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OW MANY D~ATHS WILL
'H I-L L I O~ \ AM 0 NTH
HOW DID OUR OIL GET UNDER
THEIR SAND? NO INVASION
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WHY KILL IRAQI KIDS FOR OIL?
B y?", ANOTHER POODLE FOR PEACE CHOOSE PEACE
GRANDPA AGAINST WAR
RCT NOW STOP WRR END RRCISM NOT IN OUR NAME
ANOTHER PATRIOT FOR PEACE
ir~If:~1~E~~gN: ~~IE:EACE BUSH IS A DICK-tator
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO NOT OUR SOLDIERS FOR OIL
THE PEACENIKS, LISTEN TO THE VETS u~;'~l~3~g~TH LIVES
REVENGE
NO IRAQ WAR
DISSENT IS ·P OWER
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VIVE LA FRANCE!
THESE COLORS DON'T RUN ... THE WORLD
WHO'S THE UNELECTED TYRANT WITH THE BOMB?
WH AT WO UL D JESUS DO? WAGE PEACE
VETERANS FOR PEACE-THE REAL TROOP SUPPORT
RING AROUND THE ROZO, THE COURT APPOINTED
OUR BOMBS KILL THEIR BABIES BOZO, ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN
THE GENERAL WILL OR THE WILL OF THE GENERAL?
WAR NORMALIZES INSANITY
NO WAR. NOT NOW. NOT EVER.
ACT NOWSUPPORT OUR TROOPS DON'T SEND THEM TO WAR
THE REAL WAR IS INSIDE OURSELVES-HEAL INSTEAD HATE
HONK FOR PEACE
WILL YOU LET THE OIL OUR
BARONS
START
WWIII?
ARMED FORCES ARE NOT OIL COMPANY TOOLS
PREEMPTIVE PEACE
DUCT TAPE
WILL
NOT
THIS IS NOT A VIDEO GAME:
WAR WILL INCREASE TERRORISM
REAL PEOPLE, REAL DEATH ONLY SUPPORr UN ACTIONS IN IRAQ
REMEMBERAMERICAN VALUES
MAKE FRIENDS NOT WAR
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HElL WH o? ~~u0, TEB1;f
PEACE IS PATRIOTIC
PREEMPTIVE IMPEACHMENT
HOW MANY LIVES PER GALLON?
PROTECT THE POOR
PREVENT WAR
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AN 0 THE R
AM E RIC AN AtAI~~.fR.fH~T~~R AMERICANE CON 0 M I C
FAMILY FOR PEACE
REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME
AND SOCIAL
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BUSH IS A LIAR' NO WAR IN IRAQ
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MAKE (HEART) NOT WAR
WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER
JUS TIC E
NO WAR IS SUPPORT FOR OUR TROOPS WILL
TWO STATE SOLUTION
INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE DYING DEMOCRACY STARTS
HERE LET 1 S WORK HARDER FOR PEACE THAN WAR
WAR KILLS KIDS
EMPTY WARHEAD FOUND IN
WHITE HOUSE (wi picture of Bush) THINK OUTsiDE THE BOMB
~~~~E::!~~~,~A~~~I~~SOPL~IVE LAPEACE! STOP MAD COW(BOY) DISEASE
SUPPOR7'THE POOR NOT THE \.fW?
WHO PROFITS? WHO PAYS?
IT'S NOT WAR; IT'S MURDER
WAR IS EXPENSIVE, PEACE IS PRICELESS
NO MORE BULLYING
BUSH, CHENEY, RUMSfELD: AXIS Of WEASEL
NO BUSH. NO WAR. MAKE WAR? WHAT 4? THERE'S A TERRORIST BEHIND EVERY BUSH
USA: #1 PRODUCER OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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Food Service workers
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Bon Appetit
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Ideological Diversity:
The debate conrinues, Lerrer
to the Editor
PALESTINE SUFFERS UNDER APARTHEID STILL
DRUNKEN PIRACY IS NOT PAT RIO TIC IT'S THE OIL, STUPID
FRRT THOSE WHO CALL THE SHOTS ARE NEVER IN THE LINE OF FIRE
BOY VETSAGAINSTTHEWAR
DR lUES
START DRAFTING SVV DRIVERS NOW
....1TRY SMRRT WERPONS, DUMB PRESIDENT-BUCK FUSH
COU
WANT TERRORISM? GO TO WAR IN IRAQ.
INTO
SUPPORT THE TROOPS WITH WORLD SUPPORT
DITCH
$26, 000 Shortfall in Student Awards
by FriCa NelSon
Student scholarships at Evergreen are in
danger for the second time in two yea rs_
Four scholarships have been eliminated
fo r next year. The worth of many oth ers is
still uncertain .
Students have applied for the scholarships
there is no money for, and the perso n responsible for fundin g scholarships was not aware
students had even applied.
Late Elimination of Scholarships
For the second year in a row, the scholarship funding body, late in the application
process, told the college office that handles
scholarships that money isn't available or
is less th a n what is needed. Th is led to
scholarships being eliminated after they were
advertised in 13,000 copies of the 2003-2004
scholarship catalogue.
Staff members in Enrollment Services,
the college office that handles scholarships,
are frustrated_
scholarship brochure. Both McGovern and
the head of Enrollment Services said others,
like th e Thayer Ray mond (which covers full
in-state tuition), are waiting for money to
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come Jrom
ot h er so urces so th at they can
be funded in fu ll. [n total. th e Evergreen
Fo undation was $26,000 short this year_
No other public four- year institution in
Washington state is eliminating scholarsh ips,
according to a CP) survey. Wasl:ington State
University actually has more money than
normal for scholarship awards this yea r, VW
and Central are both funding at normal
levels and not making any cuts. Eastern and
Western unive rsities are reducing some of
their award amounts, but are not cutting
any scholarships entirely, as Evergreen has.
Sue Hinz , dire c tor of WSU's news
bureau, said, "Ou r main emphasis [for
fundraisingJ over th e past year was scholarships_" She added, "Our scholarship initia-
"Notification (of insufficient funds) h",s~~:~.., tive was at thc .right time _.. to support our
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Voices Of eO lor
"We're through with pretending that feminsim is all about
White women."
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Would you say this to
kidS?
your
"I don't see why you just don't
go out and have real sex like we
used to. "
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ANYTHING WAR CAN DO PEACE CAN DO BETTER
THE REAL THREAT TO US RNo WORLD PERCE I S BUSH RNo HIS EU IL JUNTA
THOU SHALT NOT KILL. ANY QUESTIONS?
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Corrections for
issue 2/20/03:
been ideal ," said Michelle Elhardt,who is
in charge of the scholarship application
process.
Frank McGovern heads the Evergreen
Foundation, the independent body in charge
of scholarsh ip funding. When asked why
Enrollment Services was told so late last year
about the insufficient funds his response was,
" I think we were more optimistic than we
shou ld have been ." He said he was unsure
about why notification was late this year.
Enrollment Services attached a notice
to th e schola rsh ip catalogue announcing
th e eliminated scholarships in December,
months after the catalogue had bee n widely
distributed.
Yesterd ay, McGovern guaranteed that
"anything that was advertised or th at a student
applied for will be funded." But he stated that
without knowing whether any students had
applied for the eliminated scholarships.
Students have applied_ Yet those are the
very scholarships that the catalogue update
says are eliminated. Enrollment Services
eliminated the scholarships because they were
told by McGovern's office they could not
be funded.
. Other scholarships are short on funds
too. Some have no amounts specified in the
students."
.
McGovern explained Evergreen's situation_ "Many of our scholarships are much
newer," he said. "We haven't been able to
build up sufficient money_"
The History
Scholarship money comes from endowments given by. individuals, trust funds
and private companies. Some scholarships
are also funded from a large pot of general
money called the annua l fund , raised by
th e Evergreen Foundation through such
things as mailings and telethons. All money
donated for scholarships is the responsibility
of the foundation.
The Evergreen Foundation is a nonprofit company - separate from the college
- set up specifically to raise money for
Evergreen . The college gives the foundation
over $500,000 in staff salaries and benefits,
office space, supplies, etc., to operate each
year. The foundation also operates using
money that it raises in fundraising.
Last summer, Enrollment Services, the
part of the college that handles the scholarship app lication process, was notified by
the foundation that it would have trouble
funding scholarships ~hat students had
already applied for. They could not fund
certain scholarships, specificall y the six
Thayer Ray monds, each equal to resident
tuition .
Pointed e- mai ls were exchanged. Some
peo ple questioned why they were to ld of
th e shortfalls so late into the scholarship
process, within days of notifYing st udents .
Enrollment Services eventually used existing
tuition waivers to help fund the scholarships. The money they contributed in
tuition waivers equaled roughly $7,000.
Steve Hunter, the head of Enrollment
Services, said that tuition waivers are "not
real money," and that they are "tuition revenue the college foregoes actually taking in ."
The foundation and Enrollment Services
worked together to provide the money,
and all scholarships promised were paid
in full.
For the second year in a row, Enrollment
Services will be funding some scholarships .
this year with extra tuition waivers, Hunter
said. These extra tuition waivers come·
from students who were offered waivers
when they were accepted to Evergreen , but
decided n·ot to attend.
Hunter said, "I am confident we will
be able to fund scholarships advertised
this year."
The foundation is as king for money
from don ors to make up th e addition al
shortfalls, as they did last year. McGovern
says that a now-anonymous potential donor
has expressed interest in helping them cover
scholarships_
Also, at a recent meeting of the founda tion's governing board, the board members
committed to funding all scholarships this
year, excluding the eliminated ones.
Last summer and this year as well, the
sudden lack of funds has been blamed on th e
economy and resulting poor performance
of foundation investments _ The interest
earned from these investments is used to
fund scholarships. The foundation uses
Merrill-Lynch and a VW investment group
to invest the donations. Poor investment
performance is a problem affecting colleges
and universities nationwide .
Andy Cochran and Brent Patterson CO/ltributed to this articl~.
A phoro caption on page 13 incorrectly referenced Evergreen faculty
E.) Zita as the author of "Alice in
Quantumland.» The actual author is
Robert Gilmore
PEACE,JUSTICE,RESPECT
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AS THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER SAID, 'IT'S NOT A GAME AND IT'S NOT OVER'
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Meta Hogan
Design by Aimee Butterworth
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY, MR. PRESIDENT, AMERICA DOES NOT SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE FOR WAR
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Polynesian Dance ·
Workshops for the
Spring Luau
Adolph Ehresmann
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Stud ents, staff and fac ulty: This is
yo ur chance to lea rn dan ces from New
Z ea land , Tahiti , To n ga, Sam o a a nd
Hawaii. You don't need to have any prior
dan ce ex peri ence, just an open mind
and a willin g body. Wo rksh ops a re being
provided by th e Po lyncs i:\Il Yo uth G roup
Ad o lph Ehres m a nn , 6 1, p asse d
away peacefully on Sunday, February
16. H e gradu ated from Eve rgree n and
was em ployed here fo r 16 years .
H e left behind his wife Judy, who
h as b ee n empl oyed in Eve rg reen's
fin ancial aid offi ce fo r 25 yea rs.
H e was born in a work ca mp in
Kalisch, Pola nd, and emi grated to
th e U. S. in 1952. H e spe nt much
of his life in the N avy and enjoyed
sa iling the Puget So und.
A memorial celebration was h eld
in h is honor las t Sund a y here at
th e co ll ege. In lie u of Aowe rs, do nat io ns ca n b e made to th e Ad o lph
Ehres mann Memorial Account at th e
Twin County Credit Union .
1n co njun ctio n with ove r 300 read ings
o f thi s play wo rldwide, o n the first d ay
of Inte rnati o nal Wom en's W eek, there
will be a staged readi ng of th e class ic
com ed y, Lysistrata . Th e qu es tion th e
TESC producti o n asks is, "Can laughter
stop a war? " The wom e n of Ath e ns
o ccupy the state trea s ury, and then
deprive their men o f sex to force them
into mak ing peace.
Th e staged read ing is free . It rakt's, hce
in the Lo nghouse on Monday, l'vlarc ll .) ,,[
7. 30p.n1. It is co-s po nsored by rh e .lc ldern ic
prog rams Auth enti c Self a nd He Said , Sh ...
Said. And th e play's subj ect matter leal!'
the sponso rs to say, "Pare nr al d isc ret ion
is advi sed ."
Fo r mo re info rm ati o ll, conracr H elena
Meyer-Knapp at ext. 6549 or Marla Ell iorr
at ex[. 6096.
Community Conversation on the Death Penalty
bv Glen Anderson
The public is invited to discuss the pros
and cons of the death penalty on Tuesday,
Aprill, at the Olympia Timberland Library
on 8'" Ave betWeen Franklin and Adams.
Refreshments and literature tables will
become available at 6:30 p. m ., and the
program will start promptly at 7:00 p.m.
The public is invited to 'brainstorm a list of
reasons they have heard for supporting the
death penalty and then to share information
that corroborates or refutes those reasons.
Th is free even t is sponso red by th e
Olympia Fellowship of Reconciliation's
Committee for Alternatives to the Death
Penalty. The Olympia FOR has worked
nonviolently since 1979 on a variety of
peace and social justice issues. It is the local
Olee
o f Was hin gton. If you are interes ted a nd
would like more informa ti o n, please ca ll
Celva Boo n at 866-0328 o r co m e to the Hui
o H awa ii club mee tings eve ry We dn esday at
12:30 p.m . in CA B 320, space 15. Th e 2003
Po lynesia n Lu au is b ro ught to you by Hu i
o H aw ai i, First Peo pl es' Ad visin g Serv ice"
H o using, and th e Stu d e n t Ac tivi ti c's Sp ... ci:d
Initiat ive f-un d.
Lysistrata
tiy Helena Meyer-Knapp
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affiliate ofa broadl y inrerfaith, inte rna tio nal
pacifist organiza tion fo unded in 1914.
For more information, contact G len
491-9095
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Anderson
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(360)
glen@olywa .net, or see www.olyFOR.org.
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for a potluck and di sc us sio n. Learn and sh a re 'lbo ut
how hom eless ness affe cts our co mmunity, and fin d out
ab out programs tha t help to all evi ate these proble ms.
Please brin g a potlu ck dish to share! Mon etary and n O Ilpe ri shable food don ations wi ll be acce pted and given to
Bread and Roses and th e ca mpu s food bank.
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"To survive in the mouth of this dragon called America, we have
had to learn this first & most vital lesson--that we were never meant
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April is Sexual AssaUlt Awareness Month-and it's just around
.the corner! Volunteers are needed both now and in April. If
. are intereSted in advertisinc, choosing presenters, playing
mUSic, or if you're just lookinc for a good eJltcuM to draw on
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"International Women's Week," by its title, would seem to have a focus on the experience of international women- -in particular,
Third World Women and Women of Color. Unfortunately, this annual week-long event is blatantly NOT about the experience
of Women of Color, OR our work around feminism .
The schedule for International Women's Week at first glance seems very thorough. There are workshops addressing gender and
sexuality, body health , self defense, etc. However, for many Women of Color, there is a glaring absence. Most folks on this campus would
think that all it takes to organize an anti-racist event is to include a training or workshop by and for People of Color.
Well, not only are those absent from the International Women's Week schedule, but in our eyes, even just that is inadequate. We
demand serious interrogation of the different relationships that Women of Color have with the Women's Resource Center and more
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importantly. our rel ationship to the larger issue of feminism .
White women have an established relationship to "feminism," mostly because the feminist movement was so domillated by Whtte
women . Also, when most people think of feminism, we conjure up images of White women, because the few things we learn about
feminism in school or in the media are always about White women .
If the Women's Resource Center were to organize an event and only put up one Ayer, we could safely guarantee that White women
would show up. For Women of Color, when we see posters or Ayers from the Women's Resource Center, we already know that it
is a White-dominated space-it's time to change that.
Not only do we feel unsafe, marginalized , and attacked in this predominantly White college, but rhe Women's Resource
Center ends up modeling Evergreen at large; it's not just a microcosm. We don't se.e many Women of <?olor in the .Wom:n's
Resource Center for a reason. Most of what the Women's Resource Center does IS deSigned for and by Whtte women, IIlcludmg
International Women's Week.
What is wrong with this picture is NOT that White women are organi·z ing for White women, but that the omission of
Women of Color is so racist and something that we face all the time at Evergreen. For how long will we have to struggle to
be visible? To be heard?
We want to be invited to be a part of the planning process. We want workshops led by Women of Color that acknowledge
the different contexts in which Women of Color experience body issues because of racism. We want the history of our women,
Third World Women, and the radical, life-changing work that we have led. We're through with pretending that feminism is all
about White women, because it's NOT.
We want acknowledgement of our voice-our Audre Lordes, bell hooks, June Jordans, Arundhati Roys, and Margaret Chos, and
many others we don't even know. We want workshops on gender and sexual.ity that intersect racism.and so much more.'
This is not meant to attack the Women's Resource Center. In fact , thiS letter comes out of dtalogues that the Women of Color
Coalition has been having with the Women's Resource Center. Our point is that White people have gotten so used to speaking for
us-Women of Color-that it is keeping us invisible.
WE are NOT invisible.
Next year, International Women's Week will be organized by the Women of Color Coalition. This is not to sa>: th~t it is the sole
responsibility of Women of Color to organize events for ·Women of Color. The.Women's Resource Center has the obltgauon to serve all
women, including Women of Color. And if not, we propose it be named "the White Women's Resource Center":
Women of Color are silently protesting International Women's Week events by not attendlIlg anything scheduled .. O~r
hope is that people at these events will. notice our physical absence, as well as the obvious absence of Women of Color III thiS
year's planning process.
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Interna tional
Empire and Oil: Teach-in on the US Foreign Policy
Women's
from Iraq to Venezuela I February 27 in TESC Library Lobby, 12 p.m.
liy Matthew Foro & Branden Wilson
While the Bush regime plans to 'shock
and awe' the world by murdering thousa nds of Iraqi civilians, a quiet support of
coup organizers in Venezuela and a massive flow of military aid to Colombia help
solidify the U .S. global dominance. What
are the actual motives of U.S . foreign
policy, intervention, and war?
On Thursday, February 27, in The
Evergreen State College Library Lobby, the
Latin American Solidariry Organization
(LASO) will sponsor a teach-in aimed at
answering this question by pu.ning current
developments in the Middle East and
Latin America in historical context. By
expanding our understanding of past and
prese nt political economic developments,
we hope to broaden the growing antiwar move ment and strengthen internation al solidarity. Speakers will address
the U.S. plans for an invasion and military occupation of Iraq as well as its
d esig ns on Israel/Palestine , Venezuela,
and Colombia.
Background on U .S. Foreign Policy
Latin America and the Caribbean
have for much of their history struggled
under U.S. domination and control. The
U.S. has propped up brutal dictatorships
throughout the region and so ught to
overthrow any government (democratic
or otherwise) that wasn't sufficiently
deferential to its interests. Throughout
this history, however, popular movements
in Latin America have been a continual
challenge to U.S. comrol.
From the time of Jefferso n, the U.S.
has regarded Latin A~erica as a part of
its dominion . President John Quincy
Adams announced that the world would
have to get used to the idea that "o ur
proper dominion [was] the continent of
North America." President James Monroe
formalized the doctrine that carries his
name in 1823. It proclaimed that the U.S.
would not tolerate foreign intervention
(other than its own, of course) in th e
affairs of Latin American countries.
This doctrine was extended by
Theodore Roosevelt to forbid what policy
makers would later call 'internal subversion,' i.e. struggles for self-determination
by Latin American peoples. Roosevelt
said that the U.S . would "exercise an
international police power" in cases of
"chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence
which results in a general loosening of
the ties of civilized sociery." The U.S . was
thus perfectly justified in its theft of the
Panama Canal Zone.
Woodrow Wilson further ex tended
this doctrine to ensure that only U.S . co mmercial and financial interests would be
tolerated in the region. Wilson's Secretary
of State Robert Lansing expressed this
quite clearly when he said that in "the
sc rambl e for markets, and the incessa nt
search for new opportunities to produce
wealth, commercial expansion and success
are closely interwoven with political
domination over the territory." He foresaw
foreign aggress ion taking th e form of "the
construction of railways, the establishment of mines, the cultivation of cotto n,
fruit , a nd o th er agricultural produ cts."
Speaking of the aims of the doctrine 's
founder, Lansing stated: "In its advocacy
of the Monroe Doctrine, the United States
considers its own interests. The integrity
of other American nations is an incident,
not an end. While this may seem based
on selfishness alone, the author of th e
doctrine had no higher or more ge nerous
motive in its declaration. "
Up until 1968, Latin America was th e
primary source of the oil necessary for
the functioning of the U .S. economy.
To this day, it remains vital. Venezuela
is the fifth largest exporter in the world
and a major U.S. supplier. Together with
the enormous reserves thought to lie under
Colombian territory, they are an important
source of oil for U.S. economy. Th e
oil reserves of Colombia and Venezuela
provide a margin of security, helping
maintain stabiliry in world oil prices and
give the U .S. a competitive advantage over
Europe and Japan in the world economy.
It should therefore come as no surprise
that the U.S. supported the organizers
of a recent coup in Venezuela and an
ongoing 'owner/ managerial strike' seeking
to overthrow the democratically-elected
president and social reformer Hugo
Chavez.
The Middle East
[n the aftermath of the Second World
War, the U.S. found itself in a position of
unprecedented global power. An immediate objective of the superpower was
to sec ure control of what the State
D epartment called "a stupendous source
of strategic power and one of the greatest
material prizes in world history." In order
to do so, it was necessary to ensure that
no othe r powe r would ever challenge
U.S . dominan ce in the region. Dwight D .
Eisenhower saw an opportunity to extend
Monroe's doctrin e to the Middle East
and thus acted quickly to exclude France
and Brita in from their former colonial
domains.
A subst antia l threat to U.S . control
over th e vast e ne rgy resources of the
Middle East has traditionally bee n th e
native population of the Middl e East.
Proxy states were used to repres~ indigenous nationalism, the most outstanding
examples being Iran under the Shah and
the state of Israel. With the loss of control
in Iran after the 1979 revolutio n, which
overthrew the Shah, Israel has bee n the
most reliable U.S. proxy in the region .
Israel's role in providing a conduit for
providing anns to murderous regimes,
from apartheid South Africa to Guatemala
under the genocidal military regime of
the] 9805, has been crucial. To this' end
the US has supplied Israel with massive
amounts of aid, allowing th e m to build
their offensive military capabilities while·
repressing the Palestinian populati on of
the territories occupied by Israel after th e
1967 war. U.S. interests were further ed
after the military campaign against Irall
in 1991, followed by 12 years of b ru tal
sa nctions and continued bo mbin g of Iraq's
infrastructure.
After the September 11 ,2001 , terrorist
attacks the ruling right-wing caba l in
Washington seized the opportunity to
extend its power in the Middle East and
to ex pand it furth e r into Central Asia,
in order to ensure U .S. contro l of the
vast energy resources of these reg io ns.
Latin America and the Middle East share
a common history of domination under
the tyranny of colonial oppression . Today
we sta nd at a rare point in history where
our very survival may depend on wh~ther
we:choose to stand in solidarity with th e
peoples of the world in their struggl es
for self-determination and fret:dolll. o r to
co nrinue down th e pat h of endl ess global
war and tyranny.
Turkey and Bush's Dangerous Game of Manipulation
bY Erich Albrecht
The Bush administration's recent dip lomatic blitz to gain support for a war on
Iraq has been slowed by the negotiations
with the Turkish government. The U.S .
hopes to station up to 62,000 troops at
Turkish bases to allow the U .S. military to
co nverge upon Baghdad from a northern
front, to complete US plans to surround
Baghdad as troops also invade from the
south . Despite recent resistance by the
Turkish government, there have been
over 50 U .S . and British warplanes in
southern Turkey since the Gulf War ended,
patrolling the "no-fly zone" over northern
Iraq.
According to the Associated Press (AP) ,
the U.S. has offered $6 billion in economic
aid for use of the bases . Turkey originally
countered by demanding $10 billion in
grants and $20 billion in long-term loans,
but has now agreed to bring the U.S .
offer to a vote in Parliament. T he pressure
from the US has trapped Turkey's ruling
party, the AKP, between the desires of
the world's most powerful nation and the
Turkish public, which is 94% aga inst a
war on Iraq.
The AKP is an Islam ic- based pa rry
that came to power after last November's
elections. They have been extremely critical
of U .S. war plans, asking Bush: "Why are
you going to make a war like this against
so m eo ne who has surrendered?" As stated
in an art icle in Middle East Report, the
AKP knows, "No party generally accepted
as Islamist ca n b e a welcome parr of
the rulin g civilian -milita ry burea ucracy,
who e mbrace militant seculari sm, neoliberalism, authoritarian rule, and a hawkish foreign policy as the m ai n principles
of government. " To avoid being removed
from power by the Turkish elite is another
reaso n the AKP will bring th e U.S . offer
to a Parliament vote.
Furthermore, Turkey is currently experiencing an economic crisis that is contained
by currency inflow from the International
Monetary Fund, which th e U .S. could
easily shut off. While Turkey's economy
would be further hurt by a war in Iraq as
tourism and other industries decline, the
U.S. offer of grants and possible loa ns,
in addition to the rebuilding process that
will produce profitable opportunities for
Turkish contractors, offer incentive for
Turkey to accept the offe r.
Another reaso n the Turkish government
will accept the offer is the Kurdish iss ue.
The Kurds are the largest ethnic group in
[he world without their ow n state. They
live in easte rn Turkey, northern Iraq, and
in bordering Iran and Syria. The Kurds
have a long history of struggle against
violent attacks from both Iraqi and Turkish
governments.
As Turkish Foreign Minister said to
the AP, "The emergence of a Kurdish
state in northern Iraq is one of the very
important questions" in negotiations with
the U.S. Turkey fears a Kurdish state or
even Kurdish autonomy in northern Iraq
will strengthen the Kurdish insurgency in
Turkey, which was severely weakened by
the state war againsr the Kurdistan Workers
Parry in the 1990s. According to a Middle
East Report article from August 2002 by
Ertugrul Kurkcu, a reporter from Istanbul,
a Turkish document explains: "Relations
[berwee n Baghdad and the Kurdish parties]
should be based on a broader framework
ensuring th at the [larger Kurdi sh] region
remains politically and economically
dependent on Turkey." Jim Lobe, a political
analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus, asserts,
" Washington has reportedly given the
Turks a green light to send their own forces
into northern Kurdistan in exchange for
tbeir agreement to let the U.S. use their
territory as the jumping off point for a
northern invasion ."
On the flip side the U.S. has encouraged
the Kurdish parties in Iraq to disengage
from Iraqi politics while being financially
and militarily supported by the U.S . si nce
the Gulf Wa r. The Kurdish forces have
become dependent on U .S. protection and
are currently being enlisted as partners
in U .S. war plans, while being distanced
from the potential of having power in the
replacement government in Baghdad. This
could have disastrous effects in the ' region
in the likely eve nt that a war arises berween
the Kurds and Turkey while' the U .S .. arms,
supports, and uses both sides to achieve
their goals.
As reported by the Washington Post on
February 21, "The Bush administration
plans to take complete, unilateral control
of a post-Saddam Iraq, with an interim
administration he aded by a yet-to -be
named American civilia n" whil e "Ge n.
Tommy Franks, the head of the US Central
Command, is to maintain military co ntrol." To counter this plan, many opposition groups will mee t this week in th e
Kurdish held area of norrhern Iraq to creare
a leadership counci l, which they hope will
playa vital in a posrwar government.
The Bush administration's obsession
with dominating Iraq has driven them
further into a dangerous game of manipulation, in which they are supporting man y
sides who may end up fighting aga in st
each other and could turn against U.S.
forces. Perhaps this is what Bush and his
warmongering administration is counting
on in order to increase U .S . militar y
presence and therefore U.S. power in the
region permanently.
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·Organization's Fair
12:00- 3:00 p.m . Library Lobby 2000
Organizations and resources are available in your community. From art groups to birth control , from gay and lesbian support
groups, to the office of women & Minority Business Enterprises.
·Women and War: Faculty Panel Discussion
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12:00- I :00 Library Lobby 2000
.
Come and hear a diverse and brilliant group of women from your Evergreen faculty discuss how war affects women .
• Basic Self Defense
6:00-9:00 p.m. Library 4300
Limitcd to 20! Sign up outside CAB 206 ill>< WRC)
Explore self defense techniques from a physical
and emotinnal sta ndpoint. Learn grabs, punches,
identifying urget points, and verbal boundary
selting. Look at how our actions in dai ly life
COil tribute ro whether o r not we feel we are worth
dd~llding. In addition, peo ple who attend the
workshop will look at stereo types of what
.1 perpetraror looks like, and break down the
·Women's Health and Herbal M edicine
Jllany contradictions within the general
I p.m . Longhouse Cedar Room
concept of self- defense.
Gaia Thomas presents a workshop on healing, focu sing on intuition and
herbal medicine in the Wise Women Tradition .
-Building Bridges B e tween Women of Color and the Women's
Resource Center: an Open Dialogue
2-4 p.m. location TBA
-Movies: Three Short Films
. 7 p.m. Lecture Hall I
Guerillas in Our Midst: a film about the Guerilla Girb, anonymous art terrorists
who have been addressing sexist an d racism since 1985.
Womanhotlse: a historic docum enta ry that explores femini sm in the i 970s, and
the relationship berwee n art and social change.
GrrlyShow: An 18-minute ex plosion of fringe feminism and print media,
. Grrlyshow examines the girly zinc revolution and culture.
ghuf{~day, March 6
·Breast Health and bleeding times
12:00- 2:00 p.m. Library Lobby 4004
This workshop will focus on reclai ming breast heal th and exploring the sac red
experience of your bleeding tim e.
• Fat Positive Collective
4:00-5:30 p.m. Lecture Hall 3
A body positive workshop that will engage in hon est dialogue about mainstrea m
beauty ideals, self accepta nce, and how to take act io n.
.Sassypants: a fat-Positive Fashion Show
Pre-Show Cocktail Mixer 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Fashion show 7:30- 9:00 p.m.
The Mark , 409 Col umbi a St.
21 and over o n Iy!
. Sassy pants is a politicall y subversive fashion show questioning body im age ideals
while celebrating diverse fashi on.
• Hot Steppin' Rock Show!
Romantic Retard Nation, Scream Club, Vicious White Lies and
Delta Dart play in the Longhouse Cedar room at 9p.m.
($3 for students and $5 for non-students.)
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1-3 p.m. Longhouse Cedar Room
Philipe Lonestar, Abby Coleman, and Ania Goetzen preseflt a work ~hop to introduce participants to transgender and genderqueer
iss ues, oppression and allyship. They will discuss gender-based political issues, body modification, the current state of gender
rights, and how to be a radical gender activist.
-All About Testosterone
4-5 p.m. Longhouse Cedar Room
John Orro discusses testostorone related issues
• Poetry Cafe
7: 00 p.m . 2 nd floor of the CAB
An open mic event, bring your poetry, stories, spoken words, music, and your voice. Your creativity will be cherished.
• Wome n Centered Art Show
l2:00- 6:00 p.m. Library Floor I
. Come and enjoy art by yo ur talented Evergreen communiry.
.Local Women Artists: Bridget Irish and Stella Marrs
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7:00-9:00 p.m. Lecture H all 3
Bridget and Stella will tell stories and ~ how art!
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by Dan Krow
Every year around March 8th, the
world celebrates International Women's
Week. The week is spent both addressing various issues facing women around
the world and celebrating the daily contributions of women to culture, society,
and humanity. Here at Evergreen, the
Woman's Reso urce Center (WRC) has
planned a week of di sc ussions a nd
dancing, paintings, poetry, short film s
and self-defense.
When I sat down with WRC coordinators Nicki Gsorrschneider and
Olivia Spransy, the pair's enthusiasm
and friendliness shone through winter
colds and general fatigu e. It was clear
how much work they are purring into
International Women's Week. But thc
rwo haven't done it all by themselves.
"We've had really dedicated volunteers,"
Olivia pointed out.
. Commenting on the events th ey've
organized for the week, Nicki remarked,
"We're just tryin g (0 make it fu n." But
fun , !;he emphasized, meant entertaining and educational.
Though the week is cente red
around wom e n , "all of these iss ues
are important to us all.. They affecr
us all, " said Olivia. They repeatedly
emphasized the importance of eve ry
event, but one even.t clearly hit home
with the pair. Com m enting on the
rock show planned for March 8, O livia
explained that "many women in this
community feel 'ma rg inalized in art
and music. And that's a shame because
there is so much talent here." It's hard
to argue with her, considering rh is is
the city responsible for se minal bands
such as Sleater-Kinney, Bratmobile,
and The Gossip. Imagine how many
amazing voices we could hear in th e
future.
But the coordinators were hesi tant
(0 give preferred status to any of th e
week's events. Too much work and (00
much thought had been put into each
parr of the week (0 pick favorites.
A pertinent question on my mind
was: Were guys welcome? The answer
took no delib eration from eith er of
th e girl s: ab so lutely. Everyone wa s
welcome, th ey made cl ea r ove r a nd
over. The work they were doing was (00
important (0 turn away an interested
parry just because th ey happened to
have V-chromosomes.
And the pair are in need of mo re
interested parties. They need volunteers
(0 set up and tak e down th e stage at th e
rock show, an d volunteers to help Ollt
at the art show o n Ma rch 4. The WRC
will be tab ling all this week from 10-2.
Stop by and talk to th e m. Promise
yourself you' ll go to one or more of
the events during th e week in March .
It's just toO important (and tOO fun)
to miss.
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Leslie Braxton to Speak at Evergreen
Rev. Dr. Bra xto n will be spea king
at Evergreen on March 6, 2003, from
noo n ro one in the Library Lobby as the
featured speaker of TRIO Day, an annual
day of celebration that recognizes the
work of Upward Bound and KEY Student
Services. Both federally-funded programs
work to assist first generation ro college
students, low-income students, and stud ents with disabilities ro attend college
and graduate.
T his is a program you will not want to
miss because when Leslie Braxto n gets up
ro speak, people liste n. Whether they are
in the Tacoma Dome on Martin Luther
Kin g Day, in an auditorium full of college
students, at Mr. Zion Baptist C hurch on
a Sunday morning, or at a tense meeting
wi th Seattle C hief of Police Kerlicowske,
Sea ttl e Mayor Ni c kels, King Co unty
Ex ec uti ve Sim s, a nd Sheriff Ri ec herr,
peo ple li sten closely (0 Rev. Dr. Leslie
Braxron.
In fact, the city of Seattle was forced
ro listen on April 17, 2002 when Braxron
led two hundred mo urn ers on to th e
so uthbo und lanes of 1-5 ro protest the
killing of another black man by police.
Spilling o ut frolll a fun era l service for
Robe rt Lee Thomas, Sr., shot by an offduty King Co unry depu ty, mourners we re
originally headed toward the King COUllty
C Ollrthouse. In stead they made a hard
righ t and walked onto a sou thbound 1-5
enrrance. Braxron said , "We did not get
a permit; we're not play ing by the rul es
anymore. The [police) offered us a fri endly
escort, but we didn't wa nt it. We told
them we were goi ng ro the courthouse;
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we just didn't tell them there would be
a derour."
The times we live in require us to set
up derours and srop traffic so that justice
can be served. Braxron, dynamic oraror
a nd activist, will explore these themes
as he leads us in considering what our
work is as students, as world citizens,
and as "drum majors for peace," as Dr.
King put ir.
Raised and educated in Tacoma,
Washingron, Braxro n received his undergraduate degree from the Universiry of the
Puget Sound. He received the Master of
Diviniry Degree from Colgate-Rochester
Divinity School, and he received hi s
do c torate in the study of Afri -centri c
Hermeneutics from United Theological
Seminary. For twelve years, Brax ton served
as senior pasror at the First Shiloh Baptist
C hurch of Buffalo, New York, where
his commitment ro holistic communi ry
empowerm ent impacted ho using, educa ti o n , and yo uth th ere. H e has bee n
senior pasto r of Sea ttle's larges t AfricanAmerican church since August 1999 and
is a frequent speaker at Washington's
college campuses.
In addition to Rev. D r. Braxton, the
TRIO Day Ce lebration w ill include
musical performances by Upward Bound
s tu ?e nt s, a nd st ud e nt spea ke rs from
Uprard Bound and KEY Student Se rvices.
Bring yo ur lun ch and be a parr of thi s
outstanding program .
--Niki Amarantides
Director, KEY Student Support
Services
,
What · is TRIO·?
Until the mid- I960s, the federal
government was only minimally
involved in education. With the notable exceptions of the Morrill Land
Grant Act of 1862 and the G. 1. Bill
of 1945, education was considered the
domain of state and local governments.
But books like Michael Harringron's
The Other America: Poverty in the
United States and a lengthy article in the
New Yorker magazine entitled "Our
Invisible Poor" by Dwight McDonald
began to alert the public ro the issue of
poverty. In 1961, President Kennedy
charged his Council of Economic
Advisors to study the problem of
poverty and make recommendations
for actio n.
Within few days of Kenned y's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson
had the Council report on proposals
for action to fight poverty. When
hearing their report, Johnson replied:
"That's my kind of program . I'll find
the money for it one way or another."
A month later, in his firs t State of
the Union speech, Lyndon Johnson
decl ared an "unco nditional war on
poverry that we cannot afford to lose."
A few weeks later, Sargent Shriver
(brother-in-law of the assassinated
president) was appointed head of a
task force on poverry, and barely six
weeks after that, the task force prepared
'. .legislat.ion in record time,ro begin the
lr'~attackthat the Johnson administration
.. decl ared would "forever ~ Iimin a te
poverty from the ri chest nation on
earth."
One of the earliest acco mplishments
of this landmark legislation was the
establishment the Office of Economic
Opportuniry, which coordinated and
administered poverty programs with
Sargent Shriver as director. Within the
Economic Opportuniry Act was a section that established a Demonstration
and Resea rch office to fund experimental programs. Eager to make the
agency quickly visible, Shriver estab·
li shed a progra m for high sc hool
students called Upward Bound as
one of the demonstration programs
to be developed. Upward Bound's
purpose was to identify seco ndary
school students from low-income
backgrounds who were underachieving, and to motivate and prepare them
to pursue postsecondary education. In
the summer of 1965 , 17 pilot projects
began serving 2,061. Today there are
over 770 Upward Bound programs
serving 56,324 students.
In 1965, the Higher Education
Act was passed; a part of that bill
appropriated federal scholarship money
to IQw-income students in the form
of Educational Opportunity Grants
(OEG). This was the first time that
federal aid to college students became
available. A few lines in the Higher
Education Act se t the sce ne fo r a
second program to ass ist low-income
students get to college: Educational
Talent Search would be an outreach
effort to inform schools, students, and
parents about the existence of the new
federal scholarship mo ney and how ro
access it. Although this may sound like
one federal program spawning another,
Talent Search emerged because federal
money was going unused or to affluent
students because high schools and
colleges were so unfamiliar with enrolling and working with low-income
students.
In the 1968 Amendments to the
Higher Education Act, what became
known as Student Support Services
(such as KEY Student Services at
Evergreen) were establi shed. These
programs assisted first generation and
low-i nco me students to succeed in
college . Funded ro begin in 19 7 0,
Student Support Services also include
funding for se rvices for students with
disabilities, the first time th is particular
population of students was recogn ized
fo r special consideration in an education law. Upward Bound, Educarional
Talent Search, and Student Support
Services were the first three programs
that became known as TRIO . Today
there are seven rypes of TRIO programs
tOtaling 2,400 programs based at more
than 1200 colleges, unive rsities, and
communiry organizations wo rking to
provide educational opportuniry.
--Excerptedfrom TRIO History Short
Papers by John Groutt
Welcome to a New Season at
The Evergreen State College
Communtty Gardens!
by Taryn Goodman
Vegetables in the new communiry garden site are flourishing. The loving
caretaker of this plot expressed amazement at the stable growth of the chard and
was hoping to maintain its growth for as long as possible. Unfortunately, it will
not make the world record books because the new growing season is approaching
rapidly and soon it will be time to till the organic matter back into the ground.
The preliminary community gardens advisory board will decide on the plot sizes
and layout for the new site, and registration will begin in late March or early
April, depending on the weather.
There is much to look forward ro with spring rounding ,he bend. As we
move from the old to the new communiry gardens site on the west corner of
the farm along Simmons Street, opportunities abound . T he new site is ferril e,
sunny, and ready ro see new growth .
Planning for the new seaso n is still in the works, so pleas e chec k
for garden notices and upd ates on th e Community Ga rden's website
(http://www.evergreen.edu/organ icfann /comga rd.htm) .
If you have any questions or comments, please co ntac t the CQ mmun ity
Gardens Coordinator at 360-867-6145.
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back trom seeIng t h em
twice at UNLV (O ni vqsity
of Nevada Las Vegas) . They
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becaijse a --CPJ repolter-pamely myself:-was denied
tree access to the shows.
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After a solid l5-or-so-year run, Ph ish
disbanded and took a hiatus in October
of 2000. I remember seeing the last two
shows, both at Shoreline Amphitheatre,
and also caught some of the members' side
projects. These included Trey's solo and
Oysterhead tours, and Fishman's brief
stint as drummer wi the Jazz Mandolin
Project, where the bastard refused to sign
my Book of Mormon at the Showbox in
Seattle (too bad I'm not a hot 14-year-old
girl). Arguably, the most impressive and
underrated hiatus endeavor was Mike
Gordon's partnership with guitar legend
Leo Kottke on the album "Clone." Still,
"Phans" miss their Phish and are curious to
hear how :lnd if the scene has changed.
The first appearance most of us have
seen, post-hiatus, was on SNL, and it was
pretty bad. Fishman looked fat (I know
his grandma's dead, but it's true,) and
Page looked spun on Molly. Phans have
been giving "Round Room," Phish's new
album that was made in just four days,
poor reviews, and New Year's tickets were
selling for thousands on E-Bay. Phish played
!
It's almost the end ofWinter quarter, and time escapes with increasing speed. As such, I find that I am in need ofa blotter assistant. IfI was Uncle Sam, would put my
picture up in poster form , point and say "J need YO U' "Luckily for you, I am not Uncle Sam, but I do need one ofyo II lovely c.Pj readers to h,elp me Ollt. 70 apply, contact
Meta Hogan, Andy Cochi"tln or Apryl N elson at extension 6213. The best part ofthe job of the job: You get to stick your nose In other peoples bustness.
On to the ANTICS!!!
three shows in Hampton, VA, after New
Year's, and after hearing the best version
of "Contact" ever, from the second night
at Hampton , I got pretty excited about
the new tour.
The band 's Winter tour started in
Inglewood, CA, on Valentine's Day at the
Great Western Forum . For a show th at sold
ou t in 10 minutes, it sure was hard to get
rid of tickets. I wound up "miracling," or
kicking down, about six tickets to random
kids, almost all of which I took from fools
th at were entering the show with extras . I
had spent th e night before driving around
C re nshaw while my friend waited for
his girlfriend to arrive at the Compton
Greyhound at 4 a.m. The lot was saturated
with keif, mushroom chocolates, and
crystals from the Tucson rock show. Kids
bought rocks for extremely cheap and
ovcrcharged people on lot. A friend recently
tqld me that some kids had brought some
cocaine from the Ratdog tour to Tucson and
tweeked-out hippies were gazing at gems
and knifing each other, so maybe there was
a danger tax involved. There were lots of
first-timers, "custies," and more shitty beer
than I've ever seen on a lot, but very little
cop drama, if any. This show, much like the
Vegas shows to come, were not camping
shows at all, and the lot was finally cleared
out by police helicopters. Oh yeah the show
itself... it was really quite good. Also like the
next two ·shows, there were tons of "2001 "
and "Sand" teases.
The next two shows were at th~ Thomas
and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Way more
people and way more crazy.
Night one: It was hard to get tickets to
this one. I saw the band moe., who were
playing shows at the House Of Blues each
night after Phish, outside trying to get in.
I was making fun of them. "Hey I thought
you were a rockstar," I asked their guitarist
AI. "They said we didn't need tickets," he
replied sadly. They eventually got in, but
not until I pissed them off a little and let
them know that I sneaked into their LA
show two days before with a business card.
There were tons of fake tickets around.
Some girls got screwed over and wanted
their money back. They maced a guy who
sold them fakes. When his friends tried to
beat the girls up, one of my friends jumped
in , got his head stomped, and guns were
pulled by the swindlers. They were chased
off. I watched a kid burn a mai l-order ticket
in front of me because he thought it was
fake . I've never seen fake mail-order tix.
His friend looked at me in awe and said,
"I don't think that was fake ." A kid that I
was with learned that bribery was a felony
while being shaken over the stairs by his
shirt after trying to grease the palms ofhead
of security. He eventually bought a ticket
for $45, traded it for $50 and a ticket to
the second show, and then we both just
sneaked in through the smoking section.
We missed first set, but the show was great.
More 2001 teases.
Besides tickets, everyone was looking
for ph armies and LSD. One wasted girl was
trying to tax people on Xanax, claiming she
had to do it because she smuggled them in
her crotch from Mexico. That's the Phish
tour I remember, know, and love. In all
reality, the lot scene was remarkably chill
aside from a couple of sketchy instances.
Hardly any cop drama, but both nights
ended up with cops slamming some fools
down and scattering everybody out to the
strip.
It looked more like "Lost Vegans" than
Las Vegas that night with all of the fucked
up, confused hippies staggering around the
hotels. Olympia pretty much took over the
Luxor. Eventually the pyramid was filled
entirely with gambling tour kids. It got
pretty reckless. My friend was hitting with
a slot machine until I inserted a prostitute
card into the dollar slot and completely
shut it down. 1 told a girl that was rubbing
on everybody that she was encroaching on
my personal space. She immediately turned
around and had sex with my friend in a
bathroom, getting them both banned from
12 casinos (pretty much every cas ino you'd
ever want to go to plus "Slots of Fun"). At
about 7 a.m. , we all got booted from th e
Luxor bar because everybody kep t pass ing
out. Seven sem i-mobile hippies wandering
off, laying in bushes, and trying to ride
rollercoasters. It was like I was runnin g a
Special Ed field trip. I found $30 on an
escalator that morning. Did anyone find
my blue Rogue Beer hoodie?
Night two: someone in a pig suit holds
a sign that says don't eat "G uyute" by
slaughter video footage, while further down
shakedown people grill steaks and cajun
chicken fajitas. Will call opens up some
tickets on the down low. 1 buy two for $80
and once I'm sure everyone I know has one,
I sell one for $60. On the way in I notic",
that you can't take your booze inside. 1
wait at the gate and intercept Newcastles,
Oatmeal Stoms, Bass, Sierra Nevadas, etc.
I eventually have a crew that sees I have the
right idea. I miss a couple of minutes of
a 20-minute "David Bowie" opener. Who
cares, I'm drunk! I slowly work my way
down to the front. I see AI from moe., who's
remarkably nice since I'd been busting his
chops. He signs my prostitute business card
for a friend's birthday and tells me to come
to his Seattle show if I'm home: :Show has
more 2001 teases and loses a lot of people
wlabout five songs from new album . We
figure that the tour won't be as remarkably
chill once it starts rolling east, decide not
to get "Swept Away," and head 28 hours
straight home.
CJ'eblwafty I g
12:26 p.m. A purse was lifted by a sticky fingered individual from the HCC. After calling Housing and the Corner Store, the lovely owner contacted Police Services to report it
stolen. If you have this poor girl's purse, return it, you sticky fingered thief. It ain'r yours, so you don't ger to keep it.
2:50 p.m. Another victim of theft. .. Could it be that a sticky finger rampage is taking the campus by storm? I hope not, because that would be bad. Not [hat the th efts already
aren:t terrible, 'coz they are, but if it turned into an all out war of the sticky fingered thieves, suck-dom would ensue.
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8:58 p.m. Two guys wandering around the pa~king lot arouse suspicion from the police. One was walking in between two cars, and the other was standing around . Onc~ th ey
noticed the cop, they started to walk away, and it looked like they were trying to avoid police services. After they were stopped and talked to, they stated th at they weren't try1l1g to
steal a car, but trying to find a place to pee. If! was a guy, and was looking for a place to pee, I would pee on a tire . .
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9:55 p.m. (This one goes out to all those that lived on the fourth floor of A last year.) Remember those day~ of plar1l1g w~ter balloon In elementary school. It seems th at the
residents of th e fourth floor of some random dorm do too. The RA on duty got pegged with one, and when police services arrIved, they noticed water spots, and pieces of broken
balloons and condoms linering the hallway. They contacted the balloon throwers, who stated that they would apologize.
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2:05 p.m. A car got keyed in F lot. That's immensely sad, you guys . People have cars because they use them for transportation . Other Items used for transportation aren t keyed .. . 1
mean would YO ll key a horse or a bike? These are things that you should think about before you get all key crazy.
8:13 p.m. Theft of milk crates gets one individual busted for possession.
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Bon Appetit Fires Without Just Cause
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hv ,wba Dodge aad Dod HoroVitz
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On February 14, 2003, two employees of Bon Appetit were fired
withouc "Just Cause. " The Evergreen
State College food service employees
union (International Longshore and
Warehouse Union, Local 5) contests the
issue. The following is an account of
what happened.
On Friday evening, January 31 ", the
"Kitchen Lead", Adam Yoshizumi, was
preparing soup for the next day from
the week's leftovers, as usual. Partway
through the process, h e set a portion
of the assembled ingredients aside ro
test how well they would keep their
consistency when grilled, possibly for a
future special. Adam was working later
than scheduled, as he had been every
night since the former Sous C h ef quit
a nd a re placement had not yet bee n
hired. After clocking out at the end of
his shift as deli barrista, John Wisnewski
offered to lighten Adam's workload by
grilling the food for him. Being aware of
John's previous experience in kitchens,
Adam agreed to the assistance. As
John was cooking, one of the managers
approached him, asked what he was
cooking, and complimented him on
the food he was preparing. When he
was fini shed, John brought the food to
Adam who tested its consistency and
quality, arid then incorporated it into
the soup it was intended for.
On Tuesday, February 4, John and
Adam were informed by management
that they were suspended, pending
investigation , for unauthori zed use
of company/client time, equipment,
property and materials . Management
refused to discuss the iss ue with the two
employees or their shop stewards.
Two days later, on the morning of
February 6 , while still on suspension,
John Wisnewski exercised his legal right
as a shop steward to arrend a bi-monthly
meeting between union representatives
and Bon Appetit Management. Upon
arriving at the cafeteria, John was met
by Rick Stromire, the General Manager
for Bon Appetit, and Steve Huntsberry,
the Evergreen Chief of Police. Rick
informed John that he was in violation
of his suspension , and that if he did
not leave immediately he would be
terminated. John articulated that he was
acting in his capacity as a representative
of the union and not as an employee,
and that the employer did not have
the right to dictate who represents
the workers to management. At this
point, Rick told John that if he did not
leave the premises he would be fired
for insubordination. John informed
Rick that when acting as an official
union representative, he was in no way
subordinate to managemen t. Rick
responded by saying that if John did
not leave immediately he would be
removed , presumably by the visible
police presence. The Union then stated
tha't until management recognized the
Union's rights and the rights of its
representatives, this meeting and all
subsequent meetings of similar nature
would not occur, John and a fellow shop
steward exited the cafeteria and were
followed partway by Steve Huntsberry,
presumably to ensure that they left the
premIses.
On Wednesday, February 12 , after
over a week of suspension, Ryan Takas,
the Union Representative for the entire
local, had a meeting with Rick Stromire.
Ryan informed Rick that a reasonable
amount of time in which to conduct
an investigation had passed, discussed
the seven tests of"Jusr Cause," and suggested that if Rick was going to conduct
an investigation it would be advisable
to question the two employees.
Friday, February 14, John went in
to work to inquire about his paycheck,
which had not been directly deposited
into his bank account as usual. John
was informed by Rick Stromire that his
check was in the mail. When asked
why he could not obtain it through the
l)ormal rouces, Rick merely repeated
that it was in the mail, refusing further
discussion. John contacted the Local
5 union office about an hour later and
was told that Rick had notified the
Union that he had terminated both
John and Adam . Neither John nor
Adam were ever given the opportunity
to relate their side of the story.
There are seven tests of Just Cause,
violating anyone test indicates that Just
A ,Brief History.of the Food
Service Workers Union Local 5,
at the Evergreen State College
b¥ ,wba Dodge aad Dorl Horowtz
The Evergreen food service workers began organizing a union in the
summer of 2000, under the employment of the Fine Host Corporation,
the campus food service provider at the
time. In the fall of2000, workers staged
a series of "quickie" strikes, job actions,
and community-supported protests ,
to fight unjust firings, harassment of
union supporters, and disrespectful
ueatm ent from the management of
Fine Host.
During these initial stages of
the organizing drive , the workers
received tremendous support from
the Olympia branch of the IWW
(Industrial Workers of the World).
Workers eventually decided to affiliate
with the International Longshore
Workers Union
(ILWU) because of
their rank-and-file democracy, their
suength, and their power.
Later that month, after Fine Host
refused to voluntarily recognize the
union, despite the fact that 85% of
the food service workers signed a
petition in support of the union, the
workers filed for a National Labor
Relations Board sponsored election.
After a determined campaign stoked
by community and student support,
workers won union recognition on
January 11, 2001 by a vote of 31 to
12. The following months brought
increased harassment by Fine Host
management, and a long, difficult
period of contract negotiations. In
July of 200 I, the union signed its first
contract with Fine Host.
On September 1, 2001, the
Bon Appetit Management Company
replaced Fine Host as the new campus
foodservice provider. Due to pressure
by the food service workers, Evergreen
required Bon Appetit to retain all current non-management employees for a
minimum of 90 days.
During the next few months, many
long-time employees of the Evergreen
food service quit due to arbitrary and
drastic schedule changes, as well as
blatant disrespect from management. In
November of 2001, the workers signed
a one-year union contract with Bon
Appetit. Around the same time, the
Evergreen food service workerlt affiliated
with ILWU Local 5, of Powell's Books
out of Portland, Oregon.
In November of 2002, the food
service workers went back to the
bargaining table to negotiate a second
contract with Bon Appetir. After a
brief but grueling period of negotiations in November, the union ,and
the company reached an agreement,
which included several improvements
on the previou s union contract.
Among these improvements were
less ambiguous contract language, a
better grievance proc~dure , increased
vacation time roll-over, the right to
grieve new policies, shorter probationary periods for new employees,
and pay raises for all bargainingunit members. This contract, which
will expire in 2005, was ratitled and
signed in February of 2003.
In the two and a half years since
the food service workers organized,
they have gained many improvements, including increased vacation
time, paid sick days, paid holidays,
transportation benefits, job security,
a grievance procedure, control over
scheduling, an average of over
$t.50/hour wage increases, and
above all, a sense of empowerment
and solidarity.
Cause has not been met. The tests
are as follows : 1) Did management
adequately warn the employees of the
consequences of their conduct? 2) Was
management's rule or order reasonably
related to safe and efficient operations?
3) Did management investigate before
administering the discipline? 4) Was the
investigation fair and objective? 5) Did
the investigation produce substantial
evidence or proof of guilr? 6) Were
the rules, orders and penalties applied
evenhandedly and without discrimination to all employees? 7) Was the penalty
reasonably related to the se riousness
o f the offence and the past record ?
The Union's position is that the two
emp loy ees were fired without Ju s t
Ca use , and is in the process of contesting their termination. We encourage you to ex press your opllllons.
Co ntact information for the UnionJo hn Wisnew ski, Shop Steward:
johnwisnewski@yahoo.com. Contact
information for Bon Appetit-Rick
Strom ire, General Manager: 867-6282
and rstromire@cafebonappetit.com.
Members of the Union encourage
you to continue patronizing Bon
Appetit. The Union would also like to
take this opportunity to welcome Marr,
the replacement barrista in the deli , and
we expect that you continue to treat
him with courtesy a nd respect. The
campaign to reinstate John and Adam
is in no way intended to direct hostility
towards their replace ments .
Day of Presence act ivities and our
current readings really hit me in a soft
spor. I neve r have been overtly racist
a nd [ am very self-aware of instances
where that underlying childhood racism
kicks in.
However, I neve r once wrapped my
mind around the idea of white privilege ,
because until I moved [0 the Northwest
in 1993, I was low income person who
lived as a minority in my community. I
never thought I was getting any breaks
at all, until now when I realize that all it
takes for me to transcend the discrimination I faced was a trip to the beauty
salon, a girdle, a $300 .00 Liz Claiborne
suit, and nice leather accessories . With
that I can walk into to any department
SLOre, place of business, or fine hotel,
and co mmit all sorts of crimes, with
nary a glance from anyone. I can drive
around and not worry that J will pulled
over because of my race, my checks
will be accepted, my home loan will be
processed, and I can shop without being
followed by a saleslady.
In a month from now, I am joining
a discussio n at an EEWA conference
about the 'Whiteness' of Environmental
Education. I guess it is time I faced
this glaring reality of my field, and the
fact that we teach children from all
backgrounds; we need strategies to meet
them all, as well as [0 interest them in
our field as a future career. Plus for a
look in[O communication and economic
values differences, try Ruby Payne's A
Framework for Understanding Poverty,
available in the bookstore. Don't worry
about me folks, I am still just a student,
a half-empty pitcher with heartfelt good
IIltentlons .
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Uhg Eliiloii
Dear Edi[Or:
Breathing through Stress
Breath, an aspect of life, which travels
in all planes of existence, also visits the
most finite spaces of the human body.
Each breath enters the lungs as inspiration
and explores every capillary possible
before being pushed out through the
process of expiration. The air we breathe
is a product of our atmosphere. The
a tmosphere contains man y elements,
among those are remnants of what we do
and how we live.
The word yoga means union. Because
yoga employs practice as well as theory, it
differs from other philosophies. Breathing
exercises, known as pranayama, play an
essential role in all disciplines of yoga. The
word pranayama is derived fromprana,
which means life force, and yama, which
means control. Pranayama, or control
of breath includes a variety of breathing
exercises that assist the body in unifying
itself.
In a time of 'uncertainty and possible
war the evening news instructs us on
how [0 use duct tape as a weapon against
biological warfare. [Editor's note: Duct
tape has NOT been proven to be an
effective method of protection against
biological warfare.] We, as Americans
living in 2003 are experiencing a new level
of anxiety. By now we all know that stress
kills. H ealth is strength and strength is a
' weapon against the wrath of war.
Human beings do two general types
of breathing, abdominal or chest. Chest
breathing occurs in the upper region of
the rib cage. Breath s tend to be short,
shallow, and quick.
C hest breathing can be associated with
physiological stress and function s of the
sympathetic nervous system (a.k.a. fight
or flight response). Abdominal breathing,
on the other hand , occurs deeper, in the
lower portion of the ribcage. Breaths here
tend [0 be longer, deeper, and smoother
using the diaphragm (predominant muscle
of respiration .)
Abdominal breathing associates with
the parasympathetic nervous system and a
relaxed state of physiology (a.k.a. rest.)
Diaphragmatic breathing is often
taught [0 singers [0 increase control and
projections of voice. The diaphragm, a
large dome shaped muscle, horizontally
separates the chest cavity, (containing the
organs of respiration and circulation ,)
from the abdominal cavity, (which holds
the organs of digestion.) The diaphragm
contracts during inspiration . This contraction flattens the dome of the muscle and
pushes downward against the digestive
organs. Contraction of the diaphragm also
relaxes the abdominal muscles. Expiration
of air relaxes the diaphragm and engages
the abdominal muscles. This alternating
relationship constitutes a pump actively
moving oxygen i~to the body, and moving
carbon dioxide out. It also demonstrates
the constant movements of the digestive
system and all internal organs.
The human body is dynamic, in continuous fluid motion. Health can b e
defined as a balance of those movements.
Here is a breathing exercise to try by
yourself or in a group:
- Lie on your back.
- Let your arms be at your sides, slightly
away from your body, palms face up.
- Move your feet apart approximately
shoulder width.
This is a class ic yoga posture known
as Shavasana or the Corpse Pose. Being
in this posture should require no effort
or energy. Your entire body may relax
here. Take a few normal breaths and then
make adjustments.
- If your lower back feels tight bend
your legs and rai se your knees, so your
lower back is flat and supported by the
surface your lying on. Let your knees
fall in and rest effortlessly against each
other.
- Feel the natur a l weight of your
shoulders open your chest.
- Adjust your arms closer or farther
from your [Orso [0 the most comfortable
position.
- If necessary, use a pillow [0 support
the neck. Pull the edges of the pillow down
[0 your shoulders so the neck is supported
from the torso to the head.
- Soften your mouth , forehead , and
face.
Now that your body is relaxed and
Like many other members of the Evergreen community, I have been
following closely the debate that has arisen in the CPJ and elsewhere regarding
the politicat atmosphere of our school, and [ would like to add another
perspective that seems absent from the discussion. As an activis~ who has been
deeply engaged with the rapidly growing social justice movement, I feel a strong
commitment to its driving principles of free speech, ideological [Olerance, and
the freedom to voice dissent without fear and suppression. While [ draw a sense
of comfort and kinship from the rare opportunity this campus has afforded me
[0 surround myself with others who share my political convictions, I also feel it
is absolutely imperative that we guard ourselves against the impulse to abandon
the aforementioned principles when threatened by criticism.
When one believes what one says with confidence and certainty, there is
no need [0 disseminate pure rhetoric or silence disagreement; the facts speak
for themselves, and if we are in the right, we should have no fear of being
proven wrong. Further, if we are going to rail against the oppressive climate of
post-9/tt America (and in particular, the Patriot Act and recent government
crackdowns on dissent,) we absolutely cannot discredit ourselves by turning
around and silencing those in our midst who dissent against the dissenters. The
past two issues of the CPJ contained articles in which the author expounded
hi s views on the Michael Lerner controversy, framing Lerner's criticism of
ANSWER, and their successful attempt to prevent him from speaking in San
Francisco, as an act of creason, further implying that anypne who comes to
Lern er's defense on this issue cannot be truly considered "liberal" or "left-wing."
Not only do such instances of labeling serve [0 further polarize our already
hyper-polarized society, they also bear an unsettling resemblance [0 the very
same tactics we have outspokenly condemned in the rhetoric of the Bush
administration: either you're with us or against us. If we are to follow the
author's own advice and "keep open minds and allow a diversity of opinions
and strategies," we must take care [0 practice what we preach, lest our David
transform into a Goliath himself.
Val Saturen
ready
- Place one hand on your chest, over
your heart (it is only slightly to the left ,
pretty much in the center of your chest)
- Place the other hand on your belly,
just below the navel.
- Breathe through your nose.
- As you inhale, your belly expands and
lifts up against your lower hand.
- As you exhale that lower hand falls as
the belly drops back into the body.
- With each inhale th e belly hand
ri ses and with each exhale it falls. The
diaphragm
and abdominal muscle s move your
hand.
- The hand on your chest does not move
up or down. It can feel the breath moving
and heart beating below it, but the upper
chest is not expanding, therefore the upper
hand will not move up or down.
- Keep your attention on the breath.
- As the bell y ge ntl y rises and falls,
allow the breath to be smoo th, no space
between inhale and exhale. Each breath
flows di recdy into the next.
- Enjoy yourself.
Pranayama need not take a lot of time
from your life. In fact, this exercise can
be as quick as a few moments before bed
or during a break. A type of meditation,
abdominal breathing offers a quiet watching of the self. Focused breathing keeps
us present, and capab le of dealing with
the now. Co nsciou s respira tion IIlVItCS
connection and hea lrh .
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2002 was the last year that freshmen living
in the 'gherro' dorms had the mature option
of whether to have a lunch plan. Ir seems
like someone in charge thinks that freshmen
are mindless, and will die -of starvation if a
mandatory lunch plan is not in effect.
Do you think the freshmen look healthier
this year, now that they are required to
buy a lunch plan? I don'r. I think they
look like they're on cocaine. (Though my
opinion is sketchy cause I lost my glasses
two years ago.)
The topic of freshmen having a mandatory lunch plan was brought to students'
attention last year, but no one seemed to
care; maybe because no one would dare be
a freshman twice and/or live in the A dor/Tl
area ever again. My opinion is that you have
to be crazy to live on campus in the first
place, but hey, shit happens.
To tell you the truth, I didn't even realize
that the mandatory food plan was in effect
this year, until I walked in the direction of
the cafeteria where a young freshman stood,
wearing a huge sign. He was boycotting
the mandatory freshman plan. I signed his
petition against mandatory food plans.
Obviously this student had gotten stuck
with the costly mandatory food burden , so I
asked, "You must have a bunch of money on
your card?" He said, "Yeah, I've got hundreds
on my account."
"Shit, buy me lunch then! " I said. Soon,
before I even tried out my sexiness on him,
I was eating a full meal.
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The cafeteria workers recog nized the
protester and we could hear them yelling
behind the noise of the food and dishes:
"Hypocrite!"
"Sell Out!"
I said , "Fuck them, you're helping me,
the poor guy, out. " That's when I got the
greatest idea ever. A "Free Lunch" day for
the homeless, or just the hungry in general.
Is it really fair that this money should just
go to waste just because the students with
the meal plans don't spend all their money
in time? Hell no!
To change this situation , 'use every dime'
is my theory. On the last day you are allowed
to use your meal card, freshmen should
max out their cards to give out free lunches
all day.
poi ot j0 U [0 aI
We could organize car pools to get the
homeless form Thurston C ounty into the
cafeteri a to eat for free, and possibly introduc<.:
them [0 the education of Evergree n. We
also co uld post flyers arou nd ca mpus, or
anywhere, to let anyone hungry know. Think
of how beautiful it could be, a cafeteria full of
happy people eating lunch for free. It could
beco me a new tradition. and also might
beco me a reason why the people "in charge"
might stop this ridiculous mandato ry meal
plan, Ir's logical , and they make more mon ey
with the mandatory meal plan, so if they
start losing mon ey or agree to h elp th e
homeless out, we will see an attitude change
from "above."
/fyou are interested ill helping to making this
happen email: thomas-Jackso40 @hotmail. com
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Tripping .on Reality
Take No Prisoners
by Mike
Treadwell
.. .and take no shit, e ith er. Words I
WI ite [his column by. Let's get starred.
A qu estion came my way about something I wrote in my recent arricle, "I Want
My Cou ntry Back. " The person wanted
to know what 1 meant about the federal
in co me tJX bein g un co nstirutional.
Wh~[ I m ea nt by th at statement is
exactl y as follows: get an original document o f the federal co nstirution, and look
for an ything about garnish ing wages. You
won't find anything like that in th ere.
Now we come (0 the issu e of the
s ixteenth amendment. Th is gives the
federal branch "authority" to collect taxes
on inco mes. This was "drafted" by the
bastard him self. Will iam Howard Taft, in
191 3, who, after leaving the Pres idency,
went o n to b eco me a Supreme Coun
Justice.
Th e "fo unding fathers" wou ld not
have approved of this, but by this time
it didn 't m a tte r be ca use government
had al rea dy figured out th e system by
which to manipulate government and
the publi c. To undue this , we have to
understand the system that they used
aga inst us. By making people dependent
on governm ent, it wou ld make it harder
for a pub li c, over th e gradual growth of a
dependency, to say no to it.
Six years after the 16th amendment
was passed, the 18th amendment was
passed. This ame ndment prohibited the
manufac rure, or sa le of "intoxicat ing
liquors" anywhere within U.S . jurisdiction.
The nightmare doesn't stop there,
though. After prohibition and the income
tax, there was social securi ty and the "War
on Drugs." The creation of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the
Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco, and Firearms
(ATF) is qu estionable, too. There ate only
Cougar Calls:
Part I
by Kathryn Johnson
three crimes defined in the original conAh! [ had finally returned to my
stitution: treason, piracy, and counterfeiting. There is no "domestic terrorism" native land . . . the ancient cedars.:. the
crime or even murder, for that matter. enchanted land of moss-laden maples and
That is a state issue. The point is that ferns. But, it wasn't all bliss and sunshine,
states were meant to compete over each no, no. I had been hitchhiking for days
other, and now government knows no to make it to the rainforest, eating out
of dumpsters and rising before dawn so
limits.
Having answered that question perhaps I wouldn't get hassled by Uncle Sam.
others of you had , we co me to the next Traveling through capitalist America felt
like I had entered th e twilight zone. A
Issue.
The InfoShoppe "z ine" archive in foggy and sometimes frightening dimenthe Housing Comm uni ty Center is very sion, I had to swim through to reach the
interes ting. I enjoyed it more than [ next patch of cedar trees. Is this really the
thought [ would. Looking at the table reality we humans have chosen? Luckily
outside or from the inside, you can see a I had the company and protection of a
real diversity of literature there. I don't gentle, giant newt named Newtle.
Yet, even in the world of strip malls
blame them, though, because this is what
and neon signs, the fairy's magic persisted.
Evergreen stude nts wane
Looking at th e literature on the out- A wise, old Ch ine se man picked up
side table on ly reaffirms my previous Newrle and me. He saw us through things,
suspicions. I may agree with some of the the dimensions beyond this consensus
literature, especially the ones about a reality. He delivered us from the madness
future police state, but I have to laug h and into the ancient trees, telling us stories
at the peo ple who write that stuff. Even of his 40-day fast alo ne in the mounta;ns.
though they don't realize it, THEY ARE I was glad for the appearance of this being
PART OF THE PROBLEM -- or at the who co uld also hear the voices of an imals
very least are co ntributing to what they . and spirits of the woods. He helped us
are opposed to indirectly. These people find a peaceful spot next to the water
don't understand the system by which where we could sleep undisturbed.
We rose the next day before dawn .
th e enemy works.
Watch out, though. Give author it y It was another long day of hitchhiking.
an inch and it will take fifteen miles at Some rides we re ni ce, others drunk,
a minimum (government, too.) In this o th ers mean. Newrle and I danced and
life, things that keep things in check are sang as we waited the long hours on the
usually a good thing. The recent 24/7 old logging road for the ride that would
arm ing policy is an example of this. The take us the last 20 miles, into the heart of
parr-time arming policy was adapted the Olympic Rainforesr. An older couple
because students almost revolted at the with a little white poodle drove by. A few
issue of cops on campus having guns. mi,nutes later, they returned and opened
T he temporary arming was to placate their doors .
Before long, we were on the trail,
students. Now they are being armed
headed for the breast of Mount Olympus.
full time.
What is next on campus, a missile The first mile was hard, yet Newtle and
defense system, maybe some tanks? Dude, I chatted gaily. The seco nd mile gave
way to silence and awe. The glory of the
this school could use some tanks.
woods in the third mile gave way to elated
laughter. The fourth mile opened me to
. the deepest sorrows, all my love turned
to fea r that t hat lo ve wo uld leave and
I sobbed, sin gin g, "Ancient Mother, I
hear yo u callin g. Ancient Mother, I hear
your song. Ancient Mother, [ hear your
laughter. Ancient Mother, I taste your
tears."
By mile five , I was back living in
my head, "How can I live and remain
feeling wild and free in this mixed-up
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Things I might say to
my future cnildren ...
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No.
No , you can not go to Mars as an
exchange student.
No , I am not paying for horn implants.
Not until you're 21.
No, not a prehensile tail, either.
[ don't see why you just don't go out
and have real sex like we used to.
No , yo u can not have a shunt VR patch
implanted. If you want to be a brainless
goo-ball like the dropouts I see everyday
on the light rail, you can wait 'till you can'
pay for it yourself.
D o n't forget to wear your air filter, you
don't want to catch cancer.
You are not going out undressed like
I
that: at least wear a condom!
No , you may not have your Young
New Republican meeting here tonighr.
The neighbors are coming over for a
Tupper-Piercing Party.
Don't do anything I already did.
Please turn down your Olson Twins
album before I throw it in the garbage
composter.
Did you recycle your clothes?
Is that a gun? Give me that! Gu ns are
illegal. Here take my neuro-disrupter, it
is much more discreer.
Dear, there is a raccoon at the door
with flowers. He says he here to pick
you up?
Do you want Hemp Crispies or Peyote
,Pops for breakfast?
No, you cannot have corneal screen
implants, you'll ruin you eyes!
. Turn off the rransporter pad! Were you
born in a mall?
You're getting married to the Raccoon ?
don't know how I feel about int e rspecies dating, even if part of his genes
are human!
We love you the way you are, even if
you decide to stay hetero.
You're going to school wearing that?
Show some skin, for Pete's sake.
I remember when a Coke was just
1.00 and French fries were made from
potatoes, and paper was made from trees,
and people could actually go outside
to play.
Eat your Salmonaise a nd Green
Beanette's, there are ch ild ren 'starvi ng
in the States.
No , you cannot purposely ex po se
crazy world," I wondered. My awareness
pulled away from the magic all around
and into my worries.
.
Just then, Newtle said, "Look!" I spun
around and searched intently. "No, no,
in front of us, there was a Co ugar. She
just van ished into the forest ... noiseless.';'"
He sa id with awe, "Not even a leaf was
disrurbed. "
Then I heard Mother Cougar spir it.
She spoke from the Dreamtime. "Kat,"
she said. "Always be aware. [ came to vi sit
you and you did not see me. You were
so preoccupied with your thoughts tha r
you didn't even see m e right in front of
you. But, do not be hard o n yo urself, d ear
child. It is a strange world you must wa lk
in. We will meet again. You will see m e
in the mountains."
That night, I bathed by the w il d
rushing river. It was there that I CUl my
hair. In on ly five years her hair had gro\Vll
to be nearly five feet long. I assumed it
was because of all the weeds I had been
eating. I felt Cougar spirit telling me th at
the hair was kee ping me from em bracing
my full Wild Woman potential. With
one swift hack, my tiny dagger freed my
head of the golde n rope-bra id. "With thi s
blazing swo rd of w isdom, I free myself
of al l preocc upations with th e human
world . I will be nothing but pure, Wild
Kar."
After days of hiking and adventure,
Newtle and I made it to Glacier meadows.
It was there that I found a Cougar d en.
It reminded m e of the summ er [ lived
in a cougar den back in Kentucky, but
that's another story altogether. There at
the glacier meadow cat den, I took out my
long braid and untied it, leaving the hair
gathered at one end. "This will be a nice
blanket for your pups, mother cougar," I
said. "Winter will be here before we know
ir. And maybe this will help the forest
creatures stay warm. "
Those high meadows proved both
spectacular and ve ry wet! I was disap pointed as we desce nded and began to
doubt myself. H ad I rea ll y rece ived a
message from the Couga r or was I jusl
making it all up in my head) Cougar
sp irit said we would meet again in the
high mountains. I had done my best th e
whole hike to be aware and alert, but
Cougar never came. (To be continued
next week)
yourself to gamma radiation so you can
get mutant powers with Bobby.
C lean up your womb!
You have been inside all summer, go
outside and protest something!
It's 6:00 a.m.! Time for bed!
P.S. A little sci-fi fun from 2000 to
make you laugh, hopefully.
I think the Day of Absence/ Day
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Chan Marshall Creates a Masterpiece with You Are Free
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Chibi Chibi Con
by Jerry Chiang
Nada SUrl-
Let Go (Barsuk)
by NiCbof8s StaniSlOws/(j
After narrowly escaping from the career-ending label of "one-hit-wonder;" Nada
Surf has come roaring back with a splendidly beautiful album : that captureS. with
amazing accuracy, the quintessence of pop. On Let Go, Nada Surf shies away from the
Weezer-esque early nineties rock and crafts delicate pop songs that evoke influences
such as The Bearles and The Beach Boys. In "Blizzard of '77," "Happy Kid," and
"Inside of Love," Nada Surf shows off its ear for charming and hum-a-Iong melodies,
its muscles for laying down catchy guitar riffs, and penchant for subtly beaurifullyrics.
"KiUian's Red" is a dark, introspective. and powerful tune that requires multiple listens
to crack away at its various layers, and it is an extra bonus that the song is strangely
reminiscent of the ambient interludes of the Deftones. Music lovers will breathe a sigh
of much needed relief as Nada Surf will not go down in historias that one band that
did "Popular," because it has created one of this year's best records that will soon be
known for its staggering beautY and brilliance.
The Used -
The Use.d (Reprise)
'Having the nausea-inducing Kelly Osbourne as your gitlfriend is the sort epic
cruelty only the Greek gods could devise; no wonder Bert McCracken, the lead singer
of this mainstream hardcore/punk band from Utah, has' issues that 'he can translate
into powerful songs. The Used's album displays the'lJand's.arrestlpg abili,ty to be tender
and abrasive without sacrificing any artistic integrity. "Maybe Memories,". the album's
opener, is a track that features so lI\uch musical ferocity and em~tional intensity that it
will ea$ily win over any true hardcore fans. "Taste ofInk," "Buried Myself Alive," and
"BoxFtill of Sharp Objects" are instant sing-a-longanthems with thrashillg guitars,
screainirig, laryngitis-inducing vocals, and pulse-pdiinding percussions. "Noises. and
Ki~es," :Clne of the album's best, is a deceptively gentle yet visceral trac~ that affirms
McCraken's verisimilitude as a tortured souL What's the lesson here? The Used is a
rock band that d,elivers plenty of head-banging for your CD-.purchasing buck, a~d the
Osbourn~s: have outlived rheir welcome, especial.ly. Ke.Uy.
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Cristal. ~ith real gangstas. "What Up Gangsta" and "Many Men" establish the gat'i.gsta
persona of 50 Cent, as if his reputation as a crack-dealing and hustling underground
rapp~r)~~eded any introduction. 50 Cent's lyri<;$ naturally ·foc.l!s on ho.w he survived
the dang~rous and treacheroUs life of crime. An integral partof 5() '4i1t's succe~s is
his flow; )ivhich 'is marked ~y ,an .e,ffortie,ss easeall.4 a tinge of S6uther\l- drawl. Equally
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by.lerry Chiang
If you thought Bellingham was just a cheap imitation of
Olympia, then my friend, you are wrong (insert vigorous
and remonstrative finger-shaking). Bellingham has become
quite the birthplace of cool and undeniably hip independent
music that's steadily reclaiming the Northwest 's spot on
the musical map.
Following closely in the cri tical ly acclaimed footsteps of
Bellingham-native Death Cab for C utie, th e Pale, anothe r
Bellingham-bred quartet, has been generating a lot of buzz
with its third album, Gravity Gets Things Done. The Palc is
winning a legion of fans with its distinct style th at is a fu sion
of Death Cab's melancholic lo-fi sound and refreshingly
catchy pop rock with crunchy guitars.
Last weekend, I attended an intim ate coffee hou se
performance of The Pale, and the band certainly lived up
to its newly acquired fame by playing a set of wonderFul
music. Before the show, Gabe Archer, the lead singer. warned
the crowd , "We can't really play; we just move aro und a
lot and pretend that we do. " Talent usually hides behind
a veil of modesty.
The Pale started off the night with an infectious tune
titled, "Space to Move," and the alloy of power chords and
upbeat percussions provided ample and irres istible reasons
to bop your head and gyrate. "Gravity gets things done," the
eponymous single and third song of the set, is one of rhe
year's best pop-rock songs that showcases th e lead singer's
tender voice that will captivate any listener. Tracks such as
"Relativity" and "The Crash" feature thoughtful lyrics , "you
make friendship sound like war ... say, say, say it still works"
and moody, Eels-esque keyboards, which are esse ntial to any
independent band striving for that oh-so-hip lo-fi so und .
A definite highlight of the night came as a cover song .
Before playing the cover, Archer prefaced it by saying, "This
so ng comes from one of the best movies ever made." As it
turned out, it was a fast-paced and rocking cover of Randy
Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me," the theme song
to Toy Story 2.
The night ended on a high note with the effervescent,
irresistible, and fucking adorable "Wake-Up Call" with great
verve and indie-rock bravado that really made me want to
dance. My girlfriend and I would have danced if the rest of
the crowd hadn't been so reserved and sedentary (apparently
the venue is a Christian teen center, and I guess Jesus isn't
down with dirty dancing.)
If you haven't gotten into the great local music scene,
then not only -are you missing out, but The Pale is the ideal
band to begin your Northwest music love affair. The Pale is
fantastic and wondrously talented, and it is undoubtedly one
of the best bands of 2003.
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Going to Chibi Chibi Con, I saw rwo movies, the Cowboy Bebop
movie: Knockin on Heaven 's Door, and Princess Mononoke. While I only
saw a small portion of what was being offered, for those rwo movies,
I spent about five hours there.
The Cowboy Bebop movie was shown in Lecture Hall 5, my least
favorite of lecture halls. The seats there have a sort of hinge halfway up
the back support, making reclining impossible for any normally built
person , Knockin on Heaven's Door is a movie addition to the Cowboy
Bebop television series about a group of bounty hunters. It was a fast
paced movie with lots of ass kicking and intrigue, but the video quality
was terrible, which caused my roommate, who was there with me, to
speculate that it was a pirated copy.
Princess Mononoke was in held in Lecture Hall 2, which has a setup
with desks and movable seats. This arrangement was slightly better than
the previous, but I still wasn't able to slouch because the desks inhibited
the extension of my legs, and the seats were small. Princess Mononoke, a
story about nature gods and humans trying to coexist, was interesting
because while there was a defined protagonist, there reaUy was no bad
guy. The animation of the movie was also excellent.
When I think about it, Lecture Hall I, which is the best set up to
view movies, was being used for some sort of video game dancing.
Besides the physical discomfort, I enjoyed myself for the time I spent
at Chibi Chibi Con. At each movie, 1 saw there were no more than 15
other people, and campus in general seemed pretty quiet that day. The
Library lobby was full of pretty balloon decorations, and I saw a few
people dressed up as anime charachers.
Cat Power
by Dan Krow
Playing Cat Power for a friend basically guarantees a pregnant silence. Chan Marshall's
voice is so melancholy, so pained, that you're humbled by its honesty. Listening to her
albums, you get the feeling you're listening to someone's private thoughts, her fears bared
only because she know her secrets are safe on a reel under her bed. Marshall's shyness is
part of her mythology. Her first album was supposedly released without her knowledge,
and in concert, the singer routinely apologizes for her performance, her amp, her voice,
and anything else she feels is disappointing the audience.
But some part of Marshall clearly loves her job. For an artist afraid of the audience,
Chan tours a uemendous amount, and as evidenced on her new album, You Are Free,
has accumulated quite a few A-list friends. Guest stars on her new album include Dave
Grohl and Eddie Vedder. And what a new album it is. For an artist known for sounding
trapped and paranoid, Marshall sounds remarkably confident on You Are Free. Though
to casual listeners the record may sound hopelessly morose, long time fans of Cat Power
will find a sense of joy permeating her new record.
From the blues-influenced, lush "Good Woman," in which Marshall's voice weaves
around the sad squawk of a fiddle, to the rambling, haunting lullaby "Fool," Marshall
has never sounded this full bodied. Though the word has been overused so much
it has lost its meaning, You Are Free is truly heartbreaking. It is the sound of all
the little disappointments that come back to haunt you on your darkest days. But
unlike many of Marshall's previous records, You Are Free is an affirmation, each
failure a promise to be kept.
Having recently purchased Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde, 1 can't help but find
echoes of Marshall and her music in the last track, "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands."
A Southerner by birth, Marshall is truly a Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands. But she's no
mere muse. This Sad Eyed Lady has taken her place among the greats.
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About Schmidt
byLeeKeprslos
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With so many things to see and only so much time on my hands, I only recently got around to seeing
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Alexander Payne's Oscar contender, About Schmidt, which is still playing in local theaters. It's laced with
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deadpan humor and yet it has such an emotional core. It is not interested in telling a plotted story,
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only offering introspective reflections on the retired life of those who have no other life, outside of the
narrow rat cage offices they sit in for so many years, waiting to be freed from. We follow Warren G. Schmidt,
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who after retiring and receiving a banquet in his honor, leaves the banquet hall to go have a drink at the bar.
He's a simple, reserved man who eventually realizes he's little more than an aging malcontent, who's so
assimilated into his wife's way of living that she makes him sit down to p"ee. He's played by Jack Nicholson, the
most nominated man in movie history. We I()ve to watch him revel in roles where he goes delightfully over the top,
but his great successes as an actor are in roles like this where he is subtle and subdued and not being "Jack." They
allow us to stand back and admire what a master of his craft he really is (his recent work in Sean Penn's The Pledge
is another example). There are no tricks to his performance: he creates this great character and handles it with his
usual professionalism. There are some whimsical sequences but they never run away with the movie, and Nicholson
never steals the show. As he journeys across the country in his monstrous new mobile home to discourage the wedding
of his daughter to her fiance, a mullet-headed waterbed salesman, he exchanges life lessons with his hazy future sister
in-law played by Kathy Bates. Bates gives her finest performance in years (a scene where she and Jack are in a
hot tub is a demonstration of her fearlessness as an actress). A real delight, with a smorgasbord of
good moments.
Rating: *u 112 stars
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Morvern Callar
If you arc not Familiar with Samantha Morton's screen presence or the childlike naivete of her appearance,
Morvan CaliaI' is a good place to start. She played a mute laundress in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, a heroin junkie in Jesus ' SOil, and a clairvoyant pre-cog
in the' recent Minority Repo rt. She looks as if she has a secret she's dying to tell you and here, that attribute is what the whole movie is about. She stars as the epo nymous
heroine, a struggling Glasgow twentysomething with a meager job at a supermarket. As she awakes one morning to find that her boyfriend has committed sui cide under
their fli ckering Christmas tree, she thinks for a little bit, opens her Christmas presents and reads his suicide e-mail. She neve r reacts. She leaves the body exactly where it is
and goes right on with her life. British director Lynne Ramsay has used this premise as the starring point for this somber character study of a girl who has lost
the ability to feel or cannot fed, or simply feels nothing. Nothing really happens in Morvern Callar because we are only observing this character and at no point
does Ramsay reveal where her heroine's motivation (or lack thereof) comes from. Instead, her camera watches Morvern from a sympathetic distance. Ramsay makes
the wise decision of not atte mpting to psychoanalyze her by prodding into the reasons for her behavior, as we watch her vacation to Spai n with hcr party animal
Friend Lana (Kathleen McDermott) on the money her boyfriend had saved For his funera l. We know that she has to do something about that body under the tree,
and we are barned when she takes credit for the boyfriend's completed novel by writing her name where his used to be. Is she trying to cover up his death ? Is she
mad? Is it a tribute or does she just want the money) We never know.
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Evergreen Drops Season
Finale to Thunderbirds
HI' Devin Jones
Seni o r night. . . Iast home game of the
regular seaso n .. . no bener way to end the
seaso n than w irh J win. Unforrunarely,
rh ar wasn'r the case on Sar urd ay eve ning
as C eoducks (7- 11 co nfe re nce, 13-29
overall) dropped their seaso n finale to the
C ascade Thullde rbird s (13-5 confe ren ce,
24-7 overall), 79-6'5.
The pr e-ga m e p resentarion for the
se l:iors ser rhe tone for th e night and yo u
co uld feel rhe ex citemenr in th e air when
VO li wa lked into th e gym.
The playe rs,
coaches, and f.~ n s We re all ready for a great
gam e.
The firsr half was all rhar everyone had
expec red as rhe two ream s barrled. The
Ceod ucks and Thunderbirds borh played
rel enrless defense on one end of rh e co urr,
;lnd exc hanged bas kers on th e oth e r. By
h;dfrime , the Thul1d e rbirds held a mere
I~,ur - p o int lead ove r Everg ree n, 40-36.
Th e seco nd half was a different story
as Cascade changed rheir game plan and
sw irched their defe nsive philosophy to zo ne
pressure, rhe same defense rhar gave th e
Ceod ucks problems the nighr before.
The zone defen se caused problems for
Evergreen throughout rhe e nrire second
h alf. The Thunderbirds ourscored rh e
C eoducks 3 9- 29 e n roure ro a 14-poinr
victory and held the Geoducks to jusr 43%,
(24- 55) shooring for rh e game, in cludin g
.340,1, (8-23) from rh e rhree -po inr lin e.
Th e real difference in rhe ga me was on
th e gbss. The Thunderbirds our-rebounded
rhe Ceod uc ks 47- 17. C ascade to re down
more offensive board s (20) o n rhe nighr,
rha n Eve rgree n had total boards. The poor
rebo unding was rh e worsr performance by
Everg ree n for rhe entire season.
Clifford White led C ascade with 3 0
New Mat for
points on 13-20 shootin g. White also
grabbed 11 rebounds, giving him a doubledouble for rhe ga me. Tevis Jones chipped
in 16 poinrs (7 -12) a nd grabbed eight
boards and had a team high four sreals.
By Devin Jones
Matt Evers and . Demyeon Bethel
also sco re'd in double fi gu res for rh e
In one of their better games of the
Thunderbirds. Evers had II points (5-8)
seaso
n , rhe women's basketball team at
and seve n rebounds, while Bethel added
The
Evergreen
State College dropped a
10 poinrs (4-8) in the w in .
heartbreaker
to
the
Warner Pacific Knights
Everg reen was led by se nior Mike Parker
on
Friday
night,
75-70.
(Washington D:CICiover Park HS) who, in
The long-awaited return of Geoduck
his fin al home game, had a team high 21
points on 9-16 shooring, and also had a guard Shiante Reed had the Geoducks
rea m high seven rebounds. Parker also had excited and ready to play. Reed had been
o ut for an extended period of time du e to
two assi sts, two blocks a nd th ree srea ls.
In his final home game as a Geoduck, an ankle injury and was dying to get back
Devin Jones (Ogden, Utah/Bonneville HS) on the fl oor.
Evergreen was down ea rly, but definitely
sco red six points for Everg reen, while
grabbing s ix boards , di s hing our five not o ut. Simple s ighs from th e crowd
assisrs, and nabbing two
srea ls. Parker and Jones
A BIG THANK YOU
combined for 13 of the
Geod ucks 17 rebounds on
A big thank you is due to James Ponune and Devin Jones. Poftune
the night.
and
Jones comprise the Sports Information Director's office. Portune is
Ben Riippi (Puyallup,
the Director and Jones his assistant. Both are paid for their work. Each
Wash.!Puyallup HS) knocked
week they write articles for the CPJ abour the past weeks events. Both
down 16 poinrs on 6-8
give invaluable se rvice to the CP] when we are short of stories.
shoo ring. including 4-6 from
three-point land in just 13
Karen Cale (Til iill/h I Il'/'.
minutes of pby.
Adam
Wa sh.lBlad: Hills HS) added
Laneer U il1'f1 water, Wash.!
13 poin rs (5-11), and grabbed
might ha ve insinuated thar rhe Geod ucks
Tumwater HS) added 10 poinrs for th e
eig hr boards, all on th e offensive end, while
were our of rhe game wirh no chance for a
Geod ucks o n 3- 5 shoOlin g a nd also had
Alicia Riddle (Portland, Ore.lIJol)'u'c/JIliL'
comeback. Thar was nor the case.
four ass isrs in the los ing effort.
HS) added 12 poinrs (4- 14) and di shed our
The Geod ucks kept their composure,
Following rh e ga me, rh e n ews came
a game high seve n assisrs.
not allowing rhe Knights to make a run to
in rhet[ rhe victory gave Cascade College
In her long anricipared rerum , Shiantc
brea k the game wide ope n. By the end of
rhe Confe ren ce Champ ion ship . The
Reed (T;/com a, \l/(lSh.lFoH H S ) c h ip pe'"
rhe firsr half, Evergreen had cut th e Knighrs
Thunderbirds were in a rhree-way tic with
in 12 points for rh e Ceod llcks 0 11 4- 12
lead to five, trailin g 37-32.
shooring. Senior Toni Jones (Ho";" .)/' riJJ.I',.,.
O rego n Tec h and Co ncord ia University, bur
The seco nd half was a fight. The reams
held the ri c-b reaker with eac h ream.
Wy1o.lRock Spl'hlgs lfS) added nine poillts 1;,1'
wenr back and forth, exc hangi ng basker for
Th e loss drops the Geod ucks ro rhe sevrh e Geoducks alld gr~bbed eight rl'OUllll ,ls
basket. Unfortunarely, the Geoducks 'were
in rh e losi ng effort.
enrh seed in rh e Casclde Co nference srandun ab le to ove rcom e the five poi nt first half
ings. The seve nrh seed all ows Evergreen to
deficit. The two reams sco red 38 poinrs a
rravel to Portland, Oregon ro face Concordia
piece in rhe seco nd half, givi ng th e Knights
Unive rsiry (who end ed up wirh rhe number
the five-point victory.
two spor in th e srandings) in rhe first round
If ir wasn't for the mediocre shoo ring
of rhe confere nce playoffs.
by Evergreen, th e Geod ucks may have
very well blown the Knights away wirh a
convincing victory. Evergreen shor a mere
35% (24-67) from rhe field, including
Knights Edge
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'Peace Vigil from 12 ·1 p.m at the Capitol every week. For more information ca ll Chrissy or
Si n",n" at 867 -6!)ii.
'AIl day
for more information, call Simona
Sharoni ar 867-6196.
'MEChA meets 1 p.m. in CAB 320. For more information call 867-6583.
'Prison Action Committee meets 3 p.m. in CAB 320, Worksta tion 10. For more information
Lall the White House
ca ll 867-6724.
-Fellowship of Reconciliation vigil from 4:30-5:30 at the 4'h Avenue
Fountain. For more information call Chrissy or Simona at 867-6196.
-Women in Black vigil from 5-6 p. m. at Pe rcival Land ing. For more
information call Chrissy or Simona at 867-6196.
-Evergreen Linux Users Group (ELUG) meers from 1-3 p.m. in Library 1505.
·Lost at Last and
ar 8:30 p.m. in the Longhouse
Ce nter. TESC students with ID $81 advance , $101 door. General Admission $101
ad vance, $1 21 door.
-Showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show and disc ussio n at 7 p.m. in
rhe Edge. Repear showing at midnight.
-Anthropomorphic the Microcosmic tour in the HCC at 8 p.m.
Joules Graves
gatu/lday
March 1
-Freeway Overpass Banner DrOpfromll a.m. to 1 p.m. at the 1-5
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ShOW at the Capitol The,uer, about 8 p.m .
oveq~ass . For inore t'hformationY',.a1IChriss1or Simona.at 867-6196. · '
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-Students for Christ meers from 7-8:30
·R,v.. r"r.·.. n Queer Alliance
. CWednesda~
in the Longhousc Cedar Room. i=or more informa tion call 867-6(,36.
m. in CAB 315. For more information call
867- 6 544.
Marr;h 5 ·· . '
. -Women Of.Colornieet5 at nootl' in CAB 313. For more information, call 867-6006.
..F~llo,~s~~n: ofRec~ndliation vigil . at 12 p.m. in Sylvester Park. For
more information6ill Chrissy or Simona af 867-6196.
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. ·Asia'il Solidal;ity 'i n ;(~tiOD '(~IA) meets from 12- 1 ~.m. in Library 2103. For more information caU·867-6033.
·Hul.O lIi~~U !?~ersat 12:30 In CAB 320. For more information, call 867-6033.
·~oalition$g8iIiStSexual Violence (CASy) meets at 1 p.m. in CAB 320. For
more information, Call86Z.~6749 .
·Women's Reso~~ Center (WRC) meets at 2 p.m. in the WRC, CAB 206. For mol'< information ca.l1867-6 162 .
.~e!illng;~r;tS<;:oUectlve me~rs at 2 p:m. in CAB 320.
.p~AP weers froJ'!l2-3 in Library 2129. For more information, call 867-6493.
·Wasb.J;lIRG</Tlee.rs at2 p.m. in CAB 320. For more information, call 867_6058.
. 'M~n·s9ro.'ilp ; meecs from 2-4 p.~.In Library 2118. For more information call 867-6092.
;·Jewish(:Ultural Center OCC) meers at 3 p.m. iii Library 2129. For more information, call 867·6092.
-Students 'at Evergreen for Ecological DesigD (SEED) meets at 3:30 in Lab 1,
room 2242, .FQt '/Tloreinformation, call 867-6493.
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.Evergreenlrish Resurgence Experiment (EIRE) meers at 3 p.m. in CAB 320 .
For inore infOrmation, call .Eamon at 867-6098.
. -Meeting for Tile Ovarian (the WRC zine) at 3 p.m . in the WRC, CAB 206
·Evergr~n Political Information Center (EPIC)" Carnival and Infoshop meet at
4 p:m. in Libd,ry 3500. For more information, call 867-6144.
.StudtmlJ\.rt
at 2 P''l\' if CA~ 320. For morcinformaciorl, call 867-6412.
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Wrestling Club
photo by Erika Wittmann
by Erika Wi rrm an n
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A coed wres rling c lub , new a r
Evergreen rhi s year, will recei ve a
brand new mat in approximHely
three wee ks, rhanks to the Srud enr
1\ctivi tes (S&1\) board. Sanders Freed,
C! formn James Madison University
(VA) coac h, as well as Cap itol Hi gh
School coac h, heads up rhe small but
grow ing club. "Once we get th e mar
and have a regular rime a nd place, rhe
club will really co me togerher."
Freed sees Everg ree n as having the
p ore nri al to hosr a national top - 10
team. "Th is could be rhe bann e r
s po rr for Everg ree n ," Free d said.
" If the sc hool adopred the club
as a tea m , we cou ld wresrle in
the N AIA I National Assoc iat ion of
In te rco ll eg iate Arh letes]." O nl y
rhree sc hools in \X'as hin g ton State
eve n have wres tlin g teams, including
Ce llrr.]1 Was hin gron Uni ve rs iry,
Paci fic Luthera n Un ivers ir y, a nd
Ilighline Co mmunity C ollege.
Dur i ng h is coach ing h istory,
h eed has coached twO hi gh sc hool
stu denrs who became nation al qual ili ers. Freed wa s also a member of
O rego n Srate Universi ty's ream .
O ne of rhe srar club members is .
Eri c King, who ,.illl high sc hool, was
a nariona l qualih~r from th e much
Thf: club has bun winggym mats duct-tapt:d togethu whik awaiting ihf:ir brand new mat, which arrives in thru weeks.
larger srate of Californi a.
" It wouldn't cost a lot ," Freed
interested in getting th e club togerher. "
and during the off-season as well.
say s, to adop r the ream, or to run
Freed concluded by saying that app roxiir. "All rhe ream would need is headgear,
To find out more about the wrestling dub
mately 20 people have exp ressed interest
si ng lers [uniforms]' a nd travel expenses
and may join when rhe new mat arrives. or when they meet, contllct Sanders Freed at:
cove red." He adds, "We'd have guaranteed
"I don't really have any expectations," he sandersfreed@hotmail.com.
success with the ri ght coach ." Next year,
"I just like the sport, and I'm
concluded,
Freed is finishing his thesis for a Masters
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In the spring of 1998,
Governor Gary Locke
signed into law a bill
allowing students at
four-year institutions
of higher education in
the State of
Washington to have
voting member
privileges on their
respective Board of
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The law reads that the
Governor, with the
consent of the Senate,
appoints one fUll-time
student in good
standing to the Board of
Trustees of their
respective campus. This
student is chosen from a
list of three to five
applicants submitted
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The application forms and further information about this position are
available at the Student Activities Office in CAB 320 from 8a.m.-6p.m.
Monday through Thursday, ad 8a.m.-5p.m. on Friday. You can also call
x6220 for further information.
The completed application packet is to be submitted to the CAB 320
front desk by March 5, 2003.
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run-off election on April 9 & 10, 2003.
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