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THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE olympia, washington
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ISSUE 24, VOLUME 36, MAY 8, 2008
May Day rally disrupted by violence
by MADELINE BERMAN
Last Thursday, two Evergreen
students were arrested at the
annual May Day rally when a
group of protestors broke off
from the march and threw rocks
at downtown banks.
Each year, May Day is recognized as International Workers'
Day, commemorating the fight for
the eight-hour work day and other
improvements for the working
class that came out of the labor warrants for undocumented immimovement. Beginning at noon, grants, or soldiers who are AWOL
the rally held at Sylvester Park as long as they are not wanted for
had tabling from various groups any military crime of violence.
multiple speakers and a musical
The march started at 2 p.m.
performance by Sound Asylum. and went from the park to the
The main topic of discussion Capitol, where members of the
was the Sanctuary City Proposal, rally sought to bring attention to
which, if passed, will protect the • the proposal before it would be
rights of undocumented workers formally presented the following
and war resisters in Olympia. The Tuesday. The crowd hung around
proposal would prevent Olympia before the march continued on its
City Police from executing federal way, but not before defacing the
Capitol building with multiple
anarchist symbols. No arrests for
this could be made, due to the
fact that the perpetrators were
indistinguishable from the rest of
the crowd.
The rally found its way to Olympia City Hall and then marched
against traffic on 4th Avenue.
There are mixed feelings about
whether or not going the wrong
see MAY DAY, page 5
Geoduck Union
voting continues
through Sunday,
May11 atSp.m.
Elections for next year's
Geoduck
Union
representatives will continue through this
Sunday. You can vote by going
to my.evergreen.edu/vote or by
stopping by a voting booth in
the College Activities Building
(CAB) or the Library by Friday,
May9.
For information on candidates
that applied the last issue of
the Cooper Point Journal was
re\eased, go to page six.
For pictures of three candidates
that did not have photos printed
in last week's voting guide, go to
page four.
ELECTIONS COMMISSIONER MARK LAS ELY WORKING A VOTING BOOTH IN THE LIBRARY.
WashPIRG explodes on Red Square
by CASEY JAYWORK
Last Thursday, the Evergreen
student chapter of the lobbying
and advocacy organization WashPIRG (Washington State Public
Interest Research Group) held
what it called a "guerrilla theater"
event in Red Square during lunch
hour. The skit lampooned the
Bank of America as part of an
attempt to remove its ATMs from
campus. Organizers also hoped
to boost the public recognition
of WashPIRG, whose status as
a funded student group is on the
ballot.
The skit started on Evergreen
time, and consisted of a handful
of students imitating an imagined
BoA boardroom meeting: Two
greedy executiv.es cackle to each
other how they'll make even
more money ("Bwa-ha-haa!") by
razing forests and trampling the
land rights of people currently
living there. Tragically, twistable
mustaches were absent, though
one wore an appropriately hogwild cowboy hat. A secretary
pipes up once or twice with lines
apparently pirated from the cinematic masterpiece Fern Gully:
"But what about the forest?!"
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These are some thoughts from
downtown Olympia employees
and community members in
response to both the May Day
demonstration and the vandalism
that occurred that day.
David Accurso, an employee
at Last Word Books: "My heart
goes out to the organizers."
While he believes that most
people probably won't link most
of the marchers with those who
were throwing rocks, he is afraid
that there might be more police
presence downtown now as a
result.
Anjelica Blevins, an employee
at Danger Room Comics: She
believes that the arrests reaffirm Evergreen's reputation as
a protest school, which "is not
necessarily good for the school."
She believes that Evergreen and
its students will get the flack for
the actions of a relative few.
Chrissy Sovems, an employee
at the hot dog stand in front of
Jake's: She says that people
are "definitely getting pissed."
Despite that, her views on Evergreen are still generally positive.
Sarah Potter, a hair stylist at
Jaime Lee and Company: She
doesn't think that the demonstration was big enough to justify
"There were
the vandalism.
only around I 00 people this year.
There needs to be more solidarity for anarchy [to work]."
Ian Hunlund, a bartender at The
Brotherhood Tavern: "[Vandalism] shows immaturity."
Phillip Williams, downtown
resident: "I view most of the
people who go to Evergreen
positively... I think the worst
thing about it is that everyone
is focusing on the kids throwing
rocks and not the people trying
to get something accomplished."
Gwen Edwards, downtown
resident: She is afraid that the
vandalism will just alienate
people. "I'm all for workers'
rights. I don't believe that smallscale terror does anything."
Brian Fullerton is a junior in
see MOUNTAIN, page 5
DIVERSE
ATIEMPTS
!!)! BRIAN FULLERTON
HOLLYWOOD.
REVIEW OF IRON MAN AND HOLLYWOOD'S
Community
responds to
MayDay
INDEX
LEITERS & OPINIONS . . . . 10
OPEN WATER. YOU JUST MIGHT GET
CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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"I haven't voted yet but
I'm going to be polling
for it. I'm a senior, so
I won't be voting at
all. I did read that pull
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candidates in the paper
last week, if that counts."
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May 8, 2008
STUDENT C:iRC:lUP SPCYfLIC;HT
Diving in DEAP (Developing Ecological
Agricultural Practices)
l!Ji RAINBOE SIMS-JONES
On Monday, Heather Flores, the author of
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard
into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into
a Community, gave a photo presentation at
Evergreen demonstrating to a packed room
of students and community members how
people all over the nation are doing just
that. Flores is one of the co-founders of
the Food Not Lawns grassroots gardening
project in Eugene, Oregon and an advocate
of organic living and ecological community
organizing. With inspiration from her practices, Evergreen's student group Developing
Ecologicial Agricultural Practices, or DEAP,
is diving into spring and summer by restoring
Demeter's.
Just a fifteen minute hike from Red Square
to the Organic Farm, past the chicken coop
and to the left of the farm house lies Deme-
replace the weeds. They also want to expand
the perennial and native plant area, and set up
a composting system.
One ofDEAP's largest projects this summer
is to build a shed, working cooperatively
with another student group, SEED (Students
at Evergreen for Ecological Design). DEEP
and SEED have recently received funding
from the S & A Board to build a shed and
workspace to safely keep all their garden and
farming tools, and provide an area for people
to gather and work and be in a community.
This quarter DEAP has been having work
parties Friday's starting at I0 a.m .. "We want
to do it every Friday," says Amanda Wedow,
one of DEAP's coordinators. "That's when
I'm giving tours for people who've never
been here so that they can get some orientation instead of just being thrown in [,]
because it can be a little overwhelming." One
of DEAP's goals is to have a plan for new
"WE DEFINITELY WANT MORE PEOPLE HERE.
WE COME UP WITH THINGS THAT ANYONE
sof olo
No~le Quotes from ReverendJames Lawson's
speech on campus on Mays, 2008
"The country today is in a worse condition spiritually, physically;
socially, culturally, artistically, educationally, economically, than I
think it has ever been in its lifetime. I apologize to you because
we're giving you a country where enormously complicated issues
are available, and where there's a determined effort on the part of
some people in the nation to abolish the notion of a people who
govern themselves and to put instead of that, huge corporations
in charge, to name the thought and the philosophy according to
corporate politics and corporate understandings, to eradicate other
human ways of looking at life. So·all of your lives, short of a miraculous historical upheaval, you're going to be exposed to political
leaders and economic leaders and media leaders who offer solutions that will solve nothing, but only rather complicate the scenery.
You will be exposed to headlines that say to you, 'We're doing this
in order to spread democracy,' when spreading democracy is the
last thing on the minds of the CIA or the White House or the
National Security Agency. You will hear people who insist that we
have put racism behind us, where as in fact the spiritual poison of
racism is more pervasive today than I have ever seen it."
CAN DO AND WE ALWAYS HAVE SUPPLIES FOR
PEOPLE TO TRY OUT THEIR OWN IDEAS"
ter's Garden. Demeter's Garden was established several years ago as a permaculture
demonstration site offering fruit, veggies,
mushrooms, flowers and community to the
student body. It was originally the site of
the old community gardens, but when they
moved to a sunnier spot, the land was open
fur other uses. The original coordinators had
ornate p\ans for the space, but when they left,
Demeter's Garden was left to nature. Weeds,
such as morning glory, comfrey, buttercup
and dandelions, now blanket the majority of
the space and a lot of work needs to be done
to uncover the hidden strawberries, rhubarb
and greens.
Although work parties have been sporadically meeting since winter, now that spring
is here and summer is just around the comer,
the work at Demeter's is just beginning.
DEAP's goals over the summer include a
growing pizza garden next to outdoor pizza
oven for pizza parties, building a pyramid
out of mushroom logs that were inoculated
in fall, and creating vegetable beds and transplanting strawberries for ground cover to
visitors to be able to jump right in and know
what they can do to help. They are working
on a manual to accomplish this goal.
Demeter's garden is an untapped resource.
"It's not just a weed patch," says Wedow.
Demeter's garden is not exclusive. Everything is open to all students on campus,
regardless of class standing, which program
they are enrolled in, or their experience with
agriculture. "We definitely want more people
here. We come up with things that anyone
can do and we always have supplies for
people to try out their own ideas."
During Synergy, DEAP plans to bring
Marlsha Auerbach, a local permaculture
consultant, to do a workshop and have a
transplanting day. For more information on
this event, or to get involved with Demeter's
Garden, you can contact Amanda Wedow
at wedama28@evergreen.edu or come to a
Friday work party at 10 a.m. at the Organic
Farm.
SESAME event
Eastern politics. It has roots going back to
the immediate aftermath of World War 1,
when, under the Balfour Declaration, Britain granted territory in Palestine to Zionist
settlers.
The next major turning point in the evolution of the conflict came in 1948, when,
by U.N. decision, the state of Israel was
formally created. At that time, several
hundred thousand Palestinians were driven
out of the territory to make room for Zionist settlers.
Why should this conflict so far away from
the U.S. be of interest to American citizens?
The reason is that Israel enjoys what has
come to be called a "special relationship"
with the United States. Because Israeli
policy in the Middle East fits so well into
US strategic goals in the area, the U.S. has
adopted Israel as a more or less permanent
adjunct in its Middle East policy.
Starting in the late 1960s, Israel has been
a major recipient of U.S. military and
diplomatic support. Presently, it is by far
the largest recipient of U.S. military aid in
the world.
Finkelstein's work centers on several
major themes related to the occupation:
Norman Finkelstein
Today, at 7:30 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1,
renowned scholar Norman Finkelstein
will speak on the history and future of
the Israel/Palestine conflict. Admission is
free for students who present their student
IDs. Finkelstein's appearance at Evergreen
today is especially timely in light oflsrael's
recent incursions into Gaza, which cannot
be understood without an appreciation of
the history of Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Finkelstein is uniquely qualified to provide
this context.
As Finkelstein has consistently stressed
in his work, the conflict in 1sraeVPalestine
is not as complex as it is often portrayed
to be. It is not primarily a religious quarrel between Muslims and Jews over the
Holy Land. Rather, it is mainly a political
conflict over territory, driven by Israel's
ongoing annexation and occupation of
Palestinian land.
The conflict in Israel/Palestine is perhaps
the biggest source of contention in Middle
Rainboe Sims-Jones is a junior enrolled in
an independent learning contract.
"One of the principles of nonviolence is that you stop demonizing
yourself, therefore you stop demonizing other human beings. They
are also created by the same creator."
"[The Sitting Campaign] showed the United States also that
students had the character and the possibility of offering the nation
leadership towards social change."
"Violence cannot solve human problems, has not solved them in
the last sixty years in our world, will not solve them. Only when
people themselves take power into themselves, are willing to put
the issues on the table and work systematically and carefully and
yet militantly to turn those issues around, will you see emerging ·
in Olympia and elsewhere not only a better community but also a
better world."
"Capitalism is not that efficient as far as I'm concerned."
"I think the criminal justice system is itself a criminal."
~REVERENDJAMESLAWSON
its consequences in the everyday lives
of Palestinians, its portrayal in the U.S.
media, and the constant use of accusations
of anti-Semitism to stifle criticism oflsraeli
policy. His major works include Image and
Reality of the Israel-Palestine Coriflict,
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the
Exploitation ofJewish Suffering, and, most
recently, Beyond Chutzpah: on the Misuse
ofAnti-Semitism and the Abuse of History.
Finkelstein's criticisms of Israeli policy
reflect a growing tide of international
concern over the human costs of the Israeli
occupation.
He is part of a much larger body of scholars who have sought to bring the Palestinian situation to public attention, including
Noam Chomsky, the late Edward W. Said,
Rashid Khalidi, and Ilan Pappe. His work
has received the acclaim of Raul Hilberg,
author of The Destruction of the European Jews, which is widely regarded as a
standard source on the Holocaust. Hilberg
states that "I would say that his place in the
whole history of writing history is assured,
and that those who in the end are proven
right triumph, and he will be among those
who will have triumphed."
Continued
moratorium
update
by MADELINE BERMAN
The concert moratorium is still in effect.
Vice President of Student Affairs Art
Costantino says he has yet to see the
entirety of the finished Events Review
Committee report.
According to Costantino, Phyllis Lane,
dean of students, is still working with the
committee to tie up loose ends and putting
on the finishing touches.
Costantino says that when he receives the
final report, "I will share it with thl'campus
and ask people for input before I make a
recommendation to the college president
about it."
Madeline Berman is a freshman enrolled
in HOLLYWOOD.
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MayS, 2008
Sergeant Decision Updates
by MADELINE BERMAN
After I]UCh deliberating, it has been
decided that the new sergeant of Evergreen
campus Police Services will be Officer
Timothy Marron of Puyallup Police
Department.
Police Services arrived at this decision
after an extensive review of both Marron
and current Porce Serv ces Officer lony
Perez, who was the only other applicant
for the position.
While a pubr orum was held for both
candidates, 35 students attended Perez's
forum and none were at Marron's.
Before Marron officially becomes
sergeant, he must pass polygraph, background, psych, and medical tests. In the
event that he does not pass any one of these
tests, the position of sergeant will open
back up for more applicants.
Marr~m is currently a patrol officer. He
received a Bachelor's degree from Pacific
Lutheran University and has been an
instructor with the Criminal Justice Training Commission. Marron has held several
positions with the Puyallup Police Department, including D.A.R.E. officer, evidence
technician, mountain bike patrol officer,
trainer, as well as acting sergeant. When
not working, Marron enjoys spending time
with his family, traveling, and singing with
a local barbershop quartet.
Madeline Berman is a freshman enrolled
in HOLLYWOOD.
Students chargad In May Day lnddent
I!)' JASON SLOTKIN
Ben Hargett waited outside of the courtroom, where the arraignment of his friend,
Randal Hunt, and five others was about
to take place. All six of them faced felony
charges for actions taken during the May
Day march.
Two of the six arrested were Evergreen
students and Geoduck Student Union
candidates, Stefanic Gottschalk and Randall
Hunt.
Bail was set for five of the defendants:
Stefanie Gottschalk, Randal Hunt, Bryan
Riggins, Forest Student, and Daniel Wilson.
Daniel Busby, one of the six, was released
when his attorney questioned the probable
cause for a riot charge.
The audience was mainly made up of Evergreen students, who came to witness the hear-
ing and show support for the defendants.
Many former members of the suspended
student group, Student; for a Democratic
Society, were among the supporters and
audience.
Hunt was prohibited from going near or
entering any of the banks damaged at the
march. When reading the conditions of bail,
the prosecuting attorney elaborated by saying
that, in these types of cases, the defendants
were not allowed contact with victims; the
victim in this case was the bank.
A small group in the audience burst into
snickers and chuckles at the prosecutor's
comment. Judge Hirsch responded to the
laughter by announcing that further outbursts
would warrant removal from the courtroom.
see CHARGES, page 5
CORREC IONS
For the issue of May 1
Geoduck Union candidates
THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES WERE LISTED IN THE VOTING
GUIDE LAST ISSUE WITHOUT PHOTOS: IAN PEREIDA-PERRY, OLGA
ROCHEEVA, AND PAUL KALCHIK.
Neil deGrasse 1)son:
Science or Doom
by CASEY JAYWORK
FINALLY ASSUMING
Last Tuesday, popular astrophysicist
Neil deGrasse Tyson spoke to a nearpacked College Recreation Center. The
event began at 7:30 p.m., a babbling
assortment of students, faculty, and
science enthusiasts lining the walls of
the wooden gymnasium as President Les
Puree took the podium. Chairs were also
set out on the gymnasium floor, the first
several rows of which were reserved
seating.
"You're in for a real treat" with a
"marvelous educator," Puree told the
audience, before launching into an
eight-minute volley of obligatory thankyous to various YIPs in the audience. He
then welcomed Rita Pegola to the stage,
who spoke for another eight minutes.
She showed footage of Willi Unsoeld
and reminisced about her time with the
deceased Evergreen faculty member,
for whom the seminar series (of which
Tuesday was a part) is nam ed.
Finally assuming the stage, Mr. Tyson
quickly established a strong rapport with
the audience, wandering shoeless across
the stage with microphone in hand like a
THE STAGE, MR. TYSON
Olga Rocheeva
Paul Kalchik
DeadPrez
idea was to have Ml from Dead Prez lead a panel discussion with several other people
directly involved with the Valentine's Day concert, to be structured by a strong moderator.
Delayed planning by organizers, a commitment to bureaucratic structures, and a lack of
support from the Diversity Fund and school administration then forced the organizers to
simplify the event to a simple lecture and Q&A session with Ml alone. At the Hip Hop
Congress meeting yesterday, strong support was shown for this event as it stood as a
lecture. The original HHC meeting agenda was never read and the discussion went past
the normal meeting time. However, a consensus was not achieved and the event will not
be possible this school year. Our previous article about this event had several mistakes,
including the wrong date and an incorrect panel member. The money for this ·event will
be reserved until the next school year.
Chemistry Club volcano
Last week's article entitled "Missing volcano turns J.lP in woods" improperly stated the
size of the volcano as three feet tall by three feet wide. Mikako Gillespie, volcano creator
and Chern Club coordinator, recently corrected the error: "Three feet tall? More I~ eight
feet. That thing is taller than I am!"
WITH THE AUDIENCE,
WANDERING SHOELESS
ACROSS THE STAGE
WITH MICROPHONE
IN HAND LIKE A
STANDUP COMEDIAN
distinguish 'us' from 'they' . [George
Bush said], 'Our God is the God who
named the stars,'" in reference to the
Creation story of the Old Testament.
"What he didn't know was that two- .
thirds of the stars that have names, have
Arabic names."
He went on to point out that "algebra,"
for instance, is an Arabic word, and that
THEM TO LEAK A MEMO THAT THEY WANT
TO PUT MILITARY BASES ON MARS"
standup comedian. "Thank you for that
warm - and extended - introduction,"
he remarked, eliciting chuckles from the
audience.
The title of his talk was "Footprints,"
in which he discussed the effect of
scientific Iiteracy as an influence on
the rise and fall of nations. Beginning
by drawing attention to the historical
correlation between scientific funding
and national dominance (e.g. British
explorers makmg English a major world
language), Tyson then radically shifted
into a discussion of his experience as a
September II survivor.
Poking fun at the ill-informed American response, he said, "In an attempt to
THINGS WE CAN'T
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It has been decided to postpone the planned Ml lecture event until February 14, 2009.
The event was prepared for Friday May 23rd at 2:00p.m. in the Longhouse. Initially, the
A STRONG RAPPORT
"I WANT TO GO TO CHINA AND TELL
"CHINA IS DOING
lan Pereida-Perry
QUICKLY ESTABLISHED
SAID, WARNING THAT
AMERICAN DE-EMPHASIS ON SCIENTIFIC
EDUCATION WILL LEAD
the modern world uses Arabic numeral
rather than Roman numerals (which do
not have a symbol for zero).
The purpose of this digression into the
Western/Islamic conflict was to argue
that Islam's fall from its international
primacy in culture and science resulted
from the rise of anti-intellectual theology around 1100 A.D. Tyson argued
that today's under-representation of
Moslems in the sciences is the result of
this continued cultural attitude.
He made a similar example of China
-"You ever heard of a modern Chinese
herbal cure?" - but admitted that this
trend has changed in recent decades.
"China is doing things we can't even
dream of," he said, warning that American de-emphasis on scientific education
will lead to its decline.
Tyson noted three factors in government support of scientific development:
military concerns, economic goals, and
"praise of power," like pyramids or
Cathedrals.
"We find oil on Mars, we're going
to Mars inside nine months," Tyson
quipped to a tittering crowd. "I want to
go to China and tell them to leak a memo
that they want to put military bases on
Mars."
This segued into anecdotes of scientific
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May 8, 2008
Construdion continues in Seminar II
ly DAVID RAILEANU
Something may look a little different the
next time you walk through Sem II.
The academic cluster, made offive buildings
that host classroom discussions, multimedia
lectures, and even a coffeeshop, has been
going through something of a renaissance.
Smokers no doubt have noticed that Facilities recently erected a new permanent shelter
Student Activity
Blotter
between the Sem II cafe and the College
Recreation Center.
The gazebo-like structure, which features a
comforting park bench, offers slightly more
protection from the elements than the old
blue tarp.
Reactions to the new structure have been
mixed so far. "I feel disenfranchised and
extravagantly in a state of decadence," says
senior Martin Hogan.
Women of Color Coalition
The Women of Color Coalition is
hosting Las Mamalogues as part of
next week's Immigration and Border
Dialogues Conference. Mamalogues is a
theatrical production of local first-generation stories of migration. Mamalogues
seeks to unite people from different
backgrounds and perspectives through
the similar knowledge experienced by
our mothers. The performance will be
on Thursday May 15 at the COM Recital
Hall at 7PM .Also, keep an eye out for
Porn Week, which will take a look at the
view of mainstream porn and the alternatives that are emerging with a more
Sex Positive attitude. This will happen
as part of Green Week. To get involved
with WOCC, come to their meetings on
Wednesdays at 3:30 in CAB 206.
Women's Resource Center
This coming Thursday the WRC is
bringing a panel of Doulas from the
Birth Attendants to share their work and
experiences with the Evergreen community. The Birth Attendants is a non-profit
organization working to restore health
and justice into communities in western
Washington State. The Prison Doula
Project provides pregnancy, labor, and
post-partum doula services and popular
education-style childbirth education
classes to women incarcerated in Washington State. They educate the community about the struggles and triumphs of
all marginalized pregnant and parenting
women.
For more information on the resources
available and the activities that the WRC
participates in, attend Monday meetings
at 1:30 p.m. in CAB 313.
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David Raileanu is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
Guerilla theatre
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Evergreen Animal Rights Network
Evergreen Animal Rights Network
(EARN) and Olympia Animal Rights are
hosting an animal liberation conference
for the weekend of May I 0 and II, 2008.
The aim of this conference is to provide
an opportunity for activists to network,
build alliances, and discuss how to
further the goals of the movement. This
conference is designed for people who
have already accepted the premise of
animal rights and are ready to take the
next step. The format of this conference
will include round-table discussion,
hands~on
workshops, lectures, film
screenings, and musical performances.
Tickets will be $5-20, on a sliding
scale. The conference will be held
at The Evergreen State College. It
will take place from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The conference schedule is available
online at www.myspace.com/animallibconference. For more information,
please send an email to liberation conference@gmail.com. To get involvect" with
EARN, you can come to their meetings
in CAB 320 on Wednesdays at 5:30.
Elsewhere in the concrete and steel superstructure, construction has begun on a new
pedestrian bridge between A building and the
bike path.
The new walkway will offer an alternative
to cutting through the bush that grows underneath the stairs.
Dismissing her foolish concerns, the cashrabid executives end the skit by ripping dollar
bills out of a three-foot papier miiche mountain and tossing them in the air, a Ia The Joker
from the first Tim Burton Batman movie.
BoA has a number of ATMs on campus that
WashPIRG wishes to have removed. According to Evergreen student activist Alexandra
Mavrikis, it also handles Evergreen staff
paychecks. In a ft ier, WashPIRG listed a
number of allegations against BoA, including "Unjustly takes land rights from Navajo
and Hopi communities for coal extraction"
and "Funds mountaintop removal." "Interest- Checking: 0.05 APY Savings: 0.20
APY" was also charged, but the crux of the
WashPIRG attack was definitely centered on
environmental concerns, rather than direct
effects on students.
According to the online ballot, WashPIRG
is asking for a waivable $8 fee per student per
quarter: "If approved, a WashPIRG chapter
will continue to exist at The Evergreen State
College."
Casey Jaywork is a junior enrolled in
Knowing Nature.
May Day arrests
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direction was an effective tactic. "I think
it was confrontational in a good way," says
freshman Billie Burlock. On the other hand,
Jonathan Levy-Wollins says he felt wrong
doing it. "It interrupted traffic but I went along
with it because of mob mentality." While it
certainly got the motorists' attention, it also
aggravated some as well. Amid honks of both
support and disapproval, the group continued
to march. "I think the energy prior to the bank
incident was really positive," says Alex Patia,
a freshman.
It is unknown who threw the first rock, but
at 4 p.m., windows of both Bank of America
and US Bank were suddenly shattered. Both
banks were open and had customers and tellers inside.
Olympia Police, who up until that point
were keeping an eye on the proceedings
from a distance, went quickly into the crowd.
They made an attempt to catch suspected
rock throwers and seemed to go after people
wearing bandanas. "I saw three cops on the
back of a single person," says Katie Olejnik,
a freshman. "The cops were just going after
random people wearing black." Pepper bullets
were fired and mistaken for rubber bullets by
bystanders because of the bullets' failure to
open. This is most likely the result of their
being fired at too close of a range. "One girl
said her whole arm went numb after being hit
in the hand" and "another girl was hurt from
being hit three times in the stomach," said
Bing Li, a junior
According to police reports, two plainclothes narcotics agents, Renschler and
Russell, had been inside Bank of America
and went outside once the first window
was broken. When members of the crowd
tried to prevent them from apprehending a
female suspect, the officers found themselves
surrounded. When Detective Renschler
began to call 9 I I for assistance on his department-issued phone, members of the crowd
attempted to wrestle the suspect away from
the detectives. Others began to take a fighting
stance. Renschler, fearing for his safety, let go
of the suspect and accidentally dropped the
phone in the process. The crowd only backed
away slightly when one of the detectives drew
his gun.
Renschler saw a man grab his phone from
the ground. Because of the delicate nature of
the information on his phone due to his current
assignment, the officer chased the phonegrabbing protester who was quickly arrested.
The female suspect was apprehended outside
of the Bayview Thriftway.
Everything settled down after only five
minutes, leaving six people in the custody
of the police, two of whom were Evergreen
students Stefanie Gottschalk and Randal
Hunt.
It is believed that the motivation for the
violence was to protest the Bank of America's
profiting from the war in Iraq and their funding of leveling the Appalachian mountain
range. There has recently been a movement
at Evergreen to remove Bank of America's
ATMs from campus.
The window of Finder's Keepers, a local
antique mall, was also broken. There is talk of
raising money to help pay for their damages.
"I don't care if Bank of America got their
windows fucked up," says student, Jamie
Hellerman. "I care if some locally owned
business got their windows fucked up. If we
could raise money to repair their window, it
would show solidarity in the community."
Madeline Berman is a freshman enrolled in
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Randal Hunt was charged with malicious
mischief in the first degree and riot activity.
His bail was set for $2500, despite requests
for release by Hunt's defender, Eree Pilon,
who characterized Hunt's actions as "reaction to crowd disturbance." Hunt was charged
with malicious mischief in the first degree
for allegedly throwing rocks at the Bank of
America building.
According to Judge Hirsch, this act deemed
him a threat to the community, and a deciding
factor in the decision of bail.
Stephanie Gottschalks was charged with
assault in the third degree for allegedly striking an officer. Her bail was set for $2500.
The bail for Daniel Riggins was set for
$10,000. The district attorney originally
requested $25,000 in bail, citing a criminal
history and describing Riggins as a "professional protestor."
Riggins' attorney reacted by claiming that
such an amount for bail was "getting into
the unconstitutional wing of things." Forest
Student was charged with theft in the second
degree and riot without a deadly weapon.
According to the court interview, Student is
waiting on the possible charge of malicious
mischief in the third degree, regarding the
February 15 riot that took place outside the
College Recreation Center (CRC). His bail
was set at $7500.
Daniel Busby, a South Puget Sound
Community College student, was charged
with theft in the second degree for allegedly
stealing a cell phone from one of the officers
at the march. He was the only defendant
released without bail.
Daniel Wilson was charged with malicious
mischief in the first degree, and riot without a
deadly weapon. Wilson was described as a "
transient" with " no stable address or means
of support," according the court documents.
His bail was set at $10,000.
Jason Slatkin is a junior enrolled in an independent learning contract.
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MayS, 2008
New Geoduck Union candidates
These GU candidates applied after the production of last week's
Cooper PointJournal. To vote, go to my.evergreen.edu/vote.
The voting period will continue until midnight on Sunday, May 11.
Dawn Bradford
I would like to represent the student body of the Tacoma campus as your
representative. I would be a Student Union Representative that promotes both
the diversity ofTESC and the uniqueness of the Tacoma campus. I would also
like to see the community at Tacoma campus be more involved in the process
of making changes at the college.
Brittany Newhouse
Grow a home.
Being a representative and serving students have been my primary focus for
this year, and I feel that there is still of lot of work left to do. I've learned an
incredible amount about the college and about how to fight for students, and
I want to continue the work that I've done, especially on projects like getting
prison labor off campus and securing that adequate family housing continues
to be provided. I want to ensure that some of the issues that hindered this
year's Union do not continue into next's, especially the underrepresentation of
women. I want to continue to empower women on this campus and make sure
that their needs are being met.
Stella Martin
As a theater student, I have noted that the arts are severely under-funded on
this campus. Whether its space at the Recital Hall for student productions,
animation programs, music, or funding for woodshop & ceramics at the Art
Annex, Evergreen needs to expand its focus from environmental programs
to an encompassing liberal arts education that includes art! I will encourage
those at the top to include individual expression in their financial agendas.
The lack of women on the GSU has compelled me to represent.the face that's
56% of this campus. Let's smash patriarchy and smash student apathy. Women
unite!
Alex Bartolucci
I'd like to be a rep because I know a lot of folks on campus and !like working
with students, administrators and others to get things done.
Pretty much my voice will be for everyone on campus that doesn't want to be
represented by the dozen or so loud mouths that like to hijack stuff and make
our school look like it is full of douches.
I know that the majority of students are pretty awesome and level headed.
I'm one of those students, too.
Samml Webster
The 7th Annual Sustainable
Living Conference
Many students have expressed doubt about the legitimacy of the Student
Union at Evergreen. I will increase the visibility of the GSU and eliminate
the image of neutrality AND mild-manneredness that's been attached to this
group. Sustainability, Direct Action, Equality are key: I've been active this
quarter pushing for a geothermal heat pump for the CAB renovation, fundraising for the Iraqi Student Solidarity Committee, and providing students
with the youtube riot video. I love this school, and I refuse to see its charm
watered down by bureaucratic bullshit. If a Hollywood Neo-con can turn
California into the greenest state in the union, let's rally Greeners to make this
campus the greenest in the nation. Women Unite!
The Evergreen State College
May 19th-23rd, 2008
Charles Loosen
Ecology- Design - Culture - Health- Social Change
Dr. Mitchell Joachim
Paul Stamets
Robert Jensen
Puget Sound Partnership
Olympia Waste ReSources -Terra Commons
Evergreen Biodiesel Project- Dave Sansone
Gar Lipow- Claude Mahmood -John Pumilio
Marisha Auerbach
Project Green Build
CAB Redesign Workshop- Olympia Food Co-op
Organic Farm Tours - D.I.Y. Bike Paniers and Tune Ups
Tburston County Environmental Health- Live Music
I was elected last spring to work on the CAB renovation and to continue rcfonns of our
campus voting system. Today you're using our new online ballot that was developed in
partnership with Evergreen staff to make democratic participation easier. The CAB renovation has entered the next phase of design and it will soon be a model of sustainability and
innovation. This winter we joined together to establish a framework for enhanced tobacco
cessation services, while challenging a faculty proposal that would interfere with student's
ability to choose. I want to continue our prOb'l'ess and focus more on getting students
involved and putting my energy toward big issues including support for Everb't'een Tacoma,
food sustainability, college affordability, family housing, and bringing our collective voice
to Washington's lawmakers who fund our education. Thanks for a b'l'eat year' P.S. on hot
summer days you can see the harbor porpoise pods (not dolphins) Jtmtpmg from the waters
around the Evergreen beach.
Amanda Wedow
The Evergreen campus needs sustainability. We are at a critical point with the
approaching 2009-20 II budget where we can take a strong step towards that
goal. Walking that path means strengthening our biodiesel, composting and
food production systems on campus.
Shane Lohnes
Forget the recession, the Iraq War, climate change, and all the other esoteric
and ultimately inconsequential crises our current political leaders are mouthing off about.
What we really should be asking is: What does it take to get a drink around
here? The complete lack of bartenders on every street corner in the community
is the most tragic moral failing of our student leadership. Vote for me and I'll
put a speakeasy in the dorms.
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May 8, 2008
1\tfOVIE REVIEW
Iron Man is cool but how
about Platinum man?
by JARED TEER
Like millions of other Americans, I went
to see Iron Man on its opening weekend.
Let me say, I was highly impressed. Since
I was born in 1980 and am a huge comic
book fan, I have literally been waiting
my entire life to see big-screen adaptations of my favorite comic book heroes.
Sadly, most adaptations fail to live up to
the expectations of true comic book fans,
because storylines and characters are
usually greatly altered for the big screen.
An example of this is Venom in SpiderMan 3. Venom's alter ego Eddie Brock, a
character created in 1986 and best known
to true comic book fans as a muscle-bound
brute, was portrayed in the big-screen
adaptation by That '70s Shows Topher
Grace, who is anything but a muscular
brute.
What I really find interesting, as a
comic book fan and a black man, is when
Hollywood changes the race of lesser
comic book characters to black for the
big screen. For instance, if you're a true
comic fan like I am, you probably waited
for the credits to conclude after the end of
Iron Man, at which time you would have
been treated to an extra scene in which
comic book hero Nick Fury, played by
Samuel L. Jackson, contacts Tony Stark,
nicely setting up a sequel. Of course, in
the comic books, Nick Fury is a distinctive, historic character, created in 1963: a
Caucasian WWI veteran, who retains his
youth with a serum.
Or how about Kingpin from the Daredevil movie? Created in 1967, in the
-
comic books, he is a Caucasian mob
boss and sumo wrestler, but on the bigscreen he is portrayed by Michael Clarke
Duncan. How PC and nice of them- they
really care about equal representation,
right? Wrong! If they're going to deprive
true comic book fans of accurate representations of their favorite comic book
characters, and really cared about equal
representation, why don't they alter title
characters in accordance with their political correctness?
Why not make Tony Stark black, bling
the armor out, and call him Platinum
Man? Or how about The Hulk? The
Hulk is a manifestation of Bruce Banner's
suppressed feelings. What about an equal
representation version in which The Hulk
is a manifestation of Bruce Banner's white
guilt, and, instead of green, is a brownskinned, hulking giant with cornrows?
I'm being sarcastic with those descriptions of course, but the point is the same.
Look, as a comic book fan, I wouldn't
want to see Blade portrayed on the big
screen by a white guy, either! Stop altering comic book characters.
Look, it's nice and all that they are at least
attempting to have equal representation
in movies, but as a comic book fan I just
wish they would leave familiar characters
alone. I remember back in junior high
school, sitting around with other kids,
discussing who would be the best actors
to play our favorite comic characters. I
want to see characters on the big screen
that look like the characters in the comic
books- that's all.
Anyway, my thinking is that Hollywood
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1. Mother TruckersLet's All Go To Bed
2. John Trudell- Madness and Moremes
3. Blue Scholars- Butter and Gun$
4. VIA- Bollywood Steel Guitar
5. Karrin Allys on
- lmagina Songs qf Brazil
6. Lyrics Born -Every Where At Once
7. Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
doesn't really care about equal representation or accurate representation, anyway.
Take the movie IO,OOO B.C., for instance.
Hollywood is supposed to be so progressive, yet in I 0, 000 B. C. you mean to tell
me that the fate of all of the tribes of
Africa was in the hands of the only two
white "Africans" on the continent? Come
on, Hollywood. If you really believe in
equal representation, represent equally,
even in leading roles, and not just with
supporting characters. Regarding comic
book characters, how about making
some new, culturally diverse characters
instead of simply altering the race of
Jesser characters? When it comes to equal
representation,you've got some work to
do, Hollywood. In the meantime, leave
the comic book characters how they are
in the books.
8. Carolyn Wonderland
-Miss Understood
9. Marcia Ball- Peace, Love and BBQ_
10. Billy Bragg- Mr. Love and Justice
11. Capitol Steps
- Campaign and Sziffering
12. Various Artists- Ethnic
Minority Music qf Southern Laos
13. Anna Patton- Isadore's Breakfast
14. Kassin +2- Futurismo
15. Anne Feeney- Dump
tlu Bosses off Your Back
16. Various Artists- Think
GlobaL· NatWe America
17. Drakkar Sauna
- Uizrs and Tornadoes
Jared Teer is a junior enrolled in
Communicating Across Differences and
Academic Writing.
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18. Dj Dolores - 1 Real
19. Umalali- Garifona Women's Project
20. Brownout- Homenaje
21. Various Artists - Legends
qf the Ukulele Volume 2
22. Dosh- Wolves and Wishes
23. Tab Benoit - N~ght Train to Nashville
by DANAJEWELL
Already the critics' darlings, Vampire
Weekend's debut proves quite worthy of
praise, and it's their Jack of pretentiousness that makes them so endearing. How
could four college graduates living in
New York City make a record loved by
such a broad swath of music enthusiasts?
Hyper-literate thirty-somethings, teenage
girls, and my mom, just can't get enough
of these gentlemen.
On their self-titled debut, released by
XL Recordings, Ezra Koenig, Rostam
Batmanglij, Christopher Tomson and
Chris Baio made a record that perfectly
fits the time. Great records, Jet alone
debuts, only come along once every
couple of years. As a group these four
musicians are making pop music that is
cool- a nearly impossible feat.
What The Strokes' Is This It was to high
school freshmen in 200 I, and what Clap
Your Hands Say Yeah's self-titled album
was to college freshmen in 2005, is what
Vampire Weekend's debut should be to
the college graduating class of 2008.
They're four recent Columbia graduates themselves, and they certainly
a Grace/and B-Side that Paul Simon
decided to leave behind in South Africa.
Vampire Weekend makes music inspired
by pop music from a different generation, yet remains creditable to indielovers and pop music enthusiasts alike.
24. Bostich 'and Fussible
- Tijuana Sound Machine
25. Drive-by Truckers
- Brighter Than Creation's Dark
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comma usage, English dramas, and
Argentine defeat. He also uses a writing
style and vocabulary one would expect a
Columbia grad to possess. On "Oxford
Comma" Koenig sings, "all your diction
dripping with disdain," accompanied by
the more-easily understood line, "crack
a smile, adjust your tie, know your
boyfriend (is) unlike other guys." The
mixture of lyrical choices is Koenig's,
and perhaps Vampire Weekends', greatest attribute.
Well-read lyricists can easily fall
into pretentious writing, directed
only at a select few, but Ezra Koenig
mirrors exactly what Vampire
Weekend aims to achieve with their
record: intelligence with universal
themes, which is what makes them
so great.
"One (Blake's Got A New Face)''
could easily have appeared on any
Talking Heads record, and "Cape
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May 8, 2008
The hip-hop report
Produced by Hip Hop Congress
by YONATAN ALDORT
"OLYMPIA HIP-HOP, IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL. I'VE BEEN A LOT
Xperience is a local Olympia hip-hop
artist who is part of the group Sound
Asylum, as well as Step Cousins, with
Seattle rapper Macklemore. Following a
dope show at the China Clipper celebrating the release of Sound Asylum's They, I
approached XP and asked if he was down
for a short interview.
As the club closed down and the patrons
filtered out, I talked at a table with XP.
Evergreen Hip Hop Congress: Aight,
let's start with some basic shit: How long
have you been in the game?
Xperience: About ten years ... . yeah,
started when I was about fourteen ... and
I'm twenty-four now.
EQHC: You said you've lived in Oly for
seven years. Where were you before that?
Where'd you come up?
XP: I lived in East Chicago, and also in
Gary, Indiana. Hung out in Detroit some
too ... sort of all of those, but more East
Chicago and Gary. My dad was in the
military out here, so that's how I ended
up spending time in Olympia. I had to
move out here, 'cause of the women and
the weed. Olympia ... we got some fine
women.
"I'M MAKING
MONEY OFF MUSIC
TO SURVIVE, AND
I MEAN, I MIGHT
RAP BETTER THAN
OF PLACES, AND
I~EALLY
GET DOWN WITH OLY HIP-HOP ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.
WE HAVE SOME AMAZING STYLES HERE"
EHHC: Was your dad stationed at Fort
Lewis?
XP: You know, I'm not sure ... he was out
here somewhere.
EHHC: Back to the music: What do you
think defines Olympia hip-hop? What is
the style being used here?
XP: Well, a lot of people think our music
is kind of sad. They say that you can hear
the rain in northwest music, 'cause it rains
here all the time, but what we try to do
is show that the sun is always behind the
clouds. We try to bring the sun out, you
know, so we keep it real, but also show that
there's sunshine in the future. Olympia
hip-hop, it's something real special. I've
been a lot of places, and I really think that
people would love to get down with Oly
hip-hop anywhere in the country. We have
some amazing artists and styles here.
EHHC: What kind of music did you grow
up on? What inspired you as a kid?
XP: Oh man, all kinds of stuff. Mostly
local stuff in Chicago: Crucial Conflict,
Mistah Tongue Twista, before he was just
'Twista,' when he still rhymed slow, 8 Ball
and MJG. I also heard a lot of soul music
from my mom, and I had some gospel
influence 'cause I was a church kid. I actually played drums in church ... that's where
I learned to drum .
60 PERCENT OF THE
EHHC: What church did you go to?
INDUSTRY, BUT I'M
XP: New Ebenezer Missionary Baptist.
NOT WILLING TO
EHHC: Tell me a little bit about your
current project here, They.
COMPROMISE MYSELF
AS AN ARTIST"
XP: Yeah, well that's us, Sound Asylum.
It's me, A.K.A., and Compost. We've got
a really dope project we're working on
Field
Studies
Fine &. Performing
Art
THINK THAT PEOPLE WOULD LOVE TO
right now. It's called Circa 2004. We had
a bunch of old songs that we made and
never released, going back to 2004, so
now we're putting them together and finetuning them ... 1 mean, sometimes it's hard
for me, 'cause I'm a producer; I made most
of the beats, and I've been hearing them
constantly for a year and a half, so they
get a little old for me, but then I remember
that not everyone's been picking over them
for that long. It's a great project, though.
We don't really shout out what year it
is in our songs, but some songs you can
still tell, [it's] like 'This is totally 2006.'
Anyway, these songs are so fine-tuned that
I'm really looking forward to putting this
album out.
EHHC: Aight, let's talk shows. You've
been in the game for a while. What do you
think is the most memorable show you've
done?
XP: Ohman ... ! guess it'd be this show
me and Macklemore did. We opened for
Souls of Mischief, and they'd done shows
all over the world, but they said that it was
the dopest opening they'd ever had.And we
totally kicked it afterward. A-Plus brought
us over to his place and we kicked it. That
was really something special. Probably the
best performing experience I've had.
EHHC: When was that?
XP: That was ... it was at the Barcode.
(turns to Macklemore nearby) When was
that, 2005?
Macklemore: Yeah, I think so, 2005 .
EHHC: You've worked with a lot of
artists, but if you could work with anyone
in the game, like do a 'collabo' track, who
would it be?
Dead Prez. By the way, I think Dead
Prez ... they're the closest thing we have to
2Pac today. I mean, if Pac was alive, the
shit he was talking about is the same shit
Dead Prez talk about. So I think they're
really the closest thing we have to 2Pac.
Also, for the record, I think Pac was the
Christ of our generation. Every generation
has a Christ, I really believe that, and 2Pac
was this one's ... Osiris was a Christ.
EHHC: I'll agree with that. You know
the Outlawz, Pac's clique, signed with
Young Buck.
XP: Yeah, I heard that. That's kind of
strange to me. I mean, is he an outlaw
now?
EHHC: No, they're signed under him,
but he's not in G-Un it anymore.
XP: Yeah, I don't know how I feel about
that. I mean, are they trying to make Buck
their new 2Pac? I don't know. I always
thought Lloyd Banks was the most lyrical
ofG-Unit, but I can't knock Buck, because
he's from where I'm from. You know,
I got family down south . I used to hate
everything on the radio, 'cause as an artist,
I really try and come with it one hundred
percent every time.
I put a lot into my music, and I felt like a
lot of artists got ahead without doing that.
But then, I realized that they're from the
same place I am. They're making music to
make money so they can come up.
I can't hate that, because I'm in the same
place now; I'm making money off music
to survive, and I mean, I might rap better
than 60 percent of the industry, but I'm not
willing to compromise myself as an artist.
That's the price 'conscious' artists pay. it's
security for talent. Artists sacrifice talent
for the security of selling more records.
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AS SOON AS I SIT DOWN, A DOOR
After a few minutes of questioning Imad is released
and we proceeded to a row of security booths, the
majority of which are designated for Palestinians,
with a few saved for internationals. At the booth, I
am asked a series of questions and I regurgitate my
rehearsed answers. I am going to t~e West Bank for
AT THE END OF THE HALLWAY
tourism. Yes, I am staying with my friend's grandmother. I will be staying in Nab/us. No, I do not have
her number. Why? Because we are being picked up at
the border; yes, Nab/us.
OUT WITH THEIR HANDS ON
n
SLAMS OPEN AND TWO IDF
MUSCLE MEN COME BARGING
THEIR HOLSTERS AND SCREAM
The woman behind the booth takes my passport and
ME DOWN IN HEBREW-ENGLISH
enters my information into her computer. She tells me
She leads me into a hallway, where she tells me to sit
to sit down and wait for my name to be called.
As I wait for my passport, I am truly able to observe and wait. She sits me down near a cylindrical ashtray
some of my fellow travelers for the first time. There is an and disappears back through the security-enabled doors.
organized tour group of Indonesian Muslims waiting to Disgusted by the smell of cigarettes, I get up and walk
pass through customs. I notice that more common than slightly down the hall to another set of chairs.
As soon as I sit down, a door at the end of the hallway
luggage, the Palestinians are carrying multiple 5-l 0 gallon
containers of fresh water. Imad tells me that they do this slams open and two IDF muscle men come barging out
because Israel has control over the allocation of water that with their hands on their holsters and scream me down in
flows into the West Bank --and that it is regularly shut Hebrew-English.
They communicate to me that I need to be seen by their
off.
After about an hour of waiting, I mad's name is called and security cameras, and I realize that where I am sitting just
his passport is returned to him. I also hear my name called happens to be located in a blind spot. I thought maybe
and I stand up to procure my passport, but I am greeted they would thank me for finding a weakness in their secuby a woman in a pink shawl accompanied by two Israeli rity zone, but, no - they weren't in the mood for showing
Defense Force soldiers. In accented English she says to their appreciation.
They leave me in the hallway for another two hours. Just
me, "Sky? Please come with us."
I follow the three officials through a labyrinth of secu- as I decide this is as good a time as any to get some sleep,
rity-coded doors, past a numbers of closed-circuit security a security guard comes and tells me to bring all of my
cameras. The woman in the pink shawl gestures for me to belongings into the back room.
He accompanies me as I retrieve my camera, laptop,
enter a room and sit down .
Sitting across the table from me, she begins to ask me backpack, and suitcase. We enter a room that has nothing
questions. She asks about my parents and their occupa- in it except a metallic table; the security guard tells me to
tions, and about my reasons for traveling into Israel (she put all my belongings on it.
constantly referred to the West Bank as Israel and for a
The woman in the pink shawl and her two friends enter.
After they put on rubber gloves, they begin to dump all
while it threw me oft).
When I explain to her that I had done fundraising for of my belongings onto the table. They place all of my
a school in Nablus, she tries to get me to admit that I literature (besides Friere, I am carrying Edward Said's
am going with political motivations and am planning on The Question of Palestine, Jimmy Carter's Peace Not
attending anti-Israel protests. When I adamantly deny Apartheid, Rachel Corrie's Let me Stand Alone, the Japathese claims, she shrugs as if she's not fully convinced. nese translation of The Little Prince, and Arlo Guthrie's
I'm starting to believe that this woman has already judged 1966 anti-war classic, Alice s Restaurant), notebooks,
and convicted me of something, but this interrogation magazines, note cards and any other scraps of paper I have
experience is so foreign to me that I don't know if she's into a separate plastic bin.
After the last bits of detritus are shaken from my bag, a
serious or not.
After about half an hour of questioning she ends with, security guard escorts me yet again into an isolated inter"Are you carrying any books or religious scriptures?" I rogation room . He asks for my wallet, and after I give it
am careful not to disclose the entire truth. I tell her, "Yes, to him, begins to strip it of all the cards, currency, and the
(in my backpack) I am currently carrying Paulo Friere's fortune from a downtown Olympia Thai restaurant cookie,
foretelling that "(My) ideas will be needed to solve a
"Pedagogy of Hope ."
For the first time in the interview, as if acknowledging problem."
her exposure to Friere, she smiles and says "Okay," and
Sky Cohen is a student enrolled in an independent learnI am convinced that when I am let into the West Bank, it
ing contract in Amman, Jordan.
will have been Friere's doing.
ISRAEL HAS CONTROL OVER THE ALLOCATION OF WATER THAT FLOWS INTO THE WEST
BANK AND THAT IT IS REGULARLY SHUT OFF
· illiteracy in the U.S., including a newspaper
headline reading, "Half the schools in the
district are below average" (a definitional
certainty) and an ad referring to students
who are "trying to figure out why heavier
objects fall faster than lighter ones" (they
don't).
Tyson had a point to all of this. "When the
nation loses its ability to evaluate informatioQ ... the country begins to lose sight of
itself."
Following his talk, Tyson engaged in a
prolonged question and answer session
with the audience. Responding to a question about the presumption of civilization
"WHEN THE NATION
LOSES ITS ABILITY TO
EVALUATE INFORMATION ... THE COUNTRY BEGINS TO LOSE
SIGHT OF ITSELF"
and 'progress' as a prerequisite to his arguments for the necessity of strong scientific
education and funding, Tyson pointed
out that "There's a good chance that you
are alive today because of advances in
science," citing decreased infant mortality
rates resulting from medical advances. He
conceded that "(Science] can be used for
good or evil," but used this to advocate
greater involvement of scientists in political decisions .
Speaking on secularism and religion,
Tyson said that science implies that "I'm
open to new ideas ... that is the trademark
of the scientific enterprise."
He elaborated, "Right now the biggest
prGblem is not the conflict between science
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IDEAS ... THAT IS
THE TRADEMARK
OF THE SCIENTIFIC
ENTERPRISE"
and religion; it's the conflict between
religion and religion ... You don't have
scientists knocking down Sunday school
doors, saying 'That might not be necessarily true!"'
Tyson closed by presenting the audience
with a thought that '~keeps [him] up at
night":
"I worry that the Universe is more complex
than the human mind is even capable of
figuring out. I lose sleep over that, and I
want you to lose sleep, too."
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STUDENT MAY DAY RESPONSES
It's not worth it
by LEA KRONENBERG
May Day is celebrated worldwide as
a day for PEACEFUL
protests and celebrations of the working
class. The protest that
was organized last
week for the Olympia community was
to show support for immigrant workers'
rights, and to call for an end to the war in
Iraq. With this in mind, it makes it hard
to see how anarchy tagging is relevant
to these issues people are facing every
day.
Those who tagged the Capitol Campus
obviously came with a personal agenda,
without regard for the repercussions of
their actions. The bankers, businessmen,
and politicians did not get on their hands
and knees and scrub. Working class citizens did; maybe even an immigrant from
the community that May Day protesters
were trying to celebrate and protect. It's
obvious that those involved were not
thinking about what May Day is, or what
the protest was about.
Just imagine how happy the Olympia
police are. Not only did the Olympia
Police Department get to use various
kinds of force against protesters before
arresting some, but they were able to
severely damage the image of young
people (and 'Greeners') in the Olympia
community.
One thing that I have learned from
being raised in San Francisco and from
living in Olympia recently is: stay away
from cops. Don't interact with them
unless you have to! There hasn't been
one encounter I have had with a cop that
benefited me, and I imagine that stands
true for many people. So why the hell
would you cry, yell, and scream at the
cops to come arrest you, shoot at you,
THE BANKERS, BUSINESSMEN, AND POLITICIANS DID NOT GET ON THEIR HANDS AND
KNEES AND SCRUB. WORKING CLASS CITIZENS
DID; MAYBE EVEN AN IMMIGRANT FROM THE
COMMUNITY THAT MAY DAY PROTESTERS
WERE TRYING TO CELEBRATE AND PROTECT
and convict you of however many counts
of criminal charges they can come up
with? A criminal record is something that
will haunt you for the rest of your life.
And in court, whether guilty or innocent,
the judge will be more likely to take a
cop's side than yours. Besides putting
yourself in potential physical harm, you
are giving the OPD justification to patrol
more and react more harshly to protestors. These actions also contribute to the
ever-growing police state corrupting our
country.
I have tried to think of some positive
aspects of what happened on May Day
in Olympia, but none come to mind. Six
people are facing felony charges, and
have bail posted at over $2,000; the youth
of Olympia will be stereotyped and have
a disadvantage when trying to express
their opinions; and the police have
gotten an excuse to be on super patrol.
Mayor Doug Mah even said himself
that the police will be working more
overtime. The groups who organized
the event will now face more concerns
when attempting to organize future
events, and they will take the flack for
the actions of people who did not follow
what was planned. Peaceful protesters
will be more reluctant to participate in
following protests for fear that similar
situations will unfold. Hundreds around
the world participate in protests and they
don't end in violence, so why does it
keep happening here?
Another issue that needs to be addressed
is how a whole group of protesters starting at Sylvester Park engaged in a peaceful march; only a small number from the
entire group broke off and made news
through violent action. This reminds
me of something very similar that many
Americans have had to face: the concept
that George Bush represents the will of all
Americans. This is bad, because he makes
ALL Americans look dumb, lazy, stupid,
and violent. It is not fair to have such a
small extremist group represent so many.
I am glad that people are trying to take
a stand and prove a point, but in order
for a demonstration to be successful, it
needs to be organized and well advertised. Those participating need to know
why they are there - they cannot come
trying to push a personal agenda that can
permanently put a damper on the cause
of others. I am not happy with the way
our world works, and it does make me
angry and depressed. I vent it by going
to the gym and beating the shit out of
the punching bag, or I channel my anger
to work for POSITIVE, PEACEFUL
CHANGE in our community. I do not
contribute by perpetuating the violence
that is so deeply entrenched in our society. It's just not worth it.
Lea Kronenberg is a sophomore enrolled
in evening and weekend studies.
May Day reflection
Thoughts on the events of the rally
by BROOKE STEPP
Last Thursday was
May Day. Historically,
May Day has served as
a day to celebrate the
struggles and victories
of the labor movement.
Here
in
Olympia,
it was framed as a march in support of
the Sanctuary City project, which a few
SDSers (members of Students for a Democratic Society) have been working really
hard on. The idea is to make Olympia a
sanctuary city for undocumented workers
and war resisters. The day's events were to
include a permitted march and rally, both
in Sylvester Park and on the steps of the
Capitol.
I want to preface what I'm about to write
by making it clear that I wasn't there that
day and what I write comes from the
perspective of someone who's active in
th:e radical community in Olympia, not
someone who .was present on Thursday.
I'll spare you the details of what happened
that day, because I'm sure they can be
found elsewhere from people who were
actually there.
When I first heard what happened, my first
eaction was anger: I was angry because my
friends had been arrested and subjected to
police violence yet again - and for what?
This is where it gets hard for me to analyze
Thursday's events. I don't want to actively
denounce parts of our community, because
I think that's counterproductive, " 1t I also
want people to look critically at what
transpired that day. The history of direct
action globally, in this country, and even in
Olympia, is rich. This past November, we
slowed down the flow shipments from the
military, which uses our port to continue
the racist, imperialist wars in the Middle
East. This past February, we showed our
opposition to police racism and violence
after the Dead Prez concert.
These are just two examples meant to
illustrate that Olympians can and do
execute direct actions that have positive
whether or not these actions succeeded in
furthering the above goals.
However, one thing I will speak out on is
the concept of privilege and how it relates
to events like Thursday's. One thing I see
a lot in radical communities, especially
the one I'm part of here in Olympia, is a
lot of unchecked privilege when it comes
to issues of race, class and gender. This
manifests in a lot of ways, both interpersonally and structurally, and contributes
significantly to dividing radical communities. A troubling outgrowth of this is kids
ONE THING I SEE A LOT IN RADICAL
COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE ONE I'M
PART OF HERE IN OLYMPIA, IS A LOT OF
UNCHECKED PRIVILEGE WHEN IT COMES
TO ISSUES OF RACE, CLASS AND GENDER
effects in our community. That being said,
I see a lot of people framing Thursday's
events in terms of whether or not they were
morally right or wrong. I feel like this is a
misguided approach to looking at something as complex as this. I think an alternative framework to view this in is whether
or not it supported the aims of Thursday's
march, which were to raise awareness
about the Sanctuary City project as well
as to commemorate the struggles of immigrants and workers in this country. It's for
those who were there that day to decide
who define their politics by rejecting the
culture they come from. What I mean by
this is that there are kids who are angry,
who feel alienated, and who are looking
for an outlet for this anger and a community to belong to.
Some types of radical communities
often fill this void. No one can deny that
white, middleclass, suburban "culture"
doesn't have much to offer. However,
what we have to be aware of is what types
of oppression we are upholding in trying
to tear down other types. In a lot of these
people, (not all) I see a general, blatant
disregard for causes that don't affect them
and for communities outside of their "radical ghetto."
For me, a lot of this can be attributed
to age (who would have thought I would
ever feel old at 22?) but, still, more can
be attributed to unchecked privilege in
one or more areas. Building truly radical
cultures and attitudes is a really dauntin3
project, but a necessary one. Thursday's
events demonstrate that perfectly. We
need to build communities that transcend
barriers of race, class, gender and other
forms of oppression, but still acknowledge
the fact that we live in a capitalist, white
supremacist, patriarchal, hetero-normative
and otherwise oppressive society. Building alternatives is a big step in realizing
social change. We can't just simply "tear
it down" without having something there
to replace it.
This is obviously easier said than done.
It takes a lot of work and it goes beyond
simply rejecting our backgrounds and the
privilege that comes along with them.
It's one thing to reject your privilege; it's
another to acknowledge it and actively
work to dismantle it. Just because it's easy
doesn't mean it's revolutionary. Meeting
people's needs may not be glamorous or
fun, but it's a big part of creating revolution here and now. Support the Sanctuary
City project!
Brooke Stepp is a senior enrolled in an
independent learning contract.
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Sanctuary City is the issue
Rally message overshadowed by violence
Burger King's "lowroad approach" to
farm worker justic~
by GAVIN DAHL
by KELLY BECKHAM
SANCTUARY CITY WOULD MEAN
When first approached about writing
an article for the CPJ about May Day
I was extremely reluctant. Yes, I was
an organizer, I went to the meetings,
distributed flyers, and volunteered
for tasks . However, for some reason
I still don't feel as though I should be
held accountable or have my opinion regarded as more
important. After more consideration I've decided that
it's important to say a few things about the actions on
Olympia May Day 2008.
Right now I'm seeing most people concentrate on
what happened to Bank of America. To be honest, I'm
very frustrated about the amount of attention this has
received. Obviously, I'm not thrilled with the way the
march ended but, that aside, what I need to do is concentrate on what's important now and that's trying to pass
the Sanctuary City proposal. For those of you who don't
know, Sanctuary City would mean that in Olympia war
resisters and undocumented immigrants have rights and
can't be arrested or detained. This proposal has been
worked on for months and has been proposed in other
cities such as Portland, Oregon.
Sanctuary City was the focus of May Day this year
and, even though May Day is just one day, it's still being
worked on and deserves attention. Moreover, what
happened to Bank of America has nothing to do with
Sanctuary City. Anyone who's changed their opinion on
the Sanctuary City proposal because of what happened to
Bank of America isn't focused on the issue and doesn't
THAT IN OLYMPIA WAR RESIST-
Fatigue
by CASEY JAYWORK
I am so tired of violence and
destruction in my community.
I'm tired of it being committed
behind masks of anonymity, by
people without the courage to openly
defend their convictions and stand
accountable for their actions. I'm tired of it giving the
police excuse- indeed, compelling them -to exercise
greater force against anyone and everyone. I'm tired
of going to the School ofthe Rioters. I'm tired ofmilitant fundamentalism refusing to see the world from
any perspective but its own, be it mindless patriotism
or zealous revolution. I'm tired of being hated by the
militant classmates with whom I profoundly disagree,
and I'm tired of hating them back.
I'm tired of getting so angry when I look at the news
and see some new idiocy committed by my peers. I'm
tired of polarization and factions, of Us versus Them.
I'm tired of this religious war being waged beneath the
FOR THOSE WHO KEEP
REPEATING THESE RIOTS
- AND THEREBY SACRIFICING ANY REAL CHANGE FOR
THE SAKE OF THEIR OWN
CATHARSIS -I'M SUGGESTING
jealous, angry gods of the Man and the Revolution.
I'm tired of our trustafarian version of the Gaza Strip,
with violence becoming less of a problem and more of
a solution. I'm tired of 'anarchy' being associated with
black blocs and smashed windows instead of individual
freedom and non-coercion, courtesy of a few people
who represent anarchy about as much as AI Qaeda
represents Islam. I'm tired of seeing people commit
'Terrorism' in its academic, pre-Bush sense (i.e. use of
violence and threat of violence to enforce an agenda).
I'm at the point where I'm pretty much ready to say,
"Fuck you people. All of you." But then what would I
be? At best, a cynical recluse cursing the world as it
tears itself apart around me; at worst, another part of
the problem. It's all too easy to imagine my own hands
throwing the rocks, smashing the faces, doing the harm
- but, perhaps worse, I can even more easily imagine
myself standing by in silence while someone else did
it. Either way, I'm not a better person than the rioters, I'm just more mature (says me), so it's incumbent
upon me and anyone who shares my desire for a less
fractured Olympia to practice compassion rather than
simply preaching it.
The thing about fighting fire with fire is, you just end
up with a giant fucking fire. So it's up to us to dilute
extremism with its absence.
(Note to militant radicals who hate me: consider this
a peace offering.)
A tag on the entrance to the library says, "Love does
not imply pacifism." True enough - but it does imply
compassion and empathy, and these have been in painfully short supply lately. For those who keep repeating
these riots - and thereby sacrificing any real change for
the sake of their own catharsis- I'm suggesting a little
less screaming and a bit more hugging.
So whoever you are, reading this: you are my neighbor. I do not hate you, though I sometimes hate things
you do. I am doing my best to learn to love you and
understand where you're coming from, and I ask that
you be patient with my incompetence and stumbling. I
hope that you feel the same.
America's fresh winter tomatoes
are grown almost entirely in Florida.
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers organizes campaigns that have
changed how multinational restaurant
chains pay for the harvest. But fighting against slavery and demanding
equity for the hard work at the bottom of the food chain
can make you unpopular with the millionaires and multinationals who sit on top.
In 2005, CIW convinced Taco Bell owner Yum Brands to
pay an additional penny per pound of tomatoes, increasing wages from about $50 to about $70 per day. After a
second campaign, and much delay, McDonald's signed
on last year.
On Monday, April 28 CIW attempted to deliver 85,000
petition signatures gathered from all 50 states and 43
other countries to the Burger King headquarters in
Miami. According to Associated Press reports, Burger
King would not receive the petitions.
Burger King Vice President Stephen Grover previously told reporters the coalition was pocketing the extra
money, an allegation dismissed by independent groups, at
which point Burger King officially stopped repeating it.
However, it turns out Grover continued spreading derogatory misinformation on blogs and social networking
sites, using his teenage daughter's screen name. Middle
schooler Shannon Grover told The News-Press, a major
daily newspaper in southern Florida, "That was my dad.
I don't really know much about the coalition and Burger
King stuff... That was him."
Burger King spokeswoman Denise Wilson claims
comments attributed to Grover do not reflect Burger's
King's desire to find a way to assure decent wages, but
farm worker and CJW media spokesperson Gerardo Reyes
told the Associated Press the situation is truly disturbing.
"When you realize the person posting these vicious lies
is actually Burger King's vice president in charge ofthe
ethical operation of the company's supply chain, it really
makes you wonder[,] just how high up does this whole
thing go?"
The News-Press published its interviews with Reyes
and Marc Rodrigues of the Student Farmworker Alliance last Monday, the same day that CIW was forced to
leave the petitions outside Burger King. Rodrigues told
the newspaper that earlier this year, he discovered that
the alliance had been infiltrated by Cara Schaffer, who
claimed to be a community college student interested in
organizing campus events in support of farm workers,
but in fact owns Diplomatic Tactical Services, based in
nearby Hollywood.
Rodrigues told a reporter he's frustrated that an executive would "choose the low-road approach instead of
trying to work for real change."
CIW has helped to prosecute six federal slavery cases,
and is characterized by the Associated Press as one of
America's most respected anti-slavery groups, freeing
more than 1000 people from Florida's fields.
In early April, Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser
testified at a Senate hearing on farm conditions. He says
it would take no more than $300,000 a year for Burger
King to pay fair wages to Florida tomato-pickers. Burger
King CEO John Chidsey alone made over $4 million last
year, according to numbers from Forbes.com published in
The News-Press. On its corporate web site, Burger King
reports revenues of$2.2 billion last year.
Burger King claims to be conducting an internal investigation into Grover's nefarious activities. Burger King
needs to fire Grover and pay tomato harvesters one penny
more per pound, or Americans should boycott Burger
King once and for all. Simply ordering a whopper and
saying, "Skip the tomatoes" is not enough. Infiltration,
spin and misinformation are not acceptable. Demand
justice!
Casey Jaywork is a junior enrolled in Knowing Nature.
Fee/free to contact him at burch_9030@yahoo.com.
Gavin Dahl is a senior enrolled in Evenings With
Chekhov.
ERS AND UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAVE RIGHTS AND CAN'T
realize that Sanctuary City is an entirely peaceful initiative that has nothing to do with rocks being thrown.
As far as the arrests go, I don't believe any of those
arrested should be in jail. The mentality that anyone
deserves to be locked away and isolated from society
is completely sadistic. Regardless of my opinion of the
actions against Bank of America, everyone who's still
in jail needs to be released immediately. It's easy to
demonize people, call them criminals, and expect that
they're not able to function in society. What we have
to remember is that those arrested were participants of
the May Day march. The reason they were at the march
is because they're frustrated by a system that doesn't
grant rights to everyone and in these cases it's easy for
individualistic actions to surface. We need to work past
this issue. May Day is not about Bank of America; it is
about workers rights (documented or undocumented)
and opposing war.
If you would like to help out with the Sanctuary City
proposal contact simjos I O@evergreen.edu.
Kelly Beckham is a junior enrolled in an independent
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by BORJA SANCHEZ- YELA
& FELLOW GLASSCISTS
So maybe you've already voted. Or
you're going to soon. Or not at all? In
any case, you probably read the Cooper
Point Journal from last week if you
are putting the effort into reading this.
We were not expecting to write this
clarification. We wanted to keep
things funny. However, as circumstances have changed,
we've adjusted to them. So for a really brief period
of time, we are going to be less funny, for the sake of
the theme park we are trying to build at Evergreen.
We are trying to clarify that we have never been interested in campaigning for "our party" or in attacking other
candidates and their proposals. Also, our reasons to run
together are quite antithetical to homogenous thinking.
To be honest, we don't have a fixed or united plan, ideology, or set of proposals, because we think that who we are,
what our ideologies are, or what we have done in the past,
is not important. We don't want to convince people to vote
for us, or to impose our ideology on campus, and we are
not interested in winning. We don't even like the concepts
of winning and losing, or victory and power over others.
On the other hand, we just want to offer an alternative
to the previous voting options, and, in doing so, reassure
that students can choose whomever they want, when-
WE JUST WANT TO OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE
PREVIOUS VOTING OPTIONS, AND, IN DOING SO, REASSURE THAT STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE WHOMEVER THEY
WANT, WHENEVER AND FOR WHATEVER REASON
ever, and for whatever reason. It is not about what we
want but about what the students want. So, vote glasses,
if you want to. Our only goal was to give you the option.
It is true that the other candidates' lack of concern
towards the current market prices of candy does
indeed worry us. We have remained chewing gum.
A number of people have questioned the decision to
write similar statements and to run as a group, "g lasscist. " Another concern of the 19 candidates' all wearing
stupendous and adorable cat-eye glasses is their stance
on the environmental degradation currently taking
place at Loch Ness, which of course is our favorite sea
creature's current mailing address. Our favorite sea
creature, P. Niddy, formally known as the MON STER!
of Loch Ness , would like to extend an invitation to you
for the dance party he is hosting this Saturday night.
Decided by consensus, the stupendous and adorable people wearing stupendous and adorable glasses
have decided that our only hope lies in the capture
and prosecution of Big Foot by the Thurston County
Police Department for the attempted murder of Santa
Claus. But, as we later found out, it was a collaborative effort by Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
and Peter Pan (arrested for suspicion of rioting and
throwing rocks at pirate ships). As these events have
played. out, we can no longer trust anybody but you.
So it's not about us. It's about you, them, us, and
Pedro. VOTE FOR PEDRO. We run as the Glasses
Party for better eyesight. We saw that Eve rgreen's
myopic vision was fuzzy around the edges, so we
made an appointment for the school with Pearl Vi s ion .
If we get voted in , great. And if we don't, super. In
conclusion, all we are saying is , gtve peace a chance,
and, every student should have the right to be armed and
stoned.
Borja Sanche:::.- Yela and fellow glasscists are students
enrolled at The Evergreen State College.
That's it! I'm switching to contacts...
The clash between b reau ra y
by KRIS CRAIG
Over the many years
I've been involved in
liberal activism, I've
discovered that there are
two primary, opposing
extremes in this field:
the forces of the status
quo and the forces of idiots.
The status quo people tend to be the incumbents. They believe that their experience has
given them a clarion understanding of what
will work within the system and what won't.
Anyone who believes anything more can be
(or could have been) done is ignorant, or at
best naive, though they'll typically find a
nicer way to put it.
This is the kind of mindset I encountered
when, in 2005, I was unanimously elected to
serve as Chapter Chair, the highest-ranking
position at WashPIRG Evergreen. I came in
with a lot of new ideas: fundraising, postKatrina relief, etc. Everyone at the chapter
supported my initiatives but all my decisions
were vetoed by unelected, paid staffers at the
state level. The answer I typically got was:
"That's just not how things are done here."
With my hands tied and my recovery from a
heart surgery not going so well, I resigned in
protest. My point is that this mentality isn't
unique to the Geoduck Union.
A . few days after I submitted my candidacy application to The Union, one of their
reps gave me a call saying that some of the
proposals in my candidate statement should
be changed or removed. After the voting (because nothing says your group is nonopened up, I noticed that my statement on con form ist quite Iike having all your members
the website had been severely jumbled: say and wear the exact same thing).
line breaks mid-sentence, numbered points
Instead of boring you with a lengthy
scrambled, etc. I called The Union to report description of these effortless, Ace Ventura
the errors and the young gentleman on the wannabes, I'll just take a few samples from
phone said, "You really haven't convinced their official candidate statements:
• "I want to represent my peeps." Duly
me why it's important." I explained to him
that it could be confusing to voters and he noted.
responded with an, "I disagree." After some
• "I will put an end to anarchist tagging, an
pestering he eventually agreed to "look into end to the war on terror - ." Huh?!
it," but cautioned
• "and an end to
MOST STUDENTS AT
drum circles." oh, 1
me that it probably
wouldn't be fixed.
see. That was a joke.
He condescendinglyEVERGREEN ARE INTEL-You're supposed to
laugh.
said I'd learn "how
thingswork"iflwas
LIGENT, AMBITIOUS,
•"Whatthisschool
elected.
He then
needs is required
rushed me off the AND HUMBLE ENOUGH showersbeforeclass,
phone, promising to
more meat eaters, and
TO TRY NEW IDEAS
That
call me back later
free candy."
that day with a status
was a joke. You're
WHILE RETAINING A
supposed to laugh.
update. I never heard
back from him.
• "I will find big
All this arrogant
foot in the Evergreen
DEGREE OF SANITY
elitism often tends to
Woods [sic]; you
push the disenfranAND MATURITY
going down mother
chised into another
fucker." That was a
camp, one dominated primarily by anger, joke. You're supposed to laugh.
resentment, and a flippant lack of delibera• "I would like to bring 2 [sic] dolphins ...
to the Evergreen campus, to nest and mater
tive thought.
Say hello to "The Glasses Party!" Oh, now [sic] in the polluted puget sound [sic]."
That was a- well, okay, I have no idea what
these are an amusing bunch! Cooper Point
Journal reports there are 19 of them wear- that last one was supposed to be.
ing flashy glasses and running on the ballot
Drum circles and creepy dolphin fetishes
with virtually identical candidate statements aside, there are some issues that I think are
pi ity
worth addressing: allowing students to have
more direct control over our food choices as
part of a Students' Bill of Rights, or perhaps
allowing students who remain during the
summer to use their 10 to ride the bus for
free. The status quo incumbents haven't done
much to address these issues, but does that
mean we should vote for these 21st-century
Ghost Busters with the witless humor of a
sixth grader? Though my language may be
tough, I'll admit there are a few minor differences (for example, "Ghost Busters" was
actually funny).
So, in this election you can vote for a young
bureaucrat who can't think outside the box of
a dolphin-breeding Sasquatch hunter - or not.
Most students at Evergreen are intelligent,
ambitious, and humble enough to try new
ideas while retaining a degree of sanity and
maturity. I'm running because I believe I'm
one of those people, but that will ultimately
be up to you to decide.
In the meantime, I'd like to close by
suggesting a new campaign slogan for my
fellow four-eyed friends, "The Glasses Party:
Proving once and for all that wearing glasses
doesn't necessarily make you smart."
That was a joke. You're supposed to laugh.
Kris Craig is a senior enrolled in evening &
weekend studies as preparation for Masters
in Teaching at Evergreen this fall. Craig hosts
and produces a weekly public affairs call-in
show on KAOS, "The Pacific Progressive
- With Kris Craig" that airs live on Fridays
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from the bow: a Crew odyssey
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TORI NEEDER
Thursday 7:30a.m.
Taking Off
Organic Chemistry homework is spread
out on the van seat fhe team is leaving for
the Western Intercollegtate Rowing I ssociation Championships ThlJTsday m-:>r. ing
and won't be back until early Monday.
The drive is an estimated 12 hours from
Olympia, V'ashington to Sacramento,
Californie1, and the only stops are bathroom breaks. As it frequently does, the
conversation turns to rowing.
Some have equivocated the intens ity of
a 2k race only to the pain of childbirth .
During pract ice the coach yells from his
launch, "Empty the tank!" and, "Redline!"
at the finish, reassuring us that no matter
what it feels like, no one has ever died
from row ing.
Myrna Keliher. second year rower,
5' 10", team captain and sitti ng shotgun
turns around. She recounts a story she
heard about a men's team at nationals that
had a rower who srrnply dropped dead at
the finish line. "Heart failure. So it's not
tru e" she jibes. " People have died from
row ing"
Friday 3:30 p.m.
Weigh In
The cut-off for lightweight woman's
rowers is 129.9 pounds. At we igh in , Shan-
non Dye of the lightweight four misses
that cut off by two tenths of a pound. The
alternate, SophieAntonelis-Lapp, takes her
space in the lineup. After dinner, the light
weight four go out for their only practice
together before their race at 8:50 a.m .
Saturday 8:50a.m.
The Races
The lightweight four take the water at
the Sacramento State Aquatic Center for
their qualifying heat. Racing the course in
8:37.1 minutes, they take third, an d wi ll
race in the final s tomorrow. The next set
of heats will be qualifying for the openweight fou r Sunday fi nals.
The four score a time of 8: 15.4 minutes.
They fin ish in second, squeaking out
ahead of Lewis and Clark, who took third
at 8: 15.8 minutes.
Later in the morning, Evergreen's open
weight eight get knocked back to the
third round finals when they take seventh
in their heat. In th e afternoon finals they
redeemed themselves, bring home second
and again inch out three seconds ah ead o f
Lewis and Clark.
Sunday 8:00a.m.
The Finals
The lightweight four will race at 8 a.m .
All of the rowers in this boat also hold
spots in the lineup of th e second weight,
which will race at 9 a.m . This time-fram e
THE OPE N WEIGHT FOUR LAUNCHES FOR T HEIR FINALS R ACE
leaves my teammates less than an hour
to recover between races-a short period
of time to recuperate from 2000 meters
of anaerobic sprinting. In their final, the
lightweight 4 takes sixth place with a time
of 8:26 minutes .
At 8:20, in the openweight four final ,
University of Colorado beats out Evergreen for fourth place by one second .
In Evergreen 's final race of the weekend
we hold our own against Orange Coast
College, but we're closed out by less than
a second and take fifth place.
Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Going Home
A twelve-hour drive lies ahead of us,
and , little do we know, a three-hour delay
outside of Portland because of a jackknifed bread truck. The WIRA Championship is the last regatta of the season for
Evergreen Crew. The summer also lies
ahead and for som e, another season . This
is the last collegiate rowing season for
many on the team. A time like this causes
me to reflect on Why We Did It. Again,
I turn to Keliher for her reflections on
Crew.
"' Cause there 's nothing like being yelled
at in the face to go harder and feeling
every fiber in your body about to burst
, bu t pulling a fucking power ten even
harder still, 'Cause you can feel seven
other amazing women pulling as hard as
they possibly can behind you , and when
you hit it exactly together, and you all
send that wooden handle straight mto the
identical bruises on your rib cages and
the whole boat lifts out of the water and
surges forward ... well, that's why I row,"
sa id Keliher.
" There's nothing like it."
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAY 8-16
THURSDAY
8
Prison Doula Project Workshop
Provides pregnancy,
labor, and post-partum
doula services and popular education style childbirth education classes
to women incarcerated
in Washington state.
SEM II C2109, 5-8 p.m.
Free.
FRIDAY
9
SATURDAY
Finger Fest
Baile de los Pueblos
It's just a show.
Featuring Paleo, Johanna
Kunn, Ben Kamen,
Sundance Kids, and
Pythias Braswell.
At the Finger Complex.
203 Rogers St. at Harrison Ave. 7 p.m. Free.
A benefit for Olympia's
sister city, Santo Tomas,
Nicaragua. DJ Bemys
from Nicaragua and
Olympia's DJ Dalya.
525 Cherry St. Salsa and
merengue lessons at 7:30
p.m. followed by dancing at 9. $10 for lessons
and $7 after 9 p.m.
11
Animal Liberation
Conference (cont.)
MONDAY
12
TUESDAY
13
Basketball Open Gym
Workshops include:
Uncovering animal
cruelty, animal caretaking, activist tools and
post-9/11 activism. For
more information, visit
www.liberationconference.info. All weekend,
on campus. $5 - 20,
admission includes food.
All are welcome to come
and shoot some hoops.
The gym opens up on
Wednesdays, Thursday,
and Fridays as well.
College Recreation
Center. 2 - 4 p.m. Free.
14
Mind Screen
Shot to the Face:
Highlights
Mind Screen shows an
hour of the best from the
first annual 72-hour film
competition along with
the premier on TESC
TV channel 18. Directed
by Olympians and four
minutes or less. Lecture
Hall1, 7 p.m. Free.
II
THURSDAY
15
Dances of Universal
Peace
Sufi-inspired meditative
dances for body and soul.
Presented by Common
Bread. Lecture Hall
rotunda, 6 p.m. Free.
The Future of Cuba?
Author and filmmaker
Saul Landau speaks on
nation's future. SPSCC
Rm 26- 105 , Noon. Free.
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Capoeira COM 209, 4:30 to 9 p.m.[
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CAB 316,5 p.m.
EQA Evergreen Queer Alii: ance SEM II A2109, 3:30p.m.
; Geoduck Union CAB 3rd
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i Flaming Eggplant CAB
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Student Video Garners Alliance
CAB TV Lounge 3rd
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Women of Color Coalition
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Common Bread
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Sabot Infosquat Library
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