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WHAT WOULD A GEODUCK DO IF A GEODUCK DID SOMETHING?
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THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE o!Jmpia,
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ISSUE 25, VOLUME 36, MAY 1 S, 2008
by MADELINE BERMAN
FROM LEFT: REPS ALEX MAVRIKIS, BRIAN FLIGNER, AND W ASHPIRG REP EMILY SAXTON DISCUSS
OPTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S GSU
RG future unc ear
by MADELINE BERMAN
There were some recent disagreements about whether or not
WashPIRG (Washington Public
Interest Research Group) should
be allowed to stay on campus.
Results of the Geoduck Student
Union (GSU) election found that
992 students had voted in favor of
keeping WashPIRG on campus,
just 75 short of the amount of votes
required by WashPIRG's contract.
The Evergreen State College
(TESC) has a contract with Wash-
PIRG that is renewed every two
years. The contract requires that
more than 25% of the student
body needs to vote in support of
WashPIRG's being on campus.
The contract existed before the
GSU was formed. GSU bylaws say
that an initiative passes if it gets
25% of the student body to vote,
with the majority of votes in favor
ofthe initiative.
The contract between TESC and
WashPJRG states that "the organization agrees to abide by referendum rules set forth by the student
body, if applicable."
In a report that was presented to
the board of trustees at a meeting
on May 14, the GSU pointed out
that "The contract was drafted and
approved prior to the creation of
the [GSU], and our elections procedures. Board ofTrustees Resolution
No. 2006-05 recognizes The Union,
its Constitution, and requests The
Union assume its responsibilities as
a student government association.
The Union has taken on the role
of gatekeeper to ballot initiatives
and fee proposals. After reviewing
the language of the contract, we
concluded The Union's elections
policies have primacy."
The board of trustees will make
the final decision on the matter.
Results will be made public in early
June.
According to Tom Mercado,
director of Student Activities, it's
now up· to lawyers to interpret the
contract and make recommendations to the board of trustees.
Madeline Berman is a freshman
enrolled in HOLLYWOOD.
Election results in new reps, controversy
by SETH VINCENT
jAKE MIXON LISTENS TO
NEW IDEAS AT GSU MEETING
Twenty Geoduck Student Union
representatives were voted in last
week with a 30% student voter
turnout. The turnout is one of the
highest at Evergreen.
Only 20 representatives were voted
in, leaving the 21st seat open for a
representative from the reservationbased Evergreen campus. For a list
of next year's representatives, along
with pictures, see page five.
READ THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF SKY COHEN'S EPIC
TRAVELOGUE THROUGH THE
TURBULENT MIDDLE EAST, IN
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Initiatives
WashPIRG reaffirmation - passed
by the GSU, yet still under scrutiny
One of the initiatives was a reaffirmation vote for the Evergreen
chapter of the Washington Public
Interest Research Group (WashPIRG), an initiative that includes
$8 per quarter, per student, waivable fee. Since WashPIRG is an
off-campus organization, they have
to write a new contract every two
years. In that contract, it says that
students must vote every two years
for WashPIRG to return, with the
requirement that 25% of the student
body vote in favor of the fee. The
initiative did not get the 25% 'yes'
votes that were required. There's
also a stipulation in the contract
that "The organization agrees to
abide by referendum rules set forth
by the student body, if applicable."
The GSU has applied their bylaws,
see ELECTION, page 5
If you think that most people on
campus know about the downtown incident on May Day, think
again. On Tuesday, May 6, while
conducting a series of informal
interviews around Red Square, I
found that when I asked students
what they knew about the May
Day incident, I was more likely to
receive an "I don't know" than a
full answer.
Yves Maude responded with,
"What's the May Day incident?"
while Fred Blasdel said, "l was
unaware anything had happened."
"What May Day incident?" asked
Mark Matthew. "I haven't heard
anyone talking about it," stated
Ryan Lara alongside his buddy
Jason Shoemaker, who told me,
"I don't know anything. I have no
idea."
Not all of the students interviewed were entirely in the dark
about the riot that occurred. "They
threw some bricks through some
windows last week," according
to Jared Harvey. "There was a
march and it went to the Capitol,
then back downtown," Giselle
Garcia told me. "Six people were
charged, two for felonies."
Sebastian Scott said, "I know
they broke a bunch of windows at
Bank of America. They were all
dressed in black in the middle of
the day. It was dumb, they should
have done it at night." .
When asked how they think the
riot will affect the greater community's opinion of the college, I
began to find a collective sense
of injustice with how the collegt
has been portrayed to the pub! '
as of late. "It depends on how :·
spun in the media, how Olym
and other people portray
said Adam Carey. "It's not
to the college to portray it
Evergreen riot." Giselle
feels that "The Olympian
acterizing these violen
as stemming from l
students. There weren'
Evergreeners involvel
that the college is cot
said Lela Smith.
Unfortunately, whc
what these students
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of an initiative to get more
financial aid for students. I'm
pretty sure I support their other
initiatives, though I don't know
which ones are student oriented.
I think the fee should be optional
so you're not forcing students to
support something unless they
want to. I support WashPIRG."
"I really don't know
very much about it. I
don't necessarily think it
should be mandatory, but
I wouldn't be opposed
to it. This is a campus
that's concerned with
the environment and we
should try to align our
actions with our values."
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Student Activities Blotter
Sabot Infoshoppe
This Friday in Lecture Hall I from 6:30
to I0:30 p.m., Sabot Infoshoppe is hosting
Lost Film Fest with Scott Beibin. Scott
Beibin is a V J - or video jockey - who
shows clips of politicians getting pied and
pranked, illegal art, media archaeology,
clips censored by the mainstream media,
video re-mixes, and so much more. It's
about smashing the illusions cast by Hollywood, the Pentagon, and FOX News .
Sabot Infoshoppe is a radical library
lending out books, zines, and community
space. To get involved with the lnfoshoppe , come to their meetings on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in Library 3304. You can
also email them at evergreeninfoshoppe@
riseup .net
SESAME
Last quarter, on January 31 , SESAM E
kicked off its Middle East Film Festival
with a mu sical performance with The
Blue Scholars and the Step Cousins in the
Longhou se. At that concert, some students made a deci sion to drink and smoke
pot, desecrating th e sacred space.
Sin ce th e Longhou se was built as a space
lo r peopl e from different backgrounds and
cultures to come togeth er as a community
to lea rn and grow, the use of alcohol and
dru gs in th e area desecrated the sacred
space .
To restore th e sac redn ess of the Lon ghouse, SESA ME assisted First Peoples and
th e Family program in the annual Spring
Clean sing Ceremony on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
The entire Evergreen community was
invited via a TESCcrier email and there
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was a turnout of at least 30 people, including students and staff. Twana Seowin
from the Skokomish Indian Nation led
the ceremony, which began with a sweeping of the walls with evergreen boughs,
followed by a Native practice involving a
spirit stick and prayer.
Highlights from the
Animal Liberation
Conference
The COfJference started out with a cooking demonstration and breakfast with
celebrity vegan chef lsa Moskowitz.
Breakfast consisted of pumpkin and
lemon waffles. Following was a variety
of workshops, from Investigating Animal
Cruelty to Eco-Feminism , and from Vegan
Sex to Oppression and Privilege within
the Movement.
Topics discussed included different hierarchies in our population, such as human
over nature, male-bodi ed over femalebodied, human over anim al, and rational
over emoti onal. " How femal e-bodied
anim als are used as production machines
rel ates to how [women] are treated," says
Stefanic Gottschalk, an attendee and one
of the workshop leaders . "And the way
animals are treated as expendable items in
a capitalist system is interconnected."
For more information on oth er events
that may be hosted by th e Evergreen
Anim al Rights Network (EARN) or to get
involved, com e to their meetings in CAB
320 on Wednesdays at 5:30p.m .
sof olor
by RAINBOE SIMS-JONES
The Voices of Color column first
appeared in the Cooper Point Journal in fall quarter of I994. It was
intended to be a forum for students of
color to write about their feelings and
concerns at Evergreen. It was a hit!
People submitted all kinds (Jf things:
opinion pieces, experiences, essays,
and poetry .. .
But a few years ago, Voices of Color
mysteriously disappeared!
There
Rainboe Sims-Jones is a junior
are several theories as to why this enrolled in an independent learning
occurred. One theory is that submis- contract.
sions were sent in but never published, .
so contributors stopped submitting.
Another theory is that the pieces
submitted were detrimental to the
purpose of the column and when they
Opinion pieces
were published they were offensive to
the student body.
Quotes
There are surely many more excuses
Experiences
for the disappearance of the Voices of
Color column, but none of them are
Poetry
sufficient if the result is the absence of
Historical bri efs
the voices of our student body.
Voices of Color is a space reserved
Essays
for examining issues of race and
Biographies
ethnicity, particularly experiences
relating to attitudes and biases that
Quotes
result in injustice and the perpetuation
of discrimination .
Any other writing
Voices of Color is not intended to
you want to submit!
exclude anyone; often in a community
of so few people of color, our voices
We want your:
• the 7th Annual Sustainable Uving Conference.
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AARON MEOLA
Synergy : The 7th Annual Sustainable
Living Conference is being held at The
Evergreen State College in Olympia,
Washington . The dates for the 2008 conference are Monday, May 19 through Friday,
May 23. This conference has grown to
be a powerful platform to engage and
address the intertwining themes of Ecology, Design, Culture, Health , and Social
Change.
Synergy is organized by a non-profit
coalition of student coordinators. The title
of the event reflects our belief that the
solutions to the world's problems can only
be solved through collaboration, where the
whole becomes more than the sum of its
parts. This year's conference will include
presentations by notable leaders in their
respected fields.
Dr. Mitchell Joachim ofNew York-based
non-profit Terreform will be presenting a
keynote lecture on the future of ecological urban design at 6 p.m. on Thursday,
May 22 in Lecture Hall I . Dr. Joachim , an
MIT Media Lab graduate, is best known
for creating the Fab Tree Hab. He won the
History Channel and lnfiniti Design Excellence Award for the City of the Future and
the Time Magazine Best Invention of the
Year 2007 for the Compacted Car with the
MIT Smart Cities Group.
Paul Stamets will be giving a talk
entitled "How Mushrooms Can Save the
World" at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May
2I. In business since I980, Paul Stamets
has run Olympia-based Fungi Perfecti, a
SYNERGY IS A FREE EVENT AND OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC AND ALL ARE ENCOURAGED
TO ATTEND. PARKING IS $2 PER DAY
New York Style Hand Tossed Pizza
Huge Selection of Fresh Toppings !
Pizza By The Slice & Whole Pies
Vegan Pizzas Available
Salads, Calzone, Fresh Baked Goods
Micro Brews on Tap, Bottled Beers, Wine
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get neglected. It is imperative that we
not let that happen!
Voices of Color cannot exist without your contribution: Please use
this space to share your knowledge,
experience, and creativity with the
community.
Submit your pieces to cpj@evergreen.edu or stop by the CPJ office
in CAB 3I6 and ask to speak to the
Student Voice coordinator.
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THE TITLE OF THE EVENT REFLECTS
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SOLVED THROUGH COLLABORATION
family-owned, environmentally friendly
company specializing in using gourmet
and medicinal mushrooms to improve the
health of the planet and its people.
Also presenting will be Executive Director of Puget Sound Partnership David
Dicks, and Executive Director of Olympia
Waste ReSources Dan Daniels, in addition
to many other speakers and workshops
over the five-day event. Other topics to
be covered during the conference include
permaculture, the global food crisis, and
green building.
Each day will feature live music on Red
Square, broadcast live from noon to I p.m.
on KAOS 89.3 as part of the first annual
Red Square Concert Series. The music
events are presented by The Evergreen
Musicians Club.
Aramark will be serving a locally sourced
and organic meal option each day in the
Greenery.
Synergy is a free event open to the
public and all are encouraged to attend.
Parking is $2 per day. Synergy is funded
by The Evergreen State College Services
and Activities Fee Allocation Board. More
detailed information, speaker bios, and
event times and locations can be found at
www.evergreim.edu/Synergy
Aaron Meola is a student at The Evergreen State College
Do you need Washington State residency? Are you looking for entry
level social services or education positions? We are hiring full-time
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May 15,2008
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SUMMER AND THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR. THE AWARDS RANGED FROM
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PIONEERS
TESCtalkand TESCcrier
guidelines largely ignored
fry DAVID RAILEANU
On April 22, John Hurley, the vice president of Finance and Administration, sent
out an email to every student, staff, and
facultY member reporting on the findings of
a TESCtalk!TESCcrier review group. The
group had convened in January of 2007 as
a response to reported abuses and violations
of the acceptable use policy.
The committee, which included administrators from the Office of the President
and noted faculty members, developed an
advisory document. The vice presidents
approved and implemented the guide,
which answers such questions as "What are
the rules for use of the email system?" and
"Can the email system be used for charitable
work?"
Among the "Expectations for academic
discourse" addressed in the document,
special notice is given to standards for
forum discussions. TESCtalk, an elective
public forum, serves as an opportunity for
community members to exchange ideas
freely and without the threat of harassment.
The review committee's findings make
note of the fact that "misunderstanding is
common in any dialogue," and "merely
reposting the work of others without any
additional work or analysis is of limited
value."
The document goes on to emphasize that
the state ethics laws govern both TESCtalk
and TESCcrier. The laws, available at ethics.
wa.gov/ENFORCEMENT/Laws_Rules.
htm, are the ultimate purview of the state's
five-member Executive Ethics Board,
appointed by Governor Chris Gregoire.
Despite the committee's efforts, activities specifically prohibited by their policy
continue to appear on TESCtalk posts.
Less than a week after Hurley's email, a
discussion sprang · up on the boards about
transgendered students on c-ampus and the
treatment they receive.
While original comments were both
enlightening and in proper accordance with
TESCtalk's purpose of "providing a forum
for members of the college community
. . . without using the All Faculty and Staff
Distribution List," the responses strayed
markedly from that mission.
No more than a week after that discussion
first appeared did apother controversial
Some inappropriate
uses ofTESCtalk/
TESCcrier
Selling items on eBay
• Advertising a room for rent
Support of a political
campaign, candidate, or
issue
Charity/non-profit
solicitations
Asking students to attend
a religious event not
hosted by a recognized
student organization
Promoting a commercial
activity or private
organization
Harassment/intimidation/
illegal activities
Any type of financial gain
issue - the activities of May Day - appear
on TESCtalk.
The original post (to TESCcrier) came
from a distinguished faculty member and
addressed the effectiveness of direct action .
Familiar (and often unwelcome) voices
chimed in and again violated the intended
use policy.
But who can the community trust to police
these lists? The committee report states,
"Faculty and staff are entrusted with ensuring that activities of our agency do not
undermine public confidence and disrupt the
learning and work environment." Students
and staff are encouraged to report abuses of
the TESCtalk and TESCcrier distribution
lists to Network Services.
Students can find, read, and join any of
the hundreds of Evergreen distribution lists
at www.evergreen.edu/lists and can find
more information on use of academic and
networking resources at www.evergreen .
edulnetservices.
David Raileanu is a senior enrolled in
Molecule to Organism.
Students tased on campus
fry MADELINE BERMAN
Two students were recently tased on
the Evergreen campus within days of
one another.
The first incident occurred the night of
May 9, when Officer Tammie Stretch
was called to Modular housing to investigate reports of a nude man behaving in
a lewd and uncontrolled manner.
Officer Stretch arrived to find a man
running around clad in only a pair of
white socks . His behavior was very
bizarre and erratic.
The officer attempted to talk with the
man, who did not reply.
Other students aided the officer when
she tried to get the man under control for
his own protection.
He was combative and continued to
fight, even when placed in an ambulance. In an attempt to pacify the man,
Officer Stretch touch-tased him, to no
effect. She accompanied the man to the
hospital, where II hospital employees
were needed to restrain him .
The second tasing episode occurred
around midnight on Monday, May 12.
A Police Services officer was completing his rounds when he noticed a student
with a can of beer at the smoker's tent in
the freshman dorms courtyard.
The officer recognized the student from
a previous incident, but could not recall
his name.
He approached the student and after
talking for a short amount of time, the
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student spilled his beer and made a run
for it.
Officers are taught that if a person runs
for a minor offense, such as underage
drinking, this usually indicates that
something else is going on - either
the person has an outstanding warrant,
another crime is in process or has
recently been completed, or there are
drugs involved.
The student ran into the nearby woods
after being repeatedly told to stop. The
officer followed the student into the
forest and informed him that he would
be tased if he did not comply, to which
the student continued to run.
The student was tased once, stopped
subsequently
running,
and
was
handcuffed .
After being attended to by medic s,
officers found the student to have dru gs
on his person. For this, he was sent to
Thurston County J ai I for possess ion.
Ed Sorger, chief of Evergreen Police
Services, has reviewed the reports from
each incident and found that under the
circumstances the use of tasers was
reasonable.
Sorger says he doesn't prefer that tasers
are used against suspects, but finds it is
sometimes necessary. Often, it is safer
for both parties involved if the officer
uses a taser, instead of having to resort
to hand-to-hand conflict.
Madeline Berman is a freshman
enrolled in HOLLYWOOD.
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Mar 15,2008
Candidates:
Olympia Campus:
Jake Mixon- 426 votes
Alexandre Chateaubriand - 399
Victor Sanders- 367
Sammi Webster- 362
Amanda Wedow- 360
Josie Jarvis- 317
Kris Craig- 305
Charles Loosen- 305
Brittany Newhouse- 297
Randal Hunt- 289
Tez Stair- 285
Stella Martin- 281
Shyam Khanna- 272
Courtney Witcher- 269
Raissa Huntley-Fryer- 265
Christina Masden- 264
Christopher Rotondo- 256
Cameron Morris - 24 7
Kate Schiffman- 243
Tacoma Campus:
Dawn Bradford - 222
Initiative Results:
WashPIRG Fee:
Yes- 992
No - 259
Passed - sec cover story
for more info
GSU Amendment:
Yes - 1,096
No - 126
Passed
WSL Fee:
Yes · 97-J.
No- 262
Passed
Election
Cost of damaged Thurston County vehicles
Election Results
S&A decides not to pay
.half of the restitution
by SETH VINCENT
It was announced to President Les Puree
and the board of trustees that the S&A
s·oard would not pay half of the reimbursement for the Thurston County Police
Department police cars that were damaged
after the February 14 Dead Prez show.
Alex Valin, S&A Board coordinator, read
a letter at the May 14 board of trustees
meeting explaining their decision.
"When faced with the request to cover
half of the rt:stitution with student fees,"
read Valin, "we took great measures to
understand how the majority of the student
body felt about the issue."
The decision to not pay half the restitution using money from student fees was
based partly on the responses the S&A
board received in a survey conducted in
April.
Of the 391 students who answered the
question pertaining to paying half of the
restitution, 73.9 % opposed paying while
26.1% supported paying for half the
rei m bu rsem en t.
"Paying the funds that are being
requested of us would misrepresent the
student body as professing an admission
of collective guilt and imply closure to
an incident that has caused much internal
turmoil," read Valin. "We have also not
been legally asked to pay this money and
do not feel that doing so voluntarily is
appropriate considering the usual scope
of our ope rati ons."
Student responses
"If the restitution was fulfilled, the
entirety of the student body would have
to bear the ramifications on behalf of the
alleged few who did participate," said one
student.
Another commented, "I sincerely believe
the people responsible for their actions
should reimburse the state for the damages
on February 15'h. Activities that go astray
and end in violence are not what I want
my fees to go towards."
Some students supported paying half
of the cost: "I feel that, as a whole, the
student body should share in this cost
seeing as we are responsible for not
educating each other on matters. Perhaps,
with this fee, students will look at their
actions as affecting the whole and not just
the part."
Many students expressed frustration
with the idea of a fee for paying half the
damages: "The full student body should
not have to pay the consequences for the
actions of few," and, "As a coordinator of a
student group, I would very much not like
to see S&A money used to pay for damage
caused by a mob that not only could have
easily been avoided, but counted many
non-students within its numbers."
One student's response: "Hell freakin'
no."
continued from cover
which only require a majority 'yes' vote of
the 25% of students voting, to this situation .
The GSU decided to pass the initiative. The
elections results have been fotwarded to
Evergreen's board of trustees, who will certify
the results, and make a final decision about
the WashPIRG initiative at their meeting on
June 13. For information on WashPIRG's
initiative, see "WashPIRG future unclear," on
page 1.
GSU Constitutional amendment- passed
This amendment will allow for the replacement of GSU representatives that are vacated
midterm.
Washington Student Lobby (WSL)
membership- passed
This pilot fee of $2 per quarter, per student,
for the 2008-09 school year. The fee will pay
for membership dues for the WSL, which
lobbies for students at the legislative level.
May Day responses
REACTION,jrom cover
they were in a position to resolve these issues
and maintain the image of the college, most
interviewees were at a loss for any definite
answers. "I would make a protest that's actually protesting in a way that makes sense
and changes things for the better," Melissa
Crumb commented. Adam Carrey said, "I
don't know, I wasn't there. It was sad that it
happened." Sebastian Scott felt that "it's a
really small percentage of the community,
you can't do anything about it."
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled in an
internship with the Cooper Point Journal.
Madeline Berman is a freshman enrolled in
HOLLYWOOD.
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fA securtty guard} accompanies me as I
retrie re mv camera, laptop. backpack. and
suitcase. H~ enter a room that has nothing intt
except a metallic table: the security guard tells
me to pur all my belongings on it.
.. .After the last bits of detritus are shaken from
111y bag. a security guard ... asks for my wallet
and. after I give it to him , begins to strip it of
all the cards and currency, and the fortune from
a downtown Olympia Thai restaurant cookie,
foretelling that "(My) ideas will be needed to
solve a problem."
He looks me dead in the eyes and points to my
shirt. As I stare back into his cold eyes, I realize what is happening: I'm being subjected to
my first official strip search. There is a moment
of static in my mind and, as I begin to lift
my shirt, off in the distance I start to hear the
ascending notes to Right Said Fred's 1992 hit,
''I'm Too Sexy." My shoulders begin to bounce
as I hand him my shirt. At first, my movements
are concealed and he pays them no attention,
but by the time he is feeling the lining of my
shoes for concealed weapons and flattening my
socks looking for my drug stash, I am smiling
and my upper body is going though controlled
miniature convu~;,ions.
Agitated, the security guard exclaims, "No
dancing!"
Slightly shocked, but unable to control the
AGITATED, THE SECURITY GUARD EXCLAIMS,
"NO DANCING!" SLIGHTLY SHOCKED BUT
UNABLE TO CONTROL THE SOUNDS IN MY
HEAD, I RESPOND, "NO DANCING FOR ME?"
TO WHICH HE FORCEFULLY AND PROMPTLY
PROCLAIMS, "NO DANCING FOR YOU!"
sounds in my head, I respond, "No dancing
for me?" to which he forcefully and promptly
proclaims, "No dancing for you!"
I keep myself from breaking out into laughter and realize that this Dance Nazi is serious
about making my strip search as unpleasant as
possible. I respect his demands but that does
nothing to curb Right Said Fred's dirty, - 'too
sexy,' - English voice from looping in my head
for the duration of the search.
Fully clothed, I am once again taken to the hallway and left alone with the security cameras.
This time I make no hesitation and place my
head down on the seat beside me. Before long,
one of the plain-clothed Israeli Defense Force
soldiers walks past. I sit up and ask him if I
am being arrested. He casually responds that
I am not.
I ask then why exactly it is that I am being
detained. He answers, "We have had some
problems in the past with some of the books
you are carrying, and we are making sure you
I ASK THEN WHY EXACTLY IT IS THAT I AM
BEING DETAINED. HE ANSWERS, "WE HAVE HAD
SOME PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF
are not dangerous." After another two hours of
being curled up in an uncomfortable fetal position, I am awoken by the woman in the pink
shawl, who returns all of my literature and tells
me to gather my belongings and follow her.
I follow her to a security gate and she hands
my passport off to a customs agent. I see the
agent stamp my passport. "Finally," I let out a
sigh of relief, "this has not been entirely fruitless. They are letting me into the West Bank. I
will think of this as an inaugural greeting, and
all is well." The woman in the pink shawl turns
in my direction, hands me my passport, and
says, "Today you will not be entering Israel."
Perplexed, I ask her why and she answers,
"You have been deemed a security threat to
Israel." Keeping myself from overreacting, I
inquire, "Are you not granting me permission
into Israel because of my choice of literature?
Was I wrong in assuming that Israel is a democratic state?" She pauses to think, but rather
than respond to my inquiries she reiterates her
previous statement: "You have been deemed
a security threat to Israel." I realize that any
further attempt to defend myself would be
pointless and before turning to walk away, I
take one last look at her and say, "I wasn't even
trying to go to Israel. I was wanting to go to the
West Bank."
THE BOOKS YOU ARE CARRYING, AND WE ARE
MAKING SURE YOU ARE NOT DANGEROUS"
Sky Cohen is enrolled in an independent
learning contract in Amman, Jordan.
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An anti anti what!
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Perhaps you've seen the signs: "An
Anti Anti War Musical" wants us to
"End the End of war" on sunday,
May 25? Maybe I'm the only one
wondering, but what the hell is an
anti anti war musical, anyway?
Anti-war
Here's what 1 know.
means against war. Would anti anti
war mean against against war? That
doesn't make much sense. What is
that first anti doing? What's its problem? Does it describe the second anti
or does it affect the noun 'war'?
What if the first anti applies to the
second? Does an anti anti war musical
mean a pro war musical? Do double
negatives always make a positive?
'I didn't not choose this example on
purpose' certainly doesn't mean 'I
chose this example on purpose.'
So what does it mean? It leaves a
whole heap of possibilities open.
The example could have been chosen
on purpose. Perhaps it was forced
upon me.
Maybe I just typed the first thing that
came to mind without considering the
repercussions in which I now revel.
Accidentally? Subconsciously?
· So, an anti anti war musical could
be against being against wars, which
doesn't necessarily mean it's for
DO DOUBLE NEGATIVES ALWAYS MAKE
A POSITIVE? 'I DIDN'T NOT CHOOSE
THIS EXAMPLE ON PURPOSE' CERTAINLY
DOESN'T MEAN 'I CHOSE THIS EXAMPLE
ON PURPOSE.' SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
wars, but doesn't necessarily mean
it's not. Great.
This first anti seems to cleave open
a spectrum of possibility between
anti war and pro war, leaving me lost
somewhere in between.
If, on the other hand, this obnoxious anti describes 'war,' and not the
second anti, then perhaps the musical
is doubly against war, compared to
most (relatively speaking) half-assed
attempts at, say, protest, civil disobedience, or any anti war demonstration
otherwise.
Take for instance the sentence, "I
really, really like bombing impoverished populations." It's obvious that
the joy is accentuated by the repetition of the word 'really,' denoting
more pleasure than the sentence, "I
really like bombing impoverished
populations."
Hold up. I just noticed the comma
separating the reallys, thereby indi-
TAKE FOR INSTANCE THE SENTENCE, I
REALLY, REALLY LIKE BOMBING IMPOVERISHED POPULATIONS ... JOY IS ACCENTUATED BY THE REPETITION OF THE WORD
'REALLY,' DENOTING MORE PLEASURE
THAN THE SENTENCE, "I REALLY LIKE
BOMBING IMPOVERISHED POPULATIONS"
eating that the adjectives are listed
and therefore both apply to the action,
in this case, bombing impoverished
populations.
But there's no comma separating
one anti from the other. Does the lack
of punctuation necessarily mean the
first adjective describes the second?
And while we're talking about little
marks, where is the hyphen - the one
commonly accepted as connecting our
pros and antis to their wars, abortions
(excuse me, choices), Flags, etc.?
What's up with the disregard for the
normal symbols that tell us just how
to read a sentence or understand what
it's getting at?
Where's my straightforward meaning?
Where's my punctuation
situating the words within a definite ·
context?
Am I on my own to determine my
points of reference - or perhaps to
disregard reference completely?
What is this nonsense?
Fellow readers, if there's anything to
be sure of it's that Certainty Should
Not Be Trusted . And neither should
the previous sentence, or this one for
that matter. Disregard the meaning,
embrace the nonsense, embrace the
disregard, nonsense the meaning.
And/or not. An anti anti war musical? I might have to actually go and
find out.
Who are
the Space
Brothers?
by RYAN HITCHCOCK
& MIGUEL PINEDA
(,Quienes son los Hermanos del Espacio?
Qui sont les Freres de I'Espace? Oo-whay
are-ay e-thay Pace-say Rothers-bay? In
any language, they are a mystery.
In Space Brothers, a young man by the
name of CJ (Mark Alford) finds himself
in a rut. He is constantly picked on by
his intimidating co-worker, Chris (Eric
Jones), and suffers from low self-esteem.
That is, until the Space Brothers, Malmo
(Miguel Pineda) and Robar (Ryan Hitchcock), travel from a distant galaxy to
reveal CJ's ultimate destiny, which may
or may not change his life for the better.
Along the way he makes a friend (Corbin
Smith) and learns to jam.
[SPACE BROTHERS]
IS ESSENTIALLY A
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Jais Brohinsky is an Evergreen
alumnus.
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Pineda, a senior, and Hitchcock, a junior,
conceptualized the show and wrote it with
additional help from Alford, a freshman,
and Smith, a sophomore. It's essentially
a one-act play in structure, split into six
scenes.
They built the bulk of the scenes from
improvised dialogue revolving around
the themes of the show, which were then
transcribed and solidified into a workable
script. Most of the show's cast has improvisational theatre experience and has been
working together at Evergreen for some
time.
When asked about the show, Ryan had
this to say: "It's been pretty hectic and
nerve-wracking at times, but through it
all I've put my trust into Miguel and the
material, and I think it's going to tum out
really great."
Space Brothers happens this Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m. in Room 110 of the
COM Building and features a supporting cast of Dana Cox (Friday), Charlie
Huddleston, Vivian Lautenslager (Saturday), and Zak Nelson.
Ryan Hitchcock and Miguel Pineda
are enrolled in an independent learning
contract called Space Brothers: A Show.
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drinking at the Red House
by DANA JEWELL
This weekend I got my house-show fix via
the Red House, a shining monument among
Olympia's DIY venues. Each show I have
attended at this dream residence has rocked
my world, including performances by two
of my favorite bands, Xiu Xiu and The
Curtains.
At eight o'clock, I'm scouring my house for
beers, a task that proves so difficultthat I nearly
miss the bus, which is thankfully running late.
Walk downtown? Impossible. I love the 41.
Getting off the bus, I walk past Phil Elvrum 's
old house, wondering why I haven't fallen in
love with The Glow Pt. 2, when, suddenly,
my phone rings. My friend can't find "this
Red House." The house is white, I laugh.
8:40 p.m. Two Beers
When r get there, the music has already
started. Up first are The Vibrarians, three
sprite girls who spit hatred and scream
sweet nothings into telephones. Donning
headbands, they look like members of the
Lost Girls ofNeverland.
Their guitarist Sixx, Brotherhood bartender
and ex-Go Go Simba drummer, plays kickass punk riffs, while the wild-eyed bass
player does most of the singing. The treble
on her bass is so high she very well may be
Mike Watt's official protege, swinging lines
like the firehoser and Minuteman himself.
These girls know they're cute and know
they're good. I'm not sure if it's because
they are so charming, or because they're the
closest thing to Times New Viking I've ever
seen, but I find myself smiling along with
them between songs.
(myspace.com/thevibrarians)
9:30 p.m. Five Beers
They were called the Smooth Moves,
maybe the Sweet Moves, I can't remember
anymore. As the drummer sets up she tells
me, "We're called the Caladonias, after
James Brown's first single." I wonder, can
they - a singer and two people playing instruments - live up to their soulful namesake?
A few minutes into their set, my doubts are
dissipated.
The singer is certainly up to the task. She's
got some sort of leopard print, tasseled,
leather dress on- at least that's what I imagine her wearing. She's working her crowd,
and we are certainly already her crowd;
there could be hundreds of us here watching
this band's second show, and we wouldn't
be able to tell the difference between a
weathered unit and a new band except by the
nervous and tight playing of the drummer,
who thankfully relaxes midway through the
set.
Although The Caladonias' front-woman is
certainly commanding, their Marquee Moon
t-shirt-wearing guitar player holds this group
together. These are his songs. Pushing the
tempo, he keeps the trio together rhythmically. Thankfully, his songs sound more like
they were written by Richard Hell than Tom
Verlaine. Either way, for their second show,
The Caladonias are good.
10:25 p.m. Seven Beers
Probably the headliner of this great night
of music, Hornet Leg is Chris Sutton's
solo project. The funkadelic Dub Narcotic
Sound System collaborator speaks like Jimi
Hendrix, at one point telling us all to "like,
go home, and make love tonight."
He starts his set by looping different guitar
tracks over each other, creating a wall of sixstring noise. From there, Sutton, joined by a
surprise guest drummer from the audience,
begins playing some of his more straightforward garage/punk songs from his 7" out on
K Records.
When Sutton plays "My Baby", the
contingent of PDXers erupt in an awesome
sing-along. His delivery is already great,
but sung by an extra ten people, "My Baby"
becomes a small-venue masterpiece. Sutton
tops off an incredible set with an art collective-inspired folk song, which turns out
to be more of a spiritual, sung completely
a
cappella.
(myspace.comlhornetleg)
11:15 p.m. Nine Beers
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At this point in the night, I'm drunk, and
Hornet Leg has just blown me away, but
he hasn't prepared me for when Purple
Rhinestone Eagle begins melting brains.
The funny thing is, I saw these three girls
standing right ~p front during all three sets
before theirs, and they looked relatively shy
and quiet.
Who knew they were closet ear bleeders?!
Suddenly I was in ninth grade again, skateboarding down 35th Avenue, only instead of
Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin, I'm blasting
Purple Rhinestone Eagle in my headphones.
I felt like Wayne Campbell when he walks
into the Gasworks and starts head-banging.
The guitarist is a cool 6'2", a goddess of
rock, patroness of darkness - she is the
Purple Rhinestone Eagle. Of course, each
member of the trio is a great musician. The
bassist makes me sweat with maximumdistorted riffs while the drummer pulverizes
my chest with death march beats.
After half an hour
my mind and
eardrums are equally blown and I try to
escape outside but the bass player beckons me back with a, "Don't go! Come
back!" She made my soul morph into one
that's deadly and as black as the night.
(myspace.com/purplerhinestoneeagle)
I. Mudhoney
- The Lucky Ones
2. Various Artists - Rough
Guide to Bra;::illian Street Party
3. Sergio Mendes - Encanto
4.Joe Cocker
- Hymn For 1\.:tY Soul
5. Marcia Ball- Peace,
Love and BBQ,
6. Flight of the
Conchords - S/T
7. Elvis Costello and the
Imposters - Momqfoku
8. Chicha Libre
- Sonido Ama;::onico
9. Anne Weiss - Concrete
World and the Lovers Dream
10. Drive-By Truckers
- Brighter Than Creation's Dark
11. Lykke Li- Little Bit E.P.
12. I See Hawks in
L.A.- Hallowed Ground
13. Saba- Jidka (The Line)
14. She and Him
-Volume One
15. Steve Guyger
- Radio Blues
16. Vetiver- Thing
Of The Past
17. Why -Alopecia
18. Caroylyn Wonderland
- Miss Understood
19. Eliza Gilkyson
- BeautifUl World
20. Jad and Nao
-Half Monster
21. Mickey Hart
- Planet Drum
22. Mike Morgan and the
Crawl - Stronger Every Day
23. Chip Taylor -New
Songs of Freedom
24. Tristan Prettyman
- Hello... X
25. Christine Albert
- Paris, Texafrance
26. Eden Brent
- Mississippi Number One
27. Jessica Williams
- Songs for a New Century
28. Black Mayonnaise
- Unseen Collaborator
29. Corbett, Chrisman
and Tice - S/T
30. Kathleen Edwards
-Asking For Flowers
~NICKI
SABALU
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May 15,2008
Letter to the Cooper Point Journal
The Olympic Games cannot coexist
with human rights abuses
by ALEX LONDON
had their organs forcibly extracted and sold
for transplants. New waves of arrests on
THE OLYMPICS IN BEijiNG ARE ALLOWED
Nearly eight years
Falun Gong practitioners are occurring in
ago the International
"preparation" for the Beijing Olympics, and
TO OCCUR AND IF WORLD LEADERS PAY THEIR
Olympics Committee
all people with Falun Gong affiliation are
gave Beijing the 2008
barred from attending the Olympics.
RESPECTS IN THE OPENING CEREMONY,
Olympics ,rights. Along
Moscow-based financial writer Vasily
Zubkov estimates that China will have
with their bid, Beijing
THEY WILL BE VAliDATING AN AUTHORITARspent $39 billion in preparation for the
promised to improve
its human rights record. The international . Olympic games. In the process of its extenIAN REGIME TIIAT DOES NOT FEEL OBUcommunity also thought that it was a good sive commercial construction, thousands of
opportunity for China to improve its human people have been evicted from their homes
GATED TO OBEY INTERNATIONAL CONVENrights record and join the world scene. Since and not been given any compensation. Ifthe
2000, however, China's human rights record victims protest, they are usually beaten or
TIONS FOR UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS
had gotten worse. The Chinese government arrested. Once arrested, they are likely to go
is using the Olympics as evidence that the to a forced labor camp where they produce ments, and has been the primary supplier of from the European Union, and Australia
world approves of its harsh authoritarianism. cheap products for export overseas and are weapons, weapons technology, and weapons will be under the same pressure.
So, Tibetan activists, Falun Gong practitio- tortured. Today, China stands as a country engineering expertise. While genocide is
The human rights torch relay at Seattle's
ners, Olympic athletes, political dissidents, that imprisons more reporters and executes leaving millions dying homeless in North- Westlake Park on Sunday, May 18 will aim
musicians, world-wide politicians, and more prisoners than any other country in ern Sudan, Chinese investors are explor- to expose all these atrocities to the public
ing oil development in Southern Sudan. of Washington State. Several local and
concerned citizens, are holding a "Global the world.
China's stance on social issues is also trou- Because of China's investment in Sudanese international politicians, Tibetan activists,
Human Rights Torch Relay" to expose the
real situation in China and defend human bling. In most countries, abortion is either resources, China has helped to block the formerly imprisoned Falun Gong practirights. On Sunday, May 18, the torch will illegal or an option given to the mother. In international community from making any tioners, human rights lawyers, democracy
reach Seattle, Washington. A parade will China abortion is a means to strictly enforce headway in stopping the genocide.
activists, and representatives from Burma
If the Olympics in Beijing are allowed will give speeches, and several local musibe held going from Seattle's Chinatown to the one-child policy - meaning, hundreds
Westlake Park at I 0 a.m., and a concert with of thousands if not millions of babies are to occur and if world leaders pay their cians will be performing in support of the
guest speakers will be held at II a.m. (at forcibly aborted each year in an attempt to respects in the opening ceremony, they will cause. Anyone that supports human rights
Westlake park).
curb China's population.
be validating an authoritarian regime that and would like to know more about the
Recently, the extent of China's involveBased on world standards, China's politi- does not obey international conventions of Beijing Olympics is welcome to attend. The
ment in human rights abuses has raised cal relations are contemptible. The Chinese Universal Human Rights. Kansas Senator "torch relay march" will begin at 10 a.m. in
world-wide concern. The persecution of Communist Party, as an authoritarian oligar- Sam Brownback has expressed concern Chinatown and end at I I a.m. at Westlake
Falun Gong practitioners - which affects chy, funds and supports other Communist that Beijing has ordered U.S.-owned hotels Park where the speakers and musicians will
nearly 100 million people and their families nations and militias. Besides China's strong in China to install Internet filters that can perform.
For more information, visit: www.human- has become more extreme since 1999. relations with North Korea's Kim Jong-il, monitor international visitors who attend
Evidence from international human rights the government directly controls Burma's the Olympic games. Internet espionage is rightstorch .org.
lawyer David Matas and former Canadian military regime. China has also given the prevalent in China and the Chinese people
Mounted Police David Kingour's investiga- Khartoum of Sudan, which supports the are already living under "Big Brother."
Alex London is a senior enrolled in Afritive report proves that tens of thousands of genocidal Janjawid militia in Darfur, $10 Soon, visitors from free countries like the can and African Diasporic Storytelling
Falun Gong prisoners of conscience have billion in commercial and capital invest- United States, Austrailia, and countries Traditions.
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Why Bank of America is no
good for Evergreen
Students for a Democratic Society
hold free speech rally
by KATHERINE
"KTEEO" OLEJNIK
l:v ANNA ISAACS
As
members
of
the Evergreen State
College Community,
we are petitioning the
administration to revise
its banking policy. As
described in the Social
Contract, an essential component of an
Evergreen education lies in a commitment
to "strive to prevent the financial, political or other exploitation of the campus
by an individual or group." To fulfill
this obligation, higher ethical standards
should be set for on-campus business,
including payroll and on-campus banking.
Bank of America, with its. investments
in dirty coal and other environmentally
destructive corporations, is a departure
from the values our campus should
support. Many coal clientele, like
Massey Energy·, practice mountaintop
removal, which has destroyed over 450
entire mountains in Appalachia, buried
thousands of miles of streams, poisoned
w ater supplies, an d devas tated local
communities
Ir 200o, Har.k of
c,arc~ •'\er fo•u ~i
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ties in Arizona for 40 years, taking land
rights, leaving toxic slurry, and draining
2.5 million gallons of water daily from
the only community water supply. Coal
is the largest source of toxic mercury
contamination and responsible for 24,000
deaths annually due to asthma, lung
cancer, etc. Supporting coal investments
is exactly opposed to our social contract
and shouldn't be tolerated any longer.
The Evergreen State College's goal to
reach carbon neutrality by 2020 is also
hampered by our current banking practices. In the goals laid out by the Sustainable Task Force, purchasing is mentioned.
Behind this is the idea that our dollar goes
to sustainable goods. Our dollar should
also go to a bank that is sustainable. Bank
of America is not under this category.
As they finance billions of dollars for
new coal fired plants, they finance the
emissions of hundreds of millions of
tons of new carbon dioxide every year,
which causes global climate change.
We request that the Finance and Adm inistration Divis ion develop and enforce a
standard that gives weight to potential
bidders' environmental policies and
h.1man ng'1t~ n:.c ords.
There will be a free .---,--.,.......,..,.,
speech rally on Red
Square at 3 p.m. this
coming
Wednesday,
May 21. We are demanding that Students for
a Democratic Society
(SDS) be fully reinstated. The banning of
SDS is an attack on the free speech rights of
every student.
This Wednesday will be SDS' last opportunity to appeal to the TESC administration. Our first appeal, in early April, was to
Director of Student Activities Tom Mercado.
Representatives of several student groups
were present to voice their support for SDS
and their concern over the administration's
recent decision. SDS also presented a petition
to Mercado with hundreds of student signatures. It cited case law illustrating how the
"concert moratorium" was unconstitutional.
During this appeals meeting, SDS was faced
with the inconsistencies in the reasoning of
the administration, as every time they speak
to an adm inistrator, the reason for canceling
the San Francisco 8 panel discussion and
banning the student group seems to change.
As a result of this appeal, the length of the
was unsub!.t<intially ~'Jortened.
:·'1 nseJf '"' •", an ret
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decided to continue to resist until the ban is
completely lifted. Suspended student groups
are given two chances to appeal the administration's decision; with their last appeal they
will demand full reinstatement, not simply a
shortening of the unconstitutional ban.
The actions by the administration to
suspend SDS threaten the rights of every
student on campus and are a clear indication
of the nature of the current administration. If
SDS can be banned simply for the content of
his or her political speech, then any student
group can be banned for the content of their
speech. This is part of a trend of suppressive actions by the administration, which
includes the handing over of student records
to law enforcement agencies without the
knowledge of those students. This includes
the records of activists who have been in
no way legally implicated in the events of
February 14. Until this trend changes, the
very climate of free speech on this campus
is threatened and a free political discourse is
impossible.
SDS has one last appeal before our ability
to work within the Student Activities system
is over. Please come to show your support on
Red Square for the work we have done in the
community, and to take a stand to protect our
rights to free speech and political dissent.
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May 15,2008
The ten you don't want, pt. I
_Men to avoid like the plague
by GERALD BLANCHARD
I've dated around
a bit. I'm not the
world's
greatest
dater. And if you
talk to me you
might hear me say
multiple
times,
"Fuck my life" (because it sucks).
HOWEVER, I have noticed that there
are some guys out there that you just
have to avoid - for your own good!
I've compiled a short list (with experiences) that might interest you.
This is the first in a two-part article
that describes the top ten guys you
should avoid at all cost.s! After reading the list you should be able to make
a wise decision about whom you are
courting as a mate. If you don't learn
anything, then maybe you could get a
laugh or two, eh?
10. The Guy Who is Like You. Okay,
so to start off this list, we have that
guy who resembles you in every way,
shape, and form. I know it may seem
appealing to fall in love with someone
who everyone says is you- but don't.
Things get boring really quickly when
you have the same thing to say, and
the same bite to match. Try to find
someone with a little different taste in
music so that you can expand yours.
It's not fun listening to the same song
over and over again, as we all should
know.
9. The Alcoholic. My friends said I
definitely had to put this one in here ...
but I like a guy who drinks. However,
I do see their point: If he drinks too
much, then he has to check out of our
relationship. Alcoholics are damaging
-they not only take a lot out of themselves, but they take a lot out of the
person they are dating. It's just something you need to avoid, because if he
pays so much attention to something
like alcohol that he doesn't realize that
you have a better taste, well, he's not
the guy for you.
8. The Guy Who Tells You His
Penis Size. Okay. This has happened
on SO MANY occasions to. me and my
friends. Why do guys think it's okay to
just flat out tell you how big their dicks
are? First of all, we don't care. Second
of all, it's GROSS. You might be really
proud about the size of your penis, but
you really need to keep it yourself, or
at least tell someone AFTER you have
slept with them. I can't believe how
common it is for men to flat out tell
you how much they're packing. And
you know their dicks are definitely not
that big. Just avoid these men. And,
it's not flirting either, so don't think
that! Okay!
7; The Sexual Deviant. Okay, there
are some freaky-ass guys out there.
You need to avoid them. I'm not
saying you shouldn't mess around
with a kinky little guy, but that's all
it should be! Nothing more! The sex
may be slightly interesting and might
get you off for a while, but you can't
allow yourself to be in something like
that. This person's main deal is that he
likes sex - I mean, they LIKE sex. In
the freakiest, craziest ways you can
imagine. I say, it's good for a one time
go, but after that you need to buck that
fuck.
6. The Workaholic. Nothing sucks
more than a man who pays more attention to his business than to you. Yeah,
it's sorta' hot when men have a huge
passion (and I mean HUGE), but they
really need to know where to draw the
line and give that same energy to you.
If they can't do that, you just need to
avoid them. One guy in the past was
always, always working, and it made
me so depressed. So avoid these busy
beavers.
Look in the Cooper Point Journal
next week for the top ti ve guys you
definitely need to avoid! lfyou thought
these men were horrible, wait until you
see the next batch of creepers.
Gerald Blanchard is a ji-eshman
Real anarchism, real anarchists:
Nestor Makhno
by TRAVIS GREER
"The examples of
how our history is
changed, distorted,
suppressed,
and
fabricated at the
point of production
are too numerous
to record."
"Most of the history that has been
handed down to us is affluent white
gentlemen history."
"Our tendency to accept a datum or
an argument as true or not depends less
on the content and substance of it than
it does on how congruent it is on the
background assumptions we already
have. Those background assumptions
are established by the whole climate
of opinion and the whole universe of
communication we are immersed in
and constantly hear."
-Michael Parenti, in his May 2007
lecture, The Struggle for History
Anarchists, along with other people
who have acted on the margins of
established political
institutions,
have brought significant, progressive, humanistic change throughout
history. It has never been the elites,
rulers, or owners ..They have always
been too busy expropriating the
surplus value to build their castles,
wage their wars, kill, and plunder.
Their inventiveness has historically
gone i11to catapults and cannons, new
forms of swords, steel, Gatling guns,
battleships, nuclear weapons, prisons,
psychological manipulation, surveillance, eye scans, nanotechnology, and
nuclear warheads - all instruments of
destruction - and so it continues into
the present.
Anarchism is a political philosophy that has played an enormous
role in the development of history.
Colin Ward, a well-known anarchist
theorist, explains, "the ideas of
direct action, autonomy and workers' control, decentralization and
federalism" link together to create
the commune/syndicate-based social
theory of anarchism.
Anarchism calls for abandoning politics because, as Andrea Caffi explains,
"as long as today's problems are
stated in terms of mass policies and
'mass organization', it is clear that
only States and mass parties can deal
with them." Einstein even said that
you can't solve the problems you've
created with the same methods that
brought them about.
Based on the safe mainstream culture
of unexamined assumptions, cliche
definitions of anarchism marginalize
its true significance, saying it calls
for chaos, destruction of everything,
lawless violence, indiscriminate hate,
etc. Anarchism has been commodified, integrated by the dominators of
society into the world of capitalism,
and sold back to us in these empty
cliches that abandon the history of
struggle that powerfully accompanies
the ideology. Meanwhile, millions
have died for this idea or sit in prison
for putting some of it to action; it has
been freedom or death and it sti II is.
Commodification · has
happened
because of the danger of anarchism,
because what it has brought in the
past. It has worked against the interests of the bosses who want us to
slave away 16 hours a day, seven days
a week so they can live in mansions,
drink champagne, drive Porches,
imperialize, and militarize. Some
historical struggles that have been
spearheaded and greatly affected by
anarchists are the creation of the 40hour week and 8-hour workday in the
United States, the Russian Revolution, the Spanish Civil War, and the
contemporary struggle against capitalist globalization.
It would be a good idea to look into
some authors and get a basis of analysis for a topic before extensively slandering it. Some anarchists to look into
are: Noam Chomsky, Emma Goldman, Michael Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, Murray Bookchin, Hakim Bey,
Derrik Jensen, Albert Parsons, and
Antonio Negri. Anarchism is a product of hundreds of years of historical
development, and is currently being
employed internationally as a tool of
subversion and political change by
millions of people.
Travis Greer is a sophomore enrolled
in an independent learning contract.
The importance
of Geoduck
Student Union
•
representatives
by CAMERON MORRIS
How many hours do you work in ,---~
a day? With work, school, social
life? Do you have ideas and want
to express them to help Evergreen,
your community, and yourself?
This, my friends, is the importance of Geoduck representatives.
I think everyone here at Evergreen wants more student
involvement and people taking action to create the
reality they want to see at Evergreen. The thing is,
though, that was going on this year. .. and I didn't go
to a single Geoduck Student Union meeting.
The reason I didn't is because I didn't have time.
Programs last most of the week, and after class many
people have work, homework, or clubs (I had club
meetings for the Center for Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Evergreen Queer Alliance, and lots of
homework) and one of the clubs convened during
the GSU meetings. Now, I am passionate about the
Evergreen community. It's the reason I write articles
almost every week and why I chose to run for the
GSU. In running, I fully committed to work to initiate positive change on this campus.
The question I pose to the Glasses Party is: llo11
do you plan to get more students involved? If L <I
Greener passionate about change , couldn't make it to
one meeting about what was happening on campus.
how do you expect students with a full load to find
the time as well?
In an article from last week's Cooper Point Journill.
"That's it I'm switching to contacts ... ," Kris Craig
said that the GSU needs to function more ef'flcientl)
and be more supportive of the student body. I k posed
certain issues that I didn't even know abouJ, such as
free summer bus access for students with 10 cards.
Because Craig expressed concern for the issue, any
student can come to a GSU meeting and voice hrs 1lr
her opinion on the issue.
We need more student involvement, but should we
change how teachers teach in order to make as many
people come to Evergreen as possible? Should we
tell people to quit their jobs and change how they live
their lives, rather than fighting for the change they
want to see? We can do both (fight for the change and
get them involved); we can market the GSU more
aggressively and make it more appealing, and we can
actually show students what the GSU has accomplished. But I will never take away student choice, and
I have a responsibility to members of my community
to bring the change they want, regardless of whether
they catch any, all, or none of the meetings.
Cameron Morris is a sophomore enrolled in Fairness in International Trade and Entrepreneurship
and Writing Tutor: Cultivating the Voice.
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Lessons for the rock throwers
A well-intentioned critique of a disaster
by DANIEL SHELLEY
Several
students
wrote about the tainted
May Day march in last
week's Cooper Point
Journal, and although
a couple people made
some excellent points,
none of them touched upon the issue of
the black bloc as a tactic at demonstrations. In this short essay, I will highlight
some of the errors the black bloc made
that fateful day, and offer some advice to
those who wish to partake in that type of
activity in the future. I want to be clear that
I neither condemn nor condone politicallymotivated property damage; I believe that
people will continue to commit these types
of property crimes as long as corporations
and governments continue to commit
their horrendous crimes against humans,
animals, and nature. It is not my intent to
dissuade these people (the rock throwers)
from breaking the law, but to advise them
on how to go about their mission more
carefully next time.
The first mistake the black bloc made that
day was engaging in a protest without the
support of the larger march. Mao Zedong,
the great Chinese revolutionary, believed
there were two prime components to guerrilla warfare: military and political. (I
know guerrilla warfare is hardly what took
place May I , but valuable lessons can still
be drawn from Mao's teachings and applied
to street protests).
By political, Mao meant establishing a
rapport w ith the people and convincing
them of' the rightness of their cause. lie
stressed this. not just to get more recruits,
but to build a base of people who would
support the guerrillas by stashing weapons for them, providing them with food,
informing them of U.S. plans, etc.
By meeting-with march organizers beforehand to inform them of what "others" had in
mind, the bloc could have gotten a feel for
how their actions would be received, and
they could have reconsidered from going
forward with a disastrous plan. They did not
take this precautionary step, and they have
been denounced by nearly everyone at the
march for their recklessness. Put simply,
popular support is paramount. Without it,
you run the risk of fracturing a movement
of people, alienating yourself, and ruining
from the larger marches long before they
began their vandalism spree. When the
police (who were blocks away) caught
wind of what they were up to, they couldn't
do anything anyway because their hands
were tied with peaceful protestors. Attacking when (and where) the enemy is not
expecting, and when they are weakest are
two more ancient guerrilla tactics that have
proven successful ovet time, and which are
still applicable today.
Third, they put innocent people at risk
of serious harm when they threw those
rocks. I already know the counter-argument: "They're not that innocent if they
work or do business with such an unethical
THE ONLY RELATIONSHIP BANK OF AMERICA
AND US BANK HAVE WITH UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS IS A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
a historically meaningful day.
The second mistake the rabble rousers
made was breaking the bank windows
when the police were watching, and in fact
anticipating it . It was Sun Tzu who wisely
remarked, "all warfare is based on deception," and you guys deceived nobody that
day. It's not 1999 anymore; police departments across the country learned valuable
lessons from the World Trade Organization
protests in Seattle, when a black bloc of 50
to I 00 anarchists snaked their way through
the financial district, smashing corporate
storefronts voraciously, with no cops in
sight. Those blocers were strategica lly
smart because they detached themselves
company." Well, what if a child had been
hit with one of those rocks or been cut with
a shard of glass? I want the rock throwers
to know just how close your acts of vandalism came to acts of terrorism . Seriously.
Terrorism is defined as the use ofviolence
and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. Whether you
intended to injure those in the banks would
be immaterial to most people.
Finally, the banks targeted on May Day
were the WRONG TARGETS. This wasn't
a march against capitalism or the funding
of coal; it was a march in support of immigrants and making Olympia a Sanctuary
City. The only relationship Bank of Amer-
ica and US Bank have with undocumented
immigrants is a business relationship: Yup,
that's right; believe it or not, B of A and US
Bank allow undocumented workers to open
bank accounts with them. They only ask to
see a Matricula Consular Card, which most
undocumented Latinos have. Incensed
that they "pander to illegals," immigration
foes have actually called for a nationwide boycott of these banks. The black
bloc ended up attacking two businesses
in which undocumented people can feel
safe. I advise doing more research on your
intended targets before your next action.
There is a lot of debate within the radical
community over whether or not the black
bloc should be shelved altogether. Some
feel it is an obsolete tactic that has had
little success after the Battle of Seattle. I
find myself more often than not siding with
those people. But the reason I feel that way
is because there is never any change with
the bloc; no creativity in their tactics, no
clever maneuvers. You can always count on
their doing the same thing, sticking out like
a sore thumb in the middle of a march. And
come on, break-away marches? You're not
fooling the police by doing that. I strongly
advise all those who choose to participate
in this tired tactic to ask themselves some
critical questions: Are our goals congruent
with the goals of the larger march? Will
our actions alienate us? What unintended
consequences, if any, could result from our
actions?
Stay safe out there.
Daniel Shelley is a student at The Evergreen State College.
A closer look at anarchy and adivism
/1r EOIN HIGGINS
In th~ past few
month s, there have
been a number of
incidences within the
Evergreen and broader
Olympia community
that have had the
adverse effect of making Evergreen, and
Olympia activists, seem out of control.
Whether because of a "riot," a destructive incident at a downtown bank, or the
blocking of machinery of violence and
death, the focus is now on Evergreen, its
students, and its faculty. But before we
get too hysterical about this, wringing
our hands with horror at the "threat" of
anarchy, let us take a look at what anarchy is.
Many seem to believe that anarchy is
simple lawlessness that leads to rampant
looting and, presumably, unchecked
rape and murder due to lack of police
and centralized authority. Of course,
anyone who has a working knowledge
of anarchism knows this is preposterous.
Anarchism is a collective of many, many
different beliefs, the unifying principle
being a rejection of centralized government. A poster on my wall says, to paraphrase, "The most important thing about
anarchism is not a llowing anyone else to
define it for you." My definition of anarchism may be different than yours, but
together we can find enough common
ground to work for a better world , hand
in hand, not opposed . In order for us to
work together to create this world, we
must notify the public as to why we do
what we do .
Of course, one major problem at Evergreen is the fact that many who are called
or identify as anarchists cannot truly be
termed such. After all, a movement that
is based on the rejection of authority in
order to help the people achieve utopia
should not have a de facto dress code (all
black), an attitude that inspires people to
deface the institution for broader education they attend, or the intentional silencing of those with whom they disagree.
The "dress code" I refer to may be a
generalization, but anyone who has
engaged in actions down at the Port of
Olympia knows that it is a reality. A
number of times, I've experienced ridi.:
cute at my dress in the form of being a
"narc" or "press." Because I didn't look
the part, it obviously doesn't matter that
I was at the Port in 2006, doing the same
anti-war work as those who criticized
me. All this serves to do is cause the
ANARCHISM IS A COLLECTIVE OF MANY,
MANY DIFFERENT BELIEFS, THE
UNIFYING PRINCIPLE BEING A
REJECTION OF CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
J
THE ANARCHIST SHOULD ATTEMPT TO
HELP THE WORLD SEE THE TRUTH, NOT
DECIDE WHAT TRUTH THE WORLD SEES
general populace - those who we must
have rally around our cause- to think of
anarchism as a clique, not a movement,
and to think of anarchists as elitist and
stubborn, not the open people most of us
are. If we allow ourselves to be defined
in such a way, it undercuts our ability to
make this a better world for all.
As for defacing the buildings on
campus, it would be much more understandable if there were some sort of
logic behind it. However, most of the
slogans are redundant (although I really
liked "Revolution is an Act of Love").
You don't care for capitalism- fine, nor
do I. But defacing a public building at a
state-funded college does not really hurt
the "Man." In fact, one could argue that
a state-funded school is the antithesis
of the capitalist, whose tax dollars are
educating the public, sometimes for free
(me!).
A good example of the suppression of
other voices is the recent theft of Cooper
Point Journals from outlets around
campus, apparently due to an offending news brief encouraging people to
collaborate with police in apprehending
students involved in the "riot." While
none of us should collude with police
against our brothers and sisters, none
of us have the right to clamp down on
expression. That action is dangerously
close to fascism, and runs against Emma
Goldman's
statement,
"Anarchism
cannot ... impose an iron-clad program or
method." The anarchist should attempt to
help the world see the truth, not decide
what truth the world sees.
The other day, my good friend Mariah
Brookes, an alumna of this institution,
brought up a concern that I feel reflects
what many in the Evergreen/Olympia
community feel. If we resort to actions
such as overturning police cars and
defacing bank property, why do we not
explain the motivations for our actions
to those who may wish to know? I
believe that if the elements resorting to
violence in the movement were to, at the
very least, issue statements addressing
the grounds of the act, understanding
could then be fomented between all of
us. Evergreen is a large umbrella that
accepts many different beliefs within it.
Let us not destroy that safety with our
zeal.
Eoin Higgins is sophomore enrolled in
Looking Backward.
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May 15,2008
CALENDAR OF EVENTS MAY 15-22
WEEKLY MEETINGS:
Mondays
THURSDAY 15
"The Impact of the
Musical
Traditions
of
Islam."
Free lecture by Professor Sean
Williams, TESC.
Olympia
World Affairs Council. 7:30
p.m. The Olympia Center. For
information, (360) 867- 0919.
Poetry
reading
and
discussion.
John Crosby and Mark Clemens lean into the solar wind.
Lemonade and light refreshments. Noon - I :30 p.m. In the
library underground. Free.
Friday continued
Monday continued
Prom Night@
ABC House
Dress up, dance slow. Featuring: Karl Blau, Calvin Johnson,
Desolation Wilderness, Greta
Jane Jazz Quartet. All ages.
ABC house, 8 p.m. $5
Wednesday continued
Porn Week Begins!
"Porn, like never before"
What: Lecture
Host: WOCC
5:00 p.m. Evergreen State
College
SDS rally for freee speech 3
p.m. Red Square
Wednesdays
A memorial service for Anna
Rosenfeld. The Cedar room of
the longhouse from 2 to 3 p.m .
Umoja and Mind Screen
present
Spike
Lee's
Malcom X. 6:30 p.m ..
SUNDAY 18
One last big improv-isation
extravaganza.
Generations
Friends present their Last
Improv Show of the Year.
Lecture Hall I. Free.
FRIDAY 16
MONDAY 19
Do you enjoy space? I do.
Do you enjoy comedy? I do.
Well, check out Space Brothers, a space comedy written
by Miguel Pineda and Ryan
Hitchcock. May 16 and 17, at 8
p.m. in Com II 0. Free. Come
and enjoy the show. I will.
Synergy, the Sustainable
Living Conference begins!
"A celebration of Evergreen
culture and sustainability."
Festivities
will
include
Synergy, Day of Unity, and
other events. For full schedule check out the website,
http: I lw ww. eve rg ree n .
edu/synergy.
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Lecture Hall I .
TUESDAY 20
Creative Writing:
Tuesday, May 13, in Library
23 10, the Writing Center
Overflow Space, from 4 to
5:30p.m.
Artist Lecture Series
Michael Magrath, 3:30 p.m.
in Lecture Hall I
WEDNESDAY 21
Do your acerbic rhymes
and rockin' lines need to
be heard? Well here is your
chance! Slam Poetry Night at
Primetime! Compete with other
poetsforprizes!7-10p.m.! $1
cover charge.
Capoeira COM 209, 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal CAB 316, 5 p.m.
EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance
SEM II A2109, 3:30p.m.
Geoduck Union CAB 3rd Floor Pit, 4 to 6 p.m.
Flaming Eggplant CAB I 08, 4 to 6 p.m.
Student Video Garners Alliance
CAB TV Lounge 3rd floor, 6 to 9 p.m.
Women of Color Coalition
CAB 206, 4 to 5 p.m.
Amnesty International Film
Showing "Darfur Diaries" and
"Heart of Southern Sudan"
What: Preview
Host : TESCAmnesty
International
2:30 p.m .Lecture Hall I
Grammar Carden:
Wednesday, May 14, in
Library 2310, the Writing
Center Overflow Space, from
to 2 p.m.
FRIDAY 23
Lost Film Fest
"HOLLYWOOD
CAN
SUCK IT" Movie/TV Night
Sabot lnfosquat 6:30 p.m.
Lecture llall I
Amnesty International CAB 320, 12:30 p.m.
ATF Appearing Task Force on AntiOppression CAB 320, I p.m.
Bike Shop 2 p.m.
Center For Sustainable Entrepreneurship SEM II C31 07, 2 p.m.
Chemistry Club LAB II 2207, I p.m.
EARN Evergreen Animal Right Network
Vegan Potluck CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
Evergreen Hillel CAB 320, 3 p.m.
Evergreen Pre-Health Society
SEM II A3107, 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Evergreen Wilderness Adventure
Group SEM I I /\3105 , I p.m.
Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m
Geoduck Union SI.:.M II C II 07. I to 3 p m
GRAS Giant Robot Appreciation Society /\nimc Screening
C/\!3 3rd Floor TV lounge, 5 p.rn
llip Hop Congress Library Proper
Room 3303, 4 to 5 p.m.
1\IEChA C/\13 320, 4:30 p m
Musicians Club CAB 320. 1.30 p 111
SESAI\I E SUd II !:2 107 . I p 111.
SESAME Iraqi Student
Committee, SI:M ll 1:2107. 3. 15 p 111
1
' , l 'moja C/\ll 320 J rd Floor 1'11. ~ to l p 111
Women's Resour·ce Center C/\ ll .no I liJ p 111
! , Writt•rs' Guild LIB 2130 Wnt111g Cc11ICI 1 Jllll
Thursdays
Common Bread
Longhousc I 00:!. 5 to Xp.n1.
Sabot lnfosquat Library l'ropc1
Room 3303. 4 p.m.
Generation Friemls SEM ll C ll :!5
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VOX C/\B 320. So i<Jriwn . 5 lo 6 p .111 .
Fridays
Capucira COM 209. 12·.30 II' .L\Il I'·"'
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