The Cooper Point Journal Volume 15, Issue 24 (May 7, 1987)

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CONTENTS

editor's note:
This week went great. We had buckets
of interesting copy BY DEADLINE and
our volunteer production staff is growing. A big thank you to everyone who
helped out.
On May 21, the theme of the issue will
be Giving to the Community. If you
volunteer time on a service project and
would like to share with others how it
has enriched your life, please call us. We
need people who are willing to be interviewed, as well as people to write articles and opinion pieces. Also, we will
need visual images pertaining to the
theme.
Remember that at the end of the
qual-ter the Communications Board will
be picking next year's CPj editor. If you
want to apply, it is extremely important
t hat you come up and volunteer some
timp t his quarter to get a feel for how
the system works. It is also imperative
that the future editor know how to run
t he typesetter.
Brothers and Sisters, I have a grave,
grave concern to share with you. It has
been revealed to me by the Holy Spirit,
yes, cousins, God Himself, that my
refrigerator is empty. Furthermore, I
have no cigarettes. This sorry state of
.affairs may seem like bad financial
management. NO! It is the work of
Satan, for the Prince of Darkness is trying to keep me from my holy mission
here at the seepage.
Therefore, God has given me a holy
mandate to ask you, gentle reader, for
money. Bucks. Cfams. Send it to the
CPJ pronto and your soul will be
guaranteed a choice condo in the world
to come. Don't dawdle, brethren. Hear
t he voice of God calling you.
-·Po ll y Tro-ut

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NEWS

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4,5,6 ... San Francisco peace rally; WashPIRG's anti-styrofoam drive;
Earth Fair
ANALYSIS

7... How graduate schools handle Evergreen transcripts • by
Timothy O'Brien
8... Researching grad schools. by Randy Earwood
OPINION

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1l ... An alternative governance plan • by Hector Douglas
12... Clarifying the governance DTF report. by Perry Morse and
Eric Kuhner

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POETRY

17... Johnny Winter Albino Rugby Cows
ARTS

18 ... Cabaret brings in a rave review
CALENDAR

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sacrifice

Editor,
Each soul has a different understanding of the word "sacrifice," but one
esoteric way of looking at it is "to make
sacred."
Thus, when we sacrifice, our
selfIshness dies for the greater good.

It is also the dying ofthe old standard
and the rebirth of the new. Hence,
Spring marks the time when the dead
growth of Winter gives way to the fl1'st
sprouts of Spring.
It is in this context that sacrifice was
used in my April 16 article concerning
spring ceremonies. Both Easter and
Passover usually take place at the first
full moon period of Spring, during Aries.
Aries is symbolized by the ram, or often
the young ram or lamb. It is by the
sacrifice of Aries, represented by the
blood of the lamb on the doorpost, that
the Jewish people are pa,88ed overby the
Angel of Death. Slavery is overcome,

and the old standard gives way to the
new. It is sacrifice/death and rebirth,
leading to the sacred way of freedom.
The intent is metaphorical, and not
literal.
Categorically, let me state that the
Jewish people are not practicing blood
sacrifice. Let me further state that I am
opposed to persecution or discrimination
against the Jews or any other peoples.
Still, I ask forgiveness if, in any way,
I have injured the feelings of anyone; the
intent of the Easter article was to
demonstrate the common unity of
humanity, and to be inclusive rather
than exclusive.
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I am also thankful to Sam Segall for
further educating us concerning the
sacred symbols of Passover. I myself
would have included some of the symbols, but did not do so because of the
limits of space. Also, in particular, I am
thankful for his mention of the egg on
the Sedar table, commemorating new
life. This corresponds to the 'Easter egg
and the Cosmic egg, also symbolizing
new life, mentioned in my article. I look
forward to further articles from Sam
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Segall concerning the symbolism of
other Jewish Festivals.
May we all sacrifice our misconceptions. And let us embrace one another
with joy and fellowship, following the
Sarred WaY.,.
Will Perry

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Dear Editor, et. al.
Recently, one of your journalists, if by
a long stretch of the imagination you can
call him that, wrote a review of The
Sinking o/The Titanic. Myself and most
performers involved w.ere greatly insulted by his highly opinionated and
even vulgar account of the event. He
didn't once mention that its sole purpose
and affiliation with the college was that
of a radio broadcast. He also neglected
all but two of the 15 performers and all
of the eight technicians. His grotesque
story reduced the event to a smokers'

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and drinkers' ball! Being ajoumalist involves more than a free pass to a good
time, Bud! Remember that the artists
in this community look for support in the
media and there's not much of it in
Olympia at present. You are representing us. So next time, be responsible and
interview a few people, read the program, or stay home!
Sincerely,
Connie Bunyer

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auklets

Dear Evergreen Community,
The least auklet, a seabird that feeds
and breeds in the North Pacific and the
Bering Sea, has fallen prey to styrofoam.
The stuff seems to have scattered to all
corners of the globe. Chuskis, or
chooskies, as the Aleuts call them,
mistake the white styrofoam flotsam for
, food. The auklets eat it and feed it to
their young. Eventually it so clogs their
digestive tracts that they die. That is but
one of the disasters of styrofoam; I urge
you to sign WashPIRG's petition against
it.
Sincerely,
Hector Douglas

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To Everyone,
Due to the recent attacks and fear of
more I have reinstated Community
Crirr:ewatch. My name is Anna
VanderHouwen and I am the new coordinator. This service is needed and so
are volunteers. If you wish to donate
your time-it's a great way to get exercise and meet people!-please write
down your name, address, phone
number and days and times you can and
cannot ~ork. Bring the information to
me in CAB 304, or take it to Security.
Please do not walk anywhere alone; call
Securitv and request an escort. We can
make Evergreen a safe environment.

Indian Center's annual Pow Wow. The
fact that no explanation of the photo was
offered to those that did not attend was
sure to make it somewhat confusing. To
those of us familiar with the Pow Wow
circuit it is obvious to see what James
Old ~yote is doing with both his visible hand and the one you chose to whack
om The fact that this young man is sitting at a drum singing is not at all evident. It is hard to guess why you chose
to crop the photo so close, unless it was
to make room for the advertising at the
bottom of the page. What a waste of a
photograph; what a waste of time on my
part. Thanks for your commitment to
cultural diversity.
To all of my relations,
G.W. Galbreath

Sincerely,
Anna VanderHouwen, Coordinator

~gary
To the Editor,
It is very unfortunate that you felt the
need to crop the photo that I supplied
to you last week when reporting on the

Gary's photo and a.ccmn:pa.nying s~
were turned in past our deadline, and
violaud some other criUria. we request
of all contributors. We published them
anyway because I wanud to cover the
' Pow Wow. In light of these facts, I find
his implication that we are not committed to cultural diversity unfair and
ungrounded. --ed.

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Bike stolen
,A. ,bicycle valued at $1400 W.'1S stolen
from in front of the CRC last weekend.
The 18 speed Sekai is described as being black and silver with a tool pouch
and generator light; the serial number
is 07903B. The bicycle was taken between 7 p.m. Friday and 10 p.m. Saturday. Persons with any information are
urged to call Security at X6140.
Security claims that most bikes stolen
from the campus are usually taken for
transportation and then dumped. Once
they are abandoned and recovered,
police have no way of identifying the
owner and they are often auctioned off.
For a $1 fee Security offers an
Evergreen bicycle license. Should your
bicycle be stolen and recovered, a license
is your best bet that it will be returned
to you. The dollar goes to support the
bike shop operation. 0

--Timothy O'Brien

SF march: "Peace, justice"

Registration changes
Please note the following changes in
the current registration procedure:
May and September registration
periods will be designated for only those
programs beginning in the Fall.
Students registering into two or three
quarter programs beginning the Fall
will be permitted to register for the
duration of the program as is cUlTentiy
the practice. Students will not be permitted to register in Mayor September
for programs beginning in Winter or
Spring. Enrollment in programs beginning in the Winter will take place during the December registration period;
enrollment in programs beginning in the
Spring will take place during the March
registration period. Summer registra.
tion will be unchanged.
--the deans

. Between 70,000 and 100,000 delegates
from the western states mobilized and
rallied in San Francisco on Saturday,
April 25. The march urged the U.S. to
end intervention in Central America,
end support for Apartheid, and freeze
the arms race. Protestors bore the
slogan, "Peace, Jobs and Justice." A
simultaneous rally was held in
Washington D.C.
In San Francisco, over 400
Washington residents participated.
They came from Bellingham, Seattle,
Tacoma, Spokane and Yakima. About 25
OlympianS'and Evergreen students also
partiCipated, arriving by plane, van, car
and bus. Gathered under their banner,
chanting slogans like "Boycott South
Africa, not Nicaragua," and UNo Draft,
No War, U.S. Out of El Salvador,"
. Washington state led the march down

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Center. There, representatives and
sponsors of the Mobilization addressed
the crowd.
Dolores Huerta, Vice President of the
United Farm Workers, and Nao
Mnumanza, African National Congress
member and representative to the
United Nations, were key speakers.
There were also labor, religious and
Central American representatives.
More than a · hundred booths lined the
area, sharing a variety of information.
projects, causes, events, and food.
Inspiration, music and excitement exploded all during the day, as this was the
first r.ally in years which has encompassed such a united western states' action.
--Janine Thome and Trace Dreyer,
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Styrofoam strike
WashPIRG wants to prohibit the use
of styrofoam by SAGA food services on
campus. Styrofoam contains a chemical
that destroys the ozone layer. A one per·
cent reduction in the ozone could cause
20,000 new skin cancers, according to
Jane-Ellen Weidanz, local WashPlRG
board chair.
WashPIRG declared Monday, May 4
as Styrofoam Day and kicked off a fiveday petition drive to stop SAGA from
using'styrofoam products at their food
service locations.
The director of SAGA food services,
Vonda Drogmund, has said the issue
should be decided by the community, adding that SAGA will provide the option
for people to use paper products or
china. If people stop using styrofoam
SAGA will discontinue its use, said
Drogmund. Paper products cost about
twice as much as styrofoam containers.
Whether or not a switch to paper containers would cause food prices to rise
is unknown.
The ' most widely-used styrofoam,
polystyrene foam, is made with

chloroflourocarbons (CJ<'Cs), a form of
the chemical that was banned from
aerosol cans in the mid-1970s in an effort to protect the ozone layer. Among
the future consequences of ozone depletion are decreased crop yields, disruption of the marine food chain and skin
cancers. The production of CFCs is expected to double by the year 2000.
Polystyrene cannot be recycled and it
takes 100 years to decompose. Independent studies have shown polystyrene to
damage the liver and it is suspected to
be carcinogenic. The EPA claims
styrene is not toxic, although they have
never done any testing, says Kirk Haffner, campus recycling coordinator. Also,
acids like those found in lemons and teas
can break down polystyrene, resulting
in ingestion of the chemicals.
The ozone layer is an atmosphere that
shields the earth from deadly ultraviolet
rays. If the ozone continues to be
depleted at current levels, the EPA
predicts an estimated BOO,OOO deaths to
future generations. 0

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Evergreen
transcripts
shiv with
graduate
schools

n the midst of doing
my taxes this year
I was overwhelmed
with
a sense
of wonder and decided to write a narrative tax return _ I thought that mere
numbers did not relate all that I wanted
to say to t he iRS, so instead I submit-

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ted a single spaced type-written page
detailing not only my earnings, but explaining the experience that went into
making that money _ I also outlined exactly how I did and did not wish my
taxes to be spent. I haven't heard from
the IRS yet, but who knows, maybe
I've started something_ Something
besides legal proceedings, I hope_ .
If this all soutlds a little peculiar,~on­
sider the reaction a graduate school admissions director has when she comes
across her first Evergreen transcript. In
a system that runs relatively smoothly
on nice , neat, easily compiled numbers,
the Evergreen transcript can cause
several moans and groans. Or, as one admissions director put it: "The best thing
I can say about an Evergreen transcript
is that it drives me to drink."
But before you take to drinking
yourself, rest assured that while
graduate school admissions pe9Ple. may
cringe at the sight of an Evergreen
transcript, they do not seem to take it
out on the student. In fact, Evergreen
students have as high an acceptance rate
to graduate schools as students from
other universities. Evergreen's narrative transcripts do not appear to be a
hinderance to students who apply to
graduate schools. Our transcripts stand
out, and when an admissions director
has to review hundreds of applications,
that can often be an advantage.
One thing that is common to both
Evergreen graduates and graduates of
traditional institutions is the importance
of the standardized waduate school exams. The most generic of these is the
Graduate Records Exam (GRE)_ Most
MBA programs require a GMAT
(Graduate Management Admissions
Test) score; for medical schools you'll
have to take the MCAT (Medical College
Admissions Test); law schools ask applicants to take the LSAT (Law School
Admissions Test) exam_ While it is important to do well on these exams, most
graduate school faculty and admissions
people agree that the standardized tests
are a poor gauge of a person's ability to
do graduate work. However, often an
Evergreen graduate's test scores are
given more credence simply because it
is the only number an admissions person bas to grab on to.
According to Marsha Brown, Program
Coordinator for the Graduate School of
Public Affairs at the University of
Washington , "People give up on
Evergreen transcripts; they're too hard
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to read. They use the GRE's to evaluate

whether or not the student can do the
academic work." Brown and other admissions directors acknowledged that
when a student has a moderate GRE
score, they tend to review that person's
transcript more closely.
Along with test scores, an Evergreen
student's subjective factors Oetters of
recommendation,letter.ofintent and interview) can be deciding factors for
graduate school admission.
Evergreen faculty member Clyde
Barlow has worked with many students
applying to medical and veterinary
schools and believes that the subjective
factors are more important for
Evergreen students. "I don't think they
work with the evaluation at all. They go
with letters of recommendation, the
standard test scores and the interview,
and then develop a point rating. And
that's how you get in," Barlow said. "It
is a curious situation; if they don't read
the evaluation then they just rely on
your subjective factors, and that should
be an advantage for most people. If they
do read your evaluation then that's a
plus too because they have to spend
more time on your application. You're
getting an unfair advantage over other
students."
Advan~s aside, there are still some
schools that refuse to deal with the
Evergreen transcript. Faculty member
Jeff Kelly claims many of the state
universities in TeXas simply will not admit Evergreen students into medical
and science programs. Overall, the
figures do not seem to indicate a problem, according to the Career Dev~op­
ment Office. For the period 1971-81 the
acceptance rate for Greeners to medical
school was 85% and 84% for law school.
Debra Strigenz, Director of Admissions for the UW Law School, sees the
Evergreen transcript as an advantage
for the average student but something
of a disadvantage for the truly excellent
student. She was new to the area and
unfamiliar with Evergreen's narrative
evaluations. As a result, she sent all
Evetgre-en applicants to an admissions
committee. Such a committee is often
made tip offaculty and students who individually review transcripts and make
recommendations for admittance or
denial. This proved to be an advantage
for marginal students who, had theyattended a traditiorlaI college, might have
been denied admission early on in the
process based on their GPA, but by vir-

tue of their Evergreen transcript
students were given the added advantage of. being reviewed by committee.
Conversely, excellent students who ~
have been granted an early admission

d~ion ~~ in part on·th~ji.GPA ;;;
slighted. Baslcauy iUl ~.ta!l.~~" ~._
dent, unless their LSAT is in the top
96%, is not going to get early a,dmission," Strigenz said.
A further disadvantage may exist for
, Evergreen graduates who have attended another college where they did poorly prior to coming to Evergreen. Late
bloomers that transfer to Evergreen
with a low GPA may be stuck with that
number even though they have excelled in their final couple of years.
"Graduate schools desperately look for
a GPA because they want to sl8p a
number on you," Barlow said. "If you've
gone to another school (or a quarter and
received a 2.0 GPA and then come to
Evergreen and do great work .. Jots of
times schools will use that 2.0."
Joyce Weston, Coordinator of
Evergreen's Career Development office,
has advised some students to attend
another coUege for a quarter or two to
bring up their GPA. In most cases admissions directors tend to concern
themselves with a student's third and
fmal years.
An Evergreen transcript is a bit more
forgiving in nature; when a student who
has attended only Evergreen is a slow
starter it is not as obvious in a narrative
trclnscript as it is in a standard
transcript. "At Evergreen that low GPA
early on tends to get buried in the
mounds of paper," Barlow observed.
The importance placed on GPAs varies
with progt"ams and the~directors. "We
pay very little attention- to GPAs, frankly ," said Donald Bell, Director of the
UW's Graduate School of Business Administration. ''We tend to put a great
deal of entphasis on maturity, work experience...and on how well one can marshall ~ argument in writing."
RU88ell Hollander, ~ Director
for the Graduate Co~ and Commuriity Psychology program at St. Martina College, agrees. For our program
a person may have a 4.0 GPA but if they
cannot relate to and·interact with pe0ple they will no~ do w~ in our p~
gram. For this reuon Hollander (avors
an Evergreen transcrip.t. He say8, "I
feel that I have a much better (eel for
the kind of educational experience that
someone has had by reading an

Evergreen transcript."
The fact that an Evergreen transcript
does not have a GPA on it when it leaves
the college does not mean it will remain
that way. The Program Director for the

common opinions: An Evergreen
transcript gives an evaluator a better
serise of the person and the type of
education they received, but it is too
long and difficult to read.
Brown noted, "You get a sepse from
reading an Evergreen transcript about
a person's values, interests, self-esteem
and all sorts of things." Bell cited a
similar impression, "In some ways we
get a lot more information about
Evergreen people than anybody else
because we get some notion of how they
have performed and in what ways they
have excelled."
At the same time, admissions people
claim that the Evergreen transcript is
much too long and wordy. "Maybe if the '
process was shortened it might be a litmore effective than some of these
glowing, two-page, single-spaced,
evaluations," suggested Borkowsky.
Brown thinks that because of its length,
an Evergreen transcript is inferior to a
standard transcript, but adds, "If they
shortened it a lot it would be superior
to a regular transcript." Ben claims that
"the I,)verkill of the verhage" detracts
from the transcript's usefulness. "It
becomes something of a . burden to
evaluate for purposes such as mine."
There is an obvious contradiction here:
on one hand the admissions people claim
to have a better sense of an Evergreen
student,but at the ~e time feel that
the document's length makes it difficult
for them to find the relevant information
needed to evaluate a student. The fact
that admissions people know more about
Evergreen students and their educational experience suggests that they are
taking the extra time to work with the
transcripts.
Hollander represents the optimum
outlook when he states, "It is inevitable
that there is going to be some moaning
and groaning, but that is balanced out
by the feeling that you will come away
with a better sense of the person and
their edllcational experience."
Borkowsky put it in perspective: "The
problem we have with Evergreen isn't
really a problem of Evergreen's; it is
really our administrative problem."
To get the most out of an Evergreen
transcript takes time. However,
regardless of how much time one takes
to review the document, unless the
_evaluations are wri~n prowlY tAl
begin with, the transcript is of little
value.
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MBA program at St. Martins College,
Wayne Borkowsky, reviews Evergreen
transcripts and assigns a GPA to them.
"I get this transcript and I usually say,
'this is an A student or a B student,' based on what I see in the evaluation and
I just put a number on to that,"
Borkowsky said. "The evaluation's terminology tells me where I might put
them on a scale." Borkowsky conceeds
that language can be ambiguous and dif·
ferent for various people. "If someone
comes in here with a 3.0 GPA that's a
3.0; if they come in and I assign a 3.0
GPA it cert..ainl.y is subjective, but before
I do that I've done a lot of work."
Many times Borkowsky will have a
faculty member independently review a
transcript, especially if he has questions
about it. "There is always that GMAT
score to help us crystalize what our
perceptions are," he added.
Borkowsky claims that his approach is
fairly consistent 9ith other MBA programs. This was the only program person interviewed who translated a narrative transcript into a GPA. Bell
believes that such a numerical evalua·
tion is rare. "I would not view that
reliance on numbers as indicative,
especially of top-end schools," she said.
While the ways in which admissions
people work with and ev81uate an
Evergreen transcript is as different as
the people themselves, all the admissions people inte.r viewed voiced two
8

When it comes to picking a graduate
school, students at Yale, Stanford, and
t he University of Washington have it
easy. Students attending big, traditional
schools have hundreds of potential postgraduate programs to choose from -- at
all the other big, traditional schools.
Their instructors are part of an "oldboy" network of scholars, business people, and government, which gives these
students access to and influence on entrance boards, scholarship committees,
and so on. They have grades, departmental ml\iors, and in-depth disciplinary
knowledge with which to impress the
traditionally-minded graduate programs. Finally, many of them can do
graduate studies without leaving their
undergraduate schools.
Evergreen students are not so lucky.
There are few quality graduate programs which offer a truly interdisciplinary, student-designed education
-- and many of these still use grades
rather than evaluations. Both
Evergreen's youth and philosophy limit
its connections to the "old-boy" network_ Without grades, departments, or
curricular distribution requirements, the
"Evergreen experiment" is still looked
upon with some distrust and
misunderstanding by the more traditional graduate schools. And, of course,
there are only two graduate programs
at Evergreen itself -- almost everyone
here has to look elsewhere for a post-

graduate education:
So much for the bad news. The good
news is this: there are several
Evergreen-like graduate programs out
there, with more appearing all the time.
Interdisciplinary education is gaining in
both popularity and credibility. And
many entrance-board members appreciate having nan-ative evaluations to
help them make their decisions. With a
little work and planning, potential
graduate students can use their
"superior" Evergreen education to find
and gain entrance to a quality graduate
program which meets their needs.
The fIrst rule is a simple one: plan
ahead. Many schools have a January
deadline for application for fall admission; this means all application. essays,
entrance exams, and faculty recommendations must be fInished 9 months ahead
of time. The Graduate Record Examination, required by many of the better
schools, must be taken by October in
order to meet this deadline -- and up to
six months earlier if you want a chance
to retake it after seeing your scores.
Many programs have specifIc prerequisite requirements, which you may
need to fulfill in your senior
undergraduate year. Most private
scholarships have extremely early
deadlines -- up to 16 months in some
cases. And even programs with a late
spring or early summer deadline usually have February or March cut-<>ff dates

for fmancial aid applications_ The moral
of the story is clear: Spring quarter of
your junior year is by no means too early to start the process.
But how to begin? A fIrst step might
be to ask questions of yourself. What
sort of an educational environmen~ do
you want? What are you looking for in
the way of school size and l~tion,
political climate, educational philosophy,
linkages with business and government,
and so on? Are there any particular
scholars you want to work with? Where
is the research that interests you being
done? How important is reputation and
prestige? Employability? And how will
you pay for your education?
Another approach is to "graze" - take
a look at what is available, and see if
anything looks interesting. With either
method, your next stop is the library.
The reference section at the Evergreen
library and the Career Development offIce have a large variety of guides, indexes, directories of graduate programs,
and a microfiche collection containing
the catalog of nearly every college and
university in the United States and
Canada, as well as many overseas
schools. Some of the more useful publications include:
The College Blue Book - same info as
above on more programs, pTus in-<iepth financial aid directory and occupational education
index.
Peterson's Guide to Graduate and Profe88ional Progratnll - even more exhaustive
liRting of programR, extensively cro!lll-

referenced by school, major, and degree, willi
numerical reports on degrees awarded, applicants accepted, assistantships and
fellowships granted, and including contact
names, numbers, and addreBSes.

These three resources contain so much
information that they are unmanageable
for anyone who is still grazing for ideas.
A number of smaller, topic-specifIc
guides are available to help you refIne
your goals. Among these are:
~TM Complete Guide to Non-TraditUmal
EducatUm
~Bear'8 Guide to Non-Traditicnal College
Degrees
~Profiles of American CoLUges
~Directory of Campus BU8ines8 Linkages
~uate and Professional School Opportunitie8 far Mfnarity Students
~National Faculty Directory

Of course, you can only tell so much
from a book. You can often fInd programs just as well by other means. Ask
faculty and other people who share your
interests for suggestions. Find out
where the authors of your favorite books
and journal articles teach or went to
school. Call up experts in your field to
solicit their advice. The alternatives are
only limited by your ingenuity.
Once you've got a list of possible progr".uns, the next stop is the microfiche
college catalog collection. Here you can
get more specific information about the
progr.uns; find out about requirements
and deadline8; learn about the campu8,
faculty, and genercl! educational environment; get financial aid information;

discover how to start the application
process and/or receive more information;
and so on. Then it is simply a matter of
deci4ing which institutions warrant a
more in-depth examination, and sending
away for that information.
Evergreen-like graduate programs are
especially hard to fmd. Here are a few
I've found in the course of my own
research. Look in th$" microfiche
catalogues for more information:
of California at Santa Cruz -.
History of Consciousne8s program
~Sonoma State University in Sonoma,
California _. Independent Studies program
~Errwry University in Atlanta .. Inter·
disciplinary Studie8 program
~Eastern Washington University .- In·
dividual Studies program
~Antioch University, Seattle (and elsewhere)
.- whole 8chool
~John F. Kennedy University ill Orillda.
California _. whole school
~University

Concurrent with your research of the
schools, you will probably need to begin
thinking about entrance exams and
financial aid. The friendly people at the
Career Development offIce and in the
Financial Aid office can help you. Career
Development offers practice tests for all
the ml\ior graduate entrance exams. and
provides the advice, applications, and information you'll need to apply for these
tests. They also have information on
literally thousands of scholarship and
grant opportunities. The Financial Aid
office has the applications and advice
you'll need to apply for public financial

aid.
When the time comes to fill out your
applications(s), there are a few things to
keep in mind. First and foremost, take
adyantage of your Evergreen education.
Stress that your knowledge is broad·
based and interdisciplinary. Call attention to your transcripts, and to their
depth as compared to grades. In short,
explain yourself. A good applicatio;)
essay can go a long way toward removing confusion and doubt in the mind of
a traditionally-trained entrance board
examiner. Finally, apply to more than
one school. Some programs get many
times more applications then they can
accept; even highly qualifIed applican,t s
must sometimes be rejected. Also, one
school may offer you a considerably better financial package than another.
Well, there it is! Start early, research
thoroughly, make sure you have all the
tests and other requirements completed
well ahead of the deadlines, and visit
Career Development and Financial Aid
for ideas and support. Explain in your
application why your Evergreen education uniquely qualifIes you for graduate
study, and apply to more than one school
to help insure acceptance somewhere
and to maximize fInancial benefits. By
following these guidelines, along with
your own reason and judgement, you
should be able to fmd and be accepted
to a school that's right for you. O
--Randy Eanvood

Getting into grad scho~ls

Randy Earwoo d
is reduced to soggy
cornflakes under a
plethora of grad
photos by Mlcha~ Pol" . CPj

9

school blues
10

Creative, flexible governance
Rather than melt into the "Oleogarchy of the few," it seems imperative that
students adopt a provisional government this quarter, yet allow flexibility
for change and improvement in that
structure. I have outlined a workable
synthesis of ideas for such a
government.
Representational government with a
town meeting format would give the
maximum number of students public
speaking and negotiating experience and
a foundation for creating better governance after graduation. In any simple
,majority rule 49 out of 100 people can
be disenfranchised. Therefore, consensus should be incorporated into the
decision-making process. Student positions of leadership and responsibility
should be created within the council including
moderator,
secretary,
timekeeper, lobbyist and investigative
reporters. If warranted, these positions
should receive two to four credit hours
of academic credit, not pay. The governance DTF should continue; their charge
should be to examineother·governance
structures and seek to improve or
changp the provisional government.
Finally, liaisons and committees should
be established as communication links
with other parts of the college and the
community for the purpose of
negotiating agreements.
Bi-yearly elections would give more
people the experience of serving in
governance and would keep governance
functional~ver summer quarter. People
need to feel an identification with and ac-

"Many poor decision
are made on the
basis of simple majority rule, because
the vote becomes a
reaction ... Consensus
insur.es that multiple
sides of an argument
are explored."

cessability to their representatives.
Some representatives should be elected
on the basis of where students live, i.e.
one from the dorms, one from the
modular housing, one from ASH and two
from off campus. At least one representative should be elected from one
academic program in each curriculum
area, i.e. Core Programs, Humanities,
Environmental Studies. These would
total eleven. One would hope that
ethnicity would arise spontaneously in
the electoral process, but to insure this,
at least two representatives should be
elected from minority student organizations. An optimum upper limit to the size
of the council would seem to be 25.
One problem with many governing
bodies is that they distance themselves
from their constituency. That is why a
town meeting format, in which members
of the community would have equal participation in the discussion, would be
valuable. It also gives students valuable
opportunities to develop sp~ skills.
Many poor decisions are made on the
basis of simple maJority rule, because
the vote becomes a reaction rather than
a thought. Two-thirds maJority rule still
leaves out minorities. When voting
blocks or negotiating parties feel that
they go unheard, they drop out. Consensus insures that mUltiple sides of an
issue are explored.
There are various fo~ consensus.
One group in Angl~ that used
consensus was the Society of Friends,
or Quakers. At a business meeting, the
Quakers would discuss a problem and
meditate silently upon it until a common
'solution was agreed upon by all. If no
consensus arose, the issue was tabled.
When the group was split between two
opposing decisions, consensus would
often give rise to a third option that was
more creative and appropriate.
At Evergreen, consensus might
realistically work this way. A time limit
of fifteen minutes is imposed on discussion. The moderator, who is critical to
the process, recognizes speakers, insures that discussion is limited in scope
to the issue, and steers discussion away
from derogatory and argumentative taco
tics which lead nowhere. The moderator
also determines when the group is ready
to ask for consensus. By the end of the
time limit, rather than forcing or dropping the issue with a simple maJority
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vote, a policy is offered for consensus.
Representatives can either agree to
consensus, stand aside (abstain) or block
consensus. People who block consensus
must offer clear and logical explanations
of why they cannot agree and what
modifications would make the proposal
acceptable. So while discussion rages on
about policies and how to implement
them, the door is open to creative solutions. Alternative resolutions can be offered, but if consensus is blocked three
times, the issue is set aside until the next
meeting, referred to a committee, or
reverted to simple maJority rule by a
two-thirds m!!Jority vote. Committees of
at least one proponent and one opponent
should be created at the t~ consensus
is blocked. Five seems like an optimum
number and students other than
representatives can serve also. The obj ect of this process is to employ creative
thinking, discussion, and compromise in
the problem solving, and to discourage
head-butting and power politics.
The purpose of council meetings
should be to discuss problem and policies
of the college and the student body and
fmd agreement where possible. Not all
differences can be settled in meetings.
Meetings dissolve into dreadful affairs
when opposing parties joust too long.
Committee meetings or caucuses are the
place for harder negotiations and longer
discussions. Governance should carefully
balance between representation and efficiency; gov.e rnment that lacks either
soon loses the interest and support. of its
constituency. In the interest of keeping
meetings on track, regular times and
time limits should be set. These could be
suspended in individual instances.
Students serving in governance should
receive two to four credits with areas of
responsibility defined in a social contract
similar to individual learning contracts.
This is only an outline and ,should be
amended and improved. Flexibility
should always be left for change lest we
create another dead institution. Those
who feel betrayed by the last two
decades of governance in general have
good reason for those feelings. However,
.we can exercise political power outside
the governance structure. Without a
union of some type it would be difficult
to organize or even find common agreement on an issue. 0

. --Hectm- Douglas

Governance draft clarified
The responses to the Governance
DTF's final draft have indicated a
substantial misunderstanding of what
the authors of that document intended.
This is an attempt to clarify what that
piece is really about.
There are three institutional structures outlined in this recommendation.
They are:
1) An autonomous student union,
2) An information center, and
3) All office of investigative reporters.
The student union is autorumwus in
the sense that it is self-determining. It
was specifically designed to represent
the student body for the purpose of collective bargaining. It was not designed
to serve the Staff Union, Faculty
Senate, or administration in any capacity. It was not designed to co-opt the interests of the student body, nor was it
designed to co-opt existing student
organizations. It was designed because
just as it has been beneficial for the
various student groups on campus to
organize (even though they technically
only have advisory power), so too would
it be beneficial for the larger student
body to organize for precisely the same
reasons.
The student Union is composed solely of dues-paying students, and is
separate and distinct from the S&A
Board. The most visible model of this
kind of an organization is the labor
union; labor-capital relations and
student-institution relations are similar
in many respects. Within the union is a
committee of seven, with no chairper·
son. The committee will operate 12
months a year. . These committee
members are responsible for doing all
they can to see to it that the student
perspective is considered when ad·
ministrative decisions are made. Their
agenda is prescribed for them by
students through the Information
Center, which establishes policy. The
committee does not generally have the
authority to set policy. These committee members are essentially external
representatives, or ambassadors to the
other three constituencies on campus for
the purpose of collective bargaining.
Members of this student union main
committee (Student Union Coordinating
Committee) are elected. Elections were
chosen because they have the potential
of permitting widespread participation

in the process of selection. In an attempt
to avoid the cult of personality, vote
splitting, and the bizarre, elections are
run in an unusual way: candidates are
self-nominating. There is no campaigning, and there are no political parties. Of
those candidates running, the voter approves or disapproves of each individually. The Information Center disseminates
information from the candidates to the
union. Those candidates with the most

The investigative reporters will be
elected. They are responsible for writing
a newsletter to be put out by the Information Center. Their job will be to investigate what is happening on campus
of interest to students, and to report to
students how they can become involved in the decision-making process.
I hope that this article will elicit some
consideration among students on the
necessity of an organization which will

"Hold the fatalism, egocentricity, slander
and paranoia."
votes of approval (offend the smallest
number of students) win.
This was not designed as an oligopoly. It was designed to function as a participative democracy. The institutional
emphasis upon information and the fact
that this is where the real dollars are
committed will make this clear to the
careful reader. This is not a traditional
political structure in any significant
sense. One could argue that this model
is an anachronism within a larger social
context which systematically devalues
and undermines democratic and participative principles.
The Information Center is the heart
and soul of the recommendation. An informed populace is a prerequisite for any
kind of participative political structure.
The Information Center has numerous
functions designed to demystify and
disseminate information to the student
body. The goai is to make Evergreen
more accessible to students by: 1) permitting them to readily access historical
information about this place from such
sources as the archival CPJs; 2)
separating Evergreen mythology from
reality; 3) fmding out about options
within the existing legal structure of the
college through researching the
Evergreen Administrative Code, and
Committee on Governance COGs; and 4)
publishing a newsletter. The Information Center facilitates the meeting of
students of like minds for academic and
social purposes. The Information Center
clarifies the general desires of the union
through an annual policy ballot, and con·
ducts t:lections .
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express the desires of the general student community, set the agenda for the
S&A Board, and buttress the rather
weak communication network on this
campus. As Evergreen is growing, all
those things we as students take for
granted are being rethought and
students should be involved. In responding to a disagreeable administrative
decision, we should be able to utilize ex·
isting structures, rather than having to
reinvent the wheel each time an issue
arises. It should be clear by now that it
is not possible to influence a bureaucracy
through inconsistent, unplanned, and in·
decisive action.
The choice presented is one between
hope and inaction. Whether it is best to
recognize that we are powerless and accept that fact as unalterable, or to commit to an experiment which could alter
campus power relations is essentially a
philosophical question. Since no one who
can legitimately clainl to represent the
larger student population at Evergreen,
this question remains unresolved.
I invite considered written response
to this article and the Governance DTF
Recommendation. This is a special order
(hold the fata1ism, egocentricity, slander,
and paranoia). At noon on Monday, May
11, in the Library Lobby, there will be
a forum to discuss this DTF recommendation. Please consider whether the current "governance system" and the existing communication system' are effective, and whether the DTF recommendation might be able to improve them. 0

--Perry Marse and E·ric Kuhner

Birth of an
Evergreen catalogue:
Two days at a faculty retreat
I t's lunchtime. You are walking across
Red Square, watching the frisbee
games, enjoying- the sun. Suddenly,
every single student disappears! The en·
tire staff goes out on holiday. You are
left with 138 faculty members, relegated
to the confines of a tupperware think
tank.
A student's nightmare?
An instructor's dream?
No! It's Faculty Retreat, that annual
two-day interlude when out intellectual
leaders steal away to some secluded
rendezvous to relax, regroup and plan
the curriculwn for an academic year that
will not even begin for another 18
months.
This past week I had the unique
privilege of tagging along with our
esteemed faculty as they went out on
this yearly sojourn. What a remarkable
experience it was!
Two impressions stand out. The first
was the reassuring, though not surpris·
ing, affirmation that faculty are regular
people. It is easy to forget that. We see
faculty at their best, doing the work
they were trained to do: teaching, advis·
ing, admonishing... But faculty are also
human. They eat, sleep, go to the
bathroom, tell jokes and play volleyball.
The best part of the retreat was seeing
sides of the faculty which are normally
hidden.
The second, and most lasting impression, was the feeling of being the only
student at the retreat. For two days I
roamed among my acknowledged intellectual superiors, men and women
whose papers and books have already
been published, whose resumes bristle
with accomplishment; and I, yet a
scholarly neophyte, interacted with and
observed them.
But status was palatable; they were
peers and I was not of them. To their
credit they received me, not warmly
perhaps, not without some indifference,
but certainly not with overt objection.
Students at retreats are by no means
unprecedented. In in earlier days they

were common, but recent years have
seen a declining interest. It was
reported to me by a reliable source that
several years ago a group of Cooper
Point Journal reporters had been kicked out of a retreat. Perhaps they had
been too righteous. I was noticably humble among the faculty; I rarely spoke and
was rarely spoken to. But I was never
turned away from observing any func·
tion I fancied (except one personnel
discussion), though I did not attempt to
breach the caucus of women faculty. I
was even welcomed into the intriguing
late·night circle of the famous Faculty
Retreat Poker Game.
Wednesday morning I showed up
bright and early to take the van to Camp
Don Bosco. I had been absolutely
petrified the night before about how peo·
pie would receive me, but my fears pro·
ved to be unfounded. My things were
squeezed into the shiny new van along
with everyone else's. We piled in. Before
we had even driven off campus, Larry
Eikstaedt had shattered the vah's small,
triangular window all over the street.
Safe to say, he set a carefree tone.
The conversations started. My heart
filled with anticipation: "What do facul ·
ty talk about among themselves?" I
have always wondered. My fascinatioN
with instructors was about to be
satiated. I contained my excitement.
The first discussion was about salaries.
How sophomoric! The conversation
ranged froin politics and sweaters in
Chile to the ever-present Seattle Sonics
(Mariners are still taboo).
In what seemed like a flash we reach·
ed the camp, which was just over 20
miles east of Seattle in the thriving
metropolis of Carnation
Normallyagirlscoutcamp,~nBosco

is permeated with an Indian motif. Two
days later the Native American Studies
group made their presentation in the
"Long House," an irony that was not
lost among the attendees. A large lodge
was ~itllated centrally, and next to it a
tall bell. ringable from the ground.
i3

Jeanne rang the bell and called
everyone to order outside the lodge.
With little decorwn, the work had
begun.
First on the agenda was the planning
of Core Programs. The birthing proce88
of these academic extravaganzas was a
raw intellectual excercise. A list was
passed out of about ten proposed program titles. Representatives of each
were asked in turn to briefly outline the
ideas behind them. Following this, facUlty roamed to the person whose ideas had
sounded most interesting to them. "How
pure!" I thought. No pedantic speeches
by the provost, no rah-rah by the president. Our head administrator, in fact, did
not even make an appearance at the
retreat.
Few constrdints withhold faculty from '
teaching what they want. Contracts requier only that an instructor spend a certain amount of time in certain Ilreas or
specialitieH, and that they teach with a
minimum number of different colle»gueH
over a given period of time. The limitH
are broad and hard to violate.
And so the groupH formed.
Burt Guttman'H idea for a program of
ba.'!ic science, nontraditional math,
philosophy and isHues of'cognition attrdCted quite a few people. These in tum
had separate conversatiolUl amongst
themselves. Snatches of dialogue were
heard: assertions about students going
from concrete to abstract, from expository writing to scientific study.
Should we have a fM'eign laftguoge
module? someone asked ... No, probably
rwt ... people watch T. V. but all they
remember is what they see...
Ideas flowed, changed hands, were adjusted, refined, rejected.
To my disappointment, Burt.!s program fell through the planning cracks.
The interested people gravitated to
other groups.
I wandered over to the discussion on
a program about race, gender and class.
Ideas start flowing again...
These issues an! controversial in tM

literature, someone is saying ... the program wauld have to have "measurable
outcomes"... 1ww can you see stuff and
its parts wiiJwut judging it (Yr evaluating
it? .. should we concentrate on in-depth
newspaper research, (Yr books? .. 1ww
about using Bayview Market as a
model? .. who defines race, the INS, (Yr
Who? .. 1nOst students agree with Mary.
Ellen HiUaire: everyone's differerd and
it doesn't matter...what about this
book... what abaut that book...
I pull myself away and head toward
, another group; York Wong is too stuffed with steamed clams to work; he said
he mostly was looking forward to eating.
It's noiSy, groups are too close together.
There's Rainer Hasenstab ... post modern
art, is it imposed (Yr do artists have a
choice? .. students don't listen, tltey take
notes... critique cultural assumption.'l ...
I wander over to another group ... the
program is called American West...a
society's ecological knowledge is imprinted on the way it names locations ... should we start with the deVelopment of western states? ... yau can't talk
about Iww the west was won without
talking about who lost the west... Native
American belief systems ... cosmological
art representing the universe as opposed f.Q European art representing the west
(the new wurld)... race and Northwest industrial deve[qpment ... let's get students
to work on their own experiences ...
In the background Sandra Simon is
screaming, beer, cola, who wants one?
Here I come... Cherry Coke, Budweiser...
I was watching the prenatal development of an Evergreen catalogue. There
was a time when the program you are
in was nothing more than a gleam in the
eye ofsome faculty member. Possibly it
starte<iout literally in someone's dream,
or as a few disconnected thoughts in an
instructor's head. It would not be too
dramatic to describe this as an aweinspiring experience. Provost Patrick
HiU told me with noticable pride how
unique was that which I was witnessing;
practically no other college does
anything like' .this.
Then the groups began to break up.
Women faculty met in accordance with
the agenda. fdale Caculty lamely tried to
follow suit. Soon it was time for dinner.
Jeanne rang the bell. Someone was
speaking Japanese.
Earlier, I'd helped prepare the squid.
Beryl Crowe's culinary proclivities were
in full swing. The kitchen was huge. I
chopped, I 8liced, I washed dishes. York
Wong gave me a few Rice Krispie and

garlic clams. Delicious. Someone poured
me some Irish Whiskey. I downed a
beer. It was time to eat and socialize.
Later came the cultural highlights of
the trip. These were the skits performed by members of the faculty. Faculty
who are new this year led off with a very
amusing spoof of Evergreen. They impersonated som~ well known instructors
at an imaginary Faculty Agenda
meeting. "Matt Smith", wearing a
bright red wig, stood on a chair and requested the 207th report on the progress
of the Native American Studies DTF.
"Nothing to report, Matt." He then introduced "Joe Olander", who bounced
in with "sincere appreciation" for

everyone, especially himself. Before he
could get too far, thougr, a nameless
representative of the insidious Higher
Education Coordinating Board descended, threatening to cut off funds and
generally make life difficult. In a great
show of political acuman (and a few incriminating photographs), "Joe" was
able to beat down this dastardly threat.
After the skit, faculty heavyweights
put on a perfonnance. Their production
was extraordinarily elaborate. If as
much thought had gone into curriculwn
as went into this production, Evergreen
wouldn't have to print a catalogue till
the year 2000. If James Joyce's UlYBBes
could be made into a choreopoem, with
a few extra verses thrown in to cover
Homer and Chekov. one might be able
to recreate this multileveled, doubleentendre-rich sketch. Delivered com. pletely in iambic pentameter, it told the
story of some "Danes," who bore astrik·
ing resemblance to certain academic
deans, contemplating the building of an
innovative wooden ship. The ship, of
course, was Evergreen, but beyond that
this hwnble reporter was left in the
dark. The script itself was actually written some years ago, when Evergreen
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was undergoing tough times. The incrowd jokes alluded to cryptic shreds of
Evergreen history which even some
established faculty may have missed for
lack of collegial tenure. "But will sbe
float?" pondered the Danes."Aye, shell
float," "She'll float," "She'll surely
float," retorted the Knights and Ladies
with varying degrees of conviction.
The next day it was back down to
business. Evergreen's Specialty Areas
(Expressive Arts, Humanities, Environmental Studies, etc.) were up for
review. The academic Specialty Areas
(SAs), which everyone tries to pretend
are not really departments, have been
the source of much tension.
They were originally established in
response to a call from students for more
predictability and continuity in the cur:
riculum. They are inseparable from
course equivalencies, whereby
Evergreen programs are translated in·
to traditional academic categories. But
while SAs have provided these benefits,
they have also caused a "progre88ive
hardening" of courses offered, according
to a report by a review team. The report
notes that the SAs tend to compartmentalize thinking, constrain innovation, add
a cumbersome layer of bureaucracy and
do many other nasty things.
Jeanne tried to get the diSCU88ion going by announcing "Okay, let's get
started." This and a few other attempts
failed to corral the rambunctious crowd.
People responded when finally she simply yelled, "Shut upl~' which by itselfwas
worth the trip to the retreat.
Almost everyone agreed that SAs
were a bother. Thad Curtz complained
that students don't really even follow
the pathways that much after all. 'BettyKutter noted that there was a time
when 25% of the curriculwn was supposed to remain unplanned so that faculty
could design programs at the last minute
which responded to immediate concerns.
She also mentioned that faculty were
supposed to be affiliated with two SAs,
and that this rule has practically died
out.
Still others pointed out how difficult
it actually is to plan cross-area programs. Progr&ms have to be designed
along the lines oC what faculty think
students will want, which cuts down on
innovation. Its hard to plan an interesting but possibly obscure program
which 40 students will take. Students
say they want unusual stuff, but never
sign up.
Someone suggested requiring

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students to take at least one coordinated
study program. Another idea was to
divide the school into a','traditional" side ·
and an "innovative" side. Others were
concerned about whether it's right to
force interdiciplinary programs down
the throats of students who are more
and more disposed towards vocational
programs. Perhaps, it was noted, they
are right in wanting the latter, given
modem times etc.
Possibly the number of SAs could
simply be cut down and/or conglomerated. Pathways could be cut
down to the bare minimum needed. Still
others asserted that the SA problem
was structural, that enrollment quotas
aretooinfluencuu,andthatinnovation
is reduced by the constraints attached
to explaining the programs outside the
Evergreen community. There was talk
of subsidizing programs against enrollment concerns, of establishing special
programs for the best students, and
"centers of excellence" for advanced
studies. The discussion began to take off
into even broader directions; much to
the dissatisfaction of most, little came
out of the debate except an airing of
complaints. A study group was charged.
The next big item was the academic
calendar. Matt Smith had written a proposal for doing away with quarters in
favor of two 14-week semesters
separated by .a four or five week interval which could be used for other work.
People's eyes began to light up.
Possibilities for the interval were
endless. Workshops, conferences,
private research, concentrated study
programs, huge lectures, ' computer
training, leave time, curriculum plann- .
ing time (the current two-day retreat
method is not perceived as especially
conducive to planning), were all suggested.
The advantages include cutting out a
cycle of regil!tration and evalqation
writing. Possible ramifications included
either more or less program
availabilities, an earlier starting date for
the academic year (first week in
September or even earlier), and
unknown consequences for individual
contracts.
The overwhelming sentiment was in
favor of semesters. In fact, the faculty
even took an ad hoc vote, ostensibly to
demonstrate support for the idea to the
deans and provost, who watched the
debate rather unemotionally. The vote
was unanimous, which was considered
historic. Some people, it should be noted,
did not vote, but I would strongly recom15

mend that freshmen take note: there is
an extremely strong possibility, that by
the 1989-90 school year, E.vergreenwill
be on a semester calendar. Remember,
you heard it here first!
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The next and most important ~ of
the schedule was- the planning fX Specialty Area Coordinated Study Programs.
I am sorry to report that I slept through
most of this.
I couldn't decide whether to sit
through one whole planning session or
move about between them. I settled on
the Political Economy and Social Change
Area and the conversation swirled about
me... can wsjutJtify tiro economi8t8?...integrate history into curriculum on c<mtemporary 8t:ructure8... teach them about
the different cultural Q,88umptiom
regarding living with nature... the
market model iBn't univer8al..:we have
to teach micro and macro
eccmomiclL what divide8 8ocietie8 in
terms of genkr, cla88 and ro.ce? .. what
about the rise ofcapitalism ?... are there
gm:ng to be enough Ore08 this afternoon? ... 8tart with the present and 1nuve
backward...
I was especially amused by Peta
Henderson's casual comment that, well,
we have to teach them how to understand modern , society, ~.fr as. if we ,
might just as well te.ach .them how to
mow the lawn or. Q~te a tape
recorder.
Unfortunately this gJ:Oup sorta rEill
apart. One person bad to go to It ineetUig
and they discovered .that so~e people
who they thought would be .hiflg ·
won't be teaching.and this and tha~-and
other problems.
The rest of the retreat concerr'led,
directly or ind~ct1y, the Native
American Studies (NAS) Di.sappearing
Task Force (DTF), which I shall find exCUSf! to write abOut at a later date. Some
real learning, as well some very live- '
ly conversations, took place regarding
the NAS issues.
As the closing hours of the retreat approached, I was looking forward
e:'
arrival of sdIrle students whQ"t .
"
scheduled to be-at the NAB Dl'F Preseil- ~'
t~tio~. I happily drove bacj(?With them,
feeling 88 thOpgh I hadjusrbeen released from a prison .wh~ no-~p'e is UlJc;ler
30. Somehow even the rnaniaCaI chaos of
Earth Fair in the CAB Lobby, complete
with dread-lock draped students, pixy
music, Hawaiian shirts and weird .
wholi8tic health foods filled me with a ~
soothing tranquility. I was a student
again. 0
--Ben Tansey

Directing light to the needy
Within each of us is a destiny to serve
the light. Every soul is important, as 'it
is a unique reflection of the Divine
Spirit. Just as all snowflakes are one and
there are no two snowflakes the same,
so it is with each soul. Mother Nature
does not duplicate herself.
This Planet Earth has a tremendous
need for servers of Light. One way to
serve is by the direction of light and love
energy to those who are in need. Your
taking part in world peace ceremonies
does make a difference, as your soul has
a unique contribution to make.
The second full moon of Spring is the
Taurus full moon. It is known as the
Great Eastern Festival or "Wesak", and
is the great festival of the Buddha. This
year, the Wesak Festival falls on the
night of Tuesday, May 12 (actually 5:51
a.m. Wednesday, May 13).
It is said that the Buddha was born on
the Taurus Fun Moon, he became
enlightened on that date, and had his
transition (death) then. It is also said
that every year at the Taurus Full Moon

the Buddha retums to Earth. Gathered
in the Wesak Valley, high in sacred
mountains, are the Masters of Wisdom
and their initiates and disciples. At the
exact moment of the full moon, the Buddha arrives on a beam of light from
Shamballah, the Crown Chakra of the
Planet Earth, and there in the Wesak
Valley the Buddha greets the Cosmic
Christ.
Note: According to esoteric symbology, the Cosmic Christ corresponds archetypally with the
Maitreya of Buddhism; Vishnu, the
second person of-the Hindu Trimurti; Chokmah, the second sphere of
love-wisdom of the supernal triad of
Qabbalah; lmani Mahdi ofIslam; Tiki
of the Americas and Pacific islands;
Horus of the ancient Egyptians; and
other names. A Tibetan teacher,
Dwjhal Kuhl once state~, "It doesn't
matter the name; it is still the one
great identity." Many are the names,
but let each soul fmd the name that
is imprinted upon her own heart.

The Cosmic Christ holds a huge bowl
of clear water. The Buddha blesses this
water, charging it with energies from
Shamballah. The Cosmic Christ then
shares this sacredly 'charged water with
the Masters of Wisdom, their initiates,
and their disciples, until eventually the
last lonely pilgrim with humanity's
thirst is quenched. It is said to be this
sacredly charged water that sustains the
Planet Earth for the entire year. Many
people, although not conscious of shch
a festival, have nevertheless experienced such events as dreams.
Locally, Mountain of the Heart invites
you to share your light with the planet
on Tuesday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Evergreen campus beach (Environmental Reserve), behind the Geoduck House.
In the case of inclement weather, the
peace ceremony will take place at the
Organic Farmhouse. Call 754-0940 for
further information.

--Will Perry

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THE UNDERLINGS

SIMPLICITY
My feet follow

a single line

The low tides I spent under the ocean pier
roll back to·me on white caps, salt-sprayed breezes.
I dGank amber bubbles from brown bottles then
because only bums with nowhere else to go
drank cheap wine.
Footsteps clicked or thudded,
padded slowly, fast, hesitated, kept on,
across the boards above me while barnacles
~nd seashells clung to pilings.

through the woods.
Father taught me
to walk softly
with care.
Uncle taught me

There are no seashells on either side
of Martin Way to cling to the wooden
buttresses of the railroad trestle spanning it.
Leftovers of nights-before litter the dirt
under it, though, reminders of someone with secrets
to keep and nowhere else to put them.

PATRICIA ANN TREAT

to call loudly
against bear.
The squirrel, the jay
call to all others
of

my coming.

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So I listen.

Capitol Playhouse '24 is now showing
their production of Cabaret, a musical
set in Berlin in the early 19308 , and if
you see no other play this year, I would
recommend that you see this one. Even
if the production were horrible it would
be worthwhile because of the vital issues
it deals with. But not to worry: the pro·
duction is an outstanding one
Cabaret is the story of an American
novelist who travels to Europe in hope
of finding an exciting setting in which
to write his novel. What he finds in
Berlin is a party. Germany was in the
depth of economic depreBBion and rock·
ed by political tension, but in Berlin
things were different. This is reflected
in one character's speech: "This is the
Cabaret. Here life is beautiful and your
problems disappear."
As the play proceeds, however, the
party begins to wind down as new
realities encroach on it. The horror
sneaks in rather innocuously as a young
boy begins to sing. The song is entitled
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me". It is· a
patriotic song filled with hope, and it is
not until the end of the song, when the
boy raises his arm in salute to his country, that one sees the red bandanna and
Nazi Swastika. Subtle plot twists such
as this abound in the play and the actors
pull them off beautifully.
The plot is not a broad political one;

it is about people in love and how the
world affects them. One character in the
play protests, "Politics! What's that got
to do with us?" After seeing this play
that question will be' answered fOr
everyone.
The two young lovers about whom the
play revolves are Clifford, the young
American novelist, portrayed by Randy
Cook; and Sally. Bowles, an English
nightclub singer, portrayed by Nancy
Servies. Both are good in their roles,
especially in the second act where they
pick up stearn and the emotional tension
of their battle infuses the stage.

The subplot between Fraulein
Schneider (Sharry O' Hare), the
landlady, and Herr Shultz (Robert
Lawson), the Jewish owner of the
neighborhood fruit stand, is even more
moving. Somehow one senses that these
old people in their loneliness need each
other much more than the younger cou·
pIe. That is why it is 80 much more tragic
when the optimism of one and fatalism
of the other dooms their romance.
The choreography is also excellent and was done by an Evergreen
graduate, Linda O. Mathews. 0
·-Dianna Caley

If your mind is pure, everyone is
Buddha .
If your mind is impure, everyone is
ordina ry .
-- Trulshig Rinpoche X I

The
film
Lord
of
the
Donee/Destroyer of Illusion will be
shown for free next Thursday .
May 14, at 8 p.m. in Lecture Hall
I . The film will be shown in support of the SEVA foundation, a
spiritual service group doing relief
work in Nepal.

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T h u rsd a y ,

May

14

Wuhlnrto n Naturalist to speak on 'MI,ratory
Monarchs'. Dr. Robert Michael Pyle will discuss the

Thurston County Environmental Health is conducting. 'ubllc Forum on Ground Water
Man.,.ment ''''''''' for Northern ThU"ton
County, Thursday, May 14 at 7:30 p..m. in Room 152,

'Conservation of the Migratory Monarchs of Mexico'
at
12
noon
in
Lecture
Hall
3.

at 6:30 and 9: p.m. at the Capitol Theatre .

A ,lannm. Short Coune at 7 p.m . in the Lakeridge
Building next to Country Courthouse Complex . Call
786·5480

W..,.'IRG kicks off a voter registratJon drive through
May 15 from II a.m.-I p.m. Call x6058

Tuesday, May 12

Aadamk Compudn. Forum meets each first and

Get the low down on hl.h blood pressure at St:

mission is Free. Not suitable for children . For more
info .
contact
Amanda
at
786-0549 .

third Wednesday of each month at I p.m. in Lib . 2610.
Call x6232.

Peter Hospital, Thursday , 7 to 9 p.m . in the Fitness
Center. Cost is $10, call 456-7247 to pre-register.

Women's Open Mlc,sponsored by Tides of Change,

Nadve AmeriaIn Studies DTF meets Wednesdays

at 7 p .m . in Lib . 4300, admission is $1 . Call x6511

12-3 p .m. in Lib. 1600.

Hall .

Awareness ThrouJh Movement workshop 7- 10

15

p.m. and Saturday 9:30a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Call 284-3849
for cost and more information.

Enrollment Coordlnadn. Committee meets on
altemate Mondays, 3-5 p .m . in Lib. 31 12 . Call x63 1O.

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Thurston

County

Pasiones'

at

8

p .m .

in

the

Re cita l

Twister Festival in Red Squarp. noon-I p.m.

laby

The Rainbow presents David Roberts . $2 cover.

senior Leslie Myers, will be be performed at 8 p.m .,
Frida)' and Saturday in the Evergreen's Experimental
Thea tre .
Adm ission
is
free.

WRC will hold a planning session for

a hike to Lake

of the Angels . CAB 14 or call x6530

'eac:e

Full Moon World
Ceremony at 7:30 p.m.
behind the Geoduck House at the beach . If It rains:
the Organic Farmhouse. Call 754-0940

Wednesday, May 13
Thul"ltOn County Historic Commls.lon will hold
a public hearing at 7 p .m. in the Tenino Depot Museum.
309 w . Park .

x: La

May

SU hard meets every Wednesday at
Guerre Dedans. an original play by

st. Peter Holpltars IGOth birthday employee
pknk, 2-4:30 p .m ., next to the helipad at the
emergency entrance. Pie auction at 3:30 with proceeds
going to benefit the Community Care ClInic.

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Thick or thin crust only.

Harrison & Division

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posed govemance structure at noon in the library lob·
by, Monday, May II.

Infraction Review Committee needs students. call
x6300 .

'resident Olander wants to talk. Forum for
graduate students: May 21 , 5: 15-6 p.m.
Staff forum: May 21. 10- 1I a.m.
First People's Forum: May 21, 3-4 p .m.

meetings on Mondays at noon, Lib . 3236. Call x 6296.

10:30 a.m .

in Lib . 4004.

Faculty Evaluation DTF meets Wednesday. at
I.J p.m. In L.... l21t. Call x6l70.
Academk AdYllin. hard meets Wednesdays at
1-3 p.m. in Lib. 2220.

....nnln. Council meets Wednesdays at 1-3 p .m.
in Lib.3 i 21. Call x6400.

Careers
Summer Recruitment. May 13 & 14, WashPIRG
will be recruiting for summer positions. Times for the
interview are 9 a.m .. II a.m .. I p.m . & 3 p.m . Sign
up for interviews at the Career Development office
or
ca ll
x6193.

Attention senlo" and Graduates, May 13,
Farmers Insurance will be on campus recruiting for
manager/ownership trainee pro~rams, 9 a.m. to I I
a.m . Sign up for Interviews at the Career Develop·
ment
Office
or
cal l
x6 193.

-A New Volunteer 'Program IS being Implemented
by the college . Positions Include : Grantwriter. Library
Support, Promotions, GraphiCS coo rdinator. Bo x offICe manager. ArchiVist, Affirmative action outreach
worker. Host family and many more . Call x6428 for
more in formatl"" .

Student Accounts committee needs students, it's
your money. Call x6300.

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cover Applications and Portfolios; Thursday : job Search
Strategies; Fnday : Employment Interviewing. Call
Career Development at x6193.

Scholarships
Wuhlnrton Press Association is offenng a $1000
scholarship for the 1987-88 academic year. For applications and guidelines call x63 1O. Deadline I. May',

Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle is offering
scholarships for Americans to study the japanese
language and cu lture at a japanese University in 1987.
Call x63 10.

Kelly Television is accepting applications for the Edwin C. Kelly Broadcast Scholarship . Call x631 0

N.O.W. is sponsoring an essay contest for students
that asks the question: do we need an ERA amend ment. W inners will receive a $1000 scholarship,
deadline IS Sept. 30, 1987. Write : NOW Foundation
Essay Contest, 1401 New York Ave"N.W"Suite 800,
Washington D.C. 20005 or call 202-347-2279

channel 8. Wednesdays at I : 15 p.m. and 10: 15 p .m ..
follOWing NarrowFocus. CAT IS also shown
WednesdaysJndays and Sundays at 8 p.m. on TCTV
channel 31 .

St_ Pete" Hospital offers a host of classes and

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educational workshops. Call 456-7247 for more information .

Free lectures, concerning the scientific method and
it's limitations in regards to thought and reality each
Tuesday In Lecture Hall 5 from 3-5 p.m. Call x6 156.
The Senior Thesis Exhlbklon will open in gallery
4 from May 6 through May 28. Devon Damonte and
Agres Mcl,ln's work will be featured. In pllery 1,
Ford Gilbreath's photographs will be featured .

LIJht CerellHlJlles for World Peace Thursdays at
7:30 p .m. behind Geoduck House at the beach . If it
rains : the Organic Farmhouse . call 754-0940
Kathy Gore-Fuss will have an art showing May 6-25
In the University Gallery at PLU . Call 535 -7430.
Childhood's Gallery will feature the work of Keith

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Job Search Seminar. a se ries of workshops will be
held dunng the noon hour, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday, May 11-15. Wednesday 's topic will

Community Artist Television IS aired on campus

357-7575

.

The Counselln. and Health Center IS seeking
qualified applicants for work-syudy, intemship and
volunteer poSitions for next academic year. Call x6200.

Continuing

.Flnal reports of the .ovemance DTF and
.rlevance DTF are available at the Student CommunICation Center .

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Governance

Gall Martin , V .P. for student affairs, hosts open
Olympia Waldorf School is sponsonng a lecture by
Keith McCreary. 'Educating for the Future : The
Development of the Child and the Waldorf Cur riculum .· 7 p.m. at Waldorf School in the Tumwater
United Methodist Church, 140 I Lake Park Dnve
SW(off Trosper Rd.) Free. For more info. call Suzan
at
754-0920 .

Student Governance Open Forum to discuss pro ·

Wednesday of each month at I p.m . in Lib. 2610.

Courthouse .

Bldg .

Friday,

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Aadamk CompudnJ u-.. Group meets second

Theatre of the Absurd presents another evening
of performance and discussion. 8 p.m .. Com 2t1J. Ad-

chambers at Lacey City Hall . Call 943-4595

call357 -66 16

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3-5 p.m ., Wednesdays , 3-5 p.m. and Fridays, 12:30-2
p .m .

EI Tatro dela Elpel'llnzawill perform 'Loteria de

Solar cell electrklty class at 7 p .m In the counCil

II

GovwnaMe hours have been changed to : Mondays,

Lazelle and Haruko MOniZ May 8 through june 16. Call
943 -3724

Native American Studies program dreams IS havIng a student art show in the gallery near the Greenery
In the CAB. May 10-17. Call 866-3840
Russell J. Iennett·Cummln. will be showing his
artwork In the Lecture Hall Rotunda , May 11·11.

Upcoming
The Polldcs of Consumerism, a week of displays .
workshops and speakers IS scheduled for May IS-22 .
Interested. call x6098 or x6784 .

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Students, when they meet with their
faculty to discuss their evaluations,
should look for and ask for certain
features in their evaluations. Bring to
your evaluation conference a list of
specific areas that you feel you have
done well in.
Both admissions directors and Joyce
Weston, of Career Development, named specificity as the most impressive
trait of a good evaluation. General comments give the impression of mediocre
work. It is much more effective when
specific examples and comments are

given about a student's work. Along the
same lines, faculty should address areas
in which the student improved.
These same guidelines hold true for
student self-evaluations. Although most
admissions people admit they pay little
attention to the self-evaluations, they
may be used as examples of writing.
Weston is amazed at the poor quality
of some self-evaluations students submit
to be entered into their permanent files.
A student's final self-evaluation should
serve as a fonnat for the student to sum
up and reflect on her college ex-

perience. Discuss the goals you began '
college with and your ambitions for the
. .
future.
As for your subjective factprs, Wes~n
suggests having a draft of your intent
letter to show the people whom you
have asked to write recomendations for
you and suggest possible points for them
to stress. Many graduate schools use a
student's letter of intent as an example
of the student's communication skills; be
specific about what you hope to accomplish and gain from graduate school.
--Tirrwthy O'Brien

Thursday, May 7
Thurwday NliM FUm. will feature' Enormous
Changes at the Last Minute' in Lecture Hall I at 8 p.m.
Tickets
are
S 1.50.
..,....ntadon by Glen Anclerlon at Methodist
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Fellowship 'Conscientious Objection: A Chris·
tian Viewpoint on the Draft and War Taxes' at First
United Methodist Church, 1224 E. Legion, 7:30
Lesbian'Gay Focu. radio show on KAOS 89.3 FM
9 :30'10
p.m .

Friday, May 8
Inspiradonal MemorlaVllen Under Memorial ser-

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vice at First Christian Church(7th & Franklin, Olympia) 7:i30 p.m. and at 8:30 Walk to candelight vigil at
Sylvester
Park

Citizens IIancI and Dana Lyons will be feartured
in a benefit concert "for the Intemational Peace Walk
in the Ubrary Lobby at 7 p.m. $3 donation is requested ,
call 753·4nl

God Outlaws Lawl....... a lecturE:, at 7:30 p .m.
in the Olympia Center, 222 North Columbia . Call
352·0105 or 753-9116

Tax ..tannin. Semlnar8 a .m.·4 p.m. in CAB lOS .
Cost $95 Call x6 192

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May

Saturday,

Gay Day In the hrk, a picnic in Priest Point Park ,
piO'lic area 2, bring food, bargeques, charcoal, frisbees,
footballs, etc. Call x6544 for more info .

The Tacoma Youth Symphony with pianist
Robin McCabe presents Schumann's romantic Piano
Concerto in A minor at 8 p.m . in the Pantages Cen·
tre Free Admlulon Donations will be accepted at
the
door .
For
info .
call
627·2792 .

Stratep. for SocIal Chanae, a workshop for ac·
tivists and organizers . Whatever your goal this the
Movement Action Plan (MAP) workshop is for you.
CAB 108,9· 10 a.m . general meeting and discussion .
10 a.m. ·4 p .m. workshop . Call x6144.

Sunday, May 10
Frisbee Invitational 10 a .m.·5 p .m., see Saturday
listing.

Nlsqually Orienteers invite Moms and Families to
try orienteering. Call 352·5542 or 459·9231

Mother'. Day action at the Nevada test site,
call
491'9093
for
brochure.

Alive In Olympia at the Recital Hall at 6:45 p .m .
Free live radio performance .

Mother'. Day action at the Nevada test site,
call
491'9093
for
brochure .

The Rainbow presents the original folk music of
Leslie
McKay,
cover
$3.

Monday, May II

The Dance That DIaN Not Speak Itl Name, a
community dance sponsored by the Lesbian/Gay
Resource
Center
will
be
held
in lib . 4300, tickets $2, ch ildcare available.

The Howllel(formally AffInity) and the 5
flshwmen at the GESCO Center, 5th & Cherry,
Olympia , at 9 :00 p.m., admission $2 at the door.

Joanna Macy, writer and scholar will discuss our
hopes and fears in the face of nuclear disaster at 7 :30
p.m . in the library lobby. Free, call x6128

The RaInbow presents the warm jazz sound of Derek

Ultimate Frisbee Invltadonal,the Flying Geodiscs
take on the best teams in the Northwest, Fields I &
2, 10 a.m.' 5 p.m., call x6530 for more Info.

Martin Luther Kin'" will be commemorated at I
p.m. in the First Methodist Church at Fifth and Clum·
bia in Seattle .

Nelson, Will Humphreys and Andy Zadronzy, $3
cover .

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