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Issue
10
Volume 35
Nov. 30, 2006
Town meeting
yields slew of new
Union Committees
By Tori Needer
Evergreen students and people from around the region walk to Capitol in solidarity with protestors in Oaxaca.
Oaxaca marchers met empty Capitol
By lan Humphrey
At one o'clock in downtown Olympia,
November 18, a protest was held in solidarity with teachers in Oaxaca protesting
the privatization of Mexican education.
The event was set up by numerous organizations, including Food Not Bombs, the
ERC (Evangelical Reformed Church),
the Leonard e!tier upport roup, an
MEChA (Movimento Estudiantil Chicano
de Aztln) and was represented by people
from Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle.
Despite consistent rain throughout
the day, by I :30 p.m. over sixty people
had gathered around the pavilion where
the event was being held. In front of the
pavilion, the Olympia chapter of the
Food Not Bombs collective was distributing burritos, bagels and fruit to anyone
who happened by. Next to them was a
table covered in literature about the current problem in Oaxaca and other protest
resources.
Caleb Hollatz brought the event
together with an overview of what is
happening, and has been happening, in
Oaxaca (see the war in Oaxaca, November 16, 2006 pg. 8). Among many
speakers, Bill Cote, an immigrant and
Olympian resident, stood up in the pavilion and spoke about a time of peace. He
sang an old Native American song while
beating a drum. Afterwards, when asked
why he chose to play that song, he said,
"What knocked down the walls of Jericho
was the sound. What we're doing here is
making sound."
Soon after, the protesters gathered and
made a march on the capitol building.
''The people united will never be divided,"
"Solution! Revolution!" and "Oaxaca
vive laluche," were among the chants.
The march took to the streets taking up
one lane of traffic southbound on Capi()t"r.o
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accompanied by a thumbs-up or a wave,
which was in turn reciprocated by a cheer
from the protesters.
The march appeared to be led by a
banner, but just in front of that were three
young Chicano children. One of them,
a girl wearing a yellow rain jacket, was
standing tall and proud with a blue United
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ag perched O\er 1cr shoulder.
Without a backward glance or any guidance, she led the march right up to the
doors of the capitol and knocked loudly.
The other children quickly joined in.
They were shushed by their parents, but
not before the other protesters took the
hint and did their fair share of banging. A
series of signs were stuck in the knockers,
with phrases like "Uiises Fuera!" written
on them.
A single policeman, C. T. Finn, arrived
shortly. He did nothing to stop the protest,
but did say that "You can stay here and
talk, but there's no one to talk to."
Soon afterwards, most of the protesters
made their way back to the park. There
was little chanting. The only sounds,
above the chitchat of people walking and
the occasional rush of traffic, were two
drums, painted with faces and played
by Cote and another woman and a flute
played by Michael Kelly, an Olympian
resident.
There were some short speeches, and
everyone was encouraged to attend a
similar protest to be held the next day in
Seattle. A carpool was organized for those
with no way to get there. People were also
encouraged, and many complied, to help
Food Not Bombs with the dishes.
Back at the capitol, one man stayed
behind. Jeff Konen, a freshman at Evergreen, said, "I felt like it was too short
lived . I really didn't know what we had
showed. So I started to sing a song about
brotherhood, about people. It wasn't a
song with that was coming from past
lyrics."
While Konen was singing, Officer Finn
returned. "! didn't even see him coming,"
Konen said, "When I noticed him I didn't
stop singing. I thought about it but I didn't
stop." He said, "You can stay here as long
as you want. You should go down to San
Francisco and audition for American
Idol." I just smirked and laughed at him
and said, "My American Idol ·is not on
TV. It's God." He laughed at me and left.
There are people who are fighting just to
go to school, to walk through the door. As
Americans, we can walk through many
doors, but for them it may be the hardest
door in their life.
Konen said that he continued singing
for some time after the Officer left.
Jan Humphrey is a freshman enrolled
in Sign, Symbol and Symptom.
Letter from a student government rep.
Perhaps you've been wondering what
the Geoduck Union, your representative body, has been up to this quarter,
if we've done anything at all, if we still
exist.
Perhaps you've read some articles
written by CP J staff, but you still feel
like you don't know what's going on.
Or perhaps you only read one article,
the one that mentions our request to the
S&A Board for stipends, and decided
something was shady about it, because
you haven't seen what we've done for
you yet. Well here's a little update, short
and to the point, written for the Letters
& Opinions section, because straight
info isn't all that interesting without a
little perspective tacked to it. Today's
perspective will be my perspective, the
perspective of a Geoduck representative.
A multitude of new Geoduck Union
Committees have come into conception.
Many of these committees are the result of
topics discussed at the Town Hall meeting
on Nov. 15. An additional committee was
constructed to expand on the stipend issue.
At the Town Hall meeting students
brought concerns about oppression, transparency of the administration, communication among student groups and reform of
the institutional body. Representative Stephen Engle expressed the sentiment that
the specific purpose of the gathering was
bringing such k)pics to the attention of the
Union.
The seven new committees formed
at the Nov. 29 public Union meeting
were formed to address the concerns. An
Anti-Oppression committee was created
to investigate concerns about prejudice
. and discrimination. It will also tackle the
enforcement of the school's fragrance free
policy.
Student concerns were raised about the
selection process of the Board of Trustees
and a committee was formed for further
investigation. The Union also formed a
committee to push for increased transparency regarding the Board of Governors. A
Reaching-Out committee was established
to promote communication among students
groups.
In concordance with the S&A Board
request that the Union create a process
to decide how stipends are awarded, an
Accountability committee was formed. The
S&A Board have agreed to award I 0 stipends to the Union representatives on the
condition that some method of adjudication
is established. If and what type of requirements stipend recipients will be held to will
be investigated by the committee.
Concerns were raised about directly
proportioning a stipend to a representative's time commitment. Representative Sam Green put forth the opinion that
Union representatives should not have their
accountability audited. He suggested that
representatives are filling their positions
because they choose to and that behavior
should not be contingent on a stipend. "It's
important that we don't turn it into a job"
said Green. Green discussed his blocking concerns and the committee will not
meet until the issue has been expanded on
during an open meeting. Further discussion
is scheduled for the Dec. 6 Union meeting.
.Eleven of the thirteen current committees are open to students. Two of the
Geoduck Union committees, Budget and
Communication, are internal and not open
to the entire student body. The Union is
hoping in the future to promote awareness
and encourage student participation.
Tori Needer is a junior enrolled in
Health and Human Development.
See page 7 for the complete article
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BRIEFS
COOPER POINT JOURNAL
International Volunteer
Day
Alumni photography
exhibition
Tuesday December 5th is International Volunteer Day. It's a good time
to get out in your community and lend
a helping hand . A good place to look
for volunteering opportunities is volunteermatch.org; they can provide you
with times and contact information for
the type of work you want to do.
Evergreen Galleries is celebrating
its 35th anniversary this year with a
photography exhibition featuring former Evergreen students. The opening
reception will be this Friday at 5 p.m .
with a panel discussion at 7 p.m. The
gallery is open through December 7th
on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday of
every week, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Friday the gallery will be open
from noon until 4 p.m. There is no cost
and the event is open to the general
public.
You can contact the Evergreen galleries at (360)867-5125 or visit them
at www.evergreen.edu/gallery.
How the UW herbarium
can help you botanize
Monday, December II th, 7 to 9
p.m . The South Sound Chapter of the
Washington Native Plant Society presents Ben Legler. Mr. Legler ha s been
in strumental in the development of the
University of Washington herbarium's
website and has personally provided
thousands of beautifully detailed photographs. His presentation will introduce you to the role of the herbarium
and the resources it provides as well as
the resources that are available online.
Visitors are welcome and there is no
charge.
Washington State Capital Museum,
211 West 21st Ave., Olympia. For
further information, please call Anna
Thurston, Chair (253)566-3342 or Rod
Gilbert (360)456-4013 .
Homelessness forum
The Olympia Movement for Justice
and Peace will host a community Forum on Homelessness in Olympia on
Wednesday, December 6th, 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Olympia Community Center,
room B. This forum is free and open
to all. Childcare will be provided,
along with meals courtesy of Food Not
Bombs.
The forum will include five speakers who will break through stereotypes
and illuminate the struggles of the
homeless in our community. Speakers will critique Olympia's current and
newly proposed ordinances that target
Olympia's homeless population by
criminalizing behavior specific to that
population, reveal the underlying economic and social causes of homelessness, examine the unmet needs and
gaps in social services here in Thurston County and present personal experiences with homelessness. Wednesday, December 6th, 7 to 9 p.m.
Thinking about
Take a closer look at
one of Columbia
U n ive r~ i ty's premi er
graduate schools, the
Graduate School
of Journalism.
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27th annual Evergreen
Student CD proJect
The students of the Advanced Audio Production course will be helping
in the production of an Evergreen Student CD. This is a competition looking
for student composed and preformed
music. Submit a demo CD to the Electronic Media box in L 150 I. Submissions are due by November 28th at 5
p.m. Only one submission per person,
and the recording quality won't be a
consideration for evaluating submissions. All music is welcome, please
be sure to include contact information
with your submission. For more information contact Ry Malloy in Electronic Media at (360) 867-5848 or email
mal ry09@evergreen.ed u.
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THE ETIERtiiiiEN STATE COllEGE
Police Blotter
Case Number 06-1746
09/25/2006 at 2129 hours
On this date an officer performing a
check on F-lot found the "Pay-to-Park"
sign had been run over with a large vehicle,
possibly one that did not want to "Pay-toPark." The bottom bracket on the post was
not attached to the frame and was bent
downward. The bracket had signs of rust
at the weld mark. Damage costs were estimated to be around $250, meaning that the
money of two hundred people who broke
no laws and actually did "Pay-to-Park"
will be spent on repairing the sign damage.
The damage appeared to have been made
the previous day, and the perpetrator was
nowhere to be found. The sign was seized
and was transported to Police Services for
safekeeping. You know, so that no one
takes it and hangs up in their room, next
to their black-light and "yield" sign, which
nearly caused several people to die because
of its absence. Parking enforcement was
notified of damages.
Case Number 06-1748
09/25/2006 at 1615 hours
Refuse Illegal War: A
Film and Conversation
with Lt. Ehren Watada
Introduced by labor studies prof.
Michael Honey, University of Washington, Tacoma, and Mark Jensen,
French studies, Pacific Lutheran University. Lt. Watada will disc.uss his
personal history and reasons for his refusal to deploy to Iraq, and his charge
that it is an illegal war.
Free and open to the public, on the
street and lot parking available.
Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.
King's Books, 218 St. Helens, Tacoma.
A women went to the police services
Open Information Session
December 4
Seattle Marriott Waterfront
2100 Alaskan Way
Seattle, Wash.
7:30- 9:30 p.m.
T he Gradu ate School of Journ alism offers three disti nct
degree programs fo r the modern JOUm ali st: a M as ter of Arts
(M.A. ) fo r th <! adva nced student who seeks expertise in
specific areas o f knowledge ; th e Master of Science (M .S.)
that builds upon a student's already strong background in liberal arts. business, law, or other disciplines, no t simply to
train c:mdidates for the first or next job in th e field , but to
educate them for significant careers; and a Doctorate
(Ph.D.) in Journalism and Communications that is a unique
interdisciplinary program.
To register, go to web site below or call 212-854-8608.
http:/ /www.jrn.columbia.edu/prospective_students/
Case Number 06-1759
09/26/06 at 2159 hours
A student was reported to have pulled
a switchblade out on someone. Jokingly,
apparently. Like this. "Hey, man what's
up?" "Nothing much - KNIFE IN YOUR
FACE!" "Holy shit! That's hilarious! Ha
ha ha ha!" Like that. You know, jokingly.
After the report was made the student was
sought out. He was found, and the student's knife was taken away. He was told
he was bad for pulling a knife out on someone as a joke, and that putting a knife in
someone's face can get you put in jail. He
then never pulled a knife on anyone ever
again. Maybe.
Traffic stops
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Minors in possession of alcohol
Possession of illicit dru~s or oaraohernalia
Cars booted
Cars 1umo started
Burglaries
Illegal trespass and habitation violations
Fire alarms set off .,;....
Actual fires
Bike thefts*
Bike recoveries
Assaults
Deer struck by oars
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H/ol/er comp1h:d hy ( uriI ,\' Uundolph
lmaxe hy Aaron Hu!l:
graduate degree in Journalism?
We are coming to Seattle
lobby to report that her sister was missing.
She was supposed to have met her sister
over an hour earlier at the Sem II cafe but
was not there, and she was usually punctual about meetings. It was her sister's first
day of school at Evergreen, and she also
was diabetic, so they conducted a search
and stated that if she was not found in thirty minutes, they would contact Thurston
County and have them broadcast an ATL
for her. She was found at the Greenery.
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ARTS & ENT-ERTAINMENT
Bar Review
By Mike Dotson
Booze, giver of life, taker of dignity. As
someone who has been kicking around the
local bar scene for somewhere between four
and five years, I feel like I've experienced
many of the moods of sweet lady alcohol.
As winter begins to rear its ugly head,
seasonal depression, or whiny pussy syndrome (WPS), returns to tonnent me. Some
people might buy a sunlamp or take up a
hobby to keep them busy, but if you're like
me, you're stmting to crave the mind numbing elixir that I call buckets of cocktails.
Some people may point out that alcohol
is a depressant and may not actually make
you feel better about the emotionally crippling lack of sunlight we have during the
winter months here in the lovely Pacific
Northwest; those people are fucking liars.
I'm here to tell you that it helps. Maybe
your mooc1 isn't better, but by god you're
not going to remember most of the next few
months if you follow Mike D's patented
"Drink Away the Winter Blues" program.
What I'm trying to get at here in my
own rambling way is a call to visit the happening, drinky nightlife here in Olympia.
Those of you of age should come on down.
I'd love to see you and have you Iisten to
my slurred rambling story about that time I
was naked on the elevator. Hell, maybe you
could even buy me a cocktail.
The first order of business when following my program is to find an appropriate drinking establishment, which is where
I come in. This is the first of what could
potentially be a series of articles touting
the various positives and negatives of local bars so you, the consumer, can make
an informed decision as to where you want
to get your drink on. This week we're going to take a look at a particular favorite of
mine, King Solomon's Reefa.k.a. The Side
Hatch.
Upon first approach, you may be thrown
off by the diner in the front. You have to
make your way through the restaurant to the
back, or just head down alley to the sharkemblazoned side door to find the bar.
The bar itself is on the small side, but for
what it lacks in size it makes up for in personality. Kind of like a cat dressed like Batman in a dog parade. There is a small bar at
the front with around six seats. I like to post
up here if it's just me or I' m with one other
person. It's comfortable and a good place to
sit if you're keen on getting to know your
bartender a bit, which you should be.
Bartenders at The Reef are at the pinnacle of their profession. They're always
friendly, always courteous and always quick
with a drink. So tip well.
Towards the rear of the establishment are
the tables and the booths, and in the back
corners are super booths for your parties
King Solomons Reef will help you drink your winter blues away with a presence that s
somewhat less than dignity, but more than desperation.
offive or more. The small size of the bar is you won't have to go home at all.
a little deceptive, but you should get there
The Reef had a slightly bad reputation
early on a Friday or Saturday night if you due to its checkered past, but a remodel
don't want to entertain the possibility of within the last couple of years has done
much to improve The Reef experience. The
standing.
I understand some people don't actually bathrooms are now clean and junky free!
like The Reef. It must be understood that it It's not a place I would necessarily take
is small, dark and often times loud. If you're my Mother, but I might bring my Dad if he
going out to do homework or have a quiet were already a little drunk.
discussion on the impot1ance of the Other
A few of my personal highlights from
in the coming to be of self-consciousness in the drink special menu include two dollar
I lcgelian philosophy, you may want to find well drinks on Friday (you ' ll definitely see
somewhere else to congregate. But on the me there after work), three dollar cocktails
other hand, it does have a kickin' jukebox with Stolichnaya vodka on Saturday, cheapwith plenty of punk rock, which makes me ass PBR evety night and plenty of other
drink specials throughout the week.
happy.
Also, don't forget about the awesome
One of the best features of this particular watering hole is the full menu from the breakfast specials and bloody marys made
diner m front. They have everything from with lots of love and compassion on those
your typical bar food like chicken strips and mornings when nothing will do but an eye
burgers, to more substantial fair like steak, wateringly spicy drink to get you back on
spaghetti or a turkey dinner. Best of all your feet. The Reef is open from around six
though are the cheese fries, priced at a very in the morning to around two in the mornreasonable $3.50. As two o'clock approach- ing.
es and your ability to walk/stumble/hitchI give The Reef four vodka tonics out of
hike home becomes suspect, this large plate
covered in perfectly greasy fries, coated in ·five.
212 4'h Ave E.
copious amounts of real cheese will return
you to tip-top shape. If you're lucky, it will
Mike Dodson is a senior and is currently
revitalize you enough to catch the eye of
the young lad or lass at the end of the bar so taking the program Food.
By Sumiyuki Miyahara
Evergreen students brave the barren physical and psychological elements of winter
with a fortitude and stride that upholds the contention that life is still beaut(ful, even
in the face of adversity.
I have known only sadness
As I was born in this earth.
I'm confused by the kindness
And acclamation since birth .
I'm sorry for not knowing
What to do at this time.
I'm not myself, not showing
My heart was always in your bay.
I couldn't let my tides effuse,
To run away the only way.
Not hurting you that I could choose.
Your face is fading out of my sight. ..
I'm shouting so sorry ... white blue light
dr-eam
Everyone can write news.
Submit articles to cpj@evergreen.edu or stop by CAB 316.
TYRditio"-&
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The Language Symposium:
Terrorism and post 9-11 Twister
By Jais Brohinsky
Fear, today, is qualified and measured
in color. Laws, courts, borders-almost
every facet of political life is affected
by the redness or yellowness of threat.
These flashy representations, like fire
warning signs indicating dryness with
a pointed arrow, denote how wary we
ought to be and remind us that our Global War on Terror transcends Washington
D.C. and the far off Middle East. From
heightened security of mail and baggage,
tapped phones and bank accounts to the
six o'clock news and daily headlines, this
war permeates every class, religion and
race. Through a fear that regulates our
lives, a fear that need not be imminent,
just existent, the question beckons, what
exactly do these colors warn against?
What exactly is terrorism?
The Oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism as "a policy intended to
strike with terror those against whom it
is adopted; the employment of methods
of intimidation; the fact of terrorizing or
condition of being terrorized."
In high school I was admonished for
defining a word by using it in the definition. I now see why.
Webster's New International Dictionary defines terrorism as the "act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; specifically: (a.) The system of the Reign of
Terror. (b.) A mode of governing, or of
opposing government, by intimidation.
(c.) Any policy of intimidation."
This sheds a bit more light on the
subject. Now that I think about it, I can
recall our president alleviating my fears
by asserting that killers or fascists will
not intimidate the US. because we believe in freedom at all costs. And while I
don't exactly see the causal relationship,
I guess it's nice to be looked after. Moving on.
The American Heritage Dictionary
defines terrorism as "The unlawful use
or threatened use of force or violence by
a person or an organized group against
people or property with the intention of
intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons."
Now we're getting somewhere: intimidation for political reasons, but this still
meditated, politically motivated violence
perpetrated against innocents".
I think we ought to have added the
tidbit about politically motivated selfappointed sub-state groups. While it
would make it more difficult to strangle
governments like Palestine's Hamas,
the addendum would make it clear that
our, say, planned and carried out bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where
an estimated 100,000-200,000 civilians
were incinerated, melted or mutated so
that we could prevent a costly land in-
This time, instead of freedom-hating Communists,
we have freedom-hating lslamo-fascists.
seems too general.
The definition in the Oxford Concise.
Dictionary of Politics (2nd edition) begins, "Term with no agreement amongst
government or academic analysts, but
almost invariably used in a pejorative
sense, most frequently to describe Iifethreatening actions perpetrated by politically motivated self-appointed sub-state
groups."
Wait a second. No agreement amongst
governments? How can we have a global, internationally supported war against
something that isn't even agreed upon?
How do we know we're all fighting the
right thing? The last part of this, 'politically motivated self-appointed sub-state
groups,' works conveniently. This must
certainly be why individuals are terrorists for strapping bombs to their chests,
but governments aren't for cluster-bombing apartment complexes.
Our National Security Strategy outlined in 2002 defined terrorism as "pre-
vasion, or keep Russia out of post-war
Japan, or simply flex our atomically
credible muscles for the world to see, or
which ever history you choose to. accept
couldn't be confused with this terrorism
we're fighting today. Or, to get more recent, that added clause would prevent the
U.S. bombing and sanctioning oflraq (e.g.
water treatment facilities and chlorine respectively) throughout the nineties in an
attempt to pain the population into overthrowing Saddam from falling under this
definition.
In 2001, President Bush drew the proverbial line in the sand: "You're either
with us or against us in the fight against
terror." With such a murky definition,
one that state administrations can't agree
on, who becomes the authority for distinguishing terrorists? How does one know
if the suspect in the crosshairs is truly a
terrorist and not a government official?
This predicament seems to cut a divide
of ideologies similar to that in the Cold
War. This time, instead of freedom-hating Communists, we have freedom-hating lslamo-fascists (or is that term off the
agenda already?). If you're on our side
of the curtain and kill to achieve a goal
you're a liberating hero who promotes
democratic freedom. If you're on the other side of the curtain and kill to achieve a
goal then you're a terrorist bent on subverting modern civilization. What should
be added to the definition of terrorism
are thy terms 'good guys' and 'bad guys'.
Amended, it should read as follows: terrorism is the premeditated, politically
motivated violence perpetrated by bad
guys against innocent good guys.
As long as the bad guys are out there,
us good guys can't be safe. Therefore, the
fight is worldwide, constant and multicolored-warnings will continue to fluctuate
from cautious oranges to stockpile-thepowdered-milk reds, pulling and contorting our daily lives in a post 9-11 game of
Twister. Because, as George W. Bush asserts, "freedom-loving people understand
that terrorism knows no borders," the war
on terrorism wi II know no borders either.
Sorry good citizens of Iraq, Afghanistan,
Lebanon, Canada, Spain, Britain, Israel,
North Korea, Turkey, India, Palestine, Indonesia, Pakistan, the United States, Iran,
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kenya ...
This article was brought to you by the
Evergreen Writing Center (LIB 2304,
867 -6420), as part of the Language Symposium. Do you use language? Contact
us at languagesymposium@gmail.com.
Jais Brohinsky is a senior enrolled
in Tradition and Transformation. He is
a Writing Center tutor.
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LEITERS
& OPINIONS
Reflection on the Evergreen experience
By Chelsey Adams
art projects, slimy with slugs) as well as
shrines of shells and sculptures of stones. I
How can I use what
was bathing in the little stream fast before
I have learned at Eversomeone comes down the path, stirring up
green to help people?
phosphorescent plankton under starry skies,
While a student at
discovering beached jellyfish, crab shells,
Evergreen, I lived in
dogs, seagulls ... hmm a "No skinny dipthe woods for a year,
ping" sign, a quite unorthodox wedding, all
traveled to Costa Rica,
best men are naked ... another story, anothMexico, Brazil, back to Costa Rica, New er time. Never harvested a geoduck, never
Mexico, Colorado, Montana, Wisconsin seen a geoduck ...
and the now inferior "east coast." I stayed
What has Evergreen meant to me? How
in the town of Olympia and danced the do you encapsulate a life, the moments
contra dances, at reggae shows, ate greasy deep and shallow that composed times of
cheesy fries at Le Voyeur, danced to hip transition and a rite of passage? One·of the
hop at the Capitol Theater, spiral danced reasons I was interested in Evergreen from
in the Eagles Ballroom, at a costume party the beginning was the fact that I would
and house party and ate enough potlucks to have the freedom to pursue the areas of
fill a longhouse.
study that resonated with me, to follow my
I slept on mattresses on the floor all heart in its free flow form and have a comthree years, looking at moldy, once rainfor- munity to support this journey. I found this
est-soaked walls at Coopers Glen. I could goal was heattily met.
almost see through the linoleum floor to the
No one was telling me I had to do anyforest below. Out the window, mushrooms thing and this is exactly what motivated
sprouted and cedars languished.
me to pursue my dreams, seek help when
The sofa became a place for sojourn- I needed it from the plethora of intelligent,
ers, the kitchen a place of experiments experienced and dedicated professors, and
from Fanner's Market to food pantry to cohabitate with a community of self-emco-op (lucky if you made the long jour- powered, unique and creative fellow stuney to the east side co-op, ooh, choices). A dents while creating contracts that reflected
transient someone, dripping with torrential my deepest desires.
rain, sprouting mushrooms from my ears,
I am not talking about wanting to understand
geometry, what I mean is those insinging poems to the drizzle, dancing with
fairies in long skitts in the Dr. Seuss green ner visions that I was barely aware of, the
shag moss forest. "Have you climbed the components of my life's purpose I was able
Seven Sisters? Oh you gotta see this tree!" to pursue within the container of an instituHuffing and puffing, holding breath so as tion!
Evergreen saw me as a whole person,
not to fall from her tall heights, coaxing
catered
to me not only as a mind but as a
others up her slippery trunk, playing hide
.
body
and
spirit too. I wasn't interested in
and seek with Raven, emulating Salmon,
a
college
that
wanted to roll me down the
discovering random bits of creative expresline,
put
a
label
on me and spit me into a
sion throughout the dark woods (overdue
crate marked career. I wanted to continue
to live my life with the richness that life
takes on when it is regarded as a mystery,
as a gift.
My college education did not get in the
way of life's natural expression, it enhanced
it, sought out all the colors and shades in
between, rolled out a big white sheet and
encouraged me to play, (and smiled when I
suggested losing the paintbrushes - "thinking outside of the box"). Everywhere I
went during my time at Evergreen, I harassed strangers bubbling over on trains,
planes and automobiles with enthusiasm
for the school. Heck, I still do!
I challenged the infamous Underwater
Basket Weaving program for an individual
learning contract studying .synchronicity
and its relationship to travel in Costa Rica:
bullet #3 - I will attend the International
Rainbow Gathering in order to have a community from which to base my observations, I will attend the workshops offered
at the gathering, maintaining a daily yoga
and meditation practice." C'mon! Where
else would you be able to justifY credit for
something labeled "Transcendent Practices", the "Authentic Self' or "Om: Peace
Love and Harmony"? (Just joking about
that last one).
I am reflecting on all of this in order to
answer the question I posed at the beginning, how can I use what I learned at Evergreen to help people? A big question because as when I entered Evergreen, I had
big ideals. There are categories I will box
the students of this school into: downright
cynics or impossible idealists. I fall into the
second category.
So, to stay in this spirit while meddling
with future visions, I will provide some
pretty high expectations for myself. What
did I learn? (These are not in order of importance).
I. No one is going to do it for me, "be
the change I want to see in the world," take
responsibility, it's empowering.
2. Serving others is more gratifYing than
pursuing selfish desires, despite the reflection of the mainstream media, our various
upbringings and sometimes, our inner voices.
3. Art is necessary because beauty is inspiring, the Earth and everything created
by the Powers-that-Be is the most detailed
and exquisite work of att that exists, be appreciative.
4. LOVE is key, central, fundamental
and remains the one word answer to almost
every quandary or existential confusion that
exists (not to ever be taken for granted). As
the Dalai Lama asserts, all humans are the
same in that they seek happiness and avoid
suffering.
5. Accept the things we cannot change,
as well as the things we can change, then
act from wisdom. Self-acceptance engenders inner peace. These are not just words,
it is a practice.
That is what I have to leave all of you
at Evergreen for now. Thanks for being a
community that I feel home in, thanks for
all your quirkiness, your love, your rage at
injustice, your laughter and the ever-lasting drumbeat that I can hear echoing across
Red Square even when there ain't nobody
drumming. Enjoy this special place while
you have it.
Chelsey Adams is a senior enrolled in
Pillars of Fire.
My invisible people
By Alexandra Tobolsky
My friend Andrew
has a fear of invisibility. He has this theory
that life is like a movie
- it's filled with joy,
pain, comedy, drama, L::..L._............:;:::;;.;_...:;;..
love and maybe even a
steamy sex scene here and there. His fear is
that one day he'll wake up and realize he's
only an extra in someone else's movie.
Though at any given moment, there are
countless people who love us, it's so easy
to feel empty and alone. We have days
when we feel like an invisible extra in the
grand story of someone else's exciting life.
Maybe we wish we were.
Today is one week past Thanksgiving.
On that crazy day I did some soul-searching to tell all my invisible people just how
important and valuable they are to me.
Among the hectic flights home, agitating
but loving relatives who crowd our houses,
mountains of food, Black Friday madness
and crappy daytime television, it's easy to
overlook the reason for our celebration.
The average American cannot name three
gifts they received during the last holiday
season. Giving thanks has lost its joy and
become a chore and an obligation.
The people who truly deserve our
thanks are the extras, the invisible ones in
the background without whom we'd fall
apart. The ones who want nothing but our
happiness and nothing in return for invisibly doing all they can to insure·it, is what
Thanksgiving should be all about.
I'm thankful for all the people who've
loved me and made me stronger. I'm thank-
ful for those who've hurt me and made me
stronger. I'm thankful for those who've
done both. I'm thankful for Jenn, who
will turn at evety green traffic light with
me until we either get bored, distracted by
something shiny or find chocolate; Nhut,
for the countless hours he's spent fixing my
computers and his tendency to "borrow"
my movies for a year and a half; Andrew,
who would drop everyone and everything
the second I need help but will never ever
be on time for a movie; Hank, who refused
to face my direction while I climbed in and
out of a creek in my underwear and goodnaturedly tolerates the nickname "Hankreas, the Pancreas"; Tory, who will sit on
her ass and watch nothing but Star Wars for
an entire weekend and call me just to tell
me she's angry that I haven't called; Bill,
who has an endlessly kind and persevering
heart; Dave, who's been with me as friend
and teacher for half of my life and will stay
such for the rest of it; Judy, for nothing
making her happier than being someone
I can always count on; Mom, for putting
gummy worm-filled apples and chocolate
eyeballs in my lunch boxes every fall and
lipstick-kissed notes all year round; Elaine,
who tells my little sister to stop picking on
me and couldn't love me more than if we
shared blood; and Dad, for dragging me on
miserable hikes through the snow and his
phone calls warning me that I'm an "innocent wide-eyed kid" but then telling me
that I need more in my life than just schoolwork.
I'm thankful for the really invisible people - the ones who are just as important but
that we tend to forget along the way. I'm
thankful for Dr. Bidi, for telling me I have
such a great laugh that I should be on the
radio, just to get me to laugh more; my high
school guidance counselor for telling me
wonderful stories about everything except
what I actually went to him for; my math
teacher for spending every lunch in ninth
grade and every morning in II'" painstakingly tutoring me; the neighbors who remember every birthday; the store· clerks
and bus drivers who recognize me and say
hello; the people who appreciated the five
dollars they borrowed enough to remember to return it; and the strangers who don't
think I'm creepy when I talk nonsense to
their babies or pet their dogs.
I'm thankful to be alive and well. I'm
thankful that all the people I love will be
sleeping in wann beds tonight with full
stomachs and reasons to get up in the morn-
ing. Most of all, I'm thankful for being
thankful. It's all too easy to be consumed
by the worries of student loans, deadlines,
bills, annoying calls from annoying parents, discovering your roommate's soundproof walls are anything but and that bad
smell emanating from an unknown source
in the kitchen. If we all just think about
who we are, whom we've become and all
the people who have helped us get there,
then that's something that we can really
give thanks for.
Alexandra Tobolsky is a second-year
transfer enrolled in The Age of Irony and
The Heroism of Ordinary People. She can
be emailed with comments, questions and
responses at TobAle24@evergreen.edu.
Eviction is no joke
Dear Slightly West,
If you want literary
submissions so badly
just say so. Please do
not use the eviction
notice joke. It is NOT
funny; I've had friends
who were evicted and
I am willing to bet that they've had the
worst time trying to find housing owing
that it is not particularly easy to get either
housing or employment in Olympia.
I, for one, went through a lot of hell
to get the dorm room I am in right now.
Believe me, Monique at the housing office can tell you 'cause my folks - thank
goodness - have gotten on her case to
help get me where I am now. Seriously,
eviction is no laughing matter.
Yes, I am thinking of publishing some
stuff I had written, but now, considering that you've pulled this asinine stunt,
I definitely won't be publishing it with
you.
Sincerely,
Kate Partika
P.S. While it is a patticularly lousy
stunt to pull anytime, it is an especially
lousy one to pull just before the holidays.
Joking about eviction is not cool. Period.
Kate Partika is a sophomore enrolled
in Indigenous American Women.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2006
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
By Alexandra Tobolsky
"When mathematical propositions refer
to reality they are not certain; when they
are certain, they do not refer to reality. "
-Albert Einstein
From
his
first
breath, a human is no
longer one. We begin
our lives as a single
living being inside
another, Iiving and t>' , . - _
breathing as one. The
moment we are exposed to the outside
world, the comfort and safety of the number one is stripped from us. We are thrown
to the unknown and disorganization of our
surrounding environment and its multitude
of other numbers. The chaos and disorder
of this process is so natural and repeated
that it in itself has a mathematical quality.
Life follows a formula. We are born, we
live, we accompli sh a few things, we die.
In this time, a lucky few will do something to change the world .
The chaos and dis illusion of what lies
in our shadowed and hidden futures follow a pattern that humans cannot understand . We are merely abl e to comprehend
it in a shallow sense, just grasping the
outer edges of its true meaning, s uch as in
Plato's cave in The Republic or St. Paul 's
declaration that ·'we see but as in a glass
darkly [/ Corinthians 13]." We sink into
it, looking for a deeper meaning, knowing
it is there but just out of reach of what our
minds can perceive. This secret meaning,
the end that we will never reach and will
be greater than us for as long as we pursue
it, is number. Number is the ultimate and
only question and answer.
Our very first experience in life that
prepares us for all the rest of it is one being split into two. This process of transition is first. Without it, we cannot live and
would not exist. We see the world with
two eyes, walk upon it with two legs, and
reach for it with two hands. We look for
our second physical half to once again experience the excruciating splitting process
that is the beginning of life.
In this way, life is number. Number precedes us. The difficult process of
birth is excruciating for the mother and a
shocking and rude awakening to the baby.
This splitting is analogous to the painful
exposure to the chaos of number and life
around us. Before we understand number,
we feel it. The way we experience everything with two, are superstitious of the
number thirteen, say all things come in
threes, feel safety in groups, and how this
article is roughly 870 words is proof of
this feeling.
Counting seems simple, but is it? There
seems to me an immeasurable difference
between the idea of twenty vertices in Euclid's dodecahedron, twenty dollars, twen-
Gagging on etiquette
By Casey Jaywork
the military strategies of Che Gueverra
and Vladimir Lenin and the (American)
Dear Concerned Citi zens:
Boston Tea Party vs . the (Nazi) Reichstag Fire. " Fight Club" can be juxtaSomeone (not me)
posed against "World Trade Center;"
should start a Terrorin villainou s communion, we shall celist C lub. Com e on,
ebrate all things terrorist. A sculpture
people! Who doesn't
(or maybe a legit photo from the eightlike ski masks and
ies) of Bush and Osama embracing will
adorn the entrance, and audio recorddyn amite or, for tliat
ings of combat boot tap-dancing will be
matter, Critical Mass?
The U.S. Patriot Act defines terror- distributed on Independence Day.
Sarcasm aside (or is it?), both "terism as " activities that (A) involve acts
dangerous to human life that are a vio- rorism" and the War on Terror are ineslation of the criminal laws of the United capable realities imposed upon our genStates or of any state, that (B) appear to . eration by self-appointed spokesmen of
be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a God on either side of the Atlantic. "Eicivilian population, (ii) to influence the ther you are with us, or you are with the
policy of a government by intimidation terrorists."
or coercion, or (iii) to affect the conduct
Why are we still playing by their
of a government by mass destruction, rules?
assassination, or kidnapping, and (C)
If the whole world has decided to
occur primarily within the territorial ju- surrender rational thought to ideology,
risdiction of the United States"
why shouldn't we? Nobly clinging to
So, deadly, illegal, intended to create logic doesn't count for much if no one's
change and occurring in Reagan Coun- listening and the accepted avenues of
try? Between traffic, police and politics, discourse are already stacked against
it looks like our friendly cyclists are us.
Sq let's go all the way. Let's stop
part of the axis of evi I.
Hmm ... what about the Patriot Act fighting for life jackets on the Titanic
itself? I mean, its purpose is to appre- and instead jump ship altogether. Swisshend (and presumably execute) enemies cheese rules were made to be broken,
of the state and it specifically targets and loopholes are only plugged when
Americans (" in ... the U.S."); this is ignoring them ceases to be an option .
So be a terrorist and wrap yourself
because, naturally, no one cares about
civil rights in camel countries. As far as in Big Brother's semantic ambiguity.
its legality, I seem to remember some- There's no good without evil, no freething about Checks and Balances and a dom without oppression; revel in the
Right to Privacy (unless you agree that truth that His doublethink facilitates
the Constitution shouldn't be interpret- your liberation.
We need a Terrorist Club. Get on it,
ed as literally as the Bible.)
For years, people have been calling sober people.
the War on Terror terrorism itself, and
Casey Jaywork is a freshman enthe Patriot Act, by its own sweeping
rolled in Tradition and Transformation.
definition, proves them right.
So let's run with this: the Terrorists He can be reached at burch-9030@yaof Evergreen Association (TEA). We hoo.com.
can hold weekly meetings discussing
ty miles per hour, twenty inches, twenty
minutes, twenty gallons and a twenty
year-old person being told his number is
up. Are we born with five fingers or are
we born with fingers we've come to call
five? Where does zero end and one begin?
Did we create these numbers or did we
merely discover them, and only a fraction
at that? The ability for a number to go on
for infinity and outlive us by more than
we could ever even hope to understand is
just that- impossible to understand.
In today's society, number accounts for
date, time, distance, size, shape, weight,
volume, value, lack of value, · speed, location, ranking, probability and statistics,
amount and countless other necessities.
Included in these necessities are architecture, physics, chemistry, all forms of math,
and our money system, all which would
not exist without number. We use number
even to count the gods:
"Hear 0 Israel, the Lord our God, the
Lord is One [Deuteronomy 6:4] ."
"I believe in one God, the Father Almighty ... And in one Lord Jesus Christ,
the only - begotten Son of God ... And I
believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and
Giver of Life; who proceeds from the Father and the Son; who with the Father and
the Son together is worshiped and glorified [Nicene Creed]"
rejoiced, at the coming of Horus, the
son of Osiris, whose heart was firm, the
triumphant, the son of Isis, the heir of
Osiris.[Egyptian Book of the Dead, Hymn
to Osiris]."
and to measure love:
"How do I love thee? Let me count the
ways [Elizabeth Barrett Browning]."
We still apply ancient concepts of
math in a modern world. For example,
NASA mathematicians using slide rules
to bring down Apollo 13, figuring a trajectory using Earth as a fixed object in
space. NASA's strategy was based on the
concepts given in Ptolemy's :"20:"J462
Fb<J">4H, the "Mathematical Treatise."
Ancient Greek philosophers are thought
to have discovered numbers. Yet, Ancient
Egyptians were able to build the pyramids, highly complex figures requiring a
mastery of geometry and number far before Euclid, Nichomachus, Ptolemy or
any other mathematician. So, then, just
how responsible are they for the concept
of math?
Alexandra Tobolsky is a second-year
transfer enrolled in The Age of Irony
and The Heroism of Ordinary People.
She is also the CPJ Letters and Opinions
Coordinator. She can be e-mailed at TobA le2 4@evergreen. edu.
"The Company of the Gods rejoiced,
Letter from a Geoduck Union representative
By Stephen Engel
We've been busy, really busy, but we're still
young and green and
figuring out how things
go, how we're going to
work ·effectively to get
shit done. Our getting
shit done means winning concrete victories for the student body- for you-in the
future. Since our retreat, we've done more
than eat pancakes. We've drafted and ratified
by-laws, including our mission statement,
which is totally tight. These by-laws detail
all sorts of stuff, stuff like how meetings are
run, how we'll resolve conflict, how positions are created and removed, how we'll
make sure that representatives share leadership and responsibility so we stay non-hierarchical and don't turn into fascists, or pushovers, or chickens with their heads cut off.
We hosted a Town Hall Forum, because
we want input, from students. Lots of you
came, and lots of you spoke, suggesting
plenty of avenues for action. You asked us to
support anti-oppression awareness, give Aramark the Geoduck boot, reform the Board
of Trustees and ensure ethical conduct during elections. We want what you want, so
we're evaluating our options and strategizing about campaigns for the near future.
We've created committees, many open to all
students that deal with such issues like investment transparency, elections and voting
conduct and intercity transportation. You
should join one.
We've attended Washington Student
Lobby (WSL) meetings, and we're currently devising ways to join without spending
students' hard-earned money. Some of our
representatives packed their bags and caravanned to the Northwest Student Leadership
Conference (NWSLC), where they attended
workshops geared toward improving the
quality of student life. We're serious about
what we're doing, where we're headed and
itching to step up to the plate.
If you haven't heard, the Geoduck Union
requested stipends, or learning allotments,
from the S&A Board for winter and spring
quarters. On Monday, November 27th, the
Board granted ten stipends to the Geoduck
Union, for ten of eighteen representatives,
for those ten representatives who need
some financial support if they're going to
fully participate in the Union. When we
first made the request, some people weren't
sure what to think. A good friend wrote
me: "What is this I hear about the Geoduck
Union requesting extra money to fill representatives' pockets? Sounds a little fishy,
Stephen." This is an important concern, and
nothing to be brushed off, so I'd like to clear
things up. Stipends, or learning allotments,
are an equalizing force. The Geoduck Union
requested stipends so that all representatives,
regardless of economic standing, could do
what they were elected to do: represent the
diversity of this campus.
The members of the S&A Board allocate
themselves a similar stipend for the same
reason, and student activities club coordinators receive stipends as well, sometimes of a
higher value per coordinator than we asked
per representative. We requested stipends
for ten of eighteen representatives because
we discovered that we might lose some of
our representatives who must work long
hours in order to have food and shelter while
they go to school. For some representatives,
a stipend allows them to participate in the
Union without worrying about the hours
they aren't spending at their jobs. It would
suck if the Geoduck Union discriminated
against people on the basis of income. This
is a democratic school where all elected representatives should have equal access to participate in governance and to serve the peers
who elected them.
If you want to know more about the Geoduck Union, or if you just want to hang out
or if you want to get involved in getting shit
done, show up to our weekly meetings on
Wednesdays in SEM 2 A II 05 from I to 3
p.m. If you can't make it, email us at geoduckunion@gmail.com
Stephen Engel is a Geoduck Union representative and a senior enrolled in Mind and
the World
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FEATURES
NOVEMBER 30, 2006
Statue of San Marco in Venice.
Venice in a day
By Bob Spilsbury
The streets in Venice are even thinner
than those in Florence because so much
of the territory is made up of criss-crossing canals. It's easy to bump into people
or get stuck behind residents such as the
old men who smoke cigars and tend to
move slower than elephants.
Eventually, we made it to the Guggenheim and paid 5 Euro to enter. Outside was a garden full of sculptures,
along with the grave of Peggy Guggenheim, buried among all the pet dogs
and cats she had ever owned. Inside the
museum, I was immestruck me powerfully
diately captured by the
was the "Antepope,"
This is article two of
amazing surrealism of
from 1941 , dated one
three in Spilsbury's
year
after "Attirement
Max Ernst's paintings. I
account of study abroad
especially enjoyed lookof
the
Bride." This surin Venice, Italy.
ing at "Attirement of the
realistic painting shows
Bride," which showed
antelope heads and naa naked woman with what looked like a ked women in a composition reminiscent
of Salvador Dali's work, but even more
red peacock head draping into a fur coat.
She was standing next to another na- colorful.
The ground under the figures is full of
ked woman wearing a fan as her hair and
staring into the eyes of the peacock bride. treasures, with the sea in the background,
To the bride's right stood a pelican with reminding me of a pirate's cove. The antelope's head also turns into naked men
human legs holding a spear.
Another painting of Ernst's that really and women.
In the next room, I was struck by a
painting by Francis Bacon that had a
pink background and a black chimpanzee
standing up in the middle of the canvas.
I had seen some of Bacon's work for the
first time earlier in the semester while
watching Bernardo Bertolucci's film
"Last Tango in Paris."
Bacon's paintings are shown during the opening credits of the film to set
the mood for the first scene with Marlon
Brando and Maria Snyder.
The painting that affected me the most
was "Materia" by Umberto Boccioni.
It was over seven feet wide i11 size and
the oil shone from it beautifully, as in
no other painting I had seen that day. It
was a fragmented image of a round man
with his large hands, the crossed fingers
jumping out of the painting towards the
viewer.
Those hands were even bigger than
the man's small head surrounded in green
leaves.
Outside one of the doors to the museurn was a terrace overlooking the Grand
Canal. On the terrace was a sculpture of
a boy with a big hard-on riding a pony.
I bought a few postcards at the gift shop
and one of Venice with a bunch of pigeons flying all around the main Piazza
San Marco.
Estie saw the postcard of Piazza San
Marco and told me we had to go over
there right away as time was running out
The last train home would leave at 7 p.m.
and it was already 5.
I realized we had only about half an
hour to see the square as it had taken us
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NOVEMBER 30, 2006
Evergreen Basketball over the break
By Arland Hurd
Over Thanksgiving break, the Evergreen men's basketball team went on
the road. They stopped in Oregon for a
couple of games, then traveled over to
Eastern Washington University for a
game in Cheney, WA. The team came
up with a win against Pacific University, but suffered two losses to EWU
and Portland State University. The men
are 2 wins, 2 losses in the regular season. They have three more games on
the road.
They'll need that sliver of encour-
agement you got at the Thanksgiving
table. Maybe it will turn into a basket
that gets the win for the Geoducks;
make sure you tell our players hello.
The Evergreen women's basketball
team, who were also on the road until
last Saturday night, had troubles to deal
with on the court. The ladies came up
zero for three over the Thanksgiving
break. The Geoduck women are I win,
3 losses so far this season.
Arland Hurd is a senior enrolled in
Mind and the World.
Men's Basketball
Women's Basketball
Evergreen State vs. Pacific University
(Oregon)
Date: Nov. 17,2006
Attendance: 400
Evergreen State vs. Lewis & Clark College
Date: Nov. 17, 2006
Attendance: N/A
Ist 2nd TOTAL
Score by Periods
Score by Periods
Evergreen State
1st 2nd TOTAL
26 48
74
Evergreen State
Lewis & Clark
Pacific (Ore.)
21
Portland State
17
39
43
77
58
Evergreen State vs. Portland State
University
Date: Nov. 20, 2006
Attendance: 548
Score by Periods
Evergreen State
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edu, or visit our
office (CAB· 316)
Monday evenings.
37
26
38
1st 2nd TOTAL
32 44
76
95
46 49
Evergreen State vs. Eastern Washington
University
Date: Nov. 21, 2006
Attendance: 2043
Score by Periods
1st 2nd TOTAL
65
Evergreen State
34 31
106
Eastern Washington 59 47
Evergreen State vs. Westminster College
Date: Nov. 18, 2006
Attendance: N/A
Score by Periods
Evergreen State
Westminster
I st
13
33
2nd TOTAL
30
43
25
58
Evergreen State vs. Linfield College
Date: Nov. 25, 2006
Attendance: 67
Score by Periods
Evergreen State
Linfield
I st
21
31
2nd TOTAL
28
49
34
65
Evergreen State vs. Seattle University
Date: Nov. 28, 2006
Game postponed until Jan. 30 due to severe
weather
Evergreen State vs. Lewis & Clark College
Date: Nov. 28, 2006
Attendance: 126
Score by Periods
Evergreen State
I Lewis & Clark
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Begins December 4th, 2006!
This year Evergreen will. run its Third Annual
Commuter Contest to help encourage and
reward students, staff and faculty for choosing
to commute alternatively to campus.
Our goal is to continue to increase the number
of trips to campus that are taken using alternative
means. Just about any trip you take that isn't
alone in your car will help all of us here at
Evergreen and serve as a positive example for
others in our communities and region.
1st 2nd TOTAL
21 36
57
77
47 30
Participating is easy- just fill out a Commuter
Log one week each quarter, and you will be
entered to into a drawing for great prizes like
massages, and gift certificates to local shops
and restaurants!
Stay with the program for both winter and
spring quarters, and be entered into our grand
prize drawing.
To help make your commute a little easier,
you can also get access to your very own
ventilated clothing locker- use it to store your
gear overnight and to dry your clothes during
the day.
To get a locker, come by at any time to Parking
Services, and fill out an application.
Anyone can participate, just fill
out a Commuter Log
the week of Deceml)er 4th!
Pick one up at Parking Services, the Evergreen
Bike Shop, or online at:
www.evergreen.edu/commute
Alternative commuting
at least one day per week will
help prevent over 33 tons of C02
from release into the atmosphere
this academic year!*
Roughly speaking, one gallon of gas releases 20 lbs. of C02 into the atmosphere. Assuming an average vehicle gets 20 mpg, every mile that is commuted alternatively prevents 1 pound of CO
from release into the atmosphere. 33 tons is based on 250 participants choosino to commute alternativlv one dav per week for three quarters- won't vou be
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COOPER POINT JOURNAL
CLUB MEETINGS
Geoduck Union
Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m. SEM2 A II 05
geoduckunion@gmail.com
Battling Castanets open mic series, poetry
reading Wednesdays, 8 p.m. The Primetime
Writing Center, A Dorm, second noor
Students for a Democratic Society
Wednesdays, 2 p.m. SEM2 E31 05
Wings of Recovery Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8 p.m. SEM2 3107
Narcotics Anonymous Helpline, (360)7544433
Women of Color
Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. CAB 206 (right
next to the marketplace)
Queer People of Color meetings, arts night
Mondays, 6 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. CAB 206
Student Video Garners Alliance
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m. CAB TV lounge
CENSE Forest Walks
Wednesdays, I :30 p.m. meet-up by clock
tower in Red Square
(360)867-6784, cense@evergreen.edu
NOVEMBER 30, 2006
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
THURSDAY, 30
12 to 4 p.m. KAOS winter record sale. CAB 2"d
noor
4:30 to 5:30p.m. Master of Environmental Study
thesis presentation by Kathryn Chumbley. Ll-1 2
6:30 to 8 p.m. Veggic Discussion: vegan recipe
exchange and discussion. CAB II 0. Hosted by
EARN
7 p.m. SOS Music and Theater presents works
in progress, "Songs, Dances & Other Oddities."
COM Experimental Theater. Admission is free.
Contains some explicit or objectionable language
FRIDAY, 1
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Longhouse lloliday Native Art
Fair. Longhouse
TESC Chess Club
Thursdays 4 to 6 p.m. SEM2 Cl105
All skill levels welcome
Evergreen Spontaneity Club
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. SEM2 DII05
All experience levels welcome
Healing Arts Collective
Wednesdays, I p.m. 3"' floor of the CAB
Students Organizing for Food Autonomy
Mondays, 4 p.m., CAB 3'd floor. All are
welcome.
Wednesdays, 12 to 2 p.m. bring pots of
food to Red Square, intent on feeding any
student - free of charge
SEED
Wednesdays, I p.m.
CAB 3'd floor pit
Dec. 7, 12:30 to 7 p.m. The Dixie Dudes
musical performance in various locations
including the Bike Shop, SEM2 Lounge,
Lecture Hall Rotunda. Hosted by Carnival
8 p.m. The Dawn of Breakfast. SOS Music and
Theater presents a sketch comedy showcase on
Friday, Dec. I at 8 p.m. in the Communication
Bldg.'s Recital Hall. Admission free. Contains
some explicit or objectionable language
Dec. 8, 4 to II p.m. Evergreen Festival
of Afro-Brazilian Arts. Longhouse. Hosted
by Capoeira Angola
Dec. 15, New Year Peace Art Show opening
SATURDAY, 2
Dec. 18, International Migrants Day. For
more information, contact Colin Rajah,
(51 0)465-1984 x306,crajah@nnirr.org
8 p.m. to I a.m., Winter Prom, a benefit for Gateways, Longhouse. Tickets from Bookstore, Rainy
Day Records, $10 single, $15 couple in advance;
$12 single, $17 couple at the door
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
MONDAY, 4
6:30 to 9 p.m. Gypsie Nation Dance & Heal.
E II 07. $5 plus offering
5 to 9 p.m. KAOS winter record sale. CAB 2"d
noor
6 to 9:30 p.m. film screening, "Southern Comfort." Discussion to follow. Lll 2. Hosted by
EQAand STAR
UPCOMING EVENTS
in progress, "Songs, Dances & Other Oddities."
COMM Experimental Theater. Admission is free.
Contains some explicit or objectionable language
Call this number to check if campus
closed due to inclement weather:
(360) 867-6000, then press I
WEDNESDAY, 6
I to 2 p.m. Evergreen President Thomas L. Puree
open meeting. Near deli in CAB
IS
Gateway web registration opens Dec. 4 at 8
a.m. for Winter Quarter 2007. Tuition and
fee payments arc due by 3:45 p.m. on .Jan.
3, 2007. Contact (360) 867-6180, registration@evergreen.edu
6 p.m. ".Jesus Camp" film screening, hosted by
Mindscrecn. LH I. Free popcorn.
7 p.m. SOS Music and Theater presents works
Evergreen Animal Rights Network
Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. CAB 3'd Floor
Society for Trans Action Resources
Wednesdays, 3 p.m. SEM2 D31 07
CALENDAR
OFF CAMPUS
THURSDAY, 30
12 p.m. Port of Olympia anti-war protesters
panel discussion
SPSCC Building 26, Room 105, (360)5965306
6:30p.m. World AIDS Day film screening, "A
Closer Walk"
Capitol Theater at 206 S'h Ave.
$4.50 OFS mcmbcrs/$7 general
FRIDAY, 1
6 p.m. Candle Light Vigil to remember lives
lost to AIDS.
Unitarian Universalist Church, 2200 End St.
SATURDAY, 2
MONDAY, 4
12 p.m .. The Free School Family Network:
Olympia Free School, 610 Columbia St., (360)
352-4165
9 p.m. Monday Movie Night
Le Voyeur, 404 4th Ave. E (360)943-571 0
21+, free
I p.m. Mystery Action, endorsed by the
Olympia chapter of the Eugene Anarchists.
Sylvester Park
International Volunteer Day
TUESDAY, 5
SUNDAY, 3
WEDNESDAY, 6
6 p.m. film screening, "Affluenza"
Traditions Cafe, 300 5'h Ave. SW.
$5 or more, sliding scale donations accepted
7 to 9 p.m. Homeless In Olympia: A Community Forum.
Olympia Community Center, room B
6 to 9 p.m. Food Not Bombs
Media Island, 816 Adams St. SE
Cook at Ml starting around 4ish, share food
down on 4th Ave., afterward cleanup at Ml
7 to 9 p.m. Skateland Dollar Night
2725 12th Ave. NE
$1.00 w/ skates, $2.00 without skates
Contact Calendar Coordinator Lauren Takores about including an event
in The Cooper Point Journal's calendar.
E-mail: cpj@evergreen.edu Phone: (360)867-6213
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The see page coordinator stays in touch with
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