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ISSUE 21, VOLUME 36, APRIL 17,2008
CAB designers take comments from students, staff
Briefs
Design for CAB renovation becoming specific
l!Ji JASON SLOTKIN
Members of the architecture
firm that is redesigning the CAB
met with various students, the
Bookstore, and the Greenery on
Wednesday.
The representatives of the firm
went over floor plans with student
groups and student activities staff
to determine if the designs met the
needs of the CAB occupants.
Dick Clintworth, of facilities
refers to the CAB being in a transition period. This is a period where
the committee is narrowing down
the final floor plan and working on
the particulars of the design, such as
the building interiors and offices.
Gender Neutral
Theme Housing
However, the schematic design
has yet to be reviewed by the board
of trustees. The design would have
to be approved before the next stage
of development could officially
begin.
Members of the CAB committee
must also decide if the building
should include upgrades such as a
geothermal heating unit. The unit
would be more energy efficient but
would cost more than retaining the
CutTent heating system.
The CAB redesign committee
will meet with the architecture firm
on April 30, at 2 p.m.
JasonS/otkinisajuniorenro//edin
an independent learning contract.
STUDENT LEADERS REVIEW STUDENT ACTIVITIES FLOOR
PLANS FOR NEW CAB DESIGN WITH DESIGNERS FROM
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STUDENT VOICE
Green
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Two months ago, when a group of overzealous people turned over a police cruiser
in the early hours of the morning, no one
could foresee the long lasting effect on
the Evergreen community. Students were
arrested, the virtues of the police were
questioned, and the Evergreen community
was split. Not only were students divided
over the punishment of their fellow students
but students and the administration were
divided over the President's request to
the S&A Board that student fees pay for
reimbursement of damages to the Thurston
County Police department.
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Two months later, it's still not clear where
we go from here, but Roze ll Townse nd, a
student at Evergreen, has a plan that he hopes
will pave the way to peace. Townsend and
his colleagues at The Musicians Club, HipHop Congress, KAOS, S&A Productions
and other groups including Synergy, Mindscreen, and Sabot Infoshoppe are organizing
an event called Green Week.
Taking place in Red Square May 19 to 23,
Green Week will be an opportunity for the
Evergreen community to come together and
celebrate our achievements and success
this year. The goal is to end the negativity Evergreen has been facing since the
incident following the February 14 Dead
Prez concert. Green Week is intended to be
a chance for our community to be uplifted,
to express our pride and appreciation for
Evergreen.
A collaborative effort on all sides, Green
Week will include workshops, guest speakers, live music, art galleries, games, activities and more .
One of the main eve nts planned is a Red
square concert ser ies that will broadcast live
on KAOS, a collaboration ofKAOS and the
Musician's Club. A swing band will kick off
Monday's events, followed by Latin music
on Tuesday, rock on W dnes a , un on
Thursday and hip-hop on Friday.
When asked if he was worried about the
moratorium banning musical events on
campus, Rozell stated that he is not at all
worried. He is on the concert policy review
committee investigating the school's policies and procedures and says they are nearly
finished with their work. "We had to revise
it quite a bit." The focus was on security
and policies for facilities.
The themes for Green Week are sustainability, unity, community, social justice, school
spirit, the arts, and solidarity. Townsend
see GREEN WEEK, page 6
Tragedy on campus
Geoduck Student
Union update
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see GSU, page 4
ewFaculty
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Two faculty hiring Disappearing Task Forces have made final
decisions on eight new faculty
hires. The decisions are the
result of a concentrated effort
to meet the academic demands
of the faculty and to address an
extensive and qualified applicant pool.
Positions filled include Spanish
literature and language, Classical
Studies, Public Health, Teacher
education - Language arts,
Teacher education - ESL, Queer
Studies, Feminist Economics,
and a Dean for Library & Media
Services.
INDEX
Student passes awf!Y April15
by CASEY JAYWORK
Early in last week's meetAD MORE ABOL T
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Student Affairs Art CostanSTUDENT Uf\.ION,
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tino announced that gender
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neutral housing will become
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available fall quarter.
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A major item on the GSU
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agenda recently has been
Evergreen's potential affiliation with the Washington
Student Lobby. One question was whether to back
adding the WSL's push to get a wavable $3-perstudent fee onto the ballot, in order to make Evergreen
Residential and Dining Services
(RAD) will offer gender~neutral
housing options for the 20082009 school year, according to a
recent email sent by RAD director Sharon Goodman.
The current policy, regulated
by Washington state Jaw,
provides that students may not
be randomly assigned to mixedgender housing. Students of
different genders may choose
to live in the same room (or
the same hallway in freshman
housing), provided the students
take responsibility for all of the
rooms in that housing unit and
students agree to live in mixedgender housing.
Gender-neutral theme housing provides that identity is not
a factor in assigning students
to rooms, "making it a ... safe
living environment for members
of the LGBTA community," says
the email.
Applications for theme housing
are available now in the Housing
Office and are due by June I.
l!Ji MADELINE BERMAN
Evergreen freshman and passionate
filmmaker Anna Rosenfeld, 18, of Israel,
passed away Sunday in her room in E
dorm of the Evergreen campus.
Her passing is a tragic loss for the Evergreen community.
Known to her friends for her compassion,
her ability to keep an open mind and her
passion for social justice, Anna Rosenfeld
was a valued member of our campus.
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According to Edwina Frinfrock, "She
was a lovely person; a powerful spirit"
"Anna was never hesitant to comment
on the latent beauty and intelligence of the
world," says Matthew Fredrick, a freshman, "She took Jots of pictures and always
wanted to talk about things. She was very
observant and was the kind of person to
speak up when no one else would."
After missing for several days, friends
CALENDAR ............... 18
see ROSENFELD, page 6
COMICS ................. 19
STUDENT VOICE .......... 3
BLOTTER ................. 4
FEATURES ................. 7
LEITERS & OPINIONS ..... 10
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT .. 15
SPORTS ................. 16
SEEPAGE ................ 20
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April 17, 2008
GREEN WEEK IS A GREAT
TIME FOR STUDENTS
TO GET INVOLVED
GREEN WEEK, from cover
No Human is·Illegal
states, "Green stands for a lot of things,
by RAINBOE SIMS-JONES
especially when it comes to this campus, this
community."
Synergy is collaborating all of its events to
THE DETENTION
fall in with Green Week. Most of their events
will fall on Tuesday, which will be labeled
CENTER IS ISOLATED,
Sustainability Day. But it's important to
note that Green Week is going beyond just
FAR AWAY FROM
the environment to have a broader focus that
allows all groups to participate.
GENERAL FOOT TRAFMindscreen will beshowingFerngu/(y, while
the Geoduck Union, Amnesty International,
FIC AND RESIDENCES.
and the Bikeshop are hosting workshops
and on Friday there will be a house party in
On the second Saturday of every
the HCC. Other plans for Green Week, as a month students and activists from
whole, include juggling, gambling, photoshop, all over converge at the gates of the
face painting, tarot card readings, an animal Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.
fann, video games, raffles, make your own Last month, in honor of International
music, tie dye, massage therapy and possibly Women's Week, constituents ofMeChA ,
graffiti walls. Faculty's involvement with Women's Resource Center, Women of
Green Week is primarily focused on Super Color Coalition, and CISPES at EverSaturday. Super Saturday is Washington's green attended along with many others
largest one-day arts festival. It takes place the of the community. The mission was to
day after graduation and this year will be the hold a vigil at the gates of the detention
30'h anniversary and signifies the closing out center, having food and beverages availof the year on a good note.
able for those families who traveled
For people wanting to get involved who across the country to visit their detained
arcn 't members of a student group, there family members without taking the time
will be tons of volunteer opportunities. But to stop for food. Many brought protest
Green Week is a great time for students to get signs and the majority of the group
involved.
chanted while marching up and down
If you or your group has a unique idea or the front of the detention center, their
wants to be involved, there are Green Week cries falling on empty ears.
The detention center is isolated, far
packets at the front office of the Student
Activities office. The packets contain all the away from general foot traffic and resiinformation you need to get started.
dences. Located on the tidal flats of the
It's also strongly encouraged for those want- Port ofTacoma, one might not know the
ing to get involved to attend Green Week detention center is there or what it is.
mcetings,,which·me held on Fridays in CAB The general public sees the detention
320 at 3p.m.. You can also contact Rozell center as a prison, but many people in
Townsend in the student activities office on that detention center are people swept
Wednesdays from 1-5 or at towrozl7@ever- away from their families and detained
for deportation because they are not
green.edu
"legal."
Rainhoe'.~fms~Jones is ajzmior is enrolled in
Operation Endgame is a plan implemented by the Department of Homeland
an independent contract.
Security to remove all undocumented
migrants in the U.S. by 2012. Due to
this implementation, families are separated: children from their parents, men
and women from their relatives. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE)
actively searches out undocumented
migrants through illegal collaborations
with local police departments, raids of
workplaces that primarily employ people
of color, and through racial profiling.
Erika Marquez is a member of MeCha
and a student currently serving in
AmeriCorps at the CCBLA on campus.
With her involvement with the Women
of Color Conference in Tacoma came ·
the opportunity to investigate the injustice in our communities. She has since
visited the detention center many times
and has had many opportunities to speak
with the families visiting detainees.
In one case, she says a man and younger
daughter flew from Mexico to visit his
older daughter in the detention center.
She had gotten a call saying there was a
car accident outside her house, and when
she went outside, she was detained,
showing collaboration and complicit
action between local police and ICE.
Communities are starting to believe that
police are helping ICE target members
of the community and people in the
process of becoming legal residents.
Some family members say that ICE
officers come dressed as police officers
and are detained when they open their
doors. One story of blatant racism is
how people of color are pulled over
by the police for no reason and asked
to supply their legal documentation. If
it cannot be provided, those people are
then detained. Because migrant workers
don't know their rights, they don't realize that they don't need to supply documentation without a specific warrant,
and that being taken into custody for not
TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATE
Community gardens
•ndbees
Located ' at the organic farm, the community gardei}S &r~ a series of 38 plots that
give people an opportunity to learn about
growing their pwn food and gives them a
space to.do this .in. A waitlist for the plots is
beginning to form and in response to this,
coordinators are planning to start digging
new plots within the month.
The beekeeping program is sponsored by
the organic farm and community gardens.
So far, ·it' has been a great success, boasting
35 members and three healthy hives. The
program ' expects to obtain more hives-if
honey js produced, it is to be sold on
campus, if,no~ this year, then the next.
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MAQELINE BERMAN
THE COMMUNITY ABOUT IMMIGRATION
RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, AN IMMIGRATION AND BORDERS DIALOGUE CONFERENCE IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT
EVERGREEN MAY 15THROUGH 18.
The Voices of Color section is a space reserved for students to
examine issues of race and ethnicity, particularly experiences
relating to attitudes and biases that result in injustice and
the perpetuation of discrimination. The Voices of Color space
cannot exist without your contributions. Please share your
experiences and opinions and help educate the Evergreen
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supplying that information is illegal.
Yet another story is of an ICE raid on
a Laundromat. The laundromat was
stormed by armed, uniformed ICE officers because the laundromat employed
mostly Iatino workers. These incidents
are becoming more and more ·frequent
and because most of them are kept under
wraps, the media doesn't find out about
them so neither does the general public.
The issue of immigration rights is not
easy to navigate. Many hold the opinion
that "illegal immigrants" deserve to be
detained because they didn't come to the
U.S. in a legal manner. Others hold the
opinion that no human being is illegal
and that except for Native Americans;
all citizens of the U.S. are descended
SOME FAMILY
MEMBERS SAY THAT
ICE OFFICERS
COME DRESSED AS
POLICE OFFICERS
AND ARE DETAINED
WHEN THEY OPEN
THEIR DOORS.
from immigrants. People sometimes
see migrant workers as thieves, taking
the jobs and benefits that would otherwise go to hardworking American citizens while often the jobs taken by Iatino
workers were those that were previously
unfilled.
To inform the public and educate the
community about immigration rights
and human rights, an Immigration and
Borders Dialogue conference is scheduled to take place at Evergreen May
15 through 18. The conference will
include discussion panels, workshops
and performances and is a collaboration
of Bridges Not Walls, and many student
groups at Evergreen. Please mark this
· time on your calendar as a time to get
involved and watch around campus for
more information.
Rainboe Sims-Jones is a junior enrolled
in an individual/earning contract.
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Aprill7,2008
Where have all the
CPJsgone?
I!Jl DAVID RA.ll.EANU
The Cooper Point Journal woke up to a
surprise Friday morning. All of the newspapers it had distributed the previous day were
conspicuously missing from their racks.
The CPJ distributes roughly 2000 newspapers on campus each week to many different
centers on campus. Locations as diverse as
the Seminar I Annex to the College Recreation Center and on to Housing receive a
weekly allotment of the student newspaper.
But this past Thursday evening, they disappeared in the night.
Each week, the CPJ prints a run of 2600
newspapers at the Shelton-Mason County
Journal printing press. Each paper costs
about 16 cents at the printer, but that does not
include the hours of work each member of
the CPJ puts in week after week to produce
the issue. Contributors, or writers who submit
articles but are not necessarily members of
the CPJ student group, also lost a voice when
the newspapers disappeared. Particularly, the
student voices showcased in the Letters &
Opinions section were lost when the papers
went away. The CPJ has an established policy
for the direct removal of printed newspapers.
Each edition is estimated to be worth $0.25,
even though it is distributed on campus and
downtown for free. Should a group or individual be found responsible for the direct
removal of the papers, they could be found
liable for the cost of the missing CPJs. In this
case, that estimate comes to about $375.
So far, it has been particularly difficult to
gather information around the incident. It was
initially believed that the motivation for the
removal had to do with the CP.Fs publishing
an article about Crimestoppers, a program
administered by Evergreen Police Services
offering cash rewards for information pertaining to crimes committed on campus.
Initial information, now proven to be baseless, implicated individuals who have been
associated with Students for a Democratic
Society, the beleaguered student group.
Philip Chinn, coordinator for SDS, said
Monday, "SDS, neither officially nor unofficially, had anything to do with the removal
of newspapers."
But, "You're either part of the student body
or you're trying to put students in jail," said
Shyam Khanna at the SDS meeting Wednes. day night. He mentioned a particular distaste
for the . CPJ, accusing the newspaper of
"repre~enting the opposite of students' interests" and "delegitimizing the community."
As of yet, no police report has been filed and
the CPJ has no plans to press charges.
David Raileanu is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
Student Adivity Blotter
New Group: Yoga
Club
Yoga Club is one of Evergreen's newest
clubs, which branched from old students
of Sarah William's program, Made for
Contemplation. Yoga Club focuses on
yoga nidra which is less like traditional
yoga and involves lying in Shavasanaor the Corpse Pose while someone reads
you a script that guides you through
levels different levels of physical mental
and emotional awareness.
Yoga nidra practice is open to all Evergreen students. Meetings are 9:30-12:30
in CRC 314. Yoga Club is also happy to
bring Dave Stringer back to Evergreen.
Stringer and his band perform kirtan-a
mantra call and response. A lead group
calls out the melodies and the mantras
while the crowd responds to the mantra,
claps and dances. They will be performing this Sunday April20 at 8 p.m. in CRC
116/117. Tickets or students are $10 or
$12 at the door. To get involved with
the Yoga Club, email them at tescyoga@
gmail.com or just show up to a yoga
riidra practice.
TESC Students
for Choice
Among all the other student group
activities this very active month, don't
miss out on TESC Students for Choice.
Having kicked off Reproductive Freedom Week of Action with an Emergency
Contraceptive Workshop yesterday, there
will be a Pharmacy Complaint Training
on April 21 in the library 2310 from
7-9pm.
Pharmacy Complaint Training takes you through the steps of how
to turn in a complaint if rejected when
asking for emergency contraceptive by
a pharmacist or pharmacy. These workshops are in honor of Sexual Assault
Awareness Month and also Reproductive
Freedom Week of Action April 16-23.
TESCSC is primarily focused on lawful
justice and access for the full spectrum
of reproductive freedom. "The Evergreen State College Students for Choice
(TESCSC) is a student group created
to maintain every individual's right to
make personal decisions regarding all
their reproductive choices. We educate
and organize students of Evergreen to
change and create public policies that not
only affect the prevention of unintended
pregnancies or access to safe and legal
abortions but also those that support a
GSU,from cover
a member school of the lobbying group.
While union representatives were widely
supportive of Evergreen joining the WSL,
some voiced concern over a lack of student
initiative. Rep. Jay Standish felt it would
be inappropriate for the GSU to abandon
it's gatekeeper role to actively advocate
a movement spearheaded by nonstudents
working for the WSL.
Other reps contended that welfare of the
Evergreen student body-specifically,
funding concerns-mandated enthusiastic
advocacy on the GSU's part. Last week,
the discussion was tabled with the hope that
students present at the meeting might coordinate with the WSL to mount a student-led
initiative to incorporate Evergreen into the
organization. As of yesterday, the GSU has
informally adopted a hands-off position in
reference to the WSL opt-out student fee
being placed on the upcoming ballot.
person's right to safely and affordably
bear children. TESCSC strives work with
a variety of other human rights organizations to support everyone's freedom of
choice."
To get involved, please attend TESCSC's bi-weekly meetings on odd weeks,
every other Wednesday in CAB 320 at 1
p.m ..
TESCSC can't function without your
help, please join and help our group get
its roots so we can continue into next
year. There are 2 internship opportunities offered by NARAL Pro Choice WA
with a monthly $100 stipend for leading
TESCSC. If this seems like something
you'd be interested in contact us at
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GEODUCK UNION
SEEKS REPRESENTATIVES
Seeking
balance
A call to
by CHARLIE BLOOMFIELD
by BRITTANY NEWHOUSE
& SAMMI WEBSTER
women
As the lone person of color serving on this
year's Geoduck Student Union, I am making
This year the Geoduck Student Union
an impassioned plea for students of color,
has struggled with gender imbalance
students with disabilities, and veterans to
and we want to prevent the same thing
declare their candidacy for next year's · from happening next year.
Geoduck Student Union. The Geoduck
After all, the Union is supposed to be a
Union is supposed to represent our student
representative body,·and ·ifwe're going
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population but has yet to attain that ideal.
to l;>e true. to. S{Uf. s.tudent body-wh.tch
Now is your chance not only to increase
is fifty-six perc'ent female-we need to
the diversity of the representatives on the
ensure more female representation for
next year, and elections are only weeks
Geoduck Student Union by declaring your
away.
candidacy but, also to have your voice heard
and vote counted come election day. Now is
So to all you bright, capabl~. and
the time for change and now is your chance
motivated women across the ·camp'us,
to initiate change! Declaring your candidacy
declare your candidacy!
is easy: Simply pick up an application at the
Declaring your candidacy is easy:
GSU cubicle in CAB 320, or go to the front
Simply pick up an application at the
desk in Student Activities. You can also go
GSU cubicle in CAB 320, or go to the
paperless by applying online at the GSU
front desk in Student Activities. You
website:
www2.evergreen.edu/geoduckcan also go paperless and apply online
union. Please try to get your application in
by going to the GSU website: www2.
by Friday, April 18 (and remember to get
evergreen.edu/geoduckun ion.
your picture taken for the voter guide by the
And come to the info session on Tuesfolks in the CPJ office, CAB 316). If you
day, April 15, at 12 p.m. in the CAB
320 solarium.
,
can't get it in by Friday, come to our next
info session on Tuesday, April22, at 12 p.m.
Questions? Email ·geoduckunion@ I
gmail.com.
in the CAB 320 solarium. Questions? Email
geoduckunion@gmail.com.
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Ready to make positive change at Evergreen? Geoduck Student Union representatives are charged with
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of life at TESC. The term will begin in June 2008 and end in June of 2009. The Union is consensus-based and
composed of 21 representatives, including at least one student from Tacoma and at least one student from Tribal-based
campuses. Before declaring your candidacy, you should consider the following points to ensure that this position will
fit your schedule and lifestyle next year:· You will need to be available to meet weekly during scheduled meeting times
for the entire year. ·You will need to make yourself available for weekly office hours and committee meetings. • Stipends cannot be guaranteed every quarter because they depend on S&A Board decisions. Travel expenses are covered
for reps not from the Olympia campus. ·You may find that this position can be highly stressful and demanding, and
therefore you should be willing to adequately manage your time and prioritize your responsibilities as a representative.
·You must be patient and willing to learn from the process and each other.· You must get things done for students!
YOU CAN Al5IJ APPLY Q\JUNE AT:
www2.evergreen.edu/studentgovernment
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G.D.U. MISSION STATEMENT
"The Geoduck Union is the official representation of the student body at The
Evergreen State College. The Union is
committed to unifYing students across
all Evergreen campuses, serving their
interests at the local, state, and national
levels, and empowering all students to
participate in positive social and political
change while fostering a fair and diverse
comntunity. The Union works to improve
students' quality of life by advocating
for students' tights and needs, facilitating communication among students, and
ensuring a fair balance of power among .
faculty, slaff, administration, and students."
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Austin Dacey speaks on campus
by CASEY JAYWORK
Wednesday, last week, author and secular activist Austin Dacey spoke in the
Evergreen Library Underground about
his book, The Secular Conscience: Why
BeliefBelongs in Public Life, which is an
assigned reading for the class Religion
and Society. Dacey is a representative
to the United Nations for the non-profit
secularist group the Center for Inquiry,
and is on staff at the magazines Skeptical
Inquirer and Free Inquiry.
Also a '95 Greener alum, he expressed
satisfaction to be revisiting his alma
mater during the lunchtime talk. Saying
he originally intended to study music,
the lanky, near-hairless writer recalled
becoming infatuated with philosophy
while studying here, reminiscing of
Geoduck Student Union
seeks more applicants
~SETH VINCENT
There are only six candidates for the 2 I
representative seats of next year's Geoduck
Student Union. The deadline for candidacy
statements to serve as a GSU representative
next year is this Friday, April 18.
"My goal is to have at least 25 candidates,"
said Newhouse. "If five people apply
every day for the next four days we'll have
enough.'"There might still be a chance to
submit candidacy paperwork after the April
18 deadline. "We can technically keep
evenings spent reading Plato's dialogues
aloud with a handful of like-minded
students. Musing over his lost career as
a musical superstar, Dacey joked, "I'd
like to thank you, Chuck, for ruining my
life." (He was referring to philosophy
professor Charles Pailthorp.)
His talk mostly consisted of a reading
from two sections of his book, which
acted to sketch out the bare bones of his
position. Beginning by arguing that both
religious and irreligious morality require
the same basic grounds, Dacey referred
to the infamous paradox of Plato's Euthypro: "Do the gods love piety because it
is pious, or is it pious because the gods
love it?"
In the author's words, "If you're trying
to get a religious ethic off the ground,
you find yourself in exactly the same
talking to people up until Wednesday,"
said Newhouse. "That' II just put them at a
disadvantage because they have less time to
campaign."
Interested students are encouraged to
submit their candidacy paperwork as soon
as possible. Applications are available in the
GSU cubicle, #15, and on the GSU website,
www2.evergreen.edu/studentgovemment.
Candidates will be campaigning starting
Monday, April 21 and continue until voting
ends, May 2. Students will vote through
my.evergreen.edu and voting stations from
Thursday, April 24 through May 2.
Seth Vincent is ajunior enrolled in an internship learning contract.
place as a secular person."
Following the tradition of English
enlightenment thinkers such as John
Locke and J.S. Mill, Dacey went on to
critique what he saw as the self-sabotage
of secular values as they are currently
practiced. The introduction of his book
states that "Secularism imposed a gag
order on itself," by misconstruing the
principles of freedom from coercion
of conscience and belief, as well as
separation of church and state, to imply
that beliefs must also be free from criticism. "Because 'private' is equated with
'personal' and 'subjective,' questions of
conscience were placed out of bounds
of serious critical evaluation," leaving
secularists, "Unable to unabashedly
defend their own positive moral vision in
politics."
ROSENFELD, from cover
became concerned and RAs were asked
to perform a wellness check. On Tuesday,
April 15, Rosenfeld was found dead in
her room from what has been ruled by the
Thurston County Coroner as a suicide.
The news comes as a shock to entire
community. In response to this, Art
Constantino, Vice President of Student
Affairs has held two community meetings and is in the process of working with
students and faculty to plan a memorial
service.
"This is one of those times we all dread
as a community," says Constantino. "Our
purpose of being here is to extend our
In his talk, Dacey called the idea
of subjective morals, "The Privacy
Fallacy," and freedom from criticism,
"The Liberty Fallacy." He referred to the
example of a person hesitant to criticize
the sexism of some Islamists for fear of
seeming un-multiculturalist, noting the
fallacy of asserting all values to be equal
when such an assertion is itself a value
judgment.
The talk was followed by a question
and answer period, and Mr. Dacey stayed
later than scheduled in order to rub
elbows with audience members. His book
was-naturally-available for purchase
and author signature, and is currently
available at the campus bookstore.
Casey Jaywork is a student enrolled at
The Evergreen State College.
deepest condolences to those of you who
knew Anna."
An impromptu candlelight vigil was
held on the stairwell of E dorm Tuesday
night.
If you feel you or someone you know
is in need of counseling, please feel free
to contact the Counseling Center located
in Seminar I on the fourth floor. You can
also make an appointment by calling
extension 6800.
Crisis counseling is available through
the Olympia area Crisis Clinic at
360-586-2800.
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hi s third cigarette (probably Marlboros) in the
span of our short morning commute. I sneeze, and
look over to my,contract partner, Imad Ahmad. He
shrugs hi s shoulders and smiles as we hit another
poth o le.
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and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the
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designated to Palestinians. "In addition," a report
from UNRWA states, "there are three neighborhoods in Amman, Zarqa and Madaba which are
considered camps by the Government of Jordan,
and 'unofficial' camps by UNRWA." These
neighborhoods are all located adjacent to refugee
camps, are populated mostly by impoverished
Palestinians, and suffer from the same political
and economic hardships as the official camps.
Baqa'a refugee camp, the largest of these refugee
camps in Jordan, is located on the outskirts of
southern Amman. It was established in 1968 to aid
the over I 00,000 Palestinians who were forced to
flee their homes following the 1967 war and the
subsequent Israeli occupation of both the West
Bank and Gaza.
The camp exists on a 1.4 million square meter
plot of land, which has been quickly filled by
overpopulated schools and housing facilities, subpar medical centers, and a central market that acts
as the sole infrastructure for the entire camp.
According to the last UN census, done in December of2007, there are roughly 102,996 registered
HERE ARE PORTIONS OF lAND THAT SEEM AS IF AT
ONE POINT THEY WERE DESIGNATED TO GROW CROPS
BUT NOW ARE NOTHING MORE THAN CEMETERIES
FOR THE RUSTED FRAMES OF ABANDONED CARS
refugees and displaced persons, a number that
represents roughly 19,870 families . Due to the
limited number of fa mily units that exist (8,507),
families are forced to double and even triple up to
survive. In an effort to alleviate the housing crisis,
the Jordanian government has planned to build 40
new single unit apartments in the 2008 year . . . 40.
As the bus leaves Amman and enters Baqa'a,
there is an almost in stantaneou s change in the visible geography, from the urban setting of Amman
to the almost agricultural setting of Baqa'a. There
are portions of land that seem as if at one point
they were designated to grow crops but now are
nothing more than cemeteries for the rusted frames
of abandoned cars. Heaps of discarded materials
and empty bottles line the sides of the street like
welcoming guards.
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Stray plastic bags are entangled within the
branches of trees, as if attempting to participate
in a sadomasochistic dance of cross-pollenization,
which leads only to the suffocation of the living
organism.
The young teen, who has been sitting across from
me is apparently aware of but indifferent to the
changes in environment as he casually drops his
soda can from the side of the moving bus.
!mad, seeing my reaction to this, tells me that .,
over the past few years, King Abdullah, in an
attempt to 'm odernize ' Jordan, has instated new
laws pertaining to littering, stating that if people
are caught littering they will be fined 25JDs ($35);
in a country where the average monthly salary
is 250JDs ($352) that is a significant amount. It
becomes obvious that these social policies do not
extend into the camps.
As the bus stops and I am let off at the entrance
to the camp, I am confronted with the deteriorating, achromatic sides of buildings that seem to be
burgeoni; g from the limestone terrain . The expansiveness of Baaq'a leads me to the realization that
refugee 'camp' is a distinct misnomer.
This refugee city's marginalized populace exists
in a decades-long state of limbo. I then recognize
the actions of the young teen, who earlier chose
to discard his Coke can on the city grounds, to be
properly analogous of the neglect of Palestinian
refugee populations by the larger international
community. The next steps I take are the first in
a series that lead me to the most tangible experiences of my life.
Sky Cohen is an Evergreen student enrolled in an
independent/earning contract in Amman, Jordan
and can be reached at slcy.cohen@gmail.com.
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BlTSINESS REVIEvV
De Colores brightens • downtown corner
~CHARLES
ASNER
I WAS STUNNED WHEN
If you ever go to the comer of Fifth
Avenue and Washington St. you'll
I FOUND OUT THAT
see a bookstore unlike any other.
It's small, one room, with sections
THE STORE IS ENTIRELY
devoted to different cultures and
languages. Suddenly, the name De
RUN BY VOLUNTEERS.
Colores makes sense, if you know
any Spanish. Ifyou don't, it means
MR. ROSALES SAID
"of colors," which can easily imply
different cultures. That's exactly
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what this bookstore is, "A bookstore
of many cultures."
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The owner of the bookstore, Simon
Perretz-Rosales has a disability that
TRYING NOT TO
has presented him with many obstacles. With the love and support of his
AND WE'VE BEEN
friends and family, he has overcome
his challenges and is now the sole
GETTING BETTER"
proprietor of De Colores.
I asked how he got started with his store. all the time. We're trying ·not to and we've
Says Simon's father, Mr. Rosales, "We did been getting better."
what's called a future plan with Simon when
But is it worth losing money over? Accordhe graduated from high school in 2001, and ing to Mr. Rosales, "There's no question to
that's where the idea for the store came from me, it's worth it. It's worth it because it started
... Simon loves languages, because he speaks out being something important for Simon and
three languages fluently."
now I think it's something important for the
Getting a great idea is one thing, but community as a whole."
putting an idea into action is more difficult.
When asked about further plans, I was told
As Simon put it, "We made a lot of circles that they have considered expanding into
(of friends)." Mr. Rosales further clarified, Lacey. "Culturally, I think there's a lot more
saying that "Simon has the ability to draw diversity in Lacey than there is in Olympia."
people together ... that's his main contribu- For now this, is no more than a suggestion.
Then again, so was the original De Col ores.
tion ... that's why it's a little uncommon."
I wanted to find out more about what makes '
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Charles Asner is a sophomore enrolled in
I found out that the store is entirely run by
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* Among these, we have 32 veterans who have recently served in Mghanistan,
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April17, 2008
My dad
is hawt!
(with a few mistakes) was so weird.
I got over it, though. It's normal, I
think, to naturally form relationships
with people that have personality traits
of one of your parents. Because, for a
long period of our life we grow up with
our parents (usually) and we go into a
routine basically that we don't think
about. Just take a look at the person you
by GERALD BLANCHARD
are dating right now, they most likely
are very much like your parents, even
Have
you
ever
if you don't want to realize it. It's just
analyzed the person
something we're comfortable with. Our
you were dating?
parents took care of us and nurtured us,
Looked them over
so we naturally look for that in someone
from head to toe and
else. And what's better than your parents
realized what their
looking after you than perhaps your
personality is like
man?
(what it resembles), their story-like charNow some of you out there are going,
acteristics, mannerisms and everything "BUT I HATED MY PARENTS." Well,
else about them? A few nights ago a few I hate my man sometimes, too. But at
friends and I were discussing partners the end of the day you can always just
and how we come about choosing them. suck it up and forgive them. Why did
In a weird way, we all started to realize we hate our parents anyway? Because
we picked partners
they dido 't allow us
that resembled our
I STARTED THINKING to do certain things at
parents
in
some
random? Sometimes
characteristic
way.
ABOUT IT AND JUST
your partner does
Similarities started to
that to you because
CAME TO A CONCLU- he's looking out for
click: They like the
same music, movies
you, like your parents
(although this may SION THAT THE MEN I were always doing.
just be coincidence)
The only difference
and other things. We DATED WERE MY FATHER in this whole theory
even begin to realize
of dating your parents
they have the same features somewhat: is that your parents have unconditional
the same colored hair, the same jaw love for you, meaning they were built
formation, eye color, skin tone ... who with it, while in a relationship with a
knows? But it got me to thinking: Are partner, you really have to build· upon
we just dating copies of our parents?
it to make it that strong. And when it
Now it may seem a little strange that does, it's one of the strongest things of
I said we're forming relationships to all (sigh).
our partners that resemble the ones we
In a way, this whole dating pattern is
have with our parents (it's kinda' gross) just continual. And in an entire family
but it's very much true. As a person, unit the same relationships have been
you definitely identify with one of your occurring over and over again. So basiparents more than the other (and you can cally, nothing is new. The same thing
say you don't, whatever). So, you take a has happened over and over again.
lot of their traits: you may have the same Although, give or take a few different
eyes, nose, ears, hair whatever-but experiences, orientations and situations,
with those small details you also pick the relationships are relatively similar.
up their dating rituals. So for example, Hell, all relationships not including the
I'm very much like my mother (I won't ones discussed are the same. But that's
lie). We both have unmanageable brown another story.
curly hair, hazel eyes that turn green
Now here is the really freaky thing:
sometimes, the same nose, and our The person you are dating is also expepersonalities are matched together well. riencing the same thing. So basically
· What I have come to realize, however, is you resemble their parent in some way,
that the men I've always been interested shape or form. It's kind of weird, right?
in are very similar to my father, who she Or, basically the best thing ever. So here
ultimately chose to fall in love with and is what you do. Analyze your partner,
marry. It's puzzled me for a long time give him the lookdown from head to toe
why I had these weird connections with and try and picture him as your parents
my dad and the men I went around the (no, don't do that, that's kinda' gross).
bushes with. I started thinking about it But just look at them and realize you are
and just came to a conclusion that the · picking someone who is relatively simimen I dated were my father: they acted Jar to your parent. And try to enjoy it.
the same and treated me the same. This
Gerald Blanchard is . a freshman
basically made me freak out-knowing
enrolled
in Playing with Shakespeare.
I was dating a carbon copy of my father
God Bless America
by TRAVIS GREER
"James Madison once""""',._,.==-_,...,__,
calculated an average slave cost him
25 dollars a year to
maintain but produced
250 dollars a year
in
value. "'-Michael
Parenti
We are constantly ingesting poison, in
Michael Albert's words, 'externalities' of
corporate production lines and consumer
culture. As Bernadine Dohrn stressed in
her talk on the night of Thursday, April 10,
the United States is the most gluttonous
society in the world, consisting of less than
5% of the world population but consuming 45% of its wealth. Governments and
corporations deceive us into complacency
every day. They have aligned themselves
against the people in this era of resource
scrambles and unprecedented global
inequality.
The majority of humyns are disenfranchised by the capitalist system. Mass
oppression and exploitation create opportunities for concentrated wealth and irrational
consumption on behalf of one privileged,
sedated culture. Most products distributed
by multinational corporations, like Exxon
Valdez, Mercedes Benz, Boeing, Kraft,
McDonald's, and Coca-Cola, contain
embodied oil, cause environmental devastation, and encourage suppression of workers, below-living wages, and child labor.
Westerners who consume these products
show an indifference to and acceptance
of nicely packaged 'whole grain/green'
brutality. An injustice to one is an injustice
to all.
The concrete has been spread and humanity has been forced into accepting parking
lots and highways as more important than
wilderness and diverse ecosystems. We
will completely destroy ourselves and
leave a humiliating legacy of devastation if
we don't abandon our lives of complacent
conformity and decadence. As Martin
Luther King conveyed in a Memphis,
Tennessee speech entitled "America is
Going to Hell," we desperately need a
radical transformation of how we eat, sleep
and live; we need to live with less so others
can live and we need to get the U.S. out of
the world. Those who maintain and justify
this way of life, the corporate capitalist
elites like Dick Cheney, benefit immensely
from imperial resource wars, and all other
forms of exploitation. These upper class
neo-liberal/conservativi murderers, Milton
Friedman and Leo Strauss-influenced
fascists must be eliminated and replaced by
the people-equality in place of hierarchy.
Our generation faces a time where we
may either buy into RFID chips, police and
militaries as 'our friends', cameras in every
public space, corporate monopoly, ecocide,
empty lives of routine in service of a indifferent class of rich bureaucrats, or we can
organize ourselves, and begin to live in
autonomy, reclaiming what we have been
told is private, non accessible, blocked off,
impossible, illegal, anti-social, etc.
As Malcom X said, one of the most important things to liberation is having access to
a land base that you can sustain yourself
from. Growing food, and defending the
area in which you do so is extremely important for survival in these times of authoritarian national security states, oil scarcity,
climate change, decreasing land bases,
pollution, overpopulation, water war, and
other hardships. In Steve Solomon's book
Gardening When it Counts he explains the
basics to maintaining vegetable gardens.
His approach cannot be compared to something such as Steal This Book by Abbie
Hoffman, or some of the many Anarchist
Cookbooks in its revolutionary basis for
thought and non compliance with the rules
of nations. It is informative in providing
concise descriptions of plants one might
want to grow as the spring and summer
seasons approach .
He stresses that in all places it is best to
understand in what types of ways natives
provided themselves with food, what crops
they yielded, since they had done so for
generations longer than any Europeans
have on this continent. He says that beans,
corn, sunflowers, squash, potatoes, kale
and other crops that are relatively easy to
grow can provide
staples tor '·a more
independent existence. I think books like
Edible Forest Gardens are more useful than
Steve Solomon's because they explores the
idea of permaculture more, it questions
the very essenoe of totalitarian agriculture
and says people should not manipulate the
environment, and stop the wilderness from
surviving, but live with it and eat from what
hopes to grow, striving to introduce food
bearing crops that will enter the environment and not be domineering. We have a
choice to be part of the hazardous consumer
society or create alternatives based on the
decolonization of everyday life. We do
not need the state system, police, multinational corporations, monocu lture crops,
privatization, mass incarceration or any
other aspects in this corporate monopoly
capitalist society that ultimately serve the
interests of an increasingly decreasing
number of wealthy individuals. No more
plutocracy lets stop buying into illusions.
sustain your community, take responsibility what you do, and take action!
as
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The president delusional
A resPonse to Thankful American
by EOIN HIGGINS
"A
good
friend
of ours said that if
the same laws were
applied to U.S. presidents as were applied
to the Nazis after
World War Two that
every single one of them, every last
rich white one of them, from Truman
on would have been hung to death and
shot - and this current administration
is no exception. They should be hung,
and tried, and shot, as any war criminal
should be."
- Zach de Ia Rocha
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Richard Dawkins has written a book
called The God Delusion. A recent article
by Matthew Tsipras in the CPJ brings up
a spin on this title, one I would like to
call "The President Delusion."
While there are a number of inaccuracies in the argument Tsipras makes in
the article Thankful American, I wish to
only focus on two specifically : the assertion that Clinton's economic success was
attributable to Reaganomics and that G.
W. Bush is somehow less culpable for
the Katrina debacle due to perceived
failures by Louisiana Democrats, and the
argument that hatred for Bush clouds the
judgment ofthose of us who have serious
1~1i,~~iviQg~ , 3md distaste for his policies,
and the insinuation that to hate an elected
official denotes a lack of patriotism and
psychological problems.
In 1993, Bill Clinton passed the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, raising
taxes on the rich and on large corpora- residents of New Orleans who were too
tions. After the debacle that was Reagan- poor to leave before the storm, suffered
omics, and the subsequent economic their houses being destroyed and had to
lunacy of George H. Bush, most fiscally cram into unsanitary and horrific condiresponsible American policy makers tions in the Superdome, Bush played
realized that cutting taxes and leaving it guitar in Coronado, California. While
up to companies to self-regulate ended the hospitals and emergency workers
up with the deficit tripling (tripling!) struggled to save what lives they could,
under Reagan. Without the Omnibus bill Cheney ordered power crews to work on
it is likely that the failed policies of the the Colonial Pipellne instead of restoring
two previous administrations would have power to nearby hospitals in Mississippi.
Of course, the full extent of the neglicontinued.
If the reader is wondering about Repub- gence on Bush's part in the aftermath of
lican economic policy of the type prac- Katrina, and how much of that was intentional due to disaster,
ticed by the last three
Republican
presiFOR IT IS TRULY
capitalism and gentridents, open a newsfication policy, may
never be known. What
DELUSIONAL TO
paper. The Clinton
administration erased
is undeniable is that
the deficit and created RESPECT THESE RICH Bush and company's
response was crimisurpluses.
These
MEN UNDER WHOSE nally negligent and no
were, in turn , erased
by Bush's tax cuts.
.matter what can and
WATCH THE WORLD should be said about
Seeing a pattern?
the negligence of
To blame the Democratic politicians in HAS BECOME INCREAS- local authorities, the
federal government's
Louisiana for the
INGLY MILITARIZED role was far more
levee failure is fair,
harmful.
but ignores the larger
As for hating Bush, what I have termed
issues in play when speaking of Katrina .
While it is true that local and state the "President Delusion," and the above
governments were charged with mainte- quote by Zach de Ia Rocha: It's easy to
nance of the levees, as early as 1986 the hate Bush. Patriot Act. Katrina. The tax
US Army Corps of Engin eers contracted cuts and bankrupting of our and our
the National Science Foundation for a children's future . Iraq. Afghanistan. For
study on the possibility of just such a some of us, 9/ II. But I would hope that
breach as the one that occurred in 2005. the reader doesn't think I don't have the
Regardless, th e reaction of the fed e ral same revulsion for the last eleven presigovernment, and in particular Bush, dents. De Ia Rocha is correct when he says
was nothing short of criminal. While the they are all war criminals. All culpable
in the deaths of millions across the globe
in the past 60 plus years through wars of
aggression and the financing of proxy
wars and aggressive free market capitalist policies that result in the starvation
and oppression of millions more.
To be willfully ignorant of this and to
hold the office of president in regard
and respect is what I term the "President
Delusion."
For it is truly delusional to respect these
rich men under whose watch the world
has become increasingly militarized,
when we should be marching to Washington and demanding they be arrested
and tried, not only for war crimes, but
for crimes against humanity: Clinton's
bombing of Iraq and the sanctions and
Bosnia and NAFTA . Bush Sr.'s Iraq
adventure and Panama and the New
World Order.
Reagan's Iran Contra and crack and
Libya and Lebanon and Grenada and
refusal to acknowledge AIDS (it should
be noted that it is a symptom of the
"President Delusion" to refer to Reagan
as a buffoon instead of a psychopathic
racist warmonger). Reagan had "worst
president ever" on total lock until GWB
was Supreme Courted into office. The list
goes on, from Korea to the Bay of Pigs to
Vietnam and beyond. To hate these men,
or at the least the policies and actions
they presided over, should be second
nature to anyone with a sense of history
and compassion beyond the borders of
the United States.
Eoin Higgins is a sophomore enrolled in
Looking Backward.
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Report from Green Festival .;;~
Seattle environmental event celebrates mass movement
for social justice and environmental stewardship
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SCHUYLER TIMMONS
This weekend I attended the first
annual Green Festival in Seattle, and
what an event it was. Filled with
countless inspiring speakers, organizations, and businesses, this festival
celebrated the mass movement for
soc ial justice and environmental
stewardship that is so prevalent today.
Big names such as Amy Goodman, Frances Moore
Lappe, Jim Hightower, Amory Lovins, David Koren,
Richard Heinberg, to only name a few, represented this
movement with insight into the many plagues affecting this nation and the world, and also provided many
inspiring stories of individuals and organizations who are
passionately working hard to make .this world a better
place.
A clear message of hope and possibility surrounded
this festival as we plunge closer to catastrophic climate
change, oil depletion, and the depletion of most natural
resources.
The themes and discourse that reverberated throughout
the weekend represented Evergreen in a mirrored fashion. Amy Goodman brought goosebumps and tears as
she spoke passionately of the unexposed realities in Iraq
and throughout the world. She also brought a broad smile
and a different sort of goosebumps as she spoke of those
fighting for campaign finance reform and those who are
fighting for and paying attention to independent news
sources. Jim Hightower, who also spoke in Olympia,
I
THE THEMES AND
DISCOURSE THAT
REVERBERATED THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND
REPRESENTED EVERGREEN
IN A MIRRORED FASHION.
brought humor to corporate domination and the Bush
empire, subjects most of us cringe at. Frances Moore
Lappe spoke of the courage and passion for justice stored
up within all of us, if only we would all harness it.
In fact, many speakers spoke of common principles
and ethics that all Homo sapiens hold dear to our heart,
especially in this country where we love to boast of our
liberties.
Whether you're conservative or liberal, almost everyone believes that we all have the inherent right to a good
education, food in our stomachs, clean air, clean water,
reliable health care and respect from our fellow citizens.
Unfortunately, there is a lack of education that links our
consumptive habits with the devastation of all that we
agree is important to us.
Fortunately, there is a growing belief and understanding
in this country and around the world that what we desire
is not impossible if we would all just put some effort into
it, especially those of us who know of the injustices so
prevalent in this world .
No, you don't have to be an activist; in fact what you
need to do is only make an effort in changing your understanding of how your actions affect the world .
Making this transition will actually result in an easier
life as we realize that money and useless goods don't
make us happier, and what we actually need is close relationships with friends and family.
What we actually need is more time outside, and what
we actually need is healthy food grown by local people
who care for the earth.
I realize that I might be preaching to the choir at Evergreen, and the speakers knew that as well, when coming
to one of the most progressive cities in the nation.
It is still important to think about and be reminded of
our individual power, especially when you don't have
to go far to fall back into despair. Greeners are not a
minority anymore, but a growing majority of people who
yearn for change in a world gone mad. The capability
lies within our morals, which lies within what it means to
be human and free.
Schuyler Timmons is a senior enrolled in an internship
/e?rning contract with Climate Solutions.
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Free speech under fire
by BILLIE BURLOCK
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
has been banned by
The Evergreen State
College
administration for the remainder
of the year and will
face probation until January of next year.
Having its student group status revoked,
SDS has lost its budget and its office; they
can no longer hold meetings, book events,
or use school facilities and equipment.
Several weeks before the moratorium
was created, SDS had planned to hold two
events on Friday, March 7. The administration used the moratorium to cancel SDS's
pre-scheduled and pre-approved events
two days before they were to take place.
Th 1s was a politically motivated decision
see ing as the first event, a panel discussion
on the San Francisco 8, torture, police and
government repression, COINTELPRO,
the Black Panther Party and political
prisoners, had no musical attributes whatsoever and was put on as a separate event.
To follow this was an anti-war folk music
performance.
The administration's decision to cancel
this was clearly biased because numerous other musical events were allowed to
take place on campus including a concert
with 300 attendees the week prior. SDS
and the speakers and performers from the
two events decided to go through with the
events without administrative approval
with the understanding that the cancella-
tions were unjust and a direct attack on
free speech. Both events were peaceful
and successful, with an estimated I 00
attendees. The administration responded
by revoking SDS's status as a student
group.
SDS had been very involved with
organizing against police racism in our
communities prior to February 14. SDS
was the first, and thus far only, organization to officially speak out against the
police racism and violence (including
the hospitalization of one student) on the
Kelly Beckham, student coordinator
of EARN, recognizes that "freedom of
speech has become a completely abused
amendment. It's a crime nowadays to raise
awareness about an issue because you can
cause 'physical damage' to a corporation, which is obviously politically motivated. This has become a common trend,
discouraging activism, and now we're
seeing it here on the Evergreen campus.
The fact is, if we want to keep what little
freedom of speech we have, we need to
be in solidarity with one another." These
LESSENING THE SEVERITY OF THE BLOW DOES
NOT CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE ATTACK
night of the Dead Prez concert and the
administration's enthusiasm to cooperate
with the police. SDS has been significantly involved with organizing support
for those being used as scapegoats in the
ongoing police investigation.
SDS submitted an appeal to this decision
and on Monday, April 7 held a hearing with
administrator Tom Mercado. The fact that
other student groups back SDS's reinstatement was evident by their appearance at
the hearing. Representatives from at least
eight other student groups were present to
support SDS 's reinstatement, including
Students Educating Students About the
Middle East, Umoja, MEChA, the Center
for Radical Education, the Appearing Task
Force on Anti-Oppression, the Evergreen
Animal Rights Network, the Women of
Color Coalition and the Sabot lnfoshoppe.
groups came out in solidarity because
they know that banning SDS is opening
the door to restricting more and more the
free speech of everyone.
During this hearing, members of SDS
presented a fat stack of petitions signed by
students, faculty, and staff demanding full
reinstatement of SDS, an apology by the
administration, and a restoration of autonomy to the Student Activities department.
In one week, SDS received signatures
from one-tenth of the student body.
On Monday, April 14, Tom Mercado
rejected SDS's appeal, but shortened the
length of the original suspension. This is
still an attack by the administration on
our right to freedom of speech, and is
specifically an attack on political dissent.
Lessening the severity of the blow does
not change the nature of the attack .
As Malcolm X once pointed out, if an
oppressor has stabbed you with a footlong blade, and then he later pulls it out
six inches, there is no reason for you to
feel grateful. In truth, even if he pulled
it out it would still leave a scar. There is
one more appeal available to SDS before
all official channels of petition have been
exhausted.
SDS plans to file their last appeal , but
regardless will continue this struggle for a
say in the functioning of our campus and
our community by all means available and
necessary. The time is not only urgent, but
one ripe with history. April 23 marks the
40th anniversary of the beginning of the
student uprising at Columbia University
in 1968.
This month also marks the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the man
who once said, "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent
revolution inevitable," the Reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. There perhaps is
wisdom to be learned in both.
These next days will be very important
and exciting. Stay tuned .
In struggle,
Olympia Students for a Democratic
Society
SDS meets Wednesday at 6 p.m., third
floor of CAB.
Billie Burlock is a ji-eshman enrolled in
Evening and Weekend Studies.
Orwellian Bush hatred
by MATTHEW TSIPRAS
There is a dwindling , - - --.,..-;;=------,
respect for hierarchy, and belief that
our national
leaders, though flawed,
have our best interest at heart. Since I '------'
was brought up in American culture,
I've learned to honor our presidents
regardless of whether I voted for them.
otherwise, I'd be an anarchist, an
uthor of cultural breakdown. Judging
1y the state of political discourse, there
IS cultural breakdown all around us.
As citizens, we have no grasp of the
threats coming everyday from the forces
who wish to kill us. Most have no clue
how fragile our freedoms really are
and the sacrifices our presidents must
make to defend them. While we're
going about our daily lives, they're
cpnstantly testing their mental and
physical health for our well-being.
The presidency is a stressful job, and we
mustn 't forget that President Bush could
have found more lucrative, stress-free
work in the private sector. He chose not to.
While Bush is no FOR, history may
judge him less harshly than opinion polls
suggest. One need not be a great president, nor even articulate, to be remembered as the right man at the right time.
Propaganda films like Fahrenheit 9/ 11
remind me of the " Two Minutes Hate"
in 1984. To quote George Orwell, " The
programmes of the 'Two Minutes Hate'
varied from day to day, but there was none
in which Goldstein was not the principal
figure. He was the primal traitor. All
crimes, all treacheries, acts of sabotage,
sprang directly out of his teaching ."
Bush is the left's Emmanuel Gold-
IN THEIR BLIND
UTOPIANISM, LEFTISTS
PROJECT THEIR
DISGUST FOR THE
SYSTEM ONTO ONE
MAN, HATING HIM
FOR EVERYTHING HE
DOES, EVERYTHING
HE DOESN'T DO,
AND EVERYTHING
IN BETWEEN
stein. How else can he be a complete
idiot and an evil mastermind at the
same time? It's as if they ' ve never read
Orwell, who wrote, "Those who abjure
violence can only do so because others
are committing violence on their behalf."
Charles Krauthammer, a former psychi-
atrist, diagnosed the intense hatred of
President Bush as a mental disorder,
Bush Derangement Syndrome, "the acute
onset of paranoia in otherwise normal
people in reaction to the policies, the
presidency - nay - the very existence of
George W. Bush."
How else could liberals throw their
shoes and scream "F---- you!" just from
seeing his face on the telescreen? They
should listen to Voltaire, "I disagree with
what you say, but I defend to death your
right to say it."
In their blind utopianism , leftists project their disgust for the system onto one
man, hating him for everything he does,
everything he doesn't do, and everything
in between. Tell them that Bush gave
more money for AIDS victims in Africa
than any other president, and they might
foam at the mouth.
Orwell wrote 1984 after serving as a
British sergeant in World War II. Knowing
firsthand the cruelty of fascism , Orwell
had some choice words for those brash
enough to accuse the Western Powers of
moral equivalence with the Nazis .
"There is a minority of intellectual
pacifists whose real, though unacknowledged, motive appears to be hatred of
Western democracy and admiration for
totalitarianism," Orwell wrote. "Moreover, they do not as a rule condemn
violence as such, but only violence
used in defense of Western countries."
Imagine what Orwell would say to those
who only see the worst in President
Bush, and, like Michael Moore, portray
Saddam Hussein's Iraq as a magical
candy land where children fly kites in the
hot sun. Would he, like certain Evergreen
students, condemn President Bush while
giving Vladimir Lenin his praise?
As a conservative, I' m proud to
welcome Barack Obama as our next
president. In disagreeing without being
disagreeable, Obama will bring decency
to politics that Bush haters have failed to
provide. The senator might be a liberal,
but he's our liberal, and that makes all
the difference.
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God, neoconservative morality, and supine centrism
by C. V ROTONDO
OBSCURING CONFRONTATION BEHIND A MORAL OR IDEOThree recent opinion pieces espousing
God, specious claims
to "decency" and
obscurantist centrism
are all designed to
protect
something,
namely, the status quo. All three authors
are declaiming confrontation in general
- explicitly in the case of Being an
Evergreen Student after the Riot, and
implicitly in Thankful American and A
Call For Decency.
To denounce conflict is not, as the
authors daim, to inveigh for peaceful
relations, but instead to tacitly accept
and reify an oppressive normalcy.
Whether attempting to guilt the student
body into shame for the actions of midFebruary, or touting the line of god and
country, these pieces are sinister at worst
and self-righteous at best.
Obscuring confrontation behind a moral
or ideological veil is not only an exercise
in privilege, but a complicit counterpart
to the coordinated attack upon dissent
of all kinds, especially poignant considering the recent ac.c eleration of such
attacks on campus.
While passionate debate has swelled at
Evergreen following February 15, much
of the talk has been about "common
sense," "lack of respect," and "common
decency," especially regarding administrators and police.
Who wi II benefit from concern for these
ambiguous notions? Who defines them?
The authors of the recent opinion pieces
apparently believe they will and they
argue similar benefits for the student
body.
LOGICAL VEIL IS NOT ONLY AN EXERCISE IN PRIVILEGE, BUT A
COMPLICIT COUNTERPART TO THE COORDINATED ATTACK UPON
DISSENT OF ALL KINDS, ESPECIALLY POIGNANT CONSIDERING
THE RECENT ACCELERATION OF SUCH ATTACKS ON CAMPUS.
These amorphous terms, most often
defined by dominant cultural and political ideology, and in this case embattled
conservatism, can only serve to obscure
genuine difference, to blanket the myriad
people of this campus with the rewards
of adhering to white, Christian, politically servile qualities.
Antonio Gramsci rightly noted the
disparity between "common sense,"
defined by a dominant culture, called for
in A Call for Decency, and "good sense,"
which seeks autonomy from oppressive
social and political norms. As Cameron
Morris aptly points out in Being an
Evergreen Student, "Not everyone sees
themselves as victims of society."
The implicit claim here is that no one
should and that "society" (who belongs
to this undefined group remains uncertain) is irreproachably benevolent.
Being someone of expansive privilege,
I do not claim to be a victim of society,
but I vehemently deny the assertion that
no one is.
In Matthew Tispras' Thankful American, any trenchant analysis of our social
system is collapsed into hatred for the
president.
While there are many reasons to view
the president as an imperialist murderer
and active agent of virile racism, as well
WHILE WE, MYSELF INCLUDED, ClASH
IDEOLOGIES, PEOPLE IN POSITIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL POWER ERODE THE POUTICAL AND
EDUCATIONAL FUTURE OF THE COLLEGE
as economic and political repression,
the analysis runs much deeper than any
figurehead. Similarly seeking to obscure
and deflect any real criticism of his god
and country position, the author paints
political dissidents as mere Bush haters,
who would do best to look at ostensibly more despicable "dictators" of the
world, suspiciously naming Kim Jong-11
and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Upon the
author's suggestion to "take personal
responsibility for our actions," I am
taking the responsibility to denounce
his chauvinistic defense of the imperialist country to which he gives thanks.
My responsibility, far from loathing the
president, is to descry privileged, centrist
diatribes like Tsipras', and to hopefully
offer some genuine alternative.
Despite the claims of these valiant
defenders of the status quo, the whole
contl ict here is not just · amongst
ourselves. While the entrenched patriarchy, racism, and other privileged
chauvinisms that exist between us must
be unceasingly confronted and, to the
extent possible, dissolved, repression is
simultaneously coming from an administration seeking to de politicize the student
body and more broadly, to normalize our
potentially radical campus.
This is in no way an attempt to establish a hierarchy of struggles, but instead
to interweave them and place them in
contemporary, localized context. The
strong arm tactics, such as disbanding
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS),
taken by the administration, are part of a
larger, gradual process of making Evergreen as bureaucratic, profit-seeking, and
insolvent as the majority of universities
in the United States. While we, myself
included, clash ideologies, people in
positions of institutional power erode
the political and educational future of
the college.
I hope that despite my own polemics and denouncement of defensive
centrism on campus, a true movement
to undermine an assault upon an isolated
radical school can be built among us. I
believe that counteracting the vitriol and
chauvinism of pieces such as these is a
necessary, though by no means dominant, aspect of this larger project.
C. V. Rotondo is a junior enrolled in
Monstrous Possibility.
OBSCURING CONFRONTATION BEHIND A
MORAL OR IDEOLOGICAL VEIL IS NOT
ONLY AN EXERCISE
IN PRIVILEGE, BUT A
COMPLICIT COUNTERPART TO THE COORDINATED ATTACK UPON
DISSENT OF ALL KINDS
Thoughtful American; also God
by CASEY JAYWORK
While I agree with the
essence of many of Mr.
Tsipras' contentions in
last week's "Thankful American" - e.g.
Dubya is preferable to
Kim Jong-11, economic
freedom is better than Big Brother, and
Greeners do seem rather cultish in their
hatred of all things neocon-he seems
to have missed the point(s) of the people
he's ostensibly arguing against.
A liberal/radical student might easily
respond to Thankful American with the
following:
!-People driven to risk their lives in
order to enter the US are fleeing an ongoing disaster the US had a hand in causing;
they're analogous to neighbors trying
to enter my house after I've robbed and
burned theirs.
2-The charity Mr. Tsipras points to
as evidence of America's goodwill is a
doubly flawed piece of evidence. First, he
is referring to real numbers, not per capita
donations; in the country with the world's
largest economy, this doesn't seem to
prove much. Second, excessive charity
is only possible among those who've
hoarded money in the first place; our
level of charity is evidence of our level
of inequality.
3-American students are more vehement
about Dubya than Kim Jong-11 for the
same reason that Mr. Tsipras is writing
editorials about Greeners, rather than riot-
cism to be made of Mr. Tsiparas' article:
Preaching to the choir may be redundant,
but preaching to your opponents is downright silly, especially when it's done both
politically and religiously.
"Bow down before your God," implores
Mr. Tsipras. Indeed. I suppose that this is
a fair approach, insofar as "I said so" is a
valid premise.
Additionally, a religious person might
PREACHING TO THE CHOIR MAY BE REDUNDANT, BUT PREACHING TO YOUR OPPONENTS
IS DOWNRIGHT SILLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S
DONE BOTH POLITICALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY
happy Parisian college students: proximity. Dubya is our leader, our responsibility. Also, the actual damage he causes,
by virtue of the scope of his power, far
outweighs anything Jong-11 can screw up.
There is, however, a much bigger, more
obvious, and more compelling criti-
wonder, which God? Vishnu? Spinoza's
totality of being? The God of Abraham?
And if it's the latter, are we going to use
the interpretation of Aquinas? Augustine?
Mohammed? The heretical Pelegius?
Joseph Smith? Also, how does one bow:
ought I to love my neighbor, or force him
to bow down beside me?
More succinctly, a secularist might note
the contradiction in using divine authority as the basis of justifying the original
secular State.
My own contention, though, is a bit
broader: What exactly does Mr. Tsipras (or
anyone else) mean by "God"? I don't just
mean which religious identity; I'm asking
for an account of his basic metaphysical
model of reality, and where "God" fits
into that. How do we know God or what
God wants? How does God's existence
relate to our own? What are the duties and
rights of people relative to God, and vice
versa?
My point is that when Mr. Tsipras writes
things like, "This is attributable to the
sheer grace of God," he's not only using
rhetoric which is singularly unpersuasive
to the CPJ readership. I would contend
that he actually doesn't know what he's
saying, since I doubt his ability to give me
an exhaustive definition of what "God"
means.
Casey Jaywork is a junior enrolled in
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Jim Noir's new self-titled album features a
deeper exploration of electronic sound than
his debut LP Tower of Love. The second
album from the Manchester, England native
was released on April 8th by Seattle based
Barsuk records.
The album features falsetto vocals against
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The types of sound and tempo are diverse, all
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When I listened to this album, I began
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I imagine that listening to this music in the
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during a rough commute.
The experience is like strolling through a
sonic candy shop. The music changes from
track to track and evolves within each track.
It's an upbeat album, without much of
a message and no harsh life lessons to be
learned.
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Brandon Custy is a junior enrolled in
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April 17, 2008
SPORTS OPhVJ(JN
Golden finish for Evergreen Crew
by DAVID RAitEANU
A great cause, but
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by ZACH LICHT
There is no denying that the situation
in Tibet is flat out
wrong. The people of
Tibet have been long
oppressed and deserve
their
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from China.
This issue was brought under international spotlight over a month ago when the
Chinese police allegedly went overboard
while putting down a series of protests.
But the fact of the matter is, while these
things may be terrible, the Olympic Games
should not become the arena for the political battle between the world and China
over Tibet.
The Olympic Games should never be
mixed with political interests or ideas.
Ever. The world saw what happened in
1980 when the United States boycotted
the Moscow Games due to the Cold War.
It was embarrassing to the United States,
and awesome story to it.
From the original Dream Team to Carl
Lewis to Michael Phelps, Olympic heroes
always emerge and make their print on
history. Nothing should ever compromise
that.
But sadly, that will h~,tppen this year.
This year will always be remembered
because of the way China handled Tibet.
And that should never happen.
It's not the athletes' fault that the leaders
of the world are brain-dead. These athletes
train for years and years for one opportunity, one chance to be called the best in the
world. It truly is the chance of a lifetime,
one that very few people will ever get the
chance to do. The hard work and dedication of these people should be admired by
everyone who sees it, for very few have
it. Again, nothing should ever compromise
the integrity and hard work these people
put in.
This brings me to the protests. They
started out peaceful, but soon got out of
hand. People were running in and trying to
time of 7:53.18 establishes an Evergreen
course record for Dexter Lake.
The time put Evergreen ahead of some
· regional foes, including Lewis & Clark
College, Seattle Pacific University, and the
University of Portland.
Injuries played a factor at CBR. Fifthseated rower Mallory "Killing Machine"
Hagel battl~d an infection and two rowers
suffered heat stroke immediately following the race, according to crew veteran
Tori Needer. It's "hard to say" whether the
injuries will affect next week's competition, said first-year rower Jennie Russ.
"As hard as we worked this weekend, I
don't see how anything can hinder us next
week," added Needer, speaking to the
overwhelming work ethic and determination of the team.
The Evergreen Women's Crew (EC)
rowed this past Saturday at the Covered
Bridge Regatta (CBR) in Dexter, OR,
hosted by the Oregon Association of
Rowers. Their first time participating in
the event, the crew entered two boats in
the race,. adding to the over 500 rowers
representing 21 crews from five different
states.
After arriving at 8 a.m., 20+ knot winds
and.whitecaps delayed the start of the race
until 2:50 p.m. Consequently, the women
were only able to compete in the collegiate
junior varsity 8+, even though the Evergreen boat is designated novice .
Despite the disparity in weight class, both
EC boats raced in a single heat. Evergreen
picked up its first #I finish of the season
as the two boats split the competition,
coming in first and last place. The winning
Dave Raileanu is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
Baseball opens at home
The 0-5 Evergreen Geoducks baseball
club will finally play in Olympia Saturday
April 19. The home opener takes place
on a field with a view of the Olympic
Mountains at the far northwest corner of
Black Hills High School, located at 7741
Littlerock Road SW. Eastern Washington
University will challenge Evergreen in a
double header Saturday, with the first seven
inning game beginning at Noon . Sunday's
nine-inning game begins at II AM. For
up-to-the-minute status on rain delays and
directions to the field, call (360) 956-1253
Saturday morning.
-GAVIN DAHL
THE OLYMPICS ARE NOT THE CAUSE
OF THE TIBET /CHINA FEUD, NOR
SHOULD THE OLYMPICS BE THE FORUMS
FOR THESE PROTESTS. THIS SPECIAL
TURN YOUR DEGREE IN ANY FIELD
EVENT IS A CELEBRATION OF ATHLETICS, NOT POLITICS, AND WE SHOULD
DO WELL TO REMEMBER THAT.
since the U.S. has long been known for
its overwhelming success in the Games,
usually taking home the most medals.
Politically, it looked horrible, which is
why politics should never be a part of the
Olympics. Nothing good can ever come
out of the combination.
The people who are hurt the most by this
political interference are the athletes. The
Olympics are not a time for countries to
say, "Look at me, look at me." They're a
time for the athletes, who have little other
opportunity for recognition, to display
their skills.
The Olympics are the highest fonn of
competition in the world. You will never
see as many good athletes in the same area
at the same time. This is their time, not
time for the Prime Ministers of Britain,
or the presidents of France or the United
States or wherever else to make a point.
The ~ilders of the countries should
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snubbed. Every Olympics has a unique
put out the torch.
Let me explain something here. The torch
is not representative of China in the first
place - it embodies the Olympic games.
Second, the people carrying the torch
are athletes - the very same athletes who
have put in years and years of training and
sacrifice.
Now, when people are trying to forcefully
take the torch from the athletes, there is a
serious risk of injury. Imagine if a stupid
protester injures this athlete, ending not
only a chance at competing, but ending his
or her dreams. That's ridiculous. There's no
reason that can be thought of, that would
allow another person to injure another,
especially in a "peaceful protest."
We shouldn't be protesting the Olympics.
The Olympics are not the cause of the
Tibet/China feud, nor should the Olympies be the forums for these protests. This
special event is a celebration of athletics,
not politics, and we should do well to
remember that.
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lllesday, Apri 22
Creative Writing workshop. Come one, come
all! This series has been crafted in such a way as to
be inclusive and dynamic for all folks interested in
creative writing, whether they are just dipping their
toes in for the first time or have been swimming in
it for so long that their fingers are wrinkly and blue.
(4 to 5:30p.m., Lib 2310)
Sunday, April20
Tuesday, April22
Propaganda film showing. Open to the Evergreen community. Come watch the popular propaganda film Reefer madness and discuss the concept
of "reefer madness" with counselors and RAs. (4
to 6 p.m., HCC.)
"Soul and Gender: The Dance Towards
Wholeness" Spirituality, art, and sexual orentation wrapped into a tightly knit talk followed by a
discussion with Silvia Behrend. (5:00 p.m., SEM
IIA2107)
Wednesday, April23
Wednesday, April24
Mindscreen presents Tron and Who Framed
Roger Rabbit Movies and popcorn are free, doors
at 6:30p.m. (7 and 9 p.m., LH I)
Wednesday, April23
Grammar Garden. Amaze your professors and
your parents. in just four weeks! One hour each
session gets you the Its and Bits of Grammar; basic
sentence construction; and creative punctuation
use. Minimal jargon involved. (I to 2 p.m. Lib
2310)
Pride Week: HIV Testing. HIV Testing with
Olympia Queer Project. Sponsored by EQA.
(12:30 to 5:30p.m. SEM II A2109)
ARTS & CULTURE
Pride Week: Lesbian Health lss.ues. Seminar
and discussion. (5:30 to 7 p.m., LH 2.)
Friday, April18
Nick Cooper•; "Nazi vs Zapatista" Workshop.
Workshop and Q & A session, sponsored by Sabot
Infoshoppe. Free. (6:30 to 10:00 p.m., LH I)
Saturday, April19
Radical Love Workshop with Wendy
O'Matiks. Workshop and Q & A session, sponsored by Sabot lnfoshoppc. Free. (6:30 to 10 p.m.,
LH I)
ISSUES
Free HIV testing! Provided by UCAN. (12 to
6:00p.m., SEM IIA2109)
EQA meeting. Discussion subject: PRIDE: what
docs it mean? Do we still need pride celebrations?
(3 to 4:00p.m., SEM II C2107)
Lesbian Safer Sex Workshop. By Planned
Parenthood of Olympia. (5:30 p.m., LH 2)
Wednesday, April23
QUEER PRIDE
WEEK
Monday, April21
Queer Organization Potluck. Come share
yummy food while you mingle and schmooze with
queer organi:t..ations. Open to everyone. (5 to 8:00
p.m., Longhouse)
Do you need Washington State residency? Are you looking for entry
level social services or education positions? We are hiring full-time
AmeriCorps members to serve in Thurston County elementary schools
and social service organizations. Positions start 8/16/08 and end
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7/15/09. You must be between 18-25 years old on Sep. t· and have HS
diploma/GED. AmeriCorps service comes with a $1 ,037 monthly
stipend, $4,725 education award and other benefits. Find out more on our
website www.communityyouthservices.org (follow the "Programs" tab t
"Youth In Service") or call Allen Stanton @ 360-943-0780 x 161.
some fun off campus?
Thursday, April24
"How to be a Queer Activist" Speaker panel. (6
to 8:00p.m. CAB 3rd floor Solarium.)
Friday, April 25
Actor Slash Model. "Through both music and
film Actor Slash Model addresses issues of gender
identity, gender pcrf(>rmanec and politics, a sex
positive ideal, and the art making process. As a
filmmaking duo, Actor Slash Model is currently
producing a documentary chronicling gl!nder
identity and pcrf(>rmance as it surrounds musicianship." Co-sponsored by S'I/\R. (2:00p.m., LH 2)
Film: Quinceanera "Magdalena is 14 and
anxiously awaiting hl!r 15th birthday where
she'll cell!bmte her quinceanara. licr world
starts to crumble when shl! discovers her prcgmulcy aflcr not being able to lit in her gown H>r
her quinceanam. Soon, shl! 's kickl!d out of her
home, abandoned by her fhmily, <md abandonl!d
by her baby's f~lthl!r. Magdall!na is thl!n taken
in by her grl!at-grailduncll!. Tomas <md her
gay, olkn-in-troubll! cousin, Carlos. Thl!rl! shl!
linus a nl!w f~unily and life." Co-sponsored by
ilousing and thl! R/\s. Frl!e. (7:00 p.m., IICC)
FUTURE
Deadline for submissions
for
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literary journal. Send dl!ctronic copil!s to
writl!rsguildl!wrgrl!l!nlf~gmail.com. (April20)
"llel11ing Americans Who Travel Abroad: The
Consular Services of the Department of State."
Frl!l! ll!cturl! by Donna llamilton. lktirl!d Fordgn
Sl!rvicc Ollicl!r. For infi.mnation. call (360)1!67-0919. (April 20, 7:30 p.m., The Olympia
Center)
We'll g•t you there!
T-shirt design contest submissions due. Submit
a design for the 2008 gmduation t-shirt design
contl!st. The winnl!r gets $200 and thl!ir artwork
on hundrl!ds oft-shirts! (April 22, J p.m., Sem I
3165)
Ride Intercity Transit local routes with your Evergreen Student 10! We travel to
lots of great destinations, so you can take a break and grab a pizza,
run some errands, or stock up on the latest COs. For more information, just
check our website or give us a call.
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. World rl!nownl!d
bl!stsdling author. and host of the
groundbrl!aking PBS sl!rics NOVA scil!nci!NOW
appl!aring in person fi.>r a fascinating journey
across the horiwns of scil!ncc. the universe and
society. (April 29, 7:30 p.m., CRC)
Route41
Route48
Dorms, Library, Downtown Olympia
Library, Downtown Olympia
Travels to downtown Olympia via Division
and Harrison, serving destinations such as:
Travels to downtown Olympia via Cooper
Point Road, serving destinations such as:
Bayview Thriftway
Danger Room Comics
Falcone Schwinn
Grocery Outlet
Heritage Park
Hollywood VIdeo
Mekong
Olympia Community Center
Olympia Art & Frame
Olympia Food Coop
Rainy Day Records
Traditions Fair Trade
and morel
Bagel Brothers
Bayview Thriftway
Blockbuster VIdeo
Danger Room Comics
Falcone Schwinn
Goodwill
Grocery Outlet
Heritage Park
Hollywood Video
Mekong
Olympia Community Center
Olympia Art & Frame
Rainy Day Records
Rite-Aid
Safeway
The Skateboard Park
Traditions Fair Trade
Westfield Mall
and morel
a~trophysicist.
Want to start your own business? A
prl!scntation on local rl!sources available to you
to start your own business, by members of the
Economic Development Council of Thurston
County. Sponsored by The Center lor Sustainable
Entrepreneurship. Free. (May 7, 4 to 5 p.m., LH
3)
PRESS: A Cross-Cultural Literary Conference
at The Evergreen State College is inviting you
to help make this dynamic text arts conference
more dynamic-say, super dynamic. Submit your
writing by May I, 2008. All submissions will be
strongly considered for panel or workshop slots.
See http://www.evergreen.edu/writingcenter/press/
for info. (Submissions due May I, conference
May 24-25, Week 7)
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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.
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Flaming Eggplant CAB
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Women of Color Coalition
CAB 206, 4 to 5 p.m.
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Amnesty International
CAB 320, 12:30 p.m.
ATF Appearing Task Force on
Anti-Oppression CAB 320, I p.m.
Bike Shop 2 p.m.
Center For Sustainable Entreprcneurship SEM II C3107, 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 A31 05, I p.m.
Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
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Sabot Infosquat Library
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Generation Friends SEM
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VOX CAB 320, Solarium,
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Capoeira COM 209,
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