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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
The Synergy
Conference:
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By Adrienne Barrett
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The sun burns in the abyss of abso lute
zero, yet nouri shes vil1ually a ll of life on
a planet millions of miles away. One wave
inspires people to ope n their wallets and
hearts all over the world. A decaying tree
trunk nourishes the growth of a variety of
epiphytes and ferns, and eleven student
groups collaborate to organi ze a four-day
conference with the potential to change
lives. What do all of these phenomena have
in common? Synergy: the interaction of
two or more agents or forces so that their
combined effect is greater than the sum of
their individual effects.
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The definition you won't tind written
in Webster's is " the title of the fourth
annual sustainable living conference at
The Evergreen State College." This year's
events will take place from February 912 on Evergreen's Olympia campus. Our
speakers, panels, presentations and workshops integrate the themes of eco logy,
design, social justice, culture and health.
Our 2005 molto is "cross-pollinating ideas
for a sustainable future."
Synergy is st udent funded and organized by a non-profit coa lition of student
organizations, each focusing on a different facet of sustainable living. Similarly,
our keynote speakers represent the full
spectrum of s usta in ab le fields. Amy
Goodman from Democracy Now' , the
largest public media collaboration in the
country, will speak about political justice.
Tom Bender, one of the orig inal founders
of "green arch itecture," will ta Ik about
sustainab le de sign. Paul Stamets from
Fung i Perfecti will speak on natural
intelligence, Graciela Monteagudo on
labor
action
in
Argentina,
See "Synergy:' page 4
Wa~hPIRG's
Students, staff and faculty are invited
to engage in open, informal discussions
with TESC President Thomas L. Purce
every month. He will be near the Deli in
the CAB on Monday, F~bruary 7 from
3:30-4:30 p.m. (f for some reason he isn' t
there at this time, you may call his office
at extens ion 6100 to confirm hi s next
schedu led time.
• • • • •
Free Money
If you want some free tuition and /or
money to cover other expenses next year,
it's time to apply for Evergreen scholarships. The application packet can be found
in a few .locations, including the Office of
Financial Aid and the Evergreen website.
Applications must be subm itted to the
Office of Enrollment Services in Library
1221 by 5 p.m . on Tuesday, February I.
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Photo by Renata Rollins
By Renata Rollins
Amid the aroma of fresh fair trade
coffee and an air of exc it ement, the
long-awaited Sem II cafe opened
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
Even though the cafe was nearly four
months late, consensus among students
stopping by for drinks and snacks that
first day seemed to be thill it was worth
the wait.
"It was up to the last minute,"
said Craig Ward, a campus Aramark
employee who was in charge of getting the cafe in working order. County
health inspectors gave the OK less than
two hours before the open ing.
Juniors Chris Casanovas and Jill Aim
42.
'18
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took time out of Maller and Motion to
tryout the new cafe. Casanovas liked
the location, but not the hours. The cafe
hours are Monday through Friday from
2:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Facu lty members Susan Preciso and
Sarah Ryan were glad to see a place
specifically for part-time students.
" It will be gratefu lly received by all
of our students who come here in the
evening," Preciso said.
Renata Rollins is a senior laking a contract called Race and the News. She is
studying civic journalism.
Clean Cars Campaign revs up
"If we pass this law, we will be reducing pollution from cars and light trucks in
If Evergreen student activists get their Washington by 30% by 2025," sa id Jessica
way, future generations of Washington Tweedy, a WashPIRG representative.
Since a simi lar law was passed in
residents will be breathing a little easier.
California
and six other states, auto manThe Washington Student Public Interest
ufacturers
have been working to bring
Research Group, along with a number of
environmental groups, is fighting to new models of low-emissions vehicles to
make cleaner cars avai lable to consum - market. According to auto researcher J.D.
ers in Washington, severe ly cutting back Power, consumers will be able to choose
the state's leading cause ,of air pollution. from 35 hybrids by 2008, and by 2012
The Clean Cars Act would mandate that there will be 51 models avai lablc.
But clean automotive technology is
one in every 10 new cars so ld in the state
run on low emissions technology, such as already finding its way into the mainthe hybrid engine, which combines the stream, with car makers selling out hybrids
power of gaso lin e and elcctric cngine like the Toyota Prius and small diesels like
the Volkswagen TD I series. Such cars are
technology.
Exhaust put out by cars results in 55% now readily availab le in California, but
of the air pollution in Washington. Low because Washington is considered a low
air quality from car exhaust contributes priority market, consumcrs hcre must wait
heavily to breathing problems, especially up to a year to buy a low-emissions vehic le
in urban areas, according to the U.S . like the Prius.
WashPI RG had success last quarter with
Environmental Protection Agency. In the
its New Voters Project, signing up over 400
~eattle and Spokane areas, children with
asthma now number one in 10, almost students to vote at Evergreen alone. The
twice the national average, according to group also helped to pass Initiative 297
to clean up the Hanford Nuclear Waste
the American Lung Association.
By Kerry Gutknecht
A
News In Brief
Make your voice heard
In your backyard
2.
Dump and passed a clean energy policy
for the TESC campus with over 90% of
the vote.
Evergreen's WashPI RG chapter is currently building support in the Evergreen
community, in surro unding Thurston
County and in the state cap itol for adopting Ca liforni a vehicle emissions sta ndards in Washington. To get involved in
WashPIRG 's Clean Cars Campaign attend
their meeting on Thursday, January 20 at
7 p.m . in CAB 320.
In add iti on, the group is working on
campaigns to fight hunger and homelessness, to implement clean energy at TESC
and to combat the Bush Administration's
energy pol icy. WashPI RG at Evergreen is
a resource to TESC students whose tuition
J'unds its operations. To get i~volved in any
of WashPIRG's campai gns attend their
core meeting Wednesday, January 26 at
5 p.m . in CAB 320, call WashPIRG 's
caJllPus office at (360) 867-6058 or go to
httj:l :llwww.washpirg.org.
Kerry Gutknecht is a junior at Evergreen.
interning as media coordinator for
WashPlRG s Clean Cars Campaign.
Plan your pool time
If you like to take advantage of the
CRC Pool, then you might be interested
in the following pool closures. The first is
today, January 20, from 3-4:30 p.m. Other
closures for sw im meets will be all day
February 5-6 and April 2-3. The entire
CRC Building will be closed on Monday,
February 21 for Presidents' Day.
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Volunteer for SafePlace
This is your chance to volunteer for
an organization that provides services to
surv ivors of domestic and sexual violence
in Thurston County. Volunteers are vital
to their agency. SafePlace is looking for
volunteers in many areas, including sexual
assault advocacy, working with chi ldren,
helping with support groups and even
office work . Applications are available
now; and training begins on February
2. Please contact Maria Pena, SafePlace
Volunteer/Training Coordinator at 7868754 x III.
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Preparing for a career in
the business world?
(fyou plan on having a career that is
business related, such as an entrepreneur,
a worker for small business, large corporation, or if you are just simply interested
in business and marketing, I want to hear
from you. I am trying to start a business/
marketing club here on the Evergreen
campus. My goal for this, which I hope you
env ision as well, is to integrate Evergreen
st ude nts who share a common interest in
the bu siness world- with an emphasis
on market i ng- and work toget her to
gain practical s kills, knowledge and
techniques that make a busines3 successful. (fthis sounds like something that you
are interested in and want to be a part of,
I would love for us to get together and
create this club! Contact Shannon Zec h
at zecsha08@evergreen.edu.
-Brief provided by Shannon Zech
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David Hornbeck is dfreshman enrolled in Contemporary Social Issues.
January 15, Buenos Aires, Argentina
By Chelsea Baker and Kale DeGraaff
In the Plaza de Mayo, just opposite the
Presidential Palace, vendors watch their
Argentine flags, pins and mate cups from
a distance, resting against the iron police
barricades that have become permanent
fixtures in the park. Tourists photograph
from strange angles to avoid political
graffiti. The clanging of pots and pans and
the chorus of thousands chanting "Que se
vayan todos" (They all [the government]
must go), heard throughout the "the week
of the five presidents," have subsided.
The banks have replaced their broken
windows and ATMs, and the cover story
of a major newspaper assures readers that
a new strategy for repaying foreign debt
will soon "restore normality."
"You can 't see the crisis the way you
could two years ago," comments Paula,
owner of Hostal Don Sancho, recalling
what Buenos Aires was like in 2002.
"There was no money. There were only
vouchers- little pieces of paper printed
by provincial governments that said
'This bill is worth so many pesos.' The
biggest denomination they came in was
20 pesos and they had expiration dates. In
the absence of currency, people bartered
for most goods and services-including
people who until then had been members
"I'm glad that they have them, and it 's better to get paid to
go to school than to have to pay to go to school."
Bo Kinney
Alum 2004
" I think there need to be more opport uniti es for part-time
students."
Katelyn Banner
Freshman
Negotiating Cultural Landscapes
" You can't win if you don't play."
Matt Kreiling
Junior
Afro-Brazilian Dance
By Jessica Tweedy
Jessica Tweedy is ajunior and is enrolled in Loca l Knowledge.
By Sarita Role
"I know that today I was fru strated because I was going
to apply for them and I am a lazy bum . .. I think they
should be better publicized ."
Miranda Elliot Radar
Freshman
Sustainable Design
WashPIRG: Now and forever
"My brother's coming here next year, so I hope there 's a
2- for- 1 deal."
Nic Hilden
Sophomore
Poetics and Power
WashPIRG's campaign to bring clean cars legislation to
Washington state lawmakers meets tonight at 7 p.m. in CAB
320.
WashPIRG's weekly all-campaigns meeting will be on this
Wednesday, January 26 at 5 p.m. in CAB 320. Join them to
get involved with any of their campaigns including Clean
Cars, Hunger and Homelessness, Campus Clean Energy and
Environmental Alert, or call their Evergreen office at (360)
867-6058.
-Brief submitted by Kerry Gutknecht
A message from the
Police Services Community
Review Board chair
ofthe middle class, a class that has all but
disappeared ... Those who could afford to
left the country. Lines of people, most of
them younger than 40 years old, stretched
for blocks from the Spanish and Italian
embassies ... Supermarkets stocked their
shelves with generic brands of everything,
and restaurants reduced the size of all their
portions with'out reducing the price ...
Repairmen came out of the woodwork
to fix TVs, shoes, appiiances-all the
things that people had grown accustomed
to throwing away and replacing with new
ones ... International travel (for all but the
wealthiest) was unheard of... "
For those of us born long after the Great
Depression, it is difficult, ifnot impossible,
to comprehend the loss thatArgentines have
experienced. My friend Hugo explained,
"] had I 0,000 pesos-an amount equal to
u .S. $IO,OOD-in savings. When the peso
was devalued, I had $3,000." To give an
idea what such a change might mean for a
young person in the United States, imagine
you live in Olympia, Washington, and pay
around $300 U.S. per month for rent. If
what happened to the peso happened to
the dollar, the $300 you'd put aside for
rent would suddenly be worth less than
$100. To put it another way, it would be
equivalent to your landlord raising your
rent from $300 to $1,000. Not only that,
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~ILMMAKER-ACTIVIST ADAM SHAPIRO
~ PRESENTING FILM ABOUT BAGHDAD
hI don 't know anything about th em."
Melissa Bruns
Sophomore
Pre-cal. Econ, Mus ic IMT
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Ass!. business manager ... .... ...... ................. Jessica Tweedy
Ad proofer and archivist........ ...... .. .... . . Kristen Lindstorm
Circulation manager/Paper archivist ......... .....Jacob Stanley
Distribution manager................................... David Hornbeck
Ad sales representative ..... ............... ............ Andrew James
News
Editor-in-chief ....... ....... .......... ........... ........ .Renata Rollins
Managing editor. ..... ......... .... ................ ............ Corey Young
Arts & Entertainment coordinator.. ... Christiopher Alexander
Briefs coordinator........................... ................ Kate DeGraaff
Calendar coordinator ... .... .... ........ ............. .... .Katie Thurman
Comics coordinator. ........................... ........... .Chelsea Baker
Copy editor....... ..................... ........ .... Mitchell Hahn-Branson
Copy editor.............................. ...... ......... ............. Sean Paull
Letters &Opinions coordinator ....... .. ........... Sam Goldsmith
News coordinator.., .............................. .......... ..... Joe Jatcko
Photo coordinator. ....... .......................................... Eva Wong
Seepage coordinator. ............ ..,... ,.. ,." ...... ... lkuko Takayama
Sports coordinator ......... ................... .... ......... Meredith Lane
Vox Populi coordinator. ... ......... ..... ..........David Hombeck
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production and content.
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How to Contact the CPJ
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Find out what it means to be a member of the
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Help discuss future content, such as story
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Put your values to the test! Discuss ethics,
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LIBRARY 1706
12 PM
NAJI AL-ALI
4PM
PEACE, PROPAGANDA, AND THE
PROMISED LAND
7PM
DIVINE INTERVENTION
On January 13, TESC President Thomas
Purce approved a design for the Evergreen
Parkway Project.
The selected design will reduce the 1.6mile Parkway to one lane in each direction,
add a roundabout at the McCann Plaza and
Overhulse intersections and enhance bicycle and pedestrian access to the roadway,
according to yesterday's announcement to
the college Board of Trustees by project
coordinator Art Constantino.
Although concerned community
members continue attempts to overturn
the proposal, college representative Lee
Hoemann does not foresee any holdup in
the schedule. "I think more people approve
of the project. You only hear from a small
percentage of the community," she said.
According to Hoemann, if the project
bid of$I .6 million is approved by the college Board of Trustees, construction will
begin in March and take 60-90 days.
-Brief provided by Angie Jones
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Graduation Vote
If you are a graduating senior, this
is your last chance to vote for Guest
Speaker, Class Theme and Processional
Music. You have until January 25 to
log in to gateway and choose the 2005
Graduation Bal1ot.
In July of 2003, exiled writer and poet Sinan Antoon returned to his native Baghdad
with a team of independent filmmakers, artists and poets to document the effects
that decades of oppression, war, sanctions and occupation have had on his city. The
result is a fascinating mosaic of opinions, perspectives, desires and memories that
offers a picture far more complex than the limited one presented by mainstream US
media. ABOUT BAGHDAD pays tribute to the brave people of Baghdad as they
struggle to come to terms with the tragic fate of their beloved city.
Adam Shapiro is a member of InCounter Film Collective that produced AB, he is a
doctoral candidate in International Relations at American University. He is also an
organizer and activist with the International Solidarity Movement in Palestine.
Adam earned a master's from Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary
Arab Studies and a master's from New YorkUniversity's Department of Politics.
Mr. Shapiro has traveled the region extensively and in addition to the West Bank he
has lived and worked in Yemen, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, and Serbia.
Mr. Shapiro has spoken widely about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, appearing at
universities and other public forums throughout the·US, and has appeared in many
TV and radio programs and newspaper articles, including CNN, MSNBC, NPR,
Pacifica Radio and the New York limes.
SFSAME .:. STUDENTS EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT THE MIDDLE EAS
360.867.6781
PHONE -
TUE 1 FEB
LECTURE HALL 1
12PM & 1PM
SHORTS: PLANET OF THE ARABS,
MEASURES OF DISTANCE AND
MORE
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2PM
CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPERANCE
4PM
DISPATCHES: THE KILLING ZONE
with Guest Speakers, Cindy and
Craig Corrie
EON ESOAY, JANUARY 26TH 2005
SC LH 1
4:30 PM
Our meetings are open to the Evergreen
community. PLease come and discuss with us!
Organizational Meeting
-Brief provided by Afsheen M.
Fatemi
Senior
Imperialism and Athenian
Democracy
Evergreen moves forward
with Parkway project
SESAME MIDDLE EAST
SESAME MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL F I L M FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
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Your work in print
Hello, my fellow Geoducks! ] am
writing this short article to inform the
community of my position and responsibility as the newly selected chair of the
Police Services Community Review Board
(PSCRB). As the chair of the board I will
help promote community-based policing, and encourage the community to be
involved in important decisions that are
and will be made regarding police services.
I will work hard to represent our diverse
community and facilitate meaningful, productive dialogue between the police and
the general campus population. I encourage any and all community members to get
involved in policing our community and
ensuring a healthy, i.e., safe atmosphere
regarding these issues. As you know, the
WRICOPS visited Ojlr campus last week,
and the report will be coming out soon.
I will be following up next week on the
WRICOPS as well as the hiring of new
members of our community. Thank you for
this opportunity to serve you. If you have
any questions or comments please feel free
to call me at (360) 866-4839 or einail me
at afsheenfatemi@hotmail.com
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Briefs
In Buenos Aires, the crisis
fades from sight, but not
from people's minds
What do you think about TESC's scholarship
opportunities?
Students work on
tsunami relief
Students all over campus have been ask ing, "How can I help with tsunam i relief?"
This is your chance! On Mond ay, Janua ry 24 at 6 p.m. in CAB 315, students, staff,
faculty and community members are invited to come and share ideas about how
Evergreen's community can organize support around the tsunam i reli ef efforts. This
will be a tim e to share ideas and to begin planning new events and organizing around
already started projects. Please corne on Monday at 6 p.m. in CA B 315 to get OLir tsunami relief efforts started.
JANUARY 20, 2005
Vox Populi
By David Hornbeck
Yes, fellow Greeners, it is a new dawn of prosperity and hope. Through the dreary
mist of persistent rain, there is a beam of light to guide you through. This bastion of
goodness is called (drum roll please) .. . Page Two!
OK, well, maybe it's not that big of a deal, but it is a new outlet for student expression . Got something that doesn 't quite fit in the other secti ons? Something that defies
convention and defin ition? Well, now there 's a place for it. There are an infinite number
of things you can contribute.
Student groups are definitely encouraged to submit any events, fundraisers, updates,
meetings, briefs, articles, or any other goi ngs-on and happenings in their group. Maybe
you're part of a program that's doing someth ing particularly neato and you'd like to
share the wearth . This page is also now the proud home of Voices of Color, which is
always taking submissions.
So c'mon. Run with the littl e guy. Do the right thing.
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WED26JAN
LECTURE HALL 1
WED2FEB
LECTURE HALL 1
12PM
BEAT OF DISTANT HEARTS:
ART OF REVOLUllON IN
WESTERN SAHARA
12PM
SOUHA: SURVIVING HELL
1PM
DISCUSSION WITH THERESE SALIBA
3PM
AFGHANISTAN UNVEILED
6PM
ALGERIA: WOMEN AT WAR
1:30PM
ADAM SHAPRIO ON THE
SITUATION IN DARFUR
4:30PM
ABOUT BAGHDAD
WI FILMAKER-ACnVIST ADAM
SHAPRIO
THU 3 FEB
LECTURE HALL 3
3PM
I EXIST
6PM
THE VIRGIN DIARIES
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JANUARY 20, 2005
The student union:
Raising voices in unison
By Jaime Coplan
People decide to come to Evergreen
because it is different than any other
school. Our school is an anomaly in a
country where schools have either 300
people in a class or a tuition of $30;000.
Greeners love talking to friends who go to
other schools and saying with big smirks
on our faces , "Grades? Requirements? Oh,
we don't have those." We pride ourselves
on our schoo l's progressive methods, on
being able to mold and tailor our education to our goals and pass ions . Instead of
receivi ng an education, we create ours.
Evergreen 's mi ssion statement maintains that "S tudent s are taught to be
aware of what they know, how they learn,
and how to apply what they know; this
allows them to be responsible for their own
education, both at college and throughout
their lives ... Evergreen supports community-based learning, with research and
applications focused on issues and problems found within students' communities"
(emphasis added). Students at Evergreen
are accountable for their own learning and
are encouraged to apply this learning in
their own communities.
But are we taking advantage of this
unique opportunity? We choose from
an amazing array of programs taught by
some of the most esteemed professors in
the country, but how much say do we have
in what programs are offered and which
faculty are hired ? We pay a proportionally
small amount for tuition, but do we have
any control over where our money goes?
We will all achieve great things, but how
much more powerful could our impact be if
all the school's resources, both human and
technological, were readily accessible?
The reason for this is that we do not have
Enrollment Growth Disappearing
Task Force accepts proposals on
curriculum expansion
any control over the legis lative process that
determines ho\v our school is run .
We do not take advanta ge of o ur
position as students enough. If we took
advantage of the influence and the power By Caroline White
that we as students are entitled to, imagine
Re cently, the En rollm en t Growth
how much more "Evergreeny" Evergreen
Disappearing
Task Force (DTF) ha s
would be. If we do not learn how to build
been
charged
with
figuring out how to
power and influence here at school, how
expand
TESC
curriculum
to acco mmowill we ever learn to build it in our comdate and attract more students. The State
munities?
There is a group of people who are Legislature has put pressure on Evergreen
trying to reali ze this vision, but the influ- to grow the student population from just
ence and resources of a movement are under 4,000 students to 5,000 students by
limited to its consti tuency. We need help, the 2014-15 sc hool year.
"H istoricall y, enrollment growth has
and the on ly people who have the insight
to help us are st udents. It is essential that tended to be incremental, approximately
we combine our diverse experiences and 100 students per year. This is due to how
the legislature funds growth, and due to
sk ills to make thiS"work.
The Associated Students are holding a the intensive work required to process
meeting this Friday, January 21, at 5 p.m. -new stud e nt s, hire faculty and staff,
in CAB 320 (S&A office.) The purpose etc. on campus." (from the Enrollment
of this meeting is to have a forum to get Growth DTF Call for Proposals-see
public input. We want to address concerns, http ://www.evergreen . eduld tfl
answer questions and benefit from sugges- enrollmentgrowth for more infortions. We want to know what you need mation) .
Evergreen's very own Enrollment
and how we can help by sharing advice
Growth
Disappearing Task Force
and suggest resources. The more student
asked
for
faculty proposals of ho.w
involvement we have, the more accurately
the
curriculum
should expand In
we will be able to represent the students.
We have delegated this process into November, and the deadline for
·four separate sections: Student Life, proposals was this Tuesday. 'The
Administrative, Academic, and Political DTF website shows that 31 CUITICUAction. This will allow us to focus our lum ideas were submitted mostly
energy on all aspects of this process and
will let people work on the issues that are
most important to them .
Jaime Coplan is a sophomore taking a
contract called Making the Grass Greener:
Implementing Change Through Grassroots
and Political Action. She is studying creative writing.
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by faculty and at least one student.
Faculty member Kristina Ackley
said that the DTF did not expect
students to submit proposals, but
instead each faculty member on the
DTF has been asked to recommend
two students to be part of a focus
group that will review and comment
on the proposals. If you have strong
feelings regarding cur~iculum ~xpan
s ion, you should consider telling the
chair of the DTF, Tom Womeldorff,
who resides on the third floor of the
Library building, that ~ou desire. to
commit some of your time to bemg
part of the student focus group.
If you are concerned ~ith thi~ i?sue
or other issues regardmg decIsions
made by the college and accountability for these decisions,.I recommend that you attend. a meetmJ?; of the
unofficial student umon on Fndays at
5 p.m. in CAB 320/315 .
Caroline White is a senior enrolled
in Organizing For Democracy and
Afro-Brazilian Dance . She wants to
see Evergreen become more studentoriented/run and thinks you should join
her at Student Union meetings.
"Synergy"
Continued from
em er
Brian Tokar on agriculture and genetically modified organisms, Chuks Oke~e
of Guadelupe Gardens about commumty
gardens, and Michael Palmer on poetry
and sustainability in the arts. Seattle
n'ative spoken word artist Laura "Piece"
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will lead a writing workshop and perform
with her band. There will also be workshops and panel discussions o~ topics
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cultivation to using clean fuels . A "Trashy
fashion" recycled material fashion show,
fire-dancing ritual, bike festivities, art
shows and conscientious vending promise
a full-on festive atmosphere.
General admission is free to students
and $5/day to non-students. Admission to
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Laura " Piece" Kelly 's Wednesday night
performance will be $3 for stu.dents and
$5 for non-students. Tickets WIll be sold
at the door and are available at Rainy Day
Records and Last Word Books.
Further details and a daily schedule are
available at http ://www.evergreen.edu/
synergy.
Adrienne Barrett is in her second year at
Evergreen. She is currently enrolle". in
In Search of Sustainability, IntroductIOn
to Ecology and Environmental and
Community Journalism.
Cassie Barden is a senior doing an
independent contract called ~e~eloping
Nonfiction Articles For Pubhca~lOn. She
is studying writing and environmental
studies.
"Buenos Aires"
term projects, like starting schools and
cooperative factories . The resistance is
not dwindling; it is taking a new form.
your landlord would probab.ly do what Though the words "Sovereignty or I~F,"
many Argentine landlords dId to cover . scrawled across one city wall, are fadmg,
their own losses- raise the rent.
Argentines' desire for a new economic
Needless to say, a country needs m?~e system based on 'social justice and
than three years to recuperate from a CriSIS sustainability is not.
of this magnitude. The relative calm I
encountered this afternoon in the Plaza
Directora,
de Mayo signified neither recovery nor
Program a LatinoAmericano
the end of resistance. to "el modelo"-the
http://www.GrowFood .org
neoliberal model based on "free trade"
and privatization-but the beginning of Sarita Role graduatedfrom Evergreen in
a new phase of resistance. The Plaza was 2004. While at TESC she studied internaempty because the piquetero~ (protes~ers, tional education, media and culture.
activists) are now busy workmg on long-
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LETI'ERS AND OPINIONS ---~~jA~N~U~AR~Y~2~0..;!;"2~O::::0~5: . : . : . . - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Liberation and justice:
An excerpt from a speech
by Martin Luther King Jr.
By Sam Goldsmith
Pa ssage
of the Clean
Energy initiative is not
only a victory
for sustainability, but also
a meaningful
step forward
- - . in the fight
for liberation and justice. 92% of voters
agreed to pay an extra one dollar per credit
in quarterly fees to purchase green tags
from Eastern Washington, ending TESC's
dependence on harmful, non-renewable
fossil fuels to power the campus. Only
28% of eligible voters took advantage of
their right to choose, but those who did
showed the administration what a vocal
minority is capable of.
When I speak of those fighting for
liberation and justice, I'm talking about
the group of students who traveled to
Washington, D.C. this week to protest
President Bush 's inauguration, for example. Martin Luther King Jr. Day has come
and gone with very little recognition in the
CPJ. The day before he was assassinated in
April of 1968, Dr. King delivered a speech
in support of striking sanitation workers in
Memphis, TN. I've Been to the Mountain
Top is now one of Dr. King's most known
speeches. The following transcription is a
section of this powerful speech:
. "Now the other thing we ' ll have to do
is this : Always anchor our external direct
action with the power of economic withdrawal. Now, we are poor people, individually, we are poor when you compare
us with white society in America. We are
poor. Never stop and forget that collectively, that means all of us together, collectively we are richer than all the nations
in the world, with the exception of nine.
Did you ever think about that? After you
leave the United States, Soviet Russia,
Great Britain, West Germany, France,
and I could name the others, the Negro
collectively is richer than most nations
of the wotld . We have an annual income
of more than thirty billion dollars a year,
which is more than all ofthe exports ofthe
United States, and more than the national
budget of Canada. Did you know that?
That's power right there, if we know how
to pool it.
"We don't have to argue with anybody.
We don't have to curse and go around
acting bad with our words. We don't need
any bricks and bottles, we don't need any
Molotov cocktails, we just need to go
around to these stores, and to these massive
industries in our country, and say, 'God
sent us by here, to say to you that you're
not treating his children right. And we've
come by here to ask you to make the first
item on your age nda fair treatment where
God's children are concerned. Now, if you
are not prepared to do that, we do have
an agenda that we must follow. And our
agenda calls for withdrawing economic
support from you.
"And so, as a result of this, we are
asking you, tonight, to go out and t~lI
your neighbors not to buy Coca-Cola In
Memphis. Go by and tell them not to buy
Sealtest milk. Tell them not to buy-what
is the other bread?- Wonder Bread. And
what is the other bread company, Jesse?
Tell them not to buy Hart's bread. As Jesse
Jackson has said, up to now, only the garbage men have been feeling pain; now we
must kind of redistribute the pain. We are
choosing these companies because they
haven't been fair in their hiring policies;
and we are choosing them because they can
begin the process of saying, they are going
to support the needs and the rights ofthese
men who are on strike. And then they can
move on downtown and tell Mayor Loeb
to do what is right.
" But not only that , we've got to
strengthen black institutions. I call upon
you to take _your money out of the banks
downtown and depos it your money in TriState Bank- we want a ' bank-in' movement in Memphis. So go by the savings
and loan association. I' m not asking you
something we don 't do ourselves at SCLC.
Judge Hooks and others will tell you that
we have an account here in the savings
and loan association from the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference. We 're
just telling you to follow what we're
doing. Put your money there . You .ha~ e
six or seven black insurance compames III
Memphis. Take out your insurance there.
We want to have an 'insurance-in.'
"Now these are some practical things
we can do. We begin the process of building a greater economic base. And at the
same time, we are putting pressure where
it really hurts . I ask you to follow through
here.
"Now, let me say as I move to my conclusion that we've got to give ourselves to
this struggle until the end. Nothing would
be more tragic than to stop at this point,
in Memphis. We've got to see it through.
And when we have our march, you need to
be there. Be concerned about your brother.
You may not be on strike. But either we go
up together, or we go down together. Let
. us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness."
[Section omitted]
"That's the question before you tonight.
Not, 'If I stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to all of the hours
that I usually spend in my office every day
and every week as a pastor?' The question
is not, ' If I stop to help this man in need,
what will happen to me?' 'If I do not stop
to help the sanitation workers, what will
happen to them?' That's the question.
"Let us rise up tonight with a greater
readiness. Let us stand with a greater
determination . And let us move on in these
powerful days, these days of challenge to
make America what it ought to be. We have
an opportunity to make America a better
nation .. . "
I encourage all of you to read the full
text of this speech, as well as others by
Dr. King-they are easily found on the
internet. Dr. King was a man of tremen- .
dous vision, one who dedicated himself
entirely to the liberation of all who suf~er.
He knew that "it was better to deal WIth
the problem from the causal root, rather
than to get bogged down with an individual effort." This is what it takes to win
a fight for liberation and justice. When
an individual or organization focuses on
one issue they can become blind to other
interrelated issues. Instead of attacking the
system which oppresses all bei ngs that are
not white- male- humans, they attack a
part of that system which just happens
to be oppressing one particular group.
Hopefully they won't make the job harder
for those of us who are interested in saving
all life, but I'm afraid that they often do.
Let 's remember Dr. King as a great leader
in the fight for justice of all, not simply
for one group.
Sam Goldsmith is a junior at TESC and
coordinates the Letters and Opinions
page at the CPJ He can be reached at
goldsam21@evergreen.edu. He is enrolled
in America in the 20th Century. .
5
Evolving education
with warning labels
human-like creature that we know of is
Australopithecus afarensis, who ex isted
around 3.5 million yea rs ago. Since then,
Growing up s/he has been evolving and becom in g
in the South different types of bipedal mammals until
made me very becoming Homo sapien, though I' m being
non-rei igi ous. pretty general a bout what happe ned over
When it comes the past three million years.
To compare evolution with creationto sci'ences
in the region , ism, you have the following argument:
some things Evolution is based on the evidence of
never fai led thousands of different human-like fo ssil s/
to amaze me. bones, carbon dating, years of observation
One of the many jaw-droppingly stupid of certain animals and their adaptations,
things that they 've done is stick "Evolution and constant review of the facts to refine
is a theory, not a fact" stickers on biol- the theory to make it more and more accuogy textbooks in several counties, but the rate. Creationism is based on the Bible,
ACLU has called them on their unconsti- which has been translated several times
back and forth,
tutional actions in "
and claims no
the Cobb County
evidence other
Georgia
State
Overall,
I'm
quite
happy
than that the
Courts.
book is the true
But
what
to see more creationists
of God .
word
exactly do the
losing battles in the. courts,
Overall, I' m
Iittle
stickers
because these people are
quite happy to
mean? I' ll try to
toward
instituting
working
see more creexplain, as they
ationists losing
have been baffling
their specific religious beliefs
battles in the
people since their
in public schools, and that's
courts, because
first appearance in
just plain unconstitutional.
these people are
2002. The stickers
need a slight edit
"
working toward
instituting their
because evolution
speci fic rei iis both theory
and fact. A theory is used to understand gious beliefs in public schools, and that's
natural laws that are considered facts . For just plain unconstitutional. They don't
example: Gravity is a theory that explains want their children learning evolution, so
the fact that bod ies of mass are attracted their solution is to prevent it from being
to one another, or that we don't magically taught to any children as fact. Somehow I
doubt they want Hindu or Muslim students
float away from our seats.
a label on their religious studies
slapping
To be fair, though, these people have
an agenda of their own: creationism. T~e textbooks about the Bible being mere phitheory, or so they call it, is based on t.helr losophy that should not be taken as truth
interpretation of the book of Genesls- without careful reading. The censoring of
specifically, God creating the world. in. six scientific facts based on religious infludays and resting on the seventh. Blbhc~1 ence is not only unconstitutional in public
experts have determined that the Earth IS schools but down right ignorant. Science
around 6,000 years old, or about 10,000 is either accepted or rejected. There is no
if you want to be generous with the ages. need to believe or not believe in scientific
While 97% of the rest ofthe world doesn't theories because they've been proven as
believe the Earth was created in seven far as evidence allows. Whether you wish
days, over 50% ofthe Christian-dominated to accept or reject the facts is up to you.
U.S. believes evolution is false.
Oddly enough, evolution isn 't even Jacob Stanley is a freshman enrolled in
about the origin of life, as creationism America in the 20th Century. He is studyclaims. It is about the evolution of life ing American history.
itself after it already existed. The first
By Jacob Stanley
Letter to the Editor: A
further response on Israel
Between
his enthusiastic praise of
the terrorist
Arafat, his
bel ief that
Israeli security concerns
are
"pure
........._-' bullshit," his
fanciful rendition of the history of the
region and his conviction that suicide
bombings are "a damn good idea" and
that all Israeli civilians, regardless of
age or gender, are legitimate targets of
Palestinian violence, Stanley has done an
effective job of discrediting himself and
his cause. Hence, I feel no need to comment further.
However, one point I had made got
distorted in Stanley's response,and I' d
like to clarify. Stanley claimed that I had
written that the Israeli military had withdrawn from Palestinian cities since the
creation of the security fence, but this is
false. What I did say was that on the eve
of the Palestinian declaration of war on
Israeli society in September 2000, what is
referred to in terrorist-friendly circles as
the "intifada," there was little to no "occupation" to speak of. At this time, the Israel i
military had withdrawn from over 90% of
Palestinian population centers and these
Palestinians were under the administration
of the corrupt and murderous Palestinian
Authority.
If the Palestinians felt they had legitimate grievances, they should have adopted
the tactics ofGhandi or Martin Luther King
Jr. This is something the Palestinians have
never tried, and consequently, any justice
there ever was in the Palestinian cause is
now gone forever.
Daniel Fleck
Senior
Post-Modernism and Post-Modernity
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Only Martin Scorsese could have told a Hughes' most meaningful love interest.
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Zissou member Klaus (Willem Dafoe)
was willing to make peace with Zissou
after they fought. The reason for this is
because Anderson's drama is so deep,
I'm so glad we have Wes Anderson. so involving, so much more moving that
He's a director young moviegoers bother you'd expect that it feels awkward when
to remember. He dances to his own music, he punctuates his most delicate scene with
making films his own, way. He doesn't yet another sight gag or humorous verbal
seem to care if you like his work or not, laceration. Because Anderson's deadpan
which I admire. I didn't like his Rushmore comic delivery made me a bit unclear on
the character 's motives, a lot of the humor
~h e n I first saw it. But upon another viewing, it kind of grew on me . Bottle Rocket didn ' t work for me. It felt random, thrown
had me laughing. Then came The Royal in out of obligation.
A number of things in the movi e
Tenenbaums, a film I would call a comic
gem and still his best work. There 's. an . didn't work for me. Owen Wil son plays
Ned Plimpton ,
icy cool to his
who may or not
film s, th e kind
be Z iss ou 's so n.
th a t polari zes
a ud ience s,
He use s a s tagy
wh e re
any
southern accent
that serve s no
complaints
other purpos e
you may have
just seem to be
other than to call
attention to the
shrugged off.
fact that it's Owen
H is movies
Wilson
doi ng
are so odd and
ori g in a l they
an accent . Ditto
see m above
Cate Blanchett as
Jane, a journal ist
and be y ond
followin g alon g
critici s m.
Zissou's crew as
Th ey s tand
up to mulresearch for a n
article who uses a
tipl e viewings.
They dare you
more hi gh-pitched
nasal-y version of
no t to like
th e m . There's
her regular Brit so m e thing
ish accent , a nd
courlesy
to be said for World:fam ous, but nearly washed-up, oceanog- Willem Dafoe
that.
rapher Steve Zissou (Bill Murray, pictured) peers affects a German
Th a t's why into the life aqualic.
accent. Why th e
re g re t s o
crazy accents ?
greatly that I was a bit di sappointed by Do they serve any purpose other than to
the forth excllrsion into the Wes A nder- call attention to them selves?
Still, despite all of that. I admired Th e
son universe, Th e Life Aquatic. Again, my
doubts can only be a tribute to a movie Life Aquatic right to the end. I'm recomlike thi s and I accept that. But they are mending it. There are so many things in it
that I liked . Ilike the shot that shows each
sti II doubts .
Bill Murray, who's clearly realized he room in the Zi ssou ship, which includes
has th e power now to onl y pick good roles a sauna and personal masseuse, in a cuta nd scree nplays, stars as Steve Zissou, a away cross -section. I like the underwater
Ja cqu es COll steau-like marine biology effects, which are sort of beautiful in their
d ocum e ntari a n who's so socially inept obviou s unbelievability. I like the way
he seems to never be able to ex press his A nderson films hi s actors conversing by
fee lings w ithout hurting someone el se's. cutting between his characte rs in a se ri es
A ft e r hi s latest film ( in which one o f his of fr ontal medium shots. A nd yes, parts
crew membe rs is eaten by a n e lusive shark) of the movie d id ma ke me laug h. So few
receives a so ur rece pti on, he vows to take movies o ut are wo rth the price o f adm is reve nge on th e sha rk in hi s nex t insta ll- sia n. I suppose those th at are don't all have
ment , if on Iy to sq uelch rum ors th at he's to be pe rfect.
was hed lip. O r may be he rea ll y was hur t
by the loss an d tru ly desi res reve nge.
Rating:
T hese are th e k inds of th ings th at we re
both e ring me thro ug ho ut th e mov ie. J · Lee Kep raio.\· is a se nior enro lled in
neve r k new th e characters' motives. O ne ~ Fo·r en s ics a nd Mys tery Wr iting. He is
of th e things th at makes Bill Murray th e studyingjilm .
comic genius th at he is his ability to use his
eyes to hi s adva ntage. T here's a lot of sad- ,_ _ _ _ _ _- - - - - - - - ness in those eyes. When Zissou, it seems,
ca n't stop be ing a sma rmy, insultingjerk ,
I was n' t s ure if it was because it was Bill
Murray be ing Bill Murray and playing up
hi s ability get away with being an ass, or
if it was becau se Zissou is a truly damaged man , with a life time of sadness and
unfulfillment ca using him to lash out.
Nor did I get why Zissou's wife (kngelica Huston) came back to him at all after
leaving him. Nor was I clearon why Team
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More Songs for the Apocalypse
than makes uJ:\ for it. Three years on, this
By Christopher Alexander
remains the gold standard by which all
post-9/ 11 songs are measured .
Being that this week 's issue prints on 5. R.E.M. - " Revolution. " " Your revoluthe first inauguration o f an elected presi- tion is a silly idea, yeah/all your friends
dent in e ight yea rs, I thought it would are feeling sad. " During th e mid-ninebe fittin g to repri se my "Soundtrack to ti es, R.E. M. successfully tri cked a lot of
th e Apocal ypse" a rticl e from las t y ear. kids into thinkin g they were a capital-R
Co upl ed with those so ngs, th ese should Rawk band. " Re volution" fit s that mold
fit on one ninety-minute cassette.
while successfully reca lling th e ir ea rl y
I. The Co up-" Rid c th e Fence." " Anti- pe ri od as a mo rd ant da nce party ba nd .
Rep ublica n, and democ ratic/ if th ey sel f From- wait for it- th e Batm an and Robin
destruc t, shit's anti-c limactic." Boots Ril ey soundtrack.
recentl y d id a tOll r with a live band, put- 6. Dead Prez- '·W-4." "A in ' t nobody in
t ing the Co up's Bay A rea funk in sha rper th e hood have a ny hope in thi s fu ckedre li ef Eas il y th e best po litical hip hop act up sys tem, a nd th a t 's wh y w e don ' t
today. Epita ph recentl y put Party Music vote ... make me wa nn a w il c out, make
back in print.
me wanna run up on th e White Ho use/
2 . Sonic Youth- " Yo uth Against Fascism ." click-clack/ give me my shit back ." A lot
" Black robe and sw ill!! believed Anita of peopl e were disappointed in last year's
Hill/that judge will rot in hell. " Despite RevolutionGlY but Gangs ta. A lot of people
Kim Gordon's proto -ri ot g rrrl swagger, were wrong.
The Youth have never bee n an explicitly 7. Manic Street Preachers- " I f White
political band, but 1992 was a weird year. America Told the Truth for One Day Its
Ian MacKaye lends we lcome bombast to World Would Fa ll Apart ." "There's not
the Youth's squall.
enough black in the Union Jack! there's
3. Ted Leo/Pharmaci sts- " Ballad of a too much white in the stars and stripes."
Sin Eater." " So I left thi s land of fun- The tune's pretty good , too. The Holy
gible convictions because i't seemed like Bible, one of the nineties' best albums, will
the pits ." All you would-be expatriates finally see domestic release in February.
have been warned. Now get down! Kill 8.
"Year I." " Patriotic people sleep/
the pain! Eradicate the manifestation of like Washington, D.C." Really, what's
doubt! Buy Hearts of Oak, and break out more fun the Exene Cervenka 's disilthe dictionary.
lusionment with punk-rock revolution?
4. Sage Francis- " Makeshift Patriot." Nothing, that's what! Rhino 's handsome
" Don' t waive your rights with your flags ." reissue of Wild Gift will turn you into
The beat lumbers a bit, but Sage 's dizzying an instant completist, even if, for some
command of the English language more reason, the music doesn 't.
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By Jim Scheall
An excerpt from the Lookout Records
message board on the subject of the new
Ted Leo/ Pharmacists record , Shake th e
Streets:
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January 21-23
By Christopher Alexander
Friday, January 21
Sunday, January 23
METALFEIST III. Akimbo, Serpent
Aeon, The Abodox, Sean, Golgothan
Sunrise, Our Terrible Sickness. The
Manium, Jefferson and 4 u, Ave. Doors at
6:45 p.m. $8 .
What do Stockholm and Olympia
have in common? Both are home to
legions of disaffected youth, comically
ubiquitous marijuana and rain for exactly
three million days out of the year. Which
make them the perfect breeding grounds
for METAL!
Saturday, January 22
METALFEIST III. Three Inches of
Blood, Black Earth, Blood Hag, The
Narrows, Playing Enemy, Wolves, Iron
Lung. The Manium , Jefferson and 4th
Ave. Doors at 6:45 p.m. $8.
Scream Club, Euromotion, Show Me
the Pink, Nicky Click. The C lipper, 402 4th
Ave E. Doors at 9 p.m. $5. 21 plus.
Chris Brokaw (of Codeine), I
Day Miners. The Manium, Jetferso!
4th Ave. Doors at 8 p.m . $6.
Calvin Johnson, Emma Zunz, \\
Art House Design, 420 Franklin S1
Doors at 8 p.m. $5.
Let sget it over with: Beat Happe
K Records! Dub Narcotic' Coy! Jol
brings his songs of life, love and pi
to the Ar/ House.
"I haven't heard the new one yet , I'm
grounded so I haven't gotten my allowance
yet, but Hearts of Oak is really good, and I
bet this one is too." by goodchrlettefan28
" This isn't as good as the Television or
Gang of Four records that I've been listening to lately, but it 's better than most of the
other stuff that's out there nowadays." by
tiestootight
"Ted Leo is cool, but not as cool as straight
edge. GO!!" by Xclamdigga-diggaX
" I think Ted Leo is cute, he always wears
tight pants and those army shirts. Oh and
those other guys, you know, the one with the
'fro and the one with the beard, yeah, those
guys are cute too." by cut_with _ an _ e
" Ted Leo has won himself a place in my
heart and a spot on a mix-tape. I'm seeing
something between Bruce Springsteen and
Stiff Little Fingers. Think , " Dancing in
the Dark," followed by " Me and Mia," and
" Wasted Life" (that would be the Boss, Leo,
and SLF, respectively) . There's just something about Jersey pop-rock anthems and
punk passion." by j.d.scheall
Jim Scheall is a junior enrolled in Patience
and Audio Recording Techniques. He 's a
real grouch when you wake him any tim e
before 4 p.m.
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Marc takes time out of Patience
to ·review XlimpwristX
By Marc Stiffler
Last Sunday at the Midnight Sun,
many Olympians were witness to a
rather stellar hardcore performance. The
line up included , in order of appearance,
The Crazies, so me band , Snake Run ,
Abraham Lincoln Killing Machine and
XlimpwristX. There were quite a few
people packing th e place and doing lots
of dancing and whyl ing out. I've see n
four or five hardcore shows in Oly, and
it 's actually very normal for the place to
be full, mostly with teenage boys, and for
there to be lots of danci ng.
The fi rst band up was the C razies, "a
local band. They were decent and energetic enough. The highlight for me was
the Korn cover. Deconditioned Dan was
, in full effect, getting the pit going right
off the bat. Way to go, Dan!
Next came some band whose name
I don ' t remember, but they had a growl-
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them .
Then there was Snake Run , a Bellingham hardcore outfit, featuring ex- or current members of the Shook Ones, Ripped
to Shreds . Guilty as Charged, Ordeal,
Sober Unit and others. Personally, 1 wasn't
too impressed . I motion for a Ripped to
Shreds reunion!
TheAbraham Lincoln Killing Machine
was mostly just a clever name, but they
had frat-party gimm ick s to spice up their
live show. I was amused by the melee that
ensued when toilet paper, streamers, s illy
string, plastic cups (what the fuck?) and
hella hardcore bodies intermingled with
joyous celebration . They get props for the
least environmentally friendly act of the
evenlllg.
Finally, XlimpwristX came on.
They were the headliners and what
drew everyone to the show. Limpwrist
is a gay straight-edge, all-boy hardcore
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Many in the crowd began shedding clothing as the band set up. Not to be outdone,
the lead singer was wearing a Yankees
hat, underwear and a cross (which he
claimed was an "X") . They came on and
rocked out. Lots of people sang along
with their songs, including the favorite " I
love hardcore boys. I love boys hardcore."
They must have asked the crowd three or
four times how many of them were queer.
Overall, it was a n ice, in your face, homocore performance. Where was the pile-up
at the end, though?
Marc Stiffler is a senior enrolled ill Patience
and studying the correct definition of the
terlll "whyling au/. " He is also the coordinator of the Evergreen infoshoppe, and
three months later, still urges you to vote
(or John Kerry.
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influences from?
"You can smash for love":
An interview with Scream Club
See article page [xI
Christopher Alexander is the A&E Coordinator and, at 24 years old, you 'd think he'd be able /0 clean the bathroom on.
in a while. He is also a senior enrolled in Patience and studying writing.
"SO I bought this album and I thought, man ,
this has got to be the best album I've heard
all year. And everyone I know agrees with
me." by phishbootlegs
"A ll my friends had thi s CD and were like,
' It's really good, you should get it.' And
then someone else the other day totally
said, 'Yeah, I think you'd totally like it.' So
anyways, I got it, and they ' re right, it 's really
good." by saddlesandcreeks
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Out on the weekend: Upcoming concerts,
"Ted Leo Rocks Totally!!!! yeah!!!!!!!! " by
geeksinglasses.
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By Christopher Alexander
"Oly hip-hop" doesn't even sound like
an oxymoron. It's a non sequitur: My East
Coast-inculcated cynicism can think of no
two terms that have anything less to do
with each other than hip-hop and lily-white
Olympia. So it surprised me that Oly is home
to rap duo Scream Club. They've been written up in the national press, including Venus,
NME, and even an endorsement from XXL.
One spin through last year's Don 't Bite
Your Sister (Ti ny Sensational) should dispel
any lingering mystery as to the band's enthusiastic press. The album is redolent with
sexually frank and confrontational verses,
sounding like a queer-tinted hybrid of Fear
ofa Black PlalJet and Nasty as They Wanna
Be. Like Public Enemy, the duo deftly leaven
the political with the fun and sill y, placing
fantasies of making bell hooks the preside nt
alongside (acc urate) boasts that th ey "can
make Peaches look like a schoolgirl."
MCs Cindy Wonderful , Sarah Adorable
and I talked about the band's origins, th eir
future, and hair-metal.
Christopher Alexander: What was the
impetus behindjarming Scream Club?
Cindy Wonderful: I've been in bands
for a long time. I was doing a solo project,
but it wasn't as fun. Then I met Sarah, and
we fell in love, and then I sa id , "you should
do it with me."
CA: Whaf kind a/band, were yo II in?
CW: Mostly punk rock band s. I WilS in
an all-girl band called Rainbow Sugar that
was kind of like punk rock, but I' rapped in
that too. Sarah did movies before she joined
Scream Club.
Sarah Adorable: Yes. The most popular of whjch being Molly Queer 1: Queer
Punk Rock Show.
CA: What's th e significance behind
your nam e?
a
SA : We had
friend who has thi s
club called Smash C lub, where him a nd
his friend s smash stuff. But it 's in a rea l
positive way, like as a spiritual thing : You
can smash jar th ings . You can smash for
love, or you can smash for peace, or what
have you.
CA : 011, is thatfhe gro up fhatsmash es
televi,ions in the middle 0/ fhe sfree/ ?
SA: Yeah. It 's more like a meditation,
or even a political stateme nt.
CW: It 's bas ically a way to channel
energy.
CA: So ,creaming lakes the place
smashing?
0/
SA: Yeah, see, a lot of times sc reaming
is associated with fear, or something like
that. But I've always thought screaming
was rea ll y fun, and was kind ofa release
and spiritual. Plus, I screa m when I'm
happy.
CA: What was your favorite part of
2004, and what do you have planned for
2005?
BOTH: Everything!
SA: We definitely have bands that we
look up to, but I feel like I'm influenced by
everything that I hear, or everything I grew
up listening to.
CW: Or everything we grew up li stening to.
CW: Our European tour. We went on
tour in Europe twice in 2004, the first time
only for three weeks, but the second was for
five weeks. It was awesome.
SA : That answers what we're looking
forward to in 2005. We 're doing another
European tour, and we're looking to move
to Amsterdam, too.
CA: Is th ere anything that stands out?
Is there any performer that you can point
to that you can say changed your life?
CW: Well I've been playing music since I
CA: Is that a permanent relocation, or
was eleven-style, and a lot of people that is that just too record?
SA: No, not really for any specific projinspired me to play music back then are
way different than r--------------'""C"O~
ect, but we want to
the people I li sten
sq uat and go on tour
to nowadays. Back'
and us e that as our
in the day, I was lishome ba se. We'd
tening to Poison and
like to stay as long
Warrant, hair-meta l
as we can, so it's
stuff like that. Then
permanent in that
I got into Faith No
regard.
More, then I got into
emo like The PromCA : Does thaI
ise Ring and Cap'n
have anything to
d o wifh Bll s h's
Jazz. Then I got into
Le Tigre and st u ff
reelection.?
like that. Bands like
SA: Well , it was
Le Tigre, Peaches,
kind of the icing
on th e cake, but I
Nick y C lick and
Gravy
Train,,!
wouldn ' t want to
are the band s that
,·lIbu m ("over courtesy o['I"/IIY S ensa/iotlal move just becau se
really inspire me to
of that. It was more
keep going.
that we I',ad s uch an
amazi ng experience
on tour, and there's
CA : 1 was really
surprised to see there was an Oly hip -hap a record labe l in London th at is probably
scene. What role. if any, did Scream Cilib go i ng to put our next three records out.
We're rea ll y look ing forward to it.
have in birthing such a thing?
SA: Well, I'd like to think that we had
Scream Club will be playing The C lipsomething to do with it, but I really don ' t
think so. I'm incredibly s urpri sed there is per thi s Saturday with 'E uromoti o n and
a hip-hop scene here in Olympia, and I Nicky C lick. Get on it.
think it 's cool. But I don't know, we're kind
of part of that scene, but I like to think we Christopher Alexander is a senior enrolled
have more in COllllllon wit h the punk rock ill Patience. lIe is fh e A& E Coordinator. He
is liut of/illlny things to my/or his blllrh . .
scene here.
CA: Wh ere do you guys draw your
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It is Always
I a Horrible Decision
By Julian Gerhart
Recipe by Taj Schade
Art by Dan Thompson
So. Mo.tey,
get ' yOlk.
sGhDlear . . mi
Julian Gerhart is afreshman enrolled in
Old and New Worlds .
-h>se+her!
oWi4 y - ThL¥Sdo.y 10-8
Fn'tJ..o..y 11-4-
The cover of the much-talked-about
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Shake the Streets, released in October 200';.
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists are playing at
the Neumos in Seattle on Febuary 13th. Also
joining them are The Joggers, US.£., and
Sea Navy. The show is all ages and costs
just $12.
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JANUARY
Skating video Good and Evil shows
uneven but impressive moves
By Dan Meyer
Toy Machine Blood Sucking Skateboard
Company has been churning out gro undbreaking skate videos si nce 1995, most
notably 1997's Welcome 10 Hell. Company
owner Ed Templeton stands as the on ly
team member remaining from th e ' 97
release. Now, in 2005 , Good and Evil
gives a new team a chance to prove tha t
they can follow in the footsteps of their
lege ndary past.
There are many things to pick apart in a
skate video. We co uld go into the production, music choices, consistency of image,
creativity and many other things thatwith a few discrepancies, of course- I
feel aren't necessary to talk about in this
review. This matches th e standard of previous Toy Machine releases, exce lling in
all catego·ri es. What it comes down to is
that thi s is a skate video, so how abou t
the skating?
The video starts ofh vi th a pal1 featuring
Temp leton himse lf, and by plac ing it befo re
the ope ning montage, it seems he may be
taking a step out of th e spotli ght. His raw
style of incredibly quick Clnd creative street
skating has alway s bee n exc iti ng. but now.
at age 32. he must surely und erstClnd that
he can 't keep up wi th the handrail and stair
skating that the kids these days rea lly wallt
to see. Tem pleton docs, however. prove
that age doesn' t matter, and de li vers a rippi ng v ideo part.
Fo ll ow in g Temp le to n and a start ing
montage we ' re hit wi th new Toy Mac hine
pro Josh Harmony. Ili s part starts olTwi th
some exc iting spot s and good lines that
weren't expected from someone often writte n orfas a handrail skater. blll as expected,
the last two- thi rds of hi s part is oc cupied
mostl y by lots and lots of hand rail tricks.
rhe only thing mak ing thi s ultra-j umpy.
quick-cut style uf skating worth watching
is that he actually brings some new tricks
to some commonly skated rails, * and does
them with a sketchy but very enjoyable
style. With a debut part like thi s in a major
video, Harmony proves that he's goi ng to
be in this for some time.
Fo llowi ng Harmony is his San Di ego
roommate and the longest standing pro
besides Temp leton, A us tin Steph e ns.
Having been injured during most of the
filming, Stephens' part is short but certai nly strong. Without a question Stephens
mi ght have one of the most incred ibl e
styles in skating right now. Whereas some
of the tricks he does would not be worth
putting in a video when done by other profess ionals, the amo unt of grace and ease
with which he does them turns them into
so mething ce rtainly worth see ing.
Up nex t is a new amateur to th e team,
Matt Bennett. The prototypical Ca liforniarai sed handrail kid borders on boring, other
th an a pa rti cu lar tri ck he's see n to do on
a few ra il s. The trick is a backside 180 to
switc h back side smith grind, somet hing
not see n on hanLira il s until thi s point (see
photo). The trick is cOllling to be c'alled the
Bennett grind. and it 's rea lly the on ly th ing
tha t makes hi s pal't wo rth whi le.
Another new and exc iting face on the
team is Johnny Layton. Watch his part to
view ,iust how much contro l so meone can
have on a skateboard. See ing an 18-yearold with so Illuch board control is reall y
q uit e imp ressive. Just like Harmony, hi s
part start s ofT with sty li sh and creative
lines and spots, and then ends in a tlurry of
relentless handrai l dcs tructi on. Hopefull y
Toy Mach ine will be able to find room on
their increasingly large pro team for him
before he lea ves fo r professio nal status at
another company.
Sad ly. the last two part s in the vidco
an: my least fav or itt: . Perhaps the most
boring part of the video is Billy Marks.
a 21-year-old from
Inland Empire , CA.
He really doesn't seem
to fit on the team other
than the fact th at he
also has an appetite for
ha ndrail skatin g. His
cheap song choices of
Franz Ferdinand a~d
Ladytron are a couple
of the o nl y obv ious
tracks in the vid eo.
Nothing abo ut his part
other than hi s skill is
wo rth gettin g exc ited
over.
T he last part is
ofte n rese rve d for
the best on the team.
Unfortunately, profess ional Diego Bucchieri
fini s hes it off with a
pa rt that looks like it
wa s film ed in 1999
witho ut any thought of
progress in g hi s style An exalllple of the
o r c ho ice o f trick s.
Ce rtainly some gnarly
stuff is happe ning in hi s part , but nothing
that beckons further view ings. Sw itching
Diego and Harmony 's pal1s wou ld have
been good for both of them because people
all over skating are goi ng to be comparing
the two, and Harmony obvi ous ly comes
o ut th e victor. But thi s is a team and
not compet iti on, so as critical as I may
be, when it co mes dow n to it, it doesn't
rea lly matt er.
So. with an overall great video to start
tile yea r on~ and certai nl y something that
can compare and li ve up to what Toy
Mac hine's legacy is, it seems Toy Machine
is look ing at Clnother few good years of that
same legendary status. Keep yo ur eyes on
thi s cOlllflany, though, because somehow
I
If I offend you,
not my fault
By Kip Arney
Photo by Kevin Barnell
Benelt Grid.
I feel th at the yo unge r kids on the tea m
are going to be tempted by big offers and
bright futures. With that in mind, know that
Toy Machine's always been the lovable'
underdog, especially because of videos
like this. Good and Evil is the end of a
creative dry spell for the company, and it
tell s us that 1997 wasn 't the end of the
golden age for Templ eto n and hi s boys.
Dan Meye r is a second-year student
at Evergreen. He is enrolled in Audio
Reco rding Techniques. He also hasn 'l
done the dishes all weekend, even Ihough
he said he would.
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Ghosts in the studio:
An interview with Early Day Miners
f1urton 's rl' SUllll.' ; the
singer guit ,lI'ist has also
n:cll rcied key albu lIl s
by Papa M and Songs:
Oh ia.
The band 's new
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Here. see lll s poi sed
to further exp lore the
dynaillic s of lingerin g
ghosts. The thing is. that
decis ion seem s to have
already been mad e for
them by certa in nearly
departed sp irits. i3urton
WW \,,"', earlyday m iners.com
talked with me about
The Early Day Miners and Chris Brokaw cOlli e to Olympia rock, the Civil War, and
how ghosts can be the
this Sunday.
meanest critics.
By Christopher Alexander
Christopher Alexander: So / read that
the
recording sessions 10 your new album
I can 't say enough ni ce things abo ut
were
haunled. Are YO Il gllys doing a lie-in
the Early Day Miners.The Bloomington,
Indiana band makes outstanding music; wilh Ihal White Noise movie. or what?
Early Day Miners: Well , we recorded
2003 's evocative, autumnal Jeffers on
in
a
100-year-old church that was surat Rest 'was an overlooked beauty. The
by a 'cemetery on three si des. It
rounded
a lbum 's exploration of Th e Civ i I War
had
been
deserted and was being switched
and its aftermath gives th e record an
ancient feel , though the music is wholl y over by a friend into a recording studio.
contemporary - s low-core pione ers We had all sorts of unexplained situations
Red House Painters are an oft-bandi ed occur, including the tape machine inex plicomparison, with some merit. Jefferson cably shutting off whi le recording takes . It
is also an impress ive addition to Dan was as if the ghost, or whatever it was in
the building, decided it didn 't like the take
and ,iust ShUl the whole thing do wn l This
happe ned 20 or so times. The tape machine
worked fine aftc!' the session. we borrowed
it frolll anothl';' studi o.lthcre was] no thi ng
wrong wit h it. It was our producer ghost.
CA : The co ver pholo for All Harm
Ends Here is slriking [a reprint of "Knot"
by Step hen Roach - CAl IVhy did YOIl
c/wose it:'
EDM:
Ou r
frie nd Ben at
Secret ly
Ca nadian
o riginally
s aw it in the New Yorker a.nd
then approached us about using it. I fell in
love with it right away [ ... J I personally
th ink the photo is ve ry anti-violent, and
that 's one or the [al bum's] major themes .
CA : The Civil War (or at leasl postbellllm SO lilhern ano mie) seemed 10 be
a thelll al ic underpinning 10 Je ffe rson at
Rest. · Why is Ihis:)
EDM: /'m from Mobile, AL, and I've
spent most of my life in theAmerican South.
From very early on, I was exposed to
battl efiel ds and forts and assorted civil
war era remnants. My parents were really
into checking that stuff out. I 'picked up
an interest in the mythology of it [ ... ]
Sections of the south are the closest links
America has to Europe, people talk a lot
more, they're more wh im sical about life
down there .
CA: Whal, if any, are Ihe Ihemes you
explore on A II Harm ?
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CA : Here in Oly mpia. there:~ ajamou.\'
regional pride in our music scene. Songs
like "Jejferson, " and "New Holland"
convey selling so well. so /'m "Jlondering
how milch of Bloom ington, IN comes oul .
in your music ?
EDM: We're proud of Bloomington.
I' ve been told it's a lot like Olympia. There
seems to be a strong K [Records] /Secretly
Canadian connection, I've noticed. They
both appear to be labels that want to help
bands in their respective towns. Ilike that
a good deal of our friends have not picked
up and moved to the fashi on capitals or
whatever. It's thes mall outposts of weirdos
that keep thi s country from falling into a
radically re'ligious wasteland. I' m excited
to be in Olympia; it'll be nice to escape
the biblical weather we've been having
around here. [Coordinator s nole: HA I
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Early Day Miners play thi s Sunday at
The Manium. Go!
Chrislopher Alexander is the A&E
Coordinalor. He is extremely grateful 10
Mr. Burian for his lim e and patience. He
is also enrolled in Patience and sludying
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When I write my al1icles recappi ng the
men 's basketball games here at Evergreen,
it's my journali stic duty to be objecti ve
and look at everyt hing fr()il1 all angles. But
when I step outside those bou ndaries, I' ve
got a whole other side of me sc rea m'ing
to get out.
This takes us back to Sunday, Jan uary 9.
Did anybody watch the Minnesota versus
Green Bay football game? I didn 't watch
all of it but I did have the pleasure of
see ing freak of nature Randy Moss.catch
his second touchdown pass of the game
and then proceed to g'o over to the goa l
post .m.:! pretend to pull down his pants and
moon the Green Bay fai thful sitting behind
the end zone. I was laughing my ass off.
However, I seemed to be in the minority.
Too bad the NFL didn't think it was so
funny, as they s lapped a 10,OOO-dollar
fine on his ass. Moss ' reaction? ';Ain't .
nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to
me?" Later on, he fini shed the interview
answering if he was upset with the fine .
"No, cause it ain't shit. Ain't nothing but
10 grand. What's 10 grand to me? Ain 't
shit... Next time I might shake my dick ."
I like Randy Moss.
What's up with America being so sensitive? He didn't even show skin and people
started talking like it's X-rated. The ESPN
and FOX networks wouldn't even show
it on TV for a couple days because they
were "horrified ." Loosen up, god damn.
Let's face it: celebrations are becoming the
wave of the future. Remember that bac k in
the day it was crazy to spi ke the ball after
you .caught a touchdown? Nowadays we
got cell phones coming out of goa l posts,
sharp ies coming out of socks, and even a
player sending Pepto Bismol to the other
team, implying that they' re gonna need it
after chasing him all over the field that
day I applaud those men and their brashness. It's those men who make the game
fun and entertaining and make me want
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Jones leads Geoducks past
Eagles in 52-51 victory
to play sports.
Although I doubt anyone will believe
me, I act ually came up with the idea of
moon ing a crowd after some ac hi evement
By Kip Arney
of mine. Anyone who knows me is aware
of my extreme di sli ke for the Uni vers ity of
It wa s ugly, but a win is a win. On
Washington and anything assoc iated wi th
Frid
ay, January 14, Evergreen was able
that place located in Montlake. Back in
to
snap
th eir seve n-game los ing streak
hi gh school I wrote down a li st of goals
I wanted to accom pli sh, and one of them and walk out of the Northwest Un ivers ity
was to play basketball for the Washington Pav illi<il n wit h a 52-5 1 victory in front of
State Couga rs, play aga inst the Dawgs in packed house in Kirkland, WA.
It literall y was a game of runs as both
Seat1le, whoop up on 'em, and then moon
teams
refused to let the other get away.
the student body before leav ing the court.
first
half ended in a deadlock at 21-2 1,
The
OK, so it was far fetched and isn 't going to
happen, but at least someone is continuing wh ich included an Evergreen 15-4 spurt
to bui ld a seven-point-Iead but eva porated
onmy dream.
as they followed that up with dry
quickly
When you people see me, yo u see a
of
zero points lasting for nearly 7
spell
.quiet, different-look ing guy who wears
minutes.
It cou ld be argued that the most
sweats almost every day ... I'm guessing
that's what you see. But you don 't know exciting event that happened in the first
me. You don ' t know what lies beneath ·half didn't even take place on the court.
the exterior. I' m actually a very colorful The Northwest mascot jumped over head
person; tha1 is, if you don't mind constant coach John Barbee as he was knee ling,
swearing and potty-mouth jokes all the watching one .of hi s players shoot free
time . My life motto is, do whatever you throws, before being chewed out by one
want to do,just make sure you have fun in of the Evergreen assistants. Even the radio
the process. So Randy Moss, you wanna commentator was pull ed away from what
s hake your 5.75 mil- a-year booty, I' ll was going on in the game.
Junior Durri e ll Jones (Battleground,
film the crowd's reaction for you. Chad
Johnson , you want to send the Pittsburgh WA) continued hi s hot streak by leading
secondary a couple cases of Pepto, 1' 111 ick the Geoducks in scoring with a season high
the postage stamps for you. Terrell Owens, of 20. It was Jones's third straight game
you wanna sign a football and toss it into of doubl e dig its in the points co lumn .
the crowd, I' ll be there presenting you with This coming from a player who's only
another one for your John Hancock . Go averaging 5.5 points a game. Jones was
ahead and have your fun , fellas. 'Cause I'm also respons ible for Evergreen's lone
right there with you . And if it 's offensive three-point fi eld goa l in the entire game;
to peopl e? So what ? ... I just say they' re he leads the team in fi eld goa l percentage from behind arc at nea rly 40 percent.
jealous cause they can't be us.
Seni or Barson Collins also helped wi.th the
Kip Arney is ajunior enrolled in Forensics scori ng load by dumping in 15 and snatchand Mystery Writing. He is studying cre- ing a team hi gh seven boards.
The game just didn't see m to want
alive writing.
to end . Near the tail end of the game ,
Eve rg reen grasped to a one-point lead
with 10 seconds rem aining and the ball
in Northwest's possess ion. The Eagles ran
around looking for the open shot and with
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foul c(ill sending juni or gua rd Grant Enloe
to the free throw lin e for a I-and-I situat i.on. Enloe, an awful 68 percent shoote r
from the charity stripe, could not connect
on the first , all owing senior Josh Pett:rsoll
to collect his fourth rebound of the ni ght.
But as any sports follower know s, th e
game's not ove r until the fin a l bu zzer
blows. As Peterson got the rebound, he was
imm ediately fo ul ed, stopping the clock at
1. / seconds and sending him to the line at
th e other end of th e court for hi s chance at
a I-and-I . He mi sfired on the first, but a
lane violation on Northwest granted him a
second chance. Unfortunately, he airballed
hi s seco nd attempt, giving Northwest life.
The Eagles were allowed to take the ball
from out of bound s with no time being
taken off the clock . But Barson Co llins
sea led the dea l by tipping the inbound s .
pass and letting the clock finally run out.
The loss was Northw est's first conference home loss and dropped the ir overall
record to 13-7. On the nip side, it was
Evergreen's first win in 2005 and first road
victory in over a month as they rai sed their
record to 7- 14. The Eag les may have' the
better record, but head to head they are
the Geoducks' bitch . Evergreen 's victory
improved their all-time record to 10-2
against the cross-town rivals. Eve rgree n
looks to build upon the ir win as th ey
continue the road trip by heading east to
take on Eastern Oregon and Albertson thi s '
upcoming weekend .
Kip Arney is ajunior enrolled in Forens ics
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Thursday, January 20
2 p.m. Gather at 4th and Pine in downtown Seattle to protest the inauguration of George W. Bush.
CRe, Come join in late night activities like Badminton, Ping-Pong,
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Basketball, Volleyball , and 4Square.
CRe. Come join in late night activities like Badminton, Ping-Pong,
Basketball, Vollt::yball , and 4Square .
Tuesday
Thursday
4 p. m. Prison Action Committee
meets in CAB 320, Workstation 10.
4 p. m. STAR , Seminar 11 B2\09.
Friday, January 21
4 p.m. Racquetball in the CRe.
7 p.m. Mark Dworkin and Melissa
4:30 p.m. The Evergreen Compost
Young will be showing their very
Club meets in the organic farm
exciting new fi 1m about Argentina,
workroom . For more info, email
called Hope in Hard Tim es, in Lecture
carjay@ evergreen.edu.
Hall I.
. 5 p.m. Yoga Club, CRC 117.
5 p.m. Soccer in the Pavilion
7:30 p.m. Professor Thomas Rainey
7 p.m. Students for Christ, Semiwill speak <,>n "Putin and the Future of
nar II A2100.
Russia as a Great Power" at the Olym5 p.m. Gaming Guild, CAB 320 .
'pia Center, Room 101.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets
in the Longhouse.
Monday, January 24
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at the
12:25-12:55 p.m. Brad Greenburg,
CRe. Come join in late night activicandidate for faculty appointment,
ties like Badminton, Ping-Pong,
Basketball, Volleyball , and 4will present.
Square.
Tuesday, January 25
Wednesday
10-11:30 a.m. and again at
6-7:30 p.m. Rob Knapp and Kurt
Meyer speak on "Studies in Intent and
Design."
Friday, January 28
6-9 p.m. Hands On Children's
Museum presents a free respite night
and caregiver education program for
family members raising the children
of relatives. For more information , call
(360) 956-0818.
8 p.m. The Evergrecn Queer Alliance
presents the Drag Ball in the Longhouse. This event will feature a drag
and burlesque troupe out of Portland
as well as student acts. Cost is $3 for
students and $5 for non-students.
Weekly Group Meetings
Monday
3 p.m. Student Union Campaign
Group meets in CAB 320.
4-6 p.m. The S&A Board meets in
CAB 315.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets
in the Longhouse.
5 p.m. The Cooper Point Journal
meets in CAB 316. Come participate
in the organization and the planning
of the newspaper.
6-8 p.m. Racquetball League in
the CRe.
7 p.m. Improvisational Theater,
Seminar II C1105 .
7:30 a.m. Yoga Club, CRC 116.
9:30-11:30 p.m. Late Night at the
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1 p.m. Evergreen Queer Alliance,
Sem i nar II C2107.
1:30 p.m. Environmental Resource
Center, Seminar II E3105.
1 :30 p.m. Radical Catholics meet
Friday
in CAB 320.
3 p.m. CPJ Friday Forum. Come
1:30 p.m. Native Student Alliance
put your ethics to the test, learn
meets in CAB 320, Workstation 13.
about journalism, and discuss issues
2 p.m. Evergreen 'Capitalists
in journalism and group dynamics.
Organization, Library 1308.
5 p.m. Electronic Music Collective,
2 p.m. VOX - Communities for
Choice, CAB 320, Cubicle 17. Office Sem in ar II C2107.
7 p.m. Giant Robot Appreciation
hours: Wednesday, 1-2 p.m., CAB
Society, Sem inar II A 1\05.
320, Cubicle 17.
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets
3 p.m. Jewish Cultural Center,
in the Longhouse.
Seminar [I E2105.
.5 p.m. ASTESC Student Union
3 p.m. SEED, Seminar II E3\09.
meets in CAB 320.
3 p.m. Women of Color Coalition,
CAB 206.
Sunday
3 p.m. Writer's Guild, Seminar II
1-3
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Ultimate
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Pavilion .
3:30 p.m. Envriomental Alert,
3 p.m. Kickball on the field next to
CAB 320, on the couches He[p
the HCe.
defend Artic National Wildlife
5:30 p.m. Yoga Club, Lecture Hall
Refuge.
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4-6 p.m. The S&A Board meets in
6:30
p.m. Common Bread, LongCAB 315.
house Cedar Room .
4 p.m. EPIC, Seminar II A2\05.
4 p.m. CPJ production night .
Come participate in putting together
your student newspaper.
5 p.m. Evergreen Irish Resurgence Quantitative & Symbolic ReaElement meets in CAB 320, Worksoning Center
station 4.
Location: Evergreen Tutoring
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets
Center, CAB 108
in the Longhouse.
Phone : (368) 867-5630
6-8 p.m. Racquetball League in
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4 p.m. Women's Resource Center,
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4 p.m. Racquetball in the CRe.
4 p.m. CPJ paper critique. Come
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5 p.m. Yoga Club, CRC 117.
5 p.m. GeoDance Club, CRC 316 .
5 p.m. Evergreen Kung Fu meets
in the Longhouse.
5 p.m. Dodge ball in the Pav ilion .
Come play!
6 p.m. EARN meets to discuss
animal rights in CAB 320.
6 p.m. Men's Center meets in CAB
320 in Workstation 2.
7 p.m. Percussion Club, basement
of the Library Building. All are welcome and drums are provided!
7 p.m. Juggling Club, Seminar II
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Hours:
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Library Hours:
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Location: Library Building, Room .
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Hours:
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