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°COOPER POINT
OURNAL
Putting Rainier
back together
The Cooper Point Journal is a
weekly student newspaper
serving The Evergreen
State College and the surrounding community of
Olympia, WA.
BY AMBER CARVER
This week's Vox Pop:
If, using all your power,
you could change one
thing about Olympia, what
would you do?
Pagel
Police Blotter:
A stolen bike rack, vandalized car, minors with
40 oz. of beer and
graffiti on campus.
Pagel
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Lt. Ehren Watada shakes hands with a supporter after his speech at
SPSCC on Wednesday (See more photos on page 7).
Volunteers served a free
community meal last
November at the Eagle's
Hall.
Watada speaks to community
Page4
Awaits court martial set for February 5
The Language
Symposium:
There are lots of somethings in the world, and
sometimes these somethings are boiled down to
one thing-it.
PageS
Day of Segregation?
Page6
Shifting Gears:
National gallery at
Evergreen.
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This Sunday evening, the Northwest
Regional Office of the National Parks
Conservation Association (NPCA)
gathered at the Portage Bay Cafe in
Seattle's University District to celebrate a year of hard work . After a dinner
of organic, locally produced pasta and
brownies, volunteers and employees
caught up, shared stories and watched
a slide show that included photos of
trail maintenance, invasive vegetation removal, snow shoe and signature
gathering days. The NPCA is a very
busy organization, and the Northwest
Regional Office leads the way in supporting the area's National Parks.
The burning question at Sunday's
dinner was: what's going on at Mt.
Rainier, and what can we do to lend a
hand? The entire park has been closed
since the November 2006 storms
washed out a number of roads and
trails, and there is no official word as to
when the park will reopen. The NPCA
has teamed up with the Washington
Trails Association (WTA), the Student
Conservation Association (SCA) and
the Washington National Park Fund
(WNPF) in an organized effort to get
Mt. Rainier N.P. back on its feet. In
order to maximize the output of their
efforts and ensure efficiency, each organization within the coalition has taken
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been around since 1966 and "protects
He also believes that the leaders of our country
" lt is the responsibility of Officers to speak out
hiking trails and wild lands, takes thouand defend the Constitution," said Lieutenant Ehren knowingly violated the Constitution and the Geneva
sands of volunteers out to maintain
Watada during the speech he gave at South Puget Convention to start this war, and he wants to see
trails, and promotes hiking as a healthy,
Sound Community College. Last year, Watada, their actions held to account. He encourages others
fun way to explore Washington" will
and Army I st Lieutenant, came forward as the first to educate themselves on the facts of the U.S. war
take on short-term trail repairs, while
in
Iraq,
and
come
to
their
own
conclusions.
commissioned officer to publicly refuse deploythe SCA will work on long-term trail
The event, sponsored by BRICK (Building
ment to Iraq.
repairs. The WNPF- the official nonWatada is scheduled to be court marshaled on Revolution by Increasing Community Knowledge)
profit fundraiser for Mt. Rainier, North
February 5'\ and may face up to six years imprison- brought about 500 students and community memCascades and Olympic National Parks
ment for his refusal to deploy and for speaking out bers and filled the Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for
-will gather funding for the project.
the Arts Wednesday evening. The event also drew
against a war, which he believes is illegal.
The NPCA will lobby for governSome people believe he is a hero for refusing a small crowd of opposition.
ment support, which is precisely what
an "illegal and immoral war", others think he's a
the association was designed for. It was
Sarah Alexander is a junior enrolled in evening
traitor for missing deployment and abandoning his
founded by Stephen Mather, who was
soldiers. The way Watada sees it, "By participat- and weekend classes with a focus on Spanish and
also the first director of the National
ing in this war I would be violating my oath to this photography.
Park Service (est. 1916). The purpose
of the NPCA is to serve as an independent voice outside of the federal government to lobby in the interest ofNational
Parks. The NPCA has branched out to
include hands-on volunteer projects in
the parks, and the Northwest Regional
Office has an art gallery and information center on Pioneer Square.
As Sean Smith, the Northwest
Regional Director, put it, "there is far
tection from frivolous subpoenas.
BY ARLAND HURD AND
more work to be done [at Mt. Rainier]
People from all over Washington state came
NICHOLAS DAVID KLACSANZKY
than there are people to do it," so the
to testify about both bills. One student journalcoalition needs all the help it can get.
On January 22, 2006, bills concerning free- ist traveled all the way from Spokane.
For more information on the NPCA,
Many of the visiting high school journaldom of student press and reporter-source privcall (206) 903-1444, or go towww.
ilege were discussed by the House Judiciary ists gav~ inspired testimony in favor of passing
npca.org/northwest. For information
Committee. Lawyers, school administrators House Bill 1307. The committee was cheerful
on the WNPF, with links to additional
and both professional and student journalists during the hearing. Some members interjected
information on the flood damage at Mt.
came to the Capitol Campus to testify before laughs and lightening commentary in to the testiRainier and other parks, go to www.
mony and seemed to enjoy the dialogue between
wnpf.org/. For the WTA, go to www.
the committee.
House Bill 1307 would prevent high school the administrators, who wanted the bill amended
wta.org, and for the SCA, go to www.
and college administrations from overseeing and to exclude primary school students, and the high
thesca.org.
eventually controlling the final product of a stu- school participants.
dent newspaper under most circumstances.
Amber Carver is a junior enrolled in
JOURNALISM BILLS PAGE 4
House Bill 1366 would give journalists pro-Introduction to Natural Science.
BY SARAH ALEXANDER
Nawh. We're talkin' Day of
Absence and some serious
need for chocolate chips.
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Issue 14
Volume 35
Feb. 1,2007
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A full page of poetry?
It's true.
Page 16
Corrections
Issue 13, Jan. 25, 2007:
• Asenka Miller's name was
.misspelled as "Asanka" on
the front page.
Bills addressing student journalism and
journalist protection discussed at Capitol
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If you could change one thing about Olympia, what would you change?
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"I would love to see
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"Oiympa needs a Trader
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"I would make it sunny
more often."
"Cleaner water in the
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Distribution manager
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"I'd revive the dead,
unappealing music scene.
Get some indie, get some
reggae, get some punk!"
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Hate war? Like sex, phalluses,
nudity?
The Phrontisterion purposefully presents the most titillating anti-war comedy known to humankind, rife with
innuendo to the point of utter lunacy:
Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Get naughty Saturday, February I Oth and Sunday,
February II th in the COM building
Recital Hall at 8 p.m. ADULT content.
FREE of charge. See the anti-war sex
comedy that can save the world!
Center for Community-Based
Learning hiring tutors
The Center is seeking workstudy-eligible students for several tutor positions.
Tutors will work with children individually or in small groups in areas of math,
reading, ESL. The placements are in high
poverty schools; this is a great opportunity for students considering a career in
education to gain experience in the public school environment. Non-workstudy
students are encouraged to apply as often
something can be arranged through the
Financial Aid Office. The positions are
I 0 hours/week and tutors will be paid
$1 0.51/hour. There is no closing date; students will be interviewed on an ongoing
basis. Please contact Ellen Shortt Sanchez
(shorttse@evergreen.edu or 867-6859) for
more information.
Writing Center rolls out new
worksllop series
After a quarter's hiatus, the Writing
Center brings back its revised weekly
workshop series. Join Writing Center
tutors extraordinaire as they share their
knowledge weekly. Mondays at 4
p.m. explore the crafts of poetry, fiction,
and creative non-fiction in "Creative
Writing" with Grant Miller and Meghan
McNeely.
Tuesdays at 4 p.m . examine aspects
of the writing process that promote critical thinking in "Writing as Academic
Inquiry" with Miller and McNeely.
Thursdays at 4 p.m. review fundamentals
of grammar to bolster confidence in "The
Grammar Rodeo" with Victoria Larkin
and America Fitzgerald. All workshops
meet in LIB 2310, the classroom adjacent
to the Writing Center, LIB 2304. For more
information about weekly topics, log onto
our web site atwww.evergreen.edu/writingcenter or call the Writing Center at
(360) 867-6420.
The future of TESCTalk
During fall quarter a group of staff, faculty and students were convened to conduct a review of emaillistserv TESCTalk,
which included an examination of the purpose of the discussion list, whether the list
as it was currently functioning was meeting that purpose and to make recommendations as to how TESCTalk should function in the future.
The review ofTESCTalk has concluded and the review group invites members
of the college community to join us for
a discussion of the recommendations on
Monday, Feb. 5 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
in SEM II, D31 09. The recommendations are now online. If you are not able
to attend the public forum, please submit
written comments online. To access the
recommendations and/or submit written
feedback, go to htttp://www2.evergreen.
edu/itch/tesctalk-tesccrier-workgrouprecommendations.
WSECU offering $47K in scholarship aid
To support its members and their
dependents seeking a college degree,
Washington State Employees Credit
Union (WSECU) will award 27 college
scholarships in 2007. The total includes
twenty $2,000 scholarships for students
working to attain a four-year or graduate degree and seven $1,000 scholarships
for those attending a two-year or vocational school in the fall of this year. To
qualify for a scholarship, applicants must
be a member of WSECU or a member's
dependent.
The complete application is available in WSECU branches, by calling the
Contact Center at (800) 562-0999, or at
WSECU's web site, http://www.wsecu .
org. The award may be used for almost
any post-secondary education.
The. student must be enrolled full-time
in the fall of 2007. WSECU scholarship
applications and supporting materials are
available now and must be postmarked
by March 7, 2007. Recipients will be
announced in late spring. The credit union
is committed to the principle of diversity and will evaluate applicants using
a range of criteria including academic
record, recommendations and a personal
essay. Membership in a credit union other than WSECU does not meet eligibility
requirements .
Day of Absence, Day of
Presence
It's that time of year again as First
People's Advising Service prepares for
the Day of Absence on campus and off
campus on programs Friday, Feb. 16, and
Day of Presence events on Wednesday,
Feb. 21.
These are events created to explore,
celebrate, discuss and reflect on issues
of diversity, equity, multiculturalism,
culture, heritage and community at
Evergreen. It also provides an opportunity to plan a year long calendar for programs and activities around these issues
to benefit students, faculty and staff. For
questions, contact
Eddie Maiava at (360) 867-6394 or
Raquel Salinas at (360) 867-6462 or via
email atsalinasr@evergreen.edu.
Bringing the Americas
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February I. 2007
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COMPILED BY CURTIS RANDOLPH
Case number 07-0078
1/11/2007
Instead of stealing an actual bike, this
time someone simply stole a bike rack off
of a vehicle in C lot. It's possible that
it was one of the same guys who steals
bikes. Maybe he likes to keep his stolen
bikes appropriately organized with a stolen bike rack.
Or maybe he logically deduced that in
the case for means of travel, if you have
a car then you don't need a bike, and if
you have a bike then you don't need a car,
which could be translated to the discrete
math equation B(x)<->C(x) where B(x) is
bike transportation and C(x) is car transportation and xis the domain of people that
need to get from one place to another, and
therefore a vehicle mounted bike rack creates a double true result which results in
a false due to the XOR statement, and the
only way to correct this is by either removing the car or the bike or, in this case, the
bike rack itself.
But who knows. Nothing further at
this time.
Case number 07-0081
1/09/2007 at 1530 hours
A victim went to police services to
report that someone had vandalized his
vehicle. He had last seen his car three
nights previous, where he parked in F lot
and did not secure the door.
He returned to find cigarette butts
strewn about and the lower half of his
console torn away, but with his car stereo
still in tact.
Forensic work suggests that some dudes
broke into his car with the intention of
stealing the car stereo, but were having the
most difficult time with it, and while they
struggled for what could have been hours
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they smoked cigarette after cigarette to
help ease their growing frustration.
Afterwards, deciding that modern lock
technology was just to advanced for them,
they didn't even have the human compassion to clean the cigarette butts out of the
car, and instead just left them there. How
rude is that? No suspects at this time.
Case number 07-0093
1/14/2007 at 2314 hours
Officer observed a subject run up the
stairs with a 40 oz beer bottle in his hand.
Contact was made with the residents of the
dorm where the subject had run to.
Inside the dorm, the two residents
smelled of intoxicants, were under 21, and
admitted they had been drinking.
However, the officer did not have any
Required Grievance Meeting forms in his
possession at the time, so he did not issue
any. End of report.
Case number <various>
In graffiti this week we had the following vandalisms. Graffiti on the information board near the CRP that was black
in color and said "nanobots are evil." A
simple wavy line running along the wall
ofC dorm.
A dog with the word "arf' written underneath it. A rabbit with the word "bun bun"
written underneath it.
Graffiti tags of an indiscernible nature
written in F-Lot on the ticket machine, on
the ticket machine gazebo, and on three
signs in the parking lot.
On the first floor of the library on a
smoking sign someone had drawn a face
in stencil.
Thousands of dollars of college spending money will be spent removing the graffiti, so repairs to the faulty heating systems
in the dorms will probably be forgone at
this time.
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Participants in the Native American
Studies Program at The Evergreen
State College are requesting funds to
participate in the Bridging the Americas,
Reuniting the Eagle and the Condor
gathering of elders from indigenous
tribes of the Americas. The gathering
will meet at Lake Titicaca in Peru
to beckon in the prophesied Age of
Peace, 500 years of unity and shared
vision between peoples who have, for
the last 500 years of Darkness, been
scattered and oppressed throughout the
Americas. When indigenous people
of the Americas once again umte, the
prophecy states, it will create worldwide
transformation, allowing all of humanity
to move from the depths of war into the
light of peace. Elders from all tribes and
students in Native American Studies
programs are being called to participate
in this extraordinary, historic event!
The gathering will be supported by
participants from around the world and
will also serve as a forum for cultural
exchange, teaching and cultural arts
performances, such as the Eagle and
Condor dances.
The TESC Native American Studies
Program was founded by Mary Ellen
Hillaire (Lummi) with spirituality as a
core component of the curriculum. The
program for 2006-07 titled Heritage:
Self-Identity and Ties to the Land
provides an opportunity for participants
to clarify concepts connected to the
values of tribal people and the protocol
of ceremony. Incorporating spirituality
into the curriculum at Evergreen is a
recent initiative and we will have an
opportunity to bring back templates for
program review.
Tribal communities in western
Washington will meet and offer bundles
and resolutions, stating the fulfillment
o f their own tribal prophecies and
pledging unity with those in Peru
who are bringing this vision to life.
Locally we are asking for prayers and
ceremonies in support of this journey
and ceremony.
For more information or to contribute
to this endeavor, please contact Raul
Nakasone at nasprogram@evergreen.
edu, Sherri Anderson at dangrigatown@
yahoo.com, or Melissa Thetford at
melissa_thetford@hotmail.com.
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Free community meal
served at Eagle's Hall
BY FERNANDA SCURNIG
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A large pile of trash has occupied Red Square vvith a note informing
passersl>y to keep garage out of the woods.
JOURNALISM BILLS COVER
Patricia Lantz, chair of the House
Judiciary Committee, commented after
the hearings that the testimony in favor of
passing I 307 was strong and that the bill
was likely to go through the committee.
Kenneth F. Bunting, Associate Publisher
for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer remarked,
"When sharing knowledge to the people
that they need to know about, we ought to
be able to promise confidentiality, whistle
blowers can't come forward without this
bill." Without laws like 1366, sources like
the one that came forward and told Lance
Williams and Mark Fainaru Wada of the
San Francisco Times about steroid use in
the Major League Baseball Association,
would be less likely to come forward if
they knew that the journalist could be
arrested. In fact that is exactly what is
happening with Williams and Fainaru; a
Federal Judge has told the two they must
give up their source. The two reporters are
looking at an 18-month sentence for not
revealing their source.
Arland Hurd is a senior enrolled in Mind
and the World. Nicholas David Klacsanzky
is a sophomore enrolled in an independent
learning contract.
Over 500 pounds of donated vegetables,
twenty volunteers and 150 guests later, the
basement of the Eagle's Hall gave birth to a
tremendous community meal on Thursday,
November 23rd, 2006.
This incredible feat was made possible
by an abundance of community contributions. The Eagle's Half granted the use of
their basement and accompanying kitchen space.
A plethora of local farmers, businesses
and individuals donated a cornucopia of
produce, bread, fish, poultry and baking
supplies towards the meal.
On Wednesday, the November 22, volunteers started trouping in and the basement walls resounded with vigorous chopping, peeling and washing until late into the
night. Thursday morning found many of the
same people back in the kitchen, along with
many new faces, continuing with the cooking and compiling of the grand meal.
Contrary to some paranoid worries that
no one would come to eat, at 4 p.m. sharp
the basement had already begun to fill.
By 4:30 p.m., when the serving was well
underway, eighty-six guests were counted
(not including all the volunteers who were
working and eating throughout).
By 7:30 p.m ., most of the guests had
eaten and filtered out, leaving the assembled flock of volunteers in varying degrees
of excitement and exhaustion to begin the
grueling process of leftover consolidation
and clean-up.
This free community meal was loosely
based on the government subsidized cafes
in Brazil. These cafes focus on bringing
people together, from a variety of different backgrounds, to enjoy extremely cheap,
high-quality food.
Organizers felt that the high energy, and
negative history, already surrounding the
last Thursday of November could be used
to create something new with the national
holiday: Thanksgiving.
Part of this goal was to create a meal
using entirely local ingredients. After all
the donations were collected, only the oil,
rice and spices were not from the Pacific
Northwest. All the vegetables and poultry
were organic.
The bulk of the produce: squash, onions
and greens, were gleaned from fields where
the vegetables would have rotted and been
plowed back into the earth.
Through many long hours of hard work,
an amazing amount of jovial and ridiculously good times were had. Music blasted,
cooks slipped and slid across wet floors,
kids scampered while chaos and creativity collided in the final product of twenty
overflowing dishes.
Peering out from the kitchen, cooks
watched chairs rapidly being filled as all
sorts of Olympians sat down together, connected for the evening by food.
Apparently community meals such as
this have incredible support and momentum in the Olympia community.
The donated space, food and the incredible crew of enthusiastic volunteers who
gave huge amounts of their time, energy
and good company to the event make this
clear.
Fernanda Scurnig is a sophomore enrolled
in an independent learning contract.
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The Language Symposiu m:
BY GRANT MILLER
Where is that proverbial wall, the un-passable
horizon where we stop and scratch our heads, unable
to go further, unable to explain away, to rationalize
our collective being? Where are the limits of human
knowledge? Perhaps this wall is a noun, or even better, a pronoun. John Locke always said what is, is.
But when language is boiled down to its essence,
what is left?
It.
But what is "It"?
It is ft.
Let's use language to complicate this further: "It"
is an ambiguous demonstrative pronoun that refers to
something. There are lots of somethings in the world,
and sometimes these somethings are boiled down to
one thing-It. Every culture has its own It, whether
it be God, Maya, the Pantheistic Interconnectedness
of all Things, Being, Becoming, Language, String
Theory; Mathematics, Logic, whatever. But is there
SOMETHING, that one thing that defines, originates,
creates the focal point of the human experience?
Why yes, there is, but what is it?
ft.
Every so often a book comes along and tries to
describe this It. In 1969, a time of large-scale social
unrest, Inger Christensen made an attempt when she
wrote about It in her book titled ft.
Not to be confused with Stephen King's shitty novel of the same name, It is an epic poem (insert Homer
comparison here) written in three parts, each part written using a different constraint. It turns language on
its head, and uses it (language) to bring a reader along
on a circular journey, complete with twists and turns,
linguistic tributaries, but of course, as with any system of language, It curls right back in on itself and
ends up just where it started.
It. That's it. That started it. It is. Goes on. Moves.
Beyond.Becomes it and it and it. Goes further than
that. Becomes something else. Becomes more ...
Perhaps Anne Carson says it best in her introduc-
tion: "[It] is at once a hymn of praise to reality and
a scathing comment on how we make reality what
it is."
Written in 1969, a time of worldwide social questioning and upheaval, a time when human beings were
confronted with their collective mortality, the validity
of their notions of"progress," and the limits of their
ability to "know," It entertains these questions that
have pervaded Postmodernity: Is there such a thing
as agency in the individual? Do we speak language
or does language speak us? Is reason the only path to
knowledge?
The first section, entitled PROLOGOS (the term
LOGOS is a Greek word that denotes everything from
"It is a piece of writing that
somehow manages to use
language to subvert and transcend the inherent self-referential nature of language."
"word, sentence, story, or grammar" to "number" to
"argument") contains all the stuff of the world and its
subtle emergence, perhaps in time, perhaps outside of
time. In this section each line contains 66 characters,
and is split into eight sections. For example, section
one has one poem with 66 lines (each containing 66
characters), section two has 2 poems with 33 lines,
section three has 3 poems with 22 lines, and so on
and so forth until you get to the eighth section, which
contains 66 poems with I line in each.
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Part two, LOGOS, has three sections, "each with
eight subsections of eight poems: 3 x 8 x 8." In this
section Christensen borrows eight grammatical categories from A Theory of Prepositions, which include
"symmetry, transitivity, continuity, connectivity,
variability, extension, integrity, and universality."
Christensen said she wanted to use "eight terms that
could stay in a state of flux and at the same time give
It
order to the indistinctness that a state of flux necessarily produces." It is the preposition that provides
relationships between objects in space, and to quote
Anne Carson again: "Her choice of prepositions as
an icon of order seems a simple but perfect stylistic
decision. Any prepositional system implies a philosophy of life."
EPILOGOS is the conclusion, and is written using
a more transparent constraint, a free-verse lament for
the state of It.
I'm afraid/ It starts/ It starts again/ It starts in me/
It starts in the world/ It starts in world after world/ It
starts far beyond the world/ It starts in fear/ and beyond
fear/ in fear subdued by fear/ and fear unsubdued by
fear/ continues/ as random as it started/ in fear/ and
there is nothing to do but say it as it is/ we're afraid/
It's not random/ It's not the world/ It is random/ It is
the world/
It is a piece of writing that somehow manages to use
language to subvert and transcend the inherent selfreferential nature of language. The use of constraint is
another stroke of genius on Christensen's part, because
as any faithful Oulipan knows, it challenges the inspiration of the muse, and by using constraint, perhaps
Christensen is paying homage to the spontaneity of
life while simultaneously tipping her proverbial hat
to mathematics, which may and may not be the language of the cosmos-the dialect of It.
It is not only a remarkable contribution to Western
Literature, but a Manifesto for being/becoming itself,
a praise for paradox and the ambiguous, mysterious,
overwhelming and unanswerable questions. A sort
of The Prophet that transcends any mundane ethical polemic.
It is it, or rather, it is. And that's it.
And there is nothing more to be said, nor that can
be said, about It.
And we're back where we started.
Grant Miller is a senior enrolled in a contract
about the weather.
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Day of Segregation?
Nawh. We're talkin' Day of Absence and some
serious need for chocolate chips
BY TARA TABASSI AND JAI LAWRENCE
First - you best know that Day of Absence and Day of
Presence is an old Evergreen legacy where for two whole
days. some of the campus acknowledge there might possibly
be a teensy weensy problem called 'racism.'
While sipping over a chai-soy-latte, an average (perhaps white identified) Evergreener might munch
a vegan-wheat-free-agave-carob-chip-cookie and
possibly spend a moment pondering on the misunderstood 'segregational' aspect of the Day of
Absence where student, staff and faculty of color
are cordially invited to leave campus for a community building retreat.
Meanwhile, on campus,.everyone left is really
very strongly encouraged to (please!!!) participate
in some seriously fantabulous ally-building workshops in response to the absence.
Day of Presence is where after the storm, we
can all pull together and celebrate being an amalgamation
(profiting merger) of happy people who reunite, and while
fabulously owning our shit, create a special Iii' Evergreen
community! (e.g. this is a good way to 'take accountability' for your over-consumption of hummus, stir-fry, chai and
tortillas and every other
appropriated 'American'
food item)
The thing is that
to join the anti-oppression festivities, you must
get some things straight
(not the sexuality way)
- DOA and DOP (Day of
Absence and Presence)
are not perpetuating segregation.
The idea behind DOA
is based on a satire play about an imaginary southern town
where all the Black!African-American people have suddenly
disappeared. The only People of Color (POC) left are sick
and lying in hospital beds, refusing to get well.
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In the end the Black/African American population begins
to reappear, as mysteriously as they had vanished, and the
white community, sobered by what has transpired, breathes a
sigh of relief at the return of the rather uneasy status quo.
What will happen next is left unsaid, but the suggestion
is strong that things will never quite be the same again. In
light of this historical placement of Day of Absence as a play
written by Douglas Turner Ward, the importance
of acknowledging the imperialist and systematic
reality of past and present racial prejudice should
be understood by us Evergreen kiddies.
Due to the worrisome circulating rumors about
DOA, Jai and Tara don a pencil and questioned
the enlightened Evergreen population about their
ideas on all POC leaving campus and the white
population remaining to deal with the issues surrounding a POC void (No ... we're not talking
about suburbia Oly or your parent's gated community) .
Our quest for the truth on color gallantly began in the
Greenery under the 'Destination Asia' and 'Experience Latin
Flavor' posters where we began to question students during
lunchtime on their realities concerning DOA.
Some kids articulated the misconception that DOA was
indeed a day of segregation - worried
that the day would
further separate the
community into
white/non-whit e.
On the flipside, one
student, chewing on
a quesadilla ("kaysa-DILL-a"), said
it was important for
communities of color to dialogue alone
because, "there is a division between minority groups such
as issues of hyphenated Americans."
This campus is not a melting pot, salad
bowl, gumbo or frickin' curry of diversity-TESC seems more like one of those
chocolate chip cookies that has like 1 or 2
chocolate chips and maybe if you're lucky
a multi-cultural peanut-butter one.
Human papilloma virus
(HPV) vaccine and cervical cancer Q&A
BY FAUNA BUSHONG
Have you been wondering how the HPV vaccine
can be used to protect yourself or someone you
know from cervical cancer? Here are five common
questions and answers:
Who should get the cervical cancer vaccine?
Routine vaccination is recommended for all II
and 12 year old girls. The vaccination series can be
started for girls as early as age 9. Ideally, the vaccine
should be given before first sexual contact, but
females up to age 26 who are sexually active should
still be vaccinated. Vaccination is recommended for
girls and women ages 13 to 26 who have not been
previously vaccinated. However, a decision about
whether to vaccinate a woman aged 19 to 26 should
be made based on an informed discussion between
the woman and her healthcare provider regarding
her risk of previous HPV exposure and potential
benefit from vaccination.
Why is the cervical cancer vaccine recommended for such young girls?
Ideally, females should get the vaccine before they
become sexually active. This is because the vaccine is
most effective in girls/women who have not yet been
exposed to the types ofHPV covered by the vaccine.
Girls/women who have not been exposed or infected
with these types get the full benefit of the vaccine.
Will sexually active females benefit from the
vaccine?
Females who are sexually active may also benefit
from the vaccine. But they may get less benefit from
the vaccine since they may already have been exposed
or infected with one or more of the HPV types covered by the vaccine.
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A march to bring home troops, which was spurred by Iraq Veterans Against the War, brought together
demonstrators on January 27 in Seattle to inform them about the injustices of the Iraq War. Prior to the
march, veterans that fought in Iraq spoke alongside Aaron Dixon, the 2006 Green Party Senator candidate.
A woman in character played Eleanor Roosevelt and spoke about the skepticism that we must have when
looking at what the ~overnment does, and the drive needed to find humanity in our world. Nearly 3,000
people showed up for the speeches. After listening to speeches and talking among one another, they
marched through the city chanting about peace and humanity. The march came to a close one mile away
with a speech from Lt. Ehren Watada, who is facing court martial for refusing to go to the war in Iraq.
News reporters from Japan question Lt. Watada during the
press conference.
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Another student expressed that students
of color are too spread out and that there
should be some way where students can
come together (e.g. an inclusively POC floor
in Housing).
So listen up reader-because we investigated this and are now published, Mamas' Jai
and Tara obviously know what we're talking
about:
1. If you identify as a POC or half a
POC, or even one quarter of a POC (but not
1189th POC) - and are wanting to b41ild
POC community, you know how divided we
are and that we gotta build from the inside
out- there is so much horizontal violence
between us; (like our prejudice on each other, homophobia and classism) that we need
some frick in' dialogue - especially at this
whited-out school.
2. If you're white-identified and asking why such an intensely progressive and
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needs a day or two to address issues of racial
oppression, understand this;
This campus is not a melting pot, salad
bowl, gumbo or frick in ' curry of diversity TESC seems more like one of those chocolate chip cookies that has like 1 or 2 chocolate chips and maybe if you're lucky a multicultural peanut-butter one. It's an unwinning lottery of diversity - sometimes you
feel lost in the sea of white liberalism and if
you don 't talk to another chip- you get lost
when swallowed.
You understand now why we all gotta
participate in this? It's not segregation, you
lovely people, it's about histories of imperialism - the chocolate has been separated and fuckin' sugar cookies suck - we're split
and us chips must find each other.
Jai Lawrence is a freshman enrolled in
Culture and the Public Sphere. Tara Tabassi
is a senior enrolled in Feminisms: Local to
Global.
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How is the vaccine given?
The vaccine is given in the arm or
thigh three times - at the first visit, two
months later and four months after that.
The best protection is achieved after all
three shots are given. It is not known at
this time whether booster shots will be
needed later.
Is the vaccine safe?
Yes, the studies show that the vaccine
is extremely safe. There are no live viruses in the vaccine. The most common side
effects are redness and soreness at the site
where the shot was given. Headaches (like
when you have a cold or fever) are also
common . Fever can also occur. Over-thecounter pain and fever medications will
help ifyou have symptoms.
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still need to use condoms for protection
against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, such as syphilis, gonorrhea
and chlamydia.
Though the Student Health Center here
on campus does not offer the HPV vaccine
at this time, your local Planned Parenthood
does. The cost of each injection at Planned
Parenthood is $165 and additional visit
charges may apply. So, if you or someone you know is between the ages of 9
through 26 call Planned Parenthood of
Olympia at (360) 754-5522 to schedule
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evening and weekend courses.
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February I. 2007
arts & entertainment
Painting their own way
The Shifting Gears exhibit
215 artists by a jury panel comprised of
experienced art curators and professors.
Artists
from the ages of 16-25 were asked
At first glance, the Shifting Gears
to
portray
the pivotal moment when they
exhibit appears to be an eclectic, incongruent mix of nearly every kind of visual "shifted gears" in some aspect of their
art imaginable. Sponsored by the interna- lives . For many of the artists this meant
tional, non-profit organization VSA arts breaking free from personal, societal and
and Volkswagen of America, Inc., the artistic limitations, and using art to process
exhibit showcases the award-winning art- their life experiences, while simultaneouswork of 15 young artists with disabilities. ly bridging the gap from their world to the
The 15 featured artists were chosen out of outside world. The Grand Prize recipient,
Isaac Powell received $20,000 for his piece
Growthplate.
Powell, a 25-yearold resident of Pullman,
Washington worked with
acrylic, graphite and
ink on panel, juxtaposing meticulous black and
white detail with vibrant,
textured flowers and an
abstract Birchwood background. Powell's idea for
Growthplate was inspired
by his feelings about his
prosthetic right arm. Using
personal and botanical
imagery, along with his
own concept of "sense
tension", Powell says his
objective was "to symbolize the idea of imperfection, growth, and dissimilarity in people".
Although the artists'
chosen mediums and subjects vary significantly
from work-to-work, the
collection is drawn together by what appears to be
a common goal among
the artist-"to reconnect
to humanity," as gallery
assistant Jeff Konen puts
it. "Many of the artists
have been marginalized
Jarrett Camp's complex mixed-media piece, The Con- [by society], so by pushing themselves outwards
f usion was inspired by his dyslexia.
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us the opportunity to
see their true abilities and talent; to see
them how they really
are. [They are exploring] how far they must
step out in order to be
acknowledged," Konen
adds.
This idea is further
portrayed by Xang
Ngoc Ho, a 25-yearold native of Bangkok
Thailand, who received
First Award for her emotionally charged blackand-white photograph
Straw Men # l. Ho, who
came to America for
treatment after being
diagnosed with Polio,
explores her true self by
"shifting gears" inward;
where she becomes both Xang Ngoc Ho received "First Award" for her emotionthe subject and the art- ally charged photograph, Straw Men #1
ist. Ho's utilization of
Another unique aspect of Shifting
photo manipulation for emotive effect Gears, is that, like the artists themselves,
makes the work exceptionally captivating. the viewer is also called upon to "shift
The artist bravely draws the viewer into the gears". In order to fully experience the
vulnerable space of her inner world, less- true aesthetic value of the collection, the
ening the gap between she as the "One", viewer must shift away from the common
and the viewer as the "Other". "The black- perceptions and pre-disposed judgments
ness [surrounding the subject] allows for a that are all-too-often associated with dismirroring of the viewer, creating a bridge abled people. This means allowing the art
rather than a divide in the viewer's field of to speak for itself rather than allowing
vision," observes Konen.
the background information of what-artUnlike other art exhibits which tend to ist-has-what-disabi Iity to overwhelm the
feature only one or two artists, or mainly viewer's perspective. However. this does
focus on a single aesthetic, Shifting Gears not mean that the artists' disabilities should
is comprised of a wide array of styles and be completely over-looked. As Friedman
techniques. "It's high-quality art made by says, "The background stories of the artpeople the same age as many of the stu- ists, and the obstacles they've had to overdents at Evergreen. It's work that explores come, adds to the inspirational quality of
many different artistic concepts, in many their creative process, and, for me, it adds
different media, by people from diverse depth of feeling to the art viewing expebackgrounds, from all over the country, and rience."
the work has been selected by an unpresThe Shifting Gears exhibit, which is
sive jury," says Ann Friedman, director of currently on a nation-wide tour, will be
the Evergreen Gallery.
on display at Evergreen until February 16.
Seeing )low similarly or differently each Gallery IV is located on the 4th floor of
artist has chosen to represent their own the Evergreen library building, and is open
"shifting of gears" is particularly inter- Monday, Thursday and Friday, I 0 a.m.
esting. Angelica Busque's enthralling, to 6 p.m., and Tuesday, Wednesday and
pen-and-ink graphic novel Morning*Star Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. Gallery entrance
(which received Second Award) chroni- is free and open to the public. (This exhicles the artist's experiences with lupus and bition and other Gallery IV programs are
lengthy hospital stays, while artist Jarrett supported by Batdorf & Bronson Coffee
Camp explores how dyslexia has actually Roasters).
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Just because no
one understands
you doesn't mean
you're an artist
practice.practice.Notju~t'oh,thisisthisand
that IS that'. No, expenence them as completely as you can. Ifyou're a metal worker,
what does annealed brass look like? Why?
If you're a fabric artist, what's the difference
between 20 minutes in PRO silk Leaf Green
as opposed to 25 minutes for silk chiffon?
When you know the extent of your materials, every extent, then you can do that much
more with them.
Third, don't let your emotions overwhelm
you. Putting constant thought into a piece
makes the difference between making a piece
which others can understand and making a
piece which others might understand if you
spend 10 minutes talking to each person who
passes it to explain every point of symbolism.
Emotions are a good thing to use in art, I'd
even say they're a very important part, but
you have to be able to remove yourself from
the work at some points, look at your piece,
and say 'what would I see if I knew nothing
about this piece?' This also goes for letting
the project drain you- take care of your body
while you're working. Take breaks to eat,
sleep, etc. You're a human, not a machine.
Fourth, explore and question everything.
Not just your art, your entire world. This is
a large part of what 'thinking like an artist'
is, from my viewpoint. It's the difference
between an artist and a person who doesn't
make art (not to imply that an artist is better). A person who doesn't make art imagines
something and goes 'I wish I could make
that', an artist sees something in their imagination or in the world, gets an idea, and says
'how can I make that?' This, in my opinion,
is fundamental to making art.
Fifth, be passionate about your projects.
Don't just go 'oh, well, it's just that'. If it's
you just messing about, alright, fine, take it
as you like. But if it's something you want
to be taken seriously, to be really considered,
than treat it accordingly. If you treat your art
as 'just some stuff' then your audience will
follow suit.
Finally, is ironic as you may consider this,
do not take yourself too seriously in anything. Remain flexible. No matter how good
you get, you will always make mistakes. A
good test is how you deal with those mistakes, even how you incorporate them into
a piece you're working on. No matter how
many projects you've done, there will always
be new themes and concepts.
These are things which Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo, Rafael, all the Renaissance
artists practiced. They were skilled artisans,
craftspeople like any other hand crafters. The
idea that artists are 'touched' or any more
special than others is just ridiculous. It's all
in a matter of thought processes and practice,
nothing more.
Yhsla Jones is a junior enrolled in
Working Small.
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February I, 2007
''Ostinato Rigore''
BY VICTORIA LARKIN
BY YHSLA JONES
I'm sick and tired ofthe Romantic notion
that being an artist means you're mysterious,
tortured, insane, talented, or naturally gifted.
Being 'mysterious' is a terrible thing for an
m1ist - it distances you from your audience
and makes you seem more aloof and stuck
up than real and something to be paid attention to. You do not have to be tot1ured to be
an artist. You do not have to be insane. You
definitely do not have to be talented or natu rally gifted. Talent and knack can help but
they are by no means prerequisites.
Creating art. in it's basic properties, is
not very complicated. First off, being able
to see the world is just a matter of training
your mind to consider things beyond the surface, i.e. instead of 'oh, a pretty table' consider 'what does the placement of that plate
in that fashion on the table do in relation to
the vase full of flowers down the way?' It
may sound like complicated big words and
fancy language but if you stop and actually
look at the sentence, it's just a matter of seeing instead of looking. Changing how you
see the world isn't hard, it just takes practice,
like anything else to do with art.
Secondly, know your materials. Practice,
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Peter Donaldson calls himself a
''Strategic Storyteller". This is the second
story he has told me, and I know what he
means. He tells a story with a purpose: to
educate, to inspire, to enliven.
A year ago this autumn, in the throes of
a love affair with this beautiful land, I went
to see his Salmonpeople story. He filled
me with knowledge and emotion, awe and
beauty. Just the thought of him, full of
fervent energy, mapping out in charcoal
virtually the entire PNW watershed still
thrills me and causes me to suck my breath
in, expelling it with wonder.
Now he comes to tell us of, to introduce
us to, to play Leonardo da Vinci; to
talk to us of genius, and to talk to us of
ourselves.
The set is minimal, suggesting the
kind of space Leonardo would have
inhabited: wood, books, a model of a flying
contraption, overhead the bones of a wing,
large sheets with quilled writing hanging
as backdrops, candles, minimal soft hazy
lighting. There is music - lutes, drums,
pipes of some kind - to set us in time.
Peter comes out as himself, dressed in
all but cape and hat. He speaks to us of his
tunic, of Leonardo as a court entertainer,
of how crazy cell phones will drive him
during the performance, as someone's
starts ringing.
He asks: How do we know about a man
500 years later? He asks: How will we be
known in 2507? By our cell phone videos?
!pod playlists? Resumes? Work plans?
Leonardo left behind 13,000 pages
of his writings; 7,000 have survived to
us; reflections on all kinds of nature's
workings, and all kinds of inventions. He
is credited with what we call 'the exploded
view', where all the parts of something
are drawn slightly apmi, but still as they
fit together. He believed that in nature
one could study the works of God. He
said: "What better way to pray than to
pay attention to experience." He made
no distinctions between science and art.
All of his studies of nature allowed him to
be a consummate artist of great subtlety
and realism. He believed "Art must cause
a movement," a movement within the
viewer. He draws no outline, just paints
the way the light falls on the face. In the
time it took him to paint the Last Supper,
Christopher Columbo made 3 voyages to
the New World.
On the way to the story of Leonardo we
are taken on a voyage up to and through
his times, and what an exhilarating history
lesson that is! from Ancient Greece to
Gutenberg. On the way we get a brief
sketch of Marco Polo. We get a whiff of the
plague ... and then: letter-type, printing.
Of the first 5,000 bibles ever printed, more
than there were priests, Peter interprets the
people as saying: "I would Iike to read that
for myself, to think for myself, to interpret
that for myself." At this revolutionary point
in time, at this Re-naissance, Leonardo da
Vinci's life begins.
Peter Donaldson brings Leonardo da
Vinci to life with such intensity that I feel
as if I've had an accelerated internship
with the man, with both these men.
We are taken through his youth, to his
apprenticeship, into the Medici court, and
deep into the mind of his notes.
"How will you let your genius fly, eh?"
Of Leonardo's genius, and his life, !leave it
to you to go see, and learn for yourself.
If art must cause a movement, I can
only say that Peter Donaldson has caused
movement inside of me. Let him weave
a thread of light into the tapestry of your
experience. Go meet Leonardo.
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Victoria Larkin is a senior, a writing tutor,
and is enrolled in a contract titled Dance as
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BY BRANDON CUSTY
Last Wednesday, January 24th, I did
something I haven't done in more than a
year. I went to the theatre. The play that
I saw had only one actor, the play also
had one character. There was a sma ll
introduction by Peter Donaldson at the
beginning of the show, but after that it was
just Leonardo on the stage. The play paints
' an intimate picture of da Vinci . I was able
to suspend my disbelief, letting myself be
1 pulled into the show, looking down only
I to make a futile attempt to scribble notes
in the dark theatre.
Leonardo gave a thorough background of
the times leading up to the Renaissance. The
part about the Black Plague was wrenching.
From the ashes of the Plague came the
Renaissance, or rebirth. Leonardo then
related his life, the struggles of being a
bastard child and that child's wonderment
with nature. He told of his apprenticeship
, and the frustration he felt about religious
iconography. The wings were too small
' leaving, "fat baby angels falling out of
the sky." Leonardo recalls the immense
thought that went into the painting of The
Last Supper and other great projects.
Leonardo tells a wonderful tale of his
own life in this play. He engages with the
audience, responding to their responses.
Once, he used someone in the audience to
reenact the portrait of The Mona Lisa. The
flow of the play was varied enough to keep
the audiences attention. With moments
of wonder countered by tragedy and a
dash of comedy, the play was more than
pleasant.
When the lights came up, I was happy
to hear that Peter Donaldson would be
answering questions both as himself and
as Leonardo. Donaldson said that his
' passion is finding stories that are worth
living. He taught elementary and middle
school and ran a youth Theatre Company
in which he wrote thirteen and produced
over sixty plays. Salmon People is his other
one man show which tours in the fall in
the Northwest. What can we learn from
da Vinci? The man did have his faults; he
was a perfectionist and a procrastinator.
Donaldson said that the key is to find
our own genius and that around us and
not dwelling too much on long dead
geniuses.
If you would like to meet Leonardo, you
still can. The Life and Times of Leonardo
da Vinci will be running at the State Theatre
in Olympia until February I Oth, seven
shows left.
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February 1, 2007
Why a modular force?
A soldier's explanation of the US Army's transformation
BY SPC. ALMA HUNTER BARRUS
The following article,
written by a Washington
Army National Guardsman
and Evergreen State student, was produced for
the purpose of military
release, in order to better inform the public and government personnel oj'the US Armys reshaping to a modular
force, transitioningjrom a traditional Cold War
era structure, to be more effective in dealing
with the smaller conflicts of the modern time.
Unfortunately, the article never made
it through the editing process, and was
never considered for publication by
military releasing authorities.
As well as with the end of the Cold War,
many unused munitions and technologies begin
to find their way into the hands of third-world
warlords. The weapon trade is a very profitable
one, and many an entrepreneur with the right
people skills are happy to sell cheap semi-modem technology to the combative third world for
the right price.
Where there is a fight, the US Army is most
likely willing to get their fair share of the action.
The conflicts are usually small compared to our
western standards, but they are a chance for
world recognition, but also a chance to assimilate the culture and economies of the unwill-
continue forward in a more traditional sense,
with the advent of widespread socialism and
enhanced workers rights, we zoom off like teenagers in a new sports car wearing sunglasses,
smoking a cigarette and brandishing the newest fashion trends, laughing at the nerdy professors reading their philosophy books. History
shows us that this cannot last. Once our natural resources have dwindled to the level of the
old world, what will we be? A power-hungry
nation of uneducated cowboys looking to prey
upon the exploitable less-educated fledgling
nations.
The change of our military situations, like
those in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa
has brought us to a new front. Our
traditional Romantic military setup
is too overwhelming. Sending a tank
division armed with thermal radar
and laser synced carpet-bombing into
a dusty ancient city-state full of illiterate, gun toting 14-year-olds makes
about as much sense as a Gl trying to take out
a swarm of flies with a bazooka. Imagine the
modular transformation as dividing up the
same tank division, and issuing them all fly
swatters.
This brings us to the Army's new construct:
a modular force, allowing us to cluster off to
deal with problems with a smaller, however
self-supporting logistical web. This allows for
quicker mobilization through a more efficient
micromanagement. To put it in more crude
terms, "Divide and conquer."
What does this mean to the average solider?
I can't say I know for sure, other than that you
can now be trustworthier toward your leadership that the work going on upstairs is now
making more sense for the current situation, and
may this help you win the good fight.
God bless democracy and God bless
America.
Where there is a fight, the US Army
is most likely willing to get their
fair share of the action. ·
With the Cold War long over, the
need for a conventional army has
dwindled. And while the United States
remains a superpower among few others, most
any force to be reckoned with remains close at
our side as a trade partner.
We now turn our views to the small conflicts. In this day and age, we as a society are
much more connected by communication,
especially through the advent of the Internet,
and the world has become smaller through
widespread transportation methods. We are
most always aware as to when a shot is fired
in anger, wherever it may be.
While in the confines of the United States,
it's hard to imagine what daily life is like in a
third-world setting. The conveniences of the
modem age have yet to take hold in many parts
ofthe world. Most visibly is the lack of communication. History has shown that most conflicts
are the result of a lack of diplomacy.
Without common social tolerance of other cultures and beliefs, people will do as they
always have and fight over what they believe
is b~.:st for them and their own. It is only human
nature.
ingly invaded nations.
This is why the US Army's transformation to a modular force is necessary. Before
the US got involved in the Second World War,
it seemed we were a more united people. Our
focus was on our own economy and industrialism and had little interest in foreign entanglements. We had enough on our platter. A virgin
landmass that stretched from sea to shining
sea by virtue of a free spirited type of imperialism, entrusted in the friendly catchphrase
"Manifest Destiny," we looked to bolster our
economy to get on par with our role models in
Western Europe.
The war seems to have done much ham1
to the Earth, but has benefited our economy
through the virtue of our variety of peoples all
focused in taking advantage of this still new
land we call America, and now our victory in
the eyes of the international community has
opened many doors. We have taken off economically; industrialism nudged forth with
rocket propulsion.
While our tl'iends in the old western world
Spc. Alma Hunter Barrus is a Freshman
enrolled in American Experiences.
The Miller test and dead puppies
BY CASEY JAYWORK
refused to remove the Ten Commandments,
despite a federal order to do so? Imagine
that guy deciding, without any legal
definition whatsoever, whether or not the
phrase "who let themselves be fucked
in the ass by saintly motorcyclists and
screamed with joy" has "redeeming social
importance."
Allowing the First Amendment to
be voided based on arbitrary personal
judgments and "community standards"
defeats the purpose of having the damned
thing in the first place.
It's not like popular speech would
ever be in danger of censorship; the First
Amendment exists to protect unpopular
speech, speech that offends "community
as they're disemboweled, followed by
half an hour of vomit, rape, murder, more
rape and a burning cross hammering a
red-white-and-blue dildo into an effigy of
Mother Theresa.
(Please don't actually do most of this
stuff- just say you did, and make it look
real.)
Or write an autobiographical piece about
how G.W. Bush didn't choke on a pretzel
but a solidified chuck of your man- (or
woman-) spunk.
Or- I don't know.
I'm a pretty sick puppy, but I know that
the Evergreen community has to have a
least a few people more fucked up than
I am. The point is, you can't have Free
Speech without, y'know,
free speech. Personally, I
reckon the standard should
be not some vague idea
of "offensive" vs. "social
value," but the tried-andtrue "my right to swing my
fist ends where your nose
begins" rule. In practice,
this would protect all speech
that can't be proven to directly cause
unlawful harm to another person.
(This is not to say that the speech would
be protected in all venues; the point here is
to evenly allow the most freedom possible,
and just as people have a right to offensive
speech, they have a right not to hear it
-within reason.)
So unless you want the whim of BillyBob McGee: Judge of Law to be the
standard for whether or not your speech is
valid, get cracking. "Well behaved women
rarely make history." It's pretty clear that
this standard of justice is bullshit; all that
remains is to push the envelope. Stop being
polite and fight for your rights.
lfyou don't, who will?
I n m y o n go i n g .---~--=--~--.,
fetish of everything
Dan Savage, I stumbled
upon a letter written
by former Senator
Rick Santorum,
responding to Savage's
popularized use of his
last name to describe
"The frothy mix of lube and fecal matter
that is sometimes the byproduct of anal
sex." In it, he refers to the Supreme Court's
Miller Test, which is the standard for ruling
whether or not speech can be banned for
obscenity.
According to Wikipedia,
the test consists of three parts:
whether the average person,
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applying contemporary
community standards, would
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find that the work, taken as a
whole, appeals to the prurient
(lustful) interest; whether the
work depicts/describes, in a
patently offensive way, sexual conduct or
excretory functions specifically defined standards" and in which most people can't
by applicable state law; whether the work, find "redeeming social importance."
taken as a whole, lacks serious literary,
The beauty of this bullshit situation is
artistic, political or scientific value.
Mr. Santorum, you much-maligned that it has dug its own grave: by simply
"frothy mix oflube and fecal matter," thank existing, the Miller Test has made obscenity
you for bringing this serious miscarriage of itself a valid social comment on the Miller
Test. In other words, one could create
justice to my attention.
Those familiar with Ginsberg's definitive speech that was (according to the Miller
Beat poem, "Howl," may recall that it was Test) legally obscene and purposefully
ruled as being protected speech, since the without "redeeming social importance,"
judge found it to have "redeeming social and it would still have "redeeming social
importance." But what if he hadn't? What importance" as a form of political protest
does that even mean, in a legal sense? There against the Miller Test!
We've got a lot of work to do, people; in
seems to be something terribly wrong with
allowing the legal elite to decide (without this day and age, it takes quite a spectacle
clear definitions) upon the validity of art to offend the "average person" without
(which of course is by it's very nature saying something that lacks "serious
Casey Jaywork is a freshman enrolled
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indefinable).
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idea of 0ffensive" vs. SOcial value," but
the tried-and-true my right to swing my
fist ends where your nose begins" rule.
letters &o inions
Here comes the
sun, little darling
BY ALEXANDRA TOBOLSKY
We're now almost into
the fifth week of Winter
Quarter and it's been brutal. The rain never stops,
40-degree temperatures
seem like a heat-wave
and a glimpse of the sun C........""-""'-'---·-"is a rare occasion. Olympia is a perpetual black
hole for sunlight. Absolutely no one can escape
the emotional effects of it. For some, though, it's
more. It's a diagnosable sickness.
For those of us with Seasonal Affective
Disorder (SAD), this is the home stretch. Winter
is approaching its inevitable demise, and so is
all its gloominess. For countless people around
the world, each September is the beginning of
an end, when summer dies and takes its light
with it.
Though it's possible for people fewer than 20
years old to have SAD, it's rare and frequently
undiagnosed. It can ruin the start of each school
year and take the rest of it just to catch up without
even knowing what happened. For me and the
few who've had it their whole lives, the bell at
the end of the day growing up was never joyful.
It sounded the start of a very dark night. Every
day when all the other kids ran around after
school waiting for their moms to pick us up, I
and many others with SAD did not. We stayed by
ourselves on the side
and watched the sky
get darker, knowing that we had yet
another long, lonely,
sleepless night ahead
of us. There's no way
for kids to cope with
that, especially when they don't even realize it's
not normal or think they're the only one.
The purpose of sharing my personal experiences is to show that you're not alone. An estimated 1.4 to 9. 7 (depending on latitude) percent of every hundred people you know have
AD. There are at least haifa million people in
the United States alone who have been formally diagnosed. Regardless of a diagnosis or lack
thereof, by this point in winter we've all got at
least a mild case of SAD. We've made it this far
and it's only getting better from now on. Spring
is seven weeks away. The sun will come out and
the flowers will grow. Every day brings more
and more sunlight. Winter's days are marked.
Until then, the temptation to cry in a corner
with a loaf of bread and pray for daylight will
remain insatiable. Don't. 1l1ere are a lot ofthings
you can do to make and keep yow-selfhappy. For
starters, the only thing your body wants to eat
when it gets dark is bread and sugar. Get rid of
all of it. Stick with protein, complex carbs and as
little sugar as possible. Go to sleep and wake up
as early as you can to get in the most sunlight. If
you can't, aerobic exercise is second best, especially in two-and-a-half-hour increments. The
most effective but most expensive treatment
of SAD is light therapy. Selective Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitors and mood stabilizers can
also be effective.
Sometimes the very best thing you can do
for your body is to give in and cry as hard and
long as you want. But ifyou do it every day then
you need to know it can change. Depression is
not the cool new disease. It's not the disease
everybody has. It's not an excuse to sit around
and whine about your life. It's a silent disease.
It hides, it lurks, it fights back harder than you
think you 'II ever be able to match and it plagues
its inhabitants every day from the moment they
wake up until they fall back into a fitful, miserable sleep.
It's the disease that is absolutely never your
fault and you should never be ashamed about
having to survive.
It's also heatable. Your winter blues are just
that- winter blues. They come, they go. Take
care of your body and it will take care of you.
Give it the help it needs to fight it off and keep
watching the light come. This is one tunnel that
I promise has a light at the end of it.
Olympia is
a perpetual
black hole for
sunlight.
Alexandra Tobolsky is a second-year transfer enrolled in Russia and Eurasia, Thucydides
and Democracy, Understanding the Legislative
Process and Evergreen Singers. She is also the
CPJ Leiters and Opinions coordinator. She welcomes submissiom, questiom and comments at
TobAle24@evergreen. edu.
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Cooper Point Journal
sports
February I, 2007
Evergeen box scores
: Athlete profile
Women's
Men's
Evergreen State Vs.
Northwest University
Evergreen State Vs.
Northwest College
Attendance: 175
1112/07
Score by Periods
Evergreen State College
Northwest University
Attendance: 369
1112/07
Score by Periods
Evergreen State College
Northwest University
BY ARLAND HURD
Q. Do you play any other sports?
A. Basketball is it, I play year around.
Adam Moore is Evergreen men's bas- Q. What are you studying?
A. Anything
ketball top scorer averaging 20.82
Q. What's your favorite aspect
points per game, making him the
of playing for The Evergreen
number two leader in the Cascade
Geoducks?
Conference. He also holds the
A. My teammates, my coaches, I
top spot in our conference for shot
love everything about it.
percentages, making 179 of his
Q. How long have you played
306 attempts. He's a junior originally from Everett, Washington
basketball?
A. Since I was old enough to hold
and transferred to Evergreen from
Seattle University.
:\~\}~h a ball.
..~~.... Q. Who has been you toughest
Q. What brought you to
opponent this year?
Evergreen?
'----___J- . _ ___j A. Eastern Washington
A. It's a great school. I got a chance to play
with my teammates in summer league, every- Arland Hurd is a senior in Mind and the
World.
thing clicked, so I chose to come here.
Evergreen Crew update
BY ARLAND HURD
Evergreen crew members traveled to
Seattle for the Northwest indoor championships, the 25th annual event called
Ergomania, which brought rowers from
the northwest together for competition on
January 27th. The Evergreen women had
meets at II :20 and II :40 a.m., which put
them up against women that were much larger than our rowers, however Evergreen still
chocked up a first place time set by Megan
DeCino. Megan rowed an 8min, 46sec and
2000 meter.
Aaron Starks, the crew head coach~ has an
eye on the future; with an upcoming meet in
Portland his team will undoubtedly be training hard. The Evergreen women's team is a
Non-NAIA team, meaning that they are not
associated with the conference that our basketball, volleyball and soccer teams are. The
women are currently considered a northwest
\lVant
I st 2nd Total
32 24
56
34 24
58
Evergreen State Vs. Oregon Tech.
Evergreen State Vs. Oregon Tech
Attendance: Not Given
1/19/07
Scores By Period
Evergreen State College
Oregon Tech
Attendance: not given
1/19/07
Scores by periods
Evergreen State College
Oregon Tech
I st 2nd
17 30
40 52
Total
47
92
club organization and are doing well. In the
event prior to Ergomania, which was held
in Portland, the women placed first in every
heat that they entered.
Arland Hurd is a senior in Mind and the
World.
I st 2nd Total
38 36 74
46 42 88
Evergreen State Vs. S. Oregon Univ.
Evergreen State Vs. Southern Oregon
Attendance: 250
1/20/07
Score by Periods
Evergreen State College
Southern Oregon University
Attendance: 500
1/20/07
Score by Periods
I st 2nd Total
Evergreen State College
27 37 64
Southern Oregon University 31 35 66
I st 2nd Total
28 28
56
38 43
81
Evergreen State Vs.
Northwest Christian
Evergreen State Vs.
Northwest Christian
Attendance: not given
1/23/07
Score by Periods
Evergreen State College
Northwest Christian
Attendance: not given
1/23/07
Score by Periods
Evergreen State College
Northwest Christian
I st 2nd Total
23 34
57
21 25
46
Evergreen State Vs.
Eastern Oregon U.
Novice Crew member Megan Decino
with friend after placing first in at
Ergomania.
I st 2nd Total
33 43
76
36 41
77
I st 2nd Total
33 27
60
72
37 35
Evergreen State Vs. Eastern Oregon
Attendance: 240
1/26/07
Score By Periods
Eastern Oregon University
Evergreen State College
I st 2nd Total
32 36
68
27 33
60
Attendance: 467
1/26/07
Score by Periods
Eastern Oregon University
Evergreen State College
I st 2nd Total
21 30
51
12 19
31
Evergreen State Vs. Eastern Oregon
Evergreen State Vs. Albertson State
Attendance: 143
1/27/07
Score By Periods
1st 2nd OTI
OT2
Albertson College
39
26
0
0
TESC
28
41
0
0 .
OT3 Total
10
2
77
69
Attendance: 380
1/27/07
Score By Periods
Albertson
Evergreen State College
1st 2nd Total
37 50
87
25 49
74
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On Campus
Th ursday, l
12 to 12:45 p.m. Community
intervi ew for Director for Access
Services for Students with
Disabilities and ADA Coord inator
candidate Barbara Oswald. SEM
ll, E 2109.
l p.m. EF An nual C ultural World
Tour: Korea. LH I.
5 p.m., 5:30 to 7 p.m. Multimedia
Lab workshop: Final Cut Pro
beginning. LIB 1404.
7:30 p.m. doors, 8 p.m. show.
Evergreen Musician 's Club
presents Mirah , Scream Club,
Gina Young. Recital Hall, COMM.
$5 students, $7 non-students.
7 p .m . Eido Frances Carney
Roshi, founder and Abbot of
Olympia Zen Center, to present
a talk and lead meditation .
Longhouse.
Friday, 2
12 to12:45 p.m. Community
interview for Director for Access
Services for Students with
Disabilities and ADA Coordinator
candidate Dave Brown. SEM ll,
E 2109.
7 to 9 p.m. "An Inconvenient
Truth" film showing. LH I.
Hosted by WashPIRG and
SEED.
Monday, S
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. TESCTalk
review group community
discussion. SEM II, D31 09.
7 p.m. Prolegomena t' o A Future
Poetics Read ing Series presents
Robin Blaser. SEM ll , AliOS.
Tuesday, 6
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Financial aid
workshop, presented by Lorraine
Odom, Director ofFinancial Aid.
Housing Building A, Room 220.
Wednesday, 7
6 p.m. "But I'm a Cheerleader"
film screening. LH I. Hosted by
Mindscreen.
7 p.m. Performance by Andru
Bemis, old-fashioned singersongwriter. HCC.
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February I, 2007
uPCOMING EVENTs
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Off Campus
1 1
Thursday, Feb. 8, "Homeless: Choice or Chance?"
presentation by Rosalinda Noriega. SEM II, Ell07.
Hosted by WashPIRG, Carnival, EP IC, VOX,
WRC, Evergreen lnfoshoppe, and PAC.
Saturday, Feb. 10 and Sunday, Feb. ll, The
Phrbntisterion presents Aristophanes' Lysistrata
in the COM Building Recital Hall at 8pm. Adult
content. Free of charge.
Sunday, Feb. 18, MayaAngelou to speak. CRC.
Students $12 in advance at Bookstore, $17 at
the door. General admission $20 in advance
from TicketsWest and various locations, $25 at
the door.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Thursday, l
6 p.m. "Poverty Outlaw"
film screening
Last Word Books, 211 4th
Ave. E
Discussion of anti-homeless
ordinances after film.
Friday, 2
10 p.m. The Devil's Boots
Tugboat Annie's, 2100
Westbay Dr. NW
Free show.
Saturday, 3
9:30 p.m. The Breakmen,
The Brackish Water Band
The 4th Ave Tavern, 21 0 4th
Ave. E. 21+, $3 cover.
An email with links to a phishing site is being
sent out to "evergreen.edu" addresses that appear
to come from "Bank ofAmerica." It is fraudulent.
Do not respond of provide any infonnation. l f you
are receiving any of these emails please forward
them to abuse@bankofamerica.com.
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.
Sunday, 4
l to 4 p.m. CapoeiraAngola
Pal mares
Midnight
Sun,
113 Columbia St.
$10 drop-in.
Monday, S
5:30 p.m. Welfare Rights
Organizing Coalition "Night
Out"
First United Methodist
Church, 1224 Legion Way
SE
5:30 p.m. potl uck , 6 to 8
p.m. legislative training and
sign painting.
Tuesday, 6
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Food Not
Bombs
Media Island, 816 Adams
St. SE
Cooki ng at Ml starting 4:30,
share food at the library,
afterward cleanup at MI.
Wednesday, 7
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Skateland
Dollar Night
2725 12th Ave. NE
$1 w/ skates, $2 without
skates.
Send your events to:
Calendar Coordinator Lauren Takores
via cpj@evergreen.edu.
Club Meetings
Geoduck Union
Mondays, 3:15p.m., CAB 320
geoduckun ion@evergreen. edu
Students for a Democratic
Society
Wedne sdays, 2 p .m ., SEM II ,
E3105
Open Mic Poetry Reading
Wednesdays, 8 p.m., Primetime
on the 2nd tloor of A-dorm
Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesdays, 4 p.m., LAB I, 1047;
Fridays, 12 noon and 7 p.m., LAB
I, 1047
Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8 p.m., LAB I, 1047 and
SEM II, 3107A; Sundays, 6 :30
p.m. , CAB top floor lounge
Student Video Garners Alliance
Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., CAB
TV lounge
Evergreen Animal Rights Network
Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. , CAB 3rd
Floor
Society for Trans Action
Resources
Wednesdays , 3 p .m ., SEM II ,
D3107
TESC Chess Club
Thursdays 4 to 6 p.m., SEM II,
CII05
All skill levels welcome
Evergreen Spontaneity Club
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., SEM II ,
DII05
All experience levels welcome
Healing Arts Collective
Wednesdays, I p.m ., CAB 3rd
floor
SEED
Wednesdays , I p.m ., CAB 3rd
tloor pit
Meditation workshop
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m.,
CRC 116
Students In Action workshops
Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m., SEM
II, E2125
The Outdoor Adventure Club
Wednesdays , 4 p . m ., Rock
climbing gym
Gyspie Dance Nation
Mondays, 5 to 10 p.m., SEM II ,
E1107
lnfoshoppe and Zine Library
Thursdays, 4 p.m., LIB 3303
TESC Democrats
Mondays, 3:30 p .m., CAB 3rd
floor
tescdemocrats@gmail.com
Prolegomena to a Future Poetics
evening literary reading series
Mondays, 7 p.m., SEM II , AliOS
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Birch Cooper
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i would give my sister to watch a whale devour my sister.
i would give a whale to watch my sister devour a whale.
it's easy to get clean but it's not easy to get reasonable.
when we die we'll trade our souls
for
the
souls of scientists. can the
souls of scientists believe in their own being? do i believe in mine?
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i know what the universe is, but what is it for?
just so you know, i didn't speak at all last feburary.
it was the second longest feburary
i ever spent not speaking (the first occured on a leap year, lucky me).
Late Autumn
Leaves fall, fly from the sky.
Sway gracefully, wings of a butterfly
capture wind from all sides.
In poetic grace they glide.
i wish you would fall.
when i said, "i wish you would fall" i meant it, but i don't mean it anymore
i'm glad my wish wasn't granted.
i'm learning to watch my wishes.
Leaves pushed from limbs,
commence a silent journey.
Dance and flutter, catch my eye,
Settle and quiver among the dying.
if i ever took a year-sized leap i'd end up in an alternate reality, a puddle or
feburary twenty ninth, nineteen twenty one
or
in the place that i belong.
Winter's Dawn
Focus of sight, a gray ghostly mist.
A realm of fantasy, unique mystery.
Earth is faint in early morning light.
Barren trees stripped pale in frost
Winter's snowy scene
what's the longest january i ever spent not speaking? what is the universe for?
there's nothing worse than not knowing. there's nothing worse
than dying & knowing that you'll never know
what you're dying to know.
once i break out of school we' II be in movies together & the whole world will believe
we're playing such wunderkind roles when really it's the roles that are playing us.
Silhouette structures pose solid frames.
White purity from slopes to sky,
Mystical chill enchants my mind
What lies behind this fog crystal white?
once i break out of denver we'll find the soil that we came from,
& we'll sink back in.
Whisper me away in fairy land.
Pristine, well defined, earth, limb
Prominently displayed, in elegance refined.
Sculptured in silver softness,
A winter lullaby.
George Gundersen is a part-time student
interested in writing and poetry.
Nicholas David
Klacsanzky
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dear trees, since rose has been gone i can finally be gone, too . if i stick around in this alley town
too long i might become a ghost. is there a way to be invisible? i could take my flower with me, &
all the passers by would jump in wonder; how enchanted is a gardina suspended? how enchanting
does it glide across street? little do they know it's all part of a wandering beast that no one sees.
still, what if she finds me invisible & i can't turn back? that'd be perfect.
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dear west, when i discovered that you end on the california coast it made me blow my horn like a
dirge for hours. i wanted to believe that some things never stop, i thought that west could be forever. still i can't deny you died with grace-the way that ocean glows at dawn makes me believe
that if it weren't for the seven cars of passengers behind me i would have dived into the depths
of your own death just to be a part of you.
solemnly, wide-eyed,
train
So It Is
The rabbit stove
gaining the trees
approval of space one grabbing huck
and gone to paradise.
dear david, i know you hate letters, & i would write you a poem only my fingers are too weak
for heavy words. if i wrote you a poem i'd probably have to make it perfect & you know that
perfect words are the heaviest. you know that that nothing's really perfect, especially my reason,
but i have reason to believe that if you were real you wouldn't like me & if i put you in a poem
you'd be real.
(we need breath as much
as candy in dirty sinks,
lingering like droplets
rained on by the sea.)
with all appeals for clemency,
kathleen
What It Is
Publication.
Joel Morley is a sophomore enrolled in a contract called D.l.Y. Writing, Design and
The bushes we pass, they are springing
and loosening leaves, buds, and black
beads to take to church. We watch
the white flowers for their eyes,
cleaning ours, and taking the air
to smell the world. It is full,
but its brightness says otherwise,
and we think of the space between
ourselves, the leaves, the buds,
the blackening beads. "It is larger
than we can see," the white flowers tell me .
Haiku
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from at dawn & breathing souls toward a world that moves
don't write,
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Joel Morley
Poetry of
Evergreen
George Gunderson
February I, 2007
Oh, a fox!
a loon call
Too much for a walk!
jellyfish,
who knew
you were a rock
Before eating the crab
the seagull
takes a bath
The joy of birds
on a fence!
Nicholas David Klacsanzky is a sophomore
enrolled in an independent contract.
Aaron Kaplin
Open Love Letter
Twinkle- Light,
you are my windmare. Eclectic, electric, lovesick, I greedily gleefully grasp for your racing, roaring reputation, your remediation. I reach for your insatiation. But you are lightning
lass, my vivacious vacuum va-va-voom, I touch you tentatively tightly, torn between tension
and attentiveness, but you bear away, mighty, moments mincing, my hands rinsed with the air
you leave behind; you shred my mind. I'd shy away from you, painfully pull away piece by
fearfully fractioned piece from you, but the cold burning of my torn yearning, reaching hands
is not enough to cause my final demise. I see your eyes, they angel-flicker over me, you triumphant twirling tornadic beauty, they flare in me a boring boulderish avalanch of intentions,
I draw great breaths but you fly by so bracingly, abrasively, that the air is gone and I'm left
gaily drowning, dreaming, in the vanishing scent of your hair.
Ne'r fading flower, pond lily floating in desperate power, I can causelessly consider,
bewilder my gaze upon you, but you are touchless, tasteless, only hindsight can hold you, I
could never control you.
Echoheart, love me, leave me your merciless memory;
make me yours for your own all eternity.
Ever, Your still-sitting sea
Aaron Kaplin is a senior studying French, Japanese and short fiction writing.
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