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THE CALL MAV .OAV" COMES FROM THE FRENCH M'AIDER, WHICH
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ISSUE 23, VOLUME 36, MAY 1, 2008
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Volcano turns u in woods
Moratorium
·to be lifted
Events Review '
Committee makes
recommendations
by MADELINE BERMAN
The moratorium
on events will
soon be lifted,
according
to
Art
Costantino,
president
Student
PH
DAVID RAILEANU
Mikako Gillespie, lsha Kuhns, and other Chem Club members discover the volcano from last October and bring it back to campus
by DAVID RAILEANU
After six months and seven days,
the Chemistry Club has finally
recovered its fateful volcano.
An anonymous tip led five
members of the Chern Club to the
meadow behind freshman housing Wednesday evening. Armed
with lanterns, skateboards, headlamps, and medical-grade gloves,
they set out to find their missing
monolith.
"I had given up all hope in my
heart," said Chern Club coordinator Mikako Gillespie.
The volcano first made its appearance last October, when it was
meant to showcase the wonderful
and awesome power of science.
Constructed of wood, plastic, and
chicken wire, the volcano was
powered by the traditional baking
soda and vinegar combination.
An unlucky confluence of
coincidences caused the crater to
collapse, exposing a major design
flaw in the original construction.
Undaunted, the Chern Club vowed
to raise the volcano again with
much more spectacular results.
Alas, it was not meant to be.
Less than 24 hours after the failed
experiment, the volcano was
see VOLCANO, page 10
i~~~~bents announce THE GLASSES PARTY
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glasses campaign is determined
by SETH VINCENT
As current Geoduck Student
Union representative Sammi
Webster walked past the KAOS
radio station office on the third
floor of the CAB at around 1
a.m. Thursday, she tore a "Vote
Glasses" campaign flier from a
GSU posting board and ripped it
up with a smile.
Webster explained that the GSU
must approve any fliers posted to
that board.
Current representatives Brittany
Newhouse, Charles Loosen and
Webster were at the CAB late,
finishing candidacy statements
for n~xt year.
The reps have decided to run
again to continue the projects that
they started this year, and in reaction to the 19 candidates that have
submitted similar candidacy statements and profile pictures. Fliers
around campus that state "Vote
Glasses" list the 19 candidates.
All 19 are wearing a pair of
black-rimmed glasses with inset
sparkles in their profile pictures in
the CPJ's voting guide this issue,
and in the online voting system at
my.evergreen.edu/vote.
The Hip-Hop Congress is sponsoring an on-campus lecture by
DeadPrezmemberM-1 (Mutulu
Olugabala). According to HHC
Nineteen students are running on
a 'vote glasses' campaign in this
year's Geoduck Student Union
representative
elections.
The
see GLASSES PARTY, page 4
James Lawson, colleague of Dr. King
Civil rtg ts lea
to visit Evarg
by JUSTIN SHEPHARD
see INCUMBENT, page 20
Money approved to bring Dead
Prez rapper back to campus
by BRIAN FULLERTON
by MADELINE BERMAN
feel that having a small amount of
people on the GSU is insufficient to
represent the school," says Bonnie
Weaver, a campaign member. "21
people cannot speak for 4500."
member Noah Theeman-Lindberg, the purpose of this event
is an attempt "to bring closure"
to the controversy surrounding
see M-1, page 4
On Monday, May 5, Reverend
James Lawson, a strategist of the
civil rights movement and a man
once referred to as "the leading
nonviolence theorist in the world"
by Reverend Martin Luther King
Jr., will be speaking at The Evergreen State College.
Lawson, who was imprisoned
for refusing the draft during the
Korean War and who organized
see LAWSON, page 10
PROCESSION OF THE SPECIES!
WORRIED ABOUT WHICH WAY
THE ANNUAL EVENT BROUGHT OUT
YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE IN THE
SOME OF OLYMPIA'S BEST AND
UPCOMING GSU ELECTIONS? PULL
BRIGHTEST. YOU CAN FIND THE
OUT THE VOTER'S GUIDE. GET THE
PICTURES ON...
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INFO YOU NEED
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Costantino and President Les
Puree are planning to review
the recommendations made by .
the Events Review Committee,
which was established to assess
risks associated with events on
campus, and is in the process of
filing its final recommendation.
"Assuming that ·the recommendation addresses the areas
that need to be addressed," says
Costantino "the concert ban will
be lifted."
The concert moratorium on
campus was established on February 19 in response to the riot after
the Dead Prez concert. Because of
the moratorium, proposed events
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Dean of Students Phyllis Lane.
For the past several months, the
Events Review Committee has
been deliberating policies and
procedures for assessing risks
associated with events.
Much time was spent looking
at the different aspects that must
be considered when planning an .
event, from fire safety and proper
security, to Americans with
Disabilities Act standards and the
different spaces that are available
for use. ,
For example, one topic that was
brought up was the fact that, while
building managers are responsible
for whatever happens in a particular building, not every building
has a manager.
In the report, they also make
recommendations, such as adopting an Interim Event Security and
Safety Policy, creating protocol
and risk assessment checklists,
and establishing a risk assessment
team.
Madeline Berman is a freshman
enrolled in HOLLYWOOD.
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May I, 2008
es, not walls
by ERIKA MARQUEZ
& MOLLY PORTER
For far too long, communities of color
have been targeted, used as scapegoats, and
exploited by those in power, a trend currently
seen in national rhetoric surrounding migrants
living in the United States. The dominant
culture is one of deep-rooted xenophobia,
based on irrational falsehoods perpetuated by
government and media-led propaganda. The
result of these prescribed myths has been the
militarization of our communities, as borders
are fortified and migrants are violently taken
from their homes by federal agents.
The conversation surrounding the "immigration issue" must be reclaimed and viewed
as a human rights issue. Our society needs
to address the root causes of immigration
- socioeconomic inequality, Free Trade
policies, displacement - and move from
the framework of defining human beings as
"legal" vs. "illegal," an outlook that negates
our collective humanity.
Ideological borders are accompanied by
physical borders, which are fortified with
walls and weapons. Borders and walls serve
only to compartmentalize and classifY us,
when the reality is that we are all united, and
unclassifiable.
The abuse that comes with the enforcement
of our immigration policies is not only a
national issue, but a local one. Therefore,
we as a society are disadvantaged when our
brothers and sisters are silenced.
The Northwest Detention Center
The Northwest Detention Center is near
the Port of Tacoma, thirty miles north of
Olympia. Run by a corporation called the
GEO Group, the prison is contracted through
the Immigration and Customs Enforcemen,!
(ICE) branch of the Department ofHomeland
Security (DHS). The GEO Group runs 45
other prisons, including the Migrant Operations Center at Guantanamo Bay. The Center
exists to conduct "Detention and Removal
Operations," meaning the incarceration and
deportation of migrants apprehended in
Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. People
held at these detention centers around the
country have done nothing other than subject
themselves to the dangers of crossing national
borders in hopes of a better existence.
While their "crime" is minor, detainees are
not treated as human beings. Neglect within
detention centers is common - basic medical necessities are denied, mass amounts
of people get food poisoning, etc. - and
constitutional rights are denied, including
the right to legal representation. In fact,
90% of detainee cases are denied the right
to due process. The lack of basic rights for
migrant detainees highlights the racist policies surrounding human rights in the United
States- U.S. citizens are afforded privileges
that are not applied to non-citizens within its
own borders.
Raids on the Community
Considering the often clandestine nature
of ICE raids, and the lack of transparency
within this branch of government, the specific
details surrounding each incident have come
from community accounts.
Recent ICE raids in the Northwest have
taken many forms, from 200+ Del Monte
factory workers targeted in Portland, to very
recent early morning home abductions, to
racial profiling at checkpoints set on public
roads in the Shelton area. ICE officers have
also targeted people of color in public places
such as Safeway and Walmart, where they
are singled out and commanded to show
"legal" documentation. If documents cannot
be provided; then the arrests are made
indiscriminately.
Recently, clandestine raids targeting small
groups took place in Shelton in the early morning, when no one was around, and no media
coverage was possible. Shelton community
members reported that, near the beginning
of March, approximately five people from
Guatemala were drug from their apartments
and arrested by ICE agents before dawn.
Shortly after, ICE officers chased down a
vehicle of Mexican individuals on their way
to do brush work. The occupants were able to
eventually get away on foot after abandoning
their vehicle, at which point it was reported ·
that the agents fired three shots.
Families are being violently separated
because of these raids and detentions. Children are being left behind without legal
provisions because the State has no concern
for their well-being. There are approximately
five million U.S. children with either one or
two undocumented parents, each child living
with the risk of being arbitrary separated
every day. This generation of children will
most likely grow up with a sense of abandonment, bearing psychological damage that will
only perpetuate the disproportionate amount
of poverty and criminalization in communities of color.
Call to Adlon
Is this the culture we want to live by? Do
we value injustice, family separation and
arbitrary criminalization of any member of
our community?
Residents of Thurston County must take
a stand to demand an end to all raids in our
communities. The conversation surrounding
immigration cannot get very far if we are
only looking at the issue through a lens of
what is "legal'.'; this mentality is based on the
presumption that the law is right and absolute, which is not the case.
We, as human beings, are obligated to speak
up against these violations.ofhuman rights as
the government violently intrudes '1:1pon our
communities, taking hard-working parents
away from their children, incarcerating them
for being "illegal," and criminalizing them
for trying to raise healthy families.
Bridges Not Walls
Through grass roots organization and
networking, Bridges Not Walls hopes to
reclaim the conversation around immigration
by presenting The Immigration and Border
Dialogues Conference. Taking place May
I 5-18 at Evergreen, the conference will be
an opportunity for anyone to engage in the
complex discussion of migration, and will
open up space for both community dialogue
and the recognition of immigrant rights as
human rights: rights that see no borders.
Through the conference, we will tell the
stories that have gone untold and give this
discourse a human face. We want to tear down
the walls that have been placed on ourselves
and in our communities, and are committed to
begin building bridges around our common
values, which include the respect and dignity
deserved by all, no matter where we've come
from or what our "legal" status is.
For more information about Bridges Not
Walls, please visit the website at oly-wa.usl
bridges or email us at bridgesnotwalls@
riseup.net.
Ericka Marquez is an Evergreen student on
leave. Molly Porter is a member of Bridges
Not Walls.
Center for Sustainable Student Lffoztp Spotlight
Greeners for Truth and Reconciliation:
Entrepreneurship
holds first event
A testament to nonviolent communication
\ new group on campus, the Center for Sustainable '
l~y RAINBOE SIMS-JONES
Entn:prencurship {CSE) is hosting th~ir first event next
\\cdnesday! C'"E wants •o bridge the gap between
Cireeners for fruth dnd Reconciliation rs
o;tudents and the business world. Creating a busmess or a newer group on campus, formed shortly
non-proftt is an unparalleled way for individuals to tackle
after the incident following the February
14 Dead Prez concert. The mission of
issues that face our community and world. More than ten
percent of all Evergreen graduates do just that.
the group is to empower the commuIf you are interested in starting a business or non-profit,
nity and mobilize for restorative justice
please attend CSE's "Want to Start Your Own Business?"
as an alternative to retributive justice.
They want to help our community find
May 7 workshop in Lecture Hall3 at 4 p.m. Guest speakers will include Tiffany Scruggs of the Thurston County
common ground that will enable us to
Economic Development Council and Cecile Nightingale
move beyond blame and punishment and
of the Small Business Development Center. CSE is
towards a positive process of healing.
After the February 15 incident, it
actively looking for business members from the community to come to campus on a regular basis to speak to
became clear that there was some tension
students on sustainable business philosophies and prinin our community, and Evergreen needed
ciples. Some of the local, sustainable business owners
to find a way to address those tensions.
who will come in the near future include Dick Meyer of "The riot only highlighted the problems
Traditions Cafe and Chris Mcponald of Artisan's. For that already existed in our community,"
more information on CSE's events or to get involved,
says Jenna Wes, a member of GTR. At
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the founders of GTR began the process
of becoming a student group. They had
20 meetings in their first two weeks. "We
wanted to put our energy toward positive,
peaceful,change," says Wes.
"We only had time to do·one thing
before the end of the quarter," says Justin
Shephard, another founder. They spoke
with people all over campus including
faculty, students and police, and created
an event in which they showed thirty
minutes of A Long Nights Journey into
Day to introduce themselves and their
mission, after which they had the attendees break into five-pe..Son discussion
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a Democratic Society, while in another
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group. The point of this exercise was to
get different people with different experiences, views and opinions, to talk to and
with each other, not at each other.
Unfortunately, people tend to equate
nonviolent ways of doing things with
being weak and ineffectual, when, in
fact, just the opposite is true. The courage and effort required to communicate
with someone whose opinions, views,
lifestyle or experiences, vastly contradict
your own is a testament to your strength.
"Conflict is an opportunity for growth,"
says Wes, "We're not claiming to know
how to resolve our differences. It's about
being willing to look another human
being in the eye, and try to understand
- or at least listen to - where they're
coming from." Shephard continues, "We
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different their views are, and because of
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May I, 2008
elections start today
Glasses Party
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Members of the glasses campaign are
"serious, funny people," according to
their campaign flyer. This is made apparent from their candidacy profile statements, like Shyam P. Khanna's proclamation: "You either love pancakes, or you
hate freedom. No Justice, No Pancakes!"
Or take Madison Johnson, who believes
that "all decisions should go through the
Student Union before they are finalized
by the administration." Alex Patia, the
19th member of the group, says, "We
need to reframe the Geoduck Union,
hence the glasses campaign. It's all
about big change. I'm running because
I want to see students get involved. If
elected, I'd like to see better food at the
Greenery, with more vegan options."
There is a broad spectrum of opinions
being represented within this group.
Beyond their candidacy statements,
members of the group were vague when
asked to elaborate on their plans if they
are elected. "I don't think any of us
know how it'll play out," says campaign
member Christopher Rotondo .
Madeline Berman is a freshman enrolled
in HOLLYWOOD.
M -I back to campus
by BRIAN FULLERTON
After the delay in response to concerns
about how votes were tabulated in the
ballot software, the Geoduck Student
Union continued to spread the word
about the ballot and allowed more time
for candidates to register - the ballot
opens tomorrow (May I).
For the election itself, the GSU needs
21 spots to be fi lied. The majority of
the ballot will be dedicated to deciding
among 35 candidates to fill the 21 spots.
Of the 21 spots, 19 will be elected from
Olympia, one representing Tacoma, and
one representing the reservation-based
programs.
Aside from the election, there are three
items on the ballot for student approval.
Item one concerns WashPIRG's reaffirmation on campus. Item two concerns an
amendment to the Geoduck Student Union
Constitution regarding filling vacancies
in the Union. The last item concerns
whether or not Evergreen should join
the Washington Student Lobby, which
supports among other things, colleges
visibility in the state legislature, state
funding of childcare.
Links to the ballot will be online on
everyone's my.evergreen.edu account
this Friday, May 2.
Brian Fullerton is a junior enrolled in
HOLLYWOOD.
Pacific Crest Trail to participate in a through hike
.
Alumni venture for change
by EION HIGGINS
Evergreen alumni Jerainy Vallianos
and Serena Becker are embarking on
the Pacific Crest Trail to participate in a
through hike, and to raise money for a
number of environmental" conservation
and land acquisition organizations.
These organizations - the Pacific Crest
Trail Association (PCTA), the Pacific
Forest Trust (PFT) and Cascadia Ecosystem Advocates (CEA)- attempt to acquire
lands for conservation efforts, and promote
private owners of forests to assist in the
positive stewardship and maintenance of
the biodiverse forests on the west coast.
Jeramy Vallianos grew up in beautiful
Monterey, Massachusetts, in the Berkshire
Mountains. Monterey is a small wild town
that is heavily forested and has a history of
wildlife conservation. He graduated from
Evergreen in 2004.
Serena Becker hails from Eugene,
Oregon, well-known for its left political leanings and its surrounding rugged
beauty.
Serena has worked with the International
Solidarity Movement in the West Bank
and has spent time in the Gaza Strip working with the Olympia-Rafah Sister City
Project. She graduated from Evergreen in
2003.
Those interested in supporting or following the adventures of these two characters,
or becoming involved with the aforementioned organizations, can go to walkforwild.org or walkforwild.blogspot.com .
Donations can be made at walkforwild.
org.
Eoin Higgins is a sophomore enrolled in
Looking Backward .
.from cover
the Feburary 14 Dead Prez concert. While
M-1 's booking agent is still preparing
travel arrangements for him, the lecture
is scheduled for May 25.
It appears, however, that there will be
some compromises in the structure of the
event- Theeman-Lindberg would rather
have the lecture be a panel discussion
that would include the other Dead Prez
member stic.man (Clayton Gavin) and
others.
However, the proposals that were sent
to the Services and Activities Fee Allocation Board (S&A Board) and the Diversity Fund Committee only mentioned
M-1. Since the S&A Board approved
the $3200 to fund M-1 's lecture and no
one else's, and the proposal to the DFC
was past the deadline, it looks like a
panel-type event won't happen at this
point. According to DFC Chairperson
Paul Gallegos, any other proposals sent
to the Diversity Fund Committee can't
be considered because their deadline has
passed.
Brian Fullerton is a junior enrolled in
HOLLYWOOD.
Writing on the wall: a Bike Shop mural
by TABITHA BROWN
On Tuesday, volunteers and coordinators
of the Evergreen Bike Shop met at the
Shop's current location, on the basement
floor of the Campus Activities Building, to
discuss preparations for a new mural that
will adorn the entryway and the studentrun space. Amidst the traffic of homemade
mechanics shuttling around their precious
foot-powered machinery for fine-tuning,
plans were discussed for the gathering of
materials to make the mural, the beginning
of the design process, and its execution.
The final dimensions of the mural will be
close to those of the current mural adorning one wall, which is approximately I 09"
X 66".
One subject that needs to be addressed
is how to facilitate collaboration on such
a large piece. Volunteers want a mural
that is inclusive, but that also upholds
the values and interests of the Bike Shop.
Those present agreed they are seeking to
create a welcoming, community-supportive panorama to greet all those who enter
the space. Anti-racist, anti-sexist, antihomophobic and anti-xenophobic imagery
is desired. Though it was joked that "the
image of bicyclists hunting SUVs would
be good, too," people decided it would
be best to steer away from the "anti-car
mentality," choosing instead to depict
positive social dynamics and gender/age/
race/class relations.
The purpose of the mural is to "attract
visitors to the Bike Shop" and not turn
away potential supporters of a motor-free
lifestyle. Images of people working on
bikes, riding on bikes, sharing their bikemechanic skills and operating all kinds
and styles of cycles have been suggested.
In addition, volunteers want the mural to
be as inclusive as possible, representing a
diversity of ages, races, classes, ethnicities, and genders, with no demographic
being unfairly over-represented.
While it recognizes that a single mural
can be neither all-inclusive nor proportionally representative of the student body as a
whole, it will strive to meet these ideals.
After the CAB redesign is fully in place
next year, the Bike Shop will be located
in a new place along the path between
Seminar II and the College Recreation
Center. The mural will have to be portable
in preparation for this move, so Shop
volunteers are seeking quality plywood
from which mobile painted panels can be
fashioned.
The Bike Shop is currently open to any
and all ipeas that fit with the parameters
listed, and will be meeting next Wednesday at I I a.m. to disc1.1ss more specifics.
Wannabe contributors are welcome. For
more information about the Evergreen
Bike Shop or its mural, you can stop by
or email the Shop at bikeshop@evergreen.
edu.
Tabitha Brown is a senior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
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The King Hussein Bridge, the
only land-crossing that permits
internationals to travel from Jordan
to the West Bank, is located about
20 miles from my residence in
Amman. This drive to the isthmus
takes one through Jordan's entire
geographic spectrum, from the
bustling metropolis of Amman,
through the impoverished residential area of Salt, under the towering
gaze of limestone hills and past the
Dead Sea . This idyllic, picturesque
drive is one that will calm anyone's
nerves.
Going through Jordanian customs
desolate tract, a desert purgatory
of dehydrated dwarf plants and
barbed wire. About halfway down,
we stop at a check-point, and the
bus is boarded by a toll guard who
checks our passports and takes our
bus tickets.
As the bus continues on, I see
we are coming to another security check point where scores of
buses wait; I notice that the road is
divided into two paths and rather
than waiting in line, our bus takes
the empty route and is allowed to
pass without any further inspection .
As we roll by the line of buses, I
THERE ARE DOZENS OF ISRAELI FLAGS
LINING THE WALKWAY, PARALLEL TO
WHERE WE ARE DRIVING. FEMALE
SOLDIERS ARE WEARING KEVLAR VESTS
THAT SEEM TO BE A SIZE TOO LARGE
FOR THEM, AND THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS HAVE AUTOMATIC WEAPONS
DANGLING FROM THEIR SHOULDERS
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of the Arabic language or are
traveling with someone who does.
As I watch baffled internationals
wa lki ng in circles, I feel thankful
that I am traveling with lmad, who
g uid es us through custo ms without
much of a has sle. At one point, a
Jordanian customs guard accuses
me, in j est, of travelin g with my
" brother 's" passport - my passport
photo is of me with below shoulderlength hair, which I have cut since
arriving in Jordan - but waves us
through with a smile. As we are
waiting to board the specialty bus
de signed to take us to th e border
of the West B-ank (Israel), I notice
that the bus depot is partitioned
into two sections : one for "International-Tourists" and the other for
Palestinians returning home.
The number of internationals,
roughly 30 people, barely fills a
quarter of the extravagant, grandiose, air-conditioned bus. As we
travel down the mile-long stretch
of land that separates Jordan
from the West Bank, I look out
the window to see nothing but
look from the comfort of my
a ir-conditioned seat and see that
each one is full to capac ity w ith
Palestinians, luggage protruding
from windows (obviously not ai rconditioned), children sitting on
mothers' laps, w ith few people
conversi ng. I see acceptance of
the un fortunate situation in the
eyes of the people, their gazes
betraying apathy marred with
contempt. Locking eyes with a
young girl, I raise my hand to
acknowledge our mutual existence - she violently spits out
her window and I apologetically
avert my eyes.
The tension becomes obvious
when we cross into the Israeli
(occupied) side of the border.
There are dozens of Israeli flags
lining the walkway, parallel to
where we are driving.
Female soldiers are wearing
Kevlar vests that seem to be a
size too large for them, and their
male counterparts have automatic weapons dangling from
their shoulders. I marvel as I see
the Israeli flag being flown for
I LOOK FROM THE COMFORT OF MY AIRCONDITIONED SEAT AND SEE THAT EACH
[BUS] IS FULL TO CAPACITY WITH PALESTINIANS, LUGGAGE PROTRUDING FROM
WINDOWS ... I SEE ACCEPTANCE OF THE
UNFORTUNATE SITUATION IN THE EYES
OF THE PEOPLE, THEIR GAZES BETRAYING APATHY MARRED WITH CONTEMPT
the first time in an official capacity. For an instant I forget that the
land I am now on is being occupied
by Israel, and that Palestinians are
subjected to that occupation on a
daily basis; but strangely, I feel a
sense of pride that this land and
these people (the Israelis) would
accept me merely for my cultural
heritage. In the hours to come, this
belief would prove to be nothing
more than an illusion.
As the bus pulls to the front of
the terminal, our luggage is poured
onto a conveyer belt and we are
ushered through an Israeli security
check-point. · Our belongings are
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OUR BELONGINGS ARE ONCE
AGAIN X-RAYED AND WE ARE PUT
THROUGH A METALLIC DEVICE
THAT STRATEGICALLY JETS HIGHPRESSURE AIR ON OUR BODIES
once again x-rayed and we are
put through a metallic device that
strategically jets high-pressure air
on our bodies. Imad passes through
before I do, and, as if scripted, three
plain-clothed Israel Defense Force
soldiers take him to the side of the
room and begin to interrogate him.
Out of a bus of 30 internationals, he
is the only one questioned. Israel's
paranoia, whether justified or not,
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Railroads!:
~life and times OfZak Nelson
by ZAK NELSON &
RYAN HITCHCOCK
When one gets to be a man my age,
one begins to wonder if his actions on
this earth have truly inspired and given
comfort to the generations th~t have come
after him. When I was contacted by a
young sketch comedy troupe from this
very college, I knew I had my answer.
This is why I am immeasurably proud to
present this stage show, inspired by my
life and works, Railroads!: The Life and
Times ofZak Nelson.
"But teacher," you may say, "Rabbi
-messiah -what does this collection of
short, unrelated, comedic scenes have to
do with your life?"
The answer, my child, is: everything. If
you have witnessed dewdrops form on a
new-fallen leaf, the first uncertain steps of
a newborn foal, the jubilation of a crowd
at the lurching motions of the very first
locomotive, as I have, you would understand. But you have not, and cannot, for I
am. better than you. Amen.
I began my walk on the road to fame
and fortune in 1904, at the tender age
of three with my first wax-cylinder
single. Some of the older generation may
remember hearing my sonorous voice at
family .bam-raisings, ringing out through
the phonograph hom on the song "Good
Morning Daffodils." I knew, as anyone
who watched me knew, I was destined for
greatness. I was ready for the world - the
only question was if the world was ready
for me.
Ten years later, at the age of seven, my
musical career was snuffed out by my
rapidly changing voice, which had by
this point had become a brash, commanding boom not unlike cannon fire. This is
when I took employment as a porter on
a Mississippi freight ship. I had many
adventures on that vessel, such as boxing
a wild cougar for the right to marry a wild
mountain girl by the name of Petunia, and
saving the kitchen staff from a hardline
Puritan sect who demanded human sacrifice to appease their wrathful God.
...,
There's nothing to say about the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles movie that hasn't
been said by an eight-year-old.
"Wise men say forgiveness is divine, but
never pay full price for late pizza."
As he pushes forward a $10 bill from
under his manhole cover in an imaginary
New York alleyway, Michelangelo - the
franchise, not the painter- excuses himself
for ripping off the pizza delivery guy. His
underworld prowess and the fast pace
of the film are such that it can continue
unabated.
Mutant Teenage Turtle Ninjas? Turtle
Teenage Ninja Mutants? The order doesn't
matter. I used to watch them before I
knew what either a Ninja or a Mutant was,
or could string together so many multisyllabic words in a sentence. In fact, the
Turtles are four of a pantheon of television
anomalies that probably helped me master
the English language.
It doesn't matter what happened in the
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles origi-
1. The Mountain
Goats - Heretic Pride
16. Cloud Cult - Feel Good Ghosts
17. Capitol Steps
After 18 years of riding the river, I, at 2. Carolyn Wonderland
- Campaign and Suffering
the grizzled age of 12, grew tired of the -Miss Understood
hard-living, hard-drinking life I had fallen
18. Eric Bibb- Get On Board
into. I knew that I needed to take a new 3. Various Artists- Rough
direction in life, one that would renew Guide to Cuban Street Par?J
19. Gabi Lunca- Sounds
my tired soul. I came into contact with a
From a Bygone Age
Burmese mystic, who took me under his 4. Marcia Ball - Peace, Love and BBQ_
wing, where I became an ascetic, shun20. Toumast - Ishumar
ning all physical comforts, but gaining 5. Mother Truckers
a new spiritual understanding. I aged 30 - Let's All Go To Bed
21. Claudius Linton - Roots Master
years during this time, then went back
forty. I aged another 15, then reverted to 6. The Breeders -Mountain Battles
22. Tab Benoit- Night
a fetus, then to a sperm and egg cell at
Train to Nashville
the moment of conception. From there, 7. Pacifi.ka -Asuncion
I immediately shot forward to the age of
23. The Molenes- Songs
25, pulled back a bit to 18, then decided I 8. Eli "Paperboy" Reed and
of Sin and Redemption
wanted to drink legally and scooted up to the True Loves -Roll With You
21. This is the age at which I have stayed
24. VI A- Green Owl Compilation
for the past 76 years.
9. Lyrics Born- Everywhere At Once
As part of my spiritual quest, I journeyed
25. Kj Denhert- Lucky 7
to a remote part of the forest surrounding 10. Flight of the Conchords- S/T
Olympia, Washington and took root in the
26. Longview- Deep In the Mountains
ground. My toes intermingled with the 11. Jeff Healey -Mess Of Blues
dirt, my skin became rigid and fibrous,
27. Eden Brentand branches began to sprout from my 12. Clinic- Do It
Mississippi Number One
ears.
As I encased myself further insidt: my 13. John Trudell- Madness
28. Senor Flavio - Supersaund 2012
new, conifer-like form, a college was built and the Moremes
up around me. With no construction crews,
29. Howard A'i- Kaleilzulumanzo
nor any building materials, I simply caused 14. Mia Doi Todd - Gea
the buildings of what would become The
30. Walter Trout- The Outsider
Evergreen State College to rise up out of 15. Ronnie Earl and the
the surrounding woods. I have been a Broadcasters - Hope Radio
~NICKI SABALU
permanent fixture at The Evergreen State
College for 47 years now, and in 2005 I
finally emerged from my cocoon to enroll
as a student. As I am the godlike tree
- being that formed the school from the
ground using only the power of my mind,
my tuition is free. Amen.
This show is a celebration of my past, my
future, my irrational aging patterns, and
he was dropped from the series, two other
~y LARRY MILTON
my leaf-like beard. So come and celebrate
Queer characters came and went during the
with us on May 3 at 7 p.m., and May 4 at
Why does every Queer I know love The span of the show (1985-1992).
3:30p.m., in the Communications Build- Golden Girls? I was asking myself that
For example, when Blanche's brother
ing Recital Hall.
question this morning when I found that my comes to visit, he starts spending a lot of time
roommates had snuck into my room and with Rose and comes out to her. To hide his
Zak Nelson is a junior enrolled in grabbed my copy of the first season to have homosexuality from his sister, he and Rose
Introduction to Natural Science. Ryan an all-night marathon. It didn't take too long pretend to date. Chaos ensues, he comes out,
Hitchcock is a junior enrolled in an inde- to put the pieces together- The Golden Girls and Blanche gets over it all in one 30-minute
pendent learning contract.
are very similar to Queers.
episode.
They are totally into whatever is new and
Another time, Dorothy's lesbian friend
trendy, they are always trying to date some- comes for a visit, and na'ive Rose doesn't
one younger then they are, they can be pretty realize what is going on between the two of
easy to get into bed, and they have the best them. Chaos ensues and Rose gets over it in
sense of humor. However, they are by no one hilarious 30- minute episode.
nallive-action movie, which aired on Mind means competition, so we love them.
One might not real~ze this, but during the
· Screen this week. Of the three or so other
Doesn't each character remind you of span of the show, Queer people were still
people who showed up for the screening some Queer you know? There is Blanche being killed, harassed, and losing their chilbesides myself, hardly anyone bothered Devereaux, the charming vixen from the dren and jobs. There were no laws protecting
to follow the Turtles as they battled the South with more lovers then she can count. us and few allies wanted to visibly support
kid forces employed by Shredder, their She is dedicated to staying young, beautiful, us. The Golden Girls let Queers around the
ninja nemesis, for purposes of evil (in his and popular. Then there is Sophia Petrillo, the country see someone like them being themuniverse, evil is petty theft) in an escalat- mother figure of the group who tells it as it is selves and not being afraid.
ing struggle to be the jujitsu masters of the without hesitation, often making others laugh
No, The Girls wasn't the only show doing
gutter.
in the process. Rose Nylund is the innocent this, but it had an impact on people. After all,
What matters is that as a cultural artifact, it one from the Midwest. She is full of hilari- re-runs of the show are still going strong. I
encapsulated the radiant freshness, the doe- ous stories about home that don't quite make don't know how exciting it mu:;t have felt to
eyed innocence, the painterly filmmaking, sense, yet that she insists happened. And let us watch the show in the 1980s, since I grew up
and the sweet boon of cheap delivery that not forget Sophia's college-educated daugh- during the era of Will & Grace and Queer
characterized our last decade - the decade ter, Dorothy Petrillo Zbomak. She battles to Eye for the Straight Guy. I can only imagine
discover herself amid equally trying battles how fabulous it must have been, after years
in which I lived out my childhood.
of never being acknowledged in the media, to
In my efforts to re-access that childhood, with her ex-husband Stan.
suddenly
see other Queers- and people who
Often
seen
as
the
average
one
in
the
group,
I senselessly probed the dialogue for other
supported
us - on TV.
awkward
moments
seem
to
follow
Dorothy
truisms offered by the late Michelangelo
So·
the
next
time you are home skipping
like
a
shadow
in
case
anyone
was
wonderand his team of hard-shelled superheroes.
through
the
channels,
stop by on Lifetime to
ing
which
girl
I
personally
identify
with,
I'd
In my efforts, I pull the movie apart. I rip
catch
an
episode
of
The
Golden Girls. Enjoy
say
I'm
most
like
her.
it a new one.
it
and
let
me
know
which
girl you are.
The
Golden
Girls
itself
was
very
ahead
of
its
No -;: I don't want to do that! I want to
time,
thanks
to
creator
and
head
writer
Susan
preserve the radiance, to imbue the doeLarry Milton is a junior enrolled in an
Harris. In the pilot episode, the girls have a
internship
learning contract.
gay
housekeeper
living
with
them.
Although
see TURTLES, page 7
Queer thoughts on The
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Student
groups to
fuse with
MUSE
by BRIAN FULLERTON
This Friday, the Writers' Guild and the
Phrontisterion are teaming up to put on
MUSE: Encounters with the Classical
Canon, a cover charge-less (but donation
requested) night of poetry reading and
music.
One aim of the event is fundraising. At
the Phrontisterion 's winter production
of Th e Birds , a tragedy occurred. To the
audience's amusement, the character
Cinesias made an overly enthusiastic exit
into a real life wall, where he left a real
life hole. Now the Phrontisterion has to
pay back the damages.
Multi-disciplined Evergreen students
will read original and translated works
inspired by the Classics. On top of that,
there will be two musical performances:
the post-deconstructionalist, Adam Jessup
(myspace.com/adamjessup) and the classically antithetical indie group, Moonstruck (myspace.com/themoonstruck).
The Phrontisterion is dedicated to
the study of Classical literature, which
they foster with fall lectures and winter
comedies. This fall, the club hosted
author and educator David Halperin, one
of the founders of Queer Studies graduate
programs in the U.S.
The Writers' Guild, MUSE's co-sponsor,
is currently editing an untitled literary
journal of writing from within the Evergreen community. They have become a
collaboration mogul, hosting a reading
with Slightly West in the fall and a fundraising event with PRESS in the winter.
Join the Writers' Guild and the Phrontisterion at Last Word Books this Friday
at 7 p.m. Last Word Books is located
at 211 4th Avenue, across the street
from The Reef and next door to Quality
Burrito. If poetry and music isn't enough
to inspire you, there may be a kissing
booth (maybe)!
Brian Fullerton is afreshman enrolled in
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BELINDA MAN
Hazard Factory, an industrial arts studio, put on a demonstration of raw power at last weekend's Artswalk at the first ever
Olympia Power Tool Races. The event featured entries from community artists and a cheering section pumped up for action.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles retums
to big screen at Mind Screen'90s night
from page 6
eyed innocence of feeling with the immortally justifying properties of plausibility
and suspense!
But, let's face it: it's a bad movie.
In the age before clunky claymation
was phased out as a legitimate method of
illustrating action-packed scenes and was
replaced by CGI, more primitive exaggerations of life, such as giant rats and
amphibians, roamed the set.
Though many major figures from the
show are not present, such as the beloved
(and ugly) warthog/rhinoceros villain
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duo Bebop and Rocksteady, other trusted
friends and foredoomed enemies are: April
O'Neil, official reporter; Mr. Pennington,
her snippety boss; Casey Jones, Master
Splinter, and, of course, the meta-monolith of jujitsu-dominated underworld politics himself, Master Shredder. Shredder's
costume is particularly compelling - one
of the Turtles remarks that he looks like
he's ready to open a can (with his razorlike shoulder pads, I presume.) The
speech delivered by Shredder to his host
of underage boy-dropout ninja trainee
thugs capture the quintessence of immaturity and coming-of-age that are what this
movie is really about. Needing to appeal to
a youthful army of karate-kicking bandits
who hate their dads, Shredder announces,
"You are here because the outside world
has rejected you." The narrative taps into
levels of adolescent romanticism, particularly boyhood adolescent romanticism,
that I could never hope to attain in my
life.
I went and saw it for free. Wise men say
memories· are divine, but never pay to
watch a·movie you can't sit through.
Tabitha Brown is a senior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
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Further arrests in riot case
l!J MADELINE BERMAN
Police have identified three more people
that were i~volved in the February 15
riot. The people being charged include
Kelly Primaeux, 21; Christina Shimizu,
22; and Justin Killing, 19. They have
been summoned for an arraignment on
May 6. Killing and Shimizu are both
Exergreen students.
The charges against Killing and Primeaux were made because of anonymous
tips to Police Services through the
Crimestoppers hotline. According to
legal documents, Primaeux was identified further through the Olympia Police
Department. His name was on file with
them after having been arrested on
February 25 for burglary in the second
degree and vehicular prowling in the
first degree.
Detectives could not make a positive identification of Killing based on
photos and video footage alone, but
once contacted, Killing admitted to
involvement in the riot. Shimizu was
named when Officer Lana Brewster
showed an unedited video of the riot
to two people who agreed to identify
suspects. Detectives have beeri unable to
locate Primeaux and Shimizu. Thurston
County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
is in the process of considering charges
against another individual in connection
to the riot, but the person has yet to be
charged.
Madeline Berman is a freshman
enrolled in HOLLYWOOD.
James Lawson to speak on campus
SPOTLIGHT,jrom 3
the Freedom Rides of the '60s, will be
speaking from 12 to 2 p.m. in Lecture
Hall 1.
Recently the Reverend spoke with John
Ford ofKAOS, saying, "My chief purpose
is going to be to be aware of the people I
am speaking to [and concerns] they have
... I'll be responding to questions ... and
having a general conversation."·
His second purpose will be to talk about
the science of non-violence that developed
during the 20th century.
Lawson was active with the Fellowship
of Reconciliation in fighting segregation and racism before the civil rights
movement began, and had read about the
famous Montgomery Bus Boycotts while
studying in India.
Upon returning to the United States,
he began training volunteers for sit-ins
while enrolled in the Vanderbilt Divinity
School. He was later expelled from the
school because of his activism work.
In 1968, the year King was assassinated,
Lawson helped coordinate a sanitation
workers' strike that is the basis for the
upcoming Mind Screen film At the River
I Stand, which will be played on campus
Thursday, May I in Lecture Hall I at 7
p.m.
Throughout his life, Lawson has been
vocally at odds with not only proponents of
violence but also those who would support
sexism and other forms of oppression.
He is known to criticize fellow Christians, who are anti-homosexual or would
claim that women should be subordinate
to men.
In speaking of the lower pay of women
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in society to the pay of men who work
comparable jobs, he identified the type of
societal discrimination as "plantation capitalism" that is systemic instead of something coming simply from individuals.
In fighting oppression Lawson has been
a steadfast supporter of non-violent tactics
informed by his spirituality. On speaking
of how non-violence can be seen as an act
of resistance he clarified his perspective
of the message of Jesus as "Do not imitate
the evil that touches you."
In order for society to "correct some
of the consequences" from the our past,
"We'll have to put ourselves in the feet of
some of the other people."
Justin Shephard is a junior enrolled in
Practice of Community and an internship
with WashPIRG Students.
A
upward !!ound
Chern Club volcano
found in forest
near housing
VOLCANO,Jrom cover
taken by an unidentified person or persons
and was impossible to locate. The thieves,
apparently much cleverer than the average science bandits, managed to keep the
mountain hidden for more than half a year.
As they trekked down Driftwood Lane,
the recovery party, made up of five Chern
Club members, openly wondered about
the crooks. The embattled scientists posed
many questions, often relating to the state
of the volcano in its current condition.
"We're not sure what we're going to find,"
said Gillespie, "but we did bring gloves."
The three-foot-tall by three-foot-wide
contraption was sitting peacefully in the
woods when they came upon it. Joe Ladd,
chemist and c&meraman, remarked on the
discovery by saying, "I can't believe this is
actually happening."
Ironically, while the discovery of the
volcano proved an easier-than-thought
endeavor, getting it back onto campus
made trouble for the student volunteers.
Junior Isha Kuhns, Chern Club member
and volcano discoverer, helped carry the
creation back to a secure location. The
members have decided to scrap the project,
but recovered some materials used to make
the first one.
"The next volcano will probably be call
ed 'Mt. Salvage,"' commented Gillespie.
Interested parties should look for the
newest incarnation of the Chern Club's
efforts at the annual Science Carnival at
the end of May.
David Raileanu is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
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The Geoduck Union Constitution
This year, the Geoduck Student Union has co-ordinated with
Article 1: Name
The name is the Geoduck Union.
Evergreen's computing specialists to implement a new ballot
system. iVOTE makes voting easier for you and more accessible
Article II: Scope
The Geoduck Union is the official representation of the
student body ofThe Evergreen State College.
than ever before. Candidates were asked to submit statements
Article Ill. Membership
All registered students at The Evergreen State College are
members of the Geoduck Union.
this standard was carefully abridged and reviewed for fairness
Article IV. Representation
The student body will elect 21 student representatives,
called Geoduck Union Representatives.
Article V. Elections
Representatives are elected by a student election held each
Spring Quarter. Every student may vote for 21 candidates.
The 21 candidates receiving the most votes will be the
Geoduck Union Representatives. One representative seat
is reserved for a student from the .Tacoma Campus and
one seat is reserved for a student from the ReservationBased Campuses.
Article VI: Procedures for Removal
Representatives may be removed by consensus minus
one of the Geoduck Union Representatives.
Article VII: Meetings and Quorum
Geoduck Union Representatives meet weekly at a publiclyannounced time and place, and these meetings are
open to the public. To conduct business, Geoduck Union
Representatives must reach quorum, which is fifty percent
plus one of the current representatives. The Geoduck
Union Representatives will choose one Representative to
facilitate the meeting(s).
Article VIII: Decision-Making
Geoduck Union Representatives make decisions by
consensus. If Geoduck Union Representatves fail to reach
consensus, they may suspend consensus by a two-thirds
majority vote. While consensus is suspended, Geoduck
Union Representatives may make decisions by two-thirds
majority vote.
Article IX: Amendments
Amendments to this constitution may be proposed by
Geoduck Union Representatives, or by students who
present a petition signed by 10% of the student body.
Proposed amendments come before the student body for
a vote. To pass, amendments must be approved by two.thirds of those voting, with a minimum of 10% of students
voting.
that did not exceed 100 words. Any statement that did not meet
and transparency. You will have an opportunity to evaluate
the·full candidate statements and their goals for next year. by
logging on to your electronic ballot, which will open on Thursday, May 1. We encourage you to carefully consider candidates
and special initiatives. Staffed polling stations will be placed
around campus to make voting simple and secure. You can
access your ballot online at my.evergreen.edu/vote from any
computer with internet access. If you have difficulty logging
on or have forgotten your username or password, please go to
the Computer Center Help Desk located in the library building
or call (360) 867-6231. We hope that you find iVQTE an improvement, and welcome your feedback. We would also like to thank
the staff and students who have contributed to this project over
the last several months.
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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, 9nd empowering all students to participate
in positive social and political change while fostering a fair and
diverse community. The Union works to improve students' quality
of life by advocating for students' rights and needs, facilitating
communication among students, and ensuring a fair balance of
power among faculty, staff, administration, and students:'
Voting begins May 1 • my.evergreen.edu/vote
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lan Perelda-Perry • junior
Jake Mixon • junior
I am submitting my candidacy because I can work well with other
people while keeping objectives clearly in mind. I believe there needs to
be rationality as well as humility in our government; I can contribute
both of these qualities to the work that needs to be accomplished. My
capacity to remain open minded and Aexible to the many aspects of
an issue will be valuable to a school experiencing much turbulence.
Due to the disconnect between administrators and student~ campus
wide inclusion is of much importance. Thus, the challenge for us
all is to look at issues in a critical yet compassionate manner.
As the Beekeeper and the Community Gardens Coordinator for the
Organic Farm, I've learned first hand the meaning and importance of
food sustainability. I want to draw on this experience as a representative to the Geoduck Student Union. This campus, our school, has the
knowledge, the ability, and the desire to make good on its promise to
become food-sustlinablc. Support for that goal must come from all
sides of our college, from the students, stlfT, faculty, and administration alike. I want to amplify the student's voice on this central issue.
Zach Licht • sophomore
Tez Stair • junior
I have been involved in student government sihcc my freshman year in
high school as a senator or in a position of power. I feel I bring experience and credibility to the job. Also, I want to do my part as an Evergreen Student to make an impact in any way I can. I have followed some
of the items on the GU's agenda and analyt.cd their way of handling
things, and I want to help improve upon them. I know I can help and
become a positive inAuencc in the Evergreen cammunity at large.
During my two years here at Evergreen, I ha\·c come to lm·e and
adore the privilege that we have been given in attending this college.
Last year I worked in TESC Media Services on upper campus,
and currently work as an RAin C-Building. I\·c been in a position in which I had to enforce the policies that go,·crn the student
body, <tnd have been affected by them w.h ilc living and studying
as a resident on campus. I feel I'm in a good position to sel'\·e the
community, and I can do that through the Geoduck Union.
Kris Craig • graduate student
Olga Rocheeva • junior
Evergreen has long been regarded throughout the world as one of
the finest liberal art~ colleges in the U.S. We have a reputllion of
spearheading unique, new ideas with the open involvement of our
progressively minded community. And yet it was only just a few
years ago that the student body finally was able to stand up and
form an organized elected government. We now have an unprecedented opportunity to shape this new union while in its inEmcy, to
make less preposterous the quixotic dream of a perfect union , one
that truly represent~ the needs and desires of every student ...
My main objective in becoming a GSU reprcsentati,·c is to be a mice l(n
students, here at the Evergreen S~tl.c College. I beliC\'C that through tile
collaboration of the student body and the administration, Ewrgrccn C:l/1
continue LO grow as a prog-rcssin; inslilUtion or education. My goal is to
aide in this process of gro\\'th, and to make sure th:ll the long-tcnn dccisions made on this campus arc as Etir to us- the st udent body- :ts possible.
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Paul Kalchik • junior
Madison Johnson o senior
My name is Paul Kalchik and I want your vote in the upcoming
election. I believe that I am the right candidate to representing you,
and I have experience that shows that. I transferred here from High line
Community College where I was the Student Body President and a
student lobbyist in Olympia advocating f(Jr lq~islation that bend its
students. Currently, I finished working for the Washington State
Senate as a communications assistant, and a1i1 working as a political
consultant. I am a strong believer in student participation and am
always open to feedback. I would be honored to get your vote 1
If I am honored to be elcnecl by the student body to be a Student
Union RcprcscntaLiH: I promise to be :teecssibk to :Ill sludl'llls, lisl<'ll
to concerns that arc raised, :mel Etithfully present these issuc·s I<> liw
Student Union. I bclie\·c that all clccisiolls sho uld);<> throu.~il Liw
Student Union bel<•n· 1hcy .tn.: linali/.cd by 1he adrnillistr:ltioll.
Alexandre Ariel Henri Chateaubriand • sophomore
Raissa Huntley o junior
I have been a regular attendee of the Student Union meetings. As such,
I have been a voice and a resource for students interested in the m:\jor
changes that our campus has been engaged in over the course of this year.
Our ultimate goal when working through the union is to come to
a communal resolution on sensitive and important issues such as
a smoking ban, the Valentine's Day conflict and all(u·clable housing and tuition. This cannot happen unless we work to li>Stcr an
environment of respect, understanding and active listening.
The GSU thus br has been :t prclt\· undendwlrni11 .~ li11n· ""'.'""!'"'·
My aim li.1r the corning' aca dcn1ic )'(':II' \\otdd be I() ntt\.itnit.<' ~tudt·rn,:
input in their goHTillllCill. Slight n:slnH..' lllrin.~ or tlw II !linn\\ ill bv
necessary to make Lire GSU a lcgitim.tll' \oicc l<11· rite stuck11 Lbod~. Tl11
current GSU sees , ·c ry little student in\·nln·tw·nt , rtLikin.~ it indli-ctin· .
Ch:dking the problcrn up lo student apath~· ig11ores LILli .1 del'ltllll s1udn11
go\'l'rlllllcnt has the responsibilit~· of' n:s tructuri11g- it ...:cl l' into <.,(JIJlt'tlli!J~
Lh;Jt students \rill \'it·\\· ;Js Yalicl, into .'lollH:thing thl·y \\IJidd ";1111 111
participate in . Alii ;11n saying is gin· pol in· ;J(U''"IIIH'Ilt ;1 dJ.Hwc·.
Joshua Simpson • senior
Courtney Witcher o junior
A~ an Iraq war veteran, I promise to do all that I can to hunt clmm
] want to help my It·lin\\ stuclcnl:-. <:otllll'<.:t \\ ith th(' ,JdnliJJi ... tr.ttiiJJI ,trul
be in\uh-ed in "hat g-oes on \\it h nu r ,..,c ho1 d. I ;t 111 H'J ~ p;l..,..,ic 111.11c ·
aboulconununity in\·o h-crnent , ;Js ;ltr lllo:-.t nf' IllY pn-r". \\'l, .dll.IH'
11·h:tl h:tppcns :tl En'l'i(l'l'l'll. One of thl' probktlts I h,l\c· ><Til is .111
lllll't'l"taint\' about IHl\\. to \uicc our t'O ill'l'l'll\ .IIJC IIH' Llki'Jl 'eriou'h II
clectL·cl I 11:i ll do Ill\ ' d.tllllll'ckst 111 innl'.I.Sl' studl'IIL in\lllll·tn<·nt "irl1 th•
guin~~H)Jl or the hi,t!,lll'l-llps or En·rgTl'<'ll .Jnd pn)\"idc ;\lll'lll'l.. {1\C \I HIT
f(>r implcnll'llting the pnsitin· eh;Jilgl·s \H' \\;1111 111 st'l' in c1l11" ..;ch1Hd
the "anarchisttaggcr" that has been terrorizing this school and bring
him or her to justice. I also suggest that we aid the police in doing
this, by tripling the number of police ofliccrs on campus. I would also
like to buy 3 more cop cars for the Thurston County Shcrifls Dcpartment/OPD so that they know that we arc sorry liu· the \!;lien tines' Day
"uprising." This would also improve our school's reputation, so that
when we graduate we can all get good jobs and make tons of S$S ...
Christina Masden o senior
Randal Hunt • junior
I want to help the student body build the con111111nity that they \\ould
like to have at Evergreen.
] IO\'l' our :-;chool, but I sec l'il.lllgcs h.tppcnin,t!_ tiLJt in dll·l"l
h:mn our qu:tlit\' of Iiii: :tnd the cduc:ttion Llt.ll '"'.Ill p.t\ "'
llHKh f(>r. \Vc arc an altcrn;lli\·t· school, and \\l' mu . . t pn>ll'l'l dH·
\'ision that brought us tog-cthcr. \Ve students ha\·c n1nn· pu\n·r
than \\C assert, and I think it's .tiJouttillll' \H' ,JSSl'l'l it. .. \sa unit HI
rcprcscnlati,·e I want to listen to students. I \\·;lnt to m;1kc the
changes that we need. \Vc'rc at £,·crgrccn, \\C t\lll think outside
of the box; in i:lt'l, let's gel Olll or the UO'< all togetltn.
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Arthur Mogilevsky o sophomore
Sarah Person o senior
I want to become a Geoduck Student Union Rcprcscntati,·c so that I
can help contribute to Evergreen, and learn about public policy. I am
interested in the inner-workings of the school, and learning about ho\1'
the rules get decided. I am a hard worker, and I feclthatl can help make
Evergreen a better school. I would love the chance to be able to \\'ork on
projects, and create policies that directly better the li\'cs of my peers.
I am running [(Jr a Student Union Rcpresent.lli\ ·e posi1ion 1(11' m.tny
reasons, both community im'Oh-emcnt and person.~ I emichmcnt. First
I \rant to become more im'Okccl in TESC d:tily acti,·itics, increase
my knmdcclgc and participation to bcller undnstand the imcnmrking of TESC and ho\1' \\'Cas a community can be im·oked. Also
to become more ingrained in the government of my communit\;
starting my im'llh·ement at TESC and moving in the future to other
forms of local government including cit); count); and state.
Shyam P. Khanna • sophomore
Alexander Patia o sophomore
What the people need is pancakes: To progress towards a free and
more egalitarian society, we need the free and fair distribution
of pancakes. fur the healing process to begin in our community,
we need to be able to sit down together, and have an open and
respectful dialog, over breakfast. A fundamental shift needs to take
place on our campus: replace the Evergreen Police Department
(EPD) with the Evergreen Pancake Department (EPD). You either '
love pancakes, or you hate freedom. No Justice, No Pancakes!
What Evergreen needs nm,· is for justice to be setYcd ... at any cost.
The virtuous must punish the evildoers and banish them henceforth. I
am referring of course to the anarchists. They plague our school \rith
their propaganda and their "tagging". As a Geoduck student union
representative I will see to it that this pitiful band of rebels is defeated.
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. Matt Lester • senior
Courtney Frantz • junior
Something about dolphins.
I want to represent my peeps. As your student representative I
will put an end to the anarchist tagging, an end to the war on
terrorism, and an end to drum circles. What this school needs is
required showers before class, more meat eaters and free candy. I ·
would like to bring 2 dolphins (or insert favorite sea creature here)
to the Evergreen campus, to nest and mater in the polluted puget
sound. I will find big foot in the Evergreen Woods; you going
down mother fucker. All I am saying is give peace a chance.
Kate Schiffman • senior
Borja Sanchez-Vela • junior
I enjoy working with my peers on community prqjccL,, acti,·ism and
C\'Cnts, and I lcclthatthc Geoduck Union is the best place to bring
these clements of student life together and giYe them direction to
make them as successful as possible. I'm dedicated to anti-oppression " ·ork, democratic participation, administrati,·c accountability,
and a lcminist politics, all of \rhich I'd bring as a candidate.
I want to be king. As your student representative I will put an end to the
communist tagging, an end to the war on marbles and an end to drum
circles. What this school needs is required showers before class, more
meat caters and free candy. I would like to bring 2 dolphins (or insert
fiworite sea creature here) to the Evergreen campus, to nest and mater
in the polluted pugct sound. I will find big foot in the Evergreen Woods;
you going down mother fuckcr. And if you vote for me I will let you
marry me for my European Union citizenship. Peace starts with a pea.
Jessi Brizee Meliza • senior
Case Wyse • junior
The Geoduck Student Union is toddling- into early chilrllwod, ;1110
I am prepared to usc to11gh low and possibly the parental teachings
or Dr. Spod to help it bloom into the important elltity that it can
be in the E\·crg-rccn OHlllllllllit~ ·. I ha\'L' :1 it:\\' yc;Jrs or E,·eq~rccn
under Ill\' belt, and I !l-ei ready to 11se my expcril'IKl' to na,·igate
the waters that run bcl\HT!l burcaw:r;Jcy :tnd luunlll interest.
I want to represent my peeps. A' your student representative I
will put an cnrlto the anarchist t.1gging, an end to the war on
terrorism, and an end to drum circles. What this school needs is
required showers bdi>rc class, more meat caters and free candy. I
would like to bring- 2 dolphins (or insert l:tvorite sea creature here)
to the Everg-reen campus, to nest and mater in the polluted puget
sound. I will lind bi,~ li>ot in the Evergreen Woods; you going
dmm mother rucker. All I am saying is give peace a chance.
Josie Jarvis • sophomore
Aashiq Thawerbhoy • junior
1'111 .1 citit.cnship tu·nl \\ ho h;Js ,d\\.Jys been studying- the power .ttHI
history of dl'lllOlT;\C)' rrom till' sidelines. No\\ I \\';\Ill to put it into .lcticlll
1(11' the LH'tll'lit or the pcopk :IIHI S111Cknt.'i intl'l"l'SI. i\choc;lling· j;,r tilt•
Representing my peeps is what it's all about. I want to put an end to the
;111archisttag-g-ing- & the war on terrorism, and hippy bullshit. We need
mol'l' showers & meat eaLcrs, ;mel in increase our dependency on fossil
l'ucls. I hate dolphins, but will work with those who appreciate their
"beauty". I g-uess what I'm trying Lo say is Lhat if we g-ive peace a chance;
warbrc will ensue, so we must persist in leveling- the playing field. Anarchists and assholcs alike can shake hands, and I want to be a part of that.
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1hr "·'Y I Yin\ thl· \\llrl(l. I \\:1111 It> crratr <I 11\orr pranful c11npus, so I
pcrson;1lly and moral!~· oblig";llt' 111ysclr ttllistt'\1 tn nrry side or a disptttc
bd(Jn' dctcrlllilling .1 ~·otJr.sr of' ,l('tinn or opinion. I think it's ;d\\·;,ys bt'sl
to l111d p~· ;l~TI'III rcsnlt~titlll tluougil 1111dt'rstandi11g ,IIHicnnlprolllisr.
Jonathan Steiner • senior
Cameron Morris • sophomore
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I want to represent my peeps. As your student reprcsent.ttive I
will put an end to the anarchist t.tgging, an end to the war on
terrorism, "nd an end to drum circles. What this school needs is
required showns bcli>rc class, more meat caters and free candy. I
would like to bring 2 dolphins (or insert l:tvoritc sea creature here)
to the Everg-reen campus, to nest and mater in the polluted puget
""""!.I will lind big- li>ot in the Evergreen Woods; you going
dow11 mother l'uckc1: All I am saying is give peace a chance.
Stefanie Gottschalk • sophomore
Matt Beaudoin • junior
I \\<lilt t11 n·pll'\t'lll m~ · pct·ps. J\.., ytHII' studt·IJI n·pn'\{'1\Lttiu·
\\ill put ;111 t:IHitu till' ;ltJ;tn:hist t;1gging·, ;111 t'lld to tlw \\;11· 1111
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rrquircd ..,iJo\\tTs brli11r ctl . . !-1, more lnc;\1 t'<lltT!-1 ;111d l'nT c;11Hir I
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to tiH' EHTgrl'('ll c;unpus, 111 Jll'st ;u1d m;ltcr i11 the polluted p11,!!,('1
SIH!Ilcl. I ,,·ill find big liuJt in the EH:rgnTII \Vood"i; you goin.~
dtJ\\IlJW>tlwr l'l!Ckl'l. All I am s;~ying is gi\'(· p('acc ;1 ch;uJlT.
I want to rcprcscnLmy peeps. As your student rcprcsent.ttivc I
will put an end to the anarchist t.tgging, an end to the war on
terrorism, and an end to drum circles. What this school needs is
required showers bdi>rc class, more meat caters and free candy. I
would like to bring 2 dolphins (or inscrtl:tvoritc sea creature here)
to the Everg-reen campus, to nest and mater in the polluted pugct
sound. I will lind big li1ot in the Evergreen Wo<ids; you going
down mother rucker. All I am saying is give peace a chance.
Christopher Rotondo • junior
Kelly Beckham • senior
l11 Jl'Sj)Oil\t' to the r;1thcr tepid response from LIH' cunt·nt union\\ hen
sL11dcms m:rc (;u1d continue to doJ threatened by administrati1·c and
police lil!'lTS, f \I'I>Uid seck to participate in this ostensible process ol'
mitig;1tion and representation. As I an1 lo;~thc to institutional po\\'cr,
my candid.tcy slcms !'rom a desire to explore all existing- channels
throug-h \l'hich to enact g-enuine, radical rcconstilution or Lhc Evergreen
campus, its decision-making- process and cement organizational
structure. \Vhilc continuing my 1·arious oLhcr a\'CI1ucs li>1· radical
soci;d chang-e, I hope to intq~ratc work with the Geoduck Union.
I want to represent my peeps. As your student rcprescnt.ttive I
wi ll put an end to the anarchist t.tgging, an end to the war on
terrorism, and an end to drum circles. What this school needs is
required showers before class, more meat caters and free candy. I
would like to bring 2 dolphins (or insert ravorile sea creature here)
to the Evergreen campus, to nest and mater in the polluted pugct
sounrl. I will lind big li>ot in the Evergreen Woods; you going
down mother Iucke~: All I am saying is give peace a chance.
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Travis Greer • junior
I support RFID ch ips in all our student J.D.'s. I support increased
police armament funding-. Arming- Lhcm 11 iLh glocks, tazcrs,
pepper spray, shotguns, handculls, and enoug-h amrnuniLion to
kill scores or humans is not enoug-h. We need AR-15's Lo kill any
domes Lie terrorists. We nccdLO restore order on campus and respect
auLhority at all times 11 ithout question or critical thought.
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weaver • JUnior
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As a student representative, I will voice the concerns of the student
body. I will personally lind and prosecute "the anarchist tagger" to
the fullest extent or the law. I want to lower tuition, plant more trees,
and improve Greenery li1od. I want to expand the se1viees of the
health centc1; and improve police response times. As a greener after
the riot, it is important to embrace each other, the administration, the
faculty, the police, residence of Olympia, and the journalists of the
Olympian as One Community. All I am saying is give peace a chance.
Amber Spencer • senior
Noah Theeman-Lindberg •-:Junior
I want to rcprcscnl my peeps. A1 your student representative I will put
an end to the anarchist tagging, an end to the war on terrorism, and
an end to drum circles. What this school needs is required showers
before class, more meat caters and free candy. I would like to bring
2 dolphins (or insert favorite sea creature here) to the Evergreen
campus, to nest and mater in the polluted pugct sound. I will find
big foot in the Evergreen Woods; you going down mother fucker.
I bclicYe e\·ery student has the right to be armed and stoned.
As a union rcprescnt.ttivc I would focus my energy towards providing
access and support for community projects. I would like to help build
better avenues for diversity, unity, communication, artistic freedom, and
open-minded ness.
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ELECTIONS
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education, advocacy and service on environmental, consumer, higher education, and hunger relief istues.
WashPIRG chapters across the state pool resources to work on issues that concern us as citizens. A
student board of directors, including students from Evergreen, creates, evaluates, and approves the
· organization's annual budget and campaigns.
WashPIRG is funded through an $8 per student, per quarter waivable fee. Any student choosing not
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A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTTO FILL VACANT
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Summary of Amendment 1:
This amendment addresses student's concerns regarding consistent representation of the s,tudent
body. If enacted, the amendment will enable The Geoduck Student Union (GSU) to fill vacant or
abdicated seats throughout the year. Approving the power to fill vacancies will assist The Union as it
strives to accomplish more on behalf of Evergreen's student body.
Language of Amendment 1:
Vacant Geoduck Student Union Representative Seats may be filled by petition.
A FEE TO SUPPORT HIGHER EDUCATION ADVOCACY &
MEMBERSHIP TO THE WASHINGTON STUDENT LOBBY
If approved, a $2 per student, per quarter waivable fee may be collected for the 20082009 academic year. This pilot fee will support initiatives related to advancing Evergreen's
visibility and reputation in the legislative arena, working for legislative childcare funding,
as well as me'm bership to the Washington Student Lobby, which organizes on behalf of
Washington's college students. The GSU will administer these funds and provide account updates.
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May 1, 2008
by CHARLIE DAUGHERTY
Spring time and bikes
sounds like love and
peace to me. I have
recently gotten back into
the groove of riding my
bike around and so the
sound of Critical Mass
was music to my ears. Where else can I be
part of a giant group of bicyclists on a quest
to show the world the joy of clean energy and
a healthy lifestyle? Having a relatively small
experience with bikes, I had the time ofmy
life, but at the same time developed a very
conflicted view of Critical Mass.
My first real experience with Critical Mass
was through the documentary Still We Ride.
It showcased the police crackdown on the
New York City Critical Mass of2004. To me,
the film was about the unjust and unfair way
bicyclists were being treated in NYC. How
could the police be stealing and harming
other people's bicycles? This is enough fuel
to get any young activist into a bike shop and
riding the streets to protest the system.
I felt that Critical Mass was about unity
and keeping a group of bicyclists together
towards one cause. Starting off on our ride
last Friday, this is exactly the high-energy
feeling I was getting from the group. This
wasn't even deterred when I took a spill
before leaving Evergreen Parkway. Riding a
bike is exhilarating, but riding with a group is
that same feeling exponentially increased. As
we kept riding however, the mass began to
Critical
Mass:
Of smaller masses and individuals
decrease as individuals fell back, and eventually the mass splintered into groups. My
idea of a singular mass began to fall apart. I
guess what I came to realize was the purpose
of Critical Mass has different meanings to
different people.
One of the members of the mass began
cussing at cars and yelling at cars declaring
things like, "This is our road, not yours!"
there's something fundamentally wrong with
their way of life.
Another instance pricked me with guilt and
gave a clear reason as to why bicycles' taking
up the road can be a bad thing. Towards the
first roundabout heading downtown, a fire
truck, and later an ambulance, came rushing
down, to which we responded by pulling
over. However, traffic was so backed up from
CHAKI.IL llAl/(:HEKTY
A BIKES EYE VIEW OF CRITICAL MASS AT ITS FINAL DESTINATION DOWNTOWN
Apparently, it was believed by some that
Critical Mass is an anti-car movement. I'm
here to argue, though, that you can't have
a pro-bicycle movement when your stance
is anti-car. This is just creating fuel for fire
against bikes. We can't convince people to
ride bikes by telling them they don't belong
on the road or that, because they drive cars,
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Thisiswhat
faith looks like
by CASEY JAYWORK
My annotated bible
stares at me from the
bookshelf. I read a
monotone deity inside
of it, who ordered Abraham to slit the throat
of a whimpering child
to demonstrate his faith, like a mafia rathunt or a twenty-first birthday. I never got
touched by a priest or spit on by scriptural
billboards, but when I close that book, it's
closed. I forsake scripture and horoscopes
in the same breath.
Yet it sometimes feels as though, beneath
the ill-formed Pangaea of my skin and
rattled bones, there flows a faith bigger
than I can whisper on bended knee, which
is like squeezing gravity inside a beaker
to examine the third person. I find myself
wondering if'religion' is the word we use to
describe the puppeted cadaver of a philosophy that pulses, essential and unseen, inside
all of us. Perhaps faith is just the absence of
nihilism.
A man told me once, "I have never
doubted the existence of God," and I said,
"J. don't know what that means." Talking
about the divine, I'm a goldfish investigating an aircraft carrier, with heavenly
messengers soaring overhead with payloads
of vengeance, and all I can do is quiver in
wonder, too small to see the glory.
This is what faith looks like: a shadow,
an enigma, the moment of paradox before
you recognize yo'ur contradiction. I spend
dollars and hours on books that circle the
unspeakable, like pigeons over the sea
shouting their theories and religions to one
another before drowning. So I fly, wings
not airborne but earth-shackled, as the
confines of reason announce over intercom
that miracles cannot happen. I shiver, brace
my legs and cast up my arms against that
ordered cacophony. My throat shudders,
"No- I reject this."
And so I reap my fruit. Falling towers
marked the birth of my generation. As if a
crucifixion, Irish car bombs, and a fleet of
bulldozers in Palestine hadn't proved that
the devil is the man who thinks he knows
God, billowing smoke signals, rising like a
blood tide to heaven, spelled out the signature of faith in action, while firefighters and
office clerks prayed and then died.
This is all what faith looks like.
I look at the president, and I see a clash
of death-cults ravaging my country. Then I
look in the mirror, and I see mortality ravaging ·my soul. Between Armageddon and
the abyss, between madness and despair,
between faith and falling towers, I hesitate.
Here we find the paradox: Man cannot live
by bread alone; yet in the same breath that
I accept a God of love and compassion, I
validate the premise of the man who detonates his body, wrapped in gunpowder and
shrapnel, amidst a crowd of unbelievers.
The problem is that the difference between
a leap of faith and blind faith is a matter of
rhetoric.
·
So here I am, staring at the ticking-away
minutes of my own life, and I still can't
account for value without betraying reason.
My father, he goes to church. And like
every wayward son, I told him once, "That
house is empty. God isn't there, isn't even
dead - He just isn't. And you have the gall
to condemn drug addicts and al-Qaeda
while treating wishful thinking like a worthy
endeavor?"
His eyes were quiet, shoulders small. He
said, "I don't worship a superhero or a genie.
I was lost, and I am blind, but I presume only
to see my own inadequacy in the face of a
mystery that smiles on my existence. All
I'm doing, all I can do, is strive for grace."
Casey Jaywork is a junior enrolled in
Knowing Nature.
following the bikes that both vehicles had to
drive down the opposite side of the road,
losing seconds in what might have been a
serious emergency.
This aside I still believe its possible to have
a community where bikes share the road
- but how can this ever happen if we don't
obey traffic laws? Since there is no leader or
Injustice in the
Sean Bell case
by EOIN HGGINS
"The whole justice
system let me down.
April 25, 2008. They
killed Sean all over
again. That's what it felt
like to us."
-Nicole Paultre-Bell
The Friday verdict of not guilty for the three
police officers who shot and killed unarmed
groom-to-be Sean Bell in New York City is
an awful perversion of justice. However, it
is not surprising. The murderers of Amadou
Diallo .were exonerated of all charges after
shooting him forty-one times as he reached
into his jacket for a sandwich. The issue of
police brutality must be addressed.
The fact that Bell and his friends were
unarmed on that cold November morning
in 2006, when undercover police officers
unleashed a barrage of fifty bullets, didn't
seem to matter to Justice Arthur J. Cooperman, who handed down the acquittal. But
the fact that the local tabloids (specifically
the New York Post) made such a great deal
out of Bell's intoxication at the time of the
shooting presents a reality that is at odds with
the way many East Coast people (myself
included) view the City and the people of
it. The Post is a virulently racist and xenophobic paper - a Rupert Murdoch production - that almost always takes the side of
the city police. They just LOVED Giuliani.
But the fact that the Post's readership is so
large across New York City means that their
editorial board members are not the only
people in the City with those views.
Amadou Diallo's killers also were acquitted, though in slightly different circumstances. Although the officers were indicted
on charges of second-degree murder, the
consistency to how we organized, occasionally we would follow traffic laws while other
times we would run red lights. The sight of
a pedestrian almost getting run over by a
stream of bikes left some serious doubts in
my mind of what this Mass was about.
When we made it downtown the mass began
to break off as the leaders of the pack took off
in different directions (although there were no
leaders, I assume). We were weaving through
traffic like carriers in New York City. It was
at this point it hit me- we are a mass unified
by bikes but made up of individuals. In fact,
it felt like any other social event I have ever
attended. In the end I was wondering, was it
for fun? Was there a purpose? Did we have
different reasons for attending?
I'm not sure if what I'm asking is for
democracy in Critical Mass or a more uniJYing force, even ifthese things are possible. I
do think that on such a sunny day it was hard
to take my newfound realities as the death
of Critical Mass- because it wasn't. Along
the way, passersby on the street and in their
cars cheered and honked in our support. The
majority of the riders had a very positive and
mature attitude about it, which made it much
more enjoyable.
There are a lot of positive things about
Critical Mass, but I feel some aspects need
to be addressed in order for it to deter rational
opposition and threats, and ensure the safety
of others.
Charlie Daugherty is a junior in Designing
Languages.
venue change (to Albany) provoked uproar.
It was said the officers could not get a fair
trial in the City, due to the large amounts
of publicity engendered by the case - in
my opinion, the police officers were clearly
guilty of murder. Ajury unanimously found
them innocent. The brutality of the crime
was unbelievable, but since police committed it, they were acquitted. Had it been
the murder of an officer of the law by an
African-American, even with one bullet, the
outcome of the case would have been far
different.
The perversion of justice in the Bell case is
another in a long line of incidences in which
the police force in this country get away scotfree with horrendous crimes. From the days
ofProhibition to the Civil Rights Movement,
from the Kent State shootings to the use of
unnecessary force right here in Olympia at
last year's port protests, and to the notorious Rodney King case that spawned the
L.A. Riots, the police in the U.S. generally
have carte blanche to treat the people of the
country however they want. Of course, this
only scratches the surface of another very
important question - do we need police in
the first place? (No). But in the interest of
not digressing too much, I' II leave that for
some other time.
So what's to be done? In Olympia you
can become involved by pressing the City
Council to establish a citizen's review board
to monitor the actions of city police. The
organization Cop Watch does a great deal of
good in the community to police the police
- go to http://www.copwatch.zinelibrary.
info/ to find out more, and if you find yourselfthe victim of profiling, brutality or other
police harassment, call (360)-870-3127.
If you live in New York City or will be
spending the summer there, I would urge
you to assist Reverend AI Sharpton and the
Bell family in their goal of "shutting the
city down" through economic strategies and
non-violent resistance.
Eoin Higgins is a sophomore enrolled in
Looking Backward.
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May I, 2008
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Honk if police
aren't all that bad
by JARED l'EER
As a transplant from
the
Dallas,
Texas
metroplex and one of
the ten black guys in
Olympia, I see many
interesting things here.
For instance, what's up
with the group of"protestors" that regularly
convene on the bridge by the roundabout
downtown, holding signs that say "STOP
THE RACIAL PROFILING" and "HONK
IF YOU HATE THE POLICE"?
Who are these individuals calling for an
end to the rampant racial profiling perpetrated by the police? Is it the NAACP? Is
it the Nation of Islam? Is it an oppressed
minority group?
No, and the answer might be surprising (not in Olympia I guess). It's a group
of young white people (well, a few of
them have dreadloCks, so that counts for
something).
As a black guy, the first concerns that come
to mind when I see white kids with dreadlocks in Olympia saying these things are,
"What racial profiling have they suffered?
They can't mean the cops in Olympia? Who
is their protest intended for?"
I don't see racial profiling being a problem
in Olympia, so I assume that with its being
the state capital, these people's protests are
intended for legislators - but that's a huge
assumption, since they convene on a spot
where legislators at the capitol grounds
would not even see them.
Let me get something clear: I think racial
profiling, when the only assumption of
criminality is one's race, is indeed wrong
and should be stopped. On the other hand,
I don't mind profiling when there are signs
other than race that point to criminality.
I think stereotypes can be quite informative at times. During a class break the other
day, a white guy asked me if I wanted to
play hackey sack with him. My response
was, Man, I'm black, conveying that I
would pass. Point being, I think sometimes
stereotypes have a basis in truth.
As a person who has lived in the "hood"
and has family still living there, with all of
the crime that sadly goes on there, I don't
all too much mind a little profiling, if it will
keep decent citizens safe.
Even in the ghetto, decent citizens are
fed up with the criminal element and want
something to be done about it. For instance,
if there's a group of guys standing on the
corner, all wearing the same color shirts,
hats, bandanas, and shoelaces, I'm sorry,
but they fit a profile. If it keeps decent
citizens and somebody's kids from being
negatively influenced, then they fit a profile
and I don't give a damn if the police question them. The same holds true for me in
Olympia - if you're a scraggly-looking
· white guy, holding a sign in protest of an
issue that you know little about, IN THE
RAIN, then you fit the profile of someone
that is probably under the influence of at
least one illegal substance, and should be
questioned.
What I find even more deluded than their
call for an end to the racial profiling in
Olympia is their signs that say "HONK IF
YOU HATE THE POLICE." I think their
attitudes about police would change if they
knew that the threat of being arrested is the
only thing keeping decent citizens from
beating the hell out of all of them.
As someone who comes from an urban
environment, I know that a police force
is a good thing. Take, for instance, some
examples in which police would be helpful,
that I'm fairly certain the Olympia protestors haven't endured. How about when
someone tries to carjack you? Honk for
a cop. How about when you're robbed at
gunpoint by a gang member? Honk for a
cop. How about when there is gunfire in
your neighborhood where kids play? I
would be honking for a cop.
Anyway that's how I see things.
Jared R. Teer is a junior enrolled in
Communicating Across Differences and
Academic Writing.
Vote~ for the public 1.........
Keep WashPIRG on campus
~JUSTIN
SHEPHARD
This
quarter,
all
currently
registered
students will be able
to take part in campus
elections. We will get
to vote on next year's
Geoduck Student Union
Representatives and several ballot initiatives
that will actually . affect us. One of those
ballot initiatives will allow students to decide
to keep the chapter of WashPIRG Students
on campus, with an $8 waivable fee. I urge
you to vote 'yes' on keeping WashPIRG on
campus with the $8 waivable fee, because of
all the good work that WashPIRG does.
First, let me explain what the whole PIRG
thing is about. PIRG stands for Public Interest Research Group, the name that stuck with
the public interest and advocacy groups that
Ralph Nader helped start on campuses back
in the 1970s. (The original name was Student
Action Army.) WashPIRG is simply the. state
public interest research group here, but there
are over 20 PlRGs throughout the U.S. that
all work on issues in their own states and
work together to create national change.
WashPIRG does this by pooling resources
from members, donations, and grants, and
hiring full time organizers, researchers, and
public advocates to meet with legislatures,
create policy and issue reports, and organize
citizens to build better communities. We do
this in the state, but receive no government
funding.
Over the decades, PIRGs all across the
nation have given a strong and effective
voice to the people and the public good.
PIRGs have helped pass thousands of local,
state, and federal laws to do things such as
improve water quality, clean up the air, regulate corporate power, make higher education
more affordable, be an ally to the poor and
hungry, and fight injustice in society.
There is a WashPIRG Student Chapter on
campus here at Evergreen that has been in
place since at least 1972, giving Greeners a
voice to effect change on our campus, in our
state, and in our country. Student voices are
vital in our country if we are to address the
Moratorium:
JULIE TERLEMEZIAN
On
February
19,
President Les Puree
announced a moratorium on concerts at
a community forum
meant to open an
inclusive campus-wide
discussion about the riot that took place
four days before. He also informed us that
Phyllis Lane, dean of students, would chair
a committee of students, faculty, and staff,
to evaluate current policies and procedures
and make recommendations for determining
risk for campus concerts and f01ward their
findings to Art Costantino, vice president of
student affairs.
Last week, the committee submitted their
report to Costantino.
So, on what basis have decisions been made
about concerts and events in the meantime?
Good question.
Costantino gave Lane the responsibility to
make final decisions about concerts and all
other events held during the moratorium.
During International Women's Week, the
Women of Color Coalition and Women's
Justin Shephard is ajunior enrolled in Practice of Community and an internship with
WashPIRG Students.
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A call for clarity
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real issues of the future tha:t many of us are.
not only learning about everyday, but will
inherit from those who have gone before us,
and, oftentimes, those who currently sit in
power.
Our on-campus chapter has worked with
student groups to gather petition signatures
and statements against proposed legislation that would have limited free speech on
campus. With our help, the bill was killed in
committee. We also helped pass the Local
Solutions to Global Climate Change bill in
the state legislature by speaking with legislators and testifying about the threat of carbon
emissions. Thanks to the work ofWashPIRG,
the bill passed, and now Washington is creating a carbon emissions capping system on
industries in the state. We do work like this
to support the common good. A clean and
healthy environment and free speech benefit
the public as a whole.
Last year, WashPIRG worked with a coalition of other PIRGs and national organizations to help restore $33 billion to federal
student aid, increasing Pell Grants, cutting
federal loan interest rates, and creating an
expiration date that totally wipes out some
federal student loans, so people don't wind
up paying for college for the rest of their
lives. Education is something that needs to
be accessible to all, not just the wealthy.
By voting yes to WashPIRG by approving
the $8 waivable fee, you are allowing us to
stay on campus and keep fighting for things
that students care about. All of the campaigns
and budgets are approved by a student board.
The board decides which campaigns we will
focus on, like the campaign this quarter to
get students to divest from Bank of America
because of the destruction caused by some of
the companies in which it chooses to invest.
Voting 'yes' doesn't mean that you have
to pay the fee - you can opt out of paying
it whenever you want. Voting 'yes' means
you're helping us to stay on campus, and
giving Greeners a powerful voice in shaping
our world.
Resource Center sponsored an event on events will be evaluated for security needs,
February 28 that included a concert by college-sponsored lectures and art exhibits,
Kimya Dawson. What criteria were used for example, will continue as planned."
The Student Conduct Code define
when this event was approved?
About a week later, Lane canceled an event "college[-]sponsored event or activit[ies ]"
scheduled for March 7, sponsored by Students as "activities or events involving planning
for a Democratic Society, which included a or funding or other approved or authorized
panel discussion, a film screening, a potluck, participation by the college."
Are these the criteria being used to make
and a folk music performance. What criteria
were used to cancel the event? It wasn't until decisions about events?
All events, concerts or otherwise, ~ppear
April 7 that Costantino publicly addressed
concerns from SDS and other students to fall into this category, but what or who is
meant by "the college?"
regarding why the event was canceled.
Is the ambiguity of these statements the
Costantino explained in an interview that
he gave Lane this advice for determining reason that no defined criteria for determinwhether an event should be held: "Obviously, ing the risk of events have been released? If
on one hand, we aren't going to be having asked, Lane, Costantino, or Puree would each
any more big hip-hop shows, but on the other give different definition for these terms.
The criteria for making decisions during
hand, a poetry reading would be okay."
Are these the criteria being used to make the moratorium - and in future situations
- should be explained to students, faculty,
decisions about events?
Is anyone else confused by this "contin- and staff in order to ensure the transparency
uum?" Hip-hop and poetry are hardly apples , of these decisions. Because when people
and oranges. It's more like poetry is the tree cannot understand they go straight to assuming unfairness.
from which the hip-hop grows.
In a press release on February 20 from Todd
Julie Terlemezian is a junior enrolled
Sprague, the person in charge of public relations at Evergreen, it was stated, "while all in an internship learning contract.
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The free thinker
by CAMERON MORRIS
Anyone who wants
me to choose a side, I
respectfully say, screw
you. I am not your slave
or anyone's slave. I am
the master of myself.
I believe in fighting
against violence, rape, oppression, and for
an equal seat at the table for everyone and
fairness in government. But I do not believe
in overthrowing the system. I will not take
away the words "Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness," nor will I throw out
the Bill of Rights - I will hold our government to these things as many Greeners do.
Mr. Rotondo, if centrism is dangerous, then
so must be the choice to make decisions for
oneself, because I am no one's slave.
. Anarchy is a flawed system. Ideally it's
perfect, but, just like communism, it trusts
people's better nature, which, outside of
friends and family, I see as a mistake to trust
until it's been earned. It's also ironic since,
well, it was humans in the government who
invaded Iraq. Does this mean some humans
are better then others? Are anarchists better
then capitalists and Republicans because
anarchists have had an experience of the
world that makes them right, and everyone
else wrong? In his article, C.Y. Rotondo
asked me to take a side, and I can't, because
I think anarchy and our current government need fixing through reform. I question what's wrong with both systems, and
am unsatisfied with the answers I receive
from both. This is why I am a centrist, the
demonic moderate.
Centrism is far Jess harmful and dangerous than a philosophy that expresses itself
through violence and oppression of the
decent, of which both anarchy and the
government are guilty. I remember last quarter a sign that said, "On the job, at school, at
work, No one likes a snitch" (with a bat with
nails in it underneath the words) in reference to cops after the riot. It suggested that
students would be beaten if they talked to
the cops. I also saw that signs proclaiming,
"Putting the anarchists on hold, and that this
school is more than just Anarchists," were
censored and replaced by: "Censorship
may be necessary because America is an
Evil Empire," making it a black and white
fight with only one voice being heard. So
many students spoke against this sign ... the
contradictory nature of it, and the fascist
nature it implied. It implied that because
someone had a different opinion, he or she
shouldn't be allowed to speak, that the only
voice that should be heard was the voice of
the anarchists. The anarchists have been just
as fascist as the ones they claim to fight.
Then the school dropped Students for
a Democratic Society, which should be
reinstated so all voices can be heard on
this campus. I see two evils and I choose to
embrace or justify neither.
Anarchy provides no alternative - it's
simply destruction of the system and "Let's
all become sustainable farmers." It doesn't
provide any real alternatives that would
work within human nature. It doesn't plan
for what happens after the revolution, the
oppression and death that would occur in
the power vacuum, (or the lack of laws
that hold people accountable). I dealt with
this in "Why anarchy is the wrong type of
change."
The biggest problem with our government
now, in my opinion, is that it doesn't try
hard enough to provide job opportunities.
It's more about getting elected than getting
things done, which just hurts all of us. We
also need transparency in government. For
example, the Iraq War was a lie, and we
didn't truly find that out in the press until
we'd already gone to war and were a few
years in. The government needs to reform
education, so everyone can have that chance
at a better life, and transparency is needed
in all governmental institutions so we can
truly trust that our tax dollars are being
spent the right way. We also need to end the
War on Drugs, trust people not to fuck up
their lives, and provide equal opportunities
for the best life possible for anyone regardless of label.
Because of these things, I can't truly trust
the government, and I can't trust anarchy as
a political institution or a lifestyle choice. I
question the validity of both, and unti I I get
answers, I trust our system; it has shown that
it can change, if pressured by the people.
This is why I support reform and change
in the system, but it no more owns me than
anarchy does Violent anarchists scare me as
much as neo-cons. I choose my own side,
I walk my own walk. I choose to change
the world as I see fit, not as the government
sees fit, or the anarchists see fit. I am my
own master, and I am no one's slave.
Cameron Morris is a sophomore enrolled
in Fairness in International Trade and
Entrepreneurship.
Fuck relationships
by GERALD BLANCHARD
So,
relationships
are weird. Most of us
have experienced that
perfect angel, and at
the same time had to
deal with dating the
epitome of a demon
-ereature (you know who you are).
But one thing about bad relationships is
that they were good at one point. Right?
Before all the fights, cheating, weird
sexual questions - you know, the usual
-it was all grand. It got me thinking about
fate and how maybe these little changes
in our relationships bring us to someth.ing
new. Are the people we are dating now
only leading us to something better?
You obviously grow and prosper from
each relationship. Most of us look back
on our relationships with extreme hate
and injustice. And usually, you feel like
you are the one that got the short end of
the stick. You naturally possess the role
~f the victim. But, you definitely have to
remember that we are his or her ex (did
you forget?) - we are his or her former
Jove- rather than just looking at it as he's
my ex or my ex-wife. That person has to
move on just like you do. And ultimately
all our former relationships stay with us.
We never really separate because a part of
us is still with them.
For me, I still think about my exboyfriends. I wonder what they are up to.
The other day, I found actually which was
weird, because if I had stuck with them,
would they have been in the same direction? Would Mr. Navy be in the Navy?
Would my first boyfriend have become a
firefighter? It's weird how life continues
without your being in it, because you no
longer have an influence. And it's hard not
to imagine what could have been.
The bad relationships, which were
once good, obviously impact your future
choices in partners. You go for someone
who will treat you better, or you go back
to the same because you're used to it. You
find someone who is more aggressive,
more sexual, more liberal, more willing
to try new things, and a variety of other
things. You basically try to improve on
your former relationship. You try to make
it work this time because, beforehand,
something was obviously really wrong.
It makes me think of all the reasons why
people break up (me, especially). And
often, a lot of the times, the reasons we
part from people are selfish. There are
never good reasons to Jet someone go.
Because honestly, you could work it out
with each other. But the thing stopping
you is the WILL to work it out.
This guy that I have always been interested in was in a really long relationship.
He thought this was it, he had found the
person he was going to spend the rest of
his life with. However, for some reason,
the two of them broke up. Their relationship ended. And if that relationship
hadn't ended we would have never met
and been able to flirt, kiss and whatever.
But, the thing I want to get to is that you
never know when something is going to
end: In truth, we can never have a person
who is our soul mate because anything
can happen. Anything can change at one
instant. People die, people find new inter-
ests, people get bored. You can be married
to someone for forty years and then something changes.
So what do you do? You don't worry
about it. For the longest time I've worried
about relationships. So has my mother and
she bought me this weird-ass book about
guys not being into you. Thanks, Mom!
But back to my point - you just have to
go with the flow of things. And although
it's slightly depressing that the person you
find doesn't work out or the person you
find will find someone else, you just have
to remember that it's building you up to be
stronger within yourself (like many people
say you have to love yourself before you
can love anyone else). You could be 60
and find love- why do we have to find it
so soon? Why do we have to worry about
it? Maybe because our society places so
much pressure on you to find someone to
connect with, but who knows - I really
don't care about that shit.
So again, relationships are weird. One
thing I do say is: Don't be afraid to be in
a relationship. Give it a shot. One of my
friends says you need to be open-minded.
Don't have a type, don't have expectations, because if you do, you're going to
make finding a relationship harder than it
actually is. And if you do find someone,
and you do fall in love, just leave your
heart open for the chance that it could
not end up being that perfect ending. And
have fun. Don't be too serious either, it
makes things sucky.
Earth Week
recap
by HALLI WINSTEAD
Campus
Dining
Services is working to
incorporate more sustainable practices. This past
week we kicked off
the new Green Thread
Program. The
Green
Thread Program was developed to make
current sustainable practices more visible on
campus and to increase future sustainable
practices. This week we experimented with
a new Green Team, window paintings and
posters, and by going tray-less.
The Greenery hosted a tray-less week in
which we removed trays to see if it would
help save water and reduce food waste.
Candy Berlin, Dining Services program
coordinator at UC Santa Cruz, says that
the decrease in food waste fi·om going
tray-less during a two-hour experiment
was "remarkable." From the numbers we
gathered, so far, reduction of food waste
was minimal. Water consumption, however,
decreased significantly by removing trays.
When asked what he thought of going trayless, one eater responded, "I don't really see
how it's going to save water - I had to use an
extra plate to carry what I would have used my
tray for. I think, instead, the Greenery should
go plate-less and only offer trays." That idea
was also echoed by Greenery staff, Evergreen
staff and a few additional student eaters who
were questioned about the event. It's a valid
concern. However, did you know only 12
trays fit on a dishwasher rack, whereas you
can fit 24 large plates or 36 small plates on
the same rack? The information gathered
during this tray-less experiment looks like
this: An estimated 2,805 trays would have
gone through the dish machine this week,
resulting' in I,048 gallons of water being
consumed. If we extend this data to incorporate every week, we would see a savings of
36,688 gallons of water for an academic year.
In a survey of 177 eaters in the Greenery
on Thursday night, 150 eaters said they
were interested in permanently removing
trays, especially when they were told the
benefits of removing trays. Although we
understand the messy aspects of going trayless, we are also concerned about the fact
that here in the U.S., we throw away around
25% of food that is produced for human
consumption. We are merely looking for
ways we can help conserve water and food.
Dining Services also collaborated with
Housing to provide free battery, printer
cartridge and cellphone recycling in a
few on-campus locations during Earth
Week. The money earned from cellphone
recycling was put into the housing account
with the specification that it be spent on
sustainable initiatives, projects or events.
Hopefully, cellphone and battery recycling
will be a permanent option in the future.
The new Green Team is working with
Aramark's sustainability intern through the
Green Thread Program. This week they
painted the windows in the Greenery with
tips for combating climate change. The goal
of the work is to raise awareness about the
issues. You will begin to see more of their
work throughout the year as they delve into
their area of interest and make sustainability
more visible to the campus community.
Halli Winstead is a senior enrolled
in sustainability internship with .
Campus Dining Services and an
independent learning contract. For
Gerald Blanchard is a freshman enrolled more information about sustainability
in Playing with Shakespeare. Fee/free to issues, email tescfoodsustainability@
gmail.com or call (360)-867-6281.
contact him at blager26@evergreen.edu.
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May I, 2008
Truth and
Reconciliation
Last minute inculllbencies for GU elections
SPOTLIGHT,jrom 3
Last minute inclusion on ballot
fair, say representatives
from cover
Glasses Party candidates have noted that
"I feel like Union is under attack, and that's
petty," said Newhouse. "I feel that they think 21 representatives is too small a number
they're doing a service to students, but [the for a group to effectively represent 4500
students and that the GSU should engender
candidates are] seriously hindering them."
Newhouse and the other incumbents are more inclusive processes within itself and
concerned that if a majority of the GSU reps throughout the campus to get more students
next year are members of the Glasses Party, active in decision-making.
there will be inadequate representation of
Decision for incumbencies not
the students at Evergreen.
"I'm not comfortable with homogenous only influenced by the 19 candiideology," said Webster. "Evergreen is dates wearing glasses
diverse and weird as shit. It would be boring
Current reps Webster, Newhouse and
Loosen have become candidates for next
with all ofthem on there."
Webster and Newhouse share Peter year not only in the interest of providing
Bohmer's program Political Economy and more options for students that vote in the
Social Movements with roughly nine of the · election.
candidates running with the Glasses Party.
"We're not running to flood the Union,"
"I walk into class every day and feel I'm said Webster. "We're also working to elimion the defensive," said Newhouse, refer- nate the image of mild-manneredness and
ring to the effect of what she and Webster neutrality, and instead take more stances on
characterize as the homogenous ideology student needs."
Washington 's state budget session in 2009
that some members of the glasses group
portray.
could have a negative effect on the money
"Any kind of political movement that that Evergreen is allotted, according to
tries to sweep an institution is pretty much Loosen, who hopes to guide the GSU in
fascism," said Webster.
becoming a stronger lobbying presence for
"There's a cycle of oppression and it's very students.
easy for the oppressed to become oppresThe incumbents also hope to provide guidRainboe Sims-Jones is a junior enrolled sors," said Loosen. "And I'm concerned ance to new representatives based on the
in an independent learning contract.
about what that means in the context of learning experiences they've had this year,
Evergreen and the average student"
according to Newhouse.
"If we're addressing student concerns
Members of the Glasses Party have
submitted candidacy statements that can be about the Union, we also need to address
Write news.
interpreted as flippant, or as jokes. When continuity," said Loosen
interviewed, some members represent
Loosen and the other incumbents hope to
concerns about how current reps governed continue to address a number of student
the GSU this year, and the structural prob- issues, including ensuring that the Campus
Come to Thursday meetings at 5 p.m.
]ems with the GSU that they feel need to be Activities Building redesign reflects the
in CAB 316 (() discuss stories.
addressed.
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We're not for or against; but to be in
a community you have to work with
members of the community." More
urgently, GTR is hosting an Alternative
to Violence Project Training this weekend, May 2 - 4, to coincide with Mind
Screen's showing of At the River I Stand
and a speaker brought by Diversity
Affairs: James M. Lawson, an advocate
of nonviolent activism who worked with
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are still a few spots that need to
be filled for the AVP training.
The time commitment is Friday from 69 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 9
a.m. to 6:30p.m. To reserve a spot, send
an email to greenerstr@gmail.com .
"We want to get across that we're not
here to say how campus or society should
be," says Shephard. "We're here to reach
out to people and find ways to develop
answers productively with the rest of the
community."
If you are interested in becoming a part
of Greeners for Truth and Reconciliation, please contact them at greenerstr@
gmail.com for detailed information on
meeting times.
The reps announced their candidacy to the
Cooper Point Journal at about II :35 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 30.
Loosen's incumbency means that he won't
be graduating this year as he originally
planned. "I'm postponing my graduation, and I'm going to stick around," said
Loosen.
Students Shane Lohnes and Stella Martin
are also submitting last-minute, first-time
candidacy applications.
The updates to the online voting system
will be made first thing in the morning on
May I, according to Loosen, before voting
officially begins.
"As soon as Andy [Corn] gets here in the
morning I will be waiting for him, and he
will be inputting the newest candidates,"
said Loosen. Corn is a Student Activities
advisor to the GSU who will help to maintain the online voting system .
The incumbents assert that declaring lastminute candidacy past the deadline of 5
p.m. Tuesday, April 29 is fair because new
candidacy declarations will be accepted
until voting ends.
This year's voting system doesn't have a
write-in capability like last year's, which is
why late applications will be accepted.
Because the GSU has an open application
process, and candidates aren ' t competing
for a ·seat, the write-in system isn't critical,
said Loosen.
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an
internship learning contract. He is the
editor in chie[(}fthe CPJ
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Views: Olympia and Santo
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Monday, May;
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CAB 206, 4 to 5 p.m . .
Civil Rights Leader, Rev. James Thursday, May 8. 6 p.m.
M. Lawson speaks. Leading theoFriday, May 2
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