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WTO one year anniversary
by ~I<'V!.' Hughes
One year after protesters shut
down the ministerial meeting of the
World Trade Organization, "Seattle" is
still talked about around the world as a
significant turning point in the
movement
against
corporate
globalization and capitalism. On
Wednesday. November 29 and Friday,
December 1 local organizers are
planning events to commemorate the
one-year anniversary of the historic
events in Seattle. They will host a series
of workshops on campus on
Wednesday, and on Friday they will
screen the lndependent Media Center
film This IS Whnt Democracy Looks Like at
th e Capitol Theater.
The Olympia community played a
IMge part in the success of the protests
la s t fall. Of course, hundre ds of
O ly mpian s atte nded the protests
themse h'es, but less acknowledged is
th e ,1mount o f grass roots organizing
d one here before the protests. Teach-ins,
wo rks hop" held in local high schools,
co n fe f<.'ncl' s ,
s tree t
theater
p('fror maIl Cl'~ , a nd mu ch of the nuts,1I1d-bolt:- iL1gis ti cai planning that made
" Se,1ttk " an international ev e nt
llriginated here in Olympia. According
to 1\1,11 )....1 Fl'nvvesi, a participant in la"t
\Tar" .l cti\'iti~" and an organi zer of nex t
~\· eef.. ' ~ dnniv e r" ary events, " I wa s
inspi red by the organiz ing I did and by
the tre mendous love and energy that
\\'l'nt into it." At the same time "he adds,
" I think it b important to celebrate what
BLOTTER
Presidential
Inauguration
rocks the CRC
Sneaky stealers, sleepy tresspassers
was accomplished as well take a critical but I didn't always know why." Armin,
On Friday, Nov 17 Evergreen
eye towards [what happened in Seattle]" who's first year at Evergreen was last
President
Les Purce will be
year, says, "I was more turned on to
One year later
ina
ugura
ted.
Join the Evergreen
Planners of the anniversary event the Olympia community by my
community
in
welcoming and
hope that it will bring both people who experience. It built character."
officiating
Purce
to his position.
Planners of this week's event
were involved in the planning and the
There
will
be
an
exhibit
fair from 9protests as well as those who are new to know there are many people that still
11:30
am
on
the
second
and third
the issues. The WTO has not gone have questions about what happened
floors
of
the
library
lobby
featuring
away-in fact, it is still expanding its in Seattle. "This will be an opportunity
academic
programs,
community
agenda. According to Armin Zomorodi, for folks new to the area to learn about
an event organizer, "It is important to re- what happened in Seattle from the serv ice, and Evergreen's fu ture
engage people in [these] issues because perspective of people who were there." dreams. After that, march on over to
the WTO has continued to expand. They They hope this event will answer some the Welcome Figure in Red Square
are treating Seattle like a bump in the of those questions, but more for the redidcation of it. The
importantly, they hope this event will Inauguration Ceremony will take
road."
The movement against corporate pose new questions and inspire people place from 2:30 -5 pm in the CRC
globalization has also continued to to continue--or start-their work in the with keynote speaker Lucinda Roy.
expand and change over the past year- movement fighting for a more just From 6-7:30 pm the Jude Bowerman
Band will perform .
presenting new triumphs and world.
challenges. Event planners are hoping to
highlight those issues and hope to invite
new people into the struggle against the
WTO.
" I. always knew something was
wrong"
When asked to reflect on their own
perspective and how it has changed over
the p as t year, planners of next week's
annivers ary
celebration
grow
thoughtful. Sea ttl e was a paSSionate
ex perience for them as well as for many
thousands of other people. The plaru1ers
hope to rekindle those feclings at next
week 's event s. " [t set me in another
direction," says Neal Ahern. "It helped
Protesters of the e lection impasse in Florida took it took it to the stree ts last
me COIU1ect nco-liberal [economic] policy
Saturday. After meeting at the Capitol Campus fountain the proteste rs
to things in my life. [Before the protests]
blocked traffi c on Capitol Way as they paraded through dowtown OlympIa.
I always knew something was wrong,
by Jen Blackford
Can you believe it's already
Thanksgiving? I sure as hell can't. It
seems like only yesterday I was bitchmg
about fireworks in the parking lot and
now I get complaints about people
burning food and setting off fire alarms.
Ah, for the glory days, when fire,
exploding cars, and abandoned couches
reigned supreme.
But hey. there is a lot to be thankful
for. I am thankful for the fact that at least
it's not raining right now. I am thankful
that Vancouver is close enough for me
to escape to when George Bush
inevitably wins. I am even fuankful for
the small plaster penises scattered
around the campus, which fill my life
with a bit of surreal humor, before I
promptly drop them and wash my
hands because the phallic testaments are
dirty, dirty things.
Ah, and speaking of the human
body. I understand itwas on display on
an Evergreen web-cam. Ooh-Ia-Ia. No
doubt you folks who bared your flesh
all have terrific and aesthetically
pleasing skin. What? You say you don't
and that you were just drunk? Well, then
I'm not checking out your website.
But I get ahead of myself, and the
next blotter, where this report will be
revealed, so to speak. As for this week,
on with the mayhem ...
Nov. 3 -----~---2: 19 a.m.
Herein lies an obscure
tale of terror. It involves consumption
of a noxious yet intoxicating beverage
and an inferno of horrifying
proportions. Well, actually it's more like
someone getting dnmk and setting stuff
on fire, but you get the idea. And, what
was the reasoning for this heinous act?
Reportedly, the suspect wanted to see
w hat would ha ppen. Ah, I knew that
feeli..ng ... when I was seven years old .
2:32 a.m.
This report involves a
person getting angry at his roommate
for making noise, his roommate yelling
athim for calling the cops, and a general
case of ill will all around. Let's speculate
as to what their conversation before
Veteran's Day
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" Veteran 's Day 's not based on war
and destruction. Its based on a past
emotional
and
devotional
commitment by an individual to a
nation," said Rafael Lozano.
Lozano
co-coordinated
Evergreen's
veterans'
day
celebration in which 267 veterans
from staff, faculty and student body
were acknowledged in a reception
on Veterans Day, Nov.10 . Veterans
and their families were in
attendance, along with community
members and Les Purce, the
President of Evergreen.
As a symbolic show of
acknowledgment, the President, the
Vice President of Student Affairs,
the Vice President of College
Advancement and the Vice
President for Academics all served
the veterans cake and refreshments.
They also personally signed
individual invitations for each of
Evergreen 's 267 veterans. Events in
acknowledgment of Veterans Day
have been taking place on camp us
for about five years, each with a
different theme.
Last year, Neils Skov the author
of "Le tter to My Descendants", a
prisoner of war and retired
Evergreen faculty member, SP9ke to
a large crowd on Veteran's day. Coorgani zer Rafael Lozano spoke about
th e differ e nc es in e ach year 's
observance .
"We try to be c rea ti ve, " s a id
Lozano. "Our goal was to not only
show acknowledgment to the
veterans ... but to introduc e the
President to the veterans."
Paul Gallegos, another organizer,
mentioned the importan ce o f
veterans getting together.
"There's nothing you can look at
and know that we're veterans," said
Gallegos .
The Veterans Day reception all ow s
veterans to meet each other and talk
about their shared experiences.
About one-fifth of all the veterans
affiliated with Evergreen attended
the reception.
A highlight of the reception came
when student Ed Valdez played taps
on a Native American flute .
"That was really touching," said
Lozano.
He also clarified what he the
celebration of Veteran's Day is .
Bill Zog, a Vietnam-era veteran
and a staff member since 1976,
expressed his gratitude for
Evergreen's acknowledgment of
veterans.
"I appreciate that (the reception)
more than having the day off."
Astute readers of last week's CPJ may have noticed that the lower half of
page 3 remained blank. That space was purchased ,by the school 's
adm ini stra ti on to place an ad thankIng Evergre~n s vet~rans, but
miscommunication between CPJ staff members resu lted In the ad ~ r:~t beIng
placed. It was an unfortunate error for which we take full resp0,:slblhty.
Also left out of last week's issue were an article on the nationWide Fast
for a World Harvest by Mandy Arjmand, submitted by David Arfa, and a list
of reasons not to consume animal products by Tom Townsend, of th~ Evergreen
Anima l Rights Network. We apologize to the authors and to theIr potentIal
readers for both omissions.
The Cooper Point Journal -2- November 16, 2000
police involvement might have gone
like:
Quiet Roommate: My brethren, I
am merely trying to make my point that
truly, I do not appreciate being woken
up at this most ungodly hour by your
cacophony.
Loud Roommate: But verily, I say
unto you, it is by this Sweet Lady Liberty
that I am given the right to express
myself creatively in whatever manner I
choose. For indeed, do not my
doubloons pay for this fair academy of
learning?
Quiet: Perhaps, but I say that there
is far too much Dionysian behavior
occasioning mine ears. These bacchanals
of intoxicants and licentious behavior
must cease.
Loud: But good sir, was it not
Beethoven who said "Blessed are the
cracked, for they let in the light?"
Quiet: Yes, this may be so, but the
fair constabulary will bust a cap on your
ass if you don't shut the hell up,
Neighbor.
Loud: F that shit, yo. [proceeds
with aforementioned loud gOings-on].
And the cops were called, and
indeed, there was no rejOicing.
Anywhere. Ever again. The En9.
4:52 p.m.
An open case file, this
one involves a case of a person getting
cited for domestic violence and taken to
Thurston County jail.
Three more students
10:54 p.m.
get cited for MIP and I find my interest
in this report getting up and walking out
the door.
Nov. 4
1:14 a.m.
A person is sleeping in
a place not meant for rest. The cops come
to watse him or her up and send him or
her away. The person leaves. The cop
leaves. Nothing more happens.
Graffiti is left a t the
1:37 a.m .
Hou s in g a rea . But wa s it a witty
epigram by Oscar Wilde or Doro thy
Parker? Probably not.
1:35 p .m .
Fire alarm at B-Do rm is
caused by burnt food . Yeah . As if we
haven' t seen that cause before.
MONDAY
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noon·
That's when our editors
calculate how many
pages that week's
issue of the CPJ
should run,
based on
the number of
submissions
received.
Don't be counted out!
Nov. 5 - - -- - - -- -Someone gets an MIP and something
happens involving the pet policy. Since
I do not have the case reports for either,
] can only hope that they are unrelate.d .
vehicle boots.
Nov. 8 - - - - -- -- - 1:45 a.m.
Oh, fue memories come
flooding back, as there is a report today
of students throwing chairs off the
balconies in A-Dorm. When the police
talk with the students on fue 5 th, 6'h, and
7'h floors, they state that the chairs were
either thrown above them, or possibly,
below them . But strangely enough,
someone reports that one of the chairs
was tied to a rope from the 4'h floor
balcony with people swinging it, while
two or three chairs came down from
either the 5 'h or 6'h floor balcony. Very
interesting.
Another day leads to
4 a.m.
an ex-Evergreen student sleeping on a
bench, police giving her a trespass
warning, and a warning of arrest if she
tries to sleep there again.
9:03 a.m.
Lights are broken on
the soccer field light poles, but that
seems to pe about it for that incident.
7:12p.m.
Police are called in after
a bus driver lets off a person who is
acting strange and saying he wants to
sleep at Evergreen. Well, clearly that's
suspicious behavior. Who would want
to say longer than they had to at this
school?
Nov. 6 - - - - - -- - -1:50 a.m.
Some people, while on
their morning walks or bike rides, may
find dimes and pennies lying on the
gI'ound. Less fortunate sou ls may
encounter trash or dog poop. But what
to say about the man who finds an .
unmarked, seemingly ownerless fax
machine near the CRC?
2:32 a.m.
Four people hang out
on top of the fourth floor roof of the
library building. It's best not to think
about why they might be up there.
10:11 a.m.
Someone if\ Lab I calls
. and reports an AM/FM radio s tolen
from her office. Also, a study room in
the building has paper taped "over the
window of the door and a cart pushed
against it from the inside." When the
room is opened, a Zip drive is missing
and the cupboards have been
rummaged through. So many questions
are still left unanswered, however. Did
the room have more than one door? If
not, how did the perpetrator get out?
Hmm ...
1:22 p .m.
Fire alarm in one ofthe No~9 - - - - -- - -- Labs, while graffiti is found twenty 10:52 a.m.
A laptop computer is
minutes later in a stairwell. Ah, the joys stolen from an office, where eight people
of being at Evergreen are numerous have the key to it. But caution, dear
ones.
colleagues. Do not let suspicion tear you
5:26 p.m. A man calls to say that apart as to who might have taken it.
he has heard a woman scream out "help Most likely, it is an unknown fiend. This
me" twice near the beach trails. But fue message broug ht to you by a person
man later adds, he did not hear "stress co nstantly accused of opening a picnic
in her voice and that it seemed to be basket in her youth, since s he was "the
somewhat monotone. " The re was no only one the re."
trace fow1d of the woman or of anything 12:10 p.m.
A bIke is s tol en a nd
~ uspicious when the police investigate.
mine celebrates over two years of being
11 :43 p .m.
Gee, fire alarm in U- in the same place at Ho us ing.
.
Dorm and the cause is burnt food . What 3:36 p.m.
A w om a n ca ll s th e
a ~ lIrpr ise .
Police to report th atthrec juveniles were
seen firin g hand guns and rifles out by
No~7 - - - - - ---------- Coopers Gl en. However, it turns o ut
Apparently, nothing happens today, they were BB guns, so I guess that gel';
except for a whole lot of jumps tarts and . them off the hook. Well, that fa ct, a nd a
ni ce long safety lec ture.
Thur. Nov. 16: Michael Rose, UK Dub Tribe
ALL AGES! Door@6, show @7, $10 at door
Wed. Nov. 22: House Partywjlonald ' Claude
Over 21 (no minors), 9pm-2am, $3 cover
Fri. Dec. 15: lilital UnderlrOund
ALL AGES! Door@6,show@7, adv. tickets $15
Dance: Ole swing, $4; well house, $3; tII.r queer! disco, house, $2;
' " funk, hiphop, $5; sat hip-hop, house, $5; sa. 80's, $1
weekly all ages events:
swing Tuesdays 6-10pm, lIan.lle Sundays, 7-10pm
open tue-sun, 5p-2a, great dinners served 5p-l0p,
happy hour 5-7, $1 wells
November 16,2000 -3- The Cooper Point Journal
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NEWS
Omran tour to Ashcan take·down!
visit campus
Lener by Jed Whitt.aker
Group visit to raise awareness of Middle East
economic sanctions
by Anna Smith-Lindall
The Omran Bus Tour, comprised
of a group of activists protesting the
U.s. sanctions on Iraq, will make a
stop in Olympia this Thursday, Nov.
16 and at Evergreen on Monday,
Nov. 27. The tour, supported by antisanction groups Voices in the
Wilderness and th e Middle East
Children ' s A ll iance (MECA), is
traveli ng the West Coast this fall in
an effor t to raise awareness of the
economic sanctions and th e dire
consequences they are having on the
lives of Iraqi ch ildren.
.
Specif ically, the tour is in
remembrance of Omran, a 13-yearold boy who was brutally killed in a
civilian missile attack thi s past May
in a village in Southern Iraq. Omran
and other local children were
herding their families' sheep when
the attack occurred. Omran' s
mutilated body and other injured
children were mourned over by the
small village.
While exact data is unavailable,
United Nations and Iraqi tallies, as
well as personal reports, sad ly show
that such senseless civ ilian
bombings arc not uncommon. Air
raids led by the U.s. have been
occurring since the Persian Gulf War
in 1991, but have become extremely
intense since Operation Desert Fox
in late 1998. In the nearly two years
since Desert Fox was initiated, bomb
an.d missile attacks are said to have
occu rred on a verage once every
three days. The air campaign led by
the u.S. and Britain ha s not only
targeted the governmental and
military infrastructure of Iraq; it has
also consistently become engaged in
civilia n assaults such as the one in
May in Omra n' s remote village of
Tog al-Ghazalat.
[n addition to vio lent military
assault, the US-imposed econom ic
sanctions have led to famine,
dise_ase, and death in Iraq. The
san ctions were imposed by former
President George Bush in an effort
to force Iraq o.ut of Kuwait during
thl' Gulf War. They have been
1 firmly believe that one person can
make a difference. With that in mind, a
month ago I wrote asuggestion to the
President of Evergreen. I noted that 1
had attempted to pick up and move the
ashtrays infront of the library building,
but that I was notsuccessful because the
ashtrays are bolted to the ground . I
suggested to the Presiden t of Evergreen
that if the ashtrays were moved to the
nearby corridor that leads to the Police
Building and a sign was posted to
designate that area as a smoking area
most if not all of the smokers would
move over there and away from the
entrance to the library building. I asked
the President to help move the ashtrays
because the ashtrays are bolted to the
ground, and I just can't do it myself. On
October 28,. I received an e-mail from the
office of the President of Evergreen,
informing me that my suggestion was
passed on to the Health and Safety
Officer, the Director of Facilities, and the
continued throughout the curren t
admi nistration and have led directly
to the current sta te of affairs in Iraq.
The destruction of clean water
sources and a high percentage of
malnutrition have res ulted in what
is now es timated to be the deaths of
roughly 5,000 children each month.
Birth defects and developmental
delays caused by malnutrition and
poor water have become widespread
during the last decade. The Omran
Bus Tour is named for one young
boy, but Omran's death is also
widely symbolic of the fate of all
Iraqi children. The movement seeks
to mourn all the injuries, illnesses,
and deaths among Iraqi children due
to the sa n c tions and military
assaults.
The children who manage -to
s urvive the scourges of the san ctions
possess dark futures. " I£.the children
survive all the other attacks, maybe
they can go to school. But then the
sanctions deprive them of books,
pencils, pens, paper. The intellectua l
embargo is really the final step in the
progressiv~ destruction of the lives
of Iraqi children," said Rani Masri, a
bus tour participant and the founder
of the Iraq Action Coalition. The
George Ka tsiaficas, renowned
depth and longevity with which a uthor of "The Imagination of the
these sanctions have been applied New Left" and "The Subversion of
reveals intent by the U.S. to achieve Politics: European Autonpmous
total cu ltural destruction.
Movements and the Decolonization
In an effort to he lp the children of Everyday Life," will be speaking
growing up in Iraq today, the Omran this Friday at Evergreen. Katsiaficas
Bus Tour, Voices in the Wild erness, is a historian of radical and insurgent
a nd MECA are sponsoring a drive political movemf'nts around th e
for sc hool supplies to be taken to world, focusing on Feminist, AntiIraqi children. Evergreen's Middle Nuke, Squatter, a nd Anti-fascist
East Resource Center (ME RC) will be mov e me nts . His most recent work
col lec ting donations in support of has focused on mo ve m e nt s in
the Omran Bus Tour sup ply drive. Europe, especially Italy and
Donations of sc hool s upplies and Germany, as well as in South Korea.
money will be collected all week in
Katsiaficas is a Professor of
the CAB. For more information on Humanities a nd Social Sciences at
the tour's visits to Olympia Nov. 16 the Wentworth Institute of
and to Evergreen Nov. 27, to learn Techno logy in Boston and is a
more abou t t:vergree n 's MERC, or to Fulbright Fellow. In writing books
com men t on this article, emai l th e and co ndu c ting research on these
a uth or, Anna Smith -Linda Il , at socia l movements, he has worked as
[annasmithlindall@excite.comj.
Vice- Presiden t for Finance and
Administration to examine the
feasibility of impl ementing my
suggestion.
This of course caused me to smile,
and rejoice, and even laugh. It made me
happy. Now it is November 12th,
and the ashtrays are still bolted to the
ground at the entran<:e to the library.!
suspect that it will take
some time for the feasibility study to be
completed, so I ask for your help.
My goal at this point is to have the
ashtrays moved by the beginning of
Spring quarter. This may or
may not be optimistic. You can help get
the ashtrays moved: write a letter to the
cpj, or talk to any of
the above mentioned people.1£we have
to, we can stage a demonstration or
something like that, but it is better if we
don't involve the police.
If you have any ideas to help
implement my suggestion, please feel
free to act on them.
On Campus:
George Katsiaficas
Renowned Author Speaking Friday In Lecture
Hall #1 at 12:30pm
an insider, living with members of
the Autonomen, a well-known
radical group based in Germany, for
months at a time . Katsiaficas's.works
focus on th e ins and outs of th ese
groups that have had a major impact
on European-societY'butar~ ttrtuall y
unheard of in the U.S. V
Katsiaficas will also be
presenting a film on the infamous
1980 Kwangju uprising in South
Korea, when the Korean mili tary
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TALKS IN THE HAGUE
ELECTION NEWS
The s tatus of the U.S. presidency
is still in question with vo tin g
recounts and legal challenges in
progress. An electronic recou nt
required by Florida law · found
George W. Bush leading Al Gore by
a mere 300 vo tes.
Recounts
Two Florida counties, Velo usia
and Pa lm Beach (where a co nfUSing
ballot apparently led thousands of
people to acc identally vote twice or
vote for Pa t Buchanan instead of
Gore), have init iated a hand recount.
The Bush campa ign attempted a
lawsuit to block the recount, but it
was dismissed. Florida's Secretaryof
Sta te, appointed by George's brother,
Governo r Jeb Bush, then ruled that
the coun ti es were required to
comp lete th e ir recounts by last
Tuesday afternoon.
This spar ked a lawsui t from the
counties doing the recounts and the
Go r e ca mpaign, as the counties
would have required at least until
the end of this week to complete the
hand recount. This law s uit was
rejected, and thus the manual
reco unts will not co unt; although the
w hol e matter is far from se ttled.
New Mexico's race is even closer
than Florida, with Bush leading Gore
by only four votes. Wisconsin and
Oregon, where Gore leads, are a lso
considering recounts.
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Hundreds of bla ck voters
throughout Florida have complained
of harassment, intimidation, and
being denied ballots. The FBI is also
investigating allegations that black
and Jewish voters in Miami received
ballots that were already filled out.
Democrats claim that up to 17,000
ballots may have been tampered
with. Human rights activists are
lamenting the fact that Florida 's exfelons were not allowed to vote in
the e lection. Florida, which is one of
o nl y 13 states that doesn't allow
felons who have been released from
jail to vote, has about 400,000 exfelons, including more than 200,000
blacks, or 31 % of the blacks in the
state.
INTERNATIONAL
WARMING TALKS
GLOBAL
Politicians from 160 countries,
scie ntis ts, environmental groups,
and indus try lobbyists from around
th e world a re ga th e rin g in The
Hague th is week to discuss th e
impl e m e nt a ti o n of t h e Kyoto
protocols for reducing the emission
of greenhouse gases. Env ironmental
groups th e world -Qver are warning
that the U.s. gove rnm ent's stance on
the iss ues threa te ns to destabilize the
entire process. Several highly
co nte ntious iss ues are on the tab le:
1) A new report from th e U.N.'s
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) has predicted a
possible increase in average global
temperature of 11 ° F (6°C) over the
next 100 years, 5° F greater than the
predictions in the previous IPCC
report.
2) A new report by the Hadley
Centre, the British Meteorological
Office's cI ima te change research
center, is warning that the C02
reduction agreements set by Kyoto,
which average 5.2%, would only
slow global warming by .06"C over
the next 100 years. The report warns
that massive C02 reductions,
approximately 60%, will be
necessary
to
keep
g lobal
temperature increase below 2°C.
3) Severa l countries are re negi ng
on th e commitments set in Kyoto.
Ca nada, th e United S tate s, a nd
Australia have increased th e ir C02
ou tput by 13%, ] 2%, and 16'X,
·respectively, despite committing to
5<6% reductions. The U.s., with 5%
of th e world's popula t ion , is
responsible for 23% of the wo rld 's
C02 emissions, and s till h as n o t
signed the Kyoto protocols.
4) The United States is warning
that it may refuse to commit to any
C02
reductions
unless
a
controversia l new st r a t ~gy of
incre as ing C02 s ink (absorption) by
crea tin g tree plantations - ra ther than
decreasing C02 emissions directly is allowed. Prominent sc ientists from
around the world, as well as th e
World
Wildlife
Fund
and
Greenpeace, are warning that th ere
is not conclusive ev idence that tree
plantations are net C02 sinks; and
that the practice would result in th e
re placement of native forests with
monoculture plantations.
5) The United States is a lso
demanding that it be a llowe d to
"trade" e mis s ion red u ct ions by
funding reduction projects for other
countries and
buying
tree
plantations in the South American
ra inforest, ra ther than reducing C02.
(In-depth coverage of th e
meetings in The Hag ue at le ns.lycos.
co m l an~ Iwww.oneworld .org / )
DOMESTIC NEWS
•
A ballot ini"tiative passed
in California ·Iast week will end
imprisonment of the vast majority of
all non-violent drug offenders in the
state . People c harged with
possession will still have to undergo
mandatory rehabilitation plans, but
they will not be jailed and will have
their
charge s
erased
after
undergoing the rehabilitation . (more
at I www.latimes .coml)
•
Defense lawyers for 75 of the
protesters arrested at the Republican
Na tional Convention this summer
hav·e succeeded in co nvincin g
Philadelphia's courts to demand the
release of the Po lice Department's
notes
on
their
undercover
investigations of protesters and
s ubsequ e nt raids on the protest
organizing spare. Co nspiracy
charg es against Ruckus Society
direct-action training leader John
Sellers were also dropped la st week.
(more a t Iwe b.philly.coml and
I www.washingtonpost.com/)
•
Texas is expected to
break the U.S. record for most
exec uti ons in a year again when it
puts three men to death this week,
the last of whom is so me ntall y
re tard ed h e still believes in Sa nta
C laus. The execu tion s will bring the
total to 38 for the year. Texas has put
234 people to death si nce 1976, 147
of which have been performed s in ce
George W . Bush beca me Texas
governor in January 1995.
•
The U.S. govern.m ent is on
trial at the World Court in The
Hague this w eek for executing two
German citizens without informing
them of their right to seek legal
assistance from the German
government. Germany is asking for
compensation for the families of th e
dead men . The death penalty is
outlawed throughout Europe. (more
at Iwww.ips.org/)
•
A new report from Human
Rights Watch illustrates that child
labor in the U .S . agricultural
indus try is still extremely pe rvas ive.
Between 300,000 and 800,000
c hildre n over the age of 12 are
working as hired l abore rs. in
com mercia l US ag ri c ulture today;
many work for 12 o r more hours a
day, for less than tw o dollars an hour,
co nditi ons that are illega l in all other
U.S. industries. The vast maj ority of
farmwo rke r children a re La tin o and
o th er racial minorities. (more at
Iwww. hrw.org/)
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Argentines blocking roads in
northwestern Argentina set fire to a
police sta ti o n and looted shops on
Friday after a protester wa s killed In
clas hes wi th po lice . The rioters had
been blocking a highway in the
highland desert province of Salta one of thr nation's poores t - for 11
days,
demanding
we l fare,
emplo ymen t, and food . Argentina's
economy has been faltering for more
th a n tw o years. (more at Iwww.cnn.
com/)
•
The
Indonesian
government is again drawin g
criticism from human rights g roups
for its su ppression of activists. An
independence rally this weekend for
the island of Aceh, expec ted to draw
as many as 1 million protes ters, has
prompted polic e and military to
sea rch all vehicles headed for th e
ca pital, raid hous es a nd activist
off ice s pa ces, and eve n a tt ac k
protes ters trying to reach the ci ty.
Indones ia is one of the U.s.'s largest
recipients of military a id. (mor~ at
I www.hrw.org/)
•
Zambia, one of th e poorest and
mo s t ind e bt ed co untri es in th e
world, has rejected the lates t sc heme
by the Interna ti o nal Monetary Fund
and World Bank to redu ce its debt.
Zamb ia recently beca me pu rt of the
IMF a nd World Bank's special
"Heavily Indebted Poor Co unt ries"
initiative, whic h has act u a ll y led to
higher debt payments in the country.
(more at I www.jubilee2000uk.org / )
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Shasta Sm i th is a member of Bak
Shaolin Eag le C law Team Evergreen
and played on the men 's soccer team
a nd is stu dying Chinese studies
aand is now the sports editor for the
CP) and plans to got to Hollywood
and be in the movi es.
(This interview was co nd ucted by a
member of Team Evergreen.)
CP): Shasta your coming off an
extremely winning season with Bak
Shaolin Eagle Claw Team Evergreen,
and an ext remely losi ng season for
the secon,d ti me in a row wi th th e
socce r team . How does that
con tradiction feel?
Shasta : It' s stra nge to be doing that,
on the one hand it ru les to be
win nin g in martial arts and being on
Tcam Evergreen is great, and it
totally SLIcks to go to soccer games
and lose .
CPJ: What do you attribute to th e
winning record of Team Evergreen?
Shasta : Winning with team
cvergreen is dm' to the trilining il nd
the peoples level of commitment.
CP) : How does it feci to be the spor ts
edi tor of the CP)?
Shasta: It 's fun, I have a g reat time, I
get to go to sporti ng events, talk to
coac hes, and do a llot of wr iting.
CPJ: Do you see yourse lf playing any
particular role on campu!> thr ough
your article~?
Shasta: I think that the role I play
thr oug h my articles is covering
sports in a way that ha s never been
done at Evergreen , from th(o
perspective of winning or wanting to
win.
CPJ: I under s tand that YOLl are
making a movie or documentary.
Shasta:
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making
a
documentary about the kung fu club
that I am a part of, on its path to the
Super Grands. This will lead up to
another one of the team training and
my senior year there, [ averaged a
goal a game.
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a lot of good players, excellent
shooters and ball handlers out on
the field.
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our team, there were a bunch of
exce llent players . A lot of the best
players I ever played soccer with.
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in
the
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also doing a review of the sports from
this fall.
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CPJ: Do you think lack of player
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anything to'do with the losing
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CPJ: What about your sports show?
Shasta : My sports s how is go in g to
be covering all the sports on campus
and will highlight excellent players
and coaches that are doing good
things for the teams . There will be
interviews and highlights from most
every game.
CPJ: What arc you going to do when
you gradua te?
Shas ta : I' m gonna move to L.A. and
get a job with a, or on a, spor ts show.
I' m also going to audition for TV and
movie roles.
CPJ: Have you always wanted to be
iln actor?
Shasta: Yes ever s ince I was little I can
rem em ber watching movie s and
wanting to be in them .
CPJ: Has your martial arts helped you
or added to that in any way?
Shasta: Yes it has. It has given me a
better sense of presence and its given
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movie indl}stry.
CPJ: I understand you were quite the
soccer shooter in high school.
Shasta: Ya I scored twenty-four goals
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appropriate. It's kind of a weird
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CPJ: What have you learned from
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have to want it more and be able to
do more than whoev0r or whatever
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environment and you have to have
strength to fight for these ca uses .
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The Evergreen State College's Men's Basketball Team is
going around the south in the coming weekend, traveling from
N7w. O:le~ns, Louisiana on Friday the 17th to Hattiesburg,
MISSISSIppI on the 18 th • The team comes up against Xavier and
William Carey respectively. _
Coach Barbee is excited about his team this year with a
bunch of new talent and Evergreen superstar TreIton Spencer
at the helm. The men are hoping to improve upon the success
they have had in their two previous playoff seasons . The men
are still lacking a post player but three of their returning
forwards have been working hard and are looking to impro ve
on the leagues worst rebounding average. Watch ouf for
, BY: Shasta Smith
This weekend Evergreen's returners Abel Koeltzow, Jimmie Richardson, and Scott Taylor.
. New members of the team that are expected to give the team
women's b~ketball team hosted a four
a
lift
are transfer guard Andre Stewart, and a pair of junior
team tournament, inviting Cascade
College, Northwest, and Lewis & Clark. transfers Will McGill and Jackie Robinson.
The two hundred fifteen fans that
Good luck to the men on their path through the south.
showed up saw Evergreen's team rally
from a ten-point second half deficit to
defeat Cascade 75-68 at their own
Phoenix Inn Suites 1i p-OffToumament.
Evergreen trailed 61-51 with 7:15
left, but went on a 24-7 run the rest of
the way to take the victory. The 75 points
by the women set a school record.
Senior
Heather
Johnson
(Tumwater, Wa) had a double-double
scoring 27 points and pulling in a team
high 11 boards. The 27 point total ties
the Evergreen School record. The
former Tumwater High grad also tied
the school record for free throws
attempted and made by making 13-of16 from the line.
Junior transfer Ka tie Vernon
(Tumwater, Wa) set a school record with
13 assists, breaking Jen May's school
record of ten . Transfer Michelle
Ramsgate (Kelli1ewick, Wa) provided a
huge spark for the ' women with a
double-double off the bench, scoring 18
points and grabbing 10 boards for
Evergreen.
Post Linnaea Jablonski (Randle,
Wa) tied the school mark for blocked
shots with four and added 15 points.
The women also set team records for
points in a half (46), rebounds (49), and
free throws made (26).
The clutch 16-of-19 free throws in the
second half helped the women to their
first victory of the year.
Saturday was a different story as
Evergreen came up against NAIA
number-three-in-the-nation Lewis &
Clark. The women were out heightened
as L&C had five women six feet or taller
to Evergreen's one six foot player. The
game was going well until L&C went
on a 31-2 run in the second half to put it
away 81-32.
KUNG FU
TOU
ENT
THIS
WEEKEND
BY: Shasta Smith
The final results are in: Team Evergreen is ranked and invited
to the Super Grands. Eight present and former students are top
among Northwest competitors with number 1 ran kings in eight
divisions in the Pacific Northwest Conference.
The team is preparing for the national tournament with a short
trip
to Centralia this weekend to clean house at the Northwest
The women are five hundred going
Martial
Arts Association Championships . The team isn't
into their next tournament the weekend
th
of the 18 • With a starting match up overlooking the competition though, as the top competitors in the
against tough, tough Pacific'Lutheran, Pacific Northwest will be on hand to show their stuff.
Northwest conference champions for
The tournament is at the Centralia High School gym and will
the last three years. Look for Heather start at lOam. The directions are as follows: South on 1-5, Take exit
Johnson to lead the team and Michelle 82, turn right, go two blocks, turn left at Safeway, 1 block to a 4Ramsgate to give the team a huge spark way stop, turn right, the end of the road is the high school parking
(hopefully not from the bench) as they
lot.
meet PLfor the first time in Evergreen's
Come see what Team Evergreen is all about and cheer for the
short basketball history.
most winning team on campus.
November 16,2000 -7- The Cooper Point Journal
SOCCER DILEMMA
BY: Shasta Smith
I'm the new sports editor
at the CPJ. I'm a member of the
winning world championship
bound kung fu team. I also
write this column. (By the way,
a correction to a previous
column, Nader didn't get the
five percent he needed but we
are expecting a recount.) I'm
also in the process of
producing a campus TV and
cable access show. I want to
use this show to promote
athletes on campus so students
recognize them and what they
do as representing the school
through their efforts. I also
want the students to get to
know the coa'ches better as
well. Who knows- maybe
you're the next sports
superstar.
Last night (Nov. 15 th ) I
attended the soccer awards
banquet. A former winning
men's soccer coach was
recognized for his efforts and
gained recognition to the
Cascade Conference hall of
fame.
The women's team also
handed out bunches of awards
with Janica Blasko getting
enough to build a hous e . The
women recognized each
other's efforts by voting for
their MVP, Janica Blasko, their
Most .Inspirational, and their
Most Improved players. They
also gave gifts to the seniors,
received their varsity letters,
pins, and wa tches, and the
coach's award went to ... Janica
Blasko.
The men on the other hand
didn't get a chance to
recognize each others efforts
and there was no coach's
award handed to a player. I
found this very disturbing,
because I see this as a
fundamental part of the end of
soccer, the team's season, and
the seniors' four years of hard
work and sacrifice.
On the up hand I did
receive my gold Evergreen
watch. I would like to thank
the academy ...
If you would like to have
me publish your response to
my editorial send me an e-mail
at smisha13@evergreen.edu.
HOROSCOPE
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Ascend th e mounta in of yo ur inne r
mys te ry. Coe rce th e w ords of yo ur
reco ll ec ti ons to ma nifes t them se lv es
in a timel y a nd fortuitous manne r,
Yo u h a v e s o mu ch p o te nti a l for
c re ation , and ye t may fee l
overwhelmed by all the details , Take
it one page at a time , Coming to dee p
understanding
is
not
an
ins tantaneous occurrence , Make
daily efforts at times of spontaneous
inspirations '" but don ' t bother
forcing it. Sometimes we see so
clearly. And then, three weeks later,
we remember that we forgot , Big
deal. This isn't a race , Life is what
you make of it. Start leafing through
the pages of your soul journal, the
one you keep in that dusty box,
Reco gni ze the power ,of the poe try
you sc ra tched d own long ago, Ca ll
up new in s ight s ·to add to yo ur
collection . Draw diagra ms of y our
hi gher se lf - a ttainin g inne r bliss ,
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Unexp ec ted hass les m ay a tte m p t to
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rC£ use to be p e rtu r b e d a nd thu s
mov e ri g ht a lo ng a hea d o f a ll the
chaos , Ce nte r yo urse lf a nd w ac ky
deta il s w o n' t be a ble to get under
yo ur ~ kin , Thi s isn ' t a parti cularl y
goo d time to m a k e important
dec is ions , So po nd e r th e possibiliti es
befo re lea ping into ac tion , Ki ck back
an d rela x, a nd le t life happe n as it
w ill with o ut fee lin g th e n ee d to
direct it too intens ely thi s we e k.
Know wh o you are and what you are
d oing - and don ' t bothe r sp e llin g it
o ut for an y one e lse for the time
be ing, Just be you , with you, for yo u .
Go through the d a ily routine, do
w hat you need to do, Don't think too
ha rd about random d e tails that may
co me up ; they will probabl y fad e
away and then you won ' t eve r hav e
to bo ther dealin g with th e m , Jus t
groove on throu gh,
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growth. C ain som e cla rity on yo ur
inn e r qu a lm s. Fo c u s in on th e
pe rsonal m a tt e rs, Te nse co nfli c ts
ma y e rupt , pullin g y ou di zzy
between your emotions and des ires,
What are y o u s trugglin g for 7
Fulfillm e nt m a y involve so me
tra uma , but try to ease yourself into
the hot waters of reality nice and
slowl y - so you can get your skin
used to it without scalding, Do not
doubt your abi lities, Refrain from
se lf-sabotage , You may be feeling
s tifled , but rem e mber to breath e
through it and sta y in control. Secrets
w ill rev eal the mse lv es , Do not live
in fear of the outcomes , What comes
to surface needs to f1 0a t away, Avoid
holding thin gs too ti ghtly Take som e
q uality a lone time , Look in th e
mi rro r and say, "1 love yo u " - a nd
ml'a n it.
PHOTOS BY
PAUL HAWXHURsT
•
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Ie
Down at the HCC
by David Wood
I'll tell you a story, Once upon a
time there was a little boy who dreamed
of growing up to be a rock 'n' roll star,
But he was a really shy kid, you see, and
he never felt good enough to play his
music anywhere but in the safety of his
own little room. He sang in whispers so
no one would hear him. And so on,
And this little boy grew, He went to
high school, sti\1 nervously playing
music only by himself. And then, as fate
would have it, he wound up going to
school at none other than The Evergreen
State Co\1ege, And he kept on playing
quietly in his little shared room in Adorm, which was difficult because of the
24-hours-a-day Bob
Marley he was
a lwa ys s urrounded
by. He stru ggled to
tun e it out, but it
was eve rywhere
he turned .
Then one day, he
saw a s ign: Open
Mic at the HCC,
Thursdays at 9 p,m .
And of course he
was too scared to do
it, so he never went,
and he stayed in his
room and didn't get
la id a\1 year. You
don't want to
end up like this,
So come on ,
You' ve a\1 seen the
flyers , You know
when and where it is.
Let me plug it a little bit.
A typical night goes like this :
sign ups start around eight. Some cool
guys from housing set up the
switchboard, the mic stand(s) and chairs
and whatnot. And there's usually
a decent amount of people
there to watch you.
The thing is, it doesn't matter what
you do , Talk about the election and how
hypocritical this school is for being all
into Nader and then complaining when
Bush wins. Recite a poem you wrote
wh e n you were five, Do a dance. Get out
the acoustic guitar and play something,
dam mit. It doesn't have to be original.
Every time I play there it's
90%cover tunes. Anything goes.
Last week on ly about five people
signed up to play, We had Noah Johnson
doing Gaelic ballads and poetry. Joanne
the piano lady read poetry.
John, Tressa , and I did a
country-esque rundown of
Radio head's "Creep," There
was even a "Wish You Were
Here" singalong , It was
beautiful.
The p o int is, anything
yo u do, we will watch, And
we wo n' t boo you offstage ,
We won' t laugh at you,
unless you ' re playing Ween ,
We're nice people, mostly.
And if you were ever in
drama class in high school,
you know that there ain' t nothing
like gettin' up there and doing it and
fuckin' applause rips up and you're
done and phew it's over and everyone
had a good time,
So come out and play with us .
And don't forget your G-String,
because mine broke last week and I
had to bum one from a friend . So
come
prepared.
Thanks very
much.
11/9
Boy, i t
would be nice
to be popular,
w ouldn' t it?
Quite a bit
of last week's
open mic was
something of a
popularity
contest.
Luckily, the
whole night
was not that
bad, Erin
Moore, amazing voice that she has,
s ilenced the whole room when she
opened her mouth, My frie nd Am y
made her open mic debut with
"Walkin' After Midnight." And she
fucking rocked.
It pays to have ·the final word on
these things.
The acts went on and on
throughout the night. Joanne the
piano lady did some Tori and some
original material. Our buddy Quinn
played some groovin' tunes on the
guitar, and the self-proclaimed Boss
of He\1 (I haven't been formally
introduced to her) entertained us
with her poetry and kung fu. And so
on . It was a nice change from the
pathetic turnout the week before.
And while the crowd was far too
serious for the first half-hour or so,
they thankfully lightened up as the
night went on.
I really don't have anything else
to say about it except that a good
time was had by all, and that Russ
was there to help everyone set up,
and he rocked ou t on guitar too . Russ
is awesome. Anyhow. See you next
week . Thanks very much
t!<~t:ral
Last Quarter Moon on Saturday,
Nov. 18 - Stay whole within yourself
and don't let your sensitivities be
wounded . Release guilt of any
actions taken and recognize the
lessons learned. Don't be afraid of
wanting some romance, but
maintain your integrity while
seeking it. Try channeling your
energy by cleaning and clearing your
space to allow for the release of the
past and to welcome in the new.
Aries
March 19-April19
Make it your ambition to express
kindness to others. Allow true,
spontaneous words of delight to
pepper your daily interactions.
Connect
on
an
intimate
conversational level with various
folk attracting your interest. Create
new friendships to keep your
company this winter. Don't confine
yourself to what you already know.
Go beyond the borders to challenge
any beliefs to which you may be
holding too tightly. Throw ideas
around and listen to the responses
carefully. You are ready to make a
shift in your behavior. Try going
about things in an upbeat way and
let new modalities slip into practice
without discrimination from your
internal voice. When you express the
optimistic energy you possess,
things will happen gently, without
any hassle, Pleasant cheer is good to
share, and you get back whatever
you put out.
Taurus
April19-May 20
Let it go, that need you cling to.
Know that you are wonderful
without needing to hear the
reassuring words of others. What
you think you want may not be
appropriate at this time. And why is
that? Take a look at what you have
going on right now. Are you
involved in a situation of yearning
for partnership, or needing to
rethink your current relationship?
Perhaps there is a need to shift your
status, but don't be hasty or take
despe ra te action to accomplish your
goal. Before you run out there onto
the s cene to demand your desires,
think g ood a nd hard about th e
recourses of your actions, What are
the dangers of jumping the gun? You
ma y sacri fi ce a good thing, Focus on
wh a t you do ha ve, not what you
want to ge t. Are you whole within
your self? Yo u h av e th e ability to be,
Cain some p e rso nal insight.
Gemini
May 20-Tune 20
Ju s t to clari fy - just because
something is marketed to be
available to you, doesn't mean that
ProjeCt:iODS
you should buy it. Look at all the
commerce available in your local
grocery store. Do you tend to
gravitate towards any particu lar
aisle? The beer section, for example,
may call your name from down the
block . Now this may be an urge you
want to fill, but carefully observe
your selection process. Do you have
a brand you call your own? Do you
go for the deuce, the forty, the one
with the Panther on the label? Or do
you browse the micro brews, trying
something new that catches your
eye? Do you go for Guinness or for
Budweiser; this is what I'm trying to
ask. The dark quality with taste and
appeal, or the watered-down cheap
buzz? Can you see beyond the beer
here? Take the metaphor elsewhere,
and I don't mean the ice cream aisle.
In the Mega-Mart of life, do you take
pride in the quality of products you
select? If not, I invite you to consider
the organic alternatives you may
have overlooked . A little fresh
produce could do wonders for your
health.
Cancer
Tune 20-Iuly22
Take some time for yourself, Ward
off any sick germs that may be trying
to get you down by withdrawing
into hibernation mode and nurturing
yourself. Sleep in late when you can.
Drink hot tea and eat lots of soup .
Even if you don't feel like a bug is
after you, take some time to recharge
your ba ttery. Do id Ie things you
don't often find the time for. Get in
your winter mode. Pu\1 out the old
favorite books and the ones you have
been wanting to read. Stash some
cookies by your bed and place
interesting activities within reach so
that your mind stays focused on
creative potential while you
simultaneously relax in snuggly
covers.
Don't
allow
your
nobl~gationsU to distract you from
what you really need to do for you,
Leo .
Iuly 22-Au~ust 22
Touch bases with your self and make
sure you know what you are up to.
Perhaps
the
tendency
to
procrastin.ate has been getting the
better of you. Realize what you are
responsible for. Chart out your
deadlines and try to catch up with
them , You have been rowdy and
delightfully deserve to; yet try not
to endanger your status by getting
out of hand. Get up and do some
work if you can focus in on it. Shift
down a couple of gears for at least a
couple days to channel some energy
into accomplishing tasks . Why not
do it before the weekend so you can
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shoulder? Far be it from me to
suggest actually refraining from the
party scene for too long.,.,
Virgo Au~ust 22-September 22
Just because people don't know how
to express their love for you doesn't
mean that they don't. Have you ever
stopped to consider that your
interpretation of the situation may
not be entire ly accurate? In fact,
perhaps your outlook tends to
influence the outcome of situations, '
making them turn out just how you
expected them to, You make it S t agi ttari us l\h.mta-21-U1::mh:r21
happen, You also make it not Take the opportunity to test out your
happen. Do you draw such definite new wings, (They may still be a Ii ttle
lines that walls are built around you damp, so refrain from the major cliff
like a fortress that no one can enter dive just yet..,) Lessons learned
for any particular reason? (Other must be put into practice to truly
than fear of intimacy, that is .. ,) What sink in. In the lottery of life, your
makes you so sure you know what winning numbers just about came
someone has to offer, or even what up, You may not have hit the jackpot
they lack? Maybe yoU' jump to yet, but you are three leaps closer to
conclusions so fast you never get to the prize, Define what exactly that
really see how things are . Just a prize will be. Visualize it graphically.
thought '" would it kill you to be Be specific, but allow a little room for
whimsical? Lighten up! Have some the interpretation of the universe. Be
fun. Take a chance - without proud of the breakthroughs you just
put under your belt. You have been
mapping it all out first.
working hard on an emotional level,
and pulled through with some
Libra September 22-0ctober 22 serious insights. Time to frolic in th e
Reach an internal understanding arms of friendly strangers, Time to
with yourself. Recognize once and do what you have been afraid to do .
for all that the incredible talents you Time to do a little jig in honor of your
possess can be expressed, and will beauty. Don't be shy ... others will
indeed manifest - all in good time. recognize the intensity of your
Perhaps you get so amped up with trueness and you will attract th e
ideas that you feel overwhelmed level of interaction that you have
with the quantity of what you wish been striving for.
to accomplish. I know I ha ve said r-=======::....:S~e~e=-A~s~tr~a~l~a~e:..:8~
this before, but I will say it again stop being so hard on yourself! Your
goals are noble and ' your
commitment fierce; yet in the
passionate need to do your work,
you may tend to sabotage yourself
with frustration, You have it going
on, so harness your potential,.,
rather than let it drive you nuts!
Besides, if you spend so much time
focllsing in on accomplishing work,
where po all the lovely diversions fit
in? Sometimes it is so important to
let the driving need go and just relax
and be mellow with beautiful
people. Balance it out.
Scorpio
October 22-November 21
Take some time to reflect on your
communication status. Do you have
anything hanging over you, like a
black cloud? Has a friendship gone
awry? Or are you just slipping up on
your correspondence? Whatever it
is, get on top of remedying the
situation. Don't let your pride get in
the way of salvaging an important
person in yo ur life. In the long run,
Chrysalis
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all the petty details are just that petty. Let it go. At least come to a
thorough unders tanding of the part
you play in your interactive
relationships , Are you in a role you
can't break out of? What have people
come to expect from you? Mo s t
important is to live up to what you
expect from yourself - but in a rcal
way. You should be able to trust your
own judgements. But that does n't
mean you can slap them down on
other people, Take a step back and
ponder your responsibility.
CALENDAR
Thu. Nov. 16
Fri. Nov. 17
Holy crap there's a lotta s tuff going
on today. Make use of this handy
reference to plan yo ur activities.
~ ..EVERY...Il\SlANI..WIn-l ... .FUN.!!!
Meanwhile, in the Library Lobby,
NAIM
ATEE;K,
Palestinian
th eo lo g ian and activist will be
spea king on the Palestinian-Isreli
iss ue and the need for Palestinian
justice . Nairn Ateek is from East
Jer usal em and is the author of
"Jus tice a~d On ly Justice ."
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
A Special Meeting of the Evergreen
Board of Trustees is happe ning in
Library room 3112. What are these
bigwigs doing? Reporting and 7:30 PM \
di sc ussing
everything
from Go to the Ramada Inn, make s ure
Financial Aid to Union negotiations. you are on the Main Floor, go to the
Theres LUNCH at NOON with .Washington Room. Look around and
students in the CA B!!' sweet"
see Mrs. Erato Kozakou Marcoullis,
speaking about the Cyprus Problem .
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Mrs. Erato Koza kou Marcoullis is the
Food! Eat Vegan cookies and vote for Ambassador of the Re public of
you r favorite. EARN (Evergreen Cyprus. She is fluent in many
Ani mal Rights Network) is d oi ng languages. Her interests include art,
th is in the CA B lobby. G it in there '
music, and poe try. Sorry gu ys, she
is ma rried and has a son.
5:00 PM
In LabII roo m 2242 Rob Knapp , 8:00 PM
faculty, will have a s lid e presentation •. JOHN ROSS, author, is speaking at
foc us ing o n "B ig" green buildings . the Traditions Cafe. The topic is the
Those interes ted in Big red buildings st ruggle of the Mexican people
are not allowed . They don't need against globalization, and for human
your kind. Actually, everyone is ri ghts. This is important s tuff. Your
encouraged to attend this discussion excuses for not going are bad ones.
of ecologically-friendly architecture.
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
7:00 PM
Come Rollerskating! At Skateland! It
Vegan Holiday Potluck in CAB 315. cos ts $5, but you get skates, and fun!
Bring yer favori te dish. If you are Its at 200 South Bay Road, its
interested in helpin g EARN, check sponsored by the Women's Center,
out there meet ings on Tuesdays in a nd how long has it been since yo u
CA B
310,
or
email went roller skating? Too long.
meats_no _treat@hotmail.com
Wed. Nov. 29
7:30 PM
The H~artsparkl e Players, in
collaboration with the Olympia
Fellowship of Reconcilliation, will be
performing: Stories of Creating A
Culture of Nonviolence at Traditions
Cafe. They suggest you donate $5$10.
6:20 PM
MINDSCREEN will be presenting
"Seven Samurai" in Lecture Hall 4.
Some say that this is the best samurai
movie ever.
8:00 PM
Come reve l in the classics at th e
Pantages Theater in ... Tacoma.
Pianist E.un Joo Chung will be
pianing. Tickets range from $16-$50.
Its s ponsored by Boeing. If you're
just now find j ng out about this its
probably too late.
Slightly West, the semi-yearly
Ii terary / art journal of TESC,' is
accepti ng submissions until this
qate. Drop stuff off at: Slightly West,
CAB 320, TESC.
Go home!
Tue. Nov. 28
Today is NO SHOP DAY. Shop Less.
Work Less? Live More! Enough is
Enough! If yer curious about this day
o f escape, check out http:/ /
www.envirolink.org/issues/enough
7:30 PM
The Vajralama Buddhist Center is
holding a m~ditation class with the
theme of Peaceful Mind, Peaceful
Life . $8 donation. Held at the
Olympia Unitarian Universalist
Church, 2200 Eas t End St NW. (206)
526-9565.
'~
Uh, Dec. 1
Today is the last day you can go.
without a measles vaccination. If you
are not vaccinated by today, then get
ready for a surprise. The Student
Health Center will be providing a n
opportunityy for students to ge t
their measles immunization on
MONDAY, 'NOV 27, 8:30A M to
11 :OOAM. If ya have questions, call
Kris at the Student Health Center a t
Ex. 6200
.
There will be a rally in Seattle, at the
court house park at 11AM, followed
by a march to the City Clerk's Office.
Why would you want to do this?
Well, if you got tear-gassed, pepper
sprayed, shot at, beat, or otherwise
harangued at the WTO protests, you
might have a case against the city of
Seattle. Call (206)632-1656, or check
out www.seattlecan.org/can for
information on getting your piece of
the pie.
Thank you·, Hollywood
During'our informal
poll, we posed the
question "which angel
woulp you rather do?"
The overwhelming
answer: "Drew
Barymore." But we
chose to prim this
picrure of Lucy Liu
instead because you
were all wrong. Only a
maniac would do
someone instead of
Lucy Liu. Look at this
picture, imagine her
saying "do n't you run
from me, dirty one,"
and you'll understand:
.e • te.t
1. There are three angels because ....
all pharos C()lI"esy o r Universal Sruu ills
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2. Charlie's Angels director's name is three letters.
Those letters are
3. He is qualified to direct a ~ovit! because he's made
_ _ _ and _ _ _.
4. He stole scenes from _ __
5. The number of times Lucy Liu takes off a helmet
and exposes her tresses, tossing her head While backlit
-by artificial sunlight is_.
6. The show us~d to reference old shows being made
into movies is_ __
7. During his incarceration by the bad men, Bill
Murray makes a sniper rifle out of
with his
8. The movie that was stolen from is _ __
h y Jen Blackford a nd Whitney Kva sagcr
In the spiri t of the WTO rally and Evergreen's
progressive feminist movement comes the film
C ha rlie 's Angles .
We could talk about th e scene in which Lucy
Liu s tradd les a torpedo in mid-air. We could talk
about the beautiful man that is Bill Murray. We
coul d even talk ab o u t the arsenal of cu nning
ploys, mar tial arts an d feminine charms nothing
short of letha l unleashed upon the audience.
\
But why sho uld we have all the fun? You, to o,
ca n e ngage in a thou ght-provoki ng and insightful
conversation wi th your friends in which Charlie's
Angles is thoroughly dissected. "Wow," they'll
say. "You're so ... smart."
In preparation for your "Olympics of the
mind," here's a little exercise. Fill in the blanks as
best you can. Check your answers at the bottom
of the page. Then, embark on the best
conversa tion of your life.
Answers
1. Like the Holy Trinity, Natalie, Alex, and Dylan are within us, for
us, and around us.
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3. Commercials and music videos
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4. The Matrix and MJ-2 and Hard Boiled and many many others
5. Three
6. T.J. Hooker
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8. Earnest Goes to Jail (or the Woody Allen movie of which we forget
the title)
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