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The Geoduck Student Union had a
problem. They needed to fill 21 spots for
next years student union, but after the deadline for student representative applications
came and went, there were only 14 names
in the hat.
As it turns out, all that the fragile flower
of a representative democracy needed to take
root at Evergreen was a little more time. The
Geoduck Union race now boasts 31 candidates, more than doubling the number of
on-time entries during the one-week extension to May 14.
One week ago, Carolyn Commer, a
Geoduck Union member foresaw these
turn of events. "There's something about
extending deadlines on this campus, it kicks
people into shape."
Brooke McLane-Higginson, a member
of the Geoduck Union and the election
committee explained the sudden surge in
involvement. "We put fliers up around
the whole school. There were 300 fliers
in all."
The fliers were drafted and printed on
May 8, and posted on May 9, awkwardly
after the original deadline of 5 p.m. on
May 7. Prior to these fliers, no tangible
efforts had been made to recruit representative candidates around campus since the
deadline had been set during week two of
spring quarter.
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Volume 35
May 17, 2007
When asked why the Geoduck Union
failed to post fliers until after the deadline had passed, representative McLanceHigginson explained, "We were crunched
for time leading up to the deadline." In the
interim, she stated that the Union had sent
out a few notices on web-based list serves,
such as TESCCrier. These efforts, however, failed to generate any calculable buzz
around the student union election.
McLane-Higginson did not dismiss the
Geoduck Unions responsibility in the matter
however. Speaking of the deadline extension she said, "It kicked the union into shape,
and got us more organized. We had failed to
get organized up until that point."
Along with the multitude of fliers freshly
plastering the campus, the Geoduck Union
made an effort to get out to the people by
tabling their cause on the main floor of the
CAB and on Red Square.
"Tabling has that person to person contact," trumpeted McLane-Higginson.
"We're talking to you!"
The Geoduck Student Union is now
hoping that the candidate delay does not
turn in to voter apathy. A voters guide to
all official candidates can be found inside
this issue of the CP J and candidates will be
able to campaign up until the elections are
held during weeks eight and nine.
In observance of National Peace Officers Memorial Day on May 15, a part
of National Police Week, Evergreen's flags were at half-staff to commemorate police officers that have died in the line of duty.
Jordan Nailon is a junior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
Evergreen Queer Alliance co-hosts week long Pride Celebration
By Tori Needer
The Evergreen Queer Alliance is cohosting a week-long series of events that
will represent the first Pride Celebration
at TESC in ten years.
Gay pride events will be hosted m
downtown Olympia the weekend of June
15, the same weekend as TESC graduation ceremonies.
"It originally started as a group of
people trying to get together to go to
Olympia Pride," said Chelsea Whitaker
one of the student coordinators for the
EQA and an organizer for Pride Week, "but
it's after graduation and a lot of people are
going to be gone."
Frequent turnover among student coordinators contributes to annual events such
as Pride falling out offrequency Whitake
suggested.
Previous smaller Pride events have
occured in the schools past but this year's
celebration is the largest in EQA faculty
advisor Mary Craven's memory. "There
hasn't been anything this big that I can
remember," said Craven. "I've been the
advisor for twelve years."
The Cooper Pointjournal is a
The freshest answers
student newspaper ser\'ing the
Incoming freshman answer out
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Evergreen State College and
the surrounding community
Eight other student clubs are co-sponsoring the activities that will span the week
of May 21. Events range from the educational to the entertaining. "Trembling
Before G-D," a documentary that addresses
reconciling sexual orientation with religion, will be shown and accompanied by
discussion with Rabbi Seth Goldstien. On
Friday night the "Cheap Ass Drag Ball"
will cap off the weeks festivities.
Classically Pride events or parades
have been held in June. The commonlyaccepted explanation for the event's
date is that it is the anniversary of the
Voters guide to the Geoduck
Student Union Elections
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TESC
Olympia, WA 98505
Address Service Requested
Meaningless names
Should campus buildings be
renamed?
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Tori Needer is a junior enrolled in
Health and Human Development.
Victoria Larkin on
words
Read about it on
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Language Symposium and your
weekly QuaSR challenge
Page 6
Casey Jaywork
congratulates you
Dates, times and events
of Olympia, \VA.
Get to know your
Candidates
Stonewall riots. In June 1969, a gay club,
the Stonewall Inn, wall raided by police.
What followed was several days of altercations between police officers and gay
rights activists that fueled the rising
modern gay rights movement.
Much of the event's funding is a celebrative effort between the student organizations involved. The President's Diversity
Fund also awarded a grant. All events are
free and are hosted on campus.
Cat sandwiches and
poetry nights
Find out why
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Our calendar is filled with them,
so go read it and then go out
and rock
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Geoduck Student
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candidates
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Swap-0-Rama this Saturday
At a clothing swap and reconstruction, revive, augment, alter, and transformation event,
people bring their unwanted, unloved, never
fit right, Aunt Margie's gift you "just loved,"
tired old clothes and leave with a new wardrobe of altered finds. Sewing machine instructions via workshops and demonstration areas
encourage clothing metamorphosis. Swap-0Rama will be held this Saturday, May 19 from
2 to 6 p.m. in CAB 320.
vide a forum in which we can revel in our history while simultaneously fostering community connections.
Science of breath at Common Bread
Common Bread continues its series of guest
speakers on practices for inner peacemaking
with an evening on the science of breath, presented by the Art of Living Foundation on
Thursday, May 17 at 7 p.m. in the Longhouse.
Snacks and tea will be served at 6:30p.m. This
unique breath technique, "Sudarshan Kriya,"
cleanses mind and body of negativity and
stress, expelling toxins on the cellular level.
The program is taught by the Art of Living
Foundation in 150 countries, with special programs for prisons and for HIV patients. Art of
Living was founded by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of
Bangalore, India. Art of Living combines the
ancient science of yoga with cutting edge techniques of stress-management. As a response to
the tragedy at Virginia Tech last month, Art of
Living began a campaign for a violence-free,
stress-free America on college campuses.
Bike losses and thefts
The Evergreen Police Department has been
having more reports of bike thefts. In addition
some bikes are being found in miscellaneous
areas. People missing bikes may want to contact Coopers Glenn Apartments. According to
Officer Pamela K. Garland, the manager said
that many bikes are left abandoned there in a
pile. The county will be contacted to pick them
up if they are not claimed.
WoCC Tiny Theatre: Oral History
Celebration.
On Tuesday, May 22, WoCC will be hosting
the I st Annual WoCC Tiny Theatre: Oral
History Celebration. The purpose of.the event
is to empower people with reflective shovels
that will unearth their pasts. Too often the private lives of women are discredited and thouglit
to lack academic and artistic merit. However,
through the vehicle of oral history we are
hoping to transform preconceived notions of
the value of lived experiences. By exploring
our oral history we are not only reclaiming but
also honoring our heritage and awarding ourselves with an opportunity to celebrate our families and learn more about ourselves. Last week,
WoCC constituents and their friends came together for a brainstorming workshop to help
generate ideas for the upcoming Tiny Theatre
presentation. However, people who were unable to attend last week's workshop are still invited and encouraged to share a piece of their
oral history. Basically, we are hoping to pro-
McCann Plaza road work update
There will be significant night closure of
normal entry to and exit from the college. The
paving contractor is scheduling grinding or
milling work Thursday night, May 17, starting
at 11 p.m. and ending no later than 6 a.m.
Friday. Any disruptions to access and exiting
from the roundabout into the main parking area
will be minimal. Flaggers will be present to assist. This work will occur irrespective of the
weather. Weather permitting, paving is scheduled to start Friday, May 18 at 11 p.m. Work will
continue until 10 a.m. Saturday morning. The
entry from the roundabout to B and C parking
Jots will be open Saturday morning. Entering
and exiting B and C parking lots will otherwise be restricted through the night and early
morning. Three flaggers will be on duty, all with
maps of alternative routing. One will be stationed near the roundabout and two will be stationed on the alternate route. The alternate route
will be the fire lane behind the Lab Annex all
the way to Dogtooth Lane, near the Longhouse.
Although we expect very low traffic volumes,
drivers entering and exiting the campus will
likely be inconvenienced.
Intercity bus service at the McCann bus loop
will not be available Saturday morning. Check
IT's postings at your normal bus stops. In case
of rain, the paving work will be re-scheduled
for the following Friday. With or without rain,
the parking booth will be open Monday, May
21. Normal fees and permit requirements resume then. Also, expect another night closure in late May for crosswalk work near the
roundabout.
MindScreen free movie Wednesdays
A free tilm and popcorn is offered by
MindScreen every Wednesday at 6 p.m. LH
I. This week is a landmark cult film about a
self-proclaimed "internationally ignored song
stylist" from Communist East Berlin and her
search for her other half, "Hedwig and the
Angry Inch." Weeks 9 and I0 have yet to be
announced and since the local mega-pi ex 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 giveaway drawing, and enjoy a free film and free
popcorn. It's your student fees- enjoy them.
Evergreen Galleries exhibits art of graduating seniors
The talent and dedication of graduating seniors Katy Ellis O'Brien and Miranda Currie
is currently being celebrated in an exhibition
at Evergreen Galleries. O'Brien _and Currie
were selected from among a strong group
of applicants to participate in Senior Thesis
Projects. Their paintings and prints will be exhibited in Gallery 4 through May 24. Assuming
the role of both painter and storyteller, O'Brien
created a series of acrylic-on-panel renditions
ofthe emotional journey ofthree animal characters that discover a pair of human foundlings.
In her colorful cartoon style, the artist shows
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her characters reaching heights of trauma and
ecstasy against the idyllic backdrop of a rural
village. The result is a mix of peculiarity and
pathos, as with each image the viewer J¢ams
more about the characters and their situafton.
Currie imbues her series, "The Three qttle
Birds Who Wandered the World and Became
Wealthy," with a timeless feel, achieving this
through content and technique. Inspired by
her readings of 16th to 19th century European
fairy tales and reminiscent of book illustrations, Miranda's dreamlike prints combine fairy
tale imagery with scenes from her everyday
world. The artist creates the images using the
time-consuming, centuries-old traditional process of etching images into multiple copper
plates and then printing with multiple colors.
Evergreen Galleries, Gallery 4 is located in LIB
4th floor. Hours are Monday through Friday,
I0 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Sex: Positive Conference
Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to learn some savvy tips and tricks about
sex and sexuality. Local to global VOX will be
exploring political issues surrounding reproductive justice, the Partial Birth Abortion Ban,
and the Freedom of Choice Act, about STis
and birth control, women's biological vulnerability to HIV, social and biological implications
of hormone therapy, D.I.Y. women's herbal
planters and aphrodisiacs, and a special presentation from Toys in Babe land. They'll be setting
up their famous "Safer Sex Salad Bar'' in Red
Square from 11 a.m. to I p.m. during the Pride
Olympics, as well as hosting the last free HIV
Testing event of the year in the CAB from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. This conference will take place
on Wednesday, May 23, with events happening
from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in SEM II, Buildings C
& D. The workshops will be held in concurrent
sessions, so pick your favorite one and check
it out. Full programs will be available today,
Thursday, May 17. Drop by the VOX office,
CAB 320, Office 17 to pick one up or email
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Monday night reading series review
Michael Rothenberg and David Meltzer
By Andrew Csank
The first poet to read this evening was
Michael Rothenberg, who doubles as an
editor for many anthologies of like-minded
poets, including David Meltzer. His poetry,
or so it seemed to me, was exemplary of a
certain kind of strategy one typically associates with the American '50s and '60s.
The poetry doesn't allow its objects and inhabiting images to be something entirely
beyond what one would actually experience, but to treat these objects and images as though they were the stuff of myth
and divinity, usually through the employment of somewhat incongruent adjectives.
His first poem of the evening, "Vision
of Peace", for example- "huge blanket",
"ragged gray mouth", "wind raking bay",
"thrashing voice of branches and leaves" ...
none of the actual material here is at all
stunning (at least, not stunning to the jaded
or bored, such as myself), but it is through
this mode of stunned perception that they
are exaggerated into something beyond,
say, just "a blanket, a mouth, a bay, some
branches and leaves".
Rothenberg also pulls from what I'd like
to call the "usual mythology" of pop culture, and applies its mystery to the mystery of going about living a life:<'take
note: Rock Hudson died of AIDS ... Rita
Hayworth was painted on the first atom
bomb ... Yul Brynner died on the day my father died". Unfortunately, this is no longer
pop culture. It is the precocious few of
our generation who know about Hudson,
Hayworth and Brynner, and their respective troubles. Furthermore, who is concerned about the bomb today? This is not
to say we shouldn't. Nor is it to say the
poem fails: perhaps the entropy of cultural references into obscurity is also the
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just as dead as Rothenberg's father. The rims" of a she-eat's sex and "my seed ...
strategy would also appear to be no acci- light running down your thigh". This deddent. A poem commemorating the death ication to the substance of a human life is
of his friend Philip Whalen (also a poet, partially addressed in a poem in which he
if you feel like looking him up) is en- is with a friend of his who is a dedicated
titled "Rosemary Clooney died today". student of rabbinical school. He spends the
And Rothenberg, certainly, addresses this day with this friend expecting some granmeans of understanding one's own mor- diose revelation, but his friend remains
tality later: "I'd rather live forever than silent. When he finally begins to speak,
be remembered". These poor Hollywood Meltzer hanging on his words, the grand
beauties will, ultimately, have attained nei- expected revelation turns out to be: ''everything is bullshit!" The moral of this fable,
ther of those options.
What I found to be his most compelling so to speak, might be something along the
poem was a vast Iitany of objects, all of lines that one cannot expect the revelation
to come from somewhich are "now perceived as a weapon".
David said, explicitly, during thing otherworldly.
The worldly is the
Jets, boats, houses,
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cars, films, songs, the Q&A: the great mystery is revelation . And, perprayer, vegetarian one like the everyday- the vis- haps, too much otherworldy learning
cuisine, orgasms,
etc. These aren't ible - I look outside and there is and the world ceases
necessarily actually the mystery... if someone can to provide anything .. . it becomes
weapons, but they
are now perceived as write a great poem about step- bullshit. Everything,
Meltzer, is alsuch. The idea here
ping in dog shit... then we're for
most certainly not
might be that viogetting closer:'
bullshit. In fact, it
lence, or at least poseems the opposite:
tential violence, is a
conceptual. act, a certa111 way of relating "flips the pancake to the ceiling and hope
to the things of the world. But what of his it sticks there forever along with the bacon
"now"? What about our consciousness has fat stars". David said, explicitly, during
shifted that violence is ·now present in the the Q&A: "the great mystery is one like
ideas of all things? And when did it shift? the everyday- the visible - I look outside
But I'm getting ahead of myself. He-pro- and there is the mystery ... if someone can
vides an exception: "art...'is black magic". write a great poem about stepping in dog
Art is exempt from the violence, but not shit. .. then we're getting closer."
So what is it to find the normal strange?
the ill intent. Why?
David Meltzer, the second poet, is one The idea of being bewildered as being
of the greats who found their way into the closer to understanding ... this is something
New American Poetry anthology, a tome explored thoroughly in avant-garde tradithat has taken on the status of legend in the tions for a long time. Yet the reaction is to
American poetic tradition . One initially no- always write bewildering language. But
tices that, Meltzer, much like Rothenberg, perhaps this kind of language fails to reveal
composes his work from the stuffof"reg- quite how bewildering things are, in their
ular" life. He begins with a charming ode to plain-ness. What is it to exaggerate the
the mannerisms of Bela Lugosi, "not a put- world, to create a new world, or to reveal
down that you were so long ajunkie ... it's in this one? Where are we most truly aware
the smile ... it is no wonder... it was in good of how mysterious our situation is?
A closing quote from Meltzer:
taste, too" . The fact that Bela Lugosi's
"This is what happens when you're olddead (pardon the inadvertent Bauhaus reference) has nothing to do with this poem. you get crippled and become a pain in the
It is not in any sense employing Lugosi ass, any other questions?"
as a means to address mortality or decay.
Andrew Csank is a senior enrolled in
The poem addresses precisely one thing:
Lugosi. He then moves on to poems with Art After the End of Art.
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comnmniques from LIB 2304
May 17, 2007
Languag·e Symposium:
Finestra fino mar.
By Victoria Larkin
All year been doing the literary theory thing: language,
words, meanings of, behind, what they convey, hold,
their arbitrary nature, readers' interpretation. We stitch
and are stitched into the web. I think of e-m ails between
me and someone nameless: meanings behind meanings
and nothing meaning what is said and what is said isn't
what is and I can't figure it out anymore so I' II just stop
writing in circles around your circles around your what
you're not saying anymore ...
It is said that Literary Theory/Criticism, studying literature, can be bad for writers. When I started this little
philosophy of language tour on my own last fall began
a slow splitting of the seams of my ability to trust my
expression - I was getting locked up from thinking too
much.
Words are sacred to me -!live in and champion them,
yet still. .. there is beyond words. · I dance. Relate entirely to the non-verbal realm, of ecstasy, of the body.
At times Dance is akin to orgasmic elation- not thecaressings that lead one to that plunge, but the leap out of
gravity, release into whirlings of incorporeal space; and
music is the transport, the pitch to which I vibrate and
come out of myself by. There are no words here.
New York City was home for so long, though no specific
I am pure, center point, color wind water fire anger home in it ... After I moved here I heard myself refer to
love ...
back east as 'home'; it sounded ironic to me.
But as soon as I start thinking about anything at all the
I had no way to explain the void that opened up in
edges sharpen, jostle, become self-conscious ... I lose the me, conjured by the word home.
union ... ! come down and am back in the world.
I couldn't even approach sharing my associations
So I know there are these experiences: wordless, the to, or lack thereof, or philosophy about the word home
silence between lovers, perhaps reached through previous without striving to speak my experience. I needed words.
conversation, exchange of words, but through the pores For all the times I say I can live without them, words
of two in understanding flow knowings that cannot be were all I had.
written. Why this one and not that one; how a-mother
And now, in The Fabulous Class, I'm reading Jean
knows her child hungers from the other room, her breasts Genet, "Miracle de Ia Rose," and the world is a rose. I
spurting out; fullness of heart ...
am transformed by his words. I feel the silence on the
It is easy to see that words are inadequate.
other side of, in between them. He dances inside of me,
But then ...
comes through my pores, says to me that words are enThe other day I was in a workshop and we were given ergy toward the center point.
a prompt: using images/colors only, respond to the word
Cut to creative non-fiction: Have conversation about
'home'. I went blank. Stuck. How many times have I words and writing with other human. He says to me, while
actually written about wondering what 'home' means? tutoring my paper: "Perhaps the words are home?''
Nothing comes to mind. No pictures, no images. Maybe
Silence.
before I was six there was home, and that which I have no
memory of implanted itself in my cells to haunt me and
Victoria Larkin is a senior, a writing tutor, co-co of
invoke homesickness whenever some air surrounds me, . the Writers Guild, and thoroughly rapt in The Fabulous
the timbre of a voice I don't recognize, a time of day ... Class: Writing Beyond Language.
A Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center Puzzler
The Weekly Quantitative Reasoning Challenge
The Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center (QuaSR) invites you to challenge your quanti,
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to solve. When you corne 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.
Suppose you have a group of 6 people. 1 of these people is Kevin Bacon. Of the remaining 5 in the
group, 3 people know Kevin Bacon. Show that in this group of 6 there must exist either a subgroup of
3 people who all do know each other or (!.subgroup of 3 people who do not know each other. In fact,
this can be proven with just t~e information given above. To solve the puzzle, you must show that either of the two above scenarios is necessary, not just possible.
Note: "Knowing" works both ways (If A knows B, then B knows A. If A does not
know B, B does not know A).
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Solution to previous challenge:
2, 3, 5,. 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31,
37,41,43,47, 53, 59,61,67, 71,
73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101.
(All are prime numbers)
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voter's guide
Cooper Point Jou)"nal
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May 17, 2007
Official Campus
Voters
uide
May 171h, 2007
Spring 2007
Greetings Greeners! Listed below are the three items that need your vote this spring.
Please take the time to review each one. If you need more information about a particular ·
initiative, we have listed where you can find it. The ballot items are listed as they will
appear when you vote online starting May 21st.
TRANSIT FEE INCREASE TO SUPPORT LATE-NIGHT TRANSIT
A TRANSIT FEE INCREASE OF $3 PER QUARTER HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE
GEODUCK UNION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A LATE-NIGHT SHUTTLE PROGRAM
SERVICING EVERGREEN'S OLYMPIA CAMPUS. IF ENACTED, LATE-NIGHT
WEEKEND SERVICE OF THE SHUTTLE WOULD BEGIN IN SPRING 2008. THE
SERVICE WOULD BE RUN THROUGH THE COLLEGE.
OLYMPIA CAMPUS ONLY I SHOULD THIS FEE BE ENACTED? YES/NO.
ONE-Til\1E FEE TO SUPPORT THE FLAMING EGGPLANT STUDENT CAFE
THE FLAMING EGGPLANT STUDENT GROUP HAS PROPOSED A ONE-TIME
STUDENT FEE OF $2 PER CREDIT TO FINANCE THE FLAMING EGGPLANT
CAFE. IF ENACTED, THE GROUP WILL CREATE AN INTERIM CAFE UNTIL IT
MOVES INTO ITS PERMANENT LOCATION IN THE NEW COLLEGE ACTIVITIES
BUILDING. THE FEE WOULD BE COLLECTED IN FALL QUARTER ONLY.
OLYMPIA CAMPUS ONLY I SHOULD THIS FEE BE ENACTED? YES/NO.
CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF GEODUCK STUDENT UNION REP.
YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT 21 REPRESENTATIVES FOR
THE POSITION OF GEODUCK STUDENT UNION REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE
2007-2008 SCHOOL YEAR. THE GEODUCK STUDENT UNION IS THE OFFICIAL
REPRESENTATION OF THE STUDENT BODY AT EVERGREEN.
INSIDE IS A LIST OF THE CANDIDATES THAT YOU WILL SEE ON THE BALLOT.
YOU WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE-IN CANDIDATES IF YOU
CHOOSE.
This year the Geoduck Union has hired three elections commissioners to oversee the process.
If you need assistance during the elections or have questions, _you can contact them at
elections@evergreen.edu or the Union at geoduckunion@evergreen.edu.
New elections policies are in effect. Review them online at
www2.evergreen.edu/studentgovernment/el_ectionpolicy
~oting
begins online May 21 st
my.evergreen.edu
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voters' guide
May 17, 2007
Candidates for Geoduck Student Union '07-'08
1. Aaron M. Shelley
6. Tyler Ball
Senior
Junior
. Inl!ependent Contract
Art After the End of Art
Evergreen is a community of leaders
and passionate people, so all we need
now is to get organized. We need
someone to listen to the voices of this
already active student body, someone
to synthesize ideas and take concerns
to the administration, someone to GET
THINGS DONE. I am that someone.
I've been at Evergreen three years now-long enough to know how to
W<?rk the system, and how to ma~e the system work for us. I have the
dnve to see goals through to theu ends and I want to get things done
for Evergreen students.
~ ~ould
likf? to be a representative because
It IS a quahty endeavor. My buddy is in
the Union and it gets me hot when he talks
1 1
about it. I would like to be in the Union so
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that I could dig my fruity claws into the
I·
biz going down in Union meetings. This
is my second year at The Evergreen State ~-
Colleg~, ~d as such I am hu!lgry for that something spectacular- that
somethmg IS the Geoduck Umon. I have fallen in love with Evergreen
and I would like to take our relationship to the next level.
,..------ 7. Joshua Collins-Beldin
2. Bruce D. Wilkinson, Jr.
No picture
available
Junior
Contract: Documentary Production
Sophomore
Co~munity
Actwn
Design and Community
Evergreeners, we have suffered under
Bush's tyranny too long. For the
preservation of life we must bring
revolution in our generation. Let's
~egin by slapping the face of apathy
'--- - - - - - - - - - m the student base. How many more
years can we watch the open destruction
~f every ecosystem ~f this planet? How long can we look upon the
mequah.ty and suffenng brought about by unchecked capitalism? The
answer IS no more. From now on the world begins to hear the roar of
the new generation! From now on we organize, cooperate and above
all, fightf Let's unite and go ape shit!
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3. Brittany Jane Newhouse
Junior
The Ethical Entrepreneur
I want to come together with a motivated
group of fellow students to work as a
team on issues brought forth by our
peers and to solve problems faced by all
students who attend our school. I want
to work productively and efficiently to
find solutions and bring about positive
change for our campus where students
feel support is needed. I want to help foster communication between
the stuoent body and the administration, so that all of us feel that we
are being heard and that we are getting the most from our education.
Our school needs a good student
government. Well, we have one, but
we don't seem to know about it or do
anything a~out it. Ho':V many people
attend meetmgs or have mput on cam.J?US
· issues? Not enough. The Geoduck Umon
just had a good first year; now we need
.
............::.......;.,..~"'""'--'-' to see it grow up. I am interested in many
Issuesl as many Evergreen students are. This year I will get some of
those ~ssues out tpere and do s_omething about them. Or at least form a I
committee that will get somethmg done. It may be slow, but its progress.
No picture
available
I would like to be a representative in
order to help students who care about
the direction Evergreen is moving
in to shape and mold our school in
a positive manner. I think that it is
important to claim responsibility
and ownership of school policy for
the students and people who are not
.
typically represented or heard from. I
beheve that Evergreen should be consistent in academic message and
in greater school policy.
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5. Charlie Bloomfield
Year Graduate Student
Masters of Public Administration,
Tribal Governance Track
2nd
I have a dedicated my life to serving
to those in my community. I have
served my community in a number of
capacities. From working as a youth
advocate for at-risk and incarcerated
youth, youth coach advocate for people
with developmental disabilities, to an
advisor for tlie American Indian Business Leaders student organization.
I feel that my prior work and life exferiences have instilled in me a
broad base of knowledge from whic~ will draw upon to enact positive
change·f<?r the good of the commumty. I want to serve you, my TESC
commumty.
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8. Lindsay Dobler
Sophomore
The Ethical Entrepreneur
In order to ensure a democratic process
in serving the student body, the voice the
culture and the ideals of the Everg;een
students must be amplified in the
administrative arena. I believe I would be
an effective mediator between the currents
of campus opinion and administrative
policy. My focus would be on serving the
mterests of the majority while remaming
receptive to the desires and innovation of the individuaL
Junior/Senior
Energy Matters
4. Ian Pereida-Perry
Sophomore
Culture and the Public Sphere
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Ask any Greener for their opinion and
they'll be glad to share it with you, but
ideas expressed in personal conversation
will never provoke any wanted change
in the system. I would like to make sure
every student at Evergreen is informed
about Geoduck Student Union events
and meetings without wasting too much
paper and I'd like to make it easy for more
people to get involved so our student-run government can act as a true
Clemocracy.
10. John Dvorak
Junior
Visions and Voices for Children
I am an outsider to the politics of this
campus. I am not alone. There are many
who pay the union no respect or attention.
We, the indifferent must be represented
and hopefully persuaded to be attentive
and active. I intend to help make the union
something I would watch and participate
in. Through real change and to publicize
its activity from within for both the benefit
of the campus and to bolster interest that is sorely absent in the student
body.
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11. Austin Mansell
16. Rozell Townsend
Sophomore
Culture and the Public Sphere
Senior
Music/Audio
I wish to actively engage in the direct
decisions which affect student life on
campus and attempt to influence those
decisions in a manner which benefits all
students. There are many complaints by
students about housing conditiOns and I
would like to see those issues addressed
by the Geoduck Student Union. I hope to
proliferate the reputation that Evergreen is a tolerant and diverse campus
and ensure that it remains that way. I feel that by working on the Geoduck
Student Union I could positively influence campus legislature.
I would like to become a student Union
Representative because I think it will be
a great opportunity for me to develop as a
leader, as well as strengthen the relationship
I have with the Evergreen Community. As
Music Coordinator for Student Activities I
can bring strong leadership to the table. I
think with the experience and background '----------------'
that I have, I may be consitevable.
17. Nathaniel Hagood
•n Junior
12. Elizabeth Hill
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Sophomore
Culture and the Public Sphere
I would like to become a Student Union
representative because I feel that I can
help make the students voice heard. In
my experience, the students on and off
this campus feel that their opinions and
wishes are not respected or heard, and
being very outspoken, open to talk with
others and responsible I could do a great
deal to further the students agenda.
No picture
available
I would like to become a student
representative because I am an accessible
and hard working individual who would
help link student ideas and concerns to
Evergreen's administration. The Geoduck
Union has the power to change Evergreen's
community for the better, and having
student's voices heard at the highest level
of the school's hierarchy is essential in
receiving the type of education and social atmosphere that Greener's
strive for. There are so many ideas and concerns within the student body,
and I want to see these not just discussed in a seminar setting, but being
put into action.
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13. Courtney Underwood
Senior
Evening and Weekend Studies with focus
in Education, Human Services, Law and
Politics, and Psychology
Having previously been the Vice-President
of Clover Park Technical College, I feel like
something is missing here at Evergreen.
Me serving on OUR student government!
I miss being a part of decisiOn making,
planning, ideas and vocalizing opinions. In my capacities as first Senator
and Vice-President, I served on the board to hire a new college president,
facilitated activities and worked with budgets and public relations. I lived
my life around school and leadership; as a single parent, my mother was
a teacher/leader in many areas. I know that I have the experience and
passion to make a difference here at. ..
18. Sammi Webster
Sophomore
Energy Matters!
Mqny students have expressed doubt
about the legitimacy of the student union
at Evergreen. I wish to eradicate this
doubt, and in turn foster a representative
community. I would like to increase
the visibility of the Geoduck Union on
campus. I want student government to be
a leader in making this campus sustainable
by joining up with Focus the Nation, a
nationwide conference that holds positive dialogue on solutions to Global
Warming. If a Hollywood neo-con can turn California into the greenest
state in the union, we can certainly rally Greeners to make this campus
the greenest in the nation.
19. Isba Kuhns
Junior
Intro to Natural Sciences
Since I moved up here from California
a year and a half ago, Evergreen (and
Olympia as a whole) has become a second
home to me. We've got a wonderful school
here, and if there's anything at all I can do
to make it even better, I'd like to do so.
14. Jay Standish
Senior
Community Design and Action
This school has a uniquely decentralized
approach to organizing Itself, which can be
both a blessing and a source of confusion
and stagnation. Through my work with The
Flaming Eggplant Cafe, I have interacted
with almost every tentacle of the college. At
Evergreen I have studied natural medicine,
ecological agriculture and sustainable
design, and plan to take Energy Systems
next year. With this working knowledge, I would like to help Evergreen
"walk its talk" toward innovation in local food, green building and energy
and all the personal and social growth that will bring a healthy, hopeful
future!
15. Charles Loosen
Senior
Healing Gardens & Transcendental
Visions
Our Student Union has grown tremendously
over the past year. I attend meetings
regularly and have seen how effectively our
Representatives act as our advocates while
budding the Union's unique organizational
structure from the ground up. Next term we
will be tasked with further developing the
Union's presence by continuing imtiatives
to maintain student involvement in the CAB renovation, improve
accessibility to higher education at the legislative level, and enhance
elections oversight. I will be working with many of you to ensure the
Union continues to represent the ideals and ethics our community has
coalesced around.
So You Want To Be A Psychologist?
20. Cormac Mooney
Sophomore
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Searching for Modern China
Helping others is a task that I have often
done with pleasure. Politics, debates,
and current issues; local, national, and
international are all interests of mine. The
Evergreen State College student body has
a large voice that is often ignored because
students don't know who to speak with.
I wish to provide a voice to the students
that have a voice, but the voice isn't being
received.
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21. Monica Victor
Senior
Independent Contract: Popular Culture
I would like to become a Student Union
representative in order to assist in maintaining
the friendly and inviting atmosphere here
at Evergreen. Becoming involved in
political actions and campaigns is a fun
challenge for me, and I would work hard
to provide as much as possible in the way
of representing the students of Evergreen.
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22. Jacob Marriott
Senior
Russia/Eurasia: Empires and Enduring
Legacies
Junior
Assistive Technologies Internship
The Student Union deserves to have a
representative to embody the varied opinions
of the population; a representative that can
recognize and value both conservative and
liber~l views alike. ~f given the opportunity,
I believe I can be this representative for the
student body. I think I have a zany sense of
humor while being sophisticated and
Junior
Independent Contract: 'Developing
Foundations and Reflections'
An everlasting goal of mine is to push
hard towards reforming inexorable justice
within established bureaucracies, such
as here at Evergreen and in the Olympia
public sector. I believe it is important to
move beyond the stagnation that cynicism
and pessimism brings forth for the sake
.
of progressive debate and implementation
of nece~sary and a~mted laws .. ¥Y attraction to the Geoduck Union is
~o practic_e my studies 9f the political. s~ctor and to do away with certain
mconvemences and to Implement decisions that benefit students in a way
that makes life easier.
24. Anders Ibsen
Senior
Russi~ and Eurasia: Empires and Enduring I
Legacies
As president and founding member of the
Evergreen ACLU Club, I know the crucial
role that student participation plays in
keeping our campuses democratic and
progressive-minded. I am a very pragmatic,
down-to-earth guy who enjoys listening to
anyone.
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Mallory Alice Epping
Junior
Energy Matters and Intro to
Metalworking
No picture
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I would like to become a Representative
because I have previous experience of
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being the ASB President for 2-years at my
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Community College and I can assist the
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newly formed Geoduck Union to become
more visible and help to provide awareness
of student issues. I have attended many
Union meetings and am familiar with their '-----routi~e. I am very k~owledg~?able. of stu9ent technology needs. I was
appomted t<;~ the Presidents Diversity Advisory Committee. I will be an
ao~man,t activist for s~udents with disabilities. I have good communication
skills, I m an active listener and an efficient problem solver.
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The Geoduck mission statement must be
upheld because it is the only viable proof of
student voice. Students must be encouraged
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to voice their opinions and feel passionate
about the issues in which they have vested
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time. Student opinion is imperative in
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: making clear and concise decisions.
- - - There must be a sustainable worldview in
decision making. Student needs should be of chief concern. The basic
goods and services provided to those who use the campus need to uphold
the values of both the students and the college; we need to rely less on
corporate industry and more on sustainable ~hoices.
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Senior
Foundations of Visual Art
I am thrilled at the opportunity to make
changes at TESC. Havmg run for student
government in seventh grade and losing
miserably (no one laughed at my jokes) I
am interested in promoting a sort of selfish
growth in a stunted part of myself. I have
a fierce drive to make things happen in
this community of brilliant and talented '------'---~-----
individuals. I believe Evergreen is a power center of the universe and I
invite everyone to support me in makin~ this a fact in the larger community.
Let's start the process of transformatiOn and make this school what we
want. ..
27. Joel Stewart
Junior
Intro to Natural Science
I am an excellent representative of the student
body at The Evergreen State College 0 lympia
campus. I am very interested in our schools
policy and would like to be a part of political
change ~t. Evergreen and tlie surrounding
commumtles.
!29. Kit Crosland
Senior
Environmental Conflicts
I am running for Geoduck Union
Representative to help bring about positive
change for current and future Evergreen
stud~nts. While I'll always look for
solutiOns that benefit all students I will
provide a strong voice for the qu~er and
trans communities. Additionally, I will
work to keep a balanced perspective to
.
create policy focused not just on full-time
Olympi~ campus students, b~t on evening/ weekend students; Tacoma,
res~rvatwn-based, and Gray s J:Iarbor students; and students working
on n~dependent contract~ and mternships. Feel free to email me at
croah27@evergreen.edu If you have any questions or comments about
my candioacy.
r
30. Alexandra Mavrikis
Junior
Sustainable Futures
I'd like to make the students voices heard.
Its easy to feel overwhelmed, as though
what you think doesn't matter or even
m<?re- you're not sure how to get your
voice heard. I want to be a representative
in the truest sense of the word, not for my
own means, everyone should be given a
fair shot-by making their thoughts heard
and ac;ted upon they will be given just that. '--f\lso, I curr~ntly see th~ scho<?l as several small groups, we are all integral
pieces of. this commumty, which we ought to recogmze and unite to work
together m.
31. Brian Fligner
Senior
· Algebra to Algorithms
This year I have been in working with
Evergreen's newly-formed Financial
Oversight Committee. Next year I hope to
expand that work, and join the ranks ofthe
student representatives. A few of the things
I would address as a representative are
our need for alternative food providers on
campus, increased involvement with Focus
- ....JIIII:... ~
- the Nation, and a continuing effort to make
the new CAB design reflect our desires. After all, we're paying for it.
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May 17 , 2007
What's in a name?
By Sara Alper and Nathaniel Ashlock
How many students have come to the
Evergreen State College over the last thirtysix years to find a campus in denial of its
creativity? Many people are none too fond
of the monolithic concrete slab architecture. That's unfortunate and it looks like
things are being done about the heaviness
of the buildings as demonstrated with the
construction of SEM II. Many people are
hopeful of the CAB redesign . However, my
interest is not so much in the architecture of
the place, but those terrible names attached
to the buildings!
Take a moment to think about the names
given to these buildings. LAB I, LAB II,
SEM 1, SEM II, the Lecture Halls, the COM
building, CAB, CRC, HCC, the Longhouse .
Where the hell is the creativity that has
made this school famous?! The great irony
is that the one building officially named is
the Daniel J. Evans Library, the one building
people will refer to simply as "the library"
because there are no other libraries from
which it can distinguish itself!
About that official naming: the only
body that has the authority to rename buildings is the Board of Trustees. Want to guess
when they named the library? 1971. That's
right, the year the school opened for business . So what gives? Why no more names?
There have been more names, but I think
of these as being quasi-official. They behave like official names but they were not
granted by the Board of Trustees. There are
places like Geoduck House, Photoland, and
the Malcolm Stilson Special Collections in
the library.
Tied in with the concept of a name
completing a space, in this case allowing
our buildings to be recognizable as creative spaces, is the power of names. The
Evergreen campus is comprised of more
than a thousand acres. The core campus occupies a relatively small area. There are four
forest reserves referred to currently as the
North Reserve, East Reserve, South Reserve,
and West Reserve. Despite being called reserves, without decent names these places
are more open to careless development because no one has gotten to know them well
enough to give them an identity. Imagine the
difference between someone saying they're
going to put an unnecessary road through
the West Reserve versus putting an unnecessary road through the Meiklejohn Forest.
First of all, you'd probably know where the
Meiklejohn Forest was located, a name like
that sticks out on a map, it would make you
think . Who was Meiklejohn? Why is this
place named for him? Secondly, if you'd
ever spent time in the Meiklejohn Forest,
you would wonder why a place that someone
cared about enough to name it could be defaced by an unnecessary road.
We are working on a project for the program Community Design and Community
Action that explores the opportunities for
renaming buildings and spaces on campus.
Our hope is to generate a process by which
current buildings and spaces can be re-
named and future buildings and spaces can
be named. We have been working collaboratively with the people at Zimmer- Gunsel
- Frasca Architects LLP who are working
on revising the campus master plan. With
any luck, our efforts can be integrated into
the revised master plan. The quality of their
job depends on how well we and the rest of
the Evergreen Community tell them how we
feel about our campus . Sara and I invite you
to e-mail in your ideas for names of places
that evoke the spirit of Evergreen. We also
invite you to e-mail any insight you might
have about creating a process for naming.
Let's make this a better place through better
names!
Nathaniel. Ashlock and Sara Alper are
seniors enrolled in Community Design &
Community Action. They can be contacted
at NASAname@gmail.com.
To learn more about Evergreen's
master plan visit http://www2.evergreen.
edu/campusmasterplanl.
What do you think of the names of buildings and spaces at the ·
Evergreen State College and why?
They seem to be aptly named.
They could be more exciting.
They could be more human
and less robotic.
1 despise the word seminar
and acronyms tend to be
vague.
Dylan Haydu
Foundations of Visual Art
Junior
Robin Rapuzzi
Environmental Conflicts
Freshman
Michael Grate
Sustainable Futures
Sophomore
I think it would be nice to
have some more creative
names around like Wood
Nymph Central or Exam Prep
Structures A and 2.
I think they are boring. I
think they have no community
connection. The community
should have a say in the
names of buildings.
They are pretty simple and
direct and I don~ see any
reason to change them.
Miles Franzoni
Intro to Natural Sciences
Sophomore
Moya
Community Design
Junior
I think they serve their
purpose. Sem II is a little
confusing because it refers to
-- so many buildings.
Paul Reynolds
Lense Based Image
Sophomore
Nathan Burgess
Performance Collaboration
Freshman
The names of Evergreens
buildings should be
empowering and inspire
learning.
They could be named after
trees because this is the
Evergreen State College.
Rebecca Goldfinger-Fein
True but not Obvious
Senior
Zach Summer
Performance Collaboration
Freshman
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Identity recipes
By CaseyJaywork
Congratulations! You
are a primate. You come
complete with sensory
inputs, locomotion apparatus, conscious and unconscious cognition, and
a host of snazzy extras including language processing and state-of-theart "M ind Mirroring" technology, which allows for eve1ything from empathy to deception
among your peers/procreative competitors.
How many of your ancestors do you think
had low survival values? Think for a second- That's right! You come from a long line of
winners in the evolutiona1y tournament. That's
why your nervous system is so aptly named;
it's neither a panic system nor a chillaxing
system, as the former would have made your
hereditmy forbearers unnecessarily burn precious energy, and the latter would have turned
them into someone's lunch. Enjoy the opposable thumbs and self-aware consciousness, and
remember: Feces throwing isn't for amateurs!
Congratulations! You are a college student. You've assimilated the social norms
and ritual academic knowledge acquired in
K-12 successfully enough to join the ranks of
the few ... the proud ... the financially backed
by Mom & Dad ... UNDERGRADUATES!
Your undergraduation will be filled with underacheivement. understudies, under-esteem,
and understanding of underlying concepts
which are utterly unreplacable. And of course,
you' II be under the influence of under-appreciated mainstays of college life, such as the
proud traditions of academic debate and alcohol poisoning. Under-intoxication? No such
thing, my friend-- especially not at Evergreen.
Just do an interpretive dance as your final
project and call it a day (or an education).
There's no "[" in "team"--you'll
get by fine on everyone else's work.
Congratulations! You're _ _-sexual!
Your sexual identity is based in being a _
_
who likes _ _ _ . Since you're s o _
_, it's important to know the ground rules,
and the biggest factor in this is your gender
who's attracted to
role. If you're a
_ _ s, simply look to Mel Gibson chaf-'
acters as role models . Shaving should be
done only when absolutely necessary, and
the color pink is definitely out of the question . Never make any effort to mask the noise
of any gaseous releases, and cleaning is the
bitch 's work. Sports=good; weakness~bad;
Tyler Durden=God. Any question s?
On the other hand, if you're a _ __
who's attracted to _ _ _, remember above all
else: _ _ _ 's don't poop! Nor do they smell
bad, swear, kick ass, drive themselves in cars,
or read comic books. Also ... actually, I don't
know very much about this one. Ask your mom.
Congratulations! You're an atheist/believer! You have concluded that God is fictional/real, and you've got the arguments/
prayers to prove it-- or at least be really aggressive/pious about the whole issue. I mean,
come on, those other guys are trying to say that
there's an invisible man in the sky/eve1ything
is random and meaningless. History clearly
attests that religious people/atheists are incapable of reason/morality, so why even bother
listening to the sanctimonious/sinful lot of
them? Given the current climate of religious
fundamentalism/godless depravity, it 's only
a matter of time until we face a WMD holocaust/Armageddon, so we'll all know who's
right soon enough, anyway.
CaseyJaywork is a sophomore enrolled in
Life and Consciousness. He can be reached
at burch_9030@yahoo. com.
JerryFal
By Joshua Katz
Jerry Falwell is dead,
and I don't know whether
to dance on his grave or ...
well, something less callous but equally gleeful.
No one who isn't in the
'
oh-so exclusive sect of Christianity that has taken the juvenile tenet
of"It's mine, so I'm better than you" (In this
case, eternal salvation and paradise is the equivalent to a toy) has long ago realized that the
sheer volume of vitriolic gas that's poured out
of Falwell's mouth over the years is little more
than posturing and hate, despite his claims to
"love everybody, and pray for their salvation." In short, Falwell managed to pander to
slack-jawed xenophobes afraid of everyone
who doesn'tjust smack of white heterosexual
Christian superiority, while pissing off virtually every else on Earth. But everyone who
isn't a sympathetic member of his various ministries or our inspiring President is going to be
saying pretty much the same thing. Falwell was
a total dick, but what will his death mean to the
Christian hordes that allegedly make up the
"moral majority" of the American people?
I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, which at
the crossroads of the centuries was an uneasy
symbiosis of fire and brimstone preachers commuting to megachurches next door to underground drag sex clubs and hookers popping in
to help out at the neighborhood church rummage sale in between johns. Atlanta was still
ruled by the specter of Southern charm, something I admit is a guilty pleasure. However,
outside the paradox of Atlanta, you hit Falwell
country: The America that Falwell believes represents the true "moral majority", one enormous boiling point where hellfire is all but
guaranteed unless you devote your entire life to
actively harassing others to follow in your terribly certain footsteps. I've always figured that
a scaling proximity to Atlanta saved me from
any really intense Christian fundamentalismmy friends and I used to drive an hour north to
go camping, less then a mile from an honestto-God snake-handling church where the death
of a congregant was cause of no concern and
speaking in tongues wasn't just a party trick, it
was a badge of pride- but even so I was told I
would burn forever in eternal torment for any
number of venial misdemeanors several dozen
times . I was even featured on a special "Hell
Wall" at my girlfriend's grandmother's church,
where a piece of construction paper in the shape
of a Damnation flame featured my name in the
"Unsaved" column. The point of all this is that
my greatest concem is the idea that the zealotry
of the Religious Right can use the death of such
a douche bag as Falwell to galvanize the already
skewed conception that "real" Christians can
measure the barometer of faith by how much
they hate and pity; Falwell himselfhas outlined
this idea in such gems as: "This 'turn the other
cheek' business is all well and good but it's not
what Jesus fought and died for. What we need
to do is take the battle to the Muslim heathens
and do unto them before they do unto us," and
his claim that the September IJ'h attacks are
the result of" ... the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an
alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the
American Way - all of them who have tried
to secularize America - I point the finger in
their face and say 'you helped this happen."'
Jerry Falwell has referred to the Civil Rights
Movement as the "Civil Wrongs Movement,"
and this man is considered nothing other than
a Holy hero to a wide swath of evangelical
Christians.
This is in no way an attack on Christianity
itself; if you discard the bloated and distorted messages of people like Falwell and
Pat Robertson, Jesus seems like a decent guy.
The deliberate distortion of Christian doctrine
for power and money and exclusivity just
seems pretty fucked up to me. Now that Jerry
Falwell's dead, it worries me that these people
are going make Falwell into some creepy saint"Our Lord OfThe MegaChurch" or something
like that. Falwell used to bitch about how minorities of every stripe are destroying America;
well, I say we pour six feet of concrete over that
man's grave and never speak of him again if
we really want to save America.
Joshua Katz is a junior enrolled in Art after
the end of Art. He is the Letters & Opinions
Coordinator and ifyou have something to say,
camp/a n, or bitch about, e-mail it to him at
katjos 11 @evergreen. edu
May 17, 2007
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Concerns over
Corrie's portrayal
By Phan Nguyen
Gar Russo's review
···
of the play " My Name is
Rachel Corrie" (CPJ, May
3) was riddled with factual errors. To the CPJ's
credit, the most egregious
error was corrected in the
last issue. However, it is worth looking further
into the source of Russo's misinformation to
recognize the prevalence of lies and slander
about Rachel Corrie, the Evergreen student
who was killed in the Gaza Strip in 2003. It
reveals an ongoing smear campaign that is
perpetuated both internationally and locally
by apologists for Israel's illegal occupation of
the Palestinian territories . It not only affects
how Corrie is perceived on campus, but even
how the Palestine- Israel conflict is taught by
some faculty at Evergreen.
In the CP J, Gar Russo had attempted to
explain the details behind Corrie's killing by
citing a website called RacheiCorrieFacts.org.
After all, if it's called "Rachel Corrie Facts,"
it's got to be true, right?
Nowhere on the website RacheiCorrieFacts.
org are the site owner or any of its content creators named. Instead, the website merely states
that it "was created by a group of concerned
Seattle-area residents who have seen the play,
'My Name is Rachel Corrie,' and are concerned that viewers are getting an incomplete
picture of a very complex situation."
However, a little investigation reveals that
of the inflammatory anti-Muslim propaganda
film , Obsession, much to the shock of some
in the audience.
This is the context in which the website Rache!CorrieFacts.org was created, and
from which Gar Russo got his information
about Rachel Corrie. Russo claimed that
rather than being run over by a weaponized
Israeli bulldozer, Corrie was killed by "material dislodged by [the] bulldozer that tumbled onto her according to an autopsy reported at Rache!CorrieFacts.org." The website claims that autopsy reports revealed that
Corrie was killed by " blows to the head, probably from the heavy debris dislodged by the
bulldozer." However no autopsy reported
such things. An Israeli autopsy concluded
that Corrie was killed "by pressure on the
chest (mechanical asphyxiation) with fractures of the ribs and vertebrae of the dorsal
spinal column and scapulas, and tear wounds
in the right lung with hemorrhaging of the
pleural cavities." Despite the real autopsy report and t!espite all the eyewitnesses reports,
the Rache!CorrieFacts.org website and subsequently Gar Russo in the CP J asserted that
Corrie was not killed by the bulldozer.
Unfortunately such distortions of Rachel
Corrie is not uncommon at Evergreen. A week
after Corrie was killed in 2003, the "Pillars
of Fire" academic program used its e-mail
list to spread slanderous materials against
Rachel Corrie. Although at least one student
objected to the use of the class e-mail list to
ridicule a recently deceased Evergreen stu-
At Evergreen and in Olympia, there are many people
who knew Rachel Corrie, and there are a number of people who have volunteered with ISM ... But rather than
consulting with those who have first-hand experience
and direct knowledge about Corrie's actions in the Gaza
Strip, there are some who feel compelled to defend the
government of Israel in all circumstances...
even that statement is likely false. The website's domain name was created on January
12,2007, two months before the play had its
west coast premiere in Seattle. This would
mean that the website was created before the
supposed "concerned Seattle-area residents"
had even seen the play, unless they saw it in
New York or London. Rather than creating
the website in reaction to viewing the play, it
is more likely that the website creator(s) prepared the website in advance of the Seattle
showing in order to denounce it.
Moreover, the domain administrator for
Rache!CorrieFacts.org turns out to be Nevet
Basker, who is not simply a concerned Seattle
resident. Basker is a board member of the
Washington state chapter of AI PAC, the preeminent Israel lobby. Nor was Basker a simple
attendee of the play; she was a participant. On
April 12, Basker took part in a discussion at
the Seattle Repertory Theatre that immediately followed a showing of the play. In the interest of promoting dialogue, .the participants
of the panel discussion were supposed to tell
personal stories that relate to the PalestineIsrael conflict. Instead of recounting a personal story, Basker spent her time engaged in
argumentative rhetoric against Palestinians.
So while Basker was ostensibly participating
in a dialogue session that was meant to promote dialogue following the play, she was
secretly involved in a website designed specifically to denounce the play and slander
Rachel Corrie.
Such underhanded tactics are not new to
Basker. On March 21, Basker was invited to
give a presentation at the First Presbyterian
Church in Everett, WA, as part of a weekly
lecture series entitled "Searching for a Just
Peace." The purpose of the lecture series was
to promote a greater understanding of the
Palestine-Israel conflict in order to work toward peace and reconciliation. However, at
the lecture, Basker distributed DVD copies
dent, one of the faculty members actually encouraged this use and even posted lies on the
list about how Corrie was supposedly not run
over by a bulldozer.
This was unsurprising, considering that, in
discussing the Palestine-Israel conflict, this
same "Pillars of Fire" program assigned for
reading the thoroughly discredited and racist
book, "From Time Immemorial," a book that
claims that Palestinians don't really exista book that has as much credibility as the
Protocols of Zion-and which is touted by
pro-Israel chauvinists with as much obstinacy
as Kennewick Man is trumpeted by white "nativists" in the United States.
During this current academic year, the
"Pillars of Fire" program assigned the book
"The Case for Israel," by Alan Dershowitza book so devoid of scholarship that it even
plagiarizes from the discredited "From Time
ImmemoriaL" Unsurprisingly The Case for
Israel also prints lies about Rachel Corrie and
the group she had been working with when
she was killed, the International Solidarity
Movement (ISM).
At Evergreen and in Olympia, there are
many people who knew Rachel Corrie, and
there are a number of people who have volunteered with ISM. One of the eyewitnesses
to her killing also lives in Olympia. But rather
than consulting with those who have firsthand experience and direct knowledge about
Corrie's actions in the Gaza Strip, there are
some who feel compelled to defend the government of Israel in all circumstances--even
unprofessionally in an academic setting-and
their apologetics require them to deny the facts
and assert their wishful thinking.
In order for .t he State oflsrael to look good,
Rachel Corrie must look bad.
Phan Nguyen is an IT specialist at
Evergreen and occasional part-time student.
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Noon. Artist Shaun Peterson
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Wednesday, 23
II a.m. Pride Week Event:
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CAB 320.
7 to 9 p.m. WoCC Tiny Theater:
Oral History Performance. CAB
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Monday, 21
II :30 a.m. to I p.m. Pride
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Pride" banner painting. Red
Square.
3 to 5 p.m. EQA Pride Week
event: Pronoun usage and gender
variance workshop. SEM II ,
!321 07.
5 to 6 p.m. "E lement s of
Alchemy" creative writing workshop. LIB 2304.
Saturday, 19
2 to 6 p.m. Swap-0-Rama
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the Evergreen Expressive Arts
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6:30 to 9 p.m. Gypsie Nation
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Cerise Palmanteer is a sophomore enrolled in
Women's Voices and Images.
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