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The Evergreen State Coli&i.~...
Olympia, Wlishington 98505
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
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VAGINA
MONOLOGUES
They're back
and better than
ever! See exclusive rehearsal
pictures of the play coming
up this weekend ~ PAGE 3
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Sports -Geoduck Profile
Monica Heuer,
women's basketball coach
, ZACH LICHT
II clio Enrgrccn, welcome to the
Geoduck Profile. Expect regular
intcnicws with an Evergreen
coach or athlete to get to know
them a little better. This week,
meet th~.: women's head basl•etball coach, Monica Heuer.
Zach Licht: Before we start,
congratuiat1ons on a very impres~ive victory this past Saturday
against Northwest Chr istia n.
Co a ch Heue r : Tha nk yo u. In
that game, we wanted to win for a
couple reasons. One , we wanted to
get revenge, we did lose up there,
and two we have n' t been playing
real ly well pri or to last week. and
I thou<>ht b for that w w r
1 a
pretty good roll. We stumbled on
Tuesday, but our team res pon ded
we ll on Saturd ay, so I th ink they
want to be in the playoffs.
Licht: What is the best part about
coachin g young athl etes?
Heuer: I would say th ere's a
couple things that I enjoy. One is
watching them grow and develop
as athletes. They may come in
limited, but they work hard and
when we help give them the tools,
it's great to see them actually
work and work to the point where
they ' ve improved, but not only in
the season, but also from year to
year. And I would say al-so watching them develop as young ladies .
The goal, especially at the colleg iate level , is that they're coming
in for the most part dependent, and
we want them to leave independent. So those are the two things I
really enjoy.
Licht: What is your favorite
memory so far in your Evergreen
coaching experience?
Heuer: Wow, picking one, that's
hard. I guess one of my favorites,
. it's a general one, is when I first
got here. Evergreen hadn't won
more than four games in a season,
with just a limited roster.
We were able to make it a bigger
thing here, and since then, we've
been watching it grow. It feels
see HEUER, page 13
YOGA IN
THAILAND
An independent contract
takes one student to
study Thai yoga therapy,
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l '>SU" 1G, VOLT i,\1E 3G. FEBRUARY ll, 2008
Further setbacks for Eggplant
Trailer, location issues
still ll'l qu stion
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by JASON SLOTKIN
ration kitchen . However,
the kitchen would have to
be relocated by spring quarter of 2009 for renovations
on the building.
According to Jay Standish,
one of the student coordinators for the cafe, they have
two options. They could use
CAB I 09 and move into
another temporary space
w hen renovations begin, or
move straight into another
location.
The group hopes to move
their prep space to a kitchen
in A dorm.
The ki tchen, like any space
on campus they would moye
into, would require them to
spend money.
fhe opening date of The
Flammg Eggplant studentrun cafe has been pushed
back again and again due to
problems with paperwork
and other dilemmas that
/ ;\ stem from opening a restau(j rant and the inexperience of
the group behind it.
Last fall, students paid
$120,000, through a $2
per cred it tuition fee, for a
student-run cafe. Now th e
group behind the envisi oned
resta urant finds another
potential obstruction that
they have to prepare for.
The group was originally
offered room I 09 in the
Campus Acti v ities Building
(CAB) as an interim prepa- see EGGPLANT, page 4
Geoduck Union
Discussion of students'
concerns at GU Tow••hall
by AMBER CARVER
Last Thursday, the Geoduck
. Union held its second Townhall
Meeting to update students on
what they have been doing,
to find out what's on students
minds, and to brainstorm on
future projects.
Campus recycling practices,
smoking policies, and living
conditions were discussed at
great length .
The meeting was held in the
HCC and attracted a small
crowd.
Around
two-dozen
students showed up, and many
stragglers came and went. Over
soda, juice, and snacks, students
shared their views on campus
life.
After introducing themselves,
GU representatives opened the
floor to students with specific
concerns.
The first topic raised was lower
campus recycling. Students
living in the dormitories have
been known to throw recyclables
into garbage dumpsters rather
than put them in the designated
bin a few feet away, and some
students are fed up.
Catherine, a student who
lives on campus, said that
her apartment has an efficient
system for sorting recyclables
that makes it easy not to throw
jAMES LOEWEN DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS
them away.
FROM DAY OF PRESENCE. FOR MORE, SEE PAGE 3
Yet many apartments lack such
a system, and she expressed
concern about the quantity
of paper and cardboard that
make their way into garbage
dumpsters. She is worried, she
said, about global warming and
a planet that's "going down the
tubes."
Another student said that the
bin layout is not clear enough.
Labels on recycling bins are
inconspicuous, she said, which
• Lovelines, page 4 •
makes recycling inconvenient,
particularly during inclement
• Hearts throughout the issue! •
weather. Other students agreed.
The consensus was that
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UNION,Jrom cover
recycling must be made easy or else
students won't want to do it.
This discussion was followed up by a
heated debate on smoking. Some faculty
have been pushing for a campus-wide ban,
but the GU is attempting to negotiate an
exemption for lower campus.
When asked how many of the students
present at the Townhall were smokers,
the majority raised their hands. Smokers
expressed resentment toward the proposed
ban and offered a variety of reasons why it
might not work.
It was pointed out that it is unlikely that
the ban will be successful, given that
the current policy is so poorly enforced.
Students are asked to only smoke in
designated tents, but this policy cannot be
enforced by campus police, because it is
not a state law. The same would be true for
a campus-wide ban.
Representative Charles Loosen agreed
that the ban would likely backfire, because
" prohibition has never worked." He said
that we might be better off making the
current policy work, but we can't rely on a
higher authority to do it.
Students should take responsibility
by engaging non-compliant smokers in
dialogue.
In addition to poor enforcement, students
mentioned other faults with smoking policy
implementation.
Tents are often too small to accommodate
many smokers, so there is usually overflow
into the surrounding area. This infringes
on non-smokers' rights, but it is difficult
to avoid without larger smoking areas and
clearer boundaries.
Smoking tents are also unappealing to
many smokers. They offer little shelter
from the elements, and the benches under
them are usually wet. Also, the ground is
often covered in cigarette butts.
Smokers said that this was not because
they are maliciously being thrown on the
ground but because the receptacles are
normally full. Months may go by before
anyone empties them, they said.
Representatives moved on to discuss
campus living conditions. They asked
students whether the new noise ordinance
is working. The answer was that it has
curtailed certain types of noise but that
other, equally distracting types of noise fall
under the official limit.
Noisy upstairs neighbors were mentioned
as a common irritation, but there is little that
campus officials can do to stop residents
from walking around their apartments. It
was concluded that better Living Learning
Agreements might resolve this issue.
Toward the end of the meeting, the student
liaison for the Board of Trustees in.lroduced
himself and briefed everyone on a student
survey that he is working on.
Students will be asked about various
aspects of campus life, and the goal, he
said, is "to create a priorities list." The
survey will come out in a month or so, and
results will be summarized in the Cooper
Point Journal and shared with the Board
of Trustees.
BLOTTER
Cracked game
plan, shattered
'Window
The
Northwest Christian
College
Women's basketball team lost the game to
Evergreen and a window on their bus. A
window on the driver's side of the bus was
broken, most likely by a rock-found nearby.
Police searched the area but found no other
damaged vehicles or suspects. They did
find a small rock by the broken window. So
as NWCC contemplated their loss on the
walk back to the parking lot, they discovered a broken window. Way to have class,
Geoducks, and not just programs.
Don' ttase me, bro!
Don't taseme!
A student who was caught drunk and
underage almost ended up on the business
end of a Taser.
The student was walking through a
wooded area along Driftwood. An officer,
who was conducting a routine patrol,
decided to check in on the student. Th·e
officer stopped and suspected the student
of being intoxicated and under · 21. The
student denied being intoxicated and gave
the officer his ID. The student's Texas
driver's license revealed that he was underage, and the officer told the student he was
under arrest.
"I had three beers," admitted the student.
"I was trying to do the responsible thing
and walk home." The student attempted to
leave, but the officer ordered him to stay.
The student began to tense up, in a way
that the officer felt he might strike. The
officer pulled out his Taser and aimed it
at the student, who immediately complied
with officers request. The officer made the
arrest and found a can of Steel Reserve
brand beer in the student's pocket. The
student was taken into custody cited for
criminal charges of resisting arrest and
driven home.
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Flaming Eggplant updates
EGGPLANT,jrom cover
Another possibility is an additional
trailer for food preparation, but the cafe
coordinators are still working on the
proposal for their trailer.
The ballot for the Flaming Eggplant
from spring 2007 mentions the temporary
nature of the original space. It refers to
SCREENSHOT OF BAGHDAD, WHICH WAS SHOWN ON CAMPUS
CAB 109 as being the "interim" location .
AS A PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST FILIM FESTIVAL
According to the ballot, the original
tuition charge would cover this interim
location, but the Eggplant's coordinators
are looking for more funding .
by SETH VINCENT
until Mahdi gained access. As narrated in
The studdents are seeking money that
Baghdad, "Most of the staff was afraid to be is set aside for moving groups and busiA raw film that upends pertinacious political filmed."
nesses out of the CAB.
beliefs, filmed by an affable director deterDoctors in Baghdad are often injured or
"It is our belief that we deserve Surge
mined to tell the story of his home: Baghdad: killed - sometimes even kidnapped from the funds," said Dan Bolduc, another coordiA Doctor s Story is an affecting look inside hospitals in which they work.
nator. Surge funds are the name used for
the emergency room of a Baghdad hospital.
Doctors and hospital administrators were the CAB relocation funds .
Director Orner Salih Mahdi, once a doctor also wary of the film capturing the poor · "There's no magic number here. I don't
who daily ministered to the victims of car conditions in hospitals.
just say, 'Okay KAOS, here 's $10,000,"'
bombs, mortar shrapnel and other grim
Mahdi was on-campus for the showing of said Paul Smith of facilities . According to
hazards, now works to inform the world Baghdad, a part of SESAME's Middle East Smith, the money is for moving groups
outside of Iraq of the erratic, harrowing daily Film Festival, and spoke with students about in and out of the CAB and not special
life of surviving in a confusing, tortuous war making the film, and the current conditions purchases.
zone.
in Baghdad.
Students were surprised by Mahdi's belief
"After being a journalist for a while, I thought
I should do something about the emergency that the U.S. Army should not abruptly leave
room," said Mahdi in an interview last week. Iraq. If the troops left now, said Mahdi, there
And though he gained access to filming in would be an unchecked, devastating civil
a Baghdad hospital, AI Yarmouk, because war.
The film is currently being shown on HBO.
he was a former doctor, Mahdi still found
by SETH VINCENT
obstructions between him and his goal of To find out more, visit www.hbo.com.
documenting the dread and danger of workTo learn more about the student
The planned student-run cafe, The Flaming as a doctor. Most doctors he approached group SESAME, go to www.evergreen.
ing Eggplant, is still without a space for
about filming were not receptive.
edu/sesame.
serving food .
"300 doctors said no,'' Said Mahdi. "Only
As planned, the cafe coordinators are
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an internone said yes."
purchasing a trailer from which they will
Filming had been disallowed in the hospital ship learning contract.
serve food in Red Square while the CAB is
being
renovated.
Correction:
Kitchen and dining space in the new
CAB redesign is set aside for the Flaming
Olympia campus, such as fees for the CAB
Tacoma Evergreen students do not pay
Eggplant, and will be available after renoredesign, Health Center, bus pass etc.
tuition fees that directly relate to the
vation is completed.
But the plan - ~s narrowly outlined
last spring when students voted to pay
$120,000 to fund the cafe- was to have
an operational student-run food service in
fall2007.
Now, we're looking at an opening date of
fall2008.
The trailer is unlikely to arrive before the
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end of spring quarter. But the process <?f
office, CAB 316, for an application.
ordering the trailer and having it built and
Baghdad: A Doctor's Story
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The Eggplant would like to use this
money for an electric cart to transport
food from a new prep location to the
trailer.
The money for transporting food would
have to come out of the budget for the
cafe.
According to Smith, it's too early in
the process to have a set budget for the
CAB. Spending decisions are also made
by priority. The administration doesn' t
have a set figure for how much relocating
groups from the CAB will cost.
Facilities' priorities mainly involve the
Greenery, bookstore, KAOS and other
groups that need specific locations.
Unfortunately for the cafe, they are not
as well established as these groups.
There is no official timeline but the group
hopes to open the cafe during fall 2008.
If they hope to meet this date and remain
open, they will have to effectively deal
with the inconveniences created by the
CAB renovations.
Jason Slotkin is a junior enrolled in an
internship learning contract.
Process of requesting
trailer still underway
Apply now to
be next year's
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delivered could happen by August, according to Fred Swift.
Swift, a staff member from Housing, has
been assisting the coordinators in completing their paperwork for the trailer.
The students organizing the cafe are revising the paperwork for requesting the trailer
with more specific, technical details, with
the help of Facilities and Housing staff
members.
Cafe coordinators have been overly
optimistic about how quick this will go,
says Paul Smith, director of Facilities on
campus. "But that's okay," jokes Smith,
"us old farts can be pessimistic."
The timeline for acquiring a trailer has
been pushed back continually as cafe
coordinators learn more about the specifications that are necessary to include in the
paperwork.
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an
internship learning contract.
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Bridging the acatsslblllty gap In leamlng
TESC finds funds to broaden opportunities
for education through assistive technology
by JUSTIN SHEPHARD
HOLD ON TIGHT STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE THE HALF LOCUST POSITION
Yoga for lazy people
by DIANNE KERWIN
Every week I spend many hours lying
on the floor with my classmates and my
teachers as we stretch, massage, and press
acupressure points on each other. This
winter quarter I am iri Chiang Mai, Thailand
studying Thai yoga therapy, Nuad Bo-Ram,
for three months through an individual
learning contract and with the assistance of
the Gilman Scholarship. Chiang Mai is the
largest city in northern Thailand, and it has
distinctive culture, arts, and festivals. The
city also has much traffic, noise, and pollution. Studying Nuad Bo-Ram has helped
me find peace in the chaos and helped me
deal with the unfamiliar stresses of Chiang
Mai.
Nuad Bo-Ram is a 2,500-year-old healing
art with roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hatha Yoga, Ayurvedic medicine, and
Buddhism. Nuad Bo-Ram utilizes yogic
stretching, acupressure, meditation, Thai
herbal medicine, and other traditional techniques. Nuad Bo-Ram both relaxes and
energizes the mind and body, it provides
exercise to increase flexibility, and it is
used therapeutically to relieve pain. Nuad
Bo-Ram is sometimes called "yoga for
lazy people" because the recipient enjoys
the benefits of practicing yoga while maintaining a passive role, i.e. being lazy.
Currently I am in week five of an elevenweek program to study the foundations,
practice and teaching of Nuad Bo-Ram.
Eighteen other students from twelve different countries are also in this program. Each
class starts with a combination of yoga,
tai chi, and qi gong exercises, followed
by lecture, demonstrations, and hands-on
practice. At the end of the program, my
classmates and I will be practicing and
teaching Nuad Bo-Ram in the local Thai
community. After I return to the U.S., I
plan to integrate principles of Nuad SoRam into future work in yoga and movement therapy.
Receiving a Gilman Scholarship provided
me with additional financial resources to
study abroad through this individual learning contract. The Benjamin A. Gilman
International Scholarship Program awards
study abroad scholarships to undergraduate
students who are currently receiving federal
Pell Grants. This academic year, 820 scholarships of up to $5000 have been awarded
nationwide. The program is sponsored by
the U.S. Department of State Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs. To learn
more about the Gilman Scholarship, please
visit www.iie.org/gilman.
Dianne Kerwin is a junior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
Evergreen campus in Tacoma.
New hardware will also be purchased
TESC policy in line with state and in the roughly $12,000 order, according
federal laws mandates no person shall be to Meredith Inocencio, the interim direcunable to pursue educational programs tor for Access Services for Students with
due solely to a disability. It is a matter Disabilities. It is an attempt to ensure that
of equal opportunity that education be the AT Lab can provide all the benefits of
made available to all those who choose to technology found throughout the campus
pursue it. However, without specialized that isn't accessible to students with
technology to support access to learning, special needs .
the reach of education can quickly fall
For instance, certain hardware or softshort of educational ideals.
ware on campus may not be stationed
Bridging that access gap is where with adjustable tables and thereby not
assistive technology (AT) or adaptive accessible to wheelchair users . In order
technology as it is sometimes called can to get educational tools in the hands of
come in.
as many students as possible, innovative
Recently,
Everr------------------------------------------, interface devices
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steps to create more '
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adjustable
ACCESS SERVICES
students by making
keyboards are also
a few AT purchasbeing purchased.
• Taped textbooks or materials
ing orders under
• Large print books or materials
the guidance of the
LOCAL ACCESS
• Braille materials
access services and
Since
licensing
• Adaptive equipment
the AT Lab.
agreements
prohibit
• Tape recorders/players
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new software and ~ ------------------- --- ---- - - - ---- - --- - ----· like Kurzweil on all
hardware being purchased by TESC, of the schools computers without buying
education will become more attainable separate licensing rights, it is necessary
for a wider segment of students. Funds to provide a very high level of access to
from the Assistive Technology Lab, at least a few of the computers on campus
within the Library, as well as grant funds according to Rob Workman, an intern in
through the Washington Assistive Tech- the AT Lab.
nology Act Program, are being used to
Workman also pointed out that along
purchase new software and hardware that with providing students with more
will provide support for students with a opportunity to excel in learning the
wide range of disabilities.
community can benefit as well, since the
library computers are open access. This
SEE, SAY, SPELL
situation not only allows students and
One of the programs being purchased community members to use Kurzweil and
is a software suite called Kurzweil 3000. other updated programs but also to "test
The suite contains multiple integrated them out" before having to commit as an
programs which include text to speech individual to buying personal copies of
capability, highlighting, pull out speech often very costly software.
for notes, a dictionary, and a thesaurus
The school can serve many individuals
while being designed for accessibility to with each updated program it purchases,
students with ·learning, motion, seeing, but staying up-to date with program
and hearing disabilities. The programs upgrades can be daunting for individuals
can be vital in helping students to read who need them . With TESC assisting in
text from books, write papers, finish the struggle to bring education within the
projects, and communicate with others.
reach of all students as well as commuTwo copies of the program will be made nity members, "the world benefits,"
available on the Evergreen campus at the according to Workman.
AT Lab and loaned out to the computer
center as needed. Another two copies
Justin Shephard is a junior enrolled in
will be purchased for and kept on the Practice of Community.
To learn more about AT or to try out some of the new software,
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"'Mom's different, right?' I asked.
'I like to think that your mother is almost
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is about almosts, not quites .'
'Like the moon,' I said."
Helen Knightly is an artist's model nearing fifty years old. Though a mother of
two herself, she is haunted by her own
mother, Clair. Agoraphobic and mean all
of Helen's life, Clair and Helen's sense of
duty to her are as inescapable as the moon
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When Clair slips into senile dementia
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her. To avoid being the kind of daughter
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wanted was to be allowed to die in her
own home," Helen's profound sense of
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culminates in smothering her after she
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freedom, Helen succumbs to whimsical
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Sebold delivers this well-constructed
novel in a frighteningly surreal stream-ofconsciousness, exposing the ugliness of
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However, the manner in which Helen
goes about hiding her mother's murder is
unrealistic and dreamlike.
The other characters Helen interacts with
are equally unrealistic, their actions also
impractical. Though interesting and obviously meaningful to each other, they don't
translate well to the reader. Seeing them
through Helen's delusional eyes, they
remain flat and cryptic.
The only key the reader has to reality is
her ex-husband, Jake, whom she calls for
help after killing her mother. He seems to
be the only one who can keep Helen lucid.
At one point she even says, "Though I had
entered the confused state that my mother
often put me in, I sensed that if I watched
his face and listened to his voice, I would
come back to the new world that Jake and
I had made. A world my mother didn't
rule." Unfortunately, we don't see much
of Jake and are left as confused as he is.
Ultimately, Sebold is an amazing writer
whose every word is clearly intentional.
She's not afraid to dig her hands into
really messy material and pull everyone
else in, too. Her plot was simple and at
times boring, but that's not the point. Her
point was her characters and the lives they
lived, both alone and with each other.
Despite this, The Almost Moon wasn't as
good as expected from a writer as good
as Sebold is. Unless the reader struggles
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and nothing to tie in all the pieces Sebold
intentionally left undone.
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profound for those who do. What she
leaves up to the reader is what any great
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get in as far as she did, even if we can't
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by HANNAH WEISBERG
In February 2005, three Seattle locals in
their early twenties formed a band called
The Senate. Nick Drummond (guitar,
vocals), Oliver Franklin (guitar, vocals), and
Andrew Pulkrabek (upright bass, vocals,
beatboxing) began by playing for family
and friends. Over the next three years, I
witnessed their incredible rise in popularity and it didn't take long to become my
favorite band.
Hannah Weisberg: How did you come up
with The Senate for your name?
Nick Drummond: Default. We had a show
before we'd ever actually played together as
a trio. And so we didn't know what we were
going to sound like, and we hadn't rehearsed
together, we'd only talked about playing
together, and suddenly we had this show
booked and we were like, "Crap, that means
we need a name so we can start promoting
it." So we needed a name that was going to
be ambiguous enough that anything could
be called The Senate, you know?
Oliver Franklin: Yeah, what exactly are
two acoustic guitars, three voices, and an
upright bass Drummond: And beatboxing.
Franklin: [And finally] I was like, "Or
how 'bout The Senate?" And then Andrew
and I, who at this point were pretty drunk in
our kitchen, went "How 'bout The Senate?"
And, decided that it was, you know, short
and memorable enough. And kind of cheeky.
Which I like. Poking fun at institutions is
definitely, you know, a favorite pastime of
ours.
Drummond: Yeah. And we could, at this
point, become anything. And The Senate
as a title would still work. That's the one
nice thing about it, it does give us some
freedom .
HW: How do you think your different
musical backgrounds influence the music
you write?
Franklin: Man, in lots of different ways.
It results, I think, in a weird mish-mash of
things that doesn't come across as a mishmash . I think Andrew has a lot of tastes that
lean toward dance stuff and pop stuff. And
he really has an ear for making things more
ornate, more focused, streamlined, and
that's been really useful for [me and Nick]
because as writers, we're both like, here's
my idea ...
Drummond: Here's my 12-minute song I
just wrote. And I think from our individual
backgrounds, Oliver obviously had more
of the classical training, yet also the metal,
really just balls-out rock. And Andrew
has a bit more of a pop-py background,
but also has lots of jazz influences in his
playing. And I come from more of a world
music upbringing, where I was playing and
listening to a lot of Afro-pop. I think.when
you bring them together, it results in this
thing that's a little amorphous and a little
strange.
Franklin: And I think at our best, it has
a degree of lightness, but it also stomps.
I think the dynamic range of our music is
what makes it interesting for me.
HW: How do you prepare for a show?
Drummond: We get naked and, uh ...
pants-less hugs .. . (laughs)
Franklin: We always do a vocal
warm-up.
Andrew Pulkrabek: And when we're
playing shows at places where we do our
own sound, setting up the P.A. system is
kind of a ritual that, over the course of the
hour-long set-up gets us into show mode.
Franklin: Putting the set-list together- it
just gets us focused on, 'How is the show
going to flow, what do we want people to
feel, is there something we can try tonight
that we haven't done before?'
HW: Where has been your favorite place
to perform?
Drummond & Franklin: Showbox.
Pullkrabek: Showbox was really cool.
The Showbox is the big fancy schmancy
place that is kind of like, 'woah.' So it was
kind of like the fulfillment of a childhood
dream.
HW: Your fans range in age from elementary school to middle age. Why do you
think that is?
Pulkabrek: Yeah, I think we were all a
little perplexed when our parents' friends
started coming without our parents. The
best guess I've had about this is that we're
not offensive. I think people our age enjoy
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what we do because they can hear current
influences of music that they listen to, but
at the same time I think older people enjoy
it for that as well, that the music stirs up
memories of music they listened to when
they were growing up.
HW: What kind of reactions do you get
from people when they, find out that you
beatbox?
Pulkabrek: People are generally either
stoked or confused when they find out that I
beatbox. Those who see us for the first time
are usually a little surprised when I put the
bass down to make noises with my mouth,
but most of them dig it. It's uncommon to
hear beatboxing in a non-hip-hop context,
and I suspect that for many of our fans I am
the first live beatboxer they've ever seen.
HW: Is there an album that you listen to
on repeat?
Franklin: Blood Money by Tom Waits,
Rubber Soul, Seargent Pepper ...
Drummond: It's weird, I rarely listen to
music in record form. I seek out songs more
often than I seek out albums.
When do you feel most alive?
Drummond: Orgasm. Or maybe not just
orgasm, but the whole sha-bang.
Franklin: Yeah, sex is good. Conversation
- like, actually feeling like through some
kind of discourse with someone you're
getting closer to truth.
Pulkabrek: Moments where everything
flows easily without effort or conscious
intent. Moments like this can't be made to
happen, but when they do, notes are articulated just right, everything I say is funny,
and the audience is responsive to whatever
I do. [It's] as if I'm an extension of the
audience to the point where the distinctions
between us blur and we're all creating the
show.
HW: Is there a question you've always
wanted to be asked by an interviewer?
Pulkabrek: I guess I've always wanted
an iPtP-rviewer to ask me about my thoughts
<,;; the relationship between performer
and audience. My background in street
performance and vaudeville has given me
a perspective on the role of the audience
that I haven't encountered much in the
music world. Music is most frequently a
passive spectator sport, with a clear division
between audience and performer; everyone
knows their role and they.more or less stick
to it. I like to structure shows in such a way
that the audience has an opportunity to
perform as well, and can actually be a part
of the show instead of just observing from
without. This gets people actively invested
in the outcome of the show and turns it
into a community effort that, if successful,
gives everyone an opportunity to share in
the warm fuzzies. Furthermore, there are
many things a performer can do that are
just way cooler when done by a room full
of people. As a musician, you have a huge
instrument in front of you in the form of the
audience - why not orchestrate them into
your arrangements?
If you would like to find out more about
The Senate, you can visit their website
www.senateband.com. Look for their full
length CD and DVD hitting stores March
II. They will be playing their first show in
Olympia on February 23 at the Fourth Ave.
Tavern at 9:30. It's going to be awesome,
and as Andrew likes to say, "You might
want to show up a wee bit early ... "
Hannah Weisberg is a junior currently
enrolled in Growing up American.
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• • ·Get thee to a nunnery:· • •
Chicks and casual sex
(PARTON E)
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ERIN RASHBAUM
The Birds & The Bees
Is casual sex an
oxymoron?
When we're first told
about the birds and the
bees, it generally begins ..._ __._
with, "When a man and
a woman love each other very much ... "
This narrow idea of sex is pushed into our
psyches from the beginning.
There is no room for, "When two men
love each other," "When two women
lust after each other," "When a man and
a woman are· bored and horny," "When
two men and three woman get drunk," or
"When a woman buys her first vibrator. .. "
No wonder we have such trouble with the
idea'
_
Why Casual?
If you honestly want to be in a monogamous relationship with someone, great,
have at it! If, however, you do want to be
with other people, why lie to yourself and
your partner? This leads to frustration or,
worse. cheating.
If you do choose to fly solo, should you
miss out on the orgasms you deserve
simply because you haven't found the right
person? Not only can this lead to masturbating ' til your clit goes numb, it can bring
you to enter into relationships with people
simply so you can get laid without feeling
bad about it. Bah!
Here's where casual sex comes in.
-
Casual Sex ... Huh?
I'd like to take a moment to clarify what I
mean by "casual sex." For the purposes of
this article, "casual sex" is any sex taking
place outside of a relationship. I am well
aware that non-monogamous sex can be far
from casual and in fact, quite intimate.
There are miles and miles of gray area
between monogamous sex and one-night
stands. I'd like this gray area to be the
focus, with a bit on one-night stands
CASEY JAYWORK
A week or two ago, an
activist for the Human
Rights
Campaign
- the Vatican of the
queer rights movement
- was standing in Red
Square, asking passerby
for signatures.
Finding myself tree to take a big, gay
moment for equality, I queried her as to the
nature of the petition. She informed me that
it was in support of expanding pending hatecrimes legislation. I'm not sure, but I think
it was in reference to the Matthew Shepard
Act, which would expand the 1969 US
Federal hate-crimes law to include crimes
motivated by a victim's actual or perceived
gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or
disability.
Grinning sadly, I responded that while I was
sympathetic to her overall anti-homophobia
agenda, I couldn't support legislation that
would undermine basic civil liberties like
freedom of expression.
Voicing this position often inspires a
double take, so allow me the indulgence of
expounding:
Two basic assumptions of our constitutional
democracy are that all people are equal
under law, and that the government shall
not constrain or coerce freedom of belief or
expression thereof.
If I go to jail for five years for punching
someone, but go to jail for ten years for yelling "Fag" while I do it, then half of the latter
know where you're going and make sure
you have an escape plan, if need be.
Your place is a good option, because you
call the shots and can just tell him to leave
if things get creepy. The downside is that
now he knows where you live.
His place can be fine, too. You can just
peace out, if you feel like it, but with unfamiliar surroundings, you may not know
what you're getting yourself into. Just
never be afraid to back out at any point if
you don't feel comfortable.
THERE ARE MILES AND MILES OF
Make Your Move
GRAY AREA BETWEEN MONOGAMOUS
SEX AND ONE-NIGHT STANDS.
thrown in. They can be fun from time to
time, if handled in a smart and safe manner.
I also want to make it very clear that I'm
not dissing monogamy. I think it can be
wonderful as long as it is what both people
actually desire. I would like to talk to
women about their other options and how
to handle them.
Get Thee to a Nunnery
(The "Slut" Question)
A hindrance to many women's full
embrace and enjoyment of casual sex is
the fear of being considered a slut. It really
does not matter what anyone else thinks of
your sex life. Truly.
All that matters is how you feel about
yourself. Can you feel okay the morning
after? Can you enjoy the sex without any
Safety First
This one seems pretty basic, but if you're
having casual sex, use a rubber.
Even if you're on birth control, use a
rubber. Unless you're in a monogamous
relationship and you've both been tested,
use a rubber.
Keep condoms and a good, water-based
lube at your place. If you're going out
and might hook up, bring a couple in your
purse. They're free at the campus health
clinic and at Planned Parenthood.
No excuses, USE A RUBBER . Your
reproductive organs will thank you.
Your experience of casual sex may not
include sleeping with people you just met
or don't know very well, but it could happen
some day. Have fun, but take caution when
it comes to these encounters. Let a friend
may punish or reward someone not only on
the basis of their actions, but because of their
beliefs as well. In etTect, our government
is beginning to regulate the marketplace
of ideas, as though we're not competent
jail sentence is the government using force enough to do it for ourselves - as though
to restrain me from forcibly violating others beating someone to dea h for money or fun is
- "The right to swing my fist ends where the somehow less horrific than doing it because
other man's nose begins," as Holmes said. they're fruity.
This is appropriate, because our government
Additionally, by creating legislation that
exists to act as a sort of referee for life, liberty, explicitly references gender and sexuality, the
and property rights between freely interacting Fed is implicitly granting itself the authority
citizens.
to regulate what counts
Buttheotherhalfofmy THE FED IS IMPLIC- as gender or sexuality,
jail term is punishment
and what views citizens
for my professed belief;
ITLY GRANTING
may profess about it.
for hating the sanctified
Granted, this particular
group of "fags" insteadiTSELF THE AUTHOR-legislation only does so
of, say, Yankees fans. It's
when such professing is
effectively punishing me
ITY TO REGULATE
coincident with violence
for what I believe.
-but why can't we just
Wherehaveiheardthis
WHAT COUNTS AS
punish the violence
before?
itself without discrimi" ... Of course, there's GENDER 0 R SEX U- natorily weighting the
no reason or excuse for
ideology behind it?
ALITY, AND WHAT
Setting aside for a
committing
thoughtcrime. It's merely a quesmoment the innate
tion of self-discipline, VIEWS CITIZENS MAY importance of tree
expression, hate-crime
reality-control," writes
Orwell in his magnum PROFESS ABOUT IT. legislation also gives
ammo to the very
opus, 1984. In such a
people it's trying to
dystopia,
individual
minds are no longer private property, but oppose: Homophobia doesn't stand up well
to scrutiny, unless its practitioners are being
wards of the state.
Plato's Republic holds similar ideas (though disenfranchised (e.g. thoughtcrime-esque
with less irony), espousing a society of jail sentences). Then the bigots don't have
philosopher kings ruling their subjects with to answer for the gaping inconsistencies in
an infallible iron will, for their own good, of their views, because they're busy complaining (legitimately) about being ideologically
course.
Obviously, hate-crimes legislation is a far persecuted
Without this government-provided strawcry from the balls-out totalitarianism found
in Oceania, but the principle is there: that we man, they'd be reduced to their habitual
I hate hate crimes
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feelings of ownership?
One ofthe biggest issues I've heard from
women dabbling in casual sex is that even
if she is not interested in pursuing anything
serious with Mr. Right-now, she still wants
him to fall for her. This is understandable,
but really not fair. Honestly communicate
what you want out of the situation and stick
with it.
More on communication in the next
installment.
·
You may just want to get laid, but your
intended is not a mind reader. You need to
be forward. Flirt, put yourself out there,
make the first move . It's all in the confidence, ladies.
Guys want to get laid . You can be up
front about it. This, however, does not
mean pushing aside seduction in favor of a
caveman-like," Me want penis. Want hard .
Make hump."
Be sexy and playful. Just a touch and a
look in the eye can say it all. I lave fun!
Play the vamp! A lovely aspect of casual
sex is that you don't need to be so worried
what they think of you - it's not like you
want to date them! This can be a wonderful opportunity to try things you've always
wanted .
Look for the next exciting installment in
next week's paper!
Erin Rashbawn is enrolled in Me and
My Shadow. She misses the sun.
idiocy of quoting the bible and allegorically
connecting extension cords in Red Square
to demonstrate the natural imperative of
heterosexuality. (Which strikes me as kind of
gay, since one might invert the cords to make
the top become the bottom, and vice versa.
Breeders can't do that.)
Hate-crimes legislation gives homophobes
the boon of a valid injury to complain about.
When you read between the lines, the rationale for the Matthew Shepard Act is clear:
queers are too weak to live on our own, so
the Feds must protect us.
I don 'tknow about you, but I find it flagrantly
offensive when my government treats me
like a child - as though my sexuality needs
extra protection. How any self-respecting
'mo could accept the role of a fi·agile, sparkling ornament for Uncle Sam to hang from
his bleeding heart is beyond me- but count
this faggot out.
Of course, none of this is meant to imply
that there's anything okay about gay bashing or any other hate crime - were the laws
reversed to allow less legal protections to
queers, I'd be even more_ up in arms. But
whether the law is ideologically discriminating to the benefit or detriment of homos, it's
still discriminating- still coercing belief.
I don't want my sexuality used to undermine my or anyone's right to unpopular
expression. I want to stand on my own feet,
and face the cowards who despise me with
my back erect, eyes open, hiding from nothing until they slink back into the hole that
they crawled out of.
But that's hard to do, hiding behind the
skirts of Uncle Sam.
Casey Jaywork is a student at the Evergreen
State College. Feel free to email him at
burch_9030@yahoo. com.
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by TILLMAN CLARK
As we arrive on
Valentines Day 2008,
it is becoming increasingly impossible to
ignore the advent of a
myriad of companies
that offer all sorts of '---"-'---"-------'
services promising to find you love.
At the same time, we continuously hear
more conversations about sex and love in
the same casual context as we hear about
sports, eating or shopping. Who was
involved, how much time and money was
used, was or wasn't it S(!tisfying and so
on .
Is this the product of a sexually free society, where the old ways of sexual uptightness have given way to a culture of open
and casual relationships that has blown the
lid off of unhealthy sexual repression? Or
is the flooding of the market with services
designed to efficiently procure partners,
coupled with a media culture designed
to exemplify sex as an abstract fulfillment of pleasure, causing a desensitized
representation of love to infiltrate our
everyday lives and interactions? While
neither or both could be true, there should
be no doubt that the profit motive behind
commodification has reached the realm of
the most supposedly pure and untouchable
human behaviors and natural emotions.
Sex, or our idea of it, is already under
assault from every angle. Our culture
is barraged with product sexualization,
gender stereotypes, and a domineering
ideology that tells us that we cannot find
sexual gratification unless we fit the mold
built by a market image.
The way sex is culturally promoted as
an oversimplified satisfaction of desire,
performed by typecast characters, already
gives us a glaring example of the influence
that market ideology can have over the
way we talk and interact about a subject.
SCIENTISTS ARE
FINDING NEW WAYS
TO CHEMICALLY
ALTER THE REACTION WE FEEL WHEN
WE ARE IN LOVE
So it is apparent that sex is already supercommodified, but how much longer until
ever increasing commodification reaches
relationships and love? At what point will
the only option most of the population has
to talk to someone that they find attractive be to find out whether or not they
have checked "available" on their online
profile? What will be the price to access
the outsourced work explaining who they
are?
With sites like eHarmony.com offering
the service of recommending a "perfect
partner" for a nominal fee, it seems we are
on our way. At such a rate, what will be
the eventual asking price for the awkwardness of a first date? How much will you
have to pay to lock eyes for the first time
with your "soulmate" at a random venue
you stumbled 'into by accident?
There is a chance that these seemingly
priceless experiences, commonly referred
in the context of falling in love, become
purchasable fabrications or plainly phased
out of the way we find love.
The reality exists that there may be a time
in the near future where time is scheduled
so efficiently that personal control over
dating becomes impractical to the point
where the only way to look for a relationship is to pay an intermediary to find one
for you and neatly fit it into your schedule
like a weekly business meeting. Even
worse, there may be a not so distant future
where the de-sensualization of what we
will think of love makes these "business
meeting" relationships nothing more than
simple fulfillments of emotional desire to
be sold and purchased as commodities on
the market like shoes and candy bars.
We see the approach of this reality in
the incessant market based media representations and casual social interactions
portraying sex as only a "hook-up" where
two disdatched aquaintances, with no real
and meaningful connection, act as tools of
contentment for each others insatiable lust.
It is part of the cultural separation between
sex and love that undertakes to make both
just apathetic exchanges of indifference.
We see it in the proliferation of industries prom ising relationships and love,
created by the ever continuing privatization of human necessities. It is part
of the profit drive that creates people's
increasingly busy schedules, and then
watches as demand for assistance rises
in once personally handled tasks . And
this multiple-pronged attack on human
nature signifies one of the last frontiers of
commodification.
It is obvious that the very goal of the
commodification of love is to make it
more predictable, simple and attainable.
Even the very chemical reactions that our
brains undergo when we are scientifically
considered in love might be biologically
manipulated. Scientists are finding new
ways to chemically alter the reaction we
feel when we are in love with perfumes
and colognes that trigger the "love"
emotion that can be bought and sold.
But as reknowned author on love, Leo
Buscaglia, writes: ."Love withers with
predictability; its very essence is surprise
and amazement. To make love a prisoner
of the mundane is to take its passion and
Jose it forever." If the ways in which we
think about and act upon love are infiltrated by commodification, will it even be
love anymore?
Valentine's Day is a yearly celebration of
humanity's seemingly untainted essence
of love, but if we allow the market to
debase this last safegaurd of hum an
nature, how much more smoothly paved
will the road to barbarism become? For if
one of the mantras of the Beatles; "Can't
Buy Me Love," slips away, corporations
like eHarmony will emerge to say; "Love:
Just $29.99 a Month"- and that is a price
none of us can afford to pay.
Tillman Clark is a student at The Evergreen State College.
by ERAN RHODES
from the dorms, to make sure that they
can maximize profit.
Here it is: Evergreen
I say enough is enough. It is absolutely
tries to be sustainable,
ridiculous that we are forced to pay
Now say this out
Aramark so much money, simply to attend
loud: I came to EverEvergreen. Besides my extreme allergies
green, and as a freshto corporations such as Aramark, who do
man living on campus,
a wonderful job at destroying our world, I
I am forced to live
also have a problem with being forced to
unsustainably.
buy bad food.
Is this not one of the strangest things you
It is my understanding that Evergreen
have ever had to say? You don't know has no say over the decision of whether
whether to cry, or laugh, or tear this paper Aramark stays or leaves, but Aramark
apart out of anger because you know that could leave on their own accord if they
it's the truth. But how could this be true? want.
How could it be that Evergreen is forcing
This is our school, the students of
us to live in an unsustainable way whether Evergreen, not the State government, or
we want to or not?
even the Administration, regardless of
Why?
what they want us to think. Without us,
Building N on campus is one of the this school does not exist, and the folks
themed housing units. It is designated making all these decisions for us can't
as the "Sustainability House," meaning make a living, and Aramark can't be here.
Yet they are here, and
that its residents are
committed to living as
WE FEEL AN
we put up with it.
sustainably as possible.
It is also our world, our
Most of us are freshOBUGATION
planet.
Those of us who
men, and hence are
TO BlN AN EXCESS disagree with industrial
required to buy a meal
food system in place in
plan from Aramark.
Since we have kitchOF FOOD THAT WE this country, and who
ens, we don't feel it
don't support the polinecessary to go to the NEITHER WANT NOR cies of international
greenery, and many of
corporations,
should
us chose the Flex plan, NEED, SIMPLY TO USE be outraged at what
which means we have
Evergreen is forcing us
declining balance to
UP THE MEAL PLAN. to do.
spend, and that we pay
I propose that before
Aramark over 800 dollars a quarter.
2009, when Aramark has the choice to
If we were to do our shopping at the extend their contract to 20 13, we make
co-op instead of the corner store (which sure that they don't want to stay.
many do on top of our meal plan), spendLets cause them trouble. If the adminising 40 dollars a week on groceries, it tration won't Iis ten to us, then A ram ark
would amount to roughly 400 dollars a might.
quarter-half of what we pay Aramark.
I beg the student body to begin a dialog
Can you believe it? Students going to among yourselves over what can be done
Evergreen, living in the sustainability to get Aramark off our campus. This is
House, are forced to live in an unsustain- something that we really can change.
able way. We feel an obligation to buy an
Every student should take it upon themexcess of food that we neither want nor selves to actively resist this outrageous
need, simply to use up the meal plan.
situation on the Evergreen campus, and
This is no doubt the situation for hundreds expose the lie that Evergreen takes such
of freshman living on campus, yet we all pride in.
put up with it. The leftover money from
Eran Rhodes is a student at The Evermeal plans go to Housing, who together
with Aramark took out all the kitchens green State College.
Have an opinion?
We want to
hear it.
Bring your submissions to
CAB 316 or email it to
cpj @evergreen. edu.
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Cooper Point journal
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Februarr 7, 2008
Lucky
number
seven
Another blowout
for Evergreen men
by ZACH LICHT
It's not only that the men's team is red hot
in the win column, but also their shooting
may be even beyond that.
Once again, the team shot percentages one
may only find in a professional game, and
thoroughly thrashed the Northwest Christian Beacons 98-70 this past Saturday here
in the Greenhouse. Yes people, the offense
is playing that well.
But it wasn't all easy at the start though.
The Beacons would match the 'Ducks
point for point, even taking a one-point
lead early in the game, 7-8.
NICK MOORE GOES UP STRONG
But then the fire came, and the game
changed.
Led by supercharged defense, the men of
E-State took control and would dominate
the rest of the half, outscoring the Beacons
36-16, and forcing 13 turnovers, leading
43-24.
They shot 58% from the field too, including 5-for-7 from three-point land. Things
were looking great.
And they would get even better. As the
second half started, the Beacons tried to
respond, but were unable to match Ever-
HEVER,.f1'vm cover
not only like a great memory, but just a great
accomplishment for all of those who were in
athletics. Building a program's hard. We had
a lot of help, getting people to find and bring
student athletes on campus, people who have
an impact on them and they want to come. So
seeing that develop from where it was just a
limited roster, to now where we're trying to
be in the playoffs every year.
Licht: So this season what are some of the
ups and downs you've had with this team?
Heuer: Well, we started off well in our
preseason, and I think we had a lot of close
games. One of the things we needed to do
later on was just we needed to get over the
hump at some point with those close games.
It was a little disappointing at the start, we
do have an upper-class team for the most
part, six juniors, then four seniors, and we
felt the experience would help us get over
the hump in some of those close games and
we were not able to achieve that. But, on the
other side, we're playing well now. And if
I had my way about it, I'd rather have us
playing well towards the end of the season,
going into playoffs being a hot team, 'cause
I.
I can guarantee that nobody wants to play
us. They' II be wondering if we are the team
that beat Corban and Oregon Tech, or is the
team that lost to Northwest. We've been very
consistent outside of Northwest for the last
few weeks, so I'm very proud of that
Licht: So I did a little research, and found
out you coach with your husband, Michael.
How does the dynamic of that work out?
Heuer: Well, if you asked me that about
ten years ago, I would've said "Aw man,
what the heck are we doing," but over time,
we've been able to figure it out. We did our
first coaching stint at Patten College. We
were both really young, and on top of that,
we were newly weds, and on top of that, we
started a program from scratch. So there was
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Friday, February 15
College of Idaho vs. Evergreen
The Green House (CRC)- 5:30p.m.
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: Upcomtng
Friday, February 15
College of Idaho vs. #23 Evergreen
The Green House (CRC) 7:30p.m.
Saturday, February 16
# 11 Eastern Oregon U.
vs. #23 Evergreen
The Green House (CRC)- 7:30p.m.
ues, as the team again shot 70% from the
field in the second half, 65% for the game.
The 'Ducks are now 12-4 in conference
play, and in third place in the conference
seeding.
The big news is that they are now ranked
number 23 in the Division II NAJA conference nationally - the only team from
Washington to be in the top twenty-five.
They are the third team in the Cascade
Conference to be in the top twenty-five,
including their future opponents, 11thranked Eastern Oregon University.
You can see this game this game on Saturday, 7:30 p.m. as usual in the Greenhouse.
But before that, on Friday night, again
at 7:30, catch the Green Machine take on
the respectable College of Idaho (formerly
Albertson College). If you really like
basketball, come and support the Geoducks,
now a NATIONALLY ranked team. Oh it's
real, it's damn real.
Zach Licht is a freshman enrolled in
Looking Backward.
Ladies beat Beacons, 61-46
Solberg tallies 1oth doubledouble
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a lot going on there. But, I went my way and
went to grad school. One of the things that
helped me out was when I went to University
of San Francisco; the head coach there was
coaching as a couple. I was able to see them
interact, and they were full time, and it was
really helpful for me as an assistant to view
how they would interact. And they both had
a lot of experience. The big thing was they
respected each other's input. Over the years,
Michael and I have found a place to feel
comfortable, and be able to let each of us do
our strengths and I think it works pretty well.
It helps too that we're not always together
twenty four hours, he works in the Career
Development office. So it works very well
when we're together, because our athletes get
his perspective, a men's perspective versus
mine. If I miss something, then he'll usually
have the rest of it, and if they don't get something from him, they'll get the rest of it from
me. It's also a great perspective of the family
aspect that we try to put on our team. Them
seeing us together helps put that atmosphere
in a lead example for the team to follow.
Zach Licht is a freshman enrolled in
Looking Backward.
Upcoming Games
green's firepower.
Every time the Beacons made a push, the
guys would respond and then some.
Sophomore center Julio Feliciano gave
Evergreen their first 20-point lead of the
game with 16:54 left to play.
With that, things got a little more physical with some questionable plays by the
Beacons.
First, as Evergreen was ahead by 17,
sophomore Nathan Menefee was hit hard
on a drive to the hoop, but no foul was
called.
Then, almost six minutes later, Menefee
was intentionally fouled very hard and was
sent crashing to the floor. A flagrant foul
was called, and Menefee was thankfully
uninjured, but new tension was in the air.
However, the refs did take control and
nothing else happened. But with the foul,
the team began to play the game personally, pushing the lead as far up as 31. Once
the final buzzer sounded, the Geoducks
had won, 98-70.
Despite the hard foul, Menefee once
again turned in a dominating performance,
scoring 26 points to go along with three
steals. The twenty-six points marked his
15th game in which he scored 20 points or
more in a season, breaking the old school
record of 14.
Junior forward Nick Moore added 17,
while junior guard Michael Ward added
II. There was even a dunk in this game,
as senior guard David Howard broke away
from the pack on a fast break.
The team's crazy hot shooting con tin-
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Saturday, February 16
Eastern Oregon U. vs. Evergreen
The Green House (CRC) - 5:30 p.m.
ZACH LICHT
With the playoffs coming
up fast, the 'Ducks seem to be
putting the right pieces together
for a nice run, as they avenged an
early season loss to the Northwest
Christian Beacons, 61-46, this past
Saturday evening on campus.
A solid combination of good offense
and great defense helped the girls
control the pace of the game. Roaring out of the gates, Evergreen took a
quick four-zip lead. The Beacons tied
the game up at four a few minutes
later, but it was here that the ladies in
green would begin to assert themselves.
Going on a 14-0 run, breaking the game
open, 18-4. The offense would sputter
a little, and the Beacons tried to take
advantage bringing the lead down to five
at 23-18, but the 'Ducks would refocus
and push their lead back to double digits
before halftime, 28-18.
The second half was all about defense.
The team would finish for a combined
ten steals, six alone by junior forward
Rosalind Lee. The ten-point lead the girls
brought into halftime would be extended
to a high of 18, and would never fall into
single digits. And despite a slight decrease
in their shooting, there was no problem
putting the ball in the hoop for these girls.
Three-point shooting was a major difference in the game, as the 'Ducks shot a
very efficient 11-for-13 out deep. And on
the game, the Beacons were only allowed
to shoot 34%, a vast improvement over a
recent stretch of games.
Senior Jennifer Solberg tallied her tenth
double-double of the season by scoring
16 point and grabbing 13 boards. Lee
and junior guard Joy White each added
13, while senior Molly Clark would
add eight more. All and all, this game
was a tremendous team effort
on both the offensive and
defensive end of the floor.
The ladies in green are
now 6-10 in conference,
and are making a very
strong push to make the
playoffs. You can catch
your Lady 'Ducks in a
double header this weekend
here, first against the College
of Idaho at 5:30 this Friday,
and on Saturday again at
5:30 against division leader
Eastern Oregon. Come and
support your Geoducks
and their road to the
playoffs.
Zach Licht is a freshman enrolled in Looking
Backward.
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February 14 to 20
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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.
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Cake Walk A sweet fundraiser for the Chemistry
Club. Noon to 1 p.m. CAB
second floor.
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Housing & Home1essness
Advocacy Day, with Gov.
Christine Gregoire Because
of where HHAD falls on this
year's legislative calendar,
we'll be "pulling" our legislators off of the House and
Senate floor to meet with
them, instead of arranging
meetings in their offices.
Registration begins at 8 a.m .
$25. United Churches of
Olympia, 110 11th Avenue
SE. Call (206) 442-9455 or
email ben@wliha.org for
more info.
Mindscreen
presents
, Sid & Nancy with DJ Luc
Celebrate your dysfunctional
: relationship and watch the
: 1986 film about The Sex
Pistols' Sid Vicious and his
girlfriend Nancy Spungen.
' Doors at 6 p.m., show at 6:30
, p.m. Sem II E4115.
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Dead Prez, Sista Hailstorm, DJ B Girl, Alpha P
in concert Bring a pair of
lightly used jeans for Genes
for Africa. Tickets at Rainy
Day Records or www.ticketswest.com. Students: $10
advance/$15 door. General
admission $15/$20. CRC
Bay 3. 8:30p.m.
Pink Sushi Anti-Valentine
FRO Benefit Free Radio
Olympia's third annual sushimaking benefit. Saki, dessert,
DJs, sushi. $10 sliding scale.
2018 Milroy St.
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"Here Today" public art
projects on display The
goals for the art project "Here
Today" are to bring added
vitality to downtown Olympia over the summer, provide
opportunities for local artists
to create public art within
their own community, and
to meet the City Council's
goal of bringing focus to
our downtown . The public is
invited to view the narrative
and schematic designs for the
proposals and to comment
on them . Following public
review, the designs will go
before the City Council on
February 26, 2008 for final
approval. Ongoing until Feb.
22. The Olympia Center, 222
Columbia St NW.
The Dances of Universal
Peace Preceeded by potluck.
5:30 p.m. Lecture Hall
Rotunda.
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Friday, Feburary 15
Evergreen presents Eve
Ensler's The Vagina Monologues What do you call a
moist prehistoric creature
with
overactive · fungus
production? Yeastius vagisaurus. Hear more vaginarelated sentiments tonight.
$7 or $7 worth of female
products. All proceeds from
this production by Evergreen
community members will
benefit Safeplace, The Birth
Attendants, and TESC's
Women's Resource Center.
Comm Bldg Recital Hall.
Tim and Travis Grievance
Show w/ Doomhawk, KGB
Suspect, Occido, plus one or
two others. All ages concert.
8 p.m. to midnight. HCC.
Saturday, Feburary 16
Evergreen presents Eve
Ensler's The Vagina Monologues Pledge allegiance to
your cuntry. $7 or $7 worth
of female products. All
proceeds from this production by Evergreen community members will benefit
Safeplace, The Birth Attendants, and TESC's Women's
Resource Center. Comm
Bldg Recital Hall.
Bad movie night food
drive Guaranteed to be bad.
Bring in a good can of food
for each bad movie you want
to watch, as it is a campus
food bank fundraiser. 5 p.m.
to midnight. HCC.
Olympia Flood Aid Benefit
Benefiting local farmers hurt
by the December floods. A
multitude of bands and solo
performers that should appeal
to a wide range of ages and
musical preferences, have
volunteered to share the bill.
There will also be an auction
of very special items, with an
emphasis on art and music.
Doors at 5 p.m., Music at 7
p.m. $10 sliding scale. The
Eagles Ballroom 410 E. 4th
Ave. www.olympiafloodaid.
org.
Baby
Gramps
Blues,
hillbilly tunes,
ragtime,
old-time (like early last
century) pop tunes are some
of what you might hear.
Palindromes, tongue-twisters, whimsy, cartoon caricature are a part of it. 8 p.m.
Traditions Cafe. $10/$5 for
students/low-income.
Olympia Film Society
screening The Savages
and Persepolis Persepolis
6:30 p.m., The Savages 9:00
p.m. nightly. through Feb
22. $5 OFS members/$7.50
general.
Sunday, Feburary 17
Olympia
Flood
Aid
night
Benefit,
second
Benefiting local farmers hurt
by the December floods. A
multitude of bands and solo
performers that should appeal
to a wide range of ages and
musical preferences, have
volunteered to share the bill.
There will also be an auction
of very special items, with an
emphasis on art and music.
Doors at 5 p.m ., Music at 7
p.m. $10 sliding scale. The
Eagles Ballroom 410 E. 4th
Ave. www.olympiafloodaid.
org.
Edible forest garden work
party Learn to transform a
lawn into an Edible Forest
Garden. Also, learn how to
Sheet Mulch using cardboard
and wood chips, as well planting edible trees and shrubs
such as persimmon, fig,
huckleberry, and kiwi. I to
3:30 p.m. Olympia Waldorf
School, 8126 Normandy St
SE. If you plan to attend,
visit
www.terracommons.
us or call Michael Kelly at
(360) 866-1331.
Monday, Feburary 18
President's Day, campus
closed.
Sunset Riders and Hijinx
in concert Student bands
play a show, all are welcome.
7 to II p.m. HCC.
Tuesday, Feburary 19
Adriene Cruz, Evergreen
Gallery Artist Lecture
Series Cruz pieces together
richly patterned materials
in rhythmic arrangements
that are stately as well as
exuberant, structured as well
as improvisational, deeply
moving on a spiritual level
as well as simply enjoyable
for their sheer beauty. 3:45 to
5:15 p.m. Lecture Hall I.
Internship
Orientation in Primetime Get the
information you need to
plan a successful internship.
Presented by Advisor Dalya
Perez. 6:30 to 8 p.m. A Dorm
Fishbowl.
Creative Writing workshops This series has been
crafted in such a way as to be
inclusive and dynamic for all
Sendyour calendar listings to cpj@evergreen.edu
folks interested in creative
writing, whether they are just
dipping their toes in for the
first time or have been swimming in it for so long that
their fingers ate wrinkly and
blue. 4 to 5:30 p.m. Every
Tues. Writing Center Overflow Rm, Lib 2310.
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Wednesday, Feburary 20 :
Grammar Garden
workshops Amaze your
professors and your parents,
in just four weeks! One hour
each session gets you the Its
and Bits of Grammar; basic
sentence construction; and
creative punctuation use.
Minimal jargon involved. I
to 2 p.m, every Wed. until
Week 9. Writing Center
Overflow Rm, Lib 2310.
Solving shifting problems
workshop Is your derailuer
making clicking noises? Is
your chain always falling
off? Prepare to be inducted
into the ancient and arcane ,
of
SHIFTER
science
ADJUSTMENT. Hosted by
the Bike Shop. 3 p.m. Cab
Rm 011.
Learn
about nuclear
power and Kyiv, Ukraine
Are you puzzled about '
whether or not nuclear power
really is clean, safe, and
inexpensive, as its proponents claim? Would you like
to spend two weeks in one
of the world's most historic,
beautiful,
and
dynamic
cities: Kyiv, Ukraine? Info
session on summer course,
"Chernobyl and Ukraine:
Recovery from Catastrophe."
3:30p.m. Sem II A 1105.
The Land & the Spirit:
Why We All Care About
Israel A six part course with
Rabbi Cheski Hosted by
Evergreen Hillel. 6:30 p.m.
Sem II A2107.
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Carlos Marentes lecture
Mass raids. Prison detention . Deportations. Learn
more about what is happening and what can be done.
Lecture on Immigrant Issues
in the Pacific Northwest.
Hosted by MEChA. 6:30
p.m. Lecture Hall 3.
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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upcomtna
events
Thursday, Feburary 21
Featured poet Lana Hechtman Ayers and open mic
night 6:30 p.m. Traditions
Cafe.
Up-to-date in the Former Soviet
Union Free lecture by author, world
traveler and Olympia World Affairs
Councilmember Wesley Wilson, 7:30
p.m. The Olympia Center, Rm I 0 I.
Fiction musical performance Student band Fiction
plays an open show to the
public. 9 to II p.m. HCC.
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WEDNESDAYS
Amnesty International
CAB 320, 12:30 p.m.
ATF Appearing Task Force on
Anti-Oppression CAB 320, 1 p.m.
Bike Shop 2 p.m.
Chemistry Club LAB II 2207, 1 p.m.
EARN Evergreen Animal
Right Network Vegan Potluck
CAB 320, 5:30 p.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 II A31 05, 1 p.m.
Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
Geoduck Union SEM II
CII07, 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, 1:30 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.
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and deliciously complex. So join us
for our third annual winter comedy at
7:30pm on February 21, 22, and 23.
All performances will take place in the
Com Building Recital Hall. Free.
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WHO WILL BE THE NEXT
The Cooper Point Journal is recruiting
for the 2008-09 editor in chief from
now until 5 p.m., Friday, April4.
Prior experience with the Cooper Point
Journal is preferred, but not required.
For more information stop into the
office, CAB 316, call 360.867.6213,
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All are encouraged to apply.
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applications online:
evergreen.edu/cpj
cpj1005.pdf