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Student with hearing
loss discusses how the
disability adds difficulty
to everyday life
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What happens to survivors of sexual assault
during pregnancy?
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January is cervical cancer awareness month.
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A fallen tree leans against R dorm.

REALLY BIG STORM 2006:

Housing director and
student discuss safety
regarding generator
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How I feel right now is cold, wet and joyous.
How I look right now is like a drowned hippy rat.
A chainsaw serenades me from outside, while a cop banters with Housing and emergency personnel. The time is
!2:47am; it would be earlier, but for the storm.
What happened is this: at 10 p.m. I'm at the Lacey Transit
Cente1; which strangely has no power despite every single
building on every block around it beaming watt after watt
of humming electricity. At 10:30, I'm at Olympia Transit
Center, hearing that "power lines are down, cars are on fire,"
and the bus to Evergreen won't be leaving until 11:30.
Thank God for the Reef.
When we finally roll in to the college, I join a half-dozen

One student's perspective of

the drama and disaster on
Evergreen's campus

other passengers for a quarter-mile trek past police, fallen
branches and diabolic flares to get to my dorm. Through my
window I sight a forty-foot tree draped diagonally across the
entrance of R building.
Outside, students are wandering amid harried emergency
personnel. I grab my camera, join them; my breath swirls
through the screaming rain, the dull moan of wind-belabored tree-trunks audible in the night.
There's another absurdly large fallen tree a few buildings
over; some kids are climbing on it. Most of the buildings are
as dark as mine.
What I keep thinking is, this has already happened once
this quarter. Why the hell don't I own a flashlight?

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Student gov't cautiously joins lobbying group
BY TORI NEEDER
During it's january 17 public meeting the
Geoduck Union (GDU) voted on whether or
not Evergreen would become a member of
the Washington Student Lobby (WSL). Mter
some discussion, the motion passed but not
without some reservation.
When the GDU began investigating
membership in the lobbying group, the main
topic of discussion was appropriating funds
for membership fees. Because the WSL is a
private political organization, student money
channeled through the S&A board could not
be used to pay membership fees or transportation to WSL events.
Working with the office of Les Puree and
the Board of Trustees, the GDU was able to
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locate a donation of about $2500 to cover
representative travel expenses and the (prorated) WSL fee. The name of the donor has
yet to be released by the GDU or the Office
of Les Purse.
The momentum that originally surrounded the WSL issue had subsided by the
time it came to a vote this past Wednesday.
Representative Victor Sanders expressed
concerns about the WSL's strength as an
organization and its ability to deliver as a
lobbying group.
Representative Ben Gass commented that
joining the WSL this year would not be about
winning victories in the legislature. "This is a
trial run with the WSL ... its about us joining them and seeing if its worth the money,"
said Gass.
Members of the GDU were concerned

following a presentation by a professional
lobbyist with the WSL at their December
7 meeting.
The sentiment was expressed that the
WSL representative did not demonstrate
adequate understanding of the governing
philosophies of Evergreen.
The existing channel of communication
between the WSL and the GDU was also
brought into question. Representative Kylen
Clayton stated that he had reservations about
voting on the issue because he did not have
access to some emails that had be exchanged
with the WSL. "I'm feeling like, I'm not
going to say 'sure' because I don't have all
of the information," said Clayton.
Representative Steven Engel spoke up in
support of WSL membership. A member of
the WSL committee, Representative Engel

emphasized the potential opportunity that
Greeners would have to lobby in the state
legislature.
Before the vote Representative Sam
Green expressed that while he still had
doubts about the WSL, he thought it would
be wise to move forward. "Since we have
nothing to lose but energy, we have people
that are wiling to put in the energy, we have
the money" said Representative Green, "I
would personally be in favor of using the
money and trying it."
When the GDU came to a vote, the motion
was passed with a mood of caution and optimism. The vote was brought to motion by
Green and seconded by Clayton.

Tori Needer is a junior enrolled in Health and
Human Development.
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Understanding I hearing
BY JANIS AARON MOORE
[Author's note: I deliberately put the slash
between Understanding and Hearing because
we frequently say "I can't hear you" when actually it should be "I can hear you speaking, but I
can't understand you."]
Helen Keller was asked if she could have
her sight or her hearing, which would she want.
She said, "My hearing, because when you lose
your sight, you lose things. When you lose your
hearing, you lose people."
Those of us with hearing loss lose
many nuances and subtlety of human communication. We miss visual nuances because
we focus on a speaker's lips, not their face. We
miss audible nuances because a portion of the
incoming sound is muted or distorted. For
example, we frequently "don't get the joke."
When telling a joke, people frequently lower
their voice at the punchline, leaving people
with hearing loss "in the dark". Imagine what
it feels like (emotionally) to be in a room with
people who are all laughing at a joke you can't
hear. Where do you find your own joy in this
situation? How can your joy be part of the collective joy when you can't join in and share it?
The muses often escape us, too. The
enjoyment of live theatre and music performances is diminished when we can't under-

stand the actors or hear certain sounds.
I'm sure subliminal tapes fall into the category of "missed connections" as well.
I believe some students have "shunned"
me because of my hearing loss. One young
chemistry student said she didn't want to be
my lab partner because she mumbled. Perhaps
she was one of many students who are terrified about speaking in public. I couldn't help
but think that she might have benefited from
working with me. Perhaps, working together,
she could have helped me in class, and I could
have helped her improve her speech patterns.
Hearing and understanding are not only
important for academic reasons, but safety reasons as well. This becomes very clear when
you're driving down the highway and see a
roadside alert telling you to tune your radio to
1650 to listen to an advisory. If you're deaf or
hard of hearing, you can't understand the advisory. Sometimes my car makes noises I don't
hear. One night I was about to drive away
when someone stopped me to tell me it sounded like something was wrong with my engine.
I can't hear smoke alarms at all, even with my
hearing aids.
"Excuse me." I needed to get his attention as
he was writing on the chalkboard, talking with
his back to the audience. He turned to face me.
"I have a hearing loss and need to read your
lips." He nodded and went on.

There are many ways that hearing can be
tested. The test is given in a soundproof room
where the client can't see the mouth of the tester. One test is for word recognition . A series of
words are spoken and the client repeats the word.
Human speech consists of 18 "places of articulation" - organs and parts
of anatomy (larynx, glottis, vocal cords,
throat, tongue, teeth and lips) and their
positioning and movement to make noise.
Vowels carry the sounds, consonants
stop sounds. "I eh oo uh 0" with consonants
becomes "I went to the store." Some people with
hearing loss can hear vowels, but have difficulty
hearing consonants. Since many consonants are
sounded by moving lips, teeth and tongue, it can
be helpful for the hard-of-hearing to "read lips,"
or "speech read." Therefore, it's important for a
speaker to make eye contact with the audience,
ensure their facial hair doesn't obscure their lips
from view and keep the room well lit for visibility.
Vowels and consonants are spoken with
frequencies in hertz. Vowels are lower frequencies and consonants are higher frequencies.
Therefore, people with hearing loss in the higher frequencies may have more difficulty hearing and understanding consonants. The ability
to distinguish consonants without reading lips
hampers the client's ability to recognize words.

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hampers the client's ability to recognize words.
Sometimes people think you're hearing selectively
because on certain occasions you seem to hear quite
well. What they don't realize is that understanding I
hearing depends on many factors. Some vocalized
subject material might have a lot of words which are
familiar and easy to lip I speech read. Other material
might have a lot of words which are not lip readable.
In certain environments I can hear many ~ounds, but
my brain is unable to process {the sounds} so I can
understand human speech. "Sound" does not equate
with human speech.
"Could you please speak slower? Even with my
hearing aids, you're talking too fast for me to understand what you're saying."
There are dozens of hearing aid manufacturers, and many more kinds of hearing aids.
Some hearing aids are programmable and have settings which can be changed to the specific needs of
the client. There are a lso different sizes of hearing aids. Some are so small they fit in the ear
canal; others are larger and fit behind the ear.
There are also myriad assistive listening devices.
Some work with hearing aids, and some don't require
a hearing aiel. Some hearing aid manufacturers also
produce devices which work with their hearing aids
and can be used to amplify sound in certain settings,
like a classroom. Assistive listening devices which
help people hear in classrooms might have directional microphones which can be worn by the speaker. Others have omnidirectional microphones which
amplify all the sounds in the room, including air con-

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COMPILED BY CURTIS RANDOLPH
Case Number: 06-2192
11/27/2006
A C\V employee, on his routine check of
the Com Lab, louncl a substance smeared
on the window of both the ticket booth
and the outside of a door near the ticket
booth. An officer responded to the scene.
The substance was a soft material that the
officer believed could be washed off without permanent damage. No information
available on the identity of the substance.

Case Number: 06-2225
11/30/2006 at 2056 hours
An officer used a Laser Imaging Detection
and Ranging (LIDAR) device to detect the
speed of a vehicle in a 25 mph zone. The
LIDAR unit measured the vehicle's speed at
43 mph. The officer activated their emergency lights and pulled the vehicle over. The
driver was given a verbal warning for speed
and not having a current proof of insurance.
Dispatch later ran a check and found the driver had his license suspended in the 3rd degree.
The driver did not get away completely free

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ditioners, fans and even noises from fluorescent lights.
However, despite these technological devices,
many people with hearing loss still can't hear perfectly. Some people are sensitive to over-amplification. When I use my assistive listening devices with
.the omnidirectional microphone, I often leave class
exhausted and emotionally distraught. The stress of
trying to understand, yet not succeeding, is draining
and frustrating.
I'm getting frustrated. "You're still talking too fast
for me to understand you." Oh, he's 'one of those'
- people who can't seem to change their speech patterns. "Can you please slow down?" Geez, he's a
faculty member at Evergreen which is committed to
accommodating students with disabilities. Hasn't anyone coached him? Does he care?
In studying hearing loss and human speech, I
learned something which has helped me understand
why people have difficulty changing their speech patterns to accommodate me. Human speech is learned
very early in life and, as such, is a very unconscious
activity. Even those people who understand my
situation and attempt to adjust their speech sometimes forget themselves. They get excited about
something and move into "motor mouth" mode.
So alon g with trying to learn what's being taught
and understand what's being said, I must also try to
curb my frustration. Sometimes repeated reminders
work ... for a while. I need to learn how to approach
people so my requests for accommodation don't
become critical or fault finding.
"We have a student with a hearing loss. She has a
device which helps her hear better. Would you pass
this microphone around and introduce yourself?" I
felt like I had "died and gone to heaven".

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There is a variety of things a speaker can
do to help ensure that hard-of-hearing people in the
classroom or audience can both hear and understand.
They range from selecting the hearing environment to
controlling speech patterns and personal actions. For
example, select rooms with good acoustics. Cement
or plaster walls, high ceilings, and wooden or tiled
floors make sounds reverberate, creating excessive
ambient noise. Close windows and doors if there's a
lot of noise outside the room. Make sure there's adequate lighting on your face for people to read your lips.
Make sure you have everyone's attention before
you begin speaking. Face the audience when you
speak. Don't hide your mouth, chew food, gum or
smoke while talking. Speak for a few moments, and
ask the audience if they can hear you. If someone can't hear you, ask how you can accommodate them. Do they need to move closer to the
podium? Can some of th e other things, like lighting, ambient noise, be adjusted to facilitate hearing?
Speak clearly, at a moderate pace. Use facial expressions, gestures. Give clues when changing the subject.
Repeat or paraphrase comments from participants who
might not be able to hear. Encourage others to be sure
their comments are spoken clearly and with volume.
None of these things requires expensive technology or extraordinary effort. It just takes someone who
cares. And these simple adjustments and accommodations can make a world of difference to a student
who is trying to learn, relate to and communicate with
every person in the room.

Janis Aaron Moore is ajunior enrolled in the Prior Learning
program and multiple indu,iduallearning contracts.

EVERGREEN POLICE BLOTTER

though, and was issued a criminal citation
#C 2333 EC for Driving While License
Suspended (DWLS) 3rd Degree, which was
mailed via certified mail to the address
that was listed on the driver's license.

Case Number: 06-2227
12/01/2006 at 2338 hours
On the above date an officer was dispatched to a report of two males in the
area of F lot who were drinking, yelling
and throwing sticks, much like two monkeys
who found a whiskey still out in the woods.
Being 23 and 19 years old respectively, the
19 year old was giwn a Required Grievance
Meeting (RGM) form. The two were entirely cooperative during the contact, suggesting that they were not actually monkeys.

Case Number: 06-2244
12/04/2006
Someone is still trying to break into
the Lab buildings. This time they updated their battle strategy from using bare
hands to force the metal doors open to
instead using screwdrivers. While the door
was forced slightly ajar, the top pin was
still set preventing the door from opening.

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Case Number: 06-2267
12/06/2006 at 2331 hours
While conducting a foot patrol an officer
observed suspect at a designated smoking
area on the east side of 1-Dorm. The officer observed the suspect holding a can of
spray paint in his right hand and applying
spray paint on the seat of a picnic bench.
The officer made contact with the suspect
and asked if he was a student at Evergreen.
Suspect stated "no." The spray paint can
was seized and observed to be an !!-ounce
can of Rust-Oleum br~nd spray paint of the
color "Metallic Finish." Suspect was transported to police services for field booking
procedures. Suspect stated "I didn't know it
was illegal" and "there was other graffiti on
the bench so I thought it was okay." Suspect
was issued a criminal citation #C2284EC
for malicious mischief 3rd degree, as well
as a criminal trespass warning. Suspect
understood the citations and signed them.

Case Number: 06-2276
12/07/2006 at 2120 hours
Victim stated that he was studying in
his living room when an object struck

his living room window. Victim stated he
looked up and observed that his window
was shattered. Victim stated that as he
approached his window to check the damage he observed an unknown female subject
outside on the south side of his residence.
Victim stated he did not know the female
subject, and provided a partial description. Estimate of damage is under $150.

Case Number: 06-2280
12/08/2006 at 0056 hours
An officer was at the intersection of
Evergreen PKWY NW and Overhulse PL
NW investigating a road hazard. While at
this location the officer observed graffiti on
the nearby stop sign. The officer observed
the word "COPS" written underneath the
letters "STOP" on the sign. The graffiti
was written in a gray colored spray paint
and the letters were approximately 5-inches tall. The officer conducted a check of
the area and observed graffiti on a total of
eight other signs within and near the intersection. The graffiti consisted of gray colored spray paint crossing out various let-

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Everyone can write news.
Homelessness
If you are a student suffering from
homelessness and would like to talk to
someone about on-campus and off-campus
resources to help your situation please get
in touch with Haley Lowe who is the designated contact person for homeless students.
Please call ext. 6308 Monday through
Thursday during the day or ext. 5112 during the evenings. Your best resource after
hours and during the weekends would be
Police services.
Evergreen feeds Peace Corps
This year, Evergreen State College has
again made the Peace Corps' top 25 list
for small schools. Evergreen is ranked No.

18 with 17 alumni currently serving as
Volunteers. Since Peace Corps' inception,
165 alumni of Evergreen have joined the
ranks of the Peace Corps.
Impeach Bush
The Citizens' Movement to Impeach
Bush/Cheney is convening a "town hall
meeting" on February 20, 2007 to discuss impeachment. This free event will
be held at the Washington Center for the
Performing Arts in downtown Olympia
and will begin promptly at 7 p.m. Three
special guests, Elizabeth de Ia Vega, David
Lindorff and Ray McGovern, will present
their perspectives and engage in a panel
discussion as part of the event. Elizabeth

de Ia Vega is a former federal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience and recently published United States
v. George W Bush. Investigative reporter
Dave Lindorff has been working as a journalist for 33 years. His extensive research
culminated in a co-authored book, The
Case for Impeachment, outlining numerous impeachable offenses and arguing for
the necessity to defend the Constitution.
Ray McGovern, a 27-year veteran of the
Central Intelligence Agency, has organized
the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for
Sanity; an advocate of impeachment, he
has been outspoken in opposing the use of
torture and the use of fraudulent information to justify the war in Iraq.

Submit your news briefs: short, factual accounts of past happenings.
cpj@evergreen.edu.

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When survivors give birth
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While some people know that
childhood sexual abuse can have
a possible impact on a woman's childbearing experience, this knowledge is sometimes
unknown by the woman, their partner, family members and caregivers. There are an
estimated 39 million survivors of childhood
sexual abuse living in America today (www.
rainn.org). Statistics show that one in four
girls are sexually abused before the age of 18
(U.S. Department of Justice, 2003).
It is stated in Possible Impact of Childhood
Sexual Abuse (Simkin, P. & Klaus, P. 1995)
that, "no single person exhibits all these
symptoms. Nor is every person who exhibits
one or few of these symptoms necessarily a
survivor of sexual abuse."

Some childbearing women who have survived sexual abuse
might experience some of the following symptoms
During pregnancy:

During labor and birth:

• exaggerated symptoms of pregnancy
• a rejection of bodily changes during pregnancy
• repeated miscarriage
• threatened premature labor
• a strained relationship with their partner
• the baby being perceived as a invader
• difficulty with gender preference of caregiver
• fear of being out of control or dependent
• dreams and nightmares
• fear of invasive procedures (vaginal exams/needles), childbirth pain
• depression or anxiety
• recovery of abuse memories

• fear of gender of caregiver, the unknown/ danger,
blood and other bodily fluids and invasive procedures
• feelings of mutilation (tearing I episiotomy I cesarean section)
• excessive pain and tension
• issues around control
• being passive or submissive
• abandonment/ isolation issues
• dependency on partner/ doula/ caregiver
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• hyper-vigilance or ambivalence
• experiencing body memories of past abuse and
in tense distress
• disassociation from the body during labor and birth

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To find out more about this subject, please join us at When
Survivors Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the Effects of
Early Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women.
Penny Simkin will present "an overview of the prevalence of
childhood sexual abuse and its long-term effects, and the impact it
has on childbearing." Penny Simkin is a physical therapist, doula and
childbirth educator. She is a renowned author and co-author of a
myriad of books including Pregnanry, Childbirth and the Newborn; The
Birth Partner and When Survi110rs Give Birth: Understanding and Healing the
E.ffects if Ear!:)! Sexual Abuse on Childbearing Women. Simkin has made
great advances in understanding and supporting women and families throughout their childbearing experiences. When Survivors Give
Birth is a compilation of research and experiences she has had with

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survivors during their experiences. We are thrilled for this incredible
presentation which includes a two-hour lecture followed by a question and answer session. It will take place this Friday,January 19 from
5-7:30 p.m. in the Longhouse. This is a free event and is open to all
people! Because this subject material can be intense for individuals,
advocates will be available throughout the presentation.

11mia Olsen is an alum, while current!:)! still the Student Educator Coordinator
for the Office qf Sexual Assault Pre11ention on campus. She will be departingfor
Guam in February to work with indi11iduals aroundfomii:Ji planning, pregnanry,
childbirth, lactation and postpartum issues.

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Scenes of the damage in the soup following a late December wind storm.

STORM PAGE 1
Mother Nature has been fucking
Olympia for days; the ground and air and
my beard are all saturated in the juices of
her shrieking, glorious orgasm.
One of the ideas this school seems to
have is that if you build a ton of steel and
concrete buildings in the middle of the
woods and put the word "Green" in your
name, that somehow makes you environmentally friendly.
Don't get me wrong: I think it's great
that we're so concerned about bicycle trails
and cute fuzzy wildlife.
It's just refreshing to sec, if only for a
moment, what nature actually looks like:

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ters on DO NOT ENTER signs and street
signs within the intersection. An anarchist
symbol was drawn on two signs. Because
of the extensive damage, western civilization, and democracy with it, fell into ruin.
As a result of this, the anarchists, instead of
being beaten into lifeless organic matter by
larger and stronger people, became leaders
among men and were actually appreciated.

Case Number: 06-2286
12/09/2006 at 2249
An officer on rounds was walking through
the HCC and observed a hole in the wall
of the Men's restroom. The hole appeared
fresh and the dust from the drywall was
still on the floor. No suspects at this time.

Case Number: 06-2297
12/10/2006
An officer was told of an intoxicated person who was being uncooperative. The location was the smoking area in the TESC dorm
courtyard. When the officer arrived, suspect
was not answering the housing staff about
who he was. He stated he did not believe
he had to. He was slurring his speech and
argumentative.
There was a strong odor of intoxicants
coming from his breath. He did not believe
he was doing anything wrong. He repeated
that several times. He stated he was under
20, and was clearly intoxicated. He was
arrested for " Minor Intoxicated in Public."

red in tooth and claw, an unaccommodating mistress lacking both manners and
mercy.
It's nice to remember what it feels like
to have the Big Brothers of Infrastructure
and Order flex and quiver under the
weight of a force that couldn't care less
about class or work in the morning.
Well, okay; she did wait Uiitil after the
end of the quarter.
I'm cold and wet because it got into
my head to run around in the chaos outside
like a child or a vulture; I'm joyous because
just for this fleeting moment, I'm free. Call
it anarchy or bad luck or a delusion- and
yeah, I'm sitting in my dorm writing, as
usual. But the difference is that right now,
it's my choice. I'm not worried about bored

cops or judgmental peers, missed parties
or disappointed parents. The truest equality I've ever seen has been everyone getting
screwed by the same wmmon mishap. Call
me vain, but there's something euphoric
about having all the authorities-and this
includes my peers and our ideas about how
to behave- too busy to tell me what to do,
even if they wanted to.
But perfection is fleeting, and already I
can hear the bellows of "Go around!" and
"You can't be here!" echoing through the
night. I understand, of course: got a job to
do, gotta keep things on track. And yeah,
most of us are too stupid not to hurt ourselves in an emergency situation, though I
have to think of house pets being "saved"
from the wild.

He was given his 3. 1 warning and he said
he knew about all the kind of stuff because
he was in prison for 53 days. A PBT device
measured his blood alcohol level to be 0.177.

was issued criminal citation #C2337EC for
driving with a suspended license 3rd degree
which was mailed via certified mail. The
moral is: if you don't have a license, don't
have insurance, and are currently evading the
judicial system in California, then don't drive
around without mudflaps. Or at least don't
tell the officer about the California thing.

Case Number: 06-2339
12/19/2006
At approximately 1245 hrs on 08 Dec,
an individual entered a conference room
(CAB 108) and used non verbal communication to let the conferees know that he/she
was hungry. The group felt manipulated
into giving the individual a sandwich. They
were concerned that he/she might be mentally unstable. The individual starting sorting through their office supplies, but did
not take anything. The individual then left.

Case Number: 06-2370
12/24/06 at 1640 hours
A red Chevrolet pickup(WA.) was ovserved
that did not have any mudflaps. Contact was
made with the driver. He was asked for his
license and stated that he did not have one.
He was unable to provide a current proof
of liability insurance for the vehicle. He was
issued notice of infraction #I4499EC for
NOVOL with ID.
He was given a verbal warning on the
mudflaps and no insurance, and advised
to fix the situation. Suspect stated that
he had to get his status released from
California first and would have to go to
court there to do that. Dispatch checked
suspect's status in California due to his comment. His status came back as suspended in California for Failure to Appear. He

Case Number: 06-2383
12/30/2006 at 2207 hours
Orange colored smoke was observed
billowing into the sky from the vicinity of
the round-about at McCann Plaza. The
smoke was billowing in such a manor that
it appeared something was on fire. A closer inspection of the area revealed that the
smoke was coming from a small 4-inch by
5-inch canister. The canister label idep.tified
the item as an Ikaros brand buoyant smoke
signal device, orange in color, with a 3-minute dispersal.
The smoke was so thick that it was obscuring the northbound lane of traffic. After the
smoke signal device dissipated the item was
seized and transported to Police Services.
Two officers conducted an area check of the
parkway and campus roadways but no other devices were located. The smoke signal
device was logged into evidence and secured
at Police Services for disposal. End of report.

Case Number: 06-2391
12/31/2006 at 2157 hours
While conducting a check of parking lot
C an officer observed a suspicious vehicle
parked on the east side of the parking lot in

5

All photos by Casey Jaywork

I guess what I'm feeling is the thrill of
knowing that all the pretentious bullshit I
live in daily is just that, and that God and
the universe are ultimately on the side of
the rebel. Because we like to forget that
Darwinism isn't pretty; that the choice we
make usually isn't Life or Death, but Life
or Not. Protective bubbles are nice, but suicide is the epitome of safety.
Like so many of my generation, I've
been there and done that in high school.
When I die, it'll be with scars that come
from living without armor.

Casey ]aywork is afreshman enrolled in
Tradition and Transformation. He can be
reached at bmdz-9030@yalwo.com.

a darkened area. Condensation was observed
on the windshield and side windows. While
checking on the vehicle movement was
observed in the rear passenger compartment,
and a male and female were observed in the
back seat, both of them naked:
It was evident that the male, and the
female, were engaged in sexual activity in the
vehicle. The officer made contact with the
two and asked them why they were conducting their personal and intimate business in the
parking lot. The female stated she believed
that there would not be anyone around.
They detoured during their driving to
park in the lot and engage in the aforementioned activity. The officer informed the male
and female that they would not be arrested
for the criminal offense but advised them that
any future contacts of the same nature would
result in arrest. Both stated they understood.

Case Number: 07-0012
01/03/2007
A 52 year old man refused to exit the swimming pool on the aforementioned date when
the swim team was scheduled to use the pool.
He did not believe the swim team coach had
the authority to remove him from the pool so
he decided to disregard the coach's several
requests to get out of the water.
The coach explained to the officer that,
besides the swim team being scheduled at that
time, no one was allowed to swim when there
was no lifeguard on duty. The 52 year-old
man was told to leave. He then stated that
he wished to file a formal complain against
the CRC. He was told how he could do so.

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Cooper Point Journal

January 18, 2007

features

January is cervical cancer awareness month
BY FAUNA L. BUSHONG
A great way to start off a healthier New Year
is to schedule your annual physical exams, and for
women the New Year is a good time to get into the
habit of getting routine pelvic exams. This can be
taken care of right here on campus at the Student
Health Center for a lower fee than most off campus facilities.
The Student Health Center is located in SemI
2110, which is the main floor of the building, across
the open breezeway from Police Services. Scm I is
number three on the Evergreen Campus Map, on
the left between the Library and the Longhouse.
For women an annual pelvic exam is vitally
important in order to screen for cervical cancer.
Cervical cancer was once the leading cause of
death for women in the United ~tales; however,
during the past four decades, incidence and mortality have declined significantly due to early detection and treatment.
Cervical cancer is a disease in which cancerous
cells form in the tissues of the cervix. The cervix
is the lower, narrow end of the uterus (the hollow,
pcar:shaped organ where a fetus grows). The cervix
leads from the uterus to the vagina (birth canal).
Cervical cancer usually develops slowly over
time. Before cancer appears in the cervix, the cells
of the cervix go through changes known as dysplasia, in which cells that arc not normal begin to
appear in the cervical tissue. Later, cancer cells start
to grow and spread more deeply into the cervix and
to surrounding areas.

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Although there are not always noticeable signs of early cervical
cancer, it can be detected early with routine screenings. Some of the
following symptoms may be caused by cervical cancer:
•Vaginal bleeding
•Unusual vaginal discharge
•Pelvic pain
•Pain during sexual intercourse
A women's health care provider should be consulted if any of these problems occur because they may be symptoms of other serious conditions.
vVomen should have routine screening, including a Pap smear test to check
for abnormal cells in the cervix. The chm1cc of recovery is better when the
cancer is found early. To prepare for the Pap test, women's health care providers recommend that for two days prior to the test you should avoid:
•Douching
•Using tampons
•Having sexual intercourse
•Using birth control foams, creams, jellies or vaginal medications and
cremns
Also you should schedule your screening when you arc not having you menstrual period because the blood cm1 interfere with the Pap test.
The Pap Smear Test itself is done during a pelvic exmn by swabbing the
cervix m1d vagina with a piece of cotton and a brush to collect cellular material. These cells are then viewed under a microscope by a licensed histologist
to detect cellular abnormalities. If test results arc abnormal on a Pap smeat;
targeted removal of pre-cancerous cells prior to the development of invasive
cctvical cancer can usually be clone in an outpatient office procedure with no
time off from work or studies.
The widespread use of Pap testing has reduced the incidence and lethality
of cetvical cancer in developed countries, but continues to kill several hundred
thousand women per year worldwide.

Risk factors of cervical cancer:
Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection
is the major risk factor for development of
cervical cancer. HPV infections are so common you are almost safe to assume everyone will be exposed at one time or another
in their young adulthood. In fact, in the year
2000, more that 4.5 million of the 6.2 million new HPV cases occurred in young men
and women between the ages of 15 and 24.
These numbers are worrisome due to the fact
that an HPV infection of the cervix is the
most common cause of cervical cancer. Not
all women with HPV infection, however, will
develop cervical cancer. Women who do not
regularly have a Pap smear to detect HPV or
abnormal cells in the cervix are at increased
risk of cervical cancer.
Other possible risk factors include the following:
*Having multiple births.
*Having many sexual partners.
*Having first sexual intercourse at a young
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age.
*Smoking cigarettes.
*Oral contraceptive use ("the Pill").
*Weakened immune system.

ZEN MASTER
TO SPEAK AT
LONGHOUSE FEB. 1

We know cervical cancer screening saves lives, yet .•.
*II% of United States women report that they do not have regular cervical cancer screenings.

*In the United States, about 14,000 women are diagnosed with cetvical
cancer disease each year and more than 3,900 women die in the United States
each year from this disease.
*Women in developing countries account for about 85 percent of both the
yearly cases of cetvical cancer (estimated at 493,000 cases worldwide) an? the
yearly deaths from cetvical cancer (estimated at 273,500 deaths worlclW1cle).
*In the majority of developing countries, cetvical cm1cer remains the number-one cause of cancer-related deaths mnong women.
*A womm1 who does not have cetvical cm1cer screening on a regular ba~is
significantly increases her chances of developing cervical cm1cer.
*High-Risk HPV Types are directly related to cervical cancet; yet mm1y
women are unaware of what HPV is or the relationship it has to cetvical cancer disease.
What can you do to further decrease the prevalence of this disease? Call
the Student Health Center at (360)867-6200 to find out how to schedule a
pelvic exam; don't forget to pass the word along to all the women you care
about; and always remember em·ly detection saves Jives.
Statistical data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), the Americm1 Cancer Society, The National Cervical Cancer Coalition
m1d the National Cancer Institute.

FaunaL Bushong is a senior enrolled in S.MA program and 11mions Nights and l#!ekend
studies.

BY ANGUS TIERNEY AND
FRED LAMOTTE
Evergreen's interfaith spirituality group,
Common Bread, invites you to m1 evening with
a Zen Buddhist mcdi tation master on February
I in the Longhousc.
We welcome Eiclo Frances Carney Roshi,
founder and Abbot of Olympia Zen Centet: She
will present a talk m1d lead meditation beginning
at 7 p.m. Founded in 1995, Eido Roshi's center
of Soto Zen Buddhism offers traditional Zen
practice as well a~ community setvice through
volunteer hospice work, Zen arts classes, caregiver retreats, prison visitation m1d the establishment of a non-religious meditation progrmn for
those coping with addiction m1d grief.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Eiclo Roshi
was raised in the Catholic faith. She moved
to California m1d bccmne a student of Kobun
Chino Roshi in 1971 , received monk's ordination from him in 1976, and practiced v.~th him
for 13 years. After obtaining a master's degree
from San Francisco State University in 1986,
she moved to Japan in 1990 to teach English at
Notre Dmne University in Okaymna.
An interest in Ryokm1 sm1,japm1's beloved
hermit priest m1d poet, led Eiclo Roshi to receive
Dharma Transmission in Ryokan san's lineage.
During the yem·s she lived injapan, Eiclo Roshi
entered monk's training at Shoboji Temple,
founded in 1365 as the third largest Soto training center injapm1. She bccmne the first womm1
to complete training at that temple.
Olympia Zen Center has a strong connection to the arts, hosting m·tists m1d poets through
its Zen arts progrmn. Eido Roshi is currently
writing a book about Ryokm1 san, a portion of
which will be presented at a worldwide Ryokm1
san convention at Entsuji 1cmple in spring
2004-. She is an accomplished poet and painter. In April of 2000, her dragon sumi-e paintings were featured in a onc-womm1 show at the
Washington Center for the Performing Arts and
at Childhood's End Gallery. Many of her students are active writers, poets, musicim1s, actors
and painters.
In 2002, Eiclo Roshi began monthly visits with Buddhist inmates at Stafford Creek
Correction Center near Aberdeen. From this
practice, Eido Roshi has developed a book that
can be used by prisoners for individual spiritual
exploration. She is establishing a Buddhist halfway-house in Tacoma to assist former inmates
during their re-entty into society.
Eiclo Roshi has just returned from a teaching tour of the United States to train other
Buddhist teachers. Yet the dynamism of her
life arises from the simple power of Zazen,
'just Sitting." The deep river of her presence
speaks directly to the humm1 heart, often without words. Whatever your faith, you will find
her Zen presence profoundly enriching. All are
welcome to join Eiclo Roshi on Februa.ty I at
the Longhouse.

Angus Tiemry is the student leader qf Common
Bread Hed LaA1otte is the Common Bread chaplain.

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St:ay wit:h t:he program for bot:h wint:er and
spring quart:ers. and be ent:ered int:o our grand
prize drawing. .

To help make your commute a little easier,
you can also g e t access t o your very own
ventilat:ed clot:hing locker- use it: t:o st:ore your
gear overnight: and t:o dry your clot:hes during
t:he day.

To get a locker, come by at: any t:ime t:o Parking
Services, and fill out: an application.

Anyone can participate, j u s t f'ill
out a Commuter Log
t h e v v e e k of' D e c e m l > e r 4 t h !
Pick one up at: Parking Services, the Evergreen
Bike Shc>r>, or online at:

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Alternative commuting
at least one day per week will
help prevent over 33 tons of' C02
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Cooper Point Journal

7

January 18. 2007

Food allergy and intolerance
BY DANICA PARKIN
A person may begin suffering adverse
reactions to a certain food at any point in
time. It's also possible that a person has been
suffering symptoms most of their life and has
not known the cause. These reactions can
occur sporadically or cause a person to feel
crummy from day to day. Adverse reactions
can display themselves in a variety of ways.
Symptoms of food allergy or intolerance
can be noticed on the skin and in the digestive
and respiratory systems. Those whose bodies
react badly to certain foods may suffer from
an itchy red rash , hives, eczema, or in severe
cases swelling of the lips, mouth and tongue.
Symptoms that pertain to the digestive system include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gas,
bloating and abdominal cramps. Food allergy or intolerance can also cause runny nose,
sneezing, watery or itchy eyes, nasal congestion , wheezing, shortness of breath and anaphylactic shock.
The general public often considers the
reaction that a person has after eating a certain food to be sign of an allergy, but doctors draw a distinction between allergy and
intolerance. An allergy involves the body's
immune system. The immune system reacts
to an allergen , causing a person's antibodies to attack the allergen. The antibodies
produce different reactions within the body,
which display themselves through various
symptoms.
Food intolerance can best be described as
an extreme sensitivity to a food. It does not
involve the immune system, and has varying symptoms. Because the immune system
docs not react in the instance of intolerance,
it is cliflicult to determine its source. A lack
or deficiency in digestive enzymes can cause
some types of food intolerances. Lactose

intolerance is a result of the body not producing enough lactase used to break down lactose, the predominant sugar in milk. Gluten
intolerance results in damage to the small
intestine, making it difficult for the body
to absorb water and nutrients from foods.
Intolerance reactions are often delayed while
allergic reactions are typically immediate.
The most common food allergies and
intolerance are to milk, eggs, nuts, wheat, soy,
gluten, yeast, and fructose. If you suspect you
might have a food intolerance or allergy, you

Food intolerance stats:
Dairy intolerance: 75o/o of people, 3 in 4.
Yeast sensitivity: 33% of people, 1 in 3.
Fructose or sugar sensitive: 35o/o of people, 1 in 3.
Gluten sensitivity: 15 °/o of people, 1 in 7.
Food allergy: 1o/o of people, 1 in 100.
From www.foodintol.com ·
should talk to a health care provider and get
more information about testing for possible
allergies and thresholds of intolerance.
There are several of ways to test for food
allergies and intolerances. There are two
types of skin tests that are commonly used.
The first is conducted by placing a suspected
allergen on the skin and pricking, or scratching, the skin surface to introduce the allergen.
The other skin test involves injecting a sm{lll
amount of allergen under the skin surface
and watching for a reaction at the site of the
injection. This test is used with caution as it

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has a higher risk involved for those who are
suspected of having a severe allergy. Food
allergies can also be tested using a RAST
laboratory test, which is performed on blood.
RAST tests for the amount of specific. IgE
antibodies in the blood. These antibodies are
present if there is a true allergic reaction.
While your doctor may use either of the
above tests, the most commonly used tool for
diagnosing food allergies and intolerances is
the food challenge, also called an elimination
diet. I would like to point out that while this is

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the least expensive way to determine whether
or not you have a food allergy or intolerance,
it is also the most time and energy intensive.
A food challenge often begins with keeping a
food diary. Daily meals and snacks are noted in the diary as are any adverse reactions
or symptoms that an individual experiences.
This can help your doctor determine which
foods might be suspect. The actual food challenge consists of eliminating the suspected
foods from your diet for several weeks and
then gradually reintroducing them one at a
time while observing the body for adverse

reactions. This type of testing is very useful
and effective for determining mild allergic
and intolerance reactions, but individuals are
suspected to have a severe reaction to foods
should take caution. For these folks; blood
testing is a much safer first approach.
If you are diagnosed with a food allergy
or intolerance, be prepared for some lifestyle
changes. People who don't have an allergy
or intolerance often can't imagine the effort
and thought that suddenly surrounds mealtime. Replacing the nutrients lost by no longer being able to eat certain foods is a big
concern. Label reading becomes a large part
of grocery shopping and eating out is no longer an easy option. It isn't fun to interrogate
wait staff and fast food workers about how
your food is going to be cooked, what other
foods it's going to touch and omitting certain
ingredients. You might even find that some of
your favorite foods are now off limits. Even
though it can be a very frustrating transition,
I can speak from experience that paying close
attention to what you're feeding yourself can
make you more knowledgeable about your
body and help you feel better physically.
Sources:
www.foodintol.com
www.WebMD.com
www.BioMedCentral.com
www.cchs.net
www.caringmedical.com

Dancia Parkin is a senior enrolled in Health
and Social Policy, and is a Student Medical
Assistant.

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Cooper Point Journal

arts & entertainment

January 18., 2007

Poetr}!
An Episode in the ~ife of
a Landscape Painter

Back from forest walk.
BY HUNTER BICKEL
Being in the Evergreen woods is like refreshing in an experience
whose benefits are easily forgotten. From home I think of the woods
as wet, cold, lonely and unrelated to my immediate life or the
culture I operate in.
Yet to take even a short walk is to once again touch something beyond
description or concept. By adopting a slug's pace, and exploring
each nuance of bark and beaded water, the previous vexations of mind
and spirit begin to release.
At walk's end there is sadness, the parking lot, the rush of
automobiles and those too busy with thought to appreciate a moment of
silence. For the Nth time I must remember that I'm liable to forget
the peace and beauty I now feel drenched in - when family, friends
and finances tug as priorities.
I have forgotten before and returned, knowing that I forget.

Hunter Bickel is a senior enrolled in Heritage and Writing From Life.

-----------------------------------dreams do!1't matter for the meaning. what matters is the
way they move, pt. Ill & IV.
BY JOEL MORLEY
no more using constellations like awnings on malignant, coughing
rooftops at the tops of inner city bottoms. no more inhaling exhaust & breathing out pleas for transcendence. no more threatening jumps but not jumping.
no more no mores & no more urban absolutes. no more dreaming beyonds in
your dreams. dreams are for being beyonds.
no more breaking brothers' arms & other family twists during sleepy
autumn dinnertimes when father's roast is almost ready & sister's toast is being
toasted upon & uncle's wine is ripe for loving licks. this dream is a portrait &
what you're breaking is the very arms of harmony.

Joel Morley is a sophomore enrolled in a contract called D. I. Y Writing, Design and
Publication.

BY GRANT MILLER
An Episode in the Life qf a Landscape Painter
is a tiny little book written by Cesar Airaan ostensibly eccentric person, and a writer
prolific enough to have written over forty
novels. It's the kind of novel that lends itself
to be read in one sitting, and the title is apt
in that the book recounts a fictional episode in the life of Johann Moritz Rugendas
(1802-1858). In reality Rugendas was a
landscape painter who traveled in Latin
America to paint landscapes for Alexander
Von Humboldt in the early 19th Century
(Humboldt was a Prussian naturalist and
geographer, and perhaps the first westerner to travel and write about Central and
South America from a "scientific" point
of view).
But this is where Aira's book fascinated me: it's about a painter, and ironically painting is simply the manipulation of
color, which is distinguishable variations
of light, and it is a chance encounter with
light that interrupts Rugendas's journey
through Argentina and sub.sequently marks
him for life. After this dramatic encounter, Rugendas continues painting the landscape, consumed by light and land, and
irrevocably becomes a part of the landscape he attempts to represent.
Episode illuminates Rugendas's encounter with light and landscape in a probing

Everyone can write news.

yet transparent prose style that leads the
reader in two directions at once-a narrative both linear and cyclical, replete with
lines such as, "A bird flashed across the
empty sky. A cart immobile on the horizon,
like a midday star. How could a plain like
this be remade?" Aira's use of language
is both simple and complex, and his content mirrors his form with themes ranging from the complexities and ambiguities
of language, the relationship between Art
and Science, Knowledge and Facts, and
of course, Life and Death. Aira presents
a challenge to readers, and this little book
seems as if it could be read and reread,
read and reread, and the thoughtful reader could gain a plethora of fresh insights
with each reading.
In the preface to the novel, Roberto
Bolano tells us that Aira writes roughly two
books a year. Sadly, few of these have been
translated and distributed in the United
States. Aira is an astute writer with a distinct style, and one can only hope that
Chris Andrew's translation does Episode
justice. Also, one can only hope that Chris
Andrews gets busy translating more of
Aira's work, so English speaking readers
can catch up with this prolific author.

Grant Miller is a senior enrolled in a contract
about the weather.

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Explosions in the Sky
"All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone"
Temporary Residence Ltd.
2007

By Lauren Allen
After two years of listening to "The
Earth is Not A Cold Dead Place" and
"To Those Who Tell The Truth" on
repeat, Explosions in the Sky has finally
graced us with yet another mind-blowing album, "All of A Sudden I Miss
Everyone." And I must say, I'm incredibly excited. To me, finding out about
this release a few months ago was the
equivalent of a six year old hearing
that Santa is going to visit three times
this year.
The long anticipated fourth album,
"All of A Sudden I Miss Everyone,"
recorded by John Congleton (The
Mountain Goats) at Pachyderm Studios,
this album is Explosions in the Sky's
best display of not only their musical
talents, but the skillful intensity of their
live performance as well. This may be
their most concise album yet, as the
songs seem to be less drawn out, and
definitely shorter than in prior albums,
but each still full of the transitions
from near silence to shattering guitars
and feedback Explosions in the Sky is
known for.
Starting out the album with "The
Birth and Death of the Day," Explosions

in the Sky transitions from the expected
sliding guitars to an almost heartbeatlike bass drumming layered under two
softly intertwining, individual melodies.
In typical Explosions in the Sky fashion, the melodies decrescendo to an ear
straining volume, then explode into a
multitude of sounds and instrumentation. Though the track itself may end
after close to eight minutes, the musical progression continues in "Welcome
Ghosts," one of the more continually
intense tracks on the album.
"It's Natural to be Afraid" follows
"Ghosts" nicely, both in title choice
and in the continuation of the musical
story being told. My favorite song on
the album, it starts out with a full minute of eerie effects pedal work under
a delicate almost unfinished melody.
·Enter the low octave piano keystrokes
and the building feedback of the guitar and you think you're in for the usual burst of music, but instead, it fades
into to a single guitar, simple and sweet.
With their trademark "How the hell do
they do that?" guitar crescendo and the
mix of inaudibly quiet and loud music
coming from your speakers, this song is
a perfect example of why Explosions in
the Sky has the following they do.

Tying it up with "So long,
Lonesome," an incredibly short track
for Explosions in the Sky, it is a perfect
ending to one of the best releases of
this year. I know it's still early January,
but I promise you this will be on the top
of the greatest albums of 2007 lists ...
all of them. The song sounds slightly
Growing-esque (think "The Sky's Run
Into The Sea"), but adds a piano composition that causes you to drift into
the blissful land of 'instrumental/post
rock/shoe-gaze.' Yes, I said shoe-gaze,
that wonderfully introspective genre of
music that isn't really a genre at all, but
a way of listening.
Explosions in the Sky, as with several
other bands on Temporary Residence
Ltd. (Mono, This Will Destroy You,·
Eluvium) is the perfect 'soundtrack
to my life' music. Its music you can
listen to while studying (no distracting vocals!), falling asleep, driving,
smoking pot, ignoring people on the
bus, or walking through the sporadic
snowstorms we keep having. In fact, I
highly recommend the latter. Walking
from Division to Downtown in the
most recent snowstorms, I made it
almost through the entirety of ''All of
A Sudden," and I've got to say, standing

on the 5th Avenue bridge watching th e
snow fall as it hit the waters of Capitol
Lake, I think I finally understood why
this style of music is so good. It is not
only well composed, but it allows you
to interpret what you will of it.
Just recently released, I recommend
picking this album up. It can be purchased on CD or on a double LP (a
must have for all you vinyl junkies out
there, I pre-ordered my copy awhile
ago, now I'm impatiently waiting for
my mailperson to drop it ofl) through
Temporary Residence Ltd (www.temporaryresidences.com). An added
bonus for fans of Explosions in the Sky,
both new and old alike: they're touring, and after playing Europe, and the
east coast, and Europe again, then the
southern part of the country, they're
actually coming to Washington. For
the first time in, oh, ever I believe?
May 6th at Neumos in Seattle. So go
buy this album, and listen to it at full
volume until the metal/vinyl becomes
too warped to play, or until May 6th.
I'll see you there.

Lauren Allen is ajunior enrolled in Health
and Human Development and Theories
of Personality.
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Proper English: Says why?
BY VICTORIA LARKIN
"Grammar" has come to mean, especially to those of
us who've dreaded the thought of learning it, complex
authoritarian rules imposed on our writing by the m(JJl,
and in fact, to some extent, that's what is. Especially
in English. You might feel like you have to study Latin
to understand English, and, to some extent, you would
be right. Many of the rules of English grammar are
based on Latin constructions. In the 18th Century, so
as to bring order to what seemed a mess, some not
unbrilliant men decided to lay down the law, as they
deemed it to be.
But English is a uniquely ·mutty language, having developed through waves of invasions and settlements. Most of English is actually Norse/Germanic/
Scandinavian, French, Latin and what-have-you, and
had simply evolved over the centuries of its culture
which is why there is so much irregularity found, especially in the spelling. At the point when dissemination
of the written word became part of cultural existence/
expression, certain gentile hommes in England wanted
regularity, consistency. This has its place. Fm; whyle I
cood spel as I wyshe and yood still be able to figgger out
wott I wa~ getting at, it kud be hard on the printerz. I
cud spell the same word fore diferent wayz in wun artikul
and eech wood have to be customized. This cood take
fore evet; and yoose up more letterz than I hav.
Hence rules.
Now, rules of any kind have a tendency to make the
natural rebel in me begin to itch. I want to know who
made these rules: who were these dudes, and why do
we follow their rules, and why we can't come up with
new ones if we want to. And while I've concluded much
about the rules and uses of punctuation, and plan to
begin a little rebellion of my own, in the tradition of
at least Gertrude Stein, I can understand why we have
grammar rules: They facilitate communication.

Every single sentence one utters is made up of grammar. Obviously grammar is a sort of after the fact study
of what has arisen in languages, but all languages follow
some structure. With structure out this not me comprehending you, though clever if you can out figure brains
have you if. Demanding more much and if as not speaking native language of.
It's quite fascinating actually, to think that humans in
every culture have evolved some logical system of communication that can be mapped out later and shown
to have an inherent structure which can be taught and
learned by others.
But why, if we all grew up speaking our language,
should we study how it's constructed? I'd say: especially
for writing. And of course, you might say 'Why write?
I hate writing. I only write for school.'
Well, I'd say, that's too bad. Writing is powerful.
Where would we be without Frederick Douglass' books
about his life in slavery? Without diaries from folks who
did or didn't live through some Holocaust or other?
Without The Lord qf tl1e Rings? Without The Bible? No,
don't answer that. .. Okay, I don't know where we'd be
without all that stuff, and the oral tradition might've
been good enough, but Here We Are, and we all read,
and watch things that are based on writing, and someday we might have something to say, and due to class
snobbery we won't be taken as seriously if'n we cain't
talk good, and especially if'n we cain't rite right.
The pen is a mighty weapon, and when used eloquently has stirred men's and women's hearts and
souls to try to free themselves from various tyrannies.
Though grammar seems like, and kind of is, a tyranny
all its own, understanding it and knowing how to use it
is equivalent to knowing how to wield any other weapon with proficiency.
The Grammar Rodeo series coming up beginning
week two is about The Basics. Nothin' fancy at all. Its
and Bits and Curlicues. We're not pros, we're learning

too. Some folks spend their entire educations studying
this stuff. We're just going to break it down some, look
at our building blocks and fumble through the maze of
complexity and simplicity that makes up the riggings of
our language. It's to help escape fear of 'the red pen'.
It's so you know for yourself where or why you've written a fragment. Maybe you wanted to. Maybe not.
At least this way you can catch it for yourself, and then
fix it, or use it.
We wish to lift at least one layer of veil from over
this construction of our own making which we exist in
every moment of our lives. For the really clever, it is a
window onto how things work, which can enable plausible new inventions within the realm of grammatology to come about.
Okay, maybe you don't care what goes into your language. Maybe you're not one of those types that read
ingredients: You don't wanna know what's in it, you
just wanna eat it. But, hey, what you don't know can
hurt you. Knowledge is power. And while you might
think: "Hey, I speak English all the time, I get along
just fine, I don't need to know what's going on", with
just a tad more familiarity with the ingredients you're
throwing around, you might be able to serve up a much
better meal.
The Grammar Rodeo will happen Thursdays from
4-5 p.m. in The Writing Center, Lib. 2304.
Come on down!
This article is brought to you by The Writing Center,
Lib. 2304, 867-6420
Contact The Language Symposium: languagesymposium@gmail.com

Victoria Larkin is a seni.or, a wri.ting tutor, (JJld enrolled in two
contracts: Considering Language, a11d Wimmins Work:
Channeling the Dance Within.

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Cooper Point Journal

Response to concerns
about power outages
BY JOHN LAUER

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The recent series
of power outages have
emphasized the need for
emergency preparedness
for both the college and
individuals. As we have
learned, we can find ourL-----"selves without power for
an extended time and even generators can fail
at the most inopportune time, including those
in our residential community.
There are three large generators and one
portable generator providing emergency power
to our on-campus residences. These are tested
and maintained regularly and have been reliable in past years. Recently, we have had some
bad luck with the three large generators and
currently have only one functional generator for
A-D buildings and one portable generator.
One of our generators for A-D experienced
a minor failure during the December outage
and has been repaired and functioned without
issue during the most recent outage over the
weekend. The second generator for A-D buildings failed during the November outage and
was scheduled to be back on-line in january.
Unfortunately the repair process has
required the windings be shipped across the
county and it may be another 30 days before
that generator is up and running. That generator runs our emergency lighting and fire
alarm panels.
We have utilized portable emergency lighting solutions during the two outages since losing this generator, but have had problems with
persons taking this lighting out of the staitwells.
Please do not take emergency lighting and discourage others from doing so! Our alarm panels are on battery power back-up which will
carry us through 36-48 hours.
These batteries are two years old and are
tested annually. They have a ten year Iiff' expectancy. When the panels move from AC to DC,
a local alarm is triggered. This indicates that
they are functioning properly but that they are
on limited battery power. Our staff makes the
rounds to silence the alarms.
During the extended December outage, the
generator for the Housing Community Center
(HCC) had a major failure that may take 60120 days to repair or replace. This generator
was relatively new, well maintained and had
very low hours and should not have failed.
Experts are telling us the failure is one they
have not seen before.
Solutions: We have located a temporary
generator that we will lease and install at the
HCC while we are planning for a m~or repair
or replacement. We are moving the emergency
lighting and fire panels to our functioning generator in A-D buildings until the second generator comes on-line.
We are planning to either resize the generator at the HCC to also accommodate emergency power for the modular duplexes or purchase
a fourth generator for that purpose.
Senior Administration and members of the

staff have met on multiple occasions, including on the Sunday of the extended outage and
most recently the friday of two weeks prior to
address the successes and challenges (including
the generator failures) of our collective preparations and responses during the series of storms.
Tremendous effort is being made to ensure the
safety of the campus community.
Everyone, even residential students, should
put together a ba~ic emergency kit that includes
a working fla~hlight, spare batteries, bottled
water, personal hygiene supplies, medications,
and three days of non-perishable food.
You should also have a kit in your vehicle
in ca~e a sudden emergency prevents you from
returning home immediately. You and your
family should designate an out of area contact
person that you can use to relay messages. In an
emergency, local calls may be difficult to place,
but you may be able to contact a relative outside of the local area.
During power outages, students should not
evacuate, especially during an active windstorm. The safest place is inside away from
windows. Having the emergency kit referenced
above is a great way to help our community be
in the best position to respond.
Residents who are uncertain about what
to do in a power outage or other emergency
should talk to their RA. The college is planning on offering secure, refrigerated storage so
you can store an emergency supply of medication. We'll announce more information in
the future.
If you have any questions on self preparedness, plea~e contact Steve Craig at craigs@
evergrcen.edu or Robyn Herring at herringr@
cvcrgrcen.cdu.
Residential students interested in being a
part of the on-campus safety response effort
should contact Chuck McKinney at mckinncc@cvcrgreen.cdu and consider joining the
Housing Search and Rescue 1 cam.
Richard Schneider posted a helpful response
in regards to the emergency phones ;md it is
included here for your reference "The emergency phones ~Jiue pillars around campus ...
except in Scm II where there arc two yellow
wall mounted units) are extensions off of the
campus phone system, and should work if the
switch is on back up powet:
The new libraty generator had <Ul equipment failure ;u1d did not come on, so the switch
went down once its own back-up batteries were
drained. This is the first time in 15 years that
the switch went dark due to a failure. Generally
speaking, this will not happen, and the generator issue is being addressed."
'1\.s for the blue lights in the pillars ... unfortunately, those are on utility power without
backup and will be dark during a power outage.
As mentioned above, the phone are powered
by the phone system, so even if the blue lights
are out the phones 'should' work."

John Lauer is the food and housing director at
E1'e1green.

College not
addressing safety
BY VICTOR SANDERS
On Friday night another power outage occurred
on campus, and this would
be the third time in less
than two months that the
generators have failed.
This may not seem like L - - - ' - a huge issue for students who do not live in
housing, but for students like myself that do,
it is a giant burden and safety hazard. During
the most recent power failure, trouble alarms
sounded at every buildings fire alarm annunciator in Housing. Apparently this wa~ to warn that
the back-up batteries were at or near exhaustion, presumably from la~t months extended
power outage. Blue light phone back-up lights
were also exhausted, leaving the entire campus completely dark. Would the fire alarm still
sound if a fire occurred? Would the emergency phones light and sound if someone needed
help?
There arc huge gaps in life safety and emergency procedures at Evergreen, and the power
failures have exposed m;my of them.
Facilities either needs to push the College
to invest in generator systems that will work, or
ensure that this does not happen again. System
failure three times is unacceptable. When the
power goes out, it leaves just under a thousand
students on campus vulnerable, including a
nine-story building with residents who are presumably unfamiliar with evacuation procedures
or routes. Evacuation does not mean just "getting out of the building as fast as you can." It
means coordinating exact rooms to use exact
routes to avoid back ups in stairwells, counter

flow of people and quick exits to safe meeting
places. Risk of fire increases dramatically with
power failure.
As a resident in Housing, I am unsure of
what to do on campus when the power fails.
Is there a staging area we should evacuate to?
Actually, where IS my buildings evacuation
point? I have never been told or informed of
such procedures. There are no emergency procedure placards in buildings E-U (the soup) to
seek information from. Freshman housing A,
B, C and D dorm placards consist of pieces of
paper pinned to the back of each door. And
not only do they lack ba~ic pictorial mapping
of exits and evacuation routes, but they also do
not show points of rescue assistance, fire extinguisher and pull-station locations or evacuation
meeting spots. If a disaster or fire were to occut~
residents would rely on these placards to coordinate an exit plan and understand what actions
to take. However, the most basic map and procedure information is not on them. Room and
floor numbers are still spray painted on walls
and doors, a violation of ADA Regulations by
today's st;mdards. This leaves residents visually
impaired when the light~ go out- and visually
impaired students in the dark all the time.
Campus safety should not need to be compromised because of our location in the forest,
or the bad weather. The college has put systems
in place, the generators, to prevent such hazards, and they are failing. Students in dorms
-- unable to seek refuge off campus-- are left
uninformed and susceptible to the hazards of
the system failure.

Victor Sanders is a sophomore enrolled in Nuis;mce
to Negligence.

A fevv questions to rny extended Greener fl:nni1y
BY SKY COHEN
vVhcre is tiH' student
unrest?
Our country invaded
a sovereign nation ,
where were the protests?
Our countrv sanctioned torture at
Guantamuno,;md Abu Craib, why didn't
the students demand redress?
Aller lcmr years in Iraq and tens of thous;mds of innocent civilians killed, why don't
students raise their voices in disgust?
Aller six years of an administration that
has eroded our civil rights through the
Patriot Act and non-warrant wiretaps,
where are the campus marches?

like Axis of Evil and Islamic Fascists. what
happen to the campus ''civil rights'' mowments?
Now Bush wants to incrca.<;c the troop kvcl
in Iraq and is threatening attacking countries that support or harbor our enemies,
when will the students of this country,
more importantly our school say enough
is enough?
'Viii it take a rnilit;uy draft bcfim~ students
feel threatened and get oil' their asses and
yell "no more wars," ''colonialism is dead,"
''give peace a chance?''
vvben did confi·ontation replace mediation?
Nationalist and religious movements are
detrimental to our global society.

Sky Cohen is a sojJhmnure eurolled in Culture
After six years of verbal antagonist labels

BY CHRIS CANTY

Studying
overseas:
Preparing a better now

letters & opinions

January 18, 2007

Evergreen is a place
where dreams become
reality through hard
work and personal perseverance. It is a place
where our illusive dreams
become real from our
dedication to academic study. Listening to our
unique rhythms, we learn how to share our
knowledge with each other and collaborate in
exploring our individual ideas and concepts.
This enables us to tackle real-world issues in
all their complexities.
Evergreen is different from other universities because, with self-motivation, we can
a'Chieve anything. If you are the kind of person who wants to travel tile world and learn
from the culture in which you live then why
not try studying abroad. Money need not

be ;u1 issue. Scholarships may be the way
to go.
Benjamin A. Gilman International
Scholarship helped me go to India winter
qu;u·ter. Out of all the undergraduate schools
in the nation, The Evergreen State College
has received the most Gilman awards for
travel abroad programs this year. We are
fortunate to have great, supportive, academic
advisors because 12 of the 19 applicants who
applied for this year's Gilman scholarships at
Evergreen received financial support. Soon,
all 12 will be studying in environments that
they only dreamt of seeing before Gilman
offered them the opportunity of a lifetime.
If you have what it takes to pursue knowledge and the drive to make a difference in
your community, Gilman can provide undergraduates with financial help for study abroad
in a variety of places.
There are many ways to study overseas.

in the Public Sphere.

This year Gilman will undetwrite study in
Mongolia, Ecuador, Belies, Jordon, Mexico,
India ;u1d Spain. The academic atmospheres
vary as widely as the locations. There are
consortiums, partnerships with other universities, Evergreen academic programs
and/ or independent learning contracts.
On January 15, 2007, I left for India
to see how to bridge Eastern and Western
psychology and to share the psychological
insights, knowledge, and methods embedded
in contemplative traditions of psychology. By
learning how these practices challenge and
complement traditional Western approaches
to psychology, I hope to understand how to
bridge the differences between inner psychospiritual growth and outer social transformation, with particular sensitivity to cultural,
ethnic, class, gender, structural ;u1d global

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January 18, 2007

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McCain in 08
BY MATT TSIPIRAS
Awaiting a savior to .--:::_--------,
restore integrity in the
White House, political
pundits fawn over their
top pick~ for 2008. Among
presidential hopefuls, senators Hillary Clinton <md .____ ___,__...___ _.
Barack Obama receive the most attention. Yet
when name recognition and appeals to race or
gender are swept aside, the strength of these
candidates wears thin .
Obama is bursting with charisma.
Nonetheless, he's only setved in the U.S. Senate
for two years and previously promised that he
wouldn't seek the presidency in 2008. Clinton
alienates conservatives, for being "too liberal,"
<md progressives, lor being "too consetvative."
After surviving the Bush dynasty, let's avoid
returning the Clintons to the vVhite House.
John McCain , on the frontlines and in government, has dedicated his life to our country. Driven by results rather than ideology,
his appeal reaches to both sides of the aisle.
McCain's 21 years in Congress reveal steadfastness to the greater good, and as our next president, McCain's resolve will not waver.
The senior senator from Arizona's most
valuable trait, a willingness to reach across party lines, has accomplished meaningful change.
His most popular piece of legislation, the
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, curtails soft
money in political campaigns and forces candidates to identifY themselves in attack ads. In
the bipartisan ''Gang of 14," McCain helped
to prevent Democrats from obstructing judicial appointees, simultaneously avoiding the
"nuclear option."
Placing fiscal responsibility over special
interests, McCain rejects pork-barrel spending
and cutting taxes in a time of wat: Furthermore,
McCain denounced Bush's approval of

CPJ insider exposes the truth
"enhanced interrogation techniques," insisting
that the United States mustn't condone torture,
because doing so would invite the enemy to torture our own.
As a POW in VietNam, McCain endured
torture and learned the harsh realities of wat:
Challenging Donald Rumsfeld for waging war
without sufficient troops, McCain called for the
recent troop surge to restore order in Baghdad.
Knowing the mistakes made in Viet Nam,
McCain wouldn't let this become a politician's
wat~ determined by opinion polls rather than
conditions on the ground.
If we arc to exit this quagmire, we need
a president with the experience to finish the
job. We need a real hero, not a draft-dodging
chicken hawk.
Don't condemn lVlcCain merely for his
involvement in the Republicatl Party; it's for
good reason that he's labeled a "maverick."
McCain catmot be pigeonholed into the far
right, atld at1y attempt to accuse him of extremism will fail. He may have reluctantly spok<'n
at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, but he
also addressed the New School, Grc<'nwich
Village's TESC.
Besides, divided government is necessaty to
slow the legislative cycle enough for politicians
to actually think about their actions. Having a
one-party state isn't productive, no matter w!to
is in cluuge.
How better off would we be if McCain
were our executive forth<' past six y<'ars? How
much better would he have responded to the
economic recession, 9/11, the budget deficit
at1d Hurricat1e Katrina thatl the ineffective atld
unintelligent President Bush? I cat1't speak for
you, but I'm ready to boat·d the Straight Talk
Express.

Matt Tsipiras is a junior enrolled in Four
Philosophers.

Politcal strategy: Ignore your legislator
BY JACOB A. STANLEY
President Bush told
CBS his thoughts on the
Iraq situation Sunday the
14th: "I think the Iraqi
people owe the American
people a huge debt of
gratitude." It made me wonder just what they
should be thanking us for, or even if we have
anything to be thankful to the U.S. government for either.
The role that responsibility plays in U.S.
culture is an important one, whether it's the
responsibility for the citizens of the country to
take a share of responsibility for the war in Iraq,
or the responsibility to do something about corrupt leaders that have led us into such a war.
I really don't know how anyone can do much
to our Republic these clays, what with voting
being a paltry glance into the lesser-of-twoevils realm of responsible actions; and writing
letters, protesting, or even just not voting at all
turning into a kind of political bickering that

amounts to the general public atld legislators
ignoring the little voices they hear nagging at
them from the media sidelines.
VVhenever I think to myself: "How can I
fix this shithole government?" I come to sadly
realize that I'd have to usc the electoral process
we use now to get anything done. If we're to
chat1ge the election process, be it to run-off voting or some other ball of wax, by using our own
electoral process we're already set in, then we're
screwed. Someone ha5 to run for office under
the campaign that, once elected, they'd change
this whole corrupt system for the better.
That old idea about how you do more
damage to the system from the inside never
thought to look into the realm of electoral politics, since if the system of elections don't work,
then nothing gets altered. Elections are just
another party for insane old men and women
to get paid at, popping up one gopher-head at
a time before they get bopped out on the curb
after 2-4 years.
In any ca~e, the idea here is one that ultimately, so long a5 our government suppos-

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issues. As more and more Americans seek alternative routes
to healing, there is a greater need for trained practitioners to
etrectively link Western and Ea5tern perspectives.
Prepating myself for this eventuality, I will participate in several critical components of Eastern contemplative psychology
including selfless setvice, meditation, exercise, reading, lecture,
kirtan and mantra chanting, somatic and consciousness studies, and self-evaluations. Additionally, I will volunteer in several community-setvice programs in ashrams or neighboring
villages. While living in various locations, I will maintain regular contact with my faculty sponsor regarding my progress

BY ALEXANDRA TOBOLSKY
To all members of the
Evergreen community,
This is your newspaper.
Every single member of
the Evergreen community
has exactly the same right
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to submit and be pub- ' ··• ·•
lished. That meat1s that all students, stall atld
faculty members atld alumni have the opportunity every week to write for the newspaper
that all other members are provided. This
is the place where not only do you have the
opportunity to make your voice heard, but we
need you to. It's by you, about you at1d for you.
vVithout you, there is no ncwspapet:
This is the "Letters atld Opinions" section.
These pages are resetved for submissions of a
non-news nature. In this space you catl write
a letter or opinionated at·ticle addressing atly
issue. Though you'll notice at the bottom of
this letter that I'm the coordinator of the L&O
section, it doesn't belong to me. In my case,
being the coordinator involves wTiting atl article every week, but the most important part
is finding articles that are not my own. When
there are enough of your submissions to fill the
section, mine are cut. The show goes on with
or without my article. The same goes for all
other sections atld their coordinators.
We each have rca~ons not to sit down atld
write one more thing on top of our already
impossibly busy schedules. the ones I've heard
most commonly are "I don't have time," "I
really Catl't write well," "I'm scat·ed of what
people will think" or ':A.re you kidding? You'll
just censor what I say."
I can't argue with the time constraints.
School is school at1d that's why we're here.
Your fellow students and CPJ statr members
understand how busy you are. Believe it or not,
we also have an essay or two or 10 to write.
Writing is a very effective outlet for stress, especially if it has the power to change something
that's stressing you. Not we nor any other

cs a certain level of "representative"-ness to
its democracy, we're stuck with the blame as
much as they are. Oh, "they're corrupt, I can't
chat1ge it, it's a big pile of crap waaaaah," you
say? Well deal with it in a way that takes you
outta the equation. Don't want the world to
be able to blame you for the way your government acts?
Stop paying taxes, stop voting, hell,just plain
stop paying attention to the way the whole pile
of shit works a5 it is. If there's one thing a corrupt government built on the propaganda of
idealism thrives off of it's the futile hopes and
dreams of people's belief in a slow progress
to the future.
I, for one, am going to keep at it. That
is, keep at my method of futility and apathy
towards the way this government chooses to
work. If the world sees fit to attack the U.S.
because of its illegal wars (are their legal ones,
too?) or find a way to bicker at us without
using force, then so be it, we deserve it. At this
point the worldlook5 a might bit too paranoid
to strike out against the Bully-of-the-World:

and project requirements.
When I return from India I will show several PowerPoint
presentations in a couple locations on campus. My presentations will include slides, lectures and plenty of time for questions and answers.
I chose an independent learning contract. Others may
choose alternative forums for oversea5 programs. If you, too,
are interested in India, the "India: Politics of Dance; Dance of
Politics" course taught by RatnaRoy andJeanne Hahn is going
to Northern India winter quarter. I've been told that "Memory
of Fire: Spain and Latin America," taught by Alice Nelson,
Diego de Acosta and David Phillips is going to Spain or Latin
America spring quarter. If you can't pers011ally afford to study

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Evergreen community member is expecting a
masterpiece,just your honest interpretation of
atlything you watlt to write about. No one is
here to judge you. We're here to enjoy and
appreciate what you have to say. There are
also numerous writing resources on campus
and our copy-editors make sure all grammar
and punctuation is correct, without altering
your meaning.
On that note, we absolutely do not censor.
The CPJ resetves the right to not print unprotected speech, obscenity, malicious speech and
plagiarism. It's a simple matter of the law. We
do what we're allowed atld don't what we're
not. That being said, all else is fair game. We
don't play favorites, we don't censor and we
don't pick at1d choose. We do cover our asses.
And yours, for that matter.
Your CPJ staff members are students first,
staff second. \Vc're real people with real lives
and you can talk to us. We're here to produce
_your paper for_you. So come see what we're
about. Pick up the newspaper on Thursdays.
Join the "Friendly Folks of the CPJ" Face book
group. Come to our meetings, all of which are
entirely open to atld reliant upon the public.
Send us your articles, letters, opinions, reviews
and artwork. It's your papet: You paid for it
out of your tuition. Everything you don't like
about the CPJ is in your power to change.
Make it yours.
Sincerely,
Ali
Your friendly CPJ Letters and Opinions
coordinator

Alexandra Tobolsky is a second-year tranifer
enrolled in Russia atld Eura5ia, Thucydides and
Democracy, Understanding the Legislative
Process and Evergreen Singers. She is also
tll£ CPJ Letters and Opinions coordinator. She welcomes your suhmissU!ns, questions and comments aJ
TobAle2 4@a,ergreen.edu.

U.S.A. It's as bad as a group of people trying
to calm down a rabid dog with cookies and
time-outs in the corner. The UN_ can't get
around the vetoes, Europe is too busy making
a break for economic freedom from the West,
and China is busy learning to be moderate in
their extremism to attack or do anything about
what the U.S. is doing to the Middle East and
the world at large.
All I can do is sit back, wait for a key issue
to vote for, and bitch gladly with the rest of
the world until the whole corrupt bag-of-crap
is toppled or we get to make anew with some
fancy revolution I, nor anyone else, could foresee coming. Food and shelter will still be expensive, no matter how we vote these days, nor
will healthcare be dying down to a universalhey, I can survive the pharmacy bill!-payment
level anytime soon, so I say dig in and ignore
the political blight upon the land for the better.
They don't deserve the attention anymore.

Jacob A. Stanley is a junior enrolled in a contract
about creati11e wordsmitlting

oversea5, the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship International
Program may provide up to $4,500 to a55ist in your academic
pursuits overseas.
Evergreen has recently advertised undergraduate scholarship and tuition award opportunities for the 2007-08 academic year. The information is available on Evergreen's website at www.evergreen.edu/ scholat·ships or call (360) 867-6310
to have a brochure mailed to you, or pick one up outside UB
1221 (right next to the Financial Aid Oflicc). Don't miss out!
The deadline for applications is Fcbruaty I, 2007.

Chris Canty is a senior enrolled in a contract called Bridging western Psychology with Ea5tern Psychology

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Men's Basketball
Evergreen State Vs.
Oregon University (W)
Date: 12/19/06
ATTENDANCE: 360

SCORE BY PERIODS
Southern Oregon University
The Evergreen State College

1st
30
36

2nd TOTAL
36 66
43
79

1st
45
27

2nd TOTAL
33
78
3 1 58

1st
41
42

2nd TOTAL
46 87
69 111

Evergreen State Vs.
Oregon Tech (L)
Date: 12/20/06
ATTENDANCE: 432

Wrap-up of men's
basketball season
By Arland Hurd

mentcd "we've got to pick up the defense."
This was true in every aspect, the men went
into the second half leading the board and
ended up losing by 20 points.
The men's next home game is january 26
against Eastern Oregon. The game is free
with student ID, so come out and support the
Geoducks. Women start at 5:00p.m. and the
men's team at 7:30pm.
The men have had their ups and downs
with this sca~on. They have played some good
ball against some strong teams and suffered
some upsets against teams that we should
have heat.
An average of 306 spectators show up
to the home games and 71 7 at away games.
This doesn't do much to help preserve that
team spirit which is so desperately needed in
clutch moments.
The players don't complain about this
though. Dwain Hicks, #32, after a loss to
number two seat Oregon Tech. said, "We
need to come out of the gate stronger."
The mrn do what they've practiced to
do, play good ball, but when they come back
home and only sec half the numbers rooting
for them as wrre rooting against them on the
road, the men can get distressed.
It would he grrat to ser two thousand people at a ball game, like Eastrrn Washington
had show up for their tram, but that would
take you r participation Evrrgreen.

Evergreen Men's basketball has had a
rough start this year, at this time they are 3
wins 5 losses in conference,but are working
strongly as a team.
Although the team has a lot of new member that are just coming together, the men
keep a strong passing game and host Adam
Moore, the Cascade Conference's number
two scorer. Being fourth in offensive field
goal percentages and fifth in total rebounds,
The Evergreen men's basketball team arc
contenders for the playoffs.
Mter coming back from an on the road
win the Geoducks tallied anot her victory
against Southern Oregon University on the
December 19. An assist from David Howard
(G) #1 provided Adam Moore (G), #5, an
impressive 3 point shot in the second ha!C
The men went on to beat Southern
Oregon 79-66, moving us into position directly behind S.O.U. in the Cascade Conference
standings, in the seventh scat.
The men went their next three games taking on three losses, including one loss from
number 2 Oregon Tech.
The men came home on the 5th and 6th
of January to play Corban and eighth placed
Concordia. The first of their two games the
Gcoducks came out to the court with the
skills needed to bring another victory to the
men's record.
The Geoducks weren't as fortunate when
they went up against Concordia, the men
chocked up a loss with a score of 73-53. After
the game # 14 freshman Lloyd jackson com-

Arland Iliad is a senior emol/ed in Mind and
the World .

SCORE BY PERIODS
Oregon Institute of Tech.
The Evergreen State College
Evergreen State Vs.
Albertson College (L)
Date: 12/29/06
ATTENDANCE: II 00

SCORE BY PERIODS
The Evergreen State College
Albertson College

Evergreen State Vs.
Eastern Oregon University (L)
Date: 12/ 30/06
Attendance: Not given

SCORE BY PERIODS
The Evergreen State College
Eastern Oregon Univ.

1st 2nd TOTAL
45 55 100
52 52 104

Women's Basketball
Evergreen State Vs.
Southern Oregon University (L)
Date: 12/19/06
ATTENDANCE: 140

SCORE BY PERIODS
Southern Oregon University
The Evergreen State College

1st
31
26

2nd TOTAL
35 GG
33 59

1st
36
25

2nd TOTAL
35 71
39 64

1st
27
41

2nd TOTAL
36 63
47 88

Evergreen State College Vs.
Oregon Tech. (L)
Date: 12/20/06
ATTENDANCE: 87

SCORE BY PERIODS
Oregon Institute of Tech
The Evergreen State College

Evergreen State Vs.
Albertson College (L)
Date: 12/21/06
ATTENDANCE: Not Given

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The Evergreen State College
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Evergreen State College Vs.
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Thursday, 18

Saturday, 20

4 to 6:30 p.m. 'jody and Judy" film
and discussion. SEM II C 1107. Hosted
by VOX.

7:30a.m. Outdoor Adventure Club ski
trip to Snoqualmie Pass, Alpentol Mt.
Meet in the bus loop, price is cheap.

6:30 p.m. "Healthy Eating on a
Budget" presented by KEY Students
Services and Academic Advising.
Prime Time, "N' Building, HCC
Rqom 220.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Workplace Organizer
Training SEMII, E1107. Hosted by
Carnival.

7 p.m. Prolegomena to a Future Poetics
Reading Series, Donald Revell SEMII
AliOS

Geoduck Union
Mondays, 3:15p.m. CAB 320
geoduckunion@gmail.com

Tuesday,23

7 p.m. "The End of Suburbia" film
screening. LH 1. Hosted by SEED,
WashPIRG, and ERC.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Citizen's hearing on
the legality of U.S. actions in Iraq: The
case of Ehren Watada. TESC Tacoma,
1210 Sixth Ave., Tacoma.

Sunday,21
Friday, 19
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Christianity and
Anarchy Conference. Organic Farm.
Hosted by Radical Catholics for Justice
and Peace.
3 to 4:30p.m. Presentation by Antonia
Juhasz, policy-analyst and author on
U.S. economic policies in Iraq. LHl.
5 to 7:30p.m. "When Survivors Give
Birth: Understanding and Healing
the Effects of Early Sexual Abuse"
presentation by Penny Simkin. The
Longhouse.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Workplace Organizer
Training SEMII Ell07. Hosted by
Carnival.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Citizen's hearing on
the legality of U.S. actions in Iraq: The
case of Ehren Watada. TESC Tacoma,
1210 Sixth Ave., Tacoma.

Monday,22
12 to 1 p.m. "What in the world was
Tolstoy thinking in 'War and Peace'?"
presentation by Russian history faculty candidate Isaiah Gruber. SEM
IIA1107.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m. "Gender,
Race, and the Landscape of Social
Justice" lecture by Ruth Wilson
Gilmore. Live video feed to LH 1
from TESC Tacoma, 1210 Sixth Ave.,
Tacoma.

Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesdays, 4 p.m. LAB I
1047
Fridays, noon and 7 p.m. LAB
I 1047

4 to 6 p.m. Sex Work and Feminism
workshop. SEMII, D 1105. Hosted by
VOX and WashPIRG.
5 to 7 p.m. Tenant's Rights Workshop.
SEMII, C 1107. Hosted by Carnival,
WashPIRG and EPIC.

Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8 p.m., LAB I 1047
and SEM II 3107A
Sundays, 6:30 p.m. CAB top
floor lounge

Wednesday, 24
3 to 5 p.m. Academic Information
Technology (IT) Priorities Group
meeting. SEMII A2109.

Student Video Garners
Alliance
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., CAB
TV lounge

6 to 9 p.m. Mindscreen movie night,
"Film Title" LH 1.

Evergreen Animal Rights
Network
Thursdays, 4:30p.m. CAB 3"1
Floor

Satut'day,January 27, 2 p.m. "Light Motion"
integrated dance performance. Experimental
Theatre, COMM.

Call this number to check if campus is closed due to inclement
weather:
(360) 867-6000, then press 1

Friday, February 2, 7 to 9 p.m. "An
Inconvenient Truth" film screening. LH 1.
Hosted by WashPIRG and SEED.

Slightly West is an annual publication that is currently accepting submissions of poetry, prose and visual art for its 2007 edition. We are
not proposing any themes and are open to any and all content. The
deadline is Friday, Jan. 19 by 3 p.m. in CAB 320, Slightly West drop
box.

Sunday, February 18, 7 to 8:30p.m. Dr. Maya
Angelou. CRC Bays 1-3. Student admission,
$12 in advance or $1 7 at the door. General
admission $20 in advance and $25 at the
door.

Remember to check out the 4th Annual TESC Science Carnival on
Friday,June I and Saturday,June 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It's free,
fun, hands on, and welcome to everyone. There will be student demonstrators about all aspects of science at all levels.

Off Campus
Thursday, 18

Saturday, 20

Tuesday,23

6 to 8 p.m. Olympia-Rafah Sister City
Project meeting
610 Columbia NW, across from
Olympia Hardware
Actively promotes and fosters friendships between the people of Olympia
and Rafah, Palestine.

9:30p.m. Silversafe, Basic Radio, and
Happy Ending (alt/rock)
The 4th Ave Tavern, 210 4th Ave. E.
21 +, $3 cover

6 to 7 p.m. Food Not Bombs
Media Island, 816 Adams St. SE
Cooking at MI starting 4:30, share
food at the library, afterward cleanup at MI.

Friday, 19
11 a.m. to II p.m. Art for Peace
The Side Door Gallery, 314 Capitol
WayN.
Come to paint, draw, write and spend
time with fellow artists thinking about
peace.

Society for Trans Action
Resources
Wednesdays, 3 p.m. SEM II
D3107
TESC Chess Club
Thursdays 4 to 6 p.m. SEM
IIC1105
All skill levels welcome
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Evergreen Spontaneity Club
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. SEM II
Dll05
All experience levels welcome
Healing Arts Collective
Wednesdays, I p.m. CAB 3rd
floor
Students Organizing for Food
Autonomy
Mondays, 4 p.m. CAB 3rd
floor. All are welcome.
Wednesdays, noon 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 3rd
floor pit

Sunday, 21
5 to 6:15p.m. Free School Yoga
610 Columbia St. NW
Free yoga class for all people

Wednesday, 24
7 to 9 p.m. Skateland Dollar Night
2725
12th
Ave
NE
$1 w/ skates, $2 without skates.

9 p.m. Monday Movie Night
Le Voyeur, 404 4th Ave. E.
21 +,free

Paper Critique
Comment on that week's paper. Air
comments, concerns, questions, etc. If
something in the CP J bothers you, this
is the meeting for you.

Infoshoppe and Zine Library
Thursdays, 4 p.m. LIB 3303

Content Forum
1:05 p.m. Wednesday
Lecture and seminar related to
journalism and issues surrounding CP J
content.

Meeting held in CAB 316.

Meeting held by the TV on the 3rd
floor of the CAB.

Student Group Meeting

Thursday Forum

5 p.m. Monday

4:45 p.m. Thursday

Find out what it means to be a member
of the student group CP J Practice
consensus-based decision making.

Meeting held in CAB 316.

Yoga and Meditation
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8
p.m. CRC 116
The Outdoor Adventure Club
Wednesdays, 4 p.m. rock
climbing gym

Monday,22

4 p.m. Monday

Our meetings are
open to the Evergreen
communi{)!. Please come
and discuss with us!

Students for a Democratic
Society
Wednesdays, 2 p.m., SEM II
E3105

Special announcements

Next week/upcoming

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Discuss ethics, journalism law and
conflict resolution.

Meeting held in CAB 316.

Contact Calendar
Coordinator
Lauren Takores
about including an
event in The Cooper
Point Journal.
cpj@evergreen.edu

(360)86 7-6213

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