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WEEK 10 IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE THIS YEAR. cpj@evergreen.edu ~
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ISSUE 27, VOlUME 36, MAY 29,2008
First copy is always free, 75Cper issue after that
Sit-in continues as questions
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by MADELINE BERMAN
Documents from Students for a Democratic Society that the group provided to prove their case for
reinstatement as a student group do not support their
allegations.
Brendan Dunn, senior and SDS member, sent a letter
with various reports and emails on May 27 to students,
faculty, and staff via TESCcrier and faculty/staff
listservs.
"This letter is to inform the staff, faculty, and students
about what actually transpired in the lead up to the
March 7 SDS events which the administration used
as justification to suspend SDS's group status," Dunn
said.
"By referencing the documented exchanges between
SDS members and (college) staff, it becomes apparent" that the dean of students' version of what took
place " is simply not the case."
However, reading the documents provided by
Dunn and other available materials does not make it
apparent.
For example, on page four of Dunn's letter, he states
that after the administration cancelled the San Francisco 8 panel discussion on March 5, SDS decided
to go ahead and hold the event anyway. "This decision was conditional, in that we agreed we would
s
see SDS , page 4
rtJOENTS CROWD THE HALLWAY IN SEMI AS THE SIT-IN MOVES INTO ITS SECOND WEEK
Arraignment for port protesters
Flaming Eggplant
rai er or ere , p ans in motion
Three Evergreen students plead not guilty to charges
related to Olympia port protest
f,r SETH VINCENT
Students Shyam Khanna, and
twin sisters Katie and Patsy
llutchinson pled not guilty to
charges related to their arrests at
the November, 2007 Olympia port
protest.
Katie and Patsy were both
charged with obstructing an
officer. Khanna was charged with
obstructing an officer and resisting
arrest.
A II three were arrested on
November 10, as protestors were
attempting to set up a blockade on
4th Avenue and Plum St. to block
military vehicles from getting to
the freeway on-ramp.
Patsy was pepper sprayed,
according to student Noah Sochet,
a friend and organizer of Port
Militarization Resistance, a group
that worked to organize the protest.
"She had pepper spray caked on
her face; it's orange so you can see
it," he said. "Patsy was handcuffed
immediately, so she couldn't rub
her eyes or anything. She was in
a lot of pain."
According to Sochet, who was
present when Katie and Patsy
were arrested, Katie noticed Patsy
in pain; Katie decided to walk
across the street with her hands up
to approach Patsy and the officers
who arrested her, to try and get
Patsy help.
"Neither Katie nor Patsy were
doing anything illegal," said
Sochet. "It's hard to say why they
were chosen from the 61, 62, 66
- depending on who[m] you ask
- people who were arrested."
Upcoming trial dates, all at
OlympiaCityHali:ShyamKhanna,
June 25; Patsy Hutchinson, August
4; Kathleen Hutchison, August 6.
Seth Vincent is a junior enrolled
in an internship with the Cooper
Point Journal.
Student
arrested for
conduct on
MayDay
Student Shyam Kanna
was arrested on May
28 with a charge of
3rd degree malicious
mischief for spitting
on a police officer
who was responding
to the violence that
occurred after the
May Day march.
He will be in jail,
and may be released
after his May 29
release hearing, where
conditions of his
release and the amount
of bail will be decided.
by DAN BOLDUC
After much ant icipation and deliberation, the Flaming Eggp lant has
ordered its trailer! The cost including shipping was about $50,000,
well within our projected budget.
The trailer is estimated to arrive in
early July from JRP Concessions in
North Carolina. It will be stored at
Evergreen until we roll it out into
Red Square for our grand opening in
September.
The CLUC (Campus Land Use
Committee) approved our proposal
for a fa9ade that will be mounted to
the trailer to help integrate it more
fully with Red Square.
The designs for this have been
worked out already, and we're looking for a student who is interested
in working on this project this
summer.
This is a great opportunity for a
design student to put some skills into
practice with a project that will be
visible on Red Square.
In other news, we have found a
new preparation space to use for
the Cafe since our original location
will be unavailable during the CAB
redesign.
Housing decided to purchase a
trailer to use as an emergency kitchen
and lease it to the Flaming Eggplant
until we move into the CAB building
in 2011. This solution works well for
both parties and is within the budget
we'd already planned for renovating
our original preparation space.
The details of our lease are being
negotiated now. We are working
with campus facilities to find a suit-
see EGGPLANT, page 4
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Do you think the SDS controversy is afree speech
issue or something else?
CPJ
by BRIAN FULLERTON
Business
Business manager
Cerise Palmantcer
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Business manager elect
Bryn Harris
"Th~
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community outreach, so
I can't answer."
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problem of the
administration is that they
are focusing just on
reinstating SDS; it's
bigger than that. By
realizing how big the
picture is, the conclusion that they will get
is to reinstate SDS."
Assistant business manager elect
Kristina \\~lliams
.Junior
Distribution manager
Nick Hefling
A~sistan t business
manager
Carrie Ramsdell
Ad rcpresentati1·e
Joshua Katz
Circulation manager
Gavin Dahl
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think of is my elementary
school SCDS - Seattle
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Julie Tcrlcmczian
"The weird thing is that
I'm on both sides."
Arts & Entertainment coordinator
Brandon Custy
Cakndar coordinator
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29, 2008
student activities blotter
As the academic year comes to an end,
it's nice to reflect upon accomplishments
and think about the opportunities offered at
Evergreen via students who are passionate
about the student groups they are involved
in. Student groups at Evergreen contribute
more to student life and education than at
any other college. Here's a look at what
some groups have planned for the coming
2008-2009 academic year, and some of
their accomplishments from this year.
This fall, Amnesty International will
bring Camp Darfur to Evergreen for their
upcoming music and art festival. There
will be tents set up in the field behind the
Hou sing Community Center, where people
can learn about the history of genocides
throughout the world. The festival will
L1t: a multi-faceted event rai sing awareness
dbout the genocide crisis in Darfur, Sudan
and possible peaceful courses of action.
This will be combined with a music festival
ll:aturing live bands and local musicians.
!'his ..:vent was originally planned for this
y..:ar, but due to the limitations of the morator ium , it was not able to come to full fruit ion . Fo r more information on Amnesty's
work, contact olyamncsty@riseup.net.
Women ofColor Coalition
With the May 15 Las Mamalogues
performance and Porn Week, the Woman
of Color Coalition's recent work has had
a large community-building impact. Both
events were huge successes. Las Mamalogues, with over 200 attendants, showed
empowerment among students who may
not identify as Latino or Latina, offering
them the opportunity to reflect on their
own stories.
Porn Week shed light on a discourse that
generally isn't thought of in a positive
context; th!! event created space for a muchneeded dialogue, examined where interest
in the dialogue comes from, and what the
issue means to society in general. Lastly,
it explored what it means to celebrate
sexuality.
WOCC's work next quarter will focus on
community-building, which will definitely
include lots of scholarship workshops.
Another of WOCC's accomplishments is
that every person who attended their scholarship workshops and applied for scholarships received at least one scholarship or
tuition waiver. In light of this success, they
definitely want to offer the same opportunity for incoming students.
To get involved with or offer support to
the Women of Color Coalition, you can
email them at wocc.tesc@gmail.com.
Flaming Eggplant
After a long, difficult series of obstacles,
the Flaming Eggplant is finally set to
open in fall of 2008. What the Flaming
Eggplant is most proud of is successfully
conquering all the doubts of their ability
to succeed and navigating through the
processes necessary to open a business,
while maintaining a student group operation that is open to everyone. The Flaming
Eggplant emphasizes that their success is
not due to the effort of a small group of
people; it was a community effort. Everyone has always had, and still does have,
an opportunity to be involved and there is
ample opportunity over the summer. Once
the food trailer is delivered in early July, a
group of people will need to build a fa~ade
to make the trailer look pretty. Also, the
entire summer will be dedicated to menuplanning and food-tasting. There will most
likely be daily meetings to help with this
objective. Thirdly, some nifty logistics
and business-smart people are needed for
logistics and business-y stuff. If you want
to get involved you can contact them at
(360) 867-6092 or come to their meetings
on Mondays in CAB 320, workstation 2.
EvergreenAnimaJ Rights
Network (EARN)
Over the summer, EARN has planned
more farm sanctuary trips. In addition, they
will begin planning for next year's Animal
Liberation Conference. Planning for the
recent conference began three months in
advance and was a great success, but there
is always room for improvement. So, with
several more months of planning, they
hope to make it even better and turn it
into an annual. event. In October, EARN
hopes to bring Sarah Kramer, a vegan chef
and cookbook author, for a book tour and
food demo. Pattrice Jones, a truly dynamic
animal rights activist and ecofeminist
educator, is also in the lineup. "She's cool.
Really, really awesome," says Molly PaineDonovan, one of EARN's coordinators.
EARN's objectives for next year include
furthering discussions with faculty involving options of online non-human animal
dissections for science classes, working
with the Evergreen Organic Farm on
animal rescue projects, and pushing for
better vegan food on campus. All around,
EARN seeks to create an atmosphere to
support cohesive student community. If
any of this ices your vegan cookie, you can
contact them at evergreenar@gmail.com to
get involved.
If your student group had some really
great accomplishments this year that you
want everyone to know about and you feel
left out, there will be a second part to this
article next week. You can tell us all about
what you did, and what you're excited
about doing next year by sending an email
to cpj@evergreen.edu, or stopping by the
CPJ office in CAB 316 and asking for the
Student Voice coordinator.
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CLASSICAL STUDIES
The Phrontisterion.enters the physical realm
by CASEY JAYWORK
Thursday, the free intelligentsia extravaganza "Slow Down, You Move Too Fast:
Sophrosyne in the .21st Century" will
be held in Lecture Hall 2 at 7 p.m. This
collaborative lecture, held by physics
professor Krishna Chowdary and Classics
professor Andrew Reece and sponsored
by the Phrontisterion, will explore the
contrast between reflective wisdom - aka
'sophrosyne'- and the blind rush towards
'faster, better, louder, stronger' we so
often see in modernity.
According to Reece, the Greek
'sophrosyne' is difficult to express in
English. Translators have articulated it
as "prudence" or "self-control"; our own
culture might hold it analogous to "looking before you leap." As used by Plato,
it was the "self-knowledge" for which
Socrates lived and died.
This sort of "prudence" was venerated in
ancient Greece as demonstrating maturity
and wisdom. In an interview with both
professors, Reece called it "an aristocratic
virtue ... you don't go running after all
the young men you can ... you keep your
house in order." He cited Thucydides,
author of History of the Peloponnesian
War, as arguing that Athenian excesses
and lack of sophrosyne led to failures in
war and culture.
Chowdary approaches from the opposite historical extreme, holding that the
some opportunity for reflection," so that
"design flaws propagate through the
system." His hope is that "deliberative
interplay between the technical crafts and
something like prudence" can pave the
way for a "new movement" of technology
which plans ahead by years and decades,
instead of just one fiscal quarter at a
AMERICANS CAN PRETTY MUCH LIVE WITHOUT LEAVING THEIR HOMES -WORKING AT
HOME VIA INTERNET AND ORDERING GROCERIES AND MOVIES AT COMPETITIVE PRICES
speed of light's status as a "universal
speed limit" can be seen as a "limit on
the possible." By recognizing such limits
of "what's possible and what's not"
-rather than assuming that "the sky is the
limit" - we can better plan for our own
future well-being, both collectively and
individually.
According to Chowdary, modern technological development is guilty of "not
building into (the) evaluative process
time.
But Reece and Chowdary agree that the
problem is more serious than a simple
game of long-sighted hedonistic calculus. When Chowdary noted, "You care
about (energy) conservation partly when
it is costly to consume it," Reece quickly
pointed out that such material goods
were viewed by the Greeks as having a
supportive role of happiness, rather than
encompassing happiness itself. "Even
if the gods aren't waiting to strike me
down," wondered Reece, "shouldn't I be
thinking about what's really important?"
Reece bemoaned the 20th century explosion of suburban homes, calling them
"automobile storage facilities with a
little residence on top." The problem, as
he sees it, is that as technology enables
individuals to become more and more
self-sufficient and isolated from the rest
of their community, the community itself
begins to dissolve.
Chowdary added his own amazement
and dismay at how modern Americans
can pretty much live without leaving their
homes - working at home via Internet
and ordering groceries and movies at
competitive prices. "No one ever seriously considers that (they might) run out
of food," he exclaimed, in contrast to the
days when imported foodstuffs were not
taken for granted.
Both Reece and Chowdary are faculty in
the philosophy-oriented program Knowing Nature.
Casey Jaywork is a junior enrolled in
Knowing Nature.
SDS: Grounds for suspension still in question
: Read the suspension and cancellation
; documents in their entirety on the CPJ
:website:
evergreen.edu/cpj
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produce no further publicity of the events."
This statemept is untrue because the issue of
the Cooper Point Journal that was published
the following day has an article written by
Dunn in order to bring attention to the event.
SDS had ample time to pull the article from
the paper, in that they were told of the cancellation at I p.m. on Wednesday March 5 and
the paper does not go to print until 7:30a.m.
Thursdays.
CPJ staff also talked with Dunn on several
occasions leading up to the publishing of
the article in order to make sure of wording
and accuracy. When asked why he made no
attempt to remove the article, Dunn stated
that he did not know that was an option.
According to Brooke Stepp, SDS coordinators took down flyers.
Not only did they continue to publicize the
. event, but within the CPJ article, they also
mentioned a musical event to follow the
panel discussion.
The administration did not approve this
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little things and missing the big picture. The
performance. SDS mentioned it in their Report only covers the panel discussion.
Lane and advisors working with SDS only big picture is who holds the power here, what
Tentative Production Worksheet, but in the
final, approved form (the Campus Production learned about the benefit show and potluck is that power and why is it in the hands of
Report) signed by Andy Com on February when Laura Grabhom, Assistant Director only a few people? Yeah, we're having a sit27, the only description listed under "Type of of the Longhouse, approached them with in to reinstate SDS, but this is a process. It's
concerns for protecting the Longhouse. This changing everyday and we're helping create
Event" is "Panel Discussion."
It was unlawful to hold said musical event; was when the show was moved to Lecture a space that's more democratic."
it violated both state law and the concert Hall I . This occurrence is not mentioned in
Madeline Berman is afi"eshman enrolled in
moratorium that was in effect rrom February Dunn's letter.
Dunn feels that "People are nitpicking the HOLLYWOOD.
18 until May 16.
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who want to use the school's facilities for a
fundraiser must pay to use them. Student
groups may use school facilities for regular
events. Regardless of whether or not the
musical event was in any way connected
with SDS, they would still have to pay in
from cover
make sure we will be open for the fall. Jf
order to perform. No one had paid for these
-able location for the prep trailer on you want to get involved with the Cafe, you
musicians to use Evergreen facilities .
can email the group at theftamingeggplant@
Having this musical production on campus campus.
Student involvement is also wanted in the evergreen.edu, call us at (360) 867-6092, or
also would have violated the concert
moratorium in that it was advertised to the menu-planning. We have a preliminary stop by our office up in Evergreen Student
Activities on the 3rd floor of the CAB.
community outside of Evergreen. Accord- menu that needs some love.
We invite people to come to our meetings
We will make each of our menu items until
ing to Phyllis Lane, dean of Student and
Academic Support Services, this creates we have reached perfection and then move every Monday at 4 p.m. in our office. We're
onto the next. If you are into making food all excited about seeing this project come
security issues .
"When you start to invite people on that tastes good and have opinions about together and look forward to getting good
campus, then you, in a lot of ways, expand what will be served on your campus, then food out to the students this fall!
your responsibilities regarding safety and we could use your help. No commitment
Dan Bolduc is enrolled in an internship
security," says Lane. "The moratorium says necessary, just functioning taste buds.
We are all sticking aro~nd this summer to with the Flaming Eggplant.
that events would be evaluated on a case by
case basis."
Lane sites the example of the Kimya
Trailer cost breakdown
Dawson concert on February 28. It focused
on Evergreen as an audience and was not
$ 38,000.00
8' x 18' concession trailer
advertised off-campus or even on Dawson's
2,500.00
Fire supression system in hood
website.
4,800.00
Estimated shipping
The SDS event was advertised downtown
3,805.20
WA state use tax
and was promoted in conjunction with the
$49,105.20
Total
benefit show, when the campus Production
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:O.I•y 29, 2008
Ccimpus WaSte Audit:
What are we throwing away?
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LEAH HALL, SETHJUNE,
& AMANDA WEDOW
On May 22, a group of students from
Ecological Agriculture, Students of Evergreen for Ecological Design, and Developing Ecological Agricultural Practices
emptied out campus garbage bins to sort
the ··waste." The goal was to separate and
quantify the amount of recyclable and
compostable material in the campus waste
stream.
After sorting garbage cans from Red
Square, the Greenery, Seminar II, and the
Semi! Cafe, we found only 12.5% "garbage"
by weight, with 12.5% recyclables, and 75%
compostablc waste .
The compostable waste was further divided
into two categories: food waste (30%) and
other composlables (45%) such as coffee
cup~. paper plates, soiled napkins, and
biodegradable utensils.
A LARGER, MORE
COMPREHENSIVE
SYSTEM ON CAMPUS
VVOULD BE VISIBLE AND
EDUCATIONAL, REDUCE
OUR CARBON FOOT-
utilized. The Evergreen Organic Farm
processes one-third of the food waste. The
campus facility contains three thermophylic
PRINT, SAVE MONEY,
reactors and a dysfunctional vermicompostAND HELP TO ACHIEVE ing (worm) system.
The farm's processing capacity is limited ·
by infrastructure and storage space. The
CAMPUS GOALS FOR
remaining food scraps go to a local pig
ZERO WASTE BY
farm.
Composting and reuse is a very important
One of the most difficult things was decid- way to tum "waste" products into valuable
ing what could be recycled and/or compos- resources. Compost is used to restore nutri~
ted. For instance, tin foil is recyclable unless ents to the soil and improve soil quality.
Under our current agricultural system,
it has food residue on it. Milk cartons do not
have a recycling symbol, yet they are recy- much of the fertility needed to grow crops
comes from industrial fertilizer that is
clable as well.
The garbage pile contained plastic wrap- manufactured wi~h fossil fuels.' Even most
pers, chip bags, lids to plastic bottles, organic farms can trace their fertility to
these unsustainable sources. Organic grow.ketchup packets, and straws.
Currently, a portion of the compostable ers often rely on animal manures for their
waste is diverted from the landfill and fertility needs, and most animals are fed
, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - , com and soy products origiCampus Waste Audit
nating in conventional fields
in the Midwest. If we desire to
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'·move towards a more sustainable system, we need to find
other ways to return nutrients
to the farm.
Evergreen is touted as being
at the forefront of sustainability education, yet ths;: campus
garbage consisted of 7 5%
biodegradable
substances
that, with proper sorting and
Analysis of 113 pounds of waste from Red Square
processing, could be returned
2020
COMPOSTING AND REUSE IS A VERY IMPORTANT WAY TO TURN "WASTE" PRODUCTS
INTO VALUABLE RESOURCES. COMPOST
IS USED TO RESTORE NUTRIENTS TO THE
SOIL AND IMPROVE SOIL QUALITY
to the soil.
Evergreen's vision for a sustainable future
is stated in the Sustainability Task Force's
mission:
"The Evergreen State College will be a
laboratory for sustainability as demonstrated in its operations, curriculum, and
quality oflife for employees and students.
We will nurture values and practical skills
that motivate a lifetime ofcommitment to
a susta_inable, intergenerationally just
way ofliving on a healthy planet."
Beginning next year, the campus will be
sending compostable waste to Silver Springs,
a local compost facility that can process our
entire current stream of biodegradables.
However, this should be a temporary solution while planning a larger, more comprehensive system on campus that would be
visible and educational, reduce our carbon
footprint, save money, and help to achieve
campus goals for Zero Waste by 2020.
It would be helpful if students were given
a brief. lesson on the value and practice
of conserving, recycling, and composting during orientation week. The school
also needs to provide containers to sort
compostables and food scraps. There also
needs to be more education and signage
relating to "waste" disposal.
Students need to take responsibility fo1
their part in producing waste. Simple things
like coffee cups really add up; we found
hundreds. If you are going to be purchasing
beverages on campus, bring your own mug!
Reducing resource use is more important
than composting waste.
If you are interested in carrying on the audit
for the next school year, contact marben28@
evergreen.edu.
Leah Hall and Amanda Wedow are
seniors and Seth June is a junior; all three
are enrolled in Ecological Agriculture.
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They're the guys at the party everyone wants to
hang out with
"So ill, It's illegal"
0>JOEL MORLEY
0> RILEY FISHBURN
''ALL WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE ILL SONGS
In recent album reviews here in the Cooper
Point Journal, I've prognosticated a big year
full of highly anticipated releases for hip-hop.
But there's more to hip-hop than frantically
refreshing wiki pages with white knuckles
and cutting yourself every time your joint
gets pushed back. Again.
In a banner year, there are always surprises.
The most pleasant surprise thus far in 2008
has been Chicago-based duo The Cool Kids,
who recently released the Totally Flossed
Out EP and a slight re-working thereof, The
Bake Sale.
Although they are the most aptly named
act in hip-hop, these guys are not brilliant;
they are not visionaries. In fact, it's almost
a stretch to call them lyricists. Their rhymes
are, as the name of their previous label
suggests, "mad decent."
But that doesn't keep me from enjoying the
SO ANYBODY WHO SAYS. WE AREN'T HIPHOP SHOULD GO KILL THEMSELVES"
it then becomes easy to forget that Mikey
Rocks and Chuck Inglish, at 19 and 23 years
old respectively, have incalculable room to
grow- and they seem set on doing just that.
As MCs, they make it look easy because,
well, it is. In terms of beats, they've already
hit the bull's-eye grazed by Rick Rubin, Mr.
Collipark, The Beastie Boys, and the aforementioned Neptunes- a departure from the
soul-influenced hip-hop of Chicago, by far
closer to the '80s minimalist sound pioneered
by Eric B.
The duo makes no attempt at versatility.
This makes it a little difficult to listen to them
for more than 25 minutes at a time, but it also
THE EP CONTAINS REFERENCES TO
SEGA GENESIS, FRUITY PEBBLES, JHERI
CURL, AND STAR WARS BELT BUCKLES
-AND THAT'S JUST IN ONE SONG
music they make - they're too damn cool.
They're the guys at the party everyone wants
to hang out with, except they took a break
from partying long enough to crank out the
beats The Neptunes must be wishing they
had made first.
With their bass-heavy, stripped down
production, it is impossible not to compare
The Cool Kids to The Neptunes. However,
allows them to attack the same infectious
sound from every angle, making it difficult
to listen to them for any Jess than 25 minutes
ada~
SI plays? Bet you
can't Jib just one.
They will fuck up your possessions if you
leave them on the floor by your seat. They
will also belittle you. It is all in good fun.
Over the past eight weeks, the students of
Rehearsal and Performance: Theater have
been transforming themselves into the Evergreen Neo-Futurists in order to stage I'm
a Potato, a sprinting, dizzy amalgamation
of 51 plays in 90 minutes. I'm a Potato is
Evergreen's adaptation of the Chicago NeoFuturists' Too Much Light Makes the Baby
The hunger it takes to ~ucceed in this game
makes many artists seem too uptight, hurried,
or stressed to be as cool as The Cool Kids.
But, somehow, Mikey Rocks and Chuck
Inglish stay on the grind while maintaining
their Fonz-esque demeanor. "I could build
a sand castle without bringin' a pail I or go
catfish fishin' and come up with a whale."
They have the maturity to understand the
history of hip-hop and their place in it, even
as they venture into uncharted waters. The
question is: after being featured in Rolling
Stone Magazine, earning a coveted-spot
on the Rock-The-Bells stage, and officially
breaking out of the underground struggle,
do they have the maturity to meet such high
expectations in a climate full of hype and
mixtapes where acts can actually flop with
their debut LP?
Furthermore, can they do so without such
shameless abuse of the 808 bass? My upstairs
neighbors want to kill me. They really do. If
I should disappear mysteriously, blame The
Cool Kids.
Go Blind The plays range from cacophonies
of boisterous absurdity to thoughtful displays
of the human condition.
Throughoutthe performance, the fourth wall
is shattered and the audience is addressed.
Setting and character don't even exist. All
in all, I'm a Potato is a entertaining and
thoughtful bit of experimental theater.
I'm a Potato will be performed May 29, 30
and 3 I at 7:30 with an additional midnight
showing on the 30th.
Riley Fishburn is a senior enrolled in
Basketball: More Than a Game.
Joel Morley is a junior enrolled in an independent learning contract.
I'M A POTATO, A
SPRINTING, DIZZY
AMALGAMATION
OF 51 PLAYS IN
90 MINUTES
~------------------------------~-------------
My favorite of their 11 songs is "A Little Bit
Cooler," a commentary on the pathetic trendfollowers in hip-hop and elsewhere who Jack
the courage to do things that haven't yet been
done, bragging "You clown jokesters pose
for poseur posters." It is this same fashion
philosophy that makes their musical style so
endearing. Their content is sometimes hilarious, but usually just admirably goozy.
The EP contains references to Sega Genesis,
Fruity Pebbles, Jheri curl, and Star Wars belt
buckles -and that's just in one song. It's all
in the name of the tradition that says hip-hop
should be, if nothing else, Jots and Jots of
fun.
As Inglish said in a recent interview, "[We
just want to] make this shit cool again,
because it hasn't been cool in a while. It's
either been thugged out or, super-emo,
crying about girls, or way too super-abstract
... all we want to do is make ill songs ... so
anybody who says we aren't hip-hop should
kill themselves."
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No gods, no Evergreen invites two members of terrorist
masters, no
group The George Jackson Brigade to campus
fry GABRIEL D. COELI
acts were under the banner of a "cause,"
they are justified and even glorified.
Will the "cause" of winning the Iraq war
explain away the untold death ~nd suffering inflicted on that country, and on our
own servicemen and servicewomen? Was
the "cause" of upholding slavery in the
South worth the freedom of so many African-Americans for so long? I daresay not.
These were wrong causes, as wrong as the
armed attempt at revolution made by the
GJB. To accept that innocent lives, regardless of their roles in the consumerist and
capitalist system so vehemently reviled by
this campus, can be violently taken is not
on innocent people at banks and grocery
stores?
On Tuesday, May
Anyone involved in the community of
27,
two
unrepenprotest and activism in Olympia can tell
tant members of the
you that each citizen brings to an event his
domestic terror group,
or her own reasons for protesting - their
The George Jackson
own causes, their own grievances. And
Brigade, who perpetuif violence is an appropriate and justified
by CASEY JAYWORK
ated a string of violent
response to injustice, what is to stop somebombings and terrifying bank robberies in
one from killing soldiers at Fort Lewis
I like to think of' liberthe mid-to-late 1970s, visited The Everin an attempt to stop the Iraq war? What
tarianism' as anarchism
green State College. The event was touted
stops the gay community from bombing
diluted by common
as a speech about their "experiences" in this
the straight nightclub in an attempt to gain
sense, but with essengroup, described by the TESCcrier ad as
equal rights?
"society's most oppressed members allied
tially identical goals. I
Killing workers and shoppers at a Safewas originally attracted
with college educated youth
way in an attempt to derail
to anarchism because
queers (and) straights
WE LIVE IN AN UNCERTAIN TIME
consumerism is exactly on
of its commitment to individual autonomy a black man (and) whites."
par with these outlandish and
from a higher authority -that is, "N<> gods,
Even if this event hadn't
WHEN THERE ARE MANY EVENTS
grievous suppositions. Yet
no masters." The fear is that the absence of occurred right after Memothese men attempted to do
government would create a power vacuum rial Day, when America
AND INJUSTICES CULMINATjust that.
for unchecked tyranny. This persuaded me remembers those who have
We live in an uncertain time
towards a social theory of limited govern- fallen to such violence that
lNG AT ONCE, WHICH LEADS TO
when there are many events
ment: Surrendering a small portion of has been brought upon our
and injustices culminating at
one's individual autonomy to the collective country (or sought out in
A LOT OF RIGHTEOUS ANGER
once, which leads to a lot of
(i.e. restraining one's right to impose one's some cases, if you prefer),
righteous anger, anger that
will onto others) protects the remaining it is still a grievous and terrible mistake to only nauseating and deeply frightening, can sometimes lead to dangerous -moral
portions of autonomy from similar imposi- invite these men on any date, in any year, but it stands against Evergreen's values.
equivocations between low, ignominitions of force.
to our college.
As Greeners, we revere non-violent lead- ous terrorists such as Ed Mead and Mark
In saying this, I'm making assumptions
Throughout their history, the GJB was ers like Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr. Cook, and the noble agents of change that
about the agenda of anarchism. A commit- responsible for targeting more than the for their great contributions to our human- have led our country through its darkest
ment against hierarchy and leaders seems government agencies of the Department of ity. Their own struggles were against hours. The burdens we carry today are
(at least to me) to imply a commitment to Corrections, the FBI, and the CIA. These imperial subjugation and for American the burdens of yesterday, which we will
individual autonomy, free expression, and agencies, despite what opinions we may civil rights, respectively- they were not an carry into tomorrow - they are the eternal
hold about them, are made up of our fellow attempt to destroy a government made up burdens of humankind that have been with
non-coerc10n.
Many Olympian self-identified 'anar- citizens and human beings: fathers, moth- of individuals who, for the most part, do us since the dawn of time.
chists,' however, seem to have quite ers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, and not recognize what harm might result from
While it is absolutely the duty of every
another definition in mind. Differences of friends. In places where innocent people their governance. Almost universally, right-thinking man and woman to fight
opinion are commonly drowned out by work and shop, the GJB also bombed civil- we Greeners stand against the oppression with what facility and ability he or she
a, "You're either with us or against us" ian targets in their quest to "revolutionize of people around the world because we possesses against injustice, oppression and
mentality, in which dissenters like myself . the masses" and led a revolt against capi- view it as evil; and almost universally, we evil wherever it might be found, violent
(and God help anyone who really thinks talism, consumerism, the State of Wash- Grceners oppose the death penalty.
terrorism against innocent people is not
outside the Olympia box, like skinheads or ington, and the United States government.
Why, then, would we glorify wourd-be right-thinking, and murderers should not
That these men were willing, and in murderers? Why should we lend credence be welcomed by anyone, at any time, for
evangelicals) are rejected out of hand .
Violence is becoming popular - and not . fact attempted, to take the lives of inno- to their poisonous thoughts and their desire any reason, much less by Evergreen.
just against property, but against people 1 cent human beings should be enough to to deviate from the peaceful tradition of
I
as well. Innocent bystanders to the semi- 1 repube anyone. However, there seems to King? Why should we honor these barbaric
Gabriel D. Coeli is a junior enrolled in
annual smashing of the Bank of America I be a pre~~~li~1g_at~i~~~e tl~a~~-=-c~use these men who pronounced a death sentence Monstrous Possibility.
windows arc reduced to the status of
Collateral Damage. Police officers -- by
virtue of their career and regardless of their
individual conduct -- are commonly dehumanized as "pigs" and "kops" who purportuncomfortable about the future. It's true. it to hurt myself in order to get answers.
edly deserve whatever harm might come
I!Y GERALD BLANCHARD
to them. Even within the Olympia radical
I'm definitely expressing the same attitude It was. I needed to know what it was like,
that Robert Palmer does when he sings needed to know the importance and possicommunity, there has been talk of violent
"His
strong
kiss
in-fighting in the wake of May Day's high- brushed against the
"Addicted to Love."
bility of it. I admit
back of my neck. His
So, given the chance I DON'T THINK I'M IN l'mabitmorecrazy
jacked immigration march.
I look at many Olympian 'anarchists,' and arms stretched over me
and still trying to
to drop everything
in the name of love, LOVE, BUT I'M CLOSE latch onto a reality,
I do not see a commitment to freedom from and clutched m~ into
but I'm definitely
I did it. I set myself
all gods and masters; no commitment to him. It felt as if nothing
up for anything. My world had stopped a stronger and different person after the
non-coercive, consensus-based collective could hurt me because
action (shrinking your 'collective' to only he was next to me. Though, the only thing and things became clear. I took a fucking whole experience. We all need that.
I've discovered that taking chances is
include the people who agree with you I cQuld think of was when I had to leave. plane (crazy, right?) and now, in a week,
one of the most difficult things you can
it's already over.
doesn't count); no commitment to build a It made me miserable."
Left over are emotions and thoughts do. Although I'm still unclear about the
I was never one for taking extreme
society in which respect between individuals renders obsolete the need for laws and chances: I thought that it was bullshit and about what happened. Things definitely situation (and a bit more crazy), I'll defileaders to protect us from each other.
crazy to do something so out of character. blurred together and, although it was a nitely remember it for the rest ofniy life.
Still, I don't know exactly what to do
Instead, I see a betrayal of individual But, being the hypocrite that I am, I found great ,experience, I find myself wanting
autonomy to the collective tyranny of the myself going against my logic and doing more. Is it some sort of drug to take a about him yet, and that's the hardest part
chance and not allow what is going on in of this whole situation. I don't think I'm in
majority. I see a pathological aversion to the unthinkable.
Maybe it is a part of growing, and learn- your life to determine your judgments? I love, but I'm close. And it sucks because
radical differences of opinion. I see an
embracing of.violent political action, which ing who you are, to take chances that , felt like I was in a different world- reality there is so much against it.
I do not regret my decision, however,
completely contradicts any commitment to may change your life. There are defining wasn't clear and I wanted more.
Like with anything, I discovered things and if you ever take a chance in the name
moments in your life after all, right? The
interpersonal respect and non-coercion.
Simply put, many of the 'anarchists' of only problem with taking those chances during my time there, but it was a more of love or something else, do not regret
forceful and unknown it. It's an invaluable experience and it
Olympia are, by their conduct, walking is the thought process
IS IT SOME SORT discovery. It was as if a teaches you to be the wonderful person
arguments against the viability of a free afterwards. How do you
year passed and things you are.
come back into your
anarchist society.
OF DRUG TO TAK,.E were changed. Things I guess the next chance I have to take
Prizing individual autonomy as I do, I reality?Doyouatall?
are changed.
is allowing myself to move on and await
My friends tell me
desperately want to believe in such viabilNow that the chance the next plane. And yes, I'm scared- you
A CHANCE ...
ity - so thanks for shitting on the parade, certain songs describe
is over and I've already don't have to ask.
me, including: "I'm
guys.
Only Happy When it Rains" by Garbage, taken it, I am left with shit on my mind,
Gerald Blanchard is a freshman enrolled
Casey Jaywork is a junior enrolled in "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes, and a which is more screwed up than it was
variety of other songs that make you feel before. I have to wonder if it was worth in Pia) 1ng with Shakespeare.
Knowing Nature.
collective
tyranny
00.
00.
Don't ask me if I'm scared
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Mondays
Capoeira COM 209, 4:30 to 9 p.m.
Cooper Point Journal
CAB 316,5 p.m.
EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance
SEM II Wednesday C21 07 3 p.m.
Geoduck Union CAB 3rd
Floor Pit, 4 to 6 p.m.
Flaming Eggplant CAB
108,4 to 6 p.m.
Student Video Garners Alliance
' CAB TV Lounge 3rd
floor, 6 to 9 p.m.
Wednesdays
Amnesty International
CAB 320, 1 p.m.
ATF Appearing Task Force on
Anti-Oppression CAB 320, 1 p.m.
, Bike Shop 2 p.m.
; Center For Sustainable Entrepre1 neurship SEM II C31 07, 2 p.m.
1 Chemistry Club LAB
; II 2207, 1 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 A31 07, 12:30 to 2 p.m.
: Evergreen Wilderness Adventure
: Group SEM II A31 05, 1 p.m.
; EQA Evergreen Queer Alliance
: SEM II Wednesday C2107 3 p.m.
:Gaming Guild CAB 320, 5:30p.m.
: Geoduck Union SEM II
: C1107, 1 to 3 p.m.
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' Society Anime Screening CAB
3rd Floor TV lounge, 5 p.m.
Hip Hop Congress Library
Proper Room 3303, 4 to 5 p.m.
MEChA CAB 320, 4:30 p.m.
,
Musicians Club CAB 320, 1:30 p.m;
The Phrontisterion SEM
j II B3109, 2 p.m.
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:East, SEM II E2107, 1 p.m.
j SESAME Iraqi Student
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Umoja CAB 320 3rd
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: Women of Color Coalition
: CAB206, 3:30 to 4:30p.m.
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: Writers' Guild LIB 2130
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Academia
The Phrontisterion presents a collaborative
lecture by faculty members Andrew Reece
(Classics) and Krishna Chowdary (Physics).
"Slow Down, You Move Too Fast: Sophrosyne in the 21st Century" will explore the
connections between Greek philosophy and
drama, the law of conservation of energy, and
everything in your life that requires energy,
including you! Thursday, May 29 at 7 p.m. in
LH2.
Come to the Science Carnival for fun, handson science demos for all ages. This event is
free, open to the public, in the Lab buildings.
Sponsored by Chemistry Club.
Self-evaluation workshops, hosted by the
Writing Center, will take place this and next
week: Saturday, May 31 from 3 to 4:30p.m. in
the Writing Center, LIB 2304; Tuesday, June
3 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in Prime Time, in the
main floor of A Dorm; and Wednesday, June
4 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Writing Center.
Arts & Culture
This is the second and final week to sec "I'm
A Potato," a collection of 50 Neo-Futurist
piays in about 90 minutes. The play runs May
29, 30, and 31 at 7:30 p.m. with a midnight
show on May 30. Shows are in COMM
Experimental Theater. Tickets are free.
On Saturday, May 31, Mind Screen prescnts
<mime masterpiece 1/owl's M01ri11g Castle on 35
mm film at the Capitol Theater in downtown
Olympia. Doors open at II p.m. m1d the
show starts at 11 :45 p.m. The film is being
shown in Japanese with English subtitles. $3
with TESC ID, $4 OFS members, $5 public.
3 to 5 p.m. and Super Saturday, June 14 from
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On Wednesday, June 4, Mind Screen presents the premier campus screening of the 1st
annual Shot to the Face 72-hour film competition. The event is co-sponsored by TESC TV
and Olympia Film Ranch, and takes place in
Lecture Hall I at 7 p.m. Free popcorn.
Dance performance and banquet feast at the
Eagle's Hall on June 5. The performance
includes choreographed dancing to live
music. The banquet begins at 6:30 p.m. and
the performances at 8:30. $5 cover.
The Olympia Little Theatre will present
"Beauty Queen of Leenane" by Martin
McDonagh. The play opens Friday, June
6, and runs through Sunday, June 22, with
perfonnances at 7:55 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday and I :55 p.m. matinees on two
Sundays. The Sunday performance is on June
8 at 7:55 p.m.
Theater Artists Olympia will present Shakespeare's The Tempest, set in a familiar sci-fi
universe. Opening night is Friday, June 13, at
SPSCC and runs though Sunday, June 29 at
the following times: Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m., Sunday 15 and 29 at 2 p.m., and
Sunday June 22 at 8 p.m.
Issues
Sabot lnfosquat, Olympia SDS, and the
Olympia Street Medic Collective will present an inforn1ative workshop on what every
community member should know about
weapons, such as tasers, employed by our
local police agencies. Thursday, May 29 in
SEM II A3109.
On Saturday, May 31, Tacoma S&A presents ~·our Young Black Men Are Dying,"
James H. Chapman's 1990 Off-Broadway
dramatic revue. This event will take place
at I p.m. in the Commons Area of 1210 6th
Avenue, Tacoma. $5 for students, $7 general
admission.
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The Office for Sexual Assault Prevention
presents Stitch and Stitch, a crafting group
for survivors, allies, and activists on Tuesday,
June 3 and Tuesday, June 10 from 3:30 to 5
p.m. on the 3rd floor of the CAB. Free to all,
supplies provided or bring your own clothes
to reassemble and embellish.
STUDENT ARTWORK AT MITOSIS
Salatin, a farmer, visionary and expert in the
practice of sustainable agriculture. Salatin
was profiled in Michael Pollan's influential
book, Omnivores Dilemma. This event will
be in LH 1 at 7 p.m. and is free. A locally
sourced dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m.
in the Greenery.
Concerned about the proposed waterfront
condominiums? The public will be given an
opportunity to vote on the city's plans for
revised height restrictions on Tuesday, June
24 at the Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St.
For more information, visit www.friendsofthewaterfront.org.
Community Events
Oly Rolly, the first ever in Olympia skateboard, cruise, and pusher race, will take
place Sunday, June I. Registration is at
8:30a.m. and the race begins at 9 a.m. Meet
up in Red Square. All board sizes, skill
levels, and genders welcome. Helmets arc
recommended.
The Olympia Zinc Gathering will be on
Sunday, June I from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m at
the Olympia Free School, 61 0 Columbia St.
There will be a potluck and readings from
local zinesters. More passionate world. Opel!
to all.
The Labor Education and Research Center,
the Center for Community-Based Learning and Action, and Bridges Not Walls are
co-sponsoring "Community Dialogues on
Immigration: Train-the-Trainers," facilitated
by Angela Omulepu, Northwest Federation
of Community Organizations (NWFCO), and
Maru Villapando, Washington Community
Action Network (WCAN) on Saturday, May
31 from II a.m. to 5 p.m. in SEM II D1107.
Training is free and open to the public. Space
is limited. Applications are available in the
lobby of the Labor Center, SEM II E2115.
For more information contact Sam ira Shirdel,
(360) 507-4821.
Miscellane()us
Due to the smell of fumes from the.annual
CRC gym floor refinishing project, the main
entrance to the CRC will be moving to the
pool breezeway doors from Tuesday, May
27 through Thursday, June 12. The CRC will
be closed for Graduation and Super Saturday
and will re-open at 12 p.m. on Monday, June
16 for summer hours.
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:Thursdays
Common Bread
Longbouse I 002, 5 to 8 p.m.
CPJCAB316, 5 p.m.
Sabot lnfosquat Library
Proper Room 3303, 4 p.m.
' Generation Friends SEM
II CllOS 6 to 8 p.m.
,
VOX CAB 320, Solarium, 5 to 6 p.m~
Fridays
Capoeira COM 209,
12:30 to 3:30p.m.
Evergreen's Student Originated Studies:
Visual Arts present Mitosis, two gallery
shows of paintings, drawings, sculpture,
photography, fiber arts, installation, jewelry,
altar spaces, and things-as-yet-to-be-defined.
Mitosis I will be at 317 E. 4th Ave. Opening
night is Thursday, June 5 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Snacks and beverages provided. Open house
will be Friday, June 6 from 2 to 9 p.m. and
Saturday, June 7 from noon to 6 p.m. Snacks
and beverages provided in the evening. Mitosis II will be in SEM II, E4ll5. Open house
will be Graduation Day, Friday, June 13, from
On June 5, Evergreen will host a talk by Joel
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May29, 2008
Running Hard: The story if Evergreen track
by NICHOLAS PACE
try is more of my focus. Track for me is
the foundation for cross-country. I look
As soon as they have academics off their forward to cross-country."
shoulders and feel content that their trainMost of the athletes are in running events,
ing in the last couple days was adequate, and nearly all of the distance runners are
the track and field team makes their way former cross-country runners. If you think
to the College Recreation Center. Some- about it, there is no reason why the college
time in the afternoon, they hop in one of isn't runner friendly with its trails.
the vans to go to Gresham, Oregon to the
Roads loop all around in every direction,
Cascade Conference of2008.
and if you are trying to run long distances
Evergreen's track team has made some there might even be a good chance that
major achievements, most notably at their you'll get lost. "I never usually have
last conference.
trouble finding time to run in the summer,"
Two of the athletes are going to Nation- says Rakestraw, "especially when I'm in
als, and most of the athletes who wanted Washington."
to beat their personal records at the conferFortunately, ifyou happen to be running
ence at Mt. Hood were not disappointed.
with some of the runners of seniority in
"It was my goal last
this sport, they generyear to go to Nationally know where they're
UHLIG IS THE
als," says Emily Uhlig,
going.
a senior who ran the 3Craig Dickson has
22ND FASTEST
kilometer steeplechase
been running the show
at Nationals. "I was far STEEPLECHASER IN for some time now, but
from making it. This
isn't without assistance;
year I am a lot stronger;
THE
RIGHT he has two assistant
it's my senior year and
coaches, Jason McConlast chance, so 1 went NOW WITH A TIME nell and Ben Crabtree,
all out for it."
who have had experiDuring
Nationals,
ence in this sport.
OF
Uhlig received 2nd
Since it's such a small
place in the Steeplechase with a time of team, everyone generally knows each
other and is able to communicate with
II minutes , 42.46 seconds.
Nationals was also a goal for sophomore their fellow athletes and the coaches with
Brian Rakestraw, who received 3rd in the ease.
When asked how these athletes balance
I 0.000-meters.
" I came with a lot of expectations for their academics and athletics, Rakestraw
this season," says Rakestraw, "es pecially sa id , " It can be frustrating, but when I've
to help my team out, although cross-coun- got a lot on my plate, sometimes it just
pushes me to cram all my priorities in , and
since my eva ls are pretty good, I'm not
complaining."
Uhlig answered, " I find it easier to get
everything done when I have so much to
do . Wh en I have too much free time I have
a harder time staying focu sed. Running is
a good break from doing sc hool work and
doing sc hool work is a good break from
running so I think they go together well. "
Like any sport, most of the athletes
have influences ranging from peers and
coaches, to celebrities and record-breaking legends . For Uhlig, it was her friend
Joel who taught her to believe in herself
and pushed her to reach her goals.
For Rakestraw, he mentioned that he had
a few running heroes, especially athletes
NAIA
"ONE OF MY HEROES IS ... PAUL TERGAT, WHO
RAN NOT FOR HIMSELF, BUT WHEN HE WON
HE CONTRIBUTED HIS WINNINGS TO HELP
OUT WITH THE POVERTY OF HIS NATION.'"
who push themselves beyond their physical goals. "One of my heroes is Kenyan
distance runner Paul Tergat, who ran not
only for himself, but when he won he
contributed his winnings to help out with
the poverty of his nation."
From May 22 through May 24, the
National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics championships were held in
Edwardsville, Illinois; both Uhlig and
Rakestraw competed on the 24th.
Uhlig is the 22nd fastest steeplechaser
in the NAJA right now with a time of
II :56.85, placing II th in the first heat
of the competitive rounds. Rakestraw's
10,000-meters resulted in a time of
16:10.0, which landed him in 22nd place
out of28.
Both of them have made track history
at Evergreen and will be remembered as
the first people to compete at the National
Championships.
This will be Uhlig's last season of track
before graduation, but she will compete in
cross-country. Rakestraw is still committed to cross-country and track and will be
competing in the future as well, hopefully
to set a new record next year.
If anyone is interested in competing in
either of these sports next quarter, contact
Craig Dickson.
Nicholas Pace is a sophomore enrolled
in Practice of Community.
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