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Coming out of the
closet:
Metaphor comes to
life in Red Square
Should there be
designated smoking
areas on campus?
bv Rellata Rullin\'
Co ll eges across th e country hosted
speakers. Students in all tift y states held
ralli es.
The Evergreen Queer All iance set up a
giant close l in Red Square.
Monday, October I I marked the 16th
annua l Na ti onal Co ming Out Day, which
encourages gay, lesbian, biscx ual, and
Iransgcndered (CiLBT) peoplc to open up
about their sexuality.
" We 've had a 10 1 of people com in g by
ll1aking signs about what ki nd of gi rl s they
like , or what kind of guys Ih ey like ," said
Shc ll ca A lien , who is in hcr fou rth year at
Evergreen .
She and Tyga Ilunter, aJu lli or who
Ira ns rem:d to I·: ve rgree n frolll Florida this
year, we re s urroundcd by a smatterin g of
literature, Slick ers, and patches cclebrating
eve ry sex ual orie ntal ion.
And towerin g ovcr the literature and
both wo men was a nin e- foot ta ll wooden
closet decked out wit h a rainbow fl ag.
A few peop le passed through the door
to "come out" wit hi n th e first coup le of
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off the Chain
1095th Ave SW
Ol~mpia) WA 98501
october 7, 2QQ4 .
"Yes, it's an
iss ue of respect ...
Love your brothers
and sisters."
Alexi\' Rei/enstuhl
.Senior
Community
Food Systems
" I s hould just
stop smoking."
Ra/1/a Lash
Se nior
Sustainable Design
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There will be an open house this
Thursday, October 14, to ce leb rate the
new location of Eve rg rce n 's Specia l
Co llection s in the sout hwest corner of
the library. The open house will include
readings by racu lty and students in the
south loun ge followed by refreshment s.
All are inv ited to attend : printers, poets,
and passe rsby.
The Special Collection s at Evergree n
include both ra re and fine press publicati ons of the Northwest and beyond, as well
as a se ri es of broads ides , now located on
the south wall of the library along the A·P
stacks. Both the rare book room and the
broadside collection we re thank full y saved
from stmage during the re novati on project
and relocated from the north side of the
Iibrary to their new home in a small but
Story continued on page 4
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Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
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by phu n e al /'167- Tyga Hunter and Shellea A lien stand by their closet on Ihe
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sixteenth National Coming Out Day.
cpj@evergreen ,edu.
by Angela Buck
October 9th - November 9th
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hOLlrs, they said.
H Lint er had been
OLit s ince 9:30 a.m.
that day. Dre sse d
almost head to toe in
rainbow strip es, she
wore a sk irt that read
across thc botl om, " I
am comfortab le with
my sex uality"
"Eve ryone should
be able to say that,"
shc sai d.
Love your library: Open house Thursday, October 14
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Jon Hue,Y
Lxhibition of Night Photograph~
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In COlor
Opening Night Reception
Saturda~) October 9th
7 p.m. With Food
by David Hornbeck and Arland Hurd
Service for Colin Reese
to be held October 17
by Jue Jalc/.:()
A memoria l service will be held thi s
weeke nd for deceased Lvergrcc n graduale
Co lin Reese.
In Co lin 's tim<.: at J: \'e rgreell , he madc
an impact as a teac her as well as a student. He was so good at help ing ot hers,
he spent three years as a tcachi ng assistant
and wo rked althe Quantitative Reaso ning
Center as wcll.
Colin was also an ac ti vist. He was a
member uf the Ol ympi a Movement for
Ju stice and Peace and partic ipat ed in
mo ve ments against the U.? 's involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Israel's
occupation of Palestine .
Thi s year was liis first at the University
o f Ma ssac hu setts at Amherst , where he
was pursuing a Ph .D. in Economics. He
took hi s own life on September 25 , 2004.
A friend at Evergreen desc ribed him
as a "great co ntribution to the Olympia
co mmunity and th e
world community in
fighting for justice
an d peace."
The scrvic.e will
be held S und ay,
October 17 at 3
p.m. at Evergreen's
Longhouse.
Jenna McDonald
"No. I would
rather have it spread
out than have it in a
concentrated area."
Jo e Barker
Sophomore
Telling The Truth
"No . Peo pl e ca n
s moke
where vc r
they wa nt as long as
tl1ey're respect ru!. "
Mall Bro\-\!/1
Senior
Ge()l()gy
Fo r '!'rave/en
"S ure, why not')
With rain covers and
heated lamps ."
Fajl' Wilson
Junior
Imperialism
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Scholarship money
available to Queer
students and their allies:
Become a high school
tutor
$175,000
Two bl anke t organi za tions, th e Greater
Seattle i:3u siness Assoc iati on (G SBA) and
the Pride Foun dation, are off:: rin g sc holarships wi th the in tent of buil di ng lea dershi p
an d promoting d ive rsity in th e Nor th wes t.
Th,' available funus- -S I75 ,000 - wiII go to
po,t -, ee lllldar y educatio n. includin g tho,,'
i~l v u l \' L'd ill CH.· <ll i\' .... s tu d y a n d vuc.a tio ll a l
trai lll ll g prug ram :-. . Sume or th e awa rd s arc
speeilic to fi nancia i llecd, whi le others rewa ru
excelle nce . T hl' of'l.:an ization s are .encoura gin g L(arr student s of color tu apply, and
schularships lI'ill be issued tu stud ents who
demonstra te a "commitment to human and
ci vil ri ghts for a ll people."
In fiftee n yea rs, ove r $992,000 has bee n
grant ed by these orga ni zati ons. Thi s year.
th e total money will be di shed out in $ 10,000
awa rd s. The prerequi sites are that you have
your applicati on postmarked by Jan'uary 14,
2005, be a rcsidl'nt of Washington , Idaho,
Ore gon , Montana , or Alaska and be an
LGST ur llllied student.
App lica ti ons arc ava ila ble al..
http://www.thegsba.org/
httI' :i/w WI'.'. pr idefo und at ion.orgt
.. .or at (HOO) 7J5-72X7.
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Hidden Slaves: Farm
workers, forced labor in
the United States and the
fast food industry
When: Tuesday. Oc tobe r 19, noo n-2 p.m.
at The Evergreen State College . Se minar II
13 11 07.
Join in as Olympia and The Evergree n
State College welcome repre sent ati ves of the
Co aliti on of Immokale e Work cr s (C IW)
in its Anti -S lave ry campaig n to eliminat e
modern-d ay slaver y in the agri cultural industry, such as prosec uti ng of slave ry rings prcyingon hundreds of fa rm workers. In such situations, empl oyers, th rough thrca ts and, all too
oft en, the actual usc of violcnce that includes
beatings, shootings and pistol-whippings, hold
workers ca pti ve aga in st their will.
For marc informati on, please co nt ac t
EPIC at 867-6144 or 867-6055.
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next issue of the CPJ.
Paper Critique
,p.m. Thursday .
Comment on that day's paper. Air
comments, concerns, questions, etc,
If something in the CPJ bothers you,
. thi is the meeting for you!
Friday Forum
3p.m. Friday
Put your values to the test!
Discuss ethics, journalism law
and conflict resolution.
all meetings are in CAB 316.
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UNIONIZE!
In casc yo u have n' t heard , TE SC's Stu de nt Uni on is in the wo rks. The Uniun goes
by the name the As sociated Student s ofThl'
Evergreen Stat e College or ASTESC. T h is
assoc iati on will all ow stud ents to unite as a
sing le entity and crea te a Illo re cmpowered
student body, This associ ati on wi ll be made up
of ASTESC Coun cilors. From thi s council an
ASTESC Board will be formed. COllncil posi tions are open to all students who can collect
and suhmit the endorsement signat IIres of
30 students between th e dates of Oc tobe r IH
and Oc tober 27.
Democratic revolution at
Diversity talks
TESC
Eve rgree n is a prcll y di verse pl ace. There
arc skaters and hippies ... but th at's in contrast
to oth er libem l arts colleges. If you rea ll y want
to ta lk about race, not just the styles that distin gui sh th e Eve rg re en student s fro m one
anoth er, come to th e fi rst session of the Communit y Di ve rsity Dialog ues . a series of brown
bag lunch sem ina rs. Beyond Ta lk: Placing
Hace at the Ce nter of Educatiun. T his is a
se minar with a fuc us on Dr. Kat ya Azo ul ay's
recent camp us prese ntation , titled Race and
the I'ulities of Id entit y in Hi gher Educa ti on. Being as thi s is a lunchtime di scussion,
the dia log ue wil l unl y be loose ly str uc tured.
and if you wa nt to ca t, being yo ur ow n foo d.
The re is a ser ies. ,0 ex pect more bi- mont hl y
discussions on simil ar subject malle r,
The dialog ue wi ll take place on Mond ay,
Nuvl'ml>cr I , from 12 :30-2 p.m. in CAB
Voices of Color
Have a minute? We need yo u.
We're recruiting volunteers commilled to
th e development and rollout of th e ASTESC
(Associated Students oCT he Eve rgreen State
College) online democ racy too l. We need all
technophilcs, creative folk , and those who
want to be guin ea pigs to ge t in touc h with
i mmed iately.
Star ting Thursday, please check with th e
ASTESC studen t in forma ti on tab le in front of
the li brar y for ad diti una l uctails.
Con tact ge() d ucks (l ~ g mai l. e ()111 l;lI' further in f;lrJllation .
Voices of Color is a column designed to promote cultural diversity as well as understanding within the immediate Evergreen community.
Here, students of color may address any concerns or joys. It is a place for students to share their unique cultural experiences with the rest of
the Evergreen community. It is a place of learning_ It is a place of teaching. It is place of understanding.
"Let it be called the bed of life."
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Become an organ donor to help People of Color
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We're outside, where are
you?
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Rattlesnakes in your gym
socks
Ha ve you seen the Ber in g Strait? Sailed
on a crocodil e dow n the Amazon') Do YO Li
know th e customs of ancient Maya ns? Il ave
YOLi sec n thei r ru ins') Do youll ced more fi ngers
tn kcep track of co untries yo u've visited') Is
yo ur thum b sure allli su nburn ed, covered in
du st from loud vehi cles refus ing th e offer?
Do you know the to ur is t lingo',) Yo u know,
th e derngatory sia ng that nati ves Lise to speak
abo ut OLir typi fied Amer ican ways .
Have yo u stu d ied ab road') The images
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by Joe l lIeid
T he O ut doo r Program (TO P) at Th e
Eve rgree n State Coll ege kd ils first trip of
th e season two weeke nds ago to Ml. Elinor in
th e Olympic Mo untains. We we re graced with
blu e sk ies and endless views of the highes t
peak s of Western Was hington l The gro up was
challenged by the stee p asce nt , enam ored with
th e views from th e sLllllmit, and ready fo r iee
cream a nu all an er-n oon nap whl..i ll we re turned
to the va ns.
There arc st ill se ve n more tr ips thi s
qua rter fo r par ti cipants o f' all abil ity levels .
Stop by the TO P uffiee in th e CRe, ca ll TO P
at X67-69X7, or check out the Athle ti cs and
Recrea ti un Guide for more infol Sign uj1now.
space is li mited .
t r ucke r s may have
U,J(,{) lII i l1g Iri/Js/ill' Full:
slip peu, but yo u still ha ve th cm. Li ke all
snapshots of yo u an d th e tree, and yo u an d th e
road and yo u, smil ing wi th dus t caked tec th ,
Sea Kayak ing Cl inics
10/ 14 & IO/2X
Va nt age Rock Clilllb ing
11/ 16-17
Int ro to Sea Kayaking
10/21 & 10/24
Whitewa ter Raft ing
of aggressive
sOlnclH)W ma nag ing ~Ifl " 1'111 h av in g run " face
under 112- degree hea t.
Th e stud y-al>road reunion will I>e
Wednesday, October 20 in Sem inar II [J wing
from 12:30 to 4 p.m. (Signs will be pusted,)
For lIlore inlorill ali on, co nt ac t Rob I.y nam at
Iyna mr@evcrg reen.edu or Ch ri s Cianeella at
chri csc@eve rgrec n.edu .
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This quarter I'm doing a contract
about how People of Color are victimized
by the health care system. I'm doing some
amazing research and finding out some
really disturbing things in regards to the
health of Communities of Color. One thing
that I stumbled across in the midst of my
research is the desperate need for People
of Color to donate organs.
Communities of Color are uneasy about
donating. Some of that hesitancy is due to
past mistrust of the medical community
and a fear that racism will mean their
organs wili more likely go to whites or that
doctors won ' t work as hard to save them
if they know the patient is an organ donor.
Some is due to religious beliefs or misunderstandings about organ donation. Some
is just due to lack of community awareness
about the desperate need for organ donors
from among People of Color.
The fact is that many Communities of
Color have a low donation rate in addition
to critical needs of donors of Color. For the
past 12 years, Howard University has run
the National Minority Organ and Tissue
Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP)
to increase the number of People of Color
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Wo men in th e WihJc rn ess Backpacking
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Rock Climbin g at Smith Roc k, Oregon
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wili ing to be organ donors and to educate
our communities on preventi o n and intervention strategies. These would include
addressing the diseases and behaviors that
lead to the need for transplants to occur,
including diabetes, hypertension, alcohol
and substance abuse, poor nutrition and
lack of exercise.
Some diseases of the kidney, heart,
lung, pancreas and liver are found more
frequently in racial and ethnic communities. For example, African Americans,
Pacific Islanders and Hispanics are three
times more likely to suffer from endstage kidney disease. Native Americans
have the highest rates of diabetes in the
world, reaching epidemic proportions,
and diabetes is one of the causes of kidney
failure , leading to the need for dialysis or
kidney transplants. Similarly, high blood
pressure prevalent in one of three African
Americans can also sometimes lead to
kidney failure.
Talking about organ donation is difficult for many of us because it forces us
to think about our own death and that of
those we love. But not ali organ donations
have to be done after death. In the case
of bone marrow donation, for instance, it
only requires a surgical procedure. In other
cases, people are choosing to donate one
of their kidneys to a loved one because we
can live with one kidney. But even when it
comes to talking about organ donation after
death, our doing so may offer someone else
the gift o f life.
J encourage you all to call your families
and find out what their views on organ
donation are. I was surprised when I talked
to my dad and he said, "I came here with
them all, and that's the way I'm leavin'." I
know you can ' t teach an old dog new tricks,
but for the sake of thousands of peopte on
donor lists, have a conversation.
I leave you with this poem and hope that
it wi II inspire you or a loved one.
"The day will come when my body will
lie upon a white sheet, neatly tucked under
four corners ofa mattress, located in a hospital busily occupied with the living and the
dying. At a certain moment a doctor will
determine that my brain has ceased to function and that, for all intents and purposes,
my life has stopped. When that happens, do
not at/emptto instill artificial life into my
body by use of a machine. And don ~ call
this my deathbed. Let it be called the bed
of life, and let my body be taken from it to
help others leadfuller lives.
"Give my sight to the man who has never
seen a sunrise, a baby ~face or love in the
eyes of a woman. Give my heart to a person
whose own heart has caused nothing but
endless day s ofpain. Give my blood to the
teenager who was pulled from the wreckage
ofhis car, so that he might live 10 see his
grOfldchiidren play. Give my kidneys to
onJ who dep ends on a machine to exist
from week to week.
"Take my bones, every muscle. every
fiber in my body andfind a way to make a
crippled child walk. Explore every corner
of my brain. Take the cells if necessary.
and let them grow so that someday, a deaf
girl will hear the sound of rain against
her window. Burn what is left and scatter
the ashes in the winds to help the flow,
ers grow. Ifyou must bury something, let
it be my faults, my weaknesses and all
prejudice against myfellow man. Give my
sins to the devil. Give my soul to God. If
by chance you wish to remember me. do
it with a kind deed or word to' someone
who needs you. Ifyou do all / have asked,
I will live forever. "
-Unknown
For more information on organ
and tissue donation, you can contact
MOTTEP at http ://www.mottep.org/, or
go to httpJ/www.shareyourlife .org/ or
http://www.organdonor.gov/.
Dolly England is a senior studying People
of Color and the health care system
through an indep endent contract.
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\9~~~~i~~tion M~eting ., .
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T he burl y brick hall ways of hi gh school
beco me a catwa lk for th e fashi on inclined
whil e the rest 'find homage on th e soft , jaggcd
luc ker doo rs and bathroo ms with stalls that
swi ng forwa rd . Clouds of Ca mel Lights and
lemon-scented roo m refresher see p into the
v<: nt ilati on pipes, mus hrooms or inha lant s
for sleepy calc ulus stu den ts. Hig h S<:I1001. It
real ly is j ust two wo rds , al ways in tha t orde r.
It 's ra re to ta lk about feeli ng a c"ntad school
hi gh. Eve n rarer tu fee l "11(; . Su why leave
the college co mf( )rt s o f' bin ge drink ing and
bra burning to tutor strugg ling hi gh schuo l
stu den ts') Ik cau sc last year or the yea r be rore
or so, you escape d th e itchy brick wa lls, pla stic cheese sandwiches and stern , mo notoned
ga zes to this gra ssy pas ture an d you owc it to
those still st uck. wedged be twee n six classes
anu 2500 students . Yo u were thcre once ,
The Tecn Tutoring rrojec\ , a nonp rofi t
o rga ni za ti on th at prov id es fr ee tut or in g
to loc al hi gh sc hool stud ent s, is rec ruitin g
tut ors for Ca pitol Iligh School, luca ted ncar
Eve rgree n's ca mpus. Thoug h no expc riencc is
requi red, you must havc tak en at least a onequa rt er cl ass in th e field yo u in te nd to tu tor in.
T he Tee n Tutoring Project is seekin g tutors fo r
Span ish, phys ics , biology/che mi stry, and preca lculus an d 111'0 seco nd -year-a lgebra lut ors .
To sign up, OT to rcqu est more infor mation, co ntact Jerry Chaing at jce haing@ u.wa
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Persons in need of more than one copy should contact the CPJ business
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Contributions from any TESC student are welcome: Copies of
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This column is reserved especially for the underrepresented who want a consistent "message board" or medium to communicate and express to the Evergreen community. The guidelines for the Voices of Color column are as follows:
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Ass!. business manager .. ....... ~ ............................. Adrian Persaud '
Ad procfer and archiVist (interim) .:.................. Adrian Wittenbeig
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1) Must be a student of color.
2) The submission can be around but no more than 800 words per person per issue (we can use more installments for
longer submissions, or print two at once if they're shorter).
3) The submission must specifically state that this is for" Voices of Color. " Remember, students of (lny ethnicity have
a voice in any section of the paper.
4) Th e deadline for submitting anything to this column is Friday at 3 p .m.
5) Th e submission MUST include a name, phone number and email where you can be reached (for issues of accountability) and MUST meet all other guidelines of the current submission guide.
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Editor-in-chief ......................................................... Renata Rollins
Managing editor ......:.. :....................................... ........ Corey Young
Arts &Entertainment coordinator (interim) ..............Chelsea Baker
Briefs coordinator (interim) ...............:.......................... Adina Lepp
Calendar coordinator (interim) .............. ................ Ikuko Takayama
Comics coordinator (interim) .................................. Chelsea Baker
Copy editor............,........ ..................... :...... Mitchell Hahn-Brimson
Copy editor (interim).;.,...,... :.... ".,.................. "........ ,.. Rpbert Hopt ·
Letters ~ Opinions.coordinator (interim) ................. Katie Thurman"
News coordinafbr'(interim) ... :.................... "." .. ,.... ....... Joe Jatcko
Page designerv(intenm) ........ ....... "..................... Krislen Liridstrom '
Page 'designer (interim) ... ,... ,...................... ,.............Timothy Yates
Photo ~rdinator. (i~terim}: : ...........................................Eva Wong
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Sports~qoordinator (interim) .. "................................. Meredith Lane '
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I strongly encourage those ofyou who are new 10 Evergreen and the surrounding community to write a short narrative
alyour experiences! Voices of Color would be a great place to start introdUCing yourself to Evergreen while at the same
tim e contributing to the community.
-Renata Rollins
Editor-in-chief
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news
SpaceShip One
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Library
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by Brian Flewell
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I· irst I'c'''pk \ ;\d l'ising Services held its SldC of First Peopl e\ wcre n't lll vi ted.
an nual pot luck on the night ofThursdav,
" It 's outre;lch 1'0 1' p<:op lc who do n't
Octoher 7. Aho ul 50 I() (,f) peopl e s h ow~d know abo ut First I\:ople \ ," La'v1e re sa id .
up to th e <:\,ent.
He s(;es the annudl pot luck as a way to
The foo d WdS di ve rs<:, SOIll<: p<:opic "giv<: p(;opl(; an opport unil y" to know what
brou ght so mething hOIll<:ll1dde to share, Firs l Peo ple \ is all about.
chi li, powto <: urry with v<:gctables , Illole ,
First People's Advis in g Serv ices procnch iladas, an d pcach cobbkL
vides Evergree n stude nts of co lor with
T hen th e re we re th e stor e- ho ug ht persona l, academi c, ant t tinan cial advicc .
fa vor il es: de li chicken, potato chips, and Any student ca n use th e services, but First
apple pic -- whi ch went just as fas t as the People \ is "designed to meet the needs of
homemade dishes.
students of co lor," according to the mission
The potlu ck was o pen to the entire statement.
. First Peopl e's sponsors seve ral events
Evergreen comll)Unity, though most of the
crowd were Evergreen stu dents invo lved throughou t th e year. Upcom in g one s
in First Peopl e's.
include the Corn Maze field trip on
Abo ut a half ho ur into the dinn er, First October 21 and two scholarship workshops
People's program co(') rdin&tor Raquel in November.
Salinas said that there were "a few new
For more information ca ll R67-6467 .
faces" she'had to introduc e ~rs e lfto, but
Renata Rollins i.l· a senior studying civic
she knew almost everyone there.
Jake LaMere, one of four students journalism through an internship at the
working as peer adv isors w ith First C PJ She is the editor-in- chief of the
People's this year, said that he probabl y CPJ and may be reached/fir comments
knew 75 to"80% of the crowd.
by phon e at 8fi7-6 2 13 or bv email a t
But that doesn't mean that studen ts out- cpj@evergreen edu.
cozy onice on th e south side .
The ga la w ill beg in at 4 p.m. with
readings by ra culty mcmbers Leo nard
Sc hwartz, Hi ll Ransom. Erncst ine KIlllbro,
and renowned sludent poets Carl Kellc:her,
An dr ew 13 kcke r, Ange la \luck , Ce ra
Imp;il a, Nick Perr ill , Justi n Burnside and
oth er surp rise gue sts. The refres hlllents arc
a lll yste ry at thi s poin t, but they will sure ly
be de li cious.
If yo u cann ot at tend th e fCs ti viti es but
havc a burn ing in terest in ti ne presses ,
book and broad side art s, th e Eve rgreen
Spec ial Coll ection websit e is an excellent
resource for th e literary-m inded. The site
in clud es photograph s of specia l holdings,
includin g the mini at ure book co llection
an d other book od dit ies, as we ll as a
catalog of the entire co ll ection, arranged
by press.
Another fine resource , a lso located
on the Special Co ll ec tion s site , is the
Letterpress and Book Arts Connecting
which lists a variety of printing resources:
the New York Public Library's contemporaly rare book acq ui sitions, information on
letlcrpress printing, th e Center for Book
Arts si te , a hi story o l' prl nti ll g from ancient
Chi na to the present. Boo k Arts Net, the
Allle ri can Amateur Press Associ;lt ion , and
otheLs,
The site al so illc lude s a list or thc best
pl aces to buy ra re buok s on the web. I
par ticular ly like abc books , the wo rld 's
largest was -ba sed net\l'ork o f in de pen dent boo kse ll ers. One boo k-bu yin g s ite
not li sted on th e Spe ci al Collections s ite is
http ://addall.com/, whi ch lllay bc the most
th orough book browse r on the Internet.
The Spec ia l Co ll ec ti on s it e ca n be
accessed at http ://www.eve rgrecn. ed u/
Iibrarylra rebooks/rare,html.
The ho urs of th e rare book room
have changed to Wednesday, II a, m. to
3 p.m , by appointment with Ernestin e
Kimbro , Special Co llections librarian, at
867-671 5. Any qu est ions concerning the
broadsides, rare books, or this Thursday's
reading can be directed to Ange la Buck at
bucang 13 @evergreen.edu.
Photo ('opF rig hl 'Mike lv/assee, used co urlesl' oj Scaled CUlllposi tes . hltp :l/
l1 'lIwsclllcdcOIII/ Picturcd arc civilian aslml/alllS Mike Me/l'ill (e('l/tel) an'/ Brian
Binnie: (rig/ll).
Angela Buck is a senior at Everg reen. She
is s tudying writing and literatllre. Sh e
works in the IihraJY rare hook room.
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The Chemistry Club
lives on!
SI)(IceShi/J()ne, I'llnded by Paul All en
and hui lt by Scaled Compos it es, has surp:lssed all rcqui reme nt s to win the I\n sa ri
X-Prize l Tes t Pilot I3 ri;ll1 l3 inn ie too k
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kc' t or (J'U, mik s. breaki ng the: 'Iorld's
go"ernll1c'nlal cllntro l or space Ilight and
sh: llte:rin g tile sub-orb it al :dtitudc record
\)1' 35..\ .200 kct set In 1%3 bv Jllsc ph ;\
Wa lk er in Ihe milil:ll'y':i X- I:' proje ct.
The a ma zing feat o J' :,i,(/('eShi/ )()//e
was ;ICL'ompl ished onlktllbc'r 4. just ti,'c
days after it s ti rs t successrul fl ight J'o r the
X- Pri/e (CP.I 09/30/04 , page 7, "T he lirst
civilia ns in spacc" ). Puu l Alle n, ou r nelV
loca l champion o f civ il i8 n space fli ght , has
alrcady agreed to a contract wit h Vi rgin
Gro up to creat e a ne w sPJ ce tourism COIll pany call ed Virgin Ga lactic. For a sca nt
S200,000 you too can enjoy in creased
G-foree as yo u race spaceward, the thrill
of severa l minutes of micro-gravit y, and
the am azi ng vielVs provitkd by you r suborb it al n igh t.
And j ust whe n you thought all thi s XPrize n()n sc'nse was ol'Cr. literally hours
a fter ~ 1ike ~1 c IviII's Septem ber 29 :X -Pri !"
flighl , a nell'. loliicr goal II';I S set: I~ e: l cll
L:lnh orhit. ,\mc'rica's Sp:lL'C Pri/e II':IS
cstabl ishcLi by Rllbl' rt Bi ge low "rf'icl'alb
t,) selld ci vilian s beyond th e cn nlin c, or
sUh-tlrhit. $:;0 1l1i1l i\lll Ili ll g,l t(l II1\' lir' t
pl']\':Jldy funded grouJl to d\l it. It's h:lp .
pcn ing within our lik liml" , \I 'e as a pcople
are getti ng ot'C thi s tiny rock we call home .
In the tkcades to come we'll np lore thc'
Solar System in preparation for ou r c hi1dren '5 chi Idren to reach the stars .
Brian Flcll'el/ is a senior enrol/cd in
Light.\', Camera, Election I and Politics (Illd
the Media , /-Ie is s tllL~Fil1g cinelllatographv
lind videography.
Yes ~ after our first year, we sti ll
haven't managed to blow ourse lves up
(not that we haven't tried). We are gearin g up for a very productive year, and we
hope that we can reaeh Ollt to the giant nerd
that lives in all of you.
So, fir st, we plan on submitting a regular series of articl es to th e CP J written
by our members. A lot of great sc ie nce
is happening over in those lab bui ldings,
and what better forum for bragg ing than
thi s here estee med ca mpus periodica l.
Look for us I
The Chemi stlY Club meets every other
Wednesda y at I p.m . in Lab I 1037. We
do a lot to Iry to make science fun and
i n t e res t i n g ~- even for non-geeks l If you
cannot make th.:: meetings, but sti ll want
to know what we an: up to , chec k us Ollt on
th e web at http ://acadcmic.e vergree n. ed u/
groups/chem<: lubl or get on our mailing list
by sending us an emai l at evergree nchell1c
lub@hotmai l.com.
Nex t week , Oc tober I X-23, is Nat ional
Che mist ry Wee k, and Ihe theme fo r this
yea r is " 11 .:;\Ith . and Wel ln ess." So in
ce leb ra ti on, W~ are sponsori ng- alon g
w ith the lIealin g Arts Co lle ctive - th e
Evergreen I-It;al th r:1ir on Wednesda y,
Oct ob er 2(J. Cru l1l I to :' p.l11. in tlI..: lirst
Il(lor u r I ah L Scq:r:ll de Jnu~ and Il o rk ·
,;J HlpS \1ill hc ileld;]1 tlii s lil11e. incl ud in g a
tin ct :lrc l!lak l n~ 11'()lk,llllP h: Llise J..:mi!!1.
1()J']l1c'r FI'L'rgrecn I \edit h CcniL'r hC'rilal is t an d l<:sld<: nt hcr\1 :t\lst at IC\(Jia ncL',
!\ , li ic v \ 1c 0::I I11:lr:1 .I.:. :->;]( h,l 'ic.lt k r J'rol1l
th e' leml s I' ml.: ,· t 11'1I! be pr<:s cnt in!.!'
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the World of Mental Health in the Insane
2 Ist Century" as the keynote presentation
from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 3.
Mark your ea lendars l
The ACS Puget Sound Section will
also be hosting a presentation by Prof
John Fortman of Wright State University
on Monday, Oc tober 18 at 7:30 p.m. titled
America's Funniest Chemisoy Videos. It
will be held in Lecture Hull I and is free of
charge. The Chem istry Club will be having
a bake s a l e~rea s on eno ugh to co me.
So that 's what we are doin g, but here is
a good bit of news from the other side of
the planet for yo u to chew on. An article
fi'o m the offi cial webpage of the Institute
of Elec tri ca l and Electronics Engin eers
re ports that a federal laboratory in India
has shown that biodiesel can be made re latively cheap ly from th e non -ed ibl e seeds
of a trop ical piant, Jarropha ClIrCLlS, with
the qUJlit y mat ching stringent biodiesel
standards or Euro pe . T hi s is important
because a country as [lopulou s as Indi a
cannot afford to use food oi ls for fuel.
jUlropha grows we ll on degraded lands,
is not eaten by anim a ls. and is highly
resi stant to pests Jnd disease -~ maklng
it a ver y attr ac ti ve source for Cu ei s.
Read more in the act ual article at http:
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Is the world of cubicles not for you? Stop
by and discover the opportunities that await
you o verseas in Peace Corps. Why settle for
a cubicle job when you could be discovering
the world? Currently, 18 "Greeners" are serving.
We will be at TESC on ...
Traditions
Cafe & World Folk Art
Thursday, October 21
Information Table
"Care to know where
your money goes?"
Campus A c tivities Building (CAB)
10:00 a m - 3:00 pm
Support Fair Trade with low-income
artisans and farmers and you will. ..
Slide Show & Video Presentation
We are:
- A center for fairly-traded products from around the world
·A cafe with good food
. A performance space for concerts, classes , forums , and more
Website: traditionsfairtrade.com
300 5th Ave SW, Olympia 705-2819
"Just a s lash from Herita e Fountain & Ca itol Lake"
Seminar /I Building , Room A2105
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Interviews will be held at TESC on Thursday, November 18, for
applicants prepared to depart by November 2005. To qualify
you must submit a comp le t ed app lication by M onday,
Nove mbe r 15, To s ign up for a n interview o r if you have
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What the hell. happened to the HCC?
... and other tales of the Evergreen Infoshoppe
hI' ShU IlI1.J"IIII.w /l _ _- - - - -- - -- -- -- -- - -- - -- - - - - - -- -- - - - -- -- -- - - - - -- - -- -- -- -- - -- From Ill y ohsc:r va li lln, 'Ihe I iou sing my kllo w COlll'din:.l1ur inlo rillcd mc that
C()I lllll Ullll y C,'11I cr on C,III1P U, ser ves 111'0 thc Lvergree n Inl()shoppe had been kicked
purposes. Ih lirsl purpose is 10 se rve Ih c uul 01 Ihe II C'C and re pl aced b\ a ve ry
pr ae li c:d and Ill<lleria i needs ,)llhe Ilou ,- l;trge prulecllon TV.
I j' vo u IU1\'en'l "e:lrd "I' the In I()slmp pe.
in g ,· on1ll1l 111 iIV. like ,eil in g I'a ke be d
jnk v and r: I/, )rs III I·. vcr ~ re c n ·s hlln gry I' ll exp lain \I hal il IS. Th e h1f() shuppe is a
:llId h:li ry. or relr levl lI !C ()n e's ,n a d-l11ai l slud ellt g ru up Iha l lI'as LTe<liL'd In 20()2 by
I'ruIl1lh e Inail nll l ill Thl' oilie l purpose 01' I':vcrg recn , t Ud ell lS who detec lcd a drou glll
Ih,' 11 (,( "n acil y' ",hal li S naille Il11plies: 'II' ),!'ll)d read ing on campll s. '1 he nlls s\()n
II prtlv idcs spal'C It)r Ih e I"clg reen COIn- IS 1I1'1l1, >id : g lle siudent s <lccess to radi cal ,
kl l-ol- cenlcr IlIer<l ture. as lIell a.s 1).1.1'.
mllnil~ III l'(l l11l' Illge lher. la lk, pia) . and
:lIld
1).I.T. (do It vlJlI rseli . do it toget her)
d l) an ylhin!C cl, ( Ihal <I g l'<lUp or peo ple
readin
g, thai m<ly ot herwi se be d ifli cult
II1Igl1l do .
l llll ln: llely, Ihe II( 'C IS "w ned allli til atl <li ll, and a l,,) 10 help sllldcnt s creat e
operat ed hy TI ' SC , s,) ll llC nll !,! ht thin k Ihei r llII'n literalurl' f()r uth ers to re ad.
Du ring the 2()( J2-2(JO J ;tnd 20(J3-2004
Ihat I llHlSlng is In line w il h thl' grea ll'r
sc
hu
ill ve;t rs, thc Inlu shuppe had a phys iagend a oj'lhe co llq,~e . The h ergreen ~ is
Slon Statc lnenl read s, "Culle ge oi'lerings c,iI presencl' In a rOOl11lleX I 10 the Co rn er
in volve act ive participation In ic;lr nin g, Sture in Ihe li Ce. There w ~ r e vo lu nt eers
rather Ih:1Il IXlssile recc ptiun 01' inl'orllla- who wou ld sit and ta lk wit h " ids abou t the
tilln , and integrale Ihcll l Y with pra clical hun dred s llr l ines , hoo ks , and magazi ll es
in the In ll)shoppe li brary, g ivc all'ay rree
app l icat ions."
Sll ima ginc Ill y surpri se. when aft el literatu re, and check out matcrial s Ihat
ret urnin g f'wm a sum mer in Be ll ingham , were Illore valu able . Stude nt s could check
out almust eve ryth ing, from Iypc writer s
to anarchi st film s to the copy card - all
absolute ly free .
Although the quote I used I'rom the
'\1 iss ill n Stalemcnt is a pri nciple Lvc rgrcen
uscs lU guide its teaclling style, I do nC!t
11(~1 iel'e it to be ouL of' place. It IS stiII part of'
I'verg ree n's " mi ssion," which says somethi ng about where I' verg rccn 's valucs lic.
I also do not qlll~ stion I lousin g's add iti on
" I' Ihe projct:l ion TV: It's of'f icially their
moncy af't er one pays re nt, and they can
do what the y w~ln l wi th it.
But a tclev is ion does nut pro l11ote
at:tivc lear ning and in stead en cou rages
a pa ssive way o r look ing at the world. To
quo te CiHisto pher A lexandcr, a cOOl'di naluI' lo r the Int()shoppc , " !lo using's decision tll re pla ce a left ist radical zine li brar y
with a TV and It)()sball tablt.: goes aga in st
the pri oril ie s of' the in sti tu tion," and he
add e d , " It hOl11ogenizes th e co ll ege."
T he idea of tlie In fosho ppc is to promote
active le,u'nin g, whether through reading
or di scussi ng otli er peo plc's lilerature or
creating o nc's own. Eve rg re e n Slrivc s,
act:o rdin g to it s mi ssiun stateme nt, to be
un li ke main stream in stitution s. I'm not
su re il't he Un ive rsit y ofWash inglUn has
an Inl'llshoppc, hut I' ve secn th c gigantic
leievis ion s in th e dorm s.
The Inf() shoppc is still a li vc! It now
ex ists in cubicIL: 111 0 next to the lVondcri'ul Pr isun ACli on Com mitt ee. We ' vc
go t some g roov y ide as for th e sc ho ol
yea r but we 'rc most ly bu sy findin g a
ncw space that 's w idel y access ibk to thc
pub lic. Comejoin our coll ect ive l Ir yo u're
interestej in th c In it)s hop pc, co me and be
heard al the meetings: Wednesdays, 2-2:30
p.m., in the Studcnt Acti vitics area o rth e
CAB (ri ght a(l'llSS i'rolll the EP IC o n ice).
by Zane Haxton
Have you ever wanted to part y. at a'
raucous eeili (a type of Irish social dance
party) or Irish trad session, learn a ctipla
focai l (coup le of words) of Gaelic , or
explo re the reality of Irish ~ture and
the Irish experience beyond the plastic
veneer of leprec ha uns , shamrock s and
"Danny Boy"? I f you have, or even if you
haven't (yet!), you might want to check out
the Evergreen Irish Re.surgence Element
and see what we're up to,
Las! year, I and 60 other Evergreen
students spent two quarters studying all
aspects of Irish histo ry and culture, culminating in an incredible study-abroad
trip that 22 of us took to Ireland over
Spr ing quarter. This year, several of us
are getting EIRE started back up as a continually active student gro up, and we are
committed to bringing some of what we
have learned back home through activities
that promote Irish culture on campus and
a lso examine parallels between the history
of the Irish people and the contemporary
struggle of other marginalized people for
recognition and self-determination,
Several exciting events are already in
the works, such as a ceili at the end of the
eighth week of Fall quarter and a reading
by acclaimed Irish poet John O'Leary on
November 4, Other future events are still
being brainstormed as we speak , and we're
fl
A maj or goal o f thIS campaign then suggested dro p ping " p:l ckage s o f Chri s tactfull y dilTuscd criticism of hi s
invol ves "pi s, ing olT th e rel ig iou s righ t." put brownics and Ca ptain C run c h on sc heill es by anno ullt: ing. "Dude, 1'111 not
al1111n g other con scr vati \ l' groups I IVa:. starvi ng peo pt.: ." At thi s suggest ion , A lex th at fu ckcd up , 1'111 the president"
immed iatcl y in tri g ucd b) hi s initiati ve was relu ctant to cOlllm it fu ll su pport. " I'm
to develup massiv<.: reedu cation ca mp s just not sure if Captain Cru nch is vegan ," Hen Rosas is (/ sophulI/ore doing an independent contract on telling s tories with
for Amc ri c,II~ ' ovcr lo rt y. T he se camps rema rk cd Alex .
T hi s di sag reemcnt in poli cy reveals a lI1edia. He is studying journalislJI and
wo uld utilize the psychoa ct ive properties
of peyote t:ac tu s and LSD. " T here' ll be sensiti ve di vide in the intcnti ons or th e tlVO glo/)al issues at Evergreen .
thin gs li ke Fantasia o n Ima x theaters ." act ivist s, who continue to 1V0rk in part nerC hri s adop ts the slogan , "T hi s s hi t'll , s,h ip hash ing o ut pi a ns lo r a greater fut u re ..
fuck yo u up."
Monthl y re cove ry sess io ns would
feature th e music of Pink Floyd and
Beethoven. Hc want s to construct a "Psy chedelic Play house simi lar to PeeWee 's
Playho use" complete with an imat ronic
509 E. 4th Ave.
talking furniture, These robots would be
-Downt?wn
programmed to "dispense g reat knowledge to yo u whil e you're tripping," and
Olympia'S Largest Independent Bookstore
so forth. Alex added that he wou ld like to
sec "entire secti ons or nati onal parks re 10% off on Fall Quarter text books!
'designed li ke Ali ce in Wondcrland with
anil1l atro ni c talkin g cate l·pi llars." Chri s
rca B00 k5
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Ili l Welco me to what wi ll be the fir st
of several art icles on Bread and Roses
Advot:acy CCllle r (BRAC). As some of yo u
may k now, the re is ~111 illlern program here
at TES C call ed Il ome less Ad vot:acy. It 's
a vo lulll cer based in ternship a t Bread and
Roses here in dow ntow n Olym pi a.
" Wh a t exac tl y is the Advocacy
Center?" you say, It 's not a drop-in center;
it doesn't aelUally p rov id e much directly
in terms of funds , clot hing, or food. What
it does is get pe opl e in contact with the
resources th ey need . I\ 's the advot:ate's job
(me) to make this happen ,
So how does it work? Well , you get
your homeless person , the client. Most
clients can be helped at the fro nt desk if
all they need is a lau ndry vouc her, a bus
ticket, or one of th e ot her few ame nities
that we can prov ide. Other client s need
more help. That's where I come in , The
advocate sits dow n wi th the cl ient and does
an intake. The intake is a full summary of
the cl ient , and allows us to kn ow ex actly
what k ind of hel p they nee d.
Arte r the problem 's identifi ed, th e
ad vocate works o ut a plan with the client ,
while still having the client bear as much
res ponsibility as poss ibl e. The idea is to
help enable the cl ients to do things on th ei r
ow n, hel pin g d irect ly when it 's needed .
You wo uldn't bel ieve the amount of people
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fe el old. Cold War paranoia aside, it 's not a
bit dated. It 's incred ibly tense, suspense fu l
and g rim , but Axelrod and di rector John
Frankenheimer add moments of strange
humor that are so surpr ising and hilarious
th at yo u sho uld di scover them fo r yo urself
rather than hear ing about them here. I fi nd
it impossible to bel ieve that any remake
could recapture the odd brill iance of The
Manchurian Candidiate.
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tha n the olle we saw at the beg innin g o f ing the kind of nat io nal hysteria that made
the mov ie. Shaw 's overbea rin g mother McC art hy famous . He ca n' t, however,
(A nge la La nsbur y) uses hi s honorab le reca ll exac tl y how ma ny of " them" have
statu s to ga in pu blic ity for h is ste pfather, in fes ted the Senate; in the space of a few
Se nator John Iselin (James Grego ry), a minutes, he says, "There are exactly 207. ..
thinl y disg ui sed caricature of Senator Joe 104 .. . 275 . . ." His w ife, aft er seeing him
McCa rthy. (T he in sidio us Mrs. Iselin is lather his food w ith Hein z ketchup, tell s
him to settle on 57.
one of the great villain s of fi lm hi story.)
Th e onl y probl em with thi s rosy
Tn 1962 it was ri s ky to m a ke a
scenar io is th at Marco kee ps
mov ie th at sa id , in essence,
"Joe McCa rth y is an unwithav in g terri bl e ni g ht m ar es
ting Communi st stooge." The
about what rea lly happened to
him and hi s so ldi ers. It seems
Manchurian Candidate repeatedly implies th at the Red Scare
they were fl own to Chin a and
bra inwas hed ; Shaw was co nand the blac klists were doing
diti o ned as an assass in a nd
more to damage the U.S. than
m ade to kill the two mi ss ing
Sov iet Ru ssia could ever dream
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being card- carry ing Communists, crea!- unnecessar y is that the original doesn't
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A few months ago, a remake of Th e
Man churian Candidate h it th eate rs. I
haven't seen it yet, mostl y beca use the idea
of retooling a great movie always seems
a little abs urd . I can prett y we ll g uarantee th at real ve rsion o f The Ma nchurian
Candidate, which w ill be show n fo r a few
days at the Capitol T heater next week, is
tremendously beller th an th e new one.
The Man chllrian Candidate ( 1962)
beg ins wit h a milit ary unit commanded
by Captain Be n Ma rco (played by Frank
Sin atr a) m ak ing it s way th ro ugh wartorn Korea . Marco 's g uide (He nr y Silva)
be tr ays him , and th e unit is qui ck ly
a mbu shed , k noc ked un co nsc io us, a nd
myster io usly loaded onto helicopters, a ll
before the ope ning credits.
A few weeks la te r, M a rco's u n it
returns home. All but two of his me n have
sur vived, th anks, apparentl y, to Ray mond
Shaw (Laurence Harvey), who has been
g iven a Meda l of Honor for selfless ly
defending the li ves o f hi s fell ow soldiers.
Eve ryone remembers a different ambush
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octOher 14, 2004
Bush sucks.
Five easy choices: Tried and true classics for a rainy day
So does Fahrenheit.
by J anna Kn o wles
by Crystul Larentzsun
In Fuhren h eit 9/ 1/, M ic hae l Moore
ho pes to raise awareness abo ut the Bush
ad mi ni stration's dece it before, during, and
aft er the attacks on September II. By re leasing the movie prior to thi s yea r's electi ons,
he also aspires to pe rsuade viewers to vote
aga inst l3ush. Trag ically, the fi lm fa ll s short
of these goal s. Fahrenheit fai Is to prese ni a
good analy sis, that is, one in which the argument s are e\rlored from multipl e angles and
so lidly substa nti ated. In the e ncl , the viewe r
is left fill ed with a In ishmash of f~lc toid s and
theo ri es whi ch, becau se they lack cohesiveness , do not allo\\' one to dCl'ive any firm or
mean ingful co nclus ions, In add ition, Falll'enheit pe rpetuates one of the most dangerous myth s about the nature of U.S. fo re ig n
policy : namely, that our Illil it ary ex ists to
fi g ht for our freedom .
It is important here to acknow ledge
Moore 's aud icnce. The group hoped to be
most affec ted by Fahrenheit 's message arc
those who are undec ided or uni nfo rm ed
abo ut Bus h. Ma ny of Bush's cr iti cs are
ex pec ted to a!lend, but they do not need to
be convinced. They are drawn to the fi lm not
to form new ideas, but to valid ate the ones
they already have . I-li s supporters, if they
bother to see it at all , are not li kely to change
sides: The fi lm 's tone is fa r too mock ing to
ac hieve that.
The in fo rm ation in Fahrenheit is blatantly skewed. Moore spec ul ates, d raws
shaky lines, and oversimpli fie s. For example,
the proposed oil line th roug h Afg hani stan
that he menti ons is relevant in fo rmatioh. But
to imply that th e Bush administration went
to war in order to secure said pipeline is a
tenuous argum ent at best. In a noth er segment, Moore points to Bush's cousi n, who
works at Fox News, as a potenti al co-conspirator in the 2000 election. Some viewers
could see where he was going with these
allegations. But fo r many, thi s comes ac ross
as tin-foil hat talk , not arg uments worthy
of serious consideration . Such conjecture
invit es "co nspiracy theo ry" c ries fr om
Bush's supporters and damages the credibility of all tbe in formati on in the film .
In another seg ment, Moore pokes fun at
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Bush's "coaliti on of the willi ng," listi ng off
ma ny sma II nat ions that j oined, leav i ng out
G reat Brit ain . Aga in , with Bush's connection to the Saud is or Cheney to Hall ib urton,
Moore de letes or ma nipul ates fac ts in order
to suppo rt his argum ents. These, aga in, are
all relevant point s that, if f ull y ex pl ored,
wo ul d add fuel to Moore 's a rg um ent. Le n
undeveloped, howe ver, they ig nore the sti II
undecided viewers, who are le n want ing
more .
Perh aps
Moo re
was
tr yi ng to cover
too Illu c h In
one film. \\hich
l' a usc d him t o
s kim
li g ht ly
over the surface
of man y iss ue s,
in s tead
of
devoting serious
analysis to a few.
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m o re deep ly.
Either way, th e
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T hey are asking
th e sa me q uest ion that Moore
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A nd fr om him
th ey ex pec t an
a n swe r (o r at
least a reaso nable hypothesis).
But Fa hrenh eit
leaves us without a conclusion or even a
decent analysis, and for thi s reason it will
fa iI to ac hi eve it s goal of bei ng a catalyst
fo r change.
Moore's abilit y to tap into a nd play
w ith vi ewers' emoti o ns, as in hi s previous film s, is greatl y mi sused. The ca mera
I in gers on long, tea ry mo ment s whi ch,
although we kn ow they are rel ated to the
main th e me ( Iraq/mothe r of soldi e r in
I raq ), see m strange ly out of pl ace. Thi s
is because the film lac ks continuity. There
is little log ica l orde rin g of arg uments and
substanti ati ons. T he incredibl e speed of the
fi lm also greatl y contributes to thi s feelin g
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of disconnect ion. Im ages, footage and commentary fl ash qu ickly ove r the screen. T here
is much hinting at, ofnl and referencing, and
na me -d ro pping. Iss ues are brought up and
fo rgott en abo ut moments later. Topic-hopping, combined with the film 's speed a nd
image ry, is di zzy ing in a way that makes it
diffic ult to reca ll mu ch of the information
present ed. I-I ow ca n the fi lm aspire to succeed in changing people's minds when many
vi ewe rs may be unab le to remember what
was said?
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th at's j us t t he
.. po int. Through, o ut Fahrenheit,
Moore see ms
to a ss ume th e
.... ---1 viewe r a lready
unde rstands, and
, is c riti ca l of, a
g reat dea l abo ut
Bush and the las t
four yea rs of hi s
, pr es id e n cy.
. T here is mu c h
:,.~ ve rbal winking,
' dr oppin g
of
hints, or abruptly
concIud ing argument s w ith a
knowing " Yea h,
ri ght." Thi s kind
of w ink- w in k ,
nud ge -nu dge
overtone ig nores
a udie nce me mber s who may
be ne w to th e
info rm a ti o n.
What is the goal
here? To change tlie minds of those not privy
to Bush's wrongdoings, or to kid around with
those who already know?
One of the more dam ag ing fl aws of
Fahrenheit's message is the continued focus
on the Bush Administrati on as the cause of
all that is evil in U.S . foreign and domestic
policy. The message, at the end of the film ,
to get out and vote (against Bush) in the next
election is not in itself a bad one. Encourag ing viewers to vote is a very good thing.
But the notion that U. S, policy will change
drasti ca lly with Bush out of offi ce is not onl y
naYve; it is mi slead ing. T hroughout the film,
Fahrenheit g losses over the " big picture" by
taking the easy shot at G.w. , ig noring the
• hi storical context fo r his adm ini strati on's
tra nsg ress ions.
Anoth e r d a nge rou s mess age of the
film , as reviewer Robert Jen sen point s out
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People have always enjoyed Ill otion pictures. The mov ing photo as a fo rm of art and
entertainm ent has capti vated huge audiences
for more than a century. Despite a questi onable industry, bu siness has boo med and shows
no sign of slowing dow n. I' m sure that if one
coll ected the ticket stu bs discarded at a sing le
mov ie theater in one year, it wo ul d be possi ble
to insta ll tasteful wallpaper in every Washington home. There migh t even be enough paper
left over to crumpl e and leave as li tte r on any
nu mber of pri va te beaches.
In th e face of suc h a vast sea of fil ms
to choose from, how do yo u dec iue what to
spe nd yo ur hard-ea rned ducke ts on? More
impo rt antly, how often have yo u felt a strange
empt iness, as ir severa l ho urs were mi ss in g
from yo ur li fe? It is a com mon fe eli ng, eas ily
remedied by (l bit of sage advice: Don ' t wast e
time watching \\'ca~ nl ovies!
I ha ve opted to provide a va luable COI11Illu nity service by way of thi s art icle. I have
chosen five qua lity featu res that were resonant
enough to avoid sli pping through th e hea rt less
cracks of memo ry. These are ama zing fi lms,
and all of them were re leased more than five
years ago . The best way to find mov ies of this
nature, regrettably, is to dig through clearance
bins in rotten depart ment stores. If yo u fin d that
opti on di stressing, I wou ld reco mm end checking the aisles of Rainy Day Reco rds and Video
at 2008 West Harri so n Street (in the Groce ry
Outl et parki ng lot).
Henry Fool
Di recto r: Hal Hart ley (R, 138 Mi nutes)
Cast: Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urban iak,
Parke r Posey
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I have seen onl y two of l-l al Hart ley's III any
film s. One is The Book a/Life. The other is
Hel1lJl Fool, a modern version of an epic
poem if ever there was one. Wo rking
as a vi vid surrea list who sees the world
through mythi c eyes, Hartley attempts to
tell a story that encompasses art , fri endship, loya lty, popular culture, politi cs,
and a fee l for the hum an condi ti on th at is
trul y unique. I recomm end that everyo ne
see this fi lm , but be wa rned . As Henry
co nfesses in one scene, "To be honest, my
ideas, my writing ... they ' ve not always
heen rece ived we ll. Or even ca lml y."
Fl irtin g With Disaster
Director : David O. Ru ssel l (R, 86
min utes)
Cast: Ben Still er, Patri cia Arquett e,
i\ Ian A Ida
1996
;\ fine fi lm fea turing a grand ensemble
cas t and a macl ly unpredictabl e sc ript.
F/irting /Vith Disaster is a te stament to the
comic ge nius of David O. Ru ssel (Three
Kings, I Huckabees). I will say two things
about th is movie: It is br illi ant , and yo u
wi ll laugh at it becau se it is fu nn y.
Video Days
Di rec tor: S pi ke Jonze (U nrated , 24 art ists who woul d eventuall y move on but
we re at their stylist ic pea k here .
minutes)
Cast: Mark Gonzales, Jaso n Lee, Guy
Bottle Rocket
Mari ano
Director: Wes Ande r199 1
son (R, 95 minutes)
Thi s one may prove hard to fi nd. It's a
Cas t: Luk e Wil so n,
short skateboarding docuOwe n W ilso n, Robe rt
mentary that set a stand ard
Musg rave
fo r a ll th e skate v id eos
1996
to co me and effec ti ve ly
Thi s is a beauti ful li tt le
in spired a ge nerati on of
comedy rega rd ing three
yo un g peop le to rid e,
fri ends, uni q ue individuNo tab le, this is th e fir st
als with big drea ms a nd
directoria l effo rt by Spike
mildly con fu sed li ve s. In
Jonze (A daptat ion, Being
hi s fi rst fi lm, director Wes
John Malkovich). After
;\ nderson (/?lIsllll/Ure, the
the lege nda ry success of
RIII,,,1 { ell ell halil/Is) e:-; hibVid!! o Do)'s, Jonze went
its'the subtle beginni ngs of
on to a pro lifi C ca rcer in
,11 1 I ;" ,,! l .· ' ) -.1
the
oddballmcticu lousncss
O N 11'1 k()p
mus ic vid eo s ( t reco mthat wo uld conk to defi ne
mend the H;orks oj Direch is late r wo rk . /J OII/c'
tor Sp ik ~ J UI1= e DVD),
/? ode t is a road muvi e
more skate videos (A/olls£',
abo ut fl'ie nus hip amon g
Yeah Rit;/II') and, ol'co urse,
w3 nnabe crim inals that becomes a charmi ng,
feat ure films . If you can fll1d it, Video Days is
offbeat love story abu ut ha lfwa y th rough.
a deli ght: a grai ny, low budget fi lm fea turi ng
the revolut ionary s ~a t e boa rdin g of professionals l i ~ e Mark Gonzales and Jaso n Lee ,
. "
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Five Easy Pieces
Direc tor: Bob Rafe lson (Unrated, 96
min utes)
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Bl ac k
1970
Starring Jack Nic holson in one of his
fi nest performa nces as a yo ung actor, Five
Easy Pieces is an intense character study, a '
rhythmi c, breathi ng drama. Pl ay ing Robert
Du pea, a class ica l pi ani SI from the South
Pugct So und area who tled hi s fam il y and
his pa st to live as an oi l-worker in Cal ito rnia, Ni cholson in this fi lm does somc of the
most nuanced, honcst work of hi s caree r, The
fi lm chroni cles Dupea 's jou rney home to sec
hi s dying fathe r, the th oughtfu l outragl' in
hi s encount ers with people along th e \\ ay,
and u l tim at~l y hi s cho ice to disappear and
beg in again. As a movi e that is evoca ti\ c of'
the till le in wh ich it \l'as madc . !-'il',' ( <l SI '
l'iLH'.\ could alm os t be a fi lm \' e r~ ion 01 ,i,lck
Kerouac 's Oil tIlL' Road, minus most ot the
reckkss lu,t li) r lil\:,
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is stmll ·ill,\.! l 'OIJIIIIIII ;ic utif!!fs (/lid jillL' (/r t.l'
.JU I'II/"
Has The System failed?
A Megadeth review
ilY M ike Treadwell
7/5/04), is that the " the fi lm endorses one of
the cent ral lies that Ameri cans tell themse lves,
that the U.S . milita ry fi ghts for our freedolll ...
Instead of confronting thi s mythology, Moore
ends the film with it... 'They offer to give up
their lives so we ca n be free,' Moore says, and
all they as k in return is that we not send them
in harm 's way unless it's necessa ry. After the
Iraq War, he wonders, ' Will they ever trust us
aga in?'" Once aga in , Fahrenheit fails to put
o ur "defense" sys tem in the large r cont ext,
preferring in stea d to asse rt very shaky and
subjective definition s of what should be the
ri ghtful use of military fo rce.
Having ga ined popularity and cred ibili ty
through hi s prev ious fi Im s, Michae l Moore
had a uni que opp ortunity to prese nt a we ll thoug ht-out , cit ed, and orga ni ze d criti q ue
of the Bush ad m ini strati on to main strea m
audi ences. And he squ andered it. My hope
is th at the dubi ous nature of the arg ument s
contained therein do not t,oo badly damage
the credibi Iity of other critics of Bush and the
wars in A fghani stan and Iraq. As for sway ing
votes, the specul ative, fl ashy, slanderou s, and
biased nature of Fahrenheit, if anything, will
look to most undecided voters like just another
ca mpaig n ad. For eve ryone else, a fi lm that
could have bee n a conside rable ca ll to action
beyo nd the next fo ur yea rs leaves us w it h the
sa me knowledge we came to the theater with:
Bush sucks.
Fahrenheit 9/ 11 pl ays on ca mpus Friday,
October 15 at 8 p. m. in the CRC, Bay 3.
Crystal Lorentzson is aiunior at Evergreen.
She invites comments, criticisn'l, and general
disc ussion: lorcryI4@ evergreel1.edl/.
(253) 318-5872
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2004 has see n ve ry ma ny ' 80s metal
g ro ups (mainly. spee d/T hr as h ba nds)
come bac k togethe r to record new album s.
So far thi s yea r we've had re leases fro m
Dea th Ange l, Exodu s, a nd th e Dave
Lomba rd o (ex-S laye r) led g rip I.N .C.
(Eve n lesser a rti sts like Metal Church
and Overkill have recorded albums. Thi s
should tell you something about the sad
state of music,) Now Mega deth is back
with a new album .
I had a nti cipated the release of th e
new Megadeth album fo r quite so me
tim e, and I boug ht thi s release the day
it came out. (Olympia sucks. You have
to supply yo ur own fun .) In 2002 Dave
Mustaine seve rely injured his arm when
he slept in re hab. Imm edi ately aft er that,
he broke up the group, which didn't matter
because many had left the gro up for dead
by th at poin1. I left the group for dead
with release of the all -too -co mm ercial
Countdown to Extinction in 1992. T he
Se pte mber 2004 release of Th e System
Has Failed is a surprising comeback and
is the best Megadeth album heard since
Rust in Peace (1 990); or to not ri sk ma king
an overstatment with th e previous line,
thi s is the best album since Countdown
to Extinction.
Mustaine tri ed to recove r fro m hi s
g uitar inju ry by lift ing weig hts and hiring
a g uitar tut or. Musta ine reported ly told
the g uita r tutor, "So, show me sca les and
stu ff. Teach me how to play." The guitar
teac her's reaction: " You have to be kidding." Since Musta ine was a se lf-t aught
guitari st, thi s point was lost on the tutor.
Just from th e cove r yo u know it is
goi ng to be a g reat a lbum. Th e cove r
features my favorite heavy metal mascot, the third song. " Ki ck the Chair" is th e best
Mr. Vic Rattlehead ! T he cover also features song of the albu m. The tight- guit ar riffs,
George W. l3ush, Bill and Hill ary Clinton, solos, o n -aga in- off~aga in do uble ba ss, a nd
John Ashcroft, Donald Rum sfeld and Dic k the snarli ng voca ls all wo rk together rea lly
Cheney all buying fa vo rs fro m Mr. Rattle- well. The first th ree songs j ustify th e price
head . T he ex tr a treat is
~"'~I"I'P!I"'I!"'''!'P!II'P.II'!1J!I!I'!'P
of admi ss ion alone!
T he rest of the album
that orig in al back-up g ui tari st Chri s Poland , who
walk s the thin line between
Mu stain e had previ ously
Mega deth 's co mm e rcia l
fired more tha n a decade
stuff (, 92-'0 1) a nd the ir
before, has returned fo r
spee d meta l stuff ('85 thi s album .
'92). In othe r word s, there
Th e o pe n ing so ng
is something fo r eve ryone .
" Bl ac km ail th e Uni ve rse"
So ngs li ke "Tea rs in a
ha s th e ti ght g uita r riffs
Vial," "The Scorpi on" and
"Something that I'm Not"
one wo uld assoc iate with
Peace Sells... But Who's
re prese nt the comme rcial
Buying (1986). The literside, whil e the fi rst three
songs represe nt the other.
ally booming do ubl e-bass
drum intro is something in itse lf- so relro,
The album is full of endless ri ffs. The
yet so ri ght. Mu staine's voice has never most amazing thing abo ut thi s wo rk is th at
sounded better. The onl y dow nfa ll is that
the bac king voca ls have an Indiana Jones
and the Temp le of Doom quality to the m.
One song down and thus far it is good,
the second song is good yet easi Iy accessibl e for the cas ual rad io fa n. T hen, there is
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it can · be eve rythin g to cvc rybody an cl ~ till
manage to alienate ve ry I\:w people on ci the r
side of the mus ica l d ivide, while deli\ l' ring
on the shred s, (The song wr iting is prett y
good fo r two guys who used to bea t cac h
other up while high on heroi nl )
I give it 3& 112 to 4 stars. Wo rt h
havi ng.
Mik e hew/well is u jlll/ior <'lIr"IIL'd ill
Social Iss lies,
COlll telll[!orwy
Ea.t well.
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Oc tober. Buy Local Mon.th a t th e
Co -op . Evervone is welcome a t
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letters andopioions
Death in the public eye:
Celebrity deification
The Curmudgeon:
Partisan yee-haw
by Jacob Stanley
hv Lee Kepraios
Ca n some body t e ll me
cxac tl y when
co un try music
be ca m e
so
b latantly parti sa n ? Every
si ng le co untry
alb um tha t comes o ut nowadays feature s
at least one so ng e ndors ing Bush , the war,
Bush and the war, or th e right to buy beer
on a Su nda y aftcr 7 p.m . Keep in mind
that I take iss uc wit h th e messenger here,
not Ih e message. The f~lc t is that country
mu sic has become r:riend ster for red state
vo ters. But where did all the politically
c harged lyr ics comc from? Did 1 fall as leep
for eight or ninc ye a rs or somethin g') You
ncvn hea rd Hank Wi ll iams, Sr., s in ging
that wc wou ld put a boot in so me Ge rman
ass. Back in th e o ld days, co untry and folk
singers kept th e messages in th eir lyr ics
s imple and innocent : " You may not love
me now but 1 can try, try, try."
Like it or not , fl ag-wavi ng partisanship
has become th e life's blood of modern
co untry mus ic. Ca n yo u imagine what
would happen i I' all that went away? Let 's
say that much to the ac hy-breaky-hearts of
many fa ns, all of the top-selling country
music ians (artists they' re being called) all
of a sudden cut all th e propaganda from
their songs. You know what? The industry
would crumble. The foundation would collapse and the wh ee ls ho lding it up would
rusL And as many count ry fans know, once
the whee ls start to rust there 's nothin g le ft
to do but put it up on ci nder blocks next to
the o ld freezer on th e front lawn and leave
it th cre forevcr.
To be t~lir, there's no shortage of others
in th e music business that readil y endorse
causes o f th ei r ow n. You're fa miliar
w ith Bands Aga in st Bush. Yo u' ve seen
Sprin gs tee n and hi s power rangers touring a nd g iv in g proceed s to pro-Kerry
orga ni zations. Loca l and regional bands
also have th eir ow n gatherings with th e
sole intent of ousting Bush. But nobody
li stens to that shit anyway, so don't I think
it's such a big deal.
If yo u're ever sitting a t yo ur computer
a nd are in good need o f a laugh, look up
and read coun try lyrics. Here's an example
of w hat I'm talkin g abOUL This is h om
Toby Keith's "Ta liban Song. " 1 swear this
is not joke :
" I 'm jus l a middle-aged, Middl e
Eastern, camel-herdin ' man
I ga l a two-bedroom cave here in No rth
Afghanistan
Things used 10 be real cool and they got
out a/hand when they moved in
Th ey call themselves the Taliban
(00000 yeah the Taliban) (Taliban baby)
"Nuw I ain 'I seen my wife :v fa ce since
they came here
They make her wear a sClI/i over her
head that covers her./i-om ear tu ear
She loves th e desert and the hot white
These things I know
for sure ....
by 7all1ara Hu ckaby
sand
But lIIan sh e \ just like lIle, nah she
can 't stand
Th e Taliban (Oou Taliban babv)
"MI: Bush go t un the phone with Iraq
and Iran and said
'Now, you knuckle-heads' YO II beller nol
be doin 'any business wilh Ihe Taliban '"
Is that not sheer, unadulterated musica l
Heaven if you ever heard it? Seems like a
Weird Al Yankov ic parody j ob, doesn 't it?
What the fuck is thi s assho le thinking? He
sure summed up the Iranians a nd Iraq is,
though , didn ' t he? They're just a bunc h
of knuckle-heads.
To be honest, I prefer the cryptic lyri cs
found in rap to country. The reason is
because rap lyrics are like code. There's a
fun in trying to dec ipher code deliberately
meant to confuse white people. Here 's a
lyric from a song by Nelly. This is a perfect
example of what I mean:
"Come on, you knuw the tics connect
like Voltron, collect so much grass, po-po
thinkin 'we mow lawns. My gohans don i
match that, but it matches her head wrap
and the seats that I got in the 'lac. ..
What the fuck does that mean? It's all
code l That's what I like about it. I think
the name ofTupac's assailant is hidden in
there somewhere.
Another thing country musician s
shouldn 't do is wri te books. I read abo ut
as much as I can stand of C har li e Daniels'
Ain i No Rag: Freedotn, Family and the
Flag. It 's a co ll ec ti on o f musings by the
noted w hite trash icon on a ve rsatile selection of subj ects ranging from American
nags, to American flag bumper stickers,
to what to do to a hippy if you catch him
trying to burn yo ur fl ag. Before this book
came out I was ambivalent on the iss ue of
fl ag burning. Now I find myselfreconsidering book burning.
If we've learned anythin g from any of
this, it 's that co untry performers should
keep their fawn ing, sycophanti c love for
their brothers and sisters in the politica l
arena o ut of the music. And maybe brothers and sisters was th e wrong choice of
words.
Lee's New Rule of the Week: Happy
Mea ls should make you happyl I purchased
a McDonald 's Happy Meal the other day,
perhaps long ing for the days when a Happy
Meal really did make me happy. But this
Happy Meal failed to do its job. And the
bag failed to elicit int erest. Remember
when the Happy Meal came in the box?
And it folded into a garage for the Hot
Wheels? I should have known something
was wrong because my toy was a Shrek
2-themed pack of Lucky Strikes.
Lee Kepraios is a senior enrolled in
Forensics and Mystery Wr iting. He is
studyingjilm.
There
are
times in our
lives when the
news decides to
cover a death,
and when this happens the "world" (read :
United States) mourns the loss ofa gifted,
great person such as this. This mentality
of mourning a loss every once in awhile
on a slow news day seems to undermine
the actual non-empathetic nature that is
the American medi a, considering that in
most cases, right after they show th e bri ef
moment of silence on screen, they follow
it up with "Com ing up next, Fox premie rs
its newest show, Murder by the Minute."
This twi sted mentality of caring because
th ey're fa mous leaves me at a loss for
words whenever th e story a rises in the
public forum of li fe.
Upon reali zin g that a ce lebrity ' di es
in America, one s its back and thinks
whether th ey've see n ' any of their pro duction s, whether it is a movie, comic,
tel ev is ion show, politi cal commentary,
etc. Dependin g on how well one liked
their material usually depends on how th e
person is received . A good illustration of
thi s concept is when Reagan di ed . A lot
of peopl e felt a general loss of a former
President and television actor, yet a lot
mo re people th at knew abo ut Reagan 's
action s in office were haphazardl y cheerin g at the loss of the great communicator
who managed a war on li ves in Central
America a nd a psyc hosis in th e bank
account through Reaganomics.
The illustrat ion opposing thi s is shown
mo st recently in the death of C hri stopher
Fire alarms cause
frequent disruptions on
campus
Students are annoyed,
but are they any safer?
Reeve, who passed away at the young
age of 52. Though his achievements were
mainly as a protagonist in the Superman
movies, he also managed a hero position
in the realm of science by helping funding and experimentation within spinaland paralysis-related research. These, of
course, are just a few good things he did ,
which allows the public to feel they've lost
a person you did not really know. Perhaps
I ' m just not seeing the whole "sharing
appreciation for the dead" by collectively
feeling something for a popular person, but
to me it seems both shallow and demeaning
to those who have lost someone who actua lly meant something to them and were
unable to tell the world of their loss and
have it mean anything.
(( We hear about 1, 000 US.
troops dying in Iraq and look
at it as a statistic. Yet when
one person dies whom most
of the population had some
knowledge of, everyone stops
and thinks, 'Oh, hovv sadfor
them to have died. ' "
someone of importance, see in g as he did
such good thin gs. A lthough, pess imi sti cally speaking, he only helped out because
he was in trouble wi th the problem, too.
lt isn't like he would have done all th at
research had he not been para lyzed also,
but of co urse that isn't th e point 1'm trying
to make here .
It app ears to m e th at empathy over
loved ones one actua ll y knew is a much
greater thing to mourn than some person
whose material yo u've enj oyed, but who as
We hear about 1,000 U:S. troops dying
in Iraq and look at it as a statistic . We read
about over 14,000 Iraqi civilians dying in
Iraq alon gs ide our troops and we call them
merely a result of collateral damage. Yet
through all of th at, when one person dies
whom most of the population had some
knowledge ot; everyone stops and th inks,
"Oh, how sad for them to have di ed." It
isn' t lik e these people do anyth ing but
e ntel1ain and occasionall y lhrow out somc
charitable help to those who share a similar
problem as they, much like Reagan in his
later years with stem cell research , but
realistically did nothing but aflect those
under his presidency after his reign was
complete.
Maybe I'm just failing to notice that
once a week passes, or hell , even a day
passes, these stars are forgotten so th at
they too become just another statistic when
people sit back and think " We ' re losing so
many great people" and then begin to tally
up who recently di ed. This idea popped
up once I saw Rodney Da ngerfield had
passed away, then noticed people pointing
o ut other people that had di ed recently. It <.
appears that whe n a popul ar person di es,
we don't so much as mourn them, but
in stead judge th eir popularity against the
oth er deceased who have managed to kick
the bucket near the same time.
Call me apath etic or just disrespectful of the dead, but wheth er these people
were alive or dead means little to me in
the co ntext of my everyday life . It looks
to me like th e news coverin g the death 0 f
one person and ignoring the death of many
peop lc all thc time is an inherent problem
I have w ith the world today, in that even
in death, we're hoisted up on strings and
made to entcI1ain th e masses one last time
instead of just disappearing from the life
we had no choice but to lin ish in the public
eye. Luckily for us, as common folk , we
rare ly have to sec any media beyo nd an
ob ituary in the paper.
Jacub Stanley is a ji-esiJmun enrolled in
America in the 20th Cen tury He is sludying Americall H is/(JlY
Mining running amok in Washington
by McKenzie Ball
by Ben Rosas
o
p r a h
Winfrey
a lways writes
in her magazine , an article
to encapsulate all the thin gs she knows for
sure. It would be one month that you need
to love yourself before anyone else can,
or th e only way to really lose weight is
throu gh exercise and proper nutrition.
I was thinkin g as this new school year
sta rts , "What do I know for sure?" I know
the first week of school will always be
nerve-wracking. By second week things
will be semi-adjusted. I know that without
fail one of my fr iends will not get the class
they want because of a tuition problem or
a registrati on problem. I know that if you
live with anyone besides just yourself,
dishes will be an issue. There are a lot of
things I believe or have an opinion on but
not that many that I know for sure. This
year I want to search out the truth a nd
figure oul what I know for sure.
1amara Hu ckaby is a senior enrolled in
Teaching History Through Performance.
She is studying education.
Respond to what you read.
Send your letters and opinions to
cpj@evergreen.edu or bring them up
to CAB 316.
october 14, 2004
•
Lat e la s t
night , 1 was
relaxing in a
friend's donn
when I was
jolted to my
feet by the
now-familiar shriek of
an alarm that is supposed to mean fire .
Everyone in the dorm evacuated out onto
the cool sidewalk and waited for several
minutes, some in pajamas and bare feet.
This was the fourth time in recent weeks
I had seen an entire dorm emptied this
way.
Last week I was in the library studying
when a fire alarm went off. I was certain
it was a fal se alarm and I didn't want to
leave. This is all very disruptive to our
learning environment. None of the alarms
were caused by an actual fire .
Ariel Mejia lives in N-207. She and
her dorm-mates have been evacuated
three times because of touchy fire alarms.
" We were makin g a pi zza and the alarm
went off. The pizza wasn't even burned,"
recounts Ariel, who does not find it surprising that similar incidents have been
occurring in other buildings.
Certainly, these alarms are important for
everyone's safety. If a fire were started,
the smoke would no doubt trigger shockingly loud sirens and everyone would flee
the scene, hopefully unscathed. But does
anyone benefit from these routine evacuations whenever a toaster or a blunt whispers, "Fire!" into a touchy alarm? I wonder
how seriously the firemen now respond,
given that they seem to make multiple
visits each week to routinely tend to these
false alarms.
I don't know what the laws regarding
these alarms are, but perhaps they could
be tamed, just a little, so that every minor
culinary experiment does not threaten the
calm environment of our living spaces.
And remind your friends : Blow it out the
window.
the cooper point Journal
Eve r y
day , milling
operations in
Washington
impact
our
communities,
our environment and our wallets. Mining
wastes have contaminated entire watersheds, including 130 miles of the Columbia
River near th e Colville Reserv a tion.
Proposals for new mines would cut fresh
scars across our national forests, including
Okanogan County's Buckhorn Mountain.
Much of thi s behav ior goes unchec ked due
to weak federal and state laws, as we ll as .
the fact that the communiti es most directly
affec ted often lack the resources to innuence large, mu lt inational conglomerates.
To add insult to injury, tax payers
ha ve unwittingly underwritten the mi nin g
indust ry's destru ctive behavi or. Min ing
compa nie s havc the rig ht to mln c OUI
public lands without compcnsallng the
federal government-·and ultimatd y. laxpayers·-a dime for the million ;, ,,["dollars
of precious metals they unearth. As if that
isn't bad enough, many of these companies
have stuck us with the bill when it comes
time to clean up: Across the state, mining
companies have abandoned 3,800 mines,
most of which can be found in sensitive
ecosystems in northeastern Washington.
WashPIRG aims to require state agencies to inventory abandoned mine sites,
prevent mining companies with histories
of environmental violations from opening
new mines in Washington, and reform the
federal Mining Law of 1872, which still
governs mining operations today .
((Mining companies have the
to mine our public lands without
compensating the federal government-and ultimately, taxpayersa dime !pr the millions ofdollars of
prec¥!..us metals they unearth. "
WashPIRG's Minin [,! i\ccollll labi ht)
Projec t is working to expose thL' sources
of this po llution and protc'CI comlllunitie ;.
and the CnYl1'onlllen t frum the dcvas tal In!; IIllPi.lCI., ,I' irrc;.p ,)J1Slb l ~ 1l1111 111{-.
the cooper point journal
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The mai n goal o f the En v ironm ental
SWAT Team is to o rgani ze immed iate
responses to bad legis lation th at the state
or federal government could pass, which
subsequently could lead to destru cti on of
our public lands, our environment and our
quality oflife here in Washin gton . Proj ects
like the Mining Accountability Proj ec t will
be a major focus for the group .
It is our respon s ibility as c iti zens
to take action I We must protec t th ese
public pl aces in order to ensure a health y
env ironment fo r o ur lifet imes as we ll
as future ge nerat ions. 1I' yo u are inte res tcd in vo lunleering or workin g wit h
th e Env ironmental SWAT Team please
e-mail us at blair@ was hpirg.o rg or call
867-6058 . For more in fo , check out http :
ilw\Vw .\\ashp irg .org '.
Mc·l\.enzie Ball is th e ProieCi Coord,l/otor
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How I became involved in the Student Union
by Caroline White
Last year
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Ecological
Design. We had
a "real world"
component to
our program In
Spring quarter, and since I wasn't super
excited about any of the projects proposed
to the class, I decided to do an internship
with WashPIRG (Washington Public
Interest Research Group). I had gotten
involved with WashPIRG when they
came into our program and did a "classrap ." Our campus chapter of WashPIRG
needed our help: It had gone through three
or four campus organizers that year alone
and was basically volunteer-less by Spring
quarter.
As an intern , I was without the skills/
motivation to recruit other students to
publicize environmental issues or the New
Voters Project. I'm not sure our campus
organi zer did eithe r, and he had to leave to
set up 'a PIRG summer canvas office li ve
wee ks into th t: quarter. So I set my eyes
on iss ues th at I th ought would were more
important to Ev ergrccil and would ben efit
more from my e ne rgy.
As part of attempting to strengthen our
WashPlRG chapter, we went to a couple
of Student Union Work Group meetings.
So there was one major difference in
how WashPIRG and the Student Union
Work Group did things. WashPlRG was
(in theory) all action, go out and do this,
recruit, petition, flyer, be heard, get the
government to listen, etc. The Student
Union Work Group was all talk and no
action from what I could see. They spent
long hours discussing h.ow things should
be done without putting things into action.
Now, some of the people involved in this
did put things together and come up with
clear ideas of how a Student Union could
work ... but what they didn't have was a
campaign plan, or a timeline of when they
were going to get what done . .. and they
didn't know how to reach the students,
which obviously I am having trouble
with now too.
At the end of Spring quarter, as a kind
of continuation of the work I had been
attempting to do, I joined up with Brad
Bishop and soon Rachel Williams on writing out a proposal o f how we would work
on the Student Union over the summer and
get a legitimat e Stude nt Union up and run-
ning at Evergreen.
Throughout the summer we talked to
different administrators about different
issues, to try to figure out how things
get done at Evergreen and how a Student
Union could fit in and get the students'
voices heard by the administration. We
got to know a number of the administrators, including Phyllis Lane, who had been
on board with the Student Union Work
Group for a while . We talked to Housing
to find out how they do things and noted
that Housing sets all its policies and isn't
particularly interested in student opinion,
even though they want Housing to be an
enriching place to live. We talked to the
Web technicians and learned a little about
how the polling system on the Gateway
works. We asked them about polling software that could be in a more accessible
location , where students could actually
find the polls .. . we're still working on
that one.
We signed up to be Geoduck Guides
for Orientation Week: frankly, my least
favorite week of the year when I lived in
Housing. We were at the "Get involved"
sessions up in S&A (CAB 320) to tell new
students about Student Union. We held our
To a freshman, from a senior:
own meeting for students who wanted to
know more. The administration decided
to publicize what we were doing for us
during the President's Brunch and Rachel
talked for a few minutes during convocation . We attended a Board of Trustees
Meeting to announce the possibility of a
Student Union ready to be deemed official
and approved by the Governor, whoever
she/he may be in November. This was
necessary, because your Student Union
isn't likely to accomplish as much as it
could if it isn't a legal Sturlent Union. The
Washington State Codes actually specify
requirements for college/university student
unions/governments. I believe a major
reason for having a recognized Student .
Union is because we can't be members
of the Washington Student Lobby (WSL)
without students who legally represent the
whole College.
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Caroline White is a senior in Organizing
for Democracy. She is concerned with the
roles young people and college students
play in shaping the world.
Ask the editor
by Renata Rollins
Epilogue to Orientation Week
by Katie Greenland
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So you've
pretty much
got a handle
on how to
mIss
the
long lines of
students in
the cafeteria,
you ' ve met your professors and aren ' t too
weirded out at their request to call them by
their first names , and you ' ve finally met
some fri ends who you can posse up with
for the rest of the year. So what's next?
How do you find that groove that seems
to embody the quintes sential Greener?
Here are a few things
to keep in mind on
the road to becoming
a forefather of this
college :
3. I f a student approaches you and
asks you if you've tried a Healing TOllch
experience in the Health Center, you don't
need to bring a bottle of wine .. . and yes,
condoms are prov ided free of charge.
4. Should you catch wind that there 's
a mud wrestling competition taking place
somewhere near campus housing, drop
everything you're doing and go watch. In
the end you'll consider it a va lu able part of
your education here at Evergreen .
5. This is COLLEG E- you don't have
to raise your hand to go to th e 100.
6. Not all environmentali sts are vegetarians, and not all hippies are dirty and
9. No need to search out the suspicious
man trying to look inconspicuous on the
street comer. Most of what you are seeking
grows all by itsel f near campus.
10. Evergreen: Just because tuition is
a little cheaper doesn 't mean classes will
be any easier.
II. Make an effort to get to know people
that appear strange , mysterious, and even
mortifying. After all , they say that most
lasting relationships start as college sweethearts .. . and you may be staring at your
future soul mate.
12. On Capoeira Angola , building
houses out of straw and mud , and the
Percussion
Club: Don 't
knock it till
you rock it,
brother.
13 . And
last but definitely not
least: Don't
be afraid
to
make
friends
with your
professors.
They were once a little stoner geeb that
went home to do laundry at their parents'
just like you.
"Should you catch wind that
there s a mud wrestling competition taking piace somewhere near
campus housing, drop everything
you're doing and go watch. "
I. If you see a
guy whi z past you
on Foll er skates and
a cute vintage dress,
wearing Dracula teeth
and hollering through
a megaphone ... and
it's not Halloween .. .
don't worry, it's just that kid from your
semmar.
2. Despite the rumors going around,
those folks working in the computer lab
I who are sporting green vests are NOT
" ! leprechauns. Under no circumstances is
it appropriate to ask them for "me lucky
, charms."
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high.
7. Don't be afraid to attend activities
that you wouldn't have been caught dead
at in high school; you may learn to be
proud of your inner freak (we know you
have one, and we're determined to bring
it out of you!)
8. Race, religion, and sexual preference
are all negotiable here.
Katie Greenland could not be reachedfor
her photo or biographical information.
One of the
problems facing
newspapers today
is that they don't
have enough conversation s with
readers.
That
means
when
readers
aren't happy, their
complaints show up in the letters to the
editor page but the editors don ' t get much
of a chance to explain the reasoning that
went into making decisions about wha t
does and does not get in the paper.
I want to have these conversations about
content in the CP 1. There are at least two
ways to do this.
First , every Thursday that a paper
comes out, there is a Paper Critique at 4
p.m. in the newspaper office (CAB 316).
Most of the staff is there, and all of us have
taken on our positions of responsibility at
the newspaper ~o we can have a place to
learn outside of the classroom. Genuine
questions, constructive criticism, and
complaints from st udents who aren't in
the CP J student group are all good ways
for us to learn.
I think all of us wish more students
would show up on Thursdays to comment
on the newspaper. After all, it is the students who own it.
But, if you don 't want to come up and
talk face to face, there is another way. You
can e-mail me at rolren29@evergreen.edu
or cpj@evergreen.edu with any genuine
questions you have about how the CPJ
works, or about why something did or
didn't get in.
I'll answer the questions each week in
a column called "Ask the editor."
All questions must be received by 3 p.m .
the Friday before the new paper will come
out. And be sure to put "ask the editor" in
the subject line of your e-mail.
Hope to hear from you soon.
MICHAEL MOORE
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Not everything ·is a
sport, cheerleaders
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Thursday, October 14
Sunday, October 17
fl a.m.-12:30 p.m . New Direc!ions in
12:30-4:30 p . m . Co ntact Impro\'
Workshop at Waves Studio. Call 352 -3893
for more info.
2-5 p.m. Ca rtooni st Ted Rai l, hosted by
Plent y and Danger Room Comics :
Indian Dance in the Rec ita l Hat! , COM
107.
3 :30 p.m. Eve rgreen Men's Center meet s
on the third flo or of the CAB at the TV
lounge.
4-6 p.m. Th e Th ree Gharanas (.'School.l)
oIOrissi Dance in the Recital Hall , CO M
107.
2-3 p.m. Presentati on and Q&A at Plenty.
Corner of 4th Ave. and Columbi a.
3:30-5 p .m. Signing at Danger Roo m
Comi cs, across th e stree t from Plent y.
Friday, October 15
If there 's one thing I learned while
readi ng The Associated Press Sports
Writing Handb ook , it's to take a stand
on something when wri ting a column. So
here's my stand. There's no easy way to
say thi s. so I'll j ust spit it out :
Cheerleadi ng is not a sport.
Now that many readers a re mad at
mc and ha ve tossed the paper by th e waySide. I' ll begin ex plaining the logic used
to reach this conclusion .
A ll ri g ht . s o lo g ic was n' t really
Invo lwd. But I lV ill say this : I do not deny
' ha t chce rl eadin g can be competitive. nor
:lIn I impl ying that it's not athletic. There
'\I'C many things cheerl caders can do that
i can'\.
For in sta nce. I ca nnot stand atop a
, k Inny blonde's should ers and s upp ort
:1I10ther's we ight in, say. a human pyra mid.
f he tho ug ht wO li ld IIcvc r cross Illy mind
,I S sOllleth ing I should Iry
I :i/ sll do lI ot fi nd run ning, jU lllping
'ilo the air and do in g the split s all tha t
'.111. bill it del illit ..:iy requi re s :Ithi cti cisill .
. \ JIlSt not a sport.
I\S I \\ a s check in g Ill y il otlll :li l
,: cOli lit the otill'r :ll'terilOoli . olle 01' the
featured articles was whether cheerleading is a sport. Clearly, I was interested to
see if this wri ter was as enlightened as I
am. Sadly, she is not. She's an ex-cheerleader.
Armcd with films lik e Bring It On
and Sugar and Spice (I've never heard of
th at one), th e author of the piece seemed
content citing movies like the se to back up
her claim that cheerl ead ing is a sport.
Now, I've on ly seen porti ons of Bring
It On on television , but what I saw se emed
a mocke ry of high schoo l. Mocke ry? I
Ulcan a dead -on impression of the soc ial
di vide between cheerleaders and the rest
of the sc hool. But I on ly saw ri ve minutes
of it before I reali zed what I was watchin g
and nearl y vomited.
But I dig ress. Th~ poi nt ol'th is culu mn
is to' dra w att enti on to thl! on~ sent ence
that caug ht Illy eye in that MSN arti cle :
" In 2003 . th c Uni ve rsit yofM ar yl and proclaim ed what no oth er uni versit y ha sthat ch ce rleading is indeed a sport --and
awa rd ed their cl ub sq uad va rs it y sport
status under the rede ral gender-eqlla lit y
1:1\\ Title !:'C ( L3l oom, Li l'ctilllcl\·.colll).
J)e:n god.
I've studied nothing but Title IX
for a year in college and have come to
the conclusion that people don't understa nd what it was designed for and how
improperly it's being used. This is a prime
example of what's wrong with how Tit le _
IX is interpreted. Donna Lopiano, former
women's at hletic director in Texas for 18
yea rs, executive d irector of the Women's
Sports Foundation, is a lso convinced that
thi s is a huge mistake. The Uni versity of
Mary land appears to be "looking for the
easiest way out [of compliance wi th Title
IX], that their int ent is to conform to th e
letter of the law, but not necessar ily the
spirit," Lopiano sa id.
What is the spirit of Title IX) It was
created to g ive womei'l equ al opportunit y
in sport and athl eti cs. Propo nent s and
oppone nt s to the legis lati on argue ove r
wheth<: r Tit le IX takes away fundin g from
mcn's tea ms or if un ivcrsit ies, col leges and
now eve n middle a nd higb sc hools are
mceti ng the law's requ irement s.
The re is heat ed debat e between parent s or girl s whose unilorms are 20 years
uld . whose l'quipillent is 1;H1 lty and who
dea l with n cg\(;et ~d practi ce lil! ld s· and
gyms, and the athl etic directors who distribute the funding to the teams .
My question is why is a major university like Maryland is handing out
more money to a group that is already
well funded while women in sports still
struggle. It's an uphill batt le for women in
every corner of sport s, fl:om the athletes
to the trainers, agen ts, writers, prod ucers,
anchors, and public relati ons and promotion departments.
In my opini on, the rea l problem is
respe ct. Many still do not res pect women
athletes, and I'm afraid that wit h cheerleading be ing dassified as a sport, the
stereoty pes that follow it will be used to
withho ld evc n more money fro m teams
g rapplin g with how to afford to keep
competing.
r say let the cheerl eaders keep cheering :.IIld the competitors competin g. G ive
the wo mcn the money they need, go sec
their gam es and enj oy thc sport of it all.
Kl'ra Ber/i(JI'ich is a sellior I ii Everg reen
study ing sport.\·lI'rililig {IS ' >/m!'ts l:'ditor oj'
!he Va lle l' Ne ll 's Ileralc!.
Monday, October 18
Noo n. Heart relt Thinkin g, th e deve lopment of the hean eye. Lecture Hall I. Free
ad mission.
Noon . Eas! West Encounters in Dance in
the Rec ital Hall , COM 10 7.
7:30 p.m. Fahrenheit 9/ 1I in the College
Recreatio n Center. Bay 3. Free admission .
Saturday, October 16
Wednesday, October 20
6:30-8:30 p.m . David R. Montgomery,
UW Professor of Geology, researcher, and
auth or of King ofFish: The Thousand- Year
Run a/Salmon, wi ll be the featured speaker
at a free public event· at th e Thurston
County Courthouse, Building I, Room
152. No regi stration is required.
8 p.m.-midnight. Charle Saible at the
Spar. ID required. For reservations or
info. call 357-6444 .
Study Abroad Reunion in Seminar II, B
wing (signs will be posted). See page 2
for more informat ion .
1-5 p_m_ The Evergreen Health Fair in the
first fl oor of Lab I.
2-3 p_m. Grammar Rodeo Workshop
from the Evergreen Writing Ce nt er :
Sen tence Patterns II: Locating Objects
and Complements. Seminar II B31 09.
3-4:30 p.m. Scientific Writing Workshop
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Geoducks clean up at soccer
and volleyball conferences
Ii\' Meredith Lalle
I f you passed by upper fie ld with out
a secund glalH;e on Thursday, Friday, and
Sat urday, you missed out. The Geoducks
dominated the Cascade Confere nc e and
sent their oppone nts hom e with nary a
win. Last week's se tbacks flipped 180 0 to
unearth a unilateral winn in g streak across
the athletic department. For th e fir st time
this se ason, it 's sa fe to re port a perfect
\\ ecke nd rec ord of9-0.
The dou blc Ws from men's soccer
knocked Pu rtland 's Concordia University
out of both the co nference and regional
ranki ngs, bri nging Eve rgree n up to
number two in the con lere nce and three
in the region. With Nate Ford and broth ers
Joey and Jason Gjert se n consistently in
the top five as conference statistics leaders
in eve ry category, Evergreen is likely to
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move back up to numbcr one in the conference , pending losscs from Albertson
thi s wee kend . T he regiona l leade r wi ll be
det ermined later thi s season, whc n Simon
Frasier and Evergreen go head to head in
Oly mpia on October 26.
But that 's gell ing too far ahead o f
ourselves. Backtracking to thi s weekend
wi th womcn's soccer, the lady Geod ucks
have risen to fifth in the conference and
are we ll on their way to post-season play.
Scoring four goals in both games whil e
holding each opponent to one is defini tely
a great way to utili ze home-field advantage. Ali sha White, a junior from Bremerton, leads the Geoducks in scor ing, and
rema ins one of the top ten category leaders
in conference statistics. This aggress ive
offense, combined with a strong defense
led by goa li e Ca rl y Stewart, is guiding
Evergreen towards a playoff berth , one
win at a time.
One at a time was definitel y the motto
of the Evergreen women's volleyba ll team
this weekend. A win in the first game of
th e non-conference invite tournament
hosted by Walla Walla College proved to
be the burst of momentum the girls needed
to domi nate the enti re tournament. Over
Frid ay, Saturday and Sunday, the girls
playe d consistent ly, concentrating on
starting o ff strong, and taking one point
at a time. Thirty point s later, they had the
first game, three games later the match,
and fiv e matches later the tournament. Not
onl y did they go home with the trophy,
Hanna Pl unk (setter, Broomfield , Colo-
rado), Stephanie Jackso n (middle blocker,
Olympia, WA) , and Emil y Peterson (o utside hitter, Tenino, WA) each made the
all -conference team. The g irl s leave for
the last lengthy road-tr ip of the season thi s
mor ning, to play Albertson (numberthree
in NA IA Region I Rankings) and Eastern
Oregon , hopefu lly to come back from the
four-day trek with two more wins on the
record. I f yo u want to come, the game is
in Caldwel l, Idaho ... eight hours with no
traffic from Exi t 104 on 1-5 ...
As long as stalker isn't your middle
name, no ath lete ever objects to a dedicated fan . Take on the cha ll enge and drive
a couple hours to view the Geoducks in
action ... (awkward s il ence) OK, so
maybe that isn ' t your style . Obviously
luring in co llege students with visions of
sexy sprinters, sk impy soccer shorts, and
spandex that leave nothing to the imaginati on isn't the right approach to garnish ing
the ath letic arenas with eager, cheering
fans . Hmmm ... I wonder if the athlet ic
department would be game for passing
out hand rolled "cigarettes" and organic
"beverages" with the rosters at th e door
to generate a stronger, happier fan base.
I mean , this IS the Evergreen Bubble;
anything goes, right? Not so much , but
if sex, drugs, and rock & roll don't float
your boat, and you have a better idea, I
chall enge you to send articles into the CPJ
promoting any and all kinds of athletic or
recreational activity.
As the sports coo rdinator, I'd love
to boas t a two-page spread celebrating
all kind s of athle ti c achie vements or
announcements throughout campus. From
ballet and ball-room danc ing, to rugby and
wh ite-water-rafting , send information.
dates, times and n:quire ments so that your
fellow Greeners ca n don the proper attire
and join you in an afternoon of competiti on, entertainment, companion ship, and
exercise. 1 know th ere's more out there
than just my measly weekend ish sports
schedu le:
Thursday :
AWAY M. Soccer Vs. Warner Pacific
Friday:
AWAY W. Volleyball Vs. Eastern Oregon
Sat urday:
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AWAY M. SoccerVs. Western Baptist
AWAY W. Soccer Vs. Cascade College
AWAY W Volleyball Vs. Albertson College
AWAY Cross COlmtry POitland Regional
Preview
Tuesday:
AWAY M. Soccer Vs. Nort hwest
So take a few minutes to send in your
events and articles to cpj @evergreen.edu,
subj ect: Sports Coordinator, and get the
word out. Until next wee k , Go Geoducks I
Meredith Lane is a senior enrolled in
Poo led Sovere ig nty and Corpora te
Management. She is studying International
Business and Political Economy.
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3 p.m. Student Union campaign group pit.
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1-2 p.m. VOX: Communiti es for Choice
7-9 p.m. First Peoples' Study Crew at office hours at CAB 320 # 17.
2-3 p.m. VOX: Communities for Choice
Seminar II 03105.
7-9 p.m. Evergreen Impro v Alli ance meeting at CAB 320 # 17.
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. 3 p.m. Jew ish C ultural Cen te r meetin g
meet ing at Seminar II C I I 05.
in Seminar II E2 105 .
Every Tuesday
5 p.m. Eve rgreen Iri sh Re surge nce
4 p.m. Soc iety for Trans Ac ti on and Element meetin g at CAB 320 #4.
Res ources (STAR) meetin g in Seminar 5 p.m. Radical Catholics meet ing on th e
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7 p.m. everg reen Students lor Christ at 01107 .
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Every Wednesday
12:30 p.m. Yoga Club planning meeting
at CAB 320.
1 :30 p .m . Native Stud ent Alli ance
meets at CAB 320 in Cubicle 13.
1 :45 p .m. Environme ntal Reso urce
from the Evergreen Writing Center: Peer
Review. Seminar II B3109.
4:30-6 p.m. Academic Writing Workshop
from the Evergreen Writing Center: Thesis
Development. Seminar II B3109.
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Like what you see and want to
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It's that simple! Come on up
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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
releases the CPJ receives into short announcements.
Letters & Opinions Coordinator: reads through
letters and opinions pieces, checks for illegal or
unfair expression, recruits material for the section.
Voices of Color Coordinator: recruits letters,
photos, etc., from students of color on campus
about campus race issues.
Arts & Entertainment Coordinator: stays in the
know about local arts and entertainment, writes
A&E articles and recruits student writers.
See Page Coordinator: recruits one visual art
piece to go on the back page of the CPJ each week.
Sports Coordinator: stays up-to-date with
campus sports, writes sports articles and recruits
student writers.
Comics Coordinator: recruits people to draw
comics for the CPJ and checks them for illegal or
unfair expression.
Calendar Coordinator: keeps track of what's
going on each week and puts it into an easy-to-read
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Photo Coordinator: §tays up-to-date with what's
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Page Designer: designs the pages of the CPJ to
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Ad Designer: Creates ads each week from clients
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Ad Proofer & Archivist: Checks that the ad
designer made no mistakes and archives all ads
that are finished running in the paper.
Assistant Business Manager: Processes all
payment that the CPJ receives and works with on
campus advertisers. This position is a leadership
role in the CPJ organization and also serves as the
training necessary to become business manager.
Circulation Manager and Newspaper Archivist:
This position is in charge of getting issues of the
paper out to CPJ subscribers , as well as archiving
back issues of the CPJ.
Distribution Manager: Brings the CPJ to the printing press each Thursday and also distributes it to
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Ad Representative: Keeps in contact with
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If you submitted a comic but don't see it printed here, you either
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