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the proJect to
produce biodiesel for the
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DEADPREZ
A music review
of the concert
takes center
stage in our Arts and
Entertainment section
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HOW DO YOU
FEEL ABOUT
BACKPACKS?
GEODUCK
THRILLER
Women's pulls
out amazing
victory in the Greenhouse
against Eastern Oregon
University ~ PAGE 17
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Riot aftermath
Moratorium
on concerts
by SETH VINCENT
A moratorium on concerts was
announced by school president Les
Puree last Tuesday at a community
· forum held to discuss the February
14 riot.
Student involvement is needed for
a review board headed by dean of
students Phyllis Lane that will examine the entire process of putting on
concerts at Evergreen, said vice president of student affairs, Art Costantino
at the forum.
Uproar
Campus
in turmoil
CRUISER DESTROYED AND VANDALIZED
Riot engenders discussions on
police, race, and power dynamics
see MORATORIUM, page 3
by SETH VINCENT
Army ad: A
Last Thursday night, the hip-hop group
Dead Prez performed a show put on by
the Hip-Hop Congress at the College
Recreation Center. What followed has
been referred to by many as the Valentine's Day Riot.
The language used to describe the
events of February 14 is varied and
emotionally..... harged.
Riot, uprising, anarchy, violence,
protest, revolution, embarrasment:
everyone that speaks about their experiences after the Dead Prez show or that
give their opinions on what happened
let erto the
community
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HIP-HOP CONGRESS SPEAKS AT THE
GU MEETING
CERISE PALMANTEER
The last issue of the Cooper Point
Journal, February 14, contained a
full-page Army recruitment advertisement, the first of what was to be
three. I have asked the broker who
distributes national advertising to the
CP J to cancel the other two ads and
to specify on CP J records that the
newspaper will not accept military
advertising this year.
see ARMY, page 4
Late-night
bus:
Geoduck Union meeting
At last week's Wednesday Geoduck
Union meeting, students continued the
discussion started at Tuesday's community forum.
Students focused largely on their
concerns with the way the police
conducted themselves, the role of police
on campus, off-campus perception of
the college and the race issues involved
in the riot.
see UNION, page 3
Geoduck Union releases
video footage of riot
BELINDA MAN
GEODUCK UNION TAKES QUESTIONS
ON WEDNESDAY
ril
by VICTOR SANDERS
The campus is another step closer
to the start of the late night weekend
shuttle.
Last week, the request for proposals
to run the service closed, and in all,
two companies submitted bids.
The contract was awarded to Intercity Transit, which will allow the
extension of Route 41 into the late
night hours on weekends.
The second bid came from BelAir
Charters, the company that currently
each have a unique set of descriptors for
the actions that transpired.
JOSHUA KATZ
PRESIDENT LES PURGE SPEAKS AT
COMMUNITY FORUM
See pages 10 and 11 for a timeline
of what occurred on February 14.
The Geoduck Union relea,sed video
footage of the February 14 riot that
shows the cooflict between student and
police. The identity of the filmmaker
has not been released.
What follows is a statement from the
GU about the footage:
"At yesterdays Geoduck Student
Union meeting, students voiced concern
about the lack of information available
to the public about the Valentines Day
riot.
They told the Union that it is difficult to
talk about solutions when the facts are
still unclear.
Following yesterdays forum, a video
ofthe riot was shown to us, and we feel
that it is our responsibility to make it
available to our fellow students. The
administration already has this video,
the police already have this video, and
the student body must have this video.
This is a clip from longer video footage. Our anonymous sources have given
us permission to circulate it.
We are circulati'fzg it because we
want to promote positive dialogue on
campus, because we need to heal our
community, and if we are going to heal
our community everyone needs to know
how an act of solidarity turned into an
act ofviolence. "
View the video at www2.evergreen.
edu/studentgovernrnent
or
www.
youtube.com/geoduckunion.
Contact The Geoduck Student Union
at geoduckunion@gmail.com or (360)
867-6555.
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SETH VINCENT
The next community forum
on the riot: Wednesday,
February 27 at 4 p.m.
in Lecture Hall 1
see TRANSIT, page 3
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What is most significant about the events
during/cifter the Dead Prez concert?
CPJ
by MADELINE BERMAN
& CHARLES ASNER
Business
Business manager
Cerise Palmanteer
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Carrie Ramsdell
"I think it's crap that Hip
Hop Congress had to come
out at 3 a.m. to clean up.
People didn't think about
who had to clean it up."
"The melee that occured
gave Evergreen
a bad name."
Ad proofcr
Alex Morley
Ad representative
Joshua Katz
Circulation manager
Gavin Dahl
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"It's not fair to Evergreen
cops to have reacted this
way. It was ridiculous."
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"Before any real
judgements are made,
we need to know how
much of the crowd were
Evergreen students."
Arts & Entertainment coordinator
Brandon Custy
Calendar coordinator
Amber Rose
Comics coordinator
Tabitha Brown
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Charles A~ner
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"I was unhappy that
12 grand was spent on
the show. There are
much better bands out
there for Jess money."
"Impressive display of
white privilege on the part
of the Caucasian students.
The repercussions would
have been different on a
more ethnically diverse
campus. The majority of
the crowd was white."
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Photo coordinator
Belinda ~Ian
Sports coordinator
Zach Licht
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Julie Terlcmezian
Student Voice wordinator
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Reporter
Amber Can·cr
Reporter
Jason Slotkin
Page designer
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Page designer
Bryn Harris
Illustrator
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Advisor
Dianne Conrad
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THE EVERGREENSTATE1oliUzl
BLOTTER
2/2 1/2008
Smoke on the water
and inA Dorm·
The eighth floor of A Dorm got a bit
cloudy after a smoke bomb was set off.
The TNT Smoke Grenade M-123
registered firework was found near the ·
elevator on the bottom floor.
The device left a burned hole in the
elevator's carpet. Police photographed
and later disposed of the can.
Smoke bombs - so that's what you
kids are calling it these days.
Car, jacked
PH OTOS: BELINDA M AN
STUDENTS VOICE CONCERNS AT WEDNESDAYS GEODUCK UNION MEETING
UNION,.from cover
"How do we make this student led?
How can we as a community organize
our own safety, our own comfort level,
for every one involved in this community - especially people of color, whose
voices have been subsumed and silenced
and will only continue to be silenced
with police presence.
As far as I know the administration
response is going to be to increase security, to highten security, to tighten security, and that will not create the space for
us to do this at all."
The Geoduck Union will be holding
their usual Wednesday meeting at 1 p.m.
in SEM II 1105. Students are welcome
to discuss the February 14 riot and other
topics.
YOU DON'T JUST
STUMBLE OUT
OF A 10 DOLLAR
CONCERT
ONTO SOLIDARITY. I DON'T
NECESSARILY
BELIEVE THAT
THE CONCERT
IS THE BEST
EXAMPLE THAT
WE UNDERSTAND
SOLIDARITY.
existing procedures, did they all occur?
And so that will be a part of what we'll
need to look at as well."
School
administrators
are
first
concerned with the size of events in
deciding which are affected by the
moratorium.
"Right now it's pretty clear to me that
we wouldn't have another concert next
week of this nature," said Costantino.
"It's also clear to me that if someone
would be coming in and reading some
poetry, that would be okay. Where that
line is in the middle, for the next week
or so we're going to have to make some
judgements."
" It was white kids, basically, flipping
over the car," said one student at the
meeting.
"I understand that there is a Jot of angst
and anger about how broken the system
is. But it really ignores privilege when
you act in a way that you're not going to
take responsibility for.
And it is a riot, because unless it was a
coordinated effort with a political statement in mind - and I think it was really
peole getting caught up in stumbling on
a purpose, or what they thought was a
purpose, after being disabused of some
of the respect that they hold.
"You don't just stumble out of a 10
dollar concert onto solidarity. I don't
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an
necessarily believe that the concert is
the best example that we understand internship learning contract. He is editor
in chief of the Cooper Point Journal.
solidarity."
Student Christopher Rotondo ques- r-----------------------------------------,'
tioned the role of police on campus, and
GU Meeting Tirnes
encouraged discussion about the power
Mondays, 4 p.rn.
dynamic between students and police.
CAB 3rd Boor pit
" How do we make this community
Wednesdays, 1 p.rn.
organized?" Asked Rotondo.
SEMII C 1107
MORATORIUM,.from cover
The review board will be looking
not only at how to improve upon our
current model of organizing shows, but
whether or not current policies are being
followed , according to Costantino.
"To what extent were the procedures
we had in place followed?" Said Costantino. "And, were all the things that were
supposed to have happened, under the
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in
an internship learning contract. He
is editor in chief of the Cooper Point
Journal.
A couple hiking with their dogs
returned to their vehicle to find it broken
into. The vehicle, a Toyota truck, was
parked in F Lot. The passenger side
window was pried open. A wallet and
cellphone were taken from the vehicle.
Police have no suspects at this time.
-JASON SLOTKIN
TRANSIT, from cover
runs Western Washington University's
night shuttle.
The shuttle will begin running onApril4
just two quarters after students approved
the transit fee increase of $3 per quarter
last fall.
Intercity Transit came out as the favored
bidder, since they can provide a public
transit service, which will allow students
and their non-Evergreen friends to ride.
Intercity Transit will also provide familiarity to students.
Next week, the Greener · Commuting
program will begin drafting the official
contract, and will seek student input on
how the shuttle should run.
Victor Sanders is a student at The Evergreen State College.
NIGHT SHUTTLE FACTS:
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on Fri & Sat; midnight on Sunday
Costs Olympia campus students
$3 a quarter
Will not run during summer
sessions
Is free to students 'l,'ith valid ID
Costs the regular fare for
non-students
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February 21, 2008
Student reactions to riot
President Les Puree, other administrators meet
to discuss reaction with students
Students, faculty, and staff gathered in
Lecture Hall! to discuss the riot that occurred
early Friday morning. Evergreen President
Les Puree began the forum with a speech
where he voiced his concerns for Evergreen
Officer Meyers, who gave her account of the
arrest and pursuing ordeal, followed Puree.
The floor was then opened for discussion.
The following is a list of concerns voiced by
students at the forum.
THE CURRENT DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED CAB REDESIGN
CAB redesign
gets new figures
by JASON SLOTKIN
The original plans for the CAB redesign
came back from the architects with a
price that was nearly $10 million dollars
over the planned budget of $14 million.
Architects from DLR group, the company
behind the project, appeared at the first
CAB renovation meeting for the quarter
to work out this problem.
Members of the CAB committe and facilites met with the group in room B 1305
in Seminar 2 to discuss this matter. Larry
Ahem an architect from the group, spent
ARMY, from cover
So you will know, the editor-in-chief
makes final decisions about non-advertising content of the CP! newspaper. The
business manager (that's me) makes final
decisions about advertising content. Of
course, both of us are obliged to talk with
and consider what fellow CPJ members
think.
Upon receiving the Army Advantage Fund
ad ,that appeared in the CPJ last Thursday,
I understood it to be a funding opportunity
for currently serving soldiers. This was
why I didn't bring it up with anyone else at
the CPJ, except with the assistant business
manager.
We suspected there might be some controversy because the ad involved the Army.
However, because we understood it to be
an opportunity rather than a recruitment
effort, the assistant business manager and
I really didn't think it was going to be any
kind of problem.
Furthermore, we knew that because we
had told our broker in spring that the CPJ
would accept military ads, we were obli-
the first part of the meeting going over
plans for reducing the budget.
Most of these plans consisted of cutting
several of the originally planned projects.
These cuts included potentially cutting
green roofs and a solar water heater; the
lowest price he could give the committee
was $18 million.
The comJllittee will meet next week to
further review options before approving
a plan.
Jason Slatkin is a junior enrolled in a
internship learning contract. ·
gated to accept that ad.
Every spring the CPJ organization
decides what kind of advertising we will
and will not accept for the coming year.
We begin with a list sent to the CP J by the
two main brokers that nationally distribute
ads to college newspapers from various ad
agencies. They list such things as: alcohol,
on-line gambling, adult entertainment,
competing schools, lottery, surrogate
mothers, pro-choice/pro-life, etc. This past
spring 2006 we chose to include military
advertising in the group of advertising
we will accept. Only a handful of CP J
members attended the meeting, and there
was virtually no discussion when the
Army came up. At the meeting, we did not
specify what type of military advertising
we would accept and this was reflected in
the information we provided to the brokers
that deal with prospective advertisers.
On Thursday, when the February 14 issue
of the CPJ with the Army ad was distributed, a TESC crier email was sent out
informing students about the ad and urging
students to protest publication of the ad at
the CPJ's regular Thursday meeting when
How many students here know where that
is? What day that is? What time that is? How
many have gone to them? How much have
you reached out to make that known? ..
-Heidi Hansen (In response to a comment
about the community review board.)
could not get away with... We weren t part
of it. I was trying to get out of it. I was up on
the hill area and everyone I could see around
me was a student, a person, or an attendee
of color. People who were down there were
white for the most part.
-Juana Sanchez
I saw the vandalism on the CRC that said,
"Welcome to Evergreen" with an anarchy
symbol, and it was really frustrating to me
because that's not my cause and I understand
it is some students' cause, but all ofa sudden
it was all of us. .. . And we have to continue
talking and make it understood that there are
5000 students here who all have a different
voice and all have a different point of view
on this.
-Alexandre Chateaubriand
This is less a matter of who was arrested
or the police. I think this has more if not
everything to do with people exercising white
The bottom line is no one deserves to be
privilege, who knew nothing would happen intimidated on our campus and there should
to them. You can sit around and deny it. If be no fear on our campus, and this [event}
that had been a mob of black people, of instills fear in people. And this intimidates not
brown people, of anyone else besides white onlY, our officers but also other students who
people, we would have been billy clubbed to were on campus that day. No one deserves to
the ground There would have been so many feel that way on our campus no matter what.
arrests ... I think as a campus, we need to sit
-Victor Sanders
together and talk I love that we have white
allies because you all have privilege that we
-JASON SLOTKIN
that week's issue is evaluated. Several
students stopped by the CPJ throughout
the day to oppose publication of the ad and
a couple of students came to the meeting to
not only express their disapproval of the ad
but to seek change.
After hearing these voices of concern, I
felt compelled to do some more research
into the ad and found out that it is a new
military effort aimed at recruitment.
Regardless of whether or not the ad was
aimed at recruitment the CPJ advertising
department was obligated to fulfill the
contract to print the February 14 ad.
I then called the broker to determine
whether we could (1) reject military ads
for the rest of the year, (2) dictate what
type of subject in a military ad we would
accept if that was the only possibility, and
then, (3) somehow get out from under the
obligation to print the rest of the Army ads
on the current contract.
Frankly, it was easier than I anticipated.
The broker simply said, tell me to cancel,
and we will. This was exactly what I did.
The broker is currently changing their
records to show that the CP J will not accept
military recruitment ads for the rest of the
year. This may not have happened without
the compassionate students who came to
me and expressed their concerns for both
themselves and others.
I would like to take this opportunity to
apologize to anyone and everyone who was
offended by this ad and to say thank you
to the people who took it upon themselves
to come in and express their discontent. I
greatly appreciate all of the student voices
that I heard and took into consideration
upon deciding my next steps concerning
the ad. It was an invaluable experience to
have students so involved in their student
newspaper and helping to create change. I
feel it is incredibly important to note here
that the CP J exists to serve two purposes:
to provide Evergreen students with the
opportunity to learn through experience,
and to produce a student newspaper. This
was most definitely a valuable learning
experience.
Cerise Palmanteer is a junior enrolled in
Practice of Community and is the business
manager of the CPJ.
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February 21, 2008
Join the Evergreen Biodiesel Project
by AREAL PERSON
Megan Treasure and John Kemp, the
current Evergreen Biodiesel Project
operators, are proud to host an · Open
House and facility tour to anyone interested in learning about small-scale
biodiesel production systems and biofuels. The tour and discussion will cover
a variety of related topics and will be in
the production facility on the Evergreen
Organic Farm. Please dress warm, as we
will be outside part of the time.
The Evergreen Biodiesel Project's
mission is to refurbish and establish
a permanent, safe, and user-friendly
biodiesel processing infrastructure.
By converting waste vegetable oil into
useable biodiesel, the Biodiesel Project
supplies Evergreen's Organic Farm tractors with a renewable fuel.
The Evergreen Biodiesel
Project aims to be a model for
other schools and state insti, tutions that aspire to produce
biodiesel on-site.
The Evergreen State College
consumes
roughly
3,500
gallons of petroleum diesel
fuel annually. Of the various
diesel vehicles at Evergreen,
the Organic Farm possesses
two tractors. These tractors
consume roughly 10 gallons
of diesel fuel per week.
On a weekly basis the cafeteria at Evergreen disposes of
roughly 20 gallons of spent
vegetable oil.
By using the waste vegetable
oil and updating the facility,
the Biodiesel Project will be
able to produce roughly 500
gallons of biodiesel annually
and fully suffice the Organic
Farm's diesel requirements.
THE EVERGREEN BIODIESEL PROJECT'S
MISSION IS TO REFURBISH AND ESTABLISH
A PERMANENT, SAFE, AND USER-FRIENDLY
BIODIESEL PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE.
The 500 gallot'ls of renewable fuel will
displace 17 percent of the campus's
annual petroleum diesel consumption.
In addition, the biodiesel infrastructure is an excellent learning tool for
faculty, students and staff in various
applications.
In the winter of 2004, David Rack,
Sam Stout, and Kolby Bray-Hoagland
researched and designed a processing
unit. In the spring, David and Kolby
fabricated the various components,
utilizing the campus metal shop. During
the summer, Kolby and Sam installed the
processing unit and built a fume hood,
a filtered collection barrel, and a transit
barrel. They also wrote a Safety Manual,
Procedure Manual and Maintenance
Manual for the operation and upkeep of
the Biodiesel Project.
Sam performed test batches in order to
determine the quality of the waste oil.
see BIODIESEL, page 6
Application Requirements:
Please send a detailed email to Megan or John.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Ability to complete the tasks listed above.
Why you are interested in becoming part of the Biodiesel Expansion Team.
Prior experience with biodiesel and/or biofuels,
Construction, fabrication, laboratory skills and experience.
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You or your team is required to dedicate 2+ academic quarters to the project.
Please discuss your role within the group.
Most importantly, what does your team hope to learn and accomplish from
continuing The Evergreen Biodiesel Project?
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BIODIESEL,Jrom page 5
By the spring of 2005, the Biodiesel
Project became fully operational.
Unfortunately, the facility was out of
operation for a little over a year before
John Kemp, Megan Treasure, Eli GunnHirsch, and Sean Girling began testing
the equipment in the spring of 2007 .
Beginning in the summer of 2007,
Megan and John applied a high quality
epoxy coating to the inside of the main
reactor, created a new version of the
Evergreen Biodiesel Project Operation
and Safety Manuals, and have produced
several full-scale· batches of biodiesel.
Megan and John recently applied for
a grant though the Evergreen Clean
Energy Committee and were awarded
funds to repair and upgrade the existing
Biodiesel facility.
Funds from the Clean Energy Committee will be , used to purchase vital equipment that will roughly double the produc-
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE NEW
BIODIESEL TEAM AND EXPANSION PROJECT PLEASE ATTEND THE BIODIESEL OPEN
HOUSE ON THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28TH, 11:00
AM, AT THE EVERGREEN ORGANIC FARM
tion capacity of the Evergreen Biodiesel
Project. A third version ofthe Biodiesel
Safety, Operation and Maintenance
manual is being written for the benefit
ofthe new Biodiesel Team members.
Megan and John will be graduating
soon and need a group of two to four
students to take over the facility and
keep it operating.
If you would like to be part of the new
Biodiesel Team and Expansion Project
please attend the Biodiesel Open House
on Thursday February 28, 11:00 a.m., at
the Evergreen Organic Farm and contact
the current team for further information.
We are looking for a dedicated group of
students to become part of the Biodiesel
Expansion Project.
With training, the new Biodiesel Team
will Jearn how to and be expected to
upgrade the current equipment and
install new equipment.
You will be introduced to grants that will
fund these activities and any others you
see fit. As a team, you will be required to
update the Biodiesel Production Manual
and recruit a fresh team when you move
on or graduate.
Even for a highly productive and skilled
group the activities discussed above will
require at least a two-quarter commitment and more likely three or four.
Assistance finding a faculty sponsor is
available.
For more information, contact:
Megan Treasure (operations manager):
WesternTreeHugger@hotmail.com
John Kemp (project coordinator) :
jjjkemp@yahoo.com
www.evergreen.edu/ceii!Biodiesel.htm
Megan Treasure and John Kemp are the
coordinators of the Evergreen Biodiese/
Project.
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Prez brings Evergreen to life
by RILEY FISHBURN
Thanks to the efforts of Hip-Hop
Congress, Evergreen was finally able to
lure M 1 and Stic-man to the CRC for a
concert 12 years in the making.
However, despite the flawless performance of three or four of hip-hop's
perfect songs of the last decade - including "Radio Freq, Mind Sex, D.O.W.N.,
and Hip-Hop"- and an exciting overview
of the duo's recent recording activity
(including a new group album in progress
as well as a guest spot on the new Nas
album), there really was nothing extraordinary about the Dead Prez show.
The duo, who came together after meeting in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, have not been very active
performers in the past few years, and so
Evergreen was a special stop for them,
as opposed to one in a line of shows
designed to promote any particular new
material. Opened for by Sista Hailstorm,
an energetic performer and underwhelming lyricist, and Alpha- P, a diverse group
of hip-hopaholics, once on stage, the two
quickly exhibited the critical pedagogy
that makes them so popular at this learning institution.
Performing on-stage with M1 & Sticman was Umi, who looks to be featured
on the group's future work, and with good
reason. An unsolicited opening act, Umi
made the crowd forget for a few fleeting
seconds who it was they were waiting to
see.
On a peculiar note, they failed to address
the startling lack of diversity in the student
body. For an act so inspired by the blackpower movement, they must have been
surprised to see the blinding whiteness of
the crowd.
Those in the crowd who were not previously acquainted with DP's body of work
were quickly won over by the heavy
East-<Soast - Dirty South hybrid beats
.(produced mostly from within the group)
as well as the incendiary lyricism of
both MCs. To call Dead Prez a "socially
conscious" hip-hop act is to understate
the group's dedication to revolution, as
well as their struggle against government oppression, racism, sexism, and the
overarching apathy and ignorance of 21st
century hip-hop and the culture it repre-
sents. These are two genuine heroes of
the music industry.
In addition to a generous helping of
songs from both of their two LPs, they
also sprinkled in some special treats,
like an Evergreen-tailored cover of Pink
Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall."
Considering how high my bar was set,
the show was dope as hell, overall. I had
high expectations going in, and they were
exceeded. It's a shame they turned out to
be the second-biggest show of the night.
Eventually, word made its way to stage
that one of the members of the crowd
had been arrested. It seemed he'd been
involved in a fight. With Evergreen Police
Services' history of racial profiling accusations, things escalated when it became
apparent that the only African-American
involved in the fight was also the only one
arrested. M 1 then encouraged the crowd
to organize and monitor the situation.
What effect M1 's statements had, we
can't say. All we can say for sure is that
when the cops were ready to ride off triumphantly into the horizon, threat neutralized, the Greeners were ready to stop
them . The concert was over, but it was
clear the story was just beginning. After
protesting and chanting "Let him go! Let
him go!" for something like 15 minutes,
Greeners encountered violent opposition
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from the cops, who began hurling tear-gas
in every direction. This attack brought no
fewer than half a dozen students to their
knees, screaming in what appeared to be
a mixture of frustrated anguish and excruciating pain. The police car then began
slowly rolling away towards the station.
But then a remarkable thing happened
- the Greeners didn't go home. They
didn't forget what they'd witnessed and
submit. On the contrary, they were infuriated, and they once again blocked the
car's exit, resuming their protest. Some
students, however, enraged by the police's
conduct, began throwing garbage at the
cops and their getaway car; one blow
even managed to crack the windshield.
By that time, there was plenty of police
he pointed out a young child in the front
row who couldn't have been more than
6 himself. Where was he when the shit
hit the fan? Where should he have been?
How was it all explained to him?
Greeners have been called many things:
Hippies ... dirty ... smelly ... pretentious ...
but never violent. The bloodlust of the
student-body was palpable on this night,
but only after vile provocation on the part
of the cops, for the umpteenth time.
Our collective joy was subdued when
we realized we'd ultimately front the bill
for the damage we'd done. But one can't
put a price on the strength and will-power
we exhibited, headlong and berserk as it
was.
In the coming days and weeks, the police
will surely attempt to single out whoever
they can get evidence on, and prosecute
them. But the losses of the student
community will not be compensated for.
Some students lost their jobs that night.
Others lost their pride. And while no cops
were hurt, some students ended up in the
hospital, despite what you'll read in "The
Olympian" or "The Seattle Times ."
But no matter who pays the price for the
many who committed crimes of passion
that night, and no matter how unjust that
may be, we musn't forget that this was not
a black-and-white case of police brutality, nor was it an unequivocally unjust
arrest that started it all. We, the Greeners - not just the cops - let things get
out of control. Lingering acrimony from
the recent Olympia Port protests and the
personal vendettas stemming from them
played an undeniable role in this debacle.
The pent-up animosity between the police
and the Evergreen community is a big
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problem, and it will continue to manifest
backup on the scene, but the people had itself in situations that simply don't call
for violent rage - from anyone.
established a critical mass.
No, there wasn't much love on this
There was something in the air, a rebellious and challenging stance, fueled by Valentine's Day. At least, not in the
the confidence of our strength in numbers. conventional sense. Though, come to
"Get off our campus!" students screamed. think of it, I haven't seen so much elated
I'd be contradicting the spirit of the thing hugging and ecstatic screeching amongst
by feigning a reliable and sequential my peers at any other time.
Perhaps there was plenty of flower and
account of the budding riot at that point.
But it seemed evident to everyone but chocolate swapping going on elsewhere,
the cops that the Greeners would not be but no Hallmark-love was to be found
accepting defeat on this night. And even in the vicinity of the CRC. But where
love may have come up short, we were
they caught on eventually.
Once abandoned, the students took out compensated with rejuvenating feelings
all remaining frustration on the vehicle- of revolution, unity, youthful exhilarawhich was eventually flipped completely tion, and a reaffirmation of what exactly
upside-down, followed by the activation it means to be a Greener.
It's about more than writing evals and
of the siren. At this point the car looked
like a beacon of resistance, a celebration listening to open-minded music like that of
of accomplishment, and a rabid, face-up, Dead Prez. Sometimes, it's better defined
by passion for the moment, an eye for the
dying beagle - all at the same time.
I don't want to take anything away from good - guys and bad-guys, and bravery
a night of victory and resistance that the in the face of an authority figure who's
greater media will no doubt portray as a got your nuts in a vice. We saw all these
malicious attack by a dissolute gang of things and more on Thursday night, and
drugged-out delinquents, but one image I can't imagine any of us who were there
plagued me when I finally laid my weary will ever think about Valentine's Day the
same way again. We'll always remember
head to rest that night.
Just before performing "They Schools," where we were and what we were doing
Stic-man talked about his 6-year-old on February 14, 2008.
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February 21 1 2008
Horrifically unfunny
by DIANE TOFT-KNOWLES
Tako (octopus) is constantly picked on by Jetting him live and turning into sea foam,
her female classmates. One day, Tako wakes she does have a moment of doubt before
The common complaint about horror- up as an octopus from the neck down and gleefully plunging the knife into his chest.
comedy is that it's too funny to be scary or decides to kill off the girls who bullied her. (Her tongue is even hanging out.)
too scary to be funny, but Toru Yamazaki's Wacky death scenes ensue.
"Turns out I'm a modem girl after all! I
The sheer silliness of a human-headed · can't die for Jove! Tee-heel" This is probably
Octopus Girl comic is too stupid to be much
of anything.
octopus on a rampage hooks you at first, but supposed to be funny. To be generous, OctoThe story: a cute, naive girl nicknamed a stream of gore, death, and body fluids with- pus Girl has one funny moment. When Tako
out purpose make Octopus Girl discovers she can switch between octopusincreasingly painful to read.
girl and human, she spends a bunch of panels
Not long after those wacky death switching back and forth.
scenes, Tako falls in love with a
After her sixth switch, the foot of the author
boy who works at a seaside inn steps on her and yells, "You're holding up
,._ ___, and does the whole Little Mermaid the story!" Toru ·pulls this stunt three more
thing -the original Little Mermaid times, but it was only funny the first time.
thing where she turns into sea foam The "cursed hands of the reader" beat up the
if she doesn't get engaged to him in characters for marketing a fake CD, chewing
seven days, but she can kill him to up a swimmer for no good reason, and having
a story where the punch line is a scat joke.
stay human.
When she has to choose between
The last one has a splash page that shows the
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TAKO WAKES UP AS
AN OCTOPUS FROM
THE NECK DOWN
AND DECIDES TO
KILL OFF THE GIRLS
WHO BULUED HER.
The way Toru anticipates the reader's reaction shows he knows how bad at least some
of his writing is. Maybe he's trying to apologize to the reader, or mock them, or laugh at
himself, or just doesn't give a damn as long
as he fills pages and earns money. Whatever
the reason, when the only funny joke is the
author making fun of how bad his story is,
and the only trick up his sleeve is self-heckling, something is seriously wrong.
Diane Toft-Knowles is a junior currently
enrolled in Awareness.
'Want to be a better overaD human being?
by MARK ALFORD
Night. .. the damp, fall air hangs heavily over
Red Square. The pavement looks silvery and
glistens as its numerous puddles lazily reflect
the light from the street lamps above. A few
bright stars gleam in the gaps between the
clouds. It is almost ten o'clock in the evening
and not a sound can be heard save for the
wind rustling in the bushes lining the pathways from the square. All is still and quiet.
If you were some kind of transcendentalist
poet, you might find tranquility and a sense
of inner peace brought by the calm serenity
of the pacific northwest evening.
But, if you were NOT a loser, you'd think
this was totally BORING!!! That's why you
should join your friends who are whooping
it up and having a great time at the improv
show!
The Evergreen student group called The
Generation Friends Comedy Arts Coalition
puts on several improvisation shows a year.
We put on one in fall quarter and attracted
over I 00 audience members who all left the
performance teary-eyed - a common side
effect of prolonged exposure to comedy. If
you are one of the people who attended that
show, remember how funny it was? Well,
after a couple months worth of intense weekly
rehearsing, we are finally ready to break out
of our shell and deliver a triumphant series
of hard-hitting shows from now to the end of
the year!
Improv is basically where actors take
suggestions from the audience and make up
a scene as they go based on the suggestion. In
short-form, we perform scenes with specific
rules. For instance, in the scene "ABC," all
actors' lines must begin with the next letter of .
the alphabet in succession.
Other times, we whip out the challenging art
of long-form improv. Here, actors improvise
monologues and then deliver three scenes
based on elements of that monologue. It's a
little harder to explain but the entertainment
value is extremely high.
Comedy is not the only product we offer,
however. We also offer encouraging advice
for everyday life! Take this quote uttered by
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improviser CORBIN SMITH during our fall
show: "Life isn't about being happy all the
time. You gotta be sad ... all the time."
Have you ever seen a leprechaun getits head
stuck in a didgeridoo? What about two men
jumping off a bridge and using jellyfish as
parachutes? Have you seen a transsexual FBI
agent thwart a '70s-esque hippie revolution?
What about seeing all these in one night? All
these wacky events and more took place on
stage during our first show. What absolute
insanity shall ensue right before your eyes in
our next show?
We have two shows coming up. The first
will be a long-form show. The calamity will
take place on Thursday, February 21 starting
at 6:00p.m. in Lecture Hall I. Tickets are just
$1.00 and will be on sale at the bookstore
and at the door day of show. Keep your ticket
stubs for FREE addition to our second show!
Our second show will be a week later on
Thursday, February 28 starting at 6:00 p.m.
in Lecture Hall 1. This show will be a shortform production like the one we did in fall
quarter.
It should also be noted that, in addition to
improv, The Generation Friends also put on
multiple sketch comedy shows per year. Our
first show will be early in spring quarter. We
will be having more improv shows and more
sketch shows throughout the remainder of the
year so be on the lookout for our flyers!
Whether improv or sketch comedy, an
evening with The Generation Fritjnds
Comedy Arts Coalition is an evening you'll
never forget. And the cost of our two upcoming productions is only $1.00 so there's no
reason not to go! Unless, of course, you're
some kind of Thoreau wannabe and you
spend all your nights sitting in the dirt talking out loud to yourself about how you're the
only person who sees beauty in the simplicity
of nature.
Interested in joining The Generation
Friends? Send an email to either Zak Nelson
at nelzac27@evergreen.edu or Ryan Hitchcock at tyrannosaurus. debt@gmail.com.
Mark Alford is a freshman enrolled at the
Evergreen State College
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February 21, 2008
DJ B Girl, Alpha P, Sista
Hailstorm and Dead Prez
are scheduled to appear at a
Hip-Hop Congress show at
the back bay of the CRC.
The Hip-Hop Congress
makes arrangements for volunteer security workers to
attend the show and keep the
peace. By several accounts,
the contracted security neither wears badges nor identifies itself in any way.
Reports of activity at the
concert include, but are not
limited to: marijuana use,
fighting, inappropriate con.tact between male and female attendees, and other
infractions.
9:30
Show begins in the back bay of
the College Recreation Center
11:00
Reports of fight in audience
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9:30 to 11 p.m. Several concert attendees report inappropriate
and dangerous behavior from one of the people in attendance.
Students neither recognize nor identify volunteer security and
reports of a fight are received.
Midnight: Once security identifies a particular offender, Evergreen Police Services is called and responds within the hour.
Officer April Meyers responds to the dispatch and arrives at the
scene at roughly 12:04 a.m. A young African-American man is
taken into custody.
2:30 I
Students leave disabled car as
more cops show up
Some of the crowd advocates burning the car, some
have attempted to carry the
momentum to Police Services or other locations, but
the crowd dissipates, and
mostly disappear just before
State Troopers arrive in riot
gear.
Art Costantino, Vice President of Student Affairs, arrives at the scene with police
squads.
Troopers secure the area,
put the demolished squad
car back on its wheels and
tow it away.
CELL PHONE
Meyers interviews the suspect in her car and releases him.
Meyers is hit with pepper spray.
Thurston County officers have one car stuck in mud and another that won't start due to a mechanical malfunction. Officers extricate the vehicle stuck in the mud. Officers remove the
weapons from the car that won't start and move away from the
scene.
The crowd starts by throwing objects at the car, hitting it with
their fists and kicking it.
The crowd flips the Thurston County squad car.
2:00
Students kick, smash, paint, and
loot overturned car
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At about 1 a.m. Evergreen
Police Officer April Meyers
arrests an African-American
man who was identified by the
witnesses Meyers interviewed
upon arriving at the scene.
The suspect has been arrested
for misdemeanor assualt, but
has not been charged.
Meyers exits the CRC with
suspect in custody. Roughly
12 attendees approach Meyers questioning the legitimacy
of the arrest. Meyers explains
that she cannot take statements with someone in custody. Attendees are encouraged
to call Police Services.
Meyers decides to call in
Thurston County Police to
take statements from the
crowd.
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1:30
Concert-goers follow Evergreen
cop outside in protest
As the crowd swells and surrounds the car, the suspect is silent.
About 25 people have created a close circle around Meyers's
car. Many more are on the outskirts of the scene, watching.
Meyers reports that her car is being kicked and objects are being thrown.
Thurston County Sheriffs arrive to take statements, but find
that instead they need to clear the way for Meyers to remove
her car and interview the suspect.
Olympia, Lacey and Tumwater Police departments join
Thurston County Sheriffs to clear the area. Officers approach
and push through the crowd, using batons and pepper spray.
First arrest is made of individual
in question
Show organizers are left to clean glass, trash and other debris
well into the morning. Students that work in Housing also assist
with the clean-up.
Resident Assistants report cleaning up blood smears left by
participants in the riot.
Cleanup continues until 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning.
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This report was assembled over the past week using
information gathered by interviewing Officer April
Meyers, members of Hip-Hop Congress, and other
students present at the riot.
The times are approximate, and some aspects of the
story are still unclear.
Students with information about the riot arc encouraged to contact the Cooper Pointjournal.
Certain photos for this timeline came from either the
Geoduck Union video available online at www.youtube.com/ geoduckunion or a cell phone video taken
at the time of the riot.
The information was compiled by Seth Vincent,
Alex Paxton Casey Jaywork, and jason Slotkin.
3:30
Clean up efforts begin as authorities start asking questions
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II STUDENTSRESPONDTOTBEDEADPREZBIOT II
The wrong
kind of ism
by ALEX BERTOLUCCI
Everyone has heard
of the events at the
Dead Prez show, and
most people have heard
the
accusations
of
racism thrown at Police
Services. The problem
here is that the wrong "ism" is being thrown
at the wrong people.
The actions at the concert were nothing
more than a blatant case of men feeling their
masculinity threatened and trying to exert
their male power and control. It is a clear case
of "manarchy."
Spurred on by energetic, hate-filled lyrics,
the men at the concert were primed and
ready. The arrest by the female officer was
the last straw for them.
When the officer placed the young man into
custody, the men displayed symptoms of
THE ACTIONS AT THE
CONCERT WERE NOTHING MORE THAN A
BLATANT CASE OF MEN
I!J JONATHAN ATWOOD
Good job, oh ye of
Thursday night's fracas .
You have once more
stunned me with your
stupidity, your hypocrisy, and your lack of
forethought. I'm sure
I'm only going to be one out of many people
commenting on the "incident" (read "riot") at
the Dead Prez concert, but I' m pretty sure my
personal stance may be a bit unique.
What the hell were you all thinking?
Since when has it been constructive to
destroy and steal state property for your own
amusement? Since when has aggression ever
done anything but provoke more aggression?
Oh, and here's a big thank you for reinforcing the stereotype of young people these
days being reckless, destructive, and out-ofcontrol. Now, I already hear a lot of people
crying "racism" at the cops. Give me a break.
This is not the South during the 1960s. Olympia is not a hotbed of racial tension. I find it
ridiculously implausible that the Evergreen
campus police have suddenly become racists
along the lines of Jim Crow and segregationists. Besides, who the hell can tell me what
really happened? I haven't yet found anyone
who could tell me what the fight that started
this whole mess was about, or who started it,
or basically anything about it save that it was
a white guy and a black guy fighting. Let's be
sane here: the cops must have gotten called in
by someone, and it's surely that person who
told them who the aggressor of the fight was
- yet I don't see anyone hunting him down
and asking him what happened, or blaming
him for lying to the cops, or anything like
that. No, obviously it's the cops, doing their
job to the best of their ability, who are at fault.
Damn those racist capitalist pigs, right?
Never mind that the racist accusations are
coming on top of a load of hypocrisy so tall
I can't even see the top of it. First off, even if
the police's actions were racist, since when
is destroying a cop car a good response to
misconduct by authorities? I'm starting to
see that while we talk a good game about
peace, non-violent protest and the improper
use of force here at Evergreen, we apparently
only mean it when it applies to the other
side. The cops can't raise a finger without
the campus going crazy, but god forbid we
restrain our destructive impulses towards
them! How many fights does it take to prove
that violence does not engender peaceful
behavior? It's been proven repeatedly that the
only peace you get out of violence is the lull
while everyone reloads their guns.
Last, but certainly not least, thank you all
for making it harder for the rest of us. I don't
know about all of us here, but I at least attempt
to have a civil relationship with the authority
figures around Evergreen. I'm not trying to
suck up; it's just common sense. It's easier to
get what you want out of someone when they
FEEUNG THEIR MASCU-
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK THE LAW, AT
UNITY THREATENED
LEAST HAVE THE GRACE TO DO SO
what Dr. Olivardia, Dr. Phillips and Dr. Pope
call, "threatened masculinity," as explained
in their book, The Adonis Complex.
The men at the concert had to prove they
still had the upper-hand and that they were
the ones in control. This classic case of men
feeling castrated by a female authority figure
is disturbing, especially for a campus that
claims to be so accepting and progressive.
This riot did not happen because of who was
arrested; if that were the reason it should have
stopped when the young man was released.
Furthering the threat to their masculinity was
the fact that the second officer on scene was
also fema le.
This riot happened because the young men at
the concert would not allow the two females
to show they had power and control.
INTELLIGENTLY
Alex Bertolucci is a student at The Evergreen State College enrolled in an independent learning contract.
1- -
Thursday night's.fracas
HeR yeah!
I!J TRAVIS GREER
"In the interest of individual liberty, it is better
not to expand police
power or turn community
problems into a source of
police legitimacy. " ·
-Kristian Williams
Walter Rodney once questioned by what
standard of morality can the violence used by
the slave master be measured with the same
yardstick as the violence used by the slave to
have reason to trust you. You want the cops
to give you the benefit of the doubt next time
they come to your dorm because someone
smelled your pot smoke? Unsurprisingly, it
helps to give them the benefit of the doubt for
their actions first. The same goes for campus
administration - they're going to have to
spend thousands of dollars cleaning up the
messes we make, and then we tum around
and expect them to do us favors? Are you
kidding me?
Now, keep in mind, I' m not saying that the
cops are always right or that the administration always does everything right. Someone
has to watch the watchers, I agree. I do want
a full explanation for what went on the other
night. But destroying a cop car is not the
way to get answers, or peace, or any sort of
resolution. All you get is a war, a war that
will continue to escalate until someone wins.
That's just the way it works.
If this is your idea of a good fight, or of a
good way to get things done, then I'm scared
for the future of this school and this country.
If our experiences as a nation over the past
eight years have taught us anything, it's got
to be that the more you fight, the more people
get hurt - and that too often you end up hurting those who did nothing wrong. Me, I'm
sick of being caught in the crossfire.
P.S. A brief note to all of you who took
pictures of your friends destroying public
property and then posted said pictures on
Facebook: Are you completely out of your
mind? If you're going to break the law, for
god's sake, at least have the grace to do so
intelligently.
Jonathan Atwood is a student at The Evergreen State College.
Public comment/response to the Evergreen riot
My name is Laura, and
I am a senior here at
Evergreen . I have my
own strong political
beliefs, but by and large
I do not condone or
participate in violence
or politica l action . Not participating in
viol ence is a moral decision, and not
participating in political action stems from
a personal belief that I am more effective
cau sing change by revolutioniz ing my own
life and partic ipating in learning and change
to be passed down to the next generations.
I came onto the scene of the overturned
police car because I thought that people
needed first aid. I do not know how I would
have reacted to or interacted with the situation had I been there from the beginning.
What I do know is that thi s situation would
be very different if those involved had been
stubborn in not supporting violence of any
kind . Thi s includes destruction of property,
not because I defend property as I would
defend a life, but because destruction is
viol ent and the perception of destruction
changes the minds of those around us who
might oth erwise support us. Violence is
very powerful , like a fire that can eas ily
escape control and burn down the fo rest
and everything in its wake. This situation
has escaped us. The public perception of
Evergreen has been altered. Many people
support resistance to racial profiling, but
the example we have provided for how
to do this is not necessarily going to help
combat racial profiling, unnecessary security and surve illance, or police brutality.
We cannot predict what will happen from
the results of our actions , nor can we
predict how our actions will be perceived,
but by resisting violence, and the rel inquishment of our beliefs to the power of
group mentality, we can he lp insure that the
outcomes of the situations that we participate in reflect our own personal beliefs.
break his chains?
The propaganda machine is spewing
the values and supporting the interests of
(a)pocalyptic (b)ourgeois (c)apitalism. The
patriarch brought the Valentines Day love
upon itself, and unless significant revolutionary changes occur in society, the essence
(a,b,c) will be neglected and continue its
terracidal impacts on general existence.
• There was an altercation between some
people. The Evergreen Police were contacted
and arrived about 45 minutes afterwards.
Things were relatively calm; one of the
people involved insisted on pushing the issue.
He talked to the officer (Meyers) for about an
hour at which point the officer (under scrutiny by members of the community for white
supremacy) went into the concert and picked
one person out of a crowd of 800 people; of
the almost I 0 people involved in the scl{tfle,
only one ofthem was African-American, and
he was the one arrested
• He was escorted outside immediately and
put in the back of the police car. There was
no attempt to establish a dialogue between
the accuser and racially-profiled victim to
reconcile hostilities or the obvious inconsistencies of the accusation/subsequent arrest.
Furthermore, the officer made no attempt
to uncover more information from the many
witnesses now outside and instead insisted
that these concerns be.filed with bureaucracy
the next day. The officer was also asked if
there were to be more arrests, specifically of
the people who had assaulted the captive; she
again insisted that they file reports the next
day, meaning no further arrests were to be
made.
• The crowd offifty concerned people became
critical and angry ofthe cops refits a! to hear
the community s concerns and demanded the
release of the captive on the basis of racial
discrimination and police violence.
The officer would not listen. She told the
crowd she was going to take the suspect to the
precinct and would leave once more police
arrived. More police came, those dispatched
by Thurston County, and the Evergreen officer attempted to leave.
• The car was initially blocked by one person
who was violently pushed by the cops out of
the way. In solidarity two more people took
to blocking the car, one was pushed out of the
way and another dragged on the concrete.
by LAURA DONOHUE
Laura Donohue is a senior study ing Environmental Education.
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The car started to roll again, this time to
be met with a whole row blocking the way.
The crowd had grown to around 100, chants
ensued, and demands for the release of the
captive, and community control of our affairs
were repeated. Trash was thrown at the police
as they pushed at protesters and refused; the
police car was also tagged with markers. As
the situation escalated the police realized they
were not in control and began to entertain
the idea of release, deceptively attempting
to calm the situation. In reality, with typical
police ethic, they called for backup hoping
to violently clear the mob with 'Maximum
Force', once they could call their reserve
gang members. The show was now over,
and even more people poured outside onto
the situation. The police were now identifYing the captive. Once they had his information, they closed the door of the surrounded
police car again and nervously waited to the
sound of chants and the banging of fists on
the police car.
• About I 5 Olympia Police Departments
.finest came, this time with some riot gear
and pepper spray, and immediately, without
true warning began viciously spraying and
beating people with batons; indiscriminate
'Maximum Force' in progress. At least one
from the crowd was taken to the hospital
from this police assault. The police car's path
was temporarily cleared and the police cars
started to try and move out with the captive
inside. The infuriated, now brutalized crowd
reacted in self-defense ofthemselves/community and began throwing various objects at
the cops, including bottles, cans, rocks, and
trash cans.
• Police began falling back, getting in and
attempting to leave in their vehicles, which
were being hailed with objects and blocked
by masses of enraged anti-authoritarians
conducting direct action, civil disobedience
and community self-defense. After intense
conflict, militant pressure from the crowd
and a very hard time leaving safely, the police
finally let their captive go. One Sheriff's car
was abandoned by the police after they hastily
removed equipment from it (probably weapons) because it failed to start immediately
and the situation was hostile towards their
presence. The cops retreated completely, the
area was completely liberated, the prisoner
freed, and the rest, as we say is our story.
Travis Greer is a sophomore enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
Riot response:
A call for holdiDg the administration and police accountable
by CASEY JAYWORK
The article I originally
wrote in response to the
Valentine's Day Riot
was a condemnation of
the violence committed
by a small core of militants who have infiltrated
our school, and of the irresponsible mob
of students who allowed themselves to be
fomented into a destructive rampage against
police officers who were merely trying to do
their jobs.
I was wrong.
Footage which surfaced hours before
papers went to press- and which should
be publicly available online by the time
you read this-casts serious doubt upon the
rei iability of police and administration statements regarding the incident. Rumored to be
suppressed by officials under the pretext of
an ongoing investigation, this footage unmistakably identifies officers of the Olympia
Police Department-who until very recently
were conspicuously absent from official
accounts-aggressively initiating non-lethal
violence against an agitated but nonviolent
crowd.
The OPD officers used pepper spray,
manhandling, and swinging (not merely
shoving) batons to make their way from the
perimeter of the CRC (where their cars were
parked), through a young-looking crowd to
campus officer April Meyers' blocked cruiser.
The footage also shows that the students who
launched debris at police only did so afier
OPD initiated force.
Additionally filmed was the infamous
smashing and flipping of a Thurston Sheriff
cruiser, followed by students chanting, "We
win! We win!" They continued to attack the
cruiser, and some posed for photos on top of
it.
The shame I felt as a student upon hearing of
what I then believed to be an entirely unjustified riot on campus has been dwarfed by the
outrage I have towards the police, and to a
lesser extent campus officials, for blatantly
misleading students and Olympia about what
happened- in Les Puree's words- "ln our
house."
There is still important discussion to be had
Olympia SDS statement
On police racism
and violence on
February 14th
by MAXAMIA CODELLA
FERNANDEZ WITH
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE STUDENTS FOR A
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
The Olympia chapter of Students for a
Democratic
Society
condemns the racist
arrest that occurred
after the Dead Prez
show on February
I 4. The police are an
occupying force that brings violence and
enforces racism in our community, and
they demonstrated both of these traits
during the incident. The violence after the
concert was not initiated by the performers or the crowd, but rather by the police.
This is a concrete result of a history of
interactions between our communities
and the police.
In accordance with our mission statement, Olympia SDS supports all people
who resist racist, sexist and fundamentally oppressive police.
This statement does not mean that all
members of SDS agree with all tactics
used, but we agree that the police were the
initiators of the violence and had previously demonstrated racism that evening.
Olympia SDS urges complete non-cooperation with police investigations. We
call for the removal of police from The
Evergreen State College as they enforce
racism and violence in our community.
Maxamia Code/la Fernandez is a
student at The Evergreen State College.
about the validity of some students' decision
to block Meyers' cruiser in the first place, and
about the issue of primarily white students
appropriating the oppression of people of
color. None of this excuses the actions of
students who retaliated against police with
force, or of those who destroyed the cruiser.
But it certainly does mitigate their guilt.
The fact that police initiated force before the
crowd did is less important than the fact that
they and our administration have categorically misled the public about it. In doing so,
the police irrevocably crossed the threshold
from potentially exercising bad judgment to
proactively misleading the people they swore
OUR REPRESENTATIVES
SHOULD PUSH FOR
AN INTERNAL REVIEW
OF ALL CAMPUS
OFFICIALS INVOLVED
IN THE HANDLING
OF THE RIOT AND
ITS AFTERMATH
to protect and serve, as well as betraying the
law they're supposed to uphold. The misleading statements, if not outright lies, on the part
of our administration are a skid-mark on the
integrity of Evergreen, and lend validity to
future militant violence on our campus.
What now?
It is incumbent upon the student body and
our Geoduck Union representatives to force
administrative and police accountability
for this fraud . This may lead to reform in
the level of police presence and authority
on campus. Regardless, the partial-student
commission which Puree has charged with
investigating the riot has a clear imperative to
exhaustively (and transparently) review the
actions and statements of police during and
following the riot. As the only campus officer
involved, Meyers especially must be looked
at. Her complicity-or absence thereof, especially with regard to her statements about the
other police involved-must be established
beyond doubt.
Police departments outside of campus
jurisdiction must also be reviewed, whether
they like it or not. Since OPD both initiated
violence and then failed to be up front about
their involvement, our administration and the
Geoduck Union need to cooperate with the
Olympia City Council to facilitate a review
of individual police actions at and statements
about the riot. Thurston County Sheriff's
Department and the State Patrol need to be
examined as well.
The administration must also be held
accountable for their complicity in this. How
far it extends, and how we go about this, is
uncertain-but utilizing the Geoduck Union
as a forceful student voice seems like a good
place to start. Our representatives should
push for an internal review of all campus
officials involved in the handling of the riot
and its aftermath; contacting donors and
concerned parents might be an effective first
step towards enlisting their cooperation.
One of the most important-and difficult- priorities of the Union must be pushing
for in-house discipline of the students who
committed felony destruction that night. I'm
as concerned as anyone about the dissolving
of individual responsibility in mob situations,
but a brutalized mob is far less culpable than
a merely belligerent one. If ever there were
an ideal situation for Evergreen's trademark
restorative justice, this-a bunch of adrenalized kids provoked into an overreaction-is
it. Sending them to prison with a criminal
record will solve nothing, and the context of
violent, dishonest police officers negates the
concern people like me have about setting a
precedent of non-responsibility.
Our community is in a state of trauma and
crisis. Resolving the polarization between
police and students will require both militants and authoritarians to make concession, perhaps unwillingly. A unified stand
by students, parents, and alumni must force
them to. As Mr. Puree has said, we do indeed
need to get our house in order-but doing so
starts with the management.
Casey Jaywork is a student at The Evergreen State College. Fee/free to email him at
burch_9030@yahoo. com.
Greenery Society
by GERALD BLANCHARD
Ahhhh, the GREENERY. The melting pot
for some of the most
interesting and bizarre
characters
around
campus. My small
circle of friends and
I have made the Greenery and the people
within it one of the most entertaining things
about Evergreen. We don't necessarily go
to the Greenery because of the great food
(although fried chicken days are da bomb,
yo) but, moreso, for people watching.
I think, though, that we have possibly gone
beyond "people watching" and formed
some sort of weird ass television series with
headline characters like Shovel, Quarters,
Smiley, Mullet and Belly-Rubber. I know
you don't understand, but somewhere in the
back ofyour mind you do. Because honestly,
you have probably seen these people before.
Social atmospheres and the weird things that
people do have always interested me. What
can I say? I like observing other people in
"natural" surroundings (wow, I must sound
like a creep, did I really say da bomb earlier?).
But really, it's just something that twists my
mind. Eventually, when I grow up one day
I want to make films about people, so what
better way to get an idea about people, but to
watch them? So far, however, the Greenery
has been one of the most interesting people
watching adventures. Evergreen students
are some of the most unique people (to say
the least) and I think with the atmosphere
involved it brings out their inner uniqueness.
It's interesting how the Greenery has
become a social outlet for a lot of people. I
don't know ifthat makes some of us losers
because there are definitely other areas
where you can be a social butterfly or moth
(smoker tent?). But, I think it is mostly
because you see.the same people there every
time. Which represents, obviously, a small
community. And within this small community you have FOOD. Although maybe
not tolerable food, but food none the less.
Food loosens up the soul, baby, and allows
you to be the free loving greener that you
weren't able to be before you stepped into
the Greenery. Our relationship with food
in the first place is a social thing. We begin
eating with our families, which creates a
social environment early on.
see GREENERY, page 14
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February 21, 2008
STIJDENfRESPONSES TO
ARMY ADVERTISEMENf
Comment on media
support for army
recruiting
by C.V. ROTONDO
Opening the Cooper
Point
Journal
this
past Thursday, I was
astounded to find a full
page advertisement for
the U.S. Army, depicting soldiers in bold
berets and epic stances accompanied by an
announcement of monetary incentives for
enlistment. Granted, I have been at Evergreen but one year, I have never seen such
blatant propaganda (at least for the military)
presented in the school newspaper. The
insidious nature of this advertisement must
be framed in the context of media manipulation; the school newspaper is envisioned as
a vehicle for student-driven media and given
that military recruitment is a racist, divisive
practice of the U.S. government, its infiltration of our student paper is unnerving. If we
are to combat the racist, oppressive machinations employed by the military and the state,
we must have our own forms of media and a
comfortable space in which all members of
this community can express their concerns,
visions, and struggles. If the Cooper Point
Journal becomes an outlet for such oppressive, manipulative content, then this student
media outlet is effectively corrupted.
I am incensed to discover that, though
substantial pressure is applied to print such
material from both state and school bureaucracy, members of the newspaper staff retain
the capacity to choose what they print, including nefarious advertisements such as this. The
lack of leadership and community accountability demonstrated by certain members of
the newspaper staff is disconcerting. Beyond
the nature of this particular advertisement,
or any other sinister piece that might be
published, this is a matter of protecting and
defending a community-based media outlet.
As a representative aspect of the Evergreen
community, this advertisement stands as tacit
complicity with and support for a manipulative, racist process of military recruitment.
Based upon various conversations with
fellow students regarding the ad and the
undercurrents of outrage that accompany
them, this is an offensive misrepresentation
of the Evergreen community.
This brief letter is intended to voice great
fear at the corruption of community media by
structures of coercion and oppression, in this
instance, the military. Again, I must emphasize that this issue transcends that of military
recruiting, though this is a paramount issue
intertwined with those broader, and reaches
into the nature of a newspaper ostensibly
designed for voicing student concerns. While
a military recruitment advertisement may
precipitate vitriol against the oppression of
such an institution from myself, I understand
that my outrage does not compare to those
whom the military targets its racist and classdriven recruitment strategy.
My anger is of one level, that of someone
of such privilege, and I acknowledge, while
in no way attempting to represent anyone
beyond myself, that anger would not describe
the complex effects upon people of other
communities. If the CPJ intends to remain
a safe, inviting space for everyone in this
community, it must consider the ramifications and implicit messages of publishing
such material.
C. V. Rotondo is a student at The Evergreen State College.
Letter to the editor: Anny Ad
CPJ,
was
extremely
disturbed to see an army
advertisement in our
paper. So many of us are
putting in so many hours
of work trying to combat
from GREENERY 13
And when you ate with them at the
dinner table (or the living room) you
get to know them, you learn about their
day, you find out what happened, etc.
Essentially we don't eat alone to start off
with, so naturally as we become older it's
easy to put food and social stuff together.
Also, a majority of the people within the
Greenery, especially at night, are freshmen. A
lot of people probably had fears and worries
(nightmares) about making new acquaintances and besties,. so coming to this place
where a majority of newbs are, allows you
to make conversation without things getting
awkward. Social anxieties are cooled down
when you know other people may be thinking
the same things, so that makes the Greenery
a much smoother experience. And if they
army recruiters, and it is very disheartening
to see their ad in our own paper.
Do you really want us to be working against
you too?
Many people have lost a lot of respect for
the CPJ this week.
~ERAN
RHODES
did get awkward then you could just shove
your face with as much food as possible.
So, in the Greenery we have put these two
things together. Food and community. My
group of friends and I have watched others
react with their food and we've formed
our own personal interpretations of who
they are without even knowing them. Even
giving them pet names to refer to them by
because we're oblivious to their real names.
One thing that interests me is their reaction
to others. Do they have the same names for
us? People watching isn't only in one group,
everyone is doing it. I know people have
heard some of our conversations and have
either been entertained or repulsed. People
watching is basically entertainment, which
is the third part of the whole Greenery
experience.
Power Shift
by SCHUYLER TIMMONS
& ELISA OTTER
If this amazing transformation fails to
manifest we will be living in a world plagued
by drought, flooding, and disease. Within
This past weekend
two years we need to be well on our way to a
20 Greeners carpooled
sustainable and just world.
to Eugene, Oregon, to
This weekend went into the nitty-gritty
join forces with 200
details of how to go about solving this
hundred students from
immense crisis.
Washington and Oregon
It would be nice if we could just attack the
for Cascade
Power
whole thing at once, and pass this huge bill
Shift: Mobilizing Youth .-- -=----, through Congress that cuts emissions 80% in
for Climate Justice. The
20 years, but unfortunately we can't do that.
convergence was orgaAt least this year that won't occur, but next
nized to discuss how to
year, who knows?
grow and take action
This movement is taking off rapidly, which
as the youth climate
is very exciting. Right now we need to break
movement.
it down and go after each sector of our society
We must act boldly and swiftly to change through every avenue possible. The problems
this world as the detrimental effects of are vast and intimidating, but when you start
climate change are already occurring. The by targeting one issue at a time results are
weekend was filled with inspirational speak- probable. This is where the numbers come
ers including members of community-based in, because once you have the support you
organizations and policy leaders.
can go after many sectors, and cause mass
Students attended panels and workshops lead transformation.
by fellow peers and professionals addressing
On Sunday, four campaigns were drawn up
the key contributing issues of climate change by the attending students:
and how to implement solutions. The propos-Transportation Challenge: Freedom from
als were bold and non-compromising.
Oil!
The panels were designed to educate folks
-No LNG (liquefied Natural Gas)
on the issues we face
-Green for All! Green
while the workshops THE BOITOM IlNE IS WE Jobs and Social Justice
provided skills to overOpportunities in a
come them .
Panel HAVE TWO YEARS TO CAP New Energy Future
and workshop titles
-Turning up the Heat
included
"Climate
GLOBAL C02 EMISSIONS in Congress
Justice:
A
Social
With these campaigns
Movement", "Activ- AND RAPIDLY DECREASE
we will be working
ism 101", and "New
on our individual
Media Skills". The
THEM THEREAFTER. IN campuses and commuenergy felt over the
nities while supporting
weekend created confiFAIIJNG TO DO SO WE
each other regionally.
dence among students
These are powerful
WILL FACE DEVASTATthat we can and will
campaigns taking on
end this climate crisis
large policy decisions.
within our lifetimes.
ING REPERCUSSIONS.
Furthermore we need
Convergences
like
serious people-power
this took place all around the country this behind them.
weekend, including Texas, Ohio, the entire
We are calling on the Evergreen community
Southeast, and Maine, among others. This is to join us in our fight towards a sustainable
a nation-wide student movement, all preach- and just future for us ail.
ing the message of climate-positive visions.
There is no question that this can become
The bottom line is we have two years to cap a reality, but we need to be active about it.
global C02 emissions and rapidly decrease This is about people rising up, recognizing
them thereafter. In failing to do so we will and reclaiming our power. This is the greatest
face devastating repercussions. To overcome movement of our time.
this challenge, we must come together as a
If you are interested in getting active, we
global community and fundamentally trans- are meeting at 8:00p.m. Tuesdays, third floor
form the way we currently operate. This will of the CAB. Questions: contact Schuyler
prove to be the greatest revolution ever seen. Timmons schuyler55@yahoo.com or Elisa
This may sound like a hopeful yet idle call Otter elisaotter@gmail.com, and also visit
for world peace, that you've heard over and www.cascadeclimate.org. We encourage
over again, but the difference now is, we are at everyone on campus to start getting involved
THE TIPPING POINT! Failing to empower in this exciting and powerful movement.
people to build strong communities based on
a local clean energy economy will result in
Schuyler Timmons and Elisa Otter are
tremendous devastation.
students at The Evergreen State College.
We find our entertainment within each
other. And we have formed a sort of
"celebrity style" world where you can't
do anything without people noticing.
But as the first year comes to a close, and
it's coming quick, I can't really see myself
making my routine trip with my group next
year.
I'll definitely go back to check it out, but
it will definitely be a different experience.
New faces, new characters, new me and a
new you. Which is sad, because as I have
said the Greenery has become a part of my
Evergreen experience. I've had many memorable moments with my friends; sometimes
watching people, sometimes discussing
what we want to do with our lives, and
whatever. And at the end of the day we may
not be full because of the food, but because
we've bonded over something so ridiculous.
In that sense it's really sad that this part of
our college life is about to be over. We'll
find something new, we'll bitch about a
new Shovel (maybe her name will be like
Thumbtack), we'll fawn over a new Quarters and then hate him later and eventually
we'll make the same lasting memories that
we did before. But it will never be the same.
Because after all, no place stays the same
forever and the faces always change.
Just remember, you will always have those
few people (my catty group of friends)
that can always make you forget how
terrible your food is and make your night so
wonderful.
Gerald Blanchard is a freshman enrolled
in Made for Contemplation.
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Get thee to a nunnery:
Chicks and casual sex (part II)
by ERIN RASHBAUM
Welcome back, kids!
In last week's episode,
we started talking about
casual sex: Why have it?
Is it for you? Is it safe or
practical? We all know
that sometimes guys just
want sex, while other times they want more.
Many women are the same way. They may
not necessarily know how to articulate that
they want to have sex sans fidelity, or how
to make it happen simply and drama-free
without getting hurt, so that's what I'm here
to talk about. Without further ado, here's the
exciting conclusion:
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He's Just Not That Into You
This is the title of a book that I consider the
antithesis of a woman's choosing to have
casual sex. Penned by a writer for "Sex and
the City" and her misogynist dick-wad male
counterpart, it tells, amongst other things,
that guys don't like girls who show interest
in them. Seriously, is this 1950? Sure, too
much attention can read as crazy, but women
can absolutely show interest or even initiate
without the guy thinking she's a desperate,
pushy weirdo! Since reading this book, my
mother literally does not allow my elevenyear-old sister to call her male friends. Crazy,
eh? I don't want a guy who needs me to play
hard-to-get!
If he's not into you, you'll get the idea. If
you're not sure, open up your trap and talk
about it. Regardless, it probably has nothing
to do with your boldness. If it does, do you
really want him anyway?
Honesty is Your Best Policy
If you want to fuck a guy you just met and
don't intend to see again, fine. Tell him where
you stand. If you want to sleep with a good
friend or acquaintance, but not actually date
them, say so. Perhaps you enjoy dating and
sleeping with a person, but know you won't
want to be monogamous. Be clear and up
front about it. Say you've never slept with a
woman and are curious, but wouldn't actually want to date her. Let her know! Being
honest and open about your intentions early
on will save a lot of grief later. If you're
schtupping this person, you should be able to
talk to them! It might hurt them at first if they
want something deeper than you, but it stings
a hell of a lot more if you lead them on before
letting them know you're not interested.
If you're considering doing the horizontal
mambo with someone, a basic "Hey, is there
anything I should know?" is a smart move.
This is the time for something like, "Yeah,
I have herpes," "Well, I had unprotected sex
recently and haven't been tested," or, "I fall
desperately in love with everyone I sleep
with." It is not the time for "My cock's name
is Bromius," "I had an abortion when I was
sixteen," "I've slept with fourteen people," or
"My ex and 1... "Don't talk about your ex.
No one wants to hear it. Oy vey.
You Don't Own Me
So, how can you enjoy casual sex without
getting attached or letting people get too stuck
on you? You may or may not be seeing other
people; they may or may not be seeing other
people. That's it! You don't hear about it,
you don't see it, and you never have to think
about it! Why would you want to? Worrying
about that stuff sucks ass. When you're with
a person, you can be present with them and
fully enjoy the moment. When you're not
with them, you needn't wonder what they're
doing. Who cares? Even if you don't perceive
this to be an issue for yourself, it is for a lot
of people, so your best bet usually is sticking
with this tactic.
He Won't Buy the Cow if He Gets the Milk
for Free
Well, maybe she doesn't want to be bought!
Who's calling her a cow anyways? Hey,
maybe she just likes him sucking on her
udder! Cows have feelings, too. And milk
is tasty! The more, the better! Ifyou do buy
the cow, you can be the only one who gets to
suck her sweet titty nectar. But why buy the
cow, when you can have a dairy farm? Drink
up, kids. It does a body good.
Casual Sex in Olympia
This is a relatively small town. Watch out.
Everyone knows each other through someone else. Make smart decisions when choosing your partners. Though your sex life isn't
anyone's business, people do like to talk and
who wants to get caught in a web of gossip?
The best way to keep it clean and simple is
to NEVER, EVER FOOL AROUND WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS IN A RELATIONSHIP! It's a terrible, hotTible, awful idea
and will only lead to mucho drama. If there
is deception afoot, throw your pants back on
and head for the hills. Blue balls (or ovaries)
now are totally worth avoiding weeks of
bullshit later.
Your sex life is in your hands, ladies. Do
with it what you will. If you're only comfortable having sex in a relationship, then that is
just fine. Just promise me you'll masturbate
every now n' then. If you do feel you'd
enjoy sex outside of monogamy, I hope
you'll keep in mind what I've said. There's
a whole world between one-night stands and
monogamy. Explore new terrain. Learn what
does and does not work. It doesn't have to be
The word anarchy is
derived from the Greek
term anarkhos, meaning
"without a ruler." Anarchy is thought to have
first been exemplified by
the Chinese Taoists in
the 6th Century. Taoists are most commonly
known for what Westerners call Daoism.
According to faithful Wikipedia, Taoists
believe in the Three Jewels of the Tao;
Compassion, moderation, and humility. with
an emphasis placed on the link between
people and nature. Taoism teaches that this
link lessens the needfor rules and order, and
leads one to a better understanding of the
world
Take a deep sigh, breathe in with the new,
out with the negative, and repeat. Daoism: it
makes you feel holy, in that, I don't believe
in the Bible kind of way. I assume you are
most likely reading this article while at our
wonderfully neo-hippie Evergreen. A mecca
for the mainstream high school outcasts,
a gathering place for the Eco conscious,
command center for the vegan militia, and bat
cave for the newly founded Emo movement.
Yet, I have been unable to reach my level of
Zen lately, troubled deeply as I meander my
way to class in the evening hours.
At first it began as merely something to
smirk at, with the sunset kissing good bye to
our forest friendly concrete buildings, a small
glimmer of a spray painted mantra etched on
the wall was nothing to worry about. Graffiti
is youthful, in my mind, and in some extent,
evokes the same feelings as Play-Doh does
for me with my time in kindergarten. It goes
with the territory. However, what was once
something I regarded as playful has become
a costly epidemic.
Evergreen Housing has currently paid
over $1,440 towards clean up alone. Is
this the cost of an anti-Capitalistic rebellion? This writer is outraged that some sect
of anarchists has found it appropriate and
meaningful to deface a school designed with
SPRAY-PAINTING MY
LIBERAL COLLEGE
WITH LIBERAL
IDEALS IS THE
ULTIMATE CLICHE.
the best of intentions to empower youth with
individualism and a uniquely independent
education.
Would this be more wholly appropriate, say,
on the campus of a more right-wing school?
No, if the anarchy collective is recruiting,
then there should be some propaganda on
the adjoining pages of this paper, written
solely to persuade those to their cause.
How is the use of an aerosol pollutant a
means to inspire? In fact, how is the sheer
lack of any recognizable entity a way to
gather followers? I mean, where do I meet
you if I want to enlist? Do I just blindly
Erin Rashbaum is enrolled in Me and My
Shadow. If you missed last weeks article,
you can request it at sexualqueries@gmail.
com. You can also send questions or ideas for
upcoming articles there. No personal stuff,
please.
Potty Parity
and
Evergreen
by NICOLE LAMB
choose public and private property and color
over it? What color do I use? Is there an
anarchist mixer where we can swap stories of
how many road signs we've "conquered?"
My advice to the group of misunderstood youth who have chosen anarchy as
their way to belong, just like some choose
Mormonism or the Marine Corps, is to go
after a more worthy target. Spray-painting
my liberal college with liberal ideals is the
ultimate cliche. If I were a troubled teenager
with a penchant for petty crime and the rush
it gives me, I would go after a real target that
represents capitalistic greed. The Capital
Building. That way, while I am enjoying
my beautiful sunset walk with my girlfriend
around Capital Lake, we can both take solace
that someone has taken the risk to write in
blue industrial spray paint "Gregoire Sucks,"
across the capital dome.
Perhaps Evergreen is to blame after all? I
should be writing this to Mr. Puree instead,
blaming him for the founding ideals of this
school. You taught one too many kids to
think freely, and they have now turned their
delusions of grandeur and boredom into a
spray-painting social club! It is saddening
that of all the current events in this world,
from Kenya to Iraq, I am spurred to put text
to paper admonishing the equivalent of petty
vandals. Yet, this is my home and I love
what this school has given me, so put down
the spray can and go be a martyr where it
matters.
As many may of have
noticed, there has been
a change in the bathrooms of Seminar II this
year. What were once
gendered (male or female
designated) single occupancy restrooms, have now become gender
neutral or unisex. This result came about
due to advocacy from many persons in the
Evergreen community to Evergreen Facility
Services and Space Committee. Recently,
there have been signs in the gender neutral
restrooms that had been formerly designated
as female. The signs asked for people who
wished for the restrooms to be returned to
being female designated, to email the space
committee and ask for it to be changed back.
Along with this the flier gives an article on
"Potty Parity" or the idea to create a larger
ratio of womens' to mens' restrooms to
prevent the long lines that often form in
womens' restrooms. Unfortunately the flier
did not give contact information for those
that put it up, limiting the avenues of discussion that can be taken.
A push for Potty Parity is not unique to
Evergreen as cities such as New York have
instated the policy to certain extent in recent
years. However, the creation of such a policy
here at Evergreen in Seminar II presents its
own problems. Gender neutral restrooms
provide a range of benefits that would be lost
if changed. They offer restroom safety for
all who use them by offering an alternative
to the traditional male and female segregated
restrooms which are often policed for those
who are not seen as belonging there by
others such as transgender people or anyone
who may not fit into traditional ideas of what
a man or woman looks like for whatever
reason. The privacy of a single-person restroom can provide greater security to a person
than a multiple person restroom with locking
stalls. Gender-neutral restrooms provide a
place for parents with differently gendered
children to take to the restroom. The restroom
provides a person more space and can allow
easier access to people than a stall. By having
gender-neutral restrooms as an option, people
can help cut down possible lines by simply
using another restroom. Fortunately in the
Seminar II cluster, if the restrooms are overcrowded, people simply can travel to another
building close by or travel up or down a floor.
We can hope that instead of getting rid of
these gender neutral restrooms, Evergreen
will instead choose to add more in future
remodeling so that all students can continue
to benefit from them.
Dylan Houston is ajunior enrolled in Cognitive Computation and New Media Studies.
Nicole Lamb is a student at The Evergreen
State College.
A history ofAnarchy: Daoism with a price tag
by DYLAN HOUSTON
a lifestyle choice. Perhaps you'll just dabble
until the right one comes along. Personally,
I believe that if more girls slept with each
other, the world would be a happier place.
Maybe give it a try, eh?
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JENNIFER SOLBERG #33 ,
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14.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.4 apg,
41 FG%, 0.9 spg
Third all-time in points scored
• and ppg, second all time in rpg
GRADUATING SENIORS
WHAT'S NEXT?
by ZACH LICHT & DAVID RAILEANU
Coaching, probably rec leagues
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAMS GRADUATE
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seeing everyone get flown in from '
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to do so, holding the 'Ducks to 33% shooting in the second half, while shooting 60%
themselves.
There were also some interesting calls
from the officials, or lack thereof, that
seemed to greatly assist EOU when Evergreen began to claw their way back.
After trailing by as many as 20, the guys
seemed to be rolling, bringing the game
within 11 .
But as the 'Ducks began to get a fast
break going, Michael Ward was forced
towards the sidelines, but was able to
save the ball almost right in front of the
Evergreen bench. However, the referee
signaled the ball out of bounds, bringing
the entire Evergreen bench off their feet,
angry at a horrible call.
EOU promptly hit three straight threepointers, where the game was essentially
over with the Geoducks never being able
to bring the game back within 20. The final
After a tough win against the College of
Idaho, where they ran their season high
winning streak to eight straight, the #23
Geoducks were finally brought back to
earth with a loss to # 11 Eastern Oregon
University, 93-66.
From the opening jump, the 'Ducks struggled to keep the game at their pace, falling
behind quickly, 8-16. From here, the guys
settled down and went on a run to bring
the EOU lead down to one, 24-25. The two
teams would battle each other for a while
with the score being tied at 33. But it was
here that EOU went on a tear, outscoring
E-State 15-2 in the last 4 minutes of the
first half to take a 13-point lead into half,
35-48.
Hoping to make a run in the second half,
the Geoducks came out and tried to pull it
together. But EOU would not allow them
score was 93-66 and brought the eight game
winning streak to a disappointing end.
In this game, the Geoducks seemed to be
just a step too slow and none of their shots
seemed to be falling. Evergreen uncharacteristically shot 40% from the field, and
allowed EOU to shoot 57% from the field.
They also missed all of their three-pointers
in the second half.
Perhaps they were a little tired from a
tight game the night before. Nate Menefee
was held in check, only scoring 14 points.
Nick Moore would lea'd all scorers with
15, with Julio Feliciano having a strong
13, and Thomas Howard chipped in with
11.
But an eight game win streak? That's
alright - it's the best the school has had in
the last seven years. The Geoducks might
have missed out on the #2 seed in the playoffs, but clinched the #3 seed. Surely, this
was alright with Coach Drinkwine. But he
BRYN HARRIS
NATE MENEFEE TAKES A SHOT
had other ideas about his team.
"We're not about alright - we want to be
the best."
Finally, for the first time in a while, we
have a team and coach whose commitment
to excellence we can be proud of.
Zach Licht is a freshman enrolled in
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by ZACH LICHT
Going into Saturday afternoon, many
would have thought that the Evergreen
Geoducks had no business winning their
Saturday night match-up with Eastern
Oregon University, despite being at home.
EOU was the top team in the entire
Cascade Conference. Plus, they were
nationally ranked #23 coming into the
game. And on top of that, Evergreen had
just had a hellacious win the prior evening
against the College of Idaho, and would be
exhausted.
It would have been very easy and prob-
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MOLLY CLARK TAKES A STAND
ably correct to bet against the Geoducks if
the game was played in Vegas .
But that's why the game is played.
Pulling a true shocker, not only did the
Lady 'Ducks win, but they did it in stylish
fashion.
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Molly Clark would hit the first shot of the
game, a three-pointer, that would spark
the Geoducks to race out to a 21-11 lead
featuring 10 by Rosalind Lee in the first
ten minutes. The game would slow down
considerably at this point, with points
being harder to come by. EOU would end
the first half making a small run to pull the
game within seven.
The start of the second half seemed
to have both teams locked in a draw.
However, EOU began to show why it was
the top team in the league by methodically
pulling back in the game and taking their
first lead with 15 minutes left to play.
For much of the remaining time left, the
Lady 'Ducks would play from behind, but
would simply not die. EOU would take a
seven-point lead, which, on cue, the Kristi
Auckland show began. Auckland would
score 12 of her team's high 18 points in
the last ten minutes.
But the real drama of the game began
with about five minutes left to play, when
Jennifer Solberg put back an offensive
rebound to tie the score at 50. For the next game-winning steal. After two Joy White
three and a half minutes, both teams would free throws, the buzzer soon followed, and
match each other side by side, and score the upset was complete. In the process, the
'Ducks would clinch a playoff spot.
for score.
The game was as crazy as it was breathWith the Geoducks trailing 59-60, Auckland would step up and nail a huge three taking. Despite being out-shot by nearly
to bring a two-point lead with just over a I 0 percent, the ladies out-rebounded EOU
minute left. However, EOU would quickly 32-20, including 14 on offense. The scorrespond with a three-point shot of their ing was very well rounded with five players
own, taking h·one-point'lead with under a in double figures: Auckland led all scorers
with 18, 12 by each Clark and Lee, and I 0
minute to play.
Taking a quick timeout, Evergreen came from both White and Solberg. Clark shot
back on the court needing only a normal 4-for-4 from the three-point line.
field goal to take a lead. But EOU wouldn't
After the game, Coach Heuer made a
let them get the ball down low to Solberg, great emphasis on praising both her team
who it looked as though would be the one and the fans. "We had a real home advantaking the shot. So with 25 seconds left, tage, and we want that for years to come."
Molly Clark would nail a deep three that With the team red-hot, heading to the
made the gym erupt, taking a 65-63 lead. playoffs, who knows how deep they can
After the game, Clark said on the shot, push a run? If they play the way they did
"I didn't think about it, cause if I did, I on this day, then they will win the league
would've missed it."
championship.
But 25 seconds can be an eternity in
sports. Aided by a crowd that was absoZach Licht is a freshman enrolled in
lutely going bonkers, EOU was unable Looking Backward.
to set up their offense due to a ferocious
-------------------------------defensive stance, and were forced to take a '
timeout with 11 seconds left.
It was here that the game was decided.
In a game of big play after play, Kristi
Auckland would again step up, making the
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February 21 to 28
February 21, Thursday
One Size Does Not Fit All, revisited
Body hate, patriarchy & consumer
culture with Beverly Naidus. 6 p.m.
Sem II,AII07 .
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Armando: lmprov Comedy Show.
Thrill to a series of absolutely true
monologues and the completely
tangential scenes they inspire. Tickets
are available in the bookstore for $1
or at the door day-of-show. There will
be refreshments and baked goods. 6
p.m. Lecture Hall I .
The Phrontisterion proudly presents The Birds! It's sexy, political,
and deliciously complex : So join us
for our third annual winter comedy at
7:30 p.m. on February 21, 22, and 23.
All performances will take place in
the COM Building Recital Hall, free,
Free, FREE of charge!
Come alone, with a friend or in a
group. Suggested $5 donation . 7 p.m .
to 10 p.m . Sem II, B1107 .
The Phrontisterion proudly presents The Birds! It's sexy, political,
and deliciously complex . So join us
for our third annual winter comedy at
7:30p.m. on February 21 , 22, and 23 .
All performances will take place in
the COM Building Recital Hall , free,
Free, FREE of charge!
Michael Moore's Sicko Moore's
controversial film about health care
in America screening at Evergreen for
$1. 7:30p.m. CRC.
Evergreen Student Productions
TV broadcast ESP is now hosting
weekly TV broadcasts between 6 to I 0
p.m. every Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday! If you're on campus and want
to see a lecture or show you missed
or maybe check out some student
productions, tune in to Channel 17!
Questions? Comments? Want to Join
the Group?? Contact osmjus 15@
evergreen.edu. Meetings Thursdays 5
p.m., Cab TV Lounge.
Wintergrass 2008 If you like bluegrass you need to check out the annual
Wintergrass festival in downtown
Tacoma, February 21-24. You can
find information on performances and
workshops at www.acousticsound.
org
February 22, Friday
Global warming legislation funding press conference WashPIRG
students from across Washington are
holding a press conference to call for
funding for four bills that are currently
in session. We will present a petition
with more than 1,000 signatures to
four legislators, who will be speaking
on behalf of the bills. They will have
visuals, including petition signatures
on a paper mache polar bear and a
. banner. 12 p.m. State Capitol Steps.
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Contra Dancing Featuring the Old
time Celtic, Bluegrass, & French
Canadian music of The Retrospectacles. There will be a brief introduction and everyone will be taught how
to dance. No fancy steps are required.
meetings:
Wheels of Justice Non-violent
education and action against war and
occupation in Iraq & Palestine for
justice and universal human rights .
www.wheelsofjustice.org Sponsored
by SESAME. 7 p.m. Sem II Cl105 .
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 ..
February 26, Tuesday
Melissa Shiff, Evergreen Gallery
Artist Lecture Series Shiff is a
video, performance and installation
artist who specializes in utilizing
Jewish myths, symbols and rituals in
the service of social justice and activism as well as engaging with issues of
cultural memory. 3:45 to 5:15p.m.
Lecture Hall I.
WEDNESDAYS
Amnesty International
CAB 320, I2:30 p.m.
ATF Appearing Task Force on
Anti-Oppression CAB 320, 1 p.m.
Bike Shop 2 p.m.
Chemistry Club LAB II 2207, 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 II A3105, I p.m.
Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
Geoduck Union SEM II
Cl107, 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, 4:30 p.m.
Musicians Club CAB 320, I :30 p.m.
SESAME Students Educating
Students about the Middle
.~ 1·East, SEM II E2107, 1 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 2I30
Writing Center, 4 p.m.
Creative Writing workshop The
Writing Center 's creative writing
workshop. 4 to 5:30 p.m. Lib 2310.
February 27, Wednesday
Olympia Film Society weekly film
screening Taxi To The Dark Side 6:30
p.m. nightly and The Kite Runner 9
p.m. nightly until Feb. 28.
February 23, Saturday
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.
group
workshops for students interested
in Palestine solidarity work including planning educational events,
supporting those traveling to the
region and learning how to talk about
the conflict. Sponsored by SESAME.
5:30p.m. Sem II E2107.
Non-Violent
Communications
work-shop First half of a 16-hour
workshop facilitated by Simona
Sharoni. Sponsored by Master in
Teaching Graduate Student Association. To register contact ext. 6479.
9:30 a.m . to 5 p.m. Sem II, B II 07.
Cower and Stampede in concert
Student bands Cower and Stampede
rock the stage. Show is all-ages and
open to the community. 7 p.m . to 12
a.m. HCC .
February 24, Sunday
Non-Violent
Communications
workshop Second half of a 16-hour
workshop facilitated by Simona
Sharoni. Sponsored by Master in
Teaching Graduate Student Association. To register contact ext. 6479.
9:30a.m. to 5 p.m . Sem II, B II 07.
Let's Eat Through the Wall A benefit for Bridges Not Walls Immigration
Conference. On the menu: huevos
rancheros, potatoes, chorizo, frijoles,
soy-rizo, gluten-free yamcakes and
other yummy delights. 9 a.m. TO 2
p.m. 523 Central St. SE.
Academy
Awards
Party · of
Awesome Watch the Oscars, eat
food, win chocolate statues. Prizes
for dressing up and guessing award
winners! 4 to 9 p.m. HCC.
February 25, Monday
Winter Advising Festival Meet
with faculty from across the curriculum and advisors . Free Ice Cream. 4
to 5:30p.m. HCC.
Palestine
Education
Project
Potluck A series of participatory
Autism Awareness Rally Families
from around the state are invited to
come and share their stories with
their legislator and gather together
in support of issues common to
those living with- autism. This event,
sponsored by Autistn Society of
Washington, aims to put a face on
autism . For more info contact Patty
Gee PattyJGee@comcast.net. 12 p.m.
State Capitol Rotunda.
Grammar Garden The Writing
Center's grammar workshop. I to 2
p.m. Lib 2310.
Adjusting your headset Come learn
how to put on a headset. Headset?
What's that? It's the fork, bearings,
and handlebars - basically the front
of your bike. The bike shop promises
it'll be fun and interesting. 3 p.m . Cab
Rm 011 .
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 .
THURSDAYS
Common Bread
Longhouse I 002, 5 to 8 p.m.
Sabot Infosquat Library
Proper Room 3303, 4 p.m.
Generation Friends SEM
II C1105 6 to 8 p.m.
VOX CAB 320, Solarium, 5 to 6 p.m.
Mindscreen sci-fi double feature
Serenity and Primer Serenity at 7
p.m. Primer at 9 p.m. Doors at 6 p.m.
SATURDAYS
Capoeira COM 209,
12:30 to 3:30p.m.
Lecture Hall I.
Fall of Electricity and The Evening
Episode Free concert, bring donations
or cash to purchase albums. 8:30p.m.
Artisan's Cafe, I 09 N Capitol Way.
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February 28, Thursday
James Yee Presentation on Guantanamo Bay. Part of Amnesty International's lecture series Human Rights
& the "War on Terror." 6 p.m. Lecture
Hall 3.
Black History Month movie night
Come watch an important film on
black history month and enjoy some
free dessert and discussion . Open to
the public . 7 to 9 p.m. HCC.
Sendyour calendar listings to cpj@evergreen.edu
Thursday, Feburary 28
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Alice in Dragland The dance
kicks off at 7! A drag show at
8! Larry Milton gets his funny
on! More dancing to the sweat
sounds of DJ Goonie! ONLY
$3 at the door. Sales from
refreshments will benefit the
Evergreen Crew Team. 7 p.m .
to 11 :55 p.m. Sem II C1107.
Literary reading hosted by
Writers ' Guild 7 p.m . Organic
Farm.
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