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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
DECEMBER
1, 2005
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Umoja celebrates Kwanzaa
Issue
11
Volume 34
Dec. 8 , 2005
Former basketball coach
found to have
stolen money
from team
By Sam Goldsmith
Ani nvestigat ion by the State A ud itor's
office found that former men's basketball
coach John Barbee stole at least $4,453 .69
from the basketball program last academic
year.
Barbee resigned as Evergreen 's head
basketball coach last May am id allegations
that he mi sappropriated college fund s. l ie
served as head coach for eight yea rs.
The Washington State Auditor's Office,
a government organization that investigates mi suse of pub lic funds , recently
released a report detailing Ba rbee 's theft .
The report concl udes that between Sep.
6,2004 and Jan. 14, 2005 , Barbee took at
least $4,453.69 from the basketball program for hi s ow n personal use.
Accord ing to The Olympian, the money
came from a team fundraiser in which
players and coaches worked concession
sta nd s at nine Seatt le Seahawks footba ll
games from September 2004 to January
2005. T hese funds were intended for team
travel expenses.
The audi t found that Barbee alte red
seven checks from th e fundraiser,
switching the payee name from the college
to himselfand then depositing the checks
in his personal bank accou nt.
Rokea Jones loads her plate during the Kwanzaa feast. Attende.:s were treated to inspiring speakers
and tasty dishes inc luding fried chi cken, dirty rice, greens and black-eyed peas.
By R. Y. Shah
Photo taken in Roslyn, Washington
Submitted by Jerica Hatch
Jerica Hatch is a senior enrolled in What's Cookin' and Beginning Spanish
O'n Wednesday, Dec. 7, Umoja hosted
a Kwanzaa celebration in the Longhou se.
The group , cons isting of coord in ator
Candy Bauman and members Jamia ,
Maria , Maritza, Rokea, Jaackie, Danielle
and Mareus, se rved a large dinner of dirty
ric e, shortbread, greens, fried ch icken and
black-eyed peas, amongst other di shes. A II
students were welcome. Visitors entered the
room and were eventually fi led into a Iine to
awa it their portion of the prepared food.
As one walked in , they were met with a
table laden with books filled wi th photos of
past events and members. Umoja's mission
statement was loc ated at the beginning
of one of the various scrapbooks. It said ,
" Umoja is an organization of students dedicated to promoting diversity and cros's-cultural understanding, as well as fostering an
identity among students of African American descent at The Evergreen State College."
Alongside that, a pamphlet was passed
around explaining the meaning and history
of Kwanzaa. Relatively little is known about
the African-American celebration.
Kwan zaa was founded by Dr. Maulana
Karenga in 1966 am idst the Black FreeTESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
"
dom Movement and today is observed by
more than 18 m'illion people internationa ll y. Kwanzaa is not political nor religious,
d.esp ite what some may think . Beg inn ing
from Dec. 26 and go ing to Jan. I, it concentrates on the " traditional African va lu es
of fam iIy, commun ity responsibility, CO I11merce and self-improvemen t."
Rokea Jones, a member of Umoja,
exp lained that "events like this are necessary to teach each other abo ut each other.
Not enough people in my coml11un ity celebrated (Kwanzaa)" Rokea continued, "and
not enough people on campus know enough
about it to celebrate it."
The atl110sphere was warm; there's the soft
hum of chatter in the backgrou nd . By then ,
people had seated themselves with a plate
of food and it was almost time for Umoja's
first speaker-Margaret Bland- to begin her
speech on Kwanzaa . Joyce Stahmper, an
academ ic advisor and an excellent raconteur
was then scheduled to follow Ms . Bland.
Kwanzaa was created with three purposes
in mind . First, "to reaffi rm and restore A frican-American roots in African culture."
Second, Kwanzaa was "created to serve as
a regular communal celebration to ... reinforce the bonds between African-American
people." A nd lastly, Kwanzaa was "created
to introduce and reinforce the Nguzo Saha
(the Seve n Principles) which stand for seven
com munit arian African values." These
va lu es are Umoja (U nit y), Kujichagulia
(Self Determination), Uj im a (Collective
Work and Responsibility), Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), Nia (P urpose), Kuumba
(Creativity) and Im ani (Faith). These seven
val ue s are represented with a Kinara, a
candle holder. The candles stand upon th e
Kinara in three colors that each have a specific mean ing relevant to Kwanzaa . Black
symbolizes the people, red their struggle and
gree n for the future and hope. In the center
sits a black candle for Umoja. To the left are
three red candles that represent Kujichagulia , Ujamaa and Kuumba . And to the right ,
three green candles, which in turn represe nt
Ujima, Nia and Imani.
Kwan zaa is not a replacement for Christmas . Rokea summed up the spirit of the
night, saying "Kwanzaa is about bringing
people together and promoting cultural
awareness."
R. Y Shah enrolled in Belief and Truth .
Barbee repaid the college $3,943.66
afte r hi s resignation, $510.03 less than the
amount reported in the subsequent aud it.
The Audit recommend s that the coll ege
recover the add it ional $5 10.03 as well as
$2 ,9 19.37 in related audit costs from the
former basketball coach .
The audit found 12 add iti ona l checks
totaling $4,207 deposited in Barbee's bank
accou nt " that appeared to be for basketball
camps sponsored by the co llege." A flyer
se nt by then Coach Barbee instructed
players to send payment for a basketball
tournament to Barbee's home, not to the
college . Barbee denied wrongdoing, and
because no documents were available to
prove guilt, the auditor was unable conclud e further misappropriation.
The case has been forwarded to the
state prosecutor's office for review. " We
intend to recover the funds," sai d Art
Costantino, vice president for stude nt
affairs.
Sam Goldsmith is a senior and coordinates the Evergreen Animal Rights Network (EA RN).
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DECEMBER 8, 2005
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Student government at Evergreen:
Coming to a ballot near you!
STUDENT VOICE
If you want to get in touch with
Greeners for Student Government, contact us at GreenerGov@evergreen.edu o r
867-6636. The las t meeting this quarter is
Dec . 16 at 2 p.m. in CAB 320.
Ja yne Ka s~yl/ski is all M.P.A. silidelli alld
Evergreell g rad. She works as til e Sellior
Coo rdillato r willi Studellt Activilies alld
serves as th e studelltlllelllber all the Board
of Trustees.
Vox Populi
and Charlie
Jordan
Vagina monolouge auditions
"Edit your eva ls because they re permanent and you
can t redo them."
" It 's a smart sys tem and a great way to describe someone's academic abilities."
Joel Searles
Sophomore
Musicanship, Cinemalography
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Kandi Bauman
Senior
Waler
II'
" The lang ua ge in eva lu ation s is specific and positive."
Nathaniel Hitchcock
Senior
Im aging (h e Body
Arlil:le III: Membership
A ll reg istered st udents at The Everg reen
State Col lege are me mbers or th e Geoduck
U nion .
COlltillllCd Oil I)(IR (' 3
Business manager.... .................. ..
.. ..... Corey Young
Assislant business manager .................. ........ Jordan Lyons
Ad proofer and archivist... ...... ... :..: .... Carrie Ramsdell
Circulation manager/Paper archlvtsL ....... .R Yazmtn Shah
Distribution manager...... ............... .... ... .. .. Anna Nakano
Ad sales representative ................ ... .. .... Kristen Lindstrom
General aid ... ..................................................... .. ..... unfilied
News
Editor-in-chief ... .............. ................. .. ................... Eva Wong
Managing editor.................. ... .... ........ ·Kate DeGraaft
Arts &Entertainment coordinator..............R. Yazmin Shah
Briefs coordinator..........................................Lindsay Adams
Calendar coordinator* .............................. R. Yazmin Shah
Comics coordinator ... ....................................Chelsea Baker
Copy editor........................................................... Sea~ pau~
Copy editor. .................................................. Rachel Ltnkh~
Letters &Opinions coordinator*.................... Sam Goldsmtth
News coordinator* .... ............... ................ ...... .Ian McGuffick
Photo coordinator.. .. ... ............................ ............ Aaron Bietz
Seepage coordinator. ........... ........ ........ ......... ······ .. ··· .. unfilled
Sports coordinator ......................... ......... ................... unfilled
Student Voice coordinator. ............................ Shane Bolinger
" It can be confu sing at first , but it make s se nse that
it's a document rat her th en a stat ic grade th at has no
value ."
Your
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The Evergreen State College , who are solely responsibte for its
production and content.
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session: the first through the 10th Thursday of Fall Quarter and the
second through the 10th Thursday of Winter and Spring Quarters .
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campus. Free distribution is limited to one copy per edition per person.
Persons in need of more than one copy should contact the CPJ busllless
manager in CAB 316 or at 867-6054 to arrange for multiple copies. The
business manager may charge 75 cents for each copy after the first .
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about advertising rates, terms and condltlOns are avaltable 111 CAB
316, or by request at (360) 867-6054.
How to Contribute
Meetings
Our meetings are open to the Evergreen
com muni ty. Please come and discuss with us!
Student Group Meeting
5 p.m.
Monday
Find Ollt what it mean s to be a member of the
st udent gro up CPJ . Practice consensus-based
deci sio n makin g.
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If you graduated from Snohom ish or Lake
Stevens High School and plan on pursuing
a career in education after college, you are
eligible to apply for a $1,000 scholarship
from the A Ipha A Ipha Chapter of Alpha
Delta Kappa , a teacher's sorority from
the Snohom ish and Lake Stevens school
districts. You must be a junior or se nior by
fall of2006 to apply, the deadline is April I,
2006. Send your requests for applications to:
Donna Patchett, 11311 Vernon Road Lake,
Stevens, WA 98258.
EF host family
information
seSSIon
If you are interested in lea rning more about
being a host family for EF Int ern atio nal
School of English there is an open information session on Friday, Dec. 9, at 10
a.m. in Seminar II , 4'h floor. Please contact
Melissa Hahn at (360)867-6423 if yo u wis h
to attend .
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Article IV: Representation
The Geoduck Un ion Representatives consists
of 21 representatives, elected by the student
body.
Article VI: Procedures for Removal
Representatives may be removed by consens us minus one of the Geoduck Un ion
Represe ntatives.
Article V: Elections
Representatives are elected by on-campus
elections held each Spring Quarter. Every
student may vote for 21 candidates. The 21
candidates receiving the most votes will be
the Geoduck Union Representatives. One seat
is reserved for a student from the Tacoma
Campus and one seat is reserved for a student
from the Reservation-Based Program.
Article VII: Meetings and Quorum
Meetings take place once a week at a publicly announced time and place. Meetings
are open to the public. To conduct business,
Geoduck Union Representatives must reach
quorum. Quorum is defined as 50% plus one
of the currently elected representatives. One
representative will be chosen by the Union to
facilitate the meetings.
Content Meeting
5:30 p.m. Monday
Help discuss future content, story ideas, Vox
Populi questions and possible long term reporting projects .
Content Forum 12:30 p.m. Wednesday
Lecture and seminar related to journalism and
Contributions from any TESC student are welcome, Copies of submission issues surrounding CP J content.
and publication criteria for non-advertising content are available in CAB
316, or by request at 867-6213. Contributions ar~ acc~pted at CAB 316, or Thursday Forum
4 p.m. Th~rsday
by email at cpj@evergreen.edu. The CPJ edltor-m·chlef has final say on
Discllss ethics, journalism law and conflIct
the acceptance or rejection of all non·advertlStng content.
resolution.
How to Contact the CPJ
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Essential Abstraction consists of
paintings, prints and sculpture by six
art iSIS who explore the expressive and
perceptual qualities of abstraction in
visual art. Artists whose work is ex h ib ited : Anne Appleby, Karen Kunc , Alan
Lau. Robert Maki ,' Benjam in Moore,
Darlene Nguyen- Ely .. TIle exh ibit ion is
open Monday- Thu rsday from 10 a.m . to
4 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m . to 1 p.m.
It is located in Ga llery 4, on th e 4,h floor
of the Library Building.
education
• • •
Clean Energy
Committee
Applications
Applications are available for candidates for the C lean Energy Com mittee.
They can be found in paper form at the
st ud ent activ ities desk in CAB 320 or electronically bye-mailing Adam November,
th e campus e lec ti ons commissioner, at
elec ti o ns@cve rgrcen .edu . Applicat ions are
due on Jan. 23. and the elec tions will be held
fro m Feb. 2 through Feb. 9.
The Evergleaners would like to make
a suggestion this quarter that will make
donating food to people without access
to a holiday meal quite simple. The Evergleaners formed as a student group in
September of2005 to organize volunteers
to gather surplus food for distribution to
low and no- income members of Thurston
County in collaboration with the Gleaners
Coalition. For the holiday season we would
like to encourage students " to glean" right
here on campus by having a food drive for
the Thurston County Food Bank located
in downtown Olympia. Here is our suggestion: ifstudents have declining balance
dollars (i.e. "s urplus") left from the fall
quarter and are not intending to add more
money to th eir balance, they can purchase
food from the Corn er Store in the HCC
and donate it to the food drive. To make
this as sim ple as possible, the Everglean ers will be at the HCC tabling on Thursday
an d Friday of this week from 12:30-2:30
p.m. and 4:30-6 p.m. There will be a li st
offoods that are needed for the food bank
as well. A nother idea would be donating
food that you would like to clear out of
your dorm or home before the long winter
break . The Evergleaners look forward to
meeting you and receiv ing your donation
at the HCC.
Student Government: Articles of the Constitution continued
Sasha Connaisan
Sen ior
Cooper Point Journal
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On Dec . 8, Students Ed uc at i ng Students
About the Middle East (SESA M E) will be
hosting Stephen Zunes, professor of Peace
and Justice Studies at USF and author of
" Tinderbox : US Middle East Policy and the
Roots of Terrorism", to speak and answer
questions about the occupations of Palestine,
I raq and the Western Sahara. The event will
be at 6:30 p.m. in Lecture Ha ll I and free of
charge. All are welcome.
• • •
Last chance to
see Essential
Abstraction
Evergleaners
provide some
charitable
holiday advice
Juniors and
Occupations and
resistance: old senIors purSUIng
a career In
and new
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" I think it's valuable that my teacher has a thousand
words, more or less, to write about me, but there
should be a standard in the style and content in which
evals are written ."
Articl e I: Name
The name is the Geoduck Union.
Article II : Scope
The Geoduck U ni o n is th e official
representati on of the stude nt body at T he
Evcrg reen State Col lege.
If you are interested in auditioning for
the Vagina Monologues go to CA B 315,
the student act ivities conference room
at one of the following times:
Thursday, Dec. 8 at 3 p.m., 5 p.m .,
or 7 p.m .
Friday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m .
Monday, Dec.12 at noon or 2 p.m.
If you have a ny questions come to
the Women's Resource Center or call
867-6162.
Andria Cruz
Senior
Tram/arming Consciences
Consti tuti on of the Geoduck Union
Business
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8, 2005
News
Briefs
What do you think of the evaluation process?
do so by proposing an amendme nt to th e
cons titution. If students want somethin g to
be changed. they can also propose amendments. Since all amend ments have to be
voted on by the general stude nt body, it is
sflIdell!S who ultimate ly have the power
to decide what their government wi ll look
like.
Right now, you have the power to
decide whether or not we II have a stu dent government at Evergreen. Greeners
for Student Government needs your help
and support to put stude nt gove rnment up
for a vote! So g ive us a call , drop us an
e- mail . come to our meetin gs, and help us
get the word o ut and the sig natures in! If
you think it s a good idea but just don t
have the time to volunteer, you ca n help
by talking to your friends , letting people
know what s happe nin g and why we
need studen t representati ves. Remember:
st udent gove rnment is coming to a ballot
ne ar you!
Staff
DECEMBER
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Bv
. Jayne KaszYQski
Have you ever wanted to change something at Evergreen? Maybe you think housing is too expensive. or you don t like our
corpora te food serv ice. You might want
th e schoo l to invest its money in socially
s ustainable funds. or perhaps you just
want a pub on campus so you can have a
few drink s over a burge r without buss ing
downtown.
Studen t government cou ld be the
answer to a ll of these-and othe r- student needs. Students are the reason that
the coll ege exis ts, yet we hav e little say in
how our school functions. Right now. you
cou ld try and mount a campaign to change
somethi ng on campu s. but when you bring
you r demands to the administration , they
cou ld simp ly say, " It s great that you feel
that way, but you re just one student. You
don t represent th e s tud ents. We ca n t
make a decision this big just because a
few students are unhappy." And you d be
sent on your way.
Just as workers are subject to their boss
whims until they unionize, so students will
be subject to the admini stration s decisions
until we organize. Our proposed student
govern men t does just that. Our stude nt
representatives will be able to co me before
admi ni stration and fin all y say. "We are the
representatives of Evergreen students and
this needs to be changed. "
You may be able to vote for student
gove rnment at Evergreen as early as next
quarter. Greeners for Student Government
is organizing a ca mpaig n for studen t governmen t o n-campus, staIting with a petition
at the beginning of the quarter. and e ndin g
with a schoo l-wide vote at the end .
The model we propose is s imple ; it
resembles a sma ll union more than a
formal gove rnment. Twenty-one represen-.
tatives are elected at large and are charged
with representing the student body. All represe ntati ves are equal members , and the
grou p makes decisions throug h consensus.
This simple co nstitution gives us the power
of organizing students and the flexibility to
grow accordi ng to what students want.
At first, the onl y power our representati ves wi ll ha ve is to re prese nt us. If they
want to take on new respo nsi biliti es. or
organize themselves diffe rentl y. they can
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
STUDENT VOICE
Article VIII: Decision-Making
Geoduck Union Representatives make decis io ns by consensuS. If Geoduck Union Represe ntatives fail to reach consensus, they may
suspend consensus by a two-thirds majority
vote. While consensus is suspended, Geoduck
Union Representatives may make decisions
by two-thirds majority vote.
Article IX: Amendments
Amendments to this constitution may be
proposed by Geoduck Union Representatives.
Amendments may also be proposed by students presenting a petition signed by 10% of
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Great deals to be had every dayJ
15% student discount every day!
(does not apply to items already discounted)
the student body. One proposed, amendments
come before the student body for a vote. To
pass, amendments must be approved by twothirds of those voting, with a minimum of
10% of students voting.
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NEWS
GRuB cultivates community involvement Center for
active students
in Evergreen students
By Emily Hicks
Feed a family a nd receive your own ga rden!
GRuB (G arde n- Raised Bou nt y), a loca l nOll -profi t organ izat ion,
bui lds over 100 free gardens each yea r for low- to no -income fa m ilies in Thu rston and Mason County. The Kitchen Garde n Projec t
fe d 360 people in our area last year alone.
O ne of th e ways G RuB fund s
thi s proj ec t is through Fundraisin g
Gardens, which allows supporters of
GRu B to purchase a garde n fo r their
ow n bac kya rd and have a matchin g
garden built for a loca l fa mil y.
Fo r $500 , GRu B will visit yo ur
home and des ign the ga rden with yo u.
The garde ns ge nera lly consist of three
ra ised beds full of fertile soil , a trelli s,
seeds, starts and a Garde ning Guide.
Your new gard en can grow up to $650
of fresh orga n ic produce in just the firs t
year, so it more than pays fo r itse lf'
GR uB also encourages communit y
members to simply give a garden to a
fa m il y in need . If you 're not in need
of a garden, for $250 you can sponsor
a garden or yo u can give it in th e name
of someone spec ial. Thi s can make a
very mea nin gful gift. Yo u can also
give a Garde n- Share of any amount of
your choice.
G ive your tim e to something th at
keeps on givin g!
If you're interested in volunteeri ng
with GR uB, there are a lot ofopportun ities comi ng up. On Feb. 18, GRuB will
hold their annual Seed Sorting Party,
where vo lunteers will sort all the seeds
that have been donated for the season.
Thi s is a fun way to lea rn more abo ut
the Kitchen Ga rden Project and to meet
some of the students in the Culti vating
Youth Prog ram. In February, GRuB
also holds a Garden Me ntor Training
with wo rkshops for those interested in
mentoring new garden rec ipients.
Beg inning in March, GRu B wi ll
need a lot of vo lunteers to bui ld the
ga rde ns. Eac h ga rden - bu i Id ta ke s
about three hours and is a ve ry sat isfying ex perience.
If yo u wo uld li ke to pu rc hase a
ga rde n or volunteer some of your time,
please contac t Em iIy I-I ick s, the Kitc hen
Projec t Coordin ator, at 753 -5522 or kg p@good.g rub.org.
To fi nd out more about GRu B, log on to www. goodgru b.org.
Emily Hi ds is th e Kitchen Ga rden Proj ect Coo f(li na/or fo r
GRuB.
with common
dreams
By Jacob Berkey
Eve r dream ofa place that could change
the wo rld? Th e Ce nter for Communit yBased Learning and Action at Eve rgreen
is fo unded on 15 years of similar dreams.
T he Center connects Eve rgreen students
with the greater community. We all know
that Gree ners are out in th e community in
droves through intern ships. We also get
out there through Academic Programs and
act ivism as we ll' The Center is your source
for connecti ng with Olympia and sur rounding communities.
There are currentl y many opt ions. programs and resources ava il able to com munit y-mi nded student s. Students in Action
is an A mer icor ps progra m for currentl y
enroll ed student s. Most vo luntary work
in the communit y makes you eligible for
participation in th is program. Once signed
up you are eligibl e for tu iti on awards up
to $2,362- a stipend good toward loans,
tuiti on and even future tuition' Most of
th ese awa rd s are avai lable for commun ity
work you already do. Stop by Semin ar II
E2 1255 for more info rmation.
The Center is here; where are you? There
are three people in the Center now waiting to
help you conn ect to yo ur communit y: Jacob
Berkey, a work- study student, is fac ilitating
the SIA program fo r Evergree ners; Vick i
Fa ust, an Am eri corps member, is connect ing the Center to the community and
expandin g student options ; Sy lvie McGee
is the Center's Coordinator worki ng with
fac ult y and communit y partners. Together
we are here to help empower you.
So stop by the Center and get invo lved .
Connec t, share your experiences and in format ion yo u have about commu n ity-based
lea rnin g. Post your projects and find Iikeminded fo lks on our st ude nt- run bulletin
board. It is time to turn 15 yea rs of dreams
into rea l ity and co nstr uct a sustai nab le
in st ituti on th at benefi ts everyone; thi s is
onl y poss ible w ith J::Q!!.I help. Come on
over and fin d out what's going on in the
bigge r wo rld .
Jacob Berkey is a graduate studenl
em'ulled in M PA Core Ist Year.
What good is an already read newspaper?
Plenty!
- Use newspaper sheets as dropcloths when
painting
- Put a layer of newspaper in the vegetable
drawer of your refrigeratOr to keep it dry and
odor free. Easy clean-up!
- Put crumpled newspaper In lunch boxes and
thennoses to keep them smelling fresh when
they will not be used for a period of time
- A layer of newspaper between the bottom
sheetand mattress will make any bed wanner
- An old standby: the comics (and seepage)
make good wrapping paper
- Also. the CPJ functions as decent rain/snow
gear. You know••• as a hat?
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DECEMBER
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8, 2005
Report back: Sustainability in
South America
By Sarita Role
Last winter, TESC slu dents Ethan
Schafler and Sarita Role contributed
a series of articles chro fl icling their
j ourney through Argentina, Brazil.
.Uruguay and Peru, networking the
organic fa rming and eco-j ustice
movement. Now back in Oly mp ia. they
invite the community to a slideshow
they'll present nex t Tues day, Dec. /3, at
7 p.III ., at Traditions Fair Trade Cafe.
F ee to students and the general p ublic:.
The f ollowing inlerview appeared
last lVeek in the Sandpain/ Reader, an
independent paper in Schaffer and
Role:5 hOlli e/own.
SR: Talk abo ut your backgrou nds-where
you're from , key expe riences, etc.
Sa ri ta: Eth an and I we re ra ised 111
S<l ndpo int and Lewiston, Idaho, respecti ve ly. We grew up swimming, raftin g and
kayak ing the ri vers; skiing the mountains;
bac kpac king; going to rodeos and coun ty
fairs; smelling the pape r mills.
SR: How/why did you get in volved in the
"organic movement " (if that's what it can
be called)?
much fas ter than we expected. Peo ple
crave the simple and positive so luti ons
of orga nic fa rming a nd susta in abl e
li ving. Our website makes it easier fo r
them to get their hands dirt y. I know
we re successful whe n I meet peo ple
who used our website to follow their
dreams and find their life path. It doesn t
get better than that.
All photos taken by Ethan Schaffer
SR: Yo u wo rk exc lusive ly in Lat in
America-why?
Sari ta : We wo rk primaril y in th e
US , bu t ex pa nded to in clud e La tin
A me ri ca. Wh y? Some ac ti vists we
stayed with in Buenos had a poster in
their li ving roo m that read, "The third
wo rld is yo ur world ." Be low we re
two photos, each of a mi serabl y poor
man standing in a street in a filthy,
run -dow n ne ighborhood. Unde r one
photo it said: "Chi apas, Mex ico," the
other, "Los Angeles, CA". There isn t
first world or thi rd world ; there is one
world. Supporting sustaina bility here
makes sustainability possible in Latin
America and vice versa.
Harvesiing black beans with interns at the Permaculture and
Ecovillagc Institute of the Pampas in Bage, Brazil.
SR: How does the United States rate
on the "sustainability scale "?
Ethan: On one hand , the United States
Ethan: In one sense I was born into
consumes
more resources than any other
"the movemen t"- ca ll it orga ni c, suscoun
try
in
the world and accounts fo r
tainab le, or ecological. My mother is an
only
a
frac
ti
on of the world popul ation.
av id organi c gardener, but I don t think I
understood the significance of organi cs. We lead the world in destruction. On
In schoo l, I jo ined some environme n- the other hand , the United St<l tes is
tal groups, but I was always troubled the biggest source of innovati on in the
by that bumper s ti cker, " Are yo u an sustainabili ty movement. Some of the
Environmentalist, or do you work for a most exciting solutions are coming fro m
li ving?" I was troubl ed that many envi- within the United States. If we change,
ro nme ntal ca uses pit the environment ·everyone will change.
agai nst peopl e and their li velihoods. I
wa nted a solution that worked for people SR: What are yo ur pl ans for Organic
Volunteers?
a l/d the enviro nment. I left school and
we nt to New Zealand with Sarita, to
Ethan: We re ex panding our Latin
work on organi c farms in exchange for
Ame
rica program to include Spani sh
roo m and board. On the fa rms we worked
language
courses that combine intenhard, ate abundant .fresh food and ex perisive
language
study with sustainability.
enced a deep sense of commun ity. It was
through direct experience that I learned We have a two-week language course
if we take care of the land , the land takes scheduled in January 2006 at the Gaia
Ecovill age in Argentina.
care of us.
SR : Wh at led you to found Organic
Volunteers? What's the mission statement
and how many people are involved?
Sarita: When we returned from New
Zealand we founded Organic Volunteers.
Organic Volunteers is a network of over
1,000 organic farms in the USA and Latin
America that will host people and teach
them their trade. The hosts also include
people working with natural building,
re newable energy, eco-forestry a nd
other positive solution s to social and
environmental probl ems. Our mi ssion
is to "educate, train and motivate a new
generati on of producers and consumers by
connecting them with people and projects
that tra nslate ecologicall y and economi call y sustai nable theories into practice."
Ethan, his brother, Grayson , and I keep
the organ izati on go ing, but thousand s
of people are involved. We ha ve 12,000
members and over 17,000 people visit our
websi te each month .
SR: Have you met with success? Ii1 what
ways?
Sarita: Our success is demonstrated
by the numbers I just mentioned. We ve
had an ovelWhelming response and grown
SR: Why is it important for people to
attend your presentation ?
Sarita displays a shoe manufactured in a cooperatively-run, worker
occupied factory outside Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sarita: We re going to take people
on an exciting visual journey of South
America and the rise of grassroots social
movements. Prepare to be inspired as
we learn how c ommon people in
impoverished nations are uniting to
improve their lives and communities.
We II visit an Ecovillage near Buenos
Aires that run s on wind power a nd
gro ws their own fo od. We II vis it a
poor farm workers union that started
the largest farmers market network in
Argentina and their own y erba mate
company. We II hear stories of people
wo rkin g in So uth Ameri ca th at are
inspiring, heartbreaking and upl ifting.
Most importantl y, we II ex plore how
you can get involved with these gro ups
and even use thei r examples to change
our own community.
Sarita and
E/han are both recent
I
gradua/es. Wh ile at TESC, Sarita stud ied Social Ecology & Inlernational
Education; Ethan studied Non-profit
Development and Environmenlal
Leadership. Sarita g raduated in '04
and Ethan in '05.
A gathering of the Movimiento Campesino de Formosa (Formosa Poor Farmer's Movement)
in General Belgrano, Province of Formosa, Argentina.
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By Kylin Larsson
I save useful bit s of wr iting that don 't the wri tin g along. Plus , the omiss ion cou ld
fit into th e story. poem or essay where th ey turn into its own piece orw riting later.
O ne passe nge r aboa rd my om iss ion bandwe re born. These ge ms li ve in a fi Ie on my
wagon
is the el im ination of excess modifiers
compu ter I titl ed " Too Good to Toss." Thi s
quart er, I've worked on int ern ali zing Strun k li ke adjectives and adverbs. I used to depend
and Wh it e's Elell/ ellls l!lSll'le, speciflca ll y on adj ec ti ves and adverbs to make my writRule Elevcn: om it unn ecessary wo rd s. "Too in g descript ive. Google mom ent : adjec ti ves
Good to Toss" is where m)' unnecessa ry modify noun s and pronouns and adverbs
words get to roam abo ut and cons ider what mod i fy verbs , adj ec t ives. oth er adverbs,
tht:y ' ve done to be unn ecessa ry. Someti mes. phrases and clau ses. I want to paint pictures
I hope that when I peek into that nIe, th e in words, and I Ll sed to thin k obse rving a nd
words wi ll have rorm ed into some k ind of descr ibing aspect s of a thing was th e be st
soc iety, a nd arc , pe rh aps, a n int eres tin g way to pa int th ose pic tures .
'In my close cx'amin ati on of the val ue
story unt o them se lves
It has n't happened - ye t- but th at's okay. o f omiss ion . I've lcarl1ed th e tl' ick is not
I don ' t really expect th e wo rd s to make to describe aspl!c/s using adjec ti ves, but to
somethin g of themsel ves on thl: ir ow n. That show th e thin g itself using st rong ve rbs and
is our privi lege as w rit ers: we get to decide no un s. While adjectives a nd adve rbs l el/l
where words li ve basl.!d on cont ent. Word s how something is. noun s and ve rb s sholl'
say so met hin g specific a nd are not mea nt th ..: thing it se lf. If w rit e rs want to paint
pictures--and who amon g th e 4,000-some
to be ambig uous- except. of course. when
they arc meant to be amb iguo us- but in th at wri ters at Eve rg reen doe s not want to show
we must show somein stance, the reade r should explicitly know what th ey mean')
thin
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need to know if eve ry part of a story propel s
it. or if t here are wordy roadb loc ks. I f we to muddl e a n idea togeth er," is mu ch \ess
don ' t kn ow th is about every part of our ow n desc riptive th an, "Sasha slouched against
writing, th en we are not paying close enough the metal desk, brow rurrowed and fin gers
attention ; this is not an option for writers. drumming, trying to come up with an escape
Those bits th at delay mu st sit in th e corner plan ." Nouns and verbs are concrete, th ey are
a substanti a l thin g, or a thin g do ing some and wa it until th ey are needed .
I recently completed a memoir assign- thing. Adjectives. and th eir all y. th e adverb,
ment about my literary life. Eager to wield ju st de scr ibe how a ,lh in g ex ists.
If yo u are looking to develop your writRul e Eleven, I took my memoi r to task in my
work to omit unn ecessary bits of writing. In ing, omitting unnecessa ry words is one way
th e first paragraph of th e memoir, there's a to improve it. Another way is to usc more
side tange nt about how writing is only one noun s and verbs to show and not tell . These
\\lay I make art. In rev ising thi s piece, I had two editin g techniqu es work hand in hand ,
to decide if different mea nings of th e word a nd when used well (not to excess, because
"arti st" are relevant to my literary life. At rul es are meant to be broken occas ionall y)
fi rs t, I thou ght the idea probably fit into my w ill create vivid writin g th at stands on its
memoir, and thought I would just change the ow n.
ton e of how I prese nted it to make it fit . Then,
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Academic wri ting rl:quires th e best use of used rree-w ritin g re li giously to investi gate
ou r critical thinkin g skills and imag inati on my acade m ic and personal narrat ives. Take
to form a logica l prese nt ati o n of ideas. It th e top ic of your choice and start to w rit e
is a pro cess that wi ll indubitabl y require about ever y aspect that comes to mind .
He re is an exa mpl e of so me good
moment s of co mplete concentration in th e
co nstr uct ion and drafting stage, but there g ibberi sh: 'Health and vega liS willt l oll'
is also an element of freed om th at can be ch oles ler ol and pr e ll,)' gardens and
applied to the wr iting expe ri enc e. A teac her wilderness, hears wilh g rea l bigjal supplies
may have suggested, at one tim e, that you am/survival oj/h efil/est (IS a propos ilion to
use free-writing as a to o l ro r working evollll ion ond Ihe imporlonce ajphilosophy
throug h th e initial shock th at accompanies a alld 1Il0ralily in a bed ojabs/raclions Ihal si/s
writing ass ignmcnt. We can expect th at any in a 1'0011/ with no obsl acles or realism.'
The ideas don 't need to fit together. Forget
substantial wr iting will take a considerable
spelling,
art iculation and punctuation . You
amount of time to be successfully completed.
don
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be
need
them for thi s exercise. T hi s
Th e re is potential for interestin g stop s
a long th e way. We recogni ze the length of is an opportunity to find the ideas that are
th e end eavor and we are often reluctant to buried beneath our co mpu Is ion to write
beg in until we're hurting pretty bad, because perfec t sentences.
['ree -writing is a way to relax and enjoy
it 's due rea lly soo n.
a
ride
on a brain train. Embrace an at! itude
A fa scinating approac h to writing is
that
sings,
"Don't worry, be happy," and let
the use o f the free-w ritin g techniqu e.
Free-writing can be a lib e rating rorce yo urse lf breathe deepl y of the sweet and
th at ofrers an alternat ive way to perceive succulent aroma th at is your unadulte rated
tli e work ahead . A ten-pa ge ass ignment subconscious, the uninhibited place in th e
ca n be se riou s ly dauntin g for the most brain where we ban ish cr iticism and embrace
ex peri enced writers. It is easy to put the anyt hin g our creative mind de sires. Ju st as
tas k off day after day, but free-w riting can leaving the computer room and walking
make it eas ier. Peter Elbow, a writing teach er arou nd the block ca n do wond e rs for a
from th e Universit y of Massac hu se tt s and writer'S perspective on their paper. so ca n a
hu gc proponent of free -writin g, de sc ribes moment of purg ing where th e writer is ab le
the difficult y of wr iti ng by ex plaining the to release the tensio n of th e assignment and
wr it er's co mpul sion to ed it whi le ge nerat ing gain so mething they can hold on to at th e
new id<:as. co nstrictin g th e fl ow and causin g sa me time.
T he act of free-w ritin g se rves as a brc<Jk
~ stak mate. The in ne r editor is ba rk ing
from
th e constraint s of the proj ect, if only
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for
a
littl e while , placing picces of your
run w ild . Free-writing allows the creative
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process to re ign ove r th e inn er crit ic.
Shoo t yo ur inne r ed itor BA NGI Stop th em. Once yo u have wr itten free ly, you
trying to fit squ are pegs into rou nd holes . can identify th e par ts of your free-wr ite
The point of t'ree-w ritin g is to enga ge in a that make a lot of se nse and the ones th at are
pure ly ex ploratory wr iting sess ion where the lacking, lending you a bett er und erstandin g
rules of structure are abandoned complet ely. of what yo u know and what work yo u still
In the process of free-wr iting. the writer is have left to do. Someth in g important is
able to immediately purge eac h a nd every bea ring down on yo u; it is often necessa ry
idea in the very moment that it strikes. In an to find some time out of mind and liberate
attempt to summ on the flow of ideas onto the the psyche from the death g rip of stre ss.
page, it is helpful to write as fa r an d rast as Stress kills creativity, and free-writing is a
yo u possibl y ca n, without looki ng back or truly effective way to play with yo ur writing
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a deep breath a nd ex hal e a steady stream
or mu sing.
The free-writ ing exe rcise is nothin g more
th an a fl ow or consciousness tran slated up on
th e page. It is a rapid fi re of word s and ideas,
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DECEMBER
8, 2005
Influential comic artist,
peitch, visits Olympia
By Chelsea Baker
During the tumultuous ea rl y years of
und erground comi cs, Kim Deit ch (pronounced Die-ch) worked diligently to pro d lice com ics that are now known as some of
the most influenti al pi eces to the Amer ican
underground scene. Danger Room Comi cs
( located at the corner o f Co lumbi a and
Fourth) was fortunate enough to be able to
host a slide show and fi lm show ing by Kim
Deitch in the fle sh. It was a rare a nd wonderful opport unit y for many people of the
Olympia comm unity to meet and chat wi th
such an influenti al fi gure in underground
com ic s hi story.
Deitch, the son of an an imator, spent much
of his early li fe around cartoons. "Even at
the age of th i rtee n, I was int erested in the
lore of animation ," sa id Deitch. Hi s fath er,
Gene Deitch, ow ned a wide variety of books
on the history of comics and subscribed to
numerous out-oF-town newspape rs just to
see the comic strips. Though an animator
by day, Gene Deitch's big dream was to
draw comics. He had hi s own sy ndicated
comic strip, Terrible Thompson, and drew
for " Record Changer" magazine. Able to
grow up observing the difficult work put
into animation, Kim Deitch commented on
the modern convenience of animation that
has sprung up within the last decade or so,
say ing, "One person can make a cartoon.
Up until now, it was a Henry Ford process
where you were just another person on the
assembly line. It is now possible for one
Maybe not Ever-Green
Chels ea Baker is ajunior enrolled in Haste
Makes Waste and an independent contract
called Cartooning is Hell.
By Kylin Larsson
A core downtown business, the Spar Cafe and
Bar celebrated its 70th anniversary in the sum mer
of2005 with free milkshakes. Locally owned and
operated by the second generation of the McWain
family, the familiar downtown site has remained
a favorite of locals and beeen a welcoming respite
to newcomers for decades.
Things have stayed pretty much the same these
pa st 70 years, "and that 's the way patrons like it ,"
chuckled owner Alan McWain, over a cigar and
latte. Wood booths were added in 1976, and the
aluminum siding that was added in the 60s has
been removed , reveal ing origi nal paned glass
wind ows.
There used to be a bank of pay phones salesmen
used to set up the day 's business after breakfast.
The phone bank is trimmed down to one payphone.
"The Spar is a liv ing hi story, a link to the past,"
said McWain. A spec ial trait of the Spar Cafe and
Bar are the many historical black and white photographs collected over the yea rs and covering
the walls of The Spar.
The photos show what the logg ing life was like
in Washington, and what downtown Olympia has
looked like through the decades. Most of the photographs date from the 1940s to the 1950s and
were restored by Steve Vento. Othe r photographs
were given by patrons over the yea rs, a sign of
how invested the community is in the Spar Cafe
and Bar.
Olympi a's history reso nates through the sli ght
changes ove r the past 70 yea rs. Pool tables, betting, pinball machines and poker rooms have been
replaced ove r the yea rs by family-sized booths,
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puli-tabs and a cigar-smoking nook in The Highclimber Room, offering liquor since.l949.
The Spar replaced Taylor Oxford 's Saloon in
1935. The cur rent owner, Alan McWa in, sa id that
on Fridays," hi s father would withdraw $10,000
to cash payroll checks of the blue-collar workers
who pat ronized the Spar.
After the majority of the mill s closep in the
1960s, state workers, business people, shoppers,
merc hant s, student s and many others beca me
regular customers of The Spar, making it Olympi a's "second hom e and assembly for young and
old ," as stated by the narrat ive attached to the
Spar menu .
The restaurant offers everything from oyster
stew (the most popular lunch dish) to excellent
mi Ik shakes, and jazz can be heard nearly every
weekend .
Morning is the busiest time of day, but breakfast
is now served all day, "due to popular demand,"
said McWain. The Spa r se rves artesian water
from their own we ll. dubbed "Spartes ian" water
by loca ls. Catering to their customers, the Spar
used to se rve a Merchant 's Special , a Shopper's
Spec ia l and a Steno Special ; these have been
replaced by the dail y special.
A unique feature patrons enjoy is smoking
their cigars in the green velvet wing chairs in the
bar. About twelve regulars rent out cigar boxes.
The cigarette cou nter in front offers a variety of
cigarettes, ciga rs and ot her forms of tobacco.
At the cigarette counter burn s a gas-flame for
lighting c iga rs. T he most popular cigar is the
Zi no Relax, rolled in Switzerland with tobacco
from the Dominican Republic. A cigar box collection begun in 1995 decorates a shelf behind
the counter.
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Photo by Aaron Beitz
This Greener took advantage of the snow and
busted out his board for some rare winter fun.
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Hemingway way in love
person to make an animation."
Satu rday'S sl ide show was brought to
life by Deitch sing ing and voice acting
for characters in hi s comic "The Ship that
Never Ca me In" and one of the "The Stuff
of Dreams'" se ri es. Liste ning to him read hi s
ow n story, I could sense the thoughts and
emoti ons put forth to create it. At tim es, I
co uld eve n See how hi s im agi nati on cu rl ed
around different id eas and concepts like
vines aro und tree branches. "1 used to just
make it up as I we nt along. Now, I have a
syste m. Good pl anning pays off. The bottom
line to me for getting my brain organi zed is
... to use the subc onscious," Deitch advised.
" 1'II look at what I've written or drawn right
before I go to sleep. It 's amaz ing how what
yo u thoug ht was hopeless the night before
ca n be so simple in th e morning. Draw lots.
Work through your bad work until yo u get
to the good. The more yo u do it, the better
you' ll get and the more you'll like it. I have
a good work ethic now, but I spent decades
cultivating it."
To view a web animation versio n of
"The Ship that Never Came In" visit
www.twinkleland.com/deitch.and for more
information on the work of Gene Deitch ,
visit www.genedeitch .con:.
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Arlwork by Kim Deitch
Olympia icon
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still a downtown favorite
A Iso behi nd the counter are neon Darigold Dairy product signs, circa 1940. The
stools are original, including the hat clips
on the back of the stool s. The bar has been
resurfaced , and the floor that once sported
children playing hopscotch was replaced in
1976 because it was worn down. Air conditioning was in stalled in 1986. The Spar was
open during the remodel to serve its loyal
cI ientele.
Business slowed down in 2001, after 9/ 11
and the earthquake. There have been fewer
touri sts sinc e then . The brid ge closure
changed the habits of peo ple who would
often come downtown . As a consequence,
The Spar employees about fourteen fewer
people in 2005 than it did in 200t.
Big weekends for The Spar are the spring
and fall Arts Walks and Harbor Days.
The bar opens at II a.m., but "there're no
martini lunches anymore," said McWain. He
is considering changing the opening time of
the bar to mid-afternoon.
The Spar's name came from the logging
activity that gave the cafe its name: the
removal of branches from a giant evergreen
, so that the denuded trun k, called a spar,
could be rigged with cables, pulleys and
steam donkeys and used as a base to work
from. "The familiar image on the neon Spar
Cafe and Bar sig n outside is a si Ihouette ofa
steam donkey," explained McWain.
Photo by Aaron Beitz
Kylin Larsson is a senior currently enrolled
in Liberty and Justice For All Qnd The Art of
Nonfiction Writing. She is eagerly aw-ailing
A Novel Idea.
Late last night I finished thi s book and threw it across my room. Not because
it was bad , but because in the final act a protracted tragedy is built and while
the outcome is clear, it breaks your heart nonetheless.
That's life : short, spare and ultimately tragic.
Just like Hemingway's prose. A funny notion that 's been tossed around in
the roughly half-century since Hem shot his head off with a shotgun is that
he's a lousy writer, or at least overrated. I never know quite what to make of
an "overrated" judgment, because who gets to decide that, anyway? But from
what IiUle I have read , I can say. with all the certainty I'm entailed that Ernest
Hemingway is a fine fucking writer and before anyone derides hi s style, they
should at least read one of h is books.
"A Farewell to Arms'" finest moments are near the book's beg inning, especially in a scene where lead character Frederic Henry watches his friend Passini
die from mortar fire. It sort of rem inds me of Kerouac's "On the Road ", where
occasional moments of brilli ance are spread over long passages of fi Iler, exce pt
Hemingway has the good sense to make hi s plot building passages low-key
and tight, where Kerouac bites typewriter with loose, meanderi ng passages
of gobbledygook, ahem , I mean "spontaneous prose". In both cases the good
more than makes up for the ho-hum .
The plot is a love story bet'ween an American li eutenant and an Engl ish nurse,
both of whom are serving the Italian army during the First World War. Yes,
love during wartime, not the most fantastically original prem ise, but 'l think
we can agree that it 's not a book's premise that gives it life. Henry's character
is handled with grace, being allowed to unfold by way of hi s own actions and
not pigeon -holed by way of heavy-handed description or ponderous inner dialog ue. Hi s love is played by Catherine Barkl ey, and if you own any femini sts'
sensibility, she might abrade you a bit. Cut that, she'll straight piss you off.
See, I'm not sure if Hemi ngway was a mi sogy nist, a homosex ual or just a man
of hi s time, but Barkley is full of supplicant one-I iners that exceed tolerance
. and venture into the realm of absurdity. How many out there would be prefty
damn freaked out if your girlfriend laid this one on you: "Oh, darling, I want
you so much I want to be you, too." Rem inds me of a NA SCA R couple who
used to come into my work at Jack in the Box wearing identical Ricky Rudd
leather jackets. Or maybe it was Dick Trickle. (shudder)
Perhaps not surpri singly, the most devel oped relation ship in the book is
between Henry and hi s friend Rinaldi . For those rev isioni sts out th ere, plenty
of homosex ual subtext can be found in their interplay, including ki ssing and
Rinaldi 's penchant to refer to Henry as "baby". Ignoring that, during these
passages Hem ingway shines, expos ing that pecul iar thing th at is friendly love,
and frequently being quite funny.
Before I end thi s, some nitpick s. Hemingway's use of foreshadowing and
irony tend to the obv ious. You ca n pretty much see his set-ups three chapters
before they happen . And Book Five is a lot of drudgery just to be suckerpunched on the ex it.
"A Fa rewell to Arms" is a fine book , with faults, but also mome nts so beautiful that they are wort h its inadequac ies a thousa nd times over.
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"Merry
Christmas?"
By Jared Plotkin
If you haven t heard. the
latest fad from th e main stream media is that there is
a "War on C hri stmas." Bill
Re illy. th e most watched
an c hor in America. ha s
dec reed that liberal s are out
to bani sh C hri s tma s from
the pub li c square . Alread y.
other right wing pundits
have followed suit. keeping
the concept o n the air ni ght after night.
What exactly is happening to Chris tmas? 0 Reilly
claims that people are no longer comfortable saying "Merry
Christm as" . Pat Buchanan mentioned that some department
store windows are replacing "Merry Christmas" with "Happy
Holidays."
That s a war on Christmas? Who do these people think
they are kidding? You d find much more convincing evi dence that there s a war on atheists . who are abandoned by
both political parties . represent none of over 500 seats in
Co ngress. and are publicly humiliated when they try to stand
up for their constitutionally-guaranteed right to separation
of church and state . Or a war on gays. who are frequently
blamed by right wing kooks for everything from Hurricane
Katrina to the September 11 attacks. What about a war on
poor people. who are about to lose their food stamps due
to Republican budget c uts just a month before ... well .. .
Christmas? What about a war on the military. misled into
quagmire with indefinite deployment. disability cutba(:ks
an d armorless humvees ?
If right wing news anchors cared about what Christmas
stood for. they d want to he lp those who are disadv antaged
instead of tryin g to re -affirm the ri ghts of the powerful
majority. Then again. they ve never cared about Christian
principles before: they ve supported war over peace. they ve
supported the death penalty over life in prison. and they ve
su pported welfare for ri ch corporations instead of the people
who Jesus helped-that s right. th e poor.
And they have the nerve to tell us to say "Merry C hristmas"
more often. I ve got one thing to say to th at.
Bah. humbug.
DECEMBER 8, 2005
"Live From Rafah"
with the Olympia-Rafah Sister City
.Project + SESAME
By Graham Golbuff
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Jared PIOlki" is a freshman enrolled in Belief ~ nd Truth.
LETTERS & OPINIONS
No v. 29 mark cd th e
28 1h annu a l ob ser v:lnce
of th e Unit ed Nati o ns
International Date o f
So lid arity with the
Palestinian People. That
evening , s tudents and
commun ity members
gat hered in Seminar
II to parti ci pate in a
teleconference with
four Olympians re prese ntin g the Olympia-Rafah
S ister City Project who have bee n livin g and working in Rafah in the Gaza Strip for the past month .
The event was co-sponsored by the st udent grou p
SESAME '(Students Education Students About the
Middle East).
Olympia Rafah Sister City Proj ec t is a local
organization that promotes and fosters cross-cu ltural
awareness and understanding between the peoples
of Olympia, Was hington and Rafah. Palestine. The
Sister City Project was envisioned by the late Rachel
Corrie. who was crushed by a Ca terpillar D-9 bulldozer in Rafah on March 16, 2003. Fittingly, in
addition to being able to converse with the Sister
City delegates about their experiences in Gaza, the
audience was able to ask ques tion s of and interact
with members of the Rafah community.
The evening began With a brief Arabic les so n
and an update on the current political si tuation in
the Gaza Strip, courtesy of Evergreen faculty Steve
Niva. Then. thanks to the powers of the world wide
web. the audience was able to co nnect with the four
Olympia delegates in their apartment in Rafah. The
four delegates Siouxzie Morrison . Trent Lutzke,
Serena Becker and Roch e lle Gause are Evergreen
a lumni and have been heavil y invo lved with the
Sister C ity proj ec t since the g roup s formation in
2003 . Each del egate took a turn speak in g to the audi-
Ruben Gutstein
Pacific
s almon
migrat e up
J"I ver s
to
s pawn In
the streams
that
they
hat c hed
In
and
eve ntually
die . These
salmo n were incredib ly important to
Native American s and currently s upport a thriving fishing industry. Salmon
also support ripari an ecosystems because
when salmon die. they add nutrients to
sma ll strea ms and rivers. These nutrient s spark our intere st because they
o rigi nate from the sea rather th e n the
la nd. Therefore . the sa lmon add additio nal nutrients to the s urroundin g area.
N itrogen is a pa rticularly important
nutrient because it often limits plant
g ro wth. The highest concentrations 01'
sa lmo n-origin ated nitrogen occur close
to streambeds and taper off farther away
f ro m s tream s. T his nitrogen become s
incorporated into the ecosystem ; it has
cve n been observed in mosse s and livcr·.vorts. The ra nge of sal mon -ori g i nated
n llrogen varies by location but te nd s to
bc a bou t 20-25 ('/" of the total nitro ge n.
Fis h-eat in g predators pla ya key ro le
in tran s porting salmon nitrogen a way
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,
from stream channe ls . Predators kill
sa lmon and carry th e carcasses into the
forest where they partially eat them.
A lternati ve ly. predator s or scavenge rs
e a t the s almon b y s tream chan nel s
and then deposit nitrogen in th e fore s t
throu gh exc re ti o n. Gri zz ly bears , where
th ey occur. are th e primary con s umers
of sa lm on ca rcasse s . G ri zzly bears can
contribute up to 857r of the total sa lmon derived nitrogen c lose to the stream.
Other predato rs s uch as black bea rs.
bald eag les. river otter. mink . marten and
red fox all help to s pread salmon nitroge n into the s urroundin g area. Along the
coast of British Columbia. gray wolves
have also been observed hunting and
scave ng ing salmon. Wolv es will often
carry the salmon into the forest. consume
th e he ad . and leave the rest to rot.
An additional way carcasses can
leave the st reambed is through f1oodi ng . During flood s and hi gh water events.
carcasses are washed onto stream banks.
Also . sa lmon will migrate during highwater periods. die, and when the water
rece des. salmon carcasses that were
orig inally submerged become exposed.
These carcasses decay on the banks or
are eaten by scavengers.
If sa lmo n are not scave nged , exposed
by lowered water levels o r washed on to
the bank s, the c arc asses will deca y in
the s tream . Thus. the nutrients e nter the
aquatic e nvironm e nt. Th e nitrogen that
re mains in the streams has a s ign ific ant
be nefit to the aquatic system. Fish grow-
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Evergreen Kung Fu builds momentum at
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ence . covering topics ranging from politi c al
commenta ry to personal anecdotes.
After th e del eg ate s con c luded their introdu c tion s.
a dialo g ue betwe en the a udi e nce and Rafah c ommunity members Fatima and Ahmed ensued . The dialogue wa s mult i- faceted and engaging. Olympians
we re intere sted in. hearin g fir s thand accoun ts of
know how the political c limate had cha nged in
Rafah followi ng th e recent opening of the Rafah
crossi ng that borders Egypt and the withdrawal of
the Israeli Defense Force from Gaza thi s past August.
The Rafans referred to the se recent events as small
s teps towards freedom that were commendable, but
s till felt as if they lived in a " prison. " Conversely,
Olympians were asked about their thoughts on U.S.
military action in the Middle East. particularly in
Iraq.
It is not every day that one is able to talk to
so meone from a di fferent part of the world or culture (v irtually) face to face. making the event truly
unique and an educational s uccess . By maintaining
an air of respect and active listening, both Olympians
and Rafans were able to better understa nd the "other
side" and benefit from th e experience . If you are
interested in helping to foster connections between
the peopl e of Rafah and Olympia, the OlympiaRafah Sister City Project me e ts the first Thursday
of the month a t 6:00 p.m .• downtown at the Olympia
Center. For more information about the project , go
to www.orscp.org or email info@orsc p.org.
Graham Golbuff is a jUllior ellrolled ill Ecological
Agriculture.
By Devon Waldron
Salmon, nitrogen and riparian .ecosystems
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ing in sa lmon spawning stream s w ill do
be tter then fi£h in non- sa l mon s treams .
When sa lmo n die . th ei r nutri ents give
their offsp rin g an increased c han ce of
s urvival.
A lternative means for sa lmon nitro ge n
to spread throu ghou t terrestrial ecosystems are throu gh herbivory and Iitterfall.
Once nitrogen en ters plants. it e nters th e
food web and is moved around the terre s trial ecosys tem . Herbivores co nsume
plant material and defecate and are
al so consumed by ca rnivore s. Elevated
sa lmon- o ri gina ted nitrogen is present
in herbivores . but de c lines as distance
from the s treams increases. This correlates with decreas ing nitrogen in plants
at increasing distances from rivers .
Salmon nitrogen can also move away
from ~pawning grounds by nitrogen-rich
plant material falling to the forest floor.
decomposing and becoming available for
plants at increasingly greater distances
from spawning grounds. Over time, this
process infuses areas around salmon
spawning grounds with nitrogen.
Trees also benefit from the presence
of salmon nitrogen . It has been shown
that Sitka spruce growth was more than
tripled at sa lmon streams compared
to non- salmon streams ; Sitka s pruce
became bigger faster at spawning si tes .
This has implications fo r stream habitat.
For ex a mple. large, woody debri s modifies st rea ms in numerous ways, includin g c reating a nd protecting fish habitat
by falli ng into strea ms. With acceler-
ated grow th . an in c re ased amount of
large. woody debris becomes available.
Sa lmo n nitrogen he lps trees grow faster.
which then fall into streams to create
more sa lmon spaw nin g habitat.
The presence of sa lmon carcasses
infu ses a forest with elevated nitrogen
levels. However. in alder sta nd s, sa lmon
s how little effect on the fore s t. Alder
gai ns minimal benefit from the extra
ni trogen at sal mon spaw ni ng g ro und s
because it prod uces its own nitrogen.
Excess nitrogen contributed by salmon
might take so me of the competitive
advantage away from alder and other
nitrogen fixing species. Thi s might
enable other species. such as conifers.
to out-compete alder. thus accelerating
succession .
Further research in quantifying
salmon carcasses density and the effect
on riparian vegetation is needed . Such
st udies would allow us to obtain a better
understanding of the effect of salmon
runs on terrestrial ecosystems. This
information would enable restoration
planners and foresters, a mong others,
to consider improving salmon runs III
restoring riparian corridor health .
Ruben Gutstein is a second-year studenl
ill Temperate Rainforests .
brown-belt forms division, team captain
Team Everg ree n has de livered again Devon Waldron came out on top after a
with another strong s howing at Jesse high profile run-off, taking first place. In
Pa lm e r 's 2005 Northwest Open. Five the black belt forms division , former team
me mbe rs of Evergreen's Kung Fu com- captain Andrew Bresnik showed his speed
petition team joined up with four other . and power, and placed third.
Team Evergreen swept the divisi o n in
members of the Bak Shaolin Eag le C law
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their teammates and the opposition that took third and Aubrey Harding came in at
they me a nt business. I n the advanced the numb er four spot . ..
The black belt point fighting division look like things are bound to change .
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for excessive face contact when he pulled . Claw.
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Men show flashes of dominance in middling season
By Kip Arney
I'm sti ll unsure abo ut thi s team. Over
the weekend, they split a pair ofconference
games and sit ri ght where they should be at
3-5 and 6th in the conference. Of course,
I'm still hung up on the fact that two of
theise win s were aga in st a team where
Evergreen won by an average of 49 points.
But it's in the past, and I just need to get
past that. However, I don 't need to get past
the realization that this team has a long
way to go before becom ing a force to be
reckoned with .
Friday night they ho sted Cascade
Coll ege who I view as comparable to the
Los Angeles Lakers. I do this becaLlse they
have one stud player who demands the ball
and a bunch of role players who take a
back seat to him. That player is Joshua
Garrett. Garret averages 20 points a game
on 46 percent shooting and coming into
the game, he had taken twice as many
shot attempts ( 124) as th e next closest
teammate. Another reason they mirror the
Lakers: their record is terrible at 2-6.
But Evergreen neve r saw Garre t as
he sat OLlt the game and Evergree n took
advantage and won 54-49. But it wasn't
easy. With Garret out, more shots were distributed throughout the team and there was
no one player the Geoducks could focLls on
and lock down. Looking at the box score,
the mai n reason the Geoducks won was
because they weren 't careless with the ball
like th ey had bee n in the past. The past
three games, the Geod ucks have ave raged
23 turnovers a game, which is five above
their average for the season and contributes to the worst ass ist to turnover ratio in
the conference. But against Cascade, they
only turned it over eight times, and when
the Geoducks turn the ball over 20 times
or more, they're 0-5. No need to look any
further. Junior Josh Waite led Evergreen in
scoring wit h II and six teammates chipped
The Gcod ucks take a tim eout to plan th eir next attack .
in with at least five points apiece to put
together their first conference victory.
The following ni ght , Everg reen got
manhand led from the get go. Warner Paci fic
(WP) came in with a menac ing front line
of six players standing 6' 5" or higher, and
they weren't string beans either. But it was
the play of former Evergreen player Nate
Menefee leading the charge and finishing
with 12 points as the WP Knights ran over
the Geoducks 65-47. And the game was n't
even that close. Coming into the game, WP
was undefeated at 8-0 and I fully expect
them to be in the nat ion 's Top 25 whe n thi s
week 's lirst polls come out.
Evergreen had no rea l bright spot in their
performance as they were at a disadvantage
very earl y when junior Thomas Cook was
call ed for two fou ls on one pl ay, sen ding
him to the bench. With Cook out, who.
going into the game was third in the conference in rebounding, averag ing eight per
contest, and being the only Geoduck ave raging double digits in points, Eve rgreen
lost their inside presence and the Knights
went to work. Evergreen did manage
to hold the high-power offense whom.
coming in, ave raged 87 points a game to
their lowest scoring game of the year, but
it 's a deceiving stati stic because that only
happened because Evergreen wo rked the
shot clock for many of their possessions.
Even some of the WP fans began to chant,
"borrrr-iiinng," as Evergree n wou ld pass
around the perimeter or j ust stand near half
court, dribbling the ball . I couldn't have
said it better myself.
The men pl ay again toni ght, Thursday,
Dec . 8, as th ey host Linfield College.
It ' ll be a revenge game as Linfield beat
the Geoducks in overti me at their home
earl ier th is year.
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The season is young, but I'm al ready
extremely impressed with what I' ve seen
from the Geoducks. Over~ Thanksgivi ng
break, the women fell on hard times, losing
twice down in Ca lifornia, but bounced
back this past weekend very nicely with a
pair of conference wins over Cascade and
Warner Pacific to sit atop the conference
with Corban College at 2-0, 5-4 overall.
Friday, the women opened agai nst
Cascade with a dominating 70-50 victory.
Senior Jenny Olson lead the way with 25
points and 12 rebounds, making it her
third double-double of the season, and
her performance also. made number four
on Evergreen 's all-time top single game
double-double li st.
Evergreen jumped out early to a 12-0
start and never looked back, n()t allowing
Cascade to get closer than nine points
throughout the remainder of the ga me.
The majority of Cascade's points came
fro lll the free throw line as Eve rgreen's
defense, which included a season hi gh 18
stea ls, held the Hawks to 12 field goa ls
on 27 percent shooting compared to their
20 made free throws on 30 attempts.
Eve rgree n actually had four of its players
foul out, and had to play the final minute
with no one on the bench eligible to play
in case of emergency. Eve rgreen scored at
least 70 points for the second straight game
with the trio of seniors, Olson, Rachel Ross
and La La Gomez, leading the way combining for 52 of the team's 70.
The ne xt night , Evergreen hosted
Warner Pacific (WP), who was ranked
higher than the Geoducks in the pre-season
poll and was coming off an overtime victory the previous night. This game was a
reality check, which in the end proved that
these ladies are for real as they hung on to
a 57-56 nail-biter victory.
The game was close throughout as the
widest point margin was only seven points,
which Evergreen reached at various points
during the contest. Two early foul s forced
Olson to the bench just four minutes into
the game, but sophomore Danielle Keenan
came off the bench and picked up the slac k,
scori ng a team high nine points in the first
half before finishing the game with 12 .
Leading the team in scoring was Ross who,
with 14 points, recorded her seventh game
with double digit scoring in her first eight
games as a Geoduck.
Evergreen faced adversity midway
through the second halfas after a Courtnie
Wilson free throw gave the home squad
a seven point lead, WP followed up with
a 13- I run over the next fi ve-and-a-hal f
minutes capped by a pair of three point
field goals by WP' s Lindsey Wells .
Suddenly, Evergreen found themselves
down by five with six-and-a-halfminutes
remaining. But Evergreen regained their
composure and followed WP 's run with a
12-0 run of their own with all points being
scored by either Ross or Olson. From the
2:05 mark WP began to intentionally foul,
mak ing Evergreen have to earn their victory at the free throw line, which they did
as they went 4 of 6 down the stretch . WP
had a linal opportunity to win the game
with ten seconds remaining, but whatever
play was designed broke down and Ross
grabbed the loose ball and held on until
the final buzzer sounded.
The women will travel to Oregon for a
non-conference game this Saturday, Dec.
10 against Pacific University. When the
two met earlier this season at the CRC,
Evergreen won a thri lIer as La La Gomez
hit a buzzer beater for a one-point victory.
Evergreen's next home game will be next
Thursday, Dec . 15 as they host Seattle
University at 7 p.m .
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