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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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NOVEMBER
SEEPAGE
10,2005
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
Issue
9
Volume 34
Nov. 17, 2005
Student fees may fund new or renovated CAB
What's What and Who's
Who?
Pre-design committee: A committee of
stude nts, staff and faculty that will spend
Winter qu arte r creating plans fo r the proposed CAB re-design . The committee wi ll
prepare illu st rations and 3D models, as well
as a budget analysis. They wi II also define
building use, control and ownership.
Art Costantino: As the
Vice President for Student
Affairs, Costantino is overseeing the CAB redesign
project. He co-chairs the
pre-design committee with
Director of Facilities John
Hurley and a yet-to-be selected student.
He can be reached at (360)867-6296.
Student Union Building: A student uni on is
the center for non- academic; co-curricular
st udent life. It is the place students go to eat,
rel ax , have meetings, socialize, etc.
Jay ne Kaszy nski: T he onl y
student member of Eve rg ree n's hi ghest govern ing
body, the Board of Trustees.
She is a grad uate student in
the MPA program and works
in student act ivities . She wi ll not serve on
the pre-des ig n co mm ittee.
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Director of College Planning .
and Budget, Trotter oversees
the bud ge t of th e college .
He is working closely wi th
Costantino to figure out how
th e stud ent un ion project
will be funded.
The College Activities Building (CAB) is Evergreen's
student union, meant to be the center for non-academic
student life, a place where students go to eat, relax,
socialize and participate in student activities. It's
apparent to both students and administrators that the
CAB needs help to become a real center for student life.
A special committee is taking on pla'n ning such a center.
For students, that planning means they will be asked
whether or not they want to pay an extra fee each quarter to create a new, expanded or renovated CAB.
By Sam Goldsmith
The College Activities
Building (CAB) is
Evergreen's s tudent
union, meant to be the
cente r for non-academic
s tudent life , a place
where students go to
eat, relax, socia li ze and
participate in st udent
activ ities.
It 's
apparent
to
both s tudent s and
admi ni strators
that
the CAB needs help to
become a real center for
stude nt life.
A special committee is
taking o n planning such
a center.
Fo r students , that
p la nnin g m eans they
wil l be asked whether or
not they want to pay an
ext ra fee each qu arte r to
create a new, ex pa nded
or renovated CAB .
Yesterday, a committee
of students, staff and
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A major re n ovat io n ,
which might include
extending the CAB
building toward the
CRC, would cost a t
lea s t $10 million to
$15 million , estimates
Art Costantino, the
vice president who put
together the committee
and has been facilitating
the process of doi ng
something about th e
CAB.
Just to raise $8 million
to $9 million , stud e nts
would have to pay $3
to $3.50 per credit as
a fee, est i'm a tes Steve
Trotte r, w ho ove rsees
the college's budget. For.
a full-time student, that
wou ld work o ut to $144
to $ 168 a year, depe nding
upon the pe r- credit fee.
Trott e r s ays thi s fee
wou ld be necessa ry fo r
20 years.
st udent
union
A
building s h o uld be
"the li ving room of
the ca mpu s ," says
Cos tantino . He envisions
a tra nsformati on of the
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New housing policy implemented
By R. Yazmin Shah
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faculty met for the fi rst
time to begin planning
opt ions for a s t udent
union facility that would
be completed ar ound
2010. By mid-Spring
Quarter, the committee
will have c reated three
opt ion s for a st ud e nt
un ion and st udents wi II
be able to vote on wh ich,
if a ny, they prefer. T he
big question on th e
ballot will be whet her
students are will ing to
pay an extra fee each
quarter for th e next 20
years to pay for a student
union. Students also wi II
choose which of the three
options they prefer, each
with a di ffe rent price tag
and degree of scope and
s ize.
Some days ago, a housing policy notice began showing up. It
fou.nd its way into your mailboxes and onto your doors, it lay
innocently on your coffee tables. Take a glance at it; the notice
informs you that the following updated policies become effective
Nov. 9, 2005, probably only a few days after you got it.
The updated housing policy notifies the student body of an
addendum to the Housing Handbook, one of the housing policies
students agree to conduct themselves by when signing the Housing
application. This addendum refers to the addition of the Resident
Director inspection of all living units policy, Window policy,
Weapons policy and Violations/Consequences policy.
The changes concerning RD in spect ion of all living units policy
alarmed some students. The notice reads , "The Resident Directors
(RD) in Housing will inspect each living unit during the seventh
and/or eight week of each quarter to ensure a clean, healthy, and
safe environment for all residents . .. . A II cleaning standards are
somewhat subjective ... " This is a notable change from Evergreen's
Housing Contract, which states "All rooms must be returned to their
original condition before checking out," since residents must now
return their rooms to their original condition each quarter.
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
What's the student vote?
Officially ca lled the student fee referendum , an on line stud ent vote wi ll take
place during Spring quarter to decide
whether or not and to what exte nt stu dents will fund a student uni on project.
In order to institute a st udent fee, at least
25 percent of st udents must part icipate
in the vote.
Only a simple majority is needed . If
1,000 students vote, for example, only
501 need to vote "yes" for the initiative
to pass.
In addition to a s imple yes /no vote, students will be presented with three project
options, eac h with a separate price tag
and deg ree of size and scope.
TESC TV
interview
On November 2, th e Coope r Point Journ a l
conducted an interview with April Richner
and Ma rku s Maceo, the co-coo rdin ators
and exeroutive producers' of the new TESC
TV C hannel 16. T he following are excerpts
from the intervi ew.
John Morgan , for th e Cooper Point Journ al:
Can you g uys give me some bac kground on
TESC TV?
Markus Maceo: In 2002 and 2003 there was
an internal multimedia audit that was done to
determine the needs of how inform at ion was
distributed through campus . It was ag reed
upon that there was some need for visual
representation, but they didn't know what
that meant. So in 2004, there was a communications committee that kind of worked on
that and then disbanded. And in 2004, I saw
that there were three channels dormant: 16, 17
and 18, and I asked how they were utilized ,
and I found out that they were utilized only
for the overflow of speaker e.vents-Iike when
honorarium speakers come in, when bands
come in and during graduation-but other
than that, they are really not used. Then I
found out that Channel 16 was run by Hous ing, and the other two channels were run and
maintained by Media Services. So I asked if
there was any policy or guidelines in place
that govern the channel, how do we submit,
and there was nothing in place .
• This new approach to monitoring student residents every quarter
seems somewhat contradictory to the Student Affairs policy of
1989. This policy expressed a goal to " ... aim toward humaneness
and respectfulness of renter privacy, and shall avoid the in loco
parentis syndrome." It also added that "privacy of the renter shall
be highly respected" and, " ... administration shall be 'distant'."
Perhaps the most damning statement for the housing policy
addendum is the College Responsibilities as Landlord clause in
the student affairs contract: "Rules, principles of operation ... for
on - campus housing will be published well in advance of the time
when, in any given ye ar, renter commitments to housing must be
made."
As for policy developme nt, these recent changes to housing
policy appear to lack "community input", one of the essential
ingredients to making a proposal a bona-fide policy. The policy
development document detailed how, when appropriate, broad
public input should be developed and distributed: " This may
include some comm unity meetings prior to development of basic
directions for policy as well as meetings to provide input on pro posed pol icies."
Chuck MCKinney is the housing administrator who drafted the
recent addendums to the housing policy. He proceeded to explain
1M : What are yo ur current plans for content
on the channel?
April Richner: Right now we are working with
SASS [student academic support services],
trying to get some of their stuffgoing. We've
already started with the Career Development
group first; they 're kind ofstarting with their
first commercial. And then we are going to
try to reach all the rest of that department so
we can promote it as a whole. And in addition
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NOVEMBER
STUDENT VOICE
17, 2005
Voices of Color
Vox Populi
Ward Churchill disrespects Native identities
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By Liz Egan
On Nov. 7, I witnessed one of the least respectful speakers to have been hired by
Eve rgreen student groups. After hearing Ward Churchill speak for three hours, I would
respectfully suggest that he not be a paid speaker at Evergreen again; not because of
his politics, but because of hi s lack of ethics and professionalism.
Ward has been in the media spotlight thi s year for his comment in a published
response to 9111 in which he characterized some World Trade Cenier workers as " little
Eichm anns. " A media frenzy ens ued and Ward became the center of a huge free speech
debate, which led to heavy scrutiny of hi s identity, credentials and writings. Since then,
Ward has been speak ing at school s across the country, and this recent visibility was
why he was invited to appear at Evergreen. However, just because Ward has radical
political views does not mean he represents integrity.
For decades now, Ward has been criticized by many for falsely claiming a Native
American identity in order to gain publicity for himself. The issue of Ward 's identity
is important, because it is this "Indian identity" that allowed him to publish his writings
from a seemingly more "authentic" perspective in the I 970s; those identity constructions
also gave him a foot in the door to acquire teaching positions a few decades later.
Identity construction in this century continues to fascinate me. " Being enrolled" is
not the only indicator of a person's Native identity, but Ward did stretch the truth with
us on Monday night about his enrollment status: he said that he 's enrolled with the
Keetoowah Cherokee, but they say he 's not enrolled. According to research I did, it's
not a blood-quantum enrollment issue-he really has no ancestor in his lineage that
was a community member of any tribe in North or South America.
Yet during his speech, I was confused because he kept referring to an indigenous
heritage : his "colonial name," his "homeland" and his relative who died in a Creek
Indian raid (he did not mention that this relative was non-Native). This is why, at
Q & A time, I asked him, " Do you identify as Native?" He tensed up and made me
repeat my question, and then he said, "A bsolutely," then remarked that, "Only white
men ask those kinds of questions."
Ironically, I am a woman of mixed ancestry who was inquiring as to whether he identifies as Native, not making an accusation. Instead of just answering, Ward called me a
white man, as if a 'white-male ' perspective should permit him to attack that question.
Soon, s ome indigenous students in the audience asked Ward to address the identity
question more thoroughly in order to clarify his perspective. Ward responded dismissively and defensively and began to get quite angry, saying that "a traditional Native
person would never ask me those questions," and upon saying he wanted to "get back
to the real iss ues, instead of who my grandmother is," received applause from the
audience.
Other Evergreen students in the audience j eered at several of the questions posed by
Native students, hi ssi ng, " Why are you asking him that?" and , " What are you talking
about ?" Ward kept waving his hands to quiet the volum e of the audience's retorts that
consistent ly drowned out the questions posed by these students. I was disappointed
with both Ward's and my pee rs ' disrespect towards these indigenous students . I fee l
that Ward aided the perpetuation of both any internal ized oppression among Native
students as well as an y internali zed racism amo ng non-Native student s by di smi ss ing
the importance of identity.
On Monday night , Ward criticized people who fab ri cate Native identiti es to get
their views more pUbli city. Ward has also been accused of plagiarism multipl e times
COil till li ed
By Curtis Randolph and Ian McGuffick
•
Federal drug officials recently rejected an application that would allow
over the counter sales of the morning-after pill. Do you think the
mo
I should be available over the counter?
"I think it totally should be. I think there's a confidentialit y issue here. Making it available to the
wider popul ace would definitely be helpful."
Miki Foster
Senior
Borders a/ Identity
Miles Thelonious Franzoni
. Sophomore
Public Works Democracy and Design
"It's time to get these hand-picked crony appointees
out of their positions. We need decisions based on science; not the alarmist, moralistic, over simplification
of issues."
Margaret Thomas
Senior
Quantitative Research in the Public Interest
"The FDA's decision is totally fucked. "
Andrew Olmsted
Senior
Central America: Poelly and Politics
" It ju st means women are more on th eir
own. They have to find other natural
ways . They can't depend on med ici ne."
Machree McKenna
Evergreen Community Member
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The state
of the
state's
trees
Deforestation and how
you can prevent it
" Yes I do. I th ink it's messed up that you can't
get it over the counter. Accidents happen . That
just pisses me off."
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COOPER POINT JOURNAl
STUDENT VOICE
By Deane Rimerman
How about those trees out in the wind
and rain all the time? Next time you're out
in the rain, be grateful you're not a tree,
grateful that you'll soon be in a warm,
dry place. Yet, certain parts of ourselves
are like those trees that never ever come
out of the rain. Imagine living a whole
life and never moving from the soil you
came out of.
Imagine being like a tree, always holding your ground, not running away, just
keep growing, keep propagating amidst
a global deforestation pandemic. When it
comes to facing the issue of deforestation,
all of us must hold our ground and not run
away. We need to be curious: what must be
done to change the reality of our current
tree-death crisis?
We all know how to recycle. We all
know why to buy recycled products, and
I bet at least once most of us have even
planted a tree. In what other ways can we
get involved? What about the millions
of acres of Washington 's state-owned
forests that are cut down to pay for part
of your education? Have you heard about
that? Or what's the future of the 1,000acre Evergreen forest? Will it be condos
or old trees? Or what about forest campaigns going on throughout the Pacific
Northwest? Maybe you want to do a treesit to save a forest this summer.
In other words, let's do more than just
recycle, let's get educated and involved in
forest issues:
NOVEMBER
3
3, 2005
News
Briefs
Great American
Smoke Out
Casino Night at
the Greenery
Thursday, Nov. 17 is the Great
American Smoke Out! Give up cigarettes
for the day--or maybe forever-during
the 29th annual Great American Smoke
Out. Stop by the CAB on Thursday from
II a.m . - I p.m. for advice and support
on quitting smoking.
On Thursday, Nov. 17 in the Greenery,
the overflow room is going to be converted
into a casino for the night with Blackjack,
Roulette and Texas Hold 'em tables. You
will be able to put your earnings toward
a si lent auction for the grand-prize mountain bike, an 18-piece grill set, and a gift
basket or coffee mugs from Pura Vida. If
you eat at the Greenery that night, you will
automatically receive chips at the door. If
you run out or want to have more fun you
can donate actual money to the Chemistry
club or Synergy for more chips.
What is going on
in France?
Come make sense of the riots going
on in France. On Thursday, Nov.
17 from 7-9 p.m. in Sem II A II 05,
Rachid BenKhalti, an Olympia resident
from Morocco and former resident of
France, will speak about the North and
West African uprisings and share his
experiences. Related film scenes will
be shown. This event is sponsored by
SESAME (Students Educating Students
About the Middle East), Borders of
Identity, and Political Economy and
Social Change.
One last N. O. W. event
before the break
On Thursday, Nov. 17 in Lecture Hall
I , N.O. W. (Thurston County National
Organization of Women) is holding the
last event in its series about the mysterious disappearances and murders of
hundreds of women in Juarez, Mexico.
There will be a presentation followed by
a short film and discussion. This event
is sponsored by The Women 's Resource
Center.
ment the current state of the Evergreen 's
trees via the CLUC's Annual Tree Report,
which will be completed spring quarter.
* On state lands, $200 million dollars
* Also, learn more about how you can
in revenue was generated through mostly
clear-cut logging practices last year. Many get involved in the Pac i fic Northwest
of these forests are being overcut along Forest Defense Movement by going to
the creeks where the laws specifically http: //www.cascadiarising.org. Also, go
require no cutting. Join the Environm~ntal to http:// www.olyecology.org to learn
Resource Center, OLYecology and the about "This Week in Trees," which is a
Washington Environmental Council on project that is helping to foster a worldthe Olympic Peninsula and help us docu- wide movement to save all the forests of
ment and enforce stream buffer protection Ithe world.
laws on state lands!
Ready to get involved now? Ready to
* Evergreen's 1000-acre forest is either be like a stubborn old tree that never gets
saved or lost by how TESC and the State blown over or cut-down, always holding
of Washington decide to care for it. The your ground? Good! Get in touch with the
most powerful tool we have to protect our Environmental Resource Center at 867campus forests is scientific research. The 6789, or come to meetings on Wednesday
Campus Land Use Committee (CLUC) at 1:30 pm.
has set up a Campus Land Use Database,
where you can learn more about ongoing D eane Rim erman is a graduate student
research. This is the research material we enrolled in the MPA program.
use when state Senators question the value
of our existing forest vs. development and
logging values. Everyone can help generate more research data to keep our campus
forest a forest. One way is to help docu-
Thanksgi ving
closures
Photo Production Services will be
closed after this Friday, Nov. 18 and
will reopen Dec. I or 2. This is due to
Thanksgiving break week , followed
by our area move to Library 4300.
If there are a ny " photo e m e rg e n cies," call 6263 or send an email to
imaging@ evergreen.edu.
The Digital Imaging Studio will
be closed after this Friday, and wi II
reopen Nov. 27 and 28 . We will be
closing again on Nov. 29 for the move,
and will reqpen as soon as possible. on
either Nov. 30 or Dec I.
The Photo Center (darkrooms) will
close for Thanksgiving break, but will
be unaffected by the move, as theirs
occurred earlier this quarter, and is
located in Lab II 0219.
Saving energy
and staying warm this
winter
Changes in
Evergreen's policy of
self-evaluations
There have been two major changes
that will affect all students at the end
of the quarter:
I. Students will review their selfevaluation with their faculty during the
faculty/student evaluation conference.
Afterward, students will either mail
or hand-deliver two final copies with
original signatures to the Registration &
Records Office. One copy will be filed
in the student's transcript file, while the
other will be sent to the faculty office.
2. If a self-evaluation is required by
faculty for transcript, but is not received
by the Registration & Records Office,
a hold will be placed on the student's
account, halting the process ing of any
transcript requests until the required
self-evaluation is received. If you have
questions regarding the changes in the
submittal process, contact Registration
& Records at (360)867-6180.
On Nov. 19, Climate Solutions, Puget
Sound Energy and the City of Olympia
are hosting a Weatherization for Comfort
and Savings educational workshop to
explain the ins and outs of home heat loss
by one of the area's leading experts. This
workshop will include a discussion on a
variety of low-cost or no-cost opportunities for reducing energy leakage, while
paying attention to indoor air qual ity.
The workshop is from 12 :30-2 p.m. at
the Olympia Seniors ' Center, Room B,
222 Columbia St. N. W. in downtown
Olympia, and is free! Co ntact Roussa
Cassel at the energy Outreach Center
with any questions regarding the eve nt at
(360)943-4595.
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... by many writers; he spent a while talking
about people in the literature world who have
plagiarized without being criticized, as if this
legitimizes the questionable references in his
scholarship. He generally focused on, and
kept addressing, the one topic that re-established his notoriety this year, which is his
comment about "little Eichmanns." Ward is
capitalizing on the sensationalism surrounding that comment, touring the country speaking about and defending that comment; have
EPIC, NSA and the ERC been made out to
be pawns for his personal agenda?
After the show, I exited with some Native
students, and Ward rushed to follow us out
and speak with us. One thing Ward revealed
to us was that he had tailored his speech for
the mostly non-Native audience. In my eyes,
Ward proved that he sees Indian identity as
something that is up for grabs, and can be
used as political currency. Such actions of
privilege tend to render those of Native
descent invisible and unnecessary. Ward,
as well as everyone else, should be able to
develop any character trait or indigenous philosophy that we want, but the fact remains
that it's indecent and absurd to identify as
Native if you are not.
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Housing policy continued.
why a new housi ng po licy was necessary.
"The new po li cy is inte nded to preve nt
bill ing and c leaning prob lems at the end
of the q uarter ... every year we have several
people move in to an apartme nt and ei ther
wa nna move back out or check out or end
up hav ing a lot of di ffic ulty because the
place was left really trashed."
Obviously not all dorm itori es will have
people moving in and out of them, so why
were all the dorms subj ect to inspection
in th e new ho using po li cy? Mc Kinney
ex plained that ho using is often unaware of
stu dents' liv ing transactions. It was hard
to kee p trac k o f students until checkout
time. When there is a new student te nant
introduced to the living space, McKinney
stressed that, "There needs to be a starting
pl ace (regardin g cleanliness) that is a little
more equitable."
" We were only looking to make sure it
was reasonable for a new person to move
in. That was the standard we were looking
for," McKinney said .
" Isn ' t that some what subj ective ?" I
asked .
" Very ... but your clean standard is going
to be subj ective to mine." McKinney went
on to cl arify housing's intentions regarding the quarterly inspections. " What we ' re
looking for is the places that are exceptionall y out of control."
What if a student doesn't want housing
to enter her dorm? McKinney thought about
this, saying, "I fthey didn't want us to come
in, we would give them 24-hour notice. We
would go ahead and come in at that point
... " He add ed, "This wasn't designed nor
intended nor used as a way to catch residents; that wasn 't ever the fo cus. This was
to prevent major problems at the end of the
qua rter focused around cleaning."
Such acti ons seem to blatantl y deny the
respect out! ined toward student residents
in the student affairs po licy: " . . . in cases
of connict between building maintenance
and renter privacy, the latter shall have precedence." T he quote sounded un fa m iIiar to
McKi nney. A fte r havi ng a cursory g lance at
the st udent affa irs policy, he then underlined
the age of th e docum ent.
"Thi s is an '89 doc ument?" McK inney
queried . "C orrect? A nd so o ur ho us ing
con tract a nd hous ing policies are upd ated,
I wou ldn 't say annuall y, but certainly every
two or three years. So ou r housing cont ract
and our ho us ing handbook has probab ly
been updated te n times s ince then."
I informed Mc Kinn ey th a t I got thi s
docu ment off the Eve rg reen we bsite thi s
morni ng. This was the PD F that the current
ho using appli cati on refers to.
" .. . But our contract that all ows us to
come in is that we' ll g ive yo u a 24 hour
noti ce ... But th at 's what each res ident
s igned , th at th ey agreed to our ho us ing
contract, our policies and the co ll ege poli cies. Not se lecti vely choos ing." McKinney
co untered.
CAB tax
CA B into a legitimate student uni o n, a
b uild ing where stude nts feel a sense of
ow ners hip and cont ro l over what goes on
in th e space. He fee ls th at students should
be the ultimate designe rs of th e building,
both because the space is intended for their
use and because they will pay for most of
th e proj ec t.
As th e stude nt me mbe r of the Board of
Trustees, Jay ne Kaszynski s opinions carry
a lot of weig ht. The Board of Trustees is
Eve rgreen s hi ghest gove rnin g body, and
Kaszy nski is the sole stud ent me mber. She
is adamantly in favor of a ne w student
uni on, but ske ptica l of a CA B renovation .
A remode l may not be the best route to a
uni on fac ility, she says .
"I m conce rned th at we would spe nd a
lot of money on someth ing th at would be
a sham un io n."
She s co nce rn ed stud e nts m ig ht not
really get what th ey thin k their money will
buy. incl ud ing control ove r how building
space is used . She qu estio ns the feasibi lity
of student control in a mixed-use building.
Mi xed-use means a building inhabited by
student activi ti es and by servi ces like food ,
the books tore and the office th at arranges
re ntal of co ll ege space for such things as
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limited to th e spaces they fund.
A mi xed -use fac ility wo uld mean othe r
bui Iding occ upants would help pay for the
proj ect. Occ upants would prov ide funding
equal to thei r porti on of the' building.
Co s ta ntin o di s mi ss e s Kas zyn s ki s
concern th at stud ents will inherit a faulty
building, expl aining that the college hopes
to get $4.9 million from state lawmakers
to make repairs.
S ome students who know about the
union project wonder wheth e r today s
students will want to commit the mselves
and future stude nts to pa yi ng an extra fee
for a building that won t be ava il able until
2010.
There is al so the question of fee saturati o n. A full -time stude nt (16 c redits)
alread y pays $75. 60 per quarte r for nonacademic fees and a $453 student ac tivities
fee th at s imbedded in tuiti on. The price of
the stude nt uni on fee wo uld look more like
the student acti vi ties fee th an th e nonacade mic serv ice fees.
S e nior Bre ndan Bas ham, wh en to ld
about th e proj ec t, said he wo uld vote
for the fee. Bas ham pointed out th a t
Evergreen s c urrent social spaces lea ve
much to be desired: "I hated the Housing
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By Tom Slater
to that, we are working ptimarily ri ght now
with housing, trying to get information out
to everybody here about what s reall y going
on with campus events. So, so far we ve been
working primali ly on ones that housing has
proposed, but another goal would be to get
information about all the student groups up
there; so who they are, what they stand for,
how to ge t involved and possibl y promoting some of their upcoming e vents, because
all the time you hear people say, "I didn t
know that was going on," you know? And
we just reall y want to help promote a lot of
the resources that are available around here,
and kinda get out the information about how
to get involved.
JM : What opportunities are there for
students to participate in this?
AR: What we are really trying to get is
either people who are already involved, or
interested in getting involved, in any kind of
media-related work: getting behind a camera,
learning how to direct, learning how to produce, if they want to do some editing, any of
those areas. Right now, we have been putting
together a website to cover all of that, and
the brochures. But we are really trying to get
out there and do marketing. We are really
trying to get all this stuff more solid and in
place so we would know. So we are looking
for people that have experience and people
who don t. And kind of have the idea that
for somebody who just wants to learn, we
can start there. And for people who already
have some ex peli ence, I mean, we ve got
stu ff right now that s kind of backed up that s
ready to get do ne. And so if they want to
come in, they can go to work ri ght away.
1M : What can the Evergree n co mmunit y
help do to promote this and make it work ?
MM : Tune in man! Pick up a camera;
come see what its about.
AR: If there is something thn! peo ple want
to see, that they think would beneti t the m,
defi nitely j ust let us kn ow about that. We are
look ing for what s reall y going to service the
community here, and so any fee dback they
have about what they would like to see, th at
we haven t th ought of or offered, that would
be great.
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For more information, check out
T ESC TV Channel 16 or http:
/Iacadem ic.evergreen.edu/groups/tesct vi
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conferences.
Kaszy ns ki be l ieves stud e nt co nt ro l
means student pri ority and cont ro l ove r
space schedulin g, unlike th e current practi ce in which students are las t in line whe n
it comes to using all but orga ni zed Stude nt
Acti vities space in the C AB .
Kaszy nski also worries th at students
will inherit the physical problems of a 35 year-old building, including a leaky baseme nt , inadequ ate climate control system,
an outdated Greenery kitchen and possible
seismic code iss ues .
Kaszynski s ideal student uni on fac ility
would be a new, multistory building connecting the CAB and College Recreati o n
Center (CRC) . A ne w building or sizabl e
building additi on would cost stud ents considerabl y more money than $ 10 milli on to
$ 15 million.
Costantin o asserts th at Kaszy nski s concerns are all part of the pre-des ign process
to be add ressed by the committee, a nd it is
too soon to kn ow what the outco mes will
be. For exampl e, a CA B redes ign mi ght
include a C AB/CRC connecti on, he says.
Costantino agrees students should ha ve
some level of control over the space in
a student union, but that control will be
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Aramark negotiations successful
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" But this is the college policy," I pointed they' re not affecting th em."
out, "and in the contract, this is a new edi " Wh a t abo ut th e 800 st ude nt s?"
ti on (the recent housi ng addendums) and inqu ired.
it 's something that they (the student body)
" Ri ght. .. one of the things we hope to
didn 't agree to. " Here was another prob- support is starting a residential hall assole m w ith the new ho using po licies: When ciatton, some hall of resident governm ent. "
students signed th eir housing applications McKinney spoke some more about the need
in September, they weren't aware of these for a type of residential government. But
impendin& changes that were hovering on regardless of whether there was a res idential
the administrative horizon. Could students government or not, the procedure for develbe held responsible concerning policies they oping policy stated that there needed to be
hadn 't agreed to? McKinney was about to community input through public meetings,
offer clarifi cation when th e interview was as we ll as public notice, beforehand.
" Ri ght ," McKinney said, shifting in
inten'upted by a knock at the door: someone
needed a phone charger. The tension and hi s chair. " I guess what I' m saying is
the pressure from the previous question had the last couple times we' ve tried to have
dissipated; we moved on.
publi c meetings, we ' ve Iiad ve ry, very
I returned to the question o f student poor turnout." But despite the low turnout,
privacy taking precedence over housing public meetin~s are a legitimate part ofthe
maintenance: Wasn 't Evergreen violating Evergreen policy regarding the drafting of
the agreement they had made with students? policIes, and can 't be skipped regardless of
"This is kind of, somewhat an intellectual how futile they may seem.
debate we're having" McKinney remarked,
"I don't see this as an official college
reminding me that RDs had undertaken the policy," McKinney responded. ", .. It isn 't
new policy without any conflict from stu- a policy of how to check out of housing, but
dents. If someone really had a problem, just a procedure."
" ... They sent out the policy, put it in our
Housing would have sat down and talked
to the student about it. But why didn't the mailboxes right before it happened, and I
people who were directly affected by the wish there had been more notice," Hudson
new policies have a chance to contribute Munoz, a Housing employee, said. "The
some input earlier?
policy itself .. . I don't think it's necessarily
" When we have what we believe are mtrusive because (Housing isn't) searchsignificant policies, we call public meet- ing our rooms, they're only searc hing the
ings, we go out of our way at times to do common areas. And they ' re not really
that. Every time we have a grant increase, searching, they' re just inspecting to make
we have public meetin&s: generally we get sure they ' re livable."
no attendance." McKmney spoke about
" I think that the student population
the lack o f student government, and how has changed," Amelia Vader, who also
Housing had no organization representing was employed by Housing, observed.
" . .. (There's) a younger population. They
student voice.
"Did you have a public meeting for this don 't know how to live on their own and
one?" I asked, indicating the latest policy so they 're really messy; then their parents
changes.
call up at the end of the year because they're
getting . .. cleaning charges. I think that's
"No," He repl ied.
Again I mentioned how student residents part of why we're doing this."
. John Lauer later contacted the CP J about
were left out o f policy development. Why
hadn 't Housing notified anyone? " Because the new policy. Lauer is the Director o f
as I said before," McKinney said, "where Housing and Food Services, and is responsibl e for any c hanges in Housing policy.
would I go to consult w ith the residents?"
" You co uld go to th e S&A Boards, stu- Lauer is McG inney's supervisor. Ho weve r,
dent gro ups . .. " I trail ed oft~ mentio ning he was not informed about spec ific issues
people who were particul arly invo lved in o f the po li cy. "That's why I wanted you to
talk wi th C huc k (McGinney )," La uer said .
campus affairs.
" But the cam pus stude nt gove rnm ent is ..... I wo uld probabl y ask him simil arquesdiffe rent from th e residenti al student gov- ti ons as yo u are."
So, had Housing imple mented a policy
ernm ent. But, yeah, there isn' t one ri ght
now . . ." McK inn ey th e n reca ll ed how th at had not been looked over or reviewed
Housing endorsed th e making of a student by a nyo ne but McG inney? Lauer said that
un io n. If th at was so, the n w hy had n ' t he ' d have to co ntac t McG inn ey a bo ut
McKinn ey met with people wo rking o n th at.
"We' re not immune from doing things
mak ing a student uni on to organize a student group to rev iew Ho usi ng's new po li cy? th at may ca use reacti o n that WIll g ive
McK inney responded with the fo ll owing: "serv ice to the point w here we w ill have to
"1 thin k housing policies for the majority rev isit ," Lauer stated.
How true.
of the Evergree n stud ents is not releva nt.
I mean, because we have 875 residents .. .
there's, what, close to 4,000 students on the R. Yazmin Shah is taking Beliefand Truth.
Olympia campus? Most of th em reall y don't
care about the ho using poli cies because
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Community Center." He wants a student
uni o n buildin g with pool tabl es a nd a
corne r store-styl e convenience shop.
St1.lde nts have a hi story of o pting to
fund coll ege initiatives, says Director of
Student Activities Tom Mercado. The relatively new childcare center, for ex ample,
was a project endorsed and funded by
students and approved through a vote a
fe w years ago.
Mercado shares similar concern s with
Kaszynski , stressing that if students are to
fund the project, they should have the best
possible product.
Ultimately, the deci sion is in th e hands
of a student vote.
" It s a dead project if students don t vote
for it," says Costantino.
If students vote "no," the college will
most likely go ahead with some fo rm of
CAB renovati on, he says, using th e hopedfo r $4.9 milli on of state taxpayer mo ney.
That money would pay for needed building repai rs, not stude nt social spaces.
Sam Goldsmith is a senior and coordinates the Evergreen Animal Rights
Network.
Olympia comes together for
earthquake benefit
By Joe Jatcko
Last Friday, a full capacity crowd of
at least 200 filled the Eagle's Ballroom in
downtown Olympia to raise money for the
victims of the recent earthquake that hit
Pakistan and India. The event was the concept of a group of Evergreen students, with
help from their faculty, who then formed the
Olympia Kashmir Relief Association.
The idea for the event came about during
a discLlssion the group was having regarding the disaster, which quickly gave way
to ideas for how to take action. The event
began to take form with Olympia's Mehfil
Cuisine oflndia providing food and worldrenowned Orissi dancer and Evergreen
faculty Ratna Roy and members of the
Urvasi Dance Company offering to put on
a full-length Orissi dance.
To kick off the night, organizers, students
Rana Shmait, Jonathan Coleman and faculty Zahid Shariff, a native of Paki stan, all
said a few words.
Shariff spoke softly and eloquently,
saying the only word that came to his
mind was "overwhelmed" by the amount of
people in attendance. Adding, " we weren't
sure if we would get fifty people."
Shari If concluded his re marks with the
words, " I've been in thi s country thirty
years . . . and Was hington D.C . still remains
a mystery to me. "
Shariff echoed a concern among many
in attendance that United States and the rest
of the world has not acted quick enough
to provide relief. As of Oct. 26, the United
Nations has nearly doubled .the amount of
immediate aid estimated to $550 million.
In addition to supplies, the United States
immediately pledged $50 million, but th e
UN still calls the overall world response
inadequate.
" [T]his is an emergency like no one
else," said UN Under-Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency
Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, at a press
conference regarding the disaster. " It is not
enough ... . We have neve r had this kind of
log istical nightmare, ever. We thought that
the tSLlnami was the worst we could get.
This is worse .... There is like a terrible cutoff for us in the beginning of December,
could be even before, when there will be
massive snowfalls in the Himalayan mountains." This snowfall will severely hamper
the effectiveness of relief efforts to almost
nothing.
According to the New York Times,
the emergency appeal for last year 's tsunami was more than 80 percent financed
within ten days of the event. Within the
same period of time since the earthquake
in Pakistan, other country's donors had
pledged less than $90 million of the then
$312 million--now $550 million--needed
for immediate relief.
United States is still dealing with o ne of
the most devastating natural di sasters in its
history. In addition, the media has focused
more coverage on domestic issues recently,
and has not provided as much information
as with last year 's tsunami or the recent
Hurricane Katrina .
At the event put on Friday night, however, was one strong example that many in
the United States are not fatigued, but frustrated that they are only beginning to learn
about the effects of the disaster recently.
Ticke ts to the event were $30 and
$20 for students. There was also a silent
a uction, with items from the region. All
proceeds benefited the Edhi Foundation
which is still accepting donations at b;
phone at 1-888-899-EDHI; their website
is www.edhifoundation.com. Contact
the OKRA, who organized the event, at
okra@ yahoo.com for further information .
A fter a scant two sess ions of nego tiation, both Pa ul Ma ll eck frum the ILW U
and C raig Ward from A ramark agree that
negoti a ti ons we re short , effective a nd
professiona l- Ward said, "1 couldn 't have
hoped fo r better." Renegoti ating their Bon
Appetit co nt ract , which was honored by
Ara mark when it took over food service
the ILWU was barga ining to get benefit~
for part time workers, hig her wages- with
higher periodic increases- and to increase
their upwa rd mobility. Mall eck says, " It
is a lmost unhea rd of fo r negoti ati ons to
go thi s well . I' ve hea rd the last negoti ation s took a bout twe nty sess io ns,. but we
were out in two. I fee l we we re ~t! ry we ll
treated ."
From the sta rt, th e I LW U was con fid ent
that A ramark wo ul d dea l w ith the m fa irly.
Mallec k ag reed th at du e to th e ty pe o f
college Eve rg reen is and the s ubsequent
success of th eir threat-t o-boycott petition,
it was ex tre mely unli kely th at A ra mark
wo uld shoot dow n un io n proposals as o utri g ht as th ey d id at Ya le. Nevertheless.
Ma ll eck a nd the wo rke rs he represe nts
were pre pared to go as far as pi cket lines
and boycotts if negotiat io ns had t urned
to arg um e nts. T hin gs were thankfull y
un event ful , which m ake the negotiations
a success in A ra mark 's m ind . Ward confirm s ihi s; saying " With Aramark's rep utati o n on camp us, a nd the ty pe of campus
this is, my job is to kee p every thing qui et
and peaceful. T hat's all we want to do on
campus."
Mos t of th e c han ges made in th e
co urse of negotiations were of a semantic
nature, but th ere we re some noteworthy
additi ons:
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I. For th e next three years, pay
ra tes a nd reg ul a r rai ses are
g uaranteed to all Union workers.
II. Pa rt-tim e employ ees now
have a ddit io nal b e nefit s,
including three days of sick
pay.
III. Full-time employees received
an increase in sick pay.
IV. Reimbursement for required
work clothing h as bee n
increased.
V. It is no w ea s ier for uni on
employees to receive trainin g
for hig her-rated jobs.
Despite these improve ments to the contract, Malleck mentions that th ere we re
things the ILWU bargained for but did not
receive ; he notes, thoug h, that "All in all ,
we left the negotiations with a better contract than when we started a nd our m"in
g~als of better part-time benefits and pay
raIses were met."
During the interview, Ward apolog izes
for the lack of commotion to write about
but reiterates that a fast, quiet and most of
all uneventful negotiation is in everyone's
best interest. He also encourages Greeners
to come in and try the portobellos.
Tom Slater is a senior enrolled in Res
Publica.
Joe Jatcko is a senior taking evening
classes.
In addition , time is even more ofa factor
following th is disaster. Acco rding to the
International 'Organization for Mig ration,
the re are not enoug h cold-weathe r te nts
in the entire world to house the estimated
550,000 families le ft hom eless by the
quake.
"Disaster fatigue" is a phrase that has
been used to describe the lack of response
the world has shown, in light of the fact the
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By Aubrey Harding
On a typically bright, Zimbabwean day, I
was in a van fi lied with people and chatter
on a bumpy, dusty, auburn road. We had
just left Old Bulowayo, a historical site of an
old village kingdom. Pathisa Nyathi, a historian, educator and published author, gave
us a tour of the place. Taller than most of
the Africans I had met, with a cloudy scalp
and gray goatee, the shade of his skin could .
camouflage with the brownness of the road.
His eyes had a funny direction about them ,
as if they could work independently of one
another, and it seemed his eyebrows always
slanted downward; a light, friendly, but at
the same time, serious face. When he talked
in his yawning (one, almost every word
breathed dynamic importance.
PN : People have moved from the north to
the south and back to the north- back and
forth .
AH: OK. But wasn't there a great migration
that went on there?
PN: No, it's not as simple as that. People
didn't come at the same time. Ndebele,
they're not here because of the migration
the
north, they're coming
from
fro m
the south. Others
migrated from
the North. So
how many
times they've
been moving
up and down,
we don't know.
AH: Some historians make it
sound like there
was one great
migration that happened.
PN: No, that's too simple.
AH: Does anyone know why the Bantu were
moving?
PN: What I would think is when people
move, generally why are they .moving? The
Bantu were cattle-herding people. Now,
cattle require a large area for building. That
would have produced competition amongst
people from the North . But the areas to the
South were open. And so they started in
search of new pastures for their animals.
dispersal. But then you
have some historians who
say: "No, no, no, no, no," yes
Shaka, yes did, but what was key
that was caused you will see the work
of capitalism ...
PN: Yeah , in the West that came. And also
A fricans then had been independent ... economically. But now when you build your
industry you need labor. How do you get it
from a people who are independent? They
would not become workers. How do you
make them workers? So, you will see these
people being rounded up, taken to work in
these factories. That's why. That's the work
of capitalism.
AH: Around what time was this happening?
PN: It's about 1800s, after the arrival of the
Whites in that area. The English arrived
there 1820. So there is now some industrialization that is being taken place, which
requires slavery, in the Mozambique area.
That's where slaves from the interior were
being taken for shipment to the Caribbean,
to the Americas. Now you see it has been
causing strife among the tribes today. They
started raiding each other, to take slaves
among neighboring tribes, and sell them to
the Portuguese. So it was down to the presence of the White man. But the White man
doesn't say that, he says it's Shaka. And
so the Boers especially, when they want to
explain why they came into the interior, they
are saying the interior had been depopulated
by Shaka. Wars. So when they moved in
there were no people. It's a way of justifying
their occupation. They don't want to say they
took the land from the Black man.
AH: OK . One thing I read, actually it was by
a White man, but he said most people generally believe the Kushites were a non-black
people, which I don't agree with at all.
PN: No. They will tell you all these funny
stories. You don't expect to find a White
man here. There couldn't have been a white
person here. It's very unlikely. But you see
those with power, especially power to White,
will appropriate these things, because
people do that ... So they [Bantu] certainly
came from that area. When they say we are
descendants of Ham, where was this Ham
they are talking about?
PN: Ah, OK. Now, there are two theories for
that one. Tbe White man will tell you that
it was a result ofShaka. King Shaka of the
Zulu was the cause of this great cataclysmic
Just then Mother Etta, the oldest person
traveling in the Impact International cultural
exchange program, interrupted me.
E: Ham descendants were Arabs.
PN: What kind were they?
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I s tumbl e d upon J a panese author
Kenzaburo Oe as an accident when exploring a Scrabble word. Oe, according to my
Scrabble dictionary, is a "whirlwind off the
Faeroe Islands. " Yeah, not very useful for
purposes not concerning Scrabble, but in
my search for more information about this
peculiar term I ran across Oe the author.
And here 's the punchline : the guy has won
a Nobel Prize for Literature. I suppose my
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Arabs, but
they were
Arabs.
AH: Oh, really? Because the cave art reflects
cultures that are still around, and even
mythologies that exist today.
PN: They were relying on the Nile for a
source of water. And the Nile area also provided grass, trees .... Otherwise, if the desert
is not there, the Nile wouldn't be that important. You see that?
AI-I: Capitalism?
AH: So the whole-
AH: But, why did they move from there?
Didn't you say they moved from there?
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African.
Anas6the "
White man put
this thing on us
that we were inferior and Ham came
from here [Africa]. It's
not true.
PN: When these civilizations were developing along the Nile, the desert must have
been there, hence the importance of the Nile
River. Ifthat area [the desert] wasn't present
then the-,Nile wouldn't be that important.
There would be water everywhere. But
you see water, the Euphrates, the Nile, the
Tigress, becomes very important to the
development of civilizations in those areas.
People came to those rivers, cultivation, the
shadoof and other things were happening.
Otherwise, why do you want to invent a
shadoofwhen there's a diversity of available
water? You realize? And again, when people
are so dependent on the Nile, and they see
the desert all around, they would meet a
pressure to venture beyond the desert. And
they didn't even know what was beyond the
desert, which was now coming to the forest.
From the desert they were moving to the
Victoria Forest. And for agriculture, that's
not good enough. Victoria for agriculture is
a disaster, because you have got huge trees,
which provide the shade, and nothing can
grow, there is too much rain. The better
areas were beyond the forest, the mountains.
So it's better for people who are escaping
from the Egyptian desert, through the forest,
to the open savannahs, in East Africa, where
now you have open (sic) food for animals.
You see that? For cattle herders, the forests
are not the best.
PN :, Yeah, they are pushing all the ... dirty
history to us. That's what they were doing.
You have to be very careful.
AH : So, the fact that the Bantu came from
East Africa, there wasn'tPN : It would have been farther north actually. East Africa was only a place ofrest for
sometime.
PN: But again look at the early civilizations.
They're based in that area, the Middle East
Africa. Even the spread to Europe and the
Mediterranean, the movement from that
Middle East Africa told a possible movement to Italy. And then from Rome people
are moving to England and other places.
AH: Do you think all this movement is
purely or mostly environmental changes?
PN: Well, it's difficult to say why, but once
people live together there is competition for
resources. The weakest were those who fled
north.
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Why is a manhole cover round?
PN: By north I mean further north, England.
But people would not believe now because
the White man is more powerful.
the climax occurring somewhere near the
end of the second part and after some discernable interrelated build-up. As I understand it, this is the basic Western dramatic
structure as penned by Aristotle over 2,000
years ago. So
you
might
excu se me if
I wa s nearly
finished with
Kenzaburo
Oe 's novel " A
Quiet Life"
and was wo nd ering when
somet hin g
would happen.
But
then
so mething did
Author Kenz.aburo Oe
hap p en and
everything th at
preceded it suddenly began to resonate.
This is a truly touching piece, but I don 't
suggest it to many. A large portion of the
book is dedicated to the discussion of a
Russian movie named "Stalker" and of a
French author by the name Celine. Perhaps
this is an idea that intrigues you, but for
me, I would have enjoyed a greater focu s
on narrative and less on criticism. One
can't help but feel as if nothing happens
for most of the book, and instead of being
presented with interesting characters we
instead get intellectual ruminations. Not
my cup of tea.
The work survives translation and if you
can stick it out until the final 15 pages, a lot
of the duller moments make more sense,
eve n contribute to the fina le 's satisfaction.
But knowing what I know now, I would
rather have spent the time readin g another
book.
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contract called Comic Books: Into the
Industry. The above is an excerpt from his
body of work, On the Red Earth. Aubrey is
also working on a comic based on African
mythology with
brother,
Darips ,
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AH: But weren't they already north?
In "A Quiet Life", Oe works in the
realm of metafiction, which is to say he
writes the story of the book being written.
To do so, he characterizes his own daughter as narrator and then writes about his
family through her voice.
I guess this is some of the hell that
co mes from having a Nobel Prize winning father. The story is not really about his
daughter, but rather Oe's son who was born
with a defect that led to a mental handicap.
He is referred to in the book as Eeyore (his
real name is Hikari). I-likari was born in
1964 and became a central character in a
number of Oe's works. From what I can
gather from "A Quiet Life", giving birth
to a child with a mental handicap was at
first a humbling ex perience for the young
Oe, but over time he found inspiration in
hi s son's predicament.
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Film finds easy target, but leaves something to be desired
By John Morgan
"Wa l-Mart : the high cost of low price"
Lee Scott , the CEO of Wal-Mart, has
a he ll of a job- if he can sleep at night.
U nd e r hi s leadersh ip , Wal-Mart ha s
become the world's largest retailer and, iri
fact , the world's largest compa ny. For thi s,
Scott gets paid $27 million a year, or about
2,077 times the average pay of a fulltime
Wal - Mart employee. Five members of the
Walton fam il y- Alice, Helen , Jim, John and
S. Robson- each are worth $18 billion. You
can bet his kids have a pony or three . You
can a lso bet they will never get a chance
to watch Robert Greenwald's documentary
about Daddy 's company : " Wal-Mart : the
high cost of low price." But then, is this
reall y a documentary?
The fi 1m starts out with Scott being
g reeted by a cheering crowd at a company
rally. His commentary from this rally and
vario us interviews is sp liced throu ghout
th e fi 1m . In this first sce ne he com ment s
on others' " fear, if not e nv y," of Wal-Mart.
T his is a favorite tec hnique of Greenwald,
putting Scott 's speec h into intentionally
ironic c irc um stanc es . We then tran s ition
to the story of th e ha rd-workin g, small
town , wholesome, se lf- made - ad infinitum - Hunter fam ily. Don Hunt er started
a ram ily bus iness named H&H Hardware
in Middlefield, OH over a half ce ntury ago.
Wal-Mart moved into town and they were
quickly put out of bus iness.
This same basic charge is issued by a
number of former small business owners
throughout the film. Each is give n a little
face time and allowed a few se nsat ion al
quotes; one hints at revolution , with another
say ing that Wal-Mart is basically "a C hinese
compa ny with American boa rd membe rs."
The message is that Wal-Mart is bad for
small bus iness. O ne sce ne shows a number
o f closed stores invok ing the image of a
g host tow n. Another business owner offers
the idea th at tow ns w ith a Wal-Mart look
like a neutron bomb hit them .
The Hunters are apparen tly spotlighted
beca use they are a conservative family. The
fi Immaker takes care to pan from Jon Hunter
to a fra med portrait of Ronald Reagan. It's a
rather ham-fisted attempt at creating solidarity. The message is reso unding ly delivered:
Republicans hate Wal-Mart, too.
From here, th e film spotlights Wal-Mart's
poor treatment of workers, first nationally
a nd then abroad . We a re told about how
Wal-Mart intentionally short- staffs the ir
stores, forcing employees to work overtime
that they then are not paid for. How WalMart encourages workers to file for social
Greenwald's documentary offers a comprehensive ~ook at the evils ofWal-Mart, but it does not
provide a balanced or convincing argument.
se rvices, and then g ive us personal accounts
o f how these social services become a
necess it y to workers who cannot afford
th eir corporate benefits, the most galling of
wh ich being health insurance. I don 't doubt
thi s is true, but besides a few anecdotal
acco unts, no comparison is provided of just
how expe nsive a Wal-Mart health care plan
is compared to state health care, ITtuch less
si mil ar retail chains' employee health care
benefits. I'm sure if I wanted, I could find
someone from Sears or Target to make th e
same complaints .
I could go on, but this is not a synopsis of
the information contained in this film , but
rather, a review. The film lambastes WalMart on its union busting, overseas factories, environmental practices; its sexism and
raci sm, employment of illegal aliens, use
of gove rnment subsidies; and finally- and
most frustratingly- its neglect for the safety
of its parking lots. I will get back to thi s last
criticism in a minute.
This is where I'm letting my biases show.
to enjoy this film because I hate
Wal-Mart. I wanted to present this film in a
positive light because the director's politics
largely match my own. But if I were being
hon est, the fi rst thing I would have told you
is th at "Wal-Mart : the high cost of low
price" is a work of unabashed propaganda.
Greenwald is picking and choosing his facts
to propagate his opinion of Wal-Mart. The
.c1osest thing to a counter perspective offered
is snippets of Scott's speech and various
interviews along with pieces of Wal-Mart
comm ercials. As I have stated , these are
presented in the most ironic context imag inable. Towards the beginning, the filmmakers
even set the commercials to sinister sounding music. Eventually they figure out that
no substituted music could quite match the
inherent creepiness of the music already
found in a Wal-Mart ad and thus discontinu e dubbing in serial killer melodies. Are
we even offered a glance at an independent
r wanted
perspective of Wal-Mart? No. Instead, the
filmmakers unfold a narrow picture of a
nightmare corporation bent on um'aveling
the fabric of the American dream .
This comes to a head in one of the final
segments detailing crimes committed in
Wal-Mart's parking lots . From th e onset,
this segment seems tacked on and incong ruous, as if the filmmakers were not sure
that the message that Wal-Mart is an abomination and pox on the world had not been
pushed strenuously enough . We a re first
presented with the story of Laura Tanaka, a
woman two men kidnapped and carjacked at
an Oxnard, CA Wal-Mart. Tanaka's charge
is that Wal-Mart should have done more
to help protect her; she brought this claim·
to court and won her suit. The filmmakers
extend fro m this that crimes in Wal - Mart
parking lots are frequent, but then considering how large, populous and common these
stores are, isn't that to be assumed?
And therefore, aren't the num erous crimes
co mmitted on Wal-Mart 's property that
scrolled across the sc ree n misleading? I've
never been to a retai l store in my life that
has anything other than a per functory leve l
of sec urity onsite. The filmm ake rs s ing le
out Wal-Mart because that is the target of
th eir aggression. This is precisely the tacti c
th ey ham mer throug hout th e Ii 1m , s ing li ng
out Wal-Mart for its crimes while offering
no counter-perspective whatsoever, no idea
whether Wal-M a rt is particul ar ly egreg ious
in these practices or only another corporation
max imizing its profit however possible.
When Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/1 I"
became popular, watch-dogs on th e left and
right responded with a scathing critique that
the film was " preaching to the choir," a nd
that because of it s obvious bias, no one
who did not already agree with Moore
before see ing the fi 1m would be swayed or
worse, would s imply not see the fi 1m . " WalMart: the high cost oflow price" may neve r
become a large enou gh phe nom e non to fac e
such cr itiques, but the truth remain s: thi s
fi 1m is so furious ly one-sided that it has
littl e hope of eve r reaching, mu c h le ss
convincing, someone who does not already
share its opinions. The left would be wise
to see the uphill battle it faces in changing
this country and spe nd less time producing
self-congratulatory propaga nd a pieces, a nd
instead attempt to reach the majority of th e
nation that does not agree with them .
Direct all slings and arrows to John Morgan
at morjoh26@evergreen.edu.
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xhibit # 1 that your date might be
an idiot: They compl ain about thc
reali sm in a martial ar ts movie. Realism?
Who wants real ism in a martial a rt s film ,
fer chrisakes? I want out-of-this-world
th eatrics, fiv e -foot ta ll women who
ca n punch through walls , wire-work
stunts- I want li ve action "Dragon Ball
Z" I You want to see what real life fighting
looks like? Go check out UFC; it's slow,
bruta l and boring. You want to see a guy
punch a hol e in a dude's chest. watch a
ma rtial arts fI ick . He re are three to get
you sta rted.
I s till d o n ' t und e rs t a nd : People who
c ritiqu e thi s film bec a u sc it is to o
unrealistic . Martial art s f ilm s are
N EVE R rea li s tic . No one person ca n
take on 15 people- or fo r th at matter,
three- no ma tt er what leve l of mas tery
of ma rti al art s they have attai ned . It is
called willful suspension of di sbelief; you
know, that sa me thing that allows you to
believe that, " in a galaxy far, far away,"
eve ryon e speaks perfect , Midwes te rn
Engli sh?
pro-totalit a rian C hina , but th at the
Pcop le 's Republic of C hin a so hearti ly
cndorsed thi s film leaves littl e d oubt
about how it was w idely perceived.
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mart ial arts masterpiece before, but it
merits b ~i ng me nti oned again : this is one
of th e best martial arts films eve r ma de.
Since it rece ived a good deal of critical
acc la im in 2000, a ce rtain a mount of
backla sh has arisen . Some of thi s arose
from a grow ing sentiment after its release
th at "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
was. in fact. the fi ncs t martial a rts movie
ever fi lmed. Now, I have only seen a bout
two dozen ma rtial arts films a nd some
of tho se are Holl ywoo d sc hl ock, but
eve n in comparisonJo,many of the more
legen dary Hon g Kong MA iterations ,
I have to say I have neve r see n a fi 1m
th at can touch CTHD's breadth , depth ,
direction, acting and excitement. Perhaps
on anyone element a case could be made,
but taken as a whole , the film stand s out
as. if nothing clse. the most co mpl ete
mart ial arts movie I've ever see n.
Arbitrary subjective score: One ta ll leap
for martia l arts flicks. You might like if
you like : "A Bette r Tomorrow", "Gone
with the Wind", " Dragon Ba ll Z". Not
suggested if: You get a copy with voice
dubbin g. While not as bad as most voice
dubbing work, I implore you to go that
extra mile and just read the subtitles.
c nSin g I:cr t'ai n dcfea t to Ri c k y.
Na rumi pull s a bl ade a nd see ming ly
co mmits se ppuku . B ut , o h no ! Ri dy,
don' t be so eas il y d up ed: Na rumi is, in
fa ct, just freeing hi s intestin es so th at hc
ca n stra ng le yo u with th em! .An d th a t,
my fricnd s, is ugly. Riki- Oh is one of th e
funniest mov ies I have evcr see n.
Buckets of blood, car toon ish violence,
ridicul o us dubbin g and cven a C hri st
ana logy; thi s film has everything th at
can offend, di sg ust a nd cause une ndin g
la ug ht er. Should I g iv e yo u a pl o t
summary, beca usc rcally, docs th e sto ry
even matter') Here's what yo u should
know: Rick y is jailed , Ricky fights his
way ou t of jail , many arc killed in the
most g ruesome ways imag inable .
Arbitrary s ubjective sco re: 10 ,0 00
ga lions of blood .
You might likc if you li ke: "Dead Alivc",
"Ev il Dead", "Starshi p Tro ope rs" (ye s
fo lks, tha t mo vie is a sa tire) .
Not s ug gestcd i f: G raphi c depi c tion s
of violence offc nd yo u, or for the more
s ini s ter, yo u lik e yo ur depictions of
violence real istie.
ero is a good exam ple ofa film that
might bc g rouped with CT HD, but
that pales in quality. I saw thi s on th e
big sc reen and did not have to pay for
my ticket: usua lly thi s is a good recipe
for mc to at le as t tolerate a film , and
I s uppos e, lik e, suc h as when I saw
"Godzilla" (t he American version) . I did
tolerate " Hero", but I did not like it. Hcre
arc my complaints . The story in " Hero"
is epic in that it tclls a history, but it is
also s ha llow and even j in goistic. Th e
pro - un ificd Chi na rhetori c, es pec iall y
given the nati on's rece nt histo ry, is rather
un se ttling. The fight scenes incorporate a
lot of rather inco ngruous spec ial effcc ts.
Some of th e computer g rap h ics look
a lmost ca rtooni sh. The use of color starts
out nove l, but becomes cumbersome and
he avy -hand ed , la cki ng a ny e njo yab le
subtlety. Reall y, thi s is not a bad film ,
j ust one with high aspirations that it tends John Morgan is in a shit mood and has
to fall well short of.
nothingjill1ny to add. Skeleton.
Arbitrary subjcct iv c sco re: One
overcooked ham .
You might like if you lik e : " Suicide
Kings", " Happe nst a nce", "Oceans 12"
(all films that a rc clearly derivat ive of a
bette r wo rk) .
Not suggested if: You can't separate your
politics from your art.
On that Jingoism : Some debate has been
generated about whether filmmaker
Z haQg Yimou intended the film to seem
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A look into the history and quality of local coffee shops in Olympia
By Jessica Nash
Northwest c ulture is a chemistry of
coffee and dri zzle. In Sea ttle, ec lect ic and
corporate ca fes have a IlHl gneti c presence
on ..-:v..-: ry stred . Alth oug h Olympia is a
da ill ty espr..-:ss o cup compar..-:d to Seattl e's
coflCe kingdom. we boast a vari ety ofca f·~ s.
They provide a place to read, wri t<::, meet
and li st..-:n to li ve Illusic. Ca f..-:s arc vi tal
organ s of co mmunit y life. Fo r a writer.
cafes ca n be aest heti c ge tawa ys from
mound s of fil thy di shes and laundry th at
clutter creativity.
The hi stori ca l romanc e of c;:lle s loll s
in my imagination like la ve nder in cense.
Ju st naille the pl aces: Paris. Vienna. San
Franci sco, Lond on. and sudd enl y 1'111
ill Vincent Van Gogh's "Ca fe Terrace at
Night"- mes meri zed by even ing's crystal
sequins , bemused by bohemi an arti sts, my
fac e aglow in gas light.
Co ffeehouses have evolved and disappeared in intervals since the 17'h century,
when they were nicknamed "penny univers iti es" for their lively public di scourse.
[n the 19 th and early 20 th centuries, literary
and bohemian cafes sprouted like clovers
in France. One infamous cafe, Brasserie des
Martyrs , was a nest of impoverished poets,
painters, journalists and eccentric·s. Young
Claud e Monet and mod els with name s
like Cigarette and Moonlight lingered
in the smoky, brash crowd. My favorite
character is an astronomer named Alexis
Morin who theori zed the nonexistence of
the sun. Here, patrons sprawled on divans ,
clustered at glossy oak tables and witnessed
knife fights inspired by insults.
Coffeehouses lik e th e Brasserie des
Martyrs survive only in legend. There is no
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unpaid bi li s and despera te dreams. On ly a
recreated appearance of eclecticism is heralded, accordin g to recent fashi on trends of
paisley skins and gypsy bangles.
II' not to sip espresso ill a Iiterary salon,
why else frequent cafes? Well , they make
kccn pl accs for peop le watc hillg- the kind
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pcop[e; yo u can converse, unlike in loud
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Rumll1age thro ug h cafes ' co millunit y
boards and news paper racks. I I' yo u are a
This new cafe opened in October. Veritas
student in a group project and sick of si lent
is not th e typical cafe- it 's a Chri stian
li bra ri es, many ca flO'S have large meeting
organization whose name translates to
tablcs. You can playa game of Scrabble or
"The Truth" in Roman . This venue for
philosophi ze via a cyberspace chatroom.
Christian music aims to be a hang out spot
If yo u visit cafes daily, it 's crucial to
for
young people. Veritas is the place to
gathe r inform ation about local spots. You
need to know which cafes are open late
night s, times they are overcrowded, the
quality of their coffee, where to get a good
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overlap personal bubbles. A word of advice
Caffe Vita
Batdorf and Bronson Roasters
p.m.; Friday 6 a.m.-7 p.m .; Saturday: 8
to caffeine junkies: don 't indulge in triple
Location : 124 4'hAve E., Olympia
Location: 513 Capitol Way S. , seats and fireplace gives the allure of
shows. Their message board is stockpiled
a.m.7 p.m.; Sunday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
shot caramel mochas every day. Spending
Hours: 6 a.m.-8 p.m. daily
being a "hang-out spot". Art is minimal
Olympia
with community info. The interior design
$3.50 a day on sugar-stocked drinks truly
Hours: 6 a.m. - 7 p.m . Monday-Friday; and non-vocal coffeehouse jazz dozes in
has a modern, Seattle vibe-metal, honey
Mud Bay Coffee, tucked. in a high-trafis an insult to the third world's starving
This Seattle branch-off is located in a oak wall panels and a chimney-soot cement
7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
the background. Towards the back are two
fic
shopping zone, has a lot to olTer. Their
children. Plus, it's a blunder to your phy- prime location with plenty of character traf- floor. There are no floppy couches, just tons
meeting tables ideal for groups of six to
is expansive-espresso, shakes,
menu
sique and pocket book. Stick to coffee'; fic . Their drink menu is basic- no green of tiny ink-black tables. The sp<\ce is small,
Batdorf and Bronson's grandiose propor- eight. In the front left, there is a bookshelf
teas and americanos, and take advantage tea frappucinos and mango jet tea here. so weekends are packed. They have several tions surely meet consumer demands more stocked with local newspapers, newslet- smoothies, mate lattes, countless teas and
of free fixings.
They roast their own coffee beans, and patio tables for smokers, where strangers than its former petite location on Capitol ters and fliers. Batdorf and Bronson are Dagoba organic chocolate, which all chocomany locals consider their coffee the best. converse spontaneously . Yet, be fore- Way. However, it's still difficult to snag environmentally and socially conscious late lovers must try. My pick is the FrenchWant the scoop on where to go? Here Caffe Vita reigns as the cafe with the best warned-you will end up interacting with a table with its constant flux of caffeine about coffee as a crop. They roast their
are cafe descriptions of five hot spots in tunes, play ing anything from Billy Holiday, unusual characters. Once, si tting outside, a add icts . Yet, the high-vaulted ceiling and own Fair Trade Certified coffee, often
Ol ympia.
Jurassic Five, Modest Mouse, Bjork to the man with penetrating blue eyes told me I central hardwood floor are strong antidotes organic and shade grown. To eat, they
magical soundtrack of "Amelie" . They resembled an elf. Then he sang me an inco- for claustrophobia. Their abundance of offer pastries like rugalah, cherry strudel
house cycl ical art exhibits and acoustic herent forest ode in a screeching warble.
couches, armchairs, patio tables, counter and croissants.
lind "music with a message," says bari stal
student Kristina. Yet, if yo u' re I3uddhi st or
agnostic, don 't turn up your nose- they arc
open to all. The two-story Veritas seems
like an upscal e cafe in Belltown. A former
gallery, art still dominates the walls. There
are window tables that hold intimate parties
of six, wicker chairs and a flat screen TV
with video games. Despite its spac iousness,
there are few tables. Besides espresso, they
have paninis, desserts and fruit.
Tuesdays are acoustic nights; Fridays
feature local bands.
pressed coffee that wraps the taster's tongue
in a silk sarong. They are a locally owned,
independent coffee roaster. To nibble on,
they sell the regular treats: bagels, scones
and muffins. Mud Bay Coffee's conference room holds 20 people and can be
reserved. Most seating consists of hard
tables and chairs, but two armchairs face
the fireplace. The clientele is pleasantly
diverse, from students to professionals to
'Older couples. On Friday or Saturday nights
they often have jazz, folk or contemporary
live music.
Barnes & Noble Cafe
Location : 1530 Black Lake Blvd S. w.,
Olympia
Hours: 9 a.m.-II p.m. daily
By far, the Barnes & Noble Cafe has the
yumm iest treats I They have pumpkin pie
cheesecake, caramel brownies, and three
cheese and tomato paninis, to name some
menu items. The Barnes & Noble Cafe
serves Starbucks coffee-a taste the whole
world is acquainted with. Although they
have body-hugging lounge chairs throughout
the store, the cafe is filled with hard tables
and chairs. Generic jazz plays as delicately
as moth wings as the ventilator swooshes.
Weekends are treacherous: there aren't any
available tables, toddlers scream and recreational shoppers with nothing interesting to
say inflict the ears. The plus about Barnes
& Noble is that you can pretend you are in
a library and scavenge the books.
Jessi ca Nash
lives in Olympia
and attended The
Evergreen Stat e
College, wh ere
she studied creative writing.
Her work has
been published
in several lit erary
journals
such as Poe ms
Niederngass e
and Moondan ce
(Dec. 2005) . This
winter, she will
be returning ( 0
college to stlldy
journalism.
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12
NOVEMBER
17, 2005
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
LETTERS AND OPINIONS
COOPER POlNT JOURNAL
NOVEMBER
13
17, 2005
Avoid the holiday gift giving trap
Questioning the commercialism of the holidays and finding something still worth celebrating
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gOOd many worthwhile a lbums ca me
out in th e yea r 2005. Th e three
writers of this article thought it
would be nice to point some o t' th ese albums
o ut to you CPJ readers, in no particular
order. We coulqn't - fully· review eac h o r
th ese albumS,
"as
that would1' take too lo ng,
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.
so we boilea them down to three word s
apiece. Some things might come off as a bit
abstract. but trUst us: th~:re a ccurate. We
disagree on some 'Of the"'lparuCulars, but ror
the most part, file majority :cWthese reco rd s
were enjoyed by,'alL ~f us': Saine of th em you
may have heatd of, although it's unlikely
you have heard of them a ll. This is true for
us as well. This is by no mea ns a definitive
list, but it's a rough guide to what was
undoubtedl a reat ear for mu sic.
,
.
In 1984, Live Aid performers
pointedly asked if Africans "knew
it's Christmas time at all?" The
continent of Africa, predominately
populated by Muslims and people
of indigenous religions , answered
with a resounding, "What the
fuck is Christmas?" An unconfirmed report had Paul McCartney
responding by crying into his $30
salad. That same year, newspapers
across the county reported on the
"success" of Christmas by tallying
consumer spending as compared
to last year. Or, to remove the
quotes, papers reported on exactly
what Christmas is: the success of
marketing; the success of marketing and its triumph over reason,
tradition and truth.
When I was a child, my parents
practiced that cu'rious form of
Christianity that did not need us to
go to church or read the Bible, but
only in some abstract sense believe
in Jesus as insurance policy, arbiter
of right and wrong and all around
good dude.
I loved Christmas. As a child,
Christmas was a holiday of feasting, extended television watching
and of receiving. Lots and lots of
receiving. A time of unqualified
gift receiving. Most of us who
celebrate Christmas probably
have a similar memory : the holiday was most fun before anyone
expected us to give, or to give
only a small amount compared
to what we would receive. It's the
Happy Meal strategy employed by
McDonald's : sell them on the idea
when they are young; watch them
blindly continue the habit the rest
of their lives .
For my parents, it was a time of
familial and financial crisis. Each
year they spent more than they
could afford, feeling a pressure
from my brother, Jake , and I who
spent hours a day being brainwashed by toy commercials. The
message taken in by Jake and me
was simple: toys = happiness. The
message then fi Itered to my parents
became gifts == good parenting.
On Christmas day the equation
got all screwed up. For Jake and I it
became gifts = momentary happiness followed by disappointment.
For my parents it became toys =
resentment towards children +
crippling debt. Despite all this, II
months fostered a puerile amnesia and by the time Thanksgiving
rolled around next year, Jake and I
were back at it, and Christmas was
new again. The holiday as assumed
and regular as a sunrise.
But does anyone actually think
about what Christmas is? Here are
some thoughts:
L There is almost universal
agreement among religious
scholars that Jesus Christ was
not born December 25, and
in fact was not born anytime
near December 25. The exact
day of Christ's birth is pretty
unknowable, but one source I
read speculates June 16. In a
time with a much higher infant
mortality rate than the one we
now enjoy, no one bothered to
record anyone's birth date. Fdr
three centuries after Christ's
birth Christmas did not exist,
but in the fourth century
Christians co-opted pagan
holidays regarding winter
solstice and slapped the name
Christmas on it. So don 't fool
yourself into thinking you
are celebrating your savior's
birth. It's just not true.
2. Each year millions (one estimate I read put it at 33 million
in the United States alone) of
trees are cut, decorated and
then thrown in the trash . For
others, a plastic monstrosity
is given similar treatment,
except with a longer lifespan.
Christmas trees are , as one
growing guide describes it,
"a chern ically- intensive crop."
That means lots of pesticides,
and lots of adverse effects on
surrounding wildlife.
3. While you probably don't gain
as much weight as you think
you do over the holidays, you
do gain weight. The average
American puts on 1.4 pounds
a year, wh ich might not seem
like much, but try and take a
long-view. From the age 20 to
the age 50 that is 42 pounds
added. 42 pounds is enough
to make an average person
obese. Half of this yearly
increase is accounted for in
the six 'weeks that comprises
the holidays.
4. In 2003, retail and online
sa les for the holiday season
amounted to $46.2 BI LLiON.
Much of those sales were put
on consumers' credit cards.
Maybe that is why the average
American owes over $14,000
in credit card debt, and why
our nation collectively owes
$750 BILLION in credit card
debt. Unlike that fifty bucks
you borrowed from Mom, this
bill must eventually be paid .
Debts like this cause broad
econom ic problems, not the
least of which is inflation .
All that gift buying has more
than an econom ic impact too .
While I could not get official
numbers on these, here are a couple
other things to consider:
L Nearly all gifts, besides
being covered in wrapping
paper, contain some sort of
packaging, which is often
plastic. This packaging almost
always becomes instant trash
the second after the gift is
unwrapped. That is $46.2 billion- and, in fact, more, since
hoi iday spending increases
every year-worth ofpackaging to become landfill waste,
or recycling-and yes, recycling is far from without its
own cost: power, resources
and waste byproducts.
2. The holidays increase traffic,
causing congestion, pollution
and damage to the infrastructure and injurious, expensive
and sometimes fatal accidents.
I could go on. So why do we
celebrate a wasteful, destructive
hoi iday that has litt Ie basis in
fact? Tradition. Habit. Familial and
societal pressure. And because of
those forces it is not likely anyone
reading this article will stop celebrating the holidays this season,
so in s tead, allow me to offer a
com prom ise .
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah or Festivus (and
before I get any hate mai I, Kwanzaa is not a religious holiday,
traditionally has nowhere near
the scope of gift giving found in
Christmas or Hanukah and is not
considered a substitute for Christmas or Hanukah, but is rather an
entirely separate celebration), you
can modi fy how you celebrate so
as to better represent the spirit of
the holidays.
Don't buy gifts. Personally, I
prefer to make gifts when appropriate. A few years ago I wrote my
then g irlfriend a book of poetry
for Christmas, and yo u can bet
that was much harder and more
heartfelt J han buy in g her a CD
or new earrings. She in turn gave
me a book of her photography. For
your mom and dad , offer to cook
din ner, do a chore or chores you
know they will never have time to
get to, do well in school, spend tim e
with an older or disabled relative,
plan something for you all to share
together or whatever else seems
appropriate. Offer your siblings
help with homework; your uncle
to rake his leaves; your grandma
to pal-nt her kitchen ; your friends
three free designated driver coupons. You get the picture .
Worried that others will think
you are a cheapskate? Tell them
about your convictions ahead of
time and implore them to not buy
gifts for you, either. Some cashstrapped relatives and friends
might be relieved to hear it.
Instead, everyone can spend
that money on their needs and not
rack up inescapable debt, but buy
food, pay power bill s, pay loan s,
pay cred it card debt from last
December. Tell your friends and
re lat ives that it 's your love for them
" that brings you together forthe holidays. And it is that love for th em
that makes you want them to not
have to be stressed about knowin g
the right gift for you or how they
are going to pay for it.
Though we have all been indoctrinated from a young age to love
the season of receiving, giving can
not be bought at Wal-Mart. Show
some real holiday spirit and g ive
some of that money to the many
who are need y throughout the
world. Or eve n better: do volunteer work, like working in a soup
kitchen . I have done that before
and can tell you it beats ge ttin g
an Xbox, beats g iving an Xbox ,
because in it yo u get something
a video ga me syste m can never
bring: compassion.
Eve n if Jesus were born on
December 25 , I doubt he wo uld
want us to ce lebrate his birth by
buying a ton of unnecessary shit to
g ive to others, cutting down millions of trees, fighting with our
relatives, runn ing up hu ge debts,
and all and a ll de st royin g the
Earth. So thi s holiday, why don't
we all ask ourselves that pointed
question so many Christians
propose : What wou Id Jesu s do?
l\1y guess is that old hippy wou ld
do something radical this winter :
spread love, do charity work, avoid
the mall and be happy.
John Morgan played Scrooge in
Charles Dickens ' ''A Christmas
Carol" in j'h grade and understands if some take this article
as a bah-humbug of sorts, but
hopes most see that he do es not
dislike th e holidays but only
how they are traditionally celebrated. Send all lumps a/coal to
morjoh26@evergreen.edu.
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
14
NOVEMBER
LEITERS AND OPINIONS
17, 2005
A display to
,Stop _drilling in the
encourage
conscientious Arctic National Wildlife
decisions
Refuge
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By Sam Goldsmith
By David Hornsbeck
n
response to
the
letter
written by
Edith Nash:
Thanks
for writing
in about the
TV display
outside the bookstore. I' m glad you ' ve
noticed it and I hope you've taken some
time to look at the footage.
Please understand that we don't intend
to force our beliefs on you or anyone in
any way; we've placed the TV there so
that everyone has an opportunity to see for
themselves where much of the meat sold
in this country comes from. We decided to
place the TV where it would be most visible to the community because we know
how much people care about animals . We
hoped to stimulate discussion in a setting
where choices are made for or against the
cruelty depicted on the video.
When people learn that animals raised
on factory farms are often castrated without anesthetics, have their teeth ripped
from their skulls while fully conscious
and have thei r beaks sliced off shortly
after they've hatched , they're horrified,
and they want to know what they can do
to help. You don't have to be a vegetarian
to agree that it's wrong to pump animals
full of drugs and boil them alive (both
things which happen to hundreds of
millions of chickens per year), and you
don ' t have to go vegetarian
to do something about these
abuses. Eve ry time you sit
down to eat, you make a
choi ce, and we hope that after
watching the footage outside
the cafe on the second floor
o f the CAB (also ava ilable
at www.meetyourmeat.com).
you ' ll choose to incorporate
more cruelty-free fo'ods into
yo ur diet.
I encourage you to think
about why you find the footage so troubling. You ask
us to remove the d isplay,
say ing, "Let me eat my lunch
in peace." Perhaps yo ur meals
would be more peaceful if you
did not condone the cruellYas
you watched it. I f you have a
probl em with any of the things
yo u see on that video, there 's
plenty that you can do to help
stop it, starting with what you
buy at the cafe.
The
Porcupine
Caribou
rec ent l y
had a close
call.
You
see,
they
migrate into
the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge every year
because that's where they give birth
to their youngsters, and the proposed
oil drilling there would heavily disrupt that; it may even ki II them off
completely. De spi te this, the GOP is
heavily pushing to extract the oil there.
In fact, the Bush administration and
fellow Republ icans recently sneaked
AN WR drilling into the federal spending budget at the last minute, and it
passed the Senate . However, once it
went to the House of Representatives,
it was removed.
Now here 's the thing: there are only
three to six months worth of oil und er
ANWR, but it would take ten years to
reach the market because of pipelines
and infrastructure that needs to be built .
The public knows this, with 53% saying
we shouldn't drill and only 38% wishing to allow it, according to a bipartisan telephone poll of 1,003 registered
voters conducted Jan. 13-17, 2005 by
Republican firm Bellwether Research
and Democratic pollsters Lake, Snell,
Perry and Associates for the Alaska
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Coa lition, an alliance of national and
local groups who favor protection for
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The same poll also showed that 44%
of respondents strongly oppose drilling, whi Ie just 25% strongly s upport
it, with 10% being undecided.
So why are many Republicans fighting so vehemently to dri II there? Well,
according to that great model citizen
Bill Frist, it is largely a symbolic
debate. If they can open ANWR for
drilling, they can open other places,
especially ones also currently under
environmental protection . This would
be a crippling blow to the already
struggling environmental movement
in s ide the United States and set a
precedent for years .
So what can you do? Well, you can
call your representative and tell him
or her that they need to step up and
oppose opening ANWR drilling. And
you can come to a WashPIRG meeting
to 'express interest in stopping the drilling. The meetings are every Monday at
5 p.m . on the third floor of the CAB
building. If we don ' t stop them , who
will? Certainly not the caribou.
David Hornbeck is a sophomore
enro ll ed in Political Economy and
Social Change.
NOVEMBER
Wealth and waste in the USA
By Alex Busack
Do you have
common issues?
Concerns?
Enlightening comments'?
read a
book recently,
maybe you've
heard of it :
it's
called
"Sharing the
Work, Sparing
the Planet" .
Written
by
Canadian
Anders Hayden, it further demonstrates
the disturbing notion that every country in the world cares more a bout the
environment than the United States. To
wit: "At the Earth Summit in Rio, U.S.
President Bush stated emphatically that
the American way of life was not up for
negotiation-sytnbol'izing the rejection of
such fundamental change." It's right there
at the beginning of the book. We are using
the Earth's resources faster than we can
repl enish them , but as Americans, our
lifestyles are not up for negotiation. Well,
I refuse to let Bush speak on my behalf and
any chance to openly defy the president is
not worth passing up, so I decided to do a
little experiment.
I' m not going to lie here: I' m a material girl trying to live in a non-material
world. I dubbed the experiment " Live
Simply Week", but others have called it
"Tread Lightly on the Earth Week," or
a more facetious " Do Nothing Week ."
The plan was three-fold: first, I would
not watch television (one hour of television uses approximately 100 kilowatts of
energy); second, I would not drive (do I
need to explain why?); third, I would turn
my back on the affluent nature of society and buy nothing. If you've seen the
amount of waste produced in just one day
at stores such as Target, Wal-Mart, etc.,
you'll understand how they are killing our
environment. I would do these things for a
week and see just how simple life would
be with out them.
Now, I realize as an Evergreen student
that many of my peers do these things
full time, in some form or another. I'm
not trying to be the hero here, writing an
article, proclaiming how I did these great
things. This experiment serves a dual purpose: the first being to help the environment, the second having to do with time.
Time poverty is a serious issue and I will
address it in the context of the three parts
of my experiment.
Television: Americans watch an average offour hours of TV a day. That works
out to be over 50% of said American's free
time. Time that could be spent with friends,
volunteering or using the mind creatively.
I found that when I cut TV out of my life,
I had free time coming out my ears. Try
it. You might get the same results. On a
completely separate note, you use fewer
brain cells while watching TV than you do
when you're asleep. Whoa indeed.
Driving: I spend an average of one hour
a day in a car, driving from work to school
and back to work. I had no qualms at all
with cutting this routine out. Aside from
the fact that my bank account is drained
from feeding the beast, more and more
people are out there on the road throwing more and more toxins into the air.
Carpooling and riding the bus are ways
to add more time to your clock as well as
save the environment.
Stuff: We buy stuff and we have less
time with people. We get our consumer
Share your thoughts with
the community! The CP J is
an important venue for the
:wealth of knowledge, activism,
Ideas and observations on our
campus.
To submit a letter to the CP J,
take the following steps:
I. Write it! A submission
can be as short as you like, or
up to 800 words long.
2. Attach it to an email and
send it to cpj@evergreen.edu
by Friday at 5:00. Be sure
to include your name, year at
Evergreen, program or field of
study and your contact information.
3. Check your email and
voice mail over the weekend,
as an editor may contact you.
If you have questions regarding submitting or just want to
talk about ideas, please stop by
the CP J office in CAB 3 16 or
email me, Sam, coordinatpr of
the Letters and Opinions page, at
golsam21 @evergreen.edu.
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Animal Rights Network
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Curtis Randolph is a junior enrolled in Order and Chaos.
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Living the Simple Life
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electronics to keep us entertained and isolated; the more stuff we have, the better
we feel. Now, I love Harry Potter, but how
many forests were cut down to make the
latest installment available to all thosemyself included- who "had to have it"?
It seems so crazy to me now. All those
clothes you buy? Each individual item
comes packaged in plastic. Did you know
that? Non-recyclable plastic . Mmmm .
That's the smell of our landfills filling up
and our natural resources dwindling.
I don 't know why many Americans
don 't seem to care about the envi ronment. But now they can look at it from
a completely selfish perspective if that's
what it takes. The three things I targeted
contribute to s·tress in a big way because
they constrict our time. The fact that we're
always rushed and never have time for our
family and friends may not seem like it
affects the environment, but it does .
My parents have always stressed the
importance of recycling, biking when
you can, turning off lights, etc. We had
our own worm box to make fertil e compost for our yard and us kids were treated
to cloth diapers! I think my parents are
proponents of simple living more than the
average American is, but now that I'm an
adult, the things they preached to me as a
child seem much more relevant. The relevancy also comes with the understanding
of global warming, ri sing energy and gas
prices and a President who refuses to do
anything about it, advising us instead to
consume more. I' m not expecting everyone
to live simply, but I can think of one man
in particular who should . Living simply is
as simple as it sounds.
Alex B~sack is senior studying creative
writing and is an in/ern with Take Back
Your Tim e.
Stop the Raid on Student Aid:
Bury the Budget Reconciliation Bill
By Jessica Tweedy
Last week,
college
students
prevailed in
Congress
when
the
House
of
Representatives
was unable
to pass the
Budget Reconciliation bill, which proposed
to gut student loan programs. Students and
organizations working
with
the
Stop
the Raid on
Student Aid
coalition
were able to
build enough
pub lie
pressure to
defeat the
proposed
cuts, despite
attempts to
convince
moderate
Republicans
to vote for
the budget
by removing provisions that
would allow
drilling in
the Arctic
National
Wildlife
Refuge. This
week, students must
take action
to convince
Congress
to bury the
bill entirely.
College is
already too
expensive. As state governments cut
budgets, tuition rises. Combined withless and less valuable grant aid, the result
is that more students and families are
taking out larger student loans to pay for
college. This puts millions of student~
ina deep financial hole after they
graduate . Now Congress is proposi ng
to make that hole deeper, by cutting
$14.3 billion from the student loan
programs and increasing interest rates
and fees for student borrowers .
The $14.3 billion in proposed cuts are a
part of the Budget Reconciliation bill. If
passed, the bill would institute the largest cut to the loan programs in the history of federal higher education funding.
The bill will make student loans more
expensive by increasing the cap on inter-
est rates from 6.8% to 8.25%. The bill
will also make student loans harder to
repay, by putting new taxes and fees on
borrowers. The typical student borrower
graduates with $17,500 in student loan
debt. This bill could cost that student up
to $5,800 in additional interest payments.
In addition, this bill will not balance the
budget as claimed. In fact, it cuts $50 billion from government programs to help
pay for $70 billion in new tax cuts for the
wealthy and corporations.
As a society, we should invest in education and our hardworking college students
so that we can strengthen our economy
and democracy. Excessive student loan
debt can force students to delay buying a
home or even affect what job they choose
after graduation. While getting the House
to delay a vote
was a huge victory for students
and the Stop the
Raid on Student
Aid coalition, we
need to make sure
that Congress
feels
enough
pressure to kill
the budget and
its irresponsi ble
cuts to student
aid and other key
social programs.
Congress should
keep students
from
being
buried in debt ,
and bury Budget
Reconciliation
instead.
All
students,
faculty
and
staff should call
1(800)574-4243
and give your
zip code to connect to your
Representative. Or
stop by the table
that WashPIRG
will have set up
in the CAB lobby.
Ph%byElIQ Wong The message?
Stop the Raid on
Student Aid.
Jess Tweedy is currently in her last year
at Evergreen, enrolled in Sculpture: Site
Specific. She is also the Board Chair
of WashPlRG and the National Student
Forum (National PIRG Student Group).
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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NOVEMBER
SPORTS
17, 2005
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
CALENDAR
NOVEMBER
Geoducks steamroll to first victory
By Kip Arney
I io ne stl y. thi s
,I rtil:le is a waste of
pa per and a waste
of my time, beca use
what I witnessed last
Saturuay aftern oo n
in the C RC was a
one-sided affair that
co uld 'v e resulted
worse than the fina l
sco re . Evergreen
ran away with their
first victory of the
2005 campaign with
a 7 1-16 victory over
Trinity Lutheran
Co llege (Issaquah,
WA) to even their
record at I-I .
before
Even
tip- o ff, the question was n 't, would
Eve rg reen win ? It
was more a long
the li ne s of, by
how much ? Tr inity
Coll ege, in it s fir st
yea r of having a basketball program. dressed in their hand-me-
Courtesy of Evergreen Athletics
down style blue jerseys with huge block
numbers on the front and back, looked like
they didn't want to be there at all. And
why would they? Their two tallest players
stood at 6'2", while Evergreen's 14-man
roster has 12 of its members listed above
that height.
With seniors Wes Newton and Durriell
Jones sitting out due to inj urie s, senior
Doug Dietz out of Longview, WA , took
charge early by scoring eight ofthe team 's
first 12 points out of the gate and fini shed
the game with a team-high 20 points on 7
of9 shooting, includ ing 6 of 8 from threepoint range.
Newton , Jones and Dietz are the
only returning players fro m last year 's
squad, so the Evergreen fans were able
to ge.t a glimpse of the new faces along
with first-year head coach, Tom Kenna .
Unfortunately, this game was s uch a
landslide that it's hard tojudge the team's
actual talent.
But one thing's for sure: they can shoot
the three-shot fairly well . Trinity used a
two-three zone all game to prevent oneon-one match-ups down on the post. And
so Evergreen took what they were given by
passing around the perimeter and jacking
up 35 attempts from downtown, connecting on 15 of them.
Pat Mattson, a junior transfer out of
Everett Community College, was the only
Geoduck to join Dietz in double figures
in the scoring department, with a total of
17. All players for Evergreen that found
themselves on the court al so managed to
By Kip Arney
overs and rebounding that spelled doom
for Evergreen, as Concordia was able to
snatch 19 offensive boards, allowing them
precious second chance opportunities.
Despite sloppy plays and decisio ns causing me to scratch my head,
Evergreen was in it until the bitter end. At
half, the score was tied at 15 apiece, with
se niors Olsen, Lala Gomez and Central
Washington University transfer Rachel
Ross responsible for all the scoring.
T he seco nd half was much more
entertaining, as the pace quickened with
junior Ashley Miller's jump starting the
offen se with a three-pointer from the
right wing. However, Evergreen's best
on-ball defender, junior Katie Floyd, was
hampered with foul trouble, picking up
her fourth foul just two minutes into the
second half, forcing her to the bench, and
Evergreen losing a valuable shooter in the
process. Eventually, Floyd was brought
back in around the nine-minute mark, but
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murders of women in Juarez,
Mexico. Lecture Hall I at 7
p.m .
'Glass Elevator, Post Harbor and
Kill Kill Orchestra will be playing at Yes Yes on 20 41h Ave. in
downtown Olympia. A II ages. $5
entrance fee.
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will be performing at Tugboat Annies at 9 p.m.
Event is free. Visit www.a-kamp.com for more
details.
• Free event at Le Voyeur featuring Meat the
Vegan , Glass Elevator and Roark.
• "Comm [Jnity-Farm Raising Forum and Music Benefit Concert" will be staged
at Eagles Hall on 80S 4'h
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St., Chehalis. $5 entrance fee, call
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not a minute later found herself di sputing
a questionable offensive foul call that prematurely ended her night.
But that wasn 't the only ca ll that raised
eyebrows. After Evergreen had built its
largest lead of five points at 40-35 on an
Olsen three with just outside of four minutes remaining, the Eagles came back with
five unanswe red including a three-pointer
from Concordia senior Tristen Ryan ,
whose toe was on the line but the official
called it a three anyway. Sure, when the
game ended in a five-point differential , it
didn't seem like that big ofa deal , but the
mindset of playing with a lead is much
different than the mindset of playing in
a tie game.
Once Evergreen built that five-point
lead, Concordia closed out the game on a
12-2 run, with all points being scored by
Ryan and junior Kristine Jensen, who finished with II and 13 points respectively.
The Evergreen women will try to
bounce back from this disappointing
loss this Saturday at 6 p.m., as they host
Pacific University, who have yet to start
their season.
Olsen shines amid
losing effort
The's igns were there . Home opener.
Coming off a close~fought battle against
SI. Marti n's in a losi ng effort. And the
opponent was winless having just blown
a doub le-d igit, second-half lead the night
before . But despite all that, the women
still came out nat a nd dropped their
second game of the season 42-47 to the
Concordia University (Irvine, CA) Eag les
last Sat urday.
Se nior captain Jenny Olsen tried to
ca rry the team on her back by posting her
first double double of their season, with
15 poi nt s and 14 rebounds, but received
I it1l e help from the rest of her teammates.
No t only did Olsen lead her team in points
and rebound s, but she also topped the
lists in assists, blocks, steals and offensive rebounds for her squad and scored
Eve rgreen 's first six points of the game.
It was a sloppy game on both sides with
a combined 36 turnovers, 22 of which were
committed by the home team . It was turn-
find themselves on the stat sheet contributing in some fashion towards the scoring
department.
Rattling off statistics in a game like
this is pointless, though. I' m not trying to
take any credit away from Evergreen 's fi rst
win of the season, but serious ly, when you
have a halftime lead of 42-6, the numbers
are go ing to look a bit gawdy. Evergreen
could ' ve easily surpassed the 100-po int
mark had they decided to run any fa st
breaks, but instead they worked through
their offense sets, worked the clock and
looked for the easy basket, which resulted
in 20 assists on 26 field goals.
In the grand schem e of things, a win
is a win, and yo u gotta take of care of
business with whomever comes walking
onto your court. Although, as I look down
the schedule, I see another game against
this very same team which is odd to me
because I've never heard of any team
playing a non-conference opponent twice
during the same season. But then again,
this is Evergreen, and we do things just a
bit differently here.
The men hit the road for four games
until returning home to open up conference play on Friday Dec. 2 to host Cascade
College, with whom the Geod ucks swept
the season series last year.
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