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Officers And
Community Dialogue
War
and
Peace
"That the war is
not about terrorism; its
about fossil foels, and
suuring them for our
country. "
RAmaLash,
Sophomore,
in/ro to Environmental Science
by HaL Steinberg
EVERGREEN
STUDENTS
CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DISCUSSION
PAGES 6 - 9
*draft dodger blues
Jon McAllister rates draftdodging methods ... just in
case.
*the power of one
Eli Crawford asks, "What can
one person do? »
*tao of nonsense
Nate Hogen thumbs his nose at
warmongers and advertisers
*we are not alone
College campuses have historically been fertile ground for
anti-war protest. Why not
now?
"/,n going to
talk about war as a
probably unavoidable true tragedy
that is fo cing the
world. "
Alkn Williams,
junior,
Community
Informatio1l Sysums
"1m not sure yet
how my fomily is going
to talk about war,
sine( we're all pretty
politically diverse, and
we come from very
diffirent viewpoints. "
Kelly Terreson,
Sophomore
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Address Service Requested
Students and other community members were given a chance to voice their concerns
directly to individual police officers last Wednesday, December 4 at the PSCRB (Police
Services Review Board) meeting held in the HCC.
During the last meeting on November 8, all agreed that it would be helpful to have
individual officer's answer to complaints being raised by the community. The meeting
began with each of the officers' introducing themselves and telling what they felt they
offer to the community in terms of support and involvement.
Officer Pam Garland spoke about how she had arrempted to write a column for the
CP] a few years ago. She said that she had to stop because students got into such an
uproar over the fact that the CP] is a student newspaper. They said that officers shouldn't
be allowed to submit. Garland decided not to bother.
Everybody at Evergreen has first amendment rights but the officers, said Garland.
She also said that she received profane phone calls and heard disingenuous rumors
about her peers. She said that she feels such behavior only further alienates the
community from the police.
"When you constantly get beat up you don't want to try anymore," she said.
Another officer who received a lot of arrention was Tony Perez. At a recent meeting
some students passed around a petition calling for his resignation. In response, Perez
talked about he as a police officer does a lot of important work that people never see.
He talked about watching over F-Lot to make sure that no one breaks in cars, he walks
through the dorms not only to catch people doing small misdemeanor crimes, but also
to make sure that incidents such as sexual assault don't occur. He talked about how whe:l
dealing with students under the influence, the response is not to always write a ticket. In
the past he has taken nauseous people home and put them to bed.
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The story so far ...
Andrew Mickel is the Evergreen student
accused of shooting a Red Bluff, California
police officer three weeks ago.
The facts of the story remain essentially
the same: more than a month ago, Andy
stopped showing up for classes. November
19, Officer Dave Mobilio was shot and
killed while putting gas in his cruiser.
Sunday, November 25, someone going by
the name of Andrew McCrae posted two
documents on numerous IndyMedia websites, claiming responsibility for the shooting. The postings defended the shooting as
a response to corporate control and police
brutality, among other things. (For a full
transcript of the two postings, go to http://
sf.indymedia.org!2002111!1545326.php
and http://idaho. indymedia.org! news!
2002!11I295.php) On November 26,
Concord, New Hampshire police arrested
Evergreen student Andrew Mickel after a
two-hour standoff in a local hotel. The
police were tipped off to his whereabouts.
Currently, Mickel is in a New Hampshire
jail, awaiting extradition to California on
murder charges. Mickel's attorney has not
waived extradition, and Mickel's next court
date is December 26. If convicted, Mickel
could be given the death penalty.
Andrew Mickel
So what sort of a person was Andy
Mickel? And why (if he did) do this?
In talking to classmates and acquaintances of Andy, several themes become
apparent. He was quiet, they all say. He
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they are "shocked" and "surprised" to hear
what he did.
In some ways, it sounds like many
killers you hear about. Neighbors describe
the serial killer as 'someone who kept to
himself,' 'shy,' or 'the nice guy.'
But when you talk to friends of Mickel,
people who hung out with him regularly,
you get a more complete picture.
Marc Stiffier, who was Mickel's B-dorm
roommate for part oflast year, recalls Andy
as someone who once locked Marc in the
dorm bathroom with a rotting lobster as
a practical joke.
He seemed to be a critical thinker.
Both Stiffler and another of Mickel's
acquaintances, Harald Bennett-Fuller,
remember him as the person who was
always challenging the beliefs of others. He
spoke passionately about many of the things
he posted on the 'Net, things like corporate
control and police brutality. There were
debates about pacifism versus violence in
social movements . Mickel would bring
up the example of the Nazis - would they
have been defeated by non-violent civil
disobedience?
According to the San Francisco Chronicle,
Mickel was arrested in April for obstructing
a sidewalk here in Olympia, apparently at
a political protest.
Even though he spoke about the possibility of a violent revolution in America,
friends are still surprised at his actions.
Colin McLoughlin, another of Mickel's
friends, said, "[he] didn't seem like he could
be naturally violent ... [it was] a reaction to
all the violence in the world."
Mickel had other interests. He loved
comic books; Marc Stiffler recalls him
saying that comics were the "pinnacle"
medium for transmitting information. He
wrote short stories, and was working on a
semi-autobiographical love story.
He served in the Army from 1998 to
2001, and, (if he is the person who posted
on the web and is not exaggerating) he was
airborne, jungle operations trained, and a
ranger. These 'are grueling, elite schools.
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for Peace Opportunity TheatreHo~ts Represent
Free MOVIe Evergreen at
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The Olympia Coalition to Stop the War
presents Open Stage fOl Peace! Come
every Thursday to the Midnight Sun to
croon for peace, strip tease for peace, dance
for peace , rock for peace, rap for peace,
read poetry for peace, incant for peace,
clown for peace, or even play the accordion
for peace.
We've b een having trouble rallying
members of the Olympia community to
come and show their stuff. So don't be
shy about using your voice. Even if your
performance isn't peace-oriented, come to
express yourself, inspire others, show your
support, and network with other artists.
Open Stage for Peace takes place
every Thursday at the Midnight Sun (113
Columbia Street) from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
It's free (donations accepted). Sign up to
perform at 6:30. Featured artists perform
8:30.
by Sarah Finger,
Sarah MacKenzie,
and Sbarmila Chit
Day
Do you have experience working with
by Trma Dixon
survivors of sexual assault and domestic
violence?
On Saturday, December 14, the historic
We are looking for qualified, hard- Capitol Theatre in downtown Olympia will
working, and committed individuals.
host a free day of movies, food, and fun.
What is the Campus Advocacy Program All are invited to come watch such popular
(CAP)?
movies as Dead Poet Society and Malcolm
The CAP is a new program that will X, enjoy the community atmosphere, and
provided peer advocacy to survivors of perhaps receive a free massage from the
sexual and domestic violence. These services professional massage therapist who, among
will be available to students on campus others, has volunteered his time and skills
24 hours a day throughout the school to make this event special.
year. The curriculum for CAP will b e
This event will take place at the height
run by one paid student, several volunteer of the heArt and Film Festival, a five day
advocates, and the Office of Sexual Assault extravaganza organized and sponsored by
Prevention.
the Crimethlnc. Workers Collective, a local
What are we looking for?
radical publishing cooperative, with the
We are looking for people who have assistance of the Olympia Film Society and
experience working with survivors of sexual other local volunteer organizations such
and domestic violence. Qualifications as the Olympia Food Coop and Food Not
for the CAP coordinator include: com ple- Bombs. More movies, including Brazil,
tion of Safeplace training (preferred) or Fight Club, and Thin Red Line, will show
equivalent training on sexual and domestic at the Capitol Theatre on Friday and
violenc~ andexperience providing ~dvocacy Sunday; Thursday, Friday, and Monday,
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to survivors IS preferred. The positio n will free workshops will be offered on skills
entail. rec~uiting, training, supporting, a~d from folk d a ncing to bicycle repair an d
coordinating volunteer advocates, advertis- printmaking. Local publishers, chefs, and
ing, and working unfilled on-call shifts. It a rtists will also be prese nt, sha ring their
Courtesy of Ca ~e' Manager RI'ck Strom ire
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is required that the CAP coordinator rna es wares with the public free of charge.
The following are changes in hours a two-quarter commitment.
A full sc hedule of films and events ca n
For more information and to request an be found online at www.crimethinc.com/
of operation for dining services during
December 16, 2002 through January 5, application, please contact the Coalition fest, or in this month's issue of the Olympia
Against Sexual Yiolence (CASY) at Film Society bulletin.
2003.
867-6749.
Hours of operation are as follows:
For information: www.crimethinc.com/
Pick- Up and the Greenery will be closed
December 16- January 5.
fest
Contact: crimethinc@yahoo.com
All units will be closed December 21,
24, 25, 28, 29, and January 1 and 4.
The Market will be open extended hours
7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p. m . on December 16
by Troy Morris, Anne Anderson, and Jon Kemp
through December 20.
The Market will be open regular buffet
Are you dissatisfied with the sta tus quo? Are you frustrated with the lack of effective
hours 7:30 a.m. - 6 :00 p.m., December
action
on this campus? Are yo u fed up with big business running politics?
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23, 26, and 27.
The Campus Greens Organization was created to aid th e community and help rebuild
The Market will be open regular hours
December 30, 31 (Closed at 4:00 p.m.l, de~ocracy. The CGO is having a general interest meeting to discuss what we a re, what
and January 3 and 5 (12:00 noon - 6:00 we hope to be, and how to reach these goals.
If you'd like to join , or are interested in learni ng abo ut the Green Party, come to
p.m).
the
Longhouse on Thursday, December 12 in Room 1007C at 7:00 p.m. For more
All operations will return to normal
information contact us at kemjon21@evergreen .edu.
business hours Januaty 6, 2003 .
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Greeners Going Green
World Social
Forum
by Christine D. Sanders and
Heather M. Guvton
The World Social Forum (WSF) is
the largest gathering of representatives
from social movements around the world,
an open meeting place where groups and
movements of civil society come together
to debate ideas democratically, formulate
pn;>posals, share their experiences, and
network for effective action. The WSF
proposes to debate alternatives to current
globalization trends; demanding means
which respect universal human rights
and the environment, and are grounded
in democratic international systems and
institutions in the service of social justice,
equality and the sovereignty of peoples .
Evolving in two parts, the project begins
with coverage of the WSF in Porto Alegre.
Our team consists of two print and photo
journalists from the CPJ . With unlimited
access to delegates and plenary sess ions
for the entire five day forum, the team
will create written and live reports for the
CPJ and KAOS community radio station.
Con tent will focus primarily on issues
facing the international financial system,
nation al sove reignty, human rights , and
peace Issues .
We are hosting a Pacific Northwest
Regional Social Forum this April in
Olympia, WA. The regional forum will
invite WSF participants to network with
a variety of local organizations to share
information and evaluate local needs and
issues in tandem with the global dialogue.
You can get involved by sponsoring our
independent coverage by making a donation
to the project or by sending delegates to the
Pacific Northwest Regional Social Forum.
Contact Heather Guyton, the coordinator,
for further information or to join our
support list at pnwrsf@ziplip.com.
Okay, I am about SICK and TIRED of commentary of "color" in the
sclwol newspaper. For one thing, I'm completely offended being referred to
as a "student of color." Does this imply everyone wlw does not have more
brown pigment cells in .their epidermis is iridescent or invisible? Why do
people have to sit around and bitch at this school why it's so lu&rd to go to
seminar or get on an elevator and no one knows where you're coming from
and we're all in a "sea of white". Come on! It's okay. You are tanner tlu&n
the person sitting next to you is. Get over it! Just because someone in your
program has lighter skin, it doesn't mean automatically they are rich snobs
wlw have no rhythm and still use words or phrases like "Getting jiggy with
it" and "Check yo'self before you wreck ;o'self'.
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apply to people that are more brown tlu&n others are! Stop using your
outer-layer as an excuse! No one is looking at you funny! Don't get me
wrong, I enjoy receiving free candy every Halloween just because I'm
"ethnic" from the permanent-tan club on campus, but serious", wlu&t is
that about? Do you think I am just so brown and sad and poor I
can't get my own? Why should I receive more privileges tlu&n someone
else slwuld? I know many not-so-brown people that are a lot poorer
tlu&n me. Why do we assume that "white" people (as if a pure race
of "those that are the color of envelopes· exists) have no ethnicity
or culture of their own? As if they all grew up in Bever" Hills with
a silver spoon up their a - s.
We're all Americans! Better yet, we're all humans!
I'm no more from a foreign country with a different
culture than "whitell people I know are from Germany,
England or Sweden, I know no more about the "s'treets"
than Irish dudes that grew up in the Bron'x, okay?
Breaking it down for those who still feel oppressed: If
you halle a black bunny and a white bunny, would you
look at them and say, uOh those are two different kinds
of animals. That white bunny has NO IDEA where
that black bunny is coming from." No, you wouldn't.
Why? BECAUSE IT'S F*@&+%@ RIDICULOUS!
You are so lucky you are attending one of the most
open·minded safe environments as far as college
campuses are concerned in the United States , of
America! You · people are making all the "brown n
people out to be some kind of special club that are
afflicted with a handicap that makes us aU ... you
know, "special". Well stop! I'm okay, you're okay. We're
all okay. AAHHH .. .I feel better.
Reaching th e Breaking point,
A student, concerned
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ranger. These are grueling. elite schools.
They take discipline, motivation, and put
one in a fellowship that regards itselfprobably accurately- as among the world's
finest soldiers:
There are otheer questions. How did
he get to New Hampshire? Why did he
choose Red Bluff. California, a town of
about 13,000 that had never had a cop die
on duty since it was incorporated. Red
Bluff is on 1-5 - did Mickel simply drive
hard south until he -saw a cop that made
an easy target?
Finally, what made him do this? What
changed? Mickel seemed to have had
a plan. He incorporated himself on
November 7, two weeks before Moblilio
was killed. McCrae sent emails to multiple
independent sites over the course of five
hours, meaning he didn't post them as he
wrote thell}. Besides, they are well thought
out, articulate, and structured essays. Had
he turned them in for an Evergreen class
project, he probably would have garnered
a positive evaluation. Mickel had recently
cut his hair short - was that in preparation
for a mili~ry-rYpe action, or a stylistic
coincidence?
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If Mickel's interest was to publicize
his views, he might be disappointed.
That's not to say that he isn't getting play
in the press, or at least on the web, but
he may' not be getting the coverage he
imagined.
The Y\Ssociated Press picked up his
story, but most coverage by newspapers was
in Washington State, Northern California,
and New Hampshire. However, a Google
search with "Andrew Mickel McCrae"
returns many web-sites that have picked
up the story and put their own spin on
it.
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The Register (www.theregister.co.uk),
a slick British web-site that seems mostly
devoted to internet news, called McCrae's
web declaration an "extraordinary post,"
and goes on to say, "at no point does he
attack capitalism by name, or claim that
all busin.!!ss is bad business. In fact, he
seems guided by a sentimental small-town
ecology which most of us can relate to."
McCrae also " sent his "New
Declaration of Independence" to Neil
Wright, a frequent contributor to
the
Free
Republic
web-site
(www.freerepublic.com). which describes
Cause fOr Speculation on that Dirty Word:
Compassionate Listening:
A Powerful Tool for Peace
itself as "a loosely organized group of
grassroots Americans who support our
Constitution and look for honesry. integrity
and honor fro!ll those in government." The
site itself has links to various newspapers,
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How can we have compassion for the person on, he other end-of-our rally?· How
screed." Numerous responses follow the can we listen to those who, in word or in action, declare themselves our enemy? Perhaps
article, many concerned with the details of most importantly, what purpose would it serve?
Wright's involvement, but others harshly
] spent three days with a diverse group of around 40 people exploring these
condemning Mickel's alleged actions: questions. We were participants in a training held by The Compassionate Listening Project
"he's from the f***ing murderous nutball on November 15-17,2002 in Seabeck, WA. One of us came from New York City in search
side of the spectrum," and "Ideology of hope, one from Texas In search of a way to build a life-serving corporation, some from
kiIIs. These wacko liberaltarian [sic] Jewish Israel via years in Seattle searching for a way to work for peace in the home they
nutcase groups need to be shut down left, some from an exiled Palestinian life lived in many countries of which the U.S. is
using RICO."
most recent, five of us were Greeners: a faculty, three alumni and myself. a 23 year old
The ~enter for Defense the of Free student and by far the youngest participant. All of us came out of our heart's calling to
Enterprise, (cdfe.org) which describes work, to walk, to breathe for peace. ·
itself as "a non-partisan education and
Compassionate Listening is a peace and reconciliation technique that has evolved
research organization which works on free from the ideas of Gene Knudsen Hoffman, a Quaker peacemaker. It is grounded in two
enterprise studies, public policy research,
main premises: (1) that all parties to any conflict are suffering and (2) that violence is
book publishing, conferences, white papers,
the manifestation of unhealed wounds. Listening comes into this picture of conflict as
and media outreach," has posted the AP
version of the news story with the sub- a way to interrupt cycles of violence.
headline, "Anti-corporate environmentalist
Compassionate Listening enters the process 'o f peacemaking by reaching past our
posted letter saying he killed to protest linear definitions of oppressor and oppressed to awaken awareness of our suffering no matter
corporations damaging environment." which side of the dichotomy we fall. In this it is a simple and elegant process of opening to
Most of the other articles on the CDFE site deeper and deeper levels of awareness that eventually reveal our intimate interconnection.
The end of my suffering is inextricably tied to the end of yours. From this sacred ground
concern eco-terrorism.
Mickel's Army experience has become true peace and reconciliation can blossom.
Through intensive interpersonal and group exercises, many of which originated
the focal point of a burgeoning web-based
conspiracy theories. In several posts on Free from Joanna R. Macy's books, we developed our capacity to remain centered and present.
Republic and in the Register article, it has Using simulation and small practice groups, we explored effective listening and empathic
been theorized that Mickel was an agent questioning techniques. All of this built up to a compassionate listening circle. One
of the US government, out to discredit the participant spoke, sharing stories of her experiences as a Palestil}ian. Five people sat around
progressive social movement.
her in a small circle. The rest of the group formed a large cifcle around the smaller one.
No matter what allegations, web writ- Through the simple act oflisteningwith the heart, I experienced the profound connectedness
ings, friends' opinions - no matter of each person in the room and on this Earth.
what the surrounding tissue of the inciThis experience was renewing for many of us who felt exhausted and overwhelmed
den t, one fact remains clear and undis- by our work in various kinds of social justice acti_vism. We discussed this at length and I came
puted. A person is dead. Officer Dave away with a perspective that while all work towards education, social justice and organizing
Mobilio is memorialized on the web at is crucial in the goal of building a peaceful world, if we attempt to deny or delay our need lOr
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http://www.virtual-condolences.com/healing and health (both as individuals and communities) as we do this work we may end up
guestbook2.html. Anyone can write a small contributing to the cycles 0 f violence we so passionateIy see k to en d .
memorial message, and Officer Mobilio's
I am interested in starting a Compassionate Listening practice group and
has more than 300 postings. Here is a
welcome anyone to e-mail meatwalklightly@hotmail.com. For more information on
quote from just one: "Today I finally had
the international delegations to the Middle East and other activities conducted by The
the strength to come to this page an d sen d
our condolences and prayers to the Mobilio Compassionate Listening Project, check out their website: www.mideastdiplomacy.org.
Family. The pain and sorrow I feel are so
strong. My husband is a deputy with the
Tehema [sic] Co. Sheriff's Dept. and he
gets gas where Dave got his gas . ... For this
to have happened to such a good man is
unthinkable. Dave not only protected our
city but educated our children about right
and wrong, good and bad. What happened
to him was wrong and bad ... "
Officers Continued From Cover
It's these incidents, the ones that are positive, that he says are continually overlooked.
In response to being criticized for busting students, Perez said, "If you're 18 years old
would you walk in front of an Olympia cop with a beer?"
It is precisely the fact that people wouldn't do such a thing that irritates Perez. He
believes that his job is to uphold the law, and if people are doing things that break the
law, then he has to do his job. Just because Evergreen is maybe an alternative to other
schools does not mean that he has different responsibilities.
A discussion of guns came up. The reason for the current arming of the police is
that administrators have received death threats. Both Steve Huntsberry, Chief of Police
and Art Costantino, Vice President For Student Affairs, believed such threats constitute
a temporary arming of the police. They talked more about why this was determined
necessary. First, Costantino gave some historical precedence to weapons being on
campus. He said that originally there had been no police force on the campus. When
an incident did occur, the Olympia PO was called in . At times it would take more
than 20 minutes for them to respond. The school decided that it was important to
develop their own force.
Currently, the person who made the threats is still at large and there is still a concern
that anytime something could harp_en. At the meeting, Linda Hohman , the chair
acknowledged that she was one of the people who was' threatened.
Hohman also said that as a woman she feels safer with an armed police force .
Somebody else disagreed, saying that she bad been beaten by an ex-boyfriend and
that she feels safer with the community taking responsibility for those around them,
not some outside force .
After the meeting, Huntsberry talked about how he feels the community reacts
to police and whether it is justified.
"I think more people have at least an appreciation or respect than the perception is ....
I think that, by majority, the folks are respectful and decent," he said.
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Wanted: Tutors for Teens
by Jerry Chiang
The Teen Writing Project is a non-profit organization that provides high school
students with free, one-on-one tutoring to improve their writing skills. The Teen Writing
Project is currently seeking proficient and idealistic writers as tutors.
The Teen Writing Project was created to combat an epidemic problem in high schools
today. The majority of high school students do not receive enough attention, if any, in
the area of writing, and this should be an alarming sign because writing is a crucial key
to have for success in life, work, and self-expression. This organization was also created
with the belief that students can make tremendous progress in their understanding of
composition, grammar, the English language, and self-articulation through concentrated,
one-on-one sessions with qualified tutors.
Writing is a skill that needs individualized care because everyone has a different
style; writing is also a skill that needs to be learned. No one becomes a great writer by
chance. The Teen Writing Project wants to help students develop their writing skills,
and at the same time, instill in them a love and passion for writing that will maintain
their ability to write well for life.
Volunteering for the Teen Writing Project will be a rewarding experience because
you will get to witness immediate results, and you will get to influence a student's future
by cultivating his or her writing skill. If you are looking for an exciting and rewarding
experience, this is an ideal organization for you to volunteer.
The Teen Writing Project will work with Capitol and Olympia high schools in
Olympia. This organization also hopes to work with high schools in the greater Tacoma
area, and it will eventually expand by recruiting tutors from Pacific Lutheran University
and Universiry ofPuget ·Sound.
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In order to become a tutor for the Teen Writing Project, you must possess an
indefatigal:!le amount of patience, commitment, the desire to influence a person's life
positively, and a proficient knowledge and ability in writing.
If you are not a great writer, but still want to volunteer, the Teen \X!riting Project needs
a few volunteers to design and set up this organization's website that will eventually be
www.teenwritingproject.org. If you would like to volunteer for the Teen Writing Project,
please send an email with a couple of paragraphs explaining your background, your desire
to volunteer, and contact information to teenwritingproject@hotmail.com.
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- - - - Wlro-took-credit for the-attacks-orr1:he - -can reasonably say that they-did not-sponsor--fer- the--U. S.-",i-ti-zens -to- read. Instead of
World Trade Center and the Pentagon? A or carry out the attack even though their getting to the US citizens, it was held.
I've read in independent press and other
Anybody else wonder about the hair hallmark of Muslim terrorist attacks, in fact cause may benefit through blame.
So back to the hair dye: Hypothetically countries' media websites that it wa.s
dye found in the hijacker's things in their the unwritten rules of engagement in most alleged hotel room after the September all terrorist attacks, is the ownership of speaking, say you are a graying al Qaeda published internationally, but not within
11 th attacks? The fact thar there even was an attack. The point of terrorist activity, terrorist who recognizes that it is unlikely the U.S.! Can you ponder the evidence and
hair dye was a little known detail that sort in principle, is not the act of violence but your remains will ever be recovered by your hazard a guess at who won? If the popular
of slipped out to the media within a day or the ability to create a name that drives family or will be completely unrecognizable vote went to Bush Jr. what would it have
two of the hijackers hotel room discovery, fear into the enemy. Despite what the after the completion of a suicide mission. hurt to know? Especially considering that
and has since been swept under the rug. U.S. sensationalist media may wish you Would you spend one of your last hours we as a nation needed to feel strong in
Why is it at all important? The hijackers to perceive about millions of people who on earth dying your thick Arab hair black? our government on that day, why wasn't
were identified through low-resolution organize and , execute violent acts against What if you were not Arab, and wanted the election resolution publicized? Further
airport video cameras by their clothes and military governments, terrorists are not to frame Arabs? What would you do after considering the 'State of the Union,' why
skin coloring. So now if an ID photo with irrational people, just as the framers of the casing airport security and realizing that a would an enemy of the state carryout a
higher resolution than an airport security U.S. Constitution (also considered to be camera is likely to pick up an image or an suicide mission that would likely rally
cam can be used for identity theft, or to terrorists) were not. There is a rationale to airport official may remember only certain nationalism? Especially if it were possible
get minors into bars, what would you bet terrorist activities and accountability brings descriptions like build and coloring?
that the citizenry of the U.S. would begin
that someone who dyed their hair and power to the organization that carried out
9/11, aside from being the national to rally themselves for revolution, after the
dressed in a khaki coat could pass for the or sponsored the terrorist act. Since al emergency number, was also the day the shock of finding out that after swearing
stereotypical Arab terrorist? Let's let that Qaeda has denied any connection to the independent tally of the popular vote in in Bush, that Gore is in fact the elected
attacks, and taken no credit for the act, we Florida was supposed to be published president? Just a few speculations.
thought simmer.
Anonymity Rage Against the Party
by Ann./eanette Daubed
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Constitution and their supporters, the
Boston Tea Party was carried out by men
It sounds like there is a lot of voices who would later name themselves but
against the idea of anonymity, and I want to during the act were disguised as Native
throw my two bucks in. I think anonymity Americans. The purpose of dressing up
is a very valuable tool for activists. especially as Native Americans was to throw the
activists who break the law du jour but scent. The American Revolutionaries didn't
stay true to a set of principles - like the have the means at the time to confront or
Boston Tea Party. This isn't to say that declare war on the British, and if they were
I'm for faceless acts of liberation without known by the British they would have been
representation. I don't want to disregard the systematically hunted down and murdered.
power of martyrdom and a named cause. So in that case it was a matter of life and
What I want to say is that there is plenty of death, or certain imprisonment, should
room for anonymous activists to take a role they be named.
The same was
in movements, with- ------- - - . - ---- ---------.true
in
many
communist
out endangering their
;;'1 Anonymity does serve its
countries during the Cold
famili~s and. friends
purpose; and it does have a
War and Nazi Germany.
by cuttll1g t.helr nar:n es
clear purpose.
and adopting a titl e ----- - -----,-- .---- .- ---.-.---- -.- .- -' _ Informants would report
, on their neighbors and
or namelessness for a
cause. It does happen to be the more their neighbors would then be hauled away
dangerous approach to freedom fighting. and tortured, killed, or imprisoned, or
However, someone without a name or a face all of the above. Those who dared to be
open, though, about who they were, did
will not be noticed if they disappeared.
There is more power in having a name receive fame and martyrdom in the face
everyone can remem ber, like Martin Luther of terrible odds.
Anonymil)' does serve its purpose; and
KingJr., Abraham Lincoln, Sitting Bull and
Geronimo. When they died, their cause it does have a clear purpose. Considering
gained power and momentum beca use the Patriot Act and the destruction of ou r
it proved how des perate and vulgar the Fourth Amendment rights to privacy, I
assassin's side was an d how strong of a may like to disappear before I am "disapconviction the martyrs had . Though they peared" for unpatriotic things I might say.
Considering it is my obligation as a citizen
died, their cause lived on.
In the case of the framers of the of the U.S . to fight tyranny--foreign and
domestic-- I think I would like to keep the
fact that I am a citizen open, to lend support
to the vast numbers of angry citizens out
there and give credibility to the cause.
Tripping on ReaMy bY Mike lreadwelL
" ... Lodi Dodi, we likes to party, we don't
cause trouble, we don't bother nobody... "
(Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle, 1993)
Sometimes around this campus it seems
like everybody has the attitude of a person
sitting on death row, that is, they're just
waiting to die. Save nihilism for people like
Dave Mustaine. You're not 27 yet!
A person who goes around campus in
search of 'cheery' people, can sometimes
be put in a dreadful scenario. The campus
environment sometimes feels like chugging
beers at a funeral, no one wins and no one
gets any happier.
As far as the party scene is concerned, the
students are determined to go out in search
of a good time. But, the 'Authorities' are
just as determined to make sure everybody's
fun lasts for only five minutes. Plus, the
'Authorities' have more resources than the
students.
One wing of the 'Authorities' is Housing.
They are generally nice people who generally over-react to small but inevitabl e
complications. The R.A. 's take their duty
with a certain militancy not seen in the
Americas for some time. They talk proudly
about going out and breaking up people's
fun (i .e. parties and the like), much to the
chagrin of others.
If the party situation is not bad enough,
the sc hool 's contem Pt for so me of the
students goes into the economic playground.
A lovely Bon Appetit employee recently
informed me that Freshmen, who have
obtained the meal cards this quarter, won't
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be able to use their remaining money next
quarter. When I inquired further I gathered
one of two situations possible. The money
you have on there now (1) cannot be used
next quarter unless you pay back into the
system so your total is $750, (2) or you
loose the money entirely. Let's hope it's not
the latter. Sorry for not paying attention
more closely, but I had just rolled out of
be'd when the employee informed me of
this.
Seriously, are the parties that out of
control? Do they need to be stopped in
the ways that they sometimes are? I can
understand noise disturbances and quiet
hours influencing the 'Authorities,' but
with my ears I can't hear the parties from
designated Quiet Housing. Most people
I would say are diligent with their school
work during the week. Why not let them
take a break during the weekend? Geez.
I thought we had put the Judge Dredd
mentality to rest.
Are parties that much of a problem? I
would think not, and would hope not. Most
people here are pretty tame. Remember
when you force your way oflife on someone
else, try to imagine what you are taking
from them. Someone please explain the no
keg rule to me. A keg is just a 165 113 beer
pack. Evergfeen has an excuse though, all
colleges are moving in this direction.
C heer up, strereh your limits, and don't
let authoritarians get to you. The first
instrument of change is a voice. Merry
Christmas, H appy Hanukah, Kwanza, or
anything else you might celebrate.
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by.JOnathon MCAllister
I remember it all, every night when it's
time to go to sleep. I'm actually scared to
go to sleep. At night I can't control what I
think, and Lr.ememb~ it all. The screams _
the explosions, the frustration, the death;
it's all waiting for me on my pillow. Worst
of all are the smells. They are the most
horrible smells, and they are only found
In a war zone.
There was a time when I didn't have to
worry about this. A time when I thought
war was a time-honored tradition and man
versus man. The good guys were supposed
to go and get the bad guys. That's just the
way it's ,been forever, right? I watched John
Beyond Iraq: MLK's ·Relevance Today
Erich Albrecht
W~f)e on_l.:'{ al!d he shot ba<ig~~ This __ caught a flash from the corner of
was the way it's supposed to ~appen, isn't it? my eyeTnstin.ctlvely, I raisea my
My world of black and white was soon to hand and put It next to my head
be turned upside down. I never suspected to block whatever was coming.
that there could be so much gray.
A wood pencil wielded by a
The man I was arresting for murder ten- year-old boy was what
had his back to me now. He breathed in 'was coming. He was angry with me for ,
and out rapidly because I had only just arresting his famer. He had no idea that mosque's grounds. Somehow, I had walked
finished chasing him down. In his language his dad had just shot an innocent child through them all, over and over again. I
he told me that he was doing Allah's will and its mother. All he knew was that I had a nervous breakdown right there, on
and that when he got free he would kill was arresting his father and he had to do the steps of that mosque.
, This memory is waiting for me still,
again. I was busy talking to him when I something about it.
I still have that scar on my hand where every time I go to sleep.
the pencil shoved all the way through.
One of the children told me that most
Worse, I still have the scars in my conscious, of them had never even heard a CD player
forever imbedded. They're always waiting before. I started going to the hospital to
for me when I go to sleep.
visit the children there and they would take
I woke up one morning and found out turns listening to my techno music with
Are you nervous about good old Bush drafting your ass into the Army? Here
I was detailed to protect a mosque. The headphones. One girl's name was Maria.
are some sure-fire ways to avoid the draft board. Hell, lots of people have done it.
local people saw the historical landmark She told me about how the bombing scared
Although, it should be noted that the more drastic the ' measure you take, the more
as an affront to their way of life (not to her every night. She said they never knew
likely you are to get away with it.
mention their god) and continually tried which place would be bombed next. She
Don't forget that it is illegal to avoid the draft and doing any (or all) of these drastic
to burn it down. To get it into their heads went on 'to tell me that one night the UN
and extreme measures could land you in jail. The wise among us would like to say that
that burning down mosques was not o.k., bombed the police headquarrers across
being in jail does mean being alive (at least when you arrive there, anyway.) For the record,
my team was tasked to stand in front of from her house. There was nobody in the
I do not advocate or assist with draft dodging, as it is an illegal activity.
it day and night for three weeks. I lived police headquarters anymore. They had
So in Dave Letterman style, the official list. We're ranking it from 'somewhat
right there on the steps of the mosque for already left. A piece of material from that
likely to get you out of the draft' to 'definitely will get you out of the draft.' Drum
22 days. I walked around the mosque and explosion had flown across the street and
roll, please:
through the orchard. I walked up and down ripped off her leg. I cried with her when
the black, wrought iron gates and made sure she told me. I wanted to take her 'place,
You could either gain too much weight or lose too much . (Apparently,
no one ever came near them. At the end and her pain. Instead, all I could do was
you have to be, within a certain weight range.) This is p~rh~ps my ~avorite
of the 22rid day a family of pigs wandered hold her hand while she listened to my
one because it s not that hard to eat too much. I don t lIke the Idea of
in the slightly open front gate. The locals techno music.
starving so I
would definitely be one fat draft dodger. This idea might
don't eat pigs over there and believe it or
When I try to sleep at night, I still
not work because they
.
not, a family of pigs wandering in was like remember her toothless smile underneath
could draft you anyway, and then send you to a workout camp where they literally
the equivalent of a bunch of stray dogs. I those bright blue eyes that, like my own,
sweat the pounds of you. If you were too skinny that idea works in reverse.
thought nothing of it until the fattest pig. have seen too much. Far too much. I'm
the one in front, blew up right in front finished.
,You could have a history of pacifism. It is important that you ~re affiliated.
of my face.
with a church organization that actually strongly advocates pacIfism. You mIght
I found out that there were one hunTht author can
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end up needing letters from your church leader and you might end up being
dred and eighty something mines in that mc'fjonO/@tvtrgTun.tdu
drafted anyway but in a non-combative role. So this one definitely goes on the
not-Iikely-to-succeed list.
Ho"W to Avoid the Draft
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You could have a baby. Believe it or n~t ~is one works both ways. For th~ males
out there, just make sure that your WIfe IS pregnant before the draft notice
arrives at your door. Notice that I said wife. Sorry, but a girlfriend does not
count. Women are more fortunate in the fact that marriage is not a requirement.
This one falls into the 'definitely will get you out of the draft' list. Here's to
having
babies, if you have to.
.
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You could be the only surviving male in your family.. This one could work,
but if they get desperate enough you could end up gomg anyway. I would
like to note ~t I am the only male in my family. That was just in case the
wrong people are reading this.
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You could cut off your trigger finger. There's a lot of myth running around this
idea, but the hard-core fact is that this will not get you out of the draft. I repeat,
this will not get you out of the draft. Instead of being on the front lines, you will
end up working in a military kitchen somewhere peeling that proverbial mountain of
potatoes. My suggestion for those with nerves ?f steel, just cut off your entire hand.
That would definite1yget you out of the draft.
S
This next one is perhaps the ideal way to get out of the draft. You could
smoke a whole semi truck load of h<;rb and give yourself asthma. Then when
the draft board conducts your physical, and they will conduct one, blue smoke
would still be floating out of your THC infested lungs (or what's left of them
anyway.) For those who don't partake, pretty much smoking anything too much will
give you asthma sooner or later.
4
Get a sex change. This will work if you're committed enough to do it.
3
Go insane. Get put into a men~al hospital. Or just ~et yo~r doctor t? prescribe
you everything under the sun. Agam, for the Feds readmg thiS I would Itke to state
that I am currently on several medications.
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Flee the country. Canada is closest, and you could just walk across the border
when the war ends. Keep oot, eh?
And now for the idea that will definitely get you out of the draft: Kill yourself.
It's not illegal, and even if it was, there's no repercussion for anything when
you're six feet under.
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Extremely Sensible Measures
byDanRcow
As a copy editorfor the CPj, I read
every story in the paper at least three or
four times. Lately, I've been reading antiwar rants that predict the apocalypse and
opinion pieces that suggest we elimillate the
police and pursue consciousness-expanding
as a form of law enforcement. Not to
mention a front-page article about a former
Evergreen student, angry over corporate
violence and police brutality, taking a
policeman's life. And I can't help but
wonder: is this how we react to feeling
powerless? By demanding the total abolition
of authority and advocating murder as a
political statement?
Whether we want to admit it or not,
democracy is our greatest ally against
tyranny. But it won't bring us happiness or
solve our existential crises. As long as doubt
exists, an "oppression free world" cannot.
Democracy is a slow, often frustrating
process that can't help but bore kids who
want change, and who want it now. An
upside down American flag feels rebellious, but it doesn't amount to anything.
Democracy is meetings and writing letters
and doing research, not burning dumpsters
in the name of revolution. Those who would
argue that the constitution guarantees us the
right to overthrow our current government
may be right, but they're also clueless. Even
if the entire NRA stormed the White House
with guns drawn, they'd still lose. And what
exactly would we accomplish by a coup?
Would a new leader lead us into a pain-free
utopia where everyone is equal? For anyone
who believes that, I suggest you pUt "The
Internationale" on repeat 'and bask in the
dream of a life outside of history.
To run a country, to run a society, it is
necessary to have a system that not only
enforces laws, but builds roads, subsidizes
farming, and funds state schools. People
act like the hatred of authority is a new
phenomenon and that if we just shoot
enough cops, we'll gain total freedom from
pain and suffering. Authority is necessary,
and the only way we can prevent its abuse
is by arguing clearly and rationally why
it's misuse is detrimental to society as a
whole. No doubt that seems like a copout to
those bent on both economic and spiritual
liberation, but confusing the two will
forever lead to dissatisfaction.
Though I don't consider myself a
Democrat or a: Republican, I feel the major
problem in this country over the last fifty or
so years has been the erosion of New Deal
policies that sought to regulate business
practices and offer job opportunities and
low income housing to the impoverished.
The biggest task of our democracy is to
return to the idea of government helping
out its citizens instead of exploiting them.
True patriotism to me is providing universal
health care and jobs with living wages, not
killing someone in the name of progress.
Paraphrasing Nietschze, those who stare
into the abyss should be careful not to sink
into it. With a possible ,war approaching,
I suggest we stop pointing at fingers at
others and start realizing we're as capable
of brutality as our elected officials and law
enforcement officers. Only then can we
truly understand the need for diplomacy
and understanding at home and abroad.
King's Bryond Vitmam: A Timt to Brtalt Silmct speech from 1967 is highly relevant
_, today ~ncerning th~ goyernment's current drive-foLwar-in_Iraq and--Other_globaL
militarization goals. Still as true today as when King first said it is the fact that the US
government is "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." ,
The Bush administration has gone to great lengths to polarize the world into two
groups: "Either yo,u're with us or you're with the terrorists." King points out that, for such
conflicts to end, we must be able "to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions,
to know his assessmen't of ourselves. For from his view, we may indeed see the basic
weaknesses of our own condition ... we may learn and grow and profit from the :wisdom of
the brothers who are called the opposition." Here again King calls for the US government
to open its circle of compassion and listen to the enemy's story.
If the US had, listened to the Story of Al Qaeda terrorists they may have found the
group's frustration reflecting the feelings of millions of other Arabs, who were unwilling to
use violence to express these feelings about US policies. The US should sympathetically
be able to tell the struggle of the Arab people against ruthless dictators, emirates and
military juntas supported by the US. The US might then u~derstand how its support for
Israel and its brutal military occupation of Palestinian land is seen as unjust throughout
the Arab world. The US might then hear the voice of what Robert Fjsk calls the
"sleeping Arab masses," who are offended by the permanent stationing of troops in the
holy land of Saudi Arabia and countless other Muslim nations. The US might begin
to hear how their presence helps to keep these undemocratic leaders in power, which
means the "image of America will never again be the image of revolution, freedom
and democracy, but the image of violence and militarism" - to use the words of the
Buddhist leader quoted by King.
Another way to understand the frustration of our supposed enemies would be to listen
to the Iraqi people who have suffered under the policies of both Saddam Hussein and
the US government. The same goes for the people in Iraq as King said of the people
in Viernam: "there will be no meaningful solution th::re until some attempt is made to
know them and hear their broken cries."
The voice of the Iraqi people has been absolutely ignored by the US mass media and
it is time that the American people and our arrogant leaders hear it. We would hear of
a CIA backed coup in 1963 that brought the Ba'ath party to power, of which Saddam
_w:oulcle.v-tntuallpnurder-.h.is.....wapo_the top_b.y 1.928. We would hear of Saddam-and his
henchmen systematically killing all political competition, especially those from leftist,
Marxist and Islamic groups! at the request of the CIA. We would hear how the biological
and chemical weapons sold to Saddam by the US were used against his own people. We
would hear how the Gulf War targeted civilian infrastructure and resulted in the deaths
of over 200,000 people, ,mainly civilians. We would hear how Iraq has never been able to
recover from the war because of strict US led sanctions that has caused the deaths of over
1 million Iraqi people. We would hear how the US has bombed Iraqi civilians in 1993
and 1998, in addition to patrolling self-declared no-fly zones.
We must hear how the people of Iraq have experienced all these incidents, and o'ur
government and the ,US mass media must be as willing as the American people to learn
from their experience. Until this occurs, the US will be guilty of what King explains
is the "Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing
to learn from them is not just."
The war-hawks' desire is to gain power and profit by controlling Iraq, which has the
second largest oil reserves in the world. This drive to dominate the world r.larket, in
Kings words "is but a symptom of machines and computers, profit motives and property
rights [being) considered more important than people."
Our government's actions have reinforced "the giant triplets of racism, materialism,
and militarism." Hence the racism in the supposed "clash of civilizations" declared
by the media, between the militant Islamic world and the civilized West. Hence the
patriotic consumerism that followed 9/11, as well as the increased production of military
weaponry. Hence the "War on Terrorism" and the massive military buildup that has
followed including plans for the militarization of space.
Dialogue with each other and the other side may be the only way left to change the
destructive path of our government. Like King wanted, we must use dialogue to "begin
the shift from a 'thing oriented' society to a 'person oriented' society." Right now, as much
so as when King delivered the speech in 1967 "silence is betrayal." We need to make our
voices heard and as King challenged, we "must speak for them (the victims of US policy)
and raise the questions they cannot raise. These too are our brothers."
The Next Phage In Medicine
by Betty Kutter
I want to thank the Evergreen community for its broad support of the work of the
Phage Biology lab ex pressed at the time of the CBS 48 Hours program "The Killers
Within, " which spotlighted our work on the use of bacteriophages as antibiotics (see
www.evergreen.edu/phage) . Many have mentioned missing the program - the library
now has a video of it ' that you can check out, as well as a video that also has related
programs . The latter includes a IS-minute June 2000 Canadian Discovery program
on phage therapy, much of which was filmed in Evergreen's Lab I building. We were
able to make connections between some of the people who called after 48 Hours and
the Tbilisi physicians and scientists who lead the phage therapy work. We would
like to share the following press release just received from the first person who went
for treatment:
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FIRST BLACK AMERICAN RECEIVES INNOVATIVE THERAPY FOR DIABETIC
FOOT
In Fort Wayne, Indiana, a man has become one of the first in the world to receive a
rare, innovative treatment for diabetic foot. Fred Bledsoe, who has been a diabetic for
more than thirty years, received the treatment in the Republic of Georgia, a former state
of the Soviet Union. He had stepped on a nail at his parent's home this February. His foot
wound became infected, and after 10 weeks of hospital treatment his American doctors
told him the only possible alternative was to have his foot amputated.
However, due in part ro research done by Betty Cutter, an Evergreen State College
faculty, Mr. Bledsoe's foot was saved from amputation.
In September 2002, Mr. Bledsoe's sister, Dr. Saharra Bledsoe, happened onto a
television program, "48 Hours", in which Kutter was describing an alternative antibiotic
treatment explored by the Eliava Institute in the Republic of Georgia. The treatment,
called Phage Therapy, had been used to successfully treat a Canadian musician who had
severely smashed his ankle and, due to infectious complications unresponsive to antibiotic
treatment, he too was facing foot amputation. Dr. Bledsoe excitedly called her brother,
and later contacted Kutter and "48 Hours" who graciously sent a copy of the program
so that she an,\ h~r brother could show it to his doctors. After viewing the program,
and conducting ~e research. Fred Bledsoe's American dO,ctors were still skeptical about'
the Phage Therapy treatment. They tried to persuade Mr. Bledsoe and his family not
to invest the money and time in attempting the treatment, which currently could only
be performed by the team of experts in the Republic of Georgia. Meanwhile, Saharra
continued to communicate with Kutter and with Dr Zemphira A1avidze, who had headed
the group preparing therapeutic phages for many years and who immediately, with her
staff. took on the medical testing necessary before Mr. Bledsoe could even be 'considered
for the phage therapy 'treatments.
There was another catch: the treatment would require him to travel more ,than 6
thousand miles, at his own risk and expense, because phage therapy treatment has not
received FDA approval and there were no medical or other agencies that could or would
provide any form aid and/or assistance. Nonetheless, with the support of numerous
Bacteriophage goes in for the kill ...
friends and family members, on November 7,2002, Fred and Saharra Bledsoe arrived
in Tbilisi. Mr. Bledsoe Was admitted to the Republic of Georgia Regional Hospital
within seven days. There was no longer any sign of the infection in Mr. Bledsoe's
foot, and he received a holistic therapy treatment for the whole panoply of problems
caused by his diabetes.
As a result of the treatment Mr. Bledsoe has received some relief from his
hypertension and problems in his lungs and legs, and his insulin intake has been
decreased significantly.
(This press release came just before an interview on Georgian television)
The plight of the Kurds, for fun and profit
by Phan Ngllyen
One constant justification for attacking Iraq for
a decade has been that Saddam has "gassed his
own people," in atrocities that occurred from
' f§87to 1988. Thus Bush Sr repeatedly Justified the 1991 Gulf War because Saddam had "gassed
his own people" (i n 1987-1988). When Clinton
initiated Operation Desert Fox in 1998, it
was in part because Saddam had "gassed his
own people" (in 1987-1988). And now Bush
Jr expla ins the complete US policy on Iraq in
terms of how Sad dam "gassed his own people"
(in 1987-1988). The popularity of the phrase
"gassed his own people" has taken ridiculous
proportions, exemplified in the following
exchange this August:
Mr President, not all Republicans seem sold on your intention to deal
with dictators who gas their own people. What
are you going to do to make that case more
persuasively?
'REPORTER':
BUSH: There should be no doubt in
anybody's mind this man is thu mbing his
nose at the world, that he has gassed hIs own
people...
But did Saddam really gas his own people?
Kani Xulam of the American Kurdish Information Network provides the much-needed context: "Saddam Hussei n has not gassed ' his own
people.' He has, however, gassed the Kurds, a
minority in his countty who have resisted being
'his' for years. So it affronts us to hear that we are
Saddam's people."
The Kurds are an ethnic group distinct from
the Arabs, Turks, and Persians in the Middle
East. Their historic homeland of Kurdistan was
erased when the Western powers remapped the
Middle East after World War I. Its area comprises
portions of what are now Turkey, Iran, Iraq,
and Syria. The Kurds have faced persecution in
these countries, particularly in Iraq and Turkey,
which have either discriminated against them
as a minority group, or have attempted to
eliminate their identities altogether and to
force assimilation. [n response the Kurds
have long fought for independence from their
oppressors.
Subsequently world powers have sought to
use the Kurdish plight to further their own
agendas.
[n 1972 the CIA began arming the Iraqi Kurdish resistance on behalf of Iran. The Kurds
hoped to gain independence from Iraq. To
the CIA, however, the Kurds were "a uniquely
useful tool for weakening Iraq's potential for
international adventurism." In 1975 [ran and
Iraq reached an agreement to settle hostilities,
and so the us and Iran immediately cut off
military aid to the Kurds, and Iraq proceeded
to unleash a massive offensive against the Kurdish resistance. As they were being slaughtered,
the Kurds desperately appealed to the us to
"intervene 'according to your promises," to
which the us responded with silence. When
later questioned about this "cynical enterprise"
that left thousands of Kurds dead and 200,000
as refugees, then-Secretary of State Henty Kissinger explained, "Covert action should not be
confused with missionary work."
In 1987, near the end of the Iran-Iraq war,
Iraq began using chemical weapons against
Kurdish villages in order to defeat rebel forces.
The most infamous attack was against the town
of Halabja, where 5,000 civilians were killed. A
prominent image from the attack was that of a
body of a dead adult, face down, still clutching
their child. This became yet another propaganda
tool for US interests.
In 1998 the White House held a town hall
meeting to make the case for another military
strike against Iraq. During the meeting, which
was broadcast live, then-National Security
Adviser Sandy Berger held up the quintessential picture of the Kurdish adult over the dead
child and stated, "Here's a picture taken of an
Iraqi mother and child killed by Iraqi nerve
gas. This is what I would call Madonna and Child,
Saddam Hussein-style." President Bush evoked
the same imagery last March when he spoke of
the "regime that has already used poison gas to
murder thousands of its own citizens, leaving
the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead
children."
What Bush and Berger never bothered to
learn-because it was irrelevant to their own
agendas-was that the dead Iraqi mother was
the War Home
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actually a Kurdish father namedOmar, huddled
over the body of his child. The concern was to
elicit support for war b evpking the <lead, not
to bother wi th their identities.
And while the Kurds of Iraq are portrayed
as nameless victims of the tyrannical Saddam,
the Kurds of Turkey are portrayed as evil terrorists waging a war against our strategic ally.
In thatcontexttheCIAassisted the Turks in the
kidnapping of Abdullah Ocalan, leader'of the
prominent Turkish Kurd resistance, the PKK.
Another Kurdish political prisoner is Leyla
Zana, Turkey's first female parliament member.
Her initial crime was speaking Kurdish in the
Turkish parliament, when she declared, "I shall
struggle so that the Kurdish and Turkish peoples by Greg Rosenthal
may live together in a democratic framework."
One of Turkey's attempts to eradicate Kurdish The effects of war can be felt at home. Money
identity has been to ban the speaking of the and political focus are being directed abroad to
Kurdish language. While Turkey has recently fight the endless "war on terrorism."
The present status of the US economy is
cased restrictions against Kurdish culture (due
seriously
affecting the majority of Americans
to EU pressure, not the US), Leyla Zana remain s
through
job
layoffs, budget cuts in education,
in prison, serving a 17-year sentence for having
welfare,
healthcare,social
securiry, environmenspoke n out againstTurkish abuses and continutal protection, etc. Instead of d irectingattention
ing to do so while incarcerated.
However the US has demonstrated that to the effects of the devastated economy, the
human rights abuses arc negligible when stra- Bush Administration is gearing up for a war
tegic alliances are formed . Turkey has faithfully in Iraq.
Billions of doll ars will go toward bombreported for duty in America's "War on Terroring
one of the poorest countries in the world,
ism," intent as they are to eliminate their own
when
the real concerns of Americans lie within
terrorism problem, while avoiding the root
the
social
and economic ills listed above. Not to
causes of the problem . [n return for being a
mention
rampant
racism,sexism, homophobia,
faithful ally, the United States has increased
military aid to Turkey, which has cmployed mass arrests and incarcerations.
In addition to the over 400 billion dollar
scorched-earth campaigns against the "terrorannual military budget, White House officials
ist" Kurds.
In July Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wol- estimate that a war on Iraq will cost well over
fowitz, hoping to placate Turkish reluctance to 200 billion dollars. This figure docs not include
supporting an Iraq war, stated that an indepen- tha costs of military occupation that would be
dent Kurdish state "wo uld be unacceptable to necessary after a "regime change".
The US government is more then willing to
the United States."
spend
well over 600 billion dollars on war and
If we really care about the Kurds we can stan
conquest.
All the while, 35.6 million Americans
by avoiding the catchphrase "gassed his own
people," which continues to deny the Kurds of live below the poverty line, 44 million do not
an identi ty they have fought so hard to keep. As have access to health care, and around 33 million
one commentator noted, the Kurds are as much Americans do not get enough to cat daily. SimiSad dam's people as the Cherokees were And rew larly the US has 5% of the world's population,
Jackson's people. We can open our own borders yet 25% of the world's prisoners, 62% of those
to the massive exodus of refugees who will seck prisoners arc African American, according to
2001 statistics.
to escape our next war. We can also recogni ze
American civil liberties have been seriKurdish rights to self-autonomy or equality
ously
infringed upon as a result of the "war
without forced assimilation. We can especially
campaign against the human rights violations on terrorism." The USA Patriot Act passed 'by
of Turkey, which as an ally is dependent on the congress after September 11, resulted in the
favors of the United States. With true concern imprisonment of hundreds of innocent Arab
and voices to back it up, we can indeed free Leyla Americans and Muslims, in addition to tearZana along with other political prisoners, and ing away at everyone's 1st and 4th Amendment
we won't need precision bombs or Delta Force rights. The Homeland Security Act pushes the
to break her out.
Students write on the Middle East, Olympia
and going home for the holidays
The bombs explode at home
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Patriot Act further, increasing policing powers
in inner cities.
In Seattle, the Longshoreman dockworkers have felt the brunt of the Bush Administration's relentless drive to breach workers
rights in the name of "national securiry." Bush
recently invoked the T aft-Hartley Act against
the ·locked out Longshoremen, who were in a
fight with their bosses against attempts to crush
thei r union.
In Olympia and on the Evergreen campus,
there has been increased oppression at the
hands of the pol ice. Th is is a result of increased
militarization at the Federal level. This in turn
requires increased policing at the state level.
This is appa rent by campus police's request to
carry arms 24/7, and the rise in arrests,fines. and
alcohol and drug charges. This is not a result of
an increase in minor felonies occurring, but
rather a direct consequence of the perceived
force being put on the police by those in power
to suppress individual dissent.
Dissent is stirring from the depressed
economy and the government's predisposition to spend money on war rather than
social, economic, and environmental issues. As
people become upset with the system, police arc
unleashed to put down and scare communities
into becoming passive and accepting current
conditions. In this way, the US military can
freely rampage abroad because social unrest
has been silenced at home.
When referring to the war in Vietnam, Dr
Martin Luther King, Jr said , "The bombs
dropped abroad, explode at home." The explosion is felt at home when soldiers are sent
home in body bags, money gets pulled from
education, welfare, healthcare, social security,
and other social programs that are already
under funded.
Israeli tanks re-invade Nablus in the West Bank. Photo by Serena Becker
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The day after the war
by Katie Falkoff
Does it really matter
what I do?
Campus and community activists have been
planning ahead to support student solidarity
in response to war. [n the event that war is by Eli Crawford.
declared there will be an alternative schedu Ie
on <;ampus the day after with teach-ins, work- "It fecls like a prison." They cannot move; there
shops and open discussions. Titled "Advocating is no work. They wait all day and night for the
Peace" this will be aday for reflection, education next ,invasion. The occupation is more than
and action, a time to put aside usual routines Israeli and Palestinian deaths; it is systematically
and address the social, economic and political dehumanizing all the people of Palestine,
attacking both Palestinian hope and future.
changes this war will bring about.
photo by Katie Falkoff
There is one story in particular that I think
Advocating Peace is a day for Evergreen to
join college campuses around the country that about often, that touched me and that I won't
wi ll not be silent as civil liberties are being soon forget. I was working at a checkpoint one by Robin Freflsee
crumpled up a nd swept away on a regular day and there was this woman. She was youngThere is a national movement in opposition to a a large movement is a long process, which we
basis. It is by continuing to ask questions, and maybe twenty-five or thirty years old - with
war with Iraq gaining momentum everyday, and arc in thebeginningstages of. While influencing
to speak with many voices in solidarity against a young child about four years old , crossing
the Olympia sector is a vital link in that chain. our governme nt may seem far out of reach for
this devastati IIg war that we can nourish alter- through from outsideofthe town. She carried a
while
at least one hundred Evergreen students those of us possibly facing these issues for the
big, black garbage bag filled with her belongi ngs
natives to war.
gathered
in Red Squareon November 20th, there firsttime, we should learn about what took place
As week ten comes to a close and nuny of on top of her head.
were students all across America walking out of during the Vietnam War, and realize that those
Suzan,
a
woman
we
worked
with,
went
yo u prepare to leave Olympia, please keep this
classes and making their voices heard , From ' who were involved in that anti-war movement
day in your thoughts so when yo u return for to help her with her bag, and as the bag was
Broadway to Bellingham, and back here toOlym- had to start somewhere, just like we do. Over
lifted
from
her
head
the
woman
began
to
cry,
a
winter qu arre r, in the occasion of war we can
product of the pressure that is daily life under pia, high school and college students came out to the course of a decade students on campuses
come together consequently.
occupation- systematically executed by the voice their concerns and speak their minds. This everywhere slowly built action upon action
is happening more and more each day, and it is until eventually there were protests bei ng held
Israeli Occupation Forccs.
Tentative Schedule
There was a young soldier there also. [ saw important tostep outside your immediate reality on a weekly basis.
War in economic and political conteKt
Students have been a driving force in the past,
him watching the woman cross. I could see and feel the connection to all the other people
Teach-in with Evergreen faculty
living
with
by
anti-war
ethic.
and
now is the time to take advantage of the
in his eyes that he saw her cry, and it touched
Wha I aresome oj tile COlldition s rflll t brol/gh t about
The looming potential of invading Iraq has resources, youthful energy and privilege that
him, and he knew that he did not belong there
tflis arcack ?tire tflcyoif related or is itempirchl/ild any more than she did . So [went and spoke to caught the attention and caused concern in a we have. As we arc in the beginning stages of
il1g? What is rhe media /;ccpil1gfrom /IS ?How will
him. And beyond his American-made M-16 I saw lot of different people through out the world, writing a new chapter of the anti-war movement,
ollr ccol1o my be a/fcard:
that he was no more than twenry years old, still and when pondering why we would go to war keeping your sights set both further down the
with Iraq, a serious question of necessity has road, and fixed on what we have to build upon
a child himself.
Workshop: Print and Protest
He told me that the occupation is not helping. arisen in the minds of many. While we may not can be a key component to realizing the potenI1II opporrunity co create yOIII' OIV/l poster or lawn
He said he could see the moral wrong in what know firsthand what the effects of war arc on a tial for change. As the urgency of opposing this
s(gn il1 respollse 10 tile Wllr,
he, what the entire Israeli Occupation Force. is population, we know that they arc devastating war escalates in the weeks and months to come.
Session: Advocating for peace amidst war
doing. That soldier told me that he just wanted to both those killed and those who survive. This there will be plenty to become involved with,
Whal ca ll we ill Olympia do to stop this war?
to go home, so I asked him, "Why, if you sec that simple fact seems to be a central issue for most and the community of resistance will become
Come alld lcafll. about SO/l/(' WIIY S YOll C.\N make
what you arc doing is wrong, do you continue peoplc opposing the war. Docs our Government more visible. Rest assured that there is a whole
a difference and get (0 kllow YOllr (ommlll1ity at
to do it? Why don't you join the movement really need to perpetuate such violence? Must we world of people out there eager fot your supthe sallie time, '
of Israeli soldiers who refuse to serve in the disregard tens of thousands of human lives for purr and your ideas, but you might need to
occupied territories, of which there are now the sake of national security? Will we in fact go find them because they won't always know
Discussion groups:
gain more securiry as a result of bringing down where find you. Don't wait! There is something
over five hundred?"
Islam and the We st. Effects of militarization.
you can do right now, something that you can
Standing at the checkpoint I could see him Sad dam Hussein and his regime?
History of anti-war movements
embrace and make your own. You don't need to
If
you
are
one
of
the
many
out
there
that
is
doubting his place there. I could sec a change
Other activities:
and it felt so great. I thought we were getting concerned about the actions of our government, wait for an invitation to take action and express
Ongoing mural project. Music therapy.
somewhere. But as the conversation progressed realize that you are not alone, and that build ing yourself.
Voices from Palestine. Educational films
he began to defend his actions. He said that he
fclt as if he were only a small screw in a huge
Co-spo nsored by the Evergreen Peace Coalilio/I,
machine and that it did not matter what he did.
Ofympiallsfof Peace i'l Middle East. tile Olympia
by Serena Becker
But that is not the way things work.
Coalition. to Stop the IVat; the Peacc&jllsticcswdWe are all individuals, with the ability to see It's that time of year again. It's the holiday what they were saying, but I have come to realies Association andSESAME. For more info, please
right from wrong, and when the time comes and season in the US, and while each of us perceives ize that was suffering from the inability to
ema il sesamegroup@hotmail.com
we find moral dissonance, it is our responsibiliry it differently ranging from a religious time of recognize my poor listening skills. Listening is
to do what is right. I told him this, and he said year, to a time when consumerism runs rampant, the first step towards undetstanding. Once one
what it comes down to is that he needs to serve for many of us it is a time to return home to visit discovers that taient the next step in having an
his country. Once he said this, I realized that it with family and friends. For me going home is open and productive conversation comes from
is also the Israeli soldier who is dehumanized always educational and thought provoking. I the ability to hear a different perspective then
by the occupation.
never know what to expect. My experience there our own without prejudice. Thejudgments one
by Katie Falkoff
I think of this story often, and I say to myself incessantly fluctuates between positive and makes filters how one perceives another person's
Greeners going into local high schools and dis- I am not a screw in a machine, so small that my negative. Reflecting on my time at home I find experience, by not allowing the experience to
cussing the conflicts in Iraq and Israel/Palestine, actions hardly matter. In the face of the illusion the most productive experiences to be the ones speak for itself. The outcome of a discussion
organizing a day of campus-wide solidarity that this system is so large that we will never where I consciously attempted tocommunicate, depends largely on the judgment placed upon
advocating peace, and strengthening the link crack it, I see everyday growth and change. I can even when faced with conflict.
that person.
between on and off campus activism are all sec, in my mind's eye, a world of true freedom,
I sat down to write an article attempting to
In the context of discussing politics wirh
projects the student group SESAME is work- where all forms of oppression arc abolished, and give advice about how to engage in productive family members, [ constantly have to remind
ing on.
it is this process of visioning that is the seed of conversation with family and friends of oppos- myself from what perspectives my relatives
Students Edllcating Stl/den ts About the Middle East true change.
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ing political views over the vacation. While I find arc coming from in order to understand their
formed this fall when a group of students sensed
I have hope for this future because I sec the ability to do that necessary to support one's bel ids. Taki ng into account individual experithe need for an active educational resource about that even in Israel and Palestine, after decades morals and ideology, [ don't feel that political ence over bias and truly Iistening to their words
the Middle East on campus. Currently SESAME of conflict and occupation, there arc people discussions arc the only conversations where as opposed to waiting to speak is not without
is expanding their library to include relevant working for peace every day, and the movement compassionate listening is useful and crucial, difficultly. [t takes patience to maintain respect
films, books and maps on the Middle East. These is growing. While the media tells me that peace but politics may be what is at the forefront of when discussing something controversial.
materials will be used in educational projects is not possible without war, I see that peace is many people's thoughts in this time of war.
Patience is dangerously lacking in the political
both on and off campus and will emphasize indeed possible, and that ft is happening now.
My family can become very confrontational arena. In fact, all of the fundamental pieces for
critical analysis of conflict in Israel/Palestine I know that oppression can end because I sec with each other, and in light of the current polit- a respectful dialogue are absent from politics
and Iraq in particular.
it in myself, and I know that if I can heal and ical state of affairs, tendencies toward conflict today. One lesson I have learned from examinIn addition to providing the Evergreen com- grow, anyone can. What's your vision? Come, may be even higher. I have been contemplating ing politics is the general lack of respect fordifmunity with informational material, SESAME tell me about it.
conflict in relation to communication recently, ferences. This may appear obvious but it is an
aims to sponsor events that promote crossand how misunderstanding leads to violence. I , important factor that leads to war and poverty.
cultural understanding such as the cultural
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miscommunication as a root cause of war,
When thinking about relationships with
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Olympia MOVeri)erit fur JustiCe and Peace
and this lack Of understanding can be applied people in my life and taking' into account the
the Seeking Peace with Justice in the Middle
to any negative experience on a 'personal level politics of a globalized world the meaning of
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East Conference at Evergreen which featured
as
well.
communication, respect and patience become
Olymian~ fur j>e~ce In the Mldclle East
Middle Eastern food, music and dance along
One of the most essential pieces to commu- an urgent part of dialogue in all circumstances.
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nicating well is the ability to listen. Many times As I spend time with my family over this vacaOlympia FeJlowshlp of ReConciliation
To get involved in these projects, share
people arc silent but are not mentally present tion, my attempt to actualize these practices
wwW.Qlyfor.!>rg
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ideas, ·or access our library please come to
during conversations or they arc anticipating will be both challenging and rewarding. And I
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weekly meetings Mondays at 3PM in the StuFor mo~'~nlties
to,partlcipate In your
when they will be able to speak. I heard for years hope each of you have an equally rewarding and
community. visit OIyIVetwOrlc:
dent Activities Center in the CAB, or email
people emphasize the importance of listening, challenging break.
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sesamegroup@hotmail.com.
I took it at face value and thought I understood
We are not alone
Going home
New club educates
about Middle_East
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Holiday Presents
for Every Greener
(written in my .native low-class jargon minus the cuss words)
by Amy I askata
Here are some last minute holiday presents for those who are still slaving over your end-of-quarter projects. These first few
you can get at the bookstore:
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For doubting family members who don't respect your college choice, there is the "Greener Mom" "Greener Dad" and
Greener grandparents collection of sportsWear.
2
To show how seriously you are taking your education you have your choice of an
Evergreen shot glass, pilsner glass, beer mug, wine glass, brandy snifter, and of course the hot rum punch mug.
"
For the coffee lo~in' paper cup wastin' set there is a collection of vacuum mugs, lidded mugs, and ceramic mugs. In
case you want to remmd folks that you are in college and need money, "you can always add your name and hey I'm paying
for it all by myself" with a sharpie.
3
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5.
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Go to any lost and found on campus and take your pick from a variety of Nalgene bottles made of nearly unbreakable
polyethelene. Or you can buy them cheap from campmor.com. Add a sticker and you are making a statement about how .
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much you like to drink water. Yeah.
Creat~ a fun hygiene kit for your favorite stinky person! You can get unscented herbal deodorant in the bookstore, as well as :,'.'.._ CC'.J ,
breath mInts, soap, and strangely enough many other scented products.
.
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F~r a. che~p: fre e, present, bring yo ur kid sis or bro a free gift box or free housing gift bag so they too can have a free condom ,
stankily IrreSistible man cologne, a Jolly Rancher, apply fo r three credit cards, and join a magazine scam.
You can always buy someone a book. I recommend "Stupid White Men" fo r yo ur
. favo~lte stupid white man. Or try Lynd a Barry, a successful Greener co mic artist who d raws comics just like my sister
did In SIXth grade.
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Make your own T-shm w~,th a" box of Iro n-on lase r Jet paper (a lso at Office Max) . Try "I witnessed a scary dru g bust and
all I got was [h iS lousy t-shlrt, or G uess what I lea rn ed my first quarter. in college? A. The U.S. gove rnment is a scam and my
teachers all Ited to me out of sheer Ignorance. B. How to grow weed USl11g a do rm trash ca n, a desk lamp, and th e chemistry
set you gave me. C. I am gay. D . I am n~t gay, anymore E. You are all fascist capitalistic pigs bent on the corporate domin ation
of the world and can I have so me money for tultlon?
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In co~pa~lson,. P?loclbm mushroom, which does not cause the above including death , but does cause intense
hallu~matJ.ons IS Illegal . .RED and YELLOW MUSHROOMS ARE BAD! EEEVIL! When they are dried they
look Just Itke any ole! dned mushroom too. Isn't school hard enough with out frying your brain or risking death
because some jerk is selling poison and you can't tell?
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Evan James
A Conversation with Andy Start
A: Yeah, that's pretty much the same
I follow Andy Start into the Experimental difficult to kind of. .• organize the group of
experiment.
I mean, there's experiments
Theatre and see a set of steps leading up to a people you were working with? I know, like,
with
text
and
dialogue and sound within
bathtub on a platform. Vacuous, empty space with the senior thesis it looked like you were
that,
but
the
main one is working with
occupies the rest of the set. Just off-stage, a doing seminars and .. .
young woman sits at a tahle, transfixed by a
A: Yeah, well we sort of lost that halfway audience.
E: Yeah. How did you see the audio
lighting board and a computer monitor.
through the process. We were really gung
Starting Thursday a!)d continuing ho about the academic sort of enrichment component of your performance in relation
through the weekend, Andy Start's senior of the artistic· process. Once we realized we " to the rest? How did you approach that?
A:
thesis project, Not Equal, will take to
Well
,
the stage. I sat and talked witp. Andy' for
m
e
a little while in order to learn 'a little
and
more about him and his experience with
performance alt.
E: Can you tell me a little about your
background in performing art?
A: I started being interested in theatre
when I was eight---then I haphazardly
ended up in dance, instead of theatre.
I went to college on the east coast for
musical theatre and then tr~ nsferred again
to a dance major. I stayed there for twoand-a-half years. Then I came here and
within, you know, a month I'd already
created like six pieces.
E: So, what made you decide to apply
only had ten weeks to put on this show that Andrew--- the other Andrew--- who
for a senior thesis in performing arts?
A: The thought that I could produce a we had way too much material for to begin designed the sound, have been friends
show in a theatre with full theatrical values with, we sorta had to let the seminars go. for seven years. So we were both really
like light, sound and, you know, like a whole I think it facilitated the first part of the open to talking through some of the ideas
theatre and a whole evening of performance. process definitely really well, but we just let that we had. I had a lot of ideas for, you
I was kind of excited to get the .audience it sort of evolve into focusing on getting the know, waur-likl!-sounds ... he just started
play~ g around with that. He also took
and get to . .. [laughs] fuck with them all show put together.
sOmf
liberties to create material before
E:
But
your
whole
group
still
had
a
pretty
I want.
I
even
suggested anything, so it sort of
good
rapport?
E: How has the education ·at Evergreen
went
both
ways. That's how we found
Oh
yeah,
we
had
an
amazing
rapport.
A:
helped your development as a performing
what
we
found.
And actually, the audio
Acrually,
one
thing
that
helped
a
couple
of
us,
artist? Or did it help you at all?
aWl!Ioml!.
It's probably ... it's one
sounds
is
that
we
all
went
to
the
hot-springs
I
think,
A: Since I came here, with the help of
of
get
into
the
mood
of
whatever
this
of
the
best
parts
of
the show.
to
sort
faculty, I've developed a more thoughtful
E:
What
do
you
think are important
character
is
of
obsessively
bathing
all
the
approach to creating dance and theatre
or
cuI
rural
responsibilities
for artists
social
pieces that I didn't have before ... a more time. We went to the Olympia hot- springs ,
objective approach. Idea-inspired rather for two days--- the three of us that perform right now? Do you think they have any?
A: I think that it's very important as an
than just trying to put something out there and our sound designer.
artist
to be dissentful, but I think you have
E:
That's
funny.
So,
your
thesis
is
a
that I think will look good or, you know,
to
be
very careful with that--..
performance
.
..
how
would
you
sound
.
tell a story, or that an audience would really
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Yeah--phrase
it?
be into. I can develop first the ideas I want
A:
I
would
resist
saying
dance
theatre,
so
A:
I think that people try to create
to work with and then, with other artists,
subversive
art and stiU use the exact same
that's
why
I'd
put
sound
in
the
middle
there.
get feedback. The critical response process
of
the systems they're trying to
formulas
that
attempts
It's
like
dance/sound/theatre
is really high in effect here, whereas in other
So
I
think
it's important as an artist
resist.
to
put
the
audience
in
a
new
position
...
arts instirutions, you don't rc:ally get feedback
who's
trying
to
create
subversive artwork
activc:ly engaging themselves in performance
from other students or faculty.
to really look at the systems-- look at the
E: That's really hc:lpfuI. Did you find it art.
way art has been produced and try to ·find
E: So that's the experiment?
a new fonn or a new system with which to
explain that to an audience, because I don't
think you can take thl!ir tools and just exploit
them and say There we are!' , you know what I
mean? Like folk-rolk with an and-Republican
air .. . I think YCilU have to create a whole new
vocabulary, or at least attempts--- I mean ,
in doing .so, you will take things from the
types of theatre systems you've been raised in,
but. .. I'm more interested with trying to find
a new sort of form. I think new form is a very
important way to effect people.
E: Do you have an y specific or nonspecific plans for your future as a performing
artist?
A: Yeah, I do ... but I don't know if it'll
happen, sort of. .. I have this grandiose plan
of all of a sudden being . able to play th e
mandolin like a rock star--- and mixi ng that
in with monologues and short dance pieces
and maybe video dips and trying to do a solo
performance art act.
E: Is there anything you want to say
specifically to the potential audience of your
show?
A: I'd just urge people to check it out--it's free, it's strange ... any opinions you can
form aro~nd it are fine. We don't really know
what we're accomplishing, so we'd like to get
as many people here and feedback from as
many different points of view as possible. We
have no idea how this is going to be received. I
don't think most people have ever seen a show
like this one. I know I haven't. That doesn't
mean that it's amazing [laughs]--E: Right.
A: That just means it's--E: It's different.
A: It's weird.
E: Yeah.
A: Yeah. So ... and maybe amazing in some
people's eyes.
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. When your broke and need a gift, always try the end of the quarter free box! Yes I have even
gl~en my mom posh new sweaters that I scored from Ie free box, the only living free box left in
thiS tract house forsaken town.
Free internet! Yes you too can get an ad filled free internet connection from
www.nocharge.com. Just skip all there free set up downloads and go for their dial-up number lists.
Free food! There are unnamed dumpsters which feature a week's worth of tasty stale bread goods.
You can also go to the food bank and voila, food for the vacation, maybe even a frozen turkey near
X-mas, plus all the bread you can take.
Try a fun shopping time at the Goodwill: Get ten items of new clothing for what you would spend on
one at a department store. Screw the man thiS season and buy everything second hand!
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'Strength through adversity' was the
message conveyed in not so many words
Friday night as Medusa, Bahamadia, and
The Coup rocked the CRe. The concert,
brought together by S&A Productions,
featured sick musicians (in the health term
of the word) and freestylin' MCs from the
crowd, along with DJs going off the hook in
their attempts to excite the masses.
First up was Medusa, the only musician among the headliners not under the
weather. Coming on stage to an audience
that knew little about her, aside from her
performance last year, Medusa brought the
house down as she ripped through songs
with tight choruses and bumping beats
from her OJ, Sparks. Usually Medusa plays
with her band, Feline ·Science, comprised
of live musicians similar to the Roots, but
instead she brought along Sparks to make
the beats move her vocals. To get a picture
of Medusa one needs to have in their mind a
strong black women who stresses positivity,
and queendom and kingdom for all those
on planet Earth. This message is echoed in
her lyriCs and ripping voice as an Me. Every
year Medusa is voted "Hip Hop. Artist of
the Year" in LA Weekly, the weekly paper in
her home town. She is routinely called The
High Priestess of Hip Hop.
Performance-wise, Medusa brought the
crowd to the edge by stopping and starting
her songS every few seconds to make her
words very clear.
Medusa spits lyrics that support the
empowerment of women in all aspects
of life. She said: "Me speaking on behalf
of women and on the empowerment of
women comes from me strictly being a
women and seeing the abuse of our power
all this time. I feel like we're the creators of
this or at least creation comes through us
to present us a reflection." As an MC who
talks about more than bitches and jewels,
Medusa is a strong force in the underground
hip hop community and promotes music
that follows this path. "Music out there
that doesn't dedicate love and strength
tliat I feel we deserve, then I have to take
that stance, and hope that I can make
women feel empowered and make them
feel loved again, and help them to heal
themselves,"
After Medusa left the crowd buzzing
for more, Philly native Bahamadia came on
stage to thrill the crowd with her rhyming
skills ..Even though she was sick and needed
water breaks' every so often, Bahamadia put
on a another skillful show. Going between
songs of excitement and songs of political
commentary such as "Beautiful Things,"
Bahamadia never shied away from the
crowd. For "Beautiful Things", Bahamadia
sat down as almOSt a way to join in communion with the audience and reflect on
the world's problems. Unlike Medusa,
and later the Coup who ripped it apart,
Bahamadia strongly believes in Christianity
and at one point gave praise to Jesus
Christ. Bahamadia said, "All that I do,
representing truth to the fullest of my
ability, all the glory goes to God. I'm just
a vessel to create those things." It is in this
understanding that Bahamadia creates her
music. To her, music has few boundaries.
Sryle, whether it be mainstream rap like Ja
Rule or uriderground like Jill Scott, only
has to do with the understanding of where
one comes from. She said, "To me there's
only two styles of music, period: either it's
good music or it's bad music. There's no
middle ground. It's hot or it.'s cold. [That
is], in terms of qualiry and substance. "
Possibly the highlight of Bah amadi a's show
and the show overall was when Bahamadia
invited all MCs up on stage. Showing off
Evergreen's pool of hip hop talent and the
possibiliry of a scene to come, crazy heads ran
to the side stage in anticipation for their time
to shine and show off their skills.
The last act of the night was, of course,
what everyone had come to see: The Coup.
Bringing an entire band with him, Boots and
the band blew up the stage with funkadelic
bass lines and smas.hing drum work. With
incense burning and bliss in the air, The Coup
rocked out with their political yet satirical
lyrics, taking aim at corrupt corporations,
police violence and the prison system. Boots,
also sick and on the verge oflosing his voice,
persevered and showed the crowd a grand
old time as he ripped through songs like
"Underdogs," "Heven Tonite," and a crowd
favorite, "5 Million Ways To Kill A CEO."
At one point Boots showed his love for his
daughter by playing the song "Wear Clean
Draws" , a songs he admits is corny, yet
important for its familial touch. Roaring
against the war and saying that George W.
Bush is no better than Saddam Hussein
or Osama bin Laden, Boots and Pam the
Funkstress rallied the crowd into crazed
excitement. Overall, another great show
of Evergreen support for underground and
alternative music.
Calendar
Evergreen Gets Blown Out -:
by ·Lewi's and Clark 100-66
by DevlD .lDries
After defeating Lewis-Clark State College (Idaho) on
Saturday, Evergreen (3-7) suffered a blowout in aregon
against Lewis & Clark College (3-2) on Tuesday evening,
100-66.
Evergreen struggled with their shooting and never found
their touch throughout the game, shooting a disappointing
33% (24-77) for the game, including a terrible 16% (5-30)
from the 3-point line.
an the other hand, Lewis & Clark College never
seemed to miss. The Pioneers shot an outstanding 54%
(36-66) from the field including 42% (14-33) from the
3-point line.
The Pioneers were led by the hot shooting of Danny
Winchester who knocked down 6 of his 10 three pointers
on his way to a game high 28 points. averall Winchester
was 11-16 from the field. Kristofer Speier also had the
shooting touch for Lewis & Clark, converting on 10 of his
13 attempts and finishing the game with 24 points. Speler
also had a game high 13 rebounds. Ryan Wells chipped in
12 points (4-6) off the bench for the Pioneers.
The Geoducks were led by Adam Laneer (Tumwater,
Just A Reminder:
InterCity Transit Guides
Thursday, December 12
*AU~adivist
gathering and potluck! All the
people working on all the issues together in one place
to eat, drink and network. Bring some grub and your
conscience to the Longhouse 6:30-S:30 p.m.
Friday, December 13
WN Tumwater HS) and Mike Parker (Washington DC,
It's Friday the 13th, I know you can find something
to do! Just be careful!
Clover HS) who each had 16 points for the game. Parker
went 7 -15 from the field and had 4 rebounds, while Laneer
went 5-13 for the game, including 6-S from the free throw
line. Chris Ferguson (Los Angeles CN University HS)
scored a season high 10 points on 4-S shooting for the
Geoducks in just 7 minutes of play.
"We didn't come prepared to play tonight," said
Evergreen head coach John Barbee, "we started off slow
and just didn't bring the same intensity that we had played
with for the past few games."
The Geoducks will have plenty of time to prepare
for their next opponent and will face Seattle University
on Friday evening at the Geoducks College Recreation.
Tip-off will be at 7:30 p.m.
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*Holiday Hootenanny at Bread and Roses featuring
Sandman, Reva, Gaty Galbreath, Al
Larsen, Ida Blue and more!' Get down for a good
cause. Show starts at 7:30. $5 donation helps to
support Bread and Roses.
*Planning meeting for Olympia delegation
to Palestine. Starting' in mid-January, a group
of Evergreen students and Olympians will spend
three months in the Gaia ·Strip doing solidarity
work. Anyone interested in going to Palestine or
supporting this work should be at this planning meet-
As American as Geoduck Pie
ing. Traditions Fair Trade,
available in Parking/Key Issues office in
downtown Olympia.
Seminar 2150.
Schedule of Workshops I
(in various locations)
Sun day , ' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - '
December 15
*Vegas
Childhood.
Evergreen graduate Elizabeth Lord's one-woman
autobiographical storytelling show. The Midnight
Sun Performance Space, 7:30 p.m.; tickets $5-10
sliding scale. More info: 754.7114
Thursday th~ 12th
4:00 Radical Graphic Design
6:00 Pirate Radio
8:00 Street Art
CRIMETHINC.
HEART Be FILM
FESTIVAL
Dec. 12-15, Capitol Thea<re
www.crimcthinc.com/fest
Schedule of Films:
Saturday, December 14
c.a.e.a.,
. NoonB~1
3:00 Gleaners & I
6:00 The Thin Red Line
Midnight Natural Born Killers
Monday, December 16
*Songs From the Second Floor showing at FritiaJ' thf-13th
,6 :00 Fight Club
the Capitol Theater 9 p.m. (showing through 9:00 Brazil
December 19-for times contact Sean Savage at Midnight Fight Club
754.6670).
·California Split also showing at the Capitol Saturday th~ 14th
ALL MOVIES FREE!
Theater 9 p.m. (showing through December 19)
Noon Box of Moonlight
3:00 Three Kings
Wednesday, December 18
6: 00 Malcolm X
·Stonecrop. Free show. Tugboat Annie's at 9 II :00 Dead Poet's Society
p.m.
Sunday th( 15th
Friday th~ 13th
10:00 Bike Repair
Noon Block Printing
Noon Herbal Awareness
2:00 Drumkit
4 :00 Irish Folk Dancing
4:00 How to Cripple Privilege
Saturday th~ 14th
5:00 p.m. Know your Rights
Sunday th~ 15th
9:00 p.m. Squatting and Land
Occupation
Monday th~ 16th
Advanced Graphic Design
by Hal Steinberg
aften the ass umption made on small college campuses
such as Evergreen is that big sports like baseball and football
will neve r be supporred. T hat soon may change though as
Evergreen gears up for its first ever baseball team.
The team began as a sort of dream of sorts for Scot
Forler, head coach an d player, and Mike
Motte, assistant coach. Both men had coached
their little-league-aged so ns and felt that it
was tim e for Evergreen to become involved
in baseball. Forler, a student, approached the
school along with Motter, who is 'the CFO
at Capitol Medical Ce nter. In response, the
school gave funding for some equipment, but
overall the team is on its own to put up the
funds needed to play.
With this in mind, the team has begun
rec ruiting members through posters around
campus. So far they've recruited 15 members
and hope to have more, although by spring,
they hope for 10-15 players. Currently the
team practices at the pavilion out by the soccer
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it's drier at the Air Industrial Field at the alympia Airport.
Foler believes that in the next few years, th ere is the
possibility for a real intercollegiate team at Evergreen but
in the meantime says, " I think in the spring the goal is
to get more experience under our belt and show there is
interest at Evergreen." Right now the team has scheduled
games against Seattle U. and Western Washington U. in
the spring. A~ of the most recent estimates, the games are
scheduled for the first week of March.
Because of its club status, the team is currently open to
all members of the Evergreen community. Foler said, " It's
about playing baseball and we're pretty serious about it,
but it's also about having fun." T hat is not to say though
that the team does not have a competitive edge. Foler
says, "I hope we can be competitive with community
colleges [which they are currently playing] right out of
the gate."
ance again, the team currently practices once a week
and will practice in the future 3-4 times a week in the
pavilion by the soccer fields. For more information contact
head coach Scot Foler at (360) 451-0285 .
ak seriously, what is up with this campus? This is the second week in a row that nothing has happened worth mentioning. But as this is a weekly column ......
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12:05 a.m . Burnt food caused a fire alarm in the dorms.
Not only did nothing happen today on campus, it seems that it was a dull day in
history as well. Well, that isn't exactly true... an this day in 1931, the last Ford
Model A was manufactured, and then the plant was closed for six months for
retooling. The next car made by Ford was the high performance V-S, the first 8cylinder car by Ford.
(thanks to http://www.histotychannel.comlthisdayl)
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1:55 p.m. An unattended bike is reported as being stolen form in front ofN
dorm. It appears that the sneaky bike thief strikes again. Perhaps he is
constructing one of those hovering chairs and needs the pares for it. Either way,
people need their bikes, and if they are locked up. should be left where they are.
They should be left where they are even if they aren't locked. In any case, return
the bike.
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10:06 a.m'. Various instances of graffiti on the two sets of doors leading into A
dorm. It seems that someone got tired of watching channel 16 and decided to
spice it up a bit.
5:45 p.m. Chalk graffiti requires removal from the doors of the CRe.
Now for a blotter standby for the boring weeks ...
On this day in history: In 1985. the Unabomber's first victim was killed inside a
computer store in Sacramento, CA by an exploding package. By the time that he
was apprehended in 1996. the Unabomber had killed three people and had
injured another twenty-three. The Unabomber got his name because his first
attacks were directed at universities. It took an attack on the Los Angeles
International Airport in 1995 for the FBI to move his capture up to top priority.
(thanks to http://www.historychannel.com/thisdayl)
Women's Basketball Fights Way to First Win
The question bein g asked before last Saturday's
Women's Basketball game was: When will the losing
streak end? The answer came some 3 hours later as the
Geoducks defeated Lewis & Clark College of Portland,
74-72 in overtime.
Before a packed house in the CRe, the women foug ht
through thick and thin to beat an opponent coming
in who was 4-2 in NCAA play. After the first half the
score was in the Geod ucks favo r, 29- 25. Although
a definite positive, the crowd remained restrained in
their excitement, as they remembered how the team had
struggled in the past. By the end of regulatio n, the game
turned into a dogfight with both teams literally bleeding
from the amount of energy put in .
The Geod ucks' starters were all on the verge of fouling
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Towards the end of overtime, a number of controversial
plays left the Lewis & Clark coach screaming from the
bench and demanding that the referees not take the game
out her team's hands. The play involved the Geoducks
taking a controversial shot with no time remain ing on the
shot clock and then rebounding the ball and maintaining
possession. The referees ruled in favo r of Everg reen but
from the stands it looked as if it might have not hit the
rim as the referees assumed. Nonetheless, the Geoducks
retained possession and ultimately won the game.
The Geoducks shot 23-50 from the field during the
game , and 7- 16 in 3 point attempts. The high scorer was
Riddle with 26 points sco red in 37 minutes of play. She
shot 7-1 1 from the field and 4-6 from the 3-point land,
wh ile shooting a perfect 8-8 from the charity stripe. Lewis
& Clark went 19- 40 from the field and shot 27-39 free
throws. Their high scorer was Krystle Mortimore who
made three shots o n six attempts.
The Geoducks played on Tuesday but as of press time
informat ion was not ava ilable. With Saturday's game
against Lewis & Clark, the horizons for the Geoducks have
broadened and with any luck, the trend may contin ue.
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