The Cooper Point Journal Volume 29, Issue 14 (February 1, 2001)

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Class proposes "living laboratory"
the food Sustainable forestry students present campus with
services situation? survey in fj0pes to protect and maintain environment
by the s t u d e n t s of the S u s t a i n a b l e Forestry program

"I'm not that informed about the different
options... it would be nice if we could get some
more variety and more attention to quality."
— Andy Loviska

"1 think'there is a lack of food service that
represents what Greeners want. I think that we
could change that with a solid student
government in office."
-JenneLeise

An interesting piece of experiential learning is happening once
again on the campus of The Evergreen State College. Sustainable
Forestry is an upper division science program that combines
conservation biology and silviculture in an interdisciplinary
coordinated studies program. The perspective taken by the program
is that sustainable forestry is a land management system, which puts
the enhancement and maintenance of a fully functioning forest
ecosystem in a position of overriding importance.
Taught by forest ecologist Gabriel Tucker and wildlife ecologist
Nobuya Suzuki, the program offers insight into managing forests for
multiple values. Class members represent diverse interests, from
science students to forestry professionals. All of us are interested in
becoming part of a movement to change the way people value forests
and use wood resources.
Subjects of study include forest ecology, silviculture,
environmental policy, wildlife population analysis and management,
wildlife response to various silviculture techniques, landscape level
ecosystem management, land management economics and sustainable
forestry certification. Three weeks of field trips, which started off the
year, offered students a visual representation of how land managers
aje using these concepts.
To look at different ways of practicing sustainable forestry, the
class has formed several Campus Stewardship Option (CSO) groups.
The CSO's are part of constructing a land management plan in
accordance with guidelines set forth by the Forest Ste'vardsMp
Council, which certifies forests as being sustainably managed. Each
CSO is being developed with a Habitat Conservation Plan, each of
which is modeled after those submitted in compliance with the

Endangered Species Act.
Our goals as a program are to protect, maintain, and increase
wildlife habitat, species diversity, and overall forest health by creating
a model for sustainable forestry that promotes ethical use of forest
products. This work should be science based and aims to create an
educational opportunity for all students and community members.
Also, we will encourage the ongoing use of campus lands for
educational purposes so that these lands are not allocated for other
purposes by the State. Through modeling and education, we wish to
encourage a marketplace that rewards sustainable forestry while
moving the campus towards self-sustainability.
One aspect of the program includes the potential creation of a
living laboratory on the Evergreen campus. With this project we look
forward to starting an ongoing legacy of research involving many
students and faculty to continue into the future, incorporating
academic studies with hands-on practical application. The Evergreen
State College is joining the leaders of forestry science in the research
and demonstration of new forestry models. This program is one of
the first of its kind in the United States and offers students and
community alike the opportunity to be an integral part of a new era in
forestry.
All activities on The Evergreen State College Campus are
governed by the Campus Master Plan, which was recently revised in
1998, the Campus Land-Use Committee, which is made up of college
administration, faculty and students, and then ultimately the Board
of Trustees. The following are brief descriptions of the Campus
Stewardship Options that the students are proposing as part of the
program. Those that directly concern campus land will be considered
by the Campus Land-Use Committee this winter, while those proposed
for off campus will be overseen by other responsible groups.

please see Survey on page 13

Does administration support sweatshops?
by Neal Ahern

"Quality is way low. The prices are outlandish,
a lot of times I actually drive into town to eat.
They kind of have a monopoly... I'm not very
satisfied with it... It's an anti-Evergreen thing."
- Owen O'Keefe

"I think that Fine Host needs to burn."
- Corey Lund

For more information on
food services, please see
page 3
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested

Administrative Support for Sweatshopsl
Greetings from the Evergreen
Autonomous Students Against Sweatshops
(ESAS). Have you ever purchased apparel in
our bookstore? Does it upset you to know the
product you purchased was most likely
produced in a sweatshop? We are a group of
students concerned about the use of sweatshop
labor to produce clothing for our bookstore.
We are outraged that as a public institution,
we are financially supporting an industry that
thrives on the exploitation of workers
throughout the world.
Over the course of a seven-month
dialogue with the administration about
Evergreen's support for sweatshop industry, it
has become clear that critically responding to
withdraw that support is certainly not an
administrative priority. Below lies our story
Our Proposal
Our proposal calls for Evergreen to
withdraw from the corporate-dominated Fair
Labor Association (FLA) and to become a
member in the Worker's Rights Consortium
(WRC) and develop a garment-purchasing
code of conduct. Both the WRC and the FLA
are sweatshop monitoring organizations;
however, any similarities between the two
organizations end there.

The WRC is a
coalition of labor
unions, students,
f a i t h - b a s e d
organizations, and
human rights activists
that have created
policies and standards
(independent of the
garment industry) to
promote workers'
rights throughout the
world.
Although
E v e r g r e e n ' s
membership in the
WRC
will
not
immediately improve
the conditions for Are these hats made
oppressed workers of
the world, it is certainly a step in the right
direction. By joining the WRC, we are saying
no to the FLA's system of corporate-managed
sweatshop monitoring. We are taking an active
stance to fight sweatshop labor by dictating
what labor standards and working conditions
are to be enforced by companies attempting
to sell their apparel in our bookstore.
Membership in the WRC requires
colleges to develop a code of conduct to dictate
purchasing policy for the bookstore. The code
outlines workers' rights provisions such as

in a sweatshop?

P hoto by Brandon Beck

maternity leave and other women's rights, a
living wage, public disclosure of all factories
producing a company's products, the right to
form a union and bargain collectively, and
other workers' rights issues that are suppressed
in the sweatshop industry. Once developed,
this code of conduct is handed to every
company that wants to sell their clothing in the
bookstore; in turn, the companies are expected
to enforce within their factories the standards

please see Sweatshops page 13
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News
Faculty Discusses Dean Removed
General Education
they wanted would be available the
next year.
An issue that troubled some
faculty was surrounding the
"Expectations" and that they might
turn into a sort of checklist on the
transcripts.
"The student has to be the voice
for how well they've addressed the
expectations," said Sarah Penderson.
Another change in curriculum
that was discussed would involve
a "summative self-evaluation" that
students would write when they gef
ready to graduate.

By Erica Nelson

*

Faculty met on Wednesday to
discuss the proposals for curriculum
changes posed by the General
Education DTP. They will meet to
approve these proposals on Feb. 14.
The two proposals, "Spring
Festival" and "Cross Divisional,"
require a certain percentage of
faculty to devise and teach more
interdisciplinary courses and give
students more access to arts,
sciences, and quantitative reasoning
(math). They also both propose a
new kind of advising that would
require faculty to advise students
and help them develop an "academic
plan" for their time at Evergreen.
More attention would also be paid
to meeting the "Expectations of an
Evergreen Graduate," which were
approved by the faculty earlier this
year.
About 40 faculty and Gen. Ed.
DTP members gathered on
Wednesday to discuss the variety of
issues brought f o r t h by the
proposals. Some were concerned
about increased bureaucracy and
workload from the new advising
plan. Many faculty members felt that
an increase in hiring is necessary for
these proposals to work. As Mark
Levnnsky put it, "If you want broader
access ... hire more artists, scientists
and mathematicians."
Still other f a c u l t y were
concerned with the way these
programs would be taught, and that
teachers would not work together,,
but trade off in a kind of "tag
teaching." Prerequisites also became
an issue, and much of the faculty was
divided on the importance of their
presence and what they would
entail.
There was also some discussion
of more repetition of programs, so
students could -take one-time
programs that they were interested
in, knowing that other programs

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From Positio

By Greg Skinner

In a campus wide e-mail sent?
out Jan. 25, Art Costantino, vice
president for student affairs, said
that as of Jan. 29, Jessie Welch, Dean
of Enrollment Services, is on his way
out of Evergreen's administration.
Welch, who has been employed
in his current position for 30 months,
will be replaced interim by Steve
Hunter who, until last Monday, was
Director of Institutional Research for
Evergreen.
Costantino refused to comment
on any situation that would cause
Welch to be removed from his
position as Dean one-third of the
way through the academic year.
Hunter has come into
enrollment services because of his
close ties with Recruitment and
Admissions for the last eight years.
Costantino feels that Hunter can fill
the post in an area that is having
considerable trouble "Steve has been
a partner with admissions doing
assessment work for us and doing
research into how this institution is
perceived by prospective students,"
said Costantino.
Evergreen has had to keep the
admissions deadline open later and
later during the last two years to fill
the number required by the state.
This enrollment decline coincides

with Welch's tenure. This academic
year, the enrollment application
deadline was extended from March
first to the end of August.
Costantino said that in the recent
past, Evergreen enrollment has
been full by the standard deadline.
When asked if the slow enrollment
numbers and Welch's leaving are
connected, Costantino again
refused to comment.
A national search will be
conducted for Welch's replacement.
Mike Segawa, Director of Housing,
will chair the committee, which
hopes to conclude the interview
process by mid-May, then make an
offer to someone in early June.
Costantino said the goal is to get
the new Dean on board by midJuly.
Welch, who could not be
reached for comment, has only
been relieved of some of his duties.
Until the end of the year Costantino
has assigned Welch to a "series of
administrative duties including the
planning of graduation, portions of
the Banner implementation work,
and duties associated with
communication and marketing for
the college."

An Interview With
ichael Franti
By Kevin Burge

Michael Franti is at least two
heads taller than me, which at my
towering height of five-six, isn't
exactly uncommon. Still, I've never
felt smaller. The show is over and a
small crowd has gathered around
Michael for a hug or a handshake,
to say thank you or just smile in
goofy admiration. I feel like a new
breed of asshole when I interrupt the
flow of the mob to ask if he would
mind answering a few questions for
my "school newspaper."
I want to know what he would
pick as his top five albums to help
us survive the Bush administration.
"Kaya by Bob Marley. Marvin
Gaye's I Want You. We got to bring
back the Public Enemy spirit. And

then, you know, whatever two love
albums you got. We got to keep love
and sensuality a part of our
consciousness."
Love and sensuality have been
increasingly potent themes in
Franti's music since the advent of
Spearhead's debut release, Home. It's
fitting. I'm lost in fanboy thoughts,
like damn, this man is sexy, and tall,
and when he gives me a hug I feel
his dreads rub against my neck and
now his sweat is co-mingling with
mine, making God knows what kind
of glorious chemical reactions on my
body.
In the chest puffing, male
dominated, macho world of hip-hop,
self-examination and honesty are
rare enough to make one stop and
continued on page 14

Corrections:
MEChA & LASO's meeting time is 2:00 P.M. on
Wednesday.

Last week's Page 4 article on the JCC was replete
with typographical errors. Also, the headline should
have read "Jews,,Can we talk?" instead of "Can we
talk?"
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Cooper Point Journal *2« February 1, 2001

NEWS
Fine Host makes it easy to hate them
commentary by David Smith

A couple of weeks ago, I started
writing about my frustrations over
the state of food service on campus.
Because of the article, I found myself
having the same conversation as
much as three or four times a day.
Almost every person I talked with
wanted to know what was going on
and why, and everyone from the
faculty to the staff to the students is
aggravated over the recent pnce
increases. A few months ago I was
like everybody else. My biggest
problem with the food service was
the quality and quantity of food I got
for the money I paid. But I'd have
grumbled a little and rolled over like
everyone.else, because by itself the
corporate menu just is not that
important.
And believe it or not, there is an
up side. I'll now share with you my
semi-famous "Steam-Tray Diet." It's
very simple and very effective. You
can eat all you can stand from the
deli's steam tray. That's it. After a
week or so of that all you have to do
is lift the lid on the ooze de'jour, and
your appetite isn't just suppressed;
it vanishes altogether as your
stomach contracts to the size of a
raisin out of self-preservation. You'll
be rejecting such favorites as Cream
of Potato Soup (believed to be just

slightly thinned down insta-spuds
the consistency of oatmeal). Or how
about last week's "Shepherd's Pie,"
without the potatoes (musta used
'em all in the soup); imagine carrots,
peas and corn suspended in a
granular meat/gravy emulsion.
Then there's "Taco Casserole" (that
one speaks for itself...)
What set me off on this quixotic
crusade wasn't the food. It was the
attitude on the part of management.
They've got a virtual monopoly on
campus, but they seem to have no
sense of obligation to the
community. In just the past few
weeks we've had the prices shoot up,
paying by check went away
overnight, tip jars that aren't tip jars,
a rent-a-rookie lurking over our
shoulders; and have you noticed all
the new employees who aren't
students? It may well be that no
student is desperate enough to
volunteer for combat, but it may also
be that non-students are less of a
headache. I don't like either of those
possibilities.
Every one of the current or
former employees I've talked to tell
me about the stresses of working for
Fine Host. It comes from being put
in between the customers constantly
grumbling about the food and the
prices, and the company, run by
sporadic micro-managing and a lot
of yelling. Working on campus

shouldn't be that stressful a situation
for a student. Part of the job of a
college is to give people a safe place
to learn about life. Well, these folks
are learning all right.
On the one hand we have a
food-service manager who is
unwilling or unable to communicate
with the people he "serves," and
who seems determined to alienate
himself and his company from both
his customers and his employees.
But he's tasked with cleaning up an
operation that was hemorrhaging
money by the bucketload. The food
service brings in a lot of revenue for
the college, mostly during
conferences, but also from day to day
sales. Right now, theft in the Deli is
said to be unreasonable by those
who know. Every business has to
contend with a certain amount of
"shrinkage," and every business
does its best to minimize it. I
honestly don't think prosecuting a
student for stealing a 99-cent cookie
is going to have the desired effect.
What it suggests to me is that Fine
Host is even more petty and punitive
than I thought.
Most people don't steal from
someone they like, and Fine Host is
making it easy to hate them, simply
because they don't see the
community they serve as anything
more than a link in their revenue
stream. They don't treat us like

human beings, so we don't treat
them like human beings. They seem
to forget that that's OUR space in
OUR college.
Maybe if they would try looking
at things from our point of view or
included opinions from the
community, they'd come up with
more effective answers. At least the
answers they choose might be
presented in a more palatable way.
But 'they' don't seem interested in
real solutions. Fine Host, at least as
it exists now, won't be back next
spring. They are on a one-year
extension of their contract while the
college tries to find a more
permanent solution. The food
service up until recently was
"mishandled"; that's the current
euphemism for it. This management
team was brought in to clean things
up. So for the next few months, we
expect more arbitrary get-tough belttightening, foot-stomping, yelling
and other ineffective displays of
power as we are treated to a front
row seat of everyone's favorite
corporate game show, Cover Yer Ass.
Real communications would go a
long way to making things better,
but as far as any real change, I just
don't see what is going to jar Fine
Host's manager out of his current
point of view. Until that happens, I
don't think anything is going
improve in our food service.

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NEWS
Student Trustee Corner
By Vagmayi

We are now firmly planted in the
Year of the Snake, and the year 2001.
As I begin to settle in with my new
class syllabus, books still naked
of colored highlighters, and reenergized from Winter break, I bring
you greetings from the Board of
Trustees of the Evergreen State
College.
Since my last article - which hasn't
been recent, so don't think you've
missed anything - the Board of
Trustees has been kept busy with a
flurry of activities.
Various meetings have required
the presence of the Board over the last
three months. A board retreat was
held during the fall, and two full days
were
spent in
intense
conversation with Les and the senior
staff to evaluate where Evergreen is
today in the big picture of higher
education, and to create future goals
that expand our capacity to embrace
future challenges. Jo insure that The
Evergreen State College produces
graduates whose diplomas are
representative of the best liberal arts
education in the nation is the umbrella
under which we work. And that, my
fellow students, requires sweat and
equity on the part of us all.
The Evergreen State College
Foundation
and
funds
from Washington state programs
make scholarships possible for
Evergreen students. In my capacity as
student Trustee I attended a luncheon
for those who were honored
recipients. The room was filled to
capacity with students, their families,
college staff and dedicated volunteers
who read and rated the applicants.
Great food, too... I love those lemon
bars. Plus I picked up a catalogue as
soon as possible for the 2001-2002
academic year.
I was filled with pride to sit on the
platform at the Inauguration of our
President, Les Puree, and to share with
our community this formal yet
sensitive event. I was reminded by

one of my colleagues
on the board, David
Lamb, that I was the
first student Trustee to
attend a Presidential
Inauguration
at
Evergreen, and just as
my chest began to
expand, he added,
because there has
never been one before
... He also reminded
me that our football
team is undefeated. It
is these kinds of
momentous occasions
that make me truly
proud to serve as
student Trustee. Thank
you,
David, for
reminding me.
I met with students
who attend one of our
Tribal-based programs
at Fort Gamble. The
stories they shared
about the path that
Our Student Trustee is available to answer all students' questions. Her e-mail address is motherbrought them to
of-words@home.com
Evergreen and the
sacrifices they make to
get to class and to Olympia each to be my faculty, and one of the best) Trustees will be in attendance. I don't
month to be in a community with the to attend board meetings in the effort have all the final details yet, but it's
other tribal programs are inspiring. to meet the goal as a visible part of the no secret that the Governor's budget
The CPJ could provide a blessing to Evergreen community. Providing is a big concern for all of us in Higher
us all by interviewing and telling a a place on the agenda during board Education throughout the state. I have
story about any one of these dedicated meetings for brief presentations of a new song for the day entitled, "A
students. On Feb. 3 and 4,1 plan to be programs with faculty and students Whole Lotta Lobbyin' Coin' On."
present at the Longhouse and meet satisfies me as student Trustee that,
While the food service issuers] still
new friends and learn more about the indeed, what and how we are learning lingers, I have spoken with Piper
unique features of this great program. is important.
Kapin and Steve Trotter. I know the
At our January Board of Trustees
A new home for our fellow students tremendous amount of work that both
meeting, an
informative in Tacoma is a major'source of pride of these people have put into this
presentation by Tina Kuckkahan, for me. As my first official act as issue. It's important to them, and
Longhouse Director, and Laura student Trustee, I attended the they are well aware of its importance
Grabhorn, Assistant Director, graduation celebration in Tacoma with to us students. Stay tuned.
provided the board a closer look into our past President Jane Jervis. What
Finally, I would like to mention, as
the Tribal-based program which is a party! I met many students and was much as I'd rather not, that it will soon
such a vital part of our Evergreen asked to speak a few words by Dr. Joye be time for a new student Trustee to
community.
Hardiman. The room was electric be selected. You can check with Tom
As a board we lunched with the with pride, and now to have this Mercado in CAB 318 for the exact time,
CPJ staff (before the current changes), beautiful new home ... Wow! I can't but it will be around spring break. I
and have invited program faculty and even imagine what this year's invite any interested students to
students from the Greys Harbor celebration will be like. The grand contact me.
campus and program faculty Jan Ott opening is scheduled for May. I hope
As student Trustee, I serve with a
from Whole and Holy (who happens many of you can attend or at least pay caliber of people who are dedicated to
a visit to this "Miracle on the Hill" in supporting our education by rigorous
Tacoma. I know I plan to be there with examination of policy and procedures,
my Trustee hat on.
and do not hesitate to question and
February 15 is Higher Education hold accountable ALL who serve us,
day at the State Capitol Building, and the students of The Evergreen State
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Cooper Point Journal »4" February 1, 2001

NEWS
By Brian Frank and Vanessa Lemire

This week's
top stories
•World Economic
Forum and World
Social Forum meet
• Surveys show
Gore should have
won the election
• Catastrophic
earthquake in India
leaves countless
dead

Domestic
•The Washington Post and the
Palm Beach Post conducted
independent surveys among
Florida's uncounted b a l l o t s
showing that Al Gore should be
the president of the United States.
The first survey showed that Gore
had a 3-1 majority among 56,000
Florida voters whose ballots were
discounted. The second survey
showed that Gore had a majority
of 682 among the "dimpled"
ballots in Palm Beach County.
However, no legal challenge is
possible due to the,U.S. Supreme
Court's ruling to hand the state to
Bush.
•The Bush administration has
authorized the EPA to temporarily
relax its federal clean air
regulations to rectify the electricity
shortage in California. Citing the
energy crunch in California, Bush
announced last week that he will
ask Congress to approve a scheme
giving oil companies access to the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in
Alaska, (more at /ens.lycos.com/)
•Bush said last week that he
intends to go ahead with plans for
building a nationwide missile
defense, despite Russian, EU, and
Chinese objections. Besides
blowing billions of dollars, the
building of this defense system
violates the Anti-Ballistic Missile
treaty, and Russia warns that it will
be prompted to neglect all existing
arms agreements if the ABM treaty
is breached.
(more at /
www.washingtonpost.com/)

'Environmental —
•The top European Union (EU)
environment official expressed on

Wednesday concern several prominent members of the
that the U.S. president military, leading to the suspicion
George W .
Bush that the military may have planned
would
undermine „ the assassination. More than 1.7
international efforts to million people have died from
cut down on the direct or indirect effects of war in the
greenhouse
gas DRC. (more at /www.ips.org/ and /
emissions which cause www.allafrica.com/)
•A new immigration law took
global
warming.
Climate
talks
on effect last week in Spain sparking
implementing
the massive protests, and setting up
United Nations Kyoto Protocol 27,000 foreigners for imminent
governing
greenhouse
gas expulsion. The law, passed a year
emissions collapsed last year when ago despite strong opposition from
the U.S. refused to agree to leftist
parties,
deprives
reduction protocols. The U.S. is undocumented immigrants of their
responsible for 25% of all basic social rights, such as the
greenhouse gases emitted in the freedom to gather, protest, join a
world, (more at /www.ips.org/ and union or engage in a strike, (more
at /www.ips.org/)
/ens.lycos.com)

• Aventis Crop Science, the
maker of Starlink genetically
modified corn, an illegal strain that
infected the food system last year,
has agreed to compensate growers
and grain processors for corn they
can't sell. The compensation is also
offered to those whose crops became
contaminated by Starlink pollen
drifts.
•Last week in Denmark, 29
Greenpeace protesters were arrested
for locking down to a carrier
containing 20,000 tons of GE animal
feed, and managed to prevent the
Italian ship from unloading.
Greenpeace is demanding that the
EU to label animal products fed
with GE feed, (more at /
ens.lycos.com/)
•Dioxin, already accountable
for health problems including
infertility,
immune
system
suppression,
and
learning
disabilities, has now been officially
linked to cancer. Dioxin is no longer
produced commercially, but is
widespread around the Earth as a
byproduct of many industrial
processes,
including
the
incineration of waste, (more at /
ens.lycos.com)

Foreign

•The World Economic Forum,
a meeting of economists, politicians
and business CEOs, met in Davos,
Switzerland last week, amidst large
protests, a huge police presence, and
a snow storm. Police attempts to
disperse protesters with water
cannons, tear gas, and finally a noprotest zone, drew substantial
criticism, even in the mainstream
media. Angered protesters clashed
with police, smashed store
windows, burned several cars, and
set up barricades, (more at /
dailynews.yahoo.com/)
• Last week in Porto Alegre,
Brazil, the World Social Forum was
hosted by Governor Olivio Dutra
to counterbalance the World
Economic Forum. Thousands of
people f i l l e d the streets and
attended workshops and panels in
the hope of raising awareness of
social, economic, and cultural
rights of the "possible world."
One of the star speakers, Jose Bove,
a sheep farmer famous for leading
demonstrations
against
McDonald's in France, was given
24 hours to leave Brazil after he led
1,300 Brazilian farmers in a ravage
of local Monsanto f i e l d s and
company documents, (more at /
www. i p s . o r g / a n d /
asia.dailynews.yahoo.com/)

U.N. estimates that more than 152
civilian sites were bombed by
Sudan's air force last year alone,
and an estimated 2 million people
have died of causes l i n k e d to
Sudan's civil war during the past
17 years. Some 4.4 million
Sudanese have been forced from
their homes—the largest uprooted
p o p u l a t i o n in the world. The
Sudan People's Liberation Army
(SPLA), the main rebel group, has
been
fighting
for
selfdetermination for the Christian
and traditional African religion
followers from the predominantly
Muslim north.
(more at /
www.refugees.org/ and /www.ips.org/)

•Southern Guinea is slipping
into a state of war. A quarter of a
million refugees, who had fled into
Guinea to avoid other regional
conflicts in Liberia and Sierra Leone,
are now in the crossfire of a
government attack on rebels in the
region, (more at /www.allafrica.com/)
•The worst earthquake in half
a century rocked India last week,
killing more than 2,000 people,
injuring 3,000, and leaving countless
others trapped in rubble. The quake
reached 7.9 on the Richter scale and
could be felt 1,200 miles away.
Britain, The World Bank, and even
Pakistan have sent millions in aid.
(more at /dailynews.yahoo.com/)
Beyond the Bubble is published
each week as a service from EPIC (The
Evergreen Political Information Center).
EPIC also publishes a weekly email
update of politically related events
occurring around campus, Olympia, and
the region. To receive the update, to
make suggestions for this column, or for
more information about EPIC, please
contact epicupdate@hormail.com or 8676144. EPIC meets at 2p.m. Wednesdays
in Library Room 3500.

•Israeli elections will be held
this week, with right-wing hawkish
leader Ariel Sharon the likely victor.
Sharon's visit to an Islamic holy site
last year, with an entourage of
hundreds of military personnel,
sparked the Palestinian revolt which
has led to more than 350 deaths, the
vast majority Palestinian, in the past
few
months.
(more
at/
dailynews.yahoo.com/)

•Insurgent protests and
barricading of trade roads are
spreading around Ecuador,
following a military attack on a
march commemorating the one-year
anniversary of the indigenous
people's uprising that ousted
Ecuador's president and nearly
overthrew the rest of Ecuador's
government. A group of protesters
•Widespread drought has left
temporarily occupied Ecuador's
ten
m i l l i o n people in need of
CNN news station, broadcasting
emergency food aid in Ethiopia
attacks on the current president, the
International Monetary Fund, and and neighboring Sudan, according
the U.S.'s "Plan Colombia," the to aid agencies operating in the
billion dollar military aid package region. Ethiopia and Eritrea are
still in the midst of a border war,
to Ecuador's southern neighbor.
•Uganda's government is again resulting in the death of thousands
being accused of fanning the flames of people and the displacement of
of ethnic strife and civil war in the thousands of others on both sides.
Democratic Republic of Congo Sudan has been in a brutal civil
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The Planetary Kin

By Courtney Haedt

t
A Weekly Chart of Universal Energy
•
We are completing the 7th Moon of
Attunement this week. Harness its
energy and prepare for the Moon of
Integrity! The Wavespell of the Blue
Hand is ideal for accomplishing
important tasks in your life and work.
The rime is now!

Thursday, Feb. 1 - RED ELECTRIC
MOON - Day 23, Moon 7
Kin 29 - Tone 3 - Creative energy begins
to move, fuel it!
I activate in order to purifiy
Bonding/low
I seal the process of Universal Water
With the electric tone of service
I am guided by the power of space

Friday, Feb. 2 - WHITE SELF-EXISTING
DOG - Day 24, Moon 7
Kin 30 - Tone 4 - Integrate your higher
purpose into body function.
I define in order to love
Measuring loyalty
I seal the process of heart
With the self-existing tone of form
I am guided by the power of death

Saturday, Feb. 3 - BLUE OVERTONE
MONKEY - Day 25, Moon 7
Kin 31 - Tone 5 - Intensify your focus
and facilitate action.
/ empower in order to play
Commanding illusion
I seal the process of ma gic
With the overtone tone of radiance
I am guided by the power of selfgeneration

Sunday, Feb. 4 - YELLOW RHYTHMIC
HUMAN - Day 26, Moon 7
Kin 32 - Tone 6 - Your personal
intentions align with universal cycles.
/ organize in order to influence
Balancing wisdom
I seal the process of free-will
With the rhythmic tone of equality
I am guided by my own power doubled

Monday, Feb. 5 - RED RESONANT
SKYWALKER - Day 27, Moon 7
Kin 33 - Tone 7 - Exist as the complete
circle of your past and future in the now.
/ channel in order to explore
Inspiring wakefulness
I seal the output of space
With the resonant tone ofattunement
I am guided by the power oflifeforce

As you may have noticed, I have added
additional information to the weekly chart. The Kin
numbers in bold print identify the present place in
the cycle of 260 days. This 260-day cycle is
represented in an ancient visual chart named the
Tzolkin, as seen on this page. The Tzolkin graphs
the 20 Solar Seals, the glyphs such as White Wizard
and Blue Eagle, with the 13 Tones - from Magnetic
to Cosmic. Essentially, each glyph manifests itself
as a particular tone once in the cycle. The
combination of Tone and Glyph permutations total
260,hence a 260-day cycle. This cycle takes place
within the 364 day yearly cycle, amidst the 28-day
lunar cycle and 13-day wavespell cycles. This
spiraling cyclic energy is an important part of Mayan
cosmology, illustrating an ancient awareness of
rythym beyond linear time. Each Kin number
represents a particular frequency, combining the
essence of both glyph and tone. The Kin number of
the day which you were born becomes your personal
Kin number. Each year, your Kin number comes up
and it is your Galactic Birthday! For some this will
happen twice per Gregorian year, as the 260-day
cycle repeats itself. For example, Kin 99 - BLUE
GALACTIC STORM - was the first day of this Mayan
New Year, July 26, and it will also occur on April 12.
Those who Identify with their Mayan sign are
deemed "Planetary Kin." (An ancient Mayan
greeting says "I am another yourself.")

Tuesday, Feb. 6 - WHITE. GALACTIC
WIZARD - Day 28, Moon 7
Kin 34 - Tone 8 - Creative energy begins
to manifest as tangible product.
/ harmonize in order to enchant
Modeling receptivity
I seal the output of timelessness
With the galactic tone of integrity
I am guided by the power of endlessness

Wednesday, Feb. 7 - BLUE SOLAR
EAGLE - Day 1, Moon 8
Kin 35 - Tone 9 - Your purpose
intensifies as it becomes reality.
I pulse in order to create
Realizing mind
I seal the output of vision
With the electric tone of service
I am guided by the power of magic

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NEWS
Absence
Blotteravaganza
All the news the police will give us of respect

7:25 p.m.
A fire alarm in ADorm on the 6th floor (ah, ex-living
As if to make up for the quarters) is caused by burnt
delightful and magnificent amounts macaroni and cheese.
of crime going on campus this past 850 p.m.
Another fire alarm,
quarter, this week's blotter features and this time it's on the first floor of
no real masterminds. No devious C-Dorm. It's caused by more burnt
plots. No cunning schemes.-Not even food.
a drunk student. Nope, apparently
no one did anything evil.
January 25
And yet strangely enough, I 10:05 p.m.
A third bike is stolen
don't believe it. For there seems to from a bike rack. You know, there's
be a vast and complicated conspiracy only so many things you can say
going on underneath my nose that I about stolen bikes (brought to you
know nothing about. Hints of it are by CPJ Pointless Fact of the Day).
at every corner and yet it remains out
of my reach. With each open report, January 26
rumor on the bus, or shifty look, my 2:36 p.m.
Burnt bagels cause a
curiosity and my paranoia towards fire alarm on the 1st floor of D-Dorm.
connecting random events grows.
3:58 p.m.
Just when you think
I think Douglas Adams, in his your life will be nothing but fire
sublime Hitchhiker's Guide to the alarms and stolen bikes, an incident
Galaxy series said it best. "Suddenly, like this comes up that shows you a
he realized what the answer to the glimpse of something greater. In a
problem was, and it was this, that very special blotter,
police
something very weird was investigate a non-functional elevator
happening; and if something very in C-Dorm. What was the cause of
weird was happening, he thought, this malfunction? Nay, it was not a
he wanted it to be happening to mere mechanical difficulty or a rusty
him."
part. Indeed, it was due to
But for now, I'll be content with ' "unknown person(s) urinating and
fire alarms, stolen bikes, and pouring beer on electrical
purloined pastries.
components." Was there a greater
On with the mayhem...
plan at work? If so, it would seem to
be a fairly stupid one.
January 23
6:55 a.m.
Well, it's a good thing January 27
no one tried to take anything the People recover from the splendor
night before, because apparently the that is Spearhead and thus do not
alarm wasn't activated. Of course, commit acts of a grievous nature.
this information really doesn't help
you aspiring criminals. For alas, I January 28
cannot serve everybody's interests. 8:25 a.m.
Police suspect that
12:25 p.m.
'Tis a bitter day when someone tried to break into the
a dog runs loose in the lab annex. Greenery kitchen area by repeatedly
Both for the dog, since it's pretty body-slamming against a metal door.
damn cold, and for me, since this is It could be attempted burglary, or it
actually one of the more interesting could have been caused by
things happening this week.
frustration over copious and
3:38 p.m.
A person becomes unnecessary amounts of money
enraptured by one of the peanut being used to pay for the basic need
butter cookies in the Deli, and of nutrition. But I digress.
consumes it entirely in a joyous fit 11:13 p.m.
It slips through,
of gluttony. However, this culinary unnoticed, wafting its way through
madness does not go over well with the halls. People begin to wrinkle
the Deli, and the cookie lover is their noses. It grows stronger,
arrested.
making its presence known. Then
3:50 p.m.
Another theft, fairly some gasp in horror. "Oh my God,
serious, occurs when a person gets what is that smell," a person shrieks.
their bank card stolen from an ATM. "Is it the burning stench of food,
5:23 p.m.
A bike is stolen. Is serving as a horrible omen of a future
anyone surprised? Well, besides the fire alarm?" Another shakes his head
person whose bike was stolen.
emphatically. "No, it must be the
mold, finally enacting its revenge
January 24
against all who try to live and
5 p.m.
Oh look, another bike breathe within Housing." But the
is stolen. Because God forbid, wisest of all, clears her throat and
someone should get off their butt speaks in a sagacious voice. "It's just
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This past Thursday, Jan.25,
was Evergreen's Day of Presence.
Obvious enough I suppose, but
unfortunately, I feel that not
everyone knew about the Day of
Absence/Day of Presence and the
events and activities available for
people to participate in. However,
that is a discussion for another
day. Today, I am an outraged
theatre artist and perturbed
community member.
At 7 p.m., Vasna Bilavarn took
to the stage in the Library Lobby
for her debut performance of
"Faces in America," a play based
on the real-life experiences of a
multicultural slice of teens and
twenty-somethings from Los
Angeles. Her acting was nicely
nuanced and performed very
admirably considering the rather
dismal acoustics in the lobby area.
The play was written by Colin Cox
and Fran de Leon (both members
of the Los Angeles Theatre Center)
in 1995 and the Evergreen
performance was directed by Cox.
In summation, the artists were
fantastic - it's a Greener I'm mad
at.
The show was progressing at
a pleasant clip, but because the
Library Lobby is a central location
and a high foot-traffic area, there
were also plenty of distractions.
Most distractions were minor
enough; people skirting the space
while trying to get to the library
or go up to the third floor. That all
changed about halfway through
the performance.
While Bilavarn was in the
middle of one of her characters'
monologues, some random faculty
or staff member (I don't know who

she is) was trying to get into the
classroom area outside of the
Labor Center - more specifically the double doors marked "L 21002130." Being that there was a
performance in progress, the doors
were locked. But instead of taking
the extra thirty seconds to a minute
it would take to walk around the
back of the audience to the other
side of the lobby, the unknown
staffer crossed the middle of the
stage! During the performance! I
was appalled, and still get angry
as I write this, days later.
As an artist who has been
involved in the theatre for years, I
was angry on behalf of Bilavarn
and Cox. One of the first and
cardinal rules I learned about
theatre was "respect the stage."
Fundamentally, this means a
respect for the physical wood,
platforms, or in this case, bricks
that compose the stage. However,
it also expands to include the
seating area, the audience, the
technicians, and most importantly
and obviously - the performer
herself. Our Greener disrespected
all five.
As a student trying to get the
most education and experience
from Day of Absence/Presence
activities, I was just angry, period.
Angry that, on a day set aside for
the express purpose of raising
cultural awareness and celebrating
diversity, an Evergreen staff
member could be so insensitive. (A
staff member who, for whatever it
means, appeared to be of
Caucasian descent.) As open,
diverse, and culturally educated as
the Evergreen community claims
to be, this has made it abundantly
clear to me how far we still have
to go.

superior wisdom. Or at least that's
how it could have happened.

raised, there's been a lot of people
getting arrested for food thefts. And
yet it seems all too familiar. Wait, I'm
January 29
getting an image. Oh, sorry. I was
3:32 a.m.
A suspicious once again reminded of the French
circumstance in F-Lot. But of course, Revolution. Boy, I've got to stop
it's an open report, since I shouldn't taking those history classes.
have access to anything that seems 1:07 p.m.
A fourth bike is
serious or substantial. No, I'm not a stolen, this time from C-Dorm. See
bitter person. Not at all.
previous three bike blotter entries to
10:26 a.m.
Yet another theft be reminded of how much I enjoy
from the Greenery. Boy, it sure is a writing about these thefts.
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LETTERS &
Bush and Texas P ollution
What's happening to a once respectable state?
by Sky Cosby

chamber. What about the rest of the
state? Bush has sat idly by, refusing
Having recently come of legal to do anything to clean up the air,
age, I feel that, as a being living on while 10,000 residents of Texas, the
this planet and associating with its m a j o r i t y of them d e f i n i t e l y
other inhabitants, I have a moral, innocent, have died in the last five
social and ecological obligation to years. Please, someone correct me if
protest the slaughter of Texas. In a I'm wrong or if my logic appears
past issue of Rolling Stone, an flawed in any way ... but that puts
a r t i c l e ran d e t a i l i n g the many him in a class alongside Adolph
deaths by capital punishment in the Hitler, S a d d a m Hussein and
sprawling state of Texas. Within the Genghis Kahn in my book.
While his people are dropping
last five years alone, George Bush
like
flies, Bush is raking in all this
has ordered the killing of 135 people
cash
f r o m large c o r p o r a t i o n s
on death row. It is not
( t o t a l i n g well into the
my place to judge these
______
~~~"
m
illions)
for
not
lost souls and indeed,
imposing
stricter
laws.
capital punishment is Does Bush want
What the hell is he doing?
not even the focus of
everyone in his
Why
don't they spend
this story. In fact, it is a state to get cancer
some
of
that mountain of
different
kind
of
and
die?
money
on clean-up,
slaughter I speak of; a
instead
of
dodging all
much more grotesque,
______
~""~~"
these
laws
for
years on
inhuman slaughter.
end
and
patting
each
other
on the
In the Aug. 31 issue of Rolling
back
once
they've
made
it
through
Stone, a n o t h e r a r t i c l e on Bush
a p p e a r e d . This article, entitled the gauntlet?
Does Bush want everyone in his
George
W
Bush
and
the
state
to get cancer and die? There
Environment: A Closer Look At
won't
be anyone left to vote for him
Texas, revealed horrors previously
except
deformed 18-year olds on
unknown to me. There are far too
their
last
leg and chemo patients.
many disturbing ecological facts
Excuse
me
if I cut to the chase a tad
surrounding Texas for me to even
b
e
t
t
e
r
t
h
a
n all those worthless
begin to cover them all. RS cites a
politicians,
but something has got to
1996 ' r e p o r t by the N a t u r a l
change.
I
guess I just don't
Resources Defense Council. This
u
n
d
e
r
s
t
a
n
d
why, if all these
r e p o r t f o u n d t h a t up to 1,287
aluminum
companies
like Mcoa and
citizens of Houston, TX may have
all
these
strip
mines
are breaking
died that year due to air pollution,
the
law,
they
don't
just
get turned
r e s u l t i n g in c a r d i o p u l m o n a r y
•off
and
boarded
up?
It's
illegal, for
disorders and chronic bronchitis.
God's
sake.
If
I
went
out
and shot
Averaged over five years, these
someone,
I'd
probably
be
locked
up
d e a t h s combined w i t h the 135
for
it,
right?
Yet
it's
all
right
for
"criminals" killed, result in over
6,500 deaths. Remember, that's just these 300 facilities to walk up'and
in Houston and the lethal injection slap thousands of people with a
t

horrible terminal illness and get
away scot-free? Personally, I fail to
see the difference between the guilt
of those on d e a t h row and the
innocence of Bush and his army of
p o l l u t i n g , carcinogenic money
makers.
How could anyone have
considered voting for this man who
so selfishly and greedily denies his
own people clean air to breathe and
pure water to drink? While Bush sits
on his A r m a n i throne, the cash
piling up from the corrupt corporate
businesses could be better used for
environmental clean-up than his
campaign.
Let me be seventeen again; I
don't want to deal with this shit, In
the meantime, if you're an
intelligent h u m a n being, read
e n v i r o n m e n t a l c o l u m n i s t Tom
Horton's Rolling Stone article and
try to do something about it. Sitting
on your ass, watching television all
day and letting other people worry
about it obviously isn't doing much.
Bush just keeps shoving it aside and
putting it off and raising his peace
flag of free education for all. Who
cares what he's for if he's doing all
this? Perhaps if President Bush took
a dip in the vile chemicals he has
allowed to be pumped into Texas'
streams, he w o u l d come to his
senses. During
the
second
presidential debate, Bush said that
his primary focus was "what is in
the best interests of the people." I
ask you this, is it in the best interests
of the people of Texas to hack up a
lung and die a horribly strung-out,
miserable death? Damn him for
contributing to the railing of what
used to be a respectable, beautiful
state.

A College Education
by Adrian Byers
Is it winter? The time when the weather causes that
seasonal emotional disorder—the cold gray sky seeps into your
soul and creates mood swings greater than any roller coaster?
Or is it more than the weather?
While walking out of the library this morning, I saw the
maintenance crews placing more spike strips on the
overhanging areas above the library lobby. Why are we using
these barbaric affairs with sharp metal spears facing up?
Trapping was made illegal by that new initiative last November,
but I guess this has to be legitimate. Wouldn't it make more
sense to just put up a mesh screen so no birds could go in there,
instead of slicing their legs and underbellies apart? So far as
I've seen, it hasn't stopped them. They still land above the
lobby area, and bird droppings are still coming down.
Maybe it's the Fine Host and Union of Student Workers
issues. I now pack a lunch and bring coffee in the morning
because it's too damn expensive to buy food here anymore.
The nutritional value hasn't increased, and I haven't received a
raise great enough to compensate. And since I don't receive
financial aid, what I earn working is what I have to spend.
Possibly it's the appearance of a Security Guard watching me
peruse the beans and rice. Close-in surveillance of people
debating: donuts vs. muffins? ... That was on Monday. On
Tuesday, he was dressed in sweat pants, black jacket, and a
knit cap—still obvious, walking back and forth with a cup of
coffee in his hand. If I were to give Fine Host the benefit of the
doubt and say they were paying him the minimum wage of
$6.72, and if he worked five days at eight hours each, that would
work out to $268 a week. If he were getting $10 an hour, the
same amount of time, that would be $400. Is that much food
being taken from the Deli? Is this really justifiable?

I now see more of the inner workings of the college than
before. I hear about affairs unbeknownst to the general
Evergreen public, such as what policies are being implemented,
what decisions are being made, and why that choice was made.
It's dishearteningly political. I've seen several good people leave
their jobs here due to frustration, budget issues and the prospect
of a more satisfying job. Money makes the world go round
(the latest Presidential inauguration proved that point yet
again). It just wounds me to see that it is so dominant around
my own little haven.
I grew up on the East Coast. Not many people know of
Evergreen. Those that do think of the publicity surrounding
Mumia speaking at graduation two years ago. Or of the radical
students sporadically catching the mainstream press. There is
an aura of mystery, wonderment, and respect surrounding
Evergreen. I would really hate to disillusion them with my
own observations: that Evergreen is now (seemingly) all
reputation, and that that reputation is all that's left. The rest of
it graduated, or is dead.
I'm not as well informed as I would like to be. I don't
know why some of these happenings bother me. I can't even
put my finger on what it is that is irking my soul. Maybe there
is some logic behind this ... madness?? ?
,
Maybe all of this is my college education. It is said that
what you learn in college is not just in the classroom. Real
world events happen everywhere, and there is not much you
can do to stop them. Fight one battle, and another enemy qomes
in from your blind side. The pen is mightier than the sword,
but it takes cash to buy the p'en. There is seemingly nothing
safe anclsecure anymore. Idealism isn't what it used to be,! and
it doesn't seem to show its face here anymore. Is this what you
are supposed to learn in college? If so, I'm ready to graduate.

Cooper Point Journal «8* January 25, 2001

' An Inter view With
Dorm Hero

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Every day. Evergreen students wake c
up (well, almost everyday) and fight t
their own personal battles or vices. c

Unbeknownst to us, however, is a
much larger battle that one
courageous student is strong enough
to face everyday head-on. Josh
Barbour wages in a constant struggle
on the remote shores of Uropa
(prounounced "yer-rope-ah"). I was
fortunate enough to speak with Josh
during his time away from Uropa.
Josh, an A-Dorm resident when not
engaged in "keeping the peace," is on
a brief visit to Evergreen in order to
better elucidate the current situation
in Uropa.
Emily: Josh, what can you tell our
readers about the Uropa situation?
Josh: Well, basically we have to start
with the rudimentary source of a
conflict—basically it's Us against
Them.
E: How's it looking for Us?
J: It's very confusing because They
are very small and They're hard to get
MijSi^yidtot^fi^SQtiffiJ "•-working with hi-tech ultra liberal
warfare technology that is worthless.
E: What threat do They pose to our
Evergreen student body?
J: It's all a matter of what you like
to eat. It echoes back to the eternal Dr.
Seussian"butter-on-top-or-butter-onbottom" question, only now it's with
tofu and jelly.
E: How did you get so involved in
this cause?
J: Well, the syndicate told me that
by joining the war effort in Uropa, I'd
be afforded the opportunity to fight
"conserves." At the time I thought
that "conserves" was a slang term for
young republicans. Turns out a
"conserve" is actually short for "shoe
conservation storage facility unit."
Conserves are our only bombing
target, you see. That's the real threat
the enemy has on us: their huge
amounts of stockpiled shoes.
E: How is that a threat?
J; Would you like to walk to class
wearing cardboard and grass on your
feet?
E: You have a point, Josh. Now, is
there one thing you'd like your
students to learn from your struggle
in Uropa?
J: They're not supposed to learn
anything from our struggles iri Uropa.
That's the catch. If students were to
know anything about the struggle/
things would change drastically. It's
a lot like politics in general; you know
it's there, but you don't know the
details, and if you did, it would be
even more discouraging.
Josh Barbour plans to continue his
fight in Uropa, despite the false
pretenses that drew his interest in the
first place. When asked how long he
plans to stick with the war effort, Josh
merely replied, "Until justice is
served."

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Linguistic TESC book guy
Alchemy
by Corey Pein

What is the difference between a
State College and a hippie commune?
One gets the blessing of the State
Accreditation Committee, and the
other gets nothing but ridicule. When
the Accreditors come around, the
college's staff scramble like a Burger
King night manager under the glare
of the County Health Inspector. The
Accreditors want Evergreen to prove
its worthiness. This means results ...
on paper. The Evergreen faculty have
handled this situation as craftily as
Sisyphus tricked the gods: they have
tried to make a pile of entrails look
like choice eye of round.

"Who decides if a graduate
communicates effectively
or 'demonstrates learning'?"
The Gen. Ed. Disappearing Task
Force is reworking the core
curriculum, introducing 101-style
prerequisites under the title of a
"Common Core Cross-Divisional
Model." The stated purpose behind
this is to "[increase] student access
and exposure to arts, humanities,
physical and natural sciences, social
sciences ... through a mix of easily
identifiable cross-divisional programs
... and creation of a Fall quarter, 8credit 'common core.'" Nowhere in
the DTF-to-faculty memo is the
system of standard, required subjects
referred to as "prerequisites." Most
impressive.
The DTP has also devised a list
of "Expectations of an Evergreen
Graduate." Marvel at
their
meaninglessness: 1) Define and
assume responsibility for your own
work; 2) Participate collaboratively
and responsibly in our diverse
society; 3) Communicate creatively
and effectively; 4) Demonstrate
integrative, independent and critical
thinking; 5) Apply qualitative,
quantitative, and creative modes of
inquiry appropriately to practical and
theoretical
problems
across
disciplines; 6) As a culmination of
your education, demonstrate depth,
breadth, and synthesis of learning and
the ability to reflect on the personal
and social significance of that
learning.
Doesn't "defining" one's own
work imply that the student will
create his or her own curriculum, thus
negating the purpose of a standard set
of educational requirements? What is
"integrative" thinking? Who decides
if a graduate communicates
effectively
or
"demonstrates
learning"? The same people that
wrote this list? It's damned jargon and
gibberish! I hope for the sake of all
Evergreen students that these
proposals will be used only to appease
the Accreditation gods and not
actually applied.

by Gwen Gray

As the least pleasant month of the
year (excluding February and
November) finally prepares to go
away, I am attempting to notice things
about my life which are nice. I have
become overwhelmed by the time of
year, the weather, baby Bush's
honeymoon period, and the startedin-California-but-won't-stay-there
energy shortage, and need something
positive to focus on. In that spirit, I
have decided to write about
something I like, for no other reason
than that I like it.
One of the little things I treasure
about Evergreen is the presence of the
vendors in Red Square and the CAB.
They sell good stuff and most of them
tell good stories and don't seem to
care much if you buy anything or not.
I like the people who sell random
collections of blankets, and the people
who sell strange food, and the people
who sell massages, but my most
favorite vendor of all is Book Guy.
Book Guy is my name for a man
who is actually called Bob Harris, and
who sells used books out of opentopped cardboard boxes. He comes to
Evergreen three times per quarter, sets
up in the lobby of the CAB, and
obstructs the flow of t r a f f i c by
radiating such- coolness that people
gather even if they don't know who
he is or what he's doing there. I
always dance around happily when I
see him setting up, and then have to

calm myself down enough to browse
and spend twice what I can afford.
What he does is not unusual, but the
way he does it is amazing. He sets up
with his boxes of books covering three
tables and a bunch of the floor, and
you can look through all those books
and never, ever find a bad one.
Virtually all are books everyone
should read, whether they know it or
not.
The first time I met him, I found
with limited effort (about ten minutes
of looking around) four Kurt
Vonnegut books I'd been wanting,
plus one I didn't know existed, not to
mention The Hobbit, Dante's Inferno,
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Maintenance, a book of Van Gogh's
letters, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle,
and Ursula LeGuin's The Wind's
Twelve Quarters.
I was happy. Happy Gwen had
only spent thirty dollars. Yes, I was
already reading about seven books,
some of w hich were from the library
and soon to be due, not counting my
reading for class. Also, I had no
bookshelf space left at all, and was
probably destined to pile my
purchases on my floor somewhere,
but I chose to ignore those petty
details and focus on the, important
thing: I had twelve really nice new
books.
Since then I've seen Mr. Harris
four or five times, and have become
increasingly grateful for his existence.
Somehow, he regularly shows up

when I'm having a really bad day and
need to be reminded that humanity
isn't utterly worthless. He knows me
by sight now, and usually talks to me
while I browse, contact with fellow
bibliophiles being one of the primary
benefits of his profession. We talk
about the sad state of affairs in the
literary world today, and the
possibility that every plot of every
book can be distilled into one of
Aesop's fables, and the exquisite
torment of spending one's life finding
wonderful books, only to sell them.
He does not say, and actually
seems not to mind, that he not only
sells them but sells them to snot-nosed
college kids who will probably Use
highlighter all over them and not even
have the sense and taste to mark the
good passages. Sometimes, when I am
especially pleased to see him, I ask
when he'll be back and write the
answer down (early March, if you're
interested). The conversations usually
end when I ask if he has any bags,
which he never does. This is generally
something of a problem for me,
considering that I never get away with
less than eight books. He is always
apologetic about it and says, "You
know, I probably should have bags." I
always assure him that his mere
existence makes up for such petty
problems, and lurch off, hunched over
my prizes, slightly happier to be alive.
Bob Harris is a small patch of niceness
in my life, and I celebrate him as such.
And that's my pointless story.

Understanding is peace
by Nikolai Kazakov

stereotypical image of Americans also
created several problems later in our trip
by having set expectations of the
Back in 1993,1 worked for U.S. Peace
volunteers at their assignment sites high
Corps in Vladivostok, in the far Eastern
above what any person alive could
part of Russia. According to the mission
actually attain.
statement, there are three main goals of
the organization and each individual
volunteer: to provide technical help, to
"... [Information is
provide first hand-information about the
thoroughly selected to
U.S. and Americans to the local
represent only one side of
communities, and to learn first-hand
about life and people in the country of
people and events."
service to share with Americans upon
return. I had no problem with the first
Several other realizations came later.
goal, and considered it the most
important. I wondered, however, about The last one happened after I arrived in
the importance of goals two and three. Olympia, a little bit over a year ago.
The information was available, and Talking to different people around the
anybody wanting to find it out could get area, I found out many of them have a
it from the media or visit a library and very twisted idea, if any, about regular
life in Russia, especially during its Soviet
read numerous encyclopedias.
The first realization that something times. It didn't take me long to figure out
was wrong about my way of thinking, but the reasons. Same as all over the world,
right about the goals of the Peace Corps, people use media as their primary source
came later. We met a group of volunteers of information, and in the U.S., Russia is
at the Vladivostok airport. A bus driver largely misrepresented. I am not trying
looked at the fresh-from-the-plane group to say that today's media information is
for a couple of minutes, and then incorrect or distorted. Not at all. The facts
suddenly asked me why they were so and numbers are all right. It looks to me,
small. I didn't understand what he though, that this information is
meant—they looked normal to me. But thoroughly selected to represent only one
he clarified that the "Americans" in the side of people and events. More often ,
movies that he had seen were always big .than not, this is the gloomy side. I can
and strong, and could single-handedly only guess what the stories sounded like
outsmart and defeat a whole army of when the Cold War was in full swing
enemies. I was shocked that somebody (probably close to how the Soviet media
could seriously use that type of movie as at those times described Americans).
a credible source of information. As it People that receive and process only that
turned out, the driver was not alone in information often develop their own
seeing things that way. The same image and .vision that could be distorted

and have little connection with reality.
In this article I don't want to discuss
those reasons. All I want to say is
nowadays we don't have to follow the
path of information paved for us by the
interests of other people. The recent
political and technological events opened
various venues for people-to-people
contacts as an alternative source of
information. Internet, e-mail, and
numerous international exchange
programs provide access to that source.
The Edmund Muskie Fellowship, an
international program implemented by
the NGO Open Society Institute, brought
three Russian students (including myself)
to study in the Masters in Environmental
Studies program at the Evergreen State
College. As a group we decided to use
this opportunity to share our vision and
our understanding of Russia with
interested individuals from TESC and
local communities.
Over the passing years and events, I
transformed my understanding and
vision of Peace Corps goals, and believe
their second and third outlined goals are
more important than their firsj:. When
people know more about each other and
can find a better understanding of one
another, little space remains for any kind
of conflict between them. That belief sets
Peace Corps' goals two and three as goals
one and one on my personal agenda.
On February 15, the Russian TESC students
will conduct a presentation called 'Our
Russia'followed by a panel discussion. The
presentation starts at 4 p.m. in lecture hall 5.

January 25, 2001 •$• Cooper Point Journal

SPORTS
THE INTERVIEWS: BILL LASH
by: Shasta Smith

I am talking with Bill Lash, the
new Women's Volleyball head coach.
He has coached at St. Martins for the
last three years. He is from this area,
and has been playing, reffing, and
coaching for the last 25 years. Let's
get to know him.
CPJ: Bill, tell me a little about where
you are from.
Bill: Well, I grew up in Tumwater and
graduated Tumwater High School in
1970. I was in the Air Force for four
years and other than that, I've been
here all my life.
CPJ: How long have you been
involved in volleyball?
Bill: Well, actually, I've been doing
it off and on since junior high. I got
serious about it in the mid-seventies.
CPJ: You played 5-10 years, then
coached?
Bill: Well, actually, I'm still playing.
I played club ball in the Air Force,
USAF Volleyball. I had an interest in
reffing, so I reffed for 18 years and
slowly got involved in coaching. I
started coaching at North Thurston
High School; it was my first coaching
job.
CPJ: Then what did you move on to
from there?
Bill: Centralia College. I was down
there for five years, then I moved
onto St. Martins for three.
CPJ: How did you do at St. Martins?
Bill: My first year there we took
second in the league, broke every
school record there was; we just had
a great time.

rebuilding year.
CPJ: You rebuilt the program there;
have you ever built a program from
scratch?
Bill: No, I haven't ever. This is really
exciting.
CPJ: How are you going about doing
that?
Bill: Well, I'm trying to get a mixture
of veteran players, junior college
transfers, and sprinkle in some
freshmen. That way we have good
turnover and a solid base of
leadership to start with.
CPJ: Have you started practicing
yet?
Bill: Our practice .won't be starting
until August.
CPJ: What are you doing right now
to generate interest, check out
players, recruit...
Bill: Well, I've gone to the
community college tournaments at
the end of their season, I went to
their playoff tournaments ... and I
have a pretty wide reach as far as
friendship with coaches, so I've
contacted a bunch of coaches. I had
a workout where 18 girls came in
and tried out two weeks ago here,
and they turned out real nice.
CPJ: You mentioned tournaments
you have coming up.
Bill: Yeah, we're running USVB
youth volleyball tournaments. It's
Junior Olympics. It's fundraising
money for our college team.
CPJ: And you have some teams
involved in that?

CPJ: Was that a new 'program?
Bill: No, there was an existing
program, but it was kind of run
down. We were in a pretty tough
league; I just happened to hit it just
right. My second year we got second
as well. We were 4 - 2 2 my last year
there, a lot of freshmen; it was a

Bill: Yeah, I have five teams. I have a
13 and under, 14 and under, two 16
and under, and an 18 and under.

Bill: You start with a foundation
when they're young. If they learn the
right skills, they can spend the rest
of their years honing these skills and
that can help us down the line.
CPJ: With Evergreen, what do you
plan to do right away? What do you
think the keys are to getting a
successful program going in the
early months of the season?
Bill: Well, I think it's like anything
else that's new. Everyone's gonna be
a little scared, but I think if you enjoy
what you are doing, make it
enjoyable for everybody, make it a
fun thing ... 'Cause you know this is
our sport and we love doing it, so
why not enjoy it? You'll do better
and succeed better if you have that
mindset to begin with.
CPJ: So, what do you think about
winning?
Bill: Well, it isn't everything; it's just
99.99%.
CPJ: What sort of support have you
gotten from Evergreen since you've
been here?
Bill: Well, it's been quite a pleasant
surprise. The sports department here
has been real supportive of me. I've
come up with some new ideas and
they've allowed me to run with
them. I'm excited; if I need
something, they seem to come up
with it. I'm quite pleased.
CPJ: Is there anything you'd like to
tell the students that might be
interested but don't know anything
about volleyball?
Bill: Contact me, come out, and let's
play.
- Bill's extension is 6528. You can also
get ahold of the Sports Editor at the
CPJ, and I will send you his way.

CPJ: So with all those teams, what is
your theory of coaching? How do
you lead them?

2001 Mariners' Opening Night April 2
Invitation/Order Form
Can the good taste left in our TESC's Jackie Robinson Scholarship. offensive clout. The minors have a

by: Oscar Soule

mouths by last year's playoffs be
soured by A-Rod's imitation of
Willie Sutton? Remember, Sutton
responded when asked why he
robbed banks: "That's where the
money is!" You have a chance to see
the latest version of the Mariners. We
have 252 tickets to see the M's open
the new season against the Oakland
A's on Monday evening, April 2.1 urge
you to get your request in early. Once
again, it will be first come first
served. I have paid $15 per seat and
that will be your cost, as well. There
are no group or children discounts
on Opening Night. Our seats are in
the 300 level down the right field
line. And yes, the M's raised the
price a dollar over last year.
Last year we combined Opening
Night with a fund raising event for

This year we are not. However if you
are willing to add more to your
check, I will see that anything
beyond $15 goes to the Robinson
Scholarship. You will not get a tax
deduction notice for this. Those of
you who wish to make a substantial
donation should send a check
directly to The Evergreen State
College Foundation and note that it
is for the Jackie Robinson
Scholarship [TESC Foundation,
Olympia, WA 98505]. Remember, the
Foundation Office will not be
dealing with Opening Night tickets.
This should be an interesting
year for the Mariners,. We have
arguably lost the three best players
at their positions over the past three
years. This year we appear to have
proven pitching depth and little

POSTER THIEF
by: Shasta Smith

What does one call a person who
pulls down another club's or
instructor's posters? A political rival,
as they conveniently label
themselves ... um, no. A wall cleaner
... probably not. A person with a
personal problem ... probably. What
they really are is a THIEF. When
flyers are pulled down around
campus, for reasons other than
school cleaning, it is a defilement of
personal work, progress, and money.
They are limiting your voice to reach
the students here on campus or
whomever else you are trying to
reach. It is also a theft of your time,
money, and effort.
The Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw
Club and Shaolin Aerobics Class has
had to deal with this in recent
months. A certain individual has
pulled down large quantities of
posters advertising an aerobics class
and ads for a club fundraising movie
night. When two members of the
club confronted him in the act, he
claimed it was political, when in fact,
the poster theft was motivated by
business, greed, and jealousy. The act
was reported to campus police and
a grievance petition was filed.
Which brings me to my next
point; what sort of redress can occur
for someone who is caught redhanded? There is a grievance process
here on campus and while they deal
with a number of things, their role
is not clearly defined when it comes
to the resolution of these types of
issues. They do not seem to want to
deal completely and decisively with
certain issues, to face them head on.
It could be so as not to offend anyone
There is also the point that the
grievance process might be trying to
play to all the sides so much that
they lose sight of what they are
doing, and the grievances filed are
not taken care of in a satisfactory
manner. In this case, after an opaque
and diffuse six-week investigation,
the result was felt to be an
insufficient offer of reimbursement,
an incomplete statement of findings
and lack of closure on the matter, and
what amounts to a minor slap-onthe-hand to the individual.
My question to you is this: What
should we do with someone who
wants to over-glorify a personal
problem they may have, or create a
conflict over business jealousies and
then acts criminally, and attacks
another club, teacher, or class? Have
you had any grievances that were
not handled to your satisfaction?
Please e-mail me any comments,
reactions, or complaints on this
issue.
My
email
is
smishal3@evergreen.edu, send in emails by February 7th.

fair number of youngsters, but they
are one to three years away.
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'Cooper Point^Journal •!()• February 1, 2001

SPORTS
by: Shasta Smith

S BASKETBALL

This week the men hosted two home games. In the first game against the Oregon Institute of Technology on Jan. 26, the men lost 89-75 in a game they
never led. Trelton Spencer had a game high 33 points and became the first Evergreen man to record back to back 30-plus point games. Andre Stewart had
20 points on the night.
The following night was a heartbreaker for the men. They lost 87 - 76 to Southern Oregon in a game that did not reflect the score. With nine minutes
left the game was tied 52-52; even the fouls were tied at nine. With five minutes left, Jimmie Richardson fouled out, leaving the game with 7 points and
6 rebounds. The men were down by seven when he left. Speaking of fouls, the game had a total of 59. Evergreen put in a record 33 of 40 from the foul line.
The two top scorers in the game were Trelton Spencer who put in 23 and Andre Stewart who had 20. Stewart also had a game high 8 rebounds. A.J.
LaBree was a spark off the bench for Evergreen; he put in five points in 30 seconds off the bench late in the game to bring Evergreen within 8. Back to the
fouls. Down by seven with 49 seconds left, Jackie Robinson became the second foul casualty for Evergreen. The refs called a technical foul on the
Evergreen bench for Robinson stepping off the floor too soon. They then called two technicals on the coach when he questioned the call, so he was
thrown out of the game. Southern went up 10 on the three technical foul shots and held onto the lead in the last minute to win.
For the third time in his career, Trelton Spencer was named CCC player of the week. Spencer was given this honor after tying the Evergreen steal
record, then beating it the next game, as well as recording his ninth 30-plus point performance, passing Aaron Foy to become the all-time assist leader at
Evergreen, and averaging 25 points, 6 assists and 5 steals a game. The two-time All-American Spencer holds 10 Evergreen records and is en route to his
eleventh; more on that as it develops.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
photos by: Ezra Small

by: Shasta Smith

The Evergreen women hosted
Eastern Oregon on the 19th here at
home. They lost 61-45 in a game
that saw them come back to within
10 in the second half, but
eventually lose. Michelle Ramsgate
stepped up for 15 points with 7
rebounds, and right behind her
was Linnaea Jablonski, who scored
11 points and had 7 rebounds as
well.
The next night Albertson came
to town, and while the women lost
75-46, they had a victory of sorts.
Alyson Pincock, the Cascade
Collegiate Conn
^layerofthe
year last year, was held to a season
low 9 points and 4 rebounds. For
Evergreen, Jablonski recorded a
game- and career-high 17 points to
go with her 9 rebounds and one
block. Heather Johnson came off
the bench and scored 14 points to
go with 6 boards.
On the 25th the women were in

Salem, Oregon playing Western
Baptist. The women lost the game
106-55. The women were playing
without point guard Katie Vernon
and forward Rebecca Henrie. The
106 points are the most the
Evergreen women have ever given
up in a game. Heather Johnson had
a game high 22 points and Michelle
Ramsgate followed with 13 points
and 6 boards.
The women were in Ashland
playing Southern Oregon on the
27th. They lost 95-52. Heather
Johnson led all scorers with 19
points and 12 rebounds. Michelle
Ramsgate was perfect from behind
the arc at 2 of 2 and perfect from
the free throw line at 6 of 6. She
ended the night with 14-points.

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SWIMMING
by: Shasta Smith

The Evergreen State College
Swim Team competed on the 19th of
January, and while the team lost
overall, three of its members did
extremely well.
Ryan Miyake had an exceptional
race in the 500 free. Miyake won the
500 with a time of 4:55:88. With his
winning time, Miyake qualified for
the national meet. The time was also
the second fastest time in Evergreen
history for the 500 free. Miyake also
had a career best time in the 200
medley with a 2:03:86.
Amber Totz is now the third
Evergreen woman to qualify for the
nationals in an individual event. Totz
swam a 1:04:87 in the 100 fly, her
fastest of the season and the third
fastest on the Evergreen all-time list.
Misty Westphal broke the two
records she set earlier this season in
the 500 free and the 1000 free. She
beat her 1000 record by sixteen
seconds.
The team is now preparing for
the
Northwest
Conference
Championships, which are being
held here at Evergreen in midFebruary.

SPORTS
INDOOR
SOCCER
by: Shasta Smith

Indoor soccer has started here
on campus and for all of you
interested, I hear it's quite a fun
league. There is co-ed Mondays,
men's Wednesdays, and women's
Fridays. The co-ed night features 10
teams and everyone has a good time.
On Wednesdays the competition
heats up as seven men's teams go at
it. There aren't any dominant teams
so each game is back and forth. The
women play Fridays, and they have
a relaxed good time.
The indoor leagues take place in
the Pavilion, and this year it is a safer
place to play. The last couple of years
the rickety walls have been a hazard,
but this year they did some work and
reinforced them to make it a better
playing environment. The games
start at 6 p.m. if you are interested
in watching or getting onto a team.
You can also bring in a team of 10 or
more for 200 dollars. Hope to see you
out there.

CREW

by: Shasta Smith

6 a.m., before the sun is up, and
the men's and women's crew teams
are already at the gym practicing for
their upcoming spring season. The
team is coached by Aaron Starks, and
despite
the strict no late policy, the
i
team is 30 members strong. They
by: Shasta Smith
were up to 60 at one point, but the
early mornings and hard training
The women are organized and weeded out those not prepared to
practicing. The Evergreen Women's row.
Rugby team has gotten itself
Crew is the oldest intercollegiate
registered in the Pacific Northwest sport in America, and as the sport
and is ready to go play. The team is progresses through the years, the
hoping to get the men's former head technology gets more and more
coach out to lead them. I talked with advanced. The cutting edge in
Trevor (the coach), and he was technology keeps some boats ahead
excited about coming out to coach. of others. Enter The Evergreen State
In fact, he told me he "absolutely College, new to the sport and
wanted to coach." So good luck to rebuilding boats 20 years old. The
the women as they approach their team expects to be one of the best in
first game of the spririg season; more the Pacific Northwest, but they will
on that as it draws near.
have to work extremely hard on and
off the water to keep up with the
competition.
The team has raised $19,000 to
get equipped and refurnish their
boats, and they will be prepared to
hit the water against PLU and UPS
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Cooper Point Journal »12* February 1, 2001

EASTERN
WASHINGTON
UNIVERSITY

NEWS

SURVEY

SWEATSHOPS

Please drop your completed survey in the box in the entrance to the Campus
^to enforce within their factories the
Bookstore. Your input is appreciated; thank you.
1.

Are you: Student, Staff, Faculty, Administrator or Other?

2. What are the most important aspects of the Evergreen forest to you? Rate
each value in order of importance, 1 being least important, and 6 being most
important.
Ecological
Conservation
Economic
Social
Value / Recreation
Education
Spiritual
3. Have you walked the path from the main campus to the organic farm (West
reserve)?
Never
Rarely
Frequently
4. How often do you visit other areas of the campus?
- North Campus preserve (beach trail)
Never
Rarely
Frequently
- East reserve (between Parkway, Overhulse, and Driftwood)
Never
Rarely
Frequently
- South reserve (between Parkway, 17th, and Simmons Road)
Never
Rarely
Frequently
5. TESC campus is 1,000 acres. 740 of these are forested. Out of the 740, the
Sustainable Forestry Program is interested in creating a demonstration forest by
thinning approximately 7.5 acres located within the organic farm cluster. In your
opinion, is a sustainable forestry experiment an appropriate use of campus
resources?
6. Are you familiar with the sustainable forestry program? If so, from which
source?
Friend

__Web site
Film fest
Community meeting
Sustainable Forestry Student
7. Would you like to be on the sustainable forestry mailing list? (You may use a
sign-up sheet if you do not wish your email to be attached to this survey)
Email:
8. If the proposed trail or other plans are approved, would you be interested in
volunteering to help implement them?
The management plans for both the CSO's and the Habitat Conservation
Plan will be completed in February. Presentations of these proposals will be held
at The Evergreen State College. If any of the management options are approved,
they will hopefully be put into action in the spring. The Olympia community is
encouraged to become involved in this process by contacting the program website
and attending the outreach meetings. Many of the Stewardship options will be in
need of volunteers, andihere is a survey that can be filled out. Direct any questions
or survey requests to sforestry@hotmail.com. The program's website is available
at www.evergreen.edu; just click on the program web pages. Portions of this article
were originally published in the February 2001 issue of the Olympia GreenPages.

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standards set forth in the code of
conduct. If a company is found to be
in violation of our code, we have the
right to terminate our business
relationship. The WRC monitors
factories by
commissioning
unannounced, surprise inspections
of those factories where workers are
reporting labor violations and abuse.
Evergreen's Support for Sweatshops
and the FLA
The administration, and in
particular, former vice-president of
finance administration, Steve Trotter,
continue to provide excuses as to
why they are not discussing
Evergreen's support for the
sweatshop industry through our
membership in the Fair Labor
Association (FLA). Don't be fooled;
although this organization has the
words "fair labor" in the title, the
name, just like the organization, is a
corporate-driven public relations
scam designed to nurture the
sweatshop industry through the
enforcement of weak labor and
human rights standards within
global garment-producing factories.
The FLA's procedure for
identifying sweatshop abuses is
highly ineffective. Each year,
garment corporations select 10% of
their total factories worldwide to be
inspected by an external monitoring
organization such as Price
Waterhouse Coopers. The garment
companies select and pay the
monitoring organization, choose
which factories will be monitored,
and announce the proposed
inspection to factory management.
This announcement allows sufficient
time to "tidy up" the working
conditions to pass inspection.
The FLA is dominated by
garment corporate interests and
representatives. Both unions who
were involved in the creation of this
organization refused signing its
charter document on the grounds
that the organization was ineffective
in promoting workers rights. Those
two unions were the United
Needletrades, Industrial, Textiles,
Employee Union (UNITE) and the

Wholesale, Retail, Department Store
Union.
Campaign History
This campaign began last
summer, in discussions with the
bookstore manager and the interim
vice-president of finance, Steve
Trotter. Out of these discussions
came specific steps we were to
follow in order for our proposal to
be accepted. We were repeatedly told
that if we followed these
administratively prescribed steps,
the proposal would be accepted.
The
Wednesday
before
Thanksgiving, our completed
proposal was delivered to the
administration. We were told to
expect an answer in several weeks.
Over the past two months, a decision
on our proposal has been repeatedly
postponed. Most recently, after a
cancelled meeting during week two,
we were told by Steve Trotter that the
administration will "try" to have a
meeting during week three. Guess
what? It didn't happen. Two months
of stalling on this campaign is what
led us to issue a deadline for a
response to our proposal on or
before Jan. 26. The administration
has chosen to ignore this deadline.
Trying Isn't Good Enough
The best the administration can
say after two months is that they'll
"try" to have another meeting. Try?
What have you been doing all along?
As you "try" to have another
meeting, the workers in sweatshops
continue to be exploited by garment
corporations, continue to produce
clothing for our bookstore, and we
continue to do nothing about it.
While you try to have another
meeting, Evergreen continues its
membership in the corporate-driven
FLA and DOES NOTHING TO
FIGHT SWEATSHOPS, except "try"
to have another meeting. Try this on
for an ironic coincidence... The only
organizations that support the FLA
are:
garment
corporations,
corporate-funded NGOs, and
heavily
corporate-dependent
colleges and universities. One of the
founding members of the FLA is
Nike, a company notorious for its
utilization of sweatshop labor. The
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February U 2001 • 13* Cooper Point Journal

MICHAEL FRANTI
pay attention. His songs have activist/musician community. The list
consistently tackled challenging of talents that he's worked with over the
subjects: fear of getting tested for HIV years is impressive in its diversity: from
(Positive); gay-bashing (Language of punk legend Jello Biafra to U2, Julia
Violence); and the dangers of media Butterfly to the Indigo Girls, Gary
overload (Television, the Drug of the Snyder to Billy Bragg. One thing that all
Nation). Even when dealing with well- these people have in common is an
covered themes like love and liberation, insistence on taking their politics at
herb, basketball, and the right to play more than face value. Franti was on the
music loudly, Franti writes, raps and streets of Seattle, dodging tear-gas like
sings with such sensitivity and everyone else at the WTO protest.
Since then, on top of touring with
intelligehce as to make them wholly his
Spearhead,
Franti has been speaking out
own and without a hint of cliche. Also,
against
the
American
prison industry on
he's one of the few people to have
the
Spitfire
tour,
founded
in part by exwritten a sexy Jesus song.
Rage
Against
the
Machine
frontman
"Music links the mental, the
Zack
De
La
Rocha.
Evergreen
was lucky
emotional and the physical, which for
enough
to
land
this
gig
in
junction
with
me is the same as the spiritual."
the
Day
of
Absence/Day
of
Presence.
Watching Spearhead perform is
not unlike attending a very liberal, Michael addressed the importance of
soulful church. At one point, he even events like this toward the end of the
called upon the audience to turn and show.
"Before I got here, they told me that
greet those around them. Franti's
insistence on living his faith and the original intention of the Day of
celebrating the divine on earth has Absence was to show how lacking the
caught the attention of many within the rest of the population would be if all

SWEATSHOPS
CEO of Nike, Phil Knight, decided to
make a multimillion dollar donation to
the University of Oregon's athletic
program last year. However, upon
hearing of UO's withdrawal from the
FLA, and its intentions to join the WRC,
Phil Knight withdrew his donation.
Eventually UO's corporate funding
dependency gave in to Phil Knight's
pressure, and UO withdrew from the
WRC. What's this have to do with
Evergreen? For our enjoyment, Nike
donated a $2,500 film projector to
Evergreen in 1992. Maybe our

administration thinks that by
abandoning the FLA and joining the
WRC, Phil Knight will take back his
$2,500 film projector?
Final Frustrations and Our Call to
Action
Our frustrations revolve around
the administration's lack of
commitment and integrity when it
comes to seeing this proposal to a
conclusion. They asked us to research
the two organizations; we did, and now
the research isn't good enough. We were
told to show there was broad support
'for our proposal. We took a survey of
400 students, faculty, and staff in which

people of color went away for the day,
and the Day of Presence, when everyone
could- come together and work on
healing. So I'm glad that there are places
in this country, especially in this time,
that are even thinking in terms of these
ideas.
"People say to me, 'Michael, how
- do we eradicate racism? How do we
celebrate diversity?' And the first thing
I say is you have to define what diversity
is, 'cause diversity is not just skin color.
It's not just ethnicity. It's not just culture.
It's also gender. It's also sexual
preference. But most importantly, it's the
internal diversity that each of us have,
what's inside us. The fact is that some
of us enjoy making art, some of us enjoy
taking walks in the woods, some of us
are compelled to get up and say
something, some of us like to do it in a
gentler way. The internal diversity that
is in each of us is what we need to learn
to be glorifying and accepting."
With each new album, Franti's
convictions (and what's more
impressive, his sense of hope) grow
stronger and more unshakable.

How does he keep cynicism from
waltzing in and taking over?
"Two ways. First is an internal
way. Meditation. I try to clear myself,
so that I don't have to carry negativity
around. The second is just from the
inspiration from other people who are
in the fight. Like I was saying tonight,
we really need to lean on each other
during hard times. And we're
approaching hard times. We're
approaching confrontational times.
Music is something we can lean on, our
friends are something we can lean on,
culture and all that goes along with it.
Food, dance, art, which are expressions
of our beliefs and expressions of our
spirituality, are also things that we need
to lean on."
Michael Franti is at least two
heads taller than me and I've never felt
smaller. Only, it's not the dwarfing that
comes with intimidation and fear. It's
more of a feeling of standing in a field
at night, grass under my feet and stars
up in the sky, thankful for a bit of light
in a dark, dark world.

over 98% of people were in favor of
abandoning the FLA and joining the
WRC. The administration has chosen to
ignore the message sent by those results.
It is very frustrating to have waited two
months for a decision that should be
relatively easy to make. Why are they
delaying?
On other campuses, people have
employed a variety of tactics to pressure
their administrations into making
fighting sweatshops a priority. We have
elected up to this point to work with the
administration, because we thought we
were mutually outraged over
Evergreen's support for the sweatshop

industry. Apparently, this issue is not a
priority for them and thus we need to
make it one.
We encourage those who support
Evergreen taking some initiative on
fighting sweatshops to call Steve Trotter
at
ext.
6185
or
email
trotters@evergreen.edu and let him
know what you think. If people have
questions about the campaign, feel free
to email us at esasi ©hormail.com, or call
the EPIC office at ext. 6144 Thank you
for reading.
**Please don't bother folks in the
bookstore, they have been very
supportive**

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Cooper Point Journal *14* February 1,2001

Thu, Feb. 1
11 A.M.
"Hey Mr. Postman"
Wash-PIRG hosts a letter-writing
campaign to government people,
"urging them to...[eliminate]

Washington's worst cancer causing
dioxins. They'll have a table in the
CAB lobby. Call Jocelyne, 867-9081.
6:30PM
"Mother"
Fertility Awareness Class in LIB
1509. This class will address signs
of fertility and birth control
methods to use during those times.
Call Judy Hickmann (446-3640), the
instructor, to register. $45 for
singles or couples. Also on the 8th.

, Feb 2
"Shiny Happy People"
Wash-Pirg has boxes for you to
donate clothes and blankets all over
the campus. Drop-offs go to hungry
and homeless people.
9P.M.
"Devil in Her Heart"
Hell's Belles play at the 4th Ave.
Tavern, with guests The Ruby Doe,
Stuck Ups and Razorblades. It's an
"all AC/DC tribute." Fuckin sweet.
$6. Drinking age and over.

Sat, Feb 3
"Free bird"
The Black Hills Audubon Society has
two different field trips goin' on
today. One is the 10th annual Hood
Canal birding trip(Andrew 360-4266262), the other is South Sound
Water Birding by BOAT (BHAS
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CALENDAR
Wed, Feb 7
I P.M.
"Tr%s Monkey's Gone to Heaven"
Wash-PIRG will videotape your wish
to stop oil drilling in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge, and send
it to Congressfolk Faser, Hunt, and
Romero. Also happens on the 8th at
II A.M.
1:30 P.M.
"High Hopes"
The Wilderness Center hosts a
LEARN TO CLIMB workshop in the
CRC. Pay $5 in the main office. Have
fun.
5P.M.
"Streets of Philadelphia"
Mindscreen, P.H.A.T, and E.Q.A.
present "Philadelphia," and several
short films. The movies will be
followed by an AIDS question/
answer period. Free Free. Lecture
Hall 1.

7:30 P.M.
"Mother Nature's Son"
Freaks of Nature, the Wilderness
Center, and J o n a t h a n Duncan
present a slide...presentation... Uh,
"Exploring Mountain Landscapes
and Cultures." Lecture Hall 1. $5, or
$3 for college kids, like they're not
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, Feb 9
NOON
"Come Together"
In the LIB lobby, ASIA hosts
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Contact Slighty West to sign up for
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(transportation provided) call the
Native Plant Salvage Project at 360704-7785.

Thu, Feb. 15
"Vamos"
(Te Quiera ir a Ecuador? Huh? Do ya'
Do ya wanna go to Ecuador witl
CIMAS (Spanish Language anc
Latin American Arts and Culture)
Applications are due today! You cai
get 'em in LIB 1401. jAhora!

Thu, Feb 8
3:30 P.M.
"Last Dance"
Olympia's own "drummer danger
duo" leads two West African Dance
workshops. CRC 116. They ask you
to bring "loose clothing and water."
Hmm. Also happens the 15th at the
same time.

every year in the United States."
Have fun ... if you dare.

Fri, Feb. 16
Wed, Feb. 14
"Don't Fear the Reaper"
As well as being VALENTINE'S
DAY, today is NATIONAL
CONDOM DAY. "Love responsibly
... There are an estimated 15.3
million cases of STDs diagnosed

"Money for Nothing"
What's better than Federal Pel
Grants? Scholarships! The Prid
Foundation ("Living Togethei
Building Community.") and GSBy
are giving away $100,000 to selectee
applicants who are gay, lesbian
bisexual, transgender, all of th
above and "of color." Students raisei
by lesbian or gay parents, am
"potential leaders" in the sexua
minority community also eligible.

Student Group Directory*
Feminist Majority Leadership
Alliance
Description: We work towards
the goal of having political,
economic, and social equality
for women.
Meeting times: 1 P.M. every
Friday
More info: Whitney Bindreiff
888-2166 or x6636
MEChA
Description: The Chicano
student movement of Aztlan
strives to create a space where
members can educate
themselves, inform others, and
confront issues.
Meeting times: 2 P.M. every
Wednesday
More info: x6143
Common Bread
Description: We are a Christian
Community working for
justice and peace.
Meeting times: 5 P.M. every
Monday-in CAB 110
More info: Julie Boleyn 9439144
This list is not comprehensive. If
you want your student group
listed, drop off your information at
the CPJ (CAB 316)

Evergreen Queer Alliance
Meeting times: 5 P.M. Tuesday
(Gen. interest) in CAB 314;
5 P.M. Wednesday (Film Fest
planning)
More info: 867-6544

ASIA
Description: Asian Students in
Alliance welcome everyone.
Meeting times: 1 P.M. every
Wednesday in CAB 320
More info: Emiko Atherton,
Miral Ghimire at 867-6033

WashPIRG
Description: We run
environmental, social, and
consumer campaigns.
Meeting times: 4 P.M.
Wednesday in Lecture Hall
rotunda
More info:Rebecca x6058
evergreen_washpirg@hotmail.com

Bike Shop
Description: We are a
volunteer operated, do-ityourself bike shop.
Meeting times: Call or stop by;
schedule is on door
More info: Ari or Jayro at 8676399

Slightly West Literary
Magazine
Description: We publish TESC's
Literary Mag.
Meeting times: 2 P.M. Monday,
9 P.M. Thursday
More info: Patricia Kinney, Jen
Levinson x6480
Amnesty International
Description: International
human rights org. working to
free prisoners of conscience,
ensure fair trials, and promote
justice. Meeting times: 5 P.M.
every Monday in CAB 310
More info: x6724 ,

Medieval Society
Description: Students
interested in recreating
medieval martial arts, crafts,
and performances.
Meeting times: 5:30 P.M. every
Thursday in CAB 320
More info:
medievalsociety@mail.com
866-6000 or x6036
Evergreen Dance Team
Meeting times: Wednesday, 2-4
P.M, in CRC 316 and Thursday
3:30-5 P.M. in CRC 116

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Giant Robot Appreciation
Society
Description: Evergreen's
Anime Club!
Screenings Friday, 8 P.M. at thi
Edge
More info: Ken Koontz
squirelfox@hotmail.com
Women's Resource Center
Description: A resource center
that provdes meetings, a
library, events and a drop-in
center.
Meeting times: General
meeting Monday, 3 P.M.; Zine
meeting Monday, 5 P.M.;
Evergreen Cliteracy
Foundation Wednesday, 3 P.M
More info: x6162
The Evergreen Swing Club
Description: We teach East
Coast Swing and Lindy Hop
basics. We welcome beginners
and you don't need a partner!
Meeting times: Friday, 7 P.M.
on the first floor of the library
More info: David, 866-8324; '
Kristina, 867-4939
Evergreen Investment Club
Meeting time: Thursday, 2:30
in CAB 315
More info: Andrew Bucher,
Adam Smith-Kipnis, 786-9161

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We're still making money
From the lumber company
Supporting the industry
Thriving off cutting down the tree
While we still got people
Living in the streets...
Welcome to Oly,
The All-America City
Hopes and Wishes go out to Richard
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