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should be relevant the concerns of the
students and facu lty of the campus.
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On January 15, 2002 at 12 p.m., bike
riders, students from Central Washington
UniversitY, University of Washington, and
Evergreen (among others), protested possible tuition hikes at the Capitol Building
in downtown Olympia.
The protest began outside Capitol Way
at about 12: 15. There were approximately
100 people prese nt. Anne Fischel, an
Evergreen faculty, said she attended the
protest to "support the studenrs."
"The purpose of the protest is to try to .
affect public policy, but moreover give a
medium for students to interact with the
legislature and each other, " she said .
Protestors held signs declaring, "Missles
don't learn me no grammar," "Schools are
National Security," and "Liberate Schools
Not OiL" Two people with m'egaphones
directed the crowd from opposite sides. At
one point, they moved from the front of
the Capital to the current meeting place
of the legislature. Five student delegates

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newspaper publication and group organization. All students are welcome
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accurately reflectrhe student body, both
our commonalities and our differences,
by allowing and encouraging every
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day.) It's a story about Evergreen being able
to keep up the quality of e.ducation that
its known for by providing academic rigor
and resources. It is not about Evergreen
sh utting down.
Tuition dollars gained from out-of-state
recruitment are integral to the economic
success of Evergreen as a college. The
bottom line is if Evergreen doesn't have 25
percent of its students paying almost four
times more than the rest, it loses money.
In the end, this is a story abo ut Evergreen's
recruitment and how it affects student's

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of the taxpayers of Washington State, isn't
paying for higher education like it used to.

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The state used to set tuition. Now, its up
to the individu!ll schools. But that's not all.
There has been a consistent push since the
1990s privatize public higher education.
Largely, it has succeeded.
Again, this story is abo ut money. But
its about the flexible part of budgets, both
of Evergreen and the state. Its about the
library being able to stay open more hours,
not the library selling 'all of its books and
closing. (Incidentally, though tuition has
kept rising since the 1990s, the library stays
closed longer. It was once open 24 hours a

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Th is is a story about new student recruitment.
This is also a story about money.
And, this is a story about the how the
two have become inseparable.
More importantly, this is a story abo ut
what it takes to fund public higher education when neither the legislature nor the
voters care to make a meaningful investment

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International Women's Week is c0m ing
up in Ma rch and th e Wo men's Reso urce
Center is starti ng [Q plan eve n ts. We need
yo u to help us o rga n ize. Eve nts in cl ud e
workshops by local anists. women's art show.
o pe n-m ic ni gh t. self-defense wo rks h op.
wo men's o rga ni za t io n fa ir. and m aybe a
rock show.
Any help is app reciated . All gen d ers
welcome! Please contact the WRC at ex tension 6 162 or s[Q P by C AB 206 .
T he WRC wants you r art. poetry, S[Qries. ra nts and raves for The Ovarian. the
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co ntribu tions. This is a grea t way [Q make
yo ur voice heard! Drop off co ntri butions at
th e WRC (CAB 2 06). Call exte nsio n 6162
for more information .

Faculty Hiring at
Evergreen: How to
Get Involved
by Michael Kilpatnck
Eve ry yea r the Fac ulty H iri ng office .
h ttp://www.everszreen. ~ Ldu /fa culty hi ri ii2.
arra nges interv iews fo r the candi dates for
t he open fac ult y posi ti o ns. Parr of th e
in te rview p rocess involves the se lected
fi nalis ts co ming to Eve rgreen for on-ca mpus
intervi ews d uri ng which they give a public
presentat ion related [Q th eir fie ld of stu dy.
These presentations are an importa nt pa n
o f th e inte r-view p rocess. It all ows the
Eve rg ree n community to see fi rst h a nd
the teac hi ng and lect u re ta lents of eac h
applicant. It also allows th e hirin g committee to hear o pinio ns from th e com muni ty
abo u t the appl icants.
In o rd e r for th e app lica nts [Q g ive a
successful prese nt atio n th e re must be an
a ud ience th at will challenge a nd engage the
speaker. T he aud ience co nsists of students.
facu lty. and staff fro m th e Eve rgree n community. W e in vite you . ro obse r ve th e
candidates and ask questio ns co nce rnin g
thei r p rese ntations. We are in te res ted in
yo ur assess m en t of t he ir m e th o d s a nd
a biliti es. All thoughts o n th e a pplica nts
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the hiring committee for consideration by
fill ing out a res ponse sheet, available at th e
presentation.
T he applican~t p rese n tations are one of
the best ways you can get involved in the
hiring process . In essence, you can help
decide who the college hires. Participation
requires no long-term commitment. T h e
prese n tat io n s a re o nl y o n e ho ur lo ng,
an d yo u m ay a[[e nd a n y a nd all of th e
p rese ntatio ns that interest you. After all,
yo u may be taking classes that these people
w ill be teaching.
T here are usually two [Q three prese ntatio ns a week d uring w in ter q uarte r. T he
best way [Q fi nd ou t who wi ll be prese nt ing
is to co me by th e fac ulty hiri ng bu lletin
boa rd. loca ted outside th e D ean's area o n
the seco nd floo r of the library b u il d i ng.
We w ill post fl yers abou t the u pcoming
presenta ti o ns and othe r relevant in for mat ion conce rnin g the h iring p rocess. Th e
p rese n tations wil l be he ld in d ifferent
loca tions around the campus depend ing o n
the app licant's needs. You may also check
in w it h Li sa Stra nge. t he fa c ulty hir ing
coo rd inator. in L-2 208 or at ext. 6861.

The Life and
Death of Philip
Berrigan
bv MIranda Duseback
Phil ip Betr igan d ied of cancer o n
Dece m be t 6. at th e age of 78. H e was
t he ultim ate rad ical who lived h is life in
accordance wi th Jes us's call [Q figh t in ju'!itice
in nonviolent ways. A Cath olic priest who
left the clergy ro mar ry, he form ed t he
Jonah H ouse Catholic Worker style co mmuni ty (in whi ch people li ve in vo luntary
poverty. solidarity. and co mmuni ty w ith the
ho m eless) in Balti more. Phil ip Berrigan's
fa ith bo th demanded and su pported civi l
disobed ie nce aga inst th e state. In 1968 .
Ber ri gan , h is b ro th e r Daniel. and seve n
others burned draft cards in Maryla nd to
protes t the Vie tn am Wa r. ga ining atten tion
as the Catonsville Ni ne. Fro m th e pu lpit.
he spoke o ut against the war. segregatio n.
and nucl ear weap on s. Afte r lea vin g th e
pri es th oo d to m a rr y a form er n u n , he
agai n wi th seven others. en te red a nucl ea r
wea po ns fac ili ty to ha mm e r a nd throw
blood on m issi le pa rts. T hese "Plows hares
Ac tions" are based on th e bi blical ca ll to

hammer weapons into tools. His actions
and the false c harge of conspiring to kidnap
H enry Kissinger landed him in priso n for
11 years. In the tradition of Gandhi and
M a rtin Luther King Jr.• he. believed' that
suffering fo r o ne's beliefs was the best way
to disarm enemies. Berrigan's faith -oriented
idealism will be missed.
The Rad ical Catho lics fo r Justice and
Peace meet on Tuesd ays, 4 p.m ., 3 rd fl oor
CAB pit

Deadline Extended
to January 2
by Sarah Finger,
Sarah MacKenzie,
and Sharmila Chit

Do you have expe rience working with
sur vivors of sex ual assa ul t a nd domestic
vio lence'
We are looking for q ual ified. hardwo rking, and com mi tted ind ividua ls to coordinate the new Cam pus Advocacy Program
(CA P).
The CA P is a new progra m that w ill
p rovide pee r advocacy to survi vors of sexual
and d o mestic violence. T hese se rvices wi ll
be ava il ab le to stu de nts o n cam pus 24
hou rs 1 d ay. th roug hou t the sc hool' yea'r: . 596~55 1 6
Lec ture Ser ies at S PSCC building 26
T he curriculum for th e CAP will be run
by o n e paid stu den t . seve ral vo lunteer Roo m 105 at noo n
january 16,h What's Oi l Got To Do with
advocates, an d the Office of Sexual Assa ult
it? Assess ing the Motivatio ns fo r Wa r on
Preve nti o n.
We need peo ple w ho have expe ri ence Iraq Steve Ni va
j anua ry 23 "l.ookin g Like the Enemy"
wo rk in g w it h su rvivors o f sex u al a nd
do mest ic vio lence. Qualifications for the M ary M ats ud a Gr uenewald wi ll reco un t
CAP coordin ato r inclu de co mpl e ti o n of her ex petin ces in internm ent ca mps dutin g
Safeplace trai ning (preferred) or equiva lent world War II and th e simi larities to what
training o n sex ual and do mestic violence.
is happening now
Januar y 30,h Sto pping the 100 Years
Expe rience p roviding ad vocacy to su rvivo rs
is p referred. The position will entail rec ruit- wa t. Pro tec tin g Ou rselves Aga inst American
ing. training . .su ppo rt ing. and coo rdin ating Empire. Geov Pa rris h Peace a nd socia l

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W hat wo uld yo u say if yo u could be
arrested an d deta ined just for saying you
d isagreed wit h Presiden t Bush or fot speaking ou t agai nst th e war? If you r fi rst response
is "that's wrong and it goes against the
first amendment." YOLI w ill be sho cked
to find out th at thi s is happ enin g ri ght
now th roug h th e legislat ion o f the Parrio(
Ac t. On T h ursday jan uary 9 around 50
st udents and co m l";unity m~Jllbers gat hered
at So uth Puge t Sound Co mmun ity Collegl'
fo r a Fi rs t A m e ndm e nt Rall y. forum.
and ope n mic. A hand ful of Evergreen
st ud ent act ivists were pa rr of th e crowd
that gathered outsid e the stud e)1t union
building to talk pas sionate ly about the
Patrio t Ac t. Homeland Security an d the
First Amen dm en t. T he d iscussio l1 ce ntered
on the infr ingement of civ il rights a nd
the move men t of o u r gove rnm cIlt towards
a police sta te. The conversat ion moved
inside for a fo rum led by David Price. 311
associate Pro fessor at St. Martin's College.
T he Po lit ica l Ac t io n Com mu ni ty Club
at SPSCC spo nso red the event. The cl ub
wi ll also be pu tting 0 11 a weekly Th ursday
lect u re series add ressing issues of the war
o n te rror is m and c ivil li bert ies. A ll a re
we lco me to atte nd.
Fo r mo re info call :,.

On Feb ru ary 24, Bread and Roses is
pe rfor min g a one n ig h t ce nsu s of th e
ho meless in Th u rston county. T hey are in
need of volu n tee rs to ass ist with this project
and a re pa rti cula rly looking for students
and facu lty that can participate as part of an
academ ic program . If you ca n participate
or would like more information. call Sel ena
Kilmoyer at 754-4085 .

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advertisi ng and wo rking unfilled on-call
shifts. It is requi red that the CAP coo rdinator make a two quarter co mmitment.
For more info rmation and to request an
application , please contact the C oalit io n
Against Sexual V iol en ce (CAS V ) at
867-6749.

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I'm writing this paper as a response
to an article composed by Nikita Jackson
published on December 12, 2002, I'm
not sure where to begin, because at this
point I feel like a blood thirsty shark in an
over crowded kiddie pool, so I'll take this
ignorant editorial step by step, I would first
like to begin with the statement "everyone
who does not have more brown pigment
cells in their epidermis is ... invisible.!' I
would like to point out that we, the students
of color, are the ones invisible in the "sea of
white. " To place this argument in a larger
perspective, not only students of color, but
the non students of color have been, and
still are, invisible since the early days of
America. If you are still in disbelief answer
these questions: who was the first president
of color in America? How many Mexicans,
Chicanos, and Latinos are in the Senate?
How many black television actors star in
non-comical roles? How many programs
did you read in the program catalog that
focus on African-American issues for the
whole program and not just a portion? How
many black faculty members do you know
of on this campus? The answers to these
questions are either 'very few' or 'norte at
alL ' This just proves that people of color
are either poorly underrepresented or non-

existent in both status quos of Evergreen
and American societies.
Your answer is "get over it, " forget
about it, and move on, right? That's what
society wants people of color to do. They
want us to forget the past, forget where we
came from, how we got here, and why we
walk with burning anger and crying souls.
People want us to forget so that they don't
have to try to understand seminar topics
such as slavery and discrimination, they
don't have to feel bad and just brush it off
when the two hours are over, never to think
about it again. And don't get it twisted I do not speak about every student that
attends Evergreen, but there are numerous
students who either knowingly act like that
in seminar, or even more painfully, do it
without even knowing.
You are so quick to call us, us as in
people who believe in the Voices of Color,
as prejudice racists who believe that and
I quote "just because someone in your
program has lighter skin, it doesn't mean
automatically they are rich snobs who have
no rhythm and still use words or phrases
like 'Getting jiggy with it' and 'Check yo'
self before you wreck yo' self'" this just
shows how you stereotype students of color
at Evergreen and now you alone are hosting

and supporting a negative stereotype that
the media already provides for the rest of
America.
Surprise!! Students of color never made
our skin color an excuse, society, or better
yet the United States of America, d id that
when they created bamboozled television,
affirmative action, percentages in what race
of color you belong to, receiving reparations, segregation, black history month,
Martin Luther King Jr. Day; I think this list
will suffice. Further, that free Halloween
candy that you receive is SUPPOSED TO
SHOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE
OUT THERE WHO WILL SUPPORT
YOU NO MATTER HOW ROUGH
TIMES ARE!
Lastly, yes we are Americans and we
are humans too. but just because we are
these things it does not mean we all get
treated fairly in the land of the free . We
are all humans, but America, or better
yet humans, have enslaved other humans
for over 600 years - stealing them away
from their families and destroying their
culture, bombing the most prosperous
black business district in America (Tulsa,
Oklahoma's "Little Africa") , bombing a
church in 1964, killing four black girls, and
the recent remarks made by Senator Lott.

I myself am living proof of how humans
treat each other.
My name Eric - it's Scandinavian for
strong willed. My claim to a name that
belongs to my place of origin gone! Religions
that Africans participated in, eradicated
and replaced by the Jesus and the Bible,
languages that these people spoke and were
supposed to be passed on to the generations
to come extinct and replaced by English,
Portuguese, and Spanish. Cultural trends
where Africans praised course hair, dark
skin, big eyes, noses, ears, and mouths exaggerated features to be more in tuned
with nature. These were placed with venomous ideas that light skin and straight hair are
the keys of becoming beautiful, followed by
ideologies that having large facial features
is only a mockery until we manipulate our
appearance to look like the next man. So
what does that leave a person of color? I
do not know of anyone else, but it leaves
my Black, Spanish, American Indian self
with no real connections to my past. And
now Evergreen offers the students of color
a chance to speak out to everyone and not
only do you denounce it, but you mock it
as well. HOW DARE YOU! It's people like
you who keep the cause going. Now you
check that before you wreck yo self!

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by AnnjBBnette Diwhed

(Get his Laws
Out of
Actually it was the first company that
"fixed" my translllission (and the lovely
company tha~ cost me half of my budget
this quarter to fix the overall damage
incurred by not- getting it to them in
the first place) that spoiled "the most
wonderful time of the year." This feeling
of complete powerlessness flooded my
holiday as I reflected on this year of car
repairs, illness, and financial decrepitude.
This millennium just has not been very
good for me so far. But now I have my
big-arse truck back, so things must be
getting better.
I recently sponged a little info about
SUV-related fatalities. Apparently, there
is a typical profile of SUV drivers (me
being one as I drive a proto-SUV). Most
SUV drivers are not confident about their
driving abilities. yet they drive a car that
CAUSES fatalities in most collisions. A
side collision with any smaller car can kill
a whole family in a sedan. This is the type
r~of collision that happens when cars run red
lights or stop signs. A front collision can
kill a pedestrian or a bicyclist. However,
more SUV drivers die of two related issues:

first, driving while talking on a cell phone
and second, not wearing a seat belt. So
what keeps us risking death just so that
Bobby Jr. can make it to soccer practice
on time?
Among the echoes of our brain function, do we have a primitive urge that
literally drives us to high speeds at the
risk of our death or the death of others?
Other peoples lives don't matter because
ME FIRST! Whether you disguise it with
goodwill, or taking advantage of the slow
or ignorant, it still cries out one thing:
your life is not more important than the
life of another human being.
What we buy at the store suffers the
same fate: it does not matter where it came
from or who was exploited to provide it.
We are first, and we can't be expected to
make little adjustments in our ingrained
habits so that others, like little children,
might live a better life. Thus, in America,
we have a perception of capitalism being
a stable matrix, balanced by subtle media
propaganda, economic prosperity, and an
occasional war to weed out the excess lower
class population.

This matrix is alive in this country that the two designer shirts I picked out
today. We are ruled and kept satiated by were made in Korea. As this demonstrates,
the huge facade of trade commerce. Our even the matrix is a facade in itself. It has
job is to be the power cells of the economy. set our system boundaries to make it easy to
We are shown images and lifestyles that kick back and relax within the safe confines
require a great deal of mindless energy of our personalized environs', which are of
expended to attain, and then we tangle course personalized by the elaborate amoun t
ourselves in a great web of debt, and of mass produced personal accoutrements.
expansion of our capital generating energy The matrix provides us an alternative to
to feed the matrix.
the risky ability to know our real neighbors
Or do we? This holiday season almost while providing us with pretend "friends"
feels like it has been hijacked. Prices are and pretend relationships via television
rising everywhere, even (gasp!) in my and the Internet.
beloved thrift stores. Somehow making
The truth is simple. The matrix is
poor people spend more on used items only real if you choose to participate in
seems to be the wrong idea. The fabled the system's programmed boundaries. It
after X-mas sales of my childhood. when is possible to overleap the boundaries ,
literally everything was 50-75% off, were but it is at a risk to your own personal
nowhere to be found at the Tacoma Mall. future in the system. Can you live with this
As a child, in the many malls of the knowledge? Or will you chose to fight in
Cochella Valley, a kid could buy a wealth the most effective way possible: personal
of toys with twenty bucks on the day after trade sanctions. Often called boycotts,
X-mas.
they are private choices with searing public
As I uncharacteristically roamed the effects. In next week's column I will talk
one floor Tacoma Mall, no good sale was . about the power of not buying products
to be found. Finally my attempts to spend and refusing to participate in economic
money were then poisoned when I saw terrorism and human rights violations.

With nothing but a few books on edible
plants and a bag of brown rice, I arrived.
It was a place where the mountain waters
emerge th'rough quartz-layered rocks and
reached my lips in a fountain of living,
shimmering jewels. These sacred waters
are one of few still untainted by man's
disconnected, domineering defilement. I
sang a song of praise to the water, the rocks
that made the fountain, the birds, the fish,
the insects buzzing, the red, orange, yellow
and green of turning plants shimmering
in the wind; all of these creating life in
and around the flowing waters. I bent and
drank, fully, taking in the wholeness of the
water. I thal1ked the creator for deliverance
from the pollution of 'normal' life that
had drained my energy, and clouded my
mind, body, and spirit. I smiled at the giant
guardian cedars and gave thanks for my
arrival to. this enchanted land of fairy castle
homes, berries, bears, and trees. I breathed
a sigh of relieE The moist green air soothed
my lungs.
.
My deepest soul's desire is to live as a
child of the earth, as an integral part of an
inter-species community, giving back to
earth as much or more than I take, rather
than leeching the fertility of Mother Earth.
I want my children to be free from the pain
of oppressing Mother Earth in order to
subsist. Instead, I envision them gratefully
receiving the nourishment of her fruits,
surviving easily in bountiful bliss. My arrival
to the enchanted land of Sun Ray Kelley,
nestled at the base of Mt. Baker, WA, was
my chance to begin a new relationship with
the earth and my own sustenance. For the
first week, I ate only what the minimally
cultivated land offered: apples, walnuts, and
weeds (plus herbal tea, rice and seaweed.) I
felt my body becoming part of the land, a

highly refined instrument of the divine.
We all know of the importance of eating
nutritious food, but we often forget that
the most abundant nutrient in our body
is water. This and many other realizations
about water were brought to my attention
through reading Paul Pitchford's thoroughly
researched "Water" section in Healing With
Whole Foods. Our society has forgotten
to give tha.nks for the simple things that
clean water has become a rarity. The more
I learned about the state of the water on
the planet, the more upset I became. In my
desperation about the situation, I decided
[0 ask the waters for help.
"WATER...
Blood of our Mother, I apologize for the
ignorance of my species. Into you we funnel
our wastes, poisons and bacteria. In the
city, 40% of the drinking water has passed
through a sewer or industrial conduit filled
with poisons and bacteria. If this is the
water we are drinking, then two-thirds of
our physical form is filled with this defiled
water, with, of course, the addition of
chemicals like chlorine so our death will
be long and slow rather than immediate
from the toxicity. Surely our government
appreciates your power, for they use you
to hold the masses in a state of apathetic
consumerism. They fill you with pathogenic
levels of sodium fluoride, which is used in
Chinese medicine as a strong tranquilizer.
Sodium fluoride is based on the fluorine
molecule, which is also the basic molecule
in Prozac, a modern anti-depressant. We are
told the addition of this chemical prevents
tooth decay, when in fact, sodium fluoride
is a toxic by- product of the aluminum
industry. Prior to adding it to our drinking
water, it was used as rat poison. Studies
show that sodium fluoride actually worsens

tooth decay, as well as inhibiting proper
thyroid functioning and damaging the
immune system (Pitchford 1993). All of
this causes one to wonder if drugging is
not the unstated motive behind water
fluoridation?
Water, how may we heal your poisoned
body?"
Water Speaks:
"It is my desire that each human takes
responsibility for their part in res[Oring
and guarding my purity. May they stop
using aluminum, may they compost their
feces and recognize its value, may they
use their money and resources [0 support
non-industrial alternatives, and may they
continually strive to Ijve simply, treating
their bodies and the body of earth as
precious prisms of light. At this time it is
imperative that humans protect themselves
from themselves and their own poisons
if they are to make the shift. In order to
forge a new way ofliving, people must have
clear minds, healthy bodies, and realize the
power of their vision."
Until we can restore water purity, there
is a way to avoid ingesting these poisons.
I just allow my water to sit out overnight
in clear glass pitchers so the chlorine
can evaporate. Then, I mix 1 tablespoon
calcium powder per gallon of water. This
changes the sodium fluoride into calcium
fluodde, which is more benign and may
actually help tooth decay. Then, if you
don't want to ingest the calcium fluoride,
let the powder settle and the top water is
free of fluorine molec:ules (Pitchford 1993).
For maximum life force energy, leaving
the water in an open glass container in the
sun for about a day allows friendly microorganisms time to jump in and get busy.
This recharges the life force in the water

so you may function on a higher vibration.
Healthy, living water helps empower you
to re-create reality, tr ansforming toxins
and trauma into the tangible truth of ri ght
relationship. There are many more aspects
to water quality that I haven't [Ouched on,
but these are just a few simple, cheap and
enviro-friendly ways [0 improve the quality
of your water.
Works Cited:
Epel, Thomas J. Botany in a Day. Pony,
MN: HOPS Press, 1996.
Gibbons, Evell. Stalking the Healthful
Herbs. NY: David McKay Co. TNC, 1970.
Harris, Ben C. Eat the weeds. Barre, MA:
Barre Publishing, 1968,
Pitchford, Paul. Healing With Whole
Foods. Berkley, CA: North Atlantic Books,
1993.
Weed, Susan. Healing Wise. Woodstock,
N-Y: Ash Tree Publishing, 1989.
Works Consulted:
Medsger, Oliver P. Edible Wild Plants.
Toronto: Macmillan Co., 1996,
Medve, Richard J . Wild Edible Plants
of Pennsylvania and Neighboring States.
London: Pennsylvania State University
Press, 1990. Moore, Michael. Medicinal
Plants of the Pacific West. Santa Fe: Red
Crane Books, 1993.
Pfeiffer, -Ehrenfried E: weeds ' and What
Thq Tell. Kimberton. PA: Bio-dynamic
Farming and Gardening Association, INC,
1970.
Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon. Plants
of th~ Pacific Northwest Coast. Vancouver,
B.C. : Lone Pine Publishing, 1994.
Taylor, Ronald J. Northw~st weeds: The
Ugly and Beautiful Villains ofFields, Gardens.
and Roadsides. Missoula, MN : Mountain
Press Publishing Co., 1990.

My Uterus!)
continued from page 12

• Appointing Louise Oliver, former
president of Harvard Law School's Society
for Law, Life, and Religion as special assistant to the U.S . State Department Bureau
of Population, Refugees, and Migration
• Giving embryos new status in the
Health a nd Human Services Secretary's
Advisory Committee on Human Research
Protection Charter
• Nominating a host of anti-choice
judges to the federal court system
Planned Parenthood spokesperson writes,
"He's using every means available to him,
a strategy in which each issue supports and
leverages the other. Taken together they
form a pernicious web that, left unchecked,
will strangle reproductive rights and access
ro reproductive health care services.
But guess what folks, what lies ahead is
most likely far worse. As the 30th anniversary of Roe V. Wade approaches it is clear
that a woman's ri ght to a safe and legal
abortion is in danger. Not that we are n't
already dealing with parental consent laws,
wa iting periods, and lack of funding for
low-income women in most states- but the
big founder of abortion rights is in serious
jeopardy. Most people estimate that Roe v
Wade is currently protected by one vote in
the Supreme Court, and as the likelihood
increases that Bush will be nominating at
least one new justice before he's done. the
likelihood increases that the new judge will
not support abortion rights.
So do something! An overwhelming
majority of Americans are pro-choice, but
because of the lack of media attention, most
of us have a hard time figuring out the steps
being taken to steadily take our rights away.
Reproductive rights are considered basic
human rights by most countries. Excepting
of course, our current administration, which
is putting anti-choice people in powerful
positions that will make legal d ecisions
for decades!
For the short term, we need to support
pro-choice candidates in the local and
national legislature. We need to write to
our representatives and demand that they
reflect our values when they vote to support
or oppose federal court justices. We need
ro demand that they oppose measures to
restrict our access to abortion, contraceptives, and to complete, accurate sex education.
In the long run, it is going to take a lot
more than that. As a community, we need
to redefine what reproductive rights are,
to meet the complex needs of individuals
that are about more than abortion. We
need to form a global community that
recognizes our commonalties as sexual,
reproductive beings and also honors our
cultural, religious and regional differences.
We need to examine the racist, c1assist,
hetero-centerist principles that our society
is based on. The reproductive rights
movement has a long way to go to meet
the complex needs of people all over the
world.

It could be that the tide is turning. On
Saturday morning January 11 th, at 8:30am
or so, as my roomie readies himself for work
he turns the tv on and listens to the news.
It·s Fox News on cable that he chooses
today and we watch as the channel that was
first to broadcast Bush Jr. as the winner of
the 2000 presidential election challenges
Junior's push for WWIII .
I say there's hope yet because the Media
Fayade seems to be washing away. Bits of
truth are leaking through- on Fox News,
' sensationalist speculators are responding
to something. Something that is forcing
them to question what has largely appeared
to be a corporate stance as glory hounds
of 'the war.' To question the position they
have held with "Patriotic Pride" ever since
pledging their allegiance to Bush Jr. election
night.
And it's not just Fox News. Other media
corporations are beginning ro feel it too,
showing this through baby steps. Mincing
of words is leading to outright questioning:
"Is it possible that the UN inspectors could
have missed something?" to "Is it possible
that North Korean officials could construe
talks with the US as negotiations?" At a
presidential press junket Ari Fleischer stated
boldly that "The President will not back
down," (in regards to N . Korea) to which,
despite evasion, he.opened up for a counter
reaction .
That counter reaction was in the form of
an old media bulldog who jumped up and
demanded to know if that was the stance
that the U.S . was taking, and if it been
conveyed to the North Koreans (who have
been talking to the U.S., which .could
be construed as negotiations) . He then
lambasted the president, at a national and
possibly international press junket, by
suggesting that the President was pushing
for WWIII. When Ari tried to shut the man
down, he gave a demented little grin and
yelled "You are evading the question!" (Or
something to that effect. I was distracted
by the sweet vindictive grin ~nd the way
his teeth reminded me of a shark when it
smells blood in the water.)
This change isn't happening in a vacuum
of speculation between journalists, reporters
and debate show hosts. There is a reaction
being played out in insinuation, and lines
of questioning, that is directly motivated
by pollsters having lost credibility. The
American public's traditional source of a
form of media voice was removed from
the American living room. Or it seemed
that large corporations with allegiances to
the Bush regime were denying citizens a
voice in local and national news by neglecting to cover marches on state buildings,
demonstrations in the streets and pamphlet,
leaflet and poster movements used largely to
fill the void of communication the national
TV medium has left.
Yet something about the activism has
gotten through to the people of Fox News, I
think; even if the memo hasn't made it to the
Oval Office yet. New policies on handling
the public's rising ire and incredulity over
Bush's openly idiotic megalomania, and
the crush· of the wasting stock market, are
influencing the media whores.
Which means that even if there still is
a ways to go, "We the People" is still head
honcho in these parts.
So kd:p your chins up.

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by MikB treadwell
The'UnitedStates Foreign Policy agenda
of today was set by two events. The first was
the war of 1812. The second was Woodrow
Wilson getting elected as President. The
first reason is not as far-reaching as the
second, therefore I will only talk about
the second.
by Annjeanette Daubed
Woodrow Wilson gets to be President
while running a campaign to keep
This Monday is a holy day.
Americans out of World War I. "Whoops!"
Not some commercialized holiday.
It didn't take long to get into that war.
It is not about buying stuff or drinking.
War is the last resort of free people but It is not about utter sadness or anger though
the first resort of politicians. But after all, many may feel that. It is a day of hope, a
Wilson set out to "make the world safe for day for dreams, a day for recognition of all
democracy. "
that is beautiful in the human heart.
If any country was blessed with good
It is a day for honoring civil disobedience.
geography, it was the United States. A day for honoring respect for human life
Surrounded on both sides by two huge and for honoring the right to the pursuit of
oceans, these oceans shielded America from happiness for every single one of us.
the ancient quarrels of Europe and Asia.
We all desire freedom from oppression,
Thomas Jefferson summed it up nicely, freedom to think and express ourselves. This
remarking "The United States, a friend to Monday is a day to truly think about each
all, an enemy to none." Wilson looked for and every one of our roles in any system
an excuse to get into World War One just of injustice and justice. To think deeply
like Franklin Delano Roosevelt looked for about what it means to lay your life down.
an excuse in getting into World War Two. What it means to make your name known.
Wilson had a harder time because this was What it means to be an epic-proportion
a dramatic shift from non-interventionism. martyr/hero. It is a day for meditation.
FOR didn't have as much trouble, but his
As our Union enters 'the threshold of
venture was politically opportunistic. In the next hundred years on the preci pice
1939 , the unemployment rate was still of historical rewrites and cover-ups, as
17%. FOR pestered the Japanese insistently. you begin a new year, honor Monday,
He basically begged them to attack the honor Martin's day and look to his model
United States. It's terrible that a 'President of courage and strength. Remember that
would plunge the USA into war just to while history goes on repeating itself in our
save his image.
textbooks, and in our lives, we are just like
History has been very nice to Franklin him, dreaming.
Delano Roosevelt. No historian mentions
Why must it stop with sleep? And why
that his popularity was slipping heavily after must it be just one day?
his second term. Often, hisrorians speak of
World War Two as the "one just war." The
fact is that Hitler sealed his fate when he
entered Russia. Never mind that after World
War One the British and French people
'raped ' Germany of all i.e had, creating the
economic and moral climate for Hitler to
come to power.
So now everyone looks to the United
States to 'police the world.' Great. but
that is not the USA's job. The world can
police itself. Therefore, the United States
should withdraw from all international
organizations , including the U.N. No
foreign aid should be doled out either. The
USA should also not engage in 'tariff wars'
and should promote true 'free trade' as
well as peace.
Funny, conservatives oppose 'world
government,' but love it when the usA ~­
comes into a situation which is none of its
business. Liberals aren't any better. they
don't want interventionism but they think
the United States should be the welfare
agent for the world. This just pins warring
factions against each other and brings the
US into the mess. The Israeli-Palestine
situation is a paradigm that comes to mind.
The United States gives money to both.
Rich Europeans can pay for their own
defense. They don't need our help. No one
else needs our help either. Why should
the children of America die today with a
conflict that doesn't threaten the existence
of America?
Iraq. HA! The problem is more farreaching than chat.

MLKDay

Coca in Peru
by Mu"i8m Pre us

·

summer
':;.

During th e summ er of2002, I traveled
to thc Asha ni nka vill age of Peru to st udy
the Peruvians of South America, Lima and
CU"l.co. It was wint er when we wen t [0
So uth Am erica. The pcople and culture
a rc interest ing. Some parts of th e co untry
were obviou sly third world with so m e of
th e poo rest of the poo r; it was am a7.i ng
watching th eir survival. com pared to the
cit ize ns of th e Unit ed Stat es. Lima was
m o re mod ern and li vable and the o utside
villages are forgot[(~ n b y the President
o f Peru and o th er po li t icians. The villages mu st upgrade their livelih oo d for
th emselves ro build a health y and berrer
co mmuntty.
I hav e traveled to C uzc o a nd went to
Machuu Pichuu, one of the "Seven Wond ers
of the Wo rld ," which was amazing. Climbing
the many stairs was a struggle, but of co urse
I was determined to reach th e top. As we left
Machuu Pichuu we saw a boy running all the
way down the stai rs and at eve ry corner or
turn we tossed him som e change. When we
reached the bottom, we found out that this
was the boy that was supposed ro be riding
the bus with us.
We got lost in C uzco on our first day
because the tour agency did not pick us up.
I had the telephone number of Li:na's hostel
so finally we found a travel agency with an
American who spoke Engl ish after driving
to two police stations where no one spoke

(M iriam is a s tud en t c urreml y tr ave llin g in
Peru. )
Here in Peru, Coca is eve rywhere, in leaf form,
in teabags, or chemicall y altered and surreptit io usly
hidd en und er the g rim y jacke ts o f m en sta ndin g
o n th e stree ts, hi ssing and whi spering at tourists
w ho've com e fro m all over the wo rl d. You ca n buy
it at th e market, at the grac, ry store, on th e street,
or from said fri ghtening m ell wi th din y clothes and
sli ghtly sa di stic eyes.
The leaves are sh arply run g~ nt, anJ .I mcll a link
hit mu sty, li ke th e. co.rncr o f ,I room that a ca t Ius
sprayed in the di sta nt pa, l. The), a r ~ brit tle bu t greCl] ,
1-3 in ches lo ng and 0.5 to 1 in ch wide. Chewi ng
them fo r sus tained energy and Ill ~nta l al:lcrit y is a b it
nas ty, bu t ben eficial on long hi ke.
Inthe morning, at breakfast with the mi ddl e-class
fa mil y I'm staying with , I have a ta7.za (mug) o r rwo
of mate de coca, which is boiling water po ured o ver
coca leaves, and a few teaspoo ns of sug:lf. I also drink
a cup or rwo late r in the afte rnoo n at wha tever cafe
o r restaurant I h appen to be ca l ing ai, o r during a
break at the Sp"nish sc hool I am siu dyin g at. I lik e
ir quitc a bit, ca r lots of it, and fin d it in credibly
helpful for dealing w ith the altilud e: afte r drinking
a cup of it, I ca n actually sec the bluish titH under
my oxyge n-d eprived fingernail s gradua ll y f:-r de back
to a nice, healthy pink.
It isn't like an illicit drug at all . Th ere is no 'high ,'
onl y so mething slightly bene r, and it isn't even like
the illusion of energy from drink ing co ffee . There
are no jitters, 'and no hangover type feelings, like
when a caffeine buzz suhsides. Th:H ~ aid , a lot of
people do make and sel l coca ine, whi ch is diffcrcnr
and
not on my agenda for recrearional things to do
Rosette Cross is an ElJergl"een student
here.
Dirty, sca ry, men with pockcts full of ill ega l
with the Mll ckleshoo t Rese rlJa tion
things sca re me.
Based Progrnm.
A few days ago in Lima, a powerful.md dangcro us
m a n , who had bee n eva din g th e po li ce tu r over
a decade, mysteriously fell from the sky, cl ad in
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kilos of coke. Everybody in
the street got a sno mful of
was wo nd erful and they were~fra id
th a t we m ay n o t h ave th e ri g h t
type of food a nd drinks. We drank
h ot m ilk and used to ilet
p aper for n ap ki ns. The
chi cken so up wa s fresh
b eca use th ey raise th eir
own ch ickens . All of
th e food was na tural.
Orc hards o f oranges on
th e hillsides we re co tweni ent for all [0 pick. There
were ha nan a trees ncar o ur
huts and fresh, deli cious
coconut to ca t and Jrink.
Th e As h aninka s
gave u, a how and arroW
to
the
to
present
tribe.
M u c klesh oot
U nfortuna tely, o n th e
flight back security rook
it and though I p rate.,tcd
th at we weren't savages and
wou ld n't ha rm anyone,
they rook it anyway.
The children o f Peru
arc all beautiful and th eir
everyday ac tivi ties co nsi st
of schoo l, playing socce r
and just being themselves. They do no t have
Ga meboys, Playstation or
television.

English. The Ashaninka natives are in need of
el ectricity, medi cines, clothes and many o ther
ne cess ities. Yet, having through observing
so me successes in computer technology,
it's clear they have com e a lo ng way. The
Muckleshoot rribe has dona ted mon ey for
construction and computers for their Internet
Telecommunications building.
The people were very friendly and knowledgeab le in m edicin es, cooking, sewin g,
and educa ti o n. I am their sister. They arc
similar to Native Ameri cans in many ways
and cultu re. The wom en make beautiful wing
dresses as their attire and the mcn wcar the
same type of outfit if th ey want. Arts and
crafts consisted of door di splays, wind chimes,
and many necklaces , The women's hospitality

airhorn e coca int: , and sev-

eral less innocent hystand ers pocketed unre co rd ed
quantities of the shimmeri ng wh i te c lou d that had
dcscendeJ on a residenti al
di strict of th e city before the
poli ce and the fire depart ments arrived, and began
sweeping up the pinkish
mess of mangled brains
and little white whirlwinds,
without masks or respira[Ors.
There are s tr.lnge jungle-bo rne angel s spinning
around this country. Some
of them sit inside teacups
guarding my health, so mc
earn poor fa rm ers a living,
o r line sleazy busi ness men's
po ckets, and so m a ny . o f
them turn th e cit ies upsid e
down , with o r without the
help of in cred ibl y hi gh civil
se rvants carr yin g broo m s
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A rece nr p oli ce d escr iption read s: White
Mal e Adult; 26 - 30 years; 5'S" - 5' 10";
160 - 16 5 Ibs.; Pale co mplexion; Skinny
build ; L o ng, sc ragg ly, wavy d a rk brown
h a ir ; mu s tach e; O li ve-colored jacket open; Flannel , pla id shirt with ta ils ha nging out b elow; Bea nie cap - light brown,
k III· t; "G runge " .. .
T his d escr iption, and composire drawing d ated 1:30 a. m., 11119/02, is all eged to
fit a n Ol y mpia m an who recently attended
Evergreen.
Andre\y ( Mc C ra e) Micke l. 23, of
O lympia, Wash., stands accused of murdering a p o li ce officer on Nov. 19 in Red
Bluft~ Califo rni a. Officer Dave M o bili o,
31, was sh o t 3 tim es while pumping gas
.into his p atro l car durin g an ea rly morning
shifL Two sho ts in the s id e, and the last
shot, later call ed 'execution-style' by th e
prosecutor, was at close-range to the b ack
of th e hea d.
Within days, a posting appeared on a
Sa n Fran c isco based Internet site confessing to th e murd e r. A m a n named Andrew
McC rae cried o ut against poli ce brutality,
a nd corporate irres pons ibility. To thi s
e nd , h e h ad murd e red a poli ce officer
in an attempt to ca ll attention to these
injustices a nd th e exi stin g police state in

this country.
Another writing pos ted by the same
individual iss ues a "Declaration of
Renewed American Independence" . The
letter begins with an apology to the family
and friends of th e officer kill ed in Red
Bluff, California, and goes on to attack
the law-enforcement practices that have
defiled our liberties. It goes on to cite
th e " War on Drugs , " and the viol e nt
dominance of political tactics, like those
u sed by the WTO, as examples of skewed
law enforcement practices. Th e le tte r is
signed "The American People ."
Within days, Mickel was arrested after
a two-hour standoff with police at a hotel
in downtown Co ncord. New H a mpshire.
I was in N ew Hampshire for the holidays,
and I took the opportunity to dig around
a bit for ties to this case. The Concord
Monitor, the sta te capital's newspaper, had
published half a dozen articles on Mickel's
arres t and arraignme nt. It was BIG news
for Conco rd. Four separate articles, all
front page news . None of the articles
m e ntion Eve rgree n. Though almost all
o f the articles rec ognize Mick e l's prior
e nlistment in the U .S, Army.
Like many veterans we share the same
viewpoint in looking back at the military
exp e ri e nce. I wou ld agree to his words,
tha t "after leaving the se rvice, (we] step
back; and look at U.S. foreign policy to
see it for what it is." Now, see ing U .S.

military foreign policy "for what it is"
isn't a pretty picture. He has accused the
U ,S , military of " raping and destroying
the places 'terrorists' are from." From my
perspective , the U ,S. certainly acts like a
schoo l-yard bully when it comes [0 world
policy and international relations . I may
be going out on a limb, but most of the
students I speak to a t Evergreen feel this
w ay. Mic kel was one who c h ose to act
out agaltlst IL
Mickel chose New Hampshire because
of a "right to revolution" in the state's constitution. Article 10 of the New Hampshire
State Constitution states "whenever the
e nds of government are perverted, and
public liberty manifesrly endangered,
a nd all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and oflight ought
to r eform the o ld , or estab lish a new
government." He had previously registered
pape rwork with the Secretary of State
to es tablish a business in Loudon, NH .
His intent was to use this as a means of
immunity from any prosecution .
Historically speaking, great leaps in
soci a l and cultural change begin with
revolution. The participants in Bos ton's
histo ri c tea- party revolted against British
taxation with hostility, freeing th emselves
from taxa tion without represe ntation . The
re volutionaries who wrote the original
Decla ration and founded indep endence
for this country did so in the fight against

oppression. Who's to say some renewal
isn't necessary? A litde revolution from
time to time is healthy. We attend a school
with deep roots in educational revolution .
If given the chance, how many of us would
not jump to write such a declaration, to
renew the American sys tem?
In the case of Mickel, his revolution
went too far. The action became fierce, the
method violent. Though the history of this
country is steeped in violent revolution,
looking for other answers has become
absol utel y necessary. If we are to have
revolution in this country it will not
be won with weapons, We are too far
outmatched for that. No, revolution must
come through civi l action, and disobedience. We need a shift in values , not only
leadership. When Gandhi led India to
independence, he did it peacefully.
I also took the opportunity to attend
Mickel's trial on Dec. 26 at the Concord
District Courthouse. It was here, after
what must have been a lonely Christmas
behind bars, that Andrew Mickel was
warranted for extradition to California to
stand trial for murder. California carries
the death penalty for murdering a police
officer on duty.
"Let me say this, at the risk of sounding
ridiculous, that the true revolutionary is
guided by great feelings of Love." -Ernesto
"Che" Guevara

Police Services Community Review Board
b}'Imda Hohman
The Mi ss ion of th e PSC RB is to further
co mmuni ca tio n between the campus community a nd Po li ce Se rv ices , a nd to provid e
a community rev iew for specific concerns
or co mpl aints about Police Services not
otherwise subject to rev iew by the Deadly
Force Review Board.
During fall quarter, we heard concerns
from many students abo ut police interactions and procedures in the tesidence halls
when an unde rcover police person was
hired to do a drug bus t. Stude nts were
also conce rned about the procedures u sed
in a pe ppe r-spray incide nr and in campus
a rres ts.
While the PS C RB held monthly meetings to whi c h all campus community
m e mbers were invited, no community

m e mbers attended to ta lk about their
concerns. In response, the PSCRB decided
to hold a Public Forum in the Housing
Comm unity' Cente r (HCC) on Nove mber
8. Th ere were close to 70 students who
attended the forum and asked questions,
s hared ideas and concerns , and made
requests and suggestions.
Based on the requests from th e
November 8 meeting, we had another
Public Forum in the HCC o n the evening
of November 20 where students could
follow up with Art C ostantino, Vice
Pres ident for Student Affa irs, and Steve
Huntsberry, Director of Police Services.
Aga in, app roximately 70 student participants asked clarifying questions , expressed
concerns and made suggestions.
On December 4 we hosted a third
Public Forum in the LCC, this time with

the Campus Poli ce Officers as g u ests.
Students asked question s , learned more
about police procedures, made suggestions
and everyone threw out ideas about how
we cou ld work together b e ner in our
commun Ity.
The PSCRB had a planning meeting on
December 6 and will be making recom mendations to the Vice Pres ident and
Police Chief later this month (January),
One of the main goals of the PSCRB is
to educate the community, keep the community informed about what is happening
and be available to facilitate debriefings
with the community when there is an
incident or conflict involving Police
Services.
We welcome your input, concerns,
suggestions, and questions , You can
call Linda Hohman, the chair of the

PSCRB, at 867-6346, email her at
hohmanl@evergreen.edu or drop by the
Housing Office in Building A room 301 .
There are more Public Forums to com e
winter quarter. Each forum is advertised
on TESCrier, in the CPJ and by flyers
posted throughout campus.

Students Protest Possible Tuition Hikes
Continued from cover
went ins ide to anend a meeting of
legislators working on high er education
issues. The rest of the crowd held caution
tape in a circle around the building a nd
chanted" 16-18- 20 percent, we can't even
pay our rent,"
The price o f education is roo high ,
sa id Evergreen s tudent Lucas Limbach .
He sa id th a t education was important,
but that the effec tiveness of the protes t
was minimal at bes L He ,didn't believe

that the legislature was paying attention.
A dialogue between the legislature and
the protesters would be more effective,
said Lucas,
Jen Laverents, a high school student
from Black Hills High sa id that she
a ttended because sh e " ... wanted to see
what problems higher education was facing
today. " She also told me she wanted to
inform herself more about budget issues
and the relationship between .the state

government and higher education. She
was optimistic about the protest's influence
on the legislature,
The groups that organized the event
were Students Inriating Democracy in
Education (S ,I.D ,E) and United Students
for Higher Education. The Eyergree n
Political Information Committee (E.P.I.e.)
also advertised heavily for the event. The
proposed tuition hike would be 'at least'
18% over the next two years,

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Who's Who

State pays less money for higher ed, pressu~es schools to recruit out-ofstate
All stories by Erzea Nelson

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continued from cover

Steve Hunter
Director ofEnrollment
Services, in charge ofthe
recruitment plan

DougScrima
Director ofAdmissions

Hilary Seidel
Admissions Counselor

The cost of public higher education is
being passed from the state to the students.
Tuition was raised 14 percent this year for
all undergraduates.
More than half of Evergreen's tuition
revenue comes from the pockers of less than
one fourth of Evergreen's students. They are
from outside of Washington state, and they
are paying $12,000 plus in tuition a year.
Many voices from out-of-state complain
about the cost of rising tuition. One could
answer back, "Why didn't you go to school
in your own state?"
But what if they wanted an alternative
education, an interdisciplinary education-an
Evergreen education. Evergreen isn't just like
any other state school. Its academic program
is unique, and that spreads its appeal far
beyond state borders.
The Washington State legislature recognizes this . Although it used to criticize
Evergreen for having too many out-of-state
students, it now embraces those outsiders
with open arms. In fact, in determining the
amount of money to give Evergreen, the state
expects the college to have 25 percent of
its student population paying out-of-state
tuition, a historical number that they derived
from student body populations of the past.
Yet over the last decade Evergreen has
much more success in recruiting in-state
students than it used to. When Evergreen had
such high numbers of non-residents in the
80s, the school was censured.
"Legislators used to say, 'No one from
the state will go there, why are we funding
the place?'" Steve Hunter said . "Now we've
increased the amount of in-state students that
are coming and we can't balance the budget
because of that success ."
There has "also been some seriolls discllssion about the poss ibility o f go ing up to
3 0 p e rc ent o ut-of-s t at e students to raise
addi tional reve nu es.
But c urr e nrl y Ev erg ree n ha s only 21
pe rcent. Still , tha t numbe r is significantly
higher than most state schools. In Western
Washington University's freshman class, on ly
seven percent non - resident students. Th e
Universiry of Washington has 18 percent.
Even though we have a higher percentage of
out-of-state students than any other public
college or university, we still don't have
enough. Stack that on top of the budget
cuts that .came from the $2.5 billion state
deficit, and all of the sudden there isn't much

money around.
Evergreen needs more money soon, or
services could start getting cut.
Some of that money could come from
the state. The Washington State Higher
Education Board is proposing a $1.1 billion
increase for ·the state higher education
budget. Some of that money could also
come from where its practically required
of the college, out-of-state tuition. Let the
recruitment begin.
New Ground
To bring us back to the expected 25 percent, Associate Vice President of Enrollment
Services, Steve Hunter and the Director of
Admissions, Doug Scrima, are responsible
for developing the recruitment plan, a
document that Evergreen had never created
before.
They are also responsible to see that
the recruitment plan is carried out and
followed. Not only did the plan provide
clear goals for Evergreen's recruitment, but it
also contained the outline for an aggressive
effort to recruit out-of-state, unmatched in
Evergreen's history.
Evergreen admissions counselors never
used to visit out-of-state high schools. They
never used visit Connecticu/ , Vermont or
Texas. Now they do. There even one out
of the six admissions counselors dedicated
to out-of-state and international recruiting.
The other five also travel out-of-state. Yet
Evergreen is a school created to serve the
people of the state of Washington. Why is
there any recruitment out-of-state in the
first place?
Steve Trotter has an answer. He thinks
that the State is trying to subsidi ze the
education of in -state students by accepting
more out-oF-state tuition dollars . It's a
strategy that's been tried and has worked
before, Trotter says, in the Oregon higher
edu cation system, a mon g orhers. Here in
W as hington the UW is also revving up
its out-of-state recruitment, and wants to
have a significantly higher percentage of
non-residents on its campus.
Art Costantino , the Vice President of
Student Affairs, accepts the need for increased
enrollment of non-residents.
"The general trend is that colleges have
no choice to attract out-of-state students," he
said. "We can't ensure quality if we can't find
anymore ways to increase revenues."
Now, Everg reen is spending roughly

f

the West Coast." Hunter is disappointed with
the current numbers, but he's not ready to
pull the plug on Hawaii recruitment because
Washington and Beyond
he is still experimenting with new strategies '
States that Evergreen targets with college to get out-of-state students.
fairs, information sessions and high school
It's Hunter's second year on the job, and
visits are New Hampshire, Minnesota, before he starred, the college's enrollment of
Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, out-of-state students had dropped considerHawaii, Colorado, California, Oregon and ably. Now its slowly going back up. At the end
Alaska.
of this year, he will listen to the counselors,
We also visit Maine, Missour'i, North look at the admissions numbers, and review
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, but those which recruitment efforrs were successful and
states are on circuit of traveling college fairs which were nor.
that the school participates in.
Hunter says that all the decisions on where
According to the United States Census to recruit were based on historical numbers
Bureau, Connecticut has the highest median of students Evergreen has attracted in the
household income level in the nation. Hawaii, past. Also, he said Evergreen looks at the
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, curriculum in schools they plan to visit to see
California, Colorado, Minnesota and Alaska if it will fit with Evergreen's academics.
also have median household incomes that are
But what if a non-resident student couldn't
above the national average. The only place afford to pay the estimated $22,000 in tuition
that Evergreen targets that doesn't have a and living expenses it takes to attend this
higher median income than the rest of the college? The largest financial aid package
US is Oregon .
available to non-resident students (which
While outside of Washington, the counsel- includes loans) is about $9,600. It wou ld take
ors are going to many areas with a significantly a lot ofloans or a large scholarship to pay the
higher median income than the rest of the rest of tuition, let alone living costs
country. They are also visiting many private
Although he acknowledged that it wouldn't
schools. Nineoutof21 high schools visited in do Evergreen much good to recruit a nonNorthern California are private schools with resident student who couldn~t pay the cost
tuitions ranging from $8,000 to $22,255 a of going to school here, he pointed out that
year. The other high schools are in affiuent there are poorer out-of-state students who
areas such as Marin, San Mateo and San are pulling it off.
Francisco counties. Californi a already has
"We gave not a whit of thought to recruita higher median income than the rest of ing an out-of-state student who could pay
the Un ited States, and Marin, San Mateo their own way," he said.
and San Franci sco counties have higher
But what about Washington? Evergreen
incomes than rest of California. San Mateo hits many high schoo ls and community
and Marin counties have median incomes of colleges on the 1-5 corridor and the Olympic
over $70,000 a yea·r. The California median peninsula. Eastern Washington gets visited
is over $47,000 a year. The national median too, but coverage is spotty.
is about $42,000.
In total, Evergreen's admissions counselors
Hawaii is a stare th ar Evergreen's admis- visit (i n Fall) 150 in-state schools, 3 1 in-state
sions counselors have visited for man y years co mmunity colleges , 6 5 o ut-of- state high
for periodic college fairs. Evergreen will have schools, 34 college fairs (in and out-of-state)
seven recruirment eve nts in Hawaii this and four out-of-state information sessions.
year. For all of rh e recruitment done in
Hawaii, Evergreen has only 24 students from
there. The percentage of Asian and Pacific
Islanders at the college hasn't changed since
last year. There are 11 students who identify
themselves as Native Hawaiian.
Part of Steve Hunter's job is to keep track
The Higher Education Coordinating
of how successful the recruiting efforts are. He
Board
asked the state to give colleges 1. 1
says Evergreen picked Hawaii because it is "a
billion dollars in October. But in December,
fertile recrui ting ground for most colleges on
Gary Locke asked the legislature to approve
half of its recruitment travel budget on
out-of-state travel.

Maximum financial aid awards for non-residents vs. residents

Steve Trotter
Director ofOperational Planning
and Budget

Brian Shirley

Associate Director of Financial Aid

Hilary Seidel is tired. She left on September 15 to start traveling for recruiting, and finally got back home in the beginning of
November. During her trip she visited Minnesota, New England, Oregon, Colorado, Alaska and some spors in Washington. She drove and
flew her way to high schools and college fairs, sometimes seeing more than 400 prospective students at any given fair.
Seidel is an admissions counselor, and big part of her job is recruitment. All the nearly all of the other five admissions counselors do
some work out-of-state, Seidel's focus is completely on out-of-state and international students.
"Now it's the waiting 'game," she says. But she's nor just going to sit around until the application deadline comes. She needs to
process reams of student contact inforrriation and notes on various sites she worked at on her journey. 'She'li be working in her office at
Evergreen until next Spring, when its time to hit the road again.
She's noting places to add to next year's itinerary, and places to strike out. At some high schools, she got 22 students at an
information session. That's a great number. Sometimes, alumni help get the word our.
"I went to one school in New Hampshire and the counselor was wearing his Evergreen T-shirt," she said.
Some schools she got ten students, others were more dismal. At a school in Vermont, only one student showed up. That can be
disappointing, but because the recruitment program is so new, much of what she is doing is establishing relationships with counselors
and teachers at schools that Evergreen's recruiters have never visited before.
"Irs getting applications, yes, but its also explaining what its like at Evergreen."
Steve Hunter, the Associate Vice President for enrollment services, is trying to develop a new buzz about Evergreen. Before, he said,
Evergreen's high population of out-of-state students came by "much more word of mouth ."
But now the word can't be heard on the street.
"When you have a drop with non-residents coming to the college, there's a shortage of mouths out there."
Admissions counselors like Seidel are left to talk up Evergreen.
Time and applications will tell if her recruiting was successful, but at least she has a positive indicator right now- prospective
studenr inquiries about the college are up.
Although she mainly talks to students, she also spends time calming parents fears
and explaining Evergreen's academics.
"Sending you child across the country is a big scary thing."
Most out-of-state students Evergreen tries to woo are first year students just out of high
school. Many students she talks to are young, and inexperienced with finances.
"I always tell a student to think about how they're going to pay for their second,
third and fourth years."
For some students though, money isn't an issue, even with the recenr raise 111
tumon .
"22,000 (the estimated total cost for non-residents) seems like a real bargain for a lot
of parents ... their income is so high they don't qu alifY for fi,nancial aid."
In New England, Seidel said many parents are used to private school tuition s, which
average above $20,000 fo r just the cost of tuition . To them, Evergreen is a bargain.
"On the east coast th ey're like, 'Oh , that's nothing,'''
At the e nd of rh e day, ')eide! can only hop e all th~ mil es sh e's rac ked up o n th e
recruitment trail ·will payoff. She'll keep track of the students she has talked to on
her trips for th e ne xt two years. Oth ers will be lookin g closel y at her out-of-state
successes as well.
"As a state school we rel y heavily on out-of state-tuition for sure, its what keeps
ou r faci lities and education nice."

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in the next two years. The HECB is a tenmember board of citizens, appointed by the
governor, to represent the broad public interest
a cut in higher education funding totaling in the development of higher education policy.
$109 million. He also told schools they The Board administers state-funded student
would be allowed to raise their tuition by financial aid, monitors performance, provides
nine percent. If schools take. tuition hikes budget and enrollment recommendations, and
to the limit, like they did last year, resident helps the development o(policy.
undergraduate tuition at Evergreen would
Back in 1987, the board had high hopes.
be $3800, and nonresident tuition would 'In the Master Plan of that year, they proposed
be over $13,000.
that Washington State "achieve a system of
Financial aid will increase, but not for
higher education that is one of the five best
non-resident students.
in the nation." Now they're just fighting to
Higher education, which includes comget state and local governmenr funding up to
munity colleges, takes up 12.3 percent of the
the national average of $6,254 per student.
state budget. Higher education is considered
Currently, the state spends $5,350 per student
an easy part of the budget to ·cut in times of
at Evergreen.
trouble, as the schools can turn to tuition
Now colleges are asked to make up the lack
for the money they need.
of state money by raising tuition. The HECB
Steve Trotter isn't happy with higher
board sets a cap on tuition increases for all
education being "the squ'eeze box for the
the public colleges each year. The individual
state."
colleges can determine how much they wanr to
Nearly all the public higher education
raise their tuition within that limit.
institutions are over-enrolled. State funding
The state used' to tell colleges what their
for the institutions has steadily declined
tuition would be. But that has since changed.
since the mid-1990s. And, our state funding
The HECB'Master plan 2004 states the trend
is significantly lower than what occurs at
simply:
comparable institutions in other states.
"The cost of public higher education is
Recently the Washington State Higher
being transferred from the state to students
Education Coordinating Board (HECB)
and their families."
made a recommendation to the state governIt didn't used to be this way. The legislature
ment to increase funding for the state's
used to set the tuition amount for each institucolleges and universities by 1.1 billion dollars

tion every year. Before 1995, the state had
an actual equation that it used to calculate
the cost of educating each student. In-state
students were set to pay 25 percent of their
education costs while the state paid 75
percent. Out-of-state students were supposed
to pay 125 percent of their education costs.
All the tuition money went directly into the
state's coffers, not the colleges.
In 1992, tuition paid 25 percent of the
cost of running Evergreen. Now, it pays
for 35.2 percent. The HECB sets a cap on
tuition for all the public colleges each year.
The individual colleges determine how much
they want to raise their tuition within the
limit.
Edie Harding is an employee of the
college who works with the state legislature.
She thinks the state changed the way it
funded state institutions to give them more
"flexibi lity and accountabi lity." She also
added that they did it to " .. . not take heat
for tuition increases."
Bob Craves, chairman of the HECB,
doesn't hold much hope that legislature will
approve increase any funding when the fiscal
forecast looks as grim as they did last year.
"My first step is to convince them to step
up to the plate and be leaders," he said.
However, at the end he bel ieves it will be
up to the people.
"We will have to go to the voters sometime
soon."

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Evergreen K'ung-t=u Voted to
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Rarely is music so refreshin g and important th at it aUlOmat ica lly stirs up the inner-child
in you and reminds yo u why you fdl in love with music in the flrsl place. You're reminded
of music's infinite poss ihil ities and [h e wondrous range of emotion s it can inspire. My
C hemical Rom:lI1 ct , with i" new alhum , / Brollght YOII My Bullets. YOII Brollght Me Your
Lm ·e. docs just Ihell. The hand 's sound is a delicious mixture of th e vi sce ral lyri cism
of Dcspcracidos and the scream in g sin g-alo ng's of Taking Back Su nday with a touch
of Tra il of Dead 's .noisily chaoti c g uitar clashes. "Vampi res Will Never Hurt You" is an
awe- inspir in g track th at is represenleltive oft h e band's musical effect ; the music is relentlessly
cap ti vating. The eleven tracks from this album will induce lots of faux -head banging,
but thelT will be equa l amounts of introspective so ul -searc hin g, and therein li es the
achievem ent of this young band .
My Cf,clIJiCf/1 Romfln ce is coming 10 SMilie for fI show wilh Jl1inlls d ie Beflr find Piebflld
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As a rul e of thumb, a musician will not change hi s or her signature sound unless a
ca!3strophic reason m erit s it. You'll never hear Trent Reznor laying down boisterous beats
lor Missy Ell iol. W ith that said, Tom Morello, ex-guitari st and sonic arch itect of Rage
Agains t the Machine , has a new group by the name of Audioslavc (any underpinning
sadomasochistic messages involving AV geeks yet 10 be determined) with ex-Soundgarden
crooner C hri s Corne ll. Lo and behold, Audioslave sounds exac tly lik e RGTM without
Z3Ch de la Rods hip -hop Ilavored political. "fuck the man " aphorisms. Nevertheless, this
is a great rock album without any annoyi ng pretenses. Morello's guitar wizardry is better
than ever, and his backup comrades balance ou t hi s thunderou s and cvcr-morphing licks
with driving percussion and enough funk to make George C linton proud. Co rnell's voice
provides an ideal compa nio mh ip to the rock sou nd that people have come to associate
with Tom Morello; Cornell 's voi ce is tender in "Like a Stone" and raging without a cause,
hallelujah, in "Cochise" and "Gasoline." Although the band could ha ve come up with a con ler
name, thl' music it's produced will sati sfy m9st rock lovers, even the wife-heater wearing hi cks
who think "Sweet Home Alahama" sho uld be our national alllhem.

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"If we can't make fun of ot he r people,
who ca n we make fun or" This is but one of
the many noteworthy exclamations of Tom
Leahy during the question and answer session
following the film Mlllletville las t Friday.
Leahy is the writer, direclOr and star of the
film, and in th e first scene describes the film
as a documentary about "white trash" . For
the next two hours, Mulletville proceeds
to mock and trivialize life in a poor, rural
white community, with the goal of inciting
laughter at their sexist, childish and anima li stic
behavior. Although thr ough ou t the film
m any of the characters showed momellls of
compassion and int elli ge nce, Leahy stated
that his goal was to make one-dimensional
characters . "T hree dimensional c harac ters
aren't funny," he sai d . It 's interest ing how
Leahy's one-dimensional portrayal of the
characters served to reinforce negat ive stercotypes we have of working class and poor
people.
Leahy's use of a fake documentary placed
him within th e community as a co ll ege film
student returning to hi s hometown to film
one of his cousin's rowdy parties for a schoo l
project. He established himself as h av ing
history with the ot her characters, giving him
license to reciprocate some of the ridicule he
received from them growing up. Leahy makes
it clear to the audience and film crcw that
the point is to capt ure as much infantile and
ridiculous behavior as possible.
The beh avio r of the individuals is not
the probl em . Excessive drinking , sex ism,
homophobia, loud , obnoxious music, uncmployment and domestic violence occur in all

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social classes. These behaviors can m e made
hUlllorou s. However, Mulietville di sp layed
these charact eri st ics as indi cative of "white
trash," and that is a problem.
What is worse is that when asked about
his actual class b ackg round, Leahy gave
no indication of havin g c lose ti es to th a t
commu nity. He denied having grown up in
a trailer and when a woman and a man in
the audience asked Leahy direct questions
about his sacio-economic 'background, he
avoided the questions. He then proceeded ,
amid laughter and support from much of the
audi ence to call those ask ing about class "the
freaks in the corner."
What he did say was that "people who ask
those questions need to look at themselves
an d see who they are trying to protect." This
statement implies that discussions of c1assism
necessar ily victimize poor peopl e. This is
not the case. Dialoguc about c1assism ca n
be about understanding a community's role
in perpetuating stereotypes. We do need to
loo k at ourselves.
T he point is, o n Friday, as a community,
wc were unwilling to look at ourselves and our
relationship to the c1assism in the film. Afrer
viewing such a negative portrayal of a group
of people, why were we more interested in
asking about Leahy's favorite type of beer than
about the implications of his film?
Was it that we just wanted to laugh on a
Friday night, or is it that people of privileged
classes have yet to recognize c1assism as a form
of oppress ion?

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If you've heard of Eve rgreen's Kung-Fu
team recently, yo u've probably also heard of
their five page sp read .jn the January 2003
issue of Inside Kung-Fu (IKF).
Well, just recently, th e Team's success
g av e th em unpreceden-red status when
they we re nan,ed the competitors of th e
year in th e Feb ruar y issu e of IKF. The
endorsement earned rh em a place in IKF's
H all of Fame,
"The Bak Sluolin Eagle Claw National
Team h as proven over the past six years
that if you're good e nou gh , even the most
unenligh tened judges must stand up and
take notice." wro te Dave Cater, edito r of
IKF.
The Team ha s often been not e d for
their wide: var iety of martiaL sk ill. Team
memb e rs ha ve bee n known to fi g ht with

Dolour is an archaic term that means sorrow and grief Don't be foo led by the overly
mdancholic namc. This Sea ttl e band is all about pop with a sensitive proclivity towards
healing old relationship wo und s. Shane Turm ac, Dolour's emaciated, keyboard-wheeling .
frontman, wears hi s influ ences on his sleeve. Traces of Blur, Weczer, The B,atles, and Ben
Folds can be detected thruughout Suburhiac, Dolour's ncw album. At th e sam e time ,
Turm3 c infuses hi s songs of heartach e with eno ugh sin cerity, originality, ea r pleas in g
melodies, aco ustic sou l, a nd appropriate quirkiness to make time spent listening to his
work enjoyable and worthwhil e.
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DololII' is plflying fit The Crocodile in Seflttle on / / / 6/03.

horoscopes!

bySophalLong

Aries.
Soon, a new invention will dramatically change your lift! Cell-phone lISe will be on Ihe
rise and you will get those blinky LED. lights on your phone because you think they're cool.
Drawback: YOIl will never be able to remain inconspicllous, especially when YOll are in an alley
and talking to your mom flbollt how your cat likes to lick your toes,

Geoducks Upset #18 Concordia, 68-63
Etwrgrcm winsfolll'th stmight game,

Taurus.

n l e EI)fI:~ rf<''' Stille C olleg e !Jporls l"form,llion

Gemini.
Oh, damn! What the F·ck? Please, oh lord, no' Damn spiders l

Cancer.
Herbal Essences commercials will start to illfluence euery brflnch ofYOllr t/Jillking.
Slowly, YOII' will begin to have gloriollS hair. Th.e wondofid scents will diffllSe into the
flir. Suddenly. a group of "CK-esque" men will come out of nowhere and Ihm ... and then.
um ... Don't worry, it'll be cool.

Leo.
Decisions, decisions, choices, choices. Hurray for them l You will be foced with fI hard decision
with a difficult choice. Mine was how to slructure the preceding qtll'Stion.
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Vir~o.

You know ... ~ all thought it'd be cool, man. Bllt, somehow, it jusl didn't turn 'o ut
exactly like you wanted. Next rime, mflke sure YOIl remember to keep a watchfit! C)'e on
your baked goods.

Libra.
Wasn't tkat show great? Very soon, y.oll will experience another wonderfit! and entertflining .
event. Perhaps, in next week's horoscope.

ScorpiO.
Whoo! way to go Scorpions, I mean Scorpios! Keep on rocking with your badass
ftw days, you will be given the opportllnity to show your "thang. "

fflil....

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"We don't lo se at home ... and nohody
disrespects us when they come to o ur gym!"
Those were just some of the words mutterl·d
amongst th<· Gcod uck players bdore Salurday
nights match-up between The Evergreen State
Co llege (4-2 co nference, 9-10 overall) and
the number 18th ranked team in the nation,
the Co ncordia Cava liers (4 - 1 conference,
10-4 ovcr:l ll) .
The crowd-pleas ing ballie and the ga me's
intensity never seemed to .let up for the full
40 minutes. The Geoducks prevailed, 68-63,
upsetting the Cavaliers and handing them
their first conference loss of the seaso n.
Neither tcam .,ec med to have co mplet e
con trol o f the game or the lead, especially
in the fir.,t half. Buckets were matched o ne
after the other and rhe lead bounced back and
lorth be[ween the tea illS.
At the end of the half each team had
knocked down' 3 field goals, and the Cavaliers
held a small three-point lead.
The seco nd half was just as exciting as
the fir s!. Steals Icd to fast break lay-ups
and the tension only got higher as the game
wenton.~~~~~~~==

words

Sajlittarius.
All right, come on guys. Cet with the program. It's about damn time YOti get out ofYOllr
rooms 'I1nd take the world by stonn .. Or at. very least c,ook breakfast or clean your room. Afier
that happens, you will be rewarded fry good ftelings.
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Yoilr sens~ ofstyle is quite unique. Within a few hours ofreading this, people will notice how
unique ytiur style is. After that. you will be proud and people wi{llik: joil even more. .

Aquarius.

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Remaining calm is going to be hard for you this week. Your new love will pester and pester
find pester you for time. Schoolwork is going to be horrendous. They should stflrt having a
"Bring-A-Friend- To-Class" Day. It will be fon . .. maybe.

Capricorn.

awesome Kung-Fu power in full conract
rings one minute, th en fly through the air
with uncanny grace in forms competirion
the next. Bak Shaolin Eagle Claw h as
dominated in any and all events and their
hard work and cledication has earned them
much respcct in the world of martial arts.
So, wh ether your in te rest is in developing
a hard-hitting compet itiv e sp irit, refining a
sense of form through trad iti ona l Shaolin
method s o r just training in an ath le tic
e nvironment Evergreen's Bal< Shaolin Eagle
Claw club has the dynamic strucrure to suit
anyon e's interest in nurrial ans.
'Team Evergree n would like to thank
G ranclmaste r Fu Leung and Sifu Dana
G . Daniel s for th ei r coun tless hours
of in structio n. Fo r more in formarion
o n Eve rg reen Kung-Fu cont:lct Kevin
Barrett at (360)35 7 -9137 o r ch eck out
www.baksh:lolineagicclaw.colll.

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Good times~veryone. good times! Ifyou ar~ able to a~oid th~ ' ''next-morning-headaches'' ~hen
you go out, you mayor may not meet 'someone or something exciting or not. . . rnaybe.
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. Pisces. ' .

Ha ha! You are f4it (J'n this horoscope list, However, d~ n~tfre;, because YOll will be first in
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have so"ze very important news; justfory~;I.
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Evergreen found themselves trailing by ,i x
with just under 7 minutes to play in the gamc.
Fortunately the Geod ucks weren't willing to
let their golden opportunity slip away.
The Geoducks full court pressure, which
caused 14 Cavalier turnovers on th e ni ght ,
forced Concordia to nuke crucial mi stakes
late in the game, allowi ng th e Geoducks to
battle back. Evergreen finally gained the lead
on Mike Parker's (Washin gto n DC I Clover
Park HS) jumper with Ie" than three minutes
in the game, and never let it go, ending the
C:IVa liers seve n game win streak.
Parker led all scorers lor the game with 2 1
points on 9-18 shootin g. Parker also grabbed
six boards to go along with five assists and
tWO blocks.
Karriem Fielding (Sacramento, Ca l. I
Burbank HS) and Adam Lancer (Tumwater,
Wash. I Tumwater HS) gave Parker an excelle nt supporting cast in the win. Fielding had
17 (7-11), includin g two free throws with
under a play to seal the victory. Fielding also
had four and a team high 5 steals. Laneer
kno cked down 16 points (6- [ I) and snatched
6 rebounds on the night.
Concordia had four players score in double
figures, but it wasn't cnough to stop the
Geoducks. Andre Johnson led the Cavaliers
with 13 points on 5-1 [ shooting. Jon Lee and
Jerry Smith each chipped in 'I points and
Steve Ford added lOin the loss.
Overall the Geoducks beat the Cavaliers
on the boards 37-34. It is only the second
time this season the Geoducks have not been
out-rebounded. All three Evergreen coaches
seemed to agree by saying, "I'm proud of the
way our guys played ton·ight."
The Geoducks will be back in action on
Tuesday eve ning, January' 4, when they travel
to Oregon to face Warner Pacific Co llege.
Game time will be at 8:00 p.m.

Geoducks Blast
Warriors with 30 Point Win
All 10 players score for Geoducks in blowout
by De0n ./Ones
The Evergreen Srate Co llege Geoducks
captured their rhird s traight victory on
Friday evening with a 30-point blow our
over the Western Bapti sr \X'arriors (2- 2
confere nce, 4- 11 overall).
Evergreen met the challe nge and ran
away with a 96 -66 vi c tory, givin g t h e
G eod ucks a slighr edge in rhe confe re nce
srand in gs.
The first half belonged to the Geodu cks
as they came our read y to phy and on fire .
Evergreen knocked down 6 I % (19-31 ) of
their fi eld goals, includin g 50% (6- 12) of
th eir attempts from behind the three- point
line.
Eve rgreen 's defense a lso stepp ed up,
making it difficulr for the Warriors to
s h oot. Wesrern Baptist sh ot on ly 35 %
from the field in the firsr half, including
a horrific 140/" (2- 14) from three-point
bnd. Evergree n's hot shoot in g and relentless
defense allowed the Geo du cks to gain a
comfortab le 22-poin t lead at h a lf rim e,
4 7 -25.
The 20 minute h a lf time rest didn't
seem to slow the Geoduc ks d ow n , as rhey
came out in the second h a lf sco rin g the
first six points, building the lead to 2S.
Evergree n's lead never dropped below IS
for the remainder of the ga m e .
For rhe game th e Geoducks shot 59%
(36-61), including 44% from th e three point line (8-IS). Evergreen also outrebounded the Warriors 36- 27, the first
time the Geoducks ha ve out-rebounded an
opponent all year.
Offensively, the Evergreen fan s sawall
10 Geoducks score in t he game, including

Dennis Flynn (Tacoma, Wash. I Wil son
HS) and Allen Thomas (Lacey, Wash. I
River Ridge HS) who each contributed two
points in less than five minutes of play.
Mike Parker (Washington DC / Clover
Park [-[S) led the team with 20 points on
9- 14 shooting. Parker also had five stea ls
a nd three blocks , both gam e hi gh s, and
handed ou t four assists.
Haikim3 Moore ( Dall as, Tex . I Al len
liS) scored I ') poinrs off the bench for
the G eoduck s on 7 -9 s hooting, to g o
along wirh SeVe n boards. Moore's poinr,
came in just 16 minutes of play. Karriem
Field ing (Sac ram ento, Ca l. I Burba nk [-[S)
contributed 12 points (4 -8) and also dished
o ut five assists for Eve rgree n.
Ben Riippi (Puyallup, W"sh. I Puyallup
HS) was perfect from the floor (3- 3)
givin g him 11 points, whi le Adam Lancer
(Tumwater, Wa sh . / Tumwater HS) also
c hipped in II (4-12) and grabbed six
rebounds. Evergreen's Nate Robinson (Kenr,
Wash. I Kentwood H S) scored nin e po in ts
(3-5) in the win, to go a long with five
ass ists.
Western B"ptist only had two players
score in double figures for the game. Point
guard Marry Reid who had 20 points o n
8 - 14 shooting led the Warriors. Reid al so
h ad a t eam high six ass ists . Eric Fiegi
chipped in 17 points on the night, going
7 - 10 from the field.
" It's a big win," said Eve rgree n's Head
Coach John Barbee, "we ca n enjoy i, for
tonighr. .. ['m proud of the way we played,
but we have to come prepared and ready to
play tomorrow nigh t."

Concordia's Post Player Too Much For Everareen

Cavaliers build a twenty-six point half-time le'tld that
Geoducks cannot erase,

by ,James.1 POrtune
It can take only a single half for a team
to get into a hole that they cannot recover.
Such was the case Saturday night for The
Evergreen State College Women's Baskerball
team, as visiting Co ncordia University
scored 50 poin ts while Evergreen talli ed
only 24 points.
When the final buzzer sounded, th e
visiting Cavaliers had a 83-61 win, their
third conference win of the young season.
Evergreen fell to 0-6.
"We have not lea rned how to play backro -back games yet," said Evergreen head
coac h Monica Heuer. "We played well
la st ni ght but no one was too focused
ronight. "
Co nco rdia's game plan was simple, get
the ball to their post players, 5-foot - I I
senior H eathe r Seyfert and 6-foot-2 se ni o r
Amanda Tweedy. Together both g irls scored
forty -seve n points, w ith twenty-five for
Seyfert and twe n ty -two fo r Tweedy. Seyfert
added eleven rebou nd s to make th e gam e a
do uble -double affair.
With start e r Shiante Reed (Ta coma ,
Wash. I Foss H.s.) o n th e ben ch w ith a

severely sprained ankle, Evergreen's scoring
came from Alicia Riddle (Portl a nd Ore.
Polytechnic H.S.), Sara Wallman (Elma,
Wa sh. Elma H.S.) and senior Toni Jones
(Rocky Springs, Wyo. Rocky Springs H.S .).
Each girl scored in double figures , with
both Riddle and Wallman contributing
15 points.
In the second half Evergreen out
played the Cavalier, scoring thirty- seve n
to Concordia's thirty-three points, including two more three point baskets and six
additional free th rows. But th e plus four
scor in g margin by Evergreen only put a
small dent into the twenty-six point lead the
Cavali e rs had build in the first h alf.
Next weekcnd the Geod ucks find th e mselves on the road for rwo of th ei r three
games. Tu esday night th ey will take on
Warn e r Pacific in Portla nd . Friday rh e
opponent is Northwest Co ll ege in Kirkland ,
Wash .. Tip-ofT ror both women's ga mes is
schedul ed for G:OO p.m . Sunday, Everg ree n
w ill hosr Wall a Walla C o ll ege in an 'lfrernoon game, to begin a t 2:00 p.m .

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Get His LGtws Out of My uterus!
by LindY BlOdgett
President Bush is waging a war on our
reproductive health and rights. Bush's first
official presidential action jeopardized
the lives and health of millions of women
around the world, and he has yet to cease his
assault as he and his allies arrack abortion
rights, condom use, and sex education.
On January 22, 2000, Bush issued an
executive order reinstating the Global Gag
Rule, a radically conservative mandate from
the Reagan era, which was supported by
Bush Sr. and then repealed by Clinton. This
was on his second day as president. The
Global Gag Rule withholds U.S. funding
from foreign health care organizations
that provide abortion services, including
counseling or referral, or lobbying to make
or keep abortion legal in their country. It
applies even if the organization uses its own
money. Because the United States is one of
the leading funding sources of many foreign
health care agencies, the mandate uses
f!1oney to keep organizations hostage as
they struggle to balance funding needs with
the needs of the women in their communities. 80, 000 women die every year from
complications of unsafe abortion, and yet
a donor under the gag rule cannot give
a woman with an unintended pregnancy
her full range of options. The inability to
refer for a safe abortion inevitably leads to
rising rates of unsafe abortion and death

for women. In many developing countries, A strong majority of Americans support
complications from unsafe abortion are international reproductive rights and yet
the leading cause of maternal mortality. Bush and his appointed delegates are doing
However, many agencies have accepted everything possible to roll back decades of
the gag rule because they may be the on ly progress in ensuring reproductive health
health care agencies that access to basic and rights for people around the world.
health, contraceptive and pre-natal services. The Bush administration has reversed the
Reports have surfaced of agencies who U.S. position in support of 1994 global
were so scared of losing funding they agreement that affirms the right of all
refused treatment to a woman who came to couples and individuals to determine freely
them with serous complications of already and responsibly the number and spacing of
performed abortions. As a consequence, their children and to have the information nent to the US AIDS Panel
the woman died. Robbing doctors and and means to do so.
• Removing medically accurate informaorganizations of the right to free speech and
Don't think Bush isn't applying this tion about condom efficacy from the Health
lobbying, the United States is facilitating policy domestically. He began his presidency and Human Services web site
an international backslide in health care by attacking women internationally, but
• Announcing new rul es covering fetuses
providers' abilities to save women's lives.
he's done his best work in the U.S. His but not pregnant women n the Ch ildren's
Bush's attacks on international repro- domestic assault incl udes:
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) productive health have only escalated . His
• Closing the White House Office for gram
administration withheld $34 million from Women's Initiatives and Outreach
The United Nations Population Fund , the
• Stripping contraceptive coverage from
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largest provider of birth control, maternal federal employees in his first budget
and child health care, and HIV/AIDS
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by Cara FOlot-seres
With the anniversary of Roe v. Wade
fast approaching and planning underway
for celebrations commemorating 30 years
of struggles to preserve reproductive rights,
now is the time to examine what that
means .
Reproductive rights, based largely on the
right to privacy, were realized after court
hearings such as Roe v. Wade and Griswold
v. Connecticut. (For those of you who don't
know, Griswold v. Connecticut was the case
that graflted that contraceptive choices were
included in the rig)n to privacy.) Since
these landmark cases, the most one hears
about reproductive rights are the stories of
pro-life candidate platforms and protests at
abortion clinics. Challenges to the freedom
of choice and privacy seemed obscure
and unlikely before I got involved with
VOx. VOX, Latin for voices, is one of the
many student activity groups at Evergreen.
While being involved with VOX, I began to
question "choice:" what that means and if
it is really there. The phrase "reproductive
rights" is surprisingly misleading. After all,

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First, imagine that you are a woman
facing an unwanted pregnancy before 1973.
Second, imagine that you don't have the
money to fly out of the United States for an
abortion. With this option ruled out, your
best bet is the back seat of a car, an unsanitary
bathroom, an alley. A coat hanger. Before the
passage of Roe v. Wade on January 22, 1973,
these were the options available to many
women in the United States with neither
the money nor resources available to access
a safe abortion .
January 22, 2003, will mark the 30th
anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the court case
that legalized abortion under the 14th
amendment, guaranteeing a woman's right to
privacy in decisions regarding her reproductive health. Jane Roe was the alias adopted
by Norma McCorvey, who brought a class
action suit against the state ofTexas. With her
lawyer, Sarah Weddington , Roe challenged

"What's Oil Got to Do with It?" Assesssing the motivations for war on Iraq
by Steve Niva. Lecture Series SPSCC Bldg, 26 Room 105 at noon.

"Supporting Success for Students Who Have Learning Disabilities," will be
presented by Nancie Payne of the Northwest Center for the Advancement
of Learning from 9 ·a.m.- noon in Library 4004.
"Guitar Over Strings," an evening of chamber works for guitar and string
quartet at the Nova School, 2020 22 nd SE starting at 7:30 p,m, This
concert will feature works from Bach, Beethoven, and others,

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were told th at you had to get the permission
of two doctors and a psychiatrist before
you could even consider a standard medical
procedure.
This happens every day to transgender,
transsexual and other "third" gendered
individuals. Since these people are obviously
second rate citizens, they are required to
get psychiatric "help" before they can make
decisions about their body: whether to
begin hormones, get any type of surgery,
whether cosmetic or internal. This is an
area where the freedom of choice th at we
have been proudly tooting our horns about
for the last 30 years is non-exiS[ent.
How are abortion and sex-reassignment
different? They are both legal, but the
amount of hoops one must jump through
for the larrer is reminiscent of over 30 years
ago, pre-Roe v. Wltde, when you needed to go
abroad or buy your doctors silence to obtain
the procedure. The freedom to choose is
not somethil1g that one can assume will be
there forever, without vigilance and action.
It, also, is not something that we fully have
in this country.

vox: Communities for Choice Honors Three Decades of Roe V. Wade
by sarah Thorn

tJue~day, JOtlUahY 21

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rights are inalienable while privileges may
Wrong.
What this comes down to is that now
be revoked. Do we really have reproductive
rights, when choices are denied to some we are struggling to keep one body-related
on the basis of money? Is it really a right, choice, but this is only one decision that
if each year there are legislative bills with we can possibly make regarding our bodies.
attachments that would abolish choice or Do you feel like you fully have a freedom
make it less accessible? Take the case .last of choice? When it only pertains to your
year, which wou ld have made it illegal OWN body? What about doctors deciding
for trash collectors to rem ove bio-haza rd whether or not something is medically
material from abortion clinics. There are necessary for you and deciding that they
dozens of cases like this one, each year, that won't perform a procedure based on that?
are "riders" on bills that otherwise have .. My right to my body may include the
nothing to do with abortion issues. Many right to remove something (an embryo,
of us claim to be "pro-choice" yet still don't for example), but not something bigger
have a clue as to the .fine line that we walk (such as my uterus) . Doctors still want
between having this "right" and losing it. to preserve the right of nature over the
That would make it a privilege, wouldn't right of the individual .. . reproduction in
it? This is exactly the reason why we need some cases is not a right, it is required. Or
to maintain our vigilance and involvement at least discouraged if you decide that it
with pro-choice groups.
isn't for you,
On January 22, we will be com memoHow would you feel if you were denied
rating the individuals who have fought to access to medical decisions about your body
preserve the right to safe, legal abortions based on income or something immutable,
and discussing how to ensure that this is such as skin color? Everyone would be
something that will remain a right and not furious, yes, up in arms even. Think for a
a privilege. End of story, right?
moment about how you would feel if you

Henry Wade (Dallas district attorney) and the
constitutionality of Texas criminal abortion
laws, which deemed the attempt or act of
abortion illegal, except on medical advice to
save the mother's life. This law was struck
down under the 9th and 14th amendments.
The larrer was called on in the 1965 ruling
Griswold v. Connecticut, which found the
use of contraceptives for married couples
permissible under the 14th amendment's
"right to privacy". In Roe's case in 1973,
this right to privacy was extendt!d to protect
the rights of the woman in her choice to
an abortion, The Supreme Court also ruled
that even after viability (six months into the
pregnancy) "a pregnant woman's life and
health take precedence over the fetus" .
On Wednesday, January 22, and Saturday,
January 25, VOX: Communities for Choice
will host fWO events to celebrate and honor
the 30th anniversary of this landmark cou_rt
case, Speaking of Our Rights, on Wednesday,
January 22. It will feature an abortion speak-

out, as well as a reflective performance- "Born
After Roe"-- by young activists about their
interpretations of doing reproductive rights
work in this decade, In addition, there will
be a sneak preview of Dorothy Fadiman's
film, "From Danger to Dignity," and a
reception (with cake!) to follow. All events
on Wednesday will take place in Lecture Hall
I at 7 p.m . Saturday's celebration will take
place at Olympia Film Society at 8 p,m. and
will also include a full length screening of
"From Danger to Dignity," a provocative
look at reproductive rights history in the
United States. The evening will be punctuated with speakers in the reproductive rights
movement. This event will honor members
of the reproductive rights community in
Olympia, and the work they do that inspires
younger activists,
VOX: Communities for Choice is a
chapter of VOX-a students' activist organization affiliated with Planned Parenthood.
The aims of VOX are to increase accurate

sex education and awareness among youth,
as well as to organize around issues of
reproductive health, rights and freedom that
are frequently threatened. Celebrating the
30th anniversary of Roe v. Wade provides a
space in which to examine how this landmark
court case still stands precariously on the verge
of obliteration. With the Bush administration
have come many new mandates that reinforce
anti-choice agendas . Some specific threats
to abortion laws include parental-consent
and mandatory waiting period laws in many
states, and abortion is offered in only 14%
of the United States counties. It is crucial to
continue the discussion and activism around
Roe v. Wade, to insure that what laws for
reproductive freedom exist stay intact, and
to continue broadening reproductive rights
in this country.
For
more
information
contact:

VQX@bust.com
seraleelt@hotmail.com

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Patty Martin, citizen investigator and public health advocate regarding
tainted fertilizer, will lecture from 9 a,m. to noon in LIB 4300,
"Speaking of Our Rights," a celebration of 30 years of Roe v, Wade.
Events begin at 7 p.m, in Lecture Hall 1, and include: "Born After Roe," a
reflective performance by young pro-choice activists; a sneak preview of
the film From Danger to Dignity, an abortion speak-out, and a reception.
Sponsored by the Olympia Chapter of VOX. Questions? Contact Lindy
or Emily at 596-9237 or by email at vox@bustcom.

Suzzanne Lacy, artist! writerl activist! and producer will premier "Code
The Nalanda Institute of Olympia is sponsoring a presentation and discus- 33," a video documentary of a public art project involving youth, police
officers and community residents, The documentary will be premiered
sion by founder and former Buddhist monk Geshe Jamyang Tsultrim,
. at 8:00 pm, followed by a discussion with the Lacy, $8 studentl senior,
entitled "The Theory and Practice of Nonviolence from a Buddhist Per$15 general.
spective." 211 W. 21 st Ave., off Capitol Way, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m,
Saturday,
Janurary 25
Suggested donation: $10. For information: wagnerc@evergreen,edu
Climate Solutions will host a half day of solar power workshops, The
"Guitar Over Strings" (see above) at Saint Martins College, Kreielsheimer
first, Passive Solar Design for the Pacific Northwest, will describe how to
Hall, at 7:30 p.m.
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The second, Solar Photovoltaic Basics, will be a discussion on how to
power your home from the sun using photovoltaic panels,
Workshop 1: 9:30 -11 :00
Workshop 2 : 11:30 - 1:00
It will be held at The Energy Outreach Center, 610 East 4 Ave, next to
Martin Luther King, Jr, - no classes. MLK Jr. Day is not a day off, it's
the Capital Playhouse. The cost is free, Snacks and Tea provided , Call
a day 011 . Volunteer.
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