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fasc ist. I wo uld
prefer a stude nt-run
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Organizing for
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Coll~ge·
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Eve rgrecn starts it s 2004 ca mpu s
dive rs ity lect ur e se ri es this T ues d ay ,
October 12.
Professor Katya G ibe l Azoulay from
Gri nn ell Co llege in Iowa w ill give a talk on
how impol1ant it is to her to bring issues of
race and identi ty into the classroom.
While the actua l lectu re w ill be held at
thc Tacoma branc h camp us o f E\lergreen,
membe rs of th e O lymp ia campus can
wat ch live "ideo feed of Dr. Gibel Azoula y's speec h dur ing th c prese ntations.
T he lec tur e w ill be s hown li ve in
Leclure Ha ll I fro m II a.m . to I p.m. and
fr,om 6 to 8 p.m . Stud ents on ca mpus ca n
a lso wa tch fro m the ir dorm s on C hannel 18. The lect ure w ill a lso be webcast
li ve to anyo n e in the wo rl d at h tt p :
l/www.evergreen.edu/med iaJli ve/.
G ibel Azou lay w ill address ways to
bri ng iss ues of race into class di sc uss ions.
She d raws on her academic resea rch as
we ll as her ex peri ence as the daughter of
an Aus tri an Jew ish woman and a Jamaican
man, bot h of whom em ig rated to th e U.S.
where s he was born .
The se ri es is spo nsored by the Presi dent 's Di versi ty f und and the Office for
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Equa l Opportu nity .
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Address Service Requested
Andy Marr
Senior
The fo llowing speakers are scheduled
jar Evergreen's 2004 diversity series.
Date: Saturd a y, October 23
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Place : O lymp ia ca mpus- Longhouse
C ultural Center
Speaker: R a nd y Scott
Topi c: Race as a facto r in ed ucati on
and public po li cy
" Th e y are the
s am e peopl e w ho
provide the tow e ls
in th e bathroom and
that is weird ."
Mikako Cillejpie
Sophomore
In Search of
Suslainability
Date: Wednesda y, October 27
T ime: II a. m. to I p.m .
Place: O ly mpi a ca m pus
Sp ea ker: C arlos C orte s
Topic: How the media teac h ab ou t
divers ity
Date: Tuesd ay, Nove mber 9
Times: I I a. m. to I :30 p.m .,
6 to 8:30 p.m .
Pl ace : O ly mp ia ca mpus
Speaker: A llan John son
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Topic : Unrave li ng the knot of race
" Th ey are ju st
doing the ir j ob, like
the Nazis."
Jared Music
Senio r
SOS: Visual ana
Media Arls
"A ramark 's pi zza
he lla gives me gas
a nd th e sco nes are
nar nar chro ni c l "
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Miguel Pineda
F res hman
Prof. Katya Azoulay
Olympia, WA 98505
"Fro m w h a t I
ca n te ll so fa r, the
quality of the pizza
is be tt er th an Bon
Appeti t's pizza ."
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First People's Advising expands
First People's Advising Services- a
campus group created for any academic,
personal or financial advising that you,
as a First Person, may need- will be
expanding its serv ices to include a first
time ever First Persons' Study Crew. The
crew consists of a studying, snacking and
hanging out time every Monday from 7 to
9 p.m. in Seminar 2, 03]05. This gro up
was created to meet demands and is open
to all Evergreen students.
Food has the tendency to bring people
Eat great-even late
togetber.lts smell can infiltrate the nostrils
of unsuspecting pedestrians, while drawing masses to rioting. Keeping human
nature in mind, First Peoples' Advising has
organized a mass, all-campus community
potluck. It 's technically an all-you-can-eat
buffet, though it is strongly recommended
to brin g a dish of your own. And it's in the
library, so chew loudly.
All Campus Community Potluck,
Library 1706. October 7, 5:30-6:30
p.m.
Students in part-time day.
classes can now grab
The extended hours
a bite to eat in the eve- will last until the end
of the month, when the
ning before classes..
The Market, EverSeminar II Cafe opens.
green's a la carte
The cafe will serve
dining service on the
grab-n-go items (sandCAB second floor, will wiches a nd sa lads)
stay open until 7 p.m. pastries, and coffee.
Monday through Thurs-
A(nother) celebration of barbarism
by Jesse Powder River Johnson-Flores
A lithO!;'s note: words and names have been punctuated purposejilily.
The celebration of columbus day is the celebration of the largest genocide in world his -story, not to mention the most illegal and
un-christian land grab of all times. To celebrate this day is to celebrate racism, rape, torture and the denial of 512 years of continued
occupation of our sovereign nations. If the celebration of such a man that represents a barbaric europe is so outrageous, why is it
then sti ll celebrated by the colony of the united states?
First of all, this colony miss educates its subjects to view the u.s. occupation as something beneficial to all people-Indigenous
Pcople included. What this miss education constructs is the acceptance of "past injustices" as unfortunate for the Red Nations, but
somehow justified in the outcome. Secondly, the acknowledgment of the illegal occupation of our lands would jeopardize thc absolutc
power and privilege of being a bush, kerry, gates and other wealthy white men . The institutions these rich white guy s have constructed
wi ll not present justice for our people . Every treaty the u.s. has made with us has been broken.
To<;lay, the people forget about where they come from . They forget who they are. They call themselves "american," "canadian,"
even " hispanic ." The words that we now speak, whether they be english, spanish, french , portuguese or dutch, have displaced and
continue to displace our complex languages and cultures. The foreign people that occupy our land in the name of "cultura l diversity"
are displacing our cu ltures and ability to heal and reoccupy our territory. The institutions that people vote for, buy into and reform are
not giving our land back . They keep us nursing on the bottle, keeping us dcpendcnt. Wc do it, not because we want to, but because
we have to, for our surv iva l through thc invading madness .
It is time for the colonizers to stop feeling guilty for what pri vi lege the colonial governm ent provides them . 11 is time for th e
co loni ze rs to deemphasi ze "foreign" policy and critically demand emphasis on "domestic" policy. To think that these demands will
neve r be realized is the thinking they have programmed into our minds and spirits. Stop the imperialism of the british co lony in its
tracks-a t home' Start by bringing a n end to columbus day' Join The People at sylves ter park on October 11 at 5 p.m . and m arc h to
the capitol at 5:30 p.m.
The International Playboys come to Evergreen
When imagining a group whose title is
The International Playboys, I see suburban-dwelling thugs with faux purple cigar
jackets st rutting along the street ; rolled
up newspapers substitut e for cigars and a
tou gh guy walk substitutes for actual tuff
guys. In their pockets are nudie pl ay in g
cards, which they proceed to play in their
tree fort at the end of the cul-de-sac.
~Yeah, they be tough , especially since
the group traveled from Missoula, Montana . It's beautiful in Missoula , a statement I can prove through dog-eared copies
of Hunling and Fishing and occasionall y college guys in leopard print panties shoutNa lional Geographic. Yes, there are stun- ing and hollering, waving signs that read
ning pictures of white-capped mountains "Montana Loves You" and "Keep Us in
and pristine waterfalls, but what else is Mind For Dinner."
On Sunday, October 4, open your arms
there? Apparently , The International
to
The International Playboys, who mayor
Playboys are there. Maybe their title is a
may
not perform in women's panties. Also
marketing stunt for the state of Montana .
Right past the Welcome to Montana sign , performing is Le Force, a group coming
four boys are posing in their panties in the from Salt Lake City, UT. Which could be
frozen tundra. They wave, aviator glasses . interpreted as a Mormon missionary cover
blocking dangerous UV rays from harm- band. All of thi s will be held at TESC
ing vision. And sometimes, the cars stop Housing Community Center at 8 p.m.
and gaze at the awe-inspiring sight . Four sharp. Free. All ages .
Jesse Powder River Johnson-Flores is a sen ior enrol/cd in American Indians and the Cons titulion.
Jason Webley hits Olympia
Seattle-area native Jason
Webley will be performing
this Saturday at the Capitol Theater Backstage.
He has been harnes sin g
hi s unique blend of rowdy,
accordion-stomping, wailing
and tragic love so ngs on his
recent tour across Russia,
Europe and the U.S . Thi s
Saturday, October 9, he will
be passing through Olympi a.
Tickets will be available at
the door for $7, the show will
start at 8 p.m. , and all ages
are welcome. For more information, see hi s website, http :
Ilwww.jasonwebley.com /.
Bush rocks!
Or at least he raps. But he could rock.
He could rock hi s way down a metaphorical hill and land against a metaphorical hard place. Maybe he does a
better job of containing himselfwhcn
not imagined to be an infinitely old , hard
stone. And just like everything old and
hard , Bush has a purpose. He holds the
so il together and creates a rich, dense
environment for the growth and reproduction of organisms that we depend on .
Which could be seen as a contrast to his
real functi on. Pop Ghetto, a rap production group, is presenting a show for the
theCPJ
purpose of defcat ing President Bush.
Though it isn't clear how a performance
could bring the bad Bush down, it seems
like it will be no ted upon arrival. Like
maybe the cover charge will go to some
non-profit whose goal is to encourage
people to vote against Bush in November, or it could j ust go to a campaign
whose goal is to ignite large bush farms.
Whatever the case, Dan Bern, Chris
Chandler and Danny Peck will be
perform ing on Sunday, October 31 at
the Eagle Ballroom. $5 to $ 10, sliding
scale. All ages. (310) 902-1487 for more
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Columbus Day revisited
by Lasookwiuk Stepetin
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Now I know almost everybody knows about Columbus Day. It is a national holiday and it is celebrated in public schools all across
the United States. In public school they taught us that Christopher Columbus was a great man who set forth with a small fleet and made
the great "discovery of the new world." Every year in public school they celebrate this supposedly great man and his accomplishments.
They teach children all about Christopher Columbus and usually spend at least a day centered on this American hero.
In reality, Christopher Columbus himselfwas responsible for the rape, torture, enslavement, and murder of hundreds of thousands of
peaceful indigenous people. He started what became the biggest mass genocide the world has ever seen . Experts on the subject estimate
that over 100 million indigenous people of the "Americas" died after European contact as a dircct result of mass murder, famine, and
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diseases brought by the Europeans.
The United States as we know it is the result of mass genocide and land theft that occurred. In other words, the land you re side
upon , the house you own and the wealth you have accumulated are direct outcomes of the genocide of over 100 million indigenous
peop'\c.
In a country supposedly based on equality, every year we cclebrate this genocide and land theft , and it is time we stopped. The Native
Student Alliance is sponsoring a march on the state capitol on Columbus Day, Monday, October 11 , starting at 5 p.m. at Sylvester Park.
The purpose of this march and demonstration is to start a movement to eventually end the United States' cclebration of Columbus Day.
We also want to eventually change the state's school curriculum as well as the national curriculum.
True sovereignty and equality can never be achieved until people recogni ze the genocide and land theft that created this country.
Lasookwiuk Stepetin is a junior studying grant writing and community building through an independent contract. His focus is Native
studies.
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WashPIRG: Hanford
cleanup 'Nay overdue
Webcast and panelists
to address free speech
and civility on campus
bv Blair Anundwn
by Re nata Ro llins
T he Washihgton Student Public Interest Res earch Gro up (Was hPIRG) held a
press con ference in Red Square Wednesday, October 610 highlight the threat posed
by Ihe ra dioaC li ve waste stored at the
I lanfu rd Nuc lear Reserva tion . Located in
so ul he as tern Washington , Hanford is the
most con tamlnaled place in th e Western
I killi sphn.: . accordin g to the Washington
D.:partm.:nt of Ecology's Web site. T h.:
sil': conla 1l1S (,()" ~, of the n,llion \ mi litary
ll uL'lear \\';1'1<':. as \Ve il as \Vasl.: fro 111 many
"flh.: nalicll1 's nuclear pow.:r plan ts .
Fll r Yl'ars Ih L' Deparlll1 l: ll t o f Ene rg\'
has d umped mdioaclivc waste: direct ly in to
Ihe soil III ulllil1L'd trenl:hes al Hanford .
Mo re t hall a mill ioll ga llo ns or liquid
hi gh-le\'i:! nu clea r waste have already
leakL:d f rom the underground tan ks. Now
g roundwater at the s it e is con taminated
a nd a 200-sq uare- mile plume ofcontami nati on is Aowing towa rds the Col um bia
Ri ve r.
In st .:ad of c lea nin g up t he mess,
however, the Department of Energy
prop oses to se nd an addi ti onal 23,775
truck loads of toxic radioactive waste to
Hanford, with the opt ion 10 increase that
amount to 92,775 tru ckloads . In add it ion, trucks carry in g tox ic, radioactive
waste - many of them hauling the stuff
of "dirty bombs"- w ill go rolling through
Olympia , pas t our schools and churchcs,
past our homes and workp laces , putt ing
hundred s o r th ousands of famili es in
harm's way.
To combat th is threat , Wa shPI RG a nd
a coa li tion of othc r gro ups \Vorked last ycar
to put Inili at i\'c 297 on Ih.: ba ll ot. 1-297
w il l stop allnc\\' shipmcnl S of radl oaCli\'c
waSl.: to Il anfurd un lil Ih c \\'aSIC t ha t is
therL' is properl y c leancd up . The Ini liativ.:
will al so c nd the dUl11pin g of radl oacti\'c
wast L' dircc lly In lO unline d soi l trcnc h c ~
and will kC,' P tr uck loads OfW XIC , radioacti\ e W;ISI.: o l'l'oll r hi g h\Vays and <lut orour
COl11Il1U n it ics.
WashP I RG urg es all Wa s hinglon
VO I.:rs to vo te yes o n 1- 29 7. Eno ugh is
enough . It \ lime l'or gove rnm ent accou ntabilil y. It 's limc for commo n se nse . It 's
tim e to clean up the dangero us mcss at
Hanf'o rd bel'o re trucking in more waste.
Vote YES on 1-297 on Nove mber 2.
To volunteer to help Wash PI RG pass
1-297 in November, call 867-6058, or send .
an e-ma il to blair@ wash pirgorg.
Blair Al1ul7dsol1 is Everg reen's Wu shPI1?G
Campus Organizer.
It's a fact: Everg re en is the site of
so mc ser iou sly controvcrsial exp ression.
From the travelin g sandw ich-board
pr e acher s , to th e va ndal i ze d Coke
machincs , 10 the com ic s page of the C PJ ,
it's prett y easy to get ork nded aruund
hcre.
But how rar ca n yo u go urfending
pc:op k bdlll'C you stan tll intrude on th eir
rlghl s" And hO\\' 1:11' should yo u go'.'
T hcse question s and othel's abOUI Ihc
!'i rs t Amc: ndmc:nl will be addresscd at
Fw rgrcc n Iwicc th IS \V.:dnc:sda y.
l verg r.:en"s Studc:nt Acti vities administratio n, direct ed by To m Mc:n:ado , is
sp<lnsonng a sc reenin g or a nationa l live
wehc<l st, lu ll owed by a la rum \V ith local
paneli sts.
The nationa l webcast, "Free Speech
and C ivilit y on Ca mp us" will be shown in
Lecture Ha ll [ from 10:30 a.m. to noon,
Thc wcbcast will address iss ues likeestabli shin g " free speech zones" and how to
identify (const itutional) free speech vers us
(unco nst it ut ional) disurderly cond uct.
T hen, after a quick break, loca l panelists wi ll slick aro llnd to di sc uss how they
reacted to the webcast. They will also to
take questions from audience me mbers .
Paneli s ts wi ll speak a b o ut Fir st
Amendment law, responsible expression
in the student press, college polIcy and
procedure, pol ic e act ion agai nst cl isorderl y demonstra lions, and what it means
10 treat each other civill y. Eve ry pan eli st
is a me mber uf the evergreen community,
so the dis(;llssion w ill center on how th cse
to pi cs relat e to Ewrg rccn spcc ifica ll y.
Th.: pan el w ill I'.:atllr.: Jose Coma
(rac ul ty membcr), Joe Tougas (campus
gr icv;lnce offkcr and ra cull Y I11c mb.:r),
Jer r y Drumm ond (gcneral ma nage r.
K AOS ), Stevc Ilun stb.:rry (c hi er of I:ve rg reen poli ce sen'ices), Carlos Di ;lz (Everg reen Governmc nt Document s Spc:cial is t),
A rl Costant ino (Vi ce Prcsi dent ofSt udent
Athlirs), and me, Ren aw Roll.in s (cditorin-chiefofthe Cooper Point Journal). Tom
Mercado will l11oderat c.
For mo re infor mati un ca ll St udent
Ac tivities Adm in istration at R67-6220.
Renata Rollins is a senior al Evergreen
sludying civic j o urnalism Ihroug h an
internsh ip al Ih e CP.J. She is Ihe edilorin- chief of' th e CP.! and mav be reached
at by phone al (360) 867-62 /J or by email
01 cpj@e\'erg reen.edu.
Cotttrol
2004 Diversity Series
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
for 0"8 Year!
KATYA
AZOULAY
For WOlltert artd 1Ket1 at
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by :\1ilc helll-la/III-Bransoll
On Tuesday, Septembe r 21, arou nd
11:30 p.m ., I was walking by the HCC
wit h my friend Greg Feigenson, an RA.
Hou s ing's first tourney nig ht, a nig ht of
games in the HCC , was winding down,
and we were catching up on each other's
summers. Sudden ly there was the sound
of a lot of twigs' and underbrush crackling, and a golf cart came out of the trees
between the HCC and the COM, zooming
across the field toward the Pavilion.
In the dark , it was difficult to tell who
was piloting the vehic le, a nd Greg had
time to ?ay, " Whose gold cart is that.. ,7"
before he rea li zed th at there was, in fact,
no one driving. ,, [ tho ught, 'Oh, sh it, that
thi ng's gonna hit somebody,'" G reg said
later.
He to rt: off running after t he fugitive
cart. I ran after him because I was afraid
he might try to grab it from behi nd , or
block its path with his body, or make some
other noble but h!lzardous effort to stop
the cart's progress. He did neither of those
things; in fact. hejul11 ped into the carl and
started driving it aro und in circles to keep
it from crashing into anyth ing,
I heard hi s voice, half panicked, ha lf
la ughing : " Mitch! How the fuck do I stop
this thing7" Ofcourse, I had no idea. After
a few more circles, he told me to go back to
the HCC and find someone who knew how
to stop an out-of-control golf cart. 1 didn't
know who that would be, but I obediently
ran back across th e fie ld .
"Right then," Greg said , " I rea li zed
there were several large pieces of wood on
the floor," among them "a big sort of fate
fire log thing [sitting] on the acce lerator."
By the time I got 10 the edge of the field,
he had kicked the log away and stepped on
the brake. The go lf ca rt sat quietly in the
middle oflhe field. "So I tho ug ht, 'Oh shit.
That was fun tim es,'" sa id Greg.
Afte r about fifteen minutes, Officer
Tony Neeley of Evergree n Police Services
drove up. A fter li stening to Greg's story,
Nee ley had him drive the golf ca rt to its
original desti nation, the Pavilion. The cart
belongs to the CRC, but as of thi s writing,
the people responsible for steal ing it a nd
reck lessly setting it loose in the field have
not been identified.
Mitche ll Hahn-Branson is a senior
enrolled in Poetics and Power. He is
sludying writing and editing
Want to cover
campus news?
Our content
meetings are
Mondays at 5:
30 p.m., Come
on up to CAB
316 and ask for
Joe, our ntfty
news coordinator.
ECLt well.
Celebrate local producers durin g
October. Buy Local Month at the
Co-op, Everyone is welcome at
the Olympia Food Co-op,
Westside:
921 N. Rogers 51.. 9 - 8 daily
EastSide:
31 11 Pacific Ave.. 9 . 9 daily
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PERSONAL PARKING CONVENIENCE, YOU SHOULD TAKE HEED.
-Your vehicle will be
impounded at your expense
(generally $100 and up plus
storage charges)
-We patrol our parking lot
regularly and frequently
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With live video leed to Olympia. Lecture Hall 1. Daytime presentation will
followed by a panel discussion on lecture themes as they relate to Evergreen
Panel Facilitator: Joye Hardiman
Panelists: Artee Young Tina Kuckkahn Art Costantino
A first~ver five media event connecting Evergreen's campuses in Tacoma and
Olympia. Attend in Tacoma. or join a live. hosted interactive presentation in Lecture
Hall 1 In Olympia f.or both day and evening events. Also. live web streamed media
will remain in web archive for future viewing. Event video will be available for
checlc-oul 72hrs afterward. Asic your faculty 10 participate as a program,
their
• Wluhington ~jdent and
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meeting, help edit a student
submission, or just come up to
the office and ask how you can
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Campus crime and safety 101
by Charlolle McNamara
Like what you see and want to
become more involved? Apply
for a position of responsibility.
It's that simple! Come on up
to CAB 316.
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Available positions of responsibility on the news
side are:
News Coordinator: gets the news section ready
each week, gets to know people and topics at Evergreen, writes news articles and recruits student
writers.
Briefs Coordinator: rewrites the important press
Available positions of responsibility on the busireleases the CPJ receives into short announceness side are:
ments.
Ad Designer: Creates ads each week from clients
Letters & Opinions Coordinator: reads through
on campus and businesses in Olympia using design
letters and opinions pieces, checks for illegal or
software.
unfair expression, recruits material for the section .
Ad Proofer & Archivist: Checks that the ad
Voices of Color Coordinator: recruits letters ,
designer made no mistakes and archives all ads
photos, etc. , from students of color on campus
that are finished running in the paper.
about campus race issues .
Assistant Business Manager: Processes all
Arts & Entertainment Coordinator: stays in the
payment that the CPJ receives and works with on
know about local arts and entertainment, writes
. campus advertisers. This position is a leadership
A&E articles and recruits student writers .
role in the CPJ organization and also serves as the
See Page Coordinator: recruits one visual art
train ing necessary to become business manager.
piece to go on the back page of the CPJ each week.
Circulation Manager and Newspaper Archivist:
Sports Coordinator: stays up-to-date with
This position is in charge of getting issues of the
campus sports, writes sports articles and recruits
paper out to CPJ subscribers , as well as archiving
student writers.
back issues of the CPJ ..
Comics Coordinator: recruits people to draw
Distribution Manager: Brings the CPJ to the printcomics for the CPJ and checks them for illegal or
ing press each Thursday and also distributes it to
unfair expression.
drop-off points around Olympia and around campus .
Calendar Coordinator: keeps track of what' s
Ad Representative: Keeps in contact with
going on each week and puts it into an easy-to-read
Olympia-area businesses that advertise in the CPJ
list each week.
and is responsible for getting payment and mainPhoto Coordinator: stays up-to-date with what's
taining client records .
going on in the area , takes photos and also recruits
.
other students to take photos.
Page Designer: designs the pages of the CPJ to
make them consistent, clear, and beautiful.
Copy Editor: edits submissions to make sure they
use cofrect grammar, punctuation, and spelling. S/he
also checks pie'ces for factual errors and corrects them.
Get in touch with the business
side at 867-6054.
Get in touch with the news
side at 867-6213.
Do n't smoke a j o i nt in front of a pol ice
officer, don't run arou nd campus naked
screaming about the little blue men, don 't
go hiking through the woods alone after
dark at the exact same time every night.
And absolutely no spray painting "oink
o ink" on the police cars. These a re some
of th e com mon sense precautions to take if
you want to stay safe on campus a nd have
a sa fe, happy school ycar. While Evergree n
is often referred 10 as a " bubble" in the rea l
world , it's not- at least as tar as cr ime is
concerned. Take a re la x ing breath -·v iolent crime is no t common. Now, prepare
yourse lf aga inst less in sidious , but mu ch
more li kely to happen , property and other
lesser crimes .
Las t year there were 74 inc idents of
the ft or larceny, a nd an add it iona l 5 car
theft s. The most comm o n crimes are perhaps to be expec ted on a college cam pus,
so with 44 noted drug ab use vio lations and
a he ft y 67 Iiquor law vio lat io ns, let it be
a reminder not to have too much fun. Be
s mart whe n it co mes to usi ng dr ugs and
alcohol. If you are feeling rebellious and
yo u do n' t agree with liq uor and dru g laws .
joining NORML is OK , but drinking in
publ ic and StTe,lming " I'm sooo drunk !"
with yo ur und era ge I D ta gged to your
forehead is just dumb.
Luckily v io lent crimes are rare, with
only o ne aggravated assault recorded
during the la st sc ho o l year, none th e year
before, and th ree the year prior. In the last
five years there have been two cases of
forcible sexual assa ults (rape) and 17 cases
of non-forcible sexual assaults, neither of
w hich were reported last sc hool year. Viole nt cr imes do occur, and sexua l crimes
are likely to occur but go unreported , so
hope full y everyone is already bcing earcful. But just in case, here a re so me more
co mm on sen se safety tips , co urt esy of
Police Serv ices:
* Pa rk in we ll I it areas.
* Always remo vc ke ys whe n leaving
unattended in crowded areas.
* Know whom you are inviting into
your dorm party.
. * Don't drink and drive.
* Lock your office doors to prevent
thefts.
* Secure dorm w i nd ows, especially
g ro und floors .
* Don't walk a lone on the beach trail s
cs pccia ll y after dusk.
* Ask for an esco rt if you ha ve concerns abo ut wa lking a lone.
* A bad eva luation is not a va lid reason
for a hosti le takeover o f the library.
Fine, I added the la st one myse lf. A
bad eva luation is not a va lid reason for a
host ile tak e- over of any building. In any
case, if you wou ld like to get in vo lved with
cam pu s safet y, you ca n contact Po li ce
Se rvices about joining Crime Watch, or
call the Office of the Vice President for
Student Affairs at 867-6296 to see about
joining the Deadly Force Review Board,
the Health a nd Safety Advisory Commit tee, o r the President's Advisory Board
on Drug and Alcohol Ab use. For more
information on safety on campus, log on to
http ://www.evergreen .edu /policeservices/
home. htm .
Last tip to remember- the police
are here to protect and he lp us, but if you
eommit a cr ime, th ey have to uphold the
law and they won't hes it ate to do it. So be
good , boys and girls .. .
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Disappearing Task Force formed to plan
future campusgro~th
bv Peler Ellis
Everg reen , as a co ll ege, is grow ing. Wash i ngton Sta te's col lege en rol lmelll continues to increase. As a publ ic
in stitution , Eve rgreen will do it s part to
accolll1ll0date th at g row th and has committed to ex pand in g its curre nt enrollment
coun t of aro und 4,100 st ud ents to a total
o f 5,000 st udents across a lI cam pu ses. To
help de te rmin e the shape of th at grow th ,
Pre s ident Les Purce and Pro vost Don
Bantz c harged the Enrollment Grow th
Disappearing Task Force (DTF) in June.
T he charge of the DTF is " to recolllmend a grow th plan th at wi ll g uide us as
we wo rk IOward an enrollment of 5,000
[full time e nrollm e nt] stud e nt s by the
2014-2015 acade mi c year." As a res ult
of year- long work , th e DTF will draft
and present to the President and Boa rd
of Trustees a se t of recom mendat ions
that will, ifaccepted, sha pe the grow th of
Eve rgreen as a college.
/( is import ant to rea l ize, however,
that this DTF is not making the defmitive
pl an for Eve rgreen's grow th : th<: powe r
thi s DTP has lies o nl y in it , abil ity to craft
and IJrOPOS<' an enrollme nt growt h plan,
not to acce pt it o r implemen t it on beha l f
of th e entin: Everg ree n cOlll munit y. The
respons ibil it y of acce pt ing an d impkmenting thi s plan pr imar il y lies wit h the 1:30ard
o f Trustee s, Pres ident Les Purce, and th e
admini strati ve units th at ope rat e th e Co llege. The qu esti on we are faced w ith is
not wh<'lh er we grow to 5,000 full-time
st udents e nrolled at Evergreen; rather, the
questi on is hall' we make th at grow th both
sustainable and effecti ve. That we grow is
a foregone co nclusion an d was esse ntiall y
promi sed to the State Leg islature with th e
construct ion of Sem inar I l.
So what does this mea n to Evcrgreen
stud ent s? Apart fro m the obvio us grow th
in th e numb e r of peo pl e who will be
attending Eve rg reen, thi s pl annin g co uld
al so affect th e la yo ut of th e college c urri cu lu m at bas ic levels, including poss ibl e
ex pansion of upper-divi sion, lower-divi-
s io n, a nd g raduate programs , and the
po te ntial add iti on of s upp o rt staff to
stude nt su pport o ffi ces such as Acade mic
Advising a nd Access Serv ices (to name
exa mp les) . These wi ll not be th e o nl y
areas co nsidered by th is g roup, but th ey
are so me o f the more obv ious a reas where
stud en ts wo uld noti ce a change should th e
DTF choose to recommend such changes
and th e Pres ident and Board of Tru stees
choose to accep t the DTF's fina l recommendati ons.
As part of thi s DTF, it is my job to
represent th e student popul at ion of Eve rg reen in the crafting and pl anning of any
growth proposal and to ensure that student
concerns a nd iss ues are recogni zed and
discussed . While the DTF as a whole has
already determin ed the necess it y of ensuring th at eve ry major part y on campusfrom fac ulty and staff to students- can
provide input to this pro cess, I inte nd to
be parti cularly voca l in making sure that
stude nts unde rstand th e scope of the plan-
nin g tha t thi s DTF is taking on.
I will be publishin g a se ries of articles
in th e Cooper Point Journ a l as the wo rk
of thi s DTF continu es so th at th e st udent
popUl ati on can remain informed as to th e
questions and conce rns surrounding thi s
important work. I in vit e any comments
or qu es ti o ns yo u may have about thi s
process.
In additi on, the DTF is current ly seeking one or two stud e nts to ass ist in thi s
pl annin g. I wo uld bc happy to answer any
questions rc garding s uch a commitme nt.
Stude nts inte rested in apply ing sho uld
contact Tracey John son in th e Vice President o f Student Affairs' office at ex tension
6296 or johnsont@ eve rgreen .ed u.
Peler El/is is Ih e slli denl represen{(/ti ve on bO lh Ih e Enrol/men t Gro lvth
D TF and th e Enrol/m enl Coo rdination Commillee. I-Ie can be reached al
e/lpet2 7@evergreen.edll.
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by Chandra Lindeman, Coordinatm; Office olSexual Assault Prevention
other to change altitudes a nd behavio rs
th at lead to sex ual vio lence. We work
w ith many student groups, including the·
Coalition Agai nst Sexual Violence, the
Woman of Color Coalition, the Evergreen
Queer Alliance, the Women's Resource
Center and the Men ' s Center.
Most Greeners want it all . Evergreen 's
Offic e of Sex ual Assa ult Prevention
(aSAP) offers it. Ed ucation , community,
and creating change are what we ' re a ll
about . The aSA P offers advocacy to
survivors of sex ual violence andprevel1lion
geared toward ending sexual violence.
Our advocacy services are free and
confidential. If you need assistance due
to sexual or domestic violence or you
just want to talk, we' re here for you. We
can inform you of your options and offer
support when YOll need it. If you don ' t
contact us, please talk with someone. If
you have lived through violence, it was not
your fault and you deserve support.
pens at Evergreen . While Eve rgreen does
have a unique learning environment, we
still face th e same cu ltural and soci a l
iss ues that ot her colleges do, including
sexual violence. The U.S. Department of
Justice states that "College students are
the most vulnerable to rape during the first
few weeks of their freshman and sophomore years. In fact, the first few months
of the freshman year are the riskiest . .. "
(Schwartz and DeKeseredy, 1997)
In addition to this, over 84% of all
sexual assaults are perpetrated by someone the survivor knows (acquaintance
rape) and over 90% of all sexual assaults
on campus involve the use of alcohol. In
this community, it is never okay to sexually violate another person (see TESC
Rights and Responsibilities Handbook).
Most people who are sexually active
have healthy, consensual sexual relationships- they ASK each other ifthey want to
be sexual instead of assuming or coercing,
and they treat each other with respect.
To learn more about reducing the ~
risk of sexual violence, and to learn about
ending sexual violence, come to the events .
offered by aSAP or call to request one!
Prevention Education:
• Addresses causes of and ways to end
sexual violence.
• Provided by the office coordinator
and OSAP's Peer Education Project
(PEP).
• PEP offers student to student
violence prevention education.
• Includes workshops, art projects,
interactive theater and presentations.
If you ' re interested in offering support
to survivors of sexual assault through the
CAP or ending sexual violence through
Peer Education, aSAP is the place to start.
We focus on providing services that are
inclusive of everyone while addressing
oppress ion as an underlying cause of
violence. If you'd like to gain training
in these areas and meet people who share
your passion for creating change, give us
a call.
Check o ut the "Restroom Project"
brochures in the bathroom stall s fo r more
info on safety, respect and community. Or
refer back to th e Orientation Week C PJ and
the al1i cle on "The Red Zone."
Man y of yo u may be thinkin g th at
sex ua l violence isn ' t somethin g thaI hap-
Advocacy Services:
• Medical, leg al and emotional
information/support for survivors of sexual
or domestic violence.
• Services are based on the survivor's
needs and choices.
• Provided by office coordinator and
aSAP 's Campus Advocacy Program
(CAP).
• CAP offers peer and staff advocacy
24 hours a day , se ven da ys a week
exc luding academic breaks.
• Contac t the CA P through Police
Services , Hous in g, or directly thro ugh
the OSA P office (see numbers below)
• You DO NOT have to report th e
assa ult to po lice to receive advocacy .
Our preve nt ion se rvic es are gea red
toward c hall eng i ng o urse lves and each
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TESC Office o r-Sex ual Assault
Office Information
Time : Tuesday and Wednesday , 11
a.m . to 7 p.m . Ca ll for an appointment.
Place: Sem inar I, Room 4 I 2 1. Nexlit.o
th e Co unseling Center.
Contact: (360) 867-5221 , Washington
Relay 1-800-833 -6388 .
Additiona l R eso urces:
Area code 360. If you't~e calling an
on-campus num~er from a campus phone,
simply dial the fa s.t four numbers .
On Campus:
Counseling Center .. . 867-6800
Student Health Center . . . 867-6200
Campus Police Services . .. 8~7-6 140
Student Groups:
Coalition Against Sexual Violence
... 867-6749
Women of Color Coalition.... 8676006
Women' s Resource Center . .. 8676162
Evergreen Queer Alliance .. . 8676544
Off Campus:
Safeplace Rape Relief and Women's
Shelter ... 754-6300
St. Pete's Hospital (free sexual
assa ult medical assistance) . .. 493-7766
Thurston County Sheriff .. : 753-8300
Northwest Network (LGBTO) ...
(206) 56~-77 7
For additional reso urces in Thurston County and beyond, contact TESC
Offi ce of Sexual Assault Prevention or
Safeplace.
lfyotl need assistance to contact any
of these reso urces, ca ll T ESC Access Services, 867-6348.
The following is a memo sent to the
campus on September 10.
To: Evergreen Campus Com munity
From: Evergreen Enrollment Growth
Disappearing Task Force (Tom Womeldorff and Steve Hunter, chairs)
year.
In 1998, the college adop ted a longrange growth plan to 5,000 FTE. This plan
justified the construction of Seminar II .
Since the adoption of the 1998 plan, conThe Enrollment Growth Disappearing dition s have changed conside rably. Most
Task Force was charged by Les Purce importantly, our financial base has eroded,
(President) and Don Bantz (Provost) "to necessItating much closer attention to the
recommend a growth plan that will g uide revenue implication s of various grow th
us as we work toward an enrollment of a lte rn atives . We have absorbed seve ral
5,000 FTE by the 20 14-1 5 acade mic year." budget Cllts over the years and ma ny of
We are a broadly based group of faculty, our core va lues wi ll be threatened if thi s
. staff, and students, and our plan is to be trend continues. Enrollment growth must
widely consult at ive w ith all consti tu encies add ress the fi scal rea liti es we face.
Earlier thi s summer, we met for fou r
througho ut our ent ire process. Our work is
days to work throu gh the charge, to rev iew
to be concluded by Spring 2005 .
fEdil or's nO le: FTE means FIll/ - the his tory of growth plannin g at th e colTim e Eq ui va lency. Acco rding 10 lege , to und erstand th e demograph ic ,
Ih e Glossa ry uf Te rms Sp ecific 10 political , and fiscal contexts th at demand
Everg reen. Assessmenl. and In slillilional grow th, to rev iew institutional research on
Research (h llp:llww 11!. e verg reen .edu.' student satisfaction a nd demand, to begin
in s I i Iu I iona Iresea rchl g lossa rv. hIm) . to und erstand the fi scal rea lities th at wiJl
"One FTE represe nts a f ull-lim e IInil shape any recommendat ions we make,
load. Per Slate of Washington Slandards. and to begin to d evelop o ur college-wide
one undergraduate FTE equals 15 credils consultative strategies and a timeline for
per quarler; one graduale FTE equals 10 our work.
Over thes e four days , we came to
credits perquarler. " II is used asa measure
appreciate
the . complex.i.~¥ of ou r task , th e
of the current level o/enrol/menl.}
We see this as an opportunity to imperative of the growth mandate, a nd the
proactively shape our future and enhance challenge and opportunity of responding
the college's core values. This is the spirit in a manner that maintains the pedagogical
Wilh which we begin our work. We will integrity of our educational philosophy.
be in close contact with yo u through the We recogni ze that we must recommend a
growt h plan that will provide us the fiscal
stability to protect our core: interdisciplrnary team-taught part- and full-tim e
programs.
Timeline: We have two working
deadlines. By January I, 2005, we w ill
co mpl e te reco mm endat ions to Don
Bantz a nd Les Purce o n how to work
proacti vely with the legislature durin g
their next session. During every leg islative
session , there are proposals that impact
higher education in general and Evergreen
specificall y. At times there are proposals
for adding new programs that require a
quick decision on the pa rt o f the coll ege.
Do n a nd Les have as ked th e DTF to
develop clea r c rit e ri a they ca n use in
making these decisions.
By June 1,2005, we w ill complete our
recomme ndat ions to Don and Les about
the act ual shape of enrollment growth over
the next ten years. In the charge, we have
been asked to provide recommendat ions in
a w ide variety of areas, frol11 issues uf student mix (the relative proportion of lower
and upper division students) to identifying
spec ific curricu lar areas of growth .
Consultation process: The authorit y
for dete rmining the enrollment growth
plan lies with the Board of Trustees, not
with the DTF, the faculty or any other
body. T he DTF has been charged to make
recommendations to Don and Les. Don and
Les will , in t urn , propose an e nroll ment
growth plan to the Board of Trustees .
In deve lopi ng our recommendations ,
we are committed to be ing inclus ive of
all members of th e comm unity. We will
provide a variety of means for input. We
will final ize our schedul e for cons ultation
at our September 22 meeting.
Iss ues Outside the C harge of th e
DTF: Enrollment growt h has implication s
for our work at th e college ac ross staff,
students nnd faculty, and across di visions.
It is inev it able th at iss ues w ill arise durin g
our work th at , while related to growth , are
outside the DTF 's ch arge . Rath e r th an
ignore th ese conce rns or work outside our
charge, we wi ll forward maj or concerns
that emerge to Les Puree. As President,
he w ill determine th e bcst way to address
these issues.
Framework for con sidering possible
areas of enrollment growth: We will be
developing a set of criteria for eva lu ating
possible areas of growth . In short, possible
areas will be evaluated to see if they are:
1. consisten t w ith our core values;
2. reasonable as to assoc iated costs
and revenues; and
3. attractive to st udents.
If yo u have any questions, please
contact Tom Womeldorff via email at
womeldor@evergreen.edu.
Students should contact Peter Ellis, a
student representative on the DTF, at
ellpet27@evergreen.edu.
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Ne\N food service options:
Taking action on
The low-down from the new director
domestic violence at
As many of you students know, we
Check on the sign above the salad
have a new food service on campus this bar to see which produce is organic and
year: Aramark Food Service. Thi s is my which is not. Last year, there was just a
third yea r at Everg reen , so I remember the \Jig "Organic" sign above all the produce,
problems with our food servi ce in years when in reality, not all of it was organic.
pa st. I wanted to fi nd out what the new Now you know which is which . There is
food servi ce look s like, so I intervi ewed also a separate " food stat ion" where one
the Director of the Food Se rvic e, Vince can always find vege ta rian and vega n
Lodato, about the se rvice hi s comp any _ opti o ns. Th en up s tairs is th e Ma rk et,
prov id es . He wa s mo re th a n happy to which has sa lad s, sand w iches, and other
di scuss the fuod service here.
options.
What they offer: First of all , there 's
Part orthe Evergl'een community:
th e G ree nery and the Market. The Green- As Vince sa id , " We want to be part of
ery is open co ntinuous ly from 11:30 a.m. the move ment of sustainabilit y." A ll th c
to 9 p.m . Mond ay-Thursday, II :30 a.m. to coffee they provid e is stric tly fa ir trade.
7 p.m. Frid ay and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m . Sunday. C urrentl y the foud service administration
The deal is you pay one price to get in, is negotiating a campu s program whereby
and then you have all the fo od you care to Aramark ~ould be able to purchase proeat. For lunch it's $5.50; dinner is $6.75. duce grown right here, on Evergreen's own
I remember last year one sandwich from organic farm , and make it available in the
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Aramark is continuing the compost ing program alread y implemented on
campus. All the food waste on campus,
put in the pro per receptacles,- finds it
way to the co mpost heaps down at the
organic fa rm . Aramark is doing more,
though. They have been going through an
organi zation called Food Alli ance (http:
//w w w.food a lli a nce.o rg/ ), whi ch put s
largc fo ud ser vice prov iders in contact
w ith loc a l
foo d . S lIP pli e rs w ho
a dh e re to
g u ide lines
prom o ting
or g anic
farming and
sustainability. Vince
even sent
one of his
managers to
-Vince Lodato
a three-day
sustainability conference.
Accessible and available: In light of
the problems experienced in years past, the
food service wants to open up channels of
communication between themselves and
those for whom they provide service.
There is a project in the works to create a
" Food Committee" here on campus. The
preliminary idea is to involve representatives from the student body, the staff, the
faculty, Housing and the food service.
There may become available positions for
students on thi s committee, if you would
like to influence the food se rvi ce available to YOll and your fri ends. Vince and
hi s tea m Wallt to be proactive
about addressing the concerns
of eve ryone involved in the
food se rv ice. As he said, " We
"Yant to be an integ ral part of
the campus community. We
will make ourselves as visible
as possible to respond to the
needs of the Evergreen community."
Vince Lodato (x6282) is
available in his office in the
Greenery. Often, he can be
found right out on the floor
of the Greenery. He is always
open to your comments, suggestions, and questions.
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by Lloyd Young, in affiliation with the Women
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. At Evergreen there are many
opportunities to show your support as well
as educate yourself about issues related to
domestic violence. The Women's Resource
Center, Coalition Against Sexual Violence,
. Evergreen Queer Alliance, and TESC
Offices of Sexual Assault Prevention will
be holding a number of events throughout
the month to educate and contribute to the
efforts to end domestic violence.
According to an organization called
TEMPLUM, domestic violence is "a pattern of assaultive and coercive behaviors,
inclUding physical, sexual, and psychological attacks, as well as economic coercion,
that adults or adolescents Ilse against their
intimate partners." Currently one out of
every four American women are reported
to have been physically abused by an intimate partner within the past year and eight
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percent offemales between the ages of 14
and 17 report knowing someone who has
been physically abused by their partners.
A study from the Men's Health Network
stated that up to 2 million men are abused
by women each year.
As disconcerting as these statistics
are, they are incomplete since many
instances of domestic violence are not
reported. Although the abused victims
are enough reason to fight domestic
violence, they aren't the only ones being
affected. One study shows that children
from violent homes are "more likely to be
involved in violent criminal activity in the
future than their non-abused peers." This
widespread act of violence is threatening
the lives of many adults and children and
must be stopped.
The National Coalition Against
Domestic Violence (NCADV) started
Domestic Violence Awareness Month,
expecting to network women's advocates
across the nation to work to end domestic
violence against women and children.
The first Domestic Violence Awareness
Month took place in October of 1987.
A great deal of progress has been made
through the efforts ofNCADV as well as
many other organizations, but there is still
much to be done. First, we must recognize
that women and children are not the only
victims of domestic violence. There are
voices to be heard and amplified from the
Queer community. Most importantly, we
need to keep educating ourselves and promoting the services that provide support to
the victims of domestic violence.
Lloyd Young is a sophmore studying
women:5 studies.
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letters and opinions
The Curmudg~on:
On voting
John meets Jon:
A review of John Kerry's appearance
on The Daily Show
bv Jormu Knowles
More yo ung America ns get their ne ws
from Jon Stewart than from any other so urce.
Despite Stewart 's self-awarded status as a
purveyo r of " fak e news," he has rapidly
become the most important player in a game
onc e own ed by the likes of Peter Jennings
and Tom Brokaw. Among viewers aged 18
to 49, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has,
over the past television season, consistently
ga rn ered hi gher ratings than any evening
news program o n the major netw or ks .
Stewart's. pl easant , no-holds-barred satire
has also beaten Fox News Channel, CNN,
and MSN BC by more than 100,000 viewers on a ni ghtl y bas is. The program has
featured headline-grabbin g appearances
by people like Bill Clinton, John Edwards,
John McCain - nea rl y eve ry important
person who plays a role, large or small , in
politics today (save one: George W. Bush
has repeated ly refused invitations to fa ce
Stewart in th e politica lly incorrect forum ).
On Tuesday, August 24, Senator John Kerry
appeared on the show, further strengthening
Stewart's standing. Approximately 1.5 million people tuned in to the broadcast.
Hi storically, attractin g the attenti_on of
yo ung people by tak ing advantage of popular
media has worked well for Democratic candidates. Bill Clinton demonstrated his flavor
by donning shades and acing a saxophone
solo on "The Arsenio Hall Show" in 1992.
Kerry has recently appeared on televi sion
riding a motorcycle and demonstrating competent skills on an electric bass. Accepting an
invitation to have a norm al conversation on
The Daily Show is a crucial test for a candidate, espec ially th is late in the game.
Kerry strode onto the stage confidently,
full of smil es and good-natured spin . He is
a smooth, ca lm public speaker, less hurried
th an someone like AI Gore. He did fa lter
a bit, hi s words sometim es becom ing lost
in the melee of Ste wa rt' s mostly improvised int erview in g style. The di scuss ioll
was see n as Kerry's chance to respond to
negative med ia attention that he has garnered
recent ly in the cutthroat presidenti al race. He ·
did not definitively step up and shout down
th e slander, instead responding wi1h loud ,
dra wn-out laughter and a few indec ipherable utterances.
Overa ll, Kerry did not emb ody th e
everyman ideal that is so desired in presi-
dential candidates . At th e conclusion of
the interv iew, he still inhabited the body
of a stereotyp ica l politician, a corporate
and political socialite, a big-time operator.
Even so, !.hose qualities, in this case, are
not altogether damning . Kerry tends to let
a good deal of natural common sense show
through hi s carefully orchestrated words,
undoubtedl y ex hibiting more empathy and
consciousness than mo st exposure-hungry
politicians. He also seems to be open-minded
regarding important iss ues that are often seen
in an unpopular light, such as energy. When
Stewal1 asked, " Is oil gonna turn out to be
America's kryptonite?" Kerry showed littl e
bias in out lining hi s posi tion, say ing, "There
is no possible way for us to drill our way out
of t.nis crisi s. We have to invenl our way out
of it." He went on to menti on several sources
of alternati ve energy.
While Kerry failed to really grab the spotli ght with both hands, he did not shy away
from the opportunity to try. His constituency
tends to demonstrate a passionate distaste
for President Bush, showing little interest
in Kerry him self. In our modern world, with
the media exerting as much intluence as it
does, it seems that what people really want is
a Blilworth-style candidate, a superstar, Someone overtlowing with flavor and panache. At
thi s point, it would seem that Jon Stewart,
with his reputation already established , hi s
name already known, stands a better chance
of exciting voters in a bid for the presidency
than any average politi cian does.
While I do not wish to sound a general call
of support for John Kerry or the Democrati c
Party, I do feel that now, sadly, is not the time
for idealism. There are quiet murmurs in the
alternative press of an escalated contl ict in Iraq
should the current administration be allowed
to continue their work . There is a very real
poss ibility that maj or offe nsive campaigns
may be launched aga inst Fallujah and other
insurgent-controlled areas of Iraq, campaigns
that will produce a stagge ring number of casualties among soldiers and civilians. In the harsh
reality of the immed iate future , voting for John
Kerry may litera lly save li ves.
Jorma Knowles is a junior at Evergreen. He is
studying communications and fi ne urts.
Ontologically yours:
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letters and opinions
by Lee Kepraios
As much as we try to get people to vote
in this country with things like the "motor
voter" bills and Rock the Vote, we fail.
Voting in this country is at an all time low.
And we're introducing democracy into
Iraq. How does that work? How do we
incorporate a new system of government
into a country by not demonstrating how
it's done? It like, " Hey, try thi s. It 's great
because you don 't really have to do it! "
It bothers me wh e n people say,
"Nothing but the same old crap running
for office!" Yeah? Well, the same old crap
seems to get elected quite often. We pay
lip servi ce to breaking up the political
monotony, but that 's shit. Never forget
that many Americans are often greedy,
ignorant and short-sided and generally
tend to vote like that sheep that they are.
And that's not likely to change. At least
not until we come clean upon the open
system of bribery we li ve under.
I used to be co nvin ced th at a third
party was the answe r. In 2000, like most
people, I was read y to vote for Nader
because I was convinced that there was
rea lly no difference between Democrats
and Republ iean s. Then what happened?
Bush got into office and changed all that,
and frankly, I kind of ad mire him for it. He
sa id , "You wa nt a Republic an? I'll show
yo u a fucking Republicanl Not a wu ss
Republican like my dad was !"
So voting no lo nge r bothers me
because I knolV that stupid politicians are
the result of st upid c itizens. I often find
it unfair when libera l Greeners critici ze
presidents and people in Congress. We ' re
lett ing the people of thi s co un try off too
eas iIy. People fo rget that pol it icians get
away with what they do because we let it
happen or we're just like them , twi sted,
di shonest and corrupt. You can't blame it
all on Fox News.
It's sa id that people vote their age bracket.
70% of 70 year olds vote and 20 something
percent of20 yea r olds vote. 29% of people
aged 18 to 24 voted in1he last election for
presid ent, 29%. And when I read that statistic, I said, "That's about ri ght. That's about
how many peop le from that age should
vote." Because two-third s of the people in
that age bracket, be Iieve me, they don't know
what is Upl It's one thing to get yo ung people
to vote. But it's something else, something
entirely worse, to just push them into the
voting booths without the facts.
Voting is not funny now, because there
is now e lectronic voting. And when I first
heard about electronic voting, I thought the
sa me thin g as lot of people. It look s like it
wou ld be easy enough to fix an elect ion
votin g mac hin es and computers, but. ..
they wouldn't dare l No, they would da re.
wouldn 't they?
In fact, th ey' re dar in g as we speak.
Several month s ago in Orange Cou nty, a
large number of votes had to be st udied
(both in th e traditional a nd tou ch-tone
vari ety, whi ch is the easiest to hack into or
change ekctronicall y). 200 people (not many
peop le had come in that day; about 200 to
250) cam e in to vote and no votes were cast.
They j ust came in and they went out aga in .
Thi s is a very odd behavior. Appa rentl y, it 's
not quit e easy to get to a polling booth.
More lun acy: Wa ld en O ' Dell is the
president of the biggest company that makes
voti ng mac hines, Diebold. He is unabashed ly n hu ge 1311sh suppo rte r. He's purport-
ed ly had Bush fundrai sers at his mansion .
I mean, don't you think maybe if you're
the guy who makes the vot ing mac hines,
you stay out of partisan politics? Is that not
crazy?! I think he got a good exampl e from
the Supreme Court in the year 2000. Ifth ey
want to interfere out of their business, why,
he can too.
It doesn' t matter what si de he 's on, just
that he 's rich and firml y on that side. It 's
equ ivalent to the umpire going arou nd to the
pitcher for one team and going, " Hey, this
be my boy right here l"
That's another thing. You know, when it
comes to voting , no mailer what the system,
they always say you will never get an accurate count. No matter how many times you
recount the votes, it will always come out different. We cannol do it. Andl always think:
It 's not like that with money. Nobody leave s
a bank and goes, " You know, it 's about forty
grand." If they can do it with money, why
can't they do it with voting? Here's why:
Peopl e care about their money. They check
it. There's no way we check voting. I think
it 's a very scary sit uation.
Of course, you need a way of traci ng
whether the vote was ever record ed. Did
yo u know that in the old days , when we
were a proper co untry, countie s wou ld
count their ow n votes and the Republicans
and Democrats wo uld sit around maki ng sure
the other side wasn' t stea ling anythin g? And
aside from the occasional ballot st uffing, it
was pretty honest.
But now the votes are counted on 34 th
Street in Man hatt an. VN S, Voters News
Service, has been hired by the major newspapers liKe The New York Times and the
Wa shin gton Po st, th e big netwo rks li ke
CNN; they've been hired to come up with
exit poll numbers so they can be right on the
nose at the time of voting, and, at the same
time, they ' ll be the first with the news that
so-and-so has won the election. Well , guess
what? You can't trace what goes on in 34th
Street. They have made an ag reement- I
talked about the president of DieboldDiebold is one of the big compani es that
produce these machines.
They have made a dea l. As they se ll the
machines, let us say, to the state of Cali fomi a
or Maryland, they have a law that no state
election officia l has the right to open the
machine without an employee of Diebold
or whoever made the mac hine present. That
means there is no transparency. What we
have done is privatize o ur electoral system .
Our democracy is privati zed.
But here 's my question. Didn 't elections
get stolen before? Didn' t Kennedy win in '60
because of shenani gans in my home state of
Illinoi s? There were certain ly no machines
back th en. Just one: Mayo r Daley.
Lee's New Rule of the Week: Come
up with yo ur own beats ! I'm tired of hearing classic melodi es bein g sampled in rap
and hip-hop. If yo u're trying to sell me on
hip-hop as an original art form, maybe you
shouldn ' t be butchering already tired tunes
for your shitty album. It 's like the commercial where Fred Astaire was digitally created
to sell vacuum cleaners. It 's gotten so bad
now that frankly, I' m begi nning to long for
the days of lyri ca l brilliance lik e "I ick y
boom-boom down ."
Lee Kepraios is a senior em'o!!ed in Forensics
ane! Myslery Writin g He is study ing 1'/111
Make the most out of your Green years
Jonny proposes a post
by Jilll Jurdan
Thi s is my (maybe) final annua l meditation for thi s paper. I see no use in pulling any punches . This is an election yea r.
Ho pefull y there wiII be a profound wa ll op
of votes coming from thi s year's stock of
students; ifthat's not the case, we are in for
more perilous times than necessary in a big
way. But enough of that; we know what we
have to do November 2.
Time for more feel-good news: The grass
sti II grows on Evergreen's playing fields. I
have seen so much soccer and I understand
that our basketball team 's November 5
game is going to be, while inside, also
really groovy. Geoducks need planting! The
scheme is to enjoy you r learning as much as
humanly possible, so that we are absolutely
the grooviest humans when we get kicked
out of this institution for graduating, which
can poss ibly ex ist.
Being groov~ does not just entail supporting your hardworking co-students in their
groovy adventures; it also includes (some
wou ld say even, more profoundly) taking
notice and supporting your own focus
involved with your own personally chosen
path . From the books that find themselves
october 7, 2004
in our reading li sts to beginning the chora l
gripe again about the food service on campus
until they ge t it right (I mean really, where
did the two ~ dollar salad go?). Kids (we are
all children of The Greater Cosmic Slushy),
thi s may be a training round, but this is more
real than any other time in existence. Thi s is
not a test, so be coo l (it does freakin ' rhyme
with school, ya' know)! Thi s is probably
th e best coll ege I've ever seen for mobility
for students who are interested in their own
drive being their engine (this is my fifth
college). Don 't phuch it up . We have got
to mutate.
Take your sex is m and never harm a
woman. Take your racism and start talking
about the beige community within the human
race as being a positive influence instead of
letting antiquated rotten talk survive. Take
your phobias to a trained councilor, or just do
your damnedest to remove what you know to
be discourtesies from your peers. Be fearless
with your spirit. Remember Rachel Corrie,
not just because she died, but also for how
she died .. To quote her from a paper she
wrote for a c lass here before she was assassinated for peacefully protesting the cruel
and illegal (even bY ,lsraeli Su prem e Court
opin ion) wall in Rafah , our sister city (see
http: //www.orscp.org/), " Hi story is motivating. We've ce rtainl y waded in the same
water and wandered on th e same beac hes as
very brave peopl e. It makes bravery seem
possible."
Be bold, people, life is real. If you don 't
stand out, you're lying down. We must feel
inspiration while here and let it take us to
places we ' ve neve r been with ourselves
wh ile recognizing dangerous points so that
we are not caught by the same power of
ramification due to our position, and still
accepting certain risks at times. We must dare
to smile at strangers on campus, make jokes
in the middle of monotony, and be generous
when we can gift well . It really is all about
being groovy.
Take the graduates, for example . You
like cartoons? You know Matt Groening
went here. Need a recording studio
for your group in Seattle? Go to http :
Ilwww.staticfactory.org/; those folks are
Greeners there, yo, and I think that they still
have student rates (less than a third of their
normal cost) going. You should ask. Other
Seattle ites", we have both the curator of the
Henry A·rt Museum and the foremost fire 311
phot~rapher in the Pac ifi c North west as recen t
grad'iIates. Does that help show how Greener
grads kick serious square when they get thei r
wheels on the road to yo u?
Dream , the manifestation takes everything
in the ingredient list; we must become schooled
as well as we can in order to be as powerful as
we can be when we are expelled for excessive
credit acquisition (two- and four-credit classes
really do rock, people!). Much love.
What can J say? I'm pulling an all-nighter
for this, and I need to work ahead in my class
so that J can rock out a couple weekends from
now. Thanks for reading my lucidity. J he-pe
you have been inspired, entertained, informed,
made more confident, and generally impressed.
Jfthere is an impression in your state of mind,
then J have done my job here.
Jim Jordan is ajunior enrolled in Foundations
of Performing Arts. He is studying ontology
with a current focus on performing arts,
emphasizing intercultural dialog ue.
the cooper point journal
Voices of Color is a necessary space
by Jonny Baker
My dear .lillian Gerhart,
As you continue in your studies at
Evergreen, you wiII come to understand,
however slightl y, the complexities of
racial problems in America and the need
for time and space to be set aside for
people of color to address the issues that
continue to assault us.
To begin, people of color do think di fferently than "white" people. Our entire
lives in America have been overshadowed
with the understanding that the "white"
majority considers us second-class . This
fact, coupled with the cultural education
we received during childhood, makes for
a vastly different outlook on life.
You are very mistaken when you conclude that skin color enhances culture.
Skin color enhances beauty, Julian, but
color and culture do not equate. The
reaso n we are classifying ourselves as
being "of color" is that we have been forced
through state education and majority opinion
to state the racial affairs of America in term s
of co lor. All things being equal, there would
be no comparison of color, but instead , of
culture and national heritage.
I must correct you in your presumption
toward people of color. Do not presume to
classify one thing or another as being insulting or degrading to a consortium of people
that you do not understand. You are not who
we are, Julian . Because of this, you cannot
instinctually or intellectually know what is
or is not offens ive; you simply don't have
our outlook on life.
Finally, you must understand that there
has never been a voluntary proliferation of
cultural diversity between "white" people
and people of color on this campus. The
pervasive cultural appropriation that occurs
the cooper pOint lournal
on this campus- the selective "borrowing"
of "cool" aspects of an "exotic" cultureshould be proof enough of this. But to delve
deeper, you must understand that humans
are sel ective by nature. As with a pack of
wolves, aggressive and segregativ e, so is
humanity. But we must strive to overcome
these base instincts.
The first step for this is to raze the very
notion of "whiteness." There is no country,
no cultural heritage of the "white" person.
Whiteness is a construct of the human
mind. It is a tool used to consol idate power
among people of European heritage against
the larger populace that threatens to engulf
them.
Rather than subm itting to the privileges
that have accumulated over the centuries for
"white" people, I encourage you to spend a
day in our shoes by discovering your specific
European heritage. When you meet people,
don't let them assume you are white. Instead,
force them to recognize that you are wholly
engrossed in your Europea n heritage as
people of color do every day by simply existing. Once you have accomplished this, you
will find a remarkable change in attitudes
toward you. People who consider themselves
"white" will be assaulted by your unapologetic difference and become hostile because
you refuse to downplay your cultural pride
and subject yours-el f to their simple classification of you. Only theri will you begin
to understand why people of color need a
prearranged location for their voices.
Your una/fectionate peer.
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.lonny Baker is a compassionate communist
and sophomore. He is enrolled in Teaching
Through Performance.
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letters and opinions
The war candidate recap
by Jaco b Stanley
In the first Presidential debate on
T hursday, September 30, President Bush
stated, " the best way to protect this homeland is to stay on the offense." This idea
got mc wondering exactly how America
is supposed to be safe r by attacking other
nations.
Seemingly, by neutralizing
threats before they arise to attack us, we're
keeping the U.S. safer in the future, b!lt by
neutrali z ing threats before they've posed
a threat to us, we're merely making the
world angry at our imperialistic attacks.
It is not a " pre-emptive" strike: [t'sj ust an
offens ive strike.
Even though no WMDs were
fo und in Iraq , Pre siden t Bush , in a
roundabout manner, stated that Iraq
posed a threat to the US and the world,
but how they did so when no WMDs were
found is perhaps an interesting lie to note
in that it implies a threat that is not real.
This kind of mentality of attacking before
the reasons are known makes one uneasy,
obviously, but this plan is really what each
candidate believes in .
When asked, Kerry stated he would
not get involved in helping Sudan avoid
its continuing genocides because the U.S.
milit ary was "overextended." A fter thi s
remark on not gelling involved, he stated
how he plans to increase the size of the
military to better cover the globe with US
troops and be ab le to respond more rapidly
to threats abroad. How is it that Kerry can
be caught up in the war in Iraq, which he
has stated was a "wrong war" that posed
no threat in the first place, yet not want
to help out the Sudanese who are being
murdered in thousands by their government every day? It seems quite irrational
to want to make the world a safer place,
or even America a safer place, when you
place pre-emptive attacks at a higher priority than stopping actual genocide that is
occurring around the globe.
As far as North Korea goes, President
Bush wants to continue multinational
talks, while Kerry wants mainly bilateral
talks that would weigh their press ure on
Kim Jong II to break down his nuclear
prog rams . Obviously North Korea does
not intend to dismantle its programs, or
else they would have back in C linton's
administration when they were first told to
stop playing with nuclear arms. The only
future that may exist is a nuclear standoff
with the country or an Iraq -like sanction-
ing orthe nation, which w ill on ly lead to
desperate meas ures of threats and disparity towards the nearby Asian nations.
By attempting to res olve the
iss ue with North Korea, we may actually
be running down an all too familiar road
of warnings, sanctioning, then warring
against the country 'til they give in. [t
would not be wise for sueh a small nation
as North Korea to attack any other nation
without expecting firm consequences, so
realistically they are only building arms
to protect their country and perhaps use
them to bargain with some military weight
in nearby trade. Their country is not in
any shape to fight a war, even with nuclear
weapons, because ifnuclear arms were the
only reason we found them threatening,
then India and Pakistan would have the
UN crawling down thei r throats over their
weapons as well.
A similar policy is being instituted
in Iran by each candidate running for
president, so how exactly the nation is supposed to become "safer" by all this world
governing is perhaps beyond my scope of
understanding. By my observation it looks
more like the U.S. is prodding the wolves
of the world with sticks in hopes that one
might look a ngry enough to put down . The
U.S.'s foreign policies are wrapped up in
control of other nations' possible threats,
but not at all caught up in actually making
the world a safer place. I f thi s were the
case, Rwanda in 1994 would not have lost
800,000 people to genocide in a mere 100
days. If this were the case, Sudan would
not have continuous genocides measuring at 50,000 already with only U.S.
"a id" being handed out to them. The
U.S. throws money at disputes that end in
death but don' t threaten America in places
like Africa, but then throws troops and
bombs at people that don't threaten this
nation one bit in the Middle East but are
attacked nonetheless because of economic
gains that could be had there.
Whether it be a Democrat or a Republican that makes it to the White House this
November, [ really don 't feel secure seeing
two pro-war candid ates ma nag ing the
American Empire abroad. America will
not be safer with either of these candidates
winning in November, and [can only hope
that in time, we learn from mistakes s uch
as these.
Jacob Stanley is a ji-eshman enrolled in
America in the 20th Century. He is studying American History.
Live Web Cast
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hv Liz Egan
.'The main islands were thickly populated. with a p eacejiil folk when Chr.i,stol 'er jlJllnd them. BUI Ihe orgy of blood
which In flowed. no man has wrillen. U;e
are Ih e slaughlerers. II is Ihe lorlured soul
o/ullr II 'Or!d. " - William Carlos Williams
C hristopher Columbu s was the worst
diplomat in history. To say that he was a
slave trader, a murderer, and a rapist is
not an exaggerat ion. Under his administration as Hviceroy" or "governor" of the
Caribbean, millions perished due to the
Spaniards' diseases and savage brutality.
Within a ge neration of Columbus ' landing on the island he ca lled Hispaniola ,
the indigenous Arawak population had
declined by 99%. Thi s is genocide, and
these a rrogant actions set the foundation for lega l and soc ia l policies regard { ~ n g E.uropean contact with indigenous
,
!'fople.
Every year on t-he second Monday
\
,) f October. a federJ I holiday still honors
( 'o lumbu s' it:g;]cy, which refl ects on all
01' us Iivi ng on in the U. S. In th is age
of international c ultural exchange, it is
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embarrass ing, i I' not com pletel y offen sive,
that the colonial tradition of Columbus is
glorified . The public condemnation of
Columbus Day is long overdue, a nd wit h
enough pressure, co uld result in a fed era l
termination or tran sformati on of Col umbus Day.
Many states (17) have already
dropped Columbus Day as a state paid
holiday. Columbus Day in South Dakota
and Wyoming has been changed to Native
American Day, and North Dakota recently
passed legislation to change the holiday to
First Nations Day. Last year, a Congressman from California, Joe Baea, introduced
federal legislation to officially change
Columbus Day to Native American Day,
but the bill was defeated . The government
may be unwilling to recogni ze the spiral
of atrocities that began with Columbus's
landing, but the legacy continues in contemporary polic ies that marginalize, persecute and subjugate indigenous people.
The future is in ou r hands, and we as
individu als li ving within the borders of
th e U.S. can be complian t and justify our
coll ec ti ve histories, or we ca n aeknowl-
cdge and reclaim the past to avoi d future
repetitions of injustice. You can address
concerns suc h as th ese (and real solu tions) this month at the Northwest Social
Forum. You can also meet up with others
who wi sh to decolonize Co lumbus Day
nex t Monday, October 11 , at 5 p.m. at
Syl vester Park , a nd there wi ll be a march
to th e Capitol at 5:30 p.m.
Liz Egan is a sen ior enrolled in American
In dians and Ih e Co ns /illilion . She is
sllIdving indigenolls slIIclies.
Respond to what
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Contact imprdv,isation:
Infinite possibilities for diving
into unknown territory
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
die for the last time this weekend
by Caroly n Arnold
b)' Mi rc;/wl/ Hahn-/3wl1son
I walk into the ro om and lie down on
the floor. I am aware of my breath and
my body's weight on the smooth, hard
surface. Heads and arms entangled with
bodies fly above my head past me. I take a
deep breath and lift my leg over my body,
enjoying the spiraling of my spine.
I spend a few moments rolling to my
stomach, then back , then my stomach
again, allowing my limbs to be heavy
and loose and remain in contact with
the floor. My body moves horizontally
through space along the hard, smooth
surface as though it is liquid pouring and
meiting.
Eventually during my pouring I come
into contact with another body, and we
begin to pour together, one body perpendicular to the other. As the person on the
bottom rolls on the floor, the person on
top is propelled through space, going for a
ride. When the top person runs out of body
to ride with, they become the roll ing support for th e other person. This exchange
continues for a little while, then morphs
into a less orderly, less predictable sort
of rolling. For me, this is when things
start to get interest i ng. There is a contact
improv exercise that Karl Frost (a contact
teacher and performer based in Seattle),
uses in his classes which illustrates one
of the' main principles of contact. Titled
the Ouija dance, it begins with two people
touching the tips of their index fingers
together. This one-finger point of contact
remains constant throughout the dance.
Both people are instructed to follow the
other person; no one is leading. Wait a
sec, hold on : Ifboth people are following
and no one is leading, how do the fingers
move? What initiates their movement? A
very good question and a mystery, thi s
mystery of why the dance moves is the
essence of contact improv. Both people
A place, a space, a way of life
Bed & breakfast, retreat, workshop, ceremony and
ritual space, bookstore
a re li stening intently to little impulses
they feel in the other person's finger.
These impulses might lead their finger
two inches in one direction, two feet, or
clear across the room . Each person's challenge is to be as immediately responsive
to those impulses as possible. Since no
one is leading, no one knows where the
dance is going. Both people are diving into
unknown territory.
When both people are ready, the
one-finger contact is expanded to include
all surfaces of the body in a rolling point
of contact. Both people are still listening
intently for tiny impulses of movement,
maintaining at least one point of contact,
and moving without sliding along the
surfaces of each other's bodies.
Love, body, breath. Breath, breath,
move, breath . Sigh, sound, body. She is
lifting me, carrying my-spin, land: I'm
on the floor. With effortless grace we
in
play; our hands tell stories. Tapping into
a source of energy, another way of being,
the dance takes me into unexpected directions, unknown territory, places I've never
been. Always rich and always new, there
are infinite numbers of things you can do
with bodies, infinite possibilities. There
are paradoxes ,of surrender ill1d intention,
flow and structure: a unique language. We
are comfortable touching, being physically
intimate. And it is not sexual , just the
weight of another person's body on mine,
and someone to share the weight of my
body. Anyone can do it! Anyone, at any
age, in any physical condition , with any
ability, can maintain one point of moving
contact.
Carolyn Arnold is a se nior
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In Ac t Two of Shakes peare . s /-lulI/ler, to kn ow which is which, they ' d like to
two gent le man named Rose nc ra ntz and know that, too. T hey ' ve lost track of thei r
G uil dc nstcrn appear. As Hamlet' s best identi ty a nd purpose and arc ex perien cfri ends from hi s sc hool days, they've ing a terrible case ofcxiste nti a l angst. As
been se nt lor by the Ki ng of Den mark th e play begin s, they're som ewhe rc o n
to he lp find o ut II" hai 's happeni ng to hi s the road to Denmark. O lle of them- let' s
prin ce I) ncp hell', who sce m s to have say G uilde nstern. for th e sake of clargone a little !oo py rece ntly. The two me n ity- is flipping co in s to the o ne w ho
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No one appears ab le to reme mber which co in s in a row have la nded on the heads
is Rosen crantz and which G uild enstern . side. T his unlikc ly di srupti on o f the law
Hamlct talk s cjrc les a ro und thcm and o f average s is o nl y o ne of many conunevent ua ll y send s them to their deaths. drum s that make Guildenstern anx io us.
In Act Foul". th ey va ni sh as ab ruptl y as Rosene rantz is a bit m o re laid back at
they appeared, hav ing never s ig nifi cantly fi rst, but soon he, too, starts to WOrty a nd
to spec ulate o n absurd exp lanati o ns of
influenced the ma in ac ti o n or the play.
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Ha rl equin Pro du ct io ns, which
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by Lee Kepraios
Last week, I outl ined the so me of the
best movies the summer had to offer. But
I cou ldn't sk irt the bad st uff, the stuff' on
which I blew hard-earned money.
M. Night Shyma lan's The Village was
so unbelievab ly weak it made me reconsider my thoughts abo ut the director's
work. I must be the on ly one I know who
likes his fi lms. I like how he has you concerned about the characters, so much so
that yo u don't really see he's been working up to a surprise the whole tim e. He's
a big fan of The Tw ilighl Zune , and hi s
mov ies often have an allego rica l chain
of even ts abou t them. But Th e Village
finds him ex hau sting a once successful
formu la and a Twilight Zune all ego'ry that
not onl y can't sustain a whole movie but
is so utt erl y rid icu lous and stupid that it
defie s explanation . Wil li am Hurt, Joaqu in
Phoe ni:-; and Sigo urney Weaver are just a
few of the r(?spectable tal ents burned by
thi s in sulting li ttl e prune ofa movi e.
Not that anyone wa s expect ing Alien
V.I'. Predator to be David Mamet, but the
film wastes nea rl y three quarte rs of it s
running tim e setting up a ridiculous storyline and providi ng us with a di sposable
cast of characters, all for an ep ic battle
between the two H.R Giger franchises,
and the movie fa ils to deliver e ven Ih al'
To be honest, I wou ld have preferred to see
ninety of the aliens and the predators di s-
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Not funny as in it reall y is funny, funny Anderson fi lm). But the fi lm quick ly ran
in that it fee ls it has to be funny. Which out of steam and originality and became a
it isn't. Napo- . tepid love story with too many quirks and
leon speaks in drama that felt fo rced. Braff's film never
a kind of self- really gets us to care about the characters.
deprecating
Nor does a trendy soundtrack help matters
geeks p ea k
ifthe movie isn't very good. The late, great
that
feel s Gene Siskelliked to ask, " Would watching
phony and thi s movie be as entertaining as watching
g rows tire- a document ary that featured the cast and
so me re a ll y crew having lunch?" You can sen se that
quickly.Audi- Braff encouraged people on the set to
ence s love a come up with quirky details for hi s sets
film li ke thi s and characters. The troubl e is, there was
beca use they so much input , it just becom es qu irk y
fe e l a coo l for the sake of bei ng quirky. "Let's have
di stance from Nata lie Portman's hou se contain a maze of
the charac- ham ster trail s. Let's have Braff's friend be
ter s . T hey sitting in a su it of arm or at the breakfast
can eas ily feel table." You get the feel i ng that it would
supe ri or to have been more en tertainin g watching
a freak s how them sitting around coming up with these
like thi s. And the movie is cy nic ally right ideas that watching the actua l mov ie. And
alongside its audience, pointing and laugh- if you felt thi s movie (wh ich had the most
ing like a grade-school bull y.
overused cliche ending eve r) spoke to your
The sa me was true of Garden State, generation, that's your right. ~ut I wanted
another mov ie that just didn 't fee l true to to throw something at the screen when it
the tone it was try ing to ac hieve. It was a was all over.
labor of love fo r actor Zack Braff to wr it e,
direct and star in this offbeat tragicomedy, Lee Kepraios is a senior enrolled in
and the first half hour of the mov ie was Forensics and Mystery Writing. He is
promi sing (eve n if smacking of a Wes studyingfilm .
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emboweling each other wi thout any setup
or context. But th is mov ie has way too
much setup and
too little payoff.
It 's a lso the
flim siest PG-13
rating I've ever
seen. I enjoyed
the buzz. I hated
the aftertaste.
I expected
that from a bigbudget blockbu s ter.
The
fi Im s that really
an noy me as a
movi ego er are
ones li ke Napoleun Dynamite,
a fake indie
mov ie made by
Paramount, Fox
and MTY. This fi lm's envy of'80s movies
was palpable. My biggest g ripe with this
Napoleon Dvnamite was the treat ment of
the main cha racter, the kind of character
that cou ld on ly exist in a movie. The fi lm 's
title character is the kind of nerd other
nerd s don't even wa nt to associate with .
He 's not the least bit bel ievable because
he only ex ists to be laug hed at. Eve ry line
of dialogue he has in thi s movie is funny.
Hell has frozen over. William Shatner
has a new album . A nd more shock ing than
that , it 's ac tuall y good. This Renaissance
man is enjoy ing a personal renaissance:
Has Been hit record stores on Tuesday.
Of cou rse, multi -t alen ted Shatne r,
be st known for play ing Ca ptain Kirk on
Star Trek, already has one a lbum to hi s
(dis)cred it. His 1968 release The Transform ed Man wi ll best be remembered
as one of the most devious acts of mad
science sin ce Frankenste in 's monster.
It consisted of twelve tracks. Half were
excerpts from class ic literature (Ham let ,
Cy rano) read by Shatner in hi s ty pical.
Clipped. Style.
The read ings were paired with cove rs
of pop songs, recited atona lly in the same
bi za rre fits and star ts. They range fro m
crooner classics that a lm ost wo rked ("It
Was a Very Good Year:' " Inse nsatez") to
pop songs that just turned out frighten ing
("Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "Mr.
Tambouri ne Man").
The album was com mercial suicide,
but it went novelty plati num. Over the next
four decades, Shatner wou ld perform in
his eccentric style, "singing" at the Science
Fiction Film Awards, the MTV 's Video
Music Awards and Movie Awards, numerous Trek conventions, and , most recently,
a ser ies of
Priceline
comm ercia ls.
And
it was in
work in g
on those
commerc ia ls th at
he wo uld
meet Ben
F 0 I ds.
F 0 Ids ,
known
for work
ranging
fro m the
mood y to
the raucously funn y, produced Has Been, which
is frequently both. He also appea rs on the
album, along wi th Aimee Mann (another
of the Priceline Pl ayers), Joe Jackson,
Henry Rollin s, and co untr y star Brad
Paisley.
The result is an album that is wa rm
and perso nal, se lfaware without being
esoteric, v icio usly
funny at so me
moments and downri g ht sc hmaltzy at
others. Wherea s
Transform ed was a
market in g gimmick
with a mbiti ons of
wor ld dom i nat ion ,
Has Been is honest
and unpretentio us.
We li sten in on a
now 73 -yea r- o ld
Shatner as he face s
h is mortality and
hi s fai lu res as a performer, a lover and a
father.
H ig hli g hts of the a lbum in clud e
"Common People," a live ly electroni c
cover of a song by 80's Eng lish pop grou p
Pulp; "You' ll Have Ti me," a hil ar ious song
about death fea turing a gospel choi r; and
"I Can't Get Behind That," in whic h Shatner and Ro ll ins rant violently about the
little foibles of modern life (it's li ke a Dave
Barry colu mn with more shouting).
The album's best track is " That 's Me
Trying ," co-written by Folds and novelist
Nick Hornby (Abou l a Boy, High Fide lity).
A nar rative about an older man reuniti ng
with hi s adult daughte r, it is sen sitive and
humorous, and Shatner genuinely pu ll s it
off as more than just a novelt y.
The re's no tellin g how th is album
wil l play with the public at large, or with
ot her smug fan-boy /amateur-Ill usic-journal ist types , but it was une xpected and
defin itely worth a li sten.
Jordan Lyuns is a suphomore enrolled in
Mem ory of Fire.
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The application deadline is October 8th, 2004!
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Thursday, October 7
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5:30-6:30 p.m. All-Campus COIllmunit y Potluck in the Library, Room
1706, hosted by First Peoples' Advising
Services. Bring a di sh to share.
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Geoduck sports: the week In reView'
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bv Meredilh Lane
It 's 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, October
3. After 10 long hours on the road, two
G rey hound charter buses have pulled back
into Olympia, carrying more than a few
losers in cargo. Wait, that 's not so Pc. Oh,
well. Can't win 'em all. Though the teams
each fought hard, when you look at the
stats, it was a disappointing weekend for
the men's and women's soccer teams, and
women's volleyball.
Men's socce r went into the weekend ranked not only number one in the
Cascade Can ference, but number four
in the Region . A Ibertsons, a nationally
ranked team , was close behind in conference standings . Leading the game 2-1
until the last two minutes of the second
half, the Evergreen men had just about
every reason to be confident of a win .
Every reason but one. A senior substitute
named Dustin Crim. Entering the game
in the 80th minute, Crim scored once in
regulation, and then again with 48 seconds
left in overtime to give Albertsons the win
with a final score of 3-2 . Though it is only
Evergreen's second loss of the season, it
drops them down to number three in the
conference, behind their biggest rival,
Concordia, and A Ibert so ns. With plenty
of time left in the season, the men should
have no problem recovering and dominating at playoffs.
Playoffs will be a difficult feat for
the Women's Soccer team, yet not unattainable. This weekend's non-conference
game versus NCAA Division IAA Western Washington University provided a
great outlet for the girls to work on skills
necessary for taking a few more wins in
the Cascade Conference. Depending on
how the rest of the women's soccer teams
in the conference end up, Evergreen must
win at least four games out of the six they
have left this season, and still participate
in post-season play.
Women's Volleyball is ina si m i lar
boat. With half of the season completed,
and nary a win on their record, the girls
will have to do a total turn-around to make
it back into the top six in the conference.
Ranked number three going into the
season, the girls are currently at 10th. The
past weekend's losses to Southern Oregon
and Oregon Institute of Technology were
disappointing, but the coaches were
pleased with the overall play. Wednesday 's
loss to Northwest (16-30, 12-30, 25-30)
marked first time in Evergreen history
that volleyball has been defeated twice in
a season by their traveling partner. With
that under thei r belt, and a non-conference
tournament all weekend in Walla Walla,
though it may seem impossible, there is
slightly more than a marginal chance of
Evergreen Volleyball upsetting the conference for the second year in a row.
Com ing offthe past week's record, the
athletes need all the support you can give.
With a lmost everyone home this weekend,
here is your chance to get out there and
see what the soccer field looks like when
it's full of fans. If nothing else, there's
always at least one person on the opposing team that has some form of standout characteristic, from crazy carrot-top
curls to pink terry-cloth headbands, that
stimulates a loudmouthed fan to make
com ments that are heard by the referees,
who ask the ath let ic director to ask that
fan to leave the stands, who changes their
shirt, or merely takes it off, comes back,
and starts the process over again. And
with that unnecessarily long-wordy, runon sentence, here's your...
Friday, October 8
Weekend Sports Schedule:
3-~:30
p.m . SESAME (Studcnts Ed ucat ing St uci eill s About th e M idd Ie fcast)'s
firs t I11ceting. third fl oo r ol'the.•CA f3. TV
lo unge.
~-5 p.lI1. The Writers' Guild invi tes
\ ou to ioi n ill the cekbrat ion of' Oil Cll e1"'11
(;/'IIIIJ;r/. an anthology oi' student wri tin),;.
,11thc L\'cr),;rccn Tutoring Cellle r ('Airiting
("cnt cl') .
7:30 p.llI. Stories ofTrccdom at Tradi -
Thursday:
HOME- Men's Soccer vs. Concordia
Friday:
AWAY- Women's Volleyball @ Walla
Walla Tourney
HOME- Women's Soccer vs. Oregon Tech
Saturday:
AWA Y-WomeJis Volleyba ll @ Walla
Walla Tourney
HOME- Men's Soccer vs. Cascade
HOM E-Cross Country Evergreen Open
HOME- Women's Soccer vs. Southern
Oregon
t ions Cafe. Suggested donat ion $5 -$10.
details.
Saturday, October 9
Every Monday
II a.m.-to p.m. Harvest Festival at
the Organic Farm .
8 p.m. Jason Webley will be performing at the Cap itol Theater Back stage.
Cover is $7.
8Il.m.-M idnight. Hot Club Sandwic h
at Spar. ID is required. For rese rvati on s or
info. call (360) 357-6444.
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Until next week, get your green on,
get out there, and go sup'port your local
Geoduck.
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3~O.
Sunday, Octolll!r 10
8 tl.lII . Li ve musil' at TE SC Ii ousing
CO l11nlllnit y Center. Free admi ssion.
7 p.llI . I-:v<.!rg recn Siude nts lor Chri si.
at Semi nar II ;\-~ I OO.
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Every Wednesday
5 p.m. Meet at Sylvester Park and
marc h to th e Capi tol to demon strat e
aga inst the Columbus Day holiday. Ca ll
th e NSA (Nat ive St ud en t A II iance) lo r
Call 867-6213!
E-mail us at cpj@evergreen.edu!
Drop by our office in CAB 316!
Meredith Lane is a senior enrolled in
Pooled Sovereignly and Corporate Management. She is slUdying inlernational
business and political economy
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5 p.m . to late. Gal11 ing (j u iId at C;\ B
Monday, October 11
Want to see your event in next
week's Calendar?
7-9 p.m. First Peoples' Study Crew at
Seminar II , Building D, Room 3105. Every
Monday of Fall Quarter.
7-9 p.m. Evergreen Improv Alliance
meeting at Seminar II C 11 05.
12: 30 p.m. Yoga CIuh plan 11 iI1 g meet ing at CA B 3~0 .
I :30 p.m. Nati ve Studen t All ia nce
mects at CAI3 320. Cubicle 13.
I :45 p.m. Environlllental Resource
Ce nter in the third !loor CA B pit.
1-2 p.m. VOX: Co mmuniti es 1'01'
Choice ofi'ice hour s at C;\ B 3~0 in
Cub icle 17.
2-3 p.m. VOX: Co mmunitie s for
Choicc meeting at CAB 320 C ubicle 17.
5 p.m. Eve rgreen Iri sh Resurgence
Element meetillg C ubicle 4 on the thil'd
!loor of the CA B.
STUDENT GOVERNANCE OPPORTUNITIES
BE INFORMED AND INVOLVED IN THE COLLEGE
A number of Disappearing Task Forces (DTFs) and committees are seeking student members. Student input is critical to the functioning of the
college. Serving 011 a co mmittee or D TF provides students with opportunities to influence college policy and learn more about the college. For
information about the groups listed below, contact the OOice of the Vice President for Student Affairs by ph one at 867-6296 (off-campus) or
extension 6296 (on-campus). bye- mail at johnsont@evergreen.edu, or in person at Library 3236.
Your wild National Forests are threatened
by road-building and commerc ial tagging:
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COALITION
S&A Fee Re\'iew Board: The Sen' ices
TlI('()Jila
a III I I\ctirilics I'ce Allocation Board
(S~"
Board ) is looki ng for nine
(,l fll l/WJJ!Olir's
stlldenls to snl'l: O il this YCClf'S ho'lrd .
The S& . \ Board is respollsibk for
dctcrmi Il ing thc all oeatinn of S&A fee s
to a broad rangt: of colkge s ny i e~<; and
actil·itics. The ['roup lllec ts t\\i<':L: a week
thJ'llughllut till: :lcacicll1 ic ~ 'e ;1f Students
O il the bDilrd recei ,'( a stip<.: nci of $200
per qual1er. Applkalions arc II lailab1c III
the front dcsk of student ac tivities, CAB
120. The deadline for applications is
October 8'h.
Phlln.wl'''.\' (pnfi II ('(1/ (lfI(!
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Subcommittees 1I'0rk 2 . :I hours pe r
week for 2 ' ~ I\'c(;ks ill I'all quarte r
reading files. and more intcnsdy for 2 .
Student Conduct Code Hearing
Board: This group conducts hearings
as needed whcn students are charged
with a violation of the Student Cond uct
Code. Several st!!..<.:ku.ts ale U~cQ~
.\ Iedio.
PmgraJl! , T('(w lier F:du/,ul/f)/l
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3 \\. cck s in Winter ljuartn conducting
intervie\\'s; the I liring 1)'1'1 ; llIeets
\ londays and \\' edncsd.:IY afternoons Df
Winter quarter, with some Fall and
Spring meetings . Vis!1 our web pURe al
wWII'.evergreen.eduljacullyllirillg
injbrmalion on faculty hiring !
Jor
Enrollment
Coordinating
ComFaculty
Hiring
Dl'F
& mittee: This gwup helps rcview am.!
Subcommittees: Two <':olllmill<.:cs arc: del'c1op "pproaches for t he recruitmcnt
Tlus
inl'uil'cd III .each fa<.:ulty hire: a and retention of s ludents.
Sulx;ommitlee which rcads flies and committee mects twice am ont il 011
One student IS
hosts tht: illtervicll's, alld thc Facully Friday m()rning.~ .
Hiring DTF, whieh intcryiews all needed
candidates for a II positions. This ye.1l'
The President's Advisory Board on
there nrc I :) differcnt Suhcolllmittees Drug & A leohol Abuse: This board
amI two hiring ~Ps and student hel ps devel()p policy and rel'iews ahlL~e
memhers arc still needed for many of ' prel' ent ion efforts. T his group meets
the cOlllmittees. The Farulty hires fnr twice per quarter. At least two stydents
111I .~ yeaI' are Publir Adm.inistrali()1I,
arc needed
Mall1elllalics,
Malhematics
Jor
our
Emergency Respollse Team:
This
group help, pla[1 for eillergeucies and
11 ill mal . disaslcrs, sllch ~s
Ii res ;\'nti
c;ulhqll:l kes.
The grolll' IlIc cls
appro\.i1l1dtcl) 1·2 Illlurs a l1Iomh anJ
m:l'!.b ilt l!:i"l "Ill' S lll d~ nl
Campus Land lj~ Committee: This
conllnille<; i, <.:lt ar): ~d \I ilh n1. [k!np sun:
the collcpt: l<l ll o\\"s the ('~lInpll ' ,,1,lSt\:l
Plan.
Ti1t: «()Il11ni ltcc' rcl le \\"s ,lIld
makes rCc'olll!lJell(btil'lls un pblb such
as
building
ne1l'
rac ilille~.
moderni /.mioll. outdoor ,u1 instidlati nns.
academic projects in undo duped areas.
ecological restoration. park\\'<J) repairs.
landscaping. chemical usc , and changes
in land lL~C poliCies. This committee
meets once a mo nth. Two student s arc
needed.
\1 :11Iagl:llIelit.
Thi~ group 1Il\:l:ts o[K:c :1
Illllllt h
O ll e
,tlldell t i, IIct:dt:d.
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gruup
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Till , g!\lUP II' ill f11l' d <It ll'<lst \l/ll'e' "
Illllilth.
A I least 11\'u st udcllts
ill'"
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BOuhstorc Advisor v C01ll11littl'C: lll1 '
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Lilian eI'.
'1' \\'(1 l11' 11i11'1! ~ tl1d<':llt S arlO
ncerlt:d
Health
and
Safety
AdvisOl'Y
Committee:
This group hclps to
promote employee health and safety on
campus. This committce Illeets monthly
for two hours and nced~ at least one
student
Deadly Force Review Board: Thi s
group rCl'iews incidents in whieh :1
firearm nr other deadly wl:,lpon is
drawn. discharged . or ex hihitcd in a
threatening manner by a call1plL~ police Graduation Planning Committee:
officer or any other individual on This group will help to plall
campus. Thi s group will meet once in commcncemcnt acti\'itics for Junc 2005.
l lndcrgraduate and graduate students
Fall qual1cr for orientation. and
who will graduate by September 2005
thereafter only as needed. {\t least two
arc encouraged to bccome inl'oll'cd
sludents jlrc lIeetkd.
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Space Management Committee: This
group recommends policy changes and
space usage on campus to Scnior
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undergone a few changes. We are asking that you stick to a few standard sizes to make it easier on us to arrange
on the page and prevents innumerable other difficulties that can arise. From now on, we will NOT print comics that
do not comply to these standard sizes. If you have any questions or concerns , feel free to visit the CPJ office in
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