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The Ewrgreen State College
Olympie. W."ington98505
NONSMOKERS REACT To SMOKING POLICY, PAGE 4 "
EVERGREEN HlP-Hop, PAGE 1 2 " SPORTS WRAPUP, PAGE 14
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How to make sure
Vox Populi .
you are able to vote in Olympia
by Robert Martindale
T hen~ has bee n a predilect ion in
sl11all co llege towns 01' loca ls no t t a~ing
very ~ind l y to the co llege sllldent s voting
in their ek ctions, The ir argume nt behind
these claims is that college stud ents are
on ly in th eir town fo r a short tim e and
aren't eve n there the whole ye nr, They
wou ld prefer (hat students vote absentee
from thei r hometown, Some loca ls have
gone so far as to fabricate reason s for them
to deny studellls their ri ght to vote.
Th is has a tendency to occu I' at an
alar mingly higher rate at co lleges with a
predominant racia l minority enrollment,
li ke at Prairie View A&M in Texas .
I' ve met st udent s who bel ieve that they
shou ldn 't vote where they go to school
because it is not the ir home community,
among othe r reasons. T he truth of th e
mntter is th at stu den ts <l nd th e col leges
they atte nd are an integ ral part of their
town, espccia ll y in sma Iler commun ities.
St ud ent s ha ve just as mu ch intcrest in
their tOll'n 's iss ucs as any member of the
cOIlll11u nit y. St udent s shou ld reme mbe r
that no poll wor~cr can turn thel11 all'ay
if the y are I'l~ g i s t e r e d vo tl!rs in thi s
cOllnt y. With thi s hi story in mind and the
know ledge that ncw voter regist ration is
at an all time high, es pecia lly at co lleges,
I wo ndered what co uld hap pen loca ll y to
my fell ow Greeners' votes?
To fi nd out, I cont ac tcd John C usick,
Vice President of Thurston Cou nt y Democrats, who is an almost constant contact
with th e Thu rs(on County Aud it or 's
Office. Wh en I brought up my issues a nd
concerns wit h him, he looked into it for me
and responded: "Nobody will be denied
the op portunity to vote," he said. " Poll
workers in .Thurston County are trained
accord ingly."
I checked thi s with John's wife Chri sti ,
who is a poll worker this yea r: " Ifsomeone
atte mpt ing to vote is not on the poll books
a nd in sists they are at the right prec inct,
the poll wor kers are in structed to iss ue a
prov isional ballot," she said . " The prov isional bal lots are then dec ided upon late r,
a ft er records can be ver ifi ed, signatures
chec ked , etl· . During the pas t prim ary,
I ohscrved eac h of the mee tings of the
'ca nvass ing board ' when; they con sidered thcse hatches of provis iona l ba llots.
Practically al l were accl!pted and co unted.
Onl y those who clea rl y had question<tble
sig natu n:s, or clearly had voted on anot her
ball ot, were rejected."
T he Audito r's Office say s it will have
two election boards working the Evergreen
prec inct because of the large number of
voters who may potenti al ly be regi stered
at a different address.
If a voter be lieves they are being
denied the right to vote, or are inco rrectl y
reg istered in the poll book, ze should call
the Auditor 's Office at 786-5408.
Hopefu lly, all voters shou ld have no
problem s on November 2. But I'd take
the County Auditor's number with yo u
just in case.
Rohert Marlindale is a senior enrolled in
an iI/dependent contracl tilled Cultural
Allitlldes 1!i\1Iard SpOI'l.\· and Exercise.
What do you think about
the way we vote in the
United States?
by David Hornheck
"The
med ia
is co ntinuin g th e
war effo rt vi a the
democrat ic vote so
our nat ion al eco nomical status will
be improved again.
It' s an illusion of
choice."
Paul Manzanares
Sophomore
Maller & Motion
" I don't like
he proc ess. The
plexities of the
tem have m is pre sented w ha t
people want."
What happened
to the kitchens?
" I'm not ve ry
political. It's better
th an a lo t of other
way s in ter ms o f
rqll' csen t i n& th e
pe op le. I' m o~ay
with it."
A look at the changes that
have been made to B dorm
this year and why
Mattie Blevins
Freshm an
Neguliating Cultural
Landscapes
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Mat Morgan is afreshman enrolled in Negotiating Cult ural Landscapes, He is studying to become a computer technician
Want to see YOUR beautiful art gracing this page? Then send
it in to cpj@evergreen.edu or bring it on up to CAB 316!
Eve rgreen Housi ng's B donn had ,
until thi s year, been a n alternative to
the more traditional college living space
offered in A dorm. The bedrooms in B
have always been approx im ately the same
size as in A; residents wo uld either share
a large r room with one other person or
havc a sma ll er room to them se lves in
each building. The difference had always
been that B dor m was set up simil a rly to
a reg ul a r apa rtm e nt , complete with a
modest kitchen inside ora relati vely small
com mon room.
Thi s year, however, the kitche n and
areas in B dorm have
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
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Wh ile most of the rooms in B dorm 's apartm ents are the same small spaces as
pre via liS y ears (left), certain residents now occupy th e new renovated common-rooms,
complete with woodfloors and new jilrniture (right).
conve rted into an additional livin g space,
housing one more resident. In these rooms,
the wa ll s have been repa int ed, and the
old carpet and linoleum floor s have been
replaced w ith brand new wood . A nd in
add iti on, the familiar, boxy furniture with
"TESC" burned into it has been replaced
with brand-new, smoothl y fini shed wood
furniture, which matches th e fl oors.
Two
roo ms, one o n the
been prese rved as " floor com mon rooms,"
which are available to all residents of the
building.
Whil e in the past, Housing has
made efforts to prov id e alternatives to
tradi tional coll ege housing, rece nt financial circum stances have torced them to
make these spaces as cost-feasib le as
possi ble the last few years. And most of
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it 's still a dem oc -
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Ghost stories
galore
B~yond
"Four
More Years"
Spooky Solstice
by Gerald Miller
Th e signs we re po sted a ll around
campus. The fl yers were handed out. The
fri end ly blare of KAOS radio may have
been int errupt ed by an ad for it. By now
yo u mi ght be wo ndering what " it " is. The
elusive " it" is the Writer's Guild. The
guild provides a community forum for
writer s of all genres and level s, integrating th e individu al writing proce ss with
the colle ctive ex perience. Thi s is done
through peer rev iew, cr itique, and general
support for local emerging writers.
On Friday, October 29 from 4:30
until 6 p.m, the Writer's Guild and Evergreen Tutoring Center are dressing up like
your favorit~ corporate conglomerates and
mergi ng into a si ngle hegemony to present
" Freaky Friday," a Halloween reading of
tantalizing terror in the Evergreen Tutoring Center. Bring your own writing, or
bring one of your much-loved ghost stories from your favorite author, and read or
just listen in a welcoming, non-judgmental
environment. So instead of wasting yo ur
time trying to find an unoriginal costum e,
or injecting poison and razor bl ades into
ca ndy for the kid d ies, join us thi s' Friday
for an aft ernoon of readin g and soc ializing
from 5:30 until6 p.m. in the ETC, located
in CAB 108, nex t to Thc G ree nery. Goodies will be prov ided (m inus razorbl ades
and poiso n). If yo u li ke what yo u se e and
think yo u may want to be in vo lved with
the Writer 's Guild, cO lll e by and check out
our week ly meetings on Wednesdays from
3 tu ... p.m. in Semi nar II A 1107. These
eve nt s are hosted by The Writer's G uild
and The [vergrnn Tutoring Center.
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Shot Down
Shots pierced Coope r Point road. The
Monday morning haze of fog and dewlight
punctured as gunshots co ntinued. A doe
attempti ng to cross Coope r Point Road on
the way to Eve rgreen was shot an audible
five times by an Eve rgreen State College
poli cewo man. Deer, espe ciall y femalc
deer, are docile herbivores that will JUIllP
bac k whe n approached by human s. There
arc 11 0 in stances of atta ck.
Organization Meeting
5p.m. Monday
Find out what it means to be a member
of the student group CPJ. Practice
consensus-based decision making,
Content Meeting
. 5:30 p.m. Monday
Help decide what should be in the
next is sue of the CPJ.
Paper Critique
4p.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.
october 28, 2004
My mom used to tell us kid s to bank
our bathroom time. Prioriti ze. What about
when an extra hour is added to Hallowee n? Can an ext ra cup be added to the
keg? Could we gai n one less regrettable
one-night-stand? Will sliced bread ever
come in even quantiti es? Masked goblin s
and spooky man-whores will prance down
common thorough fares beggi ng candy
from strangers, a nd somet i mes from
dolled- up babies. Sunday, October 31 is
a school night. Too much candy will hurt
in the morning. Sunday night, a pumpkin
toss will happen over A Dorm and the
HCC will transform into a haunted house
Saturday night. It's doubtful whether
the school-sanctioned building dressup will be any more haunting than the
looks you will get from your professor
on Monday morning as your beer-stained
face attempts to function in the hung-over
drear of the morning after, though paper
frights cou ld elicit a howl or two.
• • •
One Patriot Act
Pot· be lli ed whit e me n sc our the
po liti ca l lan dscape for sni ve li ng suit s,
telling lies that you could have g uessed
were false . Th ey report th em wea rin g
wri nkl ed co rduroys and denim shirt s
tucked in the night before and spl attered
with an arti sti c di splay of 1 ~l s t food stain s.
They are cru nchy becau se ap pea rance isn't
important when the facts are so shiny. It is
in thi s tradition of strai ght fact reporting
that media criti c Mark Cr ispin has CO Il1C
out with "A Patriot Act." Thi s fi 1111 is a selfdesc ribed compani on piece to Fahrellheit
9-11, show ing on Thursday, October 28
at 7 p.m. in Seminar II CIIOS. The pri ce
is nil. The show is a scathing critique of
the Bush doctrine, revea ling the relig iou s
power behind the presidc ntialthrone while
mu sing about lef'ti st politi cs on his oneman soapbox.
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Infoshoppe
Have you heard of a pol itical information center that includes a second "p" and
"e" for nostalgic purposes? You know,
bringing back the old world, Marxi sm
glamor which tend s to makes anarchy so
darn fun . Maybe the mis sing extra letters
a re representative of a lack of something
more. Like chop off the P and E and you
lose all of the revolutions that occurred
under a banner of peeling paint where
words were spelled in old English and the
shoppes were barter on Iy. They seek anarchists, socialists, communists, anarchocom munists and slacktivists. They meet to
organize this informative resource center
every Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the third '
floor of the CA B.
Poetry for the
masses, Irish
. style
campus. Free distribution is limited to one copy per edition per person.
Persons in need of more than one copy should contact the CPJ business
manager in CAB 316 or at 867·6054 to arrange for multiple copies. The
business manager may charge 75 cents for each copy after the first.
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Evergreen State College, who are solely responsible for its production and
content.
sells display and classified advertising space. tnformation
about advertising rates, terms, and conditions are available in CAB 316, or by
request at (360) 867·6054.
Contributions from any TESC student are welcome. Copies of
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A brief history of eugenics
and sterilization in America
by Dolly England
Th e
American
H e rita ge
Dicti onary
descri bes
e ugenics
as " [t]he
study
of
hereditary
.,
improv ement of the
hum an race by controlled se lective breeding." Eugenics embraces the theory that
intelli gence a nd other perso nal ity traits
are ge netically determined and therefore
inherited.
Social problcm s in the earl y 1900s
ga ve euge ni cs advocates th e idea to
encourage co ntrol over reproduction in
order to imp rove so ciety. Thi s way of
thinking helped to shape our understanding of reproduction. Raci st ideo logi es in
turn provided fuel for eugenic theories to
by Zane Haxton
Was hington state is faci ng 11 rightwing takeove r thi s elec ti on . We need a
grassroots campa ign to turn people out
to vote.
We have been waiting for thi s day for
four years. Ta ke the day off and re-d efeat
Bush!
Many ve ry import ant seats are up for
elec ti on in Was hington, including a ti ght
race betwee n Chri stine Gregoire (D) and
Dino Ross i (R) for Governor.
Nc o- con se rva ti ve Jim Jo hn so n,
dee med '·Mr. Anti-Indian" by his opponents, is poised to tak e a seat on the Washington Supreme Court.
November 3 is too late. Take action
now '
Volunte ers arc needed for a variet y
of tasks.
To sign up, ca ll (360) 357 2208 or vi sit
http://www.johnkerry.com
is distributed free at various sites on The Evergreen State College
Voices of Color is a column designed to promote cultural diversity as well as understanding within th ~ 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 a place of understanding.
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by Ethan Schaffer
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Voices of Color
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Hit the Streets
on November 2!
is published 28 Thursdays each academic year, when class is in
session: the 1st through the 10th Thursday of Fall Quarter and the 2nd
through the 10th Thursday of Winter and Spring Quarters.
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On November 3rd, 2004 make sure to
atte nd a post election speak out presented
to you by Evergreen's own Orga ni zing for
Democracy class. Thi s day will manifest
in the hopes of answering the questions
and concerns you have about the aftermath of the upcoming election. The event
will consist of local performance artists
as well as an open m ic sess ion designed
to coll ect the community 's apprehensions and/or opin ion s which in turn will
be used to design the outline of the panel
discussion . The event will begin on Red
Square and later continue in Lecture Hall
I with the commencement of the panel
del iberat ions.
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Most people nowadays interact with
poet ry, ifat all , only throu gh cl ry words on
a printed page, which might help to ex plain
the current marg ina li zation of the art. But
there was a tim e when poetry ex isted as
a vi brant , oral medium , when the ca refully craft ed prose of a sk illed poet had
the power to silence a crowd a nd make or
brea k a leader's reput i1t'ion, when peopl e
lived their li ves through the rhythm s of the
spoken word . OD Thursday, November
4, come rev isit that time with us and hea r
poetry the way it was mea nt to be heardstraig ht from the mouth of th e poet. And
not just any poet, but the acclaimed Iri sh
poet John O'Leary, who wil l be pass ing
through Evergreen on a nat ionwide tour.
Al so reading will be Oly mpi a loca l and
TESC professor Leonard Schwartz. The
event kicks off with a recept ion (wit h light
snacks provided) in th e lob by of Semi nar
II Eat 6 p.m. The reading beg in s at 6:30
p.m . in nearby EI 105, and will be followed
by an informal di scuss ion with the poet.
Sponsored by th e Everg ree n Iri sh Resurgence Element.
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flourish. Within the last 30 years, states
across America forcibly sterilized thousands of citizens thought to be genetically
inferior. (Drunks, people with disabilities,
epileptics, deviants, and People of Color.)
In other words, America's soc ial problems
were caused by reproduction and could be
cured by population control.
The idea of selective breeding came
from a raci st ideology in a growi ng country. White families were encouraged to
bear more chi Idren for "the good of the
nation ." Sterilization became the solution
for anti social behavior and originated with
the castrati on of Black men as punishment
for crime. The tirst sign of castrat ion was in
Virginia. In 1855 the Territorial Legi slature
of Kansas enacted a law making castration
the penalty for any Negro or Mulatto who
was convicted of rape, attempted rape, or
kidnapping of any white women.
People who were institutionali zed for
any reason fell victim to steri lizati on. In
North Ca rolina, nearl y 8000 "mentally
deficient persons" were sterilized. In the
1930s and 1940s, some 5000 B lack s were
steril ized in North Caro lina. The most chilling sterilizations weren't done by eugenics
supporters; they were done by governmentpaid doctors hired to provide health care for
poor Black women.
During the I970s, sterilization became
the most rapidly growing form of birth
control in the United States, rising from
200,000 cases in 1970 to over 700,000 in
1980. Black women were routinely sterilized in the South for many years. Teaching
hos pitals would perform hysterectomies
for teaching purposes, and doctors would
often choose procedures that were more
expensive, that would significantly affect
a women 's life in order to collect on
Medicaid.
As an AfricanAmerican woman living in
America, I constantly see high rates for teen
pregnancy and new STD infection among
African Americans, none of which made
sense until recently. Black women have
been so dramatically victimized by the
health care system th at there are huge trust
issues. Black communities that need health
care aren't receiving it for many reasons.
But the one reason that shouldn 't be a
reason at all is because they are scared.
+ Please note that this is a brief overview. In my quest for un'derstanding how
" People of Color" are victimized by the
health care system, I came across some
interesting information about sterilization
and wanted to share it with others. This
article is several excerpts of a 25-page
research paper in progress, but I feel
it 's important that everyone know this
country's history.
If you want to learn m ore information
about eugenics or sterilization. check
out these websites.·
http://www.cfif. org/htdoes/freedoml i nel
curren tli n_ ou 1'_op in ion/u n_s teri le_
past.html
http://ww W.s tephenj aygo ul d .org/Iibrary /
go uld3ugenic s.html
Dolly England is a senior studying People
of Co lor alld th e hea lth care system
through all illdependelll CO li tract.
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october 28, 2004
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Non-smokers not satisfied
with "peer-enforced?' policy
by Renata Rollins
A lot of student s don't app rove of the
nell smoK ing policy. and it"s not just the
smoKers . •
Some non -smoKing student s don't
liKt' it e ith er. The y don't believe the
policy is effect ive, because it relies on
non- smoKeJ;.S to app roac h smokers and
enforce the ~oli cy themselves.
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"I'm scared of it, to be honest ," said
senior SaraTl MacKenzie, about confronting people Ilho smoke in front of building
entraJlCes. She says she's aSKed difrerent
smoKers five or six times thi s year to
smoke somepl ace else.
She usuall y got a gro uchy response
and ended up apolog izing and "feeling like
a sc hmuck." She sa id she has heard the
smokers talking about her as she walked
away.
-"It alw.ays just end s up terribly," she
said.
The policy, which was approved
September 18, states triat "smoking will
only be permitted in designated' areas in
the core p~rt or campus." The college's
Hea lth and Sarety Co mmittee recommended eig ht smoking spots, which were
approved along with the new policy in
Septem ber.
The policy also states that it will
be " peer enforced and that the campus
com munit y will tactfully and gracefully
rem ind people to smoke in designated
areas only." This is exactly what up sets
MacKenzie.
" It put s the burden on the non-smo\(c
ers, and it shou ld never be the burden of
the non- smoker to confront the smoker,"
she sa id.
According to Robyn Herring , the
campus Environmental Health and Safety
Coo rdinator, the policy ha s to be peer
enrorced in stead of top-down because
it 's not a law. " How else are you going to
enforce it')" she said.
In actuality campus police do have
the authority to enrorce campus policy in
addi ti on to state law, acco rding to Steve
Hunt sberry, th e chi ef of TESC police
serv ices. St ill , he's glad th at the smoking
po li cy call s for peer enforce ment instead
of police enlarcement.
"To be honest, I wo uldn ' t wa nt to
see police serv ices get anywhere near the
smoking iss ue," he sa id. "We're tryi ng
to build a bridge between police and the
community."
Art Costant ino, who is temporarily
fi II i ng in as vice president for fi nance and
ad mini stration , has inherited responsib ilit y ror the smoking policy issue. According to an email he sent to the campus
co mmunit y, TESC has sought out advice
from eight campu ses that recently implemented smoking policies. "Most are not
using punitive approaches for enforcement," he wrote. "I , too, bel ieve we should
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Councillor positions
are now open on the
Geoduck Council
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by Brad Bishop
The Associated Student s, the
campaign for student union at Evergreen,
asks: "What does Evergreen stand for ?
A nd what matters to st ud ent s?"
Since our community is constantly
chang ing, we don't really know what wc
stand ror in any offic ial. way. Our image
can be implied or forced: Orten lo ud
demonstrators or those more confident and
comrortable talking to the administration
end up having more power. The problem
is we have no sy nthesis, which involves
plans. While the lood se rvice prcwider
has since changed, none of the requirements ror first-year st udent s in hous ing
has been Iifled .
The idea behind taking the kitchens
Continued from the cover
out ofB dorm two summers ago was partly
to cut down on the number of complaints
the changes have affected those living rrom students who wanted to cook their
in A and B dorms, who, while not all own food, but were required to have meal
straight out of high school, are all first- plans. This summer, while the renovation
of B dorm was underway, the appliances
year students.
Many of the financial circum- were taken out ofC dorm as well. So last
stances that brought on these changes have year, residents of B dorm had common
arisen as a result of Evergreen's responsi- rooms and kitchen cabinets but no applibility to cover the losses or Bon Appetit, ances, as is the case thi s year in C dorm.
"Having kitchens gave more people
the college's former food provider. This
year, Aram ark has taken over the food ser- a reason to complain," said Housing's
vices, and, unlike Bon Appetit,'is partly Assistant Director, Chuck McKinney.
responsible ror any financial losses they When asked ir it is reasonable to expect
that the same changes will be made to C
sustain.
dorm
this corning summer, he replied, " It's
Because the college was shouldering this financial burden ror so long, reasonable, but we only plan what is going
it was forced to fi nd ways to make Bon to happen six months in advance:'
He emphasized the fact that there are
Appetit more profitable. One solution was
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floor com mon rooms" on the second
sti
to require certain student s to purchase
rourth
floors , which he described as
and
meal plans to generate more revenue ror
"
increa
sed
community
space." Most resithe rood service. For the last three years,
residents in the "First-Year Experience," dents, though, see it as si mply less overall
which originally included only those in space and more people.
" With no common room there really
A dorm , have been required to purchase
is no space," says resident Buster Ross.
meal plans.
Two school yea rs ago this plan was " It is ajoke to think we can get anything
expanded to include B dorm as well. And out or sharing a common room with two
last year it became mandatory that all stu- floors of people."
Another B dorm resident , David
dents with 40 cred it s or less purchase meal
Hornbeck, also described it as a major
Where have all
the kitchens gone?
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em phasize educat ion, CO IllIll un icat ion , and
vo luntal'Y comp liancc'-·
Thi s brings up th e questio n of why
the policy ex ists at all if it on ly asks for
vo lunta ry co mpli ance.
"The college is tryi ng to be mindrul or
smokers and non- smokers," said Anthony
Sermonti , the co ll ege public information
office r.
But MacKenzie says she doesn't feel
co nsidered .
" I have to go outta my way" to avo id
smoke, she sa id. She also pointed out that
to enforce the rule she has to approach
the smokers- and breathe the smoke more
heavily.
To her it seems lik e the college has the
policy in place to appease the non- smokers, but then doesn't enlorce it to appease
the smokers. "The college wants to have its
cake and eat it too," MacKenzie sa id.
MacKenzie had smoked lor almost ten '
years, until she quit nine months ago. A
"born again" non-smoker, she describes
her younger se lf as being "a pretty rude
smoker," though she doesn't remember
anyone asking her to move when she was
smoking. But that doesn't make her any
more sy mpathetic.
"I guess I should be," she sa id . "But
its the smoker's respo nsibi lity to keep
exposure to just themselves."
Still , MacKenzie believes the coliege has a responsibil ity in this situation,
too. She'd like to see a more aggressive
signage campaign to clearly differentiate
smok ing areas rrom non-smoking ones.
She'd also like to see the ashtrays removed
from building entrances and other places
where smoking is not allowed.
"11'1 had my way I'd make ita smokerree campus," she said. But for now, she'd
settle for a policy that actually keeps her
rrom breathin g smoke on her way to
class.
All you need
or thi s organization has already been
built; we just need your support and your
representative to bring animation to this
organization. What do you want to do
here? Do you want the skills to change the
world? Do you want to work with others
to bring sustainabi Iity, democracy and
our voice to the communities and power
structures that are around and above us?
Join the council! Councillor
positions will be open until the end of
Week 9, The application simply requires
that you obtain 30 sig natures rrom the
student constituents of you choice. Please
turn in your application ASAP at CAB
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inconvenience: " If a group or us ju st
wants to watch TV together, we all have
to crowd into one orthe small rooms," he
said. "Sometimes we even have to split up
into two rooms to watch the same show."
He added that what he was truly
disappointed about was the absence of
kitchens. " I' m vegan, so I want to be able
to cook for mysel f," he said. He added that
while there are vegan options available
rrom the food service, he has to basically
eat the same type offood over and over. " I
lea rned how to cook this summer, because
I thought I would have a kitchen . When
we moved in, a lot of people expected to
have kitchens and common rooms."
Hornbeck said that when he originally explored housing arrangements
via the internet, B dorm was still shown
as having kitchens and common rooms.
After submitting hi s request to live in
B dorm, however, he learned of these
changes.
Thi s year, a resident who lives in one
of the new rooms pays the same amount
of rent as someone in a normal singlebed room. In fact, thi s year, residents
who appl ied late were put into the new
rooms.
Both Ross and Hornbeck expressed
concern about the way the process was
handled by Housing. " It is absolutely
unfair that one out of six is rewarded with a
large room with hardwood floors and pays
the same amount," said Ross. Hornbeck
also admitted that he was a little resentful
of the fact that people who appl ied late
received the new rooms.
McKinney hopes the transition will
be met with understanding and wants
students to remember that B dorm now
has essentially the same general setup
residents have always had in A dorm.
He explained that the cost structure has
been adjusted to reflect these changes: For
example, a person who has a single room
in B now pays the same rent as someone
in a single room in A, as is the case with
double rooms. Moreover, this is more or
less the same setup students will find at
most colleges.
McKinney, an Evergreen alumnus
who is currently also enrolled in graduate
studies here, agreed that it has never been
Evergreen's goal to bt; like other colleges.
But he did add some statistics that showed
why he sees more structure ror first-year
students as a good thing. "The average
age of residents in all of HO[lsi ng is 19,"
he said, "and year after yea r the biggest
problem RAs have to deal with is disputes
over the common rooms."
McKinney said that Housing is currently in the process of reworking the
rate structure, and that it will hopefully
be adjusted by December I, when next
year's freshmen apply.
Check out our new blogger, where you
can read and print out an application, and
also send us your comments:
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g roups/assoc ia ted stud e nt sl.
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coordinator o/Associated Students of The
Evergrecn State Col/ege (AS TESC).
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pizza:
by Brian Flewell
The s un is not a static object. It s
surface is constantly boiling and ejecting
streams of plasma that could easily loop
aro und the Earth. Sunspots, magnetically
charged areas where the sun's surface is
cooler, are constaRtly crossing the sun's
surface. But on October II , the sun was
totally blank . Not a single blemish was
visible on the entire surface of the sun.
This could mark the early arrival of solar
minimum , a period in the sun's II-year
cycle marked by decreased solar activities.
The predicted minimum is currently in
late 2006.
But this week, the sun is spotted
with several sunspots, proving that solar
minimum is still a few years away. One
sunspot, 687, is currently 10 times the
size of ea rth and can been see n using
safe solar observations. lryou want to see
the sunspot far yoursel f, take a pi zza box
and prop it partway open. Take a sewing
needle and poke a sma ll hole in the top of
the box, about a third of the way up from
the hinged end. Point the top of the box
towards the sun and look inside the box.
Adjust the lid until you can see a circle
of the sun projected on the inside of the
box. Another simple technique involves
binoculars; any type will do. Keeping one
of the lenses covered , point the binoculars
at the sun and project the image on to a
white wall or paper. Adjust the focus to get
a clear view. Never look at the sun di rectly!
Perm anent eye damage will occur if you
try that! It's said that a stack of processed
film will allow you to look at the sun
directly. This is incorrect: It will cut the
visible light, but ultraviolet radiation will
still damage your eyes, so do not attempt
this regardless of what other people say.
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For more information on so lar
activities, http: //www.SpaceWeather.com
has the easiest to llnderstand inrormation
on the web.
Brian Fle wel{ is a senior enro{{ed in
Lights, Camera. Election' and Politics and
the Media . He is sllldyin}!. cinematography
and videogruphy.
Students needed
to spread the \Nord
about consensual sex
This image of the sun was taken on Monday. October 25. 2004. II was taken in visible
light by SO HOIMDI. The largest spot, at center, is 687
Post-election actions:
Protests next vveekend
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by Philipe Lonestar
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Do you love to talk about sex and
healthy relationships? Do you care about
the health and happiness of other students
on campus? Do you like to meet new
people who are passionate about social
change? Are you creative, artistic, theatrical or friendly?
The Evergreen Office of Sexual
Assault Prevention is looking for students
to help spread the word about sare, consensual and fun relationships I And we need
your help. Right now' at Eve rgreen, date
rape, sexua l assault, domestic violence
and sex ual harassment are happening.
And we think we have the power to stop
it. All we need is you r input! Be a part
of an energet ic team of creative students
who want to connect with other students
to work toward an Evergreen free from
sexual violence.
We at the Office of Sexual Assault
Prevention want to start this year with
momentum. New students have come to
camp\ls, some living on their own for the
first time in their lives. This is a confusing
and scary time for some.
A Iso, fall is called the "Red Zone."
meaning it is the time of the year when
the most sexual assaults happen on college campuses.
We will create art projects, perform
gueri lIa theater, host workshops and
events, and post flyers to educate the
campus community about safe, consensual and fun intimacy.'And create a safer
envi ron ment for st udents in general.
We have a Campus Advocacy Program that connects survivors of sexual
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assault to student advocates who are
trained to assist such individual s and
explore ava ilable resources. We are always
looking for new volunteers for this part of
our services.
Does all this sound like a big job? We
will train you, and you will be one member
of a diverse team. The only requirements
for a position with the Peer Education
Team arc a willingness to learn, a commitment to anti-oppression and your word
that you'll stay with the program throughout th e 2004 -2005 school yea r as a student
at Eve rgreen. We also of reI' inter nsh ips,
contracts and vo lunt eer hours. Appl ications are ava il able out side our office in
Sem inar I, Room4121, or give us a call at
867-5221 (or extension 5221). (Washington
Relay: 1-800-833-6388.)
Apply soon, as our next train ing is
coming Upl
Thank you to all who enjoyed our
thought-provoking sc reening of Jackson
Katz's Tough Guise: Violence, Media and
the Crisis in Masculinity last week. He
is one or America's lea ding anti-sexist
male act ivi sts. He is widely recognized
for his groundbreaking work in the field of
gender violence prevention education with
men and boys, particularly in the sports
culture and the military. More information can be found on his website, http:
Ilwww.jacksonkatz.com.
Philipe Lonestar is a senior enrolled in an
independent contract on 16mm film and
animation production. Zhe is studying
gender, sex, and graphic & moving image
media.
Joe Jalcko is News Coordinator at the
CPJ He is a junior enrolled in Poetics
and Power.
cooper point journal
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How to safely see sunspots this week
Renata Rollins is a senior studying civic
journalism through an inter;1Ship at the
CPJ She is the editor-in -chiefofthe CPJ
and may be reach cd at cpi@ evergreen.edu
and 867-6213
an organized method to bring every voice
to the table. We can build this sy nthesis
or st udent voice through the Associated ·
Students, and the more st udent s that
are represented , the more accurate the
decisions made will reflect the st udents'
will. The only way we will know what
Evergreen stands for is to bring everybody
together to find out what we have in
com mon . We need to move forward as
one voice to bring about change so every
policy and decision reflects the will of the
students.
The be st way to get involved is
to become a councillor. Councillors
will meet five time s per quarter and
will do committee work on one of four
com mittees: the AcademicCommittee, the
Administrative Committee, the Student
Life COlllmittee, and the Politica l Action
Committee. Working on these committees
is a great way to do research on the broad
issues of campus sustai nabi I ity and equity
to create proposal s, sLich as student-run
cooperat ives or the creation of a Student
UI)ion Building. Maybe you have noticed
yo ur' tuition being rai sed year after ye.ar;
let's do something about it. The skeleton
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cooper point journal
by Crystal Lorentzon
The National United ror Peace and
Justice Coalition and others have called
for national days of act ion the weekend
after the elections. Local res idents from
the Olympia Movement for Ju stice and
Peace (OMJP,) Fellowship of Reconcilitiation (FOR,) Veterans ror Peace, and
the Olympia Rafah Sister City met last
week to discuss possible plans for action
in Olympia.
No matter who is elected on November2 , the U.S . military will st ill be in Iraq .
In resp onse, these groups have organi zed
these act ions to take place over the weekend after the election:
Friday, November 5,7-9 a.m,
Members from these groups and other
communi ty members will be holding "stop
the war" signs during morning rush hour.
70 people have already committed to thi s
action. Community members are encouraged tojoin other local folk s at prominent
intersections all around Olympia (see list
of suggested intersections). Sign-waving
will be completely safe and legal. Signwavers will stick to the sidewalks, as the
goal is to inform people, not to interrere
with their movements. Show up with your
own sign, or just show up.
the day productive and sow seeds for a
variety of strategically smart activities.
Inro: 867-6513 or http://w ww.omjp.org.
Here is a li st of high traffic intersections where sign-wavers are needed.
People are encouraged to gather here or at
other intersections near their homes,jobs,
or sc hool rrom 7 to 9 a.m. or any part of
that time.
West Side:· Harrison and Division,
Harri son and Cooper Point, Cooper Point
and Black Lake, Coope r Point and Evergree n Parkway, Cooper Point and Conger
(by Cap it ol II igh School). Harri son and
Wcst Ray (traffic circle), Decatur St. SW.
and Mott man Rd.
Downtown: 4, 10 Ave . Bridge, 5,10 Ave.
Bridge, 4,10 and Capitol, State and East
Bay, 4,h and Plum , State Capitol Campus
at Capitol and 11'10, Capitol and 14'h
Eastside: East Bay and San Francisco, Plum and 8,h, Plulll and Union, 4th
and Pacific, 4th and Martin Way, Pifer or
Central and North.
For more information on additional
sites, call 943-7640, extension 131, or go
to stopthewar@workingsystems.com.
Crystal Lorentzson is a junior enrolled
in Political 'Economy, Social Change,
and Globalization.
Saturday, November 6, ) :30-5
p.m.
Post-Election Peace Summit, First
Christian Church at 7th and Franklin
downtown. Join dozens of other peace
folks as they gather to generate ideas for
the next grassroots steps toward peace. A
wellt,facilitated process and lots of small
group interaction and creativity will make
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by Ben Rosas
On Monday, OClobe r 18, The Evergree n Clea n Energy Fa ir brought stud ents
and expe rt s toge ther to d isc uss e nergy
topics. With support from the Evergree n
C lean Energy Ca mpaig n, st udents and
communit y members came to lea rn about
biod ie sel, low-energy products a nd current energy campaign s. The rea l treat was
listening to loca l expert s like Mike Ne lson
spea k about solar and w in d power.
The director of the Nort hwest Solar
Center, Nel son is a guru of solar power
and a photovoltai c expe rt. He influences
state policy and knows how to get involved
when it comes to renewab le energy. He
installs solar panel s from the tropics to
National Parks to downtown Seattle.
Mike Nelson of the Northwest
Solar Center describes
Washington s solar potential
for students Monday,
October 1& .
by Jacob Stanley
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Today, solar energy is a five billion
do ll ar in d ustr y wo rld w id e, as bi g a s
Starbuck s. Nelson kn ows that the solar
industry has a slrong fU lure, but warn s
about the dec line in oil di scoveries and
the impe nd in g de cline in production .
" We turned the corner on oil di scover ics
in 1965, and since then we've been on thc
down hil l." He said, "We're a lready li ving
in the last days of ancient sunli ght. .. all
oil is, is s unlight that's been slored from
ancient times." O il prices don't change
sun exposure. Nelson said if the country
were run on on ly 2% solar, major blackouts cou ld be prevented .
Nelson had a sl ide show of i nventions. He showed high- speed solar cars
and solar planes, solar-pane led a rtwork,
windmill art, and a windbike. There's also
EVERG~Ef.J
a solar-powered fac tory that builds solarpowered screens. He showed us his house ..
The roof is dccorated with photovoltaic
pa nels. Instead of him pay ing the utilities,
they pay him .
.
To kee p growing, th ese indu stri es
need support. "S tarving student s," Nelson
expla in s, are great fo r motivatin g loca l,
state, and nationa l energy policy. Who
pays? A II of us who currentl y pay money
every day/ month/ hour for foss i"l energy
ca n pay for wi ndmill s. T he Evergreen
Clean Energy Campaign is a local example
of thi s kind of acti on . Starv ing students
ca n and do make a difference in the
world . Nelson also encourages Everg reen
to "consider insta lling [wind] turbines and
ow ning its energy production." He showed
us slides of German apartment roofs covered with solar panels and stated, "T his
could be dormitories here on campus."
Washington State has an incredible
potential for wind power. Nelson would
like to see ta x structures that facilitate
community wind projects. The northwest
has huge potential for re newables, but
Montana and Id aho continuc to dema nd
cheap and di rt y coal energy use in thi s
region . Alt houg h somewhat cloudy, Was hington's wo rst solar expos ure resource s
are equ al to or betler than Germany's
best. Germany has extensive solar cnergy
use and is second on ly to Japan in sola r
e nergy product ion . Six ycars ago, the
United States was number one.
The future of w ind power, Ne lson
ex plains, is movi ng offshore. Europe has
been developing offshore wind technology
and by 2010 we wi ll have that technology
by "free- riding off the ir studies." In reference to the spced a nd success wit h which
th e wind indus tr y is growi ng, Nel son
beckoned: " If you're looking for a career
yo u can make a big bunch of money in
and go to a lot of exot ic pl aces, I'd go into
wind energy."
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Beyond that amount of information, we
also have him as a man willing to continue
the war in Iraq as effectively as he can. He
has said that he would not only have gone
to Iraq, but has told many recently that
he wishes to do it "better." Although how
much better is an interesting thing to question , consideri ng the only thing he really
has in mind is sending over more troops
to clog up the streets and call it progress.
Lastly, as one should know, he supported
and also wrote part of the U.S.A . PATRIOT
Act, destroy ing civil liberties of American
citizens every day
around the country.
If the re 's a
major diffe rence
that is s upposed
to be seen as a
"good
thing "
that perhaps I'm
missi ng, p lease
point it out if
you see me, but
seriously: Where
does the " lesser" of this evil come in?
It looks as bad as the gibberish-ridden
chimp in office right now, and the only
problem is, Kerry is articulate enough to
lull people into believing he 's not just as
evil as Bush. Make up your own damn
mind, but take what information you can
into consideration.
((Kerry has no experience in
twenty years of service in the
Senate ofattempting to reform
health care... "
progressive institutions (Marlboro, Bard,
Reed, Oberlin, Grinnell, Antioch, Wooster,
Goddard, Hampshire, New School, etc.).
Well ,
a When students come to Evergreen from
new year IS out of state, these are the other schools
under
way, that were on their list. (Or they ended
and as always, up at random universities that are filled
th ings have with niches of students like Evergreen's.)
changed here A ll my friends (from Iowa City) would
at Evergreen. have loved to go
We have a great to a school like
community (or Evergreen but
collection of could not affo rd
communities)
it. Evergreen is
that is always adapting to new things. among the more
The HCC has gotten cooler in that there inclusive, le ss
is foosball, ping-pong and a television. But pretentious , less
it sucks that the store is open less often. It's expensive
of
also less cool because you can't get food these schools.
from 6 to 10 p.m. anymore (any day of These are a dying
the week). Pizzas, sandwiches, soup, cal- breed: Goddard
zones, tea, coffee, burritos . .. These were (a school of about
all available two years ago, not to men- 350 in Vermont) had to close because of
tion it was the cheapest food on campus. funding problems. Antioch is another
It was student-run .. . a theory in practice school in an at-risk situation .. . but that is
at a school like Evergreen. 1 perceive part only one of the four I would consider to
of the teaching philosophy of TESC is be less pretentious.
that learning happens every moment of
Anyway, my point is, these schools
your life. I saw this type of food service have things like ·community work day,
(student-run) as a shining example of that individual contracts, and small studentphilosophy in practice. Students still at the teacher ratios as well. Some of these
Greenery .,n·cooking skills, but not so schools have also had issues with their food
much the management skills.
service that were difficult to manage. But
Let me share some interesting info these schools have something Evergreen
about some other schools' approach to should learn from (especially community
learning. Okay, Evergreen, as far as being work day), and we should also realize
a national school, is equated to other we serve as an example to other aspiring
by Sebastian Oelrieu-Schulze
"Care to know where
your money goes?"
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prior system, leading to tax credits for
small businesses and a few changes in
prices and stipulations for services. Under
his leadership, the pharmace utical companies will reap huge benefits and continue to
profit where the populace in need will fall
through the cracks. Not to mention the fact
that Kerry supports the Doha Agreement
and the WTO's high-priced policies abroad
toward countries in need of help fighting
AIDS, screwi ng over third-world countries
unable to pay for corporate drugs.
Back on the domestic front, though,
Kerry has no experience in 20 years of
servi ce in the Senate of attempting to
reform health care, so how he is goi ng to
implement his " plan" is perhaps a harder
she ll to crack.
In the soc ial issues of-the States, Kerry
has come out against gay marriage and did
so again in the third debat~. He also voted
for Antonin Scalia in the Supreme Court
and said that he would support appointing
anti-abortion judges. Kerry also supports
the death penalty and wants 'more cops
out on the streets: 100,000 more, actually,
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Being this close to the election means
that I basically have
one
last
chance to
get out the
glari n g
sim il arities
in the two
major parties that are
runnin g for
the presidency of the United States. Seeing
as the past few weeks have been cluttered
by a tlurry of "Anybody but Bush" ideas as
we ll as interesting side notes of oppos ition
to the idea, I felt I wou ld go one better and
j ust blatant ly show how much John Kerrv
sucks ass. .
;
.
In the first mark against him , we have the
env ironmental issues. I know what you ' re
thinki ng: " He has to be better than Bush,
right?!" Well, I' m afraid that is incorrect.
Kerry has voted against the Kyoto Protocol
and withheld voting against the Forest Plan
of 2003 that authori zed $760 million to
cut down dense national forests under the
pretext of increasing ecosystem health.
He also happens to support hi II-top strip
mining and not restricting fi shery services
(like in North Carolina) to allow for further
depletion of the sea life off the coastlines,
as well as fumigation in Colombia, of all
places, to cocoa and opium production. It
is quite apparent that this man is not an
environmentalist, but is trying to look like
one, which certainly has worked so far.
In our next category we come to corporate globalization, an issue that concerns
man)' students in this school as well as
people around the world . John Kerry
supports NAFTA,' WTO, World Bank,
and the IMF, all of which encourage trade
around the world through the corporate
powers that be. While I'm in the money
business of the Kerry campaign, seeing
as he obv ious ly wou ld have to s upport
these major corporations with a rich life
such as hi s, I might as well hit on his contributors. Iron ica ll y enough, Kerry has
ga rnered $ I 0 .7
mill ion through
Repub lican contributions, a glaring difference
s hown to tho se
w ho fe el Nader
is getting too
much Rep ublican
s upport
with
hi s mini scule
$ 111 ,000 he has
received fo r hi s
Independent campai gn. One can certainly
bet that once this election is over, the corporate world abroad will have nothing to
fear from Democrats at the helm.
Moving ri ght along into the health
sector of the Kerry campaign, he says he
s upports " universal health care." But then
agai n, I can say I'm the King of France,
and that doesn't necessarily make it so. He
does not support a single-payer system ,
which would be universally acceptable.
Instead he supports slight reforms to the
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A principle of outsourcing should not
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business involvement is necessary and
unavoidable in many cases. But food
service is one th ing in which we don ' t
The endless potential for learning
experiences I see created in that endeavor
is phenomenal! Anti-privatization is a
strong ·progressive principal. (We are a
"Progressive Lib!;ral Arts College in the
Pacific Northwest. ")
And now this leads me to talk about
Evergreen's administration. All the people
I have met from "the administration" are
really nice people.
But; fee l very
disconnected
from them . Apart
from the occasional email , we
don 't get to hear
from them very
often . I want to
know what is
up .. .and I'm sure
I could find out if
I looked or talked to someone, But 4,000
students shouldn't have to do that. That's
why I want to hear more from them. A
newsletter, weekly email.. . something!
I'm sad that lots of Evergreen is silent to
my ears. This place is incredibly compartmentalized as if things are disjointed .
"Involving students as much
as possible in the ' everyday
dealings of the campus is a
really important aspect of our
learning experience. "
benefit from outsourcing. I liked the food
Amarak and Bon Appetit made, and the
manager for the last three years seemed
like a really nice guy, which makes it
sad that they had to go. I dmittedly, Bon
Appetit was pretty good with its efforts to
use our farm produce and its use of organic
food. If the school had been planning to
shift to in-house food service during those
three years, we could have kept the same
management people. Not to say the new
folks are bad; I haven't met them . But inhouse food service would allow us and the
administration to have total control over
how it is operated.
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The Curmudgeon:
Civic Duty
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by Lee Kepraios
Let 's
stop dicking
around here.
We've been
bulis hitting
eac h other
for
fi ve
weeks now.
Let 's c ut the
crap l
In just a few short days , we wi ll elect a
new president of the United States. Now
with all the anti -Bush items I'm see ing
everywhere, with all th e cute little cartoons
and comic strips people have on their doors
and backpacks, the petitioners on cam pus
and in Olympia everyday, the stores with
the "No Iraq War" Oyers all over them , the
left-wing smear sheets, the cari catures and
the word " Bush" spray-painted under stop
s igns by peop le who tho ught they were
so clever, with all of that fl oating around ,
you'd think that you' re really in for some
action on Election Day if things don' t go
the way people are hoping.
Freedom really isn 't free. I came up
with a slogan I think would catch on just
as well: "You can't say you're for peace
if you're not willing to threaten and disturb it!"
That is why I am proposing, no .. . urging
all of you who really care about the political
climate you speak so passionately about,
and who really want to instill a change in
this country of the kind that only voting
Bush out of office can achieve, to be good
mem bers of a true democracy, and upon
heari ng Bush is reelected, riot.
Now I know many of yo u fa ncy yourse lves protestors and I th ink that is as c ute
as can be. If Bush is reelected, put yo ur
money where your mouth is and riot!
Put down the signs and banners, cease
w ith the candlelight vig il , stop colori ng
and painting and pulling out you r g uitars
and singing yo ur littl e ballad s, cut the
poetry and freestyling sess ions, do n' t hold
hands and sit on the sidewalk and wait for
the poli ce to pull yo u away, refrain from
shout ing the tag lines, forget the peacefu l
protest shit and litera lly take democracy
to the streets. Having a peaceful , orchestrated, city- permitted demonstration goes
aga inst th e very idea of protest. I hate to
break it to you, but the lesb ian with the
s ign that says "Lick Bush l" isn't he lping
any body.
Cast your fate to the wind a nd ge t
o ut there. March downhill on Harr iso n
like an invading army and send a scream
throughout the state capitol that wi II make
people shit their pants. You say you're
pissed about losing your freedoms , and
Bush, and " I can 't buy weed" and blah,
blah, blah. You got that fire in your belly?
Well , where there's fire, there 's smoke.
That's right, I'm advocating violence. If
you're not willing to throw a mannequin
through a floor-to-ceiling Bank of America
window, then you're just a hippy prick and
you' re not. worth the hemp in your knit
stocking cap.
Riot, you sons of bitches! Get mad!
Come on, yo u 're hippies ! Yo u don ' t
believe in anything anyway! Hippies used
to be about love and pos itivity. The hippies
I see now just hate everything. So break
things ... in large gro ups ... with no leadership or pauses to think. Remind residents
why they moved o ut of Seattle. Go to
downtown Olympia and take a blunt object
to at least one business in the area. With
the way that area looks, you' ll be making
the downtown look better, trust me .
AncLifthe cops come and try to strongarm you,just engage them too . That'sj ust
wha t they want. O r at least th at's what I
want. Back in the old days, people knew
how to protest. Think Chicago from the
Democratic Convent ion in '68. T hink
Buddhist monk s protest in g Vietnam
by dous ing themselves in kerose ne and
Iighting themselves o n fire . I f yo u can' t
do it, yo u shou ld on ly be force-fed yo ur
Timberland sandals.
People complained about the violence
that broke out at the 1999 WTO protest
in Seattl e. There was much di smay at the
inability of some to resist the urge to throw
a chair through the window of a Starbucks.
Call me immature, uncivilized, jingoist or
whatever, but I think they could have done
so much more. They only scratched the
surface. First of all, no matter where you
throw a chair in Seattle, you ' re going to hit
a Starbucks anyway. Second of all, you're
not going to make the nightly news with
papier-macilee mask of the WTO heads. If
you do make the news, you'll be placed at
the very end after the human-interest story
featuring the water-skiing squirrel.
letters and opinions
"VOTE OR ·DIE": The flaws of the youth vote moment
by Christopher Alexander
Lee's New Rule of the Week: Pick a
garment! What is go ing on w ith the young
women wearing pants under their skirts?
As a man, the motivation for my complaint
should seem fairly obvious, but do girl s
say, "The skirt looks nice, but God, my legs
are showing!" What is this, 1953?
"It's a
bad move
for progressive organi.zations to tie
themselves
to the electoral system
because the
electoral
system is a
great grave into which we are all invited
to get lost. For progressive movements, the
filture does not lie in electoral politics. It
lies in street warfare - protest movements
and demonstrations, civil disobedience,
strikes and boycotts- using all of the
power consumers and workers have in
direct action against the government and
corporations ... because people are trapped
in this electoral system in which two parties and wealth control the media and
control the electoral process, p eople are
trapped ... they sort ofshrug their shoulders
and go, 'We've only been given two choices
- we've been given a multiple choice test
with only A and B ... ' So the result is to give
a misleading picture of the strength of the
progressive movement. " - Howard Zinn
Lee Kepraios is a senior enrolled in
Forensics and Mystery Writing. He is
studying film .
"The structure is set, yo u 'll never
change it with a ballot pull" - Rage
Against {he Machine
I want to see a Molotov cocktail hurled
th rough an Urban Outfitters. I want to see
a guy pissing on an ATM . I want to see a
girl hurl a chunk of concrete at a cop car.
I want to see at least three trendy coffee
shops vandali zed and ransacked (and not
because they gave yo u the gra nde mocha
half-calfinstead of the vente carmellatte).
I don't want to see people burning a Bush
effigy. I want to see people burning a Bush
voter's car. Fox News isn' t the only thing
that can scare white people shitless.
You're probably wonderin g, " What
about yo u, C urmudgeon? Are you wi lling
to walk the walk as well as talk the ta lk?"
Yes and no. Yes, because I' m a man of
my wo rd and I th ink it wo uld be exciting
and stimulating. No, because somebody's
gotta stay back and write abo ut it. But it's
a start.
Well, they finally convinced you-you
had no intentions of voting, you're really
not interested and don't keep up with the
issues of the day, and frankly you feel like
you have your own life to tend to. But with activism: You can start by registering
then you went to Best Buy to purchase people to vote.
the new Donnas album, and goddammit,
Here is the youth-targeted get-out-theyou couldn't find a CD without the fucking vote logic, in a nutshell : The elected politiVOTE NOV. 2 sticker on it. So you gave cians don't listen to the youth voters, so the
in. "Okay, okay," you said. HI give. I'll youth should vote for them. The evidence
vote. Anything to shut you guys up."
. for this obvious fallacy is that, since senior
If you're in the 18-24 age group, you citiZens vote, politicians listen to them, and
may have noticed that you don't vote. You politicians would listen to 18-24s if only
may have also noticed that there are a lot of they ' d vote. What nobody wants to point
different people encouraging you to vote. out is that the American Association of
And, if you're perceptive, you might have Retired People (AA RP) is up there with the
picked up on the fact that this exhortation NRA and the Christian Coalition in powerto civic duty seems to only coincide with ful and well-coffered lobbies: Politicians
Presidential elections. Apparently, guber- listen to them because, crudely, they have
natorial and off-year federal elections don't money to throw around. 18-24s don't.
count. Hell , they probably don't even vote
Maybe MTV should be that lobby. After
in those contests, either. (This is the thing: all, MTV understands you. You're young.
Presidential elections for citizens are the You're sexy. You're rebellious. Why don 't
Easter Services for lapsed Catholics; yes, you vote? What 's wrong with you? Rock
it's good that you go, but come on. You' re stars are young; they' re sexy; you've seen
not fooling anyone.)
the ir nine cars on Cribs, for Chrissakes .
Fun fact about yo uth voting: The And they vote. Co me on. Do you think
amendment ratifying the voting age of 18 Blink 182 really understands the issues?
was under the Nixo n administration and Rock the Vote. Just Do It.
se rved as a handy pressure release at a
MoveOn .Org is putting on some rock
time when people who were ineligible to concerts in s wing states to encourage
vote were being sent to die for an unjust, people to shake up the system and vote.
imperialist war. Another fun fact is that Rock 'n' Roll has a long tradition of being.
Republicans almost always thrive on low a vehicle for the message of social change.
voter turnout, and, furthermore, those of us And, failing that, voting. Fortunately,
in the youth voting bloc that bother to vote MoveOn has given you artists that can
traditionally vote Democratic. So, your relate to you: John Mellencamp, R.E.M .,
vote is very important. When the masses Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam. MoveOn
show up, the good guy wins, right?
wants to reach the youth, and apparently
So, they really want you to vote. They they mean the youth of ten years ago.
really want you to get involved in the proBut my favorite is P. Diddy 's VOTE OR
cess too . I mean, really get your feet dirty DIE campaign, which mayor may not be
Hey, smokers!
by Sarah MacKenzie
Election 2004:
Not that important
by Mike Treadwell
Up until
about two
weeks ago,
my favorite
thing to tell
people was
that I wa s
not votin g
• in this elec\ tion. When
they asked
why not, I would reply, " Because it's not
that important." You wouldn't believe how
infuriated people would get over this. Or
maybe you would believe how furious
people would get, because you too are
caught in the whole election "get-out-andvote" dogma. When you look at specific
issues, and especially the important ones,
the candidates differ little. (Of course,
how much th ey differ, little as it may be ,
is a judg ment highly relative to political
ideology; but for the moment it holds true.)
Very few peopl e advocate such a ballsy
view of the current election. The few
exceptions include Alexander Cockburn
and Richard Allen Epstein .
my desk. (I'll probably succ umb to the
I venture to make a ri sky guess and pressure and fill it out.) All of the previ.
assert that the number one (or two) issue ous statements don 't mean to say that the
on everyone 's mind is the War on Iraq . bicameral/two party system of politics
Veto or accept the dec ision in retrospect? doesn't have its merits. The system does
That is what one is told by clever pundits in do a good job of keeping some extremists
the media. Both candidates' positions are out. The system has already fetched out
quite danger.ous when you examine them the ominous Geral<lo Riviera IBill O ' Reilly
more closely. Kerry would " manage" ticket that was coming in 2008.
the " wrong war in the wrong place "
The thing that sucks the most about the
better. Bush, who obviously doesn't care e lection is that if you have already given
if the rationale for invading the nation the middle finger to the news, you can 't
proves to be wrong or correct, just does escape the "democracy" fury. Hell, I can't
whatever he damn well pl eases. He 's watch anything for a moment without
an autocrat- as in, he is an autonomous Xzhibit telling me why it is important to
politician. Meanwhile , Howard Dean, in vote. (And speaking of " Rock the Vote"
a garage somewhere in Vermont, is prac- campaign ... if you see Keith Richards at
ticing his signature scream for an Iron your polling place, call the cops. That's
just not right. Dead people aren't allowed
Maiden cover band.
Domestic issues: Both promise to spend to vote.) Democracy: the sacred cow of
more on the "right" things. Hmm, not too the 20 'n century. Very few people even
much disagreement there ... but one could consider that "democratic freedom" and
always cast that "protest vote" and vote for " freedom at the ballot box" might not
a third party. Too bad the one I was looking be freedom but a mirage supported by a
at has some strange positions, including system of mob rule. But hey, that's the
some important institutions such as the positivistic liberty that we ' ve all been
Federal Reserve. I'm still considering . bombarded with .
that one whi Ie the absentee ballot rots on
Because of all this crap one has to put
up with, I' ll tell yo u what I' m planning to
do in 2008. I was going to do it this year
but it didn't work out. I am going to buy,
like, $2000 worth of Pabst Blue Ribbon
Beer in the handy "travel size" 12-ounce
cans and have a ma rch against democracy.
I was going to have my agents strategically
placed at polling places ready to hand out
beers to people going to vote. We would
have them rip up their voter registration
card. We would then card them . Then we
would give them a free beer. That will be
the election worth remembering!
One last thing: If you must vote this
year, please do it in a personal way so as
not to bring any random know-nothingidiot into the process (i.e., the general
public).
Mike Treadwell is a junior enrolled in
ContemporalY Social Issues.
This is a letter to everyone who smokes and indulges in this habit
outside main entrances and thoroughfares. I've got news for you :
There are those of us who do not enjoy ingesting the poison you pay
so dearly for, and who are in fact extremely allergic to and disgusted
by tobacco smoke. I don't care whether or not you choose to pay six
dollars to kill yourself and support "the man," but you need to understand that not everyone is making this choice. By smoking outside of
doorways and in main pathways, you are forcing me to inhale your
cancer stick . QUIT THAT SHIT! Go indulge yo ur disgusting habit
somewhere else, please.
Sarah MacKenzie is a senior at Evergreen. She is the coordinator of
the Coalition Against Sexual Violence.
These things I know for sure
Halloween brings out a macabre fascination in me. Every year we celebrate
this holiday that is associated with death
and fear. Death and fear are connected
a lot because people often fear dying .
People also have a fear of the unknown.
I know this for sure. If I didn't have- ~
fear of the unknown I wouldn't be the
compulsive list and schedule maker
~ that I am . Perhaps it's even a fear of the
unknown that keeps me in school. I'm
not really sure what's waiting for me Olit in the job market. Halloween
J;Tlay feed on our fear of the unknown , but it is consistent. We can
always count on seeing Carrie or The Exorcist on cable TV, and that
small children will wear adorable consumes. There will always be overstock candy on sale the n~xt day. We can safely explore the unknown
while taking comfort in tradition. So watch some movies, party like a
banshee, and ingest some empty calories. Remember, though, it was
~II in your imagination. Happy Halloween.
Tamara Huckaby is a senior enrolled in Teaching History Through
Performance. She is studying education.
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a reference to 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die
Voting. What interests me about this is how
ubiquitous those VOTE OR DIE shirts are,
with the insinuation of apathetic teenagers
needing to be roused into action. To the
best of my knowledge, though, neither
PuffY nor MTV has said anything about the
widespread disenfranchisement in Florida
of African Americans who actually wanted
to fucking vote. Which is a shame; a tshirt saying COUNT MY VOTE OR DIE
would've been something I'd like to see.
It 's worth repeating the old canard
that one shouldn't mistake withdrawing
in disgust for apathy. The question, for
progressives anyway, shouldn't be " How
do we get youth to vote?" The question
that should be asked is "How we engage.
with people who are not participating?"
There is a widespread problem of young
people being uninvolved with political life,
but rather than an exegesis as to why this
disaffection exists, the response is moralistic browbeating. This is completely
ineffective; but then, I th ink that may be
the point.
In spi t e of everything Christopher
Alexander just said, he is mindful ofHunter
S. Thompson saxiom that "sometimes, it s
an honor just to vote against something.
And this November, it will be an honor to
vote against G~orge Bush and everything
thatfucker standsfor. "Christopher is also
a coordinator ofthe Evergreen Infoshoppe,
a senior enrolled in Patience, and studying writing.
There's power in sharing
y Daynatyah Seraphim
Daddy
Shadows on the wall, creaking floorboards
Ghosts haunt this house, Demons walk within.
Trembling nights spent sleepless in my bed
Unwanted hands , smell that linger, I don't want to breathe.
Choking back tears, needing protection, security
Where were you? Where did you go? When behind your
eyes he left and you came.
Cum stains, wash yourself, but they never wash away
Close your eyes, hush, this isn't happening.
Mommy's gone to sleep, the demons come out to play
Close your mouth, hold your breath, everything will be ok .
Be brave, this won't hurt much, tearing of fle sh
Bled before its time . Hush. Just close your eyes.
I love you, sweetheart; don't cry this won't take long
You're beautiful, I'm sick . Ju st lie back , take it.
Waking fro m tormented sleep, he must love me, he must.
He promised he'd stop, said it was the last time. Just be still ,
close you reyes.
Hold me, I'm scared. They come in my sleep, hovering in
corners
Laughing, shrieking, nowhere to find peace.
Filthy, ash~med, unworthy? NO! Why, god, why?
A child's innocence stolen , and identity she'll have to fight
for and win in time
Shadows on the wall, creak ing floorboards
Ghosts haunt this house, demon s. [walk away.
GOODNIGHT DADDY ...
Healing is non-linear. When I began to understand
this I took a deep breath. Knowing I can move forward,
backwards, in and out and that's okay gives me hope and
courage. Sharing our stories and ending the silence is such
a 'powerful way to move from victim to survivor.
Sexual violence is prevalent in our society at large,
but more importantly it happens on campus as well.
Recognizing and talking about the importance of our
safety, respecting and protecting the
sexuality of our peers and being aware of
what sexual violence means are just a few
examples of what each one of us can do to
help end the cycle of violence.
The Coalition Against Sexual Violence
is an enormous resource on campus. This
year we have quite a few exciting events
planned for the fall. Every Tuesday,
between II a.m. and I p.m., come by the
CAB to help cut out and contribute your
creative flare to a themed collage. This
month's theme is violence.
Keep your eyes peeled for a monthly
open mic night we'll be hosting in the
HCC! We are putting a call out to all
writers, artists and creative folk to submit
their works of art to the CASV cubicle on
the third floor ofthe CAB. Each month we
will have a new theme, so please let your
voices be heard. Either at then end of the
fall or beginning of winter quarter we will
be displaying everyone 's contributions in
the library gallery.
CASY and The Healing Arts Collective
are putting on a retreat for survivors of
sexual violence Friday-Sunday, November
19, 20 and 21. Thi s event is going to focus
on transforming our pain into power and
beauty through creative healing techniques. Workshops will focus on body
image, sex positive education, art therapy,
and numerous other exciting activities.
Creating a safe place for sharing and
support is our main goal, so we are asking
students to pre-register for the weekend.
The retreat is FREE and open to ALL survivors of sexual violence. More information will be available in the coming week
so stay tuned. I am really excited about
the potential we have to come together as
survivors learning how to become thrivers
in our communities! For more information
on CASV and the Survivors Retreat, call
867-6749.
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arts & entertainment
arts & entertainment
On the S.c reen: FridaY ,Night Lights,
I Heart Huckabees
Q and Not U's Power: "an underdeveloped mess"
by Christopher Alexander
It 's taken me two weeks to muste r up a
proper review ofQ and Not U 's new album.
Thi s is due, I admit , to a kind of disappoint ed
procrasti na ti on: the perpetual denial ofthe ill
everywhere that if I put it off long enough,
it wi ll get better. O ne mani festation of thi s
is that I beg in wasting four paragraphs on
their las t a lbum, 2002 's superlative DiJlerel1l
Damage. There, the Washington , D.C. band
overcame th e co ns id erabl e handi cap of
bassist Matt Borlik's d eparture and too k
advantage of the em pty space he left them,
resulting in a di zzyi ng clash of rhythms that
wasn't as much disco-punk as jungle-punk .
It was serious and yet fun , pondero us and
danceable, inscrut abl e and accessible, and
often all of th ese things at once.
Perhaps it 's instru ct ive, th en, to look at
Power as th eir so ph omore album : despite
2000's fine No Kill No Beep Beep, Power
is onl y th e band's second as a tri o. Hav ing
made a record not onl y as good as but much
better than their first with one less person,
thi s comm erc ial and art isti c success has left
Q and Not U with nothing else to prove. The
only thing these two records have in common
with each other is that the previous record
infon11S them: No Kill No Beep Beep was an
ill brace for the towering Different Djmage,
as Different Damage po inted to much
brighter vis tas tha n Power has arri ved a t.
Things start off promisingly eno ug h.
" Wonderful Peopl e" is the lost danc e hit of
1979, making good use of a bass synthesizer
and guitar chords ripped from the Parliament
fake book. This.is eas il y the most success ful
of the band's Prince imitations, which is an
uncharacteristically obv ious influence over
the ent ire album .
Closer inspection reveals cracks in th e
armor, however : Falsett o vo ices are necessa ril y an affectation , but this track is absolutely we t with insincerity. La ter, a synth
so lo comes packaged to explode out of the
chorus, but for some reason it never takes o tT
the grou nd. I haven' t decided if thi s is du e
to poor production (more on this later) or an
unwise decision to play a primitive analog
beat-box for the meas ure immediately preceding the so lo . A baffling additional verse
points to the latter, an annoying and unnecessary arrangement, solely intended to put off
th e song's payoff for as long as possible.
I reali ze th at criti cizing Q and Not U for
being ironic is a lot like criticizing Air because
they' reF rench;
it 's a d ev ice
that th ey've
a pplied libera ll y, thou g h
n ecessar i Iy
fitting within
th e ove r a ll
a bsurdi sm of
their music (to
say nothing of
a band pl ay ing
d a nce -punk
a few yea rs
befo re
th e
NYC sce ne
bro ke). But
they definitely
overp l ay
th e ir
ha nd
on
P ower:
"Throw Back
Your Head" is a weird do wn-tempo ditty
that seems to serve no purpose but to cloy
w ith two minutes of faux- castrate voca ls;
th e reco rd e r-lad en coda rein forc es this
interpretati on.
" Wet Work" is another Prince homage that
mortifyi ng ly begins with the lyri cs "There 's
something beauti ful that happened in the
churchlbut it didn ' t have to do with God."
What to do with this hoary idea? Vocalist
C hri stophe r Ri chards' answer is to keep
playing wit h it' "Th ere's something beautifu l happe nin g in th e cou rthouselbut it didn ' t
have to do with the law l" The thea tre and
th e play are give n similar treatment. Later,
he tell s about hi s brother ge ttin g captured
"for researching the cure." Thisjoke would
a AND
be much more sufferable were the music at
all interesting, but this song is essentially
a rewrite of " Beautiful People," and after
another round of falsettos my patience is
honestly exhausted.
Still, I'm willing to give the band the benefit of the doubt, for two reasons . The first is
in the sequencing: Whoever thought it would
be a good idea to put what are inarguably the
three worst
songs in the
entire catalogue at th e
front of the
di sk need s
to go bac k
to internlllg
for
Congress
people (or
whatever
it is that
p eo ple In
D .C . d o).
The record 's
ear I y
mome ntum
g rinds to
an audible
halt on the
tun eless "7
Daughters" and "L.A.X .," and all of thi s
befo re the willful hcad-scratch o f the aforementioned "Throw Back Yo ur Head." Even
the band sounds bored on these throwaways
(though " L.A .X." does open with the hilari·
o us non sequitur "] found some teeth in the
street/whatever that mea ns").
The second strik e against th em is in the
producti on: "X -Po lynat ion" is o ne o f the
band's best songs, but you'd never know
it from th e tep id performance found here.
The song is man ic, pro pulsive and preposterously well-arranged, and was a hi ghli ght
of 2003 when released as a stand-al one
single (bac ked with "Book of Flags," also
rerecorded for th e album and eq uall y less
palatable). Here, it so und s neut ered, o r at
NOT U
POWER
the very least claustrophobic. Elsewhere, ] get
the feeling that the failures could've used a bit
more coaxing. "Dine," for example, is not a
good song. It's a feeble attempt at minimalism,
and for some reason, ] can't stop thinking of
Blonde Redhead whenever I hear it. It's oddly
compelling, though, and I can't help the feeling
that with different instrumentation or arrangements it could really be whipped into shape .
The album isn't a complete waste of time.
"Passwords" and the closer, " Tag-Ta g,"
wouldn't be out of place on Different Damage,
but unfortun ately you'd have to slog through
the entire album to get there (and besides, it's
no compliment that they sound like leftovers).
"District Night Prayer" is a moving and fl awlessly played lull aby. Then there's "Coll ect
the Diamonds," a song so good I can sca rcel y
believe it 's here. A textbook exampl e of the
va lue of restraint, it is a brilliantly written song
that ex plodes into a " Hey Jude" sing-along of
the finest order.
Q and Not U are smal1er than me, and I can't
shake the feeling th at, somew here, Power is
rea ll y a comment abo ut the ambi guous light
that MP3 trading sheds on the album as art
foml . The slapdas h, cut-and-paste artwork is
certainly no incentive to plop down S 12 on
the thing. So maybe people who can steal it
for free and program playlists to read trac ks
1, 13, I 0,7, etc., w ill enjoy it better th an I did .
As it stands, Power is an underdeveloped mess,
a dee ply unsatisfying work from a band w ho
si mply should know better.
Christopher Alexander is Ct senior enro!!ed in
Patience. He is stlfdying writing.
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by Lee Kepraios
Friday Night Lights
Peter Berg's Friday Night Lights disturbed and angered me to no end. Does
that make it a bad film even though it's
well-written and -directed, has great performances and is one of the wisest and
deepest sports movies
ever made, on par with
Th e L o nges t Yard a nd
Hoosiers?
I don't know. But
fact is this film does
a job of firing up an audience . It reminded me
a documentary I saw on
HBO about beauty pagea nts for young girls that
'E~~,~
seem to mean everything ..
in the south. The parents a~~
of these girls are aw ful ,
worthless human beings
without a shred o f kindness in their empty hearts;
shaping their children into
messed-up, neurotic adults
by plac ing all e motional
stock and parental love in
whether or not the child wins the
pageant. The adults in Friday Nigh t Lights
behave in much the same way. Football is
life. When the local football team wins,
peopl e feel enhanced. Pl ayers are pu shed
to the ir psychological brink and a head
coach faces ang ry compl aints, pressure
an d even threats for the team to win.
Billy Bob Thornton plays th e coach in
a wonderfully understated performance
as a man who knows better than anyo ne
that it reall y is just a ga me. But because
he coaches in a small rural town full of
spirituall y bankrupt , mentall y ill peopl e
with no co re but th at of fo otball moral e
(Odessa, Texas), he is simply not permitted to think that way. His Coach Gaines
is not a patheti c shell o f a man llke the
peopl e th at surround him , but a qui et,
contemplative man who has doubts about
the kind of pressures he has to put on his
players. Derek Luke, the talented young star
of the overrated Antoine F~
·sher , is Boobie
Miles, the star player who sus' ins an injury.
When he's told it will most lik Iy an injury
that will stay with him his whole life, watch
his reaction. He's bought into the mental illness that makes football
everything meaningful in
his life .
The film is based on
a true story of the real
Ode ssa team that went
for the state finals and
had the li ves of its players
hanging in the balance. In
many ways, it's a fairly
standard sports movi e
;:;;';Z::-;';Jllllllllwith some traditional
sports mo vie mainstay
. cliches, and, of course,
everything coming down
to a big final showdown
where all is at stake. But
because the film stirred
me and because it is
te rrifi ca lly mad e (note
the sharp contrast in th c
footb all scenes, in wh ich every
hue stands out sharp and defined, as opposed
to the scenes in Odessa, which are drab and
Oat and colorless), I can recommend it. I f it
doesn' t work for yo u as a sports movie, it
can work as a portra it of the mental illness
of ali entire town.
Rating: *** stars
I Hearl Hllckabees
What an endlessly inventive movie this is '
Take a few interestin g ex istential ideas, th e
kind that you hear coming from people who
are about to pass yo u a bong, add some Wes
Anderson elements (like deadpan physical
slapstick and Jason Schwartzman), a dash
of Charlie Kaufman 's psychological tomfoolery and trippy visuals, and a daffy Jon
Brion score a la P.T. Andcrso n, and you 've
got one of th e best films of the year. I Heart and Schwartzman wind up taking to another
Huckabees is a dazzling, original achieve- detective and authoress (I sabelle Huppert)
ment that dances with life and ideas. One who's the enemy and polar opposite of th e
delight after another spirals out like drop- Hoffman and Tomlin team .
lets from a sprinkler in a film of boundless
Every so often a film comes along that
energy that somehow manages to be deri va- restores my faith in original studio productive and original at the same time.
tions. Director David O. Russell , of the great.
Like th e afo reme nti o ned influ e nces, Three Kings and the so-so Flirting With
Hu ckabees creates its own
Disaster and Spanking
loony uni ve rse popul ated
th e , Monkey, proves
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fll'H.lOlIM;S
by colorful characters from
here th a t he' s really
an accomplished cast th a t
someone to watch. Of
cheerfully sw in gs for the
co urse thi s film is no t
fo r everyone, nor is it
fences. We beg in with
Schwartzman , a mi serabl e,
fla wless. It doesn't fonn
ne uroti c e n v iro nm e nt a l
a co hes ive whole a nd
w e don ' t really co m e
activist for the Open Spaces
Coa liti on who's trying to
to care about th e plight
protect a ma rshl and from
of th e charac te rs a nd
th eir search for meanencroaching development
b y a chain o f Hu cka bees
ing. But th ere's a po int
halfway into Huckabees
s up e rsto r es. (His e ffo rt
w here th e film skews
to sw a y peo pl e in c lud es
goofy nature poem s with
gracefully into a kind of
lin es lik e, '"You r ock,
harml ess nuttin ess a nd
Rock .") I-Ie '5 o nc- upp ed by
we see that everyone in
th e mov ie 's uni ve rse is
fe ll ow coa l il io n me mbe r
Brad Sta nd (Jud e La w)
. . just a littl e insane. When
.!Fox Searchli~ht Pic tures I . th at mome nt comes, the
who seems better than him
111 every way, II1cludll1 g WIth hi
viewer Will either be abl e to
marri age to th e skimpy Huckabces postcr- go with it or ge t turned ofT and di sgustedl y
g irl (Nao mi Watts). He hires a mom-and- tune out. And that's unders ta ndable.
pop team of ex isten ti al detecti ves (Dustin
Wi II Schwartzman 's character rea li ze !hat
Ho llin an and Lil y To mlin) to figure his life we are all one consc iousness, composed of
out by following him around and spying on m atte r co nd e nsed to a s low vibration,
him. Eve n in th e bathroom.
ex periencing randoml y the not ion that Ii fe
You've neve r seen anyt hin g lik e th ese is merely a dream and we a re but th e imagide tt:ctives. Th ey see m lik e th e kind of nat ion of o urselves')
peop le who expe rime nt cd w ith o ne too
Movie bufr.~ wi ll rejoice, th e elderly will
many mind-cx pan din g dru gs in tlH:ir yo uth fee l alienated, and stoners wi ll return to sec
and can do no th ing else except wax ex isten- it agai n stoned.
Rating *** and a half stars
tial. so th ey dec ided to made a career ou t of
it , and HolTman an d Tomlin do a brilliant
job of makin g us realize that. Th ey introduce Ll'l' Ke/lraios is a sl'lIior l'llrolled ill Forellsic ·s
Schwal1zman to ano ther cli ent, a naturali st aile! N~rsr(,I)' Writing. i Ie is studrillg./;IIII .
tirefighter (played by Mark Wahlberg, fin all y
reall y actin g) who rides hi s bike to an emergency alon gs ide the fire engi ne. Wahl berg
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Cunt author and Evergreen alumna Inga Muscio returns
November 10
Evergreen faculty Steven Hendricks
reads his tender, subtle work
by Lauren 0 'Cannel/-Fujii
Steven Hendricks, a faculty at the Evergreen State College, read his poetic short story last Wednesday at the third session
of the Poetics and Power reading series.
The piece featured Mr. Finn, a man who aspires to write a story. As Hendricks read in quiet tones, Mr. Finn comes face
to face with his story in a bookstore, and then is unable to find it again. Hendricks traces the search through Mr. Finn's daily
life , interactions with fellow author David, and finally into old age. Hendricks writes tenderly of his characters, and the piece
was well received by the audience, who appreciated his quiet tones and the subtle, humorous analogies tucked away inside the
short story. In one scenario Mr. Finn looks for the story in the park, but there is no story, even the park is barely composed.
Student Andrew Bleeker found the piece "surprising, without anything actually happening--a feat of writing strength on
Hendricks' part." The audience, mostly writers, enjoyed hearing the utility of poetry described as a device 10 summon gods
or entertain small children.
In Hendricks' short story, close to the end of both Mr. Finn's life and its own, the story finally reveals itself, unwilling
to acknowledge its own mortality. It is difficult to understand poetry sometimes, and it may take a lifetime for your story to
reveal itself. Hendricks shows that both difficulties are worth whatever it takes to o"ercome them.
by Daynatyah Seraphim
for your tongue.
The Women 's Resource Center is
bringing Inga Muscio, author and goddess
of Cunt: A Declaration of independence,
to campus on Wednesday, November 10!
I for one am as giddy as a schoolgirl.
For those of you who haven't yet read
Cunt, I strongly recommend that you do.
The book is a powerhouse for women in
redefining and reclaiming our bodies, our
voices, and our places in a vastly male
dominated society. I don't want to give it
all away, because you ' ve got to read the
book, but Muscio's ability to be candid
and what I consider "straight up" will
leave you rolling on the floor in laughter
at moments, clenching your teeth in fury
at others, and downright grief-stricken at
times. Needless to say, your life will be
altered along the way. Here's a little taste
"Women are blue-black as th e ocean 's
deepest knowledge, creamy-white n' lacy
blue-veined, freshly ground-cinnamon
brown . Women are Christian motorcycle
dykes, militantly hetero Muslim theo logical scholars, Jewish-Chinese bisexual
macrobiotic ballerinas and Chippewa shawomen who fuck not just lovers, but Time
and Silence too.
Women are drug addicts, anti-abortion activists and volunteers for Meals on
Wheels. Women have AIDS, big fancy
houses , post-traumatic stress disorder
and cockroach-infested hovels . Women
are rock stars, Whores, mothers, lawyers,
taxidermists, welders, supermodels, scientists, belly dancers, cops, filmmakers ,
athletes and nurses .
There are not many things, which unite
all wom en. [ havc found 'cunt,' th e word
and thc anatomicaljewcl, to bc a venerable
ally in my war against my own opprcssion. Besides global subjugation , our cunts
are the only common dcnominator I can
think of that all women irrefutably share.
We are dividcd from the world . We are
divided from the anatomical jcwel. I seck
reconciliation ."
Read the book, and even if you haven't
yet, make sure you don ' t miss out on one
of Evergreen's o wn, Inga Muscio . On
November 10, come and participate in the
power of women standing together in solidarity to reeducate and redefine for ourselves, to
create a "cunt lovin' universe." Location will
be announced and tickets are $3 for stud~nts
and $6 for the community. One last thing,
can Ijust say, 1 love my CUNT!
.
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Lauren 0 'Connell-Fujii is a senior enrolled in Art. A Division of Space.
october 28, 2004
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arts & entertainment
Serious Delirium: Jim Jarmusch's Coffee and
Cigarettes
The Coming Fourth
. American Revolution?
by Cameron Anderson
The Fourth Turning
Neil Howe & William Strauss
Broadway Books
.. What's inside/ The pulsing blood/
Wha/~' inside/Turmoil and chaos/ What
s
inside/Noises and images/What's inside/
The rhythm oflime."
- Front 242, "Rhythm of Time"
So meone once sa id that those who
forget the past are doomed to repeat it.
Little did they know that no one, even
those who did remember, had much of a
choi ce. Such is the folly of linear time,
whi ch suggests that tim e has an AIpha and
an Omega (or a beginn ing and an end, for
those not ve rsed in the Bible), and that
all that has been, is being, or will ever be
accomplished acts as a mere stepping stone
to humanity'S (and hi story's) final asce nt
to the top .
So, what is the story, morning glory?
According to Neil I-lowe and William
Strauss in their tome, The Fourlh Turning,
from the end of the Middle Ages to the
prese nt, and going as far back as the
Roman Empire and Etruria, hi story and
hum anity have been following a rhythm
of time known as cyclical time, a form of
time defined by four phases that repeats
itse lfover and over again. The four phases
alone form what the Romans call (and the
Etruscans created) the saeculum, which is
a period of time that lasts the length of one
long human life (roughly 100 years). In
turn, each phase reflects a certain season
(from spring to winter), and all that each
season embodies (from birth to death).
In The Fourth Turning, the first part
deals with the history of the saeculum,
how it influences the course of history,
and its effect on people via generations
and the four archetypes each generation
can embody, the archetypes themselves
reflecting seasonality along with the four
phases, or turnings, of the saeculum.
The second part of the book, however,
brings home the point of the saeculum and
the theory of generations and cyclical time,
the primary focus being the current saeculum , which began in 1946 and is predicted
by the authors to come to a close around
2026, at which time America could enter
a new golden age (or spring), or cause the
entire world to enter a new dark age (a
nuclear winter, if yo u wi ll ), ending the
Anglo-Ameri .::.an Saecu lum that began
in 1435, and leaving the entire concept
beh ind until a new civ ilization can start
the cycle once again.
Based on Howe and Strauss's research,
in 2005, give or take a few years, America
wi II enter the fourth and final turning of
the current saeculum (the book was written
in 1997, in the middle of the third turning), at which point all hell could break
loose . What cou ld possibly trigger the
fourth turning? According to the authors,
it could be as traumatic as Black Tuesday
(the day the Great Depression began) or
9111, or it could be as simple (but just as
important) as, say, a certain presidential
election taking place as we speak.
In other words, your vote will matter
this year, no matter what happens.
The final part of the book deals with
preparations for the coming fourth turning
and all that it could bring. While it may
seem like The Fourlh Turning is all about
doom and gloom (like prophecy generally
is), the authors are careful to note that there
is a light at the end of the tunnel, that light
being the first turning of the new saeculum
to come should America (and the world,
for that matter) emerge from what the
Stoics call the ekpryosis (the cleansing fire
that ends one cycle and begins the next) of
the fourth turni ng about to arrive.
If you wish to acquire this book, all you
need to do is hit up your favorite bookstore, whether it be Amazon , Borders,
Barnes & Nob le, or even your favorite
independent.
Winter comes again . Will you be ready
when it does?
by Jorma Knowles
I
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110\\('
Cameron Lamar Anderson is a senior
enrolled in Teaching Through Performance.
He tutors at Ihe TESC-Tacoma Writing
Cenler and is studying writing
. C;offee and Cigarettes
Director: Jim Jarmusch (R, 96
Minutes)
Cast: Bill Murray, The RZA , Tom
Waits
"Nik olai Tes la ... perceived th e earth
as a conductor of acoustical resonance,"
mu sic ian Jack White says during one
of the many conversat ions that make
up Coffee and Cigarell es, director Jim
Jarmusc h's first film since 1999's Ghosl
Dog: The Way of th e Samurai. Tesla's idea
is echoed throughout the many short fi Im s
that Jarmusch has made over the past 17
years and assembl ed into thi s production .
Indeed, the resonance of life, Oflllu sic, of
conversation, is what li es at the heart of
thi s movie.
Essenti all y an anthol ogy of interpersonal exchanges between actors and Illusicians, Co.lfee alld Cigareltes stirs in the
viewer an uneasy desire for sOllle classy
brew and a Lucky Strike. The fi 1m unfolds
over eleven vignettes, all shot in luscious
black and white. Some of the episodes are
humorous, others are moody, and a few are
rather anecdotal. One watches a Jarmusch
picture with a certain estab lished feel for
what the director may do-the man has
done such solid work in his time that a
in s
Some Greeners made good hip-hop?
walked in and heard the tuba/sax combo
start up, he said, " Hey, I didn't know
When I slipped Subunderground Digable Planets had a new album." It must
Productions' Americans in Cars into have been the laid-back vocals and jazzy,
my CD player, I really didn't know disjointed background.
The second track made me say, "What's
much about it except that Greeners were
that?"
out loud. I thought I was asking a
invo lved. With that in mind, the record
rhetorical
question until Joe informed me
was either going to be really good or really
that
Americans
in Cars was taking a page
strange. In my humble opinion (and this
is to be taken with a grain of salt and the from Tab la Beat Science. This track is
knowledge that my CD player is currently much more experimental, but the way the
home to not one but three volumes of Billy percussion and singsong vocals are layJoel 's Greatest Hits), some Greeners made ered grew on me to the point that it was
mesmerizing.
good hip-hop.
By the time I came to "Keep Walking,"
The first track reminded me of
I
was
ready for some strong lyrical content.
A tmosphere , if only because I like
is
where Americans in Cars delivThis
Atmosphere. When my boyfriend Joe
ers. Dan the Narc and Untytled engage in
piercing political discourse-addressing
our culture of terror and the war hi Iraq. If
you're a Republican, then it's best that you
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - r pay more attention to the musicality then
• _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.. the meaning of this song. There's plenty
by Kate DeGraaff
going on in the background between the
harp, percussion and piano to entertain
you.
The album progresses in a logical way,
utilizing a diverse collection of samples
from movies (Fiddler on the Roof) to
old southern folk music (think Moby's
Honey). For the most part, the vocals are
blended pretty we ll over the percussion
and sometimes random sounds. If you
like Radiohead and hip-hop, you'll soon
be addicted to Americans in Cars. I must
warn you, however, that it does not shy
away from 45-second musical introductions or refrains.
The highest point on the album is " Walk
the Line." The relationship between the
percussion, baseline, sax and vocals
sounds effortless but makes for an incredibly complex rhythm.
The purpose of Americans in Cars
is stated plainly in the final verse of
" Reversal": "We write this music to take
minds back from TV screens! and to
release these dreams like we're supposed
to." Some Greeners made hip-hop with a
political conscience. Maybe that's not too
surprising after aiL
Accord ing to the liner notes, if you're
interested in this album or these people,
you should email subundergroundproduc
tions@yahoo.com.
Kate DeGraaff is a junior enrolled in
Poetics and Power.
viewer develops a sense of the identtty
he will present through fil\11. Coffee and
Cigareltes moves according to its characters' consumption of the title products,
and as such speeds or slows in editing and
dialogue as its subjects do.
Music is a vital part of that ebb and
flow. The sou ndtrack varies in tone and
volume in effect ive ways that compliment
the atmosphere created between the people
speaking. Soft sounds may emanate frolll
a jukebox in one squalid coffeehouse :
the scene mi ght abruptly shift to a ri tzy
joint, comp lete with a stereo presenting
the ruckus. The film 's first half features
the Stooges ancl th e Fun kadel ic, while the
second half deli vel's Tom Waits and G lIstav
Mahler, among others.
The IllOst e ntertainin g ep isode s are
brief, surpri sing conversation s between
such famous and semi -fa molls peopl e as
Steve n Wright and Roberto Benigni , Bill
Rice and Tay lor Mead, Tom Waits and Iggy
Pop, and many others. Some of the central ·ideas of the film 's slight narrat iv(; are
introduced, through comfortable dialogue,
in these exchanges, while the more subtle
segments expand upon those conversational concepts in quiet ways.
Though the peri Is of caffeine and
nicotine consumption are stated in many
fashions throughout, the strongest case
made against the use of those items is in
" Delirium," one of the last chapters in the picture. The RZA and
the GZA , rappers who are founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan,
meet for some herbal tea in a posh
caf~ . They are waited on by a man
drinking black coffee straight from
the pot, cigarette butt hanging from
hi s lips. That' man? None other
than Jarmu sc h's most insp ir ed
castin g choice, Bill Murray. The
conversation betwee n these three
personalities is sure to become a
classic moment. As the RZA tells it:
--Bill Murray, don 't you know that
ca ffe ine can ca use delirium T The
GZA echoes thi s se ntimt: nt : --Yeah ,
Bill Murray. Serious delirium."
Murray stares, bemused.
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Students use the outdoor
rock climbing wall at the
CRe. Rock climbing is
one of the many activites
f or studen ts available
through the Recreation
Center.
photos by Eva Wong
Evergreen Women's Soccer Earns
Playoff Berth
bv Meredith Lane
With w ins this weekend, the Evergreen
women upset the Cascade Conference,
capturing the number two seed in t he
CCC Nor th bracket , giv in g th e m a
chance for further post-season play in
the 2004 Cascade Co nfe re nce P layoff
Tourn ament.
T he girls played the fi rst round of the
tournament last night, at Western Baptist,
but the ga me ended too late to be in this
week's paper. Updates wil l be posted next
week . I f the gi rls won, they play again on
Salllrday. October 30 ve rsus the winner
of Conco rdia a nd Oregon In stitut e of
Tech nology.
Evergree n deli nitely turned the season
around wi th the he lp of Ali sha White
(Junior- Bremerton, WA) and Kay len
Ke ll ey (Se nior- Eag le Ri ver, AK ) as
top ten statistics leaders in the Cascade
Confe rence. Merge that w ith the saves
of Carly Stewart (Sophomore- Federal
Way, WA) a nd you've got a wi nn ing
combi nation.
Be sure to congratu late the gi rls on !In
awesome season so far!
Meredilh Lane is a senior enrolled in
Poo led Sovereign ly and Co rporat e
Alanagement. She i.l' studying inrernalional
business and pulitical economy.
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STEP
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Become a member of the CPJ
organization. How? Come to.a
meeting, help edit a student
submission, or just come up to
the office and ask how you can
help out!
Like what you see and want to
become more involved? Apply
for a position of responsibility.
It's that simple! Come on up
to CAB 316.
Available positions of responsibility on the business side are:
Intersted in developing your business skills
while learning how to lead an organization?
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 .
A va ilable positions of responsibility on the news
side are:
The CPJ is looking for a new
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Hssistant Business manager
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.
This is not a job, it's a learning position. And yes, there
is a little bit of dough in it for you.
Come on up to CAS 316 and grab an application! Applications will
be available at the Cooper Point Journal on Monday, November 1st!
Deadline to apply is Monday, November 15th.
Copy Editor: edits submissions to make sure they
use correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling . ~/he
also checks pieces for factual errors and corrects them.
Get in touch with the business
side at 867-6054.
Get in touch with the news
side at 867-6213.
Remember, even though many positions are filled,
there are many more ways to get involved!
Come t o our weekly meetings, every Monday at 5
in CAB 316, to find out how!
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7 p.m. Medi a critic Mark Cri spin M iller's A Patriot Act in
Seminar II C II 05 .
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Saturday, October 30
8 p.m. The Exorcist wi ll show for free in the Pavilion.
Sunday, October 31
8 p.m. Da n Rem, Chris Chandler and Danny Peck a t The
Eagles Ballroom. $5 to $10 (sliding sca le). All ages.
Monday, November 1
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I\l litical Info rmati o n Ce nter, in the Library lobby.
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(LI b 1406). I hese workshops arc not restricted to Eveni ng
and Weekend st ude nts, but they arc scheduled so Evening and
Weekend st uden ts can attend.
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By Willie Bennett
3 p.m. Student Union campaign group meets in CAB
320
7-9 p.m. First Peoples 'Study Crew at Semi nar ii 03 I 05 .
Every Monday of fa ll quarter.
7-9 p.m . Evergreen Improv Alliance meeting at Seminar
II C II05.
Every Tuesday
4 p.m. Society for Trans Action and Resources (STAR)
meeting in Seminar II J;321 09. Everyone welcome!
4 p.m. Prison Action Committee meeting at CAB 320
Workstation 10.
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4-6 p.m. Racquetball League! At the e.R.e.
S p.m.-late. Gaming Guild at CAB 320.
7 p .m . Everg ree n Students for C hri s t at Seminar II
A2 100.
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1 :30 p.m. Native Student Alli ance mee ts at CAB 320 in
C ubicle 13.
1 :30 p.m. Environmental Resource Ce nter mee ts in
Seminar II E3 109 .
1-2 p.m. VOX : Communities for C hoice office hours at
CAB 320 in C ubicle 17 .
2-3 p.m. VOX: Communities for C hoice meeting at CAB
320 C ubicl e 17.
3 p.m . Jewi sh Cultural Center meeting in Se mina r II
E2 105 .
4:30 p.m. Radical Catholics meeting on the third floor
of the CAB.
S p.m. Evergreen Irish Resurgence Element meeti n(J at
cubicle #4 on the third floor of the CAB .
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4 p.m. Carnival-Evergreen Political Arts Coll ecti ve
meeting in Seminar II 01107.
4-6 p.m. Racquetball League ! At the CRe.
6 p.m. Men's Center meets at Cubicle 2.
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lounge.
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