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Issue 23
Volume 35
April 26, 2007

Evergreen emergency
preparedness plan to
consider armed intruders
ByJordan Nailon

Ev~rgreen

students attend Yakima
Students of Color Conference

By Hannah Chin Pratt
The Multicultural Student Services
Directors' Council of the community and
technical colleges of Washington State
sponsored the 17th Annual Students of
Color Leadership Conference this year in
Yakima. WA, April 12 through April 14.
The theme of the conference this year was
Diversity in Action: Open in' Minds, Makin'
Changes! The conference provided opportunities for participants to share experiences,
problem solve, develop leadership skills,
and create campus and community action
plans. Over 600 students from around the
state participated. The Evergreen Olympia
campus brought 20 students this year, and
the Evergreen Tacoma campus brought 15
students.
Each year the conference begins with an
LGBTQ caucus and racial/ethnic/cultural
caucuses, in which participants attend the racial/ethnic/cultural session with which they
most identify. The caucuses focus on group
identity and issues of self-awareness. On the
second day, participants have the opportunity
to attend a I 01 workshop in order to build
awareness about the group they most want
to learn about. The next concurrent workshop session focuses on skill building and
development, followed by one on social justice and social action. The last session of the
conference involves personal development,
health and well ness. Participants can choose
among up to II different workshops for
each concurrent session, with titles such as
"Speaking Truth to Power: How to Approach
People in Positions of Authority," "The Only
Student of Color in the Classroom: Voicing
Out," "Learning Civil Rights Leadership:
The Ethnic Studies Epistomology," and
"Liberation Theology: Spirituality for Social
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Change." The wide range of options allows
students to choose a workshop suited to their
interests and needs. In addition, the conference includes three keynote speakers, an
open mic night, and a dance.
Personally, I attended the Students of
Color Leadership Conference last year as a
student, and this year in the capacity of student advisor. twas so refi·cshing, inspiring,
and empowering for me to be in the company
of about 600 other students of color. It is such
a different feeling to be in the majority, to
feel that many other people have similar experiences to my own; or if not similar, that
they can relate to my experiences and we
can have a conversation about it. I returned
from the SOCC feeling stronger in myself,
stronger in my sense of ethnic identity, more
connected to the Evergreen students of color
community, and more committed to speaking
out in situations where I am one of a few
students of color. I also returned with new
friends from different schools and increased
awareness about Pacific Islander culture
and immigration issues. Figuring out one's
ethnic identity is a continual process, and the
Students of Color Conference is an amazing
opportunity to reflect and build upon one's
ethnic identity. I feel very grateful for having
been able to attend the conference, and I
would encourage students of color to apply
to attend the conference next year. Finally,
I'd like to thank the S&A board for providing
the funding through Umoja and QPOC so
that students can attend the Students of Color
Conference, and to First Peoples' Advising
Services for organizing and making the
necessary arrangements for the trip - it is
greatly appreciated!

Hannah Chin Pratt is a student at The
Evergreen State College.

Two different kinds of eating:
Methods for cooking potatoes
and flesh eating bacteria at
Evergreen.
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Like many college campuses around the
country, The Evergreen State College is scrambling this week to compile a comprehensive
emergency plan. Prior to the shootings on the
Virginia Tech campus last week, the campus
emergency plan dealt solely with scenarios such
as earthquakes, building fires or forest fires.
Administrators and Police Services are now
attempting to create a campus plan in case of
what police refer to as an "active shooter."
"Most folks hadn't thought about locking
down college campuses until last week,"
explained Vice President of Student Affairs,
Art Costantino. "High schools have thought
about it, but colleges haven't. Partly because
the buildings are all separate."
Chuck McKinney, Assistant Director of
Residential Life, had another reason why a plan
is not already in place. "We can'tplan for every
emergency scenario, like a plane falling out of
the sky and landing on a building. And in my
opinion, a shooting on campus is just a5 unlikely
as a plane falling out of the sky."
Monday though, Campus Police Chief Ed
Sorger sent out a campus wide email outlining
some basic steps members of the Evergreen
community should take in the event of an on
campus shooting. "We felt it was necessary to

get out some generic information to the community as soon as possible." He went on to add,
"What this does is make us say 'Hey, what's
going on on our campus and what can we do?
It's forced us to make this type of scenario more
of a priority."'
In the email, different options for dealing
with a shooter were suggested, including hiding,
running, playing dead or fighting back. The
Police Chief stressed that it would be up to individuals to determine the safest course of action
for themselves.
The email also instructed students or faculty
to immediately lock all entrances, effectively
barricading themselves from the armed person.
Unfortunately, the Seminar II building currently
lacks the capability to lock any ofthe classroom
doors from the inside. "That is something that
we have been talking to building services about.
Right now I believe it is possible to lock down
that building electronically, as we do at the end
of each day," explained Costantino.
Two weeks ago administrators and the police
force came together to run a "table top exercise." This drill involved a scenario in which
an earthquake shook campus causing the bell
tower to fall and a number of subsequent injuries. A number of staff, administration and

SEE EMERGENCY PAGE 3

Geoduck Union wrestles with religious tolerance
By Tori Needer
The administration's response to religiously
intolerant graffiti sparked conversation in the
Geoduck Union general meeting on April25.
Initially the Union was invited to add their
signature to a letter drafted by the Bias Incident
Response Team addressing several recent acts
of graffiti on campus. The Response Team
offered the Union as well as any student groups
with a religious focus the opportunity to sign the
open letter that will be sent out on April 27.
When the floor was opened for discussion at
the meeting several representatives were concerned that the letter was only composed when
incidents involving anti-Christian occurred.
Representative Serenity Wise noted that the
anti-Semitic graffiti that occurred during the
Fall quarter was not included in the letter.
One of the authors of the letter, Art
Constantino, was in attendance at the meeting
and responded that he felt no need to mention
the anti-Semitic incidents because the perpetrators had been identified. ·
Representative Sam Greene suggested that
attitudes similar to this were why he wasn't
willing to affix the Union's name to the document. "I don't really see this as a problem
that was created by the people that did it."
said Greene. "Saying 'this is because of these
people, how are we going to punish them?' gets
rid of the issue."
Greene also noted that he considered one of

Brohinsky's Identity Crisis:
The line between character and
author blurs in Jais Brohinsky s
article.
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the pieces of graffiti satire of religion and not
directly hateful of Christianity.
Wise voiced her concerns over mixing
the church and state but emphasized that she
believed that solidarity among student groups
should have priority. "The religion thing aside,
a group [Greeners for Christ] that has every
right to be on campus and is doing their best to
get by, have events and put up flyers is being
personally attacked," said Wise.
Representatives debated whether the unwillingness to sign the letter was rooted in personal feeling against organized religion.
Greene responded the fact that Christianity
is the majority religion in the United States
deserves consideration. "A statement that is
made against an oppressor is different than a
statement that is made against the oppressed,"
Greene continued.
Representative Stephen Engle retorted that
culture at TESC should considered as well. " I
view Christian believers as a minority on this
campus," said Engle.
With mixed opinions among representatives, Engle proposed that the Union pen its
own letter as an alternative to the Bias committee's response. Drafting of the letter would
be in the hands of the Union's anti-oppression
committee, headed by Representative Kylen
Clayton.

Tori Needer is a junior enrolled in Health
and Human Development.

Crossword Puzzle!
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Evergreen to present Seattle Repertory
Company's production of "My Name
is Rachel Corrie"

The story of Rachel Corrie comes full circle
when Evergreen presents the Seattle Repertory
Company's production of"My Name is Rachel
Corrie" COM Experimental Theater, April 27
and 28 at 8 p.m. and April 28 and 29 at 2 p.m.
as ·part of the Evergreen Expressions Visiting
Artist program. Thursday's performance will
be presented free of charge to Evergreen students with a TESC ID. Tickets are $30 for general admission and $20 for seniors and students. They are on sale at Rainy Day Records,
TESC bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com,
the Communications Building box office, open
from noon to 3 p.m. daily, or by placing a phone
order at (360) 876-6833.
Evergreen Expressions presents
sneak preview of upcoming PBS
documentary

America's first prima ballerina, Maria
Tallchief, is the subject of a soon to be aired
PBS documentary by Sandra and Yasu Osawa
that will be previewed on Tuesday, May 8 at 7
p.m. in COM Recital Hall. The screening, by
the award winning filmmakers, is part of this
year's Evergreen Expressions program. General
admission tickets are $10 and $5 for seniors
and students, on sale at Rainy Day Records,
TESC bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com,
the Communications Building box office, open
from noon to 3 p.m. daily, or by placing a phone
order at(360) 867-6833. A brieftalk-back with
the filmmakers and a reception will follow the
screening.
Green Party Convention slated for
May 12 at Evergreen

The Green Party of Washington State
(GPoWS) will hold its Spring Convention
on Saturday, May 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
in LH 3. Registration for the morning session is from $5 to $25, sliding scale, though
no one will be turned away due to lack of
funds. Headlining the event will be Elaine
Brown, a former national chair of the Black
Panther Party and current candidate for the
Green Party nomination for President. Other
speakers joining Brown include: Malik
Rahim, co-founder of the Common Ground
Collective and a former Green Party candidate for the New Orleans City Council; Aaron
Dixon, GPo WS 2006 candidate for U.S.
Senate; T. J. Johnson, Green Party member
and current Olympia City Councilor; and Dr.
Muhammad Ayub, an area physician and active member of the Green Party of South
Puget Sound. Registration gets underway at 9
a.m. Dr. Ayub will start the festivities at 9:30
a.m. with an opening address, "A Muslim
Perspective of Green Party Organizing." The
morning session will include work on party
business. Starting at 2 p.m., the afternoon session, which is free and open to the public, will
feature speeches and panel discussions with
Ms. Brown providing the keynote address.
For more information, visit www.wagreens.
us, email info@wagreens.us, or call (360)
532-0949.
Be one of next year's Geoduck Union
representatives

Interested in being a Geoduck Student Union
representative next year? Twenty-one dedicated
change-agents are needed to fill these very important positions. Representatives are charged
with improving the quality of student life at
Evergreen. Together and in committees, reps
work with students, the administration, and
other entities in the College to provide input
and solutions on issues that are immediate or
ongoing. Issues this year included transporta-

tion, fmance oversight, CAB redesign, antioppression, student safety, food service and a
wide variety of other concerns that students
have. The Union is also interested in working
at the state legislative level on bills that directly
affect higher education. Being a representative
is a great opportunity for you to make change
happen and be a voice for students. Union representatives meet every week for two hours, as
well as additional hours during the week for
committee meetings and office hours.
Now is the time to declare your candidacy
for the 2007-2008 school year. Read more about
the Union and download a candidacy form
by heading to our website www2.evergreen.
edu/studentgovemment
Visit http://www2.evergreen.edu/studentgovemmentlcandidacy-for-2007-2008 to download a Declaration ofCandidacy. Make sure you
tum it in by Monday, May 7th by eitheremailing
it to elections@evergreen.edu or dropping it off
in CAB 320. Questions? Reply to geoduckunion@gmail.com

Chernobyl: Twenty Years -Twenty
Lives

On April 16, 1986, reactor number 4 at the
Chemobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the former
USSR had a catastrophic accident. A test of its
emergency shut-down devices led to an explosion that destroyed the reactor and blew its radioactive contents over large areas of what are now
the independent countries of Ukraine, Belarus,
and Russia. Additional areas in Western Europe
were also badly contaminated. Mads Eskesen,
a Danish journalist, developed an emotionally
gripping remembrance of these terrible events.
Photographs and texts explore the meaning of
the Chemobyl accident to individuals involved
directly and indirectly. This exhibit is a powerful reminder that technology can have unfortunate and long-lasting consequences. The exhibition opens Thursday, April26 at Evergreen
Galleries, Gallery 4, located on LIB 4th floor
and continues through Wednesday, May 2, open
Monday through Friday, I0 a.m. to 6 p.m. See
Calendar, page 14 for Chemobyl Symposium
and Commemoration events.

MindScreen free movie Wednesdays

Have you been going to the free movies on
Wednesdays? If so then you know how cool it is
to get something back !Tom your student fees! A
free film and popcorn is offered by Mind Screen
every Wednesday at 6 p.m. LH l. This week is
"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's ... " err. ..
"Sorcerer's Stone" for all of the Hany Potter
fans on campus. You know who you are and
you have your next book pre-ordered. Week 6
is a classic, "Pocket Full ofMiracles," followed
by Week 7, "Coffee and Cigarettes," featuring
several stars including Tom Waits, Iggy Pop,
Bill Murray, GZA and RZA, Cate Blanchett,
White Stripes Meg and Jack White, Roberto
Benigni, and more. Weeks 8-10 have yet to be
announced and since the local mega-plex wants
nearly thirty dollars just for popcorn, a drink and
some Goobers, come over to LH I. Bring your
own Goobers or win some in the give-away
drawing, and enjoy a free film and free popcorn.
It's your student fees, enjoy them.
Join the Evergleaners share the harvest
another year

Most people feel that everyone should have
enough to eat, simply by the virtue of being a
person. But it's clear that our current economic
system does not respect this human right. The
results are predictable: people in our community
don't get enough to eat and don't know where
their next meal is coming from. The Gleaners
Coalition was formed in 2005 to help combat
the hunger in our community. By partnering
with local organic farms, the Gleaners have
distributed thousands of pounds of fresh, organic fruits and vegetables into the emergency
food distribution network. The Evergleaners
formed last year as Gleaners Coalition partners
on campus, and we've organized numerous volunteer trips to help harvest food. Nothing beats
heading out to the farm, getting dirty with some
veggies, and bringing home a big haul that will
go to folks who need it. And we need your help!
There isn't much veggie picking going on in the
winter, but spring is here and there's still plenty
of work. We need volunteers to help out with
TASTE, a recipe demonstration project at the
Food Bank. We're also organizing a food preservation class. What else are we working on
right now? Well, that's up to you! Should we
bring rad speakers to talk about G M foods, visit
other gleaning organizations, or stencil vegetables on our t-shirts? All of these things and
more are possible with your energy and ideas.
So come join us, Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in Red
Square, by the hill. If it's raining, we head inside and meet on the stairs on the 2nd floor of
the Library.

Call for talent for
Olympia 2007

Sw~p-0-Rama

At a clothing swap and reconstmction, revive, augment, alter, and transformation event,
people bring their unwanted, unloved, never fit
right, Aunt Margie's gift you ·~ust loved," tired
old clothes and leave with a new wardrobe offab
finds they've altered themselves. Inspirational
sewing machine instmctions via workshops and
demonstrations areas encourage clothing metamorphosis. Swap-0-Rama will be held Saturday,
May 19 from 2 to 6 p.m. in CAB 320. Volunteer,
talented fiber artists, fashion designers, screen
printers, seamstress, catwalk divas, sewing kings
are needed. A person who owned "How to Make
101 Things From aT-shirt" and tried them all.
Someone who can help put on a workshop/demo
or just want in on the inside action of planning
and organizing such a cool community event.
Call (360) 867-4612 or email: eeaa@evergreen.
edu Include your name and contact info, either
a phone number or email address with a quick
description of what you can do.
Where is the student-run cafe?

Students have been organizing for over a
year to mn their own cafe at Evergreen. The
Flaming Eggplant has come far in acquiring a
space, submitting a budget, and writing a business plan. The Flaming Eggplant's goal is to
provide cheap food options and use healthy ingredients that are grown locally and organically. The first menu will include rice and
EMERGENCY FROM COVER
faculty members who were pre-selected for
the emergency response acted out their rolls
in communicating with students, evaluating
building strength, and sweeping buildings for
any persons who may be injured.
There have been no emergency response
drills that have involved students this year
however. "We have had (fire) drills,"
explained Chuck McKinney. "But those
were two years ago and we have not had any
this year."
In the event of an on campus emergency,
students should dial extension 6140, which
is the direct line to Police Services. Chief
Sorger admitted that the Police Services
number is not the easiest to remember, yet
alone in a state of hysteria that could come
with witnessing a shooting. According to
Sorger, Police Services has had conversations
about placing emergency number stickers on
campus phones. Dialing 911 will also direct
you to a dispatcher who can help, but they

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beans, falafel, soup and salad, and sandwiches.
The first face of the cafe will be through an
outdoor vending trailer. When the CAB is redesign it will include a space for the cafe.
Instead of waiting until the CAB is rebuilt in
20 10 to get started, we have decided to get the
falafel balls rolling. If we don't get started now
the movement will be dead by the time the
space in the new CAB is finished. What we
need is a solid showing of student, staff, and
faculty support. You can contact us to get further involved at thetlamingeggplant@riseup.
net or call our office at (306) 867-6636. This
can be your cafe too, so if you feel passionately about it, make your voice heard!
Scholarships Available for Alaska Field
Studies Program

Interested in studying natural history and
land management issues while backpacking in
Alaska's high mountains this summer? Through
generous donations by program alums, scholarships are available for participation in the
University of California - Santa Barbara's
Wildlands Studies Wrangell Mountains field
program, directed by former Evergreen visiting
faculty Ben Shaine. The seven week program
grants 15 quarter units of credit transferable to
Evergreen. Full program information, including
a scholarship application, is at www.wrangells.
org (go to the wildlands studies page from there)
or by contacting Jessica Speed at wmc@alaska.
net or by phone at (907) 554-4464.
The program will include extensive travel up
the glaciers and ridges of Alaska's Wrangell-St.
Elias National Park, habitat for grizzlies, moose,
mountain sheep and goats. In partnership with
the National Park Service, they will monitor
backcountry conditions, with a focus on the effects of recreational use. In addition, they will
work with program faculty who are writing a
natural history of the Wrangell Mountains and
studying the ice-age ecological and geological history of the area, including recent climate
warming. Evergreen students in previous programs have researched alpine habitat, inventoried human-induced changes, studied the relationships between the park and local residents,
and written collections of poetry and stories
about the area. This summer's program will
also include opportunities for related work in
creative writing and arts. In addition to extensive field work, participants can look forward
to discussions with agency staff, scientists, and
local guides; and an intensive writing workshop
leading to preparation of fmal reports on the season's work.

will subsequently transfer you back to TESC
Police Services.
"The campus needs to realize that we are
prepared to confront an armed gunman on site.
We have armed police officers who qualifY
quarterly with their weapons," assured Chief
Sorger. "Are my officers willing to risk their
lives? Absolutely. That's what we get paid 1
to do."
Communication was stressed as the most
effective means of violence prevention on
campus. According to Art Costantino, "One
of the things we have going for us is we are
a smaller campus, so we can pull more of '
the pieces of information together to paint a
fuller picture."
ln regards to the gaps in emergency preparedness that are present in the current plan,
Chuck Mckinny surmised, "Does (our plan)
fit all scenarios? No. But does it cover all that
are probable? Yeah, I think so."
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independent learning contract.

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Potato pieces: the basics of a magnificent tuber
By Ben Rosas
Potatoes are great. As a food source the
potato is durable, cheap, and packed with energy, vitamins and protein. There are hundreds of varieties available virtually everywhere on earth year-round. Did I say they're
cheap? I just bought a ten pound sack of organic Russets for $4.00. That's 2 oz. of food
per nickel. Consider spending one dollar on
a meal. Each dollar just bought me an estimated 750 kilocalories of energy in the form
of about 200 grams of carbohydrates and 30
grams of protein , plus an estimated 200 milligrams (mg) ofvitamin C and over 150 mg
of calcium . For a starving student, those are
good numbers .
Combined with a little fat, such as butter, a
potato is a nearly perfect food for sustenance
and snacking. But potatoes have a lowly
status. Although they are the world's most
widely cultivated vegetable, many of us fail
to take full advantage of this apt tuber. There
are some who fear the potato, having excommunicated it and other starchy foods from
their diet, hoping to reprogram their metabolism and reduce glycolysis to a crawl. Most
of us, however, strongly rely on the carbohydrates trapped by plants during photosynthesis as our primary source of energy. We
want this energy to be cheap and delicious.
So we encounter the French fry. Let's suppose you buy a medium order of typical fast
food French fries for one dollar. You will receive roughly 5 oz of Russet potato salted
and fried in a less than romantic oil variety.
You're looking at an estimated 57 grams of
carbohydrates, 6 grams of protein, plus 22
grams offat (in the form of fryer grease). Do
the comparison with a typical bag of chips

and the numbers are even more convincing.
It pays to cook your own spuds.
The solution is simple. Learn to prepare
potatoes in a variety of delicious styles. It's
easy. It's fun. Most of these preparations require little work, few ingredients and will
survive in your refrigerator or lunchbox. So
grab a sack of potatoes and a knife and let's
go over some basics.

Varieties
The common potato (So/arum tuberosum)
has hundreds of varieties but there are two
general categories. These are crudely referred to as Bakers and Boilers . Bakers are
"Idaho" potatoes and/or Russets. Yukon Gold
as well as blue and purple potatoes behave
like bakers. They are drier, mealier, and contain more starch than Boilers. Baking potatoes are named so because they become fluffy
inside when cooked. French fries, which
should have a crisp surface and a fluffy interior, are always made from baking potatoes,
usually Russets.
Boilers are "waxy" potatoes. They are
moister, firmer, and contain less starch than
Bakers. Boiling potatoes include most red,
white, and fingerling varieties. Boiling potatoes are sturdier. They are commonly used in
salads or soups when you don't want pieces
that crumble apart. Some potatoes, such as
Yellow Finns, are all-purpose but tend toward
the waxier side of things. New potatoes behave like Boilers but are even firmer.
Baking
This is of course the most obvious and
simple preparation. Try and bake a waxy
or new potato and you will not be rewarded
with a steaming package of flaky fluff but

will end up with a dense, waxy potato that
is umm, cooked. Preheat your oven to 400°4250. Rinse and scrub one or more baking potatoes . Dry the skin off and rub them lightly
with butter or oil. Deeply pierce each with a
fork . This allows moisture to escape and prevents explosions. Multiple piercings yield a
drier, mealier product, which you may prefer.
Wrapping in foil will only contain the moisture and keep things soggy. Bake for 40 to
60 minutes. Gently stabbing a potato will inform you of the texture of its interior. Raw is
crunchy, starchy, and moist. Cooked is soft,
dry, and will not stick to your blade. Once
baked, split them open with a butter knife
and garnish with your favorite toppings.
Butter, sour cream, chives and parsley are
simple favorites.

Boiling
Choose some nice, waxy young or mature
boiling potatoes, rinse and drop into a pot
of water whole, or in attractive and uniform
pieces. Cut potatoes are more exposed and
will cook quickly. Add a pinch of salt and let
boil for 20 to 40 minutes depending on size.
A potato dropped in boiling water will not
cook evenly. Too much ~alt and you might get
an overly soft exterior. Slightly acidic water
helps maintain firmness. If you've had problems, try adding a little vinegar or cream of
tartar. Cooking below a boil, around 180 or
190 degrees F (82-88 C) is warm enough to
cook the starches without degrading the tuber's integrity, but takes longer than boiling.
As with the previous recipe, use a sharp blade
to check for doneness. Perfect potatoes will
soon be overcooked if left in hot water, so
drain off and optionally reserve the cooking
liquid. This impromptu potato "stock" can

be used as a soup base or for other projects.
Place the drained potatoes back on low heat
for a few moments to steam off excess moisture. Now, give 'em some flavor. Roll the potatoes in seasoned oil or melted butter with
herbs, or toss them in a saute pan with other
savory ingredients.

Roasting
Roasting is not baking. Roasting is best
done with Boilers because they are firm and
won't fall apart. Roasting allows the exposed
starches to react with oil in the pan and create
those wonderful brown flavors we all like.
Cut your potatoes into cubes or wedges, or
even sticks. You can roast them alone but
they make such easy friends with carrots, onions, mushrooms, garlic, and in fact any root
vegetable. Unevenly cut pieces? Unevenly
cooked food. Do you want large, small, long,
flat? Visualize this artistically for a moment
before you get too hasty. There are few things
that accompany a roast chicken as perfectly
as a pile of dice-like roasted vegetable cubes
that just beg to be forked. Toss your roasting
ingredients together with oil (be-liberal here),
salt, pepper, perhaps an herb or two of choice
and throw them in the oven, preheated to 450°
F. Let them roast. Don't pester them. Don't
open the oven, don't stir or shake or poke, not
yet. 30 minutes of unmitigated browning is
the key to tastiness here. At that point, shake
and stir them a couple times during the next
20 minutes or so. After 40-50 minutes in all,
you should have brown, aromatic, sizzling
little spuds that can be eaten plain or served
with anything.

Ben Rosas is a senior enrolled in an independent learning contract on food science.

Flesh-eating bacteria on campus.
By Alex Taylor
You may have heard stories circulating
around the dorms, locker rooms, or Red
Square about Evergreen students being infected with "flesh eating bacteria." Is there
any truth to these rumors? Like many educated answers, it is not simply a matter of yes
or no, but is rather a tangled story of deception and intrigue, of pus and putrescence, of
hemolysis and hand washing.
The fact of the matter is that The
Evergreen State College, like many other
community environments, is home to a certain strain of bacteria known as methicillin
resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA.
This is a sad truth of the modern medical
age, but is nothing to panic about. While the
name sounds very technical, all it means is
that our beloved campus as well as hospitals,
nursing homes, prisons, and about 1% of the
general population, ·harbors some common
bacteria that are uncommonly hard to kill.
In most cases, MRSA is not dangerous and
acts essentially the same as methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus- a bacterium
found normally in 25 to 30 percent of people's noses. That said, Staph is not harmless,
and all forms of S. aureus can be pathogenic
if they enter the body (often through a cut or
abrasion) where they can cause the infamous
"Staph infection."
So if staph is everywhere, and can cause
routine infections, what is so important about
MRSA, and what is the deal with the rumor
about "flesh eating bacteria?" This is where
the story gets interesting. Normally, Staph
infections can be treated with antibiotics like
penicillin or amoxicillin and the pimple, boil,
or infected cut will heal right up. MRSA is
resistant to all of these penicillin derivatives,
and is therefore considerably more difficult

to treat. In many cases, MRSA skin infections can be cured with prudent and diligent
wound care, but in rare cases MRSA can also
infect the urinary tract, lungs, and surgical
wounds. In these cases, MRSA can usually
be treated with long courses of fairly toxic
IV antibiotics, but even these are starting to
lose their efficacy.
Now, armed with this background
knowledge and vocabulary, we can talk about
the "flesh eating" side of it. In medical terms,
this is a condition known as necrotizing fasciitis- death of the tissue that ensheathes the
muscles. An ancient disease, reported as
early as the fifth century B.C.E., necrotizing
fasciitis can result when a microorganism
enters the subcutaneous (below the skin)
tissues. While B-hemolytic streptococcus
(also the cause of strep throat) is the most
common cause of necrotizing fasciitis, it
can also be caused by MRSA. Unlike necrotizing fasciitis caused by B-hemolytic strep,
however, MRSA is resistant to many antibiotics, and is hence more difficult to treat.
At this point, the questioning reader may be
wondering why MRSA is sometimes pathogenic and sometimes not, and why sometimes
it causes necrotizing fasciitis. Biochemists
are still trying to work out the details of this
variability, but there are essentially two sides
to the story. One side of the virulence spectrum is the patient. People with a weakened
immune system, people with chronic conditions like alcoholism, diabetes, and cancer
are more likely to suffer from a Staph infection, and necrotizing fasciitis is more likely
to develop. The other side of the story is
the genetic makeup of the bacteria. A recent study out of the University for Medical
Microbiology and Hygiene in Germany has
indicated that some specific bacteriophages
(viruses that infect bacteria) play a role in

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inhibitory concentrations" of some antibiotics lead to increased virulence factor transmission. What this means in English is that
MRSA or otherS. aureus bacteria cause necrotizing fasciitis after they are infected with
this particular bacteriophage, and that a light
dose of antibiotics (e.g. if a patient skips
doses) can make this infection more likely.
There are several take-home messages
from all of this nerdyness. First: wash your
hands. Humans are the major reservoir of
Staph bacteria, and they are spread by personal contact. Second: wipe down that
equipment at the gym. They don't ask you
to wipe down the equipment just so others
don't have to smell your sweat; they are
trying to protect everyone's health. Third:
don't freak out. Staph infections and MRSA
are a global issue- MRSA is spreading, but
infections can be avoided with prudent hygiene and medical care, and even flesh eating

MRSA is still fairly treatable. However, as
drug resistant bacteria emerge in hospitals,
nursing homes, and the community, we are
slowly returning to the days before the antibiotic revolution. Be responsible for your
health and the health of those around you.
Practice good hygiene and seek medical attention if you think you have an infection.

Alex Taylor is a Student Medical
Assistant.

Sources:
Green, Roland J .; Dafoe, Donald C., Raffin, Thomas
A. Necrotizing Fasciitis. Chest, July 1996, p. 219-229,
Vol. 110, No. I.
Goerke, Christiane ; KOller, Johanna ; Wolz,
Christiane. Ciprofloxacin and Trimethoprim Cause Phage
Induction and Virulence Modulation in Staphylococcus
aureus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy,
January 2006, p. 171-177, Vol. 50, No. I.
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April 26, 2007

No more pussyfootin'

Anew
leaf
By Brandon Custy

Green is back, the winter's passing has
made room for the vibrancy of spring. The
field is filled with flying Frisbees and the
tennis courts have no shortage of rackets.
Music wafts through the air at any hour caressing casual passers by. The energy on
campus is a welcome contrast to the dreary
silence of a cold and rainy winter.
After a few months of hibernation in the
dorms, the students ofEvergreen have begun
to show themselves to the world again. The
field in front of the HCC is brimming with
personalities and Red Square too has its
share. The energy is so consuming, a student might find it hard, on occasion, to make
it to class. Students abound with seemingly
endless energy, refreshing the campus with
their vigor.
This new energy is not limited to the
students. The campus events have been
similarly revived. The Seattle Repertory
Company's production of My Name is
Rachel Corrie, is scheduled to open at the
Experimental Theatre in the Communications
building on Friday, April 27 at 8 p.m. It will
be the first offour performances on Campus.
Rachel Corrie was an Evergreen student who
was killed by an Israeli bulldozer. The play
comes from her own writings.
The 13th annual Procession of the Species

Celebration is set to take place on Saturday at
4:30p.m. in Downtown Olympia. The procession starts on Legion Way and Cherry between Jefferson and Chestnut. The procession ends at Heritage Park for the closing celebration, so check out www.procession.org
for more details.
The Evergreen Annex, by which I mean
Olympia, has also felt a renewed vibrancy.
The sun has recharged the capitol city. On
Monday I went to the Eastside Tavern to hear
some music and drink some beer. The lively
tunes of the bands stood in stark contrast to
the music played in similar establishments
just a few months earlier. I remember one
of them being about dirt farmers in Vermont
or was it about fireworks, I remember that
there were two banjos that night.
Spring has sprung on campus and Olympia.
During the winter there were times when one
might wonder what there is to do. The new
question is, which event should I attend?
Even if there is no event to attend or one does
not find go to one. See the calendar for more
upcoming events. There is always something
to do and if there isn't, then there is always
something to not do.
Brandon Custy is a sophomore happily enrolled in Illustrative Narrative and Matters of
Life and Death, and appriceates all submissions for the A&E page.

ByJoey Georgelesson

We stand at a crossroad: China looms large
on the horizon - an impending world power; the
European Union threatens solidarity; and, in the
US, we are confronted with a terrorist menace.
We fight a specter, an ideology that manifests
in exploding shrapnel from booby traps and
cowardly suicide bombers aimed to destroy not
only us, but our way of life. The character of
this enemy points to the fact that there will always be those in the world who disagree with
the tenets of our great nation: Liberty, Justice,
Equality, Democracy. We must choose a pathwe can give in to brutalitarian forces or make a
stand in the name of Freedom. Our stand must
not be limited to the War on Terror or China or
Europe, but must attempt to eradicate all opposition for the future. The United States must
recognize its power and use it accordingly to
achieve victory. What, you may ask, is this
vague notion of victory so often thrown around
by politicians and the media? Well folks, I say
no more pussyfootin'. Victory can only mean
world domination.
As any fourth grade Risk player knows,
Asia is the key to world domination and victory. For a player starting in North America,
there are a few steps necessary to achieve such
a goal. First, South America must be conquered. It's best to do away with this potentially pesky neighbor before he can accrue
any strength. While a foray into Venezuela
will prevent an enemy's army bonus, the conquest of the entire continent will increase reinforcements, create a sizable southern buffer,
and allow for easy access to Africa. With the
southern border secured, one must move on
Iceland and Kamchatka. The acquisition of
Iceland will both shield Greenland and prevent the unification of Europe, thus avoiding
a superpower neighbor. The same is true of
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border off the Alaskan coast. Also, the takeover
of Kamchatka is essential in that it is a foothold
into Asia- like a simulated Boxer Rebellionthe attainment of which will ultimately win the
game.
Right now, the United States has actualized this strategy. Military operations from the
latter half of the nineteenth centwy on (even
before Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe
Doctrine) have pacified our southern neighbors
throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.
The repercussions of WWII, namely the Cold
War, the Marshall Plan, the Bretton Woods
agreement, and NATO, have ensured against
the unification of Europe. Finally, the establishment of military bases lining the Pacific
(Australia, Guam, Japan, Korea, Northern
Marianas Islands, Philippines, and Thailand),
throughout the Middle East and Central Asia
(Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi
Arabia, UAE, Israel, Jordan, Yemen, Djibouti,
Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan,
Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan), as well as the global
imposition ofNavy fleets have successfully surrounded China, the key to Asia. The plan is in
place, China is in the crosshairs, now we must
pull the trigger and see victory through to the
end.
There is no military in the world capable of
matching our power. Forty cents of every income tax dollar goes to fund current military
operations or to pay for past ones. Our military budget is akin to the combined defense
budgets of the rest of the world's nations. This
strength must not be put to waste. We must erect
a standing army that can handle multi-theater
wars. Ifthis were actualized, we would not have
to limit our engagements to Afghanistan and
Iraq, but could move on to more pressing threats
like Iran and North Korea. Moreover, increased
military spending would ensure our technological advances stay years ahead of competitors,
which would maintain our supremacy and hegemony. Imagine these advances as Risk cardswe must keep our hands full and our enemies'
empty. ln short, a new military Keynesianism
needs to be established. A larger, standing army
will need to be supplied with continually-upgraded equipment, providing jobs in research
and development as well as manufacturing.
The economic system will be similar to that
of the 1950s; however this time the wars will
not have to end, preventing the recession witnessed in the '70s.
A successful Risk player masses his army,
building and building until culminating in a vast
spree of complete decimation spanning continents. Likewise, we must continue to surround
China. Once North Korea has been pacified,
we must take advantage of our ubiquitous military bases. Nuclear missiles can be launched
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April 26, 2007

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Monday Night Reading Series Review
By Andrew Csank
Don Mee Choi read selections from an anthology of contemporary poetry by Korean
women, Anxiety Of Words (Zephyr Press,
2006) that she edited and translated. The anthology and her reading were concerned with
three poets, Ch'oe Sung-ja, Kim Hyesoon
and Yi Yon-Ju, who worked during the '70s
and '80s in South Korea.
Don Mee Choi read both the original
Korean and afterward her English translation, permitting, despite the quiet of her
voice, the capacity for the listener to enjoy
the music of the originals. The first poet she
read was Ch'oe Sung-ja. The circumstances
of Korean poetry at the time had highly prescriptive modes for women to write in-the
poems were to be reflective, philosophical,
solitary, etc. Furthermore, due to the circumstances of written Korean as invented specifically for women and commoners (the men
and people of status using classical Chinese),
these gendered models were encoded into the
language itself. Ch'oe Sung-ja instead wrote
in a 'rough language'- her poetics were anchored strongly to the body, with almost a
medical reality that any transcendent function had to work against. Also present was a
degree of futility to that struggle. In a similar tension, the abstracted or surreal aspects
of the work cycled back into the movements
of daily life. Reflection, philosophy and
solitude, one remembers, are always hand
in hand with the material circumstances in
which one finds oneself.
The second poet from the anthology, Kim

Hyesoon, took a more formal approach.
Whereas Ch'oe Sung-ja's departure from the
model of feminine poetry was thematic, Kim
Hyesoon's departure is linguistic. The poems
would cycle back upon individual wordscricket, bitch, question, father- rather than
upon subjects such as the body or the day. Yet
Hyesoon permits a sort of"entering between
the sentences" of similarly feminist thematic
concerns. Here you have themes such as the
desire to kill the father without wishing to become the father and to dodge the patriarchy
of the sentence and the declaration.
The third poet, Yi Yon-Ju, originally a
nurse by profession, wrote in a much more
realist mode than the first two. This poetry,
rather than tying the conceptual concerns to
material reality, or treating its language as
material, was firmly and transparently about
nothing but material substance. Largely concerned with prostitution, these poems contained suicide, gambling, and most notably,
a host of physical excretions-phlegm, pus,
vomit, blood, etc. Here we see a third mode
of departure from the reflective tradition-the
plain vulgarity of experience, plainly experienced, and can perceive that there can be
multiple solutions to a singular problem.
Upon the conclusion of reading these
poems, it was revealed that Don Mee Choi
wrote what Zaher considered exceptional
prose poetry, and yet she had read none of
her own work.
Zaher, originally of Egypt, now living in
Seattle, is rare in that he is one of those poets
who has chosen to write in a language other
than his native tongue. The attraction, as he

Don Mee Cboi and Maged Zaher

states it, is the capacity in English to write
as you speak. Arabic, largely due to the notion of the Koran as being quite literally the
word of God, has a strict mode of writing for
poetry. One must remain within a high, metaphorical rhetoric or else one is either moving
away from God or, secularly, not writing true
poetry. Interestingly, in relation to the earlier Korean poetry, he intimated that grandiose rhetorical traditions are indeed patriarchal traditions.
Zaher, certainly, takes full advantage of
English's permissiveness of the commonplace. Here we have a poetics of air hockey
tables, traffic conditions, jellybeans, "suddenly asleep on the dance floor," "now I
smell like patchouli but I have a sexy laptop,"
"Thursday night is reserved for weekly identity crisis," etc. The laughter one has in the
presence of li.is poetry is one of recognition
that fully acknowledges the desperate neurosis (and strange charm) of where we're
all truly living. This kind of recognition
could never take place in a language devoid of our actual conversations, objects and
preoccupations.
His desire to eschew Arabic, aside from
the rhetorical freedoms, is also, he says, an
aspiration to "surrender all identities." He described a desire to shy away from conventional identity politics "which the fashion
kids like" in lieu of a desire to maintain himself and others as more complex than accrued
ethnic, national, religious or sexual status. As
he perfectly put it: "I didn't want to just be
like 'Hi. I'm an Arab."'
A theme that one could draw from the

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evening was that of Othering. Don Mee
Choi pointed out that in Korean modernist
poetry, the male poets drew from the traditional female modes (which were also folk
modes) just as the women stepped into male
language. The impulse to write with the language of the other gender, or the language
of another nation, or any kind of language
that "belongs" to someone alien ... what is
it about these that makes them such prevalent strategies in poetry, particularly in our
era? Maged provided numerous answers ...
In our era, more than any other, the Other
is "in your face all the time." We've become a global culture. Addressing the feminist line of thought in the evening, he suggested that sometimes the Other Language,
such as in gender, is a construct, just a domain of text. We can reclaim the spaces that
we're taught to believe are not our own, stand
in them and declare, "I exist here too." At
that point, Maged said, you're free from the
corner you've been put in, and afterward,
you can leave the reclaimed space and create
your own.
Afterwards, on the bus home, I imagined
another possible answer; language is about
speaking with another. Perhaps it is only by
immersing ourselves in the Other's language
that we can begin to achieve the communion
language has always sought to provide.
This and future readings this quarter are
held in SEM II C21 05, Mondays at 7 p.m.

Andrew Csank is a senior enrolled in Art
After the End of Art.

Edited by Tim Tharp
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ACROSS
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6. 80s fad "pet"
10. Fish Tale Ale, e.g.
14. Alone counerpart
15. Conan O'Brien, e.g.
16. Vonnegut title, plural
17. Oly's Columbia Building since 1973
20. Daylight Savings' time in NYC
21. A pipe-bomb, e.g. (abbr.)
22. Salt, in El Guanaco
23. Carlos Beltran, e.g.
24. Certain winter holiday to Target employees
25. Rainy Day Records purchases, abbr.
27. James Stewart in "Rear Window," e.g. also
an Oly venue/eatery
30. Pre-McMenamin's
34. "at
for words ... "
35. 1-1oo's counterpart
37. Misspelled B&O
38. Non-verbal agreement
is human ... " Alexander Pope
39. '"To
40. "If you put a pie
windowsill,
it's fair game in cartoons ... "
41. A Dutch grandmothers playing LT's old
position?
44. Michael Jordan's old organization
45. Gujarat garb
47. With 49-Across, Oly's veggie vendors
49. See 47-Across
50. Charlton Heston's organization
51. Flagler and Lewis preceder
52. Excessive hand washing, say
55. TOEFL teacher's subject
57. Foot stamps debit card, abbr.
58. Toothpaste brand
61. West ~ide Food Co-op connector to
Downtown
65. Carell of"The Office" was nominated for
one
66. Black Flag drummer Johnson
Fire," 1985 Emilio Estevez
67. "St.
Film

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68. "
Man," 1984 Emilio Estevez
Film
69. Part Bob Barker's outro
70. 2 toffee candy bars
DOWN
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2. Former Mariners shortstop
3. Defeat handily
4. Water-filter brand
5. Autobot Prime of the "Transformers"
6. These were left "hanging" in Florida
7. Jay-Z's Gold-like AKA
8. 50 year old NGO promoting renewable energy technologies
9. Add on
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Devoe
II. K-6, abbr.
12. How students in the Sean Williams' program would say Ireland
13. Comedic spiel
18. Ears do this
19. Local tree
24. Deletes, (out)
26. NNW opposite
27.
the Year
for 2006: Ford Fiesta
28. "
Linda"
Figaro in CA town?
29. What Luke might
call his Jedi Master's
ability to navigate the
ocean blue?
30. Fans' job
3 I. Plate and spork's
progeny?
32. Palmer's nickname
33. Coffee/duck
preparation
35. King3ley, Kamen
and Moore
36. A crystal ball is one
42. KO go-between

43. French hat
45. Existentialist Jean-Paul's family
46. It can be high or contemporary
48. Certain oak reminders?
49.
Deep, with the album "Blood
Money"
51. "Don't go gettin' all touchy .,-------52. 0-4 at the plate, in baseball lingo
43. 1994 Prince album
54. Landfill
56. Word with lava, head and heat
58. Announcing your style of work online?
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should prevent retribution.
Once China has been quelled, the other nations should follow. Without a strong leader,
all of their economies will be too interwoven
and reliant upon U.S. capital to truly afford
confrontation.
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a handful of necessary actions that have been
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New American Century, whose authors include
Dick Cheney, Jeb Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul
Wolfowitz, and John Bolton.
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April 26, 2007

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ympostum
The Language of Violence

By Victoria Larkin
Wielding his Glock, camo gear, that sneer, and his
triumph, like it or not: he was smart enough to capture
himself, posed in all his fury, on film in advance of his
mission accomplished. Images of this guy are probably already hanging up in people's bedrooms. He's a
poster boy for sure now. Hell, how many already have
posters of Scarface, Taxi Driver, Neo in The Matrix et
al, Guns blazing, hanging in their homes?
America idolifies riots of bullet spattered glory. It's
the Wild Wild West, it's how this country was brought
into its current state of ownership, despite all that confusing language about the right to life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness. Life, liberty, and someone's happiness are often found at the end of a Gun barrel. Life,
liberty and happiness were grabbed for white men and
their women by use oftheir Guns. I remember reading
somewhere that, back when we were shooting natives
from behind passing train windows, many 'soldiers'
said they wouldn't have won their battles against the
'braves' without having had Guns ...
How many of the films we make and watch center
around feasts of Gunfire, glorious choreographies of
slaughter? The stuff little boys grow up on; the ways
they get to see themselves dealing with others who
don't share their views, or their blood lines, or their
twisted perspectives, or their righteous values, or who
just won't shut up! Shooting people is the answer.
Having Guns is the answer.
Someone told me they heard a Gun control debate
the other day in which some dude said that if everyone
carried handGuns the shooter wouldn't have killed
more than a few people, cause somebody else would've
been able to shoot him!
More Guns ... that'll do it.
Guns Guns Guns ... We're so good at shooting ours
off, and we get so upset when anyone who isn't sanctioned by our government does it. Bush shoots his
Dick off and Iraq is wasted; got that eye on Iran now;

and let's not forget all the dicks in the past -Nixon,
for instance .. . Dicks with Guns ... And what great paths
they've laid into the earth, with blood of someone else's
life, their power, drenching the soil. ..
Americans are known for responding to - fill in noun
here - with weaponry, bombing Iraq being our latest
feat of brilliance. Doesn't really take much to fire off
some destructive equipment; it isn't exactly problem
solving, certainly not creative.
America has made a cult of violence, of Guns in particular. And I was thinking, oh it's only America; we
alone have the corner on the cult of violence. We alone

How many of the films we make
and watch center around feasts of
Gunfire, glorious choreographies
of slaughter? The stuff little boys
grow up on; the ways they get to see
themselves dealing with others•.•
have infected the world with this madness ...
But then I thought of all the violent European countries, who have used Guns and other types of weaponry to plow their way through history: Spain, France,
England ... It isn't just in America. It all goes back to
Western Culture, which ancient Greece and The Bible
are both at the base of- both chock full of Vile-ents.
Take Odysseus for example: he takes a trip, leaves
his wife all alone with the kids for 20 years, fucks a
bunch of other wimmin - blames them, saying they
were 'temptresses', "Sirens", (uh huh, I've heard that
one before) -lies, cheats and slashes his way through
the Grecian world, finally comes back to find his wife
being pursued by other men, proceeds to slaughter them
all, and we call him a Hero.
Some dude named Jesus tries to talk to people and
to feed them instead of slicing them up and look what

happens to him ... We feel sorry for him, and make
him our scapegoat, but we sure don't call him a Hero.
Most of us think of him as a sucker. Poor guys: either
you go shooting your dick off or you get crucified for
being a pansy ...
So I'm thinking; it's Western Civ. all over. The very
reason I avoided taking it in my community college.
It's boring and repetitive.
And then, trickling into my consciousness come
other readings, about other histories: India; China;
Japan; Africa, the Middle East; Ancient Egypt. .. All of
them stories full of violence bringing various regimes
and dynasties and hierarchies into power, for however
long, until the next gang comes up with bigger weapons
or better strategies with the old ones .. .
I conclude: it's Humanity ... We're a violent lot.
Images of heroic murderous bastards standing on the
heads of their "enemies" have adorned our habitations throughout all time. Who knows what was going
on before hierarchies became the fashion. I don't.
Maybe nothing has ever been any different. Maybe
we've all been spiritually expelled to this planet until
we learn to quit being so murderous - until we learn
how to stop thinking that slaughtering people actually
changes anything. It may make someone feel better,
it may make someone a Hero, but it's just a temporary
measure. Eventually the pendulum swings into somebody else's hands.
Don't get me wrong, if I'd have been in that school
building and had access to a Gun, I would've shot that
guy; and anyone who could have shot him before he
continued to empty out his clips would've in turn been
a Hero. But to many other disenfranchised people, right
here in America and certainly around this world that
we've tramped our heavy boots on, that guy is now a
Hero, in full blazing color.

Victoria is a senior having a terrifyingfinal quarter
being a tutor, co-coordinator ofthe Writers· Guild, and
ajlt student in Writing Beyond Language.

A Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center Puzzler

The Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center (QuaSR) invites you to challenge your quanti~
tative reasoning skills by solving our puzzle of the week. Each week we will present a new puzzle for you
to solve. When you come up with an answer, bring it in to the QuaSR Center in Library 2304. If you are
one of the first three with the correct answer, we have a prize for you.

A large, extremely heavy gold block
is thrown off of a floating rowboat
and into a lake. Does the water level
in the lake rise or fall when the
block falls in?
Why?

Solution to last week's
Challenge:

10 spiders and 6
flies

letters & op_inions

Cooper Point Journal

9

April 26, 2007

Why I don't Jike gays
By Casey Jaywork
I often wonder if r-~,.,..,..-,--~--.
today's faggots, the
third generation since
Stonewall, are worth the
effort I put into them.
Put another way: maybe
homophobia is just an
ugly form of honesty. It seems like half the
men I've dated still cling, deep inside, to the
notion that we're somehow less, a sort of
culturally-pervasive Stockholm Syndrome.
At some point, mustn't this become a selffulfilling prophecy?
Once, cradling a boyfriend in my anns,
I asked. "If you could take a pill that would
make you straight tomorrow, would you?"
He didn't know.
People like Larry Kramer, the Malcolm
X of HIV, are infamous for queer elitism:
that somehow we cocksuckers are better
than other people. This view holds that our
trials-by-fire have turned us into a twentyfirst century equivalent of Holocaust survivors (literally, according to Kramer.) To
be sure, the last fifty years of Americana
haven't been lackihg in social battles over
homosexuality. It's been less than a generation since we stopped being classified
as mentally ill, and that's just in the mainstream; pockets of explicit homo-haters still
persist across this great, God-fearing nation,
and bona-fide acceptance is still exceedingly
hard to come by.
I vaguely recall sitting in seventh grade
social studies when we discussed the murder

of Matthew Shepard, a Wyoming butt-pirate
who passed away from complications related to pistol-whipping and exposure. This
might be faulty memory, but I seem to remember the conversation, both on the classand national-level, entertaining the question of whether it mattered that he was gay.
The implicit message echoing throughout
the debate was reminiscent of progressive
Germans in the 1930s: that even if there was
something wrong with these Others (Jews
or queers), violence was simply going too
far. Love the sinner, hate the sin, blah blah
blah.
Re-read the above paragraph. See what
I'm doing? It's become fashionable to the
point of acquired instinct for gay~advocates
to grab this kid, Shepard, and parade him
around as our token victim for all to gawk
at and feel guilt towards. He's our beautiful
martyr, crucifixion and all. Really, Matty
dying was probably the single best thing
that's happened to faggots in the last decade, though it's considered impolitic to
mention this.
Thinking about all this sort of makes me
want to throw up.
But hey, all is fair in love and war, right?
In American politics, using your mouth as a
cum-dumpster puts you square in the m idd Ie
of both. Maybe I'm just frustrated that
Shepard's homosexuality was even considered- that anyone felt compelled to bring it
up in forming opinions on his murder.
Maybe hate crime legislation, by its
very nature, legitimizes the hate it deals
with. I mean, hatred of one variety or an-

other is usually involved with lethal beatings; people aren't often in the habit of
pistol-whipping those they care for. I have
to wonder about this justice-by-prioritization. In a sense, it turns us- the culturallysanctified Minorities- into children. "You
are not strong enough to exist without special protection."
If all is fair in love and war, our community is in perpetual shell-shock. A wise man
once told me that "Fists are usually open
hands grasping for something that isn't there
anymore." When we raise our fists in the air,
clutching those rainbow flags and shouting
"We're here, we're queer," who is it we're
fighting against?
Don't get me wrong; homophobia, both
violent and passive, is decidedly real. I don't
mean to discount the tens of millions of
Americans who literally believe I'm going
to burn in hell for eternity; or men so caught
up in being Men that they can't help but hate
men who have sex with other men; or the
manifest second-class-citizen status we have
regarding marriage rights. What I'm getting
at is that ever since stm1ing at Evergreen,
I've lived with less homophobia than any
other time in my life. Seeing what this was
like got me wondering: if we faggots could
take a pill and wake up tomorrow in a world
without homophobia- Would we know what
to do with it? Are we strong enough to live
with freedom? Or would we find new ways
to become victims, because that's the only
existence we've ever known?
I guess I'm sort of Larry Kramer's polaropposite; I don't think that queers are better

than other people, but, if anything, worse.
Half the guys I've dated are so stunted by
the lack of self-esteem and good role models
(thanks to the coming-of-age alienation
that's common among fags) that I have little
trouble understanding why our community
is so caught up with meaningless sex, dysfunctional relationships, and drug abuse.
And it drives me crazy, because we
should be better, stronger; more ethical and
hardworking; more loving and smarter.
Goddammit, there should be straight folks
fleeing through the streets in fear of the
Great Pink Threat! We have the opportunity
- being uniquely liberated from the status
quo by the very nature of our marginalization - to be the leaders of tomorrow. Instead,
we're busy scrambling to continue paintil)g
ourselves as victims, or cowardly playing
Peter Pan unti I our asses become too wrinkly
for the bathhouse.
If there was any doubt in my mind that
the faggot community hasn't matured as far
as it should, it was lain to rest when I saw
"The Boys in the Band," (the 1970 precursor
to "Queer As Folk.") In the last minute of
the film, cradled in his boyfriend's arms, the
protagonist whimpers, "If we could just stop
hating ourselves ... "
The question is, can we?
I don't know.

Casey Jaywork is a sophomore enrolled
in Life and Consciousness. He can be
reached at burch_9030@yahoo.com.

Supreme Court moves the anatomical landmark
By Gar Russo
The Supreme Court
last week upheld the first
restriction of any kind
on abortion since Roe
v. Wade legalized abortion for any reason in
all fifty states during all
nine months of pregnancy in January, 1973.
Previous to that date each state was free to
choose its own abortion laws. Mostly the
abortion procedure was restricted to certain specific circumstances in the vast expanse ofNorth America, but a few states like
Washington, California and New York had
very liberal abortion laws in 1973.
Thus, it is incorrect to say that Roe v.
Wade 'legalized abortion' and that overturning it will 'criminalize abortion.' Unless
the Supreme Court determines that the fetus
inside the woman is a 'person' under the
Constitution (very unlikely), overturning Roe
will just send the issue back to each state to
choose its own abortion law, and Washington
State will revert back to its liberal abortion
law that was in force before January 1973.
Although Washington State's abortion law
prior to Roe was very liberal, it still banned
the practice known as 'dilation and extraction' or 'partial-birth abortion', which was
at issue in The Partial Birth Abortion Ban
Act of2003. The Supreme Court upheld the
Act last week in deciding two related cases,
Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned
Parenthood. The issue in the cases was where
abortion ended and infanticide began. In oral
arguments in Carhart, Solicitor General Paul
D. Clement defined the issue as to "whether
fetal demise takes place in the uterus, which
is, of course, the hallmark of all abortions,
or whether fetal demise, the lethal act takes
place when the fetus is more than halfway
out of the mother."
In many media vehicles, the description of
the 'dilation and extraction' (D&X) or 'partial-birth' abortion procedure is not allowed
to be published or broadcast. Abortionfstas
want to hide the details.
In two Associated Press (AP) articles
written within hours of the decision, the same
descriptive phrase is used in both articles to

hide the most important detail of the now
banned abortion method. Both AP articles
describe the "outlawed" procedure as "partially removing the fetus intact from a woman's uterus, then crushing or cutting its skull
to complete the abortion." The key word alive
is omitted from the description. The banned
abortion method which was upheld by the
Supreme Court involves the partial delivery
of an alive and intact fetus.
In the Court's majority opinion, Justice
Kennedy memorialized a description of what
Congress called in the Act "a gruesome and
inhumane procedure" by quoting a nurse's
eyewitness testimony in the case regarding
the practice at issue:
"Dr. Haskell went in with forceps and
grabbed the baby's legs and pulled them
down into the birth canal. Then he delivered
the baby's body and the arms-everything
but the head. The doctor kept the head right
inside the uterus ....
"The baby's little fingers were clasping
and unclasping, and his little feet were
kicking. Then the doctor stuck the scissors in the back of his head, and the baby's
arms jerked out, like a startle reaction, like
a flinch, like a baby does when he thinks he
is going to fall.
"The doctor opened up the scissors, stuck
a high powered suction tube into the opening,
and sucked the baby's brains out. Now the
baby went completely limp ....
"He cut the umbilical cord and delivered
the plar.enta. He threw the baby in a pan,
along with the placenta and the instrument
he had just used."
Previously the 'anatomical landmark' determining the difference between abortion
and infanticide was the fetus's head. In the
Act, Congress moved the anatomical landmark to the fetus's navel. In oral arguments,
Solicitor General Paul D. Clement spoke to
the Court in favor of the Act:" ... it's important
to draw a line here [at the navel], and say that
fetal demise that takes place in utero is one
thing. That is abortion, as it has always been
understood. But this procedure, the banned
procedure is something different. This is not
about fetal demise in utero. This is something
that is far too close to infanticide for society
to tolerate."

All that the Partial Birth Abortion Ban
Act requires is that the fetus be killed before
being partially removed from the woman past
the anatomical landmark of the fetus's naval.
That should not be too much to ask. No evidence was presented by either side that even
a single abortion would be prevented by the
Act or that the procedure is ever medically
required.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg set the
agenda in her dissent from the majority
opinion. "Today's decision is alarming," she
wrote. The decision contains "no exception
safeguarding a woman's health." The majority decision, she wrote, will "chip away"
at abortion rights. She worries about Roe because the majority opinion did not "retain" or
"reaffirm" the 1973 abortion decision.
On the day after the decision, Nancy
Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice
America, took the lead from Justice Ginsburg
and said that the Supreme Court's decision
is "alarming," it "contains no exception for a
woman's health," and gives "the green light to
anti-choice politicians" to work against abortion. She called it the "Bush Federal Abortion
Ban." No mention of D&X or 'partial-birth'
or hanging the live fetus out of the womb with
the head inside, snipping its backbone and
sucking its brains out. Nope. It is an issue of
"personal, private medical decisions," and "a
woman's right to choose," she said.
NOW president, Kim Gandy, said in a
press release that the decision was a "clarion
call" (a synonym for Ginsburg's "alarm"),
contained "no exception ... if the woman's
health is in serious danger," and worried that
the decision was "chipping away" at Roe.
Never mind that the Act contains an exception to save the life of the mother and that no
evidence was presented that indicated that
the D&X procedure was ever needed for any
medical problem. Abortionistas demand the
'health exception' because they know that the
abortion doctor can drive an 18-wheeler thru
it and will always claim that any abortion is
for the health of the woman.
Will Roe fall? Norma McCorvey (the
'Roe' in Roe v. Wade) has renounced her part
in the landmark abortion decision of 1973.
"I do not want any more women to be injured by abortion, nor do I want any more

children to die," she said. At a news conference in front of the Supreme Court building
in 2005, she said that she feels responsible
for "the deaths of millions of children" that
have been aborted since 1973.
At the same news conference, Alveda
King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
spoke about her experience with abortion. "I
made the choice to have my second abortion
right after Roe v. Wade. The real truth is that
abortion hurt me, it hurt my living children,"
she said. "They often say, 'Well, mommy, you
killed our brother or sister-<lid you want to
kill me too?' I have to answer that...."
Abortionfstas may have gone too far in
their defense of the D&X partial-birth method
of abortion and in the process may have endangered the continued viability of Roe v.
Wade.
The abortionfsta's contention about
Congress' moving the anatomical landmark
from the fetus's head to its navel reveals
their inhuman and fiendish view. Planned
Parenthood is revealed not to be planning parenthood at all, but something very different.
Usually abortion activists minimize the
psychological effects on women of the procedure and attribute any grief, sorrow or regret to their finding religion, but in oral arguments, Eve C. Gartner, the attorney opposing
the Act in Gonzalez v. Carhart, was asked by
Chief Justice Roberts, "What are the psychological reasons" for opposing the Act?
"If she would prefer that the fetus undergo demise before the extraction begins,"
she replied, "some women may feel better
about that. The testimony was also that other
women absolutely don't want that. And you
know, feel that they- you know, it's a very
personal question that really goes to the heart
of this case. It's a very personal decision how
the woman has made this very difficult moral/
religious decision to end her pregnancy, often
for very tragic reasons, how does she want
the fetus to undergo demise? Different people
will have different views about this. But here
[in the Act] Congress has legislated that for
the woman .... "

Gar Russo is a senior student studying
communications.

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Cooper Point Journal

Club
Meetings
Fashion Club
Mondays, noon
CAB 2nd floor
TESC Democrats
Mondays, 3:30p.m.
CAB 3rd floor
tescdemocrats@gmai !.com
Prolegomena to a Future Poetics
evening literary reading series
Mondays, 7 p.m.
SEM II AliOS
Healing Arts Collective
Tuesdays 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Info Shoppe, 3rd floor Library
Evergreen Spontaneity Club
Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m.
SEM II DII05
All experience levels welcome
Student Video Garners Alliance
Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m .
CAB TV lounge
Narcotics Anonymous
Tuesdays, 8 p.m.
LAB I 1047 and SEM II 3107A
Sundays, 6:30p.m.
CAB lounge
SEED
Wednesdays, I p.m.
CAB 3rd floor pit
Chemistry Club
Wednesdays, I to 2 p.m.
LAB I 1037
Geoduck Union
Wednesdays, 1 to 3 p.m.
SEM II Bll05
geoduckunion@evergreen.edu
Students In Action workshops
Wednesdays, 1 to 3 p.m.
SEM II E2125
Students for a Democratic
Society
Wednesdays, 2 p.m .
SEM II E3105

On Campus
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Thursday, 26
4 p.m. Medicine &
pnntmaking workshop
with Benjamin Pixie.
CAB 110. Hosted by
Carnival.

dents with TESC ID.
COM Ex~erimental
Theater. osted by
Evergreen Expressions
and Mediaworks.

5 to 7 p.m. Multimedia
Lab workshop: Peak
and Soundtrack Pro.
LIB 1404.

Friday, 27
10 a.m. 20th Annual
Bubble Blow. Red
Square. Hosted by
Campus Children's
Center.

6 to 8 p.m. "Locked"
film and discussion with
director Juli Lasselle.
LH 1. Hosted by VOX
and WRC.
6 tolO p.m. Financial
literacy workshft in
SEM II E31 07. osted
by Umoja.
8 p.m. "My Name is
Rachel Corrie" play
and panel discussion .
Free tonight for stu-

8 p.m. "My Name is
Rachel Corrie" pial'
COM Ex~erimenta
Theater. osted by
Evergreen Expressions
and Mediaworks.
Saturday, 28
2 and 8 p.m. "MX Name
is Rachel Corrie ' play
and panel discussion.
COM E x~erimental
Theater. osted by
Evergreen Expressions

Synergy
Wednesdays, 3:45p.m.
CAB 320
Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
LAB I 1047
Fridays, noon and 7 p.m.
LAB 11047

and Mediaworks.

Appearing Task Force.

Sunday, 29
2 p.m. "My Name is
Rachel Corrie" play
and group discussion.
COM Ex~erimental
Theater. osted by
Evergreen Expressions
and Mediaworks.

6:30 to 9 p.m. Gypsie
Nation: Freesyint
dance. SEMI , E1107.

Monday,30
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Boredom Patrol circus
type performance, Red
Square. 4 to 10 p.m.
r:rouf: workshop, SEM
I A 105 .

Wednesday, 2
3 p.m. Bicycle mechanics workshop on
adjusting brakes. Bike
Sho~, basement of
CA .

5 to 6 g.m. "Elements
of Ale emy" creative
writing workshop. LIB
2304.

6 p.m . Mindscreen
movie night: " Harry
Potter and the
Sorcerer 's Stone."
LH 1.

Tuesday, 1
4 to 5 p.m. "Grammar
Garden" punctuation
workshop. LIB 2304.

l .m.

5 to 10
Student
Group lliance party.
CAB 110. Hosted by the

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Upcoming Events
Special Announcements
Thursday, May 3
6 p.m. Vipassana
Meditation. Longhouse.
Hosted by Common
Bread.
Saturday, May 5
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
SpringWrites Writing
Ritual: writing workshops followed by evening readings 7 to 8
p.m. Dance/Potluck
8 to 10 p.m. Organic
Farmhouse. Hosted
by Writer's Guild and
Writing Center.

5 p.m. door, 7 .r.m.
battle. All Natwns
1v 1 Breakdance
Competition. LIB 1st
floor lobby. Hosted
by Expressive Arts
Alliance.
Tuesday, May 8
6 to 9 p.m. Rachel
Carson forum.
Longhouse. Hosted
by Masters in
Environmental Studies.

...

On Thursday, April 26, Evergreen will host the
Chernobyl symposium and commemoration, a special program of information and remembrance about
the world's worst accident with nuclear power. This
event is co-sponsored by the academic programs
Energy Matters, The Evergreen Singers, Russia and
Eurasia, and Sustainable Futures. The event will be
held in LIB 4th floor from 1:30 to 4:45 p.m., then
a no-host dinner will be held from 5 to 5:55p.m.
at the Greenery, and the event will conclude in the
COM Recital Hall from 6 to 8 p.m.

, Off Campus .

Society for Trans Action
Resources
Wednesdays, 3 p.m.
SEM II D3107
Writer's Guild
Wednesdays, 3 to 4 p.m.
SEM II C building lobby

calendar

April 26, 2007

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Don't let boredom get you down!
Grab a friend and hit the town!

Thursday, 26
11 a.m. Farmer's Market
Dirk Ronneburg, The New
Prohibition Band, Phil
Post
Friday, 27
7 and 8 p.m. ArtsWalk:
American Legion

Building
Dynamik, Manchester
Saturday, 28
2 to 4 p.m. Arts·Walk:
Olympia Free School 610
Columbia St.
Mask-making workshop
in preparation for the

Procession of the Species
Sunday, 29
7 p.~. Food Not Bombs
Mamum ·
Monday,30
6:30 to 7:30 l?.m. Activate
West Olympia: Mondays

for Peace vigil
Corner of Black Lake and
Cooper Point Blvd
Tuesday, 1
International Workers Day
and National Mobilization
to Support Immigrant
Workers Rights

The Outdoor Adventure Club
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
CRC rock climbing gym
Meditation workshop
Wednesday 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Cedar Room Longhouse
Open Mic Poetry Reading
Wednesdays, 8 p.m.

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Thursdays, 2:30 p.m.
CAB 320 solarium
Infoshoppe and Zine Library
Thursdays, 4 p.m. LIB 3303
TESC Chess Club
Thursdays, 4 to 6 p.m.
SEM 11 Cll05
All skill levels welcome.
Evergreen Animal Rights
Network
Thursdays, 4:30 p.m.
CAB 3rd Floor

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to Calendar
Coordinator
Lauren
Takores at
cpj@evergreen.
edu.

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Livin' With The Man

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April 26, 2007

by George Atherton

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sake of global resource domination! Maybe I should
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Cooper Point Journal

April 26, 2007

Pinhole Photography Dusty Miller
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Dusty Miller is a senior enrolled in music technology contracts. He will be showing his color pinhole photography for the month of May 2007 at Caife Vita in downtown Olympia. There will
be an opening reception Wed, May 2 with music, food and drink from 6-8 p.m. You can contact him at waxwings@gmail.com.

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