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Day of Absence is February 8, Day of Presence is February 13
''An avenue ...
to address racism
and bigotry''
-Diversity DTF
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JASON SLOTKIN
Mediation services is becoming part
of the Center for Community Matters.
The Center will incorporate mediation services and communicate with
other departments on campus to help
students navigate campus policies.
This change stems from the administration's focus on issues relating
to campus diversity. According to a
recent proposal for the center, President Les Puree allocated a budget of
$10,000 for the center and mediators
are being trained by the Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County,
a non-profit organization that offers
mediation services.
The history of this focus goes back
to the 2005-2006 school year. That
year, Puree charged the Diversity
Disappearing Task Force.
The center was one of the recommendations from Disappearing Task
Force. According to Task Force's
Report, the center was needed because
many conflicts "fell outside of established policy," or parties in conflicts
are unfamiliar with or had "lost faith"
with policy.
The recommendation was made
to provide a way to handle issues
of discrimination between campus
members, according to Laura Grabhorn, chair of the task force.
Evergreen had few forums to discuss
these matters beyond the campus
Civil Rights Office, which would
launch investigations into claims of
this nature.
Staff and other campus members
who belonged to unions, had avenues
to discuss these issues. This new
center will provide one for everyone
on campus.
Grabhorn calls Evergreen a "microcosm" of the community. According
to her "ugly" issues in the comunity
such as bigotry and discrimination
find their way here.
According to Grabhorn, "The center
would be an avenue for people to
have discussions across categories students faculty and staff- to address
racism and bigotry." She added that a
progressive school such as Evergreen
should actively handle these issues.
Jason Slatkin is a junior enrolled in
an independent learning contract.
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Union makes Tacoma connection
by AMBER CARVER
The Evergreen Tacoma Campus is not
a campus; it's a program, according to
administration. That's one of many things
that students at the Olympia campus may
not know about the satellite program. Very
few students at Evergreen-Tacoma realize
it's not a campus either, says Mollie Lesslie,
the Geoduck Union representative from that
program.
Lesslie came to Olympia this Monday to
prepare for Evergreen-Tacoma's upcoming
Geoduck Union meet-and-greet. Because
Tacoma is a program rather than a campus,
students are part of the same Union and
share representatives. Those representatives will pay Evergreen-Tacoma a visit on
February 12 in an attempt to connect with
students there.
Such communication is much needed
between the main campus and the Tacoma
program. The student bodies at the two
locations know very little about each other
and share few things in common.
Evergreen-Tacoma's demographics are
quite different from those of the main
campus. Located in an area referred to as
"the hill," about one and a half miles west
of the Port of Tacoma, the program has a
relatively diverse student body.
As of tall 2007, there were 4,352 students
in Olympia and 180 in Tacoma. For Evergreen as a whole - which includes the
main campus, programs at Tacoma and
Grays Harbor, and the Tribal ReservationBased program- 19.5% of students were
classified as "students of color." According
to a 2005 figure, 66% of students at Evergreen-Tacoma fall into this category, but
see TACOMA, page 4
Iraqi Student Proposal
Denied byTESC
by JUSTIN SHEPHARD
On January 31, the Iraqi Student Solidarity Committee (ISSC)
received a reply from the Vice Presidents ofTESC denying support
for a proposal to bring three displaced Iraqi students to Evergreen
with tuition and housing waivers. The ISSC, a sub-committee of
the student club Students Educating Students About the Middle
East (SESAME) gained support from the campus community,
Olympia, and some national organizations. More than 700 student
signatures were gathered on campus in support of the project as
well as endorsements from campus organizations such as MECha,
Amnesty International, EARN, and CISPES. An Evergreen faculty
meeting also saw a vote of support for the project on January 16,
with 44-3. In their response the VPs commended ISSC on the
support they have built but stated concerns over state funding in the
future due to "entering a time of significant financial uncertainty."
Members of ISSC contend that educational institutions usually
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Learning never was so
computational!
PROPOSAL,fiom cover
do well during times of recession and that,
for them, the decision to not fund the project is a reflection ofTEsc· priorities.
The VPs decided not to support the
proposal through funds from a one-time
reserve, which according to Holly Colbert,
Executive Associate to the VP for Finance
and Administration, is utilized specifically
for unanticipated expenditures not covered
in the regular budgeting process such as
"emergency type" spending. The VPs
invited representatives from ISSC to help
form a working group for 2009-11 budgeting process.
The aim of the group would be to develop
a regular budget proposal for refugee aid
and student waivers in response to disasters. "We would absolutely love that",
Andrea Mullin-Robbins of ISSC stated,
but ISSC feels that the school is missing
the point of bringing students over for
fall of this year: as displaced Iraqis, many
students face the daily possibility of being
deported from Syria or Jordan, where many
refugees are, and lost in a war torn Iraq, or
killed. According to a May 18, 2007 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education;
scholars face particular difficulties in Iraq,
with students and professors killed and
kidnapped daily. ''Pro-war or anti-war,"
says Mullin-Robbins, "it's a humanitarian
issue."
In this sense of urgency, the ISSC held
a meeting on February 6 to discuss next
steps with students, faculty, and community members. Approximately 40 people
THIS INSTALLATION PIECE IN RED SQUARE WAS DESIGNED TO
RAISE INTEREST IN BRINGING IRAQI REFUGEES TO EVERGREEN
attended the meeting. Some of the ISSC
members advised people to write letters
of support to TESC President Les Puree.
Other suggestions included finding alternate sources of funding for the project to
use, maintaining a persistent presence, and
working toward short and long-range goals.
A short film was shown which featured an
intervie\v with an Iraqi refugee describing
the daily uncertainties of his refugee life
and what created it. It was a student who
was recommended as a potential Evergreen candidate. The ISSC hopes to get
support from the administration by March
in order to bring students here for fall of
'08. Along with giving opportunities to the
Iraq students, "this is one of the best things
POUCE BLOTTER
Around 10:30 p.m., Officer Perez came
across a man sleeping in the C Dorm
second floor hallway. Perez woke the man
up to tell him he couldn't sleep there and
asked if he was a student. The napper told
the officer that he wasn't a student, but that
he was visiting friends. Perez informed him
that it was all right to visit his friends, but
he had to sleep in their room and not the
hallway. The officer and visitor knocked on
his friend's room, but were unable to make
contact. He was escorted out of the dorms.
Hopefully he got a good night's sleep.
A student reported their laptop stolen
to Police Services. Thieves had taken the
computer and the power adapter from
the student's room in B Dorm between
11:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Monday. The
computer was a present from the owner's
father. A black sticker that reads "concussion" is on the laptop. Jf you have any
information on this case, please inform
Police Services at 867- 6832.
~JASON
that Evergreen can do for itself," says ISSC
member Jake Mixon.
What is the Iraqi Student Project? It's a
humanitarian aid project ·in the summer of
2007. ISP's goal is to help displaced Iraqi
college students continue their education
in the U.S. Thl! project helps to place
students in schools throughout the U.S.
The ISP works to ensure that all students
coming to the U.S. have proficient English
language skills and are likely to .succeed
in their placements as they facilitate the
process. For more information, go to www.
iraqistudentproject.org.
Justin Shephard is a junior enrolled in
Practice in Community.
Late nigbt bus
route extensions
lJegin February IO
While the late night shuttle won 1
be ready until sometime spring
quarter, Intercity Transit is
extending routes that connect
Evergreen to Olympia~ west
side and downtown.
Information about what~ next
for the late night shuttle program
will come in early March. All
other affected routes can be found
on the Intercity Transity website,
www. intercitytrans it. com.
SLOTKIN
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Three trips will be added
weekdays and Saturdays,
providing service from
campus to downtown every
30 minutes until II :30 p.m.
Frank Barber, of Academic Computing,
puts on a training seminar worth spending
your Friday afternoon on. The guy talks
complex computational challenges (aka
your major frustrations) in a laid back
atmosphere. It's kind of like going to
a good pub with someone who's both
relaxed and really into what they're doing,
lively without being speedy, hum_ble and
humorous enough to dissolve any edges,
like a good local pint would do. These are
the kind of workshops you kick yourself for
not going to once you've graduated, and
you're sweating bullets trying to create a
professional product on your own.
I'm only telling you this because so
few people have been coming to the AC
Computing's free help sessions are Fridays
from 4 -4:30p.m. That's a rare treat in life,
kind of like going to see Bruce Springsteen
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Check out this
week's menu:
Your Academic Life Beyond
MySpace
Presenter: Amy Greene
Location: Mac Lounge
February 15,2008,2 to 3:30p.m.
Numbers and Budgets:
Excel Once and For All
Presenter: John McGee
Location: GC 1: the Grotto
February 22,2008,2 to 3:30 .p.m.
play in a bar before everybody wanted to
hear him. I hung out last Friday afternoon
in the PC vs. Mac OS Wrestling workshop,
figuring I'd sit out the PC part and learn
how to operate a Mac.
I did get in a few emails while Frank
covered some basics I use a lot. But I also
learned some shortcuts, some options, and
some much needed how-to-dos, along
with the kind of fundamental understanding of different kinds of files and what
they're good- or not good- for that could
have saved me days of sweat and angst.
That was on the PC end, where I figured
I was way past this beginning level of
workshop.
·
My point is, becoming proficient with
your tools is freeing, and fun, whether
your tool is a plasma cutter or a laptop. I
was surprised to guage the gap between
what I've learned along the way, and what
I hadn't learned by doing and asking. You
might be too.
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TACOMA,jrom cover
number has likely changed in the past twoand-a-half years.
According to Less lie, many of the students
at Evergreen-Tacoma are also older, and
most are employed full time. They have
very different priorities from the students
in Olympia, because the majority must
juggle pursuing a degree with working and
taking care of their children.
The Tacoma program was designed with
these demographics in mind. Classes are
offered during both the day and the evening
and are restricted to juniors and seniors.
However, there are some important areas
in which the program falls far short of
accommodating for working adults.
Tacoma students are required to pay all of
the fees that any other Evergreen student
would. That includes fees for CAB redesign, Intercity Transit, Clean Energy, and
the Health Center, coming to $7.85 per
credit plus $44. A student taking 16 credits pays $169.60 per quarter. Yet, Tacoma
students have no direct access to these
services and must commute roughly 40
minutes to take advantage of them.
The Evergreen administration's insistence
on calling Tacoma a program is ostensibly
an attempt to help it feel connected to
the rest of the school. Officially, it is just
another part of the extended campus. Yet,
the lack of communication, disparity in
demographics, and inequality of services
between the locations may take more than
semantics to overcome. The Geoduck
Union hopes to begin addressing this situation when they visit Evergreen-Tacoma for
the first time on the 12th.
Amber Carver is a junior enrolled in
Tropical Rainforests.
The Geoduck Student
UDion Town Hall this
Thursday in the
Housing CommuDity
Center, from 7- 9 p.m.
All students - especially residents
- are encouraged to attend this important
meeting.
What's on your mind? Possible topics for
discussion include the following : graffiti &
tagging, grievances, the campus smoking
policy, internet & technology resources,
Police Services & campus safety, clubs &
activities, late night transit, food service,
and financial aid.
You will have an opportunity to speak
in the open forum. Individual representatives will be available to talk with you
one-on-one or in small groups. If you need
support or guidance, we're here to help.
Do you have questions before the town
hall? Call 360-867-6555 or ...
Email geoduckunion@evergreen.edu
The Oval-Bound Trail:
CAMPAIGN 2008- ON FIRE!
Caucuslufo
Get out and vote!
Washington State's Democratic presidential caucus is this Saturday, February 9 from
I - 3 p.m. In the Democratic primary, this
Saturday's caucus will be the only chance
you get to make your vote count.
Although Democrats have been mailed
primary ballots, Washington State's pri.mary
ballots are I 00% meaningless! The only way
to make your voice heard is to caucus.
What's a caucus? A caucus is where you
come together with neighbors in community
to support your candidate. Upon arrival, you
declare which candidate you're supporting. Then you have the opportunity to talk
to others and try to win them over to your
side. In the end, a final vote will be taken
of how many people are supporting which
candidate.
ASK QUESTIONS
What if I'm not registered? For Democrats,
you don't need to be. You can register to
vote at the door. How do I find out where my
Caucus is? That's easy! If you're registered
at your current address, just go to Washington State Democrats' handy caucus finder at
www. wa-democrats.org/caucusfinder. If you
are not registered at your current address,
you will need to find your precinct at www.
co. thurston .wa. us/cm/auditor-prec inct/
precinct-info.asp.
Once you have your precinct, just fi II in the
blanks on the handy caucus finder and voila!
There's your caucus.
You can also just call elections: (360) 7865408. What if I haven 't been following the
presidential race? Perfect reason to come
and caucus. You get to talk with those who
have- then make a decision for yourself.
- DANIEL CARR
~you say caucus?
What is a precinct caucus? What about the
primary?
With the nationwide "rush to the front,"
Washington State's precinct caucuses have
been moved to I - 3 p.m. on February 9,
four days after Sl!per Tuesday. The precinct
caucuses are the only opportunity Democrats
have to elect Democratic delegates for the
presidential primary. Therefore, this is your
only chance for your vote for a presidential
candidate to be counted before the general
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tial candidates at the County and Legislative
District Conventions. A brief presentation
-DEBBY PATTIN
concerning the caucuses and conventions
is available on our website at www.thurstondemocrats.org/Caucus2008.htm. At the
caucus, you will pick your favorite candidate
and be counted as supporting him or her.
The number of delegates to represent that
It's that time again . Once every four
candidate is decided at the caucus and is ~ent years, the Democrats and Republicans hold
on to the County and Legislative District caucuses to decide who will be representConventions. Delegates and their alterna- ing their party in the upcoming presidential
tives are elected at the caucus to represent election.
their candidate at the Conventions.
It starts in Iowa; it usually ends with Super
The members ofthe precinct have the oppor- Tuesday, the day that everyone makes their
tunity to make brief presentations in support decision of who will run for president. This
of the Democratic presidential candidates. year though, things are a little bit uncertain
The Precinct Committee Officer (PCO) will on the Democratic side.
limit the amount of time equally among all
While the Republicans have already begun
represented Democratic candidates so that rallying around McCain with 516 delegates,
at least one supporter per candidate has a there seems to be a strong divide among the
chance to speak. At I :30 p.m., each precinct Democrats. Will it be Obama or Clinton ?
will elect its delegates and alternates. With 582 delegates for Clinton and 485 fo r
(Alternates are needed in case a delegate is Obama, there is a split in the Democratic
unable to attend the convention.) Paperwork Party. This has happened before, and this is
is completed certifying each delegate and often how, historically, new major parties
alternative is legally elected. Each delegate fonn. Some might argue that the party
and alternative is given a certificate, which system itself is flawed, because nobody fits
he or she MUST present when checking in in perfectly among either dominant party.
This may be bad news for the Democrats,
at the Thurston County Convention on April
and for the rest of the nation. Lincoln put it
19 at Capital High School.
well when he said, "A house divided against
itself cannot stand." Right now, our nation is
CAN I GO?
Anyone can attend a caucus. You can regis- .already divided enough on so many issues.
ter at the caucus to vote, or you can change If even the Democrats cannot agree on what
your voter registration address at the caucus they represent, we may as well give the elecsite. You just have to be in the right precinct tion to the Republicans.
If you really want to be a part of the decidfor your address by I p.m. to be counted.
You can find out what your precinct number ing process, there will be precinct caucuses
is by going to the Thurston County Auditor's held this Saturday from I - 3 p.m. Find out
web page. You can also find out where your where your local caucus is, get out there, be
precinct is by going to www.thurstondemo- a part of your community, and vote!
crats.org/Caucus2008.htm. The require- CHARLES ASNER
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be selected from the primary election to go
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This can be very confusing for the first time
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Caucusing and the Primary Election are
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The President's Office is currently accepting
nominations to fill three positions on
The President's Diversity Fund Committee.
Openings are available for one student,
one faculty member, and one staff person.
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Award financial grants for diversity-related projects
Develop your abilities to work on culturally diverse teams
Promote social justice, equity and intercultural
competency
Contribute to a culturally vital college environment
The committee administers a $40,000 annual fund to produce
and support college diversity-related events and development
activities.
It meets once a month to consider grant applications from
Evergreen community members and to conduct fund-related
business. Currently, the committee is also participating in a
seven-session diversity training pilot project.
To nominate yourself or another respecte{t ·member of our
community to serve on this governance group, go to:
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Trading Spaces
From Kansas to Olympia
Day of Absence: Day of Presence:
February8
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a really briefinterview with new faculty, Chico Herbison
. by EMILY PIEPER
If someone offered you an opportunity
to rid the world of poverty, pollution, and
other ills, what would you be willing to
give up for those services? What if the
sacrifice of a segment of the U.S. population - say, African Americans - was the
price you had to pay? That happens to be
the premise of Space Traders, a satirical
exploration of U.S. race relations.
Directed by the Hudlin brothers and
based on a short story by Derrick Bell,
this film asks whom and what the United
States would be willing to sacrifice to
serve "the greater good."
The description of faculty Chico Herbison's workshop, entitled Space Trader 2
(2pm, Sem Il, D21 09) happening during
Day of Presence (Wednesday, February
13th) couldn't seem more Evergreen,
right? Well, new faculty, Chico Herbison,
brings to TESC new creativity, an enthusiasm for interdisciplinary studies, and a
of U.S:<:story, society and culture, and
my place in them."
What brought you to Evergreen?
"The opportunity to move from a large
research institution to a small liberal arts
college, to experience students who are
as passionate about social change as they
are about intellectual growth ... and, of
course, the breathtaking beauty of the
campus and the Pacific Northwest."
What do you bring, as a faculty
member and community member,
to Evergreen?
"I hope that my teaching and research
interests lead to the formation of unique
teaching teams and even greater crossing
of disciplinary boundaries at Evergreen.
I also hope that my years of experience
both in the classroom and in student
affairs have provided me with a special
perspective on undergraduate life that
will benefit Evergreen."
THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION IN MY LIFE
STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT I AM A FIRSTGENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT AND HAVE
ALWAYS FELT A NEED TO ACHIEVE WHAT MY
PARENTS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ACHIEVE.
hell of a lot of energy. With his extensive
background in student affairs and his
experience teaching at the University of
Kansas as an African American studies
professor, Evergreen is pretty lucky to
have him around.
I got the chance to ask Chico a couple of
questions that I hoped would help introduce him to the Evergreen community as
well as showcase the workshops that he
will be doing at both the Day of Absence
off campus as well as Day of Presence.
Can you talk about how your life
and background have shaped your
academic goals?
"The importance of education in my life
stems from the fact that I am a first-generation college student and have always
felt a need to achieve what my parents
were not allowed to achieve. My choice
of academic fields (American Studies)
and my primary teaching and research
interests (African American history and
culture, Asian American history and
culture, and American popular culture)
guide my lifelong attempt to make sense
from
Chico, as well as a few other staff!
faculty, is offering workshops on Day of
Absence as well as Day of Presence. His
workshop for Day of Absence off campus
is titled Sex + Race in U.S. History and
Society: The Last Taboos?
This will be a discussion of the ways
in which we can demystify and shift
conversations on interracial relationships, biracial children, transracial adoption, and similar topics from the margins
to the center of campus discourse.
Chico is currently one out of three
faculty teaching Colonialism and Decolonization. In the spring, he will be teaching a program entitled Africa and African
Diasporic Storytelling Traditions with
Joy Hardiman. If you would like to register to be a part of Chico's workshop at
Day of Presence, or would like to register to be a part of the off campus retreat
for students, staff, and faculty of color,
please call the First People's Office at
360-867-6467.
Emily Pieper is a student at The Evergreen State College.
How do you feel about Day of Absence and Day of
Presence? Do you have any words to share? Do you
think that it is important to attend these activities?
" .. :I feel that it is really important to
support communities here on campus
and to recognize that we need those
communities here. I think people like
to blow it off and just not think about
it but it's a vital part of the Evergreen
community."
~
EMILY PIEPER
"You can hear how people feel about
diversity, community, and race generally on campus . . . to not just assume
that everything's okay."
~ DARIUS HARDING
"Ultimately it's great there's a forum
for people to talk about race and diversity
here at Evergreen. It's just too bad that it
only happens for two days a year."
~BRIAN
CAMPBELL
"Day of Absence allows for you to build
the community that you want. By coming,
you have the ability to see the people of
color community at this school and what
kind of community exists ... built solely
on who makes the choice to show up and
build it."
"" GRAHAM WILEY
"I love the fact that we finally meet the
faces of color that we see on campus and
hopefully form some type of bond. It's
one relaxing event full of diversity and
culture."
~
ROYAJALILI
"It's important to go to Day of Absence
just to meet other students of color.
It's a good community building event
and a great place to have intercultural
dialogue."
~
KANDI BAUMAN
"It's important to attend these events
because issues of oppression and
institutionalized racism are frequently
sidelined by society. These events are
an important step in working past 'white
guilt' and getting educated on minority
experiences."
~JEREMY
STUTES
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STAFF MEMBER NORMA ALICIA
PINO AND FACULTY MEMBER
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HELP
WEAVE TOGETHER AN ALMOST
COMPLETED PROJECT CREATED
BY
STUDENTS,
STAFF
AND
FACULTY WHO PARTICIPATED IN
BOTH DAY OF ABSENCE AND DAY
OF PRESENCE.
"We are all a part of this community.
We all deserve to be visible and heard.
As a community we must talk about
white privilege and white supremacy
and how it takes up a lot of space and
visibility from people of color."
~
KATY HUTCHINSON
"We are a small group of white
anti-racist students and staff who
have organized this year's Day of
Absence workshops and events on
campus. These workshops focus on
white privilege and allyship building
and are directed towards ourselves,
white folks.
We encourage students, staff, and
faculty of color to attend any of the
Day of Absence activities, on-campus
if they are unable to attend the offcampus retreat."
~JEAN
"Last year was my first year ever
experiencing something like the Day
of Absence. For me it was moving and
inspiring. Because of the community
feel - like when the community comes
together as one - it unites us in a unique
kind of way."
~
TASHA CORRADINE
EBERHARDT
"We think Day of Presence and Day
of Absence are important annual days
of reflection about race and campus
climate. However, we believe that
this work must continue on a daily
basis throughout the year."
~
NOAH SOCHET
FirSt Peoples' Advising Services
FEBRUARY 4, 2008
Once a year, Day of Absence and
Day of Presence asks all people on the
Evergreen campus to think of important
issues centered around diversity. As a
woman of color, I deal yvith all the issues
that diversity brings, from the ignorance
of dominant culture students to celebrating the importance of multiculturalism. These two days are important for
students, faculty, and staff of color and
allies, because it allows us to reflect on
the many "isms" that plague our diverse
community.
I have attended three off-campus Day
of Absences and each one was unique
and empowering in its own ways. This
off-campus retreat allows the community
of color to address important matters
that affect our community as a whole,
through leadership roles and workshops
lead by faculty, staff, and students of
color. Day of Absence is about unifying
the community of color; dealing with
the hydra of prejudices and internalized
racism that consumes us. Day ofAbsence
helps bring, to some extent, a form of
healing closer to our community.
-N atasha C. Corradine
First Peoples' Advising Services
jAYANIKA LAWRENCE, NADINE KULBERG AND TARA TABASSI PARTICIPATE IN A REFLECTIVE WRITING EXERCISE ON DAY OF ABSENCE OFF
CAMPUS AT THE LACEY COMMUNITY CENTER.
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February 7, 2008
Vagina
phenomenon
by RACHEL THOMAS
Over the course of the evening, announcers called out winners for the raffle. Tickets cost $10 each, and a variety of prizes
were offered, including dinners at several
restaurants and a passenger van that was
parked in front of the tavern.
It was a generally jovial event that drew
a mixed crowd. In addition to the regular Evergreen students, there were many
unfamiliar faces from a range of ages, and
an affable white pit bull.
Ten years ago, a phenomenon began.
Women began to talk about their vaginas. Eve Ensler, creator of the Vagina
Monologues, conducted interviews with
hundreds of women. She talked to all types
of women and wrote down their stories.
Every year, women all over the world
watch or participate in these monologues.
Women laugh, cry, and ultimately bond
with each other over the stories told.
The monologues are often controversial,
especially due to racial and sexual content.
Each monologue tells a story ofa different time, place, and event. Some deal with
women in other countries. Often, these
women have encountered some form of
abuse.
The Vagina Monologues tackle woman's
issues; including rape, orgasms, abuse,
genital mutilation, virginity, vibrators,
child labor, and lesbian experiences. Each
monologue has a story to tell, and together
they tell the story of different women
everywhere.
Ensler has created a show that both
informs and relates to audiences. Most
women can identifY with one, if not all, the
monologues.
The monologues are not just about informing us of women's issues, they empower
us. They empower and inspire us to work
harder, to educate each other, support
each other, and fight harder against the
oppression that women everywhere face.
The feminist movement did not end in the
seventies; we still have more work to do.
Every day, thousands of women are raped,
abused, and discriminated against. Instead
of supporting each other under these harsh
circumstances, we often judge and compare
one another. The Vagina Monologues seek
to change all of this. You should leave feeling powerful, ready to make a difference,
whether you identify as a woman or not.
Twenty-two Evergreen women will be
performing this powerful play at 7 p:m.
February 15 and 16 in the Recital Hall.
Admission is $7' or the equivalent of that
in feminine products. Proceeds will benefit
the Hurricane Katrina Fund and two
local charities, the Birth Attendants and
SafePiace.
Amber Carver is a junior enrolled in
Temperate Rainforests.
Rachel Thomas is freshman in the Vagina
Monologues.
Jovial Denefit show:
Fanns, beer, floods and a dog
by AMBER CARVER
Everybody and his dog was at The
Eastside Club last Friday. People showed
up from around the community to pitch
in at a benefit for the Boistfort Valley
Farm, which is still recovering from last
December's floods.
The farm is located near Chehalis, in one
of the hardest-hit regions. The owners,
Heidi and Mike Peroni, lost nearly everything in the deluge, as buildings were
inundated and possessions were washed
away.
The recovery process requires a substantial input of time and money. Friday's
event, dubbed Flood the Farm, was
designed to address the latter necessity.
The fundraiser offered live music and a
raffle, for an entrance fee of three dollars.
A solo artist and two bands played a mix
of folk and bluegrass. First up was Steve
Kattenbraker, a solo guitarist who covered
several Bob Dylan songs. He was followed
by Benny & Eleanor, a lively duet with
Benny on the guitar and Eleanor on the
banjo. Benny also lent a hand on the last
act of the night, The Southern Skies.
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Blue Scholars go green
f?y RILEY FISHBURN
Back on the first of May, Seattle-based hiphop duo Blue Scholars released their first LP,
"Bayani," to the delight of fans all over the
Northwest and, astonishingly, elsewhere.
(Holy shit! People are noticing us!) Since
then, the group- comprised ofDJ Sabzi and
MC Geologic -has released nothing but an
EP of remixes and instrumentals. So, when
the Evergreen Longhouse was filled with
fans last Thursday, it was a mix of relatively
seasoned listeners and brand new ones. Both
went home fulfilled and energized.
The doors ended up opening at 8:17 p.m.,
creating a hostile environment of Greeners and local high school students thirsty
for hip-hop. That thirst was perpetuated by
the opening act, The Step Cousins, a 2-MC
group in the mold of Blue Scholars, helping
to put meat on the bones of the Northwest
scene. If anything, the Northwest's burgeoning "sound" is defined by its unwillingness
to adapt to any other region's style, no matter
how long we're ignored on a national scale.
Apt examples of this Upper-Left loyalty, the
Step Cousins Xperience and Macklemore
specialize in party music about little else than
hip-hop itself powered by beats that sound
something like Scott Storch meets DJ Sabzi.
Visibly stoned - and not in a subtle, Geo
kind of way, but more of a Cypress Hill
kind of ripped - the two sported a comfY
stage persona, due in part to Macklemore's
background as a former Greener. In fact,
they finished up with a song he claimed to
have written in the Longhouse itself Damn
it feels good to see two different MC's rock-
ing Mariners lids on the same stage. And in the wake of budding tonsillitis, a stack of
no chains! Although I have to say, if you're homework waiting back at the crib, and an
Macklemore, and you're a Northwest MC array of Thirsty Thursday alternatives.
making his return to The Evergreen State
It's hard to make sparks with one rock - or
College that educated you, how do you hit in this case, one MC - and it's hard to get a
the stage in anything but Fighting Geoduck crowd hype with a song capable of evoking
gear?
tears in the privacy of one's own home. Not
On a sidenote: Those who were impressed to mention the difficulty of rocking a show
enough by the Step Cousins to drop ten dollars that a bunch of high school students left
on Xperience's solo album got their money's smelling more like B.O. and cheap cologne
worth and then some-this shit sounds like than weed and adrenaline.
if Big Boi did an album with DJ Muggs. It
The faCt that Blue Scholars can do both at
definitely adds a much
the same time speaks
IT'S ONE OF
needed gangsta touch to
to their ability to mesh
the Upper Left movesocially conscious songs
ment. If you're a NW
THOSE RARE HIP
with supreme listenHip-Hop fan who listens
ability. For example, I
to more Scarface than
HOP SONGS THAT recently put a song of
Talib, you definitely
theirs on a mixtape for
want to pick this up. NEED TO BE HEARD my mom - try that with
Soulja Boy.
While you're at it, check
out "Rollin Through
LIVE TO BE FULLY
You may have recogTacoma" on YouTube,
nized the production
APPRECIATED
style - heavy on horns
a music video by Suband xylophones - from
Z, a Tacoma native who
recently collaborated with Devin The Dude Sabzi's other band with MC RA Scion,
Common Market. If not, give them a listen
and spearheads "The Tac Movement."
The rookies revealed themselves with and you' II join me in wondering why the
their non-reaction to Sabzi's obscure stage three don't join forces and give the Northentrance. In their defense, a sweater-vest, west a budding all-star team.
collared shirt, and Harry Caray glasses aren't
The Scholars' live set is highlighted by
exactly indicative of the 21st century hit- "North By Northwest"- a snoozer anywhere
maker. Others were surprised to find that the south of Portland, or even in your stereo in
guy handing them bottled water was actually the wake of its live manifestation. Sabzi's
added scratches contributed a Rage-Againstthe MC they'd paid twelve dollars to see.
The duo wasted little time in winning over the-Machine-like orgasm with each Withersthe newbies and reminding this listener why sampling hook repetition. See - smart songs
they're worth the price of admission, even can be catchy as hell! It's one of those rare
hip-hop songs that need to be heard live to be
fully appreciated. You don't get many tracks
like that from a lyrically proficient hip-hop
act. Songs like "North By Northwest,"-when
executed the way Blue Scholars come
through - are the songs that spur on regional
movements, which seems to be the ultimate
goal of Blue Scholars.
An additional high-point was the WTO
Protest Anthem, "50K Deep,"-Seattle's
answer to Dr. Ore's "The Day The Niggaz
Took Over."
"They tried to blame it on some anarchist
garbage I I was there, I'll tell ya right now, the
pigs started it." If you've been in Washington
for more than seven years, there was no
rhyme dropped in '07 quicker to put goosebumps on your arm than that, especially in the
context of Sabzi's slow-paced, retrospective
beat. This beat, along with a handful of the
others on the night, were prime examples of
why DJ Sabzi took home the 2007 Big Tune
Beat Battle Championship last November.
Not only an ingenious band for the Northwest to be proud of, but a great live show as
well- Bayani features six anthems clocking
in at five minutes or longer. The Blue Scholars gave the Evergreen hip-hop community a
great show, and an overwhelming pre-cursor
to this month's upcoming Dead Prez show.
Be on the look out for that, as well as Sabzi's
upcoming collaboration with either Young
Buck, Redman, or Talib Kweli (result of his
beat-making accolades) and The Blue Scholars future EP, "Butter & Gun$." ·
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February 7, 2008
Josh Blue returns
to get his tuition back
JOSH BLUE HIS OWN CRITIC
ly BRANDON CUSTY
On Monday, Feb. 4, the CRC and S&A
productions hosted some comedy. Josh Blue,
who graduated from Evergreen in 200 I,
returned with comics Kermet Apio and
Bryan Kellen. During the show, the audience
was laughing, clapping, crying, or trying to
catch their breath. It was incredible.
The first Comic t<? enter the light, the
blinding spotlight, was Apio. He has been
doing stand up comedy for eighteen years
and started at open mics at the urging of a
friend. Apio talked about being a dad, which
he said, "is like being a happy stoner, hug,
--
hug, give." His set was delivered with very
little movement or gesturing, which was
contrasted by the next comic, Kellen's energetic movement. He did lunges around the
stage, complaining about going to the gym.
He fell onto the stage numerous times indicating the perils of drinking and clubbing.
Josh Blue commented that he did the best
impression of an orangutan that he'd ever
seen, the orangutan being the blind date that
he is.always unfortunate enough to be set up
with.
When Josh Blue was introduced, the
crowd, already tired from continuous laughter1 erupted again. Blue started doing stand
up in the HCC when he was a student at
Evergreen. He also utilized an independent
learning contract, which enabled him to
study standup. At first Blue just focused
on day-to-day life for his comedy. After
Evergreen, he discovered his style. He said,
"I realized that talking about my disability
was going to be real big. It's what I was most
passionate about, it's what I knew." I asked
how it feels to back at Evergreen, he said,
"How great is it to come back to where you
started. People supported me here ... nice
homecoming, it's pretty exciting." Blue also
said of Evergreen "There's freaks everywhere you go here, and that's why I love
it and fit right in." The crowd received him
well. Blue wandered over the whole stage
cracking jokes about the Greenery, a janitor,
the geoduck, all while his right hand did sign
language in Spanish. At one point, he pulled
the accessible seating sign from the floor
and sat down on stage. The humor was filled
with connection points. He always brought
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Frank Miller is a
goddamnidiot
by DIANE TOFT-KNOWLES
it back to something he mentioned before.
Like he said, "It all ties together, just like an
Evergreen course."
After the show, it was amazing to see that
it was already ten o'clock. Two hours of
laughing is a workout. I guess I won't have
to go to the CRC for a while.
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CO PYRIGHT FRANK MILLER/DC COMICS
NICKI SABALU
"What, are you dense? Are you retarded or
something? Who the hell do you think I am?
I'm the goddamn Batman."
Batman said this. Or rather, Frank Miller
wrote that Batman said this when he penned
the second issue of All Star Batman and
Robin (or ASBAR for short). Miller wrote
a brilliant "what if?" story about an older
Batman coming out of retirement, The Dark
Knight Returns. Take a look at Batman's
speech in The Dark Knight Returns, during
his fight with Superman, and see how the
mighty have fallen :
"I want you to remember, Clark .. .in all
the years to come ... in your most private
moments .. .! want you to remember my
hand ... at your throat...! want you to remember...the one man who beat you ... "
Hardly realistic- no one really talks with this
much poetry or drama-but like all mythologies, comic books are more real than life.
However, in ASBAR, Miller's trying too
hard to be edgy and falling over the edge into
an unintentional self-parody.
Oatman is edgy enough ... his parents were
shot, in the face, right in front of him, when
he was eight years old. In his desire to make
Batman even more badass, even grittier, even
more Batman, Miller has twisted The Dark
Knight's character so out of shape that he's
become unrecognizable, a Bizarro double.
The Goddamn Batman does more than
just talk like a testosterone-drunk thug; he
forces Dick Grayson to become Robin after
Grayson's parents are killed, slaps Robin
and tells the boy to hunt rats for food, yells
at and manhandles Alfred, and makes love to
Black Canary w1th his cowl on because "it's
better that way." Miller isn't turning Gotham
into Sin City-he's turning it into Sin City on
steroids. Don't waste your time reading this
drivel. You can't even properly make fun of
ASBAR, because it's already a bad joke.
Diane Toji-Knowles is a junior currently
enrolled in Awareness.
From Beyonce' to Basted Birds
The PhroniJterionpresents another complicated comedy
by MARIE LANDAU
Hey, remember that time we all got our
panties in a twist over a Beyonce-inspired
strip tease and a few fantastical phalluses?
When we couldn't stop debating the theatWhen
rical benefits of rubber dildos?
Lysis/rata sparked an- um, intellectualinferno across campus? Well, it's that time
of year again, time for The Phrontisterion 's
third annual winter comedy! This time
we're staging The Birds, another rib-tickling feat by our favorite comic playwright,
Aristophanes.
Sexually speaking, The Bird~ is slightly less
of a panty-twister than Lysistrata, but where
it skimps on genital jokes, it makes up for in
naughty political implications. (I know what
you're thinking-less sex jokes? That's no
fun! But they're there. In abundance. Trust
me) . As we sink deeper into the swampish
hole we've dug in Iraq, we're looking more
and more like Aristophanes' leading men,
Pisthetaerus and Euelpides. They convince
some birds to start a war with the gods. We
convince Congress (and the Brits) to start
a war in Iraq. The war with the gods ends
badly for the birds, very badly. Our war in
Iraq goes badly for nearly everyone involved,
but looks like it will never end, ever. Pisthetaerus becomes a violent dictator, prompting
Euelpides to jump ship. We overthrow a
violent dictator and then try to jump ship but
our ankle is tied with a Gordian knot... wait a
minute! This isn't right at all, we're starting
to look like the birds! Do you know what
happens to the birds?! They get-oh, wait, I
guess I really shouldn't tell you that.
Suffice it to say that this is where the play
gets really weird. There's supposed to be a
lesson, right? Pisthetaerus is supposed to
get punished for his unbelievable hubris,
right? Wrong. It's a comedy, so everybody
(well, almost everybody) comes out on top.
WTF?
How can we laugh our asses off and become
better people at the same time? Please come
help us figure it out, we're so confused. Our
lovely and hilarious cast will stage The Birds
on February 21, 22, and 23 in the COM Bldg
Recital Hall. Each performance will start at
7:30 pm, but get there early so you're not
stuck outside with the pigeons. Oh, and it's
free, Free, FREE.
Marie Landau is doing an Independent
Learning Contract entitled Investigating the
Absurd. She co-coordinates The Phrontisterion, which meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m.
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February 7, 2008
Iraqi Student Solarity
Committe speaks
Et tu, Evergreen 1
How the administration let
the community down
by ERIC MAPES
Iraq has been a center
of learning and education since at least the
eighth century. Until
the 1990s, the firstclass Iraqi university
system drew international students from all ovsr the world.
Then came the Bush-Ciintoo-Bush invasions, air strikes, and economic deprivations, paid for with our taxes (not to
mention our descendants). Iraq's famous
universities are now in shambles and often
lacking basic necessities, let alone the extra
resources, which provide the enriching
educational environment to which Greeners
are accustomed.
Although Mr. Knights may not realize
it, acknowledging that Iraq's civilian
infrastructure sites were used as "bomb
dumps" amounts to an admission that
our leaders perpetrated war crimes under
article 6b of the NUmberg Charter. At least
on this campus, I don't think that would
be considered highly controversial.
Imagine my astonishment, then, when I
learned that a student-originated proposal
to enroll three Iraqi students here at Evergreen was rejected by the administration.
That's right.
A coalition of student groups led by
SESAME (Students Educating Students
About the Middle East) asked the college
to invite three young people, denied
access to quality education by bombs and
missiles for which we helped pay, to study
by ASHLEY HARRISON
& IRAQ STUDENT
SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE
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JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET.
Consider the following excerpt from a
surprisingly frank examination of U.S.
target selection (available on cioanet.org)
by Michael Knights of the Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, an AIPACconnected mainstream think tank:
Desert Storm planners iriflicted massive
damage on the country :S economic infrastructure. For example, instead oftargeting
rapidly replaceable electricity transformer
yards and rifined oil storage sites, U.S.
forces destroyed hard-to-replace generator
halls and cracking (distillation) towers.
Initially, Tomahawk cruise missiles were
used to dispense carbon graphite filaments
over power stations, minimizing permanent
damage while still causing blackouts. Yet,
these sites were later used aS bomb dumps
for carrier-based aircrafts returning to ship,
rendering the less-destructive effects of the
cruise missile strikes meaningless ... Attacks
on dual-use power facilities caused cascading damage throughout the water purification and sanitation systems, exacerbating a
public health crisis.
here at Evergreen.
The administrators simply said "no."
Perhaps their commitment to student
involvement in campus decision-making
is not as sincere as they maintain.
Maybe it's the money. Compared to the
reparations which basic morality demands
of us, hosting three of the many thousands
of affected students is really just a drop in
the bucket.
Can it be that even this token gesture is
too generous for my alma mater? If so,
then I am ashamed and disgusted.
I am writing this to ask the administration to reconsider this unconscionable
decision.
I hope any readers who agree with me
will lend their support to SESAME and
the other student groups demanding assistance for the victims of our government's
aggression.
"If voting changed
anything, they'd make it
illegal." -Emma Goldman
"Our movement
will be self-defeating if we reJect
militancy as 'male' and 'macho'.
This detracts from the resistance of our
sisters in the past...A movement has no
reason to exist if it doesn't fight. Militancy
stirs the imagination and raises the vision
of victory. Militancy in a street demonstration, in a courtroom, in a rally, in a prison
takeover, is recognized and respected
as an uncompromising statement. It is a
confrontation with the opposing system."
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Marcos
by TRAVIS GREER
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We are defending ourselves against, "a new
world war, a war against all people, against
humanity, against culture, against history.
It is an international war, of money versus
humanity, carried out by a handful of financial centers, without homeland and without
shame," it is neoliberalism, "an international
economic order that has already caused more
varying forms of support for this project.
By not approving our request for one-time
funds, and by not suggesting alternatives
for 2008, the college administration has
Last week, the Iraqi
denied the urgency of this situation and
Student
Solidarity
dismissed the voices of the student body,
Committeemetwiththree
the faculty, and the larger community.
of the four Vice PresiThe Vice Presidents have also invited us
dents of the College. We
to participate in a work group for the 2009formally presented our
20 II Biennial Budget process. The work
proposal for the college LJII...c.....JL-~---.....:--ll.l group would explore options for a broad
emergency-response program to provide
to fund or waive tuition,
room, and board costs beginning in Fai120Q8 waivers for domestic and international
for three Iraqi students whose educations emergencies, but does not guarantee any
have been interrupted by war, occupation, assistance specifically for students from
and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Iraq. Iraq.
Our proposal was formulated as a two-part
While we support their interest in crealfunding request for one year's cash funding ing a long-term tuition waiver program in
followed by allocaresponse to domestic
THE C 0 LLE G E
and international emertions for tuition waivgencies, we cannot
ers in the 2009-20 II
AD MINIS TRATI 0 N accept their invitation
Biennial
Budget.
We put this forth as
to a work group which
a creative solution
HAS DENIED THE
does not address our
proposal and which
to minimize costs to
URGENCY OF THIS explicitly intends to
the school while still
responding quickly to
wait until 2009 or later
a critical need.
SITUATION AND
to extend ourselves
In addition to our
to
Iraqi
students.
suggested
two-part
DISMISSED THE
Accordingly, we
budget, we invited
have invited them to
theirassistance in idenVOICES OF THE
reconsider our proposal
tifying other possible
and requested that they
sources of funding.
STUDENT BODY
work actively to find
The Vice Presidents
methods offunding this
have informed us in writing that they will request for Fall 2008. In addition, we wish
neither support our request to use one- to express our willingness to participate in a
time reserves to cover expenses for the work group which is committed to explor2008-2009 academic year, nor commit ing options for the coming academic year.
We invite the entire Evergreen commuto providing tuition waivers for the duration of the students' undergraduate status. nity and interested Olympia community
In contrast to their response, we have members to decide together what we need
received overwhelming support from Ever- to do to tum this proposal and project into
green students, faculty and the larger Olym- reality. We deeply value your support and
pia community. Our petition was signed by your assistance. Please contact SESAME
over 650 students, and both the faculty as at sesame@evergreen.edu or (360) 867a whole and the faculty union have voted 6724 to become involved in this project.
overwhelmingly that the Evergreen Administration should accept this proposal in
Ashley Harrison is a student at The Everprinciple and work out the details with the green State College and a member of the
Iraq Student Solidarity Committee so that Iraq Student Solidarity Committee. Andrea
the Iraqi students will be attending classes Robbins, Matt Lester, Scott Silverstein,
Christopher Rotondo, Hudson Munoz, Peter
by fall, 2008.
The faculty voted 48-3 in favor of our Bohmer, Rochelle Gause, Claire Hanson,
resolution. Over twenty community Therese Saliba and Jake Mixon contributed
organizations have endorsed and offered to this article.
it is post modem capitalism, it is neo colonialism, it is nothing that we can vote out,
nothing we can reform, it is an idea which
is aggressive, and must be defended against
and destroyed.
Conformity to the dominant commodity
value systems, assimilation into an irresponsible death culture that is what we are told is
good, that is the ultimate destiny, the end of
us all and there is nothing we can do about
it.
Power tells us resistance is lost, it is hopeless,
cynicism and profit are virtues, honesty and
MILITANCY STIRS THE IMAGINATION
AND RAISES THE VISION OF VICTORY.
death and destruction than the great world
wars." (173)
Milton Friedman's economic philosophy
continues, through US elections through the
war in Iraq, it is the essence, it is Pinochet, it
is the Project For a New American Century,
sacrifice are stupid, individualism and money
are the new gods. "Power does indeed want
us to be how it wants us to be, to dress in the
style it dictates, to talk the way he says we
should talk, to eat what it sells, to consider
beautiful and lovely what it considers beauti-
ful and lovely," it wants us to cherish it, or at
least give in on our knees in silence, "power
wants us to be mannered." (169)
We are the other, the beaten the oppressed,
those on the other side of the baton, those on
the other side of the barricade, those being
pepper sprayed when demonstrating in
America, and shot when trying to organize
workers to challenge Coca Cola in Bolivia
and Columbia.
We are all Zapatistas. We are everyone. We
are unified in the fact that "we are fighting
in order to continue being 'other' and 'different,' in other words we are not like they
want us to be, but what we are," fighting for
humanity, for a right to genuine identity, for
existence. (168)
We resist the coercion, the "hours, months,
and years of blows, insults, jails, rapes,
persecutions and neglect, a machinery working to 'cure us'." (170) Cured, better said
brutalized into conformity; "comfortable
indifference that lives and
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worries only about itself." The violence of
starvation; if you refuse or fail to accumulate
enough money, you starve. If you reject the
systems of legitimized criminality, from a
nation, or group like the indigenous Zapatistas of Chiapas not wanting to integrate itself
into the capitalist global economy, to a person
not wanting to be part of the local systems of
law, tax, work, school and consumption, you
are punished.
There is no question about this. Our voices
can only be heard if we shake the structures
which we oppose, if we take it further than
a rejection of "conformity, reform, the
modem world, capitalism," and take action,
as 3000 armed Zapatistas did in their uprising on January I, 1994 when NAFTA was
implemented.
Revolt doesn't cause instability; it is a
response to the chaos which is already here.
As Marcos says in Our Word is Our Weapon
"the principal promoter of instability, insecurity, and violence is the state-party system,"
the root, civilization, and capitalism, must
be attacked directly, or else the problems
persist.
The future will judge our actions, for it is
unwritten, in Benito Juarez's words, "there
is one thing which neither falsity nor perfidy
can breach, and that is the sentence of history.
1-1 istory wi II judge us" in this war of"modern
death versus ancestral life, Neoliberalism
against Zapatismo."
We collectively resist assimilation into a
globalized doctrine that recognizes "surrender
and indifference as the only means of inclusion: death and oblivion as the only future for
those excluded: ignorance and arrogance as
the only government: crime and impunity as
the highest law: robbery and corruption as the
main industry: assassination as the source of
legitimacy, lying as the supreme god: prisons
and graves for those who are not willing to
follow."
Struggle in solidarity with the Zapatistas
and all who stand for dignity, hear Marcos'
words, " we are the same because we are different. Because we are the same persecuted, the
same despised, the same beaten, the same
imprisoned, the same disappeared the same
assassinated." Power will never win because
ideas cannot be destroyed; the animalistic
desire for freedom is unavoidable.
Travis Greer is a sophomore enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
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myself that I'm not going to get anywhere ably rolling your eyes, but seriously. Person\
by scaring you, because you obviously ally, I'm scared shitless to bring a child into
make a difference, or that
it won't affect us.
won't act by just knowing that we are at the this world. Will my child be growing up in a
Here at Evergreen, it is drilled into our brink of collapse.
world plagued with war and famine, because
heads that this world holds insurmountable
So we' II get back to the root of the prob- we can't grow enough food or obtain suffiinjustice, that only those with the dollar bills lem, we live during the period in human cient water?
can make a true difference. Yes, it helps to history where material abundance has never
There are already billions of people dealhave a few million dollars in the bank, or to approached our current appetite. Material ing with this, which should be enough
own ... well, Bank of America or any other abundance does not make us happier. Think information to impel us to act now. This is
large fucking corporation.
of all the people you know that are unhappy, going to affect EVERYBODY! If you want
What is more important though is that all and have all basic necessities, food, water, an to do something, the solutions are endless.
those rich people get their money from ordi- education, health care, pretty much handed Walk, ride a bike, take the bus, organize a
nary citizens like us.
to them, and all the other shit that they own car pool, buy local food, install those special
We are the ones that are buying and
light bulbs, tum off the lights, unplug
throwing away, buying and throwing
WILL MY CHILD BE GROW- everything you're not using, tum
away. We have the purchasing power
down the heat and put on a sweater,
to change what is important in these lNG UP IN A WORLD PLAGUED buy less, bug your elected officials,
bug your parents and your friends,
rich people's heads, and this is only one
way we can counter this whole climate
get informed, vote, plant a garden,
WITH WAR AND FAMINE,
have a neighborhood potluck, and
crisis.
I'm not going to bore you with the probBECAUSE WE CAN'T GROW just CARE! There is so much you
lems we face. I hope some of you have
can do it's ridiculous that more isn't
heard at least some of the main concerns,
ENOUGH FOOD OR OBTAIN being done, yet encouraging that we
such as rising sea level, increased extreme
can do so much.
weather events, increased drought and
SUFFICIENT WATER?
If you want to learn a lot more
famine, a collapse of many of the major
from students in the Northwest that
ecosystems, etc. I mean, this short and isn't making them any happier.
have devoted their lives to making this a
incomplete list should be enough to get you
The point is that we can all be much happier better world, please come to Power Shift
off your couch screaming and swearing at with much less. The important things that this weekend, Feb. II through 13 down in
the world, pretending like your not part of make us happy are good friends, a sense of Eugene for a weekend full of inspiration
the problem . Guess what, you are!
community, personal autonomy, satisfaction that just might change your life. Don't be
Climate change is only a symptom of the from a job well done, leisure time, artistry, scared. We're organizing rides and a place
widespread global injustices that are preva- appreciating the natural world, and the list to stay, and I promise it will be a lot of fun!
lent today. There are many ways all of us could go on. This is what our culture is
Getting involved and feeling like your
can make a difference. At focus the nation missing, not more material possessions.
doing something feels really good! We have
many talks and workshops concentrated on
I hope your educated self can make strength in numbers, and every person that
what needs to be done and what is already the connection between material wealth attends will learn how to make a meaningful
happening, because if you didn't know and climate change. I hope all of you that difference!
already, millions of people see this issue as attended Focus the Nation came away
For more info and to register go to www.
the most pressing concern of human history. enlightened, but I am concerned that most cascadeclimate.org and/or email me at
Well, maybe not in human history because of you have already forgotten about it. This schuyler55@yahoo.com.
major civilizations like the Mayans and is not something to forget about. This is our
Schulyer Timmons is a senior enrolled in an
Anasazi faced the same issue in the past, and future.
I know most of you have heard the whole, independent learning contract about climate
guess what happened, they collapsed and
perished. Oh yeah, I have to keep reminding think about your kid's future, and are prob- change, and how we need to solve it.
.
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The Cooper Point Journal will begin
recruiting for the 2008-09 editor in
chief this Friday, February 8.
Application packets will be posted online at
evergreen.edu/cpj & on the wall facing the door of the
CPJ office, CAB 316, in the Student Activities area.
Prior experience with the Cooper Point
Journal is preferred, but not required.
All are encouraged to apply.
For more information stop into the office, CAB 316, call
360.867.6213, or email cpj@evergreen.edu.
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February 7, 2008
Don't get contfortable
A reflection on walking the talk
by CASEY JAYWORK
Here
in
glorious
Olympia, my address
is stable and I'm beginning to learn the names
of streets. Sometimes,
I even give directions
to stumbling travelers,
shortcuts and all. I recognize every other
person I see on the street. Working two
jobs, I know many of my customers by
sight.
Life is a headlong rush towards the
things that most scare us. Or at least it
should be. With the End lurking behind
our every step, one moment closer by
the time you've finished reading this
sentence, a pretty sturdy philosophy is,
"Shit or get off the pot." I'm most afraid
of going soft, that maybe the big bad
world will be too much for me and I'll be
bought off by nights at the same pub with
the same friends and perusing the Times
en route to class.
The Northwest is built for leisure-you
can't fucking go anywhere but for the
New York Minute of sunshine during the
summer, but there's plenty of microbrew
and enough espresso expertise to birth a
small nationalist movement. Bookstores.
Art. Nature. How could you not love it?
This is a dangerous situation. I'm not
real good with carrots- ) don't meditate
or exercise or get my schoolwork done
ahead of time or do smart things about
tu1t10n, pro-action isn't really my bag.
Sticks are more up my alley- the deadline or the rent due-date or the rumbling
hunger or the avoidance of puddles. But
I'd also like to go places, do things, look
God in the face when I die and say, "I
know your work ."
If happiness is an activity, then what
is its teleology? What am I working
towards? I think a life in this town, the
same comfortable activities like a cozy
winter fire, would be worth living- I'm
ing but the most exqu1s1te of pleasure
for eighty years without trials or tribulations, would you pick it? Or would you
bite the apple, leave the garden, till the
soil and bear the childbirth just, in the
words of Douglas Adams, "for the sheer,
unadulterated hell of it?" Is the landscape
of human experience a multifaceted map
to be explored, or a gradient of quality
leading us to an endless struggle to reach
that one peak area? Do we explore or do
we relax?
THE NORTHWEST IS BUILT FOR LEISURE- YOU
CAN'T FUCKING GO ANYWHERE BUT FOR THE
NEW YORK MINUTE OF SUNSHINE DURING
THE SUMMER, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF MICROBREW AND ENOUGH ESPRESSO EXPERTISE TO
BIRTH A SMALL NATIONALIST MOVEMENT.
no longer that shrieking boy with a wild
hair and a stashed razor blade. But in
economic terms, what's the opportunity
cost? What am I giving up? Isn't risk and
adventure and loss and gain part of my
job description in this life?
If you could forego the suffering and
boredom of life, strapped in a hospital
bed with an IV of opiates and Ecstasy
mainlining your arteries, enduring noth-
I'm trying to choose the hardship, the
suffering, and the silver lining that only
comes alongside it. I desperately want
to believe that I am metaphysically
constituted by more than pain avoidance,
hunger, and evolution in action. I do not
want to be a teddy bear. I want to be
hugely, explosively, obesely experienced
in every virtue and sin, like nun hookers
or racecar gardeners.
And I do want to meet God someday.
Maybe not to stay, and who knows in what
manifestation, and this is sort of complicated by His nonexistence, but I will pay
whatever it costs and endure whatever I
need to . Just let me see things the way
they really are, if only for a second. I will
flee ignorance like a plague.
At the riots, for about four minutes ,
gassed and washed and hopped on adrenaline, I felt the carrot-the way human
beings must be supposed to feel. Those
four minutes, they left ecstasy behind.
This was possibility without fear, immortality in the slush and mud, in a screaming running crowd. All bets were off.
I would give a decade of my life to feel
that way even once a year.
If you want to motivate an addict, it's
pretty simple to do: supply the fix. I have
to leave Olympia-not soon, and not
running away from growth like I have
done for so long in half a dozen other
places. But I will not be a Mr. Smith.
Really.
I might go murder babies or join a cult or
burn Paris, but I'll be a Teddy Roosevelt,
a Keroac (fuck that guy), a narrator and
a main character. It's a long shot that any
particular part of my plans will work, but
that's sort of the point (it's hard to find
pre-planned spontaneity) and I already
know it's worth the risk.
Casey Jaywork is a sophomore enrolled
at The Evergreen State College.
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On Clinton and being wrong
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MATTHEW TSIPRAS
Hillary Clinton is
running for president
as a seasoned candidate, claiming her
husband's
foreign
policy experience as
her own. No matter '----"
how much we would like to romanticize
the '90s, Bill Clinton was not an agent of
diplomacy and peace.
In the context of President Clinton's
record, we can understand why Mrs.
Clinton not only voted for the Iraq war,
but also refuses to admit that her vote
was a mistake. The Clinton record speaks
for itself, no vast right-wing conspiracy
is necessary.
From raiding aspirin factories in Sudan
to bombing Serbia on Easter Sunday, Mr.
Clinton's bloodlust could never be satisfied. President Clinton's malice claimed
the Iraqi people as its worst victim,.with
hundreds of thousands killed by routine
bombings and the harshest economic
sanctions in world history.
In 1993, Mr, Clinton bombed Iraq for the
alleged assassination attempt on former
President Bush. Despite there being no
proof of this attempt, and no threat to our
national security, Mr. Clinton began his
friendship with the Iraqi people with a
bang.
In 1996, Mr. Clinton rekindled his
passion for the Persian Gulf. This time,
Mr. Clinton thwacked civilian and
military targets without approval of the
United Nations. (Sound familiar?) President Clinton's appetite for destruction left
dozens dead and millions in damages.
Again, there was no proof that Iraq
possessed weapons of mass destruction.
While Mrs. Clinton shook hands with
diplomats and kissed foreign ministers,
Mr. Clinton resolved to maintain American hegemony.
In 1998, American-Iraqi relations
reached a low point with Mr. Clinton's
signing of the Iraq Liberation Act.
NO MATTER HOW
MUCH WE WOULD
LIKE TO ROMANTICIZE THE '90S,
BILL CLINTON WAS
NOT AN AGENT
OF DIPLOMACY
AND PEACE.
Drafted by Donald Rumsfeld and Ahmad
Chalabi, the act declared regime change
as the official U.S. policy, using force
if necessary. To sway attention from
another sex scandal, Mr. Clinton bombed
Iraq once again, giving strength and hope
to a suffering nation. "If Saddam rejects
peace and we have to use force, our
purpose is clear," Clinton said. "We want
to seriously diminish the threat posed
by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction
program."
It is clear, however, that Mr. Clinton,
not Saddam Hussein, was the aggressor
in this campaign.
As a member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee, Mrs. Clinton joined
the rush to war in October 2002. Mrs.
Clinton voted against the Levin Amendment to the Iraq War Resolution, which
called for U.N. weapons inspections to
continue and required Congressional
approval to unilaterally invade Iraq.
"Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild
his chemical and biological weapons
stock, his missile delivery capability,
and his nuclear program," Mrs. Clinton
claimed, "He has also given aid, comfort,
and sanctuary to terrorists, including al
Qaeda members."
Mrs. Clinton voted for the Iraq war,
and refuses to admit that her vote was
a mistake, not just because President
Bush duped her. Her vote was the natural conclusion to her husband's foreign
policy. We cannot afford to have more
of the same, electing a president who
provides no clear alternative to Pax
Americana.
Barack Obama has rightly stated that we
need not only end the Iraq war, but also
the very mindset, which led us to war in
the first place.
Matthew Tsipras is a student enrolled at
The Evergreen State College.
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As the playoffs roll closer and closer, the
Geoducks get hotter and hotter, as they
extend their season high winning streak to
six games, defeating the Northwest Eagles
in a dominating fashion, 92-64, in front of
a rowdy home crowd last Tuesday.
To be blatantly honest, the game was
never close.
The 'Ducks roared out to a huge 25-5 lead
ang never looked back. In the first half,
sophomore Nathan Menefee out-scored the
entire Northwest team himself, 21-17. The
score was 47-17 when halftime sounded.
The entire team was shooting the ball as
though they were just shooting warm ups,
shooting the ball at 54% from the field . But
that was just the beginning.
During the second half, Northwest did
tighten up, but the game was already out
of reach when they tried to make a run.
Evergreen led by as many as 36, while
shooting an amazing 70% from the field in
the second half. 70% field goal shooting in
basketball is unheard of. Most pro teams
barely make 55. That shooting mark has
to be a new school record. Simply amazing, is what these guys did. And of course,
all through the game, the 'Ducks played
awesome defense, forcing Northwest to
commit 22 turnovers that often lead to fast
breaks, in what was one of, if not the most,
dominating performance this year by the
playoffbound 'Ducks.
Evergreen shot an outstanding 61% from
the field in the game, while committing
only 14 turnovers. Menefee lead all scorers, tying his season high at 32. Junior
Michael Ward scored 14, with Nick Moore
chipping in 13, and junior John Levi and
senior Marcus Whittaker adding II and I 0.
,-----You can catch this blazing team this Saturday at 7:30 in the CRC against Northwest
Christian College.
Zach Licht is a freshman enrolled
Looking Backward.
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The Geoducks seemed to be in control
going into halftime at home last Tuesday,
up by a point, and shooting the ball quite
well. Momentum seemed to be on their
side.
However, no one could have seen the
offensive explosion that the Northwest
Eagles would about to have .
The Lady 'Ducks never trailed in the first
half. In fact, the Geoducks, led by junior
forward Kristi Auckland, controlled the
first half, primarily due to stellar defense,
limiting the Eagles to fewer than 40%
shooting and forcing ten turnovers, while
only committing five. In the first 20
minutes of the game, the 'Ducks showed
great moxie and resilience in answering
any run that the Eagles attempted to make,
usually by making a big stop on defense.
Coming out, the 'Ducks continued with
their strong defense, forcing three turnovers in less than a minute, and extending
their lead to three. But then, the Eagles
began a red-hot streak of shooting that
would effectively end the game. The
Eagles took their first lead of the game
on a deep three pointer, and from there on
they did not look back. The Eagles shot
as a team 8-for-11 from three-point range,
while Evergreen just managed one.
The girls did not help their own cause
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either, sending the Eagles to the line II
times, where they missed only one shot.
But watching the game, even when things
were going south, the heart and intensity
was still there. Everyone was still playing hard; no one quit for one second. The
girls still c~ed after loose balls, fought
their way to the rim, and still played very
good defense, but the shots were simply
not falling. The Eagles were in a zone,
throwing up shots from what seemed like
everywhere in every fashion, and somehow they were going in. There's only so
much a team can do to counter that.
However, as the season has progressed,
the ladies in green have looked more and
more together as a team, and have gotten
better and better with every game. The
sky's the limit.
Auckland lead all scorers with 17 and
also had five boards and two blocks.
Senior Jennifer Soldberg chipped in with
II, while senior Molly Clark had nine,
with freshman forward Sydney Davis
and junior forward Rosalind Lee adding
six and five respectively. You can next
catch these girls in action this Saturday at
5:30 in the CRC against Northwest Christian College. Come support your Lady
Geoducks.
Zach Licht is a freshman enrolled in
Looking Backward.
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group
events
of
meetings:
for the week
February 6 to 13
February 7, Thursday
Rally for Toxic-Free Toys
Afraid of toxic toys? Join doctors,
nurses, and concerned babies at the
Capitol to rally for new laws to elim~
inate toxic chemicals used in kids'
products. Guest starring a 20 ft. tall
rubber ducky. 12 p.m. State Capitol
Building Steps.
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Hunger Action Day
Legislator appointments made for
you. Remarks from Rep. Eric Pettigrew, agenda overview. 8:30 a.m. to
2 p.m. Thurston County Food Bank,
220 Thurston Ave.
Free pizza and volunteer info at
Olympia Free School
Enjoy free vegan and vegetarian
pizza while you learn how to help
your community. 6:30 to 9 p.m. 510
Columbia St.
1-
:
Night of a Thousand Dinners
The Minesweepers Club of Capital
High School is dedicated to raising
awareness and funds for removing land mines worldwide. Find
out more, 6 to 8 p.m . Capital High
School Commons.
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MEFF - Baghdad: A Doctor's
Story (Baghdad Hospital: Inside
the Red Zone)
Guest filmmaker Dr. Orner Salih
Mahdi, an ER doctor at AI Yarmouk
during the invasion, brings camera
crews through the inundated hospital
to document the extent of the violence
and casualties that the invasion and
occupation have engendered. 7 p.m.
Lecture Hall I.
Don Juan in Chicago: A Play in
Two Acts
In 1599, Don Juan makes a deal
with the devil and is granted immortality and unlimited sex. Cut to
contemporary Chicago and the Don's
all sexed-out. The plot thickens like
the cervical mucous lining on birth
control. Tickets $10 through buyolympia.com. 8 p.m. through Feb. 23.
The Midnight Sun. 113 Columbia St.
N.W.
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Food and Our Fu!g.re: An evening
with John Jeavons
A presentation on deep soil penetration, raised beds, composting, intensive planting, companion planting,
carbon farming, calorie farming, the
use of open-pollinated seeds, and a
whole-system farming method. This
is a no cost event-any donations will
go toward local farm relief from
recent flooding. 6:30 p.m. Traditions
Cafe.
February 8, Friday
Jim Malcolm in concert
Scottish folk performer tells jokes,
February 8, Friday cont.
sings, and plays his guitar. Tickets
$15/$ I 0 students & low-income. 8
p.m, Friday & Saturday. Traditions
Cafe.
Silent auction & dessert party
Fundraiser for the Olympia Mahayana Buddhist Center. $15/one person,
$25/two people. 7 p.m. 211 Legion
Way S.W.
Fish-fry at Masjid Noor
All proceeds go directly to benefit
the Mosque-Building Fund. For more
info, visit www.islamiccenterofolympia.org. 12 to 2 p.m. $7 donation.
Islamic Center of Olympia. 4324
20th Ln. N.E.
February 9, Saturday
Vegan Potluck at Sunny Tree
Food Mart
Bring a vegan dish and your own
plate, silverware, meatless sensibilities, etc. 3 to 5 p.m. 13 I Decatur St.
N.W.
Thurston .County Democratic
Precinct Caucuses
I to 3 p.m. For caucus locations, visit www.wa-democrats.
org/caucusfinder.
Thurston County Republican
Precinct Caucuses
I to 5 p.m. For caucus locations,
visit www.thurstonrepublicans.com/
caucus2008.html.
I Love Hip-Hop in Morocco with
guest filmmaker Joshua Asen
A group of Moroccan hip-hop
artists uses their native language and
culture to express their world view
on history, rivalries, conflicts, and
reflections on the meaning and birthplace of hip-hop. 7 p.m. HCC.
February II, Monday cont.
residents of the village decide to
embark on a non-violent struggle
against the construction of the barrier
and are joined by international and
Israeli activists. Paul Larudee is a
human rights activist working with
the Free Gaza Campaign. 4 p.m.
SEM II Cl 105 .
Zero Degrees of Separation
A film that looks at the Middle East
conflict and the Palestinian Occupation, through the eyes of mixed Palestinian and Israeli gay and lesbian
couples. 7 p.m. Lecture Hall I.
February 12, Tuesday
Claude Zervas: Evergreen Gallery
Artist Lecture Series
Claude Zervas' artwork uses technology and a variety of media to
explore representation of landscape,
social ecology, and memory. He
creates 2D, 3D, and time-based work
using video or custom computer
programs. 3:45 to 5:15p.m. Lecture
Hall I.
Search for Freedom
This film traces the dramatic social
and political history of Afghanistan
from the 1920s to the present through
the stories of four remarkable women.
4 p.m. SEM II Cll05.
U.S.A vs AI-Arian, guest speaker
Jose Gomez
USA vs AI-Arian is the documentary
of the unjust accusation and trial of
university professor Sami Al-Arian,
a supporter of Palestinian independence and activism. Jose G6mez,
former executive assistant to Cesar
Chavez and graduate of Harvard Law
School, will speak after the film. 7
p.m. Lecture Hall I.
February 13, Wednesday
February 10, Sunday
Evergreen forest cleanup
Don't be trashy. Bring a lunch,
gloves, and be prepared for the
weather. 10 a.m. Meet at Red
Square.
February 11, Monday
Free digital photography workshop
Ryan Richardson, Photoland Lab
Manager, will offer a basic introduction to Evergreen's digital imaging
studio and instruction on editing,
resizing, and printing digital images.
No experience is necessary. Open to
all. 3 p.m. Photoland, LIB 1310.
Bil'in Habibti and guest speaker
Paul Larudee
The village of Bil'in is about to
lose over half of its territory to the
Separation Barrier and to the Jewish
settlement ofModi'in Elite. The
Changing cables workshop
Having your cables in good repair
ensures safe brakes and ideal shifting. 3 p.m. Bike shop. CAB 011.
I Exist, followed by student-led
discussion
Gay and lesbian Middle Easterners
who live in the United States must
frequently combat the negative
stereotypes revolving around both
their sexuality and their race. The film
features interviews with a variety of
young men, women and their family
members who share with viewers
some of the experiences, joys and
sorrows of this diverse community. 5
p.m . SEM II Ell05.
The Land & the Spirit: Why We
All Care About Israel
A six-part course with Rabbi Cheski.
6:30p.m. SEM II A2107.
MONDAYS
Capoeira COM 209, 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal
CAB 316, 5 p.m .
EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance SEM II A2109, 3:30p.m.
Geoduck Union CAB 3rd
Floor Pit, 4 to 6 p.m .
Flaming Eggplant CAB
108,4 to 6 p.m.
Student Video Garners Alliance
CAB TV Lounge 3rd floor, 6 to 9 p.m.
Women of Color Coalition
CAB 206, 4 to 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAYS
Amnesty International
CAB 320, 12:30 p.m.
ATF Appearing Task Force on
Anti-Oppression CAB 320, I p.m.
Bike Shop 2 p.m.
Chemistry Club LAB II 2207, I p.m.
EARN Evergreen Animal
Right Network Vegan Potluck
CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
Evergreen Hillel CAB 320, 3 p.m.
Evergreen Pre-Health Society
SEM II A3107, 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Evergreen Wilderness Adventure
Group SEM IIA3105, I p.m.
Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
Geoduck Union SEM II
Cll07, I to 3 p.m.
GRAS Giant Robot Appreciation
Society Anime Screening CAB
3rd Floor TV lounge, 5 p.m .
Hip Hop Congress Library
Proper Room 3303, 4 to 5 p.m.
MEChA CAB 320, 4:30p.m.
Musicians Club CAB 320, I :30 p.m.
SESAME Students Educating Students about the Middle
East, SEM II E2107, I p.m.
SESAME Iraqi Student Committee, SEM II E2107 3:15p.m.
SDS Students for a Democratic Society CAB 320, Solarium, 6 to 8 p.m.
Umoja CAB 320 3rd
Floor Pit, 2 to 3 p.m.
Women's Resource Center
CAB 320, I :30 p.m.
Writers' Guild LIB 2130
Writing Center, 4 p.m.
THURSDAYS
Common Bread Longhouse 1002, 5 to 8 p.m.
Sabot lnfosquat Library
Proper Room 3303, 4 p.m.
Generation Friends SEM
II Cl105 6 to 8 p.m.
VOX CAB 320, Solarium, 5 to 6 p.m.
SATURDAYS
Capoeira COM 209,
12:30 to 3:30p.m.
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Pink Sushi Anti-Valentine FRO
Benefit
Free Radio Olympia's third annual
sushi-making benefit. Saki, dessert,
DJs, sushi. $10 sliding scale. 2018
Milroy St.
Dead Prez, 1st Platoon & Sista
Hailstorm
8:30 p.in. CRC Bay 3.
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