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Volume 35
Feb.8,2007
The Cooper Point journal is a
student newspaper serving the
Evergreen State College and
the surrounding community
of Olympia, WA.
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Vox Pop this week:
What would your
perfect Valentine's
Day be?
Pagel
Sesame:
A Middle-Eastern filrn
festival.
Page4
CD review:
Calvin Johnson and the
Sons of Soil.
Page6
Language Symposium:
Puntuation for the
sake of meaning.
Page8
Cam Quixote: Olympia's tent city
Day of Absence I Day
of Presence
It's not about checking
out- it's about
checking in.
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Homeless take
stand against
local housing laws,
sidewal ordinance
The cost of humanity
Forget ideological wars
and paltry things like
national boundaries as
clear as the mountains
surrounding Tibet.
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Evergreen rowing:
Q&Awith
Women's Crew coach.
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Lead the CP J:
Editor-in-chief search
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Photos of the
fire's aftermath:
Ruins of the Hungry
Bear Cafe
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Corrections
Issue 14, Feb. 1, 2007:
• In last week's Language
Symposium article titled
"It,"the full fifth and
eleventh paragraphs were
direct quotations from Inger
Christensen's "It" and were
not properly separated from
the text.
TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
By Tabitha Brown
On Tuesday, February 6, tent city advocate and PPU (Poor People's Union) member,
Kandace Jones, knelt over a camping stove
with a pan full of scrambled eggs and shoveled them onto plates of bread in the main
mess tent of State & Columbia's large corner
parking Jot.
Between serving meals, she and other
PPU members sat on chairs and played poker
Plan to paint
over dorm
murals finds
opposition
By Zack Coles
Recently, it has been discovered that Housing
(soon to be officially termed as Residential and
Dining Services) will be painting over all murals
within First Year Housing. The intentions of this
are, for the completion of the remodel of B and
C buildings, there is to be a new look that will
help solidify the remodel, which eAtails some
asbestos abatement and new carpeting.
One main issue of this is the removal of
some murals that have significance and prominence within the community, such as the
Upward Bound on the 4th floor ofB, the mural
with an old deck of cards while they casually answered questions about Olympia's
new tent city.
The illegal residence was erected last
Thursday, they said, at noon. In response the
city's consistent ill treatment of its homeless
population, and exacerbated by the passing
of a "pedestrian interference" ordinance
which punishes people cruelly for sitting
down on sidewalks, they planned the action
roughly two months in advance.
Tim Tator doesn't want his picture taken
or his real name known, but he is happy to
answer questions. Tator was one of the chief
organizers of the PPU, and together with
members, representatives of the local organization Bread & Roses and folks who just
plain don't have homes, he positioned himself in the parkmg lot on Thursday in order
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of Malcolm X in C and a re-representation of
the United States on the 5th of C building. Of
course, there are many more murals within
Housing, but these help mark the importance
of our capabilities of expression within this liberal arts college.
The policy that has been used up to date, is
someone who wished to put up a mural, would
write a proposal with a visual outline and submit
it to Housing for approval. There was no explicit
policy regarding upkeep or vandalism. Thus,
as some became marred, there has been little
indication as to their future. However, the three
mentioned above have not been vandalized,
thus helping to signify their importance to this
community.
The second issue, and a much larger one, is
the lack of public discussion on this. The decision to paint over all of the murals was not publicly discussed, thus it does not have the proper
information.
At this point, it is unclear whether future
students and resident will be able to paint new
murals, or whether the cultural context of the
murals will be taken into consideration before
their removal (as of now, the intention is to paint
Quixote journal
By Curtis Randolph
At around 12:30 on Wednesday 5th
I was trying to write the blotter but was
completely uninspired by the petty crimes
committed this week. Suddenly, former
CP J reporter Charlie Daugherty bursts
into the room telling us that Tent City
is being raided by the police and shut
down. Somehow, less than five minutes
later, against all reason, I became the designated reporter for this crisis in action. 1
had no idea "Tent City" even existed, but
apparently it's been in an empty lot since
February 1, over a week ago. What the
heck? Shouldn't there be some on-campus
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over all of them because of the hard decision to
decide which should stay which should go), all
of which has had no student input.
Earlier, some students including myself,
approached the Director of Housing, John
Lauer, to inform him of the importance of
these murals. His intention from my interpretation was to give Housing a "new look" (my
own words).
Because he was already established in this
idea, he didn't think it necessary to address the
students. There are several who want to take this
opportunity, before we lose them, in addressing
this lack of dissemination and possibly help formulate a new policy.
From here, I am hoping to get assistance in
forming a discussion group regarding not only
the immediate needs of the murals, but also reinvest interest in other such projects like the
former Graffiti wall. If you are interested in any
of this, please email me at colfre22@evergreen.
edu at which point I will assemble a list and we
can find a time and place to meet as a group.
Zack_Coles is a senior enrolled in Political
Economy and Social Movements.
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Hate war? Like sex, phalluses
and 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, Feb. 10
and Sunday, Feb. 11 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!
The Vagina Monologues
The Women's Resource Center
will present Eve Ensler's "The Vagina
Monologues" on February 15, 16, and 17
at 7 p.m. with a 2 p.m. matinee on February
18. All performances will take place at the
COM building Recital Hall. Tickets are $7
or the equivalent in pads, tampons, shampoos and soaps. All proceeds this year will
go to Safeplace, the YWCA and the Birth
Attendants; Prison Doula Project. Tickets
will be sold at the door. No one will be
turned away for lack of funds. Please call
ahead for special needs and childcare, (360)
867-6162.
Second Annual Oscar Contest
It's that time of year for an Oscar contest, open to the Evergreen community.
There will be fabulous prizes of chocolate or carob bars for guessing the most
correct ... and incorrect. Ballots are available in CAB 320 or you can download the
ballot from http://academic.evergreen.edu/c/
cornaloscarballot. pdf and drop it off. Ballots
must arrive in CAB 320 by Friday, Feb. 23
at 5 p.m. Look for the big Oscar box! If you
download the ballot, please also write an
email address on the ballot so you can be
notified of your Oscar score, and if you've
won. Remember ballots need to be completed in full to be considered valid.
Get involved, insure students' voices
are heard, become the next Student
Trustee
Here is a chance to learn how
Evergreen is structured, get to know the
people who run the school, give them
valuable feedback, build your resumes
and be. a voting member ofthe Board of
Trustees. According to Evergreen's website, "The Board of Trustees is an eight
member governing board that provides
Evergreen with its long-term strategic
leadership.
"The BOT directs Evergreen into the
future, initiates policy and delegates
authority to the president, who reports to
the Board. The BOT meetings are open
to the public.
"The Governor ofWashington appoints
seven of the members from the external
community and alumni, and the eighth
member is a student chosen by the governor from a group of nominees selected
by campus peers."
Starting March 19, 2007 applications will be available in CAB 320 as
well in the Library lobby. The deadline of the applications will be April 6
at 3 p.m. in CAB 320 to Tom Mercado.
Instructions on how to apply will be on
the application.
The applicants first will be interviewed
by the Geoduck Student Union between
April9 and the 13. The Union will vote
to send off the five final applicants to the
Washington State Governor.
Once in the hands of Governor
Christine Gregorie and her staff, the
applicants will be interviewed over the
phone and an appointment will be made
within a couple of weeks. The next
trustee could be you! For more information plug into the net, go to www.evergreen.edu/trustees.
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February 8, 2007
Diversity Essay Contest
~nnersannounced
Again briefly, the Diversity Essay Contest
was part of the 2006-07 Diversity Series. The
contest was put on by the Diversity Affairs
Office, and was sponsored by The Cooper
Point Journal, The Evergreen Bookstore, and
KAOS Radio. Evergreen community members were invited to submit essays addressing
the value of gender and racial diversity to
their learning experience and/or their college
community. Ten essays were submitted. A
committee of readers comprised of representatives from the Cooper Point Journal, The
Writing Center, Evergreen Queer Alliance,
and The Diversity Affairs Office selected
three finalists. The Evergreen community
voted on the three finalists and the winners were:
Kana Shepard, author of" Live Where You
Are" is the first place winner with 24 votes.
Amy Halloran, author of"Finding Myself:
The Space Between Privilege and Pain", is
the second place winner, with 19 votes.
Rachel Scherer, author of "Letting the
Truth Fall Out: My Life of Breaking Gender
Norms" is the thrid place winner, with 10
votes.
On Thursday, February 15 Kim Dobson
will interview the authors on the Parallel
Universe radio program, on KAOS Radio,
from Noon to I pm.
On Wednesday, February 21, The
Diversity Affairs Office will be acknowledging the winners, and presenting their
prizes as part of the Day of Presence activities in the Longhouse. The time of the presentation has yet to be determined.
Kana Shepard's
essay addressed
the issue of
gender misidentification and his
personal experiences with it at
Evergreen.
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Cooper Point Journal
February 8, 2007
Monday Feburary 12
through March 2
The Fourth Annual
SES
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Middle East
Film Festival
By Annamarie Murano
Students Educating Students About the
Middle East (SESAME) is proud to bring
the fourth annual SESAME Middle East
Film Festival to the Evergreen Campus. A II
screenings will take place in the Lecture
Hall building and are free to members of the
Evergreen community. SESAME strives to
present films about the Middle East, North
Africa and surrounding issues that inform,
challenge and empower. Twenty-five ofthe
twenty-nine films were created by filmmakers of color.
The first week of the festival highlights films on Palestine/Israel. The focus
broadens in the second and third week.
Films about racism and the internment
of Muslims, Arabs and people of Middle
Eastern descent will be screened with guest
speakers. Throughout the festival, films by
and about women in the Middle East are
featured. Narratives will be shown as we
move beyond the documentary film style so
prevalent in the mainstream understanding
of the Middle East.
Monday, Feb 12
7p.m.
Black Panthers (in Israel) Speak,
Israel
The film festival begins with the screening
Black Panthers (in Israel) Speak, a film
about the formation of Mizrahi cultural
consciousness in Israel during the 1970s
and now and how it is linked to the international class struggle and Palestinian liberation. After the film Dr. Simona Sharoni,
friend of the filmmaker, feminist scholar and
Israeli peace activist, will speak.
Tuesday, February 13
2p.m.
Dispatches: The Killing Zone, Palestine
The parents of Rachel Corrie, Evergreen
student and daughter of the Olympia community, will be speaking after the film
Dispatches: The Killing Zone. The film
documents the killing of internationals in
Gaza. British photographer Tom Hurnadall
was shot while protecting a Palestinian child
from direct fire by the Israeli Army. British
journalist James Miller was killed while
filming a documentary about Palestinian
children. Rachel was crushed to death by an
Israeli Army Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer while
protecting a Palestinian family's home from
demolition. Cindy and Craig Corrie began
the Rachel Corrie Foundation for Justice and
Peace and have been tireless advocates since
Rachel death nearly four years ago.
Tuesday, February 13
7p.m.
El Color de los Olivos (The Color of
Olives) by Carolina Rivas, Palestine
El Color de los Olivos is the winner of
Women Film Critic's Courage In Film-
making Award, 2006
Special Mention -Barcelona Docupolis,
2006
The Color ofOlives, created by Mexican
director Carolina Rivas and cinematographer Daoud Sarhandi, follows a Palestinian
family through their daily lives surrounded
by the West Bank wall - electric fences,
Israeli soldiers and locked gates. After the
screening, Dr. Larry Mosqueda will speak
about the similarities between the wall
in Palestine and the wall on the Mexico/
US border, and the role of multinational
corporations.
Wednesday, February 14
2p.m.
He Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Shorts, Syria, Lebanon
Filmmakers include Diana ei-Jeiroudi, Husam Chadat and Mazem
Khaled
Verbal Letter
This group of shorts includes two films
from the Arte East series Lens on Syria:
Thirty Years of Contemporary Cinema The Pot (al-Qarura), a short documentary
about women and pregnancy and Just Get
Married!, about a man in search of a wife
and permanent residency in Germany. The
other short film, Blue Cadillac, is a coming
out story in Lebanon created by the director
of Helem, a Lebanese organization working
for LGBT liberation.
Wednesday, February 14
7p.m.
Verbal Letters by Abdullatif AbdulHamid, Syria
It isn't like all documentaries. This
romantic comedy is loosely adapted from
the story of Cyrano de Bergerac. Abdullatif
Abdul-Hamid is frequently compared with
French author Marcel Pagnol (Jean de
Florette, Manon des Sources). The setting is
a bright orange grove in the Syrian countryside. A man is too embarrassed by his large
nose to approach the women he has fallen in
love with, so he sends a trustworthy friend.
Trustworthy?
Thursday, February 15
3p.m.
Arna's Children by Danniel Danniel
and Juliano Mer-Khamis, Palestine/
Israel
Arna's Children recieved awards for
Best Documentary Feature- Tribeca
Film Festival, 2004
Best First Documentary Feature- Canadian International Documentary
Festival, 2004
Arna Mer-Khamis was an Israeli activist
against the occupation. Who opened a theater where she taught children to express
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Februaty 8, 2007
Sex-onstage and off
By Erin Rashbaum
I used to write a sex column for the CPJ,
but retired it about a year-and-a-half ago ...
until now. Writing about S & M, hand jobs,
role playing and the almighty clitoris (just
to name a few) got old after a while, but my
interest in sex at Evergreen has been reignited
by my participation in a sex comedy playing
on campus this weekend: Lysistrata. I tend to
have a naughty mind to begin with, and yet
this production of the play (a Greek classic by
Aristophanes) often leaves me with a gaping.
mouth and a metaphorical hard-on.
In order to comfortably perform a dildo
battle, strip tease, on-stage nudity and a
bounty of boys baring boners, it was decided
that the cast needed the chance to drink some
booze and get to know one another. Armed
with liquor and the sauciness of having just
done a run-through of the show, we had a
party last Friday. Over the course of the evening, there was my first-ever (!) game of
spin-the-bottle, a raunchy, getting-to-knowyou game of"Never Have I Ever," and lots
of tipsy sex talk. It was eventually brought
up that I used to write the sex column, which
always promises some interesting questions
and comments.
"Sex in Olympia sucks."
I often find myself thinking the same
thing. Being a small campus in a small town
certainly complicates things. Seriously,
though, our numbers shouldn't keep us
from getting laid. Almost everyone I know
wishes they were having more sex, so let's
be more sexually confident! Don't be afraid
to talk to that hot girl at a party. While you
can't make any assumpfions about what she
wants, you can definitely talk about it. Get
rid of the guesswork: open your mouth!
Communication will get you laid. I also think
we need to revive casual kissing. Don't ya
love those pariies that devolve into everyone
kissil)g each other? What if that were the
point of a party? Rally up some people and
plan a pro-kiss party. Hey, making out with
new people can sometimes be more exciting
than sleeping with an old one. You may just
find an amazing kisser to take home for some
one-on-one time.
"I could never deep throat- I'd just
gag."
Oh, the topics which arise when playing
"I never!" This is a very common misconception. Everyone can deep throat - it's all
a matter of breathing and positioning. First
off, deep throating does not mean you're
taking it all in every time. Every now and
then is perfectly acceptable because, hey,
the watery eyes and runny nose that come
of deep throating too much aren't terribly
appealing. Also, if you inhale with anything
in the back of your throat, you'll gag. Simply
inhaling when you're up and exhaling down
will fix this problem. Now to positioning:
cocks come in all shapes and sizes -work
with the one you have. The shape needs to be
compatible with the shape of your throat. For
example, a nice g-spot-shaped cock is great
for fucking, but harder to deep throat from
the traditional down-by-his-thighs position.
Instead, either straddle his chest or otherwise position yourself so that you're coming
from the opposite direction. And for clit's
sake, don't close off the back of your throat.
Relax the muscles and if you feel like you've
hit the back of the throat, just tuck. your chin
slightly- there's a lot more room back there
than you'd think.
"Eww. Anal Sex is gross ... that's where
poop comes out!"
Okay yes, it's where poop comes out.
We also put out mouths where pee comes
out when we perform oral sex. It's just some-
thing you get over. Eat your fiber, shower off
before you take the plunge, you'll be fine . I
am an advocate of anal sex because some
women cannot orgasm during vaginal intercourse, but may during anal. Sound bizarre?
Here's the deal: anal sex indirectly (from the
inside) stimulates the clitoris, allowing for a
clitoral orgasm while fucking. Neat, eh? The
biggest thing to remember when trying anal
is that you can't go about it the same way as
vaginal. First off, you need a ton of a good
lube- none of this KY shit. A good way to
test lube is to see if it's good for a hand job.
If it stays slick without getting all gummy,
you have a good candidate. Trust and communication between sexual partners must
rule here. Listen to each other and for goodness sake, you can'tjust stick it in! Little bit
in, little bit out, be patient and it can rock
your world.
"Where the hell is the g-spot?"
Ahh, good ol' g-spot. If your finger is
inside a girl, this is your target. No chick
should have to deal with someone just
sticking a finger or two in and out of her past
the age of fifteen. It doesn't feel any better
than fingering her arm pit! If your palm is
facing her, your finger should go up and
in, back toward your hand. From here, you
don't move in and out, but rather keep your
finger in and move it up and down. Imagine
you have a little creature in the palm of your
hand. Tap it on the head with your middle
finger. That's the action!
If you're going for the g-spot in the
sack, the most likely position is to have the
gal on her back with some pillows elevating
her hips and her legs over the guy's shoulders . This allows for deep penetration, so it
shouldn't be your first position, work up to
it. Another to try is bending over something
like a couch, where her hips are higher than
her torso and doing it from behind.
"I've never met someone so sexually-confident who I also thought was
smart."
It crumbles my cookie that people still
think sexually-confident women are stupid
whores, just looking for approval. At the
same time, however, I understand that
those chicks do exist and give the rest of us
a bad name. Hey, I love sex. It feels friggin' amazing and is something that we all
have in common. I also love talking about
sex. I think it's important to open up a sexual
dialogue. It's silly to engage in such an intimate act and not be able to talk about it. If
your girlfriend sucks on your clit too hard,
tell her! Sex will be more enjoyable! Sex can
mean a million different things. No need to
box it in and say "only for relationships" or
"only for random play." They all have their
time and place. There are lots of ways to
enjoy sex and explore with it! Try something
new! You may like it, you may not, but play
around with it. You may not know you like
getting spanked until you're bent over someone's knee.
Part of being sexually-confident and
smart, of course, is safety. And there is absolutely NO excuse not to be safe. You get free
condoms on campus! Yes, I am aware that
sex is better without. If you're in a monogamous relationship and have both been tested,
go for it. If not, cover up!
Have fun, Greeners! Be sexual adventurers! Try something new! Above all else,
come see Lysistrata FOR FREE on Saturday
or Sunday at 8 p.m. and see how naughty this
campus can be! Just be sure to get there at
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Erin Rashbaum is a third year student
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Kleonike (the drunken slut) in Lysistrata.
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Her son returns to Jenin five years later to discover what happened to
'Arna's Children.' Majd Bani-Odeh, a 17 year-old Palestinian student
attending a Seattle high school will speak after the film. She grew up
in the West Bank city ofNablus.
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arts & entertainment
February 8, 2007
I hate Valentine's Day (but love mixtapes!)
By Lauren Allen
It's that time of year again, the time for
happy couples to shower each other with
love and affection, for Hallmark to cheer,
and for an abundance of sex to be had, even
if it has to be paid for. Stores line their aisles
with pink and red balloons, teddy bears, and
all that other cutesy crap you're supposed to
buy for your loved one that makes me want
to vomit up those stupid candy hearts.
And then,
there are the rest
of us- those who
don't have that
'someone' all the
greeting cards
allude to. Not that I
there's a~ything
1
wrong with that
by any means.
It's incredibly
"f
difficult to find
someone you
can both talk to
d rf If
and want to sleep
with, or even
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someone to sleep
with that you still
want to talk to.
However, whether you're alone or a duo,
there is one thing that Valentine's Day is a
great inspiration for: making a mixtape. It
makes the day seem shorter, it's inexpensive,
and one of the most timeless and thoughtful
gifts one can give or get. Who wants flowers
that wither and die after only a week as a
reminder of their partner's love? I guarantee,
a mixtape is much more cherished, and will
only get tossed into the "post-break up bum
pile" if you really do something wrong. It
also can serve as a wonderful form of therapy
if you're as bitter about this commercialized
holiday as lam.
Obviously if you're in a happy and (.hopefully) healthy relationship, making a mixtape
for your lover is easy. Pick songs that have
some sort of meaning for the two (or three, or
however many) of you, as well as ones that
bring them to the forefront of your thoughts.
If you still need songs to fill up time, almost
any song by The Microphones or Mirah will
work wonderfully.
For those of us who don't have anyone to
Amalgam
present with our labor-intensive cassette tape
(or CD-R if you're not lucky enough to have
a tape player), making the perfect Valentine's
mix tape can get a bit tricky. First, you need to
pick a central theme or idea. Are you as irritated with this day as I am, or are you just sad
and depressed that you don't have anyone?
If it's the latter, I suggest some Elliot Smith
or anything David Bazan 's had his hand in.
Your mixtape will evolve naturally as you
start to choose songs for it.
Next step: make
a master list of songs
you might want to
include. Pick songs
based on the title,
•
•
thelyricsandwhatit
symbolizes for you.
It's your mixtape,
so make sure the
songs are ones you
ll
might actually listen
rea y 0
to (unless that's the
themeofyourmixh
tape). This is prob0
ably the most time
consuming, as I
•
know when I start
I
this process I end up
listening to record
after record after record ...
Narrow it down. What songs will fit best
on each side of the 80 (or 120) minute tape?
Once you've got the list, pick your order:
musical fluidity or title creativity? A favorite
m ixtape I've received spelled my name
acrostically with the song titles. So sweet!
The final step is the artwork. No mixtape
is complete without a cover, and the cover
should be made with care. Use photographs,
drawings, elaborate cardboard cut-outs,
fabric pouches, anything works. Tracklists
are sometimes necessary, sometimes not it depends on the mixtape.
Okay, so there are four easy steps to make
an awesome mix tape. Not so hard, eh? Make
one for yourself, or for a friend, as nothing
is better than music. Especially, music with
meaning.
Who wants flowers that wither
and die after Only a Week aS a
reminder of their partner's love?
guarantee, a mlxtape IS much
more cherished and Will only get
tossed into the "post-break up
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Linda the Lamb
Linda the lamb
leaned here under
the brim,
finished her touch
curls and maim
to find my mouth
inside her locks,
waiting for my face
to give a watch
on the body of innocence.
I have covered
the mountain
with our feet,
and in dust,
the broken hackles.
the stone in the river,
we under this sky to be broken,
open jars to pour our contents of cracks.
it is the comforter -
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Kla.csanzky
Nicholas David Klacsanzky is a sophomore enrolled in an independant contract.
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Calvin Johnson
Calvin JoHnson & the
Sons of the Soil
K Records
April200?
Lauren Allen is a junior enrolled in
Human Health and Development and
Theories of Personality.
Here are two of my favorite "Heart Day'' mixtapes:
For {insert ex-boyfriend's name here)
I Hate Flowers- The Anti-Valentine's Mixtape.
This is what happens when you drink too much
and start thinking about your ex. Mostly soft,
soothing music that makes you want to smile,
then cry and drink more.
{Side A}
"Sur le Fil"- Yann Tiersen (Amelie Soundtrack)
"Pitter Patter Goes My Heart"- Broken Social
Scene
"Close to Perfect"- Homesick for Space
"Always Love"- Nada Surf
"Ode to Ocean"- Karl Blau
'The Awful Truth of Loving"- Rainier Maria
"Misery is a Butterfly" -Blonde Redhead
"The Argument"- Appleseed Cast
'The Big Fight"- Stars
{SideB}
"Her Disappearing Theme"- Broken Social Scene
"Pink &Brown"-The Headphones
"Give Up"- Okay
"Spiraling"- Antony & The Johnsons feat. Devandra Ban hart
'We're Both So Sorry"- Mirah
'The Moon"- The Microphones
'Though You Are Gone, IOften Still Walk With
You" and
"Hang OnTo Each Other"- ASilver Mt. Zion
Just long enough to fill up side Aof the cassette,
this mix is loud, angry and perfect for this special
day. Side Bshould consist of some Sunn 0))) and
Merzbow to calm your nerves.
By Brandon Custy
The first song, "Lies Goodbye," radiates with a sort of settled gravity, the deep
voice letting you know that Calvin Johnson
is serious about the lyrics. The next song,
"Booty Run," is not quite as grave. The
band playing a quicker more upbeat pace,
the voice stays low and consistent. I'm not
really sure, but the voice is somewhat reminiscent of Jim Morrison. The voice continues with only a small variation to flow
with the music.
"Cattle Call" is the third song and my
favorite. He explains the name of the band,
backed up by a slow soft band. "Sons of the
soil is just a reminder that we are where we
came from and where we are going." The
little pauses in between certain words add
effect to the words. Kyle Field's bass line is
the main music that maintains the flow-of the
song. The song is deep and reflective and the
bass line is as well. The next song, "Tummy
Hop," follows and contrasts its prede~essor;
I did not care for it much, filled with repeated
lyrics and repeated notes. It grew tiresome
and it didn't help that the CD skipped at var-
"For Love"- The Hope Conspiracy
"So Typical My Heart"- Most Precious Blood
"Love American"- American Nightmare
"You're Wrong"- 1905
"'On' Est un Con"- Amanda Woodward
"Do You Feel7"- Blacklisted
"Spooning With Disaster"- Akimbo
"Homewrecker" - Converge
"Favorite Hooker"- Virgin Mega Whore
"Urine Burn"- Wolf Eyes
'There Will Be No More Scum"- Frodus
'When Doves Cry"- Stop It!
'Well Again"- Malady
"I Require Chocolate"- Kill Me Tomorrow
"Farewell"- American Nightmare
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The songs alternate throughout the album
between profound and jocular and sometimes mixing the two. The lyrics constantly
ask questions of the listener almost as if
someone is talking, very serious for a few
minutes and suddenly making a joke; go off
into small and trivial talk. The band communicates well with the audience, the music
supporting the singer. The voice has little
emotion and is given most of its animation
by the music.
The CD was a calm and reflective experience that had enough clever humor to keep
my attention at the end of a long Wednesday
evening. The eighth song of the album is
titled "Sand." The use of sand throughout the
entire song was clever and amusing. The use
of all kinds of sandy words worked well to
elicit a chuckle or three from me.
The consistency of the voice is the most
interesting aspect of the album. At times
it can be hard to take, without the band
the low voice would be in danger of being
dull. Johnson and company put good music
together.
Calvin Johnson operates the Dub Narcotic
Studio and is the founder of K Records. The
band came together in 2003 and recorded
the album in July of that year. The album,
due to be released in April, includes a good
selection from the 2003 tour and some live
songs from their Spokane, Washington concert. Four years later, the album is finally on
the verge of release, many eager fans hope it
will be worth the wait.
Brandon Custy is a freshman enrolled in
American Experiences, American Dreams.
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February 8, 2007
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"We will all swear at once. Put your hands on the cup, everyone, and repeat after
me. I shall not go near my husband or my lover."
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The story of Lysistrata,
writtenbyAristophanes
in 411 BC, is a anti-war
comedy about women
withholding sex from
their husbands to secure peace and end the Peloponnesian War.
The play, put on by the Phrontisterion student group, is a part of
a yearly tradition to present Greek comedies to the Evergreen
community. These photos were taken at a dress rehearsal this
Wednesday as the group prepares for their performances this
Saturday and Sunday.
"The evidence is at hand ... "
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By Victoria Larkin
Commas to me are gentle, a breath ... ellipses are
like waves of thought ebbing back into the sea ... and
the next thought comes flowing back in ... how can I
force a period into this pulsation/swaying/undulation?
And yet, a page filled with ellipses ... well, it's just
hard on the eyes, and some folks like their edges sharp.
Neat. Crisp. Well defined. Firm. Clear. Certain.
The word 'period' itself is rather loaded with
meaning. But I won't explore that right now.
In an essay called Rethinking Punctuation, John
Dawkins illustrates and gives solid reasons for how
"good writers" use their own judgement when it comes
to punctuation. (To qualify 'good' I'll just list Annie
Dillard, E.M. Forster, H.L. Mencken, James Baldwin,
what the basic function of a punctuation mark is, I
say I can be as creative with it as I wish, or conform
Gertrude Stein loves the period. In a passage taken
to edict, if I wish.
from a lecture called "Poetry and Grammar," she
I use punctuation for meaning. Punctuation is text
comes to peace with the period. She likes it because
of a kind: to me, it is a movement, a
at some point you have to come to a stop, and she says
note-ation. It is like dance notation, musical notastopping isn't really like stopping anyway. Periods
tion. I want a slow arabesque, a fermata, pianissimo
"have a life of their own a necessity of their own."
... I want abrupt silence. I ask you to pause: to take
She doesn't like commas: she feels they are sernote; and to consider ...
vile. They are unnecessary. She feels semicolons and
Each notation has its own place in the hierarchy,
colons are in the same category. They serve no purand the higher the place, the greater the degree of sepapose. She feels they prevent you from living an active
ration between the elements being separated. Dawkins
life. They tell you when to pause. She doesn't need
maps these degrees out: period: maximum separation;
help with her pauses. She likes active verbs. She likes
semicolon: medium separation; colon: medium sepathe period. Present. Now.
ration, anticipatory; dash: medium sepaWhat about the uncertainty principle?
ration, emphatic; comma: minimum sepDoes it bother her so much? Hasn't I use punctuation for meaning ... it is like dance no- aration; zero: no separation, i.e., conshe got past Einstein? No hovering, no
He also notes that 'and' can
tation, musical notation. I want a slow arabesque, nection.
wavering, no irresolution ... the period
replace commas, but might change the
is quite definitive. No going back. No a fermata, pianissimo ... I want abrupt silence. I ask sense: "dogs, cats, kids," versus "dogs
questions asked. No doubts. Brusk.
and cats and kids."
you to pause: to take note; and to consider ...
Determined. American.
Dawkins suggests we learn to anaI don't like periods that much. Of
lyze our sentences as having major and
course, I make compromises for print.
minor boundaries, and choose which
E. B. White (lots of first two initials in that group),
People do like their periods. But in my journals, pages George Orwell and of course Virginia Woolf). He punctuation helps us to "achieve clarity and/or rhego by, from 3 to 6 of them, with only 3 or 4 periods. became my Punctuation Daddy.
torical effect."
There are lots of commas, ellipses, some question
We've always been taught punctuation the way we
To quote him: "Most good writers, even if they
marks, some exclamation points - end paragraphs know some grammar- especially if they know some are taught math: out of context. Just do it like this.
with dashes. But very few periods.
grammar- dismiss the rules of handbooks and style Follow these rules. So we are not familiar with the
I seem to use the period mostly when I change manuals as generally irrelevant; these writers use subtlety that can be introduced into our writing with
course: from describing a dream for 3 pages to com- punctuation as well as words and syntax to craft their punctuation.
menting on it. And I actually seem to use it to set off meaning- that is, they use it rhetorically."
This week's Grammar Rodeo focuses on punctuafragments. I like fragments. Especially in my creative
tion:
the meanings and uses of. Come and decide for
I've always used punctuation rhetorically - for what
writing. Life is full of fragments. But there is an art to it did for the sounds of my sentences, the reading of yourself: to comma, to colon, or to question mark?
fragments. They have to make sense, that is ifyou're them, to put in the kind of pause that I meant, or no Period.
trying to communicate.
Grammar Rodeo: Thursday, 4-5. Writing Center.
pause at all. This didn't always conform with the regBut the idea of the period in general: the full stop; ulations, regulations that sometimes change. And for Lib. 2304.
I'm not partial to it. How often do we come to a that matter, if they change, then I can change them
full stop? Not if we can help it. There are pauses in too. I am someone who thinks about writing, and who
Victoria Larkin. A writing tutor, a senior: studying
between, uncertainties, possibilities ... energy flows reads, and writes. So I am making informed decisions writing, literary theory, grammar and dance.
my thought to my thought, it is all fluxable ...
about when and how I punctuate. As long as I know
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February 8. 2007
From Words to Action:
Collaborating for Change
Day of Absence
Day of Presence
Friday, February 16
Wednesday, February 21
Day of Absence is
not about checking
out-it's about
checking in
By Jhaleh Akhavan
"Why are we still talking about race?" How many
times have I heard this question? As long as there 's resistance to the discussion, we know there's work to be done.
At this school, it's easy for most students to theorize and
intellectualize about racism and white imperialism, with
plenty of support from texts in the social science programs
... as long as "issues" like "race" don 't have a face, it's
easy for individual white people to stay unaccountable
for the big bad institutional, impersonal structural violence that takes place.
Yet I hear that my program seminar isn't the only one
to have dissolved at times into an intricate dance of avoidance, self-consciously professed anti-racism, and almost
unavoidably, an hour or two of the few people of color
educating the rest ofthe class on things that have already
taken up too much space in their lives.
Enter Day of Absence/Day of Presence: a two-day
event created to explore and celebrate issues of diversity,
culture and community at Evergreen. As explained in the
event brochure, on Day of Absence, students, staff, and
faculty of color gather for an off-campus retreat to build
community with one another, while those remaining on ~----------------------------------------------------------------------
campus work on issues of multiculturalism from an ally
perspective. On Day of Presence, there are on-campus other and own the work we ' ve got to do on both sides Iogue, then I look forward to a campus where people can
events for everyone to unite in community and continued of the coin. How do we represent and strengthen our count on safe space and allyship without branching off.
learning around these issues. One of the most impor- experienced identities which are constantly being subtly Hopefully we'll see more white people acting as allies
tant things I've gotten out of discussing Day of Absence sanded down into either/or, white/"nonwhite" in a dis- to interrupt racist undertones permeating the classroom,
with people who've participated in the past is this: It's empowering way ... and move into a place of solidarity and more people of color acknowledging and valuing
not about having all the answers, or about showing up to with one another? Since this is my first year here, I'm each other's presence on campus.
the retreat or to on-campus workshops with some sort of not sure what to expect at the Day of Absence retreat,
Though Raquel noted, "it's impossible to please
prerequisite qualifications.
everyone in two days of programming,"
Nor is it a self-excluding act for POC
there is still going to be an exciting
(people of color) to segregate themselves
of events. On Day of Presence,
"We are all a part of this community. We all deserve to be array
off-campus, as Jai and Tara emphasized
I'm especially looking forward to the
in their article in last week's CPJ. What
visible and heard. As a community we must talk about screening of "What is Race Doing in
IS important is that everyone particithe Classroom?" a TESC-student-crepates! When externally imposed seg- white privilege and white supremacy and how it takes up a ated film by Tenzin Mingyur Paldron
regation is the only example of collecabout our very own campus dynamics.
lot of space and visibility from people of color."
tive identity that many of us have seen,
Check out the schedule printed in the
it's no surprise that it comes up against
CPJ for a list of all the concurrent events
resistance.
that will be running throughout the day.
Raquel Salinas, Coordinator in First
And encourage professors to support stuPeoples' Advising Services, posed a little
dent participation in these events! It's
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challenge when I talked to her about the
perceptions surrounding DOA/P: "Day
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learning" and "inclusion" to move out
of Absence is not about checking outminds US that We are not alone and We Can COme back tO of the TESC mission statement and into
the daily actions of students, faculty, and
it's abo~t checking in. If you compl~in
claSS the next Week and appreciate WhO We are because administration.
all the ttme about the lack of POC vis"But I'm not into activist organizing
ibility on this campus, and then [as a even though we may be alone in our classroom as students
around race issues," I hear someone
person of color] don't go off-campus f
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for the retreat, you won't know what it 0 co or we now we are not a one at vergreen.
mumbling. If you are even remotely
interested in community, peace, or social
feels like to be in a self-affirming community that honors itself." Likewise, for
justice ... then join in on Day of Absence
people who choose not to participate in
and Day of Presence.
on-campus events, Raquel asked, "What's the purpose of but I am looking forward to having real communication
Raquel put it this way: "The only prerequisite to doing
learning about all the ways that oppression takes place if without having to prove how racism does persist daily at this kind of work, is to want to do it." And for those of
you're not going to use them, especially with those dif- this open-minded school.
you busy trying to figure out where you are on the Race
Of course two days of workshops and speakers can't Meter yardstick, keep in mind what one student said to
ferent then you, and with those you have privilege over?
It's easy as Americans to consume, without acknowl- radically change the atmosphere on campus. But by Raquel after participating in Day of Absence: "If stucoming together to give voice to the problems we see, dents of color go to only one event, I'd tell them to go
edging responsibility to be a change agent ... "
One of my intentions for Day of Absence/Presence visual recognition of the experiences we honor, and to the off-campus retreat. I've never felt a sense of comis to take advantage of an atmosphere where people are action to the work we want to see done, we're making munity like that before."
honestly acknowledging their own identity (or taking progress. And if each student- people of color and white
steps to do that), and seek out the other light-skinned folks alike-participates in the events and works to keep
Jhaleh Akhavan is a transfer student with junior
mixed students who want to build community with each anti-oppression awareness within the community dia- standing enrolled in Feminisms: Local to Global.
- Kathleen Hutchison
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(Pmpowering Community and Self))
Friday, February 16, 2007 • Lacey Community Center
What is the Day of Absence
and Day of Presence?
The observance of this two-day event was created to explore
and celebrate issues of diversity, culture and community
at Evergreen.
The Day of Absence was originally a unity dinner celebrated
by our African American faculty in the early '70s. It grew to
become an opportunity for all students, staff and faculty
of color to gather off-campus for an educational and community-building retreat.
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Van leaves
from campus
entrance for
Lacey Community
Center
Welcome and Introductions
Praise Songs ••• Tell Us Your Song
Lunch break
(Potluck)
- Eddie MaiavaJr.
Overview of the program ... purpose for the day
Day of Absence Excerpts
- Kabby Mitchell
Reading excerpts of the Day of Absence play
-Joyce Stahmer
Music
performances
Sharing stories and songs through playback
theater format.
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Campus offices
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Concurrent Sessions:
• Student Organizations Building
Solidarity
• Things That Work/Things That Don't
Work
• Art Project, The Loom
3:30 to
4:00 p . .m.
2:15 to
2:45 p . .m.
3:00 to
3:30 p ..m.
Report Back
from Session
Groups
Strate~c
Closure
Planrung
- Eddie MaiavaJr.
- Raquel Salinas
- Eddie MaiavaJr.
2:45 to
3:00 p . .m.
Refreshment
break
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Types of programs,
workshops and
activities throughout
the year.
4:00 p ..m.
Travel back to
campus
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9 to 9:45 a.m.
LIB 2000
1 to 2 p.m.
LH.1
Welcome and inspiration
for the day.
Film:
And Justice For All
Please attend, light refreshments
provided.
Facilitated by Andrea Seabert Olsen
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(unless you attend the film)
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CAB 108
1:30 to 4 r·m•
Sem II C 107
Jewish Identity and Racism
Presented qy Ronnie Klompus &
Martin Friedman
WakiJig Up to Habits
of White Privilege
Presented by Fletcher f#zrd
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Open to all students:
10 a.m. to noon
TBA
Introduction to
Anti-Oppression:
Intersections,
Relationships, and
Allyshtp
Why Can't We Stop Talking
About Race
Presented by Joe Tougas
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LIB 2000
Strategy Session by
and for Students
Facilitated l!J The Appean'ng Task Force
Thursday, 6:30 to 9:30p.m.
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LIB 4300
Introduction to Anti-Oppression:
Intersections, Relationships, and
Allys hip
Presented by Becka Tilson and
Dalya Perez in the HCC
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LIB 2000
Film:
Unraveling the Knot of Racism
Reflection and Action Time
Allan_Tohnson's talk
at TESC in 2002
What did we learn and where do we
go from here?
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Day of Presence?
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On the Day of Absence, while students and staff are off campus,
a group of white students and staff typically plan educational
workshops and invite guest speakers to campus to work on issues
of multiculturalism from an ally perspective.
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Day of Presence
From Words to Action:
Collaborating for Change
Wednesday February 21, 2007
What is the Day of Absence
and Day of Presence?
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9 to 9:30am
Welcom.e and Introductions
Longhouse
Overview of the day's agenda.
In 1992, the Day of Presence was added by students and staff of color in order to reunite the
college community and honor diversity and unity
as a whole campus.
The idea for the Day of Absence came from
a play of the same name by African American
playwright, Douglas Turner Ward. Presented in
1965 as a "reverse minstrel show," black actors
in whiteface, the play is a social commentary
on race relations in the U.S. and satirizes the
South's refu s al to see the African American
as an equal member of the community. In the
play, a town wakes up to find all of the African
Americans missing, leaving those left to reflect
on the meaning of their community without
these valued members.
Depending on the ideas generated in the committee, the events look different every year.
This year we have an exciting program with
something for everyone. We will also continue
our diversity programming after the Day of
Presence.
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"Collective Resistance to
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Contem.porarf Hate
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Groups'
i LIB 4300 • Faculty: Tony Zaragoza
: "How can we m.ake Sem.inar
Inclusive of All Voices?"
Longhouse • Faculty: George
Freeman Staff: Raquel Salinas,
.Norma Alicia Pino
1 to 3 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSIONS:
"Environm.ental Racism. I
Environm.entalJustice: The
Case of Native Am.erica"
Room TBA
Faculty: :(,oltan Grossman
noon to 1 p.m.
"The lm.pact of Climate
Change on Pacific Rim
Indigenous Communities"
Room TBA • Faculty: Alan Parker
11 :30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m.
Resource Fair
LIB 2nd Floor Lobby
Film: "And Justice for All"
Room, TBA
"What's Race Got To
Do With It?"
Room TBA • Staff.· Andi Seabert
Campus resources, student
organizations and community
organizations.
Lunch break ... on your own.
"How Can We Make
Sem.inar Inclusive of All
Voices?"
Longhouse
Faculty: Terry Ford
"What is Race Doinp in the
Classroom?'
LIB 4300
Student: Tenzin Mingyur Paldron
"Chicano: Takin~ Back
the Schools '
Room TBA
Faculty: Larry Mosqueda
"Homeland: Portraits of
Native Action"
Room TBA
Faculty: Steve Scheuerell
3:15 to 3:30p.m.
Silent Reflection Reading
Summary
Longhouse
Art Piece ... focilitated expression
through art work.
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4:10 to 4:30 p.m.
World Cafe Style of Events
What's Next I Personal
Comm.itments
4:30 to
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Closing
6 to 7:30 p.m.
QPOC Anti-Oppression
LIB 1st Floor Lobby
Longhouse
Longhouse
Longhouse
How will we continue to move.from
words to actions to change.
Eddie Maiava) Raquel Salinas,
.Norma Alicia Pino
Performance
Performance f?y Q?OC
student organization
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The cost of humanity
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February 8, 2007
Thoughts on love
By Tenzin Mingyur Paldron
solar energy potential (after the Sahara), an
estimated annual average of200 kilocalori/
I feel for you. The
em. Despite this solar potential, China has
eternity of that moment
built several huge dams, and I'm not quite
- it's painful, it really
sure why that's bad, but everyone seems to
is . When the joke falls
think so (I don't know much about nature
flat ... you don't notice,
and things, sorry).
though, because there are
Now, here's the bigger problem . I know
enough people laughing
you are surprised- what could be worse than
(although they don't really know what they losing out on all that gold, copper and molyare laughing at) to fool you into thinking you boly stuff? See here, we are so wrapped up
made a good joke.
in thinking these minerals are what matter.
""Free Tibet? I didn 'l hear of that- how We are obsessed with oil, too (have you
much did it cost before?"
noticed?). Speaking of oil, Amdo (one of the
I am sorry. I know it's difficult to be in three major regions of TAR) produces over
your shoes, having to come up with brilliant one million tons of crude oil annually. On
remarks like that. I feel for you . I know it isn't that note, Shanghai, one of China's largest
easy to discount the suffering of millions, but cities, is completely dependent on gas from
luckily there are enough good role models for TAR. Did that last sentence read oddly to
the trivializing of war and genocide.
anyon e else? Gas from TAR? I think I'll
But as much as I feel for you and your stop with thi s TAR business, it's beginning
ignorance, I feel for my parents, my grand- to disturb me.
parents, my great-grandparents, aunts, uncles
In all this minera l and oil and dirty talk,
and cousins - I feel for my fellow Tibetans we have lost si ght of that which is most
a little bit more .
vital to human life. I' m talking about water.
But this article cannot be all emotion Tibet is Asia's principal watershed - now
(the Minority Subjectivity Complex, I like I don't know what that means, but let me
to call it). I need to put my money where tell you something I do understand . Ten of
my mouth is.
Asia's major rivers originate in Tibet, serving
Anarchists and hippies, friendly about three billion people . Do names like
Volkswagen drivers and non-involved lib- Brahmaputra, Ganges, Mekong, Yangtze and
erals - please put away your humanity, Yellow ring a bell? It's okay if they don't,
your political correctness and your freedom you'll know their names in 10 years .
to speak right now. Everyone else, just be
I don't know much about rivers and the
quiet too. Forget history and genocide, just environment, but this fact seems important to
for the time being. Forget ideological wars share: a substantial proportion of river flows
and paltry things like national boundaries as in Tibet are stable or base flows coming from
clear as the mountains surrounding Tibet, ground water and glacial sources. This is in
the highest plateau in the world. The 1950s marked contrast to river flows in most neighworld was too busy and ignorant to know boring countries, which are determined by
what it was losing.
seasonal rainfall patterns. Heavy deforestaLet's focus instead on what we have lost in tion and mining has a very negative effect on
monetary terms. Would someone please point the rivers - mining produces large quantities
to all the lands in the world untouched by of waste, and extensive logging does not do
mining, logging, tourism and other exploits great things to the land that affects the water. I
of nature? How about Western Europe? That's hope all the ecology students understood that,
a sizeable chunk of land. It's also about the because I only got the last sentence.
same size as Tibet, but instead of all Western
Luckily, China has begun acknowledging
Europe's value being
the negative impact
in their museums and
Forget history and geno- of some of its activarchitecture, Tibet's
ities on Tibet's envicide .•• Forget ideological ronment.
greatest value is in
After major
its virgin land . And wars and paltry things like flooding occurred in
let's start calling it the
various parts of China
national boundaries as due
Tibetan Autonomous
to deforestation
Region, since that is clear as the mountains sur- and mining, China has
what the United States
assembled experts to
Most Favored Nation rounding Tibet, the highest fix the problems. It is
is calling it - TAR. The
establishing a 122,780
plateau in the world.
Land and Resources
square mile nature
Department of TAR estimates the value of reserve to protect the headwaters ofYangtze,
TAR's mining resources to be approximately Yellow and Mekong rivers (all which flow
$78.4 billion (I think that's wholesale). So, through China). It has also hired a team
basically, imagine Bill Gates living there, of experts to plan the construction of the
but owned by Communists (and prettier ... world's largest hydropoelectric plant on the
TAR is much prettier ... give Bill a make- Brahmaputra River (called Yarlung in Tibet,
over from Apple, then you've got TAR's Brahmaputra is the name in India), which
natural resources worth). More specifically, would be tantamount to declaring war on
TAR's copper, molybdenum and lithium India, according to the Indian prime minister.
deposits are the largest in the world (pretty About 90 percent of the river flows into India,
soon your prescription pills will be saying and this hydropower project would generate
Made In China).
40,000 megawatts and divert a large amount
And it's not just boring minerals in of water to China's arid regions. But since
TAR. Australian mining companies and the China owns Tibet (no, no, I mean, Tibet is
University ofTasmania are new players in the part of China ... that's totally different from
game, getting ready to dig up a gold deposit owning and exploiting a country ... I mean
in northern TAR, in the Chokle Namgyal a region, an autonomous region!)
mountain range. The returns should be
Taking into view that it is impossible
about a little over 40 tons of gold (41 to be to divert the mighty Brahmputra convenprecise, but what's another 2000 pounds of tionally, China is planning to accomplish
gold?), translating into 335 million United this project "with nuclear explosives." The
States dollars. Oh, but not really. After all, Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics in
the U.S. missed the golden financial oppor- Beijing has recommended this peaceful use
tunity when it let China invade instead of of a nuclear device, said a London-based scisaving Tibet from the evil Communists and ence journal. Since the region is an earththen taking advantage of Tibet itself. But quake-prone zone, India's Disaster Relief
1959 wasn't a total loss for America. While Committee Chairman Sam Kannappan has
China was busy officially taking over Tibet, asked the Indian government to talk seriously
completing a ten-year invasion, America was with China. Like, seriously.
The reason why this could be an environpreoccupied with the official absorption of
Alaska and Hawai'i into the Union. Moving mental disaster and natural security threat
is because the Brahmaputra already has the
on, though.
Evergreen has a reputation for trees, so tendency of catastrophic flooding in spring.
let's talk about those giants. In 1949, TAR's With China in control of it, water could be
forests covered 85,637 square miles. By 1985 withheld for power generation and irrigait was cut down to 51,737 square miles. I'm tion during the dry season (with devastating
sure there hasn't been any more logging since results for India and the rest ofSE Asia), and
then. TAR also possesses the world's highest releasing water during the flood season (same
By Mike Dotson
but think the love I felt should always be
there. I still hold affection in my heart
for the women I've professed love to but
nothing approaching the intensity that
was there in the beginning. Maybe I've
never really loved. To me love isn't an
emotion that should go flat over time. If
you really love it should be unconditional
and infinite.
Love between two people is often
thought upon as a beautiful thing. The
mutual affection, the sacrifice for each
other, and the pleasure both sides provide each other, but is it really that special? Some would argue that it's all just
chemical reactions in the brain motivating
the continuation of the species. So is your
two-year long relationship that ended in
heartbreak and disaster any more meaningful then when I go home from the bar
with someone and fuck? The end result is
almost the same. A relationship - on one
hand, two years, on the other, one night.
Many nights spent trying to propagate the
species , one night spent. Leaving after
what may feel to you a wasted two years,
an awkward conversation in the morning
and maybe the exchange of phone numbers. In the end we're both alone again
with not much to show. Is this a matter of
love vs. lust or are they the same thing?
'Tis the season
for love I suppose.
Whenever I flip the
calendar from January
to February something
always give me a little
twinge down inside
and soon enough I start to get a stomachache. It will still probably take me a few
days to realize why I feel so uneasy and
then I'll be standing in line at the store
and I will emerge for a moment from my
deep, introspective thoughts regarding
the eating habits of the person preceding
me in line and I'll notice what seems like
hundreds of floating shiny silver hearts all
around me, and with the phrase, "I love
you beary much" echoing in my ears from
a nearby novelty teddy bear I'll realize that
Valentine's day is almost here.
I'm not intrinsically against the day
in question ; I' ve actually had some quite
lovely Valentine's days in the past. This
isn't going to be a rant about how Hallmark
invented the holiday as an excuse to sell
cards, candy and other such crap, or a
bitter essay about how much I hate seeing
happy loving couples enjoying each other's company because I'm a single, bitter
asshole. Hopefully this will just be some
thoughts on that crazy little thing called
I said earlier that I wouldn't be bitter,
love.
but I realize I may
I was recently It is not some mystical cos- be coming across
asked how I felt
as such. I want to
about love. I thought mic force or some quasi- believe in love and
for a bit and then
religious experience ••• for all of you that
mumbled a fairly
think you've found
incoherent reply because it was 8:30 in it, I'm happy for you.
the morning and I was tired and riding the
Maybe love is just a temporary thing or
bus. My inadequate response aside, the maybe !just need to expand my definition.
question got me thinking. How do I really There are so many types of love I know
feel about this love concept, or do I even I have experienced, puppy love, familial
believe in love at all?
love, erotic love, unrequited love, even
There are many different kinds of love romantic love, but never true love. But I
it seems, which is where I think some of am young yet and have many years in front
my confusion lies. What's the differ- of me so I haven't given up yet.
ence between my love for the person I
Robert Heinlein describes love in
want to spend every day and night with, Stranger in a Strange Land as "... that
wrapped in their loving arms, the com- condition in which the happiness of
pletely hetero man-love I feel for my best another person is essential to your own."
friends , and the love I feel for that first This is the closest appr<Jximation of my
sip of an ice-cold vodka tonic after a long feelings on love. It is not some mystical
day at school? Love is too much of an all- cosmic force or some quasi-religious
encompassing term; it's easily the most experience, it's just two people trying their
complicated of the cavalcade of compli- goddamndest to make each other happy,
cated human emotions.
and if that's love, then I guess love truly
I feel like I've been in love before. is a beatiful thing.
I've spent multiple years with women in
what I thought was love, but it has always
Mike Dotson is a senior enrolled in
ended. Was it not really love? I can't help Food.
results). China and India don't get along,
in case you didn't know. Something about
India allowing the Dalai Lama and Tibetans
to settle in India and set up a government in
exile, something about a fight over Nepal
and probably something about Microsoft
choosing Bangalore instead of Beijing as its
Asia Headquarters.
China is reported to have stationed
approximately 90 nuclear warheads in
Tibet. Personally, I am more afraid of what
China will do with them than Iran. I mean,
Communist Asians ... militant Persians ...
my bet's on the Asians. They're the smartest
minority, didn't you know? Maybe this fear
of the Peoples Republic and comes from my
Tibetan Refugee Complex - that whole 50
plus years of my culture and brethren being
systematically wiped out, it'll rattle any
minority looking for something to complain
about. China's Nuclear Weapons Research
and Design Academy is reported to have
dumped an unknown quantity of radioactive waste on the Tibetan plateau. But that
was just a "report," and it's a very big plateau (Tibet = size of Western Europe).
Okay, I think I'm done. I was going to
have this big, meaningful ending, but now I
think there are other things I can talk about
besides my country that isn't a country.
But one last thing- I know the Great Wall
of China is very great and everything, but
the largest building on this planet made by
peoples' own hands (no machines) ... that
building is the Potala Palace, the former residence of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan
Government. Just so you know. Not like this
is a competition or anything. Because Tibet's
already lost, hasn't it?
Kidding! You thought I was going to end
on a sarcastic note? No, no, I'm Buddhist,
that's just not how we do it. There are
good people in Tibet and China, very good
people, and there are other good people in
other places in the world. And it is difficult
to hurt someone for a very long time, it is
actually more painful and problematic for
the pain-causer than the victim. So I know
things will change. Its people will survive,
with or without their home. Because really,
it isn't ownership of land that matters . It is
the respect for life and happiness of human
beings that is imperative to consider. And I
am glad for a school like Evergreen. Just as I
am glad my homeland has not been forgotten,
and never will be, as long as someone is there
to tell the tale of an extraordinary nation.
Tenzin Mingyur Paldron is a senior
enrolled in Tradition and Transformation.
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tent city
Kandace Jones cooks lunch for temporary residents.
Top right: A message to the public regarding the homeless.
Middle right: Vince Chritton being interviewed by Kiro 7 news.
A notice to have property respected.
Residents of downtown Olympia's tent city, advocates and even some
Evergreen students gathered on Monday night to help set up a
communal shelter with tarps and donated wood.
CAMP QUIXOTE FROM COVER
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to grab hold of the city's attention and
steer it toward desperate issues.
"When you're living on the streets,"
he says, "life is just like - it's like a war
zone, all the time, you know? And the city,
the cops are only making it worse; all they
do is harass us and chase us away. Where
are you supposed to go?"
Tator was adamant in his criticism
of Olympia's Section 8 housing laws
(providing low income and transitional
housing for the homeless), explaining
how easy it is to get evicted. And he is
also frustrated by local public services,
such as the food bank and meal programs,
which he says do not cater with much
understanding or patience toward their
recipients.
He cited Dignity Village, the infamous
Portland tent city that was ultimately
legalized, as a successful model for what
Olympia's homeless are trying to do. "But
we don't want our permanent location to
be here [on State & Columbia], we're just
here to make a statement. We've chosen
three locations within the city that might
make a permanent residence. Ideally we'd
like to have it off in the woods somewhere,
not here."
When I asked the PPU advocates
what they thought of the recent state-wide
"homeless count," essentially a census of
homeless populations which took place
two weeks ago, they looked at each other
and shrugged.
"You didn't get counted, did you?"
"No."
"Their numbers are always low,"
Kandace responded. "Every year there are
about two or three times more people on
the streets than they count."
Outside the mess tent, Randy William
munched on one of Kandace's egg sandwiches. He is a day laborer with no permanent residence. He stood and stalked
to several other squatters in the tent city,
among them a young PPU member named
Gary, who's homeless for the first time.
"Over at the ES [Emergency Shelter]
you can get food for free," said Randy.
"The Salvation Army serves two meals a
day; they serve lunch and then dinner at
six o' clock. The food bank serves three
days a week." He listed several other
places to eat. "But none of them has food
as good as here," he smiled.
The food here was donated by a
number of local cohorts, both groups and
individuals.
A man named Vince sat inside with his
wife, Jessica, and pulled out pictures from
the unfortunate car accident he'd recently
recovered from, and talked about how, as
they were making their way to Olympia,
Jessica's wallet was stolen with all her
food stamps and her photo I.D. Now
they are staying in the tent city and have
jobs.
In fact, many of the 60 residents have
jobs, contrary to popular prejudice. Randy
does day labor. Keith Colbin is a locally
ubiquitous street mus.ician. What the men
and women here require which their jobs
do not give them is secure, affordable
housing. And Tator says that's what this
protest is primarily about. The new pedestrian ordinance only added to an already
dire situation.
Later that night many gathered to
help set up a large covered area with
a tarp and donated wood scraps nailed
together. It looked great when they finished. A number of the residents, and also
a few kids from Evergreen, were strum-
ming on instruments and the energy was
lively. Musician man Colbin was proud to
entertain, as he struck a studly pose with a
hammer against one of the awning's legs,
and everyone burst out laughing when he
missed at hammering it.
Underneath all the cheer, there was
a clinching knowledge that almost any
day the city will decide to stop tolerating
this, and the residence will be broken up
by arriving cops. Advocates living in the
encampment are determined to resist, but
this, as everyone knows, is still just a temporary residence.
To maintain internal civility, they are
not allowing any drinking, drugs, fighting
or stealing on the site. Violators are kicked
off, but the atmosphere there has remained
peaceful and pleasant.
The PPU started in October and
charges $11 month to its members. It maintains a web-b log on Olyblog.net. Meetings
are on Saturdays at 3 p.m., currently in the
tent city.
Tabitha Brown is a junior enrolled in
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media outlet that tells us about these things?
Oh right, that's supposed to be the CPJ . Any
way, we sped down the highway, tailgated
through downtown traffic, and while the driver
tried to find a parking spot I jumped out of the
news van and ran for where this encampment
is supposedly being torn down.
It's raining, and the smell of stress pheromones gets stronger. I come out of the ally, and
a wide expanse of tarps and poles opens up
before me, around I 00 people walking around
the camp and talking to each other. There is
a sign saying "Camp Quixote." A man walks
through busy traffic and is honked at, saying
"I saw a police vehicle over there." There is no
police presence to be seen, but there is a KIRO
news van and reporters taking pictures so there
must be something going on. I try to find the
police car mentioned but it is no where to be
found. The camp is not being raided.
Apparently the closest thing that came to
an aggressive camp break down was when
one city official knocked over a tent pole earlier in the day. Some sources state the rumor
was started by KING 5 News, who misinterpreted the ambiguous words of Olympia City
Manager Steve Hall. Another source stated
the rumor came from someone 's parole officer.
The officer stated that they shouldn't bother
going to the camp today because it would
be gone by the end of the day (this someone
apparently tried to use Camp Quixote as their
home address). At any rate, nothing happened yet.
The night before, police came to the camp
to give warnings to the residents of Camp
Quixote. They were warned to immediately
vacate the premises for committing two infractions, trespassing and the storage of property in a public area. The police stated there
would be no negotiating, that if the residents
did not leave willingly they would be forced
to leave, and they were given no timetable for
how long they could stay before this forceful
evacuation occurred.
Through out the night many of the residents were afraid of being arrested or
fined (trespassing is a felony up to $2,000
in fines and/or two years in prison).
Members of the camp state that their squatting was not just a protest in response to the
city ordinance making it so you can't sit down
on the sidewalk, but it was also a demonstration to promote awareness of poverty. The
camp is open to all, and has only four rules:
no drugs, alcohol, theft or violence. The
implicit assumption is that everyone helps
each other. Camp Quixote has already served
as a safe-haven to several people, including
an 82 year-old woman with Alzheimer's
and dementia who was kicked out of the
Salvation Army, as well as Vince and Jennifer
Chritton, a married couple from Spokane who
were riding the Greyhound, had their wallet
stolen, and were stuck in Olympia with no
place to go. The camp accepted them all
willingly. Vince stated that the people of camp
Quixote were very open and friendly (Vince
himself politely ushered me to the side to
quietly tell me that my pants were unzipped,
saving myself from potential embarrassment).
Life in the camp is by no means good, but
it isn't bad either. There were food and tent
donations made, and they even got their own
Porta-potty.
The event was planned online in advance
(by the Olympia Independent Media Center,
and possible other sites) so that the donated
tents would be ready as soon as possible. People
were asked just to "hang out" so that the presence would be larger. There were also requests
for legal observes, medics and counselors,
meaning they were preparing for the worst.
There was also a request for solar powered
showers, which would generate hot water
with the help of the sun, but that luxury is yet
to manifest.
To my luck, just as I was about to leave,
there was a call for a group meeting. The
entire lot gathered around in a big circle to
discuss their strategies and plans. They stated
that there was probably not going to be any
police raid that day (I overheard the reporter
from KIRO say "they're sure not going to
come while WE'RE here"). They had made
a request with the city to hold their current
location for two weeks, during which time
they would seek out another location that was
not on public property and therefore broke
no laws.
They were trying to buy land someplace to
set up a permanent camp, and in the meantime
were looking for local churches that would
allow them to camp in their parking lots. At
about this time, they asked all members of the
media to leave. I figured, fuck, there's only
like five people who actually read the CPJ,
so I stayed a bit longer.
They stated that they wanted another
location that was as visible as their current
one, they didn't want to be shoved out of the
public eye. A vote was held, asking whether
they wanted to move to another location as
soon as they could find one, and there was a
unanimous "yes." At this point my notepad
was getting wet, so I left. For a more formal
account of the past, present and future, go
online and check out The Olympian, as well
as Olyblog and The Olympia Independent
Media Center for more in-depth coverage.
Curtis Randolph is an experimental junior/
senior hybrid and am currently enrolled in
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sports
February 8, 2007
Catching up with the Crew
By Arland Hurd
The Evergreen Women's Crew is coming
off of a championship season and gearing up
for the outdoor portion of competition for the
06-07 season. I found the time to sit down
with Aaron Starks, who is the Crew head
coach, and ask him about the women's strategies. The account that Starks gave pointed
to a team who is going to be doing the same
thing they did last season, which is win.
Starks' aspirations for the women show
he is a determined coach, he's looking forward to seeing them place in the top six for
the west coast. This sounds like something
that wouldn't be too difficult, right? Well
consider that the women would be competing against teams like Gonzaga, Arizona
State, Colorado, University of Oregon and
you begin to think that goal might require
the women and Starks to work pretty hard at
keeping up with those more well supported
schools. The Women's Crew is a non-NAIA
organization, so they have to depend on fundraisers and our own S&A Board for funds.
Aaron Starks doesn't get paid and the
women for the most part end up racing in
boats that are more than ten years old. The
team does have one new boat called the
"Geoduck," which was bought with funds
from the S&A board, but many ofthe other
older boats are leaving the extra shaved seconds to be found in women's effort, not in
equipment functionality.
The women's new boat house provides
a feeling of enthusiasm, which comes from
knowing there are going to be many women
sharing that perpetual spirit of swiveling and
shophoning that the Geoducks are known
for.
Arland Hurd is a senior enrolled in Mind
and the World.
Q. How many student athletes make up the Women's Crew?
A. About 20.
Q. How does one of the rowers become varsity?
A. After one year of rowing the student athlete gains varsity status.
Q.Who consistently holds the best time?
A. Kathryn Garcia who is a third year rower, Christin Clawson who a second year
rower and Alaina Helium-Alexander.
Q. What does your training consist of?
A. The year goes from the first day of the school year till early May. We are on
the water at Swan Town Marina. We go over the history of the sport and technique of
rowing; after Thanksgiving we go into strength training, then we begin our race prep.
When the mental preparation has left the women feeling like athletes.
Q. Have there been any challenges that were around in previous years that the
women don't have to worry about this year?
A. We received the new boat house that protects the equipment and allow us to
keep training even during inclement weather.
Men's Basketball
Send the CPJ your sports photos
Send your con/en/to cpj@evergreen.edu, or visit
our office (CAB 316) Monday evenings.
Women's Basketball
The Evergreen State College vs. Concordia
The Evergreen state College vs. Corban College
February 2, 2007
Attendance: not given
February 2, 2007
Attendance: not given
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The Evergreen State College vs. Corban College
February 3, 2007
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February 3, 2007
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On Campus
Thursday, 8
3 p.m. EF Student Cultural
Representationi: Taiwan.
LH 3.
4 to 6 p.m. "Homeless:
Choice or Chance?"
presentation by Rosalinda
Noriega. SEM II, EII07.
Hosted by WashPIRG,
Carnival, EPIC, VOX,
WRC, Evergreen
lnfoshoppe and PAC.
5:30 to 7 p.m. Multimedia
Lab workshop: Final Cut
Pro advanced. LIB 1404.
4 to 5 p.m. Grammar
Rodeo: Curliques and
punctuation workshop.
Writing Center, LIB 2304
calendar
February 8, 2007
Off Campus
UPCOMING EVENTS
Organic Farmhouse.
Hosted by SEED.
4 to 5 p.m. Creative
Writing Workshop:
Character Development.
Writing Center, LIB 2304.
Tuesday, 13
Noon to I p.m. Faculty
candidate presentation,
"Size Does Matter:
Physics and Applications
of Magnetic Nanoparticles
and Ferrofluids" by
Krishna Chowdary. LAB
I, 1047.
4 to 5 p.m. Academic
Writing Workshop:
"Beginning your Inquiry,"
for essay writing. Writing
Center, LIB 2304.
Friday, 9
7:30p.m. Men's
Basketball game.
Geoducks vs. Northwest
University. CRC.
5:30 to 10:30 p.m. "When
the Levees Broke" film
screening. LH 3. Hosted
by Mindscreen.
8 p.m. Evergreen
Expressions: "Fine Times
at Our House." COM
Building Recital Hall.
Tickets $1 0 general, $5
students/seniors.
6:30 p.m. Summer jobs
and resumes workshop,
presented by Edwin Bliss,
Career Development
Center. Primetime, A
Building, Room 205.
Saturday and Sunday,
10-11
Wednesday, 14
8 p.m. Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," preformance by
The Phrontisterion. COM
Building Recital Hall.
Adult content, free of
charge.
3 to 5 p.m. Academic IT
Priorities Group meeting.
SEM II,A2109.
6 p.m. "Wild Style" film
screening. LH 1. Hosted by
Mindscreen.
Feb 18, Maya Angelou to
speak. CRC. Students $12 in
advance at Bookstore, $I7 at
the door. General admission
$20 in advance from Tickets
West and varioius locations,
$25 at the door.
March 2 to 4, Women
in Capoeira Angola
Conference, Longhouse.
Friday from 7 to I 0 p.m.
Saturday from I 0 a.m. to I 0
p.m., Sunday from I 0 a.m.
to 6 p.m . Free to students,
$20 general admission.
Thursday, 8
$10 drop-in.
Noon to I :30 p.m., 4:30 to
6:00p.m.
Poor People's Union "Sitout"
4th & Franklin and 5th &
Capitol.
Monday,12
Friday, 9
I 0 p.m. Ice Age Cobra
Le Voyeur, 404 4th Ave E.
21+, free.
Saturday, 10
9:30 p.m. Heroes and
Villains, Kill Kill Orchestra
The 4th Ave Tavern, 2I 0
4th Ave. E
21 +, $3 cover.
Sunday, 11
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I to 4 p.m. Capoeira
Angola Palmares
Midnight Sun,
113 Columbia St.
7 to 9 p.m. "Unique
Features of the Mirna
Prairie" presented by
South Sound Chapter,
Washington Native Plant
Society
Washington State Capital
Museum, 211 W. 2IstAve.
Tuesday, 13
6 to 8:30 p.m. Intermediate
banjo playing lessons
Olympia Free School, 610
Columbia St.
Wednesday, 14
8:30a.m. Lobby Day 2007
Convene at the United
Churches of Olympia, II 0
lith Ave. SE
To register, go to http://
pugetsound.org/index/
lobbyday.
The pool will be closed this
Saturday, February I 0 and
Sunday, February II, all day
both days, for a youth swim
meet.
Remember to check out the
4th Annual TESC Science
Carnival on Friday, June I
and Saturday, June 2 from
I 0 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.
Send your events to:
Calendar Coordinator Lauren Takores
via cpj@evergreen.edu.
Monday,12
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Solar food
dehydration workshop.
Club Meet ings
Tuesdays, 8 p.m., LAB I, I 047 and SEM
II, 3107A
Sundays, 6:30 p.m., CAB top floor
lounge
All experience levels welcome
Healing Arts Collective
Tuesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m., Info Shoppe,
3rd floor Library
Geoduck Union
Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m.
SEM II, BII05
geoduckunion@ evergreen.edu
Student Video Gamers Alliance
Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., CAB TV lounge
Evergreen Animal Rights Network
Thursdays, 4:30p.m. CAB 3rd floor
Students for a Democratic Society
Wednesdays, 2 p.m., SEM II, E3 I OS
Society for Trans Action Resources
Wednesdays, 3 p.m., SEM II, D31 07
Meditation workshop
Wednesdays, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Longhouse, Cedar Room
Open Mic Poetry Reading Wednesdays,
8 p.m. Primetime, 2nd floor of A-dorm
Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesdays, 4 p.m. LAB I, 1047
Fridays, noon and 7 p.m., LAB I, 1047
TESC Chess Club
Thursdays 4 to 6 p.m. SEM II, C II OS
All skill levels welcome
The Outdoor Adventure Club
Wednesdays, 4 p.m., rock climbing
gym
Evergreen Spontaneity Club
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m., SEM II, D II OS
Infoshoppe and Zine Library
Thursdays, 4 p.m., LIB 3303.
Prolegomena to a Future Poetics evening
Narcotics Anonymous
SEED
Wednesdays, I p.m. CAB 3rd floor pit
literary reading series
Mondays, 7 p.m., SEM li,Al105
Students In Action workshops
Wednesdays, I to 3 p.m., SEM II,
E2I25
Gyspie Dance Nation
Mondays, 5 to 10 p.m., SEM II, E1107
TESC Democrats
Mondays, 3:30p.m. CAB 3rd floor
tescdemocrats@gmai l.com
Writer's Guild Wednesdays, 3 to 4 p.m.,
SEM II, C building lobby chairs
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February 8. 2007
Photos
by Sarah
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The Hungry Bear Cafe
along highway 101
was reportedly burned
down by arsonists.
The restaurant was
completely destroyed
by destructive nature
of the fire. I was on my
way to the Olympic
National Forest, when
I had to stop and get
some shots of the ashes
and rubble. There
were nails and embers
scattered everywhere,
and remnants of what
the business left
behind.
Contribute your artwork
It's easy to c.ontribute artwork to
the Cooper Point Journal. Email
your work to cpj@evergreen.edu
or drop by the office, CAB 316.
If you're sending in photographs
please provide captions that describe what's happening in the
photo. If there are people in the
photo, please include names when
possible.
If you're sending in a different
form of visual art, don't forget to
indicate the title and please include
some information about the work.
Sarah Alexander is a junior enrolled in
evening and weekend classes with a focus
on Spanish and photography.
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