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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
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FEBRUARY
2, 2006
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Issue
15
Volume 34
Feb. 9, 2006
Olympia CAT Campaign
Working at home to promote peace in the Middle East
By Lee Gillentine
As preparations for the April Rachel
Corrie Peace Conferenc<! continue, many
students and faculty wonder what other
steps are being taken at Evergreen to promote peace and justice in the Middle East.
Since November, the Olympia CAT Campaign has been encourag ing the Evergreen
Foundation to look into its own investments and divest from corporations, most
notably Caterpilla r, that profit from the
Israeli occupation o f Palestine .
On Feb. 15, the Olympia CAT Campa ign, a lon g with Kymberlie Quon g
Charles from the U.S . Campa ig n to End
the Israeli Occupation and Ronni Ta rtlet
from Jewish Voice for Peace, will be meeting with the foundation 's Board of Governors to call on them to launch an investi gation into the found ation's investments.
Currently, th e Evergreen Foundation , a
501(c)3 non-profit that awards scholarships and grants in Eve rg ree n's name,
invests all of its four million dollars in
asse ts with the University of Washin gton's C onsolidated Endowm e nt Fund.
Both the Eve rgreen Foundation and. the
University of Washington claim they are
unable to show exactly what this money is
invested in . The Olympia CAT Campaign
believes that any organization operating in
Evergreen's name has the responsibility
to be tra nsparent about its investments .
On Thursday, Feb. 16 , Kymberli e and
Ronni will be speaking in Sem II about
grassroots organizing on a national le vel
a nd specific local and national actions
challengin g Caterpillar'S role in continuing human ri g hts abuses in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories . The event is
sponsored by SESAME, a member of the
Olympia CAT Campaign; the precise location of the talk has not been confirmedcontact the Olympia C AT Campaign at
olycat@ gmail.com for more details. That
evening at 7 p.m., th ey will also be speaking at First Christia n Church, 701 Franklin
Street in downtown Olympia.
Lee Gillentine is sophomore in I nt roduction
to Natural Sc ience and is the co-coordinatur
o/SESAME
Gleaners feed the hungry
By Jacob Berkey
Th e Gleane rs Coa lition is a loca l communit y based nonprofit orga ni za tion. T he ir mi ss ion is to alleviate hun ge r
and malnutrition in T hur ston
Co unt y by organi zin g vo lunt eers
to gathe r food le ft be hind after
Photographs by
The .
Gleaners
Coalition
Joesph Becker,
Senior,
enrolled in Japm1 Today
har vc~ t
'.
on ar":<1 farm, an d ga rden s. Barry
C an non form..:d the Coa liti on as
part o f his courscwork thro ug h th..:
Local Knowledge program. From
its earliest days. th e Gleaners
C oa l iti o n ha s received
s upport frolll Evergreen's
C c n t c r fo r Co 1ll1ll11 nit y
Based-Learn ing and Act ion
(CCB LA).
There a rc many ways
for vo lu nt<.:crs to part icipate
w ith the G lea ners Coa liti on. There is
harvest in g foo d, work- pa rties a nd work
exchanges. \IIost o f the work is outside ,
a lthough as the prog ram grows there arc
more opportu niti es fo r
di fferen t kinds of ac ti on
opening up all the time.
Gleaners are encouraged
Skaring tile HIlNJe.rt
a/Oar Conununiry
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
Ask the Health
Center
A questiun and answer arti cle from th e Stud ent Medical Center
Assistants: Kate Mr uz, Carmon Jcnkins, David Er rington, Eme rald Mansfie ld , Kate Benn ett, Kcnari Breshclll. Sarah Higgens a nd Sava hn Rosi nbulll .
Than ks '
Q. My girl friend a nd I had sex las t Jllght an d when 1 ejacu lated my scmen
had blood in it. I don't see blood when I pee. What cou ld be wro ng')
/\. A bloody di sc harge or blood in theselllen may be ca used by:
I) A broken blood vessel In the fluid-producing sac (se minal vesick) th at
adds to the sec retion of the testicles and other glands to form se men . The
bloody di scharge will usua ll y clea r wi th time.
:2) Pro:;la titi s, an infection of the wa lnut-:; haped du stc r of glands loca ted at
th e bo:tom ofa man's bladder. Th e prostate surround s the urethra. the tube that
l:alTies urin e frolll the bladder out of the body through the pl:n IS. The prostate
gla nd produces most of the Auid in se ille n.
3) Testicular ca ncer. Testicular cancer is the most C()IllIllOn ca ncer inillen 15
to 35 yea rs old and IS Illore cOlllmon in white mel,lthan in black men .
4) Prostate GlI1cer. Th is cancer is an ab norm al, uncontrolled growt h of cells
that for ms a tumor in the prosta te. The ca ncerous ce ll s a lso ma y spread (metastas ize ) into the lymp h nodes, bones and other parts of the body. Althoug h prostate cancer is very comlllon, mos t men are not aware th ey have it.
(I n forillat ion from WedM O.com)
In any case, blood in seme n or urine is abno rma l and it is important to ge t it
chec ked out. I f yo u are an Eve rgree n stud ent , you should make an appointment
at the Stu dent Healt h Cent er, (360) 867-6200 or yo u can co nt act yo ur regular
phys ician to ge t reler red to a urolog ist.
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STUDENT VOICE
Synergy Conference
For students,
by students
By Serah Stetson
Is ecology or science your thing?
C ome to Mi c ha e l Pilarsk i's ke y note on
In less tha n a month , it will b e time ror G reen C he mi stry, or w itness Paul Stamets.
the Hfth a nnual "Sy n ergy: The Sustaina bl e Director of F ung i Pcrfccti a nd a Gree ne r
Li v in g Co nfe re nce." Sy ne rgy is rund ed grad . pack th c hous e once aga in ror his
prima rily by yo ur stud e nt ac tivities fees ke ynote presentation. Got the munchies?
and planned here o n campu s by student John Ka llas w ill lead a n edible pl a nt walk .
group coordina to rs and vo lunt ee rs. The If natural building turns you on , come
c o nference is a res ult o f c oll a bor a tion see the fo lks from Dignity Village and City
between num erous stud ent groups, acade mic
Repai r talk about thei r work with 5t raw
prog ram s a nd cour se s, and communit y bale and cobb in urba n setlings. If social
org a ni za tion s, a ll h e ld to ge ther by the justice is your bag, be pa rt of the solution
untirin g vi s ion and e ffort o f ind iv idual
with som e help from th e folk s o f Medi a
s tud e nt p la nn ers w ho spe nd m o re than
Isla nd . Want to get involved locally'! Get
seve n m on th s c rea tin g th e eve nt. T hi s your ha nd s in tlie dirt w ith GRuB (G:.lrd e n
four-d ay conre re nce tak e's pl ace on campu s Ra is ed Bount y) in o ne of thei r communi ty
Ma rch 1- 4 . 2006 and is ri c h wi th s pea kers, gard e ns, or co mc talk to th e folk s frolll
wo rk s ho ps , pre se n tati ons and pan e ls on OLir local chapt e r of Ilab itat fo r Ilum a nity.
conc ept s and issues of sli sta in abilit y. Thi s Feeling artistic? Get trashy wit h the T ra shy
yea r's co nf~r e n ce pla n ne rs have c h ose n ' Fa shi o n wo rk s ho p/sho w and crcatc your
th e th e m es o f c ultur e, hea lth. ec olog y, ow n recyc led fa sh ion s taterm:nt a nd s trut
des ig n. soc ia l .Just ice. agr icultu re, a rt a nd
it dow n the runway. O r pa rti c ipate in Sh a ri
spir it ua lit y, a nd an: a tt empting to address Trn ka 's "G rowing an Artful Life" works hop.
these themes in a vari e ty o r wa ys .
Needing a cultural adjustmcnt'! Co me
Sy ne rgy is d es i g n ~ d to in s pire and
he a r Morga n Brc nt from Trib es o f C rea tio n
edu cat e ind iv idu als int e re sted in creat in g speak about his wO I'k With ind ige nous tr ib es
a nd co ntributin g to comill u nit y dialo g u~
in thc A mazon . Fel'ling s piritual'! Li stell to
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n urtu re th e s ust a inab ilily ll10ve mcn t in our
Dr. Joe P izz url1 0 wi ll di scuss the c urre nt
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Student Gov't Progress
Alaska Wildlands Studies
Good news, Evergreen. The campaign
for student government at Evergreen has
recently achieved its first major victory.
Nearly 600 students have signed petitions
indicating that they want to see the
ratification of the Geoduck Union up for a
student vote in week 10. A heartfelt thank
you goes out to everyone that signed up!
So here 's how it'll work: Starting week
10 (the week of March 13) :lnd running until
registration for spring classes close, there
will be an option on Gateway to vote for
or against the ratification of the Geoduck
Union . For those of you who remember the
Clean Energy vote las t spring, the Geoduck
Union vote will b.e much the same. So ,
when you log on to G a teway to reg is te r for
classes , remembe r to vot e !
A s tudent gov e rnm e nt would a llow
s tudents at Evergreen to have a unified
v oice about issues tha t affect the m . Tuition
has skyrocketed up nearly 66%, and that's
just one of many issues th a t affec t students .
With a Geoduck Uni on, Evergreen stude nts
could better communica te and collaborate
with other school s in Was hington State .
We could better lobby the legi s lature a nd
we could be better partners to the city of
Olympia.
So don ' t agoni ze ; orga ni ze Evergreen!
Let's practice de mocracy at Evergreen so
that we can participate in our community
and our state. Get out and vote yes , run for a
position and ge t in vol ved in your schooP
If you want an int e nsive first-hand
n a tural history education; if you want
to spend seven weeks in the heart of an
Alaskan mountain range ; if you want to
participate in a community of scientists,
musicians, writers and artists; if you want to
live in a place where you don't have to filter
your water, a place where the mail comes
in by plane and where moose show up on
Main Street ; if you don't mind cooking
once in a while or sleeping on the ground,
then considerjoining the Alaska Wildlands
Studies program this summer. Come by Sem
II B21 05 at I :30 p .m . on Wednesday, Feb.
15 to see some incredible pictures from past
programs .
Your work in print
Meetings
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FEBRUARY 9, 2006
After a necessary hiatus, Mindscreen is
back and in full swing, bringing you free
films on the big screen in Lecture Hall I
every Wednesday, beginning Feb. 15 r But
wait, you say: What will you show? We
want to hear from you.
What do you want to see? What was that
film that you missed out on that everyone
else is raving about? What was that flick
you caught late one night but can neve r Hnd
again; you know, the one that no video store
ever has?
Let us know what you want to see.
There you will find a submission bo x
marked MINDSCREEN. We will be lining
up the schedule for next fall , so step lively
a nd get us those forms. Please have your
suggestions in by next Thursday! Thanks
and we'll see you at the movies l
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About AWS :
Begins June 21, ends Aug. 8, 2006. Stude nts
earn 15 credit s o f tra ns fer a ble , upp e rdi vi s ion college c redit.
If you ca n't make it on Feb. 15, check out
http ://www . Al as k a .n e t/~ wm c/aw s. html .
4th
World War Movie
On Friday, Feb . I 0, the Evergreen chapter
of CISPES will be hosting "Venezuela
Bolivariana: People and Struggle of the
Fourth World Wa r" at the Capitol Theater
at 9 p.m. The Him documents the history
leading up to the " Bolivarian Revolution"
and connects Venez uel a with the worldwide
movement against capitalist globalization
currently taking place. Venezuela is just
one leader of many countries in La tin
America and around the globe, organizing
against corporate tyranny and promoting
alternatives to neo - liberal capitalist
policies. The cost of the film is $4 .50 for
OFS members and $7 for non-members.
The film will serve as a fundraiser for the
Evergreen chapter of CISPES , which is
sending seven students and one professor
to monitor the mayoral and congressiona l
elections in EI Salvador this' March. On
top of paying their own way, everyone
going on the delegation is required to
raise $ 300-500 for Salvadoria n grassroots
organizing. Therefore , besides helping
fund the delegation to EI Salvador, your
donation will also go to Salvadorian groups
working for economic and social change,
such as unions and women 's cooperatives.
Even if you cannot make it to the movie,
you can donate to Ev e rgre e n's CISPES
chapter by contacting Christina Maza at
crismaza 12@ yahoo.com .
CIS PES meets every fir s t and third
Tuesday of the month at 6 p .m . in Sem
II E31 07 . For more information about
CISPES, cont a ct Christina Maza at
crismaza 12@ yahoo.com, Laura Holtan at
hollau23 @ evergreen.edu or Nikki Miller
at nikki_ miller@ yahoo .com.
Nation's Homeless on KAOS
KAOS 89.3-FM, Olympia Community
Radio presents the ninth Annual Homeless
Mara thon set to air from Atlanta, GA from
6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 through 6
a.m . Thursday, Feb. 16. The marathon is
a unique l2-hour live broadcast focusing
on homelessness and poverty in America.
The Homeless Ma rathon is a consciousness -raising broadcast, not a fund - raising
broadcast. The re are no on-air solicitation s. Instead, the M a ra thon presents the
voices of expe rt s , ta kes calls from around
the counlry and, above all, puts homeless
people on the air directly so America ca n
hear who th ey really are and learn abo ut
the obstacl es they face . The Ma ratho n will
be hosted in Oly mpi a by KAOS 89 .3- FM
(w w w.kaosradio. org), the South Sound 's
community radi o statio n s ince 19 73 . Additio nal information can be found at the
Marathon 's we b site: www.home less ness l11
arathon .com .
Hiring New Police Chief
All s tudents , sta ff a nd fac ulty are in v it ed
to be involved in hiring Evergreen's ne w
police chief in a set of two open all-campus
interviews. They are scheduled for Wednesday
a nd Thursday of next week. Mr. Verti
Brown will be in Sem II 03107 from
12:00- 1:00 p.m . on Thursday, Feb . 15 and
Mr. Paul Johnson will Jo in us Feb. 16 from
12 :00-1 :00 p.m. in the same room .
Sex Workers Art Show
An e vening of visual and perfonnance
art crealed by people who work in the sex
industry to dispel the myth that they are
a nything short of artists, innovators and
g eniu ses . The Sex Work e rs ' Art Show
national tour 2006 at the C apitol Theater.
206 5th Ave. in downtown. Doors open at
7 p.m., show at 8 p .m .. More Info: www.s
e xworkersartshow.com
15% student discount
ART
FEBRUARY 2, 2:00 p.m.
Staff o n t h e 3rd f l oo r o f
the Li brary b ui ld i ng cal l ed
Police S e rvices af ter a
d i sgr unt led man b egan
shou t ing r a cial r e mark s a n d
t h r eatend t o " go p o stal n i f
he did not s p e ak wi th the
T ESC Pr esiden t . Of ficers
responded and too k the man
i nt o custod y af ter h e b ecame
aggressi v e t o wards t he m .
At the stati o n, th e ma n
requested 1 2 rounds of b oxing
with an Evergreen office r . He
was transpo r t e d to Thur s t o n
Co unty Jail.
FEBRUARY 4, 2:42 p.m.
A door was left open duri n g
a B Dorm fire alarm, where
an officer doing a safe t y
check found marijuana and a
multi-colored smo k i ng d evi c e
in a r o om visible from the
h a llway. The re sident was
la ter asked to r e tr i eve
the ill e gal ite ms fo r the
off icer and RD . 2.5 grams
we r e seized .
Kubrick's Spartacus Thursday February
16 , at 7:00 p.m. in Lecture Hall 2 . This
film is being shown free of charge .
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Th e chase was on, a nd t h e
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FEBRUARY 4, 11:31 p.m.
Officers doing c a mp u s
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t rying to l ocate the source
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FEBRUARY 9,2006
Gleaners:
Health Center:
IContinued/rom page J I
to keep as much of the gleanings as they
require and then share the rest with local
organizations such as the Food Bank and
Salvation Army.
Last year alone the Gleaners gleaned
over 10,000 Ibs. of food that was then distributed through the food bank , Safeplace,
Food not Bombs, WROC, BRAC and the
Community Kitchen at the Salvation Army.
A phenomenal accomplishment!
The Evergleaners are a student organization on campus that just received
funding from the S&A board. They are
affiliated with the Gleaners Coalition and
share a similar mission. CCBLA sponsored
a service event that saw the formation of
the Evergleaners, a day that also witnessed
the contribution of over 1,000 Ibs. of food
to the Thurston County Food Bank.
To find out more about the Gleaners
Coalition and their upcoming events ,
stop by CCBLA today. We are located
in Sem II E2125 . The new project board
is up and waiting for students like you to
contribute. Any community action that you
are involved with and want to get others
involved with is good for the Project Share
Board. We ' ll supply the tacks .
Jacob Berkey is afirst-year MPA.
IContinued/rom page J I
Q. I'm planning to trayel in South America
during spring quarter. How can I avoid getting
diarrhea, especially from traveling in another
country?
A. Ahh, yes, traveler's diarrhea affects
approximately 20-50 percent of all globetrotters, according to the World Health Organization
(WHO). It's difficult and sometimes impossible
to prevent, but the information in this answer
may help.
Often lasting for several days, traveler's
diarrhea is identified by having at least three
loose bowel movements in a 24-hour period.
It ranges from mild, nuisance diarrhea, when
you have loose stools but feel fine otherwise,
to serious forms that usually require a prescription, and possibly medical attention. A more
serious diarrheal infection leaves you feeling
sickly overall, which may include the following symptoms:
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Vomiting
Abdominal cramps
Bloating
Nausea
Fever and chills
Blood in stool
Dehydration
To prevent traveler's diarrhea don 't drink tap
water in any form , unless you know that it has
been boiled and treated sufficiently. Some beverages that are probably safe to drink include
hot tea, coffee and other hot drinks made with
boiled water, as well as bottled or canned beer
and wine. Note that condensation on canned
For more detailed information on traveler 's
diarrhea and travel health in general, check
out the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) Travelers' Health website,
www.cdc.gov/travel, or make an appointment
at the Student Health Center, (360)867-6200.
You can send your health related questions
to PeerHealth@evergreen.edu.
Answers wi II appear in the CPJ and sources
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will be a morning movement segment
that is free to con ference participants.
None of that good enough? Then
come see the work that your fellow
students are doing during the student
presentation segment, participate in
collaborative community conversations
on sustainability, browse the vendor
and community organization tables ,
do some hands-on eco-sculpture, find
out about the work of the Sustainability
Disappearing Task Force (DTF) here on
campus, or tour the LEED rated Sem
II building.
As a conference bonus, inspired
by International Women's Week ,
th is year's Saturday night fundraiser
"Radical Women for Change" will
feature' Starhawk and Elaine Grinnel.
Tickets will go on sale soon, so
contact us at synergy@evergreen.edu
or call (360)867-6555 for prices and
locations.
Tell your faculty, te ll your
classmates, tell your friends and
family . Synergy only happens once
a year, but it wi II kee p you going all
year long.
Serah Stetson is an Evergreen qlumnus, a
Synergy alumnus and a permanent staff
member at Evergreen.
Your current Evergreen student ID is your Intercity Transit bus pass. Just show
check our website or give us a call.
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• Earn a master of arts or science in our two-year
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Rebuilding New Orleans
Synergy:
or bottled beverages may be contaminated, so
clean them before drinking from them.
Omit ice cubes in drinks and foods; this
means no popsicles or slushies either.
Pass up foods that were rinsed under t.ap
water, such as raw fruits and veggies (i .e.,
salads). If you can peel the fruit yourself, it's
probably safe to eat.
Avoid consuming meals that may not have
been cooked or reheated enough to kill microorganisms, or are not served piping hot, such as
lasagna, quiche, casseroles and cold soups.
Don't eat any raw or inadequately cooked
food, such as meat, seafood and eggs. Note that
some kinds of fish and shellfish still may not
be safe to eat even when fully cooked because
they can contain poisonous biotoxins.
Stay away from unpasteurized milk and
other dairy products.
Steer clear of food and drinks from street
food vendors.
Avoid brushing your teeth with tap
water-use bottled or canned carbonated
water instead.
Keep your mouth closed while showering,
bathing or swimming to prevent accidental
ingestion of tap water.
Always wash your hands before meals,
preferably using antiseptic or antibacterial gel
or prepackaged wipes.
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360-786-1881 (every day)
It's Day One of the Roadtrip For Relief.
People will trickle in over the next couple
of days, and the dream of many dedicated
Common Ground Collective (CGq volunteers is finally coming true.
After breakfast, we move to the upstairs
of the recycling warehouse, which serves as
the convergence center and main sleeping
quarters. We hold a quick meeting with a
SlllIp'" "sonda, intenamg to get people to
work ASAP: eight people are needed to work
on the leaking roof; two people are needed
for the Ninth Ward distribution center. 1
volunteer along with Sara, an artist from
New York, for the distribution center; we
are given directions to walk seven blocks
into the upper Ninth Ward.
We walk past buildings off their foundations, demolished trees, power lines in
the street and an above-ground cemetery
behind a brick wall. Left on Saint Claude,
left on Louisa, four
blocks
on the
ing, explaining that they are converting the
building into a women's shelter. The building
is structurally sound and the wall materials,
like dry wall and insulation, were taken out,
and only the solid wood ofthe frame and the
siding remains.
Pointing to the pile of rubble that lined the
street, three feet tall by three feet wide and
25 feet long, Anna said, "Garbage'collection does happen in this neighborhood, but
it is extremely unreliable and may not come
for three weeks. Instead, we have to carry it
all out ourselves, with no bulldozer, into a
truck." But first everything must be put in
black plastic trash bags, and so I set off to
fill bags by myse lf for two hours.
At lunchtime we walk back to the convergence center. There are piles of brown bags
containing a sandwich, fruit, chips, crackers,
GoGurt (yogurt in a tube), two cans of juice
and cookies. The food is provided by FEMA
and was one of the more reliable services I
noticed.
There are five different types of meals I
notice people eating throughout the week:
regular FEMA lunches, FEMA 2,500 calorie
day sacks, military MREs (Meals Ready to
Eat), Red Cross hot meals from their truck,
and grassroots distribution efforts like the
Common Ground and Rainbow Family
kitchen in Washington Park. Washington
Park is rumored to have the best vegetarian
food in the city, but a lot of volunteers figure
out how to eat portions of the MREs and fruit
and an abundance of snack bars.
I start out the week a vegetarian, knowi ng
I will have to be open minded about what to
eat. I pick the white bag containing vegetarian food, and tum the single-serving packages of peanut butter and jelly onto the white
bread. The pineapple juice is a nice touch.
After lunch I team up with Jenny to go
into houses. Once again I suit up and grab
some rubber boots. We have a safety cttat
and we are given an address, directions and
trash bags. The side door is open, and we
leave our bags there. I go in first and give
myselfa quick tour, and open the front door.
It 's a small duplex, pretty empty and has been
cleaned except for a couple large items in
each room . For the next 90 minutes
we move all of the fur-
right; you can't miss it. The bright daycare
building-turned-distribution center and clinic
is hard to miss, as it is colored baby blue with
yellow trim.
"We are here to help," we say as we
introduce ourselves to Anna. Anna says that
because we are new we will start in distribution, working directly with those who stop by
looking for supplies. Our job is to ask people
to sign in, help them find what they are looking for, and discuss the other services and
actions related to CGC in the community.
A middle-aged man filling a box with
canned and dried food welcomes us to the
New Orleans. He says that if we get the
chance we should see the city, as it is the
satest It has ever been; he has lived in town
for 20 years. He is excited about the cold
pizza that the volunteers are eating, and happily eats the piece he is offered.
After a couple of hours Anna asks if I
would help with a more dirty and physical job. Without knowing what the job is,
I agree and start to suit up to protect myself
I put on a white Tyvex suit, leather gloves
and a mask. Anna points acrol"s~S~"'r1~~
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I then call the distribution center. and we
get another assignment; we work until dusk
and walk back to the convergence center.
They have not set up standard clean-up procedures and are sti II constructing the outdoor
solar showers. We wash off what we can with
a hose and then I take acold shower. The only
electricity in the building is from a generator
and it is primarily used for lighting.
We have our first group meeting since
most people have arrived, about 80 people
total. We take care of logi stics and learn
about all of the different jobs folks can do
throughout the week, including bio-remediation work with Starhawk (who will present at
Synergy 2006), volunteering at the Houma
I ndian reservation, tenant eviction protection
actions, building a community center, gutting and rebuilding neighborhood houses,
working in distribution centers throughout
the city, and a variety of operational support,
like security, cooking, registration and maintenance on the Convergence center.
Brad Bishop is a senior enrolled in two
contracts; one on rebuilding New Or/eons
and the other about local communily
development efforts.
Does this trip sound like something
you would want to participate in? A
group of students are organizing to go
down during spring break, March 23 to
April I. For more info on this trip. or if
you would Iike to go, please send me an
e-mail atomegaseed@gmail.com
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FEBRUARY
9, 2006
Arts Day 2006:
A catalyst for innovation
By Suzanne E. Reed
What is Arts Day?
For twenty-three years the Washington
State Arts Alliance (WSAA) has coordinated Arts Day, a day when arts advocates
from across the state gather in Olympia
to meet with their legislators to discuss
arts and cu ltural issues. Headquarters for
Arts Day is in the Co lumbi a Room in the
Legislative Building located on the ground
noor under the dome.
The Evergreen Expressive Arts Alliance
(E .E. A.A., eeaa@evergreen.edu) wants
yo u to know that Feb. 14 is Washington
Arts Day! Let the legislatu re know that art
is important! Take part in the events at the
Capi tol Campus. Come by our booth Feb.
14 in the CAB and write a Heart for Art
to be delivered to the leg islature. Thc fo llowing is an excerpt from the Washington
State Arts All iance Foundat ion's website
abou t Arts Day in Olympia:
Sched ule for the Day Registration starts 7:30 a.m.
Area Team Captai ns Name and contact information
Legislator Meet ings As they are scheduled, keep checking
Arts Day Issues and Talking Points Check back on February 8
What is WSAA's role?
WSAA provides the tools for advocates to participate fully and effectively.
We provide training , logistical support,
and make sure there is music and food!
We divide the state into regions covering
one to six legis lative districts. Volunteers
who take on the role of Area Team Captain
coordinate the visits so that the entire state
is represented in Olympia on Arts Day and
all legi slators are visited.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
ARTS-AND ENTERTAINMENT
Gather Arts Gifts for your legislators
Posters, CDs, coffee mugs or T-shirts
with arts logos all make excellent "Arts
Gifts" to present to your legislator on
Arts Day. WSAA al so provides a packet
of information for you to deliver to legislators. Plan to present your gi fts in person
or send them to Arts Day wit h your Area
Team Captain.
On Arts Day
Come to Olympia! Bring any "Arts
Gi fts " and/or information for legislators
that you have asse mbled. Check in at the
WSAA Arts Day reg istration center to
receive information and badges. Attend
the orientation session between 8 and 9
a.m. Make friends with legislators, colleagues, supporters and whoever else is
around celebrating the arts with us.
FEBRUARY
After Arts Day
Call, write or e-mail your legislator to
thank him or her for li stening. Reiterate
any important points and make sure they
rem ember you . Keep up that relationship- it isn' t easy to start, but through
a co ll ective effort you've engaged with
them, so use it! Thank them when they
make a decision or cast a vote you affirm.
Keep in touch. Be amicable and asse rtive .
If yo u can 't join us in Olympia, ca ll,
write or e-mai l your leg islator on Arts
Pay!
By Paul C. Whitney,
a.k.a. Captain Lexicon
CD Reviews
Art's Sources.
Venice
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misanthrope, n.
One who hates or mistrusts humankind.
Definition/rom dictionary com.
wh ich I like. They ' ve
got two: one is se lftitled, and one is kind of a split with
Angels Of Light. I say kind of because
Akron/Family play on the Angels Of Light
tracks too, back ing up Michael G ira. The
half of that record that's Akron/Familywritten songs is pretty extraordinary,
maybe better than the record that's just
them- it covers more territory in less time
and never gets dull. That record is also supposedly the one closer to the live s how, so
that bodes well. The distinction between
those two albums is the difference between
shows where people sit on the floor and
listen intently to lyrics that are mostly
"Get out of your office. Get out of your
dorm room. Get out of your apartment.
Go talk to someone! A re you a solitary
misanthrope, hatin g human contact, relying on e-mail and internet to connect to
the outside world , or do you choose to
live in a milieu of personal relationships,
conversation and am ity?"
Photo coute:,y of Young God Records
unremarkable and shows where peopl e
lose their shit , jumping up and down and
drumming on hard surfaces and shouting
along. Not dancing, exactly, but not falling
asleep either. It's the di fference between
feeling good and feeling bad, basically,
which is as good an argument I can think
of for why you should, indeed, come out
to the Eagles Hall tonight.
Brian Nicholson is a junior enrolled in
Workshop Wednesdays for Week Six,
Feb. IS, in Sem " B2109:
Grammar Rodeo
"Tenses and Conjugation"
2-3 p.m.
Academic Writing
"Using Your Sources"
3-4 p.m.
-Captain Lexicon
SCientific Writing
Synonyms for misanthrope include:
cynic, egoist, egotist, hater, isolate,
loner, misanthropist, misogynist, recluse
and skeptic.
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attending
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Week you're waiting for : milieu!
Business and Society.
Write on, friends!
Don't forget to check out the Writer's Guild,
every Wednesday at 3:30 in Sem "CI107.
By Matthew Allison
Fennesz
Touch
Released March 25, 2004
Christian Fennesz is perhaps the foremost
artist in ambient music, even more so than
Windy & Carl (although saying that makes
me cringe). The two are on antipodal sides of
the genre however. Windy & Carl are seekers
of the perfect ecstatic drone that, if they find,
will just play ad infinitum; Fennesz works
much more in the electronic realm, making
music that hums and hovers in the air. Most
people I' ve played this for criticize it for its
lack of active music presence. This is certainly
not the case. Although subtle, it's still prevalent, but an easy oversight for people caught
Photo cOlltesy of TOllch Records
up in a preconception of pop music. It is a
loud quiet album. A far cry from his previous release Endless Summer (an homage
to the Beach Boys), which first gained him international recognition, Venice is not
made up of bizarre yet somehow bright summery clicks and pops and blurred balmy
guitars. Rather, Venice is a grey current of diaphanous modulation swells and hypnotic, blissful surges rolling over vague, sporad ic beats. Similar to being ensconced,
looking up through nowing water. This impression is immediate and typified by the
gurgling opening tracks, "River of Sand" and "Chateau Rouge". There are ebb and
flow tidal changes throughout the album, perpetually growi ng and changing, gelli ng
lighter, then darker; warmer, colder; softer, heavier. Some standouts: "Ci rcass ian"
rises intensely into this orgasmic glowing of sound ; "City of Light" and "The Point
of It All " phase nebulously like white fog settling over the shore. Continuing his
relationship with Dav id Sy lvian (an electron ic folk pop artist, also from Austria),
of whom Fennesz collaborated with on Sylvian's previous release Blemish, Sylvian
. sings "Transit", the only non-instrumental song on the album, which comes across
as an outtake from Beck's Sea Change. A simple gu itar chordscape (Laguna) plays
like water seen through a window. Finally, Venice ends in an almost My Bloody
Valentine-csquc raw di stortion fade oul. Throughout, there is an underlying feeling
of introspection and remembrance, an al bum for being alone.
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By Brian Nicholson
me of Doug Martsch of Built To Spill.
They ' re folky and jammy, but not in the
pejorative sense of those words, and not
all the tim e.
Akron/Family are playing the Eag les
Hall tonight, Feb. 9 at 8 p.m . for five dol lars, with other acts supporting them. K
Records' Karl Blau, for one, whose songs
would be dull and John-Mayer-y were it
not for the delay pedal loop-age that he
creates for backing. Another opener is
some kind of Sun City Girls s ide project;
expect coolness.
But yes, Akron /Family. I've heard
they're great live, and have no reason
to doubt. All I can go by is their records,
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AkronIFamily is a must-see
Not to make too many broad, sweeping assumptions, but I think Akron/Family
would be right up what I see as the
Evergreen State Co ll ege student body 's
collective alley. Not that they ' re political or
in any way annoying, but they exist in that
whole "indie rock with hippie leanings"
cross-section traversed by such favorites as
Animal Collective and Elephant 6 bands.
Not that they sound like either of those, or
that those respective collectives have much
in common sonically, but you know: Venn
diagrams. There are photos that exist of
them with leaves in their beards, but they
can bring the awesome noisy squalor, and
one of them sings in a voice that reminds
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The Milk of Human Kindness
Caribou
Domino
Released May 3, 2005
This is easi Iy one ofthe best albums
to come out of 2005. Caribou is the
reincarnation of Manitoba thanks
to some bogus lawsuit. Because of
that unfortunate name change, Dan
Snaith has taken all that he did on
Up in Flames and left it behind. All
.
Photo coutesy of Domino Records
the fluttering horns and winds are no
longer there, the 60s pop psychedelica feel has been left behind, abandoned. All that's
left now is the booming drum beats; shop around, you won't find any this good (I
hear he has to take two drummers with him on tOUl} Still recorded in analogue in
the age of digital processing, the sounds come off with utmost clarity and richness
without sounding overproduced. As a composer, Snaith has one ofthe best abilities for
complex density and layering in each of his arrangements. While there is still some of
that 60s jive hanging about, his greater influence on Milk a/Human Kindness seems
to be Kraut-rock. "Yeti", the first track on the album, still holds some semblance to
Up in Flames, although it has a steady stoned background fuzz Iike the Microphones'
"The Moon" instead of the usual instrumental eruptions (which sporadically come
up through out the album). "Subotnick", the brief interlude following "Yeti", has
an almost Rolling Stones vibe to it that leads into the Krauty "'Final Warning". I' ve
heard Caribou compared to Neu! , but I feel that there 's more of a resemblance to a
sped-up Can, Ege Bamyasi or Tago Mago ("Bees" and "Barnowl"). Caribou also
seems to be following in the footsteps of Four Tet, (Evel) ·thillg Ecstatic goes hand
in hand with MoHA.j; he holds down more basic beats with melodic riffs that sing
over top, i.e. Drumheller. "Lord Leopard" (perhaps the greatest track on the album
despite its brevity) and "Pelican Narrows", which could easily pass as a hip-hop
beat (the purdiest hip-hop beat you ever heard) and contains the only remaining tint
of his first album (it was a cute IDM number, if you can believe it), are more beat
driven songs without all the exuberant flashy sty listic-ness. Contrari ly, Brahminy
Kite'is a drum major's dream ; bombastic marching beats pound wildly with minimal
accom pan iment. Full of surprises, "Hello Hammerheads" interrupts the party with
a sadder acousti c guitar-led piece under fantastic mournful vocal harmonies about
leaving his lover.
Destroy all monsters
By Marc Stiffler
"Destroy A II Monsters" is a short story by
Rene Farben published in 1895 .
up? Adults. Who is usually responsible for
creating the feelings of self-loathing and
Growing up, Roald Dahl was (and still restricting our wild natural selves? Adults.
is) one of my favorite authors. He had a It 's not often that you get a strong critic
wonderful way of relating to children read- of parents, defending and protecting the
ers. The creator of Calvin and Hobbes Bill good-for-nothing kids. r love giving this
Waterson, had this same knack, and 'both zine to younger kids ; maybe it will let
authors kept me fascinated with books and them know they aren't alone, or maybe
reading in general. "Destroy All Monsters" it wi II strike up an urge to rebel that is
is a children's story and, like Dahl and sitting inside them . But this is also a fun
Waterson, is appealing to the rebellious, read for older people if you still have some
free kid. But Rene Farben's "Destroy All anti-authority in you and get a kick out of
Monsters" is definitely a lot more shocking priests, school teachers and parents being
.
and explicit, which is expected from an the butt of the joke.
Like last week, come to Cubicle 10
author who went on to write things such
as "The Smell of Fuck". I find thi s zine in the Student Activities area to pick up
hilarious. Basically, Farben is pushing for a free copy of this zine. Also, come to the
kids to di sregard parental or adult author- Infoshoppe meetings every Wednesday
ity. These people, he suggests, are the at 12: 15 p.m . We are always looking for
monsters we need to destroy. Some people good ideas on zines to get and for people
might have a problem with promoting kids interested in helping out.
to fight adults, but for an anti-authoritarian like myself, I have no such qualms. Marc Stiffler is a senior enta iled in
Farben brings up many good points like: Reconciliation .
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Laura Way
Kevin Taylor
RCR,
You are the Topanga to my Batman.
I don ~ understand why you're not more
popular with the ladies, I mean I dig you and
it s not like I don ~ exist or anything like that.
Hopelessly yours, Foxy Lady
I am thankful for every moment I can see
you smile. You protect me and love me
unconditionally and I can never thank you
enough.
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Biz Kids:
Dear Yuhdai,
Ya 'II are the best any coordinator could ask
for. Be goodfor JL while I'm in Nihon.
Love,
TheBM
In my humble opinion you are one of
the sexiest guys on campus.
Long live Japan!!!
Aramark may not be the greatest. ..
But this goes oul to some of the friendliest
people there. Here~' to you Cole, Helga and the
HCC lady. You rock hard core!
Ultimately it's great
there's a forum for
people to talk about
diversity here at
Evergreen Crew
You rowers rock! This Sunday, remember why
you erg: you will be on the water soon. Good
luck al Tough Love.
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9, 2006
Evergreen.
-BRIAN CAMPBELL
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Dearest Lucy,
To my parfait, cake and onion:
You gals are the rockenest roo mates EVAR!
My sweet sister, you are the twinkle in
my eye, the fire in my fly.
Love yaforever I will - Kitty Kat
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Love,
The one you never married
To my Honky Tonky house,
KT:
Thanks for the laughs, conversation, giddy
evenings and eighties dance moves. I'll miss
y'all. But I '1/ miss your Mamas more.
All my love
Calen
I shallforever be yours, cause you held
my coat
Love Megan
Dear M20 Homies:
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unicorn in a boat conformer.
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To all the good people ...
in the office of College Relations:
Thanks- You complete me.
- A.S.
Oh Bradley Thomas,
How I wish you were a glass of orange juice
pulpy syrup, all running down my throat. I
am nol afraid.
I just love ...
Our students
Happy Valentine s
From the Prez
Jayboa,
Had we the choice of any son,
We'd choose you again and again.
On scales that measure our depth of love,
You're always our perfeclten.
Dad and Rachel
You Are The
nuts in my snickers bar. if loving you is
wrong, i dont wanna be right. ps VM ejJ a
dime, you're a silver dalla. HOLLA'
Heart Art by Chelsea Baker
Staff Brats ...
Corey-
You put the verbs in our headlines.
- Love Kate and Eva
lOTs, invoices and deposit slips,
I hope you have fun on your Japanese
trip.
Words are words are words ...
betraying the feeling behind them, the
momentum carving direction into our thoughts.
If words slip away then here :s my I love you.
Don~ let go.
JordanNew Fundraising Idea: Sell tickets to
the GUN SHOW!
Love, The Apprentice
By Noah Sachet
I f you are a student, staff or faculty
member, you are invited to attend the Day
of Absence retrea t off-campus. See the
invitation from First People's Advising.
Those remaining on ca mpu s on the Day
of Absence 2006 (Feb. 10) are invited to a
day of workshops a nd events addressing
racism, white privilege and building
aliiances on the Evergreen c~mpus.
Several anti-racist white students and staff
volunteered to organize when it became
apparent that no one else had decided to
do anything on campus that day. It is no
one white person 's job, yet everyone's
responsibility. Let us begin again to build
an anti-racist movement on this campus.
The Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites
(CARW) of will lead a full-day workshop
from 10 a.m, to 3 p.m., examining white
privilege and whiteness, institutional and
individual racism, and how to develop
sustainability in anti - racist work .
Conducted in a popular education model,
this workshop will help make anti-racist
work accessible to everyone . CARW
works "to undo institutional racism
and white privilege through education
and organizing in white communities
and active support of people of colorled organizations." Space is limited
and a pizza lunch will be provided-a
vegan option will be available. For this
workshop, come to Lab I 1047 or 1050
before 10:00 a.m.
The film " Last Chance for Eden" by
Lee Mun Wlih will be shown in Lecture
Hall2at 10:15 a.m. This documentary is
of a workshop with people from across
the country who participated in an honest
conversation about their experiences with
racism and other oppressions. A facilitated
di sc us.s ion will follow the film and a light
lunch will be provided. Please plan to
stay through th e di sc ussion . For those
student s whose academic programs have
not released them
from class, and
for the staff whose
supervisors have
not
relea sed
them from work
to attend Day of
Absence on- or off-campus, there will be
a gathering of people who choose to be
visible as a community committed to antioppression at 12:30 p.m. on Red Square in
front of the Library Building.
At 1:30 p.m in Sem II E3109, Peter
Bohmer and Michael Vavrus will facilitate
an hour-and-a-half-Iong participatory
workshop focusing on person a l
experiences and furthering racial justice
within our community.
With participation and commitment,
great work will be done on campus during
Day of Absence. This is an opportunity
for white students, staff and faculty to
learn from each other and work together
to mak~ our community anti-racist. All
people who are on campus during Day
of Absence are encouraged to attend
these events. That said, we hope that all
students, staff and faculty of color will
choose and be able to attend the all-day
off-campus retreat. It could be a powerful
day for all of us. May it not end there,
On behalf of th e organizers for Day
,of Absence on campus, Noah Sach et
So cnoa@evergreen.edu.
february 9th & 1()th
the evergreen
state college
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FEBRUARY
9, 2006
t's time again for the Day of
enriching programming on campus.
Presence Thursday, February
The idea for the Day of Absence
9 and the Day of Absence, Friday,
comes from the play, Day of
February 10! These two days
A bsence , by African American
provide an opportunity for the
playwright Douglas Turner Ward.
enti re campus to ex plore and
In this comedic and satirical play,
discuss issues of divers ity, privilege,
the African American members of
equity
multiculturalism.
a small town disappear for one day,
The students, facuity, and staff at
leaving the rest of the town unable
Evergreen have observed the Day
to function ; in the end , they realize
of Absence since 1975 . Members
that in order to be a true community
of the community of color observe
all of its members must be valued.
this day by participating in an off-
Recommendations from mell)bers of
campus community building retreat.
the Evergreen community ptompted
Their absence from the college serves
the addition of the Day of Presence in
as a tangible reminder of the racial
1992 in order to have an opportunity
and ethn ic diversity that is present
to discuss issu es of diversity as a
at Evergreen . In recent years, as
whole campus.
and
the community of color gathers
off campus, our white allies have
planned educational and diversity
SPECIAL
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WORKSHOP
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Faci Iita tor: Multicultural Couns.el iug Program
It is easier to identify
' acts~fragism
in
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a picture of lynching than in our daily
behavior. .How dQ we sprea~ awareness
about the common unintentional racism that
occurs daily? What is ·the cost of privilege
to the privileged? What culturaland healing
practices transform the cycle of socialization
that often leads to stereotyping and oppression
to a cycle of liberation for self, community
and culture? You are invited to participate
in an intermodal co-creative conversation to
access our collective intelligence in exploring
the diversity climate at Evergreen through
World Cafe Dialogues and Forum Theatre.
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long-standing
Evergreen Tradition,
this is a two-day event
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Campus Discussion: What are we doing
to promote diversity? Is it . enough?
Seminar
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Please join members ofthe college community
for a frank and open discussion about diversity
at Evergreen.
~ ffi,ve the fact that we
which celebrates culture,
finally meet the faces
heritage and community.
of color that we see on
On the Day of Absence,
campus and
students, staff and faculty
hopefully form some
of color are invited to an
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ally-building workshops
FILM & DISCUSSION
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take place in our absence.
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of our community and
consists of campus-wide
workshops, seminars and
racism are frequently
sidelined by society ...
-JEREMY
STUTES~SJ
performances.
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& OPINIONS
Google
can hear how people feel about
diversity, community and race gener-
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13
9,2006
To the Editor:
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Protecting your prlvacy
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ally on campus, to not just assume
that everything's ok.
LETJERS
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By Arland Hurd
-DARIUS HARDING
" ... I feel that it is really important to support
communities here on campus and to
recognize that we need those communities
here. I think people like to blow it off and just
not think about it, but it's a vital part of the
Evergreen Community."
-EMILY PIPER
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DOt's one relaxing eventfull of
diversity and culture{ ~·l r7.]
-ROYA JALILI
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You've
heard about
the war of
aggression
that
our
government
is
waging
against Iraq,
but are you
aware of the
war that is being waged right here in our
own country? I'm not '!!lIking about the war
on terrorism; I'm talking about the war to
take away our rights. Representation for
crimes committed is ripped out of the
hands of our citizens. If you think this isn 't
true, remember the lawyer from Oregon
who was arrested due to a mistake of the
FBI, or the student who had his library
records seized, then investigated by the
Secret Service; both of these incidents
are cases of bullying by the federal government. Susceptibility to imprisonment
shouldn't be a worry of a law-abiding
citizen. Utilizing phone tapping and
eavesdropping on our web searches is a
way that the Bush administration is taking
away our rights. Bush and the press have
deemed these actions "a terrorist surveillance program," and what it's doing is
allowing the Bush administration to spy
on innocent people.
Domestic spying is illegal! Does this
equate to war on the home front? If you
think that it doesn't, ask yourself: Would I
be affected if the government categorized
my web searches, phone calls and library
records? Again, students have already
been affected by these actions, and plenty
of law-abiding Arab citizens have been
imprisoned without fair representation.
But what about the future? There are laws
to stop the ultimate power that the Bush
regime has to spy on us; it's our Fourth
Amendment. One such law that works
on its structure is the FISA Act, which
requires the Bush administration to go to
Congress before they can spy on someone. This has since been rolled over by
the Patriot Act and blatantly disregards our
First, Fourth and Twelfth Constitutional
Amendments.
Companies like Google, a Mountain
View, Ca. Internet search engine, have
helped also by refusing the government 's
request to release millions of people's
web searches. Thank you Google, because
there are some things that the government
should not get a hold of-including our
phone conversations and web searchesjust to secure an ideal of isolationism.
Google did a good job not giving our
information to the government, but other
companies such asAOL and Microsoft did
give thousands of searches to the federal
government. Although they didn't give
personal information, this information
has driven Bush to push more right-wing
agenda on a country that, by the polls, isn ' t
happy with the Republican Party's political
contributions.
"A president who breaks the law is a
threat to the structure of our government,"
said AI Gore. The government is stripping down the basic rights of its citizens.
Wiretapping is a crime that is protected
by our Constitution; breaking this law
is an imprisonment of our freedom. The
government is getting the information
now and using it to keep its hierarchy
in power. What can be done? Writing a
letter to Google and telling them they are
doing a good job is a good place to start.
"The Justice Department wants to do these
searches on a less-than-probable cause
basis," said Dave Cole, of the University
of Georgetown. So we, as a liberal arts
school , need to support the people that are
protecting our rights.
After a letter has been sent to Google,
do something to help the freedom in our
region . Go downtown and get involved
with something that isn 't benefiting the
social norm of individualism. We don't
stand strong as one, but as many we are a
force. Giving time to volunteer organizations that are benefiting the country is a
way to get in touch with what is happening. Veterans for Peace, Emergency Shelter
Network, Tenants Union and Earth Service
Corp are a few of the associations in
Olympia that are making a difference and
providing useful help to the people around
them. Google's address is Google Inc.,
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain
View, CA 94043.
Arland Hurd is a sophomore enrolled in
Health and Human Development.
write to comment on your com mentary story by John Morgan, " House
signs budget bill slashing Financial Aid ."
I loved the tone and am shocked and
appalled at the vote, but a few fact s would
have made a great deal of difference. First
off, this was a House bill , so while "outraged Evergreen students wi II undoubtedl y
contact their state Senators Patty Murray
... and Maria Cantwell," it won't do
them a lick of good, see ing as the Senate
already passed th e bill some tim e ago.
Evergreeners who reside here should contact U.S. House Representative Brian N.
Baird (D- WA). Don 't yell at him though:
he voted against it, along with absolutely
every other Democratic representative ,
the lone Independ ent and a number of
Republ icans.
An interesting provision of the bill is
that several bi II ion dollars of aid is allotted
to low-income students studying "Select
Languages"; anybody know which ones
they are? There might be a story there.
-Karl Eckler
Sources:
http://www.vote-smart.org/search z ipcod
e.php?zip =98505-0000
http:// clerk .house.govI evs/20061
ro1J004.xml
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Absence just to
meet other students of color. It's
a good community
building event and
a great place to
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dialogue."
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FEBRUARY 9,2006
Women get
much-needed wins
By Kip Amey
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Can you feel it? Can you feel the breeze?
That breeze comes from the heavy breath
of air being exhaled by all the players and
coaches of the women's basketball team as
they fi nally were able to chalk up not one,
but two wins thi s past weekend in the win
column for the first time in 2006.
Frid ay night, pay back was on the mind
of Everg reen as the Caval iers of Concordia, who had torched the Geoducks earlier
for 91 points, were sent packing with their
sixth straight loss ina 7 1-56 Geoduck wi n
that featured more emotion from the players and crowd than I've seen all year.
Leading the charge was Jenny Ol son
as she dropped 25, tying her season-high
including going four of four from downtown . Three of them came in the final six
minutes of the game, not allowing the Cavs
to get any closer than ten points in the final
14 minutes, and she even emphatically followed lip one of her shots with a classic
Arsenio Hall whoop-whoop-whoop fist
pump, getting the crowd amped up.
Close on Olson's heels was senior LaLa
Gomez, as she too set a season and career
high with 23 points on 8-11 shooting. Her
early offense from al l over the court set the
tone for the entire game as the Geoducks
caused 25 Cavalier turnovers, 14 coming
via theft, al low ing ample fast break opportunities. Even though the Geoducks won
by IS, they easily could 've won by 25 or
30 had they not missed so many close
high percentage shots. Yet, despite what
could've been: they stil f shot 47 percent
from the field , their most efficient shooting
of the season.
The next night was senior night, as the
Geoduck s took on the preseason conference favorit e Corban College, who came
in with a 21-4 record. They walked out
with a 21-5 reco rd after a 52-45 Geoduck
victory as Evergreen beat the Warriors for
the first time in their last 17 head -to- head
meet i ngs.
Seniors Rac hel Ross and Gomez were
the only Geoducks to score 10 points or
more as Ross finish ed with 18 and Gomez
with 10. Alex is Baruso, another se nior and
ca ptain , was not able to play in front of the
home fans due to injuries that have kept
her out the past 10 games.
In the previous meeting, Corban player
Tosha Wilson, who's sixth in the nation in
assists per game, almost reached a triple
double with 20 poi nts, 12 rebounds and
seven assists. But this time around, Evergreen shut her down for on ly 13 poi nts, one
rebound and an astounding zero assists .
With her inability to get her teammates
involved , Corban watched a two-point
halftime deficit get stretched out to II with
eight minutes remaining and an upset in
the making.
The back-to-back wi ns upgrade thei r
record to 7-17 overall , 5-10 in the conference and tied for 7th in the conference with
Northwest University who is Evergreen's
next opponent, tomorrow, Feb. 10 in
Kirkland .
Kip Arney is a senior enrolled in Foundat ion
of Performing Art: Music and Theater.
Photo by Erik Gibson-Snyder
Hope lives on for Men s Basketball
...
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By Kip Arney
...
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Les Purce is featured here
with Evergreen s new geoduck
mascot: Speedy the Geoduck.
Speedy dances, does flips, and
keeps the opposing team from
focusing on the game at hand.
No one knows who the man
behind the suit really is, but as
this photo illustrates , we know
that it is not Les Purce. Photo by
Erik Gibson-Snyder.
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It 's weekends like this that make me
think I'm going to miss this school come
spring when I graduate. Ever since I
came out with what has now become the
infamous article, the Evergreen men's
basketball team has played extremely
better and, in the process, made me look
terribly wrong. I have people coming up
to me say ing that it was my words that
encouraged this team's sudden ri se, and
the jokester side of me would agree, but
the reali st knows that these guys are doing
it on their own . And after an impressive
set of wins on the road two weeks ago,
they came home for thei r fina l home stand
and continued their recent turnaround of
qualit y basketba ll aga in st two qua lity
opponents.
Friday night, the Co ncord ia Cava Iiers,
hav ing won three games in the pa st five
nights, hit a brick wall as they scored 20
point s under the ir season average in the
74 -63 Geoduck victory, wh ich was Eve rg reen's third st raight. The Cavs jumped
out to an early 8-2 lead and shot 61 percent
from the field but st ill found them selves
down by seve n at half, as the fa st paced
Cavs kept turnin g the ball over, th ank s
in part to the Geod uek s setting a season
hi gh with IS stea ls, se ni or Do ug Dietz
res pbnsible for four of them.
Pat Mattson fI.:gained his sco ring domi na nce a ft er a mino r bli p at Albertson by
scoring 22 , along with a tea m-high five
rebound s before fou lin g out with six
Illinutes left ill tile: gJ lll e and Eve rgreen
hold ing a ten- poi nt lead . For a wh iIe
it looked like Evergreen was lo si ng
momentum once Mattson left the game
as the ten-poinHead was soon cut in half
at 60-55 with 3:08 remaining after a threepoint field goal was made by Concordia's
Michael Lay, who finished with II points,
ten assists and eight rebounds. But six of
six shooting from the free throw line in
the closing minute by Dietz sealed the deal
with him finishing with 19 points and a
Geoduck win.
Saturday, in came Corban College with,
stati stically, the best player in the country in two-time Al l-American Eric Fi eg i,
who averages 29 points and 13 rebounds a
game, tops in the nation in each category.
The goal was to push the tempo and get
Fiegi tired and out of the game with fo ul
trouble. But by the time the final bu zze r
sounded off, Fiegi had 36 points, eight
rebou nd s, on ly two foul s, and played all
40 minutes with hi s team winning a nail
biter, 67-63.
Fieg i was prett y much the only offense
for the Warriors as they looked for him
ea rly and often. Eve rgreen se nt a three man rotation of Thomas Cook, Vern on
Gi ll am and Jim Dow ling to guard the
6'9" ce nter, as they combi ned for 13 foul s
send ing him to the line 17 times, compa red
to Evergreen as a tea m onl y getting nine
free shots. Fieg i connected on ten of hi s
17 att empts, including five in the closing
minutes of the game.
Eve rgreen, dow n 49-59 at th e fiw minute mark . went 011 a 14-2 run t() take
the lead . 63-61. \\i tl! t\\(1 minut es to go,
but couldn't hold it as three players fouled
out after that point. Evergreen was down
by two with nine seconds remaining as
Josh Waite drove down the right lane for
a potential game-tying lay-in , but a questionable no-call was made on what looked
like a body check on Waite while he was in
the process of shooti ng, allowing Corban
to gather in the rebound, sink two free
throws, and snap Evergreen 's three -game
winning streak .
The split over the weekend keeps Evergreen at ninth in the conference with three
games remaining and a gam e and a half
out of eighth . They ' ll trave l north to take
on Northwest Univer ~; i l) whil e keeping
a close watch on Concord ia, who they' ll
need to hurdle to make the confe ren ce
tournament. Luckily for the Geod ucks,
three of Co ncordia 's rem a inin g four
games are again st th e top three te alll ~ ill
the co nference.
And before I fini sh, I wou ld like to take
thi s opportunity to tha nk A lice Di et l., wil o
designcd and was in charge of the ull\'cilingo f Specdy the Geod uck thi s past wee kend, who looked real ly good . The new look
orthe mascot attracted Everg reen's laq;e't
hom e crowd s, and I wa s taken abac k ",
to how int o tile games tile crowd s W e'rc·.
I g uess thi s .co mmu nit y ca n get with till'
sport s team s, wh ich goes (lgainst the: VL' r ~
fll'st ar ti cle I eve r wrote tit led Sport s: Nut
In The Eve rgreen Vocahu lary. Congrilt lil:llions on proving me wrong agai n.
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