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STUDIIIT NIWSPAPIII OF THIIVERGUIN STATE COLLEGE
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HAIVIIT PDT
PUIIK IIOCK
SOCX'.IR
Pictures from
Evergreen's 27th
annual celebration of organic stuff, held at
the farmhouse.
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COMIC
Both Men and
Women soccer
teams won their respective
games this week.
The CPJ prt:sL....;Ij~~.L....J ents Evergreen
artist Jon Clark's baseball/
undercut-themed comic.
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CONTRIBUTE TO THE COOPER POINT .JOURNAL. CALL 360 867-62 13, F.IvlAIL cr:J@EVERGREEN.EDU OR STOP RY CAB 316 • ISSUE 3, VOLlil\fE 36, OCTOBER+, 2007
Lewd conduct
by LINDSAY ADAMS
On Thursday, September 27, a man
later identified as 38·-year-old Johnny
Lee Barnes exposed himself to the staff
of the Evergreen Children's Center. As
cited in the police report, after "exposing his penis and thrusting his hips"
at the staff while outside the door he
then exposed himself to another staff
member who was on Driftwood Road.
Barnes was soon arrested by police
in the Modular housing area where
Sergeant Darwin Eddy apprehended
Barnes. Barnes was not carrying any
weapons, only a coat, blanket and a pair
of drumsticks in his pocket. Sergeant
Eddy noted in his police report that
Barnes admitted to "snorting crystal
meth through a straw" downtown
before coming to campus to "look for
marijuana."
After being taken to the campus
police station for processing, where he
received a "criminal citation for (indecent exposure)," Barnes was transported to Harrison Avenue and Division
Street on the west side of Olympia by
Evergreen Chief of Police Ed Sorger.
Transporting individuals who commit
misdemeanors off of the Evergreen
campus is the standard operating policy
for TESC police; only criminals who
commit a felony are taken to the Thurston County Jail. After being released
by Sorger, Barnes traveled to the Day
& Night store on the 2000 block of
Harrison Avenue, where a clerk stated
that he had "exposed himself to her."
Ten minutes later, Barnes traveled
to the area of 7th Avenue and Percival
Street according to an article published
by the Olympian on September 28.
Upon arriving in the area, Barnes once
again exposed himself and "engaged
in lewd conduct in front of one of
the witnesses." He fled the scene, but
Olympia police arrested and booked
Barnes into the Olympia City Jail on
two counts oflewd conduct.
When presented with the article printed
in the Olympian, So;ger stated he was
unaware of Barnes's actions leading to
his arrest outside ofTESC. Sorger stated
that "because we don't have a jail, and
we don't want a jail on campus" that
most criminals are released outside
of TESC. According to Sorger, TESC
police have been contemplating leasing
a bed from the Nisqually Tribal Jail for
about $55 dollars a day. Sorger previously was a commander for the Lacey
Police Department, where 20+ beds
were leased from the Nisqually Tribal
Jail.
Lindsay Adams is a senior enrolled in
American Indian Sovereignty.
Town Hall Meeting With lbe
Geoduck Student Union
Belinda Man
f!)IMAXBAUVAL
& PAUL GOODFELLOW
ONE OF THE LARGEST ISSUES BROUGHT
UP DURING THE GEODUCK UNION TOWN
The Geoduck Student union held a town
hall meeting in the HCC building at 7:00
P.M. on October 3. Thanks to the open forum
format of the meeting, a variety of issues was
discussed by representatives of the union,
as well as students who had concerns about
campus policies. Covering such wide ranging
issues as the Geoduck Union's involvement
with the Flaming Eggplant, the availability of
gender neutral housing, and campus investments, the 45 minute long meeting provided
. both the union, and concerned students with
an opportunity to gain insights as to the status
of issues affecting students.
Opening the town hall with a brief discussion of allotment of time per speaker, the
first issue raised was the Geoduck Union's
involvement with the Flaming Eggplant Cafe
and the future of the Flaming Eggplant. While
the Flaming Eggplant will not be operational
until Winter Quarter, the future of the Flaming Eggplant is already in the books. The
Flaming Eggplant will be operated out of a
van located on campus until the CAB redesign is completed. After the CAB redesign,
the Flaming Eggplant will be allotted its own
space to operate out of.
While the Flammg Eggplant issue peaked
HALL WAS THE ISSUE OF THE NOISE
ORDINANCES ENACTED BY HOUSING
the interest of the Geoduck Union representatives, the following issues were muddled
compared to the clearly defined agreements surrounding the Flaming Eggplant. A
disagreement over the issue of voting legality
was brought up with a student raising the
issue of either lowering, or throwing out
entirely, the percentage of the student body
necessary for the validity of election results.
Another issue that seemed brief was the issue
of gender neutral housing. The STAR group
has begun a push to provide a gender neutral
housing option for those who wish to take
advantage of such an option.
One of the largest issues brought up during
the Geoduck Union town hall was the issue
of the noise ordinances enacted by housing
at the end of last year banning all amplified
instruments and drum sets from playing at any
time in campus housing. While the reasoning
behind the noise ordinance was not deliberated on, a number of alternatives to practicing
on campus were discussed between members
of the union and students who complained
about the noise ordinance. One of the largest
issues raised concerning the noise ordinance
was whether or not Residential and Dining
Services had discussed alternatives prior to
the enactment of the noise ordinances at the
beginning of the year.
Finally, the issue of the increased police
presence on campus was briefly discussed by
the Geoduck Union, citing the Virginia Tech
shootings in April for the increase in police
presence. While no direct connection was
made between threats to the campus and the
increase in police, Geoduck Union members
did stress the availability of counseling on
campus should any students find themselves
in a mental state where they could be a threat
to themselves or others.
Max Bauval is a senior enrolled in an
independant contract. Paul Goodfellow is a
junior enrolled in America Abroad.
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Business
Business manager
Cerise Palmanteer
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"I would like to see definitely continued support
for the Flaming Eggplant
and other forms of food
on campus besides the
Greenery and Aramark."
"More facilities for the
art students as far as studio
space, wood-shop access.
More money!"
A~sistant
business manager
Carrie Ramsdell
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News
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Seth \'inccnt
~Ianagin!i editor
Lindsay Adams
Interim Arts & Entertainment
coordinator
Brandon Custy
"Warmer inside the
buildings! I've gone to,
like, 5 buildings and my
feet are still freezing!"
"I don't know what the
Geoduck Union is."
Interim Calendar coordinator
Lauren Takores
Interim Comics coordinator
Nicholas Baker
Copy editor
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Interim Letters & Opinions
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Josh Katz
Interim Photo coordinator
Belinda ~lan
Interim Sport1 coordinator
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Interim Student \'oicc coordinator
~lax BaU\·al
"Well I guess everybody
says food, but it is an issue,
because if we're just going
to have Aramark, isn't that
kind of a monopoly?- If we're
going to have a corporation
then it's already spoiled, we
let them compete. Get a
Subway! Get a Taco Bell!"
"That you need an ID
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: you can't get one until your
: tuition is paid in full!"
Interim story coordinator
Paul Goodldlow
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October 4, 2007
Police•
911li6&
Puget Sound Piracy
On 9/21, officers contacted a woman
dressed as a pirate carrying a steel mug.
Inside the mug, she said, was simply
"apple cider." Additionally, officers
observed two dangerous weapons on her
hips: an 18" single edged blade sword
and an 8" double blade dagger. It's okay
though, because it was talk like a pirate
day. Or, in this case, walk around a public
place with a giant sharpened sword day.
Student activities briefs
SESAME hosts cultural events
SESAME hosts "Female Faces of War
and the Iraqi Refugee Situation" with
special guest Zahra Sultan, Iraqi social
worker and refugee. "Female Faces of
War" is a short documentary film about
US women soldiers, soldiers' mothers
and Iraqi refugees.
Originally from Baghdad and featured
in the film, Zahra Sultan will speak about
the crisis for Iraqi refugees, her family's
struggle in Iraq and her work in Jordan's
refugee camps with Iraqi, Sudanese and
Palestinian refugees. Wednesday, October 3, 1 p.m. SEM II E 1105.
This week's top five!
Several open container and under-age
drinking violations this week. Bud Light:
2, Henry· Weinhard: 1, Hefeweisen: 1,
Sauza Tequila: 1, Olde English: 1. Whatever happened to Pabst?! Who is paying
for these middle shelf goodies? Except
for the Olde English, obviously. Nast.
Choices, choices ...
An officer stopped a vehicle on Overhulse after observing it drifting across
the fog line. The driver indicated he had
five beers before driving and failed the
field tests. After being arrested, officers
checked inside the vehicle to find a case
of Rainier Beer and an empty bottle of
Pabst Blue Ribbon (found it).
How is academic freedom curtailed
nationally when dealing with Palestine/
Israel? In what ways has this affected
teaching locally? What makes the conflict Stills, an Israeli arts collective. Also
difficult to talk about on campus? In the on display are the poems of Mahmoud
wake of the attacks on Norman Finkel- Darwish and Muna Hamzeh. This reflecstein and Nadia Abu Al-Haj, join a round tive exhibit promises to be challenging
table discussion about the affects of and provocative~ raising important-quessilencing campus and academic discus- tion about our own collective American
sion of the Israel/Palestine conflict with identity and history.
Simona Sharoni, Women Studies AssociSpeaking at the opening reception is
ate Professor at SUNY Plattsburg and Muna Hamzeh, a Palestinian-American
former Evergreen faculty, and Therese journalist who has been writing about
Saliba, Evergreen's Professor of Middle Palestinian affairs since the 1980s. Her
East Studies and Third World Feminism. work has appeared in Ha'aretz, The
Friday, October 5, Noon. SEM II E1105. Economist, The Christian Science Monitor, Jerusalem Report and Middle East
International. She is the author of "RefuIsraeli Coalition against House Demoli- gees in Our Own Land: Chronicles from
tions hosts "Jerusalem Dispossessed," an a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Bethleexhibit of photography. The pictures are a hem." Thursday, October 18, 7 p.m. in
collection of images compiled by Active the Library.
Kick it like the Romans do
What's up Greeners?
The new-fangled formations of improvised and sketch comedy are here and
ready to tare the roof off this joint. But
first we need you!
When in Rome ...
To get to know us a little better, read this
Officers contacted a person living little blip from our mission statement:
in Housing who had been accused of "Formerly the Spontaneity Club and
extending his or her stay for longer than FACE Sketch Comedy, Generation
the 72-hour guest limit. Upon contact, Friends is the only group on campus
the individual in question did not want to dedicated to the comedy arts. The group
cooperate. After refusing to comply with plans to perform improv and written
officer's requests to leave several times, material as well as learn the craft of both
the suspect was placed under arrest. After disciplines so that our constituents have a
being handcuffed, the suspect was able forum to express themselves humorously
to wriggle his or her wrist out. The indi- and creatively."
vidual continually went from being calm
The Comedy Arts? Sounds broad, don't
to highly confrontational and hostile. it? Exactly! We accept all walks of life
Sounds a lot like my seminar.
and all styles and media of the comedy
genre. This includes, in no particular
-Compiled try VICTOR SANDERS
order: film, production design, animation, visual design, Gonzo-Onion like
journalism, literary cannons (see Slightly
West also), acting (duh), and of course,
parkour.
We have spread meeting days and times
throughout the week depending on your
interests.
TUESDAYS - Sketch Comedy: the
serious si.de of comedy. We're all a bit
jaded. We observe the world to be this
sick and demented place. There is no
justice. Hypocrisy is everywhere. We
live in a massive contradiction. Thank
God we have sketch comedy, or the
world would never know this. Did you
know that Plato, Aristotle, Antisthenes,
Parmenides, Thucydides, and Heraclitus
formed their own touring Dithyrambic
variety show in the mid 400s (classic
antiquity era) called The Niece Slappers?
No joke, all serious; we don't play like
that. Cicero and Tacitus performed a
couple two man shows under Nero. Nero
didn't like it, so he killed three hundred
thousand sea lions barehanded. Don't
believe me? Look it up! It's in the library,
under "stuff' and above "things." If you
are interested in performance writing,
film, animation, production design, and
acting, please come. Bring your ideas
and skits. This is a great place to develop
your voice as a writer. 5 - 7 p.m. on the
third floor of the CAB, in "The Pit" (Big
Orange Thingy).
WEDNESDAYS - lmprov. Come along
and put your foolish face on. This will
be a great place for all those pursuing
theater and an interest in the performing arts to meet people, talk about stuff,
and ... oh yes, make a complete ass of
yourself. The number one rule of impov
is that it is funny and fun. I don't know
if those are rules or not. I bet you' II find
out. 6- 8 p.m. SEM II E1105.
FRIDAYS - Office hours. If you .have
any questions regarding all comedy operations, this is a great place to ask them.
The coordinators will be in their cubicles
filing their cuticles. If you have any
material you would like to contribute, but
our comedy day hours conflict with your
schedule, please stop by and share what
you have. This day is purely operational
and informational. We will be in and out
of the office doing various things, so
leave a note, a sketch, a DVD of stand-up
material, a suggestion, whatever! Anyone
interested in the money side of Student
Activities, this is the place to be. We
will show you the tricks of the trade on
dealing with bureaucracy and managing
a student group's life support. We like to
do as the Romans do and, how do you
say, "Kick it."
I -3 p.m. CAB 320, Workstation 7. (Our
mailbox is both the Spontaneity Club and
Face Productions.)
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Reckless and Negligent Driving Offenses
Minor in Possession (MIP) Violations
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O ctober 4, 2007
Fees allocated by
by MAX BAUVAL
The Students & Activities board interviewed four applicants for the position of
office manager this afternoon but is still
looking for more applicants to make up the
board itself.
The S&A Fee Allocation Board is made up
of nine students whose job it is to entertain
budget proposals from student groups and
allocate the money collected from student
fees appropriately.
Currently, the average student pays a total
of$499 per year in student fees- that works
out to about $166 per quarter. All together,
the S&A board allotted 51 student groups a
total $1,945,971 for their operational budget
for this year - the fund that covers stipends,
copy fees, and any anticipated events that
group may have during fall quarter.
In addition to this, the board spent roughly
$100,000 on "special initiative" endeavors
- things groups need money for that they
may not have anticipated when putting
their budget together the previous year.
The special initiative fund also provides for
student groups who form at the beginning
or part way through the year.
Due to an increase in enrollment, the board
is expecting to collect slightly more this
year than last, which will help in funding
future student groups.
So how much say does a board member
really get in where our money goes, and
how do they decide? Since the board is
made up entirely of students (no adminis-
trators or staff members) the nine students
on the board are the only people who get to
decide how your student fees gets spent.
In order to receive funding, student
groups are required to put together a budget
proposal detailing why they need the money
they're requesting, how they're going to
spend it, and how that helps further their
groups mission statement.
Each board member then receives a copy of
this proposal - and they can be pretty hefty
-and diligently reads through it, highlighting any concerns he or she may have.
The student group then comes before the
board to have a chance to present their
proposal in person and for the board to have
a chance to question the group.
The board then votes by consensus whether
tboard
to fund the budget in full, in part, or not at
all. Ideally, the board votes in favor of the
proposal. If not, the student group has the
chance to come back with another proposal
for a second try.
So there you have it, now you too can
decide where your student fees go.
Evergreen's S&A board is part of a
unique group; most schools have at least
some administrative presence involved in
the decision-making. Take this chance to
become involved by picking up an application in CAB 320 (the room above the
bookstore).
Max Bauval is a senior enrolled in an
independant learning contract.
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Students eat falafel,
listen to Dlusic and
ponder the importance
of a student-run cafe
THE BALLS OUT BLUES BAND'S
RHYTHMS BOUNCED ALONG
WITH THE CHOMPING OF
POTATOES AND FALAFEL AT
THE FLAMING EGGPLANT'S
RECRUITMENT POTLUCK ON
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. TO
INQUIRE WITH EGGPLANT
ORGANIZERS ABOUT THEIR
PLANS FOR OPENING UP IN
WINTER QUARTER, THEIR
PROPOSED MENU, HOW YOU
CAN HELP GET THE CAFE
STARTED, OR TO ASK WHAT
EXACTLY THEY ARE DOING
WITH YOUR MONEY, EMAIL
THEFLAMINGEGGPLANT@
EVERGREEN .EDU.
Photos: Belinda Man
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October 4, 2007
;tudents, produce meet at Harvest Festival
Photos: Belinda Man
EVERGREEN'S ORGANIC FARM HELD IT'S 27TH ANNUAL HARVEST FEST SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007. THE EVENT
INCLUDED FOOD PRESENTATIONS, APPLE CIDER AND ARTS AND CRAFTS FOR THE ENTIRE TESC COMMUNITY.
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CERISE PALMANTEER
.t brought you to Evergreen?
Erica Lord, it was the "legendary
etism" of Evergreen's creative
y and potential. At the age of
n, she first heard of Evergreen
gh Bikini Kill, a punk rock band
·riginated in Olympia. This band is
began her obsession with Evergreen
>Iympia's indie rock subculture. It
emarkable that "something started
in Olympia that was so incredibly
rful that it trickled out as far as rural
gan." While Erica's childhood was
Jetween Michigan and Alaska, she
that neither is truly her home. In
ity, it is the passage between the
tat is home.
mtlnuation of her constant state of
n, Erica gained her education from
ll different schools: the University
tska at Fairbanks, the Institute of
American Indian Arts, Carleton College,
and The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago. Currently, she is a visiting
professor of visual arts here at Evergreen
teaching
students
about photographic
and digital processes
utilized in art installations and sculpture. She focuses on
this to illustrate the
difference between
an image and an
installation.
An
image depicts the
artist's experience
while an installation
allows the viewers
to have their own
experience.
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year, she taught
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in Art Installations for fall and winter
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Foundations
of
Visual Arts: Sculpture. Being able to
teach programs like
these are another
big part of why she
came to Evergreen
because, as she puts
it, "A liberal arts
education balances
one's
learning
experience."
However, in Evergreen classrooms,
or any classroom
today,
strong
self-motivation is
necessary in order
for students to succeed. As a person of
Alaska Native/mixed race descent, a
woman, an artist, and a (young) teacher,
Erica holds onto a simple truth as her
inspiration. "Statistically, I never should
have made it. So if this is going to be my
only chance I want to make it good." She
often shares some of the wisdom she has
gained with her students. She reminds
them, "Good intentions and good actions
are two very different things." Therefore,
if you had the good fortune to enroll in
Student Originated Studies: Visual Arts
- her current program - let this be your
first bit of helpful information. The next
bit (probably not so much helpful as
it is interesting) is that upon entering
Evergreen classrooms, she will always
remember her first attraction to Olympia,
smiling as she listens to the soundtrack in
her head, blaring "Rock Star" by Hole.
Cerise Palmanteer is a junior enrolled
in Fashioning the Body.
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The Language Syntposium,
Languag isnotatoy
by NICKY TISO
fingers of the mainstream have reached underground and nationalistic terminology and narrowly framed debates.
dissolved what separates us from them, by creating the Without going into the implications of ambiguous, subjecJanguage shouldn't be played with - it's not a fucking illusion that we are still living counterculture lifestyles tive words such as "terrorism" or "insurgent" (words that
y. It's a dead bird with a bloody mouth, feather ruffled when in fact we are buying back our stolen, replicated sold wars), I will instead focus on what can be said to
crache black tar pasted carcass soaking up excrement. image. The subcultural demographic was an untapped combat this extinct language of reproduced thoughts and
>ke the dead bird of language with a stick. Be the curi- well that countless corporations were eager to pillage as see if we can get ourselves out of this mess.
;s, perverse child who gives movement to death, who if they were CONOCO lusting over Middle Eastern oil
I do not feel the cliche lingo of today will help the Left in
knowledges its soulless disposition and, as such, turns it reserves.
its quest for legitimacy, but rather will become so debased
to their corpse puppet, animated in a theatrical, gesticuThe cultural discourse of today is one that disarms dissent and overused that it will turn into the same, meaningless
r manner that is not an exaggeration but a revival. The by making it appear to be just a consumer preference; political jargon, just as bad as the "support our troops"
:-ings on its wings skylining upwards to invisible digits subcultures get depoliticized and left with nothing but a bumper sticker only on the opposite end (or completely
the Body's god is the body's God is theCAW of the crow hollowed..out fashion, making the individual language it off) of the political spectrum. Many revolutionary phrases,
at will never be heard again but can be mimicked freely once spoke meaningless and thus communicable to the however truthful they may be, have become cliche and thus
swamp mouths fresh algae tongues embrace decay. If masses.
very hard to wrestle free from the grip of widely accepted
Just look at the lifeless corpse of punk- with sweatshop connotations. It is a tragedy when words that should, by
e bird is buried it can still fly
made anarchy patches and Hot Topic T-shirts desecrating the very content they carry, necessitate action become too
'he coffin ceiling is now the sky
the once pure body. The flaccid Mohawk, a testament to detached from their original source of meaning to hold the
And nothing changed,
the fallen ambitions of punk to remain forever shocking power they once did.
Again.
to the normalcy of the Reagan Era by reacting with its
People are likely to shut off at phrases such as "Nike uses
violent demeanor, aggressive music, and politically incor- sweatshops" or "capitalism is organized crime," however
f the bird bites which it won't then you will get rabies. rect language. It was a slap to the face of a status quo truthful they may be. Slogans chanted through bullhorns
foamy mouth arousal of primal insurrection. A will- that, in the relative period of a decade, slapped back much simplify the subtleties and complexities of language,
gness to tear salvation from the heavens. A molting harder. By ingraining the anti-establishment "trend" into reducing the very cause they try to embolden to little more
angel scales takes the form of snowflakes passing its corporate agenda, what could have been a permanent than cheap, domesticated rhetoric.
Rather than attempt to resuscitate these lost lines of the
yers of defined atmosphere, each time losing itself and movement became just that - a trend. The establishment
)ndering, "What is there to lose in each other, other than profited off of and silenced its opposition by keeping their revolution, I say let them die, and turn to a new language,
one of provocation and mystery; in this there is hope.
fashion and ditching that baggage of ideals.
mmetry?':
In order to divert these growing, cyclical phenomena of We will cast words like spells to resurrect the collective
·tuck in the trenches, a pile of mud and a machine gun
cultural assimilation and thus destruction, we must avoid consciousness from the historical layers of industrialized
Holy shit write a letter to a loved one
rooting where we stand in symbolism and replace it with conditioning that takes the means of production out of our
But not my loved one
direct experience that forgoes any ability to be commer- hands and forces us to experience the world through nothcialized by its very essence -that is at once able to speak ing but alienation. The language must be stripped bare
I love no one
precisely what it is.
in such a way that exposes the unacknowledged body of
But the dead bird, a crow, a catalyst.
What matters is forming networks based on actions, and societal structures entangling us, and then these structures
: we see culture as something manufactured, as a succes- letting these actions speak for themselves. The politics must be stoned to death. By highlighting capitalism's
m of spectacles that serve to facilitate one's role in are all that should remain, for that is all they can never structural foundations, its pillars of ideologies, repertoire
ciety by solidifying a seemingly concrete world around take. The government can only commodify the "anti- of culture, and propagation of morals, we see where it
government" look, thus tricking some sappish youngster stands, and where it can fall.
~m, then we can begin to understand our structured place
We see the aggression behind the callous buzz of the
thin it, and see how our channels of thought, modes of into thinking he/she is rebellious based on what he/she
purchased, along with adopting the scripted, washed- television; we see the politician's eyes darting nervously
~ech, and expressionisms are still sticking to the heels
down attitudes that are but a pathetic vestige of what the behind a microphone that amplifies his emptiness; we see
our masters like obedient lap dogs.
blood on our hands and we cannot wash it off because the
government that is able to turn certain facets of its subculture's spirit used to be.
What the government cannot commodify is actually rivers are polluted beyond salvation. What we see, ultilture against itself without doing any actual damage is
,overnment that has reached a peak in its efficiency, in being "anti-government"- you can't sell the act of throw- mately, is death - death casual ly walki ng down the street,
mltaneously being able to silence and profit off would- ing a brick through a window and you can't package a death filling up the tank, death late for a meeting, death
riot. The more we disengage from any form of passivity, getting laid.
dissidents.
It takes but a universal application of equality to see that
is the goal of the government to squelch the revolution the more we take an active part in shaping our own definicommodifying it, and thus disarming any potential for tion of self. Still, we must articulate our actions in a way very little humanism seeps through the patriarchal filter
.e action, because you cannot overthrow what you are that opens a discourse to provide space for reflection and of society. The drives of profit over life, decadence over
•art of. By commodifY I mean to make commercial; to input, so further actions can be made, which brings us to sustainability, materialism over nature, power over all
who do not have it- these are but a sketch of the hysterin what was once a free idea into a material product that the language of activism.
We are in the midst of a growing, radicalized guerilla cal fantasies actualized by the monarchs of the centuries.
o:;omes another mass-produced ligament of consumerinformation war against the mass media, a.k.a. the produc- An addictive greed takes hold, a bloodlust for immortal1. In the era of manipulative marketing schemes, we
lie seen the death of the true subculture- the pervasive ers of meaning, who have polluted our speech-waves with . ity, which sublimates into paranoia - view ing all other
persons as contenders (the sort of behavior
encouraged in a free market economy). Ulti mately the brooding paranoia - the fear of
losing privilege - must vent itself by usurpA Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center Puzzler
ing the senses and lashing out in aggress ive
outbursts that call for beheadings or genocide with a sophist sweep of the hand over a
colonized map.
The Weekly Quantitative Reasoning Challenge
These delusions of individuals have been
The Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning Center (QuaSR) invites you to challenge your quantiforcefully injected into the human spirit and
materialized by means of conquest, leading
tative reasoning skills by solving our puzzle of the week. Each week we will present a new puzzle for you
the
will of nations and armies into acting on
to solve. When you come up with an answer, bring it in to the QuaSR Center in Library 2304. If you are
behalf of personal lunacies. We have let this
one of the first three with the correct answer, we have a prize for you.
hysteria carve the shape of our histories, and
this is the true madness. It is a sick charade
Answer to Previous Challenge:
Three spies are suspected as double
we play by ignoring the essence of who we
Turn on one of the switches and
are and instead parading our painted shells.
agents. When you question them,
leave it on for a few minutes. Then
Needless to say, the bottling up of truths
they say the following:
turn it off and turn on another
will eventually explode into rebell ion as a
switch. Leave this one on when
defense mechanism to reclaim freedoms
that have been oppressed beyond the tipping
you go into the other room. The
Lucy: "Fred is a mole."
point. The question is - what do we have to
light bulb that is shining belongs to
Fred: "Pat is a mole."
say to make it tip?
the switch you just flipped . The
Pat: "Fred is lying."
Moles always lie, spies that are not moles always tell the truth, and
only one of the spies is a mole. Which one is it?
light bulb that is dark, but still
warm belong to the first switch,
and the cold dark bulb belongs to
the switch you didn't touch.
Nicky Tiso is lives and writes on a pseudofarm in Olympia, Washington where he
combats the rain and the hippies, and studies
literature at the Evergreen State College.
www.evergreen.edut cpj
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Blood is thinner than bigotry
by JOSHUA A. K.ATZ
In 2000, the current
president of the American Red Cross called
the current - and
currently
ongoing
- dire lack of donated
blood, "A disaster ... a
blood shortage is a disaster, and we need
the same level of public support for this
disaster as we do for a hurricane, tornado,
flood or fire." With such an impassioned
plea, how could I not donate blood as
frequently and with as much goodwill for
man as possible? Oh, yeah. I can't ever
donate blood because
I "have ~ad sex with another man since
1977." To which I reply, good luck with
your fucking blood crisis, you ignorant
assholes. This is not a strictly polemic,
reactionary stance. Unlike the FDA and
the American Red Cross, I've actually
done some research . Before l was out
- and consequently was having unprotected, casual sex with women without
regularly scheduled testing - I donated
blood as often as a blood drive was within
20 miles of my high school.
I know that regardless ofany risk factors
all blood is spot-tested on site for presence of HIV. Despite all of this, there are
testing methods now utilizing cuttingedge science that in a virtual instant can
detect HIV. And there is a fucking blood
shortage that has reached what industry
professionals refer to as a "crisis" or
"disaster" or other really nasty situation_
But I'm dirty, regardless of what the
standard test says. Too bad, flood victims.
Sorry, hemophiliacs.
There is a science to this, after all.
According to the FDA, the reason precluding MSM from participating in blood
donation is crystal clear, almost 25 years
after the policy was initiated, to curb the
spread of"gay cancer." It all comes down
to the insurmountable fact that "male-tomale sex is associated with an increased
risk for the presence of and transmission
certain other transfusion transmissible
infections." In plain English, if you've
engaged in MSM sexual activity you are
irrevocably sullied, never to contribute to
society or be entrusted with bodily fluids
ever again .
HIV testing is now done largely by a
combination of ELISA (Enzyme-Linked
ImmunoSorbant Assay) and Nucleic
Acid Testing (NAT). ELISA works in the
most reductive form by taking the liquid
component of human blood and isolating
IN PLAIN ENGLISH, IF YOU'VE ENGAGED IN
MSM SEXUAL ACTIVITY YOU ARE IRREVOCABLY
SULLIED, NEVER TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY OR
BE ENTRUSTED WITH BODILY FLUIDS EVER AGAIN.
of certain infectious diseases, including
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS." The
FDA continues, arguing that the "window
period" ofHIV infection, i.e. the period of
post-infection at which point the antibodies that indicate the presence of HIV in
testing are still not elevated, presents an
increased risk for MSM beyond "acceptable" levels.
The final kick in the gut comes with
the strident declaration that regardless of "[the] practice of safe sex or a
low number of lifetime partners has yet
been found to reliably identify MSM
who are not at increased risk for HIV or
the antibodies, then exposing those antibodies to HIV antigens and measuring the
reactions to determine whether HIV was
present in the serum taken. The NAT test
is newer and uses polymerase chain reactions (PCR) to target and isolate a 124
base sequence of HIV.
NAT uses lots of scientific hoodoo-speak
like RNA reverse transcriptase to basically be the best HIV test on the market
for mass usage. With these resources
available, there is absolutely no justifiable reason other than gross stereotyping
and rampant stigmatization of MSM .
You know what's really fucked up? No
disrespect to my straight-but-not-narrow
friends, but on average I've been tested
about 3 times to every one for them. An
exampte: I had my first round ofHIV/STI
testing when I was seventeen, before I'd
even had anal sex for the first time.
A good friend of mine had her first HIVI
STI test this last spring, at the age of 22,
after being sexually active for six years.
Statistics show that on average men who
consider themselves bisexual or homosexual are more likely to get tested for
HIV than heterosexual men with multiple
sexual partners.
Furthermore, to paraphrase the inimitable
Dan Savage, homos (and anyone outside
of heterodox heterosex) have to actually
bother to go and educate themselves,
given that the dominant culture sure as
shit ain't gonna do it. Consequently,
sometimes I feel like an amateur sexologist, dispensing advice left and right to
breeder friends who can give blood.
I don't know how to end this diatribe;
categorically I can't give blood but people
who don't even know what a retrovirus is
can. I'm pissed. I sincerely hope for all of
the people who will inevitably suffer for
the FDA's and Red Cross's exclusionary
"principles" that they change their circa
1985 panicked and bigoted perspective
so healthy, clean, and yes, fucking GAY
people can donate some goddamn blood
to people who need it.
Joshua Katz is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
What are we really voting for?
Knowing more about where candidates get their funding may sway your vote
by ASHLEY HANSEN
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The 2008 presidential election is
already rolling at
full speed. Debates
are heating up as
candidates ramble
on about the war and health care and
taxes and all the things they will do for
this country. But what are they really
saying? What are we really voting for?
Does the general public believe everything they hear these days? It is time for
the public to take a closer look at who's
really in charge.
The bank accounts of massive multinational corporations are outrageously
larger than that of any living individual,
including our elected government
officials. This is why the government
has become so intertwined with these
institutions.
Officials want to make more money,
and corporations need to keep pushing
their interests through the system . To
have the government so tightly involved
with private corporations takes away
from the interests of the real people.
Corporations are not people.
Here is some information that everybody should know before they vote next
year:
The top two candidates in the Democratic race, Hilary Clinton and Barack
Obama, have 70% more money than
their competitors. In the Republican
race, the top three candidates, Mitt
Romney, Rudolph Giuliani, and John
McCain, have about 80% more money
than their competitors.
interested primarily in deregulation and
was involved with Enron. It contributed
to every top candidate but Obama.
Goldman Sachs, an investment bank
that invests in nearly every industry
effected by federal legislation, contributed to each of the top candidates. It is
interested in economic policy, trade,
THE CAMPAIGN IS MONOPOLIZED BY CONTRIBUTING TO EVERY CANDIDATE FROM THE SAME
INDUSTRIES, THEREFORE ENSURING THAT
THEY WILL BE FAR AHEAD OF ANY REAL HUMAN
BEING RUNNING FOR ELECTION WHO WILL
NOT HEED TO THESE PRIVATE INTERESTS.
Several banking and financial institutions have contributed heavily to the
campaign .
Citigroup, the world's largest financial
services firm, donated to every one of
these candidates. Citigroup's subsidiaries provided financing for Enron and
WorldCom - corrupt corporations well
known for their direct involvement with
scandals involving the White House.
Merril Lynch is an investment firm
deregulation and privatization.
JP Morgan & Chase will also be found
on each candidate's contribution list.
It is another leading financial services
firm and is primarily interested in the
deregulation of the financial industry. It
was also involved with Enron.
Although you will generally find media
conglomerates on the list of Democratic
contributions and energy and oil companies on the list of Republican contribu-
tions, the close connections between
all of these industries are clear. Enron
was an energy company and most of
these financial firms were involved with
it. They invest in all of the above, and
the industries are merely splitting the
money up in different ways.
The campaign is monopolized by
contributing to every candidate from the
same industries, therefore ensuring that
they will be far ahead of any real human
being running for election who will not
heed to these private interests. The
election should not be a race for money,
but rather a race for public interests.
The amount of money raised by candidates should not determine their eligibility for presidency, and right now it
does.
The public has the power to make a
change; we just need to pay attention .
Maybe we should take a second look
at the "little guys" and realize that they
are only on the sidelines because they
are not receiving campaign funds from
corporate greed-heads.
Therefore, I urge you : do your homework this election and watch out for
what you are really voting for.
Ashley Hansen is enrolled in Poetics
and Power
10 ~ LETTERS&: OPINIONS
Cooper Point Journal
October 4, 2007
The Intent b the Spectacle:
Observations and Analysis of the US. Social Forum
proposed and administered by groups so goes the nation," been heeded and Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan,
attending the Forum, space was utili7ed disseminated, perhaps the intent of the Students Educating Students about the
From the opening
for genuine debate of ~trateg ie s and Socral Forum would have been realized in Middle East, and Olympia Movement for
march to the concludpresentation of illuminating successes a truly grand statement of our new unity Justice and Peace must reach out into the
and analysis. Throughout the For urn the and prowcs<;
stratified community and break down our
ing assembly, the
We musln >W l xecute the call of the Forum comfort zones. Taking our lessons from the
duality was clear: disparate grour;s and
U.S. Social Forum
individuals from across the country had here, on the gr >ttnd, in our daily interac- history of social upheaval in this country,
was a diverse, welltrue strategy, history, and analysts to offer, tions, regular meetings, events, protests, we must go door to door, go to where the
attended
spectacle.
and
marches. people are, in their communities, at local
while the overarchThe vast numbers of
marchers, speakers and constituents from ing, general events, DOGMA A T]) IDENTITY There is no cause events, and offer them an equitable place
for dismay at the within the movements we hope to consolivariegated social strata were impressive, such as plenary
inadequacies of the date into one. New spaces must be created
POLITICS l'viUST BE
the complex identities of all involved panel discussions
Forum, but great within movements for people of varying
assemblies,
carefully respected and emphasized. The and
SUBSUMED BY A NEW need to garner new backgrounds and dispositions. Dogma and
spaces created at the Forum were purport- proved encumbered
vision from them. identity politics must be subsumed by a
edly free of repressive prerogatives, by a commitment
dogma, and subversion. We constituted to diversity and VISION OF COHESION.
Instead of making new vision of cohesion that is necessary to
of develop the social movement eapable of
many sacred individuals, marching the passivity. The just
a
spectacle
ourselves, prosely- dismantling such deeply rooted systems
streets, traveling to and from workshops, fear of oppressing
gathering in the civic center,. This, to the certain voices was largely averted at the tizing the need for acceptance of diver- of oppression.
confused, often alienated populace of expense of pragmatic solutions. The intent sity and an intellectual form of working
Atlanta, was all we remained for our brief of unifying stratified social movements together, we must realize this. Disparate
C. V. Rotondo is a second-year student
stay: a celebration of ourselves. Though and radically altering society shared by groups from Evergreen and Olympia, such at Evergreen and is a tutor at the Writing
the immense achievement of organizers many in attendance became irreconcil- as Students for a Democratic Society, The Center.
from Project South and other local organi- ably mired in the spectacle of our empty
zations in creating such an ambitious event numbers, conflated self-importance, and
should never be underestimated, the Jack non-threatening posture to the status quo.
of sincere unity of message, intent, and
The latent potential of the Social Forum
LETTERS: THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN AN INDItransparency was divisive. The message does however provide a foundation for a
of uniting the stratified social movements new strategy within and between social
VIDUAL AND THE GREATER COMMUNITY; THE INTERACTION
of the United States fell prey to the unpro- movements of the United States. Spaces
BETWEEN YOU AND THE PRESS; A DIALOGUE EXPRESSING
PRAISE, CONDEMNATION, FAVOR, OR DISTASTE; A MUTUductive practices of spectacle and an over- such as the Social Forum provide the
bearing investment in diversity. While the opportunity for disparate people working in
ALLY BENEFICIAL EPISTOLARY EXCHANGE THAT GIVES
WARM SNUGGLY FEELINGS OF LOVE AND/OR RAGE.
Social Forum succeeded in demonstrating an array of environments to come together
OPINIONS: THE IDEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK THAT
an ideological commitment to diversity, for dialogue. This dialogue is necessary to
GOVERNS AVENUES OF THOUGHT, BEHAVIOR, AND PREFERthe Social Forum failed to propose and alleviate the tensions of misunderstandENCE; AN EXPRESSION OF SELF AND COMMUNITY; THE SUGARpractice real strategies to implement our ing, self-aggrandizement, and isolation
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ENDEAVOR; THE SUM OUTPUT OF THE SPACE BETWEEN EARS.
a space, we can assert and evaluate the
would constitute an innovative strength.
Despite rhetoric espousing commitment practical applications of working together,
LETTERS AND OPINIONS NEEDS YOU!
to an exploration of various strategies of discover the commonalities between poor
SERVE YOUR COUNTRY! OR, SERVE
resistance and respect for all identities, people's campaigns agitating for housing
YOUR STUDENT NEWSPAPER!
Social Forum representatives clandes- equity and indigenous people defying the
ONE DAY YOU MAY NEED YOUR
tinely propelled the continuation of the usurpation of their homeland. The Forum
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Social Forum process. At the Northwest can illuminate the necessity of college
POLITICS!
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SEX!
the notion of a regional Forum was pushed the recent intensification of immigrant
DRUGS?
despite opposition and differing opinions persecution. It was not the people who
DRUGS!
from constituents. Much of the sparse fi lied the spaces of Atlanta in June who
PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT!
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discussion of what was to be done became was in copious amounts there.
Progressing from the events of June,
secondary. It was as if a strategy for cultivating our Regional strength had already organizers and participants in social movebeen decided and it was the Social Forum ments must realize the banal irrelevance
of
spectacle.
process. This
THE FORUM CAN ILLUMI- Numbers can
of
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be impressive,
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short
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and
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if
ineffectual
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Assembly
they
are
not
from
the
The APPLY THEIR THEORETICAL harnessed and
outset.
directed at our
People's
KNOWLEDGE
OF
THE
PRISON
targets.
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Assembly was
inertia
of
the
designed as the
Social
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INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
space for indiwas its most
vidual groups,
inhibiting
or
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factor.
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the
opening
march directed
constituents to issue practical strategies,
its
ten
thousand
marchers
at the recalcievents, and positions, The Social Forum
trant
Atlanta
Housing
Authority,
maybe
as a body does not issue these things. The
failure of the People's Assembly at the the local residents would have been less
conclusion of the Social Forum exposed confused, more engaged by our presence.
deep flaws within the Social Forum process Had the Social Forum organizers roused
itself and left many hopeful participants our potential energies with rallies or innodisenchanted and frustrated by the entire vative protest on the steps of Georgia's
capitol instead ofholding us hostage inside
spectacle.
However detrimental these proclivities the civic center with hours of speeches,
of the Forum proved to be, the intent of the self-congratulatory nature of the event
the event was not entirely negated. Within may have diminished. Had the message
the individual workshops, which were of Project South, "As the South goes,
by C.V. ROTONDO
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by LAUREN TAKORES
With a driving passion for reviving the
glorious original rockers, local act Avenue
Rose and Seattle superstars The Greatest
Hits are out to get your attention then drink
your blood, but can be distracted by beer.
The dynamic between these two bands
lets slip a brother/sister relationship; the
two groups shared the stage before their
show last Saturday, September 29 at
McCoy's, and band members make a point
to support each other at each other's gigs.
That's a unique element to the modern DIY
punks: they drop self-centered pretension
and recognize there are other bands worth
paying attention to besides their own.
There is a certain romantic desperation,
not pathetic but urgent, coming from the
modern punk songwriters and musicians:
what was vital in the beginning is still
essential now and it must continue. But
maybe the best answer is no answer; no
certainty, no implication, just rock.
The old bands are dying. But if something
is dying, it must be alive. Punk is still kicking, and these two bands will rub your face
in it and make even the most reformed
hipsters not totally regret their punk phase.
I got a brand new rose in town
"Olympia's a great place to grow up if
you're into music. The scene comes and
goes but there :S· always some kind of
music scene here. It's really easy to get
into punk rock. " Ed, Avenue Rose.
In a town with a music scene that's often a
muddle of amateurs modeling themselves
after K Records artists, Avenue Rose is
a departure from indie rock, revitalizing
the simpler elements of punk like heavy
guitar riffs and power chords.
The combination of hanging out in
downtown Olympia and his father's Rolling Stones records brought Ed, Olympia
native and bass player, around to music.
But when Jason, on guitar and vocals,
was growing up in a suburb of Fresno,
there was no punk or even a rock scene.
During his freshman year of high school,
two older senior girls made him a mix
tape of The Germs and Black Flag, which
he sentimentally keeps around despite its
worn out age.
Jason met guitar player Travis in Chehalis and the two became friends. Their
previous bands split aroynd the same
time, so Jason and Travis began writing
songs together. Ed came into the picture
one drunken night at an Olympia house
show through a fifth of whiskey.
The original drummer was a hot rod
enthusiast and left the band Plastic Letters
to play with Jason, Ed and Travis. After
his departure, Dillan swept the rest of the
band off their feet and became the band's
drummer.
Avenue Rose laid down six tracks with
Steve E. Nix of Seattle band The Briefs
last summer in his basement studio over
the course of a week. Next up for the band
is finding a label to release the recordings; right now, there is nothing to leave
behind with fans at shows except another
great live experience.
Avenue Rose is like Christian Slater in
Heathers: setting off a pack ofthermals in
the boiler room because Dad did. Taking
cues from Joe Strummer, his pseudo-sons
are a time bomb - not quite ready to
explode but unstoppable, poised to blow
and leave an impact.
Their next show is at Le Voyeur on
it
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THE GREATEST HITS FUSED ALL ROCK GENRES INTO ONE SOUND
October 20 with Digger & the Pussycats.
Not to talk to you would be a crime
"San Francisco stinks ofpee, every road
you walk down. " Roman, The Greatest
Hits.
Songwriter and vocalist Nils Forever is
not going to be, according to him, one
of the 95 percent of Americans who are
miserable. "Five percent of the people, I
like," he explains. "I'd rather be a musician than anything else I learned how to
do."
One of the benefits of being The Greatest Hits is that they don't have to stick
to one narrow genre. Even by their own
admission, their timeless influences are
the essence of their song writing and their
5-piece band formation, which harkens
back to every iconic band worth their salt:
Rolling Stones, Guns 'N' Roses, Hanoi
Rocks, New York Dolls, Motley CrUe,
The Dead Boys. The band has only been
together a year and half, but the theory
of The Greatest Hits has always been
around.
"What else are you gonna do?" offered
bass player Ricky. "I feel dead if I'm not
playing music. I feel like I'm wasting
my life away if I'm not using my fuckin'
abilities. College is too hard."
While the rest of the band members
are Washington natives, music and girls
brought drummer Roman all the way
from Germany.
"He heard that Beach Boys song 'I wish
they all could be California Girls' and
decided to go to California first," said
Nils.
Nils and guitarist Herb connected with
Roman after the breakup of their prior
band, then Ricky joined. Leif, who
played his second show as new guitarist
on Saturday, is Nil's brother.
Whether at practice or song writing, The
Greatest Hits experiment with music,
above all. Nils may be the diplomat on
the mic, but always wants input, sharing,
offering anything better. From the start,
chemistry and overlapping music interests crated an intimate relationship and
overly long songs. But as song writing
progressed, there came a certain spontaneity, a fresh unpredictability. The songs
started coming faster and better, with
harmony in the melody, and soon came the
goal to make every song a masterpiece.
"It's chaos," said Herb. "You never know
what to expect."
Ultimately, the music is about creating
a certain feel collaboratively. "Imagine
that this is going to be sleazy, but fucking spontaneous. We don't like following
formulas, at all.'.
"I hate formulas," said Ricky.
In true spontaneous style, Nils then went
on to say, "Yeah I know. And I hate that
band Formula One. I just hate their band
name." Tell us what you really are thinking, Nils, and we'll keep listening.
The Greatest Hits are playing the Comet
Tavern in Seattle with Prima Donna, The
Knast, and Emeralds on Saturday, Oct. 6.
Remember to hit the ATM and get cash
for the album For a Good Time, Call ... In
case you can't tell, on the cover the guitar
neck is coming through a glory hole.
Lauren Takores is ajunior enrolled in Poetics and
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October 4, 2007
Men's Soccer:
vs. Northwest University
and the Evergreen crowd. "You're weak,
number 10, you're weak!" shouted a fan
The Geoducks won a 3 - 0 victory over from the Geoduck side. The treacherous
Northwest University on Tuesday, but words from the crowd must have caused
not before three fans were ejected from an extreme distaste for the attitude of the
the game.
game, at least for # 10.
The game began as any other, with good
With six minutes left to go in the
competition,
hard
game, words flew out
kicks, tough grunts,
from a few fans of the
loud shouts, great
Geoduck side resulting
slides, and awesome
in an ejection from the
saves.
Midfielder
RYAN MULNIK
game. The three were
Shawn
Farrow
approached and notified
scored the first goal
CLINCHED THE
it they didn't leave, the
of the match. The
police would be called.
crowd started to
WIN WITH HIS
A senior and two friends
get intense with the
were ejected from the
Geoducks midway
GOAL IN THE
game. According to the
through the first half,
senior, this was third
when the second
SECOND HALF.
time he has been kicked
goal by defenseman
out of a sporting event.
Eduardo
Millan
After
the
game,
doubled the score.
Geoduck coach John
The crowd screamed
Purtteman said that at
and cheered.
first the team made some mistakes but
At the end of the half, the Geoducks took made up for it by playing hard. He noted
a much-needed break on their 2 - 0 lead. that they started out with a bad season,
The crowd maintained their momentum losing some key players, but without
throughout half time and the rest of the a doubt growing as a team. "This was
game. About 10 minutes into the second a better result," Purtteman said, as he
hal f, midfielder Ryan Mulnik clinched packed up and headed offwith a victory.
the win with his goal, making the final
score of 3- 0.
Alex Morley is a freshman enrolled in
Tensions arose between Northwest Evolution in America.
University defenseman Casey Bostock
by ALEX MORLEY
JESSE WHEELOCK AND THE GEODUCKS ROLL PAST THE NU EAGLES
MIDFIELDER MULNICK GETS PHYSICAL WITH NU'S CRAIG MCCUISTON
Vidorious weekend
for women's soccer
by STEPHANIE WILLIAMS
JESSE WHEELOCK, EDUARDO MILLAN SHAWN FARROW AND RYAN
MULNICK BOND AFTER THE MATCH
Evergreen is not a school where
sports teams rule, but that didn't
stop the Evergreen Women's soccer
team from achieving two victories
this past weekend. Despite attendance that could only be described
as lackluster, Saturday's game
featured the encouragement of the
Evergreen Soccer Support - an
unofficial student club dedicated
to cheering the Geoducks on to
victory.
With scores of 2-0 on the 28th and
1-0 on the 29th, things are looking
good for the women's team, but
the whole season hasn't been this
successful. The Geoducks had "a
lot of injuries early," said coach
John Purtteman . "And now we're
starting to get healthy and it 's starting to show in the results. But the
team never really lost their focus,
lost their way. [They] kept believing in each other and it's been pretty
good."
The next home game will be on
Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. against Northwest
University. Let's hope our women's
soccer team can stay on the path to
victory. Go Geoducks!
Stephanie Williams is a freshman
enrolled at The Evergreen State
College.
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Friday Cont.
6 p.m. "A Day of Absence: A Satirical
Fantasy" reading by Douglas Turner
Ward. Recital Hall, COMM.
Saturday Cont.
10 p.m. Cadillac Radio, The Hawthorne
Effect, Saddletramp, Mania. Le Voyeur.
21+
Tuesday, 9
10 a.m. to l p.m., 6 to 9 p.m. Tacoma
Campus Lyceum Speakers Series: Sherry
Walton. TESC Tacoma.
Friday, 5
ll a.m. to 2 p.m. Planned Parenthood
Positive Presence. Bring or make signs,
all welcome.
7:30 p.m. doors, 8:30 p.m . show.
Rahzel, Gabriel Teodros, Blunt Music.
Sponsored by S&A Productions, Umoja,
TMC, The Musicians Club 2007. Tickets
at Bookstore.
Sunday, 7
3 p.m. "A Day of Absence : A Satirical
Fantasy" reading by Douglas Turner
Ward . Recital Hall, COMM.
Wednesday, 10
10 p.m . Le Voyeur Trivia Night. lOpm.
Noon. "What's so scary about justice
for Palestine? Academic freedom and
Palestine/Israel" round table discussionSEM II, Ell05 . Hosted by SESAME.
Saturday, 6
6 p.m. "A Day of Absence: A Satirical
Fantasy" reading by Douglas Turner
Ward. Recital Hall, COMM.
Thursday, 4
Noon. A World Beyond Capitalism
Conference first day of events around
Olympia. Free of charge. http ://www.
aworldbeyondcapitalism .org
Student Group
Meetinas
Flaming Eggplant
Mondays, 3 p.m.
CAB 320
Evergreen Queer
Alliance
Mondays, 3:30 p.m.
CAB 315
Mind Screen
Mondays, 6 p.m.
LH I
Greeners 4 Christ
Tuesdays, 7 p.m.
SEM II 2107
Chemistry Club
Wednesdays, I p.m.
LAB II 2207
SESAME
Wednesdays,
1:30 p.m.
CAB 320
Women's Resource
Center
Wednesdays,
1:30 p.m.
CAB 31 3
Evergreen Hillel
Wednesdays, 2 p.m.
CAB Solarium
Hip Hop Congress
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
LIB 3303
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worksliops
Monday night poetry readings
Artist Lecture Series
Hosted by the program Poetics and Power.
All readings at 7 pm in SEM II E 1 lOS.
Oct. 8: Kaia Sand and Jules Boykoff
Oct. 15: Bill Ransom and Ghida Sinno
Oct. 22: Rikki Ducornet
Oct. 29: James Thomas Stephens and
Zhang Er
Nov. 5: C.S. Giscombe
Nov. 12: Susan Schultz/Tinfish poetry
journal reading
Free and open to all artists. Lecture series
on some Tuesdays at 3:45 p.m. in LH
1, sponsored by Evergreen Gallery and
Visual and Environmental Arts.
Oct. 2: Joseph Park
Oct. 16: Beverly Naidus
Oct. 30: Sara Bates
Nov. 13: LauraAlpert
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Thursdays, 6 p.m.
LIB 3rd Ooor
Slightly West
Fridays, 3 p.m .
Writing Center
The WoCC office is CAB 206; that's the
swanky room next to the Market, the one
with the big windows with the huge calendar posted. The purpose of this Diversity
Calendar is to have a central, very obvious, physical location for advertisement
for diversity events on campus and .in
the community. So, when you stop in the
Market for coffee or go to the Bookstore to
buy something, take a second to check out
the calendar and see what's happen ing. And
if you want your event posted, just slip a
flyer under the door.' Questions? Contact us
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from 1 to 2 p.m. "Academia is mind
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and hash out the many different ways an
essay can be written. Learn to sharpen
your sword. Essay writing workships are
Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m.
Writing Center is located in LIB 2304
Writers Guild
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
LIB 2130
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