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GEODUCK
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UNION
Student government shake-up brings
new bylaws, new faces to
the table ~ PAGE 4
POETRY
SLAM
Review of
spoken word
event with Gabriel Teodoros and Christa Bell
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LEnERSir
OPINIONS
Students
speak out on
vandalism, campus safety
and more.
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BUMP, SET,
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return to the Green House
for a clash with the Northwestern Eagles ~ PAGE 16
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STUDENTS BRAVE THE RAIN TO M ARCH IN SUPPORT OF P£RSO NAL SAFETY
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Administrators offer solutions to safety concerns
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MAX BAUVAL
Last Monday, students met with a panel of campus administrators and staff to discuss safety on campus following the
sexual assault incident that occurred early that morning.
A number of safety issues was discussed , including cell phone
coverage on campus, the assignment of female students to first
floor apartments in the Soup, the limited lighting in housing,
and the fact that students are forced to leave their windows
open due to the heaters in their room being too warm .
Art Costantino, the Vice President for Student Affairs promised to provide students with an update on their efforts to
address these concerns by the end of the week via Res Net.
That update email was sent out Saturday, October 20
by Monique Vallot, Coordinator of Residential Life via
TESCcrier.
The first item addressed in the campus-wide email was the
assignment of female students to first floor apartments in
the Soup, which Vallot said is an attempt to maintain a nondiscriminatory approach to placing students in housing and
ensure equal access to both males and females . Though she
made it clear that housing will do its best to accommodate any
specific requests to not be placed on the first floor.
Second on the list was the news that four new RAs have been
hired by housing and will be "phased into the community"
within the coming weeks. These RAs will be filling the previously vacant spots in buildings E and F, R and S, and Mods
309 through 315.
Vallot responded to the issue of cell phone coverage by reiterating that the college has submitted a proposal to the state
legislature for an increased emergency preparedness budget
that will be used to, among other things, enhance cell phone
coverage. Vallot added that the campus is also in the process
of purchasing and installing a new emergency call station
(those blue pillars) in the Soup loop.
Vallot reported that Campus Mechanical Services had been
contacted to perform a inspection of walkway and parking lot
lighting on campus for outages, and that the Environmental
Health and Safety Officer will be doing a walkthrough with
students to identify dark areas of the campus.
In response to concerns about the placement of the Modular housing smoking tent being in a badly lit and generally
uncomfortable location, Vallot said the Mod community had
voted to move the tent to a new location between M309 and
M310.
Vallot said that heating issues have been moved up on the list
of maintenance priorities, and that housing is able to provide
portable heaters in the event that they are not able to repair a
heater quickly, and have to turn it off entirely. Residents are
encouraged to report any problems they have with their heating
systems, or any problems in general as quickly as possible.
Vallot also noted that Police Services will meet in the HCC
on November 2 with students interested in becoming part of
the student watch/patrol group on campus.
If the heater, or anything else for that matter, in your apartment is not working correctly, you can contact housing maintenance at (360) 867-6681.
If you have any questions, you may call Monique at (360)
867-6133, or Police Services at (360) 867-6832
Max Bauval is a senior enrolled in an independent learning
contract.
In response to a recent sexual assault
on campus, a Take Back the Night rally
was held on Friday, October 19. Nearly
100 people showed up to march through
campus with signs and shout anti-violence
slogans like "Survivors unite, take back
the night!" After the rally, 40 students met
in the Housing Community Center (HCC)
to voice their thoughts over the recent
sexual assault on campus as well as sexual
violence in American culture.
The rally was organized by Coalition
Against Sexual Violence (CASV), Women
of Color Coalition, VOX, and the Women's
Resource Center. CASV has seen a surge
in meeting attendance since the assault was
reported according to Katherine Murphy,
the group's organizer who began planning
the rally only days earlier.
Both the rally and the discussion were
comprised of an equal number of females
and males. Many participants held signs
that read "Evergreen stands up" or "No
more victim blaming." Chants of "Hey
hey, ho ho, sexual violence has got to go"
as well as chants condemning both male
and female perpetrated violence were in
abundance. Geoduck Uni~;~n representative
Charles Loosen was also present on behalf
of the Union to hear concerns.
The marchers gathered in the library lobby
at 9:45 p.m. and began marching through
campus heading toward housing. Their
path looped through the Soup as well as
Modular housing. Many campus residents
showed support for the march by shouting
from windows or waving. Some students
even stopped what they were doing and
joined the march.
After fully saturating the air of the Housing area with anti-violence slogans, a large
number of students filed into HCC for a
discussion. Murphy made clear that she
wanted this to be a space for women to
have an opportunity to speak but also that
she didn't want people to talk about anyone
not in the room.
Marie! Cutler speaking about the size
of the rally said that she could "assume
that it would be intimidating to a sex
offender" and that she was glad to see so
much support. Graham Tobias announced
that he was trying to organize volunteers
to provide student escorts by the smoking
tent in the Soup.
Shortly after things got going in the
discussion, things turned negative as one
speaker started proclaiming that cops were
somehow the problem. After several heated
shouts were heard from various people as
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Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
The Clean Energy Committee is looking for your ideas on how to advance
clean energy and reduce pollution associated with campus operations. The
deadline to submit an application for
project funding for fall quarter is October 26 at 5 p.m . Projects should seek
to operate clean energy on campus or
deal with energy efficiency or conservation in some manner. Educational
display projects are also considered,
and no project is too small for consideration. Please visit www.evergreen.
edu/cleanenergy for more information and grant applications, or email
questions to cleanenergy@evergreen.
edu. Completed applications may be
dropped off in the Student Activities
office, CAB 320.
Woodcarving demo at
Longhouse
The Evergreen State College Longhouse will host the Third Northwest
Native Wood Carvers Gathering. The
gathering is an event in which Native
carvers convene to exchange information anrl techniques as well as to discuss
iss ues related to Native carving. The
ev ent is free and open to the public on
Sunday. October 28 . The public can see
carvers working on projects and talk to
them about their work. Demonstrations
will take place between 12:30 p.m. and
4 p. m. in the Longhouse. This year there
will be a special focus on international
indigenous cultural exchanges from
the perspectives of indigenous carvers from New Zealand, Hawai'i and
Canada. Master carvers Kala Willis,
Takirirangi Smith, and Dempsey Bob
will be speaking about indigenous
cultural exchange. A limited number
of works may be for sale. Individuals
are invited to register to participate in
the Gathering. The registration form
is available in the "Current Newsletter'' on the Longhouse's website www.
evergreen.edu/longhouse. For more
information, please contact the Longhouse staff at (360) 867-6718 or e-mail
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f rom CAMPUS RALLY, cover
well as, "Why are you bringing violence in
this space?" Murphy brought things back to
a peaceful tone. It seemed clear the majority in attendance did not want to use this
War is over ifyou want forum
to criticize the police. As the topic
it
of sexual violence resumed the question
was asked of what can be done for protecAre we at war? Why? With every tion within the campus community. People
passing day, more people are being spoke of using the buddy system and asking
murdered by our country so that a roommates where they are going. Many
handful of corporations can make their students agreed on the need to look out for
millions. Have you stopped today to one another.
It was recognized that the majority of
think of the people who were killed by
the United States, or the money that sexual assaults are committed by males and
is being spent for this purpose? If you that must be understood even though most
feel unsatisfied with your government, men are not rapists. Speaking about the
you are not alone. Saturday, October i effect of fear that rape holds over women,
27, join millions of people who will : Amory Ballantine said, "One woman's
be protesting across the country to end rape is used to control all women." She
the war now! Peace is possible, but we spoke about the prevalence of sexual
assault victims she knows from her own
need your help!
life and" ... fear when I'm walking alone
at night and there's a stranger ... Is it a
man?" Men in attendance were vocal about
on
the need for men to act to stop rape in our
consolidation
society. Cheyenne Longfox said, "I will
pray for all the sisters because I think we're
The FCC is coming to Seattle, for its all connected, and as a male, I'm sorry."
final hearing on media consolidation. Overall, the tone of the meeting was one
The hearing, the last of just six across of a high degree of mutual support and
the nation, will take place in November, cooperation between males and females
possibly as soon as Friday, November seemingly free of blaming. According
Tabitha Manwaring, "[Women] need to not
2.
This is our chance to have a say as the look at every guy like he is a rapist." She
FCC prepares to rewrite the rules setting pointed out how many males were present
how many TV and radio stations and in support of sexual assault victims. Elizabeth Evans voiced her opinion that women
newspapers one company can own .
Learn more about the issues and still need to remain strong despite the
get ready to speak your piece! Local negative effects of society. When asked for
media activists are holding a series of clarification outside of the meeting, Evans
workshops with support from Reclaim stated, "As women if we hold ourselves as
the Media and the Prometheus Radio victims perpetrators can see that and act
Project to help you prepare your two- upon it." Overall, there was seemingly a
minute testimony about the importance consensus among students that males must
of locally accountable media, qual- act to address "systemic problems" in male
ity journalism, diyerse voices on the culture which perpetuate rape and females
airwaves or any of the other issues must still work to facilitate that change and
be mindful of how to avoid the threat. No
affected by media consolidation.
one however, made any outright blaming
statements or seemed to oversimplify the
Saturday, October 27
complexity of the issue being addressed.
4 p.m. at Traditions Cafe
If you are interested in getting involved
300 5th Ave. SE
with sexual violence awareness issues,
CASV meets on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in
Tuesday, October 30
4:30 p.m. Evergreen Library
CAB 320.
The recent sexual assault on campus has
Lobby
affected all of us. Let's come together
Thursday, November 1
to heal as a cqmmunity and reclaim our
campus. Bring candles, flashlights, noise8 p.m. at Media Island
makers and drums (and your raincoat!).
816 Adams Street SE
FCC hearing
media
Justin Shephard is a junior enrolled in the
Evergreen State College
U MADE ME ANGRY OKKKK.:
More "anarky" graffiti last week is
estimated at just over a couple hundred
dollars. This means more toxic
chemicals inhaled by minimum wage
workers, remember? CrimesStoppers
is offering a reward to info lea,ding
to arrests of these idiots. So, did your
roommate just get loose from mom or
dad and finish reading 1984? Do they
lack basic art skills? Are they talking
about crushin' on the state and jazzy
anarky stuff while dining at the Greenery? If you think you know who it is,
anonymously report them so their ass
can be out there cleanin' that shit up.
Not the rest of us.
QUIET HOUSING HIGH
On the II th, officers responded to
a noise violation in F Dorm. After
knocking, three students came to the
door and attempted to leave. The smell
of marijuana was "very prominent."
After being allowed entry, the officer
counted at least 15 people in the dorm
getting baked. They asked all residents
to relinquish all drug paraphernalia,
which included two small quantities of
marijuana and suspected hashish they
had yet to smoke.
BIAS INCIDENT?
On the morning of the 11th the Bias
Incident Response team was convened
in response to the word "HAJI" being
scrawled on the elevator of A Dorm.
The term could be considered a racial
epithet according to the all-knowing
Wlkipedia. It also could refer to a
band featured in the 8th Dragon Ball
Z mgvie, a rap musician, and a Canadian actress. So, if you wrote that word
and are just a Dragon Ball Z nerd, you
should, uh, let Student affairs know.
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION
ON RECENT CRIMES ON
CAMPUS, CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AND REMAIN ANONYMOUS: 360-493-2222
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Geoduck Union working
to revise policies, fill empty
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by SETH VINCENT
Four students, Joshua Collins-Beldwin,
Courtney Underwood, Mallory Epping
and Naomi Curley will no longer be
serving as Geoduck Student Union
representatives.
Collins-Beldwin and Curley resigned
for personal reasons after being inactive
for the majority of the quarter, while
Epping and Underwood were removed
from the Union by vote due to inactivity
and lack of communication.
Union reps Brittany Newhouse and Bea
Wolfe have drafted a proposal that will
encourage members to stay active and
accountable on a week-to-week basis.
The proposal would require reps to
fill out forms tentatively titled Weekly
Action Reports, also known as WARs.
This form will act as documentation
of representatives' activities each week.
According to the current proposal, if
a member consecutively misses two
WARs and two of the weekly open meetings, the Union will then review the
representative's involvement.
If a third week of responsibilities is
neglected, the Union could then remove.
the representative by a vote of consensus
minus one.
This proposal has not yet been passed.
The Union moved to revise the proposal
and adopt it as a bylaw at their Wednesday, October 3 I meeting.
The Elections Committee of the Union
will be drafting a proposal for replacing
the empty seats and presenting it also at
the Wednesday meeting.
Some options for recruiting new
representatives as discussed at the last
meeting: invite the first four runners-up
from the election last spring to serve as
official representatives, hold a special
election either this quarter or at the
beginning of winter quarter, or appoint
new representatives using a system similar to Olympia's city council. (When a
council .member quits or is removed, the
council basically hires a ·new member.)
Any of those options, however, would
require the addition of a new bylaw to
the Union's constitution.
For more information you can attend
the next Union meeting at I :30 p.m.
on Wednesday, October 3 I in SEM II
E II 05, email the Geoduck Union at
geoduckunion@evergreen.edu, or stop
by their office in CAB 320, cubicle 18.
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an
independent learning contract and is the
editor-in-chief of the CPJ.
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I would like to introduce the Assistive Technology Lab located in the Library, room 2318
to the Evergreen community. Assistive Technology (AT) is a generic term that includes
assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices
and the process of selecting, learning, and
using these technologies.
The AT lab includes a Document Magnifier
which you can set any book or paper in and
magnify it up to I OOx. Users can quickly and
independently look at library documents,
printouts, or even read a textbook.
Currently we have two computers - one
called Plato and the other ATI. Plato has a
height adjustable table, external speakers, and
a scanner and houses the most complete array
of assistive software available at Evergreen.
Plato's software includes:
OpenBook 7.0 Assists students with limited
vision, hearing impairments and learning
disabilities access many document types.
OpenBook allows you to convert printed
documents or graphic-based text into an electronic text format using accurate optical character recognition (OCR) and quality speech.
WYNN An innovative literacy software
tool designed to assist students with reading
challenges such as dyslexia, dysgraphia and
aphasia.
JAWS 7. 0 Screen reading software that gives
blind, visually impaired and otherwise print
challenged students access to their screen
by using speech synthesizer output. JAWS
stands for Jab Access with Speech. This software can be adjusted for individual needs and
uses and has many hotkey options for limited
keystrokes.
ZoomText 9 Increases the availability
tor digital documents to be read, seen or
navigated easier. Font magnification allows
students with visual impairments to recognize
text, tables and graphs effortlessly. Easier
navigations on the screen allow students to
locate and follow the control focus when they
tab and arrow key through menus, dialogs,
toolbars, and other application controls.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking 8 Assists stu-
r)(
dents with limited motor skills become able
to complete class assignments, create notes
in many styles and forms, communicate with
instructors, and participate in online discussions very easily.
Dyslexiwrite 2. 16 Integrated DyslexiWrite
combines word suggestions, voice, and a
dyslexia-oriented spell check in one easyto-use program. Integrated DyslexiWrite is
tailor-made for those with limited computer
experience as well as advanced computer
users.
Inspiration 8 A tool that assists students with
visual learning and is an essential tool for
students with mobility and learning disabilities. Students can plan, research and complete
projects successfully with this software.
The ATI station has many of the same
software but the scanner to run Open Book is
currently on order and is intended to be functional by the end of Fall Quarter 2007.
As Rob understands it
Assistive Technology is new to Evergreen.
This lab concept opened in the Library last fall
quarter spearheaded by Jules Unset with the
support of Beth Pearson and Access Services.
Assistive technologies have allowed students
and users with many types of disabilities to
access environments and activities that would
otherwise be difficult or impossible for them
to access. It enables individuals to accomplish
daily educational tasks, it assists in communication, and it provides greater access to
education, employment, and retention.
For example, people who have visual impairments cannot read instructions presented only
in a visual format. People who arc deaf cannot
understand content that is only presented
aurally. People who are colorblind cannot
discriminate between color-coded options.
People who have limited use of their hands or
arms cannot use a mouse, and people who usc
wheelchairs cannot operate a fax machine if
the controls are impossible for them to reach
from a seated position. Web sites with inconsistent layout, difficult to recognize graphics,
and inaccessible language are difficult for all
see A.T. LAB , page 7
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The Geoduck Union discussed a variety
of issues during Wednesday 's meeting. It
started off with Regan Harrison bringing up
student safety concerns over proper lighting on campus, especially in housing. Art
Costantino directed questions and concerns
to Paul Smith, the Director of Facilities.
Next was a presentation by Matthew Kreiling, a former Union rep, who is now an
administrator for the Washington Student
Lobby (WSL). His presentation offered a
brief breakdown of projects that the WSL is
working on as well as an overview of what
the WSL is currently involved in and its past
accomplishments.
Kreiling offered his support in maintaining
Evergreen's student chapter and most importantly in helping to secure funds for the dues
owed by December in order to maintain an
active membership. Following Matthew
was the main discussion of the meeting,
concerning accountability, the resignation
of current reps, and the procedure for bringing in new members to fill empty spaces.
With four new representative spots now
open, bylaws are in the process of being
written in the following week concerning
bringing in new reps, as well as a system
of accountability to hold current reps to in
order to prevent reccun·ing problems. After
a lengthy discussion, the Union moved on to
general business, including committees, the
upcoming Board of Trustees meeting, and
working to improve health care on campus.
The Union also finalized its official logo
contest. Please submit your ideas to the
Geoduck Union cubicle in CAB 320 by
Week 10.
Present at this meeting were 15 representatives, which allowed quorum to be met.
Representatives present included Elizabeth
Hill, Alex Mavrikis, Charles Loosen, Brittany Newhouse, Jay Standish, Tyler Ball,
Sammi Webster, Regan Harrison, Brian
Fligner, Aaron Shelle)C; Trevor Kinahan,
Austin Mancell, Bea Wolfe, Charlie Bloomfield and Mollie Leslie via telephone.
Brittany Newhouse is a representative of
the Geoduck Student Union.
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Brains Swimming in Different Pools ofWater:
An Interview with Steven Hendricks
by C.V. ROTONDO
This is' the first installment of a series
of interviews with faculty and students
engaged in the process of writing or
language arts in any form on the Evergreen
campus. Our intent is to raise awareness
about the thriving, if subsumed, writing
community at Evergreen and to excite
and entice folks not involved to become
so.
C.V. Rotondo - What is the current
state of the writing community at Evergreen and what sort of improvements
would you make or could be made?
Steven Hendricks - To some degree I
think the current state of the community
is pretty great. I think a student would
have a clearer answer than I would, but I
have a sense that there is a Writers' Guild
and people in the writing center and
people at the CPJ and they're interacting
with each other.
I have the sense that there is a lot of
convergence going on among writers
right now. There's some excitement about
a potential conference in the spring and I
feel that there is some real energy behind
it, which I don't think there would have
been four xears ago maybe. From the
time that (was a student here there's a
lot more going on in writing today.
Just the existence of the Writers' Guild
and the amount of people who seem to
be demanding writing programs and the
variety of writing programs, the things
that Leonard does with students.
It seems the few of us here who focus
on writing and teach it have been able to
teach enough students that we can pull
some of them through to really advanced
work.
It's difficult spread so thin as we are,
but it happens. What the writing community needs on campus is something like
a regular conference. An Evergreen
fine press would be exciting. Meghan
McNealy has some exciting ideas about
Slightly West as well. The way students
on campus see Slightly West can really
affect the sense of a writing community
as opposed to just a bunch of people in
their dorms writing some stuff and sending it in, disappearing in a way.
I think that Slightly West needs to be an
active force in developing community on
campus. I think the Writers' Guild hopefully will grow. Whenever I see them
working on a publication or a reading it
seems like things are happening.
I know that David Wolach is an adjunct
faculty member that students are working
with and ·kind of following. I hear <l:bout
readings going on in town. So things
seem to be bubbling up and more of the
same seems to be our next step.
The ·more we have students reading
and feeling like there's something to
participate in and see advanced programs
in literature and writing that give them
something to look forward to, they feel
like there's a track for them to follow.
C.V.R. - In the spirit of the Press
Conference centered around the avantgarde and activism, scheduled for this
spring, do you feel that your work is
connected to activism in any way and
if so, how?
S. H. - Part of me says that it isn't. It's a
weird question and part of the conference
, the awkwardness of that question and
we're asking it, so I should try to
answer it. I guess one thing I'd say is my it alienating or elitist?
work as a teacher is far more like activS.H. - Traditionally the avant-garde
ism than my work as a writer.
has been those movements in writing
But I suppose that there is a connection and art too, in which the focus of the
there too because I try to think of myself work is on the medium of the work and
as teaching people to read and think its capacities or constraints.
about narrative and story and meaning
So writing that acknowledges and
and all those sorts of things and language · plays with the fact that it's composed
and that's the sort of thing I do in my of language or aspects of narrative or
creative work.
conventions of story-making itself,
I guess I don't have high aspirations for writing that makes us aware of that
my work. I can't really imagine it going and makes us work with it as text,
out and affecting the world. That would as language or visual language, has
be the connection: there's that sort of been what has been in the place of the
literature that confirms or consecrates the avant-garde or has been termed that or
way things are and there's that literature experimental or innovative or somethat challenges the way things are now thing like that.
and opens up the possibilities for imagI don't think there's any particular
ining what might be in the world. The reason to call that avant-garde because
avant-garde is about pushing the barriers that's been going on for a long timeone
of what we're comfortable with in the of the dynamics in the arts that keeps
world or what we think the world has to them breathing and keeps the pulse going.
offer.
There's always a notion of realism that's
And it's something I've seen happen in changing dramatically, that's always
students often enough that I believe in different, and there's a notion of antiit. When students have a piece of avant- realism, a tendency towards the medium
garde literature put in front of them, or the artifice of the work. The claim that
THE AVANT-GARDE IS ABOUT PUSHING THE
BARRIERS OF WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE
WITH IN THE WORLD OR WHAT WE THINK
THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER. AND IT'S SOMETHING I'VE SEEN HAPPEN IN STUDENTS
OFTEN ENOUGH THAT I BELIEVE IN IT.
whether they want it or not, and they kind
of hit their heads against it for awhile and
think it's stupid and elitist or whatever,
they sort of work through that barrier.
And once they do and start really seeing
it and their mind twists around things in
a new way, there's a way in which they
almost visibly are refreshed.
I have had students come up to me after
a few weeks with a piece of fiction that's
really arduous or difficult for them and
they just have this sort of look in their
eyes, their brains are swimming in a
different pool of water; they're just sort
of happy. Their brain has exploded in this
particular way.
The only other concrete connection
that I'm interested in is the small press,
private press, hand made approach book
arts, that I think is kind of exciting. I see
several students who, after learning this
stuff, take it into their communities and
start making things and instead of feeling
that as a writer they are at the whim of a
publisher and they have to make money.
They just kind .of make stuff and they
produce for themselves.
C.V.R. - How do you understand the
avant-garde or envision it and how do
you respond to people who might claim
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them are more familiar with or at least
more inoculated to.
So when we look at literature we can
say the same things have happened in
literature, some of the same movements
have affected it, the same problems of
communication or form have happened
in literature and here's how people have
dealt with it.
And having that grounding says yes,
literature is an art form. We can'tjust say
if it's not entertaining then it's not good.
There are a lot of these measures of good
that people throw out there, you know,
if it's so good why don't people buy it
and read it, if it's so good why don't they
make a movie out of it, and that's not the
way as a culture we've agreed to talk
about art.
We've agreed to talk about it as this other
realm of activity where anything goes.
Where everything is worth at least a I ittle
consideration or at least the potential of
it being considerable. This too came up
in seminar. Some types of discoveries in
mathematics happened fifty years before
we know what they meant or that they
might apply to something else or they
might have implications for another
theory that's out there and I think the
same thing happens in arts and I iterature where we don't always know what
something is for a long time or how to
approach it or how to read it.
That too is how I talk to students about
it; most of the things we read we already
know how to read, so one of the tasks of
the writer and of the reader is to find new
ways of writing and of reading, new ways
of making meaning. If that is part of the
art then we can begin to see what would
motivate someone to produce something
that is difficult to read at first.
its elitist is a ... fine one ... l think it could
be called elitist only to the extent that it
perceives itself as righteous or seeks out
that status of inaccessibility.
C.V.R. - How do you understand the
But I don't experience too many avantgarde writers pursuing inaccessibility for avant-garde or envision it and how do
you respond to people who might claim
its own sake.
Although there's something about that it alienating or elitist?
S.H. -Traditionally the avant-garde has
being that any line you draw in writing
been
those movements in writing and art
or art-making, someone's going to cross
too,
in
which the focus of the work is on
it right, so the extent to which you can
write something and have just the small- the medium of the work and its capaciest kernel of accessibility and be 99.9 ties or constraints.
So writing that acknowledges and
percent inaccessible is sort of an interestplays with the fact that it's composed
ing challenge. What does that take?
This is something that happens in art. of language or aspects of narrative or
What is the minimal you can do to create conventions of story-making itself,
writing that makes us aware of that and
a piece of art?
So you get these black canvases or makes us work with it as text, as language
whatever and there's a sense in visual or visual language, has been what has
art of an acceptance of that process - , been in the place of the avant-garde or
whateve·r, ,that's art,.s'u~;, pay a thousand has been termed that or experimental or
innovative or something like that.
doilars for it.
I don't think there's any particular
. Well someone's got to do it you know?
Someone 's got to shit in a jar and put it in reason to call that avant-garde because
a gallery right? It's going' to happen.Jhe that's been going on for a long time and
market in ideas. and concepts is really
familiar in visual arts. That's one way to
approach it in talking to stutlents about
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of twentieth century art, whi~h many of
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that's essential to what literature is. It's
sort of one of the dy namics in the arts
that keeps them breathing and keeps the
pulse going. There's always a notion of
realism that's changing dramatically,
that's always different, and there's
a rotion of anti-realism, a tendency
towards the medium or the artifice of
the work.
The claim that its elitist is a ... fine
one. I think it could be called elitist
only to the extent that it perceives itse lf
as righteous or seeks out that status of
Inaccessibi li ty. But I don't experience
too many avant-garde writers pursuing
inaccess ibility for its own sake.
Although there's som ething about that
being that any line you draw in writin g' or art-making, someone 's going to
cross it right, so the extent to which you
can write something and have just the
smallest kernel of accessibility and be
99.9 percent inaccessible is sort of an
interesting challenge.
What does that take? This is something that happens in art. What is the
minimal you can do to create a piece of
art? So you get these black canvases or
whatever and there's a sense in visual
a11 of an acceptance of that process
- whatever, that's art, sure, pay a thousand dollars for it. Well someone's got
to do it you know? Someone's got to
shit in a jar and put it in a gallery right?
It's going to happen.
The market in ideas and concepts is
really familiar in visual arts. That's
one way to approach it in talking to
students about it in literature, to say,
this is the story of twentieth century art,
which many of them are more familiar
with or at least more inoculated to.
So when we look at literature we can
say the same things have happened in
literature, some of the same movements
have affected it, the same problems of
communication or form have happened
in literature and here 's how people have
dealt with it. And having that grounding
says yes, literature is an art form .
We can't just say if it's not entertaining then it's not good. There are a lot
of these measures of good that people
throw out there, you know, if it's so
good why don 't people buy it and read
it, if it's so good why don't they make
a movie out of it, and that's not the way
as a culture we've agreed to talk about
art. We've agreed to talk about it as this
other realm of activity where anything
goes.
Where everything is worth at least
a little consideration or at least the
potential of it being considerable. This
too came up in seminar. Some types of
discoveries in mathematics happened
fifty years before we know what they
meant or that they might apply to
something else or they might have
implications for another theory that's
out there.
I think the same thing happens in arts
and literature where we don't always
know what something is for a long time
or how to approach it or how to read
it. That too is how I talk to students
about it; most of the things we read we
already know how to read, so one of the
tasks of the writer and of the reader is to
find new ways of writing and of reading, new ways of making meaning. If
that is part of the art then we can begin
to see what would motivate someone to
produce something that is difficult to
read at first.
C. V. Rotondo is a sophomore enrolled in Five
Hundred Years of Globalization, and is
a tutor at the Writing Center.
presents
Halloween
double feature
by GAVI.N DAHL
The Halloween Horror Double Feature
is a chance fo r fans of Mind Screen, the
campus cinema club, to dig into the p ublic
domain archives and enj oy strange and
creepy entertainment without the expensive distribution costs. The fun kicks off
Monday, October 29 at 6 p.m. in Lecture
Hall I with Casper the Friendly Ghost
in There Good Boos Tonight. The oddly
charming animated short from the 1940s
will be followed up by a Bela Lugosi
treat, The Devil Bat. Nothing compares
to B-movie Lugosi.
At 8 p.m., the freaks come out in George
Romero's Night of the Living Dead,
which became one of the most infamous midnight movies of the 1970s and
spawned repeated Dead sequels. Shock
value is still a big part of the appeal, and
support for showing such a gross movie
was surprisingly not hard to come by.
Still, to offset any notions that Mind
Screen would advocate bloodthirsty
lust for human flesh without a sense
of responsibility to zombie victims,
we offer a short film in advance of the
second feature. What to Do in a Zombie
Attack relies on sharp wit and sight gags
to mock the patriarchy and sexism alltoo-common in horror and the larger
American narrative. With a macabre
willingness to leave zombie killing in the
hands of the central family's youngest
son and snippets of aging educational
films this one could be the highlight of
the entire Halloween special.
Mind Screen encourages everyone to
bring along candy to share, imagining a
massive candy potluck despite parental
fears of apples packed with razor blades.
Of course, it wouldn't be a Mind Screen
Halloween party without spooky giveaways. See you there!
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IMPROV COMEDY GROUP DOING THE ONION. REALLY
FLYING BEAR?
Meet the Generation Friends Comedy Coalition
by BRANDON CUSTY
Have you seen the flying bear? The
comedy group formerly known as The
Face is back in action again this year. The
Generation Friends Comedy Coalition
consists of a core of members from last
year who are in the process of cultivating
comedy from a new bunch of improvites
and sketch comedy artists . The group is
open to students of all abilities. If improv
is your bag, then you should probably note
that improv night is Wednesday in SEM
II E II 05 from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday is
rather far away ; it would be nice if they
had a meeting sooner. Well it's a good
thing they have a meeting on Tuesday
from 5-7 p.m. in the CAB. This meeting
focuses on sketch comedy, a perfect place
for actors and writers alike. The meetings
are extremely interactive; the activities
allow everyone in the room to participate.
If you like to laugh, like to make people
laugh, want to laugh , accept laughing as
a suitable activity in life, or are a flying
bear, Generation Friends Comedy Coalition wants you . And if you don't want to
go to the meetings then you should go to
the show. Dang Fierce! (an Improv Show)
is Wednesday, November 7 in Lecture
Hall I at 7 p.m. The cost is one dollar.
Brandon Custy is a sophomore enrolled
in Performing Arts Laboratory.
A. T. LAB, from page 4
users, but in particular for people with
cognitive disabilities and those who have
difficulty reading. Many of these barriers can
be lowered or eliminated when technology
environments are developed using universal
design.
To employ universal design means to
develop products that are usable by all
people, to the greatest extent possible, without adaptation or specialized design. These
products accommodate a wide range of individual preferences and abilities, communicate
necessary information effectively (regardless
of ambient conditions or the user's sensory
abilities), and can be approached, reached,
manipulated, and used regardless of the
individual's body size, posture, or mobility.
Application of universal design principles
reduces the need for assistive technology,
results in products compatible with assistive
technology, and creates a product that works
better for everyone, not just "people with
disabilities.
When searching nationally I looked for a
college that was very supportive and current
with the concept of providing necessary
Assistive Technologies. I could not find one
that was proud of their AT who also had a
traditional base of students and an institute ·
focused on universal design, not just focused
specifically on persons with disabilities.
I learned that Evergreen was just opening a
computer lab specifically focused on initiating
AT on campus. I also learned that Evergreen
had just purchased recent versions of most
all standard AT software, although because it
was new, no one on campus had direct experience with supporting the software, hardware,
training or students with the disabilities for
whom this technology is intended. I saw this
as an opportunity to further my understanding and efficiency of using the latest versions
of AT software, hardware and devices.
My goal is to get a BA/BS/Masters degree
focused on Assistive Technology and Techniques. I am on my way to the goal and have
Gavin Dahl is a senior enrolled in
enjoyed the experience of visiting other local a contract called Community Radio
schools, conducting research online and trou- Networking as well as Politics, Performance & the Public.
bleshooting software and hardware issues.
The reason I choose Evergreen is because
I found no other school nationally that gave ,- - - -- - - - - - - - - -- me an option to build the degree I have been
looking for without majoring in multiple
disciplines. Evergreen has the assistive technologies I need with Jess barriers to use than
most schools and I felt empowered by the
fact that I could be a part of the process of
lnter<;lty Transit is your ticket off
suggesting implementing universal designs
campus! Your Evergreen student ID
specifically to increase equal opportunity
Is your bus pass on all focal routes .
to plenty of fun destinations. Grab""
access to Evergreen's educational resources
a pizza or take in some music, go
and studies.
Opealloale:
An open invitation to all Evergreen folks to
attend our Open House Tuesday, October 30
from 2-6 p.m. in the Library, room 2318. The
Lab will be introduced and some one-on-one
time will be available for answering ques- "
tions and short introductions to the available
software or hardware. Come learn what AT
is about and help pass on the information
to other students in need. Represented will
be Access, First Peoples' and KEY Student
Services, Geoduck Student Union representatives, students, faculty and staff.
Rob Workman is enrolled in an independent learning contract about assistive
technologies.
biking,-shopping, whatever! Give
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Cooper Point journal
October 25, 2007
Olympia Is the place for tapes
The Grand Oly Opry
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Brown Interior also hosts local all day
house shows called Microfests. The
Mark Morrison moved to Olympia a lineup usually consists of what Morrison
little over a year ago. He comes from a calls "way too many bands." In the past,
desert city in southern California and is these acts have included various local
constantly involved in one music project acts, such as Lake, Live Active Cultures,
or another. He also runs Brown Interior and Evergreen professor Ben Kamen.
There have been six Microfests so
Music.
far,
and Morrison plans on holding the
Brown Interior Music is a small music
seventh
in Arcata, CA next month. An
label that specializes in cassette tapes.
eighth in WashingBrown
Interior
is planned for
was co-founded by
THEY ARE NOT THE ton
Portland in DecemMorrison and his
ber. They also plan
ONLY ONES TRYING on releasing a box
friend Mike Coleman in Lancaster,
set of several local
Caiifornia around TO RESUSCITATE THE mustctans playing
seven years ago.
23
minute-long
songs in the key of
Morrison jocularly
CASSETTE TAPE.
C.
explains the name of
Brown
Interior
music
also plans on
his label: '"Brown Interior' is a reference
reviving
S-track
cassettes
soon as well
to the inside of a tape."
as
releasing
LPs.
Their
tapes
can be
According to Morrison, they started out
picked
up
at
various
locations
around
by literally throwing tapes around at Los
town
and
at
Brown
Interior
events
and
Angeles Music Festival. After the event,
tours.
Artists
from
Brow,n
Interior
have
they started getting orders for tapes.
Brown Interior released tapes in also been featured on a KEXP podcast
Lancaster for a couple of years. However, showcasing music from Olympia.
They are not the only ones trying to
they went on an unofficial hiatus after
resuscitate
the cassette tape. Both AlliColeman moved out of state. Mark spent
the next few years playing music before gator Shoes and Maggot Mind release
moving to Olympia when he felt the bands on tape. In a town full of music
and mlJsicians, it seems that the tape may
Lancaster music scene was dying down.
After arriving in Olympia, Morrison still live in either as a novelty item or
discovered a tape factory in Tumwater. something more.
Living in a new town with a thriving
Jason S/otken is a student enrolled at
music scene and a resource like a tape
The
Evergreen State College.
factory, he was inspired to restart Brown
Interior.
On Thursday, October 18, the non-profit
organization Alamos Wildlands Alliance
(AWA) held a shindig at the Black Lake
Grange to raise funds for their conservation,
research, and education efforts in Southern
Sonora, Mexico. The AWA has its roots in
The Evergreen State College. President
Heather May, Vice-President and Director
of Education Chris Baum, and Director of
Research Adam Hannuksela are Evergreen
alumni. Board member Dr. Steven Herman
is a retired Evergreen faculty member.
The organization runs a field station on
the Sea of Cortes, just north of the border
between Sonora and Sinoloa states in westem Mexico. The Navopatia Field Station is
located on the Agiabampo Estuary, a littlestudied ecosystem that features resident
bottlenose dolphins, migratory birds and a
broad array of other organisms. .
As with most non-profit organizations, the
AWA is faced with the constant challenge
of procuring funds. With composting toilets,
solar-heated showers, solar ovens, and
wood-fire stoves, the expenses of the field
station are kept relatively low. Students,
researchers and eco-tourists are invited to
stay at the field station, but at 30 dollars per
night for full accommodations, hosting visitors hardly pays for the bills.
That's why, on Thursday, theAWA returned
to its roots and held a fundraiser in Olympia.
The event- the Grand Oly Opera - boasted
three bluegrass bands and three kegs of fresh
Fishtale beer. With a suggested donation of
two dollars for entrance and two dollars per
beer, it was sure to draw at least a modest
crowd.
It was a soggy night, and the Black Lake
Grange was wreathed in the inviting smell
of grilling bratwursts. The crowd inside
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THE TURKEY WADDLE LAP BAND WITH VINCE BROWN ROCK
Get involved with Governance!
Many committees and Disappearing Task Forces {DTFs) are seeking
student members. Student input is critical to the functioning of the
college. Serving on a committee or DTFs
provides you with opportunities to influence college policy and
further develop skills you will use in academic and professional
environments.
2007-2008 Student Governance Opportunities
Enrollment Coordinating Committee
The President's Advisory Board on Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Deadly Force Review Board
Bookstore Advisory Committee
Student Conduct Code Hearing Board
Faculty Hiring DTF
Center for Community Matters
Staff Hiring Committee
Day of Absence/Day of Presence
Fund for Innovation Committee
For more information or to pickup an application, contact the office of the Vice President for
Student Affairs at SEM I 4170, 360.867.6296, johnsont@evergreen.edu or seaberta@evergreen.edu.
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Coal Black Horse, Neigh!
by ALEXANDRA TOBOLSKY
Robert Olmstead tells a dark, albeit
dreary story about a young man on
the road in his most recent book Coal
Black Horse (Algonquin Books, 2007).
Olmstead details the story of Robey
Childs, a youth traveling the back roads
of the American Civil War. Despite unsettling imagery and a true coming-of-age
parable, the depiction of a boy learning
to be a man in 1860s America fails to
explore the paradox of innocence in a
time of war and ultimately disappoints.
"Don't trust anyone, not man, nor
woman, nor child."
Armed with these chillingly true words
from his mother and a coat- blue on one
side and gray on the other - 14 year-old
Childs sets out on a mission with meager
possessions, including a lame horse. Illprepared, he is lent a new horse for his
dangerous journey through the carnage of
Civil War battlefields, for which even the
magnificent horse is in for more than he
bargained. It's a horse unlike any other,
one that "leaves quite an impression ...
the kind that can get you killed."
During their travels, Robey experiences
the war as it tears apart lives and families
on the outside, while on the inside, the
boy is brutally transformed into a man.
From the moment he leaves the safety of
his home and his childhood, he is exposed
to the darkest side of humanity, the side
that entices us to kill; he witnesses blood
and gore, thievery, disrespect of human
life, and people who would willingly and
gladly take his life as well. He passes
fields where "for no apparent reason, men
had been killed, their souls set astray and
their bodies left piled like rotting cord
wood in ditches."
At first repulsed, Robey soon learns
that this is the way of war and mankind,
and accepts it as his rite of passage
into manhood. He steals food when he
needs it, sleeps as little as possible, lies,
cheats. and does everything else he must
to survive, including at the expense of
otheis in his same position. Through
all of this, Robey feels guided by the
coal black horse, by either its presence
or lack thereof. The reader is given the
clear indication that the horse is meant
from Opry, page 8
grew steadily over the course of the evening
as folks from around town- many of them
Greeners - crawled in out of the rain and
grabbed a brew.
The grange hall is a venue devoted to
small-town, classic values. It is a long
building with wood floors and plaques
on the walls boasting accomplishments in
animal husbandry.
There might have been kegs of Fishtale
in the other room, but a big Olympia Beer
sign held a proud place behind the stage.
Someone had scribbled the phrase "Peace,
Love" on the chalkboard that hung on the
wall.
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to be the mysterious, spiritual icon of the
book. However, Olmstead develops no
relationship between it and Robey, not
to mention the horse and the reader. The
plot had the potential to be a sophisticated
one, depicting how a young boy and a
young country lose their innocence. But
Olmstead's simplistic portrayal leaves
the reader flat.
There is nothing for the reader to figure
out about Olmstead's characters. He lays
them out in one-dimensional black-andwhite, telling and not showing.
Instead of building characters and relationships, leading us along in Robey's
aging mind, Olmstead states conclusions
with no basis. He leaves clumsy passages
of time where crucial dialogue, both
internal and external, should be. In fact,
the vast majority of the book is free of
dialogue, and the dialogue that does exist
lacks any sort of depth or substance. Such
passages as "It was beautiful to ride the
back of the coal black horse and in those
first few days of journey they traveled
constantly" lose their depth in vague
statements, instead of taking the reader
through Robey's experiences.
Overall, Coal Black Horse was a good
concept but reads like a first draft.
Olmstead loses his focus of the battle of
the Civil War in the skirmish of appealing to young readers with an adventurous
horseback journey, and older readers who
can appreciate the context of the war
and all its emotional implications. Flowery and overdrawn language strangle
Olmstead's simple plot. Such a horrific
degree of depravity written on a fourthgrade level begs the question of who is
intended to read the book, leaving old and
young readers confused and unsatisfied.
Despite the title, the horse has very little
to do with the story. ~ven still, Olmstead
does successfully use the horse to get one
good point across- through their journey,
Robey learns that he and the horse must
grow together in order to grow apart. He
realizes that he cannot become a man until
he learns to share himself with another
being. That, Olmstead shows us, can be
the most painful kind of war.
Alexandra Tobolsky is a student enrolled
at The Evergreen State College.
The opening act was the Turkey Waddle
Lap Band with Vince Brown, a mellow
quartet that was playing its first gig. They
warmed up the crowd with classic bluegrass pieces, playing a standup bass, two
guitars, a manjo, and a banjo.
Those Bottomfeeders - four guys and a
redhead - came on second with a somewhat livelier act. They pulled their equipment down off the stage, parked in front
of the crowd, and got everybody dancing
with their banjo, fiddle, saw, guitar, and
harmonica.
Amber Carver is a senior enrolled in Temperate Rainforests.
Poetry, SLAM!
by BRANDON CUSTY
The day was Friday; the place was Lecture
Hall I. The time is 7 p.m. The event was
a poetry slam, featuring none other than
Christa Bell and Gabriel Teodoros. The event
was organized by the Appearing Task Force
and Umoja. The slam's scheduled start time
was pushed back repeatedly, until finally
someone decided to make use of the mic and
began to slam. In this way, the technical difficulties of the microphone allowed students
to hone their poetic abilities. Lines like, "We
all breathe the same air, but your breathe is
unfair," and, "Pull, you'll tie a knot 'cuz I
will not be censored." The students used their
poetical prowess and readied the crowd for
the two-featured poets.
Gabriel Teodoros came casually to the
the last song he performed. Before he could
leave the stage, people were already rushing
to buy a copy of his CD, Lovework.
Christa Bell came onto the stage burning
sage. She proclaimed the Gospel according to Women. I had.a chance to talk to her
CHRISTA BELL SHARES
HER SPOKEN WORD
before the spoken word lifestyle, before she
chose her ministry. She came from a tradition of preachers; her father has a church in
San Francisco. She told me that her life was
searching until2003. One of her friends read
her poem and convinced her to read it aloud
in public; at that point, she knew it was her
purpose, her ministry. Her family life was
patriarchal and her grandmother never got to
preach her ministry. If she had to dedicate her
ministry to one person, it would be Grandma
Johnson.
Bell's spoken word presentation was of
infinite energy. After she inundated the
stage with her burning herb, she did a little
call and response. This exercise transferred
some of her energy to the crowd, with
her calling out and the crowd responding, "Amen." She talked about her new
religion, "She-ism," debuting on February
14, 2008. Focusing on the feminine, she
shared her wisdom of "Coochie magic"
and "I 001 names for coochie." "I call it the
Coochie mind trick. It's like the Jedi mind
trick except with coochie." The point of her
poem is that all names for coochie are holy.
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GABRIEL TEODOROS AT LAST
FRIDAY'S POETRY SLAM
stage. He set up his computer, which would
speak the beats to go along with his words.
He apologized at .first, saying that he wasn't
used to doing spoken word performances.
"Lemme drink this water," he said and then
started. Lyrics with such flow that they didn't
need a beat, it was as if the roof opened up
revealing the rain falling outdoors. "It comes
down like the rain drops ... Use love like a
spear to the heart of our fears." These words
are all about Beacon Hill, Seattle. A member
of the crowd asked him how he feels about
the future of hip-hop. Teodoros went into an
expansive response about the transformation
of the voices of an oppressed people. Different kinds of music are the voice of different
generations whether it is blues, jazz, or hiphop. "Hip-hop is the voice of an oppressed
people. I fit dies it's not negative, it's a rebirth."
The rebirth would make possible a new voice
for an oppressed people. "East Africa" was
Later on, she asked female members of the
audience to sing their own name. Climbing into the crowd, she found five women
and they shared chants and song and even
a poem, all of it leading into Bell's song of
her own name. "I chanted my own name to
manifest myself ... a woman unto myself."
The crowd applauded for several minutes
and stood waiting in line to talk to Bell and
Teodoros after the show.
Brandon Custy is a sophomore currently
enrolled in Performing Arts Lab.
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A Rocktober Artswalk to remember
by CHELSEA BAKER
This Saturday, October 27, the Raccoon
Arts Collective will sponsor and organize
the fifth Westside Artswalk, a plethora
of local music, art and performance, all
held in volunteered houses across a few
blocks of Olympia's residential Westside.
The first Westside Artswalk took place
last January and received rave reviews
from many members of the community.
They aim to hold an artswalk on the last
Saturday of every month, although they
tool<. a large chunk of the summer off
since many of their members and target
audience left once the school year had
ended. Now that many students have
flocked back to Evergreen, they're back
in action with more ideas than ever.
"The turnout [at the first Westside
Artswalk] must have been at least 200
people," said Evan Schoepke, "The most
we've had so far is 350 or so." Schoepke,
a junior at Evergreen this year, is one of
several organizers for the Raccoon Arts
Collective. "We're people who really like
to express ourselves and use expression
to make the world more interesting."
Since their first shot at holding their
own event, the collective has stayed true
to its vision of art and creativity as a way
of life with events such as mobile dance
parties, local films, and a wide array of
workshops for all ages. In addition to
all of that, every Westside Artswalk thus
far has culminated in a rousing game of
midnight kickball. The collective's goal
behind all this is to foster a community
of artists in Olympia. They maintain
a very broad definition of "artist" that
contributes in great part to their success.
"We define artists as people who like to
share creative expression. This incl.udes
craft people, instillation artists, a pretty
wide gambit," said Schoepke. "It's made
our artswalk really diverse and insures
that there's something for everybody. It's
also opens it up to new possibilities that
House on the Borderland
comes to Evergreen
by GABRIEL MAJESKI
On October 28, the Psychobilly Gangstaz production crew returns to The
Evergreen State College for the world
premiere of their latest film, a narrative
short entitled House on the Borderland.
The film is loosely based around the
short novel of the same name by the
early 20th-century author William Hope
Hodgeson, who is often credited as the
grandfather of both pulp and modern
horror writing by the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and Steven King. The adapted story
revolves around the protagonist (Jan
Picco) and his mentally damaged older
sister (Lauren O'Niell) as they leave
the city to live in a mysterious house,
secluded by distance and wilderness.
The series of events that follow set the
stage for an intense psychological and
emotional drama where nothing is as it
seems, the most insane become the most
innocent, and one's worst enemy is most
often manifested in one's self. The film
drifts from silent intensity to a feverish
climax that leaves the viewer with more
questions than they started with.
The film was shot sporadically over
the course of nine months in both
Port Townsend and the Olympia area.
Psychobilly Gangstaz Productions is a
fully independent grassroots group of
filmmakers based in Olympia. Their first
film, Resurrected, premiered in June of
2006 in front of an audience of roughly
200 people and has since been seen
around the world on the circuit for the
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival. House on
the Borderland was co-directed by Dylan
Quarles and Ian Picco, and stars Lauren
O'Niell and Jacob Sunday in addition
to Picco himself. Gabriel Majeski wrote
both the film's adaptation and screenplay,
and Dylan Quarles served as both editor
and cinematographer for the film.
The world premier will occur Sunday
October 28 at 8:30 p.m. in the · Recital
Hall of the COM building at TESC with
a question and answer session to follow
- along with other surprises.
Gabriel Majeski is a junior at The Evergreen State College.
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There is a lot more to us than meets the eye.
have yet to be explored. I really like a lot
of the instillation art, the mobile dance
parties, and Caroline's dance performance in the front yard. They set up a
mini-stage for it and everything."
The Raccoon Arts Collective displays
a level of organization and cooperation
that's rarely seen in other communities
throughout the U.S .. All of the people
involved are willing and open to just
about any idea you can throw their
way. They all want to contribute to the
outcome and they do it without letting
pride cloud their judgment. In many
organizations, from large corporations to
mom and pop businesses, petty bickering and arguments occur from time to
time. However, in the collective, they've
managed to make them unheard of. Their
organizational meetings are filled with
amiable banter and clever compromises.
Although a dozen or more people
devote a good chunk of their spare time
and money into orchestrating, publiciz-
ing and carrying out the artswalk, all
they ask in return is that you have a good
time and consider attending the next one.
All events are free and open to the public
and many of the earlier workshops and
showings are kid-friendly.
"We've gotten a pretty wide demographic and a lot of that depends on the
kind of programs we put on," said Schoepke. "We hope to continue to do these
artswalks and create a diverse community of artists."
If you're interested in volunteering art,
music, film, a house or anything else
you can think of for the next Westside
Artswalk, email them at raccooncollective@gmail.com. Amazing things are
happening in West Olympia. Don't miss
out.
Chelsea Baker, a 2006 Evergreen
alumni, currently lives on the Westside,
works at Danger Room Comics and
LOVES the CPJ.
Eleanor Murray
at the Artisan's
by BRANDON CUSTY
Eleanor Murray is an incredible vocalist
and musician. Last year during the spring
quarter, I was fortunate enough to hear
her play a show inN Dorm. Eleanor was
amazing. On Monday night, I got the
chance to hear her sing again. She played
at the Artisan Cafe. When she started her
set, I watched as people began to listen.
Conversations quieted and the three
people near the front windows turned
from their typing to hear.
The soft strumming and gasping breaths
taken between intricate vocals soothed
the cafe . She alternated between covers
and her new songs throughout the show,
always thanking everyone for listening
and smiling widely during the applause.
She sets this soft spell on anyone who
listens. The second cover was "Boots of
Spanish Leather" by Bob Dylan . "I can't
believe she is singing this song. I wa s
just thinking today that this is one of my
favorite songs by Dylan," said Maurice
MURRAY ROCKI N G AT A RTISAN ' S
Assoulin , one of the three people with
the laptops .
Eleanor also share d some songs of
her own . The last song she played was
her newest. Sh e wrote it during seven
walks home from downtown. It is easy to
imagine her on the bridge with her guitar
testing notes and singing, "The sound of
my feet on the pavement I Don't wanna
ever get home." One thing I really love
about Eleanor's style is the outros. The
last bits on the guitar on each song are so
perfect. If her voice is a dream, then it is
those outros that sustain it and gradually
lead listeners back to reality.
You can catch Eleanor tonight, October 25, at the 4th Ave. Tavern at 9 p.m.
She will also be playing at Artswalk on
Saturday the 27 at the Butta House . To
listen to some of her music, check out
Eleanor's website at www.myspace .
com/eleanormurray.
Brandon Custy is a sophomore enrolled
in Performing Arts Lab .
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Onol>er 25, 2007
OPPRESSION
INACTION
by TILLMAN CLARK
What is anarchy? If ,,
you read Chomsky,
he would say anar.chy is "libertarian
socialism." If you
are aware of teenage angst, anarchy
is a fourteen-year-old's expression of
rebellion against his parents and other
authoritarian figures. If you shop at Hot
Topic, anarchy is that big red "A" in a
circle on the t-shirt on the wall. If you
are aware of the underground/DIY/punk
scene, anarchy is the lifestyle choice that
best coincides with freedom to do what
you want and express yourself without
coercion from outside forces (as well as
an oft-repeated scream in many lyrics).
If you believe in primitivism, anarchy
means a form of living where people can
either live alone or create small habitats
of cooperation an<;l are unmolested by
other people trying to impose their views
on them. If you're from Greece, anarchy means "without government." And,
apparently, if you go to The Evergreen
State College. anarchy, in action, means
scrawling barely legible, inartistic, bland
phrases on school owned concrete build-
oppressed by the system we live in.
If you have an urge to write on walls,
go do it at Target or Safeway - corporate monoliths that oppress and exploit
millions of people, and try to do it more
artistically. There, your expression of
a political viewpoint in a creative and
beautiful manner might actually rattle a
conditioned suburbanite who is unaware
of his or her position in society and
cause him or her to re-evaluate his or her
priorities. Don't do it here, at a college
that gives people a great opportunity to
get a unique college education (albeit it
is not a perfect system) and where most
people are already aware of the social ills
of our capitalist society.
The "anarchy in action" that is being
claimed by vandals is really oppression
in action. The institution is not going to
change its way of doing things because
of vandalism. If anything, it is just going
to increase the means of protecting
its property (i.e. oppressing students).
Changing the way the world works, such
as the desire of institutions anp individuals to protect property, goes much deeper
than vandalism. If you want to spend
your time doing something useful to
further your cause (anarchy, perhaps?)
then get involved with real political and
Vandalism does not rule
by PETER HOWARD
If by chance you
haven't noticed, the
College
Recreation
Center has been vandalized numerous times
since the beginning of
the school year. Even if
you have noticed, I wouldn't expect anyone
to make rhyme or reason out of the words
placed upon the C.R.C. Quite frankly, it's
because they make absolutely no sense!
To defend this statement, let us first address
· the recent slue of "pro-Anarchy" sayings
being placed upon the C.R.C. I put proAnarchy in quotations because sayings such
as, "Anarchy get busy!" "This is anarchy in
action!" and my personal favorite, "Anarchists unite!" represent the polar opposite
of the basic premise behind Anarchy. Don't
believe me? According to the American
Heritage Dictionary Anarchy is, "Absence
of any form of political authority. Political
disorder and confusion. Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or
purpose." With this knowledge in mind, a
statement such as "Anarchists unite!" makes
absolutely no sense and is actually slightly
funny in a grossly misinformed sort of way.
And if the child(ren) who is responsible for
this vandalism actually broke out a dictionary
to follow along with this paragraph, I would
advise them to look up the correct spelling
of the word "action" because obviously they
misspelled it the first time they tried to write it.
I would like to take a moment now to contend
the statement, "This is anarchy in action!" on
the premise that the writer(s) seems to think
that placing the anarchy symbol on everything is, in their mind, "Anarchy in action."
The contention is simple really: all I have to
do is quote William Godwin as saying "Every
man has a certain sphere of discretion which
he has a right to expect shall not be infringed
by his neighbors.
This right flows from the very nature of
man." It is the thought that one does not have
to be blatant about forcing one's views to be
seen by others that labels the idea of vandalism being "anarchy in action" as absurd. If
at this point our vandal(s) is wondering why
this William Godwin fellow is so important,
I will enlighten him or her with the knowledge that Godwin is credited as one of the
important founders of modem anarchism, the
cause which our vandal(s) so blatantly boasts
allegiance.
I am writing these words with intent to bring
to light the ignorance of those involved in the
vandalism of the C.R.C. Vandalism is not
·progressive thinking, it is not resisting authority, and it is most certainly not "anarchy in
action." I would advise those responsible to
take a more mature stance towards expressing their ideas. A great deal of money is being
spent for the guilty party to go here and I can
guarantee this capital was not spent just so
one could poorly write misinformed words.
In short, this is college, not middle school
- if it is too hard to grow up, at least publish
your ideas in a public forum, not the side of
a building.
Peter Howard is a freshman enrolled in an
independent contract on social evolution.
IF YOU HAVE A URGE TO WRITE ON
WALLS, GO DO IT AT TARGET OR SAFEWAY, CORPORATE MONOLITHS THAT
OPPRESS AND EXPLOIT MILLIONS OF
Evergreen Food Service
brings in organics
PEOPLE, AND TRY TO DO IT MORE ARTISTI/~y
HALL! WINSTEAD
CALLY ... DON'T DO IT HERE, AT A COLLEGE
THAT GIVES PEOPLE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
TO GET A UNIQUE COLLEGE EDUCATION
ings so that the institution can impose
even more fees on students, justify more
police patrols and other possible security
measures, give more work to the maintenance crew. and repress other students
who are fighting for freedom of expression through meaningful art.
How in the world is that anarchy in
action? I understand the theory of fighting
against the idea of property by vandalizing it, but why do it so crudely and at a
school that so many people are attending
with the intent to make real change in
society? The only results of tagging up
the walls of our school are increasing the
workload for the workers who maintain
the school. justifying the creation of a
stronger police state in the area where we
live and learn hiking up the tuition rate of
the school. It gives the school even more
reason to deny artistic expression areas
on the account that people will abuse and
damage them. It makes it even harder
for those who are not privileged enough
to have the money to waste on buying
markers or the time to waste writing on
walls to get into this unique college and
further their education and learn about
real activism and social change so that
they can truly help other people who are
social movements. Boycott a repressive
industry or get an education at a unique
school at a currently non-inflated price
(unless you're out-of-state) that teaches
you about the true social underpinnings
that make the world work the way it does
and how you can truly take action and do
something about it. But wait, chances are
that you're already living the opportunity
to do that last one, so go take advantage
of it and use your time and energy more
constructively.
In other news: Anyone who was interested in expressing themselves through
artistic and positive, social change could
have attended (and maybe, hopefully
some people did) the Olympia Rafah
Mural Project on Monday, October
22 in downtown Olympia. That was a
great way that individuals got involved
by expressing their political viewpoints
with creative, beautiful, and visual art,
not counterproductive, crude vandalism .
Anyone interested in seeing the results
can go to the Olympia Community
Center, 222 Columbia (corner of Columbia and State), room 200.
Tillman Clark is a junior enrolled in
Marxist Theory.
It's unusual for an
institution to have its
apples hand delivered
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by the farmer from ~ . .
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an organic permaculture farm less than
200 miles away.
Yet Grant Gibbs's apples are traveling
out of their normal 29 mile radius to be
enjoyed by Evergreer. students. Grant
Gibbs will be visiting the Evergreen
Organic Farm in early November to
talk with the students of the Practice of
Sustainable Agriculture class about how
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sustainability in mind.
The food scene on campus is gradually shifting toward a more sustainable
food system, utilizing local and organic
sources for produce and food products.
Aramark has been working through the
summer to increase spending on local
and organic products.
Thus far, approximately 40% of food
purchased comes from local sources,
including Bagel Brothers, Tri-City Meats,
Charlie's Produce and Fuji Restaurant.
Also this summer, Aramark Corp.
donated $16,000 to the Organic Farm to
rebuild the large production greenhouse
that was destroyed in the 2006 wind
GIBB'S ORGANIC SELLS A VARIETY OF
ORGANIC PRODUCE, MEATS, ORGANIC
CHRISTMAST TREES AND SUSTAINABLY
HARVESTED LUMBER PRODUCTS
to winterize a sustainable farm.
Grant Gibbs is the farmer of an 80-acre
perma-culture farm in Leavenworth ,
Washington . The farm operates on a fullcycle system in which each portion ofth e
farm interacts with the other portions to
create a fertile, well-managed ecosystem .
Gibbs's Organic sells a variety of organic
produce, meats, organic Christmas trees
and sustainably harvested lumber products . Please enjoy the organic apples and
know that they were grown with care and
storm . The greenhouse has arrived and
now awaits the many able hands that will
assemble it.
Grant Gibbs will be delivering hi s
apples the week ofNovember 5 so keep
an eye out for the Gibbs's Organic label
and support sustainable food choices at
Evergreen!
Haiti Winstead is a senior enrolled in Th e
Practice of Sustainable Agriculture and
is a Sustainablity Intern at Aramark .
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Ottobcr 25, 2007
Re!,p onses to sexual assult on camp us:
Call it what it is
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to be real with the community; own up to
the fact that this campus has one I5-20
The Evergreen State
per week. Position in the Office of Sexual
College has been
Assault Prevention which has not been
quick to protect its
supported or given resources to achieve real
own
administrative
work here on campus and has been vacant
interests in its response
since last April. Only now, in the wake of
to the recent sexual
this incident, is the college scrambli ng to get
assault here on campus.
the hiring announcement fi nally posted.
While I am grateful that the Vice President
This is just the response on the part of the
of Student Affairs, Director of Health and administration. Our student body has not
Counseling, Coordinator of Res idential been beyond distancing itself from what
Life, Chief of Police, and a Police Officer happened. I have heard countless converwere quick to form a panel and address sations in the CAB about how this attacker
the student body, the response was misin- must not be an Evergreen student and is
formed and basic, at best. I am glad that probably not part the Evergreen commuthe administration is looking at better cell nity. I can understand the fear and hurt this
phone coverage as well as the possibility of community feels that this has happened, but
land lines in every donn . These things make we cannot keep this at arms length. We must
1 sense for the safety of the student body, as
be willing to feel the incredible discomfort
do increased emergency call posts, better that goes along with looking at the fact that
lighting and the other recommendations the we live in a rape culture. The arrogance of
administration is considering.
Evergreen is astounding; the administration
However, nearly ninety percent of college and the student body believe that we are far
women who are raped know their assail- more progressive than national statistics,
mts. Monique Vallot, Coordinator of Resi- and I would like to challenge this belief. Of
dential Life, encourages the student body to, college women who are raped, 42% tell no
"Lock your doors and windows," or "avoid one about their assault, and in one survey
walking alone at night." Chief of Police Ed nearly one third of college men said they
'lorger told students they "shouldn't feel were likely to have sex with an unwilling
:ike a wimp" when they request a police partner if they thought they could get away
f scort. All of these admonishments fail to
with it. We live in a culture that remains
recognize the true underlying conditions that silent about the epidemic rates of rape that
allow sexual assault to continue to happen. happen: one in three women and one in six
I am by no means discouraging people men are survivors of sexual assault. The
from creating their own safety using these people and communities that our society
suggestions, but I would like to dispel the marginalizes experience these rates even
, myth that these sorts of things will prevent higher. Until we as a student body declare
sexual violence from happening. Safety that violence is unacceptable and work to
precautions such as those recommended stop it in every form , until we believe our
by the Evergreen administration will only own research which shows that in nearly
prevent that small slice (I 0%) of all sexual every sexual assault case the perpetrator
assaults.
is known by their victim, and that sexual
We have to abandon the myth that rape is assault happens here, we must know that
only a stranger jumping out of the bushes or our administration will not recognize these
attacking a person and taking them by force. facts. We need to educate ourselves so that
These are the sexual assaults that are focused we have the ability and knowledge to advoon by the media and the stories that force us cate for our fellow students and community
into action (administrative panel presenta- members and demand that the administrations, new campus policy and protocol, tion fund the Office of Sexual Assault
and Take Back the Night rallies). But what Prevention full time and not minimize,
still remains is the other ninety percent of deny, and blame campus sexual assault on
sexual assaults. In that ninety percent, the external factors. Finally, we must recognize
assailant was a classmate, friend, boyfriend, that we have every power to keep ourselves
ex-boyfriend, or other acquaintance. This is safe but that this will not be only by locking
our doors and requesting police escorts, but
the uncomfortable reality.
In fact, women ages 16-24 experience rape also by confronting sexism and misogyny
at rates four times higher than the rate for when you witness it and working to end
all women in general, and college women the patriarchal structures upon which this
are more at risk for rape and other forms culture is built.
of sexual assault than women who are the
I want to end by affirming abundant
same age but not in college. It is my opinion support for the survivor of the most recent
that the majority of the Evergreen campus sexual assault. I want to recognize that
and administration holds the belief that this while I am calling for a larger analysis and a
doesn't happen here at Evergreen and that ~eper commitment to finding real solutions
this man who brutally violated a woman to ending campus sexual violence, I recogin our community must not be from our nize that Monique Vallot, Art Constantino,
community. By perpetuating this myth and and Elizabeth McHugh were up at 3:00 am
others, this community is supporting the beginning to figure out how this community
sexual violence that does happen here on would recover from this trauma. I don't
doubt their concern for this incident is
campus.
To end sexual violence on campus and in genuine. For that I am grateful, but I hope
the community, we have to be willing to be that we will really look at what happened
honest about the reality of the situation, and and push our whole community to a broader
to take responsibility for confronting sexual understanding of what happens here at
violence. Mr. Constantino, citing the statis- Evergreen and a willingness to be honest
tic that we have not had a forcible rape on enough to address the problem.
campus since 2002; Ms. Vallot, encouraging the student body to lock their doors; and
David Zielinski is a senior and currently
ChiefSorger, telling folks to not feel wimpy
(language which only reinforces sexism .and enrolled in an Individual Learning Contract
patriarchy), is not the accountability this on psychology, writing, and sexual
student body should demand of the admin- violence.
istration. We·need to ask the administration
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fry REBECCA PILCHER
To Whom It May
Concern:
This letter is in resp_onse
to the recent sexual
assault that occurred on
campus, as well as the article Panel addresses
questions after recent attack published in this
paper on October 18.
As a female student who lived in Evergreen
housing for two years and was assigned to
a first floor suite during the ' 06-'07 school
year, I want housing to realize how extremely
irresponsible it is of them to place female
students in first floor apartments. Last year
my living room windows were broken so
that they could be easily pushed open from
outside allowing any intruder easy passage
into a suite of six girls. The wooden stick that
was meant to hold my window shut didn 't fit
properly and we didn 't even have sticks for
all of our living room windows. Although I
realize now that I should have reported these
issues to housing at the time, it appalls me
that they existed in the first place and I know
they weren't exclusive to my suite.
I place full responsibility for the assault on
housing first for putting young women in
first floor suites and dorms when there are
plenty of male students that could fill those
rooms. Secondly, if putting girls on the first
floor is absolutely necessary, at the very
least, housing should be able to spare a few
hundred dollars of our extremely over priced
rent to install locking screens into all first
floor windows and to carefully inspect and
repair all window locks and sticks in both
bedrooms and living rooms. Last year, a suite
of all male students lived two floors above
me in the same building. Four thousand,
seven hundred twenty-five dollars over nine
months for a single room in a six-bedroom
apartment is roughly $525 per person per
month or $3, I 5.0 per apartment per month.
So far, the response to this incident has
been superficial and housing has yet to take
responsibility or real action for an easily
preventable incident.
Authorities in charge of room assignments should be held as doubly negligent
on account of the fact that there have been
known peepers, masturbators, and flashers
on the Evergreen campus for at least the
past two years since I started coming to
this school. It's not that housing (or Police
Services for that matter) is ignorant of the
threats to women that exist on our campus,
but rather that they have blatantly ignored
such threats.
Last week, this paper published tips to
students on what they can do to prevent any
future assaults, but this was not the fault of
the girl it happened to. This was the fault
of Evergreen housing for placing her in a
knowingly dangerous situation.
It also seems strange to me that this male
in army fatigues and a ski mask with a gun
could have walked on and off our campus
completely unnoticed. Maybe if campus
police spent a little less time arresting 20year-olds for underage drinking and busting in on college parties with their decibel
reader, they could spend a little more time on
catching the known prowlers, flashers andperverts that freely lurk our campus.
Rebecca Pilcher is a student at the Evergreen State College.
Stash those fruits and
vegetables in the kitchen
drawer for spring because
no one will need them
until the eating season is
over. Lots of gut-stuffi ng
treats are in store for the
observers of Babylon's high holy days of
consumption that are spreading worldwide.
The season begins with the sugar glut of
Halloween and extends into May fo r Cinco
de Mayo and Mother's Day. The average
weight gain from just Thanksgiving to New
Year's Day is seven pounds.
Halloween gets the population in the mood
for gluttony. It's a wann-up for the serious
eating days and non-stop indulgence of
Thanksgiving, Xmas, New Year 's, Super
Bowl Sunday, Valentines ' Day and Easter.
Commerce keeps trying to extend the eating
season through Mother 's Day, and it is upset
that October's Columbus Day doesn't sell
food and it cannot be used to start the eating
season earlier. Any realistic scenario involving the elimination of Columbus Day must
include keeping the day an Italian holiday
(although Columbus was pimping for the
Spanish). How about· Sacco!Vanzetti Day
for the two Italian "anarchist" immigrants
who were framed and electrocuted in 1927
(pardoned in 1977) after spending six years
in jail getting around to being fried? How
about Joe DiMaggio Day?
Halloween and other eating holidays
are in society's conservative mainstream
core. Devotees belly-up to the season, wax
nostalgic, and reach back in their memory to
childhood's happier days when spooking was
new, sugar a fresh rush, and the world wasn't
being consumed into desolation. Television
trained these children well to fall for every
trick that comes across the flashing screen.
The eating season is hard to escape and
surrounds us like the air we breathe.
Never mind that Halloween's high eating
day brings along ideas regarding the invisible - mainly, the Goldwynian idea that the
dead are alive. The origin of Halloween
traces its origins back to ancient days, to the
celebration of the god of the dead, when it
was appropriated by the witch doctors at the
Church of Rome. To gain popular acceptance,
the Church at Rome associated events on its
"holy calendar" to pre-existing celebrations
and notable days. Halloween (all hallows
eve) was associated with "All Souls Day,"
November I. It has something to do with
the dead being alive. Xmas is rooted in the
Roman's Saturnalia and the more ancient
celebration of the lengthening of the days
and the rebirth of the sun. (Sun, son. Get it?)
Easter also uses sun imagery, ancient fertility
symbols and the name from the Babylonian
god 'lshtar.'
· Today the Church at Rome is debunked and
is passe. Today what matters is Commerce.
The cathedrals are the malls and Commerce
is the religion. What sells is promoted and
what is promoted sells. Like the Church
at Rome appropriated popular pre-existing holidays to sell itself, Commerce has
captured special days of the population to
grow its agenda: Consumption. And what
is more consumptive than addictive eating?
Those partying Halloween zombies, ghosts,
goblins, and ghouls should start a new tradition of consuming their candy and ideas from
a bowl on the floor.
Gar Russo is a senior enrolled in The Practice of Travel Writing.
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October 25, 2007
Credit Card Crisis
by DAVID HORNBECK
There's a huge crisis that hardly ,....---.,......,.,.....,.,...,.
any politician is really talking
about: credit debt. Or, more
accurately, students with credit
debt. The average young people's
average credit card debt is over
$4,000
All cliches aside: over 70 percent of undergraduates
use credit cards to buy school supplies, food and textbooks , while 24 percent use them for tuition.
Credit card companies are quickly becoming the
high-interest student loan industry of last resort. When
it's all totaled up, young people spend 25 percent of
every dollar earned paying off debts and loans.
Add that to the average of$27,600 of"normal" debt,
almost three and a halftimes what it was a decade ago.
Eighty-four percent of black students and 66 percent
of Latino students graduate with debt. According to
the Department of Education, 39 percent of all student
borrowers graduate with unmanageable levels of
debt.
All this looks like a quickly emerging crisis to me.
Credit companies are targeting financially inexperienced young people with gimmicks and trinkets.
They'll have posters all over campuses and sponsor
events. They'll lure students with a t-shirt or mug.
Many of these cards come with hidden legalese,
however. Often with a late payment, they'll jack the
interest rates to 35 or 40 percent. Or they'll have a
"start-up'' fee. Or they'll change the due date for
payment. And so on.
So what can you do to avoid these credit nightmares?
Well, when looking for a card, be on the lookout for
deceptive term s and conditions. Keep your eyes open
for:
An APR of 15% or lower;
No annual fees;
o No universal default clause - where a credit
card company claims the right to impose
penalty rates if you are allegedly paying late . to
a different creditor or utility company. This is
also called "risk-based re-pricing."
o No "we can change the terms at any time for
any reason including no reason" clause.
o
o
Also, make sure to use cards scarcely. Credit card
companies will often try to entice their customers to
use their cards on all sorts of small purchases, but
that's a great way to let spending get out of hand. Be
sure to pay off the full balance every month, and if
you can't, then spending needs to be cut. If your interest rate is on the high side, then call your company
and ask for a lower one.
Keeping an old customer is much cheaper than
getting a new one. A recent PIRG study found around
half of calls get a lower rate.
If you're interested in helping with this and many
other issues, come to WashPIRG's weekly meeting,
every Wednesday at 3 on the third floor of CAB.
David Hornbeck is a student enrolled in the Evergreen State College.
AMERICA IN NO
POSITION TO
PREACH .MOB.ALITY
lySKYCOHEN
People in glass houses
shouldn't throw stones.
The U.S. Congress
has decided to legislate
that Turkey committed genocide against
the Armenian people
during World War I. The non-binding
House resolution states that the deportation
of nearly 2 million Armenians from the
Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923,
resulting in the deaths of 1.5 million of
them, amounted to "genocide."
Genocide is defined as the deliberate and
systematic destruction of an entire people
who belong to one racial, political, cultural
or religious group. I strongly believe that
it's imperative for all nations to face their
pasts, acknowledge their deeds and address
them.
Our nation has not acknowledged or
addressed the genocide of Native Americans. It is estimated that the North American
Indian population was around 12 million in
1500 and less than a quarter of a million in
1900. It is true that many died from diseases
introduced by European Americans and
it is also a fact that many were displaced,
eradicated or callously disregarded by the
policies of the U.S. government.
Scholars have defined this period as
sustained genocide, perhaps the worst in
history. We are in no position to preach
morality to another country.
Sky Cohen is a sophomore enrolled in
Colonialism and Decolonization.
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World
Poverty is
growing faster than
world population. An
Indonesian
female
Nike worker receives
80 cents a day. wage s
which leave up to 70
percent of the N ike labor force in that
area of the world malnourished .
When one analyzes 'politics' within
today's dominant paradigm, acting as
though they are separate from personal
life (a grave act of ignorance) , we refuse
to ever mention the word capitalism.
Capitalism is the economic system in
which we live here in the United States;
it is the system that, especially in the past
30 years. has spread throughout the world
through a process known as globalization. In those 30 years, Western nations
and their people, which are the original
founders of state-protected capitalism,
have invested trillions in the rest of the
world - that world which is becoming
increasingly impoverished.
As we debate the questions surrounding
various foreign and domestic policies
ranging from presidential changes to
declining blue collar jobs, convinced that
these are the sole 'political' areas which
need be discussed, the socioeconomic
system in which we exist seems to elude
conversation rather conveniently for the
powers that be.
Now one is left wondering why is
never addressing capitalism convenient
for the ruling class - the ultra rich who
have the power and privilege to run for
office , own the few left remaining television conglomerates, own oil companies,
retail outlets , head the m i Iitary industrial
complex, etc.?
would you not ask yourself, well, why?
Or is asking that childish, insightful
question old news? Are we to the point
of acting, rather than talking, have we
passed that stage as fully-grown humans?
Can we not challenge our countless predispositions and be critical of ourselves?
I can only guide you to finding out for
yourself. Why not ask that fateful ques-
WHY, THE MORE WE EXPORT THE SYSTEM
OF CAPITALISM, DOES THE WORLD GET
POORER? WHY DOES THE TOP ONE TO
FIVE PERCENT OF THE INVESTING WEST'S
UPPER CLASS INCREASE ITS WEALTH SIGNIFICANTLY AS THE GENERAL POPULATION
EXPERIENCES A DECLINE IN PROSPERITY?
This must just be some 'liberal' jargon,
or some 'communist' rhetoric attempting to subvert mainstream opinion,
saying this would be an easy dismissal.
I however am simply referring to reality:
factual information. Statistics may be
somewhat blurred: let's say that a Nike
worker receives one dollar a day, which
is the wage nearly 1 billion people on this
planet currently are forced to survive on,
tion which is crucial to the maintenance
of a system that keeps the distant statistics, which happen to be people just like
the person scanning your items at your
grocery store, Iike your neighbor, your
mother, father, and child in their place,
oppressed is the appropriate word for it.
The compassion within yourself should
lead you to wonder, to ask why.
Remember that cliche, when you begin
to ask why, you get to the 'bottom of it.'
'It,' which happens to be whatever is in
question, can be many things. For example, why is the majority of the world's
population poor? Why does the majority
of the world's suffering population live
under a system of capitalism? And then
ultimately, why does no one use that word
here in the West, the most avid expo rter
of corporate capitalism? Why, the more
we export the system of capitalism , does
the world get poorer? Why does th e top
one to five percent of the investing West 's
upper class increase its wealth sign i_ficantly as the general population ex periences a dec Iine in prosperity? Th ere is
something going on here, som ethmg
beyond the rhetoric surrounding the Iraq
War, beyond our everyday consum enst
lifestyle, an idea that never comes into
qut;:stion but dictates the way we 11ve:
capitalism . Look it up, read; rather than
discarding resistance, understand it. .. We
don't see and then define; we define first
and then see."
For further reading check out authors
like Michael Parenti, Arundhati Roy,
David Korten, Noam Chomsky, Bell
Hooks, Alexander Cockburn, or press
distributors such as South End Press or
AK press .
Travis Greer is a sophomore enrolled in
an independent learning contract.
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October 25, 2007
Volleyball
drops close
matchtoNU
by DAVID RAILEANU
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Wednesday night, the Evergreen volleyball
team took on the Eagles of Northwest University in a Cascades Collegiate Conference match.
Coming off a recent road trip, the Geoducks
were bested in three games in spite of impressive efforts by all involved. Having yet to win
a game, they fall to 0-15 on the season.
"They really looked good, considering there
were only five players on the floor," Coach
Blackwood said after the match, referring
to Alysse Eaton's knee, which she tweaked
Saturday night. "They're in pretty good shape
[overall]," said Blackwood. "They did some
good things."
The Evergreen offense, despite not having
practiced since the ir last match, took the floor
with characteristic enthusiasm and energy.
Throwing shots wild and leaving gaps in the
defense allowed NU to take an early 6-0 lead.
Timely kills by Evergreen's leading scorers,
Kandice Gleaves and Sabrina Tan, allowed the
Geoducks to gain some momentum and they
quickly found a rhythm. In what proved to
be one of the most remarkable games of the
season, the ladies in green pulled within three
points late in the game. Seven assists and six
digs by II th-ranked Katie Huston and a .3 75
kill percentage turned in by Gleaves brought
the home team as close as 21-24, but cost ly
errors and the opportunistic Eagles stole the
game, 30-24.
Northwest dominated the second game, forcing the Geoducks into fewer assists and kills
and more defensive digs. The team kill percentage dropped 34 points and they lost, 30-19.
The third game, however, began with a much
different story. Evergreen opened up a strong
lead to start, beginning with an ace by Eaton.
After going up 8-5, the Geoducks quickly
surrendered the lead to a blistering Eagle
offense. NU scored nine straight points,
featuring kills by three different Northwest
players. Errors soon forced Evergreen in a
familiar position, as NU pulled ahead and
the Geoduck offense stalled. The Eagles
took the match, 30-20.
After the match, Coach Blackwood
commented that the girls "continue to
play hard" and· that concentration and
focus will lead to inevitable success. It
appears that one of these nights, the
volleyball team will earn a win on
sheer will and determination. They
play next at the Green House Saturday, October 27 at 7:00 p.m.
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GET READY!
The Evergreen State College
Men's and Women's Basketball teams join former players
this Saturday for the inaugural
Alumni Game!
Come reunite with the past to
cheer on the future of Evergreen
athletics!
Women's game starts at noon,
followed by the men's game at
2 p.m.
Admission is free!
FRESHMAN SABRINA TAN LEAVES IT ALL OUT ON THE FLOOR
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close game," said Epstein, "just like the
whole series." Rookie second baseman
Dustin Pedroia's home run, the fifth by
a rookie in the history of Game 7 play,
sparked an offensive assault that led to a
six run eighth for the Red Sox.
The Red Sox face the red-hot Colorado
Rockies Wednesday night in Boston.
Colorado swept both the Division Series
and the Championship Series and has won
21 of their last 22 games. The first World
Series showing in franchise history, the
Rockies hope to take advantage of their
team postseason ERA of 2.08 and the
unpredictable Denver weather. Boston,
however, looks to disrupt the Rockies
pitchers, having hit a combined .304 with
15 HR in the month of October.
lATE RESULTS
In what Boston Red Sox General
Manager Theo Epstein described as "the
Game I, Fenway Park, Boston, MA
tightest 11-2 game" in postseason history,
the Red Sox advanced to the World Series
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after two critical wins in Cleveland.
This is the second pennant in three years
for Boston- the closest the Red Sox have
strung together World Series appearances
since winning three in four years from
1915 to I 91 8.
Despite winning Game 2 of the ALCS
at Fenway Park and two more at Jacobs
Field, the Cleveland Indians have lost 9
of their last I 0 potential series-clinching
games. The Indians have not taken part
in the Fall Classic since 1997, when they
lost Game 7 to the Florida Marlins.
"If mistakes were made and they took
advantage of opportunities, that was
probably going to be the difference,"
commented Cleveland manager Eric
Wedge after the game. "I think it probably was [the difference] today."
Down 3-2 in the seventh, Indians
outfielder Kenny Lofton was standing on
second base with one out when Franklin
Guitierrez hit what appeared to be the
tying RBI. Third base coach Joel Skinner
inexplicably held Lofton at third, a move
that would prove costly when Casey
Blake grounded into a double play.
Wedge commented on the play after the
game , saying, "It's a tough corner out
there .... I think it was just a tough read
for [Skinner]." The momentum shifted
noticeably in favor of the home team as a
result of the inning.
Even though the Red Sox caught a couple
of lucky breaks, the game remained close
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O ctober 25, 2007
This week's events on & around campus
Thursday, 25
I I: I 0 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tanwx Creek
river restoration . Food and transportation provided, leave from A Dorm loop.
Hosted by the Center for Community
Based Learning and Action .
Noon . "Targeting Iran : U.S. Foreign
and Military Policy in the Middle East:
Iran, Iraq, and Palestine-Israel" lecture
by David Barsamian. Longhouse, I 007 B
and C.
12:30 p.m. The World's Biggest Volcano.
Red Square. Hosted by Chemistry Club.
8 p.m . Guitarist and songwriter Michael
Whisler in concert. HCC . Sponsored by
Housing.
Friday, 26 continued
Saturday, 27 continued
West and Evergreen Storytellers.
6 p.m. Jeff Bachman to speak. LH 5.
Hosted by Amnesty International.
6 to 8 p.m. Bias in Northwest News and
Media Conference open forum . Olympia
Free School, 610 Columbia Street.
www.dsame.com /binn .html
10 p.m . Radio Astronomy, Minipop . Le
Voyeur, 21 +
6 to 8 p.m. Bias in Northwest News and
Media Conference open forum . Olympia
Free School, 610 Columbia Street.
www.dsame .com/binn .html
7 p.m . Common Bread, Evergreen's
interfaith ministry, joins the Dharmata
Foundation to present Anam Thubten
Rinpoche . Longhouse, Cedar Room .
8 p.m. Obo Addy and Okropong. COMM
Experimental Theater. Hosted by Evergreen Expressions . Tickets at Evergreen
Bookstore.
Saturday, 27
Friday, 26
II a.m . to 2 p.m . Planned Parenthood
Positive Presence. Bring or make signs,
all welcome .
Student Group
Meetingc
Flaming Eggplant
Mondays, 3 p.m.
CAB 320
Evergreen Queer
Alliance
Mondays, 3:30p.m.
CAB 315
Evergreen llillcl
Wednesday, 3 p.m.
Workspace 15
Women of Color
Coalition
Mondays, 4 to 5 p.m.
CAB 206
Umoja
Wednesdays,
2 to 3 p.m.
CAB 3'd floor
TV lounge
Center for Radical
Education
Bi-weekly Mondays,
4:30 to 6 p.m.
SEM II, E3107
Environmental
Resource Center
Wednesdays, 3 p.m.
CAB 320
Capoeria
Mondays, 5 to 9 p.m.
COMM209
Writers Guild
Wednesdays, 4 p.m.
Ll B 2130, next to
Writing Center
Mind Screen
Mondays, 6p.m.
LH I
Percussion Vibe
Tuesdays, 6 to 9 p.m.
Com 209
Greeners 4 Christ
Tuesdays, 7 p.m.
SEM II, 2I07
Amnesty
International
Wednesdays,
12:30 p.m.
CAB 320
Appearing
Task Force on
anti-oppression
Wednesdays, I p.m.
CAB 320
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Musician 's Club
Wednesdays,
1:30 p.m.
C/\13 320
Society for Trans
Action and Resource
Wednesdays,
4 to 5 p.m.
SEM II, D2107
Hip Hop Congress
Wednesdays,
4 to 5 p.m.
LIB 3303
Gaming Guild
Wednesdays,
5:30p.m.
CAB 320
Giant Robot
Appreciation Society
Wednesdays,
5:30p.m.
CAB 3'd floor
TV lounge
Chemistry Club
Wednesdays,
I to 2 p.m.
LAB II, 2207
Generation Friends
lmprov Club
Wednesdays,
6 to 8 p.m.
SEM II, EI 105
The Phrontisterions
Wednesdays,
I to 2p.m.
SEM II, A21 05
Sabot lnfosquat
Thursdays, 4 p.m .
LIB 3303
Geoduck Union
Wednesdays,
I to 3 p.m.
SEM II, Ell05
Common Bread
Thursdays, 5
to 8 p.m.
Longhouse I 002
Students Educating
Students About
the Middle East
Wednesdays,
1:30p.m.
CAB 320
Circus Resurgence
Thursdays, 6
to 9 p.m.
LIB lobby
Women's Resource
Center
Wednesdays,
1:30p.m.
CAB 313
Slightly West
Fridays, 3 p.m.
Writing Center
Capoeria
Saturdays, 12
to 2:30p.m.
COMM209
4 to 5:30p.m. Media ownership workshop
with Reclaim the Media and Prometheus
Radio. Traditions Cafe.
Wednesday, 31
Sunday,28
12:30 to 4 p.m . Northwest Native Carvers gathering and carving demonstration .
Longhouse .
Monday, 29
6 p.m. Halloween Horror Double Feature:
The Devil Bat with Bela Lugosi and Night
of the Living Dead by George Romero .
LH I. Hosted by Mind Screen.
Tuesday, 30
4:30 p.m . Media ownership workshop
with Reclaim the Media and Prometheus
Radio. LIB Lobby.
7 p.m . Press: Play > A Presentation of
Works . LIB lobby. Sponsored by Slightly
Program Events
Monday night poetry readings
Artist Lecture Series
Hosted by the program Poetics and Power.
All readings at 7 pm in SEM II EII05.
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. Lecture series on
some Tuesdays at 3:45 p.m. in LH I,
sponsored by Evergreen Gallery and
Visual and Environmental Arts .
Oct. 30: Sara Bates
Nov. 13 : Laura Alpert
Upcoming Events
Thursday, Nov. 1, 8 p.m. Katie Sawicki in concert. HCC. Hosted by Housing.
11 a.m. and 6 p.m . Link to Refugees
with Suheir Hammad. Palestinian-American spoken word artist. LH 1. Hosted by
Diversity Series.
2 to 4 p.m . Geoduck Village Open House .
SEM I Annex Buildings. Pumpkin bowling, costumes, trivia, treats, and more .
4 to 5 p.m . Study Abroad Workshop :
Japan University Exchange. SEM II ,
Cl107 .
4 to 6 p.m. Academic Planning Workshop. SEM II, B1105. Call x6392 to sign
up .
I 0 p.m. Le Voyeur Trivia Night.
Wri~
worksliops
Nouns got you down? Verbals need herbals?
Sentence remember don't how make to? Get
spruced in the Grammar Garden . One hour a
week will nip your fears in the bud. Come on
by Wednesdays from 1 to 2 p.m . "Academia
is mind control." But it doesn 't have to be.
Come 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.
Women of
Color Coalition
calendar
Friday, Nov. 2, 5:30p.m. Student Patrol meeting with Police Services. HCC.
Like the CPJ Calendar? You'll love
Women of Color Coalition Calendar!
Saturday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m . to 8 p.m. First Annual Tacoma Word! This year's
theme: Northwest Perspectives in Literary Art. All events held at the Phoenix
Hall at the Freighthouse Square in downtown Tacoma. Hosted by Tacoma
Area Literary Enthusiasts.
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 happening. And if you want
your event posted, just slip a flyer under
the door. Questions? Contact us at x6006
or wocc-tesc@gmail.com
Common
Calendar
Abbreviations
College Activities Building: CAB
College Recreation Center: CRC
Communications Building: COMM
Housing Community Center: HCC
Lab Buildings: LAB I or LAB II
Lecture Hall: LH
Library: LIB
Seminar I Building: SEM I
Seminar II Building: SEM II
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