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editor' 5 note:
This is our last issue, 80 I'd like to take
the time to give special thanks to those
who made this a good-no, I would even
sayan admirable--quarter for the
Seepage. I'm not even going to go into the paid staff and interns_ They
already know that I have been completelyat their mercy and that they've more
than come through.
Paul Pope,
vohmteer poetry editor, deserves a standing ovation for his contribution. He's
put in so many hours here that he gets
his own paragraph.
Weare also indebted to Kathy
Phillips, who has been typesetting the
calendar, and Yolande Lake, who's the
only production volunteer who has been
around, functional and smiling, at
sunrise on Thursday rooming as we put
this thing to bed.
Eric Kuhner and Hector Douglas have
been consistently and patiently turning
in quality articles, and they never yeD
at me when I mess something up. Their
patient correction has taught me more
than fourty zillion nasty phone calls.
Mike Winsor and That Planet of the
Bobs Man, Steve Who Hates Publicity
and as so ShaD G<> Unnamed, are also
remembered and thanked.
I am especially grateful to the Environmental Resource Center, the Peace
Center, and the AsianlPacific Isle Coalition for their support, and the
Evergreen Indian Center for their criti-·
que. I only wish that contributions to the
CPJ had been a factor in S&A budget
allocations.
Lastly, there would not have been a
paper without Shirley Greene, Brad
Clemens, and Randall Hunting in
Graphics, and the crew in Photo Services.
We'll be having a staff party on Friday night and EVERYONE who helped
out is welcome to come. Give us a caD
for the precise info.
Thanks.
-PoUy Trout
about the cover:
The cover has nothing to do with anything
and is completely fictitious . No apologies to
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2O ••• How it should be ~ by Polly Trout
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To the community:
This letter regards the May 20 "Take
Back the Night" march, the recent
assaults against women on campus, and
rape in general. This event was womeJlonly. As one of the organizers of the
"Take Back the Night", the question
that people asked most commonly was,
"Why only women? What about the
men?" Here are my answers:
1) "Take Back the Night" is tradi.
tionally a women-only event. For those
unfamiliar with the tenn, the reason
behind the march is this: women are not
safe to walk alone at night. By joining
together with other women and mar.
ching, chanting, singing, carrying
candles, and howling at the moon, it
gives us a sense of solidarity and safety
that we otherwise might not have ..
2) Have you ever watched Dudley
Dooright cartoons? Nell (the helpless
victim) is tied to the railroad tracks by
Snidely Whiplash (the villainJrapist) and
is rescued in the nick of time by the good
guy, Dudley Dooright. Nell is saved
from a horrible fate, but she is still a
complete wimp. If I could re-do that cartoon, Nell would carry a can of mace and
not get tied to the railroad tracks in the
first place. The point here is that a
woman has to have her own strength
before she can accept help from a man.
3) It is women who get raped. And by
whom? Men. It is very difficult to tell
who the rapists are. "Not all rapes are
coinmitted by bogeymen in a ski mask,"
according to Anna Schlecht, a rape relief
worker with Safeplace. Over half of all
reported rapes occur between people
who know each other, and one in three
women is sexually assaulted. How many
men are rapists, then? That nice guy in
seminar could potentially be the one who
doesn't take "No" for an answer on a
date, or could be getting drunk at a party and ' hurniliating one of his woman
friends by grabbing her breasts in front
of all present. Or he might even be the
assailant in the ski mask. Therefore, if
a woman walks with other women, she
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is assured that there are no rapists in
the group.
4) Women are women's people. When
a group of mutually supportive women
march together, they are focusing on
women, not "hating men" (In fact, it is
pretty much a matter of ignoring men).
You guys need to back' off for a few
hours and accept women simply need to
be with women sometimes. It is not up
to women to spoon-feed sensitivity to
men. (That the Men's Center at TESC
folded this year due to lack of interest
is not a good indication that men are
ready to work on their own 'issues
among themselves. Too, the men's
gathering on the night of the 20th was
attended by about 15 men. Not a terrific
turnout.) Furthermore, when women
are being brutally raped, beaten
mutilated, and murdered, men's feelings
of being "left out" are, quite frankly, not
my concern. I will, rather, take care of
my own people--women.
5) I asked Michael Lane, one of the
spokespeople for The Evergreen Indian
Center, about Indian-only ceremonies
and the reasoning behind them. He told
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me that Indian people have certain
things they need to do in terms of selfdetennination that foster a common feeling and identity. Women being together
is not so much separatism as bonding.
Non-Indians and men 'can be sympathetic and supportive, but have to accept other people needing to be together
as a group at times. "If you have a
strong sense of identity and are secure
within yourself then there can be mutual
support with people outside your group.
The end result is women working with
men without fear," Michael told me.
6) The organizers of the "Take Back
the Night" march acted quickly. The
May 13 rape occured at about 5:00 a.m.
By about 5:00 p.rn. that same day we had.
photocopied and posted Infonnation Services' news release regarding the inci·
dent, set the time and place for thE.
march and had given KAOS a public service announcement in order to publicize
the march over the radio. We worked
swiftly to make it happen; and we did
it our way, for reasons already outlined. However, the "Take Back the
Night"march and men's gathering need
not be the only responses to rape at'
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Evergreen. They shouldn't be. I hope
they aren't. I beseech, urge, and
challenge a group of men and women to
organize something together, or get
more involved. Put some time into
Crimewatch (call x6144 for info). Start
a "Greeners Against Rape" group. Get
a long-term program of self-defense '
classes for women started. Women
showd lock their doors, walk with a
trusted friend at night and absolutely
refuse any kind of sexual intimacy with
which they do not feel comfortable. Men
should learn and re-learn that intimacy
is to be wholeheartedly, mutually
agreed-upon, otherwise it is rape.
Rape is a campus-wide, world-wide,
ongoing problem. One women's march
only does so much. Criticizing someone
else's actions only does so much. Ifpeopie are genuinely concerned, then they
need to find a place that is somewhere
between apathetic complacency and
panic. Find it, and act on it.
Yours in solidarity,
Esther S. Howard, Lesbian-Gay
Resource Center (x6544)
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crimewatch
To Everyone,
I am speaking to you again about
Crimewatch. I sincerely thank all of you
who have used the escort service and/or
donated time.
I Jam still in desperate need of
volunteers; the service is picking up. The
new shifts are 9-11 and 11-1 p.m.
Please do not walk alone; it is not safe.
I know many of you gave up on the
escort service because it took security
. up to 20 minutes to get there but now,
with volunteers, we can be there in less
than 10 minutes. Using the service is not
.a sign that you are weak or afraid. It is
only a safety precaution. Many women
have been hurt and we don't want
anyone else to be hurt.
I have. one more thing to say. I spent
over 'an hour putting "00 not walk
alone" posters up around the campus
and the donna. Many of them have been
taken down or moved so people could
put their posters in their places. This
was very upsetteng to me and many
others. The places they were moved to
are not readily seen: I put them at eye
leve~ 80 people would see and reaJize the
seriousness of this situation. I need
everyone's cooperation in the prevention
of further pain and in the dispelling of
fear.
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The service will be available through
the summer through Security and I will
coordinate it again in the fall. Please use
it even though the year is almost over.
Sincerely,
Anna VanderHouwen,
Crime watch Coordinator
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grad gear
Dear Editor,
Graduation Gear Creation Party for all
senior-types devising outfits fitting for
your out-going. Go for it-out and out.
Friday, June 5th, noon until 5:00,
Studio 1040, Lab I. Bring materials for
what you want, bring extras to share
with other freaks to create.
Onward Omni Extares
Joe: beware us.
Mike Winsor
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To the Evergreen Community:
A letter in last week's CPJ suggested
that the S&A allocations of funding for
student groups was "reverse racism."
This suggestion was baSed on the fact
that funding to the Firsi Peoples' Coalition groups was kept at the present
levels and in some cases, were increased, while the funding of other groups,
that may be seen as providing exposure
and support to alternative cultures was '
cut.
The writer of that letter does not have
an understanding of racism and how it
h~ been institutionalized here at
Evergreen and in the culture at large.
The implied suggestion of the writer is
that the allocations be made without
regard to aspects of color. The First
Peoples' Coalition groups are vitally important to the academic and social survival of people of color. There exists on
campus no fonnal retention program
that is culturally specific to people of color. What there is, is a limited recruitment eft'ort through Admissions and lots
of window-dressing with sucil ·P.R. as
the catalog showing a disproportionate
number of people of color as "narrators". The Evergreen Indian Center,
AsianlPacific Isle Coalitioll", Umoja,
Women of Color Coalition, and MEChA
offices help to bridge the chasm between
students of color and a,campus community that is often indifferent and
sometimes hostile to our needs.
"Reverse racism" is a myth that
originates and is perpetuated by those
in power. It is a reaction to oppressed
peoples empowering themselves and
pO,!ing a perceived threat to the oppressors. Oppression occurs when a
group in power is in the position to effect actions and policies that keep "those
people" in their place. I would like to
bring up the point that this year's S&A
Board is made up mostly of white EuroAmericans, who should be commended
for their sensitivity to our issues.
Since there has been no formal committment up to this time to the retention of students of color it is imperative
that the support that exists now be
upheld, at least. Our survival is at stake. •
We must continue on the path toward
success in the system even in the face
of accusations of "reverse racism". The
S&A funding alloe&tions may seem arbitrary to some, but it is the "real"
racism that exists here that has forced
the student of color groups to take our
survival into our own hands.
Teresa L. Diaz
MEChA Coordinator
.... wake Up
The Evergreen Community,
Well, it has been a long year for me.
Looking back-over it I can say to you,
The Evergreen Community, that you
have been well served by the 1987-88
S&A Board and staff.
There has been a lot of carping lately
about the way your money is being
spent, and to those critics I say "Wake
up and lift your head up out of the sand.
Evergreen is about something larger
than self interests."
Some groups were not funded this
year and others had their funding reduced. The S&A Board made these decisions based on priorities set early on in
the year; ' priorities that enhance the
philosophy that has made Evergreen a
unique and rewarding community to be
a part of.
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What I have found in dealing with
most critics of the process and the allocations is either a clear lack of infonnation
about what occured and why, or people
who view their own self interests above
that of the community itself. As a parting piece of advice to those of you who
cherish the philosophy of Evergreen as
much as I do: get involved, not
necessarily with S&A, but with
Evergreen's direction. If you don't, someone else will.
Sincerely,
David L. Campbell
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nastiness
To Evergreen students, staff, and
faculty:
I am writing in response to Tim
O'Brien's May 21st article on my lawsuit
against the college administration. I
hope that his presentation of the facts
of the situation will begin to give the
issue the attention that it deserves. To
add to his article, I would like to relate
some of my thoughts and personal
experiences.
F-or the last few years, I have been
consistently teaching on a full-time basis,
yet I have absolutely no academic status
at the college. I am not entitled to real
participation in curriculum planning, I
have no connection with the regular
faculty, and I have absolutely 00 job
security. My salary can be set at any
fIgUre and can be (and has been) changed at 'any time; I can be fJred today for
any reason or for no reason.
The years of nasty and patronizing
treatment have not been easy. Up to this
point, I have been willing to continue to
carry out my teaching dutie8 out of
respect for my students and respect for
the teaching profession. I believe that
my work as an educator is unusual and
inlWiVative; I have helped many people
to oelieve in themselves and in their
ability to learn.
Yet from the administration, I have
received barely any notice of my
presence and certainly no recognition for
my work. The ol'lly response has been
years of procrastination, ineptitude, and
ignorance. They have even created a
fascinating new job description for me
where every mention of ''teaching'' has
been deliberately removed.
Beyond the personal issue, what is the
legal question hereT The dispute centers
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Evergreen students. After years of
discussion, we still have no integrated
program of mathematics instruction; no
planning, no process, not even a start.
Those above me ,h ave refused to perform
this job and have refused to give me the
status to do it for them. The students
continue to be the losers.
Finally, I would like to again issue a
personal and public invitation to Joe
Olander and Patrick Hill to negotiate a
settlement with me. Please don't send
someone that is not authorized to make
an agreement; instead, let's sit down
together and talk about a solution. If you
actually want to solve this problem, I'm
sure that we can dQ it.
To the other people here at
Evergreen, I ask for your support. Call
me up. Tell me what you think. I am not
going away and I intend to win some
respect, but I need your help to do it.
transportation they were told that there
was not.enough interest in it.
Following is a partial list of free films
available at the Washington Film
Library located on the first floor of the
college library building. Leni
Riefenstahl's Triumph of Will, a lesson
in documentary making and political
science, showing how such nice nonnal
people could adore Adolph Hitler. I
would also recommend Blue Ange~ The
Cabinet of Dr. Calgari, Intolerance,
Sincerely,
Steven R. Kant, Coordinator: Math
Skills Center, x6155
Yours truly,
Irene Mark Buitenkant
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From A History af the Masthead . a book that doesn 't e Xist and probably never will. CPj mastheads from
1973 to 1986.
on a rule in the Evergreen Administrative Code which requires the
college to pay faculty salary to administrators who teach (I am now
classified as an administrator). While we
all expect the college to follow its own
rules, I am more concerned with the
larger issue of maintaining a second class
group of teachers with lower pay and no
contracts or security. My demands f9r
status and job security are not just
ed on a rule; they are based on what is
ethical and right.
Meanwhile, I have been forced into the
bizarre position of arguing in court over
categories of employment that literally
do not exist in real life. While Rita
Cooper maintains that there is an unwritten difference between "administrative exempt" and "exempt administrative" employees, the section of
the rules in question uses the second
term for the title and the fIrst for the
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subsections on "Purpose" and "Objectives." To my knowledge, not one other
human being in the world has ever admitted to hearing about this distinction
until Ms. Cooper told them that it existed. Yet many have actually believed
in it.
In the six years that I have worked at
this institution, very little has changed.
Weare still footing the bill for high-paid
administrators and nasty lawyers who
do unfair and unethical things while using mellow language and talking about
"community."
And just who is in charge here? The
faculty recognizes that its decisions are
only advisory and that Patrick Hill has
overturned their recent decision. Patrick
Hill claims that he is waiting for the
faculty to act. Joe Olander has ignored
repeated requests to take some responsibility for this mess and has refused to
even discuss the matter with me.
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After three years of meetings, memos,
disappearing task forces, and disappearing decisions, nothing is going on. I am
not just facing a wait of a few months
or weeks for a resolution; as far as I
know, neither the faculty nor Patrick
Hill have any concrete plans to study or
resolve the issue. Ever.
Some aborted negotiations have taken
place. An offer was made to me which
I accepted on the condition that details
be worked out. Rita Cooper contacted
me, yet made it clear that she was not
authorized to make a settlement.
Repeated calls to the college's attorney
were not answered and the offer has
now been "withdrawn." Throughout the
process, the emphasis has seemed to be
on offers to pay me off if I would only
be quiet. Why are they so afraid that
some will know about this?
The lack of resolution to this conflict
has also had a profound effect on
films
Dear Editor,
Aren't there other readers who get excited over the elimination of the S&A
funding for Thursday Night Movies?
Sheila at the S&A office said that there
was no interest shown in the program.
This program was an institution at this
college for many years. It offered mms
which were not available at commercial
movie houses: historical ones which
were of special interest to film buffs and
others interested in communication,
foreign films, documentaries etc. Thursday Night Films was an important adjunct to education, particularly for people coming here from small towns.
The problem of lack of interest was the
S&A office itself. It should monitor its
programs. When the interest started
declining, someone should have noticed
how poorly the. communication was
handled. Last year, when there was interest shown, there were notices on
nearly every bulletin board. Programs
were listed in advance. The CPJ and
KAOS are available for communication.
It makes me think of the decline of
public transportation which some say
was engineered by automobile manufacturers and gasoline producers. First
commutor railroad service was underfunded which resulted in poorer service.
People responded by driving their cars
to work. When people asked for public
Potempkin,
Alphaville,
The
Dressmaker, Frantic, Hiroshima Man
Amour, Sa Strada, Last Year at
Marienbad, Masculine-Feminine, Man
Oncle, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, '!'he
Shameless Old Lruly, shoot the Piano
Player, Thirty-nine Steps, Wild
Strawberri£s and Woman in the Dunes.
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Barbara Zelano's CAT article
appearing _in the arts section was rejected last week by the CPj. CAT is an
academic venture that would benefit
from critical feedback. We have
presented images and addressed issues
pertinent to Thurston County's community and are eager to hear how they
were received. It is also our opinion that
the information on the new equipment
is valuable to students and other community members.
The Community Artist Television
Somebody should recrank up this
program.
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bad taste
Editor,
With respect to all involved, I have a
comment to make regarding the Student
Art Show. The jury rejected many
students whose work is good quality and
who have earned respect of this community. After seeing the..show, I don't
believe that space or theme were large
factors in the choices made by the jury.
The walls are very sparsely filled and
the work, while good, doesn't really
form a body which would warrant exclusion of other quality work on the basis
of content. I guess the jury felt a
stronger obligation to their personal
taste than to a fair representation of
quality student work. I realize this is
standard procedure in privately owned
galleries, but is it the best way to conduct a student art show in a public school
where many styles abound? Do we have
an official school taste or style? If not,
shouldn't more quality work have been
chosen? I've been an observer in this
situation-my own work wasn't
involved-but I have seen the vision of
a positive celebration of student work
turn into something which has left. a bad
taste in the collective mouth of many art
students. And in its fmished form, the
show
leaves
these
questions
unanswered. How can it be done differently next time?
Ursula Shea-Borneo
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Dear Editor,
A copy of the CPj issue featuring" Little Eva Sue" on the cover chanced into
my hands. As a member ofthe "surrounding community", I felt compelled to
congratulate you, your staff, and contributors for the excellent, undevoted
dedication of the issue to Mass Consumption and Social Gluttony. Long may
they not live!
The reality check of Little Eva Sue
and your feature on the Yuma Golden
Age Set was right on. But, then, so was
the full-page spread of the Rainier
Brews Brothers, a potent reality from
an indispensable contributor to college
life and college newspapers-speaking of
mass consumables and their dispensing.
However, I was particularly impressed by the intelligent thought and cogent
presentation of the "idealistic." opinion
articles by Brian Hoffman, Eric Kuhner,
and others. These convince me that
there is some pretty sophisticated thinking and searching going on out at
Evergreen.
If I may, I'd like .to introduce a
thought that did not get mentioned in
all the discussion about food, buying
locally, environmentally degradation and
politically correct consumption. How
about growing your own food? You can't
get more local than your own back yard ..
How's that for heresy? If everyone (or
nearly so) grew all their own food (or
nearly so) there would be no anxiety
about what to boycott. To the extent
people around the wor:ld were enabled
to produce most of their own food and
other material necessities at home or in
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their villages, mass consumption would
wither away; exploitation could not fmd
a foothold; and many, many of the
world's economic, environmental, and
even political problems would diminish
markedly. Think about it.
Finally, lest their be cries of hypocricy,
I should let it be known right here that
I have a small (and utterly local) garden
supply store which sells only natural and
organic materials to enable people to
move closer to self-sufficiency. My hope
is that some day no one will need my
wares. How about devoting an issue to
this angle?
Sincerely,
Gary L. Kline
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respect
Dear Marilyn,
I am the son of the dominant whiU)
society in this place called America... I
look to the past and see a history of
disrespect and exploitation of the inf digenous people of this place by the
dominant white society. There is no one
to point to. There is no one to blame. I
look to myself and ask a very simple
question: Are these the values that I
want to pass on to my children and
grandchildren?
I am aware of some of the problems
that exist and therefore feel rel!ponsible
to creatively work towards solutions. In
your letter in the CPj last week you
speak of cross-cultural respect, diversity, understanding and literacy. It appears as if we have cpmmon values
about these issues. You said "it is irnperative that everyone take the individual responsibility to improve their
cross-cultural literacy, in the effort
towards bridging cultural gaps".
In your letter you criticised our project as an "example of apparent
disrespect for Native American beliefs"
because we have adopted the concept of
seven generations to come as a "slogan"
for our project. My reasons for adopting
the concept of seeing the effects of our
decisions in the light of seven generations to come are motivated by respect.
The concept was first taught to me by
Gail Trembley, an Onandaga who comes
from the culture where this interpretation of thinking about future generations
originates. I have always explained to
people where the concept came from and
that I am sharing it because of my
respect for the wisdom of this
philosophy and the people who live by it.
Our project began around the time of
Thanksgiving when a friend and I had
a vision about building two kayaks and
paddling up the inside passage and
across the Bering Strait to the Soviet
Union. The idea in mind was and is to
inspire trust, respect and communication
between people of different cultures.
The biggest obstacle is fear. Personal
fear of openly expressing my beliefs and
becoming vulnerable to criticism and
misunderstanding and cultural fear
which is so deeply rooted in the world
today.
We have tried to be respectful in our
project. We held and opening ceremony
at the Welcome Pole and were very
honored to have the permission and participation of David Whitener, a Squaxin and faculty at Evergreen. It was not
a indigenous ceremony but a time for us
to pause for a moment before working
the wood and pay our respects to th.e
cedar and people who have helped us in
our vision.
I feel very honored to have been
welcomed into the North Pacific Voyaging Society and work with Joseph
Waterhouse. The cross-cultural bridge
is stronger with the Seven Generations
To Come and TUBAHEYDEQWAL (to
once again know each other) projects
working together, to learn from the
teachings of the P.ast to share with the
people of the present for the future of
all our children.
The cross-cultural bridge is very
fragile and the water, which flows
underneath has a strong current and
swift undertow. The bridge seems
forever in between two places which ex·
ist iIi continual change and only in the
hearts of individuals, of which there are
no two alike. The bridge is exposed
without protection and the trust comes
with vulnerability. There is no
guarantee of welcome on the other shore
or shelter back home. I have been fortunate to have the support of different
people from different indigenous
cultures and so the project continues but
I am still far from the other shore.
Marilyn, I write you these different
things about myself so that I am not an
anonymous "slogan" on a t-shirt but a
person who cares about strengthening
the bridge between cultures. I have
hoped that my work has not been
perceived as one of "apparent
disrespect" this year but I still have
much to learn. I would like to meet you
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and talk about ways in which I can be
more sensitive with my project. I will
'leave my phone number and address
with the CPj.
Lincoln Post
P.S. Since this is a public letter I would
like to thank the faculty of the Native
American Studies program for your
courage to fight for a program which has
provided the support for me to pursue
my dreams and be limited only by my
imagination. I would also like to thank
Gary for his support and continuous
work towards cultural diversity at
Evergreen.
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no plums
To Marilyn Horning:
There can be no loser in the debate
between you and Patricial Hutchinson.
Both her letter and yours were sensitively
crafted,
high-quality
statements-the entire community
comes out richer for it.
Of course I'm writing because of one
part that didn't sit right. It was your
slap at the ~ 'Seven Generations to
Come" project. You cited it as an example of disrespect for Native American
beliefs-basically a cultural rip-off "no
matter how good their intentions may
be."
It is an extremely important issue
you've raised, particularly in this society where the symptoms of spiritual and
cultural bankruptcy abound. We're
starved for meaning in our lives, and
tend to snatch up the philosophical
"plums" of another culture. We devour
the fruit, spit the pit and use it for a
stepping stone in our "personal
growth." I get your point.
In my opinion, however, the directive
to choose every action in full consideration of its consequences for the next
seven generations is so simple and fundamentally powerful as to transcend
culture. Certainly the Ho-de-no-sau-nee
\Iroquois) Six Nations Confederacy
deserves to be honored at every tum for
distilling and giving life to a concept that
represents such a collosal gift to hwnanity. It makes complete sense no matter
where you stand on this blue-green ball
in black space. And it shatters the social
mirrors by which industrial societies so
captivatingly reflect their pillage of the
planet. It's such a simple, true conceptlike, "Love Your Mother."
It's not fair to trash the Seven Generations project. As far as I can tell, their
T-shirts use none of the traditional
N ati~e sylnbology; instead they've
generated their own. They had a big old
dream and acted on it. I'll bet they
discussed it with Native faculty at
length. Personally, I'm .amazed and inspired by the quality of the project, but
I'd like to hear some of the Indian people in the community cOIDm~nt on it.
Heck, it's at least, doing some good See,
look, we're talking about all this stuff.
Respectfully,
Rhys Roth
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Gary's last
To the CPj,
,
I would like to comment on two le~rs
that appeared in your last issue. The
first letter was written by Marilyn H~r
ning concerning an earlier letter that I
had written. While I appreciate
Marilyn's comments, there is a point of
clarification I would like to make. We
in the process of having a plaque
mr
made for the Welcome Pole. This is not
a new idea, just one that is a bit behind
schedule. It is true that a ba¢.c infOnn!ltion plaque would "only lQOselYNeil pr,oblems that exist," but this ,p laque is
more than a piece of information. Xes,
it will have words about MIU"Y Ellen
Hillaire, but it will also speak of the ,
Native American Studies Program and
the people that have worked 80 hard to ;
maintain the program in the manner
that it was originally intended ,t o be. It
will speak of the original care~ers ,of ,
this land that Evergreen sits on. It will
speak of the Indian students who have
studied here and gone back to work ~th
their people. It will speak of the people
that helped to carve the Welcome Pole
to honor Mary Ellen Hillaire. It 'will
speak of our elder Lloyd Colfax who
recently traveled on to the Sp,i rit WorId.
You may only see the words about Mary
Ellen Hillaire written on the plaque, but
believe me, it speaks of all those other
things I just mentioned,. ,Again, ~hanks
to Marilyn for her comments.
The second issue I would like to take
up is the letter written by Brian Hoff-,
man. He has accused the S&A Allocation Board of making decisions based on
personal biases. I am the staff representative to the Board, and personally take
offense at his comments. To accuse me
of I1lverse racism because of my support
of <;}ll~ural diveI1!ity is insane. It is this
institution that has set the policies of
cult~ diversity being equated with
people of color. The S&A Board was
simply unplementing this policy with its
own goals and obj~ives. Each member
of . the 'boat;d is an individual with
thought~ and morals of their own. We
do not ~ share the same "personal
biases and politics." Mr. Hoffman, I suggest it is you that is confused, not the
S&A Board.
Do the words duplication of services
ring a bell? If not, you might want to
have a chat with one of the board
members. Maybe we could help to
relieve some of your confusion. Your
words, Mr. Hoffman, are yet another "
symptom of the ever present disease we
call institutional racism. Good luck with
your state of confusion.
Oh, I almost forgot. Congratulations
to th~ class of 1987, and good luck.
To all of my relations,
G.W. Galbreath
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new deans
Faculty members Matthew Smith and
Carolyn Dobbs have been named as the
new Academic Deans. One of the appointments is a newly created position
required by the college's enrollment
growth and the other is to rill the position vacated by David Marr, who will
return to teaching.
extra busses
Intercity Transit will be adding a
number of buses to the schedule during
Super Saturday for peopl~ traveling between campus and downtown. Special
schedules are available at the Information Center in the CAB buildim!'.
S&A forks over
extra allocations
The Bike shop was down but it is not
out. The Bike shop received $549 from
the S&A Board in the form of a supplemental request, on Wenesday, May
20.
The S&A office said that the money
will be used to pay for a phone and some
tools. The Bike shop is exploring alternatives to stay afloat since S&A cut
them out of the 1987-88 budget. Other
organizations granted supplemental requests were: EPIC, $1000; Women of
Color, $259; KAOS, $2990; Tides of
Change,. $200; Slightly West, $712;
RecreatIOnal Sports, $2367; LGRC,
$1500; Women's Center, $1500; Vmoja,
$800; Supplemental Events, $1500; also
$2500 was allocated from reserves to
buy a crew sJtell.
Timothy OBrien
Help the Hunger Project grow
In 1977, a small group of people took
a stand: hunger on our planet would end
by the end of the cent
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~ow the a~tltude, we're fa~ed .with is:
We know It won t happen. Still, some
progress has been made
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The work of ~~e Hunger Project is to
create the ablhty to do the things
necessary to end hunger on our planel
Volunteers and staff are working at the
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an<J homeless. They inVite you to be
partnerS With The Hunger Project. If
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Michael Strauss at (206) 525-98Z7.
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polystyrene.
Polystyrene foam for fast-food packaging is the fastest growing CFC industry
today. Demand and production slated to
double by the year 2000. Once produced, polystyrene foam takes hundreds of
years to decompose, and releases toxins
as it does so.
This makes the world's garbage
disposal problem an even nastier one. Z7
U.S. states will have run out of land-fill
space by the year 1990. Approximately
200 of the 900 worst case V.S. toxic
waste sites are municipal land-fills.
Disposal costs for the city of
Philadelphia have quadrupled since
1981. Minnesota's has increased six
times in the same time period. Olympia's
rates recently took a jump. Philadelphia
has decided to begin shipping their solid
waste to Panama by the end of this year.
Human health is directly linked to the
strength of the ozone layer that surrounds the earth, buffering us from the
sun's rays. CFCs are considered a
serious threat to the ozone layer.
"Without ozone life on earth would be
impossible. Ozone is oxygen but in an
unusual form: Most oxygen comes in
two-atom molecules, but external
energy-in this case, the sun's ultraviolet
radiation--can split some of them apart.
The single oxygen atoms tend to attach
themselves to the remaining molecules,
forming an oxygen·atom triplet. The
result: a layer, from six to thirty miles
up, of ozone enriched air. Once formed,
an ozone molecule is a good absorber of
ultraviolet. But when CFCs rise to the
ozone layer, sunlight decomposes them,
releasing the chlorine they contain. The
chlorine is a catalyst, breaking ozone
apart... "
- Time magazine, Nov. S, 1986
Fiv~ years ago, the estimate was that
one in every 250 people would develop
malignant skin cancer. Today, the
estimate is one in 90. Skin cancer is considered to be rising to "nearly epidemic
rates, with one in every seven
Americans slated to develop it in their
lifetime. This rise is directly linked to increased ozone damage.
Food chains on the planet are based
on the action of photosynthesis by
microscopic plants and algaes in the Sea
and on land. Alteration of sunlight intensity due to ozone depletion could
drastically screw this fundamental
genesis of life.
CFCs add to the "greenhouse effect."
Combined with other chlorinated
aerosals, CFCs could make up nearly a
third of all "greenhouse" gasses during
the next two decades if present growth
rates continue.
Studies are showing that you can get
nasties from eating or drinking from
polystyrene containers-central nervous
system disorders ranging from depression to nerVosity to digestive disorders.
It is also considered a potential
carcinogen.
-Mike Winsor
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Chloroflourocamons (CFCs) are synthetically produced propellents used by
industry for a variety of products and
uses. In 1978, the U.S. congress in·
stigated a ban on CFC hair propellants
due to scientific reports linking CFCs to
environmental damage. CFC use in
other areas of industry was not banned,
however, and now these other uses have
far surpassed the aerosol levels of 1978.
For instance, CFCs are propelled
through plastic to create polystyrene
foam.
SevE:ral steps have been taken to cut
down on the polystyrene production.
Here on campus, SAGA has agreed to
shift from styrofoam to paper products.
The V.S. congress has adopted a
similar declaration for their food service
congress calling for reduction of CFC
use in this country. There has been a
surprisingly strong and bi-partisan reac·
tion to this issue.
The world community is becoming
aware of the situation. In December of
1986 and again in March of 1987, international conferences have been held to
assess the CFC problem worldwide.
The city of Berkely is fingering legislation that would"create a city-wide ban
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Friends of the Earth, a coalition of national and international environmental
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What you need to know, ~
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make a smooth trarJ~itlOn fro ih1,
Evergreen into the real world: last '
minute hints from the Career Development Office.
Forget what jobs "are available" out
there. That will change constantly
throughout your working life and if you
only seek "available" jobs, you are missing out on many of the most interesting
career possibilities. Instead, figure out
what kind of work would make you the
happiest and seek employment in that
field. The work which would make you
happiest is the work where you will be
most effective.
Take the label off yourself ("I am ,a
media production specialist" or "I am a
policy analyst"). Learn to describe
yourself to prospective employers in
tenns of ~hat you know how to do well.
Expect your job hunt to take between
six weeks and six months. Most
Evergreen graduates take between
three and six months to fmd work in'
their fields of interest.
f", UsEl,~ "'!lny ~e~t ~venues of job
, tiunt~a8' ix>sSfule. there are lots:
~ Mail out targeted resumes. This
avenue works best if your resume happens to arrive when the organization is
hiring for someone with your
qualifications.
~ Answer ads in local and non-local
papers and professional or trade
journals.
~ Place your own ad in local and nonlocal papers and professional or trade
journals.
~ Visit State, Federal, City, County
personnel offices. Determine what
registers you can get on and how to
receive notification of upcoming jobs.
~ Vi~t Evergreen's Career Development Office in LIB1213, not only as a
source of current job information, but to
talk with the staff there about creative
job search techniques that have made
other students successful in their search
for meaningful work. Also, attend the
resume writing and job aearch seminar
series workshops we sponsor during the
academic year.
.. Ask friends, relatives; faculty, inWmship sponsors, and anyone else you may
know about jobs they know of or who is
hiring. In short, let everyone know you
are looking for work; solicit their support and good ideas.
~ Creatively conduct your job search by
going to visit in person any organization
which has people doing work which is of
interest to you. Folks in the career planning biz call this ;'networking" or "information interviewing". Think of it as
a research project and talk with the
Career Development staff about how to
do it effectively. Many Greeners have
found this method of job hunting to be
the most productive (although time consuming) method of searclting
~ Work through ajob search program,
available both at Evergreen and through
many county/city human service
agencies.
The a",erage job hunter uses only two
of these eight job hunting avenues.
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Clearly, the parents of the present
crop of tent caterpillers failed to exercise sufficient reproductive restraint.
Now would be a very bad time to be a
tent caterpillcr. A very small percentage
of them will be able to fulflll their
destiny and become adult reproductive
moths. The vast ml\iority face being
starved, roasted on hot pavement,
squashed under tire or foot, attacked by
fly or wasp parasites, disease or killed
by human war strategies.
The result is likely to be few tent
caterpillers next year and a lot of
defoliated plants ihis year. The vast majority of the plants will survive; older
trees have gone through this sort of
thing before.
Caterpillers feed for about six weeks
before they leave the plants and spin a
silken case in which they for a pupa.
About three weeks after pupation, adult
moths emerge, followed by female
deposition of eggs glued to the bark of
host plants. The eggs hatch the following Spring. I saw newly hatched larvae
all ~arly as March 29 of this year.
The ones on our PotentiUahave a bet-
ter chance than do most others. They
migrated there when they ran low o(
food and were over-crowded in the trees
where they hatched. The ones that did
not migrate can be seen crowded in the
silken tents or wandering about the barren twigs and branches of defoliated
plants. In these crowded, stressful situations a viral epidemic usually develops
and saves them from starvation. Virus
diseased caterpillers hang head down
and become flaccid after death. The
virus infects skin tissue and dead individuals are easily ruptured and release
millions of virus inclussions that quickly spread the disease.
The virus can also be spread by fecal
contamination since infected individuals
can feed for several days. The little
black, hard feces balls that are getting
all over everything blow about and those
carrying the virus contaminate distant
food sources. Hence, the ones in the
Poientilla are not out of the woods yet.
In addition, 30% of the caterpillars
have little white eggs attached on or
near their heads. These catel1?illers are
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by a fly. The eggs will hatch and feed
on the larva, which will die in its pupal
case. The fly will not complete its
development until next Spring when
caterpillers are available for egg deposit.
We should expect a high ratio of flies to
caterpillers next spring and that will further depress the caterpiller population
the followirig year.
It is likely that 10-20% are infested
with a wasp parasite that will have a
similar population effect.
Eventually, after a scarcity of tent
caterpillers, things will return to, the
more usual condition and we will see a
few tents here and there, mostly in
Alders, and the tent caterpiller population will 'be held relatively stable from
year to year by the action of parasitic
flies, wasps and occasional, local virus
outbreaks. Then, sometime in the future
a complex interaction of multiple factors
will allow the caterpiller population to
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Busting the Basilheads
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The supreme court has done away with
due process. Better hide
the basil.
On Friday, May 29, two students were
arrested for smoking basil in the lobby
of the CAB building. Pam Drulinerand
Rick Nelson were just lighting up when
they were approached by campus security guard Ginger Weist and Julie Moore,
student undercover cop.
"Give me that pipe."
"Empty your pockets."
."Spread 'em."
The two students were thoroughly
searched and all relevent evidence confiscated, despite the protests of illegali·
ty by an onlooker. "You can't search
them without first telling them their
rights!"
"Yes we can." was Moore's finn reply.
As the offenders were being escorted
from the building, student Jennifer
Francis rushed up. "Where are you taking them? Where do I post bail?"
"These people are threats to the community." answered Moore, "They don't
have a right to bail."
In the puzzled silence that followed
their exit student Karl Schomburg made
a quick, illuminating speech. "Is there
something .wrong with this picture?
You're damn right there is!" He went
on to explain the effects of recent
Supreme Court rulings dealing with
criminal suspicion. "They can search you
without a warrant. They can search you
without informing you of your rights and
they can use unreasonable force. But the
evidence they seize can still be used
against you. Two days ago the Supreme
Court ruled that a person can be held on
unrelated charges up until the date of
their trial and denied the right of bail.
Also, a person considered a threat to
public safety can remain in custpdy even
after they have been tried and declared
innocent pending the resolution of the
appeals process by the state, which
could be stretched out indefinitely. It
could take years. This is wrong. Thomas
Jefferson said 'Eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty. ' We need to remember
that."
This mock arrest, enacted with the
cooperation of campus security, was a
dramatic reminder of ways in which the
ruling could be interpreted locally.
The Supreme Court ruling, which the
N. Y. Times termed "one of the most important criminal law decisions in years,"
upheld a provision of the Bail RefGrm
Act of 1984 which authorizes pretrial
detention without the possibility of bail
if the court decides that "the safety of
any other person and the community"
would be at risk if the defendant were
freed. This includes serious, violent
crimes and some drug offenses.
In other countries, such as South
Mrica, endangering "the safety of any
other person and the community" is applicable to political prisoners and those
who disagree with current government
policies. The phrase is wide open to in·
terpretation. Before 1984, adult criminal
defendants could only be legally detained if it was nearly rertain that otherwise
they. wouldn't show up for their trial.
There are two maJor reasons why this
ruling could be considered Ullconstitutional. The first of these is the Due Pro13
cess Clause of the Fifth Amendment. It
states that "No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without
due process oflaw... " Pretrial detention
has been maintained by the Dissent
(those members of the court who didn't
agree with the rmal decision) to be a
punishment, and illegal denial of liberty inconsistent with this country's due
process of law. A fundamental attribute
of due process is being considered innocent before proven guilty and therefore
immune to pretrial puhlshment.
The second constitutional problem is
a provision of the Eighth Amendment
that declares "excessive bail shall not be
required." Since the Bail Reform Act of
1984 already allows the court to set bail
at an infinite amount, it's almost a moot
point. But it's still in the Constitution.
When addressing this point, those in
favor of the ruling argued that the
Eighth Amendment might have mentioned excessive bail being wrong, but
it didn't say anything about the defendant not having the right to bail at all.
However, what really boggles the
mind isn't the loose interpretation of an
Amendment that has the potential for
severly restricting your Constitutional
rights. What really makes ·one stop to
think is when the security officer
pockets your pipe after a mock arrest,
laughs and says, "Maybe I'd better hold
onto this."
For more information about the
Supreme Court decision look in the
Wednesday, May 27th edition of the
New York Times, The Se.attle Times,
The P.1. etc. 0
--Katn M a1'tin
Last week I read the laws concermng
rape for the State of Washington. It
reminded me of when I was first experimenting with sex and alcohbl. I got
drunk and encouraged my date to do the
same. I was trying to bolster my oourage
and lower her resistance to my advances. I'm glad she said "no" and that
I took "no" for an answer, regardless of
how drunk we were.
Reading the laws today I realize if she
had been much drunker and I had not
taken "no" for an answer, it could have
led to my being charged with rape. The
experience made me feel tembly guilty
and since then I have been careful to
make sure my partner's and my feelings
were mutual--that we were both saying
"yes" and meaning it.
In the interests of clarity and safety
for all I would like to share sotne of information about rape laws. Discussion of
the law in no way negates the more burning issues of the pain, anger, fear, isolation and powerlessness felt by victims
of acquaintance/date rape. However, for
some it may be the beginning of a
greater awareness of the more important human issues.
If a person is incapacitated physically
or mentally for whatever reason (for example, under the influence of
alcohoVdrugs) IUld unable to give consent
to ~x, having sex with that person constitutes rape. In a case like this, the
defendent must prove that"the victim
was not incapacitated at the time of sex
if he is charged. The burden of proof is
not left to the victim.
"Consent" to sex means "there are actual words or conduct indicating" desire
for sexual contact. Lack of clearly expressed "consent" is the same as no
consent.
Any penetration, even of a foreign object, however slight, constitutes rape.
Also, rape does not mean just sexual intercourse but any contact involving the
sex organs of ope person with the mouth
or anus of another.
An implied threat "that places a person in fear of death or physical harm"
is regarded as "forceable compulsion"
and "forceable compulsion" is part of the
definition of both 1st ~d 2nd degree
rape.
Touching a person on their sexual or
other intimate body parts, without clear
consent, constitutes indecent liberties.
Acquaintance/date rape is not
specifically defined in the Washington
Criminal Code, but the Sexual Offences
chapter of the code has many laws that
directly relate to this type of rape. Ignorance of the law does not leave us
blameless. Knowledge of the law can
help a victim feel confident in reporting
a rape. It can also help men re-examine
their behavior in the use of force and
coercion in relation to sexual contact.
Here are a few ideas that men might
think about in evaluating their behavior
on dates. For a man not to commit rape
he must stay sober enough to accurately determine if his desired sexual partner is sober and thus mentally capable
to "consent' to sex. A victim of sexual
assault may be responsible for their
headache in the mormng but not for participating in . sex they cannot comprehend, let alone say "no" to. Helping
a potential victim get so drunk that they
can't say "no," may implicate a rn&n in
a charge of rape. It is not a viable
defense for a man to say he was too
drunk to know he used force to obtain
sex. Having sex when drunk is like driving while drunk. A person is still liable
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for their actions.
Many men are confused about what
constitutes "consent" or refusal in terms
of sexual contact. Sometimes men talk
themselves into believing a woman is
saying "no" to sex when she really
means "yes". It may occasionally be
true, but it makes no difference under
the law. The law clearly states that "oonsent" to sex means "actual words or conduct indicating freely given agreement".
No one has the right to think they can
read someone else's mind simply to
justify the use of force, however slight,
to obtain sex from another.
The following are exerpts from the
Sexual Offenses Chapter 9A.44 RCW of
the Washington Criminal Code:
RCW 9A.44.010 Defihltions. As used in
this chapter:
(1) "Sexual intercourse" (a) has its ordinary meahlng and occurs upon any
penetration, however slight, and
(b) Also means any penetration of the
vagina or anus however slight, by an object, when committed on one person by
another, whether such persons are of the
same sex, except when such penetration
is accomplished for medically recognized treatment or diagnostic purposes,
and
(c) Also means any act of sexual contact between persons involving the sex
organs or one person and the mouth or
anus of another whether such persons
are of the same or opposite sex.
(2) "Married" means one who is legally married to another, but does not include a person who is living separate and
apart from his or her spouse and who
has filed in an appropriate oourt for legal
separation or for dissolution of his or her
marriage.
(3) "mental incapacity" is that conru-
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tion existing at the time of the offense
which , prevents a person from
understanding the nature or consequences of the act of sexual intercourse
whether that condition is produced by
illness,' defect, the influence of a
substance or from some other cause.
(4) "Physically helpless" means a person who is unconscious or for any other
reason is physically unable to communicate unwillingness to an act;
(5) "Forcible compulsion" means
physical force which overcomes
resistance or a threat, express or implied, that places a person in fear of
death or physical injury to herself or
himself or another person, or in fear that
she or he or another person will be
kidnapped ...
(6) "Consent" means that at the time
of the act of sexual intercourse there are
actual words or conduct indicating freely given agreement to have sexual
intercourse.
ROW 9A.44.020 Testimony (1) In
order to convict a person of any ~
defined in this chapter it shall not be
necessary that the testimony of the
alleged victim be corroborated.
ROW 9A44.080 Defenses to prosecution under this chapter. (1) In any pro- ,
secution under this chapter in which Jack
of consent is based solely upon the victim's mental incapacity or upon the victim's being physically helpless, it is a
defense which the defendant must pro-
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ve by a preponderance of the evidence
that at the time of the offense the defendant reasonably believed that the victim
was not mentally incapacitated and/or
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physically helpless.
RCW 9A44.040 Rape in the first
degree. (1) A person is guilty of rape in
the first degree when such person
engages in sexual intercourse with ,
another person by forcible compulsion
where the perpetrator or an accessory:
(a) Uses or threatens to use a deadly
weapon or what appears to be a deadly
weapon; or
(b) Kidnaps the victim; or
(c) Inflicts serious physical injury; or
(d) Feloniously enters into the building
or vehicle where the victim is situated.
(2) Rape in the first degree is a class
A felony.
ROW 9A.44.050 Rape in the second
degree. (1) A person is guilty of rape in
the second degree when under circumstances constituting rape in the first
degree, the person engages in sexual intercourse with another person:
(a) By forcible compulsion; or
(b) When the victim is incapable of consent by reason of being physically
helpless or mentally incapacitated:
(2) Rape in the second degree is a class
B felony.
ROW 9A.44.060 Rape in the third
degree. (1)A person is guilty of rape in
the third degree when, under circumstances non constituting rape in the
first or second degrees, such person
engages in sexual intercourse with
another person, not married to the
perpetrator;
(a) Where the victim did not consent
as defined in ~OW 9A.44.0l0, to sexual
intercourse with the ' perpetrator and
such iack of consent was clearly expressed by the victim's words or conduct, or
(b) Where there is threat of substantial unlawful harm to property rights of
the victim.
(2) Rape in the third degree is a class
C felony
ROW 9A.44100 Indecent Liberties (1) A
person is guilty of indecent liberties
when he knowingly causes another person who is not his spouse to have sexual contact with hbn or another:
(a) By forcible compulsion; or
(b) When the other person isle8s than
fourteen years of age; or
(c} When the other person is incapable
of consent by reason of being mentally
defective, mentally incapacitated, or
physically helpless.
(2) For purposes of this section, "sexual contact" means any touching of the '
sexual or other intimate parts of a person done for the PurPose of gratifying
sexual desire of either party_
(3) Indecent bberties is a class B
felony. 0
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Parent support is more than mouthwork
Asking "Does Evergreen support
childcare on campus?" is like asking,
"Does Olympia support the elderly?"
Some individuals do, some do not.
Those who become involved in , an
issue, either passively or actively, usually do so because it affects them in some
way. My involvement with child-eare on
campus began when I was getting paid
to teach young children at the
Evergreen Childcare Center. I am no
longer teaching, I run not a parent, and
I am not a student. I am still involved
in childcare on the Evergreen campus
because 1 have been affected.
I have seen children at the center act
out of anger and frustration because of
lack of attention at home and even at the
center. I have seen parents struggle
with the guilt of trying to balance being
a "good" parent, a "diligent" student,
and an "effective" individual. I have
seen student-teachers puzzled as to why
they just can't have a good time with the
children. I have seen myself become
disillusioned with a philosophy that is
not consistently held by parents,
teachers, and administrators. Most of all,
I have seen ways to change all that I
have seen and have not taken the time
and energy that it requires to make the
. necessary changes.
Childcare and parenting is not important on the Evergreen campus: That is
the under!ying message that is heard by
parents and the childcare. This has
never been said,but actions. speak
louder than words. I would like to see
people not simply verbally supporting
childcare issues, but also doing
something concrete to support children
and student parents at Evergreen.
There is no blrune to be put upon
anyone or any group of people, just as
there ,should be no blame put upon a
parent when their child misbehaves. But
when the attitude or behavior is apparent, then we as individuals and
parents are responsible to act as we
think best to change the situation or
behavior. When we do not do something
the attitude or behavior is unlikely to
change.
We can change attitudes about parenting and childcare on campus by using
a technique used to change negative
"We are missing a
lot when we do not
have any contact
with children in our
lives."
thoughts and attitudes about ourselves.
When we have been ignort!d and have
felt unimportant or not worthwhile, we
change these feelings and affIrm
ourselves by repeating: "I JUll important, I am wot:t,hwhile." When we say
these afftrmations to ourselves at
moments of not "feeling" worthwhile,
we allow the hurt to come out and let
the positive feelings' in. Children and
parenting are important, and they are
wOlthwhile; not just to parents, .
teachers, and children, but to everyone.
Evergreen's philosophy encompasses
doing things differently, creatively. Administrators, faculty, staff, and students,
are creative, and I know that as individuals and groups we can all think of
ways to support children and parents.
We learn about ourselves when we are
around children; we are missing a lot
when we do not have any contact. with
children in our lives. I would like to suggest a few ideas on how to support
children and parents on campus, which
would support in turn ourselves and our
future.
Admini8trators: Ask YOUTllelves why
you do not like to see children on the
main campus. Is it because they are too
noisy or disruptive? Are you afraid of
libel suits? Are parents not watching
thei.r children, letting them play on and
around places that you think are
dangerous? I strongly believe in
teaching children to respect the rights
of others and their property, as well as
themselves. We can do this together, but
only if the children are with us and not
shunted off into a corner.
Parents need specific skills in parenting; it is not an innate talent t.o be a
parent who ~ effectively deal with all
types of behaviOr. Evergreen needs
quality parenting classes that are incorporatep into Core Programs.
AdJt¥nistrators have the "power"--the
authority-to encourage the faculty, the
staff, and the students to think about
how tQey could support student parents
and their children. You could make the
difference in attitude the fastest, not by
making childcare one of your top
priorities. but by giving all your
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priorities an added dim~m8ion: how su~
portmg children and student parents will
reflect on the philoeophy, the programs,
and the attitudes of faculty, staff and .
students.
Faeulty: Think about your programs,
classes, internships. How could students
get credit by becoming a support person for student parents? For instance,
they could receive credit for spending
time with a chUd on a weekly basis so
that a student parent might have some
time to finish a paper, or do homework.
We do have a childcare center, but not
all parents want their children to spend
most of their day trying to compete with
the attention of many other chUdren. It
is a special time when a child ' gets an
adult's one-on-one attention. Students
can think of many ways of getting credit
for giving support to student parents,
but you need to be supportive at the
beginning and make a few suggestions.
I know there are many faculty that have
encouraged their students to get involved with children, but usually they are
teaching programs that have a traditional connection to children, 8uch as
teaching, sociology and psychology programs. I would like to see other programs, such as science, math, and the
arts, become more involved with
children.
. Staff: You may feel you do not have
time or reasons to give support to
children or parents, but I bet if you had
encouragement from administration to
take a half an hour a month, you could
share something you like about your job,
or teach the children at the center a
specific aspect of your job, or share a
skill or hobby you have. Whether you
are a computer specialist, a sanitary
engineer, a grounds worker, a cashier,
or a cook, you all have something to 01fer children and in tum you'll gain a be~
ter appreciation for what you do or what
your intel'l!8ts are.
Studenta: The facuhy can give you
ideas, but you are the ones who are
responsible for what you learn and how
you learn it. You have the moet creative
leeway to become involved in arupporting
student parents and their chUdren.
Perhaps there is a special project that
chUdren could help you with in one or
more of these areas: planning, building,
presenting, or evaluating.
I know that many community
members do support childcare and want
to give support to student parents and
their chUdren. ~t like anything. we
want to get involved in, we need encouragement along the way ar¥l not just
at the beginning. If,we can support one
another instead o( conde~ one
another then we would be taking a giant
leap in modeling the behavior we want
(or our chDdren. Children are OlD' future;
let'8 help ourselves make it a positive,
creative, and responsible one. 0
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Resuscitating decision-making
Ideas on how Evergreen can make concrete
changes to involve students
Evergreen has an extensive system
for involving the community in relevant
decisions. There are numerous task
forces and committees working with a
number of issues. Laudable from an
idealistic viewpoint, the process has
some fundamental proglems that negate
many of its visionary intents. Whatever
system of governance this college
adopts, it will take a recommitment on
the part of the faculty and staff if the
system is to be anything more than a
new way of paying lip service.
For example, the plethora of committees and the amount of time and effort
it takes an individual to become an effective member of a committee ts one of
the m9Jor barriers to the recruitment to
and performance of assignments. Faculty and staff get burned out with all of
this committee work. Students barely
have the time to accomplish their
studies, much less devote their energies
to governance.
The danger here is that the faculty or
staff person with the greatest interest
in some issue winds up doing most of a
committee's work. The cQmmittee process becomes a rubber stamp for
legitimizing the plans of an individual,
rather than being a vital exercise in community self-government.
In such a scenario, students can be
perceived more as an encumbrance than
an assett in the (committee's) work.
They are inexperienced, almost always
uneducated 88 to the scope of the committee's charge, uncertain as to what information they need to pursue and
where it might be found, unfamiliar with
the history of the issue at hand, and
unaware of the internal political struggles within the administration and faculty. In govemance matters, students
start out with fpur strikes against them.
In fact, it is most unfair to expect the
professional staff or faculty to give
credence to the student representative
on these committees. To do 80 would
mean a major commitment from one or
more of the committee's members in an
attempt to bring the students up to
speed, to provide them with the faCts,
figures, and observational insights
necessary to making an informed decision. When one takes a look at the
workload of the average committee
member, and the deadlines these committees generaJly have, such a commitment becomes an increasingly
unrealistic expectation.
Unless mechanisms can be found for
lightening the participatory burden of
the faculty and sta1f in the governance
process, these problems will 0rW com·
pound as time goes on. Perhaps, as the
college grows, the additional faculty will
be able to bear some of the load. It
should be made clear to ihem that, like
it or not, this is an obligation of their
employment here. The only other alter,
native is to give more power to individual administrators and deans,
which would concentrate and centralize
decision-making authority. I do not think
that the community's idealists would approve of such a program.
The change in enrollment patterns at
Evergreen complicates matters even
further. Historically, this college has had
a high percentage of older, more experienced students. These students
were highly motivated and caring. Their
experiences in the working world, and
their feeliilgs of impotence in that world,
are what brought them to Evergreen.
They wanted to make changes, rec0gnized that to d.o so often meant becoming
involved in institutional processes, and
had the personal integrity to "put their
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money where their mouth is." They
recognized that if they did not espoU8e
their values and take personal responsibility for shaping their community,
they would bequeath to future students
an institution essentially identic;al in its
hierarchy to the other components of
Washington state's education factory.
These dedicated and committed
pioneers have gone on to make their
marks in communities all over the country. Evergreen's publicity machine hlUl
tracked them and recorded their success
in its rec;ruitment materials. Young
students now perceive Evergreen as being a 'good' school with an excellent
reputation.
Evergreen's traditional- methods of
decision-making can be resuscitated and
rejuvenated in only one way. It is encumbent upon the administration and
faculty to recommit themselves to community . self-governance. They must
develop policies and embrace efforts to
involve and educate students in the
governance process. Credit must be
granted for stu~nt participation in
governance activities. Faculty and ataft'
must be given the time to work with
student participants on an individual
contract basis.
.
. The Evergreen is worth saving.
Without appropriate changes in policy
and committment ·by the non-student
population, the traditional governance
process, never terribly robust from a
student perspective, will continue to
atrophy. Eventually students will lose
even the sense that they can be empowered members of this community.
When that happens, the Evergreen vision will have died. And it will not be
Evergreen, alone, that suffers. We will
have failed, as a community, to do our
best to develop capable and conscientious leaders; leaving more gaps in the
wider social matrix to be filled by the
Oliver Norths, Richard Secords, and G.
Gordon Liddys of this world.
Lame duck editor hits and runs
As the year comes to a close, I have
been thinking about the future of the CPj
and how the issues the campus is now
grappling with will a1fect it. Here are
some thoughts:
The Student OtIIce MOTe:
By 1989 the student offices will have
moved from the third floor of the
Library to someplac:e else, probably the
CAB. This is an ideal time to correct a .
mojor fault with tlfe CPj: It is-isolated
tram the OlIijority the student groups.
I believe that the paper would function
better if it was next door to as many student groups &8 possible.
This year we've been neighbors with
the Environmental Resource Center.
Our proximity has made it easier to exchange ideas, infonnation and stories;
for the ERC to check up on the processing of their submissions; and for us to
get last minute information. But more
importantly, we'v~ developed a bond of
friendship that comes from greeting
each other at 3 a.m., taking breaks
together, from sharing supplies and a
waIl. It's easier to work with and respect
people you know. Perhaps if the other
student groups could get a neighbor's
view ofhow the CPj functions they would
stop viewing us &8 an institution and
start interacting with us a fellow people.
Student GoYemance:
The Governance IYI'F proposed this
or
year that the :Student lJommurucation
Center hire investigative reporters and
put out a newsletter. Rather than one
more publication, I would have the CPj
work together with the sec to see that
the infC}rmation is presented. This would
mean a bigger budget for the paper so
that the space would be available--more
infonnation means more pages in the
paper means more money-but this
would require a check-up system on the
editor so that if she is not interested in
governance it would still go in.
Which leads us to accountability of the
editor. Usually, the editor's supervisor
is the publisher, who OWns the paper.
Th~ is a lot of confusion about who the
publisher is. The Communications Board
is an "advisory" panel consisting of statf,
faculty, community members and
students...who are in the minority. They
pick the editor and write "policy". Officially, the Com Board is the publisher,
but...
The students are the ones that pay for
the paper thro\wb S&A fees. Therefore,
they should own the paper and be considered the publishers. I think that the
Student Governance Committee should
be the ofl'iciaI publishing board. They
could pick editors and vote on questions
that usually fall on the publisher, such
as "should the CPj run military ads?"
Personally, I'd just dissolve the Com
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Board. They don't do much. They were
originally conceived to keep the CPj and
KAOS from doing things that are illegal
and getting sued. This is a valid need,
but the Com Board doesn't really fill it.
What the CPj needs is a good h'bellawyer
that can be consulted at any time.
Experimental,
Alternative
PhilolJOpbie8:
It is my belief that since Evergreen
is an experimental, alternative schooL
they can best..be served by an alternative, experimental press. The
American mainstream press is a very
sick dog. Making money is generally
more important than getting out needed infonnation, and you make money by
catering to the status quo. On the other
hand, an embarrassing number of alternative publications combine news and
opinion to the point that they lose
credibility in the eyes of the readers. We
need a training ground for students interested in reforming the media, not
students who want a resume that will
get them on at the Olympian. Evergreen
could be ideal as a center for alternative
media education. How 'bout it, Joe?
The CPj ' is a vital part of the
Evergreen community; a free exchange
of infonnation and opinions is crucial to
student action and solidarity. It could be
more so. Good luck. 0
--Polly Trout, Editor
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first sensed the scope of the
Nicaragua situation while
still in Mexico. I made a
phone call to my brother
and was telling him that most of the
rtghting in Nicaragua was confined to
certain isolated regions near the Honduran border, when suddenly the phone
went dead. It was the fU'Bt time I had
ever been disconnected in the middle of
a long distance phone call and also the
fl1'st time I had ever spoken over the
phone about Nicaragua. The precise timing seemed to suggest that it was
calculated. There was no way of knowing and the uncertainty left me feeling
vaguely suspicious.
In 1985, international bus service was
cancelled between Honduras and
Nicaragua. Today busses run only to the
border and no further. EI Espino is the
only border croBBing that remains open.
The others have had bridges blown up,
roads mined, or otherwise been closed.
At the border signs of violence are
everywhere. The inspection station, the
duty free shops, and small restaurants
that once welcomed visitors to
Nicaragua are all destroyed. The walls
are marked with bullet holes, and the
wild tropic foliage is slowly taking over.
Honduras.again that proved to be difficult. Every item in my bag was searched. The border officers confiscated a
sheathed knife given to me by my grandfather, a military surplus rain poncho,
a book by Fidel Castro, and two books
written by Sandinista leaders. I was not
allowed to mail these things out of the
country. Only after offering a small bribe
to one of the officers was I allowed to
have two books and my knife returned.
Nicaragua's July 1979 coup, which
overturned the Somoza regime,
established a constitutional democracy
that in my opinion functions at a high
level of response to the needs and
demands of the population. The degree
of mutual respect between the
Nicaraguan people and their infant
government is unimaginable without
seeing it firsthand.
The new leaders of Nicaragua are for
the most part Marxists. Many ~ived
their education and training in Cuba.
But the Concerns of the Sandinistas
would appear · to be less oriented
towards following a strict Marxist doctrine than to adhering to the needs of
their nation in the most practical and
functional way possible. Nationalized industry amounts to one-third of the total ·
economy. One in three Nicaraguans
work for the state; the remainder continue to work within a free-market
economy as they had before the revolution. Free elections were held in 1985,
although the Reagan administration denounced them as a sham when the party supported by the former National
Guard withdrew from the race in a
gesture of protest.
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This destruction did not occur during the
Sandinista uprisings in 1979, but only
within the last three years when contra
activities had increased in the area.
From the pre-control checkpoint it's
another 5 km to the actual immigration
office. The rtrst step in clearing immigration is in exchanging money. It is
necessary to exchange 60 American
dollars at the "official rate" governed by
the Central Bank of Nicaragua for 4,200
cordobas. EBSentially this "exchange" is
really a 59 dollar donation to the republic
of Nicaragua because 4,200 cordobas are
only worth one American dollar at any
bank inside the country. On the black
market a single dollar will fetch 5,000
cordobas or more.
Americans and most western Europeans don't need a visa to enter the
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country. The reasoning, in my opinion,
behind this open-door policy towards
certain visitors is that Nicaragua is a
country with nothing to hide.
At the border cro88ing only the most
casual search through my luggage was
made. I was free to bring in or take out ·
anything equally unrestricted in the
United States. It was getting back into
tion to comply with these measures. In
1985 the same offer was made again with
the further concession that the U.S.
would be allowed to retain its forces in
Honduras. Once more Washington balked. This information came to me not
from the Nicaraguan press but from a
recent issue of McCleans, a respected
Canadian newsmagazine;
The American press also seems to
rarely mention the role Canada has
played in its diplomatic relations with
Nicaragua. Successive liberal and conservative governments there have been
outspoken against the American policy
in Nicaragua. Not only has Canada
refused to aid the contras, but the Canadians send economic aid to the Sandinistas. Last year's economic relief
amounted to eight.million dollars. Mexico, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and
several Arab Nations are among other
countries that have helped to supply aid
to the Sandinistas,' according to the
McCleans article.
Electricity is free to the public. Water
is also free and gasoline is sold for ,Ilbout
one American cent per liter, although it
is rationed'to no more than rtve gallons
per filling. All of these services, as well
as industrial machinery, oil, and basic
food commodities are supplied at reduced prices by Cuba and the Soviet Union.
The U.S. by refusing to recognize that
When you visit a nation like l'iicaragua
it's easy to turn around and look back
at the United States with a new persective • Even as I CroBSed the border to
enter the country, an obese man from
Kentucky was being detained and questione on suspicion of trying to pass a
pho~:y $100 bill at the exchange office.
The "ill was indeed a forgery and the
man was sent back to Honduras. The
poor fool seemed to typify an impression
many foriegilers have of the average
Yankee: obese, foolish, ignorant, and
thinking he can do as he chooses with the
money in his pocket.
.
When I arrived in Managua later the
same day, the headlines on the front
page of The Barricada (the official daily
newspaper of the FSLN) blared with an
article of how the American press had
recently uncovered a covert operation
the CIA had been operating with drug
smugglers who were being allowed to
bring cargo planes filled with tons of cocaine and marijuana safely into military
airports in Florida in exchange for returning to Central America with arms and
munitions destined for the contras.
When reading a government controlled newsjournal such as The Barricada
it can be expected that some articles will
be slanted towards the official government position on any given issue. But in
the United States, where supposedly
there exists a ''free pre88," it is more difrtcult to clearly see how much influence
the government and major industrial
corporations have on the information we
receive in the media. For example,
before coming to Nicaragua I had no
idea that in 1984 the Sandinistas had
sent representatives to Washington
prepared to sign an accord that ' would
have provided the United States with
meJor consce88ions on behalf of the Sandinistas. The FSLN had agreed to meet
the
following
demands
from
Washington: expelling Soviet bloc advisors from Nicaragua, stopping its importation ~ Soviet weapons, ending support for leftist rebels in EI Salvador, and
reducing the size of the Nicaraguan Army, all in exchange for the U.S. to stop
aiding the contras and to withdraw U.S.
forces from Honduras. The U.S. refus-
"The poor fool seemed
to typify the im pression many foreigners
have of the average
Yankee: obese, ignorant, and thinking he
can do as he chooses
with the money in his
pocket."
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needs of Nicaraguan society, has succeeded in helping to strengthen the
growth of communism in Latin America
The American answer to gaining support in this region has been to put
pressure on Nicaragua in every way
possible rather than gaining their favor
with a "good neighbor" policy.
Returning to a Somoza-like National
Guard for a government would be a collective death for these people and they
know it. As the Minister of the Interior
and one of the founding fathers of the
FSLN, Tomas Borge, said, if a foriegn
army were to attempt to overthrow the
Sandinistas, "they would have to kill
every single Nicaraguan and rule over
a cemetary!" The contras, on the other
hand, have consistently lacked solid
leadership and often squabble amongst
themselves over money and power.
Unless certain fundamental changes occur in the current contra vs. Sandinista
military struggle, I see no hope for the
contras.
Despite this it seems highly unlikely
that the contras will walk away from
their hopes to regain control of the colintry. In fact, they have recently begun
what's being called their "new wave" of
guerilla warfare tactics. This new
strategy is to hit targets in the outlYing
areas surrounding cities, thus instilling
fear among the large urban population
that the contras are closing in on. Unfortunately for the contras however,
they botched up their fIrst mission as
they launched their new wave of attacks.
A group of nine contras attempted to
sabatage a power generating station outside Managua several weeks ago. The
Sandinistas have a highly developed network of civil defense groups. Known collectively as the CDS or Sandinista
Defence Committees, these groups function as neighborhood and local patrol
groups that circulate throughout the
community. A CDS group spotted the
contras before they had taken action and
informed the authorities. The men were
arrested and their weapons and plastic
explosives confIscated. After extensive
questioning they were publicly displayed
at ~ press conference in which it was
noted that they were solemn and
shameful yet physically sound, as if they
had not suffered abuse at the hands of
the Sandinista police.
I think it not surprising that-the contra guerrillas were not hanned by their
captors. Even though the Sandinista
People's Revolution was an anned overthrow of a previous regime, the source
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of its strength has been its intellect aiJd
not sheer brutality. The FSLN's approach towards building a new society
has been scientifIc. Programs are analyzed as to their effectiveness; what works
stays and what doesn't work is altered.
Goals are established in each governmental branch for the immediate benefIt
of the task at hand as well as for
reaching intermediate and·long term objectives. The results of these efforts
have been a substantial rise in
agricultural, livestock, and industrial
production as well as a dramatic increase
in education and literacy,rural medicine
treatment, and an expansion of paved
public roads and electric and water
services.
Seeing results like these from such an
infant government has fueled public support for the FSLN inside Nicaragua. To
be sure, they are struggling and only
moving ahead at a pace that various un-
controllable circumstances will allow.
For example, in 1987 coffee exports will
amount to more than 50 percent of all
of Nicaragua's total exports. Yet the
price of coffee on the world market ha~
continued to slump in recent years. So
have worldwide prices on cotton and
sugar, two more very important export
crops. With deflated prices on
Nicaragua's exports, less income will be
generated inside the country and there
will be less overall hard currency
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available to provide public services and
promote continued economic and social
growth. Compound this with the fact
that the Sandinistas are forced to
allocate half of their national budget to
combat the contras.
And yet it would be hard to visit
Nicaragua without walking away moved by how determined the people are at
progres~ing even in the face of Ruch
devastating obstacles as .war and poverty. The people I met hold no animosity
towards the people of the U.S. They are
as amiable and friendly towards visiting
Americans as they would be toward any
non-aggressive foriegner in their country. More often than not the average
Nicaraguan will walk up to a visiting
foreigner with a handshake and a smile,
curious at the prospect of meeting
someone from out of town. Nothing "
changes once it has been established
that visitor is from the U.S. I've' had
Nicaraguans stop to light a cigarette for
me after I've just pulled one out of a
pack, and then merely smile and walk
on. In Managua I met a group of flirtatious young schoolgirls who told me
they imagined that the United States
was very beautiful and that they would
like to visit there sometime. Children
would ask me to take their photograph.
Soldiers took more interest in my guitar
than 'in checking my J.D. I was even
given rides while hitchiking--once in a
government owned ambulance and twice
in military transport trucks full of
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soldiers.
Perhaps the most memorable image
from Nicaragua I will take home with
me was shaking"a soldier's hand after he
assisted me in finding a bus I was looking for. He was perhaps my own age, 22,
and fully adorned in camoflaged fatigues
with black jungle boots and and olive
drab utility belt stuffed with ammunition
clips and Soviet hand grenades. He had
joked about my guitar, asking if it was
a rifle. When I told him it was only a
guital' he pointed to his Soviet made
AK47 rifle and told me that this was his
guitar. Finally I shook his hand and
wished him good luck,and in that instant he seemed to slow down; relinquishing his grip on my hand and star·
ing into my eye~ . It was as if it suddenly ol!curred to him that two people could
transcend such distant cultural and
geographic barriers as ours and share a
brief moment of cOlTU'ade:'y even as our
two nations prepare to go to war with
one another. 0
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A drama in real life
"There are independant
record campanies occasionall y that spring up that are not
machine-like. And there are
-individual people working
within the framework of even
the major record companies
who are not machine-like and
who love the music. The promotion people and the
marketing people who I've
met with recently at CBS are
all a huge cut above people I
knew there fifteen years l!IIfJo,
and they're very cammitted to
the music they're producing.
But I think they get increasingly f~trangled by thefact that
their campany's owned by a
multi-national corporation of
which
the
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Lee Hrnoord is a maniac with no affiliatum
to the college whatsoever.
tmI4ll part. And in the end all they reall~ care about is the bottom, line: "Haw
much. tncmey?" They cmddn't give a shit
about m'UBic. They're wt interested in
muaic. The guys who sit on the poa:rd of
CBS- Tisch and theBe people-- they
couldn't give a fuck abaut music. That,
in a way, is because muaic to the record
industry has been projUahle... The
par.ent companies are totally
diBintereBted in music. They're only interested in money. And that'8 a very bad
thing."
-Roger Waters
When I answered "yes" to the question "How would you like to interview
Roger Waters?" one thing shot through
my mind: That recycleable Reader's
Digest headline- "Please, God, Don't
Let Me Die!" My skull filled to the brim
with worry, dread, fear, and their
friends and constant companions, panic
and turmoil. If I said something
boneheaded-who'm I foolin'? WHENI
said something boneheaded- would he
reach through the phone, ' acrosS the
ocean and the North American continent, like a hideous Gerald Scarfe animation and cleave me in twain? (Halve my
corpse?)
Being one of the top word-men in the
music biz makes one a treacherous in·
terview to begin with, and the fact that
Roger maintains such a low profile (pl'a(.'"
tically that of a Tibetan ascetic) would
tend to frighten any pest (that should
read: "interviewer").
My dark tunnel of terro," got a dim bit
of light when I did some research on the
man. His birthday is mysterioUsly the
day after mine. It was at this moment
that I understood him. He's a Virgo and
that means he approaches life with a certain amount of guilt and sensitivity.
Waitl Before you fly off on some logic·
tangent, I'm not being an airhead here!
Of course, there's no reason that a
Taurus should make a good talkshow
h-. or a Scorpio a good porn-star, or
wiiatever all that unscientific stutJ's
about. Virgo just happens to be the only zodiacal sign that has any weight at
all. You see, we live every day with the
knowledge-the hideous truth--that our
parents were fooling around during the
holiday sea8On. Via this guiIt, Virgos
tend to p~e in serious and artistic
endeavors.
The reciever was handed to me and
. my palms were sweating so much I just
wanted to go hold my hands over the
sink. This was Roger Waters! Why
couldn't I be interviewing Jon Anderson, who's happy and cheery? Or someone who doesn't deal in lyrics, like
Keith Emerson who just nods his head
and ~ays " ...yeah .. :"?
On the other end was a quiet, relaxed
English accent. I discerned at once that
it must belong to a quiet, relaxed
Englishman. It certainly didn't sound
like the voice that ~mes screaming off
"The Final Cut" and makes me think my
stereo needle's going to come up with
blood on it. Roger was a pleasant, affable
sort-- an ord:n'ry bloke who eats toast
and mannalade for breakfast (polly
made me ask him that one).
Our thirty minutes vanished like sale
items and my notes and questions (now
a frightening juinble from trying to keep
the conversation on a flow) were confusing me more than Polly'S breiliast question did him. My voice boomed out as if
it were a l:lUming bush while Roger's
was whispering as if he was calling us
from the moon to complain of laryngitis.
I tried to shut up and keep him talking
as much as possible so we could salvage
what he was saying on our tape (Forever
in fear that he'd think I'd gone out to
get a bite to eat).
It's still being edited as I write this
. and no air-date is yet set, but it's ajolly
good interview and you can hear it on
the one and only (actual) Radio KAOS.
Watch for it! The main reason for your
watching for it is that I don't plan to
cover much of it in this article. The excuse for this is the reason the interview
happened: "Radio KA.O.S.," the latest
I album from this bloke, this marrnaladeovore, this musician we call
Roger Waters.
"Radio KA.O.S." opens with the tune
"Radio Waves" bursting in at full
volume as Roger's voice growls along
with a Bowie-esque quality and closes
with ''The Tide is Turning," an uplifting
and hopeful song. "My fIrSt ever," says
a straight-faced Waters. Between them
we are treated to the story of a Los
Angeles radio station and their strange
caller on the other end of the requestline. The caller is a crippled, nearcatatonic boy named Billy who lives in
Wales with his brother Benny. Benny (a
ham radio-buff) is unaware that his
vegetating, wheelchair-bound brother
picks up radio waves in his mind.
With the help of a portable phone Billy is able to connect with the static that
floats through his brain. He contacts the
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fictitious Radio K.A.O.S. and befriends
the OJ, Jim (played by former K.M.E.T.
jock, Jim Ladd.) Billy soon masters the
ability to crack computers around the
globe. He makes the danger signs light
up in the world's military installations
and keeps every missile from launching.
All stand helple88 as the Nuclear Reaper
apparently moves down on them.
It's a hard lesson for the people of the
earth 8S they light candles on the dark
side of the planet and slowly begin to
sing in unison. Hard lesson or no, Billy
does accomplish his thought-provoking
mission (I suppose the Welsh lad doesn't
think the world would listen if he just
told it in a story on a rock and roll
record. It'd be nice if they did, Billy).
"I think ~tory may possibly be on my
side as I adopt this role of prophet, that
maybe things are going to ' get a bit
easier in terms of us being able to cooperate with one another... Maybe in the
90's we'll be due for a bit more c0operation and a bit less competing," says
Roger.
.
Some years ago, Roger referred to the
70's as "a baleful decade" and added
"God knows what the 80's'1l be like!"
How does he feel now that they've over
half done with? Have they lived up to
his expectations of being hideous?
"Yeah. Oh, yeah. Not for me personally. It's been rather a jolly time. I do
think they've been pretty scarey."
Roger's story is original and inspired
and the album itself is powerful, enthusiastic, and just plain attentiongrabbing. Where "Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" slowly .moved Waters' style
out of "The Final Cut" and into a different method of storytelling, "Radio
K.A.O.S.".stands out as a plunge into
some new and unusual Waters. There
are moments where one says, "Yup,
that's Roger alright," as he whispers
close to the mike, and then the listener
is hit with something ("The Powers That
Be", "Sunset Strip'') that brings out a
" ...Wow ... Like it ... "
He says the album grew out of a song
called "Get Back To Radio" which surprisingly doesn't appear on the record.
"When we started making the album,
I had sixteen songs in demo stage. In
fact, the B-side of the single is one of the
demos of one of the other songs. And
there are another seven songs that I
haven't recorded yet. Definitely there
will be more of the story. The format in
which they come out will depend, to a
certain extent, on what happens to this
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"Baby, we live in a strip-minefI'here's
no doubt but that we're blindlYou love
you and I love mel We're too noxious for
anarchy". So opens their fIrst single,
"Strip Mine."
This reporter recently attended a
Sepulchral Dispersity concert, held at
Arby's. As I sat at the fonnica table, the
lights dimmed. Then, in a tone of barely controlled dreariness, the disem·
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Tohu Vab'ohu: chaos before order
t is a raw weekend. Friday after·
noon I discover, much to my
shock, that it is the 20th aniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lortely
Hearts Club Band(uIt was 20 years ago
today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to
play.''). Friday also is John F. Kennedy's
70th birthday. These two events, taken
together, make me feel somehow
futuristic ... and ... old. My first memory
of CUITent events is Kennedy's assasination, and the first rock song I remember
hearing is "A Day in a Life" ("I heard
the news today, oh boy ... ").
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Fade then to Friday evening. I go to
the ''Theater of the Absurd" performances in the Experimental Theater.
First Pinter's "The Homecoming," and
existential body-slam against all concepts of man's inherent goodness. I barely supress the urge to run onto the stage
and yell "Stop, please, I can't STAND
any more." But, like the play's
characters, I am trapped-completely
unable to escape the nightmare, or even
to look away-which is precisely the feeling this kind of theater is supposed to
achieve. The performance is almost too
good, almost unbearable in its madness.
The second play is Brecht's ''The Jewish
Wife,"a poignant look at relationships
tom apart by the Nazi movement in Germany. This piece is also well done-and
disturbing.
Move on to Friday after the plays. I
am in a delicate state, and go home to
unwind and escape-with television. But
10 and behold, Ted Koppel is on, talking
about the "cultural revolution" spawned by Sgt: Pepper. ARRGGH! I go to
bed, fall to sleep, and dream about the
Apocalypse to come in which all there
is to eat is ice-cream, and all there is to
drink is Hawaiian Punch. Everyone is
foreed to we~ colorful foil party hats to
keep out the radiation.
Saturday morning I awake to the
sound of riding lawn-mowers going up
and down past my window. Up and
down, up and down .. .! get up and
prepare a light breakfast. Glancing
through the paper while eating, I notice
that a movie called "The Ruling Class"
is just starting on TV. I've been told I
must see it, and of course I obey.
The ~in character is a British
aristocrat who thinkS he's Jesus Christ
("How do you know you're God", he is
asked. He replies, "Everytime I pray to
Him, I fmd I'm talking to myself." ). As
the "God of Love," he is shunned by
family and society. When finally convinced that he is not Christ, he changes into
Jack the Ripper. Called insane when a
man of peace, he is declared normal as
a violent, brooding, misanthrope. Soon
every person who helped to make him
"sane" is either crazy or dead. So much
for a happy ending.
Saturday evening means two more
plays at "Theatre of the Absurd" ("The
Bald Soprano" by Ionesco ,a nd Beckett's
"Act with no Words"), two more wellperformed displays of the basic
hopelessness and pettiness of humanity.
I go home afterwards, determined to
avoid television. Looking for something
to put on the stereo, two words appear
in my head. Two strange words, glowing ~th a silver-green light, begin to
pulse and throb in my head.
And then I ·remember. Tohu Vabohu.
Of course! A Cassette tape which came
to me, mysteriously, with the words
Tohu Vabohu inscnbed on it. A tape
which appeared in my mailbox at KAOS
with no warning. A tape which bade me
play it. And of (;()urse I obeyed.
I place Tohu Vabohu in my tape-deck,
and give the volume knob an arrogant
spin. A great pOunding fills the room ...a
beat... a throb.. _a 'calling! Yes! An invitation, imploring, demanding that I join
the gathering. A relentless sound, both
ambient and electric, ancient. Occasionally the comforting, the familar,
then ...gone ... off again into spiraling
darkness. Peace, light, then ... doom,
despair. Hope then regret then
capriciousness then madness then
resolution then sadness then .. .slowly ... perhaps...yes! Around the edges of
perception, the curtains of confusion
begin to part. An inner structure begins
to form ...tenuous at first, blown-back into fragments by every gale, but then reforming, asserting, growing, crystalyzing, becoming a stable and dynamic ... a
stable ...and dynamic ... Order! That's itORDER!
And then I remember! Tohu
Vabohu ...of coUrse! Hebrew for "Chaos
before Order." The long worked-upon
project of Evergreen students Tom
Geha and Frank Gunderson. Ritual,
Culture, and Collective Consciousness in
a little plastic box. These modern-day Gideons will be distnbuting 200 free copies
on campus this week. Get one if you
think you can handle it. If you don't
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think you can handle it, get one for sure.
Tohu Vabohu. Chaos before Order.
Chaos courtesy of Mrs. Gunderson and
Geha, and of the human race. The Order,
mostly, is up to you. D
--J. Walker Dose
CAT
Community Artist Television, or
C.A.T., has been aired on campus on
channel 8 on Wednesdays at 12:45 and
10:15 p.m. all quarter. Also, anyone can
call T.C.T.V. any time during office
hours and request to see ·the shQw on
channel 31. (357-TCTV). If the time slot
is free, there's a good chance you'll get
to see whichever show you've requested; there are nine in all.
Here is some exciting news for video
artists and those who have the desire to
document their work: partly because of
C.A.T.'s success in using the newly purchased camcorder, more are being
bought for the sehop!. A camcorder is an
extremely portable camera which
eliminates-the need to have a separate
video deck while shooting; the tape is
contained within.
C.A.T. has used the fll'st camcorder
with success, considering that trying to
share one camera amongst seventeen
videographers could have been a
problem.
The process of producing a weekly
show has gone smoothly. Video artists
hand ,over finished material to the
week's producers on Thursday morning
who, along with the production team,
average 10-12 hours compiling material,
creating transitions, working with
original music, and adding titles and
names. Then, Friday moming, the group
meets to view the show and critique it
before it is given to T.C.T.V.
It has been great fun for us, but we'd
like to hear what you think about the
show. Have a favorite? Like the music?
Anything - let us know if you have been
, watching. We'll be placing C.A.T. boxes
in obvious places, such as the bookstore,
Media Loan, and the Smithfield. Drop
us a note. O
--Barbara Z elano. C.A . T. Public
Relations
Of Land
ArtS
record-A, and B) How much energy I've
got at the end of this tour. There just
might be a second part to the story.
Whether it will be just a release of the
demos or whether I'll try to make
another full-blown album, I'm not quite
sure yet. Probably the latter, I would
think, 'cause I like a lot of the other
songs."
His band consists of Andy FairwetherLow ' and Jay Stapley on the electric
guitars, the ever-capable lungs of Mel
Collins coming through the saxes, Ian
Ritchie (who produced) on keyboards,
and Graham Broad on Drums. You can
also hear the Familiar voice of Clare
Torry (''The Great Gig In The Sky") on
back-up vocals.
'
For the coming tour (in which he'll be
accompanied by pretty much the same
people) he's planning another Watersarisn display of theatricalities with the
stage set like a radio station and a single
round screen projector system (he learned a valuable lesson from the three:
projector system used on the "Pros and
Cons" tour).
"I made the mistake of thinking that
people would somehow intuitivly know
that I used to design all the Pink Floyd
show8 and ijlat therefore, they would be
interested in coming to see a show that
had my name att&ched to it. And, of
course, this isn't the case. They're very
interel5ted in the lab1e "Pink Floyd" and
not very concerned with either who was
in the band or who did what in it. So it
was a very rude awakening for me that
I couldn't just go marching into areas all
over the world and sell tickets very easily. But, it was a lesson that I learned and
I was very glad we did the shows. But,
it meant that I put together very, very
complicated show, you know-- using
three 35mm fllm projectors, and huge
screens, and scenery that came up and
went down in front of it... Gerry Scart'e
did a lot of" animation for it as did
Nicholas Roeg, an English rtImmaker,
who shot quite a lot of live action footage
for it as well... So, economically it was
an absolute disaster, but it was good
fun."
Fun? Is Roger having a lot of the
elusive f-word? Ate most of those
pressures -of the early years off?
"Having divested myself of the great
encumberance of The Pink Floyd, I feel
pretty good about my work. I'm very
happy getting on with and working with
the people I'm working with now. Many
years in Pink Floyd were spent when we
really shouldn't have been together any
h:'.-lger."O
5
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YOUR
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This raw earth
ripped-up, divided
and neatly tagged
reminds me of him,
my sister's father;
beating me
for my laughter
for my struggles in earnest
for my leavingmy vacant eyed day dream .
enter this day anonymous
no cruelty
or innovation.
Seldom a need obliges
specifics
larger passing
dim resentment.
So defecate with usual bravado
and a sweaty nod .
Remember us as inetia
collectively without shame
guiless never mean.
Brahmin
and leathery
He did this also,
this men's work
of deconstruction .
I smell
the pungent earth,
see the machines,
dirty sunshine-cole red
and remember
-Joseph Took.
That man,
baby fat at forty,
building boxes
for rich people.
Could never love
the girf quiet
and I,ong-haired
like her mother,
Cherokee
like her father,
lover of land.
When sure you're asleep I
Slide my prone body down the sheet
till my head
is level with your breasts.
I am a surveyor
one eye squinting
the other appended
by a brass telescope standing atop
this nearest peak. Across the open
plain. Your: chest smooth and wide
a warm salt flat.
So thirsty I'll dehydrate
this far north. Still
I dip my parc;hed tongue all the same.
It'll be day
before I reach the other side.
-Yolande Lake
Another rain-hunched
rough beast
cowers inside, the plexiglass
bus shelter.
Dandruff in large flakes
pepper his shoulder
stucco white
undersides of orange peels.
He'll trade a cigarette
for a calling card number.
px
- skank rabbit
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Thursday, June 4
Saturday, June 6
Woman as Lader: Double Jeopwdy on Account of Se. is the essay, written by Clara Fraser,
to ' be reviewed tonight by 'Radical Women' at 7:30
p .m. in New Freeway Hall, 50 18 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle . Dinner is served at 6:30 p.m. For rides or childcare,
call 722-6057.
'Juno Undw A New Sky', a concert of vaned music
from jazz to pop and somewhere in between, 8 p.m.,
Recital Hall (Comm . Bldg.). Free admission!
SolarlWood Water ....dna Plan Clinic is being
held tonight, 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Energy Outreach
Center, 503 W. 4th, Olympia. Call 943-4595 for more
details.
SIIahdY Wef/1!. publication party at 8 p.m. in Lib.
3500 lounge. Thursday, June 4.
Money, Manapment, McwaIIty and Mor.: last
of a three part lecture series will be presented from
8:45 a.m. to 12 p.m . Call x6425 for location and for
more information.
Time ~, written, directed and produced by
joysong Moskowitz.is a surrea/istic,multimedia i
event, an anthropology of the unconcious and a thesis
about pre-literate language forms. Performance begins
at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall 3. Admission is free.
Friday, June 5
" ........a and 5uperY.... Etr.cdvely, a one-day
workshop conducted by ....... 1IeIcMr wi" be held
at the United Churches Social Hall, 11th and
Washington, Olympia. Cost is S75 for '(INCA members
and $85 for the general public. Call the '(INCA,
352-0593, for the time and for further details .
'oetry Readlna, come share your original work or
old favorites. Where? At The Comer (A Dorm) at 8
p.m .
nme ........: alUfTMIIdc: muld-media performance, 7 p.m., Lecture Hall 3. Admhllon Is
F,... See above for details or call 866-1899.
'ro-
An Introduction to the 'erforml. . Arts
tram: an evening of One-Acts wi" be held at 8 p.m .
in the Recital Hall, Comm. Bldg. This last performance
will include 4 one-act pieces, induding Commedia
del'Arte, modern comedy and serious modem drama.
. . . .flt AuctJon-Art For Ald., 6 to 8 p.m. at the
Westwater Inn. Admission is free . Call 357-4904 for
more info.
What Alleth Thee' is a multi-media question bei. ~
asked by the TESC Group Contract: Pov.oer, Progress
and the Role of Dissent. Come to Room 200 in the
Comm . Bldg. from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This mind and
body experience should take about 20 minutes.
I
Super Seturday, II a.m. to 7 p .m. Featured are a
gala of events from Darryl and the Diptones to the
finale, Annual Greener Gathering Dance . Food,
demonstrations, dances, kid's stuff, and all Freel
Nllqually O .... nte.......nner's Coune, 10-1 I
a.m. at Fort Steilacoom County Park. $1.50 fee per
map.
Sunday, June '7
Ith Annual Graduation Fllldvaland Mud Race!
The Alumni Association, among others , is sponsoring
this no-alcohol event. Can You piua the Mud Bay
Graduation Test' Racers will assemble on the property next to the Blue Heron Bakery on Mud Bay Rd .
at 10:30 a.m . Festival begins at 7 p.m . in the Driftwood Meadow. Volunteers are welcome. call
786-1040.
Shirley Chisholm, author, former congresswoman
and the first Black woman to seek the Democratic
presidential nomination in 1972, will be the commencement speaker for this year 's graduation ceremonies
at I p.m . Ceremonies are free and open to the public.
Monday, June 8
The Road to Succ_ Is Not hved, is an evening
workshop designed for women who have been in
business more than a year. Cost is $30. Oass will be
held at the '(INCA Friendship Hall, 220 Union Ave.
SE . Call 352-0593 for more info.
aa.
YWCA Job Seanh Sldll
Orientedon held
today for a class scheduled to begin June 15. Call
352-0593 for time of orientation and more details.
Rural Health Servic.. being held at Tenino First
Presbyterian Church from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Family
planning and well child exams will be held by appointment. Call 1-800-624-1234.
Governance
' _ n . Interested In cnatlna E ......... for
pay--please contact Yolande Lake at the SCC in the
information center in the CAB, x6300.
Final reports of the 10""'_ DTF and
a ...._ . DTF are available at the Student Communication Center.
Th. Cooper 'oint JoumaJ meets every Friday,
11:30 - I p.m. Everyone is welcome,. Located in CAB
306A, x6213.
Go~ hours have been changed to: Mondays,
3-5 p.m .. Wednesdays, 3-5 p.m. and Fridays, 12:30-2
p .m.
Academic ComputIna u..s ~ meets second
Wednesday of each month at I p.m. in Lib. 2610..
Olympia Film Society pre.. nts: Crazy Family, a
Japanese film about the contradictions of Japanese tradition and its embrace of pop culture. 7 p.m. at the
Capitol Theatre, 206 E. 5th ., Olympia.
Tuesday, June. 9
Chwnlcal Edumdon and ActIon Project (CEAP)
will meet to discuss Thurston County roadside spraying, food irradiation and other issues. Newcomers
v.oelcome. Environmental Resource Center, 7 p.m . For
more info .. call x6784 .
Wednesday,June 10
TropicalllaInforest ActIon will meet to discuss the
continuing destruction of the world's rainforests and
how to save what's left oftJhem. Newcomers v.oekome .
Urban Onion, 7:30 p.m. Call 866-380.1 for more info .
'lannlna Council meets Wednesdays at 1-3 p .m.
in Lib .3121. Call x6400.
Careers
Ca...... Development Office is now temporarily
located in Library 1610, 1611 , 1613 & 1607 until August.
Sum".,. Job Ilsdn,. are posted in Career Development. Stop by Lib. 1213, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or call x6193.
Scholarships
, N.O.W. is sponsoring an essay contest for students
that asks the question : do we need an ERA amend ment. Winners 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
Continuing
Ev. .,...n artI.ts work displayed: a variety of
media from some enterprising young students. Sec in
Gallery 4 from June 1-10.
r
Paramount Archival ,-hoto,Bph Exhibition by
special arrangement with The Academy' of Motion Picture -Arts and Sciences at Frederick and Nelson , 8th
floor exhibition hall , Seattle, through June 7th .
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St. '.ters Hospital offers a host of classes and
Upcoming
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 x6156 .
Childhood's End Gallery will feature the work of
Keith Lazelle and Haruko Moniz through June 16. Call
943 -3724 for more details .
The Nlsqually Tribe Vocational Education
Greenhou.. daas announces a plant sale now
through June 5th, Mon-Fri ., from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m . Located on the Yelm Hwy between Yelm and
Lacey . Look for signs. Call 456-5221 .
Th. Olympia Con.tructlon Brlaade for
Nlcaraaua is recruiting volunteers and support. Call
Jean at 943-8642.
Tunn.1 Art is a two-part exhibition about the art
of the Downtown Seattle Transit Program's 1.3 mile
underground tunnel. It runs through July 19 and is
located on the Fountain Level of the Seattle Center
House . Shown Wednesday through Sunday, II a.m .
to 6 p.m. Call Linda Knudsen, 625-4223, for more info.
Sh ..... y Chisholm win add.... lf'l\duate. June
7 at the graduation ceremonies at I p.m. at TESC.
Ceremonies are free and open to the public.
Dr. Ruth will deliver a public lecture Saturday, June
27 at 8 p.m. in the Seattle Opera House . Tickets $15
and $10 anrj are available at the Seattle Opera House,
225 Mercer St., 443-4711 and at Ticketmaster.
628-0888.
29th Annual FdoWlhIp of Reconciliation Conf_nee: LIberation and R_nclliation. July 2--5
at the Seabeck Christian Conference Grounds on Hood
Canal, 15 miles west of Bremerton, WA. Call Dean
Anderson, (206)364-9046 for further info.
InteftIiy. JourtW.LIfe Context WorkIhop will be
conducted by Marilyn Fusca, July 18-19 at Seattle
University. Call Joseph Monda, 626-6626, for registration information .
Olympia Film Society ~ts: N1en, June 15 and
The Sacrifice, June 22, at the Capitol Theatre .
NadY. American StudIeI DTF meets Wednesdays
12-3 p.m. in Lib. 1600.
Enrolment Coordlnatlna CornmltClee meets on
alternate Mondays, 3-5 p.m. in Lib. 3112. Call x631 O.
S.A 80arcI meets every Wednesday at 10.:30 a.m.
in Lib . 1004.
Academic Ad""", 80arcI meets Wednesdays at
1-3 p.m. in Lib . 2220.
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Academic Computina Forum meets each first and
third Wednesday of each month at I p.m. in Lib. 2610.
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Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 8 p .m . on TCTV
channel 31 .
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foot. per year prorated monthly for a non·profit
organization staffed by no more than the eqUivalent
of one full time employee. Call judy at 753·8380.
Women OI'Janizing Women: Building a Trade
Union Future is a summer school course, june 18·21.
Call x6 128 for more details.
Survey of Electronic Music, Edmonds Communi '
ty College is offering a speCia l 8·week course in the
medium of electronic technology designed for students
and teachers, Monday through Thursday, 9:30 to 10:50
a.m. Jim Guard is the Instructor. Call 206· 771·1650 for
more Info .
What Alleth Theel, a multi·media question asked
by the TESC Group Contract: Power, Progress and
the Role of Dissent. Friday, june 5th from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m . In Com. 209. This mind/body experience will
take approximately 20 minutes.
National Aerobics In.tructor's Certification
workshop is being held on Saturday, june 27, at Tum·
water High School Gl'm, 700 Israel Rd. S.W., Tum ·
water. Register by calling I·BQO·237·6242.
Eve"lreenlWestem Teacher Education Pro,ram extends applications deadline to june 15 . Con ·
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Training for advocates for the Statewide
Sateplace needs convnltted volunteers. Exten·
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753-462 1 or 1·800·562·6025 for more details .
sive training provided beginning june 22. Call 786·8754
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Children'. ArtIst Workshop'. summer .slon
is July 6 through AuJUst 7 at the Olympia Center,
Desi,n & Planning Group wishes to form.
If in·
terested, please call Eric at 754· I 87.7 or leave message
at x6098.
222 N . Columbia, Olympia, room 2 10. Cost is $35.
Classes for 5·7 yrs. and 8·10 yrs. Call 754-0808 for more
details .
Poetry Class forming, Group contract, 4·16
credits, please contact either Anne at x6087 or
Yolande at x 6300. Poets unite '
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A list of the 1988-89 curriculum is posted outside
o f the Dean's area. Students are encourage to
comment.
Force, june 5 at the Westwater Inn, from 6·8 p.m.
Admission is free. Call 357·4904 for more info .
June 5 is the deadline to finalize your internship plans
Summer Swim Program Tickets on sale through
the Olympia Parks for youth up to 18 years old, who
reSide Within the cit y limits. A $2 packet with 5 tickets
can be purchased only at the Parks Dept .. call
753·8380.
Rural Health Services will be offered at the Rainier
Sportsman's Club in Rainier, june 17, and at the Yelm
Moose Lodge , june 24. Both clinics will operate from
9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Both will offer immunizations, WlC,
blood presslJre checks and other preventive services .
Call 1·800-624· 1234
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