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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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NOVEMBER
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VENEZUELAN SOLIDARITY DAY ON PAGE 2 •
LIVING WITH GUY CULTURE ON PAGE 5 •
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POINT JOURNAL
A germ of understanding You can help
stop sexual
about a new viral infection
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Volume 34
Dec. 1,2005
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Y~p, Molluscum contagiosum can be transm itted thi s easily. You will also want to avoid sharing clothing and towel s wi th an infected person.
By Kate Mruz
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A project for Sculpture: Site Specific
By Veronica Oh Happy
Veronica Oh Happy is a sophomore in Sculpture: Site Specific. In her copious
spare time, she creates plaster molds and plays with ink on canvas. Veronica is
also the RAfor Tand U dorms.
Heads up! Another infec tion is sp reading its way a round campus: Molluscum
con tagiosum . The Mollu scu m contagio su m virus, an infection that was previou sly
a lmost exclusively found in children, can
be spread through pla in old sk in-to- skin
contact or through towels and clothing. It
is believed to be a member of the sa me viral
family as chicken pox a nd result s in pink
to white pearl-like bumps with a central
dimple on the face, arms and legs which
can be 1- 5 mm in diamet er.
Molluscum contagiosum isn 't a traditional
STi because it 's not s pread exclusively
through mucous membranes like the gen itals orthe mouth. The virus is transmitted by
skin-to-skin contact, which makes it pretty
easy to catch . If the infection is sexually
transm itted, the molluscum shows up on the
genitals, thighs, buttocks and /or the lower
part of the stomach . These bumps can
develop into larger sores or lesions, which
are flesh colored, gray-white or yellow-ish.
They can cause itching or tenderness in the
area, but in most cases the lesions cause few
problems. Lesions can last from two weeks
to four years, but the average is two years.
People with AIDS or with compromised
immune systems may develop extensive
outbreaks.
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
To prevent co ntract ing Molluscum contag iosum , layo ff any sk in-to- s kin contact
with an infected partner. Condoms or other
barri ers for vaginal , oral and anal sex will
protect the genitals, but any surrounding
areas are sti II at risk, s ince MCV easily
spreads from simply touching infected
body parls.
If yo u think you may have mo lluscum
contagiosum, avoid pick in g or sq ueezi ng
the bumps to keep them from s preading.
Kee p your towel in your room, not hanging
with other towe ls in th e bathroom. Also, do
not share clothing. You sho uld sched ul e an
appoi ntm ent at the Student Hea lth Cente r
on campus, located in SEM I 2110. You can
call the Health Center at (360)867-6200. The
standard treatment is freezing with liquid
nit roge n and may take multiple ap pl icatio ns
over the course of four to six weeks to fully
eradicat e sy mptom s.
Kate Mruz is a juniur and is a S tudent Medical Assistant at the St udent Health Center.
S TI Information
... 2/3 of all STis occur in people 25 yea rs of age or younger.
... 1/4 of new STI infections occur in teenagers.
... By the age of24, 113 of sexually active people will have contracted an STL
... The highest rates of genital HPV infections are found in adults between the ages
of 18 to 28.
... In 2000, 15- to 19-year-old women had the highest rate of gonorrhea compared to
all other age categories. In addition, 20- to 29-year-old women had the highest rates
of primary and secondary syphilis.
... Among men, 20- to 24-year- old men had the highest rate of gonorrhea and 4th
highest rates of primary and secondary syphilis.
(Sources: American Social Health Association, Centers for Disease Control, and
Planned Parenthood.)
Are yo u int e re s ted in ta lkin g a bo ut
conse nsual sex and healthy rel ations hips')
Providing educat ion to our camp us comlllunit y? Are yo u inte rested in preventing and
ending sex ua l assault a nd providing support
to survivors of sex ua l assaul t? We need yu u
to help us sp read the word , making people
aware that sexual assa u It need s to come to
an end' One way to accomp lish thi s goa l is
to s upport s ur vivo rs, educate and advocate
aga in st sex ual as sau lt.
Right now at Everg ree n, date rape, sexua l
assa u It, sex ua l ha ra ss m ent and dome st ic
violence are ha ppen in g. Are you surpr ised
to hear thi s? Many stud ent s are. While most
peo pl e in o ur comm unit y have hea lth y,
consensual relat ion s hi ps, it is a lso tru e
th at one in seve n female s wi ll ex perience
a n att empted or completed sexua l assa u It
in her co llege career (Natio nal Burea u of
Stati stics, 2000). At thi s tim e, dat a rega rdin g ma le a nd trans experi ence s of co llege
sexua l vio lence a re not available.
We think we have the power to stop it, but
we need yo ur input' Come and be a part of
an active team of stude nt s who want to connect with oth er stude nts working towards
bringing sexua l vio lence at Eve rg reen to an
end . The Evergreen Orti ce of Sex ual Assa ult
Prevention (OSAP) is looki ng for ALL s tudents inte rested in he lpin g us accompli s h
thi s goa l. We a re look in g for students to he lp
us spread the word abou t con se ns ua l. fun
a nd safe relationships. We need YO llr he lp
to accomp lish thi s goal.
One way to do thi s is by volunteering as
a pee r advocate and ed ucator. For advocacy
purposes. we connect s ur vivors of sex ual
assa ult to s tu de nt advocate s w ho 'a re a
diverse g roup train ed to ass ist s uch ind ividu a ls and exp lore av a il a ble ,·esources .
For ed ucat io na l purposes, we will hos t
wo rk s hops a nd events, create art projects.
offer films followed by di scuss ion s and post
fli e rs to ed ucat e oli r ca mpu s commu nit y
a bout co nse ns ua l, fun a nd safe relationship s. We hope to create a safe r environm ent for stud ent s in gene ral. We are always
look ing for new volunteers for th is part of
our serv ices .
The O ffic e of Sexual Assault Prevention
will train you to beco me one member of a
diverse team . Th e only requirements for this
Sexual Assault continued on Page 4
Cor r e c t ion s
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Chuck McKinney was mistake nly
named McGinney several time s
throughout the article "New Housing
Policy Implemented" .
In the article "Student fees may fund
new or renovated CAB" the Stude nt
Activites fee was listed as $453/quarter
but is in fact $151 /quarter .
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
DECEMBER 1, 2005
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STUDENT VOICE
Voices of Color
By John MOrgan and R. Yazmin Shah
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Will you be continuing your course next quarter?
Yes, I will be continuing my class ... I haven't taken math
for a lon g time and this is, sort of-it's working a part
my brain that [ haven't for a long time. [t has an animation compo nent whic h is also very interesti ng.
Robert Needham
Second Year
Emerging Order
(This is the first time I've ever cont inued a class) ... I've
just never li ked a program enoug h to stay in it yet. But
I guess ceramics kinda sta rts over- it 's the best thin g
since sc ulpture- but I wou ld've staye d in it a nyway.
Kira Nelson
T hird Year
Cera mics Sculpture
Venezuelan Pres. Hugo Chavez does not fear his people. but may have n:ason to fear the USA.
By Laura Holtan
Venezue la Sol idar it y Day is being recognized across the nation on Dec. 2,2005. The
holiday is being o rganized by the Latin American Solidarity Coalition (LASC) to call allent ion to the repeated att empts by the U.S. govern ment to bring down the popularly elected
Ven ez uelan governmen t and encou rage U.S. citizens to demand an end to U.S. military
and corpora te influence in Lat in America .
On campus, the Eve rg re e n C hapt er of C IS PES (Committee in Solid ar ity with the People
orE I Salvador) w ill be showin g "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" in the HCC from
6-9 p.m. " The Revolution Will Not be Te lev ised" documents the attempted coup on Venez uel an Preside nt Hu go Chavez, and hi s subsequent return to power. After the film , there
wi ll be a presentation about Venezuela by Everg ree n students Christina Maza and Nikki
Mi ller, from A lternatives to Ca pitalization Global izat ion, and commun it y member John
Rega n, who recently visited Venezue la. In their prese ntation, they will offer alternat ives
to U.S. economic imperiali sm in Lat in America, focu sing specifica lly on a lternat ives to
CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement), whic h is scheduled to go into effect
on Jan. 1,2006.
C ISPES's goa l for th e ni ght is to raise awareness about the situation in Venezuela and to
provide an outlet for Evergreen community members to get involved in the solidarity movement with Latin America. For more inform ation about Venezuelan So lidar it y Day or C ISPES,
co ntact Larry Mosqueda at (360)867-65 13 or Laura Holtan at hollau "J3@evergreen.edu .
C ISPES me ets eve ry first and third Tuesday in th e St ud ent Ac ti vities Ce nter on the 3,d
floor of the CAB at 6 p.m.
Laura Hollan is a sophomore enrolled in Centra l America: Poetry and Politics .
Staff
Business
Business manager. .. .. .... .............. ....... ..... Corey Young
Assistant business manager. .... ...................Jordan Lyons
Ad proofer and archivist.... .. ..... ........ Carrie Ramsdell
Circulation manager/Paper archivis!.. .......... R. Yazmin Shah
Dislribution manager.. .............. .................. .. Anna Nakano
Ad sales representative .. .... ... ............ ...... Kristen Lindstrom
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News
Editor-in-chief .............. .... ...... .............. ...... ........... Eva Wong
Managing editor ........................ .......... ...... ... Kale DeGraaff
Arts & Enlertainment coordinator. ....... .... .. R. Yazmin Shah
Briefs coordinator............... .......... ...... .. ......... Lindsay Adams
Calendar coordinator· ................. .. ............. R. Yazmin Shah
Comics coordinator.. ....... ............ ......... ........ Chelsea Baker
Copy editor.......... .......................... .......... .... ......... Sean Paull
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Curtis Randolph
Victor Sanders
'Charlie Daugherty
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• Interim staff
Yes ... because it rel ates directly to what I want to go to
grad sc hool for, so it's a good exper ience. I'm doing a
group contract with faculty librarians that is partially an
academ ic class and partially an internship.
our communities and our lives. There will
be an arts and crafts sale on Saturday, Dec.
3 from 1-9 p.m. at Bryce's Barbershop on
118 4th Ave. Come find fabulous, affordable
and unique gifts while supporting WROC
and local artists. Enjoy fresh brewed coffee
and delicious desserts. Win an exciting raffle
prize. Listen to live musiC all day long, featuring: Vince Brown, Jana Vitols, Dirk Ronneburg, Cera Impala, Jerry Jenkins, Scuff
Acuff, Marla Elliot, LaVon Hardison, Tom
Russell, Rich Sikorski and special guests.
Don't miss the best party in town .
No more compost
after Nov. 21
Monday, Nov. 21 was the last compost pickup until Jan. 9. Hopefully
you expelled your compost before last
Monday; otherwise, throw it in the trash .
When you notice buckets have returned to
their stations on campus, let the composting resume! The compost facility located
at the Organic Farm recovers two tons of
food scraps from Housing and the food
service each week. Evergreen's lovely
compost crew needs a breather, so the
facil ity will be closed over Winter Break.
The Organic Farm thanks everyone for
th e ir contribution and the staff and
students committed to this exemplary
compost project.
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New exhibit at the
Washington State
Capital Museum
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A new exhibit, To Place Her Name in History, features the history of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, Sacajawea
Chapter, founded by Mrs. Elizabeth Lord
and 12 other women of the Olympia community. Olympia's Daughters of the Am erican
Revolution, Sacajawea Chapter, are hosting
the opening reception for the new exhibit
and Celebratory Tea on Saturday, Dec. 3
from 2-4 p.m. The opening reception is
free and open to the public, but donations
are appreciated.
Live music at Taco
Del Mar
Jenny Parkin
Information Landscapes (Library group co ntrac t)
Senior
No. Spanish, I am, but not the Art of Mexico, becau se I
want to do photograph y in stead. (I 'm) a little bit (dissatisfied with the class). I'm di ssati sfied due to the fact th at
there's just not enough art. We don ' t do enou gh art. And
[just want to be doing art. [ thought we'd be doing more.
Every Friday night at the Taco Del Mar in
downtown Olympia, you can enjoy great
live mll sic and good food and drinks to
go with it.
• • •
Camille McCarthy
A rt of Mexico and Beginner's Spanish
Senior 2 nd Year
Yes, both of them .. . Because I enjoy th em ; the
(meta l)work is fun and somet hin g that I really like to do
and Reconciliation because it a llows me to do whatever
I want to do ... I don't have to go tell (my professor) w
to do. I just do whatever I want.
Joel Reid
Fifth Year
Reconci liation and Metalworking
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1, 2005
News
Briefs
Vox Populi
Celebrating solidarity with
powerful documentary
. COOPER POINT
NEWS
The Welfare Rights
Organizing Coalition
Evergreen Singers
WROC is a local non-profit grassroots
organization made up oflow-income parents and our allies. WROC members organize for positive change in welfare policy,
Come see the Evergreen Singers perform
" Magnificat: A Christmas Canticle" on Dec.
3 at 7:30 p.m. with a pre-concert lecture at
7:00 p.m : The performance will be at the
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Washington Cen)er for the Performing Arts
in downtown Olympia at 512 Washington
St. Tickets are $18 for adults and $11 for
students.
• • •
Land-cover change
and tropical biotas
On Monday, Dec. 5 from 4-5 :30 p.m . at
Sem II El105, come listen to Dr. Catherine
Lindell from the Department of Zoology at
Michigan State University present " Predicting the consequences ofland-cover change
on tropical biotas: statistical modeling ' of
bird abundance and richness by guild in
Montverde and Coto Brus, Costa Rica."
This event is sponsored by the MES program, MES Graduate Student Association,
Environmental Resource Center, Ecological
Agriculture Program and Vertebrate Evolution Program .
• • •
Masters of Environmental Studies
Thesis Presentation
by Eve Rickert
On Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 4-5 p.m . in Lecture
Hall I , come learn about the environmental
effects of the coffee crisis: A case study of
land use and avian communities in Agua
Buena, Costa Rica . Come learn about
important environmental topics and support Evergreen graduate students as they
celebrate the completion of t'heir thesis
research.
Yoga Club
presents Dave
Stringer at
Evergreen
The Yoga Club presents Dave StringerChanting on the divine feminine and
K irtan Concert on Dec. 7 at II a .m.
and Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in CRC 116 - 117.
Kirtan is an ancient form of ecstatic
chanting done in call/response format .
It 's uplifting, inspiring, meditative and
fun! Check out Dave's website for more
info at www.davestringer.com. The event
is free to all students with ID and $10 for
community members; kids are free!
• • •
Familiar with the
"Vagina Monologues"
and have experience
directing plays?
The "Vagina Monologues" is an annual
educational performance presented by
women . Evergreen produces it each year,
but so far the re is not a director for the
performance, which will take place in
February. Tht' "Monologu.e s" will not
happen at Ev, :reen unless you step
up. As director, there is the possibility to
receive academic credit, gain life experience and yredibi lity. Interested? Contact
the Women's Resource Center (360)8676162 or stop by the office in CAB 3[3.
Meetings
Our meetings are open to the Evergreen
community. Please come and discuss with us!
Used motor oil is the largest single source
of pollution in our nation's waterways.
Stud9nt G rou p Meeti ng
5 p.m. Monday
F ind o ut what it m ea ns to be a m embe r of the
stude nt gro up C PJ. Practice consensus-based
decision making .
Content Meeting
at Platttted Parettthood
5:30 p.m. Monday
Services Include:
Help discuss future content, story ideas, Vox
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Lecture and sem inar related to journal ism and
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Discuss ethics, journalism law and conflict
resolution.
Paper Critique
Emergency contraception
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I recycle my used motor oil.
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Comment on that week 's paper. Air comments,
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
DECEMBER 1, 2005
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NEWS
By R. Yazmin Shah
Sexual Assault Statistics
Statistics from "I Never Called
It Rape", by Robin Warshaw
position are the willingness to learn, and a
commitment to both anti-oppression and to
stay in the program throughout the 20052006 school year as a student at Evergreen.
We also offer internships and contracts!
Applications are available outside of our
office, located in Seminar I, room 4121 , or
give us a call at 867-5221. For TTY, call WA
Relay at 1-800-833-63 88.
Look for our upcom ing eve nt, showing
Jackson Katz's "Tough Guise: Violence,
Media and the Crisis in Masculinity". Katz
is one of America's lead ing anti-sexist male
activists, recognized widely for hi s gro undbreak ing work in the field of gender violence
educat ion with men and boys. Come an d join
us Thursday. Dec. I from 5-7 p.m. in one
of the lecture halls for this incredible film,
a di scussion and popcorn'
Thank you to all of those who joined us at
the Clothesline Project on Oct. 19 to support
Domestic Violence Awareness month. The
C lothesline Project was started by a group
of women in the early 1990s in Massachusetts. The idea was formed by the concept
that women would share their secrets while
hanging their laundry. This is the time when
they had a safe space to talk with share what
was going on in their lives .
I f you wa nt to be involved in these events,
or have ideas of yo ur own, app ly soon , as
the nex t training is com ing up'
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alSexual Assault Prevention (OSA P) . She
is also a dOl/la, and provides edl/ cation on
pr egnancy, childbirrh and birth control,
wirh rhe goa! a/becoming a midwife.
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Phoro by Aaron Bierz
Timia Olsen waits with open arms for survivors and volunteers in front of her office in Seminar I.
Women's responses 'to assault facts:
* Only 27% oflhe wom en whose sex ual
assau It met the lega I defi nition of rape
thought of themselves as rape vict ims
* 42% of college women who are raped
tell no one about thei r assault
* 42% of the women who were raped
said they had sex again with the men
who ass au Ited them
* 42% of raped women said they expect
to be raped again
Men's responses to rape fact s:
• 84% of college men who COIllIll itted
rap e sa id th at what they did was definitely not rape
• 55% of the men who raped said they
had sex again wit h their victi ms
• One in 15 male stud ent s reported
committin g a rap e or atte mptin g to
co mmit rape during the preceding
year
* Nearly one-third of college men sa id
they were likely to have sex with an
unwilling partner if the y thought they
could get away with it
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Alrightatheists, listen up. I
know many of
you are sensible peopl e,
just like many
religious fo llowers are sensible people.
Th is doesn 't
concern you. This is for the idiots of atheism
those under the impression that atheism h~
no faith.
An atheist myself, I've encountered fellow
atheists who express surprise at my interest in
theology. That's not expected of atheists. But it
incensed me that this was construed as betrayal
on my part in the eyes of some atheists, like
I'm some sort of '~believer-Iover" and that's a
bad thing. While the intolerance towards other
creeds is alarming, what I find more disturbing is the logic behind it: that not believing in
God requires no belief. This may be tricky to
comprehend, but atheism requires as much faith
as religion.
A common image of an atheist often resembles that of a scientist, someone who is realistic
and sensible to a fault. Why atheism and science
are such close bedfellows is a mystery. Perhaps
because both seem to oppose religious doctrine
they are thereby assumed to coincide together.
They don't; science is no more biased towards
atheism than it is towards religion.
So why do some atheists declare that they
chose their faith after a close examination of
the facts, insinuating some scientific process?
The scientific method is useless in deciding if
there is a god or not. Here, let's try it:
Rape on College Campuses
Incidence facts :
• One in four college women surveyed
are victims of rape or attempted rape
• 85% of rapes on campus are acquaintance rapes
* One in six female college students
reported hav ing been a vict im of rape
or attempted rape during the preceding yea r
* 27% of women have expe rienced a
rape or attempted rape after age 14
* The majority of reported victim s and
offenders are college age, with the rape
victimization highest among 16- to 19year old s
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DECEMBER
Atheist as idiot
Sexual Assault: Be a part of the solution
Continuedfrom page J
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Scientific Process: Does God Exist?
I. Observation of Phenomenon: Does not sign
name anywhere.
2. Formulation of Hypothesis: Universesocomplex that surely it must have had a creator OR
Un iverse so complex due to various procedures
based on observable evidence.
3. Experimentation: ... ?
4: Conclusion: God cannot be proved or disproved due to an inabil ity to test her/h is/their/its
existence.
Some atheists would argue step three: Ah
hal But look at all these contradictions in the
Bible! IfGod exists, why doesn't he come down
and say hello? The most any atheist can hope
to disprove in terms of God is her/his/their/its
nature. Perhaps a benevolent god does not exist,
but that does not mean an indifferent one can't.
What if God was simply the guy who ignited
the big bang? What if God is the singularity
and everything after that happened of its own
accord? She/he/they/it would still have created
the universe, thereby earning the title of God.
What does this mean for atheists? It means
that we're believers. We believe there is no God
which takes as much ofagigantic leapoffaith ~
it does to believe that there is a God. Ifwe stayed
with the facts then we'd be agnostic, because
science cannot, at least for the moment, make
any defi nite statements about the ex istence of
God. I doubt it ever will.
A n atheist can still be a scientist. So can a
Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew, an agnostic and
a' Roman Catholic. Science does not choose
between faiths, but science can be betrayed by
them. It's time to stop retarding science in order
to emphasize atheism in terms of the divine
truth. Atheism is not logical from an impartial
standpoint. That's okay. What isn't okay are
atheists belittling other faiths based on this
misconception. It's cruel, it's i~su lar, but what
must sting tht; most for any atheist who prides
herself on her practicality is that it is wrong.
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Guy Culture:
a sociological analysis and totally for-real intellectual
study with a really long subtitle
By Gerard Allen //I
At this college, it is not
such an issue.
Guy c ulture
isn ' t
that
prevalent .
Occasionally
I'll over hear
some g uy on
h is cell phone
proclaim ing
that "all [he's] been doing lately is taking
knife hits and getting mad pussy." These
instances are rare and laughable. But in
reality, guy culture is no laughing matter.
When I leave Evergreen and head back to the
real world, I inevitably cringe at the cliche
horrors caused by guy culture. In fact, I
didn't even notice guy culture existed until
I came to Evergreen; the lack of it made me
realize it existed.
So what is guy culture?
Guy. culture is mainly constructed by
middle-of-the-road white males between
the ages of 16 and 29. It consists of subcultural paradigms such as "Tool is an
awesome band." Often times when I talk
to guy culture guys, they casually remark
that bands like Tool, Queens of the Stone
Age, and the Foo Fighters are the musical
geniuses of our day, as if it 's just a given. I
usually politely object by saying, "Yea, that's
not really my thing." Then the guy culture
g uy will undoubtedly furrow his brow and
reply, "Yea, well yo u at least have to admit
they are talented ."
No, I don't have to admit they are talented'
What I have to adm it is that you and thirty
million other g uys are "e mot iona ll y frustrated" and are longing for a way to express
your dark side. And not only that, you need a
way to express it that 's watered down enough
so that your other guy friends won't think
you're gay. The solution? Go to some overpriced concert and push around a bunch of
ass hole s while rock in', dropped D-tuned
g uitars "mind fuck" you and some shirtless
tuff nick sings about how " real it feels ."
Of course, not every guy culture guy
takes music to that level of importance in
his life. In fact , it's much more accepted
and common in guy culture to have a casual
relationship with the arts because it leaves
you time to cultivate your various other
mainstream ideas, tweaking them to a state
of absolute masculinity.
A much more universal , nevertheless
important example is the handshake with
the trading off of the fist pounding in some
flavor ofthe month sequence. Apparently, as
a straight white male between the ages of 16
and 29, it is my duty to be hip to the latest
and greatest form of guy culture salutation.
It is really a pitiful scene when I run into an
old chum from grade school and he puts out
his hand . I end up having to improvise some
pseudo-urban series of hand gestures. What
an idiotic custom .
Also being expected to agree that
busted-ass ch icks like Paris Hilton are hot
is another annoyi ng element of guy cult ure.
When some guy says, " I wou ld totally bone
Chri stina Aguilera," I can't help but object.
To save you from beating a dead horse, I'm
not go ing to list the 1001 reasons I wou ldn 't
touch her with a ten-foot pole . But I will
say this : I wouldn 't eve n use the toilet aft er
her, even ifshe used one of those disposable
seat covers.
And cars, too. These g uys wi ll go on
forever about th ei r "tr icked-out tranny." It
was months after I first heard a g uy cu lture
guy use the term "tran ny" that I found out
it meant transmission . At first I wanted to
tell him that if his tranny is tricked out,
maybe it's time to get out of the prost itution business. Ha-ha. Seriously though, the
worst part is that I'm expected to care about
the latest modifications to their "phatty-ass
ride."
OK, I'm not say ing that guys who like cars
and think Dave Grohl is the next Bob Dylan
are complete assholes. I'm just saying I'm
sick of being expected to agree.
Guys : Don't be victim to guy culture
this break . When you run into that guy at
the bar who was on your 5th grade soccer
team and he asks you if read that awesome
article about pubic hairstyle preference in
this month's Maxi m, say, "No. I do not subscribe to guy culture and I cannot be si lent
about its stupidity any longer."
Dear You: an open letter to the person who
stole my backpack out of CAB 110
By Grant Gerald Miller
The pronoun " you"
in th is article
doesn ' t refer
to you , un less,
of course, it
does refer to
you. If this is
the case , and
it does refer
to yo u, please
play attent ion.
Thi s is my second year in the Writing
Center; it's the first job I've ever had that I
actually enjoy. For this I am blessed. I give
three writing workshops per week on behalf
of the Writing Center, and on Wednesdays
I prepare these workshops for the following week. Often the Center is very busy on
Wednesdays, so I go into CAB 110 to work
in a more remote, quiet place.
Last Wednesday, Nov. 9, I went into
CAB 110 to get some work done. I set my
bag down and went back into the Center to
sharpen some pencils; I went to the bathroom ; I shot the shit with one of my coworkers for a second.
This is when you went Into CAB 110,
around 3:00 p.m., and stole my backpack.
You are now fully aware ofthe contents of
my backpack : there were my schoolbooks;
all of my notes for my classes; some lectures
on tape that I borrowed from the Library;
and my laptop computer.
Perhaps I take for granted that, in our
community here at Evergreen, we're not
constantly looking over our shoulders.
I've lived in places where the very notion
of leaving my backpack unattended, even
for a second, would be absurd. But I was
function ing under the assumption th at, here
at Evergreen, th is is not the case.
I st ill function under that assumption .
So, I'm going to assume that you were
in a dire situation , that you have hungry
children to feed , that you desperately need
monetary assistance and that you stole my
backpack solely for purposes of yo ur own
sel f-preservation .
The market value placed on my backpack
by Police Serv ices was just under $2,500.
If yo u are ab le to successfu lI y sell all of
the items you took, you should be fine for a
wh ile. You will be able to pay your rent, feed
yo urself, comfort and clothe your children.
This fi lis me with a sense of peace, knowing
that you' ll make it for a while, and hopefully
be able to buy yourself some time to get back
on your feet.
But, there are some things you took that
can't be replaced. I've never referred to
mysel f as a writer, but as "a person who
writes." Now, though , I'm going to refer to
myself as "a writer" for just a moment. As
a writer, there were many things contained
in that laptop that don't have market value;
things such as manuscripts, articles, schoolwork and journal entries. These things can't
be recreated or replaced; I can't purchase
these things at Best Buy or the bookstore.
They are an integral part of me that is now
lost forever.
I'm not writing to tell you "Stealing is
wrong," or "You're a bad person," or any
such thing. I firmly believe that people
pay for their transgressions against others
simply by the lives they lead, and it is not
my place to judge you. After all, it is you that
must live with your actions and not me.
I'm writing instead to give yo u more
opt ions than you think you might have. First,
yo u can ret urn the backpack and the lap top
to the Writing Center or Police Services and
no one will ask you any questions. If you
return it to Police Services, I will exercise
my lack of faith in punitive justice by not
pressing charges. Second, if my ass umption was right, and you are in dire need of
the financial assis tance the contents of my
backpac k will provide, then I'm at peace
with yo u keeping a ll the stuff, but please
e-mai l my word documents to thi s address:
ggsdocuments@yahoo.com
I still won't ask questions or reply unless
specified by you .
Further, if anyone has any inform ati on
regarding the theft of my belonging s.
please let me know by way of one of the
three options above.
I have learned two wo nderful lesson s
though. First, I learned that I put way to~
much faith and importance on mundane
and fragile inanimate objects such as lap tops and books . This helps me re-center a
bit, and pay more attention to the important
things in life, such as the people around me.
lt surprised me to realize that my computer
was the pulse of my creative and academ ic
existence, which sadly comprises an enormous element of my ex istence. Realizing the
instability of these objects that we conceive
ourselves in terms of is monumental. This
sort of awareness lends itself to a kind of
inner clarity, and does fill one with a sense
of peace. For this I should thank you. And
second, I learned , and my hope is that
everyone will learn from my mistakes, if
you write-always back up your shit.
Seriously.
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Worth the wait:
"Optic Nerve"
This is the third installment of
the top 100 albums of 2005 as
selected by Alex Tripp, Brian
Nicholson Loren Thor.
By Connor Moran
Nerve" story to date.
"Optic Nerve" is always a poignant, sad
and worthwhi le read . The characters are
spread out un sy mpathetica lly on the page,
The stiff, precisely drawn figures look
Iike butterfl ies spread out under the glass.
Tom ine is a master of knowi ng looks and
hea rt-cr ushing moments. The art is pretty,
but th e wor ld it shows us is not.
Th is three-part story te lls the story of
Ben, a Japa nese-Ame rican theatre manager in California. In the last iss ue, his
girlfriend left him to go to New York for
film school. Although Ben is the protagonist, he is anything but the hero. He is
monumentally insensitive. After witnessing what the reader can clearly see to be
an argument between his Korean friend
"Opt ic Nerve #9"
" Opt ic Ne rve # 10"
Adr ian Tom inl!
Draw n and Quarterly
ISBN 1894937643
Indi e comi cs are noto rious for their agoni z ingly slow release schedules. Marked
by lone- ofte n perfectio nist- creators
who most likely make their living doing
something else, it takes a very long tim e
for a new iss ue to come out. So when
a new iss ue of an indie Favorite fi na lly
comes out, it is cause for celebration. So
it is with Adrian Tomin e's " Optic Nerve
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you guys arguing or is that just how
your language sounds?" When his
Asian girlfriend confronts him about
the fact that all of the porn movies he
owns feature white girls, his response
is "That's not true. Look ... there's a,
uh, latina girl in this one ...."
# 10 continues his story after that girl-
The Weekly Quantitative Reasoning Challenge
'l1lc Evergreen Tutoring Center (ETC) invites you to challenge: your quan'ilativ~
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