governance at an experimental college is like mixing oil and water - it doesn't work.
The culminating attempts by the TESC
administration to appoint students to
"govern" the student populace indeed
evokes a sense of wonder as to how such
a concept could ever be implemented in an
egalitarian manner.
An article in the orientation issue of the
CPJ states that, "As students return to
Evergreen this fall, they will be asked to
consider how they wish to be organized, and
have been given a deadline of December
15 ... " Clearly, the attitude seems to be that
administrative intervention is needed to
determine the direction of student
organization.
Granted, organization is needed among
students; there are many TESC in-house
issues that directly concern students. Interested participants must be united to
meet those concerns, and an accurate,
unified voice must be presented to the administration, and other members of the
Evergreen community. As students, we
should be asking ourselves how we wish to
pursue our goals and demands, and set our
own deadlines.
by Ron Smithrud
A campaign protesting the use of Hanford, Washington, as a dumpsite for nuclear
waste is reaching a critical point.
Referendum 40 is on the ballot on
November 4 statewide. The ballot asks
Washington citizens whether or not the
state should continue to challenge the U.S.
D~partment of Energy (DOE) in its efforts
to locate the first nationwide high-level
nuclear waste dump at Hanford,
Washington. A YES vote means that you
DON'T want Hanford selected as the nationwide site. Passage of the referendum
would also give the governor the right to
veto DOE selection of Hanford.
WashPIRG believes that the selection of
the Hanford site in the final three was based on political expediency, not scientific
These, and many other issues must be addressed and examined by students; the
above questions have already been
answered by the administration. Are the
results truly in students' best interests?
As a fourth-year student here, and as
coordinator of a student group, I encourage
independent student interaction. I disagree
with the ultimatums set by the administration and the prevailing attitude that we
students must conform to administrative
ideals of organizational effectiveness. The
administration emphasizes the free spirit
identity of students to sell the college, yet
denies us that very identity when urging
us to define our role in campus decisionmaking processes (and if we don't make
that definition, they will).
We have many voices at Evergreen, and
many viewpoints. This is a quality of the
Evergreen identity; rather than have the
administration create their idea of our unity, we must be free to create it within the
structure of our own individual means and
values.
Ultimately, the concept of governance
comes from within; we must all pursue our
individual concerns and seek our own support groups to achieve those goals.
There are many campus/community
issues that require truly unified efforts to
achieve desired results.
Should we allow Rainier Bank to set up
its corporate multinational roots in
Evergreen, using student monies to further
its exploits? Do we continue to allow SAGA
foods, which is owned by Marriot Hotels
(another corporate entity) to use our monies
to cater to the rich in South Mrica? How do
we put the making of the Evergreen
catalog back into creative, inspiring student
hands, with the blessing (and funding) of the
administration?
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is somewhat more acute. Trying to mee~
the demands of an academic program while
providing physical and emotional support
for a child or children is a difficult balancing act.
Approximately twenty percent of TESC
students are parents. Approximately ten
percent are single parents. Support services for this large group of students are
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providing for the very real needs of parents
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The Parent Action Coalition will be
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3 p.m. in LIB 3226. The first 15 minutes of
the meeting are reserved for facilitating
childcare exchanges (especially for children
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almost non-existent.
In an effort to address this issue, a group
of student parents has formed a Parent Action Coalition. This group met for the first
time on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The primary
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the environmental safety of the site. Hanford is now regarded as the most likely site
because the DOE already owns the land
and because DOE seems to think that
Washington residents want it. The
November 4 election is your chance to tell
the Reagan administration what you think.
To vote you must register by October 4.
WashPIRG has a series of public education programs and study groups scheduled
between now and November 4. Weekly
~eetings are held to inform interested
students about the issue. Students are also
needed to participate now in preparation of
the Referendum 40 "Campaign Kickoff"
coming in a few weeks. They will be postering, leafletting, and doing many other campaign activities. WashPIRG is located in
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Bureaucratic Roadblocks
Keep Students Down
by Steven Aldrich
When the people who sell The Evergreen
State College to prospective students,
legislators, and the general public are at
work, they tell those people Evergreen is
different from most other colleges. One of
the main ways, they say, our college is cijfferent is that we at Evergreen see
ourselves as members of a community,
rather than as members of factionalized
constituency groups-students, staff, faculty and administrators-who collectively
define an institution.
Supposedly, as community members we
at Evergreen are all able to participate in
the decision making process used to define
what educational, career, and professional
opportunities we want our community to
provide us with. This is commonly called
governance; a static term that seems to
have more to do with three piece suits, long
meetings, and stuffy offices than it does
with the dynamics of building community.
Once people get past our institutional
rhetoric they find out our college really isn't
as different from others as it might initially seem. Most of the decisions that have the
greatest effect on shaping our community
are made by a few administrators who
dress in suits, have long meetings, and inhabit stuffy offices on the third floor of the
library.
In reality, Evergreen is a community
sometimes factionalized along lines defined by different constituency groups.
I think administrators genuinely want
students to be involved in the decision making process on campus. Provost Patrick Hill
demonstrated this at last week's convocation when he defined several major Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs) and invited
students to be on them. He demonstrated
it further when he said the quality of decisions made by those DTFs and other committees would be compromised if there
weren't students on those committees
presenting their ideas.
I'm not always sure those in power are
aware of the institutional road blocks which
prevent student involvement.
One of the criteria the admissions staff
used to use in deciding who, of all those
who'd applied to study at Evergreen, would
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New students were supposed to be aware
of the above described community and
egalitarian ideals and be committed to participating in the decision making process
that, it was hoped, would insure the realization of those ideals. People who didn't have
an understanding or commitment to those
ideals were deemed a threat to th~ community and encouraged to apply elsewhere.
The question disappeared from the application package about the time the draft
ended and the institution started having difficulties getting the number of students the
legislature thought it should.
cofunded by the administration and S&A,
and the administration is working hard to
channel student ideas and feed them back
through that office, and to use the center
to help students organize. This is not to imply that other avenues for student input are
being blocked.
Students usually know best what
students need. Sure, when we're making
decisions about our education, there are
times when we might need to consult with
people who have more or different experiences than we do, but ultimately we
should be able to decide what will work
best for us. Instead, it often seems faculty
But there is still an expectation that
students will participate with other community members in deciding how The
Evergreen State College shapes itself. The
only problem is that this expectation is not
made very clear. When one considers this
omission with the fact that we all grow up
in a society where we are taught to delegate
our decision making powers to legislators
and that one has to be a professional to be
involved in government, it's not surprising
that students, in general, don't get involved in campus governance.
I encourage people who are interested in
being part of the governing process at
Evergreen, and don't know how, to check
out the Student Advising .Handbook. I've
been told there is information there that
describes to some degree how Evergreen
is different from other schools.
The Student Communications Centerco-coordinated by Cheryl Cowan and
Yolande Lake-is a valuable resource for
students wanting to help shape the
and administrators consult us, then decide
for us.
Covenants-which define what students
need to do to receive credit for any given
course-are written by faculty and given to
students at the beginning of each quarter.
In the past, covenant creation was a group
activity, as was book selection and class
structuring. People at Evergreen talked
about "learning to learn," and developing
group contracts and covenants was part of
that learning process.
Now those decisions are made for
students. The faculty go on a retreat each
spring and design the courses they'd like
to teach. Then, if they can convince enough
students to enroll, they get to spend following quarters teaching those courses_
We as students can veto a course by not
enrolling, but we're not allowed to directly
participate in creating our academic options. This de-emphasizes one of the m~or
creative facets of "learning to learn," and
seriously compromises the value of the
million
Evergreen's 1987-89 biennial budget .
request-all $43.5 million of it-has been
submitted. The figure is "hefty but honest,"
according to President Joe Olander, and includes several items of interest.
The request is 30% larger than the '85-'87
version, yet the administration is hoping for
a bigger piece of the pie, due to a recent
wave of publicity on the "crisis" in higher
education. Stan Marshburn, assistant to the
president, said, "The interest that's being
developed at that level-that notoriety-is
going to result in additional funding. That's
a given."
Stan pointed out the three "themes" of
the special budgetary items beyond what
we need to keep operating. These "three
real big, easy packages" include: $1.7
million for improvement in academic areas ,
$1.2 million devoted to "management efficiencies," and a Whopping $3.5 million in
order to boost enrollment from 2,600 FTE
(full time students) to 3,200 by fall, 1988.
Under the academic heading, $500,000
will go toward "faculty and professional
development," meaning a 20% increase in
faculty salaries to match those in other
regions of the country. Also, $300,000 has
been requested for expansion of the library
collection (at which fingers were wagged
during the last accredidation check-up).
$90,000 will go toward "evaluation and
assessment" of how and what we teach, if
the budget is approved.
The second "theme" has to do with "get-
ting some money to help us get the tools
we need to properly man'age the institu.tion," according to Stan Marshburn. This
will include vast amounts of computing
equipment and software, as well as programs in staff development and training, all
of which is supposed to add up to a more
smoothly running operation.
The injection of 600 additional students
into the college over the next two years is
perhaps the most striking aspect of the request. That would fill the "physical plant"
to capacity and "round out" the school, as
Joe Olander puts it. "I think the college has
suffered over the last two years because of
stressed resources," he said. By boosting
enrollment, he hopes to reduce costs per
students and to "fill in some of the curriculum holes we have right now."
Not cited as one of the Big Three, yet of
major interest to many, is the administration's $14.2 million request for capital
needs. $8.7 million of this amount is earmarked for a multifunctioned community
building. "Read that 'gym,''' says Joe
Olander. The building would seat over 2,000
people, have classroom and office space, and
would attract famous speakers and performers, say its supporters.
Who wrote the budget? "At the time we
were building this, Jack Daray was the ·
budget coordinator, and Linda Brownell
and Steve Trotter were budget analysts,"
explained Stan Marshburn. Each of the
three vice presidents and their budget coordinators prepared requests for their division, some with the assistance of special
committees. For instance, the academic
segment of the budget was built by Vice
President and Provost Patrick Hill and his
budget coordinator, in conjunction with the
budget subcommittee of the FaCUlty Agenda Committee, which represents faculty
interests.
In addition, the budget was strongly
driven by the Strategic Plan. Stan said,
"Everything that went into the Strategic
Plan was then kicked around in the budget
so that it was really a combination of the
two. So, there were a lot of people
involved. "
Next, the governor's office will review
our request and make its recommendations.
On December 20, Booth Gardner will come
out with an overall state budget - including
Evergreen's - and that will go to the
legislature.
"It's unlikely that we'll get everything
we've asked for," said Stan. "A budget is
really a way to help us focus our thinking
about what kind of institution we want to
become. That's really what the budget is,
just a tool. And when we think we know
where we want to take the institution, then
we lay it out there in terms of the budget.
Then people come back and say, 'Well,
that's a lot of good thinking, but this is only as far as we can go.' We will get more
than we got last time, but we won't get all
that we asked for."
-- Jennifer Seymore
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proposed
The draft plan released by the Puget
Sound Water Quality Authority on
September 17 proposes sweeping actions
Soundwide to control and prevent pollution. The plan presents a range of strategies
to address pollution sources throughout the
Puget Sound region.
Recommendations include:
* A new emphasis on control of toxic
chemical discharges.
* Increased permit fees for discharges from
industries and sewage treatment plants to
pay for more effective pollution control.
* A requirement for all 12 Puget Sound
counties to develop and adopt nonpoint
pollution control programs.
* Special provisions to control pollution
from septic systems and farm animal waste.
* Requirements fro cities and counties to
better control stormwater pollutants.
* Identification and acquisition of the most
important wetlands.
The draft Puget Sound plan includes a
preferred strategy and alternative programs, along with estimated costs for each
program and an analysis of the programs'
effects on the environment.
The draft plan is the result of a year-long
effort that has included research and
writing, public meetings, and consultation
with federal, state and local governments,
business and industry, tribes, environmental groups and other members of the public.
"The next step - .setting priorities - is
perhaps most important," said Authority
chair Kathy Fletcher. "We're looking to the
public to help us decide which actions in the
plan are most important and where the
region should spend its scarce resources
fIrst."
Public hearings on the draft plan and
draft environmental impact statement will
be held in all 12 Puget Sound counties in
early October. Written comments are
welcome; the deadline is October 17. The
Authority will adopt the fIrst Puget Sound
water quality management plan in
December . .
-- Puget Sound Water Quality Authority
Olympia funds Nicaraguan
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Wednesday is supposedly set aside for activities related to campus decision making,
but nobody tells students. Last year I heard
one faculty member tell a student who was
having difficulty getting his studying done
that Wednesday was the day set aside for
catching up and he should use it better.
A friend told me his instructor, one of the
campus old-guard, informed his class on the
fIrst day of the quarter that Wednesday,
as all old Evergreen students knew, was
faculty prep day and no classes were
scheduled on that day.
At the fIrSt day of class this year, in a
class that had several transfer students
who knew little or nothing of our decision
making process, no mention was made of
governance. We were told that an optional
class would be held Wednesday afternoon,
but not why it was optional. I have a strong
interest in participating in the decision making process on campus, but my primary
reason for being at Evergreen is to study.
As long as optional academic activities are
offered on Wednesday, and not on other
days, I'll be in the classroom and not at Advisory Board meetings on those days.
We need to decide as a community, again,
if we really want to mini!nize the conflict
between academic and governance activities by not allowing faculty to schedule
classes on Wednesdays. We need also to
develop a way of making sure all community members-faculty, staff, students, and
administrators-know exactly what this
means.
In the world outside Evergreen, people's
ability to get involved in governing their
communities is compromised by the time
they devote to their jobs, families, and
other activities. Each individual has to
decide for him or herself what is most inportant and how to best integrate his or her
different activities.
As a liberal arts school, Evergreen tries
to help people develop as well-rounded individuals. Involvement in the decisionmaking process is part of that development.
But frequently, academic programs are
designed so that students must devote up
to 60 hours a week to them to do well. I
know many faculty and administrators feel
that it is an accomplishment, and a positive
source of self-esteem, to focus on one activi"y this way, but others would say this encourages "type A" behavior and elitism.
For many students, it means they don't
have enough time for governance. I think
we, as a community, need to look closely at
this conflict. Maybe we could structure a
two credit governance component into each
program. This would ensure that students
develop skills in this area, minimize conflict with other academic activities, and give
graduates the ability and the expectation
to be involved in the decision making proN'~R in whatever communitv thev end un in.
Voting makes enough
of a difference
by Todd D. Anderson
I t is fairly easy to sit back and say,
"Voting doesn't matter because it doesn't
make any difference who wins anyway."
Anyone who reads the campaign literature
of most candidates running for office can
easily determine that there isn't a wide
disparity in positions on most issues. There
are few if any candidates for federal offices
that propose to change the devotion of the
V.S. government to a capitalist economic
system or who favor sweeping cutbacks in
the military-industrial complex. It is highly
likely that the only candidates with a
serious chance of winning will occupy the
same ideological spectrum that Americans
are usually offered, ranging from slightly
left of center to hardcore conservatism.
There is, however, always enough of a difference to justify voting.
The race for V.S. Senate features a
chalJenger, Brock Adams, who opposes funding of the Strategic Defense Initiative,
while the incumbent, Senator Slade Gorton,
favors it. Gorton is a lukewarm opponent
of giving military assistance to the
Nicaraguan rebels (he supported it every
year until this year when he is up for election), while Adams has expressed consistent opposition. Since votes in the Senate
on issu~s like contra aid and confIrmation
of President Reagan's judicial appointments are usually close votes (as Gorton's
support of conservative federal judge
Daniel Mainion showed), who represents
Washington State in the Senate can make
a difference.
There is also a statewide referendum on
the proposal to make Hanford a nuclear
dumpsite. A resounding vote (on referendum 40) will give Congress and the Department of Energy an idea of where
Washington voters stand on the issue.
Since tax reform is certain to be an issue
in the next session of the state legislature,
the results of this election will decide
whether we have a legislature that wants
to make the tax burden more equitable or
one that wants to keep it as it is, on the
backs of the poor and middle class.
Voting in an election will not turn the
world upside down and root out all evil
overnight, but not voting is the least viable
alternative. Those who choose not to cast
a ballot deny votes to the candidates or
issues that most closely resemble their
political perspectives and thus capitulate to
those who least represent them.
The deadline to register for this
November's election is October 4.
Our hometown bank?
by John G. Kaiser
Last Spring many of us emerged from the
depths of the library or the adventures of
a field trip to discover that South Sound National Bank had gone. We were assured, as
new customers of Rainier Bank, that
nothing much would change. We would still
enjoy the same friendly faces and even
more services. Only the name had changed. HNo one works for you, comes through
for you like a Rainier Bank Personal
Banker," we were told. It sounded so nice,
too bad it just ain't so.
Now, after returning from summer
break, we have no choice but to stare into
the empty space of the old bank with a
sense of wonder. Maybe we didn't give
Rainier Bank enough profits to stay and
stick it out. Perhaps we should have bounced more checks just to pay a few more service charges. We could have organized a
bake sale if they'd only asked.
Leaving during the summer waR nrettv
sneaky. Something tells me they're in it for
the big time bucks.
Some people may prefer machines to people. It's easy when you don't have to smile
or talk about the weather. Regrettably, a
machine just won't tell you why you can't
get your money several days after
depositing a cashier's check. Informing it
that 99% of all checks clear within two
business days will only be met with the
same green glare. But if you do manage to
get to the real bank on Black ,Lake
Boulevard, don't expect much more than
automated responses to your queries. They
will probably tell you that your cashier's
check could be forged or stolen. Banks
make up to one billion doll8!'s a year by
holding customers' checks and depositing
the funds in high yielding money market accounts. Rainier Bank wouldn't do that,
would they?
Things have changed. It ain't our
hometown bank no more.
Advisory Board update
By the time you read this the President's
Advisory Board will have met to discuss
procedural matters such as: should alternates attend all .meetings; whether 'o r not
visitors at the meetings should participate
in discussions, or whether they should talk
only through their constituency representatives; the types of issues to be dealt with
by this group; and how to deal with
separate constituency members who want
to get involved in decision making
EvergreenThe President's Advisory Board (AB) advises the president on what action he should
take on issues he brings to them. It was
formed last spring at the recommendation
of a DTF charged by the president to define
a body to replace the Evergreen Council,
and appears to be the one body that gives
all community members an opportunity to
influence how Evergreen structures itself.
Student delegates to the AB are Bret
Lunsford, Patricia Gilbert, and Andrew
Tartella. Since ex-student delegate James
Bodin transferred to the University of
Washington, a new alternate needs to be
chosen. Vice President for Student Affairs
Gail Martin can be contacted by those interested in how this will be done. S & A
Board Coordinator Dave Campbell is the
S & A Board delegate, and an at-large
member is to be chosen by the AB to fill
the space vacated by MPA graduate Joseph
Waterhouse.
Although at this time there doesn't appear to be a defined method for students
to organize and work with the AB, those
interested should be able to accomplish this
task if they all call the Student Communications Center (x6008) and use its resources.
-- Steven Aldrich
1987-89 biennium, faculty salaries will be
comparable with peer institutions in other
states. It was suggested that the .gap of
10.6% to 23.8% be closed and that an additional7.7% assumed inflation rate must also
be considered. On September 26 this report
will be delivered to the legislative educational committees and the Offices of Financial Management, after which it will be
voted on by the elected governing bodies.
The creation of the H.E.C.B. was mandated by the 1985 Legislature to form a
new master plan by December 1989. It is .
composed of nine citizens appointed by the
Governor and confirmed by the Senate to
provide planning, coordination and policy
analysis for higher education. It has more
responsibilities than the Council for Post
Secondary Education which it replaced.
The Council consisted of representatives
from secondary institutions who were professional educators.
-, Irene Mark Buitenkant
Faculty salaries below
average
The Higher Education Coordinating
Board met September 16 to formulate
recommendations to the legislature of the
state of Washington. One was to equalize
the compensation received by faculty
members of public colleges and universities.
They also identified the twelve most critical
issues from the responses of a sUrvey which
will be used to construct the framework of
a Master Plan for Higher Education. The
third decision was the setting of a timetable
in which to complete the plan.
According to Dr. Robert Thoeny, Executive Director ofH.E.C.B., if the recommendations are accepted by the
W~~hington State Legislature for the
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themselves," said Yolande, "Now we don't
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get a hold of us when we're not there."
--Jennifer Seyrrwre
Primary reveals Greener
apathy
The Washington State primary was held
September ·16 and Evergreen campus
residents stayed away from the voting
booth in droves. College Precinct, which encompasses the dorms and mods, had the
poorest turnout in Thurston County. Only
14 of the 360 registered voters in the
precinct, or 4 percent, voted on primary
day. Clearly, many had good reason for not
appearing, as school was not in session, but
no absentee ballots were requested either,
according to Karen Huntley of the County
Auditor's Office. Huntley said this is not
atypical; "The turnout in College Precinct
is traditionally low."
I t is much harder to judge voting participation of off-campus residents since they
live in areas which also comprise nonEvergreeners. Just under 27 percent of the
registered voters in Broadway Precinct,
which includes ASH, cast ballots for the
primary. Turnout in precincts south of campus to Mud Bay Road and east to Budd Inlet, which contain a number of Evergreen
students, was closer to the countywide
average of 30 percent.
This pattern is not likely to hold in the
general election as WashPIRG is conducting an extensive voter registration drive.
WashPIRG members set up a desk in the
CAB building to register voters during the
past two weeks . As of Thursday,
September 25, WashPI RG had registered
140 people.
A low turnout among Evergreeners could ./'
be detrimental to liberal and public interest
groups as the West Olympia area tends to
be heavily liberal and generally favors
Student offices robbed
Democrats. In 1984, Democratic candidates
carried most of West Olympia (College
The Student Communications Center and
Precinct gave 260 .votes to Walter Mondale
the Peace and Conflict Resolution Center
and just 28 to Ronald Reagan). This year
offices were robbed the night of September
was no exception as Democrats again ran
19, when one of the doors was accidently
well in most of West Olympia, but this was
left unlocked.
somewhat diluted by the light turnout.
The two student offices occupy one large
October 4 is the deadline to register for
room on the third floor of the library. An
those who want to vote in the general elecS & A owned answering machine and a tape
tion. You can register at the County
recorder, belonging to a student coor~
Auditor's office, public libraries, post ofdinator, were taken from the room, which
fices, and at the WashPIRG office in LIB
was found rummaged through and dishevel~28.
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--Todd D. Anderson
next day. A dance was occurring in
LIB4300 the evening of the robbery.
Storm puts out traffic
signals
The Sept. 19 electrical storm caused
~evere damage to the traffic signal system
m downtown Olympia. Fourteen traffic con- .
trollers were damaged; eleven of which
were d~ge~ beyond repair. The lights
are ?peratmg m a flashing mode and will
contmue to do so until replacement controllers can be installed. •
Until the problem can be corrected
everyone's patience and cooperation at
these .int:rsec~ions is appreciated. Updates
on t~IS SItuatIon will be forwarded as we
receIve them.
-- City of Olympia
Alternative grade school
seeks applicants
"It's.an ?,uts~nding alternative to public
educatIon, saId parent Susan Finkel when
asked about the Olympia Community
School. "It's a continual enrichment program. They really pay attention to the individual child."
Susan isn't alone in her enthusiasm, for
. the OCS is starting its fourteenth year and
has just expanded to in<;!lude kindergarten
t~ugh 5th grade children. The school is
prIvate, ungraded, nonsectarian, and
parent-run.
"Kids can work at their own pace " said
. parent Debbie Dantona. "Individu~lity is
stressed at OCS. Children's opinions are
respected by the teachers and they are encouraged to speak their minds."
At OCS, parents give input and keep up
on "what's going on" at monthly meetings.
Parents serve on the school's parents
board, . coordinate fundraising activities,
help WIth transportation for field trips, do
carpentry and repairs, build equipment, att~~d re~lar parent meetings, and partICIpate m school cleanups. Parents are enc?uraged to visit the school during class
tIme, and have regularly scheduled conferences with teachers.
Parents interviewed were especially
pleased with their children's social progress
at OCS. "Kids learn to respect each other"
said Debbie. "Children help make the rul~s.
The structure encourage,S social activism
not passivism," added Susan.
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The school is located at the Geoduck
House on the Evergreen Beach, at 4346
Sun~t ~each Drive. As of mid-September,
applIcatIons were still being accepted for
.the current school year. For more information, call the school at 866-8047, or the president of the parent's board, Ann Beug at
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Keeping Freshman Sane
by Ann Faith
ed or troubled by the work. If faculty
haven't posted office hours, it may be that
they prefer to make individual appoint~
ments. In a very real sense, you "rE;!nt"
Evergreen's faculty each quarter, and it is
largely up to you to make sure you're getting your m0!l~y's.worth.
School can be tough, and in some ways
Evergreen is tougher than more traditional
schools. You are thrown into the fIre from
the start, and have more responsibility than
you may be used to. Initially this can be difficult to recognize, because Evergreen fancies itself as more of a "family" than other
schools do. Perhaps you're not used to calling faculty by their first names, and you are
used to being tested now and then so you
know how you're doing. Evergreen's lack
of tests and grades can make it appear more
lax, less structured, and easier than other
schools.
But this is Evergreen's mask. Its
academic programs are quite rigorous, as
you've found out by now. While you're not
tested in a tangible way, you'll know
something's amiss by that feeling in your
stomach when you fall behind in your
reading, your journal entries, or when you
miss a couple of lectures. Here are some
tips that might help you get through the
sticky spots that are sure to arise:
1. Be an aggressive student. Seek your
faculty outside of class when you are puzzl-
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2. Suggest that your seminar have a
potluck dinner when the time is right.
Potlucks can really take the edge off when
you've been bashing away at the books for
a couple of weeks, and it doesn't seem like
you're avoiding your work because
everyone else is avoiding it, too.
3. Start a weekly study group with a few
people in our program with whom you communicate easily. Study groups can be great
for untangling theory. Meet at school or at
somebody's house, and keep it small so you
can really concentrate on the work. Go
Hibernate this winter at our "park"
We pay all the "bear necessities."
water, satellite TV, garbage, power
We also provide:
2 hot tubs, sauna,
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ahead and be t)le one to start it. These
groups can be especially valuable for interpreting your first paper assignment.
4. If you want honest, reliable criticism
on your writing, go to the Learning
Resource Center on the third floor of the ·
Library. An LRC tutor will read your draft,
and walk through it with you to improve
everything from clarity, style and grammar
to your attitude.
5. Go to the reference librarians if you're
having trouble getting started on a
research project. Evergreen's library is a
tight ship, and the staff are friendly,
helpful, and know the library backwards.
6. Talk to the other students in your program. Evergreen can be isolating, even
though we're a "family." Make the rIrst
move, say hello, complain about the
workload, ask a question. You might even
consider flirting.
7. Use the recreation center. Sometimes
swimming, weight lifting, or just sitting in
the sauna for a while can really help you
think. It costs $3 each quarter for students.
8. Write a letter to someone and tell them
what you're doing in school this year. It will
help you fIgure it out, too.
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October Apples
The Worst part of the job is that we have to keep it.
Everyone here is in some form of Limbo:
parole,
probation,
summer vacation.
Gary the foreman called it a summer job,
that was ten years ago.
It's been over 90 0 for thirty days in a row,
August had not yet hit.
We are ditch diggers the smarter ones know it,
those who don't honor the lie:
Irrigation Innovators-Nonunion, underpaid, ten brutal hours a day.
AI the boss is a real nice guy,
he buys beer for his boys on Friday,
coffee at six to clear Saturday's head.
AI the boss is a real nice guy.
Joe Earleywine
Friday clear and sunny , but somehow
Saturday was monsoon non-stop.
Skimmed the paper , did t he dishes, stalling
for the downpour, but finally donned
the yellow rainsuit, top and bottom,
got the alder pole off the woodpile
and started knocking them down .
The neighbors, Laura and later Kathy,
came to help .
Wouldn't have made it,
otherwise. With the two Kings
that Kathy, the kids --Malorie and T y-and I picked Friday, this driveway King
made half a dozen boxes
and four bags under a fat tarp
in the truck . Apples ripe
for cider. we took off for the mill
ahead of t ime .
Piling Mal and T y in the idling truck
with thermos, cigs, checkbook
and a towe l for the fogging windows-an old friend calls from New Jersey
as I'm stepping out the door-then we're heading out on 7th to Boulevard
through hard rain and traffic
to Yelm Highway with windshield wiping
and swiping towel to Rich Road, rainsuit
dripping as Big Bob booms Cougar football
through East Olympia across the tracks
with a smoke and steaming coffee,
Malorie and Ty slumped in sleep, and I
now complete, rolling down the bright black
road through brimming fie lds
with my kids and a truck
full of October apples. to squeeze .
Hold it
close around the corner
to the mill .
A guy beside the drive
was building a founta in in the rain.
Malorie up and slipping in the sliding door
where the press bore brown mash in a clear cascade
that paced a winding line of apple pickers
around the cast-iron stove . Filled 40 gallons
and got three cups of free hot cider we sipped
on the way home . To the last drop,
a great haul.
Stop by and say Hello!
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Skab With 'a Mission
by Frank Gunderson
Human Skab is a ten-year old boy who
plays African music with buckets and
spoons. He story-signs about his life and the
things he sees. His musical influences are
big time wrestling, He-man cartoons, and
Motley Crue. Try to imagine Captain
Beetbeart as a child. That's Human Skab.
Human Skab comes home from school
with a list of song titles. Stuff like Hang the
Devil on a Cross, Kill the Russians Now,
Why Do Girls Go Out Past Ten, Hitlers in
Hell, and Searchin' the Worldfor Darwin,
Important issues for a child of ten. He sets
up his equipment on the living room floor,
after his parents have gone to church. He
has a He-man microphone, a cheap
Panasonic tape recorder, and a 3-string
Martin guitar. And losts of buckets and
spoons. Otherwise it wouldn't be from
Africa, he says.
Human Skab got a Mohawk. His dad said
he could have one. It's part of his image,
he says. He doesn't want to let down his
fans. Here are the words to one of his songs:
If you wanna be a bloody spirit,
this is what you have to do.
You have to go downstairs with no
flashlight,
jump over a cliff,
do a flip, have an arena,
and rock and roll in it.
Yes, this is what you have to do.
Human Skab is a radio superstar. None
of his friends believe him, though. They
think he is a liar. They tell their big
brothers, who wait for him after school with
sticks and rocks. He pleads, "If you wanna
believe me, you won't hear me on KISW
(Seattle's Best Rock). You have to listen to
The Food of the Gods, KAOS in Olympia
(cool local station). Only then will you know
that I am even more famous than John
WaYlte. C'mon you stupid freaks, I will
throw you into outer space and turn you into a constellation!"
Human Skab has further advice for those
radio programmers who can't resists stealing his tapes. "If you want to hear me, why
don't you come over to my house instead.
We can make a video in my front yard,
while I put my neighbor's cat in a plastic
bag. Then when the old lady comes out with
her nightgown on, SHATTER, the windows are broken!"
On sunny days Human Skab takes his
tape recorder and a rake to Main Street.
He bangs his rake on the sidewalk and yells
at passers-by, ''We gotta kill the Russians,
they don't have MTV. Make 'em like
they're dead as Ethiopians. Skeletor knows
more that you do, cross-eyed."
"I'm not doin' this for the money,"
Human Skab explains. "I'm on a mission.
I have a message for the world. It's not just
playin' guitars good that is important. It's
all the things that you do."
A Human Skab tape takes awhile to get
used to. A child's cacaphony can get on the
nerves, quick. But if you get over the inital shock stage and bother to hang around,
you will find yourself in a land of aural/oral
make-believe where anything can happen,
and usually does. The adult perceiver
becomes kid anthropologist, hunting for
meaning, and finding it everywhere. The
listener becomes Human Skab, and
experiences.
Human Skab loves to get mail. If you like,
you can write him at P.O. Box 1130. Elma,
W A., 98541. His latest recording, "Thunder
Hips and Saddlebags," is available for $3.50
or trade or a good story. All monetary proceeds will go towards getting him a real
good tape recorder.
Parisian pitfalls don't daunt the dazzle
by Irene Mark Buitenkant
Twenty-eight days in Paris is hardly enough time to fully experience a city which proudly preserves its traditions and
buildings, many of which are five
centuries old. Also, it venerates
individuals who are responsible
for its culture. Artists, writers
and generals are memorialized on
monuments and their faces are
printed on money. Their heroes
have to share commemorative
thoroughfares because there
aren't enough streets. For example, Ave. de Versailles becomes
Kennedy Ave., which becomes
New York then Cours Albert and
then Cours la Reine - which
doesn't facilitate getting about.
Paris is a city that works-
better than New York, that is. Each morning men in emerald
green and orange uniforms sweep the debris off the sidewalks
into the gutter. Water comes up from an opening near the curb
and a stream rushes the debris, along the curb and down the
street to a drain a few hundred
feet away. Orange and green rectangular plastic garbage containers are rolled onto the lift of
matching green sanitation trucks.
The I>ntainers are mechanically
lifted and rotated, dumping the
contents onto a belt that carries
the trash into the truck interior.
One does not see numerous obese
plastic bags waiting at the curb,
which is so common in New York.
A City of Paris sewer tour is proudly given, which allows the
public to visit sewers that carry
waste to a sew~e disposal plant
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outside of Paris and also empties storm water into the Seine
River: '!'hese tunnels also contain conduits for ~tributing gas,
electncltr and te~ephone service thr~)Ughout the city.
The SeIne t?nctions as an aesthetic as well as a useful artery.
FoUrteen ~ndges cross it, but the relationship between it
and people IS hardly lessened by the vehicular traffic along and
across it. Walks along stone banks that touch the water treelined sidewalks next to parallel roadways, sightseeing boats and
barges, and barges converted into delighful houseboats with deck
gardens are evidence that people "own" this river.
. The governme~t see~s. to be for the people. The transportatIon system - USIng rails IS called the Metro - is clean fast and
e~cient in a city having about the same population as New York
CIty. The bus system cris-crosses the city and has a local route
that circles it, thereby making it easy to visit the outskirts and
observe where most people live. There is much well-maintained
"hous~g" ~th g~ens, as well as local parks and neighborhood
shoppIng. HIgh-me apartment buildings are to be found here
and not in the center of Paris. The one tower in Montmartre convinced the Parisians that they wanted to keep central Paris
hu~~nly scaled ~y preserving all of the six-story 19th century
buildings. There IS some resentment that Haussman who built
hundreds of these in 1860, had to destroy historical ~tructures
to make space for them.
The government maintains the centuries-old Gobelin tapestry
f~ctorr which employs ~9 people, who served three-year apprentIceships and passed ngorous examinations. Each artisan now
produces an av~rage of one square meter of handwoven tapestry
a year. IneffiCIent, perhaps, but .traditional pride prevails.
It would take months to visit all of the churches and museums
in ~aris. Special museums of marine history, history of man, archit~ct~e, Frenc~ history, technology, cinema, plus museums
for IndiVIdual penods of art and for individual artists - all are
gifts from the people to the people.
Human senses are exercised in Paris. Sights, tastes, sounds,
and smells range from good to bad. Seeing the architecture, the
shops and the creative advertising simulates the taste of the food.
Pastry is beautiful and tastes wonderful, having been created
by chefs who have not abandoned traditionally basic ingredients
for artificial substitutes. Time and skill are used to decorate
prepared food so that sometimes one would want to frame it
rather than eat it.
One may get used to the traffic noise, but Paris is hardly quiet
at any time. There may be good reason for people perfuming
themselves. It is important to look down when walking. The
number of uncurbed dogs is large. The smell of the automobiles
is .onl~ surpassed by the smell of urine. One can't pour so much
wme mto men and then charge them a franc (i5 cents) to void it.
Leaving the George Pompidou museum and becoming one of
the pacing crowd headed toward the Metro, I slowed down in
response to the hesitation of a woman ahead of me who gasped
and made sounds of astonishment. Between her head and that
anot~er pedestrian I saw the proftle of an elderly man, head
tilted slightly back, eye closed, and mouth shaped in a smile of
contentment. Through a space between some bodies ahead I saw
in th~ same. pla~e as the head a 90 degree arc of amber liquid,
startmg WaISt hIgh and ending at the base of a tree. Understanding flashe~ through ~y brai~ and ·I quickly averted my eyes
from the pnvate/pubhc behaVIOr and quickly proceeded.
Th~ Avenue of the ~hamps-Elysees is no longer the graceful
~re~-line? street .carrymg horse-drawn carriages, as presented
ill hlBtoncal movIes and paintings. ·The bottom-line syndrome is
at w?rk here. Banks, airlines, tourist-type restaurants, large
multI-theatre presentation signs and skinny trees characterize
the hi2'h-traffic neii!hborhood.
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by Jacob Weisman
Andrew Murphy knows what it means to
be an American bicyclist, competing in
Europe. A freshman at The Evergreen
State College, he spent nearly ten months
as an athletic exchange student, racing for
G.S. Moplan at Appennino Fabriano, Italy.
"I got kicked off my team," he says,
laughing.
"In Europe they have a system of
domestiques. And since I.was a new rider,
I had to sign on as a domestique. As a
domestique, if the race leader flats a tire,
you're expected to give him yours. I didn't
want to do th'at.
"Instead, I practiced every day I could
during the winter. I was in a mountain
valley. In order to get out of the valley, you
had to go quite a ways uphill. When spring
rolled around, I was leading the team, and
tearing up the pavement.
"Under the system, the old team captain
would have had to be my dOrMstique. But
when the new season came around, they
left my name off the registration."
Andrew began racing with another team
as an alternate but was unable to adjust to
the restricted duty. Ironically, his experiences came while Greg LeMond was on
his way to becoming the first American
ever to win the Tour de France: the
Wimbledon of bicycle racing. But not' all of
his experiences in Italy were bad ones.
"I stayed with a family. It all went really well. But they kept feeding me starchy
foods that I knew I shouldn't be eating. I
was riding pretty hard. But I must have
gained about twenty pounds; I was like a '
beach ball."
Since his return from Italy, Andrew has
enjoyed racing in his first year of regional
class - otherwise known as Cat 3. As a
junior class cyclist, he once won a race
against the regional alternate for the world
championship in Germany. "It was the
greatest experience of my life," he says. "I
just sat down ahd hammered. I hammered
hard."
Leisure Education is highlighting a new
quarter with the beginning of Wellness
workshops. Because good health is affected
by everything you do - or don't do - any
Leisure Education workshop could be part
of your health and fitness activities. Fall
quarter Wellness workshops include:
Fitness Assessment and Design, Weight
Training, Slimnastics, Hatha Yoga, Your
Aching Back, Start Your Day Here, Proud Body Aerobics, Fitness Swim, Aqua
Dynamics, Aqua Aerobics, Masters Swim,
Food and Moods, Lifestyle Eating Plan,
Massage Techniques, and Self Awareness
and Meditation.
Fall quarter also offers a broad spectrum
of activities to complement the Wellness of.ferings: Some of these include: Racquetball,
Sailing, Scuba Diving, Modern Dance, Clogging for Fun, Ballet, Knitting, Floral
Design, Environmental Law, Guitar Basics,
The Storyteller, Harmonica, and much
more. Costs range in price from $5 to $225.
Registration continues on campus at the
Recreation Center Office, room 302, daily
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. through October 3. Mail-in
registrations will be accepted. Classes
begin the week of September 29 and continue for eight weeks, through the week of
November 17, unless otherwise stated.
For more information and a complete
brochure listing call 866-6000, x6530.
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Oct. 12
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The Recreation Center is planning their
annual "Get wRECked" party for Friday
October 10. The party, thrown every year
by the Recreation and Athletics staff, will
feature a dance party, three courts of
wallyball, swimming in the pool, 2 hot "tub"
rafts, team twister, a beer garden and a
community finger painting mural.
The Seattle Supersonics open training
camp at St. Martin's College this weekend.
A scrimmage Will be open to the public on
Wednesday, Oct. 8. Tickets will be $3 for
adults and $1.50 for students with LD.
Children under 12 get in free.
Evergreen tied Lewis and Clark College
0-0 last Saturday. The game ended after 4
quarters when the opposing coach declined to go into overtime.
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CALENDAR
The board will hold interviews of all applicants
in public meetings and submit a list of six board
members and three alternates to the S & A coordinator for final selection.
The Selection Committee will meet Oct. 15
in CAB I I 0 from lOAM to 3 PM to interview
all applicants. PleCise attend and give your
opinion.
S & A Open House on Wednesday, Oct. 8.
The Cooper Point Journal wants to
become a community project working
towards providing a forum for student information and opinion. We need your help.
Here are some ways that you can help us
make the CPJ as fair and comprehensive as
possible:
- Come to our open meeting from I I AM
to noon in our office, CAB306A, on Fridays
to evaluate and crit:q ue the last paper and
to plan and set go<.!s for future issues.
- Submit opinion pieces, poetry, photos, artwork, and creative writing.
- Become part of our newswriting team by
attending our meeting from noon to I PM
on Fridays to talk about story ideas, assign
news stories, and network with staff
photographers,
- Help us put the darn thing together on production day, every Wednesday from morning to ungodly hours of the night. We need
experienced paste-up people, proofreaders,
errand-runners, cookie-bakers and people
who like us to cheer us up.
- Write us a letter telling us through honest.
constructive criticism how we can do better
next time or what you especially liked so that
we can do it again.
governance
The Services and Activities Selection
Committee: Historically, the S & A Board has
been selected by the S & A coordinator. This
process has come under criticism for several
reasons, the foremost being that the selection
process lacks any means for community input and
that the board, being selected by one person,
may not be representative of the college community it serves .
The selection process for the incoming 1986-87
board will help alleviate these concersn, and help
produce a board that represents the college
community fairly , by creating a S & A Board
Selection Committee.
This committee will consist of two staff persons, the Dean of Student Development and the
Coordinator of Student Activities , and three
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noon in CAB I 10.
Student Job Openings: The following positions are open. Apply immediately ' at the S &
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S & A Board minute taker
S & A office aid
ERC co-coordinator
Women's Center co-coordinator
LGRC co-coordinator
Survey coordinator
UMOJA co-coordinator
Innerplace coordinator
Recycling coordinator
Greenet coordinator
Tides of Change coordinator
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Disco Dance and Hip Hop: This Friday,
October 3, at Gescco, 5th & Cherry at 9:30
PM.
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Steve Munger will play Blues and Jazz at the Rainbow Restaurant at 4th and Columbia, Friday and
Saturday from 9:00 to 12:00 on October 17th
and 18th.
Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter and
Jim Paae will play Halloween In Seattle
at the 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 5th Ave.
on October 31st, begining at 8:30 PM. Tickets
range between $9.00 and $14.00 and are
available at all Ticketmaster outlets
Seattle Symphony will perform at the
Washington Center on October 7th at 7:30
PM. This is the first of two Olympia appearances
to be made by the Seattle Sympony during the
1986-1987 season
Harriett Christian Taylor, Contralto, will
perform Bach, Handel, Mozart and Brahm on
Sunday, Oct. 5, at 3 p.m. at the Garfield High
School audotorium in Seattle. Donation of $8 requested. For more information call 323-1978.
Scottish Traditional Singer Jean Redpath will
perform at the University Methodist Temple in
Seattle on October 25th at 8:00 PM.
Singer/Songwriter Bill Staines will perform
his folk music on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 8 p .m .
at the Museum of History and Industry, 2700
24th Ave. E., Seattle. Dan Maher, known for
his Celtic folk music, will open the show. Tickets
are $7 in advance and $8 at the door. For more
information call 545-4167.
Guitar & Say Duo: Jonathan Glanzberg &
Steve Munger play Blues and Jazz at the RainboVv Restaurant at 4th and Columbia, Friday &
Saturday, October 17th & 18th from 9:00
PM
stage&screen
Jazz at the Rainbow Restaurant: Jazz
Contemporary Dance Workshop with
showcase hosted by drummer Bob Meyerevery Wednesday, featuring different guest
stars each week . Thursday's feature Jazz Jam session with saxist Steve Munger. For further information call 357-6616
Helen Walkley and Karen Scherwood will run for
8 weeks between October 6th and December
4th. Classes will be held Monday nights from
6:30-8:30 and Thursday from 5:00-7:00 at the
Olympia Ballroom. For more information call
1-325-8028 or 1-627-0399.
Olympia Old-time Country Dance will be
held Friday, October 10. The Dance will
feature live music with Fiddler Andrea Hoag and
Pianist Bill Boyd, with dance caller and teacher
Don Lennartson. The dance will begin at 8:00
PM at the Olympia Ballroom, 116 E. Legion Way.
General Admission is $3.50; $2.50 for seniors and
young people.
The Pirates of Penzance, Gilbert and
Sullivan's comic opera, opens Oct. 3 at the
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Legion Way. It will be performed by the Olympia Chorale and Light Opera. Ticket prices are
$12, $9, and $6 . For more information call
459-6669.
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Jazz vocalist Jan Stentz and pianist Barny
McClure will be performing at Ben Moores
Restaurant on October 17th and 18th at I 12
W . 4th St ,at 8:00 PM . There will be a special
cocktail performance from 10:00 PM till midnight.
Guitar & Say Duo: Jonathan Glanzberg and
Renata Scotto will be featured at a recital held
in the Seattle Opera House, Thursday,
November 6th at 8:00 PM . The performance
will be recorded by KCTS TV and edited into
a ninety-minute television special hosted by
Spleight Jenkins in early December. For ticket information call 443-4700.
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It's a Scream, a comedy about a man who inherits his father's movie studio which specializes
in horror films, will be performed at the Chinook
Theatre, Fridays and Saturdays from October
3rd through November I st at 8:00 PM. For additional information call 967-3044.
AUDITIONS for the Capitol Playhouse production Oiver will be held Friday, Oct. 10 and
Saturday, Oct. II at 7 p.m. Children's auditions on Friday, Oct. 10, at I p.m. only. Please
prepare a short, up tempo show tune . Pianist
provided. Auditions held at the Capitol Theatre,
206 E. 5th, Olympia. Call 754-5378 for more info.
The Jan Diary of Albie Sachs, the story of
a white South African lawyer imprisoned for his
opposition to apartheid, is being presented by
A Contemporary Theatre from Sept. 18 to
Oct. 12. ACT is located at I 00 W. Roy, Seattie. A special art exhibit of drawings by South
African artist Thelma Chait can be viewed in the
lobby. There will be a free public discussion
following the play at the matinee performance
on Sunday, Sept . 28. Tickets range from $9 to
$ 17. For more information call 285-51 10.
Duffy Bishop and the Rythym Dogs is the
name of a new R&B musical showing at ACT,
100 W . Roy, Seattle, on Sept. 22, 29, and Oct.
6 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 . For more informa. tion call 285-51 10.
Joint Forces Dance Company will open the
1986-87 Evergreen Expressions Series at 8:00 PM
on Saturday, October II, in the Experimental Theatre at the Evergreen State College.
Tickets cost $6; $4 for students . Call 866-6833
for complete details.
The Hasty Heart, a play about a Scottish
soldier convalescing in a British Army hospital in
the Orient at the end of WWI. Tacoma Actor's
Guild, 1323 S. Yakima, Tacoma. Oct. 3-25. For
info call 272-2145.
visual arts
Childhood's End Gallery is showing the Vi vian Kendall's cityscapes in oil. Reid Ozaki's
ceramics, Jerlyn Caba 's fused and etched glass,
and Rollin Geppert's black and white
photographs from Oct. 3 to Nov. 4 from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and
from noon to 5 p.m . on Sunday. Located at 222
W. 4th, Olympia.
The Evergreen Student Art Gallery is
showing "Summerworks," a collection of final
prints by Evergreen summer photography
students. Located on the first floor of the CAB,
directly across from the Greenery. For more information call Val Kitchener at x6412.
The Marianne Partlow Gallery will be .
presenting the metal sculpture of Jean
Mandeberg and the fiber art of Gloria Crouse
until Oct. 8. Located at 500 S. Washington St.
Hours are from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and II a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturday .
Duane Pasco will be showing a new exhibition
of his work at the Marianne Partlow Gallery from
Oct. 10 to -Nov. 18. Included will be carved
boxes, masks, chests, poles, and original
serigraphs by the carver. Mr. Pasco will be
available at the opening of the show, on Friday,
Oct. 10 from 5 to 8 p.m., and Saturday morning on Oct. II at 11:30 a.m. The gallery is located
at 500 S. Washington St.
Nib n' Inks' Annual Calligraphy Show will
be held September 27th through October
25th at the Four Season's Bookstore, 3413
Capitol Boulevard, Tumwater, Monday throgh
Friday 10:00 - 6:00 and Saturday 10:00 - 5:00.
Tacoma Art Museum will be featuring a collection of Northwest art by artists such as Mark
Toby, Paul Horiuchi, Walter Isaacs, and James
Martin. The exhibit will show from October 9th
to November 16th. The museum also has a
small, . permanent collection of European
impressionists .
Abbot Parcher, O.S.B., will present a lecture
on the Martin of Tours Collection at the
Tacoma Art Museum, Thursay, October 16th
at 6:00 PM. The lecture is $1.00 for students;
$2.00 for Non-member adults.
Seattle Book is an exhibition of 15
photographic and written works by Northwest
artists commissioned by the Seattle Arts Commission to be featured in Seattle Bcd<, a publication pr~ting a sampling of the varied meanings the city holds for inhabitants and visitors
alike . Located on the Fountain Level of the Seattle Center House. Runs through Nov. 16. For
more information call 625-4223.
Stained Glass Competition and Exhibition: open to all stained glass enthusiasts.
Deadline for entries: Oct. 31. Exhibition opens
Nov. 6. For more information call the Mandarin
Glass Company, 582-3355.
Northwest Photo..,aphy Competition:
Open to all artists using photographic techniques,
such as silver print. photo silkscreen, gum print.
color print, photo-sculpture, etc. Entry day is
Saturday, Nov. I. Entries must be shipped to
the Humboldt Cultural Center, 422 First St.,
Eureka, CA 9550 I. Entry fee is $10 for the first
entry and $5 for each one after that. For more
information call (07) 442-2611 or write.
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St. Peter's Hospital is offering a three-session
program on dietary habits, weight control, and
disease prevention, on Tuesdays, October
7-21,7-9 PM in room 202. Thursdays will feature
an eight-week series designed for people who
have had a cardiovascular illness or who are interested .in preventing one. The series will run
October 9-13 from 7-9 PM. And a three-part
series, "Rx: Relaxation", will meet October 7,
14, and 28. Tuition varies between $22 to $40
per program.
Gay Men Support Group every Thursday
from 7 to 9 p.m . at the GRLC, LlB3223, x6344.
Begins Oct. 2.
Tal Chi Chuan classes for both beginners and
intermediate participants are being offered by
the Olympia. Parks and Recreation Department.
Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art in which relaxed, slow movement facilitates the effective use
of the mind and body through postural alignment
and basic movement principles. Classes meet
Thursdays, Oct. 2 through Nov. 20. Beginners meet from 7 to 8 p.m ., Intermediates from
8 to 9 p.m. at Old Washington . The fee is $25 .
Citizen CPR: a chance to learn or brush up
on life-saving skills or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Thursday, October 15, 7-10 PM at the
community center. Free; advance registration
required.
Wallyball: every Monday 7-9 PM on CRC racquetball court number I.
Volleyball: every Tuesday and Thursday 12-1
PM, Red Square .
African Dance: every Wednesday 3:30-5:00
PM in Rec. Center room 307.
Last day for Leisure Ed registration is Fri day, Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. unless the workshop
discription indicated an extended registration
deadline.
Seattle Supersonics will open training camp
at St. Martin's with an open scrimage on
Wednesday, October 8. Tickets are $3 for
adults; $1.50 for students with I. D., and are
available through St. Martin's.
Get wRECked party featuring swimming, beer
garden, and wallyball will be held Friday, October 10 at the Recreation Center .
exploration
Zen meditation every Wednesday at 8 p.m.
in the Lecture Hall rotunda. Free. Bring a firm,
thick pillow. Sponsored by Olympia Zen-Kai .
TranKendental Meditation: An advanced
The Group, a therapeutic experience. A supportive setting for personal issues. Register at
the Counseling Center in the seminar building.
First meeting Oct. 8 at 3: 15 . Will meet every
Wednesday fall quarter. Barbara Gibson and
John Miller will facilitate.
What do I say now? is a group for adult
daughters and their mothers being formed at the
YWCA. It is a "free experience offered to
mothers and daughters who want to explore and
enhance their relationship with each other in a
caring and supportive environment. The 6-8
week group, once formed, wi ll meet at the
YWCA at times convenient to the participant.
For more info, call 273-5476 or 352-0593 by Oct.
IS.
The Challange of Blending Families is the
topic of a breakfast at the YMCA on Tuesday
October 7 from 7-8 AM. The speaker will be
Susan Klovee-Smith, parent, counselor and Executive Director of Big Brothers and Big Sisters.
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Evergreen College Community Organization
kicks qff its 16th year in style with its fourth annual "Celebration of the Evergreen State,"
featuring Washington's mouthwatering best on
Sunday October 19 at 4 PM in the Library at
the Evergreen State College. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Evergreen Bookstore.
The YMCA is having their annual "Attic Sale "
Saturday, November 29,9 AM to 4 PM. Donations should be brought now to the YMCA at220
Union Ave. S.E . between 9-5, Monday through
Friday.
Thurston County Rape Relief and
Women's Shelter Services needs volunteers
to answer crisis calls; work with clients; counseling; advocating; and working in the business office. We have a special need for daytime
volunteers. Extensive training provided. Call
786-8754 for an application
An orientation about Blg .Brothers and Big
Sisters will be held October 9 aboard the
yacht SUVA. The SUVA will be berthed at Percival Landing and the orientation will take place
between I I :30 AM and I :30 PM
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within their teritories . For more information call
586-0085 or 357-7272.
Gideon Spiro an Israeli citizen who opposes
his government's occupation of Lebanon and the
West Bank will speak in the Campus Activities
building, Room 108, the Evergreen State College on Friday October 1, at noon.
A former Sargeant in the paratroopers, Spiro
has been an active member of Yesh G'vul, the
Israeli soldiers who refused to serve in the 1982
invasion of Lebanon. He advocates non-violent
resistance and is an outspoken opponent of the
Israeli government's growing repre ssion of
Palestinian refugees. He will speak against the
massive support given Israel by the United States
that enables Israel to carry out its own version
of "apartheid" against the Palastinians living
Anti-apartheid divestment rally will be held
October 9-10 in Olympia. The rallies will call
Richard Feather Anderson will give a lecture
on Geomancy, Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 7 PM at
the Organic Farm. Geomancy is "the study
of how architecture, technology, and other
human sciences and concerns can be brought into
ecological and holistic alignment with the Spirit
and veins of energy within the earth."
for the State of Washington to divest from all
companies doing business in South Africa. Currently, the state pension fund has over one billion
dollars invested in such companies . the rallies will
be held at noon on the capital steps. For more
information call EPIC at x6144.
letter~wrltlng at Olympia's
Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation invites you to help them raise a
Bread and Roses House of Hospitality to help
Amnesty International will take place on Friday
October 3 beginning at 7:30 PM. The evening
program is free and open to all. For more information ca ll 754-4085.
Challenge Fund to be used to fund peaceful community services in Nicaragua. The fund hopes to
match, dollar for dollar, the money Congress is
sending the Contras . For more information call
789-5565 .
An evening of
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meet some of the political leaders in our region
at a conferance entitled" Politics that Heal." You
will hear such speakers as Gib Curry and Don
Hynes, Emissary Foundation International: Chuck
Zimmerman, Beyond War: Frank Seal. Sixth
Sense: Tina Burrell, Holyearth Foundation youth
exchange: Norma Jean Young, Seattle Reiki
Center: Ellen Goldman, Whole Health Institute.
The meeting will be held in Tacoma, Saturday,
October 18 from I :30 to 6:30 at Lakewood
Communih' Center, 9112 Lakewood Drive S.W.
Pre-registration is $10 before October 16. At
the door, $15. For more information call
537-9220.
Seattle activist and author Gloria Martin will
sign copies of her recently published book,
Socialist Feminism: the First Decade, at
an autograph party Saturday October II, at
Imprints Bdokstore and Gallery, 917 N. Second
St. , Tacoma. Martin's book is an inside account
. of the formative years of the Freedom Socialist
Party.
Senator Gorton seeks Interns: Applications
for US Senator Slade Gorton's 1987 Senior
Citizen Intern Program are being accepted now
through Nov. I. The internships begin Jan. I,
1987. Applications may be obtained by calling
Sen . Gorton 's state offices in Seattle, 442-5545,
or Vancouver, 696-7838. Applicants must be at
least 60 years of age, residents of Washington
state, and citizens of the US.
other stuff
GRE and LSA T practice tests will be held
on Friday, Oct. 10 in Lecture Hall I. The GRE
will be from 8 to noon and the LSAT will be from
I to 5 PM. Call ><6193 or drop by L1B1213 to
preregister for either practice test .
examination process and the Foreign Service can
be picked up in the Career Development Office in L 1214
The Divine Church of the Thunderlizard
is a non-profit religious organization dedicated
to the belief that the return of the Dinosaurs
will occur in our lifetime . Our fifteen memberstrong congregation assembles during the full
moon to worship and give praise to our highest
lord, JOE-SAUR, otherwise known as SEXBIRD.
Our exalted reverand, the enigmatic Frank
Gunderson leads his flock through song and
psalm and delivers HOLY MESSAGES relayed
to him directly from the mind of Joe himself.
"Verily , verily, I say unto thee, for it is EXXON ,
the Great WHORE, who desicrates the Holy
Buriel Grounds and uses my BLOOD to fuel the
Beast . Go YE into the four corners of the earth,
w ith drum and honker in onr hand, and a vial
of my blood in the other, and proceed to
destroy by Great Fire the four-wheel abominations. When your work is complete, I shall
return."
The DCTL joyously awaits the return of our lord
from the bowels of the earth . For it is written:
"This is no Godzilla movie . The earth shall open
and SEXBIRD w ill come forth to gather all the
card-holding believers onto his back to watch
from above as the wicked tools of mineral extraction are swallowed back into darkness and
destruc t ion.
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The DCTL has declared the first week of October to be the International Week of the
Dinosaur.
To become a card-carrying member and to
receive the official DCTL newsletter, send only
one dollar to: DCTL, PO Box 10341, Olympia,
WA . 98502 or call the Dinosaur Awareness
Hotlin e at 1-206-866-9507.
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write an effective resume for a job or an internship . On Friday, October 10 from noon to I
PM., the Career Development Office is presentinga Resume Writing Workshop for all students
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Dean Claussen, former Foreign Service Officer, will be on campus Monday, October 6,
discussing career options in the Foreign service .
He will hold a drop in session in library room
3402 from noon to 2 PM. All interested persons
are encouraged to attend.
Interested In a Career in Foreign Service?
The U.S. Department of State has announced
the date for the Foreign Service Examination will
be given this year on December 6, The deadline
for applying to take the exam id October24.
Application form ~ and booklets explaining the
Cooperative Education is offering a massive
orientation session for all winter and spring
quarter planners. The meeting will be Wednesday October 8 from 1-3 PM in lecture hall I.
Foreign Language Instruction: The Defense
Language Institute in Monterey will be hiring
foreign language instructors over the next four
years. The major languages they need ex pertise
in are : Russian, German, Korean, and Spanish .
The DLI offers intensive foriegn langruage instruction on campuses In Monterey adn San Francisco
to members of the military and civilian government employees. For employment information
and application documents, write Paul Palla,
Chief, Recru itment and Personnel Services,
Civilian Personnel Office, Presidio of Monterey,
CA 9394!4-5006 . Applications are continually acce pted, For further information, contact the
Career Develoment Office, LIB 1213, x6 193
Employment Opportunities In Television:
a round table discussion presented by the Seattle
chapter of NATAS. Thursday, Oct. 9 from
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM at KIRO-TV, Seattle. For
more information call 682-3576.
Rental assistance program: the Housing
Authority of Thurston County is accepting ap plications for the waiting list of the Rental
Assistance Program. Further information on the
program and applications can be obtained by calling their office at 753-8292 or visiting in person
between 8 AM and 5 PM, at 505 West 4th Ave ,
Olympia . The average wait has been two years.
Graduate fellowships for minorities are being offered by the Committee on Institutional
Cooperation . Each CIC Minorities Fellowship is
for four years. Each award will pay full tuition
plus a stipend of at least $7,000. The fellowship
is for members of minority groups seeking PhDs
in social sciences, humanities, sciences , math, or
engineering. apply now . For more information
call toll free between 9 AM and 4 PM, EST, at
800-457-4420.
National Science Foundation Graduate
Fellowships: Students selected will receive
stipends of $1 I , 100 for a twelve-month
fellowship tenure . The deadline for applications
is Nov. 14. For more info write the Fellowship
Office, National Research Council, 2 101 Constitution Ave, Washington D.C. 204 18 or see
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environment
Avoid chimney fires and increase the energy
output of your wood. Learn how to heat w ith
wood safely and effeciently. Thursday , October
16 7-9 PM at the Evergreen State College,
Library room 21 0 I .
Heat Pumps: A presentation on heat pumps
and how they operate . A free presen tation w ill
be given Wednesday, October 8, 7·8:30 PM
at the Timberland regional library in Olympia.
Adopt-a.Stream Conference: Salmon,
Education and Watershed Enhancement:
Friday, Oct. 10 and Saturday, O ct. II, at the
Everett Pacific Hotel, Everett . Cost is $4,) . For
more information call 833 -800 I .
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